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by Robin Hartill | News Editor

Officials conspired to jam traffic The season’s traffic woes began when a town official sent an email reading: ‘Time for some traffic problems on Longboat Key.’

+ Final ULI report is a gem for town The town got what it paid for with the $125,000 Urban Land Institute report.

The final, final copy was delivered April 1 to Longboat Key Town Hall.

Its cover is made from platinum with diamond accents.

Commissioners will now place their right hands on the report when they take their oaths of office.

The report will be held in a secure glass case in the commission break room, which will now be used as meditation space. The town will hire a sculptor to create a monument to the holy book and the eight ULI panelists whose words are memorialized in the book.

+ Swanson puts swan family in the spotlight Members of the Longboat Key swan family are finalists in a nationwide contest sponsored by Swanson to appear on the company’s frozen dinner boxes.

The “Swan Song” contest will feature “American Idol”-style voting in which the public will choose its favorite swans. The spokesman said the winner could join the ranks of famed avian mascots such as the Aflac Duck and Chick-Fil-A chickens.

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On a sunny day, you can hear the faint sounds of honking on Longboat Key from as far away as Osprey or Palmetto. It’s the sound of frustrated drivers stuck in traffic who attempt to solve the jam by blaring their horns.

For months, residents have complained about heavier-thanusual seasonal traffic on the Key. A public records request from the Longboat Observer reveals that local officials conspired to create traffic jams on the Key in an attempt to keep complaining residents off the island. It began

with an email from a town employee that read: “Time for some traffic problems on Longboat Key.” For months, town officials have denied a conspiracy, offering unlikely explanations.

It’s the price of living in paradise, they said.

There are more tourists on the roads this year due to an improved economy and snowstorms up north, they said.

It’s the result of college students seeking drunken debauchery on Longboat Key, they said.

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Traffic jams and bridge openings on and near Longboat Key the past few weeks were not just seasonal traffic issues.

In reality, officials hatched a plan to cause traffic jams Feb. 4, as the 7 p.m. Feb. 3 Longboat Key Town Commission regular meeting headed into its 15th hour.

During the meeting, the com-

mission and town officials listened as residents took to the podium one by one and complained in three-minute intervals

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by Kelsey Grau | Community Editor

Justin Bieber’s new baby: Ohana estate There’s gonna be one less empty house on Longboat Key, following a universally acclaimed musician’s purchase of the blinged out $22 million Ohana estate.

Look out, Longboat. Here comes trouble — of the teenybopper, pop star variety.

Everyone’s favorite Canadian heartthrob-turned-bad boy, Justin Bieber, will soon call Longboat Key home — more specifically, the Ohana estate on the north end.

The “Baby” singer purchased the Gulf-front compound during a quick trip to the Key in late February, deciding $22 million was chump change for a great place to party.

The estate includes three pavilions with almost 10,000 square feet of living space, giving the Biebs plenty of room to record or buy more monkeys to replace the one wrongfully seized by German customs officials in 2013.

Bieber’s bodyguards will take over the guesthouse while Bieber and on-again off-again girlfriend, Selena Gomez, make the main pavilion home. With six bedrooms, seven full baths and two half-baths, Longboat Key can expect to see a lot of colorful guests filtering in and out of the estate’s massive front gates.

When speaking with the Longboat Observer, Bieber’s agent mentioned that the star would love to add a helipad on the roof

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Justin Bieber prefers to keep a low profile wherever he goes, but police believe that his leopard-print Audi R8 and washboard abs will make him easy to spot on Longboat Key. of one of the pavilions because the Biebs really hated the in-season traffic during his short visit.

“He just doesn’t have any time to waste,” said his agent. “Between his albums, fragrances and trying to get into the rap game, he’s really got his hands full.”

But the star isn’t always working hard to make those young (and old) hearts swoon.

The singing sensation made headlines earlier this year when he was charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license after

police saw him drag racing Jan. 23, in Miami. Bieber was househunting for a Florida oasis on that trip, but after the arrest, decided the West Coast was more his speed.

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Marijuana clinic seeks to light up Longboat Key Longboat Key residents have long sought a permanent medical center so its sickest citizens won’t have to travel off the island for care. And attorney John Morgan has urged voters in advertisements to approve an amendment legalizing medical marijuana in Florida “for the really sick people.”

Key residents’ support of the amendment and “the really sick people” has sparked a plan to bring a medical marijuana clinic to the Key, if Florida voters approve the amendment.

The Grass is Greener LLC, a Berkeley, Calif.-based company with medical marijuana clinics throughout the states of California, Colorado, Oregon and Vermont, has filed pre-application materials to build a clinic in a new Town Center at 420 Bay Isles Road.

Grass is Greener CEO Charles Toker described medical marijuana as a “budding opportunity” on Longboat Key, citing the increase in baby boomers moving to the Key. Toker said his confidence in the idea was reaffirmed during a recent trip to Longboat Key Publix, in which he recognized at least four fellow shoppers from Woodstock.

A new group has formed to support Grass is Greener’s rights to build a medical marijuana dispensary: the Longboat Key Homeowners for Inhaling and Grow-

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HIGHPOC spokesman Dan Stoner explained that although medical marijuana advocates typically tout its potential for relieving pain and nausea, the harmless natural organic substance could also have many off-label uses on the Key: It could relieve tension at Longboat Key Town Hall meetings and allow neighbors to amicably resolve disputes about barking dogs and loud music — possibly over pizza.

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Against the People Chairman Buzz K. Iller cited the potential harms of medical marijuana on the Key. He cited the potential for drug abuse and questioned its medical value. Iller also has concerns that patients could wander into church and community potlucks in search of munchies.

Longboat Key police also have concerns.

The drug can cause paranoia, which is a major concern for Key officers, who already handle hundreds of suspicious-person calls each day. Police cite a study of resort communities with large retiree populations in Colorado that found a 60% spike in suspicious-person calls in the months after marijuana was decriminalized.

Calls about stolen purses, cars and boats — which the caller later realized he or she had misplaced — also increased 40%, a rise that Colorado officials attribute to the marijuana’s tendency to impair memory. Although memory lapserelated calls are highly rare on Longboat Key, police expect a similar increase.

Code-enforcement officials are researching whether weed and grass height restrictions would also apply to marijuana plants, but they warn that lighting up on the beach can disorient turtles.

Firefighters, meanwhile, have concerns that medical marijuana will cause smoke detectors to ring nonstop Key-wide. They are urging the Grass is Greener to pro-

POT-LUCK PARADISE It’s been four years since Longboat Key reached the No. 2 spot on Condé Nast’s top North American island destinations, and now, it has received a prestigious new ranking.

High Times magazine ranked Longboat Key No. 2 on its list of “Potluck Paradises” — a list of the top 100 nationwide destinations for potheads to fill their plates.

The magazine names the Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party, Fish Fry, Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Pancake Breakfast and Taste of the Keys as local events with pothead potential.

A local tourism official said the Key could clinch the No. 1 slot if the medical marijuana amendment passes and the Grass is Greener clinic opens.

Meanwhile, local organizations plan to cash in if the clinic opens by selling items such as pancakes and fried fish outside its doors to raise funds. mote smoke-free medical marijuana alternatives, such as vaporizers and pot brownies.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Publix to be demolished The Longboat Key Publix will close May 1 and reopen April 1, 2015, to create a new Main Street retail and grocery store pedestrian roundabout attraction.

St. Armands Circle merchants have worried about losing businesses to University Town Center Mall, but now both shopping destinations have a new threat: the Longboat Key Town Center.

Publix officials embraced the concept of a town center so warmly that they agreed to immediately tear down the existing Longboat Key Publix and its adjoining plaza that opened in December 2012.

The store and its plaza will close May 1 and will be shifted further east, to the site of the Wolfer property the town is purchasing for $1.5 million.

Publix has agreed to buy the Wolfer property from the town for $2 million later this year.

By shifting the store and adjoining plaza approximately 500 feet to the east, the town and a future development partner can use some of the property where Publix now sits to build a new pedestrian-only retail center called Main Street Plaza.

The Urban Land Institute report, which suggested the town center concept, called for a retail town center that included some shops in a pedestrian-type setting to attract Key residents.

Publix officials began shopping the town center concept to potential tenants and realized businesses would be willing to fill up a larger plaza.

“The interest for tenants in a new pedestrian-only roundabout has come from St. Armands Circle to Lakewood Ranch,” the spokesman said.

The interest in the plaza has led to a new 150,000-square-

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NEWSBRIEFS + You’ve got three minutes Town Clerk Trish Granger is tired of residents talking past a three-minute digital clock during the public comment of town meetings.

To combat the problem, Granger has installed an application that cuts the microphone off after three minutes, when residents continue to talk once the buzzer sounds.

If residents continue to talk, Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming said an officer on duty during meetings will stand up and walk over to the podium with a Taser in hand to urge residents to wrap it up. Mayor Jim Brown said Granger’s new initiative will reduce both the amount of times he has to rap the gavel and the bruises he has received on his hand the last two years from trying to quiet agitated Longboaters.

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A We Buy Gold Store was the first store to sign a letter of intent to sign a lease in the new town center. foot retail roundabout center concept that looks similar to a St. Armands Circle configuration, without the roads.

Cars will not be allowed to enter the Main Street Plaza or new Publix plaza once it’s built.

The concept draws motorists from Bay Isles Road and Bay Isles Parkway into Main Street Plaza. Parallel parking will be built along both roads, and a segway system will take pedestrians into the plaza, which will include a walkable Main Street, open-space park and future cultural center.

Overflow parking in season will be allowed along Gulf of Mexico Drive. The Longboat Key Club has also agreed to park cars in Harbourside and shuttle pedestrians to the town center through an agreement that’s still in the works.

Although higher-end stores such as White House Black Market have expressed interest, other independent stores and eateries are intrigued as well, according to Publix officials.

A We Buy Gold Store was the first store, Publix officials confirmed, to sign a letter of intent to sign a lease in the new town center.

An independent eatery called Munchies 420 Café has signed a letter of intent to lease at the town center, next to a new medical marijuana dispensary, The Grass is Greener, which is also joining the fold.

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key is also interested in signing a lease for a new eatery called Pot & Pancakes, with all proceeds of its pancake sales going to help rehabilitate youths

dealing with drug addiction.

The biggest change for Longboaters, though, involves getting used to a grocery store without a vehicle parking lot.

Shoppers must park in designated town center parallel parking spots or Key Club parking spots and either walk or be shuttled to the new grocery store on segways. Entering the plaza on foot will force shoppers to interact with other Longboaters at the town center retail district as they walk to get their groceries.

“The ULI study called for resident interaction and that’s what Longboaters are going to get,” a Publix official said.

The store will reopen April 1, 2015.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Mar Vista and Moore’s to merge The longtime restaurateurs plan to merge Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub and Moore’s Stonecrab Restaurant into a single 456-seat restaurant.

Last year, Longbeach Village residents protested Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub owner Ed Chiles’ plans to redevelop the historic Rufus P. Jordan house to hold weddings and other events.

Now, the restaurant is about to say “I do” to a new plan: It will unite in culinary matrimony when it merges with nextdoor neighbor Moore’s Stonecrab Restaurant into a single restaurant called Moore Vista.

Chiles and Moore’s coowner Alan Moore submitted a preliminary site plan last week to the Planning, Zoning and Building Department. The restaurateurs seek to combine their restaurants, parcels and parking lots with an open-air breezeway that is enclosed by a wall of steel bicycle racks that gives the new restaurant a combined 64 parking waiver credits.

The single restaurant will have 456 indoor and outdoor seats and at least 250 parking spaces for vehicles, boats and Jet Skis, plus parallel parking spaces on both sides of Broadway.

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There will also be a combined 56 vehicle parking spaces created by merging the two parking lots and moving a portion of the former Mar Vista Dumpster area next to the town dock along Sarasota Bay. Although Village residents are concerned about parking on Broadway, Chiles and Moore say it won’t be a problem, according to the site plan.

In fact, a town-hired consultant found that the plan will actually reduce traffic because owners will only be advertising a single restaurant.

Moore Vista will also have one staff bus boy on call in season who will leave the kitchen and move cars if he or she is alerted by Longboat Key Fire Rescue that fire trucks need to get through on Broadway for an emergency.

Chiles and Moore also have

plans to create a new 179foot wooden viewing center that will be built at the center of their combined docks in Sarasota Bay for bird watching and Gulf sunset picture-taking and wedding opportunities.

A jukebox with speakers at the top of the viewing area will also play Jimmy Buffet’s “Marg a r i t a v i l l e” for a quarter that is put into the machine during normal restaurant hours.

With the food-truck craze picking up on the mainland, Chiles and Moore also plan to put an Old Florida spin on the trend by placing used yachts with full kitchens in various places throughout the Longbeach Village in season to accommodate residents and other visitors who prefer to dine in a casual setting while peacocks serenade

them.

The food boats will be called “Paradise Peacock Vessels.”

Because the Longboat Key Town Commission chose not to restrict boat and trailer parking Key-wide, Chiles and Moore felt it was a great opportunity to capitalize on such a venture.

A shuttle service will also transport Jewfish Key residents and visitors to and from the Key to gain access to the restaurant and food yachts.

Preliminary staff notes from town planners reveal that the site plan will be recommended to the Planning and Zoning Board because it does not request any departures from town code.

Notices for the application and future public hearing will be mailed to Village owners with even address numbers, Jewfish Key property owners and to all Village homes where yachts are expected to be placed in both front and side yards during season.

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The town has hired therapist Henry Brain to help its board members deal with the challenges they face.

The Longboat Key Town Commission often struggles to make decisions, Brain wrote in a memo to Town Manager Dave Bullock.

“Special workshops, subcommittee after subcommittee and consultantspending binges — these are all classic signs of avoidant behavior among local officials,” Brain wrote.

Planning and Zoning Board members often feel overwhelmed as they face extra responsibilities — i.e. the duties of the Zoning Board of Adjustment — and also aspire to higher places — i.e. the commission.

Brain hopes he can help ZBA members accept their responsibilities and regularly reach a quorum.

Code Enforcement Board members, meanwhile, appear to have a need to be needed, not unlike empty-nest syndrome, because they beg town officials to hold meetings even when there is nothing to discuss.

Brain hopes to help the Urban Land Institute Implementation Advisory Committee to find its place in the town, because members currently discuss what their role should be at every meeting.

The town is currently purchasing new couches from IKEA for commissioners and board members to lie on during future meetings.

+ The EDC praises Colony as local job creator Colony Beach & Tennis Resort U.S. Bankruptcy Chapter 7 Trustee William Maloney received $150,000 last week to distribute to various creditors. That money, though, won’t come from Colony parties as part of a settlement.

The Sarasota County Commission approved an Economic Development Corp. grant last week at its meeting, during which commissioners praised Colony parties for meeting the grant’s jobcreation requirement, unlike other recipients such as Tube Dude and Sanborn Studios.

Grant information shows that ongoing Colony litigation has kept 14 lawyers in business and created positions for at least 32 legal assistants and paralegals.

+ Healthcare.gov architect to heal town website The town announced it has hired the firm of O.B. Amacare to create a userfriendly longboat.gov site through which residents can purchase homeowners insurance, apply for building permits and register their pets.

The firm boasts cutting-edge Web projects such as Pets.com, MySpace and AOL mail. Town officials also confirmed that the firm forgot to include its latest project, Healthcare.gov, in its portfolio.

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CONSPIRACY / FROM PAGE 1A

Happy April Fools’ Day from the Longboat Observer! All of the stories on pages 1A through 4A are fake. Hope you’re as relieved as we are!

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BIEBER / FROM PAGE 1A It also doesn’t hurt that Gulf of Mexico Drive is the perfect long stretch of road for drag racing. A source close to the star said that was a huge selling point for Bieber and he “can’t wait to see how fast his Lamborghini can go.”

With plans to move in permanently later this year, Bieber is also closing on a vacation home in Atlanta. Residents of Atlanta are protesting Bieber moving to their fair city, fearing the bad influence that the pop star may have.

The 20-year-old celebrity is hoping Longboat Key will be a more welcoming community and is already planning free beach concerts for all Longboat residents

ARE YOU A BELIEBER? Longboat Key Beliebers rejoice: There will soon be a chapter right here on the Key. The Longboat Observer’s own Robin Hartill has decided to retire early and join her fellow Beliebers in devoting their lives to the legend. The group will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the Ohana estate. Homemade signs declaring love for Bieber will be provided. For info, email rhartill@yourobserver.com. once a week after 9 p.m.

“He loves to give back to the community,” said his agent. “He finds his music to be the greatest gift.”

about topics such as rats at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, hedge heights, a proposed 87-cent rate hike for water service and the hypothetical impact of a Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub application that no longer exists.

As the commission returned from its breakfast break at 9:01 a.m. Feb. 4, discussion continued, and an angry town official emailed officials at state and local agencies with the message: “Time for some traffic problems on Longboat Key.” “Done,” they both replied, in the email.

