Longboat Observer 05.01.12

bserver O LONGBOAT Thursday, MAY 3, 2012

You. Your neighbors. Your neighborhood.

DIVERSIONS

NEWS

Town warns north-end residents about possible erosion effects.

PAGE 3A

OUR TOWN

INSIDE

Artist Clyde Burnett shares his adventures in painting.

INSIDE

The Ski-A-Rees waterskiing team makes a splash.

PAGE 17A.

to be continued by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Next chapter: Bankruptcy court Judge K. Rodney May will hear from parties in the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort this week in a Tampa courtroom.

Courtesy photo

+ Sawyer gets close look at a snook On Saturday, Sawyer Welch Michel caught a 28-inch snook off the bridge located on Harbourside Drive near the Winding Oaks subdivision. Proud to witness this happy event were his sister, Ava, and grandmother, Joyce Welch.

Sawyer is the son of Geoffrey and Brenda Michel, who own The Met Day Spa and Salon on St. Armands Circle.

On Wednesday, May 2, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May will hear arguments from the Partnership that ran the Colony — i.e., Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber and other entities — and the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association in a Tampa courtroom in the Association’s appeal of U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday’s October rulings that

favored the Partnership.

It’s unlikely that May will rule at Wednesday’s hearings.

Instead, he’ll hear arguments from various parties laid out in recent court filings.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Trustee William Maloney filed a March 26 motion in which he argued in favor of restoring the Partnership and awarding damages of

$7,751,470 — one of two damage scenarios outlined by Merryday.

The alternative determined by Merryday was $20,646,312 for the Partnership with no return of units; Merryday also sent the Association’s counterclaims back to May. The motion states: “The Trustee believes that the Association has failed to maintain the units and common ele-

ments even to the limited extent provided in the Association’s plan of reorganization. Upon information and belief, the units are essentially abandoned and most do not have electric power or other utilities.”

Maloney referred to town code-enforcement proceedings initiated against the property and the extension of the tourism use of the property to Dec.

SEE COLONY / 2A

HEART-T0-HEART

+ Last chance to submit applications The Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its annual Small Business, Rookie Small Business and Non-Profit Business of the Year Awards. Nominations will be accepted through May 7.

Awards include Rookie Small Business of the Year, Small Business of the Year (10 or fewer employees), Small Business of the Year (11 or more employees) and NonProfit Charitable Organization of the Year.

The winners will be announced at the awards breakfast Thursday, June 14.

Call the chamber office at 383-2466 for information or visit longboatkeychamber. com.

+ Mother, may I vote in a contest?

The submissions are in, and voting for The Observer’s online Mother’s Day photo contest takes place now through May 6. Click on the “Contests” tab on the homepage of YourObserver.com to vote for your favorite photo.

The winner will receive a $75 gift certificate from their choice of contest sponsors, and the winning photo will be published in the May 10 edition of the Observers and Pelican Press.

SEE OUR TOWN / 14A

Photo courtesy of Lou Newman

After being treated at Save Our Seabirds for nine days, Vicki necks her mate, Henry, after being reunited at the Harbor Links pond. Swankeeper David Novak says the reunion was “off-the-charts spectacular.” However, Novak believes Vicki has a 50/50 chance of survival after battling a prolonged infection. For the story and more photos, see page 7A.

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Town, firefighters head back to bargaining table Pay raises, benefits and pensions will be part of the discussion this week as the town and its firefighters come together for negotiations.

The town and its firefighters will find themselves in a familiar place this week: the bargaining table.

The latest round of negotiations between the town and the Longboat Key International Association of Firefighters Union

are scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday, May 4.

Town Manager David Bullock declined to comment about what positions the town would take in upcoming negotiations.

“Under collective bargaining laws, we’re required to conduct

our negotiations publicly,” he said. “It’s important that I respect that.”

Longboat Key Fire Rescue District Vice President Brandon Desch could not be reached for comment.

The town met with firefight-

ers for negotiation March 28, according to Bullock, during which firefighters didn’t present a contract proposal but discussed their concerns with the town.

According to the town’s human resources manager, Lisa Silvertooth, raises and pensions were the two major areas of concern.

SEE CONTRACTS / 9A

INDEX Bridge Bites....... 27A Briefs....................4A

Classifieds ........ 29A Cops Corner....... 10A

Crossword.......... 28A Opinion.................8A

Real Estate........ 18A Weather............. 28A

Vol. 34, No. 40 | Two sections YourObserver.com

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

COLONY / FROM PAGE 1A 31, 2012, that town commissioners have said they would be unlikely to extend without a compromise between parties.

“In the event that the favorable zoning of the property is lost through the inaction of the Association, the permissible zoning of the property will be reduced to less than 100 units from the current density of approximately 240 units, which would effectively foreclose any possibility of restoring the hotel operation forever,” he wrote.

But in an April 27 response, attorney Jeffrey Warren disputed Maloney’s assertions, describing them as an “impermissible and untimely collateral attack on the Association’s bankruptcy plan” and the court’s confirmation order. Warren wrote that as a Chapter 7 trustee, Maloney is charged with liquidating the Partnership and “has no authority to operate any business of the Partnership … ” The response also challenges Maloney’s arguments about the maintenance of the property, stating that it “fails on the grounds that the Unit Owners have taken substantial and costly steps with respect to the restoration of The Colony since the Ejection Judgment was entered, including entering into a binding development agreement with a redevelopment partner. To disrupt such progress would be manifestly unfair and inequitable.”

Warren also raised issues with a March 23 letter to Town Attorney David Persson, in which Charles Bartlett, attorney for Klauber and other entities he owns and/or controls, wrote that he is also special counsel to Maloney, whom the response suggests is “seeking to benefit Dr. Klauber and not the actual creditors of the Partnership, including the Unit Owners whose filed claims exceed $15 million.”

To recap, in 2007, in the midst of a nearly two-year-old dispute over who should pay for the repair and improvement of the resort’s common elements, the Partnership sued the Association for damages.

The Association argued at the time that

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

a 1984 agreement improperly ceded authorities to the general partnership and was, therefore, ultra vires.

The Association later filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which brought the case to May’s Tampa courtroom. In August 2009, May ruled in favor of the Association, finding the 1984 agreement ultra vires and the Partnership’s damage calculations to be purely speculative, while also declaring moot other Association counterclaims and third-party claims.

The Partnership appealed those rulings.

In a separate case, it also filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Then, in August 2010, May approved a request from the Association to convert the Partnership’s bankruptcy from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, which ultimately dissolved the Partnership, converted the Colony from a hotel resort to a condominium association and gave unit owners control over their units.

Last October, Merryday outlined both damage scenarios for the Partnership and directed May to choose one and consider the Association’s counterclaims previously declared moot.

Klauber expressed optimism earlier this week in advance of the hearing.

“I feel that the bankruptcy judge has two choices written by Judge Merryday, I’m really waiting to find out which one they choose,” he said.

The Association, however, will pursue counterclaims that address the management and accounting of money at the Colony and could substantially impact any damage scenario.

The ongoing allegations highlight one obvious fact: A May 1 deadline set by unit owners present at their annual meeting last month has passed without any settlement regarding three acres at the center of the property controlled by Klauber and his entities.

According to Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association Board President Jay Yablon, the Association will work to submit a 15-acre site plan for the 18-acre property to the town.

File photo

One down, many more to go This isn’t an April Fools’ joke: A legal dispute involving the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort has been resolved.

The bad news is, the resolution of this dispute probably won’t open the doors to the resort and its 237 units any sooner.

Longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber confirmed to the Longboat Observer that he and W. Andrew “Andy” Adams, whose Breakpointe I LLC was foreclosing on overdue bank loans for Klauber’s residential unit and beachfront Vagabond resort unit, reached a confidential settlement last week in mediation.

As of Monday night, Klauber remained listed as the owner of two high-rise Colony units and the beachfront unit in Sarasota County property records, and no transfer between the parties was recorded

r o Car o d n I

REMODELING, ADDITONS ADDITIONS & REMODELING, & CUSTOM CUSTOMHOMES HOMES

a r g o e t S

PERFECTLY CRAFTED PERFECTLY CRAFTEDHOMES HOMES

in circuit court records.

Klauber said that he couldn’t discuss terms of the settlement, citing confidentiality as the reason. But when asked whether he thinks he will be in his unit a year from now, he answered, “Yes.” “That’s the only thing I can say,” he said.

Adams, whose Colony Beach Investors LLC purchased 19 Colony units in February and March, did not return a phone call Monday afternoon seeking comment.

Although the settlement doesn’t impact unit owners, Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association Board President Jay Yablon, expressed optimism about the settlement.

“I’m glad that they were able to work out their differences, and I hope that this is the start of more good things,” he said.

SECURITY FIRST

STORAGE

The Perfect Solution For Your Seasonal Needs

Autos, BoAts & RVs LocAted two miLes FRom sRQ AiRpoRt

www.asecureplace.com

941.351.7656

ConvenienCe

just got QUiCK & eASY Featuring

(opeN )

Full Service Design & Construction

6:30a.m. - 9:00p.m.

Extensive Condo Experience

featuring

Excellent References

Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice, Grab & Go Sandwiches, Cubans, Meatball Subs, BBQ Pulled Pork, Soups, Coffee, Ice Cold Drinks & Beer Cave WATTS HUMPHREY Florida Lic. No.CGC1506235 78201

80060

WWW.BLACKTURTLE.COM 941.400.8576

P: 941 383-6900 FAX (941) 383-2170 4032 Gulf of Mexico Drive (Next to Longboat Ace Hardware)

76557

2A

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

on the line

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Consultant receptive to DAS network TE Connectivity Networks Inc. consultant Scott Wierson told the P&Z Board that he believes DAS ‘would provide better service’ to the town than a cell-phone tower.

The Longboat Key Planning & Zoning Board dialed TE Connectivity Networks Inc. consultant Scott Wierson at its May 1 meeting by conference call — not cell phone.

And when board member Walter Hackett asked him to rank the top three options for improving north-end telecommunications, Wierson gave what was, for many, a long-awaited answer.

“I think the tower and the DAS (distributed antenna solution) both have merits,” he said. “In my opinion, DAS would provide better service because the antenna would be closer to the user.”

Wierson repeated the input on a cellular tower that he had given at an earlier Longboat Key Town Commission workshop: A tower would be more strategically located for serving the north end at the Longboat Key Public Works compound than at the Longboat Island Chapel property, although its

setback requirements need further consideration, according to Wierson.

A DAS network system is a small-cell technology that would require the installation of multiple hub stations on FPL lines that would send signals through fiber-optic cables.

The item was on the P&Z Board’s agenda for discussion, but the board wasn’t considering any legislative action at Tuesday’s meeting. Board members, who received the report late yesterday afternoon, said that they hadn’t been able to review the TE Connectivity report at length.

Wierson had also made an April 19 presentation to the commission during which he gave an overview of both options: A DAS network would cost $590,000 to construct and would start out with three carriers, according to the study. A cellular tower could include five carriers and would likely

SHRINKING SHORE

cost $400,000 to construct but at a higher environmental impact.

Jim Eatrides, owner of Alpha-Omega Communications Inc., who with his business partner, Ridan Industries II President Kevin Barile, have an application pending with the town to bring a 150foot cell tower to the chapel’s properties, disagreed with Wierson’s statements about solutions for the north end.

But Eatrides argued that a tower on the chapel site was the best solution and said that although the chapel and Public Works properties would be similar in the coverage they would provide, the Public Works site is too small.

He also disagreed with TE Connectivity about the technological feasibility and costs of a DAS network but asked to return to a future commission workshop after reviewing the report released the day before.

“Models are estimates of re-

ality,” said Eatrides. “We don’t disagree with TE on all of their models. We don’t agree with the cost. We do want to go in and get all of the information and properly address all of these issues and do so in a timely manner.”

In an April 24 memo, Town Planner Steve Schield suggested to Town Manager David Bullock that existing telecommunications codes should be reviewed based both on the report’s technical recommendations as well as policy concerns of the community.

Attorney Michael Furen, who represents Gus Sclafani and Doreen Erickson, whose home is adjacent to the site of the proposed tower, told the board that the review is needed. He argued that any related changes to the zoning code should be fully vetted by the community and urged the board not to take any action that would “expressly or implicitly recognize cell towers.”

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

The Gulf Beach near the 360 North condominiums, left, continues to erode.

Robin Hartill

Sand loss prompts warning for north-end Ongoing north-end erosion has prompted Longboat Key Town Manager David Bullock and Public Works Director Juan Florensa to warn owners at the nine-unit 360 North condominium that just 30 to 50 feet of dry beach remains between their buildings and the Gulf.

“Once this remaining sand is eroded, there may be overwash in times of high surf that might impact the grounds or buildings of the nine units located on the site,” Bullock wrote in an April 26 email to the Longboat Key Town Commission, referring to the $4.5 million emergency beach project that deposited 133,000 cubic yards of sand as a temporary fix last summer.

When the project was completed, just about a year ago, the area’s beach spanned approximately 150 feet.

According to Florensa, high

Just 30 to 50 feet of dry beach remain between the nine-unit 360 North condominium and the Gulf. winds and waves from storms that occurred a week-and-ahalf ago exacerbated erosion.

Charlie Sweeney, president of the 360 North condominium association, had headed to his Indiana home before the storms and wasn’t aware of the level of erosion until he participated in a conference call with Bullock and Florensa.

Sweeney expressed disappointment that the town doesn’t plan to put additional sand in place for the summer.

“It seems to me that we’re no further in pursuit of an acceptable goal than we were a few years ago,” he said. “We’re at the mercy of nature, and the town is going to leave us in that position.”

Florensa, however, said it was unlikely that the town

would place more sand in the area.

“I think putting more sand in that area is not sustainable or a wise use of taxpayer dollars,” he said.

Florensa said the condominium doesn’t seem to be in jeopardy and the conference call was intended to keep homeowners up to date about the shrinking beach because many are seasonal residents.

The Longboat Pass Inlet Management Study, commissioned jointly by the town and Manatee County, concluded that the long-term solution for controlling erosion should include a terminable groin on Beer Can Island and two permeable adjustable groins on the north end.

However, the process of per-

mitting, designing and building any structures and placing additional sand in the area will likely take between 24 and 36 months.

The commission reached consensus to move forward with the permitting process for the structures recommended by the Longboat Pass Inlet Management Plan but hasn’t yet voted on whether to accept them. The Manatee County Board of Commissioners voted to move forward with the design and permitting recommended in the study.

Sand dynamics cause much of the north end’s erosion, with sand along the northern part of the Key moving northward opposite Gulf-beach sand, which typically moves toward the south.

3A

under review

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

P&Z begins to crack town codes Recommendations for zoning code changes get unanimous vote from P&Z Board.

The Longboat Key Planning & Zoning Board voted unanimously at its May 1 meeting to recommend various changes to the town’s zoning code. The proposed changes would give the districts their own standards, like other districts, independent of the Outline Development Plan.

The proposed changes replace the Planned Development District, GulfPlanned Development District and Negotiated Planned Development District with the Bay Isles, Islandside and Promenade/ Water Club Mixed-Use Community districts.

Assistant Town Attorney Kelly Fernandez wrote in an April 17 memo that the changes were proposed “to ensure consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and address issues raised by the court’s ruling last year in the writ of certiorari case involving the Key Club.”

The changes would also clarify that applicants don’t need to file applications for a site plan and ODP concurrently, eliminating the need for the P&Z Board and Longboat Key Town Commission to make written findings of fact. Both the board’s recommendations and the commission’s are to be “based on competent, substantial evidence of record.”

The changes would clarify that modifications to applications post P&Z Board review do not need to be remanded to the board.

Other changes include the provision of criteria for granting lot coverage and building height and requirements for when final site-plan approval must be sought.

Judge Charles E. Roberts ruled in favor of the Islandside Property Coalition and L’Ambiance and Sanctuary condominium associations in their challenge of the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s $400 million proposed Islandside redevelopmentand-expansion plan at the end of 2011.

In his ruling, which favored IPOC and the associations on all seven of their claims, he laid out what many felt showed the need to update and/or clarify town codes.

The ruling stated that the development order, by which the commission approved the Key Club plans, violated the town’s zoning code because it permitted uses on lands not previously designated for such uses and did not include required findings of fact about departures granted, and because the fourth revised application the commission approved didn’t go back to the P&Z Board for review.

The proposed changes drew both supporters and opponents.

Resident Terry Gans spoke in favor of the changes, saying that communities need to evolve.

IPOC President Bob White spoke against them, taking issue with many changes, including the elimination of the need for the commission and board to make findings of fact. He said that parties on both sides of an issue would likely be able to present evidence to support their cases.

Resident Gene Jaleski also spoke against the changes, describing it as one of the largest changes to the town he had witnessed since he began coming to the island in 1978.

Key Club Associates attorney John Patterson, however, said that the definitions would bring more certainty.

Board member Leonard Garner expressed satisfaction with the process at Tuesday’s meeting.

“We’re cleaning up our act,” he said. “I think it’s a worthwhile project for us to approve this.”

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

This week on

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

FLORIDA’S NO. 1 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER WEBSITE

.

PUBLIX PROGRESS REPORTS

Read our weekly updates on the Publix and CVS construction, and watch a video to see the construction in progress.

MOST READ STORIES ONLINE LAST WEEK: 1. “sarasota ballet dances a new role” (April 25) 2. “Consultant recommends options” (April 25) 3. “FULL storY: town settles armstrong case” (April 25) 4. “Police officer disputes firing” (Oct. 28, 2009) 5. “vIDeo: april 20 Public development” (April 20)

DAILY BROADCAST: Regsiter on YourObserver.com and have our daily video broadcast delivered to your inbox.

NEWSBRIEFS

4A

Meetings agendas

&

 Longboat Key Town Commission meeting — 7 p.m.

Monday, May 7  Code Enforcement Board — 10 a.m. Monday, May 14

Courtesy rendering

Dry Dock seeks to enclose its existing roof, which currently covers a portion of its outdoor dining space.

+ Dry Dock owners file application Dry Dock Waterfront Grill owners Eric and Cynthia Hammersand filed an application for site-plan review last week with the Longboat Key Planning Zoning & Building Department.

The application states that the Hammersands hope to enclose the area directly above the restaurant’s existing roof, which is used to cover a portion of its outdoor dining area, and construct and enclose a walkway that will lead from a new elevator.

The plan would add 1,107 square feet to the restaurant, allowing the Hammersands to reconfigure the existing first and second floor dining areas to allow for more tables to overlook the water and allow for more space between tables. The request would not change Dry Dock’s seating capacity or parking requirements.

+ Town schedules first budget workshop The Longboat Key Town

IN THE KITCHEN: Barbara Glanz makes “Artichokes Adored,” a simple recipe that’s easy to make and is always a crowd pleaser.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: It’s Read Everywhere Contest

Take a copy of your Observer with you when you travel and snap a photo to enter our contest. Click the “Contests” tab on YourObserver. com to register. The grand prize winner will receive two $500 travel vouchers!

Observer

 Longboat Key Town Commission regular workshop — 2 p.m. Thursday, May 24

Commission will hold a special workshop meeting to discuss the 2012-13 fiscal year budget 1 p.m.

Monday, May 21, at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.

Town staff is preparing for a 3% drop in ad valorem tax revenue combined with a 10% hike in health-insurance costs and 12.7% in required pension contributions.

Sarasota and Manatee County property appraisers typically distribute property-tax estimates June 1.

+ City staff investigates St. Armands benches City staff presented the St. Armands Landowner’s Merchants and Residents (LMAR) with data Thursday, April 26 showing the location of the Circle’s benches in an effort to pinpoint which of the benches are in need of repair and/or replacement. St. Armands Business Improvement District (BID) Board of Directors Chairman Marty Rappaport said many of the benches are in terrible shape and that city staff will look into what funds can be used to repair or possibly replace the damaged benches. There are a total of 65 benches within or just outside the Circle, which includes 35 twoseat benches, 26 three-seat benches and four regular benches.

The Things You DON’T See Are The Most Important…

LONGBOAT

ADDRESS: 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228 PHONE: 941-383-5509 | FAX: 941-362-4808 | WEBSITE: YourObserver.com

25 Years of Scaling and Clogging

A Cleaned Cast Iron Pipe

CIPP (Cured In Place Pipe)

TO E-MAIL US: E-mail press releases, announcements and photos to: longboatnews@yourobserver.com E-mail Letters to the Editor to: Jessica Luck, jluck@yourobserver.com

Display Advertising: To obtain information, call Donna Condon at 941-366-3468, Ext. 301. Advertisers also may obtain all Observer Group Inc. advertising rates and editorial calendars online at www.YourObserver.com.

Classified Advertising/Service Directory: For information and rates, see the

classified advertising section, or call 941-955-4888. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. To place a classified ad online, e-mail your ad to Maureen Hird, mhird@yourobserver.com.

800.849.4610 www.sleuthpt.com

FIX

CFC58001

Don’t Speculate...

Investigate!

68602

TO ADVERTISE:

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

VICTORY LAP

SAND SOLUTIONS by Alex Mahadevan | Staff Writer

5A

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Longboat Pass plans face opposition Chamber to go the A group of plans aimed at inlet management and the stabilization of Longboat Pass is being challenged by Siesta Key residents worried about erosion.

The town of Longboat Key, Manatee County and the West Coast Inlet Navigation District are all facing opposition from Siesta Key residents about their plans to manage erosion of Beer Can Island and slow the drift of Longboat Pass.

The Siesta Key Association has tapped Manatee County Commissioner Joe McClash to help it in its mission to stop the plans, which will include groins and dredging that they say will cause erosion problems south of Longboat Key. Capt. Peter van Roekens, vice president of the SKA and founder of the Sarasota Boaters Coalition, says three groins included in the Longboat Key Inlet Management plan threaten to set the flow of Big Pass askew and possibly accelerate erosion of Lido and Siesta beaches.

“People want to put groins in but they’re very dangerous,” he says.

“There are always unintended consequences.”

The intended consequences are to trap sand drawn southward slowing sediment displacement. The problem, van Roekens says, is that beaches further south don’t receive natural sand accumulation — taking one region’s erosion woes and passing them on to another.

The West Coast Inlet Navigation District, which helps plan and implement waterway projects, approved LBK - 2010 the -K and LBKendorsed - 2010 - K plan. It’s also backed by research conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Coastal Planning & Engineering Inc. A deeper concern for SKA is that an

The LLSA Chamber will sprint toward its first May triathlon this Sunday.

File photo

The Longboat Pass Inlet Management Plan calls for installing a terminal groin at Beer Can Island, pictured, and two groins on northern Longboat Key to control Longboat Pass erosion. approval could fast track plans being floated by the City of Sarasota and the Corps of Engineers for Lido renourishment. Big Pass and New Pass are the two inlets that are being considered for dredging, further amplifying potential negative consequences for Siesta Key. Nora Patterson, a Sarasota County Commissioner who serves as the treasurer of WCIND, says the Corps of Engineers is studying the effects of potential dredging on the two inlets.

However, she says Longboat’s inlet project will have little bearing on the study or solutions suggested for that potential project. “These groins don’t look like they will damage Lido,” she says.

Two sand traps cut for dredging Longboat Pass are also included in the plan, under the supervision of WCIND. They could yield roughly 90,000 cubic yards of sand to renourish Longboat beaches, according to an April 2 permit filed by the organi-

zation.

The Manatee County Commission voted 6-1 in favor of the inlet management plan March 27, with one dissenting vote coming from McClash.

A Feb. 10 correspondence between Manatee Deputy County Attorney Rodney Wade and McClash explored questions about the deed binding “Beer Can Island” to the county. One of the restrictions outlined in the document is that the property be kept in its “natural state” and that “no man-made alterations or structures shall be constructed or placed on the property.” The terminal groin bound for the island could be a violation, the letter stated.

McClash has also petitioned the Army Corps of Engineers for a public hearing on the inlet management plan and an environmental impact statement to comply with the National Environmental Protection Act, due to its use of federal funds.

BUYING BUYING Invest in Diamonds from

(shorter) distance for sprint triathlon

The Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce will hold a triathlon and duathlon Sunday, May 6, but to participate, you don’t need to be in the race for the long-haul: This race is so short, you could participate and keep your plans for Sunday brunch.

