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+ Ronson does double duty Longboat Key resident Harold Ronson, right, was a veteran on a mission to honor the war dead on Memorial Day May 27. To that end, he made two presentations of beautifully framed posters featuring the famous image of the flag raising at Iwo Jima nearly 70 years ago. The first was to Dr. Joseph Mendels, left, board president of Jewish Family and Children’s Service at its Tribute to Veterans luncheon at Michael’s on East.

Ronson went from there to make the same gift to Robert Carter, president and CEO of Friendship Centers.

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+ Shark heads to sea after photo-op Beachplace resident Rebecca Goldthwaite spotted a group of young men in May who caught a sandbar shark near the Resort at Longboat Key Club. The fishermen cut the line and released the shark — but first posed for a group shot that Goldthwaite snapped on her iPad.

+ Book snaps award nominations Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson’s “The Lure of Longboat Key” was recently named a finalist for the International Book Award in the photography division and the Eric Hoffer Book Award in the art division.

The coffee table book was released in November and features approximately 150 of Johnson’s photos from the past 10 years.

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Retired Longboat Key Police Chief Wayne McCammon, 83, died May 27. He served as the island’s top cop for 23 years.

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Wayne McCammon’s dry sense of humor was evident in his “Cops Corner” entries in the Longboat Observer. The Jan. 1, 1979 entry was featured in a New Yorker cartoon in the 1980s.

hen residents refused to evacuate for hurricanes, Longboat Key Police Chief Wayne McCammon told them, “Put your name on a toe tag so we can identify you.”

When the Longboat Key Town Commission balked at sending him to the FBI Academy, McCammon said, “I have no desire to be a pet rock police chief.”

When he disagreed with his officers, he debated the issue in his signature booming voice and colorful choice of words.

“I remember sometimes just storming out of his office and just being mad as hell at him,” said former Longboat Key Police Chief John Kintz, whom McCammon hired fresh out of the Manatee County Police Academy in 1981. “You knew who he was and you always knew where you stood with him.”

“Wayne was really big on the truth,” said retired Longboat Key Deputy Police Chief Martin Sharkey, whom McCammon also hired in 1981. “One of the things he told me was that the one thing that would get me fired was being untruthful. I think Wayne was a really good judge of character.”

McCammon, who served

as Longboat Key’s police chief from 1973 to 1996, died May 27.

He was 83.

As he prepared to retire in 1996, he told the Longboat Observer: “The day I was hired as chief of police at Longboat Key was the best day in my law enforcement career.”

Eighteen years after his retirement, he still kept the letters from citizens thanking him for listening when they complained about a traffic citation, recommending a probation sentence and helping them without judging.

McCammon’s oldest daughter, Linda Romanowski, described her father’s love for the Key. “He just really liked the community feel, and it meant a great deal to him to be able to help people,” she said.

McCammon took a similar approach to his role as the father of three daughters.

“He was very fair, always listened and was not judgmental,” Romanowski said. “He approached everything logically.

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South end beach fix up next on the agenda A $1.7 million south end beach project is the next erosion hot spot that needs sand as soon as possible.

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Just about all Longboaters have heard about the severe erosion on the north end of the island and the importance of a sand project being performed there right now.

But the south end of the Key has its own eroded beach that’s in need of some sand and attention.

Town Manager Dave Bullock informed the Longboat Key Town Commission at its regular meeting Monday night at Town Hall that he’s formulating a plan to restore sand to a 3,000-squarefoot area of lost beach from L’Ambiance north to the beach behind Longboat Key Towers.

“The area has lost the majority of its dry beach,” Bullock said.

“There’s little to no recreational beach because of the erosion.”

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MCCAMMON / FROM 1A He was very unflappable, our dad.”

“Our father taught us to be hard-working, productive citizens and to care and do for others. He was our hero, our protector. Dad was one-of-a-kind and leaves a great legacy behind,” his youngest daughter, Susie Meador, wrote in an email.

Born Oct. 28, 1930, in New Brunswick, N.J., McCammon never planned to become a cop.

He joined the Army at 17 and served for eight years. He was wounded in action during the Korean War and was later stationed in Germany.

Later, he attended police academy on a whim and got his first law enforcement job in 1957, with the Fairlawn, N.J., police department, and resigned in 1968 to serve for two years as a civilian adviser to the South Vietnam national police.

After moving to Florida, McCammon joined the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. He left two years later to become police chief in Leavenworth, Kan., but returned to the area within six months after learning about the job opening on the Key. When he was hired in 1973, the

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department had nine staffers, two patrol cars and a $90,000 annual budget. By the time he retired, it had 27 employees, eight patrol cars, two boats, a truck and a $1.4 million annual budget.

McCammon took pride in the Key’s low crime rates and the fact that during his leadership, his officers maintained law and order without ever firing a gun.

Despite low crime, he led the department through several highprofile cases, including six murders and Operation Longboat, a multi-agency effort that resulted in arrests of 11 men and women, including a Longboat Key couple, and the seizure of more than a ton of cocaine and $2 million in cash in 1989.

McCammon kept a close relationship with citizens and could often be found at the end of the day talking with them over a drink at Moore’s Stonecrab Restaurant, the Monkey Room at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort or the Buccaneer Inn. “He was a regular guy,” said Moore’s co-owner Alan Moore.

“He wasn’t just a cop in a car. Everybody liked Wayne.”

Moore remembers how his father and uncle became instant friends with McCammon in 1973, when the police chief was new at

“He was a regular guy. He wasn’t just a cop in a car.

Everybody liked Wayne.”

— Alan Moore, co-owner of Moore’s Stonecrab Restaurant the job.

The Moore brothers drank too much one night at the Holiday Inn, got thrown out and, to get even, drove to Cortez, retrieved a mullet net and flung it into the hotel pool with their truck.

McCammon arrived at the scene, and introduced himself, saying he was new in town. He made them pull their nets and clean up, but also talked to them, beginning a longtime friendship.

Dora Walters, retired Longboat Observer senior editor, remembers McCammon following her late one night as she drove an old pickup truck off the island. She thanked him later, thinking he was escorting her as a courtesy.

But he hadn’t recognized her; the vehicle piqued his suspicion, and he chided her for driving it so late at night.

“We don’t do pickup trucks on the Key after 9 p.m.,” he told her.

As chief, McCammon took a

chance on several young officers, including Sharkey and Kintz.

“I think he just saw something in me that I probably didn’t see at the time,” said Sharkey, who was 21 when McCammon hired him.

In the beginning, Sharkey didn’t like some of McCammon’s policies — like the way he insisted that police vehicles bear the words “Always at your service.”

“As a young policeman, I didn’t like it, but as I grew up out there, I came to understand what it meant to the town and its citizens,” he said.

He also wrote the Longboat Observer’s “Cops Corner” column from its inception in 1979 until his retirement, always in green ink on yellow paper. McCammon’s dry sense of humor made the column a hit with readers, although it was a well-guarded secret then that he was the writer.

“We hated it,” Sharkey said. “It showed all the little stuff we did.

But it kind of made the people on Longboat Key feel closer to the police department.”

McCammon told his officers they could never learn enough and encouraged them to seek out training. He kept a yellow brick in his office that he’d earned after completing the FBI National Academy’s infamous obstacle

course known as the Yellow Brick Road. When Kintz told him he wanted to earn his own brick, McCammon “got the ball rolling” but told Kintz he would have to shape up first.

“Listen, fat boy, you’re going to have to shed some pounds if you ever expect to pass that obstacle course and get that yellow brick,” McCammon told him.

Two years later, Kintz attended the FBI National Academy. He still displays his yellow brick proudly in his office.

Kintz described the legacy McCammon leaves on the island.

He said many icons of Longboat Key, like the Holiday Inn, have been replaced with condos over the last 10 or 15 years.

“So many of those places made Longboat Key what it was back in the day,” he said. “Wayne McCammon was just as much of an icon as some of those places.”

McCammon is survived by his daughters Linda Romanowski and Susie Meador, both of Lakewood Ranch, and Maggie Hicks, of Sarasota; four grandchildren; one great-grandson; and “sweetie” of more than 10 years, Olga Davis, of Longboat Key and Toronto.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Power pole debate goes dark An attempt by Commissioner Pat Zunz to reignite a Florida Power and Light Co. underground pole discussion at the June 21 workshop failed Monday night.

A costly option to bury Longboat Key’s power poles keeps surfacing, but the debate itself was likely buried for good Monday night.

Commissioner Pat Zunz, an opponent of the Key’s overhead power lines Keywide, brought the topic up again at Monday’s regular meeting at Town Hall, two weeks after the commission chose not to move forward with a feasible study to bury the power lines that would cost taxpayers $189,000.

It’s estimated it would cost $10 million to bury the power lines along Gulf of Mexico Drive. It would cost $21 million to bury all the remaining overhead power lines on the Key. Zunz asked the commission to consider adding another discussion about burying Florida Power and Light Co. (FPL) power poles to its June 16 regular workshop.

“We failed to ask a lot of questions and don’t have as many answers as we should,” said Zunz, who also sent an email to Longbeach Village Association President Michael Drake this past week asking for community support to hold another discussion about the power lines.

“We talk about this being a premier destination, but I don’t think so as long as we don’t do something about those wires.”

Mayor Jim Brown agreed the power lines are ugly, announcing he’s “appalled when I look at the Gulf of Mexico Drive power grid,” calling the island’s grid “one of the ugliest I’ve ever seen.”

But Brown also expressed a concern for the alternative, which is large metal power boxes that would pop up in yards around the Key. “I already have four utility boxes in my yard,” Brown said. “I’d like a reality check of what we may see here, but the study seems like a lot of money.”

