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Longboat Key’s swan family grows this summer. PAGE 3A

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Volunteers keep Sister Keys free and clear of trash and debris.

OUR TOWN + Last call for graduates The Longboat Observer is seeking all 2014 high school and college graduates who live on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys for its annual graduation special. If you or someone you know will soon be sporting a cap and gown, contact Kelsey Grau at kgrau@yourobserver. com by Thursday, May 22.

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by John Morton | Staff Writer

Town attorney calls it quits Despite a long history between her firm and Longboat Key, Maggie Mooney-Portale resigns without warning. Just like that, nearly a quarter century of history between a law firm and Longboat Key is likely gone. On Monday, Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-

Portale wrapped up a Town Commission regular workshop by handing commissioners a letter of resignation after only 11 months in her role. It came on be-

half of the law firm of Persson & Cohen, whose David Persson served as town attorney for the previous 23 years. “We’re just not the

right fit for one another,” Mooney-Portale said of her decision to step down. She declined further comment but will remain in her position for another 90 days, per a contract agreement. Her eyes revealed tears as

SEE ATTORNEY / 2A Mooney-Portale

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+ Side yard becomes private oasis Spanish Main Yacht Club residents Jim and Phyllis McGuire decided to put their green thumbs to use this past winter by creating a small oasis in their side yard. With the help of their new neighbors, Mike and Cathy Landis, the foursome transformed the space between their two houses into a little park, bench and all. A shell pathway, dotted with potted plants and flowerbeds, curves around a giant palm tree and leads from the McGuires’ front sidewalk and the Landis’ back porch area. After hours of planning and planting, the garden has become a place to sit back, relax and, sometimes, interact with local wildlife. “It’s a beautiful area with lots of wildlife visiting us,” said Phyllis McGuire of her new garden and the mangrove behind it. “I even saw an otter the other day besides the usual egrets, herons and ducks.”

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by John Morton | Staff Writer

Power poles trump $21 million upgrade

Gulf of Mexico Drive power poles may be unattractive, but the town balks at the millions of dollars it will cost to place the power lines underground. Many believe Longboat Key’s utility poles are an eyesore, but are they $21 million worth of ugly? With Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) planning in August to replace at its own cost the town’s poles with sturdier ones — known as the “hardening” of its four power feeders — it brought a question Monday to the Longboat Key Town Commission regular workshop, asking if commissioners would like the idea of burying all of the Key’s cables underground, once and for all.

Town Manager Dave Bullock said the time is right to consider it now that the ground is going to be torn up anyway. The topic became a debate between aesthetics and dollars, and whether the planned project should be delayed to spend $189,000 of nonrefundable taxpayer dollars for a feasibility study to bury the power lines. After more than an hour of debate, the commission reached a 4-2 consensus to stick with the power company’s commit-

ment to replace the current poles with ones that are wider in diameter and deeper in the ground. The poles will remain at the same height above ground and be able to withstand winds as high as 140 mph. FPL spokesman Don Sayre guessed that the current poles are at risk with winds in the range of 90 mph to 100 mph. John Morton “The power lines don’t look good,” said Commissioner Pat Burying Gulf of Mexico Drive power poles proves SEE POWER POLES / 2A too costly.

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the right age, had the right amount of experience and had the right credentials. I’m surprised it didn’t work out. I thought I left Longboat Key in good hands – the place means a lot to me.” A bit of uneasiness regarding MooneyPortale’s abilities surfaced earlier in the year in the minds of some commissioners. Matters that included a town easement at Jackson Way and a Colony Beach & Tennis Resort nuisance hearing that was postponed after a due process issue arose caused Mayor Jim Brown and Commissioners Phill Younger and Lynn Larson to make public comments about legal advice given by Mooney-Portale. Commissioners even discussed her status in March but chose to keep her onboard, noting that she was on maternity leave between October and January and needed more time to get situated. For the past couple of months, Mooney-Portale began holding office hours at Town Hall to give commissioners an opportunity to meet with her on an individual basis and assuage concerns. Mooney-Portale told the Longboat Observer two weeks ago those office hours weren’t successful as far as scheduling meetings with commissioners. Mooney-Portale was up for a commission public annual review June 1, and she avoided that exercise with her announcement. The firm was paid $20,312.50 per month for the town’s legal services. As for Mooney-Portale, she said she would continue to work with Persson & Cohen in the area of local government law although she has not made an arrangement with another municipality. Her job with Longboat Key was her first in such a role.

POWER POLES / FROM PAGE 1A Zunz, who represents the Key’s northern tip in District 5 where Longbeach Village side streets feature an inordinate number of poles and wires. “I’ve been here since 1983 and we’ve seen so many outages due to overturned power lines.” Commissioner Lynn Larson agreed, saying “(underground wires) would provide a long-term value to the island.” When Sayre said a three-month delay to the planned above-ground project would not eliminate it, Larson suggested it be put on hold for further discussion and noted the Key hasn’t seen an intense hurricane in years. “We want to go to our constituents and let the citizens evaluate this,” she said. But Commissioner Terry Gans said a delay would put the island at risk during the unpredictable storm season. Beyond that, he pointed to dollars. “Looking good isn’t worth what this is costing,” Gans said. Vice Mayor Jack Duncan was sympathetic to the aesthetic ingredient, but also leaned toward fiscal conservation. “We have so many other significant financial challenges ahead of us,” said Duncan, referring to sand erosion issues and a replacement Manatee County water pipe that will run under Sarasota Bay to Longboat Key as more pressing issues. Meanwhile, FPL officials acknowledged there are wildcards regarding repair for both plans. Sayre said poles with aboveground utilities are easier to fix but are more commonly affected when storms hit the area. But if the Key is washed over with water by a severe storm and power cables are underground, the cost to locate and replace the underground system is costly.

POLE REPLACEMENT What: The hardening of the Key’s power feeders through the installation of wider and deeper power-line poles. When/where: Phase 1 begins in August from the 4600 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive to the 1000 block. No work will be done south of that. Phase 2 follows from the northern tip of the Key to the 4600 block. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of November. Cost: None. Florida Power & Light is upgrading its own poles. Traffic: There will be an influx of trucks and cranes on the Key, but traffic should not be impaired by any lane closures. The town could stick with the current plan and change its mind later, but FPL would have to apply the value of the new poles toward any future underground project. FPL officials ballparked an estimate to bury power lines just along Gulf of Mexico Drive at $10 million. However, any poles along Gulf of Mexico Drive adjacent to side streets would have to stay intact. “Any aesthetic value is lost,” Duncan said to that plan. Additional scaled-back proposals included burying power poles at the Bay Isles entrances of the proposed town center underground at a cost of $300,000. Limiting the same idea to Triton Bend to the south fire station would cost $1 million. Meanwhile, an overall underground project that includes burying all utilities like cable TV and sewer lines was estimated at $80 million.

