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by Caleb Motsinger | Staff Writer

North end may get parking break Commissioners unanimously consented to forward an ordinance restricting Village parking to their October regular meeting.

The Longboat Key Town Commission is in gear to pass new parking restrictions for the Longbeach Village.

The commission unanimously agreed at Monday’s workshop to forward a proposed parking ordinance to its Oct. 6 regular meeting for first reading. If the

commission approves it in November on second reading, restrictions could take effect that month.

The proposed ordinance adds the following restrictions: • No parking for the entire north side of Broadway Street from Palm Drive to Bayside

Drive; • No parking from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on the entire south side of Broadway from Palm Drive to Bayside Drive; • No parking on the east side of the street on Lois Avenue between Broadway and Russell Street;

• No parking on the east side of Poinsetta Drive between Broadway and Russell Street.

The ordinance incorporates suggestions that Village residents made at an April 21 workshop for alleviating parking.

Citizen suggestions focused on three major areas: A parking plan to meet the needs of the

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+ Fast times at Plymouth Harbor Don Wallace posed for us behind a slick pair of wheels Sept. 12, at the Plymouth Harbor Wellness Center ribbon-cutting ceremony.

He’s the proud owner of a walker complete with a Florida license plate that reads, “DONS BUG.”

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+ Mar Vista begins dock construction Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub is on track to have a new dock by the end of October.

General Manager Anthony Cucci said the restaurant tore out its old dock last week and estimates the new structure will take four to six weeks to complete. The new dock will be “just like the old one” but will have new stringers, runners and composite decking wood and will also have two new fingers, allowing it to accommodate two extra boats, Cucci said.

The town issued a building permit for the estimated $102,950 project earlier this month.

Alida de Jongh tries out some of the new workout equipment at Plymouth Harbor Wellness Center’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Friday, Sept. 12. To see more photos from the new 10,000-square-foot space, see page 15A.

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Restaurant that’s Amore’ to open in October W. Howard Rooks and Andrea Bozzolo plan to open a new Italian eatery in the vacant former Mattison’s Steakhouse at the Plaza building.

The former Mattison’s Steakhouse at the Plaza building has been empty since 2008. But those who are hungry for a new restaurant in the building won’t have to wait much longer.

W. Howard Rooks, who owns the building at 555 Bay Isles Parkway, plans to open an Italian restaurant in October that will be called Amore’ in partnership

with Andrea Bozzolo, owner of Andrea’s on Siesta Drive.

“We will have an affordable menu, fresh seafood, steak and fine Italian cuisine,” Rooks said.

The restaurant will have seating for 260 diners and an outdoor patio and remodeled bar.

Rooks initially hoped to sell the property to Lakeland-based Publix Supermarkets Inc., which

completed a rebuilt store and shopping center in late 2012.

Publix purchased the adjacent 1.52-acre Town Plaza II shopping area from Rooks for $1.25 million in 2012 and demolished it to add parking.

“Publix wasn’t interested in buying the restaurant,” Rooks

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Village residents, code enforcement issues concerning Jewfish Key rentals, and monitoring seating at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub. Vice Mayor Jack Duncan expressed concerns about the ordinance’s language.

“If the commission is going to move forward, the ordinance itself needed to be written in a clear and concise language affected residents and business owners can understand,” Duncan said.

Mayor Jim Brown also expressed concerns about parking for boaters on the south side Bayside Drive, where there is no proposed parking on either side of the street at anytime.

“There is limited access parking for up to three vehicles with trailers in that area,” Public Works Director Juan Florensa said. “And if there isn’t enough room in those designated spots, parking will be available along Linley Street.”

Several members of the public spoke in favor of the proposed changes.

“We see the congestion on both sides, and we’re very much in favor,” said Village resident Ruth Gray.

said. “But with the old plaza gone it doesn’t hide the building anymore, and now we’re much more visible to people shopping at the surrounding businesses.”

Rooks, 80, a Sarasota-based real estate investor who will head the financial side of Amore’, said he has sunk well more than $500,000 into the site’s renovation since beginning the project a year ago.

“It’s been a very expensive operation, but I insist we must have a first-class restaurant,” Rooks said. “I spent over $40,000 on landscaping alone, and we’ve redone the kitchen, the electrical and repainted the interior and exterior of the building.”

Rooks said he took his time over the past six years since the building became vacant to evaluate the area’s economy, find the right partner and complete renovations.

Although he originally planned to open the restaurant last February, he decided to delay the opening to avoid missing peak season.

Bozzolo, who will serve as head chef, general manager and partner of Amore’, could not be reached for comment. However, Rooks said Bozzolo has dreamed of opening a large restaurant in the United States.

Born in the village of Pallanza, in Piedmont, Italy, Bozzolo moved to Sarasota in 2003 after visiting the area on vacation one year earlier.

Rooks, who paid $1.4 million for the 6,360-square-foot building in May 2004, said the property has been vacant since restau-

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CAUSE FOR COMPLAINTS Longbeach Village residents outlined these concerns to commissioners last spring: • Roads are too narrow for emergency vehicles when cars are parked on both sides of the road; • Residents are unable to navigate

turns into and out of driveways, alleys and intersections when cars are parked on both sides; • Drivers cannot pass when cars are parked on both sides; • Parking signs are difficult to see; • Residents cannot park in front

of their homes due to demand for parking spaces during peak season; • Cars are parked for days at a time on streets by boaters, who often have trailers, and Jewfish Key visitors.

TOWN CENTER TIMELINE Town Manager Dave Bullock updated the Longboat Key Town Commission at its Sept. 15 workshop about the timeline for building a proposed town center in the Bay Isles area.

A selection committee chose Tindale-Oliver & Associates to create concept plans for the proposed town center and overlay district.

Contract negotiations are expected to be completed this week.

The town plans to hold a public open-house kickoff in early November and will hold public workshops in November and December.

rateur Paul Mattison closed his Longboat Key restaurant in 2008 to focus on his Sarasota restaurants. The building, erected in the mid-1980s, is modeled after the Plaza Hotel in New York City.

In December, the Longboat Key Planning & Zoning Board granted Rooks a special exception that allows for 50 outdoor dining seats on an existing 1,600-square-foot patio. Combined with the vacant restaurant’s previous 210 indoor seats, the special exception allows for a 260-seat restaurant.

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Colony Lender files foreclosure suit Colony Lender LLC filed a lawsuit against Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners Friday, seeking to foreclose on units at the shuttered Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. In the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court’s Tampa Division, Colony Lender states it is owed more than $5.1 million in damages. Although it filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Tuesday, Colony Lender will refile the identical complaint in state court due to jurisdictional issues, according to Colony Lender principal David Siegal.

The suit seeks $4,594,276.40 for accrued unpaid rent plus interest on a disputed recreational facilities lease for the period of Oct. 29, 2008 through Aug. 15, 2014, plus $525,244.82 in unpaid real estate taxes plus interest and attorney fees.

When the Colony was operational, unit owners paid $650,000 annually for use of the tennis courts and other recreational properties at the property to longtime owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber and other leaseholders.

Colony Lender argues that it owns both a 95% interest in the land and the lease, a claim that the Colony Beach & Tennis Association denies, arguing that Colony Lender owns only real property at the resort. The association also argues that the Florida Legislature outlawed agreements such as the recreational facili-

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A lawsuit filed Friday by Colony Lender LLC claims that unit owners owe it more than $5.1 million in damages from a disputed recreational facilities lease. ties lease in 1975.

The suit lists 174 defendants, representing all owners of the 237 units at the shuttered resort — except for Siegal, who owns two units.

Approximately nine owners agreed to sell their units to Orlando-based Unicorp National Development Inc., which has an agreement to purchase Colony Lender’s resort assets.

Those owners will be dropped from the suit, according to Siegal.

“I would expect there will be a number of defense lawyers talking to us, and I would expect ... being able to reach resolution with some and not with others,” he said.

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee Douglas Menchise filed a motion last month seeking sanctions against Colony Lender LLC. The motion states that when Colony Lender asserted it controls the recreational facilities lease, it violated a bankruptcy stay imposed by a judge.

“The filing in the complaint will be forcefully responded to as a further violation of the bankruptcy stay that Colony Lender and the other parties seem to be ignoring,” said association attorney Jeff Warren.

Colony Lender’s attorneys insist the stay does not exist.

KEY PLAYERS These five individuals are key to any resolution of legal issues surrounding the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

ANDY ADAMS Adams and his entities, including Colony Beach Investors Inc. and Breakpointe LLC, own 71 units, or approximately 30% of units on the property. Because future development plans and/ or settlements could require approval of 75% of unit owners, Adams will play a key role in the resort’s future.

Adams’ Breakpointe LLC also owns a 5% interest in the recreational property.

DAVID SIEGAL AND RANDY LANGLEY Colony Lender LLC principals David Siegal and Randy Langley purchased overdue bank loans on resort property including an 80% interest in the 2.3-acre recreational property, from Bank of America in 2010 for a rumored $4.5 million, followed by a 15% interest in the 2.3-acre property.

It received a judgment of more than $14.3 million in a foreclosure trial in September 2013. It placed the winning bid of $15,200,001 in July to become 95% owner of the recreational property and 100% owner of the other properties.

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Chuck Whittall’s Orlando-based Unicorp National Development Inc. has an agreement to purchase Colony Lender LLC’s resort assets for an undisclosed price.

Attorney Michael Assaf, who represents Colony Lender and Unicorp, described Unicorp as “the power behind Colony Lender,” during an Aug. 21 hearing before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May. Whittall said he plans to invest $445 million to build a new, five-star resort on the property and met with five commissioners last week to discuss his plans.

Jay Yablon, a Schenectady, N.Y.based patent trademark and copyright attorney, serves as the voice of most unit owners in his role as president of the Colony Beach & Tennis Association’s board of directors.

He recently described Colony Lender and Unicorp in a letter to unit owners as “bent on trampling over everybody else’s legal rights.”

by Caleb Motsinger | Staff Writer

Town seeks funding for pipe dream The town moves closer to building a new wastewater pipeline beneath Sarasota Bay as the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program addresses ways to help find funding.

When excess water goes down a drain on Longboat Key, it’s channeled through a sewer pipeline beneath Sarasota Bay, where it eventually makes its way to the Manatee County wastewater plant to be treated and used for industrial uses.

It has never been looked inside of during its 41 years in use — and that’s a problem that has the town preparing for a project that’s estimated to cost $19 million.

“It could last 20 more years or 20 more minutes,” Longboat Key Public Works Director Juan Florensa said. “This project is a big undertaking, regardless, the pipe is beyond its time and the town has been looking into replacing it for several years.”

The town has already received six proposals from contractors for the project, and on Sept. 18, a selection committee will meet to review all of the proposals, rank and narrow them down to three.

The proposals will then be sent to Town Manager Dave Bullock for a final decision.

After Bullock decides on the top two proposals, the leading contractor will begin to design the project and negotiate the contract in hopes of starting to build in late 2015.

The project will take several years to build and cost a lot of money, but Sarasota Bay Estuary

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A subaqueous pipeline has transported wastewater from Longboat Key to the Manatee County wastewater treatment plant for the past 41 years. The town is beginning the process of replacing the pipeline.

