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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Colony Association sues town A petition the Colony Association filed states ‘no competent substantial evidence supports the Town Commission’s decision’ to increase a bond to $250,000 for the Colony property.

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Leslie Ann Genninger and Carol Camiener

+ Carol Camiener hosts jewel of a party On Sunday, Jan. 12, Leslie Ann Genninger displayed her latest collection of Murano Glass Jewelry at the Emerald Harbor home of Carol Camiener. Genninger has worked with glass masters on the Island of Murano in Italy to design one-of-akind pieces for more than 25 years. Combined with 1,000-year-old techniques, her expertise and creative eye help Genninger to create colorful jewelry, lighting and other glasswares.

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association filed a lawsuit Friday in the 12th Judicial Circuit Court against the town of Longboat Key. The lawsuit asks a judge to quash a portion of a town resolution that mandates

the association increase a bond the town can use to maintain the dilapidated Colony property in an emergency from $50,000 to $250,000.

The association filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, which

states “no competent substantial evidence supports the Town Commission’s decision to require a $250,000 bond.”

The association notes the town has never had to use the $50,000 bond the association agreed to

post a year ago. Town Manager Dave Bullock, though, told commissioners in December he has come close to using the bond on more than one occasion.

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Co-Chairwoman of the event Julie Friedman, Honoree Ruth Ades, Rabbi Charles Savenor and Co-Chairwoman of the event Betty Levitt

+ Ades honored as ‘Light of Torah’ Mazel tov to Ruth Ades.

Temple Beth Sholom honored the Longboat Key resident as the “Light of Torah” at its annual Torah Fund Study Day and Award Luncheon Jan. 7. Ades received the honor for her involvement in local and national Jewish organizations throughout her life.

“It’s very exciting,” says Ades’ husband, Alan. “Ruth deserves every honor.”

Ades has traveled to Israel more than 40 times to support the peace process and has worked with organizations including the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Bedford, in Massachusetts, and the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee.

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Ann Segal laughs as her friend, Deborah Simon, looks at her recently purchased necklace in a mirror at the Longboat Key Winter Festival Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Centre Shops of Longboat Key. For more photos from the festival, see page 22A.

PERMIT PROBLEMS

by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Circle solicitation worries merchants St. Armands Circle merchants are frustrated that a woman solicitating on the sidewalk allows her to do something they cannot: advertise outside.

A woman has been setting up a card table and a cooler in front of St. Armands Circle restaurants and businesses to solicit donations for Haitian children and their families since October.

The St. Armands Business Improvement District (BID) and Circle merchants have a problem with that, especially because merchants who pay $1,500 a month or more to lease Circle space receive

a fine from the city if they make a homemade sign or solicit business directly outside their shops.

The woman, who could not be reached for comment and was not on the Circle Tuesday due to inclement weather, has told Circle merchants and St. Armands Circle Executive Director Diana Corrigan she has a permit to solicit donations.

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an to move away from their businesses entrances, Corrigan said, the woman tells merchants she has a permit and is being harassed because of the color of her skin.

“She’s aggressively approaching tourists, and the setup looks terrible,” Corrigan said. “It’s happening seven days a week.”

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A woman soliciting donations on St. Armands Circle is upsetting merchants and concerns BID members.

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COLONY / FROM PAGE 1A On Dec. 11, commissioners approved a four-month extension of the grandfathered tourism status of units at the shuttered resort, making the latest deadline April 30.

But the commission also mandated the association increase the bond despite objections from association attorney Jeff Warren at the Dec. 11 hearing. Bullock noted then that the increase was needed because of the association’s “track record.”

“If history is any indication, we will live on the edge of drawing the bond,” said Bullock, explaining the association still has not corrected a fire alarm issue in the mid-rise building at the town’s request. “I have no confidence things will get done unless we have resources to draw upon.”

Bullock originally recommended the commission require the association to in-

SOLICITATION / FROM PAGE 1A To make matters worse, Corrigan said merchants are starting to ask if they can obtain a permit that would allow them to solicit in a similar way.

But, at a BID board of directors meeting Tuesday at Sarasota City Hall, Director of Neighborhood and Development Services Tim Litchet informed board members the woman does not have a permit and has been turned down on several occasions for such a permit.

Two Sarasota Police officers present at the meeting told board members they must confer with City Attorney Robert Fournier this week before approaching the woman. The police want a legal opinion on whether forcing the woman to leave the Circle would infringe on her First Amendment rights.

BID board members, whom paralegal Michael Barfield is already targeting for Sunshine Law violations (see sidebar), expressed frustration with the potential violation of First Amendment rights that

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crease the bond from $50,000 to $100,000.

Association President Jay Yablon told the Longboat Observer Friday that the association “has always sought to cooperate with the town and will continue to do so.”

“But I am concerned that on other Colony issues of much greater importance than the size of a bond, the town may, in a moment of passion, take ill-advised actions, which could embroil the town and its citizens in yet another costly and lengthy legal controversy that they frankly do not need or want,” Yablon said. “The town needs to remain a neutral referee, constructively urging resolution and prudence upon all parties, including the association as well as upon our neighbors, and not turn itself into another Colony litigant via precipitous actions.”

Yablon said the lawsuit was meant to send a message on a narrow issue.

“The message is very simple,” he said.

“The next time the commission is incould result in ACLU ramifications.

“We’re giving food for fodder to Michael Barfield,” said BID Chairman Marty Rappaport. “I think it’s time that this city and other cities start to fight against the abuse of the Sunshine Law and First Amendment that’s going on here. It has got to be addressed.”

Corrigan expressed concern the problem could escalate, attracting others seeking solicitations, which would detract visitors during the height of season.

“This isn’t good for the Circle at all,” Corrigan said. “This woman has her right for freedom of speech, but we need to control something that’s getting out of control.”

The BID also asked city staff for monthly updates from a code officer and a list of permits that the city has given on the Circle so merchants are aware of what is allowed. Code officers will also look into an issue with merchants using trucks with advertisement signage on the side of them that park in Circle spaces to advertise their businesses.

clined to act in passion or haste, we urge them not to.”

Acting Town Attorney David Persson, who was present when commissioners made their decisions at the Dec. 11 quasijudicial hearing (in which commissioners act as judges and base their decisions on the facts in front of them), said he needs to review the meeting record again before commenting on whether he feels the commission acted appropriately when increasing the bond amount.

The lawsuit claims there was no factual evidence presented that necessitated the bond increase.

Town Clerk Trish Granger confirmed Tuesday the town has not officially been served with the lawsuit. Persson said a Sarasota judge will be assigned the lawsuit and will decide whether there is just cause to continue before the town is served. When the lawsuit is served, the town will have 20 days to respond.

“The association is challenging the amount of the bond only,” Persson said.

“The question is whether there is competent, substantial evidence of record to support the larger bond amount. In order to figure out if there is or not, I need to review the record again.”

Persson said the Dec. 11 hearing accomplished a lot, including the commission’s decision to set a hearing in March to review the condition of Colony buildings and whether the buildings pose a safety hazard and need to be demolished.

In the meantime, Persson said the town is monitoring the Colony’s progress and waiting to see if U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May approves a settlement agreement among the majority of Colony parties Jan. 27.

“Progress on all fronts that help bring other Colony issues that arise like this (bond amount) is the key to resolution on the Colony for all parties,” Persson said.

ST. ARMANDS BID SUNSHINE LAW UPDATE St. Armands Business Improvement District Chairman Marty Rappaport informed board members at a BID meeting Tuesday that paralegal Michael Barfield’s office has gone through 5,000 of his emails and found nothing that constitutes a Sunshine Law violation.

“They haven’t found a smoking gun, nor will they,” Rappaport said.

In November, Rappaport informed the board that Barfield’s office is looking for any email on private or personal email accounts from BID directors containing the words “restaurant,” “retail,” “Business Improvement District” or “Bob Gibbs.” Barfield also wants any email BID directors sent to St. Armands Circle Association Executive Director Diana Corrigan. Corrigan, though, is not under the Sunshine Law through her affiliation with the BID.

The records request, which involves searching Rappaport’s personal computer, came after the BID and the Downtown Improvement District (DID) met Oct. 8 to revisit the possibility of limiting the space restaurants occupy on the Circle and in downtown Sarasota.

Corrigan announced Monday that Barfield is also seeking emails from her association with the St. Armands Landowners Merchants Residents Association. But because the LMRA is not a city-affiliated board, Corrigan does not have to comply with the request.

Rappaport also announced he has resigned from a Circle parking advisory board because he doesn’t want the board’s work “to be targeted further by Mr. Barfield.”

“It’s legalized extortion and it’s affecting those who want to serve the city,” Rappaport said.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Candidates set strong tone at event At-large commission candidates Terry Gans and Ray Rajewski disagreed about the town’s future at the first candidate function of the town’s election season.

A Longboat Key Republican Club “Meet the Candidates” event gave Key voters a candid look at where the candidates stand and set the tone for the campaign season on the island.

The Jan. 10 luncheon did not offer the four commission can2014 LBK didates a debate-like MUNICIPAL setting to take stances ELECTION: on Longboat Key issues, like in years past.

MARCH 25 Instead, the new format gave candidates a few minutes to introduce themselves and to answer a few questions from the audience.

District 3 commission candidate Ray Rajewski set the tone at the luncheon. He immediately revealed his stance on certain issues.

“The Comprehensive Plan and the codes have served us well and will continue to serve us well,” Rajewski said. “What specifically needs to be changed?”

Rajewski noted that his opponent, Commissioner Terry Gans, made it known in the Longboat Observer last year that he decided to switch races and run against him because of Rajewski’s previous comments about the Urban Land Institute study.

“I was for the study and I participated in the process,” Rajewski said. “But I’m disappointed in the results. There’s very little in their recommendation to help the residents.”

Rajewski noted the ULI study recommended relaxing rental restrictions (a recommendation the commission has already nixed), and recommended a town center with retail.

“We have a retail center,” Rajewski said.

“It’s called St. Armands Circle.”

A town center with commercial space such as coffee shops to promote pedestrian activity, Rajewski said, is not needed.

“The Publix plaza still has three vacant storefronts that have sat empty for more than a year,” Rajewski said. “I don’t object to a town center, but I object to more retail.”

Rajewski asked those in attendance to consider what enticed them to buy homes on Longboat Key. “The beach, the ambiance and the quality of life will attract buyers,” Rajewski said. “Not a retail-oriented town center.”

Rajewski said the ULI study pushed for a 30,000-square-foot town center, but Gans told the crowd the study called for 30,000 square feet of commercial space islandwide, when he took the podium.

Gans said, though, he doesn’t think the town needs 30,000 more square feet of retail.

“I think we have plenty of retail,” Gans said.

Commissioner Terry Gans said the town “will continue to revise codes” and “the town’s best days are to come.”

Commission candidate Ray Rajewski said “the Comprehensive Plan and the codes have served us well” and questions what needs to be changed.

Gans made it known he disagrees with Rajewski’s stance on the state of the town’s current codes and Comp Plan.

“We will continue to revise codes, you have to look into the future,” Gans said.

“I truly believe our town’s best days are to come. You either get better, or you get worse.”

Gans said the ULI study was worth performing because it gives the town “clarity on the issues and the wisdom to choose the elements most important to move forward with.”

“The study gives us opportunities to position the island for the next 20 years,” Gans said.

Gans also countered a point that Rajewski made about Bird Key and Casey Key maintaining high property values without needing town centers or even commercial space.

“Bird Key and Casey Key aren’t towns, they are subdivisions,” Gans said. “A town center would be nice to have for our town.”

At-large commission candidate Armando Linde was the next to take the stand.

He told those in attendance he has three main goals for the town as a commissioner.

“I want to concentrate on providing good governance with a tight, fiscal policy that holds the line on taxes and deals with our pension debt,” Linde said. “We also need to figure out what to do with our beach project and find a way to get more money back from the two counties that have so much access to our taxpayer dollars.”

Linde said he would also work to get a Sarasota Memorial Hospital satellite of-

fice on Longboat Key. “Sarasota Memorial is building them all over,” he said. “Why can’t some of our monies go toward building one here for a population that needs one?”

Linde said he’s open to a community center for the Key but only one that comes with contributions from donors.

“I’m not sure the town can find the money to fund such a facility,” Linde said.

“We would also need to collect money from donors to operate such a facility on an annual basis.”

At-large commission candidate Irwin Pastor, who is running against Linde, said this year’s election “is about change.”

Pastor was the only candidate to speak within the five-minute allotment, in part, because the program was running over its 90-minute timeframe.

“I love this community, and I think being active in communities where you live is important,” Pastor said.

When an audience member asked Pastor to comment on his platform in 2013, in which Pastor stated his opposition to the former Longboat Key Club Islandside renovation and expansion project, Pastor said it’s time to put that matter to rest.

“I was never opposed to the Key Club redeveloping,” said Pastor, noting that the ULI study talked about residents moving past former issues and divisiveness to help spur positive change.

Pastor said he believes if an application were filed in the future, Islandside residents will support it “because it fits with the character of the island.”

“It’s a different time, and it’s time to let the past go and enhance Longboat Key moving forward.”

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NEWSBRIEFS + Alaina Ray named PZ&B director Town Manager Dave Bullock has removed the interim title from Alaina Ray’s post and officially named her as the town’s new Planning, Zoning, and Building Director Jan. 8.

Ray, a former planner with the department, was named the interim PZ&B director in September after former Planning, Zoning and Building Director Robin Meyer resigned effective immediately Sept. 24.

Meyer received three months severance pay at Bullock’s discretion. Bullock described Meyer’s departure as a resignation but said he determined severance “was appropriate in this situation.”

Meyer earned an annual salary of $95,804.80.

Ray was instrumental in guiding the town’s Urban Land Institute process, as well as reviewing applications such as the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort.

Ray’s salary has risen from $80,017.60 to $88,379.20.

In an email to commissioners on Wednesday, Bullock said Ray “earned the title over these past three months.”

“I appreciate her energy, expertise, and innovation in moving the objectives of the Town forward,” Bullock wrote. “We all have high expectation of her in the coming years. The workload is and will continue to be heavy for her area, but I know she is up to the job.”

Commissioners praised Bullock’s decision in emails Jan. 8.

“I am so pleased about Alaina Ray’s appointment and believe we are fortunate to have her to head our Planning Department,” wrote Commissioner Pat Zunz.

+ Martin Luther King Jr. holiday closings The town of Longboat Key and its various departments will be closed Monday, Jan. 20 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. There will be no change in garbage and recycling pickup on Jan. 20.

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All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, unless otherwise noted.

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Four of the five members of the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment held a meeting Jan. 9 to approve a variance for a dock.

Edward and Terry Kolodzieski received a dock variance of 52 feet for property located at 6550 Bayou Hammock Road. But they had to wait 10 months to obtain that hearing.

That’s because it was the first time the ZBA has obtained a quorum to hold a meeting. The attendance issue means the future of the ZBA and its members are in doubt.

After the meeting, Planning, Zoning and Building Director Alaina Ray and Senior Planner Steve Schield apologized to the Kolodzieskis for the long delay in receiving the dock variance.

Ray told the Longboat Observer after the meeting she “never wants to have happen what happened with this applicant.”

Ray said another applicant, Diane Goll, who was seeking a variance to build a home on a small lot, gave up after she was not granted a hearing. She ended up not buying the lot.