The Longboat Key Triathlon & Duathlon Race Series Sprint will begin at 7 a.m. Sunday, May 6, behind the Islandside gates of the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

With just a quarter-mile swim, 12-mile bike and threemile run for triathletes and a one-mile run, 12-mile bike and three-mile run for duathletes, chamber President Tom Aposporos estimates that the last competitor will be off the course an hour-and-a-half after the race’s start.

The May triathlon/duathlon is a first for the chamber.

After two successful international-distance races held in October 2010 and October 2011, chamber officials decided to add the shorter race in May. “I believe there’s real value to doing a shorter event in the spring because it may cause people to begin training for the October event,” Aposporos said.

The spring event could also introduce participants to the area that may return during the summer added Aposporos.

The chamber will still go the distance for its international distance race, scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 28.

To register, go to lbktriseries.com. For information, call 809-8996.

And, if you’re not as athletically inclined, the chamber is still looking for volunteers to help with the event. Call the chamber office at 383-2466 or email info@longboatkeychamber.com.

GOLD GOLD ESTATES! Instant Cash

Instant Cash SellBuying your old gold while gold prices $$Sell Gold $$ goldhigh! prices areyour at anold all gold time while historical

are%at an all high! %time historical SELL US40 YOUR BROKEN AND DIAMONDS UNWANTED GOLD SAVE -70 OFF SELL US YOUR BROKEN AND UNWANTED GOLD Each Diamond carries its own certificate.

Each Diamond carries its own certificate.

2.01 carat $$ 2.01 carat 4590 5000

3.35 carat $$3.35 carat 9490 8490

4590 3.61 carat $ $ 3.61 carat 9900 10,900

8490 2.07 carat $ 2.07 6999 5500carat

$

9900

1.00 carat $$ 1950 1690 1.00 carat $ 1690 1.53 carat $ 3290 1.53 carat $

3290

$

5500

2.70 2.67 carat

8950 6950carat 2.67 $ 6950 1.70 carat em. cut $ 1500 $1.70 em. cut carat 1500 em. cut $$

Each Diamond carries its own certificate.

four generations

four generations

J E W E L R Y

C O M P A N Y

Special $ Purchase

1500

J E W E L R Y C O M P A N Y YOUR TRUSTED HOMETOWN JEWELER FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED YOUR TRUSTED HOMETOWN JEWELER FAMILY & Rd. OPERATED Corner of U.S. 41 &OWNED Bee Ridge Across from Saks Fifth Ave.

Corner of U.S. 41 & Bee Ridge Rd.

68133

$

$

All carat weights are total and may vary by 5%. Sale prices exclude existing layaways, trade-ins,and special orders. Quantites vary by store.

All carat weights are total and may vary by 5%. Sale prices exclude existing layaways, trade-ins,and special orders. Quantites vary by store.

RUN - Starting

August 12th

82041

Across from Saks Fifth Ave.

6A

Come to the Farmers market

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

WEEKLY PUBLIX PROGRESS REPORT

for Crafts, Confections, Flowers & other unique gifts for

mother’s Day

It’s Fresh outside

Lemon Avenue & Main Street New Hours: 7am-1pm every Saturday

941-225-9256 • www.sarasotafarmersmarket.org

81791

Fresh Produce • Plants & Flowers Local Seafoods • Prepared Foods • Baked Goods Cheeses & Meats • Local Crafts and more...

A SALUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVE

Robin Hartill

Walls for the new CVS began going up earlier this week.

CVS reaches new heights The new drug store is beginning to take shape as contractors worked to construct walls this week.

Apply Now Pre-K3 through 12th grade www.saintstephens.org 941-746-2121

A World-class Education

82165

Saint Stephen’s celebrates the sacrifice, hard work and dedication provided by Manatee and Sarasota Counties first responders and law enforcement officers. As a gift back to them, Saint Stephen’s offers the First Responder and Law Enforcement Community Scholarship available to these agency employees who have children entering 9th grade. For eligibility requirements, please visit www.saintstephens.org/scholarship.

The future Longboat Key Publix has been in the spotlight since the Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. submitted plans to the town in July, but during the last week in April, it was CVS that reached new heights.

After installing vertical beams last week, contractors have moved on to building walls for the new 12,900-square-foot drug store, which is slated to

open in September. The new CVS will be located where the Longboat Key Shell station once stood.

As of Monday afternoon, Publix demolition was ongoing.

Publix and Avenue of the Flowers Acquisition have obtained a combined building permits for the project. The total implicated cost of all permits is $5,544,708.

— Robin Hartill

BY THE NUMBERS 24 — Days since

Publix closed its Longboat Key store, as of May 1

7 — The approximate

number of months until Publix re-opens

4 — The approximate

number of months until the new CVS opens

Tel: 941.778.3215 RENOVATIONS

214 Pine Ave. Anna Maria, Fl

To find out more about how to begin your project call Betsy at 941. 778 .3215

81176

Coastal living. One dream at a time.

Longboat Observer

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

YourObserver.com

7A

swan song?

by Mallory Gnaegy | Community Editor

Photos courtesy Lou Newman and David Novak

Beverly sits on her nest.

Swan life on Longboat Key called into focus Vicki the swan has been to Save Our Seabirds twice in one month; her survival is now in question. Friday, April 20, swan keeper David Novak took Vicki in for her second visit.

“She was exhibiting her original symptoms, and I wasn’t going to wait until the very last minute,” Novak said. “She was getting worse.”

In early April, Vicki was taken to SOS because she wasn’t swimming normally, incessantly shaking her tail and showing signs of digestive issues. She seemed back to normal and was returned to home a week after SOS administered fluids and antibiotics.

But it didn’t last for long.

“If I hadn’t pulled her out in the next couple of days, she would have been dead,” Novak said.

When she arrived to Save Our Seabirds for the second time, she had a fever and digestive problems. They gave her a more intensive treatment of antibiotics, fluid and cleaned her digestive tract. Results of a blood test indicated she may have more permanent damage due to a prolonged infection. She was released nine days later when she seemed stronger.

“She couldn’t truly be a swan in the wild (at SOS), so we took her back,” Novak says.

She was returned to the nest, where she and her mate, Henry, then necked for 30 seconds. The second reunion was “off-the-charts spectacular,” according to Novak. He believes she has a 50/50 chance of survival.

“She’s either going to make it or not going to make it. We can’t do anything medically for her,” Novak says, “It’s sad, but that’s just the way it is.”

Novak asks that people make a donation to Save Our Seabirds in Vicki’s name in honor of the work the nonprofit organization has done and its pledge to continue swan life on Longboat Key. In other swan news, life continues. Wendy’s and Beverly’s nests should hatch any day. Each nest has approximately six eggs. Both of their mates, Stan and Alan, remain close to the nests — a sign hatching could be any day.

I make sure the water is clean, for all of us.

I am Mosaic.

As we mine the phosphate needed to help grow the world’s food, it’s no coincidence that we preserve the water quality of nearby creeks and rivers. As an environmental specialist, I’m part of a team that monitors these bodies of water to ensure that the water quality is sustained or even enhanced. Mosaic takes great David Novak releases Vicki back into her pond.

care to meet Florida’s clean water standards. Because stewardship is an integral part of what we do.

And I see to it that the job is done right.

®

Alan hangs close to Beverly’s nest, a sign the cygnets are close to hatching.

81518

www.mosaicfla.com

8A

LONGBOAT Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, May 3, 2012

Observer opinion | our view LONGBOAT

“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

Friedrich Hayek “Road to Serfdom,” 1944

Editor & CEO / Matt Walsh, mwalsh@ yourobserver.com Executive Editor / Lisa Walsh, lwalsh@ yourobserver.com Associate Publisher-Multimedia / Emily Walsh Parry, ewalsh@yourobserver.com Deputy Executive Editor / Jessica Luck, jluck@ yourobserver.com Assistant Managing Editor/Design / Nancy Schwartz, nschwartz@yourobserver.com Senior Editor / Dora Walters, dwalters@ yourobserver.com City Editor / Robin Hartill, rhartill@ yourobserver.com Web Editor / Eddie Kirsch, ekirsch@ yourobserver.com Community Editor / Mallory Gnaegy, mgnaegy@yourobserver.com Black Tie Editor / Loren Mayo, lmayo@ yourobserver.com Arts & Entertainment Editor / Heidi Kurpiela, hkurpiela@yourobserver.com Staff Photographer / Rachel O’Hara, rohara@ yourobserver.com Copy Editor / Randi Donahue, rdonahue@ yourobserver.com Editor-at-Large / Rod Thomson, rthomson@ yourobserver.com Director of Advertising / Jill Raleigh, jraleigh@yourobserver.com Advertising Executives / Victoria Baga, vbaga@yourobserver.com; Penny DiGregorio, pdigregorio@yourobserver.com; Robert Lewis, blewis@yourobserver.com; Suzanne Munroe, smunroe@yourobserver.com; Kathleen O’Hara, kohara@yourobserver.com; Laura Ritter, lritter@yourobserver.com; Lori Ruth, lruth@ yourobserver.com; Kenji Trujillo, ktrujillo@ yourobserver.com; Chris Kelley, ckelley@ yourobserver.com Sales & Marketing Account Managers / Susan Leedom, sleedom@yourobserver.com; Rachel Livingston, rlivingston@yourobserver.com Sales & Marketing Coordinator / Leslie Gnaegy, lgnaegy@yourobserver.com Classified Advertising Sales Executives/ Maureen Hird, mhird@yourobserver.com; Courtney Callahan, ccallahan@yourobserver. com Multimedia Production Manager / Caleb Stanton, cstanton@yourobserver.com Advertising-Production Operations Manager / Kathy Payne, kpayne@yourobserver.com Advertising-Production Coordinator / Brooke Schultheis, bschultheis@yourobserver.com Advertising Graphic Designers / Monica DiMattei, mdimattei@yourobserver.com; Marjorie Holloway, mholloway@yourobserver. com; Luis Trujillo, ltrujillo@yourobserver.com; Chris Stolz, cstolz@yourobserver.com Chief Financial Officer / Laura Keisacker, lkeisacker@yourobserver.com Accounting Manager / Lori Downey, ldowney@ yourobserver.com Accounting Assistant / Kathy Klein, kklein@ yourobserver.com Administrative-Circulation Assistant / Donna Condon, dcondon@yourobserver.com ©Copyright The Observer Group Inc. 2011 All Rights Reserved

The Observer Group Inc. Locally Owned

Publishers of the Longboat Observer, East County Observer, Sarasota Observer, Palm Coast Observer, Pelican Press, Season magazine and Gulf Coast Business Review

Chairman / David Beliles Editor and CEO / Matt Walsh Vice President / Lisa Walsh

5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, Fla. 34228 941/383-5509 www.YourObserver.com

Reviewing codes long overdue It’s beginning to sound a lot like Normal.

Or, it’s certainly heading that way.

Let’s feel good for a change, or at least better. Economic growth — vis-a-vis the contractions of 2009 and 2010 — is definitely under way. You might even say it’s official: Sarasota and Manatee counties’ economies experienced a strong High Season. Great when compared to two and three years ago.

Certainly that’s the consensus you hear from retailers, restaurateurs, hotel operators, Realtors and other business operators.

And Gov. Rick Scott continues to report positive momentum for the entire state.

In March, the state’s unemployment rate declined from 9.4% in February to 9.0%, the largest monthly unemployment-rate drop in 20 years. Florida added 10,800 jobs in March. Since Scott took office in January 2011, Florida’s private sector has added more than 100,000 jobs; the governor is 1/7th of the way toward his goal of creating 700,000 new jobs in seven years.

Sure, there are still lagging sectors — commercial real estate and construction being among them. Nonetheless, compared to the dour looks on people’s faces in 2009 and 2010, this Season’s momentum is building confidence in local consumers and business operators that improvement will continue.

None of the experts is expecting a boom, mind you. And that’s a good thing. We all know what follows a boom. And because of 1) the lingering effects of the recession; 2) the never-ending fiscal disaster in Washington, D.C.; and 3) everyone’s fear of what may happen after the national election (i.e. the largest tax increase in American history), economic growth and business confidence are not likely to rise much higher than it is now.

Here is another truism about Florida’s economic health: Historically, population growth has fueled Florida’s economy. In that vein, we need baby boomers (or, call them the “Zoomers” — active adults) to be able to sell their homes up north so they can move to Florida.

In the good ol’ days, Florida added 350,000 new residents a year, the leading factor Florida was always among the fastest-growing states for population and job growth. Last year, population growth was only a third of that and isn’t expected to increase much beyond the 103,000 net new residents in Florida in 2011 compared to 2010.

But at least the state is growing again. So as we head into the traditional slow season here, let’s smell the gardenias and jasmine and enjoy for a while the economic rebound we experienced in our region.

Maybe with some determination, we (the private sector) can keep it going.

+ What if we were at war?

Our government at work.

Put yourself in the shoes of the residents of the 360 North condominiums on the far northwest tip of Longboat Key. About two weeks ago, blustery weather whooshed away more sand from Longboat Key’s beaches, leaving for the residents at 360 North about 30 to 50 feet of dry sand between their condos and the Gulf of

ECONOMIC SNAPSHOTS AREA TOURISM

Tourist Tax Collections Revenue per Avg. Room Hotel Occupancy

+17% +16% +TK%

AREA EMPLOYMENT 3/2011

3/2012

242,200 244,500 +2,300 +0.9%

AREA UNEMPLOYMENT 3/2011

3/2012

32,327 +10.7%

26,132 8.7%

POPULATION

2010

2011 % Chg.

Manatee 325,095 322,833 0.9% Sarasota 379,448 381,319 +0.5% Florida 18,801,310 18,905,048 +0.5%

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX (For Florida)

April 2011

68

April 2012

73

FLORIDA EMPLOYMENT 3/2011

3/2012

7.293m 7.380m +87,000 +1.2%

FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT 3/2011

985,00 10.5%

3/2012

836,000 9.0%

Mexico.

Now this isn’t quite like the situation that existed about five years ago at the Islander Club on the south end. Before the town installed the permeable groins there, it was getting dicey. There was virtually no beach, and one good hurricane blowing from south to north easily could have taken the Islander swimming pool.

It’s not quite that desperate at 360 North.

But you know what those residents are thinking: We’re heading into hurricane season; we haven’t had a bad hurricane season in seven years (the last one to come close to us was Wilma in 2005); you have to expect this could be the year.

They’re thinking: It won’t take much before we’ll be in trouble. And there’s no way we’ll be able to sell our units for what we paid without some stable protection.

In their minds, this is urgent. Now. In the minds of government, urgent is 24 to 36 months.

Longboat Key Public Works Director Juan Florensa says it is unlikely the town would spend thousands more to dump more loads of sand that would immediately be washed away — the ol’ “good money after bad.”

Instead, it looks like the town and Manatee County are moving forward to prepare all of the documentation for state and federal agencies. As always, no one can move a spec of sand without their permission or without a permit.

But … 24 to 36 months for a permit?

THE CASTAWAY by Jorge Blanco

Come on. Would it take that long to marshal our national resources for war? Would it take that long to respond to the destruction of a hurricane?

Charlie Sweeney told Observer City Editor Robin Hartill: “It seems to me that we’re no further in pursuit of an acceptable goal than we were a few years ago.”

Let’s do the math: “A few years ago” (that’s three years) plus 24 to 36 months adds up to five to six years.

The goal is clear: build groins. But six years to build?

+ You need a leader

One of the pleasures of the winter season in Greater Sarasota is how this region manages to attract some extraordinary speakers and experts.

The Ringling College Library Town Hall Series is always rich with compelling speakers. Among them this year: former first lady Laura Bush, Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and “Freakonomics” author Steven Levitt.

But over the past three weeks, Sarasota’s Argus Foundation, a not-for-profit business organization that focuses on improving the region’s business climate and communication between the private and public sectors, has hosted two guests whose separate messages coincidentally pointed in the same direction.

One of those guests was part-time Longboat Key resident, Dr. Phil Kotler, the world-renowned professor at Northwestern University, textbook author and expert on marketing. If you’ve ever studied marketing, no doubt you have read at least one of Dr. Kotler’s books.

The other Argus speaker was Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson. Before being elected lieutenant governor, Abramson spent nearly 15 years as mayor of Louisville.

Kotler’s presentation focused on one of the subjects of one of his textbooks: “place marketing,” specifically what Greater Sarasota can do to draw more visitors Phil Kotler and businesses and create a worldwide brand identity.

Dr. Kotler handed out a treasure trove of specific suggestions. For one, he says, “All sectors (of the community) must work together if you want to have something really great.” And: “Sarasota needs a strategic plan. It needs to develop a unique tagline” that encompasses what Sarasota has to offer, as he says: “excellent weather and natural beauty with high-quality arts and culture. No other city can make that claim.”

Lt. Gov. Abramson, a few days later, told the story of how the city of Louisville shook its complex as a second-tier city and took steps to become an equal, if not ahead of nearby rivals Nashville and Cincinnati. Its main step: It consolidated its county and city governments into one — and united the community behind that concept.

In both presentations, there was a similar message about one of the key ingredients necessary to success in place marketing and making government work. They both said you need a leader — a strong, elected mayor.

9A

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

Commission to bring members on boards The Town Commission will make appointments to four town boards at its regular meeting May 7.

Serving on a town board doesn’t come with the instant claim to fame that a seat on the Longboat Key Town Commission brings. But, although they may spend less time in the spotlight, board members play a key role in town issues.

Before Publix and the Longboat Key Club and Resort made their cases for redevelopment to the commission, they went before the Planning & Zoning Board.

Fail to cut your grass or follow turtle lighting requirements?

The town’s code enforcement will usually work with you, but if you don’t comply, you’ll find yourself before the Code Enforcement Board (CEB).

The commission will determine who will serve on four seats of the town’s boards at its Monday, May 7 regular meeting.

Competition is stiffest for the Planning & Zoning Board, which has drawn six applicants for three seats.

Seeking reappointment are current board members Phineas Alpers, an architect for more than 30 years; Leonard Garner,

who works in real-estate development, management and construction; and John Wild, who previously served as council member and mayor of Wildwood, Mo. Also seeking P&Z terms: Semiretired Alexandria, Va., city planner Larry Grossman, who also applied for re-appointment to the Citizens Oversight Tax Committee (COTC); Ed Krepela, who works as a sales-andengineering manufacturer’s representative and has also served as mayor and police commissioner of Ocean Beach Fire Island, N.Y.; and current Zoning Board of Adjustment member Andrew Aitken, a pilot and environmental consultant, has applied for seats on the P&Z Board and ZBA but has indicated that P&Z is his top choice.

Gaele Barthold, an attorney who also serves as co-president of the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee, and Thomas Bijou, who wrote on his application that he is a retired manager and has extensive construction experience, have both applied for reappointment to the ZBA.

Kenneth Gorman, who wrote that his occupation was in finance and is an owner/investor in the media industry, has applied for the ZBA, Code Enforcement Board or any pension board.

Current CEB Chairman Robert Krosney Jr., who listed his occupation as president/CEO of Madison Detective Bureau, applied for reappointment to both the CEB and COTC. Glenn Peterson, an engineer, also applied for reappointment to the CEB. Burt Rosenfield, a retired insurance-company president, has also applied for re-appointment to the COTC. Many past and present commissioners made their Town Hall debuts on town boards: Mayor Jim Brown and Vice Mayor David Brenner both served on the P&Z Board. Commissioner Pat Zunz was a ZBA member. Commissioner Phill Younger served on the CEB. And Commissioner Lynn Larson was a police pension board trustee.

And, although a board seat doesn’t bring the same level of fame that a commission seat carries, it promises similar fortune: Like commissioners, board members make $0 per year, with no cost-of-living adjustments.

Like other town employees, firefighters haven’t received pay increases since 2008, a factor they have said hurts morale and the department’s competitiveness with other departments.

The last session included a discussion on which municipalities the town should use as comparables to consider salaries and benefits and agreed to include the cities of Tampa, North Port, Clearwater, Winter Park and Marco Island and Hillsborough and Sarasota counties.

Firefighters also expressed interest in high-deductible, health-savings accounts, according to Silvertooth.

Pensions will likely be discussed at greater length during Friday’s meeting.

Currently, the town provides for normal retirement for firefighters after 25 years of credited service, regardless of age, or after 10 years of service for those 55 years or older with a multiplier of 3.5%, according to the current contract, meaning that a 55-year-old employee with 10 years of service would receive 35% of the average of the last five years’ worth of pay.

Firefighters are currently working under a contract ratified last May that became

retroactively effective Oct. 1, 2009, and expired Sept. 30, 2011.

During the negotiations that led up to that contract, the town agreed it wouldn’t impose a mandate to not count vacation and sick leave as compensation when determining a final payout for retired employees.

That means that a firefighter who earned $60,000 during the last five years of employment and accrued $30,000 worth of vacation and sick leave would have the payout added in, which would bring the average to $66,000.

Firefighters agreed that they would not receive pay raises for the 2009-10 fiscal year and accepted a “me too” clause for the 2010-11 fiscal year in which they would only receive the step and cost-of-living allowance increases, if any, that non-bargaining town employees received.

The town also eliminated its 401k match for firefighters in its most recent contract.

Contract negotiations begin at 9 a.m. Friday, May 4, at Longboat Key Town Hall, and are open to the public, as required by Florida laws.

ONLINE: See a pay range for Longboat Key firefighters. www.YourObserver.com

Support Your Local Clinic

• No Cost Evaluation • Chemical Balancing • Weekly Service • Equipment Repair/ Replacement

Lab, X-Ray, EKG, Coumadin Testing

Centre Shops Family Practice & Urgent Care

778.5622

5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite 205

401 MANATEE AVENUE • HOLMES BEACH

Monday - Friday 9:00 - 5:00

80114

387-1211

Appointments Preferred, Walk-ins urgent care only

LIC. #CFC057548

For three or more boxes

.fur www

“Retailer of the Year - State of Florida”

77729

We’ve got you covered!

5380 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Longboat Key 941.383.8989 store3225@theupsstore.com

m

se.co

ehou nwar

• Office supplies • Shipping supplies • Greeting cards • Tervis Tumblers • Printer cartridges • LBK souvenirs

Memory Foam Mattress Why pay $2,000 – $4,000?

Lessons

1st FOUR lessons 1st first FOUR lessons Play in a game your day! in aweeks! game your first day! ge the easy way in justPlay a few

Free!

Queen Mattress

$

BRIDGE IS HERE!!

Modern bridge the easy

way in just a.m. a few weeks!

Sept. 23 • 9:00-11:30 Bridge Club - Town & Country Plaza

399

81528

BRADENTON 1100 West Cortez Rd. Corner of 41 and Cortez Next to Office Depot

Town & Country Plaza, NW Corner Fruitville & Beneva Unit 612 Inside Courtyard • Sarasota, FL

Michelle golden

Why pay more? *with approved credit

NEW LOCATION

34074

easybridge! isSarasota, here!! ville & Beneva, Unit 612 Inside Courtyard FL

941-365-7875

CPC1458020

No INterest UNtIl MAY 2013! Next DAY DelIverY AvAIlAble!* NASA TECHNOLOGY

Learn to pLay bridge!

-355-6940 Michelle Begins Sat., June 2Golden • 9:00-11:30 am In-Between Bridge Club

REPUTATION BUILT ON TRUST

SPRING Clearance!

Free piCk - Up on LongboAt key Whether you need to... send a package, print documents open a mailbox, ACCess the internet, or ship something big...

80106

Board Certified Family Physician

POOL MAINTENANCE

www.furnwarehouse.com

749-6069 Mon.-Sat. 9-9 Sun. 11-6

SARASOTA

VENICE

PORT CHARLOTTE

4027 N. Washington 1 Mile South of University on 301

550 S. Seaboard Ave. Just North Of Venice Nissan on U.S. 41 Bypass

1241 El Jobean Rd. (776 across from Sam’s)

351-8600

485-3211

764-8700

Mon.-Sat. 9-9 Sun. 11-6

Mon.-Sat. 9-6 Sun. 11-6

Mon.-Sat. 9-9 Sun. 11-6

ELLENTON

5814 18th St East Across from the Ellenton Outlet Mall

479-7900 Mon.-Sat. 9-9 Sun. 11-6

78235

Dr. Pamela J. Letts

Please consider having your Flu Shots here in the fall!

