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Colony Lender demands $5.1M David Siegal wrote in a letter that Colony owners have 20 days to pay unpaid real estate taxes and rent, but unit owners plan to fight before they open up their wallets.

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Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini

Attorney David Siegal is seeking $5,116,664.24 within 20 days from owners at the 237-unit Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. If he doesn’t get it?

“Then we’ll file 237 lawsuits in 20 days,” said Unicorp National Development Inc. Chuck Whit-

tall, who has an agreement to purchase Colony Lender’s resort assets.

Siegal sent a demand letter to unit owners Friday, seeking $522,387.84 in unpaid real estate taxes and interest in addition to $4,594,276.40 in damages for

unpaid rent plus interest on a 99year recreational facilities lease for the period from Oct. 29, 2008 to the present.

The final sentence of the letter states: “THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFOR-

MATION OBTAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THAT EFFORT SHALL BE USED SOLELY FOR THAT PURPOSE” (sic).

With 15 days remaining until the deadline, it’s safe to say own-

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+ Mazel tov to Klauber and Mancini The West Coast Florida Region of AJC (American Jewish Committee) will honor Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini, of Michael’s On East, with its Civic Achievement Award in November.

The award celebrates their support of the community.

Through donations, contributions and partnerships, Klauber and Mancini have given back more than $1 million to Sarasota and Manatee nonprofits.

“Our community is looking forward to honoring Michael & Phil for their professional achievement and civic-minded leadership,” said Brian Lipton, regional director of AJC West Coast Florida, in a prepared statement.

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Ciarra Buff, a sixth-grader, and Joseph Peery, an eighth-grader, board the school bus for their first day of classes at Martha B. King Middle School.

Asked if he was excited for school to start, Peery said, “I’d rather be fishing.”

+ Goliath grouper lives up to name Talk about a real big fish.

Ray Robinson discovered this 200-pound Atlantic goliath grouper, or Jewfish, that washed up on the beach near Cannons Marina. The giant fish laid on the beach for two days but was removed as of Aug. 19.

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Canada geese flock to Bay Isles Has this growing snowbird community . found its ‘Shangri-La’ on the Key? Snowbirds and Canada geese like a lot of the same things about Longboat Key: its golf courses, waterways and plethora of dining options.

Human snowbirds are a rare sight on the Key during the dog days of August, but

Canada geese are flocking to the mid-Key Bay Isles and Resort at Longboat Key Club Harbourside golf course area.

“They’ve got free roam,” said David Novak, who cares

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A driver waits on a flock of geese to cross the road in the Bay Isles area.

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“More than anything, people are just outraged by it, and they recognize that this is nothing more than an effort to scare people into selling their units,” said Jay Yablon, president of the Colony Beach & Tennis Association on Tuesday afternoon.

Colony Lender’s interests in the shuttered resort now include a 95% interest in a 2.3-acre recreational property at the center of the resort plus 100% ownership of the restaurant complex and the former penthouse office of longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber.

The letter states that Colony Lender could pursue unit owners for the remaining term of the lease from Oct. 29, 2008 through Nov. 29, 2072 — an amount it says is $42,306,000, not including rent increases or reduction to property values — if it doesn’t receive payment by the deadline.

Whittall told the Longboat Observer he will pursue damages of $42,306,000 from unit owners for unpaid rent on the lease through Nov. 29, 2072 regardless of whether unit owners pay the amount Colony Lender seeks in the letter.

Whittall seeks to build a 160- to 175room hotel on the property, along with a couple hundred condo and tourist units.

Yablon responded to the demand letter in a Friday evening email to unit owners in which he wrote that Unicorp and Colony Lender “are at the very heart of a hostile strategy to take over the Colony without protecting the Unit Owners or providing fair value to them.”

Colony Lender previously purchased overdue bank loans on the Klauber-controlled properties, including an 80% interest 2.3-acre recreational property, from Bank of America for a rumored $4.5 million. Later, the company purchased a 15% interest in the 2.3-acre property.

Colony Lender received a judgment of more than $14.3 million in a foreclosure trial last September, which increased by several hundred thousand dollars as interest accrued each month. It placed $15,200,001 in a July auction to become 95% owner of the recreational property and 100% owner of the other properties.

Colony Lender and Unicorp contend that the recreational facilities lease trans-

AN OFFER THEY CAN’T REFUSE? Unicorp National Development Inc. President Chuck Whittall said Friday afternoon that his company has made deals with eight owners to deed their units in exchange for $20,000 cash. The cash offer was one of four options Whittall presented to owners in exchange for their units in an Aug. 6 letter. Other options included seven free nights at a new hotel annually over a five-year period or 10% off a new condominium or tourist unit.

Whittall said he plans to close the sales immediately. ferred to them during the auction. The association, however, argues that Colony Lender owns only real property at the resort. Because Colony Lender bid an amount higher than the judgment, the association argues that Colony Lender is now a landowner and has no monetary claims against unit owners.

Not surprisingly, Whittall disagrees with the association’s positions.

“The collateral we now have is where the tennis courts and the restaurant and the pool are set,” he said. “Why we would own that but not own the lease to that is beyond me. It’s our property. It’s irrefutably ours.”

In an Aug. 6 letter, Whittall outlined four options for unit owners who would be willing to deed their units to Unicorp (see sidebar). Owners who agree to any of the above options would not face future liability.

Unicorp also continues to pursue a $23 million judgment against the Association that U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee William Maloney controls in the Klauber Partnership’s Chapter 7 liquidation case.

The parties are scheduled to appear at 2 p.m. Thursday, in U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May’s Tampa courtroom for a status conference. May will not rule at the hearing but will hear updates from the parties. Still, observers can still count on an eventful day in court.

Declining to discuss specifics, Yablon said: “We believe they are in violation of one or more court orders.”

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FISCAL NEUTRALITY Proposed changes to fiscal neutrality stir controversy.

IT STARTS WITH SARASOTA 2050 ... a countywide, comprehensive build-out plan that’s optional for developers. Although developers aren’t required to comply with the plan’s regulations, doing so allows them to build more units on their land. In addition, they can develop mixed-use projects instead of only residential projects.

WHERE: The plan applies to unincorporated county land located east of the urban service boundary, which ends at I-75.

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IN A NUTSHELL: Only three developments have been approved under Sarasota 2050 since the Sarasota County Commission approved it in July 2002. Based on feedback from developers, the county targeted fiscal neutrality for revision.

DEFINITION

fis·cal neu·tral·i·ty Fiscal neutrality is the requirement that developers demonstrate and be responsible for the public on- and off-site impacts and public infrastructure costs of their projects. They must ensure the cost of the development in terms of services, infrastructure and maintenance will equal the

tax revenue it will generate once fully developed. In essence, it ensures that new developments pay for themselves and the infrastructure they require, such as roads, water and sewage. Its purpose is to keep the burden for these costs from shifting to existing county taxpayers.

WHAT’S CHANGING? The proposed changes to Sarasota 2050 are in their third phase. County staff has

proposed several areas in which they believe the plan could be updated or improved. Several proposed amendments to the fiscal neutrality provisions have proven to be controversial among many of the interested parties, including developers, residents, staff and financiers. We outline three of the major issues and their proposed solutions below.

1ISSUE:

Developers do not know what they will have to pay for in terms of impact fees and on- and off-site costs because the county doesn’t have a consistent method to calculate these costs.