“That’s not the kind of service we want to be known for in this department,” Ray said.

The Longboat Key Town Commission doesn’t think so, either.

It gave Town Manager Dave Bullock and Town Clerk Trish Granger direction in November to place a referendum question on the March ballot that would ask voters to decide if the ZBA should

be eliminated. The duties for the board could be transferred to the Planning and Zoning Board.

But commissioners learned Jan. 6 that the town missed a Dec. 31 deadline the Sarasota County Elections Office required to provide ballot language for the referendum question.

The commission will discuss the issue and how to proceed at its Jan. 21 regular workshop.

Complicating matters further, there are two seats that still need to be filled on the ZBA, and, despite several attempts to fill the seat with advertisements from the Town Clerk’s office, the seats remain vacant.

In the meantime, Ray said a solution is in the works that will eliminate the issue of applicants having to rely on ZBA members to reach a quorum to hear an issue.

At its Jan. 21 meeting, the P&Z Board will review an ordinance that recommends its members review any ZBA hearings if ZBA board members can’t attain a quorum.

“That alleviates my concern,” Ray said.

“It gives applicants due process with either one board or the other.”

ZBA board members declined to discuss the fate of their board after the Jan. 9 meeting.

“All we can do is carry out our duties as board members,” said zoning board member Gaele Barthold, who chaired the Jan. 9 meeting. “We can’t worry about what might happen.”

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P&Z decision could bring new era for Villa Am Meer The Planning and Zoning Board will consider a site plan next week for the new 16-unit Aria condominium project that preserves the property’s historic home.

The Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board will review the 16-unit Aria condominium project at 2251 Gulf of Mexico Drive at its regular meeting Jan. 21. And, if all goes according to plan, buyers won’t have to wait long to make reservations.

Sarasota developer Jay Tallman, president of Ascentia Group LLC, plans to open reservations Jan. 22.

“Everything’s contingent on approval from the town,” Tallman said. “But, frankly, to get to this point with the town, we’ve already gone through a very detailed review. It’s already been vetted thoroughly with town staff.”

Tallman said his phone began ringing right away after he announced plans for the project in September. It was the second planned condo project announced in 2013. Michael Saunders & Co. announced plans for the 11-unit Infinity condominium project at 4765 Gulf of Mexico Drive in March.

The last new luxury condominium project on the mostly built-out Key was Positano, completed in 2006.

But the prospect of new luxury with the Gulf-front condos isn’t the only buzz surrounding the project. The property has a storied history.

A German immigrant named Dr. Hermann Kohl purchased the property in the depths of the Great Depression in 1932, two years after he was indicted on federal bootlegging charges. After Prohibition ended in late 1933, the charges were dropped, and Kohl built Villa Am Meer in 1935 as a winter retreat.

In 1993, the family of the Kohls’ ad-

The view of the condominiums at Aria from the new wellness center.

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opted daughter, Elena Benedict, sold the southern parcel of the property totaling just less than seven acres to the developers of the 38-unit Villa di Lancia.

Tampa-based Statewide Associates purchased the remaining five acres of the property, which included the main residence, guest home and carriage house, for $18 million in 2006. The company planned to build 30 townhomes on it and renovate the original home into a community clubhouse — but then the market went south.

BBC Key LLC became the owner of the property in 2009, after it went into foreclosure three years after the $18 million sale.

The 5,000-square-foot main residence, which BBC Key LLC now owns, is currently under renovation. It will stay on the property and serve first as a sales office and, later, as the condo’s clubhouse.

Aria will feature a beachside pool with a rain curtain, cabanas and a half-mile walking path.

“It adds depth to our plan and our marketing of the project when there’s some history to be able to Renovations Kelsey of the historic Villa Am Meer Grau speak to. While we were going with will continue home through Februa ry. more of a coastal contemporary serve first as a sales office fo The home will r the Aria proj design for the building, we very and later as a co ect mmunity club house. much wanted to re-create the history and embed that history, and part of that is the renovation of Villa Am Meer,” rently priced between $3.44 million and $4.25 million. The total value of the projTallman said.

The site’s old rusty iron gates, complete ect is estimated at $60 million.

Units will range from 3,804 square feet with the image of a lion on them, will be preserved and attached to a future pri- to 3,940 square feet in a new four-story vacy wall that will sit off of Gulf of Mexico building.

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Tallman hopes to begin construc- for the project in a quasi-judicial hearing tion, which is anticipated to last 15 to 17 at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at Longboat months, in the summer. Units are cur- Key Town Hall.

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Protest rumors draw heightened TBI security Police continue to monitor talk of a nonviolent demonstration regarding Rabbi Jonathan Katz’s statements opposing the placement of wreaths on Jewish veterans’ graves.

Volunteers spent Saturday morning removing the green wreaths with red bows from tombstones at Sarasota National Cemetery.

But a controversy surrounding the wreaths has lingered past the holiday season.

Longboat Key police officers were stationed outside Temple Beth Israel Shabbat services Friday night and Saturday morning after both Longboat Key Town Hall and Temple Beth Israel received phone calls that a nonviolent protest could take place. The protest stems from Rabbi Jonathan Katz’s statements of opposition to placing wreaths that look like Christmas symbols on Jewish graves as part of the Wreaths Across America (WAA) campaign. Protestors were not present at Friday or Saturday services.

Katz, who did not speak to the caller, said there were no physical threats and that the caller wanted to know whether protestors needed a permit.

“Everybody has a right to express themselves,” Katz said. “I guess I was a little surprised, but a lot of things happen in today’s world.”

Victoria Finley, advancement director of Sarasota Military Academy, which has organized the local WAA efforts for the past five years, was surprised to learn about protest rumors from the Longboat Observer.

“Certainly, Sarasota Military Academy and, to the best of my knowledge, WAA, would never be involved in a protest,” Finley said. “I honestly hope they don’t do anything.”

Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming said Friday afternoon that police first received intelligence about a potential protest one week earlier, but has not seen evidence indicating that anyone actually plans to protest.

“We’re coming up with nothing,” Cumming said. “It looks like it’s really smoke and mirrors at this point.

“Any time we are informed of any matter of this sort, we look into it to be sure that it’s a peaceful, well-organized event. They certainly have the opportunity to voice their First Amendment rights peacefully, and we’re here to help them do that,” Cumming said.

Katz first became involved in the wreath issue last year, when he served as president of the Sarasota-Manatee Rabbinical Association (SMRA).

He wrote in the December temple bulletin that “paying homage to our nation’s veterans in this way is certainly laudable,” but stated that he and other SMRA members agreed that placing wreaths on Jewish graves was inappropriate. WAA officials have denied that the wreaths are Christmas symbols. Its national website, wreathsacrossamerica.org, states, “Our work is not about religion, a political party or agenda, or any group or affiliation.”

Katz disagrees. In the temple’s bulletin, he wrote: “All wreaths are not the same. For example, wreaths are often laid during memorial ceremonies at Yad Vashem.

But they do not possess big red ribbons and are not identified with Christmas.”

WAA officials agreed not to put wreaths on local Jewish graves unless the veteran’s family requests placement.

Katz has also spoken to officials from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to request that the VA adopt a similar policy nationally.

Finley said SMA will honor anyone’s request to remove a wreath from a loved one’s grave.

“We have no issue with the rabbi and no issue with anyone who wishes not to have a wreath placed,” she said.

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Antidote to flood insurance This is a classic — the saga of flood insurance.

It’s the classic Milton Friedman description of the law of laws. That is, creating a law to address a problem, only to discover that the law created unintended consequences, which require more laws that have even more unintended, adverse consequences.

And on and on the merry-go-round goes.

Where it ends nobody knows.

Florida Sen. Jeff Brandes and Rep. Larry Ahern, two St. Petersburg Republicans, are hoping the merry-go-round may end with Senate bill 452, MATT a private-sector antidote WALSH to the flood-insurance ills that threaten so many Floridians.

Let’s start with a recap. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, when private insurers abandoned flood policies because of their unpredictability, costs and losses, our political geniuses in Washington did what they always do. They decided the federal government should get into the flood-insurance business. Obviously, without regard to its record in such endeavors, congressional thinking was the federal government could do it better than free enterprise.

Forty years later, here’s how that turned out: The National Flood Insurance Program is $17 billion in debt to the federal treasury and can’t afford to pay more than its $900 million annual interest payment on its loan. And, in the 40 years hence, the NFIP’s under-priced premiums have subsidized a massive build-up of homes and properties in even more flood-prone areas than before. Currently, the NFIP insures 5.6 million properties nationwide, a book of business that totals $1.25 trillion in value.

In the words of Dr. Phil, “How’s that working for you?”

We know the answer. Not so swell. In its inimitable wisdom, Congress decided last year to fix its flood-insurance debt and underpricing by quickly ratcheting up NFIP’s premium rates.

We’ve all read the horror-story results: widows, orphans, senior citizens, average homeowners and small-business owners suddenly unable to afford their skyrocketing flood premiums and on the verge of losing their homes.

Oops. After the predictable public wailing and the threat to their careers, congressional members backtracked on their plan to quit having taxpayers subsidize all those people living in flood zones. Our own Rep. Vern Buchanan and Sen. Bill Nelson were among the champions over the past six months to persuade Congress to delay the exorbitant rate increases … Until it finds a permanent solution.

Sorry, there is no permanent solution.

There are only choices. And if the choice

is to make the National Flood Insurance Program actuarially sound, much higher flood premiums are inevitable. It’s safe to say Congress will figure out a way to phase in those higher premiums at a more palatable rate — less than the 25% a year, or less than immediately resetting rates when a home is sold.

All the while this drama was unfolding in Washington, Sen. Brandes over the summer began looking for a way to bypass Washington and fix the problem at the state level.

Why not free enterprise? Brandes thought. What would it take to create incentives for the private-sector insurance companies to underwrite flood risk?

Brandes says he broached the idea with reputable reinsurers. And surprise, here was their answer: They want flexibility.

Flexibility on rates, deductibles, maximum limits, exclusions and rate-filing procedures. Essentially a free-market approach.

While this scares consumers who think all insurers are plunderers, that’s what Brandes and the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee devised — flexibility, along with some consumer safeguards. As Brandes put it, if the state were to allow insurers the leeway to customize policies, the state would want assurance that the companies selling flood policies had the financial werewithal to fulfill claims and were not charging below-market rates to win market share quickly.

Brandes believes, if approved, it would be a few months before a new private-sector flood-insurance market would take hold.

There’s one catch, a big one — the banks.

And they will be part of the unintended consequences that have arisen over the years.

Current law requires banks and mortgage brokers who sell federally backed mortgages to require homeowners in flood plains to carry flood insurance. Federally backed mortgages also require property insurance from A.M. Best-rated insurers.

Given that, even if the Legislature allows for a free-enterprise flood-insurance market, the question will arise: What will the banks do? Will they approve a mortgage to a home buyer who wants to buy flood-insurance from an unrated insurer, even though the state of Florida has given its approval to operate? As one insurance lobbyist told us, not likely. Banks don’t take those kinds of risks.

Nonetheless, the Sen. Brandes gambit is worth the experiment.

Early on, in the forming of the republic, the founders envisioned the states as cauldrons of experimentation and competition.

This is one of those times.

The federal government, no surprise, has proven to be totally inept as the onesize-fits-all market for flood insurance.

And the likelihood of Congress finding a “permanent solution” is about as likely as it balancing the federal budget.

While the Brandes bill and concept may

U.S. LOSES FREEDOM FOR 7TH YEAR IN ROW The Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal published this week their 20th annual world Index of Economic Freedom. For the first time in the rankings’ history, the United States dropped out of the top 10.

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With this year’s ratings, the United States is the only country to have recorded a loss of economic freedom each of the past seven years.

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have its skeptics and unknowns, here is an opportunity for policy makers to let go and see whether the incentives are such that the free hand of the market will fill a need.

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In 1973, Congress passed the Flood Disaster Protection Act, mandating property owners with mortgages issued by federally regulated or insured lenders to purchase flood insurance if their properties are located in Special Flood Hazard Areas.

The National Flood Insurance Program was designed to be self-supporting in average years; the program has lost money in three of the past eight years.

As a result of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina in 2005, the NFIP borrowed from the U.S. Treasury to cover claims. It now owes the Treasury about $17.5 billion and must pay about $900 million in annual interest payments. With its total premium income about $3.1 billion annually, the NFIP will likely be able to pay only the interest on its loan.

To address this imbalance, Congress adopted the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act in 2012. The legislation requires the NFIP to raise rates to reflect true flood risk.

These changes have resulted in premium rate increases for second homes, business properties, severe repetitive-loss properties and substantially improved damaged properties of 25% per year until premiums meet the full actuarial cost of flood coverage.

Most residences immediately lose their subsidized rates if the property is sold, the policy lapses, there are repeated and severe flood losses occur or a new policy is purchased.

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have national flood insurance.

• 268,500 policies statewide, or 37% nationally, receive a federal subsidy.

• Properties insured in Florida have paid about $3.60 in premiums for every $1 received in claims payments.

• About 50,000 secondary residences, businesses and severe repetitive-loss properties (2.5%) are subject to the annual 25% increase in premiums.

• About 103,000 primary residences (5%) will lose their subsidy if the property is sold, the policy lapses, the property suffers severe, repeated flood losses, or a new policy is purchased.

• 115,000 non-primary residences, business properties and severe repetitiveloss properties (5.7%) are subject to the elimination of subsidies once FEMA develops guidance for their removal.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR + A note of thanks

Dear Editor: Professionals Assisting Military Families and Friends(PAMFF) would like to thank Michael Garey of The Lazy Lobster for giving us permission to hold a fundraiser in the entrance of the restaurant. Michael, as well as his staff, was attentive to our needs and kindly provided us with the necessary items for displaying our wares.

It is rewarding to have a local merchant support our nonprofit charity in such a gracious manner. The fundraiser was quite successful.

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+ Leave 911 service alone Dear Editor: Why is Longboat Key so poor it cannot afford to ensure its citizens with good emergency responses? Don’t trivialize this issue. We are talking about life and death, and security on Longboat Key. Those of us who are elderly and live alone can do so only because we know we are a telephone call away from safety.

Some elderly people believe they cannot live here because we have no medical facility on

the Key, so they move near a hospital. But many of us, knowing how good our emergency response is on Longboat Key, feel safe staying here because an EMT can stabilize us faster than an emergency run to a hospital. Nothing is more important than emergency response time to our elderly population. Don’t try to save money on people’s lives.

If we have enough money to build a community center, which most of us won’t use, but not enough money to provide a quick response to emergencies, which all of us are likely to use at some time, then, once again, it appears that the commissioners are out of touch with the people.

Anne Arsenault Longboat Key

+ The painful truth Dear Editor: Regarding your editorial on the word for 2014, you may be the only newspaper editor in North America to recognize the disaster that took place on Nov. 7, 1932.

Unfortunately, it isn’t going to take another 250 years for the USS Titanic to finish “going down by the bow.” The elec-

tion of Barack Obama in 2008 was just the culmination of what FDR started in March 1933.

Amity Shlaes, in her book “The Forgotten Man,” describes in detail the factual events of the Great Depression and the recovery that took place as the result of our involvement in World War II. Albert Jay Nock, a name unknown to today’s voters, correctly predicted the condition that this country is in, and the unlikely prospect of any corrective action.