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she thanked the commissioners for her opportunity and said she would be willing to assist in finding her replacement. Asked if his firm would be interested in being considered to provide a town attorney replacement, Persson said “probably not.” Persson said it would be up to the other lawyers in his firm, but said his fiveperson team was quite busy. As for Persson, he said he was content with his role as Venice city attorney and would not be interested in a return to Longboat Key, which is closer to his home in Palmetto. Town Manager Dave Bullock said the commission would determine if Persson’s firm would receive any consideration. Commissioners declined to comment after the announcement. Meanwhile, Bullock said the sudden announcement came without warning and caught him by surprise. “I had no advance notice, all I know is she was working out,” Bullock said of Mooney-Portale. “We’ve done a lot of complex, difficult and fast-paced stuff together like the situation with the Colony and lots of planning issues. Her best accomplishment is all the work she did this legislative session. I’ve been around a lot of that work and she was as good as anyone I have seen. The work she did with our lobbyist to correct the Town Charter issue was just outstanding. But we’ll find another attorney and off we’ll go.” Persson said discussions with Mooney-Portale and her growing frustration began a few months ago. “I’m disappointed because I thought she’d be a perfect fit,” he said. “She was

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on’t count your swans until they hatch. Swans Stan and Wendy, both 12, hatched six healthy cygnets May 3, and quickly culled one, leaving five baby birds. The pair had already shown their parenting prowess in the past: All six of the couple’s cygnets from last year surprisingly survived. Alan and Beverly were less successful: Their nest produced one viable cygnet that did not survive because Beverly focused her energy on the infertile eggs in her nest. Both Alan and Beverly are 16 and could be near the end of their reproductive years, according to unofficial swan keeper David Novak. The third pair, Sully and Susie, only mated last year and built their first nest ever across from CVS. Their young ages — Sully is 6, and Susie is 5 — combined with the fact that they built their nest late in the season left Novak with little hope for the nest this season. But on May 17, to Novak’s surprise, the pair hatched four healthy cygnets. Already, the pair is impressing him with their parenting skills. “Those four cygnets are going to be huge,” Novak said. “They’re strong, they’re vibrant and they’re doing things at a few days that you would expect in a week.” By their third day, the cygnets were feeding from food that Novak floats on the water, even diving their heads in the water. “That’s unheard of,” Novak said. “I’ve never seen that at that age.” Susie required a little prodding before she took her babies under her wing. Novak had to coerce her from her nest, where she had an infertile egg, to care for her newly hatched cygnets in the water. “Mother Nature is taking over,” Novak said. “They’ve just been wonderful parents so far.” The swans are the descendants of original swan pair, George and Gracie, purchased by the late Harbour Links resident Alan Stone as an anniversary gift for his wife, Beverly.

The newest swan couple hatched four healthy cygnets Sunday, and are relishing in their first days of parenthood.

+ Portable storage proposed for Key A Montana man who regularly visits Longboat Key is tired of his inability to store things on the Key. So, on Monday at the regular workshop, Carl Heishman asked the Longboat Key Town Commission if it would be open to him building a commercial storage unit on the Key. He said it would not be the landeating type that has tin siding and one garage door after another, but rather an architecturally pleasing multilevel unit. “Believe me, I wouldn’t want to see industrial buildings on your island,” Heishman said. Commissioners wondered if such a project could fit in areas where existing buildings are vacant. They suggested that Heishman meet with Planning and Zoning staff for direction because rezoning would have to occur.

+ Town hosts health fair Friday at Town Hall

Wendy, right, leads her five 15-day-old cygnets.

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Susie, right, and Sully, left, watch over their two-day-old cygnets.

Gracie died of botulism in 2007, and George was moved to a pond in Lakeland. Their offspring includes three mated pairs: Alan and Beverly and Stan and Wendy, plus Henry and Vicki, who Novak arranged to have moved last year so they could live near the the lakeside home of Lakeland veterinarian and swan-care expert Dr. Geoff Gardner. Sully and Susie hatched from separate nests produced by Henry and Vicki. The Key also has two pairs that will never produce cygnets: Novak paired females Clare and

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Greta and males Nik and Bello, all of whom hatched from Stan and Wendy’s nest last year, as part of a long-term swan family planning effort. (A Sarasota neighborhood is the new home of a third unnamed male-female pair.) Claire and Greta “have stayed in one place, have their routine and seem to be very happy,” Novak said. Nik and Bello are also thriving in their territory near Harbourside Drive. “As long as Sully realizes it’s not his territory, they’ll be fine,” Novak said.

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The swan family experienced a sad loss April 22. David Novak found Susie’s sibling, Pippa, who had once been Susie’s rival for Sully’s affections, thrashing in the water. Novak tried to calm her and flush her with fluids through a tube in her throat, but Pippa died that night. Pippa likely died from avian botulism, a naturally occurring toxin that killed swan matriarch Gracie in 2007. Novak established the Gracie Swan Foundation last year to assist with swan care costs. Contributions can be made to: The Gracie Swan Foundation, c/o SunTrust, 510 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, FL, 34228.

The town will hold its annual employee health fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road. The event will include cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure and body mass index screenings. Other offerings include glaucoma checks, skin screenings, and a nutritional scanning. Breast cancer ultrasound screenings are also available for $139; preregistration is required. The event is open to the public. Cost for participants who are not enrolled in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida is $39. Cash or checks are accepted. For information, contact Human Resources Manager Lisa Silvertooth at 316-1999.

+ Correction In the May 8 Black Tie & Tales column, we incorrectly stated a “Surprising Sunday” item. Linda Salomon recalled celebrating Gloria Moss’ birthday in Beaune, France with her husband, Gilbert, and Moss’ late husband, Marty.

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Frustrated with lousy cell service, a group of residents is hoping Longboat Key will not only get up to speed with handheld technology, but will literally make a business of it. Spanish Main Yacht Club resident Tom Freiwald made a presentation Monday to the Longboat Key Town Commission at its regular workshop on behalf of the Wireless Workgroup, voicing concerns that the Key is at the mercy of large communication companies that look at Longboat as a “small-time player.” To become a bigger player, Freiwald said the town should consider investing as much as $1 million for its own fiber optic network, which would encourage usage from residents and even competitors such as Verizon or AT&T that could use the fiber to boost cell service. If not, “Longboat Key won’t be attractive to those who demand technology,” Freiwald said. The commissioners agreed, unanimously directing Town Manager Dave Bullock to start searching for a neutral technology expert who can start by creating a feasibility study for such a network. Freiwald said a turnkey, island-wide network would be the best approach. “We don’t want to just take people from two bars on their cell phones to four bars,” he said. “We want something that has a future. And research shows that nearly as

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many baby boomers want advanced technology as those ages 18 to 27.” Freiwald cited a 16,000-population Alabama town that no communications company wanted to touch. “It now owns its own dark (unused) fiber and it recouped its investment in six years,” Freiwald said. Commissioner Phill Younger noted that parts of the Key had strong signals and said he was concerned the town would be investing “in something I am already getting right now.” Freiwald countered that the north end has shoddy reception, and the apparent exclusion of cell towers in a telecommunications ordinance draft will keep it that way. The town’s southern half has better reception because tall condominium towers have allowed the placement of small antennae on rooftops to boost reception. Local fiber network control, Freiwald said, would also relate to savings for Key residents. He projected a monthly cost for broadband use at $40 per user. Younger agreed the idea was worth a look. “If we can enhance services at a lower cost to citizens, I’d support it,” he said. Meanwhile, Freiwald suggested the town establish a help desk in Town Hall to direct both frustrated residents and visitors toward short-term solutions regarding cellphone reception. He pointed to a small in-home antenna-box system that has helped his cause — for now. Other areas worthy of possible investment after a fiber optic system is in place, Freiwald said, include WiFi and DAS (distributed antenna system) opportunities. Those systems, though, come with costs that could rise to $8 million.

