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+ Mote-tagged shark swims toward Sarasota Are we going to need bigger boats?

A 14-foot, 2,300-pound great white shark is currently heading eastbound toward Sarasota.

Mote Marine Laboratory scientists tagged the young female shark in August 2013 off Cape Cod, Mass. The shark was named Katharine in honor of Katharine Lee Bates, a Cape Cod native and songwriter best known for her poem and song “America the Beautiful.”

Since August, Katharine has traveled into the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas before changing her path and swimming east toward Sarasota.

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to catch an alleged thief

by Robin Hartill | News Editor

Camera data help snag suspected bicycle thief Longboat Key police say they have arrested a man who confessed to breaking into condo storage areas and stealing bicycles throughout the Key and Holmes Beach.

And the license-plate recognition camera system installed nearly a year ago helped police make that arrest.

On June 24, Longboat

How many “hits” have the cameras captured?

SEE PAGE 2A Key Detective Sgt. Robert Bourque arrested 25-yearold Daniel Lee Upton, of Bradenton, who confessed to breaking into the sheds, stealing bicycles and selling them at Manatee and Sara-

sota pawn shops.

During his investigation, Bourque identified a vehicle that Upton allegedly drove on and off the Key. Using camera data, Bourque verified dates and times Upton was on the island, which “proved to be a deciding factor during the interrogation, leading to a full confession,” according to a Longboat Key

police news release.

Bourque distributed the information to law enforcement agencies in both counties, leading authorities to clear dozens of cases. Police say numerous bicycles have been recovered and will be returned to their own-

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+ Police get a wheel deal from anonymous citizen An anonymous citizen recently contacted the town with an offer to buy the Longboat Key Police Department a new bicycle.

Police sometimes patrol the town on bicycles, and the resident had recently chatted with an officer on a bike. He contacted Town Manager Dave Bullock with his offer to purchase a new one. The town accepted the offer, purchased the bike and received reimbursement from the citizen.

“We are grateful for his interest and generosity,” Bullock wrote in an email to the Longboat Key Town Commission.

TURTLE TRACKS Week of June 29 through July 5

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2014 2013 Nests 347 457 False crawls 361 321

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ON AGAIN

by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Underground utilities spark interest Commissioners unanimously agree to investigate an underground utility system along GMD and let voters decide if they are willing to pay for it.

Just like that, the Longboat Key Town Commission flipped the switch.

A month ago, five out of seven commissioners repeatedly rejected further discussion on a proposal to bury Florida Power &

Light Co. power poles along Gulf of Mexico Drive at a cost of approximately $10 million.

But at the commission’s regular meeting Monday night at Town Hall, commissioners unanimously agreed to allow

town staff to spend up to $50,000 on a study to help solidify costs involved with burying power poles and lines, along with cable and telephone lines.

It will take three to five months to select a consultant and have

the study completed for review.

The study will provide information about all of the challenges and conceptual costs with an underground utility project along Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Once the commission has a grasp on the costs involved, the

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From Jan. 1 through June 30, the town’s license-plate recognition cameras captured the following:

45,218 — “Hits” or alerts on license plates crossing under the cameras at both ends of the island; 18,057 — Suspended drivers licenses; 12,225 plates;

— Expired license

9,496 — Expired driver’s licenses;

4,555 — Alerts related to state and national informational notifications; 885

— Registered sexual offenders/predators

“hits” or alerts on 45,218 license plates that crossed under the cameras at both ends of the island — an average of 7,531 hits per month or 251 hits during a 24-hour period.

Still, the volume of hits the cameras produce requires police to prioritize. Cumming estimates officers are dispatched to approximately six hits per hour.

But Cumming believes the cameras have value beyond the information they provide because they serve as a deterrent.

“We’re starting to hear rumblings that people know they’re out here, so we’re not getting as much serious stuff. That means they’re doing their job,” Cumming said.

plan calls for town staff to prepare a referendum question for the town’s voters in March.

“Let’s put it to the voters for them to decide,” said Mayor Jim Brown. “We’ll prepare the facts and they get to make the decision.”

The cost to bury both power lines and other utilities along Gulf of Mexico Drive is estimated at anywhere from $10 million to $20 million.

To pay off the cost, the town could either assess an ad valorem tax to pay off the debt over time or a non-ad valorem debt that homeowners themselves would agree to pay after twothirds of the property owners agree to the debt through assessment districts.

Former Vice Mayor David Brenner urged the commission to look past the overall cost of the power poles alone.

“The increase is modest when you take into account everything else the town is paying for or has plans to pay back,” Brenner said. “Now is the time to focus on this important issue.

It’s all about the future of Long-

ing said plans to strengthen the above-ground power grid on the Key was the company’s preference and funds for the project are in place now.

“We feel a duty and an obligation to provide a hardened system,” Dowling said Monday night. “To delay that is not something we would prefer to do.”

Several commissioners took issue with Dowling’s statements.

“I don’t appreciate being threatened,” said Commissioner Lynn Larson.

Dowling informed Bullock in an email Tuesday FPL is willing to hold off on the hardening project indefinitely.

“Once a decision is made with the voters and depending on the vote, we will either not pursue the hardening or reincorporate the project into the plans as they exist at that time,” Dowling wrote.

Vice Mayor Jack Duncan was pleased with the response.

“The commission is working hard to make the right decision, both from an aesthetic standpoint and a cost standpoint,” Duncan said.

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“We owe it to the citizens to give the full amount of all of the costs associated with such a project,” said Commissioner Phill Younger.

Staff will also begin work on a new ordinance for future review that would mandate an undergrounding policy.

Besides the aesthetic value, staff said an advantage to such a project includes increased reliability for the island’s power grid. A disadvantage includes taking longer to fix power issues after severe weather.

Town staff proposed the concept in May because FPL is ramping up a hardening project this summer that will install larger, wider 41-foot poles (current poles are 39 feet) along the island’s thoroughfare that will be able to withstand hurricaneforce winds.

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ers. Police agencies in the area expect to recover additional bicycles.

At press time, Upton remained in Manatee County Jail on multiple charges. The news release describes him as “a convicted felon with an extensive criminal history of violent offenses, including armed robbery and theft-related convictions.” Police expect additional charges will follow.

Police will never use camera data as the sole investigative tool to build a case, according to Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming, however, the bicycle case shows how the data can add valuable evidence to a case.

“For investigative purposes, this kind of data is important to put this person on the island,” Cumming said.

Cameras capture license-plate data, but not images of cars or drivers. The images are stored for a year on a secure server, but police don’t see them unless they become part of an investigation.

Police have primarily used camera data to make traffic stops, mostly for suspended licenses and expired licenses and tags. But police have also touted the value of the system in criminal investigations. During the first two months in which the cameras operated, the data they captured were used to identify two stolen vehicles and assist in a domestic violence case in which they helped police confirm that a suspect was on the island at the time a woman said she had been victimized.

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PUBLIC EYE

by Robin Hartill | News Editor

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Longboat Key Police Detective Capt. Kristina Roberts recently retired after more than 31 years with the department.

When an $85,000 ring with a four-and-a-half-carat diamond disappeared in February from a Windward Bay unit, Longboat Key Police Detective Capt. Kristina Roberts tracked it down using a grading system insurers use to assign a mathematical identification to pricey stones.

When she needed to find the suspect — who had recently been fired after 17 years as the condo’s maintenance supervisor — she went to a source who’s typically a gold mine of information: the suspect’s ex-girlfriend.

“The best source of information in the world,” Roberts said, “is a woman scorned.”

In the Windward Bay case, Roberts also had information from sources just as valuable as ex-girlfriends: “Condo residents,” she said. “They don’t miss anything.”

Roberts, 54, celebrated her retirement at a July 7 ceremony at the police station, surrounded by past and current colleagues. Sgt. Robert Bourque has assumed the role of detective.

Roberts’ career with the Longboat Key Police Department spanned more than 31 years, including 12 years as an administrative captain and detective.

Her colleagues describe her as quiet and praise the keen investigative skills she uses to gather information, whether she is interviewing a suspect, sweeping a crime scene for clues or combing through hundreds of pages of documents to build a complex fraud case.

Roberts’ talent for investigating economic crimes is unique, according to Police Chief Pete Cumming.

“We probably have more of that crime out here than other kinds of crimes,” Cumming said. “What I don’t need out here is a great homicide detective. White collar crime leaves a paper trail. You have to put it together and start connecting the dots and crunching the numbers. It’s a specialty that not everyone can do.”

