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by Robin Hartill | Managing Editor

Town adopts 2.1763 millage rate With this year’s increase in the property-tax rate, the town will bring in an extra $954,397. It will use it for pension costs and its 90-day operating fund.

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+ Correction: Heitlers to net 75 years in April In its Sept. 18 issue, the Longboat Observer featured Plymouth Harbor resident George Heitler, a lifelong tennis player who has played tennis for most of his 99 years and is a regular at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

But we made a mistake when we identified his wife as “the late Florence Heitler.”

We’re happy to report that Florence Heitler, 94, is alive and well. The Heitlers will celebrate their diamond anniversary — that’s right, 75 years — on April 21, 2015.

Like her husband, Florence Heitler picked up her tennis racket early in life. She was just 4-and-ahalf when she started playing and only recently gave up the sport.

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Longboat Key taxpayers’ bills are officially rising.

And while this year’s budget didn’t include wage increases for town employees, except for those offered to police officers as part of a collective bargaining agreement, that will change next year.

“In FY 16, I want you to know very clearly now that I’m planning on a merit pay increase for our employees,” said Town Manager Dave Bullock in his presentation to the Longboat Key Town Commission at its meeting Monday, during which the commission unanimously adopted its 2015 fiscal year millage rate and budget on second reading and public hearing.

The town manager mentioned his plan to implement a new compensation system that focuses mostly on merit during his discussion of items for commission consideration for the 2016 fiscal year.

Aside from the brief mention of employee compensation, Monday’s budget meeting contained few surprises.

The budget will generate an additional $954,397 in revenue for the town compared with fiscal year 2014.

WHAT IT MEANS FOR TAXPAYERS Here’s how much tax bills will rise under the new millage rate.

DISTRICT A (WEST OF GMD)

$6,107.13

DISTRICT A VS. DISTRICT B Since October 1992, Key property owners have paid or beach projects using the following model: District A voters foot 80% of a beach project bill and District B voters pay the remaining 20%.

District A includes all residential properties west of Gulf of Mexico Drive (i.e. the Gulf side) and all commercial properties on the island, while District B consists of all other Key properties.

$3,166.19

$1,104.98

$1,444.97

$1.3 MILLION HOUSE

$1.7 MILLION HOUSE

$3.725 MILLION HOUSE

$7.185 MILLION HOUSE

Median home value

Average home value

Median-high home value

High home value

DISTRICT B (EAST OF GMD) $414.37

$99.87

$116.87

$233.75

$470K HOUSE

$550K HOUSE

$1.1 MILLION

$1.95 MILLION

Median home value

Average home value

Median-high home value

High home value

Source: Town of Longboat Key

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MARCH MADNESS

by Robin Hartill | Managing Editor

Commission seeks to seat new members Who will be the next Longboat Key Town commissioners? The first candidates emerge.

The town has three job openings.

All three positions pay $0 per hour. Those currently holding the positions say they work anywhere from 20 to 40 hours per week.

The job is a seat on the Longboat Key Town Commission.

Commissioner Phill Younger has qualified to run for a final term in his at-large seat, making him the only candidate who had qualified at press time. Mayor Jim Brown will term limit out of his District 4 seat next spring,

and Vice Mayor Jack Duncan announced earlier this year he will not run for a third and final term in his District 2 seat.

The town’s general municipal election is tentatively scheduled for March 10, but the deadline to qualify to run is Nov. 21.

Already, possible candidates are emerging.

Brown hopes Planning & Zoning Board member Jack Daly will consider a run.

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Commissioners Lynn Larson and Irwin Pastor, Vice Mayor Jack Duncan, Commissioner Phill Younger, Mayor Jim Brown and commissioners Terry Gans and Pat Zunz

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Classifieds......... 22A Cops Corner..........9A

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MILLAGE / FROM 1A No members of the public spoke in favor of or against the millage increase or budget at Monday’s meeting.

The new millage rate is 0.1003 mills higher than the current rate of 2.0760 mills. That increase includes a 0.0862 mill increase in the general fund to pay for pension costs and a 0.0141 millage increase to reach a 90-day operating fund policy level.

“If we need money for something unexpected, the fund balance is the amount we maintain that’s not for expenses,” Bullock said. “And since 2010, like a lot of town’s have, we have used our fund balance to balance the town’s budget.”

The town projects that it will end fiscal year 2014 with a 79-day fund balance.

Key-wide, property values rose 5.4% overall, meaning that the town would have taken in additional revenue even if the millage

had stayed flat.

However, the town has several major projects underway that impacted this year’s budget, including a beach project and construction of two sand-saving groins on the north end planned for next summer; replacement of an aging water line in Sarasota Bay that funnels the Key’s wastewater to Manatee County for treatment; and a technology assessment to replace outdated community development and financial reporting systems.

The town also faces uncontrollable spending increases, including 412,322 in pension costs, $20,562 in wage increases for union employees and a $45,655 property/ worker’s comp insurance increase.

The town also budgeted $170,000 for zoning and comprehensive plan changes.