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Kayaks launch complaints from Villagers Some Longbeach Village residents don’t want vendors using the town dock to launch kayak tours, but it’s not illegal under the town’s codes. Allan Luke sees an old yellow school bus on Manatee Avenue that’s used for kayak rentals and worries that something similar could be in the Longbeach Village’s future. He has counted five vendors that launch kayak trips with as many as eight people from the town dock in the residential community. “…They are parking on private property to load and unload the kayaks and the customers are parking on our side streets. The police department has told me that they are contacting other cities to see what they are doing about the problem. I see an old school bus renting out kayaks on Manatee Avenue and hope that this isn’t our future…,” Luke wrote in an email to the Longboat Key Town Commission. Police have spoken with kayak vendors and documented many of these contacts, but the vendors aren’t doing anything illegal. The vendors are using facilities that are available to any member of the public and don’t need a business license if the transaction does not occur in the town’s jurisdiction. “The Village residents don’t appreciate it, but what they’re doing is not in opposition to our codes and ordinances,” said Longboat Key Police Chief

Pete Cumming. “They conduct their business over the Internet. They’re soliciting and taking payment off the island.” Shane Catts, owner of Happy Paddle Kayak, who occasionally launches in the Village, told police he will not even accept a tip within the town’s boundaries, according to an April 30 report. Catts said he typically launches off of Anna Maria, although he sometimes has to change the location because of dredging on Coquina Beach, and occasionally, conditions on the water. “When I do go from Longboat, which is very rarely, usually, it’s if there’s a strong outgoing tide, and it’s dangerous to cross the Pass to get back to Coquina Beach,” Catts said. “I don’t want to cause a fuss.” Catts said residents have spoken to him about parking issues, and he tells customers not to park illegally in front of homes. Still, Commissioner Pat Zunz, whose District 5 includes the Village, said she has concerns because people who use the kayaks park on the streets of the Village. “I know people say, ‘It’s a public street,’ but it’s a residential community and there is no other residential community that is impacted in this way,” Zunz said. Parking has been a sore spot

The town dock is a popular spot for launching kayaks in the Longbeach Village. in recent months for Village residents, who complain about congestion, particularly from vehicles that belong to diners at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub and Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant. The town is currently considering suggestions for alleviating parking problems that a group of Village residents presented at the Longboat Key Town Commission’s April 21 regular workshop, including restricting Broadway parking to one side of

the street for anyone who is not a resident, a resident parkingsticker system or a Village-wide program that would require restrictive parking signs throughout the neighborhood. Zunz said she has seen cars parked near the public docks even when the restaurants are closed. She said she would like to see an ordinance that prohibits commercial parking on the Village streets. Luke said he hopes to bring the kayak issue before the com-

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Please take notice that the Town of Longboat Key proposes to adopt the following ordinance: ORDINANCE 2013-20 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 33, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, CHAPTER 157, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, AND CHAPTER 158, ZONING CODE, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA; AMENDING SECTION 33.25, PUBLIC HEARINGS; AMENDING SECTION 157.03, DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 158.006, DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 158.007(A), ZONING MAP ADOPTED, INTERPRETATION; ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP AND MAP LEGEND TO REFLECT THE NEW ZONING DISTRICT NAMES FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (PD), GULF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (GPD), AND NEGOTIATED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (NPD); AMENDING SECTION 158.008, ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 158.009(L), DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT POLICIES; AMENDING SECTION 158.065, PURPOSE; AMENDING SECTION 158.067, REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURE; AMENDING SECTION 158.068, MINIMUM AREA; AMENDING SECTION 158.070, RESIDENTIAL DENSITY; AMENDING SECTION 158.071, PROPOSED LAND USES; AMENDING SECTION 158.097(U), APPLICATION FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL; AMENDING SECTION 158.102(C), MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO; AMENDING SECTION 158.102(L), SUPPLEMENTAL CONTROLS FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL OR TOURISM USES; AMENDING SECTION 158.125, SCHEDULE OF USE REGULATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 158.128(K), UTILIZATION OF PARKING STRUCTURES; AMENDING SECTION 158.132, TOURISM USES; AMENDING SECTION 158.138, STATUS OF NONCONFORMITIES; AMENDING SECTION 158.145, SCHEDULE OF LOT, YARD AND BULK REGULATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 158.147, LOT DIMENSIONS; AMENDING SECTION 158.149, MAXIMUM COVERAGE BY BUILDINGS; AMENDING SECTION 158.150, YARD REGULATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 158.180, DISTRIBUTION OF 250 TOURISM UNITS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE

THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014

by Robin Hartill | News Editor

Kors fashions his plans for two Gulf-front parcels Representatives for a famous sportswear designer filed a site plan for a 6,138-square-foot home on two Gulf-front lots. Designer Michael Kors has officially bagged space in the new Mall at University Town Center, and he could soon accessorize with a Gulf-front home on Longboat Key. Paulinebea LLC filed plans earlier this month to build a 6,138-square-foot home designed by Bridgehampton, N.Y.-based Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects on the vacant residential parcels at 6271 and 6281 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The address for the Delaware-based Paulinebea LLC matches the address of Kors’ New York condominium. A site plan filed with the Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Department shows plans to build a two-level home with a garage, swimming pool, storage area, hot tub and yoga studio on the bottom story. The top level will have a master suite, media room, office and guest suite that are separated by a veranda from three other guest suites, plus a staff area with two bedrooms. Between 80% and 85% of the walls on the west side of the home will be glass, and will overlook the Gulf of Mexico. The home will also include an elevator and outdoor staircase. Paulinebea LLC has applied for a permit from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to build the home, which is required for Gulf-front construction. The home meets all town zoning requirements as designed. Securing the FDEP permit could take between three to six months. After the state issues the permit, the applicant can apply

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for a building permit from the town, which will take 30 to 60 days to obtain. Rumors began circulating late last year that the designer was shopping for real estate in the area. Kors was reportedly spotted at the Ringling Museum of Art’s “Icon of Style” opening in November and at Saks Fifth Avenue in Sarasota. In April, he was identified as the buyer of the north-end property, after the address of his New York condominium on file with the Securities and Exchange Commissioned matched that of the buyer of the adjacent Gulf-front lots that sold in November for $6 million. The transaction was the largest recorded sale in the region for a vacant Gulf-front parcel since 2004. Last week, a Sarasota County building permit confirmed that Kors would add a location to the University Town Center mall when it opens in October.

A public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board on the proposal will be held on May 27, 2014, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Town Commission Chambers, Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida.

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Campaign Against Summer Hunger surpasses its goal The 40-day campaign, which ended May 10, is part of All Faiths’ efforts to end hunger for Sarasota families. All Faiths Food Bank announced Tuesday its Campaign Against Summer Hunger raised $1.1 million in funds and 766,253 pounds of food to feed children and families over the summer. The 40-day campaign, which ended May 10, is part of All Faiths’ efforts to end hunger for Sarasota families. All Faiths Food Bank, with support from Gulf Coast Community Foundation and The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, launched the campaign to encourage Sarasota residents to “empty their shelves” and make a cash gift so no child in the community goes hungry this summer. Fifty percent of students in Sarasota County (21,000 students) receive free and reduced meals. During the summer, children are more likely to experience hunger than any other time of year. When the campaign kicked off April 1, private investors had contributed a $500,000 challenge match. Collectively, members of the community donated more than $600,000. Sarasota businesses, individuals, government officials and community leaders supported the campaign and raised awareness with food and fund drives. “This summer we will be able to feed children and their families during the time of year when they need us the most,” said Sandra Frank, CEO of All Faiths Food Bank. “We are so grateful to Gulf Coast Community Foundation for its unwavering support, and to our community for again reminding us that we are surrounded by people who care deeply about our less fortunate neighbors.” Even though the campaign has ended, the community can still support programs by conducting food drives and making donations. Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at any Goodwill

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Remember the fallen Instinctively, Americans know there is no greater sacrifice than to give your life for your loved ones, for your country and for the defense of liberty. This is one of the highest values of American citizenry and patriotism. On Monday, May 26, we will honor all of our American brothers and sisters who made that sacred sacrifice. The numbers are staggering. Add in the wounded, and the total casualties among our soldiers top 2.5 million from the formation of our nation in 1776. For context, perhaps 656,367 combat deaths and more than 1.4 million combat wounded don’t seem like that many when compared to the 314 million people who inhabit the MATT United States. WALSH But think of the extent of those war deaths and casualties and the fact each of those soldiers is a son, daughter, father, mother, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, cousin and friend. When you extrapolate and think of the effects of those who died, think back to the anguish that preoccupied our nation in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Flight 93. That was for only — only — 3,000 deaths. Now multiply that 3,000 by 400 and then by two or three or four and you begin to see the price and value of liberty. And yet, it’s easy to have the sense that not nearly enough Americans have the reverence and respect they should for those who died for liberty. We Americans are great at taking freedom for granted. So many Americans, preoccupied with themselves, just don’t connect to the costs of war and freedom. Last week on an elevator in Washington, D.C., a woman greeted an old friend. He lives in Kiev, Ukraine. “How is it?” she asked him. “Not good,” he said. His face wore the creases of sadness and fading hope. Later that day, he was introduced to 2,000 attendees at the American Jewish Committee’s annual Global Forum. He was Josef Zissels, vice president of the World Jewish Congress who in the 1970s and 1980s was sentenced twice to prison in Russian gulags for “slander discrediting the Soviet government and social order.” Can you imagine? Imprisoned for criticizing the government?

