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Colony Lender wins bid A dollar made all the difference at Monday’s auction in Sarasota County Court.

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Andy Adams bid $15.2 million in an auction for key Colony Beach & Tennis Resort properties at a Monday auction in Sarasota County Court. Colony Lender LLC, which won a foreclosure judgment of $14.3 million against the property last September, bid $1 more.

But Adams didn’t bid another dollar — and Colony Lender won

another 80% of a 2.3-acre recreational property in the middle of the shuttered resort, plus 100% ownership of the restaurant complex and the former penthouse office of longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber. Colony Lender already owned a 15% interest in the recreational property, bringing its total interest to 95%.

That is how Maj. Brian Dix introduced “The Commandant’s Own” U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps July 4, at Avery Fisher Hall. The “Star Spangled Celebration” concert featured 80 Marines under the direction of Dix and the New York Philharmonic led by Bramwell Tovey, performing for a crowd of nearly 3,000. Key resident Harold Ronson, a World War II veteran, was there courtesy of his daughter Norma Ronson Koppel, who also has a residence on the Key.

Adams owns the remaining 5%; he also owns approximately 27% of the Colony’s 237 units.

Colony Lender doesn’t plan to play a role in the long-term future of the resort, according to principal David Siegal. He said Colony Lender has an agreement to transfer assets in the resort to Orlando-based developer Unicorp for an undis-

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“I want to get taken care of in the offer and leave the Colony in my rearview window,” Siegal said Monday.

Colony Lender previously purchased overdue bank notes on the properties from Bank of America

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HIDDEN AUDIENCE

by Robin Hartill | News Editor

Cameras catch burglar in action When a man allegedly broke into a Longboat Key residence last week, he probably had no idea the homeowner was watching him — and relaying information to police in real time.

At around 2:18 p.m. July 8, the owner of a home in the 600 block of Buttonwood Drive called police after his motion-detector alarm was activated. He logged into the system to monitor the video cameras installed around the house and called police immediately when he saw a man entering his home’s rear window.

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condo quandry Esther Howard

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+ Tim Howard has Key roots Residents of Fairway Bay knew about Tim Howard long before he became a household name: His grandparents, the late Paul and Eva Fekete, frequently bragged about their star soccer player grandson.

Howard’s mother, Esther Howard, 64, who lived at the family’s Fairway Bay unit from 2011 until earlier this year and now lives in Sarasota, said her son visited them frequently as a child and spent a summer on the Key, training at the IMG Academy in Bradenton.

Howard traveled to Brazil to watch her son play in the FIFA World Cup. “I was just blown away by the way he had played,” she told the Longboat Observer.

“It was beyond anything that I had ever experienced.”

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A legal battle has begun at a mid-island Longoat Key condominium complex.

Arbobar resident Pete DiNicola has sued his condominium association and members of its board for allegedly sanctioning illegal work. He also claims they fired the whistleblower who brought the allegations to light.

“The board is very hostile against the owners here, and, of course, the owners are really hostile against the board,” said Arbomar resident and former Building Manager Kent Lagro, who alleges the board fired him in June for challenging

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ARBOMAR / FROM 1A the unlicensed renovations to at least three of the 31 units that make up the condominium.

DiNicola claimed in the May 28 lawsuit, filed with the 12th Judicial Circuit Court in Manatee County, that Arbobar Condominium Association President Walter Major performed unlicensed contracting work to his own unit and another board member’s unit. Arbomar board members Bill Baxter, Ed Kaczynski and Judith Spiezio were named in the suit, in which DiNicola claimed damages greater than $15,000.

The complaint accuses the defendants of violating the condominium association’s cove-

BURGLARIES / FROM 1A Police say that after securing the exterior of the residence, they started to enter the home when they found 53-year-old Charles Joseph Griffith Jr. exiting the home through a sliding glass door.

Griffith told police he is a transient and has relatives who live on Longboat Key, according to a news release. Police describe Griffith as “a career criminal with a lengthy history of burglaries and drug-related charges.” He has been previously identified as a suspect in prior thefts and residential burglaries on the Key that remain under investigation, according to police.

Griffith was charged with one count of residential burglary. On Monday night, he remained in the Sarasota County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond. Jail records

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nants and breaching their fiduciary duty.

“These breaches exhibit wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety and property, in that they impacted the safety of the building, and as a result caused a substantial reduction in the fair market value of (DiNicola’s) unit,” the suit states.

Lagro and DiNicola contend the interior alterations Major performed created fire and other hazards to the building.

DiNicola also filed an emergency motion with the Circuit Court June 27 to remove the four individuals named in the original suit from the board and name a third party to take over the condominium association’s administrative duties.

show Griffith has been arrested in Sarasota County on five previous occasions for burglary, petit theft and violating probation since 2009.

Longboat Key police had previously interviewed Griffith about a burglary at the north end in which a purse was stolen after they found him near the scene, according to Police Chief Pete Cumming, although Griffith was not arrested. Police are investigating whether Griffith was involved in several cases that have occurred on the Key since April.

Cumming said the homeowner’s camera system allowed for effective communication with dispatch.

“They’re becoming more popular now that they’re becoming more inexpensive and more companies are making them,” said Cumming, who estimates

Major admitted he does not have a contractor’s license in Florida but said Lagro was aware of the planned renovations and didn’t indicate a permit would be required, according to a June 16 response to the allegations.

Lagro said it was never his job to assure the work had the proper permitting.

Longboat Key Building Official Wayne Thorne said one unit had been “red-tagged” for not having proper documentation, but that the town has issued three permits for interior alterations at the condominium relating to the case. The town can’t investigate whether there have been illegal alterations in the past.

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Cumming said neighbors who witnessed the burglary were surprised the break-in occurred during the day.

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“It’s shocking because everyone thinks the burglars are coming in at 2:30 a.m. instead of 2:30 p.m.,” he said. “But broad daylight is when the majority occur.”

Police don’t know whether burglaries and other property crimes increase on the Key dur-

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“Unless we catch them in the act, people don’t get notified until they’re back in the area,” Cumming said.

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be sending frequent communications regarding our progress,” Major said in the letter. “During this time the board asks for your support and patience as we work together to ensure a bright future for the Arbomar owners.”

Lagro had just finished landscaping work when he saw the June notice, which he says was his only notification of the board’s decision.

DiNicola said he hadn’t seen any documentation about Lagro’s past performance that would justify his termination.

“That’s not my concern,” Lagro said. “My concern is this building — if something ever happened to this building because of illegal work it would be a tragedy.”

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as possible, at my own personal expense, to correct this error with the assistance of the building department and contractors licensed in Florida,” Major said in the response.

In a June 20 letter to Arbomar unit owners, Major wrote the board had decided to employ a professional management company and had not signed an employment agreement extension with Lagro. During those negotiations, the condo association spent $2,500 on legal counsel from Adams and Reese LLP without public notice to the association, according to DiNicola’s suit.

“The board is committed to providing transparency throughout this process and will

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NEWS BRIEFS

by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

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+ North-end beach project wraps up

Photos by Kurt Schultheis

Fire Station 92 at 2162 Gulf of Mexico Drive will undergo a $25,000 assessment in October to determine how much it will cost to repair the exterior of the building.

Firehouse issues could be pricey Mold concerns and a lack of separate facilities for male and female firefighter/paramedics has the town pondering the future of Fire Station 92.

The Longboat Key Town Commission will wrestle with paying for pension debt, capital improvements and beach projects in the coming years.

But, come October, the commission may have to deal with another major financial issue.

Town Manager Dave Bullock and the commission have agreed to a $25,000 line item in the Longboat Key Fire Rescue budget for fiscal year 2015 to pay for a study that will reveal whether the south fire station at 2162 Gulf of Mexico Drive needs repairs or needs to eventually be replaced with a new multimilliondollar facility.

Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi highlighted several concerns with the building during a July 10 tour with the Longboat Observer.

The building is far from old, although it’s currently the oldest town-owned facility at 28 years old.

Built in 1986, it was constructed with an exterior insulation foam system called EIFS. Also known as synthetic stucco, it’s a popular exterior finish contractors still use today.

The EIFS layer bonds to form a hollow covering to a building.

Although the product has been known to work well, some versions of the product from the 1980s reportedly cause structural problems in areas with high moisture content, especially when openings in the EIFS layer allow moisture to seep into the structure through cracks and holes.

That’s what has happened at the south fire station, where several cracks and holes in the EIFS layer exist on the building’s sides.

“EIFS causes humidity and potential condensation issues on the inside of buildings when issues with its integrity arise,” said Public Works Project Manager James Linkogle.

Two months ago, firefighter/paramedics found interior black mold on air-conditioning vents in their living quarters.

Twice, the town paid for a company to test the mold, and tests came back negative for potential health hazards. The air conditioner’s air handler, which sits in a humid closet without ventilation, was covered with mold.

Measures were taken to reduce humidity in the air-conditioning closet and the firehouse.

The air handler, Dezzi said, was cleaned and sealed. No further mold has been found, although the town will continue testing to assuage concerns from some firefighters who believe the building causes health concerns.

Burley Withers, a South Florida-based manufacturer’s representative for Sto. Corp., the leading manufacturer for EIFS systems nationwide, believes the building most likely

FIRE STATION 92: 2162 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE Date Repairs 10/1/03 Replaced a 15-ton condenser 10/1/03 Roof repairs and modifications 10/1/03 Interior renovations 6/27/05 Install hurricane shutters and doors (HMGP Grant) 4/1/07 Replace 15-ton HVAC with dual condenser (A/H System) 3/1/08 Repair irrigation deep well and pump 1/1/12 Indoor air quality test 1/1/12 New A/C dampers and controls 3/6/13 Replace 20kw generator with 40kw, install and wiring TOTAL COSTS just needs exterior repairs.

“EIFS systems keep moisture out well and issues that arose years ago about moisture concerns were proven to be unfounded,” Withers said. “There are newer, drainable systems that could be used to repair the exterior.”

Most of the moisture concerns, Withers said, usually are attributed to incidental moisture coming in through windows or doors. And because the firehouse was built with concrete block, Withers said it’s unlikely any moisture that has seeped past the EIFS structure is harming the integrity of the building.

His and hers

Potential moisture and mold concerns aren’t the only issues with the building.

When the building was constructed, there wasn’t a need for separate men and women locker area facilities and bathrooms.

That’s not the case today, because the town has four female firefighters.

A plan that Dezzi calls “not good enough,” has women in the bathroom with the door locked to shower and both men and women changing in front of their lockers at the same time.

“We have to address the issue,” said Dezzi, who notes there are also not separate facilities for men’s and women’s bathrooms and lockers at the north end fire station. “It’s a substandard situation.”

The south fire station also has an outdated alarm system that will cost $7,000 to replace.

The public entrance, Dezzi said, also isn’t adequate, and there’s not a proper ventilation system in the garage that allows fire truck exhaust fumes to exit the building.

“Exhaust fumes are staying in the building when the trucks drive off,” Dezzi said.

There is already a $60,000 budget line item to replace old ductwork in the south fire sta-

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Cracks and holes in the firehouse’s exterior insulation foam system, known as EIFS, are visible all over the firehouse. tion if the assessment that will be performed in October states the building can be renovated.

“We’re putting a lot of money into this firehouse to keep it going,” Dezzi said. “We just need an assessment to figure out which way we need to go on this.”

Town Manager Dave Bullock said when there are concerns about a building where firefighters spend a third of their lives, “you have to take it seriously.”

“It appears there will be some significant revisions, but we don’t know what those encompass yet,” Bullock said.

Commissioner Lynn Larson, who met with Dezzi at the firehouse to see the issues firsthand last week, said she’s anxious to see what the assessment provides.

“With our budget constraints, we need to be creative with the solution to this building,” Larson said.

But if Dezzi had his wish?

“My wish would be a new, functional firehouse with a multiuse facility that could include room for meeting space for residents and maybe space for a small medical center that residents could help design through workshops,” Dezzi said. “But that’s just a wish.”

The north end emergency beach project ended last week.

Public Works Projects Manager James Linkogle said the dredge in Sarasota Bay left last Friday.

Sand stopped pumping onto the north end of the island July 3, and the contractor spent the last week grooming the new coastline.

A West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND) project brought the emergency sand to shore.

WCIND placed approximately 100,000 cubic yards of sand on the shoreline and agreed to pay $500,000 toward the project. The town made up the remaining cost of the estimated $850,000 project.

The town will place two groins in the area next summer to help hold sand that has swept into Longboat Pass onto the shore.

+ Groin project costs come in under $2.5M The town of Longboat Key received bids for the construction of two groins for the north end of Longboat Key last week that all came in below town staff’s anticipated $2.5 million cost.

On July 3, the town received bids from four Florida construction companies.

Lake Mary-based Collage Design and Construction Group bid $2.07 million; Fort Myers-based Kelly Brothers Inc. bid $2,267,000; Miami-based Pac Comm Inc. bid $2,275,000; and Pembroke Parkbased Shoreline Foundation Inc. bid $2,348,381.

The groins will be built next summer near the North Shore Road beach access to help hold sand in place on the north end.

Public Works Director Juan Florensa said town staff will evaluate the bids and make a selection soon.

+ Correction A story in the July 3 Spirit of America special section should have stated Dr. Francisco MarcanoSoltero owns his own dental practice, Sarasota Center for General Dentistry, located in Lakewood Ranch.

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Alan the swan dies of unknown causes The Bay Isles swan leaves behind his mate, Beverly, but no surviving cygnets.

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Unofficial swan keeper David Novak received three calls June 29 about a dead swan from residents and police.

When he arrived, he discovered that Alan the swan was floating lifelessly in the water.

Alan was 18. Novak isn’t sure what caused his death but said old age and disease are possibilities.

Hatched from the nest of original swan pair George and Gracie, Alan was named for the late Harbour Links resident Alan Stone, who purchased George and Gracie as an anniversary gift for his wife, Beverly.

His mate was named Beverly in honor of Beverly Stone. Since 2006, Alan and Beverly had graced the waters of the Bayou, Sabal Cove and Winding Oaks.

Alan and Beverly produced many nests over nearly a decade, but none of them yielded a surviving cygnet. Their nests often had infertile eggs. In another year, they had two sickly cygnets that died shortly after they hatched. Last year, they had seemingly healthy cygnets that were eaten by a river otter. Their latest nest produced a viable cygnet that did not survive because Beverly focused her energy on the infertile eggs in her nest.

Swans mate for life, but so far, Beverly seems to be coping well with the loss.

“She’s roaming her territory as normal but obviously missing her mate,” Novak said. “The behavior is pretty much normal.

I think it’s important that they see what

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Alan and Beverly in 2012 with three of their cygnets, none of which survived.

happened to the mate. If all of the sudden, the mate disappears, that’s a problem.”

Last spring, Henry didn’t see Novak remove his mate, Vicki, from the Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside golf course when he took her to Save Our Seabirds, which was supposed to be Vicki’s new home. In Henry’s mind, perhaps Vicki was missing. Henry left his home and flew into another territory occupied by two females and a male that he tried to fight, perhaps in search of his mate.

Novak found a home where both Henry and Vicki could live together at the lakeside home of Lakeland veterinarian and swan-care expert Dr. Geoff Gardner.

