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Sarasota Orchestra harpist Cheryl Losey cuts her first album.

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North Shore Road beach access to close temporarily.

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OUR TOWN

Thursday, NOVEMBER 3, 2011

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St. Armands Circle is quite a fright on Halloween night.

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Bullock reports for duty Longboat Key’s new interim manager reported Nov. 1 for his first day of official duty at Town Hall and settled into his new role.

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+ Doctors office staff plays dress-up Centre Shops Family Practice was full of the Halloween spirit Monday, Oct. 31. In fact, there wasn’t a doctor in sight — only a stethoscope-clad Nascar fan (aka Dr. Pamela Letts).

Resident nurse Winnie Schroeder, FSU medical student Kathryn Winn, Amanda Wilson, Letts, Geri O’Brien and resident dog Bella Letts were disguised as a variety of characters for the day.

David Bullock pulled into Longboat Key Town Hall at 7:37 a.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 1.

He usually arrives at work by 7:30 a.m., but his new gig as Longboat Key interim town manager means a slightly longer commute.

He didn’t have a key yet to

Town Hall, so town receptionist Eva Waldroup — who also gets to work early each morning — let him in the door.

Six hours into his first day on the job, Bullock had met with department heads and spoken to three of seven commissioners. He

got a 30-second lesson on how to use his office phone, although he hadn’t used it for a phone call yet. He continued the research he began more than a month ago on issues such as the town’s beaches

SEE BULLOCK / PAGE 2A

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Interim Town Manager Dave Bullock has met approximately half of town employees so far.

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Madeline Geddes and Enrico Transcendi

+ Children travel a long(boat) way for Halloween Madeline Geddes, from Kingston, Canada, loves visiting Longboat Key. Her grandfather has been visiting the island for 28 years, and he brought Maddy for her first visit a few years ago. This year was Enrico Transcendi’s first time visiting Longboat Key from his home in San Michele, Italy. The pair took a break from swimming in the pool Monday, Oct. 31, to visit the Old Salty Dog with their families followed by “Fright Night” on St. Armands Circle.

+ Daylight saving time ends Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, Nov. 7, which means it’s time to turn back your clocks Saturday night.

Longboat Key Fire Rescue is asking residents to take the time to change their smoke-alarm batteries at the same time they change their clocks.

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Carly Wade carves a pumpkin at the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s Halloween pumpkin carving event Sunday, Oct. 30. For more photos, see page 22A and YourObserver.com.

LEGAL STANDING

The other challenge

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Key Club motion denied; writ challenge moves forward Sarasota County 12th Circuit Court Judge Charles Roberts has denied a request from the Longboat Key Club and Resort to dismiss a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the Islandside Property Owners Coalition (IPOC) and L’Ambiance and

Sanctuary associations against the Longboat Key Club and Resort and the town of Longboat Key. The ruling means that IPOC and the condominium associations will present their challenge in a Nov. 16 hearing. They claim

that the town violated its own codes when the Longboat Key Town Commission approved the Key Club’s proposed $400 million Islandside redevelopment project in June 2010.

SEE KEY CLUB / PAGE 2A

The writ of certiorari petition isn’t the only challenge the Islandside project faces.

Arguments have not yet been scheduled in the de novo challenge, in which IPOC and L’Ambiance and Sanctuary condominium associations will seek a de novo, or new, hearing in court to challenge the project’s consistency with the town’s Comprehensive Plan. The writ of certiorari challenges the ordinance the Town Commission adopted to approve the project.

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BULLOCK / FROM PAGE 1A and pensions.

He still had several items to cross off on his to-do list: He hadn’t yet had his employee orientation — required of every new hire.

He planned to attempt to speak to the remaining three commissioners.

And he still needed to get that Town Hall key made.

“I’m climbing the steep learning curve as quickly as I can,” Bullock said.

Tuesday was technically Bullock’s first day on the job, but he has been a regular at Town Hall for the past month.

On Oct. 3, the commission approved a one-year contract for Bullock, who spent the past 17 years with Sarasota County, including 14 as deputy county administrator. The appointment came after the Sept. 16 resignation of 14-year Town Manager Bruce St. Denis. The contract the commission approved includes an annual salary of $180,000 plus 17.8% of Bullock’s salary in deferred compensation. The contract runs through Sept.

15, 2012, at which point the commission can either extend the contract — by vote or inaction, the latter of which would cause the contract to renew automatically — or choose another candidate for the permanent role of town manager.

“I will work hard to make this the best town in the nation,” Bullock told commissioners before they took a vote.

Since then, Bullock has been learning non-stop about town issues, attending town meetings, meeting individually with commissioners and introducing himself to town employees. He visited the police station Saturday; he stopped by both fire stations the Saturday before that. His last day in the office with Sarasota County was Thursday, Oct. 27. Although he has a lot of friends there, he plans to see them through his work with Longboat Key and had already emailed some former colleagues about local issues.

On Monday, Oct. 31, Bullock attended a Halloween party for town employees, and although he didn’t wear a costume, he got a candied apple to take home. He also visited

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011

KEY CLUB / FROM PAGE 1A

Interim Management 101 David Bullock began his first week as interim town manager with a full schedule. Here’s what Bullock had on his to-do list as of Monday evening.

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Tuesday, Nov. 1

• Employee orientation • Continue reading up on Key issues, including beaches and pensions

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Wednesday, Nov. 2

• Morning breakfast meeting with other city and county managers • Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau meeting • Human Resources meeting

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Thursday, Nov. 3

• Longboat Key Town Commission Special Beach Workshop • Meeting with Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce President Tom Aposporos

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Friday, Nov. 4

• Longboat Key Town Commission Special Comprehensive Plan Workshop • Meeting with Longboat Key Planning & Zoning Board Chairwoman B.J. Webb the Public Works building, where he met almost all of the department’s employees.

He told the Longboat Observer that his goal is to meet and shake hands with each of the town’s 130 employees. By 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, he estimated that he was halfway toward that goal.

Bullock said midway through the afternoon that he had spent every minute of the day learning.

“My mother used to say if you didn’t learn anything new, then you didn’t have a good day,” he said. “I’d say I’m having a good day.”

IPOC President Bob White announced the ruling in an Oct. 28 prepared statement.

“This motion was the latest in a series of seemingly desperate attempts by Loeb/KCA to avoid a hearing on the merits of IPOC’s position,” White wrote, referring to Loeb Realty Group, which owns the Key Club, and Key Club Associates. “A previous motion by the club to delay the suit, claiming the issues would be resolved by the State Department of Community Affairs was also denied.

With two judicial rulings against them, Loeb’s legal strategy seems to be in a tailspin.”

But Michael Welly, general manager of the Key Club, compared the motion to “dotting all the i’s and crossing all the t’s” in the legal case.

“Our goal all along is to win this on merit,” he said.

The Key Club had argued in its motion that IPOC lacked the standing to pursue appeal and the standing to file a lawsuit on behalf of its constituent members; that its formation by constituent members was an ultra vires action (a term that refers to acts of a corporation and/or its officers beyond the powers and authority allowed by law) that violated Florida statutes; and that it was void ab initio, or void from the beginning.

But Roberts wrote in his ruling that the Key Club could not raise arguments regarding standing for the appeal because those issues were not raised during the quasi-judicial hearings that led up to the project’s approval.

The Key Club’s motion also stated that the Sanctuary and L’Ambiance associations didn’t get the approval of 75% of the voting interests of unit owners before filing the lawsuit as required by condominium declarations; that the associations did not

have the power under Florida state statutes to create and form IPOC; that the formation of IPOC was void against public policy; and that Sanctuary and L’Ambiance were not given third-party status during the quasijudicial hearings.

But Roberts wrote that the condominium declarations were outside the record and would not be considered; that both associations are nonprofit corporations, which are authorized by Florida statutes to create and hold interests in a limited-liability company; and that Florida statutes enumerate certain powers to condominium associations, including the ability to sue and be sued.

Robert Lincoln, an attorney who represents IPOC and the L’Ambiance and Sanctuary associations, wasn’t surprised by the ruling.

“Everybody knew that we were putting IPOC forward to represent member associations,” he said.

Lincoln said that IPOC’s status was intended to simplify quasi-judicial proceedings because the alternative was for each of its member associations to present arguments. He called arguments that IPOC was created in violation of state statutes “totally unjustifiable.”

“They’re desperate and they’re clearly attempting to use intimidation,” he said.

But Jim Syprett, attorney for Key Club Associates, said that he believed the motion had a 50/50 chance of succeeding because of the lack of related case law.

“Yes, we attorneys would like to win all of our motions,” he said. “But it is not a crushing defeat.”

Roberts has reserved an hour-anda-half for the Nov. 16 meeting, which begins at 9 a.m. at the Lynn N. Silvertooth Judicial Center. Both Syprett and Lincoln agreed that Roberts is unlikely to make a ruling at the hearing.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011

BEGINNING OF THE END?

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Both sides hope for resolution in Colony Resort mediation A court-ordered conference has been scheduled for Nov. 12.

Could resolution of the many legal issues surrounding the shuttered Colony Beach & Tennis Resort be just days away?

Individuals on both sides of the battle are optimistic.

A mediation conference ordered by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 12.

“We have targeted Nov. 12 as the deadline to reach agreement with these parties on an amicable resolution of the myriad of issues,” wrote Jay Yablon, board president of the Colony Beach & Tennis Association, in an Oct. 27 email to unit owners.

In his email, Yablon wrote that Club Holdings LLC, the Broomfield, Colo.,-based company the board recom-

mended in September to redevelop the Colony, has made separate, confidential proposals to the entities controlled by longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber and their secured creditor, Colony Lender LLC. Katie Moulton, Klauber’s daughter and longtime president and general manager of the Colony, also expressed optimism about the conference.

“We’re very positive,” she said. “We’re looking for a productive day, and we’re hopeful that we can find a place that is comfortable to all of the parties.”

She said that Merryday’s recent rulings that directed a bankruptcy court to determine damages for the Partnership that ran the Colony

made negotiations more likely to move forward.

“With the judge monetizing damages, there is more definitive material to be negotiating with,” Moulton said. “I think before things were undefined.”

But not everyone is feeling optimistic about mediation.

David Siegal, principal of Colony Lender LLC, which purchased a bank note owned

by Klauber and the Colony and which by Dec. 31 will reach approximately $12.2 million in value with accrued interest, along with a 15% in the Colony’s recreational/ resort property, said that he is concerned by talk among Colony unit owners about a potential teardown.

“Once I hear ‘scrape’ and

I hear ‘large buildings facing the ocean,’ it’s not the Colony anymore,” Siegal said.

Siegal said that he and his business partner, Randy Langley, will attend the Nov. 12 meeting at the request of Klauber, although he stressed that his role is that of a lender and partial owner of the recreational/resort property. But he said that he believed a teardown would result in further legal challenges — for unit owners, Klauber and Colony Lender.

Yablon referred questions about whether plans involve a teardown to an Aug. 6 press release he wrote when the board narrowed proposals down to a pool of four. The release states: “These remaining four proposals now include options to both restore and to completely rebuild The Colony.”

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Longboat Key Public Works employee Doyle Walker trims the sea grapes Tuesday, Nov. 1, along Gulf of Mexico Drive. The trimming is an annual event after sea-turtle nesting season ends Oct. 31.

shore solutions

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Sand loss prompts beach warning The sand loss at the North Shore Road beach access doesn’t surprise Longboat Key Public Works Director Juan Florensa. The town spent $4.5 million on an emergency beach project that placed 133,000 cubic yards of sand, which were distributed from just south of Broadway to just north of the North Shore Road beach access toward Beer Can Island.

The project was intended as a one-year solution to preserve the beach through hurricane season before longterm solutions are pursued.

But last week, sand loss prompted Public Works staff to place orange tape blocking off the steep drop-off and guiding beachgoers toward a safe beach-access path. Staff continues to monitor the situation on a daily basis, according to Florensa.

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Public Works staff put orange tape in place this week to direct beachgoers toward a safe beach access path.

“You can still access the beach, but we wanted some sort of a warning,” he said.

Still, the popular beach access is likely to close early next week for 60-to-90 days for the repair of a seawall at the western terminus of

North Shore Road. The town has obtained a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) permit for the project, which, according to Florensa, could prevent the nearby road from being undermined in the event of high water.

As for erosion, Florensa said he could not estimate how much sand from the beach project, completed in June, has been lost because much of the placed sand is now underwater, rather than on dry beach. He said that the sand has achieved its intended purposes and that although the elevation of the beach has gone down, the width is still there.

“Just because you see there is a lot of erosion, that does not mean that all of the sand will be gone,” he said.

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Day at the beach The findings of the longawaited Longboat Pass Inlet Management Study will be discussed at a Longboat Key Town Commission special workshop beginning at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. Coastal Planning & Engineering Inc. (CP&E) President Tom Campbell will present the study, which was commissioned in hopes of revealing why a channel in Longboat Pass is moving southward and what can be done to stop the island’s north-end erosion. The commission will also discuss the town’s current Comprehensive Beach Management Plan, which CP&E is updating and plans to present to the commission in February 2012.

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Key narrowly misses Condé Nast list The island received the 11th highest ranking of U.S. islands in the 2011 Readers’ Choice Survey.

In the end, 1.1 point made all the difference.

Longboat Key received a score of 79.1 out of a possible 100 from voters in the Condé Nast Traveler 2011 Readers’ Choice Survey. The rating meant Longboat Key was the 11th most popular island in the United States, just behind Cumberland Island, Ga., and Hilton Head Island, S.C., which tied for the No. 9 spot with scores of 80.2. It also meant that Longboat Key narrowly missed the worldwide exposure in the magazine that it received last year, when the island made its debut on the survey, with readers voting the island the No. 2 North American island travel destination. At the time, 3.1 points made all the difference, with Longboat Key earning a score of 79.9, compared to Kiawah Island, S.C., which earned the No. 1 spot with an overall score of 83.0.

But the good news is that although Longboat Key’s ranking fell this year, its overall rating fell by just 0.8 points out of 100. The island made modest gains in terms of scenery and activities, while its largest drops were in the friendliness and lodging categories. And, not surprisingly, the Key once again got its highest score in the beaches category.

“Overall, Longboat’s score was within a percentage point of its second-place finish last year,” said Tom Aposporos, president of the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce. “This proves the highly competitive nature of the traveland-leisure industry.”

“We obviously have a beautiful island that we’re all proud of, and we should keep doing what we’ve been doing,” said Michael Welly, general manager of the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

The Key received 504 votes in this year’s survey, according to Condé Nast Traveler Executive Editor Irene Schneider, which put it alongside worldwide island travel destinations such as the West Indies island of Anguilla; Phuket, Thailand; and the Tahitian island of Moorea.

But, as reported in the Oct. 27 issue of the Longboat Observer, Longboat Key faced unexpected competition in this year’s survey: In past years, 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. But this year, Hawaiian islands were included in the United States categories instead of the Oceania category, and Hawaiian islands swept up five of the top 10 United States island destination slots.

