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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Commission: no cellular tower Acting Town Attorney David Persson called the commission’s clear stance on telecommunications ‘a watershed moment for the town.’

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Charlotte Graver and Rich and Clare Segall

+ JFCS honors Longboaters Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Sarasota-Manatee Inc. honored three Longboat Key residents Monday during the Ninth Annual Grace Rosen Magill Memorial Lecture Program for their volunteerism and contributions to help the region’s needy families and children.

Charlotte Graver, a resident of Grand Bay, received the Rabbi Sanford E. & Leah Saperstein Hope & Healing Award, while Rich and Clare Segall, residents of the Sanctuary, received the Sidney J. Berkowitz Building Community Award.

Graver told the audience that her grandfather taught her family: “Those who are privileged have a responsibility to give back.”

For the first time, there were no mixed signals when the Longboat Key Town Commission discussed a cell tower for Longboat Key. The commission finally took a stance — at a meeting — on the possibility of a cellular tower being built on the Key. In short, commissioners don’t

want one. And they want staff and the town attorney to help craft an ordinance that says as much without starting a legal nightmare among cellular carriers.

At the commission’s Nov. 13 regular workshop, during which the commission couldn’t vote, all seven commissioners said they

prefer never to see a cellular tower on the island. Five out of seven commissioners directed staff to come back to them at a later time with a revised ordinance that states a tower is not allowed on the Key unless there’s no other way to improve telecommunications.

It’s the first time the commission has reached a consensus or had such a discussion in 10 years of debates about telecommunications.

“We are far enough along in the process that the cell tower is no longer a solution,” said Commissioner Pat Zunz.

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+ Observer papers win contest Local Media Association, a nonprofit, professional trade association comprising of more than 2,000 newspapers in the United Stares and Canada, announced the winners of its 2013 Newspaper of the Year contest. LMA honored six newspapers — four weeklies and two dailies — as the top newspapers in their respective divisions.

For the second consecutive year, the Longboat Observer (circulation between 10,001 and 22,500) and Sarasota Observer (circulation between 22,501 and 37,500) won first place in their divisions.

Judges’ comments for the Longboat Observer included: Editorial: “Publication delivers a solid combination of relevant content, smart writing and thoughtful packaging.” Advertising: “Ads are clean, appealing and effective. Format and placement serve both audience and overall design.” Other comments: “Lively opinion section; graphics are helpful; text is witty and insightful.”

Joe Cordasco with Alicia Kubiak and Dutton Yost attended the Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Longboat Key Club.

Attendees enjoyed dishes from 30 local restaurants, musical entertainment by Blues Pig and a raffle. See more photos on pages 15-16A.

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Anders Ebbeson dies in reported suicide Tuesday morning in Sarasota The Swedish businessman and husband of Katherine Harris suffered several medical conditions. He was 68.

Sven Anders Axel Ebbeson, husband of former Florida Secretary of State and U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, was found dead in what Sarasota police say was a suicide. He was 68.

Police were dispatched around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday to the couple’s home in the 1400 block of Bay Point Drive in Sarasota.

About 10 a.m., Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette

DiPino, alongside the Rev. William Hild, of First Baptist Church, addressed reporters.

Speaking for the family, Hild said that Ebbeson had “taken his own life” and

asked for privacy and respect from the community.

Hild said Ebbeson had suffered from medical conditions that may have contributed to his suicide.

“He’s no longer suffering,” DiPino said, quoting Harris.

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JFK: The shots heard ’round the world Fifty years have passed since President John F. Kennedy was shot dead, but for many Longboat Key residents the events of Nov. 22, 1963, remain etched in their memories. ... Nov. 22, 1963 ...

Beverly Shapiro is making her bed in Marblehead, Mass., while listening to the radio.

Terry Gans is a high school senior who’s about to play a game of touch football.

Kip O’Neill is on a plane bound for Dallas.

Terry Griffin is heading out of a college German class at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. David Brenner is meeting with clients in Philadelphia to discuss whether they should take their company public.

Murray Blueglass is in a conference with an elementary student’s parent at Dows Lane Elementary School in Irvine-on-Hudson, N.Y. Shapiro hears the news on the radio.

Gans’ friend pulls up in his car and tells the group to turn on the radio.

The pilot on O’Neill’s plane makes an announcement.

Griffin hears the news from a co-ed. Brenner hears it when a secretary bursts into the meeting.

Blueglass and the student’s mother hear the message on the school’s intercom.

Fifty years have passed since President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas, but many remember Nov. 22, 1963, as if it were yesterday.

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Blueglass, who is president of

the Longboat Key Democratic Club, has always remembered the name of the student whose mother was in the conference: Emily, who would now be more than 60, and went on to become a physician.

He and Emily’s mother looked at each other, their eyes watering up, after they heard the announcement of Kennedy’s death.

“She said, ‘I guess we’ll have to continue this tomorrow,’ and left,” Blueglass said.

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Shapiro sat on her bed and wept for the president that her children — ages 5, 6 and 7 at the time — would be too young to remember.

“I had such hope for our country at that time,” she said. “I still cry when I think about it.”

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Gans, who is now a Longboat Key commissioner, remembers that he and his friends were planning to play football that afternoon because it was a half-day at his Washington, D.C., school.

When news broke that Kennedy had died, they walked to the school and lowered the flag.

Then, they played their game.

One of the boys Gans played with that day was Richard Rusk, son of then-Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Gans gave him a ride home that afternoon and discovered that officials were looking

for the secretary of state’s son amid the chaos to be sure he wasn’t missing.

Gans went to his part-time job at a grocery store that afternoon and remembers feeling angered by the smiling faces of people who hadn’t heard the news.

“It’s such a sharp memory that it stays fresh,” he said. “The emotion is right there any time I think about it.”

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O’Neill, who was on her way to visit her fiancé in Del Rey, Texas, remembers the hush that spread over the plane after the pilot announced mid-flight that Kennedy had been shot. Passengers and crew didn’t learn that the president had died until the plane had landed in Dallas, where the assassination occurred.

They waited on the tarmac for around two hours before they were allowed to disembark.

“There was talking and crying.

It was very chaotic. No one was allowed to get out of their seats,” O’Neill said.

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Griffin watched the events unfold on a giant black-and-white TV on Mercer’s campus.

He had recently returned after being stationed in Cold War Europe for three years in the U.S. Army. He and other veterans on campus worried that the events could be a precursor of an inva-

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“We were all in the active reserves, so really one of our first concerns was that we would be called back,” Griffin said. “We thought it had to be something more than a nut with a rifle.”

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Brenner, who is Longboat Key’s vice mayor, still remembers that Friday and the weekend that followed as “probably the worst weekend of my life.”

He and his client abruptly ended their meeting, and Brenner went straight home because he wanted to be with his family.

His middle child, Lisa, was born the next week.

“One of the lasting effects is that we had pretty well figured out what to call her,” Brenner said. “We kept her first name, which was Lisa, but we changed her middle name to Joan in honor of John Kennedy.”

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Blueglass and his wife, Alice, were first-time parents when Kennedy was shot. Their son, Michael, was 18 days old at the time of the assassination.

The Blueglasses celebrated Michael’s 50th birthday Nov. 4.

“I told him, ‘You won’t remember this but you were lying in a bassinette and we were watching TV,’” Blueglass said. “You watched as history was being made.”

WHERE WERE YOU? “I was in my optometrist’s office in DuBois, Pa., when I got the word. I’ll never forget (the optometrist’s) statement.

He said, ‘I’ve never wanted to be president of the United States of America. No room for advancement.’”

— Weldon Frost “We were at our house in Cape Cod in Falmouth, Mass., packing to come down for the winter. Like everybody, we were shocked and stunned. It didn’t matter what your politics because it was the president of the United States.”

— Bobbie Banan “I was coming out of the American National Bank, where I had done some banking. I was practicing law at the time in Chicago and was walking onto LaSelle Street, and everybody was saying the president has been shot. I turned on the radio, and the rest is history.”

— Arnold Crane “Vera (his wife) and I were halfway between St. Pete and Bradenton near the top of the old Skyway Bridge.”

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World War II veteran Harber Hall and his friend, Ronald Emmerman, took the trip of a lifetime last week when they visited Washington, D.C., memorials on an Honor Flight.

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Harber Hall, with friend Ronald Emmerman, holds a picture from his time in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.

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Honor Flight of West Central Florida is part of the Honor Flight Network, which flies veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials at no cost. The program is currently accepting applications from World War II veterans and terminally ill veterans from all wars.

More than 16,000 World War II veterans are presently on the program’s national waiting list.

To download applications, visit honorflightwcf.org.

he thought just 15 minutes had passed when he got a call from an organizer saying the bus was waiting.

They were back at BWI by 6 p.m.

But, before they boarded, an organizer announced that there would be a military-style mail call and began yelling out the last names of each veteran before handing them an envelope

stuffed full of letters and cards from friends, family members, acquaintances, volunteers and school children who thanked them for their service.

Hall was the last person on and first person off the flight that night. Among the crowd gathered at the Lakeland airport was a group of veterans who stood at salute to honor the returning warriors. Hall stopped to salute every veteran gathered there — more than 100 salutes in all.

