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Report shows room for growth on Circle

The vice mayor said both commissioner and Manasota League duties take up almost 40 hours of his time per week.

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A retail consultant called St. Armands Circle awnings and signage outdated and noted landscaping in the area is subpar.

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etail consultant Robert Gibbs says the demand exists for more services on St. Armands Circle, but the area needs a facelift if it’s going to thrive as a national commercial district.

Gibbs was hired by the city in April to study the optimal mix of businesses in four areas: downtown, St. Armands Circle, the Rosemary District and the Martin Luther King Jr. Way cor- Gibbs ridor. At a series of meetings Monday, Gibbs presented his findings, as well as recommendations for how the city can improve the caliber of its retail offerings.

Within all four districts, Gibbs found, there was both an immediate and future demand that could support commercial growth.

Gibbs said there was a demand

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Vice Mayor Duncan won’t seek third term

Commissioner Lynn Larson’s three grandchildren, Zander, 9, Zora, 8, and Zoe Ramsey, 5, got a close-up look at what Longboat Key police and firefighters do to keep residents safe earlier this month, during a tour of the police and north fire stations.

Larson reports that her grandchildren gave a true politician’s answer when asked whether they preferred police or firefighters: “Both.”

Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub’s walls and ceiling are covered with dollar bills, signed and decorated by patrons. Every few years the restaurant removes the bills for a good cause.

On Tuesday, staff removed the bills to donate $1,200 to the family of 15-year-old Austin Goncalves, who contracted a potentially deadly illness, ciguatera, during a fishing trip in the Bahamas.

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Robert Gibbs, a consultant conducting a retail analysis of several districts in Sarasota, said the Circle is in need of cosmetic upgrades.

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for an additional 256,500 square feet of retail space in the study area now, with that number growing to more than 300,000 by 2019. On St. Armands, the report says, there exists demand for 74,000 additional square feet of retail; over the next five years, the demand will be able to support another 6,000 square feet of retail.

To capitalize on that demand, Gibbs said the Circle has to make improvements. He said he was surprised by the lack of care given to landscaping in the area, and he also said the awnings and signage are outdated. He recommended the city update its design standards and create a fund to help storeowners improve the face of their buildings.

AT A GLANCE PRESENT 74,176 — Square feet of additional retail development St. Armands Circle could currently support $30.1 million — in new sales additional restaurants/ retail could generate 9,700 — Population of the Circle’s primary trade area

2019 80,302 — Square feet of restaurant and retail development St. Armands Circle could support. $36.8 million — in new sales additional restaurants/ retail could generate 10,000 — Projected population of the Circle’s primary trade area

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57.1 — Percent of local tourists who have visited St. Armands Circle.

At least two out of the three commission seats up for grabs in the town’s March election will feature fresh faces.

Longboat Key Vice Mayor Jack Duncan announced in an email to the Longboat Key Town Commission July 20 that he won’t seek a third and final term in March.

Mayor Jim Brown will complete his third and final term in March, leaving his seat open for a new candidate as well.

“After hours of soul searching and long discussions with my family and friends, I have made the decision not to seek a third term,” Duncan wrote. “It is my intention to complete my second term on the commission, carrying out my duties as Longboat Key vice mayor and president of the Manasota League of Cities. Thank you for supporting this difficult decision.”

The announcement came as a surprise to both town staff and commissioners.

Commissioner Terry Gans told Duncan in a July 20 email that he will be missed.

“Your decision to call it a day after two terms certainly has taken me by surprise,” Gans wrote. “And, I am saddened the commission and the town will lose your energy, wisdom and outright devotion after this

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“The storefronts that are in St. Armands Circle are generally about 25 to 30 years out of date,” Gibbs said. “And that’s being nice.”

Gibbs used Third Street in Naples as a model to emulate.

He said St. Armands Circle does have one aesthetic advantage: The buildings are already of the same caliber as other top-tier shopping districts. Gibbs remembered the Circle standing out as impressive 30 or 40 years ago. With new awnings and paint, he believes they could return to that level.

“You had this beautiful character,” Gibbs said. “We believe that in order to meet your potential, you’re going to have to improve the looks of the store-

fronts to compete with the new mall.”

When the Mall at University Town Center opens in October, Gibbs said there will be shortterm effects on business within the city. Still, the potential for growth he measured exists even after taking into consideration the business generated by the mall. One of the biggest impacts caused by the mall, he said, is that it will cause consumers to have a higher standard — which he said ties into the need for updated storefronts.

“People fall in love with the mall, then they get tired of it,” Gibbs said. “You will see an impact, but the demand will still be there for additional retail.”

Those in attendance at a meeting held on St. Armands said they agreed with Gibbs’

TOP MONEY MAKERS PER SQUARE FOOT The study estimates the following businesses could generate the most sales per square foot on St. Armands Circle:

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recommendations but said they’ve been struggling for decades to implement the type of improvements he outlined.

Diana Corrigan, executive director of the St. Armands Circle Association, said people on the Circle have been trying to keep up with landscaping, but declining levels of service from the city have made that a steep challenge. In addition, the large number of landlords makes it hard to establish any standard for storefront design or caliber of tenants.

Eric Seace, vice president of operations for the clothing store Dreamweaver, said he hoped Gibbs’s report would make city leaders prioritize keeping the Circle in top shape.

“They need to realize the importance and draw of St. Armands Circle to this area,” Seace said. “If St. Armands Circle goes down, how is that going to impact the rest of the city?”

If they could generate the will to make significant improvements by next year, Gibbs encouraged leaders to hold a “regrand opening” of the Circle in September 2015 to wow seasonal residents and draw attention back from the mall.

commission will skip a beat without me being there.”

Duncan said he has wrestled with this decision for the last eight months and is content with his choice.

“It’s been an honor to be a commissioner, but it takes up a lot of time and it’s time to start thinking about my family,” Duncan said.

Commissioner Phill Younger’s seat is also up for re-election in March. Younger is eligible for his third and final term.

RESTAURANT ROUNDUP Before consultant Robert Gibbs was hired, members of the Downtown Improvement District (DID) and St. Armands Business Improvement District (BID) raised concerns about the growing number of restaurants in those areas, for fear that eateries would eventually dominate the retail districts.

According to Gibbs, however, the No. 1 area of demand for both downtown and St. Armands Circle is restaurants. Gibbs said the demand exists for an additional 29,800 square feet of restaurants downtown, and an additional 13,900 square feet on the Circle.

Mark Kauffman, one of the members of the DID who was interested in limiting the number of restaurants, said he didn’t expect Gibbs’ study to show that room for growth.

Still, he said he would approach the report with an open mind.

“I’m surprised there’s such a demand downtown and in the Circle (for restaurants),” Kauffman said. “But we’ll listen to the consultant and abide by his recommendations.”

Gibbs said if people on the Circle

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were interested in preventing the shopping district from becoming an entertainment district, it might make sense to try to limit the growth of restaurants even if the demand for it existed. If that’s what people want, however, they need to do something to prevent restaurants from filling that demand.

Gibbs suggested a recruiter, possibly a city employee, should work to attract desired business types to fill vacancies in the area.

“If you don’t want restaurants, you’re going to have to take actions to encourage more clothing, home furnishing or other shops,” Gibbs said.

Gibbs measured demand by examining the demographics and projected growth of the districts’ “trade areas” — the places from which each district is most likely to draw customers from. Between rising tourism numbers, growing residential areas and demand from office workers, Gibbs said Sarasota is a healthy retail climate.

“We’ve felt very encouraged with this study,” Gibbs said. “It’s been much stronger than we expected.”

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and I don’t think two more years will change anything,” Duncan said.

Duncan said he believes a town center concept will come to fruition over time.

He also believes a cellular communication strategy, pension reform, a beach nourishment plan and a town manager with long-term strategic planning success are elements that leave the town in good hands.

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winter. At the same time, I recognize the demands of working to perform this role with balance and focus.”

Duncan called the announcement “a tough decision” Monday, but said it’s time to spend more time with family after spending more than 10 of his 12 years of retirement life on civic or Fairway Bay condo board responsibilities. Duncan and his wife, Debbie, are expecting their

second grandchild later this year and Duncan said he doesn’t expect to miss the birth of his second grandchild. Duncan, 64, was at a Manasota League convention last year when his first grandchild was born.

Duncan said he also believes several of the goals he set out to accomplish have been met or will be met without his presence needed on the commission.

“I believe a lot has been accomplished or is on the way to being accomplished,

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by Robin Hartill | News Editor

TOP 10

IN 2014 The following transactions are the top 10 sales recorded during the first six months of 2014 on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys.

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LA FIRENZA, 4125 GULF OF MEXICO DRIVE, UNIT S301

Sellers: Michael and Christina Reeder, of Roswell, Ga. Buyers: August Troendle Revocable Trust, of Cincinnati Agents: Roger Pettingell, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, listing agent; Steve Harris, of Michael Saunders & Co., selling agent.

Details: The 4,800-square-foot unit has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half $4.25 MILLION bathrooms, a three-car garage and views of the beach from nearly every room. It has a split-bedroom plan and a master suite with its own foyer, wet bar and private sitting room or study with its own terrace that overlooks Sarasota Bay, according to listing information.

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647 Mourning Dove Drive, Bird Key

Sellers: James Courter and Mark Hodgson, of University Park Buyers: Mark Lucas and Aimee Sottialro, of Sarasota Agents: Tammy Garner and Mary Hale, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, listing agents; Jenifer Schwell, of Mi$4 MILLION chael Saunders & Co., selling agent.

Details: The Guy Petersondesigned home was built in 2004 and has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a sculpture garden, lap pool and spa, and 100 feet of Sarasota bayfront, according to listing information.