But Aposporos said he isn’t worried about Maui, Hawaii, which earned the No. 1 spot on the list, or the other Hawaiian islands that edged out Longboat Key on this year’s list.

“Why would I want to go to Hawaii?” he asked. “I’m on Longboat Key.”

Longboat Key’s scorecard Category Beaches Scenery Ambience Restaurants Friendliness Lodging Activities Average score

2010 88.4 83.6 83.3 80.6 78.0 76.5 68.7 79.9

2011 88.3 85.4 82.2 78.8 75.2 74.5 69.1 79.1

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Longboat Key Town Commission Special Beach Issues Workshop — 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 

 Longboat Key Town Commission Special Comprehensive Plan Amendment Workshop — 2 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 4  Town Commission joint meeting with Sarasota County Board of Commissioners — 1:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 7, at Sarasota County Administration Center, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota

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The property at 4110 Gulf of Mexico Drive is located between Pattigeorge’s and Bayfront Park.

 Town Commission regular meeting — 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7

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Sarasota Yacht Club has refinanced its $12.5 million credit facility that funded the construction of its new clubhouse.

The agreement with Bank of America will save members more than $1.6 million in interest over the next five years.

“This refinancing agreement reflects the financial strength of the club as well as the professional management and advisory services available from volunteers such as club Treasurer John Woelfel and our executives, General Manager Bernhard G. Kloppenburg and Controller Michael Borka,” said Jeff Birnbach, former Sarasota Yacht Club commodore, in a prepared statement.

The most read stories online last week were: 1. “Hogle’s notes reveal ongoing issues” (Oct. 26) 2. “Investigation reveals issues with P&Z director” (Oct. 22) 3. “Store to open in the former 7-Eleven spot” Oct. 26) 4. “Hogle, St. Denis apply for county administrator job” (Oct. 26) 5. “Committee to sniff out dog beach issues” (Oct. 26)

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 Zoning Board of Adjustment — 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10

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

Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber’s Two Huts Inc. until September, when First Federal Bank of Florida received the certificate of title following a foreclosure judgment.

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Dolphin and Whale Hospital staff have stabilized Dante, a melon-headed whale, who stranded Oct. 23 on Manasota Key. Staff treated him for pneumonia and gastroenteritis. He will be transferred to SeaWorld Orlando, which has the facilities required

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The Longboat Key Town Commission will consider the purchase of the property at 4110 Gulf of Mexico Drive for $452,500 at its Nov. 7 regular meeting.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011

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by Mallory Gnaegy | Community Editor

Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party to dish up new experience The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key’s goal is to make this year’s 30th annual luncheon benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a better guest experience. One change is the name; it is now called “Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party,” formerly the St. Jude Gourmet Luncheon.

For 29 years, the luncheon was held in the parking lot at Temple Beth Israel, but in the past, the group had run into issues with rain and parking. By hosting the event at the Longboat Key Club and Resort, there will be ample parking and valet service for guests. In past years, there have also been multiple dining tents, and some attendees brought their own lawn chairs. This year, there will be a large tent with tables and chairs provided; the tent also protects from elements such as the sun and rain.

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Longboat Key typically hosts 600 to 1,200 people and 20 to 25 restaurants. This year, the club hopes to feature up to 30 restaurants and draw at least 1,000 people.

Another feature of the luncheon is the popular car raffle. This year, the top raffle prize is a 2012 VW Jetta or $20,000 in cash. Second price is $2,000 cash; and third prize is three days, two nights, a Gulf suite, tennis and spa at the Longboat Key Club and Resort. Only 400 raffle tickets will be sold; tickets are $100 each suggested donation.

The proceeds from the luncheon ticket sales benefit St. Jude, and the money from the car raffle benefits the Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation Local Scholarship Fund.

This year’s platinum sponsor is Stifel Nicolaus; gold sponsors are Coldwell Banker, the Longboat Key Club and Resort and the Longboat Observer.

What: More than 20 area restaurants will present their signatures dishes at the event, which benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The proceeds from the car raffle benefits the Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation Local Scholarship Fund.

When: Noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 Where: Longboat Key Club and Resort, 301 Gulf of Mexico Drive Info: John Wild, 314-610-4253 Cost: $25 in advance, $30 at the door; car raffle tickets are $100 suggested donation

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To snowbirds: Don’t worry It’s fun listening to the returning Longboat Key snowbirds.

“What’s going on here?”

“I leave for a few months, and the whole place falls to pieces.”

“When I saw (Vice Mayor) David Brenner, I asked him: ‘What are you guys doing over there at Town Hall?’ Everything was fine before I left for the summer.”

OK, October on Longboat Key was pretty much of a month-long “Fright Night.” And not everything unfolded the way you might have scripted it.

But in light of the events — Town Manager Bruce St. Denis’ resignation and the placing on leave of Planning, Building and Zoning Director Monica Simpson — it is becoming increasingly apparent these changes were due, even past the time.

Reading the chronology and notes of Police Chief Al Hogle, you can hardly come to any other conclusion than he handled the Simpson situation the way he should have. His notes affirm that Simpson, while a competent planner, was miscast in her role as a manager of people. What’s more, Hogle’s report confirmed that this was not a new problem. It had existed for years and was dealt with, shall we say, superficially.

Do not be alarmed, returning Longboat Key snowbirds. While town commissioners may have been “Quick Draw McGraws” hiring St. Denis’ replacement and firing their guns to remove Hogle from the acting town manager’s job, what happens next should be good overall for the town.

If new interim Town Manager David Bullock is as competent as advertised, and if he has the courage to say there is no longer a position for Simpson — and beats back the commissioners who feel otherwise, Bullock and the commission can focus on what is needed: moving the town forward, rebuilding Town Hall morale and ending the fiscally choking pension plans.

+ Your grandchildren’s burden

Remember all of the panic and hubbub back in June and July over the nation’s debt-limit debate?

The sky was going to fall if Congress didn’t raise it and if Congress couldn’t figure out how to get spending under control.

So here we are, Nov. 3, and twice since then — Aug. 1 and Sept. 21 — Barack Obama has raised the national debt limit by $400 billion and $500 billion, nearly $1 trillion!

Just last week, with little notice from Congress, the president or the mainstream media, Congress had already spent and used up $603 billion of the $900 billion.

Did you digest that?

Your government in Washington has raced in only three months to continue outspending its revenues and borrowing against your grandchildren’s future beyond the debt ceiling that existed three months ago.

Against this spending spree, the so-called “super Congress” is expected to present a plan at the end of this month to cut from the federal budget up to $1.5 trillion in spending over the next 10 years.

Did you get that — over the next 10 years?

In other words, in fewer than three

Saints of st. armands

It’s probably safe to say there weren’t many Longboat Key residents trick or treating Monday night at Fright Night on St. Armands Circle. In fact, most Longboaters are lucky to have even one trick or treater ring the door on Halloween.

But if you happened to drive through St. Armands Circle between 6 and 9 p.m.

Monday, you encountered a great community success.

Congratulations to the St. Armands Association and all of the merchants and property owners. Fright Night clearly has become one of the Circle’s signature community events — and a great service to the community.

As many present and former parents know, what a pleasure and relief it is to have a safe, happy place for children to enjoy one of the most exciting days of their year — All Hallow’s Eve, the “prequel,” of course, to All Saint’s Day. On Oct. 31 in Sarasota, the saints are the organizers of “Fright Night.”

months, U.S. debt has risen by almost half of what the super Congress will propose to cut over 10 years.

No wonder Florida Gov. Rick Scott says we need more graduates with math degrees. In Washington, they have no clue.

+ More debt: a fool’s strategy

At what point will they get it in Washington?

We know the European debt crisis is far from the shores of Longboat Key — and a subject we don’t normally address on these pages. Nonetheless, we are all connected economically, and we should be paying attention to how the Europeans are addressing their debt problems. It affects us.

But sadly, the debt-deal the European Union has devised is more of the same from policymakers. It involves issuing more debt and forcing private investors to accept only 50% of what they are owed in repayment for the loans they made to Greece.

More debt? More obfuscation.

In contrast to this, we came across two economic analysts this week who watch the world’s economies and who prescribed exactly the same prescriptions for economic rescue and revival — for every nation.

The remedies are quite logical, but they require one ingredient that our political

THE CASTAWAY by Jorge Blanco

leaders apparently do not have: courage.

To wit: • From William Buckler, author of the Privateer newsletter, in his most recent edition: “The principles of bringing about a sustainable economic recovery are very simple. The Privateer wrote about them in our late March 22, 2009, issue. This was two weeks after the Bank of England announced its QEI and days after the Fed followed suit: “There are three fundamental economic requirements. The first is massive cuts in government expenditures with matching cuts in government jobs for civil servants.

Unemployment will certainly climb — temporarily — as former civil servants look for other jobs in the private economy.

“Then, when and ONLY WHEN the government budget is back in at least near balance, the follow-up is genuine tax cuts to leave more funds in private hands for increased production, savings and new investments.

“Finally, the credit expansion must end and interest be set free so that monetary savings are viable and rewarded.

“It does not take a wise man or woman to understand the necessity for these “policies” and the order in which they must take place to be effective. It does, however, take a fool to deny or ignore them … ” • From Edward P. Lazear, former chairman of President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers, in the Oct. 31 Wall Street Journal: “ … Our financial crisis was caused by factors that affected the entire system, just as all corn kernels pop when they are warmed by the same flame. This lesson is important because interpreting our crisis as primarily a contagion event leads to the wrong strategies for dealing with potential disasters.

“After Lehman, Europeans seem to be so taken with worries of contagion that they are failing to emphasize remedies that actually have a chance of making things better. In their case, and in ours, the solution is primarily a reduction in the bloated size of government expenditures that come about by making promises that cannot be kept.

“Especially in Italy and Portugal, as in Greece, the government has grown more rapidly than the economy, which has meant unsustainable government borrowing. Preventing a Greek default will not reverse the lackluster growth that has plagued the other vulnerable countries for many years now.

“As for the U.S., our economy will be stronger if Europe’s health improves, but we must address our own underlying structural problems that are associated with a doubling of our 2008 debt levels by next year. No bailout of another economy will restore our fiscal health or that of Europe.”

Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature get this. At what point will they get it in D.C.?

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+ Colony assessments could be put back in Klauber’s hands Dear Editor: The Colony Association members are now looking at an assessment north of $50,000 per unit to pay the Klauber-owned entities the damages on the Partnership plus further damages sustained for lease payments on the recreational ground lease, which was reinstated. The Klauber entities will most likely wind up with the whole ball of wax, because it is unlikely that each association member will find it prudent to fork over. Unless the unit owners’ form of ownership is in an LLC or corporately owned, there is the possibility of personal liability. No wonder Jay Yablon, the association president, is hiding under a rock.

Lee Pokoik Longboat Key

+ Klauber, Moulton are getting what is owed to them Dear Editor: A few years ago, when The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners and their attorneys first began their slanderous campaign against Murf Klauber and his daughter, Katie, over the The Colony resort, I wrote words of warning to the unit owners and their attorneys in response to their initial filings: “Be careful what you wish for.”

Today I am able to say: “Boy was I right!” Now I can once again say with equal certainty: “Your day of reckoning is near!

Let justice be swift and disproportionate.”

Once again, greed, by the unit owners (I believe it was only a few who poisoned

“smoke stack” cell tower.

This tower would be the tallest structure on Longboat Key. Jim Eatrides is not worried about the loss in value in our homes, because he recently sold his house. I have several friends who came to Longboat Key to buy and will not move into Country Club Shores because of the great wall of concrete proposed for the Longboat Key Club.

They said that they didn’t want to move here because of the “Great Wall of Longboat” that they would see as they drove north over the New Pass Bridge for their first impression of Longboat Key. The tranquility and beauty of our island home would be lost and we would become just another crowded Florida island. Longboat would not be Longboat if that were built.

Now the same thing is happening on the north end of the island. Who would want to purchase a home near a 150-foot cell tower “smoke stack” that is almost 4 feet wide at the top?

I have been on Longboat Key since 1999.

My cell service with Sprint then was poor, I told them I was unhappy, and they said to come in and they would provide me with new phones for free that would work.

The new free phones worked fine, and my problem was solved.

Last year I bought an iPhone and an iPad. I was unhappy with the service with AT&T. I called AT&T, and they said they were improving their service. Now I have full service on the north end but not the south end. I have never had a dropped call in more than 10 years on Longboat Key, because I have better free cell phones.

If the “smoke stack” cell tower is approved, I will encourage those who live on the north end to go to the county and ask for a reduced appraisal for our homes, which will reduce our taxes in this bad economy.

I was raised as a Christian, and remember the teachings: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Is the church doing this? Throw the money-changers out of the temple?

I don’t think so. To me, the $35,000 the

+ Longboat Key at risk with cell tower Dear Editor: Longboat Key lost a good man threeweeks ago, Jim “The Greater” Brown.

Jim “The Greater” Brown, served our island paradise well, and we all owe a lot to him for his planning and hard work, which produced a quality island community and a great place to live and be proud to call our homes. He will be missed.

Now our town is at risk.

I live in Emerald Harbor, and because of the proposed “smoke stack” cell tower, many homes on the north end remain on the market and don’t sell because those that would like to move to Longboat Key will not purchase a home here because they do not want to live near an ugly

+ Cell tower ad was misleading Dear Editor: Advertising revenue is the lifeblood of a newspaper. An editor cannot be expected to censor advertisements: a little exaggeration in a real-estate advertisement, for example, is normal. However, an editor must avoid publishing an advertisement that is downright misleading. The advertisement asking for support for a 150-foot speculation cell tower, published on page 10A of your Oct. 6 issue, fell into that category.

The tower was described as a “stealth” tower, giving the impression that it would be almost invisible. The town staff specifically told the speculators that it could not be described as a stealth tower after their application was received. It is ludicrous to use the word “stealth” to describe a structure 15 stories high and 6 feet wide at the bottom, 42 inches, the size of a dinner table, at the top. In addition, there would be an elevated structure of more than 2,000 square feet with generators and machinery.

The advertisement contained a simulated picture of the tower in place, which was extremely deceptive. It made the tower appear only about 10 feet higher than a telegraph pole, whereas it would be almost four times as high. It does not show the 67-foot church steeple at all — the tower would be more than twice as high (150 feet) and would dominate all the surrounding structures.

I hope that you will require corrections to be made before the advertisement is published again.

Ronald Platt Longboat Key

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Few people have had the vision, intelligence and energy that Klauber had more than 40 years ago when creating what was once an iconic town treasure. Money damages will never give back to Klauber and Moulton what was taken away from the entire Klauber family. Your costly attempt to smear and hurt the Klaubers has failed.

Your propaganda against the Klaubers has been ruled unjust, inaccurate, baseless and completely wrong by the courts now.