Hall’s 5-year-old son, Shepherd Harrison, held a sign that read, “My papa is a WWII hero.”

Hall agreed to let his neighbor, Ben Snyder, who rode to Lakeland with Hall’s family, take the wheel of his Jaguar for the drive home.

Hall and Emmerman had been awake for 20 hours when they got home around midnight Wednesday. But neither man was tired.

“The euphoria that takes place when you go off the plane revs up your enzymes,” Emmerman said.

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arber Hall stepped off the plane around 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, expecting a small crowd.

That crowd totaled 3,000.

They were there to cheer for the 80 World War II veterans who flew from Lakeland to Washington, D.C., and back that day to visit memorials in a trip organized by Honor Flight of West Central Florida, which provides all-expense paid flights for local World War II veterans to visit memorials.

“We couldn’t believe the size of the crowd that had Ronald Em Courtes merman and Harber Ha ll pose for a photo at the y photo come out there for no par- National Wo rld War II Memorial in U.S. Washington, D.C. ticular reason except to see a couple of guys getting off a plane,” Hall, 93, said.

“Correction,” said Ron Em- Watch over his assigned vet- morial first and arrived just bemerman, 74, who has been eran. fore noon at the U.S. National Hall’s friend and neighbor at “In this case, I couldn’t keep World War II Memorial. They Club Longboat for six years and up with my veteran,” Emmer- circled around the Atlantic Pawas Hall’s guardian for the trip. man said. vilion, which has a pillar for “You couldn’t believe the size of Their journey began at 3 p.m. each of the 50 U.S. states and the crowd. I knew there would Monday. six territories. Hall headed for be a crowd. It’s an emotional That’s when Hall climbed the pillar of his home state, Iland patriotic experience that behind the wheel of his prized linois. affects everyone.”

2003 green Jaguar.

“It was picturesque,” Hall Hall served in the Air Force “I’m driving,” he said. said. “It was wonderful.” for 14 years and reached the Emmerman didn’t try arguThey saw the Field of Stars, rank of lieutenant colonel. He ing. They stayed at the Lakeland where each gold star represents was stationed on Guam during Hilton that night and played 100 Americans who died in the World War II, flying bombing chess twice. Hall won, as usual. war. The wall holds 4,048 gold missions over Japan.

At 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, their stars.

Emmerman isn’t a veteran, alarm rang.

Hall was most moved by the but he previously served as a By 4:15 a.m., they were at the Korean War memorial’s bronze guardian for a veteran he’d nev- airport. Even at that hour, there life-size soldiers dressed in full er met before during an Honor was a crowd of 300 greeters. garb with rifles because they Flight in March 2012. He knew At 6 a.m., the Allegiant Air looked so real — as if in the there was no veteran he’d like to flight took off for Baltimore middle of battle. accompany more than Hall.

Washington International Then, they headed to the Hall’s daughter sent in an Thurgood Marshall Airport Smithsonian’s National Air and application for her father ear- (BWI). They landed at 8:30 a.m., Space Museum for the last 45 lier this year. Emmerman, like after an uneventful flight, in minutes. Emmerman was so each of the 80 guardians on the 30-degree weather. captivated by Hall’s encyclopetrip, had a single responsibility: They saw the Air Force Me- dic knowledge of airplanes that

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EBBESON / FROM PAGE 1A Born March 16, 1945, in the coastal city of Halmstad, Sweden, he was the second of three sons. He graduated with a degree in business administration from Lund University, in Sweden, then worked in his family’s business, which was later sold to Electrolux, the Swedish appliance manufacturer.

In Sarasota, he went on to open his own company, Intercon Marketing, a distributor of appliances.

Court records show that he was married to his first wife, Margita, for 16 years before the couple divorced in 1990. They had one daughter, Louise, who was born in 1982.

He built his home in Bay Isles on Longboat Key in 1989, according to property records. He and Harris had lived in the Sarasota home they completed last year but still owned their Longboat Key home.

Ebbeson and Harris met on a blind date at the opera in the 1990s.

Graci McGillicuddy said she first met Ebbeson at Michael’s On East shortly after the couple’s first date so she could size him up and determine whether he was a good fit for Harris, her close friend.

“I just think they were very complementary,” McGillicuddy said. “They were both totally different people but together they really complemented one another.”

The couple married in 1996, first in a civil ceremony, and then in a religious ceremony a Swedish church in Paris on New Year’s Eve of that year.

Ebbeson remained close to many of his childhood friends in Sweden, according to his friend, former Longboat Key resident Bob Sewell. “(They were) just warm, nice wonderful people who were a reflection of who Anders was,” Sewell said.

On more than one occasion, Ebbeson and Harris renewed their vows in the Paris church where they married with other couples both from Sweden and the Sara-

sota/Longboat Key area.

Harris’ political career brought her into the spotlight, particularly following her role as Florida secretary of state during the 2000 contested presidential election, and later when she became congresswoman, then launched an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 2006.

Ebbeson was always by Harris’ side but generally avoided the limelight.

“Anders was one of the most reserved, quiet, charming gentlemen one could ever meet,” wrote longtime Colony Beach & Tennis Resort owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber and his wife, Sue, in an email to the Longboat Observer.

“He was a private man. He preferred to be in the background,” said Ebbeson’s close friend, Charles Jennings, who described his friend as easygoing, affable and “just a really nice gentleman.”

Jennings played golf every Saturday with Ebbeson, usually at the Resort at Longboat Key’s Islandside golf course.

“You learn a lot about a person while playing golf,” Jennings said. “He was an extremely honest man.”

In addition to golf, Ebbeson enjoyed traveling and cooking.

“Their Christmas meals were just unbelievable,” McGillicuddy said. “He would prepare all this Swedish food and all his Swedish relatives would be there.”

Friends expressed shock as news of Ebbeson’s death broke Tuesday.

Jennings said that he was aware that Ebbeson had been hospitalized earlier this year, although he was usually “pretty private with his health concerns.” Ebbeson didn’t seem depressed, according to Jennings.

“Anders was so incredibly special and none of us can understand,” McGillicuddy said.

Funeral arrangements were not available as of press time.

Digital Content Producer Alex Mahadevan contributed to this story.

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Colony owners approve Residents dig in on beach project Lido Key residents said their support must outweigh Siesta Key proposed settlement residents’ opposition to the Lido Beach renourishment efforts.

Unit owners approved a proposed settlement in the case, but unit owner Andy Adams’ block of 58 votes are subject to a list of conditions.

More than 75% of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners approved a proposed settlement that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May will review Friday, Nov. 22, in his Tampa courtroom.

There’s only one hitch.

Developer Andy Adams, who owns 58 Colony units with his family and his corporate affiliates, noted on their approval ballots through proxies that the block of 58 “yes” votes are subject to a list of conditions.

Unit owners will discuss those conditions, which haven’t been released, during an owners meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20.

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association Treasurer Bob Erazmus told unit owners in a Nov. 19 email that owners of 205 units voted either in person or by proxy to approve the settlement. Only three units voted against the settlement. Owners of 228 units were eligible to vote.

“By including the Adams voters, the required 75% approval vote was substantially exceeded,” Erazmus wrote in the email.

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association President Jay Yablon declined to comment, only noting that the association would address Adams’ concerns and conditions

before Wednesday’s meeting.

The settlement that May will review at 9 a.m. Friday in Tampa offers longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber $3 million over five years through a “Klauber Family Consulting Agreement.”

The settlement, which a U.S. bankruptcy trustee also signed off on, doles out $2.3 million to the trustee to pay creditors and absolves the association of a $25 million judgment for damages Klauber won in a bankruptcy appeals court last year.

But the settlement, if May approves it, doesn’t mark the end of litigation surrounding the Colony.

The association still has to negotiate a settlement with Colony Lender LLC, which owns bank loans on Klauber’s property and is seeking to collect on a recent judgment of more than $13 million.

Colony Lender is the largest creditor, and Colony Lender principal David Siegal has argued the proposed settlement is “just an attempt to circumvent creditors and pay Klauber without paying creditors.”

Siegal, who owns two Colony units and urged owners to vote against the settlement in an email last week, voted against the settlement Monday.

The first Lido Key Residents Association meeting of the season was less of a “welcome back” and more of a call to arms, as residents prepare to rally support for the biggest renourishment project in Lido Beach’s history.

The city, along with the Army Corps of Engineers, is working on a $22 million project that could renourish Lido Beach with sand dredged from Big Pass, off Siesta Key, and New Pass, off Longboat Key. Three groins would be installed in the sand to slow erosion.

City Engineer Alex DavisShaw said details are still fluid at this point, but already questions have been raised about aspects of the project.

Members of the Lido Key Residents Association Board are determined to overcome the project’s skepticism.

Siesta Key, in particular, was singled out as a looming opposing force. Siesta Key residents have raised questions about the effects the dredging and the groins

would have on Siesta Beach.

Big Pass has never been dredged, which adds to the uncertainty about the project’s impact.

