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fiscal year 2015 by Kurt Schultheis | Staff Writer

Commissioners approve $954,397 tax increase Town Manager Dave Bullock seeks tax increases in 2015 to offset declining revenues and pricey beach projects next summer.

The Longboat Key Town Commission adopted a fiscal year 2015 budget and millage rate on first reading Monday night at Town Hall that generates $954,397 in additional dollars

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from a tax increase.

Town Manager Dave Bullock told commissioners that increases in the operating budget millage and beach district millage rates are needed to cover de-

clining revenues, pay for rising pension costs and to prepare for myriad beach projects slated for 2015.

Commissioners approved an operating millage rate of 2.1763

See PAGE 2A for a complete 2015 budget breakdown. mills, which is a .1003 millage increase over the current rate of 2.0760 mills. That millage increase includes a 0.0862 mill increase in the general fund to pay for pension costs and a 0.141 millage increase to reach a 90day operating fund policy level.

“The town has used its fund balance every year to close the gap between revenues and ex-

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+ Aren’t you barracuda?

Steven Herich, of Beach Fishing Adventures, recently caught a 30-pound, 52-inch barracuda. Herich caught the fish Aug. 27, while fishing on the Islander Club groins, using live ladyfish as bait.

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+ Donation creates summer camp gift A donation from St. Armands Key Lutheran Church’s senior ministry recently made it possible for 13 children to attend Dollar Dynasty’s educational summer camp.

The students were among 37 students ages 6 to 12 who attended the camp for 10 weeks. Dollar Dynasty is an 11-year-old nonprofit in the heart of Sarasota’s Newtown community.

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Mark Kerr, the crew leader for the Longboat Key Public Works Department, helps post flags 30 feet apart down a 10-mile stretch of Gulf of Mexico Drive. This week, he was one of 12 town employees helping to line the sidewalk with approximately 2,977 American flags, one for each victim of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Kerr was in his hometown of Pittsburgh on Sept. 11, 2001.

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by Caleb Motsinger | Staff Writer

Town hires assistant town attorney Bradenton native R. David Jackson was officially named Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale’s assistant at Monday night’s regular meeting.

Lakewood Ranch attorney R. David Jackson is a familiar face, but only if you’ve been a frequent attendee at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort bankruptcy hearings in Tampa.

Jackson, who has provided commissioners with

email updates of the Colony bankruptcy proceedings for months, will soon become a familiar face around Town Hall, on an as-needed basis.

The Longboat Key Town Commission unanimously approved a consent agenda

item at its regular meeting Monday night that allows Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale to name Jackson as the assistant town attorney.

“It certainly won’t feel like a new job,” Jackson said. “It was more of a for-

mality that needed the commission’s approval; I’ll now have the official title and will assume her duties, if necessary. “ Mooney-Portale and Jackson are both lawyers

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with the Lakewood Ranch-based Persson & Cohen law firm. Jackson joined the firm almost a year ago to assist MooneyPortale after she was on maternity leave late last year.

Mooney-Portale stressed that Jackson will only be used on an as-needed basis.

“I don’t plan on missing any meetings,” she said. “But it’s good to have someone backing me up whose job is to be familiar with purchasing methods for the town and public works, as well as the rest of the legal services we work with the town on.”

In an email sent to Mayor Jim Brown Monday, Longbeach Village resident Gene Jaleski questioned the move.

“Now, instead of once again looking at retaining a single full-time in-house attorney, you are now willing to spend twice as much as we do already,” Jaleski wrote.

Brown, though, countered in a followup email that the move was a formality and doesn’t cost the town any additional legal expenses.

“The town of Longboat Key has always had an assistant town attorney,” Brown said. “It is not an additional attorney but a backup for when Maggie is unavailable or needs assistance.”

The Town Charter states in Article 6 that “the town attorney may appoint qualified assistant town attorneys with the advice and consent of the Town Commission.”

Jackson is a second-generation Manatee County resident who has practiced law in the area since 1999. He has represented both public and private clients in environmental and administrative law in Florida during his career, with a focus on environmental permitting, water use and coastal issues and regulatory compliance matters.

Jackson previously worked as assistant general counsel for the Southwest Florida Water Management District.

“He’s knowledgeable, current and can fulfill my duties when needed,” MooneyPortale said of Jackson.

penses,” Bullock said. “We appreciate the boom years, they essentially financed the continuation of town services for the last five years, but we need a 90-day fund balance moving forward.”

There was some good news that offset declining revenues and rising expenses this year, though.

Property taxes make up 65.4% of the town’s revenue and Bullock was quick to point out the budget issues would have been a lot worse if values Key-wide hadn’t risen 5.4% overall.

Based on July 1 certified values, Bullock’s proposed combined millage rate of 2.1763 mills will generate $10,409,124 in property tax revenues, or $474,667 more than a year ago at the current millage rate. It’s the second year in a row property values have risen after years of decline.

“The town is benefitting through improved economic conditions as reflected in the 5.5% increase in assessed values of property and increased building permit activity with several substantial projects expected to begin,” wrote Bullock is his budget memo to commissioners.

Bullock worked with staff this summer to keep expenditures flat. The town also won’t hire any new employees and there won’t be any wage increases except those offered to Longboat Key Police Department officers as part of a collective bargaining contract.

The town, though, has some major looming expenditures that affect this year’s budget.

Those major projects include funding for a beach project and the construction of two groins to hold sand on the north end of the Key slated for next summer; the replacement of an aging water line in Sarasota Bay that funnels the Key’s wastewater to Manatee County for treatment; and a technology assessment to replace outdated community development and financial reporting systems

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A glance at budget highs and lows and upcoming town project expenses.

BUDGET REVENUE HIGHS AND LOWS

2015 CAPITAL PROJECT

WHAT WENT UP

Longboat Pass dredging........$3.5 million North end structures.............$2.5 million South end sand truck haul....$1.5 million Other beach costs....................$423,000 Total.................................... $7,923,000

BEACH FUND

Ad Valorem Revenue — Assessed values are 5.4% higher, producing additional ad valorem revenue of $474,667 at the current millage rate.

Tourist development tax transfer for beach maintenance — Up $40,000 Transfer from building fund — Up $100,000

WHAT WENT DOWN Franchise fees/electricity — Down $34,000 Fire inspection fees — Down $22,000 Emergency medical service grants — Down $32,625 Interest income — Down $25,000 Sale of fixed assets — Down $20,000

UTILITY FUND

Wastewater pipeline to Manatee County.................$19 million GMD gravity crossing...............$300,000 Financial software....................$100,000 Sliplining gravity sewers...........$600,000 Rehab lift stations....................$550,000 Heavy truck.............................$100,000 Other upgrades........................$345,000 Total..................................$20,995,000

LAND ACQUISITION FUND

Town center overlay....................$20,000 Teardown of two huts at 4110 GMD..............................$5,000 Total..........................................$25,000

BUILDING FUND

Financial software......................$50,000 Plotter/scanner...........................$17,000 Truck replacement.....................$50,000 Total........................................$117,000

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Total proposed budget expenditures are $14,838,716, which is a 0.4% increase from a year ago, or $51,131.

Uncontrollable spending increases include $412,322 in pension costs, $20,562 in wage increases for union employees and a $45,655 property/workers comp insurance increase. It’s also costing the town $170,000 to undergo zoning and

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Overall pension increases will rise before they go down in future years to help pay off more than $27 million in unfunded pension liabilities associated with freezing the town’s three pension plans.

The annual pension contribution increased $366,981 for a total contribution of $2,964,985 for fiscal year 2015, which represents 19.7% of the total budget.

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MEET YOUR LBK COMMISSIONERS The Longboat Key Town Commission held its first regular meeting Sept. 8 after its summer hiatus. Here’s a look at the people who make the town tick.