You rolled the dice, and you lost. Stop the attacks. Go to mediation, settle, and let The Colony become what it once was. After the association and unit owners write a large check to Klauber, they also need to write Klauber an apology for the failed attempt to ruin Klauber, Moulton and the Klauber family.

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NORA WHITE Jon wasn’t always healthy. Be- Philippines in 1999, when she fore the little boy, from the Phil- happened to bring a funny wig ippines, underwent surgery, his with her. intestines were on the outside “The kids had never seen a of his body. But now, every time clown and they loved it!” she Longboat Key resident Nora said. “They surrounded me White visits the Philippines, a within a minute.” healthier Jon greets her.

When her friend, Dr. Tony “I am so hapRacela, and his py to see him,” wife, Luz, foundsays White, who ed the Medical donated the Missions Founmoney to pay dation, White for Jon’s surgery. helped raise But White’s money for it. donations aren’t She told Racela typically monethat she’d like to tary — although, go on the medishe has paid for cal missions bea few surgeries cause she loved in the past — she kids, but she had mostly donates no way of preher time. In the paring for what past 12 years, she would see. she has been on The hospitals 15 medical misaren’t air-consions working ditioned, and as a pre-op and Nora White hugs a nowthe children are post-op medical healthy Jon. malnourished. assistant and has She’s seen parbeen involved in patient rela- ents holding IV bags when there tions. She has traveled to Viet- weren’t enough poles in the nam, Cuba, Romania and the Philippines and water like thick Philippines. coffee from the pipes in Ro“I do whatever they ask me mania. In the Philippines, they to,” she says. typically fix cleft palates. In RoAnd she doesn’t only wear an mania, they typically deal with assistant’s hat; in fact, her favor- strabismus, burns, club feet and ite “hat” is more of a rainbow- webbed hands. colored wig variety. “Dr. Clown,” “It isn’t like vacation,” she as she is called, was something says. “You have to be emotionthat began on her first trip to the ally prepared for it.”

This medical missions volunteer doesn’t clown around on the job.

Five Things You Didn’t Know ...  On Nora White’s most recent mission trip, the medical staff saw 1,538 patients and performed 52 major surgeries.  She has four children: Nicole, Freddie, Jason and Martin.  She was born and raised in Eltmann, Germany.  Her father was a physician.  She has studied cooking in Italy and France and likes to prepare healthy dishes.

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Romania was particularly tough. She got to know the children well after going there for six years in a row. She would take them shopping and feed them nightly, to the point that they would wait for her in front of the hotel.

“I would come back (home) and feel demolished,” she says.

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3:17 p.m. — 600 block of Emerald Harbor Drive. Disturbance. A landscape worker said that a resident made a hand gesture when he attempted to have a discussion. The resident said that the worker mows his neighbor’s yard and frequently blows leaves and debris into his yard.

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8:58 a.m. — 5500 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. Police told a man who was playing Frisbee with his dog that town code requires dogs to be leashed.

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12:58 p.m. — 3700 block of GMD. Lost Property. A man reported that his bicycle was missing from the area next to his outdoor grill where he normally stores it.

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4:15 p.m. — 1100 block of Bogey Lane. Vehicle Repossessed. A man called police to advise that he was repossessing a 2010 black Cadillac after its owner told him she was calling the police.

Oct. 22 Coon hound

2:37 a.m. — Intersection of Broadway and Poinsettia Avenue. Animal Nuisance.

A resident complained that he could

5 p.m. — 4000 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman reported that a stranger was texting her. Upon reviewing text messages, police found that the woman was texting back and had verified her first and last names with the other texter. When police told her that she should have reported the incident and avoided communicating with a stranger, the woman became upset and said that she no longer wanted to file a report.

6:22 p.m. — 600 block of Fox St. Vandalism. A man reported that an unknown vehicle drove over his shell-covered yard.

Property Found. Police told a woman who found small animal bones on the beach that such parts are used in crab traps.

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Flat tire 12:38 a.m. — 6000 block of GMD. Traffic. Police observed a 1994 Lexus with a flat tire and a note on its windshield that stated that the vehicle would be removed in the morning. The car remained there until the day shift had it towed because of the Longboat Key Triathlon.

Making headlines 6:16 a.m. — 3000 block of Grand Bay Boulevard. Domestic Disturbance. A woman called police after she and her boyfriend decided to walk home after a “silly argument” that occurred while they were delivering papers. The couple apologized for calling police.

Property damage 8:23 a.m. — 300 block of GMD. Vandalism. A security guard reported that an unknown person damaged lights on the property.

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Here’s a shell shocker: Mote Marine’s Sea Turtle Patrol reported 1,284 loggerhead turtle nests in Sarasota and Manatee counties during the 2011 season — a level researchers haven’t seen since 2001. On Longboat Key, nesting numbers were slightly ahead of last year’s totals, with 275 nests reported during season, which runs from May through October. In 2010, a total 270 nests were discovered on the Key. “Although a single year can’t tell us the overall trend, this year ended on an optimistic note for our most common local species, loggerhead sea turtles,” wrote Dr. Tony Tucker, manager of Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program, in an email to the Longboat Observer. “Loggerheads are a threatened species whose statewide nesting numbers have generally declined since 1998. Mote’s nesting counts for loggerheads seem to be stabilizing, and recent research suggests that loggerhead nesting numbers may rise and fall in long-term cycles.”

Green turtle nests were down, with just seven reported in Sarasota and Manatee counties, however, “ … greens follow an ‘every other year’ pattern with a year of higher nesting counts followed by a year of lower ones,” Tucker wrote. “In the last ‘up’ year, 2010, a record 40 green nests were documented in Sarasota County, which fits with positive trends around the state.”

Although nesting numbers can’t be traced to a single factor, this year turtles benefited from the fact that there were no major storms.

Freda Perrotta, a longtime volunteer with Longboat Key Turtle Watch, which patrols the Manatee County portion of the island’s beach, said that this year several nests were partially destroyed by high tides, although this year’s tides were no worse for turtles than those of past seasons.

Perrotta credited the group’s approximately 35 volunteers with helping make the season a success. She also said that public enthusiasm for the group’s evening nest openings has been gratifying this year.

“The volunteers have been fantastic this year,” she said.

“The season has been good for us.”

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR ‘Ferraris on St. Armands’ — starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at St. Armands Circle Park. Seventy-five Ferraris will compete for “Best of Show” in this event hosted by the Ferrari Owners Club Florida Region. Call 727-5251901.

92nd St. Y: ‘Iranium’ — takes place from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. Temple Beth Israel will live-stream a discussion about the threat of a nuclear Iran featuring a panel, including John R. Bolton, Ethan Bronner, Richard Perle, Nazie Eftekhari and Alex Traiman, and will also show clips from the documentary “Iranium.” Call 383-3428.

Aging in Paradise Seminar –— starts at 2 p.m.

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Enlighten Aging Seminar — takes place from 2 to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 9, at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. This seminar, given by Dr. Rick Machemer, gives ideas for realistically preserving and enhancing the quality of living experiences for the aging. Call 383-8161.

‘Bacchus, The Rascal’s Starry Night Dinner’ — starts at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design Courtyard, 6860 Longboat Drive S. The annual Longboat Key Club and Resort’s Bacchus on the Beach kicks off with this reception and dinner. Call 387-1675 to make reservations.

Networking at Noon Luncheon — takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at Holiday Inn Lido Beach, 233 Ben Franklin Drive, Sarasota. Network with professionals and local businesses at this luncheon hosted by the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce. Tickets are $20 for members; $25 for non-members. Call 383-2466.

Republican Club of Longboat Key November Meeting — starts 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the Sarasota Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Blvd. Retired Rear Admiral of the US Coast Guard Steve Branham will speak in honor of Veterans Day. Call 365-4191.

‘Bacchus on the Beach’ — Takes place Nov. 10 to Nov. 12, at Longboat Key Club and Resort, 220 Sands Point Road. This celebration of food, wine and art will feature Bravo’s “Top Chef’s” Dave Martin and Ken Warwick, producer of “American Idol,” along with other chefs and winemakers from around the world. Tickets are $30 to $230. Call 800-237-8821.

Sarasota Walk — takes place from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 12, at JD Hamel Park, 2 Marina Plaza.

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All Angels women learn how to read — labels The All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church Women met for their monthly meeting Wednesday, Oct. 19. Guest speaker and nutritionist Rebecca Kloss taught the women in attendance how to read food labels.

She titles her presentation, “How the Heck Can I Tell if This is Good for Me?” She suggests cutting out processed foods and eating fresh foods.

OBITUARIES Stuart Curtiss Allen

Stuart Curtiss Allen, 102, of Bradenton, and formerly of Longboat Key, died Oct. 19.

He was born Nov. 17, 1908.

Allen was preceded in death by his wife, E. Marguerite Allen, and son, Charles Allen.

He is survived by his daughter-inlaw, Janet Allen, formerly of Longboat Key; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at a later date.

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Caleb Livingston Batten, 90, of Longboat Key, died Oct. 6.

He was born Oct. 25, 1920.

Services were held Monday, Oct. 31, at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church.

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Pamela Mary Guthrie, 85, of Sarasota, and formerly of London and Longboat Key, died Oct. 24.

She was born June 13, 1926.

She is survived by her daughter, Penny; son, James; and two grandsons.

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Frightfully Fun St. Armands Circle was transformed into a Halloween town Monday and was packed with hundreds of creatures, superheroes, animals and more for “Fright Night.” Store owners and employees handed out candy to the costumed trick-ortreaters, and many got into the spirit of the evening by dressing up themselves. Even the statues were in costume.

To cap off the evening, zombies who were once Sarasota High School students swarmed St. Armands Circle, bringing hundreds of gawkers to watch their apocalyptic performance of “Thriller” later in the evening.

It was a spook-tacular sight to behold!

Sarasota High School students perform “Thriller.”

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Oct. 21 through Oct. 27, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

The home at 409 Meadow Lark Drive on Bird Key sold for $2.75 million.

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Bird Key home sells for $2.75 million The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Oct. 17 and Oct. 21. A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Douglas and Kristine Martel sold their home at 409 Meadow Lark Drive to Jorgen and Esther Jensen, Sarasota, for $2.75 million. Built in 1961, it has four bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,144 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,663,200 in 2004.

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Karen Kitzis, Sarasota, sold her home at 110 Morningside Drive to 110 Morningside LLC for $1.2 million. Built in 1954, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,518 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.35 million in 2005.

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Address Permit Applicant Amount 4825 GMD Alteration Scott Lorah $45,000 593 Rountree Drive Alteration George Symanski Jr. $21,900 620 Longview Drive Alteration Baltimore Partnership $20,060 757 St. Judes Drive Alteration Donald Braunagel $0 549 Outrigger Lane Alteration David Callender $0 6501 Bayou Hammock Road Alteration Bruce Krone $0 580 Birdie Lane Alteration Kathryn Lee $0

Longboat Harbour Alteration condominium $0 4410 Exeter Drive 650 Longview Drive Re-roof Ronald Mario $0 Alteration Robert Martin $0 5591 GMD 3330 GMD Alteration James McLean $0 Alteration Mary Michels, trustee $0 551 Harbor Point Road 550 Putter Lane Alteration Peter Murray $0 Alteration Sylvia Niarchos $0 590 Jessmyth Drive 4725 GMD Alteration Kenneth Nelson $0 Alteration Isabelle Paspa, trustee $0 1241 GMD 1425 GMD Alteration Dan Phelps $0 5055 GMD Alteration John Pratt $0 1955 GMD Alteration Jay Schlorf $0 Alteration Christiana Smith $0 4400 Exeter Drive 561 Schooner Lane Re-roof Ronald Sturm $0 685 Norton St. Alteration George Musekamp $0 548 St. Judes Drive Temporary event Continental Kitchens Inc. $0 Temporary event Longboat Key Club and Resort $0 361 Longboat Club Road Temporary event Oprock Longboat Fee LLC $0 4711 GMD Temporary event Oprock Longboat Fee LLC $0 4711 GMD

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+ New agents join MS&Co. St. Armands Key office Two new agents have joined the St. Armands office of Michael Saunders & Co. Diana Michel has lived since 1981 in Sarasota and is a Bird Key resident. She has 12 years of residential real-estate experience and specializes in luxury waterfront properties and master-planned neighborhoods throughout Florida’s Gulf Coast. She is an active member of Sarasota Yacht Club.

Chris Wetzig is a Lido Key resident who earned a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Denver. He previously worked as a service specialist for a mutual fund company in Denver before earning his real-estate license in 2009.

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Ken Ipox has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Southern Illinois University and owned a graphic-anddesign business for 15 years. He has been a licensed real-estate professional for four years.

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Marty Benson studied business at the University of Memphis and has worked in Longboat Key real estate for 21 years, specializing in waterfront, beachfront, golfing and boating communities in Longboat Key and Sarasota.

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Holmes Beach $995,000 Gabe/Charles Buky, 941-383-6411 6BR/4BA 2 furn Tessera $1,475,000 Jo James, 941-388-3966 “Tessera” Luxury in the Heart Beau Ciel $6,995,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-587-1700 Penthouse, heart of beach house units that can rent as a single house or two. SHF#A3913827 SRQ w/360 Gulf - Bay Views. 4BR+Boat Slip & BBQ terrace SHF#A3919993 of Downtown, exquisite interior elegance. SHF#A3950155 Tidy Island Condo $499,900 Michelle Musto, 941-383-6411 Panoramic Bay Water Club I $1,350,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 Serene gulf & bay views Burns Court $459,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Downtown charm views! 3B/2.5B 2764sf, fireplace, pool/tennis & amenities. SHF#A3949384 with 2BR/2BA and garage + artist’s studio separate. SHF#A3925345 are yours from this beautiful 2BR/3BA penthouse. SHF#A3940177

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Sabal Cove $1,049,000 Linda Weber, 941-383-6411 3BR/3BA+den estate Secluded Oaks $454,500 Leah George, 941-383-6411 4/3 almost 200k under purchase price. Pool, lake view and a great location. SHF#A3948501 home w/private setting. Great pool/lanai for entertaining. SHF#A3894897

Lido Shores $8,900,000 Barbara Ackerman, 941-387-1820 7,415SF Gulf front w/sunsets, 5BR/8BA, 198’ seawall, dock & prvt beach access Beaches of Longboat Key $899,000 Barbara Miller, 941-388-3966 exquisite 3/3 condo in a gated comm. A gorgeous ambiance and so much more!