Lido Key Residents Association board member John Kirker told the audience at Saturday’s meeting the success of the project depended on the support of Lido Key residents outweighing the opposition of Siesta Key residents.

“Siesta Key is energizing to defeat this plan,” Kirker said. “We, as a residents association, have to come up almost 100% in favor of this project once it’s ready to go, because we have a big fight on our hands.”

Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta, who attended Saturday’s meeting, voiced his support for Lido shoreline preservation. He discouraged engaging in a battle with Siesta Key; he suggested that Lido residents focus their efforts on education and lobbying commissioners.

DavisShaw made a simi-

lar presentation to the St. Armands Circle Association Tuesday. Diana Corrigan, the association’s executive director, raised a concern about how construction might affect business on the Circle.

DavisShaw said environmental considerations could force the project to begin during season, and the construction time would probably total three to four weeks. Still, association member Andrew Vac said preserving the beach was good for St. Armands in the long term.

“The beach is why people come here,” Vac said. “St. Armands is lovely, but the beach brings people in.”

DavisShaw said the project was still three to five years away from moving forward while the city waits for federal funding, but Lido Key Residents Association board member John Lambert said the group would continue to ramp up its efforts in the short term.

“We’ll continue to meet with all the commissioners and anybody it is recommended to us that we talk to,” Lambert said. “Hopefully, we’ll get a commitment out of these people they’re going to support this project.”

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Two commission races confirmed for March

Commissioner Terry Gans will run against District 3 opponent Ray Rajewski. Armando Linde and Irwin Pastor will face off for the at-large commission seat.

Two out of the four seats up for re-election in March are being contested this year.

At-large Commissioner Terry Gans is no longer running for his at-large seat against Country Club Shores resident Armando Linde.

Instead, Gans qualified for the District 3 seat being vacated by Vice Mayor David Brenner. Gans will now run against District 3 challenger Ray Rajewski.

L’Ambiance resident Irwin Pastor, meanwhile, qualified Nov. 15 for the atlarge seat that Gans is vacating and will run against Linde for that seat.

Gans said “no one and no thing” influenced his decision to run for the District 3 seat, “other than Ray.” On Nov. 13, Gans was preparing to be a candidate for re-election for his at-large seat when he read the e-Edition of the Nov. 14 Longboat Observer.

In a Nov. 14 story, “ULI study: worth $133,816.35?,” Rajewski said there were two ways to answer the headline’s question.

“It was worth it, because we now understand we have almost a perfect island,” Rajewski said. “The recommendations they came up with for the most part are so farfetched I don’t know how you implement anything. The other way to answer is, it’s a waste of money. If that’s all they can come up with, it tells me we have a pretty nice place with not a lot to improve

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When Gans read those comments, he said he knew he wanted to run against Rajewski instead of Linde.

“In that edition, the comments attributed to Rajewski about the ULI study and Longboat Key served as a wake-up call to me, because his reported views are basically a negation of the work the commission has been doing for the past four years, and what I see as the spirit and desire of our community,” Gans said.

Rajewski said Gans sent him a note earlier this week letting him know of his decision.

“I’m committed to run and that’s what I’m going to do,” Rajewski said.

Pastor lost his bid for the at-large seat last year when he ran against Gans. Gans won by 27 votes.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to run for the at-large seat again,” Pastor said.

With Pastor and Linde running for an at-large seat that Gans is vacating, the town is ensured one new fresh face on the commission next year.

The deadline to qualify for the March 25 municipal election was Nov. 18.

District 1 Commissioner Lynn Larson and District 5 Commissioner Pat Zuns are unopposed for their seats this year.

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Warren Buffet’s real estate firm to sell homes locally Berkshire Hathaway wants in on the market rebound. It gets here through a national real estate brand that aims for Florida growth that includes Sarasota and East Manatee.

Berkshire Hathaway, the $162 billion conglomerate run by Warren Buffett, has entered the residential real estate market in East Manatee County and Sarasota.

The Omaha, Neb.-based company, through Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, has been buying and partnering with real estate firms nationwide for the past four months. Its latest partnership is with WCI Communities, a Bonita Springs-based real estate development firm.

WCI, through subsidiary Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty, acquired Elite Pre- Sosso ferred Realty, which has about 40 agents in Lakewood Ranch and Sarasota. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty is a new flag on what was formerly Prudential Florida Realty.

Prudential, an insurance and financial services firm, recently began to exit the residential real estate business. That left an opMesa portunity for Berkshire Hathaway to get into the industry. Berkshire Hathaway acquired Prudential Florida Realty in July, and it made the name change official in October.

Terms of the deal for Elite weren’t disclosed. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty President and CEO Rei Mesa said the firm, based in Sunrise with 39 offices statewide and more than 1,300 agents, focuses on high-end homes.

“We want to be in luxury markets with second-home buyers where there’s a higher sales price,” Mesa said. “We are confident we will be able to come into this market and increase market share in a short time.”

The acquisition of Elite also reunites Mesa with Helen Sosso, who runs Elite. Sosso headed Prudential Palms Realty in Sarasota and Prudential Lakewood Ranch in East Manatee County for nearly a decade, until she founded Elite last year.

“I was thrilled that Berkshire Hathaway chose our company to make its entrance into Lakewood Ranch and Sarasota,” said Sosso.

Prudential Palms Realty grew to seven offices in Sarasota and Manatee counties under Sosso’s leadership in the 2000s. The total operation had nearly 200 employees and agents at its peak. But Sosso significantly cut the size of the firm in the summer 2011. She closed offices on Longboat Key, Siesta Key, St. Armands Circle, downtown Sarasota and south Sarasota County. The agent count was reduced to around 80.

The Longboat Key office opened in March 2008; at the time it housed 30 agents.

Sosso said she learned in the downturn that the power of a brand name goes a long way when selling a home. “You need a professional brand and a national identity,” says Sosso. “That’s essential.”

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The right call on cell towers They finally did it.

After more than 11 years of dancing around and delaying a decision, Longboat Key town commissioners finally took a stand: No cell towers on Longboat Key. That is, unless there is never another alternative. Which basically means no cell towers.

This has been one of the Key’s most contentious issues of the past two decades. The mere mention of erecting a 150-foot tower anywhere on the Key triggered almost as much emotion — for and against — as the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s now-scuttled $400 million expansion and renovation plans.

Indeed, the issue also has been the ultimate conundrum of government policy — one of those damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Everyone on Longboat Key would love better cellular reception on the Key. But virtually no one really wants a 150-foot cell tower near his property, even if the tower were disguised as a pine tree.

So these two polar-opposite positions created political quick sand for the town commissioners.

None of them wanted to try walking through the mud pit by voting to ease the town’s restrictions on cell towers. They knew it would sink their political careers, even with the large number of residents who support a tower because they say the Key needs to move into the modern communications era.

Bob’s Boathouse effect

A 150-foot tower doesn’t fit on Longboat Key. No matter where someone suggested a location on the island, it’s virtually impossible to avoid a tower negatively affecting neighbors.

It reminds us of Bob’s Boathouse on South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota.

The marina and restaurant recently re-opened in a location where about 20 single-family residences sit next to and across Phillippi Creek from the boathouse.

Like the cell tower, Bob’s Boathouse is becoming a classic confrontation over private-property rights — in this case, whether it is abusing those rights.

The boathouse’s location is zoned for commercial use, including the operation of its restaurant. To make the boathouse and restaurant a thriving, profitable venture, the owners are providing live music at the restaurant up to 10 p.m.

The neighbors are livid. The noise and lights from the restaurant are disturbing the neighbors’ peaceful, noise-free, light-free lifestyle.

So the conundrum is this: The boathouse is operating legally. But it’s harming its neighbors.

The rule of private-property rights

chemical manufacturing plant on the river, you can’t discharge your harmful waste downstream where it harms others.

This effect has always been the concern with a cell tower. While it would improve the lives of the many, it would be at the expense of the few who lived around it. Their property (values) would suffer. Just as the residences are now suffering around Bob’s Boathouse.

Free-market failure?

BELL CURVE, continued Last week’s commentary, “In denial of the bell curve,” triggered responses via email, phone calls and in person.

All but two supported the premises that powerhungry politicians over the past 110 years, by way of using “the law,” have shifted the nation away from the Founders’ principles of individual freedom; and that parents and state-run public education have failed three generations of youth in teaching them the differences between and consequences of freedom and servitude.

One of our favorite responses came from Longboat Key resident Michael Hodges, author of the website “The Grandfather Economic Report” (grandfather-economic-report.com). Hodges’ site is a trove of alarming economic data that should incite Americans — to revolt against and reverse the government trends that are destroying future generations’ standard of living.

One of those graphs is reprinted above.

There is a lot to absorb in that graph. But the key data are in the two colored fever lines. In 1929, the nation’s private sector accounted for nearly 90% of the nation’s economy. But ever since then, government spending has been on a nearly unbroken rising tide, to the point that it now accounts for 50% of the nation’s economy.

Now here’s the alarming point of that: Government spending does not create or produce wealth; it transfers wealth out of the producers’ pockets, typically to give unearned benefits to others. When the government’s share of the economy surpasses that of the private sector, the U.S. economy will no longer generate enough wealth to grow; living standards will decline.