Program Director Mark Alderson told the Longboat Key Town Commission at its Sept. 8 regular meeting about ways for the town to secure funds for the expensive project without raising taxes.

Alderson highlighted ways to pay for the expensive new pipeline beneath Sarasota Bay through the Clean Water Act and Restore Act, using money from

settlements received after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill by British Petroleum in 2010.

The Restore Trust has more than $800 million in it from the Transocean’s $1 billion civil settlement with BP in 2013.

And, of the $2.4 billion in fines also levied to National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, $300 million was designated for Florida.

Alderson added that the Clean Water Act grants the Federal Environmental Protection Agency authority to impose fines on parties responsible for oil spills, and that the Restore Act was then passed by Congress to disperse the fines received from the spill.

He clarified the Restore Act was passed to clarify the dis-

bursement of money from Clean Water Act fines that resulted from the oil spill on the federal level, not ones levied by private individuals and business.

“When we had the oil spill, BP was fined by the government, and once they paid those fines the federal government decided to use that many and prevent the depravation of the surrounding waters,” he said.

Alderson said that as a federally approved conservation management planning area through the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program, his group is eligible for the use of those funds.

Longboat Key is at the top of the program’s list of Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen Reduction Projects for a total request of $16 million in funds. Before the town receives any settlement money, though, the funding must be approved in Tallahassee before going to the federal level for approval.

“Getting that funding would help offset raising local taxes and utility fees to help pay for the project,” Alderson said. “And that would just be better allaround for the town of Longboat Key.” Alderson said his program has been dedicated to restoring the region’s most important natural asset, Sarasota Bay, since 1989.

The program strives to improve water quality, increase habitat and enhance the area’s natural resources for the use and enjoyment by the public.

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+ Sarasota issues no-swim advisory for Lido Beach Sarasota County issued a no-swim advisory for the area around 400 Ben Franklin Drive on North Lido Beach.

The advisory is in effect due to higher than normal levels of entercocci (enteric) bacteria, which can be caused by animal and human waste, stormwater runoff and sewage leaks or spills from failed septic systems, according to a press release from the county.

County staff checked the area and noticed large numbers of shorebirds in the area, along with a line of decaying algae, which provide homes for organisms the birds eat. The proliferation of birds in the area is identified as a possible cause of the entercocci. The recent heavy rains could also be a cause, for they wash pollutants and feces off of the beach into the ocean.

As there have been no sewage spills within a one-mile distance of this area, staff believes the bacteria levels are caused by natural sources.

The beach is still open, however, staff urges residents and visitors to avoid water recreation or swimming on North Lido Beach until the bacteria levels go down and the advisory is lifted. Shellfish or crabs caught in the water should not be consumed, but fish from those waters are safe to eat, the release said.

+ Commission to adopt budget Sept. 22 The Longboat Key Town Commission will adopt its 2015 fiscal year budget on second reading and public hearing 5 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 22, during a special meeting at Longboat Key Town Hall.

Commissioners approved an operating

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 Town Commission special budget meeting — 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22  Urban Land Institute Implementation Advisory Committee meeting — 2 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 2  Town Commission regular meeting — 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6  Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting — 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, unless otherwise noted.

millage rate of 2.1763 mills, a 0.1003 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 90-day operating fund policy level. The increase will generate an additional $954,397 in tax revenue.

+ Plymouth Harbor takes steps to honor first responders Joining with firemen from Central Florida, the Suncoast FOOLS firefighters gathered Saturday, at Plymouth Harbor, to pay homage to the fallen heroes of Sept. 11. The event began with the Honor Guard presenting the colors on the east lawn, followed by a welcome from FOOLS Vice President Chris Kelly. Retired FDNY firefighter Garrett Lindgren spoke before the stair climb to honor the heroes began. Firefighters, families and the residents of Plymouth Harbor enjoyed a picnic following the climb.

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Resident nets 99th birthday, tennis time George Heitler, the Tennis Center’s oldest member, celebrated his recent birthday in one of his favorite places: the courts.

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Plymouth Harbor resident George Heitler turned 99 on Sept. 3, but his shirt says he’s still “Just a kid at heart.” He still plays tennis three days a week. that old career anymore.

“I stay focused on the present these days and take things slowly,” he said. “It’s a very different

change of pace from my former life.”

Heitler also spent his 98th birthday at the Tennis Center.

But his birthday wish last year came true early, when his family visited him in August, and he got four generations together on the courts.

“What matters is what a man leaves behind when he’s gone,” he said. “It’s good to be old and know that your family name will live on for generations to come.”

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“I’ve never had to make a special point to exercise. The things I do to stay healthy I thoroughly enjoy.” — George Heitler

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George Heitler was 12 when bies, but none that keep me he took up tennis. Since then, he quite as healthy.” has only given up the sport once His late wife, Florence Heitler, — during the Great Depression. had a similar healthy habit, “I had bigger things to worry playing tennis nearly every day about during those days,” he until she was in her 90s. said of his temporary hiHeitler’s other hobatus in the 1930s. “I was bies include music. A BIO still a young man too, basso profondo (deep Name: but once I started back bass) singer, he still George up when the Depression performs in the area Heitler started to lift, I never and has been a singer turned back.” all of his life. He got his Age: 99 On Sept. 3, Heitler celsinging start by singing Residence: ebrated his 99th birthBroadway duets with Plymouth day in one of his favorhis mother, a talented Harbor ite places: the courts of pianist and singer. At the Longboat Key Public age 7, in his temple’s Tennis Center. The Plymouth choir, and at 12, starred in “The Harbor resident who first moved Student Prince.” He also plays to the area when he bought a bridge four times a week. condo in 1982 at Whitney Beach His friends and family memhas played tennis nearly every bers say he hits a better backday of the week until recently. hand than tennis players half his He has been a regular on the age. courts at the Tennis Center as Thayer said she has seen well as the Longboat Key Club Heitler on the court playing tenand Cedars Tennis Resort. Ac- nis three times a week for years. cording to Kay Thayer, manager “His work ethic and consisand pro at the Tennis Center, tency is something to the likes Heitler is the Tennis Center’s that I have never seen,” she said. oldest member and probably Born Sept. 3, 1915, Heitler is the oldest tennis player on the a former attorney who worked Key. with Blue Cross Blue Shield for “Tennis is a reason to social- more than 30 years. ize, exercise and be outside,” he However, he doesn’t find himsaid. “I have a lot of other hob- self thinking too much about

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Because Sarasota County elections are scheduled for March 10, 2015, the town is seeking to hold its election on that date as well.

The commission reached consensus to forward an ordinance establishing March 10, 2015 as its election date to its Oct. 6 regular meeting.

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“Any time you get into union contract negotiations there is always the danger that they will fall apart,” he added.

Younger has also been a leading force in the town’s beach management plan and ensuring that its restructuring is done in a fiscally prudent manner.

Other seats that will be open in March are the District 2 and 4 seats currently held by Mayor Jim Brown and Vice Mayor Jack Duncan, respectively. Brown will exit the dais in March because of term limits, and Duncan has decided not to run for his seat for another term.

Younger and his wife, Fanny, first purchased a home on Longboat Key in 1987 in Country Club Shores and now live in the Bayou.

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Phill Younger qualified Sept. 10 to run for his third and final term on the Longboat Key Town Commission, making him the first candidate to announce he will run in the town’s March election.

Younger, 68, has held one of two at-large seats on the commission for more than four years. He says he enjoys being part of a nonpartisan group of government officials who can work together, even though they might not always agree.

“This commission has proven to be very rationale,” he said. “But all of us bring something different Younger to the table.”

However, Younger says there are still plenty of things they need to accomplish.

“We still need to get the town parks developed, and I have pushed for that the whole time I have been in office,” he said.

Born and raised in Atlanta, Younger served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and went on to spend 32 years working for Delta Airlines. As both an engineer and attorney, he worked in various positions with Delta with an emphasis in finance, before ending his career in management.

In his time on the commission, Younger was a driving force behind the town’s pension reform for town employees.

“I’ve always been very fiscally conservative, and I would like to maintain the fiscal controls that we have and make sure that we are prudent with our financial end of the business,” he said.

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DENSITY DISCUSSION

by Robin Hartill | Managing Editor

Commission seeks map for Comp Plan, code changes Dave Bullock warned commissioners they’ll be discussing town code ‘in details that will make your eyes roll back.’

Comp Plan and code revision isn’t sexy stuff — even by town government standards.

Longboat Key commissioners pointed out that not a single member of the town’s planning staff or Planning & Zoning Board was in attendance at the Sept.

15 workshop, which included an update on the anticipated process for revisions to the town’s Comprehensive Plan and land development codes. Not one member of the public spoke during the discussion.

But the town’s current Comp Plan and codes have a tangible impact on its citizens.

Many of the town’s properties are nonconforming due to the 1984 Comprehensive Plan and codes passed around the same time. (University of Florida officials will gather data about the extent of nonconformities through an agreement to perform planning work for the town.) As a result, many property owners face constraints when they seek to redevelop their properties.

“It is still very difficult to redevelop one of these properties,” said Town Manager Dave Bullock. “I’m guessing it was by intent because the stated policy of the town was to lower the density of these properties.”

Commissioners have discussed possible revisions to the town’s Comp Plans and codes for nearly three years, and several expressed frustration with the slow

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Commissioner Phill Younger recalled discussions at least a year ago that caused him to believe the town was moving closer to making changes and suggested the town has gotten distracted.

“We have gotten side-tracked with other things that have been appealing to us, such as the town center, whereas this, by my thinking, is more of a hot-button issue that needs to be addressed,” he said.

Younger suggested the town prioritize issues with non-conforming properties so that voters can approve changes in a referendum on the town’s March ballot.

However, other commissioners expressed frustration that they don’t know the goals they’re seeking to accomplish.

“I’d like someone to sit down and explain, what is it we’re trying to do?” Mayor Jim Brown said.

Brown said he believes that if a structure was built legally, the structure should be considered legal today.

Bullock told the commission that as a starting point, the town should seek to make non-conforming properties “as close to conforming as you can.”

He warned commissioners that the discussion wouldn’t be over any time soon.

“As much as it may disappoint you, you’re gonna talk about this a lot,” he said. “You’re going to talk about it in details that will make your eyes roll back, because that’s what it’s going to take to work through this code.”

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Snowstorms or snowflakes?

For those of you who still may not The collectivist “it-takes-a-village” menhave made up your minds about which tality assigns thoughts and opinions to YES: ARMED GUARDS candidates you ultimately will vote for in amorphous groups, when, in fact, only parGiven the number of shooting masNovember, what follows is a perspective ticular people hold thoughts and opinions. sacres and tragedies in U.S. schools of thought that can help you weigh which Collectivists devise one-size-fits-all in recent years, you can applaud the candidates would be best. schemes and care little for how those Manatee County School Board for votWe’ll call it the snowstorm versus schemes may affect the varied plans of real ing to station armed security personnel snowflake decision. people. Any one flake means little or nothat 32 of the county’s 33 elementary Here’s the question to ask about the ing to the collectivist because he rarely schools. candidates running for office: Do they see looks at them; and in any event, he implicThe school board has committed $1 humanity — you, the voters, taxpayers, itly dismisses the flakes because there are million a year for three years to the citizens — as individual snowflakes or as a so many to play with. private firm, Sarasota Security Patrol, collective snowstorm?