SHF#A3934496 SHF#A3945194 Bird Key $3,295,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Direct bayfront, 4/5 w/ Country Club Shores $849,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Beautiincredible views of Sarasota. Gated; gourmet kitchen SHF#A3948256 ful updated 3BR+Den/3BA canal front w/direct Bay access; steps to beach Lido Key $2,395,000 Patrick DiPinto / Don Vercauteren, 941-383-6411 SHF#A3948062 5BR/5+BA/1CG Key West style home situated on Lido Key. Grmt Kit w/SS appl SHF#A3907921 Beachplace $649,000 Lynne Koy, 941-387-1803 Fabulous 2BR/2BA split plan w/direct gulf views. 2 deeded parking spaces. SHF#A3945346 Bird Key $1,899,999 Barbara Ackerman, 941-387-1820 Long, wide Bay views from this beautiful 4000 a/c sq ft 4BR/4BA residence. SHF#A3947999 Longboat Key $580,000 Scott Norris, 941-383-6411 Canal Front 3BR/2BA w/large master, walk in closet, 2 guest rooms & garage. SHF#A3919280 Open 1-4pm. 647 N. Owl Drive, Sarasota. $1,895,000 Lynne Koy, 941-387-1803 Considering best offer 9/1-10/1! Offers must be on “As-Is” Westchester $560,000 Toni Giliberti, 941-383-6411 Gulf views 2BR/2BA contract. SHF#A3936580 Turnkey Furn; screened lanai, storm shutters, pool. SHF#A377930 Bird Key $1,299,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Flowing 5/4 home on deep water, with high ceilings in great condition. SHF#A3946438 Lido Harbour Towers $549,000 Inger Lill, 941-388-3966 Settle serenely in this lovely 3BR/2BA condo. Wheelchair access. Garage. SHF#A3946807 Lido Surf & Sand $469,000 Barbara Miller, 941-388-3966 2/2 TKF Condo.

Gulf-front heated pool and jacuzzi. Walk to St. Armand’s SHF#A3943096 Lido Harbour South $399,500 Lynn A. Luken, 941-388-3966 Enjoy Gulf Views and gorgeous sunsets from this delightful 2BR/2BA condo. SHF#A3939763

Boatyard $425,000 Vicki Webb, 941-388-3966 A real delight. Discover the flair of this comfortable 2/2 condo! Garage. SHF#A3945901 Oak Ford $425,000 Sharon Klein, 941-383-6411 New construction, 4BR/3BA/3CG garage. Excellent home on 27-hole golf course SHF#A3949964 Hansen Street $399,000 Barbara Ackerman, 941-387-1820 15,772 sf unique property. Plans are avail for 3,872 sf house to be built. SHF#A328625 Condo on the Bay $339,900 Martina Coppenrath, 941-383-6411 If it’s bay views you want, look no further! Luxurious high-rise living. SHF#A3948771 Brunks $149,900 Martina Coppenrath, 941-383-6411 Live large in this 4BR/2BA; light and open floor plan. SHF#A3947213

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SHF#A3950197 Lido Beach Club $497,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 Bright, turnkey University Park $689,900 Michael/Mary Nell Moore, 941-383-6411 Pri2BR/2BA Lido Beach Club condo, walk to St. Armand’s Circle. SHF#A3945206 vate 3BR/3BA w/LR/DR, office, pool/spa in gated golf course community.

Seaplace III $475,000 Sandy Endres, 941-383-6411 Beautifully decorated & SHF#A3950549 remodeled 2/2 condominium. Move in ready! SHF#A3950185 Bay Watch $299,000 Michelle Musto, 941-383-6411 Direct Bayfront!

Seaplace $469,000 Lynne Koy, 941-387-1803 2/2 Updated kitchen, granite 2BR/2BA, 1079 sqft, furnished, pool & comm boat dock. SHF#A3941364 counters, solid wood cabinets, SW Gulf views. SHF#A3941459 Palms at Shorewalk $115,000 David / Wendy Leventhal, 941-383-6411

Lido Towers $325,000 Vickie Lonborg, 941-388-3966 Discover this endearClub Longboat $445,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 3BR/2BA home w/ 2BR/2BA 1st floor condo overlooking the tropical lakes & close to the pool. ing 2BR/2BA condo. Community swimming pool. SHF#A3944394 SHF#A3931387 views of beautiful Gulf waters & access to sandy beaches. SHF#A3922117 Lido Key $299,000 Teresa Simmons, 941-383-6411 Large & rarely available; Fairway Bay $435,000 Audrey Marten, 941-383-6411 2BR/2BA furnished Siesta Key turnkey furnished; 1BR w/southern Gulf views. SHF#A3940819 corner unit on top flr w/spectacular Bay views & sunsets. SHF#A3946772 Crystal Sands 2 $839,000 Rigo Rivera, 941-388-3966 A unique find. Explore Longboat Key Islander Club $399,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-587-1700 Updated 2BR the versatility of this outstanding 2BR/2BA condo! SHF#A3950395 Regent Place $2,999,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-587-1700 Spectacular residence on beach w/endless amenities. Furn & ready to enjoy. SHF#A303203 Siesta Key $659,000 Babette Paige, 941-388-3966 Well maintained duplex.

9th flr 3BR+office+den offers panoramic beach & city views. SHF#A3943802 Windward Bay $354,900 Linda Fara, 941-383-6411 Delightful 2BR/2BA wa- Walking distance to beach & Village 3/2 per unit. SHF#A3941972 Longboat Key $2,800,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-587-1700 Prime Bayfront terfront condo. Community swimming pool and tennis. SHF#A3941395 Midnight Sea $350,000 Janet Dugan, 941-388-3966 Outstanding Siesta Key Homesite! 18,000 + sf with 309ft wtr front with bch access. SHF#A3930758 Sand Cay Condo $324,900 Lynne Koy, 941-387-1803 Beautifully updated location 3BR/2BA condo. Near the world famous beach SHF#A3927761 Regent Place $2,795,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 Captivating views from 2BR/2BA condo in a Gulf Front community. SHF#A3940462 La Siesta $339,000 Nikki Boguszewski, 941-388-3966 Spectacular gulf this 3BR+Den/3.5BA gulf front home w/over 3500SF. SHF#A3942686 Cedars East Condo Sec 3 $304,900 Team Vitale, 941-388-3966 Your heart’s views from top floor condo in Siesta’s best location. SHF#A3933018 Queens Harbour $2,295,000 Mike Greve, 941-383-6411 4BR/3+BA, pool, desire. 2/2+ condo! Community pool & tennis. Rec facilities. SHF#A3946217 St. Armand’s Key private dock & Bay views in this Queens Harbour home. SHF#A3931140 First Longboat Harbour $269,000 Taube Levitt, 941-388-3966 FabuBay Isles $2,249,000 Linda Weber, 941-383-6411 Boaters dream - custom lous water views from this 2/2 condo. Newly updated. Turnkey Furnished. Lido Beach $1,399,000 Patrick DiPinto, 941-383-6411 Oversized double lot, 3800sf waterfront home w/pvt 100’ deep water dock. SHF#A3933263 new dock, new boat lift. Walk to beach & St. Armands. SHF#A3935851 SHF#A3913064

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Jack O’Hara carves a face into his pumpkin.

Key Club kids get creative with carvings A geisha, Anakin Skywalker and a ninja were three attendees of the Halloween pumpkin carving event Sunday, Oct. 30, at Longboat Key Club and Resort Harbourside Grille Deck.

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KEY WEST STYLE HOME, Bay Views Guest House Overlooks Pool $1.499 Million

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

WAS $3,500,000 $2,998,000

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

3BR/4.5BA + study or 4th BR with 3,370 SF. w/ summer kitchen, private elevator lobby, 2-car garage Turnkey furnished. Annual lease available WAS $2,550,000 $2,150,000

Grand Bay I – 9th Floor Bay Front Best of both worlds, sunrises on the Bay and sunsets on the Gulf! 3BR/3.5BA with private elevator foyer, 11 ft. ceilings, his & her baths and two large terraces. Many unique interior finishes!

WAS $1,150,000 $1,095,000

PIERRE - Gulf Views 3rd Floor 3BR/3BA 2,410 Sq. Ft. $849,000 BAY HARBOUR – Longboat Key Bayfront Developer Corner Apt. 3BR 1,250 Sq. Ft. $295,000 BEACHPLACE III – Direct Gulf Front #302 3rd Floor 2BR/2BA 1,392 Sq. Ft. $670,000 SIESTAS BAYSDE – Deep Water 3BR/2BA 2,641 Sq. Ft. Private Dock $849,900 HARBOR ACRES - Estate Sale 3BR/3BA 3,826 Sq. Ft. $549,000 GRAND BAY II – Direct Bay Views!

South Corner 3BR/3BA 2,925 Sq. Ft. $1,395,000 PRESTANCIA – Villa D’este Maintenance Free Villa 2BR + Den $349,000 RED ROCK TERRACE – Oyster Bay Vacant Lot Lot w/House Plans $399,000

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

Water Club I – Direct Gulf Front Gorgeous 7th floor “Island Style” apartment with 3BR/5BA and 3,400 square feet. Amazing water & sunset views from almost every room! Oak wood floors, unique interior finishes, 2 parking spaces & excellent amenities.$2,700,000

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

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

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

Sorrento Shores - Rancho del Sol Sprawling waterfront estate on 1.24 acres and 224 feet of Sarasota Bay front! 5 BR/ 4.2 BA with separate 2BR renovated historic guest house. Includes 350 foot deep water dock w $ 2,495,000 18,000lb lift.

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

Water Club II - Georgous Gulf Views Bay, City and Gulf views from this sought after premier 9th floor Dover model with 3,723 square feet, private elevator foyer, three full bedrooms and four full bathrooms. 2 valuable parking spaces incl.

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10 featuring ft ceilings,new fireplace, bar, high ceilings, bamboo flooring, upgraded kitchen granite & marble baths, garage.

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Debra Fortosis, with Elite Family Care, Jessica Snyder, with Southtech Solutions, and Maria Lasey, with Windstream

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Darren Inverso, with Morton Hammersley, Carolyn P. Rummel, with Carolyn Rummel Agency, Robert Dinan, with Kitchens by Kerrie, and Pat Martin, Pampered Movers

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.

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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

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LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS – Beautifully remodeled, with direct gulf views 2BD/2BA and two covered parking spaces. $795,000

SAND CAY – 2BD/2BA with Gulf & Bay views, fully furnished, great rental property! $324,900

Katarina and Chloe Goresh

PROMENADE - Stunning Southwest views of the Gulf

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PROMENADE - Enjoy endless Northwest Gulf views from every room in this 2BD/2BA condominium residence. $729,000

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PLAYERS CLUB – Wonderful Gulf views from the 30’ long open balcony; w/southern exposure.

Tastefully furnished 2BD/2BA condominium. $669,000

FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY! - 4BD/4.5BA canal front home on deep sailboat water.

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JUST THE STATS

Eddie Rodriguez

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Longboat Key Club and Resort Eddie Rodriguez is the new head golf pro at the Longboat Key Club and Resort. The 40-year-old is originally from West Palm Beach but moved in 1993 to Sarasota. He received his PGA membership in 2005. In 2003 and 2008 he was Assistant of the Year for the Southwest Chapter of PGA, and in 2008 he was Assistant of the Year for the North Florida Section of PGA.

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Number of skippers who participated in the Great Pumpkin Regatta Oct. 29, at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron.

Number of days tickets for the Sarasota Open have been on sale.

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What got you into playing golf?

I hated the sport until age 11. Then, two year later, my friends wanted to play, and I decided to go with them. I’ve been hooked ever since.

Number of tennis matches the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center Men’s 70s Division 1 team won Oct. 31 against GT Bray Men’s 70s Division 1 team at the Public Tennis Center.

Mallory Gnaegy

Can you give the readers any golf tips?

Use less body movement and keep your head down. Use more turn; always finish your swing.

What’s the most difficult hole you’ve ever golfed?

No. 1 of Legacy Golf Club at Lakewood Ranch in Bradenton. It is tight: There is water on the right, woods on the left and it’s a narrow fairway.

If you could have a celebrity play you in a movie about your life, whom would you want it to be?

Joe Pesci. He’s short, and he plays golf. But he has more hair than me.

— Mallory Gnaegy

What is the club you favor most?

The sand wedge. You have the opportunity to get it close to get a putt.

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Number of sets the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center USTA 3.0 Senior Team played Oct. 31 against the Longboat Key Club USTA 3.0 Senior Team. The Public Tennis Center team won two of three matches.

Mallory Gnaegy

Scott Hase returns the ball in a doubles match Tuesday at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center. His team won the match.

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LIGHTHOUSE POINT NEW PASS GULF SIDE 196 ft.’ Gulf front with private beach plus Gulf side pool. 5 Bedroom/master downstairs. Incredible design finishes, high volume windows maximize water views. $8,900,000

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Gorgeous courtyard pool, dock, private beach $8,900,000 access.

SEA GATE Gulf Front Split Floor Plan 2/2-Sunsets,tennis & beach $749,000

HIDEAWAY BAY Exceptional 5,000 sq. ft. custom canal home. Deep water dock accommodates 50’ boat. A great family home. $1,995,000 RITZ CARLTON TOWER RESIDENCE 10th floor views of Sarasota Bay to Big Pass, and views of Marina Jack. Southeast corner with two large terraces and morning sun. $2,700,000 ISLANDER CLUB Fantastic gulf side 2 Bedroom/2 Bath updated condo with dramatic Bay views from every room! Beautiful beach & many amenities. $450,000 BAYPORT 3 BR Direct Beachfront Corner rarely available! Great tennis, beach & pool $620,000 complex LONGBOAT KEY CLUB - INN ON THE BEACH Gulf front 2BR $995,000 or Club Suites $445,000

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Splendid waterfront residence with 2,910 SF, formal dining room, family room w/custom built-ins and wet bar, office, pool, boat dock/lift and direct access to Sarasota Bay. $1,395,000

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Impeccably kept and sold Turnkey furnished. Split floor plan, eat-in kitchen w/breakfast bar, custom built-ins, dry bar w/wine refrigeration, and screened-in lanai w/pool. $379,000

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SABAL COVE Spacious 4BR w/first level magnificent master suite. Exquisite lakefront!

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Enjoy amazing views of the Gulf, Bay, golf course and beyond in this 2,375 SF, 8th floor residence located behind the gates of the Longboat Key Club. Sold Turnkey furnished. $1,399,000

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PHOTO CONTEST

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Last chance to vote for your favorite IRE photo

CHINA. Real-estate agent Lynne Koy and a new “client” enjoy the Longboat Observer — and a snack — in Changdu, China. The photo was taken at a panda reserve.

Voting for The Observer Group’s annual “It’s Read Everywhere” contest is nearing the close. Voting ends at noon, Monday, Nov. 7. To vote for your favorite travel photos featuring you — or your neighbors — 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.

CANADA. Fitness trainers Felipe and Natalia Cava make it look easy! Natalia, Pedro, Sofia and Felipe Cava were visiting family while on vacation near Jasper National Park, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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MONACO. Marvin and Betty Morse brought a copy of the Longboat Observer in September to the French Riviera in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Monaco enjoys 300 days of sunshine per year, which gives the Sunshine State a run for its money.

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KENTUCKY. Early this fall, JoAnn Combs brought a copy of her Observer to the top of Pine Mountain, in southeastern Kentucky.

