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OUR TOWN + 93 and counting When longtime Longboat Key businesswoman and Sarasota resident Edith Barr Dunn turned 80, she donated $100 to the birthday pot at the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club.

That was $20 more than what it is typically expected — $1 dollar for every birthday.

“I thought I’d put that extra $20 in as a gift, thinking I’d never reach 100,” Barr-Dunn said. “But I’ve kept putting in $100 every year since.”

This past Sunday, Oct. 20, Barr-Dunn celebrated her 93rd birthday.

“I don’t walk too well anymore,” she told us. “But I can sure drive.”

+ Meador receives sweet celebration For Casa del Mar Beach Resort General Manager Mark Meador, another birthday was like a breath of fresh air.

That’s because staff celebrated his birthday with a cake that featured a picture of Meador scuba diving — his favorite hobby when he’s not living and breathing all things Casa del Mar.

+ Buy your Fish Fry tickets Get your tickets today for the Longboat Key Historical Society’s Fish Fry. This year’s Fish Fry takes place from 5 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 1, at Cedars Tennis Resort, 645 Cedars Court.

Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 at the door.

Tickets are available at various locations later this week including First Bank of Longboat Key, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive; and Cedars.

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INSIDE

grand tour

by Robin Hartill | News Editor

ULI: first impressions

The Urban Land Institute saw both decadence and decay during a bus tour of the island.

Longboat Key. How do you sum it up in 173 minutes?

That’s what town officials did for Urban Land Institute panelists Monday, Oct. 21, during a bus tour of the 11-mile island that included stops on St. Armands Circle and Bradenton Beach.

Here, we document how the journey unfolded: 8:39 a.m. — The bus leaves Longboat Key Town Hall to embark on a tour of the 11-mile island of Longboat Key. 8:42 a.m. — Demolition of the old Avenue of the Flowers building is underway as the bus enters the Shoppes of Bay Isles, where the new Publix and CVS opened in 2012.

Publix had to adhere to rigorous landscaping requirements for the property, Mayor Jim Brown says.

“From Gulf of Mexico Drive, you wouldn’t know this shopping center is here because of that buffer,” Brown says.

8:47 a.m. — The bus enters the gates of the Bay Isles community and makes a right, heading south and past a second gate. The bus drives past homes and condos that range from $500,000 to more than $1 million in price.

Panelists have more questions about Publix; they ask town officials if the supermarket is the shopping center’s main draw.

Yes, they tell them. In fact, when Arvida first made plans

Kurt Schultheis

Urban Land Institute panelists stretch their legs for a view of Sarasota Bay in Longbeach Village.

Why is the town spending $125,000 for a ULI study?

SEE PAGE 3A to bring Publix to the Key, many residents objected.

“They were afraid people would come here from off the island and shop,” Brown says. “That’s the attitude they’ve had for a long time.

They don’t want to be a destination.”

8:58 a.m. — The bus enters what used to be a world-class

SEE ULI / PAGE 2A

ALTERNATIVE PENSION

Town Planner Steve Schield, left, and Mayor Jim Brown answered questions and provided direction for the bus tour.

by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Town and police agree to new contract The offer also comes with a 3% pay increase and 2% cost of living allowance increases (or the same raises other employees receive) in years two and three of the new contract.

Special Master William McGinnis opened an Oct. 16 hearing in the Town Hall Commission Chambers with the intent of making contract recommendations because the town was at impasse with the Longboat Key Police Union regarding a retirement plan.

But McGinnis never had to make a recommendation.

That’s because town staff and the 11 members of the union reached an 11th-hour agreement on a new three-year contract in the meeting room while McGinnis waited in the chamber.

Two hours after McGinnis gave

the parties his blessing to try and reach an agreement, the parties walked back into the chamber to tell McGinnis he wasn’t needed.

“We’ve struck a deal and we’ve worked it out,” said town labor attorney Reynolds Allen.

The deal is a pension alternative the town originally pro-

posed in March, at the start of the stalled negotiation process.

It’s a 401(a) retirement plan offer that includes a 3% pay increase and gives officers another 7% increase in take-home pay.

That’s because police officers

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ULI / FROM PAGE 1A destination — but now is vacant and blocked off by a chain-link fence.

“Now it’s just nothing,” Brown says of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. “It’s sitting here rotting.”

Brown gives the panel a CliffsNotes version of the dispute that unfolded over the past seven years between longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber and unit owners, which ultimately led to the resort’s closing.

As the group walks around the property, one panelist imagines that the Colony “was a pretty cool place” back in the day.

One panelist observes the property could make a good haunted house for Halloween.

9:18 a.m. — The bus enters the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s Islandside gates. Brown points out where the proposed hotel and meeting center for the Key Club’s $400 million redevelopmentand-expansion plan would have been located. (The commission approved the plan in 2010, but a judge sided with Islandside residents who challenged the plan and quashed the application.)

9:24 a.m. — The bus drives down the part of Longboat Club Road, dubbed “Millionaire’s Row” because of its mega-mansions.

“We should have rented one of those,” a panelist jokes. (The panel is staying at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort.)

9:29 a.m. — The bus is officially “off-island” and heads for St. Armands Circle, which will be jammed come peak season.

A panelist asks why.

Mainly due to lack of interest, town officials explain.

10:32 a.m. — The bus ventures into Spanish Main Yacht Club — “an older neighborhood that is somewhat typical of the north end of Longboat Key,” Brown says — where prices range from $200,000 to $400,000.

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Urban Land Institute panelists take a close look at the erosion problem near North Shore Road Monday.

9:46 a.m. — The bus is back on the Key and turns into Country Club Shores. A man on the street eyes the bus and gets out his phone, causing passengers to wonder if he’s calling the police. Town officials notified police about the bus tour in advance.

“We have 7,500 code-enforcement officers here on Longboat Key,” Ray jokes of the island’s citizens, many who diligently notify the town whenever something is amiss.

A panelist’s question about whether the town has ever considered burying its utilities draws a few snickers from town officials.

The short answer: yes.

Town Manager Dave Bullock says cost estimates have ranged from $20 million to $80 million.

9:53 a.m. — The bus passes a car carrier — “a sign of the season,” Ray says.

10 a.m. — The group arrives at Bayfront Park — the place where the community center panelists read about in their briefing books would go if it were ever built.

BY THE NUMBERS 173 — The length of the tour, in minutes 28 — The approximate number of miles driven during the tour 15 — The number of stops on the tour 3 — The number of cities/ towns the panel visited during the tour: Longboat Key, Sarasota and Bradenton Beach 10:24 a.m. — The bus turns into the Centre Shops of Longboat Key. “It looks like it’s sort of limping along,” one panelist says.

“It’s doing a lot better than the one you’re about to see,” Schield says.

10:27 a.m. — Passengers view a glimpse of Joan M. Durante Park.

It used to be a venue for concerts and other events, Schield tells them, although those stopped a few years ago.

10:41 a.m. — The bus stops at Whitney Beach Plaza.

The shopping center has remodeled, Brown explains, but that doesn’t solve everything.

“People have said there’s not enough people to support businesses,” Brown says.

10:43 p.m. — Panelists spot a peacock as the bus enters the Longbeach Village. They learn how the birds sometimes see their reflections in cars and scratch them and how noisy they can be.

“People will sometimes call and say there’s an old lady calling for help,” Schield says.

The bus drives past the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, which became a division of Ringling College of Art & Design in 2007. The change was unpopular with some residents.

“There’s been a lot of talk that when Ringling took it over, the uses and the offerings went down,” Ray says.

10:58 a.m. — If the panelists had a feeling they weren’t in Longboat Key anymore, they were right. The bus crosses the Longboat Pass Bridge to Bradenton Beach.

Brown tells panelists to take note of the contrast between the tiny city and the Key.

“It’s like they have no zoning,” he says. “People build another house in pretty much a backyard, and it’s all tourists.”

The bus passes the mural of a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder at Shell Land, and a man waves at the bus from the bars of Bridge Street before a panelist confirms that the building with a painting of two moose wearing swimsuits is, in fact, a Moose Lodge. Town Manager Dave Bullock jokes from the back of the bus that the businesses would disappear overnight if they were ever on Longboat Key because the residents wouldn’t stand for them.

11:09 a.m. — The bus has left the pirates and bikini-clad moose behind and is now back on Longboat Key. It makes its final stop on North Shore Road, where passengers exit the bus to check out the severe sand erosion. The town initially planned a beach-renourishment project for summer 2013 but pushed it back to next year after bids came in higher than expected because of Superstorm Sandy.

11:26 a.m. — Brown points out the Positano condominium, located on the site of the old Holiday Inn, that town officials have referenced throughout the tour.

The impact of the loss of its 140 rooms that were replaced with 26 luxury condominiums on local businesses has been a topic of discussion at many stops.

11:32 a.m. — Panelists get off the bus just across the street from Town Hall. But the 173-minute bus journey isn’t the end of the tour for panelists, who are about to set sail for the boat portion of the tour.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2013

code review

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MAN ON THE STREET

by Robin Hartill | News Editor

The Longboat Observer spoke with some of those who signed up to be interviewed by Urban Land Institute (ULI) panelists Tuesday, Oct. 22, to learn their thoughts on the one-hour interview process.

“It was a terrific experience.

This is an opportunity to get the community together and discuss the issues. It could be our last chance to hash out the issues and come to some sort of middle ground about our future.”

— Tom Freiwald

“It was an interesting process. I look forward to hearing the plan that’s produced. The vitality of the Key is directly linked to the vitality of the airport.”

— Frederick Piccolo, president and CEO of the SarasotaBradenton International Airport

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Urban Land Institute panelists walk on top of the North Shore Road beach access seawall, which is severely exposed due to the rapid erosion of sand on the north end of Longboat Key.

Ruling gave ULI key to Longboat assessment

Judge Charles Roberts’ ruling overturning the Key Club project approval caused the commission to review town regulations.

Why is the town spending $125,000 for a five-day Urban Land Institute study?

To answer the question, go back to Sarasota Judge Charles E. Roberts’ December 2011 ruling, in which he found the town violated its zoning regulations and Comprehensive Plan when the Longboat Key Town Commission approved the Longboat Key Club & Resort’s $400 million expansion plan in 2010.

Town attorney David Persson told the commission after the ruling that the town needed to establish what is permitted under town regulations. “ … frankly, it can be viewed as a loud and positive call for the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Regulations to clearly articulate the town’s goals and visions and how those goals and visions will be achieved through the Land Development Regulations,” Persson wrote in a January 2012 email to the commission.

Town Manager Dave Bullock recommended a two-step approach to the commission in which the town would address specific issues outlined in Roberts’ ruling, while also taking on a broader review of its code and Comp Plan.

The commission heard a presentation by phone from Thomas Eitler, ULI vice president of advisory services, at its

The Majesty Of

— Commissioner Jack Duncan

“We covered all the big issues, but I feel that there wasn’t enough time to discuss everything.”

PAST PANELS The Urban Land Institute has completed studies of the following communities so far in 2013: • Arvada, Colo.

• Boston • Columbia, S.C. • Detroit • Former Clarke Air Force Base, Philippines • Hurricane Sandy-impacted areas, New York and New Jersey • Lafayette, La. • Lamar, Colo.

• Manatee County • Buffalo, N.Y. • Pasco County • St. Petersburg • Sanya, China • Westwood neighborhood of Denver

— Ray Rajewski

“It was a healthy discussion that’s needed for the future of this Key and how it moves forward.”

— Sarasota developer Jay Tallman

“My hope is this process will get us off the dime and moving forward in the right direction so we can get things done.”

— Commissioner Phill Younger

Source: Urban Land Institute, uli.org

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January 2012 workshop about the ULI’s five-day panels.