Collectivists are usually reluctant to celwhose personnel consist of retired Lawrence Reed, president of the ebrate the achievements of individuals per police officers and military veterans.

Foundation for se because they really believe that, to quote Overreacting? No. It’s insurance and Economic Education, President Obama, “you didn’t build that.” reassurance to district parents that one of the oldest notTake individuals out of the equation the school board places security of life for-profit think tanks in and you take the humanity out of whatat the top of the priority list. And it America and a teacher ever you’re promoting. What you’d never should. and promoter of liberty personally inflict on your neighbor, one To be sure, one armed guard per and free enterprise, on one, you might happily sanction if you school will not prevent a horrific wrote an essay earlier think it’ll be carried out by some faceless, event from ever occurring. But as lawthis year that makes collective entity to some amorphous blob enforcement and military leaders will you look through that on behalf of some nebulous “collective tell you, the guards’ presence — and “prism” in the context good.” the public’s knowledge of them — is of public policy.

So what does humanity look like to you: nonetheless an effective deterrence.

As Reed put it: a snowstorm or snowflakes?

The Manatee board and district MATT “There are two basic If your answer is the latter, then you administrators are moving quickly to WALSH prisms through which understand what the philosopher and hisstation the guards amid many queswe can see, study and torian Isaiah Berlin meant when he wrote tions still to be answered. They’ll figprescribe for human in 1958, “But to manipulate men, to propel ure it out. Perhaps one of the bigger society: individualism versus collectivism.” them toward goals which you — the social questions is: Snowflakes or snowstorm? reformers — see, but they may not, is to When will the Sarasota County In the following excerpts, Reed shows deny their human essence, to treat them School District follow suit? through his metaphor how it translates into as objects without wills of their own, and policy making — and by extension, into therefore to degrade them.” the choices you make in the voting booth. qqq where on the planet.

Consider: Snowstorm or snowflakes. It’s an effecThis uniqueness is critical when we qqq tive litmus test for how you see yourself make policy decisions and offer prescripNo two snowstorms are alike, but a far and how the candidates in the November tions for society as a whole; for even more amazing fact is that no two snowelection see you. flakes are identical either—at least as far as though we each look the same in certain Let’s put it another way: Will the candirespects, we are actually so different, one painstaking research has indicated. Wilson date you’re thinking of supporting vote for to the next, that our sameness can only be Alwyn Bentley of Jericho, Vermont, one of initiatives that will increase your freedom a secondary consideration … the first known snowflake photographers, and your ability to be an individual snowProceeding one step further, we must developed a process in 1885 for capturing flake, or will that candidate support initiarecognize that only individuals plan. them on black velvet before they melted. tives that favor the collective group at the When collectives are said to “plan” (e.g.

He snapped pictures of about 5,000 of expense of your freedom?

“The nation plans to go to war”), it always them and never found two that were the reduces to certain, specific, identifiable + Reap what you sow same—nor has anyone else ever since. individuals making plans for other indiIt may have been eye-opening for Scientists believe changes in humidity, viduals.

Longboat Key taxpayers to see the town temperature and other conditions prevaThe only good answer to the collectivproperty-tax rate will be rising 4.8% to lent as flakes form and fall make it highly ist question, “What does America eat for 2.1763 mills from 2.076 mills. unlikely that any one flake has ever been breakfast?” is this: “Nothing. However, And it may have been even more precisely duplicated. (Ironically, Bentley about 315 million individual Americans surprising, as well as confusing, to see the died of pneumonia in 1931 after walking often eat breakfast. Many of them sometown will be collecting $954,397 more in six miles in a blizzard. Lesson: One flake times skip it, and on any given day, there tax revenues in the new fiscal year than it may be harmless, but a lot of them can be are 315 million distinct answers to this did in 2013-2014, and yet the town’s total deadly). question.” general fund budget of $14.8 million is Contemplate this long enough and you Collectivist thinking is simply not very expected to increase only $51,130. may never see a snowstorm (or humanity) deep or thorough. Collectivists see the Huh? How can that be — rising tax the same way again. world the way Mr. Magoo did — as one collections of nearly $1 million and a Anne Bradley is vice president of ecobig blur. But unlike Mr. Magoo, they’re not budget that is staying flat? nomic initiatives at the Institute for Faith, funny. They homogenize people in a comCall it making up for past practices.

Work and Economics. At a recent FEE munal blender, sacrificing the discreet feaFirst, almost half of that increase in tax seminar in Naples, she explained matters tures that make us who we are. collections can be attributed to a 5.5% this way: increase in the town’s When we look at total property values a snowstorm from — a nice bonus for a distance, it looks town coffers. like indistinguishable The other half of white dots peppering the $954,397 will the sky. When we get come from the boost an up-close glimpse, in the tax rate. we see how intricate, All that new money beautiful and dissimiis being funneled to lar each and every help pay down the snowflake is. town’s $27 million in This is helpful unfunded pension when thinking about liabilities and rebuild humans. From a disthe town’s rainy-day tance, a large crowd savings account after of people might look the recession to a 90the same, and it’s day operating level. true that we possess If you’ve many similar characfollowed the Town teristics. But we know Commission, you that a more focused knew this was inspection brings us coming. Don’t nearer to the true fault the town nature of what we’re administration. looking at. It reveals As we commemorate the 200th anniversary of lawyer-patriot Francis Scott Key’s In fact, kudos to that each of us bears composition of the National Anthem, there’s a moving patriotic video being forTown Manager a unique set of skills, warded all over to email inboxes. It’s a great story of the story of the “Star Spangled David Bullock for talents, ambitions, Banner.” holding general fund traits and propensiGo to: www.youtube.com/embed/YaxGNQE5ZLA spending flat. ties unmatched any-

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+ Single-payer health care

Dear Editor: There is a simple answer to the Medicaid question: single payer, universal health insurance (Medicare) for all.

It would eliminate employer-mandated insurance. This would reduce costs and make businesses more competitive. Employees would be more flexible.

They would not have to navigate a morass of private plans. They could move freely to better jobs or to other states and not worry about losing their benefits. It would relieve family anxiety about large uninsured medical expenses.

It would eliminate the expense of profit pursued by private insurance companies.

Health should not be treated as a commodity.

Physicians’ offices would be more effi-

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cient without fighting the insurance companies, allowing the doctor to spend more time with the patient.

Most of all, it would eliminate the Affordable Care Act, a complicated, betterthan-nothing law, constructed by the same committee that designed the camel.

In spite of all the bad mouthing of our Medicare, it is a very efficient system, and latest news is that costs are falling.

Look to the North, forget about the anecdotes about the system’s faults and interview some of our Canadian snow birds.

See what they have to say. You will be surprised. As a matter of fact, why don’t you ask our seniors for their views on our government run Medicare.

Draw your own conclusions.

Gerald M. Litzky, M.D. Longboat Key

CURBSIDE SERVICE 9:42 p.m. — 500 block of Bay Isles Parkway. Suspicious Person. A supermarket manager reported that a fired employee hadn’t left the area at closing time. The former employee was intoxicated and sitting on a nearby curb. Police provided security for remaining employees and gave the man a ride to Sarasota because he had been drinking.

SEPT. 5 A RUDE AWAKENING 10:18 p.m. — 200 block of Sands Point Road. Fire Alarm. A woman was asleep at a resort when the unit’s sprinkler system began to spray her in bed. When she got up to evacuate, she slipped and injured her knee.

Firefighter/paramedics on the scene looked at her knee and advised her to go to the emergency room; she refused. The officer observed nearly an inch of water on the floor in her room. Responders didn’t find fire and cleared the scene. The woman was given a new unit to stay in for the night.

PARTY OF FIVE 10:33 p.m. — 100 block of North Shore Road. Trespassing. While checking a beach access point, police ob-

served two vehicles parked at the condominiums that weren’t there earlier that night. The officer walked to Beer Can Island and found five teenagers fishing on the beach. The officer notified the teens that the town’s public beaches close at 11 p.m.

SEPT. 6 CANDID CAMERA 9:50 a.m. — 300 block of North Shore Road. Trespassing. A woman’s surveillance cameras caught two males walking around a utility trailer on the property.

The men fled when the security light was activated. The officer searched the area and found nothing out of order.

SEPT. 8

STRIKE OUT 11:49 a.m. — 700 block of Hideaway Bay. Property Damage. A man called police after he saw a garbage truck strike a tree.

When police responded and located the driver, the worker said he knew struck the tree but didn’t think there was enough to damage to warrant reporting it. The officer examined the tree and found it was pushed over slightly. Police called the driver’s supervisor to look at the tree.

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DON’T TEXT ME, BRO! 4:15 p.m. — 5400 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A man playing an online game near an island grocery store received a text message that read, “Trespassed lol” and “Better skedaddle bro, cops have been called.” He went to the police station, where he told an officer the identity of the suspected sender.

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Church feeds first responders during annual 9/11 outreach With 12 drivers delivering lunch to nearly 800 first responders in Manatee and Sarasota counties, Bayside Community Church in Bradenton has seen its 9/11 outreach program grow.

For several years, the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department benefited from the effort. This year, firefighter/ paramedics enjoyed a lunch of barbecue sandwiches, chips and drinks on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks — served by one of their own.

Caleb Motsinger Longboat Key firefighter/ Firefighter/paramedic Brandon and Rebecca Desch paramedic Brandon Desch deliver food Thursday with Bayside Community Church’s assisted his wife, Rebecca, annual 9/11 outreach program. Since 2008, the church with deliveries, as he has has provided lunch for first responders on Sept. 11. done for the past four of the six years in which his wife has “Bayside just started delivering lunches helped with the program. in Sarasota County this year,” said Re“I’ve worked with the Bradenton and becca Desch, as she dropped off lunch for Longboat Key fire departments, and I the Longboat Key department Thursday. know the importance firsthand of seeing “But at the rate the program is growing we these people out year after year, serving should be expanding our reach next year.” food and showing that they care,” he said.

Impressed by the church’s initial out“A little goes a long way.” reach to fire departments in Manatee The outreach began in 2008, when orga- County, where both Rebecca and Brandon nizer Lisa Judge fed first responders who worked at the time with the Bradenton Fire served her church in Manatee County on Department, the Desches both eventually the anniversary of the attacks. Six years lat- joined the church; they’ve helped with the er, the program has expanded its reach to program for as long as they’ve been memall public safety in Manatee County, the bers.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17

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. 18

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.

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.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 25

Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours — takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Wicker Inn, 5581 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Cost is $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers. Call 383-2466.

LOOKING AHEAD Sarasota Bay Watch/Audubon Florida Fishing Line Cleanup

OBITUARIES Philip George Barach

Philip George Barach, 84, of Longboat Key and Brookline, Mass., died Aug. 31.

Mr. Barach was a graduate of Boston Latin School, Boston University and Harvard Business School. In 1955 he married Sheila Brown, of Newton, Mass.