Within minutes, the bridges on both ends of the islands began opening for 40 minutes straight every hour.

The town dispatched employees disguised as snowbirds to drive Gulf of Mexico Drive in vehicles with Michigan and Ohio license plates at speeds slower than 20 mph.

Staffers also disguised as snowbirds were dispatched to walk out in front of vehicles as they traveled Gulf of Mexico Drive. Other employees also took out town boats frequently throughout the day to trick drivers into thinking that bridge openings were the result of boat traffic.

Within hours, vehicles were backed up for miles on both ends of the Key. The jams continued for the next two months.

At peak traffic times, nearly half of island residents were trapped on the other side of paradise — i.e. the mainland.

One resident reported being horrified by what she saw while stuck on the mainland, including fast food restaurants, panhandling and construction work

DEMOLITION / FROM PAGE 3A chos and umbrellas will be handed out to shoppers on rainy days.

Shoppers with disabilities will be able to call Publix once they arrive and will be shuttled to and from the store in wheelchairs by Publix employees.

after 5 p.m. — things town ordinances prohibit.

But, for the town official, the scheme may have backfired. Although half of the island’s population was stuck off the island, the other was stuck on the island. They caused additional traffic jams around Town Hall as they waited for open parking spaces so they could take to the podium at the March 3 regular commission meeting to demand the town end traffic jams.

They proposed new solutions that the town has never before discussed, such as a bridge from Longboat Key to the mainland or tolls on both ends of the island.

Police are now investigating whether officials could have had a role in a string of 23 accidents that closed Cortez Bridge to traffic March 4 — which, suspiciously, was also the date of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort nuisance hearing that was expected to be so widely attended that the town moved it to Temple Beth Israel.

The town employee behind the scheme apologized for his role and blamed sleep-deprivation. He remains on paid administrative leave. He is also working with the new town therapist (see Briefs, Page 3A) to overcome the flashbacks due to two decades’ worth of Ringling Bridge hearings he developed last month when traffic suddenly became the hot topic once again at Town Hall.

The town manager expressed relief April 1, as he cruised an empty Gulf of Mexico Drive in a town-owned SUV a full 5 mph over the speed limit.

“Finally,” he said. “No more traffic problems on Longboat Key.”

Town center retail and grocery shoppers with disabilities looking for a more independent experience can also take advantage of 25 electricity-operated shopping golf carts that will be allowed in a separate pedestrian-only handicapped lane that can be accessed throughout the town center.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Colony Association, MW Group work on developer agreement Manfred Welfonder’s company is expected to become the new Colony developer, more than seven years after the Longboat Key resident first pitched a plan for the property.

+ Photographer stuns with picture Did you see this sunrise stunner in last week’s Longboat Observer?

Clayton Piantedosi, the photographer behind the (iPhone lens) could be one of our youngest sunset photo submitters ever at just 13 years old. The Canton, Mass. teen woke up early during his spring break to take the photo from the bayside of Pelican Harbour and Beach Club, where his grandparents, Jack and Janet Leonard, reside.

+ Birthday boy gets a dog day Bentley Weber, second from left, celebrated his eighth birthday at his winter home on Longboat Key with owner Deb Weber and friends Brody, Buster and Scrappy.

That means he is 56 in dog years — but he looks good, doggonit.

+ Longbeach Café opens April 2 Longbeach Café opens April 2 in the old Isabelle’s Eatery location at 6836 Gulf of Mexico Drive in Whitney Beach Plaza. Hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays.

The restaurant serves breakfast and lunch, serving many items that were on the Isabelle’s menu, plus new items.

Owners are former Isabelle’s manager and part owner Colleen Collandra, her husband, Pete, a longtime Longboat Key firefighter/paramedic, and Jeff Daly.

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The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association is working toward an agreement with Longboat Key resident Manfred Welfonder’s MW Development Group to become the developer for the shuttered resort property.

Approximately 60 owners who

attended a Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association conference call board meeting March 26 learned the association is negotiating with MW, working with company developers Sigmund Levy and Kevin Daves to reach an agreement, according to association President Jay Yablon.

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COLONY OWNERS FILE LAWSUIT / PAGE 6A Yablon declined to comment about negotiations at this time.

Welfonder confirmed his company is negotiating to develop the resort.

“The MW Group is working with the association to move forward with an acceptable business deal which includes all respective stakeholders,” Welfonder said.

The news is a long time com-

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Brown takes mayor’s chair again As Brown begins his last year in the mayor’s seat, Jack Duncan takes on a new role as vice mayor.

There’s a new tradition at Longboat Key Town Hall: As long as Jim Brown is still a commissioner, he is mayor of Longboat Key. For the fourth consecutive year, the Longboat Key Town Commission unanimously selected Brown to serve as the town’s mayor at Monday night’s statutory meeting.

Brown’s appointment ties former Mayor James “Jim” P. Brown’s four consecutive terms as mayor from 1990 to 1993. Former Mayor Samuel Gibbon’s stint of five consecutive mayoral terms from 1969-73 holds the record.

Brown, in the final year of his third and final term, was nominated by Commissioner Jack Duncan.

“I’m pleased and proud to nominate Jim Brown, the sitting mayor, to another term as mayor,” Duncan said. “I hope my colleagues will agree he’s done a phenomenal job making this position as a commissioner easy for all of us. He makes it comfortable for all of us and he allows us to get our opinions across. We appreciate what Jim has done for the last three years and we hope he will serve another year.”

No other commissioners made nominations, and Brown accepted the role.

“I will do whatever I can to uphold the tradition expected,” Brown said. “I can’t do what I do

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Mayor Jim Brown and Vice Mayor Jack Duncan congratulate each other after being nominated to serve new one-year mayoral and vice mayoral terms. without the help of the rest of you.”

The vice mayor seat nomination process didn’t go as smoothly.

Commissioner Lynn Larson nominated Commissioner Phill Younger; Commissioner Terry Gans nominated Commissioner

Pat Zunz; and Younger nominated Duncan.

Duncan, who received the majority of the votes, hesitated briefly before voting for himself.

Brown, Younger and Commissioner Irwin Pastor, the fresh face on the commission, also voted for

Duncan.

Larson voted for Younger. Zunz, who voted for herself, also received the vote of Gans.

The town’s new mayor and vice mayor will serve one-year terms.

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MAYOR / FROM PAGE 5A Both Gans and Pastor, who won twoyear terms in last week’s municipal election, were sworn in to the District 3 and at-large seats, respectively. Commissioners Lynn Larson and Pat Zunz, who ran unopposed, were also sworn in for new two-year terms.

Outgoing District 3 Commissioner David Brenner’s farewell from the commission after two terms, though, took center stage at the meeting.

Commissioners who worked with

COLONY / FROM PAGE 5A ing for Welfonder, who began his push to redevelop the Colony before the resort closed in 2010.

Welfonder said his top priority in the past seven years has been rebuilding the Colony, even though his company was previously passed over on multiple occasions.

MW’s plan calls for the construction of 160 hotel units built in one or two mid-rise buildings developed and/or managed by an international hotel company and owned by the developer; the construction of 180 vacation ownership units/residences; 10 private residence clubs; and a three-meal restaurant, pool bar, ballroom, meeting rooms, spa, HarTru tennis court and an agreement with nearby golf courses allowing for the use of facilities.

That projects includes the following redevelopment options owners can consider: • One-13th co-ownership at no cost to current owners and prices for units ranging from $99,000 to $179,000 for new buyers; • A 100% ownership option available for current owners that costs between $331,000 and $686,000 per unit; • Current owners can also walk away and receive a buyout of $75,000 to

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Brenner took the opportunity to make farewell remarks to their colleague who they each agreed was the commission’s hardest working member over the last four years. Some commissioners confirmed they were only on the commission after being recruited by Brenner.

“I’ve had the good fortune over the past several years to work with Dave Brenner and it’s always been a pleasure,” Brown said. “Anything he was ever asked to do, he always did it in spades. I’m going to miss him. We all are.”

Brenner’s farewell speech was met with

$85,000.

Welfonder has pitched the project to any unit owner who has been willing to listen over the last seven years. His company has also been in the midst of settlement negotiations with Colony affected parties for years.

“We are confident our settlement offers will be accepted at some point,” Welfonder told the Longboat Observer in June 2013.

MW pitched a redevelopment proposal in 2008 and has been a part of two failed settlement negotiations.

The project received support but fell to the wayside amid lawsuits and bankruptcy filings. Many Colony owners at the time still believed all existing buildings could be saved.

Welfonder said there is not a proposal that was considered in the past that is as detailed as MW’s proposal.

Yablon and Welfonder declined to discuss at this time what led both sides to come close to reaching an agreement.

Less than a year ago, Yablon denounced MW’s proposal after the association selected JHM Financial Group LLC last summer to redevelop the resort.

Asked to comment on MW’s proposal in June 2013, Yablon said: “Manfred Welfonder is simply a broker who does not himself bring the capacity to the table, nor has he proved or di-

applause and a standing ovation for his service.

“It was a labor of love, and I have no complaints,” Brenner said. “The success I have had is due to many people.”

Brenner outlined a list of accomplishments he is most proud of (see Page 7A) from his commission days.

He noted that working with Publix officials to make sure a new Longboat Key Publix project stayed on track is one of his notable accomplishments.

“Getting something built in this town is not always easy and I felt strongly the

Publix development was critical in turning things around,” said Brenner, who urged the town to keep the course with Urban Land Institute recommendations.

“The ULI study is the roadmap for the next 20 years,” Brenner said.

In an email to Granger and commissioners Monday night after the meeting, Brenner wrote: “Thanks to all of you for making this the most memorable meeting of my career on Longboat Key. My best wishes for continued success, Irwin, too.

There’s work still to be done. I’ll be watching.”

COLONY OWNERS FILE LAWSUIT Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners Sheldon and Carol Rabin officially filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association and its board members for its failure to maintain the resort’s common elements, which include all walls, plumbing and wiring.

The complaint seeks “equitable relief in the form of a mandatory injunction, and, in the alternative, the appointment of a receiver to assume the operation of the association.”

In an email to the Longboat Observer, Sarasota Attorney Alan Tannenbaum of Sarasota-based Tannebaum & Hanewich wrote: “I have been practicing law in

the condominium field in Florida for 35 years. Never have I witnessed a Board of Directors of a condominium association proceeding on such a reckless course to the detriment of its members.

This suit seeks to require the board to undertake necessary repairs and fight for the preservation of the condominium buildings or for the court to appoint a receiver to do so if the board refuses to act. The board will argue that the buildings and improvements are not salvageable. Engineering reports provided to the board by local engineers three years ago stated otherwise and those very same engineers are ready to go to work today to preserve all 237 units.”

vulged from where he would get the capacity, nor is there any evidence provided to the association that some entity with sufficient capacity would actually underwrite the supposed great deal from MW Development Group.”

Welfonder said he has three letters of intent with contingencies from private and/or corporate sources for both equity and debt.

His company has brought in local partners such as Sarasota professional

planner Bruce Franklin and former town building official Randy Fowler to work to obtain 155 additional tourism units if the project was selected.

MW also hired a construction management company to guarantee a project cost estimate of $155 million and three hotel partners that guarantee at least a 62% or higher occupancy rate. The company also has a franchise agreement with Intercontinental Hotel Group to use its reservation system.

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Brenner leaves at the top of his game David Brenner said he was proud to be part of a commission that shifted to take ‘more of an activist approach’ to combat issues such as pension debt and beach projects.

“I was fortunate enough to be recruited by David. It took four lunches to accomplish.

David Brenner is the hardest working commissioner on the commission. You can tell by the number of emails coming back and forth to him on a daily basis. I will miss David.

He truly is dedicated to this town and there’s not a finer commissioner sitting up here than David Brenner.

— Commissioner Jack Duncan

“I don’t know if I’m worthy to serve District 3 after hearing all of this. Dave Brenner is as close to a mentor and guide for me as anyone I have met in this town. He has been and will continue to be one of my trivia team partners along with his wife, Maggie. We will miss him up here.”

— Commissioner Terry Gans Kurt Schultheis

stepping down as a commissioner after two

at Town Hall, although he said he won’t be a stranger in the community.

“It’s time to do some other things like traveling and reading books instead of commission agendas and attachments,” Brenner said. “But it’s my nature to be involved, so I don’t think you will see me disappearing.”

Brenner said he has been asked to do a lot of things in his life after the commission, but he is going to take some time to relax before making any decisions about future community involvement.

Asked to respond to naysayers who believe Brenner spent too much time working to promote businesses and tourism on the island, Brenner said: “Anyone who has looked at the economics of the Key and is honest with themselves knows that what fuels our economy is the number of visitors we have. Those visitors, many of which eventually become residents of our community, support a lot of the things that allow us to live on this island year-round with a level of island-wide conveniences we all enjoy.”

Brenner said he will miss not being a part of a commission that works to approve new Longboat Key Club and Colony projects that he hopes will be submitted sooner rather than later.

“I will watch and support from the sidelines,” Brenner said.

“I did not know David Brenner until he decided to run for commissioner. When he asked me to run and convinced me to run, I thanked him for encouraging me to be here. I’ll miss him very much.”

— Commissioner Lynn Larson

“Dave does a lot of extracurricular work for the town and has worked very hard. He’s been a very valuable member of this commission and we will miss him.”

— Commissioner Phill Younger

“I had the distinct good fortune to follow David to the planning board and I got to know him. Longboat Key is so fortunate to have someone of his expertise, energy and ability working for us. David is always working for Longboat Key to be a better place.”

— Commissioner Pat Zunz

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David Brenner vacated the District 3 Longboat Key Town Commission seat Monday night after serving two terms. He chose not to seek a third and final two-year term and never served as the town’s mayor.

At Monday night’s statutory meeting, Brenner, 78, left the dais for the last time as a commissioner and sat in the audience for the first time in four years at a commission meeting. He watched as Commissioner Terry Gans, who previously held the at-large seat, was sworn into the District 3 seat and newly elected Commissioner Irwin Pastor was sworn into his at-large seat.

But Brenner has no regrets.

“In most of my career, when I have decided to move onto something else, I tried to do it when I was at the top of my game,” he said earlier that day in his Islander Club condominium. “That fits here in this situation.”

Brenner is a Philadelphia native and certified public accountant who retired in 1983, at age 47.

“I was ready to do something else after being with the firm 26 years and growing the practice,” Brenner said.

He left retirement behind three years later when the mayor of Philadelphia asked him to become the city’s director of commerce.

During his three years on the city’s staff, David Brenner says he has “no regrets” about the city attracted a $500 million convention terms of service. center and secured a lease for a developer on land that revitalized the city’s water- 49,000-square-foot Publix; and the hiring of Town Manager Dave Bullock. front.

However, he explained a list of his proud“I was working an enormous amount of hours and knew it was time to leave at the est achievements include bringing in town residents to act as consultants to oversee top of my game then, too,” Brenner said.

Brenner and his wife, Maggie, bought a the efficiency of Town Hall; pushing the use unit at the newly redeveloped Colony Beach of subcommittees; being part of a commis& Tennis Resort in 1974 and vacationed on sion that tackled the town’s pension debt the Key for years. They purchased their Is- and revamped its beach program; building lander Club unit in 1999 and became full- inroads with Sarasota and Manatee counties on the various boards he time residents in 2001. sits on; and being a part of Brenner got involved with “I think most both the Vision Plan and Urtown politics when he and ban Land Institute study proother Islander Club residents people would successfully advocated for the agree we changed cesses.

Working with Publix, Ocean installation of two groins to Properties and Whitney Beach the culture at control erosion of the propPlaza officials as they worked erty’s beach. He served a Town Hall.” to renovate existing properthree-year term on the Long— David Brenner ties was also time well spent, boat Key Planning and Zoning Brenner said.

Board beginning in 2006 and “It’s been more than seven eventually became its chairyears I’ve been involved with the town in man.

In 2010, he defeated incumbent Peter an official way between the planning board O’Connor to win the District 3 seat. He won and the commission,” Brenner said. “I re-election two years later, defeating chal- think most people would agree we changed the culture at Town Hall. This commission lenger Ray Rajewski by 90 votes.

Brenner was at the dais for a number of used more of an activist approach and bekey decisions, including the 2010 approv- came more aggressive. It’s time for someal of the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s one else to pick up that ball and run with $400 million renovation-and-expansion it.”

Brenner said he will miss the relationplan, a decision that was overturned on appeal; the approval of plans for the new ships he has forged in the community and

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Longboat Key police suspected that a former longtime Windward Bay employee was responsible for a string of periodic thefts of jewelry and other valuables around the community. But after a four-and-a-half-carat diamond from a resident’s stolen ring that was valued at $85,000 was located in New York City, police finally had evidence to charge the suspect.

Police arrested Michael Artman, 52, of Bradenton, last week on charges of grand theft, dealing in stolen property and burglary of an occupied dwelling. While all charges stem from the theft of the ring, police believe Artman, who worked in the community for 17 years before he was fired mid-February, is responsible for a string of periodic thefts of jewelry and other small valuables at the 151-unit community.