Roberts began her career as a dispatcher in 1981 with the Loveland Police Department in Ohio. She moved to the Sarasota area to be closer to her parents one year later and joined the Longboat Key department as a dispatcher in January 1983.

After a few years, she asked the late Longboat Key Police Chief Wayne McCammon to sponsor her to attend the police academy.

“Sponsor you?” he said.

“Hell, I’ll give you a job.”

She completed the academy and became a police officer in 1987 — the second female police officer in town history.

She says she honed her in-

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Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming presents a plaque to retiring Detective Capt.

Kristina Roberts. Inset: Detective Capt. Kristina Roberts, pictured in 2003.

POLICE PROMOTION At the July 7 ceremony, Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming swore Sgt. Jeff Morningstar, above, into his new role as sergeant.

Cumming said Morningstar is a nine-year veteran of the Longboat Key department.

“I’ve come to know him as a very dedicated and professional member of this department,” Cumming said. vestigative skills by working with “great guys” — and being curious and downright nosy by nature. As an officer, she always looked for something extra at crime scenes, like a fingerprint or footprint.

She got promoted to road sergeant, then road lieutenant before becoming captain/detective in 2002.

In her 31 years on the Key, Roberts has heard a common myth: “People over and over say nothing ever happens on Longboat Key,” she said. “It’s just not true.”

A few cases in point: She has investigated countless burglaries and larcenies. One investigation she was part of led to the arrests of a boat theft ring. Police realized the thieves preferred weeknights and rainy weather and were arriving from South Florida. Police honed in on vehicles with MiamiDade tags to make arrests

and secure convictions.

Roberts investigated the 2000 murder of Longbeach Village resident James Brown — the last murder to occur on the Key. Brown’s body wasn’t found until a week after the murder. The case highlights the important role residents play as a source of information.

“It was a lady who would walk her dog who could tell something was off,” Roberts said. “She saw the papers piling up and took a half walk up his driveway. People who are in the same routine day after day notice these things.”

In late 2009, a routine audit at Sand Cay Beach Resort revealed that a check for just less than $13,000 had been written by then Manager Judy Paul. After a board member reported the incident to police, Roberts began an investigation that required delving into more than three years’ worth of bank records. Her findings revealed that more than $216,000 had been stolen over three years. Last year, a jury found Paul guilty of charges; she has since appealed the verdict.

Not all of Roberts’ investigations were crime-related.

An elderly man in the early stages of dementia planned to walk across the street from his Longboat Harbour condo to a friend’s home for dinner.

He never arrived and was reported missing.

By considering how fast neighbors would typically see him walk, when he disappeared and the typical walking patterns of people with dementia, police found him nearly seven miles to the south in Quick Point Park, where he had spent the night.

Police Officer John Thomas described another role Roberts played that wasn’t always visible: For at least 10 years, she has been responsible for screening and investigating

ARRESTING PRESENCE Longboat Key Police Detective Capt. Kristina Roberts remembered her first day as a police officer in a 2003 Longboat Observer story about the town’s female police officers: It was Labor Day weekend in 1987, and Roberts was routinely checking cars at Publix when she spotted a car parked in the fire lane.

“A real big construction worker came out to the car. He was polite and gave me his papers.

As I was checking it out, I noticed him packing up his stuff in the car. I asked him what he was doing. He said, ‘After you check me out, I’m going to jail.’”

“He was right,” Roberts said. “He had 17 license suspensions.”

“As I was putting him in the cruiser, he turned and said, ‘After I get this cleared up, can I ask you out?’” applicants. She followed up with new officers by asking them questions about their reports and took pride in informing them about the residents they served.

“She was always responsible for making sure they measured up to the department’s standards,” Thomas said. “In a lot of ways, she built this police department.”

In retirement, Roberts plans to spend more time with her daughter, Victoria, 14, who will be a freshman this fall.

“Thirty years here went by fast, it really did,” Roberts said. “Every day was different. Every day was a challenge.”

The former Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort closed its doors Monday to guests and is preparing to begin its renovation and expansion project soon.

Longboat Key Club Director of Communications Sandra Rios told the Longboat Observer Monday that Ocean Properties officials just need to file for their building permit.

“Renovations will begin soon,” Rios said.

“The project will take 14 to 16 months to complete.”

A white tarp was placed over the Hilton sign in June, dubbing the hotel property at 4711 Gulf of Mexico Drive as the Gulfside Beach Resort. Hilton removed its flag from the property and the resort stayed open for more than a month under the new name while final permits were being obtained.

The site-plan application submitted calls for redeveloping existing Hilton buildings and the 102 rooms that currently sit on the site, while also acquiring those 85 additional units that would be used for a new tower on the property.

+ Marine patrol officers rescue woman from bay Two Longboat Key Police marine patrol officers rescued a woman July 2 who went under water in Sarasota Bay near the Longbeach Village coastline.

Marine Patrol Officer Shawn Nagell was patrolling the bay near the area of Moore’s Stonecrab Restaurant when they noticed a disabled boat drifting toward an anchored sailboat.

The occupants, a 54-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman, told officers their motor broke.

Marine Patrol Officer John Majka responded to the area to assist and watched as the boat drifted onto a sandbar.

The couple then jumped out of the boat to try to move the boat off the sandbar.

The woman walked into grass flats that were in deeper water and called out for help before her head went under water, explaining to police that she can’t swim.

Majka quickly removed his duty belt and electronics and jumped into the bay to rescue the woman.

The couple was transported to the Linley Street boat ramp and the woman refused medical treatment.

“Because of the quick actions of Officers Majka and Nagell, no medical attention was necessary,” wrote Deputy Police Chief Frank Rubin in a July 2 email to Town Manager Dave Bullock.

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Wed., Aug. 20  Firefighters’ Retirement System Board Meeting — 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug 27 All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, unless otherwise noted.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

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maximum millage rate Longboat Key taxpayers will likely see a tax increase to cover the town’s operating expenses starting Oct. 1, but the exact amount is unknown.

What taxpayers do know is the Longboat Key Town Commission won’t raise their millage rate any higher than 2.1763 mills.

That’s the maximum millage cap the commission approved 7-0 at its regular meeting Monday night at Town Hall for fiscal year 2015.

That rate is 4.8% higher than the town’s current millage rate of 2.0760 mills. The higher millage rate would bring the town’s general fund balance up to Town Manager Dave Bullock’s recommended 90 days of operating costs for the town in the event of a storm without additional financial help.

One mill equals $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property valuation.

For a non-homestead property owner with a $1.3 million Gulf-front home, the

operating millage rate increase would result in a tax bill that’s approximately $196.45 a year higher than it would be at the current rate (see sidebar).

The cap for tax increases on homestead properties is 1.5% statewide this year.

Town Manager Dave Bullock recommended the maximum millage rate, which he said includes a small buffer as the town works to solidify interest rates and price points for certain projects in the coming fiscal year.

This year, taxpayers will also see a beach assessment tax for a $16 million project that voters approved through a referendum in March 2011.

The commission will finalize the millage rate in September, following two readings and public hearings. The rate authorized by the commission Monday is the highest amount that can be approved.

The commission could authorize a lower rate for the operational millage rate in September.

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Single-family home 2013 tax bill $1.3 million $2,771.60 $1.7 million $3,624.40

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Single-family home 2013 tax bill $470,000 $1,002.04 $550,000 $1,172.60

Beach mill increase $1,104.98 $1,444.97

Operating Mill increase $196.45 $256.90

2014 proposed tax bill* $4,073.03 $5,326.27

Beach mill increase $99.87 $116.87

Operating Mill increase $66.53 $77.85

2014 proposed tax bill* $1,168.44 $1,367.32

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by David Conway | Staff Writer

Sarasota bayfront plan envisions $100 million Mote aquarium A recently leaked private proposal for public bayfront land tops $300 million, causing a stir among groups developing a plan for the future of the property.

A confidential proposal for bayfront land made public in June, which comes with a price tag exceeding $300 million, has placed several parties with connections to the plan in an uncomfortable position.

The proposal advocates for the placement of several amenities — including park land, a performing arts hall, a hotel, a conference center and a $100 million aquarium — on a large swath of public land along the U.S. 41 corridor near 10th Street. Outlined in a PowerPoint presentation, the plan features the logos of six organizations: venture capital firm Seven Holdings, Arizona-based company Governmental Facilities Development Services, Core Construction, Hoyt Architects, Mote Marine Laboratory and the city of Sarasota.

It was the last logo that caught the eye of Vice Mayor Susan Chapman, who brought up the proposal at a June City Commission meeting.

