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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

OCEAN PROPERTIES MAKES HIGHEST BID FOR COLONY ESTATE

Phased Key Club project looms

Ocean Properties Ltd. put in an offer at 3:59 p.m.

Tuesday — one minute before bids were set to close for the bankrupt Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Partnership estate — and had the winning bid at $2.45 million.

If Ocean Properties ends up winning the auction in U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May’s courtroom Thursday afternoon, it will own a stake in the Colony, and that would set the stage for the company to potentially own its third resort on Longboat Key. Ocean Properties already owns the former Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort and the Longboat Key Club. Plans are in the works to renovate both properties.

Two other developers put in offers for the estate.

Orlando-based Unicorp National Development Inc. President Charles Whittall put in an offer for $2.3 million.

Colony unit owner and developer Andy Adams put in an offer for $1 million.

Gone from the mix vying for the estate is Longboat Key-based MW Development Group principal Manfred Welfonder and his partners.

Welfonder said Siggy Levy, who has been involved in many development projects in North America, including numerous condominium properties on Longboat Key, decided not to enter the auction.

Welfonder also confirmed his other partner, Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota and Concession Golf Club & Residences developer Kevin Daves, is no longer associated with MW Development Group.

“It’s not over,” Welfonder said. “Siggy and I remain a very strong interested party for the future of the Colony.”

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association President Jay Yablon confirmed a U.S. trustee informed all parties of the bids Tuesday afternoon.

Ocean Properties officials are working with town staff on hurdles in the town’s code that are preventing them from submitting a site-plan application.

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There’s not a site plan, rendering or even an explanation of what Ocean Properties wants to renovate or build on its Longboat Key Club property.

But that didn’t stop plans for a future renovation and expansion project within Islandside on the

southern tip of the Key to take center stage at Monday’s Longboat Key Town Commission regular workshop and special meeting.

Ocean Properties officials have been working with town staff for months on hang-ups in the

town’s codes and Outline Development Plan that are preventing them from submitting a site-plan application for a future project.

The town has been working with Bill Spikowski, of Spikowski Planning Associates, to create a stopgap measure in the code and

ODP process to allow a project to move forward while the town makes wide-sweeping changes to the code and Comprehensive Plan.

The larger modifications are the result of Sarasota Judge Lee Haworth’s November 2012 ruling, in which he granted declaratory

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Lighthouse Point sees sand surplus Some residents argue the town should cancel a $4 million south end erosion project and take the extra sand sitting behind their homes.

As the town prepares to formulate a plan to restore sand to a 3,000-square-foot area of lost beach from L’Ambiance north to the beach behind Longboat Towers at a cost of approximately $4 million, Lighthouse Point resident John Saputo has one question: “If the town is looking for sand, why don’t they take it from their own island?” Saputo

asked.

Specifically, Saputo can show you where all the sand lost from that section of the beach has gone.

Saputo, whose community of single-family homes is on the south tip of the Key, and his neighbors have held meetings to discuss a problem that some residents wish they had.

“We have too much sand,”

Saputo said. “We need to get rid of it. Let the town take it.”

About 12 years ago, Tangerine Development Co., the company that sold single-family home lots to create Lighthouse Point, built a line of rock groins that stuck out from the shore on the south end of the Key to stop an erosion problem in the

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Stairs on John Saputo’s dock are disappearing as sand collecting near his property washes over them.

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KEY CLUB / FROM PAGE 1A relief to the Islandside Property Owners Coalition (IPOC) in its challenge of code changes the town made to accommodate the Key Club’s former $400 million Islandside application. That project was approved in 2010 and quashed in 2011 by the Lakeland-based 2nd District Court of Appeals.

Haworth’s ruling means the town must make changes to its code and Comprehensive Plan before considering a future Islandside project.

Some commissioners commented the process is similar to the process of updating the town’s codes a few years ago to accommodate the last Key Club project.

Spikowski said the recent changes made to accommodate Ocean Properties “were pulled out to address” Ocean Properties’ two Longboat Key assets. Ocean Properties’ other hotel is the former Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort, which could break ground on a new renovation project later this summer.

“We think we have a good package here for them to get started with,” Spikowski said.

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Saputo said that move cost him approximately 100 feet of beach frontage because the groins diverted the sand to an area of homes that had a severe erosion problem.

To gain the beach back, he and a few other Lighthouse Point homeowners paid to have a rock seawall installed, which stopped the loss of sand in their area but also diverted more sand moving from north to south along Longboat Key’s shore from the beach to a large spit of sand near New Pass and Lighthouse Point.

The large sandbar is commonly referred to as the “Redneck Yacht Club,” Saputo said, because boaters moor on the sandbar, play music and drink beer.

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Ocean Properties Vice President Mark Walsh, son of Ocean Properties’ founder Tom Walsh, wanted the town to approve a change to allow the company an openended date to start work on a project once a site plan is submitted.

Currently, town code mandates a project must begin work within two years of submitting a site plan, or the site plan expires.

“We’re not comfortable leaving it open-ended,” said Planning, Zoning and Building Director Alaina Ray. Walsh told the commission his company is requesting a longer timeline because the Chart House property the company acquired last year is part of the project, however, there’s a long lease on that site that must play out.

Mayor Jim Brown asked Walsh what kind of timeline he needed.

“We’re dancing around this timeline for a project we haven’t seen,” Brown said.

Although no visuals have been presented, comments about moving Longboat Club Road make commissioners believe work is being planned primar-

ily on the southern part of the Key Club property. That’s a move that would shift development away from more heavily residential areas of Islandside.

Walsh did confirm it’s a phased development, with future development on the Chart House site occurring last.

Commissioner Irwin Pastor said he thinks Ocean Properties “has the cart before the horse” and urged Walsh to produce a visual concept plan for the town and IPOC President Bob White to vet.

Pastor, though, urged the process of modifying codes and the ODP process to continue, while asking for more communication with owners to avoid the litigation that occurred the last time a project was submitted.

“Keep the process moving, but get the support you need from those involved,” Pastor said.

On Tuesday, Ocean Properties attorney John Patterson said there has been open dialogue with IPOC and White “from day one.”

“There’s just nothing else to show IPOC right now except a very preliminary conceptual drawing they have seen,” Patter-

son said.

Staff worked on revised language for the changes before a special meeting that convened after the workshop, during which commissioners unanimously approved the changes on first reading and public hearing.

The changes give compatibility mandates for tourism and business uses near existing residential buildings. The changes also will give Ocean Properties a 10-year timeline to build its project, or the opportunity to ask for an extension longer than 10 years for a specific phased project with timelines.

To assuage concerns from White and others, the commission also agreed on language that solidifies how many units are left that can be built in Islandside.

That language, outlined in a memo by Assistant Town Attorney Kelly Fernandez, states Islandside has 696 units left that haven’t been built out of a total of 1,588 total units.

“Assuming the acreage is more than 20 acres, the comparable density is something we can work with,” said Commissioner Phill Younger.

spit of sand in the area.

There’s so much sand accreting in the area that Lighthouse Point residents and other boaters have trouble maneuvering their boats in nearby channels and in Longboat Pass.

“When I bought my house, there was a big dock, and at median tide, there was 7 feet of water under my dock,” Saputo said.

“Now I have less than 6 inches of water depth at low tide under my dock.”

Saputo said a channel he and residents use “is all but filled in with sand, and you can see the bottom of the channel and pass at low tide.

“There is literally tons and tons and yards and yards of sand available,” Saputo said. “There’s no emphasis on keeping the channels and waterways open in a boating community like this, and that’s a shame.”

Town Manager Dave Bullock said that in two years he expects to have an agreement in place with the city of Sarasota for a sand- sharing agreement and a permit to dredge New Pass, which will bring more sand to eroded areas on the south end of the Key. Although that permit won’t allow the town to take the sand closer to shore, Bullock said that’s an option that will be investigated.

“If we can get a permit, we can take the sand,” Bullock said.

But town officials say it’s one thing to pinpoint areas that have too much sand and another thing to actually be allowed to move it.

“We realize a lot of the sand that created erosion spots on the south end is now in that area,” said Public Works Project Man-

ager James Linkogle. “But you need a permit and permission from state and federal agencies to move it. That’s tough to accomplish.”

For now, the plan to fix erosion just a mile away calls for thousands of dump truck trips bringing approximately 25,000 cubic yards of sand from inland areas of the state to the beach.

Total cost for the project is 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 of project costs because of Tropical Storm Debby’s impacts in the area.

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

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Commission considers millage increase Commissioners originally sought a flat millage but agreed to consider a tax rate hike to cover rising pension costs and achieve the town’s 90-day operating target.

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The Sarasota and Manatee County property appraisers’ offices estimate that Key-wide property values rose 5.4% in the past year. pension liabilities. Those costs will rise, in part, because the town is working to lower the estimated rates of return to 7% for all pension plans.

The town needs an additional $412,322 to fund pension increases for the upcoming year, an amount that a 0.0863 millage increase would generate.

Bullock told the commission the 0.1057 millage rate would generate an additional $505,000, allowing the town to achieve its 90-day target emergency operating fund. Holding the millage rate flat at 2.0760 would drop the total fund balance to 80 days’ operating expenses and leave the town with a $67,154 budget shortfall.

Bullock recommended the commission proceed with a 2.1817 maximum millage or with a 5% Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) on the utility system that would generate an additional $361,550 in revenue in addition to a 0.0300 millage hike that would generate $143,450.

At a minimum, Bullock recommending increasing the millage rate to 2.1623 mills to cover pension costs.