Why put on a life jacket when the captain and crew say, “I can swim, even if you can’t? We will be the first ones into the lifeboats.”

The mantra that it wasn’t an iceberg and we are unsinkable will produce the same results as those experienced by the passengers on the RMS Titanic.

Thanks for your column and the painful truth.

John W. Minton Jr. Bradenton

+ ‘Hope springs eternal!’

also been a major deteriorating subversive influence, assisted by the maturing of TV. The post-World War II “greatest generation” inadvertently provided the foundation for the baby boomer ’60s generation to create the current dysfunction.

That aged ’60s generation is now “reaping” the convoluted, distorted, value-bankrupt, no-character society it created.

Elected government, meanwhile, is a reflection of its citizens. Government bureaucrats are a covert, cancerous byproduct of corrupt government.

Currently, we have the most corrupt administration in presidential history and an impotent, political, corrupt Congress.

“Revelation?” A noble idea and concept. Unfortunately, it will take more than one generation to restore traditional American values and national character.

That is assuming that “restoration” is possible, from a very depleted condition.

Then again, “Hope springs eternal!”

Vic Cameron Sarasota

Dear Editor: Regarding your word for the year, “Revelation,” the basic factor in the decline and deterioration of a society is the politicians.

Every society, including Rome, was depleted by politicians pursuing power, influence and personal advantage.

The “term bread and circus” was coined in Rome as the bribing system to enhance political advantage.

Politicians believe that the “masses are asses,” and they are, on the whole, correct. The civic IQ and interest of the average U.S. citizen is deplorable, a disgrace.

This dysfunctional, inefficient, incompetent government at all levels, especially the federal level, did not happen overnight.

Since the Wilson administration, gradually the unique “American” success and system has been compromised.

World War II galvanized traditional American values until the early 1960s, then were compromised with the advent of the Vietnam War. Along with the political establishment, academia has

+ Editor error Dear Editor: I read your Jan. 2 column on “Revelation” with interest. I agree with your concerns.

I was surprised, however, that you used “i.e.” when you should have used “e.g.” That is a common mistake, but I don’t expect it from an editor.

Nelson Patterson Sarasota

walking on Harbourside Drive in the middle of the road. Seems strange, as the bicycles ride on the sidewalk.

It is an accident waiting to happen as they walk in the middle, and it is a wonder no one has

+ Please use the sidewalks Dear Editor: When will something be done about individuals walking in the middle of the road?

On a daily basis people are

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TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING JANUARY 21, 2014 Please take notice that the Town of Longboat Key will hold a public hearing on the following Ordinance to adopt proposed amendments to the Longboat Key Comprehensive Plan:

ORDINANCE 2014-06 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE FIVE-YEAR SCHEDULE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

A Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on the proposal will be held on January 21, 2014, at 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida.

Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming plans for the majority of his officers to be able to patrol the Key — both by land and by sea — by the end of 2014.

In addition to regular Marine Patrol Officers Dennis Silverio and Shawn Nagell, the department has trained an additional three officers to operate police vessels through an in-house program and added a second police boat.

The department will seek candidates who are licensed to operate boats when it hires new officers.

“My goal is to have most of my patrol division trained by the end of the calendar year,” Cumming said.

Cumming said the goal is a response to a general increase in activity in the water.

In 2013, Longboat police handled 3.5% more boat-related cases than they did in 2012, with 432 boating incidents in 2013, compared with 417 the prior year.

According to Cumming, the increase in marine patrol is not in response to a string of approximately a half-dozen thefts from boats that occurred six weeks ago.

The stolen property consisted mostly of dash-mount electronic devices with a combined value of between $5,000 and $7,000.

“Although all but one occurred somewhere behind Country Club Shores, there was no pattern we could see,” Cumming said. “There was no pattern that led us to believe that it was the same people involved.”

The marine unit patrols the waterways surrounding the Key and also monitors compliance with boating and fishing laws.

STRUCTURE FIRES Longboat Key Fire Rescue responded to two fires at condominiums during the first half of January.

Firefighters were dispatched to the first incident, at Sea Gate Club, at 11:26 p.m. Jan. 4. The Sarasota County Fire Department and West Manatee Fire Rescue also responded to the scene.

Firefighters determined the fire was contained to an air-conditioning/heating system within a unit on the 12th floor and forcibly entered six units to determine there was no extension of smoke and fire.

Residents waited in the building’s community room until personnel declared the building safe for re-entry.

The second incident occurred early Saturday morning at Marina Bay, where firefighters contained a blaze to the north elevator electric room. The building was not damaged in the fire.

Sarasota County, West Manatee and Cedar Hammock fire departments also responded to the call.

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All interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to the proposed amendment. Copies of the proposed amendment and related material may be viewed at the Planning, Zoning & Building Department, 501 Bay Isles Road, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays. Questions may be directed to the Planning, Zoning & Building Department at 316-1966. The proposed amendment will affect property within the corporate boundaries of the Town of Longboat Key as shown on the map appearing at the bottom of this advertisement. No verbatim record by a certified court reporter is made of these proceedings. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at these proceedings upon which any appeal is to be based (see Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes.). In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Town Clerk’s office at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this proceeding. If you are hearing impaired, please call 941-373-7002.

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Thanks to a resident’s donation, Longboat Library members can now rent more than 500 DVDs. Free DVDs were a job perk for Ray Rajewski in his former career as executive vice president of CBS and Paramount. He also buys lots of DVDs because he prefers watching movies at home instead of going to the movie LIBRARY theater.

HOURS Rajewski’s collecThe Longboat tion grew to more Library, 555 than 500 DVDs — Bay Isles Road, but he realized reis open for its cently that he selwinter hours 9 dom watched most a.m. to 4 p.m. of them.

Monday through So, he donated Friday and 9 most of his colleca.m. to 12:30 tion to the Longp.m. Saturdays boat Library, which through April. allowed the private For information, nonprofit organizacall 383-2011. tion to launch its new DVD collection Tuesday, Jan. 14. The collection includes more than 500 DVDs, 477 of which Rajewski donated.

The collection ranges from classics such as “Gone With the Wind” and “The Manchurian Candidate” to more contemporary selections, such as “South Park Uncut.” The library also has a shelf filled with movies that are appropriate for children.

Rajewski has trouble picking a favorite from the DVDs he donated, although he enjoyed “Star Wars” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

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On Tuesday, Jan. 14, Ray Rajewski cuts the ribbon on his recently donated DVD collection at the Longboat Library with Patrice Greene and Joan Rotenberg.

“You’ll probably find more action and adventure than feel-good movies,” Rajewski said. “You’ll find more comedies than anything.”

The collection is available to library members, who can check out up to two titles at a time for up to a week for $1 each.

Rajewski hopes the donation will continue to benefit the library.

“It’s kind of like the saying, ‘You give a guy a fish and you feed him for a day but teach him to fish and he’ll fish for life,’” he said. “Rather than make any one donation, I like to think of them as an ongoing sale.”

Rajewski plans to make additional movie donations to the library in the future.

All applications must be submitted to the Office of the Town Clerk by January 24, 2014, at 5:00 p.m. The Town Commission will host an applicant “Meet and Greet” on February 3, 2014, at 6:00 p.m., in the Commission Chamber. All applicants must be registered voters of the Town of Longboat Key. Applications are available at the Office of the Town Clerk or can be downloaded from the Town’s website www.longboatkey.org. If you have any questions please call the Office of the Town Clerk at 941-316-1999.

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Commission candidates speak to Republican Club

Retired Senior Editor Dora Walters snapped this picture of Kip O’Neill, Bob Spitzer, Fred Wilson and Maxine Spitzer.

+ Dora the Explorer focuses her lens on the Village Retired Longboat Observer Senior Editor Dora Walters found herself on familiar turf in December, when she made an appearance at Longbeach Village resident Kip O’Neill’s 19th annual holiday party, then celebrated again with Village

On Friday, Jan. 10, the Republican Club of Longboat Key hosted a “Come Meet the Candidates” luncheon and debate at the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside Dining Room.

Candidates for the Longboat Key Town Commission debated issues at the event, which Sarasota County Commission candidate and current City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo also attended.

residents on New Year’s Eve. And as usual, she started snapping photos.

Walters is currently at her home in Morganton, Ga., but will return to the Key next month to speak to the Longboat Key Historical Society at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 20, at Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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THE PARTY’S OVER 1:58 a.m. — 4700 block of GMD. Rescue. A drunken woman was standing near a hotel’s closed bar and refused a security guard’s offer to help. She started leaning against the railing, then fell and struck her head on the concrete, knocking herself unconscious. Firefighter/paramedics transported her to the hospital. Police notified the woman’s brother in Alabama.

TIME TO HITCH A RIDE 1:29 p.m. — 3100 block of GMD. Traffic. A woman whose driver’s license was suspended said she received a valid license at a hearing but said she left her license at home. Records show her license is revoked for 18 months. Police gave her a citation to appear in court and released the vehicle to a licensed passenger.

JAN. 3 OPEN ACCESS 11:57 p.m. — 4400 block of GMD. Security Check. A woman returned to her rental unit and found the door open and all the lights on inside. The property’s key holder said the cleaners probably left the door open or the wind blew it open.

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Firefighter/paramedics transported the woman who hit her head to a hospital. Golf course staffers gave ice to the woman who hit her knee.

GETAWAY CART 1:29 p.m. — 1100 block of GMD. Property Damage. A condo owner’s adult son drove a golf cart that belongs to the complex to the property next door, leaving tire tracks on the pool deck of the neighboring property. Either the man’s mother or the complex from which he borrowed the cart will pay for the costs of the pool deck cleaning.

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JAN. 4 BILL OF RIGHTS 4:18 p.m. — 700 block of Spanish Drive N. Fraud. A woman received a phone call from someone who said they represented a company called Bill Me Later. The caller said someone opened an account in the woman’s name and charged $971.41 worth of merchandise to the account. The woman’s identity-theft protection company confirmed that it will investigate the account and that Bill Me Later is a legitimate business.

JAN. 5 CRASH COURSE 10:39 a.m. — 600 block of Marbury Lane. Public Service. A woman said a crane parked near her home was in unsafe condition and could crash into her house. Police determined the crane did not appear to be unsafe and left a voicemail for its owner.

HITTING THE ROOF 7:38 p.m. — 2200 block of Harbour Court Drive. Suspicious Circumstance. A man heard noises coming from his home that sounded like someone was walking on his roof. Police noticed that heavy winds were blowing the awning and its framework against the roof. The man plans to have his awning replaced.

JAN. 7 NO PARKING

11:27 a.m. — 5300 block of GMD. Boat. A man said an anchored boat might pose a threat at high tide. Police did not find any safety hazards.

10:37 a.m. — 600 block of Dream Island Road. Parking. A woman complained that a contractor’s vehicle parked in a lot near her home was not supposed to be parked there. Police did not receive an immediate answer when they called the property owner to verify the contractor had permission to park there.

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12:39 p.m. — 4900 block of GMD. Lost/ Missing Property. A man reported that his wedding band had slipped off his finger.

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TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING JANUARY 21, 2014 Please take notice that the Town of Longboat Key proposes to adopt the following ordinance:

ORDINANCE 2014-07 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 158, ZONING CODE, 158.126: SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on the proposal will be held on January 21, 2014, at 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida.

All interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to the proposed amendment. Copies of the proposed amendment and related material may be viewed at the Planning, Zoning & Building Department, 501 Bay Isles Road, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays. Questions may be directed to the Planning, Zoning & Building Department at 316-1966. The proposed amendment will affect property within the corporate boundaries of the Town of Longboat Key as shown on the map appearing at the bottom of this advertisement. No verbatim record by a certified court reporter is made of these proceedings. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at these proceedings upon which any appeal is to be based (see Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes.). In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Town Clerk’s office at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this proceeding. If you are hearing impaired, please call 941-373-7002.

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Longboat Island Chapel celebrated the new season with a welcome-back brunch for its congregation Sunday, Jan. 12. After the morning service, parishioners gathered for coffee and entertainment in the garden before heading inside for brunch.

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OBITUARIES Phyllis Kee

Phyllis Kee, 88, of Framingham, Mass., and formerly of Longboat Key and Woburn, Mass., died Jan. 2.

She married David, a Navy pilot, after he returned from the South Pacific following World War II. The couple recently celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary.

Mrs. Kee worked for the Woburn Redevelopment Authority after raising five children. She was active in civil, philanthropic and religious activities throughout her life.

Mrs. Kee is survived by her husband, David; son, Robert Kee, of Wakefield, Mass; daughters Carol Kee, of Wayland, Mass., Janet Coonfield, of Palm Coast, Debra Winn, of Lake Worth, and Rita Davenport, of Broken Arrow, Okla.; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A funeral Mass took place Wednesday, Jan. 8, in Framingham, Mass. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mrs. Kee’s memory to St. Patrick’s Manor, 863 Central St., Framingham, Mass., 01701.

Frances Kinkle, 79, of Longboat Key and formerly of Red Bank, N.J., died Dec. 19.

Born March 31, 1934, in Williamsport, Pa., she grew up in Camden, N.J. She graduated from Camden Catholic High School and Georgian Court College, then continued to study for her master’s degree at Rutgers University.

She worked as a teacher and was dedicated to the children she taught.

Ms. Kinkle is survived by her brothers William, of Pennsauken, N.J., and Julius, of Fort Myers; sister, Dominica Hubler, of Biloxi, Miss.; and close friend and caregiver, Mary Lou Webster, of Longboat Key; and many friends and extended caregivers.

Private services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Joe Romanowski Culinary Education Fund, P.O. Box 471, West Long Branch, N.J., 07764, or Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228.

Julius Sydney Rubel

Julius Sydney Rubel, 97, of Longboat Key, died Dec. 29.

Born Dec. 2, 1916, in Aberdeen,

Miss., he graduated from Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan Law School. He was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II and received a commendation from the secretary of the Navy for expediting the building and installation of Mulberry Harbors at Omaha Beach, which allowed troops to land on D-Day. Mr. Rubel and his late wife, Joyce Saks Rubel, lived in Gadsden, Ala., for many years and owned Saks Clothing Co. until 1979, when they retired to Longboat Key. Mr. Rubel is survived by his partner of 25 years, Frances Ross; sister, Ann Rubel Roth, of Chicago; daughter Judith Atkins, of Gadsden, Susan Zuker, of New York City, and Carol Berman, of Bethesda, Md.; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and two more on the way.

Services were private. Memorial contributions may be made to: Cure Childhood Cancer, 1117 Perimeter Center W., Suite N402, Atlanta, Ga., 30338; Institute for Southern Jewish Life, P.O. Box 16528, Jackson, Miss.; or University of Michigan Office of Development, 3003 S. State St., Suite 9000, Ann Arbor, Mich., 48109.

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A Public Hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on the proposal will be held on January 21, 2014, at 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida.

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All interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to the proposed amendment. Copies of the proposed amendment and related material may be viewed at the Planning, Zoning & Building Department, 501 Bay Isles Road, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays. Questions may be directed to the Planning, Zoning & Building Department at 316-1966. The proposed amendment will affect property within the corporate boundaries of the Town of Longboat Key as shown on the map appearing at the bottom of this advertisement. No verbatim record by a certified court reporter is made of these proceedings. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at these proceedings upon which any appeal is to be based (see Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes.). In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Town Clerk’s office at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this proceeding. If you are hearing impaired, please call 941-373-7002.

