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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Arts Center withdraws site plan Ringling College of Art and Design will table plans to amend and extend the Longboat Key Center for the Arts’ existing site plan.

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Mote President Dr. Kumar Mahadevan and his wife, Linda

+ Runners lace up for good cause Mote Marine Laboratory’s 26th annual Run for the Turtles was a success, Saturday, April 7, with more than 1,000 runners and walkers. Both the one-mile fun run/walk and 5K took place on Siesta Public Beach. The run, a joint effort between Mote, the Manasota Track Club and Sarasota County Parks and Recreation, helps to raise money to help support Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program study.

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Sarasota architect Don Lawson described the proposed building as “forward looking in terms of its shapes and designs.” Residents of the surrounding Longbeach Village called the structure “commercial looking” and out of place in the historic neighborhood.

After hearing concerns from

residents at a Wednesday, April 4 meeting, the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, decided not to file a request for an amendment and extension of its existing site plan two days later as planned.

Instead, Tracy A. Wagner, Ring-

ling vice president of finance and administration, sent a letter April 6 to Town Planner Ric Hartman withdrawing a request for the amendment to go before the town’s Planning & Zoning Board April 17.

“In meeting with the Village Association, a number of concerns

were raised that Ringling College of Art and Design believes merit further consideration and conversation with the association, surrounding neighbors, and our Advisory Council,” Wagner wrote. “Although we are eager to move our plans forward, we wish to do so in a respectful and thoughtful manner. I very much appreciate all the time and effort

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The osprey nest that was located on the traffic light at the New Pass Bridge was removed this week by the Florida Department of Transportation. Because it was covering the traffic signal, it posed a safety issue for drivers. There were no eggs or chicks in the nest.

+ We need your photos The Observer now has two photo contests under the “Contests” tab on YourObserver.com. The winner of the Mother’s Day photo contest will win a $75 gift certificate from their choice of the contest sponsors, and the photo will be published in the May 10 edition. Online entries will be accepted until April 28. Also taking place now is our It’s Read Everywhere photo contest.

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by Mallory Gnaegy | Community Editor

Key Club employees rescue two teens caught in riptide Hailey Childress, 12, of Seattle, and her 15-year-old cousin, Reid Elkins, were having fun on their boogie-boards only an hour before they were swept off in the riptide Friday, April 6.

The pair, who was visiting their grandparents, Howard

and Janice Tibbals, residents at L’Ambiance, were swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

Approximately 5-foot waves were crashing over their heads, and the current was preventing them from swimming back in to shore.

Hailey is a competitive swimmer and has set records in her hometown, and Reid used to swim competitively as well; but the riptide swept them further out.

“We tried to swim but stayed

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Hailey Childress, middle, stands with her rescuers, Logan Brisson and Robert Peltier, a few days after being rescued.

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ARTS CENTER / FROM 1A the Planning, Zoning and Building staff invested in assisting Ringling College and the Center through the process. I firmly believe we will return to discuss our future plans but with greater involvement from the community.”

The college was initially seeking to amend its existing site plan that was approved in 2003, before the Arts Center and Ringling College merged. That site plan, which would have allowed the Arts Center to build a new structure in its current green area to be used as gallery space, was amended in 2009 to include a new deadline of June 30, 2012, for obtaining building permits.

But that site plan wasn’t what Ringling wanted for the Arts Center. For example, the college wanted to construct a different building

RESCUE / FROM 1A in the same place and ended up even further out,” Hailey says. She was panicked and screaming for help. At one point, they ditched their only flotation devices, their boogie boards, which they felt were holding them back.

Two Longboat Key Club pool and beach attendants, Robert Peltier and Logan Brisson, packed two kayaks with life jackets, but their safety manager didn’t want them going out in the rough water.

They called 911, instead.

“We didn’t know how bad of trouble they were in, but then we saw the (boogie) boards float off,” says Peltier.

All Key Club employees are required to take CPR training but are not required to make rescues.

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for use as a classroom space, allowing the Arts Center to become more of a destination. The existing plan also didn’t reflect a deteriorated condition of the existing ceramics wing; didn’t feature one of the historic Whitney cottages; and signage locations didn’t assist with directing traffic.

“It doesn’t meet our needs anymore,” said, Christine Meeker Lange, Ringling special assistant to the president for media and community relations. “We were working toward a deadline that didn’t need to be there.”

Lange said that Ringling still plans to address the future of the Arts Center but that no timetable currently exists. The Arts Center’s newly created Advisory Council will likely re-assess the matter in the fall, possibly working with groups that have discussed visioning for the island.

Village residents were pleased

with the decision to hold off on the plan.

“There’s a character to the surrounding area, and I think, by all means, that it needs to be preserved,” said Richard Levin, a retired architect who criticized the plan as out-of-character with the Village at Wednesday’s meeting.

Resident Michael Riter told the Longboat Observer that he didn’t object to most of the plan presented at Wednesday’s meeting.

“It’s not that we don’t want the Arts Center to be successful,” Riter said. “The one thing that we objected to was the size and placement of the studio building.”

Riter expressed confidence that Ringling officials can come up with a solution to address the Arts Center’s future needs.

“Ringling is in the creativity business,” he said. “I believe they can come up with a very creative solution as to what their needs are.”

A few years ago, there was a near drowning and rescue that sparked the idea of a flag system to warn beach-goers of water conditions. A red flag was waiving when Hailey and Reid were in the water.

The near-drowning also prompted the Key Club to send employees to a water-safety training, said Rick Benninghove, director of resort operations. Both Brisson and Peltier underwent water-safety training.

“You can’t just sit there and watch something happen,” says Brisson.

The two employees decided to take the risk and rescued the duo in the water. Once the victims were in life jackets and in the kayaks, it was still a struggle. Each kayak flipped three to four times.

Peltier, with Reid in tow, decided

his best bet was to float in to Lido Beach and not fight the strong current. A fishing boat, flagged down

by Key Club staff, picked them up.

Brisson had a headstart with Hailey and decided to forge toward the Key Club.

After 20 minutes of fighting the waves and current, the two teens and Key Club employees made it back to the beach safely.

This, however, hasn’t been the first time either Key Club employee has had to make a rescue. Three years ago, a 50-year-old man swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near the Longboat Key Club almost drowned.

“It happens a handful of times every year,” says Brisson.

“We’re looking into additional options for how to help in this kind of situation,” says Benninghove.

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Former Sand Cay manager arrested on multiple charges A police report alleges that Judy Paul stole more than $216,000 from the condominium between June 2006 and September 2009.

Former Sand Cay Manager Judy Paul was arrested Monday, April 9 on charges of first-degree grand theft in the amount of $100,000 or more and a scheme to defraud in the amount of $50,000 or more. She was released on $30,000 bond.

A probable cause report alleges that Paul, 48, of Nokomis, stole more than $216,000 and deposited more than 50 Sand Cay checks that were not authorized or justified into her personal account.

Sand Cay hired Paul as general manager in June 2006 at a salary of $70,000. Her duties expanded rapidly, according to police, as the condominium took on a renovation process that resulted in unrelated civil action against the initial contractor.

The report states that Paul “eagerly assumed control of all office tasks while the board became embroiled in the renovation issues. She quickly gained the trust of the board members/owners for her willingness to take on extra work during a time of extreme stress. This enabled her to work without any supervision of her daily duties. This also enabled her to begin an ongoing course of criminal

conduct that resulted in the theft of more than $216,000 in business checks alone.”

The first unauthorized check was dated July 2006, while the last was dated September 2009, according to police. The irregularities were discovered during an audit that was stipulated by a Wachovia Bank construction loan agreement.

Paul was fired in January 2010 after the audit revealed inconsistencies.

Police say that Paul issued a sworn post-Miranda statement in which she said that she had a verbal agreement about the checks with Sand Cay Treasurer Joseph DiMario that was known only by the two of them. DiMario denied the allegation in a sworn statement and said that he had never made or discussed such an agreement. Paul also said that she regularly had to pay Sand Cay expenses with personal checks and then reimburse herself, a claim police say records do not support.

A warrant for Paul was issued on both charges in January 2011. Paul’s Nokomis phone number listed on the affidavit was not in service Tuesday afternoon.

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NOVEMBER 20, 1917 — APRIL 7, 2012

‘One of a Kind’

Nathan Benderson, who grew up in the Great Depression, turned a hardscrabble childhood into a lifetime of business success and unbridled philanthropy. He died April 7.

By Pam Eubanks and Mark Gordon | The Observer

When the music played, 1950s swing to slow crooners, Nathan Benderson just couldn’t help himself. He would always get up and dance.

The patriarch of one the region’s most charitable families and successful businesses, Benderson lived like that well into his 90s, say several in his large network of family and friends. Many in his network cited Benderson’s wit, business smarts and humility — in addition to his dancing skills — this week in remembering him. Benderson died April 7, after a brief illness. He was 94.

“Everybody who had a chance to meet him will never forget him,” says Rob Oglesby, president of Honor Animal Rescue in the East County, one of the numerous charities Benderson supported. “He was one of a kind.”

business devastated by the Great Depression. His father, Isaac, owned a company that found and sold broken glass.

“I realized what it was not to have anything when my parents lost their home when the stock market crashed,” Benderson told the Observer in a January 2009 story. “I was eager to find different ways to try to help my family get along and survive.”

By the time he was 16, Benderson had dropped out of high school and founded his own business, Bison Bottling Co. The company purchased and resold used bottles.

A little more than a decade later, in 1950, Benderson bought his first property, the Schreiber Brewery facility. Benderson sold off machinery and metals, leased unused space and found any way he could to make money. That acquisition was the genesis of Benderson Development.

TURNAROUND KING

That goes from non-profits to business.

In non-profits, Benderson championed a range of causes, from the elderly to the poor to animal rights. Jewish-related causes were also important to Benderson, who took 14 trips to Israel in his life.

In business, meanwhile, Benderson, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., was at the helm of the East County-based Benderson Development for nearly 60 years. The firm holds a massive portfolio of shopping malls, industrial buildings, office parks, hotels, housing communities and land. Benderson Development’s holdings encompass 35 million square feet spread through nearly 500 properties in 38 states. His company also plans to construct a high-end shopping mall at the southwest corner of University Parkway and Interstate 75 — a project that, in total, calls for more than 1 million square feet of retail space, 330,000 square feet of light industrial and office buildings, multi-family housing and hotel rooms.

Benderson’s niche, however, was his ability to turn around underperforming properties. Indeed, The Buffalo News, in a Jan. 1, 2000, story called Benderson a “pioneer in the shopping center industry and a pivotal force in western New York.”

The paper named Benderson one of the 20th century’s top business personalities.

That personality resonated with Sarasota-based developer Wayne Ruben, who partnered with Benderson on dozens of projects. Ruben fondly recalls driving around Florida with Benderson, where they chatted about business and families.

“He was a terrific mentor, and he was brilliant guy,” Ruben said. “He was like a second father to me.”

Ruben said Benderson had the uncanny ability to look at a property and

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Nathan Benderson, founder of Benderson Development, an East County-based developer, died April 7. He was 94. calculate financial projections on the back of an envelope within minutes.

The numbers, Ruben said, nearly always panned out precisely the way Benderson projected.

Like many others who knew Benderson, Ruben has another lasting memory of Benderson: his thrift and sense of consistency, especially when it came to eating out. Ruben ate lunch dozens of times with Benderson, and their go-to spot was the Subway inside the Mobil gas station at Lakewood Ranch on University Parkway. The pair would always split a footlong turkey sub.

Ruben also was part of a small contingent of Benderson confidantes who got together to buy the developer a Rolls Royce for his 85th birthday. Ruben and Benderson’s sons presented the car to Benderson at a dinner celebration at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort on Longboat Key. Benderson, who could have a gruff side, grudgingly accepted — though he always preferred more practical and economical vehicles, such as a Ford Taurus.

Holiday Rituals

Nathan Benderson fell ill a few days before Passover, one of the most significant Jewish holidays. He died April 7, the first full day of the holiday, which lasts for eight days.

Still, on the eve of his death, Benderson’s family and a few close friends were able to have one last Passover Seder together. The Seder is a ceremonial dinner that marks the beginning of the holiday. This Seder was held during sunset April 6, in Benderson’s room at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, where some of the Passover food staples — matzah, gefilte fish and charoses — were shared.

Benderson died early the next day.

BEGINNINGS

Benderson’s frugality is likely connected to his youth. Called Sonny by childhood friends, Benderson saw his family’s

The firm, after decades of success in Buffalo, relocated to the East County in 2004. It bought the Sarasota Outlet Center, a struggling property just west of the University Parkway exit of Interstate 75.

The company paid $6 million for the center, which is now a thriving business hub, known as the Shoppes at University Center. Tenants include Bonefish Grill, Pei Wei Asian Diner and Marshalls.

Benderson’s corporate headquarters is also in the center, although it will be relocating to a nearby Benderson-owned plaza soon.

Business success allowed Benderson to focus on charitable endeavors. It was in one of those endeavors, at the Sarasotabased All Faiths Food Bank, where Benderson befriended Rabbi Brenner Glickman, of Temple Emanu-El, in Sarasota.

Glickman chairs the capital campaign for the food bank, where he saw Benderson’s commitment to people in need.

“He was a tough man, and he could be famously gruff,” Glickman said. “Yet, when he spoke of people in need, he would always get emotional. I am so grateful for all the kindnesses that he showed me, personally. I miss him already.”

Benderson is survived by his wife, Dora Benderson, three sons, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He’s also survived by longtime companion Anne Virag. A funeral was held April 11, in Buffalo. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be sent to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, 2640 N. Forest Road, Getzville, N.Y. 14068 or Honor Sanctuary Animal Rescue, 8435 Cooper Creek Blvd, University Park, Fla., 34201.

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Pedestrian’s husband seeks damages A notice sent to the town claims that agencies failed to provide a safe place to cross Gulf of Mexico Drive, resulting in the death of Jo Schatterman.

The husband of Jo Schatterman, the pedestrian killed while attempting to cross Gulf of Mexico Drive, has filed a formal notice of a claim against the town, Sarasota County, state of Florida and the Florida Department of Transportation for the “failure to provide a safe place to cross Gulf of Mexico Drive at the 2200 block despite having a designated bus stop on the east

side of the road.”

Thomas Schatterman, of Elk Grove Village, Ill., seeks damages in excess of $200,000, according to the notice sent by his attorney, Gregg Silverstein, of Aventura.

The letter describes the area as “poorly lit and there is no crosswalk available for pedestrians to cross.”

Town Attorney David Persson wrote in a

letter to the Longboat Key Town Commission earlier this week that the notice has been forwarded to the town’s insurance carrier, which will afford a defense and provide coverage in case of a lawsuit.

The crash occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27, when Schatterman, 73, and her sister, Myra Sandler, were returning from St. Armands Circle on the trolley when they attempted to cross Gulf of Mexico Drive to return to Sandler’s unit at the Islander Club. Schatterman was struck by a sport utility vehicle driven by Petar Sibinkic, of Sarasota. Schatterman died at the

scene.

Sandler told police that because of heavy traffic, she and Schatterman waited until the left side of the road was clear, walked into the middle lane and waited until they thought they could cross the rest of the road. A witness described the area as “very dark” at the time of the crash.

FDOT officials will most likely attend the commission’s regular workshop in May to discuss measures to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety, including the possibility of additional crosswalks on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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+ New Publix store off to a constructive start Construction work was under way Monday, April 9, just two days after Publix Super Markets Inc. closed its Longboat Key store to rebuild a new store by the end of the year. CVS, along with other businesses in the Avenue of the Flowers shopping center, remain open and accessible through Bay Isles Parkway.

Armour, according to Sarasota County property records. The name of the buyer was not immediately available.

+ Town seeks volunteers for boards

The most read stories online last week were: 1. “Lido Shores home sells for $7.1 million” (April 6) 2. “Colony unit owners aim for May 1 deadline” (April 4) 3. “Commission to discuss site plan for Rooks property” (April 2) 4. “Publix to close Saturday” (April 4) 5. “Company shows naked ambition” (March 28)

The town is seeking volunteers for its Planning & Zoning Board, Code Enforcement Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment and Citizens Oversight Tax Committee. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Monday, April 23 to the Office of the Town Clerk, 501 Bay Isles Road. For information, call 316-1999.

priced real-estate transaction recorded year-to-date in Sarasota County.

Mark Huber, of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty’s Longboat Key office, represented the buyer in the sale.

Linda Roe Dickinson, of the Palmer Ranch Michael Saunders & Co. office, was the listing agent.