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Sunrise/sunset

RAINFALL

Mon., Oct. 24 Tues., Oct. 25 Wed., Oct. 26 Thurs., Oct. 27 Fri., Oct. 28 Sat., Oct. 29 Sun., Oct. 30

North 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.24 0.05 0.03

Mid 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.02 0.01

Month to date: 2011

3.55 in Year-to-date:

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South 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.01 0.00

2010 1.86 in.

2011 2010 40.83 in. 33.74 in.

Sunrise

Sunset

Thurs., Nov. 3

7:41

6:46

Fri., Nov. 4

7:42

6:45

Sat., Nov. 5

7:43

6:45

Sun., Nov. 6

6:44

5:44

Mon., Nov. 7

6:44

5:43

Tues., Nov. 8

6:45

5:43

Wed., Nov. 9

6:46

5:42

WEEKLY WINNEr: dynamic duo

TemperatureS

Temps.

High Low 83 58 84 64 85 62 76 67 81 68 80 59 80 67

Tues., Oct. 25 Wed., Oct. 26 Thurs., Oct. 27 Fri., Oct. 28 Sat., Oct. 29 Sun., Oct. 30 Mon., Oct. 31

Record Temps.

High Low 89 (1991) 48 (1965) 89 (1995) 48 (1982) 91 (2010) 46 (1968) 91 (2010) 46 (1968) 90 (1984) 44 (2008) 89 (1984) 47 (1968) 89 (1988) 49 (1966)

Average Gulf water temperature: 70.9

TIDE CHART

Kevin Kegler submitted this sunset photo, taken at Casa del Mar on Longboat Key.

MOON PHASES Highs

Lows

Thurs., Nov. 3

6:24a

9:02p

1:19a 2:28p

Fri., Nov. 4

8:12a

9:25p

3:02a 3:15p

Sat., Nov. 5

9:36a

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4:09a 3:56p

Sun., Nov. 6

9:43a

9:07p

3:58a 3:31p

Mon., Nov. 7

10:39a

9:25p

4:39a 4:01p

Tues., Nov. 8

11:29a

9:44p

5:16a 4:26p

Wed., Nov. 9

12:14p 10:05p

5:50a 4:48p

Nov. 2 First

Nov. 18 Last

Nov. 10 Full

Nov. 25 New

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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BOOK REVIEW by Hank Bowman 71 “90210” actress ACROSS Spelling 1 “Aunt ___ Cope 72 ___ Perignon (French Book” (1979 bestchampagne) seller) 74 Scotland’s ___ Ness 6 Adverse fate 75 Canadian tribe 10 Canine hanger-on 76 “En garde” weapon 14 CD-___ (computer 77 Heroin, in slang data holders) 79 “___ say more?”

18 Hotel units 81 Essence from rose 19 Breathing rattle petals 20 Nutmeg coverings 85 Dalmatian docs 21 Bright-colored food 86 Group of three fish 87 Charge, as with 22 Jacob’s descendants feeling 24 Literary genre that 88 Black and white spans generations cookie 26 Animated TV 89 ___ out (barely make therapist Dr. ___ do) 27 “Six-pack” muscles 90 Montezuma, for one 28 Hedge component 92 ER drug disasters 30 Father of geometry 93 Santa ___, Calif.

31 Bee Gees brothers 94 The event of being 33 Balboa’s foe in born “Rocky” 98 Lip cosmetic 34 Parade honoree 100 Extra-cost item 35 Accra is its capital 37 Desert watering hole 101 Carry out, as orders 102 Deuce beaters, in 38 Composition for cards seven (var.)

103 Short narrative 42 Like a tall 105 Benched players use supermodel them 43 Common tattoo 108 Bobby Fischer’s forte location 109 Atlas inclusion 44 Arabian cargo boats 110 Famous cookie name 46 Brick bearer 113 Wild and exciting 47 Things to assay undertakings 48 Synagogue cleric 115 Change of heart?

50 ___-yourself kit 52 Tramped or trampled 118 Overwhelm with sweetness 53 Penne or linguini 119 Gives the green light 55 “Sacro” attachment 120 Be a breadwinner 56 Act the loving 121 Hour of prayer (Var.) grandparent 122 Attaches, as patches 57 Dry riverbed 123 Rip asunder 58 88 or 98 automaker 124 Show faith in (with 60 Disgusted “on”) utterances 125 Like a poorly hung 62 Cook’s need picture 63 “... here on Gilligan’s ___” dOwn 64 Like clear, cloudless 1 “CHiPS” star Estrada nights 2 Sub ___ (in secret) 67 Deserve 3 Homeowners’ 69 Saw-toothed

burdens 4 Spielberg TV anthology 5 157.5 degrees from N 6 Companion of drabs 7 Feed for horses 8 Bullring “Bravo!”

9 Abbr. at the head of a letter, sometimes 10 Criminal deception 11 An arm or a leg 12 Whitney who invented the cotton gin 13 Catching Z’s 14 Gangster’s gun 15 Iridescent gemstone 16 Wise trio in Bethlehem 17 Atlantic food fish 20 From the beginning 23 Workplace where white is worn 25 Mongolian tent 29 Wendy Wasserstein play (with “The”) 32 Cargo area 33 Tree ring material 34 Feelings of indecision 35 Gooey mass 36 Wife and sister of Zeus 37 Unwritten, as a contract 38 Part of an eagle’s flight 39 Defeat overwhelmingly 40 “___-oo!”

41 Swirled, as a whirlpool 43 Most powerful members of a society 45 Like one, 11, 111 and 1,111 49 Ring-shaped roll 51 Voice between alto and baritone 52 Hawthorne collection of previously published stories 54 Every last bit 59 Performed, in a Shakespeare play

61 Command to an attack dog 64 Apple co-founder Jobs 65 Midwest capital 66 Mountain crests 68 Springsteen, to fans 70 Drink you may have a spot of 73 Color of ripe corn 78 Understood, as a punch line 80 Bombs that don’t go off 82 NBC’s peacock, e.g.

83 “Space” or “nautical” prefix 84 A horse of a different color?

91 Barnum “attraction” 93 Soup container 95 Some rabbits 96 Raven-colored, to Poe 97 Adviser of the Greeks at Troy 99 Bed bivalve 102 “I thought ___ never leave!”

103 Astute and shrewd 104 Coin-___ (laundromats) 105 Campaign-backing orgs.

106 Like many rumors 107 Admit openly 108 Start of some fruit drink names 109 Earthy soil fertilizer 111 “Measure twice, cut ___” 112 “Little of this, little of that” dish 114 Luau instrument, informally 116 ____ Dawn Chong of “Commando” 117 “Every child. One voice.” org.

Last weeks Cryptograms 1. A pig was well-known for his fearless karate. After winning the farmyard trophy, he gained a very much deserved reputation as the Pork Chop.

2. As the hens came into the yard, my mother veered into the kitchen. She said, “The chickens have come home to roast!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Auctions

Homes For Rent

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

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

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks. Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com or online at: www.yourobserver.com/classifieds

AUCTION NOVEMBER 5, @ 10AM 4411 16TH AVE E, PALMETTO, FL For Contents & Info www.Afraac.com All Florida Realty & Auction Co. AB 923 941-746-5355 AU1333 13% Buyers Premium, 3% Cash or Local Check

ANNUAL RENTAL - Longboat Key Twin Shores, 55+, newly decorated, private beach, 2B/1B, call Karen (813) 377-6864.

LBK SEAPLACE: 2BR/1BA Furnished Condo, Top floor, Bay view. Non-Smokers. Available December thru May. 2 month minimum. $2900/mo. 941-924-3180. chil01@verizon.net

ANTIQUE: GERMAN porcelain sugar bowl and creamer, $50.00. 941-795-8734.

Storage

APPLE IBOOK G4 $150. 12”, 1.33 GHz processor, 1.5 G, 30G hard drive. 941-761-1982 202-841-4880.

STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

COACH NEW Women’s Black Heels. Size 8 M. $125. Call 941-228-9131.

NETBOOK (NEW) $72.00. Great Christmas gift idea. Also included: A new wireless mouse. Call 941-556-9040.

TV” 20”, with beautiful stand. Perfection cond. and plays perfect, $30. 941-383-7301.

Autos Wanted AUTOS WANTED! Let me take the hassle out of selling your car. Cash offered today! Call Mike, 941-713-2277.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale BOAT SLIP. High and dry, indoor, for sale or lease.

Southend of LBK at the Boathouse. Owner financing available. For info, call 941-544-5597.

BOATHOUSE ON Longboat Slip for sale.

Third level, can accommodate T-top. Contact sbrantley@verizon.net.

LBK MOORINGS: Slip N10 for discount rent, 48’ slip. Hurry, won’t last! Call 630-721-0000.

Boats Boats are selling very well. My passion is selling boats. 70+ sold this year, both big and small, many in less than 2 weeks. I keep it real simple. Longtime resident, many references.

“Lets talk about selling your boat”.

Island Boat Sales. Dave, 941-228-3489, Yachtingflorida@aol.com

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales FLEA MARKET. Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

Saturday, November 5th, 10a.m.-5p.m. & Sunday, November 6, 10a.m.-4p.m. For info: 954-4165 MULTI FAMILY Garage Sale. Sat. 8a.m.-1p.m.

Multi Family Sale at the Clubhouse at Camelot East MHC. East of I75 on Clark Rd. MULTI FAMILY: Friday & Saturday 9am-2pm. 1055 Bogey Lane, LBK. Collectibles, Household items, Furniture, Wine cabinet, Golf clubs, Tools & more!

General Merchandise THRIFT SHOP: LORD’S WAREHOUSE. Hours: Mon., Weds., & Sat., 9a.m. to 1p.m. Non-profit.

Clothes, jewelry, furniture, other items. 6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive. 941-383-4738.

Merchandise Wanted SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques. Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

Business Opportunities ISLAND CONSIGNMENT AND GIFT SHOP. Newly remodeled. Established 10 years. Small mom and pop easy and fun to run. Fully turnkey.

Works of over 65 artists. $18K o/b/o. Located in Anna Maria. 348-9494.

Help Wanted SALES POSITION. P/T. Must be available evenings & weekends. Located on Anna Maria Island. Retirees Welcome. 941-840-4235.

SALES POSITION. P/T. Must be available evenings & weekends. Located on Siesta Key Retirees Welcome. 727-244-5906.

Commercial Property For Rent LONGBOAT KEY CONDO FOR RENT. Penthouse 1,482 sq/ft. 2BR/BT, Bay and Gulf views, Boat Access, Pool, Tennis Courts and Fitness. Looking for Seasonal renter- Call Bob at 773-405-6553.

Condos/Apts. For Rent BEACHPLACE: DIRECT gulffront apartment, beautifully decorated 2BR/2BA. Available Dec. 1, 2011. Photos available. Call 917-846-4416.

LBK SPECTACULAR BAY VIEWS from every window. 2BD/2BA, Newly renovated. Available Dec. 1st. Pets Ok. 5 min walk to beach. Bob 860-705-0111 or mysticpointmarina@att.net

Open House MUST SELL!! Sunday, Nov. 6th, Longboat Key: Longboat Harbour, 1BR/1BA, renovated and newly furnished. Beautiful view. By owner..

941-383-7301.

Out-of-State Property

LIDO BEACH Vacation paradise. 1 & 2 bedroom condos overlooking beautiful Lido Beach.

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

2BR/2BA: NEWLY remodeled condo, on beach, W/D in unit. 3 month minimum. Available 2013.

309-370-4764.

BAYFRONT CONDO- PANORAMIC VIEWS 3BR/ 2BA Pelican Harbour & Beach Club Available 2011 & 2012. Private Beach, Pool, Tennis, Dock. Call: 513-608-4320. richwoodkids@hotmail.com BEACHFRONT LONGBOAT KEY CONDO Rare 3BR/2.5BA with beautiful views of Gulf of Mexico. Remodeled kitchen and baths, W/D, pool, tennis, spa, photos available. lburton177@aol.com or 416-569-6659 BEACHPLACE 3BR, UPDATED, TASTEFULLY DECORATED. GULF & BAY VIEWS. AVAILABLE APRIL 2012 AND ON CALL CYNTHIA 407-492-5749

RENTALS 4 NIGHT MIN. GULF FRONT/ GULF VIEW

SPELL-BOUNDING FULL BAY VIEWS. Location is everything. Walking distance to downtown, St. Armands Circle and the Gulf beaches. Boating and fishing are only steps away. 2 bedroom condo, ground floor, covered parking, some furniture is available/unfurnished, boat dock included.

Newly renovated pool. 55 and older community. $1200/mo. for 12 months or $1500/mo. for 8 months. Tenant pays electric. Please call Karin Stephan at 941-504-4435.

Reservations: 941-383-5549 Visa/ MC Fax: 941-383-7925 “Take our video tour at” www.casadelmar.net

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LONGBOAT KEY - MILLION DOLLAR CONDO ON THE BEACH. 2,410 sq/ft. 2 bedroom plus den/convertible 3rd bedroom. 3 baths. Beautifully furnished. Pool, tennis, fitness center. Outstanding Gulf and sunrise views. Enjoy quality of life while you are at it. Available now through 10/31/12.

3 month min., annual avail. Special: 3 guest suites in bldg. for occasional company. Photos.

Owner- 248-310-8308.

LONGBOAT KEY Cottage: furnished, 2BR/1BA, carport, sunroom. 5/minutes to St. Armands, 10/min. to downtown. Available Season 2012 $4000/mo. includes water, sewer, garbage and lawn care. Pets considered. 941-554-4248.

LONGBOAT KEY, BEACH HARBOR: Furnished 2BR/2BA. Bay view from kitchen. No smoking.

No pets. Available December to May. 3 month minimum. (954) 562-9496.

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

LONGBOAT: 2BR/2BA, updated unit. Gorgeous bay views, with all amenities. Available Winter Season 2012. 2/month minimum. 941-387-6486.

ON THE Gulf w/pool. 1BR condo, sleeps 4. Nicely furnished, cable, phone, full kitchen, living, dining area, W/D in building. Weekly or Monthly. May through January. $1600/mo. 351-5101.

STAYCATION ON Longboat Key. Fully equipped 2BR/2BA, private beach, pools, tennis and much more. 973-652-4444.

Office Open 7 Days, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key 34228

THE WESTCHESTER GULF FRONT

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

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

941-228-5671.

FREE Wireless High Speed Internet

“Where People Return Year After Year” “INTENTIONALLY BETTER” CONRAD BEACH, LBK. Upscale 2 BR furn home.

Community pool. Beach access. Non-smoking.

No Pets. Annual or Short Term. 3 mo. minimum.

Owner/Agent, 941-544-0214.

Condos For Sale GREAT BUY! FAIRWAY BAY 2/2 On Sarasota Bay. 1,192 sq/ft. living area, 220 sq/ft. oversized patio w/1st floor walkdown to jogging path and Bay. Beach access.

Just steps from tennis, fitness center, heated pool, hot tub & clubhouse.