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232 SEAGULL LANE, BIRD KEY

Sellers: Douglas and Cynthia Tibbetts, of Sarasota Buyers: Mark and Ellen DiZio, of Sarasota $6.1 MILLION Agents: Cheryl Loeffler, of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, listing agent; Lynn and Michael McDonald, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, selling agents.

Details: The “Isle of View” residence has 7,873 square feet and was built in 2006. It has five bedroom suites, five bathrooms, two half-baths, an Infinity pool flanked by two full-size bronze lion sculptures and dockage for a yacht of up to 100 feet, according to listing information.

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1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive, Unit 801, The Ritz-Carlton Beaches Residences

2052 Benjamin Franklin Drive, Unit C1001, Orchid Beach Club Residences, Lido Key

Price: $3.9 million Sellers: Maria Longhi, of Tampa Buyers: Ronald and Patricia Taylor, of Burr Ridge, Ill. $3.9 MILLION Agent: Sylvia Babineau, of MY Realty Co., was the listing and selling agent.

Details: Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 4,229 square feet of living area, according to the Sarasota County Property Appraiser.

Buyers: Gustavo and Beatriz Arvelo, of Windermere Sellers: BIG Family Holdings LLC $3,965,000 Agents: Judy Kepecz-Hays, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, listing agent; Santos Rivera Olan, selling agent.

Details: The 4,194-square-foot unit has glass walls with views of the Gulf, bay, Sarasota skyline and a nature preserve.

It has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms and two terraces, according to listing information.

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$3,225,000

132 N. Washington Drive, John Ringling Estates*

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Sellers: Frank and Carole Krohn, trustees Buyers: Jeffrey and Penny Vinik, of Tampa Details: The home was built in 1950 and has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,123 square feet of living area, according to the Sarasota County Property Appraiser.

Sellers: Nancy and Marshall Hanley, of Indianapolis Buyers: Eclipse Partners II LLC Agents: Larry Ziegler, of Michael Saunders & Co., listing agent.

Stephanie Church, of Michael Saunders & Co., selling agent.

Details: Built in 1952, the home had three bedrooms, two baths and 1,743 square feet of living area. The home will be demolished, and the vacant lot will either be developed with one single-family home or divided and sold for two homes.

Seller: Pamela Lipkin, of New York City Buyers: Paul and Sarah Karon, of Longboat Key Agents: Reid Murphy, of Developers Realty Co., listing agent; Jamey Gesell Hirschman, Bright Realty, selling agent Details: The 0.825-acre Gulffront property has a main residence and guest home with a combined total of 4,791 square feet of living space, six bedrooms and five bathrooms, according to the Manatee County Property Appraiser.

Sellers: Alan Jr. and Susan Graf, of Memphis, Tenn.

Buyers: Douglas and Kerrii Anderson, of Columbus, Ohio Agent: Lynne Koy, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, was the listing and selling agent.

Details: The 3,400-square-foot, three-bedroom, three-bath unit has a private elevator lobby and 800-square-foot Gulf-front terrace, according to listing information.

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$3 MILLION

655 Club Longboat Road, Unit 19A, Regent Place* Sellers: Michael and Marcia Klein, of Sarasota Buyers: Nathan and Colleen Merwitz, trustees, of Longboat Key Details: Built in 1995, the 3,564-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and three bathrooms, according to the Sarasota County Property Appraiser. *Agent information was not available through the Multiple Listing Service, indicating that the transactions were likely private sales.

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NEWSBRIEFS + Committee to review town center proposals The town received 11 proposals in response to a request for proposals for town center concepts and an overlay zoning district.

A selection committee will review proposals submitted by four firms at a meeting beginning 9 a.m. Aug. 21, at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.

Presenting firms are Cooper Carry, Hoyt Architects, Keith & Schnars PA and TindaleOliver & Associates Inc. The meeting will be open to the public, however, the public will not be permitted to make comments or question committee members.

An Urban Land Institute (ULI) panel recommended the town build a town center in the Bay Isles Road area last October.

In November, the town hired Sarasota architect Gary Hoyt, who designed the new Longboat Key Publix, to make up two sets of town center renderings.

The town purchased a 2.8-acre parcel of land near Publix for $1.5 million in March to jumpstart the town center concept.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Unicorp seeks 100% recreational interest Unicorp President Chuck Whittall wants to redevelop the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, but his vision includes owning Andy Adams’ units and his 5% recreational property interest.

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Colony Lender’s 95% interest in 2.3 acres of Colony property includes the swimming pool, conference rooms, stores on the midrise, tennis courts, office space, a flower shop and maintenance area.

go their separate ways and not be tied together forever,” Siegal said.

Siegal said when land can’t be divided equally, a partition action can force parties to bid on the property in question.

“One of the parties will bid higher and acquire the property,” Siegal said.

The bid would be based on the percentage of property owned.

Colony Lender has a 19-1 majority stake in the recreational property compared with Adams’ interest. So, for example, if Colony Lender bid $1 million for Adams’ 5% interest in a partition auction, Adams would have to counter bid with a $19 million bid to acquire Colony Lender’s 95% interest.

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Lender LLC, managed by developer/entrepreneur Randy Langley and businessman/attorney David Siegal, purchased overdue loans on key Klauber Colony properties from Bank of America for an undisclosed amount.

Adams paid $350,000 for the 5% interest, and Siegal said Adams would likely rather be bought out through the partition process than come up with millions to acquire the entire interest.

When asked to comment last week, Adams said: “I understand that they’ve made the comment they can force a suit and bring about a partition statement. It’s another chance for them to have a bite at the apple.”

A week ago, Whittall said his 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 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 pre-application materials to the town within 60 days without seeking unit owner approval.

Asked if Adams is willing to acquire more assets and develop the Colony, Adams said: “We’re interested in anything that will get the unit owners back in as quickly as possible. We’re exploring all possibilities.”

SEPTEMBER 2013 — Colony Lender LLC won a foreclosure judgment of more than $13 million in Sarasota County court, more than three years after the resort closed.

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Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May converted the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Partnership bankruptcy case from Chapter 11 reorganization to a Chapter 7 liquidation, allowing Colony Lender LLC, the case’s largest creditor, to hold an auction for assets, including the 2.3-acre property.

JULY 14, 2014 — Colony Lender LLC, through an agreement with Unicorp National Development Inc., paid $15,200,001 for an 80% interest in the 2.3acre property, plus 100% ownership of the restaurant complex and the former penthouse office of longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber.

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ams’ entire interest in the Colony,” Whittall said. “My attorneys are discussing the issue and we would like to negotiate with Mr. Adams on this soon in a friendly manner.”

Although the sale price of Adams’ units needs to be negotiated, Whittall and Colony Lender principal David Siegal said Adams’ remaining 5% interest in the recreational property can be acquired in Sarasota County Court if they can’t reach an amicable agreement with Adams.

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Colony Lender LLC now owns 95% of a 2.3-acre recreational property at the center of the shuttered Colony Beach & Tennis Resort through an agreement with Orlando-based Unicorp National Development Inc. But Colony Lender and Unicorp want to own 100% of the 2.3-acre property — and both parties could seek the additional 5% in Sarasota County Court.

Colony Lender previously owned a 15% interest in the recreational property. But its stake in the property increased to 95% following a July 14 auction in Sarasota County Court in which it won a bid for another 80% interest in the 2.3-acre property, plus 100% ownership of the restaurant complex and the former penthouse office of longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber.

When it bid on the property, Colony Lender already had an agreement in place with Unicorp to sell its resort assets.

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

Unicorp President Chuck Whittall told the Longboat Observer Monday he intends to approach Adams to purchase the remaining 5% and Adams’ units.

“We bought the foreclosed pieces, and now we would like to work with Adams to buy his remaining 5% interest and Ad-

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Around dusk July 12, a group of neighbors on St. Judes Drive South witnessed a scene like “something out of a horror movie,” according to resident Colin Trethewey.

Residents were outside looking at the supermoon when they saw approximately eight raccoons in the mudflats near Joan M. Durante Park at lowtide. A large black dog — possibly a Labrador retriever or rottweiler — jumped off the boardwalk, possibly to chase the raccoons. The raccoons attacked, hanging off the dog and biting it.

The owner jumped from the boardwalk and slogged out into the mud, attempting to kick, punch and throw the raccoons off his dog, only to have the raccoons continue their attack.

“I tried to make my way across the mud flats to help but it was a few hundred yards and as I got closer I heard the man off in the distance, now out of the water, yelling at the raccoons, I’m assuming back up on the trail,” Trethewey wrote in an email to the Longboat Observer.

“It was really scary,” said Brooke O’Malley, also a St. Judes Drive resident.

“I have dogs too, and I just knew my dogs wouldn’t have stood a chance against them.”

The man threw mud at the raccoons before finally rescuing the dog from the attack and quickly leaving the area. The dog appeared to have cuts and scratches but didn’t look like it was seriously injured, according to both Trethewey and O’Malley.

Trethewey drove to the park and looked for any signs of the man and the dog. The man left his flip-flops behind near the water, but fortunately, Trethewey didn’t see any signs of blood.

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IS THIS YOUR DOG? Are you the owner of the dog that raccoons attacked Saturday, July 12, in Joan Durante Park? Contact Robin Hartill at rhartill@yourobserver.com to let us know how your dog is faring after the attack.

Animal Clinic, Island Animal Clinic and Beach Veterinary Clinic all told the Longboat Observer they didn’t treat a dog that matched the description.

Neighbors say large numbers of raccoons are common in the mudflats at low tide, when they often feed on clams in the seagrasses.

O’Malley said she couldn’t be sure whether the dog was unleashed or darted away from its owner, but she is relieved the situation wasn’t worse.

“If it had been someone elderly or a small dog, it could have been something very unfortunate,” she said.

Trethewey hopes the incident will serve as a warning to dog owners.

“We don’t know if dogs have been attacked like this in the past on Longboat, but we wanted to make pet owners aware of the danger of walking a dog off-leash in the park at dusk,” he wrote.