The town’s required pension contribution represents $2,964,985 of the budget, or 19.7% for fiscal year 2015.

The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

GENERAL OPERATING MILLAGE COMPARISONS

Cities Holmes Beach Anna Maria Longboat Key Bradenton Beach Venice Sarasota Punta Gorda North Port Palmetto Bradenton

G.O. mill rate 1.7500 2.0500 2.1763 2.3329 3.1000 3.1727 3.1969 3.5974 5.7171 5.8976

$500,000 home $875 $1,025 $1,088 $1,166 $1,550 $1,586 $1,598 $1,799 $2,859 $2,949

Police* Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Fire* Ambulance* No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No

* Services included in general operating millage. ** Some of the millage rates for tax year 2014 are not final as of Sept. 22, 2014.

COMMISSION / FROM 1A “I think he’d be a good commissioner, and he’s taken an interest in the town,” Brown said.

The Longboat Observer was unable to reach Daly, a retired attorney, for comment.

Commissioner Lynn Larson, who will reach the end of her final term in 2016, has candidates in mind for both District 2 and District 4, along with her successor for District 1.

“I hope George Spoll runs,” Larson said of the former Longboat Key mayor who lives in District 2. “I think George Spoll has done an excellent job.”

Spoll described it as “too premature” to comment, saying he just returned to town Monday night.

“I’ve been asked, and that’s all I have to say,” he said.

Larson added that she, too, would like to see Daly take Brown’s District 4 seat.

When it comes to her own seat in 2016, she hopes Armando Linde, who ran against Commissioner Irwin Pastor for an at-large seat earlier this year, will reconsider his decision not to seek office again.

“I was very excited that he would consider running because he’s very fiscally conservative,” Larson said.

Duncan said he doesn’t yet have a successor in mind for his District 2 seat but said he leans toward someone who has a business background. More important, however is a willingness to learn.

“It’s more about getting people engaged with the issues, and doing the homework necessary to make decisions requires a lot of time,” he said.

Brown, however, hopes he can talk Duncan into changing his mind and seeking a third term on the commission before the Nov. 21 deadline. Personally, Brown admits that he might not be done with Town Hall.

“I’m being asked to put my name back on the Planning and Zoning Board,” he said. “I’ll probably do it.”

Not surprisingly, recruiting future commissioners can be a challenge.

Many commissioners were recruited by another commissioner.

Brown, who first joined the commission in 2009, after running unopposed for his seat, said he joined after a time when the commission was fractured between two groups, often voting 4-3 on issues.

“Both sides recruited me to run for the district,” he said.

“I told my wife, everyone is driving me crazy to run,” Brown said. “She said, ‘You complain about them all the time. Why not run?’

At a weak moment, I put my name in.”

Brenner said he persuaded both Larson and Duncan to run. Larson had served on the board of her Country Club Shores homeowner association, and Duncan was president of his Marina Bay condo. Both had neighbors who recommended them to Brenner, so he met them both and explained what the job entails.

“It tends to be a one-on-one thing,” Brenner said. “The real thing is how much effort is required to run some kind of campaign where people are going to want to get to know them.”

“Very few people come forward, and most who do come forward in Districts 2 and 3,” said Brown, who pointed out that many large condos are located in those districts.

Still, the difficulty of recruiting future commissioners is compounded by the fact that the town needs a volunteer in each of five geographic districts, plus volunteers for two at-large seats.

That’s an issue Younger sought to address in 2011, when he proposed changing the structure of the commission to four at-large seats and three districted seats. The proposal hasn’t moved forward, although the commission agreed to discuss it during the next charter review.

Younger told the Longboat Observer he plans to bring his idea back to the commission within the six months. Voters would have to approve the change via a referendum, so the proposal wouldn’t affect the town’s next election.

“I think that it’s healthy to have races,” Younger said. “Looking at it from a town perspective, there are times where it seems to be that only a single candidate from a district is interested. There are other candidates sitting in other districts who want to serve.”

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Brickman learned in the school of life Ed Brickman was a jeweler, a teacher — and a lifelong learner.

Ed Brickman seemed ageless to many who knew him.

“He was one of those guys who, you never really knew his age,” said his friend, David Brenner.

“He was older than you thought, but he didn’t act like it.”

His two passions (beyond his family and friends) remained unchanged as he aged: jewelry-making and tennis. He never missed a game of tennis and went to the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College, every Tuesday to share his craft with friends and students.

As an artist, he only improved with age.

“His work seemed to grow only more prolific and beautiful during a recent illness,” said Jane Buckman, executive director of the Arts Center.

“The only time he could be 100% of who he was was by being in that creative zone. It overrode any of the pain,” she said.

Brickman died Sept. 5. He was 89.

In October, he will be honored with the Arts Center’s “Ageless Creativity Award” — the first individual to receive the award posthumously. Ageless Creativity honorees “affirm how the pursuit of the creative process transcends time, engages both our physical and mental agility, and provides resolution to an ever-evolving search for identity through imagination and courage, according

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Photo courtesy of the Longboat Key Center for the Arts

Ed Brickman created and forged unique pieces of metal jewelry and shared his knowledge with others at the Arts Center. to the Arts Center’s website, ringling.edu.

