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OUR TOWN + New community editor takes on Key Kelsey Grau assumed the role of Longboat Observer community editor this week and is ready to start writing about and photographing the people and events of Longboat Key. An Ohio native, she graduated earlier this year with degrees in photojournalism and magazine journalism.

“I came down at the perfect time because it’s getting cold in Ohio and it’s so green and lush here,” Grau said.

Email her at kelseygrau@ yourobserver.com.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Town pares down ULI list

Town Manager Dave Bullock warned commissioners Monday that implementing ULI recommendations will stretch financial resources.

The Longboat Key Town Commission began its daunting task of sifting through a long list of $125,000 worth of recommendations the Urban Land Institute presented by scratching one of the major recommendations off the list Monday.

The commission agreed not to consider a recommendation to relax the town’s 30-day rental restriction mandate during the offseason. ULI made the recommendation to see if the modification would bring more people to the Key and to help businesses

survive in the summer months.

The move was made, in part, because if the town makes any modifications to its ordinance, there’s a danger the town would no longer be in control of rentals.

SEE ULI / PAGE 2A

VOLUNTEERS The town of Longboat Key is accepting applications immediately for appointments to an advisory committee to assist with implementation of the Urban Land Institute recommendations.

ULI recommendations are available on the town’s website, www.longboatkey.org.

Applications must be submitted to the Town Clerk’s Office by noon Nov. 14. All applicants must be registered Longboat Key voters. For more information, call 316-1999.

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+ Get ’em while they’re hot Hot off the presses: Next week is the Longboat Observer’s “Welcome Back” issue, in which we’ll recap all the news fit to print from the summer.

We invite readers to stop by the Longboat Observer office, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays in season, beginning Nov. 13, for a copy of the latest issue, along with coffee and muffins.

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Ludger and Uta Rolinck dance to the music of Blues Pig at the annual Longboat Key Historical Society’s Old Time Fish Fry Friday, Nov. 1, at Cedars Tennis Resort. The fundraiser drew approximately 180 people. To see more photos from the event, see page 15A.

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by Robin Hartill | News Editor

Key real estate pickings grow slim Courtesy photo

+ Sweet addition Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale received a Halloween treat with the birth of her daughter, Teagan Lane Portale, Oct. 31. The new addition was a couple of weeks early but was healthy at 8 pounds, 9 ounces.

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The inventory of real estate grows smaller on the island, keeping with a nationwide trend as the economy improves.

Roger Pettingell remembers the days when clients would tell them their price range and he would block off an entire week to show them Longboat Key properties in that price bracket.

Now, they don’t need to reserve a week to narrow down their options.

“I can show them what’s available in an afternoon in any given price range,” said Pettingell,

broker associate with Longboat Key Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, who now often approaches homeowners to see if they’d be interested in selling.

“In any given price range, there’s

just not much to be seen.”

According to Realtor.com, as of Monday afternoon, the island had 210 condo and single-family home sales during the past six months and currently has 357 condo and single-family home listings.

SEE HOMES / PAGE 7A

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PRIORITIZING RECOMMENDATIONS Town Manager Dave Bullock said the following considerations will have to be made when reviewing ULI recommendations: • Prioritize • Commit funds over multiple years • Develop partners • Work with counties • Learn from others while customizing for Longboat Key • Supplement staff • Hold ourselves accountable • Determine town role in many of these above topics agreed not to make a decision at this time on whether a community center should be located on the site.

“If we don’t want or attain a town center approach somewhere else, suddenly we’ve cut ourselves out of putting a town center there (at the park),” said Commissioner Jack Duncan.

Bullock said any town center concept should be centered around one question: Is it viable for the community?

“If you build a town center with additional commercial space, it needs to be viable,” said Bullock, who explained conversations would be held with nearby property owners and public-private partnerships would be reviewed.

Bullock also explained that an overhaul of the town comp plan and codes “is a large and complex process with multiple layers and public input” that also requires the use of time and money from consultants and lawyers over a two-year period.

“Things that can be implemented more quickly will float to the top,” Bullock said.

“This will stretch your fiscal resources a bit. The biggest thing we’re going to have to do well is get consensus around things and reach a good enough consensus to make things happen.”

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The town’s ordinance is currently grandfathered, and any modifications could mean the Legislature would be in charge of rentals in the future.

Planning and Zoning Board member Andrew Aitken was among those who denounced the suggestion at the meeting.

“It’s a bad idea,” Aitken said. “It should be rejected out of hand. There’s already vacancies in the summer at the places we have, and we don’t want to create rental party houses that other communities have.”

The comments prompted Commissioner Phill Younger to ask, “Is any commissioner interested in pursuing the 30-day rental change?”

No commissioners spoke up, and when residents continued to express issues with rental modifications, Mayor Jim Brown made it clear the suggestion no longer needed to be discussed.

“The rental issue is moot and removed from the list,” Brown said. “We’re not going to discuss it any further.”

Although the rental topic is off the list, a long list of topics Town Manager Dave Bullock presented will be discussed at future special meetings with the help of an advisory committee that will be formulated Nov. 18 (see sidebar on page 1A).

The remaining focus areas the commission will discuss with the input of the public include: • Gulf of Mexico Drive/town gateways • Pedestrian/bikes/transit • Bayfront Park/recreation • Town center •Comprehensive Plan/land development code overhaul • Whitney Beach Plaza area • Digital communications For Bayfront Park, Bullock explained there is $1.5 million in an open-space fund and $2.8 million in infrastructure surtax funds that could be utilized to improve the park and its recreational uses.

Although commissioners agreed to discuss future park enhancements, they

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Retired economist vies for at-large seat Armando Linde brings a fresh face to Town Hall. He’s running for Terry Gans’ at-large commission seat. His campaign will focus on fiscal conservatism.

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AGE: 70 FAMILY: Wife, Felicity; four children; and four grandchildren FORMER OCCUPATION: Economist HOMETOWN: Born in Havana.

Linde left when he was 16 and lived in Washington, D.C., until retiring three years ago to Longboat Key. HOBBIES: Tennis, walking and swimming INTERESTING FACT: Linde has worked with more than 60 countries on four continents.

He lived in India for two years and in Liberia for two years.

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Retired economist Armando Linde has performed financial assistance for governments in more than 60 countries. rise. I suggest we forget about the bond.”

The committee and the commission agreed with that approach.

Linde said he just wants to use the knowledge he’s obtained over the years to the town.

Linde’s background

Born in 1943, Linde and his family operated a mid-sized hotel on a resort beach in his native Havana.

“When Fidel Castro took over, my father decided after a year of his reign that things weren’t looking up and sent my brother and I to a family friend’s home in Maryland in 1960, when I was 16 years old,” Linde said. “A year later, my parents arrived after losing their hotel and 90% of their assets, like many Cubans.”

Linde said his family always expected to go back to Cuba after Castro’s reign ended.

“When we knew that wasn’t going to happen, it was time to make a life for ourselves in the United States,” Linde said.

Linde delved into his studies; he graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He was on his way to attaining a doctorate degree in economics when the IMF recruited him in 1976. He went to work as an economist, working for more than 60 countries and being promoted to the IMF senior staff.

Linde was eventually promoted to deputy secretary of the IMF, which employs approximately 2,500 people.

When he retired four years ago, Linde and his wife, Felicity, knew

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they wanted to live in Florida and settled on Longboat Key after being stuck behind a slow-moving trolley that gave them time to look at the Key on their way from Anna Maria Island to Sarasota.

“We live right next to a small city with big-city amenities,” Linde said.

After three years of retirement, Linde said he “was sitting on my hands.”

“It became normal to want to do something for my town,” Linde said.

His work on the investment committee has led to a decision to run as a commissioner, with a platform of fiscal conservatism.

Although Linde says he’s happy with the commission’s work to freeze the unfunded pension liabilities, he said there’s much more work to be done.

“The commission did a great job stopping the bleeding, but I’m worried about the unfunded liabilities,” Linde said.

Linde suggests the $27 million number that’s used to describe the unfunded debt is actually much more, noting that rates of return for that debt is at 8% for the firefighter fund, when, in reality, its rates of return are 5.6%.

“There’s an issue of transparency there,” Linde said.

Linde is also disappointed with the commission’s decision to allow more employees to enter the Deferred Retirement Options Program (DROP).

“I’m tired of hearing that employees could be afforded the DROP or the town can afford things because the town is an affluent community and its residents can afford it,” said Linde, noting that the 2010 U.S. Census showed that 60% of Key households earn less than $50,000 a year. “It sends a bad message.”

Linde also suggests the town can continue to cut its budget and look at outsourcing certain services to either Manatee or Sarasota counties.

“My experience on fiscal issues and the need to maintain fiscal discipline can help,” Linde said. “I’m ready to try and hold a public platform to discuss the issues with residents to see if they like my ideas of fiscal prudence.”

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Country Club Shores resident Armando Linde performed financial work for governments in more than 60 countries for 33 years; he led teams of economists and lawyers that provided financial assistance and economic management structures.

Now, in retirement, he wants to tackle the town of Longboat Key’s $4 million general fund as a commissioner.

Linde has taken out papers to run against at-large Commissioner Terry Gans and anticipates qualifying for the race by the end of this week.

“I’ve been asked how I can adjust from all those large numbers I used to calculate for countries to our little town’s budget,” Linde said. “My answer is all of the same policies, issues and tradeoffs are the same with just smaller numbers involved. This is my community and I’m ready to help anyway I can.”

Linde moved three years ago to Longboat Key after retiring from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

When he read a story in the Longboat Observer earlier this year that explained the town’s Investment Advisory Committee was looking for a new member, he applied and landed the job.

He took on that responsibility after receiving an appointment to the town’s new Longboat Key Firefighters’ Retirement System board of trustees.

Linde made an impact on the investment committee immediately.

At its Oct. 11 meeting, committee members and town staff debated the pros and cons of dealing with more than $27 million in pension debt.

Linde urged staff and committee members not to obtain a bond to pay off the debt, noting the town can continue to budget for the annual required contributions and plan for making more than the annual required contributions to pay down the debt over time.

“No one is saying we have to pay it all now and fund the burden all at once,” Linde said. “The bond market is in disarray, and interest rates will continue to

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NEWSBRIEFS + Chart House, parcel each sell for $6 million Two sales recorded recently on Longboat Key totaled $12.2 million.

In the first sale, Ocean Properties Ltd. closed on its purchase of the Chart House Shops at 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive Oct. 30 for $6.2 million.

Andy Berger, vice president of the Delray Beach-based company that owns the Resort at Longboat Key Club, Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort, Lido Beach Resort and Lido Beach Holiday Inn, confirmed Ocean Properties’ plans to buy the Chart House building.