Chapman said she had received a hard copy of the presentation when an anonymous source slipped it under her door.

She said the city granted no authorization to use the logo. Beyond that, Chapman was worried

a visioning process for city land near the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall — recently undertaken by a variety of organizations under the banner Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 — had gotten out of hand.

“Is the horse getting out of the barn without our participation?”

Chapman said.

Chris Cogan, a co-managing member of Seven Holdings, said the proposal had nothing to do with Sarasota Bayfront 20:20. In fact, it predates that discussion surrounding the bayfront land.

Cogan said Seven Holdings began working with Mote in April 2013, as the marine research organization started to focus on a commercialization initiative.

During that process, one discussion topic was addressing the group’s aging aquarium. Rather than upgrading the current facilities, Seven Holdings suggested building a new aquarium in a better location on the bayfront.

As that work continued, Seven Holdings assisted in the development of a pair of economic feasibility studies. The plans were initially limited just to the Mote executive committee, but in January, the entire Mote board of directors was made aware of the work Seven Holdings had

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Ritz contributed, Cogan said. In response, board members voted unanimously to allow CEO Michael Crosby and the rest of the executive committee to pursue the plans further.

According to the presentation Chapman obtained — which Cogan said was a confidential document, used as an agenda for a meeting with Mote officials — tax-exempt revenue bonds would fund the project. Chapman said

she was concerned about the idea that the city would take out bonds to pay for the project, but Cogan said that was a misunderstanding of the plan.

Instead of the city, a nonprofit foundation would take control of the land used for the proposed facilities via a lease. That foundation would be responsible for governing the facilities and obtaining the bonds.

“What component of it the city or county would be asked to be put in — that hasn’t been determined yet,” Cogan said. “It’d be a fraction of the total cost.”

In a statement, Crosby said Mote is still conducting an internal strategic planning process.

He added that Mote had not approved the use of its name or logo on any documents, and he downplayed the organization’s connection to the Seven Holdings plan.

“It would not be appropriate for us to discuss what others in the community have undertaken or presented beyond saying that any inclusion of Mote in plans not of our own creation have not been authorized nor approved by our leadership,” Crosby said.

Asked about the organization’s relationship with Seven Holdings and its role, if any, in developing the proposal, a Mote spokesperson declined further comment.

Virginia Haley, Visit Sarasota County president and a leader of

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KEY ELEMENTS The plan includes a preliminary cost estimate for the following: $100 million — Mote Aquarium $50 million — 300-room hotel $100 million* — future new orchestra house $25 million — 1,600-space parking garage $20 million — 60,000-squarefoot conference center $20 million — site infrastructure and public amenities *Cost updated from previous estimated of $40 million.

Sarasota Bayfront 20:20, said that group’s goal was to develop broad community involvement regarding the public use of the land before bringing in private projects.

As for the Seven Holdings proposal, Haley said she hoped those involved would work with Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 — and suggested residents might not be receptive to a plan developed out of the public eye.

Cogan said the group plans to continue working on the proposal. If it hadn’t been made public, he said the group was on track to reveal its plans by late July or August. Although he did not want to speak for Crosby, his impression was that the Mote CEO was eager to know if the bayfront aquarium was a realistic possibility.

“If a new aquarium is not going to be realistic, he wants to know sooner than later,” Cogan said.

“He doesn’t want to allocate resources to something that’s not going to come to fruition.”

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As the date of a public hearing for a new special events ordinance draws nearer, St. Armands stakeholders are continuing their push for more favorable regulations in St. Armands Circle Park.

At Tuesday’s St. Armands Business Improvement District meeting, City Attorney Robert Fournier fielded questions regarding the forthcoming ordinance, scheduled for consideration at the July 21 Sarasota City Commission meeting. In establishing the ordinance, the city wants to formalize the process by which it approves or denies special events applications — particularly considering the unique environment of St. Armands Circle Park.

Last year, the City Commission approved a temporary blackout period for special events at St. Armands Circle Park from February through April 20, to avoid traffic issues and other problems affecting businesses during the height of season.

Options for a permanent blackout period will be incorporated into the commission’s discussion of the ordinance.

Those present at Tuesday’s meeting expressed a preference for a system that sought to replicate the informal practices in place before 2009. City staff observed a similar blackout period and had a limit of two events per month in the park, but the rules were flexible. If landowners, merchants and residents all agreed an event was acceptable despite it violating the regulations, it was allowed.

“This agreement that we had since 1997 worked well,” said Diana Corrigan, St. Armands Circle Association executive director. “Up to this point in time, we haven’t had a problem.”

Fournier said city special events workers are interested in establishing an ordinance to have clearly defined regulations on what events should be allowed. In the past, the city attorney has stated that private groups — such as the St. Armands Landowners, Merchants and Residents Association — cannot have control over the allowable uses of a public park.

St. Armands BID Vice Chairman Marty Rappaport attempted to persuade Fournier to give the landowners, merchants and residents some sway over the events. Rappaport said the city should have the ultimate say over what happens in the park, but argued the input of the three groups should be heavily considered.

“If you can get all three of them to agree it’s good for the Circle, it seems to me you’ve got the basis of a decision as to why or why not you’re accepting an event,” Rappaport said.

Still, Fournier said more concrete criteria are necessary. As a result, St. Armands stakeholders are searching for a way to insert elements into the ordinance that will largely preserve the status quo at the park.

The BID board also directed Rappaport to initiate a conversation with city administration about leasing the park to give landowners, merchants and residents the cachet they desired. Rappaport said that, as a commercial tourist district, there needs to be some mechanism in place that ensures the park serves as an asset for the businesses of St. Armands Circle.

“There should be a process where you could filter the type of the events that come in as to whether they foster the long term goals of the Key,” Rappaport said.

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It’s a crisis. He’s not leading.

Congress, fill the void.

Dear Congressman Buchanan: Let’s get right to the point: You and all of your colleagues in Washington — in the House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats alike — need to step it up, big time. Big Time.

There’s a crisis. No, not just one crisis.

They’re all over. And we all know where the center of these crises are: Our president is failing the nation … and failing the world, alarmingly so!

And yet, here we are, law-abiding Americans all over the country in states of outrage, disbelief and such incredible frustration that we seemingly can do nothing but stand by and watch this destruction unfold before our eyes day by day.

It’s time, Congressman. We need you, your House colleagues and members of the U.S. Senate to rise above all of your political self-interests and party interests and show leadership.

Put America first.

There is no need to go down the list of crises — IRS, VA, Iraq, etc., etc. You and everyone else know what they are. But the one that is the crisis of the day that so explicitly illustrates why you and your colleagues need to step up is the humanitarian immigration crisis along our Mexican border states.

You, as much as anyone, being a business owner for many years, know well how a chief executive officer is to act in a crisis.

And it’s profoundly clear — abundantly clear — that our president either doesn’t know how to deal with a crisis, or worse and believably so, is engaging in calculated indifference and arrogance to what is occurring.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been calling these past few weeks — not to mention the past six years — for the president to seal the borders. Yet Gov. Perry has stated the president has done nothing — not a thing — to help Texas. Instead, we read, the president is going to Texas for another political fundraiser; not to visit the border, not to protect his nation.

More than 52,000 illegal alien children without parents — virtually all from Central America — have flooded over the Mexican border the past three months. It’s an invasion. And these aliens are roiling the sovereign citizens of California, Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.

Unconscionable leadership

Surely you have watched the astonishing comments of Alan Long, mayor of Murrieta, Calif., tell reporters he has no idea why the federal government chose his city of 106,000 residents north of San Diego as a drop-off site for nearly 150 of these

HOW A CEO SHOULD ACT IN A CRISIS; AND HOW OBAMA ISN’T The following excerpts are from the book, “How to Act Like a CEO,” by D.A. Benton, McGraw-Hill, 2000: • Take Charge. “When things are down, you have to be out in front.

You’re the captain; it’s your problem,” says Lee Roberts, CEO of FileNET. • Ensure the crisis is over.

Hopefully, the frontline workers are trained well enough and have the attitude of integrity, inspired by the CEO, to do the right thing and get the situation resolved or at least under control as Obama: No efficiently and effecsigns of tively as possible. leadership • Assess damage.

As soon as possible, review the ramifications of all parties involved.

• Be visible. Go out and show concern and compassion. While the frontline troops are fixing the problem, you must be boosting their morale, comforting families, and letting everyone know that this is a leader and an organization that cares about its employees and their welfare and will be with them in a time of crisis.

illegal aliens. No one in the president’s administration had the decency or management professionalism to alert Mayor Long — or other cities’ mayors or governors — why the Obama administration is dumping this problem in their communities and states. No one.