Operation Overlord

This is the end of May. In two weeks, western democracies will celebrate the 70th anniversary of D-Day — June 6, 1944, the Allies’ all-out assault to squash and obliterate the Nazis once and for all. In modern times — the past decade — we know the tragedies that have disrupted the lives of 59,000 wounded and fallen heroes of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. But as awful as that number is, it pales in comparison to what this nation, our Allies and enemies endured in World War II. Sixty-million people died over six years — 10 million Germans and Japanese; 26 million Russians, 9 million of them Russian soldiers. At the height of the war, 16,112,566 Americans wore an Armed Forces uniform. Today the number is 1.3 million. As the Allies prepared for the launch of D-Day, Operation Overlord, at this time in May 1944, conditions in Great Britain, the launchpad, were unimaginable compared to the way we live today. In his acclaimed trilogy of World War II, writer Rick Atkinson opens his final book, “The Guns at Last Light,” with a wrenching description. He quotes an American visitor who said five years of war had left British cities as “bedraggled, unkempt and neglected as rotten teeth.” “Hotels posted admonitions above their bathtubs: ‘The Eighth Army crossed the desert on a pint a day. Three inches only,

BATTLE DEATHS OF AMERICA’S WARS American Revolution.................... 4,435 War of 1812............................... 2,260 Indian Wars................................ 1,000 Mexican War............................... 1,733 Civil War................................. 214,938 Spanish-American War.................... 385 World War I............................... 53,402 World War II............................ 291,557 Korean War............................... 33,739 Vietnam War............................. 47,434 Desert Shield/Desert Storm.............. 148 War on Terror*............................. 5,336 Total Battle Deaths.................. 656,367 Theater/non-Theater Deaths...... 540,511 Total Deaths......................... 1,196,878 * Includes Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom; Operation New Dawn Source: Department of Defense

please.’ … The country was steeped in heavy smells, of old smoke and cheap coal and fatigue. Wildflowers took root in bombed-out lots from Birmingham to Plymouth … Less bucolic were the millions of rats swarming through 3,000 miles of London sewers; exterminators scattered 60 tons of sausage poisoned with zinc phosphate, and stale bread dipped in barium carbonate … “The monthly cheese allowance stood at two ounces per citizen. Many children had never seen a lemon; vitamin C came from ‘turnip water.’ The Ministry of Food promoted ‘austerity bread,’ with a whisper of sawdust, and ‘victory coffee,’ brewed from acorns … For those with strong palates, no ration limits applied to sheep’s head, or to eels caught in local reservoirs, or to roast cormorant, a stringy substitute for poultry.” Amid this squalor and discomfort, the generals pressed on with their plans for the invasion of Normandy. They created formulae to project casualties. Atkinson writes: “The 1st Infantry Division, the point of the spear on Omaha Beach, estimated that under ‘maximum’ conditions, casualties would reach 25%, of whom almost a third would be killed, captured or missing. “The admiral commanding bombardment forces at Utah Beach told his captains that ‘we might expect to lose one-third to one-half of our ships.’ Projected U.S. combat drownings in June, exclusive of paratroopers, had been calculated a grimly precise 16,726.”

Forces of love, hate, prejudice

Before the D-Day invasion began, the gathering soldiers in the United Kingdom pondered their plight and their future. In the two years prior, 8 million American men were inducted into the Army and Navy; nearly half of the troops arriving for the European campaign in 1944 were teenagers.

Atkinson quotes two soldiers: a Vernon Scannell, who described “this drab khaki world” with its “boredom, cold, exhaustion, squalor, lack of privacy, monotony, ugliness and a constant teasing anxiety about the future.” The other soldier, a veteran of fighting in Italy, while waiting Operation Overlord, told his brother: “I have been greatly affected by the forces of love, hate, prejudice, death, life, destruction, reconstruction, treachery, bravery, comradeship, kindness and by the unseen powers of God.” On the night before the D-Day invasion began, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower made his way to an airfield, driving on a narrow road clogged with soldiers and military trucks. He told his chauffeur: “It’s very hard really to look a soldier in the eye when you fear that you are sending him to his death.” Nine thousand of the 156,000 Allied troops that headed for the beaches of Normandy never made it. From D-Day until V-E Day, May 8, 1945, U.S. casualties totaled 587,000, 135,576 dead, almost half of the U.S. total worldwide, according to Atkinson.

To live free, not as slaves

In the epilogue of this emotional, personal and detailed telling of the European theater, a trilogy that took him 14 years to write, Atkinson closes with stories of how Americans took in the remains of more than 270,000 identifiable soldiers killed in action overseas. “Among those waiting was Henry A. Wright, a widower who lived on a farm in southwestern Missouri, near Springfield. One by one his dead sons arrived at the local train station: Sgt. Frank H. Wright, killed on Christmas Eve 1944 in the Bulge; then Pvt. Harold B. Wright, who had died of his wounds in a German prison camp on Feb. 3, 1945; and finally Pvt. Elton E. Wright, killed in Germany on April 25, two weeks before the war ended. “Gray and stooped, the elder Wright watched as the caskets were carried into the rustic bedroom where each boy had been born. Neighbors kept vigil overnight, carpeting the floor with roses, and in the morning they bore the brothers to Hilltop Cemetery for burial side by side by side beneath an iron sky.” Every combat death is like this — surreal, tragic, leaving loved ones scarred for life, sometimes too much to bear. On this Memorial Day, remember all of those fallen heroes, who by their sacrifice, took the extraordinarily courageous stand: That they were unwilling to let us live as the conquered slaves of enemy forces.

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DEDRA REED As a teacher, Dedra Reed says one of the most rewarding aspects of her job is having the opportunity to help her students develop character and realize their dreams. She loves seeing former students come back for a visit to reflect on how far they’ve come. Now, thanks to a successfully funded Gulf Coast Gives project, her students will have a tangible memento of their goals and dreams in the form of a school anthology. “We all, as a family of Emma E. Booker, wanted a way to document our children’s dreams and year here at Booker so we could look back and remember it,” says Reed, who teaches fifth grade. “It’s something we’ve been wanting to do, but it wasn’t until this year that we were able to follow through with it.” Reed, along with school administration and staff, developed the idea and theme for a school-wide anthology. After launching the project, members of the community stepped forward to fund the $400 needed for printing and binding in just three days. Reed collected all the entries

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+ Aging in Paradise receives sponsorship Longboat Island Chapel’s Aging in Paradise Resource Center recently received a $10,000 platinum lead sponsorship from Sarasota Bay Club, a luxury retirement community. Steve Roskamp, partner in Freedom Senior Management, which manages Sarasota Bay Club, said in a news release that he “believes it’s important to help organizations that provide ongoing education and support services focused on wellness, caregiving, socialization, memory enhancement, mobility and assisting with agerelated transitions.”

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+ Tennis team nets success on the court The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center Women’s 4.0 55-and-up team competed April 26 and April 27 at the 2014 USTA Florida Adult 55 & Over League Sectional Championships in Daytona Beach. The team placed second in its bracket. Pictured are: Donna Spielberger, Cheryl Viera, Sunny McGrath, Linda Aitken, Libby Keenan, Christina DeCarlo and Lynn Rosen; not pictured, Cathy Powell.

Mary “Maxine” Featherston, 81, of Angola, Ind., died May 13. Mrs. Featherston received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Butler University and went on to teach elementary school in Noblesville, Ind., and in Lansing, Mich. She and her husband, Elmer, wintered on Longboat Key, where Mrs. Featherston was a member of Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian. Mrs. Featherston is survived by her husband, Elmer; son, Mark Featherston; daughters, Marcia Ventura and Margo Breininger; sister, Eileen Kitchens; and nine grandchildren.