But some commissioners balked at the $125,000 cost, while others worried the study wouldn’t focus enough on the zoning code.

At first, the commission rejected that proposal, opting instead in April 2012 to put out a request for proposals (RFP) to determine the scope of work for a possible study.

By September 2012, the town had received six proposals from community consultants.

But in February, after narrowing down the pool to two companies, a committee charged with making a recommendation agreed that neither company was the right match. At that time, the commission agreed that the town had met its match with ULI — and unanimously agreed to allow Bullock to work out a contract.

The panel toured the Key by bus and boat Monday and spent Tuesday interviewing residents and stakeholders. The eight panelists will deliberate Wednesday and prepare their report Thursday before presenting their findings at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at Longboat Key Town Hall.

“I came in with no expectations and nothing prepared to say. They did a good job of engaging us and were knowledgeable about the issues that are important to us. I hope for good answers to the questions we have proposed.”

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NEWSBRIEFS + Telecommunications amendment extension sought The town will seek an extension of a state-mandated, 180-day window to have a Comprehensive Plan amendment approved to bring the amendment and a telecommunications ordinance before the Town Commission for review at the same time.

Commissioners have expressed displeasure that the Comp Plan amendment would be approved before they review an ordinance in December that addresses everything from tower height to where towers or other structures can be placed.

A provision in state statutes allows the town to seek an extension of the Comp Plan amendment, according to an email town attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale sent town staff Wednesday.

Town Manager Dave Bullock wrote in a Wednesday email he recommends an extension because “we owe the community a full airing of the issue.”

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+ Commissioner Terry Gans qualifies for commission seat At-large Commissioner Terry Gans has qualified to run for his seat for an additional two years, but he may have a challenger.

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Advisory Committee, took out paperwork for the at-large seat Monday.

Gans is the second candidate in the Longboat Key March 2014 general election to turn in all of his paperwork and qualify for a seat.

Bayou resident Ray Rajewski is running for the District 3 seat being vacated by Vice Mayor David Brenner. Rajewski ran two years ago and lost to Brenner.

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Larson and Zunz have both picked up paperwork to run for their seats again.

The deadline to qualify for the March 2014 election is noon Nov. 18.

+ Town’s code-enforcement officer terminated last week Longboat Key Code Enforcement Officer Amanda Nemoytin was terminated Oct. 15, and her job has been posted internally.

Nemoytin, a two-year employee of the town, was on probation after allowing her dog to run off the leash on town property, which is not allowed under the town’s code.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

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Colony Association parts ways Commission reviews with JHM Financial Group Colony progress The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association is mailing out ballots this week to approve a settlement agreement and is hopeful a 75% majority vote of the owners will be approved next month.

will be the starting point for negotiations with a future developer.

“The first developer with the capacity and wherewithal to reach a development agreement with the Association wins,” Yablon said.

Yablon said he doesn’t believe the development agreement is a major issue at this time.

“The Town Commission has been telling us for a long time now that they don’t care about developers, don’t want to hear about developers and don’t want to hear from developers until we have settled the legal disputes,” Yablon said.

“We agree the Town Commission was 100% on target in that belief. Our top priority is to have a settlement accepted by the membership at large and, then, and only then, will it make sense to turn to the question of developers.”

Yablon said that although unit owners are voting in the coming weeks, the Association intends to engage in discussions with all interested developers so a development agreement can be agreed upon as soon as unit owners approve a settlement.

The Longboat Key Town Commission doesn’t care that Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association attorney Jeffrey Warren says Colony parties have made “significant progress.”

Commissioners want a global resolution and one that doesn’t exclude significant parties, such as the bankruptcy case’s largest affected creditor, Colony Lender LLC. “Does your progress and hope you have with Colony Lender LLC involve actually having any conversations with them?” asked Commissioner Terry Gans at the commission’s regular workshop Monday.

Warren said, “There’s been substantive communication with them (Colony Lender) and their parties.”

But commissioners aren’t sure if they believe the Association, especially because Colony Lender attorney Michael Assaf said in a Tampa bankruptcy court that the Association is not holding settlement discussions with him.

Mayor Jim Brown pressed again.

“Are Colony Lender and you having discussions right now or not?” Brown asked.

“We might be talking to the wall right now, but I think we’ll be hav-

ing meaningful discussions with them soon,” Warren responded.

Warren also noted Colony Lender supports a forthcoming Association request of the commission to grant its third extension for grandfathered tourism units while it works to settle and rebuild the closed hotel site.

Commissioners are frustrated about the third extension request coming before them by the end of the year.

“Repeatedly you have been in here before and asked us to extend and we’re tired of it,” said Commissioner Lynn Larson.

Warren tried to assuage commissioners’ concerns about the lack of a developer now that the Association has ceased ties with JHM Financial Group LLC (see sidebar). Warren also noted that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May will review a settlement in November in his Tampa courtroom.

“We have constructively listened to those having complaints with JHM,” Warren said. “We terminated the exclusivity we entered into with JHM to reopen on an expedited basis an ability to select a new development partner. No fewer than four partners already are having discussions with us.”

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Yablon said the Association is mailing out ballots to unit owners this week and he anticipates that a 75% majority vote of the owners will be approved in mid-November before May reviews the settlement.

“It’s our hope and intention the entire Association will approve it,” Yablon said.

The Association, Yablon said, has also opened up a dialogue with Colony Lender LLC, the bankruptcy case’s largest affected creditor, and Andy Adams, a unit owner with control of 25% of the resort’s units, to try and reach a settlement.

Yablon also explained the process for a future developer.

“The development field is wide open,” said Yablon, noting that Longboat Key-based MW Development Group and Orlando-based Unicorp National Development Inc. (Colony Lender’s choice) will be considered. “Nobody will be excluded from consideration, and no developer will receive any exclusives any further.”

Yablon said the Association now has a fully formed development agreement that’s acceptable to the owners. That

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Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association attorney Jeffrey Warren told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May earlier this month he anticipated the Association and JHM Financial Group LLC could sign a development agreement at a board meeting.

It didn’t happen.

Instead, the Association’s board of directors told unit owners at a meeting Oct. 16 that it has parted ways with JHM. “We simply couldn’t reach an acceptable agreement,” said Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association President Jay Yablon It’s the second time the Association has parted ways with a developer after signing an exclusive agreement with a development partner.

Despite the news, Yablon said a global resolution to the shuttered Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is still on track.

May will review a settlement agreement reached among the Association, longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber and the U.S. trustee Nov. 22, in his Tampa courtroom.

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort extension expires at the end of the year. The parties will seek a third extension for grandfathered units.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2013

smoke signals

by Robin Hartill | News Editor

Chart House deck fire sparks investigation The State Fire Marshall is investigating the cause of the blaze that caused approximately $25,000 worth of damage.

An early morning fire at the Chart House Restaurant on Longboat Key caused an estimated $25,000 worth of damage.

Workers who were picking up grease at the restaurant at 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive called 911 around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday to report a fire at the restaurant.

Longboat Key firefighters saw heavy fire and smoke from the back of the structure, making it appear as if the entire building was on fire. West Manatee Fire District, Cedar Hammock Fire District and the Sarasota County Fire Department responded after firefighters requested additional personnel and equipment.

Approximately 30 firefighters, 11 of whom work for Longboat Key, responded to the scene.

But it was actually just the decking that was ablaze.

Firefighters were able to prevent from spreading to the building, and cut off the decking from the building to ensure the fire was completely extinguished. “It was able to be contained,� said Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi. “It didn’t go anywhere, and it stayed where it was supposed to,�

Still, temperatures were so hot that sprinklers on the second floor of the restaurant’s patio went off, and the area sustained a small amount of smoke damage.

Firefighters were at the scene for approxiTRY four ON Ahours. mately No one was injured in the blaze, and all businesses in the building remain open.

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LBK waterfront listing mimics market prices

This LBK Club Bayou residence is situated on one of Longboat Key’s best waterfront locations Majestically overlooking Crane's Bayou & Buttonwood Bay with deep sailboat water and room for a 60' +/- yacht, this two story 4 bedroom home w/soaring 20 ft ceilings is a boater's paradise.

Huge living room w/fireplace, family room, pool & pool bath + dock & lift. MLS A3981543

A five-bedroom home in Bay Isles, which has direct bay access and was left abandoned, sold Sept. 9 for $1.09 million, a $610,00 drop from the previous sale price.

Rats, debris and a two-year buildup of filth aren’t normally synonymous with million-dollar waterfront homes, but this isn’t exactly a typical time in real estate.

And Sarasota-Bradenton area real-estate agent Troy Funk recently found himself in those colliding worlds. The upshot, says Funk, with Allison James Estates & Homes, is megadeals for waterfront properties are at the taking for buyers who will suspend belief — and step over the occasional mousetrap.

“If you want waterfront value,” says Funk, “this is the best time.”

In August, for instance, Funk listed a bank-owned home in Bay Isles, a Longboat Key neighborhood where former U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris owns a property. The 3,667-square-foot, five-bedroom, three-bathroom home, with a dock and direct access to the bay, sold for $1.7 million in 2004.

But when Funk got the listing at 511 Harbor Point Road, the house was in total disarray, with rats gnawing through almost every room. “The house had been abandoned for an extended period of time,” Funk says in a statement, “and had serious deferred maintenance issues.”

Funk, nonetheless, had multiple offers within days of the listing, many from outof-town buyers who had only seen the house online. A sale on the house closed Sept. 9 for $1.09 million — a $610,000 drop from the previous sale price.

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The home at 511 Harbor Point Road sold in early September for $1.09 million.

resentation of the market, but a reflection of how desperate some lenders are to unload nonperforming assets.

“The banks are really aggressive when they have high-end properties,” Funk says. “They can’t hold on to multi-million dollar properties. So they list low.”

The trend, projects Funk, will stick around, at least in the short term. For example, one waterfront property he’s currently showing, in south Sarasota, is in “dumpy condition,” admits Funk. The roof, he says, is caving in. But he has already fielded 20 offers for the $450,000 listing.

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Good plan, if you stick to it Perhaps Longboat Key town commissioners can show those uttlerly incompetent of managing other people’s money (that would be Congress and the president) how it’s done.

At long last, there is a reasonable idea to address Longboat Key’s version of unfunded entitlements — that would be the town’s more than $30 million in unfunded townemployee pensions.

Thanks to the persuasive financial logic primarily of Armando Linde, a retired economist at the International Monetary Fund, Longboat Key resident and member of the town’s Investment Advisory Committee, committee members concluded last week the town can meet its obligations without taking on more debt by issuing bonds.

That is, if the Town Commission and town staff can stick to fiscal discipline.

That is, if the Town Commission and town staff can discipline themselves to budget every year the funds necessary to meet and exceed the 30-year amortization required by state pension laws.

In other words, it would be akin to homeowners overpaying on their mortgage to retire it ahead of schedule.

But that takes discipline and commitment. Some committee members, including Commissioner Jack Duncan, talked of the Town Commission adopting a policy statement that forces discipline — that requires the commission to make the annual payments and then some. Good concept, but no commission can lock its successors into such a scheme without first adding such a requirement to the town charter. Which isn’t likely.

Instead, the approach should be the way businesses typically operate. If, say, the board of directors says the business should pay down its debt ahead of the term of a loan or bond covenants, that task becomes the responsibility of the chief executive officer. He is charged with managing the business to meet the board’s expectations.

That’s all it takes. Instruct Town Manager David Bullock to propose a pay-down plan and then stick to it.

Not just Bullock, but commissioners as well.

Better yet, consider taking the matter a step further. We have long advocated the Town Commission devise an incentive pay plan for the town manager. Give him targets and timelines to increase productivity, cut costs and pay down the town’s pension debt. The better he performs, the more he would earn.