They moved in 1962 to Cincinnati, and Mr. Barach became chief executive officer of the United States Shoe Corp.; he remained in that position until his retirement in 1993.

Mr. Barach is survived by his wife, Sheila; three sons, Michael, David and Daniel; and 13 grandchildren.

Services were held Sept. 4 at the Stanetsky Memorial Chapels, in Brookline Mass., with interment at Mishkan Tefila Memorial Park, in West Roxbury, Mass.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be donated to the charity of your choice.

A. Carole Covino

What: Help remove fishing line from bird-nesting habitat, islands and coastlines to protect seabirds from entanglement, which usually results in death. Fishing line that volunteers collect will be weighed and measured, and the data will be shared with state scientists who work on entanglement issues. Register at sarasotabaywatch.org.

When: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 Where: Launch from Sarasota Sailing Squadron, 1717 Ken Thompson Parkway.

A. Carole Covino, 72, of Longboat Key, died Sept. 5.

Born Dec. 14, 1941, Dr. Covino earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass., and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from Syracuse University, in Syracuse, N.Y. In her 38-year teaching career, she taught in the Liverpool and North Syracuse school districts and at Syracuse University. She retired in 2005 from Gillette Road Middle in North

Syracuse. She loved teaching, cooking, reading and the beach.

Dr. Covino is survived by her sons, Patrick Covino, of East Syracuse, and John Covino Jr., of Binghamton, N.Y.; fiancé Michael Cole, of Syracuse and Longboat Key; and two grandsons.

A Mass and burial took place in Syracuse. To send condolences, visit gangmemorial. com.

Irwin Leibowitz

Irwin Leibowitz, 82, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 16.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he grew up in a family that was involved in manufacturing handbags. He met his wife, Mina, while he was a student at New York University. The couple raised their three children in Westbury, N.Y., while Mr. Leibowitz managed the family factory in Brooklyn.

Midwest Handbags hired Mr. Leibowitz in 1965 to manage its St. Louis factory. After handbag manufacturing moved overseas, Mr. Leibowitz founded National Courier Systems in St. Louis. He was known for his knack of hiring dedicated employees, some of whom remained his close friends until his death.

Mr. Leibowitz was a founding member of the Air Courier Association and built friendships and business alliances with competitors around the country. By the time he sold his business in 1995, the Leibowitzes

had moved to Longboat Key, where they became Temple Beth Israel members.

In retirement, Mr. Leibowitz pursued his passion for sculpture; he taught at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts. After the Arts Center closed its sculpture studio, he and his artist friends formed a cooperative studio.

He enjoyed the offerings of the Sarasota cultural scene, including art, opera, symphony and theater. He also enjoyed bridge and dining at new restaurants.

Mr. Leibowitz was known for his sense of humor, love of telling stories and sayings to fit any occasion, including this one that his family remembers in particular at this time: “When the horn blows … you go.”

Mr. Leibowitz was preceded in death by his sons, Labe and Chaz Leibowitz. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mina; daughter, Shoshana Leibowitz; and three grandchildren.

Gerald Edward Pies

Gerald Edward Pies, 63, of Longboat Key, died Sept. 12.

Mr. Pies was born Oct. 4, 1950, in Green Bay, Wis. Mr. Pies is survived by his mother and stepfather, Frances and Tom Beimborn; sons, Warren Pies and Grant Pies; brother, Wayne Pies; and two grandchildren.

A memorial service will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at Manasota Funeral Home, 1221 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton.

All Angels by the Sea

Temple Beth Israel is Here for You.

The Episcopal Church on Longboat Key

563 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key

383-8161

All are welcome. Please join us in worship!

Sunday Service: 9:00 am

Website: www.AllAngelsLBK.org

The Rev. David L. Danner, D. Min., Rector

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Sunday Service 10:00 AM The Rev. Dr. Paul T. Eckel

Where Will You Be for the High Holy Days?

Sermon: “Listen to Him”

S’lichot Saturday, September 20, 7:30 pm

Kol Nidre Friday, October 3, 8 pm

Erev Rosh Hashanah Wednesday, September 24, 8 pm

Yom Kippur Saturday, October 4, 10 am Memorial Service 4 pm

Communion and Healing Service 9:45 a.m.

An InterfAIth CommunIty ChurCh founded In 1956

Visitors Welcome

Sukkot Thursday, October 9, 10 am

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Rabbi Jonathan R. Katz will conduct services with Music Director Dr. Ann Stephenson-Moe and Cantorial Soloist Robert Marinoff.

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Temple Beth Israel 567 Bay Isles Rd Longboat Key

The Rev. Dr. Vincent Carroll Senior Minister

6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive • Longboat Key, Florida 34228 Telephone: 941-383-6491 • web: www.longboatislandchapel.org The Lord’s Warehouse

Simhat Torah Thursday, October 16, 10 am

Worship Service 10 a.m.

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4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228 383-1255

Saturday: 5 PM Sunday: 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM M-F: 9 AM Confessions before all Masses

Msgr. Gerard Finegan, Pastor

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The social scene is packed, as usual, for the fall. We’re looking forward to countless events this season — but here are 10 through the end of 2014 we already have circled on our calendar.

23 OCTOBER

AGELESS CREATIVITY CONCERT FEATURING AL HIXON

When: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 Where: Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art & Design, 6860 Longboat Drive S. For the sixth year, the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design will hold its “Ageless Creativity” exhibits and awards in celebration of the creative process and its transcendence of time. This year, the Arts Center will celebrate with a concert featuring legendary Longboat jazz drummer Al Hixon, whose pursuit of music began in childhood.

The concert is one of several events planned as part of the “Ageless Creativity” series. For a full list of events, visit ringling.edu/LBKCA. html and search for the fall 2014 preview.

by Robin Hartill | Managing Editor

17 OCTOBER

TASTE OF ST. ARMANDS

When: 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 17 Where: St. Armands Circle Savor the Circle at the Taste of St. Armands, which highlights the restaurants and food-related businesses of St. Armands Circle.

The event benefits All Faiths Food Bank. For information, call 3881554.

19 OCTOBER

LONGBOAT KEY TRIATHLON

When: Race begins at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 Where: Begins at Islandside golf course at the Longboat Key Club and Resort, 301 Gulf of Mexico Drive The Longboat Key Triathlon and Duathlon is already 90% sold out, according to organizers.

The international distance triathlon course consists of a half-mile swim in the Gulf of Mexico, 20-mile bike ride and 5-mile run. For sprint distance, participants will swim a quarter-mile, bike 10 miles and run 2.5 miles. Duathlon racers will bike 20 miles and run 5 miles.

This year, the Michelob Ultra After Party, with table dining and entertainment, will follow the race. To register, visit lbktriathlon.com.

17 OCTOBER

MOTE’S NIGHT OF FISH, FUN & FRIGHT

When: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 Where: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway Cost: $8 online in advance; $12 at the door or $10 for Mote members Sail the spooky seas in costume at Mote’s Night of Fish Fun & Fright.

Children of all ages are invited for a night of trick-or-treating that includes Dr. Frankin-Fish’s Lab of Horrors, recommended for children 8 and up, Coffin’s Creak, where children can unearth sharks’ teeth and deep-sea delights in the Diner of the Dead. The event includes an educational program for ages 2 to 5 and underwater pumpkin carving in Mote’s spooktacular shark exhibit.

For information, visit mote.org/Halloween.

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FRIGHT NIGHT ON ST. ARMANDS

When: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31 Zaniiyah Carrington Where: St. Armands Circle This Halloween event is a “Thriller” of the night, culminating in an 8 p.m. Sarasota High School drama department’s performance of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Throughout the evening, children can trick-or-treat in their costumes and experience the Circle’s spookiest night with frightening characters, storefront decorations and statues decorated in the Halloween spirit. For information, call 388-1554.

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SARASOTA BAY WATER FESTIVAL

When: Festival is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1; After Party and Aqua-Garde Fashion Show are 7 p.m. to midnight.

Where: Ken Thompson Park, City Island; After Party continues in downtown Sarasota.

“Enjoy the bay” is the theme of the third annual Sarasota Bay Water Festival, which celebrates the importance of Sarasota Bay to the region’s environment, economy and way of life.

The festival includes live music, dragon boat races, raffles, an art zone, panel discussions and an “I Love Sarasota Bay” photo contest.

This year’s festival features a new comSam Talmadge with ponent: The After Party and Aqua-Garde Buggsy Fashion Show that will continue at a downtown Sarasota location to be announced with live music and a costume contest. For information, visit sarasotabaywaterfestival.com.

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Updated, open floorplan with panoramic views. $1,149,000 SANCTUARY IV #303 - 2BR+Den/2.5BA furnished home with partial Gulf views from large wrap around terrace. $799,000 PLAYERS CLUB #A102 - 3BR/2.5BA, furnished home. Partial Gulf and pool views, and under-building parking. $699,000 BEACHPLACE - BLDG. 8 #202 - Direct Gulf 2BR/2BA residence with awesome beach to water views. $699,000 CLUB LONGBOAT - 5055 Gulf of Mexico Dr. #326 - 2/2 with tennis court frontage and partial Gulf views. $499,000

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530 HARBOR POINT RD - Freshly manicured canal front lot in Bay Isles Harbor Section. $1,350,000 1400 HARBOR SOUND DRIVE - Vacant lot with picturesque waterway view to the Bay. $1,249,000 HARBOUR COURT - 2204 Harbour Court Drive - Spacious 3BR+Den/3.5BA villa with Intracoastal and partial Bay views. $949,000 Private dock.

ATRIUM - 2120 Harbourside Dr. #618 - 3BR/3BA home with spanning bay & city views, and private walk-down. $945,000 BAYOU - 3280 Bayou Sound - 4BR/3BA home with oversized pool lanai and serene, private lake views. $899,000 BAYOU - 3181 Bayou Sound - 2BR/3BA+office with wood floors, private pool, spa and dock. On Intracoastal. $895,000 GRAND BAY #145 - 3BR/2Full/2HB, beautifully turn-key furnished with golf course and bay views. $889,000 ATRIUM - 2110 Harbourside Dr. #537 - Bayfront 3BR/2BA home with spacious, open plan. Mostly furnished. $869,000 LONGBOAT KEY MOORINGS - The west coast’s largest marina has a 45’ slip just for you! $64,500

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BE WELL

by Heather Merriman | Black Tie Editor

MICHAEL SAUNDERS & COMPANY #1 REAL ESTATE TEAM The Resort at Longboat Key Club

Longboat Key 2014 Resort Sales

(Inn on the Beach)

Beach Views

Photos by Heather Merriman

Tena Wilson, Plymouth Harbor President and CEO Harry Hobson, Tom Hopkins and Mary Allyn cut the ribbon.

Plymouth Harbor celebrates opening of Wellness Center Plymouth Harbor’s “big idea” came to life Sept. 12, as nearly 100 guests gathered in what was once referred to as the “dungeon,” the basement of the iconic retirement community, for the Plymouth Harbor Wellness Center ribbon-cutting ceremony.