TURNKEY FURNISHED! Bring toothbrush & small pet. $343,000 941-228-8040

Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

LONGBOAT HARBOUR Condo For Sale by owner. Turnkey or Rent minimum 3 months.

2BR/2BA second floor bay view, active community. Call John or Paulette 352-391-9006 or 631-455-6826.

PARADISE ON LBK! Newly decorated 2BR/2BA. First floor with freebies. Steps to beach and bay.

Details: www.bayportbtc.com (unit 701). Available January and/or February 2012. 615- 376-9448.

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal

941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 941-650-1857 Visit us at: resortproperties.pro

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Water Club waterclub602.com Direct Gulf, 3BR plus family room/den, 10-foot ceilings. Furnished. $2,495,000

Grand Bay grandbay466.com Ideal location in Building 4; marina, bay, city and Gulf views! Furnished. $1,499,000

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seaplaceg109g7.com Completely renovated, 2BR/2BA with walk-out to beach. Ready to enjoy. Furnished. $379,000

seaplacem1114.com Sunset views. This beautifully updated, 2BR/2BA has a wonderful rental history.

Turnkey furnished. $349,000

seaplaceg4204.com Terrific value, this 2BR is located in the popular G-4 building. $319,000

seaplaceg7209.com Gulf views. Lovingly updated 2BR, furnished and ready to enjoy. $299,000

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Roger’s sales at a glance: 2011 Activity SOLD 237 S. Washington Drive. . . . . . . . $2,800,000 1281 Gulf of Mexico 1107 . . . . . . $2,400,000 *1241 Gulf of Mexico 602 . . . . . . $2,400,000 541 Harbor Cove Circle . . . . . . . . $2,200,000 481 E Royal Flamingo . . . . . . . . . . $1,460,000 *455 Longboat Club Road 804. . $1,350,000 1241 Gulf of Mexico 404 . . . . . . . $1,270,000 1281 Gulf of Mexico 804. . . . . . . $1,245,000 136 Golden Gate Point 502 . . . . . $1,175,000 3010 Grand Bay 481 . . . . . . . . . . . $1,150,000 3010 Grand Bay 495. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,075,000 258 Robin Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $975,000

BIRD KEY 100southwarbler.com Incredible views from this 5,780 sf bayfront home located on a coveted lot with 278' of deep water frontage. $3,495,000 611mourningdove.com Direct bay view! Four bedrooms, open floor plan, upscale finishes and soaring ceilings. Located on the coveted Mourning Dove Drive. $3,295,000 485eastroyalflamingodrive.com

5BR waterfront home with high ceilings and open floor plan. $1,299,000 658mourningdove.com Lovely 3BR on one of Bird Key’s best streets. New seawall and cap, open pool and charming home. $1,095,000 333westroyalflamingo.com Built on an over-sized lot, ideal for renovating or creating your dream home on Bird Key’s waterway. $999,000 245birdkeydrive.com A true garden house, surrounded and protected by lush vegetation and fruit trees.

3BR/3BA with vaulted ceilings, open kitchen and pool area. $725,000

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PROMENADE promenade402.com Wrapping around the southern corner, this 3BR/3BA is turnkey furnished and has views of the Gulf, bay and city. $799,000

35 Watergate 406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $950,000 455 Longboat Club Road 403. . . . . $890,000 3010 Grand Bay 455. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $842,000 575 Sanctuary Drive 402. . . . . . . . . . $800,000 455 Longboat Club 501. . . . . . . . . . . $725,000 540 Yardarm Lane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $700,000 6804 Marina Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $650,000 1945 Gulf of Mexico 112 . . . . . . . . . $525,000 2045 Gulf of Mexico 508 . . . . . . . . . $504,600 3070 Grand Bay 642. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $475,000 3070 Grand Bay 634. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $480,000 1469 Landings Circle 45 . . . . . . . . . . $410,000

SIESTA KEY 9250blindpassroad.com A one-of-a-kind contemporary home located directly on Turtle Beach. Custom built with 3BR, den, private elevator and houselevel pool. $2,495,000 8419midnightpass.com Gorgeous direct bayfront views with deep water boating. This 3BR/2BA has more than 3,200 sf to enjoy. $999,000 GRAND BAY grandbay446.com Building 4 on the southern side means no buildings will ever block your view. Beautifully furnished and overlooks the marina, golf course and downtown. Two parking spaces. $1,495,000 grandbay261.com High floor, 3BR/3½BA, Antigua plan. Amazing views of the pool, golf course, downtown and bay from the wraparound terraces. $1,149,000 grandbay211.com Expansive panoramic bay views from this Antigua floor plan in Building 2. Third-floor level views from the first living level which offers amazing outdoor living space. This offering is the best value in Grand Bay. $999,000

PENDING

2301 Gulf of Mexico Dr. PH4N . . $240,000 221 Bayshore Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $181,250 834 Jungle Queen Way . . . . . . . . . . . $179,940 PENDING 3040 Grand Bay 211. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $999,000 333 W. Royal Flamingo Drive. . . . . $999,000 1235 Gulf of Mexico 209 . . . . . . . . . $299,000

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COUNTRY CLUB SHORES 1125bogeylane.com Lovely Tuscan-style home looking down the canal and out toward the bay. Major landscaping and interior renovation. Just steps to the beach. $849,000 551yardarmlane.com 3BR/2BA mid-canal home in terrific condition. $625,000 512cutterln.com Charming 3BR/2BA on deep water canal has been lovingly updated. $599,000 552rangerlane.com Incredible value for this southern facing, deep water 3BR/2BA home! $549,000

HARBOR SECTION

waterclub204.com Delightful Brighton floor plan with over 3,000 sf including 3 full bedrooms. Updated and beautifully furnished. Sunset Gulf views. $1,395,000 waterclub-208.com Dover plan offers an incredible value. 3BR/3BA, wood floors in living areas AND fully furnished. Partial Gulf views and expansive garden views. $999,000 TOwELS COURT 1857morrillstreet.com Downtown Sarasota – studio, residence, or commercial venture. 2BR/2BA plus garage; ample parking. $459,000 L’AMBIANCE

561harborcovecircle.com In Bay Isles, full-bay view with over 185' of water frontage.

Open floor plan. $2,195,000 520harborcaylane.com Deep water dockage for your boat. 4BR with sunny southern exposure. $1,295,000 3440bayousound.com Lovely and ready to enjoy! This home is warm and inviting.

New kitchen with family room that opens to a sunny pool area.

Near the beach club, marina and shopping. $739,000

415lambiancedr302.com In a building where the average price this season is over $2 million, you can live in this 3BR/3BA residence with southern 3rd floor Gulf views.

Lovely finishes throughout. $1,199,000

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Meet the Sarasota Orchestra harpist landing major grants and making a beautiful racket.

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n a row of identical townhouses in a little wooded neighborhood on Siesta Key, there’s no mistaking where Cheryl Losey lives.

Her harp can be heard from the parking lot.

The sound of the strings is so soft and light, airy and calming, you half expect white doves to flutter out the front door when Losey opens it.

“I hope it’s not too loud,” Losey says sheepishly. “I always worry that I’m an-

noying my neighbors.”

If ever there existed a musical instrument incapable of annoying neighbors, the harp would probably be it. The 27-year-old Losey doesn’t realize she could be making a much more offensive racket.

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LOSEY / FROM PAGE 1 The Sarasota Orchestra’s principal harpist since 2008, Losey has spent the past few weeks engrossed in the music for “Madama Butterfly.”

The opera, which opened last week at the Sarasota Opera House, marks the orchestra’s fourth collaboration with the Sarasota Opera.

“I’m loving it,” Losey says of Puccini’s famous three-act love story. “It’s gorgeous, and there’s tons of harp.”

By “tons of harp,” she means 70 pages.

Most orchestral harp parts are 10 pages or less.

Losey is grateful for the challenge. A perfectionist, she tends to throw herself into a piece until she’s mastered every chord.

She’s this way with most things.

When she’s cleaning, she scours the house from top to bottom. When she’s reading, she wants to finish the book in two days.

Losey is sure the compulsion comes from years of practicing her harp, which she began playing at the age of 5.

“When you devote so much time to one thing,” Losey says, “You end up with a little bit of a one-track mind.”

In September, the harpist — a native of Maine and a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music — was awarded an individual artist grant from the John Ringling Towers Fund.

One of three Sarasota County artists to receive the $5,000 award, she applied for the grant this summer, hoping to receive funding to record her first full-length solo album, a project she’s thought about for years.

“It always seemed so daunting,” Losey says of recording a CD. “I was worried I didn’t have the skills to do it, but as more and more people started asking me, I realized now is the time.”

She devoted the off-season in Sarasota to researching and rehearsing the repertoire.

As she began collecting music for the album, she started to notice an over-arching theme.

“I won’t be offended if people put it on as background music,” Cheryl Losey says of her album. “I wanted to create something classical musicians could appreciate, but also something pretty that people could clean their house to.”

Many of the pieces — the theme from Bellini’s “Norma,” “Une Chatelaine en sa Tour,” (A Princess in Her Tower) and “Girl With the Flaxen Hair” — were all based on old European folktales or poems.

Without realizing it, she had developed a kind of storybook theme. To add further depth to her grant proposal, she added an educational element to the project by offering to perform the pieces at area schools af-

ter students had read the literature.

“It’s a way to show how music can represent something larger,” says Losey, who has yet to title the album.

She recorded the album at The Cleveland Museum of Art with a well-known classical music producer. It took three days to lay down the tracks.

“We were in the auditorium, which has great acoustics,” Losey says. “We’d work at night when the museum was closed. They’d turn off all the air so it was perfectly still.

The first edit should arrive any day now. I’m watching the mail.”

The harpist’s giddiness is palpable. She’s been so absorbed in rehearsals for “Madama Butterfly” that she hasn’t had time to celebrate her first grant win.

Last week she missed the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County’s Annual Awards Celebration, at which she was honored for receiving the award.

She doesn’t mind dodging the attention.

Even though the spotlight loves her, Losey doesn’t love the spotlight.

In 2007, she was one of a handful of harpists whose participation in the prestigious USA International Harp Competition was filmed for the documentary “Harp Dreams.”

It was directed by Emmy Award-winner Susanne Schwibs and narrated by actress Blythe Danner. After spending three years in post-production, the film aired in June 2010 on PBS. Losey was staying at a hotel in Kansas, en route to the Aspen Music Festival, when it came on TV. She curled up on the hotel bed, trepidation rising in her throat. The film opened with her shopping for the perfect competition dress at a store in Cleveland.

Halfway through the documentary, however, Losey was eliminated from the competition.

“I got so sick to my stomach watching it,” Losey says. “It was like I was experiencing it all over again. I was just as nervous as when I was there. I ordered in pizza, and I couldn’t eat any of it.”

A harpist’s secret weapons: screwdrivers and calluses Sure, the harp sounds pretty, but as Cheryl Losey points out, it takes a lot of elbow grease and finger calluses to make music sound so heavenly.

“You do have to be a bit of a mechanic to play the harp,” Losey says. “I have a tool kit with all these spare parts and screwdrivers. If I hear a weird rattle or a buzz, I get out my screwdriver and start fixing.”

And then, of course, there’s the art of maintaining perfect finger calluses.

A harpist’s fingertips are as important as a violinist’s bow.

Calluses help produce a desirable sound.

To prevent her calluses from softening, Losey wears rubber gloves when she’s doing the dishes. She’s so fastidious when it comes to keeping them tough that she avoids soaking in hot tubs.

The key is to keep them rough, but not too rough, says Losey. When her calluses get too big or too hard, she shaves them down with a callus file.

“It probably sounds gross to people,” Losey says, “but my calluses are a source of pride for me.”

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+ Olivia Thorning Little’s star continues to rise Last we heard from budding country singer Olivia Thorning Little, she had traveled to Nashville, Tenn., to record a single with Jamie O’Neal.

That was more than a year ago.

Who knows, by now Little could be opening for Taylor Swift.

Well, not yet.

The 14-year-old Little, now a freshman at Cardinal Mooney High School, did just return from another trip to Nashville, where she co-wrote three songs with superstar songwriting team Keith and Adrienne Follese.

Keith Follese wrote Tim McGraw’s “Something Like That” and Faith Hill’s “The Way You Love Me,” among other hits.

“When the time is right, all the

stars will align for us,” says Little’s mom, Sarasota jeweler, Tina Little, owner of Queen’s Wreath Jewels.

“We’ve got the luxury of being in the right hands. She’s still developing as an artist, and we’re not pushing her to be a star.”

In the meantime, Little will headline a concert at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre.

The event, which is sponsored by Queen’s Wreath Jewels and Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry, will feature a panel discussion with Little’s vocal coaches, soprano Jeanette LaVoy and rocker Twinkle.

Those of you who are countrymusic buffs should check it out.

Little and guitar player Bo Gilmour will debut the three songs the singer penned last month with the Folleses in Nashville.

+ Asolo Rep’s ‘My Fair Lady’ serenades the press

+ Florida Studio Theatre pulls last season’s skeletons out of its closet

Last year, the Asolo Repertory Theatre kicked off its fall season with a splashy (and bloody) new musical about Depression-era outlaws.

This year’s season-opener, “My Fair Lady,” is decidedly less gritty, although no less splashy, because it packs an impressive cast and an even more impressive director –– Tony Award-winner Frank Galati.

Galati, who staged “The Grapes of Wrath” and “Ragtime” on Broadway, also directed last year’s “12 Angry Men.” Lucky for Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards, the veteran stage director now lives in Sarasota, which makes it easier to snag him for local productions.

Galati discussed the show alongside a dozen cast and crewmemHeidi Kurpiela bers at a media Andrea Prestinario will luncheon held play Eliza Doolittle in last week at the “My Fair Lady.” theater.

“It’s about a girl who’s practically homeless, incredibly poor and desperately needy,” says Galati. “Yet she has a sense of herself and a sense of ambition that drive her to become what she really is all along.”

There was nothing desperate or needy about actress Andrea Prestinario’s starryeyed performance of “I Could Have Danced All Night.”

The singer broke into song just before lunch was served, proving that Eliza Doolittle is just as endearing today as she was when Julie Andrews first played her in 1956.

Florida Studio Theatre, how dare you wait so long to share your paranormal activity! You know I’m a sucker for backstage gossip and even more of a sucker for ghost stories.

So, in the spirit of Halloween, I’m leaking some of the creep-tastic things I heard that happened in the spring on the set of Michael Hollinger’s “Ghost-Writer.”

The play, which was about a ghostwriter who continues to write the book of a New York novelist even after he dies, called for a typing chair, desk lamp, bookshelf and teacup. All of these pieces inexplicably broke during the production.

What’s more, a gramophone trumpet, barn door and bathroom sink all fell during performances. And on closing night, a flash of light was seen upstage center followed by an eerie humming sound.

Um, it sounds like FST needs to get its hands on an EMF meter. Either that or the scenic carpenters totally botched the set.

+ Lego artist rumored to pop in for Sarasota Season of Sculpture Enough about Lego Man, already.