Brickman was widely known on the Key for the classes he taught at the Arts Center, although his work earned him a national audience. His work can be found in the permanent collection of the Newark Museum, in Newark, N.J., and the Museum of Art and Design in New York City.

But the renowned teacher was a self-taught man in many facets of his life.

Born May 7, 1925, in New York City, he dropped out of high school in ninth grade to support his mother. He became a dental technician and also began making jewelry when he was 16. At the time, he took apart his mother’s stove to use the light to make a solder.

Brickman served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Philippines.

He worked for a professional jeweler for a period in 1952, but

instead, opted to start a business, Uneeda Bolt & Screw Inc., which imports and distributes nuts, bolts and screws, in 1954 with a loan from his grandfather.

His son, Eli Brickman, owns and operates the business today. The elder Brickman built his business into a global operation by working six or seven days a week, according to his daughter, Carol Diamant.

“He didn’t even have a high school diploma, but he was one of the smartest people you would ever meet,” said Diamant, who said her father had a thirst for knowledge.

He said his business had nothing to do with his jewelry — it was a way to provide for his family.

Still, the bolts, screws and brass washers sometimes inspired his jewelry. He would take a brass washer, flatten it, shine it, buff it and use it for a necklace.

Brickman first visited the Key approximately 35 years ago, when he decided to take a short vacation after a health scare. A friend recommended Longboat Key due to Brickman’s love of tennis. He and his late wife, Alice, became snowbirds before making the island their home.

Even in retirement, Brickman continued to learn.

He took tennis lessons even into his 80s, determined not to fall into a rut on the courts.

“For a guy his age who was short in stature, he played quite a game of tennis,” said Larry Straff,

who was part of the same tennis group. “He had great court sense and hit the ball with a lot of force.”

Brickman had other lesser known talents, including bonsai and cooking Chinese dishes from scratch.

Brickman was known as a philanthropist, as well as a teacher.

He donated $500,000 in 2010 to provide five Alice and Ed Brickman scholarships for Ringling students. The dedication ceremony took place in Ringling’s Brickman Café.

Brenner noticed the cafeteria’s name during a visit to Ringling and asked his friend about it.

“He said, ‘Yeah, one day, they mentioned the students needed a place to eat,’” Brenner said.

“He probably gave a heck of a lot more than any of us noticed.”

Diamant said her father never forgot where he came from, which inspired his philanthropy.

He often pointed out that other people work hard, yet never become wealthy.

“He felt he was lucky,” she said, “but in a sense, I feel like he made his luck.”

Brickman is survived by his daughter, Carol Diamant; sons Alan, Eli and Jesse; and five grandchildren.

The Arts Center will honor Brickman from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 10, during its Ageless Creativity Visual Arts reception and awards ceremony. A celebration of life will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 11, at the Arts Center.

by Robin Hartill | Managing Editor

Clayton went many extra miles for turtles From the beginning, Longboat Key Turtle Watch’s “Top Turtle” Orville Clayton kept both turtles and volunteers on track.

For 35 years, Orville Clayton walked six miles on the beach nearly every day before dawn for six months out of the year in search of turtle nests. He was usually the only man on the morning walks, surrounded by a group of women that often included his wife, Vonda.

He forged lasting friendships with many of his fellow volunteers, but he never forgot his purpose in traversing the beach.

When his fellow walkers became overly chatty, he reminded them of their purpose.

“Hey girls,” he would say.

“Look for those tracks.”

He taught many veteran Turtle Watchers how to search for nests and mark them and to stay on top of the latest research. He never brought a notebook to the beach, relying on his keen memory to recall nest locations and data at the end of each walk.

“He was always interested in getting things right, no matter how difficult it was,” said Virginia Sanders, a longtime Turtle Watch volunteer and former Longboat Observer Turtle Watch columnist. “He guarded those turtles like they were his children.”

Clayton, a founding member of Turtle Watch who was affectionately known among members as “Top Turtle,” died Sept. 4.

He was 99.

He began tracking turtles with a group of volunteers in 1969, before Longboat Key Turtle Watch became an official organization, and helped lobby the town to pass one of the first turtle-lighting ordinances in Florida.

Freda Perrotta, who joined the Turtle Watch 20 years ago, described Clayton as a mentor and father-like figure, even though he was just 11 years older than she.

“When they started this, nobody knew anything about how to protect turtles, she said.

Born June 22, 1915, Clayton lived in upstate New York and earned a degree in zoology from the University of Syracuse. But severe allergies prevented him from doing fieldwork, so he worked as a milkman, although he remained an avid outdoorsman.

In 1967, Clayton and his wife, Vonda, moved to Longboat Key, and in 1969, Kit Fernald, a future Longboat Key mayor, told the Claytons a turtle nest was due to hatch and invited them to watch.

It didn’t hatch that night, but the following night it did.