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Melissa and Richard Furman with Laurie and Louie Yeostros

Karen McClure, Marlene Lancaster and Courtney Goodman

On Saturday, Jan. 11, the Sarasota Yacht Club held its Commodores’ Ball to honor and celebrate current and past commodores. After the traditional sundowner ceremony with the Sarasota Military Academy Mighty Drum Line, members enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before sitting down for dinner and entertainment.

The club also paid tribute to past commodores, dating back nearly four decades, with a procession before dinner.

Dianna and Wellington Davenport

Helen Rayevich and Eleanor Williams

Commodore Pete Kujawski (right) with his wife, Maddie

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Foot Care for Seniors — takes place from 2 to 4 p.m. at Longboat Island Chapel’s Aging in Paradise Resource Center, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Dr. Will Sutton, of Advanced Foot and Ankle Care, will provide toenail cutting and foot care for seniors. Medicare will cover the cost. Call 757-8198 to schedule an appointment.

‘Getting the Most Out of Your iPad’ Workshop — begins at 2 p.m. at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. Pat Anderson will teach the free workshop. Call 3838161.

THURSDAY, JAN. 16 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key — meets at 7:30 a.m. at the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s Tavern & Whiskey Bar. Attorney Joel Walters, of the firm Walters, Levine, Klingensmith and Thomison, will speak. Cost is $10 and includes a breakfast buffet. Call Donna at 388-2847.

Garden Club Arbor Day Celebration — begins at 11 a.m. at Bicentennial Park, 2730 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The Garden Club will celebrate Florida’s Arbor Day by planting a tree at the park. Contact Madelyn Spoll at madjosey1@juno. com.

Longboat Key Historical Society —

DON’T MISS What: Choose from eight workshops such as “Meditation for Beginners” and “New Year Detox with Ayurveda” to “Nia — the Joy of Movement” and “Writing to Heal, Focus and Become More Mindful.” Cost varies and includes a luncheon buffet. To register, call 383-8811 or visit lbkeducationcenter.org.

Where: The Longboat Key Education Center, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive meets at 7 p.m. at Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Longboat Key novelist H. Terrell Griffin will discuss Longboat Key’s many colorful characters. Call Shirley Beachum at 383-1598.

FRIDAY, JAN. 17 Temple Beth Israel Folk Shabbat — begins at 7 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. Long Island, N.Y.based folk-harmony trio Gathering Time will start off Shabbat on a high note.

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Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Guided Kayak Excursion of Leffis and Jewfish Keys — takes place from 9 a.m. to noon beginning at Coquina Beach bayside. Canoe instructor and SBEP Citizen Advisory Committee member Brad Tanner will lead this free kayak tour. Register at sarasotabay.org.

When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 18

Cathy C. Meldahl, P.A. Your Longboat Key Community Realtor

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

Wilde Automotive Family Ringling Bridge Run — The four-mile race begins at 7:30 a.m., and the one-mile fun run begins at 8:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. The event benefits the Sarasota YMCA. Visit ringlingbridgerun. com.

Body/Mind/Spirit Day of Discovery

Living and Working on Longboat Key for 40 Years

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SATURDAY, JAN. 18

Marlene Rose Opening Lecture and Reception — takes place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, 6860 Longboat Drive S. Extensive travel influences Rose’s glass sculpture work, and she often incorporates found objects and references diverse cultures and past civilizations. RSVP is required. Call 383-2345 or email lbkca@ringling.edu.

SUNDAY, JAN. 19 27th annual Circus Ring of Fame —

takes place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park.

This event, which the Circus Ring of Fame Foundation will host, recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to the circus. Pinito del Oro, Paul Binder, Ian Garden Sr. and the Theron family will be inducted. Visit circusringoffame.org.

Sarasota Brass Quintet Concert — begins at 4 p.m. at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive. The concert is free. Call 388-1234.

TUESDAY, JAN. 21 ‘What Everyone Most Know About Health Care Reform’ Lecture — begins at 12:30 p.m. at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road.

Michael Moran, certified insurance counselor, will speak at this free seminar. Call 383-8161.

Bingo Games — take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays on the second floor at Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Call 383-6491.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22 Wine Tasting — takes place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Harry’s Continental Kitchens, 525 St. Judes Drive. The event benefits Save Our Seabirds. Cost is $20. Call 383-0777.

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YOUR NEIGHBOR | Barbara Fleisher Whoever thought an active and engaging lifestyle was over after 60 obviously never met Barbara Fleisher.

A retired university professor, Fleisher found an inspiring answer to the question many older people face: What do I do now? With this popuNeighborhood: lar query in mind, Bayport Beach Fleisher and her close and Tennis friend, Thelma Reese, Club wrote a book, “The New Senior Woman: Your neighbor Reinventing the Years since: 2006 Beyond Mid-Life.”

“We realized we have a third of our lives left to live,” Fleisher said. “We’re living longer and better. We’re healthier. We have a lot left to give.”

Together, Fleisher and Reese interviewed more than 200 American women with diverse backgrounds. They felt by crossing socioeconomic and educational lines, they could reach a better understanding of women over 60. And what they discovered surprised them.

“We found that among these groups, all their concerns about this period in their life were the same,” Fleisher said. “They would articulate them differently, but they were all concerned about exactly the same things.”

With this knowledge, Fleisher and Reese began to compile their findings into chapters filled with wit, emotion and stories of amazing older women. Chapter topics range from “So now I’m Retired: How do I Fill my Days so I Feel Good About Myself at Night?” to “Sometimes I Feel Safest in my Senior Bubble: My World is Shrinking. How do I Expand it?”

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The duo also founded the website ElderChicks.com as a haven for women over 60 across the world. Both the book and the website serve as sources of inspiration and encouragement for this age group.

“I always look to the future,” Fleisher said. “I never say, ‘Oh, my life is done.’

I want to continue to use the skills I’ve learned throughout my life for many more years.”

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SPACIOUS 2/2.5 TOWNHOME with oversized garage in active tennis community. Offered turnkey furnished with many updates throughout. 10 Har-Tru tennis courts, 24 hr. fitness & Jr. Olympic pool. $239,000 Mary Moore & Dia Wilson #M5837881

JUST STEPS AWAY FROM THE TENNIS COURTS Jr. Olympic heated pool & fitness center. This 2BR/2BA unit is offered turnkey furnished w/open flr. plan, oversized garage & screened lanai. $239,000 Mary Moore & Dia Wilson #M5842540

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AMAZING VIEW! Gorgeous white sand beach & Gulf view as you walk thru the door. Nicely furnished w/lg. screened lanai. Gulf to Bay community w/heated pool, tennis & cabana w/ BBQ $550,000 Teresia Bradford #M5812253

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MLS#A3982981 74444 Deer Creek $485,000 Monica Roche, 941-383-6411 Light, bright pool home, 3BR/3+BA. Gated community. Spa inspired Master BA. MLS#A3983883 77464

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Grand Bay $659,000 Linda Weber, 941-387-1863 Expansive bay views; 2BR/2BA condo features wrap-around glass & terrace. MLS#A3985672 78632 Lido Harbour $429,000 Angie Campbell, 941-383-6411 Renovated 2BR/2BA villa; new roof & AC; enjoy sunsets by the gulfside pool.

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Manatee River Club South $438,800 Lynn A. Luken, 941-388-3966 Distinctive 4BR/2BA residence on lakeside site. Cathedral ceilings. MLS#A3990079 35042 Sierra $274,900 Team Vitale, 941-388-3966 Set your sights on luxury in this distinctive 3BR/2BA home. MLS#A3989788 35049 Wildewood Springs $209,000 Scott Norris, 941-387-1880 Updated villa w/1,800 sf, and nearly 500 sf enclosed lanai, & private courtyard.

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Venice/Osprey/Nokomis Bradenton, Shore Acre Heights $339,000 3/2 Jackie Kleppinger 941-388-3966 MLS#A3990167 34677

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Artisan festival takes over Centre Shops

Photos by Kelsey Grau

Murial and Guy Boyle with Elaine Coulter and Richard Fountain

Commodore David Powell and David Taylor, president of the Bird Key Yacht Club Foundation

Flag flies high at Bird Key Yacht Club dedication It was a banner day for Old Glory at Bird Key Yacht Club, as members gathered for a flagpole dedication Saturday, Jan. 11. The club’s foundation donated the sturdy new post, which is equipped with a light to shine on the American flag.

Rebecca Taylor, Karen Cogbill and Gennifer Ford

Shoppers enjoyed an afternoon full of art and antiques at the Longboat Key Winter Festival Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Centre Shops of Longboat Key. Featuring a wide variety of antiques, collectibles and jewelry, the event also treated attendees to sidewalk sales and food throughout the day.

The Bird Key Yacht Club Foundation donated the new flagpole and American flag.

Photos by Kelsey Grau

Donna Herman helps customers at her unique earring booth, Up the Ear.

Fran Pignato sells her jewelry at the Longboat Key Winter Festival.

Sal and Linda Rizzo stand at their booth, Linda’s Creative Side.

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Siesta Key… Florida living at its finest! This 2 bedroom/2 bath condo looks out over the gorgeous beach. This unit offers many updates/upgrades. Whether you are looking for a primary home, second home or a great investment opportunity, you have found it here! MLS# A3989534 IVE T ACTNTRAC O C /

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Ritz Carlton Tower Residences - Sarasota Below pre-construction price! Best downtown price per SF of 3,751. 6th floor corner furnished apartment with gleaming wood floors 3BR + Den/3BA. 2 terraces for beautiful sunsets. $1,795,000

Eagles Point - The Landings Corner Penthouse apartment with unobstructed water views from every window. Beautifully furnished with 3 bedrooms, glassed-in patio and 10ft ceilings.

2 valuable parking spaces included. $799,000

Grand Bay III - Incredible Views Never lived in custom-designed 2BR + office/3BA apartment on the 3rd floor with sparkling Bay and city views. Private Beach Club membership included. $1,249,000

Laurel Oak Estates - Lake Front Custom built 4,300 SF home with 3 bedrooms and a possible 4th bedroom in the attached guest house with full bath. Pool & spa area with summer kitchen looks out to long lake and lush golf course views. $1,175,000

Ringling Pointe - Historic Sapphire Shores Stunning Direct Bay Front On 145 feet of deep water with 5BR/3.5 BA, a 2,200 SF master suite, 1,000 bottle wine room, private dock. $3,490,000

Islands West - Direct Gulf Front Beach, Views, Location and Opportunity! Magnificent Southwest Beach & Gulf Views from every room of this 6th floor 2BR/2BA residence. $649,000

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

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La Bellasara - Best Downtown Views Completely turnkey furnished 8th floor residence with 3 full bedrooms + study, 12 foot ceilings, summer kitchen and private garage. $2,695,000

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Siesta Key - Norsota Way Unique gated Bay front jewel walledin for privacy with four bedrooms, modern bathrooms and kitchen, gleaming wood floors and a covered pool with glassed outdoor entertainment area. Private dock with 2 boat lifts. $2,150,000 Water Club I - Pied-á-Terre Have a slice of paradise! Fully turnkey furnished 1BR/1.5BA apartment in a great location with easy access to the beach and amenities ready for immediate enjoyment, a rare opportunity! $599,900

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Key of Sea Chorus’ roots date back to a choral workshop offered 15 years ago at the Longboat Key Education Center. A few of the founding members took the class, and, when it ended, they decided to keep singing for fun. In January 2001, the Key of Sea Chorus held its first meeting.

The women continued to rehearse once a week, but still felt they could do more. So, they branched out into the community and sang each March at assisted-living facilities and retirement homes in the Sarasota area.

The group wanted to bring pleasure Director Carol Whitfield plays piano and to others by sharing their joy of sing- instructs the Key of Sea Chorus during its ing. meeting Tuesday, Jan. 7.

“I love music and singing,” said Key of Sea member Judie Lutsky.

“And I especially love singing with this fantastic group of women who also share in that love. The satisfaction we derive from the audience makes it all even better.”

Not a professional singer? No problem. None of the talented women involved is, either. The group’s members love to sing, and they’re best known for their performances of Broadway tunes and golden oldies.

The Key of Sea Chorus meets from Photos by Kelsey Grau 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays, January through March, at The Players Club, Jane Goodman sings along with fellow members 1401 Gulf of Mexico Drive. For in- during the Key of Sea Chorus meeting Tuesday, formation, call Lutsky at 383-4664. Jan. 7.

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4BR canal home on sailboat water w/dock & lift.

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

Offered furnished. This is a Ritz Carlton managed property....................................................................................$3,895,000 LONGBOAT KEY - charming 3/3/waterfront home across from a 7 acre preserve.......... PENDING... $515,000 WINDWARD BAY - 2/2 direct bay front with amazing bay views and a peak of the Gulf. 2 pets allowed. Many community amenities. Offered furnished ................................................................................................................................$285,000 MARINA AND BAY VIEWS at Bay Harbour on the south end of LBK – just minutes to St. Armand’s Circle. 2/2 with screened BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME $925,000 Wide canal lot on Dream Island Rd. A boater’s paradise.

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LONG BEACH - Elevated Longboat Village home with 4 car garage, vaulted ceilings and lush landscaping... SOLD...$375,000 BLACKBURN POINT WOODS - Beautifully appointed maintenance free 4/3 villa with its own pool in an attractive neighborhood close to Casey Key. Amenities include tennis, community pool and clubhouse. .........................................$349,000 WINDWARD BAY - corner villa with a screened porch, carport, full size laundry room and a beautiful yard. 2 pets allowed.............................................................................................................................................................................$279,000 WINDWARD BAY - 2/2 with expansive view of Sarasota Bay. Community amenities include 2 pools, tennis,clubhouse, boat docks and deeded beach access. 2 pets allowed. ...........................................................................PENDING........ $257,900 BOBBIE BANAN, REALTOR® 356-2659 • 383-2659

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CORAL SHORES CANAL FRONT

Beautiful waterfront home with view of Tidy Island bird sanctuary in a tropical setting. Gourmet kitchen, granite countertops, wood burning fireplace, garage has separate A/C and generator, dock with 10,000 lb boat lift and 5,000 lb boat davits with 100’ of sea wall. Sold partially furnished. Great rental opportunities. $699,000

BAY LAKE ESTATES Beautiful lake front home located on a corner lot with 1,463 square feet, 3BR, 2BA with a split floor plan, foyer entry, spacious kitchen w/breakfast bar, large master suite w/walk-in closet and screened lanai overlooking the lake. Great rental opportunities. $189,000

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

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

TESSERA - Downtown bayfront 3 bedroom furnished residence rarely available. A3988085 $1,500,000

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES - Remodeled canal front 4BR residence on an oversize lot. A3975981 $1,690,000

CONDOS AND LOTS

SUNSET HARBOR BAYFRONT Behind gates of Longboat Key Club Harbour. Spacious & Enjoy spectacular sunsets and endless water private 2BD/2BA overlooks Sarasota Bay. Split floor views from this direct Bay front lot with deeded boat slip located in private and gated plan, partially furn. Beach club memberships available. $699,000 $359,900 community.