In August, FPL plans to replace at its own cost the town’s poles with sturdier ones — known as the “hardening” of its four power feeders. At the May 19 commission’s regular workshop, it asked if commissioners would like to bury all of the Key’s cables underground, once and for all. The topic has bubbled to the surface every so often during discussions, for instance, about ways to enhance Gulf of Mexico Drive.

The cost of such a project has always tabled the discussion, but Town Manager Dave Bullock said it was likely the last chance to consider the costly option before FPL begins its hardening project in August.

The town could stick with the current plan and change its mind later, but FPL would add the value of the new poles it’s paying for toward any future underground project.

The majority of the seven commissioners believes burying Gulf of Mexico Drive power poles at a cost of $10 million isn’t worth the expense.

NEWSBRIEFS + Investment Committee’s makeup is questioned Commissioner Phill Younger is uncomfortable with the makeup of the town’s Investment Advisory Committee, which advises the commission on investment and financial practices.

Younger, who was appointed to take former Vice Mayor David Brenner’s place, told commissioners at the regular workshop Monday the group is lopsided.

The group has always consisted of three commissioners, who have the ability to appoint two citizens to the committee.

The committee, which already has Armando Linde as a member, is searching for another citizen member and Chairwoman Lynn Larson said the group will add another member once the town consolidates its three pension boards into one board.

Younger agreed to stay on while the committee searches for another citizen.

+ Town’s fiscal transparency tool wins another award The town’s fiscal transparency website module received a 2013-14 Solutions Award from the Public Technology Institute in the e-government category.

The module uses the finance department’s database to review real time updates to the town budget.

The tool also includes five years of current historical expenditure data. In April it was featured in Government Technology Magazine.

To use the module, visit longboatkey. org and click on the “fiscal transparency” tab on the right side of the home page.

+ Tennis Resort Online names Key Club No. 8 resort Commissioner Terry Gans said the commission is “misleading the citizens if we continue to make it look like we will continue to entertain the underground option.”

Gans received statistics from FPL officials Monday that revealed 60% of the Key’s power lines and utilities are already underground, mostly in specific neighborhoods and planned unit developments like Bay Isles.

FPL statistics show that 6,500 of the Key’s electrical meters are already serving underground utilities, and the remaining 4,000 meters on the island are served by overhead poles and wires.

Gans also noted that FPL officials said last week that a storm could wreak as much havoc, if not more, to an underground system as an overhead power system.

“Gulf of Mexico Drive aesthetics are in the eye of the beholder and they don’t bother me that much,” Gans said. “But even if they did, they don’t bother me $7 million or $10 million worth, especially

when we have more pressing needs.”

Zunz disagreed, calling the burying of power lines “an investment in the future that will increase property values.”

Commissioner Lynn Larson called the burying of Gulf of Mexico Drive power lines “a benefit to everyone.”

While Zunz obtained support from Brown and Larson to discuss the topic at the workshop, the rest of the commissioners raised their hands in support of ending the discussion.

Gans, Vice Mayor Jack Duncan and Commissioners Phill Younger and Irwin Pastor made up the majority vote to end the discussion.

“The numbers on this thing are so far out of balance, I can’t see going anywhere with this,” Younger.

Gans urged the commission to focus on what he perceives as far more pressing issues.

“Underground poles don’t trump the beach, the pension expenses, a sewer line underneath the bay or the myriad of other things we have to do,” Gans said.

Tennis Resorts Online named the Resort at Longboat Key Club one of the top tennis resorts in the world in its annual listing in May. The list, which features 75 tennis resorts and 25 tennis camps, included the Key Club in the No. 8 spot.

The listing is compiled from surveys submitted by tennis players and enthusiasts about the quality of resort services.

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drawing my resignation.”

All commissioners agreed to the request.

Younger, meanwhile, said he will postpone his support.

“I would like to have the conversation first before making a decision,” Younger said.

Town Manager Dave Bullock and his staff began advertising for a new town attorney May 30 in local newspapers after the Longboat Key Town Commission signed off on a request for proposal (RFP) document that allows local lawyers to apply for the town attorney position.

Mooney-Portale has agreed to stay on in her capacity for three months or until a new attorney is selected.

The town is accepting bids for the attorney position until 10 a.m. June 16 unless Mooney-Portale agrees to rescind her resignation.

“I realize you have an RFP already out there and I would like to do this in an expedited fashion,” Mooney-Portale said.

Mooney-Portale was up for a commission evaluation June 1 and avoided that exercise with her resignation last month.

Brown said that evaluation, which Larson called for in May, is premature and shouldn’t be held until the fall at the earliest.

Mooney-Portale has been the town attorney for 11 months but was on maternity leave for approximately three months.

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A search for a new town attorney that began May 30 might be over.

At the request of Mayor Jim Brown, which has the support of four other commissioners, Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale has agreed to consider rescinding her resignation.

Brown, who was on vacation when Mooney-Portale resigned at the end of the May 19 regular workshop, pleaded with her to reconsider her decision at the end of Monday night’s regular meeting at Town Hall.

“I’m disappointed and angry our town attorney felt she needed to resign,” Brown said. “I really think she was reading the tea leaves wrong. I believe she has a lot of support and the majority is supportive.”

Brown, Vice Mayor Jack Duncan and Commissioners Terry Gans, Irwin Pastor and Pat Zunz raised their hands in support of Mooney-Portale when Brown asked for a show of support.

Only Commissioners Lynn Larson and Phill Younger, who have expressed their concern about Mooney-Portale in the past, didn’t raise their hands.

Brown’s comments and the show of support prompted Mooney-Portale to announce she will consider rescinding her resignation.

“I appreciate everyone that reached out to me,” Mooney-Portale said. “If the commission is willing to meet with me individually, I’m willing to entertain with-

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Key property values rise for second year Preliminary taxable values show that the island’s taxable values rose by an average of 5.4% from a year ago.

The days of taxable values dropping on Longboat Key are becoming a distant memory.

For the second consecutive year, Longboat Key property values are on the rise.

Key-wide, Town Budget Analyst Sandi Henley reported May 30 that the property appraiser offices in Manatee and Sarasota counties are estimating a 5.4% increase in island property values.

Town staff had only expected a 3% increase in property values this year.

In Sarasota County, Property Appraiser Bill Furst estimated a 2014 Longboat Key tax roll of $3,578,477,472, compared with a 2013 taxable value certified tax roll of $3,400,203,897, for a 5.24% increase.

In Manatee County, Property

* FY15 taxable value is based upon the June 1 preliminary estimates from the property appraiser offices in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

Appraiser Charles Hackney estimated a 2014 town tax roll of $1,374,806,397, compared with a 2013 taxable value certified tax roll of $1,299,500,326, for a 5.8% increase.

The town’s total preliminary taxable value for the coming year is estimated at $4.9 billion. The taxable value last year town-wide was approximately $4.6 billion.

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Based on the town’s current millage rate of 2.0760 mills that the Longboat Key Town Commission doesn’t want to raise, the tax roll increase would result in an increase of approximately $467,816 in the 2014-15 fiscal year budget compared to a year ago, according to Henley.

The increase in taxable value revenue, Henley said, means the preliminary budget that was presented to the Longboat Key Town Commission May 30 has reduced an estimated $650,000 deficit in

the 2014-15 fiscal year to approximately $307,000.

Town staff will continue to find ways to cut expenses to address the remaining deficit before the next scheduled budget workshop June 16.

Bullock told the commission last week that rising “uncontrollable expenditures,” which include a $412,000 increase to pay for frozen pension plans, are issues that have created a deficit that needs to be addressed.

In total, the town intends to put $1,610,075 aside to pay for pension costs this year alone to begin to pay off the more than $27 million in unfunded pension liabilities.

Other cost increases include an estimated $100,000 increase in town health and property insurance policies and a $307,285 price tag this past year to begin the process of rewriting the town’s codes and Comprehensive Plan.

Commissioners have stated their goal is not to raise the millage rate. Bullock announced in May that all department expenditures will remain flat, the town won’t hire any new employees and there won’t be any wage increases except those offered to Longboat Key Police Department officers as part of a collective bargaining contract.

The recommended budget will be presented to the commission

by Aug. 1 and the budget will be adopted on second reading at a special meeting in late September.

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Town declines to continue Colony nuisance hearings

FREEDOM. FRONT AND CENTER. There is a place where freedom is front and center.

The Longboat Key Town Commission had to wait three months to do it, but it finally reconvened a Colony Beach & Tennis Resort public nuisance hearing May 28, at Town Hall, to back off on procedures that could lead to the demolition of certain buildings on the shuttered property.

With the Colony’s legal mess still stirring in U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the potential for lawsuits from unit owners looming if some buildings were eventually approved for demolition, the commission took a different approach.

Commissioners unanimously approved an option proposed by Town Manager Dave Bullock to use the town’s codes to make sure a long list of safety issues are repaired in a timely manner. The list of repairs was prepared by Building Official Wayne Thorne in a report.

Bullock said Thorne has already begun the process of delineating on a buildingby-building basis what deficiencies need to be corrected.

“We bring you this path that I believe will allow us to take targeted action in this report,” Bullock said.

Commissioners, though, expressed concern with loose shutters and other debris that could act as projectiles during hurricane season.

“There’s so much to be done on this site,” said Commissioner Lynn Larson. “I don’t understand how we can get all this corrected during hurricane season.”

Bullock assuaged their concerns, noting that there’s an array of public safety laws designed to protect the community before a storm.

“If there’s a hurricane bearing down,

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REPAIR RECOMMENDATION LIST FOR THE COLONY • Removal of damaged and unsecured window shutters • Removal of detached or damaged decks • Covering or sealing of holes in building siding • Securing of loose items • Disconnection and capping of wastewater service • Removal of patio furniture • Maintain existing building entrance and perimeter security fencing we’re taking the window shutters down,” Bullock said. “If there’s an imminent danger, we’re fixing it.”