Does it even need to be said, Congressman, that this is no way to manage a crisis, let alone lead your nation through it? This is an unconscionable lack of leadership.

Every CEO worth his or her pay knows that when a crisis strikes, you go into overdrive. You devote every resource available to bringing the crisis or emergency under control as quickly as possible. And you communicate to everyone involved forthrightly and honestly what is being done and what will be done.

Obama has done none of this.

And his response, as you and the nation know, typifies his leadership in all of the other crises spinning around us like 120 mph cyclones.

These crises are real, Congressman, and just as real is the vast, dangerous vacuum of leadership. Someone needs to take charge and restore order. Now. Fast.

Don’t kid yourself. Nothing in the president’s behavior or management skills is going to change. He has had six years to prove it. And he hasn’t. He won’t.

Put aside your egos

This is why Congress — Democrats and Republicans united — must step forward and fill the void.

Imagine this immigration crisis as war threatening our borders and how it requires the nation’s leaders to come together with the same mission and objective: to protect our citizens and sovereignty. What would you do if you were CEO or president in a time of crisis or war? How would you address this “invasion?”

Strong leaders would put aside their egos and re-elections and reach out to their opposition. John Boehner and Mitch McConnell should be the bigger men and take the initiatives; reach out publicly, earnestly and respectfully to Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Persuade them to meet. And the first order of business should be to: 1) acknowledge there are crises that need responses other than those being taken; and 2) agree to find immediate, common-ground choices that are in the best interest of the American people.

It’s no time to blame anyone or deny the obvious. It’s time to grab the hose together and put out the raging fires.

Strong leaders would reach out to and involve other leaders — governors, generals, mayors and others. Enlist their ideas and help. For Pete’s sake, go back and look at your history, Congressman. Look how America responded when the nation mobilized to fight World War II. It’s not about who gets credit or who stands on what side of a political aisle. It’s about leadership for the good and posterity of the United States.

You, the president and your colleagues took a sacred oath: to “support and defend the Constitution … against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; … and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office …”

Live up to your oath. Do what we elected you to do, Congressman.

Show the nation and show the world we haven’t lost it. We’re still the United States of America. We’re still exceptional. Show them we’re still the best the world has to offer.

Respectfully, MW

DUTIES OF CONGRESS, PRESIDENT IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Article 1, Section 8: “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; … To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning

Captures on Land and Water; To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years …

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;” Article 2, Section 1: “Before he [President] enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faith-

fully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Section 3: “… he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed …”

Article 4, Section 4: “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and … “against domestic violence.”

Article 6: “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several state Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution …”

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LETTERS TO THEEDITOR + Concierge medicine opposed Dear Editor: When living on Longboat Key, it becomes obvious there are too many people with too much money finding novel ways to spend it.

One way is to pay $7,000 for a concierge doctor and delude yourself into thinking the cardiologist can also be your family physician and your internal medicine doctor. Is he also the dermatologist and neurologist?

I, on the other hand, pay nothing extra for my Intercoastal medical network of real specialists in every field. I have never had to wait to see a doctor when it was really necessary, nor am I ever rushed through any meeting with a doctor.

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1:26 p.m. — 300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Civil Disturbance.

A man who spoke very little English told police his supervisor started screaming at him for no reason and then fired him. The association president said the cleaning crew was all asked to leave and he would clear up the matter next week to see who they would allow back on the property after witnessing the fight.

Dear Editor: Our Founding Fathers well understood the meaning of tyranny, having lived under the heavy hand of King George of England. They gave their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to establish a new nation of free people, the United States of America.

Let’s remember this on Independence Day, and every day.

Now this once great nation is at a perilous crossroads. Our own government uses the Internal Revenue Service to harass its own citizens. Ever higher taxes and wild government spending are driving us all into poverty and dependence.

Our Constitution is ignored. Massive forces continuously try to disarm the people. They know, and we know, that the confiscation of citizens’ weapons has preceded every tyranny in history.

Don’t let it happen here! Pray to God every day for the wisdom to vote for those who will preserve this nation of free men for ourselves and for our posterity, forever.

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1:22 a.m. — 6000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Suspicious Person. A man was pulled over near Cannons Marina for stopping in a bicycle lane. He was filming the conversation with the police officer. The officer noticed the man had several cameras in his car. The man told police he “doesn’t trust the government.”

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7:35 p.m. — 800 block of Jungle Queen Way. Suspicious Circumstance. A boy called his parents to report that two young women were swimming in their pool without permission. By the time police arrived, the women had left.

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6:46 p.m. — 300 block of Longboat Club Road. Burglary. A security officer for the Longboat Key Club reported someone damaged two lockers inside the men’s locker room of the Islandside Spa. A crow bar was used to open the lockers. One was empty, but the other locker contained unknown items belonging to a club member.

Employees believe a guest staying in a nearby unit could be responsible for the incidents. That man, employees said, called for extra items from two different maids. Both times maids addressed the man’s requests, their purses went missing. Police were unable to make contact with the suspect.

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THE TOWER RESIDENCES

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ANNA MARIA 8021 Marina Isles Lane Terry Hayes

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629 North Owl Drive Toi Estes & Craig Cerreta

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990 Boulevard of The Arts, #903 Barbara Mei 941.893.7417 premiersir.com/id/A3998442 $1,350,000

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LONGBOAT KEY 691 Old Compass Road Andrew Bers

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LONGBOAT KEY 750 Tarawitt Drive Mark Borg

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RIVIERA DUNES

2042 84th Street North West Circle Shellie Young 941.713.5458 premiersir.com/id/A3986629 $549,000

490 N Shore Road, #8 Shellie Young

35 Watergate Drive, #1206 Steve Wexler 941.586.1124 premiersir.com/id/A3969930 $1,669,000

BIRD KEY

775 Longboat Club Road, #605 Mark Huber & Erin McWhorter 941.356.2435 premiersir.com/id/A3989227 $825,000

613 Buttonwood Drive Charlotte Hedge

941.302.9674 $1,629,000

941.713.5458 $385,000

301 10th East Avenue Arnie DuFort

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ANNA MARIA 2802 Avenue E Cheryl Loeffler

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561 Spinnaker Lane Peter Laughlin

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707 South Gulfstream Avenue, #1007 Brian & Kathy Maher 941.284.5070 premiersir.com/id/A3998789 $595,000

2312 Gulf Drive North, #204 Terry Hayes 941.302.3100 premiersir.com/id/A3987014 $589,000

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LONGBOAT KEY 490 N Shore Road, #7 Shellie Young

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LIDO KEY 453 South Polk Drive Andrew Bers

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LIDO KEY 1212 Benjamin Franklin Drive, #1206 Karin Stephan 941.504.4435 $1,495,000

343 South Polk Drive Helena & Per Nordstrom

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LIDO SHORES 1224 Westway Drive Cheryl Loeffler

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941.302.3100 $749,000

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941.228.1080 $1,490,000

LONGBOAT KEY 602 Weston Pointe Court Monica Barth & Tom Hedge, Jr. 941.928.6017 premiersir.com/id/A3983108 $899,900

ANNA MARIA 519 South Drive Terry Hayes

941.383.2550 $2,197,000

LIDO KEY

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ANNA MARIA 909 North Shore Drive Terry Hayes

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LONGBOAT KEY

2295 Gulf of Mexico Drive, #1 Dennis Girard 941.809.0041 premiersir.com/id/A3960484 $799,900

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870 Hudson Avenue, #870 Martie Lieberman 941.724.1118 $574,000

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

7164 Longboat North Drive Cheryl Loeffler 941.302.9674 premiersir.com/id/A3972334 $399,000

PALMA SOLA

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RIVIERA DUNES

8002 19th North West Avenue Jesse Carr & Devon Davis 941.920.6588 premiersir.com/id/M5834917 $319,900

854 Evergreen Way, 854 Mark Huber & Erin McWhorter 941.356.2435 premiersir.com/id/A3985906 $309,500

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Churches celebrate festive Fourth Parishioners of the Longboat Island Chapel gathered Sunday. to celebrate Independence Day with a special service of patriotic songs and hymns The All Angels by the Sea congregation, meanwhile, enjoyed a July 4 picnic at the home of Sylvia Thompson.

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Above: Marge Stapleton, Barb MacLean and Sylvia Thompson enjoyed the All Angels picnic.