“His name always came up,” said Longboat Key Police detective Capt. Kristina Roberts, who estimates she interviewed Artman at least three times in the past few years. “He was always in the vicinity whenever anything was reported.”

According to a Manatee County probable cause affidavit, over the weekend of Feb. 1 and Feb. 2, Artman used a key he had from doing previous work to enter a unit and steal the ring. The victim discovered the theft Feb. 3 and reported it.

Police say Artman took the ring to Bridge

Street Jewelers and sold it for $6,000 after telling a gemologist it had belonged to his mother. He received the payment in seven separate checks after telling the gemologist he did not want his ex to notice a large deposit.

On March 19, the New York Police Department positively identified the diamond, which was detached from the ring, and traced it back to Bridge Street Jewelers and Artman.

Artman agreed to come to the Longboat Key Police Department, where he was later arrested.

According to the affidavit, Artman’s work declined over the past several months, and he was fired mid-February, although he continued to work side jobs for various owners. He told police he is addicted to alcohol and prescription drugs.

Artman confessed to between 10 to 45 other incidents of theft, police say.

Artman is currently being held in the Manatee County Jail on a $22,500 bond.

Police hope to charge him for other thefts but don’t believe recovery of additional jewelry is likely.

According to Roberts, Artman often stole one or two pieces of jewelry when three or four pieces were stored together.

In some cases, residents might have believed that they misplaced their valuables.

“Most of them probably didn’t report any of this to us,” she said.

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Letts plans to retire All Faiths campaign targets at the end of season summer hunger locally Letts has not decided on a retirement date but is working with community members to maintain medical services on the Key. Dr. Pamela Letts, owner of the Centre Shops Family Practice and Urgent Care, plans to retire at the end of the season.

“Right now, I can’t be specific about it,” said Letts, who said she is “flexible and negotiable” about her actual retirement date.

Meanwhile, Dr. Laura Balda, a board-certified primary care physician, is visiting the Key to explore the possibility of opening a practice.

Mayor Jim Brown, Letts, Longboat Key Club General Manager Jeff Mayers and members of the Longboat Key Foundation will meet with Balda April 2, at Longboat Key Town Hall. Balda currently practices in Falls Church, Va. Longboat Key Foundation President Bob Simmons could not be reached for comment about what role the foundation could play.

David Novak, a longtime practice management consultant, is facilitating Balda’s visit to the Key. He said he seeks to recruit physician candidates, obtain office space, and bring a new practice up to operational status by September, if possible.

“It is hoped that Dr. Balda will find the opportunity here superior to any others as she, an Englewood native and University of Florida

Medical College graduate, moves back to Florida from her current practice in Virginia,” Novak wrote in an email to Mayor Jim Brown.

Novak said Letts seeks to provide continuity of care.

“The bottom line is, if this practice venture goes ahead either with one or two physicians, Longboat Key will have a full-time practice on the island,” he said.

Letts is a Staten Island, N.Y., native who practiced in Canada for 15 years before moving to the area to be closer to family.

She began practicing at the former Bay Isles Medical Center in 1996. She temporarily began practicing in Sarasota in 2002 before opening the Centre Shops Family Practice and Urgent Care in 2003.

The Bay Isles Medical Center closed in 2005.

For at least four years, residents and town officials have discussed possibilities for maintaining medical services on the Key, where the seasonal nature of the population presents challenges.

They have explored options such as a for-profit clinic that would be affiliated with a foundation, a nonprofit medical center and attempting to partner with Sarasota Memorial Hospital, although nothing has come to fruition.

The new “Campaign Against Summer Hunger” aims to boost food bank donations at a time when need is highest among local children and their families.

Donations to All Faiths Food Bank drop during the summer months as seasonal residents leave town.

Unfortunately, summer is also the time when the food bank is especially hungry for donations. In Sarasota County, approximately 21,000 — or 50% of students — receive free or reduced lunches. These meals stop Harriet Sokmensuer during the summer, when All Faiths board President John Nicholas, GCCF CEO/President school is not in session. As a result, summer is the time Terri Hansen, All Faiths Food Bank CEO Sandra Frank, GCCF when children are most like- Senior Vice President of Philanthropy Veronica Brady and All Faiths board member Keith Monda ly to experience hunger.

To address the need, All Faiths Food Bank launched Food Bank. its first “Campaign Against Summer Hunger” The campaign will seek new ways to expand April 1, which runs through May 10. existing summer food assistance programs in “The summer hunger issue is solvable,” said partnership with Sarasota schools and other All Faiths Food Bank CEO Sandra Frank, at an organizations. Options include serving food at April 1 press conference. “We’re going to need community centers, schools and other places your help.” where children gather for scheduled activities; The campaign encourages local residents to increasing the reach of mobile school-based empty their shelves and make cash donations pantries and backpack distribution throughout to combat seasonal hunger. A new website, the summer; and providing food and assistance SkipALunch.org, accepts online donations and to other programs to expand their capacities. provides additional information.

“Food insecurities for children and families During the campaign, nonperishable food is a fact in this community,” said Teri Hansen, items can be dropped off at any Sarasota Coun- CEO and president of the Gulf Coast Commuty Goodwill or fire station. Donors who want nity Foundation, at the conference. “This is an to have their food drive collections weighed opportunity for you to give from your head and should bring their donations to the All Faiths your heart.”

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Lower speed limit on GMD? One of the characteristics that infects almost all governments is to “make work.”

If there isn’t enough to do, governments are experts at making work to fill a day and justify job existence.

“Make work” has made its way to Longboat Key Town Hall. Here it is: Talking to the Florida Department of Transportation about transforming Gulf of Mexico Drive with multiple crosswalks and a roundabout and converting it from a 45mph state-road throughway to a street with lower speed limits.

This is “make work,” undertaken with the justification of the town’s recent Urban Land Institute report. That report recommended consideration of a roundabout at Broadway on the north end of the Key and installing marked crosswalks at five locations: • North of Monroe Street (adjacent to Buttonwood Plaza, north side); • In the vicinity of Bayport Way; • Between Club Longboat and Sea Grape; • Between Banyan Bay and Centre Shops; • Between Spanish Drive and Binnacle Point Drive.

Sure, motorists often see beachgoers crossing Gulf of Mexico Drive at those locations. But if any of the ULI panel members lived here, they would know it would be a stretch to say that crossing GMD at any of those locations is a serious problem for pedestrians. Common sense tells any pedestrian: The speed limit is 45; cars are going fast; be careful.

What’s more, had any of the ULI panel members lived here for a decade or more, they would know that in the nearly 60 years of Longboat Key as an incorporated town there has never been a public groundswell for crosswalks, roundabouts or lowering the speed limit on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

ULI ON BIKE LANES From the ULI report: “Bike-lane shoulder improvements can be made to provide a minimum five-foot-wide continuous width along GMD. This is important to provide experienced bicyclists protection from 45-mile-per-hour traffic on GMD, particularly from the effects of wind shadows created by large trucks. The existing edge of roadway on GMD does not have a gravel shoulder but directly abuts the grass terrace that normally creeps to extend over the paved bike lane surface. A full five-foot bike lane minimizes the impact of adjacent grass issues with bike lane operation.

“It is also recommended that the existing concrete multiuse path providing shared use for pedestrians and bicyclists ultimately be replaced with a 10-foot-wide continuous asphalt surface with a yellow centerline. The minimum standard for a multiuse path is eight feet, while 10 feet is the desirable width, which is appropriate to the use activity along GMD. A continuous pavement surface provides a smooth, non-jointed ride for bicyclists.”

DONATE YOUR FOOD BEFORE YOU GO

The first wave of Longboat Key’s northbound snowbirds began loading their cars on the transport trucks last weekend.

If you’re one of those snowbirds packing for the trip, or even if you’re going to be around another month, there is one more to-do to put on your checklist before you go: Donate food, or donate money.

As noted on page 9A, All Faiths Food Bank and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation initiated Tuesday a 40-day campaign, from April 1 through May 10, to collect food and cash to feed the region’s needy children during the summer.

The summer is the period when All Faiths Food Bank takes in the least amount of food, and yet has the highest demand among children.

A recent study for the Gulf Coast Community Foundation shows 50%, or 21,000, of Sarasota County public schools’ 41,000 students qualify for government-subsidized lunches.

The Campaign Against Summer Hunger hopes to collect enough food and money

In fact, we recall that when we published in one of our April Fools’ editions FDOT was going to lower the speed limit on GMD to 35 from 45 mph, the response against the lower speed limit bordered on physical outrage — from Longboaters!

If town staffers want to make work that actually would be more justifiable and productive, it would be to address Gulf of Mexico Drive’s bike lanes.

There is far more bicycle traffic on GMD than there is pedestrian traffic. And as all GMD motorists and bicyclists know, the bike lanes, while meeting regulation, are precarious. Particularly given the age range of many of the Longboat Key drivers.

Rather than waste time on lower speed limits and roundabouts, it seems more sensible to begin discussions with FDOT now about adding a foot or more to the bike lanes for the next time Gulf of Mexico Drive is to be resurfaced.

+ How to be mayor of LBK

Apparently, the key to becoming mayor of Longboat Key is simple: Change your name to Jim Brown.

First, congratulations to Mayor Jim Brown for having his peers elect him for a fourth consecutive year as town mayor. with his election, Brown now ties the late James P. “Jim” Brown for serving four con-

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to feed at least 10,000 children during the summer.

As of Tuesday, All Faiths and foundation officials said the campaign had raised $500,000 in cash, an amount the organizations hope at least to match during the 40-day campaign.

If you have non-perishable foods for donation, they can be dropped off at every fire station or Goodwill store or collection center in Sarasota County.

The nearest fire stations on Longboat Key and on Lido, St. Armands and Coon Keys are: • 2162 Gulf of Mexico Drive • 5490 Gulf of Mexico Drive • 47 N. Adams Drive, St. Armands Circle The nearest Goodwill location is 1935 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.

To make a cash contribution, donors can contribute online at SkipALunch.org, or send a check to: All Faiths Food Bank 8171 Blaikie Court Sarasota, FL, 34240 allfaithsfoodbank.org

secutive terms as mayor.

Not related, the two Jims share similar traits that have marked successful Longboat Key mayors: the ability to run orderly meetings; to be respectful of all commissioners and their views; and to move the Town Commission and government forward while serving as a weak mayor with no more power or authority than any of his peers. This is leadership.

+ Information overload

Feeling overwhelmed by today’s media options? Consider this from Adam Thierer of the Progress and Freedom Foundation: In 2010 in the U.S., there were almost 600 cable TV channels; more than 2,200 broadcast TV stations; more than 13,000 radio stations; more than 20,000 magazines; more than 276,000 books published annually; 2.55 million websites; more than 266 million Internet users in North America; 26 million blogs on the Internet; 20 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute; and more than 140,000 apps for the iPhone, iPod and iPad.

+ No joke

By the way, we know many readers often find the comments on this page to be a joke. But all of the above is no joke, not part of our annual April Fools’ antics. J

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tion and change.

The ULI task force has completely ignored the changes to our zoning, which have gratuitously been made by the nucleus of the Town Commission, starting with the Key Club expansion fiasco, which permits the hidden density increase in its population projections. It also ignored any of the hopes, fears and aspirations of the interested (but advocates of keeping Longboat Key as it is) citizenry who volunteered their opinions.

Except for details, which could have been copied from any prognosis given to any anxious community, most is a regurgitation of the Walter Mittyish dreams and aspirations of the instigators of this commission to ULI. This is the host of goodies the body politic has been trying to foist upon us, such as the town center and the community center (complete with gymnasium and wiffleball courts). This is sort of like wanting and having the taxpayers fund “The Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” for these dreams and aspirations.

This writer is not averse to change for the sake of improvement. The Constitution of these United States is an example of the defense of status quo in our nation. It has a very clear

Dear Editor: It has finally hatched.

The $125,000 (plus, plus) egg, ordered by the Town Commission, paid for by the taxpayers, has finally been delivered by the Urban Land Institute. There is now proof that it is an unmitigated waste of taxpayers’ money.

After spending almost a week here, surveying the town and receiving input from the body politic and those of the citizenry who volunteered to be interviewed (and whose input was disregarded), the lead sentence in Page Four of a previous draft, titled “Acknowledgements,” tells it all: “On behalf of the Urban Land Institute, the panel would like to thank Mayor David Brenner and the Longboat Key town commissioners.

As for the rest of the report, it is interesting reading, but mostly boilerplate and a regurgitation of the actions and interests of those who were instrumental in having ordered it. Those politicians and commercial interests who are attempting to steer our island away from being a haven for those who chose it as a highend residential retirement home into this mad dash for revitaliza-

+ Lord’s Warehouse fashion show chairs give kudos Dear Editor: We wish to express thanks to the many supporters of the annual Lord’s Warehouse Fashion Show and Luncheon held March 11 at Longboat Island Chapel.

It was a successful event which raised more than in past years with ticket sales sold out and a full house attending. This year’s, theme, “A Fashion Mystery,” featured guest model H. Terrill Griffin, author of Longboat Key-featured mystery books and a surprise visit by a Longboat Key police officer, as part of the mystery woven into the fashion show. Both were appreciated for their participation in adding a new element to the show. Also kudos to Martha Miller and her kitchen helpers who provided a delicious homemade luncheon enjoyed by all.

Our sincere thanks goes to all volunteers who gave their time and talents to this fundraiser, as well as the generosity of local businesses for their generous donations of gift certificates and prizes.

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Dear Editor: At the first meeting of the newly formed North Beach Property Owners Coalition at the Arts Center in Longboat Key on March 20, I asked the audience whether they thought traffic flow could be improved between the north end of Longboat Key and the Cortez Bridge during peak traffic hours, especially at evening rush hour. Most attendees indicated “yes.” At times, cars are lined up from the north end of Longboat Key all the way to the Cortez Bridge traffic light causing long delays, missed appointments, and angry drivers and passengers.

The following is suggested: • Have police on foot direct vehicle and pedestrian traffic to speed up traffic flow on Gulf of Mexico Drive during peak hours or other times of heavy traffic.

• Have police hold back pedestrians and cars at the Bridge Street roundabout and at the traffic light at Cortez and GMD intersection to increase traffic flow. At the Bridge Street roundabout, the police could hold back pedestrians and cars from Bridge Street for, say, 5 minutes at a time, to let more cars coming north on GMD to pass through.

• Have police wave through more GMD traffic at the GMD and Cortez traffic light intersection to increase throughput of cars going north to Holmes Beach or over the Cortez Bridge.

If possible, increase the green light time for the GMD direction.

• Have the drawbridge at-

tendant on the Cortez Bridge hold off boats seeking passage through the bridge at peak traffic times.

• Have the police at the Cortez Road and 119th street intersection in Cortez wave through more cars to prevent a backup on Cortez Bridge.

I would ask: Can the police chiefs and town mayors of the affected towns work out a Comprehensive Plan to improve traffic flow and reduce the frustration of many motorists along Gulf of Mexico Drive? Police already provide this service for some special town and other private events requiring special police help.

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THE GOOD NEWS // How donors, volunteers and beneficiaries connect

TERRY MCGANNON In a town like Sarasota, which is heavily affected by tourism season, when the summer lull comes along, local businesses are not the only ones to feel the change — nonprofit organizations that rely on volunteers also experience the effects of the offseason.

“Most of our volunteers are retirees,” says Terry McGannon, executive director of Meals on Wheels Sarasota.

“Come Easter, a lot of them go back to their snowbird homes up north. We see a big gap in our drivers, and if we don’t have our volunteers, we’re in a big bind.”

Meals on Wheels Sarasota, a nonprofit organization formed in 1972, delivers an average of more than 500 hot meals each day to Sarasota County residents who qualify as in need. According to McGannon, this need can

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When summer comes and snowbird volunteers head back up north, Meals on Wheels Executive Director Terry McGannon hopes to see more young volunteers taking their place.

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— TERRY MCGANNON be physical, psychological or financial. The main requirement is that the person be in need of food for one reason or another.

The organization relies heavily on its volunteers. On any given day, only five of the 43 people in its downtown location are paid employees.

They work in the kitchen, assisting the chef in preparing hot meals before packing them up and giving them to volunteer drivers, who deliver them on their respective assigned routes.

With summer approaching, McGannon hopes to recruit more volunteer drivers. He especially hopes to appeal to younger, high school-aged volunteers.

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Meals on Wheels Executive Director Terry McGannon hopes to see more young volunteers at the nonprofit organization, which serves up more than 500 hot meals each day to Sarasota County residents. he says. “If they volunteered here over the summer, which would only be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. every morning, they’d have all their hours done. When they first start, it’s a job to them. But when that route becomes theirs, and those people become their people, they’re hooked.

They’ve found a problem in their community they can help solve.”