“It was such a thrill,” Clayton told the Longboat Observer in 2009. “That’s when I became interested in turtles.”

Shortly after, Clayton became

part of an informal group of four volunteers who searched the beach for turtle nests each morning. They would become the Longboat Key Turtle Watch later that year. It was one of the first turtle-watching groups in Florida; its permit number was No. 11. He went on to help Mote Marine Laboratory establish its sea turtle conservation program in the early 1980s.

Clayton also worked to change town policies. In addition to the lobbying for the town’s lighting ordinance, he worked to get fires banned on the beach — in part because beachgoers often burned the wooden stakes turtle watchers use.

In those days, both volunteers and officials knew little about turtles. The Department of Natural Resources told the Turtle Watch in 1970 to guide baby turtles into the water using lights.

Now, it’s widely known that lights cause hatchlings to become disoriented.

“The procedures and all of the methods have changed drastically,” said 30-year Turtle Watch member Connie Schindewolf.

“He taught me to follow the research and to always follow the guidelines of whomever was in charge.”

Schindewolf got involved with

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Orville Clayton, pictured in 2009, at Westminster Manor in Bradenton, holding one of his recent woodcarvings, a Kachina doll.

His belt buckle features a turtle.

Turtle Watch because she became curious about the man — Clayton — she saw on the beach with a backpack and shovel because back then, volunteers dug nests with shovels, placed them in plastic containers and let them hatch on their lanais.

But while the practice was convenient for volunteers and helped them protect turtles from predators, further research showed that temperature determines hatchlings’ sexes. In the controlled conditions of lanais, Turtle Watchers were likely yielding hatchlings that were all of the same sex each season, and the practice of relocating nests to lanais was banned.

Clayton, who brought a scientist’s eye to his volunteer work, urged volunteers to follow the new protocol.

“Everybody was really upset because it was fun, and they saw

what a successful hatch rate they had, and you could protect them from the predators. But it probably wasn’t healthy for the overall population,” Schindewolf said.

Clayton, who had a passion for woodcarving as well as turtles, moved off the Key in 2003 to Westminster Manor in Bradenton. Still, he maintained his interest in turtles by studying the latest research in journals — and maintaining the friendships he met through Turtle Watch who remember the lessons he taught them.

“He taught us about life — to be good, to be kind, to be caring to nature and each other,” Perrotta said. “His whole attitude about life was that we do good for each other.”

Clayton was preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Vonda.

He is survived by his son, David Clayton, of Rotonda West.

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Colony Lender LLC refiled a lawsuit against unit owners at the 237-unit shuttered Colony Beach & Tennis Resort last week in the 12th Judicial Circuit Court.

Colony Lender originally filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida’s Tampa division.

However, it withdrew it and refiled it in the 12th Judicial Circuit due to jurisdictional issues.

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

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. 

Tom Waters will leave the organization on Oct. 10.

Waters accepted the CEO position at Easter Seals of Southwest Florida, a Sarasota organization that provides special-needs services for children and adults.

Waters began his work at Mote in April 2012. During his time at the organization, Waters was responsible for leading the laboratory and aquarium’s 2020 Vision and Strategic Plan. Adopted in 2011, the plan is a guide for Mote’s innovation in marine research, education, outreach and policy advice in relation to critical needs of the oceans. Waters was also responsible for heading the organization’s fundraising efforts.

“Under Tom’s development leadership, Mote has achieved a number of significant philanthropic goals,” said Dr. Michael Crosby, Mote’s president and CEO, in a news release. “We thank Tom for his many contributions as an integral part of our leadership team and our stellar group of development professionals.”

Mote will launch a nationwide replacement for the chief development officer position.

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The Longboat Key Triathlon is seeking volunteers for its Oct. 19 race that begins on the Islandside golf course of the Resort at Longboat Key Club. Volunteers are needed to help onsite as early as 4 a.m. Volunteer opportunities are available throughout the competition, which lasts until 11:30 a.m., however, early morning volunteers are especially needed.

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plaza revival

by Caleb Motsinger | Staff Writer

Whitney Beach tenants optimistic The shopping center has gained five tenants over the past year. The occupancy has given business owners hope that there’s new life in store for the property.

Seven down, nine more to go.

If you’re keeping score, that’s how many spaces are now leased at Whitney Beach Plaza, compared with the number that are vacant.

But the property has come a long way recently: Four of those tenants weren’t there a year ago. And the property’s owners and tenants hope the increase in business will bring more tenants to the plaza.

Owners Ryan Snyder, a Bradenton real estate and banking attorney and Rich Juliani, principal of Boston-based JKI Investment Capital LLC, have spent nearly $2 million on renovating the plaza in less than two years.

“The property was in really bad shape when we got it,” said Snyder, who also owns LBK Liquors, which opened June 30. “But in the last six months, it’s really started to come around.”

In the past year, Caswell Legal, Engel & Völkers Longboat Key Real Estate, LBK Liquors, Linen Locker and Longbeach Café have moved into the shopping center.