Novak eventually plans to place Beverly in the Islandside territory occupied by females Clare and Greta, and then, place two male pairs in Alan and Beverly’s Harbourside territory. That means all of the Key’s swan territories will be full, and Novak will find new homes off the island for future generation of cygnets.

Novak said he gave Alan a “nice burial” in an undisclosed location.

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PENSION MEMBER BIOS

by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Pension debt: the $23 million question Board trustees Armando Linde and Michael Seamon disagree about how to retire the town’s unfunded pension liability.

The Longboat Key Town Commission will officially take charge of the town’s pensions and all the debt that comes with them Oct. 1, when the town consolidates its three pension plans into a single plan.

But, the debate about how to pay off the more than $23 million in unfunded pension liability continues — and two current pension board members disagree about how the town should do it.

Police pension board member Michael Seamon told commissioners July 7 that there’s a way reduce that pension debt with a consolidated board because the economy has yielded better rates of return for all three plans over the past two years.

Seamon said the assumption rates of returns for the plans are conservative. For example, the police pension plan anticipates a 7.5% rate of return, but yielded a 13.2% rate of return in 2013.

“If we move plan rates up just threequarters of a percent, we can reduce the unfunded liability immediately by $1 million,” Seamon said.

Raising the rates of the other two pension plans similarly before the plans are consolidated, Seamon said, can reduce the pension debt another $2 million.

“And, when we consolidate and adjust the new plan three quarters, we can get it (the debt) under $20 million and get it down even more,” Seamon said.

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Seamon’s assessment and strategy.

“Municipalities have been using an inflated, overstated discount rate for years so unfunded liabilities look smaller and contributions are smaller so they can use money for other things,” Linde said. “Tallahassee is demanding municipalities lower rates to reflect better market conditions.”

Before the commission decided to consolidate the three pension boards, those three boards prepared to lower their assumption rates, not raise them. The fire pension board was prepared to lower its rate from 8% to 7.5% and further reduce the rate to 7% in the coming years. The police pension has a 7.5% rate of return, and the general employee plan lowered its anticipated rate of return to 7% already.

But when the plans consolidate Oct. 1, it will be up to a new board and a new set of trustees to set the new anticipated rate of return for the frozen pension funds.

“It’s ludicrous to say the town should increase the rate to 7.75% to show fictitiously lower rates,” Linde said.

Even though rates are higher right now, Linde said, the five-year averages of the plans the state monitors show rates of return that include 5.9% for the fire plan, 5.5% for the general employees plan and 7.6% for the police plan (see sidebar).

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PENSION PLAN CONSOLIDATION BENEFITS • Creates one retirement board with broad authority to administer the plan and invest the combined assets of the plan.

• Creates more investment opportunities • Lowers fees • Reduces plan expenses • Reduces staff time dating the boards, Linde said, brings that debt back down closer to $26 million.

“The 7% rate is more realistic, and we’ll pay it down over time,” Linde said.

Both Seamon and Linde are interested in becoming members of the consolidated pension board.

Town Manager Dave Bullock, meanwhile, informed commissioners July 7 about what will happen when the plans and boards merge at the beginning of the new fiscal year.

“There will be one retirement plan, one board of trustees, one fund and one rate of return,” Bullock said.

And for the first time since the pension plans were implemented more than 30 years ago, the commission, acting on behalf of the town’s taxpayers, will be able to take control of the new pension plan.

“All of the authority was previously granted to the pension boards,” Bullock said. “Decisions going forward, though, move to the commission. This is a policy shift.”

The new nine-member board will be made up of a representative each from the current police, fire and general employee pension plans. Five Key residents and the town manager make up the rest of the board.

Later this summer, the three pension boards will elect new members to the new pension board. The employee selections from those three boards must be current or formerly vested members in the frozen pension plans.

Once the commission makes Key resident selections, a chairman will be selected in September before the new board becomes effective Oct. 1.

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Observer wins 61 awards at newspaper contest Six newspapers in the Observer Media Group garnered 61 total awards and 24 firstplace awards at the 2013 Florida Press Association Better Weekly Newspaper contest held July 10-11, at the Biltmore, in Coral Gables. The Sarasota Observer took home the sweepstakes cup for the most number of awards in its category of a weekly circulation of 15,000 or more. In addition, the Longboat Observer (7,000 to 15,000) and the Palm

Coast Observer (15,000 or more) won first place in the general excellence category.

In addition, the Observer swept the category for special issue section or supplement (circulation more than 15,000) for the Observer’s Spirit of America, the Observer’s SEASON magazine and East County Observer’s Football Preview. It also swept the multimedia storytelling category for circulation more than 15,000.

AWARDS BREAKDOWN The Longboat Observer took home 11 awards in total.

General excellence First place Editorial page First place — Matt Walsh, “Tax plan needs more vetting” and “Right ideas, faulty methods” Breaking news story First place — The Longboat Observer (Robin Hartill and Alex Mahadevan) — “Anders Ebbeson dies in reported suicide Tuesday morning in Sarasota” Overall graphic design First place — Nancy Schwartz

Community history Second place — Robin Hartill, “The ghost hotel”

Best obituary First place — Robin Hartill, “Hazan’s key ingredient: simplicity”

Faith and family reporting Third place — Robin Hartill, “Thanksgivukkah: Gobble tov”

Local government reporting Second place — Robin Hartill, “Employees seek DROP benefit”

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for a rumored $4.5 million. It received a judgment of more than $14.3 million in a foreclosure trial last September, which increased as interest accrued.

Had the winning bid been less than the amount that Colony Lender was owed (about $15 million), including interest, it could have pursued payment for the difference.

Credit bidding is a right that creditors have in bankruptcy sales and auctions, allowing a creditor to bid the full amount of its claim without offering any cash up to the amount of its claim.

“The mortgage is way more than the property’s worth, so we bid on it to do away with the credit bid right that Colony Lender had,” Adams said. “They used up their credit bid balance, and now, they have to use real money.”

Unicorp President Chuck Whittall said Tuesday the company is willing to pay to acquire additional assets.

“Our plans are to remove the eyesore and build something the town of Longboat Key can be proud of,” Whittall said.

Whittall said his company is in the process of designing a fivestar resort that will consist of a 160- to 175-room hotel, along with a couple hundred condo and tourist units.

He said that Unicorp will engage unit owners but said he does not believe they will be able to block development of the 2.3 acres. He plans to submit preapplication materials to the town within 60 days without seeking unit owner approval.

Jay Yablon, president of the Colony Beach & Tennis Associa-

tion, which represents unit owners, criticized Colony Lender’s rejection of Adams’ $15.2 million offer “in favor of pursuing what will be a doomed scheme with Unicorp to try to force the Colony unit owners to sell their Colony interests for next to nothing…” he wrote in a statement to the Longboat Observer.

Yablon said unit owners have received proposals from Unicorp that they didn’t regard as serious.

“Let Unicorp present something other than suing all the owners and stealing their titles, and we’ll see if we have something to talk about,” he said.

Whittall described unit owners as unrealistic.

“They basically wanted a developer to come in and build a unit and give it to them,” he said.

A separate auction that U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday canceled in June has not yet been rescheduled. In that auction, developers will bid on the right to negotiate with unit owners and could also use a winning bid to assess damages for a $23 million judgment Merryday previously awarded Klauber.

Whittall described obtaining the $23 million judgment as “one of several pieces of the puzzle we plan to pursue.”

“The battle’s not over, but we believe that what happened yesterday is a fundamental step in bringing this to approval,” he said.

Yablon, however, criticized Colony Lender for opting “to try to team up with Unicorp to take over the entire Colony from the unit owners.” He ended his statement with a saying he says is now his motto: “Pigs get fed; hogs get slaughtered.”

Q&A Does Colony Lender have to write itself a check for $15,200,001?