Bullock also said if immediate issues arise, such as a deck that could fall away from a building, the town would act quickly.

“Public safety is our No. 1 priority,” Bullock said.

Bullock said he expects many of the issues with the Colony property “to be dealt with in a timely manner.”

“These actions will begin in its formal stage now with this action,” he said.

Assistant Town Manager Anne Ross said staff met with Colony attorneys after the meeting.

“They are already addressing issues we have on the site,” Ross said. “They have agreed to remove all the wooden shutters and address other concerns.”

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Sales of eight units are pending for a new 18-unit condominium planned for 129 Taft Drive on Lido Key, according to Realtor.com.

Ocean Real Estate LLC principal Patrick DiPinto III’s Seaward Development LLC purchased the 1.12-acre parcel next to Ted Sperling Park for $2.21 million last August.

DiPinto is heading up the condo project that will be called the Park Residences of Lido Key. DiPinto did not return calls seeking comment.

Su Byron and Felicia Rothberg announced their collaboration with DiPinto for the cross-platform brand and marketing launch for the condo.

“Working with Patrick and his team was refreshing. He’s totally open to new ideas and progressive thinking. We also respected his commitment to fitting the project to the surrounding environment by using low-impact, eco-friendly design that reflects the community’s style and scale,” Byron said in a news release.

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The site is currently zoned waterfront resort, which allows for up to 20 units.

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According to information on Realtor. com, three units, ranging from $1,099,000 to $1.45 million, are currently listed, each of which has three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

The former hotel site had been planned for The Azure condominium development, which was never built. Its developers eventually lost the property back to its lender, Lehman Brothers, in early 2009, where it became entangled in the firm’s bankruptcy until the sale.

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‘Never again’?

The singing stopped as the Norman coast drew near.

Stars threw down their silver spears on a long column of 800 airplanes ferrying 13,000 American paratroopers to battle ...

Formations disintegrated as the C-47 Dakotas climbed and dove to avoid colliding.

Dark patches of earth swam up through the murk only to disappear, and now German antiaircraft fire — like “so many lighted tennis balls,” in one witness’ description — began to rip into the clouds … Shells blew through aluAllied troops minum skins as if “someone threw a keg of nails against the side of the airplane.”

Three GIs died when a smoking 2-foot hole opened in a fuselage; a dozen others became so entangled after slipping on the vomit-slick floor that they would return to England without jumping. … Chutes ripped open with such G-force violence that “anything in my jump pants pockets simply burst through the reinforced bottom seams,” a trooper recalled.

Rations, grenades, underwear and cooing pigeons spilled into the night. Gunfire thickened “like a wall of flame.” …

Men in parachutes that failed to open hit the ground with a sound likened by one soldier to “watermelons falling off the back of a truck.” …

Of more than 6,000 jumpers from the 101st Airborne, barely 1,000 had landed on or near the H-hour objectives on this Tuesday morning. Most of the 1,500-odd who had drifted far beyond the 8-mile square enclosing the division drop zones would be killed or captured; a few made their way to safety with maps torn from local telephone books by French farmers. More than half of all supply bundles lay beyond retrieval at the bottom of various water meadows, with a devastating loss of radios, mortars and 11 of 12 75mm pack howitzers. A sergeant peering into a barn found “men lying in the straw, wrapped in bloody soiled parachutes, their faces darkened and bandages stained.”

Yet stalwart men, those stout-hearts celebrated in song, gathered themselves to press on …

— Author Rick Atkinson, “The Guns at Last Light,” describing D-Day, June 6, 1944

scene, Eisenhower said: “We are told that the American soldier does not know what he is fighting for. Now at least he will know what he is fighting against.”

‘Never again’

For nearly three-quarters of a century, world leaders, historians, human-rights organizations and descendants of those affected have exposed us to Hitler’s atrocities in Europe.

“Never again” echoes.

But on this 70th anniversary of D-Day, while remembering what the Allies did in that massive assault for good, it’s also worth on Omaha Beach; below: Jews rounded up in Warsaw noting that Hitler’s evil — his hatred for Jews — is a simmering ember. And it’s being fanned.

“Anti-Semitism has returned to Europe.”

So declared Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2013.

Sacks was among other Jewish and government officials from the European Union, France, Romania and Israel who made similar declarations to more than 2,000 attendees at the American Jewish Committee’s annual Global Forum in Washington, D.C. We heard it firsthand.

“I never experienced antisemitism once in the first 50 years of my life,” Sacks told his swarmed the Normandy shores and AJC audience. “But Jews are asking today: Is dropped from the sky in the largest onethere a future for Jews in Europe?” time assemblage of man and might of any To emphasize the question and growing modern war. concern, the American Jewish CommitWhen the campaign began before dawn, tee presented results of an EU study and few of those young soldiers had an inkling survey of Jewish people’s experiences of what was in store for them or that, beyond discrimination and hate crimes. Seventythe German soldiers they were about to five percent of 5,900 survey respondents encounter in combat, they would discover reported that anti-semitism has worsened Hitler’s true horrors. over the past five years in their country.

In time, they would find such places as “I feel worried about anti-semitism now Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzac, Treblinka and in a way that I did not 30 years ago,” reChelmno in Poland; Dachau and Buchenported a mid-50s woman from the United wald in Germany; Natzweiler-Struthof in Kingdom. “Something that should have France; and 43 other concentration camps disappeared from social acceptability is where Hitler and his beasts “exterminated” 11 million Jews, their protectors and friends instead becoming stronger.”

Responded a Swedish man in his 50s: “I and others designated as social excrement. am sometimes shocked that my children When Allied troops emancipated Straswho are third-generation Swedes do not bourg, France, they discovered nearby the feel safe.”

Natzweiler-Struthof labor camp. This was And as it was in the late-1930s in Gerone of the sites where the SS experimented many, Jewish people are reluctant to report on Jews, homosexuals and Gypsies with acts of anti-semitism to authorities. Victims typhus, yellow fever and mustard gas. “The tend to believe it will do no good. corpses of gassed Jews were trucked by the Nor does much of today’s anti-semitism score to a Strasbourg anatomy laboratory reach the pages of newspapers, TV newsfor dissection or preservation in alcohol as casts or media websites, except in extreme part of an SS study on ‘racial inferiority,’” Parachuting into the unknown cases. This reaction hearkens to similar Atkinson wrote.

This is the 70th anniversary of D-Day … media responses in the late-1930s and June 6, 1944. early-1940s.

What we fought against We all have seen the photographs and Former journalist and Northeastern At Auschwitz, Atkinson reported, Russian footage from the beaches of Normandy.

University Professor Laurel Leff wrote a liberators discovered “seven tons of womWe have seen the rows upon rows of our 358-page book in 2005, “Buried by The en’s hair shorn from victims, 348,820 men’s nearly 9,400 military dead at the Normandy suits and 836,515 dresses, neatly baled” Times,” recounting how the New York American Cemetery — most of them killed Times downplayed the Holocaust, rarely, and “pyramids of dentures and spectacles in Operation Overlord, the code name for whose owners had been reduced to ash and rarely publishing a story about the extermithe Allies’ invasion of France. nation of Jews or the concentration camps smoke.” More than 1 million were extermiBut so few of us in subsequent generaon the front page of the paper. nated there. tions can even imagine what author Rick The Times was not alone, Leff reported: Atkinson described the day, early April, Atkinson vividly re-creates in his epic book, 1945, when Generals George Patton and “The information was not readily availexcerpted above. able to the public, because the mass media Omar Bradley took their supreme comWith each passing day, there are fewer treated the systematic murder of millions mander, Gen. Eisenhower to his first sightand fewer of these duty-bound soldiers of Jews as though it were minor news,” ing of a concentration camp, “S-3.” Bradley who disembarked from lurching landing according to David Wyman, in his book, wrote in his diary: craft or jumped into the dark unknown to “Abandonment of the Jews.”

“We passed through the stockade. More execute their mission: To bring a Final SoWe know now the story deserves promithan 3,200 naked, emaciated bodies had lution to Adolf Hitler and his own diabolical been flung into shallow graves. Others lay nence — as much today as it did then. It Final Solution. cannot be buried; we know history repeats. in the streets where they had fallen … A This is indeed one of those days that As you watch the soundbites or read of guard showed us how the blood had conshould remain immortalized in Americans’ President Obama commemorating the 70th gealed in the coarse black scabs where the memory. anniversary of D-Day amid the graves at starving prisoners had torn out the entrails Dec. 7, 1941 — Pearl Harbor Normandy, the courage of those 160,000 of the dead for food.”

June 6, 1944 — D-Day “Patton,” Bradley wrote, “walked over to a Allied troops who stormed the beaches Sept. 11, 2001 — Terrorist attacks on the or parachuted from sky should indeed be corner and sickened.”

World Trade Center and Pentagon. honored. We owe it to them and the 11 milAtkinson recalled how Eisenhower On this day, at the command of Gen. lion murdered in the Holocaust to honor turned to a young GI who was giggling nerDwight Eisenhower, a humble West Pointer their sacrifice. vously: “Still having trouble hating them?” from Abilene, Kan., 160,000 Allied troops Never again.

— Matt Walsh the general asked. To other troops on the

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MAY 20 SOUNDING OFF 12:28 p.m. — 6400 block of Gulfside Road. Alarm. A worker set off an alarm while trying to install two air-conditioning units.

MAY 21 THE GREAT INDOORS 8:20 p.m. — 500 block of Sloop Lane. Animal. A woman found a 3-foot snake in her kitchen. Police placed the snake in a paper bag and released it.

MAY 22

CORNER 11:08 a.m. — 4600 block of GMD. Disturbance. A woman became belligerent after a hotel manager told her and her friend to leave the property because of noise complaints. The women said they had been drinking all night and might have been loud when they smoked cigarettes on the walkway. They agreed to find another place to stay.