The 6,618-square-foot, Gulf-front home has five bedrooms and six bathrooms and last sold for $8.9 million in November 2004 to James and Maryann

+ Buchanan seeks sand-source update U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Marine Fisheries Service inquiring about the status of a biological opinion the town had sought regarding finding an offshore sand source for beach nourishment related to the Port Dolphin project. Buchanan sent the letter April 4 seeking a status update and estimated timeline, after Town Manager

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 Town Commission Regular Workshop — 2 p.m. Thursday, April 19  Town Commission Regular Meeting — 7 p.m. Monday, May 7

David Bullock contacted a field representative for the congressman, writing that the town has “hit a bureaucratic cul-de-sac” with the NMFS office of the general counsel in St. Petersburg after four years of progress.

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+ Lido Shores home sells for $7.1 million

A home at 1255 Westway Drive in Lido Shores closed April 4 for $7.1 million. The transaction is the highest-

The Longboat Key Planning & Zoning Board’s Tuesday, April 17 meeting has been canceled because no items were scheduled to be heard. The next P&Z Board meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m.

Tuesday, May 15, at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.

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Kiwanians take swing at new baseball field Parking woes put The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key has suggested reviving youth baseball and/or softball at Bayfront Park Recreation Center to provide local activities for children.

Broadway in a jam

Could youth baseball and/or softball get another home run on the island? The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key suggested a revival of the sports in a letter to the Longboat Key Town Commission written in advance of the 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 Goals & Objectives workshop.

Kiwanis Club President John Wild, who also serves as secretary of the Kiwanis Foundation of Longboat Key, cited a section of the Vision Plan listing “recreational facilities for children and grandchildren” among a list of amenities that could be added or enhanced in the future.

He wrote that a “golden opportunity exists” to increase the dimensions of the baseball field at Bayfront Park Recreation Center making it a regulation-size field due to Sarasota County’s 2009 purchase of the former Albritton property, which added 3.88 acres to the park site.

Wild’s letter states that at a recent meeting, more than 30 members affirmed a pledge to work toward bringing expanded space for youth baseball or softball. “ … We think that even a token effort by the town to recognize the presence of children on the island is appropriate,” Wild wrote. “The mere presence of school buses proves we even have resident children, now forced to join teams on Anna Maria Island. By expanding LBK 2010our - J current facility to include a

A Village resident says that Jewfish Key visitors and restaurant patrons are causing parking problems along Broadway.

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The current baseball field at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center is not regulation size. regulation-sized field, we might find this making our facility more familyfriendly … ” Mark Richardson, Longboat Key facilities and recreation manager, said that at least three years have passed since a Little League team practiced on the Bayfront Park field.

He believes that making the pitch for baseball and/or softball could be tough.

The current field is too large for softball, and expanding the field into a regulation-sized baseball field would require altering the entire site of the park.

According to Richardson, who also serves as president of Manatee County Little League Baseball, the community center still has tee-ball and pitching machine baseball programs, however, all Manatee County Little League programs are based out of G.T. Bray Park, located in Bradenton.

Regardless of whether the idea of reviving Bayfront Park’s ball field is a hit with the commission, the park and its community center will be the basis for many groups’ goals and agenda. Three groups — the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee, Longboat Key Garden Club and Federation of Longboat Key Condominiums — have submitted goals and objectives for Wednesday’s meeting that endorse a proposed community center for the site.

Longboat Key resident Samir Ragheb feels that parking in the Longbeach Village has crossed the line.

Ragheb spoke about parking issues during the April 2 Longboat Key Town Commission meeting.

“The parking is untenable,” he said. “If both sides of the street (Broadway) are parked on, which is a fact at the moment, then the street is only good for one way.”

During evenings, the street often fills up with cars belonging to diners at Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant and Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub. But Ragheb said that some cars parked along Broadway belong to people going to Jewfish Key from the town dock. Ragheb said that a boat essentially acts as a ferry, transporting people to and from the island, which is considered a part of the town.

“The public dock at the foot of Broadway is the ferry embarking point,” he said.

At the Monday meeting, Ragheb said that two

cars had been parked on Broadway for the past several days.

Ragheb told the Longboat Observer that parking issues in the area have increased over the past year and are especially pronounced on weekends and holidays. He said he often sees people parking in the Village and taking luggage to the dock before boarding a boat bound for Jewfish Key. Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle told the Longboat Observer that he and Public Works Director Juan Florensa are considering an update to signage that would reflect an ordinance passed last year by the commission stating: “All persons and vehicles are prohibited from being present on any public beach or bay access or the public beach from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., unless otherwise marked by signage.”

Ragheb believes the ordinance should be enforced.

“I think overnight parking is only for the residents,” he said.

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Key Club’s Cooper fills big paws as new office dog Cooper became the resort’s newest office dog three weeks ago and already he’s getting lots of ‘paws-itive’ feedback.

Mellow. Must love people. Willing to put in time at the office.

Those were a few of the traits the Longboat Key Club and Resort was seeking out of a candidate for an open position.

But the resort didn’t find Cooper, one of its newest staffers, through a search firm or job fair.

He definitely didn’t email them his résumé.

Cooper found his new job as the resort’s office dog through Labrador Retriever Rescue of Florida.

He had some big paws to fill.

Late last year, the Key Club was left short-staffed when Cash, who held the office-dog position for a little more than five years, died unexpectedly, possibly due to heart-valve troubles. The Labrador/chow-chow mix was adopted in 2006 at age 4 when he was one of two pups to attend a wellness fair for Key Club employees and receive approval to become an

“office dog.”

Key Club cashier Judy Theoret gave Cash a ride to work each day and took him home at night. But, during his days at the office, he served as the official office morale booster, gracing the cover of the card Key Club employees would receive on their birthdays and sometimes stepping in to diffuse difficult human resource situations with his calming presence.

When Theoret contacted Lab Rescue earlier this year seeking a match for the office dog position, she asked for a yellow female.

Cash had been a black-haired male.

“I couldn’t accept someone who looked and acted just like Cash,” she said.

Theoret began getting emails from Lab Rescue about possible matches, but she indicated she wanted an older dog so the emails didn’t include puppies. But in

March, she went on the Lab Rescue website and spotted a dog with a familiar face. Like Cash, he had silky black fur and big, piercing eyes. The eyes belonged to a lab-mix puppy named Fuzzy Cooper. He was the only surviving member of his litter and had been dropped off at a shelter.

The Lab Rescue representative told Theoret that Fuzzy Cooper already had plans for the weekend: He was going to Pet Supermarket over the weekend to see if he would be one of the lucky dogs to be adopted.

Theoret told herself if he hadn’t been adopted by Monday, maybe it was meant to be. Monday came, and Fuzzy Cooper hadn’t been adopted, but moved to a temporary home in Weeki Wachee. She didn’t think she could take the day off, but her supervisor, also thinking it was fate, told her to take the day off to meet Fuzzy Cooper.

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Firefighters give inside look at emergency response Longboat Key Fire Rescue gave the public a behind-the-scenes look at how the department handles emergencies at a March 31 open house held at the north station.

But in an emergency, the public shouldn’t head to the fire station — they should dial 911.

Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi estimates that 30 times a year, a resident shows up at one of the department’s two stations needing medical treatment. Or, they dial the stations’ backdoor lines. Both moves can cost valuable minutes in an emergency.

“A lot of times, what we hear is, ‘We don’t want to bother you,’” Dezzi said. “We want them to bother us.”

Here’s the 411 on 911, according to Dezzi: When you dial the number, the dispatcher can automatically see the caller’s location and asks for the address for verification purposes. If you call the seven-digit number, firefighter/paramedics have to write down the caller’s contact information, and, then, dial 911, which can add four or five minutes to response time. In some cases, firefighter/paramedics are out on another call and can’t be reached through the back line.

And here’s who arrives when you dial 911 for a fire or medical emergency: Longboat Key Fire Rescue has 33 line personnel, 32 of whom are paramedics — meaning that they can provide services such as administering medication, airway management and defibrillation.

Although they also fight fires, 88% of their calls are for medical emergencies. They’ll arrive with medication that can treat just about any medical emergency — from allergic reaction to cardiac problems to childbirth.

Other things to know about 911: • Calling doesn’t mean you’ll have to go to the hospital. In cases involving falls or injuries, firefighter/paramedics offer patients the choice of whether they want to be transported to the hospital, although they’ll usually recommend it for the best treatment.

• A fire truck and ambulance automatically respond to calls involving respiratory and cardiac issues, chest pain and falls, with one unit returning to the station if necessary. In many cases, the additional units are necessary because firefighter/paramedics have to transport patients in stretchers up-anddown stairwells when there isn’t enough room in elevators.

• Firefighter/paramedics electronically fill out an information sheet that goes to Town Hall, which is then sent to the patient to fill out with Medicare, Medicaid or insurance information.

• Residents shouldn’t be hesitant to call 911, according to Dezzi. A severe headache could be a sign of stroke, while minor chest pains could be a heart-attack sign — and, in both cases, it’s important to call sooner rather than later.

“The chances of saving someone early on are much greater,” Dezzi said.

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Outdoor seating hampers St. Armands pedestrians Business Improvement District board members asked city staff to come back with ways that will allow them to enforce a uniform outdoor furniture policy for St. Armands Circle restaurants.

The St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District (BID) Board of Directors met Tuesday to discuss a problem they all agreed was a good one to have: The Circle and its restaurants are so busy that pedestrians are complaining there’s not enough room to stroll down the sidewalk.

At its regular meeting Tuesday, BID directors told city staff that Circle restaurants are so busy — during the evening hours, especially — that a mismatch of tables and chairs are starting to block sidewalks and extend to the Circle’s curbs. Makeshift bussing stations on sidewalks and in empty handicapped parking stations are also springing up to handle an influx of restaurant patrons.

City planner Alex DavisShaw told BID directors that city code does not allow for makeshift bussing stations or additional tables and chairs in the public right of way other than the city has given restaurants permission to utilize.

Restaurants are also required to post outdoor seating requirement permits, which in-

cludes a map of the outdoor seating that was approved.

Although city staff promised to have code enforcement make a visit to the Circle to make sure restaurants are adhering to outdoor seating requirements, BID board members were more interested in seeing if modifications could be made to the city’s code to allow for more uniform outdoor seating.

BID Chairman and leading organizer Marty Rappaport told staff he and others are concerned about the quality of the tables and chairs that are popping up around the Circle.

“We’re wondering if there’s anyway to achieve a certain kind of standard moving forward,” Rappaport said.

St. Armands Circle Association Executive Director Diana Corrigan called the look of the furniture “a hodgepodge that includes everything from 1950s lawn furniture to chrome tables and chairs.”

“We want to give businesses individuality to make their own statements, but it’s becoming an eyesore if restaurants have too many mixtures

of different kinds of tables and chairs,” Corrigan said.

Although city staff said it would not change codes to mandate a restaurant owner have a certain type of furniture inside its restaurant or within its outdoor private property, they were willing to come back to the BID at a later date with suggestions on how to create a furniture standard for outdoor dining in public rights of way.

“If we can control what’s in the public right of way, we can have one type of chair and table there,” Rappaport said.

“We just want something that eliminates restaurants from putting beach chairs out there in what’s becoming the No. 1 shopping destination in the country.”

Davis-Shaw said city staff would investigate the current code and come back with other options to make outdoor furniture more consistent. But she warned the code couldn’t be too strict.

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An American classic If you wanted to create the national poster symbolizing what America used to be and is supposed to be, the late Nate Benderson should be its model.

Benderson died Saturday, the result of a brain aneurism. The former Longboat Key resident was 94 — a young 94.

Indeed, in the dozen years he lived in Greater Sarasota, Benderson never looked or acted his age. When we last saw him at a recent American Jewish Committee dinner, he practically looked the way he did when we met him more than a decade ago.

His eyes twinkled as they did then. And combined with his short stature and goodnatured wit, those twinkling eyes always made you think of him as a happy, perhaps even mischievous, elf.

He was always up to something — a new deal, new development or new project that he was trying to build. Even at 94, he went to work just about every day at the Benderson Development offices at the University Shoppes on University Parkway. And at the AJC dinner last month, he nudged us again for a big story on his latest project and interest — the not-for-profit Honor Animal Rescue Ranch on Lorraine Road in East Manatee County. “Hey,” he said in his low gravelly voice, “when is that story going to run? We could use it.”

A story for our times

The life story of Nate Benderson is extraordinary. It also is extraordinarily relevant and symbolic today in the context of our nation’s presidential-election rhetoric.

Benderson’s is the story the candidates should be holding up as what America is supposed to be. They talk about opportunity and being given “fair shots” and doing “fair shares.” Nobody gave young, poor Benderson anything. He made his own opportunities.

A poor boy from a poor family in cold, gray Buffalo, Benderson applied drive, determination, hard work and ingenuity, and created and built one of the largest commercial real estate businesses in the nation.

The statistics are impressive. Benderson Development owns and manages 35 million square feet of commercial office and retail space and 500 properties in 38 states with nearly 8,000 employees.

Now frame all of that this way: During the eight decades he worked, Benderson’s efforts — and those of his Benderson Development colleagues — have built (often starting on raw dirt) and contribured countless improvements, conveniences and assets to hundreds and hundreds of communities. All of Benderson’s retail centers, hotels, restaurants, office buildings and residential developments were assets that helped improve the fabric and commerce of communities and improve the standards of living of thousands upon thousands upon thousands of Americans.

And along the way, as Benderson improved his own living standards with the fruits of his labor and fair trade with his customers and vendors, Benderson gave millions of his money to dozens of charities in the United States and Israel (see story, page 1A). He became one of this region’s biggest philanthropists, making donations primarily to organizations that took care of

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To donate or adopt an animal, call 914-302-0933, or go to: HonorAnimalRescue.org. The rescue ranch is located at 4951 Lorraine Road, Bradenton, 34211. Nate’s Place is 8435 Cooper Creek Blvd., University Shoppes, University Parkway.

people in need.

This was a man who remembered his roots — his own poverty and poor parents.

When Benderson was 18 and making more money than his father, he gave his parents $500 for a down payment on a house.

This was a man who didn’t seek or want public accolades. To the end, he was quiet, modest and humble.

Frugal, too — a trait that could teach us all, particularly our public leaders, a lesson or two. Two stories: Many years ago, during the lunch hour at Panera Bread on University Parkway, we spotted Benderson standing in a long line with the huddled masses, waiting to order.

Unshaven, he was dressed in a wrinkled golf shirt and bermuda shorts. Here he was, a real-estate magnate probably worth $1 billion, who could have caviar at lunch and delivered to his desk or home every day, waiting to order a sandwich with the rest of the noon-hour slugs. No one had a clue who he was. After he placed his order, Benderson handed the cashier money — and a discount coupon.

Wayne Ruben, another former Longboater and former Benderson Development partner, tells how he and Benderson often drove to the Mobil service stationconvenience store in Lakewood Ranch for lunch. They would buy sub sandwiches.

Ruben told us: “He always asked: ‘Who’s got the coupon?’”

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To be sure, Benderson’s thriftiness contributed his business acumen. Clearly, it was an outgrowth of his upbringing. One of his boyhood jobs was collecting and sorting — piece by piece, color by color — broken beer and soda bottles for his father’s recycling business.

But the trait that propelled him most in his business life was God-given genius. He certainly wasn’t a well-schooled individual.

He was a known truant in Buffalo during his high school years; he dropped out at age 16. But as David Eckel, also a Buffalo native and now owner of Bradenton-based Wagner Real Estate, told our Gulf Coast Business Review in 2001: “Nate just has a feel. It’s an art. We’ll drive around, and he’ll say, ‘That can be a great corner.’ He can envision what that parcel will do 20 or 30 years in advance. He doesn’t have to sit with computers or worry about a lot of scientific details.”

Just take a look at University Parkway and Interstate 75. Twenty years ago, the University Shoppes on the northwest parcel of the intersection was a lifeless shopping center, a remnant of a failed savings-and-loan deal made in the late 1980s. Everything else around it was scrub.

Today, of course, Benderson Development has turned the northwest and southwest sides of University and I-75 into one of the most vibrant retail mega-centers in the region. And it’s not finished yet. Still to come: the big luxury mall, multifamily housing and the completion of the rowing park. Another testament to Benderson’s vision.

His newest vision

A few weeks before he died, Benderson took us on a tour of one of his newest developments and philanthropic efforts, the Honor Animal Rescue Ranch on Lorraine Road. Even though the East County Observer and YourObserver.com had published numerous stories and photos of the new ranch and the construction going on at the facility over the past year, Benderson was urging us to publish another big spread.