PROPOSED CHANGE: The county will

create a consistent way of estimating costs the developer will have to pay.

This allows the developer to operate off of a concrete budget and allows the county and public to know what the developer will be paying.

2 ISSUE:

3 ISSUE:

It’s difficult for a developer to prove fiscal neutrality at every stage of a project.

Without exact costs, it’s difficult for developers to acquire financing needed for their projects.

Because affordable housing generates less property tax, strict regulations on required affordable housing can deter developers because they will not be able to be fiscally neutral.

PROPOSED CHANGE: Instead of frequent

PROPOSED CHANGE: The county will provide an

assessments, the developer will have one longterm fiscal neutrality assessment due to the county at the beginning of a project. If the developer’s plans change significantly, he or she will be required to provide a new assessment. The developer will submit monitoring reports on fiscal neutrality throughout points of construction as the county chooses.

incentive to developers for affordable housing. This incentive is an increase of two dwelling units for every affordable unit and an increase of one dwelling unit for every community housing unit. It is not an increase in physical units; it’s a decrease in the amount of area the developer must purchase as transfer of development rights (TDRs) land, which is open space, which often includes environmentally sensitive land.

So who’s for and who’s against the proposed changes? Below is a snapshot of the two sides of the debate.

OPPOSED

Dan Lobeck Lobeck and Hanson, P.A.

Lobeck has been an outspoken opponent of the amendments and was one of the many who addressed the Sarasota County Planning Commission about his concerns at the July 24 public hearing. These are his critiques of the proposed amendments: • The amendment requires developers to pay only for regular impact fees and nothing else, including unexpected costs.

• Only having one neutrality assessment at the beginning, with no further assessments unless construction changes, detracts from

keeping a development constantly fiscally neutral.

• The affordable-housing incentive is a “credit” for developers and allows them to skirt around actually meeting the fiscal-neutrality requirement, and the amendment gives them a “break.”

“All of these gut fiscal neutrality,” Lobeck said.

“The county is trying to run this scam of ‘we’re not trying to change fiscal neutrality in any way.’”

The county is narrowing the fiscal neutrality section so much that is becomes meaningless, he said.

SUPPORT

Bill Merrill Icard Merrill

Merrill was one of only two speakers at the July 24 Sarasota County Planning Commission public hearing who spoke in favor of the changes to Sarasota 2050. His arguments for the changes include: • The development will still require a long-term neutrality analysis upfront.

• Developers will have to pay for a new assessment if a construction program changes.

• Developers are still responsible for impact fees and on- and off-site costs.

• The amendments allow developers to get bank financing more easily.

“The amendments are reasonable to bring fiscal neutrality into reality,” Merrill said.

Fiscal neutrality is an important tool for the county, he said, and the changes won’t eliminate that neutrality.

NEXT DISCUSSION: The Sarasota County Commission will discuss two Sarasota 2050-related topics at a public hearing Aug. 27. One is to adopt a resolution transmitting comprehensive plan amendments to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for review; the second is the first of two public hearings to adopt a zoning ordinance amendment for 2050.

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+ No red tide impacts detected alongshore No impacts from a red tide bloom that remains offshore of Florida’s Gulf Coast were detected alongshore as of Aug. 13, according to a team of scientists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Mote Marine Laboratory and the University of South Florida.

The last clear satellite images, taken Aug. 8, showed a patchy bloom up to 60 miles wide and 90 miles long that’s at least 20 miles offshore between Dixie and northern Pinellas counties.

Recent forecasts by the USF-FWC Collaboration for Prediction of Red Tides show slow south-southeast movement of the surface bloom parallel to the coastline and slow southeast movement of deep waters.

Mote dispatched its underwater robot, “Waldo,” monitor conditions along the eastern edge of the bloom.

Waldo’s satellite transmitter sent basic data to Mote during the mission, and more detailed analyses will be carried out at Mote to understand what other types of microscopic algae were present along with the red tide algae.

+ Town seeks volunteers for new retirement board

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The town is seeking applications for appointments to the new Consolidated Retirement System Board of Trustees.

The Longboat Key Town Commission will appoint five residents to the board.

Applicants must be registered to vote on Longboat Key and cannot be employees of the town or members, former vested members, retirees or beneficiaries of the retirement system.

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+ Primary election is Aug. 26 Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 26, for the 2014 primary election.

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by Caleb Motsinger | Staff Writer

Key tourism figures show strength of summer season Bed tax collections rose in May and June on the Key, but the figures don’t account for the recent temporary closing of the former Hilton.

With their scorching heat and threat of storms, summer months are the slowest time of year on Longboat Key. But you wouldn’t know it if you looked at many of the island’s businesses.

“During the month of July we had nearly 200 customers a night,” said Michael Garey, owner of Lazy Lobster of Longboat.

“But unfortunately, as September rolls around, we’re about to see some of the slowest business of the year.”

Blue Dolphin Café Manager Jeanine Stebbins also reports a better-than-usual summer.

Business in June, July and, so far, in August has increased 20% from the previous summer.

Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce President Gail Loefgren said the majority of businesses have seen steady increases in summer business in recent years.

“The state’s economy is gradually starting to get better and better,” Loefgren said. “And we seem to be growing right along with it.”

It’s too early to determine what impact the temporary closing of Ocean Properties Ltd.’s former Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort is having on business and tourism. The resort closed July 7, for an estimated 14 to 16 months of construction.

The latest tourist development tax figures are available for

June, before the resort closed. In June, tourist tax collections rose 9.75% in the Sarasota County portion of the Key over June 2013. In Manatee County, Longboat Key tourist tax collection rose 12.83% in June compared with June 2013.

However, with the closure of three hotels in the past 11 years — the Longboat Key Holiday Inn in 2003, the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort in 2010 and, most recently, the Hilton — businesses aren’t seeing the high turnover rate they experienced in the past, according to Loefgren.

“A few of the resorts that have closed their doors were places that would allow one-, two- and three-night stays,” she said.

TOURIST TAX FIGURES The latest tourist development tax figures shows Longboat Key exceeded year-over-year tourist development tax collections the last two months in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

June 2013

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May 2014

May 2013

Change

$101,561 $930,123

$90,009 $797,117

12.83% 16.69%

$83,594 $734,418

$81,563 $612,529

2.49% 19.89%

$117,474 $107,036 $1,261,610 $1,131,853

9.75% 11.46%

$124,029 $1,125,335

$119,386 $982,843

3.89% 14.49%

Source: Sarasota and Manatee county property appraisers

“And many of their neighboring resorts have since tried to cater to those guests.”

Meanwhile, some resorts are using the closure to bring new guests to their properties.

Sandra Rios, director of communications at the Resort at Longboat Key Club, which Ocean Properties also owns, said guest inquiries from the former Hilton are being referred to Ocean Properties’ sister hotels in the area.

The Diplomat Beach Resort decreased its minimum night stay to attract former Hilton guests.

“We began to offer one- and two-night stays to accommodate some of the visitors that might have normally stayed at the Hilton,” said Matt Angelo, Diplomat general manager.

“This year, we’ve had one of the best summers in the books.”

Other neighbors, such as Casa Del Mar Beach Resort, have seen similar growth.

Compared with last year’s occupancy, Casa Del Mar had a 25% increase in June and 10% increase in July.

“Last year was good, but this year was even better,” General Manager Mark Meador said.