Barbara Martin Heindle

Barbara Martin Heindle, 70, of Manasquan, N.J., died May 6.

WORSHIP SERVICES All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church 563 Bay Isles Road, 383-8161 Sunday worship services are at 9 a.m. The Rev. David Danner is the rector.

Mrs. Heindle graduated in 1961 from Perth Amboy High School and continued her studies at Middlesex County College. She was a career secretary, working for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority in East Brunswick, before retiring in 1996 as an administrative assistant in the legal department. Mrs. Heindle enjoyed spending the winter months in Longboat Key. She also enjoyed walking the Sea Girt boardwalk, cooking, tennis and golf. Mrs. Heindle is survived by her husband of 37 years, William; sister, Mary Ann Burdash; two nephews; two grandnephews; and many cousins. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, 176 Riverside Ave., Red Bank, NJ 07701 or Sisters Academy of New Jersey, 1106 Main St., Asbury Park, NJ 07712.

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 383-8833 Sunday worship services are at 10 a.m. The Rev. Paul Eckel is the pastor. Longboat Island Chapel 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 383-6491 Communion and healing services are at 9:45 a.m., and worship services are at 10 a.m. Sundays. The Rev. Vincent Carroll is the minister. St. Armands Key Lutheran Church 40 N. Adams Drive, 388-1234 Contemporary worship services are at 9 a.m., fellowship and education are at 10 a.m. and traditional worship services are at 11 a.m. Sundays. The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor. St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 383-1255 Sunday Masses are at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.; Saturday Masses are at 5 p.m.; and daily Mass is at 9 a.m. Monday through Friday. Msgr. Gerard Finegan is the pastor. Temple Beth Israel 567 Bay Isles Road, 383-3428 Shabbat services are at 5:30 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. Saturdays. Jonathan Katz is the rabbi.

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Triathletes go the distance for annual athletic endeavor. PAGE 18A

John Ringling Estates home sells for $3.5 million. PAGES 26-27A

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by Kelsey Grau | Community Editor

Nancy Amara, a retired biology teacher, picks up debris.

Photos by Kelsey Grau

Returning volunteer Zack Jordan smiles between his parents, Yvonne and Clay.

Larry Stults holds scallops that Sarasota Bay Watch hopes to reintroduce to the bay area in the fall.

Barry Bartholomew and Melissa Herron on “Bubba”

Volunteers spent Saturday morning removing trash and debris from Sister Keys as part of Sarasota Bay Watch’s sixth annual Sister Keys Cleanup. Traveling by boat and kayak, a group of 75 residents took to the mangrove islands to collect and dispose of items ranging from couches to beer cans. Participants later enjoyed a complimentary lunch at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub. “I’ve had people tell me that even though we have them working, it’s the best thing they’ve done in a long time,” said Larry Stults, president of Sarasota Bay Watch. The organization plans to continue this effort in the hope of a cleaner Key and bay.

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Amount of trash collected

Number of volunteers at the 2014 cleanup

10 INCHES Amount of fishing line it takes to entangle and kill a bird, which is why it is such an important item to collect during the cleanup.

Wanda Raible carries her first bag of trash to the main beach.

A portion of the volunteers poses before starting work on Sister Keys.

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Carlos Martinez, 28, of Bradenton, was the overall triathlon male champion. Rosa Laura Saggese Elbo, 39, of Tampa, was the overall triathlon female champion. For the duathlon, Benjamin O’Connor, 34, of Odessa, was the male champion, and Jessica Parish, 59, of Safety Harbor, was the female champion.

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A couple of years ago (April 4, 2012, to be precise), I wrote an Aerobic Grandma column about a DVD called “Stretch In Time (to Save Your Spine and Anything Attached to it)” by California yoga instructor Elyse Briggs. She called it “adaptive yoga,” though most of us would say chair yoga. I thought it was particularly well done and relevant to Longboat Key residents. Some folks who bought and used it felt the same way.

Briggs has now released a sequel: “Balance: Build Strength — Gain Confidence.” It has three main sections: “Start Here,” a 35-minute overview that explains the how-to and why of the recommended exercises; “Good to Know,” which is commentary from the “Stretch In Time” medical team; and “The Routine,” a 20-minute guided workout. It is an exceptionally gentle, accessible program, but it has the mandatory disclaimer: “Caution:

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The progression of moves from the “Balance and Standing” section. Note the background grid, a great visual aid.

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of this DVD: focus far to 5. Battles incontinence focus near; fixed gaze, turning head; rolling eyes; and open wide, squeeze shut. The instructions are to coordinate the eye movements with the breath and to repeat each one five times, keeping the breath steady and slow. Briggs emphasizes that “use it or lose it” applies to eye muscles, just like all the others. I don’t consider myself an expert on exercise videos but this one is notably well filmed, lit and edited, and I know a good teacher when I see one. Briggs keeps her moves simple, explains them clearly, cues in detail — and she’s an effective but not overly effusive cheerleader. You can order “Balance: Build Strength — Gain Confidence” for $15.95 from Amazon.com or StretchInTime.com. Think of what it could save you. Molly Schechter is an ACE-certified personal trainer since 1996. She has a specialty certification in older-adult fitness plus YogaFit Instructor Training, SCF Yoga Fundamentals I and II and Power Pilates™ Mat Certifications. She teaches classes at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center and the Longboat Key Club. Email her at mschechter@ YourObserver.com.

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Not all exercises are suitable for everyone. Consult your doctor prior to attempting this or any other exercise program. “ In the middle section, Dr. Beth Marcus makes the case for paying attention to balance. “About one in three people over the age 65 fall every year, and up to one-third of those people will have an injury that’s bad enough from the fall that it causes them to lose some independence or suffer some pain afterward,” she says. She also notes that hip fracture is the most devastating injury from a fall, and that one in five will die in the year following one. BUILD STRENGTH — The risk is clearly sigGAIN CONFIDENCE nificant. The bad news is 1. Balance and Awareness that it is one of the inevi2. Balance and Vision table hazards of aging. 3. Balance and Strength The good news is that 4. Balance and Standing there are things we can do about it. 5. Balance and Perception This workout has few requirements: a chair (no wheels or swivel), a wall or counter and access to water. The video strongly recommends that before doing the exercises, you watch the first overview section. Briggs and her team break their subject down into five segments. The set is a classroom with a wildly diverse group of students who range from youthful to senior, fully able-bodied to differently abled. One student has what appear to be prosthetic legs; she works from her wheelchair or a walker. The mixture makes the point that the work is accessible to virtually anybody who wants to do it. The format is similar from section to section: a description of the exercises, detailed cueing from Briggs, clear demonstrations by Kris Sanders, another member of the team, and finally the students doing the moves. The opening section, “Balance and Awareness,” teaches two simple breathing exercises, done seated: inhaling low into the belly and then adding instructions to pull the navel into the spine and contract the perineum to lift the pelvic floor on the exhale — fundamentals of building the strong core essential to maintaining and improving your balance. Each section of the WHY YOU SHOULD overview ends with a DO THIS AND summary of the whys and wherefores. HOW THIS WILL Balance places deHELP YOU mands on all the senses, 1. Balances the central neras anyone who progressvous system to calm you es to doing these or any 2. Keep you in the present other moves with eyes moment closed will vouch. Yet the eye exercises that were 3. Heighten mental and once routinely includphysical awareness ed in yoga classes are 4. Tones abdominal and pretty scarce today. Four perineal muscles to keep of them are in the “Balyou strong and balanced ance and Vision” section

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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. $1,490,000

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BUSINESS BRIEFS + Organic juice bar opens on St. Armands Circle That’s Fresh Organic Juice Bar opened April 28, at 476 John Ringling Blvd., St. Armands Circle. The café offers cold-press organic juices and smoothies, grilled panini sandwiches, salads, granola/yogurt/fruit bowls and caffeinated beverages. Owners are Raunier and Yileny Mendiluza. Call 844-843-8737.