With the help of Willis A. Smith Construction and THW Design, the 10,000-square-foot space, including an indoor therapy pool, wood shop, hobby shop, art studio, group fitness and dance studio, fitness room, common area and administrative offices, was dedicated to wellness. The space was funded by private donations through the Plymouth Harbor Foundation.

“This is a result of a spirit of philanthropy, from people with a passion for wellness,” said Plymouth Harbor President and CEO Harry Hobson during his thank-you speech.

With over $63,800+ in 2013 gross revenue, this 1 bedroom condo in the hotel program is the perfect vacation getaway with amazing views of the Gulf of Mexico. This is the lowest priced gulf front Junior Suite available.

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Gloria Moss and Jim Helbrich dance a waltz in memory of Joanne Hastings at the Plymouth Harbor Wellness Center ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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When: 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7; dinner is served from 6 to 8 p.m.

Where: Cedars Tennis Resort, 645 Cedars Court Cost: $25 in advance; $30 at the door This year, the Longboat Key Historical Society will offer another chance to fill up on fish and other fried fare at the Annual Fish Fry. For the second year, the fundraiser will take place at Cedars Tennis Resort, where attendees can fill their plates and enjoy two complimentary beers or glasses of wine, along with spirit drinks on a cash basis.

Of course, it wouldn’t be an Annual Fish Fry without music from Blues Pig, which will perform live at the event.

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4-Plex - West of the Trail Grove Street Mediterranean style multi-family property with 1, 2 & 3 BR units or a great lot to build a single family home! Unbelievable potential! $499,000

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

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

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

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Avondale - West of the Trail Adorable cottage with newer granite & wood kitchen and Porcelain tile & maple wood floors.

Large back yard with plenty of room for a pool or expansion. Excellent location! $499,000

Siesta Key - Sandy Cove Natural Lakefront town home w/private beach.

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

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

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Water Club II - Simple Elegance Sought after Dover floor plan with 3 full bedrooms plus a spacious den and living area shows like a model. Beautiful 24x24 Beachplace III - Bay Gulf and Golf light marble floors and a neutral palette. Pet friendly.

WAS $1,895,000 NOW $1,779,000 Course Views The perfect beach getaway!

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

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Promenade - Longboat Key Gulf Front Simply a WOW on the beach. Completely redone 2BR/2BA with style & sophistication in both architecture and included furnishings.

8th floor location with a 23’ terrace, & sweeping SW Gulf and city views. $989,000

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LONGBOAT KEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL FISH FRY

When: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 Where: Bay Isles Road; program is at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road The Rotary Club of Longboat Key will salute those who have served during its first Veterans Day Parade and Recognition Program.

Those who have served in the armed forces and their family members and survivors are invited to participate in the parade, and members of the public can show their support by lining Bay Isles Road.

The parade route will end at Temple Beth Israel, where a program will honor veterans and their families.

To participate, contact Rotarian and Marine Corps veteran Nick Kovalakides at 773-3012 or nkovalakides@aol. com by Oct. 20.

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Sleepy Lagoon - Longboat Key Stunning waterfront home on Marbury Ln. with 4 BD+den/4.5 BA totaling 2,702 sq. ft. Completely renovated, new appliances, pool, boat dock & a putting green out back! $749,000

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

Promenade - Beach & Bay Views Beautiful Sarasota Bay and sunset views over the Gulf from this 8th floor Grand Bay III - Incredible Views Never 2BR/2BA apartment that is FULL of potential! $875,000 lived in custom-designed 2BR + office/3BA apartment on the 3rd floor with sparkling Bay and city views. 2 garage parking spaces included. $1,149,000

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36TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY NIGHT OF LIGHTS

When: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 Where: St. Armands Circle Santa Claus is coming to St. Armands Circle.

The holiday event begins with a performance by the Cuban Ballet School from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Then, the Circle joins in a Christmas carol sing-a-long to welcome Santa Claus as he arrives with Mrs. Claus to help light up the Circle’s Christmas tree. The event includes entertainment, specials at many Circle businesses and photo-ops with Santa throughout the evening.

For information, call 388-1554.

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LONGBOAT KEY GOURMET LAWN PARTY

When: Noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 Where: Islandside golf course at the Resort at Longboat Key Club, 301 Gulf of Mexico Drive Cost: $25 in advance; $30 at the gate The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key pushed the Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party back by four weeks this year, but the event will be worth the wait. This year, organizers hope to draw 32 restaurants and raise $70,000 for scholarships and local children’s charities.

One lucky raffle winner will walk away $20,000 richer, and organizers have four major runner-up prizes planned that they will soon announce.

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

L’Ambiance condominium sells for $1.35 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between Sept. 1 and Sept. 5.

A condominium in L’Ambiance at Longboat Key Club tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Thomas Sweet, of Lutz, sold his Unit B-302 condominium at 415 L’Ambiance Drive to Richard and Janet Hoyle, of Ontario, Canada, for $1.35 million.

Built in 1992, it has two bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,385 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.1 million in 2013.

Tangerine Bay Club

Maurizi and Gayle Uhlenburg, of Sarasota, for $640,000. Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,940 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1 million in 2005.

La Playa

David and Lanie Cosgrove, of Birmingham, Mich., sold their Unit 104 condominium at 4425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to V.J.R. Ski Corp. for $290,000. Built in 1974, it has one bedroom, one bath and 699 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $165,000 in 2011.

Clare Villari, trustee, of Middlesex, Mass., sold the Unit 217 condominium at 350 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Michael and Charlotte Asen, of Longboat Key, for $920,000. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,394 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $870,000 in 2005.

Windward Bay

Grand Bay

Spanish Main Yacht Club

Mark and Pamela Rosenblum sold their Unit 432 condominium at 3010 Grand Bay Blvd. to Kevin and Ellen Crouse, of Mountain Top, Pa., for $867,500.

Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $925,000 in 2005.

Country Club Shores

The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, sold the home at 531 Golf Links Lane to George

T. Gregory Jacobs, of Tampa, sold his Unit 11-V-22-C condominium at 4830 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Sue Carlson, trustee, of Anna Maria, for $247,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,168 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $255,000 in 2004.

Brenda Cox and Donna Harris, trustees, of Charlottesville, Va., sold the Unit 197 condominium at 750 El Centro to Douglas and Lori Herrington, of Boyne City, Mich., for $228,000. Built in 1967, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,093 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $212,000 in 2012.

Beach Harbor Club

Robert Krause sold his Unit C102 condominium at 3806 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jean Espinoza,

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Unit B-302 at L’Ambiance has two bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,385 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.35 million. of Lakeland, for $205,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,027 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $72,500 in 1984.

ST. ARMANDS KEY Sarasota Harbour Apartments

Lighthouse Pointe LLC sold the Unit 4 condominium at 761 John Ringling Blvd. to Michael and

Kathleen Smith, of Weston, Conn., for $250,000. Built in 1963, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 816 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $285,000 in 2003.

LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

593 Kingfisher Ln #A3993593 $1,899,000 Jaime Barcelo

Longboat Key 941-966-8000 941-275-3233

230 Sands Point Rd # 3005 #A3987939 $1,295,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

556 N Washington Drive #A4100385 $1,200,000 Diana Kryszak

Lido Key 941-388-4447 941-993-4078

3565 Mistletoe Lane #A4104717 $999,000 Julie Klick

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

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

575 Sanctuary Dr # 403 #A3993941 $895,000 Carol Cohen Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-356-3829

549 Gunwale Lane #A4103677 $865,000 Bobbi Banan

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-2659

541 Chipping Ln #A3998188 $799,000 Jonathan Fox

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-544-6649

545 Rountree Dr #A3996752 $769,000 Michael Yawitz

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-587-8091

228 Van Buren Drive #A4101537 $750,000 Rinat Sikdar

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-7717

Lido Key 941-383-7591 941-993-9292

1910 Harbour Links Cir # 12 #A3999366 $749,000 Jenine Meyer

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

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

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Residences 1007 #A3988207 $1,195,000 Joan Dickinson & Beth Afflebach

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

2105 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 3204 #A3995170 $699,000 Susan Fox

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-544-6648

Sarasota 941-364-8884 941-914-0496

6338 Laguna Drive #A3957942 Audrey Singer

Longboat Key $649,900 941-383-7591

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

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-321-3115

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

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

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-993-5088

3436 Winding Oaks Dr # 44 #A3995390 $549,000 Nina Dearing

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-809-0038

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

Lido Key 941-349-3444 941-266-8658

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

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-356-6694

4340 Falmouth Drive #A4100914 $317,900 Maureen Doherty

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

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BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Sept. 4 through Sept. 10, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address Permit

Single-family 6336 Laguna Drive residence 4311 GMD Alteration 615 Dream Island Road Interior

Lift, dock and 600 Putter Lane seawall 6500 Bayou Hammock Road Pool and koi pond 2525 GMD Interior 4275 GMD Interior

Concrete and 775 Longboat Club Road waterproofing 700 Hideaway Bay Pool 380 GMD Bathroom 280 North Shore Road Doors and window 1590 Harbor Cay Lane Pool 2399 GMD Shutters 6401 GMD Deck and pool

4425 GMD Kitchen 4330 Falmouth Drive Bathroom 715 Lands End Drive Decks and siding 4401 GMD Doors and window 552 Ranger Lane Seawall 4600 GMD Windows 3021 GMD Re-roof 676-684 El Centro Window and door 4800 GMD Windows 2721 GMD Bathroom 435 L’Ambiance Drive Shutters 1945 GMD Shutters 2141 GMD Pool and spa 5230 GMD Windows 1000 Longboat Club Road Shutters 4888 GMD Lift and slips 415 L’Ambiance Drive Shutters 415 L’Ambiance Drive Shutters 1925 GMD Shutters 829 Spanish Drive Window

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440 Gulf of Mexico Dr. • Longboat Key 941.350.5022

Sylvia Zimmerman attributes her reputation as one of Southwest Florida’s most outstanding real estate agents to her extensive business background, as well as her intense focus on customer service.

A longtime Sarasota-area resident, Sylvia builds enduring client relationships, possesses a profound facility for bringing buyers and sellers together and offers an intricate knowledge of the many unique communities that beckon newcomers to both Sarasota and Manatee counties.

Drawn to Sarasota by its natural beauty, exciting culture and remarkable weather, Sylvia’s love for tennis and golf found the perfect fit. Having lived on the bay (Siesta Key), on the beach (Casey Key), on a canal (Bird Key) and in two golf course communities (Lakewood Ranch Country Club and Laurel Oaks Estates), she can personally identify with the variety of opportunities available on Florida’s Gulf Coast—a unique advantage she passes on to her clients.

With her years of experience in real estate sales, no one knows the area better!