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Hannah Rogal and Lee Nemerowicz, from Boulder, Colo., enjoy their coffee during a morning bike ride. “We’ve been coming to the Key for 22 years and we like it because it’s completely opposite of where we’re from,” Nemerowicz said. “This is where the whole family gets together.”

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by Robin Hartill | Managing Editor

Kiwanis Club flashes cash for Lawn Party This year’s raffle winner will be richer but won’t drive away from the event in a shiny new set of wheels.

using the money to purchase a vehicle.

Regardless, the committee is gearing up for the Nov. 8 event and has set $70,000 as the fundraising goal — an increase from the approximately $50,000 last year’s event raised for local children’s charities and college scholarships.

In past years, the winner of the LongTo generate more funds, the Kiwanis boat Key Gourmet Lawn Party raffle grand Club will increase the number of $100 prize has faced a choice: car or cash? raffle tickets it sells from 400 to 500 and Typically, the grand prize was $20,000, focus on increasing ticket sales and sponalthough last year, the Kiwanis Club of sorships.

Longboat Key offered just Garey said that while the $10,000 to nudge the winchances of winning will go SAVE THE DATE down, the club will offer four ner to accept the car that a dealer offered for the conrunner-up prizes instead of Longboat Key test. two and that the prizes will Gourmet Lawn Party This year, however, be of higher value than in When: Noon to 2 p.m. the winner won’t have to past years, although he can’t Saturday, Nov. 8 choose, because the grand yet disclose them.

Where: Resort at prize is $20,000 cash with “The second through fifth Longboat Key Club’s no car option. prizes are going to be much Islandside Driving “When someone chose more enticing,” he said. “If Range, 301 Gulf of the cash, the dealer has you hold a raffle ticket, you Mexico Drive essentially lost a sale,” have a one in 100 chance of said Michael Garey, chairwinning something of value.” man of this year’s event.

This year, Garey hopes to “The last two years, the draw 32 participating restaucar was never even sold, rants, however, he explained which didn’t seem exactly why the event is about more fair. Offering $20,000 cash than food and drink: is going to be more entic“It’s the official kickoff to ing.” the season for returning guests and visiThe committee hasn’t ruled out the tors, but let’s keep in mind that the benpossibility of partnering with a dealership efit, as recently occurred, is giving 30-plus that could offer an incentive to the grand deserving students in the Sarasota and prize winner if he or she is interested in Manatee areas scholarship assistance.”

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Lt. Jason Berzowski and firefighter/paramedic Bill Fortner attempt to enter a doorway Friday, at the vacant hotel. were used to familiarize newer staff members with hand and power tools used to get people out of an area or to ventilate it.”

The former Hilton closed July 7, in preparation for the site’s renovation and expansion by owner Ocean Properties Ltd., which also owns more than 100 hotels, including the Resort at Longboat Key Club, Lido Beach Resort, Holiday Inn Lido Beach and Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel locally.

The property received its demolition permit Aug. 1 from the Planning, Zoning and Building Department. Construction is expected to last between 14 and 16 months.

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ALT TERNATIVE ES PUBLIC MEETING The Florid da Department of Transporrtation (FDOT), District One e, is hosting an alternatives s public meeting as part off the Project Development and Environm ment (PD&E) Study of Corte ez Bridge on State Road (SR) ( 684 in Manatee M Coun nty.

The study limits are SR 684 6 (Cortez Ro oad) from SR 789 (Gulf Drive e) to 123rd Strreet West, a distance of about one mile. The T FDOT will hold the meetting on Thursd day, August 28, 2014 from 4:30 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at St. Bernard Catholiic Church activity center, 248 8 South Harborr Drive, in Holm mes Beach.

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Opportunities for firefighters to use commercial complexes for training don’t come along often, but on Aug. 14 and Aug. 15, more than 20 crew members of Longboat Key Fire Rescue had the opportunity to practice skills such as forcible entry and aerial ladder operations.

The drills occurred at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort, which will soon be demolished in preparation for an estimated $24 million expansion.

“The drill was important because we weren’t just learning how to get into a building to access the fire quicker, we were also learning how to get ourselves out if trapped inside,” said firefighter/paramedic Kristen Rouse, a two-year member of the department.

Rob Jacobs, a firefighter/paramedic with the department for 22 years, said air hammer rescue kits, typically used for getting people out of vehicles, were used to break tempered glass and cut through drywall at the former Hilton property.

Jacobs said firefighter/paramedics used a K-12 rescue saw to cut through concrete and deadbolt locks on aluminum doors at the property.

“Even a lot of the people who have been with the department for years haven’t had the opportunity to use a lot of these tools on live calls,” he said. “We do these exercises so we know what to do when we have to do it.”

“This sort of training is essential in getting new members of the department ready for structure fires and rescue situations,” said Deputy Chief Matt Altman, who oversaw Friday’s drills. “The drills

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The meetin ng will be an op pen house form mat where people can ask ques stions and prov vide comments to FDOT representatives in a one-on-one setting. A vide eo will explain the various alte ernatives. Intere ested people ca an complete a comment c sheet at the meeting g or take it hom me, complete an nd mail it to the FDOT by September 8, 2014.

The FDOT T sent notices to property owners o located d within 300 fe eet either side e of SR 684 within the study limits, people living or ownin ng property west of 115th Strreet West on th he mainland approach to Co ortez Bridge, and everyone who w lives or ow wns property on n Anna Maria Island. The FD DOT encourage es all interested d people to atte end and expres ss their views regarding r the project and information presen nted.

The FDOT T solicits public c participation without regard d to race, colo or, national orig gin, age, sex, religion, dis sability, or fa amily status. People who require special accommod dations under the Americans with Disabilitie es Act or who require r translattion services (free ( of charg ge) should co ontact projectt manager To ony Sherrard at 863-519-23 304 or e-mail at antone.sherrrard@dot.state e.fl.us. The FD DOT needs ab bout one week advance a notice e to make arran ngements.

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Why not to expand Medicaid Nary a day goes by without some OFF THE CHART editorial writer or Total federal and state Medicaid spending is projected to double state Democratic by 2020 — from $550 billion in 2010 to $1.1 trillion a year.

Party lawmaker or Charlie Crist haranguing Florida’s governor and Republicancontrolled Legislature for not taking federal tax dollars to expand Florida’s Medicaid program under the terms of the Affordable Care Act. On and on they go about 1.2 million Floridians being denied admittance to Medicaid — the taxpayer-funded Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services program that pays low-income Americans’ medical they are scarce resources. They are not free. and pharmaceutical expenses.

All of those Medicaid proponents might And they ram home their point over want to answer this simple question when and over that Gov. Rick Scott and the they rail about expanding Medicaid to the Legislature are rejecting federal money uninsured: Who pays? from coming back to Florida, money Here’s the answer: Everyone who is that Floridians have paid in federal employed pays. The more Washington taxes. According to Lloyd Dunkelberger, borrows and pays in interest, the less a Tallahassee-based reporter for Halifax capital there is for private investment to Media, Florida will reject $66 billion in fuel the private-sector economy and create federal tax money over the next decade that jobs — jobs that give unemployed and would be used to provide medical services underemployed the opportunity to boost to Florida’s Medicaid recipients. their standard of living and pay for their That money, Medicaid proponents own medical insurance. contend, would fuel employment growth in Unfortunately, the proponents of the health care industry to accommodate expanded Medicaid refuse to think of the all those Floridians eligible to receive free other side of the coin: Someone must pay. medical services.

It’s a lousy system It’s a no-brainer, right?