Seller CORE/PMG Longboat LLC purchased the property for $5.5 million in August 2004.

The property is home to the Chart House Restaurant, Exit Art and Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate.

In the second sale, which closed Nov. 4, a 2.25-acre vacant residential property consisting of two adjacent lots at 6271 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $6 million. According to listing agent Michael Moulton, of Michael Saunders & Co.’s Longboat Key South office, the transaction is the largest recorded sale in the region for a vacant Gulf-front parcel since 2004.

The property sold for its full listing price of $6 million.

Beverly Alter and Deborah Beacham, both of Michael Saunders & Co., represented the buyer. The buyer’s name was not immediately available.

+ Telecommunications extension granted The Department of Economic Opportunity has granted the town an extension of a statemandated 180-day window for approval of a Comprehensive Plan amendment to allow the Longboat Key Town Commission to

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review both a telecommunications ordinance and comp plan amendment at the same time.

The extension, which now runs through April 11, allows the town to bring the telecommunications ordinance forward for the commission’s review at the Nov. 13 regular workshop. That ordinance deals with everything from tower height to where towers and other structures can be placed on the Key. The commission can consider that ordinance along with the comp plan amendment at the commission’s December and January regular meetings.

Earlier this month, Town Manager Dave Bullock said he recommended an extension because “we owe the community a full airing of the issue.”

The town requested an extension based “on the grounds of a new planning director who had little or no involvement with this ordinance...and the importance to the community of understanding both (changes together).”

+ Correction

An article in the Oct. 31 issue of the Longboat Observer, “Town seeks Bay Isles Road restrictions for election,” incorrectly attributed the last quote in the story to Commissioner Pat Zunz. It should have been attributed to Commissioner Terry Gans.

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FROZEN PENSIONS

by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Town Commission approves police contract Commissioner Jack Duncan called the town manager’s effort to freeze the town’s three pension plans ‘a huge burden that’s being lifted’ that stops ‘the hemorrhaging.’

The Longboat Key Town Commission approved a three-year contract with the Longboat Key Police Union at its regular meeting Monday. The agreement signifies the end of town pensions for new hires.

Town staff and the 11 members of the union reached an 11th-hour agreement in October on a new three-year contract that includes a pension alternative the town originally proposed in March, at the start of the stalled negotiation process.

“This is extremely important for our long-term financial sustainability,” said Town Manager Dave Bullock, who has also worked this past year to freeze pension plans for Longboat Key Fire Rescue and general employees at the commission’s request.

The contract includes a 401(a) retirement plan that includes a 3% pay increase and gives officers another 7% increase in take-home pay.

That’s because police officers currently invest 10% of their pay in an underfunded pension plan the town will now freeze.

As part of the proposal, the town will make a 10% contribution for each police department employee, even if the employee chooses to put none of his salary into the plan. However, if an employee invests a 3% contribution, the town will match that 3%, giving an employee a combined 16% total contribution to the plan.

The offer also comes with 2% cost-ofliving allowance increases (or the same

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raises other employees receive) in years two and three of the contract.

Commissioner Jack Duncan called freezing the plan (the other two pension plans have already been frozen) “a huge burden that’s being lifted.”

“The hemorrhaging is finally going to come to a closure,” Duncan said, referring to more than $27 million in unfunded pension liabilities the town’s taxpayers must pay back over time. “The key element of risk associated with our pension program has been lifted, and it’s important our citizens understand and appreciate what’s happening here.”

Bullock said the town intends to freeze the police pension plan by the end of the year, or in early 2014.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Island communities prepare for changes, new residents Mayors of island communities discussed how to deal with a changing population, tourism increases and traffic concerns.

The barrier islands of Manatee and Sarasota counties are becoming places where only wealthy companies can afford to purchase properties once owned by longtime residents.

That was the main concern among island mayors when Manatee County Commission Chairman Larry Bustle held a meeting to address their concerns Nov. 1, in Bradenton.

“The elephant in the room is the federal flood insurance program and the rising cost of wind insurance,” said Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown.

Property owners on Longboat Key and other barrier islands who don’t live here full time and don’t use their island home as their primary residence are seeing 25% increases in their flood insurance policies this year. And, because more than half of Longboat Key properties are second homes, the hikes are affecting a large portion of the Key’s properties. Many property owners are moving to the mainland to avoid the expensive insurance hikes.

Couple that with wind policies that have risen 15% to 25% in the last two years alone, and the price to insure properties on Longboat Key and other barrier islands becomes costlier every year.

Brown knows all about the rising cost of insurance.

In fall 2011, Brown insured his house for $9,600 a year through a Texas-based insurance company.

But when the company notified Brown it would no longer insure his property, he was forced to find insurance elsewhere.

After receiving two quotes for more than $55,000, Brown found a better rate with a

company for $23,000 a year.

“The worst part is I’m paying $23,000 a year to a C-rated insurance company,” said Brown, who said the rising cost of insurance has him contemplating selling his more than 3,000-square-foot house for a smaller property on the Key, which would be cheaper to insure.

Other island mayors sympathized with Brown and said they are having similar issues in their communities.

Holmes Beach Mayor Carmel Monti expressed concerns that full-time residents are leaving Anna Maria Island and the properties are turning into tourism properties.

“The wealthy are buying up the properties and charging thousands to rent the units out,” Monti said.

Bradenton Beach Mayor John Shaughnessy and Monti said they were both working to combat parking problems in their cities. Bradenton Beach is working on a plan to have motorists park at Coquina Beach and use the trolley system more, while Monti said Anna Maria is investigating water taxis and paid beach parking.

Brown noted that Longboat Key’s issues with parking are minor, but traffic congestion in season could be combated by implementing the Urban Land Institute’s suggestion of calming traffic with pedestrian islands along Gulf of Mexico Drive and a possible roundabout at Broadway and Gulf of Mexico Drive on the north end of the Key. Brown and other mayors expressed a need to work together to combat problems they all face.

“Who is coming to our island communities?” Brown asked. “We all know it’s not us, so we need to prepare for our future.”

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Stingrays shuffle near Longboat Key beaches Sting injuries were on the rise in October, making a day at the beach painful for some visitors. ing rays give birth to their young, or pups, around June and July, and those pups tend to spend their first summer of life in the surf zone, where they feed — of course, this means they’re in shallow waters shared by beachgoers. By the end of the summer, they’re the size of a saucer or dish. As weather cools, they tend to move away from the surf,” she wrote in an email.

There isn’t enough scientific data to make a statement about population trends, according to Rutger.

So, what should you do if stung by a stingray?

Apply hot water and pressure to the wound, seek medical attention to ensure the barb isn’t under the skin, and get a tetanus shot and possibly antibiotics.

Stings from stingrays are considered a defense mechanism.

The “stingray shuffle” can help beachgoers avoid stings.

The shuffle involves shuffling your feet through the sand once you’ve stepped in the water to provide a series of vibrations that warn stingrays of your presence and provide them the opportunity to get out of the way.

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A day at the beach can really sting on Longboat Key. Dr. Pamela Letts, of the Centre Shops Family Practice, reports that she has averaged at least one or two patients injured by stingrays each day for the past three weeks.

During a single week in mid-October, Longboat Key Fire Rescue treated six patients who had been stung by stingrays, according to Fire Chief Paul Dezzi.

“Not only did we respond to a lot of them, but we had a lot of people walking into the fire department who had been stung,” Dezzi said.

One patient had to be transported to a hospital because his blood pressure remained low after the sting.

According to Hayley Rutger, public relations coordinator at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, Atlantic stingrays and Southern sting rays are the two types of local species that burrow in the sand and may occasionally sting people who step on them.

Rutger said it’s not surprising to learn about more stings in late summer and early fall.

“These local species of bottom-dwell-

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HOMES / FROM PAGE 1A Economists generally consider a sixmonth inventory as the equilibrium.

Above that means it’s a buyer’s market; below that, it’s a seller’s market.

But, because sales typically spike during peak season months in late fall, winter and spring, many Realtors believe that listings will be in short supply this season.

“It’s very, very slim,” said Lynne Koy, of Longboat Key Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate. “Almost every listing I have is selling within 60 days if it’s priced appropriately. There are still plenty of buyers who are hungry.”

“It’s very low,” said Hannerle Moore, of Michael Saunders & Co.’s Longboat Key South office. “It has been for about a year.

We’re just not seeing a lot of properties going on the market.”

Many homeowners who bought at the peak of the market are holding off on listing their homes, which typically lost 35% to 40% of their value during the recession and have only regained 15% to 20% of their worth as the economy has improved.

According to Moore, inventory last season was slimmest at the lower end and at the most expensive range.

The recent Urban Land Institute report echoed this observation, noting that sales are strongest for north-end properties listed for less than $500,000 and Gulffront properties priced at more than $3 million.

What the Key is experiencing is part of a nationwide phenomenon.

Homeowners who had to sell their homes have done so, and the number of foreclosures and short sales has dropped.

The Sarasota Association of Realtors (SAR) reported a slight drop in the amount of single-family inventory, with 4.4 months’ worth of inventory in September for Sarasota County, compared with 4.8 months’ worth in September 2012.

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For condos, the drop was steeper, falling from 5.5 months’ worth in September 2012 to four months’ worth in September.

Many Realtors believe the reduction is a good thing.

“Maybe my glass is half full, but there are still many choices out there,” said Michael Moulton, of Michael Saunders & Co.’s Longboat Key South office. “If anything, it creates more urgency with the buyer.”

Moulton believes the shortage of inventory is helping to spur new construction.

On Longboat Key, construction of the 13-home Triton Bend development is underway around the 2900 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive, and Michael Saunders & Co. is accepting reservations for the planned 11-unit Infinity condominium at 4765 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Developer Jay Tallman also has plans to build a 16-unit luxury condo at the historic Villa Am Meer property at 2231 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Pettingell said the Key only saw a large inventory in an unhealthy market.

“We got used to this big inventory, and the market got better, and we started seeing investors and people who had been sidelined for years come in,” he said.

“Now, we’re back into where it always was.”

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Good ideas for town center One of the bigger, better ideas — albeit not a new one — to emerge from the visit by the Urban Land Institute panel members was a recommendation to create a walkable town center.

We have one — in the land surrounded by and lining Bay Isles Drive and Bay Isles Parkway (see photo). It’s just not set up for today or making the best use of the land.

To that end, longtime Longboat Key resident David Novak, better known as the Key’s swan keeper, submitted to the ULI panel his vision for the town center. It’s a great starting point and road map and makes a lot of sense. Below is what Novak wrote and envisions: “The Town Center exists today, but it is disjointed, unplanned and does not attract development. The area encompassed by and bordered on Bay Isles Road and Bay Isles Parkway is the Town Center. But from a planning perspective, it is, well, unplanned.