MAYOR

VICE MAYOR

JIM BROWN

JACK DUNCAN

OCCUPATION: Architect. Brown is currently working on two homes under construction on the Key.

FORMER OCCUPATION: Executive with Zeneca Pharmaceuticals

HOMETOWN: Huntsville, Ala.

HOMETOWN: Cleveland

HOBBIES: Sailing, fishing, hunting and golf

FAMILY: Wife, Debbie; a daughter; two sons; one grandchild (another grandchild on the way)

PASSION: Traveling the world. Brown has visited more than 45 countries.

INTERESTING FACT: Brown has designed homes, shopping plazas, commercial buildings, restaurants and hotels all over the country. He also designed a military base in Saudi Arabia and homes in Japan. Brown still designs homes on the Key for friends and neighbors.

HOBBIES: Baseball enthusiast, kayaking and running four to five miles a day on the treadmill INTERESTING FACT: Duncan and his baseball buddies have made spring training baseball an annual rite of passage each year for more than three decades. Duncan has been visiting ballparks all over Florida since 1980.

COMMISSIONERS

TERRY GANS

LYNN LARSON

IRWIN PASTOR PHILL YOUNGER PAT ZUNZ

FORMER OCCUPATION: Grocery store chain executive for Giant Food

FORMER OCCUPATION: Director of the Florida Department of Insurance

FORMER OCCUPATION: Chief executive officer of PepsiCo Bottling and Distribution Co.

FORMER OCCUPATION: Tech support and line maintenance for Delta Airlines

HOMETOWN: Washington, D.C.

HOMETOWN: Picayune, Miss.

HOMETOWN: Buffalo, N.Y.

HOMETOWN: Atlanta

FAMILY: Wife, Diane; two sons; and three grandsons

FAMILY: husband, Jim; five children; and nine grandchildren

HOBBIES: Music, reading, movies and golf

HOBBIES: Larson loves to sew and makes special quilts for her grandchildren and friends.

FAMILY: Wife, Sylvia; a son; two daughters; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren

INTERESTING FACT: Gans wrote his master’s thesis on Bob Dylan. The thesis was published in 1982.

Gans was paid for 200 copies.

PASSION: Government transparency and making sure taxpayers get value from their dollars.

HOBBIES: Fishing in the Gulf behind L’Ambiance and ice hockey (played in college) INTERESTING FACT: Pastor’s family once owned the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League, which is now the National Hockey League’s Buffalo Sabres team.

FAMILY: Wife, Fanny; two daughters; one granddaughter HOBBIES: Younger reads at least two fiction books a week.

Traveling and tennis also make the list of his favorite hobbies.

INTERESTING FACT: Younger, who grew up attending segregated schools in Atlanta, helped quell a race riot during his oneyear military tour. After that, he was promoted to acting commander for “treating everyone the same.”

FORMER OCCUPATION: Publishing house editor and landscape designer; was also on the Zoning Board of Adjustment for eight years in South Orange, N.J. FAMILY: Husband, Ed, a Zoning Board of Adjustment member HOMETOWN: New York City PASSION: Landscaping INTERESTING FACT: Zunz, who considers herself a private person, said becoming a town commissioner was never something she thought she would end up doing.

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VISION PROCESS

by David Conway | News Editor

City, businesses await action on retail study The city is beginning the process of implementing changes retail consultant Robert Gibbs recommended.

When consultant Robert Gibbs presented his report on the Sarasota retail market in July, he told city officials and business owners the area had significant potential for growth and improvement.

Now, for the city, the process of realizing that potential has begun.

Norm Gollub, the city’s downtown economic development coordinator, said Gibbs officially completed the report last Wednesday. Gollub is overseeing the process of acting on Gibbs’ recommendations for downtown, St. Armands Circle, the Rosemary District and the Martin Luther King Jr. corridor.

City staff is just beginning to assemble to determine the best way to implement recommendations from the report, but Gollub is determined to avoid inaction.

“In a lot of communities, consultants undertake a lot of studies, and they tend to wind up sitting on the shelf,” Gollub said. “This is something we definitely don’t want to leave for any amount of time.”

On St. Armands Circle, the possibility of no action has been a real concern. At St. Armands Key Lutheran Church July 21, Gibbs gave a report that resonated with Circle business owners. He suggested several changes they largely agreed with: improving the landscaping, updating the awnings and allowing for more signage on the street.

They were changes people on the Circle had advocated for before — including some at the behest of Gibbs, following a 2005 visit from the consultant. And yet, people in the area have been grappling with the same issues for two decades, said Eric Seace, the vice president of operations for the clothing store Dream Weaver.

As a result, many people present at the presentation expressed a skepticism regarding any significant changes.

“How are we going to make an impact here?” Seace asked. “That’s really the question: How are we going to have the impact to make this actually occur?”

Diana Corrigan, executive director of the St. Armands Circle Association, said earlier attempts at change failed due to a lack of support at the highest level of the city. With a large number of property owners on the Circle, enacting higher voluntary design standards proved difficult, and attempts to codify those standards went nowhere.

Staff members with connections to the study areas will work together to determine the best path toward acting on the findings in Gibbs’ report. Gollub is unsure when staff will go before the City Commission with its recommendations and said it’s unlikely any funding will be included in this year’s budget.

Gollub is optimistic city leaders will eventually capitalize on the report they commissioned from Gibbs and that the results will prove beneficial.

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The Longboat Key Town Commission approved the temporary closure of Bay Isles Road between 4 and 5 p.m. Nov. 11 for a Veterans Day parade.

The event will feature a brief parade that will end at Temple Beth Israel for a memorial service to honor Longboat Key U.S. veterans and their families.

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Town Manager Dave Bullock informed the Longboat Key Town Commission that the West Coast inland Navigation District asked the town to consider reimbursing the district for an extra $34,715 in unanticipated beach monitoring costs involved with a summer beach project that brought 100,000 cubic yards of sand to the north end.

Bullock recommended the town pay for half of that cost, for a total extra town cost of $17,358. The town already spent $400,000 toward the project, while WCIND originally allocated $500,000.

When Commissioner Phill Younger asked if the gesture would really go a long way toward an enhanced working relationship in the future, Bullock said, “If I didn’t think that was the case, I wouldn’t recommend this.”

The expenditure was approved unanimously by commissioners.

+ Police officers earn Life Saving Award Longboat Key Police Officers John Majka and Shawn Nagell received a Life Saving award Monday night at Town Hall from Mayor Jim Brown for their efforts in saving a woman who almost drown in Sarasota Bay. On July 2, near the area of Moore’s Stonecrab Restaurant, a 67-year-old woman walked into grass flats that were in deeper water when her boat’s motor broke down.

She called out for help before her head went under water, explaining to police that she can’t swim.

Majka quickly jumped into the bay to rescue the woman.

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

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by Caleb Motsinger | Staff Writer

Colony occupancy questioned Town names five new

retirement board members

Commissioners are perusing old reports regarding Colony matters as some unit owners make updates to their units.

Longboat Key commissioners are taking a long, hard look at hundreds of pages of old Colony Beach & Tennis Resort reports.

Why? Because they want to figure out why two unit owners would want building permits to fix up shuttered units and if those owners have any possibility of receiving future certificates of occupancy.

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners Blake Fleetwood and Ruth Kriendler received building permits from the Planning, Zoning and Building Department two weeks ago to make interior renovations, repair and replace windows, install working air conditioners and upgrade electrical panels.

Obtaining a certificate of occupancy for Colony units being repaired, though, will be an issue for owners such as Fleetwood and Kriendler.

To make his point to commissioners, Town Manager Dave Bullock informed commissioners in a Sept. 5 email that “additional detailed inspection and research would be necessary should a property owner submit a specific request to occupy a building.”

Bullock provided commissioners with 160 pages of documents submitted since the resort closed in 2010 that reveal the complexities involved with owners receiving a certificate of occupancy.