Left: Julie Alderfer sang “God Bless America” during the Longboat Island Chapel service.

Photos by Kelsey Grau

Husband-and-wife duo Morris and Lynn Walker played “The American Dream” for the Longboat Island Chapel congregation.

OBITUARIES John Arnold Cole

John Arnold Cole died June 23.

Born Nov. 5, 1916, Mr. Cole was a U.S. Air Force veteran who served as a navigator. He was shot down over Germany on his 10th mission and was a POW for 18 months.

Upon returning to school, Mr. Cole earned advanced degrees, then worked in research and development as an electrical engineer and a professional engineer in consulting.

Mr. Cole was an active member of All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church; he served in the choir, vestry and church financial recording.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; daughters, Helen Micchelli and Barbara Sparks; and five grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 19, at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road.

Memorials may be made to All Angels by the Episcopal Church, or Pines of Sarasota Foundation, 1501 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota, FL 34236.

Martin Garment

Martin Garment, 95, of West-

port, Conn., Longboat Key, died July 3.

Mr. Garment was preceded in death by his wife, Sylvia. He is survived by his daughter, Susan; son, John; and four grandchildren.

Donna Rae Garner Donna Rae Garner, 76, of Longboat Key, died June 28.

Born Sept. 4, 1937, in Clarion, Pa., Mrs. Garner graduated from nursing school at Temple University. Later, she received a bachelor’s degree from Ursuline College in Cleveland, as well as her master’s degree in speech pathology and audiology from Cleveland State University.

Mrs. Garner was an active member of her churches in Florida, Georgia and Arizona. She devoted much of her time and energy as a caregiver to her family members, including her daughter, Linda Sue Steffee-Yenne, who preceded her in death July 21, 2012; and her late husband, E. Raymond Crim Jr. Mrs. Garner is survived by her husband, William; daughters Amy Chaho and Laura Kozma; brother, H. William White II; five grandchildren; two nephews; and one niece.

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Reader catches the calm after the storm.

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Yacht clubs celebrate the holiday in style.

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by Kelsey Grau | Community Editor  Pam Hagan’s golden retriever, Charlie, joined in the festivities.  Karen Bell paints a patriotic picture on Anna Donnellan’s face.

 Judy Carman waits for the parade to start.

Grace Gerling, 5, laughs as her dad tickles her.

 A furry friend joins Mayor Jim Brown during the parade.

Photos by Kelsey Grau

LET FREEDOM RING The Longboat Key community enjoyed an all-American morning July 4, at the town’s annual Fourth of July Freedom Fest celebration. The event started with patriotic participants of all ages and their pups parading down Longboat Key’s main street — Bay Isles Road.

Old-fashioned games, a butterfly release and treats followed at Bicentennial Park.

 Colin Bankert, 3, kisses his sister, Giuliana, 1.

 Sisters Zora, 8, Kyndall, 11, and Zoe Ramsey, 5

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BRIGHT & CHEERY 2BR/1.5BA, offering breakfast bar in kitchen. Features carport, plenty of storage & covered sliding glass door entry. Active 55+ community with deeded beach access. $87,500 Mary Moore & Dia Wilson #M5836031

FABULOUS 2BR/2BA meticulously maintained property is ready for immediate occupancy. Light, bright & plenty of room for company. The updated beach decor makes this home move in ready! $149,900 Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5843678

Abby Scott, Heather Scott, Susan Cameron, Sarah Massey and Marlene Lancaster SECLUDED PARADISE on south end of Longboat Key. Furnished and steps away from beach and short drive to St. Armand’s & Sarasota art district. Amenities include golf course, tennis, pool, spa & restaurant. $339,000 Mary Moore & Dia Wilson #M5846581

ISLAND STYLE INSPIRED 2BR/2BA UNIT, w/great rental income. Property was completely renovated in 2005 w/new kitchen & bathrooms. Oversized screened lanai for maximum garden view. $389,000 Mary Moore & Dia Wilson #M5835441

Dana Magee and Mari Zevin

Patriotic celebration takes over Sarasota Yacht Club Members of the Sarasota Yacht Club enjoyed an Independence Day dinner after participating in the yachting tradition of the Sundowner Ceremony July 4.

FABULOUS 3BR/3BA POOL HOME is ready for major entertaining! Heated pool & spa surrounded by beautiful palms. Updated bright kitchen, baths, new carpet, wood & tile throughout. $519,900 Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5846444

CHARMING POOL HOME with 3BR/2BA, vaulted ceiling in great room, chef’s kitchen w/SS appl., wood burning fireplace, built-in bookcases & more! Walk to beach, bay, boat ramp & fishing pier. $574,900 Lissy LaFlamme #M5843715

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

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

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SANCTUARY II #B205 - 3BR/2.5BA home with direct Gulf views. Offered furnished. $1,495,000

Gulf Front Listings LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS #804S - Elevated 2BR/2BA end residence with open floorplan and panoramic views. $1,149,000 SANCTUARY IV #303 - 2BR+Den/2.5BA furnished home with partial Gulf views from large wrap around terrace. $890,000 LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS #803S - 2BR/2BA residence offer$849,000 ing Gulf, Bay, golf course and downtown views.

PLAYERS CLUB #A102 - 3BR/2.5BA, furnished home. Partial Gulf and pool views, and under-building parking. $749,000

VIZCAYA #3C1 - 4BR/4.5BA Gulf front with private pool, walk down to beach & oversized 2-car garage. $3,795,000

Bayside Listings SABAL COVE - 3318 Sabal Cove Lane 3BR+Den/4.5BA home with wide open floorplan & views over lake of Harbourside Blue golf course. $1,899,000 530 HARBOR POINT RD - Freshly manicured canal front lot in Bay Isles Harbor Section. $1,350,000 1400 HARBOR SOUND DRIVE - Vacant lot with picturesque waterway view to the Bay. $1,249,000

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

HARBOUR COURT - 2204 Harbour Court Drive - Spacious 3BR+Den/3.5BA villa with Intracoastal and partial Bay views.

Private dock. $999,000

ISLANDER CLUB #22S - 2BR/2BA, furnished home with $499,000 pleasing Gulf views and one carport.

ATRIUM - 2120 Harbourside Dr. #618 - 3BR/3BA home with spanning bay & city views, and private walk-down. $995,000

INN ON THE BEACH #4206- Gulf front club suite with rental income. 2013 Gross Rental Income: $61,000. $489,000

GRAND BAY #145 - 3BR/2Full/2HB, beautifully turn-key furnished with golf course and bay views. $889,000 LONGBOAT KEY MOORINGS - The west coast’s largest marina has a 45’ slip just for you! $74,500

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G Water Club I - Pied-á-Terre Have a slice of paradise! Fully turnkey furnished, 1BR/1.5BA apartment in a great location with easy access to the beach and amenities ready for immediate enjoyment, a rare opportunity! $569,000

Islander Club - Longboat Key Beautiful southwest views from EVERY room of this two bedroom, two bath apartment on the 4th floor with its own washer & dryer. Gulf front building with excellent amenities. $495,000

Fairway Bay - Longboat Key Townhouse VIEW, MORE VIEW, and DEEP water boat slip!

Beautifully designer furnished 2 bedroom, 3 bathroom townhouse with fireplace has long water views from the screened lanai and living area and its own private dock! $539,0000

Sleepy Lagoon - Longboat Key Stunning waterfront home on Marbury Ln. with 4 BD+den/4.5 BA totaling 2,702 sq. ft. Completely renovated, new appliances, pool, boat dock & a $792,000 putting green out back!

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Longboat Key - Direct Gulf Front Estate size property over an acre prime for creating your beach front dream. Existing 3BR country rustic home ideal to occupy while your visions unfold. Short distance to shopping, dining and the Longboat Key Club. $3,495,000

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One Watergate - Downtown Sarasota Rarely available 2BR/2BA ‘A’ floor plan is ready to be customized to your personal vision. Spectacular views of Sarasota Bay and the Marina from the floor-to-ceiling windows.

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Promenade - Longboat Key Gulf Front Style, Sophistication, Simply a WOW on the Beach! Completely redone with sweeping Southwest views of the Gulf & Sarasota city skyline. Located on the 8th floor, 2BR/2BA & a 23’ terrace. Now being sold furnished. $989,000

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

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

Beachplace III - Bay Gulf and Golf Course Views The perfect beach getaway!