McGannon, who brought 25 years of experience in banking to the position, says he enjoys applying his business knowledge to the nonprofit sector to help people in need within his own community.

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term and long-term items they want to discuss.”

Zunz and North End Coalition of Property Owners Organizer Denton Crews said the success of the group and its turnout could lead to other coalitions around the Key. “I believe this forum showed that regardless of how people have made their voices heard in the past, it demonstrated that when people come together in a context where they have the same goals, they are likely to be productive in a way town officials can appreciate without having to just hear the controversy,” Crews said.

The north end coalition has at least 10 condo associations that have joined, and the next meeting will be in the fall. The coalition plans to distribute notes from the March meeting and keep members informed through a possible website or a newsletter.

“We want to keep people updated,” Crews said.

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More than 125 people packed the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, two weeks ago to attend the first forum of the new North End Coalition of Property Owners.

So many people attended the March 20 forum that organizers who had set up 75 chairs had to keep adding them, and TO LEARN people lined the MORE walls during the meeting.

For information The forum feaon the north end tured discussion group, email northabout a variety of endcoalitionlbk@ topics, including gmail.com or call beach renour383-0001. ishment, canal dredging and north end redevelopment.

Town Manager Dave Bullock and District 5 Commissioner Pat Zunz updated those in attendance about pressing town issues.

Zunz told the Longboat Observer the majority of those individuals in attendance don’t go to Town Hall to discuss or learn about issues at Longboat Key Town Commission meetings.

“This new group is a means by which people can get together and become better informed and express their ideas,” she said. “It’s what the Urban Land Institute advised us to do, and it’s working.”

Zunz said town-wide meetings don’t attract similar turnouts.

“I think these smaller meetings within communities are a good way to get people together to learn about issues,” Zunz said. “The north end group intends to continue, and they have short-term, mid-

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Voter turnout lower than in past elections Voter turnout in the town’s March 25 general municipal election was the lowest of any year that featured a Longboat Key Town Commission race in five years.

Just 36.29%, or 2,243, of the town’s registered voters cast ballots this year in the election that included two commission races and a referendum question about Sarasota County school funding.

The last commission race that drew a smaller percentage of voters was 2009, when Gene Jaleski defeated incumbent Randy Clair for an atlarge commission seat.

(The 2011 election included two referenda questions, but no commission seats were contested; that election drew 18.68% of voters.)

This year, 1,671 voters cast ballots early or absentee — a slight increase from last year, when 1,603 voters cast ballots early or absentee.

In this year’s election, Irwin Pastor won the District 3 seat with 60.2% of the vote, while Terry Gans was elected to the at-large seat with 57.4% of the vote.

The Sarasota County school tax passed, with 76.79% of county voters voting in favor of it.

TURNOUT TRENDS 2009: Randy Clair vs. Gene Jaleski; $27 million capital improvements bond issuance Registered voters: 6,502 Votes cast: 2,324 Turnout: 35.74%

2010: Lynn Larson vs. Lee Rothenberg; David Brenner vs. Peter O’Connor; Hal Lenobel vs. Phill Younger Registered voters: 6,330 Votes cast: 2,970 Turnout: 46.92%

2011: Term limit referendum question; beach bond referendum Registered voters: 6,296 Votes cast: 1,176 Turnout: 18.68%

2012: David Brenner vs. Ray Rajewski Registered voters: 6,298 Votes cast: 2,334 Turnout: 37.06%

2013: Jim Brown vs. Larry Grossman; Terry Gans vs.

Irwin Pastor; Gene Jaleski vs. Phill Younger Registered voters: 6,263 Ballots cast: 2,509 Turnout: 40.06%

2014: Terry Gans vs. Ray Rajewski; Armando Linde vs.

Irwin Pastor; Sarasota County school tax referendum Registered voters: 6,121 Ballots cast: 2,243 Turnout: 36.29%

seeds of change

by Robin Hartill | News Editor

Key resident seeks to trim Australian pine requirements Tom Churchill believes the town should reassess an ordinance that requires the removal of non-native plant species before developing or redeveloping properties.

The town considers Australian pines a nuisance. So does the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council, which lists the trees on its Category I list of the most invasive plants, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, which prohibits the possession, collection, transportation, cultivation and importation of the species.

The town requires the removal of all Australian pines, along with Brazilian pepper trees and carrotwood to develop or redevelop properties. Opponents of Australian pine removal argue that the trees provide shade and habitat for a variety of nesting birds.

Now, Key resident Tom Churchill is hoping to change the town’s policy and is seeking input from other residents who support the idea.

“All I’m asking the commission to do is use a little common sense and not mandate that every single property that is developed has to be torn down,” he said.

A Club Longboat resident, he lives next to the property at 5005 Gulf of Mexico Drive that is currently being cleared for the planned nine-home Bonaire subdivision. Churchill said that Club Longboat surveyed owners of its 84 units several years ago and found 80% supported keeping the Australian pines.

According to Ralph Hunter’s “From Calusas to Condominiums,” the trees “created a beautiful canopy of green over the road in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, but they soon became a nuisance.”

ABOUT AUSTRALIAN PINES Introduced in the 1800s, these trees are commonly found near beach dunes and shorelines, and are commonly used as landscape buffers. The problem is that although they provide shade and habitat for nesting birds, they crowd out native plants and emit compounds that prevent new native plants from growing.

Source: Sarasota County

Dried pine needles often became a fire hazard, and the trees are tall and have a shallow root system that causes them to fall over during storms and high winds.

They tend to crowd out native plant species when left unmanaged, causing monocultures — i.e. eliminating other types of plants.

Senior Town Planner Steve Schield said the town’s policy has historically been to require developers to remove Australian pines and other non-native species.

“If you drive the south end of the properties, there aren’t many Australian pines,” Schield said, referring to the part of the Key that Arvida Corp. developed.

The town extended the requirement for removal on newly developed or redeveloped single-family lots in 2010.

Churchill plans to speak to the commission at its April 7 regular meeting.

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units slated for planned unit developments (PUDs) like those in the Key Club’s Islandside and Harbourside communities.

There are approximately 600 unused units in Harbourside and approximately 800 unused units in Islandside. The planning board wants to know who can seek to build those undeveloped units.

Islandside Property Owners Coalition (IPOC) President and L’Ambiance resident Bob White told Spikowski at the March 27 hearing that “there’s still an open question on density and whether previous developers have any rights to those units in Islandside and Harbourside,” noting that Arvida Corp. wrote a letter to the town in 2009 during project hearings for the former Key Club applications. In that letter, Arvida claimed it still owned the unused units and didn’t transfer its development rights to those units.

Spikowski called Arvida’s claim “a real stretch” for property Arvida no longer owns.

Walsh said he believes his company, which bought the Key Club in 2012, is in control of the unused units.

Walsh also said he hopes the town preserves the company’s rights to ask for 12-story buildings and 130 feet of height for tourism uses for a future project, which the Comp Plan

currently allows.

However, the current ODP process allows for departures up to eight stories, making it even more confusing for an applicant looking to town codes and plans for clarification.

Spikowski called the building heights in the current code and ODP process “confusing and controversial.”

More than 20 people in attendance at last week’s workshop provided comments to Spikowski and planning staff about the ODP ordinance and some questioned the changes being crafted that will help applicants like the Key Club.

Planning, Zoning and Building Director Alaina Ray told Grossman “the ultimate goal is to rewrite the codes and Comp Plan so the town’s processes and terminology and everything else meets a standard widely recognizable off of this island.”

Spikowski also explained the new ordinance would clarify departure standards, clarify assigned uses in planned unit development districts like Islandside and Harbourside and clarify lot size language.

Spikowsi and planning staff will complete revisions to an ODP ordinance April 7, and the planning board will review the revised ordinance at its April 15 regular meeting and public hearing.

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That was the question Longboat Key resident Larry Grossman asked at a March 27 Outline Development Process (ODP) workshop held to receive public input for upcoming changes to the town’s codes and Comprehensive Plan.

The question served as the starting point for town staff and Bill Spikowski, of Spikowski Planning Associates, who was hired to make changes to the town’s codes.

The ODP process allows applicants to make modifications and ask for departures from town codes to approve projects that town staff otherwise could not consider.

Spikowski made suggestions to a town ordinance at the Planning and Zoning Board’s March 18 meeting, which would allow an applicant such as the Longboat Key Club to submit a future project.

Ocean Properties Vice President Mark Walsh, son of company founder Tom Walsh, told the planning board March 18 that it is his intent to build a future project at the Key Club that fits within the neighborhood and complies with codes.

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The orchids and hibiscus are his favorites, but the garden has new variety on a consistent basis because Zampino’s neighbors have joined the effort.

Together, they share the upkeep, weeding and watering of the section of the fence nearest to their homes.

“And, before you knew it, when people were going away, they’d say, ‘Gee, Joe, would ya put this flower on the fence,’” Zampino said. “And bing, bang, boom, it grew into something beautiful.”

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MARCH 20 PERSONAL SPACE 11:06 a.m. — 1200 block of GMD. Public Service. A property manager showed police a vehicle that was parked in a unit owner’s space. Police determined the vehicle was registered to another unit owner.

The manager said he would contact the owner to tell him to move the vehicle.

NO ONE’S HOME 2:05 p.m. — 3000 block of Grand Bay Blvd. Welfare Check. Police responded to a lost-property complaint but did not get an answer at the resident’s door. The officers received permission from the captain on duty to enter the residence to check on the occupants. No one was inside, and the unit was not disturbed.

DRINKING AND DUCKING 7:17 p.m. — 100 block of Broadway.

Suspicious Person. A man tried to hide from an officer’s view by ducking between two parked cars. He was trying to conceal an open container of beer under one of the cars. Police confiscated his expired driver’s license and gave him a written warning for the open container.

MARCH 21 DOGGIE DON’T 12:09 p.m. — Intersection of Gulf of Mexico Drive and Bayport Way. Dog on the Beach. Police gave a written warning to a woman who was holding her small brown dog on the beach.

MARCH 22 MEDICAL EMERGENCY

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM

Drive. Welfare Check. A woman’s friend became concerned because she did not show up for their tennis date. Her neighbors repeatedly knocked on the door but received no answer. Police entered the woman’s home and found her lying on the bathroom floor but conscious. Firefighter/paramedics transported her to a medical facility.

6:49 p.m. — 600 block of Triton Bend. Code Enforcement. Police warned a man who was doing tractor work after 5 p.m. about the town’s construction-hours ordinance. He did not know about the ordinance and said he would follow it in the future.

Publix before parking his car in his condo’s parking lot. The next morning, he discovered a dent in his vehicle. He believed that a red SUV could have damaged his car, but police found no evidence that his vehicle was hit while parked in the space.

MARCH 25 FORGOT TO LOCK UP 3:06 a.m. — 700 block of Broadway. Security Check. Police found a dining room door unlocked at a restaurant.

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10:55 a.m. — 5100 block of GMD. Civil Disturbance. A woman said that she and a condo president disagreed about the use of an office, and the president changed the locks. Police told her it was a civil matter.

4:23 p.m. — 7000 block of Firehouse Road. Vandalism. A man reported his rental car had been vandalized two or three days ago and showed police scratches and a dent on the vehicle.

MARCH 23

DOUBLE TROUBLE

PLAY WITH FIRE, GET BURNED 9:44 a.m. — 100 block of N. Shore Road. Camping. An 18-year-old man accidentally stepped into a fire he and his friends built while illegally camping on Beer Can Island. One of his friends drove him to a clinic for treatment, and they returned at 1 a.m. to spend the rest of the night in their tent. Police discovered the two men camping the next morning after receiving an anonymous call. Firefighter/ paramedics treated the man’s foot. Police called both of their fathers and gave them written warnings.

GET YOUR OWN CHAIRS 4:10 p.m. — 7000 block of GMD. Civil Disturbance. A resident argued with a man whose four children were lying on chairs that belong to the neighborhood. The man said he thought they could use the chairs as long as they stayed in front of the complex’s beach area. Police told him the chairs were private property, and the man agreed to leave.

ABANDONMENT ISSUE 7:33 p.m. — 600 block of Yardarm Lane.

Abandoned Vehicle. A man reported a suspicious vehicle and said he was concerned because of prior thefts in the neighborhood. Police said they would try to contact the owner.

STORAGE WARS 7:36 p.m. — 2400 block of GMD. Property Damage. A man keeps his bicycle in a locked storage room that only condo residents can access. He found his rear tire flat and seat broken. Another bicycle was damaged approximately two years ago. He wants the condo owners association to put a camera in the room.

MARCH 24 CRYPTIC CRASH 12:07 p.m. — 4400 block of Exeter Drive. Property Damage. A man went to a baseball game, Anna Maria Island and

2:54 p.m. — 6500 block of GMD. Larceny. A man learned from his handyman that someone rifled through two of three vehicles parked on his property, then broke into a shed and stole a bicycle. A similar incident previously occurred on his property.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY 3:52 p.m. — 5100 block of GMD. Rescue. A man took a small sailboat into the Gulf and capsized three times in rough conditions. Officials rescued the man but were unable to find the sailboat.

LOOK UNDER THEIR HOODS 11:33 p.m. — 1000 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A security guard thought he saw someone standing in the parking garage, then noticed three youths standing behind a concrete barrier; the youths ran off after he yelled at them to come to him. He described the youths as white males wearing black hooded sweatshirts.

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‘Discovering Luther’ Lenten Series Lecture — takes place at 2 p.m. at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. Justus Doenecke will present the lecture. The event is open to the public. Call 383-8161.

Rotary Club of Longboat Key — meets at 5:15 p.m. at Cedars Café & Tiki Bar, 645 Cedars Court. To learn more about this opportunity to found a branch of the service and networking organization, contact Sydelle Pittas at 487-7328.

THURSDAY, APRIL 3 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key — meets at 7:30 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club’s Tavern & Whiskey Bar. New members are always welcome. Cost is $10 and includes a breakfast buffet.

Call Donna at 388-2847.

What: Celebrate for a cause at Mote’s sixth annual Party on the Pass, benefiting Mote Marine Laboratory’s hospitals for dolphins, whales and sea turtles. Food, wine and beer will be provided by the Sarasota-Manatee Originals.

Tickets are $85 per person; $1,000 for a table of 10. Resort attire is recommended. RSVP to Jennifer Wagner at jwagner@mote. org or 388-4441, Ext. 324.

Center for the Arts, 6860 Longboat Drive S. The exhibit will feature work by members of the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society and will be on display from April 4 to April 25 in the Joan Durante Gallery. RSVP is required. Call 383-2345 or email lbkca@ringling.edu.

Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition Opening Reception — takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Longboat Key

Turning Points Family Fun Walk — Check-in begins at 4 p.m., and the 1-mile family fun walk begins at 5:30 p.m. at South Coquina Beach.

The event raises money to end homelessness for local children and families. Cost is $20 for adults; $10 for students and children; and $45 per family. Register at turningpointswalk.org.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 13 Centre Shops Spring Festival — takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Centre Shops of Longboat Key, 5300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Find art, antiques, jewelry, sidewalk sales, collectibles, food and live music and entertainment. Proceeds benefit the Longboat Key Historical Society. Call Steff’s Stuff Antiques at 383-1901.

Sarasota Open — takes place from April 12 through April 20, at the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s Tennis Gardens Stadium, 3100 Harbourside Drive. This year’s tournament will begin with qualifying rounds April 12 and April 13, followed by the main draw April 14 to April 18. Women’s and men’s singles finals, as well as the doubles finals, will be held April 19 and April 20. Cost is $5 to $10 for qualifying rounds; $20 to $40 for the main draw; $50 to $100 for finals; and $150 for a general admission pass. For information, visit sarasotaopen.org.

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Longboat Key Democratic Club — meets at 11:30 a.m. at Portofino Restaurant in the Longboat Key Club Harbourside Marina, 2600 Harbourside Drive. Susan MacManus, distinguished professor of political science at the University of South Florida, will speak about “What to Look Forward to in the 2014 Elections.” Cost is $25. RSVP

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Garden Club End of Season Picnic — begins at 11:30 a.m. at Joan M. Durante Park, 5550 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Awards, grants and scholarships will be announced. Call Jackie at 345-4300.

When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19

Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Networking Luncheon — takes place from noon to 2 p.m. at the Chart House Restaurant, 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Cost is $25 for members; $30 for nonmembers. Call 3832466.

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Rotary Club of Sarasota — meets at noon at Marina Jack Restaurant, 2 Marina Plaza, Sarasota. Membership and weekly meetings are by invitation only, but if you are interested in more information, call 302-1567 or email dpilston@excite.com.

— takes place at 2 p.m. Sundays through May 4, at Sarasota Ski-ARees Stadium, 1608 Ken Thompson Parkway. The live water ski show is free. Call 388-1666.

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OBITUARIES Robert Lowell McNulty

Robert Lowell McNulty, 86, of Plymouth Harbor and formerly of Longboat Key, died March 22.