4:48 p.m. — 700 block of St. Judes Drive North. Lost/Missing Property. A deliveryman told a man he could not find his package, which contained a $17,000 wedding ring.

The man believes the ring was stolen, but the deliveryman said he tried to deliver the package twice, but the man was not home, and packages are misplaced daily.

2:52 p.m. — 500 block of Harbor Gate Way. Noise. A woman complained that her neighbor has a loud generator near her bedroom window and also security lights that turn on and off all night. The neighbor said the generator was new. He wasn’t home when it was being tested the day before and had no idea

11:16 p.m. — 3600 block of Fair Oaks Place. Suspicious Circumstance. A man said there were cars and people at the home of his neighbor, who is in England. Police found the homeowner at the house, who was confused because he does not know anyone in the neighborhood and has not been in England. He lives in Tampa and comes to the home once a month.

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makes it difficult for beachgoers to get to the shoreline from their condos.

Public Works Director Juan Florensa told commissioners the loss of more than 25,000 cubic yards in the area can be attributed to Tropical Storm Debby, which sat in the Gulf for days wreaking havoc off Longboat Key’s shore in summer 2012.

“Because of Debby causing problems and taking away sand from other parts of the Key, there’s a lack of sand flowing from north to south,” Florensa said. “We also must remember we haven’t placed sand in this area since our last beach nourishment in 2005.”

Bullock said he’s considering an emergency sand project for later this year that would involve thousands of dump truck trips bringing sand from inland areas of the state to the beach.

Total costs for the project are estimated between $1.4 million and $1.7 million.

Town staff would tap into a $5 million beach fund to pay for the project. Staff would also make an application for reimbursement for the project because of Tropical Storm Debby’s im-

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9:39 a.m. — 4600 block of GMD. Vehicle Burglary. A couple discovered their two sets of golf clubs missing from their vehicle when they arrived at the course. The man believes the vehicle was left unlocked.

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it was so loud. He agreed to test the generator only on weekdays around noon and fix the security lights.

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9:16 a.m. — 600 block of Linley Street. Suspicious Circumstance. A man called police three days earlier after a man who was yelling at trees rummaged through his vehicle. He called police again when he found a set of keys that didn’t belong to him in the home where he was staying because he believes the man also entered the residence. A neighbor told police the man suffers from head trauma and epilepsy.

CRASH COURSE 6:59 a.m. — 4100 block of GMD. Property Damage. Someone ran over a mailbox and an “entering Manatee County” street sign. Police took the mail to the post office for

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“I will come back in the fall for you to make a decision at that time to move forward with the project or not after you see the costs involved,” Bullock said.

If the project is approved and state permits are received in a timely manner, Bullock said the project could begin in November.

“I want to warn you that a couple thousand trucks in the winter coming onto and off the Key all day for 10 hours a day will be noticed,” Bullock said. “It will be a conga line of trucks driving onto the beach with sand.”

All seven commissioners gave Bullock permission to move forward with the design, permitting and bidding for the project to get actual costs. It will cost approximately $180,000 to perform that preliminary work.

“This seems like a nobrainer,” said Mayor Jim Brown. “We have to protect the dune vegetation and properties in this area.”

Bullock noted that in two years, he expects to have an agreement in place with the city of Sarasota for a sandsharing agreement and a permit to dredge New Pass, which will bring more sand to the south end of the Key.

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1700 Ben Franklin Drive, #10C Perry Corneau 941.650.4626 premiersir.com/id/A3974833 $430,000

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by Robin Hartill | News Editor

Rotary Club of LBK inches toward charter

Here’s what the Rotary Club of Longboat Key has done in its first 10 weeks: It sponsored Mote Marine Laboratory’s visit to a kindergarten class at Tuttle Elementary School in Sarasota.

It assisted with collection efforts and publicity for All Faiths Food Bank’s Campaign Against Summer Hunger.

It’s helping out at the new Selah Freedom House in Sarasota, which will help local sex trade victims.

“One of the rooms was clearly a little boy’s room with mariner blue paint and a huge fan with sports symbols,” said Sydelle Pittas, who organized the new club. “With the thought that two young women would be living there, we volunteered to redecorate, get new furniture and that sort of thing.”

The club started in March with two members and has grown 10-fold to approximately 20 members. The club now has provisional status. When the club reaches 25 members, it can apply for its TRY ON A charter.

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Mary Kay Grimes, 86, of St. Petersburg and formerly of Longboat Key, died April 29.

Born Sept. 28, 1927, in Columbus, Ohio, she was the daughter of Glenn and Eloise Fichter.

Following her divorce in 1959, Mrs. Grimes moved with her five children to Oxford, Ohio, where she worked as secretary in the Fine Arts Department at Grimes Miami University. During this time, she met and married Kendall Grimes.

In 1973, Mrs. Grimes and her family moved to Longboat Key to operate a motel. They enjoyed warm winters and made new friends on the beach. She also enjoyed traveling, eventually exploring the U.S., Canada and Mexico in an RV. In 1993, the couple purchased a small home in Land Harbor, N.C. Kendall Grimes died in 1995, but Mrs. Grimes continued to enjoy summers in Land Harbor with friends, many of whom were also visiting from Florida.

In 2001, Mrs. Grimes met Walter Cunningham at Land Harbor. The couple spent winters in Spring Hill, and Mrs. Grimes enjoyed accompanying him to his Pearl Harbor survivors reunions. After

Photo courtesy of Bob Erker

Rotary of Longboat Key charter members Jack Rozance, Carol Erker, Cynthia Crane, Sydelle Pittas and Philippe Koenig work on the room they adopted at Selah Freedom House.

The club is exploring the possibility of several long-term projects, including a Veterans Day event on the Key and exploring the feasibility of a dog park.

Meetings are at 5:15 p.m. Wednesdays, at the Longboat Key Education Center, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite 212.

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William Robert McCoy, 59, of Waterloo, Iowa, and Longboat Key, died May 23.

Born Feb. 18, 1955, in Waterloo, Mr. McCoy graduated in 1973 from Waterloo West High School and attended Miami Dade College. He worked in supply management at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

Mr. McCoy was preceded McCoy in death by his father, Robert Jackson.

Mr. McCoy is survived by his mother, Elizabeth McCoy, of Longboat Key; sister Kathy McCoy, of Waterloo; brother, Jackson; two nephews; one niece; and special friend, Bobbi Summerall.

A service took place May 30, at St. Edward Catholic Church, in Waterloo. Memorial contributions can be made to Friends of Waterloo Public Library, 415 Commercial St., Waterloo, IA 50701.

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Mrs. Grimes was preceded in death by her son, Skippy, and daughter, Peggy.

She is survived by sons, Ken and Bruce; daughters, Susy and Bonnie; stepsons, Mike and Chris; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one nephew; one niece; and “adopted sister,” Doris Abston.

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Bill Kelley points to a tank on the shore of Southern Italy. The photo was taken there after the landing in Normandy.

allied anniversary

by Kelsey Grau | Community Editor

Remembering

D-DAY

I’m a survivor of Hitler Germany, and we escaped in 1940. I was 14 years old and in Detroit, and, unfortunately, it was very shortly thereafter that we got the news that my grandparents had been gassed in Auschwitz. But on D-Day, for the first the time, I didn’t feel afraid of Hitler conquering America. And I felt the war was over. It was a meaningful event for me.”

— Eve Kommel

Where were you June 6, 1944? Residents share their memories of that historic day.

I was 9 years old at that time. What I remember clearly about it was on the morning of June 6, we were all gathered together in a community area, in our auditorium, and told about D-Day. We were asked to pray for those involved and for their success and for a quick end to the hostilities.”

— Former Longboat Key Mayor Jeremy Whatmough

WEATHER The sunset shines on the Diplomat Resort.

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At the recruiting center in Great Lakes, Ill., they asked me a couple of questions.

One, he asked, ‘Have you ever been in a drugstore?’ I said yes. And two, ‘Did you ever take an aspirin?’ I said yes. He said, ‘OK, Medical Corps.’ So, they sent me to hospital corps school. Later, I was put aboard an LST, a large slow tank, with some other medics and crew members, and we picked up some weapons and ammunition before joining a convoy in Nova Scotia. We got based in Southampton, England, and stayed there to help build temporary hospitals because we knew when D-Day started, there would be wounded and there’s no way those English hospitals could take care of them. On June 6, 1944, when I was 19 years old and scared out of my wits, we landed on Omaha Beach. We were there about eight hours after the rangers originally scaled up the cliffs and started taking out the enemy. We went out onto the beach in pairs because we knew we’d have to carry some of them back on stretchers.

Once we got them back, we sorted out who would need surgery, a quick surgery, and the rest we put onto bunks and cared for them the best we could. … We made three trips, and then it wasn’t necessary any longer. When we first landed on the beach and you could hear cannons and bombs and rifles and machine guns and all that business, first thing you wanted to do was run and hide. But when you’re in and you know you have a responsibility and a job to do, you say, ‘I’m gonna do this to the best of my ability.’ That’s what we did.”

— Bill Kelley, former U.S. Navy medic When you look at that statue in Sarasota, that was multiplied a hundred times in New York City on D-Day. At the time, I lived there and everyone went to celebrate in the city, so that statue was seen everywhere. It was very moving and the idea was to learn not to have wars anymore. And we’re still trying to figure that out. I hope we do in my lifetime.”

— Virginia Sanders

I was already in Switzerland when I heard the news. We arrived there in late December ’44. But, before that, I was in Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp in Germany. By that time, we were rescued and in Switzerland. I was still a little girl, only 7 years old. But I remember my mother crying and everyone was just so happy. I didn’t quite know the ramifications or what it meant, but I remember everyone being so happy.”