George Spoll spoke against increasing utility fees to fill budget holes.

“You raise the millage rate and it’s tax deductible. You raise the cost of utilities and it falls more directly on those who live here full time, and I think that’s the wrong way to go as a citizen,” he said.

Commissioners reached consensus by a 6-1 show of hands to proceed with a

2.1817 maximum millage.

Commissioner Lynn Larson said the commission could set a rate that’s lower than the maximum millage when it adopts the budget in September.

“Between now and the end of September, if we were to have any kind of storm or anything unexpected, we can have a cushion for that,” she said.

Commissioner Phill Younger made a motion, which failed, to direct staff to prepare a budget with a 2.1623 millage rate, acknowledging that it would leave the town short of its 90-day target.

“I realize 90 days is important, but I also am optimistic that given continued increases in ad valorem taxes over the next few years that we may have the opportunity to grow into that fairly shortly,” he said.

On May 30, the Manatee and Sarasota County property appraiser offices estimated a 5.4% increase in island property values — higher than the 3% increase the town expected. Based on the town’s current millage rate of 2.0760 mills, the town would receive an additional $467,816 over last year’s budget. However, Bullock told the commission last month that rising “uncontrollable expenditures,” including pension costs, have created a deficit.

The commission will set its maximum millage at its July 7 regular meeting and adopt its final budget at two meetings in September.

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Commissioners said no to reducing the level of publically visible service for the upcoming fiscal year. They also said no to increased department expenditures, new positions and wage increases (except for the police bargaining unit).

But they couldn’t say no to the possibility of a millage increase during a special budget workshop June 16, when they directed town staff to prepare a budget with a 2.1817 maximum millage rate — an increase of 0.1057 mills over the current rate. For a non-homestead property valued at $500,000, the increased rate amounts to a tax bill that is $52.83 higher than it would be if the commission held the millage rate flat. The cap for tax increases on homestead properties is 1.5% statewide this year.

Last month, ommissioners directed town staff to prepare the budget with a flat millage rate. So, why the increase?

The town froze its three pension plans over the past year and continues to wrestle with how to pay down approximately $27 million in unfunded liability debt.

“This pension is going to be here the next year and the year after that and the year after that. And I’m not going to be able to hold operating costs at the same level,” Town Manager Dave Bullock told commissioners.

Bullock warned commissioners earlier this year that the town would face higher pension costs “for the next three critical years” until it begins to pay down

Here’s how the recommendations in this year’s budget could impact you: • The owner of a nonhomestead property worth $500,000 will have a tax bill that’s $52.83 higher than it would have been under the current millage rate if the commission adopts a 2.1817 millage.

• Owners of homestead properties won’t see their tax assessments rise by more than 1.5%, as mandated by the state based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

• Publicly visible levels of service will not be impacted.

• The town could charge to perform notary services and lien research.

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Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force Chairman George Spoll and Vice Chairman Tom Freiwald urged the Longboat Key Town Commission to reconsider burying Longboat Key’s power poles or finding better looking ones at its Monday workshop.

The comments led the commission to debate for a half-hour.

It’s estimated it would cost $10 million to bury the power lines along Gulf of Mexico Drive and $21 million to bury all the remaining overhead power lines Key-wide.

Mayor Jim Brown noted it’s the third time the commission has debated the topic in a month.

Brown called for a show of hands to see if there was support to discuss the item further.

Only commissioners Lynn Larson and Pat Zunz raised their hands to support more discussion.

Commissioner Terry Gans and the rest of the commission support underground poles but believe the town can’t spend that kind of money right now.

“At the end of the day, it’s a big, big price tag,” Gans said.

Brown expressed optimism with the decision.

“I hope that’s the end of this, but you just never know,” he said.

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Firefighter/paramedics Brandon Berwick and David Stark completed training over the last four months. They worked side by side with a veteran field training officer and received evaluations on patient care and treatment.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

County dispatch services remain on hold Commissioners need information about the level of service Sarasota County can provide before they decide the future of the town’s emergency dispatch services.

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The call goes to the Manatee County Emergency Communications Center, where a dispatcher asks about the nature of the emergency and the caller’s location.

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Although the county said it’s willing to dispatch officers for those calls if town staff provides a list of its expectations, the commission is doubtful a larger agency can pull off the attentionto-detail service the town already provides with its officers and five in-house dispatchers.

The county has no experience with dispatching calls for a license-plate camera recognition system like the town has in place, so those details must also be worked out.

Bullock has warned the level of service the county provides won’t be identical, and commissioners are curious what kind of level service the county can offer.

Sarasota County also offered its service to North Port and Venice, which are the only two other municipalities that don’t currently use county dispatch services.

North Port is also still reviewing the offer, while Venice is undergoing the process of transitioning to the county’s service now.

The commission, meanwhile, learned earlier at its budget workshop that Manatee County will change 911 call-taking and dispatch service in 2015 to new equipment that allows texts, video and other ways of calling 911.

Because the town currently uses Manatee County’s services to transfer 911 calls to its police department, this requires new equipment for the Longboat Key Police Department.

If the call pertains to a police emergency, the county dispatcher routes the call to Longboat Key within seconds. Two Longboat Key dispatchers are on duty at any given time and handle police calls while also constantly monitoring fire/rescue calls online with Manatee County dispatchers.

If Sarasota County answers the call and it pertains to a fire or medical emergency, the dispatcher routes the call to Manatee County. If Manatee County answers the call, the dispatcher continues to handle the call.

Staff estimates it will cost $100,000 to upgrade to the new 911 service, and it’s still undetermined who will pay for that service.

Currently, Manatee County receives 75% of its calls from cellphones and 25% from landlines.

The county currently transfers 911 calls it receives to the Key’s dispatch officers.

To prepare for the change, the town has three options: It could have Key dispatchers receiving data files instead of phone calls; place town dispatchers in the Manatee County dispatch center; or continue operating the same way without upgrading.

The town only learned of the system change June 12, and has

Before commissioners decide on Sarasota County’s offer to take over 911 dispatch services, town staff must answer the following questions: • What’s the level of service Sarasota County is able to offer town residents?

• What’s it going to cost and how much money can the town save?

• What kind of radio communication and computeraided dispatch services are needed to make the switch and how much will it cost?

• What will happen to the town’s 911 dispatch officers?

Will jobs be available for them at Sarasota County? not had the opportunity to pursue grants.

Vice Mayor Jack Duncan expressed frustration the town only learned about the upgrade last week.

“This gets thrown in our lap without any communication,” Duncan said. “I think my frustration gets directed at the Manatee County Commission.”

Bullock said the town will always be reliant on one of the two counties for its 911 dispatch services.

The commission will discuss the issue further at budget workshops this summer.

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It’s been 15 months since Sarasota County offered to take over Longboat Key’s 911-dispatch services, but the offer is still on hold.

At the Longboat Key Town Commission’s regular workshop Monday at Town Hall, Assistant Manager Anne Ross told commissioners they don’t have to make a decision until the fall, after the town provides more information for their consideration. If the town takes the county up on its offer, nothing will be implemented until fall 2016 or spring 2017, at the earliest.

The county, though, expects to work closely with the town this fall and is seeking a commitment soon.

Commissioners aren’t sure the county will be able to match the town’s level of service and have made it known it will be a dealbreaker if the county can’t offer the same service level.

Longboat Key’s Police Department prides itself on dispatching officers to calls that Town Manager Dave Bullock calls “snake in the toilet” cries for help.

Just a few weeks ago, Key resident Ronald Platt praised police in an email to commissioners for assisting him with removing a small, but possibly poisonous, snake from his garage.

The county doesn’t offer the type of service that sends officers to remove a snake from the house, get cats out of trees or help

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Developers vie for piece of Colony puzzle Thursday

Florensa shines spotlight on Public Works duties

The sale is scheduled to continue this week after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May denied a motion from Colony Lender LLC to delay the sale.

Colony Lender LLC filed an emergency motion last week to delay the auction of a Colony Partnership bankrupt estate, scheduled for 2 p.m. June 19, in Tampa.

However, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May denied the motion June 12, in his Tampa courtroom, and the sale is scheduled to continue Thursday.

As part of the motion, Colony Lender stipulated it would not oppose the auction if it were allowed to credit bid.

Credit bidding is a right that secured creditors have in bankruptcy sales and auctions that allows them to bid the full amount of their claim without offering any cash. The right to credit bid, which is listed in the bankruptcy code, gives undersecured creditors the ability to control their collateral when it is worth less than the face value of their claims.

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association argued the approximately $15 million in unpaid bank loans Colony Lender is due is tied mostly to the recreational property on the site and not to the bankrupt estate.