Born Oct. 12, 1927, in Tarkio, Mo., Mr. McNulty graduated cum laude from Tarkio College, in Missouri, and served as student pres-

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ident. He went on to work for Goodrich Tire Co. and spent 33 years with Sears Roebuck in the auditing department. He also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Mr. McNulty was a devoted member of The Church of the Redeemer in Sarasota and appreciated his Friday morning prayer at breakfast.

Mr. McNulty is survived by his wife, Jeanne; stepdaughters, Sandy Walters and Nicki Pfeiffer; and several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to The Church of the Redeemer, 222 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota, FL 34236, or the Plymouth Harbor Endowment Fund, 700 John Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34236.

WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday worship services at 11 a.m. A Maundy Thursday service is at 5:30 p.m.

A Good Friday service is at 7 p.m. Easter Sunday services are at 7, 9 and 11 a.m.

The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor. 3881234.

All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road, holds Sunday worship services at 8 and 10 a.m. Palm Sunday services are at 8 and 10 a.m. A Maundy Thursday service is at 5 p.m. A Good Friday service is at noon. Easter services are at 8 and 10 a.m. The Rev. David Danner is the rector. 383-8161.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive, holds Sunday Masses at 8, 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. During Lent, daily Masses are at 9 and 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, and Saturday Masses are at 9 a.m. and 4 and 6 p.m.

Holy Thursday Mass is at 5:30 p.m. Good Friday stations of the cross are at noon, and the service is at 3 p.m. Saturday Easter vigil is at 8:15 p.m. Easter Sunday services are at 6:30, 8, 9:45 and 11:30 a.m. Msgr.

Gerard Finegan is the pastor. 383-1255.

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA, 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will hold Sunday worship services at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Palm Sunday services and cantatas are at 9 and 10:30 a.m. A Maundy Thursday service is at 7 p.m. Easter Sunday services are at 9 and 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Taylor Hill is the pastor. 383-8833.

Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, holds communion and healing services at 9:45 a.m. and worship services at 10 a.m. Sundays. A Maundy Thursday service is at 5 p.m. A sunrise Easter worship service is at 7 a.m. at Bayfront Park, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive. A regular Easter Sunday service is at 10 a.m. The Rev. Vincent Carroll is the minister. 383-6491.

Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, holds Shabbat services at 8 p.m. Fridays and 5:30 p.m. on the last Friday of the month; and 10 a.m. Saturdays. A Passover Yizkor service is at 10 a.m. April 21.

Jonathan Katz is the rabbi. Call 383-3428.

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive, holds contemporary Sunday worship services at 9 a.m.; fellowship and education at 10 a.m.; and traditional

Note: Easter is April 20. Passover begins the evening of April 14 and ends the evening of April 22.

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+ Town Hall doesn’t trump the happiest place on earth Commissioner Lynn Larson’s three grandchildren, Zander, 9, Zora, 7, and Zoe Ramsey, 5, along with their mother, Lora Ramsey, attended Monday night’s statutory meeting to watch their grandmother be sworn in for another two-year term.

The Ramsey grandchildren, visiting from Marietta, Ga., have enjoyed their stay at the Larsons’ barrier-island household, visiting the beach and playing in the pool. But neither Longboat Key nor Grandma’s swearing in ceremony at Town Hall was as exciting as the next part of their spring break vacation.

“Tomorrow Grandma is taking us to Disney World!” Zora Ramsey said.

+ Kiwanis Foundation to award four grants

+ Christ Church of Longboat Key reaches Turning Point

The Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation announced its second round of grants for the 2014 season.

On April 3, four more organizations will receive funds raised from the 2013 Kiwanis Gourmet Lawn Party and its 2014 Valentine’s Day Dinner Dance. Receiving grants are the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida Council and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Manatee counties. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) is a Kiwanis International partner, as well.

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian has a new mission: the Bradenton organization Turning Points, which aims to help men, women and children who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. It provides individuals in need with a daily meal, housing and utility assistance, life-skills training, employment services and more.

Turning Points is hosting a 1-mile walk April 5, at South Coquina Beach and is in need of walkers and sponsors. It’s $10 to sponsor a child for the race, one who otherwise could not afford to participate. There will be free food, Zumba, music and other family activities.

“We’re very excited about this organization and hope other churches and the community of Longboat will be as well,” said Sue Wertman, of Christ Church.

For information, visit TPManatee.org.

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Save Our Seabirds held its annual Sunset Soirée March 28, at The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory. Now in its third year, the event included live entertainment, a silent

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When Bonnie Chisling began sculpting the bust of a young man, she had no idea how significant it would become. In her words, what became of the piece was “bashert,” a Yiddish word meaning “meant to be.”

The piece was born during a sculpting session when a group of artists were sculpting busts of a young man.

One artist suggested that they make the busts into soldiers, and while others beKelsey Grau gan to pick from the military branches, Chisling explored a Gene Sweeney, Bonnie Chisling and Russ Carthy with Chisling’s sculpture, “Tribute to the Everyday Soldier.” different path.

“I’m coming from a backand forth three or four times, and that’s ground where I absolutely hate war and I don’t like violence, but probably the toughest kind of life.”

The completed work was featured in I’ve always felt it was important to honor those who were in the field,” Chisling the recent Community Juried Exhibition said. “And no one has ever honored the at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a everyday soldier. The guy who’s in com- Division of Ringling College of Art & Debat and out there every single day, doing sign, but is now looking for a new home.

Chisling reached out to Gene Sweeney, the grunge work.”

But when Chisling met veteran Russ founder of Salt of the Earth and co-foundCarthy on the golf course at the Longboat er of the Liberator Foundation, to find the Key Club, she knew her sculpture, “Trib- best place for the sculpture. It will stay in ute to the Everyday Soldier,” was meant to Florida, but Sweeney is still unsure of exactly where it will be on display. be a collaboration.

“There are a couple of locations that The two began discussing Chisling’s piece and, feeling inspired, Carthy wrote I’m talking to at this point,” said Sweeney.

“We’re talking to some folks in Tampa and a poem to complement it.

“In my mind, it was about the soldiers in Venice, as well as right here in Sarasotaof today who are putting down their brief- Manatee.”

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BRIGHT & CHEERY 2BR/1.5BA, offering breakfast bar in kitchen. Features carport, plenty of storage, covered sliding glass door entry. Active 55+ community with deeded beach access. $93,500 Mary Moore & Dia Wilson #M5836031

GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO OWN on Longboat Key at a fraction of the cost. Turnkey furnished, oversized living room, laminate floors, deeded beach access, marina, fishing pier, active friendly community. $129,900 Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5838013

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

FAIRWAY BAY TOWNHOUSE 2BR/2.5BA, living room w/fireplace, vaulted ceiling & skylights, 1 car gar.w/ tandem pkg. for 2 cars, heated pool & spa, tennis, clubhouse & deeded beach access. $389,000 Margot Robinson #A3992563

CHARMING POOL HOME WITH 3BR/2BA, vaulted ceiling in great room, chef’s kitchen w/SS appl., wood burning fireplace, built-in bookcases & more! Walk to beach, bay, boat ramp & fishing pier. $594,500 Lissy LaFlamme #M5843715

2BR/2BA FABULOUS FULL GULF FRONT condominium. Great income rental potential. Updated, turnkey furnished and ready for immediate occupancy. $619,900 Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5842686

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TANGERINE BAY CLUB - Gorgeously L’ELEGANCE - Experience elegant living in appointed 3BR/3.5BA penthouse residence with this turnkey furnished condominium residence on lake views! Stunning architectural details and Lido Beach with 2BR/2.5BA plus den. Pet friendly! $849,000 $924,500 numerous upgrades.

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BEAUTIFUL DEEP WATER LOT in the secluded community of Hideaway Bay. Cul-de-sac peninsula style lot with deep sailboat water on 3 sides. Great location to build your dream home. $995,000 Kelly Belisle #M5836272

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Phoenix - Golden Gate Point Stunning sunsets, style, and sophistication from this 3,785 square foot Bay front residence with three full bedrooms plus a media room, three full baths and a powder room. Rarely available! Being sold completely furnished. $2,395,000

N 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. $3,740,000

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

Fairway Bay Atruim - Direct Bay Front Sweeping Bay views from this completely redone 3BR/2BA partially furnished residence at the Atrium. Walk down right to the pool from your private waterfront terrace! Granite surfaces, Porcelean tile floors, custom lighting and wood built-in’s. $839,000 Promenade - Longboat Key Gulf Front Style, Sophistication, Simply a WOW on the Beach! Completely redone with sweeping Southwest views of the Gulf & Sarasota city skyline. Located on the 8th floor, 2BR/2BA & a 23’ terrace. $998,000

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

Grand Bay I - Views Views Views Updated 9th floor Cayman plan residence with 3BR /3.5 BA, soaring 11’ ceilings, and new wood floors. Enjoy sunrises on Sarasota Bay AND glorious sunsets on the Gulf of Mexico! $1,575,000

Grand Bay III - Incredible Views Never lived in custom-designed 2BR + office/3BA apartment on the 3rd floor with sparkling Bay and city views. 2 garage parking spaces included. $1,149,000

Siesta Key - Norsota Way Unique gated Bay front jewel walled-in 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. $1,890,000

On the Gulf - Longboat Key Gated estate on nearly 2 acres with 150’ of pristine beach front on the Gulf of Mexico, built in 2007. 7 BR/6.5 BA, elevator, 2-story library, separate attached guest wing, 4-car garage. $8,900,000

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

Shows like a model. $1,299,000

Siesta Cove - Siesta Key Waterfront 3- story coastal home located on a quiet cul-de-sac with 4BR/5BA has glorious water & tropical views from each level. 4,764 SF with private dock. $1,545,000

Mainland Sarasota - Waterfront Value Beautiful custom built 3BR residence with study and rec room is set back on a 1/2+ acre lot and has water views from most every room! 3-car garage and private dock. $875,000

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Corey’s Landing - Beauty on the Bay Rarely available stand alone home with 3 bedrooms+ family room, 3.5 baths with 18’ ceilings directly on Sarasota Bay. Bring your boat to your new private boat dock. 2-car garage. $1,829,000 $1,729,000

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by Kelsey Grau | Community Editor

Spanish Main continues tasty tradition Spanish Main Yacht Club packed the clubhouse March 27 for its 10th annual fish fry that served up freshly caught Spanish mackerel. The event has grown from a gathering of 20 friends 10 years ago to a crowd of more than 200 people, bringing together various communities of Longboat Key.

Eleanor McConnell, Hemma Fraser and Pet Gentner

Lou Salemi and Ron Cole started the fish fry after a great day of fishing 10 years ago.

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Longboat Key Condo (G6 Building) Partially Updated, Move-in ready 2BD, 2BA Seaplace Offers 2 Pools, 1 Kiddie Pool, 2 Hot Tubs, 3 Tennis Courts, and more! MLS#: A3985138

the one you’ve been search for! Located within the Villages At Pinetree Spruce Pine Enclave, Move-in ready 4BD, 3.5BA Home features over $109,000 in upgrades since 2010 Salt water pool with energy efficient heat pump MLS#: A3988637

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Seaplace Assoc. Longboat Key Condo (G6 Building) Many Updates, Move-in ready 2BD, 2BA Offered Turnkey Furnished, Seaplace Offers 2 Pools, 1 Kiddie Pool, 2 Hot Tubs, 3 Tennis Courts, and more! MLS#: A3987966

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Our thanks to these Realtors for their continued loyalty and partnership!

Roger Pettingell Barbara Ackerman • Candy Swick • Cheryl Loeffler • Lynne Koy • Judy Kepecz-Hays Linda Dickinson • Joel Schemmel • Bruce Myer • Ian Addy • Reid Murphy • Maureen Horn

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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014

by Kelsey Grau | Community Editor

The Key of Sea Chorus gathers before performing its final show of the season.

April Special for Snow Birds!

Save 25% on 3 day or longer stays in remaining Gulf front cottages at Wicker Inn on Longboat Key!

Key of Sea Chorus gives its final performance The Key of Sea Chorus held its final performance of the season March 25, at The Players Club. The crowd was treated to many Broadway hits, as well as popular golden oldies.

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TANGERINE BAY #431 - 3BR+LOFT/3.5BA Penthouse with superb kitchen updates, pleasing lake views and two car garage $924,500

SANCTUARY II #B205 - 3BR/2.5BA home with direct Gulf views. Turn key furnished. $1,595,000

#1002N - Beautifully renovated 10th floor 2BR/2BA Penthouse furnished turn-key. Gulf to Bay views. $699,000

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VIZCAYA #3C1 - 4BR/4.5BA Gulf front with private pool, walk down to beach & oversized 2-car garage. $3,995,000

SABAL COVE - 3BR+Den/4.5BA home with wide open floorplan and views over lake of Harbourside Blue golf course. $1,995,000

LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS #804S - Elevated 2BR/2BA end residence with open floorplan and panoramic views. $1,149,000

530 HARBOR POINT RD - Freshly manicured canal front lot in Bay Isles Harbor Section. $1,495,000

360 NORTH - 280 N. Shore Road #6 - Three levels of splendor amid the northernmost beach of Longboat Key. $849,000

ATRIUM #535 - COASTAL CHIC Furnished 3BR/2.5BA remodeled condominium home with 2 parking spaces. $1,349,000

LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS #802N - Stunning 8th fl, 2BR/2BA residence with east and west balconies. $970,000

1400 HARBOR SOUND DRIVE - Vacant lot with picturesque $1,249,000 waterway view to the Bay. $1,249

SANCTUARY IV #303 - 2BR+Den/2.5BA furnished home with partial Gulf views from large wrap around terrace. $890,000 LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS #803S - 2BR/2BA residence offer$849,000 ing Gulf, Bay, golf course and downtown views.

SEAGATE #14D - 2BR/2BA with direct, elevated Gulf views $749,000 from this 14th floor, finely detailed home.

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GRAND BAY #354 - 3BR/3FULL/2HB, 5th floor residence with panoramic Gulf and Bay views. Includes 2 covered parking spaces. $1,149,000 GRAND BAY #344 - Bay, golf and mooring views from this 2BR+Den/3Full/2Half Bath, 4th floor residence. $1,049,000

BEACHPLACE BLDG. 8-202 - Direct Gulf residence with awesome beach to water views. $712,500

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES - 572 Ranger Lane, 2BR+Den/3BA canal front pool home with boat dock. $769,000

ISLANDER CLUB #22S - 2BR/2BA, furnished home with $525,000 pleasing Gulf views and one carport.

2043 HARBOUR LINKS DRIVE - 3BR/2.5BA courtyard villa with 2-car garage and pleasant golf course views. $499,000

SUNSET BEACH #1401 - Furnished 2BR/2BA, 4th floor home $499,000 with poolside and Gulf views.

LONGBOAT KEY MOORINGS - The west coast’s largest marina has a 45’ slip just for you! $74,500

SEAPLACE M1 #105 -Updated, furnished 2BR/2BA. $399,000

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

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KEY NINERS MEMBER-GUEST EVENT. Bunny Skirboll, Peggy Costello, Bonnie Chisling, Hannah Weinberg, Andi Munzer and Sandra Leshman attended the Key Niners event March 11, at the Longboat Key Club’s Islandside golf course.

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LONGBOAT HARBOUR. Longboat Harbour residents enjoyed desserts and drinks while enjoying the legendary music of Patsy Klein at a March 28 tribute show performed by Barbara Van Eycken.

GARDEN CLUB. The Longboat Key Garden Club chose the Child Protection Center as the recipient of its annual book presentation program, which was made possible by a $1,000 club donation and the assistance of Bookstore1.

Pictured are Dr. Gale Kelley, Child Protection Center clinical director, Mary Miller, Garden Club chairwoman of book donations, Bookstore1 Event Manager Elsie Souza and Garden Club President Madelyn Spoll.

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Three-bedroom Sleepy Lagoon BUILDING PERMITS home sells for $3.25 million

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of March 21 through March 27, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

The following residential real estate transactions took place between March 17 and March 21.

A home in Sleepy Lagoon tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Pamela Lipkin, of New York City, sold her home at 6221 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Paul and Sarah Karon, of Longboat Key, for $3.25 million. Built in 1946, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,189 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.2 million in 2010.

Bay Isles

Medoc LLC sold the home at 3461 Bayou Sound to KDL Investments LLC for $1,785,000. Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, two baths, two half-baths, a pool and 2,893 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $850,000 in 2004.

Sanctuary IV at Longboat Key Club

Melvin Rhinelander sold the Unit A802 condominium at 535 Sanctuary Drive to Douglas and Wilma Eden, of Edina, Minn., for $1.61 million. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,580 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $525,000 in 1990.

Photo courtesy of Reid Murphy

This home at 6221 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $3.25 million.

Ohio, sold their Unit 15B condominium at 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Wendy Anderson, of Ontario, Canada, for $785,000.

Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,470 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $662,500 in 2003.