This works in the private sector. It can work in the public sector. But it takes three things: discipline, political courage and setting and sticking to the right priorities.

Longboat Key’s $25 million, $30 million or $43 million in long-term debt — depending on how you measure it — is merely pennies compared to the $17 trillion debt that we let our government representatives accumulate in Washington, D.C. But if the Longboat Key town commissioners and staff can show the fiscal discipline required to pay down the debt through the town’s annual budget process, those cowards in Washington should be able to

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$2,476,382 $88,836 $2,565,218

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do the same thing. It’s really no different.

It takes the same political courage and discipline. The only difference is in the zeros behind the numbers.

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Let’s put some numbers in context.

Look closely at the above table.

Those who follow the money that flows in and out of Longboat Key Town Hall know that every year there is always a degree of haggling and gnashing among town commissioners over how big or bigger the town’s annual budget will be. Or whether the town’s millage rate should go up or down a 10th of a point or two.

That’s good.

It’s good that commissioners and the electorate show such interest in Longboat Key’s tax rates and fiscal management.

But in the overall scheme of government budgets and taxation, it’s accurate to say the amount of attention paid to Longboat Key’s $9,085,732 million in town propertytax collections and 1.8872 operating millage rate is disproportionate to where Longboaters’ local tax dollars really go.

Look at that table again. Yes, you read that right.

Longboat Key’s Sarasota County residents send nearly $42 million a year across the bay, with $36.6 million of that going to county government and the Sarasota County School District.

Longboat’s Manatee County taxpayers send $19.45 million, with $18.72 million going to the county and Manatee public schools.

Or, let’s put everything together, and the total tally is this:

$61,257,659

That’s how much money Longboat Key taxpayers send across the bay every year over and above the $9 million they contrbute to fund the town’s operations, debts

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and infrastructure.

Think about what could be done with all that cash. Or, at least, think of that $61.2 million this way: What do you get in return for that?

The short answer is: little. Certainly the value received is nowhere close to the $61.2 million. Not even half.

To be sure, we could get into all kinds of debates with Longboaters and county officials over taxation. There are many, for instance, who have no problem with Longboaters sending $36 million a year into the black holes of public education.

They’ll tell you it’s a “public” duty to educate our youth. Well, let’s save that one for another day.

The point of reminding everyone about all that money Longboaters send to the two counties comes in the context of this week’s Urban Land Institute study. When the interviewers go into their deliberations, they inevitably will craft some recommendations that will require money.

And as we have shown, there is plenty of money — it’s just going to the wrong places.

Indeed, this has been a constant sore point for Longboat Key since its incorporation in 1955. To that end, this newspaper — in spite of the chuckles it generates — has advocated for its 35-year history secession from the two counties. It’s ridiculous how Longboat Key serves as Sarasota and Manatee counties’ Sugar Daddy.

So as Longboat Key attempts to enhance its environment and public amenities for the next generations, and as the ULI experts think of ways for the Key to revitalize, serious consideration must be given to that now All-American whine that “we are entitled.”

Longboat Key residents should be entitled to having more of that $61.2 million return to the betterment of the Key.

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by Marty Samowitz

Thoughts on a beautiful October day

George Eastman (1854-1932), of sissies. You have to avoid the big “C” Eastman Kodak, said it best when (cancer), heart attacks, automobile he left this world on his own terms accidents and enemy bullets (World without paying an “exit fee.” He left War II) and, of course, have a great the world without pain, suffering doctor, which I, fortunately, have in and deprivation, saying in a suicide Dr. Dean Hautamaki. note, “My work is done.”

My admiration is for Colin’s father.

Why can’t we all leave on our own Colin is my son-in-law, and his faterms? If we stay, will our ther has been confined to a hearts beat better? Our bodwheelchair for the past five ies become fleeter? I think years due to a swimming acnot. cident. He does it without Looking back on my life, I complaining and with grace, realize what a magical exishelped only by his beautiful tence I’ve had. wife and the V.A. I’ve been rich and I’ve been Most of all, my contembroke, but my greatest acporaries are gone. One old complishment has been the Samowitz friend, Buck Ganguzza, ability to help support the called me a 6-foot tiger in a dozens and dozens of worthwhile 4-foot cage — whatever that means. charities over the years and to sigAmusingly, at 99, I am still active in nificantly provide for them in future the stock market — this after 60-plus years through the Samowitz Foun- some years of trading. But my stratdation. egy has changed. I no longer pick As my birthday nears (99 — Wow! individual stocks because of my age, Am I trying to compete with Me- but instead buy mutual funds and thuselah?), I shouldn’t revel in the exchange-traded funds only. cheers that sometimes accompany Note that I said buy, not trade. the jeers I’ve earned along the way.

Warren Buffet, famed investor, says How does the average Joe endure the best time to sell is never. Your his exit? Mine is definitely no slam broker may not tell you this but anydunk or slow walk in the park with one who tells you which way the all my advantages. I live in a lovely market will go is either a knave or a penthouse on Longboat Key with my fool. I personally prefer ETFs, which dear wife and a skilled team of care- have a slight tax advantage over mutakers, one of whom is always at my tual funds. side 24/7.

Anyway, I don’t count the years as Reaching 99 is definitely not for another birthday nears. I consider

+ Cyclists should make themselves plainly visible Dear Editor: Cyclists riding along Gulf of Mexico Drive who wear bright-colored shirts are plainly visible. If you are wearing dark colors and do not have a blinking taillight, you are endangering your own life as well as being

and St. Armands Circle … Oh, for crying out loud! What next?

I thought everyone knew the expression, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

It looks like what we have here is another “big brother” deal. To my way of thinking, the restaurants on St. Armands Circle are a magnet for retailers and vice-versa. As an example, we probably would not even go to St. Armands or downtown Sarasota if not for the restaurants … or occasionally the theater. Please reconsider your thinking, Marty Rappaport and the other Business Improvement District board members.

Patty Bowes Longboat Key

a liability to drivers.

As a former resident of Longboat Key, I drive along Gulf of Mexico Drive several times week. Weekends are when most of the cyclists are out on the road. It is definitely a hazard for driver! I hope that the cyclists take heed.

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those who enriched my life by just being there.

And I’m trying to keep in mind Andrew Carnegie, who built the New York City Public Library System and said, “He who dies rich dies disgraced.” And the Scotch philosopher whose name I’ve forgotten and said, “Those who help others will always live in the hearts of his countrymen.”

My dear Kayla, my dear Gia, for when you are old enough to understand this: I am sorry I won’t be around to watch you blossom into fine young ladies.

First, your education is all taken care of for however far you wish to go and whatever you choose to study: Law, medicine, whatever. Schools like Harvard should be open to you.

Then you will have enough money to do anything in life you wish, but possibly not enough to do nothing.

So, try to take advantage of your assets. You are both beautiful and athletic. You have loving, devoted parents. I regret not being along for the ride, but at 99 years old, I don’t think I can do it. At least Mimi (your grandmother) will be there for you for lots of years to come.

Love, PaPA Marty Samowitz is the oldest living survivor of the battle of Iwo Jima and the founder of Marty’s Shoes. His grandchildren know him as PaPA. He will celebrate his 99th birthday Oct. 28.

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I’ve never had to make the choice to feed my children or heat my home. So many people do have to make those decisions. — KATHLEEN MCDONALD, PHILANTHROPIST

KATHLEEN MCDONALD

Former president of Art Center Sarasota // Philanthropist

porter of the fine arts, the Pennsylvania native has also run an adoption agency and adopted and raised 11 children from all over the world.

Her experience in this line of work, as well as her own experiences with adoption, has strengthened what she describes as her lifelong spirit of giving. She says her desire to give back is inspired by the gratitude she has for her own financial security.

“My life has been terribly difficult in many ways,” says McDonald.

“But, I’ve never wondered where my next meal is coming from. I’ve never had to make the choice between feeding my children and heating my home. So many people do have to make those decisions.”

When she moved in 1997 to Sarasota, she admits she was surprised to find a thriving cultural community in Florida. She became heavily involved in the local visual-arts scene and served for four years as president of Art Center Sarasota before shifting her focus to Venice, where she currently lives.

During this time, she was introduced to the Gulf Coast Community Foundation through a friend, and she says she enjoyed the chance to

Throughout the years, one Bible verse in particular has stood out to Kathleen McDonald. It says, “To whom much has been given, much is expected.”

“My husband, Jim, and I really feel that way,” she says. “When you have extra, you have to give it away. You just have to.”

Much of McDonald’s life has been driven by this mentality: In addition to being an artist and a longtime sup-

expand upon her giving nature. Now, in addition to supporting the local arts, she was exposed to greater opportunities to benefit humanitarian and children’s causes through smaller projects, and she says she’s enjoyed the sense of community it builds.

“Somebody could easily write a check for whatever project needs funding,” says McDonald. “But, when I give a little; my neighbor gives a little; someone else gives a little; and, then, I put that project on Facebook, because it’s important to me, and I see one of my friends supports it as well; there’s a feeling that we’re all in this together. That’s what I love.”

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OCT. 2 LAID-BACK WORKER 1:02 p.m. — 600 block of Spanish Drive North. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman found a maintenance worker sleeping on a woman’s couch. The man said he checks on the house for the owner, but felt sick and lay for a few minutes. The owner confirmed the arrangement but asked police to trespass him.

OCT. 9 MAKING A MARK 10:16 a.m. — Off the Key. Boat. Police noticed the day markers at the north end of Sister Keys were out of place and causing a hazard. They notified the Coast Guard.

GET A BROOM 5:56 p.m. — 500 block of Ketch Lane.

Animal. An oppossum took shelter in a couple’s patio grill. Police used brooms to coax it out and into the bushes.

THIS ONE’S A HEAD-SCRATCHER 8:31 p.m. — 600 block of Longboat Club Road. Suspicious Circumstance. A man with a German accent was looking for his shirt and kept scratching his head with a piece of driftwood. He sternly said he didn’t drink when hotel guests offered him a beverage. He kept walking south on the beach toward where he said he lives.

Guests thought he was odd and reported him to security.

OCT. 10 OUT ALREADY 9:13 a.m. — 400 Firehouse Court. Fire.

A dump truck’s wheel bearing overheated and caught on fire. The driver extinguished the fire.

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CORNER OCT. 11 WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? 10:42 a.m. — 600 block of Dream Island Road. Larceny. A woman’s kayak went missing from a storage rack sometime over the last two months. The woman didn’t have its hull number but said she’ll try to find it.

DRIVING RANGE 5:11 p.m. — Intersection of GMD and Schooner Lane. Property Damage. A golf ball hit the windshield of a man’s vehicle as he drove on the street.

OCT. 12 PRESCRIPTION IN A PIPE 3:03 a.m. — 100 block of Broadway.

Trespassing. A man tried to hide what he

admitted was a medical marijuana inhaler. Police told him medical marijuana is illegal in Florida and asked to see his Coloradoissued card. The man admitted he didn’t have one. Police confiscated the item.

OCT. 13 CALLS FOR HELP 2:31 a.m. — Bradenton Beach. Assist Other Agency. A Bradenton Beach officer asked Longboat Key police to investigate a woman yelling for help because he was dealing with disorderly people at a bar and couldn’t take the call. Police couldn’t find anyone in distress.

OCT. 14 BRUSH FIRE 9:05 p.m. — Jewfish Key. Brush Fire. A Jewfish resident ordered campers on the island to put out their campfire and leave the island. A short time later, a brush fire

OCT. 10 SLEEP IT OFF 11:39 a.m. — 400 block of GMD. Suspicious Person. After several attempts to wake a man lying on a bench at a bus stop by yelling and shaking, police finally roused him. The man was homeless and had consumed several beers the night before. He said he had spent the last two nights on the beach and that he and his friends come out once a month to sleep on the beach and have a barbecue. Police told him about the town’s ordinance prohibiting camping and barbecuing.