Have we all turned in to 8-year-old boys?

Because all anyone seems to be talking about lately is the 8-foot-tall “Ego Leonard” that washed up on Siesta Key Beach last week, I thought I’d inform you that the Dutch rabble-rouser responsible for creating the fiberglass behemoth has requested to attend the Nov. 11 Sarasota Season of Sculpture ribbon cutting.

According to SSOS Board President Susan McLeod, “On behalf of all of us at Sarasota Season of Sculpture, we welcome him to our area and invite him to apply for our 2014 exhibition.

Maybe we can save him a spot.”

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THEATER >> Florida Studio Theatre: ‘That’s Life, Again’ A sophisticated strut through the 1950s and ’60s, “That’s Life, Again,” Florida Studio Theatre’s opening cabaret season production, is a crowd-pleasing croon-fest.

Developed by Richard Hopkins, Rebecca Hopkins and pianist Jim Prosser, the show treats us to an eclectic selection of some of the era’s best-known songs, opening with Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York.”

The music zigzags the “Hit Parade” to include such diverse selections as “Nature Boy,” “Route 66,” “Me and My Shadow” and “I Got Rhythm.” Then, for a finale, Sinatra, of course, and an oh-so-satisfying, “That’s Life.” The talented cast swings, hoofs and sways its way through one lively number after the other with the aid of the clever choreography and direction of Dennis Courtney.

Musical Director John Franceschina brings forth a marvelous nuance of notes in

the musical arrangements, turning many of the numbers from the familiar to the pleasantly unexpected.

Eric Collins is even better than I recall from seeing him in the big cabaret hit, “The Wanderers,” last year at FST. His fabulous voice shines in solos and in lilting harmony, especially in “Once Upon a Time.”

Stephen Hope, the only actor who wasn’t in the original production, is also the only actor to evoke echoes of the suave, sophisticated Rat Pack era. He portrays that insouciant, “Don’t bother me; I’m drinking,” attitude of Las Vegas crooners such as Dean Martin.

Arthur W. Marks displays an abundance of smooth moves and a haunting voice. His “Mr. Bojangles” stands out as original and poignant.

Stacey Harris has a big, exciting voice and a stunning silhouette to boot, artfully shown off by costume designer, Susan Angermann. In keeping with the social mores of the ’50s, the only female gets all the “cutesy-wootsy” tunes oozing with sexual innuendo. She’s either offering kisses or food, as in the Italian “Botch-A-Me” (kiss me) and “Never on a Sunday.”

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It begins with layoffs — 80% of its work force. One of which is Eric (Stanley Tucci), a senior risk analyst who has just realized that Armageddon is about to go down. He passes the information on to a junior colleague, Peter (Zachary Quinto), while he’s being escorted out of the building.

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His actors are impeccably cast. Spacey shines as the disillusioned 34-year veteran of the firm. In his first scene, he’s on the phone wiping tears from his eyes.

We naturally assume it has to do with the impending crash. In actuality, his beloved dog is dying. Spacey spectacularly pulls it off as only he can do. It’s an Oscar-worthy performance on every level.

An ironic bit of timing for the film’s release coincides with the Occupy Wall Street movement. These protesters would revel in the corruption that the film exposes. In the end, when the market was crashing, the firm is still frantically trading worthless commodities. One employee comments to another, “What about the normal people?” His reply: “**** the normal people.” And that they did.

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The museum underwriters Longboat Key couple Dan and Litten Boxser had no idea that underwriting an exhibit at the Florida Holocaust Museum could generate so much buzz in the African-American community.

Like many underwriters, Dan and Litten Boxser are press shy.

They’re accustomed to making things happen behind the scenes, not sitting down to discuss exhibit openings with prying reporters.

“It’s not that we don’t want to talk about ourselves,” says Dan Boxser, who runs an international business based in London. “We would just rather the story focus on the exhibit.”

Fair enough. So, here’s the scoop: The Longboat Key couple is responsible for bringing an exhibit to the Gulf Coast that’s piquing the interests of people in both the Jewish and African-American communities.

“Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges,” which runs through Jan. 21, at the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg, is based on a book by Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb and a PBS documentary by Joel Sucher.

It offers a rare glimpse into a little-known cultural exchange that took place in the United States years before the civilrights movement swept through the deep South.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City developed the touring exhibit as a vehicle to showcase the unlikely bond that developed between Jewish teachers and African-American college

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“We knew nothing about (organzing) museum exhibits when we got involved in this project,” says Dan Boxser with his wife, Litten.

“There’s no question, this whole thing has enriched our lives.” students during and immediately after World War II. It includes artifacts, films, interviews and photos documenting a time when Jewish scholars, dismissed from their teaching positions by Nazis in 1930s Germany and Austria, fled to the United States to find work at American colleges and universities.

It includes firsthand accounts of how these displaced scholars,

when faced with few job opportunities at white colleges, sought work at black educational institutions in the segregated South.

At the heart of the exhibition is the bond that formed between students and professors.

“They shared similar experiences with discrimination,” says Litten Boxser. “These two diverse groups of people understood and benefited from one another.”

The Littens, who three years

ago relocated from Europe to Longboat Key, were inspired to bring the exhibit to Florida after having dinner recently with 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Charles Williams.

Williams mentioned that one of the students featured in the “Beyond Swastika” documentary –– civil-rights activist and author Dr. Joyce A. Ladner –– happened to live in Sarasota.

Soon, a dinner was arranged with Ladner, who suggested the exhibit be brought to Sarasota.

“The only place in Sarasota that could accommodate it was the Ringling Museum,” says Dan Boxser, whose parents, Herman and Sally Boxser, founded a diversity initiative in 2004 at Temple Beth Sholom.

The Ringling Museum wasn’t the right fit, so the couple contacted the Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg.

The museum was thrilled to get it. In the two years since the exhibit launched, it’s only traveled as far south as North Carolina.

Nearly 300 people turned out for the Oct. 22 opening reception, which featured a panel discussion with former students and scholars.

The Boxsers were blown away by the response –– and the diverse turnout. Fifty percent of the audience was African-American.

IF YOU GO The Herman and Sally Boxser Diversity Initiative and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) will host a free program at 6 p.m. Nov. 14, at Temple Beth Sholom.

The evening will include guest speakers and a performance by the Hazzan Diane Nathanson and the Gulf Coast Community Choir. For more information, call 955-8121 or visit templebethsholomfl.org.

One of the panelists even called the next day to say the event was better attended than the original opening in New York.

Now the couple has organized a free program this month at Temple Beth Sholom to help drive more Sarasota residents to the exhibit.

On Nov. 14, the synagogue will host a panel discussion with Bonnie Gurewitsch, archivist and curator at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City; Carolyn Bass, executive director of the Florida Holocaust Museum; and Bill Watkins, president of The Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

The Boxsers say they’ve been so energized by the experience they’re open to bringing more diversity exhibits to the area.

“Living on Longboat Key, you tend to meet the people you play golf and bridge with,” she says.

“It’s been a wonderfully rewarding experience. It’s expanded our circle.”

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Nov. 4. Located at 1288 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota; www.allyngallup.com; 3662454.

ART CENTER SARASOTA — “Material Matters,” featuring the use of modern materials in the visual arts, will run Nov. 3 through Dec. 31. Opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 3.

Located at 707 N. Tamiami Trail; www. artsarasota.org; 365-2032.

ART UPTOWN — “Divas Go Pop” runs through Nov. 26, with works of digital pop art by Janine Hoffman. Located at 1367 Main St.; www.artuptown.com; 955-5409.

DABBERT GALLERY — “Season of Color,” featuring works of seven artists, runs through Nov. 29. Located at 76 S. Palm Ave.; 955-1315; www.dabbertgallery.com.

ELIZABETH STEVENS GALLERY — “Fall Fest,” featuring artwork by Marge Bennett and Debbie Dannheisser, runs through Nov. 15. Located at 1945 Morrill St.; 587-9851.

RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART — “Josef Albers: Colors” will run through Jan. 16.

“The Amazing American Circus Poster: The Strobridge Lithographing Company 1878-1939” runs through Jan. 29.

“20th Century Abstract Art from the Ringling Collection” is an ongoing show.

Art After 5 takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. every Thursday in the art museum and Circus Museum. Tickets: $10, adults; children, 6 to 17, $5; children under 6, admitted free. Tickets for the museum are $25, or $20 for seniors 65 and up; children ages 6 to 17, $10; children 5 and under, admitted free. Art museum

free to all on Mondays. Located at 5401 Bay Shore Road; 351-1660. Admission includes the Ringling Museum of Art, Cà d’Zan mansion, Circus Museum, Mable’s Rose Garden and grounds.

“The Brothers Karamazov” will be performed through Nov. 20 at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory.

RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN — “Fairy Tale Art: Illustrations from Children’s Books” will be on display Nov. 4 through Dec. 9. Galleries located one-half block east of 2700 N. Tamiami Trail on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way; 359-7563; www.ringling.edu/selbygallery.

SELBY GARDENS — “Batiks Botanicos: A Painter’s Garden,” with hand-painted batiks by Angela Maria Isaza, will be on display through Nov. 17. Located at 811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota; www.selby.org; 366-5731.

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TOWLES COURT ART ASSOCIATION — “Small Works,” an open juried show, will be presented Nov. 18 through Dec. 10. Located at Towles Court Art Center, 1938 Adams Lane, Sarasota; www.towlescourt.com.

ARTWALKS FIRST FRIDAY WALKS — Downtown galleries of Burns Square, Pineapple Avenue, Palm Avenue and Main Street feature live music and refreshments.

Event takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. The next art walk will be held Nov. 4.

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SUNCOAST CONCERT BAND — “Let Freedom Ring,” featuring a salute to America and its veterans, will be performed at 3 p.m. Nov. 6, Payne Park Auditorium, 2100 E. Laurel St. Admission: $5 at the door; 954-4165.

THEATER ASOLO REPERATORY THEATRE — “My Fair Lady” runs Nov. 18 through Dec. 23; www.asolorep.org; 351-8000.

FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE — “Just Desserts” runs through Nov. 5 in the Gompertz Theatre. Tickets: $12. “Next to Normal” runs through Jan. 1. “That’s Life, Again” runs through Jan. 1, in the Goldstein Cabaret. Located at 1241 N. Palm Ave.; www.floridastudiotheatre.org; 366-9000.

MUSIC JAZZ AT TWO — The Mike Markaverich Trio will perform at 2 p.m. Nov. 4. All concerts at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota, 3975 Fruitville Road. Tickets: $5 for Jazz Club members; $10 for non-members; www.jazzclubsarasota.com; 366-1552.

SARASOTA OPERA — “Madama Butterfly” will be performed through Nov.

FSU/ASOLO CONSERVATORY — “The Brothers Karamazov” will be performed through Nov. 20 in the Cook Theatre, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. Tickets:

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GLENRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — “The Marriage-Go-Round” will be performed through Nov. 5. Tickets: $12.50 GPAC members and students; $17.50 non-members. Located at 7333 Scotland Way; www.theglenridge.com or call 552-5325.

GOLDEN APPLE DINNER THEATRE — “Mr. Broadway,” featuring Michael L. Walters, will be presented Nov. 5 to Nov. 6. Tickets: $38, with full buffet. Located at 25 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota; thegoldenapple.com; 366-5454.

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MUSIC >> Sarasota Opera: Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ I have wept through many a moving “Madama Butterfly,” from the Met and New York City Opera to companies abroad and cinematic versions that broke my heart, but the fall production mounted by Sarasota Opera is the most convincing, honest, moving and beautiful I’ve seen yet. Giving us just the right mix of truth to the score and truth to the story, this “Butterfly” does Puccini, a true man of the theater, proud.

We saw this production here only four years ago, but this was like a brand-new, sparkling version. The set by David P. Gordon is the same, but in the new lighting design by Ken Yunker, the Japanese house, gardens and view of the bay have come alive.

Yunker has recreated dusks, dawns, shadows, stars and sunlight so beautiful that Homer’s “Rosy Fingered Dawn,” written some 3,000 years ago, seems to have been the inspiration. Yet the exquisiteness of this production doesn’t detract from the other important things happening on this stage.

In fact, what makes this “Butterfly” special is that every element goes toward furthering the drama, from the beautifully crafted sound Artistic Director and conductor Victor DeRenzi elicits from the Sarasota Orchestra, to the elegant stag-

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Marco Nistico’s Sharpless is sympathetic and gorgeously sung, portraying a man who may have been born in the USA but has come to understand and admire the Japanese culture.

There’s little one can do to make Goro, the pimp-like marriage broker, or Butterfly’s uncle, Bonze, more than the superficial stick figures they represent, but Jamin Flabiano (Goro) and Jeffrey Beruan (Bonze) did admirably.

Suzuki, as portrayed by Nina Yoshida Nelsen, was a warm, empathetic, nanny-type servant whose very posture on stage gave her character a history. Nelsen, in real life, is a young woman, but her makeup, designed by Georgianna Eberhard, turned her into an elderly servant with a deep love for her charge, whom she probably served since Butterfly’s birth. In this account, she has the wisdom to know this “marriage” to the American is doomed, but, like a loving mother, she serves her well.

Cio-Cio-San, also known as Madama Butterfly, is only 15 when we meet her. Her death, by her own hand some three years later, is all the more poignant, because it could have been avoided had Pinkerton been different. But that’s what makes this a true tragedy, drawing tears from audiences who have seen it dozens of times.

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Tenor Rafael Dávila, as B.F. Pinkerton, and soprano Asako Tamura, as Cio-Cio-San, in Sarasota Opera’s 2011 production of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” ing Martha Collins has given the performers.

Of course, everyone involved in this production has to give credit to Giacomo Puccini’s music drama, which he based on a story by John Luther Long, a play by David Belasco and a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. Puccini’s first version was quite different from the one we’ve come to know. It was originally even harsher in its drawing of Lt. B.F. Pinkerton and his ugly American attitude toward Japanese culture. The original didn’t go over well with audiences, and Puccini tempered

the lieutenant’s arrogance, making him somewhat sympathetic to early 20th-century audiences.

Rafael Dávila’s Pinkerton is brash without being insolent.

His ringing but hard-edged tenor shows us that this is a man who simply doesn’t consider another person’s feelings, especially if they belong to a woman of a different culture that he’s loathe to understand. Even when Sharpless, the United States consul, warns him that Butterfly will take their “marriage” seriously, he brushes it off, saying he’s leasing a Japanese wife, just like he’s buying a Japanese

Great singing and acting are also necessary in this work, and Asako Tamura, as Butterfly, grew into the role with her large, focused soprano portraying her character as beautifully as her superb acting. Tamura’s top loses focus occasionally, but the rest of her voice shimmers with tension, emotion and a Puccini sound reminiscent of a young Scotto. Her “Un bel di” was both sympathetic and beautiful, woven into the texture of the scene rather than standing alone. And her simple gesture, motioning toward her son (the blond and beautiful child known as Sorrow, played by Christian Pangallo) while she drew her last breath so Pinkerton would know she was giving him her most precious gift, was one of the most touching and heartbreaking bits of stagecraft to come to this opera.