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Four-bedroom Bay Isles home sells for $3.4 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3.

A home in Bay Isles tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Robert and Judith Lemon, trustees, sold the home at 551 Harbor Point Road to Marsha Sobey, trustee, of Nova Scotia, Canada, for $3.4 million. Built in 2011, it has four bedrooms, six baths, a pool and 4,993 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $3,097,000 in 2011.

John Ringling Estates

John Georgi, of Carlsbad, Calif., sold his home at 146 S. Washington Drive to Emilio Palermo and Robin Palermo, of Sarasota, for $1,325,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,327 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $550,000 in 1998.

LIDO KEY

St. Armands Towers

Beach Walk

James Cameron and Vlasta Gapic, of Ontario, Canada, sold the Unit 9-N condominium at 101 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Mary Sherman, trustee, of Kansas City, Mo., for $1.45 million. Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,550 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.41 million in 2010.

Ronald and Patricia Benjamin, of Johnson, Kansas, sold their Unit 19 condominium at 6845 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Brady Bunch Seven LLC for $1.01 million.

Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,392 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $830,000 in 2000.

Country Club Shores

Gordon and Sandra Niles, of Brighton, Mich., sold their home at 582 Ranger Lane to Robert Halliday, of Stirling, Scotland, for $700,000. Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,246 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $872,000 in 2003.

Harbour Oaks at Longboat Key Club

June Green, trustee, of Tampa, sold the Unit 403 condominium at 2193 Harbourside Drive to Michael and Elaine Rogers, of Bronxville, N.Y., for $375,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,224 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $221,000 in 1998.

Spanish Main Yacht Club

Charles Preston, of Ontario, Canada, sold his Unit 155 condominium at 548

Photo courtesy Michael Saunders & Co.

This home at 551 Harbor Point Road in Bay Isles has four bedrooms, six baths, a pool and 4,993 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.4 million.

Spanish Drive N. to Edwin and Mary Ortiz, of Sarasota, for $315,000. Built in 1967, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,357 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $325,000 in 2013.

Sutton Place

Betty Hillman, trustee, sold the Unit 301 condominium at 605 Sutton Place to David and Patricia Baer, of Pittsburgh, for $279,500. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,148 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $147,000 in 1992.

Ronald Sobotka Jr. and Cynthia Collins sold the Unit 105 condominium at 605

Sutton Place to Edward and Victoria Salisbury, of Ontario, Canada, for $245,000.

Built in 1973, it has one bedroom, one bath and 775 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $175,000 in 2010.

ST. ARMANDS

The Beach Residences

Gerald Swartz, of New York, sold his Unit 507 condominium at 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Steven White, of Sarasota, for $1,575,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 3,057 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.5 million in 2005.

Lido Harbour South

Jack Teverbaugh, trustee, sold the Unit 106 condominium at 2110 Benjamin Franklin Drive to James and Pamela Harding, of Sarasota, for $369,500. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,357 square feet of living area.

Lido Surf and Sand

Regina Thorn, of Pittsburgh, sold her Unit 405 condominium at 1100 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Vicky Weis, of Sarasota, for $265,000. Built in 1976, it has one bedroom, one-and-a-half baths and 918 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $95,000 in 1993.

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4401 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 201 #A3989147 $595,000 Maureen Horn

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

2109 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 1201 #A3957661 $549,500 Hannerle Moore

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

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

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

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-383-7591

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

1100 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 412 #A3983820 $525,000 Barbara Najmy

Lido Key 941-383-7591 941-383-7591

450 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # B101 #A3970985 $459,000 Diana Kryszak

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

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

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

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-400-8764

6005 Demarco Ct #A3988567 $399,900 Cathi Reali

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-232-8200

1620 Stella Dr #A3985385 $389,000 Jenifer Schwell

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

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613 Norton St #A3987573 $389,000 Sandi Layfield

35 Watergate Dr # 1606 #A3990187 $2,100,000 Barbara Dumbaugh

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

225 Sands Point Rd # 6204 #A3985969 $344,000 Terri Derr

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-350-3743

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

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

4380 Exeter Dr # 206 #A3990374 $335,000 Maureen Doherty

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-993-3159

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

844 Evergreen Way # 29 #A3988103 $320,000 Cathy Meldahl

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

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

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

6750 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 148 #A3978064 $300,000 Tammy Mast

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-256-6543

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

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

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BUILDING PERMITS

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These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Jan. 3 through Jan. 9, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address

Permit

Applicant

607 Triton Bend

New singlefamily home

$780,000

760 Dream Island Road 415 L’Ambiance Drive

New singlefamily home John Sullivan Doors and windows Loretta Lobbs, trustee

$563,000 $130,510

435 L’Ambiance Drive

Doors and windows Charles Jenkins Jr.

$130,510

435 L’Ambiance Drive

Doors and windows Robert Clark

$109,688

585 Hornblower Lane

Seawall

$100,725

435 L’Ambiance Drive

Doors and windows Dimitar Georgiev

$94,508

3231 Bayou Sound

Re-roof

Jordan Gillman

$40,125

500 Spinnaker Lane

Re-roof

Patrick Gaughan

$26,000

541 Ranger Lane

Re-roof

John Tendall

$18,310

100 Sands Point Road

Alteration

Barrbara Holt

$18,000

748 Marbury Lane

Lift and dock

Helen Owen

$14,034

450 GMD

Doors and windows Alan Wilson

$13,120

4835 GMD

Doors and windows Jim Jezewski

$12,199

5393 GMD

Shutters

Robert Lichtenstein

$11,848

3010 Grand Bay Blvd.

Alteration

Bud Orr

$11,631

573 Gunwale Lane

Alteration

William Cook

$10,544

612 Tarawitt Drive

Re-roof

Richard Sontag

$10,000

6809 GMD

Shutters

Daniel Anber

$9,080

6334 Laguna Drive

Alteration

Mark Waldrep

$7,907

Amount Triton Bend II LLC

Michael Klein

2049 Harbour Links Drive Doors and windows Louis Nicoll

$7,725

201 GMD Deck repair

Core/PMG Longboat LLC

$7,500

7012 Palm Drive

Gregory Ciccolo

$6,325

Alteration

620 Halyard Lane Re-roof

Mary Ramsey Residential Partnership Llp $6,000

4311 GMD

Entry door

Bengt Carlnas

515 Forest Way

Garage door

Cedars Forest LLC

$875

450 GMD

Alteration

Bay Harbour

$702

4340 Falmouth Dr # 305 #A3985972 $269,000 Tama Traberman

3465 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 105 #A3983303 $239,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

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

RE N TA L

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-388-4447

RE N TA L

2424 Ringling Blvd #A3987763 $249,000 Julie Jordan

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

2050 Benjamin Franklin Dr # A301 Sarasota #A3974539 $7,800-$8,500/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

2301 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 31 Longboat Key #A3986521 $4,000-$5,500/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

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

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

560 Yardarm Ln #A3990106 $1,325,000 Sherri Mills

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

3691 Bayou Cir #A3990373 $1,049,000 Hannerle Moore

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

230 Sands Point Rd # 3101 #A3960738 $950,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

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

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

1918 Irving St #A3989181 Susan Mcleod

$880,000

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-4445

1045 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 403 #A3989080 $775,000 Janis Collier

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-313-1212

1942 Wisteria St #A3974548 $729,900 Dede Curran

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-3255

1212 Ben Franklin Dr # 202 #A3990339 $719,000 Douglas Parks

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

4600 Bay Shore Rd #A3983290 $599,000 Nancie Kalin

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-8833

5645 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 202 #A3986854 $595,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

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

$2,230

4420 Exeter Dr # 305-L #A3988456 $265,000 Sharon Freeman

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

4350 Chatham Dr # 105 #A3988751 $212,000 Michael Bruno

Longboat Key 941-966-8000 941-320-3229

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Longboat Key $700/week, 7 day min 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 5030 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3980709 $4,890,000 Richard Perlman

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 941-228-8580

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Record Temperatures High

Low

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85 (1998)

30 (2010)

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34 (1970)

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87 (2013)

28 (1996)

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85 (2013)

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85 (2013)

28 (2010)

Sunday, Jan. 12

73

53

86 (1993)

24 (1927)

Monday, Jan. 13

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23 (1981)

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10 Prodding person 75 Ewe’s milieu 11 Prefix with 76 Barber’s symbol normal, legal or 77 Common military chute color 12 Flexible Flyer, for 79 Home of logs one 81 Small boys 13 Gradual 83 ET carriers absorption 14 Landed 84 Angler’s need 15 Sao ___ and 85 Muddied the Principe water 16 Sit up and take 86 Long drive over notice the wall 18 It goes wall-to88 Sheet-music wall in some symbol homes 89 Berber language 20 In the beginning 27 America’s bird 90 Sick 29 Strange 91 Cubicle item 32 Weapons used by 92 Artist’s studio hired muscle 93 007 film 34 Private student 98 Tyrannical 35 Spanish sherry 104 Flabbergasted 36 Colt or Magnum 105 Like freakish 37 Kind of school coincidences 38 Saharan “ship” 106 Art supporter?

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54 Rich, dark soil 114 Veteran sailors 55 Highway rig

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Merchandise Wanted

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

BY OWNER: INN ON THE BEACH: LONGBOAT KEY CLUB. Private club suite, turnkey, tennis, Golf course view, 650/sq.ft. $349,000.

708-267-6704.

BICYCLE: HYBRID Road Bike Speedster R-1, 24/speed, bell, side mirror. Very good condition, $159. (941)383-0167.

CAR TOPPER with straps for sale on Longboat Key. Good condition. $100 o/b/o. 248-568-9206.

CLUB CHAIR: yellow velvet. Desk, brown braided rug, coffee table, lamp, end table, $25/ea.

302-275-6785.

COUCH AND chair. Bamboo style with foot stool. $150. Call 3047801391.

GLASS TABLETOPS (4): heavy, 42” round, 42” oval, 36” square, 25” square, bevelled. $30/ea.

941-387-8148.

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

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

Help Wanted LITIGATION SECRETARY - 3+ yrs exp in construction/civil lit, type 65+ wpm; Proficient in MS Office 2010 – Word, Outlook, Excel; heavy transcription; job includes but is not limited to; transcription, filing, scheduling, calendaring, faxing, copying, e-filing & e-service etc. Benefits offered: health ins, disability insurance, Personal/Sick time, vacation, 401K, profit sharing, etc. Fax resume to: Walters Levine, Attn: Administrator 941-361-3023

Luxury “black cab” car service looking for potential partner/driver. Must be Longboat Key resident. Some mechanical aptitude appreciated but not required.

The ultimate part-time gig for the right person.

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Positions Wanted

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

CAM, CFCAM, CMCA, AMS, PCAM designations seeking 300+ units in HOA or Condominium to manage. Real Estate licensed. Excellent references.

Please contact: pnbresume@yahoo.com or 941.685.0500.

45’ BOAT Slip for rent: Longboat Key Moorings.

941-812-3395 BOAT SLIP for sale. Boathouse, S. LBK, fully enclosed, top level, S.W. corner, will accommodate 32/ft. boat. Make an offer. Mark, 941-383-4381 bradtma@yahoo.com BOAT SLIP on Longboat Key, Boat House.

Unit-2124, on first level. For Rent/Sale. $295/mo.

Minimum 6/mos. 708-267-6704.

NEW YEAR, New LOW rents from private owner in high and dry Marina. Excellent boating location.

We will beat all prices! Call 941-544-5597.

Boats Boats are selling VERY well. Many in less than 1 week. Island resident, many references. “Business on a handshake.” Let’s talk about selling your boat. We buy boats too. www.Islandboatsales.net 941-228-3489.

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

Furnishings BRAND NEW Serta Mattress Sets. 50-80% OFF. King, $290. Queen, $150. Full, $140. Excellent value! Won’t last! Call (941)387-4810.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales LBK: SANDS POINT 1BR/2BA, annual, unfurnished. Behind gates at Islandside. Water view.

Non-smoking, No Pets. $2000/month.

941-383-3702.

General Merchandise TENNIS LIBRARY Pro tennis players collection.

New and rare books in mint condition.

Cost estimate $8000+.

One of a kind historic collection. $2800 941-400-8547

MARINA BAY: Largest condo under 1 million.

3BR/2.5BA, 3,100 sq. ft. Incredible views. Brooke O’Malley, CLUB REALTY. 941-726-2677

Homes For Sale ***DISTRESS SALE*** Bank Foreclosures. Free list of Foreclosure Properties. Receive a FREE daily list by email.

Condos/Apts. For Rent BEACHPlACE, lBk. Casual beachfront living in 2BR/2BA, balcony condo. Olympic pool, health club, tennis courts. Available June through December, $2500/mo. Also available January through March, $5000/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

LBK PORTOBELLO BEACH FRONT: 2BR/2BA Condo on 4th floor.

For details and Virtual Tour, visit: www.BeachAbodeLBK.com Phone 815-919-5357.

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.

“Your Home by the Sea” 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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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.

941-388-7832

Fully equipped 2BR/2BA condos with washer and dryer, and wireless internet in each unit.

Extra Large Heated Gulf View Swimming Pool!

Real Estate Wanted WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

TWO LEWIS Black tickets, February 15. Comedy show at Van Wezel, $50 each. 941-383-7072

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale

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RECLINING CHAIR and ottoman: genuine leather, stressless, hunter green, much enjoyment left. $199.99. 941-383-2634.

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

For Qualified Waiting Clients Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

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

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Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

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

Available May, June, Aug., Sept., Oct., Dec., 2014.

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

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

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

LIDO KEY Beachfront condo: 3BR/2BA, covered parking, nicely furnished. Seasonal rental: $3500/mo. or yearly lease at $2750/mo.

613-722-7767.

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3BR/2BA/2CC. Vacation paradise home w/dock, large heated pool, lanai w/electric shutters, king sized bed, Wi-Fi, plasma TVs, phone, cable.

No pets/non-smoking. Sleeps 5. Laundry room w/W/D, walk to beach. For photos: homeawayrental.com, Property ID#257978. $4900/mo. Owner, 941-504-1492.

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 LONGBOAT HARBOR TOWERS: Unit 805.

2BR/2BA, beachfront condo. Wonderful sunsets.

Recently remodeled. Large pool, exercise room.

Available February 1, 2014. 2/month minimum. $4700/mo. 719-201-8801.

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

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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.

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

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

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RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

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

30+/years experience. References available.

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Lic./Ins. 941-228-7605, rlsteakley60@gmail.com

SEAHORSE BEACH Resort: Unit 218. Waterfront, 1BR, sleeps 4. Discount rate. Available 2/2/14 through 2/18/14. Call Ed 313-999-6201.

TIFFANY PLAZA on LBK, beachfront condo. 2nd floor unit. Sweeping views of Gulf, private heated pool, steps to beach. 2 bedrooms 2 baths including large master with views. Available now through end of March. 1 month minimum. Please contact Jennifer, 863-370-6996.

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.

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!

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Waterfront Property WATERFRONT “Million Dollar View” - FSBO. Go to: www.tarawittdrive.com Brokers paid.

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Adult Care Services A Lending Hand, Inc.

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CNA SERVICES: drive to appointments, meals prepared, every day chores. P/T-F/T. Excellent references. Experienced. 941-792-5135.

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

Floors, bathrooms, showers, backsplashes, patio and pool decks.