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Police track down visitor’s missing wallet

The Longboat Key Police Department used video footage and old-fashioned sleuthing to recover a visitor’s wallet, credit cards and $160 in cash.

Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming always says his department goes to great lengths to provide that extra level of service on the island.

Visitor Dorothy Mikula can confirm Cumming’s department goes above and beyond to help those in need.

Mikula, a Rhode Island resident, left the Longboat Key CVS pharmacy at approximately 9:30 a.m. July 9, realizing a short time later she left her red wallet, credit cards and $160 cash behind at the drug store.

After reporting the incident to police, Cumming’s department spent two days tracking down the missing wallet to return it and all of its contents to Mikula.

CVS management told Mikula that no one had turned in her wallet, but CVS store Manager Nick Thomas reviewed video surveillance that revealed the wallet fell off the counter and into a CVS plastic bag. That bag was then used to place merchandise for the next customer, who received both his item and the wallet in the plastic bag when he left.

Using the video, police were able to see the word “Veranda” on the man’s T-shirt before he left the store with the bag.

Police drove to the Veranda Beach Club, 2509 Gulf of Mexico Drive, where a staff member confirmed employee Gary Christian, of Bradenton, was at CVS that day purchasing some Dramamine.

Police contacted Christian, who confirmed he bought Dramamine, but told police he didn’t think he left the store with a shopping bag.

Christian was asked to double check and contact police.

The next afternoon, Christian called police back and notified officers he dropped the wallet into a U.S. Post Office mailbox at the corner of Fruitville Road and Beneva Road in Sarasota.

Police advised Christian he was on a recorded line and asked him to recall if he was told to contact police if he found the wallet. Christian said he remembered but got busy and decided to drop the wallet in a mailbox in hopes it would be mailed to the woman.

Police asked Christian if he saw any credit cards or cash in the wallet. Christian confirmed there were credit cards and $160 in cash, but told police he was hanging on to the $160 because he didn’t want it to get stolen.

That evening, police went to Christian’s home and retrieved the $160. Christian told police he panicked when he received the call from police and took the money out with the intention of returning it to police. Christian told police he knew his actions seemed suspicious and he should have returned the wallet and not put it in the mailbox.

Police were also able to contact the U.S. Postal Service and retrieve the wallet, complete with all of its contents.

Mikula confirmed all of her belongings were recovered and treated the police department to homemade cookies and pastries for going out of its way to find her wallet.

Town Manager Dave Bullock and the Longboat Key Town Commission learned of the service via email praise from Mikula last week.

“I am proud to be associated with a police department that provides this level of service,” Cumming wrote in an email to commissioners and Bullock. “With the wallet and contents returned, this grateful visitor will enjoy her vacation and no doubt remember her experiences on Longboat Key fondly.”

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Ridiculous election rumor Ugly and ridiculous things always happen in election campaigns.

Here’s one of the ridiculous: The rumor that Hospital Corp. of America is financing a slate of hospital board candidates who will convert Sarasota Memorial Hospital from a public to a for-profit hospital.

Talk about a broomstick whacking the wasp nest. All you have to do in Sarasota is breathe a word against Sarasota Memorial Hospital, and look out, buddy.

If you want to get swarmed with wasp welts, try going after SMH. Susan Nilon, owner of WSRQ Radio, was among the first to stir the nest with a post on SRQ Daily. Swinging away with incendiary commentary and little attribution, Nilon’s post had such buzzwords, phrases and sentences as: • “Not able to confirm the rumor …”

• With no comment from him, she described Anthony Pedicini, the alleged recruiter of the slate, as the man “known around Sarasota for his work on Peter Lombardo’s campaign against State Attorney Ed Brodsky.” (Thwack!

Take that, Pedicini!)

• There were the obligatory swipes at MATT Gov. Rick Scott, former WALSH CEO of Columbia-HCA. • She wrote: “It is believed that HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) has set aside $250,000 to launch this campaign.”

(Italics added) • “For those of you who are thinking that privatization is a good thing, you need to realize what that would really mean to our community. The first loss that would be felt would be maternity care.” (Stated as fact.)

And before you knew it, the rumor became fact. Or perceived as a fact. It was buzzing everywhere.

A former Sarasota Hospital Board member sent Nilon’s post our way with the following: “Wow. She tells it like it is … sad when candidates run for such a narrow, selfinterested position, particularly against incumbents who have built and maintained the most successful community hospital in the country.”

By Friday, another email shot out from a hospital supporter: “THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE WORRIED ABOUT!” And then Republican Party operative Eric Robinson, husband of Sarasota County Commissioner Christine Robinson, became treasurer of a new political committee — Save Our Community Hospital.

In a one-pager asking for money, Save Our Community Hospital wrote: “This year, for-profit hospitals are again trying to take control of Sarasota Memorial in a new way — by engineering a covert takeover of the elected board. … [T]he forprofit hospital has recruited and funded challengers to these incumbents (for a reported $150,000 or at least $30,000 per

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candidate) in the hope that they can divert tax revenue to its own bottom line and away from the community and, ultimately, to turn Sarasota Memorial into a for-profit institution.”

Thwack! Talk about making Sarasotans fly around like mad wasps.

But everyone should calm down.

We’ll go out on a limb here: It won’t ever happen.

Here’s why: To convert Sarasota Memorial to a for-profit hospital would require a voter referendum.

And you can be sure of this: There is no way, probably ever, Sarasotans would give up the one institution they cherish above all else in this community.

There is still more to this story, however.

Did Anthony Pedicini, founder of Strategic Image Management, try to recruit Hospital Board candidate Jack Brill of Longboat Key to help privatize Sarasota Memorial?

Neither of them says explicitly that’s what occurred. Brill says privatization “was mentioned” in one of his conversations with Pedicini.

Pedicini says: “I am not involved nor do I know of any PAC trying to privatize SMH.” Asked whether he is or was involved in helping HCA recruit candidates for the SMH board, Pedicini told us: “I have nothing to do with SMH. There is no contractual relationship with anyone that would have me involved in that race.”

The conspiracies still continue. How is that the challengers to the SMH board incumbents all signed up to run within 19 days of each other?

Another one: It’s not privatization that HCA wants. It wants to take over the board and create a management contract to operate Sarasota Memorial.

“There is no effort to privatize SMH,”

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Bob Meade, CEO of HCA-owned Doctors Hospital, told us. “Even if we wanted to do that, the FTC regulations would not allow it because of the number of hospitals we currently own in the region.

Nothing that I have read thus far concerning privatization should be construed as credible.”

Asked whether HCA was involved in recruiting hospital board candidates, Meade added, “I have no knowledge of us doing anything like that.”

OK, we know HCA officials believe Sarasota Memorial’s tax revenues should not go exclusively to SMH for treating indigent patients. And in fact, if you read the enabling legislation for the Sarasota Hospital District, it says: “[T]he Board of County Commissioners shall in like manner reimburse any other hospital in Sarasota County, approved by the State Board of Health, for hospital services rendered to medically indigent persons.”

But for HCA’s top management to think it can wrest control of Sarasota Memorial, much less its board, now that really is one of this election cycle’s most ridiculous stories. It’ll never happen.

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Cliche: When it rains, it pours.

It’s not exactly pouring on the town of Longboat Key, but it’s a steady rain: • Beach renourishment costs • Pension costs • Water and sewer infrastructure replacements Now this: The south fire station needs major repairs, and the two town fire stations need retrofitting to accommodate female firefighters and paramedics.

Commenting on the latter, Longboat Key Fire Chief Paul Dezzi floated a wish last week worth considering: “My wish would be a new, functional firehouse with a multi-use 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.”

With the retirement earlier this year of Dr. Pamela Letts, Longboat Key is without a primary-care physician. Finding a replacement has been unsuccessful.

Dezzi’s idea for a medical center connected to a multi-use firehouse has merit.

Perhaps that’s the answer to filling the Key’s medical needs — staffing it, say, with a physician’s assistant and other medical personnel able to handle minor aches, pains, cuts, bruises and beach mishaps for residents and visitors.

Once again, just as the town has embarked on a study to determine the feasibility and cost of underground power lines, another strategic conversation looks warranted.

It would be easy to decide to address the needs of the south fire station as a one-off project, but given its age (28 years), it’s also time to think long term: How should the town fulfill its facilities needs for the next 30 years?

Chief Dezzi has triggered a useful and warranted conversation.

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NOT HERE TO HELP 10:14 a.m. — 5200 block of GMD. Domestic Disturbance. A housekeeper’s teenage son and his girlfriend got into an argument because he wanted her to help him carry items up to an apartment, but she refused.

They agreed to keep their voices down.

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SCOPING OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD 4:02 p.m. — Intersection of Bogey Lane and Bowsprit Lane. Suspicious Circumstance. A caller reported a suspicious man driving an older white vehicle in his neighborhood. When the caller confronted the driver, he said he was looking to buy a house in the area.

Police were unable to locate the vehicle.

PARTYING AND PAINTING 9:05 p.m. — 600 block of Bayview Drive. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman who admitted to being intoxicated was painting a house somewhere on the Key with a man and passed out inside his truck. The man said he told her to sleep it off after she became intoxicated.

They left the area.

CASH FLASH 3:32 p.m. — 5400 block of GMD. Property Found. A man tried to get the attention of a driver who had a wallet on the trunk of his car by flashing his lights, but the driver didn’t notice, and the wallet flew off the trunk. The man turned in the wallet to the police station.

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10:38 p.m. — 6300 block of GMD. Fire. Police tried to put out a small fire caused by fireworks with an extinguisher. Firefighters arrived and put out the fire. Police warned the man who admitted to setting off the fireworks that it’s illegal to do so on Longboat Key.