“There are a number of problems with the roads: “a) Bay Isles Parkway is a privately owned (Its owners just spent $80,000 on paving) straight line thoroughfare with priority to the gates at Harbourside Drive. “b) If you turn a hard left before the gates, you later encounter a yield because Bay Isles Road gives priority to autos going onto private property at the Temple Beth Israel and All Angels by the Sea, traffic that is only present a tiny percentage of the week. “c) From that intersection, you traverse a divided road with center turning obstructions, eventually stopping at Gulf of Mexico Drive, where turning south is a white-knuckle experience and turning north means merging with cars speeding from the traffic light — all while you’re dodging bicycles and pedestrians.

“Would it not be better to make this a ‘smooth loop’ with two synchronized traffic lights (roundabouts?) at Gulf of Mexico Drive? If the town of Longboat Key could do one thing for development without being a developer, it would be to provide easily flowing and navigable roads.

“Sarasota does streetscapes and the parking and lets the attractiveness of the environment spur development. Longboat Key can do the same.

“There are problems as well with many properties; with these the town can help: “a) The Post Office occupies an abundance of land and is a cruel joke as to ease of access and disabilities compliance. In today’s e-world, the post office is a shopping center storefront combined with an off-premises warehouse building. Raze the building! “b) The Library today is a small room in many private communities. It could be public parking for the town center. Raze the building! “c) The Tennis Center’s north court parking is rarely used, while the south court’s parking is designed more for trees and puddles than parking cars. The four north courts would be better placed toward the interior of the south courts. Move the courts! “d) The three bank buildings are land hogs and need to be put to better use. Like the Post Office, what is left of walk-up or drive-up banking, now that the Internet is king, can be accommodated in a centralized area of commerce within the Town Center. Re-develop the bank buildings! “e) The vacant space at the corner of Gulf of Mexico Drive and Bay Isles Road is prime for development, but only if the

In that contest, it’s no contest.

+ Democrat dilemma

We have to believe Florida’s Democratic Party graybeards and wise owls are pining for the good, old days.

Charlie Crist’s announcement to run for governor as a Democrat brings to mind 1989 and 1990.

The Democrats didn’t have a strong front-runner to oppose then-Republican Gov. Bob Martinez. In stepped Congressman Bill Nelson, another career politician who had served in the Legislature and Congress from 1972 to 1990.

But Nelson was so widely viewed in his own party as an empty suit — devoid of substance and full of populism (sound familiar?) — that newly retired U.S. Sen. Lawton Chiles came out of retirement and ran for the Democratic nomination to save the party.

Chiles crushed Martinez, by 13 percentage points.

It makes you wonder: Is candidate Crist — Republican turned Independent turned Democrat — enough to spur the party loyalists that try to bring such Democratic icons as retired U.S. Sen. Bob Graham (turning 77 on Nov. 9) or former Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth (now 71) out of retirement?

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Tell us what you think of resident David Novak’s ideas for a town center. Email your comments to Managing Editor Kurt Schultheis, kschultheis@yourobserver.com. traffic flow is remedied. But how about also moving Bicentennial Park as well, perhaps making it a key part of the interior of the loop? This opens up two highly visible corner lots for development. Fix the traffic, fill the corners!

“Sale of the town lands can fund moving the courts and just may pay for the roadwork. Development both inside the loop and along its perimeter will do more for the Key than anything outside of keeping sand on the beaches.”

These are smart, logical recommendations. Perhaps the mayor can take them to the next step. At least keep the dialogue going.

+ Scott-Crist: Freedom-State

Charlie Crist just can’t hold a job.

Morgan & Morgan? It was the perfect place for him. It’s “for the people.”

But it’s work. It’s not the thrill of being the center of attention in a crowd and rambling off the populist platitudes of the day to cheering throngs.

No, Charlie Crist is born to run.

Unfortunately, we are all going to suffer.

For the next 12 months, Floridians will be inundated with incessant TV and radio commercials of Democrats slamming incumbent Gov. Rick Scott and Republicans slamming Crist. By the time the two parties have spent their hundreds of millions, we’ll all be defeated — beaten to a political pulp, sick to death of the character assassinations.

Would that it would be thus: That voters would measure the candidates on their records, judging them on the basis of which one most pursued the policies that fought to preserve and expand your freedom (individual and economic) versus the policies that fought to contract your freedom and expand the role of the State.

wrong

+ Extreme? Extremely

Once again, the Tea Party is maligned as being extreme.

In Associated Press political reporter Brendan Farrington’s story this week on the gubernatorial contest between Florida Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist, near the end of the story Farrington states (without attribution, mind you): “He (Crist) will cast Scott as an extremist with a Tea Party mentality.”

Help us understand. What is extreme about this? If you’ve paid attention to Scott’s governorship, you would know he has focused on four things: making Florida’s business climate more attractive to employers; using that better climate to help spur job creation; reducing regulations and the cost of state government; and making public education more affordable and with more choices.

Extreme?

Now look at the missions of two highly visible “Tea Party” organizations — FreedomWorks and Tea Party Patriots.

Here’s for what FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe says it stands: “Our members all share two common traits: A desire for less government, lower taxes and more economic freedom. A personal commitment to get involved and active in changing public policy.”

Tea Party Patriots, meanwhile, an organization that formed in 2009 in response to the federal government’s “stimulus spending, bailouts and takeovers of private industry,” describes its mission as supporting “the millions of Americans seeking to improve our great nation through renewed support for fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government and free-market economic policies.”

Extreme?

To the contrary, those organizations and Gov. Scott stand for what used to be, and we hope still are, bedrock, mainstream American values.

If anyone is extreme, it’s the mainstream media. Its unabashed and incorrect narrative that standing for freedom is somehow extreme and radical is extremely and radically wrong.

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9:28 a.m. — 5300 block of GMD. Larceny. After police confronted a woman about stealing a balloon at the Centre Shops Family Festival, the woman said the balloons were obstructing the sidewalk. She said she had gotten tangled in the balloon and had broken the ribbon. She told police she is 71 and doesn’t care if she has to go to court. The organizer of the event did not want to prosecute.

OCT. 27

DON’T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS 6:57 a.m. — 2300 block of GMD. Welfare Check. A condo resident noticed that a unit nearby had its lights and TV on for three days. The resident inside said he was fine.

TRASH TALK 8:11 a.m. — 500 block of Channel Lane.

Code Enforcement. A woman complained that a neighboring property wasn’t putting its trash into a trash bin. Rodents had apparently entered several bags of trash.

Police told her they would contact the property manager.

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over the van the man was riding in after a hotel employee reported him for trespassing. Police arrested the driver after discovering his license was suspended.

The driver said his friend was not angry about losing $800 and denied that anything illegal was going on, but admitted the incident was strange.

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1:31 p.m. — 3100 block of GMD. Suspicious Vehicle. A woman who was driving erratically said she had been up all night working and was feeling jumpy because she drank three energy beverages. The woman’s cousin drove her home.

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Dear Editor: + Pay attention to beach flags What really scares me is the meat industry. This is the industry that mutilates, Dear Editor: cages and butchers billions of cows, pigs As winter residents begin returning to and other sentient animals. Feeds carLongboat Key, Longboat Key Fire Rescasses of cats and dogs killed in pounds to cue (LBKFR) wants to remind everyone chickens. Exposes undocuthat Longboat Key does not mented workers to chronic have lifeguards on duty at BEACH WARNING workplace injuries at slave its beaches. Keeping that FLAGS wages. Exploits farmers and in mind, it is important for Water closed ranchers by dictating wholebeachgoers to become familto the public sale market prices. Punishes iar with the Water Conditions documentation of its abuses Flag Program that LBKFR has High Hazard through unconstitutional implemented. This program HIGH SURF AND/OR STRONG CURRENTS “ag-gag” laws. Promotes provides beachgoers the conworld hunger by feeding nuditions of the surf along LongMedium Hazard MODERATE SURF tritious corn and soybeans boat Key. AND/OR CURRENTS to animals. Generates more Deciding which color flag Low Hazard greenhouse gases than any to fly is determined by reports CALM CONDITIONS, other human activity. Genfrom both Lido and Cortez EXERCISE CAUTION erates more water pollution beach lifeguards who report Dangerous than any other human actheir conditions to Mote Mamarine life tivity. Creates a permanent rine daily. LBKFR will obtain “dead zone” in the Gulf of the most stringent of the two Mexico that dwarfs the BP oil spill. beach reports and fly that color flag at both Creates deadly antibiotic-resistant Longboat Key Fire Stations. Residents not pathogens by feeding antibiotics to anifamiliar with the beach-flag concept may mals. Creates epidemics of salmonella, stop by the fire department because signs listeria and other infectious diseases. Prodefining the flag colors have been posted motes mortality from diabetes, heart failat the entrances of both fire stations. ure, stroke, cancer and other diseases.

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It’s important that these young men learn the male experience and have a role model to emulate what it’s like to grow up and be a man in the community.

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“A lot of young men have not had a man in their life,” says Mahler.

“Maybe their father is missing or their grandpa isn’t in their life, either.

It’s important that these young men learn the male experience and have a role model to emulate what it’s like to grow up and be a man in the community.”

Gina Taylor, vice president of communication and marketing at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast, served as a big sister in the program for 15 years. She says the experience is almost as rewarding for the mentor as it is for the child.

“Talking with other volunteers, it’s the first thing out of their mouth,” she says. “We hear that over and over.”

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There are many things one can point to when defining what makes a man. Arguably one the most important qualifiers, however, lies in assuming civic responsibility and being a good role model. That’s exactly what Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast is seeking in its 100 Real Men Mentor campaign.

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positions, and that all it requires is a caring attitude. She says even the busiest of men can find time to meet with a little brother — even an hour a week can make a difference.

“The thing we always hear from the littles is, ‘They cared about me when no one else did. They never gave up on me. They believed in me,’” says Mahler. “That’s big. A lot of these children are dealing with so much more than most, and these volunteers can be a key motivating force to help them through the speed bumps of life.”

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Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key — meets at 7:30 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s Tavern & Whiskey Bar. Retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Steve Branham will speak. Cost is $10 and includes a breakfast buffet. Call Donna at 3882847.

Bacchus on the Beach What: Winemakers from around the world will come together for this festival of food and wine that benefits the Child Protection Center.

For information and reservations, call 3871675.