There’s another aspect to the expanded Why would anyone reject money getting Medicaid argument that its proponents your tax dollars back from Washington? neglect to reconcile: Medicaid typically is For one, that’s a myth — that Florida is lousy. rejecting its taxpayers’ own money.

In a book called “The Economics of Politicians can put all kinds of spin on Medicaid,” co-author Jason Fichtner, a this. But the fact is the money Floridians senior research fellow at the Mercatus and everyone else send to Washington Center at George Mason University, writes: is dropped into the federal black-hole of “An ideal health care system will provide spending. And there simply is not enough better health to more peo­ple at lower cost of it to go around. The federal government on a continuous basis. By this standard, must borrow every year about $744 billion Medicaid is an abject failure. For lowerto cover its annual spending. income Americans, Medicaid yields poor coverage, poor care and poor medical outcomes … It is a pennywise-and-poundU.S. 2014 BUDGET foolish program that, paradoxically, sends AT A GLANCE costs soaring by underpaying pro­viders.

(Dollars in billions) And the coverage, care and cost elements Annual total tax revenues $3,034 show little or no improvement over time.” $740 Social Security taxes In his chapter entitled “Medicaid and Medicare taxes $224 Health,” Fichtner provides ample empirical evidence showing the uncorrectable flaws $3,778 Annual total spending of Medicaid: Social Security $860 • Because of low reimbursement rates Medicare $530 to doctors, many providers do not accept Medicaid $304 Medicaid patients, and more and more Defense $615 physicians are declining to treat Medicaid Non-defense $620 patients at all.

Interest $222 This creates a shortage of doctors Annual deficit ($744) who are trying to satisfy excess demand.

One result: rationing. This occurs by long wait times, the frustration of which pushes Medicaid enrollees to use hospital So when Medicaid proponents are saying expand Medicaid spending, they are emergency rooms or to drop out of forgetting: The more that is spent to expand Medicaid altogether.

• Poor medical outcomes are widespread.

Medicaid to provide free medical services Fichtner cited seven university studies to low- and middle-income Americans, the showing Medicaid enrollees had worse more the federal government must borrow medical outcomes and results than or the higher Congress must raise taxes. individuals who had private insurance.

But because Congress is loathe to raise The “most damning” of all the studies taxes, expanding Medicaid spending under was the one known as the Oregon the Affordable Care Act is just another immoral act of passing on today’s profligate Experiment.

“In 2008,” Fichtner reports, “Oregon government spending to your children and expanded its Medicaid program. grandchildren to pay in the future.

Approximately 90,000 people applied for While it sounds humanitarian and 30,000 newly available slots, and the state altruistic to say every American is entitled used a lottery to choose who got in and to medical services, this reminds us of who did not. Afterward, the state tracked the comment economist Thomas Sowell the health of 6,387 adults who were chosen made once about health care: There is not and 5,842 who were not. enough money in the world to provide all “From a standpoint of physical of us with the kind of medical services we would like to have. Medical services are like health,” Fichtner writes, “the results were devastating: ‘This randomized, controlled water, food and oil: They are not a right;

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Circuit Judge Group 17 — Susan Maulucci School Board District 2 — Rodney Jones School Board District 4 — Karen Carpenter School Board District 5 — Julie Aranibar

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Circuit Judge Group 17 — Susan Maulucci School Board District 1 — Ken Marsh or Bridget Ziegler School Board District 4 — Shirley Brown School Board District 5 — Jane Goodwin

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County Commission District 2 — Paul Caragiulo County Commission District 4 — Alan Maio Hospital District Central Seat 1 — Joseph DeVirgilio Hospital District Northern Seat 1 — Richard Merritt Hospital District Northern Seat 2 — Robert K. Strasser Hospital District Southern Seat 1 — Darryl Henry Hospital District Southern Seat 2 — Gregory Carter Charter Review Board District 1 — Paul Cajka Sr. Charter Review Board District 5 — Bruce Dillon

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ELECTION DAY AUG. 26: VOTE study showed that Medicaid coverage generated no sig­nificant improvements in measured physical health outcomes in the first two years, but it did increase use of health care services, raise rates of diabetes detection and management, lower rates of depression and reduce financial strain.

Supporters of Medicaid point to positives that follow the word ‘but’ in the preceding sentence.

“None of this evidence suggests that Medicaid harms its enrollees’ overall health … But the lack of improvement in physical health metrics strongly bolsters the case that whatever its merits, Medicaid is deeply substandard in providing its recipients with health.”

Fichtner concludes his analysis of Medicaid with the following: “Medicaid was created in 1965 to provide medical coverage for the poor. As is now clear, coverage does not necessarily translate into care, and Medicaid’s care does not necessarily translate into better health.

“For the federal and state governments, the program is pricey. For enrollees who navigate Medicaid’s labyrinth on the way to care, it is perplexing. And in terms of improving health, it is poor.

“From a moral standpoint, lower-income Americans deserve a better system than the current one, which is pricey, perplexing and poor.”

It shouldn’t be difficult to figure out what works better. It’s not more governmentcontrolled health care.

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AUG. 6 DOOR TO DOOR NO MORE 10:54 a.m. — 500 block of Spanish Drive North. Soliciting. A caller reported a man handing out flyers door to door. Police called the man’s supervisor and told him he needs a permit to peddle services, however, the supervisor told the officer he “had the codes in front of him” and the employee was doing nothing illegal. The officer informed him he was wrong about town codes, and the supervisor abruptly hung up the phone.

YOU RANG? 3:12 p.m. — 300 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A man reported a phone call as a scam after the caller threatened him with an arrest warrant for tax evasion. When police tried to call the number back, no one answered the phone. Police are investigating the phone number.

AUG. 8 WON’T GET FAR WITHOUT THESE 4:38 p.m. — 6800 block of GMD. Property Found. Employees of a liquor store found a set of keys that were left in an empty unit next to the business.

AUG. 9 SMOKE ON THE WIRE 8:46 a.m. — 3700 block of GMD. Fire.

An electrical short caused an outside air-

conditioning unit to smoke, and police were called to investigate the issue. Firefighter/paramedics responded to the scene to extinguish the smoking wiring, and the owners were advised to contact an electrician.

NO SMOOTH SAILING 3:34 p.m. — Jewfish Key. Boat. Engine failure caused a Bradenton Beach police boat to go adrift, and when the assisting officer arrived, choppy waters pinned the boat against rocks near the shore. With help from Longboat Key police, the stranded officer rescued his boat and towed it to the nearest marina for repair.

SEEING THE LIGHT 6:20 a.m. — 6600 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. Police responded to a complaint about unlawful exterior lights and spoke to a man, who said he is renting the home for one week and didn’t know about the town’s turtle lighting ordinance. The renter said he would be more diligent about turning off the lights.

and called police. Police found a man using a leaf blower and told him about the town’s ordinance that prohibits using power tools at that hour.

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MECHANICAL ISSUES 6:30 p.m. — 6900 block of GMD. Reckless Driving. Police received a report about the driver of a black Jeep swerving recklessly on the road. The driver showed no signs of impairment and said the vehicle was having mechanical issues that caused it to swerve. The driver called his wife to follow him home.

10:12 a.m. — 500 block of Bay Isles Parkway. Lost Property. A vacationer from Ontario, Canada, accidentally left his black Fossil wallet with two credit cards, driver’s license, health card and birth certificate on the trunk of his car while driving between Longboat Key and Englewood. Police were unable to locate his belongings.