Dear Editor: In the business world, when a CEO is not performing, he can be replaced. In politics, an elected official is performing if he is giving away the store to those who vote for more entitlements in addition to doing whatever it takes to be elected/ re-elected.

Barack Obama is leading in the direction his handlers require, and the Manchurian President is doing as he is told.

He has always been unqualified to be president and fully qualified to do the bidding of those who wanted him in the White House (I am not referring here to the electorate, although they too want him in the Oval Office).

Leadership is an inbred quality. You cannot push a chain, and you cannot deal with a crisis when you are untrained or have no experience in dealing with one.

The Congress, and most presidents, with a few notable exceptions, have failed for a long time to do the job as outlined in the Constitution. And it is hard to lead an army that has not been trained to fight.

With all due respect to Tom Brokaw and his nomination for the Greatest Generation (the one that fought WWII), he has never absorbed any history about the founding of this country. Those men and women were The Greatest Generation.

The USA Titanic hit the iceberg on Nov 6, 1932, and is going down by the bow.

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JULY 14 GETTING STONED 10:10 a.m. — 100 block of Broadway.

Property Damage. A man parked his car at a beach access and took his bicycle off the back to go for a ride. When he returned, his rear car window was broken, but nothing was missing. The area nearby was being mowed, and police believe that a rock or stone from the mower could have broken the glass.

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10:30 a.m. — 4600 block of GMD. Disturbance. A man admitted to taking down a beach canopy that another man put up on the beach because he worried it would interfere with turtle nesting. He didn’t know how to take it down, so he dragged it further down the beach and didn’t know that he broke it in the process. Police told him it was not his place to remove the property and told him to call authorities in the future.

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Allowing dogs to run free and leave urine and feces, both of which cannot be completely cleaned up on the field could possibly reduce the use by others.

The park now prohibits dogs that are on the leash or free. I hope the town would not change the ordinance now in effect.

William Tow Longboat Key

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Ruth DeLynn was backbone of Mote collection Ruth DeLynn, 87, was known as ‘The Bone Lady’ and the force behind the Ruth DeLynn Cetacean Osteological Collection.

John ‘Jack’ Quincy Goodrich Jr.

John “Jack” Quincy Goodrich Jr., 74, of Longboat Key, died July 10.

Born July 9, 1940, in Glastonbury, Conn., Mr. Goodrich graduated from Tabor Academy, the University of Connecticut and the Louisiana State University School of Banking. He had a career in commerGoodrich cial banking and lending.

Mr. Goodrich served for five years in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, first as an F4 pilot aboard the USS Ranger CV-61 and, later, as first captain of Swift Boat PCF 45. He served an additional 11 years in the Naval Reserves and retired as a lieutenant commander.

A lifelong sailor, Mr. Goodrich

was a licensed commercial captain and enjoyed his membership in the Brotherhood of the Coast and numerous yacht clubs.

He also volunteered and served as a captain in the Longboat Key Fire Department. He was an active member of the Longboat Island Chapel, where he sang in the choir.

Mr. Goodridge was preceded in death in 2010 by his partner and wife of 32 years, Margaret “Peggy” Annett. He is survived by his son, John, of San Diego; daughter, Johanna, of Kensington, Md.; sister, Susan Goodrich Motycka, of Glastonbury; fiancée, Carron Cherrie, of Bradenton; eight grandchildren; and his beloved dog, Sailor.

Memorial services on Longboat Key and burial at Arlington National Cemetery will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tidewell Hospice, Inc., 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34238; or Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive,

Longboat Key, FL 34228; or Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 2600 Virginia Ave. N.W., Suite 104, Washington, D.C. 20037.

WORSHIP SERVICES

J. Donald Monsky

J. Donald Monsky, 77, of Sarasota, died July 21.

Born Feb. 3, 1937, in Columbus, Ga., Mr. Monsky graduated in 1959 from Emory University and completed post-graduate work at Columbia University. He served as a medic in the U.S. Army Medical Corp.

Mr. Monsky married in 1966, in New York City, and worked at Hoffman La Roche as medical editor and at USV Pharmaceuticals, a division of Revlon Inc. Mr. Monsky is survived by his wife, Marie. The family will be at home for friends this Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. A memorial service will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Jewish Family & Children’s Service, 2688 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34237.

WORSHIP DIRECTORY

Contemporary worship services are at 9 a.m., fellowship and education are at 10 a.m. and traditional worship services are at 11 a.m. Sundays. The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor.

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 3838833 Sunday worship services are at 10 a.m. The Rev. Paul Eckel is the pastor.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 383-1255 Sunday Masses are at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Saturday Masses are at 5 p.m.; and daily Mass is at 9 a.m. Monday through Friday. Msgr. Gerard Finegan is the pastor.

Longboat Island Chapel 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 3836491 Communion and healing services are at 9:45 a.m. and worship services are at 10 a.m. Sundays.

The Rev. Vincent Carroll is the minister.

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church 40 N. Adams Drive, 388-1234

Temple Beth Israel 567 Bay Isles Road, 383-3428 Shabbat services are at 5:30 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m.

Saturdays. Jonathan Katz is the rabbi.

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she set off to make it happen. Her husband, Hubert, was her best friend and a real cheerleader for her creation of the collection and, through it, she really made a difference.”

The collection DeLynn developed is known for the detailed documentation that accompanies each specimen. The collection allows scientists to determine subtle differences between populations and abnormalities and pathologies among individuals. One key aspect of DeLynn’s collection is that it contains whole skeletons — not just the skulls, as is the case with many animal bone collections.

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ing at Mote, just as its Marine Mammal Department was getting started.

When she began her work at Mote, the laboratory’s policy was to throw away animal remains, a policy DeLynn quickly changed.

“I thought it was ridiculous that all of these animals were being discarded,” DeLynn told the Longboat Observer in 2007.

“Her passion really impressed me the most,” said Dr. Kumar Mahadevan, Mote’s president emeritus in a July 10 story on Mote’s website, mote.org. “She really helped us understand how important it was to develop this collection and all of the information we could gain by developing it. Then

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Ruth DeLynn was a volunteer and adjunct scientist at Mote for more than 30 years.

Mote Marine Laboratory volunteer and adjunct scientist Ruth DeLynn, who was known as “The Bone Lady,” died July 8. She was 87.

DeLynn, a Longboat Key resident, created and curated the laboratory’s collection of dolphin and whale skeletons so they could be used in further studies. In 2007, the collection was officially named the Ruth DeLynn Cetacean Osteological Collection in her honor.

Born Oct. 16, 1926, in New York, she raised her family in Westchester and worked as a vertebrate biologist for the American Museum of Natural History. She retired to Longboat Key approximately 30 years ago and began volunteer-

vestigations Program recovers stranded cetaceans and performs detailed necropsies to determine the cause of death. After the necropsy, bones are prepared for the DeLynn Collection, through which scientists can later use them to further knowledge of dolphins and whales.

DeLynn was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert. She is survived by her daughter, Nina Berk, of Newton Mass.; son, William DeLynn, of Rye Brook, N.Y; and four granddaughters.

A celebration of life will take place at a later date. Memorial donations can be made in DeLynn’s name to Mote’s Stranding Investigation Program or the Ruth DeLynn Cetacean Osteological Collection, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34246 or mote.org.

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KEEPING HIS COMPOSURE

by Pam Eubanks | Observer Staff

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Although Rob Satori is known locally as the “Sinatra guy,” he also impersonates musical icons such as Van Morrison, Jimmy Buffett and Sammy Davis Jr.

Piano Man

Rob Satori’s passion for music began when he started piano lessons as a child. Now, he composes music. ‘I never know where the ideas are going to come from,’ he says.

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ob Satori conducts his life like a sheet of music.

While the score shows passages of presto and of adagio, Satori’s passion for music remains his reprise.

“When I was a young kid, about 7 years old, I had just started playing piano,” Satori says. “I said to my mom, ‘I want to be a great composer like Bach, Beethoven or Mozart.’ But, I added: I want to be a living one, not a dead one.

That cracked my parents up.”

At 55, Satori’s aspirations haven’t changed, but most of his other musical endeavors — leading the music program at Unity of Sarasota church and disc jockeying, for example — pay the bills.

But Satori’s compositional skills, in particular, have seen success in recent weeks. His classical piece, “Requiem for the Cherubim,” has landed at the top of the classical/romantic category chart on broadjam.com, a music-publishing opportunity site from which publishers seek material from musicians for radio, film and television.

Satori wrote the piece nearly 20 years ago, after learning about the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995.

“It was like my hands rose on their own and went to the keyboard,” Satori recalls, adding he wrote the song in memory of the victims. “I went with it.”

He put the disc away but after finding it a few months ago he reworked

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Ron Bennett, Manny Gutierrez, Sal Garcia, Ray Fletcher and Rob Satori in 1979, during the Omni Band days at the St. Armands Circle Columbia Restaurant. the song using symphonic sounds on new equipment.

He hopes to have the piece scored for a full orchestra soon, in time for the 20th anniversary of the bombing that inspired it.

In the meantime, Satori, owner of Rob Satori Entertainment, continues

along a musical path. He explains his work as a tree of music, with his passion for music as the tree’s trunk and his musical ventures as its branches: piano lessons, songwriting, leading a church music program and even playing piano at assisted-living facilities — a business he developed after visit-

KEY NOTES Rob Satori played for 17 years with the Omni Band at the Columbia Restaurant on St. Armands Circle before becoming music director of the Center for Positive Living in 1994.

On Longboat Key, Satori has been a regular performer, although he has scaled back on his night gigs. You can still catch him occasionally at the Longboat Key Club’s Portofino Restaurant, the Lido Beach Resort and at weddings and other private events, such as Men Who Cook and The Friars Club.

ing his father, who had Alzheimer’s disease, in one and playing piano for him as a way to communicate.

“I get to do what I love to do; it’s nice,” Satori says. “It’s a lot of work.”