ONE GIANT LEAP 12:38 a.m. — Longboat Pass Bridge. Suspicious Circumstance.

A bridge tender heard a “thud” from his station on the bridge. He believes it might have been a fish that jumped 20 feet high and hit the building or a bird. Nothing was out of the ordinary.

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STRIKE OUT 11:41 p.m. — 400 block of GMD. Property Damage. A landscaper was blowing grass to the side of the road and kicked up a rock, unintentionally striking a van.

OCT. 15 BOOGIE BOARD MAN 2:58 p.m. — 5100 block of GMD. Larceny From Motel. A property manager saw a man walk past her office, enter the maintenance room and walk out with a boogie board. Police found no sign of the man or the board.

SAD CIRCUMSTANCES 12:17 p.m. — 3800 block of GMD. Public Service. A caller reported that a woman on the beach might need help.

The woman said her mother had just died and she was sad. She had had a few drinks earlier in the day. The woman’s sober boyfriend convinced her to leave.

OPERATING HOURS 4:44 p.m. — 3000 block of Harbourside Drive. Disturbance. A man complained about large equipment on a golf course operating before 8 a.m. daily and on a Sunday. Police said they would pass along a copy of the town’s ordinance for construction hours to maintenance workers.

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POLICE DEPARTMENT UNION 401(A) OFFER

currently invest 10% of their pay into an underfunded pension plan the town Town contribution..........................10% wants to freeze.

Employee voluntary contribution.......3% An employee who elects to make a voluntary 3% contribution, which the Town match of employee town will match, will still have 7% more voluntary contribution......................3% take-home money that the employee can Additional voluntary utilize for other purposes, including ademployee contribution......................7% ditional voluntary contributions to the Total employee defined contribution plan. contribution. ............23% of base wage* As part of the proposal, the town will make a 10% contribution for employees *If the employee decides to make no voluntary even if they choose to put aside none of contribution, the town will still make the 10% contribution and the employee will have 10% their salary to the plan. If an employee, more gross take-home pay, plus the wage increases though, invests a 3% contribution, the offered as part of the three-year contract proposal. town will match that 3%, giving an employee a combined 16% total contribution to the plan.

The offer also comes with 2% cost-of- risk option.

The current pension plan provides a living allowance increases (or the same raises other employees receive if that disability plan that covers officers for the amount is higher) in years two and three rest of their lives if they can’t perform their duties as a police officer after an inof the contract.

Earlier this year, firefighters agreed to jury. Officers are worried the alternative split required FRS contributions 50/50, disability plan will force an officer to go with the town’s maximum contribution back to work, even if it’s not as a police capped at 13%, according to the new officer, to avoid continue paying disabilthree-year contract. The contract also ity benefits at a reduced rate than the officers’ current pension plan. gave firefighters a 3% wage increase.

After some back-and-forth discusBut, with FRS pension costs rising, police officers were afraid to take an FRS op- sion, the town offered an amendment tion that takes more money out of their the union accepted that allows the union paychecks once the town’s cap is reached. to reopen the contract July 1, 2014, and Officers would have to pay for costs above again July 1, 2015, for the disability issue.

And, if the union fails to ratify the conthat cap.

“We chose this route because that’s tract within 30 days after the union rewhat the town wanted and it alleviates ceives the proposed contract, the union our concerns about not having a cap agrees that all disputed impasse issues on FRS contributions,” said police of- will go directly to the Longboat Key Town ficer and union representative Robert Commission, and the parties agree to bypass the special-magistrate process.

Bourque.

Bullock told the Longboat Observer he What the contract doesn’t include, though, is a disability plan with which intends to find a better disability option for officers, most likely before July. police officers are comfortable.

Bullock said the town intends to freeze A disability plan offered that affords the same disability benefits as other town the police pension plan by the end of the employees, police officers believe, is un- year, or in early 2014, now that a contract URJ-LongboatKey_5x4c.qxp_Layout Page 1 hasPM been reached. acceptable and doesn’t include1 a10/15/13 high- 3:55

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Mayor Jim Brown introduced the panelists and welcomed them to the Key. More than 50 people in attendance got the opportunity to meet with the ULI panelists in a casual setting as they await ULI’s recommendations at a 8:30 a.m. meeting Friday at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.

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Fright Night on St. Armands — takes place at 6 p.m. on St. Armands Circle. St. Armands Circle goes from sophisticated to scary at this annual event that features decorated storefronts, frightening characters and trick-or-treating throughout the Circle. Children can climb on an antique fire truck the Sarasota Fire Department will have at the scene. The Sarasota High School Drama Department performs Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” at 8 p.m. Call 388-1554.

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Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Luncheon — takes place at 11:30 a.m. at Lazy Lobster Longboat Key, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Win a round-trip luxury sedan ride to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport courtesy of Longboat Limousine. Cost is $20. Call 383-2466.

SATURDAY, OCT. 26 Save Our Seabirds Scary Sanctuary — takes place from 3 to 5 p.m. at Save Our Seabirds, 1703 Ken Thompson Parkway.

The event includes educational games, photo-ops with birds, hands-on activities and candy. Call 388-3010.

Saturday, Oct. 26 and Sunday, Oct. 27 St. Armands Boat Show — takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on St. Armands Circle. The event is sponsored by Cannons Marina. Call 388-1554.

FRIDAY, NOV. 1 Longboat Key Historical Society Fish Fry — begins at 5 p.m. at Cedars Tennis Resort, 645 Cedars Court, with dinner served from 6 to 8 p.m. The menu will offer grouper and mullet and other fried fare. After dinner, participants can dance the night away to the music of Blues Pig. Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 at the door. Tickets are available at First Bank of Longboat Key, Steff’s Stuff, Cedars and Shirley Beachum’s home, 7025 Longboat Drive N.

SATURDAY, NOV. 2 Sarasota Bay Water Festival — takes place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at Ken Thompson Park on City Island. The second festival promotes the importance of Sarasota Bay to the region’s environment, economy and quality of life with live music, food trucks, water sports, an art zone, and dragon boats. For information, visit sarasotabaywaterfestival.com.

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the parish’s upcoming events and charities.

The women celebrated Mass prior to the luncheon and guest speaker Monsignor Gerry Finegan concluded the luncheon with a prayer.

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Lois Winett Katz Rose Miles

Lois Winett Katz Rose Miles, 83, of Lido Key and Longboat Key, died Oct. 22.

Born Aug. 22, 1930, in Atlantic City, N.J., she lived on Longboat and Lido keys since 1980.

Mrs. Miles was an avid tennis player, benefactor of Israel Tennis Centers, a 2,000-hour volunteer at Sarasota Memorial Hospital and the former owner of Key Island Properties Inc. She is remembered as a fabulous hostess, master of crossword puzzles and animal-lover.

Mrs. Miles is survived by her husband, Marshall; daughters Brenda, Pamela and Nanette; son, Robert; and five grandchildren.

A memorial gathering will take place from noon to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 23, at in the card room at L’Elegance, 1800 Ben Franklin Drive, Lido Key.

George Peters

George Peters, 81, formerly of Longboat Key, died Oct. 11.

Born March 4, 1932, in Manhattan, N.Y., he grew up in Queens,

N.Y., and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Columbia University and began his career in electronic systems at ITT in Nutley, N.J. He married Betty Jean Finlay in August 1958, and the couple lived in Wayne, N.J., for 20 years.

In 1960, they bought property on Lake Champlain, Vt., and Mr. Peters designed, ordered the materials and physically built their summer home. To easily travel from New Jersey to Vermont, he purchased a Cessna and got his pilot’s license.

When they retired in 1978 to Longboat Key, they began sailing and cruised 50,000 miles in U.S. waters and the Bahamas. Later, they began traveling in an RV and visited every state on the continent and nearly every Canadian province.

Mr. Peters served as commander of the Sarasota Power Squadron and was a member of the Longboat Key Coast Guard Flotilla. The couple moved in 2006 to Plymouth Harbor.

He was serving as president of the Plymouth Harbor Residents

Association this year.

Mr. Peters is survived by his wife, B.J., who wishes to thank Dr. Mark Phillips and the staff at Smith Care Center and Tidewell Hospice.

A celebration of life will take place at 3 p.m. Nov. 8, at Plymouth Harbor. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Plymouth Harbor Employee Assistance fund, PlymouthHarbor.org, or to Sarasota Power and Sail Squadron Educational Trust Fund, sarasotaboating.org, or a nonprofit organization of your choice.

Rosemarie Mildred Wagstaff

Rosemarie Mildred Wagstaff, 71, of Plaistow, N.H., and formerly of Longboat Key, died Oct. 11.

Born Jan. 22, 1942, in Brockton, Mass., she was raised and Wagstaff educated in Middletown, R.I., and graduated from Rogers High School in the

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Longboat Island Chapel pastoral care assistant MiMi Horwitz is inviting interested individuals to join the Shifting Sands Support Group.

The group formed seven years ago to assist people who are dealing with life transitions. It provides an opportunity to discuss issues related to personal and/or health concerns; give and receive emotional, spiritual and practical support; and exchange information in a confidential setting.

The group also encourages social networking, and participants typically dine out after each session.

The group meets from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays, at Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

For information, contact Horwitz at 383-6491.

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Mrs. Wagstaff worked as a supervisor in the central files department for Wang Laboratories in Lawrence, Mass.

Mrs. Wagstaff loved cooking and entertaining for her friends and family. As a younger woman, she enjoyed raising her children and caring for her family. She defeated cancer three times but still embraced life with joy and laughter.

Mrs. Wagstaff was preceded in death by her husband, James Wagstaff Jr. She is survived by her mother, Mildred Jacome, of Middletown, R.I., daughters Sandy Silveira, of Plaistown, Tammy Wagstaff, of Sandown, N.H., and Pam Douglas, of Chester, N.H.; sister Mildred Silveira, of Middletown; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two aunts; two uncles; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

A funeral Mass will take place at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, at St. Anne’s Church, 26 Emerson Ave., Hampstead, N.H. Visit brooksidechapelfh.com to sign the online guest book.

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by Robin Hartill | News Editor

Politicians, take note. You can work together even when you disagree — as these three couples demonstrate.

Congress reached a compromise last week to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling.

But few Americans are counting on a new era of bipartisan bliss.

Still, to show it’s possible to work with someone on the other side of the aisle, we sought out three couples who disagree politically — yet still find harmony together.

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ANGELO AND CHRISTINE FURGIUELE ne tip for living with a spouse who falls on the other side of the political spectrum: Have TVs in separate rooms, like Plymouth Harbor residents Angelo and Christine Furgiuele.

Angelo, a Democrat, likes MSNBC and CNN. Christine, a Republican, doesn’t like the “talking heads.”

In 28 years of marriage, the Furgiueles haven’t influenced each other’s political beliefs.

Christine, a travel agent, remains a “true Republican” — an advocate of “less government, more individual rights and more self-reliance.”

Angelo, a retired executive for Johnson & Johnson’s international drug sales, was born to Italian immigrants who became U.S. citizens.

He grew up in the Great Depression, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was

president.

“It made me very respectful and thankful about what are commonly referred to as entitlements,” he said.

He considered the day President Barack Obama was elected to be the most significant day of his life; she voted for John McCain and Mitt Romney in the last presidential elections.

The Furgiueles disagree with each other about the underlying causes of the recent stalemate.