— Rifka Glatz, Holocaust survivor

I was in Louisiana at the time, and it was great to learn about it. We only knew the details as they were provided by the news media. When we arrived in England at our base, we heard more about the missions flown from the aircrews who had participated. For the most part, they were described as ‘milk runs.’ There were, however, casualties, and we witnessed names from our 344th Bomb Group on headstones at Normandy during our visit in 2002. During the war, on training flights when no missions were scheduled, we did fly over the Normandy beaches and there was a huge amount of debris from landing crafts still visible. It was unbelievable how such a massive operation could be planned at the time with communication facilities as they existed.”

— Jack Bornhoeft Left: Jack Bornhoeft stands in front of a PT-19 Trainer in July 1943 in Fort Stockton, Texas.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 5 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key — meets at 7:30 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club’s Tavern & Whiskey Bar. Sarasota physician Dr. Dan Cooper will speak about the effects of the Affordable Care Act on how physicians practice. Cost is $10 and includes a breakfast buffet. Call Donna at 388-2847.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7 Sea Turtle Walks — begin at 6:45 a.m. Saturdays in June and July, beginning at the public beach access at 4795 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Walks are free and led by a Mote Marine Laboratory-trained volunteer, who will discuss turtle nesting and other local wildlife.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Call 388-4441.

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DON’T MISS Mote World Oceans Day Family Festival What: Celebrate the oceans with a day of games and crafts focused on green practices, marine science and conservation efforts by Mote and other local organizations. This Dr. Seuss-themed event is free with regular admission to Mote.

For information, visit mote.org/worldoceansday.

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When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 7

MONDAY, JUNE 9

Where: The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway

92nd Street Y Broadcast: ‘Putin, Politics and the Winter’ — takes place at 2 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. Cost is $5 for nonmembers. Call 3833428.

— takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on St. Armands Circle. Find savings at participating businesses.

More than 175 artisans will have their original work for sale in St. Armands Circle Park. Call 3881554.

SATURDAY, JUNE 14, AND SUNDAY, JUNE 15 St. Armands Annual Summer Sidewalk Sale and Craft Festival

WATER CLUB - Direct Gulf front furnished 3BR 3,400sf condominium with 4 terraces and private garage. A3996039 $2,775,000

PIERRE - 3 en-suite bedroom 2,780sf corner residence w/ stunning views behind the gate of the Longboat Key Club. A3996566 $1,395,000

OAKS BAYSIDE ESTATE - Spectacular 8,500sf residence designed & built by famed architect Bo MacEwen. A3993216 $2,400,000

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

DAILY THROUGH JUNE 14 Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week — continues through Saturday, June 14, at participating Sarasota area restaurants. The two-week event features three-course lunch menus for $15 and three-course dinner menus for $29 at select restaurants. 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.

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The St. Armands Circle Association held its annual meeting May 21, at the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s Island House. Attendees savored cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before getting down to business with the meeting and awards.

Executive Director Diana Corrigan summarized the past year’s accomplishments on the Circle and recognized those who helped along the way.

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Longboat professionals gather for card swap Wagner Realty hosted a Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce card swap May 29, at its location in the Centre Shops. The event gave professionals a chance to network with local businesses in a casual environment.

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Carol Wolfer, Betty Ewing, Pat Crincoli, Selah Freedom co-founder Elizabeth Fisher, Donna Boscia, Mary Lou Johnson and Bonnie Wilder

Selah Freedom educates community on current issue Irina LaRose, Design 2000, Steve Goldman, Wagner Realty, Jack Dean, G. Fried Flooring America, and Mike Doll, Longboat Key Financial Group

Selah Freedom hosted Party with a Purpose, an event to educate the public on the nonprofit’s mission, May 29, at Longboat Key Club’s Tennis Gardens. Attendees heard from Elizabeth Fisher, co-founder of Selah

Freedom, and Connie Rose, a sex-trafficking survivor who shared her story. The organization helps women and children who have been involved in the sex trade and aims to educate the public on the issue.

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Grand Bay $1,145,000 Lynne Koy, 941-387-1862 Luxurious 2BR/2+BA condo. Extraordinary design and elegant appointments. MLS#A3991844 One Watergate $475,500 Babette Paige, 941-388-3966 Updated 2BR/2BA condo on the 2nd floor. One Watergate is downtown bay view.

MLS#A3997229 )45109 Sarasota $379,000 Audrey Marten, 941-383-6411 Harmony prevails in this distinctive waterfront 2BR/2BA condo. Elevators. MLS#A3998163

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Fairway Bay $995,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 3BD/3BA home with a spanning terrace full of views over the Bay to the city MLS#A3998280 Islands West $989,000 The Barbara Ackerman Group, 941-387-1820 Extraordinary views with this exquisitely redone model furnished residence.

MLS#A3998063 Longboat Key $865,000 James Brown, 941-408-3332 3BR/2BA beachfront condo. Private roof top deck with wonderful gulf views. MLS#A3963481 )73010 Longboat Key $649,000 Noreen Slaalien, 941-416-3995 3/2 Canal front home w/dock. 10 minutes by boat to the Gulf of Mexico. MLS#A3996325 )81506 Seaplace $295,000 Sandy Endres, 941-383-6411 Tile-roofed 2BR/2BA condo in a gated community. Community tennis. MLS#A3997550 Pelican Gardens $129,000 Jonas Forslund, 941-387-1890 Welcome the good life in this delightful condo on Lido Key. Central air. MLS#A3993352

Manatee Longboat Key, Privateer South $649,000 2/2 Roger Pettingell 941-387-1840 MLS#A3997601

Sarasota, Lido Shores $375,000 2/2 Angie Campbell 941-383-6411 MLS#A3998572

Lakewood Ranch $474,900 Liz Klements, 941-388-3966 Inspect the elegant design of this fascinating 5BR/3BA Contempo. MLS#A3997168 )45110 Conquistador Bayside $275,900 Glenn Huminski, 941-387-1867 Experience the charm and privacy of this exceptional 3BR/3BA Contempo.

MLS#A3987248 )78646 Palms At Shorewalk Condo $110,000 David / Wendy Leventhal, 941-3836411 Delightful 2BR/2BA condo. Central heat/air, ceiling fans. A great choice!

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Tervis Tumbler toasts new store on St. Armands Circle Tervis Tumbler celebrated the grand opening of its 31st store May 29. Located at 319 John Ringling Blvd., St. Armands Circle, the new store will sell popular Tervis Tumblers and other products.

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Grand Bay I - Views Views Views Turnkey furnished, updated 9th floor Cayman plan residence with 3BR /3.5 BA, soaring 11’ ceilings, and new wood floors.

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Siesta Key - Sandy Cove Natural Lakefront town home with private beach. Completely updated 3 full bedrooms & 3 patios. Master suite on main level with separate dining area and a 30x15 great room overlooking the lake. Walking distance to Siesta Key Village. $695,000 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

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, infinity-edge pool and two car garage. $3,500,000

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Queens Harbour home sells for $2,325,000 The following residential real estate transactions took place between May 19 and May 23.

A home in Queens Harbour tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. W. Thomas and Deborah Gould, of Livingston, Mont., sold their home at 3554 Fair Oaks Lane to Steven and Ann Anderson, of Atlanta, for $2,325,000. Built in 1997, it has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,493 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,139,000 in 1998.

Also in Queens Harbour, Ann Anderson, trustee, of Atlanta, sold the home at 3602 Fair Oaks Lane to David and Theresa D’Anna, of Mahwah, N.J., for $1.25 million. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,007 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,415,000 in 2011.

L’Ambiance

LKC Holdings Ltd. sold the Unit D-706 condominium at 415 L’Ambiance Drive to John Burns, trustee, for $1.99 million. Built in 1992, it has two bedrooms, two baths, two half-baths and 2,634 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $725,000 in 1993.

Grand Bay

Diane Redding sold her Unit 136 condominium at 3060 Grand Bay Blvd. to Leonard and Roslyn Mazur, of Longboat Key, for $1.25 million. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths and 2,781 square feet of living area. It previously sold

gar and Kay Greve, of Osprey, for $675,000. Built in 1961, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,242 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $155,000 in 1986.

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Randolf Mikkelson and Mary Harper, of Sarasota, sold their home at 144 Harrison Drive to James and Kathleen Lyons, of Sarasota, for $599,000. Built in 1933, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,482 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $478,500 in 2003.

Lido Harbour Towers

Photo courtesy of Judy Kepecz-Hays

This home at 3554 Fair Oaks Lane has five bedrooms, four-and-a half baths, a pool and 4,493 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,325,000. for $1.3 million in 2009.

Country Club Shores

Paul and Virginia Primamore, of Sarasota, sold their home at 561 Golf Links Lane to Papillon Bay Trading LLC for $848,500.

Built in 1974, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,256 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $335,000 in 1994.

Sunset Beach on Longboat Key

Barbara Myer, trustee, of St. Louis, sold the Unit 1401 con-

dominium at 2109 Gulf of Mexico Drive to David and Maureen Winigrad, of Penn Valley, Pa., for $475,000. Built in 1984, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,358 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $220,000 in 1991.

Seaplace

Steven and Kerry Parker, of Winter Park, sold their Unit G6-409-C condominium at 1955 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Larry and Jill Laube, of Elk Grove Village, Ill., for $352,000. Built in 1978, it has two bedrooms, one bath and

933 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $329,800 in 2002.

Fannie Mae sold the Unit G6107 condominium at 1955 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Theresa Smith, of Troy, Mich., for $325,000. Built in 1978, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,257 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $337,500 in 2005.

Robert and Diane Dow, of Joliet, Ill., sold their Unit 502 condominium at 1770 Benjamin Franklin Drive to John and Barbara Von Osdol, of Sterling, Ill., for $510,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,117 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $120,000 in 1989.