20 years design background.

Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident References upon request.

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DO YOU NEED A PERSONAL ASSISTANT? Transportation, Personal Errands/Shopping, Doctor Appts, Housesitting, Social EventsTheater, Dinner etc. Light meal preparation/ housekeeping. Call Ms. Schwabe 941-932-2732.

YOUR PERSONAL BOOKKEEPER, LLC Gail Sunray, Owner Personal & Business Bookkeeping Accounting/ Taxes

4 LIVE MAINE LOBSTER 4 BLUE FIN CRAB CAKES 4 PRIME RIB 4 GROUPER OSCAR

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

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PRIVATE COOK Available for your family meals or parties.

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

BRAZILIAN CLEANING Service by Maria.

Residential/ Commercial. Meticulous Cleaning.

Excellent References. Free Estimates. Reliable.

Lic./ Ins. 941-400-3342.

CLEANING BY Pauline. Housesitting, etc. Great references. Longboat Key. 941-358-0563.

READY TO GET ORGANIZED? Organizing is my passion! Let me tackle your cupboards, closets, junk drawer, bathrooms, home office, laundry area, etc. A small project, a room, or your entire home.

Special January offer: Free consultation/needs assessment. Call Donna on LBK at 941-539-0254.

Computer Services 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

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4 Bill Paying & Account Reconciliation 4 Organizing Personal and Business Files 4 Budgets & Financial Reports 4 Federal and State Tax Returns BONDED & INSURED Over 25 yrs. experience Telephone: 941-749-5646 yourbookkeeper@tampabay.rr.com

Pet Services TILE TILE TILE All Variations of Ceramic Tile Supplied & Installed.

Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

383-3787 CALL FOR RESERVATIONS BEER & WINE AVAILABLE

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

Insured, Bonded. Affordable reliable home cleaning, $60, 2 cleaners, 2 hours.

Provides home healthcare from as little as 4 hours to 24/7 care.

For more info Phone: 941-809-3725 License #230506 & #30211577

Personal Services

BLUE DOLPHIN CAFE

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.

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

Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available

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Call Ashdown Flooring, Inc. LICENSED (941) 726-3077 INSURED

Landscaping & Lawn Service PERSONAL GARDENER. Plant Maintenance.

Native, Butterfly, Ornamental. Reliable. Local References. 941-366-2919.

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 CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

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ernabe Somoza has a story for every piece of furniture that fills his 10,000-squarefoot warehouse. As he walks around the periphery, his eyes light up beneath hip, circularframed glasses as he points out pieces. A red loveseat was in his son’s bedroom before getting new upholstery at Mission Avenue Studio, his Sarasota-based, vintage-furniture repurposing business.

The 65-year-old walks between isles of loveseats and cabinetry while giving a tour of the furniture. He pulls open a drawer in an unfinished ancient apothecary shelving unit to show the inscription of the herbal or chemical ingredient that once filled the drawer. He showcases the frames of a set of chairs from the 1960s and flips them over to proudly show the stamp of a high-end furniture maker — he’s learned the brand names since he bought his first piece in 2008. He still remembers it — a 19th century French Victorian sofa.

His enthusiasm for every sofa, chair, table and cabinet suggests he loves nothing more than ripping off the tired old fabric of someone’s discarded wingback chair and starting new.

Somoza handpicks every piece from weekly furniture auctions, charity consignment stores and, occasionally, an estate sale. The majority of the pieces span the 1930s to the 1970s — when furniture wasn’t mass-produced and was higher quality. He selects the high-end designer fabric. He decides if the wood should remain the original hue or receive a new coat of paint; he sometimes mixes the paint himself to get the right color — currently, he says anything blue sells instantly. He directs his seven employees on how to accomplish his vision, whether it’s a funky gold-andpurple antique French arm chair or a chic lemon-colored settee.

For the most part, they do the laborious elements of the job such as upholstery, staining, painting and sanding.

“I get second-guessed continually,” he says in purposeful earshot of his employees. “Particularly when I painted this chair gold,” he says pointing to a nearby armchair. “Of course, it sold last week.”

The webmaster and the administrator give each other knowing smiles — they’re used to Somoza’s joking demeanor. Later, the webmaster throws it right back, when a lazy-Susan-style coffee table arrives to the warehouse.

“It’s perfect! We can put Bernabe on it and spin him around (when he acts up),” she says.

Every day he eagerly asks his employees if anything will be posted on the website. He loves to watch the items sell. In less than 18 months, he’s sold 805 pieces — primarily online.

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“Part of the reason I didn’t want to continue just doing trading of art was that I could do nothing with painting except sell it,” Bernabe Somoza says.

“Now I have same thrill of finding the piece and then doing something with it.”

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Somoza has had previous entrepreneurial ventures that haven’t been as successful.

“In my country, it’s all entrepreneurial business, for the most part, so what I’m doing now is what I’ve always done,” he says.

Somoza, raised in Managua, Nicaragua, comes from an entrepreneurial family. In addition to the successful lawyers and doctors in his bloodline, there were five former presidents of Nica-

ragua. His grandfather brought pasteurization to Central America.

“That afforded me the opportunities to meet interesting people and have an open mind about a lot of different things,” he says.

He owned his first business at age 20, when he was put in charge of his late father’s company, Luis

A. Somoza Co. Ltd., a holding company. Since then, he’s owned a few holding companies, worked at an investment bank, founded a concert promotion and recording company and operated his own art-dealing business, among other things.

Before moving in December 2010 to Sarasota, he was dealing

19th-century art in Houston. He enjoyed the excitement of finding good deals, but was unfulfilled by the limitations of what he could do with them — there was no creative element. He searched for something new inside the same old entrepreneurial frame. Once he decided to start his new business venture, he started collecting — he bought 100 pieces before he even knew what to do with them.

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“It’s a nice feather in our cap that we’re making progress. We have momentum,” he says, pausing to reflect before laughing and breaking out into a big grin. “It’s kind of cool!”

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Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards with Patricia Delorey recorded sound samples of people who were born in the town from the similar time period. A few weeks into her research she stumbled across a documentary “Disasters — Donegal Trawlers.”

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Northern Irish dialects are extremely difficult for actors to conquer. That’s why Asolo Repertory Theatre employs Patricia Delorey. She’s the dialect coach for the production “Philadelphia Here I Come!,” which is chockfull of characters using this dialect. She is also an associate professor at FSU/Asolo Conservatory.

This particular production follows Gareth O’Donnell as he decides to leave his uncommunicative father, his job as a grocer and his failed love life in Ballybeg, Ireland, to pursue new opportunities in Philadelphia. Ballybeg isn’t a real city, but the county the play lists in the production — Donegal — is real.

Delorey and director of the production, Frank Galati, began the process by discussing what to do with the dialect: Should they adapt it slightly or really go for it?

“I really went for it in this instance,” Delorey says. “The location has a lot to do with who these people are. Even though the story is universal, how it’s expressed has a lot to do with the way they speak and where they live.”

Delorey’s job is specific. She has to train herself in the dialect to be able to coach the actors.

She uses the International Phonetic Alphabet — it uses letters to represent specific sounds in every known spoken language.

Delorey describes the process as being similar to musical notation. She transcribes the script into sounds using this alphabet.

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Curator Fan Zhang plans a full menu of Asian exhibitions I pretty much imagine myself as a big chef trying to use limited ingredients to present the best cuisines to my visitors and mixing different tastes.

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“I think the new Asian center is just a starting point,” says Fan Zhang. “And, once the gallery is open, we will have more people to help spread the wealth.” experience taught him to pursue, examine and investigate. That’s how he became interested in art history and decided to study archaeology as an undergraduate student and also obtain a master’s and doctorate in art history.

But, instead of teaching, his passion brought him to The Ringling.

“I regard myself as some kind of an ambassador to introduce Asian art to this country,” he says.

He has a lot to accomplish be-

fore the 20,000-square-foot center’s completion. He hopes to secure longterm loans from the Lowe Art Museum in Miami, the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, The Field Museum in Chicago and the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in New York City.

He’s working on bringing traveling exhibitions from the Hubei Provincial Museum in China and art of the samurai from the Stibbert Museum in Italy. In addition

to getting those out-of-house exhibitions, he hopes to highlight The Ringling’s Koger Collection, a ceramic donation from Nancy and Ira Koger — specifically, the Blanc-de-Chine pieces, or allwhite Chinese porcelain.

“In terms of Blanc-de-Chine, maybe we have the best collection in this country,” he says.

He hopes to expand what he describes as a “small but refined” collection by filling in the gaps with more traditional Japanese artworks, such as scrolls and medieval sculpture. Of course, he’d also like to pursue more modern and contemporary works. For instance, he hopes to bring a contemporary Chinese art exhibition of photography and video art focusing on stunt performance; that exhibit is tentatively planned for the summer.

“I pretty much imagine myself as a big chef trying to use limited ingredients to present the best cuisines to my visitors and mixing different tastes,” he says.

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“I got my lesson from this interesting piece,” he says with a chuckle. “I learned there are lots of fakes and reproductions in the art market.”

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The 36-year-old (or in his third horse year according to the Chinese zodiac, he says) moved here the last week of August, and, as of mid-January, he almost feels settled. He’s in the market for a new home for his wife and two children, who will move to the area from Northampton, Mass. Zhang was the Freeman/McPherson post-doctoral curatorial fellow in Asian art at Smith College the past three years.

One surprise in his new city was the Canadian license plates, and that people would drive all the way to the Gulf Coast of Florida for a visit. But Zhang understands after learning about the local arts here and seeing the beach for himself.

There is no beach in Wuhan, China, where he grew up. It’s a modern city in the middle of the mainland, and, because it’s a transportation hub, people refer to it as the “Chicago of the East.”

This was his first attraction to ancient Asian artifacts.

Somewhere locked in the back of a closet of his old home in Wuhan is his childhood coin collection. He thinks it’s this collection of old coins that turned him on to other artifacts his ancestors made, such as bronze vessels, ceramics and painted landscapes.

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Pine View Drama Club takes flight in ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’ Bailey Macejak walks across the stage at Pine View School, occasionally glancing at the green script in her hand. As the voice of Tinkerbell, Director Hannah Andrasi, a senior, plays chimes as the response to Macejak’s lines.

Occasionally Andrasi asks her cast of peers to quiet down in the audience — she doesn’t want to have to ask them again.

The students are dressed comfortably, like they’re exhausted from the long tech rehearsals that take place the week before the production opens. But they’re also having fun with each other, smiling, playing games on their iPhones and listening to music.

The 25 students in the Pine View Drama Club have been preparing for “Peter Pan and Wendy” since September. They typically meet weekly after school, but as of Jan. 6 they’ve been rehearsing every day for opening night. They spent all day in a technical rehearsal Jan. 11.

The production is student-led and directed, aside from a flying expert, John Moore, in from Hall Flying FX in Chicago who came to work with students and parents on how to safely suspend actors in the air. Parent volunteers came to help build sets and help backstage during the production. It’ll take flight Jan. 17.

Director of the production Hannah Andrasi, senior, and Assistant Director Lillian Castle give the actors a few notes.

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Flying expert John Moore (center) teaches technical director Mike Beaumier how to properly hook up his daughter Gretchen Beaumier to the flying apparatus.

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Artist Pat Kaufman exhibits her colorful career Plymouth Harbor became a little more colorful Jan. 6 with the opening reception of “Crossing Borders.” The exhibit features the bold and colorful portraits and collages spanning Sarasota-based author and artist Pat Kaufman’s career. Some of the pieces come from “Collages 2014,” the author’s most recent book. There are also some portraits she painted in the ’80s in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She used to spend several months there every summer. Her work will be on display through Feb. 4 at Plymouth Harbor, 700 John Ringling Blvd.

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Director Spike Jonze’s new film, “Her,” is sweetly creepy. Known for his quirky approach to filmmaking (“Adaptation” and “Being John Malkovich”), Jonze doesn’t disappoint in this cleverly concocted visionary love story.

Set in the not-too-distant future, Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore Twombly, a personal letter writer for total strangers. He’s quite good at his job. In the sad throes of divorce, he purchases a computer operating system (aka OS). Her name is Samantha (the mesmerizing voice of Scarlett Johansson), and her delivery is so audibly fetching that Theodore falls madly in love with her. And the feeling is mutual.

It should seem freaky, but somehow we accept it as readily as Theodore does.

When the relationship intensifies, Samantha longs for human form and, at one point, she provides it via a sex surrogate. Bad idea.

Theodore’s chemistry with Samantha is so pure that the notion of physically being with anyone else would be tantamount to acting sacrilegiously. Samantha’s thirst for knowledge leads her to hook up with another OS and, eventually, she breaks Theodore’s heart.

In this society of instant gratification and runaway technology, Jonze seamlessly makes the leap in our accepting his concept.

Face it — it’s no big deal to see people talking to non-physical entities with gadgets protruding from their ears already. His motive seems quite matter of fact, rather than a warning of what’s to come. “Her” is an ode to love and how we long to connect.

He’s assembled a gifted group of professionals who lend unadulterated credibility to a somewhat wacky premise. Amy Adams brilliantly makes the transition from sultry vixen in “American Hustle” to plain Jane as Theodore’s confidant in “Her.” And, speaking of sultry, Johansson is off the charts as

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// ‘The Whipping Man’ The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s current production of Matthew Lopez’s “The Whipping Man” takes audiences to a Passover like no other. Why is this Passover different from all other Passovers? In nearly every way imaginable.

It takes place in April 1865, right after the Civil War, in a looted, half-burned plantation outside Richmond, Va. Caleb, a wounded Jewish Confederate soldier (Drew Foster), returns to reunite with two of his former slaves, Simon (Taurean Blacque) and John (Robert Douglas).

For reasons we later discover, Caleb doesn’t want to go to a military hospital. As a result, the ex-slaves amputate his gangrenous leg in a gripping, unforgettable scene.

Caleb survives. Passover rolls around. Simon insists that everyone participate — the former slaves included, who are both converts to Judaism.

Ironically, ex-slaves and an ex-slave owner will now commemorate the freeing of the slaves — both the Exodus in the Bible and the Emancipation in the reunited United States.

The ceremony goes on, with stolen wine and hardtack and collard greens standing in for matzo and bitter herbs. That may sound like a feel-good moment. But the bitter past catches up with the present. (For details, you’ll need to see the play.)

Without offering spoilers, I can say that the journey to freedom always takes a miracle, and miracles don’t always come. Either way, it’s never easy. Lopez doesn’t sugarcoat the pain.

The playwright’s structure is inventive and daring.

In some ways, it’s a bottle story with all the action confined to one claustrophobic space. In another sense, it’s a memory play. Caleb, Simon and John have little else to do but tell stories — which Passover is, among other things. On top of that, there’s a ticking time bomb of secrets and bad karma. The plantation’s island of safety is only temporary. It all adds up to double dose of suspense and heartbreak.

Freedom may or may not be waiting down the road.

For now, there’s a day of reckoning and pain.

Lopez’s play is an emotional wringer. Director

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Howard Millman never hesitates when it’s time to put audiences through it. He makes you feel every drop of emotion. But it’s honest emotion, unfolding from the hearts and minds of believable characters.

Under his direction, nothing ever feels like an effect.

Instead, he makes you feel like you’re there, in a specific place and time. The aftermath of the Civil War isn’t safely tucked away in a history book. It feels like it’s happening now.