No. By paying $15,200,001, Colony Lender erased the debt it was owed but didn’t have to fork over the money in cash.

What impact could Monday’s auction have on the auction of the bankrupt Partnership estate?

Colony Lender LLC will have to bid on the estate like every other bidder. The bankruptcy court is required to accept the “highest and best” offer for the Partnership estate, according to bankruptcy code. “Highest” isn’t subject to interpretation, but “best” could be interpreted according to a number of factors, including whether the offer comes with a settlement of litigation.

What role does Andy Adams hope to play in the development?

Adams declined to say whether he hopes to be part of developing the Colony but told the Longboat Observer: “I’m interested in anything that will get the unit owners back in their properties as quickly as possible.”

Adams said his Breakpointe LLC and other entities will do whatever they can to fight the $23 million judgment awarded to the bankrupt Partnership estate.

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JULY 4 CAN I GET A RIDE? 12:27 a.m. — 100 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. Six individuals who were in a park after hours had all been drinking and were unable to drive. Police escorted them out of the park and told them to call for rides home.

NOTHING TO SEA HERE 2:02 p.m. — Off the Key. Disturbance.

An individual who asked to remain anonymous told police that an argument broke out among occupants of three boats on a sandbar. The occupants said there was no altercation.

JULY 5 WALKING UNDER THE INFLUENCE 3:24 a.m. — 600 block of Longboat Club Road. Suspicious Person. A caller reported two intoxicated men walking through a condo property. They said they went for a walk on the beach and got lost. A sober friend said he would take them back to their hotel room.

EXPLOSIVE EVIDENCE 7:52 p.m. — 5400 block of GMD. Fireworks. A man found a plastic bag with dispelled fireworks inside plus two bottle rockets on his roof and two sparklers that he said could have caused his neighbor’s synthetic grass to catch fire.

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CORNER JULY 4 THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED 2:21 p.m. — 3100 block of GMD. Noise. Police responded to a resort for a noise complaint. A large group had a karaoke machine set up by the pool.

They stopped the music after police told them about the town’s noise ordinance. home set off the fireworks.

LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE 11:23 p.m. — 4600 block of GMD. Noise.

A hotel guest responded to a security officer’s request to turn down the radio by turning it up. When a manager asked them to turn it down, they used profanities. They turned down the radio after police walked through the property with staff.

JULY 6 CAR SHARKS 12:39 a.m. — 100 block of North Shore Road. Code Enforcement. Two men and a child who had illegally parked at a beach access told police they were looking for sharks from the seawall.

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A great week for the Key Last week was a good week for Longboat Key. We read how Longboat Marine Patrol Officers John Majka and Shawn Nagell rescued a 67-year-old woman in Sarasota Bay who couldn’t swim. And how Longboat Key’s license-plate recognition cameras at both ends of the Key contributed to the apprehension of a 25-year-old thief who was breaking into storage sheds and hocking bicycles.

Longboaters pay a high price for law and order, and when they see it work, it reinforces the value of and peace of mind that goes along with that investment.

We read, too, how Longboat Key police celebrated the career of retiring Detective Capt. Kristina Roberts, a 31-year veteran of the police department and pathbreaker. She wasn’t a pioneer because of her gender; Roberts set standards in the department because of her unique skills and competence as an investigator.

You had to love what Officer John Capt. Roberts Thomas said of Roberts: “In a lot of ways, she built this police department.”

That is remarkably high praise when you consider two of her former bosses — the late Chiefs Wayne McCammon and Al Hogle — were legendary leaders of Longboat Key’s finest.

Bollettieri And the fact Roberts stayed with the department for 31 years speaks volumes about Longboat’s police department and the town as places to work.

Last week was a good week for Longboat Key taxpayers and property owners as well.

Not because the Town Commission voted to set a millage rate that could increase 4.8%. But because commissioners reversed course after listening to constituents. They approved the appropriation of $50,000 to find out the costs and details of installing underground electric utilities. It looks like voters also will be given the opportunity to approve or reject issuing bonds to finance such an undertaking.

Amazing. Sometimes elected officials do listen.

Finally, one of the best parts of the week occurred last Saturday when Longboat Key and Bradenton tennis legend Nick Bollettieri was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. To a great extent, Bollettieri helped put Longboat Key on the international tennis map. With the vision and support of his former boss, Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber, Bollettieri helped Klauber create what the two of them wanted: the best tennis resort in America, the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

In the context of what’s happening in the rest of the world, it wasn’t just a good week.

It was a great week on Longboat Key.

+ How Bollettieri came to LBK

It must have been Kismet. They were all meant for each other — Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber, Nick Bollettieri and the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

When Klauber was looking for a new tennis pro in 1974, the publisher of Tennis magazine, a fan of the Colony, called Klauber to tell him whom not to hire. Don’t hire Nick Bollettieri, he told Klauber.

A resort in the Virgin Islands had recently let Bollettieri go.

Klauber already had an interview scheduled. The publisher’s call made him all the more eager to meet and listen to his newest applicant.

Klauber says he told Bollettieri he wanted to make the Colony the No. 1 tennis resort in America. But Bollettieri would have to conform to a few rules: • All-white uniforms, with Colony logos.

• Allowing women to start playing at 8 a.m. — unheard of in the tennis-club world then.

• Morning lessons for kids on Saturdays and Sundays, also unheard of.

• And proper dress on the beach. Klauber had heard that Bollettieri had been known for “sunning” himself on the beach.

One by one, Bollettieri agreed to all of Klauber’s stipulations.

We all know what happened. The Colony became world famous and No. 1; and Bollettieri became world famous — coach of 10 No. 1s.

Together, they put Longboat Key on the world map. The Colony became one of the homes of the Virginia Slims, the precursor to the Women’s Tennis Association. And Bollettieri, a longtime Longboat resident, parlayed his coaching at the Colony to founding his famous tennis academy in Bradenton.

“He was superb,” Klauber told us from Toronto this week. “I never had a harsh word or an unhappy word with him. He is one of the finest gentlemen I have known.”

+ St. Armands park: privatize

Sarasota city commissioners can expect a large, animated crowd Monday night at its monthly meeting at City Hall in downtown Sarasota.

St. Armands Circle forces are likely to be en masse.

It will be the first reading of a newly proposed special-events ordinance. And this could have big ramifications for St. Armands Circle Park — and especially the Circle’s business owners and landowners as well as the neighboring residents.

Over the past year, we have devoted much of this space to the subject of how events are managed and scheduled and who should have jurisdiction over both.

As many readers know, it’s a touchy subject. City Attorney Robert Fournier explained it this way last June in a memo to commissioners: “[It became increasingly apparent that the internal regulations and historical practices used to process and issue special event permits should be codi-

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Dear Mr. President: Maybe it’s time. Really, maybe it is.

Sir, it is really quite clear to all of us “folks” that you are unhappy. Especially unhappy with the requirements of your job — addressing the constant issues of national governance; helping our allies abroad deal with evil killers and tyrants; and working with Congress, especially those “ick” Republicans who don’t agree with you.

We get it. It can be a real pain being cooped up all week in your Oval Office having to talk to people like John Boehner or Benjamin Netanyahu.

So think about it: When most people find themselves “trapped” in jobs they hate, the answer is pretty simple: Quit.

So why not do yourself the favor?

Then you can play as much pool and stroll to as many ice-cream shops as you want without feeling “encumbered” and having to “do stuff” (your words, right?) for your country.

Make yourself happy. You have no idea how happy we would be, too — for you, of course.

PROPOSED ORDINANCE Here are three key provisions likely to be in the proposed specialevents ordinance governing St. Armands Circle and on which the City Commission must decide whether to adopt: • No special events shall be held in St. Armands Circle Park during February, March and April.