The advice Angelo would offer to squabbling politicians is: “You compromise and focus the bulk of your efforts on the things you agree on and set aside the things you disagree on.”

Keep doing that, and he believes the list of things they disagree on will get smaller and smaller.

Having different perspectives isn’t a problem for the Furgiueles.

“I think harmony is overrated,” Christine said. “I think it’s nice to have some differences. I’m not looking for a clone of myself.”

here’s one thing Pat Pantello doesn’t always tell her husband, even after 14-and-ahalf years of marriage.

“Sometimes Ron doesn’t know who I voted for,” she said.

She won’t say whether she voted for President Barack Obama in the last election. She voted for Bill Clinton, but only once.

Ron Pantello, however, doesn’t keep secrets from his wife about the candidate of his choice.

Ron is a Republican. The former CEO of Havas Health has been a moderate Republican his entire life.

Pat, who was a managing editor at Doubleday at the peak of her career, switched her voter registration to Independent a couple years ago after being a Democrat for most of her adult life. Originally, though, she registered as a Republican and voted for Richard Nixon.

Later, as a single woman in New York who was socially liberal and involved in many volunteer efforts, she started thinking more like a Democrat.

Politics may have grown more partisan over the years, but the Pantellos certainly haven’t.

“I think we’ve changed each other for the better,” Pat said. “Whether that upsets the Tea Party or my very liberal friends, so be it.”

“I’m a Rockefeller Republican or maybe a Chris Christie-like Republican,” Ron said. “Therefore, I’m disgusted that the Republican Party has been hijacked by right-wing radicals.”

He believes Republicans and Democrats are equally at fault for the current political state.

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When asked if he had considered becoming an Independent, like his wife, he said he’d been thinking about it.

“I probably am more of an Independent,” he said, drawing cheers from his wife.

The Pantellos talk politics every night while the TV is blaring. They watch and listen to everything from CNN to NPR to Fox News.

They don’t always agree, but they don’t get angry about a difference of opinion.

Pat offers this advice to Washington, D.C., politicians who refuse to reach out across the aisle: “If Ron and Pat can get along and talk and be responsible, they should do the same g-------- thing.”

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POLITICAL OPINION If you’re a Republican on Longboat Key, you’re in the majority. Of the island’s voters, just more than 51% are registered Republicans, while approximately 26.35% are Democrats. The remaining 22.55% of voters are registered as no party affiliation, Independents or members of another party.

PRECINCT 201 (SARASOTA COUNTY) Democrat 1,160 Republican 2,216 Other 916 Total

PRECINCT 95 (MANATEE COUNTY) 27.02% 51.63% 21.34% 4,292

Democrat 533 Republican 1,065 Other 533 Total

25.01% 49.97% 25.01% 2,131

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eorge Spoll likes to tell the story of how he effectively canceled his vote.

“Before I met Madelyn, she was really apolitical,” he says.

Madelyn Spoll says she hated politics — specifically, the politicians and all their promises. But George convinced her that voting was the right thing to do.

“Then she goes and she cancels out my vote,” he says.

George has been a Republican since he could vote, although he has cast ballots for Democrats and Independents.

He voted for John McCain and Mitt Romney in the last two presidential elections and calls himself a “very, very middle of the road Republican,” although his wife doesn’t always see him as a moderate.

She calls herself middle-of-the-road on fiscal issues but liberal on social issues.

She’s a registered Independent who voted for President Barack Obama in 2008, but didn’t check either name for president in the last election. For the other races, she voted against every incumbent.

The Spolls agreed on one thing during the recent government shutdown.

“We agree that it’s idiotic,” George says.

“We disagree on who was to blame.

“His (President Obama’s) lack of maturity and political experience, to me, is a very important part of the failure,” he said.

But, as he explains the way our leaders behaved, his wife interjects.

“Boehner was good!?” she exclaims. “He lost total control.”

Madelyn explains one of the key differences between them: Her husband argues everything logically, while she argues emotionally.

“I blame everybody,” she said. “I blame John Boehner, the Tea Partiers, the very extreme right … Politics is all about compromise.”

The Spolls agree their different perspec-

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tives on issues probably stem from having grown up in different parts of the country in different generations.

He’s a self-described Yankee who’s originally from New York, grew up in Connecticut and worked in the homebuilding industry. She’s 12 years his junior and hails from Oklahoma. She’s worked as an administrative assistant in insurance and the entertainment industry and also for an oil landman and a labor relations office.

When it comes to town politics (which are non-partisan), they usually agree (a good thing, given that George is the former mayor of Longboat Key).

“We come at it (politics) from different directions, but we came here together,” Madelyn said.

When it comes to politics, the Spolls agree to disagree.

“One of the things that’s always intrigued me about Madelyn is her different point of view,” George said.

“He knew I was independent,” Madelyn said. “But I don’t think he thought I was that independent.”

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Mote Marine throws spook-tacular event The Aquarium at Mote Marie Laboratory was filled with ninjas, pirates, princesses and more Friday, Oct. 18, for Mote’s Night of Fish, Fun and Fright.

Spooky decorations, looming ghouls and swamp monsters transformed the aquarium into a Halloween playground for kids of all ages. Families enjoyed underwater pumpkin carvings, Dr. Franklin-Fish’s Icky-Ology Lab and trick-or-treating at the event.

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BEACHES - Stunning full Gulf views! CONDO ON THE BAY - Full Sarasota LIDO REGENCY - 5th floor Remodeled with updates galore! Bay views from this 2BD/2BA 11th 2BD/2BA condo right on Lido floor, Tower I condo. $639,000 beach, with direct Gulf views!

Fully furnished 2BR/2BA condo. $675,000 Secure building. $549,000

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SEAPLACE – Expansive Gulf and PLAYERS CLUB – Experience SEAPLACE – Fully furnished, sunset views! 2BD/2BA condo with paradise with partial Gulf views 2BD/2BA top floor condo with full gorgeous furnishings included. from this 2BD/2BA condominium. Gulf views! $384,900 $525,000 $499,000

40 MILLION “THANK YOU’S” TO MY CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS FOR THEIR SUPPORT!

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by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Assistant Editor

BEACH RESIDENCES - enjoy sunrises, sunsets and city lights from this southwest corner gulf front residence. Three bedrooms. 3.5 baths,great room, formal living and dining rooms all exquistely finished and decorated. 4100 sq.ft. Pets welcome.

Offered furnished. This is a Ritz Carlton managed property....................................................................................$3,895,000 LONGBOAT KEY - charming 3/3/waterfront home privately situated across from a 7 acre preserve..........$515,000 LONGBOAT KEY - Lowest priced vacant lot on the Key. Beach access............................................................$179,000 WINDWARD BAY - Penthouse with amazing bay views, tennis, 2 pools, boat docks, deeded beach access. 2 pets allowed ...................................................................................................................................................... SOLD........$249,000 MARINA AND BAY VIEWS at Bay Harbour on the south end of LBK – just minutes to St. Armand’s Circle. 2/2 with screened porch. ................................................................................................................................................ PENDING........$275,000 LONG BEACH - Elevated Longboat Village home with 4 car garage, vaulted ceilings and lush landscaping... SOLD...$375,000 BLACKBURN POINT WOODS - Beautifully appointed maintenance free 4/3 villa with its own pool in an attractive neighborhood close to Casey Key. Amenities include tennis, community pool and clubhouse. .........................................$374,500 WINDWARD BAY BAYFRONT - corner unit with updated granite kitchen,tile floors,great views. Amenities include fitness,

Photos by Heather Merriman

tennis, pools, boat docks,beach access. Pet friendly. Furnished .................................................................. SOLD........$298,900

Damien Blumetti, first place winner in female open Jesse Bono and Brett Hendricks

WINDWARD BAY - 2/2 with expansive view of Sarasota Bay. Community amenities include 2 pools, tennis,clubhouse, boat

Longboat Triathlon draws more than 400 attendees

docks and deeded beach access. 2 pets allowed. ...........................................................................PENDING........ $257,900 BOBBIE BANAN, REALTOR® 356-2659 • 383-2659

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St. Armands Circle, Sarasota, FL (941) 388-4447

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Top 1% Producer in Real Estate Sales for Sarasota & Manatee County!

REID MURPHY Luxury on the Water

The sun had barely risen but participants in the Longboat Key Triathlon and Duathlon Race Series were starting their first waves of the race at the Longboat Key Club Sunday, Oct. 20.

The triathlon was the international race in a triathlon series that hosted a spring race in May. Point Series Awards were

determined after the race, based on the scores from both the May 5 Sprint and the Oct. 20 International distance.

Chris Pyhel placed first overall in the series, as well as first in male open. Jesse Bono placed first in female open, and fifth overall in the series.

Lisa Buohler and Rachel Chambers

Kevin Doris and Mark Doris

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941.232.3304

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BEACH FRONT ESTATE

100 Feet Gulf Front Estate Plus Guest House Beach, sunsets and superb privacy .

$3,795,000

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5BR custom family home w/dock for 50’ boat.

SANDERLING ON SIESTA - Rare over one acre 200’ gulf front estate in a private gated community. $5,500,000

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MEDITTERANEAN BAYFRONT ESTATE $8,700,000 BAYFRONT POINT 4BR ESTATE $7,650,000 5BR 10,000 sq. ft. masterpiece. Views plus dock.

One private acre+ separate guest house. Boat docks.

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COUNTRY CLUB SHORES $2,495,000 4BR custom home w/designer finishes. Deepwater dock w/lift.

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

WATER CLUB - Direct Gulf front 3,400sf 3BR furnished condo in a premier complex. A3957287 $2,500,000

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES - Remodeled canal front 4BR residence on an oversize lot. A3975981 $1,695,000

440 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228 Office 941.383.7591 | Mobile 941.928.3559 | SarasotasFinestProperties.com 123267

LIGHTHOUSE POINT CUSTOM HOME $3,850,000 Exquisite 5,000 SF waterfront 4BR home w/ dock.

RITZ BEACH RESIDENCES - Elegantly designed 3,300sf 3BR condo with a large terrace. A3981649 $2,795,000 se n Hou

SLEEPY LAGOON BAYSIDE ESTATE $2,550,000 Approximately 2 acres, gated drive, tennis, deepwater dock.

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HIDEAWAY BAY HOME $1,995,000 Fishing pier, lift & dock on Sailboat water w/ exceptional bay views.

BAY ISLES - Spectacular 2011 built 4BR home, a must-see for its extraordinary beauty & design details. A3969494 $3,550,000

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MARINA TOWER DOWNTOWN SARASOTA $1,499,000

Grand Bay II - Stunning Views Sunrises and sunsets from this beautifully furnished two bedroom plus den apartment at Grand Bay with gorgeous water views. Includes two valuable garage spaces.

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Whispering Sands - Siesta Key Amazing Sunsets from this Southwest corner 2BR/2BA furnished beach front residence completely renovated directly on one of Siesta Key’s most $785,000 unique beaches.

ING Exciting city living in this gorgeous townhome. 3,890 square feet with 3BR/3.5BA and dramatic interiors and views. Two garage parking spaces and excellent amenities.

islands west - direct gulf front

Tammie Chamberlain with Skyler and Sydney Chojnacki

Islands West - Direct Gulf Front Completely remodeled furnished two bedroom, two bath apartment on the 11th floor with endless Gulf views. Wood floors, granite kitchen and baths. Gorgeous! $989,000

ISLANDS WEST DIRECT GULF FRONT

Siesta Cove - Waterfront Short Sale An incredible opportunity to live in a premier neighborhood, on a superb waterfront lot in a gorgeous 4,869 SF home. Open waterfront $1,805,000 views.