When: The celebration begins with Vintner Dinners at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, and continues from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 9, for the Stone Crab Celebration & Wine Tasting Where: Resort at Longboat Key Club, 301 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Saltwater Fishing Class — takes place from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and continues for four consecutive Thursdays, excluding Thanksgiving, at the Longboat Key Education Center, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Charter guide Capt. Wayne Genthner will teach about fishing in local waters.

Cost is $75 for members; $85 for non-members. Call 383-8811.

FRIDAY, NOV. 8 Republican Club of Longboat Key — meets at 11:30 a.m. at the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside Dining Room, 3100 Harbourside Drive. The event includes a special tribute to veterans and guest speaker Christina Bowman, of Sarasota Military Academy. Cost is $25 for members; $28 for non-members.

Call Ruth Strauss at 383-5349.

SATURDAY, NOV. 9, AND SUNDAY, NOV. 10 St. Armands Circle Sidewalk Sale and Fall Art Festival — takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on St. Armands Circle. More than 175 artisans and craftspeople will have their original work for sale. Businesses throughout the Circle will also offer sales. Call 388-1554.

TUESDAY, NOV. 12 Longboat Key Democratic Club — meets at 11:30 a.m. at the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside Dining Room, 3100 Harbourside Drive. Rob Laurie, broadcaster on WEDU PBS in Tampa, will speak.

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Sam Shapiro celebrated his 95th birthday on Halloween with his family at Café Don Giovanni. His actual birthday was Oct. 29, but he celebrated two days later so that the youngest members of the family wouldn’t have to miss an entire week of school.

Gwen Mooney celebrated her Oct. 31 birthday at Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant. We won’t tell you how old she turned, but here’s a hint: She was serenaded with “When I’m SixtyFour.”

+ Longbeach Village is a sweet place to trick or treat for candy No, these aren’t grown-up Longboaters who chose to dress as children for Halloween. These are actual kids who live on the Key and enjoyed trick-or-treating around the Longbeach Village on Halloween.

The group took a break from collecting candy to pose at the Village bus stop.

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He wasn’t a particularly good golfer but managed two holes-in-one.

He enjoyed upland bird hunting with his prized English pointers and was an accomplished mariner and navigator. He loved fishing and celebrated his 90th birthday by catching a good-sized pike in the Canadian Boundary Waters.

He enjoyed fine arts and created a modest portfolio of watercolor paintings that adorn the walls of his family’s homes and cherished traveling with Mary and friends and families, and sharing holidays and memories with family.

Mr. Ramsey is survived by his children, John Ramsey, of Des Moines, Deborah Wilson, of Seattle, and Kathryn Ramsey, of Des Moines; six grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.

A celebration of life will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at Plymouth Congregational Church in Des Moines. Donations can be made to Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228.

for visitation with friends and family immediately following. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, michaeljfox. org.

Francis Grover ‘Frank’ Darsey Jr.

Francis Grover “Frank” Darsey Jr., 78, of Ellijay, Ga., and formerly of Longboat Key, died Oct. 15.

Born in Winter Haven, he spent his early years living on Longboat Key and graduated from Sarasota High School.

Mr. Darsey built a career primarily in the soft-drink business, working in Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia for Canada Dry and its local affiliates, Hunt Wesson Foods, Bubble Up and PepsiCo. He retired from Southeast Atlantic Corp. to pursue his sports photography business full time. He photographed Little League, high school and professional sports in Georgia and adjoining states.

Mr. Darsey was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Buckley Darsey, in January 2011. He is survived by five children from his first marriage, four grandchildren, sister Sarah Darsey Avary and brother Leonard Darsey.

A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at Manasota Memorial Park, 1221 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton, with an opportunity

John David ‘J.D.’ Ramsey

John David “J.D.” Ramsey, 94, of Longboat Key, died Oct. 26.

Born July 5, 1919, in Wichita, Kan., he graduated from the University of Kansas and attended Harvard Law School before serving as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy in North Africa Ramsey and Italy during World War II. After the war, he returned to Kansas City, Mo., where he met Mary Sumner, a soprano in the University Presbyterian Church choir, and fell in love. They were married for 66 years until her death in 2011.

In 1946, Mr. Ramsey and Gerry Sumner opened a Pontiac dealership in Des Moines, Iowa, which eventually became the Ramsey Auto Center that served the greater Des Moines area for more than 67 years.

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Wednesday communion and anointing services are at 10 a.m. The Rev. David Danner is the rector. 383-8161.

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

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Cedars Tennis Resort took the bait when the Historical Society cast its line — meaning the resort could be the venue for future Fish Fries.

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The Longboat Key Historical Society may have netted a new location for a time-honored tradition. The Old Time Fish Fry was such a hit Friday, Nov. 1, at Cedars Tennis Resort, that midway through the event, Historical Society President Shirley Beachum was asking Cedars managers whether they would be willing to host the event next year.

Approximately 180 people attended the event. Between ticket sales and proceeds from the 50/50 raffle and silent auction, the Historical Society raised more than $2,000.

After dinner, partygoers hit the dance floor. Dancers ranged from young — Zuleika Zunz, age 2 1/2, who’s the granddaughter of Ed and Commissioner Pat Zunz — to the old(er) but still young at heart.

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location for the Fish Fry because it was unclear during the summer whether its previous venue, Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, would be under construction in the fall.

According to Beachum, the menu Cedars served at this year’s event was a hit, with the Caesar salad, along with the fried grouper and other fare, garnering acclaim.

Longboat Key fish fries are a tradition that dates back to the 1940s, when locals needed to raise money for area locations. The Historical Society revived the event as a fundraiser in 2005.

Right: Zuleika Zunz bops along to the music.

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rotrophic factor, or BDNF. Ratey calls it “Miracle-Gro for the brain.” One of its effects is to fortify brain cells and prevent them from breaking down when exposed to stress. Working out pumps more blood to the brain and better nourishes the brain cells so they produce more BDNF. Although Ratey’s book focuses on the implications of this science for educating children, the ideas are equally if not more compelling and relevant for older adults.

We know that loss of brain cells is responsible for loss of memory and attentiveness. Previous thinking was that loss was irreversible and permanent. But evidence that exercise can lead to an increase in BDNF production suggests otherwise.

Higher BDNF levels support the preservation of brain cells and the production of new ones. And the effect is lasting as long as the exercise continues.

“These new neurons will stick around for years,” Ratey says, but “to maintain the effects, you have to keep working out.”

What kind of exercise is most productive? Cardio workouts appear to give the biggest boost to BDNF production. There is also research that suggests that yoga and strength training can be helpful.

“Exercise is one of the best ways to prevent the onset of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease,” Ratey says. (The jury is still out on that point; the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health says: “So far, studies have not demonstrated that, over the long term, health or lifestyle factors can prevent or slow Alzheimer’s disease or age-related cognitive decline.”)

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Mainland Sarasota Mcclellan Park $1,295,000 Mike Greve, 941-383-6411 West Of Trail. Gorgeous executive 4B/4.5B; 3 blocks from southside village. MLS#A3984098 77461 1350 Main $629,900 Martina Coppenrath, 941-387-1853 Sweeping views of intercoastal; heart of downtown; designer inspired 2BR/2BA. MLS#A3986138 77475 Alinari $325,000 Faye Doyle, 941-366-8070 Like new 1/1+ condo near downtown Sarasota. Beautiful city views. MLS#A3984593 91330 Downtown Sarasota $299,900 Barbara Standish, 941-366-8070 2BR/2BA on large lot. Within walking distance of all downtown SRQ has to offer.

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Longboat Key, Islands West $649,000 2/2 Barbara Ackerman 941387-1820 MLS#A3985824 74446

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Tidy Island $574,900 Michelle Musto, 941-387-1882 Verify for yourself the charms of this wonderful 3BR/2+BA condo. MLS#A3976683 74448 Privateer North $399,000 Roger Clyne, PA, 941-387-1811 Privateer North quick access to beach, pool & biking. Faces East; 2BR. MLS#A3982167 95187 Cedars East Condo $239,000 Maggie Hicks, 941-387-1860 2BR/2+BA Southern exposure; cool beach breezes; lots of amenities. MLS#A3959611 95167

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Islands West condo sells for $930,000 The following residential real estate transactions took place between Oct. 21 and Oct. 25.

A condominium in Islands West tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Theresa Nibi, trustee, sold the Unit 11-A condominium at 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Simon Greenman and Judith Krieg, of Longboat Key, for $930,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,460 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $700,000 in 2007.

Drive to Alise Berty, of Indianapolis, for $373,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,194 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,000 in 2009.

Silver Sands

FL Silver Sands LLC sold the Unit 257 condominium at 5841 Gulf of Mexico Drive to James and Shelagh Needham, of Kent, United Kingdom, for $370,000. Built in 2004, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 760 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $275,000 in 2010.

Laguna Yacht Village

Leonard and Iris Meyer, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 7 condominium at 6334 Laguna Drive to Mark Waldrep, of Sarasota, for $850,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,454 square feet of living area.

Fairway Bay

Judith Vance, of Escondido, Calif., sold the Unit 143 condominium at 1930 Harbourside Drive to Joyce Jefferson, of Wheeling, W.Va., for $300,000. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,905 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $355,000 in 1995.

Cedars West of Longboat

W. Curtis and Julia Broughton, of Georgetown, Texas, sold their Unit 102 condominium at 5655 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Allison and Robert Ausband, of McDonough, Ga., for $525,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,274 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $675,000 in 2004.

The Players Club

Donald and Linda Briedrick sold their Unit 204 condominium at 1425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to DJS Partners LLC for $500,000. Built in 1983, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 1,561 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $220,000 in 1985.

Seaplace

Jane Gonzales, of Waterford, Mich., sold her Unit M2-111-G condominium at 1945 Gulf of Mexico Drive to The Alicea Group LLC for $445,800. Built in 1978, it has two

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Unit 11-A at Islands West, 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,460 square feet of living area. It sold for $930,000.

bedrooms, two baths and 1,076 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $410,000 in 2002.

Michael Cole and Carole Covino, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit G2-214-E condominium at 2055 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Duane Wollant, of Sewickley, Pa., for $265,000. Built in 1974, it has one bedroom, one-and-a-half baths and 1,094 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $235,000 in 2003.

Bay Harbour

Wayne Spiekhout and Darcy BalickiSpiekhout, of Bradenton, sold their Unit 104 condominium at 448 Gulf of Mexico

Whitney Beach

Ronald Mechlin sold his Unit 172 condominium at 6750 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jack and Susan Pickering, of Bloomington, Ill., for $247,500. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,377 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $128,000 in 1996.