Blacque’s performance as Simon has a true gravitas; he’s particularly moving interspersing “Let My People Go” with the Haggadah. Moral authority and the reality principle are both on Simon’s side.

His character rarely raises his voice; he knows he doesn’t have to. Douglas’ John is a rebel in a world he never made — a world, until recently, populated by so-called Rebels fighting for the right to keep other people in chains. Foster’s Caleb is a good Jew in a bad world. Passover puts his moral contradictions and evasions in his face. Whatever liberation Caleb may experience, you know he’s already left parts of himself behind.

Lopez’s “The Whipping Man” has the same moral authority as Athol Fugard’s work challenging the abuses of Apartheid in South Africa. Like Fugard, Lopez confronts us with a simple, unsentimental truth: Whips leave scars. Closing your eyes doesn’t make them go away. This West Coast Black Theatre Troupe production asks us to keep our eyes open and see the damage done. Seeing the reality of human bondage always hurts. But the journey to freedom always starts there.

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The Sarasota Orchestra, under the direction of returning guest conductor Carl St. Clair, played a positively heroic program heroically this weekend that sent us careening from the Van Wezel, pulses beating, hearts throbbing and tears streaming down our faces. If that reaction sounds over the top, it’s because I’m writing this only an hour after returning home and my senses are still thrumming.

The evening began gently enough with two of Satie’s dreamy, languorous “Gymnopedie.” Debussy put his colorful orchestral stamp on these pieces, which were originally meant for piano, and the orchestra, with St. Clair, gave them a lovely, languid reading that smoothed the way for French music of a different sort, Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2.

Far from the sleepy sound of Satie, this is a powerful, passionate piece that, in the electrifying hands of Van Cliburn gold medalist Jon Nakamatsu, took flight and never came down to earth. From the driving, preludium-type opening in the piano to the cyclonic presto of the finale, this was a performance of a lifetime: driven, persuasive, musical, jocular, insightful and stunning. St. Clair was a compassionate, sensitive accompanist, who led the Sarasota Orchestra so no voice ever overpowered another, yet the important lines shone through, while the piano was able to form a partnership with the other instruments, like the best of chamber musicians.

The lilting second movement, which reminds me so much of the scherzo

by Henry Litolff I have trouble telling

them apart, is a dancing romp with a good-humored wink and lots of surprising rhythmic and harmonic changeups.

Nakamatsu and St. Clair gave it just the right wit and sparkle to lead into a presto that burned up the keyboard.

Nakamatsu is a skilled technician whose impassioned temperament comes through his fingers without any superfluous mannerisms. The music is honored, first and foremost. But, wow, can he play. He was so persuasive in the concerto, the audience cheered for more, and he responded with a fearless and stunning performance of Schubert’s Impromptu in E-flat.

Some have said Richard Strauss wrote his tone poem, “Ein Heldenleben” (“A Hero’s Life”) in honor of himself. If that’s true, he must have been positively elated by the Sarasota Orchestra’s performance Friday night.

Leading his forces without a score, St. Clair gave one of the most gripping, stimulating readings of this work I’ve heard.

“Heldenleben” is an organic work with an explosive climax. The score is so dense it’s dangerously close to being impenetrable if the conductor doesn’t take care to clarify its voices, but St. Clair managed to cut through its complexities and turn this jampacked piece into a radiantly transparent work that glowed from the inside out.

Concertmaster Daniel Jordan’s solos were played with a sweet, stylistically perfect Straussian tone.

The winds sounded as if they’d just stepped out of “Rosenkavalier,” and the brass players — onstage and off — were brilliant. Horn player Joseph Assi’s fluid, sensational phrasing was breathtaking. The orchestra, as an ensemble, had an elasticity of tone that enlightened the music and made this a simply extraordinary evening.

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Casey Key home brings some ‘green’ to the Gulf

Dr. Sid and Anita Holec’s beachfront home sits on 165 feet of the Gulf of Mexico.

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of the construction and the construction material selected. Most of the home’s green aspects are not readily apparent — besides, perhaps, the solar panels on the roof.

Holec’s vision for the interior design of the home was achieved using the same green standards and efficiency aspects of the home’s design. Designer Robert Neil created the interior design of the home, which Holec describes as a “subtle, clean feel.”

The home’s green theme is carried out in various ways — dual-flushing toilets, engineered white oak floors, sustainable countertops and a detached garage, to name a few. By having a detached garage, the Holecs earned three points toward LEED Platinum certification, under the garage pollutant category for materials and resources.

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The living room perfectly illustrates the “clean and subtle” feel Anita Holec wanted for her home — the design was created using refined craftsmanship and healthy materials.

The design of the dining room was achieved using sustainable features to minimize the carbon footprint of the home.  Having a detached garaged earned the Holecs three points toward LEED Platinum Certification — under the Garage Pollutant Protection category for Materials and Resources.

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RADIANT REDESIGN In only five days, 2145 Alameda Ave. had already begun to transform, as 23 of Sarasota’s finest interior designers put together the final touches of this year’s designer showhouse.

The home, which sits on Sarasota Bay in the Indian Beach neighborhood, is the only home featured for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County’s 19th annual Jewels on the Bay Designer Showhouse event.

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House captain Terrance Leaser worked around this Honduras mahogany headboard when designing the bedroom. He added this chandelier, inset, to the porch off the upstairs bedroom — the chandelier comes from an Addison Mizner home in Palm Beach that was torn down.

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Jill E. Martini designed the half-bath off the media room, which included burlap curtains and walls painted by Martini.

Jeff and Joyce Hart designed the library. David Steiner custom painted the piece to match the room designed by the Harts. The Venetian glass chandelier, inset, brought together an Old World/New World feel.

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As owners of Casa Italia, Raj and Nita Mathur may focus on Italian, but once a month they school others on the flavors of home.

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Nita Mathur prepares Nita’s coconut burfi, combining coconut, sweetened condensed milk and fresh ricotta cheese.

aj Mathur sees a car pull up t o Casa Italia and he greets the visitor with a warm smile. Even though there’s a “closed” sign on the front door of the gourmet market and it has been vacant of chefs and foodies for an hour, he has been expecting company. Tonight he’s expecting students for his restaurant’s monthly class, which offers an introduction to Indian cooking.

He ushers the first student to arrive past the shelves of hard-tofind spices, past racks of wine and olive oil, where tucked behind a refrigeration unit full of Italian delicatessen is a demonstration kitchen. His wife, Nita Mathur, is pulling out produce and equipment and placing it on a large stainless steel table. She stops what she’s doing to greet the first guest. She does so with a warmth equal to her husband’s. A few minutes after being introduced to the convivial couple, it already feels like you’re old friends.

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// FOOD&COOKING It’s this aspect, the comfort and warmth, that keeps a lot of people coming back to the monthly Friday night Indian and Italian cooking classes.

In past, they’ve had as many as 22 people attend classes, but tonight a bigger group’s last-minute cancelation leaves only a fortunate three students. They’ll get to take home a lot of leftovers.

“Are you hungry?” Nita asks.

“Is the Pope catholic?” Raj chimes in.

Today in the Indian cooking class, they’re making saag murg (chicken in a spicy spinach sauce), basmati rice pulao with mixed vegetables (a long-grain rice dish), cucumber raita (a yogurt salad) and Nita’s coconut burfi (a milk-and-coconut-based fudge).

Raj Mathur pours a glass of wine and begins explaining what many people find curious — Casa Italia’s emphasis on both Indian and Italian. Both Raj and Nita Mathur grew up in India and then spent a few decades in London before moving to the United States. Casa Italia was founded in 1984 by Giuseppe and Nanette Galloni, who operated it for the 18 years.

The Mathurs bought the business and have been operating it for the past 11. The former owners started hosting classes two decades ago. Raj and Nita Mathur weren’t expecting to host Indian classes or carry Indian goods, until their visitors requested it. These days, Nita Mathur leads the Indian classes and Frank Silvestro leads the Italian classes.

The next guests to arrive at the cooking class are Longboat Key residents Ann and Fred Marsh.

They are regular visitors to Casa Italia, and this is the fourth cook-

Masala dibba, an Indian spice box.

Nita prepares cucumber raita.

Raj Mathur pours wine for Ann and Fred Marsh while Nita Mathur dehusks cardamon spice.

ing class they’ve taken. Raj immediately pours them glasses of wine and catches up with the duo.

The Marshes are pleased to learn it’ll just be a few students, because usually the classes are pretty full. It’s impressive considering the popularity has come solely from word of mouth. Some people discover the classes while they’re looking for a hard-to-find ingredient the restaurant’s market carries. Others come seeking some of the best meats and cheese in town. That’s how the Marshes discovered Casa Italia — a friend from New York City recommended it for the Italian products. The Marshes are what Ann Marsh calls “Italophiles,” huge fans of the red, white and green.

“It’s as good as what we’ve found in Italy,” says Ann Marsh.

The regulars came in one evening and learned about the Indian Food Friday, when Nita prepares a catered Indian meal for pick up.

“We thought it was just about the best we’d ever had,” she says.

But the quality of the classes and food prep isn’t the only thing that keep the Marshes coming back. It’s the stories Raj and Nita Mathur share about their family, their culture and their heritage along with the organized and insightful way they teach.

Nita begins preparing papadum bread, a crisp seasoned dough cooked over the gas burner in the kitchen. She says it’s a running joke in her heritage that families test a new bride to see if she can crisp papadum bread without burning it. The class wants to know, did Nita Marthur burn the bread when she was a new bride?

How did Raj and Nita meet in the first place?

Nita Marthur grew up in the town of Ajmer, India, until she was 21. Raj had grown up in New Delhi, until he was 13 years old, and then he moved to London, where he lived for 38 years.

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In 1978, he was visiting his aunt, who lived across the street from Nita Rai. Raj and Nita met each other in passing when they were with their families, and Nita’s mother, Rajeshwari Rai, told her daughter she thought he was a nice young man. Nita agreed. The two met, and instantly clicked.

Nita Mathur did not burn the papadum bread.

“She passed with flying colors,” Raj Mathur says.

Back in the class at Casa Italia, the chatting subsides as the demonstration takes over. Nita discusses the spices as she uses them, passing them around for the students to smell. She explains what to look for when picking out the produce, and gives tips on how to make dishes easier and more convenient for busy chefs (like using frozen chopped spinach or mixed vegetables and prepared yogurt).

For the most part, Nita Mathur does the cooking and demon-

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Cost: $55 Info: Call 924-1179 for reservations. strating. Occasionally, Raj will stir a dish and check on the temperatures — he’s best at hosting and sharing stories. But the class learns that before he got married, he would make his own yogurt. It is a common dish in India to help cleanse and balance the palate from spicy dishes — so he does know his way around the kitchen.

As the class comes to a close, there’s more than enough food to go around. The talking subsides as the students dive in to the completed dishes. It’s as quiet as it has been all night. The rice is a big hit.

It’s all a big hit. They’ll be back next month for the next class.

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JANUARY 16 TO 19 ‘The Uninvited’ SCF Studio 84 Productions 2 p.m. at David S. & Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre Tickets $12. Call 752-5252.

Ringling by the Bay: Koko Ray & the Soul Providers 5 p.m. at Bayfront Gardens Tickets $10. Call 359-5700.

Conversation with the Curator: Exploring the Contemporary 7 p.m. at Historic Asolo Theater Tickets $10. Call 359-5700.

‘People of the Book’ featuring Robert Edsel The Jewish Federation of SarasotaManatee. 7 p.m. at Riverview High School. Call 552-6301.

Great Escapes Series: ‘American Tapestry’ Sarasota Orchestra 7:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $29 to $49. Call 953-3434.

‘Rock of Ages’ 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $35 to $75. Call 953-3368.

SCF Student Showcase Concert 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center. Tickets $10. Call 752-5252.

Thursday Nights Live New Orleans Jazz 8 p.m. at The Longboat Key Education Center

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Jazz at Two: Eddie Tobin, piano/ vocals The Jazz Club of Sarasota 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Tickets $7 to $12. Call 366-1552.

Bay Street Brassworks Master Class State College of Florida, ManateeSarasota 5 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center. Free. Call 752-5252.

Great Escapes Series: ‘American Tapestry’ Sarasota Orchestra 5:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $29 to $49. Call 953-3434.

Rosie O’Donnell 7 and 9:15 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $44 to $51. Call 925-3869.

ABBA the Concert 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $40 to $60. Call 953-3368.

Bay Street Brassworks Brass Quintet Concert 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center Tickets $5 to $10. Call 752-5252.

‘Pageant’ 8 p.m. at The Players Theatre Runs through Feb. 21.

Tickets $10. Call 365-2494.

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Anna Maria Chalk Festival 8 a.m. on Pine Avenue, Anna Maria Free. Call 954-5800.

‘Boeing, Boeing’ runs through Feb. 2, at Venice Theatre. Call 488-1115.

‘Extreme Vegas’ runs through Jan. 19, at The Big Top. Call 3559335.

FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training’s ‘Loot’ runs through Jan. 19, at FSU/Asolo Repertory Theatre. Call 351-8000.

‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ runs through Jan. 26, at Manatee Performing Arts Center. Call 7491111.

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‘The Whipping Man’ runs through Feb. 2, at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Theatre.

Call 366-1505.

Sarasota Museum of Art/SMOA ‘ARTmuse Program: Lisa Hoke’ runs through Feb. 4, at Historic Sarasota High School. Call 3097662.

‘The Prima Donettes’ runs through Feb. 7, at Florida Studio Theatre. Call 366-9000.

Sarasota Fine Art Festival 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Gulfstream Avenue. Call 631-421-1590.

Sarasota Fine Art Festival 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Gulfstream Avenue. Call 631-421-1590.

Viewpoint: A Mural of Mammoth Proportions 10:30 a.m. at Historic Asolo Theater. Tickets $10. Call 359-5700.

27th annual Circus Ring of Fame 1:30 p.m. at St. Armands Circle Park.

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Great Escapes Series: ‘American Tapestry’ Sarasota Orchestra 5:30 p.m. at Holley Hall Tickets $29 to $49. Call 953-3434.

Rosie O’Donnell 7 and 9:15 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $44 to $51. Call 925-3869.

Cynthia Sayer’s Hot Jazz Trio 8 p.m. at The Glenridge Performing Arts Center Tickets $20. Call 552-5325.

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Anna Maria Chalk Festival 8 a.m. on Pine Avenue, Anna Maria Free. Call 954-5800.

Cynthia Sayer’s Hot Jazz Trio 2 p.m. at The Glenridge Performing Arts Center. Tickets $20. Call 552-5325.

Open Jazz Jam Jazz Club of Sarasota Tickets $10. Call 343-7773.

‘Belles Sing The Blues’ Belle Canto 4 p.m. at Roser Community Church Call 778-0414.

‘Intimate Fantasies: The Worlds of Chopin and Liszt’ 4 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church. Tickets $15. Call 3714974.

‘Musical Journeys: The Holy Land’

‘Thurgood’ runs through Feb. 22, at Florida Studio Theatre. Call 366-9000.

‘Other Desert Cities’ runs through Feb. 26, at Asolo Repertory Theatre. Call 351-8000.

‘Philadelphia, Here I Come!’ runs through Feb. 27, at Asolo Repertory Theatre. Call 351-8000.