Amount

Timothy Hellige David Meister Bradford Baker

$557,000 $119,000 $112,000

Ian Aitken

$80,000

Edward Kolodzieski Harold Londer Nancy Snyder

$77,948 $61,302 $47,478

Beaches of Longboat Key Frank Vero Charles Wilkinson Robert Bunting Andre Butterfield James Ericson Gerald Pies Bishop Real Estate Holdings Stephen Fowle William Gambill Flavio Riva Laura Charron Joann Steinke Andrew Sloman Carolyn Rothman Jeffery Grass Stephen Smith Richard Barone Kathleen Folken Douglas Anderson Comerica Bank Elwood Prihoda Windward Bay Condo Rudolf Mueller Rochelle Tarter Robert Miccio Vivian Celeste Wenzel

$45,000 $40,000 $38,874 $37,165 $30,000 $25,282 $22,000 $22,000 $18,896 $15,000 $14,770 $14,000 $12,600 $12,500 $12,000 $11,619 $11,500 $10,400 $9,933 $9,900 $9,654 $9,450 $9,217 $8,395 $8,395 $6,984 $6,430

Please visit my website: www.sylviasellssarasota.com

8900 Fishermans Bay 200+ ft. of Open Bay View MLS# A3992099 $1,850,000

571 Putting Green Lane Buy the LBK Lifestyle, Boat & Furnishings included MLS# A3984052 $1,995,000

7122 Whitemarsh Circle Lakewood Ranch MLS# A3994411 $475,500

Ian Addy & Gail Wittig

440 Gulf of Mexico Drive • Longboat Key 941.961.8850 | 941.228.1985 Luxury Service n Strategic Marketing n Benchmark Results 4440 Exeter Drive #A4104012 $315,000 Sharon Freeman

3320 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4103710 Doris Bushman

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

Longboat Key $255,000 941-383-5502

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

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

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-348-3989

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

The Addy & Wittig team has garnered recognition as the top sales team company-wide with Michael Saunders & Company and top sales team on Longboat Key for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. As a consistent top producing Realtor® and Sarasota native, Gail has more than 33 years of local real estate experience. Ian brings a robust financial management background focused on valuation to complement his abilities as a skilled negotiator.

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

4235 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # G203 #A3936274 $239,000 Eileen (Dee Dee) Burke

With the highest sale on Longboat Key in over three years, accomplished with only 51 days from listing to contract and the uncontested leader in sales at the luxurious The Resort at Longboat Key Club, this team sets themselves apart from the competition. Focusing on exceptional service, which includes personally accompanying on each and every showing, this results driven team has distinguished themselves as among the very best in the profession.

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-266-8949

RE N TA L

225 Sands Point Road #A4100632 $315,000 Rory Jaret

Please visit www.athomesarasota.com to learn more.

2165 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 114 Longboat Key #A3982871 $7,500-$12,500/month, 60 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

2016 Harbourside Dr # 343 Longboat Key #A3988658 $3,800-$5,400/month, 60 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

1065 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 203 Longboat Key #A3999022 $2,000-$5,400/month, 30 day min 941-552-4200 Janice Reed 941-993-8398

749 Freeling Drive MLS# A3989373 $3,600,000

601 Longboat Key Club Rd #201S MLS# A3987049 $1,495,000

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S Little Bokeelia Island #A3959962 $24,500,000 Klaus Lang

Little Bokeelia Island 941-383-7591 941-320-1223

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 Main Street 951.6660 • Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444

MLS# A4102679 $699,000

White Sands of Longboat whitesandsoflongboat.com 800.230.2428

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Sandy Beach Resort #117

Veranda Beach Club verandabeachclub.com 800.411.5511

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Certified Residential Specialist

+ Three businesses close St. Armands locations

A3968932 CASEY KEY - Mid-Century Modern extensively remodeled gulf front residence on a gulf to bay 1.25 acre lot. $4,495,000

Three businesses have recently closed their St. Armands Circle locations.

Both The Scandinavian Shop and Nautical North closed July 15.

The Scandinavian Shop has another location in Gulf Gate that remains open, and Nautical North maintains a store in Annapolis, Md., and its online business.

Sarasota Yogurt Co. closed its Circle store July 26 and will soon open a Sarasota store. Daiquiri Deck will expand into its former first-floor space on the Circle later this year.

+ Patchington event to benefit SPARCC

A3996566

A3993216 OAKS BAYSIDE ESTATE - 8,500sf 5BR residence designed and built by famed architect Bo MacEwen. $2,400,000

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

Patchington will hold “Party With a Purpose” from Sept. 18 through Sept.

20, at each of its 20 stores in Florida and both of its New Jersey locations to benefit local domestic violence charities.

The event at the St. Armands Patchington, 386 St. Armands Circle, will raise funds for the Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC). Customers who donate $10 to SPARCC will receive a ticket worth 25% off their in-store purchase on event days.

For information, call 388-2801.

+ Lazy Lobster Longboat Key resumes its lunch service A3999238 BEACHPLACE - Direct gulf front two bedroom furnished condo with staircase from terrace down to beach. $739,000

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

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A3978333 LONGBOAT KEY GULF FRONT - Rare 1.55 acre lot spanning 428’ of beautiful sandy beach & gulf. $4,500,000

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

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440 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228 Office 941.383.7591 | Mobile 941.928.3559 | SarasotasFinestProperties.com

Lazy Lobster Longboat Key, 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive, resumed lunch service this week. Hours are now 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m. daily. For information, call 383-0440.

+ Dining specials that benefit nonprofits continue

By Robin Hartill | Managing Editor

Restaurant & Pub, the Sandbar Restaurant and the BeacHhouse Restaurant will donate $1 from the sale of each grouper sandwich and burger toward the national Share Our Strength Dine Out for No Kid Hungry program, which aims to end childhood hunger in America. For information, visit groupersandwich.com.

During September, the Columbia will donate 5% of checks at each of its seven locations to the charity of the customer’s choice.

Participating nonprofits for 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. For information, visit columbiarestaurant.com.

+ Key Club golf course improvements continue The Resort at Longboat Key Club recently completed the installation of new grass at Blue Heron No. 9 on its Harbourside golf course. The Key Club is also in the process of cutting out fairways and trees and growing new platinum paspalum grass.

Other improvements the Key Club recently completed include increasing the square footage of teeing grounds and reworking fairways to improve drainage and increase landing area. Earth work is underway on the Red Hawk course, where the Key Club will install new greens, then follow with laying the remaining new sod.

The Columbia Restaurant and the Chiles Restaurant Group are hosting dining specials in September that benefit local nonprofits.

Through Sept. 21, Mar Vista Dockside

941.383.5577 www.WagnerRealty.com

Living and Working on Longboat Key for 40 Years

Cathy C. Meldahl, P.A. Your Longboat Key Community Realtor

NICE AND COZY 2BR/1BA Mobile Home in an active community. Fishing on the bay and shuffleboard are some of the activities available with deeded beach access and marina. $99,900 Dia Wilson & Mary Moore #M5841236 150112

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

• Consistent top producer on Longboat Key • In-depth knowledge of the real estate market • Active in our community with Longbeach Village Association Longboat Key Historical Society Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Longboat Key Center for the Arts Longboat Key Garden Club

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

SPECTACULAR PANORAMIC VIEW of mangrove preserve and Sarasota Bay from this beautiful 2BR/2BA 3rd floor condo in Windward Bay. Great mid-key community with tons of amenities. $254,900 Kelly Belisle #M5843015

3174 Gulf of Mexico Dr. Longboat Key, FL 34228

Michael Saunders & Company Licensed Real Estate Broker

941.724.7228 CathyMeldahl@michaelsaunders.com

HISTORIC LONG BEACH -- This vacant lot with beach and bay access just blocks away could be the site for your new home. Enjoy the charm of Village life with its friendly residents, its many neighborly activities and its ambiance. ................................................................................................................................................................ $279,000 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

SECLUDED PARADISE on south end of Longboat Key. Furnished and steps away from beach and short drive to St. Armands & Sarasota art district. Amenities include golf course, tennis, pool, spa & restaurant. $339,000 Mary Moore & Dia Wilson #PM5846581

DESIGNER FURNISHED PENTHOUSE with 2BR/ 2BA and views of the Intracoastal AND the Bay! Deeded beach access, beach cabana, two heated pools and more.

Pets welcome. $379,000 Marc Turner #PA3926740

TIMBER CREEK---a golfing community tucked away in West Bradenton. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths plus enclosed lanai on the golf course. Golf membership is so reasonable you can’t afford not to play. 15 minutes to the beach. Shopping and restaurants closeby. ...........................................................................................................................................$110,000 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 SUNRISE, SUNSET - You will enjoy both from the bayfront furnished penthouse with a million dollar view of Sarasota Bay, the Sarasota skyline and Bradenton to the north. Great amenities and deeded beach access. 2 pets allowed--no size or weight restriction!! ............................................................................................................................................$450,000 BLACKBURN POINT WOODS - Beautifully appointed maintenance free 4/3 villa with its own pool in an attractive neighborhood close to Casey Key. Amenities include tennis, community pool and clubhouse.…SOLD....$335,000

DISTINCTIVE HOME UNIQUE 2014 custom home in award winning CONRAD BEACH on LBK. 3BR/3BA with upgrades too numerous to list. Coastal theme, Architectural design, community pool and walk to the beach. $1,179,000 Peter & Gina Uliano #M5841410

bobbiebanan@michaelsaunders.com

Michael Saunders & Company

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

Licensed Real Estate Broker

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

BOBBIE BANAN, REALTOR® 356-2659 • 383-2659

St. Armands Circle, Sarasota, FL (941) 388-4447

Ambassador’s Circle

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ATTENTION INVESTORS 2 BR/2BA UNIT was completely renovated in 2005. New kitchen & bathrooms.

Oversized screened lanai for maximum garden view.

Nightly rentals available. $339,000 Mary Moore & Dia Wilson #M5835441

WINDWARD BAY - view the bay from the screened porch of this corner 2/2 villa. Enjoy a full size laundry room and grilling outside your door.The community offers tennis, 2 pools, fitness room. boat docks, kayak racks. 2 pets up to 25 lbs. This villa lives like a single family home .… SOLD........................................................................$269,000

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Record Temperatures High

Low

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Low

Tuesday, Sept. 9

88

74

95 (1948)

65 (1997)

Wednesday, Sept. 10

93

73

97 (1948)

64 (1963)

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89

74

98 (1925)

62 (1924)

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91

74

95 (1948)

65 (1956)

Saturday, Sept. 13

93

74

95 (1963)

65 (1956)

Sunday, Sept. 14

88

73

95 (1997)

64 (1913)

Monday, Sept. 15

89

73

95 (1951)

62 (1984)

Average Gulf water temperature: 88

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09-18-14

Thursday, September 18, 2014

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

Ad runs 2 consecutive weeks in 1 Observer.

(No phone calls please.)

(Please provide your name and address) Email ad to: classified@yourobserver.com Online at: www.yourobserver.com Or mail to: The Observer Group P.O. Box 3169 Sarasota, Fl 34230 POWER JUICER: deluxe stainless, Jack La Lanne, used once, all accessories and books, $65.00.

248-227-4886.

GOLF BALLS. Over 100 perfect golf balls. $100 or make offer, $100. (941)383−5372.

Autos For Sale

Help Wanted

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Computer Services

SALES ASSOCIATE. Olivia Boutique is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic part time sales associate. Please call 941−388−1677 or email annikasand@aol.com to schedule an interview.

(941) 388−1677.

CHRISTMAS (12/20-12/27) 2BR/2BA, bay condo mid-island, sleeps 4-6, $1400. 941-321-3311.