But writing music remains Satori’s utmost passion.

“I made a commitment to myself this year to write daily,” he says. “If I had my druthers, I’d write music all day.”

“I write whatever I feel led to write, which is quite diverse,” he adds.

His song list spans genres, from classical/romantic to pop to patriotic to country. The pieces published on Broadjam, for example, can be selected for soundtracks, commercials, movies or purchased just for listening.

Satori says he’ll keep writing until his lifelong goal is fulfilled.

“When you represent the God idea — the creative idea to its finest — you have to carve it, cut it and scrape it and build it,” Satori says. “Once it’s just right, you have to cook it again. That prods me to make the music better.”

“I still have yet to reach my millions of people,” he says. “But I’m not dead yet.”

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by Molly Schechter | Contributing Writer

Put your best feet forward to maximize workouts Treating your feet well goes beyond regular pedicures. Perform these simple moves to improve circulation, toe flexibility and mobility.

Scrutinize almost any fitness routine or recommendation and ask yourself, “What’s missing?”

Some workouts stop at the calf muscles, a few go as far as the ankles, but rare is the recommendation that includes conditioning the feet that literally carry us through our lives.

I was struck by this during a recent trip to New York, where the footwear of choice — deep in the concrete canyons of Manhattan, no less — appears to be a thin, flat sole with a couple of skinny straps masquerading MOLLY as a sandal. Near-naked feet, it would SCHECHTER appear, are the epitome of style this season, making it a good time to think about treating our own to more than the ritual monthly pedicure.

One way to do that is with self-massage to improve circulation, toe flexibility and mobility. All of that in turn, is not only cosmetic but also good for balance. Many years ago, I had a yoga instructor who included a short foot massage at the beginning of virtually every session. It is a routine I occasionally incorporate into my own classes, almost invariably to positive response from my students.

Here are some moves you can easily do at home sitting on the floor, a chair or the edge of your bed. Do them before or after any workout, when you get up in the morning or before turning in at night, or when you are just tired from too many hours on your feet. You can do all the exercises on one foot and then the other, or alternate between them.

Lotion is optional but appropriate for all except the toe pull. My favorite is Aveda Foot Relief cream. It is rich and luxuriously emollient, and I find the fragrance ther-

apeutic. But there’s nothing wrong with Gold Bond, which is less expensive.

TOE PULL: Starting with one of your outside toes (big or baby), grasp the top firmly between your thumb and first finger. Give three gentle tugs. (If the toe cracks, so much the better.) Do this with each toe, and repeat one or two more times.

TOE SEPARATION: Use your fingers to spread your toes.

Wiggle the fingers, then slide them up and down a few times. Next, bend those toes upward, then downward, holding briefly Courtesy of the American in each direction. Repeat Council on Exercise a few times. You can also spread your fingers apart, fanning out the toes. You probably won’t have much movement when you first do this, but it does get easier.

BALL OF THE FOOT: The space between the base of the big toe and the base of the baby toe, where your foot lands while walking, is called the transverse arch. See the diagram. Make a fist, wrapping your fingers over your thumb. Then, use either the four knuckles or the exposed knuckle (second joint) of your thumb to gently pound back and forth across the transverse arch several times. Think “meat tenderizer.” You may also massage the ball of the foot with a small circular motion.

HEEL: Using the same hand position and motion as for the ball of the foot, pound the outside edges and bottom of the heel.

LONGITUDINAL ARCH: Visualize a line from the center

of the heel to the midpoint of the transverse arch. This is the longitudinal arch, and the thumb joint is the preferred tool for working lengthwise along it, using gentle to moderate pressure. Reflexology places the root of the kidney meridian along the path of the longitudinal arch toward the ball of the foot. This is said to connect to the abdominal nerve center, known as the solar plexus, or as the third or “power” chakra in yoga. Many people experience the lovely fringe benefit of a pleasant sensation in the abdomen when massaging along this line. An “ouch” is also a possibility, but you won’t hurt yourself.

THE FOOT TRIAD: To stand securely, distribute weight evenly between the base of the big toe, the base of the baby toe and the center of the heel.

Two years ago, I did a continuing education workshop with Stacey Lei Krauss of “Sole Training,” which included her versions of these moves. She offers a 20-minute video that includes a simple, restorative self-massage sequence and a standing series of exercises promoting strength, flexibility and kinesthetic awareness.

It costs $9.98 to download, which is, what, 25% of a spa pedicure? Check it out at willpowermethod.com. The American Council on Exercise website is another great resource. Go to acefitness.org/acefit, and search “barefoot training” at top right of screen.

Be kind to your feet, and they will return the favor.

Molly Schechter is an ACE-certified personal trainer since 1996. She has a specialty certification in older-adult fitness plus YogaFit Instructor Training, SCF Yoga Fundamentals I and II and Power Pilates™ Mat Certifications.

She teaches classes at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center and the Longboat Key Club. Email her at mschechter@ YourObserver.com.

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COMMUNITY Sarasota Bay Watch events CALENDAR promote scallop restoration educational events

by Kelsey Grau | Community Editor

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23

Rusty Chinnis helped at last year’s Scallop Search.

IF YOU GO Scallopalooza When: 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9 Where: Sarasota Yacht Club, 110 John Ringling Blvd.

Cost: $85 per person includes dinner, entertainment and auction; tables also available.

Dress: Coastal casual

Scallop Search When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 Where: Begins at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, 760 Broadway Cost: Free What to bring: A mask, snorkel, sunscreen, water and a weight belt and dive flag if you have them.

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arasota Bay Watch, a nonprofit organization that aims to preserve and restore Sarasota Bay’s ecosystem through education and active participation, will host an evening of food and fun to raise awareness and support for local scallop restoration at the fourth annual Scallopalooza Aug. 9, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

Two weeks later, the seventh annual Sarasota Bay Watch Scallop Search takes place Aug. 23, beginning at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub. Volunteers snorkel through grassflats to search for and count scallops, which helps scientist monitor population trends.

The Scallop Search is a no-harvest event, but Mar Vista provides a complimentary lunch for volun-

Rotary Club of Longboat Key — meets at 5:15 p.m. at the Lazy Lobster of Longboat, 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive. For information, contact Sydelle Pittas at sydellelaw@aol.com.

teers afterward.

These community events highlight the need for scallops and their beneficial nature to Sarasota Bay. Until the 1960s, bay scallops served as a vital link in the marine food chain. Not only does their filter feeding improve water clarity, but their presence also increases the natural diversity of fish in our local waters. But when water quality declined, so did the scallop population.

Today, with cleaner waters and thriving seagrass beds, Sarasota Bay can again be host to this type of marine life. A flourishing scallop population is also good news for the community.

“The community benefits not only from a healthier bay but also from a shared sense of purpose and accomplishment around a good cause,” said Larry Stults, president of Sarasota Bay Watch.

This year’s Scallopalooza will also feature local historian John McCarthy, who will share his perspective on the role that scallops have played in our community, our history and our economy.

For the past three years, Sarasota Bay Watch has taken a leading role in protecting inhabitants of our waters by releasing 54 million scallop larvae and 100,000 juvenile scallops into the bay. Its 10-year scallop restoration project received the 2013 Environmental Protection Agency’s Gulf Guardian Award.

For more information, call Ronda Ryan at 232-2363.

THURSDAY, JULY 24 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key — meets at 7:30 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club’s Tavern & Whiskey Bar. Cost is $10 and includes a breakfast buffet. Call Donna at 3882847.

SATURDAY, JULY 26 Sea Turtle Walks — begin at 6:45 a.m. Saturdays in June and July, beginning at the public beach access at 4795 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Walks are free and led by a Mote Marine Laboratory-trained volunteer, who will discuss turtle nesting and other local wildlife. An adult must accompany children. Call 388-4441.

THURSDAY, AUG. 7 Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Networking at Noon Luncheon — takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Lazy Lobster of Longboat, 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Cost is $25 for members; $30 for nonmembers. Call 383-2466.

Sarasota Tiger Bay Club — meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 East Ave. S., Sarasota. District 4 and 5 Sarasota County School Board candidates will speak. Cost is $22 for members; $27 for nonmembers. Call 925-2970.

THURSDAY, AUG. 9 Scallopalooza — takes place at 6 p.m. at Sarasota Yacht Club, 110 John Ringling Blvd. Cost is $85 per person, which includes dinner, entertainment and auction; tables are also available. This year’s event will also feature local historian John McCarthy, who will share his perspective about the role scallops have played in the local community, history and economy. For information, call Ronda Ryan at 232-2363.

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Sarasota Bay Watch Scallop Search — takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Meet at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, 760 Broadway. Volunteers search for scallops by snorkeling through grassflats, usually in 6 feet of water or less. Bring a mask, snorkel, sunscreen, water and a weight belt and dive flag if you have them. Volunteers will receive a complimentary lunch at Mar Vista. Register at sarasotabaywatch.org.

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LOOKING AHEAD Longboat Key Chamber Business After Hours 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

What: Join the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce for an evening of networking and fun.

Cost is $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers. Call 383-2466 for more information.

When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21 Where: Harbour Square, 4134 Gulf of Mexico Drive

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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.

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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

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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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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 $569,000 parking spaces.

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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.

The perfect downtown location! $390,000

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Islands West - Direct Gulf Front Beach, Views, Location and Opportunity!

Magnificent Southwest Beach & Gulf Views from every room of this 6th floor 2BR/2BA residence. $549,000

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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

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Grand Bay III - Incredible Views Never lived in custom-designed 2BR + office/3BA apartment on the 3rd floor with sparkling Bay and city views. 2 garage parking spaces included. $1,149,000

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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 putting green out back! $792,000

Regency House - Downtown Sarasota Best downtown location! Spacious and bright 8th floor 2BR/2BA split floor plan apartment with a glass enclosed patio and large utility $449,000 room with washer & dryer.