Although Snyder said he couldn’t name any new tenants due to ongoing negotiations,

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Marlene Zobel pours Eugene Knock a cup of coffee at the Longbeach Café. Zobel has worked at the café since it opened in April, and Knock, a pilot who has lived on the Key for 30 years, says he comes to the plaza at least twice a week to eat at the café. he said they might include a bar and pizza restaurant.

“I don’t personally speak much with tenants much about how their businesses are doing, but with the liquor store open and the café doing well, we’re definitely projecting business at the plaza to be better than last year,” he said.

Current tenants are optimistic that business will improve.

Colleen Callandra, owner of the Longbeach Cafe’, says lunchtime has been the res-

taurant’s busiest time of day since its opening in April.

Although the business has yet to experience the peak of tourist season, she believes the breakfast crowds, as well as lunch, will amp up in the coming months.

LBK Liquors is the Key’s second liquor store besides Publix Liquors, which opened in early 2013 in the Shoppes of Bay Isles. When LBK Liquors opened June 30, the north end had been without a liquor

store since 2010, when Longboat Key Liquors closed.

The liquor store has benefited from north-end boaters and people visiting the beaches near Longbeach Village in the months since its opening, and owners hope its popularity will increase as more people begin to flock to the island as winter nears.

However, Gary LaFlamme, a Realtor with Engel & Völkers, said Whitney Beach Plaza isn’t what it used to be. His family owned and operated Longboat Key Liquors from 1989 to 2003.

“Back in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, there weren’t any vacancies at all in the plaza,” he said. “There used to be Isabel’s Restaurant, Longboat Key Liquors, Tiny’s, Cousin’s Pizza, and there was even a post office.”

LaFlamme said business has been slow for his company since it moved to the location in November 2013, but he believes that as more storefronts open, more people will start to come to the shopping center.

“The Longbeach Café draws a pretty big crowd, and as more people start visit the surrounding businesses it makes them aware that we are here,” he said.

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OPEN FOR BUSINESS The following seven business are currently open at Whitney Beach Plaza:

Bayou Tavern, 6814 Gulf of Mexico Drive Bayou Tavern is an Italian restaurant and pizzeria that offers outdoor dining and a full liquor bar.

Caswell Legal, 6842 Gulf of Mexico Drive The law firm offers wealth planning and business and real estate legal services.

Design 2000, 6840 Gulf of Mexico Drive The full-service salon provides hair design, nail, pedicure and chemical services and professional hair care products.

Engel & Völkers Longboat Key Real Estate, 6824 Gulf of Mexico Drive Engel & Völkers’ Longboat Key location is one of approximately 600 offices worldwide.

LBK Liquors, 6854 Gulf of Mexico Drive In addition to liquor, LBK Liquors has a beer cave, large wine selection, cigarettes, lottery tickets and mixers such as CocaCola and cranberry juice.

Linen Locker, 6826 Gulf of Mexico Drive Linen Locker is a 24/7 laundry and drycleaning kiosk that allows customers to drop off items, which are taken to parent company All Star Laundry’s mainland locations and returned within approximately 48 hours.

Longbeach Café, 6836 Gulf of Mexico Drive The newest restaurant in the plaza serves breakfast and lunch. It’s located in the same location as the former Isabelle’s Eatery and offers many of the same menu items.

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LAND USE

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Parking study to examine P&Z Board votes for zoning two-garage plan for Circle changes of vacant parcels The city of Sarasota is looking further into the possibility of constructing two new public garages on St. NG Armands Circle as it attempts to adLI G N dress a parking shortage in the area.

RI N ADAM H Parking Manager Mark Lyons apJO peared at the Sept. 16 St. Armands P Business Improvement District meeting to provide an update on P the city’s Circle parking study, on which work began more than a year N ago. The study indicated a shortage 1 / 4 MILE of roughly 320 spaces existed on the island and pointed to two public lots unanswered questions. on Adams Drive as potential sites for “There’s a lot to talk about when it a garage.

At a public meeting in April, several comes to the finances and a lot of strategy St. Armands stakeholders suggested that on how we would manage it,” Lyons said. two garages — built shorter than the pro- “I think we really need to see the analysis posed individual structures outlined in on the two garages, and then we can sit the study — could be a more appealing down and talk about money.”

BID board members said they didn’t option for residents and businesses. At that time, Lyons warned that the cost of want to get bogged down in details of constructing two garages could be pro- cost and design yet, but that they wanted to see the project move along relatively hibitive.

Today, Lyons said the city would ask quickly.

“I’m more interested in how long it’s consulting firm Kimley-Horn to revise the study to provide information on what going to be between now and the time a two-garage plan would look like. Lyons that we agree to break ground,” said BID continued to state that cost would be an Vice Chairman Marty Rappaport. “We’ve issue and said paid parking in the area been working on this for a long time.”

Lyons added that although funding could be considered as an option to fund remains a top concern, there are several the project.

With projected construction costs pos- routes the city could take to pay for the sibly rising as high as $20 million and the structure — or structures.