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SURF’S UP, UP … AND AWAY 7:30 p.m. — 6800 block of GMD. Missing Property. The owners of a 5-foot, 7-inch Al Merrick surfboard left it in the grass near a beach access point, and when they returned minutes later, the board was missing. When police arrived, a business owner across the street told them a man on a bicycle had ridden off with it under his arm not long before their arrival. The owners sent a picture of the surfboard to police for distribution.

AUG. 13 FLATBED FLUB 2:13 p.m. — 6000 block of Bayou Hammock Road. Property Damage. A flatbed truck struck a tree limb and caused a power line to crash to the ground. When police arrived, they found the limb lying across the bed of the truck and the power line smoldering on the ground. Police notified Florida Power & Light Co. of the damages and taped off the area for safety.

A LITTLE OUT OF IT 6:34 p.m. — Intersection of Gulf of Mexico Drive and Bay Isles Parkway. Traffic. A caller reported a reckless driver, and when police pulled him over, the man didn’t have a valid driver’s license, and the officer found the man “disoriented and confused.” The man was taken to the police station, and his wife drove him home.

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GEESE / FROM PAGE 1A for the swan family on the Resort at Longboat Key Club’s golf courses. “It’s a pretty doggone good environment.

They’ve got plenty of food, plenty of space. It’s kind of like it’s their Shangri-La.” Key Club Director of Golf Terry O’Hara said the resort’s golf courses are like a sanctuary to a variety of animals, including many birds such as swans — and, yes, Canada geese.

“Canadian geese aren’t exactly the favorite bird of a golf course, but they seem to like Longboat Key,” he said.

“We haven’t had any real issues that have caused us to have to take any sort of action. It’s kind of a normal occurrence.”

O’Hara isn’t sure whether the Key’s population of geese is actually increasing or if it’s more concentrated than in the past.

“We had renovation work going on at Islandside, and while renovating, they left there and came to Harbourside,” he said. “When one golf course is completely brown, because we have to kill the grass, “We haven’t had any then they leave there, so it might seem like real issues that have there are more geese.”

Novak, however, said caused us to have to he saw goslings earlier take any sort of action. this year while tending It’s kind of a normal to swan nests, which puzzled him because occurrence.” he hasn’t seen goose nests.

— Key Club Director “They’re doing a of Golf Terry O’Hara pretty good job of protecting their young and protecting their nests, because they seem to be all over the place,” he said.

“The increase might be the goslings growing up, because by now, they would be almost as big as the adults,” said Dr. Lou Newman, a retired veterinarian and avid bird photographer. “It’s not the right time of year to be seeing migratory geese around here. The geese that we’re seeing are year-round.”

Whether the goose population is larger or more concentrated, many residents have taken notice, although none could offer estimates of the number of geese or flocks.

“They seem to be enjoying our trees that have these little red berries,” John Wild said.

The geese also seem to enjoy the Key’s slow pace, sometimes stopping traffic as groups of more than a dozen cross Bay Isles Road near Publix.

“They’re so cute when they go across the road when they’re working on the course because (the construction work) scares them away,” said Linda Weber, who normally plays golf nearly every day at Harbourside, which is currently closed. “Everyone stops for them as they’re crossing the road.”

Weber doesn’t consider the geese a nuisance — although she admits their droppings are.

Novak also doesn’t think they’re a nuisance, although he says the geese can be noisy early in the morning. Left unchecked, however, the population can grow to the point that geese become controversial in surrounding communities.

“The parallel here on the island is in the Village with the peacocks,” Novak said.

Newman said he was surprised by the growth of the population because swans are typically more aggressive and larger than geese. Typically, male swans will chase away ganders if they intrude on their territories. Swans can also feed at deeper levels in the water, giving them a competitive edge over geese — although that’s probably not an issue on the Key, because geese can feed on golf course grass.

Geese also don’t have most of their normal predators on the Key, such as foxes, coyotes, eagles and hawks.

According to Novak, the most humane approach communities typically take to control the goose population is removing eggs from nests.

Wild, however, joked about another solution: “Turkey season is coming.”

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014

WORSHIP SERVICES

George Barnes

All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church 563 Bay Isles Road, 383-8161 Sunday worship services are at 9 a.m. The Rev. David Danner is the rector.

George Barnes, 89, of Bradenton, died Aug. 11.

Born Aug. 8, 1925, in Tiffin, Ohio, he was a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, then spent two years in the U.S. Merchant Marines.

Mr. Barnes married Margaret “Peggy,” and they spent 50 years together. They moved to Bradenton in 1969, and Mr. Barnes worked for 15 years at Anheuser Busch Co.; he retired in 1988. After retirement, he worked as a security guard for 20 years at Fairway Bay until Mrs. Barnes’ death in 2008.

Mr. Barnes was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret “Peggy.” He is survived by his son, Scott Barnes, of Bradenton; two granddaughters; and one great-granddaughter.

A memorial service will be held Aug. 23, at Engle-Shook Funeral Home & Crematory, in Tiffin. Condolences can be made at engleshookfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, 14010 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 709, Clearwater, FL 33762.

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Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 383-8833 Sunday worship services are at 10 a.m. The Rev. Paul Eckel is the pastor.

Longboat Island Chapel 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 383-6491 Communion and healing services are at 9:45 a.m., and Sunday worship services are at 10 a.m. The Rev. Vincent Carroll is the minister.

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church 40 N. Adams Drive, 388-1234 Contemporary Sunday worship services are at 9 a.m.; fellowship and education at 10 a.m.; and traditional Sunday worship services at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor.

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.

+ Bob Havel celebrates 90 years with family members Bob Havel recently celebrated his 90th birthday on Longboat Key with 24 members of his family. Havel’s brother, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren came from California, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana, Wisconsin and Florida to wish him a happy birthday. They gathered a week

in advance of Havel’s actual birthday, which is Aug. 21.

The family enjoyed birthday dinners at Lazy Lobster of Longboat and the Seafood Shack and spent the day on The Flying Fish private fishing charter.

Havel retired to Longboat Key in 1972 but has vacationed on the island since 1953. He and his wife, Ann, divide their time between Longboat Key and Lake Geneva, Wis.

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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.; daily Masses at 9 a.m.; and Saturday Masses at 5 p.m. Msgr. Gerard Finegan is the pastor.

All Angels by the Sea

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Communion and Healing Service 9:45 a.m.

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The Rev. Dr. Vincent Carroll Senior Minister

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014

SEASONAL SHOTS

by Caleb Motsinger | Staff Writer

Photos by Caleb Motsinger

Joseph Formoso takes a break at Harry’s Corner Store, his turnaround point, during a bike ride from Anna Maria Island.

Clint Bohon helps Grace Hamilton and her mother, Julie, load groceries into the trunk of their vehicle. “Today and every day is a beautiful day if you make it one,” Bohon said.

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SUMMER

We took to the streets to take a closer look at the people and places of Longboat Key during the off-season.

The Rev. Paul Eckel shakes hands with Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian congregation members. Eckel is the church’s interim part-time pastor, and he will continue to lead the church through November.

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Right: Katie Yoder waits at the bus stop while en route to the Pinecraft community in Sarasota. “I clean condominiums here on the island,” she said. “Riding the bus is my favorite part about coming to work.”