Country Club Shores - Direct Bay Front Lovely 3,700+ SF waterfront home at the end of a cul-de-sac with 3 bedrooms plus study/4th bedroom, stunning open Bay views, infinity-edge pool and two $3,500,000 car garage.

On the Gulf - Longboat Key Gated privacy on 1.69 acres directly on the Gulf of Mexico.

10,000SF, 7BR/6.5BA with attached guest wing, plus 5,000 air-conditioned SF of play $9,400,000 and storage area.

Phillippi Landings - Water Front Value!

Turnkey furnished 2BR+ den/2BA Penthouse level apartment originally purchased for $773,100 includes private single car garage and premium deeded boat $419,000 dock.

Ringling Pointe - Museum Area 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. $3,490,000

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Chris Pyhel, who won first place in the overall race, and John Atkins

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Below pre-construction price! Best downtown price per SF of 3,751. 6th floor corner furnished apartment with gleaming wood floors 3BR + Den/3BA. 2 terraces for beautiful sunsets.

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By Robin Hartill | News Editor

Photo courtesy of USF Sarasota-Manatee

Mote mascot Gilly the Shark, Dr. Arthur Guilford, regional chancellor of USFSM, Dr. Michael Crosby, president and CEO of Mote, and USFSM mascot Rocky D. Bull.

+ Conde Nast Traveler recognizes Key Club The Resort at Longboat Key Club was recognized as the No. 12 resort in Florida in Conde Nast Traveler’s 2013 Reader’s Choice Awards in the “Top 40 Florida Resorts” category.

The Key Club received a score of 89.0 out of a possible 100.

The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota earned the No. 28 spot, with a score of 85.1.

+ Partnership aims to advance STEM careers Mote Marine Laboratory and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee (USFSM) celebrated the recent completion of new teaching labs that are now in use at an Oct. 17 ribbon-cutting ceremony.

At the ceremony, USFSM also announced the upcoming launch

of its new Bachelor of Science degree in biology in fall 2014.

Mote and USFSM partnered four years ago to create new opportunities for local students and prepare them for careers in science, technology, education and math (STEM) and a variety of life sciences.

Willis A. Smith Construction oversaw the buildout of the 4,600-square-foot space that includes biology and chemistry labs and a student-teaching area.

Fawley Bryant designed the labs.

Each lab has 26 individual student stations served by laboratory gases and snorkels and full teaching stations.

The partnership with Mote opens doors for faculty mentoring, internships and undergraduate research that integrates teaching concepts and skills with scientific practice in a way normally reserved for graduate programs, according to a news release.

real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Three-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $2,375,000 The following residential real estate transactions took place between Oct. 7 and Oct. 11.

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Thomas and April Pampalone, of Sarasota, sold their home at 582 S. Spoonbill Drive to Charles and Charlotte Bimba, of Sarasota, for $2,375,000. Built in 1965, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,241 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.2 million in 2008.

Longboat Harbour Towers

Jack Hendler sold his PH-2 condominium at 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Edward and Sharren Raimonde, of Acworth, Ga., for $938,000. Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,957 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $738,500 in 2004.

Westchester

U.S. Bank, trustee, sold the Unit 103 condominium at 4835 Gulf of Mexico Drive to James Jezewski and Lisa Jezewski, trustees, of Randolph, N.J., for $375,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,393 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $496,900 in April.

Fairway Bay Louis

Bevilacqua,

trustee,

Heather Merriman

This home at 582 S. Spoonbill Drive has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,241 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,375,000. of Sarasota, sold the Unit 1104 condominium at 1922 Harbourside Drive to Scot McKee, of Bershire, United Kingdom, for $365,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,330 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $500,000 in 2006.

Longboat Arms

Joan Minot, of Redding, Conn., sold her Unit 301D condominium at 3330 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Peter and Nicole Gebhardt, of Wedel, Germany, for $325,000. Built in 1971, it has two bedrooms, two baths and

1,362 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $26,000 in 1972.

LIDO KEY

L’Elegance on Lido Beach

Catherine Cheton and Debra Gaston, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the Unit A-604 condominium at 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Neil and Penelope Manasse, of Albany, N.Y., for $1.2 million. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,230 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.45 million in 2008.

LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

618 Bayview Dr #A3982183 $899,000 Eileen Burke

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-266-8949

6338 Laguna Dr #A3957942 $719,000 Audrey Singer

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

1 Ben Franklin Dr # 55 #A3977180 $689,000 Douglas Parks

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

2425 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 12C #A3986137 $669,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-6673

1241 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 402 #A3957287 $2,500,000 Michael Moulton

2333 Harbour Oaks Dr # 2333 #A3986140 $629,000 Jenifer Schwell

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

707 S Gulfstream Ave # 408 #A3975825 $625,000 Stephanie Church

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

1000 Longboat Club Rd # 1003 #A3974667 $549,000 Bruce & Jenine Meyer

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

1100 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 412 #A3983820 $548,900 Barbara Najmy

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-383-7591

888 Blvd Of The Arts # 406 #A3981731 $529,000 Audrey Singer

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-383-7591

578 Bayview Dr #A3978163 $515,000 Bobbi Banan

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

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1000 Longboat Club Rd # 603 #A3968910 $499,500 Catherine De’Ath

1281 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 1104 #A3963869 $1,995,000 Hannerle Moore

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-350-9799

230 Sands Point Rd # 3302 #A3985776 $459,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

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

448 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A305 #A3965898 $440,000 Diana Kryszak

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-993-4078

1770 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 206 #A3986006 $420,000 David Simon

Sarasota 941-388-4447 248-342-3551

1930 Harbourside Dr # 124 #A3982406 $359,900 Saint Cacchiotti

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-809-0787

615 Dream Island Rd # 306 #A3969421 $349,000 Barbara Dumbaugh

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-350-3743

225 Sands Point Rd # 6204 #A3985969 $349,000 Terri Derr

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-356-6694

2039 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 204 #A3972416 $330,000 Tom Delaney

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-3990

5120 Treesdale Ct #A3979195 $329,000 Brigitte Von Kessel

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-266-2174

4400 Exeter Dr # 202 #A3983983 $305,000 Sharon Freeman

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-545-0899

LONGBOAT OBSERVER

BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Oct. 11 through Oct. 17, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address

Permit

Applicant

3440 Bayou Sound

Spa

Theodore Prospect

$58,000

Seawall

David Cohen

$30,000

3390 GMD

Sliding glass door

William Bishop

$20,728

640 Rountree Drive

Alteration

Burton Borgelt

$15,000

755 El Centro

Alteration

Susan Carlson

$15,000

680 Broadway

Re-roof

Barry Rookes

$14,500

707-715 El Centro

Re-roof

Bryant Hall

$10,500

675 Penfield St.

Re-roof

Wallyscall LLC

$12,500

3540 Mistletoe Lane

Shutters

Paul Giusti

4401 GMD

Shutters

Charles Closser Jr.

$8,840

7115 Longboat Drive N.

Re-roof

Mark Cahill

$7,075

541 Putting Green Lane

Kitchen

John Curp

$5,600

4234 GMD

Windows

Veryl Cisco

$2,590

673 Dream Island Road

Pilings

John Vinson

$2,435

6568 Gulfside Road

Alteration

Advanta Ira Services LLC $1,077

7119 Longboat Drive E.

Doors

Gail Condrick

3314 Sabal Cove Lane

Certificate of occupancy

John Teller

3448 Mistletoe Lane #A3975530 Diann Thelen

9200 Midnight Pass Rd # 14 #A3975968 $198,500 Marcia Salkin

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-228-8580

Siesta Key 941-383-7591 941-376-6121

Longboat Key $10,000-$12,500/mth, 30 day min 941-552-4200

4401 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 105 Longboat Key #A3968824 $3,500-$5,500/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

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$9,022.55

277 S Polk Dr #A3959723 $2,475,000 Phyllis Garfinkel

Lido/St. Armands 941-951-6660 941-302-6400

$1,000 N/A

4340 Falmouth Dr # 304 #A3979534 $239,000 Marianne Lebar

1281 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 703 #A3982353 $1,849,000 Julie Jordan

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-388-4447

128 Golden Gate Pt # 202A #A3978317 $1,595,000 Peggy Mock

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

101 Ben Franklin Dr # 9N #A3980634 $1,518,000 Douglas Parks

Lido Key 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

572 Gunwale Ln #A3980750 $1,499,000 Jenifer Schwell

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

213 N Polk Dr #A3938053 $1,495,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

1330 Main St # 6 #A3966012 $1,489,000 Audrey Singer

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-383-7591

3349 Sabal Cove Way, Bay Isles #A3971449 $1,175,000 Judy Nimz

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-374-0196

210 Sands Point Rd # 2702 #A3978290 $960,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

3524 Fair Oaks Ln #A3970247 $895,000 Michael Yawitz

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-587-8091

1800 Benjamin Franklin Dr # B308 #A3977399 $849,000 David Simon

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

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-650-0337

6750 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 152 #A3985987 $189,000 Cathy Meldahl

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-724-7228

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4380 Exeter Dr # 102H #A3976328 $275,000 Richard Perlman

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

RE N TA L

3804 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 106 #A3980741 $227,000 Sandi Layfield

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-545-0899

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513 Yawl Lane

4540 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 202 #A3979332 $279,900 Sharon Freeman

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165 Tyler Dr #A3952310 Diann Thelen

Sarasota $875-$1,950/week, 7 day min0 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 5362 Sandhamn Pl #A3985643 $3,400,000 Connie Lyke Brown Pa

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

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-951-6660

White Sands of Longboat whitesandsoflongboat.com 800.230.2428

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Veranda Beach Club verandabeachclub.com 800.411.5511

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TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, Oct. 15

84

68

96 (1925)

47 (1977)

Wednesday, Oct. 16

82

70

93 (1989)

52 (1977)

Thursday, Oct. 17

85

69

94 (1925)

49 (1943)

Friday, Oct. 18

87

71

93 (1989)

44 (1977)

Saturday, Oct. 19

87

73

92 (1959)

47 (1977)

Sunday, Oct. 20

87

74

91 (2005)

46 (1996)

Monday, Oct. 21

86

72

91 (1973)

46 (1964)

Average Gulf water temperature: 81

MOON PHASES Oct. 26 Last

SUNRISE / SUNSET

Sunrise

Sunset

Thursday, Oct. 24

7:36a

6:54p

Friday, Oct. 25

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6:53p

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Saturday, Oct. 26

7:37a

6:52p

Sunday, Oct. 27

7:38a

6:51p

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Monday, Oct. 28

7:38a

6:51p

Tuesday, Oct. 29

7:39a

6:50p

Wednesday, Oct. 30

7:40a

6:49p

Nov. 17 Full

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77 To whom a Muslim prays Type of urban 78 7-Eleven worker growth 79 Nut on a wheel Bled in the wash 81 It’s tender to the The Fishes of the Japanese zodiac 82 Absorb Nautical pronoun 84 “Positively!”

Medicated lozenge 86 Not of the clergy Number before 89 Airport posting “Liftoff!”

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Die spot 92 Alexander the “I promise” Great’s teacher Opposite direction 97 Places for making of WSW soaps?

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32 One available for future reference?

35 Missile used in the Gulf War 38 Puerto ___ 40 Give careful attention to 42 Horace wrote many 44 Drink, as hot tea 45 Suspicious 46 Young cod 47 Female part of a flower 49 Manny Machado is one 50 Decline, as health 52 Little Labrador 54 Copier paper order 58 Reduced, as tensions 59 Trumpeter’s noise 60 “Great minds think ___” 62 “100 Years ... 100 Movies” org.

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Autos Wanted WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale 45’ BOAT Slip for rent: Longboat Key Moorings.