“It’s not a bleak picture,” Lyons said. annual operation of the garage projected at $200,000, the financial aspect of the “It’s just that we have to be smart about project was one of the biggest remaining it.”

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The late Bob Craft told the Longboat Key Town Commission more than two years ago that he was tired of hearing people ask if the 3.81-acre vacant tract near his Emerald Harbor home was for sale.

Before he purchased his home, he had researched the nearby property and learned it was town-owned and designated as open space, which refers to land that is undeveloped. However, the site remained zoned for residential, single-family development.

Now, the town is one step closer to the change Craft sought.

The Planning and Zoning Board recommended rezoning two properties as open space to reflect their historic and intended uses at its Sept. 16 meeting.

The properties are the 3.81-acre tract at 5810 Gulf of Mexico Drive and a 0.71acre plot at 4110 Gulf of Mexico Drive that’s currently zoned as commercial.

The change will make the properties’ zoning consistent with the town’s future land use map, which is the town’s visual guide to future planning that attempts to bring together all of the elements of the comprehensive plan, such as natural resources, economic development, housing and transportation and also reflects the open-space designation.

The town acquired the property at 5810 Gulf of Mexico Drive in 1988, as part of a land swap that required it only be used as open space. The site’s future

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The 3.81-acre vacant parcel at 5810 Gulf of Mexico Drive is designated as open space.

land use designation was amended to open space in October 2012, and the future land use map was also revised to reflect the change, however, the zoning wasn’t amended.

The town purchased the property at 4110 Gulf of Mexico Drive with the intent of integrating it into a concept for the adjacent Bayfront Park. Similarly, the zoning designation for the property was not amended to reflect the future use of the property.

The rezoning of the properties will occur in December, if the Longboat Key Town Commission approves an ordinance adopting the changes on second reading.

Craft’s widow, Alycia, was pleased with the recent progress.

“I’m thrilled that issue got through to the Planning and Zoning Board,” she said. “Bob would have been glad the government has tended to this longawaited issue.”

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FISHING FOR SUPPORT

by David Conway | Staff Writer

Mote makes public push for bayfront aquarium The head of Mote is going public with the organization’s plans for expansion — and gaining support along the way.

Next month, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium leaders will ask the Sarasota City Commission to commit to a vision that includes a new aquarium on five acres of city-owned bayfront land.

In the meantime, those leaders seek to coalesce community support. On Tuesday, Mote President and CEO Michael Crosby spoke at an Argus Foundation meeting, outlining the organization’s once-closely guarded vision for the future in public.

As part of its 2020 Vision and Strategic Plan, Mote has been working on expansion since 2010. In particular, the organization has focused on growing its research facilities and operations. To facilitate that growth, Mote is interested in devoting its City Island campus almost entirely to the laboratory — and thus, in relocating its aquarium operations.

Following years of research and multiple feasibility studies, Mote concluded that the optimal location for a new aquarium would be at what is currently the Van Wezel parking lot. The vast majority of that research and planning was done privately, with details of Mote’s interest in a bayfront location leaking through a separate, broader development proposal.

Now, however, Mote is openly campaigning for its proposal and distancing itself from other groups. At Tuesday’s meeting, Crosby emphasized the relationship between Mote and the community. Crosby said the decision about the facility is in the hands of the citizens, and

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stressed that no other group could speak to Mote’s future plans.

“That is a decision for the community to make,” Crosby said. “Mote doesn’t need someone to represent us to our own community.”

Crosby revealed some additional details about the potential scope of the proposed aquarium. He said Mote would seek a five-acre site from the city, and that consultants recommended a 70,000- to 90,000-square-foot facility.

Crosby said Mote has gotten an endorsement for its vision from the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County, the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County. The Argus Foundation board of directors will consider whether to offer its endorsement at a future meeting.

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“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

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Time to hit ULI reset button Longboat Key town commissioners might want to take to heart the not-sosubtle notification they received last week from Town Manager David Bullock.

Bullock warned his bosses: “As much as it may disappoint you, you’re going to talk about this a lot. 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.”

Bullock was speaking about the task of revising and rewriting the town’s comprehensive plan and landdevelopment codes.

Presumably, town commissioners know this daunting task must be completed. It’s crucial to the future of redevelopment and the future of Longboat Key. If a new comp plan and codes are not created, residents and taxpayers can pretty much be assured there will be little redevelopment — and less to the future of Longboat Key as a premier resort/second-home community.

That is not conjecture. If you have lived here for half of a decade or longer, you remember well the strife and lawsuits that erupted when the former owners of the Longboat Key Club and Resort sought approval of a $400 million expansion and redevelopment plan.

All of that occurred because of fuzziness and unclear language in the town’s development codes and comp plan.

For years, former Town Attorney David Persson alerted the Town Commission and planning and zoning board to the fact the town’s codes were recipes for lawsuits and needed clarification.