Executive chef Ian Clark makes pasta at Harry’s Continental Kitchens on the last day before the restaurant takes its summer hiatus. Clark started at Harry’s eight years ago as a dishwasher on an internship before becoming head of the kitchen.

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Turning your dreams into an address!

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Bill Dooley takes a Sunday morning stroll with his 9-year-old golden retriever, Lucky. The two walk together every day, or, as Dooley puts it, “It’s more like she takes me for a walk.”

Carroll Berry and Dexter Bure relax on the beach after traveling together from Boston. The pair will be in town for a week.

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Cannons Marina Support Capt. Corey Gropp signals in a boat to pull it out of the water for cleaning. Cannons has operated on Longboat Key for nearly 60 years and is the oldest town business under the same ownership.

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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

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BEAUTIFUL DEEP WATER LOT in the secluded community of Hideaway Bay on LBK. Cul-de-sac peninsula style lot with deep sailboat water on 3 sides. Great location to build your dream home. $995,000 Kelly Belisle #M5836272

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20

DON’T MISS

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

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 388-2847.

Sarasota Tiger Bay Club — takes place at 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 S. East Ave., Sarasota. District 1 Sarasota County School Board candidates Velton Hodges, Ken Marsh, Paul Schafer and Bridget Ziegler will speak. Contact Kim Noyes at 9252970.

Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours — takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Harbour Square’s boat dock, 4134 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Enjoy light bites, libations and a charter boat tour. Cost is $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers.

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‘Musical Excursions’ Concert — takes place at 7 p.m. at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive. The concert features organist Jane Holstein and pianist Joel Raney. The concert is free. Call 388-1234.

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When: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 3 Where: Robarts Arena, 3000 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota

THURSDAY, AUG. 21

FRIDAY, AUG. 22

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East Meets West Business Expo

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Sarasota Bay Watch Scallop Search — takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, 760 Broadway. Volunteers search for scallops by snorkeling through grassflats, usually in six 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 complimentary lunch at Mar Vista. Register at sarasotabaywatch.org.

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

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OAKS BAYSIDE ESTATE - 8,500sf 5BR residence designed and built by famed architect Bo MacEwen. $2,400,000

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

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

Owned and operated by NRT, LLC A3999238 BEACHPLACE - Direct gulf front two bedroom furnished condo with staircase from terrace down to beach. $739,000

A3998536 LONGBOAT KEY LOTS - Five adjoining buildable lots in the historic north Longboat Village. $295,000 each

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by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Assistant Editor

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Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian members gathered Aug. 15, in the church fellowship hall, to enjoy an endof-summer social and mingle with two special guests: the Rev. Norman Pritchard, who will become the church’s new pastor in November, and his wife, Joan.

The couple was in town to attend the summer celebration.

More than 75 members enjoyed barbecue sandwiches with Southern sides while mingling with their new pastor.

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$2,250,000

The Rev. Norman Pritchard and his wife, Joan

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

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

Michael and Vivian Chester Left: Eleanor and James McConnell

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

BAYFRONT POINT 4BR ESTATE $8,200,000 One private acre+ separate guest house. Boat docks.

LIGHTHOUSE POINT SPECTACULAR $5,500,000 POSITANO GULF FRONT PENTHOUSE $3,950,000 Private master + 3 guest suites. Fabulous in- 3BR/3BA + den. Superb amenities & finishes. door/outdoor living.

Mary Ann and Kirt Bopp with Barbara and Jon Grimes

Photos by Heather Merriman

$1,625,000 DREAM ISLAND ROAD $1,623,000 COUNTRY CLUB SHORES Beautifully decorated living area. Tropical pool, 4BR canal home on sailboat water w/dock & lift. deepwater dock, canal & bay views.

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES-3 bedroom, 3 bath, den, pool, boat dock, 10,000 lb. lift, totally renovated. 4th house from the bay. A great bay view from the pavered pool deck. ...........................................................................$865,000 TIMBER CREEK---a golfing community tucked away in West Bradenton. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths plus enclosed lanai on the golf course. 15 minutes to the beach. Shopping and restaurants closeby. ..........................................$119,000 GRAND MARINER BAYSIDE $1,600,000 - $2,400,000 Luxury 3,200 - 3,600 SF 3BR condos with boat docks.

NORTH END LONGBOAT KEY- charming rustic home on wide bayou with wildlife preserve across the water.

2 bedroom, 2 bath, wood floors. Bring your nets and catch the mullet! Old Florida at its best. .............$495,000

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Four-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $2,355,500 The following residential real estate transactions took place between Aug. 4 and Aug. 8.

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Sydney Bellinger, Leslie Becker and Robert Hirsch II, copersonal representatives, of Rye, N.Y., sold the home at 356 W. Royal Flamingo Drive to Fredrick and Janet Leonberger, trustees, of Sarasota, for $2,355,500. Built in 1996, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,353 square feet of living area.

Also on Bird Key, Peter and Cathy Winski, of Sarasota, sold their home at 465 Partridge Circle to Wesley and Alexandria Campbell, of Marietta, Ga., for $780,000.

Built in 1973, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,330 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $501,000 in 2010.

Fairway Bay

Leonard and Roslyn Mazur, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 513 condominium at 2110 Harbourside Drive to Louis and Laura Glazer, of Grand Rapids, Mich., for $800,000. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,031 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $600,000 in 2003.

Country Club Shores

Catherine Kreston, of Dallas, sold the home at 521 Wedge Lane to Drew and Shannon Link, of Longboat Key, for $770,000.

Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,677 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $470,000 in 2000.

The Beaches of Longboat Key

Loraine Brickman, trustee, sold the Unit 101 condominium at 775 Longboat Club Road to Gilbert and Susanna Harrell, of

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This home at 356 W. Royal Flamingo Drive has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,353 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,355,500.

Longboat Key, for $620,000. Built in 1984, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,510 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $663,000 in 2010.

Coquina at Longbeach Village

Denise Sandberg and Louis Coudere Jr., trustees, of Apopka, sold the Unit 22 condominium at 7175 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Milton and Catalina Hendrickson, of Longboat Key, for $490,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,170 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $135,000 in 1980.

The Shore

Patricia Jennings, trustee, sold the Unit 213 condominium at 5757 Gulf of Mexico Drive to William and Linda Wilmeth, of Longboat Key, for $410,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,561 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $150,000 in 1991.

BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Aug. 8 through Aug. 14, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address 620 Yardarm Lane 585 Hornblower Lane 535 Sanctuary Drive 2410 Harbourside Drive 425 Hideaway Bay Drive 1085 GMD 1930 Harbourside Drive 4545 GMD 601 Yardarm Lane 4800 GMD 5055 GMD 673 Norton St. 2525 GMD 7065 GMD 1511 GMD 4810 GMD 4830 GMD 519 Bayview Drive 3453 GMD 2252 Harbour Court Drive 4800 GMD 2069 Harbour Links Drive 4621 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 4401 GMD 550 Harbor Point Road 591 Cedar St. 240 Sands Point Road

Permit New construction New construction Interior Interior Balcony Interior Interior Ceilings Dock and seawall Windows Doors Re-roof Doors Windows Kitchen Windows Windows Doors Doors Pool Windows Interior Windows Doors Doors Doors Doors Doors Doors Doors Doors Doors Doors Doors Doors Doors Doors Pilings Awning Alteration