John and Barbara Van Osdol, of Sterling, Ill., also sold their Unit 406 condominium at 1770 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Garrie and Christine Dorman, of Sagamore Beach, Mass., for $450,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,211 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $360,000 in 2007.

BIRD KEY

William and Marie Steinberg, trustees, sold the home at 422 E. Royal Flamingo Drive to Ed-

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3691 Bayou Cir #A3990373 $899,000 Hannerle Moore

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

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

627 Owl Way #A3975598 $799,000 John August

Bird Key 941-388-4447 941-320-9795

541 Chipping Ln #A3998188 $799,000 Jonathan Fox

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-544-6649

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

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

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

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

775 Longboat Club Rd # 806 #A3996222 $719,900 Jenifer Schwell

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-951-6660

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

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

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

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

2105 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 3204 #A3995170 $690,000 Susan Fox

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

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

1085 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 602 #A3988701 $639,000 Jenifer Schwell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3436 Winding Oaks Dr # 44 #A3995390 $549,000 Nina Dearing

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-809-0038

1111 N Gulfstream Ave # 3C #A3986560 $515,000 Peggy Mock

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

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

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

450 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # B-304 #A3997208 $419,000 Maureen Horn

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

LONGBOAT OBSERVER

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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 23 through May 29, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address Permit Applicant

Buttonwood 3456 GMD New construction Property LLC

$750,000

2425 GMD Re-roof

Sea Gate Club Condo Association

$126,000

3463 Winding Oaks Drive

Interior

Christopher Curtin

$90,000

531 Chipping Lane

Doors and windows

Victor Mitchell

$45,096

3308 Sabal Cove Lane

Re-roof

Kenneth Schneier, trustee $37,095

Pool

Hunt Brothers Homes Inc. $34,773

350 GMD

Sliding glass doors, windows

Stephen Dullard

$30,000

5921 Emerald Harbor Drive Lift-davit

Patrik Edin

$14,997

781 Binnacle Point Drive

Alteration

Preston Speers

510 Harbor Point Road

Lift-davit

Jane Spencer Trust

3320 GMD

Window

John Letourneau

$9,639

1560 Harbor Sound Drive

Garage door

Jeffrey Hotchkiss

$7,612

5931 GMD

Certificate of occupancy

Pamela Ketchum

N/A

570 Wedge Ln #A3985045 Diann Thelen

4330 Falmouth Dr # 101 #A3998053 $259,000 Sandi Layfield

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

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

Longboat Key $4,300-$6,300/month, 30 day min0 941-552-4200

350 Golden Gate Pt # 21 #A3987409 Diann Thelen

$10,289.21 $10,071

4540 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # Ph3 #A3992260 $325,000 Sharon Freeman

6750 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 179 #A3897503 $189,900 Sandi Layfield

1425 Westway Dr #A3993944 $3,990,000 Stephanie Church

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

The Ritz-Carlton Beach Residences # 503 #A3981871 $2,950,000 Julia McClung

Lido Key 941-388-4447 941-356-6499

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

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

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

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

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-350-3743

1585 Bay Point Dr #A3993273 $2,100,000 Jane Rees

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-586-3970

1830 Lincoln Dr #A3991998 $2,095,000 Susan Mcleod

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-4445

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

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

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

3548 Fair Oaks Ln #A3989481 $1,375,000 Richard Perlman

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

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

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

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225 Sands Point Rd # 7105 #A3994099 $329,900 Ian Addy Pa

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Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-383-5502

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3320 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 307 #A3992658 $274,900 Doris Bushman

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-388-4447

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7320 Regina Royale # 34 #A3997696 $382,000 Salefsky Peter

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Sarasota $5,600/month, 90 day min 941-552-4200

1975 Gulf Of Mexico Dr Longboat Key #A3957313 $3,000-$4,200/month, 60 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 6633 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3989550 $22,000,000 Deborah Beacham

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 941-376-2688

White Sands of Longboat whitesandsoflongboat.com 800.230.2428

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Veranda Beach Club verandabeachclub.com 800.411.5511

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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

by Kelsey Grau | Community Editor

www.WagnerRealty.com

NEWLY UPDATED 1ST FLOOR 1BR/1BA with lanai. Water view, four pools, fitness center, clubhouse, deeded beach access and beachside facility with restrooms, shower & storage. $220,000 Kelly Belisle #A3984549

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

Scott Franza, Julie Becker, Elton Arellano and Mark Meador, all of Casa del Mar FAIRWAY BAY 2BR/2.5BA TOWNHOUSE has lovely garden and pool views and skylights. Permitted lower level w/storage area and oversized garage w/ parking for 2 cars. $359,000 Margot Robinson #A3991494

PENTHOUSE BAY VIEW LBK 2BR/2BA designer furnished, boat docks, beach cabana, pets welcome. A must see. Great complex, shows like a model.

Best value on LBK. Hurry! $379,900 Marc Turner #A3926740

Right: Capt. Tom and Susan Hanchett, Riverside Tours

FABULOUS 3BR/3BA POOL HOME is ready for major entertaining! Heated pool & spa surrounded by beautiful palms. Updated bright kitchen, baths, new carpet, wood & tile throughout. $519,000 Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5846444

YOU WILL BE AMAZED at the water views from every room! Wrap around balcony overlooks the white sands of the Gulf & views of Bay. Furnished w/lg. bedrooms & huge closet. $895,000 Teresia Bradford #M5845791

Casa del Mar hosted a card swap for business professionals of the Anna Maria Chamber of Commerce May

28. Attendees enjoyed the sunset and hors d’oeuvres as they networked on the beach.

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

5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Suite 101, in the Centre Shops, Longboat Key

Direct Gulf Luxury Residence on Lido Key

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DISTINCTIVE HOME UNIQUE 2014 custom home in award winning CONRAD BEACH on LBK. 3BR/3BA w/upgrades too numerous to list. Coastal theme, architectural design, community pool and walk to the beach. $1,200,000 Peter & Gina Uliano #M5841410 For property management, call Bonnie Wiedeman 941-383-5577

AMI Chamber takes business to the beach

Sitting, Camille Valley and Ramona Hageman, volunteers with the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce; standing, Ellen Aquilina, Home Instead Senior Care, and Mary Ann Brockman, president of the Anna Maria Island Chamber

Mary McClung, Keller Williams, and Dennis McClung, A Paradise Realty

Living and Working on Longboat Key for 40 Years

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

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• Consistent top producer on Longboat Key • In-depth knowledge of the real estate market • Active in our community with Longbeach Village Association Longboat Key Historical Society Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Longboat Key Center for the Arts Longboat Key Garden Club 3174 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Longboat Key, FL 34228

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

941.724.7228 CathyMeldahl@michaelsaunders.com

The Orchid Beach Club Sarasota’s finest luxury residence with breathtaking City, Bay & Gulf views, soaring ceilings, world - class amenities, a Gulf front heated pool & spa, and even has a dog run.

A short walk to St. Armands and a short drive to downtown.

From 2950 sf to 6,000 sf under air starting from $1,995,000 to $5,995,000 There are only 3 1 residence available Plus Our newest listing at $1,795,000 The Orchid Beach Club is “Hot – Hot – Hot” Only two left - Hurry

Quite Simply … the Very Best Beachfront

WINDWARD BAY - 2/2 direct bayfront residence close to clubhouse. Tennis, 2 pools, boat docks are among the many amenities offered, 2 pets up to 25lbs. allowed ....................................................................$289,000 FURNISHED LONGBOAT KEY - charming 4/3.5 Residence on quiet bayou across from a 7 acre preserve. Pool and spa.

Could be an excellent vacation rental ..............................................................................................................$789,000 WINDWARD BAY - 2/2 direct bay front with amazing bay views and a peak of the Gulf. 2 pets allowed.

Many community amenities. Offered furnished .… PENDING ....................................................................$285,000 BLACKBURN POINT WOODS - Beautifully appointed maintenance free 4/3 villa with its own pool in an attractive neighborhood close to Casey Key. Amenities include tennis, community pool and clubhouse. .......................... $335,000

My Realty Company 438A St. Armands Circle

941/504.0551

www.myrealtycompany.com

BOBBIE BANAN, REALTOR® 356-2659 • 383-2659

bobbiebanan@michaelsaunders.com

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

St. Armands Circle, Sarasota, FL (941) 388-4447

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WINDWARD BAY - view the bay from the screened porch of this corner 2/2 villa. Enjoy a full size laundry room and grilling outside your door.The community offers tennis, 2 pools, fitness room. boat docks, kayak racks. 2 pets up to 25 lbs. This villa lives like a single family home. ................................................................$269,000

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24 P.T. Barnum, notably 25 Casts blame on someone 26 Avoid responsibility 28 Crossover ad idea 30 Old verb ending 31 Merry adventure 32 Great care 34 Pirate’s quaff 38 You-worry link 41 Place for jumper cables 42 35.3 cubic feet 43 Set aside 46 Walking the dog, and others 47 Any Bryn Mawr grad 48 Less popular, as a restaurant 49 Located in the north 50 American elk 51 One who rents 52 Evolve into 53 Beneficiary 54 Bard’s “always” 55 Mississippi Delta feature 56 Husband and wife 57 Nonkosher 59 Corridors, e.g.

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Items Under $200 For Sale

Condos For Sale

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

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

(No phone calls please.)

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

GATED BEACHFRONT Community on Longboat Key. 2BR/2BA, updated kitchen, appliances, granite in master, heated pools. $299,900. Brooke O’Malley, CLUB REALTY. 941-726-2677

TV 32”: Vizio, flat screen. Excellent condition, $149. 941-962-4884.

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com

TV: SAMSUNG, 27”, perfect picture and sound, $75 o/b/o. 941-383-1789.