“We need to get the word out to people so they will bring us the dogs and cats they can’t care for or come out and adopt one of our animals,” he said.

He walked us around the eight-acre development pointing out details, a proud papa of the new animal shelters and shiny, new playground for children. And he talked of the vision — of turning the two-story home and caged swimming pool on the property into a fully outfitted animal hospital and surgery center.

Asked if he wanted more publicity for the rescue ranch to raise awareness primarily in Sarasota, he turned with raised eyebrows: “No,” he said emphatically, “we want this to be nationally known.”

Small in stature, big in vision.

We’re sorry Nate Benderson didn’t get to see that “big spread” he wanted on the Honor Sanctuary. And he wouldn’t want it this way, but he is the one who deserves the recognition.

Nate Benderson was an American classic, a model for what Americans are supposed to be.

— Matt Walsh

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Dear Editor: To: Timothy E. Parker, crossword editor Hello Tim, Love to do your crosswords every week. As a long-time Observer reader and word puzzle aficionado, I find them to be an enlightening chore after tackling the Friday Wall Street Journal and the Sunday New York Times offerings.

Once a former U.S. Navy crypto officer, the cryptograms are also a challenge to my previous military exploits ... 58 years ago!

Have a bone to pick with you, or maybe it’s the creator of the March 29 puzzle — See 100 Across: “Stop!” to Captain Bligh. I do not agree with “belay” as the prime answer, although it fits the grid.

According to Webster, “belay” primarily refers to a verb, which is used mainly in rope or line handling terminology — or, in some cases, it can be used to mean defer or cancel, such as a captain might say to his helmsman, “Belay that last course change. “ Now, in my Navy days, 1953-57, the nautical term for stop was always “avast,” such as when heaving or tugging on lines or hauling in the anchor ... the cry would go

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O.K., I’m a nit-picker, but I guess I’m still an “old salt,” or as my wife says, “You have too much PC time on your hands.” Again, I enjoy your puzzles and regards to my good friend, Matt Walsh.

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Dear Editor: The editorial on Longboat Key’s $26.5 million unfunded pension liability was enlightening and disturbing. The deficit has grown tenfold in the last 10 years, a staggering increase. The deficit equates to about $3,500 for each person living on Longboat Key. It’s unclear if retiree health-care costs are included in the calculations or if that is an additional liability.

Unfortunately for many years, politicians have made a

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

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habit of awarding overly generous benefits to municipal employees because the cash costs occur long after they leave office.

Consequently, many states, cities and towns are now facing a similar fiscal crisis.

We demand and receive firstclass municipal services on our island, but we must deal with this growing deficit in contract negotiations with our employees.

Corporate America took similar steps years ago, and we must do the same.

Let’s hear no more talk of land acquisitions, an expensive community center and o t h e r things we don’t need until this deficit is addressed.

Mayor Jim B r o w n’s unspecific responses on this problem in your interview were far from comforting.

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bleachers at Ebbetts Field and everything looks normal as they are packed. Remember the “Cards” giving the “bums” a run for the roses?

Let’s hear from you, it’s been a few weeks; I can only guess from the news where you are. Smooth sailing, sailor, and God be with you always. We will never forget Apri,l 12 1945, our birthday. God bless F.D.R.’s soul.

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braced the entire third Naval District of which New York is the base.

There were plenty of scrambled eggs on hand and also brass from the Royal Navy. The principal address was given by Admiral Kelly, commandant of the third Naval District.

To me the most significant feature was the presence of a Jewish chaplain, Lt. Commander Joshua Goldberg.

Since Thursday night all programs were off the air. The only thing heard on the radio networks were the news and solemn music hymns. The most striking one, of course, was the Navy hymn “Eternal Father,” which was F.D.R.’s favorite. He was a Navy Man. Another hymn was “Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me” containing striking words such as “Jesus, Savior, pilot me over life’s tempestuous sea, unknown waves before me roll, hiding rocks and treacherous shoal, chart and compass come from thee, Jesus, Savior, pilot me.”

How significant and applying to anyone in the Navy — “Unknown waves before me roll,” etc. Also, “O hear me when I cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea.”

Anyone at sea is in peril, but in this war time era the danger is increased 100-fold.

The death of such a great and beloved man brings a certain degree of solemnity to everyone.

I look out the window at the

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March 29 Debit card discovery 2:31 p.m. — 6800 block of GMD. Property Found. A salon owner turned in a debit card she found at the north side of her business to police.

March 30 Couple’s quarrel 6:48 a.m. — 500 block of De Narvaez Drive. Disturbance. A couple got into an argument inside and outside the woman’s home as both the man and woman attempted to leave. After both parties calmed down and said they were going to separate locations, police allowed them to leave.

Cooler caper 7:38 a.m. — 600 block of General Harris St. Narcotics Violation. A Public Works employee looked for identification in a cooler he found and instead discovered two suspected crack pipes, a syringe, copper mesh and a red rag.

Paper trail 1:02 p.m. — 600 block of Cedar St. Soliciting. A resident complained that a Bradenton advertising paper intentionally was thrown on his property and others throughout his neighborhood.

April 1 Two sides to the story 3:15 p.m. — 100 block of N. Shore Road. Parking Violation. Police issued a parking violation to the owner of a vehicle blocking a private driveway. The vehicle owner said that he wasn’t blocking it

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because it is a roundabout driveway and the owner could still use the other side.

Officers told the man to contact the police chief if he wants to contest the citation.

9:24 a.m. — 3300 block of GMD. Property Found. A town employee turned in a camera she found on a beach-access picnic table while having lunch the day before.

8:29 p.m. — 1100 block of Bogey Lane.

Suspicious Vehicle. Police investigated a white SUV parked in a driveway and found that it was the property owner’s son-in-law’s vehicle.

Dog fight

April 2 10:27 a.m. — 5300 block of GMD. Lost/Missing Property. A man realized his wallet, containing four credit cards and a debit card, was missing. He last saw it the night before when he paid for his dinner at a restaurant.

Trash talk 1:53 p.m. — 6800 block of GMD. Dumping. Police responded to the dumpster area of a shopping center where an unknown person had dumped old junkboat seats and cushions. The plaza’s owner told police that illegal dumping has been an ongoing issue.

ported that his dogs began barking at a small white Toyota stopped outside of his home that backed out of the roadway as he walked out of his house to write down the car’s tag number. The man said that the driver turned on his bright lights, possibly to prevent him from seeing inside the car as it backed down the road.

April 3 Security Check 1:14 a.m. — 3100 block of GMD. Security Check. Police found the entrance of an office’s front door unlocked and contacted the key holder, who secured the building.

Missing the marker

2:47 p.m. — 100 block of N. Shore Road. Dog on the Beach. Police issued a written warning to a man who had his three dogs on the beach.

11:02 a.m. — Off the Key. Public Service. Police observed a missing day marker on the north side of a boating channel and contacted an environmental-services agency.

10:25 p.m. — 800 block of Jungle Queen Way. Suspicious Vehicle. A man re-

5:25 p.m. — 700 block of Gulf Bay Road. Animal Nuisance. A woman told police that her dog was approached aggressively by a boxer dog while walking in a park. Police couldn’t find the boxer or its owner.

Cycle of road rage 6:38 p.m. — 5600 block of GMD. Disturbance. A man and woman swerved their vehicle to avoid a group of bicyclists riding side-by-side in a bicycle lane. An argument ensued, and a bicyclist tossed water onto the man and woman in the car. Police found the cyclists, who said the driver was not obeying the 3-foot rule and was coming close to them, possibly trying to frighten them. The cyclist who threw the water said he didn’t know it hit the occupants and apologized.

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Dog-free zone 4:15 p.m. — 100 block of N. Shore Road. Dog on the Beach. Police informed a man of town ordinances after seeing him on the beach with a dog.

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ceny from Private Property. A man reported that his inflatable kayak was stolen from the area outside his rental home overnight. The man said that there were tracks indicating that the kayak was taken to the Gulf’s edge. Police were unable to find the kayak.

Kayak theft 3:12 p.m. — 6500 block of GMD. Lar-

Fishing rod expedition 1:41 a.m. — 400 block of GMD. Public Service. Police found a fishing-rod display on the front sidewalk of a gas station that was closed for the night. The store’s key holder told police that it was accidentally left outside when the store closed. Police placed the display near the store’s back door.

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Thursday, April 12 Networking at Noon — takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Holiday Inn Lido Beach, 233 Ben Franklin Drive. This Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce event will feature Alan Mong, from Freedom Personal Development, who will be speaking on “Discovering Your Memory Power and Reading Smart.” Cost is $20 for members; $25 for guests. Call 3832466.

An Islamic Perspective — starts at 2 p.m. at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. This program is sponsored

by All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church and Temple Beth Israel and will feature Samar Dahmash-Jarrah, a Kuwaiti born Palestinian-American journalist and educator. She will speak about issues Americans may be concerned about regarding Arabs and Muslims but are often hesitant to raise. Free. Call 383-5259.

Myakka Exhibition Opening Reception — takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. at Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, 6860 Longboat Drive S. Regional artists have created artwork inspired by Myakka River State Park. This exhibit runs through May 24. Free. Call 383-2345.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Men’s Club Celebration — starts at 6 p.m. at Stella Maris Hall at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Celebrate the end of the season with the St. Mary Men’s Club with hot dogs, burgers and beer. Cost is $15.

Call 383-8758.

Friday, April 13 Republican Club of Longboat Key Meeting — takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Sarasota Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Blvd.

Rep. Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, will give an update on redistricting and other Tallahassee happenings. 1490 talk show host Johnny Jackson will give his conservative perspectives.

Cost is $22 for members; $25 for non-members. Call Phyllis Black at 383-2567.

Saturday, April 14 Meet and Greet Local Authors and Illustrators — takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. at Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive Holmes Beach.

Meet children’s authors Cinda Hathaway, Virginia Sanders and Celia Edmundson, and get a signed copy of their books. Free. Call Jane Connolly at 778-6341.

Sip and Shop — takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park.

This Florida Winefest & Auction wine-tasting event will feature live music provided by Alan Brunton.

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Where: The Tennis Gardens at Longboat Key Club and Resort, 3100 Harborside Drive Cost: $20 to $80 for daily tickets or $100 to $500 for an allevent pass.

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Party on the Pass — starts at 6 p.m. at Mote Aquarium Courtyard.

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Tuesday, April 17 All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church Sandpipers Meeting — takes place at 12:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall of All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. Justice Doenecke will speak on “The Myths and Reality of Adolph Hitler.” Free. Call 383-5259.

Gerry Gardner Lecture: ‘For Life’s Questions … Push No. 4’ — takes place from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. Gardner is an experienced speaker with a focus on helping people find freedom from daily life struggles, painful past experiences and troubled relationships. Free. Call 383-5259.

Historical Society Speakers Event: Gary Mormino — starts at 7 p.m. at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, 6860 Longboat Drive S. Gary Mormino will be speaking. Mormino holds the Frank E. Duckwall professorship in Florida history at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg.

He will discuss how World War II transformed Florida and Floridians.

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answers SOS swan call A distressed swan was gently captured and taken to Save Our Seabirds.

It was just two years ago that Vickie the swan and her mate, Henry, produced seven cygnets swimming in a pond along the Bay Isles Parkway.

“People were stopping their cars and there were crowds of photographers,” David Novak, resident at Harbor Links and swankeeper says.

But this season, Novak noticed Vickie for a different reason — she was showing signs of distress. For one, she wasn’t making a nest.

And while in the water, Vickie had abandoned her graceful swan swim, replacing it with an awkward doggie-paddle and indecisively shaking her tail.

“I watched this for a week, and it wasn’t getting any better,” Novak says.

On April 3, Novak called Save Our Seabirds. Cynthia Schneier, Cyndi Seamon and Novak gently captured Vickie and took her to the bird-rescue facility, where she was put in intensive care and given antibiotics and fluids.

“She has calmed down quite a bit,” said Lee Fox, executive director of Save Our Seabirds, Monday.

Fox believes Vickie had an intestinal or kidney infection. Since taking fluids and having antibiotics, Vickie has started eating well, preening and taking care of herself.

“They can’t talk to you, they can’t tell you where it hurts; we just go by the symptoms they have,” Fox says.

Novak says a security guard near Vick-

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Cyndi Seamon and David Novak gently rescue Vickie to take her to Save Our Seabirds.

Wendy sits on her nest. ie’s territory has seen Henry wandering the area, supposedly looking for her. The group hopes to have Vickie reunited with Henry and in her own environment later this week.

Other breeding swan couples include the youngest pair, Wendy and Stan, who have about six eggs in their nest, and the oldest couple, Beverly and Alan, who also have about six. Novak expects the eggs to hatch around April 20 to April 25. It takes 35 days of nest-sitting by the females before cygnets hatch.

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Longtime employee enjoys meeting new people From lavish parties to circus-themed weddings, providing great service can be a juggling act. Sally Krause has been doing it for 30 years at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

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nized by her long single hair braid. Her look is a bit different now, after she decided to cut off 12 inches of her hair to donate to Locks of Love. Krause still wears her hair in her trademark braid, although it’s much shorter.

When not at work, Krause is busy with her two grandsons, C.J., 20, and Zachary, 14. She also enjoys biking and tending roses — her specialty.

Krause remains coy about how many more weddings, parties and events she’ll help make a success.

“I think a few more years,” she said. “But when you enjoy your work and your coworkers, who knows?”

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In the summer of 1982, Sally Krause was hired as a server at the Longboat Key Club.

At that time, all the club activities were at Islandside, including the dining facilities and golf course. The club’s hotel was nearing completion, and Krause was one of many hired to staff it.

Today, the bayside of the resort includes the Harbourside golf course, the Tennis Gardens and the Harbourside Dining Room, where many of the community’s major social events are held, not to mention numerous weddings.

In her 30 years at the club, Krause has seen some spectacular events.

“We had a circus wedding reception at Island House. I think it was Tom Thumb,” Krause said, recalling that the decorations included a trapeze.

“We had another circus party, too. It was held under a huge tent located where L’Ambiance is now,” Krause remembers, adding, “Some of the guests arrived by helicopter. The servers wore black and white, and we all were made up with clown faces.”

Krause enjoys the many weddings she has worked.

“They are always beautiful and always different,” she said. The well-organized banquet serving staff keeps everything running smoothly.

Krause especially enjoys meeting people as part of her jpb.

“Being here for so many years, the children I once served are grown, and now I am serving their children,” she said.

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Bill Carman leans on his Cobra outside of his treasured “Carriage House.” to maneuver like a stunt-car driver to keep the fiberglass front (and his bones, for that matter) from shattering to pieces.

“You can’t floor it in a Cobra,” he says. Lesson learned.

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“My first car was a 1950 Plymouth four-door sedan,” he says. “My car was so ugly, when girls went by they would turn their backs to it ... but I loved

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ends; it’s a collection of treasures he calls “The Carriage House.”

“It started 15 years ago with my ’94 Corvette convertible,” Carman says. The white convertible used to sit in the middle of his garage between two other drivable cars: a blue 1966 AC Cobra Replica (custom) and a bright yellow 1927 Grand Prix Bugatti type 35B. He takes them out at least twice a month and does a loop down Gulf of Mexico to U.S. 41, north to Cortez Road, west to Bradenton Beach and home to Longboat Key — a trip of about 23 miles.

“I haven’t had a ticket since 1962,” he says. It was for allegedly running a stop sign, but Carman insists he stopped.

The Cobra is the fastest of Carman’s cars. It can go from zero to 60 in about four seconds. And the Bugatti is no car for kids, either.

Carman said the man who sold it to him gave him the third degree to make sure it would go to a good home. He explains that some car aficionados treat their automobiles like pets.

Carman has handled his cars with the utmost care. He has had one close call when he accidentally shifted the Cobra into second gear, which forced the car into full-speed. He had

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Bill Carman was the owner of Carman’s Shoes and Handbags on St. Armands Circle for 46 years until he retired and closed the store in December 2010. Now, shoebox shelves and boxes from the old store line his garage. But the boxes’ contents don’t contain women’s sandals — instead, they hold car parts.

And shelves aren’t the only things showing Carman’s nostalgia for the past; he has quite the collection of treasures.

There’s an old Shell gas pump that reads “37 and 9/10 cents per gallon,” the price of gas when it was retired. Carman acquired it at a car show, one of the 30 to 40 car shows he attends each year.