At the auction, it’s expected that two main groups of developers will bid on the Colony Partnership’s estate. Both groups have each already offered $2.3 million for the estate. The estate comes with a $23 million judgment ruling

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When you woke up this morning, you es have experienced significant erosion — probably turned on your faucet and shower a phenomenon that occurs because sand and flushed your toilet. The water was al- constantly moves but manmade structures most certainly safe to drink, voluminous remain in place. Since the 1990s, the town enough for a shower and went down the has spent between $40 million and $50 mildrain without any troubles, thanks to the lion on beach projects. work the town’s Public Works Department The town is currently placing sand at does every day. the north end to offer protec“Some of the work the Public tion until it can construct two Works employees do is really sand-saving groins. invisible to you,” said Public Florensa described the Works Director Juan Florensa lengthy permitting process at the Kiwanis Club of Longfor beach projects. boat Key’s June 12 breakfast The town completes a sinmeeting. gle application that both the Public Works employees Florida Department of Enviseldom take center stage. Floronmental Protection and the rensa explained how police U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and firefighters are often the each coordinating with varisubject of TV shows and movous other agencies, must apies. He recalled one characRobin Hartill prove. Typically, the process ter based on a Public Works Juan Florensa’s departtakes a year or two. employee — Art Carney’s Ed ment is responsible for But that’s nothing comNorton character from “The wastewater services, the pared to the permitting proHoneymooners” — who was a Key’s beach and mainte- cess of another major project nance. sewer worker. that’s currently in the planFlorensa explained how the ning stages: replacement of department, which has 20 staffers, touches the town’s 12,000-foot water forcemain that residents’ lives every day in ways that the carries the 2.5 million gallons of wastewater public often doesn’t see. that the Key generates on a typical day to Public Works is responsible for waste- Manatee County. water services, the island’s 10-mile, stateFlorensa estimates an open marine owned beach and maintenance of parks, trenching permit could take five to 10 years roadsides, traffic-control devices and town to obtain for the $20 million to $25 million buildings and grounds. project.

Florensa also provided an update about Built in 1973, the pipeline traverses some the town’s beach renourishment efforts. of the most fertile seagrass habitat of SaraLike most barrier islands, the town’s beach- sota Bay.

against Colony unit owners. The judgment includes the losses and damages owed to longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber’s management entity, known as the Partnership, which is in Chapter 7 bankruptcy for the association’s failure to pay for assessments and repairs to the resort.

Orlando-based Unicorp National Development Inc. President Charles Whittall will bid at the auction.

Another group with ties to the association is also prepared to bid at the auction. That group is made up of Longboat Key-based MW Development Group principal Manfred Welfonder; Sarasota Ritz-Carlton and Concession Golf Club & Residence developer Kevin Daves; and Siggy Levy, who has been involved in many development projects in North America, including numerous condominium properties on Longboat Key and some developments with the Four Seasons Hotel Corp.

May is accepting “higher and better” offers that may come forth before the auction. Those that already have bids in play will receive notice of counterbids to make higher offers before the sale occurs.

For more information on the sale of the estate, check YourObserver.com for updates Thursday evening.

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How to divvy the tourist tax Early next month, July 9 to be exact, the Sarasota County Commission is expected to conduct a public hearing on whether to change the formula for the allocation of the county’s tourist-tax dollars.

That’s the $15 million-plus a year collected on hotel and motel rooms and seasonal residential rentals — the 5% “bed tax” visitors see at the bottom of their hotel charges.

As you can see in the accompanying table, that 5 cents per $1 is spread among a variety of touristrelated uses.

And as you might guess, some of the recipients of this cash flow want more of it.

Others want to take some of it away and allocate it elsewhere.

Some have even suggested putting a cap on how much goes to specific uses.

MATT Sarasota County Commissioner Joe WALSH Barbetta, for instance, would like the county to adopt an allocation model similar to Nashville’s — earmarking a percentage of the tax collections for capital assets. That could include a variety of things: say, a conference center, aquarium, ballet theater, equestrian center, maybe another stadium (Fort Myers has two!).

One group known as Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 has big ideas for the site of the former Quay and the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. You can be sure it’s thinking about this source of cash, too.

And then there’s Virginia Haley, president of Visit Sarasota County, the not-for-profit organization that manages and spends that $5 million listed in the accompanying table. Haley and her organization market Sarasota County around the world to keep those visitors coming to stay in the region’s condos and hotels; fill our restaurants and theaters; and buy stuff.

No surprise, Haley, her board and the members of the Tourist Development Council (the region’s hoteliers) are protective of their 34% of the tourist taxes. The idea of capping the amount it receives mobilized Haley and the hotel industry, and for the past two months they have been on the offense letting commissioners and others know they’re not anxious to share.

Well, they don’t exactly put it that way, in the negative. Their argument is framed more in the affirmative: If you want those tourist-tax dollars to continue to grow, you need to market and advertise. In fact, they’ll tell you Sarasota County should be doing a lot more.

In one document tourist interests circulated, it shows how Sarasota County compares to its neighbors in spending touristtax dollars on marketing. Take a look at the three accompanying bar graphs. Sarasota County is clearly a laggard.

Even Collier County (Naples), the least populous of the counties and the one with the fewest hotel rooms, spends more on tourism promotion than does Sarasota County. When measured on promotional spending per hotel room, Sarasota County is last.

And to emphasize that last point, they will remind you that about 1,000 new hotel rooms are in the process of being constructed or about to be constructed in Sarasota County. Which means, without an increase in tourism marketing funds, Visit Sarasota County will be spending even less per hotel room to bring heads in beds.

That’s the marketing argument.

You need ‘things’

Then there is this side: You need “things” to keep the visitors coming. Great beaches are great. But in this competitive world — and it is indeed a competitive tourism world — you need more than sun and sand.

You need other hard, attractive assets.

Which is why Commissioner Barbetta

WHERE THE TOURIST TAX DOLLARS GO The table below shows how tourism marketing receives the largest individual share of the 5% bed tax imposed on hotel rooms and homes, condominiums, apartments and manufactured homes that are used for rentals.

% of % of % of % of Annual total

Collections $0.05 $1.00 $1,000 collected Promotion 34% $0.0168 $0.3350 $335.00 $5,025,000.00 Beach Maintenance 24% 0.0120 0.2400 240.00 3,600,000.00 Beach Renourishment 0.1000 100.00 1,500,000.00 10% 0.0050 Sports Stadium 10% 0.0050 0.1000 100.00 1,500,000.00 Aquatic Center 10% 0.0050 0.1000 100.00 1,500,000.00 Arts 10% 0.0050 0.1000 100.00 1,500,000.00 Capital projects/events 3% 0.0013 0.0250 25.00 375,000.00

100% 0.0500 1.0000 1,000.00 15,000,000.00

HOW WE COMPARE 2013 TDT COLLECTIONS AT 5%

2014 PROMOTIONS BUDGETS

times have various groups discussed the construction of a conference center or redoing Robarts Arena, only to go nowhere because of lack of financing?

If Greater Sarasota is indeed going to become the sports market (or mecca) that so many people think it can become, it’s going to need better facilities to do it. And those assets will always require cash — not just to build them, but also maintain them.

So you can see the validity of both arguments. To attract visitors to begin with, you have to have something they want to buy. But to get consumers to buy, you have to sell.

So then the questions become: Who should get what? How much should be spent on marketing? How much on beach maintenance? How much on the arts? How much on sports facilities?

Think of it holistically

As Sarasota County commissioners prepare to address the allocation of tourist taxes, they might consider reframing the whole picture.

The way the tourist tax is divvied up now is the way governments always paint themselves into financial corners. They create trust funds and earmarked entitlements that lock spending into uses that often don’t make sense. Needs and demands change.

If you framed Sarasota tourism as a whole as a business — that is, the business of exporting our products and services to outsiders, or bringing in tourists to buy our goods and services, you would have a corporation whose executives and managers are charged with using the company’s assets and capital to generate a PER HOTEL-UNIT PROMOTIONS sustainable and attractive return on investment.

In other words, if operated like a business, you wouldn’t earmark year after year the same percentage of spending and investment in promotion, beach maintenance, the arts, etc., as is done now. The managers of the business would be charged with allocating and investing resources from year to year to generate the expected returns.

Take today. All of a sudden, sports are hot in this region. We have rowing, the pentathlon, IMG Academy, the Aquatic Center. Should more be invested in those facilities now at the expense of something else to ensure long-term returns?

Or, how about this: We need more Source: Visit Sarasota County airlines to use our airport. Would it be worth the ROI to use tourist-tax dollars to entice charter carriers — as likes the Nashville model. If you re-allocate was done successfully with USAirways a portion of the tax to funding capital asmany years ago in Philadelphia? sets, you could leverage those funds with Moving in this direction would be far private developers. For example, $1 million from the current thinking on how touristearmarked in tourist taxes could be levertax dollars should be allocated. But as long aged for $11 million in bonds to be repaid as county commissioners are about to in 15 years, $17 million over 30 years. change how they slice the tourist-tax pie, it To be sure, that kind of funding mechanever hurts to challenge the status quo. nism could provide the kind of boost SaraTourism is a business. Think of it holistisota has needed for decades. How many cally, not as separate fiefdoms or silos.

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MONEY GRAB

WAITING GAME

12:09 p.m. — 4400 block of Exeter Drive. Fraud. A woman received a bank alert stating someone she does not know transferred $299 from two of her accounts. A bank spokeswoman said the transfer occurred online, but she did not know how the transfer occurred or where it took place.

7:52 a.m. — 6000 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. Police told a construction site manager he could not begin work on the Key until 8 a.m.

JUNE 5 ROACH CONTROL 8:43 a.m. — 4400 block of GMD. Traffic Violation. Police smelled burned marijuana during a traffic stop that police made because the driver’s license was suspended and the car’s tag was expired. The driver and passenger admitted to recently smoking and said there was a roach in the ashtray. Police gave the driver a notice to appear in court and confiscated the roach.

JUNE 6 WATCH DOGS 2:44 a.m. — 500 block of De Narvaez Drive. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman said she heard someone walking outside on her steps, and her dogs began to bark.

ANCHOR’S NOT AWEIGH 4:33 p.m. — 600 block of Hibiscus Way. Boat. Police responded to a complaint about a boat that was adrift but found

OUT OF ORDER 1:01 p.m. — 2600 block of GMD. Larceny. A man reported someone entered a maintenance office and took $66.06 out of an envelope. He also found other items out of place, including a lost-andfound bag that was dumped out and a black bag that was previously on top of a cabinet stuffed under a desk.