Check out Hodges’ website. It may spur you to action.

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Many Longboaters have believed the town’s poor cellular reception is a matter for the town government to fix. But it’s not. The town’s role is to create a legal framework that protects private-property rights and the welfare of its citizens.

And in that vein, the town’s policy and ordinances up to now have limited cell towers to institutional properties, such as churches and the town’s facilities. And each of these is just about within spitting distances of residential properties.

It’s an unsolvable dilemma. Residents don’t want a cell tower in their back yard. And cellular providers don’t want to invest in alternative receptors and boosters. There isn’t enough cell usage and demand on the island to warrant the investment.

Some might call this a free-market failure. Not really. It’s about economics and opportunity. It’s a matter of whether anyone sees the opportunity for a fair profit in filling the cellular vacuum on Longboat Key. Is there an entrepreneur willing to invest in the infrastructure (i.e. digital antenna system, DAS) and sell it door to door to Longboat Key cellular losers for a higher price than what consumers are paying now for lower-quality service?

Either that, or wait for the next generation of technology. For now, the market is choosing the latter.

While that may be a trifle annoying for a while longer, it’s better than a 150-foot tower and all of the strife that would bring.

+ Kudos to Kiwanis

Congratulations to the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key, producers of another successful Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party.

Old-timers remember it as the St. Jude Gourmet Luncheon. But either way, it always serves as the one event on Longboat Key that brings residents together, not just for fun, food and drink, but also for comaraderie and conversation.

It’s the one event of the year that demonstrates how Longboat Key is much more than a town. It’s a great community full of generous, giving people.

Cheers to Kiwanis for bringing Longboaters together.

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So, that leaves the residents. It really is our town. Our wishes and desires should be heavily weighted in coming to any conclusions and projection for the future.

Please consider, these “experts” were invited to our town by the advocates of change. They are urban consultants — not suburban consultants. They are careful to produce what their clients demanded. And so they did, which brings us to the meat of their efforts.

They agree that nothing we can do will ameliorate the fact that additional traffic cannot be accommodated or ameliorated, yet they encourage bringing more people to our island.

They resurrected the concept of a community center, which the residents have twice turned down, yet the body politic keeps spending money on consultants.

They tout plans for a strip pedestrian shopping mall for unneeded shops where our current residents still depend on their cars for getting between the bank and the post office.

They castigate the legacy plans and comprehensive plan and zoning codes based entirely, it would appear, on complaints from their clients.

These documents helped to create the Longboat Key that now exists, the Longboat Key that lured us residents to settle here. That is hubris personified.

Of particular note, nothing in the ULI comments is in agreement with the wishes of the contrarians. They can’t have been all wrong. The courts agreed unequivocally!

So, if you are part of the body politic that constitutes the town or

someone bent on using this community to enhance his earning capacity, you are probably basking in the glow of receiving comfort from this costly adventure. However, if you are a tax-paying resident, footing the bill for this new advocacy for change, be prepared for a new attack on our quite enjoyment of our homes and ambience.

As one of the latter group, I am fully prepared to do what I can to stem this forthcoming avalanche of wheels spinning by our body politic to digest this plateful of goodies and expending more municipal funds on pie-in-the-sky proposals.

In a separate letter to the town, I am enclosing a check payable to the town in the amount of $7.92. I am suggesting the Information Technology Department use this money to purchase eight copies of “Rebuild” from the Apple App Store and install it into the iPads of each of the town commissioners. The eighth 99 cents is for another copy for the Revitalization Task Force, which has spearheaded this extravaganza.

It will lend a vehicle for enhancing your skills in rebuilding a city, which, like your estimate of Longboat Key, is a “once great” community. But it will not further burden the residents in their mission of trying to retain the stature and character and intrinsic value of our homes. And, it will free up quality time at commission meetings for things that matter.

NOV. 6 CHECKOUT TIME 5:45 p.m. — 4700 block of GMD. Civil Disturbance.

A man, pregnant woman and infant child checked into a unit they rented using a money order for 11 days but didn’t leave Nov. 3, as scheduled, then paid for three more days with cash. When the unit owner told them they needed to be out because other renters were arriving, they asked for more time. The owner believes the vehicle changed license plates several times during the stay.

NOV. 8 YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH 6:52 p.m. — 5400 block of GMD. Public Service.

A woman who’s renting on the Key said her condo in Chicago flooded in what could be a setup by her homeowners association to make money selling wood flooring. No Realtor will sell the condo, possibly because they’re in on a conspiracy to keep her in Chicago where “they” can keep an eye on her because she knows the truth. A cab driver in Chicago and the driver of a black Honda near her rental home, she said, could also be reporting her movements to the association.

Police agreed to provide extra patrol.

NOV. 9 CATCH AND RELEASE 11:14 a.m. — 3400 block of Winding Oaks Drive.

Animal. A man called about a possible pygmy rattlesnake at his home.

The snake was non-poisonous. Police captured it and released it in a wooded area nearby.

Bradford Saivetz is a longtime resident of Longboat Key and former member of the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board.

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As a self-anointed ex-professional versed in civil engineering and land planning, please allow me to translate the presentation by the representatives of the Urban Land Institute as a preliminary result of their introduction to Longboat Key and its residents, business owners and the town.

The ULI representatives understood these three entities involved had to have communality of wishes and desires to effect the radical change that it proposes and envisions. They admit they uncovered the obvious antipathy between the town and the residents — and that peace must be effected before change can occur and they agree to work together.

Therein lies the rub. It seems like a conundrum. If past history continues, this town has never considered the will of the residents in the flights of fancy on which it has been embarking. This has been the direct result of the body politic refusing admission to its governing bodies to anyone offering another point of view.

But whose town is this, anyway?

Certainly not the business owners.

The businesses that succeed on our island are those that provide the services and necessities our residents really require. It is not yet apparent that the ancillary stores and accessory commercial spaces envisioned to enhance our new Publix have been storming onto the site.

Certainly not the individuals who comprise the town, i.e. elected officials and town government. They come and go at the whim of the electorate.

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“It’s satisfying knowing that I’m helping a little bit,” she says. “Certainly there are people who are more involved than me, who are devoted full time to philanthropic work, and that’s wonderful. But, it feels good helping people. I want to see our community thrive and do well, so it’s nice when you know you’re doing something locally to help.”

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Commission anchors boat and trailer ordinance against making boat-parking changes until an Urban Land Institute subcommittee that was formed Monday can review the issue and make further recommendations. Longbeach Village residents have opposed the town-wide ordinance, saying that a ban on boat-and-trailer parking in a historic boating community in which many lots don’t have waterfront access is unfair.

The commission wrestled with whether to craft a Key-wide boat-parking ordinance, even though planning staff and the town attorney has suggested a Key-wide ordinance is easier to enforce and doesn’t cause legal ramifications.

and Jack Duncan agreed, urging other commissioners to make their opinions known through a consensus show of hands.

Mayor Jim Brown called for the consensus.

“Why are we playing around with this for the last 10 years or so?” Brown asked.

“I don’t want a tower. I don’t know why we can’t just put language in there saying that.”

Then, Brown, and commissioners Terry Gans, Duncan, Younger and Zunz raised their hands in agreement.

Only Vice Mayor David Brenner and Commissioner Lynn Larson didn’t raise their hands. But they, too, agreed they’d rather see anything other than a tower.

“The only problem I see with this is if we go on record saying, ‘No tower,’ I’m concerned about the legality of saying we are outlawing cell towers,” Larson said.

Gans also expressed concerns.

“I don’t want a cell tower,” he said. “But

I want residents and visitors to be able to communicate island-wide.”

Acting Town Attorney David Persson asked for time to review the legality of such a statement in an ordinance.

Town Manager Dave Bullock said the consensus was the direction his staff needs to review the legality of an ordinance that would address telecommunications without a tower. He will utilize the help of a future consultant and report his findings back to the commission.

Staff will draft an ordinance that in-

Residents of Country Club Shores and Longbeach Village disagree with the issue of boattrailer parking enforcement.

Country Club Shores residents who let their deeds and covenant restrictions lapse years ago want the town to ban trailers and boats from being parked in their driveways.

Country Club Shores resident and former Commissioner Randall Clair also suggested the commission consider overlay districts for communities that could make restrictions without creating a town-wide ordinance.

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cludes a hierarchy urging applicants to place antennae on existing Key buildings and structures, or using technology such as Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) to improve reception. Commissioners want to eliminate the rest of the hierarchy, which includes camouflage towers.

Persson called the commission’s consensus “a watershed moment for the town.”

“For the first time, there’s a clear direction as to what this town wants and what it wants to do on this issue, so thank you,” he said.

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The ordinance as presented stated that those with corner lots can’t park their boats and trailers on side yards that also have access to the street.

Boats and trailers parked in side yards must also be screened so they are not as visible from the road.

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“Why must every community be treated the same way?” asked Vice Mayor David Brenner.

Other commissioners also had issues with the ordinance.

“My concern is we are creating a new problem,” said Commissioner Lynn Larson.

And Commissioner Terry Gans suggested the ordinance might not be needed.