Longbeach

Charles Gerber, trustee, of Okatie, S.C., sold the Unit 21 condominium at 7095 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Daniel and Antonia Pavlovich, of Lake Mary, for $560,000.

Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,352 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $160,000 in 1986.

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Grand Bay

James and Debbie Rand, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 381 condominium at 3030 Grand Bay Blvd. to Geraldine George, trustee, of Copley, Ohio, for $1.45 million. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,781 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.06 million in 2011.

Dennis Bayard and Dorothy Bayard, trustees, of Hubertus, Wis., sold the Unit 202 condominium at 5645 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Peter and Janice Helms, of Paupack, Pa., for $550,000. Built in 1985, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,346 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $415,000 in 2000.

Sea Gate Club

James and Geraldine George, of Akron,

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Address Permit 540 Harbor Gate Way Re-roof

3330 GMD Re-roof Alteration 567 Bay Isles Road 6550 Bayou Hammock Road Re-roof 2252 Harbour Court Drive Alteration 1211 GMD Alteration 1485 GMD Alteration

Bathroom 1975 GMD alteration 1211 GMD Alteration 744 Jungle Queen Way Lift and dock 649 Dream Island Road Re-roof 590 Bowsprit Lane Re-roof 618 Bayview Drive Pool cage 1281 GMD Alteration Pool cage 548 Bayview Drive

Windows, shutters and doors 100 Sands Point Road 410 GMD Boat lift

Sliding glass door replacement 549 Cutter Lane 6800 GMD Windows 560 Yawl Lane Re-roof 500 Spinnaker Lane Doors

Alteration 620 Halyard Lane 561 Cutter Lane Hurricane shutters 570 Golf Links Lane New fuel tank 2630 Harbourside Drive Temporary event 5380 GMD Temporary event

Applicant Harry Eisenberg, trustee Longboat Arms Condo Association Temple Beth Israel

Amount $93,500 $92,326 $89,510

Edward Kolodzieski Elizabeth Colebrook, trustee Frank Mandell Diana Rao, trustee

$65,192 $37,500 $36,000

Rick Davis Szilard Kiss John Rattigan Jr. Douglas Lyssy Paul Jaffe, trustee William Hoff Primrose LLC James Hayworth

$28,500 $19,750 $16,707 $15,705 $14,950 $12,000 $10,982 $10,038

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Silvana Nandin $4,985 Annette D’Arcangelis $3,895.95 David Cuthell $3,500 Patrick Gaughan $3,333 Mary Ramsey Residential Partnership LLP $3,000 Franklin Ward $2,148 John Hoskins N/A U.S. Tent Rental N/A Steff’s Stuff N/A

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5362 Sandhamn Pl #A3985643 $3,400,000 Connie Lyke Brown Pa

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8956 Bloomfield Blvd #A3994864 $975,000 Susan Mcleod

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-4445

575 Sanctuary Dr # 403 #A3993941 $949,000 Carol Cohen Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-356-3829

1205 S Orange Ave #A3974901 $947,205 John Allaman

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-232-4200

4765 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A101 #A3974666 $3,150,000 Nell Leffel

3060 Grand Bay Blvd # 124 #A3979353 $899,500 Kathleen Carbone P.A.

Longboat Key 941-966-8000 941-228-8429

15986 Cutting Horse Trl #A3934609 $899,000 Michele C Burnett

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-928-1542

3010 Grand Bay Blvd # 415 #A3983643 $859,000 Julie Klick

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524 Gunwale Ln #A3991398 $849,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

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2105 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 3204 #A3995170 $745,000 Susan Fox

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1145 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 202 #A3984416 $739,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

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2105 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 3403 #A3992589 $699,000 Christina Landry

600 Yardarm Ln #A3994184 $1,100,000 Dan Freed

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

3070 Grand Bay Blvd # 641 #A3989376 $669,000 Carol Aviles

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-6777

Longboat Key 941-966-8000 941-735-0770

2525 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 4B #A3993027 $649,000 Tom Delaney

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

3080 Grand Bay Blvd # 522 #A3991522 $625,000 Kathleen Callender

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-321-3115

1095 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 103 #A3993340 $609,000 Klaus Lang

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-320-1223

5533 Carmona Pl #A3994491 $439,900 Susan Katanic

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-400-0601

4747 Carrington Cir #A3994391 $439,000 Marie Monsky

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-350-3245

1287 Western Pine Cir #A3995152 $379,900 Jessika Arman

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-587-4202

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

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

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

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

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By Robin Hartill | News Editor

+ Ben & Jerry’s to hold Free Cone Day

Courtesy photo

Ben & Jerry’s Annual Free Cone Day is noon to 8 p.m.

April 8, at the St. Armands Circle location, 372A St. Armands Circle.

Donations will be collected for WSLR radio 96.5, Sarasota’s community radio. For information, call 388-5226.

Sarasota Yacht Club General Manager Bernhard Kloppenburg and Anthony Puccio, executive chef and food and beverage manager

mined by qualifying scores from the questionnaire on a 100-point scale.

+ SYC receives International Wine Society Award of Merit

+ Chiles Restaurant partners with Southeastern Guide Dogs

Sarasota Yacht Club recently received the Club Managers Association of America’s (CMAA) International Wine Society Award of Merit that recognizes the country’s best club wine programs.

“We’re very proud of our wine society, which allows our members to learn about and taste wine from all over the world and have fun while doing so,” said Bernhard Kloppenburg, Sarasota Yacht Club general manager, in a news release. “We are honored to be recognized by the CMAA’s International Wine Society after our first attempt entering our wine club program for consideration, and are grateful to executive chef and Food and Beverage Manager Anthony Puccio, who has been instrumental in helping us develop the program.”

Puccio submitted photo copies of the club’s full wine menu, by-the-glass menu and wine inventory for consideration for the award, along with an official entry form, questionnaire and cover letter detailing the club’s wine program. Awards were deter-

The Chiles Restaurant Group has a new partnership with Southeastern Guide Dogs that aims to help the organization raise funds for its services to the visually impaired community.

Each of the Chiles Group’s three restaurants — Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub on Longboat Key, the Sandbar on Anna Maria and BeachHouse on Bradenton Beach — will give diners the chance to make a $1, $5 or $10 donation or another amount to add to their checks.

The Chiles Group aims to raise $15,000 to sponsor and name three Southeastern puppies — one for each of its restaurants.

The Chiles Group will kick off the partnership at a launch party from 5:30 to 8 p.m. April 10, at the Sandbar, 100 Spring Ave., Anna Maria. Southeastern puppies will greet guests at the event, which also includes light refreshments and a cash bar. For information, visit groupersandwich.com.

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

637 Spanish N Dr #A3976185 $239,500 Maruta Miluns

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

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-374-9702

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

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4340 Falmouth Dr # 304 #A3993933 $254,900 Michael Moulton

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

2016 Harbourside Dr # 346 #A3994887 Diann Thelen

Longboat Key $4,800 941-552-4200

4325 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 406 #A3994881 Diann Thelen

4401 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 203 #A3992636 $298,500 Sandi Layfield

2633 Pursell Cir #A3986454 $224,900 Sherri Mills

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

669 Halyard Ln #A3991643 $2,875,000 Kelly Quigley & Linda Dickinson

Longboat Key 941-966-8000 941-356-9954

571 Putting Green Ln #A3984052 $1,995,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

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

593 Kingfisher Ln #A3993593 $1,899,000 Jaime Barcelo

Longboat Key 941-966-8000 941-275-3233

1281 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 1104 #A3963869 $1,895,000 Hannerle Moore

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

609 Triton Bend #A3990694 $1,774,900 Barbara Najmy

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

3532 Mistletoe Ln #A3981859 $1,699,000 Marcia Salkin

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

531 Yardarm Ln #A3980172 $1,599,000 Maureen Horn & Bill Weed

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

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

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

1630 Arlington St #A3994363 $1,475,000 Barbara May

Sarasota 941-388-4447 404-822-9264

3349 Sabal Cove Way, Bay Isles #A3971449 $1,037,000 Judy Nimz

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

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

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-350-7112

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4600 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 203 #A3993106 $335,000 Sharon Freeman

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

Longboat Key $3,500 941-552-4200

1075 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 101 #A3976216 Diann Thelen

Longboat Key $1,750 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 5030 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3980709 $4,500,000 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

White Sands of Longboat whitesandsoflongboat.com 800.230.2428

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HEALTHCALENDAR REID MURPHY Luxury on the Water

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

To submit a listing for the health calendar, email Kelsey Grau at kgrau@yourobserver.com. Please include the time, date, location, cost and any other relevant information.

Call REID Today!

941.232.3304

www.reidmurphy.com

POSITANO GULF FRONT

3BR/3BA Southern Exposure Corner Penthouse with three terraces. Gulf to Bay views.

3319 sq.ft. directly on the beach.

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‘Discover the Revitalizing Power of Light’ Presentation — takes place from 2 to 3:30 p.m. April 2, at Bayfront Park Recreation Center, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Wes Burrell, certified quantum biofeedback specialist, will discuss the science and history of light energy and how LED light energy application can benefit your health. For information, call Joanna Giles at 928-202-5057 or Nancy Jenkins at 685-9885.

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Massage 4 Two — takes place from 3 to 4:30 p.m. April 7, April 21 and April 28, at Longboat Island Chapel’s Aging in Paradise Resource Center, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Massage therapists Liz Yerkes and Elaine Dohms will teach this class, which will teach couples to give a healthy massage. Learn techniques for reducing blood pressure, respiration and heart rates. Call 383-6493.

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Blood Pressure Screenings — are offered from 9 to 11:30 a.m. daily at Longboat Key Fire Rescue, 5490 Gulf of Mexico Drive. On occasion, personnel may not be available to provide the service if they are on a fire/rescue call. Call 3161944.

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COUNTRY CLUB SHORES $1,670,000 Beautifully decorated living area. Tropical pool, deepwater dock, canal & bay views.

LOCATION! LOCATION! $1,200,000 3 BR/3 BA Country Club Shores on sailboat water. Close to everything!

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Community Cancer Support Group — meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays, at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. The group welcomes cancer patients, long-term survivors and caregivers. Call 383-8192.

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Shifting Sands Support Group — meets from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays at

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3BR PENTHOUSE CORNER LOCATION $325,000 Two large private porches, no shared walls in Gulf to Bay community w/ beach, boat dock & fishing pier.

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME ON LONGBOAT KEY Wide canal lot on Dream Island Rd. $875,000 Deep water canal in Sleepy Lagoon $600,000

Neuro Challenge Gentle Yoga & Relaxation — takes place from 10:30 a.m. to noon April 4, at Longboat Island Chapel’s Aging in Paradise Resource Center, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The class aims to improve strength, balance, flexibility and endurance. It is appropriate for individuals with neuromuscular issues such as Parkinson’s disease.

Call 383-6493.

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Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

The group provides an opportunity to discuss issues related to personal and/ or health concerns; give and receive emotional, spiritual and practical support; and exchange information in a confidential setting. Call 383-6491.

Tai Chi Class — takes place at 10 a.m. Fridays, at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road.

Call 383-8161.

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 Transitions Support Group — meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road. The group is free and open to individuals in the community who are experiencing changes in their life. Call 383-8161.

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Certified Residential Specialist

Licensed Real Estate Broker

#1 Michael Saunders agent on Longboat Key 2013 SLEEPY LAGOON BAYSIDE ESTATE $2,375,000 Approximately 2 acres, gated drive, tennis, deepwater dock.

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES $2,250,000 LIGHTHOUSE POINT SPECTACULAR $5,500,000 4BR custom home w/designer finishes. Deepwater Private master + 3 guest suites. Fabulous indock w/lift. door/outdoor living.

DREAM ISLAND ROAD $1,623,000 4BR canal home on sailboat water w/dock & lift.

BAYFRONT POINT 4BR ESTATE $8,200,000 One private acre+ separate guest house. Boat docks.

SPECTACULAR BAYFRONT ESTATE $8,700,000 5BR 10,000 sq. ft. masterpiece. Views plus dock.

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

SANDERLING ON SIESTA - Rare over one acre 200’ gulf front estate in a private gated community. $5,650,000

OAKS BAYSIDE ESTATE - Spectacular 8,500sf residence designed & built by famed architect Bo MacEwen. A3993216 $2,675,000.

OAKS BAYSIDE - Courtyard residence that has been beautifully remodeled and replumbed. A3986008 $699,000

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES - Canal front lot in this desirable south end LBK neighborhood. A3986400 $575,000

BIRD KEY - Beautifully renovated 4BR canal front residence incl. the kitchen, bathrooms and flooring. A3989659 $1,750,000

440 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228 Office 941.383.7591 | Mobile 941.928.3559 | SarasotasFinestProperties.com 137826

GRAND MARINER BAYSIDE $1,600,000 - $2,400,000 Luxury 3,200 - 3,600 SF 3BR condos with boat docks.

CASEY KEY - Spectacular extensively remodeled gulf to bay residence on 1.25 acres. A3968932 $4,595,000

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WESTWAY ESTATE ON NEW PASS $8,500,000 4BR home + 4BR guest house. 210’ frontage with dock.

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Ann Shako, Premier Sotheby’s President/CEO Judy Green and Mayor Jim Brown cut the ribbon in front of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty’s new office in the Shoppes of Bay Isles.

Premier Sotheby’s celebrates opening at Shoppes of Bay Isles

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TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

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Tuesday, March 25

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90 (1929)

32 (1915)

Wednesday, March 26

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Sunday, March 30

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Monday, March 31

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1 Port of Iraq 6 Famous fiddle, for short 11 Ladybug’s lunch 16 Kitchen meas.

19 “The door’s open!”

20 City at the foot of Mount Carmel 21 Knock it off 22 Former heavyweight champ 23 Not earning one’s wages, in a way 26 Gene sharers 27 Dispense 28 Certain noble’s domain 29 Pretentious syllables 31 With a fresh start 32 Aromatherapy setting 34 Flowery necklace 35 Reed instrument 37 Army chow 38 Notable boy king 39 Plumed wading bird 41 City in India 42 Mesa relatives 45 Microorganism’s locomotion appendages 47 Prepare to ice skate 51 500 sheets of paper 53 Bad ___ (German resort) 54 Lively tune 56 Store cremated remains 57 Recharge one’s batteries 59 Vietnam’s capital 60 Participate in an election 61 Small snapshot?

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30 Ringing up, oldstyle 33 What opposites do 35 Muscle spasm 36 Chair parts 40 Faint flicker 42 Frank holder 43 “Oh no, a mouse!”

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108 Diet-food label word 111 Brick measure?

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Items Under $200 For Sale

Furnishings

Homes For Rent

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

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BRAND NEW Serta Queen Pillowtop Mattress Set. Willing to sacrifice for $150. Need to sell quickly!

(941)387-4810.

1600/SQ.FT. LONGBOAT Key: 55+, bright and cheery, beach facing ground level, sunset plus water views, updated, 1 car garage, patio, granite/ stainless kitchen. $1750/mo. +utilities.

941-232-1357.

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal

ANTIQUE ROCKING chair: black/brown woven seat/back insert, perfect, $45. 941−355−7524.

CAR SEATS Dodge, $100. Forbes 48,000 quotes on Business Life Practices, $15. (941) 739−8758 DR. FUJI Back and Neck Massager. Multiple programs, heat. $150. (941) 465−1247.

GLASS SHELVES: (2) brand new, decorative, 30'' long x 5'' wide. $150 for both. 941-387-1415.

REFRIGERATOR: WHITE, medium size, clean, $75. 941-387-8229.

TELESCOPE: CELESTRON. Asking $175 O/B/O. 941-383-2444.

WALL HANGING: Sherry Bingaman’s. Silks, cottons, wools, linens. Rug weave, rya knots. 60”x28”. $200. 941-953-5222.

WARDROBE: ANTIQUE, excellent condition, dark wood, 4 drawers, 2 mirrors, $150. Call 941-795-7598.

Autos For Sale 2005 INFINITI G35 Sedan. 61,000 Miles, garage kept, excellent condition. $11,000. 941-383-8079 CADILLAC DEVILLE DHS 2001: one owner, 70K miles, dealer serviced, senior driven, loaded, 2 tone silver, $5800. Call 941-778-3687.

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

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale FOR RENT: Dry dock boat slip at the Boathouse (dockside LBK). Accommodates 29.5/ft. powerboat. Annual rental $4500 (less than market). Call 708-220-8888, E-mail: jstone@petitami.us

LBK MOORINGS; 45’ slip near bay for rent by owner. Good monthly or longer rates.

941-383-3103.

LONGBOAT KEY Moorings Boat Slip for Rent.

Yacht Club Slip N-7, accommodates up to 45 ft.

Boat with Electric, Water, Wi-Fi, Laundry Room & some Club Amenities. $450/mo.

941-928-1542.

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

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 Boat Sales Are Very Good. Season is in full swing.

We are sold out again. Consignment boats are needed. “We also Buy boats”. 941-228-3489. www.Islandboatsales.net .

ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232 UNIQUE, ERGONOMIC friendly Kayaks. www.wavewalk.com. Kayaks are now available on the Keys. Call Tom or Ari for your free Sarasota Bay demo. 941-524-7272.

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TWIN LOVESEAT, sleeper sofa, like new, beige tweed, originally $900. Asking $200. Twin headboard, bed frame, Serta box spring and mattress, like new. Asking $200. Both for $350.

941-383-7771.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE & DEMOLITION SALE Friday, April 4 - 8:45a.m.-2p.m.

Saturday, April 5 - 8:45a.m.-12 629 Dundee Lane Key Royale Anna Maria Island Nice Florida style contents: Sofa bed & love seat, king, queen & trundle bed sets (no bedding), dinette & dining sets, leather sofa, china cabinet, pool furniture, coffee & end tables, pairs of lamps, pictures, white Kenmore stove, side by side refrigerator, washer, dryer, microwave oven; water heater, blinds, curtains, fans, bath fixtures & cabinets, kitchen & garage cabinets, interior doors, china & glass, linens, kitchenware. Exterior items like windows, garage door, exterior doors can only be removed at time of demolition.

Sale by Julie McClure Pix: estatesales.net

General Merchandise FOR SALE: Wine Collection, 90 bottles. Opus 1, 1983-1992. Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, 1983-1989. Will sell by the bottle, or complete collection. 941-954-4567.

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St. Armands Best home is 4,757 sq.ft., Very open & spacious, southside pool.

Convenient to Lido Beach & Opera.

Asking $1,800,000 Glenn Callaghan, LLC Re/Max Alliance 941-928-9020 SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE. One of a kind, 3BR/2BA, deep water dock, private road, large wooded lot on Siesta Key. $2.5/MIL. Call owner for details, 941-349-4835.

Open House OPEN HOUSE 840 Tarawitt Dr., LBK Saturday and Sunday, 1a.m.-4p.m.

Brokers paid. Waterfront: spectacular views. $1,239,000. www.tarawittdrive.com Take a look!

941-650-9761

Out-of-State Property CABO SAN LUCAS: 2000/sq.ft. villa, ocean side, view of Lands End, 2BR/3BA, sleeps 8, fully furnished. Fractional Ownership. $185K. Ruth Brown, 330-466-8619.

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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, $5200/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

L’AMBIANCE, LONGBOAT Key Club: Beach front 2/bedroom, 3/bath condo on high floor with 270° views over the Gulf of Mexico, Sarasota Bay and LBK Club. Sunrises, sunsets over the water thru floor to ceiling windows in all rooms. View at: www.thephotos.smugmug.com/WaterFront/LBKCondo

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Open Sun 1-4pm 3602 Fair Oaks Ln Sarasota, Bird Key $4,495,000 4/5.5 Roger Pettingell 941-387-1840 MLS#A3991331

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Longboat Key, Sleepy Lagoon $767,800 3/2 Mirta Klauber 941-387-1817 MLS#A3992514

Longboat Key, Pelican Harbour $749,000 2/2 Phil Schneider 941-387-1889 MLS#A3994371

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MLS#A3988498 73035 Stoneybrook $214,900 Charles Offer, 941-388-3966 Picture yourself in this comfortable 2BR/2BA condo in a gated community. MLS#A3995095 44992

Longboat Key, Harbour Oaks $599,000 3/2.5 Tammy Garner 941-374-4161 MLS#A3994023 35843

Willow Links $145,000 Babette Paige, 941-388-3966 Beautifully updated 2BR/2BA condo, end unit, first floor. Two heated pools. MLS#A3994776 44994 Orchid Oaks $138,900 Anna Rees, 941-387-1814 Charming 2BR/2BA condo in Orchid Oaks, directly located on Phillipi Creek! MLS#A3992953 79228

The Keys Grand Bay I $1,575,000 The Barbara Ackerman Group, 941-387-1820 Picture yourself luxuriating in this gorgeous 3BR/3+BA condo. Elevators.

MLS#A3992215 Bay Isles $1,525,000 Mike Greve, 941-383-6411 Enjoy the special charm of this tile-roofed 4BR/3+BA home. Golf course. MLS#A3994788 Bay Isles $1,450,000 Gwen Kruse, 941-320-7373 This 5BR/3BA home exudes entertainment to a whole new level. MLS#A3982498 91343

Open Sun 1-4pm 7322 Windemere Ln Longboat Key, Longboat Key $839,000 3/2 The Barbara Ackerman Group 941-387-1820 MLS#A3995076

University Park $449,900 2/2.5 Michael/Mary Nell Moore 941-321-8592/941-266-7740 MLS#A3990928 77475

Grand Bay $1,149,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 3BR/3Full/2Half BA 5th floor home with spanning bay & downtown views. MLS#A3987181 74460 Bird Key $849,900 Mary Ann Dabney, 941-350-9806 2 story Bird Key home w/pool. Beautiful, wide open bay & sunset views. MLS#A3990000 91345 Sands Point $549,900 Tom Fynes, 941-387-1875 2BR/2BA, 1941 Sq Ft Waterfront With Dock Available MLS#A3984928 77456 Aquarius Club $529,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Choose the very best with this distinctive 2BR/2BA condo. Elevators. MLS#A3989636 Casanas Sub $499,000 Ray Nesci, 941-387-1881 Discover the flair of this irresistible 2BR residence. MLS#A3994346 Seaplace $310,000 Sandy Endres, 941-387-1861 Direct Gulf-front 2BR/2BA, newly painted; new carpet; no lanai. MLS#A3972984 79215

Manatee Open Sun 1-4pm 4440 Exeter Dr, Unit #105 Longboat Key, Longboat Harbour $297,000 2/2 Phil Schneider 941-525-2818 MLS#A3994785

Bradenton, Perico $249,900 2/2 Mary Clarke 941-388-3966 MLS#A3995133 44991

Conquistador Bayside $299,000 Glenn Huminski, 941-387-1867 Experience the charm and privacy of this exceptional 3BR/3BA Contempo.

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A wedding bouquet at Beneva Flowers made of trendy lilac, Queen Anne’s lace, white roses and greenery.

Photo by Mallory Gnaegy

TRENDS COMING UP Amidst peak wedding season, go-to area florists share the floral trends to which brides are saying ‘I do.’

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TRENDS COMING UP

n the 1970s, the big flower trend was a bouquet of daisies. The ‘80s hosted bouquets with ribbons trailing off the ends. Also popular were long cascading bouquets.

The ‘90s preferred neat and simply shaped mounds.

These days, the trend in wedding flowers has shifted from showy to au natural. Women want rustic and vintage, with big centerpieces and statement flowers. For their bouquets, they favor arrangements that are natural and organic.

Although they are in the peak of the busy wedding season, which typically lasts from March to May in Florida, a few florists took a time out to tell us which trends they are seeing the most.

Beneva Flowers hones in on neutral tones

Photos by Mallory Gnaegy

Above: Molly Algoo of Beneva Flowers prepares a wedding centerpiece. Left, from top: lilac at Victoria Blooms; dendrobium orchids at Flowers by Fudgie; and peonies at Beneva Flowers.

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Beneva Flowers and Gifts, 6980 S. Beneva Road, dedicates an entire building with a cooler, design and consultation room to weddings. The florist has a team of eight people responsible for getting the flowers to the eight to 10 weddings it does each weekend during wedding season. Now, as far as getting the groom there — he’s on his own.

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Flowers that make the best inexpensive bouquets: Roses, baby’s breath, daisies, mini carnations and hydrangeas

Flowers that make the best-smelling bouquets:

Freesia, stock, lilies (particularly Casablanca and starfighter), peach and pink roses, garden roses, peonies, hyacinths and lilac.

Laura Rosich has more than two decades of experience. And she’s learned that these days brides are set on the way they want things.

“Twenty years ago, a bride would walk in clueless,” Rosich says. “Now, with Pinterest and The Knot, they know everything when they come in and we fine tune it for them.”

And what they want typically doesn’t involve a lot of bright colors. A few years ago orange, hot pink and lime green were in vogue. Now, it’s mostly taupe and champagne.

“Everyone wants peonies,” she says.

However, stem-died blue orchids are big for beach weddings.

And coral-hued petals and bouquets are also the outlier.

Plus, vintage is in. To add those antique touches, Beneva Flowers incorporates vintage books and mercury glass in the setting for the arrangements, and it has wraps bouquets in burlap and twine.

Rosich’s favorite trendy wedding so far this season was a couple who was married at The Oaks. They had a whimsical vintage look. The bride carried a cascading bouquet with fern curls, scabiosa pods and peonies. Two

large bouquets on pedestals on either side of the aisle welcomed guests to the outdoor ceremony.

Lanterns lined the aisle.

“Candles are always in style,” Rosich says.

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Flowers by Fudgie’s business is 60% weddings. The small shop at 6627 Midnight Pass on Siesta Key does 225 weddings a year, and during the spring wedding season nearly 16 weddings a week.

Owner Becki Creighton has been in the industry her whole life.

“I’m glad to see some trends that are no longer here,” she says.

“I must have made a million daisy bouquets in my lifetime.”

She’s glad brides are no longer into oversized bouquets. As expensive as wedding gowns are, she thinks bouquets should complement them. They shouldn’t be the focal point when a bride comes down the aisle. She also favors the color palettes of late.

“Girls that want the purples and bold colors, those tones do an injustice to them,” she says.

One thing she’s noticed is that brides are putting more emphasis

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A feasting table in a vintage theme by Flowers by Fudige, complete with burlap bows, baby’s breath, lace table runners and mercury glass on table settings and receptions than on personal and ceremony flowers.

One of her favorite weddings so far this season was an intimate, 16-person wedding at The RitzCarlton, Sarasota. Creighton did a $1,200 feasting table centerpiece with an elevated, 5-foot arrangement in coral, salmon and fuchsia tones.

But she says simple weddings with mason jars, mercury glass and wildflower looks are just as pretty as the big and grandiose.

Victoria Blooms prefers just-picked and organic

Victoria Warren of Victoria Blooms, 1818 Main St., says things are moving toward a more unstructured look.

“We’re going away from the very compact, and doing a more natural, free style,” she says. “They are more earthy and organic.”

Recently, she created a bridal

bouquet for a couple who exchanged their vows at The Ringling. It was a last-minute inquiry and they let her design what she wanted. She made an earthy, non-structured bouquet.

“It’s fun when we’re given artistic license,” she says.

For their ceremonies, Warren believes couples are moving away from arches and getting more creative. She made a living wall of succulents, various plants and greenery to act as a backdrop for a ceremony recently. She’s also hung glass bulbs of flowers behind couples for a unique presentation.

A trend she’s glad to see moving on is adorning bouquets with rhinestones and bling, which she thinks are passé. And as much as they are being demanded: “We’re moving away from the mason jar look with baby’s breath — it’s a new season and it’s time for something fresh,” she says.

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Sailor Circus 65th Anniversary Show: ‘LEGACY’ The Circus Arts Conservatory 7 p.m. at The Sailor Circus Arena Runs through April 5. Tickets $12 to $16. Call 355-9805.

Chamber Ensembles in Concert SCF Music 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center. Tickets $8, students/employees $4. Call 752-5252.

‘Denial’ Backstage at The Players 8 p.m. at The Players Runs through April 13.

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Music Makes Community The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. 8:15 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Tickets $18 to $72. Call 953-3368.

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Sarasota Film Festival 2014 Runs through April 13.

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‘Jazz at Two’ vocalist Judy Alexander The Jazz Club of Sarasota. 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church Tickets $7 to $12. Call 366-1552.

Drama, video and music on the beach 5:30 p.m. at Hermitage Artist Retreat. Free. Call 475-2098.

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Masterworks Series: ‘Beethoven’s Fifth’ Sarasota Orchestra. 8 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Hall. 8 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Saturday. 2:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Sunday Tickets $30 to $84. Call 953-3434.

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‘The Little Mermaid’ School of Russian Ballet. 6 p.m. at Braden River High School. Tickets $11 to $20. Call 962-6664.

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La Musica International Chamber Music Festival Concert II 2:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House. Tickets $40 to $175. Call 366-8450, Ext. 3.

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ROLE: Antigone in FSU/Asolo Conservatory’s “Antigone,” which runs from April 8 through April 27.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Newport Beach, Calif.

GIVE US THE PLOT IN ONE SENTENCE: The family of Oedipus

grapples with the forces of duty, destiny, and the pursuit of happiness, as they live in the aftermath of civil war.

DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER IN THREE WORDS: Sharp, scrappy and

sign in the 1940s, moved to New York City and spent his his days

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production are unlike any of which I’ve been a part. We have been delving into the lives of our characters before the events of “Antigone” take place, actually embodying and acting out these events together …

With this production of “Antigone,” however, we have been able to cultivate a rich foundation for each and every character.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE LINE FROM THE SHOW? “I want every-

thing of life, I do; and I want it now!

I want it total, complete: otherwise I reject it!”

IS THERE ANY LAW YOU FIND UNJUST? Yes, I do. What disturbs

me most is that I — as a white, middle-class, straight, able-bodied, American-born person — benefit from these unjust laws, while others who do not fit my description do not benefit from them.

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death every day. Playing a tragic character is hard and a little lonely because there is no way to get out of the situation you are in. The end is determined and fixed. That’s why it’s tragic.

It is also difficult (but extremely fun) to play someone as strong-willed and free-spirited as Antigone.

Antigone knows who she is and what she wants, regardless of the fact that society tells her she must be and want other things. Those are qualities I strive to have myself.

WHAT’S SOMETHING YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF OR ACTING WHILE STUDYING THIS PRODUCTION? In playing Antigone, I have learned how fun it is to live on the offense, to seize the things I want for my life, instead of waiting for those things to hopefully materialize. I have been surprised to learn that this kind of living is more my style.

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Salute two Ringling College students’ shorts Jeffrey Boos

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“The greatest lessons I’ve learned since coming here are that story is key and to know your craft,” Jeffrey Boos says. want to do this read (of) what’s on the page … I had them have a conversation with the dad.

About four of them got really nervous. They kept asking questions, but, with Alexia King, it was jut a conversation. It wasn’t this superficial thing, it was just her being herself. She’s a genius in a little kid’s body. I see her going places.

What’s the best movie you’ve seen recently?

“American Hustle” What film had the most profound effect on you?

“The Sandlot” Name one director and writer you admire?

Steven Spielberg and B.J. Novak

“The greatest lesson I’ve learned since coming here is to learn as much as you can. To never stop. Invest in yourself and that can only make you better,” Andrew Halley says.

Andrew Halley Film: “The Great Zombini” Age: 21 From: Youngstown, Ohio Synopsis: The magician Zombini is performing a magic show when he discovers that a bully from his childhood is in attendance. So, he decides to get some much postponed revenge and makes the son of the bully disappear.

What’s your earliest memory making movies?

I made a slideshow (when I was in) sixth grade, and it was for my grandparents’ 50th anniversary.

That was the first time I had seen them cry, and I was like, “Oh my gosh! This is so amazing. I want to do this to everybody.” So, I started

making them as a hobby at that point.

Why did you want to study film?

I wanted to go into filmmaking because I felt it was the most emotionally powerful medium. It combines music and visuals together, and nothing for me could compare to a cinematic experience.

Was the final product what you had expected?

No. It’s a funny story. When we shot it, it was leaning more toward the bully’s perspective. But, after shooting and seeing the performances in the cutting room, we discovered that Zombini is the most interesting character. So, we thought, “Let’s switch the point of view and make it all about him.”

What’s the best movie you’ve seen recently?

I just saw “12 Years a Slave.”

What film had the most profound effect on you?

“Forrest Gump” Name one director and writer you admire?

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What’s your earliest memory making movies?

I’ve been filming since I was 8 years old with my cousins. We’d take my aunt’s video camera, back when it was tape, and make short little films to watch — not for anybody but for ourselves.

Why did you want to study film?

I never did good in school because I never really liked it … So, I just daydreamed and created stories. I was always a D student and got yelled at. But, of course, when I came to Ringling and followed my passion, I excelled and it was a life-changer for my whole family.

I’m getting all A’s now. I’m doing well, getting into festivals. I have stuff lined up after college … I’m going to Los Angeles and doing some production assistant work and plan to work at a comedy bar.

My dream is to be an actor/writer.

What was the most difficult part about making this short?

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Ringling College of Art and Design digital filmmaking seniors Andrew Halley and Jeffrey Boos aren’t similar.

Halley’s editing bay walls are full of hand-drawn story frames, funny pictures and movie memorabilia; Boos’ editing bay walls are bare.

Boos can talk for five minutes straight; Halley is concise and to the point. Boos has a round face and dark hair; Halley’s hair is blonde and wavy and he wears glasses.

But one thing they have in common is that they produced each other’s short films, and both will appear in the Sarasota Film Festival.

Their junior years, they had to pick partners to produce the short films they had written the year prior.