Southeast-facing, turnkey furnished 2BR/2BA 5th floor corner residence has wood floors, tasteful furnishings, lovely décor & 2 valuable parking spaces. $569,000

Siesta Key - Norsota Way Unique gated Bay front jewel walled-in for privacy with four bedrooms, modern bathrooms and kitchen, gleaming wood floors and a covered pool with glassed outdoor entertainment area.

Private dock with 2 boat lifts. $1,890,000

Phoenix - Golden Gate Point Stunning sunsets, style, & sophistication from this 3,785 square foot Bay front residence w/3 full bedrooms plus a media room, 3 full baths and a powder room. Rarely available!

Furnishings available outside of real estate. $2,295,00

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

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Bird Key Yacht Club members celebrate our freedom July 4 Members enjoyed a Fourth of July celebration July 4, at Bird Key Yacht Club. The afternoon started with fun and games followed by a flag ceremony, dinner and potato car races.

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We congratulate Roger Pettingell for ranking among the nation’s top 250 residential real estate agents by sales volume in the 2014 REAL Trends “The Thousand” list.

Mainland Sarasota Sunset Towers $479,400 Sandra LaFlamme, 941-961-5069 Panoramic Gulf and Bay Views! Private beach. Within minutes of shops and dining.

MLS#A4101145 81485 Open Sun 1-4pm. 1914 Oak St, Sarasota. $399,900 Martina Coppenrath, 941-724-3339 OPEN HOUSE July 27. See inside this impressive, fenced home. 3BR/2 baths. MLS#A3997654 77464 Valencia Terrace $349,000 Monica Roche, 941-387-1815 Convenient dwntwn location. 3/2 home w/ 1368 SF finished artist studio MLS#A4100363 73035 Open Sun 1-4pm. 3804 Amapola Ln, Sarasota. $315,000 Cindy Taliaferro, Palmer Ranch maintenance free 2BR/2BA residence in a gated community.

MLS#A4101179 79198

Longboat Key, Fairway Bay $419,000 2/2 Tom Fynes 941-387-1875 MLS#A3996894 79266

Beekman Estates $230,000 Karen Wantuck, 941-388-3966 Gated, low HOA, community pool, tennis with 3BR/2BA downtown & Lido close.

MLS#A4100655 45143 Open Sun 1-4pm. 1624 Stickney Point Road 106, Sarasota. $215,000 Tina M. Johns, 941-323-4775 2/2 Little Sarasota Bayfront community across from Siesta Key. MLS#A3993272 81294 Veranda-Heritage Oaks $187,500 Glen Ridgeway, 941-388-3966 Hospitable 2BR/2BA condo in a gated community. Exercise rooms. MLS#A4100754 45141

The Keys Longboat Shores $6,995,000 Gabe/Charles Buky, 941-228-6086 A luxurious lifestyle awaits you in this 5BR/5+BA home. Metal roof. MLS#A3996971 79283 Open Sun 1-4pm. 521 Wedge Ln, Longboat Key. $779,000 Judy KepeczHays, 941-387-1825 Sailboat water, almost new 3 bdrm. home w/dock-lift, sunsets, pool & beach MLS#A3999495 79275

Longboat Key, Seaplace $295,000 2/2 Sandy Endres 941-387-1861 MLS#A3997550 79227

Sarasota, Palmer Square West $349,950 3/3 Roger Pettingell 941-387-1840 MLS#A4100066 73039

Players Club $749,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 3BR/2.5BA southwest facing furnished residence with partial Gulf views! MLS#A3998148 74450 Gulf Front Condo $599,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Walk to the beach from this furnished 2BR/2BA waterfront condo. MLS#A3991657 77476 Lido Shores $375,000 Angie Campbell, 941-320-1834 Lido Key 2 bdr 2 bath. Turnkey furnished. Close to Lido Beach & St Armands. MLS#A3998572 79287 Just Reduced! $328,900 Michelle Musto, 941-387-1882 Settle with ease in this noteworthy 2BR/2BA condo set on the waterfront. MLS#A3995205 95166 Pelican Gardens $129,000 Jonas Forslund, 941-387-1890 Welcome the good life in this delightful condo on Lido Key. Central air. MLS#A3993352 95181

Manatee Sarasota, Palm-Aire $119,900 2/2 Jeanne Hamill, P.A. 941-388-3966 MLS#A4100743 45140

Palma Sola Park $425,000 Karen Wantuck, 941-388-3966 Move up now to this tile-roofed, fenced 3BR/3BA residence. Ceiling fans. MLS#A4100660 45142

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Anna Maria $1,195,000 Gabe/Charles Buky, 941-228-6086 Bay & Open water. 4BR/3BA, pool & boat dock enjoy casual island lifestyle MLS#A3999349 79262

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Four-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $4 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between June 23 and June 27.

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. James Courter and Mark Hodgson, of University Park, sold their home at 647 Mourning Dove Drive to Mark Lucas and Aimee Sottialro, of Sarasota, for $4 million. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, five baths, two half-baths, a pool and 4,854 square feet of living area.

Toomey, trustees, of Randolph, N.J., sold the Unit 206 condominium at 4310 Falmouth Drive to Dean and Janet Snow, of State College, Pa., for $280,000. Built in 1969, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 928 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $90,000 in 1986.

LIDO KEY

Orchid Beach Club Residences

The Water Club

Robert and Lynne Kanter, of Hamilton, Ohio, sold their Unit PH1104 condominium to Lucie Lapovsky and David Lapovsky, trustees, of Longboat Key, for $1.6 million. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 3,054 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,364,900 in 1999.

Longboat Cove

Frances Neher, of Port Townsend, Wash., sold her Unit 206 condominium at 5481 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Lora Lyons, trustee, of Dayton, Ohio, for $915,000. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,721 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $330,000 in 1984.

The Players Club

Aubert and Sandra Coran, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 106 condominium at 1465 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Gulf Players LLC for $600,000. Built in 1981, it has

Kelsey Grau

This home at 647 Mourning Dove Drive has four bedrooms, five baths, two half-baths, a pool and 4,854 square feet of living area. It sold for $4 million. three bedrooms, three baths and 1,815 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $300,000 in 1996.

Harbour Links at Longboat Key Club

Bernhardt Trout II, trustee, of Lexington, Mass., sold the Unit 2043 condominium at 2043 Harbourside Drive to David and Sandra Campbell, of Charleston, W.Va., for $425,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths and 2,398 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $366,500 in 1999.

Sleepy Lagoon Park

Norton Street LLC sold the home at 613 Norton St. to Hugh and Lynn McCann, of Blandford, Mass., for $365,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,170 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $175,000 in 1997.

Windward Bay

Ann and William Race, of Northbrook, Ill., sold their Unit 203 condominium at 4600 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Svetlana Shtrom, of Chuluota, for $308,000.

Built in 1975, it has two bed-

rooms, one bath and 1,096 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $188,000 in 2000.

Raymond and Betsy Kotcher, of Manhasset, N.Y., sold their Unit PH-4 condominium at 4800 Gulf of Mexico Drive to John and Kathleen Wurdeman, of Charles City, Va., for $300,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,096 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $300,000 in 2009.

First Longboat Harbour

Marianne Baeckstrom, Christer Baeckstrom and Monica

Maria Longhi, of Tampa, sold the Unit C1001 condominium at 2052 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Ronald and Patricia Taylor, of Burr Ridge, Ill., for $3.9 million.

Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 4,229 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.4 million in 2009.

Ronald and Patricia Taylor, of Burr Ridge, Ill., sold their Unit 1002D condominium at 2052 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Barbara Maibach, trustee, of Farmington, Mich., for $3.1 million. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths and 3,654 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.75 million in 2007.

ST. ARMANDS

John Ringling Estates

Edward and Janette Lange, of Sarasota, sold their home at 51 S. Adams Drive to Leonard and Lana Owens, of Swampscott, Mass., for $630,000. Built in 1958, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,315 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $575,000 in 2007.