“The Village has no complaints with boats sitting in yards,” Gans said. “Is this overkill?”

The ordinance as presented mandated boats be placed in side or backyards, along with certain conditions.

Currently, you can park a boat or a trailer in an open space outside a Key home as long as it’s

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At its Nov. 13 regular workshop, commissioners decided not to recommend a revised ordinance that would prohibit boat owners from anchoring their vessels on front lawns.

The ordinance, though, hasn’t totally sunk.

The commission agreed to a small portion of modifications to its boat-and-trailer parking ordinance, agreeing only to changes that restrict storage pod parking.

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Zachary ‘Zack’ Abuza

Zachary “Zack” Abuza, 93, of Plymouth Harbor and formerly of Longboat Key, died Nov. 11.

Born in Hartford, Conn., he was a graduate of Bulkeley High School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, class of 1941.

He and his wife of 71 years, Maizie, previAbuza ously lived in Dayton, Ohio, and Cleveland.

He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Maizie; children Hayat, Robert and Richard; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

He is remembered as brave and caring by all who knew him and whose lives he touched. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE. Rabbi Jonathan Katz, of Temple Beth Israel, and the Revs. Mark Bernthal, of St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, Vincent Carroll, of Longboat Island Chapel, Bruce Porter, of Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, and David Danner, of All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, gather in advance of the 33rd annual Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Christ Church, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Those who attend are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to donate.

Clara McGonigle, Andy Youngs and Carol Fishbein, above, prepare for the St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Christmas Bazaar scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, in the church’s Stella Maris Activity Hall, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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Service: Merle Huntington

A celebration of life for Merle Huntington, 92, of Longboat Key and Brevard, N.C., will be held at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 23, at Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Friends are welcome. Huntington died Sept. 9.

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Bob Gault, of Country Club Shores, was the grand prize winner and had a tough choice to make between a 2013 Ford Fusion or $10,000 cash. (Gault was vacationing in Hawaii on the day of the event. At press time, it was unknown which prize he selected.)

The sky was cloudy, but the rain stayed away from the event. The event offered reserved seating for 400, but, because of the large turnout, the Kiwanis Club will consider adding more tables next year.

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MLS#A3957392 Bay Isles $1,495,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 92’ X 150’ vacant lot in Bay Isles Harbor section; build your dream home. MLS#A3975934 74441 Terr $1,188,800 Louis Wery, 941-387-1816 2R + Den/3BA renovated corner condo at The Terrace w/gulf & beach views. MLS#A3985840 79223 Queens Harbour $899,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Charming 2BR +den/2BA pool home. Secluded, wonderful lake views. MLS#A3986476 78636 Bird Key $849,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 4BR/3BA garden home with pool, circular drive, and 540 sq. ft. Florida room. MLS#A3986615 78637

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Longboat Key, Aquarius Club $625,000 2/2 Tom Rodgers 941-387-1858 MLS#A3986414 78630

Country Club Shores $829,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-387-1825 Southern exposure, dock, sailboat water,1,900 sf, 3BR, pool, beach access.

MLS#A3964780 79255 Longboat Key $789,000 Gail Kayajian, 941-383-6411 A world of beauty awaits you in this metal-roofed 3BR/3BA home. Hot tub. MLS#A3987010 78629 Whispering Sands $785,000 Barbara Ackerman, 941-387-1820 Southwest corner 2BR/2BA residence; completely renovated directly on beach.

MLS#A3985728 78634 Fairway Bay Atrium $745,000 Carolyn Donnelly, 941-387-1835 Luxury furnished 3BR/2BA condo, bay views, garage, private beach. MLS#A3985198 77474 Bird Key $730,000 Pam Watts, 941-366-8070 3/3 Pool home on corner lot w/a tropical setting. Fenced, private backyard. MLS#A3987117 91301

Manatee Bradenton, Conquistador Bayside $324,900 3/3 Glenn Huminski 941-387-1867 MLS#A3987248

Pointe At Mariners Cove $684,900 Anita Caravello, 941-383-6411 Waterfront; 2,300 sf; 3BR; deeded 50ft boat dock & second bonus dock for Skidoo.

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Here’s a roundup of reader-submitted photos from events around the Key. To submit photos for this new weekly feature, email Robin Hartill at rhartill@yourobserver.com.

Barbara Gardner, of Collins Interiors, and Ashley Winter

Marie-Claire Steinberg and Karen Cogbill

Bird Key women show their fashionable colors

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CHRIST CHURCH OF LONGBOAT KEY, PRESBYTERIAN. Members collected merchandise Nov. 11, for the church’s “Sale Away” missions fundraising sale, scheduled for March 8. Last year’s event raised more than $17,000 for local missions. 

The Bird Key Women’s Association held a fashion show and holiday bazaar for members Wednesday, Nov. 13. The fashion portion of the afternoon showcased colorful outfits created by Joy Mooney, of

Oh My Gauze!, on St. Armands Circle.

Filled with everything from jewelry to wines, the bazaar gave local business owners a platform to promote a variety of products.

Submitted by Gregory Fiore

SPANISH MAIN YACHT CLUB. Carolyn DeMusis and JoAnne Entwistle attended the club’s welcome back party Nov. 5, for which residents brought their own beverages and an appetizer to share. 

 SEAPLACE. Staffers submitted this photo of Jack and Marcy Stillman at the condominium’s BYOB party Wednesday, Nov. 13. Each partygoer brought an hors d’oeuvres to share.

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SICILY. Longboat Key residents Mike and Joan Cohen, Bunny and Mort Skirboll, and Hannah and Norman Weinberg took their Observer along to the ancient Greek and Roman ruins in Siragusa, Sicily.

JACKSONVILLE. Longboat Key residents Susan and Steve Branham, Lyn and Mike Haycock, Phyllis and Jack Black, Meike and Bill Dooley, Cyndi and Mike Seamon, Palma and Larry Panza, Sam Lastinger and Chris Sileo took their Observer along for the Georgia vs. Florida football game in early November. The group is divided between Georgia fans and Florida fans, however, they managed to get along to pose for a quick photo together.

ALASKA. Karen Speers brought her Observer along for the trip of a lifetime. Speers went on a 10-day trip, which started in Buffalo, N.Y., then Chicago, Texas and, finally, Matanuska Glacier in Alaska.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

John Ringling Estates home sells for $3,325,000 The following residential real estate transactions took place between Nov. 1 and Nov. 8.

A home in John Ringling Estates tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Robert and Lisa Morris, of Sarasota, sold their home at 361 S. Blvd. of the Presidents to Joseph and Barbara Cincotta, of Dover, Mass., for $3,325,000. Built in 1997, it has six bedrooms, six baths, two half-baths, a pool and 6,462 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $4.15 million in 2006.

home at 611 Hibiscus Way to Elizabeth Browna, of Longboat Key, for $465,000. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,723 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $377,000 in 2002.

Susan Slocum and Eric Jensen sold their home at 661 Linley St. to John and Cheryl Moody, of Bradenton, for $325,000. Built in 1957, it has two bedrooms, one bath, a pool and 830 square feet of living area.

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OneWest Bank FSB sold the Unit B402 condominium at 415 L’Ambiance Drive to Charles and Rosemary Zaepfel, of Webster, N.Y., for $1.18 million. Built in 1992, it has two bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,385 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,447,900 in June.

This home at 361 S. Blvd. of the Presidents has six bedrooms, six baths, two half-baths, a pool and 6,462 square feet of living area. It sold for $3,325,000.

Country Club Shores

Emerald Harbor

John and Maureen Hollingsworth, of Sarasota, sold their home at 571 Wedge Lane to Leonard DiStefano, of Catskill, N.Y., for $1 million. Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,265 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $290,000 in 1989.

Beachplace

Big East Properties Inc. sold the Unit 404 condominium at 1045 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Karen and Eric Avezzano, of Mont-

vale, N.J., for $800,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,503 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $700,000 in 2003.

Barry and Philomena Coughlan, of Cork, Ireland, sold their home at 781 Binnacle Point Drive to Preston and Merrillanne Speers, of Longboat Key, for $770,000. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,248 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $365,000 in 1998.

Sleepy Lagoon Park

Arthur Cohen and Mary Jo Hixon, of Bradenton, sold their home at 660 Penfield St. to David

and Carol Hendrix, of Brandon, for $665,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,951 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $236,000 in 1994.

Promenade

Cornelis and Gerritje Kok, of the Netherlands, sold their Unit 101 condominium at 1211 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Szilard Kiss and Zsofia Stadler, of New York, for $530,000. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,100 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $300,000 in 1992.

Longbeach

Robert and Kimberly Hazelton, of Lake Mary, sold their

Paul and Diana Kuell sold their Unit 109 condominium at 5757 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Brett Hellman and Meredith Hellman, trustees, of Mequon, Wis., for $435,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,561 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $312,000 in 1999.

Seaplace

Elizabeth Halpin, trustee, of Naperville, Ill., sold the Unit M2201-A condominium at 1945 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Ivy Hill Real Estate LLC for $300,000. Built in 1978, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,265 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $134,000 in 1978.