• During the remainder of the year. no more than one special event shall be permitted in St. Armands Circle Park per weekend and no more than two special events shall be permitted in St. Armands Circle Park per month.

• No special event shall cause the closure of lanes of traffic on St. Armands Circle or shall re-direct traffic from its normal flow around the Circle.

• When an application for a special event in St. Armands Circle Park is filed with the city special event office, the special events office shall notify the St. Armands Residents Association, the St. Armands Circle Association, and the St. Armands Landowners Association by email that the application has been filed. fied. This was especially important in order to eliminate internal inconsistencies and to build trust in the fairness of the process through codification of uniform standards and an appeal process.”

In other words, the city wanted to make sure it didn’t expose itself to lawsuits and accusations of playing favorites.

On the other side are the three primary constituents whose properties and lives are intimately affected by events in the park — residents, merchants and Circle landowners. Historically and collectively, they have had agreements and understandings with City Hall that gave them near control over what events, how many events and when events were scheduled.

On Monday, Fournier will unveil options for those rules. In the box above, we highlight some of the key provisions commissioners will be asked to decide.

While those provisions all seem reasonable, including the three-month blackout and prohibition on closing streets, St. Armands constituencies worry about the new rules opening the park to unsuitable events.

They worry, too, about a process that would allow any organization to reserve a park date a year in advance on a firstcome, first-served sign-up system.

That’s fair, to be sure. Everyone would have an opportunity to secure a date.

In the same vein, if St. Armands constituencies objected to an event, they would have the opportunity to appeal the event’s approval. That’s fair, too.

But in the interest of fairness and consistency for City Hall, St. Armands interests will be ceding control — a worrisome proposition for business and landowners.

Some people will say that’s too bad. St. Armands Circle Park is a public park and shouldn’t have special exceptions and privileges.

It’s a conundrum, to be sure. But we have argued for and continue to argue for a choice that would solve all of this: privatization. Sell or lease the park to the St. Armands interests. The city has done that with Marina Jack and Mote Marine Laboratory. And it works.

Completing such a transaction would take months. But we urge city and St. Armands officials to focus on this with the intent of completing it no later than a year from now. It’s the best solution.

Meantime, as much as St. Armands interests dislike a new ordinance that would wrest control of the park from them, they should think about taking the path of least resistance. State your case. And work with haste to privatize the park.

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A currency crash and the effect on investments History of modern reserve currencies

Portugal held the world’s reserve currency from 1450 to 1530, followed by Spain until 1650; the Netherlands until 1720; France from 1720 to 1850; and Britain until 1920. The U.S. dollar is the world’s latest reserve currency. The above countries were able to have a reserve currency because they dominated ownership of specie, such as gold and silver. Remember the discovery of the New World and the great galleons that sailed the oceans during that age? It was gold and silver they sought, and they plundered the Mayan and the Aztec civilizations, thereby greatly enhancing the value of their own country’s currency.

The U.S. began accumulating gold in the middle of the 19th century, beginning with the gold rush to California. In the 1930s, we held more than 50% of the world’s monetary gold, coining the expression “the dollar is as good as gold.”

What causes a crash?

Inflation, bond market collapses, bank runs and currency collapses are all a result of one thing: excessive government debt. Politicians prefer to inflate away debt through a gradual collapse in our currency of 2% to 3% a year. They never plan for hyperinflation, in which prices increase daily. The result is a currency crash.

These economic displacements occur during such a crisis: • Depositors try to extract large amounts of cash from the banking system because gold and silver are no longer available.

Withdrawal of cash reduces bank assets by the amount of deposits withdrawn.

Draining cash from banks increases the demand for cash. The actual cost of cash (interest rates) goes way up.

Interest on federal debt cannot be paid

because no cash exists. New bonds cannot be issued unless the interest rate is substantially higher than before the crash.

Increased interest rates drive up the government’s cost of servicing debt. Many investors want to dump government bonds, causing a rapid decline in bond prices.

• Mortgage and credit card rates soar, making it impossible to meet current obligations or move forward with projects such as housing. The government’s response has usually been to continue printing money, which exacerbates the problem.

Over-expansion of the money supply is what caused the problem in the first place.

• The value of savings and government bond investments are decimated. Presently, there exists the slow destruction of the value of savings accounts through inflation the last 40 years (20 cents would buy in 1974 what it takes $1 to buy in 2014).

Is this likely to happen to our economy?

It’s unlikely; however, we should be aware of the enormous risk to which we are exposed. The risk is as great as any other time in modern economic history.

If we are as exposed as any other time in history, why isn’t a currency crash imminent?

Since 1500, the Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, French, English and Americans have been at war with each other frequently. Their economies were not interdependent. Today’s world is dependent on the ability of Americans to purchase goods and services. Countries most dependent on U.S. consumption also own the largest amounts of U.S. government bonds. To avoid a currency crash, which results in a crash in the price of those bonds, no stops will be spared. With con-

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family-friendly competition

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Longtime Longboat vacationers play for first place The Romanach and Casella families competed in a cornhole tournament July 12, at Sun ’n’ Sea Cottages. The families have been vacationing on Longboat Key for more than 14 years. Six years ago, they decided to organize and play in a cornhole tournament during their stay.

“We really have a lot of fun with it,” Anthony Casella said.

Above: The Romanach and Casella families pose with the trophies.

Right: The secondplace winner takes home this trophy until the next year’s vacation and tournament.

Lynn Rodgers celebrated her 80th birthday with her family the night before.

Photos by Kelsey Grau

Phil and Patricia Wood with their son, John, 15 months

Margaret Susan Kasper

Margaret Susan Kasper, 81, of Longboat Key, died July 1.

Born Jan. 4, 1933, in New York City, she was affectionately known as Susie.

Mrs. Kasper and her husband, Robert, met in 1959 and married June 3, 1962. They raised four children: Eve, Jeffrey, Julie and Michael.

Her organizational and practical skills were essential to helping her husband start his medical practice. For the first year, she continued as his nurse, receptionist and bookkeeper.

Mrs. Kasper was a skilled archer, horse breeder, trainer of national champion Arabian horses and a synchronized swimmer. She was a patron of the arts, particularly at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Kasper enjoyed traveling to the Caribbean, particularly La Samanna on St. Martin.

Mrs. Kasper is survived by her husband, Robert; children, Eve, Jeffrey, Julie and Michael; and 10 grandchildren.

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John Ringling Estates home sells for $3,496,000.

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EARLY RISERS

by Kelsey Grau | Community Editor

TURTLE

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Jennifer Sargeant, Lindsey Conrad, Sara Heuer and Cyndi Seamon continue their patrol after staking off one nest just after sunrise.

Photos by Kelsey Grau

Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers practice a unique morning routine.

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here’s no snooze button for these dedicated volunteers: The Longboat Key Turtle Watch members patrol the beaches on the Manatee County side of the Key at sunrise each morning while walking the sandy shores in search of nests. On July 9, Cyndi Seamon, Sara Heuer, Jennifer Sargeant and Lindsey Conrad took to the beach to protect and monitor our flippered friends.

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Above: Unhatched sea turtle eggs lay on the beach after Cyndi Seamon, a longtime Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteer, excavated a nest.

Lindsey Conrad, a fellow volunteer, then separates the eggs to see how many hatched and possibly made it to the water.

Jennifer Sargeant and Sara Heuer cover the eggs as Cyndi Seamon takes measurements for another smaller stake that will be placed further back.

“If the stakes wash out during a bad storm, we should be able to go back and find the eggs,” Seamon said.

Left: Jennifer Sargeant digs a hole to find the recently laid sea turtle eggs after discovering turtle tracks leading to the area.

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Cyndi Seamon writes important information, such as date and location, on a stake that will go up by the nest. There are about 100 ping pong-sized turtle eggs in each nest.