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PAW-SITIVE NEWS. Michele Strauss brought her Longboat Observer along on one of her avocations as an international judge for United Feline Organization. She is shown with a red mackerel tabby Maine coon cat, which she judged during her recent visit to Nuremberg, Germany with the Bavaria Cat Club.

Participating Longboat Key restaurants are Chart House, Dry Dock Waterfront Grill, Euphemia Haye Restaurant, Harry’s Continental Kitchens and Pattigeorge’s. On St. Armands Circle, Café L’Europe will participate. For information, visit restaurantweek.savorsarasota.com.

+ Circle businesses observe Military Appreciation Day Select businesses on St. Armands Circle will honor service men and women and veterans May 26, with Military Appreciation Day. Individuals who have served will receive special discounts or offers at participating businesses with proof of military service. Look for the “Military Appreciation” identifier on the doors of Circle businesses. For information, call 388-1554.

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

John Ringling Estates home sells for $3.5 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between May 5 and May 9. A home in John Ringling Estates tops all transactions in this weekâ€™s real estate. Frank and Carole Krohn, trustees, sold the home at 132 N. Washington Drive to Jeffrey and Penny Vinik, of Tampa, for $3.5 million. Built in 1950, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,123 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $325,000 in 1982.

living area. It previously sold for $650,000 in 2005.

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Kathleen Krohn, trustee, sold the Unit A-101 condominium at 535 Sanctuary Drive to Herman Frankel and Sharon Frankel, trustees, of Longboat Key, for $1.25 million. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths and 3,115 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $490,000 in 1992.

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Marvin Kocian, trustee, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit 602 condominium at 455 Longboat Club Road to Clifford and Sandra Kress, of Allison Park, Pa., for $1.08 million. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,410 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $950,000 in 2010.

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William Thomas and Suzanne Thomas, of Aylett, Va., sold their Unit 303 condominium at 5555 Gulf of Mexico Drive to

Kelsey Grau

This home at 132 N. Washington Drive has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,123 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.5 million. John Hantz, trustee, of Southfield, Mich., for $895,000. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 1,828 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $650,000 in 2001.

Longboat Key Towers

Murray Greenwald, Brent Greenwald and Heidi Thompson and Bart and Deborah Greenwald, of Jefferson, Ky., sold their Unit S-1003 condominium at 601 Longboat Club Road to William and Maria Aitchison, of Sudbury, Mass., for $831,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,458 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $437,500 in 1998.

Sands Point

Lorena Droba Rodriguez, of New York, sold her Unit 320 condominium at 100 Sands Point Road to Tonda Mullis, of Danbury, Conn., for $555,000. Built in 1966, it has one bedroom, two baths and 1,492 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $122,000 in 1982.

Seaplace

David and Sandra Campbell, of Charleston, W.Va., sold their Unit G3-102-B condominium at 2039 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Myrna Tubbs, trustee, of De Witt, Iowa, for $505,000. Built in 1974, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,492 square feet of

Seneca Realty Co. sold the Unit 237 condominium at 1932 Harbourside Drive to Dennis and Elizabeth Horrigan, of Buffalo, N.Y., for $495,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,442 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $423,000 in 2011. Gerard and Donna Ricciardelli, of Linden, N.J., sold their Unit 803 condominium at 1916 Harbourside Drive to Barbara Katz, trustee, of Longboat Key, for $475,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 1,626 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $485,000 in 2001.

Winding Oaks

Harvey Levine sold his Unit 52 condominium at 3410 Winding Oaks Drive to Robert Capone and M. Christine Parker, of Chatham, N.J., for $465,000. Built in 1988, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,039 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $310,000 in 1993.

Longboat Harbour

Edward and Janet Davin, of Spring Lake, N.J., sold their Unit 206 condominium at 4440 Exeter Drive to Gregg and Stacey Stanley, of Southampton, N.Y., for $325,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,168 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $165,500 in 1999. Allan and Judith Robertson

sold their Unit 206 condominium at 4380 Exeter Drive to Patricia McCollister, trustee, of Valley, Neb., for $315,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,168 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $280,000 in 2008.

Windward Bay

Celia Schwartz sold her Unit 201 condominium at 4800 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Robert Curry Jr., of Longboat Key, for $300,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,337 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $137,000 in 1988.

Spanish Main Yacht Club

Stephen and Roberta Sherman, of Scottsdale, Ariz., sold their Unit 113 condominium at 618 Spanish Drive S. to John and Vivian Fagan, trustees, of Westport, Mass., for $240,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,399 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $272,000 in 2005. Margaret McGouran, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit 188 condominium at 676 El Centro to Carolyn Rothman, of Longboat Key, for $234,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,427 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $290,000 in 2007.

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575 Sanctuary Dr # 403 #A3993941 $925,000 Carol Cohen Pa

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

3691 Bayou Cir #A3990373 $899,000 Hannerle Moore

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

3060 Grand Bay Blvd # 124 #A3979353 $890,000 Linda Thompson

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-400-0805

545 Rountree Dr #A3996752 $769,000 Michael Yawitz

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

373 Benjamin Franklin Dr #A3971800 $3,000,000 Stephanie Church

2425 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 12 #A3995797 $747,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

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

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

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

775 Longboat Club Rd # 101 #A3993851 $649,500 The Collier Group

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

2525 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 4B #A3993027 $619,000 Tom Delaney

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

200 Cocoanut Ave # 5 #A3997868 $615,000 Nell Leffel

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-932-0032

1926 Harbourside Dr # 1301 #A3991171 $599,000 Jennifer Putnam

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-539-6768

FAMILIAR FACES. EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS. Showcase your property to over 6,500 affiliate branches in 52 countries. 1920 Harbourside Dr # 1004 #A3995452 $590,000 Julie Klick

1241 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 202 #A3996039 $2,775,000 Michael Moulton

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

6821 Hughes St #A3982781 $575,000 Dana Westmark

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

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

2295 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 33 #A3997099 $569,000 Douglas Parks

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

2109 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 1302 #A3994345 $535,000 Emmy Lou Gilbert

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-807-1764

7125 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 12 #A3998052 $529,000 Richard Perlman

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

6628 Schooner Bay Cir # 6628 #A3990974 $525,000 Theresa Riordan

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-441-6644

555 S Gulfstream Ave # 1101 #A3998165 $525,000 Barbara Dumbaugh

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-350-3743

5265 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 308 #A3989789 $485,000 Eileen Burke

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

3440 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 6 #A3996889 $475,000 Susan Smith

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-302-3440

3660 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 203 #A3996229 $399,900 Mary Jo Violett

Longboat Key 941-349-3444 941-928-8474

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BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of May 9 through May 15, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

1930 Harbourside Dr # 124 #A3982406 $339,000 Saint Cacchiotti

4830 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # V-11 #A3987845 $269,000 Bobbi Banan

Amount $375,000 $196,000 $170,000

Lynn Johns, trustee Kathleen Mosak, trustee

$149,533 $140,000

Kenneth Newmark, trustee $100,000 Nataly Grigorian $82,000 Roger Clark $79,000 David Geis Trust $63,590 Pierre Condo Assoc. $60,526 John Sullivan $53,558 Michael A. Pariseau Revocable Trust $48,000 Michael Spinozzi Dorothy Williams

$34,944 $34,000

Sherry Howell, trustee 3475 GMD LLC William Krugler Ronald Kelly Patricia Prudhomme

$31,200 $27,950 $27,130 $23,812 $16,469

Mary Smith, trustee T&S Property LLC

$15,200 $12,000

George Reiss

1800 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 605 Sarasota #A3975542 $3,500-$6,500/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

$11,569.85

5444 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3997003 $4,250,000 Richard Perlman