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1280 Hidden Harbor Way #A3991718 $5,495,000 Marcia Salkin

Siesta Key 941-383-7591 941-376-6121

8263 Archers Ct #A3938017 $2,495,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

2300 Wason Rd #A3993244 $1,722,000 Marcia Salkin

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-376-6121

415 L Ambiance Drive #A4101307 $1,395,000 Robert Dardas

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

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

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

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

1385 Harbor Dr #A3993454 $1,200,000 Diana Michel

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-266-2677

3565 Mistletoe Ln #A3996149 $999,000 Julie Klick

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

600 Yardarm Ln #A3994184 $995,000 Ian Addy, P.A.

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

344 Firehouse Ln #A3993328 $979,000 Hannerle Moore

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

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

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

89 N Washington Dr #A3997778 $1,695,000 Kim & Michael Ogilvie

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5164 Kestral Park Terrace #A4101137 $777,000 Stephanie Church

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

Sarasota 941-951-6660 941-376-1717

2425 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 5 #A3995790 $735,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

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

1212 Ben Franklin Dr # 202 #A3990339 $696,000 Douglas Parks

Lido Key 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

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

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

1920 Harbourside Dr # 1004 #A3995452 $590,000 Julie Klick

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

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

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

1085 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4101315 $475,000 Chris Wetzig

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-350-8083

4900 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4100526 $450,000 Bobbi Banan

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615 Dream Island Road #A4101133 $450,000 Susan Fox

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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 27 through July 3, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

4340 Falmouth Drive #A4100914 $334,900 Maureen Doherty

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

4440 Exeter Dr # 203 #A3997386 $289,000 Sandi Layfield

Amount $23 million $650,000

Milton Hendrickson Ascentia Group Mary Murphy James Carpenter Louis Frisina Ronald Woodfine Bank of America Moskovitz Real Estate and Equity Mark Kingman William Heckethorn Ron Plashkes Lynne Koy Jaclyn Prager

$425,000 $350,000 $193,164 $83,540 $63,830 $50,000 $48,000

Howard Wiener Ihan Rodriguez Thomas Cornell Andrew Adesman 902 Long Boat Inc. Yvonne Walsh, trustee Robin Carlstein David Weinstein Brian Proctor Celia Lee Edmundson

$10,344.72 $9,211 $9,122 $5,700 $3,400 $2,200 $2,000 $1,940 $1,628 $1,516

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

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

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

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4540 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # Ph3 #A3992260 $314,900 Sharon Freeman

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

Applicant BBC Key LLC (Aria) BBC Key LLC (Aria)

6010 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3999207 $5,000 Janice Reed

Longboat Key 941-552-4200 941-993-8398

1104 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 619 Sarasota #A3967663 $3,500-$4,500/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

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$44,350 $32,218 $30,000 $21,270 $19,460 $12,430

4700 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 204 #A3999307 $325,000 Sharon Freeman

722 Boulevard Of The Presidents # 202 #A3996758 $209,000 Catherine De’Ath

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

Lido Key 941-388-4447 941-350-9799

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Address Permit 2251 GMD New construction 2255 GMD Fitness center

New single 7020 Firehouse Road family home Generator 2275 GMD 2425 GMD Interior alterations 603 Longboat Club Road Interior alterations 2425 GMD Alterations 3594 Fair Oaks Lane Alteration 2045 GMD Alteration

Re-roof 876 Tarawitt Drive 680 Neptune Ave. Pool 4995 GMD Alteration 3471 Byron Lane Re-roof 4930 Exeter Drive Kitchen alterations 5050 GMD Demolition

Hurricane 1000 Longboat Club Road shutters 3571 Bayou Circle Lift 3441 Bayou Sound Dock 6750 GMD Windows 4485 GMD Alteration 624 Buttonwood Drive Windows 1191 Bogey Lane Doors 340 GMD Garage door 602 Juan Anasco Drive Garage door 635 Marbury Lane Garage door

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6700 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 139 Longboat Key #A3957360 $2,000-$3,300/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

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GREAT GIFT. Longboat Key resident Dean Congbalay took his nephew, Daniel, to China as a graduation present, and they brought their Longboat Observer along during a hike up the Great Wall of China.

Daniel just graduated from Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Ill., and will be attending college this fall at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

BUSINESS BRIEFS + Taussig celebrates 30 years as a notary

Nancy Taussig, owner of Barefoot Weddings, recently celebrated her 30th anniversary as a notary public.

Taussig was commissioned by the state of Florida in June 1984. She performed her first wedding ceremony in 1990 and has Taussig officiated more than 1,350 weddings.

Barefoot Weddings is a 20-year member of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce and won its 2009 Small Business of the Year in the 10 or fewer employees category. Taussig has served on several chamber committees and currently serves on the Key Wedding Professionals Committee.

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+ Pro-Motion Notions celebrates 25 years Pro-Motion Notions celebrated its 25th anniversary June 19.

The firm specializes in branding companies in the U.S. Founded in 1989 in Buffalo, N.Y., by Annette Gueli, the company moved its headquarters in December 1998 to Sarasota.

Since then, the company has acquired Bay South Media, Inspire Promotions and Traci Keychain. It opened Anchor Promotions, a division that specializes in event promotions, in 2005 and FastAd Specialties, which serves clients with rush needs, in 2007.

In the past six months, the company has hired three new staffers and opened a satellite sales office, in addition to acquiring Traci Keychain.

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MLS#A3977006 $17/SF yr (includes CAM)

OVER .5 ACRE W/SEP GUEST QTRS! 4-5Br/3Ba/3CG w/10-12FT detailed ceil., marble & wood flrs, built-ins, granite, exotic Padauk cabinets, Sub-Zero & gas appls., MBr w/2 walk-ins & jetted tub, lg screened lanai w/cabana access, putting green, 40FT lap pool & spa! Prominent ‘West of Trail’ location! MLS#A4101282.............. $925,000

BRAND NEW W/DIRECT GULF VIEWS! 3Br/ Den/2.5Ba w/full renovations & redesigned flr plan, pvt elevator, custom cabinets, walnut flrs, quartz, granite, mother of pearl art, glass tile, balcony & garaged pkg in gated comm. on LBK w/amenities!

MLS#A3990234 .......Offered at $2,075,000

SIESTA KEY COMMERCIAL! Investment property currently being used as a fish market, tenant in place w/new 2-yr lease, sm retail space classified as restaurant w/2 half baths, main thoroughfare near Crescent market area, next to post office on Siesta Key! MLS#A3993284 ................ $300,000

PANORAMIC WATER VIEWS! Downtown 14th flr investment or future residence, 2Br/2Ba/1CG w/marble flrs, built-ins, mirrored walls, eat-in kitchen, 2 balconies & pvt laundry w/tenant in place thru Dec 2015. In a secure refurbished building w/amenities; concierge & valet services, fitness center, pool & more! MLS#A4100903........$850,000

UPDATED DOWNTOWN SARASOTA! 3Br/2Ba/2CG open plan w/pvt balcony, diagonal tile, hardwood flrs, modern kitch. w/granite, wood cabinets & SS appls., MBr w/2 walk-ins, pvt laundry & bonus storage in a secure renovated bldg w/amenities!

MLS#A3990047.....................$390,000

DOWNTOWN W/DOCK & LIFT! 3Br/3Ba/2CG maint free w/granite, Italian cabinets, SS appls, wood flrs, tile, built-ins, 10Ft ceil., crown moldings, MBr w/tray ceil., 1100+SF ter w/pvt access to pool/spa & dock, West of Trail on Hudson Harbor w/amenities!

MLS#A3997641....................... $1,700,000

8TH FL BAY VIEWS! 2Br/2Ba/1CG w/custom plan, marble, crown moldings, wood cabinets, plantation shutters, granite, builtins, ss appls., pvt laundry & balcony in a Downtown bldg w/full service amenities; concierge, pool, spa, fitness ctr & more!

MLS#A3991141................$430,000

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PRESERVE & LAKE VIEWS! 3-4Br/3.5Ba/3CG w/family rm, custom ceilings, crown moldings, diagonal tile, built-ins, fp, granite, wood cabinets, aquarium glass, architectural elements, jetted tub, Roman shower, pool, spa, outdoor fp & summer kitch. in GCC comm.! MLS#A4101081 $710,000

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Javier “Javo” Rodriguez and Zach Gilliland met in 2009 at Art Center Sarasota. “We’ve been working on projects together since then, and it’s been an interesting ride; there were a lot of trials,” Gilliland says. “We finally figured it out with this project.”

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get to know JAVO

get to know ZACH

FROM: Puerto Rico

FROM: Western Pennsylvania

DAY JOBS: Construction, art commissions and Sarasota Architectural Salvage

DAY JOBS: Studio technician at New College and Architectural Salvage

ART BACKGROUND: “I moved to New York City to go to Pratt Institute, but it was so competitive and I wasn’t getting good enough grades there. I moved to Florida in 2000 to attend Ringling College of Art and Design.”

ART BACKGROUND: “The last art class I took before I studied it was in middle school. My family was apple farmers, and studying art wasn’t part of our culture. It wasn’t an option, so it kind of got swept under the rug. So, I served in the Air Force for four years. Then, I went to art school in South Carolina.”