“That includes a $343,000 overdue utility bill,” Bullock informed commissioners.

“Additional research would be necessary should a property owner submit a specific request to occupy a building.”

Bullock also noted that broken sewer lines litter the property underneath the ground, there are multiple building and

TALK TO MY ATTORNEY Fed up with correspondence to unit owners from Colony Lender LLC and Unicorp National Development President Chuck Whittall, the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association is taking a stand.

Unicorp and Whittall have been sending correspondence that they will be pursuing $42.3 million in alleged debt the unit owners owe, an amount that equals $181,571 per unit.

In letters sent to Colony Lender LLC and Whittall, association attorney Jeffrey Warren ordered them to stop.

“You are hereby instructed to direct all future communications with regard to this matter directly to our office,” Warren wrote in a Sept. 2 letter. “Should you communicate with any of our clients regarding this matter, our clients will consider that communication a willful violation of…Florida statutes…and will seek damages for those violations, as well as attorneys’ fees and court costs against you personally and against Unicorp National Developments Inc.” structural code violations and severe mold intrusion throughout the buildings.

There are also dozens of fire code violations, broken pipes and railings and engineering reports stating the units are not safe for habitation.

The town must also address the issue of zoning and grandfathered uses at the resort before any occupancy could be granted once all the other issues are addressed.

Three separate pension boards were combined into one, nine-member board.

The newly formed Longboat Key Retirement System Board of Trustees had five open seats and five applicants, so all that was left for the Longboat Key Town Commission to do on Monday was vote on who would be the chair and vice chair of the newly consolidated board, as well as select their number of terms.

The town previously administered retirement systems for three employee pensions separately. But effective Oct. 1, there is now one board overseeing one consolidated retirement fund to replace the three former plans.

Armando Linde, who previously served on the Firefighters’ Pension Board of Trustees, was originally listed as a candidate for the new board. However, he withdrew his candidacy the morning before the commission meeting.

“It’s a personal decision,” Linde said. “My wife and I have a lot of trips planned, which include seeing the grandchildren.”

When the former commission candidate was asked if he still plans on being active at Town Hall, Linde said, “No, not much at all.”

Commissioners approved the ninemember board that will consist of five trustees.

Chairman Steve Branham, who served on the General Employees’ Board of Trustees, will serve a three-year term.

Vice Chairman Frank Cona, who served on the Police Officers’ Board of Trustees, will serve a two-year term.

Other members include: • William Forcht, who will serve a oneyear term; • Lou Levy, who will serve a one-year term; • Nancy Woodley, who will serve a two-year term.

The Town Clerk’s office began to advertise for the new board in early August, contacting all of the previous commission appointed trustees by mail to let them know about the upcoming appointments and to determine their interest in serving on the board.

The eligible members of the Firefighters’, General Employees, and Police Officers’ Retirement Systems were mailed nomination forms and subsequently ballot forms to elect their representatives to serve on the new board.

One elected member from each of those three retirement systems were chosen by the town manager earlier this summer while the commission was on hiatus. They include: • Judd Jensen, a retired Longboat Key police officer; • Thomas Sousa, a retired Longboat Key firefighter; • Sandi Henley, town budget analyst.

Town Manager Dave Bullock, who makes up the board’s ninth and final member, believes Longboat Key is on the right path toward paying down its $27 million in unfunded pension liabilities with the new consolidated pension board.

“For the past three years we have been heading in this direction with freezing plans, creating new pension boards for the three pension plans,” he said. “And now the final step is consolidating and making the three pension plans one.”

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AMERICAN DREAMER

A swashbuckling Longboat businessman with a made-for-the-movies life story has plotted a large expansion. It’s a $10 million initiative.

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rmed with only an expired passport and cross-country skis, Boris Miksic made a daring escape from his homeland, Croatia, in early 1974. Miksic, who joined fellow college students in anti-communist protests against Yugoslavia, the ruling republic over Croatia, skied his way to freedom in Austria. The biggest delay: avoiding landmines.

Once in Austria, Miksic reunited with his then-pregnant wife, Olga, who also fled Croatia. The couple sold their car for $400 in Austria, money they used for oneway plane tickets to the United States.

They had $37 left after paying for the tickets.

Those were the early days of what has since become a 40-year business odyssey that’s taken Miksic from New York to Minnesota to Manatee County. There was also the stop along the way to run for president for Croatia.

“Boris has always had a determination to control his own destiny,” says Eric Haugen, a Minneapolis patent attorney who has worked with Miksic for years. “There is a sprit in him that led him to come to America, and he’s never laid back and become comfortable, despite his successes.”

PRESIDENTIAL FOCUS When Croatian immigrant Boris Miksic lived in Minnesota he learned a valuable lesson from his next-door neighbor — former U.S. vice president and onetime presidential candidate Walter Mondale.

The politician told Miksic a good leader should be able to make a simple pitch about what he stands for from the time it takes an elevator to get from the first floor to the fifth floor. “You have to have a clear message,” Miksic says Mondale told him. “And focus on three things, no more.”

Miksic remembered Mondale’s words in 2004, when he announced his candidacy for president of Croatia.

Miksic ultimately came in third place in 2005, but he says he has no regrets from the experience, save for not winning. He’s glad he brought an entrepreneurial spirit to the campaign, and his homeland. “Businesspeople should get more involved in politics,” says Miksic.

“We would be much better off if we had that.”

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Boris Miksic founded Cortec Corp. out of his garage in Minnesota in 1977. The business now has $100 million in annual sales and Miksic plans to expand into Manatee County.

The heart of the Miksic business story north of the Sarasota Bradenton Internais Cortec Corp., which manufactures and tional Airport. supplies corrosion protection chemicals The facility, in a 33,335-square-foot for a variety of construction-related and building, will be a manufacturing plant for industrial businesses. some of the firm’s patentMiksic founded Cortec ed products. It will also in his garage in St. Paul, “For me it’s always been be a distribution center, Minn., in 1977. It has says, for Cortec about new technology. I Miksic since grown to eight loclients in the Southeast was never impressed by U.S. and the Caribbean. cations worldwide, from Canada to Brazil, with Miksic expects to hire at the power of money.” around 300 employees least 50 people, a mix of and more than $100 milengineers, chemists and — Boris Miksic, Cortec Corp. lion in sales. Miksic won IT personnel, to staff the an Ernst & Young Entrefacility. He projects it will preneur of the Year award in Minnesota in open early next year after a test phase lat2000 for Cortec’s growth. er this year.

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experience MIKSIC’S MOTORS A reason Boris Miksic moved to Longboat Key in 1993 was to get access to yearround boating, one of his hobbies.

While Miksic, a Croatian immigrant who came to America with $37 and eventually built a $100 million business, loves the water, another passion is cars.

Expensive, exotic cars. “I own them for pleasure,” says Miksic. “I drive them when I feel like it.”

Miksic’s collection includes a 1996 Corvette, a 1973 Mustang Mach 1 convertible, a 1993 Ferrari and a 2015 Bentley Continental GTC Speed convertible. The Bentley is actually a gift for Miksic’s wife, Ines Miksic.

Another car in the Miksic collection, a 1980 Rolls-Royce convertible he bought in 1997, has a unique back story. Miksic found out about the car, he says, through his Ferrari mechanic. He mailed a check to the owner in New York. The owner, it turned out, was financier Bernie Madoff, who went on to orchestrate one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever.

‘Wonderful blend’

Products made in the facility will include BioPouch. It’s designed to protect carbon steel used in construction against a variety of elements, including heavy water, high heat and cold temperatures. BioPouch, a bio-based corrosion inhibitor, according to its U.S. patent application, is derived from molasses. BioPouch received a U.S. patent earlier this summer.

Other products that will be manufactured in Manatee County include antirust chemicals, a line of environmentally safe bioremediation and cleaning chemicals and corrosion-inhibitor coatings.