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LIGHTHOUSE POINT GULFSIDE $8,900,000 Gated 5BR w/private beach & gulffront pool.

Jackie Williams poses with the nest she dedicated to her daughter, Vivian Montey, on a Longboat Key beach.

For $15, residents and visitors can “Name the Nest” and stay involved during nesting season.

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

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

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Holly West washes a baby sea turtle that was brought in after a coyote attacked its nest July 10. Sea turtles face a variety of predators while they’re nesting, but Mote strives to help them by caring for any wounds, administering antibiotics and releasing them off shore when they’re strong enough.

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MICHAEL SAUNDERS & COMPANY #1 REAL ESTATE TEAM Here is what AddyWittig’s clients are saying about them…

Bay Isles Luxury “Best Opportunity”

Young sailors explore Sarasota Bay Children developed their sea legs during a morning summer sailing camp session July 11, at Sarasota Yacht Club. The twoweek sessions also include activities such as trips to the beach, swimming, kayaking and paddleboarding.

“These camps teach children to respect and appreciate the environment and our oceans,” said Amanda Holm, marina manager at Alex Berndt, 5 Sarasota Yacht Club.

“I thank the Addy & Wittig team for all the work they did to make the sale of our condo a very smooth journey. I so appreciate the opportunity to meet everyone. They did a fantastic job of picking up and attending to every detail. It was so comforting to know that although I was in Illinois, I was never forgotten by Gail, Ian and Barbara.

After my daughter & I interviewed three agents, we knew they were the right agent for us. Since my daughter is a top Realtor in Illinois, she and I both knew what to look for in an agent. They were professional and certainly delivered top service.

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I will be happy to recommend them to my friends on Longboat and Sarasota. I believe Gail, Ian and Barbara handled this transaction as well as my own daughter would have.”

Pat - Longboat Key

Longboat Key Towers

Direct beachfront views from ideally situated southwest corner unit offering 3 bedrooms and 2,593SF. Surrounded by walls of windows and fine details with a European flair.

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Cooper Kennedy, 9, ties a knot he learned while at camp.

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6 of 8 to 16 Ages campers kids from Big Brother Big Sisters

Instructor Katie Freeley and camper Preston Kennedy, 11, secure the sails before taking to the water.

Solve the puzzle by placing the numbers 1 through 9 in each row, column and box. See answers on page 22A.

Country Club Shores—Open House 600 Yardarm Lane, Longboat Key Sunday, July 20th 1:00pm—4:00pm

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Event Chairman Dan Lawrence, Lucy Nicandri, festival director, and William McComb The 30th annual Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix Festival’s “A Nautical Night of Giving” drew a generous crowd July 1, at Sarasota Yacht Club. The theme set the tone for the evening, which benefited Suncoast Charities for Children.

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John Ringling Estates home sells for $3,496,000 The following residential real estate transactions took place between June 30 and July 4.

A home in John Ringling Estates tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Nancy and Marshall Hanley, of Indianapolis, sold their home at 165 Whittier Drive to Eclipse Partners II LLC for $3,496,000. Built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,743 square feet of living area.

in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,690 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $695,000 in 2006.

Bay Harbour Apartments

John and Joanne Forch, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 106 condominium at 448 Gulf of Mexico Drive to William Kreston, of Dallas, for $390,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,474 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $392,000 in 2009.

Country Club Shores

Robert Major, of Biltmore Lakes, N.C., sold his home at 531 Yardarm Lane to 531 Yardarm Lane LLC for $1.45 million.

Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,253 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $375,000 in 2010.

Corey’s Landing

Murray Goldberg, trustee, and Grace Goldberg, of Providence, R.I., sold the home at 3502 Mistletoe Lane to William Woodcock and Linda Seale, of Longboat Key, for $1.44 million. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 3,026 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $642,500 in 1995.

Islander Club of Longboat

Donald and Ann Decarbo, of New Castle, Pa., sold their Units 95-N and 96-N condominiums at 2301 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Arnold and Audrey Heimler, trustees, of Longboat Key, for $1,245,000. Built in 1970, it has four bedrooms, four baths and

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This home at 165 Whittier Drive has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,743 square feet of living area. It sold for $3,496,000.

2,470 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $600,000 in 2010.

Tangerine Bay Club

Larry Hollar, trustee, of Boyce, Va., sold the Unit 236 condominium at 350 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Edward and Jane Moravitz, of Pittsburgh, for $1.2 million. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 2,581 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,075,000 in 2009.

Tides of Longboat

Richard and Joan Webster, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 101 condominium at 5555 Gulf of

Mexico Drive to Patricia Dupps, trustee, of Longboat Key, for $1,025,000. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 1,856 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $260,500 in 1990.

Sabal Cove

Matt and Margaret Callihan, of Fort Lauderdale, sold their home at 3349 Sabal Cove Way to Mark Collin and Patricia WorthCollin, of North Hampton, N.H., for $945,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,172 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,175,000 in 2005.

The Players Club

Beatrice Colburn, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 301 condominium at 1445 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Michael and Diane Goldberg, of Harrisburg, Pa., for $599,000.

Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 1,933 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $280,200 in 1982.

Seaplace

Lawrence and Martha Ross, of Rochester Hills, Mich., sold their Unit T1-103-B condominium at 2065 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Arnold Simonsen, trustee, of Buffalo Grove, Ill., for $550,000. Built

John-Norman and Marcia Tuck, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 201 Seagull Lane to Marshall and Nancy Hanley, of Indianapolis, for $1,217,700. Built in 1963, it has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 5,032 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.5 million in 2007.

ST. ARMANDS

Jay Huang sold the home at 145 N. Washington Drive to Norman and Christine Abbott, of Ontario, Canada, for $778,500. Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,136 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $580,000 in 2011.

Thomas and Constance Cavanaugh, of Scituate, Mass., sold their home at 301 Jackson Drive to 1451806 Ontario Ltd. for $705,000. Built in 1951, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,863 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $161,000 in 1991.

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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 July 4 through July 10, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address Permit Applicant 655 Longboat Club Road Interior alterations Paul Purcell 2425 GMD Alteration James Meeks Jr. 4454 GMD Concrete repair Longboat Harbour 600 Wedge Lane Dock and seawall Rose Sorbello, trustee 3030 Grand Bay Blvd.

Alterations Mark Rosenblum 2425 GMD Interior alterations Charles Thomson 435 L’Ambiance Drive Doors and window 834564 Ontario Ltd. 455 Longboat Club Road Interior alterations Norma Koppel, trustee 4485 GMD Windows Arbomar Inc. 5655 GMD Siding Cedars West Condo Assoc.

540 Yardarm Lane Spa Keith Pozulp 2425 GMD Kitchen alterations William Nuckols 6701 GMD Screen enclosure David Stoneking 5757 GMD Pool The Shore Condo Assoc.

4485 GMD Windows Gary Spiezio 4485 GMD Windows Mary Lynne Smith 4485 GMD Windows William Baxter 4485 GMD Windows Janet Hase 4485 GMD Windows Terry Blumenfeld 4485 GMD Windows Lois Turner

Romanoff Family 4485 GMD Windows Limited Partners 4485 GMD Windows Esther Cook 4485 GMD Windows Catherine Mikus 4485 GMD Windows John Steinhafel 4485 GMD Windows Robert LaFlamme 4485 GMD Windows William Carter 4485 GMD Windows Lawrence Fawber Jr. 722-730 Spanish Drive S. Re-roof Cama Sdira LLC

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Amount $134,000 $115,025 $105,435 $101,859 $100,000 $85,732 $53,604 $48,000 $37,236 $33,049 $30,123 $28,752 $25,870 $25,800 $18,618 $18,618 $18,618 $18,618 $18,618 $18,618 $18,618 $18,618 $18,618 $18,618 $18,618 $18,618 $18,056 $16,900 $16,500 $13,046 $13,046 $13,046 $13,046

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TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

Low

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65 (1967)

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92

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96 (1932)

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Items Under $200 For Sale

Business Opportunities

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.