EARLIEST MEMORY CREATING ART: “I’ve been drawing since I was a child. My father was an illustrator.

He learned from mail-in classes.

He had all these rulers, pencils and

sharpeners, and we always had markers and pencils everywhere.”

EARLIEST MEMORY CREATING ART: “My parents were both in the

didn’t have much time for painting between the two jobs he works to support his artist lifestyle. He wanted to find a way to fit in his passion. So he began drawing during the only time his day allowed — lunch break.

For 15 minutes of his 30-minute work break from either his construction job or job working at Sarasota Architectural Salvage, he drew on whatever surface he could find. He drew on paper plates. He drew on napkins. He drew on scrap paper. He started posting photos and videos of his drawings on Instagram.

“What started just as practice for me became better and better,” he says. “People at work and on Instagram started telling me, ‘Oh my god! These are amazing!’”

But Rodriguez didn’t think they were that impressive. He had an idea to elevate his work.

He started browsing Instagram, a photo-sharing application on smart phones. He began looking

for people’s photos that had good composition and lighting. And what started as dutiful practice of his passion became a lesson in marketing.

Rodriguez started drawing the faces of Instagram and posting them on his own. He’d slowly get likes, then noticed one day he had accumulated hundreds of followers from one image.

He realized that by posting carefully selected portraits of subjects with a lot of followers, he could get more followers himself. This was a way to market himself as an artist — something at which both men admit artists are terrible.

His fanbase grew to nearly 3,000 people. He had people reaching out to him: a magazine in Japan wanted to commission illustrations, a musician in Spain wanted him to create album art.

And, alternatively, the daily practice over nine months resulted in approximately 600 sketches.

“It’s been exciting to watch him

pull this off,” Zach Gilliland, cocollaborator, says.

Gilliland, 32, also works at Sarasota Architectural Salvage. He and Rodriguez have collaborated in the past — on construction jobs, murals and sculptures. But nothing they’ve created they felt satisfied both of their strengths.

Gilliland comes from a sculptural background; Rodriguez a 2-D. “We daydream a lot when we’re working,” Gilliland says. “It’s a lot of manual labor we’d rather not be doing, so we talk about our art projects all the time.”

Gilliland persuaded Rodriguez to let him contribute by making frames for the sketches. Gilliland wanted to play on the theme of Polaroids, or instagrams.

“Collaboration is difficult because we’re both selfish with our work,” Gilliland says. “We don’t want someone else trying to enforce their ideas or concepts on us … So trying to trust the fact he has his strengths and understandings

BY THE NUMBERS Air Force. As a kid, all I remember drawing were F16s — fighter jets were my thing. When my left hand got tired, I’d switch and start drawing with my right hand.” and I have mine, we were able to let go.”

Both are proud of the installation. Rodriguez thinks it will place and even win the juried competition, although, he also says that’s not what the duo was hoping to achieve when they created it.

“We just want a wow factor,” Gilliland says. “We want them to be like, ‘What the heck is this? What are these two people thinking?’”

2,763 — Javo’s Instagram followers (follow him @iamjavo) 8 by 8 feet — the installation’s size 9 — months Javo has drawn daily sketches 250 — pounds the installation weighs

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by Mallory Gnaegy | A&E Editor

The Players celebrate ABBA

It started last summer with the ’70s music revue “More Than a Feeling” at The Players Theatre.

A 10-minute segment of the production featured an ABBA medley — the show’s highlight. That’s when Jeffrey Kin, artistic director, and Berry Ayers, production manager and director of music, began crafting the idea of an allABBA experience.

“Knowing Me, Knowing You: the Hits of ABBA,” which runs July 10 through July 20, at The Players, is a traditional revue of ABBA songs. It features not only the biggest hits of the most famous Swedish band in the world but revisits some of the classics and lesser-known numbers, too.

It’s without a plot and presented in the fashion of a pop-up video. Before, after and during numbers, audience members will learn facts and information that will be displayed on screens above the stage and as the backdrop to the performance. Video footage will be interspersed throughout the more than 20 featured songs.

The two creators sat down to give a little insight on the production.

Describe it in three words.

Berry Ayers: Vibrant, energetic, innovative.

Jeffrey Kin: Smart, enthusiastic, celebratory.

Why ABBA? Ayers: The library of music was so extensive and (there was) so much to choose from. I know,

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Nine of the nearly 20 cast members of ABBA perform its big hit, “Dancing Queen.”

YOUROBSERVER.COM // Visit our website to see cast members perform “Dancing Queen.” for instance, I really grew up listening to them. I remember my mom would always turn on the eight-track of ABBA and clean the house. Generations young and older are familiar with the music.

ABBA had a ton of No. 1 hits all across the world.

Kin: So many of my favorite movie moments are underscored

by ABBA songs —“Muriel’s Wedding” is the standout image in my head. The music motivates the story, and the images have stayed with me all this time.

What are some of the hit songs featured and what’s one of the lesser-known?

Ayers: “Chiquitita,” “Winner Takes it All,” “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” “Super Trouper” and “SOS” are some of the big hits. “Thank You for the Music” became a hit for them and was initially written for a musical, “The Girl with Golden Hair,” and is included in this revue.

Describe your favorite number: Kin: I have about 12 favorite

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Ayers: I had to create an overture for the show because we wanted something to set the mood for the audience. Because this was a revue of recorded music, I had some issues looking for a piece of music that would work to set up the whole show. I ended up splicing together several pieces of different songs of ABBA as well as other musical pieces. I’m really excited about how that piece will play out — it’s really cool.

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Ayers: A lot! I have been researching the group for the past six months. The main thing I learned was that their manager not only managed them, but also co-wrote a lot of the songs.

Kin: There were four members of the band, but they would multi-track their songs and sing layers upon layers of background vocals having 16 parts going at the same time. When they performed live, they’d have extra voices that would sing the additional parts.

Why should people come see it?

Ayers: The audience is going to get great music, amazing vocals, and with the idea of informational and fun pop-up facts, they can actually learn something, too. It is going to be a blast, no doubt about it.

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by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Assistant Editor most exciting things for me right now are menu developments and the gingerbread display that happens every November. I’m getting my first run on putting my own personal spin on the menu. Every pastry chef is a little different. I tend to be more of a naturalist. I like the basics and I like to stick to that. The whole concept of this resort is that too — keeping it fresh and local, utilizing the resources we have locally. It’s a part of who I am and those things transfer over into my recipes. I take the basics and make it beautiful.

I’m really excited about the gingerbread display. When I was in college, rent was difficult to pay when working in a kitchen for very little. My community complex had a holiday party and they were talking about ordering something and I say hey, I’ll make something if you switch it out for rent. So I used the kitchen and I built a gingerbread house. It came out really good and it paid my rent.

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WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU PREPARED A MEAL FOR SOMEONE? I was a kid I’m sure.

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WHAT’S YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY RELATING TO FOOD?

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my family have culinary backgrounds, so it’s been a part of me my entire life. It was kitchen prep work when I was little, busing tables and then I was about 12 when they started letting me hostess. From ages 6 to 18, I was washing dishes and peeling potatoes. It was very much a way of life for the entire family. I

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YOUR DREAM CUSTOMER (DEAD OR ALIVE) COMES IN — THEY WANT TO MEET THE PASTRY CHEF — WHO IS IT? Anthony Bourdain. He has the same sarcastic sense of humor as I do.

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2. SOUTHGATE WINNER 2440 VALENCIA DRIVE

Everybody loves Southgate. It has the perfect location, five minutes from everything, and the solidly built housing stock of 1950s and ’60s ranch homes is infinitely adaptable and updateable.

Here is a recently remodeled home that’s both a little old-fashioned and yet up-todate. It’s a bit on the small side — 1,344 square feet — but with three bedrooms (one is currently used as a den) and two baths, it will happily accommodate a

couple or a small family. We particularly like the elegant kitchen with its stainless steel appliances. The interior has a designer feel, and the refinished terrazzo floors add a retro touch. There’s a one-car garage and a deck overlooking the fenced backyard. An excellent school district adds to the appeal.

Priced at $218,900. For more information, call Lori Carey of Premier Sotheby’s at 780-3427.

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Mary Anne Servian and John Simon met when Servian was mayor of Sarasota and Simon brought his Pineapple Square project through the city process.

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The newlyweds spent a few days in Barcelona before boarding a Regents Cruise for 10 days.

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The afternoon was full of love, with Servian’s grandchildren, sons, nephew and Simon’s greatnieces, brother and son all taking part in the wedding.

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