O PLAY BRIDGE Beginner beginner • Lessons

!

CONTRACTS / FROM 1A

behind the scenes by Robin Hartill | City Editor

10A

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

spa soirée

by Dora Walters | Senior Editor

Island House Spa debuts new features

26.99 Jose Cuervo Especial Tequila Gold or Silver, 1.75 L

19.99

Margaritaville Tequila Selected Varieties, 1.75 L

23.99 Ron Matusalem Gran Reserva Rum

The Island House Spa at Longboat Key Club’s grand re-opening April 25 also featured an exhibit of photographs by Mary Lou Johnson. Members and guests attending found numerous changes. There is a new spa menu featuring new treatments, services

16.99 Camarena Tequila

Reposado or Silver, 750 ml

13.99 Malibu Red Rum

Mary Lou Johnson and Jim Crouse

Photos by Dora Walters

With Tequila, 750 ml

15.99 Don Q Rum

Selected Varieties, 1.75 L

Lorraine Kaplan and Isabella Paspa

750 ml

11.99

22.99

1.75 L

Selected Varieties, 1.75 L

13.99

24.99

Popov Vodka

Deep Eddy Vodka

Original or Sweet Tea, 750 ml

47.99 Chivas Regal Scotch

Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka

Glenfiddich 15 Year Scotch

18.99

Windsor Canadian Whisky

April 18 Sounds like a plan 11:20 p.m. — 500 block of Broadway. Disturbance. A resident agreed to get the eight or nine people at his home to be quiet or to go home after police received a complaint about a loud party in his apartment.

Ezra Brooks Bourbon

April 19

1.75 L

Setting boundaries 11:25 a.m. — Off the Key. Boat.

Police found a boat that appeared vacant after receiving a report of a sailing vessel run aground. The incident was not in town boundaries, and an officer from another agency was already handling it.

21.99 Seagram’s VO 1.75 L

April 20

1.75 L

12.99 Fireball Cinnamon Whisky

Value system 9:54 a.m. — 2000 block of GMD. Lost/Missing Property. A woman reported her bicycle as missing. She said it was not expensive but held sentimental value.

13.99 Gordon’s Gin

Banned from the sand

1.75 L

12:20 p.m. — 100 block of N. Shore Road. Dog on the Beach. A man became “somewhat incensed” about having to remove his dog from the beach after police told him about town ordinances.

750 ml

Prices effective Thursday, May 3 through Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

81107

Visit publix.com/store to find the store nearest you.

Liquor items are only available at Publix Liquors.

E-Jax/Mia/Lakeland 4C-Thursday

Terry Kelly, Cheryl Clark and Peg Breslaw

Cops

37.99

21.99 12.99

Annette Rogers and Deborah Landau

1.75 L

750 ml

1.75 L

Meade and Art Ferguson

Three Olives Vodka

1.75 L

Jim Beam White Label

and product lines. The front desk and checkout desks have been relocated and are more convenient for guests. The relaxation and locker rooms have new décor and added accessories. And the Resort Shoppe has added several additional lines.

Call of the wild 8:24 p.m. — 5100 block of GMD.

LONGBOAT

Corner

Disturbance. A woman told police she had heard the same intermittent alarm for several nights in a row and it sounded loud, frightening and “terrorist attack-like.” Police realized that she was hearing the call of the Chuck-will’s-widow bird and suggested she close her windows.

Writing’s on the wall 8:42 p.m. — 4000 block of GMD. Vandalism. Police found graffiti on the bathroom wall of a recreation center that contained writing in permanent marker about wanting to get back with a girlfriend.

April 21 Not one to take it lightly 8:37 a.m. — 5100 block of GMD. Public Service. A woman reported seeing 15 evenly spaced, slow-moving balls of orange light from her condominium unit. She told police that she was unable to contact air-traffic controllers at the local airport but said that she would report the incident to the National UFO Reporting Center.

April 21 Unwanted visitor 2:43 a.m. — 200 block of Sands Point Road. Trespassing. Hotel-goers complained after a woman began knocking on doors in an attempt to find a guest. Police tried to convince the woman, who appeared intoxicated, to take a cab or call a friend for a ride home, but placed her under arrest after she continued to insist on finding the guest. Although she had told police that she had no money for a taxi, police found $59.62 in her purse along with two small bottles of Pinot Grigio.

Port of call 3:39 p.m. — Linley Street and Poinsettia Avenue. Property Found.

A woman turned in a MetroPCS cell phone that she found on a boat ramp.

April 24 Gone adrift?

11:02 a.m. — 6900 block of Bayside Drive. Lost/Missing Property. A man told police that he discovered his kayak was missing two days earlier. Police were unable to determine whether the kayak was stolen or had drifted away.

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

change of watch

11A

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Officer Nagell assumes marine-patrol position Officer Shawn Nagell takes on a new assignment — and the wheel of the Longboat Key police boat — after assuming marine-patrol responsibilities from Officer Dennis Silverio Jr.

L o C a L L U x U ry.

I n t E r n at I o n a L C L o U t.

Fabulous location in Country Club Shores

Robin Hartill

Longboat Key Police Officer Shawn Nagell now spends most of his work day patrolling the waters surrounding the Key.

“It’s more dynamic,” he says. “With cars, you basically have both vehicles come to a stop. But with a boat, you can come to a stop but it’s still moving.”

It’s also different because he’s out on the water by himself, unlike road patrol in which it’s easy to call for backup.

Although summer typically brings a slower pace for most people on Longboat Key, Nagell is preparing for his busy season as boaters take to the water. And, if he could provide one piece of advice to all those boaters, it would be this: Take a boating course.

“You wouldn’t try to get in the cockpit of a plane without knowing what you’re doing,” he said. “It’s a totally different environment.”

Summer Memberships Reduced 50% BOTH COURSES OPEN ALL SUMMER August 1 - October 31, 2011

One Low Price for theSUMMER Entire Family!!

SPEND THE

“PLAYING”

GOLF $250 • TENNIS $125 • SOCIAL $62.50 All Memberships include Dining, At Palm Aire Fitness (24/7Country access) & Pool. Club!

Awesome Deal - Covers the Entire Family!

Golf Includes Unlimited use of all Amenities:

6 FULL MONTHS ONE LOW PRICE

Views down the canal, to the bay from every room of this spacious, 3 bedroom home. Beautifully updated, with over $200,000 in renovations and completely reworked floor plan with new bathrooms and kitchen w/ granite, custom cabinetry and stainless steel appliances. The open great room has vaulted ceilings, skylights and new stackable sliders which create that inside/outside feel. Dock with 20,000 lb lift. MLS A3957877

$899,000

Unbelievable buy!

Best priced property on the Bay front Consisting of almost an acre with 131' on the Bay, this charming Spanish style home w/brick paver courtyard entry and fountain is set within a secluded "Old Florida" tropical garden paradise with gorgeous views of the Bay, Sister and Jewfish Keys. Only 3 minutes by boat from your 100' dock to the Gulf and just a short walk to the beach. MLS A3949268

$1,499,000 Spectacular, private, beachfront, European villa You can't see another neighbor from this 3 bedroom + den, Positano residence...just the white sand beach and the turquoise Gulf waters. The stunning, 3343 sq. ft. villa has an enormous wrap terrace, private stairs to the beach and an additional private 1900 sq. ft. paver garden area. Only the finest materials have been used throughout. MLS A3950796

$3,950,000

• 36 Holes of Championship Golf • No green fees or court fees • Practice • Cart2012 Fees apply MayFacilities/Range 1 - October 31, $ • 10 Tennis $Courts Some Walking GOLF 500 | TENNIS $250 |•SOCIAL 125 • Jr.AllOlympic Pool w/lap lanes Kids under 16 Play for Free Memberships include•Fitness • Jr. Golf & Tennis Clinics Pool and Dining!

Beautiful views from this turnkey furnished, Sunset Beach Condominium

Visit our website details: Awesome Dining for andfullSpecial Events Calendar www.palmaire.net Curbside to go • Guests Welcome

Turquoise blue waters and sunsets year around can be viewed from this 2 bedroom condominium. The entire, corner location, condominium has been remodeled beautifully with stone tile flooring, two new bathrooms and a new kitchen.

Great floor plan with a huge en suite master bedroom with walkin closet and two additional closets in the master for extra storage. MLS A3957661

81223 59295

Contact Renee Woods ~ Director of Member Services ~ 941-556-0782

5601 Country Club Way, Sarasota ~ Two Miles West of I-75, Exit 233 University Pky ~ ww.palmaire.net Small Food Minimum ~ Refundable Security Deposit Waived

Extend The Life Of Your

Air Conditioner!

$549,999 Wonderful Conrad Beach site

69

Spring Tune-up & OnlY $ Coil guard TreaTmenT Protects Your Air Conditoner From Coastal Salt Air Electrolysis Ensures Peak Performance Prevents Untimely Breakdowns

for your dream seaside home.

An easy walk to the beach, fishing pier or the Art Center.

Seller financing available.

MLS A3951332

Freeatment

$219,900

ard Tre CoilGu alue FREE $100 v $69 with p Tune U r Sp ing

Call TODAY to schedule your FREE COIL-GUARD Coastal Coating Treatment and Spring Air Conditioner Tune-Up (offer expires MAY 2012)

Hannerle Moore 2009 & 2010 Top Individual Producer for Michael Saunders & Company’s Longboat Key Offices

440 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228 PH 941.387.7300 Fx 941.296.7722 HannerleMoore@michaelsaunders.com www.Hannerle.com

FREE Replacement Estimates Financing Available

Go to www.Hannerle.com to see a video tour on every property

941-746-4191 www.ocean-aire.net

81172

STATE CERT.:CAC1814449

LongboatHomesForSale

81723

Longboat Key Police Officer Shawn Nagell’s new assignment requires something he didn’t have to worry about patrolling the Key by car: sunscreen — lots of it.

“Morning, noon and afternoon,” he says.

The thrice-daily sunscreen application is necessary because Nagell now spends most of his workday on the Longboat Key police boat.

He volunteered for the position earlier this year, after longtime Marine Patrol Officer Dennis Silverio Jr., who has worked for the department since 1999, requested a transfer to regular patrol.

Nagell, who enjoys boating recreationally, volunteered for the job because he thought it would be an interesting challenge after nearly a decade as a patrol officer on the road. He began his career with the department as a dispatcher in 2001 and enrolled in police academy that year, thinking it would help him provide better service. In 2003, after attending police academy while working full time, he applied for a job as a police officer and was sworn into the position in August of that year.

Beginning in February, Nagell spent nearly two months on the boat with Silverio, training for his new role. He took over the captain’s wheel, solo, about four weeks ago. Currently, he is training to obtain his U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license, which he expects to receive by the end of the year.

Nagell said he is enjoying the new job, although he’s learned that stopping a boater for a violation is different than a traffic stop.

er Light u Men

STONE CRAB RESTAURANT

HAPP Y 4 TO 6 HOUR GR A PM T BA APPE $ 00 ETIZE R RS 4 P Mon. remium D - Fri. ( Bar O rinks nly)

We Put the “Water” In Casual Waterfront Dining on Longboat Key For Over 44 Years.

Starting Monday May 7th

All-U-Can-Eat Stone Crabs All Day Every Day While They Last

Best food, Best Service, Best View Any closer to the water and you’ll need a towel

By Land: 800 Broadway St. • By Sea: Marker 39 on the Waterway North End of Longboat Key • 383-1748 Call Ahead Seating/Reservations for 5 or more

80198

Open 7 days a week 11:30 am to 9:30 pm www.stonecrab.cc

alists i c e p S g n i r a e H Physicians nar i m e S l a n o i t a Free Inform .m.

0a May 8th at 10:0

• Who Can You Trust?

• Will the New Technology Really Help Me? • Have Your Hearing Aids Disappointed You? • Are Your Hearing Aids in a Drawer?

Special Guest Dr. Rob Morrison, A.uD. Nationally Recognized Technology Expert

Donna M. Simmons, M.C.D. Board Certified Audiologist

Donna Simmons invites you to attend a free of charge seminar. Donna has over twenty years of experience in private practice in Sarasota and is “The Doctor’s Choice.”

Donna and her special guest, Rob Morrison from Starkey will answer all of your questions and provide expert solutions regarding hearing loss.

towards a pair of STArkey WI SerIeS Hearing Aids. This Week Only!

Seating is limited!

Call Danelle for a reservation now at 364-2222

1700 South Osprey Avenue Doctors Choice in Sarasota for More than 20 Years

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

Saturday, May 5

DON’T MISS

Behind the Science: Exploring the Bay — takes place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. Explore Sarasota Bay using seine and dip nets. Findings will be identified and discussed. Cost is $8 for members; $10 for non-members.

Call 388-4441, Ext. 514 for more information.  Classic Corvettes on the Circle — takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park. In its 13th year, this show is the third-largest classic Corvette car show in Florida.

More than 200 Corvettes from 1953 to the present will be on display.

Free. Call 388-1554 for more information.

Harry’s Wine Tasting Taste a variety of wines from around the world and enjoy hors d’oeuvres. The Longboat Key Turtle Watch will benefit $5 from every ticket sold.

When: Takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 Where: Harry’s Continental Kitchens, 525 St. Judes Drive Cost: $10 Info: Call 383-0777 Thompson Parkway. Experience Mote Marine Laboratory’s groundbreaking research in a program introducing marine animals and environments that is geared for all ages. Cost is $8 for members; $10 for non-members.

Call 388-4441, Ext. 514 for more information.

Second Annual Food and Wine on Pine — takes place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Pine Avenue in Anna Maria. This event will provide food, wine, art and music from the area provided by 20 of the area’s locally owned and independent restaurants.

Wine glasses and plates cost $3; tickets for food and beverages are $1 each. Call Caryn Hodge at 778-8705 or chodge@chilesgroup.com.

Sunday, May 6 Longboat Key Triathlon Sprint Event — starts at 7:30 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club and Resort, 220 Sands Point Road. This sprint event, leading up to the Oct. 28 Longboat Key Triathlon, will feature a sprint triathlon (1/4-mile swim, 12-mile bike, 3-mile run) and duathlon (1-mile run, 12-mile bike, 3-mile run) event. Cost is $65 to register. Call 809-8996 or visit lbktriseries.com.

Ski-A-Rees Performance — starts at 2 p.m. at the Ski-A-Rees Stadium, 1602 Ken Thompson Parkway. The Ski-A-Rees Water team will perform its weekly show. Free. Call 3881666.

Tuesday, May 8

One block south of Waldemere at Hawthorne

81426

900 Trade-In Allowance $

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

COMMUNITYCALENDAR

Since 1967

REN & CHILDPARTIES E LARG LCOME WE Fare

12A

Behind the Science — takes place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, 1600 Ken

Saturday, May 12 Sister Keys Island Cleanup — Sarasota Bay Watch, Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and the town of Longboat Key are joining forces to host a Sister Keys Island Cleanup.

The event begins at 8 a.m. Meet at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, 760 Broadway St. Volunteers will help cleanup the island then have lunch at Mar Vista. Participants will receive a complimentary Sarasota Bay Watch membership. Call 953-5333 for information.

Behind the Science: Kayaking — takes place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. Kayak with Mote through Sarasota Bay and discover the marine animals and plants that thrive in Florida’s costal waters. All equipment is provided. Cost is $20 for members; $24 for non-members. Call 3884441, Ext. 514 for more information.

Sarasota Bay Cup — starts at noon at two different locations. More than 50 yachts spanning from Tampa Bay and Naples are expected to compete in the oldest sailboat race on the bay. Cost is $30 entry fee per boat.

Contact Bill Jacobs at 356-3568 for more information and registration or visit birdkeyyc.com and click on Sarasota Bay Cup.

Café Don Giovanni Casual Italian Restaurant Delicious Dinners Mon.-Sat. 4:30-Close

Osso Buco • Veal Chop • Chicken • Lamb • Fresh Seafood Sea Bass • Dover Sole • Pasta • Pizza 5610 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key

80067

Call for reservations 383-0013

State Certified General Contractor

•Porch Enclosures •Parts •Repair •Hurricane WindoWs ALSO AVAILABLE …

80055

921-1113

5330 Ashton Ct., Sarasota

Since 1969 www.wilson-window.com

492-5200 1955 So. Trail, Venice

82235

IMPACT ENERGY STAR RATED

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

13A

NEIGHBORS

JOYCE TAPPAN When Joyce Tappan isn’t on Longboat Key, you’ll find her at the tracks, in Kentucky, watching her seven thoroughbred horses train. She used to go religiously at 6:30 a.m. every weekday, but now, she doesn’t make it out as much. Not many horse owners take the time to do this, but Tappan enjoys investing in the whole process: buying, training, racing and winning. She’s been in the thoroughbred racing business for 30 years.

At age 5, she would accompany her father, Joseph Dillion, to the tracks. He owned trotters and pacers.

Now she is an owner.

“I remember being put on the horse box and being told what number to yell for,” she says.

In 1972, Tappan and her husband, Chip, moved to Kentucky, the horse capital of the world.

“I figured, why not own some thoroughbreds?” Tappan says.

She started by buying claimers — where one enters a horse for a price but could potentially lose the horse after the race to another owner. She them moved on to partnerships.

Since then, she has moved from one partner with one horse to five partners with 12 horses.

She currently has five horses and seven 2-year-olds in training at Churchill Downs in Kentucky. Tappan says she dreams of sending a colt to the Kentucky Derby.

Joyce Tappan doesn’t just horse around — she has 48 winning pictures.

“We thought we’ve had prospects, but, so far, it hasn’t happened,” she says.

A horse must be 3 years old to compete in the Kentucky Derby. Out of the average 20,000 horses bred each year, only 20 make it to the Kentucky Derby. But Tappan attends many other stakes races and has 48 winning pictures (considered a win).

And she’s been to the Kentucky Derby plenty of times.

“I’ve got hats in every color,” says Tappan.

She certainly has her race-watching routine down: She holds the binoculars in her left hand and never puts them around her neck. For most of the race they are glued to her face. People know not to stand near her right side because when she gets excited, she rapidly waves her righthand fist in a circular motion as if she’s winding up a Jack-in-the-box.

All the while, she is screaming, “Yes! Yes! Yes!” “It’s just fireworks inside. You just explode,” she says about the feeling she gets when the horses are let out of the gate.

Even if her new horses don’t make it to the Kentucky Derby, she said her experience has been a winning one.

“I’ve had a whole lifetime of (winning pictures),” she says. “Every one of them is a joyful event.”

— Mallory Gnaegy

Above: Joyce Tappan loves cheering on her thoroughbreds at stakes races.

Left: Casey’s Jet has had six winning pictures and is Tappan’s favorite horse.

Casual Italian Cuisine Hand Tossed Brick Oven Pizza LBK ’S NEIGHBORHOOD ITALIAN RESTAUR ANT Since 1990

Early Dining and 2 for 1 Wine or Tap Beer 4:30 - 6 pm Nightly

Located in Mid-Longboat Key in the Centre Shops • 5370 Gulf of Mexico Dr.

80073

LIA A T I DINNER Nightly 4:30 - 10:00

Beer & Wine • 383-0010 • Take Out Available

sleep king

Balance Your Brain - Balance Your Life Memory • ADHD/ADD • Migraines Anxiety • Depression Substance Abuse • Peak Performance How does Neurofeedback help?

Call 941-284-5488

405 Julia Place • Sarasota, FL 34236 • jr4del@aol.com • www.nfbasarasota.com

Com

e in for 2 Ho free a ur n ap!

Since 1972

Visit Our NEW Sarasota Location!

Furniture • Accessories Pedestals Bathroom Towel Bars & More!

discount sleep center

MON-FRI 8:30-8:00 • SAT 8:30–6:00 • SUN 11:00–5:00 • 30 Day Comfort exchange • removal and set Up • same Day Delivery • Discount prices on Adjustable Beds • locally Owned and Operated lBk residents, larry Cohen/Judy Dear, owners

Take Palmer under I-75 overpass, take first right on Porter, down 1 mile on East side.

NEVER KNOWINGLY UNDERSOLD!

941-922-5271 • TOLL FREE 800-265-9124 www.sleepking.net 1901 HAnsen sT., sArAsOTA, fl - 1 BlOCk sOUTH Of Bee riDge Off 41 - TUrn @ Tire kingDOM

Visit us at www.delcraft.net

lBk

Serving The KeyS: Bird/Lido ST. ArmAndS LongBoAT

66448 35396

Posturepedic

60336

Authorized Dealer

6321 Porter Rd, Unit 1 • Sarasota, FL 34240 • 379-4037

KEY PLUMBING 366-4555

24 HOUR SERVICE • • • •

Water Heaters • GarbaGe Disposals instant Hots • Filters all Major branDs pluMbinG Fixtures KitcHen & batH reMoDelinG • Drain cleaninG

Your Longboat Key Plumbers for 34 Years

Certificate # CFC057885

71585

s s llow e pi sardine a e r f 2 n of se of ca ha & a h purc or set wit matt

Neurofeedback Affiliates of Sarasota

82296

SEAFOOD • PASTA • FISH • PASTA • BEEF • SALADS • LOBSTER

MUSSELS • LOBSTER • ANTIPASTO

MUSSELS • LOBSTER • ANTIPASTO

Visit YourObserver.com to read Five Things You Didn’t Know About Tappan.

14A

ISLAND PLAYERS

OUR TOWN

FOOLS by Neil Simon MAY 10 - 20

778-5755

10009 Gulf Dr. & Pine Ave. • Anna Maria

Mother’s Day Special!

For the Month of May

69

DIGITAL $ SCREENING MAMMOGRAM

00

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

>> Continued from Page 1A

+ Public Tennis Center team qualifies for championship

BOX OFFICE OPEN 9 AM - 1 PM DAIlY 69620

EVENINGS AT 8 PM MATINEES MAY 13 & 20 AT 2 PM

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

49

BONE $ 00 DENSITY must be TEST Prescription presented at the time of exam for bone density tests.

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center’s 3.0 Senior Women’s Team completed the fall 2011 and winter 2012 season in first place, which qualified the team for the USTA State Championship in Daytona.

Capt. Joan Kelly has led her team to the championship three years in a row, along with Co-Capt.

Fanny Younger.

Members of the Senior Women’s Team include Bonnie Marcuson, Marsha Thomson, Younger, Kelly, Joan Dempsey, Ann Zaltman, Jewell Emswiller, Marilyn Chayka, Beth Smith, Cheryl Hansen, Kip O’Neill, Kathy Powers, Janet Melowic, Betty Aden, Kenda Smith and Nancy Kane.

EXPIRES MAY 31, 2012 • PAYMENT DUE AT TIME OF SERVICE SPECIAL PRICING FOR NON-INSURED PATIENTS • INSURED PATIENTS: WE WILL FILE YOUR INSURANCE

We Accept Medicaid and Over 400 Medical Insurances

�

Lori K. Taylor, MD

Jahnavi P. Pastore, MD

Assistant Medical Director Radiologist - Subspecialty Radiologist - Subspecialty Radiologist - Subspecialty in Breast Imaging in Abdominal Imaging in Body Imaging/MRI

acr

ULTRASOUND • FLUOROSCOPY • CT (CAT SCAN) • HIGH FIELD MRI • BREAST BIOPSIES • BREAST MRI WELLNESS SCREENING • NUCLEAR MEDICINE • 1.5T OPEN BORE MRI • VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY JOINT COMMISSION HEART SCORING • DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY • DEXA BONE DENSITOMETRY • X-RAY ACR ACCREDITED OF ACCREDITATION

Bradenton

2301 60th St. Court W. #C.

Parrish

11255 US 301 N #105

Arcadia

833 N. Robert Ave.

82233

Bradenton

2211 60th St. W.

Marina’s Face, Body, & Nail Care

Relax, Renew & Rejuvenate Introducing our unique blend of wellness spa. A total relaxation & a true experience.