First Longboat Harbour

Donna Lenobel, Bruce Cybul and Jeffrey Lenobel, trustees, sold the Unit 104 condominium at 4340 Falmouth Drive to Wade and Kathy Loseman, trustees, of Longboat Key, for $240,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 928 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $120,000 in 1992.

Longboat Harbour

Jolene Goldenthal, trustee, sold the

Unit 201 condominium at 4430 Exeter Drive to Chris and Valerie Dinger, of Harrisburg, Pa., for $226,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,168 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $112,500 in 1989.

Beach Harbor Club

Marilyn Cameron, Joseph Saltamachia and Patricia Pami, of Verona, N.J., sold their Unit A-303 condominium at 3802 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Roman and Stacy Leskiw, of Farmington, Conn., for $215,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,007 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $85,000 in 1987.

BIRD KEY

Michael Cheslow, of Sarasota, sold his home at 643 Owl Way to Kathryn Damude, of Ontario, Canada, for $810,000. Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,944 square feet of living area.

ST. ARMANDS

St. Armands Towers

Susan Christopher Greco, trustees, of Haverhills, Mass., sold the Unit 53 condominium at 101 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Dennis and Judith Matthies, of Ocean Grove, N.J., for $657,500. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,275 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $635,000 in 2011.

LIDO KEY

Lido Surf and Sand

Nellie Axelroad, trustee, sold the Unit 417 condominium at 1104 Benjamin Franklin Drive to John and Graciela Keane, of Alexandria, Va., for $423,000. Built in 1976, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,494 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $137,500 in 1980.

LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

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

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

3290 Bayou Sound #A3986925 $799,000 Richard Perlman

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

6338 Laguna Dr #A3957942 $719,000 Audrey Singer

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

800 Ben Franklin Dr # 709 #A3986052 $650,000 Elizabeth Pitts

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-780-9536

5144 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3986587 $2,895,000 Ann Martin

5645 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 202 #A3986854 $645,500 Sylvia Zimmerman

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

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

101 Ben Franklin Dr # 82 #A3986395 $599,000 Douglas Parks

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

1485 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A401 #A3980645 $554,000 Christina Landry

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-376-4498

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

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-7717

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-383-7591

1111 N Gulfstream Ave # 3C #A3986560 $545,000 Peggy Mock

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

FAMILIAR FACES. EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS. Showcase your property to over 6,500 affiliate branches in 52 countries.

4401 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 307 #A3972931 $534,900 Sandi Layfield

4765 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # B102 #A3974664 $2,825,000 Nell Leffel

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

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

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-383-7591

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-932-0032

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

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

2109 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 1201 #A3957661 $489,000 Hannerle Moore

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

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

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

225 Sands Point Rd # 6103 #A3984812 $349,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

2002 Harbourside Dr # 1601 #A3931062 $339,000 Eileen Burke

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

4234 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # X2 #A3983168 $337,000 Diana Kryszak

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

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

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

4800 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 201C #A3986823 $324,500 Sharon Freeman

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

LONGBOAT OBSERVER

michaelsaunders.com

BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Oct. 25 through Oct. 31, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address

1540 Harbor Cay Lane

Permit New single family home

Applicant

4420 Exeter Drive

Alteration

John Bock

2301 GMD

Alteration

Edward Hayes

$85,000

771 Emerald Harbor Drive Seawall

Richard Erickson

$32,000

4420 Exeter Drive

Kitchen

Gary Wallin

$25,000

1485 GMD

Alteration

Raymond Hopp

$18,000

730 Old Compass Road

Alteration

Michael Chester

$14,400

370 GMD

Sliding-glass door

Kevin Lindahl

$13,000

613 Triton Bend

Pool

Timothy Bixler

$12,500

525 Bay Isles Parkway

Trellis

Publix Super Markets Inc. $11,000

760 Old Compass Road

Alteration

Lois Gould Snyder

$9,597

580 Russell St.

Windows and door

Betty Simmons

$7,848

15 Lighthouse Point Drive

Lift

Richard Kandel, trustee

$7,000

3681 Bayou Circle

Garage doors

Guy-Pierre DePoerck

$3,398

George Suca

$2,400

4621 GMD

Replace steel beam Casa del Mar

$2,400

621 Cedars Court

Garage door

Wayne Natt

525 Bay Isles Parkway

Bus shelter

Shoppes of Bay Isles

250 Sands Point Rd # 5101 #A3937380 $309,000 Joan Boltax

4700 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # D202 #A3986790 $285,000 Bobbi Banan

3804 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 302 #A3981712 $255,000 Stephen Harris

1111 Ritz Carlton Dr # 1505 Sarasota #A3981097 $7,000-$9,000/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

Amount

Timothy Clarke, trustee $825,000

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

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

RE N TA L

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

RE N TA L

4540 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 202 #A3979332 $274,900 Sharon Freeman

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-350-6390

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1485 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 406 Longboat Key #A3985932 $4,000-$6,500/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

$118,936

6051 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3983113 $3,795,000 Ann Martin

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-7717

$975 $148.32

4340 Falmouth Dr # 305 #A3985972 $275,000 Tama Traberman

2800 Harbourside Dr # E-14 #A3954322 $135,000 Bruce & Jenine Meyer

571 Putting Green Ln #A3984052 $1,995,500 Sylvia Zimmerman

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

535 Sanctuary Dr # 401 #A3985337 $1,799,000 Robert Dardas

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-7591

3532 Mistletoe Ln #A3981859 $1,795,000 Marcia Salkin

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-6121

475 E Royal Flamingo Dr #A3983861 $1,790,000 John August

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-320-9795

531 Yardarm Ln #A3980172 $1,699,000 Maureen Horn

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

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

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

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

3481 Bayou Sound #A3981543 $1,395,000 Hannerle Moore

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

523 Juan Anasco Dr #A3979558 $950,000 Marta Altizer

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-544-4437

3010 Grand Bay Blvd # 415 #A3983643 $899,000 Julie Klick

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-6001

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-225-3351

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-266-8152

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4525 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 103 Longboat Key #A3952449 $3,000-$5,200/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 3315 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3984171 $3,850,000 Ian Addy 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 941-383-7591 941-961-8850

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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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013

OBSERVER WEATHER

Do you love taking photos? We want your best photos of sunrises, sunsets, rainbows, etc.

Submit your local weather photos for a chance to have your photo published in the paper!

See all of the winning photos each week by visiting The Observer’s Facebook page.

TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, Oct. 29

86

64

90 (1965)

40 (1944)

Wednesday, Oct. 30

87

67

91 (2009)

45 (1952)

Thursday, Oct. 31

86

66

90 (1959)

47 (1953)

Friday, Nov. 1

85

69

91 (1971)

40 (1993)

Saturday, Nov. 2

80

67

92 (1971)

40 (1993)

Sunday, Nov. 3

78

62

89 (1995)

41 (1963)

Monday, Nov. 4

83

59

90 (1992)

36 (1966)

Average Gulf water temperature: 74

MOON PHASES

SUNRISE / SUNSET Sunrise

Sunset

Thursday, Nov. 7

6:45a

5:43p

Friday, Nov. 8

6:46a

5:42p

Nov. 17 Full

Saturday, Nov. 9

6:46a

5:42p

Sunday, Nov. 10

6:47a

5:42p

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Monday, Nov. 11

6:48a

5:41p

Tuesday, Nov. 12

6:49a

5:41p

Wednesday, Nov. 13

6:49a

5:40p

Nov. 9 First

Dec. 2 New

TIDES

 Frederick Beyerlein submitted this sunset photo, taken on Halloween near Cortez.

Scan the QR code on your smartphone to submit your weather photos!

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48 Took in, as a movie 50 Like slander, as opposed to libel 52 Short trip 53 Pot cover 56 Data entry person 60 Certain Himalayan denizen 62 “To ___ is human ...”

63 Twosome 65 Big name in lawn care products 66 Overwhelm with noise 67 Quick looks 70 Like a good guard dog 72 Collection of lions 73 Skip town

75 Some heads of state 139 Scandinavian native 78 Sheepshank, e.g.

79 Supreme Court DOWN duds 1 “Measure twice, cut 81 Brook fish ___” 2 “Blazing Saddles” 82 Dog in serious need actress Madeline of a bath 3 Rocky ___ ice cream 84 Mimosa family tree 4 Relating to memory 86 Its atomic number loss is 5 5 Mount that Moses 88 Prefix for “space” or climbed “dynamic” 6 Assert sans proof 89 Cotillion attendee, 7 Unmarried young women for short 8 “Holiday ___” (1942 92 Potpourri bag film) 93 Some musical 9 Tale of grand shows proportions 95 Lumber processor 10 Like some profiling 97 Moose, in Europe 11 Greek goddess of 98 Warm, on a hunt wisdom 100 Nothing at all 12 Mournful murmur 102 Catch, oater-style 13 Extravagant pitcher?

14 Meadow 103 “Jurassic Park” 15 Use an emery board mosquito preserver on 105 Grind one’s teeth in 16 Ceremonial frustration splendor 109 Bird’s home 17 “Dukes of Hazzard” 112 Enjoy some gum spinoff series 113 Carnegie or Evans 18 Greek instrument 115 Gold purity 24 Coastal shore flyers 26 Keanu’s role in “The measures (Abbr.)

Matrix” 116 Hundredth of a 29 Ad conclusion? ruble 32 “Now!” in a hospital 118 Navy’s counterpart 35 In the arms of 121 Fictional adventurer Morpheus Jones 36 England’s national 124 Relieve art gallery 128 Milky quartz 37 Impressionist 130 Certain space 38 Refunds for credit card holders shuttle 41 Big mobile phone 132 Nikola who maker developed 43 Buffet heater alternating current 44 Holy city?

133 “Spumante” lead-in 45 Harpsichord cousin 134 Pitch the horsehide 47 Bubbly beverage 135 Half-man/half-goat 49 Ida. neighbor creatures 51 “Roger ___ Me” (1992 documentary) 136 Sarah Vaughan 54 In ___ (on the same nickname page) 137 Any second now 55 America’s Cup racer 138 Means justification, 57 Annually elected some say Roman magistrate

58 “Come on, ___ be fun!”

59 Mantelpiece, essentially 61 Garment with a hood 64 City near Detroit 68 Parasitic creature 69 Be nosy 71 Targets of Paul Bunyan’s ax 73 “George of the Jungle” star Brendan 74 Story setting, e.g.

76 Remedy 77 Author Paretsky 80 Yellowish-brown 83 Knock down pins in an alley 85 Gobbled down or gobbled up 87 Mezzo-soprano Merriman 90 “What ___ can I say?”