The coatings are chemical vapor ions that form a thin molecular protective layer on a metal surface. The coatings are placed on a host of products with a wide range of sizes, from circuit board components to containers.

Haugen, the Minnesota attorney, has worked on the patent side of these products and many others for Miksic. He says innovation is a core part of Cortec’s strategy. Says Haugen: “Boris has this wonderful blend of positive things for society he’s built a company around.”

Research and development, to Miksic, is a key element of the firm’s secret sauce.

“I’ve always believed that Cortec’s success depended on our ability to create new products and new markets,” he writes in “American Dream: A Guy From Croatia,” a book he wrote in 1996 and updated in 2011. “New products make up the fabric of who Cortec as a company is. Doing it well is like winning the Super Bowl.”

New products make up one-third of Miksic’s 20-20-20 rule, his map for how to

build a successful business. The theory: A business should strive to grow sales 20% a year, reduce costs 20% a year and increase its new product output by 20% a year.

While Miksic says it’s a proven philosophy, the No. 1 challenge he encounters is “having employees buy into it.”

Big break

Miksic says his business acumen comes from a combination of his father, Steven Miksic, and on-the-job experience. The elder Miksic, says his son, was an engineer with excellent business instincts.

“He was a great salesman and a really great negotiator,” Boris Miksic says of his father, who died a few years ago. “He was my best teacher.”

The real-life experience began soon after Miksic landed in New York City after Croatia. He got a job at a McDonald’s. He also reconnected with a New York-based executive he met in Croatia in 1968, Dick Singer.

Singer gave Miksic his first break: Singer set him up with a chemical engineer position at St. Paul-based Northern Instruments, a company that made corrosion inhibitors and electric sensors. The company, which Singer worked with through his own family’s business, also put up Miksic and his wife in an apartment — rent-free for six months.

The challenges were as large as the opportunity. Miksic, in his book, writes about how he knew little English and even less about being a chemical engineer. But he learned fast. Miksic and his wife only spoke English at home, and he spent a lot of time at the local library, reading about chemicals and businesses.

After three years Miksic grew frustrated in the bureaucratic, structured work environment at Northern Instruments. So in 1977, with a $40,000 loan from First Bank of St. Paul, he launched his own business.

He called it Cortec, for Corrosion Technologies. Miksic took out a second mortgage on his house for collateral.

Sales grew slow at first. The firm surpassed $5 million in annual sales in 1993, and then grew rapidly after that, to $40 million by 2004 and $100 million by 2011.

Miksic says Cortec has stayed nimble, which helps it compete with bigger competitors, like DuPont.

Cortec, Miksic says, has also been successful because he sets his goals on market needs, not internal revenue targets. “For me it’s always been about new technology,” Miksic says. “I was never impressed by the power of money.”

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Miksic bought the building in May for $1.4 million, according to Manatee County property records. Renovations and equipment, estimates Miksic, will cost another $9 million. The building was built in 1985.

One final reason for the Florida expansion, says Miksic, is climate — both financial and weather. On the former, Miksic sought to avoid a high-tax state. The weather is about more than the sun. Miksic bemoans the harsh Minnesota winters that led to delayed and missed shipments and other transportation hassles.

“Everything came to a standstill, and we can’t afford that,” Miksic says. “We think this (Manatee County plant) will become one of the most productive facilities we have.”

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Populist pandering

So Mr. Self-Proclaimed Vox Populi, Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, wants to take on his opponent, Republican Rick Scott, on the issue of property insurance.

If you know the whole story, it’s nauseating — Crist’s populist pandering.

Don’t fall for it.

Surprise! Crist is campaigning to bestow political gifts on Florida property owners — lower property-insurance premiums.

In his 11-page policy paper on property insurance — chock full of the predictably inflammatory words to color Scott as a nasty, Big Business cronymeister — Crist, of course, paints himself with his usual sappy wonderfulness: “As the People’s Governor,” says the policy paper, “Charlie Crist always put the interests of Floridians before big corporations, lobbyists and other special interests. During his first term, Charlie took on the insurance companies to lower the cost of insurance and protect Floridians’ policies.”

Prominently displayed in this pander paper is a graphic comparing average property-insurance premiums during Crist’s term versus those during Scott’s (See box below).

What Crist doesn’t provide is the context World Trade Center, NYC, 9.11.01 that explains how he and a wimpy, Republican Legislature achieved the lower rates. Like all politicians concerned most with their re-elections, they opted in 2007 for political popularity rather than doing largest property insurer in Florida. But what responsible adults should have done. what too many Floridians did not and have If you remember, the lower rates came not realized, the size of Citizens and the in the wake of the 2004 and 2005 hurricane value of the properties it insured put all disasters in Florida, which inflicted $52.4 Florida taxpayers at risk for paying Citizens’ billion in property damages. And they came claims in the event the state-run insurer when neither Citizens Property Insurance, could not pay them. the state-owned property insurer, nor Under state law, Citizens has the the Florida Catastrophe Fund, a stateauthority to impose a tax on nearly every owned reinsurer for property insurance insurance policy issued in the state. If it companies, had enough money to fulfill runs a deficit, which it did after 2004 and their policy obligations in the event of 2005, it must first impose surcharges on its another major disaster. Crist and every own policyholders and then, if necessary, legislator knew that if Florida were hit in assess every property and auto insurance 2006, 2007 or 2008 with major storms, there policy issued in the state to meet its would have been a financial and insurance obligations. crisis in Florida dwarfing the combined This is exactly what happened. Since damages of Hurricanes Charley, Ivan and 2007, all Florida property and car owners Wilma. But they went ahead anyway. have been paying a 1.3% Citizens As private insurers declined to take on assessment and a 1% Cat Fund assessment more property Protecting risk — for fearYour of wiping on their annual premiums. According Paycheck: out themselves and not being able to fulfill the R Street Institute, a Washington Charlie Crist's Plan to Reverse Rick to Scott’s Hikes future claims, Crist and the Legislature in think tank that tracks Florida’s propertyto froze Property Insurance 2007 rolled back and Citizens’ rates insurance industry, Floridians have paid Rick In Scott Forces Floridians to Pay More$1.5 for Less at 2006 levels. addition, they allowed billion in Citizens’ assessments and Citizens to write policies for any Floridian $2.9 billion in Cat Fund assessments — all Charlie Crist knows that the high cost of property insurance can drain household finances and stifle who received coverage a put the because the anti-consumer policies of business growth. As a thequote People’sfor Governor, Charlie from Crist always interests ofof Floridians private insurer more than 15% greater than before big corporations, lobbyists, and other special interests.

During his first term, took on Crist andCharlie legislators. the insurance companies Rick Scott, Citizens’ rates. to lower the cost of insurance and protect Floridians’ Yes,policies. anti-consumer.

By underpricing in a sharp contrast, has used the power of the Governor’s Office to help his insurance industry “This imposed a de facto price control the real cost of insurance and basically donors and their wealthy cronies, while forcing Florida property owners to bear the brunt of antion Florida’s insurance market,” scaring off market consumer policies.property Under Rick Scott, property insurance costs have risen and coverage has been competition, millions of reduced. In other words, Floridians are paying more money for less coverage: Floridians have been forced to subsidize the policies of those Florida property owners who live in the most vulnerable parts of the state.

But the way Crist sees it, enacting low, underpriced insurance rates is done under the guise of being “the people’s governor” Source: Protecting Your Paycheck: Charlie Crist’s Plan to Reverse Rick Scott’s Hikes to Property Insurance and “taking on” the rapacious insurance companies. according to the James Madison Institute.