941-812-3395 BOAT SLIP for sale. Boathouse, S. LBK, fully enclosed, top level, S.W. corner, will accommodate 32/ft. boat. Make an offer. Mark, 941-383-4381 bradtma@yahoo.com BOAT SLIP: bottom level. Make an offer. Dry storage, well managed, 25' length 7.2' height 8.5' beam. South Longboat Key, attached to great restaurant. Call now!!!! Richard, 941-383-7011.

BOATHOUSE ON LBK. High and dry storage, second level. Must sell. Bargain, $20,000.

317-431-9253.

LONGBOAT KEY: Indoor boat slip for rent. Top Level, 30/ft. length x 8/ft 6” beam x 9/ft. 10” height. 941-806-8500.

Boats Boats are selling very well, 85 this year. Gearing Up For Season, Buying Boats. Reputable/ Local 18 Year Resident. I do “Business on a Handshake” Please visit: www.Islandboatsales.net Buy-Sell-Consign-Donate Call Dave, (owner) 941-228-3489.

ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232 SAILBOAT: 20/FT. 1990/95 COM-PAC, (Hutchins) 9/3, 8HP Honda, with 27 hours, fully equipped, like new, $6900 O/B/O. Must see. 941-383-3337.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE Friday, October 25, 8:45a.m. – 3:00p.m.

1003 93rd St. NW Hawthorne Park 7 pieces of Louis Vuitton luggage, Francis I sterling set, Baccarat stemware sets, queen bed set, Herbie Rose painting, living room sofa, lamps, orchids & other plants, Cable Nelson baby grand 1928 piano, bakers rack, wine rack, area rugs, Florida style king bed set & dining table with server, desk chair, pants press, generator, 2 patio sets, nice Weber grill, bed & bath linens & kitchen.

Sale by Julie McClure Pix: estatesales.net FLEA MARKET. Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

Saturday, October 26, 10a.m.-5p.m. & Sunday, October 27, 10a.m.-4p.m. For info: 954-4165.

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National Company looking for the following Consumer Product Sales Associate: • Southern Territory • Calling on Resort and Retail- Gift Shops, Retail, Surf Shops, Hotels, etc.

• Reporting to the Vice President of Sales • Organized, Multi Tasking, Sales oriented person with knowledge of the territory Contacts a Plus Fax Resume to: 310-457-9811 or e-mail to vseremet@sbsglobal.org

General Merchandise

Condos/Apts. For Rent

THRIFT SHOP: Longboat Island Chapel, 6140 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Open Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays, 9a.m.-1p.m.

Volunteers welcome! 941-383-6491.

LBK: SANDS POINT 1BR/2BA, annual, unfurnished. Non-smoking, No Pets. $2000/month.

941-383-3702

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

Personals ADOPTION: CARING and understanding Teacher and Physician Assistant promise unconditional love and education to child. Expenses paid. Sandy and Clint, 1-800-968-9851. www.sandyclintadopt.com.

FL Bar #0474835.

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

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

Help Wanted PART TIME Guest Liaison for beach resort on Longboat Key needed. Must have excellent customer skills, good verbal and written communication/ phone skills required. E-mail: kamilawnowak@gmail.com

Condos/Apts. For Rent BEACHPlACE, lBk. Casual beachfront living in 2BR/2BA, balcony condo. Olympic pool, health club, tennis courts. Available June through December, $2000/mo. Also available January through March, $5000/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

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

Furnished, heated pool, covered parking. 1 mo. min. 941-383-3338.

LONGBOAT KEY - FAIRWAY BAY - Two level townhouse available January-April. 2 master bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, two month min/max., no pets. Beautifully furnished. Pool, tennis and exercise room, private beach access. Call 303.440.7009 or 720.440.1779.

WANTED TO RENT: LBK, Condo, Gulf Front/ Full View, washer/dryer, senior couple. Call Bob, (860)919-7823.

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Go to: www.yourmarketupdate.com LBK CONDO: turnkey, for sale by owner.

2BR/2BA, 2nd floor unit overlooking the Bay, nicely furnished. $270,000. John, 352-751-4343.

For Qualified Waiting Clients Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356 email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available WANTED: 2-3BR house/condo. Prefer unfurnished 1+ year lease. LBK resident. 941-383-0007.

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals 3 BEDROOM Longboat Key beach rental.

Seasonal ($3200/mo. includes tax) or Annual (1900/mo). Across from private beach. Garage.

Unobstructed views beach and sunsets. Updated, patio, fully furnished, 55+. 941-232-1357.

A BEACHPLACE LBK Condo. Beachfront, 2BR/2BA. Elegantly furnished, internet access, heated pool, covered parking, exercise room.

Available December, 2013 & February, March, May, June, 2014. Non-smoking/ pets. By owner.

941-383-1884.

DIRECT GULFFRONT: 2BR/2BA, LBK condo.

New kitchen, washer and dryer, pool, tennis court. Available June though September, 2014.

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Homes For Rent TROPICAL PARADISE on St. Armands: 3BR/2BA, fireplace, formal living room, Florida room, 2 blocks from the Circle and beaches. Annual rental: $2300/mo. +utilities. All other services included.

941-228-1984.

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

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

LONGBOAT KEY. 3BR/2BA furnished house on canal. Sleeps 6. Internet, cable, pool, lanai.

No smoking/ pets. Available January 1-March 31, three month minimum, $7000 per month. By owner.

917-705-8166.

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SPACIOUS AND Stunning Luxury on Sarasota Bay. You could toss a pebble from the window into the water (but you wouldn’t). Lawrence Pointe 2BR plus office, 2.5BA, 2200+ sq. ft. Completely renovated 2011; beautifully furnished and equipped.

Walk to downtown, St. Armands, Van Wezel.

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DOGGY HOTEL/GROOMING. 24 Hour Daycare.

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‘LEAD AN INTERESTING LIFE’ Sarasota actress Ann Morrison is more ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ than the orphan Annie.

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“I just do my life and somehow a paycheck comes to me,” Ann Morrison says about her interesting and fulfilling life. “According to America’s standards, I must be poor, but I think I’m very rich.”

nn Morrison is a storyteller.

A conversation with the veteran stage actress quickly transpires into a solo performance. Two minutes in, and the 57-year-old already launches into a hilarious monologue about how she’s a nude model for Ringling College of Art and Design.

She laughs and mimics an artist: “I gotta get that shading under the saggy breast just right.”

Another laugh.

“You’re supposed to be quiet, and every once in a while I’ll start singing,” she says. “My mind talks. A monkey mind — it’s nonstop mind chatter.”

And then the next 20 minutes go by.

Morrison goes on an energetic tangent, speaking like a butterfly moves. She stays on one flower just long enough to get the idea across before moving on to the next. She tells of everything from her sabbatical to the Scottish Fairy Glen where she scattered her parents’ ashes to telling about her late, best friend, Linda Blom, an actress and writer who inspired Morrison to do and be more, and it just happens that Blom had Down’s syndrome.

And, like butterflies, she’s captivating to watch — she acts out all of these stories. One later learns that pieces of all of these stories are related to her solo work she writes and performs. Her writing comes from her life.

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Morrison is a Sarasota-based actress with a more than 35-year career spanning Broadway, OffBroadway and London West End stages — details she tends to downplay.

“Broadway is just community theater with loads of money,” she says with a smile.

These days, her focus is on writing and performing solo work.

Morrison had heard about Hermitage Artist Retreat, the venue that nurtures artists’ creativity by providing an inspiring environment from which to live and work for more than a month. But she thought that locals could never go there.

And then, the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County recognized her work as a local playwright and performer by granting her the John Ringling Towers Award in 2010. The opportunity to go to Hermitage Artist Retreat is open to locals who win this particular award. She split her visit into two parts throughout 2012.

“On the first day, I didn’t get anything done,” she laughs. “I just stared out the window and thought, ‘How does anyone work here?’”

But, by that evening Morrision accomplished the second installment of a three-part solo performance series that revolves around her Celtic heritage. It’s called “Movements of a Modron.”

The first part of her retreat was the beginning of summer when turtles were laying their eggs. She’d

IF YOU GO Artists of Our Time: Ann Morrison When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 Where: Historic Asolo Theater, 5401 Bay Shore Road Cost: Tickets $5. Free for members and same-day museum ticket holders Info: Call 360-7399 Ann Morrison in the 1981 Broadway debut of “Merrily We Roll Along.”

Morrison in Asolo Repertory Theatre’s 2008 production of “Murderers.”

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Morrison wins the John Ringling Tower Award in 2010.

When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31; 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4; and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5

A few ways Morrison has lived an interesting life: • Morrison co-founded Kaleidoscope Theatre with executive director of the Hermitage, Bruce Rodgers. It’s a program to help developmentally disabled teens and adults create art.

• In November, Morrison won Best Actress for her piece “Linda Lovely Goes to Broadway” at the United Solo Festival. The other piece she wrote, “Trevor’s Fire,” was directed by her good friend, Blake Whalton. It won Best take daily morning walks, during which she met the sea-turtle volunteers who taught her about turtle tracks. Every day following, she’d see tracks and excitedly report them to the volunteers.

Her second part of the retreat was when the turtles began hatching. She’d find baby turtles struggling to get out of the nest, pick them up, put them in the water and fight off the seagulls. Of course, she acts out this whole story.

“We’d work and work and work,” she says of the two or three other

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• Morrison is fascinated with Druids and Celtic mythology.

She based the first solo play she ever wrote and performed in Sarasota, “Discourse of a Maid,” around this enamor.

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• Morrison is a death walker. This is a Native American shaman term for someone who walks another person through the process of dying.

• Morrison decided to take a sabbatical to Scotland. A believer in Celtic mythology, including fairies, she wanted to find the Fairy Glen in which to scatter

• Morrison has starred in Broadway productions “Lovemusik” and “Merrily We Roll Along”; in OffBroadway productions “Forbidden Broadway” and “Goblin Market”; and in London’s West End’s “Peg.”

artists also in residence. In the evenings, they’d cook supper, sit out with a glass of wine and share their artwork.

“When you’re creating, it’s lonely,” she says. “Solo work is intimate and vulnerable, but you’re with a bunch of other artists in the same boat and you have to let go — it was a beautiful experience.”

Morrison thrives on the cooperative experience. In fact, if she had to boil her whole life, career and works down to one pot — it’d be explained by how she grew up. Her

father, Donald, taught visual and performing arts at Booker High School; her mother, Lizzi, did everything but sing; her sister, Sara, became a classical actress turned arts worker; and her late brother, Chris, was a photographer.

Morrison remembers her whole family working on her sister’s college art class project. Each family member chose a sculpture and had to describe that sculpture in art on-camera: their mom did a painting, poem and choreographed a dance about it; their

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“I was under the impression that the world was about collaboration and cooperation, and when I finally went off to New York I was devastated to find out about the other c-word — competition,” she says.

But competition isn’t why she downplays her stage career. It’s because everything she does is interesting.

In fact, when Morrison teaches master classes to students aspiring to live a full career like her own, she passes along a piece of advice actress Jane Lapotaire once told her, “Lead an interesting life!”

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Maxwell VanHoeij, 10, lives in Tallahassee; Chloe Hollands, 15, attends Manatee High School; Cypress Potter, 13, attends Haile Middle School

Salome Lachambre, 13, attends Laurel Nokomis

Young Sarasota violinists put the ‘super’ in Super Strings Twenty-five aspiring violinists play a Vivaldi solo from memory.

Proud parents stand in the corner snapping photos and videos. The youngest, age 10, hasn’t started middle school, and the eldest is deciding where she will study violin in college. These students make up the PMP/Suncoast Super Strings program.