PATIO DINING Set: aluminum frame. Glass top table 42"x60" with 6 chairs. $200. (941) 730−8767.

Autos Wanted

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Real Estate Wanted

FloRIDA VACATIon ConnECTIon

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

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

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

LBK AQUARIUS CLUB. Direct beach front, 2BR/2BA, W/D. Covered parking, pool, tennis courts. 3 month minimum. 912-507-2279 or 912-507-2280.

Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale FOR RENT: Dry dock boat slip at the Boathouse (dockside LBK). Accommodates 25’ powerboat.

Annual rental $3400 (less than market). Call 708-220-8888, E-mail: jstone@petitami.us

Boats

Reservations: 941-383-5549 Fax: 941-383-7925

Boats Are Selling Very Well. “Big or Small, We Sell Them All”, www.Islandboatsales.net We Also Buy Boats. 941-228-3489.

Office Open 7 Days, 9a.m. - 5p.m.

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228

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

(941)387-4810.

Pools/Spas HOT TUB seats 5, with lounger, 110 or 220 volt.

Never used. Can deliver. Sacrifice $1895.

941-462-0633.

SUNSHINE CLEANING: Residential and Commercial. 15 Years Experience. Great References and Prices. Call Rita 941-536-3751.

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

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

Weekly/Monthly Condominium Rentals 4 Night Minimum

Business Opportunities JAN PRO CLEANING FRANCHISE: $950 Down Required, Financing Available for growth, Includes customers. Earn up to $10,000 Month+.

Call 941-907-8141.

Condos/Apts. For Rent BEACHPlACE, lBk. Casual beachfront living in 2BR/2BA, balcony condo. Olympic pool, health club, tennis courts. Available April through November, $2700/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

LBK: TIFFANY Plaza Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, W/D in units, walk out to beach.

Furnished, heated pool, covered parking. 1 mo. min. 941-383-3338.

LONGBOAT HARBOR: 2BR/2BA, elegant top floor, furnished, bay/ harbor views, W/D and whirlpool in unit, 4/pools, tennis, activities, exercise room, clubhouse, private beach, beachhouse. May - Dec. or Annual. Non-smoking.

No pets. Call 941-545-2971.

Condos For Sale

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

708-267-6704.

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HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 139521

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

References upon request.

Call Cort: 383-3878, 587-5588 cmagik.com OWN A MAC/iPHONE/iPAD? MacTutor has 21+ years experience teaching Apple products.

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

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

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

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

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

ISLE TILE FOR “QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE” Floors, bathrooms, showers, backsplashes, patio and pool decks.

Adult Care Services

20 years design background.

Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident References upon request.

941-383-2659

A Lending Hand, Inc.

Extra Large Heated Gulf View Swimming Pool!

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

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

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

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

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

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

Insured, Bonded. Affordable reliable home cleaning, $80, 2 cleaners, 2 hours.

Resort Properties, Inc.

941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 941-650-1857 Visit us at: resortproperties.pro

www.casadelmar.net

CARPET CLEANING Using Air Cell Extraction.

Your carpets will dry in about and hour. Charlie (941) 894−6598 http://www.xtremeresurfacingncleaning.com

FRESH BREEZE Home Cleaning Service Accepting NEW accounts. Insured and Bonded. Great References. Phone: (941)929-4977.

Full Service Condominium Management

“Your Home by the Sea”

Carpet/Tile

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal

Licensed Real Estate Broker

GOTTA CAR You Wanna Sell?

The good, the bad, or the ugly.

Call now!

727-400-1910.

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

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

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

Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos

Caregivers/Companions Hourly 24/7Care Transportation Social Outings/Dr. Appts.

Housekeeping Meal Preparation Assistance With Daily Living Activities Respite Care

Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367 5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F

941-809-3725 HCS #230506 NR #30211577

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

Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

Expert Marble & Travertine Installation Floor & Walls Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available Call Ashdown Flooring, Inc. LICENSED (941) 726-3077 INSURED

CNA/CAREGIVER. LICENSED. Bonded. Personal Assistant, Transportation, Meals, Light Housekeeping. Excellent references. Amy, 941-799-0978.

Ask about our special rates!

Wagner Realty Since 1939

PERSONAL ASSISTANT. Companionship and transportation to doctors & shopping or shopping for you. Meal preparation, cleaning, organizing.

Call for interview, Ms. Michael, 941-685-1613.

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

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

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

Available Aug., Sept., Oct., Dec., 2014. Nonsmoking/ pets. By owner. 941-383-1884.

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FSU/Asolo Conservatory alumni Brendan Ragan and Summer Dawn Wallace will open The Urbanite Theatre — an edgy, hip, black box theater in downtown Sarasota.

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“We have nothing now, we don’t have one brick laid down or one actor signed,” Brendan Ragan says. “But we have people buying in and believing in us, and as soon as we had that — that’s when it started feeling real.”

n February, Summer Dawn Wallace and Brendan Ragan sat around Wallace’s square kitchen table. They had a passionate and lively discussion over entirely too many cups of coffee.

They both quickly realized they had a similar agenda for their future plans in Sarasota.

The two professional actors didn’t know each other very well, but after this overly caffeinated brainstorm — they became business partners.

Fast forward to six months later, and that fortunate meeting evolved into a groundbreaking reality as construction of their (pending) nonprofit black box theater company, The Urbanite Theatre, is underway. The duo hopes the 50-seat intimate theater a block north of Whole Foods, located at 1487 Second

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The unadorned simplicity brings the focus to the art of theater and encourages the audience to explore the themes along with the actor. Or as Wallace poignantly puts it, the audience can’t just sit in their seats and not respond.

not necessarily about going and doing great shows, which is a critical part … but it’s not as simple as that.”

So when Wallace said she was serious, he started grilling her to see if she was ready.

“Are you ready to focus lights, dust chairs, change garbage bags, clean bathrooms, build sets …” he demonstrates the types of questions he asked her.

And Wallace was more than up for late nights in exchange for pursuing her passion. Plus, as Ragan says, “Her work ethic is unquestioned; she means business.”

And they have a silent partner believing in the cause. He has given the duo a rent of $1 a month with a five-year lease and let them contribute to the design

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of the space. The construction is set to begin early June. Now, all they have to do is raise their goal of $175,000 to get up and running and fund their first year of production.

“Some people will catch on with our passion and believe in (and support it), and for others, it might take a little while,” Wallace says.

So far, they haven’t seen the latter. And as business partners first and friends second, they think they can make it exactly the kind of place people want to go: where seasoned theater goers and new theater goers, retirees and young professionals can see new works, or works they haven’t yet seen.

“Theater shouldn’t be an event you plan a month in advance,” she says. “But it’s something that on a Friday night you can think, ‘Oh yeah! I want to do that!’ and you can do it in your jeans and a T-shirt.”

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Baltimore to found Single Carrots Theatre in 2007.

The group of “entirely too many people to open a theater” had $1,000 to start. Ragan thinks it only worked because they were passionate and young enough to have other jobs. Single Carrots, with fewer partners, is still functioning today. Ragan stepped out of the business to attend graduate school here.

It was a lesson in learning. Opening a nonprofit theater is a thankless 24/7 job, and before you have staff, you have to do everything yourself.

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“We sat down and had a conversation about our goals and our bigger dreams for what we could do for ourselves,” she says.

They were two young people with a big vision. Both wanted to make art, were on similar career paths and had a mutual respect for quality theater. Plus, Sarasota was lacking the type of venue they hoped to open: intimate, contemporary, producing lesserknown works, year-round.

“There’s a huge gaping hole in Sarasota,” Ragan says. “Theaters are doing tremendous work, there’s nothing wrong with the work they are doing — but in a diverse theater community, you need a small, cutting-edge black box theater doing cutting-edge work.”

Ragan knows about opening a small cutting-edge theatre such as this venture. Upon getting his bachelor’s degree in acting from the University of Colorado, he and 10 of his classmates moved to

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‘Secret Garden’ blooms at Friends of Sarasota Ballet Friends of the Sarasota Ballet met for an end of the season meeting May 2, at M i c h e l ’s On East. The theme was choreographer Will Tuckett’s “The Secret Garden.”

The full-length ballet was commissioned to Tuckett, who will base it on the classic children’s story. It will premiere Aug. 8.

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“When all else fails, make pasta.” That’s the simple philosophy of Giulia Melucci’s memoir, “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti.”

Jacques Lamarre adapted it as a onewoman play. It’s now simmering on stage in an Asolo Rep production, directed by Rob Ruggiero with Antoinette LaVecchia in the role of Giulia. And, yes, she makes spaghetti.

A three-course meal, actually — which she serves up to seven tables of paying patrons close to the stage. (Critic’s note: Unless you plan to be one of these patrons, eat a nice meal before you come or it might drive you nuts.)

As the play unfolds, Giulia cooks her signature Italian dishes from scratch. Along the way, she dishes about a long line of Mr. Wrongs. These include: a skittish MTV producer; a Charles Nelson Reilly-esque cartoonist; a Foster’s-chugging alcoholic/ unpublished writer; and a blunt, pot-smoking, barely published, Scottish writer. (If that sounds like a cross-section of the New York City creative scene, that’s no coincidence.

The real-life Giulia works at Harper’s magazine.) Each bad boyfriend comes with a good recipe. Each anecdote is usually interrupted by a cell phone call from Giulia’s oldschool Italian-American mother.

Ruggiero directs this lighter-than-air material with the rapid-fire timing of screwball comedy. Basically, we’re talking two-part comic monologue. Within that structure, LaVecchia delivers. She has the chops of a great stand-up comedian.