And for years, more than a decade, the task of fixing the plan and codes never occurred. To be sure, it’s a difficult, headpounding undertaking. Maybe more like a colonoscopy. You know you need one, but the unpleasantness of the ordeal (the night before!) causes you to procrastinate and focus on things you shouldn’t — like town center designs, figuring out what to do with Bayfront Park, beautifying Gulf of Mexico Drive and rising sea levels.

Yes, all true. After going to great lengths and expense of bringing in last winter the Urban Land Institute to help the town craft a roadmap for the future, the ULI Advisory Panel’s recommendations — chief among them rewriting the comp plan and codes — have pretty much succumbed to governmentitis.

The now famous ULI citizens committee has devolved into a group with no purpose, no focus and no use. Not by its own making, but because of the lack of specific direction and mission from the Town Commission. Rather than take the ULI Advisory Panel’s 15 recommendations and roadmap and begin to address and implement them one by one, in order of the ULI’s priority, the commission abdicated. It tried to do the kumbaya thing by forming a citizens group, which really wasn’t a citizens group. It was an arm of town government with token citizen involvement. It was destined to fall into the hole it’s in.

Each time this “citizens” panel meets, its members question their role. You know there’s a problem when the committee

REMEMBER THE ULI’s TOP PRIORITIES? When the Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Panel issued its final report last March for the town of Longboat Key, it recommended 15 specific priorities in order of priority.

Before those recommendations, however, the panel also wrote the following in its summary of recommendations. Note the emphasis on rewriting the town’s comprehensive plan and codes: “Focus on the future instead of the past. Taking time to renew the future vision for Longboat Key is absolutely necessary for continued success.

“The 1980s-vintage plans and codes not only are out of date, but also perpetuate an unfortunate current pattern of community infighting, with good people focusing on the things that divide instead of working together and making more progress.

“The panel’s recommendation is not to amend the town’s comprehensive plan, but to replace it with a new plan tailored to meet the needs of the future.

“The panel recommends that the current system of ‘tourism units’ and other complicated aspects of the legacy code be abandoned or suspended and that new zones that reflect the community vision be adopted.

“The panelists also strongly recommend developing and adopting modern codes and permit processes to implement those policies in the land development process.

“The importance of undertaking this planning and zoning process cannot be emphasized strongly enough.”

members start talking about sea levels rising. Yes, they did that.

To paraphrase Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice, it’s time to hit the reset button on the ULI report.

Disband the current citizens committee.

And then town commissioners should create a real citizens-based panel of three to five people to craft and write a new Constitution for the town of Longboat Key. And put a deadline on it.

This would not have to be done at the expense of other ULI recommendations, e.g. pursuing a town center, or town priorities, e.g. beach preservation. But it should be as high or higher of a priority.

When the Founding Fathers created and crafted the U.S. Constitution, delegates to the Constitutional Convention voted on naming five members to a Committee of Detail that drafted the document.

Surely among Longboat Key’s august citizenry there are five visionaries, lawyers, land-use experts and pragmatists who can do what the ULI Advisory Panel urged. As noted in the box above, the ULI final report to the town said: “The panelists also strongly recommend developing and adopting modern codes and

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ULI’s TOP FIVE PRIORITIES

1) Rezoning the Colony — Institutionalizing the hotel zoning of the Colony ensures that the high-end tourist facility will return to the site and enable progress when development is ready to proceed.

2) Land-use planning efforts for Whitney Beach — A vacant or at best underused shopping center that is likely better served in the future as a mixeduse development. Doing the vision/zoning upfront that enables the desirable development for community will streamline the process. As part of this process, interim uses should be explored to backfill with creative uses such as an incubator or a community kitchen.

3) Comprehensive/vision plan update — The comprehensive plan for the town has not been updated in 30 years. A new plan is needed that reflects the changes that have occurred in the past 30 years and the changes desired for the next 30.

4) Developing and adopting modern codes and permit processes — The panel heard from multiple business leaders that current codes and permit processes make business investment frustrating at best and unlivable at worst. Town codes should provide certainty to investors and help implement the vision plan for the town.

5) Master plan for Publix Super Market area — The Publix site is the center of Longboat Key and should be developed into a pedestrian-friendly town center that primarily serves local residents but also visitors.

permit processes to implement those policies in the land development process.

“The importance of undertaking this planning and zoning process cannot be emphasized strongly enough.”

This is crucial for the next generation.

If commissioners take this on, they will create a positive legacy and a turning point in the town’s history.

+ Stand your ground, Manatee Ever since the Manatee County School Board voted 3-2 to install armed guards at 32 of the county’s elementary schools, predictably, there has been a chorus of critics quick to question and chastise the board and district administration.

“They moved too quickly.” “They didn’t get enough public input.” “They should have checked the state laws more thoroughly beforehand.” Wah, wah, wah.

We’ll continue to applaud the school board and administration for taking the right and bold action. Typical governments are too slow to act and afraid to act for fear of criticism.

But without leaders willing to be pioneers, take risks and be decisive, we all would be worse off — maybe even dead.