91 Exhale forcefully 94 Ruin 96 Double-breasted woolen coat 99 To-do lists 101 Spotted wildcat 104 Tennyson’s “___ of the King” 106 In the same ballpark as 107 Not go anywhere 108 TV shoppers’ channel 110 Stone chips 111 Succumb to an interrogator 114 Speak an untruth 117 Heads of staffs?

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Items Under $200 For Sale

Merchandise Wanted

Homes For Rent

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

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

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

(No phone calls please.)

(Please provide your name and address) Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com Online at: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group P.O. Box 3169 Sarasota, Fl 34230

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

ST. ARMANDS: 3BR/2BA, garage, walk to beach, dining. Sarasota Style Realty, 941-388-2135.

3 BEDROOM Longboat Key beach rental.

Seasonal ($3200/ mo. includes tax). Across from private beach. Garage. Unobstructed views beach and sunsets. Updated, patio, fully furnished, 55 +.

(941) 232-1357.

BIKE: WOMANS Boss Cruiser, new 26” tires, 3 speed, pink with carrier rack, $100.

941-383-1184.

ROCKING CRADLE: Antique Solid Wood, from England. Excellent Condition, $185.00. Call 941-383-1210.

STEAM CLEANER: Haan, steam tile cleaning, floor sanitizer, used once. $60. 941-383-4146.

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

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.

SINGLES ON LONGBOAT! Dinner club forming ages 48-65. Please email: lbkdine2yahoo.com Include your name and interests. Groups of equal numbers of men and women will be set up for dinner.

Storage

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

941-383-3702

Condos For Sale FREE! What every Real Estate buyer or seller needs to know!

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.

ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232

LONGBOAT KEY CLUB COMPLEX. By Owner.

Private club suite, turnkey, tennis, Gulf view, 650/sq.ft. $349,000. 708-267-6704.

LBK BOATERS..SELLING OR buying, call Captain Dave! World Class Yacht Sales (877)901-BOAT. captaindave@wcyachtsales.com

LONGBOAT KEY: 3/BR, private beach. $1900/mo. +utilities. Updated, granite/ stainless kitchen, garage, patio, 55+. 941-232-1357.

SECTIONAL SOFA: Thomasville brand, ivory, like new. Moving sale. $2230 new. Sacrifice for $300 o/b/o. Denny, 941-780-8789.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales AUCTION MID-CENTURY DESIGN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH @ 1PM Inspection Sunday Day of Sale 11am-1pm The sale will be held at our Auction Gallery located on the Southwest corner of 301N & University Parkway. *****FEATURING: Danish Modern Furniture, Lucite, Heywood-Wakefield, Signed Modern Art, Retro Lighting Fixtures, Jewelry, Signed Sculptures, Rugs, Glass and Pottery from several local Estates.***** 13% Buyer’s Premium 3% Discount for Cash or Check Elliott Bernstein Auctions AU3504 - AB2545 Gallery Phone: 941-351-3002 Photos & more: www.auctionzip.com Auctioneer ID#8290

LONGBOAT KEY: OPEN HOUSE. Sunday, November 10th, 12:30-4p.m. 840 Tarawitt Dr. Waterfront: UNBELIEVEABLE VIEW OF CITY. Elevator; hardwood floors; 2200sq.ft., 2 docks.

Must see. You will be Surprised!! Bank approved. $1,230,000. Brokers paid. 941-650-9761.

Duplexes For Rent

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

Available December, 2013 & May, June, 2014.

Non-smoking/ pets. By owner. 941-383-1884.

AAA SUNSETS, Space, 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.

3 month minimum Jan-Feb-Mar $7,500/month including weekly maid service plus security, taxes.

No smoking or pets.

Email for photos spaciousandstunning@gmail.com. 941-383-9729.

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

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.

Boats

Furnishings

Open House

Condos/Apts. For Rent

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.

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.

BIRD KEY. Prime Sarasota Bay lot. SSE exposure.

Waiting for your dream house. For sale by owner.

No brokers please. 631 Mourning Dove. See our lot on www.forsalebyowner.com. $2,800,000.

941-388-7832

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

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

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.

Boats are selling very well. Great time to buy or sell. Doing “Business on a Handshake” www.Islandboatsales.net Buy-Sell-Consign-Donate. Call Dave, (owner) 941-228-3489.

Lots/Acreage For Sale

FloRIDA VACATIon ConnECTIon www.Flvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460 SARASOTA: SARASOTA: GATED, GATED, move-in move-in condition, condition, 3BR/2BA. 3BR/2BA. House House to to be be sold sold Sunday Sunday night night to to highest highest bidder. bidder. Best Best offer offer over over $101,000. $101,000. By By appointment appointment only. only. Ask Ask for for Steve, Steph, 941-360-1220.

941-360-1220.

Real Estate Wanted WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management 941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 941-650-1857 Visit us at: resortproperties.pro

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

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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.

LONGBOAT KEY. Gulf front, heated pool on beach, 1BR/1BA condo, full kitchen, dining, sleeps/4, king pillowtop. 617-328-7145, 857-939-1049.

LONGBOAT KEY: Sunset Beach condo, Gulffront, beautiful 2BR/2BA, completely updated, 2/mo. minimum. Available December through April.

708-203-2205.

ON THE Gulf w/pool. 1BR condo, sleeps 4. Nicely furnished, cable, phone, full kitchen, living, dining area, W/D in building. Weekly or Monthly. May through January. $1600/mo. 941-351-5101.

PLAYERS CLUB. Beautiful remodeled 2 bed 2.5 bath condo. Direct gulf front, great views, private beach, Pool, tennis, BBQ area, putting green. Quality furnishings/appliances, balcony with full awning, Wi-Fi, flat screen HD TVs with on-demand movies.

No smoking, pets or kids. Available mid-December 13 to end April 14. Minimum 3 months. $5,500 per month Details/photos 941 383 0570 by owner.

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

Volunteers welcome! 941-383-6491.

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This week’s Cryptogram answers

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Personal Services

THE WESTCHESTER GULF FRONT

JOHN GUBERNAT SERVICES Residential/ Commercial. Handyman Repairs, Roof Repairs, Coatings, Painting, Power Washing, Property Management, Home Watching. LBK Resident. Lic./Ins. 941-962-4867.

NEED YOUR LIFE SIMPLIFIED? At Your Service Presents Personal Services Property Services Holiday and Party Services Shopping, errands and rides

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

Recently remodeled.

941-228-5671.

www.casadelmar.net Weekly/Monthly Condominium Rentals 4 Night Minimum Reservations: 941-383-5549 Fax: 941-383-7925 Office Open 7 Days, 9a.m. - 5p.m.

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228

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STEVE ALLEN FLOOR COVERINGS

WEEKLY RENTALS. Luxurious, fully furnished 1 - 4 bedrooms. Condominiums and Cottages.

Beach to Bay. On-site management. Pools, tennis, boat slips. Visit: www.FloridaRent.com for information and virtual tours. 800-333-7335, 941-383-3117.

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE 726-1802 LIC/ INS

SHIP YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR SUV anywhere in the United States. Great rates, fast quotes. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Expert Marble & Travertine Installation Floor & Walls

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

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// ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT Oct. 31. All of the friends the Kotlers have made through The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass will be in attendance, including some Sarasotans who make up the Southwest chapter. The Kotlers spend six months of the year on Longboat Key, and they’ll arrive just before The Ringling exhibit opens this month. They spend the summers at the Chautaqua Institution, in New York, and falls in Chicago.

The Kotler collection includes artists’ names you recognize (or will soon recognize) if you’re in the know on contemporary studio glass: Karen LaMonte, Harvey Littleton, Nicolas Africano, Peter Hora, etc. The couple’s glass collection is so extensive they completed an addition to their Evanston, Ill., home to utilize as a gallery space. When they outgrew that, they had a new home designed around the collection.

They once needed a structural engineer to evaluate how to accommodate a 450-pound Karen LaMonte sculpture.

The couple started collecting glass pieces in 1986 — nearly 30 years ago.

Leading up to the first glass purchase, Philip Kotler had been collecting art when he traveled for business. As an authoritative voice on marketing, he has penned more than 40 books and is currently the S.C. Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He frequently travels the world for speaking and consulting work.

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HOW THEY MET Long before they were the grandparents of nine grandchildren, Philip and Nancy Kotler were not Mr. and Mrs. Nancy Kotler was an 18-yearold freshman at Radcliff miniature carved ivory figure that caught her attention. He learned it was a Japanese Netsuke, and it sparked an interest in learning about Japanese mythology and culture. He began collecting the precious sculptures. He became fascinated with Japanese culture, specifically the Samurai tradition.

“Nancy did not want me to buy and bring home Japanese swords,” he says in an email. So he settled on the ornate metal work of the Tsubas, or sword guards. This comprises one of his other collections.

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They met and the rest is history.

They will be married 59 years this January. paperweights struck him, it was only natural he start collecting them, too, ultimately leading him to the collection of studio glass.

In conjunction with her husband’s love of art collecting, Nancy Kotler was attracted to studio glass on her own in the ’80s, when she practiced law in Chicago. A partner in her law firm, Paul Lurie, had an office full of art she admired, including works

by Dale Chihuly, Dick Huss and Michael Pavlik.

“I had never seen work like that before,” Nancy Kotler says.

Lurie also influenced Nancy

Kotler’s involvement in the Illinois art scene. She joined the board of The Northflight Theater, became chairwoman of the public art committee, as well as the chairwoman of the Arts Council in Evanston.

The first piece the Kotlers bought Nancy Kotler refers to as “bags within bags” by Littleton Vogel Glass (artists John Littleton and Kate Vogel). The technical work to create the piece intrigued the Kotlers. It wasn’t long before they bought the second piece.

“At the beginning we might have been a little obsessive about the collecting,” Nancy Kotler says. “… We bought a lot of work because we were interested in a great many artists and didn’t own anything.”

Nancy Kotler explains they made a conscious decision early in their collecting to pick pieces that spoke to both of them. At first, their focus was on form and color, and then it evolved to emphasize narratives.

Philip Kotler explains: “One sculpture shows a man and woman seated in separate chairs facing each other,” he says. “Is this a psychiatrist and a patient?

Or is this a husband and wife?

One is talking to the other? About what?”

Nancy Kotler finds narrative pieces more emotionally satisfying than strictly abstract work.

The Kotlers knew from the beginning that, aside from a couple of pieces gifted to their three daughters, they would eventually donate the whole collection to a museum. They wanted to share their love of the work with others, something they started with the previous donation of a few pieces

to places such as the Racine Art Museum, in Wisconsin, when it opened; and to the Museum of Arts and Design, in New York City, when it was moving locations.