Westway Drive - Vacant Lot Build your dream home! Gorgeous lot on 113’ of seawall is fenced & gated and has large private dock with water & electric. Rarely available! $5,000,000

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

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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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

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Islands West – Direct Gulf Front Beautiful 4th floor Northwest corner 2BR/2BA residence at Islands West has stunning sunset views year-around! Light and bright with updated kitchen. Pet friendly community! $990,000

Ringling Pointe - Historic Sapphire Shores Stunning Direct Bay Front On 145 feet of deep water with 5BR/3.5 BA, a 2,200 SF master suite, 1,000 bottle wine room, private dock. $3,740,000

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by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Assistant Editor

Christ Church ‘ciaos’ down at annual summer dinner It was a warm and sunny evening for Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian’s annual summer dinner July 19, at Islands West condominium. More than 60 guests enjoyed an Italian meal and get-together. Following the dinner, guests went beachside to hear Bill Buckley play “Amazing Grace” on bagpipes at sunset.

Photos by Heather Merriman

The Rev. Paul Eckel with his wife, Jan

Fred Lugano, Chuck Fuller, Judy Williams, Ted Wilson and Merlin Shirk

Ken Bowes, Burt Borgelt and Jim Huber

Cheryl Fraser and Ruth Gray

Diana Neely, Judy Strauss, Linda Wilson, Jean Buckley, Cheryl Fraser and Vivian Chester

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

LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS #804S - Elevated 2BR/2BA end residence. Open floorplan and panoramic views. $1,149,000

Gulf Front Listings

Bayside Listings

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

530 HARBOR POINT RD - Freshly manicured canal front lot in Bay Isles Harbor Section. $1,350,000

SANCTUARY IV #407 - 3BR/3BA fully updated with northwest Gulf and golf course views. Offered furnished. $1,799,000

1400 HARBOR SOUND DRIVE - Vacant lot with picturesque waterway view to the Bay. $1,249,000

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

GRAND BAY #344 - Bay, golf and mooring views from this 2BR+Den/3Full/2Half Bath, 4th floor residence. $999,000

SANCTUARY IV #303 - 2BR+Den/2.5BA furnished home with partial Gulf views from large wrap around terrace. $799,000

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

Private dock. $999,000

PLAYERS CLUB #A102 - 3BR/2.5BA, furnished home. Partial Gulf and pool views, and under-building parking. $749,000 CLUB LONGBOAT - 5055 Gulf of Mexico Dr. #326 - 2/2 with tennis court frontage and partial Gulf views. $499,000 INN ON THE BEACH #4206 - Income producing Gulf front club suite. 2013 Gross Rental Income: $61,000. $489,000

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ATRIUM - 2120 Harbourside Dr. #618 - 3BR/3BA home with spanning bay & city views, and private walk-down. $945,000 GRAND BAY #145 - 3BR/2Full/2HB, beautifully turn-key furnished with golf course and bay views. $889,000 ATRIUM - 2110 Harbourside Dr. #537 - 3BR/2BA updated home with large bay views, mostly furnished. $869,000 LONGBOAT KEY MOORINGS - The west coast’s largest marina has a 45’ slip just for you! $74,500

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Ritz-Carlton Beach Residences condo sells for $3.2 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between July 7 and July 11.

A condominium in the Ritz-Carlton Beaches Residences tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Robert Gagne, trustee, sold the Unit 601 condominium at 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Douglas and Cynthia Tibbetts, of Sarasota, for $3,204,500. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 4,194 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2,995,000 in 2005.

Islander Club of Longboat

Ronald and Marilyn Horner, of Pittsburgh, sold their Units 85S and 86S condominiums at 2295 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Heidi Ansted, trustee, of Maumee, Ohio, for $1,325,000. Built in 1970, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 2,470 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $760,000 in 2013.

Sanctuary at Longboat Key Club

William and Mary McCrackin sold their Unit A-302 condominium at 535 Sanctuary Drive to William and Karen Stefani, of Plant Farms, Mich., for $1.2 million. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths and 2,580 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $719,000 in 1999.

Tangerine Bay Club

Stephen and Patricia Dullard, of Lake Ozark, Mo., sold their Unit 227 condominium at 350 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Linda Goldsmith, trustee, of Longboat Key, for $858,500. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,290 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $750,000 in 2002.

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Unit 601 at the Ritz-Carlton Beach Residences sold for $3,204,500.

Heron Sea Pines

F. Donald and Nancy Herman, trustees, sold the Unit 14 condominium at 6925 Gulf of Mexico Drive to William Scrafin and Mindy White, of Nashville, Tenn., for $430,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,170 square feet of living area.

Seaplace

Kathleen Rogers sold her Unit 208A condominium at 2039 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Richard and Stacy Ridenour, of Longboat Key, for $359,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,257 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $342,500 in 2002.

Bayport Beach and Tennis Club

Kenneth Lyons and Maria Elsa, of Liphook Hants, England, sold their Unit 736 condominium at 736 Bayport Way to Alma Popa, of Stamford, Conn., for $295,000.

Built in 1983, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,260 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $155,000 in 1993.

BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of July 11 through July 17, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address Permit 540 Yardarm Lane Addition, doors 4800 GMD Interior 2016 Harbourside Drive Interior 2045 GMD Interior 1000 Longboat Club Road Interior

876 Tarawitt Drive Re-roof

435 L’Ambiance Drive Window 435 L’Ambiance Drive Window 4900 GMD Bathroom 600 Wedge Lane Demolition 435 L’Ambiance Drive Window 4390 Exeter Drive Kitchen 3414 Fair Oaks Lane Re-roof 5461 GMD Shutters 4485 GMD Window 4485 GMD Window 4485 GMD Window 4485 GMD Window 5911 Emerald Harbor Drive Re-roof

Sliding glass door and window 5757 GMD 3585 Mistletoe Lane Pressure grout

Window, 4800 GMD electrical outlets 3520 Fair Oaks Lane Alteration 1932 Harbourside Drive Shutters 4485 GMD Window 4966 GMD Bathroom 5050 GMD Demolition 435 L’Ambiance Drive Window 788 Spanish Drive S. Re-roof 4310 Falmouth Drive Window 6750 GMD Windows 6430 Gulfside Road Demolition 4700 GMD Window

Applicant Amount Keith Pozulp $144,110 Robert Smith $103,078 Anthony Graziano $75,000 Mariana Hill, trustee $59,000 Salvatore Pirruccio $50,000 Moskovitz Real Estate and Equity $44,350 Donald Zimmerman, co-trustee $28,397 James Libby $27,047 Donald Schultz $22,207.50 Rose Sorbello, trustee $19,965 Mary Fair $19,874 Lynne Koy $19,460 Leonard Biberman $19,190 Elisabeth Gerdes $18,991.63 Edmund Lizotte $18,618 Edmund Lizotte $18,618 George Romanoff $18,618 Frank Wendel $18,618 Kimberly Howard $18,583 Andrew Weiland Susan Foreman

$18,343 $17,000

Robert Smith $15,422 Milton Grebler $14,300 Judith Gewitz $13,674.01 901 Long Boat Inc. $13,046 Joan O’Driscoll $12,930 Jaclyn Prager $12,430 Leonard Weiner, trustee $12,151 Gregory Fiore $11,945 Alice Jorgensen $8,319 Andrew Adesman $5,700 Melissa Rodocker $5,000 Frances O’Brien $4,200

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

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609 Triton Bend #A3990694 $1,495,000 Barbara Najmy

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3436 Mistletoe Ln #A3998423 $1,110,000 Judy Wright

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344 Firehouse Ln #A3993328 $979,000 Hannerle Moore

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5871 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3996985 $7,900,000 Christina Landry

558 Bayview Dr #A3996703 $789,000 Bobbi Banan

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545 Rountree Dr #A3996752 $769,000 Michael Yawitz

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2425 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 14D #A3999316 $749,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

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

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

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

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

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6821 Hughes St #A3982781 $575,000 Dana Westmark

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6945 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 22 #A3996849 $570,000 Robbbi Karas

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

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

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

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7125 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 12 #A3998052 $512,000 Richard Perlman

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2109 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 1302 #A3994345 $500,000 Emmy Lou Gilbert

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Harbour Villa Club 941-383-7591 941-544-6648

448 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A305 #A3965898 $440,000 Diana Kryszak

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2045 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4100002 $399,000 Terri Derr

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800 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 304 #A3997903 $365,000 Kristina Talkie & Judy Arreola

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REAL ESTATE REPORTS

By Robin Hartill | News Editor

+ Annette Rogers joins forces with Cheryl Loeffler

+ Pettingell ranks among top 250 agents

Annette Rogers has joined Premier Sotheby’s International Realty to team up with Cheryl Loeffler and her team that includes Betsy Sublette and Daniel Volz.

Originally from Connecticut, Rogers has 40 years of experience in luxury property marketing, buying and selling and has closed Rogers $63 million in sales in a single year. Before she began her real estate career, Rogers worked as a nurse, owner of a hotel in Jamaica and as a batik artist and enamellist.

Rogers is a past board Loeffler member of the Sarasota Arts Council and Asian Museum of Art and is currently active with Florida Studio Theatre, Sarasota Ballet, the Sarasota Opera Association and the Van Wezel Foundation.

“We greatly welcome Annette to the distinguished Loeffler team and to our Plaza location,” said Judy Green, president and CEO of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, in a news release. “Both Annette and Cheryl are very highly regarded in our local real estate community for their extensive backgrounds, tireless work ethic, commitment to service and enthusiasm. Their unparalleled collective talent and experience will make them an unstoppable sales force in Sarasota’s luxury market.”

Roger Pettingell, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate’s Longboat Key office, recently ranked in the top 250 real estate agents in the U.S. in REAL Trends “The Thousand.”