There’s also an old-school Seaworld stroller car, shark jaws, police hats and even an old parking meter and working stoplight, which you might recognize from the Longboat Observer’s April Fools’ edition.

He has four glass display cases that contain about 300 car models, including a Longboat Key police car. He also has models of cars he has owned: ’57 Ford convertible, ’55 Pontiac Coope and a ’50 Cadillac convertible, to name a few.

“It takes me two full days to clean them,” he says.

His garage is full of odds and

When Bill Carman’s garage door is open, people often stop to take a look inside.

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+ Christ Church donates proceeds Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian members presented a check from the proceeds of their recent Missions Fundraising Sale to Patrick Carnegie, president and CEO of the United Community Centers of Bradenton. They raised nearly $15,000 from the sale to spend on mission projects, and one-third of the proceeds went to the Reading Buddy Program at the United Community Centers to supCourtesy photos port at-risk youth and their Beverly Sutton, Vivian Chester, Patrick Carnegie, student families with educational and Terrace Johnson, Sue Wertman, teacher Shayla Kelly, student Darien Randall and Karen Fors prevention programs.

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Frankie and Bob Nelson celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary recently at the Sarasota Yacht Club.

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Approximately 80 people attended the religious dinner, which tells the story of the Jews’ escape from slavery.

On the Seder plate, the bone shank, the greens and the egg all symbolize the Jews’ struggle for freedom. The paste, made mostly of apples and nuts, represents the mortar they used as they worked in slavery. Guests also enjoyed matzo ball soup, with the unleavened matzo as one of the traditional dinner dishes.

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SYMBOLIC CEREMONY

by Dora Walters | Senior Editor

Temple Beth Israel honors Seder tradition Following a service in the sanctuary, Friday, April 6, Temple Beth Israel members and guests moved into the social hall for a traditional Passover Seder. Rabbi Jonathan Katz led the ceremony.

The Seder plate has symbolic items representing the Jews’ struggle and victory against slavery. Katz told the group that sometimes an additional item representing an injustice is added. He added a tomato, which he said symbolized the struggle of tomato pickers to receive better wages for their work. On April 22, a walk is planned in the area to call attention to their plight.

Music Director Dr. Ann Stephenson and vocalist Rebecca Hill took part in the evening’s program, as well.

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

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold Sunday worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. The Rev. Bruce Porter is the pastor. 383-8833.

Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. 383-6491.

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive, will hold contemporary Sunday worship services at 9 a.m. and traditional Sunday worship services at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor. 388-1234.

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

Gerard Finegan is the pastor. 383-1255.

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EGG SCRAMBLE

by Mallory Gnaegy and Dora Walters | Observer Staff

Oliver Copeland searches for the perfect egg Sunday, April 8, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

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Sophia Watson checks out her eggs Sunday, April 8, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s egg hunt.

Court Griffin enjoys playing after the egg hunt Sunday, April 8, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

Lucy Rearden, Abby Weldon and Thomas Weldon are ready for the hunt Saturday, April 7, at Beachplace.

Trey Gelman and his mother, Aurora, attended the hunt Saturday, April 7, at Beachplace.

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Blake DeJongh loves the balloon animal he got Saturday, April 7, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

J.T. Wilson flaunts the eggs he found Friday, April 6, at Sand Cay Beach Resort.

Siblings Matthew, Katie and Andrea Colavito and their friends Taylor Greenberg and Gabby Hernandez collected the most eggs during the hunt Friday, April 6, at Sand Cay Beach Resort.

Longboat Key was hoppin’ with activity this weekend during several egg-cellent Easter events. On Friday, Sand Cay Beach Resort staff hid hundreds of eggs on the property for the children to find. And the Easter Bunny made sure to make a few early visits to Sarasota Yacht Club, Sarasota Sailing Squadron and Beachplace Saturday for their Easter egg hunts.

Sunday was a flurry of little legs running as fast as they could to grab colored eggs and place them in their overflowing Easter baskets. The Longboat Key Club and Resort not only hosted an Easter egg hunt (eggs were hidden in a pile of hay) but also offered activities such as mini golf, egg decorating, cookie decorating and necklace making. Members and guests at Bird Key Yacht Club posed for photos with the Easter Bunny before enjoying a magic show and an Easter egg hunt.

And the revered rabbit made sure to also visit Casa del Mar and the Longboat Island Chapel for their annual Easter egg hunts.

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Frankie Bersch was all smiles Saturday, April 7, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

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Harry and Charlotte Kitchen, of Beaufort, S.C., sold their Unit 211 condominium at 1931 Harbourside Drive to Paul Carreiro and Kimberly Pelyk, Longboat Key, for $390,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,442 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $469,000 in 2008.

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Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,382 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $699,000 in 1993.

Raymond and Julie Grimm, of Carol Stream, Ill., sold their Unit 311 condominium at 2550 Harbourside Drive to Robert and Doralynn Anderson, Longboat Key, for $740,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,083 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $425,000 in 2009.

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Harriet Marks, Sarasota, sold the Unit 307 condominium at 455 Longboat Club Road to Kenneth Leung, of Brooklyn, N.Y., for $612,500. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,410 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $375,000 in 1991.

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Unit 512 at Tangerine Bay Club, 380 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,380 square feet of living area. It sold for $856,300.

Sea Gate Club

Margaret McMurray, Beatrice Isenhour, Ellen Vaughn and Lavinia Coombs, of Nashville, Tenn., sold their Unit 3-E condominium at 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Andrew Terzis, of Ridgefield, Conn., for $490,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,470 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $75,000 in 1986.

Longboat Harbour Towers

James Wynn, trustee, sold the Unit 304 condominium at 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Charles and Gretchen Lefferson, of Williamsburg, Ohio, for $480,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,534 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $725,000 in 2005.

Portobello

William and Sharon Collins, Lakeland, sold their Unit B-105 condominium at 3240 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Sandra Packard, trustee, of White Lake, Mich., for $317,500. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,505 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $150,000 in 1997.

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Exquisite lakefront! Bay Isles subdivision, deeded beach. Close to tennis $1,695,000 EMERALD HARBOR NEW HOME on wide canal. 4 BD/ Master bedroom downstairs, plus 3 suites upstairs.

Top of the line finishes. Exercise rm., kayak launch pad, deepwater dock & pool. Lots of privacy w/bay views, plus deeded beach access. $2,395,000 BAYFRONT ESTATE Gated, Private, 1 acre estate w/5,000 square foot 5 bedroom home on deepwater channel.

Spectacular Bay vistas. Private beach access. Boat dock & lift. BAYFRONT LIVING AT ITS BEST! $2,500,000 OLD FLORIDA CHARMING 4,400 sq.ft. Home w/193 ft. unobstructed Bay vista. Dock your boat and launch your kayak from your own private beach. $3,250,000 HARBOUR VILLA CLUB Fantastic 2/2 Bayfront penthouse. New windows & decorating. Fabulous views. 40 ft. boat dock. $550,000, 2/2 end unit $495,00 UNIVERSITY PARK NEW LISTING Former Dan Najjar model. Gorgeous 3BD/3BA in private lakefront setting.

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Unsurpassed beauty surrounds the 75 ft. bayside pool. 2 docks w/ lifts. $8,400,000 WESTON POINTE Stunning 3 bedroom home with boat dock! Living area is centered around pooltotal private outdoor living area. High ceilings, lots of windows - bright and open with beautiful finishes. Located behind the gates near tennis with beach access. $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. $2,595,000 SARABANDE 8th FLOOR Gorgeous corner condo w/ panoramic views of Sarasota Bay, the Marina, city skyline plus Gulf sunsets. Luxurious finishes & amazing amenities! $1,595,000 WESTWAY ESTATE – 210 FT. DIRECTLY on New Pass, views to Gulf, outstanding sunsets. 4 BR main home plus 4 BR guest house. Gorgeous courtyard pool, dock, private beach access. The ultimate in designer finishes! $8,900,000

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631 Ranger Lane - Longboat Key Immaculate Mediterranean waterfront home one in from the Bay with beautiful water views from almost every room with high ceilings and large windows.

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Water Club I -Gulf Views South facing 3 bedroom, 4 bath apartment on the 4th floor has an open & spacious floor plan, oak floors, wood plantation shutters, wet bar and furniturequality built-in's throughout. $1,595,000

Grand Bay-Bay, City, & Golf Course Views Sought-after south facing corner residence with 3BR/3 Full Baths, private elevator foyer, wraparound terrace, wood floors, stainless appliances, granite wet bar. $1,289,000

Ritz Tower – Downtown Sarasota 8th floor 2,799 SF residence with 3BR/3BA in wood, granite & stainless offers a neutral color pallet & gorgeous Bay, Marina, & City views from every room. 2 prkng spaces. $1,399,000

Sanctuary II – One of a Kind! Direct Gulf front walk down with private stairway to beach.

View gives the feel of living on a Caribbean island. Largest 3BR with 3,115 sq. ft. Gulf/ beach views. Unique opportunity. $1,985,000

Siesta Bayside – Deep Water Canal Gorgeous waterfront updated home. 2,641 sq. ft., 3BR/2BA, large tropical patio area with pool/spa, boat dock with lift & floating jet-ski dock. Includes 12 sunset cruises! $849,900

Grand Bay III - Beautiful Water Views Light and bright 3BR/3.5BA residence in Building 3 with nine foot ceilings, spacious floor plan and wrap around terraces for enjoying views of Sarasota Bay. $799,000

Sarabande - Downtown Sarasota Beautiful 2BR/ 2BA apartment, exquisite Sarasota Bay and marina views, bright, open floor plan with all new carpet, ceramic tile, granite, and a fresh neutral color palette. $749,000

University Park - Custom Lakefront Beautifully maintained 3BR + Den home with 10ft ceilings, his & her bath, quality built-in’s, & expanded great room overlooking the pool/ spa and lake. Two car garage. $469,000

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. $869,000

BANK OWNED Bird Key - Outstanding Waterfront Opportunity Built in 2007 on a wide protected boat basin. Home has 8,071 square feet, 5BR/5.5BA, guest wing with separate entrance and more! Infinity edge pool, boat dock, and 4-car garage. $3,850,000

Water Club I – Direct Gulf Front Gorgeous 7th floor apartment with 3BR/5BA and 3,400 sq. ft. Amazing water & sunset views! Oak wood floors, unique interior finishes, 2 parking spaces & excellent amenities. $2,700,000

OYSTER BAY - Vacant Lot Unique oversized (15,772 s.f) lot with lots of depth and diversity! Plans are available for the home pictured,or you can build to your own taste! Lot is situated West of the Trail. $299,000

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

The Bougainvillea House - Tudor Revival Renovated in 2006 on 3 lots with 4BR/3.5BA + separate guest house totaling 4,857 square feet. Home exudes old world charm while offering today's modern conveniences. Wood floors, marble, pool, & 2-car garage. $1,290,000

La Firenza - Direct Beach Front Built in 2007, private southwest corner 3,521 SF residence with 3BR + den/family room and varying 11 & 12 ft. ceilings has endless unobstructed Gulf views and sought-after enclosed two-car garage. $2,795,000

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 with attached guest wing. New in ‘07. www.Johnsonestatelongboatkey.com $11,500,000

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Coral Cove - Bay Front Beauty Mainland Mediterranean Perfection with 130’ of waterfront, 5BR, theater, library, family room, infinity edge pool/spa, dock, jet-ski lift and 4-car garage. $3,195,000

Ritz Tower Residences – Incredible Opportunity One of a kind 4th floor walk-down to amenity level with four bedrooms, 4 baths and 3,659 square feet of easy living space. Sought-after floor plan, marble floors, wood cabinetry and stainless appliances throughout. 2 valuable parking spaces incl.

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

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Sanctuary II - Beautiful Views South facing 4th floor apartment with 3BR plus den /2.5BA & wraparound terrace w/ views of Gulf and Golf Course. Incredible opportunity! $899,000

San Remo Shores - Deep Yacht Basin On 160’ of waterfront has 5BR/5.3BA & 7,582 SF of luxury. Home theater, office, media room and rooftop widow’s walk. Private dock & 4-car garage. $3,995,000

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Whitney Beach

Arthur and Kathleen Abate, of West Haven, Conn., sold their Unit 202 condominium at 6800 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jeffrey Stuffings, of Lafayette, Colo., for $260,000.

Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,377 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $437,500 in 2007.

Sutton Place

Katharine Penfield, trustee, sold the Unit 302 condominium at 605 Sutton Place to John and Jean Kloppenburg, of Hollis, N.H., for $235,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 992 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $132,000 in 1989.

Unit 1 condominium at 5125 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Georgia Tsarnas, of Akron, Ohio, for $215,000. Built in 1983, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,122 square feet of living area.

L’Elegance on Lido Beach

Barbara and Robert Branson, trustees, of Dixon, Ill., sold the Unit A-703 condominium at 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Monica Micera, trustee, of Mendham, N.J., for $650,000. Built in 1996, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,350 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $496,800 in 2003.

Seagrape Inn

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BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of March 30 through April 5, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address Permit Applicant Amount

Whitney Beach 6701 GMD Re-roof Condominium Association $26,760

Whitney Beach 6701 GMD Re-roof Condominium Association $26,760

Whitney Beach 6701 GMD Re-roof Condominium Association $26,760

Whitney Beach 6701 GMD Re-roof Condominium Association $26,760

Whitney Beach 6701 GMD Re-roof Condominium Association $26,760 620 Emerald Harbor Drive Alteration Thurston Investments Inc. $26,250 3437 Winding Oaks Drive Alteration Manuela Newell $15,552 2819 GMD Alteration ES&P Limited Partnership $14,000 2295 GMD Alteration Laura Ridgewood Inc. $11,936 718 Bayport Way Alteration Suzanne Rosen $10,223 5481 GMD Alteration M. Clayton Hollis Jr. $9,995.47 1000 Longboat Club Road Alteration W.R. Kribs Sr. $9,822 3710 GMD Alteration Stephen Chapin $9,202 1925 GMD Alteration William Caldwell, trustee $5,118.34

PAMPER YOURSELF and live on the beach at the Beach Residences, a Ritz Carlton managed property. This 4100+ sf residence has 3 bedrooms, a family room, formal living room and dining room. It is exquisitely finished and decorated and has remarkable views of the Gulf, the Bay, and downtown Sarasota.....................................................Furnished $3,895,000 SLEEPY LAGOON, SAILBOAT WATER - 4 bedrooms plus an office and a loft, caged heated pool, dock with lift. Beach access. ................................................................................................................................................$845,000 WINDWARD BAY - 2 penthouses with amazing bay views, tennis, 2 pools, boat docks, deeded beach access. 2 pets allowed ................................................................................................................$269,000 and PENDING $239,000 MARINA AND BAY VIEWS at Bay Harbour on the south end of LBK – just minutes to St. Armand’s Circle. 2/2 with screened porch ...................................................................................................................................................................................$319,000 WhITNEY BEAch - a 1/1 with views of Bishops Bayou and a 1 bedroom, 2 bath with a view of the beautifully landscaped grounds. Beach, bay, tennis, boat docks, fishing pier. Pets allowed.......................... $225,000 and $199,900 BANYAN BAY - a very relaxed atmosphere for this ground floor 2/2 designed for island living. Tennis, pool, beach, fishing pier, pet friendly. ..................................................................................................................................PENDING $259,900 hARBOUR LINKS - 3/3 corner villa with double garage on the golf course at the LBK Club. Beach Club membership.