Applicant Keith Harrison Michael Klein BLJ Trust Rodger Rohde Paul Miller David Lehman Daniel Graue Donald Wallace John Forch John Wurdeman Ellen Winberg Charles Tyson Wendy Lagaurdia Elizabeth McCoy Dennis Haley Daniel Williams Gregory Jacobs Geoffrey Webster William Greene Robert Whitacre Andrew Locke Steve Felsenthal Margaret Stone Charles Closser Jerald Roehling Allan Burrill Andrew Zuckner Vlasta Zajicek Flora Szakal John Cain Salvatore Bizarro Paul Navarro Lynn Berringer Peggy Sturman Ghassan Souri Michael Tremper Thomas Jolly Gary Warren Mark Zintel Richard Lippe

Amount $1,915,110 $1,777,203 $154, 489 $86,500 $72,307 $60,186 $56,273 $52,000 $30,000 $13,400 $13,000 $12,600 $9,784 $7,000 $6,800 $6,760 $5,900 $5,801 $5,550 $4,995 $2,581 $2,500 $1,970 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,536 $1,225 $575 $164

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

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455 Longboat Club Rd # 508 #A3996566 $1,395,000 Michael Moulton

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6051 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3983113 $3,795,000 Ann Martin

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

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

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

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

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3080 Grand Bay Blvd # 522 #A3991522 $599,000 Kathleen Callender

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

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1212 Ben Franklin Dr # 207 #A3993036 $589,000 Jenifer Schwell

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

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ing a trustee,” said Plymouth Harbor CEO Harry Hobson in a prepared statement. “His leadership and passion for services to older adults is obvious in all aspects of his life. He had a reputation for being an ideal son to his parents regardless of his busy schedule on Wall Street. He never forgot his parents.

He looks at this aspect of his life as paying back.”

+ LeadingAge names Bill Johnston ‘Trustee of the Year’ LeadingAge Florida named William “Bill” Johnston, Plymouth Harbor board of trustees member and Plymouth Harbor Foundation board chairman, as its 2014 “Trustee of the Year” at its July 30 luncheon, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando.

LeadingAge, a professional association comprised of more than 6,000 nonprofit organizations, including more than 400 in Florida, presents the honor annually to an exceptional LeadingAge Florida trustee.

Johnston is a past president of the New York Stock Exchange and is now retired. His parents, two aunts and uncle were Plymouth Harbor residents. Johnston hopes to someday move to the community with his wife, Betsy, and serves as an advocate of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs).

He is a founding member of the Plymouth Harbor Foundation.

“Plymouth Harbor is a better CCRC today than it was prior to Bill Johnston becom-

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

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

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

The Chiles Restaurant Group will participate in the national Share Our Strength Dine Out for No Kid Hungry program from Sept.

8 through Sept. 21. During the two-week campaign, Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, the Sandbar Restaurant and the BeacHhouse Restaurant will donate $1 from the sale of each grouper sandwich and burger toward the initiative, which aims to end childhood hunger in America.

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

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Michael at the family property on north Longboat Key.

+ Columbia Restaurants to hold annual Community Harvest The Columbia Restaurants will hold the 17th annual Community Harvest event at its seven locations. During September, the Columbia donates 5% of checks to the participating charity of guests’ choice.

Participating nonprofits at the St. Armands Circle restaurant are All Faiths Food Bank, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County, Cat Depot, Foundation for Dreams, Lifelong Learning Academy, Make-a-Wish Foundation, Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee, Moffitt Cancer Center, Mote Marine Laboratory, Second Chance Last Opportunity, Suncoast Charities for Children, Sunshine From Darkness, The Players and Tidewell Hospice & Palliative Care.

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448 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 0 Longboat Key #A3987139 $2,400-$4,200/month, 30 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

4235 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4101781 $347,900 Jenine Meyer

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

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21, 2014 Thursday, August 14,

Items Under $200 For Sale

Garage/Moving/Estate Help Wanted Sales

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

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

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“It’s hard because you have to think backward and save all the lights,” Rita Rust says. “With other mediums you can just add them on at some point.”

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Winslow Homer print hangs on the wall of Rita Rust’s studio. It’s a moody, marine watercolor of a boat. The dark piece is a stark opposite of the light-flooded loft studio of her home, with its cheerful robin’s egg blue-painted wooden floors where she spends her days painting barefoot.

The bohemian-dressed woman walks over and points out Homer’s strokes.

“There’s one, two, three, four — and that’s it,” she says of the water portion. “It’s so simple.”

The piece used to hang at her parents’ home when she was young. She had the same admiration for it as a little girl as she does now, a 58-year-old Sarasotabased professional watercolorist.

“I can still look at it and go, ‘Aghh,’” she says. “It’s just amazing.”

Rust remembers staring at the piece when she was a girl. She remembers that’s when it happened — that’s when she fell for watercolor.

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She majored in English, became a graphic artist and moved to New York. It was her way of showing her father she could make a living as an artist.

“I’m kind of stubborn in that way,” Rust says with a chuckle.

She takes a sip from a Wonder Woman coffee mug at her lacecovered dining room table. Her home is painted in calming hues of teal, and world music is playing.

There’s more of her work on the walls than the artist would like. But the economy’s downturn resulted in fewer paintings sold even though she was producing the same amount. But 2014 has been the best year for sales since pre-2008.

She explains it wasn’t until she and her husband moved to Sara-

“Paradise Blooms” sota and their daughter was in school that she decided to take a watercolor class at Ringling College of Art and Design. She can’t remember the year — it was probably the early ’90s.

Her teacher was Herbie Rose, a famous Jamaican watercolorist based north of Sarasota.

“When you see his watercolor demonstrations, you see magic,” she says of his class.

Rose used to take a group of students on trips to his native Jamaica; Rust went to Jamaica soon after her first class with Rose.

Rust visited Jamaica eight times with Rose and other students and once on her own for her 50th birthday.

The group, which changed every year, stayed in an old hotel atop a mountain in Port Antonio on the northeastern coast of Jamaica. The Blue Mountains were

“South Lido,” a landscape Rita Rust painted en plein air

I’d rather be painting.

It’s what I love to do.

– Rita Rust on one side, and the blue water on the other. She’d paint all day en plein air and swim, snorkel and climb the mountains. In the evenings, the group members would critique one another’s work.

The hotel isn’t there any more.

Rose is older, and the groups no longer visit Jamaica. But the ex-

perience was instrumental in Rust’s training.

These days (but not August, because it’s too hot), she paints en plein air with the Light Chasers — a group of artists who paint landscapes around Sarasota on Thursdays. She volunteers at Art Uptown Gallery, where she’s also the exhibitions coordinator, and is a member of Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society.

Rust paints other things aside from landscapes — she has a piece she painted of a woman vendor at the Siesta Key drum circle that perfectly captures the spirit and energy of the event.

But mostly, she’s drawn to nature because of the way light filters through it and shines on it.

“It’s a lot about the light,” she says.

In Nantucket, where her husband’s family has a home, the

light is a little more muted than in Florida. In Illinois, where her parents live and where she spends part of her summer, the cornfields have blues and golds.

But the light is most intense in Jamaica.

When she’s not outside painting, she paints from photos or sketches. Rust paints between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily — but the time can vary. Occasionally, her husband, Terry McGannon, executive director of Meals on Wheels, gets home from work at 7 p.m. and she’s still busily painting.

She says the best paintings take her only four hours — the kind of painting where it’s meditative because her brain isn’t in a thinking state; there’s nothing on her mind.

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“I’m so proud I can show it,” Diouri says.