• European Nano O2 technology facials • Body Massage MM12301 Lic. #

• Waxing • Lash/Brow Tinting • Spa Manicures & Pedicures Winslow Pl

★

f Me

o Gulf

3172 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Longboat Key, Fl 34228 MarinasSpaLBK@verizon.net www.marinas-spalbk.com

xico Dr

81482

Bradenton

300 Riverside Dr. E.

Courtesy photo

82301

82180

941.747.3034 www.manateediagnostic.com Medical Director

1. “Believing the Lie,” by Elizabeth George 2. “Defending Jacob,” by William Landay 3. “Home Front,” by Kristin Hannah 4. “In the Garden of Beasts,”

by Erik Larson 5. “Kill Shot,” by Vince Flynn 6. “Killing Lincoln,” by Bill O’Reilly 7. “Lone Wolf,” by Jodi Picoult 8. “Victims,” by Jonathan Kellerman 9. “Vigilante,” by Stephen Cannell 10. “Zero Day,” by David Baldacci In response to many requests, the Longboat Library has just acquired all three volumes of the “Hunger Games” series by Suzanne Collins.

The library, 555 Bay Isles Road, has switched to its summer schedule. Hours are 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday through Oct. 31. For information, call 3832011.

������� ��������� �����

Angus W. Graham, Jr. MD James R. Chatham, MD Melissa R. Themar-Geck, MD

LONGBOAT LIBRARY TOP 10

Call to schedule an appointment

941-383-8531

Buttonwood Dr

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

1800 Benjamin Franklin Dr # B-310 #A3943114 $1,195,000 Carol Aviles

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-6777

2050 Benjamin Franklin Dr # A301 #A3945710 $1,195,000 Tom Delaney

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-387-3990

6338 Laguna Dr #A3957942 Audrey Singer

$949,900

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-2588

392 Firehouse Ln #A3933524 Mary Defrank

$824,900

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-544-0214

792 St Judes N Dr #A3951395 Maureen Horn

$769,000

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-539-3384

2675 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 303 #A3953720 $725,000 Julia McClung

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-6499

635 Marbury Ln #A3949908 Sylvia Zimmerman

$689,500

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

3453 Winding Oaks Dr # 27 #A3949629 $589,000 David Simon

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 248-342-3551

5611 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 2 #A3953068 $499,000 Bruce & Jenine Meyer

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-266-8303

15A

6171 Gulf Of Mexico Dr Longboat Key Michael Nink 941-914-2805

#A3944601

$4,900,000 941-383-5502

510 Harbor Point Rd Longboat Key Jenifer Schwell 941-780-0968

#A3950979

$2,399,000 941-388-4447

OUR GLOBAL AFFILIATIONS showcase your property to over 6,500 affiliate branches in 52 countries

631 Ranger Ln Kristina Von Kessel

Longboat Key 941-266-2848

#A3957780

$1,950,000 941-383-7591

555 S Gulfstream Ave # 503 #A3954653 $479,000 Robert Lindeman

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-504-2123

230 Sands Point Rd # 3302 #A3951782 $449,000 Ian Addy Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-961-8850

1001 Ben Franklin Dr # 703 #A3950217 $398,000 Lawrence Zeigler

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-228-2612

1945 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 214 #A3957961 $379,500 Elizabeth Pitts

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-9536

2012 Harbourside Dr # 2102 #A3942054 $369,000 Maureen Curtin

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-228-5121

4370 Chatham Dr # 106 #A3956716 Stephen Harris

$284,900

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-2352

4235 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 81 #A3957075 $275,000 Sherri Mills

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-7112

4380 Exeter Dr # 202 #A3955278 Sharon Freeman

$269,900

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-545-0899

3320 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 102C #A3956962 $229,000 Doris Bushman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-383-9253

333 Firehouse Ct #A3951332 Hannerle Moore

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-7300

6800 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 188 #A3955751 $199,500 Bobbi Banan

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-2659

380 N Shore Rd # 6 #A3955395 Sandi Layfield

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-914-2807

VACATION RENTALS Veranda Beach Club verandabeachclub.com 800.411.5511 White Sands of Longboat whitesandsoflongboat.com 800.230.2428

$219,900

$149,000

RENTALS

#A3950629

ON THE GO?

$1,575,000 941-383-7591

1055 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 206 #A3952450 Gail Kayajian

Longboat Key $14,000 941-552-4200

4525 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 103 #A3952449 Gail Kayajian

Longboat Key $4,900 941-552-4200

Search for properties from your smartphone at

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 • Main Street 951.6660 • Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444

75829

2165 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 114 Longboat Key Michael Moulton 941-928-3559

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

OBITUARIES

by Mallory Gnaegy | Community Editor

Pulitzer pretty in print On Thursday, April 26, the Lilly Pulitzer of St. Armands team arrived at Bird Key Yacht Club in a pink floral-printed Jeep, a signature of the brand. The style show featured an array of preppy dress-

Robert S. Bernard

Robert S. Bernard, of Longboat Key and formerly of Albany, N.Y., died Tuesday, April 24. He was 80.

Mr. Bernard was born in New York City and attended New York University. In 1964 he moved to the Albany, N.Y., area to begin his career in law. He founded the Law Firm of Bernard, Overton and Russell, which represented more than 40 hospitals and banks in upstate New York. He later became an administrative law judge in New York City, a position he held for more than five years. Mr. Bernard was also an arbitrator for the National

es, blouses and pants from the spring and summer lines. Lilly Pulitzer, 443A John Ringling Blvd., is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon Mary Reiling and Barb to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Chalson

WORSHIP SERVICES

Marie Hunter, Sarah Luther and Elaine Coulter

Photos by Mallory Gnaegy

Char Arnold, Ann Williams and Joan Hopkins

All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road, will hold Wednesday eucharist and anointing services at 10 a.m.

Sunday worship services are at 8 and 10 a.m. The Rev. David Danner is the rector. 383-8161.

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

383-8833.

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

Eye Center When you want to see your best.

941-365-9700

Paul J Strom, Jr., M.D.

Sarasota, Florida 34239

2020

Strom 2020 S. Tamiami Trail

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive, will

Lynda Doery, Karen Cogbill, Linda Brink and Wendy Poelke

82214

Marilyn Huseby, Catherine Armitage and Izzy Eichenbaum

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.

Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, will hold Shabbat services at 8 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. Saturdays. Rabbi Jonathan Katz is the rabbi. Call 383-3428.

Alicia’s Grooming Loving, Personal Care for Your Dog (All Breeds) Pickup & Delivery Available Dog Sitting Available Harbour Square 4134 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite #210 Longboat Key, FL 34228

Office: (941) 383-1717 • Cell: (941) 465-9167

All Angels by the Sea The Episcopal Church on Longboat Key

The Reverend Dr. Bruce Porter

All are welcome. Please join us in worship!

Sermon “Being a Friend of God”

563 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key

Sunday Services

383-8161

(communion service)

Come join us as you travel your journey of faith.

An InterfAIth CommunIty ChurCh founded In 1956

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church On the Circle

Sunday Worship Service The Rev. Earl Nichols, Preacher

The Community Church on Longboat Key

Sermon: “What Will You Do With A Drunken Sailor?”

A proud sponsor of two Habitat Humanity Houses

6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Florida 34228 Telephone: 383-6491 web: www.islandchapel.com

Contemporary Service of Joy • 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School (Youth & Adult) • 10:00 a.m.

Traditional Worship Celebration • 11:00 a.m.

The Reverand Mark A. Bernthal www.starmandschurch.com

80223

Temple Beth Israel

s!

Share Shabbat and more:

SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE

U

A Center of Jewish Life and Learning in the Sarasota Area

Welcomes you to Mass

n

Temple Beth Israel

CATHOLIC CHURCH

i Jo

St. Mary, Star of the Sea,

4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228 383-1255

941-388-1234

Sunday Worship Schedule

10:00 a.m.

Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:30 AM & 10:30 AM Daily Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM Confession before all weekend Masses Msgr. Gerard Finegan, Pastor

40 North Adams Drive

71560

The Rev. David L. Danner, D. Min., Rector

74435

Wednesday Eucharist and Anointing 10 a.m.

80077

8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

Website: www.AllAngelsLBK.org

80181

Association of Security Dealers and the New York Stock Exchange.

Mr. Bernard was active in the community, serving leadership positions on many local boards.

He was a member of numerous non-profit organizations.

He served as president of the Sanctuary Condominium Association on Longboat Key, a docent at the Ringling Museum and a trustee for the Longboat Key Firefighter Pension Board.

Donations can be made to the Roskamp Institute (Alzheimer’s Research), 2040 Whitfield Ave., Sarasota, Fla., 34243-8195. Arrangements were handled by Goldstein Funeral Chapel Inc., in Edison, N.J.

64318

STYLE SHOW

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

Friday Evening, 8:00 pm Fourth Friday of the Month, 5:30 pm Saturday Morning, 10:00 am Please visit our Judaica Shop 941.383.3428 www.tbi-lbk.org

567 Bay Isles Road • Longboat Key, FL

69634

16A

Neighborhood B U S I N E S S | C L A S S I F I E D S | G A M E S | K E Y L I F E | R E A L E S TAT E | S P O RT S | T R AV E L | W E AT H E R

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

REAL ESTATE

NEIGHBORHOOD

WEATHER

Four-bedroom home in Queens Harbour sells for $2 million.

Spanish Main residents have some big fish to fry at social gathering.

See this week’s weather photo contest winner.

PAGE 18A

PYRAMID SCHEME

PAGE 28A

PAGE 25A

by Mallory Gnaegy | Community Editor

Photos by Mallory Gnaegy

Kirsten Hannabass performs a stunt.

The Ski-A-Rees build a 10-person pyramid.

Brothers Ryan, Garrett and Travis Bouley

Show-stoppers

Caleb Ross, 11, performs on shoe skis.

The Sarasota Ski-A-Rees waterski performance is bound to wow some socks (or skis) off.

At one point during the Sunday, April 29 Ski-A-Rees show, a little boy was invited to the announcer’s deck, where two skiers jumped out of the water — and over his head — and landed gracefully in the water.

The Ski-A-Rees waterskiing troupe performs 30 free shows every Sunday during season at its stadium off Ken Thompson Parkway. The troupe’s members range in age from 7 to 81, and many of the skiers are siblings — the performers’ parents attend every show and practice.

The acts range from swivel skiers and barefoot skiers doing jumps and tricks, doubles, triples, ballet and pyramids. Each act builds momentum from the one before it. The boat drivers are equally impressive because maneuvering 360-degree spins with five skiiers attached to the boat is no easy feat.

The team was founded in 1957 and is in its 55th season. Since its start, the team has won 11 state championships and 13 Southern Regional Champion titles. The skiiers hope to win their 14th regional title in June and are practicing four times a week in preparation.

Ryan Bouley and Kirsten Hannabass

ONLINE: Watch a video of the Ski-A-Rees perform a routine. www.YourObserver.com

Juliet Perry and Jacci Penkava

Egon Teurpe, 81

Kirsten Hannabass, Tori Johnston, Rebecca Roat, Jil Penkava, Patty Foley, Erica Johnston and Leah Maffei

18A

Remodeling By Design...

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

real estate | transactions

Lee Heineman

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Queens Harbour home sells for $2 million

Construction & Design

941.383.9286

The following residential real-estate transactions took place between April 16 and April 20. A home in Queens Harbour tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Michael and Helen Donovan sold their home at 3564 Fair Oaks Lane to Hans-Juergen Naumann, of Chemnitz, Germany, for $2 million. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,925 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.4 million in 2005.

Courtesy photo

Vizcaya at Longboat Key

CBC1251443

LeeHeineman.com

4134 Gulf of Mexico Dr. #206A

81942

Providing design services for Interiors, Kitchens & Baths

Rolling Fullerton Phase II LLC sold the Unit 1B4 condominium at 2333 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Colin Barratt, Longboat Key, for $1,825,000. Built in 1997, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,499 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $995,000 in 1997.

PREsEnts ...

Luxury on the Water

Charles and Jeannette Gehrie, Longboat Key, sold their Unit 301 condominium at 1425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to JDBM LLC for $950,000. Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 2,107 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $500,000 in 1991.

Sea Gate Club

Call Reid Today! 941.232.3304

Ted and Sharon Sowder, of Bloomington, Ind., sold their Unit 5-F condominium at 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Keith and Judy Greene, Debary, for $700,000.

Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,513 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $575,000 in 2003.

www.reidmurphy.com

NEW Luxury Condominiums GRAND MARINER New 3 Bedroom, 3,200 to 3,400 sq.ft.

Bayside condos with terraces and outdoor grills. Each condo comes with a private 2 car garage. Amenities include boat docks, clubroom, exercise room, plus bayside pool/spa. $1,700,000 to $2,400,000

Country Club Shores

Robert and Tammy Springer sold their home at 513 Outrigger Lane to Michael and Marjorie Wilson, Longboat Key, for $650,000. Built in 1963, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,162

ING LIST W E N

square feet of living area. It previously sold for $320,000 in 1998.

Grand Bay VI

The Players Club IV

REID MURPHY

Unit 1B4 at Vizcaya, 2333 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,499 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,825,000.

Ira Kushnir, trustee, of Greene, Ohio, sold the Unit 626 condominium at 3070 Grand Bay Blvd. to Gary and Lynn Massel, of Glencoe, Ill., for $561,100. Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,270 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $309,000 in 1995.

Paul and Marian Rizzo, of St. James, N.Y., sold their Unit 625 condominium at 3070 Grand Bay Blvd. to Richard and Deborah Cronin, Longboat Key, for $495,000.

Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,276 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $770,000 in 2005.

Bayport Beach and Tennis Club

Craig Wheeler, Longboat Key, sold the Unit 737 condominium at 737 Bayport Way to James Blatt, Harrisburg, for $500,000. Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,909 square feet of

SEE REAL ESTATE / PAGE 20A

Talk to Tina Today - Longboat Key’s International Connection

EXQUISITE CUSTOM Open floor plan flows to outdoor living area w/ private views. LG Master + 3 guest suites. $4,250,000

ING LIST NEW

Tina Rudek -

www.LBKRealEstate.com

Price Reduced Excellent value, exceptionally well maintained condition and opportunity with this 3BR/2BA on Harris Canal with protected boat dock & lift and direct access to Intracoastal and Gulf. Open floor plan & split design, pocket sliding glass doors, laminate floors, French doors to lanai, programable thermostat, wireless Internet, hot tub and turnkey furnished.

Landscaped for ease of maintenance and built high and dry.

Come enjoy your tropical vacation getaway!

A3955059 $549,900

BEST BUY ON THE BEACH Gulf front estate 1+ acres. Gated w/private boardwalk to beach. $4,500,000

Developers Realty Inc. Lic. R.E. Broker • 1266 1st St., Suite 9, Sarasota, FL 34236

941.383.5502 or 941.724.7228 CathyMeldahl@michaelsaunders.com

80190

BAYFRONT ESTATE 100 ft. on the bay and along one side, plus guest house. $1,995,000 DIRECT BAYFRONT NEW MEDITERRANEAN 5BR MASTERPIECE Magnificent pool/patio bayside, plus large patio off master suite overlook Sarasota Bay vistas plus Sarasota skyline.Terraces offer multiple areas for enjoying the outdoors plus fireplace and kitchen. Designer upgrades and special treatments throughout this BAYFRONT BEAUTY. $8,700,000 HARBOUR VILLA CLUB Fantastic 2/2 Bayfront Penthouse. New windows & decorating. Fabulous views.

40 ft. boat dock $550,000 or 2/2 End Unit $495,000 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

3174 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Longboat Key, FL 34228

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

Cathy C. Meldahl P.A.

WORLD’S LOWEST TERM LIFE!

• We shop over 450 A.M. Best “A-A+” companies • Call for other ages & amounts • We reshop you every year

• We shop lowest 15,20,25 & 30 year plans also • Why pay more? Check your policy now.

• The original term life shopping service since 1959.

We shop Disability, Life Settlements, Survivor, Group Medical, Universal & Annuities, too.

Non-Smoker $100,000 Male Age MONTHLY

35 40 45 50 55 60

80119

WESTON POINTE Stunning 3/BR EXQUISITE TROPICAL BEACH HOUSE w/boat dock. Bright, open w/private 3/BR home + 3/BR guest house. Tropical $6,895,000 outdoor living area. $995,000 pool, lush landscaping.

HIDEAWAY BAY HOMES Exceptional home, full bay views. $2,249,000 Custom 5,000 sq. ft. canal home.

Deep water dock accommodates 50 ft. boat. A great family home. $1,995,000 SEA GATE Gulf Front Split Floor Plan 2BD/2BA. Sunsets, tennis & beach. $749,000 LONGBOAT KEY CLUB - INN ON THE BEACH Gulf front 2BR $995,000; Gulf front Club Suite $445,000 SABAL COVE Spacious 4BR w/first level master suite.

Exquisite lakefront! Bay Isles subdivision, deeded beach. Close to tennis. $1,695,000 LIGHTHOUSE POINT GULF SIDE 196 ft., Gulf front with private beach plus Gulf side pool. 5 Bedroom/master downstairs. Incredible design finishes, high volume windows maximize water views. $8,900,000 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 ORCHID BEACH GULF FRONT SPECTACULAR! 7th floor. Gorgeous Gulf, Beach and sunset views plus bay vistas. 3,600 sq. ft. 3BR/3.5BA Master suite beach side. Incredible designer finishes throughout. Walk to St. Armands. Private 2 car garage. $2,675,000 UNIVERSITY PARK NEW LISTING Former Dan Najjar model. Gorgeous 3BD/3BA in private lakefront setting.

Many custom upgrades. $950,000

Longboat Key Realty

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

$7 $8 $10 $14 $20 $28

$250,000 MONTHLY

$9 $11 $17 $23 $38 $58

$500,000 MONTHLY

$14 $18 $28 $42 $71 $112

Our 52nd YEAR!

The InsuranceMarTInc.

$1,000,000 MONTHLY

$22 $29 $48 $76 $132 $216

$2,000,000 MONTHLY

$38 $51 $89 $145 $256 $431

$3,000,000 MONTHLY

$55 $73 $130 $214 $380 $645

$4,000,000 MONTHLY

$72 $94 $171 $281 $504 $858

$5,000,000 MONTHLY

$89 $116 $212 $349 $629 $1070

CALL ROLAND GRABELLE: 1-800-338-3008 www.lowesttremlife.com roland@insurancemart.com

82306

MAGNIFICENT BAYFRONT ESTATE 4/BR main house + 2/BR guest house. 1+ acres 75 ft. bayside pool 2 docks w/ lifts. $8,400,000

80086

EMERALD HARBOR NEW HOME 4BR w/ top of the line finishes & amenities. Privacy and Bay views on wide canal. $2,385,000

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

★ NO ONE SELLS TERM LIFE FOR LESS! ★ GUARANTEED LOWEST 10 YEAR RATES!

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

19A

Proudly Presenting The Best Of

LONGBOAT KEY

& SURROUNDS 1

2

3

4

2

1

3

6201 Gulf of Mexico Drive $3,999,999 Carol Budnik & Victoria Horstmann 941.893.7792

3030 Grand Bay Boulevard $3,700,000 Marty Benson 941.232.9264

Cedar street Cheryl Loeffler

601 Longboat Club Rd., 404 $880,000 Sheldon Paley 941.356.1857

2600 Harbourside Dr., T of B $834,200 Marty Benson 941.232.9264

1045 Gulf of Mexico Dr., 501 $799,500 Cheryl Loeffler 941.302.9674

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3954670

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3956311

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3953403

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3941060

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3931421

$2,000,000 941.302.9674

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3950484

640 Rountree Drive Mark Huber sothebysrealty.com/id/A3957664

941.356.2435 $4,195,000

6429 Gulfside Road Cheryl Loeffler sothebysrealty.com/id/A3943938

941.302.9674 $4,495,000

600 Putter Lane Peter Laughlin sothebysrealty.com/id/A3957200

941.356.8428 $2,813,000

741 Binnacle Point Drive Jaci Krawtschenko sothebysrealty.com/id/A3957455

941.284.3789 $1,575,000

4

657 Halyard Lane Mark Huber

$1,895,000 941.356.2435

340 Gulf of Mexico Dr., 124 $995,000 Charlotte Hedge 941.350.0100

1465 Gulf of Mexico Dr., 306 $989,000 Teri Sax 941.228.5578

1211 Gulf of Mexico Dr., 804 $689,500 Mark Huber 941.356.2435

1145 Gulf of Mexico Dr., 202 $629,000 Cheryl Loeffler 941.302.9674

501 Halyard Lane Marty Benson

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3914523

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3949241

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3954080

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3937579

Other Fine Properties

siEsTA KEY 3922 solymar Drive Peter Laughlin

$2,695,000 941.356.8428

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3956369

LAKEWOOD RANCH 16315 Clearlake Avenue Pat & Julie Warren

$1,695,000 941.350.7044

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3941348

PALMETTO 114 12th East Avenue Gary Janaczek

$859,000 941.685.0973

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3956946

NOKOMis

$2,495,000 941.544.3332

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3959253

2508 Casey Key Road Valerie Dall’Acqua

762 siesta Drive Sheldon Paley

$1,509,000 941.587.4894

901 3rd street East Arnie DuFort

NOKOMis

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3933350

621 Ramblin Rose Lane Joel Schemmel

$850,000 941.812.7438

sARAsOTA 7423 spinosa Court Greg Hudson

$2,200,000 941-356-1857

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3954328

PALMETTO

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3951801

BRADENTON sothebysrealty.com/id/A3937315

siEsTA KEY $2,299,000 941.445.7295

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3959053

sARAsOTA 1639 south Lake shore Dr. $1,680,000 Jo Rutstein 941.587.9156

3711 Hawk island Drive Cindy Migone

$595,000 941.232.9264

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3945622

Scan to view all of our exclusive properties

sARAsOTA 228 seagull Lane Lisa Morris

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3945160

$1,398,000 941.224.8602

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3954836

sARAsOTA $799,000 941.302.1485

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3956829

1212 Ben franklin Dr., 401 $779,000 Perry Corneau 941.650.4626 sothebysrealty.com/id/A3956081

BRADENTON 10708 Riverbank Terrace $1,965,000 Devon Davis 941.809.4786 sothebysrealty.com/id/M5825091

sARAsOTA 1188 North Tamiami Tr., 601 $895,000 Craig Cerreta 941.993.2502 sothebysrealty.com/id/A3939905

NOKOMis 424 Palmetto Crescent Terry Herschberger

PALMETTO 106 12th Avenue East Brian Wood

sothebysrealty.com/id/A382221

$1,799,900 941.928.8408

LAKEWOOD RANCH 7108 Ashland Glen Pat & Julie Warren

$895,000 941.350.7044

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3954536

sARAsOTA $695,000 941.468.8439

sothebysrealty.com/id/N5776512

932 Blvd of The Arts, 17 Keith Whitfield

$587,000 941.302.4256

sothebysrealty.com/id/A3951203

Our Office Locations LONGBOAT KEY | 941.383.2500 546 Bay Isles Road Longboat Key, Florida 34228

sARAsOTA | 941.364.4000 50 Central Avenue, Suite 110 Sarasota, Florida 34236

LAKEWOOD RANCH | 941.907.9541 8126 Lakewood Main Street, Suite C-201 Lakewood Ranch, Florida 34202

vENiCE | 941.412.3323 230 South Tamiami Trail Venice, Florida 34285

ALONG THE GuLf COAsT Clearwater, Sanibel, Captiva, Bonita Springs, Naples, Marco Island

premiersothebysrealty.com

78369

©MMXII Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, licensed real estate broker. Each office is independently owned and operated. Sotheby’s International Realty® is a licensed trademark to Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC. Equal housing opportunity.

20A

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

St. Armands John Ringling Estates

REAL ESTATE / FROM PAGE 18A Owned and operated by NRT, LLC

living area. It previously sold for $400,000 in 1998.

Fairway Bay

Marvin Ferguson, trustee, Indianapolis, sold the Unit 231 condominium at 1932 Harbourside Drive to Dean Hopkins, of Nova Scotia, Canada, for $387,500. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,442 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $216,000 in 1997.