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

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

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

565 Sanctuary Dr # A302 #A3996273 $1,750,000 Carol Cohen Pa

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

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

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

609 Triton Bend #A3990694 $1,650,000 Barbara Najmy

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-705-1158

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

601 Longboat Club Rd # 201S #A3987049 $1,495,000 Hannerle Moore

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

6413 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3994801 $1,299,000 Bruce & Jenine Meyer

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

3040 Grand Bay Blvd # 294 #A3995799 $1,195,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

3565 Mistletoe Ln #A3996149 $999,000 Julie Klick

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

1445 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 502 #A3989515 $975,000 Jenifer Schwell

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

Paul Conrad Wiet, co-trustee $11,377 John Ernst $11,076 Kathy Flood $10,440 Kathleen Sweeney $10,000 Seaplace Condo Assoc. $8,685 Lynn Nieting, trustee $4,705.84 Wayne Mock, trustee Nancy Cornuke

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

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

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4400 Exeter Dr # 202 #A3983983 $289,500 Sharon Freeman

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

Applicant Robert Seaman Diane Brandlein Margaret Hopkins Trust

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4234 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # X2 Longboat Key #A3989623 $2,000-$4,000/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

$2,419 $2,375

225 Sands Point Rd # 6204 #A3985969 $334,000 Terri Derr

4390 Exeter Dr # 305 #A3991943 $189,000 Sandi Layfield

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

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

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Address Permit 435 L’Ambiance Drive Alterations 3740 GMD Alterations 565 Sanctuary Drive Interior alterations Kitchen and 2425 GMD bathroom alterations 350 GMD Interior alterations Kitchen and 545 Sanctuary Drive bathroom alterations 2105 GMD Interior alterations 4325 GMD Alteration 3423 Winding Oaks Drive Alteration 455 Longboat Club Road Alteration 760 Dream Island Road Pool and spa 1955 GMD Interior alterations Kitchen and 1065 GMD bathroom alterations 4325 GMD Interior alterations Living room 3482 Mistletoe Lane alterations 3475 GMD Pool 4835 GMD Interior alterations 2109 GMD Interior alterations 550 Putting Green Lane New roof Master bathroom 370 GMD alteration 876 Spanish Drive N. Concrete repair Master bathroom 575 Sanctuary Drive alterations Sliding glass doors 4825 GMD and window 1935 GMD Bathroom alterations 741 Tarawitt Drive Re-roof 3271 Bayou Road Pool cage 2045 GMD Re-roof 3710 GMD Re-roof Garage door 4 Winslow Place replacement 511 Birdie Lane Pool resurfacing

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

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

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 5871 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3996985 $7,900,000 Christina Landry

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

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TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, May 13

94 (1974)

46 (1924)

Wednesday, May 14

94 (1985)

48 (1924)

Thursday, May 15

95 (1995)

49 (1917)

Friday, May 16

94 (1994)

45 (1917)

Saturday, May 17

95 (1943)

48 (1917)

Sunday, May 18

97 (1938)

50 (1927)

Monday, May 19

95 (1938)

52 (1917)

Average Gulf water temperature: 80

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

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Boat Slips For Rent/Sale BOATHOUSE, LBK: 29/ft. covered dry slip, only 10 minutes to Gulf, $250/mo. 941-724-9486.

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KEVIN LEE DEAN March 19, 1950 to May 13, 2014

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“Syd Solomon never stopped working, even with Alzheimer’s. Picasso painted the night before he died. Renoir never stopped painting even though his arthritis was bad,” Kevin Dean said. “What you do is what you are. It sounds romantic, but there’s a degree of truth to that because you feel like it’s something you have to do.”

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PASSION WITH A PURPOSE In the very pages of the arts section he founded, artist-curator-critic-historianteacher Kevin Dean lives on as a pillar of Sarasota’s arts community.

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Kevin Dean was feeling ill, and said he wouldn’t make it to a private tour for RCAD colleagues at the last show he curated, “Rediscovering David Budd: The Forgotten Abstract Expressionist.” But he showed up — the people there remember it as a special and poignant moment. Here, he discusses David Budd’s “Journey Without Maps,” which Dean said symbolized passing over into death.

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In 1979, Dean and his new wife moved to Sarasota. A year later, Dean approached Ralph Hunter, the publisher of the Longboat Observer at the time, and said he wanted to write an arts column. “My wife told him to, ‘Go out and get yourself a haircut and a shave, then come back,’” Hunter says. Plus, Hunter said he’d oblige if Dean sold a page of ads. Dean had never worked in sales, but shortly after the meeting he returned with a page sold. Eventually Hunter agreed to let him stop selling ads and hired him full time (even though Dean never did get that shave or haircut). Aside from Ralph and Claire

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The same year his first child, Ian, was born, Dean began teaching studio and art history at Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD) in 1985. He still wrote for various publications, including the Longboat Observer, and was creating art and exhibiting it on the side. “He was one of those people behind the scenes,” Mark Ormond, RCAD colleague and friend since 1983, says. “He didn’t seek out the limelight, but

he had a connection with artists and the community.” Although, Dean was in the spotlight when his rock band of RCAD colleagues, “The Art Sharks,” played. Dean was the drummer, and occasionally his wife would step in as the singer. Dr. Larry Thompson, president of RCAD, calls him “the ultimate educator.” Thompson’s son, Hunter, told his father Dean was the best teacher he ever had. “He found what he was meant to do and he was meant to be,” Larry Thompson says. “He was so passionate about it; he loved our students.” One of those students was Tim Jaeger. Jaeger says Dean used to take out one student a week to lunch. He estimated once that multiplying the price of pizza by the number of weeks he worked at RCAD, Dean spent more than $50,000 on his students throughout his career. Jaeger continued working with him at Selby Gallery as the gallery assistant. “He was one of the very few real and rare people that had a passion for art,” Jaeger says. “He was totally genuine.”

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Early in his career, Dean created paintings and collages. His work evolved into printmaking and constructions with yardsticks or wood. For the past two decades, he created site-specific installations with found materials; each piece had a symbolic meaning. Dean labeled it “Neodadaist postmodernist conceptual” art. His last installation, “Whitcomb Series: Dreaming of my Cabin in the City of Dis,” was featured in “All in the Family” at the

IceHouse (curated by Jaeger). It was a small shed-like cabin surrounded by Mason jars full of various items, a parallel to Dante’s “Inferno.” Often during the past 20 years, Dean would create art under the pseudonym Brandon Whitcomb. Dean would even give lectures at colleges about Whitcomb and introduce Whitcomb and his art as if he was a separate entity. Dean was writing the fictionalized biography of Whitcomb, which was really a reflection of Dean himself.

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Dean continued teaching and creating art when he became director of Selby Gallery in 1994 (two years after his daughter, Molly, was born). Laura Avery, assistant director of the gallery, describes his office as one of his installations, “the inside of his mind.” He displayed his collected iconography of the Catholic Church, tchotchkes his students gave him, paintings and the funny and tacky gifts he cherished. He curated more than 250 exhibitions during his time at the gallery. His mission was to enlighten RCAD students and the public about the contemporary art taking place in big-city hubs from Los Angles to New York City. When people would walk in the gallery, he’d love to talk about the work in display with them. “He never got tired of (art and art history),” Kipling says of her husband. “He just wanted to

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“I think his voice was one of the most knowledgeable and clearest voices,” Mark Ormond says of Dean. “Not just to help people understand contemporary art but also to educate them about the history of art and culture.” share that.” His legacy lives on, not only in the words he left behind, but in his children. Molly Kipling Dean is an illustrator with one year left at RCAD; Ian Kipling Dean is a photographer and RCAD alumni — their father featured his work alongside theirs in January in the IceHouse’s “All in the Family.” “So many children of artists become artists; it suggests that artists are often born and not made,” Dean said. Dean is survived by his wife Kay Kipling; son Ian Kipling Dean; daughter Molly Kipling Dean; two brothers, Ken Dean and Keith (Sally) Dean; sister Karen Bunn; and many friends.