JUNE 7 FUEL SPILL 8:45 a.m. — Off the Key. Assist Other Agency. Police were fueling a town boat and saw a dissipating fuel spill. A man told the officer a boat operator spilled the fuel while filling up his vessel.

MISSING IN ACTION 11:38 a.m. — 700 block of Marbury Lane. Lost/Missing Property. A woman tripped over her dog’s leash and fell while taking her dog for a walk. She realized her diamond bracelet was missing a few hours later.

Road. Camping. A Turtle Watch volunteer saw a small tent on the beach while patrolling for overnight nesting activity.

The woman in the tent told police she had been fishing during the night and set up the tent to take a nap. She apologized and left the area after police told her camping was not allowed.

LOST CONNECTION

JUMPING OFF POINT 2:24 p.m. — 100 block of N. Shore Road. Code Enforcement. A teen denied jumping from the New Pass Bridge onto Beer Can Island, however, others said he and six others jumped. Police gave him a warning.

CONSTRUCTIVE COMPLAINT it was properly anchored. The man who complained said he worries the boat will strike his newly renovated dock. Police said they would notify the owners of his concern.

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2:28 p.m. — 500 block of Wedge Lane.

Public Service. A man complained about construction that was taking place after the hours his homeowners association mandated. Police told him it was a civil matter and to discuss it with the association.

10:59 a.m. — 7100 block of Longboat Drive East. Domestic Disturbance. A man’s girlfriend disconnected the cable box and put it in her room. The man said he pays the cable bill and that she is just a user on the account. The couple is in the process of breaking up, and the man had given the woman her eviction notice that morning. The woman agreed to give him the box and take her name off the account. The man said he wanted to press charges for an incident in April in which the woman destroyed his belongings and agreed to pay for the items. She has not made any payments.

JUNE 9

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BICYCLE THEFT

9:25 p.m. — 4100 block of GMD. Field Investigation. A woman discovered the bumper of an SUV touching her car’s rear bumper at an angle, along with minor scratches. The owner of the other car told police there was no way he could have hit the vehicle because his SUV did not have damage. Police could not find evidence that the crash occurred.

9:02 a.m. — 4300 block of Chatham Drive. Larceny. A woman left her bicycle in front of the stairway and returned two days later to find it missing.

JUNE 8 NAP TIME’S OVER 5:42 a.m. — 100 block of North Shore

SPECIALTY CYCLE 11:18 a.m. — 5200 block of GMD. Larceny. A couple left their bicycles chained to a pole and found them missing the next day. The woman’s bicycle had a triangular water holder and lollipop pedals made to fit special riding shoes.

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IVONNE PADILLA After completing its Children’s Rainforest Garden in November, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens was looking for opportunities to bring more children to its grounds.

In early summer, when children and families would be more available for visits, the organization partnered with Girls Inc. to offer 20 free, yearlong memberships to its families.

“Everybody deserves that opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors and learn more about the natural environment,” says Grace Carlson, director of communications at Selby. “We thought it would be smart to partner with an organization where we could offer memberships to families who might not normally have that opportunity.”

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Through a partnership with Girls Inc., Selby Gardens has awarded 20 families yearlong memberships to help instill a lifelong love of the outdoors in children.

“It’s a great partnership for Girls Inc., because that’s what we’re all about — making sure our girls explore the world immediately around them and beyond. It was a perfect fit.”

Girls Inc. selected a group of its families with financial needs and entered them into a random drawing before announcing the winners.

“It was a big surprise,” says Ivonne Padilla, one of the winners. “We didn’t even know about Selby Gardens before. It’s a beautiful place, and I really like nature, so I want my kids to be able to see all the different kinds of plants and wildlife. This place has a lot to offer, and we’re going to take our time to enjoy each part of it.”

Kay Mathers, director of community relations at Girls Inc., says the partnership is a perfect extension of the organization’s mission to empower girls and help them explore their environments.

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Ivonne Padilla and her daughters, Karina and Brithney, explored Selby Gardens for the first time Saturday, after receiving a free yearlong membership. Padilla looks forward to introducing her daughters to the beauty of nature. lies will enjoy the natural beauty Sarasota has to offer.

“You don’t have to go to a big amusement park to find entertainment,” says Mathers. “Children really do enjoy the sound of a waterfall and watching a butterfly

in the sky. I hope our families take away that coming to the gardens and enjoying nature really is fulfilling for a lot of

kids. That’s how most of us grew up — playing outside in a safe environment, and that’s what Selby really is.”

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Fitness industry sharpens focus on seniors It is time again to share news items and research from fitness trade publications. What strikes me is that there is now so much more studied and written about seniors.

Almost 20 years ago, I first got certified as a personal trainer.

It was the time MOLLY when baby SCHECHTER boomers were starting to turn 50, and I was motivated in part by the conviction the aging population would offer opportunities for trainers well out of their 20s. The fitness industry now fully recognizes the importance of this market and is pursuing ways to better serve it. Here are recent highlights:

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Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, found a new link between lifting weights

and longevity. They examined all-cause mortality rates among 3,569 participants who originally completed the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III between 1988 and 1994 at ages 55 and over for men and 65 and over for women, including a measurement of skeletal muscle mass.

Researchers discovered total mortality was significantly lower for subjects in the fourth quartile of muscle mass index than for those in the first quartile.

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A good workout alleviates stress, but the 2013 Stress in America survey indicates that as many as 39% of Americans skipped exercise or physical activity when they felt stressed. The good news is, 53% of adults who exercise say they feel good about themselves afterward, 35% say it puts them in a good mood, and 32% say they feel less stressed. The implication is clear: Don’t take your stress to the sofa or screen. Take it to the gym.

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Molly Schechter is an ACE-certified personal trainer since 1996.

She has a specialty certification in older-adult fitness plus YogaFit Instructor Training, SCF Yoga Fundamentals I and II and Power Pilates™ Mat Certifications. She teaches classes at Bayfront Park Recreation Center and the Longboat Key Club. Email her at mschechter@YourObserver.com.

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Above: Terry Bodeker prepares to assist customers at his handcrafted jewelry booth.

Right: Kathryn Page adjusts Kimberly Glowatch’s hat at Page’s booth.

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CIRCLE The 13th annual St. Armands Craft Festival featured works from 175 artisans and craftsmen June 15 and June 16, in St. Armands Circle Park. Festivalgoers enjoyed everything from blooming flowers to one-of-a-kind jewelry and ceramics. Participating businesses also offered discounts at their stores in the Summer Sidewalk Sale.

Mike Farley created this piece with materials he found, such as wood and palm fronds.

Ginny Bogue and her granddaughter, Madison Bogue, browse the purses at Adriana Bottary’s leather booth.

Kelly Burdette smiles in her booth, Kelly B. Designs.

Festivalgoers walk from booth to booth while enjoying the variety of work featured at the festival.

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The town will show its stars and stripes again at this year’s event, beginning with the parade around Bay Isles Road and continuing at Bicentennial Park outside of Longboat Key Town Hall. This year, there’s a new push for pup participants: The Rotary Club of Longboat Key is sponsoring the “Hot Diggity Dog Parade” as part of the festivities and will award prizes to some of the most patriotic pet costumes.

Human participants of all ages can walk or make the trek on decorated bikes or in strollers and wagons.

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Sara Green, 6, and her sister, Izzy, 8, celebrate in patriotic attire at last year’s Freedom Fest. ment, four games from Taylor’s Rentals, a sand art station and face painting. Blue Dolphin Café will offer refreshments.

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce is seeking sponsors and volunteers for the event. Volunteers are needed to set up and operate games, sell tickets and help in the craft area. For information, call 383-2466 or email vjacobson@lbkchamber.com.

For information about the dog parade, email Mary Lou Johnson at maryloujohnson@mac.com.

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Rotary Club of Longboat Key — meets at 5:15 p.m. at the Longboat Key Education Center in the Centre Shops, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Suite 212. Contact Sydelle Pittas at sydellelaw@aol.com.

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Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key — meets at 7:30 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club’s Tavern & Whiskey Bar. Ryan Popovich, sales account executive of Sarasota/Manatee for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, will speak. Cost is $10 and includes a breakfast buffet. Call Donna at 3882847.

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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. Call 388-4441.

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Longboat Key Networking @ Noon Luncheon — takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Café L’Europe, 431 St. Armands Circle.

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FRIDAY, JULY 4 Longboat Key Freedom Fest — takes place from 9 to 11 a.m. The parade begins between Bank of America and SunTrust Bank on Bay Isles Road. The celebration continues at Bicentennial Park outside of Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road. Call 383-2466.

THURSDAY, JULY 10 Sarasota Tiger Bay Club Meet Your County Commission Candidates — begins at 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 S. East Ave. District 2 candidates Paul Caragiulo, Shannon Snyder and Pete Theisen will speak. Cost is $22 for members; $27 for nonmembers. Call Kim at 925-2970 or email sarasotatigerbayclub@verizon.net.