Joseph and Susan Vicari, of Rockford, Ill., sold their Unit 212 condominium at 1932 Harbourside Drive to Joann Goldwater, of Quebec, Canada, for $295,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,192 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $371,500 in 2003.

Bruce Myer 941.387.1859

Bruce@BruceMyer.com BruceMyer.com

Selling Luxury Real Estate for over 31 years!

JUST LISTED!

JUST REDUCED!

JUST LISTED!

Mark Flannagan, Sarasota, sold his home at 321 N. Blvd. of the Presidents to Kathy Seiders, Sarasota, for $800,000. Built in 1963, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,367 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $740,000 in 2010.

Lido Towers

Irene Gaide of Highland, Mich., sold her Unit 702 condominium at 1001 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Mark and Lana McGorry, New York, for $350,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,224 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $120,000 in 1982.

Visit our website to read more transactions and to see a map. www.YourObserver.com

BUILDING PERMITS L’AMBIANCE - 2BR+Den/3.5BA, 4th floor Sabal plan BAY ISLES HARBOR SECTION 4BR/4.5BA home with Gulf and Bay views. Updated kitchen and new with 160’ of water frontage & additional dock and bamboo floors! $1,795,000 lift for up to 32’ boat. $1,425,000

JUST REDUCED!

JUST LISTED!

VIZCAYA Furnished 2BR/2.5BA Gulf front home, GRAND BAY - 2BR+Den/3.5BA with Bay, golf $995,000 private elevator,2-car garage. $1,795,000 course and downtown views.

JUST LISTED!

JUST LISTED!

BEACHPLACE - Direct Gulf front 2BR/2BA residence. $699,000

UNDER CONTRACT!

FAIRWAY BAY - 3BR/3BA condominium with oversized garage and 3 terraces. $479,000

FAIRWAY BAY - 2BR/2.5BA stylishly updated and furnished townhome with boat dock. $399,500

JUST LISTED!

THE SHORE - 3BR/3BA with vast, abundant water and beach views. $ 989,000

JUST REDUCED!

LONGBOAT HARBOUR TOWER- 2BR/2BA, di- SLEEPY LAGOON - End lot-2BR/2BA -DIRECT rect Gulf front views from terrace. $439,000 AND ENDLESS WATER VIEWS! $995,000

TWO LISTINGS!

JUST REDUCED!

LIDO BEACH CLUB - 2BR/2BA Furnished with partial Gulf views. #403 offered at $497,000 #407 offered at $485,000

CLUB LONGBOAT - Furnished 3BR/2BA tennis player’s haven on the Gulf! $399,000

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of April 20 through April 26, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address

Permit Applicant Amount

6334 Laguna Drive New construction 2850 GMD Alteration 748 Marbury Lane Alteration 760 Marbury Lane Re-roof

100 Sands Point Road Alteration 2234 Harbour Court Alteration 1145 GMD Alteration 4621 GMD Alteration 260 N. Shore Road Alteration Re-roof 3740 GMD 2045 GMD Alteration 551 De Narvaez Drive Alteration 1050 Longboat Club Road Alteration 1530 Harbor Sound Drive Alteration 784 Lyons Lane Alteration 1080 Bogey Lane Alteration 3620 Fair Oaks Place Alteration

Leonard Meyer Neptune condominium Helen Owen Allan Brockett Sands Point Condominium Association Edwina Philips, trustee Joanne O’Donnell, trustee Timothy Walroth Richard McNabb Jr. Twin Shores Homeowners Lois Green David Debickero

$288,000 $77,200 $40,000 $20,400 $17,250 $12,636 $12,500 $8,990 $8,800 $8,500 $7,737 $7,709

Rita Skupien, trustee Ina Schnell Life Estate Muhammed Malik Nancy Woodley Mayer Wainstein

S aint C acchiotti,

PA, Direct: 941.38.SAINT (387-2468) Cell: 941.809.0787 Toll Free: 877.581.3444 SaintCacc@aol.com

$6,383 $2,300 $2,228 $1,450 $1,350

Realtor®

It takes a lifetime to become an experienced professional and only minutes to realize you’re working with one!

HOMES & CONDOMINIUMS FAIRWAY BAY - 2BR/2BA Furnished corner Penthouse.1 covered parking space.$459,000

INN ON THE BEACH - Great Income Potential! REGENT PLACE - Direct Gulf front 3BR/3.5BA Club Suite #2202 Gulf front. $439,000 upper floor home with over 3,500 sf. $2,795,000

JUST LISTED

JUST LISTED

CounTry LAkeS AT PALM AIre

QUEENS HARBOUR - Over 4,500 sq. ft. 4BR plus Den/3.5BA pool home w/Bay views. $2,195,000

INN ON THE BEACH - Great Income Potential! PRIVATEER- 2BR/2BA 8th floor home with #5103 Golf Course view. $239,000 views of the bay, downtown and Gulf. $449,000

Completely remodeled inside and out this beautiful and private home offers 2,286 SF, split floor plan, updated kitchen, baths, lighting, plumbing, electrical, sod and sprinkler system. Move in ready, furniture available for purchase. $315,000

Inn on THe beACH - 3203

Surround yourself in luxury with fine dining, generous amenities and dramatic views of the Gulf in this graciously appointed condominium/hotel suite. 2011 Gross income = $59,592 $434,900

LOTS JUST LISTED

INN ON THE BEACH -GREAT INCOME POTENTIAL LIDO BEACH CLUB - #1009 -2BR/2BA FurDouble unit w/lockout feature. $1,025,000 nished with Gulf to Bay view from 3 terraces. $649,000

JUST LISTED

AQUARIUS CLUB - 2BR/2BA, 5th floor residence with partial gulf & bay views. $549,000

My Currently Pending Listings $549,000 $549,000 $499,000 $479,000

Beachplace 4-502 726 Bayport 2303 Harbour Oaks Dr. Fairway Bay #1604

SunSeT HArbor bAyFronT Enjoy spectacular sunsets and endless water views from this direct Bay front lot with deeded boat slip located in private and gated community. $699,000

$449,000 $399,000 $399,000 $389,000

I have participated in 13 successful closings in 2012.

SunSeT HArbor Build your dream home behind the gates of Sunset Harbor. Lot with marina views located in a private and gated enclave of 9 homesites with deeded boat slip. $450,000

2009 - 2012 Five Star:

Top 1% of all Sarasota & Manatee Realtors Rated in the Top 100 agents in Florida

Best in Client Satisfaction Real Estate Agent!

Follow me on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn!

82250

Access Virtual Tours & MLS at SaintCacchiotti.com

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate • 201 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Ste. 1 • Longboat Key • At the Charthouse

Michael Saunders & Company, Licensed Real Estate Broker 440 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Longboat Key, FL 34228 • 941-383-7591

Exclusive affiliate of Christie’s Great Estates & Leading Real Estate Companies of the World

77663

Fairway Bay #314 Tiffany Plaza #302 Islander Club #104 Fairway Bay #1904

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

BUSINESS OBSERVER #1

By Mallory Gnaegy | Community Editor

21A

A GTOP E N T SALES I N S A L ASSOCIATE ES VOLUME

ET N T NCounties S EASL inE S LV LUME 1 1 AA GG Eand N INIS AL V 2009 O UO ME for## Sarasota Manatee

Ranked in the top .5% of # 1 C O##L11 DCColdwell W B N EKARENRK A AE GGREENN OO LED EL T C LLW DLW ELA LB LAKN BAssociates AT GENT Banker in Florida for 2009 in Florida for 2009 in Florida for 2009 Worldwide forfor Sarasota and and Manatee Counties in 2009 in 2009 Sarasota Manatee Counties

Ackerman B A R B A R A Ackerman

Ackerman

BBAARR BB AA RA RA

REALTOR® REALTOR®

REALTOR®

T Th h e en anm i nw r ei n a l rees a t al t e e state a em teo tkon okwn o

www.barbaraackerman.com

As seen on Sarasota’s

“Hot ProPerties” Segment Every Wednesday!

www.barbaraackerman.com www.barbaraackerman.com

The name to know in real estate

Mallory Gnaegy

Ryan Heers, co-owner Dr. Elijah Benioni, Kimberly Marlow, co-owner Dr. Briana Southerland and Warren Decuir

+ Aesthetic Arts Institute business opens on Main Street in Sarasota The Aesthetics Arts Institute, 2163 Main St., is open for business. It offers cosmetic procedures ranging from facials, to Botox and augmentations. The team consists of Longboat Key residents Ryan Heers and co-owner Dr. Elijah Benioni and co-owner Briana Southerland, Holly Geary, Vicki Profetta, Gina Lloyd, Warren Decuir and Kimberly Marlow. For more information and a complete list of services, visit www.aaisurgery.com or call 954-5476.

www.barbaraackerman.com 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 $1,985,000 views. Unique opportunity.

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 $2,700,000 & excellent amenities.

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 $2,795,000 enclosed two-car garage.

Siesta Bayside – Deep Water Canal SHORT SALE, Gorgeous waterfront updated home.

2,641 sq. ft., 3BR/2BA, large tropical patio area with pool/spa, boat dock with lift & floating jetski dock. Includes 12 sunset cruises! $769,900

The Landings – Eagles Point Wide open water views! 3BR/2BA in THE best building in The Landings. Turnkey furnished with secure garage parking. $419,000

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

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

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

Ringling Point – Stunning Direct Bay Front On 145 feet of deep water with 5BR/3.5 BA, a 2,200 SF master suite, 1,000 bottle wine room, private dock, wading & lap pool w.spa & 8-car garage. $3,950,000

+ Longboat Key triathlon sprint event needs volunteers for this weekend Volunteers are needed for the Longboat Key triathlon sprint and duathlon sprint events taking place Sunday, May 6.

These partial triathlon and duathlon sprints are leading up to the Oct. 28 Longboat Key Triathlon. The events will feature a sprint triathlon (1/4-mile swim, 12-mile bike, 3-mile run) and duathlon (1-mile run, 12-mile bike, 3-mile run). It costs $65 to register. Call 809-8996 or visit lbktriseries.com to register for the sprints.

For more information about volunteering, call the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce office at 383-2466 or email info@longboatkeychamber.com.

+ Longboat Key resident to teach fitness classes at Sarasota Ballet Longboat Key resident and fitness instructor Mirabai Holland is teaming up with the Sarasota Ballet for Osteoporosis Month in May. She will be teaching classes at the Sarasota Ballet’s studio at The FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail. Each class is $10 and will benefit The National Osteoporosis Foundation.

A Workout For Your Bones will be held from 9 to 10 a.m.

Mondays and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays.

Holland will also teach Moving Free Anti-Aging Mind/Body Technique. Classes will be held from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m.

Mondays and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm. Thursdays. Classes run through May 21. To register, email exercise@movingfree.com.

Bringing People Home Since 1939

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

Call 941-383-5577

82124

WAGNER REALTY

www.WagnerRealty.com BAYVIEW 1BR/1BA CONDO IN SUTTON PLACE

Completely remodeled in neutral tones.

Furnished & ready for you now! Boat slips, beach house, 2 heated pools, low fees, pets allowed. Marta Altizer #A3953115 $219,900

NEW PRICE

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

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. $449,500

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

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

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

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

Water Club II - Gorgeous Views Gulf, Bay & City lights views from this premier 9th floor Dover model. 3 full BR+den/4.5BA, 10’ ceilings, Saturnia marble floors, private elevator foyer. 2 parking spaces. $2,395,000

NEW PRICE

CONRAD BEACH

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

BEAUTIFUL 2BR 2BA CONDO on LONGBOAT KEY!

Turnkey furnished, 40 ft. deeded boat slip, 1st floor unit with a direct walk out to a heated pool, carport assigned & tennis.

Marcia Bayard $347,500 #M5810517

Prestancia D’Este Sarasota Ritz Tower – –VillaDowntown Beautifully plus2,799 den Sophisticatedupdated Simplicitytwo with bedroom Style! 8th floor maintenance featuringinnew paintgranite & carpet,& SF residencefree withvilla3BR/3BA wood, high ceilings, bamboo flooring, upgraded kitchen stainless neutral color pallet gorgeous & masteroffers bath.a 2-car garage.

Golf &community.

Bay, Marina, & City views from$every room.

349,0002 prkng spaces. $1,149,000 E E NEW PRIC INCREDIBL

short stories: “just the beach”

BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA LIVING

Canal front, deep water access with no bridges. 3BR/2BA with pool in the amazing city of Cortez. Family living at its finest. Debra Ibasfalean #M5826860 $395,000

PRISTINE WATERFRONT 3BR/2BA OVERLOOKS PALmA SOLA BAY

Assigned boat slip. Retreat to paradise.

Luscious landscaping, 2 minutes to beaches on Anna Maria Island. Fish heaven! Debra Ibasfalean $515,000 #M5820999

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. $1,050,000

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, LLC 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite #1, Longboat Key 941-387-1820 Direct ● 800-910-8728 Toll-Free

All of Barbara’s listings are linked Internationally in 13 languages.

73728

A nice condo on the first floor overlooking tranquil blue waters of the Gulf. Ten unit complex, open floor plan, private lanai. Can be rented by the week. Jerry Cunningham #A3955953 $349,515

Owned and Operated by NRT, LLC.

22A

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

SETTING SAIL

Lynne Koy

by Dora Walters | Senior Editor

presents her

LuxuRy PReMIeR ◆

COLLeCTIOn◆

Rear Commodore Pete Kujawski with Vice Commodore Lee Goodman and his wife, Courtney

Photos by Dora Walters

Dan Rackoff and Ray Hutchins

Sarasota Yacht Club bestows blessing on its fleet of boats The Blessing of the Fleet weekend at the Sarasota Yacht Club was action-packed.

Activities began Friday, April 27, and on Saturday there was a barbecue in the evening. Sunday morning saw a breakfast buffet, with the highlight of the weekend, the Blessing of the Fleet, beginning at 2 p.m.

Twenty-seven boats left the dock for a half-hour cruise to Lido Key and back, and

BIRD KEY - 4 BR/3.3BA Location! Location! This beautiful custom home has it all - fabulous downtown views across Sarasota Bay, granite kitchen with milk-glaze cabinetry, “Morning Room” with 8 Step crown molding, gorgeous pool, dock & lift. The first floor master suite has stunning Bay views and the second floor “Great Room” has “forever” Bay views from the terrace.$3,690,000

G

DIN

PEN

BIRD KEY Surrounded by water with 100’ directly on the bay and 150’ on the canal. Spectacular, newly renovated Spanish sytle home, beautifully landscaped, just across from the Bird Key Yacht club with sunset views to lenghten your perfect day. $2,200,000

passed the center dock in formation for the blessing. The Rev. Mark Gibbons, FirstSarasota, The Downtown Baptist Church, and the Rev. Peter Wilson, of St. Martha Catholic Church, gave the blessing. Also taking part were Sarasota Yacht Club officers.

Concluding the event was a casual gathering poolside where Jam Band Lite, made up of club members, entertained.

ST. ARMANDS Spacious 4BD/3BA custom built home

with elegant marble entryway set on a wide canal, just steps to shopping and dining in world renowned St. $1,999,000 Armands Circle!)

O TOP AGenT In CLOSed SALeS On LOnGBOAT Key TOP AGenT In CLOSed SALeS On BIRd Key

Jim and Bonnie Wilkes

G

DIN

PEN

LAGUNA YACHT VILLAGE – 3 BD/2.5 BA Beautifully furnished, with your own private dock.

Community pool and deeded $579,000 beach access.

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

Tastefully furnished 2BD/2.5BA $649,000 condominium.

LONG BEACH - Beautifully remodeled 3BD/3BA, 1,350 Sq. Ft. home in Longboat Key’s Historic Village of Long Beach, renovated in 2006 with new kitchen and baths, tile flooring, hurricane shutters, tropical $379,000 landscaping, and more.

G

DIN

PEN

The Rev. Mark Gibbens, FirstSarasota, reads the Blessing of the Fleet with yacht club officers taking part.

other’ s ay M D PHOTO CONTEST

Don’t forget to vote!

Help us choose a winner in the Mother’s Day photo contest on YourObserver.com.

LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS - Beautifully remodeled, with direct gulf views 2BD/2BA and two covered parking $790,000 spaces.

SEAPLACE - Tastefully updated 2BD/2BA condominium with clean lines and a modern edge are the focus of this 1,257 Sq. Ft. residence with $447,000 garden views.

SEAPLACE - Rarely available Townhouse, 2BD/2.5BA with attached garage and spacious terrace overlooking tropical garden views. $549,000

BEACHPLACE - Priced to Sell!

Unfurnished 2BD/2BA residence w/ Partial Gulf views w/new paint and carpet! Seller will hold mortgage @ $449,000 5.5% w/$100,000.

SEAPLACE – Tastefully furnished SAND CAY – 2BD/2BA with Gulf & 2BD/2BA with lush garden views, ready Bay views, fully furnished, great rental to move into at the popular Seaplace property! $324,900 $299,000 Gulf front complex.

The winner will receive a $75 gift certificate from their choice of the contest sponsors and their photo will be published in the editiorial section of the Thursday, May 10 editions of the Observers and Pelican Press.

VOTE ONLINE

Up to 10 times daily today through May 6

941.387.1803

lkoy@coldwellbanker.com

Tour Lynne’s properties at

www.lynnekoy.com

At The Chart House on Longboat Key

Broker / Associate, CRB, CRS, GRI Previews International Property Specialist International President’s Premier, Involved Citizen: Sarasota Opera, SPARCC, Make-a Wish, Meals on Wheels, Breast Cancer Awareness

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE

DEDICATED TO LUXURY REAL ESTATE SM

Owned and operated by NRT, LLC

LinkedIn / YouTube

For complete rules or to vote for your favorite photo click the “Contests” tab on:

82285

Global Marketing: NYtimes.com • Birdkeynews.com • Coldwellbanker.com • Worldproperties.com • Trulia.com •LynneKoy.com • Rightmoves.com • Greatwaterfrontliving.com • Realtor.com • Zillow.com You can search Lynne’s website in Follow me on Facebook / Twitter 13 languages – including English.

.

80584

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

23A

Coldwell Banker

®

FLORIDAMOVES.COM Build your career with Florida’s industry leader. Visit JoinCBToday.com today.

Bradenton, Concession. $3,295,000 4/4.5 MLS#A3958814 Stacy Haas-Goodwin 941-366-8070

Sarasota, Coral Cove. $3,195,000 5/4.5 MLS#A3951319 Barbara Ackerman 941-387-1820

Sarasota, Sarasota. $2,595,000 / MLS#A3934844 Gabe/Charles Buky 941-387-1864

Sarasota, Bird Key. $949,000 4/2.5 MLS#A3958754 Louis Wery 941-387-1816

Sarasota, The Beach Residences. $1,950,000 3/3 MLS#A3953059 Judy Kepecz-Hays 941-387-1825

Coldwell Banker is Ranked #1 in Web Traffic Among All Real Estate Brands* ®

Visit FloridaMoves.com for all of your real estate needs.

Mainland Sarasota Sarasota, Tower Residences. $1,495,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-387-1825 Bay, Marina & SRQ views. 3BR w/24hr Ritz amenities. Pet friendly.

MLS#A3945786 Sarasota, Regency House. $489,900 Kathy Hoonhout, 941-388-3966 Spectacular direct full bay views & sunsets. Beautifully updated 2BR/2BA. MLS#A3956415 Sarasota, Condo On The Bay Tower I. $450,000 Lynn Robbins, 941-366-8070 Views! 2/2, Completely renovated w/spacious balcony overlooking the bay.

MLS#A3959180 Sarasota, Deer Creek. $399,000 Anita Caravello, 941-716-0381 4BR/3.5BA pool home in Deer Creek, on pond, cul-de-sac. Priced to sell! MLS#A3959122

Longboat Key, Beaches Of Longboat Key. $849,000 2/2 MLS#A3954083 Jo James 941-388-3966

Sarasota, Alinari. $295,000 Liz Klements, 941-388-3966 Enjoy an easygoing future in this very special condo. Elevators. Garage. MLS#A3956688

The Keys Sarasota, Bird Key. $3,850,000 Barbara Ackerman, 941-387-1820 Bank owned wtrfrnt opportunity new in 2007 on a wide protected boat basin.

MLS#A3956290 Sarasota, Bird Key. $3,690,000 Lynne Koy, 941-387-1803 4BR/3+BA Beautiful custom home has fabulous downtown views across the bay.

MLS#A3951191 Longboat Key, Villa Di Lancia. $1,499,999 Patrick DiPinto, 941-323-0033 Direct gulf front! Villa Di Lancia ‘walk down’ residence. 3BR/3BA. 2,455 SF. MLS#A3955494 Longboat Key, Country Club Shores. $849,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-3871840 Big bay views, vaulted ceilings and easy beach access from this 3/3.

MLS#A3951482 Sarasota, Lido Ambassador. $599,000 Kathy Hoonhout, 941-388-3966 Beach front condo with full gulf views. Renovated 2/2. Walk to St. Armands.

MLS#A3951810

Longboat Key, Sanctuary. $1,599,000 3/3.5 MLS#A3956724 Roger Pettingell 941-387-1840

Longboat Key, Bay Isles. $839,000 3/3.5 MLS#A3956755 Linda Weber 941-504-2000

Longboat Key, Beachplace. $489,000 Maggie Hicks, 941-387-1860 Coveted southern exposure & the largest 2BR, 1st floor walk-out.

MLS#A3953797 Longboat Key, Fairway Bay. $449,900 Leah George, 941-780-0597 Panoramic views of bay, Ringling Bridge & dwntwn from this bayfront 2BR/2BA. MLS#A3957129 Longboat Key, Privateer North. $425,000 Audrey Marten, 941-587-5060 Price reduced. Awesome beach & bay views. 7th floor, 2BR/2BA. Make an offer. MLS#A3957227 Longboat Key, Fairway Bay. $389,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 Contemporary 2BR/2BA home with oversized garage in beautiful Fairway Bay! MLS#A3958486 Longboat Key, Cedars East. $339,900 Michael/Mary Nell Moore, 941-3218594/941-266-7740 Cedars East updated 2BR/2.5BA townhouse, fulltime residence/rental income. MLS#A3958914

Manatee Longboat Key, Castillian. $729,000 3/2.5 MLS#A3952491 Lynne Koy 941-387-1803

Longboat Key, Beachplace. $699,000 2/2 MLS#A3958462 Bruce Myer 941-387-1859

Bradenton, Esplanade On The Bay. $759,000 Dyrk Dahl, 941-366-8070 Best full lake view residence currently on the market in gated “Esplanade” MLS#A3959231

Residential ❙ Commercial ❙ Mortgage ❙ Rentals ❙ Corporate Relocation ❙ Closing Services © 2012 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Operated by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker, the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International, the Previews International logo and “Dedicated to Luxury Real Estate” are registered and unregistered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC.

81982

FLORIDAMOVES.COM

24A

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

MARKET WATCH

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

by George Rauch | Contributing Columnist

The givers and the takers People can be divided into two groups: givers and takers. By nature, the takers are more interested in control and, hence, power, than the givers. The takers continue to take more from the givers by complaining that the givers don’t give enough.

That’s where we are today.

Our country is run by takers, not by givers. Whatever we may think of what the Republicans or the Democrats stand for, we ought to be able to agree that they both stand for large government. BeGEORGE cause they agree upon RAUCH large government, then they have not agreed, by definition, upon limited government, either. They sell all of the same programs differently, but all programs remain “managed by government.”

Nothing gets terminated, and no large program receives a funding cut except the military. The military budget is in third place — billions of dollars less than Social Security, and hundreds of billions of dollars behind Medicare/Medicaid.

Ask yourselves these questions: • Do you believe the Constitution is the best document under which man can live?

• Do you think government should get out of most of the programs in which it is involved?

• Do you believe in a separation of powers and a limited government?

• Do you believe government should borrow money only in the event of national peril?

If you answered all four of those questions with “yes,” then you are to the right of most congressmen and senators. That is the state of our representation, and it is why this country currently has problems. We can expect our problems to become worse

in the future, unless these two political parties, with identical philosophies, can reverse what they’ve done the last 50 years. More importantly, it is not likely the stock market will prosper further without a radical change in the behavior, and philosophy, of the major political parties.