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

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KINDLE NOVELS. A Dundee Detective, Sleeping with Jane Austen David Aitken. $3. 606−781−6108

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

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

Annual rental $3400 (less than market). Call 708-220-8888, E-mail: jstone@petitami.us LONGBOAT KEY Moorings Boat Slip for Rent.

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

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

941-928-1542.

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

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LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal

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.

Help Wanted

Resort Properties, Inc.

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Licensed Real Estate Broker

Condos/Apts. For Rent BEACHPlACE, lBk. Casual beachfront living in 2BR/2BA, balcony condo. Olympic pool, health club, tennis courts. Available April through November, $2800/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

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2BR/2BA DOWNTOWN Waterfront 888 South Tower, 11th floor condo with endless sunsets, renovated kitchen, updated bathrooms and new carpet for rent. Condo on the Bay features a waterfront pool and deck, gated 24/7 security, tennis courts, covered parking, gym, and recently renovated club room. It is walking distance to downtown and a shorter walk to Van Wezel. Downtown living but on the water.

Boat slips and kayak slips are also available.

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Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

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Weekly/Monthly Condominium Rentals 4 Night Minimum

Boats

Real Estate Wanted

Furnishings MATTRESS SALE! 50-80% OFF Retail! K Sets $290 Q $150 F $140 - Call Daniel, (941)387-4810.

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales ESTATE SALE Friday, July 18 - 8:45a.m.-2p.m.

Saturday, July 19 - 8:45a.m.-1p.m.

1332 West Way Dr. Lido Shores-between St Armands & LBK Ralph Twitchell Sarasota school of architecture home: great eclectic group of furniture & decorative art: Chinese carved lions, large pr. of vases & a painted cabinet; jewelry, 8 oriental rugs, Wedgwood & Worcester china, 5 patio sets & other pool & patio items, silver candelabras, king bed set, dining & dinette sets, 3 sofas, paintings & sculptures, baby grand piano, large gilt frame mirror, leather sofa & 2 chairs/ footstools, stemware, nice decorative accessories, desks, bar chairs, bistro set, 2 bikes, massage table, 2 Fire Sense 7' outdoor heaters, CDs, DVDs, men's clothes, plants & pots, some kitchen & linens.

Julie McClure Sale Pix: estatesales.net

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

Never used. Can deliver. Sacrifice $1895.

941-462-0633.

Personals *ADOPTION*: A Beautiful Lake House, Financial Security, LOVE & Laughter awaits baby.

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

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Licensed & Insured. 30% off first cleaning.

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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.

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

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Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident References upon request.

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FLIPPING THE SCRIPT Kate Alexander, associate director of Florida Studio Theatre, finds life works out best when you veer from a script and let life lead you toward your potential.

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“I think there are millions of people walking around on scripts that have missed the star of their life,” Kate Alexander says. “Be the thriving essence of who you are — it could be anything.”

As actress, director and associate director of Florida Studio Theatre (FST), it’s fitting that Kate Alexander uses a frequent analogy: Life is like a script.

She expands on this philosophy as she describes the plot of her upcoming acting endeavor, the two-character production by celebrated playwright John Murrell, “Taking Shakespeare.”

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wasn’t exactly the linear path she had planned, but it feels right. She came from New York to Florida Studio Theatre as a leading actress to anchor a new resident company in 1980. She never imagined her direction would involve setting permanent roots here and founding an education program at FST in 1982.

At first, she didn’t know if she even wanted to start a children’s program. But eight children had signed up for her summer camp.

“All my friends laughed at me, like, ‘How can you teach children?’ because classically trained actors just don’t do that,” Alexander says.

Alexander taught them exactly the way her professors taught her. On the first day she fiercly informed them that to be a good actor, you must have truth.

“If you’re going to cry on stage, you can’t just put on a sad face; you have to show your own sadness,” she told them.

Then she had her students volunteer.

Eventually, a 6-year-old student asked to try. The child climbed on stage, and, instead

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of sitting in the prop chair, he the Write A Play program in lay on the floor clinging to one 1991. Today it reaches more of the chair’s legs while in a fe- than 55,000 children around tal position. Tears slowly rolled the world annually and teaches down the child’s face. them how to tap into their creTime stopped. Alexander ativity through writing original could see evplays. erything in this there I had the oppor- areCurrently, seminal moment: conversations Children undertunity to work in about taking the stand emotion far Write A Play prothis company … better than some gram to Tel Aviv, adults in the and then I found Israel, in March world and have — the third time I was not only the same powerthe program will ful feelings as a travel to Israel. an actress, but 20-, 40-, 60- or But her job inI had this ability 80-year-old. cludes so much As she discovmore than proto communiered this new pasgramming. She cate, and that sion, her script doesn’t like being changed. Within pigeonholed into grew to directthree years of role. ing and creating one“People beginning her tend to programming. children’s acting narrow you into program, she says being an actress – Kate Alexander or director,” she a line wound out the door when it says. was time for mothers to sign up But Alexander directs, acts their children for her class. and creates programming for Her educational program whatever feels right. expanded when she founded For instance, last season she

developed post-performance discussions to help connect the community to the theater’s productions. During the run of “Thurgood,” a play based on the life of Justice Thurgood Marshall, FST hosted discussions, including exploring how far we’ve come with civil rights and how far we need to go.

In her role as director of “Becoming Dr. Ruth,” which closes July 27, Alexander spends eight hours of the day directing, in addition to overseeing all the other design elements.

She says she uses a knot in the back of her head to gauge how the performance is going.

The bigger the knot and headache — the harder she needs to work. There’s always a knot because directors have so much for which they are responsible.

But with acting, she doesn’t have to be in control of the entire production. She can spend her mornings enjoying coffee while she studies her script on the bayou near her house before rehearsal. It’s exactly what she’s doing these days as she prepares to open “Taking Shakespeare.”

She, of course, relates to her character in that she has had to find her own way in life — to adjust her script.

“I think at all points in life, we have to re-create ourselves,” she says. “So often, American culture tells us that our script is A to B to C to D — but things happen to people, and you have to reexamine everything.”

IN HER WORDS: Kate Alexander’s childhood script

“In second grade we had to read aloud the Dick and Jane books.

Each child got one line to read … My line said ‘Run, Spot! Run!’ and I see this exclamation mark and had this dawning feeling that the character is yelling, and I got excited. I jumped out of my chair and yelled “RUN, SPOT! RUN!” My teacher walked slowly to my desk, rapped my forehead three times and told me, ‘Nobody reads with expression,’ and made me read it 10 times without expression.” “(When I was a child), I got all the kids in the neighborhood to bring a bedsheet and a bottle of ketchup to my house. I created a backyard Civil War Scene, smeared them all in ketchup and had them all wounded and moaning … I had the lead role of Florence Nightingale running around taking care of the wounded.”

“My father took me to see a play with my teacher in it. … The play had finished, and he went to talk to her backstage. They started turning off all of the lights, then the stagehand grabbed the blue ghost light and suddenly the whole theater was blue. I walked to the apron (to investigate the lights) and saw all this blue and the thought just came to me, ‘This is what you’re going to do.’”

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Florida artists exhibit flavor Florida Flavor is the biggest juried all-media show Art Center Sarasota hosts all year. Every gallery at the center is filled with work from artists on the Gulf Coast. The second annual Florida Flavor exhibit opened July 10 and is on display through Aug. 15.