LBK RESIDENT offering Mac/PC services to businesses and individuals. Remote service packages available. Scott@ResoluteIT.com 941-870-3235 OWN A MAC/iPHONE/iPAD? MacTutor has 21+ years experience teaching Apple products.

I speak English, not “Geek”! (941) 812-3887 www.FLMacTutor.com

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

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

LIDO BEACH Club. Beautiful gulf view. 1BR/1BA, furnished, newly decorated, pool. No smoking/ pets. Annual $2000/mo. Seasonal $3000/mo.

3 Month minimum. 248-375-9027.

LIDO KEY−$1800 month & Pet Friendly Clean and Furnished 1BR/1BA Pelican Gardens condo 1.5 blocks from Lido Beach.

Avail. Sept 22−Dec 12, 2014. Cunningham Property Mgmt. Corp. Lic. Real Estate Broker (941) 383−3117 www.floridarent.com

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

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale BOATHOUSE, LBK: 29/ft. covered dry slip, only 10 minutes to Gulf, $275/mo. 941-724-9486.

LONGBOAT KEY Moorings Boat Slip for Rent.

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

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

941-928-1542.

SLIP RENTAL- LBK Moorings. By Owner. M18, premier slip, 58 ft. $600 month. 941-316-9372

Boats Boats Are Selling Very Well. We Also Buy Boats. www.Islandboatsales.net 941-228-3489. Dave/Owner.

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

Pools/Spas HOT TUBS - Slim Spas - Fiberglass Pools.

Local manufacturer offering to sell directly to the public at wholesale pricing. 941-462-0633.

Personals *ADOPTION*: AT-Home-Mom, Devoted Dad. Financially Secure, LOVE, Laughter, Music awaits baby. Expenses paid. FLBar 42311.

1-800-552-0045. *Lisa & Kenny*

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

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

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

Call 941-907-8141.

Help Wanted CALL CENTER POSITION Available in upscale office.

Excellent customer service skills required.

Full time, includes weekends.

Professional appearance and cheerful disposition a must!

Send resume to: sjjemploymentop@gmail.com

LBK: 2BR/2BA beach rental. Patio, carport, WI-FI, cable TV, updated, steps to private beach, W/D. Darling turnkey, $2000. - 2/mo. minimum. No pets.

55+. 941-232-1357.

Home Improvement/ Remodeling ISLE TILE

Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates

FOR “QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE”

Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos

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

Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC

20 years design background.

Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident References upon request.

941-383-2659

800-352-0367 5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F

2012 CHRYSLER 200 hard top convertible car for sale! Black cherry red, like new! 2,500 miles.

Call Jeff to view car located at 4500 Gulf of Mexico Dr, Longboat Key. $19,500.

(281) 935−4058.

Autos Wanted

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

Ask about our special rates!

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

Wagner Realty

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All Variations of Ceramic Tile Supplied & Installed.

Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

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

Expert Marble & Travertine Installation Floor & Walls

LONGBOAT KEY: Northern end, sunny, spacious, desireable, 2BR/2BA, furnished condo. Great rental. Steps to private beach, heated pool, tennis, docks available. $328,800. 973-652-4444.

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

“Your Home by the Sea”

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WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

Weekly/Monthly Condominium Rentals 4 Night Minimum

For Qualified Waiting Clients Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356 email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals WEEKLY RENTALS. Luxurious, fully furnished 1 - 4 bedrooms. Condominiums and Cottages.

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

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

LONGBOAT KEY. Gulf front, pool on beach, free Wi-Fi, 50” TV, 1BR/1BA, kitchen, dining, sleeps/4, king pillowtop. 617-328-7145, 857-939-1049.

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

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management

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Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available

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

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

Extra Large Heated Gulf View Swimming Pool!

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

Painting/Wallpapering CARLO DATTILO PAINTING. Licensed & insured.

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

941-744-1020. 35+ years experience.

RICK STEAKLEY PAINTING. Interior/Exterior.

Pressure Washing. Wallpaper Removal. Drywall Repairs. Reasonable. Reliable. Professional.

30+/years experience. References available.

Free Estimates.

Lic./Ins. 941-228-7605, rlsteakley60@gmail.com

Pet Services DOG WALKING SERVICES. Senior gentleman available for dog walking, sitting, feeding. Reliable, educated, dog lover on Longboat. 941-383-1790.

FIND

LONGBOAT KEY−FAIRWAY BAY Townhouse available Oct. 2014−Jan. 2015. Two master bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 month min. No pets.

Beautifully furnished. Pool, tennis, exercise room, private beach access. $3,200. Call (303) 440−7009.

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Auto Transport RETIRED LONGBOAT KEY police officer. Drive your car North or South and back. 941-713-1596.

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Cleaning AFFORDABLE CLEANING BY CARLA Most accounts start at $70.

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Great references. Honest. Reliable.

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BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

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

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

References upon request.

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

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2. The antelope wanted to improve her image. She made a very smart move. She decided to go to a new spa where she could get a gnu hairstyle.

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201 Gulf of Mexico Drive Suite 1, Longboat Key, Florida 34228 office: (941) 387-1840 cell: (941) 586-6668 fax: (941) 827-9444 Website:: longboatrealestate.com bestsarasotarealestate.net blog: blog.longboatrealestate.com e-mail: roger@longboatrealestate.com

MEET ROGER’S EXPERT SUPPORT STAFF

He didn’t make it to #1 alone

Pictured left to right - Stephanie Ruzgis, Tom Briggle, Saleemah Stanley, Roger Pettingell and Mary Kay Ryan

Stephanie Ruzgis

Saleemah Stanley

Tom Briggle

Mary Kay Ryan

Office Administrator, Stephanie oversees the day-to-day functions of Roger’s office. With more than 25 years of real estate experience, She is not only an integral part of the team but is also solely responsible for handling all contracts and closings. With 48 properties sold so far this year, that is no small feat.

Listing/Marketing Coordinator, Saleemah is a native Sarasotan who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism. She has been a member of Roger’s team for three years and coordinates all stages of listing properties, including property management and print marketing. She also manages Roger’s direct mail campaigns.

Director of Internet Marketing, Tom is responsible for online promotion including Roger’s website, online property listings, social media, search engine optimization and e-mail campaigns. Originally from Ohio, Tom offers over 20 years of marketing, creative and strategic planning experience.

Director of Customer Care, Mary Kay is a veteran in the luxury marketing field. She oversees customer and property relations for Roger’s listings, managing showings and home inspections. She possess 30+ years of experience with the Longboat Key Club and Resort, where she was most recently the Director of Marketing.

2735 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Luxurious 6BR Gulf front estate welcomes you with stunning views, designer custom features.

List price: $5,995,000 Website: www.2735GulfofMexicoDrive.com

2024 Alameda Avenue

2014 new construction! Water views from nearly every room! Built to the highest standards, with deep-water frontage on two sides.

List price: $1,599,000 Website: www.2024AlamedaAvenue.com

5861 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Direct Gulf to bay estate parcel, offering a special site for your dream home.

List price: $4,295,000 Website: www.5861GulfofMexicoDrive.com

7038 Hawks Harbor Circle

Two-acre private bay front island. Custom designed 4BR/4½BA home included, may be purchased without the home.

List price: $5,995,000 Website: www.7038HawksHarborCircle.com

602 South Owl Drive

New construction, 4BR/4½BA bay front home. Includes en-suite bedrooms, office, media room, kitchen/family room, huge garage and more.

List price: $4,999,000 Website: www.602SouthOwlDrive.com

1111 Ritz Carlton Drive #1701

Exceptional penthouse! Stunning bay and city views from 4 terraces. Includes Gold Ritz Members Club membership.

List price: $3,500,000 Website: www.RitzPenthouse1701.com

7100 Longboat Drive East

G ENDIN

Bayfront Rustic Luxe! A boater’s dream with deepwater dockage and multiple lifts, this updated property offers two separate homes.

List price: $1,295,000 Website: www.7100LongboatDriveEast.com

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1511 South Lake Shore Drive

This beautifully secluded 4BR/3BA lakefront home in Oyster Bay is a wonderful haven with recent upgrades throughout. Ready to move right into.

List price: $1,295,000 Website: www.1511SouthLakeShoreDrive.com

398 Bob White Drive

4BR/3BA waterfront home with southern views, sailboat water, newer dock and lift.

List price: $1,195,000 Website: www.398BobWhiteDrive.com

1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive #303

Lido beach’s premiere Beach Residences community offers this charming 1800+ sq.ft. residence which enjoys all of the amenities of the Ritz Beach Residences. Includes Gold membership.

List price: $1,095,000 Website: www.BeachResidences303.com

511 Bowsprit Lane

Custom-built, newer 4BR/3½BA waterfront home situated on an oversized lot. Offers open layout, boat lift, newer seawall.

List price: $999,000 Website: www.511BowspritLane.com

4239 Gulf of Mexico Drive #MH2

Villa on the beach! Rarely available 2BR beachfront Manor Home. Recently updated.

List price: $999,000 Website: www.PelicanHarbourMH2.com

339 Bob White Way

3613 Fair Oaks Place

125 Big Pass Lane

545 Sanctuary Drive #A303

Great value! Open 4BR/3BA garden home. Newer A/C and roof.

List price: $799,000 Website: www.339BobWhiteWay.com

A rare find, this oversized parcel boasts almost one acre of Gulf front property for you to begin your dream home. More than 100’ of water frontage.

List price: $2,495,000 Website: www.125BigPassLane.com

2BR+den/2BA lake front home offers open pool deck and charming views. Private beach access.

List price: $879,000 Website: www.3613FairOaksPlace.com

Wonderful value at the Sanctuary. This 3BR/21/2BA residence offers floor-to-ceiling panoramic views and wraparound terrace. Simply waiting for your personal touch.

List price: $849,000 Website:: www.545Sanctuary303.com

3060 Grand Bay Boulevard #151

Rarely-available 3BR/31/2BA Antigua in Building I. Panoramic views, open layout, wraparound terrace and first-rate amenities. This is a must see!

List price: $1,450,000 Website: www.GrandBay151.com

With career sales in excess of $1 billion, for the 4th time in six years, Roger has been named: #1 Realtor on Longboat Key and Bird Key. #1 Realtor for all of Sarasota. #1 Single Coldwell Banker Agent for all of Florida. #1 Individual Agent in the NRT Southeast Region.

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate owned and operated by NRT, LLC.

1135 Gulf of Mexico Drive #301

1000 Longboat Club Road #703

Gulf-to-bay views at every turn. Update 2BR/2BA residence. Steps to the beach. Furnished.

List price: $649,000 Website: www.Privateer703.com

7890 Esperanza Circle

Arthur Rutenburg 3BR/4½BA lakefront home. New hardwood flooring, new kitchen.

List price: $749,900 Website: www.7890EsperanzaCircle.com

2023 Harbour Links Drive

Completely redone 3BR + den/3BA villa in a secluded, tranquil setting. Offers hardwood flooring throughout, new kitchen and baths.