Pet friendly............................................................................................................................................. PENDING $379,000 LONG BEAch - 2 charming homes in historic Longboat Village. This is truly a family neighborhood in walking distance to the Art Center, beach, fishing pier and restaurants................................................................. $395,000 and $399,000 BAYPORT 2/2 in beach to bay community with tennis, Olympic size pool and 27 acres of tropical landscaping..$339,500 hARBORAGE ON BRADEN RIVER 2/2.5 town home with courtyard and double garage. A Neal community..$157,900 WILDEWOOD SPRINGS 2/2 updated lakefront villa in wooded setting. 15 minutes to the beach.. ..........$119,500

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1050 loNGBoaT cluB roaD #703 Great view of intracoastal and city. 2/2 condo located directly on the beach, great condo community. $425,000

2089 Gulf of mexico Drive #107 Enjoy tranquil views & tropical setting w/this updated 2B/2B seaside condo! $447,000

601 loNGBoaT cluB rD #303s - Updated 2BR/2BA condo w/direct Gulf views & 2 covered parking spaces! $795,000

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1932 HarBoursiDe Drive #235 Panoramic views of the Bay, Ringling Bridge & dwntwn from this bayfront 2B/2B $479,900

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1212 BeNjamiN fraNkliN Drive #407 Furnished 2BD/2BA condominium on Lido Beach with partial Gulf views! $510,000

4525 Gulf of mexico Drive #206 Beautifully Renovated 3B/2B! Gorgeous Gulf of Mexico, beach & sunset views! $749,000

3314 Bayou roaD - Water & golf course views that rival the best. 5200sf, A/C w/4B/5B/8car gar. $1,949,000

3610 fair oaks Place - 4BR/3+BA, pool, private dock & Bay views in this Queens Harbour home. $2,150,000

2016 HarBoursiDe Drive #314 Open 3BD/3BA condominium with private walk-down & bay view in Fairway Bay. $549,000

2399 Gulf of mexico Drive #3B2 Stunning 2BR/2.5BA Gulf oasis located waterfront with amazing views! $1,795,000

1064 N Tamiami Trail #1519 - Luxury never looked so good with full, sweeping views of Sarasota Bay. $374,900

3550 fair oaks laNe Must see work of art waterfront with exquisite details throughout. 4BR/5+BA $1,899,000

1064 N Tamiami Trail #1223 - Tasteful & elegant this spacious 2BR+den has a wonderfully revised floor plan. $294,900

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1211 Gulf of mexico Drive #906 Gorgeous SW Gulf views.

2BR/2BA, 2135 sqft with wood burning fireplace. $699,000

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3388 Bayou laNe 3B/3.5B custom southwestern home of 3008 sq.ft. on LBK club golf course. $839,000

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552 juaN aNasco Cozy 3 BR / 2.1B, water canal, boat dock, jet ski lift, pool 1846 sf $759,000

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4241 Gulf of mexico Drive #302 - Direct FULL Gulf & Bay views; 3BR/2.5BA w/recent complete remodel. Pets OK. $1,059,000

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3343 saBal cove Place - 3B/3B+den estate home w/private setting. Great pool/lanai for entertaining. $999,000

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Bree and Chase Brinson inspect their eggs Sunday, April 8, at Longboat Island Chapel.

Magician Stevie Dee shows Cassie Gremp a magic trick Sunday, April 8, at Bird Key Yacht Club’s Easter party.

Piper Barde poses with the Easter Bunny at Bird Key Yacht Club’s Easter party Sunday, April 8.

Kate Carner and Lauren Fakhoury count their eggs after the Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s egg hunt Saturday, April 7.

Alissa Petty tries to see what’s inside an egg at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron’s egg hunt Saturday, April 7.

Right: Michaela Burm collected lots of candy at Casa del Mar’s annual hunt Sunday, April 8.

Saige Torre holds up her eggs after Casa del Mar’s annual egg hunt Sunday, April 8.

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Gated boating community just across the street from the beach. Deeded boat slip. Build your dream cruise pad all for $183,632---lot only. Jerry Cunningham $183,632 #A3950841

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

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GATED BAY FRONT COMM! FUR 3-4Br/3.5Ba/3CG w/views, Lr/Dr, eat-in kitch., MBa w/jetted tub, elevator, bonus rm, plantation shutters, sec & cent vacuum sys, balcony & heated lap pool in exceptional location next to CC amenities & IMG academy! MLS#A3955851 $750,000

Incredible opportunity to own 2 adjoining lots west of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Conrad Beach boasts timeless architecture, com. pool & clubhouse. Purchase separately or Peter Uliano w/M5815731. #M5815734 $260,000

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

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Canal front, deep water access with no bridges. 3BR/2BA with pool in the amazing city of Cortez. Family living Debra Ibasfalean at its finest. $395,000 #M5826860 BEAUTIFUL BAY VIEWS! 3Br/3Ba/2CG w/upgrades; ceramic tile, granite, raised panel cabinets, quality appls., ceiling details, MBr w/2 walk-ins & jetted tub plus pvt balcony in gated comm. w/amenities; pool, tennis, kayak, dock/fishing pier & more! MLS#A3947207 $345,000

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

DOWNTOWN END UNIT W/BAY VIEWS! Updated 2Br/2Ba/1CG w/open plan, Lr, Dr + den/study, wood flrs, ceramic tile, built-ins, mirrored walls, Corian, raised panel cabinets, jetted tub in MBa & 2 pvt balconies in Bay Plaza w/full service amenities! MLS#A3958024 $800,000

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Bayfront Elegance! Almost 4,000 SF of Open Living Space in This Fabulous Sarabande Residence. Dramatic Sunset Views! $1,999,000

Captivating Gardens and Mesmerizing Water Views Surround This Architecturally Significant 4 Bedroom Home in Sanderling Club. $750,000

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Very Impressive Conrad Beach Beauty Just Steps to the Beach. $999,000

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Award-Winning, Florida Green Certified Contemporary Masterpiece on Cocoanut Bayou w/ Over 6200 SF of Amazing Living Space Plus Guest Apartment. $4,900,000

Direct Bay Front Estate-Size Property Comprised of Three Buildable Lots.

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Exquisite Alinari 15th Floor Unit w/ Magnificent Views of Bay Out to Gulf! $499,000

Tranquil and Private Resort-Like Beachfront Estate on Longboat Key. $4,495,000

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Nicely Updated Direct Gulf Front Beachplace Unit. Bring Offers!

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Beautifully Updated 3 Bedroom Island Getaway w/ Tranquil Bay Views and Boat Dock. $1,699,000

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

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Modern Luxury Four Bedroom w/ over 4,000 SF of Brilliant Living Space and Sweeping Water Views. Very Private! $2,895,000

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WATER CLUB - Direct Gulf front 3BR furnished 3400sf condo in sought after LBK building w/ great amenities. A3957287 $2,650,000

COUnTRy CLUB ShORES – Canal front new construction residence will contain 3,300sf, 4BR, office and all the upgrades. A3958487 $1,395,000

The Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce has hired ADDY award-winning Boost Studio to create a new website.

“The primary goal for the Longboat Key Chamber is to make the sites intuitive and easy-to-use,” says Christine Koch, owner of Boost Studio. “We want to raise the bar for the form and function of chamber websites, to best serve the needs of each audience.”

The website will offer separate yet cohe-

sive channels to meet the needs of the individuals who rely on the chamber for information and resources.

“We’re simplifying the navigation to create an inviting and uncluttered interface for the visitor, which requires a lot of strategy and organization,” says Steve Boris, owner of Boost Studio.

Boost studio received four ADDY awards and an AMY award in the 2012 American Advertising Federation–Suncoast competition. The company is based in Manatee County and works with business and nonprofit clients throughout the United States.

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CLUB LOnGBOAT - Completely remodeled furnished 3BR including kitchen & baths. A3958419 $399,000

360 nORTh - North end of LBK 3BR townhome overlooking the beach and gulf. A3956001 $995,000

VILLA DI LAnCIA - Designer furnished 3BR condo w/staircase from your terrace to the pool & beach. A3950629 $1,575,000

The Umbrella House File photo

+ Local landmarks nominated as top 100 Florida buildings

COVERT I 2BR/1BA with glassed lanai overlooking

the pool is one of the best buys on Longboat Key. Perfect for the retiree, full time resident or use as a winter retreat. Well maintained, small bayfront complex with deeded beach access and low maintenance fees.

A short distance to The Centre Shops, Durante Park with 32 acres of trails and playground, Publix and St. Armands.

A3953684 $219,900 941.383.5502 or 941.724.7228 CathyMeldahl@michaelsaunders.com

80187

3174 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Longboat Key, FL 34228

Michael Saunders & Company Cathy C. Meldahl P.A. Licensed Real Estate Broker

Making Real Estate...Real Easy SaRaSota HaRbouR eaSt John Ringling Blvd.| Sarasota Florida

There are two Condominiums available one on the First floor,nicely furnished.

Offered at $310,000

Another on the Third Floor, Completely Remodeled, Spectacular views of Sarasota Bay and the City, Unfurnished.

Offered at $399,000

Both properties are 2 Bed 2 Bath with Lanais. This wonderful community is across from the Sarasota Yacht Club, walk to St Armands and The Beach or Minutes to downtown Sarasota. There is a Bayside heated in ground pool, a wonderful 1/2 mile Bayfront Walkway with Fishing Stations, Clubhouse, Benches and Docks for your boat are available at no charge.

This Location Is As Good As It Gets! This is a 55 Plus Community

Lido Regency condominium

1700 Ben Franklin Drive | Lido Beachfront Property Suite 11 E | Sarasota, Florida

Panoramic views of the Gulf, Bay and City from this 11th Floor 1,507 square foot “TURNKEY FURNISHED” contemporary condo featuring 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, the building is beautifully updated,outstanding in house management, fitness room overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, beachfront heated pool and sauna, walk to St. Armands Shopping/Dining or to South Lido Park for Picnics, swimming,fishing, kayaking, or relaxing. Downtown Sarasota Theatre and Arts only minutes away.

Virtual Tour Available: http://www.pix360.com/slideshow/968

Just Reduced For Quick Sale $599,900

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201 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key

(941) 387-1875 | (941) 504-9282 | fax (941) 383-3180 Email: gladstone2@comcast.net

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440 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228 Office 941.383.7591 | Mobile 941.928.3559 | SarasotasFinestProperties.com

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ThE GRAnDE - Exquisitely appointed gulf front Penthouse residence, 3260sf 3BR, 1450sf terrace w/ a two car garage. A3955033 $1,950,000

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ST. ARMAnDS TOWERS Experience the view from this sophisticated furnished 2550sf 3 BR Penthouse overlooking the gulf & city skyline. A3953612 $1,750,000

The Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Florida) recently held an online voting contest of the top 100 buildings in the state. Making the list were several notable Sarasota buildings, including Plymouth Harbor and the Umbrella House, on Lido Shores.

Seven other Sarasota County buildings were nominated for the top 100: Sarasota High School, Cà d’Zan, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Sarasota City Hall, New College Residence Halls, Alta Vista Elementary and The Cocoon House/ Healy Guest House.

The winner will be announced later this month, which is Florida Architecture Month.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012

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APRIL SHOWERS

by Dora Walters | Senior Editor

Ian Addy & Gail Wittig Longboat Key Club & Resort | From the low $200’s to $1,000,000’s

565 Sanctuary Drive, #A302 | Longboat Key | PENDING 5251 Gulf of Mexico Drive | Longboat Key | SOLD

For 15 years, Kip O’Neill has hosted a party for Village ladies of all ages with April birthdays. And each year, the list continues to grow.

This year, the party celebrated nine ladies: Liz Yerkes, Jinny Johnson, D’Arcy Arpke, Lissy LaFlamme, Chantal Diem, Dawn diLorenzo, Lillian Sands, Gail Condrick and Vivie Porterfield.

Part of O’Neill’s tradition includes a birthday cake with a united blowing out of the candles to make their birthday wishes.

O’Neill’s grandsons, Luke and Andrew Moriarty, were special guests at the event. The two also assisted with the serving duties.

The gathering brought a lot of conversation, but one topic was not discussed — the ages of the honorees.

703 Tropical Circle I Sarasota I $799,000

O’Neill hosts April birthday celebration

240 Sands Point Road, #4605 | Longboat Key | $899,000

Photos by Dora Walters

Birthday girls Liz Yerkes, Dawn diLorenzo, Chantal Diem, D’Arcy Arpke, hostess Kip O’Neill, Lillian Sands and Gail Condrick

3315 Gulf of Mexico Drive | Longboat Key | $3,800,000

WWW. ATHOMESARASOTA.COM

941.387.0100

Vashty Braha and Elisabeth Phillipson

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

440 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Longboat Key, FL 34228 GailWittig@michaelsaunders.com

• Leading Specialists at Longboat Key Club & Resort • 61+ Years of Combined Real Estate Sales Experience • Team Sales Exceed $195 Million Since 2005 Fanny Younger, Nancy Kane and Susan Tone

• 2010 & 2011 Top Sales Team Michael Saunders & Company, Longboat Key

Barbara Milian, Ian Addy PA, Gail Wittig

We invite you to take advantage of our team’s experience and allow us the opportunity to present you with a complimentary market analysis of your property.

www.JennetteProperties.com Leasing Distinctive Properties to Extraordinary People

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Vacation & Long Term Rentals S. Longboat Key & St. Armands 941-953-6000 N. Longboat Key & Anna Maria 941-792-6900 RENTAL PROPERTY MGMT

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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012

By Brian Gunnell | American Contract Bridge League

A trump demotion Trump promotions are not so difficult once you get the hang of them, but it takes real talent to organize a trump demotion! Observe this tragic E-W performance: Looking just at N-S, playing in 4♠, you can see three top losers in the red suits. Of course, when tackling the trump suit, Declarer plays the A♠ first.

Most (89%) of the time, trumps will be 2-1, and there will be 10 easy tricks. But this deal is in the unlucky 11%, and, so, Declarer is destined to go down one.

But, no! Here comes E-W, galloping

It was not too smart of West to advertise a doubleton Heart when he had no trumps with which to ruff the third round. And East, knowing the trump situation, might have done better not to play that third round of Hearts (although a suspicious Declarer would surely have smelled a rat if East had not done so). So, there you have it, the dreaded trump demotion!

to Declarer’s rescue! West’s opening lead is the K♥, followed by the A♥.

This sequence of plays cleverly shows a doubleton in the E-W methods (with a longer suit, this pair would lead the Ace first). Then a Diamond switch is won

by East’s Ace, and a Heart comes back.

Declarer ruffs resignedly with the nine and, when that unexpectedly holds, the jig is up! Declarer now has no trouble working out the trump position and crosses to Dummy (twice if necessary) to finesse East out of his QJ3 ♠, making 10 tricks!

Visit www.acbl.org for more about the game of bridge or email marketing@acbl.org.

Contact Brian Howard, owner/director of the Bridge Center of Bradenton, at 7958981.

IT’S READ EVERYWHERE

BRIDGE HAND Vulnerable: East, West

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ITALY. Don and Flo Richer, of Seaplace, traveled to Venice, Florence, Rome and Sardinia, Italy, with their daughter and celebrated their daughter’s birthday in Venice. In this picture, the Richers share news from home at Pevero Golf Course, in Sardinia, Italy.

♠ 10 6 4 ♥ 10 8 3 2 ♦3 ♣AQJ87

North Pass 2 ♠ 4 ♠

East Pass Pass All Pass

South 1♠ 3♠

Solve the puzzle by placing the numbers 1 through 9 in each row, column and box. See answers on page 12B.

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Talk to Tina Today - Longboat Key’s International Connection

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ONE PROPERTY, TWO OPPORTUNITIES Spectacular 100’ x 238’ beachfront parcel offering full Gulf and gorgeous sunset views with approved plans for a 5300 sq. ft. custom residence. Currently zoned for short term rentals with 2 updated beach bungalows producing great income until you’re ready to build your own dream …

Offered at $1,799,000.00

Giliberti GALLERY Market your property with the Giliberti Gallery Keeping an eye on your masterpiece where your investment is our fine art!

Longboat Key Realty

Sold 4725 Gulf of Mexico drive, lBK........$399,000 Sandcay #207 lBK.........................$349,000 5245 Winding Way, Siesta Key........ $345,000 4634 Northwood Terrace................$178,900 Bird Key drive.............................$1,795,000

KELLY QUIGLEY f ive Y EAR C ONSECUTIVE W INNER F IVE- S TAR: B EST I N C LIENT S ATISFACTION A WARD

Representing the most units sold for Michael Saunders Palmer Ranch office for 2010 & 2011 and have also performed in the top 2% of Sarasota Realtors for the past 3 years. While others are quick to make promises, I quietly deliver market topping sales performance year after year. I take great pride in being efficient both in communication and my ability to sell property along with combining the power and worldwide prestige of Michael Saunders and Company to serve you 24/7. Every client relationship is important to me and I welcome the opportunity to introduce myself to you and gain your trust too!

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4825 Gulf of Mexico drive Unit c- 302 PeNdING $435,000 Unit C-105 • MLS#A3955295 $535,000 Unit C-506 • MLS#A3957471 $565,000

COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228

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MICHAEL SAUNDERS & COMPANY 3 YEARS IN ROW

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MOST UNITS SOLD PALMER RANCH OFFICE 2010 & 2011

UnpaRaLLELEd Service UnRivaLEd Results

941.356.9954 kellyquigley@michaelsaunders.com

941.284.7373

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annetterogers@michaelsaunders.com

Michael Saunders & Company, Licensed Real Estate Broker Longboat Key South • 440 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228

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Tina Rudek -

595 Bay Isles Road, Suite 120 E, Longboat Key GRI, TRC, CPC • 941-920-0303 • Tina@LBKRealEstate.com

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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012

TemperatureS

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Janet Briggs submitted this sunset photo, taken near Islands West condominiums on Longboat Key.