In the details: Tamura and Nelson give a gorgeously blended sound to the Flower Duet, and Kate Pinkerton, the real (American) wife of the lieutenant, as played and sung by Apprentice Artist Lindsay Barche is, for once, a sympathetic person. Adding to the dramatic appeal of this production are the finely written surtitles by Stephanie Sundine that add insight and understanding. There are still performances left, and this is a “Butterfly” to catch.

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DANCE >> Sarasota Ballet: ‘Shostakovich Suite,’ ‘Othello’ and ‘Tchaikovsky’s Ballet Fantasy’ Sarasota Ballet’s “Season Opener” certainly started off the season in the right direction.

The choreography, costumes, dancing and lights evoked a smile that remained plastered on this critic’s face throughout the entire evening. The true joy resulted from two of the three pieces on the program — Ricardo Graziano’s “Shostakovich Suite” and Matthew Hart’s “Tchaikovsky’s Ballet Fantasy.”

This weekend’s performances proved that principal dancer Graziano is a prize gem in the Sarasota Ballet’s treasure box.

Director Iain Webb might want to go run out and purchase a giant lock. Not only is Sarasota Ballet fortunate to have a male danseur of his technical prowess and commanding performance presence, as he demonstrated in Hart’s “Tchaikovsky’s Ballet Fantasy” as Tchaikovsky, but his choreographic talents could make someone like renowned choreographer Christopher Wheeldon shake in his ballet shoes.

Drawing on inspiration from George Balanchine’s large-scale, plot-less, neoclassical ballets such as “Divertimento No. 15,” “Theme and Variations,” “Symphony in C,” and “Jewels” (and surely being immersed in performances of Balanchine’s “Diamonds” influenced this), Graziano demonstrated that he, like Balanchine, has great musicality, and his choreography naturally emphasized long lines and clean technique in each and every dancer. The gorgeous pinkand-black tutus designed by Bill Fenner further accentuated the dancers’ flawless performance.

Naturally, being a member of

the company also gave Graziano the expert knowledge of his colleagues’ strengths, and he used it to both his and the dancers’ advantages by incorporating those strengths in the choreography. For example, Miguel Piquer is an expert turner. Graziano showcased his abilities during the men’s dance, during which Piquer completed excellent pirouette and tour en l’air sequences.

Graziano also demonstrated the differences in style and abilities among the three principal female dancers in their variations. He showcased Kate Honea’s athleticism with a series of jumps.

Victoria Hulland’s port de bras was highlighted during bourrées, and Danielle Brown pulled off multiple pirouettes.

These differences and strengths were emphasized again in Brown’s fluid and lyrical pas de deux with Ricardo Rhodes, while Hulland remained elegant with Ricki Bertoni in a pas de deux, which contained smooth attitude and arabesque promenades. Honea and Piquer pulled off the harder tricks in the finale, with Honea performing fouettés and Piquer doing grande pirouette à la seconde.

The entire piece was a fabulous spectacle to behold with numerous complicated formations giving the ballet a beautiful 4D-effect that ended with a fabulous three-tiered pose at the end. Bravo.

Hart’s “Tchaikovsky’s Ballet Fantasy” was also an excellent production that brought the classic Tchaikovsky story ballets, “Sleeping Beauty,” “Swan Lake” and “The Nutcracker,” to life with a charming, comedic storyline that involved its composer, Tchaikovsky, himself, who was danced, as previously mentioned,

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Tchaikovsky aims to help each of his main characters avoid the plight that befalls them in their respective ballets, but ends up creating chaos, which eventually turns into happily ever after in the end.

This piece was fantastic and incredibly entertaining to watch, but that might not have happened if it were not for the tremendous right-on casting done

by Hart.

“The Sleeping Beauty” cast was decidedly different with each of the leads having expert acting abilities and sly, comedic skills. The spritely Sara Sardelli was terrific as Aurora along with her perfectly matched prince Florimund, Logan Learned. The ever-expressive Emily Dixon was excellent as the Lilac Fairy. Honea stole the show as Carabosse.

Christine Peixoto and Jamie Carter were always graceful, and the sinister drama displayed

by Rita Duclos as Odile was definitely welcomed (as well as her evil-counterpart Rothbart danced by Piquer) in the “Swan Lake” section. Finally, in “The Nutcracker,” Elizabeth Sykes was simply sweet as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Caitlin Kirschenbaum was a definite standout as Clara.

Students from the Sarasota Ballet School rounded out the cast performing as the swans in “Swan Lake” and the mice and solders in “The Nutcracker.”

Also performed on the bill was Peter Darrell’s “Othello,” which was first performed by the Sarasota Ballet in 2010. This version of “Othello” combines classical choreography combined with more contemporary modern movements and hand gestures. The cast performed the piece with ease. Most notable was Piquer as the evil Iago and Amy Wood as a tortured

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Principal dancer Danielle Brown wears a costume designed by Bill Fenner for the premiere of Ricardo Graziano’s “Shostakovich Suite.”

Emelia. Unfortunately for this piece, it was definitely overshadowed by the larger productions

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+ The 11/11/11 phenomenon Ready or not, here it comes: the most psychic of all numbers and a date strongly associated with spiritual awakenings of an unspecified nature. In Hollywood, there’s an eponymous horror film scheduled for release. And in Sarasota, a plethora of activities, many drawing inspiration from this master number of numerology …

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Nuovo Salon is sharing its 25th znniversary (silver!) with Saks Fifth Avenue’s 15th anniversary at a party benefiting the Sarasota Museum of Art. Contact Reba Evans at 3645398. And there’s a benefit for the Sarasota Youth Sailing program at the Sarasota Yacht Club. Contact David Livingston at 504-4236.

The Nov. 10 full moon inspired the theme of the Cancer Support Community’s Night of Hope Gala Nov. 11, which will begin with cocktails in the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota courtyard. It may well have figured into Chairwoman Beth Knopik’s selection of a long, silver dress, as well. Honorary co-chairs are Art and Peggy Wood. Contact Amy Paulishak 921-5539.

Love at first sight … Tana Sandefur speaking about her new condo downtown: “I loved it instantly” … Thank you, Judge Adams … the Children’s Guardian Fund will honor retired 12th Judicial Circuit Judge Durand J. Adams at its 13th annual luncheon Nov. 9, at Michael’s On East. Honorary chairman of the event is Dr. Hal Hedley, recently retired president of the Child Protection Center. Co-chairs are Nancy and Chuck Parrish and Carol and Mort Siegler.

The fund provides for educational and other needs of the 1,200 abused, abandoned or neglected children who are in state-ordered foster care. Contact Tonya Schrott, 504-9515 … “WHAT A DEAL!!!!!!!!” … that is a direct quote (including capitalization and punctuation) from a friend in University Park who discovered dancing to a live band close to home for $7 per person. You can, too, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays, starting Nov. 3, at the Sahib Shrine Center on Beneva just north of Fruitville.

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+ It’s a wrap Breast-cancer awareness month has just ended, and before it is forgotten, a quick salute to Saks Fifth Avenue for 11 years of the Key to the Cure event, including producing and selling an original T-shirt design. Sarasota General Manager and KTTC cheerleader Sally Schule has the entire collection, modeled here by her team.

+ Lest we forget — it’s also Veterans Day There will be a program at the Senior Friendship Center starting at 12:45 p.m. and featuring Kurt Piehler, director of FSU’s Institute on World War II and The Human Experience; a Girl Scout Color Guard; the Sarasota Military Academy and much more. Free but please reserve via 556-3214. The tribute at the Sahib Shrine Center at 7 p.m. includes speakers, a memorial service and rousing, patriotic music performed by the Sahib concert band. Also free, no reservation required.

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EVENTS 2 Wit and Wisdom of Aging Luncheon Benefiting: Pines of Sarasota Foundation When: 11:30 a.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chairs: Kim Bald and Joan Geyer Contact: Jane Lautner, 955-6293 Price: $75 3 Wine, Women and Shoes VIP Patron Reception Benefiting: Forty Carrots Family Center When: 5:30 p.m. Where: Michael’s Wine Cellar Price: By Invitation Only A Taste of Friendship Benefiting: Senior Friendship Centers’ Center for Healthy Aging When: 5:30 p.m. Where: Christy Payne Mansion at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Chairs: Sunny O’Flynn, JoAnn Nevins, Ingrid Bookbinder-Keating Contact: Jane Icely, 556-3215, Price: $50 Celebrity Bartending for Goodwill Benefiting: Goodwill When: 6 to 9 p.m. Where: Polo Grill and Bar Contact: Molly Klauber, 320-9406 Price: Complimentary

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Signature Luncheon Benefiting: Forty Carrots Family Center When: 10:30 a.m.

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5 Wine, Women and Shoes: Winemaker Dinners Benefiting: Forty Carrots Family Center When: 7 p.m. Where: Various homes and restaurants Chairs: Emily Tack and Emily Stroud Contact: 365-7716 Price: $200 Snooty’s Gala Benefiting: South Florida Museum When: 6 p.m. Where: South Florida Museum Chairs: Helen King and Jeanie Kirkpatrick Contact: Jamie Jalwan, 746-4131, Ext. 14 Price: $175 ‘Mai Tai No Tie’ Benefiting: Historic Spanish Point When: 5:30 p.m. Where: Historic Spanish Point Chairs: Jenni and Paul Hudson and Cindy and Tom Stuhley Contact: 966-5214 Price: 125

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The Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center Gala honoring Betty Schoenbaum Benefiting: The Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center When: 5:30 p.m.

Where: Hyatt Regency Sarasota Chairs: Bunny Skirboll and Dr. Lou Bertha McKenzie Wharton, Honorary Chairs Gerri Aaron and Sally Yanowitz Contact: Phil King, 365-4545 Price: $150 Sugar Bowl Show of Shows Hosted by: Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. and the Knights of Columbus Benefiting: Financial Assistance Program of Catholic Charities of Sarasota and Manatee Counties When: 2 p.m. Where: Venice Community Center Chairs: Bob Sullenberger and Dick Maier Contact: Bob Sullenberger, 497-5422 Price: $20

7 Starry Night Dinner, highlighting ‘My Fair Lady’ Benefiting: Asolo Repertory Theatre When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Home of Stanley Kane Chairs: Katherine Harris, Lee Peterson and Margaret Wise Contact: Laura Wood, 351-9010, Ext. 4712 Price: $250 9 New England Clambake Benefiting: New College Foundation When: 6 p.m. Where: New College bayfront Chairs: Robert Lincoln and Stacy Dillard-Spahn Honorary Chairs: Phil and Julie Delaney Contact: Johnette Cappadona, 487-4600 Price: $150 10 High Tea at High Noon Benefiting: Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, Inc. When: Noon Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Chairs: Peggy Abt, Kathy Bush, Mindy Mast and Carol Williams Contact: Sharon Kunkel, 3653913, Ext. 1105 Price: $60

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Benefiting: The Argus Foundation When: 6 p.m. Where: Hyatt Regency Sarasota Chair: Eddie Morton Contact: Sharlene Hillier, 365-4886 Price: $125 Ringling College of Art and Design 11th annual Golf Tournament Benefiting: Ringling College of Art and Design When: Noon Where: Longboat Key Club and Resort Contact: Sarah WalcuttFebish, 359-7589 In the Pink: A Taste of New Gate School Benefiting: New Gate School Scholarship Fund When: 6:30 p.m. Where: New Gate Montessori School, Ashton Road Contact: 922-4949 Price: $30 Bleus, Brews and Schmooze Benefiting: GWIZ and Gulf Coast Cheese Fest When: 6 to 10 p.m. Where: Polo Grill and Bar Contact: Molly Klauber, 320-9406 Price: Complimentary

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Favorites: the restaurants you’d miss the most Here’s the question put to our respondents: ‘What Sarasota restaurant would you be heartbroken without … the place without which your lives wouldn’t be quite the same, the place you count on to always be there for you?’

‘Takeout’ is now part of my everyday vocabulary, so with that said, our family loves Chipotle (“beans and rice,” my 3-year-old calls it) and Bangkok. Bangkok is always a wonder … something close to our house and made fresh to order. If Bangkok were not here, I can safely say I do not know what I would do without it.

— Stacey McLeod Anderson

I would be devastated if I couldn’t order a caramelized onion and brie chicken sandwich from Shakespeare’s. I’m British, and settling in for a few pints of cider there is the closest I’ve ever come to being back in a pub in Brighton, England. Their food is fantastic … the ambience is awesome: laid-back and come-as-you-are … and the beer menu is only barely exceeded by that corporate place in Lakewood Ranch!

— Natalie Chambers

I can’t imagine my life in Sarasota without Michael’s On East. I am there frequently, especially for lunch. I love that any time of year, even in the dead of summer, I always see several friends and acquaintances I can hug and kiss, or just wave hello to as I walk in or leave. It makes me feel like I’m in my own private club.

— Debbi Benedict

Our No. 1 favorite local restaurant is Beach Bistro. The atmosphere is charming, and the food is always delicious and creative. The staff always makes us feel special and welcome. Kudos to Sean Murphy for creating a dining experience second to none!

— Jerry and Wendy Feinstein I rely on Sarasota’s own Old Salty Dog. Both locations are consistently patronized by seasonal guests and treasured by locals like myself. Sometimes you just want to cast off all posturing, linen napkins and fancy dress, escaping to a ‘Honah Lee’-like atmosphere, where you are greeted by an amiable staff serving ice cold beer, generously poured tropical drinks and fish sandwiches the size of lamp shades.

— Travis Garner

Hyde Park Steak House … it is always open when we come in late at night. The people are nice, and the food is what we like — high-quality, simply prepared, and the fish is always fresh.

— Bob and Beverly Bartner

I would be totally heartbroken without Café Epicure.

My friends and I who frequent it joke that it’s our dining room, because we eat there four out of seven days a week at least. The menu is filled with all the basics and Italian favorites with the freshest ingredients. You can add-on or make your own dish without any fuss. You feel like everyone is family … it’s a gem to downtown and certainly the go-to place when you need to have some good nosh.

— Tatyana Sharoubim

HEARTBREAKERS Bangkok 4791 Swift Road, Sarasota 922-0703 Beach Bistro 6600 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach 778-6444 Café Epicure 1298 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota 366-5648 Chipotle Grill 1707 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota 957-6406 Hyde Park Steak House 35 S. Lemon Ave., Sarasota 366-7788 Michael’s On East 1212 S. East Ave., Sarasota 365-0543 Old Salty Dog 1601 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota 388-4311 5023 Ocean Blvd., Siesta Key 349-0158 Shakespeare’s English Pub 3550 S. Osprey Ave., Sarasota 364-5938 If you’d like to be in a future column like this, raise your hand. Send your email address and a headshot to mschechter@ YourObserver.com

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