It takes trust knowing that your partner will put the same effort into your film as you will into his.

The producer sets up the location contracts; arranges production design, props and set dressing; does the paperwork and scheduling; and contacts the cast and crew — all to support the writer/ director’s creative vision. It takes a capable person.

In keeping with the men’s personalities, Boos shot his film in one location with minimal casting.

Halley’s took many actors and locations and was the largest junior project ever to be made in Ringling’s history at the time.

Both sat down to tell us a little about the films that will appear in SRQ Shorts in the Sarasota Film Festival.

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Every once in a while, there’s a concert that’s so satisfying, we leave smiling. That happened a couple of weeks ago when chamber ensembles from the Sarasota Orchestra presented a concert in Holley Hall devoted to Mozart. They called it “Mozart Madness” because two of the three works were composed by Mozart and the third was in written in his memory by the 20th century Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos.

What made the concert so satisfying was the playing. The Sarasota String Quartet opened the program with Mozart’s String Quartet No. 16 in E flat. Eventually dedicated

by Mozart to Haydn, this is one of a set of six quartets written in Vienna. It takes the kinds of unexpected twists and turns heard more often in works by Haydn than Mozart, but it also takes us to places only Mozart could dream up. The second movement, for example, has some really unusual dissonances harmonizing a simple melody.

Listening to it, I could only think, “Only Mozart would have done that.”

It’s a unique piece, and a somewhat atypical Sarasota String Quartet, in that all the usual members weren’t in attendance, played it. Violinists Daniel Jordan and Christopher Takeda and violist Elizabeth Beilman — all members of the ensemble — were playing.

But Isabelle Besancon was sitting in for cellist Abraham Feder. The exciting part is that these musicians are so accustomed to working together in the Sarasota Orchestra, there was little problem with them playing chamber music collectively on this occasion.

Mozart’s Piano Quintet, also in E flat, was the second offering and, in the hands of pianist Jonathan Spivey, oboist Adam De Sorgo, clarinetist Bharat Chandra, bassoonist Fernando Traba and hornist Joe Assi, it was pure charm. Each instrument blended as if the four wind players had grown up on the same block. And, with Spivey’s underpinning, the work took on an almost operatic glow. In fact, Mozart must have been looking ahead to “Don Giovanni” because a lot of the instrumental voicing had overtones of vocal music he’d write a few years later.

We often talk about the shaping of phrases and how important musical sculpting is to a performance. Spivey wove Mozart’s ingenious syncopations and one-of-a-kind harmonies into a beautifully rounded foundation for his Sarasota Orchestra colleagues, never

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overpowering them but always supporting and fortifying them as they sang their way through this instrumentally operatic ensemble. (We will miss Assi after this season, by the way, because he’s leaving Sarasota to play French horn in the Dallas Symphony.)

Villa-Lobos’ Sinfonietta No. 1, subtitled, “In Memory of Mozart,” is one strange, quirky piece of music. Dirk Meyer led the chamber ensemble, made of musicians from the Sarasota Orchestra, in a somewhat serious reading of this anomalous work. They started with a chorale-like dirge that brightened into rather jaunty music that had as much to do with Mozart as my great-grandfather.

Yes, there was an undercurrent of sections from the Overture to the “Magic Flute,” but that was about the closest thing resembling Mozart’s memory I could find.

The Sinfonietta’s orchestration is also odd.

Villa-Lobos takes the ensemble apart, giving an element to all the brass, for example, and then adding strings and, finally, winds. It’s an eccentric way of coloring an orchestra and, beyond being interested in hearing something I’d not heard before, the 19 minutes it took to be played weren’t entirely worth the trouble.

Still, its very incongruities made for unconventional ideas and, with apologies to Mozart, it was fun. Best of all, the musicians put forth some fine playing, and that’s what made this “Mozart Madness” emotionally and aurally satisfying.

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Gustave has a command of the English language that is heavily peppered with obscenities. He also has the gift of seducing rich, elderly clientele, providing both parties involved great pleasure. But Gustave’s life is turned upside down when one of his par-

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Accompanied by his devoted Zero, Gustave encounters the evil son (Adrien Brody), mysterious butler (Mathieu Amalric), a slick, feline-loving executor (Jeff Goldblum), a bulldog-toothed henchman (Willem Dafoe) and a hilariously tatooed prisoner (Harvey Keitel) ... just for starters. (There are cameos galore in the film.)

Anderson takes us on a capricious and captivating journey so visually stunning that it requires a second viewing. His camerawork is dedicated to the precision of movement and yet doesn’t feel at all choreographed. The script is a perfect blending of wry, caustic and silly humor. A cat gets thrown out of a window and splats onto the concrete below. As you wince, you can’t help stifling a laugh.

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BARBARA BANKS’ HOME AWAY FROM HOME shooting or how she needs to use the space.

“People always come in and say they love the energy here.

You want to have good energy where you work,” says Banks.

Banks’ studio is decorated with contemporary/mid-century modern flair, “Mid-century comfortable,” as she puts it, “The same as my house.”

The plywood chairs in Banks’ office are collectibles from mid-century modern designer Charles Eames and are just as

comfortable as they are stylish.

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Openness — that is what local photographer Barbara Banks prefers when it comes to where she works, and also, where she lives. The photographer’s studio, located in Sarasota’s Rosemary District, is a spacious loft providing ample space for studio shooting and editing.

Banks describes her studio space as being versatile, modern and functional. Things such as the mid-century modern table against the wall get moved around depending on what she’s

that with walls and floor plans, so much space is not utilized.

Although completely open, the loft has sections for specific areas of work, while still leaving the opportunity for movement and the occasional rearrangement when necessary.

The loft is entirely how it was when Banks purchased it five years ago, adding only rubber tile flooring on top of the original cement floors.

“Sound carries, that’s the only reason I decided to cover the floors,” she says. The only other change she would possibly make to the floors: paint the stairs red.

The walls in the studio are all exposed cinder blocks.

“I never added drywall, I liked how they looked. And they stay cool in the summer,” says Banks, “Everything is the way it is.”

Blinds were added to the windows to minimize reflective light on the computer monitors for editing purposes.

A dilemma many find with open loft spaces is an inability to store and hide what you would otherwise not want to be out in the open. However, this has not been an issue for the photographer.

Banks, who is a stickler for neatness and functionality, stores all of her supplies and equipment in what would have been a laundry room if it had been sold as a home. “People have suggested curtains to hide it,” she says, “but I like the openness.”

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BILL KELLEY’S PEACEFUL PLACE TO PAINT Local artist Bill Kelley lives half of the year in Sarasota and the other half in Florence, Italy, and while he is here in Florida, he needs a peaceful space for painting. When the warehouse studio he had been renting sold, he sought a new place for work when he came across a studio loft downtown.

“I had never seen a loft apartment in the 20 years I had been living in Sarasota,” says Kelley, who bought what is now his art studio in 2006.

The loft, located downtown in the Cityscapes Courthouse Centre building, reminds Kelley of his time living in Boston and in New York.

“It’s a very downtown place.

There’s a whole different feel here,” he says.

Besides the colorful art displayed in Kelley’s studio, the loft is simple. The 20-foot ceiling, soaring windows and exposed air ducts give the studio that downtown warehouse, loft feel. To bring in more light, Kelley added ceiling studio lights, which he can adjust to accommodate the lighting needed for each project.

The entire back wall of the loft is made up of windows, spanning from the floor to the ceiling, allowing a great amount of natural light into the space. The sliding glass doors not only help alleviate the smell of turpentine when open, but Kelley enjoys hearing the sounds of the city while working.

With the work that Kelley does, he needs a lot of open space, not only for stretching canvases,

which can be as large as 7-by-15 feet, but also for perspective.

The second floor allows Kelley to look at his work from multiple angles.

“I can move back or go upstairs. It helps with the perspective of composition,” he says.

The only modification Kelley might make in the future: installing absorbable hardwood floors. The studio currently has carpet, which provides the cushion Kelley needs when painting. “I’ll stand for 10 or 12 hours sometimes, I’ve got to be moving while I work,” he says.

“This is a very inspirational place to paint,” says Kelley.

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hat is it about Sarasota and Peruvian restaurants? New York, San Francisco and several other cities have a China Town and Little Italy. Many cities — including Sarasota — boast of a restaurant row.

But Sarasota seems to have more Peruvian restaurants than any place except Lima. And they’re good ones.

Inkanto, located at 4141 S. Tamiami Trail, seems to be one of the more recent to pop onto the scene and, although its menu is always changing, depending on the market, it seems to set itself apart from the other excellent Peruvian restaurant choices we have by bringing us truly authentic delicacies we can’t find easily — especially when it comes to fish. Recently it had some special dishes featuring corvina, a firm-fleshed, flaky, mild fish that is found in the Pacific, along Central and South America. On one evening it was serving it pickled, over a bed of quinoa stew: fried with a creamy saf-

fron sauce, or flambéed and diced with red vinegar and soy sauce. See what I mean about different?

The restaurant is known for its ceviche and, from the choices on the menu, we can understand why.

From the samplers that offer you a multiple choice of tastings to the elegant and cool temptations that are “cooked” in aromatic lime juice, Inkanto’s ceviche creations are suited to every palette, ranging nicely in spiciness and piquancy.

The restaurant is appealing, with warm, inviting orange-red walls and lots of dark wood that make you feel as if you’re in a charming clubby atmosphere somewhere in South America. That and the food make it a great place to escape for a fun and relaxing evening of great food, good wines and happy company.

Inkanto is only for dinner, and becoming more and more popular as the word spreads; it’s a good idea to have a reservation.

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any restaurants set aside time to close their doors to the public and open them specifically for groups with a mission. For example, CasAntica, the wonderful Italian restaurant located at 1213 N. Palm Ave., is hosting a dinner for an organization called Selah Freedom, a group that helps young women pull their lives back together after they’ve been abused by predators dealing in human trafficking.

At 6:30 p.m. April 10 there will be a special fundraising dinner at CasAntica that owner Peter Migliacco is putting together to help this worthy organization. The dinner will feature a guest speaker and raffle.

And the food — oh the food. After a mouth-watering phone conversation with Peter, who had me drooling over his descriptions, I’m happy to report that, along with a selection of hot and cold appetizers and

Susan and Peter Migliacco a choice of chicken Florentino or Sole CasAntica, the pasta course will feature a choice of any of the amazing al dente pastas served at the restaurant with either a luxurious tomato sauce or a creamy white sauce.

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Two days later, at 6:30 p.m. April 12, Grapes for Humanity Global and Chef Christian Hershman of State Street Eating House will hold a fine wine dinner at the charming State of the Arts Gallery, located at 1525 State St. This is a fascinating group. Arlene Willis, whose brother was killed in the Vietnam War, conceived Grapes for Humanity.

The idea is to raise funds for those injured by landmines, through wine tastings, dinners, auctions and other wine-related functions.

Hershman’s State Street Eating House offers clever combinations of comfort food and Epicurean creations such as braised pork shoulder with veggies, and chicken broth with dumplings and kale.

His inventive menu is perfect for wine pairings you might not dream up on your own. The idea of this special evening is to “Turn a passion for wine into the power to soothe a troubled world.”

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Sarasota saw nothing but grey skies and continual rain Saturday, March 29, but the weather cleared up just in time for Forty Carrots Family Center’s Firefly Gala, which worked out well considering the event was held on the grounds of The Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club.

“We were checking the radar every 30 minutes to see when it was going to stop,” says Chairwoman Ariane Dart.

The rain didn’t deter more than 535 guests from getting dressed to the nines for the event, either — from stunning dresses to ’80sinspired black tie attire. Guests were as elegant as the event itself.

Decorated with sequins and purple, the tent was sparkling with chandeliers, rope lighting and

gemstone centerpieces — touching on ’80s style, but keeping it tasteful.

Dart kicked off the evening, greeting guests as they arrived to the secluded golf club, where they enjoyed a cocktail hour and silent auction, followed by a live auction and dinner.

“This year was more successful than ever,” says Dart. “We got the beat.”

More than $60,000 was raised from the live auction — the final numbers are still being compiled.

Following the show, guests made their way back into the tent where they continued to dance the night away. The energy was high and more importantly, so were the funds raised for Forty Carrots Family Center.

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or Mary Ann Robinson, philanthropy is merely the satisfaction of “good friends helping other people.”

She said so herself in what was a really big week for her. The city of Sarasota declared March 25 “Mary Ann Robinson Day,” the Community AIDS Network (CAN) clinic building was named in her honor March 26, and she was the honorary chairwoman of iconcept 6 March 28.

She made the remark at the CAN, where Eric Snyder spoke from the heart as both a member of the CAN board and on behalf of his employer, event sponsor BB&T. Co-Chairs Scott George and Margaret Wise had the CAN lobby beautifully designed, decorated and donated by Ron Giarusso, who did it Mary Ann style with all manner of flowers in her favorite color.

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Surprise! … After a real estate class, Denise Mei stopped by daughter-in-law Nicole Mei’s house so they could drive together to a “family dinner.” When Denise showed up early, Nicole had to do her best to stall, because little did birthday girl Denise know, more than 100 people were attending this so-called family dinner. Once they showed up, Denise was surprised to find this dinner was thrown for her 60th birthday. Seen celebrating: Wendy Resnick, Debbie Danheisser, Debbi Benedict, Sally Schule, Veronica Brady, Lainie Van Winkle, Pat Martin, Michelle Butler and Sandy Buchanan. Family also trav-

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The crowd at iconcept was electric; even Tom Shapiro danced in the crowd with co-host Lorenzo Hubbard. Host with the most Hubbard came prepared with five outfit changes, but only had time to get through two … Celeb sightings … John Travolta was spotted in town last weekend as well as “The Bachelor’s” Juan Pablo Galavis, who popped in First Watch, in Lakewood Ranch …

Glamorous graduate … Rochelle Nigri, who has graced many a runway on behalf of many a nonprofit, has departed her position at Saks Fifth Avenue to put her B.A. in economics and international relations from USF

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Forty Carrots Family Center’s Firefly Gala, held Saturday, March 29, was perfect for partying and people watching …

Ashley Kozel met the band and brought special guest, jewelry designer Temple St. Clair Carr. Belinda Carlisle had tweeted about Ariane Dart and friends on stage with The Temple’s designs on several Go-Go’s occasions … Jennifer Sine had to leave the stage for safety, they won the Saks Fifth Avenue continued to rehearse a cappella in Sarasota shopping spree. Her wintheir RV ... Volunteers Tonya Getzenning bracelet had the one-of-a-kind Gowan, Kim Hickerson and Ashley helix pattern … Vanessa Opstal McLeod handled the band rider for picked the winning box for the Carats the third year in the row. The band’s Fine Jewelry & Watches diamond last-minute request? Pine nuts … Six hoop earrings. Twenty-one chances hundred ponchos were on hand, but were sold, celebrating Forty Carrots luckily not needed … The Ritz-Carlton Family Center’s 21 years serving Sarasota and Manatee counties … De- had an army of staff on hand at the Members Golf Club. It also donated spite the weather, The Go-Go’s were determined to give a great show. They edible flowers flown in from Paris for the signature cocktail, “Greatest Hits.” rehearsed in the rain and when they

to work as the newest member of the Bellwether Group at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management … A double date with Bloomberg … Carolyn Johnson, president of the board of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, was in Washington, D.C., for Michael Bloomberg’s address to its national convention March 27 and got back to Sarasota in time to be with him again on March 28 in her role as co-chair of the Ringling College Library campaign … Have a little faith … The key auction item for Child Protection Center’s April 9 Blue Ties and Butterflies event has arrived from Austria. Chairwoman Alisa Pettingell commissioned Austrian artist Sabine Wiedenhofer to produce a piece of

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Sarasota may not be sure we want a strong mayor ourselves, but the town turned out big time for “An Evening with Michael Bloomberg,” on March 28. Ringling College Library Association and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation presented the former New York City mayor’s chat with journalist Sharyl Attkisson, who recently resigned from CBS News, with proceeds going to the campaign to build a new library at Ringling.

Attendees approaching the opera house from Main Street could be forgiven for wondering why the All Faiths Food Bank mobile produce market, aka “Sprout,” was parked in front. A sign on the back solved the mystery; Bloomberg Philanthropies helped fund it. And in a nice timing coincidence, Bloomberg’s visit was just four days before sponsor Gulf Coast Community Foundation launches its Campaign Against Summer Hunger, and a number of early supporters of that campaign were in attendance. His friend Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy’s, who has a house on Casey Key, arranged Bloomberg’s visit.

The Bloomberg presentation afterglow included Elenor and John Maxheim, Herman Frankel, George and Patty Gondelman, Jon Thaxton, Chris and Bridget Gallagher, Alice Berkowitz and Toby and Noel Siegel.

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LAKEWOOD RANCH COMMUNITY FUND ‘HAVANA NIGHTS’ GALA Benefiting Lakewood Ranch Community Fund Saturday, March 22, at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club

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