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Weekly winners will have their photo printed in the paper and will be entered into a drawing for that month. The monthly winner will choose between an iPad 2 or Canon EOS T3 camera.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Items Under $200 For Sale

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales

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 (Please provide your name and address) Or Online at: www.yourobserver.com/classifieds (No phone calls please.)

FLEA MARKET. Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

Saturday, April 14, 10a.m.-5p.m. & Sunday, April 15, 10a.m.-4p.m. For info: 954-4165.

ESTATE SALE 10a.m.-3p.m. - FRI., APR.13 611 MOURNING DOVE DR. BIRD KEY 34236

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, SATURDAY 14 & SUNDAY 15 Numbers out at 8a.m.

Doors open 9a.m.-4p.m.

ALUMINUM 13 ft. extension Ladder ($40) & Electric 18 inch hedge trimmers, ($20).

941-387-9851.

Beautiful furnishings: queen bed set in light colors, king bed, Tim Cottill bronzes, console, flat top desk, 6 Pompeii bar chairs, set of china for 22, armoire, modern lamps, console table, pair of curio cabinets, 9 X 12 oriental rug, double chaise, large mirrors, lamps, night stands, designer bed linens, upholstered chair, lamps, wrought iron settee, palm tree, refrigerator, potted plants, upright freezer, patio bar chairs, teak chaises, bronze turtle lady, kitchenade mixer, some kitchenware.

1968 Adams Lane (Sarasota, FL - Towles Art District)

FULL SIZE Mattress, box spring and frame, like new, $195. 407-448-8395, leave message.

NEW VIOLIN with bow and case, $199.

941-730-1776

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: Longboat Key Marina, 58x20, $122,000. Call Bob Baker, 941-704-4628.

Please park only on one side of the road.

Do not block driveways. Everything priced.

Large staff. No long lines to get in.

Sale by Julie McClure.

Pictures:WWW.APPRAISALS4U.BIZ OR WW.ESTATESALES.NET AFTER WEDNESDAY

BOATHOUSE ON Longboat unit for sale on east end, second level. $30,000, reasonable offers welcomed. Call Mike, 941-952-0308.

BRADENTON BOAT CLUB -- HIGH AND DRY STORAGE LONGBOAT AMENITIES WITH CORTEZ PRICING. Only $11.00 per ft., per month 12 months, $11.50 per ft, per month 6 months.

Located on Cortez Rd, 1600 ft. of the most beautiful, peaceful canal in West Florida, lands you in the Intercoastal waterway. Unlimited daily use of the facility and launching to include: engine flushing and boat washdown. Full mechanical service, Detailing Service and boat sales. COME SEE US NOW, 1st month $200.00 regardless of size of boat. We have grown 250% in the last year and will soon be at full capacity. Call 941-795-3625 doug@bradentonboatclub.com

ESTATE SALE 607 Ivanhoe Lane Key Royale. Anna Maria 34217 9a.m.-2p.m. - Sat. Apr 14.

Nice pair of recliners, leather curved sofa, really nice coffee table, Samsung 60" TV (4 months old). Pair of French provincial arm chairs, buffet, bow front corner cabinet, pair of twin beds, modern wicker dresser, mirror, etagere, night stands, and chairs; Florida queen bed set, brackets, office chair, ficus tree, bar chairs, area rugs, professional series Char-Broil grill, bar signs, extension ladder, air compressed, wet saw, dolly, Greek linens, & much more.

FOR SALE OR RENT, fantastic high and dry boat slip, superb S. Longboat location. Call 941-371-1866.

SLIP ON Longboat Key. $11/ft Secure environment, scenic Buttonwood Hbr area.

941-302-3440.

Boats Boat Cleaning. *Wash, Hand Wax Interior.

Stainless, Upholstery+, $100-$200 or Full Detail “The Works” available. 941-228-3489. We actually show up!

Boats are selling very well, 38 so far, many in less than 2 weeks. I’m out of boats, seriously.

18’-27’ Center Consoles, Deck Boats to 28’ Gradys, all sold. Boats needed 10K - 100K+. I buy boats too. Keeping it simple. “Business on a Handshake”. Island Boat Sales. 941-228-3489.

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HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56736

Sale by Julie McClure

ESTATE SALE 9a.m.-2p.m. - FRI., APR. 13 1590 EAST AVENUE N. 34237 At the Yarnell warehouse Plenty of parking.

Contents of a waterfront home in beautiful condition.

This is not a storage unit but a large area where items are fully displayed.

Large taupe and off-white sectional sofa in excellent condition, glass top (42X72) dining room table with bronze base and 6 upholstered chairs, large glass top coffee table with a contemporary metal base, Mason-Hamlin 6 foot grand piano in excellent condition, 9 X 12 pattern rug, very large custom rug made in shape of palm frons, very contemporary, several TV's (not slim lines), standing grill, off white triple dresser, queen sofa bed with matching side chair, 2 rattan side chairs, several etegeres, plexiglass shelves, many pictures, paintings, sculptures, king size mattress and box springs, another smaller sectional sofa, 2 Plexiglass chairs with contemporary seat cushions, a few pieces of Tropitone patio furniture, set of Lenox, 2 Highwayman paintings, dishes, accessories, set of gold flatware, glasses, wine glasses, kitchen items, pottery pots, large outdoor pots for plants, tablecloths, napkins, & other linens, fireplace set, many miscellaneous items.

Sale by Julie McClure.

All items priced.

No long lines and a large staff to help.

Pictures after Wednesday at WWW.APPRAISALS4U.BIZ OR WWW.ESTATESALES.NET

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Condos/Apts. For Rent

HUGE DECORATOR ESTATE SALE

BEACHPLACE, LBK. Casual beachfront living in 2BR/2BA, balcony condo. Olympic pool, health club, tennis courts. Available April through December, $1995/mo. Also available January through March, $4990/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

Large selection entryway mirrors, beach cottage furniture, chandeliers and other lighting fixtures, bar stools, sculptures, lots of art (over 100 pieces), china and curio cabinets, storefront mannequins, household items, kitchen items, many pieces of handpainted furniture, bed, futon, lady’s writing desk, mid-century furniture, 55” flat screen TV, antiques, massage table, jewelry display cases for storefronts, jewelry, bathroom items, bear claw bathtub, many Asian decoration pieces, over 30 lamps, linens, brand new gas grill, art easels, occasional tables, over ten sets of china dinnerware, outdoor patio furniture, over 50 occasional chairs, large selection of area rugs, wind chimes, lots of bric-a-brac.

For information and pictures, visit: Estatesales.net > Sarasota > Decorators Delight Estate Sale conducted by Antiques & Chatchkes 941-356-3318

General Merchandise

LONGBOAT HARBOUR 2012-2013 Season.

2BR/2BA, Bay View, Private Beach, Second floor.

Non-smoking. 3/mo. min. or Annual. No pets.

410-984-4435, andytanchel@verizon.net LONGBOAT KEY - ON THE BEACH AT THE PIERRE: Fabulous views. 2,410 sq/ft. 2 bedroom plus den/convertible 3rd bedroom. 3 baths.

Available 5/1/2013 (not 2012) and thereafter.

3 month min. lease req'd. Annual lease from 5/1/13 also avail. 8th floor. Rare amenity- bldg has 3 guest suites on 1st floor rentable for tenant's overflow company. Photos: ebstulberg@gmail.com BEACH-TO-BAY CONDO at Bayport BTC Newly decorated 2bed/2bath. First floor, end unit.

Free local phone, cable, Wi-Fi. Monthly rentals beginning May 2012. Contact owner at 615-376-9448.

Condos For Sale 2 BEDROOM Unit Colony Beach Resort. Great Opportunity to be "Grandfathered In" for New Colony Project. Best Offer 440-479-2271.

DISCOVER THE OTHER ISLAND, Tidy Island in Sarasota Bay. Great Bay front townhouse, 2/2/2 plus loft. Pet friendly. $390,000. Katharine Pepper, Rosebay Real Estate. 802-363-9973.

SEAPLACE: 3BR/2BA, RARE first floor corner unit. Beautiful Gulf and Garden views from every room, furnished, turn-key unit, new paint, new carpet, updated kitchen. Covered parking and another uncovered parking, 10/ft. ceiling in master BR. Lots of new furniture. $419,000. Mark, 941-383-4381, bradtma@yahoo.com

Homes For Rent

FOR SALE: Wine Collection, 90 bottles. Opus 1, 1983-1992. Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, 1983-1989. Chateau Lafite 1987.

941-954-4567.

3 BED 3 bath Home, 900 feet from Siesta Beach access. $2900.00 month. 1st, last, and security.

Annual 941-320-6000.

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.

BIRD KEY RENTAL: 2BR/2BA, Open Dining & Living room, Kitchen, W/D, 2CG. No pets or smoking. Some furniture. May-September or any part. $1800/mo. + Utilities, 941-320-2319.

Merchandise Wanted

SIESTA KEY BEACH HOME FOR RENT Big 3,200+ sq ft, 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, Fireplace, Pool w/waterfall, Pavers. Tray ceilings, Granite counters in Gourmet kitchen. Separate Dining room. 4 good size bedrooms - 17x14, 21x15, 15x14, 13x12. Screened lanai.

Washer/dryer room. 2 car garage. Tile, wood and carpet flooring. Totally renovated in '06. Like new.

Freshly painted. Bike walk to beach and village.

Close to Out-of-Door Academy. In town Owner. $4,000/mo. Call Mark 203 979-4774.

NEW OR Used Wanted to Buy, Kodak Carousel Slide Projector 760H. 941-383-4278.

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

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Homes For Sale COREY'S LANDING VILLA 3 BR/3BA- 2,480 sq. ft. Golf Course and Lake View with Southern Exposure, Har-Tru Tennis Courts and Heated Community Pool -Beach Club. Offered Furnished @ $529,999 Barbara Shapiro, Broker/Owner, Sarasota Style Realty, Inc. 941-388-2135.

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals BAYFRONT, 2BR/2BA Longboat Arms: updated, very clean and nicely furnished, steps to beach, nice water views from lanai. Available May 2012 through Dec. 2013. saf3009@gmail.com or 603-692-6445.

BEACH FRONT SUNSET BEACH, LBK. 2BR/2BA. Pool, spa. No pets. 2-3 mo. rental. Available May-Dec., 2012. Jan-March 2013. 248-330-7675.

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 941-953-3438 BEACHPLACE 3BR, UPDATED, TASTEFULLY DECORATED. GULF & BAY VIEWS. CALL CYNTHIA 407-492-5749

IMMACULATE, FURNISHED, 2BR/2BA, 1 car garage, pool home in Venice. Close to everything.

Book now for next Season at discount rates. Lots of other properties also available. 941-441-7120 or 800-568-0806.

LBK BEACHPLACE Condo. Beachfront, 2BR/2BA. Elegantly furnished, heated pool, tennis court, covered parking, exercise room. Available May-Dec., 2012. Non-smoking/ pets. By owner.

941-383-1884.

LBK SEAPLACE - Available January-April.

Lovely 2BR, fully equipped, W/D in unit, lanai, garden view, steps to beach, pool, tennis, full clubhouse amenities. Great! Non-smoking/pets.

770-314-6321.

LBK, C.C. SHORES. Gorgeous, beautifully furnished home, 3/2/2, W/D, heated pool, wireless highspeed internet, plasma TV, cable, lanai, dock and more. Walk to beach. No pets/ smoking.

Sleeps 5. $4000/mo. Owner, 941-504-1492.

LBK: 1BR furnished condo, water views, includes cable, Longboat Harbor. Covered parking, no pets/ smoking, Gulf/ private beach house access.

Boat dock available. Available April 1st - Dec.10th. $800/mo. +utilities. 734-216-6622.

LBK: TIFFANY Plaza Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, W/D in units, walk out to beach.

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Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

DIRECT GULF FRONT at Beachplace: 2BR/2BA, nicely furnished, wireless internet. Available December 2012 through December 2013.

Non-smoking. Call Diane or Mike 847-913-4562.

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.

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TOWN HOUSE in SEAPLACE Condo, complete and nicely furnished 2BR/2.5BA, steps to the beach, spacious lanai+ terraces, full kitchen, living, dining area, beach club (sauna, gym, tennis, w/pool), walk out to the beach, breathtaking sunsets. Ask for pictures if interested. Rental: Jan.-May $3,950, June-Dec. $1,900, 2 mo. min.

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LONGBOAT KEY. Beautiful full view, 2BR/2BA, on bay, across street from beach. Prefer 3 or 4 month rental. Call Bob, 502-216-5255.

LONGBOAT KEY: SUNSET BEACH condo: beachfront, direct Gulf, 3BR/2BA, 3 balconies, gated community, heated pool. 2 month min.

Available January 1 - April 30. $6500/mo. By owner, 860-633-3545 or 860-633-2502.

DIRECT GULF FRONT: 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo in small upscale building. Full Gulf views from every room. Nicely furnished, washer & dryer.

Available: Summer/Fall 2012 from July 1-Nov. 30, 1 month minimum. Winter Season Dec. 10, 2012 May 1, 2013, 4 month minimum. No Smoking. No Pets. 201-694-9222.

The Sandpiper Cottage - Charming newer home on LBK. 1 block to beach. No busy roads to cross.

2BR +Loft. Nice decor. Heated community pool.

No pets. No Smoking. 3 mo. min. or long term.

Owner/Agent, 941-544-0214.

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

941-228-5671.

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PLAYERS CLUB - Direct Gulf! Upscale 2BR/3BA. Available December 1st. No smoking. 4 month minimum. 847-634-1991.

RARELY AVAILABLE RESORT STYLE LIVING Private beach, tennis, heated pools, 2BR/2BA, Whitney Beach, Longboat Key, downstairs, Bayou/ dock frontage.

941-724-3519 SEAPLACE, LBK: 2BR/2BA, NON-SMOKING. Garden view, 2 parking spaces, queen MBR, twin beds 2nd BR, turnkey furnished, W/D in unit.

Includes utilities, more. Available Sept. 2012 through May 2013. 2 month minimum. Discount rates for 3 months or longer. Call Saul Coplan, 941-727-4774 or 941-350-9843.

SEAPLACE: DECEMBER, 2012. January, February, March 2013. 2BR/2BA, first floor, fully equipped. Non-smoking. 2 month minimum. $3500/mo. 941-383-9246.

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“I don’t have too many creative blocks,” Anita Wexler says. “If a drawing isn’t working, I switch to a painting. If a painting isn’t working, I switch to a sculpture.

The idea is the hard part. You always want to be fresh and original.”

Over the Rainbow What better way to celebrate the spirit of ‘Embracing Our Differences’ than to step into the color-crazy world of artist Anita Wexler? The Laurel Park resident shares her fun and freaky influences.

Most of Anita Wexler’s childhood memories are clouded by one color: brown.

Earth tones. Neutral shades. Colors that match everything and offend no one.

Her parents had a brown sofa. White

walls. Wood floors. Her hometown — a Even her adolescent wardrobe was typical Midwestern community in the drab, try as she did to brighten it up. middle of Illinois — was also basked in In eighth grade she asked her mother brown, bordered by fields that grew hay, to take her shopping. Her girlfriend had corn and wheat. a red dress and she wanted one, too.

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The attempt was met with resistance. Wexler was encouraged to pick out a white dress, instead.

She was told red was too loud. It drew too much attention.

“I love my parents,” Wexler says. “They were just into natural tones, and all I wanted was to experiment with color.”

Clearly.

On this particular day, the artist is dressed in a turquoise halter-top, rhinestone-studded jeans and green sneakers with orange laces.

Like many people who rebel against their youth, Wexler has, in adulthood, made a color correction.

Her Laurel Park home is the domestic incarnation of a rainbow.

Psychedelic art, figurative paintings, contemporary furniture, hand-carved chests, scarves, jewelry boxes, glass bottles, candle sticks and found objects collide in a way that is at once disarming and disturbing.

Murals line nearly every wall.

Doors and ceilings are painted with tribal faces and surrealist landscapes. An Egyptian pharaoh stands guard at the kitchen table.

Alphabet letters and Elvis magnets clutter the refrigerator door.