“We were looking to make a decision, and we had looked at other places,” Nancy Kotler says.

“But, there was no question in our mind that The Ringling was ideal.”

The Kotlers were struck with The Ringling’s initiative to grow its contemporary collections.

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PAYING IT FORWARD Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s initiative to mentor becomes the song that never ends.

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Henry Porter teaches five A’s to his congregation: affection, approval, achievement, acceptance and appreciation.

He’s never felt like he needed to seek acceptance because there was someone who helped keep him in the loop.

Bishop Henry Porter replays a voicemail he saved from March.

The bishop and founder of the Westcoast School for Human Development wears a proud smile as Nate Jacobs’ voice sounds aloud: “I wanted you to be the first to know that we own the property we’re on,” the message says. It’s big news that the group now has its own theater.

Porter remembers Jacobs long before Jacobs was even a performer. And, if it weren’t for Porter’s mentorship, there would not be a Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT).

Just as Porter did for him, Jacobs lights the way for the troupe members he mentors, and they proceed to illuminate the lives of the people they touch.

son, that Porter was a fine Christian boy who needed a little money for school. Porter became one of the first Selby Scholars.

“That opened the doors,” he says. “I’m in the loop.”

Porter keeps referring to the “loop.” He says some people want to do well but don’t know how. And if someone else has the ability to help that person, then they should bring him or her in the loop.

“That’s what we have to do to connect the community,” he says.

“We can do more together than any one of us can do alone.”

Under this notion and as a service to the community, Porter founded the Westcoast School for Human Development. He had an organ, a front porch and put a listing in the paper.

It only takes a spark

Igniting a fire

When Sarasota-born Porter was in seventh grade, he asked to help grade teacher Janie Poe’s papers.

She became his homeroom teacher and took extra time to help him.

Back then, Porter wanted to go to France, become a mathematician and return to America to become the only black professor with a French accent. But as he matured, he decided he wanted to attend Yale and become a mathematics professor.

In response, Poe took him to First National Bank after hours and told the then-secretary of the Selby Foundation, Richard Jack-

Five dollars put Nate Jacobs in the loop. In 1979, Jacobs was in a prayer group Porter founded at Florida A&M University, in Tallahassee, where Porter had been a professor. Porter and Jacobs knew of each other, but Porter had never seen Jacobs perform. Jacobs, then 19, was hanging out with a group of peers who’d prodded him to give an impromptu performance — and Jacobs created the character Sarasota now knows as Aunt Rudele on the spot. The group was roaring with laughter when up walked Dr. Porter. Jacobs saw him as esteemed and became embar-

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“I enjoyed being under the lights,” Earley Dean says. “More so, I liked the attention. And Nate Jacobs was the one who put the idea of taking it seriously on my mind.”

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One day, he and Porter began talking about Sarasota’s needs — diversified theater performances. A black theater troupe, Jacobs stated. It’s something Porter would never let him relinquish.

“He said, ‘You got a lot inside of you, but you will not step out, but you know what I’m going to do?’”

Jacobs says in his Dr. Porter voice. “‘I’m going to kick you out there.’”

When Jacobs received two offers to fund his quest to become a New York-based performer, Porter encouraged him to turn it down.

Sarasota was his stage, Porter reassured him. One day, Porter set up a meeting with an attorney and told Jacobs to make his theater happen. Jacobs says he might have become resentful at times, thinking staying in Sarasota would

trump him having a successful performing career. But Jacobs has been successful without New York.

“I didn’t see an organization living inside of me that I had to birth into existence,” Jacobs says. “Now, it’s clear as day: I was a door for other people.”

Passing the flame

Earley Dean, the lead in WBTT’s upcoming performance of “Purlie,” says he was horrible as a child.

“Wait, don’t say horrible — let’s say ‘active,’” he says with a laugh.

Dean was 5 years old when he became a student at the Westcoast Center. The first production of Jacobs’ he was in, he played a blue bird and because of nerves, threw up on stage. But when Dean got

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rassed of what Porter might think.

“He looked shocked,” Porter says before giving a gaped mouth demonstration and laughing. Following the performance, he gave Jacobs $5 to buy a notebook and pen and told him to write it down.

“I could see all of his raw potential,” Porter says. “Like a mountain of coal and all it needed was fire.

With the proper fire, he could light the world.”

Porter enlisted Jacobs’ help as the art teacher at his Sarasota church’s K-12 school upon Jacobs’ graduation of Florida A & M University. Jacobs thought the move would be temporary. Jacobs settled into his job and created elaborate Christian-themed musicals for the children, who performed to a standing-room only audience.

over his nerves, Jacobs cast him as the lead — a tiger. From then on, Dean was always the lead; Jacobs saw his raw potential, and Dean fell in love with performing.

“You can’t take your eyes off him,” Jacobs says.

Dean grew up in a single-parent home and when he reached his full stage of teenage angst and rebellion, his mom dropped him on Jacobs’ doorstep to straighten him out with some male influence.

In turn, when a friend of Dean’s got in a troubling situation, Dean brought him to Jacobs’ home, sat him down and advised him.

Dean sounded like a professional psychiatrist. His leadership was strong, and he was maturing.

Dean would return from Florida A&M University to perform in

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.

He performed with his sister, Jnana Cooper, a founding member.

Jacobs still works with Dean to hone the 30-year-old performer’s leadership and craft. Jacobs decided to give him the lead role in “Purlie,” as an opportunity.

“I can already see what this is doing for him,” Jacobs says of his mentee. “It’s his time.”

Aside from acting, Dean teaches theater in an after-school program at Ward Temple AME church — lighting the way for his own students.

“If it weren’t for Bishop Porter and Nate, I wouldn’t be working with children today,” he says. “I’d probably be on the streets somewhere, with no direction, doing whatever I could to get by.”

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“Dr. Porter helped Nate Jacobs believe in Nate Jacobs,” Nate Jacobs says. “For him to validate me, to tell me I had worth and that it got his attention — he gave it value… sometimes other people have to believe in you until you learn to believe in yourself.”

‘Purlie’ This musical follows traveling preacher, Purlie, who returns to his small hometown in Georgia to save the town’s church, Big Bethel. His family is owed inheritance from the plantation owner, money necessary to Purlie’s cause. The only way to get the sum is from the family member to whom the money was left. And that family member is deceased.

When: Opens Nov. 13 and runs through Dec. 15 Where: Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theater, 1646 10th Way Cost: Tickets $28 Call: For more information, call 366-1505 or visit wbttroupe.org

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Conservatory dancers present show in which to fall in love On Oct. 29, the students of The Margaret Barbieri Conservatory hosted a fall program. The programs are the final product of what they work on in class and rehearsals each day. The students showcased their growth as dancers, simultaneously showing the growth of the program.

In its second year, the number of students in The Margaret Barbieri Conservatory doubled. Twentythree dancers from as far as Canada, Panama, Japan and Hong Kong have come to participate in the classical ballet educational opportunity.

A group performance was followed with the upper-level stu-

dents’ performance of Joseph Mazilier’s “Paquita.”

They also showcased a piece Sarasota Ballet principal Ricardo Graziano specifically choreographed for the students.

The students will perform a winter concert in December, called “Holiday Variations.”

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THEATER // ‘The School for Lies’ Hypocrisy is the glue of civilization. If the hero of Moliere’s “The Misanthrope” had his way, it would all come unglued. You can see him in action in the Asolo Conservatory’s production of David Ives’ “The School for Lies.”

The misanthrope has a new name: Frank, not Alceste. But he’s still a prophetic bad boy speaking harsh truths that civilized sheep keep to themselves. He does so in 17th-century France where oversharing could get you jailed. The stick of society won’t shut him up — but the carrot of love will. I could say more, but spoilers are uncivilized.

Ives has adapted Moliere’s original, fivehour carriage ride into a crisp, 100-minute jaunt. And, just to make the trip a bit more interesting, Ives amped it up with hilarious rhyming couplets. While he was at it, Ives changed Moliere’s ending. And made it better. It’s perfect text for comedy theater — but a perilously high level of difficulty. Director Greg Leaming, crew and cast (nearly all of the conservatory’s second-year class) make it look easy.

Leaming’s direction is the full-on assault that Ives’ text demands. It’s a smart, funny play, but it isn’t nice. The director never flinches from Ives’ intellectualized offshoot of insult comedy.

Matthew R. Olsen brings the necessary edge to the misanthropic lead role. He comes on like a verbal hurricane, reminding you of every avant-garde Jeremiah you wouldn’t invite to your garden party. The rest of the cast parties like it’s 1666. There’s Olivia Williamson’s Celimene — the yin to Frank’s yang. She also sneers at hypocrisy, but responds with satire, not spittle, in a warm, bubbly comic performance. Andrea Adnoff’s Eliante burns with righteousness — and lust for Frank. (As cartoonist R. Crumb pointed

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Matthew R. Olsen and Matthew Andersen in the FSU/Asolo Conservatory production of David Ives’ “The School for Lies,” running through Nov. 17. out, the loud obnoxious alpha male at the party is usually surrounded by women.)

Oronte (Matthew Andersen), Clitander (Paul Herbig) and Acaste (Jory Murphy) don’t have this problem. They’re feckless fops: a bad poet, a bad lover and a moron.

Such (based on the play’s evidence) was the cream of France’s elite. Gracie Lee Brown’s Arsinoe is sexy and side-splitting as a thumbscrew Christian who missed that “judge not” passage. Brian Owen’s Philinte is a goodnatured fellow, dodging rumors of transvestism started by Frank. Michael Frishman (in a dual role as porter and long-suffering canapé wrangler) is a deadpan working-class hero. As partygoers go, it’s a great bunch.

The partygoers have a rocking party palace thanks to Chris McVicker, the set and lighting designer. Thanks to David Covach, the party isn’t naked. His lush, lurid costumes create a colorful mash-up of Louis XIV and Louis CK. “The School for Lies” is great theater — brainy text, brilliantly realized and entertaining from start to finish. It’s as sweet and satisfying as a fresh petit fours. When the play ends, you don’t want it to. The sweet taste stays with you when the experience is over. Good plays, parties and pastries have that in common.

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FILM // ‘All is Lost’ There’s no smooth sailing for Robert Redford in the new film, “All is Lost.” His character finds himself alone and at odds with the forces of nature, fighting for his life in the Indian Ocean. It’s an epic battle.

There is no back story. Redford’s nameless character (credited as “Our Man”) wakes up as seawater is pouring into the cabin of his 39-foot sailboat. A drifting shipping container has punctured his port side. Methodically, he addresses the problem, demonstrating his vast aptitude as a seasoned sailor. But when a devastating storm adds insult to injury, his ship sinks.