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Hunter’s daughter, Janet Hunter, Dean was the first full-time employee of the Longboat Observer. Janet Hunter said he always surprised them with hidden talents: from being resident cartoonist to helping the paper win a baseball game as pitcher. The Hunters say he was a writer ahead of his time. “He had so much knowledge and vision for the arts community in Sarasota and a frustration with people’s lack of acceptance of creative forms of art,” Janet Hunter says. He modeled himself after his favorite art critic, Robert Hughes, who wrote for Time magazine. He thought Hughes was funny and could reach people on their level — Dean’s same approach. “I didn’t do what critics do that sounds like you’re talking to other critics,” Dean once said in an interview with Diversions. He wrote about the artists and the community when the visual arts scene was booming with nationally recognized artists such as Syd Solomon, David Budd, Ben Stahl and Robert Chambers. Dean was at the nucleus of it all as the authoritative voice preserving Sarasota’s art history.

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While he was obtaining his master’s degrees in studio art and art history from Western Illinois University, he taught art in public schools and at a community college. But his first job as a curator was in Galesberg, Ill., where Dean ran the Galesburg Civic Art Center beginning in 1976. Attempting to gain some publicity for an exhibition, he ventured into the building of the town’s daily newspaper, The Register-Mail. He spoke with a blueeyed blonde, Kay Kipling, who hadn’t been on the job for even a week as a features writer. “He was intelligent and funny,” she says. “I thought he was a little offbeat — I like offbeat.” The duo clicked. They went to see Clint Eastwood’s “The Outlaw Josey Wales.” Afterward, they talked for hours. It was the first of many movies they’d watch together throughout their relationship. They were married in 1978.

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Stopperan produces movie based on reel life The last time Diversions talked to Tony Stopperan in May 2013, he was busy producing “The Lucky 6” at Ringling College of Art and Design. This film was the first fulllength feature college students at RCAD produced using FSU/Asolo Conservatory graduate students as actors. Since its premiere at the Sarasota Film Festival, Stopperan has fully immersed himself in his next project. His next full-length feature film production, “Paradise, FL,” is completely independent from RCAD. The film starts preproduction June 16, and shooting begins July 8. Stopperan wrote the script based loosely around events that occurred in his life. When he was 26 years old, he moved in with a friend whose wife attemptTony ed suicide and was hospiStopperan talized, and his friend had young children younger than 5 years old. “I moved in to help and found myself in the middle of his drama,” Stopperan says. “He always said I’d write about it some day.” Stopperan never thought he would write about it. His belief is that the leading character’s change, or growth, is something imperative to a well-formed plot. But Stopperan’s friend never changed. “I realized that I was the one who changed,” he says. Stopperan discerned it in summer 2011 when he was an FSU/Asolo Conservatory of Acting graduate student studying in London with other second-year students. One class involved monologue writing, for which Stopperan wrote about the experience. When he returned to Sarasota, he presented the one-man monologue to an audience, including his friend and Ringling College of Art and Design student, Nick Morgulis. “He told me, ‘That needs to be a movie,

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Lost boys find themselves in the spotlight Sarasota Ballet School flies off to Neverland with its upcoming “Peter Pan” performance May 24, at Manatee Performing Arts Center. The choreography is as darling as Wendy Darling herself. One standout scene features the Lost Boys, including the littlest member of Sarasota Ballet, 4-year-old Adam Attari. Attari, portraying a troublemaker, pushes the boys over in a domino effect, causing them all to tumble. He then chases after them with a sword — soon after, they all playfully retaliate. Diversions got a behind-the-scenes look at a rehearsal — and the fun that happened during it.

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MUSIC // The musical abundance of Sarasota I double dare anyone to say Sarasota isn’t one of the most musically abundant cities in the country. In one Sunday, we attended a concert of mostly 20th and 21st century music by Sybarite5, ran home to feed our dog, and then waltzed over to the Historic Asolo to spend the evening with Lehár’s “Merry Widow.” You couldn’t have two more contrasting musical experiences, yet both satisfying and musically fascinating. We recently told you about Sybarite5’s Forward Festival, a series of five concerts focusing on music of almost every era performed by violinists Sami Merdinian and Sarah Whitney, violist Angela Pickett, cellist Laura Metcalf, and bassist Louis Levitt with a variety of friends including mezzo Blythe Gaissert, pianist Djordge Nesic, the Chroma Quartet, percussionist George Nickson and harpist Cheryl Losey. At the Festival’s grand finale, all the musicians were participating this time and their program, which opened with “The Shark,” a jazzy, dancing, rhythmic piece by Astor Piazolla, set the stage for things to come, ranging from experimental musical sounds that were both emotionally and dramatically intriguing, to more conventional forays into styles from jazz to impressionism. Among the more absorbing works on the program were some pieces by Radiohead. Hearing Sybarite5 play “No Surprises,” surprised me into wanting to hear more of this music that’s beautiful, tonal and used mesmerizing melodies over Vivaldi-like pizzicatos. Another of their works, “Weird Fishes,” was more rhythmically complex with electronic sounds acoustically produced, resulting in a melding of John Adams and Philip Glass — simple on the surface but complicated in its core. Sybarite5 and Chroma joined forces for “Last Round,” a work composed by Osvoldo Golijov in honor of Piazolla as “A sublimated tango … two quartets confront each other … with the bass in between,” we were told. Words, while adding a personal touch, weren’t needed because the swirling music spoke well for itself. Ending without musical resolution, it was one of the most intriguing pieces on the program. But then there was Debussy’s well known “Danses sacree et profane” performed with magic by Sarasota Orchestra’s principal harpist, Losey, with Sybarite5 and Chroma. This work is generally done with a conductor but this ensemble held together beautifully without one, except for one thing: It lacked an overall concept and interpretation. It’s fine for a chamber ensemble to be conductorless, especially a group as well honed and precise as this one. But a leader would have given the work a focus it lacked. Losey, though, positively burned the harp, giving it a glistening, glowing performance. Another work, Andy Akiho’s “Revolve,” written for Sybarite5, and based on a fivenote pattern with rushing, knocking, plucking, slapping sounds, had its world premiere at the concert, and the group — with Gaissert — performed a new version of “Goodnight Moon,” a lovely setting of the children’s

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The Artist Series Concerts offered three performances of the “Merry Widow” at the Historic Asolo in an encapsulated version arranged, choreographed and directed by Joy McIntyre, who also served as the charming narrator, holding the far-fetched but fetching story together. Sung in English with simply magnificent videos of Viennese palaces, gardens and ballrooms as the backdrop, it was a fun and very welcome evening. The men in the cast — baritone Andrew Garland, as Count Danilo; tenor Gregory Schmidt as Count de Rosillon; and baritone John Fiorita as Baron Zeta — fared better than the women. Garland, whose Andrew Garland rich baritone soared through “Maxim’s” and, with Schmidt, roared through “Girls, Girls, Girls,” was particularly effective as an excellent singer and actor. While soprano Lindsay Russell showed a lovely, light voice as Valencienne, Susana Diaz, as the Widow, had a garbled, strangely produced soprano that was covered and not very appealing. Still, you can’t argue with such beautiful music and, with members of the Gloria Musicae Singers in smaller roles, this “Merry Widow” was seductive, fun and heartening. The Can-Can scene (“Little Paris Ladies), sung and danced by Gloria Musicae, showed — shall we say — an entirely different side of this ensemble that really needed to be seen to be believed. The star of the show was the off-stage pianist and musical director, Joseph Holt, who sounded like a full orchestra with stylish, polished playing. As much as the audience enjoyed the singers and dancers on stage, when Holt finally came out for his curtain call, he was given the largest ovation, with great justification.

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A spectacular setting demands a spectacular house. Here in Sarasota, where the land meets the water, we’re lucky to have an abundance of special places where the beauty of nature is so close it seems you can reach out and touch it. Sometimes it’s the beach, sometimes it’s tropical flora and fauna. Let’s take a look at several homes currently on the market that celebrate Sarasota’s closeness with nature.

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