This is what he wants to do again — And if you understand economics, you expand the role of the state in property Figure 1. know that when you control prices and roll insurance, placing more risk and more back prices, you create shortages in supply. tax surcharges on all Floridians and Private businesses will not operate in a obligating future generations to pay for the Political advertisement paid forcannot and approved

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No one should have been surprised, That’s modern-day progressive, populist, then, that private insurers quit writing new pandering politics. residential policies and began cutting back Now contrast Crist’s insurance agenda on renewals; they knew their regulated with that of Scott over the past three years. rates were not actuarially sufficient. As a Consumers may complain about higher result, Citizens Property Insurance, which property-insurance premiums, but this was originally set up to be a high-priced is what should have happened after insurer of last resort, quickly became the Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and after the

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2004 and 2005 hurricane disasters. Market forces should have been left to find their proper equilibrium and reflect the proper actuarial risk.

What’s more, Scott has focused on reducing the size and risk of Citizens Property Insurance, with the intention of returning it to its original mission of being an insurer of last resort. The effect of that is good for all Floridians. The less exposure Citizens has, the less likely Florida taxpayers will be required to cover any of Citizens’ future obligations.

Yes, Scott supported Republican legislation that removed Crist’s freeze on rates. Lawmakers adopted what they call a “glide path” that allows annual rate increases of up to 10% until rates reach an actuarially sound level, which will take several years. But this, too, is part of making up for past sins during the Crist years; someone had to have the courage to do it. Keeping the status quo would have left Floridians exposed to paying even higher assessments after a major storm.

Scott’s and the Legislature’s efforts to reduce the state’s role in property insurance is working. From a high of 1.6 million policyholders in 2006, Citizens’ policies this year dropped to 934,000. Its total exposure has dropped from $510 billion in 2011 to $291 billion this month.

This is more good news for Florida taxpayers. It means more private insurers are competing in the marketplace; the government/taxpayer-owned Citizens Property Insurance is shrinking; and taxpayers’ potential future liabilities and assessments are shrinking.

What’s more, in July, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation announced the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund would finally end its 1.3% assessment on nearly every property insurance policy to pay for the Cat Fund’s borrowing after the 2004 and 2005 storm seasons. OIR noted the charge will be ended 18 months earlier than originally expected.

And as a final indicator that Florida’s property-insurance market and legislative policies affecting property insurance are improving, the R Street Institute for the first time in a decade raised Florida’s grade for its overall insurance business climate.

Florida rose to a “D” from an “F.” Earning a “D” is nothing about which Scott and the Legislature over the past three years can boast. But compared to the distance between that “D” and the “F” under Crist (the lowest rated state), there is a big difference: Doing what’s politically popular versus doing what’s right. — MW

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2:31 p.m. —1500 block of GMD. Property Found. Police were called to retrieve a large white beach chair from the middle of the road. The officer took the chair to the station for holding; he believed it had fallen from a car. He estimated the chair’s worth at $75.

COAST TO COAST 4:25 p.m. — Off Key. Boat. Marine patrol officers responded to a call from the Coast Guard for assistance in rescuing passengers from a distressed boat off Anna Maria Island. When the officer arrived, two other area police and fire departments were on the scene as well, and the Coast Guard had already begun to rescue passengers from the boat, which was taking on water.

off the beach of a shuttered resort. When the officer arrived, the boat was too heavy to pull out and the surrounding waters were too shallow to get the patrol boat near. Police found the kayak matched the description of one stolen from the resort weeks earlier, so they notified the owner.

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Firefighter lays foundation for renovation at SOS The hospital floors at Save our Seabirds were once layers of peeling linoleum held together with duct tape.

But thanks to the help of some Parrotheads and a Sarasota firefighter, the floors are the latest piece of the renovation puzzle at the nonprofit organization.

David Pilston, chief executive officer of Save Our Seabirds Wild Bird Learning and Rehabilitation Center in Sarasota, said the organization has been reviving the facility since the SOS operation moved from Wimauma to the City Island property in 2008.

“We’ve been making steady progress in repairing and expanding the facilities since we moved back here six years ago,” he said. “So, after we received some grant money from the Sarasota Parrothead Club, we had the funds to purchase materials for the floor, we just needed someone to do it.”

So, with help from the area’s Jimmy Buffett fans (Parrotheads), the nonprofit was able to install a more practical, sanitary floor for the hospital.

“In early August, I put out an advisement on HomeAdvisor.com looking for someone to help with the installation,” Pilston said. “And within five minutes I had a reply from our guy.”

Their guy: Sarasota firefighter and tilesetter Tom Didiego.

Didiego’s company, Gulf Shore Tile in Sarasota, was able to install the new floor for a low price the nonprofit could afford.

“As a firefighter, I’m in the area all the time making calls,” Didiego said. “So it’s good to be able to help a place with an immediate need in my other line of work, as well.”

And, as a fellow bird-lover, Pilston said Didiego was a perfect fit.

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“I got to help feed a mourning dove earlier,” Didiego said as he laid tile in the hospital. “This has been an amazing experience.”

Bird rescues began at the City Island location in 1981, when Dale Shields, aka “The Pelican Man,” established the sanctuary.

After Shields died in 2003, the rescue center continued to rehabilitate wildlife but eventually closed in 2006 due to a lack of funding. Since its move, SOS has repaired and expanded the facilities, added educational programs and improved the standards of bird care. There are nearly 150 birds living full time at the facility, which is open every day.

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OBITUARIES Pieter Moen Hahn, 60, of Bradenton, died Aug. 25.

Born July 5, 1954, in Wareham, Mass., and raised on Cape Cod in Woods Hole, Mass., Mr. Hahn also resided in Hatchville, Sandwich and Hyannis, Mass., Fort Walton Beach and Barbados. He is a graduate of Falmouth High School, in Falmouth, Mass., and attended The Eaglebrook School, in Deerfield, Mass.

Mr. Hahn loved the sea and sailing with his father, mother and sisters Hahn into his 20s. His favorite sayings were “Life’s a trip — take one” and “Go Rays!”

He was preceded in death by his mother, Elizabeth Alton; father Jan Hahn; older brother, Henry Fay Mixter Jr.; maternal grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison Alton; and paternal grandparents, Pieter Hahn and Lijntje Piet.

Mr. Hahn is survived by his brother, Benjamin Alton Mixter, of Big Pine Key; three sisters, Tineke Hahn of Stuart, Erika Hahn of Falmouth, Mass., and Heidi Parshley Hahn Lepage of Uxbridge, Mass.; aunt Alison Alton Robb of North Falmouth, Mass.; and numerous nieces, nephews and cous-

ins. He is also survived by his honorary adopted big sister, Dee Ferreira; his honorary adopted brothers, Ron Jarvis and Phillip Thrapp; and his wonderful colleagues at Fantasy Travel.

At his request, there will be no services.

Celebrations of his life will be held at dates to be announced. One will be held in midNovember on Anna Maria Island, and the other on Nobska Beach in Woods Hole, Mass. His ashes will be scattered to the seven seas and four winds.

To remember him, give a flower to a loved one or friend; call that relative, friend or classmate you haven’t spoken to in a long time; or make a donation in his name to your favorite church, charity, service or veterans organization.

Harvey Noyes

Harvey LaVern Noyes Jr., 94, of Bradenton and formerly of Sharon, Pa., and Longboat Key, died Sept. 2.

Mr. Noyes was born Jan. 9, 1920, to Harvey and Mildred Christie Noyes.

Mr. Noyes graduated from Oil City High School, in Oil City, Pa., and attended Youngstown University.

He served four years in the United States Army Noyes Air Forces as a top tur-

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Interment was at the Sarasota Veterans National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Shriners Hospital for Children, 1645 W. Eighth St., Erie, PA 16505 or the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key.

Sally Shapiro

Sally Shapiro, 84, of Longboat Key, and formerly of Wooster, Ohio, died Sept. 2.

Mrs. Shapiro had a deep love for children and was instrumental in building the Sally and Sam Shapiro Babies and Children’s Medical Center at the Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center, in Sarasota.