‘Poems, Prayers and Promises’ runs through April 20, at Florida Studio Theatre. Call 366-9000.

Sarasota Season of Sculpture’s Season VII: ‘Shared Ground’ runs through May 30, at Sarasota Bayfront. Visit Sarasotaseasonofsculpture.org.

4 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church Tickets $20. Call 924-4664.

Sarasota/Manatee Bach Festival 5:15 p.m. at The Church of the Redeemer. Free. Call 955-4263.

Engelbert Humperdinck 7 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Tickets $55 to $80. Call 953-3368.

Rosie O’Donnell 7 p.m. at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre Tickets $44 to $51. Call 925-3869.

‘We’re Glad to be in Florida’ Jazz Ambassadors 7:30 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church Tickets $5. Call 907-4123.

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To celebrate Asolo Repertory Theatre’s production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” guests gathered at the private residence of Kevin Schoeler and Philip van der Voet for the third Starry Night Dinner Saturday, Jan 12. The show runs Jan. 24 through April 13, with a preview Jan. 22.

The gorgeous home of Schoeler and van der Voet was decorated to highlight the comedic show — bright, happy colors adorned the tables on the patio and apples were added to the table settings as a representation of the characters dressing as characters of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

during the show.

Specialty drinks representing the lead characters were offered to guests: “The Vanya,” a dirty martini, “The Sonia,” a scotch on the rocks, “The Masha,” a passion fruit martini and “The Spike,” a blow pop martini.

Guests also had the chance to mingle with Director Peter Amster and a few of the artists from the show. Tyla Abercrumbie (Cassandra), Anne-Marie Cusson (Masha) and Tori Grace Hiens (Nina) were all in attendance. Amster and the artists participated in a panel discussion and offered an exclusive performance of the show.

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arasota’s “Queen Bee,” Bea Friedman, endowed the Allan Friedman Piano Concert for three reasons: to honor the memory of her late husband, a passionate lover of the piano; to raise the bar for the orchestra by having it perform with world-class artists; and to give her family a reason to gather here. The 2014 edition (read June LeBell’s report on page 11), which Carl St. Clair conducted, featured a dazzling performance of the Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 by Jon Nakamatsu, and it accomplished all three goals.

Part of the tradition is an afterconcert reception for the guest artists, Friedman’s orchestra family, her relatives and friends and major supporters. Family present included

daughter and son-in-law Ilene Friedman and Greg Gregory of Sarasota; son Dr. Harvey Friedman from Columbus, Ohio; and sisterin-law Evelyn Friedman from Hillsdale, N.Y. Sarasota Orchestra CEO Joe McKenna shared how Friedman endowed the concert “several decades ago.” Messrs. St. Clair and Nakamatsu saluted Friedman, and Concertmaster Daniel Jordon took the opportunity to catch his breath after his amazing solos in Richard Strauss’ “Ein Heldenleben.”

Reception guests also included Friedman’s longtime friends and fellow orchestra supporters Pat and Don Hase and Fred and Annette Nagel, orchestra board President Anne Folsom Smith and Sydney and Jerome Goldstein.

The evening after … Janet and John Hunter and their poodle, Behta, hosted their annual Boxing Day dinner at their home. Janet and daughter Nancy Wagy do most of the cooking of a traditional British feast that includes Brussels sprouts, creamed onions and rutabaga — veggies that Janet says, “Our guests would never eat anyplace else.” The traditional potluck component included Sally Faron’s mincemeat tartlets and Myrna Band’s millionaire’s pie. The handsome Drew Morris, who works with Janet on most of her benefit management projects, annually writes and performs a parody lyric to a holiday tune. This year he tackled “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and managed to include the names of many of the guests.

Sing, “Gloria, Sally, Carol and Dolly; Jennifer, Marian, Betty and Molly; Tana, Marlene, Mike and Alfie … ” Congrats … Best wishes to Tom Morlock and Tanya Boyd who were married in an intimate ceremony Dec. 28, at the home of Tanya’s sister, Pamela Hill …

How’s your doppelganger? That’s German for alter ego or “second self,” a character that plays a major role in “Philadelphia Here I Come!”

The Brian Friel drama opened Jan. 10, at the Asolo Rep. One of the perks of being an Asolo co-producer is an invitation to openingnight dinners during which Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards and the show’s director, in this case the infinitely lovable Frank Galati, share such insights. Their comments invariably add to one’s enjoyment of the performance. Beneficiaries at this

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A headdress dangling mistletoe welcomed guests to Janet and John Hunter’s boxing day party. dinner included Teri Hansen and Steve Wilberding, Flora Major, Ellen Berman, Ed and Mary Lou Winnick, Ruth Kreindler and Ed Schaye, Bettina VonWalhof, Sandra and Rick Gomez, and Howard and Diana Armbrust …

The calendar calls … BT is collecting events for the 2014 Black Tie social calendar — if we don’t know about it, we can’t cover it! Email the following information to stephanie@yourobserver.com: name of your event; group hosting; group benefiting; time, date and place; ticket price; chairperson; contact name; phone number and email; website and event description.

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More than 120 board members and sponsors gathered at the home of David and Edie Chaifetz Tuesday, Jan. 7, for America Jewish Committee’s open house to celebrate the success of 2013 and to welcome in the new year.

The setting was stunning — guests, including Rebecca and Rich Bergman, Gail and Skip Sack and Bunny Skirboll, enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and cocktails while watching the sunset over Sarasota Bay. See page 24 for more photos.

“We had planned to have everyone out on the patio, but no one would go outside,” said host Edie Chaifetz. “They all said it was too cold.”

AJC West Coast Florida Regional President Anne Virag announced, “2013 was the most successful year AJC has had so far.” The organization raised more than $900,000 last year.

Virag also announced the AJC 2014 Spring Award Dinner will take place Monday, March 17.

The event chairs are Matt and Lisa Walsh, Larry and Debbie Haspel and Honorary Chairwoman Bea Friedman (all past AJC award recipients).

AJC’s West Coast Florida Region will honor two individuals with awards this year — nationwide AJC Executive Director David Harris will receive the Human Relations Award, and Gerri Aaron will receive the Legacy of Leadership Award, which has only been awarded four times in the history of AJC.

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// BLACK TIE: CAMERA READY BRADENTON OPERA GUILD ‘A WINTER GALA’ Benefiting Bradenton Opera Guild Sunday, Jan. 12, at Bird Key Yacht Club Eleanor Williams and Benjamin Cowley

Co-Chairs Syble DiGirolamo and Jeanne Yeagle

Honoree Don Worthington with his wife, Rachel

Co-Host Joey Frye with Jan Fredericksen

Ken and Jennifer Tarasi

Photos by Heather Merriman

Don’t Miss the Party of the year!

2014 Circus arts Gala Voted “Best Gala” and “Most Fun Gala” in town friday, January 24th Under the Big top

tuttle ave. and 12th st., sarasota the Circus arts Conservatory’s biggest fundraising event is always unique, stunning and one of the most anticipated events of the season and with good reason...our festive celebration features glitz, glamour, gourmet food and the best in circus arts entertainment.

Benefits our human service & educational outreach Programs individual tickets $195 • Patron tickets $275

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// BLACK TIE: CAMERA READY TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL GALA ‘THE OLDIES BUT GOODIES’ Benefiting Temple Beth Israel Sunday, Jan. 12, at Michael’s On East

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Nancy Cohen, Bernard Blankenheimer and Judith Feldman

Nathan Fein Dinitz, Tina Fein Dinitz, Shirley Fein and Rick Fein Dinitz

Mimi Edlin and Sam Smullin

Our whimsical, happy art will make you smile!

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// BLACK TIE: CAMERA READY SARASOTA ARTISTS: ‘ALL IN THE FAMILY’ SPECIAL PREVIEW

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or Sarasotans, it’s not often that we experience temperatures that truly require a change in our normal, everyday fashions. But for days like Tuesday, Jan. 7, where the day’s high barely reached 50 degrees, a dress or jeans with a chiffon top just won’t cut it. Black Tie’s Heather Merriman bundled up, braved the cold and headed out to St. Armands Circle to find the scoop on the trendiest winter fashions and tips on the best ways to dress for winter weather.

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 Margie Barancik, who stopped into The Met, dressed fashionably for a cold winter day — a vest and scarf, in Pantone’s predicted color of the year: radiant orchid.

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Since 2009, Chef Andrea Bozzolo, a native of Piedmont, Italy has provided the highest quality ingredients available, working mostly with local farmers and fisheries. All of our pastas are homemade and cooked el dente.

Center Cut Veal Shank braised with root vegetables for over 3 hours and served over atop of Saffron Risotto el dente.

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January 21 with Tony Michaelides

 Marchesa Voyage scrap jacket in gold

“LESSONS LEARNED FROM ROCK-N-ROLL” Today many dream of being a rock star, but in reality very few are. What is it that separates one from the rest?

Why do we aspire to be a star? In a carreer spanning over thirty years, Tony Michaelides worked with some fo the world’s biggest selling artists: U2, The Police, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Whitney Houston, N Sync, etc. It gave him a rare insight and a behind-the-scenes look at how real rock stars are created. He will share some of these stories together with iconic photos and rare video.

ayering — the one word The Met’s Evan Reynolds used to explain how to handle cold weather in Sarasota. Layering pieces are a must for any woman’s wardrobe — you can wear these pieces in any type of weather, and layer them up on days when necessary.

“Jackets, like this one by Marchesa Voyage (left), are great for adding layers for warmth, and easy to take off and throw over your chair if you get hot indoors,” says Reynolds.

A must-have for this season, and a necessary staple in anyone’s wardrobe, is the asymmetrical moto jacket. “If you don’t have one, you have to have to one,” says Reynolds.

The fashion experts at The Met also suggest chunky knits (their favorite are Missoni’s), cardigans (you can never have enough) and cashmere wraps for layering up on chilly days.

The one item both Evan Reynolds and Jill Linehan suggests every wardrobe have: a great black turtleneck. “You can add a vest, add a scarf, add a cardigan — it’s such a buildable item,” says Linehan.

TRENDING THIS SEASON: Furs —

“We’ve been seeing a lot of fur this year,” says Reynolds. “If you’ve got it, wear it.”

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 “We call this the ‘storm system’,” says Jill Linehan about this Armani nylon coat. Wear this with a thin cashmere and a scarf and you’ll be ready for all the elements.

international soloists | Full orchestra | Professional Chorus | Historic opera House | real-time english Translations | Tickets: $19–$135

 Dressing for the cold: “Anything cashmere,” says Jill Linehan.

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he chilly day brought a lot of people out to St. Armands’ most popular stores in attempts to find fashionable items to shield them from the cold — “We had this great Current/Elliott coated denim jacket. We had three and we sold all of them today,” Coowner of INfluence Sam Beebe says.

“When people come in for cold-weather items, we send them over to the Vince cashmere sweaters,” says Beebe. “It’s easy — put one under a moto jacket, it’s a quick throw on,” she says as she quickly and effortlessly puts together a great look, appropriate for coldweather days.

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“Ankle skinnies with booties,” says Beebe. Specifically popular at INfluence, the JBrand coated denim skinnies, right.

 “This Anatomie bubble vest is a great addition to any outfit,” says Jill Linehan.

Photos by Heather Merriman

 This Vince cashmere sweater paired with a jacket is a quick way to add some warmth to your everyday fashion.

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// BLACK TIE: JUST MARRIED

GROOM’S FATHER AND STEP-MOTHER:

BRIDE’S PARENTS:

Robert & Benita Piper

Ward & Anita Brass

HOW THE COUPLE MET:

After being seated next to each other at a friend’s birthday party in May 2010, Sarasota residents Kathryn Lee Brass and Todd Anthony Piper learned they had much in common. The couple’s first date followed in March 2011.

THE PROPOSAL:

After a year and half of dating, the couple got engaged on Oct. 1, 2012. Todd took Kathryn to Lido beach for a sunset walk, which had become their routine in the evenings, so she thought nothing of it. Once they reached their destination, Todd got down on one knee to propose.

The couple was married Nov. 16, at King Family Farm. The couple loved the farm’s Farm to Table dinners and wanted that feel for their wedding. They selected an area close to the river on the backside of the property, under a canopy of trees, for the ceremony. The cocktail hour took place under a

THE HONEYMOON:

Following their big day, the couple left for Belize and spent eight days traveling the jungles, caves and barrier islands. The first four days were spent at Ian Anderson’s Caves Branch, where they had fantastic adventures climbing inside and tubing through caves.

The last four days were spent snorkeling and enjoying lobster in Caye Caulker.

FUN FACTS:

Kathryn and Todd made jars of local raw honey from King Farm to give away as gifts to more than 100 guests. They also potted all the succulents for the centerpieces and used wild flowers on the tables. Dried lavender was used as the toss at the end of the night.

THE DETAILS Hair and makeup: Courtney Franklin, Fresh Salon & Spa Dress: Something Blue Bridal Boutique Floral design: Elegant Designs Floral Art Studio Photography: Cat Pennenga Photography Videography: StarFruit Productions Catering: The Loft 5 Music: Trevor Bystrom Cake: Thompson’s Cakes Inc.

Photos by Cat Pennenga Photography

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large oak tree near the peach orchards and the reception was held under the market pavilion. The couple arranged all the seating for a family-style dining experience.

The Loft 5 catered the fresh, offthe-farm food.

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The Art of Selling

RITZ BEACH RESIDENCES, 1106.

Spectacular 11th-floor condominium in The Beach Residences nestled along Sarasota’s famous Lido Key. A short distance to St. Armands Circle.

Offered at $2,695,000

BEACHES OF LONGBOAT KEY. Gorgeous wrap-around views of the Gulf, Bay, downtown and the Islandside golf course. Large, open two bedroom, two bath, beautifully updated residence. Offered at $875,000

BAYPORT BEACH & TENNIS CLUB. Gulf views at this fabulous and friendly complex with tennis, clubhouse, swimmer’s pool, beautifully manicured grounds, private beach and bayside fishing pier that is fully funded.

Offered at $369,300

BEACHES OF LONGBOAT KEY Wraparound terrace boasts breathtaking panoramic views over the Gulf waters and private beaches. Terrace views extend to the golf course and Sarasota Bay. Offered at $1,595,000

AVIGNON VILLAS, 8.

Completely remodeled three bedroom, two bath plus sunroom with new cabinets throughout, appliances, granite, flooring, paint, moulding and baths. Offered at $749,500

BAYPORT BEACH & TENNIS CLUB. Serene garden views at this fully funded complex includes private beach, fishing pier, tennis, clubhouse, swimmer’s pool, and beautifully manicured grounds. Offered at $359,500

THE PIERRE. Spectacular forever views of Gulf, Bay, City, Golf and Intracoastal. 14 foot ceilings in this penthouse level. Beautiful wood floors and open floor plan Offered at $1,445,000

PORTOBELLO, 607.

Penthouse level with beautiful Gulf views.

FabulousGulf to Bay complex with private beach, bayside dock, tennis, clubhouse, pool, spa, and extra storage. Offered at $489,500

CEDARS EAST. Well maintained and turnkey furnished two bedroom, two-and-a-half bath townhome in Cedars Tennis Resort. Anderson hurricane windows. New hurricane rated garage door and exterior wood replaced with James Hardie plank.

Offered at $321,500

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