Murray wrote, produced and directed all his films. Occasionally, he’d call Kielar into his office to show him footage — Kielar was always impressed how he could create films without training.

Murray paid the bills as a home inspector, but he always had an interest in films. When he was a young boy he made 8 mm films with his friends and family. And before he dropped out of college and went into the Peace Corps, he took a few courses in filmmaking. Other than that, he was selftaught.

His first film in 2004, “Farm Family,” examined gay life in rural America. It was a story with which Murray was familiar — he grew up on a dairy farm in the Midwest. It was shown on the gay television channel LOGO TV for three years, and it won best feature length documentary at the Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

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does the hard work of molding and shaping an unformed young talent. At first Lisa is giddy with hero worship — a ball of pure nervous energy, talking a mile a minute.

The lessons Ruth gives her are less about literary form and more about self-confidence. Trusting your gut, finding your voice and all that other stuff that sounds so easy but isn’t. Lisa’s ultimate appropriation is an extension of her hero worship — an homage. She didn’t mean to hurt. Honest.

This gentle betrayal unfolds in deft dialogue — brilliantly written and just

as brilliantly performed by Morsey and Stephenson. Without elbowing you in the ribs, Howard Millman’s subtle direction reveals the slow erosion of barriers and psychological distance as the women get to know each other over the years. A closely observed, period-accurate set by Michael Newton-Brown and costumes

by Ross Boehringer help sell you on the lived reality of those years.

True to life. But maybe not the whole picture.

It’s a great evening of strong theater. But I couldn’t shake the sense that something was missing. It’s a dense narrative, unfolding over time and compressed into two brief acts on stage. Margulies is a great writer, but he may have cut too much and sliced into logical, connective tissue.

As it stands, Lisa’s motor-mouth hero worship isn’t entirely believable in the first act. Writers, even young insecure writers, have a healthy ego in there somewhere.

When Ruth pushed her, she would have pushed back — at least occasionally. And when Lisa lifted her mentor’s story in the second act, it’s a good bet that Ruth would’ve pushed back. (Lisa is a smart young woman. That should’ve occurred to her.) She needn’t be a back-stabbing

LaBute heroine, but her total innocence is a little hard to buy.

Nitpicking, I know. Chances are the explanations hit the cutting room floor.

(Hey, do I want a five-hour play?) So, I’ll follow the playwright’s example and forget the small stuff. The narrative drives us where Margulies wants to take us. He knows where he’s going. That’s good enough for me.

At the end of the road, we arrive at a debate. The two women attack the small, tough questions: “Do writers get an ethical pass on the rules of friendship?” “Are your friends’ and family’s anecdotes, conversations and life incidents up for grabs?”

“Must writers ask permission when they grab?”

“Whose story is it anyway?” is what it boils down to.

The play leaves it to us to find the answer. That may sound facile. If the characters had been vicious, it would be, but the characters are decent. The questions they face are ours, too. Hard questions of gossip, truth and personal loyalty for most people.

Harder questions, if you happen to be a person who writes stories.

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wife’s (Mitch’s ex-wife’s sister) departure, isn’t on board with the offer. Too bad ... in the next shot they’re in Reykjavik. Mitch has a knack for getting his way.

Both in their 70s, Mitch doesn’t act his age, while Colin embodies it. Pot-smoking, womanizer and epicurean, Mitch has a zest for life that is unquenchable. Colin seems to have lost his, but as time goes by, Mitch’s outlook becomes infectious and Colin experiences a reawakening.

The two lovable geezers play off one another famously. Colin is the ideal straight man to Mitch’s vivacious musings. Mitch’s outrageous and uncensored observances verge on the vulgar at times. But you can’t

help cackling when he makes remarks such as, “This is so delicious it’s like angels pissing on your tongue.” His delivery is impeccable.

Road trip films can often take you places you wish you’d never been. Not so in “Land Ho!” This sumptuously shot and cleverly crafted piece of filmmaking is as easy on the eyes as it is touching to the heart. The writer-director team of Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens has created a movie that looks and feels so personal, it’s as though you’re in Iceland with Mitch and Colin.

While they’re in the process of “getting their groove back” we’re delighted to be along.

The casting of Nelson and Eenhoorn

was a brilliant maneuver. Their diametrically diverse dispositions, which eventually meld into compassionate camaraderie, translates perfectly. It’s easy to believe these two are friends in real life and made such a journey.

“Land Ho!” is rife with speculations and ruminations on life, but it never takes itself too seriously. You probably won’t recognize the two extremely gifted actors, but you’ll never forget them. They make you feel comfortable in their well-worn shoes and, most of all, grateful for the opportunity. If you don’t exit the theater with a smile on your face, consider seeking professional help.

— Pam Nadon

// ‘Collected Stories’ Donald Margulies’ “Collected Stories” is the final chapter of Banyan Theater’s summer season. Reduced to bare plot summary, it might seem like one of Neil LaBute’s investigations of the rotten side of human nature. To prove my point …

Ruth Steiner (Sara Morsey) is a faded literary phenomenon from the beat era.

In the mid-1990s, the formerly famous author takes aspiring young writer Lisa (Kim Stephenson) under her wing. Lisa becomes her assistant, pupil and confidante. One day, Ruth shares the story of her youthful affair with Delmore Schwartz, the beat poet. Lisa steals the story and makes it the barely disguised basis of her eagerly anticipated first novel. She’s the literary phenomenon now.

Sounds vicious, doesn’t it?

In LaBute’s hands, you’d get a vial of theatrical vitriol with this material. In Margulies’ gentle hands, you don’t. His characters are just too darn nice.

Ruth has her hard edges, sure. But she

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their private table on the balcony.

Kristin Kurzydlo’s family owns a veterinary clinic and Colin Marvin’s family have been longtime clients. His mom came into the clinic and asked her if she was dating anyone special (which she was not). A few days later, Colin sent her a message on Facebook asking if she would like to join him for drinks. After two weeks of waiting to respond, she finally responded “yes.”

The couple planned a long weekend at Disney World, their favorite spot. Colin kept saying that they were going to a hotel for a buffet dinner. They went to the Grand Floridian for drinks beforehand and when they were about to leave for said buffet, Kristin kept saying that they should just get some appetizers at the Grand Floridian since she didn’t want a big meal. Colin was pretty adamant that they had to go to the buffet, and as they were about to leave, Colin pulled her aside to an elevator where a man dressed in a tux was waiting.

He took the couple to a private floor, which had a candlelight dinner for two waiting. Colin then proposed and the newly engaged couple got to watch the Magic Kingdom fireworks from

THE WEDDING AND RECEPTION

The wedding took place March 29, at The Ringling Museum on a day with 70% chance of rain as well as tornado warnings. Luckily, the sun came out 10 minutes before the ceremony started and the planning team was able to move the ceremony back down to the courtyard at the last minute.

Kristin’s father’s best friend (since he was 14 years old) officiated the ceremony.

The reception took place in the loggia, on both sides of the courtyard.

The couple’s cake p a i d homage to all things Sarasota and the band got everyone out on the dance floor.

One special guest was Kristin’s grandmother, who attended the wedding at the age of 103 years old.

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For their honeymoon, the couple returned to the place where it all started, the Grand Floridian Resort at Walt Disney World. They had their first dinner as a married couple at Victoria and Albert’s, one of two AAA Five Diamond restaurants in Florida. They spent the next seven days living out their fairytale in the happiest place on earth.

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