Mrs. Shapiro is surShapiro vived by her husband of 30 years, Samuel; sister Esther “Sissie” Weisberg; her blended family that “started off as four and two but became six”: Marc Gardner, Pam Wolf, Jill Joseph, Judd Gardner, Stephen Shapiro and Thomas Shapiro; 10 grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren.

Services were held Sept. 7 at Wooster Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Mrs. Shapiro’s honor to the Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center, Sally and Sam Shapiro Babies and Children’s Medical Center, gs-humanservices. org.

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ret gunner on a B-17 and flew 25 missions over Germany, France and Norway. He was awarded four air medals and a distinguished flying cross. After returning to the U.S., he was stationed at Maxwell Air Base in Montgomery, Ala. While there he met his future wife, Lorena Murphree. After his discharge, they married Sept. 22, 1945, in Montgomery.

Mr. Noyes was employed by General American Transportation Corp. for 37 years. The Noyeses had one daughter, Martha F. Stein.

He was a lifetime member of the Presbyterian Church and served as a deacon and elder in his two former churches, The First Presbyterian Church, Sharon, Pa., and The Oak Street Presbyterian Church, Sarasota.

He recently joined Christ Church of Longboat Key. After his retirement, Mr. Noyes moved to Longboat Key and became a permanent resident in 1984. He enjoyed golfing, tennis and fishing but most of all attending his grandsons’ academic and athletic activities. He was a member of the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club and a charter member of Cedars Tennis Club.

Mr. Noyes was a 73-year member of Fraternal Lodge No. 483 Free and Accepted Masons, Rouseville, Pa., a 32 degree Mason of Scottish Rights, New Castle, Pa., and life member of Zem Zem Shrine, Erie Pa. He is survived by his wife, Lorena; daughter, Martha Stein; three grandsons; and two great-grandchildren.

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Americans rank 17th worldwide in science proficiency, and that’s a problem for retired educator Charles Logue.

“Americans have had professional shortages in science for a long time in most fields, and time is of the essence to raise the bar and elevate our academic standards,” he said.

Logue, a Longboat Key resident since 2004 who has a master’s degree in guidance counseling education and a Ph.D. in psychology and education, is trying to solve that problem.

He recently published his second book, “Science Experiments for Beginners,” which combines scientific data and experimentation with humor into an easyto-read and hands-on lab book for students about to enter high school.

Logue’s book is an attempt to fix a problem he’s been familiar with for decades.

Logue has seen American students struggle with science in many different stages throughout their careers, and he’s aiming his book at an age group in which the he believes the problem starts.

Logue’s book is also filled with data showing the proficiency gaps American students have been facing compared with other countries. He believes awareness and education will lead junior high students to realize the importance of the field so that their interest will carry over to high school and college.

“For students to be successful in science at the college and high school levels, it needs to be made fun and understandable for them at an early age,” he said.

“If we recognize the learning gap and the problems we’ve faced in recent years, we can begin the healing process.”

S c i e n c e teachers and professionals from across the country helped Logue rank the experiments in his book from easiest to hardest, and the book is instructional and datadriven rather than just his own professional opinion.

“The experiments are very comprehen-

SCIENCE MADE FUNNY Charles Logue includes several jokes in “Science Experiments for Beginners,” including: • He thought about telling one, but all the good chemistry jokes argon.

• Then, he was going to make a joke about salt, but he thought, “Na.” • A neutron walks in a bar and asks the bartender the price of a drink. The bartender responds: “For you, no charge.”

• A photon checks into a hotel, and they ask him if they can carry his luggage. He says, “No thanks, I’m travelling light.”

• Who ever passed up the opportunity to call astronomers skyentists?

sive and concise,” Logue said. “The sheer number of experiments in the book are carefully selected and allow the entire classroom to work on separate projects in an inquiry-based and hands-on environment.”

Logue began his career as an educator in Massachusetts, where his teaching skills caught the eye of a Saudi oil sheik whose daughter, Logue, he tutored. The sheik was so impressed with Logue’s work that he got him a job at the Mobil Oil Academy in Libya as a science teacher. Logue returned to the U.S. after two years and worked for Mobil as a human resources representative.

Logue received his doctorate in 1974, after going to school at nights because he worked during the day. He served as a department head with the Western Pennsylvania College of Education and on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh.

Logue published his first book, “Outplace Yourself: Secrets of Executive Outplacement Counseling,” in the mid-1990s.

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Beach Residences condo sells for $3.7 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between Aug. 25 and Aug. 29.

A condominium in The Beach Residences tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Mark and Kim Standish, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 1102 condominium at 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Maurice and Carolyn Cunniffe, of Greenwich, Conn., for $3.7 million. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,964 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $3.05 million in 2011.

dominium at 1085 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Kelli Turner, of Raleigh, N.C., for $460,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,172 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $400,000 in 2011.

Seaplace

Dennis Bradt, personal representative, of Tampa, sold the Unit G2-109-B condominium at 2055 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Neal and Amanda Hall, of Longboat Key, for $422,500. Built in 1974, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,492 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $319,000 in 2010.

Longboat Key Towers

Kathleen and Morton Sachs, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit N-101 condominium at 603 Longboat Club Road to Woodland Rental Properties LLC for $1,496,000. Built in 1970, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,420 square feet of living area.

Long Beach

Helen Levine, of Brunswick, Maine, sold the home at 6809 Pine St. to Danny and Danielle Madole, of Longboat Key, for $335,000. Built in 1956, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,143 square feet of living area.

Country Club Shores

Ewald and Rosemarie Schmidt, of Rappenau, Germany, sold their home at 590 Putter Lane to John and Donna Mason, of Atlanta, for $1.04 million. Built in 1967, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,195 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $540,000 in 1993.

Jeff Menger and Kristin Menger, of Solon, Ohio, sold their home at 501 Halyard Lane to Amerestate Global Investment Group LLC for $575,000. Built in 1973, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 1,984 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $225,000 in 1988.

Conrad Beach

The Bank of New York, trustee, sold the home at 7050 Firehouse Road to Muhamed Becovic, of Indianapolis, for

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Unit 1102 at The Beach Residences has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,964 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.7 million. $760,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,095 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.1 million in 2002.

Grand Bay

Dean Fried, trustee, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the Unit 641 condominium at 3070 Grand Bay Blvd. to Brian and Bobbie Sclar, of Woodsboro, Md., for $640,000.

Built in 1995, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,270 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $425,000 in 2011.

Sunset Beach on Longboat Key

H. William and Pamela Mutz, of Lakeland, sold their Unit 1302 condominium at 2109 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Vahid and Aisa Sendijarevic, of Troy, Mich., for $490,000. Built in 1984, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,273 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $660,000 in 2006.

Beachplace

Paul Carreiro and Kimberley Pelyk, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 501 con-

Pelican Harbour and Beach Club

James E. Boltz Pelican Harbour LLC sold the Unit B-2 condominium at 4234 Gulf of Mexico Drive to James Boltz, of Longboat Key, for $230,600. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,150 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $315,000 in 2012.

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M. Asif Beg, of Sarasota, sold his home at 501 S. Blvd. of the Presidents to Tessa Robinson, of Clarence, N.Y., for $1.75 million. Built in 1979, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 3,182 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.4 million in 2005.

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These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for Aug. 28 through Sept. 3, in order of dollar amounts.

(GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address 615 Dream Island Road

775 Longboat Club Road 2399 GMD 532 Forest Way 4401 GMD 715 Lands End Drive 6305 GMD 4401 GMD 3021 GMD 676-684 El Centro 2721 GMD 1945 GMD 1000 Longboat Club Road 415 L’Ambiance Drive 415 L’Ambiance Drive 1925 GMD 3344 Sabal Cove Lane 760 Old Compass Road 2675 GMD

Permit Interior Concrete and waterproofing Shutters Windows Interior Decks and siding Pool Door and window Reroof Window and door Bathroom Shutters Shutters Shutters Shutters Shutters Roof repair Window Shutters

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The Beaches of LBK James Ericson Roger Vanderhye Walker Arenstrup William Gambill Julia Serrano Flavio Riva Andrew Sloman Carolyn Rothman Stephen Smith Kathleen Folken Elwood Prihoda Rochelle Tarter Rudolf Mueller Robert Miccio Myrna Pearlman Lois Snyder Michael Absher

$45,000 $25,282 $18,900 $16,500 $15,000 $15,544. $14,770 $12,500 $12,000 $11,500 $9,933 $9,450 $8,395 $8,395 $6,984 $4,820 $2,280 $1,741

Michael at the family property on north Longboat Key.

Michael in 1964.

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4330 Falmouth Dr # 208 #A3996644 $249,900 Sandi Layfield

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2109 Gulf Of Mexico Dr 1401 Longboat Key #A3999538 $2,000-$6,500/month, 60 day min 941-552-4200 Janice Reed 941-993-8398

2301 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 81 Longboat Key #A3964751 $4,000-$5,500/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

2002 Harbourside Drive #1601 #A4101871 $330,000 Eileen (Dee Dee) Burke

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

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10 Rotary Club of Longboat Key — meets at 5:15 p.m. at Islands West condominium’s clubhouse, 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive. For information, contact Sydelle Pittas at sydellelaw@aol.com.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 11 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.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 14 Community-Wide Synagogue Open House — takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, and 10 other congregations of the Synagogue Council of Sarasota-Manatee.

The event allows the public to tour facilities and meet the clergy, staff and lay leadership of congregations.

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 18 Sarasota Tiger Bay Club — meets at 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 S. East Ave., Sarasota. New College of Florida Professor Frank Alcock will discuss amendments on November’s general election ballot.

District 72 Rep. Ray Pilon and challenger Greg Para will also speak. Contact Kim Noyes at 925-2970.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 23

The Argus Foundation ‘Meet the Minds’ Featuring Mote President/CEO Michael Crosby — check-in begins at 11:30 a.m. and lunch begins at noon, at The Francis ballroom, 1289 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota. Mote Marine Laboratory President/ CEO Michael Crosby will speak about the future of Mote. Cost is $30. Contact Sharlene at 365-4886 or shill9448@aol.com.

DON’T MISS Mote Marine’s ‘Survivors’ Exhibit What: It’s your last chance to see Mote’s Photo courtesy of Mote “Survivors: Beautiful and Extreme Adaptations,” which features marine animals with unique survival skills, such as the blueringed octopus and peacock mantis shrimp. The exhibit ends Sept. 14. Visit mote.org.

When: Exhibit is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 14 Where: Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway

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by Caleb Motsinger | Staff Writer

Key Club announces partnership with USF Sarasota-Manatee The Resort at Longboat Key Club and the University of South Florida SarasotaManatee have joined forces, with the Key Club becoming the school’s teaching hotel for the College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership.

In front of nearly 100 guests during a Sept. 3 press conference at the resort, Key Club General Manager Jeff Mayers and USFSM Hospitality and Technology Dean Cihan Cobanoglu announced the partnership and its plans to stimulate the local economy by educating and employing workers in various fields of the hospitality industry.

“We want to educate and employ our students locally,” Cobanoglu said. “Hospitality is a thriving workforce in Manatee and Sarasota counties, and this partnership will help our program not only grow into one of the state’s best, but it will also be a very beneficial, hands-on learning experience for our students.”

The Key Club will be the site of the university’s Teaching Lab program through which hospitality students will shadow key leaders at the resort. The program started this semester with nearly 60 students.

“Florida faces a 17,000-person shortage for open hospitality jobs across the state,” Cobanoglu said. “A new pro-

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USF Hospitality and Technology Dean Cihan Cobanoglu and Key Club General Manager Jeff Mayers announce the Key Club becoming the university’s new teaching hotel. gram between the Resort at Longboat Key Club and University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee hopes to take a chunk out of that gap.”

Students will spend 16 hours total working in leadership, front desk, housekeeping and food and beverage areas in the resort to get on-the-job training, Cobanoglu said.

“You’re in real-life situations here at the resort,” Mayers said. “When you’re in the classroom, you could talk about theories, you could talk about processes, but when you’re actually exposed to the day-to-day operation, it really makes you think about how

to respond to a decision. That exposure is really going to benefit the students.”

Mayers also announced the partnership will include HospitaBull Evening, the annual fundraising dinner/final exam for hospitality students. It will be held at the resort’s Harbourside Ballroom.

The resort and university will also host the food-and-wine event Bacchus on the Beach, with proceeds going to the USFSM College of Hospitality, Mayers said. The event, held at the Key Club, takes place Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Tickets can be purchased at longboatkeyclub. com/bacchus-on-the-beach.

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94

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95 (1962)

63 (1960)

Wednesday, Sept. 3

96

80

96 (2014)

65 (1984)

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97 (1948)

64 (1947)

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89

73

96 (1923)

69 (1960)

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90

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96 (1923)

66 (1927)

Sunday, Sept. 7

89

74

98 (1970)

61 (1960)

Monday, Sept. 8

89

73

96 (1991)

65 (1960)

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Furniture maker Pat Pettit is turning her old wood scraps into art.

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at Pettit’s hands are her most valuable piece of equipment.

In a woodshop outfitted with power tools, hardware and enough lumber to build a yacht, it’s Pettit’s hands that get the job done.

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and unadorned. Her nails are unpainted and clipped to a sensible length. When Pettit, a retired furniture-maker, speaks, she rests her palms in her lap as if to give them a break from years of sawing, sanding, ham-

mering and staining.

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Like Pettit, the statement is understated. For four decades she used her hands to build some of the finest furniture in Sarasota.

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I can be more playful. I’m not working to someone’s specifications.

I walk into my workspace and see where it takes me.

— Pat Pettit on her jump from making furniture to making art wooden canvas and then coated the assemblage with black house paint to achieve a textured, monochromatic effect.

Pettit’s longtime friends and clients were not surprised to see the pragmatic furniture-maker take a stab at making art for art’s sake.

“There are artists who have creativity, and then there are artists who have creativity and can still make substantial things that last,” says Kate Korp, Courtesy photos Pat Pettit’s “Minimalist Quadrilateral Forms” received an a painter, printmaker and honorable mention in an art show last year at Art Center Sarasota. retired State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota A New Jersey native, Pettit had this time as a wood sculptor. art teacher. “One thing you no formal training when she got Four years ago, the artisan can count on with Pat is that her her hands on a stack of old cy- found herself staring at boxes of artistic skills are as extraordinary press boards tossed outside of shop scraps; hundreds of castoff as her craftsmanship.”

St. Martha Catholic Church in pieces squirreled away like dusty At first Pettit was hesitant downtown Sarasota. Her mother keepsakes. Sometimes she kept to show off her collage. After was a seamstress. Her sister was pieces for their texture, some- spending so many years builda quilter and her father built times for their color and some- ing functional, high-end furnimodel trains, so Pettit figured times for their shape. ture, she feared her new foray she also had a natural inclina“The stuff that landed on the into abstract sculpture might be tion to make things from scratch. floor intrigued me,” Pettit says. viewed as frivolous. Was she the She built a long low credenza “A lot of ’em were too nice to only person who saw beauty in and sold the piece to a friend; throw out.” random woodcuttings and gathe commission launched a long She created her first wood col- rage “doo-hickeys,” as she often successful career as a furniture- lage using scraps and found ob- refers to them? maker –– first as one half of Pet- jects, including corrugated cardMuch to the artist’s delight, tit Fine Furniture with then-hus- board, woven wallpaper, cabinet friends and family loved the band Bill Pettit, and later on her knobs, nails, clothespins, wash- work, and soon Pettit was workown, as a one-woman operation. ers, a slotted spoon, a metal ing on a follow-up piece, a wal“I learned by doing,” she says. chain and tools pulled from her nut relief sculpture sectioned off “I had no formal training.” father’s sail maker’s kit. She ar- into squares.