Longboat Harbour

Paul Giusti, trustee, of Pittsburgh, sold the Unit 108 condominium at 4330 Falmouth Drive to Michael and Robin Mazzone, of Park City, Utah, for $240,000.

Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,092

square feet of living area. It previously sold for $90,000 in 1986.

Robert Wagner, of Miami Beach, sold his Unit 102 condominium at 4350 Chatham Drive to George and Joann Holtzer, of Highland Mills, N.Y., for $225,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,072 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $128,000 in 1998.

Casa del Mar

Jerome Dixon, of Wilmette, Ill., sold his Unit 21 condominium at 4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Katherine and Scott Fricke, of Arlington Heights, Ill., for $215,000.

Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 900 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $68,000 in 1979.

LIDO KEY

L’Elegance on Lido

Carla and Anthony Scotto, of Osprey, sold their Unit PH-A-05 condominium at 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Ralph Jordan, of Sarasota, for $900,000. Built in 1996, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,350 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $360,000 in 1998.

Key Towers South

Moos Real Estate Development Corp. sold the Unit 9-A condominium at 1750 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Susan Warnock, of Farmington, Mich., for $570,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,403 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $220,000 in 1998.

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6915 Chancery Pl #A3984547 $885,000 Bibi-Ann Allard PA

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4583 Windsor Park #A3981469 $749,500 Sylvia Zimmerman

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1942 Wisteria St #A3974548 $729,900 Dede Curran

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250 Sands Point Rd # 5401 #A3921919 $699,000 Gail Wittig

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4765 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A101 #A3974666 $3,100,000 Nell Leffel

2301 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 23N #A3984508 $699,000 Susan Fox

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-544-6648

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-780-9536

2352 Harbour Oaks Dr #A3986250 $595,000 Lawrence Zeigler

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-228-2612

6821 Hughes St #A3982781 $575,000 Dana Westmark

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-356-5091

2055 Harbour Links Dr # 2055 #A3967455 $565,000 Douglas Parks

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4325 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 406 #A3985818 $539,000 Brigitte Von Kessel

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8640 Dolce Ln #A3986435 $520,000 Cathi Reali

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-232-8200

2612 Mulberry Ter #A3983179 $499,900 Anna Kaminski

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-374-3200

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

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

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

5223 Manorwood Dr # 5223 #A3987056 $435,000 Saint Cacchiotti

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-809-0787

613 Norton St #A3987573 $389,000 Sandi Layfield

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

2301 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 65N #A3985611 $369,000 Robert Lindeman

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-504-2123

744 Jungle Queen Way #A3986398 $339,900 Rory Jaret

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-348-3989

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

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

1001 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 501 #A3987685 $300,000 Valarie Wadsworth

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-780-3858

4390 Exeter Dr # 301 #A3983420 $289,999 Tama Traberman

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BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Nov. 8 through Nov. 14, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address

749 Hideaway Drive

Permit New single family home

Applicant Robert Hanna

$900,000

3311 Sabal Cove Drive

Pool cage

Thomas Sugalski, trustee

$60,000

Alteration

Longboat Island Chapel

$40,000

2525 GMD

Antennas

Island West Condo Assoc.

$30,000

1065 GMD

Alteration

Christopher Iacobelli

$30,000

624 St. Judes Drive

Alteration

Deborah Beckman

$28,600

7001 GMD

Re-roof

Longbeach Condo Assoc.

$24,866

672 Dream Island Road

Dock and lift

Neal Horne

$22,000

603 Buttonwood Drive

Pool

James Powers

$20,000

7135 GMD

Re-roof

Longbeach Condo Assoc.

$19,856

501 Schooner Lane

Seawall

Martin Nowak Jr.

$16,470

603 Bowsprit Lane

Dock

John Francis

$14,840

4621 GMD

Sliding glass door

Robert Paul Poetz

$10,510

541 De Narvaez Drive

Re-roof

Melvin Schwartz

$11,575

792 St. Judes Drive N.

Demolition

David Dutch

$10,000

3300 GMD

Re-roof

Longboat Arms Condo Assoc. $9,800

2425 GMD

Alteration

James McIntosh, trustee

511 Harbor Point Road

Dock

Russell Ireland Jr.

Windows

John Bock

5393 GMD

Shutters

Bruce Peterson

$6,850

701 Marbury Lane

Lift

David Defratus

$5,308

3060 Grand Bay Blvd.

Alteration

Mark Smotkin

$4,500

4621 GMD

Alteration

Pensco Trust Company

$2,960

$8,070

711 Emerald Harbor Drive Ceiling repair

George Suca

$2,500

Steven Epstein

$2,480

521 Harbor Cay Drive

Dock

Dale McBrier

$2,387

6549 GMD

Pool

Robert Gehl

$2,345

4234 GMD

Handrail

Charles Lynch Jr.

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-350-7112

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

1281 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 204 Longboat Key #A3961762 $7,750-$11,000/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

570 Wedge Ln #A3985045 Diann Thelen

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

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

462 Bowdoin Cir #A3934801 $1,995,000 Michele C Burnett

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-928-1542

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

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

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

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

1211 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 611 #A3987608 $1,349,000 Peggy Mock

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

210 Sands Point Rd # 2507 #A3985077 $1,250,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

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

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

1713 Hawthorne St #A3987459 $930,000 Sophie Cantin

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-914-6020

551 Putting Green Ln #A3978393 $929,000 Hannerle Moore

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

2110 Harbourside Dr # 512 #A3987428 $825,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

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

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4830 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # V-11 #A3987845 $279,000 Bobbi Banan

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

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

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2633 Pursell Cir #A3986454 $279,000 Sherri Mills

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1770 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 706 Sarasota #A3952777 $2,500-$5,000/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 1435 Westway Dr, New Construction #A3960472 $6,500,000 Stephanie Church

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

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TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

Low

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Tuesday, Nov. 12

81

66

88 (2002)

41 (1991)

Wednesday, Nov. 13

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55

92 (1972)

38 (1968)

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34 (1969)

Sunday, Nov. 17

86

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88 (1957)

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Monday, Nov. 18

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35 (1970)

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561 GOLF Links Lane, Country Club Shores V, Sat., November 23, 9a.m.-3p.m. Longaberger!

More stuff!

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

Volunteers welcome! 941-383-6491.

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

Merchandise Wanted

For Qualified Waiting Clients

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

Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE For the issue of November 28, 2013 THE OBSERVER OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY NOVEMBER 28.

EARLY DEADLINE FOR CLASSIFIED ADS IN THE LONGBOAT OBSERVER WILL BE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 2P.M.

ELECTRIC BBQ: Char-Broil Patio Bistro, porcelain round grill and cover, $75. 941 383-0379.

ESTATE SALE Friday, November 22 - 8:45AM–3PM 1366 Harbor Dr.- Sarasota - off Orange Ave. 19th century: 4 drawer chest, blanket chest, mirror, Ithaca calendar clock, Regina Imperial Symphonic disk player with 20+ disks, tiger maple chairs, quilts, mahogany drop leaf table, flow blue china; Other: oriental rugs, Russell Wright, depression glass, sled, silver, etched glassware, set of Vintage pattern silver plate, Christian Liagre coffee table, new Haviland china, framed art, patio chair set, wicker patio set, easy chair, mah Jong set, teak wall unit, Bose radio, Luminiere lights, queen bedding, Room & Board king bed, Pottery Barn king headboard, lamps, Inversion table, Yamaha PA system, cameras, DVD player, Singer sewing machine, desk, fireplace screen, Hornick Bros. goose decoy, coffee & end table set, Ciaobella scooter with 58 miles, 9.9 four stroke Mercury engine, Sea Worthy dinghy, Super Blaster inner tube, Meade telescope, mans bike, tools, boating supplies, kitchenware, new sinks, golf clubs, moving blankets, vintage linens, bed & table linens.

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

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

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

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

941-383-3702 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.

FREE ORGAN: Allen 603-D Church Organ, dual keyboard, full pedal board and chimes. Full size bench, 9 speakers, voice cards, owner’s manual.

Local pickup from Longboat Key, 941-383-6491.

Sale by Julie McClure. Pix: estatesales.net

THULE TWIN Bicycle Car Roof Rack, $50. Electric Chainsaw, Lawnmower, Edger/Trimmer, Blower $150. 941-383-3337

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Go to: www.yourmarketupdate.com

Saturday, Nov. 23rd - 8:45a.m.-2:00p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 24th - 8:45a.m.-Noon 3439 Tobero Lane – Sarasota 34235

LBK CONDO: For sale by owner, 2BR/2BA, 3rd floor unit, bay front, fully updated, $380,000.

941-374-0060.

Autos For Sale 1987 CADILLAC: yellow, 1 owner, great condition.

Call 765-463-7271.

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

Entire household of a lifetime collector: mainly Asian items; includes lots of cloisonné, bronzes, Chinese bed, 2 carved screens, cabinets, chairs, round table, Garuda, cloisonné plant stands, candelabras, pictures, books, & too much else to list.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale

Sale by Julie McClure Details & pictures www.estatesales.net

45’ BOAT Slip for rent: Longboat Key Moorings.