List price: $679,000 Website: www.2023HarbourLinksDrive.com

1064 North Tamiami Trail #1227

2BR/2BA newer residence in the heart of downtown Sarasota at Broadway Promenade. Enjoy the lively city lifestyle this community offers. Just minutes from beaches and the marina.

List price: $279,000 Website: www.BroadwayPromenade1227.com

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This direct Gulf front, 2BR/2BA residence at Beachplace is simply waiting for you! Furnished with beautiful updates a, uncovered parking space.

List price: $749,000 Website: www.Beachplace2301.com

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DESIGNING

DEBUT Alexandra Lin designs personality — in clothing. Think Audrey Hepburn meets Vivian Westwood, combined with a little bit of Lilly Pulitzer, and you’ve got ‘the new face of the South.’

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or more than a year, the floor-toceiling glass windows of Unit 4A in the Rosemary District Lofts have displayed nothing but a for-lease sign. Now, impeccably dressed mannequins line the window displays, but they only provide a small preview of what is going on inside.

Like a scene out of a Vogue behind-thescenes documentary, inside is emerging local designer Alexandra Lin’s design studio. It features minimalist furniture and dress forms in the foyer, followed by rows of industrial sewing machines, racks of concepts, design boards and cutting tables and some of Lin’s personal decorations sprinkled in between.

It’s a beautiful sight. But the question remains: What is going on? Leasing agent Steve Bradley of New Orchard Group and Lin, spunky sports-mom-turned-fashiondesigner, are eager to share her story. Although you can’t walk inside to purchase Lin’s designs yet, the studio is home to a budding designer whose collection will soon be available online. The cat-eyeglasses-wearing designer, whose own style resembles more of a casual, classic

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“Every one of these is somehow a person before they are even a fabric or design,” says Alexandra Lin. “A person, a place, a picture — it’s the personality.

When that happens, I’ll see a fabric that matches this category, this personality in my head — not necessarily a name, just the emotion that goes with it.”

look, designs for personalities, clothing that makes someone think not “Where is she going?” but “For what moment is she dressing?”

A KNACK FOR STYLING

Lin’s natural instinct for styling first emerged as a child, when she spent the cold Vermont winters dressing up her Barbies. Her love of sewing, however, was borne out of necessity: Her shorter height led to a frequent need of tailoring, which familiarized her with the idea that just as specific pieces aren’t confined to a size or fit, fashion can be created and altered as one pleases.

Lin always wanted to learn to sew, specifically on an industrial sewing machine, but she didn’t excel at it until her training in fashion design.

“My first sewing experience was a nightmare with the Girl Scouts,” says Lin. “It wasn’t the Girl Scouts, it was me. It wasn’t a pretty thing.”

Despite her failed attempt at sewing with the Brownies, Lin’s interest in fashion didn’t change but, rather, shifted gears to styling.

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– Alexandra Lin

ion and design were only an interest, or appreciation, for Lin. That is, until 2010, when she decided to go back to school at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Tampa.

“Here I was a mom, a 40-something housewife and all of a sudden here I am back in school,” she says. “It was so accepting and amazing. It was a neat experience to go Alexandra Lin with former teacher Fran Knight and classback to be in the school mate Cynthia Pena, who both agreed to come on board environment again.” when Lin decided to launch Alexandra Lin Designs.

As a student, Lin showed four pieces at “Being the girl who was only 5 feet tall, I Tampa Bay Fashion Week 2013. When couldn’t wear all of the things that I wanted, those pieces walked down the runway, Lin but other people could,” she says. “I could had women of all ages, from a 17-year-old always find the right cut, the right fabric, to a 70-year-old, asking to buy them. the right look. I had the ability to find the “The pieces are somehow a person beright thing for just about anybody.” fore they are even a fabric or design — a So she dressed her friends. From bathing person, a place, a picture, it’s the personalsuits to prom dresses, she was go-to girl for ity, and when that happens, I’ll see a fabric knowing what you should wear. that matches this category, this personality in my head, and that’s when I realize that BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD this is going to work for a certain kind of For the past 20 years, Lin has been a wife woman,” says Lin. and mother of three, as well as their homeShe had pinpointed her direction and school teacher and biggest cheerleader. To learned her pieces reached her target cussay that Lin and her family enjoy sports is tomer — not a woman of a specific age an understatement — it’s a lifestyle, and or style, but someone who could connect it’s how they ended up in Sarasota. They with the clothing. Next, she accepted an inmoved from Virginia Beach, Va., when her ternship at Escada in New York City, where son was offered a scholarship to play ten- she learned what it takes to run a business. nis at IMG Academy. Because she dediInterestingly enough, Lin’s daughter was cated her life to homeschooling and her in school at Fashion Institute of Technolchildren’s sports (Lin, herself, was a com- ogy during the time of her internship, and petitive figure skater by the age of 13), fash- they roomed together while both pursued

their education in fashion.

“It was the perfect fit,” she says of Escada.

“The designs are incredible; the business, the store, merchandising, fashion week, buyers, dealing with the showrooms — it was a great experience.”

THE DIGITAL DEBUTANTE

Describing her collection as “the idea of a new woman, her debut,” Lin has coined her launch campaign “The Digital Debutante.”

“It’s not the concept so much of a debutante coming out into society but more that the digital age gives you the ability to have your debut,” says Lin. “The feeling inside that you’re being who you are; it’s about when that happens.”

Lin bases her designs off of a classic silhouette: She wants to create a fit that never goes out of style, that can be worn in many ways and exudes personality.

“Maybe every piece isn’t for them, but there is something that can be part of everyone’s personal style,” says Lin. “The woman wearing it can create it to be her own.”

From fashion school, to showing pieces during Tampa Bay Fashion Week, to an internship with Escada in New York City followed by the design and creation of a line to be officially debuted at Toshi’s Penthouse during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week as “the new face of the South,” Lin is well on her way of continuing to live out her dream of designing fashion.

“Oprah once said that everyone should have the experience when they turn around and look at themselves in the mirror: ‘Wow. I feel good,’ at least once in their lifetime,’” says Lin. “With everything that I design, I hope that somebody feels that.”

LIVELY MOMENT

It was a freezing day in New York City, and Alexandra Lin had lost a glove. In need of another pair, she walked into American Apparel near her apartment. There was nobody in the store, so she decided to look around, and that’s when she saw a leather circle skirt, much like one she had designed herself. She decided to try it on to compare the fit.

There happened to be one other woman in the dressing room. When she stepped out, she saw Lin and asked her opinion on the same leather circle skirt Lin had just tried on.

“It was right around fashion week, and I could tell the sales associates were acting a certain way, so I figured she was a model — I knew I had seen the face before, she was so beautiful,” says Lin. The “model” continued talking to Lin and asked her opinion on things she was trying on.

“About fabrics, pants, flannel pajama pants for her husband — I’m giving her my opinion and everyone knew who she was but not me,” says Lin. “We were in line to check out, just chatting, and then when I got to the register the girl said: ‘Do you know who that was?’”

And that’s how Lin helped Blake Lively pick out pajama pants for Ryan Reynolds.

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Here’s how Larry Keigwin pictures the Oct. 15 opening night of the Ringling International Arts Festival: The courtyard at The Ringling is packed with guests. Hundreds of sharply dressed men and women are sipping wine and commenting on how beautiful the night is. There’s palpable buzz in the air as the first few measures of Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero” begins.

A hush falls over the crowd as Ravel’s iconic score builds slowly and tantalizingly and the courtyard floods with 75 local dancers, the majority who had no formal dance training prior to volunteering for Keigwin’s sweeping RIAF performance.

These “pedestrians,” as Keigwin likes to call them, steal the 15-minute show. As they illustrate through choreographed movement everyday life in Sarasota, a series of theatrical vignettes unfold with the repetitive orchestral melody.

Anchored by six professional dancers from Keigwin’s New York City-based Keigwin + Company, the large-scale dance event will focus on highlighting the host city’s two most defining characteristics: activity and aging.

To make sure he hit the mark on these two themes, Keigwin, artistic director and co-founder of Keigwin + Company, recently sent two of his assistants to Sarasota to meet with local leaders and feel out the city and its inhabitants. To get a better feel for Keigwin, The Observer asked him to explain the inspiration behind his “Bolero” concept and why this performance Erin Baiano

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–– his 11th community dance production –– is one of his biggest and most challenging “Bolero” incarnations to date.

Why set the work to Ravel’s “Bolero?”

I’ve always loved that piece of music. I’ve always found it to be epic and grand. I think it builds really beautifully. I always wondered, “How can I conquer that music on stage?” Then I started thinking about recruiting real-life people, amateur dancers and non-dancers to perform this community dance.

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How big is a typical cast?

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So what you’re saying is even an average Joe with two left feet can perform?

I tend to think I’m good at excavating personalities. I’m looking for personalities, not necessarily the most talented person in the room. I want the person who wants to be on stage.

Anyone can audition. We call it an audition, but in all honesty we take everyone who shows up … and then we ask them to invite two more people to join the show. We really lean on the community.

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Is this anything like a flash mob?

There are definite similarities. It’s a mob certainly, but it’s not a flash. Everyone knows it’s going to happen. It’s more of a theatrical event. To me, what’s so cool about it is that it’s a work about a community, built by a community that, during the creative process, becomes another community.

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THE EAR CUFF

Starting as a jewelry trend for only the brave, the ear cuff trend has been picked up by the talented designers of the couture jewelry world. They’ve turned it into a look that can be worn by a young stylish woman or an elegant mature woman looking for a new spin on her classic pearl earrings.

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One of my favorite ear cuffs is with a graduated Tahitian pearl style. It blends so many styles into one perfect earring showing off the trend.

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or some, accessorizing is the most important part of pulling a look together, and now that summer is over and the trends are changing, BT talked to June Simmons Jewelry’s Liebe Gamble to see what’s trending in the area of couture jewelry.

So what are the trendiest of pieces found in most every designer’s fall and upcoming spring collections? Ear cuffs, emeralds and collars. Gamble explains more about why the fashion world has embraced these pieces, and she gives advice on how to incorporate them into your own collection.

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All of these can translate from fine jewelry to fashion jewelry (actually, not the emeralds) and, depending on the style, they can accommodate the fashion forward, the conservative woman, a woman that prefers simple clean lines and even the bohemian.

Liebe Gamble EMERALDS

Precious emeralds re-emerged in fine jewelry this season, partly due to many designers collaborating with Gemfields, the world’s leading supplier of responsibly sourced colored gemstones. Over the past year, Gemfields’ work has gained prominence through creative partnerships with the likes of Stephen Webster, Wendy Yue, Anndra Neen, Kimberly McDonald, and Jemma Wynne, to name a few.

THE COLLAR

One thing was quickly realized when looking at emerald jewelry for fall … green looks good on everyone.

— Liebe Gamble

The beauty of this look is how easy it is to wear. Fashion jewelry designers also picked up on the trend, so it can be found in every price point. This is a must have in every jewelry box this fall.

— Liebe Gamble

Worn with slouchy boyfriend jeans, t-shirt and heels = CHIC AND HIP Worn with a black fitted cocktail dress = SIMPLE, CLASSIC Worn with a gown for a gala = UNEXPECTED AND ELEGANT

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