The ensemble tunes its instruments, plays an A minor scale (the

key the solo is in) and finally plays together Saturday, Oct. 19, filling the music wing of Booker Middle School with a booming and energetic sound. The stand-in director, last year’s Sarasota County Teacher of the Year, Victor Fernandez, is impressed and pleased.

Fernandez is the stand-in director for two workshops, but he will pass the baton Jan. 2. The students will then play under the direction

of renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman during the PMP Sarasota Winter Residency. More than 30 other young musicians in the PMP String Orchestra will join them in concert.

The Perlman Music Program/ Suncoast initiated this program, in its first year, as a way to encourage the mentoring and performance of young students from this community.

Victor Fernandez works with the 11th and 12th grade students on ensemble and tempo.

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Ladd helps students perform moving work Weird sounds are coming from the Ruby Allen Studio. It’s 9 p.m. on a Wednesday. Every room in FSU Center for the Performing Arts is dark, except for one. Abnormal, deep-voiced moaning, angered yelping, high-pitched whirring, flirtatious wooing, and operatic caws are haunting the fluorescent-lit studio on the third floor. But, these sounds are par for students of FSU/Asolo Conservatory — it’s just another rehearsal with movement-anddancer professor Eliza Ladd.

Ladd is one of the rare New York City natives who has evolved from one art form to another in her diverse career: percussion to solo acting work; singing to writing; dancing to spiritual practice training; teaching to visual art making; and any combination of the above. The Harvard-educated 47-year-old has settled on teaching and creating multidisciplinary performances that involve all of those things.

This particular evening, the interim professor is working with nine of the 12 second-year students to help them characterize their roles for upcoming “The School for Lies” production. It’s early in the rehearsal process.

Ladd works from a school of acting that involves “freeing the instrument,” which means allowing actors to tap into an authentic, emotional and organic place, by freeing them from habit. It’s experimental.

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“Words are one of the layers — there are a lot of other layers,” Eliza Ladd says. Here she works with students to free their instruments.

For instance, the graduate students act “narrow,” “wide,” “backward” and “forward.” They take on id-like creatures. For “forward,” one student is bent over at the waist, arms extended from the head and feet pointed inward, moving in quick small steps while saying “mew, mew, mew” in the upper range of his voice. It’s his expression of for-

ward.

“I am cultivating a sense that they can express big and experience big by exploding their bodies, their feelings and their literal physical expressions out,” she says.

Ladd calls it “harvesting seeds.” The actors then select pieces or details of these big movements and narrow them

down to smaller traits that he or she will embody when playing his or her character. “‘The School for Lies’ has some big feelings,” Ladd says.

“There are big characters in it, and to house big characters, you have to have actors who can let themselves be big.”

Brian Owen, in acting “narrow,” twists the trunk of his body

and steps his feet across each other on angles. From this, he hones the bigness down to an ants-in-his-pants-esque trait for his character, Philinte, in “The School for Lies.”

Ladd explains that characters have a particular way they want to influence what happens in a story, and it can be communicated through the choices an actor makes, not just the script.

“I’m helping them be conscious with their choices,” she says.

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Young Sarasotans enjoy fun and cultured evening Sarasota Opera House was the place to be Saturday, Oct. 19.

Young, stylishly dressed Sarasotans headed to the Sarasota Culture Collective kick-off party.

The intimate group of more than 80 attendees enjoyed a full bar and light bites, while DJ Solo entertained.

Then, the trendy guests made their way to their seats where they were treated to a preview of the season to come. Sarasota Ballet dancer Danielle Brown performed Dominic Walsh’s contemporary and sultry “Dying Swan” in a backless dress. Then Sara-

sota Opera Studio Artists Jennifer Townshend and Jon Jurgens previewed the upcoming comedic operetta, “Die Fledermaus.”

At the party’s end, guests weren’t ready to leave. They extended the night at Selva Grill.

Eventually all parted ways, and the new friends will meet again at the next Sarasota Culture Collective function: Sarasota Ballet’s “Balanchine & Ashton” Nov. 23, at Sarasota Opera House, with a pre-show event starting at 6:30 p.m. To learn more about Sarasota Culture Collective, visit ThisWeekInSarasota.com.

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There’s no doubt about it — hearing chamber music in a chamber is the way to go.

Unlike the austerity of a concert hall with hundreds, if not thousands, of seats, the warmth a private home gives to a recital or small ensemble concert is the right setting. In fact, it’s the setting most composers of this rich repertoire envisioned when they wrote the music.

The Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota usually presents its performances in the intimate space of the Historic Asolo, the charming Italian renaissance hall that was reconstructed here in Sarasota and is a beautiful setting for this kind of music. But, even better is the Weisenborne/Fischer residence, with its trio of grand pianos, two pipe organs — yes, pipe organs — and space for about 50 people on chairs and couches to hear recitals the way they were meant to be heard.

Sunday afternoon, violist Stephanie Block and pianist Yi-Fang Huang treated us to an appealing program of challengingly virtuosic music spanning the 19thand 20th- centuries. By the way, if Block and Huang sound familiar, Courtesy photos it’s because they’ve Stephanie Block both performed in the Sarasota Music Festival, during which Lee Dougherty Ross, artistic director of the Artist Series Concerts, heard them. She hired them to return to town for this special recital. Good thing, too — they’re spectacular performers.

The 19-year-old violist, who is as proficient and poised a speaker as she is a musician,

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When Grace and Mason are behind closed doors, we glean insight into their own lessthan-perfect pasts. Although Mason has reached a level of resolve, Grace’s emotional wounds are bubbling just beneath the surface of her façade. She’s masterful at helping others but powerless in helping herself.

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and the excellent pianist led us adroitly through four pieces of music starting with three selections from Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet,” arranged for viola and piano by Vadim Borisovsky, who was a violist in the Moscow Conservatory’s Beethoven Quartet in the last century.

To my ears, Borisovsky’s arrangement, especially of Juliet’s sprightly theme played on the viola, was like hearing a soprano aria sung by a baritone, turning the nimble teenager into a mature woman who’d put on a few pounds over the years. Still, Block and Huang played it beautifully, with the pianist lending solid support to the violist’s rich, large sound.

Yes, there were a few slips in the viola’s intonation, especially when she played sul ponticello (using the bow on the bridge of her instrument). But this is a small point because, overall, the playing was superb.

Vieuxtemps’ “Elegy” showed the duo off better, allowing them to play long, luxurious legato lines and still breathe in all the right places. Brahms’ Sonata in E-flat had all the romantic, stunning sound the composer, who was intensely fond of the viola, infused into his music. Think of Brahms, and think rich and warm. Block’s tone is all that and more, and she has a virtuoso’s way of plowing into the depths of her instrument to bring out all the passion Brahms asks for without any instrumental mugging or arrogance.

Finally, as something of an encore, the duo played the “Tango,” an arrangement by Efrem Zimbalist Sr. (the violinist, not his son, the actor), of music by Sarasate. Here, both Block and Huang were able to dig into the guts of the music with the violist, especially, sounding like a sexy Carmen who sings on the lower strings.

We don’t often get to hear viola recitals and, while there may be a lot of viola jokes out there, her playing is no joke at all. We hope she and Huang, who also plays the viola when not sitting at the piano, will stick together as a Duo. And we look forward to hearing them back in Sarasota, perhaps in a return to the Sarasota Music Festival.

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SARASOTA GETS CRABBY If stone-crab season is like Florida’s Christmas, then Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant is the North Pole.

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“The phone rings off the wall,” Alan Moore says before imitating the excited patrons. “‘What day are you going to have them? What time are you going to have them? Are you going to have them the first day?’” He checks some traps he put off the dock by the restaurant (right).

lan Moore of Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant slips up.

“On Christmas Day …” he says, quickly noticing his mistake. “I mean, the first day of stone crab season.”

The error makes sense.

“It is like Christmas Day,” he says of the yearly Oct. 15 start of stone-crab season.

The phones ring nonstop.

Hoards of Sarasotans and tourists make the pilgrimage to Longboat Key. The quiet, peacock-laden, clapboard-housefilled, historic Longbeach Village bustles beginning Oct. 15. The waterfront restaurant, which is open limited hours just four days a week in the off season, opens daily. A normally quiet dining room is full of patrons donning bibs.

Santa Claus, who in this scenario is a tall and laidback Moore, can be seen hustling around the restaurant delivering claws to good boys and girls. Like Santa, he doesn’t sleep the night before the big day. And, instead of cookies, you might find him pulling a steaming hot claw from the cooker and indulging — for quality-testing purposes, of course.

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// FOOD&COOKING on the Gulf Coast of Florida in the late ’40s. Jack Moore and his wife ran seafood markets. And in the late ’60s, Moore’s late father, Pete; mother, Mary; and late uncle, Hughey Moore, built what is now the oldest familyowned restaurant on Longboat Key. Moore says it’s the oldest in Manatee County. Currently, Moore, his brother, Paul, and stepbrother Robert Hicks own it — and have run the staple for 20-plus years.

It’s the week before stonecrab season begins, and Moore ambles in a little before 4 p.m., donning a black short-sleeved button-down with an appropriate fish-and-crab print. He’s drinking tea from a mug with the restaurant’s big red crab logo. Moore says he spends the off-season fixing up the building, and he will occasionally get out on the water himself.

He remembers being on his dad’s boat as a child, pulling traps and getting pinched by crabs — back then, they had to pull the traps by hand. But Paul Moore was always more of a crabber, and Moore and Hicks ran the restaurant side of things.

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Top: Stone Crabs get pulled right from the steamer. This is Moore's favorite time to eat them. being on the water, don’t have to answer to anybody and just have to pull traps.”

He becomes slightly downcast, and explains one of his longtime Bradenton-based crabbers — Michael J. O’Leary — died last month. Moore went to high school with him.

It speaks to the deep roots at Moore’s. And, with that history, comes a carefully honed knowledge of the product. Moore says that’s why Moore’s does it the best in the area. His family has put the time into developing their knowledge.

For instance, he has his crabbers take the water temperature where each crab is pulled. The crabs are then cooked according

to the water temperature. And, the claws are removed from the ice and washed daily to prevent any spoils. It’s a careful science.

The catch is pretty steady year to year — he doesn’t remember any particularly bad or good years. Although some articles reported that last year was a “bad season” for stone crabs, Moore reports that it wasn’t bad — there just wasn’t a variety in the size of claws. They were mostly medium-sized.

He’s not worried.

“It’s cyclical,” he says.

This season, he says the catching is a little slower here and in the Everglades, but that it’s good up North — and he expects that with a few cold fronts, it will pick

up in the next couple of weeks.

But he has observed an unprecedented occurrence in his 48 years in the industry.

“There are no medium claws to be found, which is very, very odd,” he says.

Usually, in a 100-pound load, he’ll have 50% medium claws, 30% large and 20% jumbo. This year he’s seeing 60% large and 40% jumbo claws.

It increased the market price slightly, but people didn’t seem to mind the pricing. They still arrived in legions. And Santa always delivers.

“It’ll shake out,” he says. “The crabs (we’re getting) are beautiful; they’re fresh; and everybody loves them.”

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What’s it taste like?

This crab claw tastes like a cross between Maine lobster and Maryland blue crab. The mild slightly salty and sweet crab has a distinctive, meaty texture that’s flaky (not firm like a lobster).

Moore says some Northeasterners only eat warm crabs with butter sauce, and, because the customer is always right, he’ll serve it that way upon request.

But, the best way to eat it is cold with mustard sauce.

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Alan Moore will gladly share his top-secret family recipe for mustard sauce. He quickly rattles off the ingredients: It calls for mayo, spicy mustard, lemon juice, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce and a touch of horseradish. And, just when you think you’re getting the gold — “I won’t tell you how much of each, but that’s it!”

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