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 Jackie Peters Cully and Nan Nadler with Cully’s “Native #1.” Cully has diverted from her usual dyed material and is solely focusing, instead, on her painting.

Co-collaborators Javier “Javo” Rodriguez and Zach Gilliland pose inside their installation “@themoment.”

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LeBell composes 2015 Music Monday series 2015 Musical Conversations with Great Performers When: 10:30 a.m. Mondays from January through March Jan. 5 — Theodore Morrison, composer Jan. 12 — Paula Robison, flutist Jan. 19 — Margaret Juntwait, broadcaster Charlie Albright

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The annual music speaker series hosted by June LeBell has already sold more than 700 subscriptions for the upcoming season. And that was before speakers had been announced.

LeBell (the Observer’s music critic and classical music announcer) curates and hosts the conversation-based program that features live music and interviews. She puts it best: “I want to make the audience feel as if they are in my living room and participating with someone extremely interesting,” she says.

One interview that was particularly interesting was when young classical pianist Charlie Albright spoke as part of the series in January 2013. Albright began talking about how he played rock music as a child.

To demonstrate, he went to the piano and played “Great Balls of Fire.” It left such an impression

on the audience, he’s returning in the upcoming season March 2.

Last season’s 475 subscriptions sold out in nine days. This year the series is moving from Holley Hall to Church of the Palms, 3224 Bee Ridge Road, to accommodate nearly double the people.

One reason for the program’s success might be because one never knows what to expect.

LeBell never writes out her questions; nothing (aside from the music selections played during the interview) is planned in advance.

“I just open my mouth and whatever pops out pops out,” LeBell says.

If practice really does make perfect, then LeBell’s extensive career interviewing famous arts figures on New York City’s WQXR for 30 years indicates what you could expect.

It’s something to which broadcaster Margaret Juntwait can relate. Juntwait is the nationally known announcer for Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and will speak as part of 2015 Music Mondays Jan. 19.

In Music Mondays, it’s not only the conversations that flow naturally. For instance, 79-yearold dancer Jacques d’Amboise choreographed a series of steps on the spot. Live performance is a big part of why the program sells so many tickets.

But another part of why tickets sell so well is because the program brings to Sarasota what attendees can’t normally get here. For example, leading off the series Jan. 5 is composer Theodore Morrison. Attendees will hear live portions of his opera “Oscar” about the last days of Oscar Wilde, which premiered in 2013 at the Santa Fe Opera.

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local ties. Baritone Todd Thomas will speak March 9. He’s not only one of the nation’s most sought-after singers, but LeBell says he portrays the meanest Scarpia she’s ever seen. He’s returning to the Sarasota Opera this season and, fortunately for the audience, will perform live in this season’s Music Monday series.

Also locally known is Jay Hunsberger. He is the principal tubist with Sarasota Orchestra and Sarasota Brass Quintet.

Then there are some wild cards. LeBell is particularly excited for Paul Novograd to speak about All Tame Animals, the supplier of animals to the Metropolitan opera.

“I think one of the reasons we sell out is because the audience trusts that between me and my advisory committee that we’ll bring people they’re interested in,” LeBell says.

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Sticking with the Mediterranean look and warm tones, the dining room emphasizes an Old World Tuscan look.

Real bricks were adhered to the walls to achieve the realness of Tuscan streets inside the home. Radigan’s artist adhered the bricks, plastered them and used mortar in between each to achieve the aged-brick look.

A grand piece of art hangs in the dining room and is one of Radigan’s favorites, and is a muse for the overall design of her home. However, it doesn’t hang like a typical piece of art — it’s a part of the wall itself.

The frame that surrounded the art was too large for the space, so Radigan’s artist cut it out of the frame, adhered it to the wall and feathered it in, to make it appear as though it was painted on the wall itself.

Because the home has no living room, Angela needed a place for her piano. When designing the home, the Radigans came up with the idea of emphasizing an area of the home specifically for her baby grand. Incidentally, the grand area for the piano is one of the many focal points of design in the home. With circular windows looking out to the backyard and golf course, the area is adorned with columns and an ornately painted round ceiling.

Connected to the dining room is the home’s butler’s pantry and wine room. A wrought-iron design piece is placed over the glass window looking into the wine room, continuing the Old World look.

Further continuing the style are old wine barrels, which are used for storage as well as design appeal and the custom plaque displaying the Radigan’s family name.

We wanted a kitchen with a spacious table where we could all sit and look at each other. From family dinners, to homework, we are always here.

— Angela Radigan

The spacious backyard overlooking the golf course is the ultimate gathering area. Underneath the covered porch (which can also be entirely enclosed by remote screen coverings) are many areas for seating and lounging, with spots around a doublesided fireplace, an area for gaming and ping pong and an outdoor kitchen and bar area with ample seating as well. In addition, there are covered areas spanning the width of the home with seating as well.

The pool area features fountains and a spa, along with a basketball hoop, and the yard also features a fire pit.

The kitchen features two-toned cabinets, two different granites, a weathered cast stone hood and bead boarding, providing many textures and materials to create a beautiful and functional design. The table is a built-in extension to the kitchen island, showcasing the same granite used on the island.

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// BLACK TIE: MORE IS BETTER

by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Assistant Editor

HOTFLASH STACKED FOR SUMMER

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re you stacked for summer?

When it comes to wearing bracelets, more is always better.

“Stack” is quickly becoming a common saying among women these days. If you haven’t heard the comment “I love your stack,” you must not be stacking.

Stacking is really quite simple. You buy a bunch of bracelets that complement each other and add them to your wrist until your “stack” looks just right. With arm parties becoming so popular lately, we stopped in a few boutiques known for their bracelet collections to see what stackable items they have in store.

FILLING IN THE STACKS

GET ‘BOWETIED’

Bourbon and Boweties: the ultimate stack. These stackable stone bangles, available at Treat Boutique, are each unique, providing the ultimate opportunity to mix and match colors and stones for a stack perfect for any occasion.

TIPS ON STACKING

STACK WITH PURPOSE

Buying bracelets and creating stacks is fashionable and fun, but doing so while supporting a charitable cause is even better. These bracelets are making the world a better place and empowering people to rise above poverty.

Top: Handcrafted by women in Nepal, Lily and Laura bracelets (found at Molly’s) are crocheted with glass beads and are available in a variety of designs and colors. Encouraged to buy in quantities of three, these bracelets were made to stack, but stack equally as well with other arm-candy options.

Bottom: “Fashion for Good” brand 31Bits offers a line of colorful bracelets, which are handmade from recycled-paper beads by the beneficiaries themselves in Eastern Africa. Single strands and multi-strands are available, and mix in well with other stackable pieces.

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If you love it, wear it.

You’ll add one and know right away if you like the look it has created — the most important thing is that the stack looks good to you.

Where do you start?

Begin with what catches your eye. Buy bracelets and create some stacks.

They don’t have to stay the same — switch them up all the time to create different looks.

“When you’re stacking bracelets, I go with a three-bracelet rule,” says Nicole Pepe, owner of Treat Boutique. “You are creating an ‘arm party’ and nobody wants to go a party of two people.”

Adding a few singular pieces to a stack of same pieces is also a fun way to create a stack and to blend stone sizes and colors of a stack that might otherwise be a little clunky. These bracelets are a great way to do just that: Gypsy Mermaid, left, locally handmade bracelets found at Fresh, are a unique and dainty addition to your arm candy. The bracelets twist on, leaving the desired tightness up to you, and add texture and color to your look.

These Tai multi-strand bracelets and bangles, top, found at Influence Style, are made for stacking.

Looking to add some vibrant color to your stack? These Lovely B handcrafted bracelets, below, found at Treat Boutique, can individually be added to a stack, or wear many of these together to create a colorful stack of just Lovely B’s.

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