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PROMENADE - Contemporary turnkey furnished two-story 3BR/3.5BA penthouse with incredible sunset views over the Gulf, as well as Bay views from both balconies! $1,995,000

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BIRD KEY - Waterfront estate with views of the Bay and Siesta Key! Unique floor plan with 4BR/4.5BA/2CG. Make your dream of owning a piece of paradise come true! $1,725,000

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BAY ISLES - Fantastic lot available in Bay Isles, at GRAND BAY - Panoramic views of the Bay, ICW, and the end of the canal with views into Sarasota Bay. golf course. Cayman floor plan - 2BR/2.5BA/den $1,145,000 $1,249,000

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L’ELEGANCE - Elegant turnkey furnished condo BIRD KEY - Exquisitely updated 3BR/3BA/2CG pool on Lido Beach with 2BR/2.5BA + den. Pet friendly! home. Private oasis with lush, tropical landscaping. $799,000 $739,000

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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2014

real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Bird Key home sells for $1.25 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between June 2 and June 6.

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. William Morgan sold his home at 662 Mourning Dove Drive to Victor and Donna Foreman, of Columbus, Ohio, for $1.25 million.

Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,452 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $905,000 in 2009.

dominium at 4600 Gulf of Mexico Drive to George and Janice Brumbelow, of Longboat Key, for $364,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,152 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $358,000 in 2002.

Cedars East

Oakwood Enterprises LLC sold the Unit 27 condominium at 528 Forest Way to Brian and Siu Yee Hicks, of Manchester, Md., for $287,500. Built in 1989, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,440 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $168,000 in 2013.

Sanctuary at Longboat Key Club

Susan Wiland, of Carmel, Ind., sold her Unit A-503 condominium at 545 Sanctuary Drive to Robert Murphy, of Somers, N.Y., for $1,065,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,375 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $750,000 in 2000.

Weston Pointe

Spanish Main Yacht Club

Kelsey Grau

This home at 662 Mourning Dove Drive has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,452 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.25 million.

Doy Baker Jr., trustee, of Glendale, Ohio, sold the home at 608 Weston Pointe Court to Roman and Martina Stana, of Sugar Land, Texas, for $962,500. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,430 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $925,000 in 2010.

lando, for $650,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,180 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $410,600 in 2001.

Fairway Bay

Country Club Shores

Krysler Partners LLC sold the Unit 534 condominium at 2110 Harbourside Drive to Sonam Atuk, of Bronxville, N.Y., for $765,000. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,031 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $830,000 in 2005.

Emerald Pointe South

Sheldon and Lois Ross, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 16 condominium at 1902 Harbour Links Circle to Ans deBeus, of Or-

Thomas Crowe, of Green Lawn, N.Y., sold his home at 531 Birdie Lane to Igor and Iring Neyman, of Palo Alto, Calif., for $560,000. Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,023 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $330,700 in 1995.

Portobello

Peter and Mary O’Hara, of Babylon, N.Y., sold their Unit A-402 condominium at 3235 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Charles

and Lisa Slavens, of Springfield, Mo., for $550,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,260 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $749,900 in 2004.

Seaplace

Vicky Wylson-Sher, of Ontario, Canada, sold the Unit M1-105-H condominium at 2045 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Bader Agricultural Service Inc. for $385,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,265 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $400,000 in 2009.

Windward Bay

Rex Agler and Linda Piccolo, trustees, of Castle Pines, Colo., sold the Unit 206 con-

Raymond and Jean Berg, of Cumming, Ga., sold their Unit 74 condominium at 930 Spanish Drive S. to Guy and Marolyne Goodall, of Longboat Key, for $252,000.

Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,357 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $125,400 in 1999.

Longboat Harbour

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. sold the Unit 304 condominium at 4340 Falmouth Drive to Hank and Rhonda Williams, of Sarasota, for $220,100. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 928 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $256,000 in January.

ST. ARMANDS Sarasota Harbour Apartments

Carol Woodward and David Thompson, of Richmond, Va., sold their Unit 31 condominium at 761 John Ringling Blvd. to Douglas and Christine Grierson, of Spring Valley, Ohio, for $265,000. Built in 1963, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 816 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $85,000 in 1987.

LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

541 Chipping Ln #A3998188 $799,000 Jonathan Fox

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

545 Rountree Dr #A3996752 $769,000 Michael Yawitz

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

1910 Harbour Links Cir # 12 #A3999366 $749,000 M Jenine Meyer

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-266-8303

1135 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 102 #A3999238 $739,000 Michael Moulton

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

910 Whitakers Ln #A3996418 $3,250,000 Carol Aviles

4583 Windsor Park #A3981469 $695,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

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

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

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

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

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

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

6821 Hughes St #A3982781 $575,000 Dana Westmark

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-6777

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1485 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 401 #A3996451 $569,000 Jenifer Schwell

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

669 Halyard Ln #A3991643 $2,695,000 Kelly Quigley & Linda Dickinson

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

800 N Tamiami Trl # 107 #A3998133 $549,000 Douglas Parks

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

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

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

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

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

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

1770 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 206 #A3986006 $399,999 David Simon

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-400-8764

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

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

1602 Stickney Point Rd # 404 #A3989275 $370,000 Julia McClung

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-6499

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

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

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

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

4600 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 201 #A3999147 $325,000 Sharon Freeman

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

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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 June 6 through June 12, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address

Permit

Applicant

1425 GMD

Interior

Denise Barratt

$170,493

871 Spanish Drive S.

Interior

Cary Campagna

$97,575

3554 Fair Oaks Lane

Alteration

Ann Anderson

$40,000

3443 Winding Oaks Drive

Bathroom

Mary Ian Smith Ltd.

$33,745

561 Ketch Lane

Lift-davit

Janet Sterett

$29,670

5635 GMD

Drywall

John Egan

$25,000

3115 GMD

Door, window Cathleen Meng, trustee

$23,950

1005 Bogey Lane

Re-roof

Patrick Finnan

$20,661

4280 GMD

Shutters

Diocese of Venice

4420 Exeter Drive

Door

John Bock

$19,000

775 Longboat Club Road

Door

Gayle Preiser

$16,782

1281 GMD

Bathroom

Earl Glenn, trustee

$15,000

775 Longboat Club Road

Door

Marbeth Holdings LLC

$14,263

750 Penfield St.

Docks

Jeanne McFarland

$12,000

601 Jackson Way

Re-roof

James Reynolds

$10,250

721 Tarawitt Drive

Lift-davit

Frank Fabiano

$5,652

3536 Fair Oaks Lane

Re-roof

Kathleen Singer, trustee

$5,364

601 St. Judes Drive

Re-roof

Hector Estrada Jr.

$5,020

3950 GMD

Alteration

Shekhar Tewatia

$4,700

560 Lyons Lane

Dock

Joshua Banks

$4,137

3261 Bayou Way

Door

Peter O’Connor

$3,927

511 Norton St.

Shutters

Nancy Walsh

$2,720

3630 GMD Pool

Buttonwood Condominium Association

$2,595

584 Schooner Lane

Pool

John Alfano

$2,425

3710 GMD

Windows

$20,564.36

Gulfshore of Longboat Key

$2,180

The Privateer Condominium Association

$2,100

4380 Exeter Drive

Window

Charlotte Zweigbaum

$2,074

2045 GMD

Kitchen

Gary Schwass

$1,000

4235 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # G203 #A3936274 $239,000 Eileen Burke

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

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

5270 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 508 Longboat Key #A3967568 $3,600-$6,200/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

1932 Harbourside Dr # 251 Longboat Key #A3967780 $3,500-$5,000/month, 60 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

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

637 Spanish N Dr #A3976185 $234,500 Maruta Miluns

5030 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3980709 $4,500,000 Richard Perlman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

230 Sands Point Rd # 3005 #A3987939 $1,295,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

3565 Mistletoe Ln #A3996149 $999,000 Julie Klick

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

600 Yardarm Ln #A3994184 $995,000 Annette Rogers

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-284-7373

573 Juan Anasco Dr #A3992657 $899,000 Diana Kryszak

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

3060 Grand Bay Blvd # 124 #A3999426 $875,000 Linda Thompson

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

701 Old Compass Rd #A3994062 $869,000 Sandi Layfield

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

558 Bayview Dr #A3996703 $789,000 Bobbi Banan

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

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

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

RE N TA L

4400 Exeter Dr # 202 #A3983983 $279,500 Sharon Freeman

RE N TA L

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-539-3384

RE N TA L

101 S Gulfstream Ave # 15E #A3996483 $268,000 Maureen Horn

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-350-6390

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250 Sands Point Rd # 5101 #A3937380 $309,000 Joan Boltax

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605 Jungle Queen Way Longboat Key #A3987356 $3,100-$4,500/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 4765 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # S401 #A3989517 $5,733,000 Nell Leffel

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 941-932-0032

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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BUSINESS BRIEFS

941.383.5577

www.WagnerRealty.com

+ Euphemia Haye creates Haye Loft menu fit for a queen NICE AND COZY 2BR/1BA 1980 Mobile Home in an active community. Fishing on the bay and shuffleboard are some of the activities available with deeded beach access and marina. $99,900 Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5841236

ADORABLE 2BR/1BA GETAWAY located mid-key, tastefully decorated with a large outdoor entertaining area. Situated at the end of the street. Twin Shores is a very active waterfront community. $129,900 Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5840765

SPECTACULAR PANORAMIC VIEW of mangrove preserve and Sarasota Bay from this beautiful 2BR/2BA 3rd floor condo in Windward Bay. Great mid-key community with tons of amenities. $265,000 Kelly Belisle #M5843015

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

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 with large bedrooms & huge closet. $895,000 Teresia Bradford #M5845791

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

+ Key Club Moorings receives Clean Marina designation

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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. $1,179,000 Peter & Gina Uliano #M5841410

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WICKER INN GULF BEACH RESORT with charming cottage ambiance, decorated in Florida pastels, surrounded by gorgeous tropical trees and flowering landscape plants. Each suite has white wicker rockers on the porch or patio. Heated pool surrounded by flowers & white sand beach provide absolute serenity. Reservations: 941-387-8344

For property management, call Bonnie Wiedeman 941-383-5577

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

Direct Gulf Luxury Residence on Lido Key

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Euphemia Haye, 5540 Gulf of Mexico Drive, launched a new limited-time “Queen’s Feast” menu in honor of Brianne Wilson, a three-year employee of the restaurant who was crowned queen of the DeSoto Heritage Festival in April.