Can’t government help right some wrongs and fix a few things?

All government does is prop one thing up at the expense of another and, hence, make all of us dependent upon government. The government should prop nothing up and do nothing more than the Constitution says it should. The government kills, or controls, the competition. Competition creates a balance of power in industries, in markets and among governments.

The desire and aim of socialistic governments is to control competition through rules and regulations, which inhibit production and efficiency. Entire industries become dependent upon politicians to ensure a continuation of the rules, or a change of them, to favor a certain position favored by the industry.

Industry lobbies for regulations that support them. Politicians control business through rules and regulations. They control the votes of those people who do not want to work by promising them anything they want for free, without sacrifice, work or effort, which makes that 50% of our taxpayers who pay no taxes dependent upon big government.

Evidence of private sector problems

The standard of living of the average American continues to fall. Adjusted for inflation, household income is equal to what it was 15 years ago. During that time, government debt has ballooned. Debt by government used to finance non-productive assets undermines prosperity today and, more im-

Michael Saunders & Company Lic. Real Estate Broker

portantly, tomorrow.

Income gains come from productivity increases that raise the standard of living for everybody. Productivity increases come from the private sector, not from the government sector (the private sector gives, and the government takes). Productivity increases are what’s made this economy great. And productivity increases can’t be realized without private investment.

Private investment is down because our economy’s cash is going to pay interest on the public debt instead of being reinvested in the economy. It costs government about $400 billion a year just to pay interest on the debt. Imagine our economy if that money went into business investment annually.

Like Japan, over the last 15 years, U.S. public debt has soared; continued increases in government debt plague the future. The Japanese savings rate has gone from a high of 26% in 1989 to 0% now because of tax demands to service the debt accumulated by its government. This is exactly the direction in which we’re headed. And the Japanese stock market is less than 1/3 of its value more than 20 years ago.

Since 2009, each household’s share of the public debt has almost doubled to $201,000. Every five minutes of our lives, the federal government increases national debt by $7.5 million. What? Yes: See USDebtClock.org. The deficit has averaged almost $1.5 trillion a year the last five years, and the national debt has increased almost $7.5 trillion, accounting for about half of our current national debt of $15.7 trillion.

Five banks hold 56% of the deposits in our economy. The president promised to break up the “too big to fail policy.” The banks have, instead, consolidated their power and increased their deposit base. This is further evidence of how the consolidation of power among large institutions undermines the private sector. The reason the government

won’t use the anti-trust laws to break up the banks is that those banks are the primary source of campaign money. Moreover, those banks own a considerable amount of stock in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which is the bank that sets the interest rates.

About 10% of our population remains unemployed, and the real-estate market cannot be substantially improved with high unemployment. Money going to pay interest on the deficit goes to bankers in interest payments instead of to industry to create more jobs.

What to do with investment funds?

The stock market is likely to continue to go nowhere. The fundamentals of this recession suggest the market ought to be much lower than 13,000 points. Whenever the market sells off, however, we have another QE (printing money), which props up the stock market. To stay even with inflation, and to compound your money, is a difficult undertaking.

Real assets, like gold, silver and real estate, are likely to do best in a highly indebted, highly regulated economy. Gold and silver act as a hedge against currency purchasing power deterioration from debt build-up, but they pay no dividends.

Real estate, particularly income producing, can be an investment that will increase in value with inflation, and perhaps advance ahead of inflation.

High-grade companies with a record of increasing dividends annually, when priced right, can be a good investment in an economy like ours. The following high-grade stocks are currently priced right, with yields of 3% or more: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, Chevron, Emerson Electric, Philip Morris and Sysco. The rest of the market has so much risk attached to it that for the conservative investor, non-dividend paying stocks are best avoided.

Caveat Emptor.

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

Congratulations

to Brenna Foster April winner of the CoolToday Weather Photo Contest Taken by the Sarasota bayfront

A condominium that lives like a house on the bay. Breathtaking wide bay views and superb design details in a gracious floor plan.

• Over 3500 sq ft of gracious open floor plan, 3 BR, 3 BA • Low density, 60 unit, “know your neighbor” complex • Pool, pavilion, fitness studio, outdoor grills, tennis courts on site • Longboat Key Moorings for yacht dockage • Private Bay Isles Beach Club • Incomparable amenities of Longboat Key Club membership • Impressive renaissance of entire complex • #314 Professionally Renovated

Each weekly winner of the Photo Contest will be entered into a drawing for that month.

The monthly winner pulled will choose from the iPad2 or CanonEOX T3 camera. For complete contest rules or to submit your photos visit the “Contests” page at

elevating your

expectation

experience!

of the real estate CERTIFIED LUXURY HOME MARKETING SPECIALIST

March winner David Johnson receiving his iPad grand prize.

Terri Derr | terriderr@michaelsaunders.com

Sponsored by:

440 Gulf of Mexico Drive | Longboat Key

82088

941.356.6694 | www.TerriDerr.MichaelSaunders.com

82302

2550 Harbourside Drive, #314 $875,000 Marina Bay is a consistent BEST BUY on Longboat Key!

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

25A

FISHING FOR FUN

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

With 521 pieces of mackerel sizzling in the deep fryer, there was no shortage of crisp fish fillets at the annual Spanish Main Yacht Club Fish Fry Tuesday, April 24.

Resident Jay Spiker started the event eight years ago, and more than 170 residents and guests attended the event this year.

Throughout the season, residents caught fish for the fish fry; the fish were frozen until a date for the event was decided. The Mackerel Award for most fish caught went to Pat Hagstrom and her boat captain husband, Ron, for the second year in a row.

A potluck of salad, sides and desserts complemented the fish entrée.

816 Idlewild Way I Sarasota I $799,000

Spanish Main Yacht Club’s fish fry sizzles

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

Photos by Dora Walters

Fishermen/chefs George Lowe, Lou Salemi, Ron Cole and Jim Entwistle

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

WWW. ATHOMESARASOTA.COM

941.387.0100

Sue Spiker and Maureen Stark

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 Jim and Carol Kelly

• 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

Linda and Chet Pletzke

80871

market analysis of your property.

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

athlete of the week

By Mallory Gnaegy | Community Editor

ALEX LANCASTER

St. Armands Key resident Alex Lancaster is a workers compensation and personalinjury lawyer. He’s lived in the Sarasota area for 40 years and has been a member of Sarasota Yacht Club for eight years. He enjoys skiing more than any other sport, but also plays bridge, does water sports, plays pool and bocce ball. He and his wife, Maureen, participate in monthly bocce ball tournaments. He’s even won a few of them.

What got you started playing bocce ball?

(It started by) joining the club. We do this just for fun.

What’s your favorite part of playing?

Companionship, fun and camaraderie.

What’s the most difficult aspect or the most frustrating?

It’s not hard, it’s just fun. Sometimes the unevenness of the ground makes it hard.

If you hit a big divot, then it can push the ball off track.

Where’s the prettiest place you’ve ever played bocce ball?

Sarasota Yacht Club.

What is the breakfast of champions?

Omelets with cheese and ham.

If you could play bocce ball with any person dead or a live, who would it be and why?

Abe Lincoln, because I admire him.

If you could have any superhero power what would it be?

Swaying all judges with a single quote.

JUST THE STATS

1

44:42

Time John Dowd and his crew on the boat, Iguana, finished on a 4.68-mile course for the Sunday Night ‘A’ Series April 6 at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron. The team took first place in the multi-hull division.

Place Jim and Ann Johnson took in couples bridge Tuesday, April 24, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

Make your Dream Home a Reality!

Country Club Shores 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. 2 Master Bedroom suites with 2 additional Bedrooms and 2.5 Baths. A Boat dock and lift complete the package. $1,950,000

2040 Oriole Dr. Sarasota, Fl Behind ivy covered walls, this charming 4BR/4BA direct bay front residence is waiting for a new owner. The home was completely renovated in 2002 with exquisite quality and attention to detail and is close to Southside Village, downtown and the beaches. Direct bay views from your patio with spectacular sunsets. A protected boat basin and a 10,000 lb. lift provide the ideal place for your boat. $1,995,000

Longboat Key Club • 3403 Winding Oaks Drive Behind the gates of the Longboat Key Club, beautiful light &bright 3BR,3BA condo/villa with a view of the lake and golf course. Unit has its own pool & spa. $680,000

Brigitte von Kessel & Kristina von Kessel 941.266.2174 941.266.2848 brigittevonkessel@michaelsaunders.com www.srqhomes4u.com Michael Saunders & Company Mobile:

440 Gulf of Mexico Dr, Longboat Key, FL 34228

82315

Mobile:

82303

26A

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

games | bridge bites

By Brian Gunnell | American Contract Bridge League

The power of deduction This is not the most swashbuckling auction ever to appear in Bridge Bites, but the deal does provide a test for Declarer’s powers of deduction. Cover up the E-W hands if you would like to test your own powers.

West leads the J♣ won by East’s Ace, and it takes half a nanosecond for East to find the Q♥ shift. You could duck Hearts twice, hoping that West has the doubleton A♥, but that would give East five Hearts, and he would be un-

likely to sell out to 1♠ in that case. So, you hopefully play the K♥, taken by West’s Ace. Two more Hearts are won

by East’s JT♥, then a Club, which you win. The A♠ and K♠ are cashed, followed by the J♠ to East’s Queen (West following).

Back comes East’s last trump, and decision time has arrived! You’ve already lost five tricks, and must avoid the loss of two Diamonds if you are to make your contract. A Diamond

to the Jack? Or a Diamond to the King? Do you have your guessing shoes on?

Guess? What guess? Let’s reflect upon East’s bidding.

Oh, that’s right, he didn’t bid — which is the whole point of this hand. So far, East has shown up with A♣, QJ♥ and Q♠. That’s nine highcard points (HCP). Can East also have the A♦? Absolutely not! He passed originally; that A♦ would give him 13 HCP and too much for said pass. So, you lead a

Diamond toward the board, West smoothly plays low, and you rise majestically with the K♦, making seven tricks thanks to a little deduction.

Post Script: Upon winning the A♥, West would have done better to shift fiendishly to a low Diamond, putting Declarer to the test in that suit before all the clues had been collected!

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 795-8981.

BRIDGE HAND Vulnerable: Both

North

West

♠ 532 ♥ A764 ♦ A 10 3 ♣ J 10 6

♠— ♥985 ♦ KJ842 ♣98432

South

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Bidding: South West

1 ♠ Pass

IT’S READ EVERYWHERE INDIA. George D. Ritchie attempts to read his Longboat Observer at the windy Bay of Bengal in southern India. It may be a 10.5-hour time difference between Longboat Key and the Tamil Nadu province, but Ritchie still kept up with his hometown news.

27A

East

♠ Q764 ♥ Q J 10 ♦ Q75 ♣A75

A K J 10 9 8 K32 96 KQ

North Pass Pass

East Pass Pass

Solve the puzzle by placing the numbers 1 through 9 in each row, column and box. See answers on page 29A.

SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS: Headed on a great vacation? Make sure to take your Observer along! Visit YourObserver.com and click on the “Contests” tab in the upper-right hand corner to upload your entries. Or, email them to nschwartz@ yourobserver.com.

© 2012 Universal Uclick

MICHAEL

MOULTON Certified Residential Specialist

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

G LISTIN NEW

G LISTIN NEW

LBK GULF FRONT ESTATE LOT – Unique opportunity to own a one of a kind 2.25 acre gulf front lot with 200’ of frontage. A3958845 $6,000,000

BEACH RESIDENCES - Experience the Ritz-Carlton lifestyle in this elegantly designed 3,352 sf residence is a must see. A3959431 $2,800,000

EL CONQUISTADOR - Water view Spanish style 5BR LBK BAyFRONT ESTATE LOT - 100’ frontage hacienda estate on 1 acre w/ 2 level pool area. A3946054 $995,000 to build dream home w/deeded beach access. A3937319 $1,975,000

G LISTIN NEW

BAy ISLES RESIDENCE – Beautifully designed 6,000 sf 5BR residence in this exclusive neighborhood w/ deep water dockage. A3959515 $3,799,000

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

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

82170

G LISTIN NEW

80589

BIRD KEy - 3BR garden home w/ pool in great condition and well maintained. A3954462 $575,000

28A

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

TemperatureS

Temps.

Weather Photo Contest Winner

Record Temps.

High

Low

Tues., April 24 Wed., April 25

71 76

55 51

91 (1999) 45 (1986) 94 (1999) 48 (1986)

High

Low

Thurs., April 26

78

57

91 (1999)

47 (1983)

Fri., April 27

83

61

92 (1999)

46 (1977)

Sat., April 28

84

65

92 (1968)

45 (1977)

Sun., April 29

88

68

91 (1996)

45 (1967)

Mon., April 30

90

69

91 (1990)

50 (1967)

Average Gulf water temperature: 74.6

TIDE CHART

Thurs., May 3

Highs 10:44a —

5:16a

Lows 6:20p

Fri., May 4

12:07a 11:13a

5:51a

7:10p

Sat., May 5

1:11a 11:46a

6:22a

8:00p

Sun., May 6

2:12a 12:22p

6:51a

8:51p

Mon., May 7

3:15a

1:01p

7:17a

9:43p

Tues., May 8

4:22a

1:44p

7:43a

10:37p

Wed., May 9

—

2:32p

—

11:33p

MOON PHASES

Sunrise/sunset Sunrise 6:50 6:49 6:48 6:47 6:47 6:46 6:45

Sunset 8:05 8:05 8:06 8:06 8:07 8:07 8:08

Tim Smalley submitted this sunset photo, taken near Longboat Harbour on Longboat Key. May 5 Full

May 12 Last

May 20 New

May 28 First

PHOTO CONTEST: Win an iPad 2 or Canon EOS T3 camera. Enter your sunset, sunrise or weatherrelated photos for The Observer’s weather photo contest, sponsored by . To enter your photos, visit YourObserver.com, and click on the “Contests” tab in the upper-right corner.

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.

82234

Thurs., May 3 Fri., May 4 Sat., May 5 Sun., May 6 Mon., May 7 Tues., May 8 Wed., May 9

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

2

CRYPTOGRAMS 1. G B L B ’ K M J I O T X I U J O X G A J I R O X O N M R N I F F B T X M L A : MUXBL MRR OK KMOZ MTZ ZITB, FILB OK KMOZ XGMT ZITB. 2. M J J U D I D I M U I V V I O M U I X , C Q M G W J F G W M G V G M E I BMJJFGW RG UDI URTFB RL WJROMJ CMQEFGW MQI BMKXFGW

M

UIETIQMUKQI.

VILFGFUI

QFXI

FG

UDI

IMQUD’X

ACROSS

YEAR In And YEAR OUT by Jill Pepper by the breeze) dOwn

66 Important exam 1 One of a Valentine’s 67 Respond to the Day dozen doorbell 5 Extreme, as pain 69 “Shaft” singer Isaac 10 “Beat it!”

70 One way to decrease 15 Wise men from the the workforce East 73 What anglers want 19 Sainted Norwegian that campers don’t king 74 Woolgatherers 20 Cheech’s last name 76 “As you ___, so shall 21 Brigham Young you reap” University city 77 Pre-owned 22 Describing the Sinai 78 Japanese soup Peninsula 79 “Drop this,” 23 Deadlines’ kin editorially 25 Made from a 80 “... here on Gilligan’s common grain ___” 26 ___ it like it is 81 You may have a spot 27 Invention of new of it words 82 Authoritative 28 Drone pronouncement monotonously 30 Drug derived from a 84 Book-lined rooms 85 Contemptuous poppy plant expression 32 Scouting unit 86 Helicopter inventor 34 Top-notch steak Igor sauce?

88 Turn topsy-turvy 35 Where Kurdish is 90 Holders of pirate spoken treasures 36 Savoy Opera 91 Some party snacks soprano Owen, and 92 Radio dial others 93 Waldorf or Caesar 39 T-shirt size 95 Come forth into 41 Old Polaroid output view 45 Commando 98 Maestro’s platform excursions 100 Great city of old 46 Sugar plant Greece 47 Mexico’s national 104 Azerbaijan’s capital flower 49 “___ Day Will Come” 105 “Mary Tyler Moore” spin-off 50 Adolescent’s 107 It is often stolen outbreak 109 Adieus 51 Bop on the head 52 100 Cambodian sen 110 La Scala location 111 Wide-eyed gaze 53 Silence the tube 112 “Pants on fire” 54 19th Greek letter person 55 Landlord’s 113 Accessory for a Miss entitlement America contestant 59 Join in wedlock 114 Bicycle-wheel 60 End results component 62 Nonclergy group 115 Well-knit tales?

63 Gnatlike flies 116 Makes a gaffe 64 Gutter sites 65 Wind-___ (carried

1 Mil. recruiter at colleges 2 Spicy dinner medley 3 ___-Am (Dr. Seuss character) 4 Morn’s counterpart 5 Barcelona buddies 6 Brief role for a star 7 Alleged mentalist Geller 8 Small South American monkey 9 Draw into a trap 10 Cuddled, in a way 11 “Frasier” surname 12 Mechanical learning method 13 Pennsylvania in D.C., e.g.

14 Disney World transport 15 Morning prayers 16 ___ code (part of a telephone number) 17 Coated with gold leaf 18 Word with “gossip” or “chatter” 24 Roman household deities 29 Dress (with “up” or “out”) 31 “___ Don’t Preach” (Madonna hit) 33 Some housewarming gifts 35 Arm of the sea 36 Lyric poetry Muse 37 Former Portuguese territory in China 38 Quick-cooking meat entree 40 Egyptian cross with a loop 41 Like Rudolph’s nose 42 Flipped-over devices filled with sand 43 Bizarre 44 Cards above deuces 46 Dairy Queen offerings 48 Craggy ridge 51 Up-and-___ (rising star) 53 Palindromic form of address 55 Chess actions

56 Andrew ___ Webber 57 More maneuverable at sea 58 “Lather, ___, repeat” 59 Legendary ruler of Crete 61 Called like a crow 63 Bishop’s headgear (var.)

65 Mississippi delta feature 66 Coal, wood and gas 67 Adjoins 68 Certain JapaneseAmerican 69 Rash, as a decision 70 Changes, as the Constitution 71 “Apartment available” 72 Big pitchers for water 74 Clark and Tracy 75 Arabian Peninsula seaport 78 Calls a spade a diamond, e.g.

80 Not fit for consumption 82 Pharmacist’s sale 83 Ordinary or common 84 Composer of “La Mer” 85 Pottery fragment 87 Fast forward movement 89 Side dish for roast pig 90 Sci-fi look-alikes 92 Eastman trademark 94 ___ squash 95 Fades or declines 96 Yucatan dweller 97 ___ out a living (barely scrapes by) 98 Type of shirt or pony 99 “I never ___ man I didn’t like” 101 Brand for hair removal 102 Bygone Russian autocrat 103 Bath towel word 106 Word repeated before “hooray” 108 Passenger vehicle

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Items Under $200 For Sale BRIDGE SETS: Samsonite (2): table and four chairs. Blue! $100 for each set! 941-383-2120.

DOG STROLLER for 1 or 2. Perfect. Must. see.

Was $175. Now $65. 941-383-9770.

FAX MACHINE: Brother, $30. New sofa bed, white, $169. 941-383-8733.

LADIES ITALIAN Bike, 20 in. Bike also folds, easy transportation, $25. Phone 941-488-3843.

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.

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

LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, 65’ Open Water View (R/8) Dock, $500/per month annual.

813-500-0566.

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

941-302-3440.

Boats 36’ HYDRASPORT 2008: Triple Yamahas, 100 hours, Amazing boat. New Bradenton High & Dry, 12160 Cortez Rd. $129K. Dave, 228-3489.

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, many in less than 2 weeks. Let’s talk about selling your boat.

10K - 100K+. I buy boats too. Keeping it simple.

“Business on a Handshake”. Island Boat Sales.

941-228-3489.

SEARAY AMBERJACK, Sport Cruiser. 38/ft. includes bow pulpit and swim platform. Beam: 13’5”, gas MerCruiser motors, port motor 100 hours, starboard motor 1,000 hours. Asking price $82,000. 612-840-5640.

DID WE get your attention? You bet we did!

Make your ad us stand out withatCOLOR. Visit online Only in The Observer Classifieds. www.yourobserver.com Call 941-955-4888 to advertise.

This week’s Sudoku answers

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56736

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales MOVING SALE 9a.m.-2p.m. - Sat., May 5 301 72nd St. Holmes Beach Anna Maria Island Between Palm & Holmes Blvd.

La-z-Boy recliner sofa and 2 matching recliners, twin bedroom set, queen bedroom set, 4 rattan bar chairs, pair of twin beds, light wood dining set, coffee and end table set, 44" Sylvania flat panel TV, area rugs, fireplace tools, beach chairs, computer table, lamps, stemware, Compound mitre saw, hand tools, circular saw, router table, table saw, yard tools, gas grill, patio set, linens, full kitchen, & lots of small appliances.

Condos For Sale 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.

FULL AND UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW of Gulf and beach from every room and both balconies.

Sunsets are viewed year round from both patios.

One balcony offers views of Ringling Bridge, Sarasota and its night lights. 2/2 behind the gates in Privateer North, all amenities. Priced to sell quickly at $599,900, 941-587-8572.

LIDO BEACH Penthouse, 3BR, 2BA. City and bay views. $749,000. David or Lois Trotochau, Yacht Harbor Realty, 941-388-6400.

LONGBOAT KEY Club. By Owner. Private club suite, tennis, view, 650/sq.ft. $299,900.

708-267-6704.

Homes For Rent

SALE BY JULIE MCCLURE Pix: www.appraisals4u.biz or www.estatesales.net

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

Annual 941-320-6000.

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

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

Commercial Property For Rent

BEACHPLACE, LBK. Casual beachfront living in 2BR/2BA, balcony condo. Olympic pool, health club, tennis courts. Available April through December, $2000/mo. Also available January through March, $5000/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

LBK BEACHPLACE Delightful 3 BR/ 2BR corner apartment. Two balconies with private walk-down access. Tastefully furnished, parking, heated pool, tennis courts, exercise room. Non-smoking, by owner. Available year-round $3500/mo or monthly (negotiable depending on season).

Call 847-431-1822 or email lissacolby@aol.com

Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals 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

FLORIDA VACATION CONNECTION 16TH FAIRWAY MISTY CREEK COUNTRY CLUB. 11 Room Executive Home 4BR/3BA, Brazilian cherry cabinets kitchen & baths. Stainless appliances, granite countertops, customer interior decorating, cherry hardwood floors. Heated pool & spa. Huge lanai, 3 car garage. $629,000.

941-780-2993.

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.

www.FLvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460 LBK BEACHPLACE Condo. Beachfront, 2BR/2BA. Elegantly furnished, heated pool, tennis court, covered parking, exercise room. Available May, Oct., Dec. 2012 only. Non-smoking/ pets. By owner. 941-383-1884.

This week’s Crossword answers

Sarasota Property Deals www.sarasotapropertydeals.com

941-225-1356 UNIVERSITY PARK C.C. Upscale renovation on unique custom courtyard home w/separate guest suite & 3 car garage. Gutted in 2007 & rebuilt with quality finishes. Ray Routh custom cabinetry, 24" travertine thru out, exotic granites & marble. Private courtyard pool/spa. $799,900.

Owner/Agent 941-544-0214.

LONGBOAT HARBOUR: Fall 2012 through Feb. 2013. 2BR/2BA, Bay View, Private Beach, Second floor. Non-smoking. No pets. 410-984-4435, andytanchel@verizon.net

SELL IT!

Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

955-4888

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

Observe

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com

Exceptional Vacation Rentals Since 1994 Homes & Condominiums Studios to Six Bedrooms Beachfront, Intercoastal or Garden Excellent Service & Staff

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

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

BEACHPLACE CONDOMINIUMS for Rent, special summer rates on Longboat Key! Units are: 2 bedroom, fully furnished, with covered parking, WiFi and cable included. Seeking tenants looking for a Summer or Fall-stay, rates are negotiable. Steps to the beach and minutes from St. Armand's Circle. To view the properties, please email kimberley@kpaa.ca

Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

DIRECT GULF Front. Large 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo, desirable location. Full Gulf views from every room. No Smoking. No Pets. 201-694-9222.