LaVecchia does character voices, from Valley Girl ditz, to a nasal Charles Nelson Reilly, to a Scottish freeloader’s burr. She breaks the fourth wall, riffs with various

Tenor Jeffrey Hill and bass-baritone Richard Ollarsaba, with pianist Avis Romm, appeared on the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota last weekend at the Historic Asolo Theater in a program that started and ended, cleverly enough, with a duet from “City of Angels.” At the beginning, they were pouting, “You’re Nothing Without Me,” but by the finale they were good buddies, singing, “I’m Nothing Without You.” In between, their music ranged from Lieder and art songs to arias and Broadway — some performed with more success than others.

The singers and pianist seemed much more at home with the classical portions of the program. Ollarsaba’s performance of “Il modo di prender moglie,” a comic song in Italian by Schubert, was charming, funny and strong, with more overtones of the Count in Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” than the prolific Lieder composer. His renditions of Copland’s “Zion’s Walls” and Steven Mark Kohn’s “Farmer’s Cursed Wife” were stylish and hearty, while Hill’s delivery of two similar American songs by Hub Miller, “Spinning Song” and “Half and Half,” were tender and eloquent.

Much of Hill’s choices of songs didn’t fit his light tenor. Several were too low for him, causing him to stretch the bottom of his voice to depths he doesn’t seem able to handle at this point in his career. And, when it came to the more trendy songs — “People” and “They Just Keep Moving the Line” from the TV show “Smash” — he just didn’t seem comfortable with the pop style. “Smash,” in particular, calls for a brassy, Broadway belt, something this

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And, let’s not forget. Along with killing the audience with this rapid-fire, “Sex and the City”-style innuendo, LaVecchia (in character as Giulia) is also preparing a complicated meal. When she “makes spaghetti,” she literally makes spaghetti — from scratch. A higher level of difficulty. It’s like watching a high-wire act.

Cooking is an ephemeral art — and a nice juxtaposition to transitory relationships.

You spend 90 minutes chopping up herbs, simmering sauce and kneading and slicing pasta; 45 minutes to enjoy the meal; then it’s over. Guilia’s bad boyfriends? She’s over them, too. The character keeps a hurt locker of mementos: a can of Foster’s, an ice cream scoop, a Stevie Wonder CD, to name a few. At the end of the play, Giulia trashes them. Having served her guests a great meal, she’s now eager to leave for a rendezvous with a possible Mr. Right. This time, he’s cooking for her. Risotto, in fact.

She considers that a good sign.

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But Ollarsaba seemed as at home with the Broadway tunes as he was with opera. His performance of the Toreador Song from Bizet’s “Carmen,” an aria with a range similar to that of the “StarSpangled Banner,” which took the singer an octave and a fifth, from bottom to top, was stirring, as was his rendition of “The Impossible Dream” from “Man of La Mancha.”

The person who seemed the most discomfited by the range of repertoire was Romm, who was much more attuned to the songs and arias in the first half than the Broadway and pop tunes in the second. It’s hard to switch from one genre to another, and this program was so wide in its range, it’s amazing they were able to pull it all together as well as they did.

Fortunately, the concert was billed as an entertainment, rather than a recital, and the performers managed to entertain the audience well with their differing styles, excellent diction and obvious love of the music.

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Tourist season is at a minimal lull, restaurants don’t have 1.5-hour waits and parking is findable. Café L’Europe, 431 St. Armands Circle, is one of the restaurants embracing this. During the month of June, it has four special menu selections in addition to the standard menu.

One special menu that starts in June is the passport dinner series. The series, in its second year, features a menu inspired by a different country each month for the next five months. For those interested in this year’s itinerary, you can pick up a pass-

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The menu each month features a choice of two appetizers, three entrees and two desserts for $40 per person.

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INTERIOR ADDITIONS Adding new pieces to your interior should be as common as adding new pieces to your wardrobe. Just as your personal style requires a little redesign, a little keeping up with the times and trends, so does your interior style — and it doesn’t have to be costly or dramatic.

It’s hard not to find something in a home décor store you’d want to add to you interior, so what’s holding you back? We stopped into Sarasota’s most on-trend interior stores to talk what’s trending and to find the coolest pieces to add to your home’s interior, without changing the style of your décor.

 Blue Ikate picture frame, found at Terra Nova

DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES Starting off with smaller décor pieces is the easiest way to add new style to your home’s interior.

Stores suggest mixing in neutral colored (or random pops of color to your already neutral style) pieces to your tables and shelves.

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Decorative chairs are an easy switch, and if matched correctly to other furniture pieces and couches in the room, mixing contemporary with traditional style, textures and color, can blend nicely.

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 Barrel chair, found at Home Resource  Aqua colored, Mercury glass lamp with acrylic base, found at Melange Home

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by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Assistant Editor  Switch up your summer look by wearing a pair of lightweight and stylish pants or shorts instead of the usual slip-on cover up. Throw on a loose tank with these bottoms and it’s as easy to throw on as your favorite tunic. Influence Style has a wide variety of these beachside bottoms.

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 Tervis Tumblers are perfect for sipping at the beach. Pick up a beach-themed cup (and add a matching lid) to keep your drink cool all day.

 Everyone needs a good pair of shades for the summer, and Sunglass Express and Optical on St. Armands has what you need to block your eyeballs from those sunny rays. Get a little funky with blue-mirrored Ray-Ban aviators or stick to more traditional eyewear and go with a pair from Chanel.

 A good looking and completely “beach” functional bag is sometimes hard to find, but Lilly Pulitzer has just what you have been searching for. The textured canvas leather (with a neutral, but very Lilly print) gives the bag the quality you need and is also water-resistant.

The structured bottom ensures the bag won’t fall over in the sand (and makes it easier for bottom-bag fishing). There are also spaces for all your essentials inside the bag (a zipper to close it all in, a cup holder and a clip for your keys).  As much as we all love to relax at the beach, the iPad is still a beach essential (you know, for posting beach pictures, reading and Pinterest-ing).

This Lilly Pulitzer pouch is a stylish and effective way to keep your iPad safe from the elements and heat.

 Sun hats are an essential, but the floppy brims make it uncomfortable when you’re lounging on a beach char.

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 Light enough fabric to slip on to watch the sunset after a day spent on the beach (and long enough to cover your bum), this Spirit Shirt found at Natural Discovers is a comfortable beach cover-up.

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SUSAN MCLEOD The semi-annual exhibition of the monumental structures has once again left the bayfront (only to return again in November), so there is no better time to take one last look at the installations and to get to know more about the woman behind it all. After strolling the exhibition with Season of Sculpture board Chairwoman Susan McLeod, we escaped the heat inside O’Leary’s Tiki Bar and Grill, grabbed some iced coffees and talked about the loves of her life, her passion for the arts and, of course, Season of Sculpture.

level of artistic pursuit for most of my post-college life. I spent summers in Penland, N.C., sculpted with clay, I’ve blown some glass, had a small gallery on Siesta Key in the ’70s, had a major glass gallery on St. Armands in the ’80s, right in the beginning of the popularity of the American studio glass movement — it’s not new to me to be involved in the arts.

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is something that has also always been very important to me. In terms of the length of time I have been in Sarasota, I’ve been on the board of the Humane Society, I’ve served on the Asolo board, the

I WAS ASKED to be on the board of Season of Sculpture and I have been involved since Season II. I have been so impacted by the statement it makes and how loud we are able to make a statement of the artistic appreciation in our community and about the strength of the arts and culture core of Sarasota. For the last two years, the organization has functioned solely on volunteers. We’ve been through a period where visual arts enjoyed more financial support than we are seeing today, at least on a local level. Upwards of 80% of the funding required for this to exist is from personal donations. It’s one of the ways we know the public and the local people enjoy this exhibition.

It’s very tough to be a tourist driving down U.S. 41, seeing the sculptures and not understanding the essence of what we are as a community. I think that’s why we’re all so passionate and dedicated to it.

It’s a lot of work and it costs a lot of money, but it’s worth it.

I’M A REALTOR and you know,

real estate is a 24/7 job, but it makes it easier for me to be able to do both real estate and Season of Sculpture. The phone is always

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ringing and the computer is always open, but I can fluctuate my time back and forth.

WHEN I HAVE the time, I paint,

mainly with watercolors. When things get really hectic, that’s how I cocoon, the paintbrush. Reading, films, going to museums, I enjoy all of that — it pretty much all stays in the art world.

I ALSO LOVE to cook. I love to

have intimate dinner parties and cook for everyone. I like experimenting with food. A kitchen is a studio — where I paint is a studio, my kitchen is also a studio. It’s a fun place to experiment, but with

foods instead of paints.

TRAVELING IS another thing I love. I enjoy getting away and do a lot of exploring. I’ve had a wonderful trip to Africa, trips to Europe, trips to the islands and I’m planning a trip to the Bahamas soon. It will be a nice little getaway.

MY TWO grandchildren are the loves of my life. They are little artistic creations themselves. When my granddaughter was younger, she would borrow my camera and take photographs — she loved taking photographs, at such a young age. She’s now studying photography and has even won awards for

her work. It’s been my pleasure to have been an initiation in that. My grandson, whatever we are doing involves the water, most likely a fishing pole. We draw together in my studio, we are always painting and drawing. In fact, most of my office walls are covered in their artwork.

I’M LOOKING forward to seeing

what happens with the evolution of Season of Sculpture. I think it’s a turning point for us — I’ve been involved with it for a long time and we have some new avenues to explore, and who knows. I just know that I’m definitely going to the Bahamas soon.

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LIKE MOST people here, I have a Midwestern background. I was born in Michigan, moved to Tampa when I was in junior high, went to Plant High School and Florida State University. I moved back to Michigan when my husband got his M.B.A., then back to Florida. I moved to Sarasota in 1971, and at that point I became a single mom and the three of us have lived here ever since, well, until they graduated from college. My oldest son lives in St. Petersburg and my youngest son and his family live here. I have a golden; I always have a golden retriever. She’s 5 years old and her name is Samantha.

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