The three-course dinner is available for $36 from 6 to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays through August in Wilson the upstairs Haye Loft. Wilson continues to work at the Haye Loft, where she rotates between roles as a hostess, server and cocktail waitress, as she carries out her new duties as ambassador of the DeSoto Historical Society and Manatee County.

The Resort at Longboat Key Club announced that its marina, Longboat Key Club Moorings, was designated as a Florida Clean Marina for the 12th consecutive year.

Awarded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the designation recognizes marinas throughout the state that participate in a voluntary program that requires them to adhere to guidelines and best management practices that support environmental stewardship. Marinas that receive the designation have implemented a set of environmental measures designed to protect Florida’s waterways. “ ... This truly reflects our to 26commitment Sandy Hook Road

By Robin Hartill News Editor

quality and excellence through the judicial business practices we have put in place for more than a decade now,” said Dennis Matthews, director of marina operations for Longboat Key Club Moorings in a news release. “We take stewardship of our island resources very seriously, and maintaining the integrity of our unique wildlife areas and keeping our waterways beautiful and healthy is of the utmost importance.”

+ Past Advanced Diver magazine editor joins Cannons Marina Former Advanced Diver magazine editor Andrew White recently joined the staff of Cannons Marina as a sales specialist. White is responsible for helping customers buy or sell new and used boats and motors.

Growing up in Bradenton, White spent summers and weekends at his family’s home on Holmes Beach and learned to boat and fish from his father. He holds nine diving certifications and was recently asked to test boats for BoatTest.com.

As editor of Advanced Diver magazine, White went on many diving expeditions and helped map shipwrecks. He also worked previously as Wellcraft’s corporate brand manager for the Fishing League Worldwide kingfish and striper tournaments, traveling with the tours and emceeing tournaments throughout the eastern U.S. Most recently, White was self-employed as an independent contractor in the boating industry.

+ St. Armands wins TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence St. Armands Circle recently received its second TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Award. Certificate of Excellence winners are determined by traveler reviews and ratings.

The Circle received average ratings of fourout of five potential stars.

–and-a-half Siesta Key,stars Florida

GULF FRONT ESTATE $6,200,000

SIESTA KEY

1 ACRE GULF FRONT ESTATE 26 Sandy Hook Road

Open 1-4 Sunday

Built in 2003 - 5,033 SF Anchor Builders built Home with Custom Quality Amenities, 4BD/4BA +pool bath & powder room, Summer Room/Outdoor Kitchen w/ Fireplace, Office, Elevator, Open Floor Plan, 5 Balconies, Central Vacuum, Wine Room.

Heated Pool/Spa, Fire Pit, 10+ Car Garage, Crown Molding, Elevated 40’ Ceilings, Built-ins, Private Deeded Beach Access, Tropical Plantings, Panoramic view of the Gulf. Seeing is Believing!! MLS#3984182 $6,200,000

Ron Stahl 941.374.1671

Ron Stahl Realty

rstahlrlty@aol.com

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278 feet of Gulf Frontage!

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

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Custom designed 5,033 sq. ft. home on world-famous Siesta Key's Cresent quartz sand beach.

This beautiful home is within walking distance to the "Village" which offers shopping, restaurants and entertainment.

This Anchor Builders home was completed in 2003. Seeing is believing...

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1718 Main Street, Suite-207 side entry 10+ car garage with ample storage for boats, canoes, jet skis and your collectables. Every attention to FL 34236 Could be Sarasota, an excellent vacation rental ..............................................................................................................$789,000 detail has been included in this luxurious beach front property. Must be seen to be fully appreciated. It is truly a 'one of a kind' home on Florida's west coast. MLS #A3984182

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

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

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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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Record Temperatures High

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97 (1938)

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97 (1994)

57 (1913)

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88

71

96 (1991)

60 (1919)

Monday, June 16

94

73

97 (2010)

60 (1913)

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74 Poverty-stricken 75 Employ a

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3 Julep enhancer

4 Call the strikes 5 TV dinner morsel 6 Malicious, as a remark 7 Kulik on ice 8 TV canine 9 The lyrical Gershwin 10 Kind of sac 11 “Bus” or “sub” starter 12 No longer waiting on the pier 13 Cut into small pieces 14 Nile menace 15 Advance warning 16 Feature of city life 17 Ran in neutral 21 Tropical African shrub 23 Eye-for-an-eye act 25 Among, to the Bard 29 South American grassy plain 32 Waikiki Beach locale 34 Mattingly or Johnson 36 Dough, cabbage or kale 37 Walesa of Poland 38 “What’s the big ___?”

39 Cool and indifferent 40 “___ we forget” 41 Separate forcefully 45 Xmas month 47 “To err is ___” 48 Outsiders to the club 49 Water nymph, in mythology 50 Showy and pretentious 52 Shish-kebab stick 54 Wrestling for big guys 58 Large coffee container 59 Cocoon occupant 61 Inscribed stone markers 63 Mont Blanc, e.g.

65 After deductions

66 Understand, a la Heinlein 68 Santa ___, California 69 Trade requiring artistic skill 70 Isolated and dangerous 71 Nasal passages 72 ___ and terminer (criminal court) 73 CIA or KGB operative 76 Plague insect 78 Dismiss out of hand 81 Comply with a command 83 Accessible to everyone 84 First X or O? 86 Sea eagle 87 Alexandra’s husband 89 Like the Incas 90 Push to action 91 Medium of exchange 93 Part of a sentence 95 Cadets of Colorado Springs 97 Bro’s kin 101 Lunar depression 102 Discordant, as music 104 Logic 105 More mentally there 106 Opposite of strengthen 107 Shaped like a megaphone 108 Antipasto morsel 110 “The Prince of ___” 113 .00001 newton 115 Arctic Circle native, perhaps 117 “Blue II” painter Joan 118 Confess openly 119 Farm cluckers 121 Do a tugboat chore 123 Valuable rock 124 Bad ___ (spa)

06-19-14

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Items Under $200 For Sale

Condos/Apts. For Rent

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

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 MAN’S BIKE: coaster brakes, excellent condition, $80. 941-383-3652.

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.

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.

TRUNK, $50. Braided rug, $25. Swivel chair, $25.

Coffee table, $25. Desk chair, $20. Carpet $20.

302-275-6785.

Autos Wanted 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.

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 NEW LOW rents from private owner in high and dry Marina. Excellent boating location. We will beat all prices! Call 941-544-5597.

Boats Boats Are Selling Very Well. Over 55 sold, many within 2 weeks. Doing “Business on a Handshake” www.Islandboatsales.net We Also Buy Boats. 941-228-3489.

Condos For Sale

BY OWNER: LBK. Lovely 2BR/2BA, TKF, first floor walk-out, 4 pools, deeded beach facilities, beautiful tile, new bathroom. $268,000. 765-427-2346.

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.

OPEN HOUSE, 6/22, 1-4 pm. Lido Key, Chateau Village, 1BR/1B, 1st floor, 1 block from beach.

722 S. Blvd. of the Presidents. No pets. $215,000, Negotiable. 941-587-2637.

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.

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal

Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

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

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

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

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

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.

Furnishings

Adult Care Services

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

(941)387-4810.

EXPERIENCED LPN seeks full time, long term position. Bonded, references. Compassionate and mature. Susan 941-321-2936.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales GARAGE SALE: Furniture, books, records, kitchenware, lots of stuff. Friday & Saturday, 8a.m.-1p.m. 5230 Gulf of Mexico Dr., LBK.

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

Never used. Can deliver. Sacrifice $1895.

941-462-0633.

Personals *ADOPTION*: A Creative Financially Secure Couple. LOVE, Laughter, Sports. Stay-Home Parent await 1st baby. Expenses paid. FLBar 42311.

1-800-552-0045. *Jen & Paul*

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

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

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.

“Your Home by the Sea” www.casadelmar.net Weekly/Monthly Condominium Rentals 4 Night Minimum Reservations: 941-383-5549 Fax: 941-383-7925 Office Open 7 Days, 9a.m. - 5p.m.

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228

Carpet/Tile

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

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

Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367

This week’s Sudoku answers

5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F Ask about our special rates!

Wagner Realty Since 1939

www.wagnerrentals.com HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 139521

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.

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

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

Painting/Wallpapering CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

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

30+/years experience. References available.

Free Estimates.

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

Personal Services HOME MANAGER. Experienced, married lady seeks employment w/family. Can drive, clean, care for kids, pets and manage household affairs, etc. Excellent references. Maria, 941-350-6742.

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

Auto Transport

Extra Large Heated Gulf View Swimming Pool!

Help Wanted

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.

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

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

EXPERIENCED RETAIL Sales Person required for well established local antiques, gifts, and specialty store. Potential advancement. Average 3-5 days per week. Apply in person with resume to: The Sea Hagg, 12304 Cortez Rd., West, Cortez.

Condos/Apts. For Rent

MATURE, LICENSED CNA looking for private duty. Meal preparation, transportation, light housekeeping, daily living activities. Excellent references. Maria, 941-350-6742.

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

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

20 years design background.

Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident References upon request.