Storage

Condos/Apts. For Rent

For Qualified Waiting Clients

Homes For Sale

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

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.

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

3BR/2BA Longboat Key canal front home with boat dock. Unfurnished. 5 minute walk to beach/ restaurants. Annual rental: $1800/mo. dwestbamberg@aol.com 941-778-6601.

Merchandise Wanted

COMMERCIAL LOT with boat dock. 407 Pine Ave Anna Maria $399k or build to suite 2000/SF commercial space @ $4/month and/or 3BR/2BA apartment $1,900/month. Great investment on best street in Anna Maria. 813-340-4420.

Real Estate Wanted

www.yourobserver.com

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

2012

This week’s Cryptogram answers 1. Here’s a point of pithy political commentary: After all is said and done, more is said than done.

2. All the heated debates, wrangling and name-calling on the topic of global warming are causing a definite rise in the earth’s temperature.

what you are missing...

Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

Local News that’s LOCAL NEWS! YourObserver.com

30A

30A Classifieds YourObserver.com

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals CASA DEL MAR BEACH RESORT

30A Classifieds RENTALS 4 NIGHT MIN. Vacation/Seasonal GULF FRONT/ Rentals GULF VIEW Reservations: CASA 941-383-5549 Visa/ MC DEL MAR Fax: 941-383-7925

BEACH RESORT

“Take our video tour at” RENTALS 4 NIGHT MIN. www.casadelmar.net

GULF FRONT/ GULF VIEW

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

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key 34228 Reservations: 941-383-5549 Visa/ MC Fax: 941-383-7925 WASHER/ DRYER IN EVERY UNIT BEAUTIFUL KITCHENS “Take our video tour at” LARGE HEATED POOL www.casadelmar.net GULFSIDE

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

FREE Wireless High Speed Internet 4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key 34228 “Where People Return Year After Year”

WASHER/ DRYER IN EVERY UNIT “INTENTIONALLY BETTER” BEAUTIFUL KITCHENS LARGE HEATED POOL GULFSIDE LBK SEAPLACE - Available January-April.

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

“Whereamenities.

People Return After Year” 770-314-6321.

“INTENTIONALLY BETTER” LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal LBK SEAPLACE - Available January-April.

Lovely 2BR, fully equipped, W/D in unit, lanai, garden view, steps to beach, pool, tennis, full Resort Properties, Inc. clubhouse amenities.

Great! Non-smoking/pets.

Licensed Real Estate Broker 770-314-6321.

Full Service Condominium Management 941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly 941-650-1857 - Monthly - Seasonal Visit us at: resortproperties.pro Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker LIDO BEACH Vacation paradise. 1 & 2 bedroom Full Service Condominium condos overlooking beautifulManagement Lido Beach.

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 1-800-734-3370.

941-650-1857 VisitKEY. us at: resortproperties.pro LONGBOAT Beautiful full view, 2BR/2BA, on bay, across street from beach. Prefer 3 or 4 month rental. Call Bob, 502-216-5255.

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

LONGBOAT KEY. Gulf front, Lido heated pool Lido Dorset.

Weekly rates. condo. on beach, 1BR/1BA condo,Rental full kitchen, 1-800-734-3370. dining, sleeps/4, king pillowtop. 617-328-7145, 857-939-1049.

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 Observer

THE LONGBOAT OBSERVER THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012 Thursday, May 3, 2012

www.yourobserver.com Vacation/Seasonal Rentals 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.

Home Services

A LENDING HAND

OH NO!! Publix is Closed!! Call Elle for help!

Groceries to your door, 941-234-6162.

Painting/Wallpapering THE LONGBOAT OBSERVER

www.yourobserver.com

ON THE Gulf w/pool. 1BR condo, sleeps 4. Nicely Vacation/Seasonal Rentals furnished, cable, phone, full kitchen, living, dining area, W/D in building.

Weekly or Monthly.

May LONGBOAT KEY: SUNSET BEACH condo: through January.

351-5101. beachfront, direct$1600/mo.

Gulf, 3BR/2BA, 3 balconies, gated community, heated pool. 2 month min.

PLAYERS CLUB - Direct Gulf!30.

Upscale 2BR/3BA. Available January 1 - April $6500/mo.

By Available December 1st.

No smoking. 4 month owner, 860-633-3545 or 860-633-2502. minimum. 847-634-1991.

ON THE Gulf w/pool. 1BR condo, sleeps 4. Nicely SEAPLACE: 2012.living, January, furnished, cable,DECEMBER, phone, full kitchen, dining February, 2013. 2BR/2BA, floor, May fully area, W/DMarch in building.

Weekly or first Monthly. equipped.

Non-smoking. month minimum. through January. $1600/mo. 2351-5101. $3500/mo. 941-383-9246.

PLAYERS CLUB - Direct Gulf! Upscale 2BR/3BA. Cottage The Sandpiper Charming newer home Available December 1st.- No smoking.

4 month on LBK. 1 block to beach. No busy roads to cross. minimum.

847-634-1991.

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

No pets. No Smoking.

3 mo. min. or long term.

SEAPLACE: DECEMBER, 2012.

January, Owner/Agent, 941-544-0214.

February, March 2013. 2BR/2BA, first floor, fully

equipped. Non-smoking. 2 month minimum.

TOWN HOUSE in SEAPLACE Condo, complete $3500/mo.

941-383-9246. and nicely furnished 2BR/2.5BA, steps to the beach, spacious lanai+- terraces, kitchen, Cottage The Sandpiper Charming full newer home living, dining area, (sauna, gym, on LBK. 1 block to beach beach.club No busy roads totennis, cross. w/pool), walk to the beach, breathtaking 2BR +Loft.

Niceout decor.

Heated community pool. sunsets. for pictures if interested.

No pets. Ask No Smoking.

3 mo. min. or longRental: term.

Jan.-May $3,950, June-Dec. $1,900, 2 mo. min.

Owner/Agent, 941-544-0214.

Full year $2350/mo. mandalka@gmx.de TOWN HOUSE in SEAPLACE Condo, complete WEEKLY Luxurious, fully furnished and nicelyRENTALS. furnished 2BR/2.5BA, steps to the 1 - 4 bedrooms. beach, spacious Condominiums lanai+ terraces,and fullCottages. kitchen, Beachdining to Bay.area, On-site management. tennis, living, beach club (sauna,Pools, gym, tennis, boat slips. for w/pool), walk Visit: out towww.FloridaRent.com the beach, breathtaking information 800-333-7335, sunsets. Askand for virtual picturestours. if interested.

Rental: 941-383-3117.

Jan.-May $3,950, June-Dec. $1,900, 2 mo. min.

Full year $2350/mo. mandalka@gmx.de WEEKLY RENTALS. Luxurious, fully furnished 1 - 4Weekly/ bedrooms.

Condominiums andRates Cottages.

Monthly/ Seasonal Beach to Bay. On-site management. tennis, Beachfront, Bayfront and In Pools, Between boat slips. Visit: www.FloridaRent.com for Houses or Condos information and virtual tours. 800-333-7335, 941-383-3117.

Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367 Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between 5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Houses or Condos Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m.

- 5p.m. M-F Reservations 941-383-6127

A LENDING HAND

Caregivers/Companions Hourly 24/7 Care Phone: 941-809-3725 Toll Free: 877-507-4040 License #230506/ #1194 ALTERNATIVE TO nursing home. Beautiful, private room/ bath available in private care home in Sarasota. Alzheimer's and Hospice Caregivers/Companions Care Hourly patients welcome. Excellent local 24/7 references.

941-350-7907.Phone: 941-809-3725 Toll Free: 877-507-4040 License #230506/ #1194 CARING COMPANION SERVICES Dr. Appts., Shopping, Social Outings, ALTERNATIVE TO nursing Cooking, home. Laundry, Beautiful, Daily Walks, Housekeeping, private room/ bath Bookavailable Reading in private care home in Sarasota. Alzheimer's and Hospice patients welcome. Excellent local references. www.caringcompanionservices.com 941-350-7907.

Lic. #232533 Bonded and Insured Free in-home consultation CARING COMPANION SERVICES 941-320-9111 or 941-320-4886 Dr. Appts., Shopping, Social Outings, Daily Walks, Housekeeping, Cooking, Laundry, Book Readingavailable P/T-F/T. EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER Private care for loved ones. Excellent background www.caringcompanionservices.com and references.

941-735-7769.

Lic. #232533 Bonded and Insured FreeCARE in-home consultation GOOD LIFE Affordable Homemaking 941-320-9111 or 941-320-4886 owned, and Companionship, Locally/privately 941-822-0092, www.goodlifecare4u.com Because you deserve GLC! HCS#232400 EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER available P/T-F/T. Private care for loved ones. Excellent background and references. 941-735-7769.

Auto Service

WE WANT TO BUY YOUR VEHICLE!!!

GOOD LIFE CARE Any Affordable Homemaking Any Make, Any Model, Condition. andTitle Companionship, owned, No - No Problem! Locally/privately Bank Lien - No Problem!

941-822-0092, www.goodlifecare4u.com Paying up to $30,000 for Vehicles. Call AJ now at Because you deserve GLC! HCS#232400 813-335-3794 for a Free Quote or 813-531-4298.

RETIRED LONGBOAT KEY police officer. Drive WE VEHICLE!!! yourWANT car to TO the BUY NorthYOUR and back.

941-713-1596.

Any Make, Any Model, Any Condition.

No Title - No Problem!

Bank Lien - No Problem!

Cleaning Paying up to $30,000 for Vehicles. Call AJ now at RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL/ Resorts/ 813-335-3794 for a Free Quote or 813-531-4298.

Schools/ Churches/ House Checks.

We take pleasure pleasing our customers.

AutoinTransport 941-756-4570.

RETIRED LONGBOAT KEY police officer. Drive your car toComputer the North and back.

941-713-1596.

Services

Visa/ MC Ask about our special rates!

800-352-0367 Wagner Realty 1939 5360 Gulf ofSince Mexico Dr., Suite 101 www.wagnerrentals.com Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F

Cmagik - LBK resident, servicing our island year Cleaning round for over 12 yrs. Bachelors Degree with RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL/ Resorts/ 20 yrs. experience, PC or MAC. Professional help Schools/ Churches/ Houseand tutoring.

Checks. with computers, iPad/iPhones We take pleasure in pleasing our customers.

References upon request.

941-756-4570.

Call Cort: 383-3878, 587-5588 cmagik.com

Ask about our special rates!

Wagner Realty Since 1939 www.wagnerrentals.com

Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

Adult Care Services

Auto Transport Auto Service

Find Treasure!

LONGBOAT KEY. Gulf front, heated pool on beach, 1BR/1BA condo, full kitchen, dining, sleeps/4, king pillowtop. 617-328-7145, 857-939-1049.

Adult Care Services

OWN A MAC/IPHONE/IPAD? MacTutor offers 21 Computer Services years experience. Unlimited free telephone follow Cmagik - LBK resident, up.

(941)812-3887 www.FLMacTutor.com servicing our island year round for over 12 yrs. Bachelors Degree with Home Improvement/ 20 yrs. experience, PC or MAC.Remodeling Professional help with computers, iPad/iPhones and tutoring.

HANDYMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Reliable & References upon request.

Prompt. 25 Years Experience 5 Years in Bradenton Call Cort: 383-3878, 587-5588 cmagik.com Area. Flooring, Masonry, Doors, Carpentry and OWN MAC/IPHONE/IPAD? MacTutor offers 21 Water A Damage ... etc. Call Scott at 941-536-1770. years experience. Unlimited free telephone follow scottmwoolf1@gmail.com up. (941)812-3887 www.FLMacTutor.com INTERIOR TRIM, Crown, Buillt-ins, Bookcases, Handyman.

Paul 941-238-8033.Remodeling Home Improvement/

Want to find a great deal on something you’ve always dreamed of?

HANDYMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Reliable & ISLE TILE5 Years in Bradenton Prompt. 25 Years Experience Area. Flooring, Masonry, Doors, Carpentry and “QUALITY ANDScott EXPERIENCE” Water FOR Damage ... etc. Call at 941-536-1770. scottmwoolf1@gmail.com Floors, bathrooms, showers, INTERIOR TRIM, Crown, backsplashes, patioBuillt-ins, and pool Bookcases, decks.

Handyman. Paul 941-238-8033.

20 years design background.

Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident ISLE TILE References upon request.

941-383-2659 FOR “QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE” Floors, bathrooms, showers, backsplashes, patio and pool decks.

JOHN GUBERNAT SERVICES Residential/ Commercial. Handyman Repairs, 20 years design background.

Roof Repairs, Coatings, Painting, Power Washing, Licensed - InsuredHome - LBK Watching.

Resident LBK Property Management, References upon request.

Resident. Lic./Ins. 941-962-4867.

941-383-2659

Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

You never know what you’ll find in the classifieds!

TILE TILE TILE All Variations of Ceramic Tile JOHN GUBERNAT SERVICES Supplied & Installed.

Residential/ Commercial.

Handyman Repairs, Free Estimates Custom Power Designs.

Roof Repairs, Coatings,&Painting, Washing, Property Management, Home Watching. LBK Expert Lic./Ins. Marble &941-962-4867.

Travertine Installation Floor Resident. & Walls

CARLO DATTILOThursday, PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

May 3, 2012 Interior/ Exterior painting including drywall repair and retexturing. Wallpaper installation & removal, HomeResidential Services pressure washing. & commercial, OH NO!! Honest Publix is Elleestimates. for help! condos. & Closed!! reliable. Call Free Groceries to your door, 941-234-6162.

941-744-1020.

35+ years experience.

RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

PressurePainting/Wallpapering Washing. Wallpaper Removal. Drywall Repairs.

Reasonable.

Reliable.

Professional.

CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

30+/years experience.

References available.

Interior/ Exterior painting including drywall repair Free retexturing.

Estimates.

Lic./Ins. 941-228-7605, and Wallpaper installation & removal, rlsteakley@comcast.net pressure washing. Residential & commercial, condos. Honest & reliable. Free estimates.

Personal 941-744-1020.

35+ years Services experience.

AVAILABLE TO helpPAINTING. with your shopping needs RICK STEAKLEY Interior/Exterior. groceries, etc. Familiar with theRemoval. area. CallDrywall Marie, Pressure Washing.

Wallpaper 941-794-0420.

Repairs. Reasonable. Reliable. Professional.

30+/years experience. References available. in the Free Estimates.GROCERIES Lic./Ins. 941-228-7605, Irlsteakley@comcast.net will handle all of your grocery needs while the Publix grocery store on the island is being updated at Personal an affordable Services cost." You make the list and we will do AVAILABLE TOthe helrest"! p with your shopping needs Igroceries, provide enthusiasm and a very attitude etc. Familiar with the positive area. Call Marie, towards everything we do! Great references.

941-794-0420.

Insured. Please call Jeffrey, 941-302-6193.

FIND

IT!

Classifieds

GROCERIES I will handle all of your grocery needs while the Publix store on the island is LLC being YOURgrocery PERSONAL BOOKKEEPER, updated at an affordable cost." You make the list Sunray, Owner and we will doGail the rest"!

I provide enthusiasm and a very positive attitude towards everything we do!Bookkeeping Great references.

Personal & Business Insured. PleaseAccounting/ call Jeffrey, 941-302-6193.

Taxes I come to your home or office.

YOUR PERSONAL BOOKKEEPER, LLC & Account Gail Sunray, Reconciliation Owner  Bill Paying

  

Organizing Personal and Business Files Budgets && Financial Reports Personal Business Bookkeeping Federal and State Tax Returns Accounting/ Taxes BONDED INSURED I come to your&home or office.

Over 25 yrs. experience

   

Bill Paying & Account Reconciliation Telephone: 941-749-5646 Organizing Personal and Business Files yourbookkeeper@tampabay.rr.com Budgets & Financial Reports Federal and State Tax Returns

Pet Services BONDED & INSURED DOGGY HOTEL. Daycare. Brown Avenue Over 24 25Hour yrs. experience near Bee Ridge and 41 behind Sleep King (new owner). First day FREE. Grooming by Mark.

Telephone: Meet and greet and get 941-749-5646 a treat. 941-554-4620. yourbookkeeper@tampabay.rr.com Pressure Cleaning

RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL. Roofs, Window Services Cleaning, PoolPet Areas, Driveways, Lanais, etc.

DOGGY HOTEL. 24 Hour Daycare. Brown Avenue When Quality Counts!

941-565-3935. near Bee Ridge and 41 behind Sleep King Property (new owner).

First dayManagement FREE. Grooming by Mark.

Meet and greet and get a treat. 941-554-4620.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION Manger!

Tired of the impersonal service from the large Pressure companies?

Turnover? Cleaning Private manager, work RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL. Roofs, Window with your CPA. 941-284-6789.

Cleaning, Pool Areas, Driveways, Lanais, etc.

When Quality Counts! Tile 941-565-3935.

Property Management

STEVE ALLEN FLOOR COVERINGS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION Manger!

Tired of the impersonal service from the large PROFESSIONAL TILE & MARBLE companies? Turnover? Private manager, work INSTALLATION with your CPA. 941-284-6789.

20 YRS. EXPERIENCE

Tile

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE 726-1802 STEVE ALLEN FLOOR COVERINGS LIC/ INS PROFESSIONAL TILE & MARBLE INSTALLATION 20 YRS. EXPERIENCE CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE 726-1802 LIC/ INS

cLassifiEd LinE ad PricE First 15 words ................... $15 per week Each Add’l word ...............................50¢ 15% discount for 4 week Run Yellow color $5 per Week Border as low as $3 per Week call: 955-4888 Email: classified@yourobserver.com online: www.yourobserver.com

TILE TILE TILE

Your source for local Classifieds

LV1683

Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available All Variations of Ceramic Tile Call Ashdown Flooring, Inc. Supplied & Installed.

LICENSED (941) 726-3077 INSURED Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

Expert Marble & Travertine Installation Floor & Walls Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available

Your sourcE for LocaL cLassifiEd ads

CERTIFIED FIRM

CERTIFIED FIRM

PERSONAL LighthouseSERVICES Renovations

INSTITUTE of INSPECTION CLEANING and RESTORATION

www.lightreno.com

CERTIFICATION CERTIFIED FIRM

69127

COMPUTER

Lawrence Barnett (941)526-7750 CGC1507388 Take Control assistance to individuals & small Providing personal and administrative

HANDYMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

COMPUTER 31 Years Experience, Prompt, Reliable Service, I Call Back My Customers, Keep My Appointments, AND Your Satisfaction is My Goal.

UĂŠ >ÀiÂ˜ĂŒĂ€ĂžĂŠEĂŠ >Lˆ˜iĂŒĂƒĂŠUĂŠ >Ă€>}iĂŠ Â?ÂœÂœĂ€ĂŠ-Ă•Ă€v>ViĂƒĂŠ UĂŠ Ă•ĂŒĂŒiĂ€ĂƒĂŠUĂŠ Ă?ÂŤiĂ€ĂŒĂŠ/Ă€ÂœĂ•LÂ?iĂŠ-Â…ÂœÂœĂŒiĂ€ ĂŠUĂŠ,ÂœĂŒĂŒi`ĂŠ7œœ`ĂŠ,iÂŤÂ?>Vi`ĂŠUĂŠ Ă€ĂžĂœ>Â?Â?ĂŠ,iÂŤ>ÂˆĂ€ UĂŠ*>ÂˆÂ˜ĂŒÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠUĂŠ/ˆÂ?iĂŠUĂŠ Â˜ĂƒĂ•Ă€i`ĂŠUĂŠ-ĂŒÂœÂ˜iĂŠ7ÂœĂ€ÂŽĂŠUĂŠ-Â…iÂ?Ă›ÂˆÂ˜}

of Y our Life!

businesses‌a reliable and skilled resource ready and able to attack your “to-doâ€? list.

Let me help you get things done!

MOVERS

Judith A. Merkt 81548

U.S. Inc.DOT No. 1915800 BSA, 2IÀFH ‡ &HOO www.yourveryownassistant.com

10 Since OFF ‹ :[VYT 7YLWHYH[PVU /H\SPUN 4\SJOPUN 1975 UÊ7 / ,Ê / ,-Call Bob Your Owned Family & Operated ‹ 3HUKZJHWL +LZPNU 0UZ[HSSH[PVU Spring 780-2267 US PUMP YOUR SEPTIC TANK 2 Florida State Cert. MasterLET Plumbers UÊ- 7 ,ÊEÊ , Ê

ĂŠ Clean-up w/ mention of this ad.

‹ 4VU[OS` :OY\I 7Y\UUPUN Licensed SAVE MONEY! #CFC1426596 ANY OUTDOORAND PROJECT

&once Insured Residential Commercial Septic&Tanks be pumped every should -/ / " ĂŠEĂŠ ,/ 9ĂŠ or three years to avoid total system and DEPENDABLE & ONtwo TIME

"7drain ďŹ eld failure.

A replacement cost of FREE ESTIMATES WINDOWS thousands of dollars.

941-757-2595 $ No extra cost for digging! $ -!2).! $2 (/,-%3 "%!#( s /0%. 3!4 Res./Com. indow Wash Lic./Ins. rise W ingFranchise n Independently and Operated u COwned USre PUMP YOUR TANK ssu lea S nd PreLET n inSEPTIC

82097

a

g

s &ULL PLUMBING SERVICES AND SAVE MONEY! Environmentally Friendly $

20

941-757-2595 $

$

Sarasota.MrRooter.com No extra cost for digging! h50 4/ 34!.$!2$ 7).$/73 s v ˆViÂ˜Ăƒi`ĂŠUĂŠ œ˜`i`ĂŠUĂŠ Â˜ĂƒĂ•Ă€i` LIC# CFC1427462

)LOH 5HFRUG 0DQDJHPHQW We sell boxes!

+RXVHKROG 0DQDJHPHQW

80947

81935

NATIVE CUT TREE SERVICE

RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL FREE ESTIMATES UÊ 7Ê " -/,1 / " Ê ‹ )LZ[ 7YPJL VU 7HST ;YPTTPUN -!2).! $2 (/,-%3 "%!#( s /0%. 3!4 % UÊ , 9Ê- ,6 Ê

s 941-755-6300

$FFRXQWLQJ 7DVNV

'H FOXWWHU 5H RUJDQL]DWLRQ Fully Licensed and Insured

82097 82098

10

302).' 30%#)!,3

20

REMODELING/HOME IMPROVEMENT Independently Owned and Franchise % OFF Operated00 + Additional Commercial

For s &ULL PLUMBING SERVICES Senior Citizens Residential s &2%% PLUMBING CHECK $

OFF

359-1904 Dave McCarthy

INSURANCE

80536 38056 81548

941-504-0903

U.S. DOT No. 1915800

Fully Licensed and Insured

“Will move anything from a couch to a household�

82098

LOCAL - LONG DISTANCE Dave McCarthy FREE ESTIMATES

/54$//2 &52.)452% %80%243 s REPAIR 777 0!4)/2%0!)23 .%4 FURNITURE

Florida Tub &Include: Tile ReďŹ nishingwith mention Prices s .O TRIP CHARGES of this ad s 2ElNISH s 2EPAIR Ă“ĂŠ >ĂŒÂ…ĂŠ ÂˆĂ€Ă€ÂœĂ€ĂƒĂŠUĂŠĂ“ĂŠ >Â˜ĂƒĂŠUĂŠ/Ă€>VÂŽĂƒĂŠUĂŠ-VĂ€iiÂ˜Ăƒ 941-755-6300 s 3EPTIC TANK PUMPINGs 3INKS

s #OUNTER 4OPS s #OLOR #HANGES Sarasota.MrRooter.com ˆViÂ˜Ăƒi`ĂŠUĂŠ œ˜`i`ĂŠUĂŠ Â˜ĂƒĂ•Ă€i` LIC# CFC1427462 s #ABINETS s "ATHTUBS s 4ILE All Work Warranted INSURANCE

INSURANCEWe sell boxes!