Pettingell ranked No. 239 in sales volume among agents nationwide for 2013, with Pettingell more than $61 million in sales and 59 transactions. He was also the top-ranked Realtor for sales volume in Sarasota and Manatee counties, according to the SarasotaManatee Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in 2013 for the second consecutive year and the fourth year since 2008.

In the past year, Pettingell added two staff members, revamped his website, longboatrealestate.com, and expanded his social media presence.

Pettingell began his real estate career in 1983 with Arvida Corp., after graduating from Guilford College, in Greensboro, N.C.

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

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

Wagner Realty announced its top agents for June.

Listing honors went to Teresia Bradford in the Longboat Key office and Richard Freeman in the Anna Maria Island office.

Sales honors went to Kelly Belisle in the Longboat Key office and Rae Ellen Hayo in the Anna Maria Island office.

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+ Wagner Realty announces top agents for June

5135 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 203 Longboat Key #A3961760 $4,000-$6,500/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

2002 Harbourside Drive #A4101871 $330,000 Eileen Burke

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

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St. Armands Circle’s Touch of Africa Gallery hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Hamba Lounge July 18. The celebration kicked off the bimonthly Hamba Happy Hour, which will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. every other Friday. Attendees sipped South African wine as they browsed the gallery that features home décor, jewelry and art.

Following the ribboncutting ceremony, Go Touch Down Travel & Tours and Café L’Europe co-hosted a five-course wine dinner in honor of Nelson Mandela International Freedom Day. The event benefited the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key. SEA SCROLL. Susan Phillips and retired Rear Adm. Steve Branham read their Longboat Observer in the Dead Sea while on a 10-day trip to Israel, including stops in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The couple embarked on a “Generals and Admirals” trip sponsored by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA). The men toured the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, military and intelligence agencies and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. The wives were invited on the trip to visit cultural and historic sites including Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Galilee, Jaffa, Caesarea, the aqueducts, Mount Carmel and many more.

SRQ AIRPORT is the proud sponsor of the 2014 “It’s Read Everywhere” contest. Visit yourobserver. com/itsreadeverywhere for contest details, including prize information and submission deadlines.

Photos by Kelsey Grau

Larry Sanders, Forms Specialists Inc., Jon Pierce, Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, and Brian Wiffin, Stevens & Stevens Inc.

Lucia Barnard, Touch of Africa, and Christine Miller, Sarasota Chamber of Commerce

Living and Working on Longboat Key for 40 Years

Cathy C. Meldahl, P.A. Your Longboat Key Community Realtor • Consistent top producer on Longboat Key • In-depth knowledge of the real estate market • Active in our community with Longbeach Village Association Longboat Key Historical Society Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Longboat Key Center for the Arts Longboat Key Garden Club

941.383.5577

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www.WagnerRealty.com

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

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 great rental income property was completely renovated in 2005.

New kitchen & bathrooms. Oversized screened lanai for maximum garden view. $389,000 Mary Moore & Dia Wilson #M5835441

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

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

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

941.724.7228 CathyMeldahl@michaelsaunders.com

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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 Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5836031

3174 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Longboat Key, FL 34228

WICKER INN GULF BEACH RESORT with charming cottage ambiance, decorated in FL pastels, surrounded by gorgeous tropical trees and flowering landscape plants.

Each suite has white wicker rockers on the porch or patio.

Heated pool surrounded by flowers & white sand beach provide absolute serenity. Reservations: 941-387-8344 For property management, call Bonnie Wiedeman 941-383-5577

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

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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

Furniture • Accessories Pedestals Bathroom Towel Bars & More!

Take Palmer under I-75 overpass, take first right on Porter, down 1 mile on East side.

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THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2014

OBSERVER WEATHER

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TEMPERATURES

Record Temperatures High

Low

High

Low

Tuesday, July 15

89

75

97 (1995)

62 (1984)

Wednesday, July 16

87

76

97 (1948)

65 (1928)

Thursday, July 17

90

77

95 (1951)

65 (1926)

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91

74

97 (1989)

66 (1948)

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92

75

96 (1976)

64 (1923)

Sunday, July 20

92

76

97 (2010)

67 (1948)

Monday, July 21

93

75

98 (1918)

65 (1948)

Average Gulf water temperature: 88

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Items Under $200 For Sale

Condos For Sale

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

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

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

(No phone calls please.)

(Please provide your name and address) Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com Online at: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group P.O. Box 3169 Sarasota, Fl 34230 RUG: POTTERY Barn, cotton, 8x10, $75. Pottery Barn pine "library" table, $75. 941-356-2659.

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

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

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

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.

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

Boats Boats Are Selling Very Well. Sales have not slowed down at all. www.Islandboatsales.net We Also Buy Boats. Cleaning - Full detailing too. 941-228-3489.

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

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.

Expenses paid. FLBar 42311. 1-800-552-0045.

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

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

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

Call 941-907-8141.

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.

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

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

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.

941−330−7173

This week’s Sudoku answers

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 139521

2BR/2BA LBK Extensively upgraded beach/bay, full bay view in gated community with privilege of renting 32’ dock for $350/yr. A must see to appreciate. Top floor end unit. (941) 383−2420.

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

Real Estate Wanted

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

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

“Your Home by the Sea”

For Qualified Waiting Clients

www.casadelmar.net

Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

Weekly/Monthly Condominium Rentals 4 Night Minimum

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367 5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F Ask about our special rates!

Wagner Realty Since 1939

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

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

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

Reservations: 941-383-5549 Fax: 941-383-7925 Office Open 7 Days, 9a.m. - 5p.m.

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228 Fully equipped 2BR/2BA condos with washer and dryer, and wireless internet in each unit.

Extra Large Heated Gulf View Swimming Pool!

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. LONGBOAT KEY, Aquarius Club: Beautiful Gulf view. 2BR/2BA, 1700/sq.ft. $6000 per month. www.sarasotafloridacondorental.com 504-251-7856.

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

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

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

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

Adult Care Services IN-HOME ASSISTED LIVING. Why leave the safety, beauty and comfort of your own home to receive professional, affordable and compassionate care? You don’t need to! ElderCare Services provides complete customized care perfectly tailored to suit your needs and lifestyle. Services include, but not limited to, homemaking, transportation, running errands, meal prep., medication supervision, 24/7 medical staffing, and more.

Please call 377-4465 for more info. or visit us on the web @ eldercaresarasota.com. Licensed, bonded and insured. Lic.#30211372 MATURE, LICENSED CNA looking for private duty. Meal preparation, transportation, light housekeeping, daily living activities. Excellent references. Maria, 941-350-6742.

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

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

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management 941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 941-650-1857 Visit us at: resortproperties.pro

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

CLEANING. RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL. We take pride in pleasing customers.

Vacation Homes, Resorts, Schools, Churches, 941-756-4570.

EDLA’S CLEANING SERVICES: Residential Commercial, New Construction. Meticulous, deep cleaning top to bottom. We Guarantee. Affordable & Reliable. Excellent References. Free Estimates.

Licensed & Insured. 30% off first cleaning.

941-536-7447.

HOUSE CLEANING/WATCHING. Excellent References. Meticulous Cleaning, Languages: English/German/Portuguese, 941-806-8854, fl.housewatch@gmail.com

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

References upon request.

Call Cort: 383-3878, 587-5588 cmagik.com

This week’s Crossword answers

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

2014

This week’s Cryptogram answers

Your source for local Classifieds

1. Arthur’s round table welcomed a notable guest: Sir Circumference. He got woefully portly from too much pi.

2. A horologist specialized in the fabrication of tiny watches. He felt razzed by a crowing competitor calling him a small-time operator.

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THE LONGBOAT OBSERVER THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2014 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Home Improvement/ Remodeling ISLE TILE FOR â&#x20AC;&#x153;QUALITY AND EXPERIENCEâ&#x20AC;?

Floors, bathrooms, showers, backsplashes, patio and pool decks.

20 years design background.

Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident References upon request.

941-383-2659

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

YOUR PERSONAL BOOKKEEPER, LLC Gail Sunray, Owner Personal & Business Bookkeeping Accounting/ Taxes I come to your home or office.

4 Bill Paying & Account Reconciliation 4 Organizing Personal and Business Files 4 Budgets & Financial Reports 4 Federal and State Tax Returns

Pressure Cleaning

Expert Marble & Travertine Installation Floor & Walls Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available

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

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

941-308-8888

Call Ashdown Flooring, Inc. LICENSED (941) 726-3077 INSURED

Personal Services

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PATIO REPAIRS, INC PATIO REPAIRS

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KITCHEN/BATH REMODELING

TIKI TIME PET SITTING IN-HOME PET SITTING!

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No extra charge for multiple pets & Holidays!

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(941) 927-2128

Dave McCarthy Operator/Owner

Phone (941) 704-4278 Fax (941) 538-3781 dmccarthy114@hotmail.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

HANDS ON ART STUDIO

ServiceMaster of NW Sarasota & The Meadows Proudly serving Sarasota since 1987 Bill & Fonda Davies, Owners/Managers

ALL AGES PAINTING PARTIES Artist: Melissa Glowacki

INSURANCE

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www.handsonartstudioandcamp.com

941-209-8985

INSURANCE

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941-518-3906 (Cell) aaalice1948@aol.com

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Carpet, Upholstery and Tile Floor Cleaning

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510 BAY ISLES ROAD, SUITE 1 â&#x20AC;˘ LONGBOAT KEY, FL (INSIDE SUNTRUST BANK)

941-383-3388 STOP BY AND MEET YOUR LOCAL AGENTS, SANDRA & GEORGE CESHKER CHUBB, AIG, UNIVERSAL, UNITED, SAFECO, PROGRESSIVE, CITIZENS, FLOOD. WE HAVE YOU COVERED!