941-383-2659

Resort Properties, Inc. Full Service Condominium Management

Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

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Licensed Real Estate Broker

For Qualified Waiting Clients

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com

FOR “QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE”

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ISLE TILE

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

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

Real Estate Wanted

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

I come to your home or office.

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

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This week’s Crossword answers

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

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

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

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

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 MAKE A LIST- Handyman Services. All Skilled Seniors. In Business 12 Years. Bonded/Insured.

941-308-8888 JOHN GUBERNAT SERVICES Residential/ Commercial. Handyman Repairs, Roof Repairs, Coatings, Painting, Power Washing, Property Management, Home Watching. LBK Resident. Lic./Ins. 941-962-4867.

2014

This week’s Cryptogram answers 1. A tailor overheard a cap and a tie discussing the way they should proceed . The cap’s verdict: “I will go on ahead and you can hang around.”

2. A spider, a wasp and a gnat were upset by the high society talk in town. “What’s so special about the bee’s knees?” said the wasp.

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Pet Pet Services Services

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Transportation Transportation

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ROGER HAS MORE THAN $41 MILLION SOLD OR PENDING SINCE JANUARY 2014 #1 REALTOR IN SARASOTA FOR THE 4TH TIME IN 6 YEARS With career sales volume in excess of $1 billion, Roger has been named: #1 Realtor on Longboat Key & Bird Key in 2013, 2012, 2010 & 2008 #1 Realtor for all of Sarasota in 2013, 2012, 2010 & 2008 #1 Single Coldwell Banker agent in all of Florida in 2013, 2012, 2010 & 2008 Roger hosts RealTalk™ web series featuring the latest market activity, trends and more. Visit www.RealTalkSarasota.com

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HAWKS HARBOR 7038HawksHarborCircle.com The epitome of luxury living rests in this 2-acre private island on the bay. Customdesigned 4BR/4½BA home included, may be purchased without the home. $5,995,000

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES 511BowspritLane.com Custom-built, newer 4BR/3½BA waterfront home situated on an oversized lot. Offering a light and open layout, wonderful views, dock, lift and newer seawall. $1,095,000 530PuttingGreenLane.com Wonderful 3BR/3BA waterfront home. Ready for your personal touch. Furnished. $749,000 501HalyardLane.com Charming 3BR/2½BA garden home on oversized corner lot. Dock. Beach access within walking distance. Furnished. $625,000

PARADISE SHORES 1561BlueHeronDrive.com Enjoy this 4BR/4BA waterfront home with almost 200 feet of deep water frontage.

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AQUARIUS AquariusClub402.com Wonderful 2BR/2BA beach getaway. You will adore Gulf sunsets from the terrace. $529,000

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PELICAN HARBOUR PelicanHarbourMH2.com Villa on the Beach! Rarely available 2BR beachfront Manor Home. Recent upgrades.

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PRESTANCIA 7890EsperanzaCircle.com Lake front 3BR/4½BA home. New kitchen, expansive layout, wonderful pool. $749,900

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PALMER SQUARE WEST PalmerSquareWest18.com Rarely-available 3BR/3BA townhome in the Palmer Ranch area. Centrally located just minutes from the mall, downtown Sarasota and Siesta Key beach. $349,950

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Some people are content with a $135 birch rocking chair from IKEA. Others prefer a $35,000 sculpted amboyna burl rocking chair — Parker Converse pleases the latter.

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“I’ve always said, ‘Someday, I’d like to create something that beautiful,’” Parker Converse says of the first time he encountered a sculptural rocking chair.

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arker Converse built his first sculpted rocking chair for his 94-year-old grandmother, Rosebud. It took him six weeks. If an angle was off one degree on one piece, the whole chair was off. It took patience, but he was proud of it. His work has only gotten better since.

When his grandmother died, the chair became his mother’s.

And when his sister had a child, she borrowed the chair. Three generations in 13 years have enjoyed the chair.

“It’s not like a couch from Robb & Stucky,” he says. “This is a really personal item and is built to last generations.”

It’s that way for every one of his chairs. Forbes described him best as a “bespoke tailor.” The chairs consist of a minimum of 72 hand-carved pieces. He adapts the arm shape, headrest shape, curve and seat to the patron’s preference. He even takes measurements to perfectly customize the chair to the owner’s shape.

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Converse and his wife, Louise, moved in 2001 to Sarasota from Key West, and neither could find jobs in the fields in which they wanted to work.

“I remember waking her up one morning at 3 a.m.,” he says.

“I said, ‘It’s time to make chairs.’”

He’d been thinking about creating rocking chairs since 1986.

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These days he can produce a chair in 10 days. He’s made more than 80 out of his Sarasota workshop at Tuttle Avenue and Hyde Park Street. Converse works from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily while listening to everything from opera to Coldplay to The Beatles. His yellow lab, Maggie, keeps him company in his office-showroom, but she hates the sound of power tools.

His showroom displays finished chairs — each has a name.

Typically, the chairs are named after former girlfriends: Pamela, Cassandra, Georgia, Katherine, Amy, Victoria, Dorothy, Valerie.

He stops naming names so as not to get in trouble.

“I gotta live with my wife,” he says with a laugh.

The chairs are high-class ladies — they cost $5,000 up to nearly $35,000 each.

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10 — approximate days it takes to build one chair sive,” he says, “but if someone is going to spend that kind of money on a chair, they want woods that clearly say, ‘I’m unique. I’m special. I’m a really interesting chair.’”

The lower-end woods are American hardwoods such as walnut, cherry or curly maple that come from Virginia, Pennsylvania and California. The higher-end woods are exotic tropical woods. For instance, the most expensive was amboyna burl from Laos (one of the most valuable woods in the world).

The chair he built from that wood took six months to make because the wood grows without a distinct grain.

But you can’t find his lowerend woods in hardware stores.

They come from a wood dealer who dries the wood for three years before it gets cut into 2-inch slabs and shipped across

the country. In comparison, IKEA uses particle board.

His customers appreciate craftsmanship. One was a modest man, a fourth-generation cattle rancher who lived on 2,000 acres. The man wanted a rocking chair to sit in while he led Bible study sessions at his home.

He lived in a small ranch house, where he had Converse over for dinner.

“He admitted his tastes are simple, but that he has two indulgences in life — his rocking chair and his Range Rover,” Converse says.

Converse is a craftsman by nature. His father, Courtland B. Converse, was a marine engineer who designed both the deepestdiving submarine and the first solid-wing sailboat. He built the prototypes in their home’s basement, which was so big Converse drove go-carts inside it.

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“As ringmistress, looking at everyone is more exhilarating than being on a flying trapeze or high wire. Everyone’s attention is on you,” Bailey Sloan says.

very summer, The Circus Arts Conservatory, in collaboration with The Ringling, presents the Summer Circus Spectacular. The familyfriendly show offers a variety of acts. This year, there’s a comedic clown routine from Chris Allison; a hand-balancing man, Christian Stoinev, and his dog, Scooby; quick-change act Olga and Vladimir Smirnov; and Sarasota’s very own “Queen of the Air,” Dolly Jacobs.

This year, 16-year-old Sailor Circus performer Bailey Sloan will be ringmistress. Diversions sat down with her to hear a little more about her history. Here’s what the 10th-generation performer had to say.

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How did you get into being a circus performer?

In fourth grade I was a swimmer. I didn’t like my coach; I wasn’t advancing or making progress and said I didn’t want to do it anymore.

My dad (who used to be a circus performer) suggested I try the circus. I didn’t want to stop doing it. I love it.

Tell us about your circus heritage.

I can date it back on paper to six generations. There’s someone else (in my family) who can take it back all 10. … The thing I like to brag about the most is that my great-grandfather had the world record for the tallest stilts in the world. My family was mostly stiltwalkers.

Do you ever walk on stilts?

(In addition to being the ringmistress) I do high wire, Spanish web, cradle and flying trapeze. We have a pair of stilts for the high wire, so I may do that this year for my big senior blow out.

So, you grew up hearing circus stories? Tell us your favorite.

Sloan isn’t legally my dad’s and my last name. It’s the performing last name. My father was born in England.

His name was supposed to be King Henry Dean Barnum Yelding Sloan, but they gave my grandmother a big fuss for naming him King Henry. King Henry was a family name from my grand-

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But, because (she was flustered), she forgot to add Sloan on the paperwork. So, legally he’s just King Henry Dean Barnum Yelding and I’m Bailey Yelding.

Is this what you want to do professionally?

Yes and no. I would love to have circus in my life for a long time, but my true passion is writing. I would love to be an author, but I have to figure out if I want to perform as soon as I graduate or go to school and get a degree. … I have my whole next year of school to figure it out.

Are you excited for the show?

Yes, I’m definitely excited! I’m nervous, but I’m pumped. I want to go now. I never thought of circus as a job. It’s never been something I’ve (dreaded) like, “I don’t feel like doing this today.” It’s always something I’ve wanted to do, and I enjoy doing it. I want to keep doing it.

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There was an electricity pulsing through the Opera House Saturday evening as the Sarasota Music Festival, with conductor Larry Rachleff, presented its second symphony concert and proved there’s a certain connective tissue that links music and musicians when the talent, attitude and aptitude are there.

Although this program was considered “symphonic,” there was one work on the program — Richard Strauss’ Serenade, Opus 7 — that was very much a chamber work. Led by Rachleff, faculty artists Leone Buyse, Allan Vogel, Charles Neidich, Frank Morelli and William Purvis, along with their student counterparts, performed the work, scored for pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, plus four horns and a contrabassoon. This may be an early work by Strauss, but it encompasses all the beauty of his later operas and fragments of his songs; it’s ravishing in sound but as pure and perfect as the Mozart “Gran Partita” that may have inspired it. Even though it is a work for only 13 instruments, like so much of Strauss’ music, it is grand in both perception and concept. And it was played that way.