941-812-3395

HIGH & DRY, indoor boat slip for sale or rent. Fast, easy, access to Gulf and Bay. Owner financing available. Why rent when you can own? Call 941-544-5597.

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.

SLIP RENTAL- LBK Moorings. By Owner.

M18, premier slip, 58 ft. $600 month.

941-316-9372

Boats 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.

ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232 LBK BOATERS..SELLING OR buying, call Captain Dave! World Class Yacht Sales (877)901-BOAT. captaindave@wcyachtsales.com

FLEA MARKET. Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

Saturday, November 23, 10a.m.-5p.m. & Sunday, November 24, 10a.m.-4p.m. For info: 954-4165.

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25 Years Experience - References available

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals 1BR/1BA CONDO Turn-key, Bradenton. No pets.

Winter season, $950/mo. Possible annual.

610-751-7939 or 610-997-0249.

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.

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.

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LBK CONDO: turnkey, for sale by owner.

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

www.Flvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460

LONGBOAT KEY CLUB COMPLEX. By Owner.

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

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal

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

Lots/Acreage For Sale 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.

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Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

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

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.

SEAPLACE: 2BR/2BA, beautiful Gulf view, beautifully decorated. Available January 1 through June.

443-829-2142.

ST. ARMANDS: 3BR/2BA, garage, walk to beach, dining. Available Dec. 15. Sarasota Style Realty, 941-388-2135.

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Vacation/Seasonal Rentals THE WESTCHESTER GULF FRONT 2BR/2BA, open, direct views, tennis court, 2 heated pools, steps away from the sand.

Recently remodeled.

941-228-5671.

Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367 5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F Ask about our special rates!

Wagner Realty Since 1939 www.wagnerrentals.com

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TIFFANY PLAZA 2BR/2BA Condo: Recently renovated, full gulf view, walk out to beach. Ground floor. N/S. Available 12/1/13 to 1/15/14. $1150 per week, 2 week minimum. 317-374-7373.

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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.

Adult Care Services CAREGIVER IS available for traveling, baths, meds. Possible live-in. Full time or part time.

References. 941-545-5992.

STEVE ALLEN FLOOR COVERINGS

MEDICAL ASSISTANT/NURSING ASSISTANT CERTIFIED - FT or PT. Light cooking & housekeeping, doctors appointments, shopping, free to travel anywhere, personal care. Overnights available. Own vehicle. Non-Smoker. References available. 4 languages. Kati, 941-228-4183.

CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE 726-1802 LIC/ INS

4 Bill Paying & Account Reconciliation 4 Organizing Personal and Business Files 4 Budgets & Financial Reports 4 Federal and State Tax Returns

Auto Transport

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BONDED & INSURED Over 25 yrs. experience

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

All Variations of Ceramic Tile Supplied & Installed.

Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

Cleaning

Expert Marble & Travertine Installation Floor & Walls

GULFSIDE A/C & Heating, LLC. SALES & SERVICE, FREE ESTIMATES! 10 MINUTE RESPONSE. Visa/MC/Disc. Lic. #CAC1816929 941-962-6863.

30 YEARS experience. We take pride in pleasing customers. Homes, schools, churches, resorts, offices. 941-756-4570.

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Cmagik - LBK resident, servicing our island year round for over 12 yrs. Bachelors Degree with 20 yrs. experience, PC or MAC. Professional help with computers, iPad/iPhones and tutoring.

References upon request.

Call Cort: 383-3878, 587-5588 cmagik.com

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

OWN A MAC/iPHONE/iPAD? MacTutor has 21+ years experience teaching Apple products.

I speak English, not “Geek”! (941) 812-3887 www.FLMacTutor.com

Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available Call Ashdown Flooring, Inc. LICENSED (941) 726-3077 INSURED

Masonry ALL TYPES OF MASONRY Specializing in concrete driveways, pavers, decorative concrete, stone work, patios.

Call for free and honest estimates.

941-525-2435

Painting/Wallpapering

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

Interior/ Exterior painting including drywall repair and retexturing. Wallpaper installation & removal, pressure washing. Residential & commercial, condos. Honest & reliable. Free estimates.

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

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

RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

Pressure Washing. Wallpaper Removal. Drywall Repairs. Reasonable. Reliable. Professional.

30+/years experience. References available.

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Pet Services DOGGY HOTEL/GROOMING. 24 Hour Daycare.

FREE Daycare with groom (we are the best).

3925 Brown Avenue behind Sleep King. doggyhotel.net 941-554-4620.

TIKI TIME PET SITTING! In-Home Pet Sitting! Leave your fur kids in their environment with trusted, loving care! Providing quality pet care for 10 years! No extra charge for multiple pets & Holidays! Excellent references.

480-694-0756 tikitimepetcare@gmail.com

Pressure Cleaning PRESSURE WASHING: Residential and Commercial. ECO Cleaning. Roofs, lanais, pool areas, etc. Roof coating also. 941-756-4570.

Transportation ISLAND SEDAN Serving Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key, West Bradenton and St. Armands Towncar Service Rates: To or From: Tampa International Airport: $80 St. Pete/Clearwater Airport: $75 Sarasota/Bradenton Airport: $35 Call for rates to other locations Gratuities not included.

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DANCING IN SIN Don’t let Sarasota Ballet dancer Ellen Overstreet’s sultry vixen character role fool you — she’s really the girl next door.

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Principal Dancer Ricardo Graziano and Ellen Overstreet pose for a marketing photo. “I’m so thankful for everything that has happened to me,” Overstreet says. “I never imagined I’d be here.”

Ellen Overstreet lies beneath Ricardo Graziano. She gazes seductively into his eyes. Her tanned bare leg points toward the sky as if she’s about to wrap it around the principal dancer. It results in a sexy marketing photograph for the upcoming Program 2 of Sarasota Ballet. But, being a sultry seductress doesn’t come naturally to the dancer, regardless of how well she pretends.

“I had Maggie (Barbieri) screaming, ‘Come on, be saucy!’”

Overstreet says, doing her best British impersonation of the Sarasota Ballet’s assistant director.

Overstreet has mastered the temptress side required for playing the role of Profane Love in Sarasota Ballet’s premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton’s “Illuminations” Nov. 22 and 23 at Sarasota Opera House. But Overstreet in real life is the American girl next door. In fact, she’s more of the role of the elegant and beautiful Sacred Love than the seductive, femme fatale Profane Love.

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1. Indigenous — “I go there as a celebratory, special meal.

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When: 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 Where: Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave. Cost: Tickets are $33.25 to $100

2. Lido Beach and the Ringling Bridge — “Walking over the bridge you don’t feel like you’re in Sarasota, it feels like you’re on vacation. It’s an instant escape.”

Info: Call 359-0999, Ext. 101 or visit sarasotaballet.org She had already missed the school bonfires and football games for ballet, and for her, it was a relatively easy decision. So, instead of taking a normal senior year of high school, she opted to move to San Francisco and pursue her passion professionally. And by the time most of her peers were celebrating making it through their first year of college, she was celebrating a contract with Sarasota Ballet.

The hardest part was not finishing her schooling, although Overstreet takes online college courses after getting home from Sarasota Ballet rehearsals. She says it’s to keep her brain sharp.

“It makes me feel accomplished every time I complete an exam, and when I go home I can put my mind on something other than ballet,” she says.

As if she wasn’t already accomplished. She’s in her second year dancing in a professional com-

3. Whole Foods — “I do my shopping at Trader Joe’s.

But Whole Foods is good for lunches. Sometimes I study there.”

“I love that you always have something to work on,” Ellen Overstreet says.

“Your reward is to be able to dance on stage … and it’s about what the art brings to our audience.” pany, was promoted to coryphée this fall and is now dancing one of the spotlighted roles in a performance. Even if she can’t yet order a cocktail at a bar.

Of course, she doesn’t need any booze to get into her current character. For Overstreet, the sultry music and a dance partner who keeps it fun and relaxed is enough

for her to completely let go.

On stage she’s not thinking about the audience or that she’s playing a role. “In a role like ‘Illuminations,’ you put yourself in character and you are actually the woman who is trying to get her man,” she says with a laugh. She only remembers she’s Ellen Overstreet when it’s time to take a bow.

4. Social On First — “We went there after a show. Their pizza is amazing, and the atmosphere is awesome.

I feel like it’s a hot spot of Sarasota — a new hot spot.”

5. The Ringling garden — “That’s another one of my escape places. If I have a long break or between shows and I don’t want to go home (I go there). I love going there and walking by the water. It’s one of those places that clears your mind and it feels so good to stay outside.”

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And, with the lack of photos, footage or even writing about the ballet on the Internet, this allows Overstreet to make the character her own.

For Overstreet, this is her favorite part of being a professional dancer.

“I like getting to dance a role that’s really challenging,” she says. “I like the process of working on something every day…one that I can struggle on but see improvement.” It’s gratifying.

Then, Overstreet gives away the secret — ballet is not as easy as the Sarasota Ballet dancers make it look. Sometimes there’s a step you can’t do or a tight muscle giving you problems. And there’s the lingering fear looming that most every dancer is prone to an injury at some point.