Without electronics, potable drinking water and little protection from the elements, he’s forced to rely solely upon himself and the sheer will to survive. For eight days he endures passing cargo ships, raging seas and a life raft in constant need of repair. He’s fighting the good fight, but he’s losing the battle.

Writer-director J.C. Chandor (“Margin Call”) had a “dream come true” when Redford agreed to sign onto this risky project. After all, there’s virtually no dialogue, scant scoring and a singular character...not quite the formu-

la for box office ballyhoo. But Chandor’s “existential action movie” (which is how he pitched it to investors) exceeds all expectations.

Meticulous camerawork provides spare yet exquisite visuals. Through Chandor’s lens we become not merely spectators but participants in Redford’s excruciating experience. His determination is ours, his disappointments evolve into personal pain. As he becomes one with the sea, so do we.

But without Redford’s flawless performance, the audience may not have been so ready to go there. His minimalist approach to his character’s psyche is monumentally successful. His instinctive resolve to fight back seems second nature. It’s not acting. It’s being. And at age 77, it’s his best move, ever.

At the very beginning of the film, there’s a voice-over by Redford intended for those he may have left behind. He states that he is sorry and goes on to further comment he’s always tried “to love, to be good, to be right and that I fought to the end. All is lost.” Don’t be too sure.

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OPERA // Sarasota Opera: ‘Die Fledermaus’ When describing operettas, Victor Borge said: “Operettas are just like operas, only not so much. Sometimes they are called light operas, because they’re shorter and the prima donnas weigh less.” He went on to tell us, “Half the time you’re not sure whether you’re supposed to laugh or cry until it’s too late. The way to tell is to look at the stage just before the curtain falls. If anybody’s left standing, it was a comedy.”

“Die Fledermaus,” by Johann Strauss Jr., leaves no doubt in our minds and, in the current production at Sarasota Opera, it’s hilarious. This comedy, based on two sources, “Das Gefängnis” (The Prison),

by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix, and a French vaudeville play, “Le réveillon,” by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, was adapted by Richard Genée after a translation back into German by Carl Haffner. Popular since its premiere in 1874, it’s become an operatic comedic staple in houses around the world with productions ranging from the more sedate to the purely slapstick. One way or another, it’s the music and singing that win our hearts and transport us to a time when revenge was funny, friendships were paramount and paramours were assumed.

The plot is based, loosely, around a trick that was played on Dr. Falke, a friend of Gabriel Von Eisenstein. It seems the two had been at a costume party and Eisenstein left his inebriated doctor friend to sleep the night away on a park bench, only to have to walk home, publicly, through the streets the next morning still dressed as a bat (aka Fledermaus). Although this happened a few years before our opera begins, Falke has been seeking revenge ever since and we are, in the three acts of operatic twists,

turns, deceptions and duplicities, treated to his good-humored plan to get even with his friend.

Eisenstein, sung with tremendous skill and appeal by Sean Anderson, is by far the star of this production. We’ve heard him in roles as varied as George in “Of Mice and Men,” John Proctor in “The Crucible” and Papageno in “The Magic Flute,” and he’s always made an excellent impression.

But his performance in “Die Fledermaus” was the best, yet. Originally conceived for a tenor but generally performed by a baritone, Anderson’s upper range has come into full bloom, ringing like a tenor with baritone heft.

He pretty much owned the evening.

Matthew Hanscom’s Falke, on the other hand, was rather weak. It’s the good doctor who really runs the show by maneuvering the others like a puppet-master, but Hanscom comes off in this production as a somewhat secondary character, without the necessary cleverness in his portrayal or the important vocal strength needed to put him in the spotlight.

Rosalinda, Eisenstein’s beautiful but devious wife, was portrayed by Danielle Walker with a shimmering voice that easily surmounted the enormous range Strauss wrote into her part. Angela Mortellano as Adele, her maid, had just the right “bow-on-thebackside soubrette” insouciance and flexibility in her voice to carry off her part while singing. In fact, her Laughing Song was so well sung, it sent the audience into spontaneous paroxysms of laughter the way a giggling baby brings instinctive joy to any adult in range. But both women, when giving their lines as speakers, were much too coarse for my taste. Perhaps it was the marked difference between their beautiful singing diction and their obviously regional American speaking accents, but someone needs to train singers to speak as well as they sing when the score calls for dialogue.

Much more attuned to acting, speaking and singing was Blythe Gaissert as the eccentric young Prince Orlovsky. Gaissert, whom we heard recently in a chamber

Sarasota Opera’s 2013 production of “Die Fledermaus” concert with members of the Sarasota Orchestra, seems made for this trouser role, singing it with a full, rich mezzo and inhabiting her bored, boyishness with charm and finesse. And Joshua Kohl as Alfred, Rosalinda’s paramour, has a clarion tenor that would make anyone swoon with passion.

Steven Condy’s Frank, the prison warden who arrests the wrong man but keeps his good humor, has the vocal power and acting presence to convince us of nearly everything he does. Constandinos Tsourakis is a convincingly drunken Frosh, the jailer, and Briana Elyse Hunter as Ida, Adele’s sister, and Gage Herrmann, as the lawyer, Dr. Blind, handle their roles well.

This is an enjoyable, fresh Fledermaus with beautiful costumes by Howard Tsvi Kaplan, well-designed scenery by David P. Gordon and excellent lighting effects by Ken Yunker. I’d have preferred a different English translation to the one offered by Marcie Stapp which, at best, I found corny and, at worst, befuddling. Why, for example, would

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The excellent instrumental ensemble under Victor DeRenzi’s direction was the Sarasota Orchestra, proving its dexterity and versatility from stage to pit. DeRenzi held all his forces together with strength and musicality, but there were moments when this charming Viennese operetta became an equally charming Italian opera buffa.

Stephanie Sundine’s staging was both stylish and clever, incorporating broad comedy with intelligent movement that always held our attention. The fun addition of a bit of Beethoven brought a surprise delight to the third act’s prison scene, adding a nice twist to an already twisty story.

A friend summed up the evening in an email I received the morning after. She wrote, “We loved the orchestra, the singing, the staging, the colorful clothes; it was fun and no one died. A wonderful way to spend an evening.”

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First things first, Michael’s Wine Cellar’s Michael Klauber says if you are going to have a wine cellar in your home, there needs to be two sections: wines to lay down to age and wines you will drink immediately.

“You need to have a ‘drink me’ section,” he says.

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The idea for Joel and Diane Schleicher’s wine cellar was for it to be an artistic focal point of the home.

“The bottles are beautiful, and the labels are gorgeous. We wanted them to be displayed,” says Diane.

Standing in the kitchen and looking into the left side of the cellar, Diane points to the racks.

“As you can see, the labels are sideways to see as you are walking by on either side of the cellar,” she says.

A lot of time went into designing the racks, for the utilization of space as well as the purpose of featuring the artistry of the bottles.

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When Mitchell and Dawn Epstein were designing their home wine cellar, their focus was on the functionality of the cellar, because their last cellar wasn’t big enough. The cellar can hold up to 3,000 bottles, and is filled to capacity again when his new shipment arrives.

Epstein receives shipments at the end of October and in the spring.

“You work hard to work it down and then to build it up again. And you have a fun time doing both,” says Mitchell.

The Epsteins’ cellar is tailored to their taste. The space is well utilized, mainly for mass storage capacity — the cellar racks are double stacked.

Michael Klauber gives tips on how to best stock your wine cellar.

“It’s about having a diverse collection of wine and sharing it with friends,” Klauber says.

• Go to wine tastings — “Start exploring what you like, not what people tell you you’re supposed to like.”

• Buy an assortment when shopping for wines, other than what you think you like.

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Closet case Kip Schoonover decided to transform his home office closet into a wine cellar.

“The main focus was utilizing the space and creating an area that you could walk into and enjoy the presence of the wine,” says Schoonover.

The entire closet remodel took about three months — he would sometimes spend 12 hours a day on the weekends working on it. He tore out the dry wall, wrapped everything in plastic, added heavy insulation and rebuilt the walls. The interlocking cedar planks on the walls and the ceiling, along with the stained-glass window and door he found at Sarasota Architectural Salvage, brought together Schoonover’s rustic wine cellar idea.

Most of the wines in Schoonover’s cellar come from the Central Coast of California, where he and his wife frequently visit wineries and explore their wine interests.

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Restaurants that go to the DOGS “A dog walks into the bar” isn’t far from par in this town. In this case, however, there’s no punch line — Sarasota is relatively dog friendly. Pull a seat nearby and treat your best friend (with a tail) to some dog-friendly spots — or even an $18 filet mignon if he’s into that kind of thing. Here are some top-dog places to have a tail-wagging good time: The Old Salty Dog 1601 Ken Thompson Parkway, 388-4311 It says it in the name. Although they’re more famous for the Salty Dog hot dog than for a place to bring your pup. Old Salty Dog has two locations, but the one we’re referring to is on the water at City Island and has great seafood and cocktails.

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Proceeds from the evening, chaired by Jeff and Janae Bell, Tom and Kristy Cail and Max and Stephanie Hannum, will help to sustain the programs that Children First offers to more than 500 children and families at its 13 locations in our community.

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// BLACK TIE: CAMERA READY FLIP FLOPS AND FASHION LUNCHEON Benefiting Children First Friday, Nov. 1, at Sharky’s on the Pier

Co-Chair Jennifer Rust, Jennifer Steube, Ashley Dooley, Chris Wilkinson and Susan Brennan

Doris Berkey, Carol Butera, Denise Mei, Paul Bowman and Lea Mei

Co-Chair Debbie LaPinska and Sandy Wilson

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// BLACK TIE: CAMERA READY 22ND ANNUAL CURTAIN RAISER Benefiting Sarasota Opera Sunday, Oct. 27, at Michael’s Wine Cellar Photos by Heather Merriman

 Isabelle Wright, Wally Kraemer and Joan Lovell

Moderator Ray Collins, panelist Roxie Jerde, panelist Dr. Mitch Maidique, Co-Chairwoman Dr. Laura Wazen, panelist Mike Davies, Estelle Crawford and Co-Chairwoman Melissa Lerner

THE WIT AND WISDOM OF AGING LUNCHEON: PINES OF SARASOTA 65TH ANNIVERSARY Benefiting Pines of Sarasota Foundation Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Michael’s On East  Janet Hunter and Gloria Moss

Lois Stulberg, Joan Morgan, Sally Yanowitz and Edie Chaifetz

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// BLACK TIE: CAMERA READY OCEANIC EVENING ‘EXPLORING THE FUTURE’ Benefiting Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium Saturday, Oct. 26, at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota

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