Berlioz’s Overture to “Beatrice and Benedict,” the work that opened the program, is colossal in every way. It offers difficulties for players three times the age and experience of the students in the Sarasota Music Festival, but, with Rachleff’s clear leadership, triplets were tossed off with ease and, best of all, precision and pitch were perfect. As we said last week, Rachleff knows how to treat silences, and Berlioz wrote rests into this score that, in unmusical hands, could sound like conclusions rather than connections.

Singing was what these young musicians did with their instruments. With Rachleff at the helm, they breathed through phrases, connected ideas and brought out the important themes without overwhelming inner voices.

The same magic happened in Barber’s gorgeous violin concerto. Elena Urioste, who was a student at the Sarasota Music Festival just a few years ago and has since gone on to solo with major orchestras from the New York Philharmonic to the Chicago Symphony, was the dazzling but sensitive soloist. She produced a singing line from her instrument, from the achingly beautiful opening theme to the never-ending perpetual motion of the finale. In between, the words to James Agee’s exquisite poem, “Sure on This Shining Night,” set

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from his own song (“Sure on This Shining Night” is from his Opus 13, and the violin concerto is Opus 14). The middle movement has fragments of the poem sifting through the notes: “Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder, wandr’ing far alone, of shadows on the stars.” It’s all there, and with Urioste, the orchestra and Rachleff singing the concerto, it was truly shining.

Mozart’s Symphony No. 41, the “Jupiter,” concluded the program in grand style.

Rachleff conducted it in a way that showed its link to the future. Beethoven’s architecture and vertical voicing is firmly imprinted in Mozart’s last symphony. They’d heard each other’s music by then, and they were duly impressed and influenced.

Here, again, Rachleff breathed through the rests so the silences were incorporated into the music. This was a student orchestra playing like experienced professionals: tapering phrases, building crescendos and singing through lines with an understanding far beyond their years. Perception doesn’t always keep pace with technical talent, but Rachleff managed to bring both together. And, for an encore, he gave us 45 seconds of what he said was an incredible moment in music: repeating the double fugue and canon with five voices in the coda, bringing everything in the “Jupiter” together as only Mozart (with a little help from Rachleff, the inspiration of youth and, possibly, the muse of Beethoven) could do.

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“Name a contemporary Broadway musical with a popular baritone aria,” he demands. After much mumbling, the answers return: “Les Miserables” and “Ragtime.”

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As Kudisch points out, “The age of the castrato has returned.”

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The baritones in question: Broadway heavyweight Marc Kudisch and opera contenders Mark Delavan and Jeff Matsey — fine singers, all. We’ll get back to them in a minute but, first, let’s deal with the title: “Baritones Unbound.”

The title begs a question we can’t ignore: What is a baritone?

Well, according to the public domain authority of the “Encyclopedia Britannica,” “A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice types. It is the most common male voice.”

“Most common?” To Kudisch, the chief creator of this musical history lesson, those are fighting words. And being defined as the vocal range between two other vocal ranges? He didn’t care for that either. (Attentive readers will note: He is a part of the baritonal trio.) This revue is Kudisch’s considered response.

Though “revue” doesn’t hit the nail on the head.

It’s a “greatest hits” compendium of baritone brio, true. But it’s also shamelessly trying to make you root for the baritone team. Director David Dower and Musical Director Timothy Swain pull out all the stops and do exactly that — creating a sonic wall of pure persuasion. On top of that, it’s also a captivating aural history lesson.

The first act unfolds in an all-purpose baroque waiting room: its digital walls flashing images of composers and translations as the music demands (excellent production design by Alexander V. Nichols).

The vocal action kicks off in the Dark Ages and takes us up to the invention (or reinvention) of polyphony and harmony at the dawn of the Renaissance. It’s all church music, up to that point. But commedia dell’arte performers quickly steal the church style and take it to the streets.

Somewhere along the line, the emerging form of opera buffa steals it back and gradually starts taking itself more and more seriously, until buffoonish opera finally morphs into opera seria. The trio of baritones illustrates these transformations with operatic snippets ranging from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” to Rossini’s “Figaro.” Before long, Gilbert and Sullivan get into the act. In Darwinian fashion, their comic operas give birth to another mutation: musical theater — with Hammerstein and Kern’s “Show Boat” getting credit for the launch. (Although Paul Robeson gets a nod for his soulful “Old Man River.”)

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The master suite opens to the main-level balcony and has two walk-in closets and a vanity area.

The en suite master bathroom has his-and-her sinks, a walk-in shower and a garden tub with views of the water.

THE BEACH A private path offers convenient access to the beach from the backyard.

The home has three additional bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, two of which look onto the beach.

The five-car garage, with entrances on both sides, is located on the first floor.

The living room features a marble fireplace. Built-ins and sliders open up the room to the porch balcony.

The kitchen has bar seating inside the home. A window opens the kitchen to bar seating on the porch.

The wooden stairs leading down to the garage from the main floor have a Key West look, which matches the architectural design of the home.

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by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Assistant Editor

MEL AND JAN GOLDSMITH Mel and Jan Goldsmith have been real estate agents in Sarasota for 17 years, but, before that, they were globetrotting partners in the fashion industry. We sat down with the two in their home on Longboat Key to talk about their lives in the city, working for Calvin Klein and traveling the world for the sake of fashion.

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After also working for Levi Strauss and Brittania Jeans, I moved to New York in 1982 to work for Calvin Klein, specifically for his partner, Carl Rosen, who owned the denim division. I was the vice president of men’s and young men’s jeans. On my first day of work, I met Jan.

I worked with Kathy Harwick, and Tom Ford was her assistant at that time — that was very exciting.

She used to do fashion shows on CNN Saturday mornings. You would see other well-known designers, and they would show their different collections. That was probably my most exciting job.

My mother’s and father’s families were in the retail fashion industry. They owned stores, so I grew up in the business and I always loved fashion — I always knew that was what I wanted to do. While I was in college, at the University of Memphis, I started working for Federated Department Stores, starting in fashion merchandising. I became a buyer for about three years and then ended up going with one of the vendors I was buying from, Faded Glory Jeans.

They were the first ones to do prewashed fashion denim with embroidery and studs and leather trim.

WE MET in 1982, but we didn’t

date for many years, until about seven years later, when we met once again in a restaurant. We worked in the Garment Center, and it was the thing to go out to all the newest, trendiest restaurants, and that’s how we met. There was a hot restaurant opening on the Upper West Side called Sfuzzi’s, and we ran into each other and said we should get together sometime — and we’ve been together ever since.

IT WAS like “Sex and the City” — you get dressed up and go to the hottest new restaurants. The restaurants wanted a certain age, a

I grew up in New York, about 35 minutes out of the city in Long Island.

My father was in the piece good fashion industry. I was always interested in fashion. Ever since I was a young girl, I loved to shop and loved clothes.

certain dress and a certain circle.

We had access to all the wonderful clothes, and our friends were the same, because we were all in the industry.

WE LIVED in Manhattan and we worked in the Garment Center. It was an interesting life, living in New York and spending our summers in the Hamptons. I had to travel a lot, so we would go to Aspen during the holidays, and a lot of our traveling was searching for fashion. In the summer and fall we would go to Europe and we would do a two-week trip and go to London, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Düsseldorf and

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Cologne. We would go to all the clothing shows, shop the retail stores, go to clubs and literally buy clothes off of people — if it was something we wanted to make samples of, we’d meet them the next day at their hotel or wherever and give them lots of money for that piece we wanted. We would spend weekends in Vegas, Dallas, Miami — there was lots of traveling.

WE ENDED UP moving to Sara-

sota in 1997. Mel’s mother had passed away in May of that year, and his father was 87. He wanted to get out of the Garment Center.

I was getting ready to turn 50, and I knew it was the time to make a change. I had been traveling for more than 30 years. I was always on the plane, and it was time to consider making a change, and that was really what promoted it. I always knew that real estate was my next career. I had always enjoyed property and so on, and being in the sales business, it was

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WE LEASED our condo in Manhattan to the Polish Embassy for four years and moved here — we thought we’d give it four years to make sure we had made the right decision. My parents moved down here from Memphis, Tenn., in 1968 when I was a freshman in college. I spent my summers, spring breaks, all the holidays down here.

WE DECIDED to do real estate as a team. We went to real estate school together, started it within two weeks of moving here and went to night school. Michael Saunders, herself, interviewed us, and we’ve been with Michael Saunders & Co. for more than 16 years.

WHEN WE’RE not selling real estate, we like to go boating. I’ve been a boater, a fisherman and have been into water sports my whole life. Seeing homes from the water is such a different way

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to view the home than from the street. We sell a lot of waterfront property, so we’ll take our clients out on the boat — it’s a whole different perspective from the water.

WE LOVE to go to the theater. We

go to all the plays here at Florida Studio Theatre, Asolo, Van Wezel, and we still go to New York and sometimes up to Tampa for theater. We love Broadway. Entertainment, music, fashion, dining out — we still love and do all of the same things we did back then.

WE REALLY do love living here

in Sarasota. It’s funny; I’ve lived in what some could say are the best cities in the United States: New York, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, and I’ve traveled enough to know that this is a very special place. For it’s size, the culture and the beauty, it offers a lot. It’s a good place to live.

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