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TILE / GROUT STAIN CONTROL

Telephone: 941-749-5646 yourbookkeeper@tampabay.rr.com

Local Ads at Your Fingertips: classifieds.yourobserver.com

AIR CONDITIONING

CARPET / UPHOSTERY ODOR CONTROL

BONDED & INSURED Over 25 yrs. experience

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

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All Variations of Ceramic Tile Supplied & Installed.

Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

AUTHORITY ONE PRESSURE WASHING: Residential and Commercial. ECO Cleaning.

Roofs, lanais, pool areas, etc. Roof coating also.

941-251-5948.

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TILE TILE TILE

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ALL TYPES of Floor Cleaning. Carpet, Tile & Grout.

Hardwood, No Sanding. V.C., Tile. Strip and Wax. AmercianFlooringSolutions.com. 941-706-2582.

Free Estimates. LBK References.

Personal Services

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Painting/Wallpapering CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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

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‘THE SECRET GARDEN’

COMES UP ROSES Sarasota Ballet’s world premiere of Will Tuckett’s 'The Secret Garden' is no garden-variety production.

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dance-theater-puppet production started when Tuckett came to Sarasota in 2013 to choreograph “Changing Light.” When Tuckett returned the following year to choreograph “Lux Aterna,” the project was already well underway. Only instead of “The Wind and the Willows,” the company would retell “The Secret Garden.”

It’s a story of a bratty orphaned girl, Mary Lennox, who moves into her mean uncle’s mansion. To occupy her time, she searches for a hidden garden on the property. With the help of the first friends she’s ever had — an animal-whisperer named Dickon, and her believed-to-be-crippled cousin Colin — she restores the garden back to life.

The two-hour, two-act family production Tuckett created specifically for Sarasota Ballet will have its world premiere Aug. 8. Following the August run, the company will open its season Oct. 24 with Tuckett’s “The Secret Garden.”

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In a small room offset from the rehearsal space, dancers are fit in their costumes designed by Tim Meacock, whom Tuckett had worked with on three shows and was chosen to create the sets and costumes.

The England-based computer-engineer-turned-theater-designer trained at famed and now defunct Motley Theatre Design. His vision started with a small square-inch pencil drawing in a huge tablet-sized sketchbook.

It was of an enclosed garden with four walls on stage.

“It’s a difficult thing going into a garden and taking the audience inside with you,” he says.

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The now Sarasota Ballet director had just spent two months in Japan on a work trip, and the show was in a few hours. But Webb’s wife and now assistant director of Sarasota Ballet, Margaret Barbieri, insisted. Tuckett was an old friend from The Royal Ballet where he and Webb were both dancers in 1990. Tuckett had gotten them tickets and it was the final run.

Begrudgingly, Webb went.

He found it riveting.

It wasn’t just a theatrical or dance performance.

It was a warm retelling of Kenneth Grahame’s story that imaginatively combined puppetry, dance, music and text.

“It was the most amazing piece ever,” Webb says. “… It wasn’t going in and seeing a ballet, it was seeing theater and dance mixed. What was incredible was that the whole theater was having fun from the little kids to the old grannies.”

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// ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT ater production. Instead of sets being changed at blackout, the dancers will move the set pieces themselves. Before the audience’s eyes, rooms will seamlessly adapt from bedrooms to the garden.

“Children get bored quickly, and if there’s a (blackout) or a moment to disengage, then you have to work to re-engage them.

And like this, basically, I’m never letting them go,” Tuckett says.

The production starts monochromatic, and each time the children visit the garden — pops of color are added on stage. In one scene, a yellow field of daffodils appears; in the final scene, it's

purple wisteria. “(It’s about) pairing down the colors and keeping that surprise, so when you get to the end, you forget color existed,” Meacock says.

Around the corner in the scenic shop, Meacock’s greenthumbed garden vision comes to life. As pieces are finished, they are brought into the rehearsal room where the dancers perfect the production.

Garden grows under feet

The dancers work on a scene in the first act. In this scene, petite Jessica Cohen, playing Mary, searches for a key to the garden.

A crow leads her to where it is hidden.

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one of a handful of dancer-controlled puppets designed by Toby Olie. Olie has worked on such productions as the new staging of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and the play “War Horse.”

The dancers, who aren’t hidden from sight, work the crow, rabbits, robin and fox. They gracefully fly the birds and hop the rabbits in a way that could put professional puppeteers out of business.

“Dancers make really good puppeteers,” Tuckett says.

And what the audience doesn’t pick up on through Tuckett’s choreography and puppetry is told through a script created by British playwright, Alasdair Middleton.

Middleton and Tuckett are perpetual colleagues on many productions. His script is prose-like with repeated phrases and rhyming and spoken by a lone narrator, Edward Lewis French.

French, an actor with a British accent, voices the characters thoughts and movements to underline w h a t ’s

going on so children can perfectly understand.

As he speaks, the dancers perform their usual impressive lifts and turns to a composition by Jeremy Holland Smith. Smith created the music for the ballet’s production of Tuckett’s “Changing Light.”

“People were crazy about the music,” Webb says.

And music for “The Secret Garden” should be no different. It’s a simple orchestration that sounds as lovely as a Secret Garden looks.

Webb, who is in the back of the room, stands quiet and looks pleased. He’s not giving his usual comments or insight, as if he’s trustingly relinquished his control. He makes a joke.

“I’m just going to wait until the end when it’s all finished to tell (Tuckett) it’s rubbish,” he says.

But his face doesn’t hide that Webb is even more riveted by “The Secret Garden” than he was at “The Wind and the Willows,” which, as he said before, was the most amazing piece ever.

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Carly Grimes, a recent Pine View Graduate, has sung in the auditioned youth choral group Sarasota Young Voices for the past three years. Each year, Sarasota Young Voices takes a tour in the summer time. For nine days, beginning June 22, Sarasota Young Voices Chamber choir, a 14-woman ensemble, went to Paris — the first time the group, founded in 2007, has traveled overseas. Grimes recounted the group’s trip; here’s what she had to say.

What was it like leading up to the trip?

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They were kind of the best part … We Singing at Notre Dame Cathedral was the highlight of the trip — I think that was the toured the opera house and went to the What other tourist stops did you make? highlight of all of our musical careers at lobby where there are these huge marble We went to the lock bridge. It’s where this point. The sound was incredible; it staircases. We started singing one of our people on honeymoons and lovers write echoed for 10 seconds after we stopped favorite songs. Everyone in the whole op- their name on a lock and lock it to the singing. We always aim to sound like one era house stopped when we started sing- beautiful bridge. It’s supposed to seal your voice as a choir, and I think that’s the clos- ing and took pictures and videos … That love forever. We got a lock and signed it to was another one-voice moment. It was seal our sisterhood there. est we’ve ever come.

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A second terrace features a metal trellis and room for entertaining.

In the elegant master bedroom, the treetops of Palm Avenue sway in the breeze just outside the 7-foot-high windows.

Apartment 3, which takes up the entire third floor, owes its special flavor to the efforts of Sarasota decorator Kurt Lucas, who owned the unit. Along with his partner Ron Butine, Lucas renovated the almost 5,000 square feet of space — including two terraces — into one of the town’s most fabulous apartments.

Today most of Lucas’s projects are beautifully detailed versions of high-end modern luxury, but back in the day, when it came to his own homes, he pulled out all the stops. Apartment 3 was transformed into a medieval fantasy (similar to the equally famous “castle” he and Butine built on Mound Street.) It featured deep, jeweled-toned colors, intricate patterns on the walls and floors, antique detailing and moldings, custom plaster work, and overscaled furniture.

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A seashell collection adds a beachy feeling.

and even a one-of-a-kind pool table, convertible to a dining table for special occasions. Highimpact windows do an excellent job of keeping out the sounds of the city and also make the space more energy efficient.

The master bedroom opens off the living area and here the atmosphere is that of a suite at the Ritz, with mirrored surfaces and luxurious textures. A door open to a south-facing terrace — complete with a gas-lit fire pit — and the extra large bath features a separate walk-in shower and an oval jetted bathtub. The windows look out onto the palm trees lining Palm Avenue.

There are two guest bedrooms, each with its own bath. They open to another terrace, 14 feet by 47 feet, this one designed for entertaining. It comes with a gas grill, dining and lounge seating, and a custom ironwork trellis. A

Elaborate lighting fixtures are found everywhere, even in the master bath.

library/studio is nearby, which can double as another guest room. And from its west-facing window, there’s a glimpse of the bay.

The kitchen, which opens onto the living area, boasts dramatic antique Baroque-style cabinetry, a very dark brown, almost black, with a distressed finish. There’s also a five-burner gas range, a Viking refrigerator and a spectacular crystal chandelier over the granite-clad island.

The Orange Blossom does not have a garage, but Apartment 3 comes with two parking places in the garage at 1350 Main, right across the street. There’s even a separate back entrance to the unit, via the master bedroom terrace. And for a yearly fee of $1,000, the new owners can use the swimming pool and fitness facilities at 1350 Main.

Apartment 3 is being sold fully

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furnished, including the artwork and the elaborate lighting fixtures. Elegant, unexpected touches are everywhere, including the antique vanities in the guest baths, the 15-inch granite window sills throughout the unit, and the unusual tray ceiling in the living area, a complex yet harmonious pattern of octagonal shapes. The marble lobby is kept locked, with a concierge on duty during the day.

The Orange Blossom is full of ghosts, but they are happy ghosts. Just about everybody who was anybody in Sarasota played or stayed or did business here. And there’s that incredible location. “That’s what I miss the most,” says Lucas of his sevenyear tenure at Apartment 3. “It’s so central to the heartbeat of the town — the restaurants, the parades, the street fairs. That little corner is the hub of Sarasota.”

1330 Main St., Apartment 3, is listed at $1,799,000. For more information, call Betsy de Manio of Coldwell Banker at 914-5540.

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