Curious, creature-like sculptures that appear to have manifested in the recesses of Tim Burton’s mind make you feel like you’ve just crashed a party on another planet.

Even the outside of the house is covered in murals; the yard scattered with sculptures. It’s hard to believe Wexler, a mother of three who teaches art at Brookside Middle School, once lived in a pristine East County subdivision.

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When Wexler purchased her home in Laurel Park two years ago, she spent five months painting the doors, ceilings and walls with murals.

“If I ever put a second story on the house, it’ll be a pure space with virtually nothing in it,” she says. “It’ll be a retreat; a way to escape the chaotic downstairs.”

Wexler is at home among chaos.

A painter and sculptor, she has been a bright spot on Sarasota’s contemporary art scene since she left New York City for Florida nine years ago.

“I left kicking and screaming,” Wexler says of her New York departure. “But it’s worked out OK.” Locally, she’s exhibited at Art Center Sarasota, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Selby Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design, Five Points Collective and the Federal Building in downtown Sarasota.

In addition to her most recent project — a collection of penand-ink drawings that inspired the e-book, “Face It,” by Tampa

poet Russil Tamsen — Wexler has a piece in this season’s “Embracing Our Differences” exhibit on the Sarasota bayfront.

A depiction of freedom and ethnicity, the image is of six arms (some light in color, some dark) bound together with rope. It’s the third time the artist has had a piece featured in the annual outdoor art exhibit.

“I love the idea of big, giant banners,” she says. “It’s accessible to everyone whether they want it or not. It’s like a museum for the people who don’t go to museums. It feels very New York to me, to have art sort of in your face.”

Despite the neon green sneakers and propensity to create wild art, Wexler’s personality is surprisingly subdued. Maybe it’s because she says everything she needs to say in paint or sculpture.

“I was originally going to write

my own book of poetry with art,” Wexler says. “Then I realized it would be way too revealing. I love to leave my work open to interpretation. I keep it vague and mysterious on purpose.”

Born to pragmatic parents with Cherokee roots, Wexler was different than her fair-skinned siblings. She was dark and artistic.

“They used to call me ‘papoose,’” Wexler giggles.

She spent her first three years out of high school serving in the U.S. Navy, a decision she admits was more of an exit strategy than a career move.

Her parents had wanted her to be a nurse or a secretary. Wexler had wanted to be an artist.

When her active duty was up, she headed to New York City to study graphic design at Parsons School of Design — The New School, where she discovered the work of 15th-century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, whose bizarre characters and moral commentary run parallel to much of the allegories and motifs in Wexler’s work.

“I didn’t know about Bosch until I went to Parsons,” she says.

“The college was having a book sale at the end of the year, and I found this huge old book in German with these images inside — all the tortured, crazy-looking people! The creatures that looked like birds crossed with humans crossed with fish. I was like drooling. There was so much symbolism in one painting. It was like, ‘Wow, what’s going on in this guy’s head?’”

Some people might say the same thing about Wexler’s art.

Prolific and easily inspired, she is unapologetic in her approach.

DID YOU KNOW? One of Anita Wexler’s earliest assignments as a graphic designer in New York City was to physically track down famous dog photographer William Wegman.

The magazine she was working for wanted to feature one of Wegman’s iconic weimaraners on its cover.

After several unsuccessful attempts to reach the photographer, Wexler was asked to go to Wegman’s house in Manhattan and return with a final answer.

“I was all sweaty and nervous,” she recalls. “The weimaraners greeted me at the door.”

Impressed by Wexler’s chutzpah, Wegman let her inside and the two hit it off like old friends.

Although he failed to grant the magazine permission to use his image, he did stay in contact with Wexler. He even purchased one of her paintings for his personal art collection.

Though she’s drawn to using bright colors, she isn’t afraid to load her work with sexual, animalistic or morbid imagery.

“It’s fun sometimes to fool people with bright colors,” she says. “There’s a doctor in town who loves this one piece, but he’s always like, ‘Dang! Why did you have to put a skull in there? Can’t you put a flower in its place?’ I told him, ‘It’s bones. You’re a doctor. Deal with it.’”

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+ Rivolta tackles metaphysics in new novel When Piero Rivolta began penning fiction filled with romance and adventures on the high sea, no one seemed to bat an eye.

The 71-year-old Italian auto maker-turned-real-estate developer-turned-novelist is not only a sailor, he’s an unabashed flirt, so the topics hit close to home.

But a prophetic novel about what mysteries unfold when the Mayan calendar ends Dec. 21, 2012? Even for Rivolta this is uncharted territory.

Although his last three novels — “Sunset in Sarasota,” “The Castaway” and “Alex and the Color of the Wind” — plumbed the depths of self-discovery, love and healing, the themes running through his newest release are a lot more New Age-y.

“Journey Beyond 2012” chronicles the lives of three people as they prepare for what they presume to be the end of the world.

Rivolta’s Sarasota-based publishing company, New Chapter Publisher, released the 173page hardcover this month, kicking up a lot of buzz over what’s being referred to as a mystical and visionary plot.

Rivolta will host an official launch party for the novel April

About a year ago, I interviewed Stephanie Broche, Rocky Bentley and Midgeann Schotsch about their downtown art gallery/recording studio/retail business on U.S. 301.

Located just outside the boundaries of Towles Court, the friends’ Five Points Collective showcased the work of dozens of local contemporary artists, including this week’s Diversions cover girl, Anita Wexler.

When I sat down with the trio, they said they hoped their 1,100-square-foot space would turn into a hot spot for local musicians and artists. They had hoped their laidback rock ’n’ roll attitude and funky contemporary art tastes would catch on in Sarasota.

To help put them on the map, Bentley, the frontman for a local hiphop dance band, hosted a weekly Internet radio program, streaming live performances from the studio to fans online.

It was a valiant effort. And, like so many valiant efforts in Sarasota, this one has come to an end.

According to Bentley, Five Star Collective will close its doors at the end of this month.

“We’re not getting the support we need,” he says. “It’s time for me to focus on my purpose, and that’s to make music and not sell art or guitars.”

Good news is Schotsch’s bead store, Make It, has relocated to the

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Rocky Bentley, Stephanie Broche and Midgeann Schotsch Rosemary District.

Located in a 6,000-square-foot warehouse at 1143 Central Ave., the studio is part of a collaborative community art space championed by the Uprise Art Collective. It’s slated to open later this spring.

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The author says he was compelled to write about the 2012 prediction after overhearing so many Europeans talk about the date during his many sojourns overseas.

I’m looking forward to hearing Rivolta’s take on the apocalypse. I predict only the beautiful women will survive.

So, how does that expression go?

When one door closes, another one opens?

As Five Points Collective packs its inventory into boxes, Austin Kowal hangs his out to sell at his recently re-opened Clothesline boutique and 529 Gallery on South Pineapple Avenue.

Kowal, the 25-year-old son of Burns Square proprietress Denise Kowal, opened his newly expanded boutique/ gallery March 31 in one of his mother’s vacant storefronts in historic Herald Square.

A commercial screenprinter, Kowal’s T-shirts are popular among young hipsters, and his gallery space, headed up

by ZIGZAG art zine founders Van Jazmin and Brett Lindstrom, has become the must-exhibit locale for budding contemporary artists. (Note this summer’s solo shows for Ringling College students Matt Coombs and Walter Matthews.)

And, yes, even Anita Wexler has a

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Clothesline Tees re-opened March 31 with a gallery space for fresh art. piece at 529. (She’s everywhere!)

The gallery will turn its wall space over to USF senior Evan Lovejoy April 21 to May 12 for the solo show, “Hypnagogia.”

For more on Clothesline, go to its Facebook page. Everything you need to know about this rising class of cool kids is well documented in photos and status updates.

‘Cloud Nine’: Spring is in the air, and sexual liberation is on full display in the Cook Theatre.

Performed by the Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, Caryl Churchill’s two-act play, “Cloud Nine,” is a genderbending free-for-all that opens with a cast of prudish, upper-crusty British colonialists in 19thcentury Africa and ends with a cast of freethinking hedonistic adults living life to the fullest (and the loosest) in 1980s London.

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Sarasota Ballet prepares to dance ‘its way’ The Sarasota Ballet will be performing three numbers in its upcoming show, “My Way,” April 13 and April 14, at the Sarasota Opera House. The dancers will be performing George Balanchine’s “Serenade,” Dominic Walsh’s “Bello” and Twyla Tharp’s “Nine Sinatra Songs.”

The cast of “Serenade” originally learned the piece in December, during a visit from Sandra Jennings.

During a rehearsal Monday, April 9, Margaret Barbieri, the rehearsal director for the piece, noted that although the company has learned new dances since December, the dancers had no problem falling back into step to dance this piece.

Performances will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, April 13, and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14. For more information, visit http://www. sarasotaballet.org.

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The silent treatment Amanda DiMase was one step ahead of the trend when she shot her silent film on the campus of State College of Florida well before ‘The Artist’ won its Oscar. The short will screen next week at the Sarasota Film Festival.

It’s unlikely that you’re going to catch Amanda DiMase running to the movie theater with her girlfriends to watch the latest romantic comedy.

She’s not that girl.

She’s the girl who gushes about the quick cuts in Steven Spielberg’s obscure 1971 trucker-with-a-vengeance thriller, “Duel.”

She’s the girl who gets giddy talking about the film noir elements of Ridley Scott’s dystopian sci-fi classic, “Blade Runner,” and the use of stunning, disconcerting colors in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining.”

She’s the girl who’d rather curl up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn and a John Carpenter flick than a box of tissues and a Julia Roberts fairy tale.

“I’m not in a hurry to run out and see ‘21 Jump Street,’” DiMase says, referencing the latest Hollywood reboot of a 1980s TV series.

“My friends told me it’s hilarious, but, to me, that’s not cinema. I’ll watch comedies to laugh, but most of the time it’s about: What’s the next blockbuster? How much money can be made? I think that’s why you see more independent filmmakers.”

Her guiltiest pleasure? Horror movies. And even those have become too “studio controlled” for DiMase’s liking.

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“There’s always that fear you won’t be the next Oscar-winning director,” says Amanda DiMase, a film student at State College of Florida, ManateeSarasota. “If I’m able to make independent films for the rest of my life and still support myself, I’ll be happy.” of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, the 23-year-old cultivated her nongirly/film auteur tastes in a household full of boys. The youngest in a family of five, she grew up in Punta Gorda, watching “Edward Scissorhands” in the company of four older brothers.

When her black-and-white silent film “Just My Luck” was accepted into the Sarasota Film Festival, her brothers were among the first people to know.

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“I found out the film got accepted in late February,” DiMase says of the six-minute short she filmed last semester on the SCF campus.

“I wasn’t supposed to say anything to anyone until March 20, which killed me. At midnight on March 19, I started calling my brothers. I wanted them to be proud of their little sister.”

DiMase, who works part-time in the festival’s education department, is the only SCF student to have a film in this year’s festival.

A student in the college’s film production program, she entered the project at the suggestion of one of her instructors. It was originally shot as an end-of-semester assignment.

At the time, DiMase, who directed and appeared in the short, hadn’t even seen or heard of “The Artist,” this year’s buzzed-about Academy Award-winning silent film. She just liked the idea of making a silent movie.

“I thought it would be unique,” she says. “I was definitely surprised by the timing of it.”

She thought her script — a comedy about a hapless college student on a mission to return a lost book — was perfect for the genre.

Her biggest challenge was cutting together the final product when her original editor fell through, an experience that served as an important lesson for the aspiring filmmaker.

DiMase, though she would love to direct feature films one day, says she sees herself as more of an editor.

“I don’t mind sitting in front of a computer for 12 hours,” she says. “There’s such a sense of pride when you see the final product.

When my editor fell through, I was like, ‘Just give me the footage and I’ll do it myself.’ It worked out for the best, because I was able to tell the story I wanted to tell.”

WHAT IS SFF@SCF? Amanda DiMase’s short film isn’t the only connection State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota has to the Sarasota Film Festival.

In an effort to broaden its Manatee County reach, the festival formed a partnership this year with SCF and its film program director Del Jacobs, a longtime faculty member.

In addition to hosting several screenings, (“I am a Good Person/I am a Bad Person,” “Otter 501,” “How I Became an Elephant” “Chasing Ice” and the “Your Sister’s Sister”) the campus will host a “Women In Film” panel discussion at 5:30 p.m. April 20, at the Neel Performing Arts Center.

“It’s an opportunity to get our students connected to filmmakers in our backyard,” Jacobs says. “We’ve always had a good relationship with the festival, so it’ll be nice to have it on our turf.”

Film tickets are $12 or $8 for students.

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Sarasota Film Festival selects dazzling picks With more than 200 films being shown at this year’s festival, there are many excellent flicks.

The Sarasota Film Festival is cutting edge. Last year’s attendee extraordinaire, actor Christopher Plummer, scored an Oscar for his elegant work in “Beginners,” which was SFF’s closingnight film. Catching a glimpse of the stars and filmmakers, and attending the events is always a huge rush, but, for me, it’s all about the films. This year’s lineup of more than 200 features, documentaries, shorts and kidfriendly films is downright dazzling. I was privileged to have been able to screen 10 selections, and if they’re any indication of the caliber of films scheduled for 2012, it’s going to be a colossal coup for this year’s Sarasota Film Festival.

 ‘ALPS’ Take a leap and try getting into a bizarre little gem about a group of people calling themselves “Alps,” people who stand in for deceased family members, hopefully, benefiting the bereft. One of the Alps goes rogue,

demonstrating that it’s difficult to know who you are while pretending to be someone else.

Heavy, yet also deadpan.

 ‘THE LONELIEST PLANET’ In the blink of an eye, a relationship can be altered forever.

While hiking in the exquisite Caucasus mountains of Georgia (Russia), two lovers and their guide embark upon a journey of self discovery. This slow-paced, beautiful film is mesmerizing to watch.

commentary on humanity.

‘ELENA’

 ‘GOODBYE FIRST LOVE’ We never forget our first love.

This touching and turbulent film explores extreme highs and devastating lows of young love and loss. Fifteen-year-old Camille obsesses over being left by her boyfriend, Sullivan, a twit who’d rather travel. Four years later, Camille has finally moved on in her life. But has she really when Sullivan suddenly reappears?

In this subtle shocker, a seemingly mundane mother sacrifices her soul for the benefit of her children. Elena is married to an older wealthy man, who, after having a heart attack, informs her that the bulk of his estate will be entrusted to his daughter from a previous marriage. Her dreams of helping her impoverished family are dashed. Russia’s class distinction plays heavily in this well crafted character study rife with fantastic imagery.

 ‘OSLO, AUGUST 31st’ The film opens with a young man’s attempted suicide, which

 ‘MONSIEUR LAZHAR’ This bittersweet story of an Algerian refugee who takes over an elementary class (in Montreal) after their beloved teacher commits suicide is simply precious.

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Animated film highlights the power of friendship “Olga,” by Kai Pannen, is playing as part of Sarasota Film Festival’s Shorts 16: youthFEST Animated Shorts III at 12:15 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at Regal Hollywood 20.

The Film Festival’s Shorts 16 will include screenings of: “Bonifacio in Summertime,” by Pierre-Luc Granjon; “Cup of Tea,” by Fernanda Ribiero; “Fitting In,” by Taylor Annisette; “Floyd the Android,” by Jonathan Lyons; “Frogweather,”

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Tickets to the screening are $12 for adults and free for children.

Connor Flaherty Seventh grade Pine View School Even the best people have the worst days. In “Olga,” a short film that is cute and full of meaning, Hilke Mayer and Kai Pannen portray a story about alienation, depression and how people who are depressed are not alone.

The film tells the story of an energetic, fun-loving pig named Olga, who normally loves to be around her friends and have fun, but every so often feels a little depressed and lonely. This depression is embodied by a gray howling in her stomach that causes Olga to act almost like a whole different pig. In the end, Olga sees her friend, Ben the dog, who notices something wrong with Olga. She tells him

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about the gray feeling, and she finds she is not alone. Ben, who has also had this gray feeling of depression, reminds Olga that everyone has those days. By the end of the film, Ben shows Olga the “cure,” which is a big hug. When Ben hugs Olga, the gray feeling turns red, and Olga turns back into her normal, fun-loving self.

The film is designed to be a children’s cartoon portraying real-world problems.

Children will love the animated characters, such as Olga the pig and Ben the dog. Although this is a good movie for children, it should be watched by older children who can read well, as the film is in German with English subtitles.