Now semi-retired, Pettit is ranged the objects into a loose Unlike the first work, Pettit learning by doing all over again, pattern, glued them to a large meticulously mapped out her

second wall sculpture. She cut each square and embellishment to fit the canvas and then applied a lacquer to the walnut to create a kind of wooden crazy quilt. She titled the work “Minimalist Quadrilateral Forms” and entered it in an art show at Art Center Sarasota, where it nabbed an honorable mention –– her first real kudos as an artist.

She quickly created a third piece depicting faces in a long rectangular box. When it sold for close to $500, Petit felt a tinge of validation as an artist.

“Her craft is just impeccable,” says Emma Thurgood, exhibitions coordinator at Art Center Sarasota. “The wood she chooses and the way she finishes it, it’s kind of like collaging with wood.

Her pieces are always something to talk about, particularly her abstracts. They’re so intricate.”

Thurgood likens Pettit’s work to that of 20th century feminist sculptor Louise Nevelson, who was revered in the 1950s for her monochromatic wooden wall pieces crafted from recycled and found materials.

Like Nevelson, Pettit, who has two grown sons, is fiercely independent. Take, for example,

the home she purchased seven years ago on Wilkinson Road. A one-story fixer-upper, Pettit immediately started ripping the house apart when she moved in. She laid the tile floor. She installed the trim carpentry. She built a new kitchen, refinished old doors and restored the terrazzo floors. When the work was done, and her vision complete, she hired a contractor to build a 300-sqaure-foot studio in her backyard.

“It’s not air-conditioned, so this time of year I work mostly in the morning,” she says. “I’ll take out my boxes of scraps, start digging through them and wait for something to suggest itself.”

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The many stages of Amanda Heisey

by Marty Fugate | Contributing Writer As Shakespeare once said, “All the world is a stage.” The multitalented Amanda Heisey would agree. You may have seen her on some of our local stages in productions of “Steel Magnolias,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “Harvey” and “Talking With … ” Her performing-arts talents include acting, singing, dancing and a wicked gift for accents. But Heisey’s creativity doesn’t stop there. The Kansas City, Mo., native put her University of Missouri journalism degree to work at our family of publications as the former Web editor for the Business Observer. Today, she’s the communications manager for the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County. Her cross-disciplinary talents definitely come in handy there. Her love for art and creativity in every form does, too. Our readers can get a taste of Heisey’s creativity in the upcoming production of “Lend Me a Tenor,” which opened Sept. 10, at The Players Theatre.

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“From my own perspective, I love that I get to not be myself on stage. In real life you’re stuck in one personality; on stage you can be anybody, from an ancient wizard to a showgirl. As a kid, I always dreamed of being British. ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ made my dream came true. In ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,’ I got to be a badass con artist. Who doesn’t secretly want to be a con artist? The best thing was, I didn’t really cheat anybody and have that on my conscience. In ‘Harvey,’ I played a nurse from a 1940s insane asylum. In ‘Talking With …’ I played a crazy actress who belongs in an asylum. I’ve been so many different people in the last year, and that’s fun.

“From an audience point of view, it’s just a great way to forget your troubles.

You know how you feel at the movies where you lose yourself in somebody else’s life for a few hours? You get the same thing from live theater, but more so. There’s an energy going on between

actors and audience you only feel in a live performance.

Whether you’re on stage or in the audience, live theater gets you out yourself and puts you into somebody else’s shoes. Either way, the experience can be transformative.”

What can we expect at ‘Lend Me a Tenor?’

“It’s a hilarious contemporary farce along the lines of ‘Noises Off.’ There are slamming doors, mix-ups, mistaken identities and lots of physical comedy, which I love. For me, it’s kind of like a musical without the music. It’s a revival of the hit production five years ago. I’m one of two actors who weren’t in the original show. I’m starting from scratch, and I’m having a blast.”

Her origins as an actor ...

“It all started in third grade after I saw my best friend perform as a lady bug. I thought that was so amazingly cool. I begged my parents to let me go to the same musical theater summer camp that she went to — and they actually said yes. After that, I constantly auditioned and performed in every school show I could, all the way through high school, and also did summer programs. I was in choir, chamber singers, high school rep theater and drama club. I was even the drama club president during my senior year. I was hooked on theater.”

Most memorable accents ...

“Just this year alone, I got to do a Southern accent for ‘Steel Magnolias’ and a British accent for ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood.’ The nature of that production was we had to stay in character and talk to people in the lobby, so I’d still be speaking in a British accent.

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Advice to the Sarasota arts community ...

“We have an amazing cultural audience here: so supportive, so dedicated, so aware. My only tiny bit of advice is to get outside your comfort zone. If you love going to plays, try going to a gallery. If visual art is your thing, see a play occasionally. Stretch your boundaries.

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A businessman who loved to fly, Bill was a musical philanthropist who also founded the Schmidt Vocal Competition, which awarded monetary prizes and scholarships to talented high school students. It was the Bill Schmidt touch: gentle and loving, going far beyond the finances to be sure these students were followed, nurtured and properly trained in their craft. That’s rare in musical competitions.

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This group of big beautifully voiced professional opera singers from all over the continent had only about 20 people onstage, but the sound they made filled the heavens. Returning here after making numerous recordings and touring Europe and the United States, The American Spiritual Ensemble proved it is, indeed, filled with the spirit. Under the excellent

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Among the standouts was countertenor Matthew Truss, whose rich, full-bodied soprano voice is among the finest I’ve heard of the current crop of singers in this particular vocal category. Soprano Rebecca Farley, a young winner of the Schmidt Competition who was making her first appearance with the ensemble, made a lovely contribution to the soprano section as both a soloist and chorus member.

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There were short but extremely sweet speeches by Richard Russell, Stephanie Sundine and Melissa Burtless, representing Sarasota Opera, as well as McCorvey and Casiana Schmidt. Each showed a different aspect of Bill Schmidt’s life and love.

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— CARL WISE | OWNER, THE DEVYN

Topic: Sexy Curves

E D U C AT I O N A L S E R I E S

Get your sexy back...

or front, or middle, or thighs, or arms...

Being a mom is an amazing gift — so is regaining your body confidence!

Dr. Kreithen is known for his artistry in achieving natural and beautiful results.

Join him as he explains the latest state-of-the-art treatments including the number one requested body contouring treatment — SmartLipo.TM Smartlipo is a minimally invasive, laser-assisted lipolysis procedure that targets trouble spots like the abdomen, thighs and neck, and permanently eliminates fat.

TOPICS: Smart Lipo,TM CellulazeTM Anti-Cellulite Treatment, Arm Lift, Body Lift, Breast Augmentation/Lift, Mommy Makeover, TummyTuck and ThermiTight Injectable RF.

JOIN US: SEPTEMBER

30

Joshua Kreithen, M.D. BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON

FREE EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR Dr. Kreithen’s Body Contour Seminar Tuesday, September 30, 2014, From 5:30-7:30 pm Polo Grill and Bar 10670 Boardwalk Loop Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, beer and wine

RSVP: 941.365.8679

Space is limited call today!

Plastic (Breast and Body) and Cosmetic Laser Surgery

For more information call 941.365.8679 or visit www.sarasota-med.com OCTOBER

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Ultheraphy for Tighter Skin!

Dr. Holcomb will explain how Ultherapy can tighten the loose skin on your neck and face in one single treatement.

OCTOBER

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The 30 Minute Facelift As unveiled by Dr Holcomb on CBS award winning show The Doctors—hear Dr. Holcomb first hand on the subject.

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EDUCATIONAL SERIES Upcoming Free Seminars RSVP: 941.365.8679