“Even if you had a great day and great class yesterday, you pretty much start over the next day,” she says.

Overstreet is poised and speaks with as much grace as she dances.

It’s easy to forget that she’s only 20 years old. Just three years ago, she was a junior in high school in McLean, Va., right outside of Washington, D.C. She lived a balanced adolescence heading from piano lessons to ballet class, to soccer practice and basketball games. In ninth grade, her ballet teacher advised her to attend summer intensives, and asked her if she’d consider dancing as a career.

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• Plan time accordingly. It takes 20 minutes per pound at 325 degrees to roast. It should cool for a halfhour before you carve it.

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And if the only planning you’ve done for hosting your holiday party is that you’re planning on hosting one — then here’s your guide to getting your act together.

One thing, however, isn’t belated this year — Hanukkah. The Observer wishes you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukah!

• Still frozen — thaw it in a coldwater bath, replacing the water every 30 minutes, or roast it in pieces.

• Late going in the oven — cut into the legs and wings and remove the breast meat from the bone and roast it on a baking sheet • Not cooking — wrap the bird in aluminum foil and turn the temperature up to 450 degrees and cook for three minutes per pound of bird.

• Done too early — keep it in a warm place under a tent of aluminum foil.

• If you’re stuffing your bird, cook it until the center of the stuffing and thigh reach 165 degrees.

• Do all your prep work the night before — chop the vegetables and pre-measure ingredients. If you can, prepare any bread, pie and cranberry sauce the night before.

Mashed potatoes can be prepared the day before and warmed beginning the morning of in a slow cooker.

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Thankfully, some of our readers shared their own Thanksgiving disaster stories to keep you from doing the same thing. If you are the type to learn the hard way, please submit this year’s stories to mgnaegy@yourobserver.com.

“I was a new bride hosting my first Thanksgiving dinner. I cooked a lovely bird on the outside and then started to slice. I found a plastic bag with the neck and giblets inside! It spoiled everyone’s appetite, and I was totally embarrassed.”

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“Show Boat” has sailed the waters of American theater for a long time. Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II first launched the musical in 1927. Their tale of actors, singers, dockworkers and stagehands of the Cotton Blossom (a floating theater on a riverboat) has seen a host of staged and filmed revisions, adaptations and accretions ever since. Director Rob Ruggiero refitted it for a leaner, if not meaner, production at the Goodspeed Opera House in 2011. That version is now afloat on the Asolo Rep stage — and Ruggiero is again at the helm.

We follow the lives of the show folks on the Cotton Blossom from 1887 to 1927.

There’s the Alan Hale-esque Capt. Andy (Joel Blum) and his uptight wife, Parthy Ann (Dorothy Stanley), and their daughter, Magnolia (Marissa McGowan), whose heart is smitten by riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal (Ben Davis). Magnolia and Gay wind up on stage when Steve and Julie (David Sattler and Daniella Dalli), the married headliners, are targeted by anti-miscegenation laws. (These improbable career breaks only seem to happen in musicals, though, to be fair, this was perhaps the first time.) Magnolia and Gaylord become the stars, get married and have a cute kid (Lilly Mae Stewart and Denise Lute). Sadly, Gay’s gambling addiction leads to destitution; Gaylord leaves for the good of the family. (Spoiler alert: There’s a tearful reconciliation at the end.) Along the way, the Cotton Blossom’s cook Queenie (E. Faye Butler) and her husband, Joe (Michael James Leslie), alternate between moments of love and bickering. Vaudeville-style comics Frank and Ellie May (Denis Lambert and Elisa Van Duyne) do the same. So it goes.

All that, and great music, too. Musical Director F. Wade Russo and his orchestra put in a stunning performance. They’re out

The vocal score for “Show Boat” ends with a huge choral ensemble followed by a double sforzando D major chord in the orchestra, and these words: “Curtain. End of Opera.” But, at the beginning of the score, it’s called “A Musical Play.” Whatever you call it, “Show Boat,” in the hands of Director Rob Ruggiero, with choreography by Noah Racey, new orchestrations

by Dan Delange and music direction and conducting by F. Wade Russo, is a mega hit.

Jerome Kern, the composer, with book and (most) lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, originally had a show that ran about four hours. But that was back in 1927, and nothing like it had come before. This groundbreaking musical covered entirely new territory, not only because it was the first piece to have a book that carried its story through from beginning to end, but also because it was the first show to touch on race relations (eight years before “Porgy and Bess”), incorporate underscoring (the use of music under dialogue) and to use songs to further the plot.

Musically, it was a prediction of things to come. Suddenly, audiences were faced with an American musical that wasn’t a grouping of musical numbers strung together by a flimsy plot. It was European operetta, American-style, leading the way as the benchmark for future American musical theater productions, from “Oklahoma” and “South Pacific,” to “Hair” and “Into the Woods.”

The Asolo has done away with the stage bloat expected by audiences of the 1920s and trimmed it down to its essentials: great songs that enhance the theatricality and emotion of the play. Four hours have become less than two and a half, and they absolutely fly by.

Elisa Van Duyne, as Ellie May Chipley, is a charming cross between Celeste Holm and Lucille Ball, and Denis Lambert in the role of her husband and comedy partner, Frank Schultz, is the perfect song-and-dance man — he proves timing is everything, from comic relief to the old soft shoe. Their performance of “Goodbye My

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“Show Boat” runs through Dec. 29, at Mertz Theatre, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.

Call 351-8000 or visit asolorep.org for more information. of sight, but never out of mind. Of course, it helps that these great musicians have great music with which to work. Hammerstein’s tunes are no less than iconic: “Ol’ Man River,” “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” “Bill” and many others. The best of the songs draw from the well of African-American music. But this is more than an homage or a rip-off.

The songs move us because of the original story — and Edna Ferber’s original passion for social justice and capacity for empathy for marginalized groups. (The Mexican-Americans of Ferber’s “Giant” were another example.)

“Show Boat” isn’t about the AfricanAmerican experience. But it doesn’t sweep it under the dock, either. It shows us the deck hands, wharf rats and servants at the periphery of the Cotton Blossom’s floating world. White entertainers have their often self-created problems; black people work and don’t get paid much; mixed-race entertainers passing for white get kicked off the boat. Life, as your parents reminded you, is unfair. The indifferent river keeps flowing and doesn’t seem to care. The creative minds behind this musical care deeply for everyone in this world.

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Lady Love,” one of two old-time hits interpolated into the Trocadero Nightclub scene in Act II, is an astonishing example of how to dance and sing while keeping a character firmly in one’s grasp.

Daniella Dalli, in the role of Julie LaVerne, positively shines as an actress with the voice of a torch singer, able to seamlessly incorporate the soul of Julie into the sound of her singing.

Her “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” in the first act and “Bill” in the second (written, by the way, 10 years earlier for the show “Oh Lady! Lady!!”

by P.G. Wodehouse and Kern and then interpolated into “Show Boat”) were steaming hot, sung with a dusky bottom register that hints of whiskey times ahead.

Magnolia and Gaylord, sung by Marissa McGowan and Ben Davis, were the fine romantic leads. McGowan, whose voice has just the right touch of the operatic tradition needed to sing “After the Ball” (another old song included at the Trocadero) mixed with the Broadway shimmer necessary in a ragged up version of “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” was a perfect match for Davis, a real baritenor whose singing and style harken back to the great days of John Raitt in “Carousel.” Their duets, “Only Make Believe,” “You Are Love” and “Why Do I Love You,” were romantic and heartbreakingly beautiful.

Michael James Leslie’s Joe was the glue that held the show together, dramatically and musically. We’re used to hearing “Ol’ Man River” sung by a booming, operatic bass but Leslie’s Joe was so much more. Although his voice is buttery smooth with a tinge of Al Jolson’s quiver, he used his sound to enhance his character so, when he’d appear — on stage, in the aisles, in a balcony box — he hovered like the show’s guardian angel. E. Faye Butler’s Queenie, Joe’s ever-loving, ever-exasperated wife, was the perfect foil, and their hilarious duet, “I Still Suits Me,” was filled with good humor, love and warmth.

What makes the Asolo’s production a musical groundbreaker is how beautifully it’s been cut and honed into a “Show Boat” that’s lean and pure; a “Show Boat” that shows off the great music Kern wrote while using it to propel a plot that Hammerstein would probably applaud were he here today. It’s the “Show Boat” that will float in our hearts and heads for years to come.

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 Co-Chair Maria Foote, Nadine Smith and Co-Chair Randell Johnson Maribeth Phillips, Kristen Theisen, Alex and Michael Gallen

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BRUNCH ON THE BAY 20TH ANNIVERSARY Benefiting USF Sarasota-Manatee Scholarship Fund Sunday, Nov. 10, at USF Sarasota-Manatee  Judy Genshaft and Dennis Stover Turner and Patricia Moore, Anthony Paull and Kimberly Bleach

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// BLACK TIE: CAMERA READY ARGUS FOUNDATION LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS HONORING FREDERICK DERR AND POSTHUMOUS HONOREE C. DANA ROLLINGS Benefiting Argus Foundation | Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Hyatt Regency Sarasota

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