Overall, I think the eight-minute film was great for older children and adults. It portrays real-world problems like alienation and depression in a kid-friendly cartoon.

Micah Gallagher Eighth grade Sarasota School of Arts & Science The film that I watched was “Olga,” by Kai Pannen. Olga and Ben are the main characters. This short film was great! The message portrayed in this film is clear, and the illustrator did a fantastic job.

This film started with Olga out with her friends and having a great time, until this bad feeling in her stomach comes about.

When Olga wakes up the next morning, the bad feeling in her stomach is still there.

When she goes for a walk, she meets her friend Ben. Ben tells Olga about when he had that same bad feeling. While Ben and Olga were talking, Olga had noticed that the bad feeling went away.

The moral was: When you’re

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The personality fit the animals the directors chose to represent.

The best scene was when Ben helped Olga feel better by being there for her as a friend, having someone to talk to and showing how much he cared about what she had to say.

To have a friend, you have to be a friend.

The music played along to show the mood in the film. When Olga was having a good time, and when she was happy, the music was upbeat. But, when the feeling of being alone and sad came into the film, the music slowed down and had lower tones.

“Olga” was a great short film! My final opinion on the film was that it was wonderful. The illustrations were superb, and the moral behind it was something that everyone can relate to.

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“Red,” by John Logan, is a dynamically intense, thrillingly intellectual dramatization of the intersection between art and ego.

The play won six Tony Awards and numerous other critical acclamations. Logan is the author of a dozen plays, as well as numerous screenplays, including “Hugo,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Gladiator.”

A theatrically perfect biopic of famed abstract-expressionist beat generation painter, Mark Rothko, Asolo Repertory’s production, directed by Lou Jacob, is taut and riveting, a pas de deux of balance between meditation and explosive language before a backdrop of exploding color and light. Jacob’s direction elicits all the facets implicit in the written word, comedy as well as drama.

“The play centers on the tense polarities that exist between young and old, employer and employee, master and apprentice, mentor and mentee, father and son,” Jacob says.

“Rothko warns his assistant Ken, ‘Consider: I am not your rabbi, I am not your father, I am not your shrink, I am not your friend, I am not your teacher — I am your employer.’

Despite Rothko’s blunt disclaimer, he becomes all of these, and we come to understand the combustible energy that existed within Rothko’s studio.”

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It was a beautiful, breezy, sunny day at the tail-end of the Sarasota Orchestra’s season, and the last thing I wanted to do was spend it in a dark concert hall. We’d only recently heard a not very good performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto by a visiting orchestra, so the fact that all 42 minutes of it would take up the second half of this program certainly didn’t thrill me. Fortunately, the music and the performance made up for it all.

The conductor, Mei-Ann Chen, currently music director of the Memphis Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta, was teamed with James Ehnes, a violinist who resides in Bradenton but has established himself as a major international soloist. With the Sarasota Orchestra, they provided one of the most mesmerizing and cohesive performances of the Beethoven we’ve heard.

Starting with a well-planned, relaxed tempo, Chen brought out things in the orchestra that made total sense of this lengthy work. She and Ehnes seemed to have the same vision of the Beethoven and, in his cadenzas — which sounded spontaneous as well as intelligently thought out — Ehnes turned his solo instrument into a full orchestra, using the double stops with such ease and fluidity, we felt he was accompanying himself.

The program began with “Too Hot Toccata,” a fun, jazzy and accessible piece

by Aaron Jay Kernis. Bach, of course, was one of the most famous exponents of this form, which was used in the Baroque period to show off the particular performer’s acuity, while bringing out the instrument’s facility. Kernis, who is much beloved in the Midwest because he was composer-

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“Red,” by John Logan, is a theatrical biopic of the famed abstract-expressionist, Mark Rothko. pretty pictures.” Zeisler’s portrayal of the troubled painter contrives to be both overt and subtle.

J.D. Taylor, as apprentice/assistant Ken, displays a vulnerable, sensitive, initially naïve aspiring artist, who is eventually able to challenge, as well as appreciate, his mentor, who declares, finally, “This is the first time you’ve existed.”

The pair co-exists for two years in the monastic confines of a New York City studio, an inspiring set designed by James Kronzer to recreate Rothko’s actual Bowery District high-windowed garret circa 1958 to 1960.

Sound design and original music is provided by Jane Shaw. One stirring scene features a classical overture during which the two characters, with great aplomb, completely paint a large canvas in the symbolically significant color blood red.

— Paula Atwell

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Left: Violinist James Ehnes has established himself as a major international soloist.

Right: Conductor Mei-Ann Chen is the music director of the Memphis Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta. in-residence of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in the early 1990s, wrote this piece in honor of the principal players of that ensemble. And, with its ingenious riffs and agile syncopations, it showed off the individual and ensemble abilities in the Sarasota Orchestra sections. John Adams may have done it with a bit more subtlety in his “Short Ride in a Fast Machine,” but the effect was fun, and “Too Hot Toccata” was a great tribute to the abilities of the Sarasota players and their guest conductor.

Mozart’s Symphony No. 25, known as the “Little G Minor,” was another great testing ground for Sarasota and Chen.

Conducting this well-known score from memory, Chen elicited clean, clear articulation from all the sections, a spare but warm sound, lovely colors and great tonal contrasts. Best of all, she trusted these excellent musicians enough to avoid overconducting them, one of the greatest tributes a leader can pay an orchestra.

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Junior League of Sarasota will present its second annual Simply Sarasota Kitchen and Garden Festival April 13-15.

Clean and simple — that’s the way homeowners Sharon and Donald Lerner, who moved in August from Deland to Sarasota, designed their kitchen. Envisioning art as the focal point of the room, they collected earthy elements that spoke to them — from artwork by Jamali to pieces they picked up during their travels to Miami and North Carolina.

Tile Market worked with the owners on an earthy backsplash.

This bronze watering can adds a little flair to the décor.

This wooden sculpture is prominently displayed between the kitchen and the great room.

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“It felt like a house one could find in southern France or a small town in Italy,” Segal said. “It had the European flavor of the places I knew as a child.

Although it did not have a garden, I could visualize it using the existing old fountain as a starting place.”

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YOUR FAVORITES ‘TO GO’

IF YOU GO Carrabba’s 1940 Stickney Point Road 925-7407 2875 University Parkway 359-1050 Chutney’s 1944 Hillview St. 954-4444 Francesco’s 3664 Webber St. 929-7600 Il Panificio 1703 Main St. 366-5570 6630 Gateway Ave. 921-5570 Nancy’s Bar-B-Q 301 S. Pineapple Ave. 366-2271 Nellie’s Deli 15 S. Beneva Road 924-2705 SunniBunni 1916 Bay Road 554-8744 3410 Clark Road 923-0000 5202 Ocean Blvd.

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To a New Yorker like me, moving to Sarasota presented a huge change on the “to-go” front. Dinner talk went from whatever you want to take out or order in to, “Where can I get good Chinese takeout in this town?”

The subject, of course, is ready-to-eat food, and our query went to individuals with a variety of lifestyles.

The question was, “Where do you go for ready-to-eat food for dinner?” Responses show there are plenty of options for those nights when one is home for dinner but cooking, for whatever reason, is not on the menu. Surprisingly, what’s missing includes Morton’s Gourmet Market, a personal favorite for the breadth of selection of entrées and sides. And, of course, Chinese!

I frequently order Nellie’s Deli for board meetings, so when I pick up lunch, I get a ready-made dinner like chicken and rice or meatloaf. The office knows when I’m not cooking, because they find my keys on my meal in the office refrigerator (reminder).

They also have gluten-free choices, a recent lifestyle change. I must add that my daughter and I would be lost without the help of SunniBunni’s smoothies on Bay Road — they give us energy when we get home late for dinner. They are the best and have great customer service! Her favorite is the Jackie Bunny.

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It’s simple, I choose Chutney’s on Hillview.

Whether we are in the mood for vegan that day or not, something spicy, something with pizzazz or traditional, they’ve got it all. Owners Ash and Denise (Shukla) make it so easy that it is not uncommon that after a busy day I can call them and say, “Surprise us, order for me.” They always seem to know what we love, and it is always so fresh and delicious. My particular favorite is their stuffed cabbage with ground turkey, an order of hummus and a yummy fresh Greek salad. I think they may even have the best, fresh homemade soups in town.

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We like Il Panificio on Main Street and Valentino on Clark Road. Coming from New York and Connecticut, we haven’t found much that compares to that area. We would like to discover a good Chinese restaurant for takeout, but have not had much success. The pizza at IL Panificio is as close to New York and Connecticut as you can get. The chicken Francese at Valentino is great, but it is a long trip up Clark Road.

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Michael and I eat out a fair amount because we’re emptynesters, and we like variety, but when it comes to bringing something home, we’re pretty predictable. Nancy’s BBQ is our go-to comfort food supplier ... whether it’s brisket or pulled pork, we know we’ll get more than one meal out of their stick-toyour ribs entrées and delicious sides. At least once a month, we order a pizza from Francesco’s because we know it’s going to be toothsome and fresh. The hardest part is agreeing on the toppings, ‘cause Michael likes things hot!

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Best takeout meal is at Carrabba’s. I order a pan of lasagna that feeds about 12, so there are leftovers and order meatballs and extra pomodoro sauce. Don’t tell anyone though — they think I make it.

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If I’m not feeling well and can’t seem to pull it together to cook, I often will go to TooJay’s for their delicious matzo ball soup. Other favorites are: Whole Foods hot bar and salad bar or take out from Yume Sushi. Chris’ favorite place to eat anytime is Tijuana Flats!

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A hush came over the crowd Tuesday, as Christine Jennings prepped the supporters of Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe for the “surprise” that was about to take over the stage at Michael's On East.

Like most hotshot celebrities, she said, this one was running fashionably late. Did he get his sequins in a bunch? Did his patent-leather dancing shoes need polishing? All of a sudden, a face peered through the hallway curtain, and Little Richard (Westcoast Black Theater Troupe Artistic Director Nate Jacobs) jumped onto the stage wearing enough glitter to light up the whole room. Arms aflailing and voice a-rising, he started belting out “Good Golly, Miss Molly.”

One notable moment of the “April Fools’” luncheon, cochaired by Carol Poteat-Buchanan and Gerri Aaron, was the crowning of Sarasota's beloved Mary Ann Robinson as “Queen for the Day.” Nate Jacobs, Tsadek Porter and Jnana Cooper serenaded her with “You Are Our Pride and Joy.”

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+ Bricks for bag ladies Susan Morin is into bags. So into bags, in fact, that at the Bag Ladies, Baubles and Bonnets Luncheon April 4, at Florida Studio Theatre, she got into one — hands, feet and all.

While shimmying herself down into a pretty blue floral patterned Vera Bradley duffle bag, Susan came across something noticeably colder and heavier than the material of the bag, and, grunting and groaning at the weight of it, pulled out a brick — the very first to be laid on the brick walkway to FST’s new Gompertz Theatre. As the ladies attending the luncheon began to up their bids on the brick, it was suggested that perhaps more than one woman could purchase a brick.

Gaele Barthold, Paula Morrissey, Carol Williams, Sheila Upshaw and Peggy Abt all purchased bricks for the walkway, with funds going directly toward the new theater.

The lively afternoon began with silent and live auctions of stunning jewelry, handbags and gats ranging in style and color, and all graciously donated by Sarasota salons, shops and patrons of FST. Following a delightful lunch prepared by Sarasota Bay Club’s Executive Chef, Mark Traugutt, was a laugh-out-loud presentation

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THE COUPLE: Elizabeth Ellen Cosby, daughter of Pete and Mary Cosby, of Berlin, Md., and Ian Michael Eckert, son of Rick and Patty Eckert, of Sarasota.

BACKGROUND: Elizabeth attended McDaniel College, in Westminster, Md., and graduate from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She is the member relations director at The Field Club. Ian attended Penn State, in State College, Pa., and graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the senior coordinator of collection and exhibition technologies at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, and works remotely from Sarasota.

INTERESTS: Elizabeth loves anything outdoors and in the sunshine — boating, kayaking, crabbing, bicycling, wakeboarding and carving seashells. Ian also enjoys outdoor activities, although wakeboarding has not panned out, because he dislikes anything life-threatening.

He enjoys cooking, brewing beer, making mix-tapes, reading and drawing. Painting, screen-printing and their separate Etsy shops — www. elizabethcosby.com and www. ianeckert.com — are common interests.

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Bag Ladies, Baubles and Bonnets Co-Chairwomen Nanci Rand, Susan Morin and Marie Kropp.

+ High tops + high heels = good times A new weekly social gathering inviting the entrepreneurial women of Sarasota to unwind with friends, (in their most fashionable shoes!) begins Wednesday, April 11, at Eat Here.

From 5 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday, High Heels and High Tops will be featured at the rooftop bar. Women can enjoy live entertainment, a free wine tasting, free pizza, $5 martinis, cocktails and house wine, plus a selection of $5 appetizers.

Women are also encouraged to enter the best shoe contest, for which first prize includes a $75 gift certificate to Eat Here. The second prize winner receives a $50 gift certificate from one of the area’s leading salons and boutiques.

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THE PROPOSAL: It was a perfect day at the beach, and Elizabeth and Ian had all of South Lido to themselves. They went out right after work to see the sunset, and little did she know, a diamond ring was packed in the pocket of one of the beach chairs. Ian was taking pictures of Elizabeth relaxing in her chair with the Pocketbooth app, which takes four photos like an old-time photo booth. He asked Liz if she would take a shot of him. For the first photo, he pointed to his eyes; for the second, he put his hands over his heart; for the third, he pointed at Elizabeth; and for the fourth, he got down on one knee and pulled out a ring. The best part — the couple has the moment captured forever in a filmstrip.

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Sarasota Film Festival More than 200 films will be shown at this annual film festival. Tickets prices range from $8 up to $1,000 for the Cinephile Express Pass. Call 366-6200 or visit sarasotafilmfestival.com for information.

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Cattle Barons’ Ball Hosted by: American Cancer Society Benefiting: American Cancer Society When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chair: Jim Wilson Contact: 3283760 Price: $250

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Men Who Cook Benefiting: Asolo Repertory Theatre When: 6 p.m. Where: The Longboat Key Club and Resort Chairs: Beverly Bartner, Molly Schechter and Margaret Wise Contact: Laura Wood, 351-9010, Ext. 4712 Price: $150

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Friends of the Sarasota Ballet Showcase Luncheon Hosted by: Friends of the Sarasota Ballet Benefiting: Sarasota Ballet When: 11:30 a.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chair: Richard Hurter Contact: Richard Hurter, 780-3311 Price: $35 www.sarasotaballet.org Bobby Bowden Banquet Hosted by: Gulf Coast Fellowship of Christian Athletes Benefiting: Gulf Coast Fellowship of Christian Athletes When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Polo Grill and Bar Chairs: Kevin Kaminski and Jason Golden Contact: Jason Golden or Angela Sabo, 539-6083 Price: $150

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‘Déjà vu’ Benefiting: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast When: 6 p.m. Where: Hyatt Regency Sarasota Contact: Sharlene Hillier, 488-4009 Price: $175 Lakewood Ranch Community Fund Gala Benefiting: Lakewood Ranch Community Fund Gala When: 7 p.m. Where: Fete Ballroom, Polo Grill Chairs: Barbara Najmy and Ron Masseo Contact: Joan McCaw, 556-5442 Price: $200 www.lwrfund.org

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2012 Children First Celebration Gala Benefiting: Children First When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Michael’s On East Contact: Angie Stringer, 953-3877, Ext. 124 Price: $200

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6th annual 65 Roses Golf Classic Benefiting: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation When: 1 p.m. Where: The Founders Club Contact: Pat Warbritton, 813374-9041 Price: $225

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Sarasota Orchestra Association Spring Luncheon Hosted by: Sarasota Orchestra Association Benefiting: Sarasota Orchestra When: 11 a.m. Where: Michael’s On East Contact: 685-0425 Price: $50 Celebration of Hope Benefiting: Cancer Support Community When: 6 p.m. Where: Michael’s On East Chairs: Dr. Larry Silverman and Molly and David Jackson Contact: Amy Paulishak, 921-5539 Price: $200

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Gems of Philanthropy Luncheon with Cara A. Harris Hosted by: Giving Matters When: 11:30 a.m. Where: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Chairs: Aundria Castleberry Contact: 921-5410 Price: $50 Paws on the Catwalk ‘Animal Magnetism’ Benefiting: Humane Society of Sarasota County When: 11:30 a.m.

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