PATIO REPAIRS, INC PATIO REPAIRS FurnitureSales Sales &&Repairs Furniture Repairs #USHIONS s 3LINGS s 2E POWDERCOATING #USHIONS s 3LINGS s 5MBRELLAS

6SHFLDO 3URMHFWV RI AOO T\SHV

South Free Estimates

(941)737-5861

3AVE 4IME -ONEY 92 7ARRANTY REMODELING/HOME IMPROVEMENT Commercial

82176

scottmwoolf1@gmail.com FURNITURE REPAIR

( PDLO MDPHUNW#FRPFDVW QHW

81934

80940

941-536-1770

81025

MO V I N G SECUR-ALL INSURANCE AGENCY PATIO REPAIRS MO V I N G Call Anytime

TREES

Residential

South Florida Tub & Tile ReďŹ nishing

NATIVE CUT TREE SERVICE

s 3INKS s 2ElNISH s 2EPAIR s #OUNTER 4OPS s #OLOR #HANGES •‹ )LZ[ 7YPJL VU 7HST ;YPTTPUN Best Price on Palm Trimming s #ABINETS 10% OFF4ILE s "ATHTUBS s Call Bob All Work Warranted •‹ :[VYT 7YLWHYH[PVU /H\SPUN 4\SJOPUN Storm Preparation, Hauling & Mulching Your • Landscape Design & Installation ‹ 3HUKZJHWL +LZPNU 0UZ[HSSH[PVU Spring (941)737-5861

3AVE 4IME -ONEY 9780-2267 2 7ARRANTY S Monthly Shrub Pruning Clean-up •‹ 4VU[OS` :OY\I 7Y\UUPUN Prepatorm Licensed r w/ mention ANY OUTDOOR PROJECT ANY OUTDOOR PROJECT ation Licensed Insured of this ad. & &Insured

80536 38056

( PDLO MDPHUNW#FRPFDVW QHW

Hire “Your Very Own Assistant�

$FFRXQWLQJ 7DVNV

Judith A. Merkt

'RFXPHQW &RUUHVSRQGHQFH 3UHSDUDWLRQ

10

Free Estimates

Environmentally Friendly For Senior Citizens

h,EAVE 9OUR $IRTY 7INDOWS 4O 5Sv

Prices Include:

s Ă“ĂŠ >ĂŒÂ…ĂŠ ÂˆĂ€Ă€ÂœĂ€ĂƒĂŠUĂŠĂ“ĂŠ >Â˜ĂƒĂŠUĂŠ/Ă€>VÂŽĂƒĂŠUĂŠ-VĂ€iiÂ˜Ăƒ h50 4/ 34!.$!2$ 7).$/73 s v INSURANCE 302).' 30%#)!,3

INSURANCE)LOH 5HFRUG 0DQDJHPHQW

(Bonded & Insured)

10%

00

OFF + Additional

scottmwoolf1@gmail.com

INSURANCE

( PDLO MDPHUNW#FRPFDVW QHW

'H FOXWWHU 5H RUJDQL]DWLRQ +RXVHKROG 0DQDJHPHQW

6SHFLDO 3URMHFWV RI AOO T\SHV

81025

941-536-1770

80940

SECUR-ALL INSURANCE AGENCY Call Anytime

BSA, Inc. 2IÀFH ‡ &HOO www.yourveryownassistant.com

81549

rise sure C ashing leani ng 00 % Sun Pres+ Additional and OFF

80948

80940

UĂŠ >ÀiÂ˜ĂŒĂ€ĂžĂŠEĂŠ >Lˆ˜iĂŒĂƒĂŠUĂŠ >Ă€>}iĂŠ Â?ÂœÂœĂ€ĂŠ-Ă•Ă€v>ViĂƒĂŠ INSURANCE UĂŠ Ă•ĂŒĂŒiĂ€ĂƒĂŠUĂŠ Ă?ÂŤiĂ€ĂŒĂŠ/Ă€ÂœĂ•LÂ?iĂŠ-Â…ÂœÂœĂŒiĂ€ ĂŠUĂŠ,ÂœĂŒĂŒi`ĂŠ7œœ`ĂŠ,iÂŤÂ?>Vi`ĂŠUĂŠ Ă€ĂžĂœ>Â?Â?ĂŠ,iÂŤ>ÂˆĂ€ UĂŠ*>ÂˆÂ˜ĂŒÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠUĂŠ/ˆÂ?iĂŠUĂŠ Â˜ĂƒĂ•Ă€i`ĂŠUĂŠ-ĂŒÂœÂ˜iĂŠ7ÂœĂ€ÂŽĂŠUĂŠ-Â…iÂ?Ă›ÂˆÂ˜}

BSA, Inc. 2IÀFH ‡ &HOO www.yourveryownassistant.com

Res./Com.

Free Estimates

For Senior Citizens Prices Include:

Ă“ĂŠ >ĂŒÂ…ĂŠ ÂˆĂ€Ă€ÂœĂ€ĂƒĂŠUĂŠĂ“ĂŠ >Â˜ĂƒĂŠUĂŠ/Ă€>VÂŽĂƒĂŠUĂŠ-VĂ€iiÂ˜Ăƒ

INSURANCE

80948

Judith A. Merkt Take Control of Y our Life!

h50 4/ 34!.$!2$ 7).$/73 s v Lic./Ins. 302).' 30%#)!,3 Window W

$FFRXQWLQJ 7DVNV

)LOH 5HFRUG 0DQDJHPHQW Providing personal and administrative 'RFXPHQW &RUUHVSRQGHQFH 3UHSDUDWLRQ assistance to individuals & small businesses‌a reliable and skilled 'H FOXWWHU 5H RUJDQL]DWLRQ resource ready and able to attack +RXVHKROG 0DQDJHPHQW your “to-doâ€? list.

Let me help you get things done!

6SHFLDO 3URMHFWV RI AOO T\SHV

rise Window Washing n u S

s WINDOWS

PERSONAL SERVICES

Hire “Your Very Own Assistant�

Bob ‹ :[VYT 7YLWHYH[PVU /H\SPUN 4\SJOPUN Call Lic./Ins. ‹ 3HUKZJHWL +LZPNU 0UZ[HSSH[PVU Spring 780-2267 Pressure Cleaning Licensed Clean-up ‹ 4VU[OS` :OY\I 7Y\UUPUN d n a w/ mention ANYEnvironmentally OUTDOOR Friendly PROJECT of this ad. & Insured Residential & Commercial h,EAVE 9OUR $IRTY 7INDOWS 4O 5Sv 80574

your “to-do� list.

Let me help you get things done!

(Bonded & Insured)

31 Years Experience, Prompt, Reliable Service, Call Anytime 941-536-1770 I Call Back My Customers, Keep My scottmwoolf1@gmail.com Appointments, AND Your Satisfaction is My Goal.

10 OFF Res./Com. Your

81025

UĂŠ >ÀiÂ˜ĂŒĂ€ĂžĂŠEĂŠ >Lˆ˜iĂŒĂƒĂŠUĂŠ >Ă€>}iĂŠ Â?ÂœÂœĂ€ĂŠ-Ă•Ă€v>ViĂƒĂŠ SCOTT WOOLF UĂŠ Ă•ĂŒĂŒiĂ€ĂƒĂŠUĂŠ Ă?ÂŤiĂ€ĂŒĂŠ/Ă€ÂœĂ•LÂ?iĂŠ-Â…ÂœÂœĂŒiĂ€ HANDYMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE ĂŠUĂŠ,ÂœĂŒĂŒi`ĂŠ7œœ`ĂŠ,iÂŤÂ?>Vi`ĂŠUĂŠ Ă€ĂžĂœ>Â?Â?ĂŠ,iÂŤ>ÂˆĂ€ UĂŠ*>ÂˆÂ˜ĂŒÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠUĂŠ/ˆÂ?iĂŠUĂŠ Â˜ĂƒĂ•Ă€i`ĂŠUĂŠ-ĂŒÂœÂ˜iĂŠ7ÂœĂ€ÂŽĂŠUĂŠ-Â…iÂ?Ă›ÂˆÂ˜}

Take Control Dave McCarthy of Operator/Owner Y our Life!

Phone (941)and704-4278 Providing personal administrative assistance to individuals & small Fax (941) 538-3781 businesses‌a reliable and skilled dmccarthy114@hotmail.com resource ready and able to attack

80537

) # # s $/4 &, -/6%23 )-

31 Years Experience, Prompt, Reliable Service, I Call Back My Customers, Keep My HANDYMAN Appointments, AND Your Satisfaction is My Goal.

81935

NATIVE CUT TREE SERVICE

LOCAL - LONG DISTANCE PERSONAL SERVICES WINDOWS SAFECO, PROGRESSIVE, CITIZENS, FLOOD. WE HAVE YOU COVERED! FREE ESTIMATES ‹ )LZ[ 7YPJL VU 7HST ;YPTTPUN %

HANDYMAN /54$//2 &52.)452% %80%243 s 777 0!4)/2%0!)23 .%4TRAVELERS, CHUBB, AIG, UNIVERSAL, UNITED, SCOTT WOOLF HANDYMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE

80574

80537

Phone (941) 704-4278 Classified AdsREPAIRS, Bring Results PATIO INC ) # # s $/4 x£äÊ 9ĂŠ - -ĂŠ," ]ĂŠ-1 / ĂŠÂŁĂŠUĂŠ " " /ĂŠ 9]ĂŠ Ê­ - ĂŠ-1 /,1-/ĂŠ ÂŽ &, -/6%23 )- Fax (941) 538-3781 Furniture Sales & Repairs Furniture Sales & Repairs Dave McCarthy 941-955-4888 #USHIONS s 3LINGS s 2E POWDERCOATING Operator/Owner Residential &TREES Commercial “Will move anything dmccarthy114@hotmail.com from a couch to a householdâ€? #USHIONS s 3LINGS s 5MBRELLAS Residential & Commercial -/"*ĂŠ 9ĂŠ

ĂŠ /ĂŠ9"1,ĂŠ " ĂŠ /-]ĂŠ- , ĂŠEĂŠ ", ĂŠ - , 941-383-3388

941-504-0903

80947

Since 1975 (941)737-5861 3AVE 4IME -ONEY 92 7ARRANTY 2 Florida State Cert. Master Plumbers UÊ- 7 ,ÊEÊ , Ê Ê 778-3924 CHRISTIE’S #CFC1426596 778-4461 TREESOR -/ / " ÊEÊ ,/ 9Ê PLUMBING DEPENDABLE & ON TIME UÊ, * ,-ÊEÊ, "

"7-

'RFXPHQW &RUUHVSRQGHQFH 3UHSDUDWLRQ

(Bonded & Insured)

s 3INKS -/,1 / " ĂŠ

Septic Tanks should be pumped once every s &2%% PLUMBING CHECK OFF h,EAVE 9OUR $IRTY 7INDOWS 4O 5Sv two or three years to avoid totalwith system and mention s .O TRIP CHARGES drain ďŹ eld failure. A replacementofcost thisofad s 3EPTIC TANK PUMPING thousands of dollars.

359-1904

Hire “Your Very Own Assistant�

UĂŠ 7ĂŠ " 941-894-1127

s #OUNTER 27 4OPS s #OLOR #HANGES Years Chuck Burns UĂŠ , s #ABINETS

9ĂŠ- ,6 ĂŠ s "ATHTUBS s 4ILE Experience Owner www.SarasotaPlumbingandDrainCleaning.com All Work Warranted Family Owned & Operated UĂŠ7 / ,ĂŠ / ,-

80942

76205 81934

Free at home consultation National Brands, Competitive Pricing KITCHEN/BATH REMODELING Limited Lifetime Warranty “Will move anything from a couch to a household�

Seasonal Discounts General Contractor Specializing LOCAL - LONG DISTANCE in Kitchen & BathRenovations Remodeling Lighthouse FREE ESTIMATES Free www.lightreno.com at home consultation ) # # s $/4 Phone (941) 704-4278 National Pricing LawrenceBrands, BarnettCompetitive (941)526-7750 CGC1507388 &, -/6%23 )- Fax (941) 538-3781 Dave McCarthy Limited Lifetime Warranty dmccarthy114@hotmail.com Operator/Owner MOVERS Seasonal Discounts

80537

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL

s 2ElNISH s 2EPAIR CFC1428540

80574

CERTIFICATION

OR 778-4461 “Where Customer Comes First�

PLUMBING South Florida Tubthe & Tile ReďŹ nishing UĂŠ, * ,-ĂŠEĂŠ, "

ALL PLUMBING REPAIR & DRAIN CLEANING

80942

INSTITUTE

of INSPECTION CLEANING and RESTORATION

MO V I N G www.SterlingHomeChecking.vpweb.com

778-3924 CHRISTIE’S PRO-PLUMBING WORKS, LLC. Commercial Residential

80948

80536 38056

CARPET / UPHOSTERY TILE / GROUT SPINERGY STONE CARE SOLUTIONS 941-504-0903 ODOR CONTROL STAIN CONTROL /, 6 ,/ Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; , Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; , /54$//2 &52.)452% %80%243 s / Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;- / Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;/ ,, <<" 777 0!4)/2%0!)23 .%4 ,iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; Â?i>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;-i>Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2030;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;>Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;,iÂ&#x201C;Â&#x153;Ă&#x203A;>Â?

941.387.0607

Absentee Owner Services General Contractor Specializing Licensed Â&#x2021; 941 400 0804 Â&#x2021; Insured in Kitchen Dave & Bath Remodeling McCarthy

www.SarasotaPlumbingandDrainCleaning.com

81935

FurnitureSales Sales &&Repairs Furniture Repairs #USHIONS s 3LINGS s 2E POWDERCOATING #USHIONS s 3LINGS s 5MBRELLAS

KITCHEN/BATH REMODELING Peace of Mind While Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Away

U.S. DOT No. 1915800 Fully Licensed and Insured STERLING HOME CHECKING

with mention

LIC# CFC1427462 Experience PLUMBING RELIABLE - CLEAN - PROFESSIONAL - EXPERIENCED REMODELING/HOME IMPROVEMENT

Owner

82098

76205

PATIO INC PATIO REPAIRS CARPET REPAIRS, CLEANING

s .O TRIP CHARGES

ALL PLUMBING REPAIR & DRAIN CLEANING of this ad 941-755-6300 s 3EPTIC TANK PUMPING Sarasota.MrRooter.com 27 Years 941-894-1127 Chuck Burns Â&#x2C6;ViÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;i`Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;`i`Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;i` CFC1428540

69127

CERTIFIED & INSURED

941 -359-1904 400 - 0804 Â&#x2021; Insured

www.SterlingHomeChecking.vpweb.com HOME SERVICES We sell boxes!

81547 81548 81547

SPINERGY STONE CARE SOLUTIONS

INSURANCE

x£äĂ&#x160; 9Ă&#x160; - -Ă&#x160;," ]Ă&#x160;-1 / Ă&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x160;UĂ&#x160; " " /Ă&#x160; 9]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x160;­ - Ă&#x160;-1 /,1-/Ă&#x160; ÂŽ

SECUR-ALL INSURANCE AGENCY x£äĂ&#x160; 9Ă&#x160; - -Ă&#x160;," ]Ă&#x160;-1 / Ă&#x160;ÂŁĂ&#x160;UĂ&#x160; " " /Ă&#x160; 9]Ă&#x160; Ă&#x160;­ - Ă&#x160;-1 /,1-/Ă&#x160; ÂŽ 941-383-3388 Sell your service with success.

Ă&#x160; /Ă&#x160;9"1,Ă&#x160; " Ă&#x160; /-]Ă&#x160;- , Ă&#x160;EĂ&#x160; ", Ă&#x160; - ,

CHUBB, AIG, UNIVERSAL, UNITED, TRAVELERS, SAFECO, PROGRESSIVE, CITIZENS, FLOOD. WE HAVE YOU COVERED!

81549

941-383-3388 -/"*Ă&#x160; 9Ă&#x160;

-/"*Ă&#x160; 9Ă&#x160; Ă&#x160; /Ă&#x160;9"1,Ă&#x160; " Ă&#x160; /-]Ă&#x160;- , Ă&#x160;EĂ&#x160; ", Ă&#x160; - ,

CHUBB, AIG, UNIVERSAL, UNITED, TRAVELERS, SAFECO, PROGRESSIVE, CITIZENS, FLOOD. WE HAVE YOU COVERED!

Advertise in the Service Directory Call 955-4888 for more information... www.yourobserver.com

PelicanPress sIesTA KeY

LV2215 81549

77986

s &ULL PLUMBING SERVICES PRO-PLUMBING WORKS,$20LLC. s &2%% PLUMBING CHECK OFF â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where the Customer Comes Firstâ&#x20AC;?

STERLING HOME CHECKING Licensed Â&#x2021;

SMS Mobile Marine Service *36 )LVKILQGHU ,QVWDOODWLRQ Â&#x2021; 2XWERDUGV , 2ÂŞV Â&#x2021; ,QERDUGV /, 6 ,/ FURNITURE Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; , Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160; , / Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;- / Ă&#x160;UĂ&#x160;/ ,, <<" REPAIR Call for,iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; Â?i>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160;-i>Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Ă&#x2030;Ă&#x160;-Ă&#x152;>Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;,iÂ&#x201C;Â&#x153;Ă&#x203A;>Â? appointment Â&#x2021; 941-232-3523

Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°v>Ă&#x152;V>Ă&#x152;V>Ă&#x20AC;ÂŤiĂ&#x152;VÂ?i>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;

RELIABLE - Independently CLEAN - PROFESSIONAL - EXPERIENCED Owned and Operated Franchise

Peace of Mind While Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Away

CARPET CLEANING DOCKSIDE BOAT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

77986

Classifieds 31A $

Absentee Owner Services

CBOAT ERTIFIED & INSURED SERVICES

Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°v>Ă&#x152;V>Ă&#x152;V>Ă&#x20AC;ÂŤiĂ&#x152;VÂ?i>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C; SCOTT WOOLF

Septic Tanks should be pumped once every two or three years to avoid total system and drain ďŹ eld failure. A replacement cost of thousands of dollars.

941-757-2595 $ No extra cost for digging! www.yourobserver.com HOME SERVICES PLUMBING 82097

SMS Mobile Marine Service *36 )LVKILQGHU ,QVWDOODWLRQ Â&#x2021; 2XWERDUGV , 2ÂŞV Â&#x2021; ,QERDUGV Call for appointment Â&#x2021; 941-232-3523

HANDYMAN

LET US PUMP YOUR SEPTIC TANK AND SAVE MONEY!

MOVERS

DOCKSIDE BOAT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

941.387.0607

Classifieds 31A 31A

YourObserver.com -!2).! $2 (/,-%3 "%!#( s /0%. 3!4

CGC1507388 Lawrence Barnett (941)526-7750

COMPUTER THE LONGBOAT OBSERVER Thursday, May 3, 2012 BOAT SERVICES

-/ / " Ă&#x160;EĂ&#x160; ,/ 9Ă&#x160;

"7-

80942

www.lightreno.com

CERTIFICATION

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

TILE / GROUT STAIN CONTROL

69127

of INSPECTION CLEANING and RESTORATION

Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;Ă&#x153;°v>Ă&#x152;V>Ă&#x152;V>Ă&#x20AC;ÂŤiĂ&#x152;VÂ?i>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}°VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;

DEPENDABLE & ON TIME FREE ESTIMATES

Lighthouse Renovations www.yourobserver.com

INSTITUTE

81934

77986

CARPET / UPHOSTERY TILE / GROUT THE LONGBOAT OBSERVER ODOR CONTROL STAIN CONTROL Longboat Observer Thursday, May 3, 2012 THURSDAY, MAY 3,941.387.0607 2012

CARPET / UPHOSTERY ODOR CONTROL

2 Florida State Cert. Master Plumbers UĂ&#x160;- 7 ,Ă&#x160;EĂ&#x160; , Ă&#x160; Ă&#x160; #CFC1426596

Limited Lifetime Warranty Seasonal Discounts

32A

Longboat Observer

YourObserver.com

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

ROGER SELLS WATER CLUB The Water Club is one of the most desirable Gulf front communities on the south end of Longboat Key. From the wonderful beach, pool and clubhouse to the tennis courts and excellent security, this is resort-style living at its best. The floor plans vary in size, though all offer generous terraces, high ceilings and luxurious finishes.

Views may include the Gulf, heated pool, the bay or downtown Sarasota.

waterclubnorth1102.com Enjoy direct Gulf and bay views from this rarely available 4BR penthouse that includes a private, 2 car garage. Exquisitely furnished – including original art. $2,895,000

ROGER SELLS HARBOUR LINKS

TOWLES COURT

Surround yourself in luxury behind the gates of Longboat Key’s Bay Isles. Harbour Links residences are everything that represents luxury southern living.

BAY ISLES COUNTRY CLUB SHORES Bay Isles is a private, bayfront com- 601yardarmlane.com munity located behind the Harbourside Just three in from the bay, this 3BR/3BA has vaulted ceilings, INGoutdoor living NDglorious gates of the Longboat Key Club.

PE and big views of the bay. $849,000

1857morrillstreet.com Downtown Sarasota. Studio, residence, or commercial venture. 2BR/2BA plus garage; ample parking. $424,000

REGENCY HOUSE

561harborcovecircle.com Full-bay view with over 185' of water frontage. Open floor plan. $1,995,000

2023harbourlinksdrive.com

1125bogeylane.com Tuscan-style home looking down the canal toward the bay. Major landscaping and interior renovation. $759,000 512cutterln.com Charming 3BR/2BA on deep water canal has been lovingly updated. $599,000

SIESTA KEY

Secluded southwest facing golf course villa with a 2 car garage! 3BR plus den, lovingly updated. Pet-friendly. $699,000

ROGER SELLS 360 NORTH

regencyhouse404.com Terrific downtown oversized 2BR/2BA in the heart of Sarasota. Walk to Marina Jacks.

Spacious rooms, lots of storage. $379,000

GRAND BAY

521harborcaydrive.com 3BR/3.5BA plus den in Harbor Section.

Recently updated, elevated ceilings.

Wonderful waterfront. $1,525,000

360 North is a quiet, charming community of beachfront townhomes located on north Longboat Key’s stretch of pristine white sandy beach with stunning azure waters.

3969robertspointroad.com On one of Siesta’s most coveted streets, this deep-water home offers lovely views and great space. $1,495,000

SEAPLACE

grandbay446.com Furnished; overlooks marina, downtown, golf course; 2 parking spaces. $1,495,000 grandbay466.com Ideal location in Bldg 4; marina, bay, city and Gulf views! Furnished. $1,395,000 grandbay261.com 3BR/3.5BA, Antigua with views of bay, pool, golf course, and downtown from wraparound terraces. $1,049,000

3386bayoulane.com Overlooking Harbourside Golf Course and its lakes, this 4,500+ sq. ft. home is ready for you and your family! $875,000

seaplaceg7109.com Completely renovated, 2BR/2BA with walkout to beach. Furnished. $359,000

PENDING

280northshoreroad9.com

Direct Gulf, 3BR beach house in small, private community on north Longboat Key. Swimming pool and elevator. $1,095,000

SANCTUARY 545sanctuarydrivea201.com Ascot plan offers Gulf and pool views.

3BR/3.5BA plus bonus room. $1,599,000

PENDING

seaplaceg1211.com Spacious 2BR/2BA with separate upstairs living area. Light and bright and literally steps to the beach. $349,000 3440bayousound.com seaplaceg4204.com Lovely and ready to enjoy! Family room, Terrific value, this 2BR is located in the new kitchen and sunny pool area. $699,000 popular G-4 building. $299,000

www.rogersmarketupdate.com

Visit rogersbestdeals.info if you would like a copy of our list. You may also scan this QR code with your smartphone, call our office, or send us an email.

ROGER C. PETTINGELL LUXURY WATERFRONT SPECIALIST

941.387.1840 roger@longboatrealestate.com

941.586.6668

www.longboatrealestate.com

78411

Sign up to receive a customized, monthly market snapshot.

You will receive, by email, the industry’s most impressive market reports, packed with up-to-the-minute MLS market and property information, plus interactive photos, maps and graphs.

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE DEDICATED TO LUXURY ESTATES M OWNED AND OPERATED BY NRT, LLC