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Dear Editor: Excellent editorial illustrating the age-old struggle between collectivism and individualism — the latter being our founding fathers’ lynch pin, foundation for the Declaration of Independence and Constitution/Bill of Rights. It’s just as crucial today as 238 years ago. As we look at ALL the gut wrenching and complex issues of today through the filter of the out-of-focus fog of collectivism versus the clarity of individual freedom of choice, we make better decisions for the good of the whole.

Bob Gault Longboat Key

+ Town offers touching 9/11 tribute Dear Editor: Kudos to the town of Longboat Key for continuing to line Gulf of Mexico Drive with American flags on 9/11.

Are other people as disturbed as I am that many classroom teachers, especially American history teachers, make no mention of 9/11 on 9/11? I find it sad that such a tragic event in American history is often ignored in the schools.

Jane Webb Longboat Key

2:39 p.m. — 100 block of North Shore Road. Boat. Marine patrol responded to a report of two unattended children on the water. Police checked the area twice but did not find anyone.

JUMP AND RUN 3:46 p.m. — Off the Key. Boat. A marine patrol officer activated his emergency lights and sirens after seeing two teens jump from the Longboat Pass Bridge. The teens attempted to flee, however, when the officer announced over the boat’s PA system that more officers were on their way, they made their way back to the officer. They received citations for jumping off state bridges.

YOU LOOKING FOR ME? 11:02 a.m. — 4400 block of GMD. Welfare Check. A worried friend and a property manager contacted police because they were unable to get hold of a resident for several days. When the officer arrived, the two men were waiting outside the man’s unit. The man was inside the unit, unharmed and sleeping on his couch.

SEPT. 14 HIGH STAKES 12:24 p.m. — 5800 block of GMD. Larceny. A man reported that the stakes he uses to keep trees upright until they grow roots were stolen from his recently planted palm trees. The caller said there had been incidents of thefts on the property before, and he is prepared to take further measures to deter theft.

PLANNING FOR TOMORROW 9:06 p.m. — 500 block of Chipping Lane. Security Check. A caller reported a suspicious-looking van parked in the driveway of a neighbor, who was on vacation. The two men inside the van were contractors working for the owner of the home. They said they were reviewing

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SEPT. 15 WET BANDITS 11:05 a.m. — 5000 block of GMD. Larceny. A Public Works employee spotted a water tanker truck filling up at a town fire hydrant without permission. After the employee told the tanker crew they needed a permit to do so, the crew left, only to be found at a different hydrant 10 minutes later doing the same thing. The town employee’s supervisor told police he wishes to press charges. The officer contacted the crew member accused of the theft and told him he will receive a notice to appear in court.

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Police told two men about the town’s ordinance prohibiting work after 5 p.m. They stopped and said they were unaware of the rule.

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Police entered the home after knocking loudly on the door and heard screaming from inside the back bedroom.

Police spoke with the woman through the door, and she told the officers she had a gun and wanted them out of her house. The repossession agent said he would return with the proper paperwork. Police left a note and business card on the front door for the woman’s nurse to find the next day.

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OBITUARIES Mark Horan

Mark Horan, 69, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 21.

Born Oct. 22, 1944, in Cleveland, Mr. Horan was an insurance broker and part owner of the HDH Group in Pittsburgh before retiring in 1995. He was a member of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church.

Mr. Horan is survived by his wife of 48 years, Betty; daughter, Heidi Horan, of New Jersey; and son, Kevin Horan, of Florida.

A funeral Mass was held Sept. 5, at St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, in Butler, Pa.

Martin Margolis

Martin Margolis, 78, of Livingston, N.J., and Longboat Key, died Sept. 19.

Born in Newark, N.J., Mr. Margolis attended Rutgers University and received his juris doctor from New York School of Law. Mr. Margolis practiced law for 54 years at his firm, Margolis Law LLC, in Livingston. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Essex County Bar Association.

Mr. Margolis is survived by his wife, Deborah; daughters, Risa MargolisGreenstein and Sharon Beth Markow-

WORSHIP SERVICES itz; stepsons, Andrew Samwick and Evan Michaels; four grandchildren; and beloved dog, Maggie.

A funeral service was held Sept. 21, in Livingston.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to St. Barnabas Medical Care Center Foundation, 94 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ 07039, or Regional Cancer Care at Morristown Memorial Hospital, mhhs1.org/mrcc.

Betty Schiff

Betty Schiff, 95, of Longboat Key, died Sept. 12.

Born Feb. 11, 1919, in Wilmington, Del., Mrs. Schiff graduated from the Friends School of Wilmington and attended the University of Pennsylvania. She married Herbert Schiff in 1938, in Columbus, Ohio, where the couple raised their three Schiff daughters.

Mrs. Schiff was active in the Columbus Jewish community and a member of the Winding Hollow Country Club, a club champion golfer and bridge player. In the early 1970s, the Schiffs purchased a home on Longboat Key and

spent the winters there.

After Mr. Schiff’s death in 2002, Mrs. Schiff continued his legacy of philanthropy, including serving on the board of the American Jewish Committee in Sarasota. She served on numerous other boards and committees, supporting causes such as ORT, Hadassah, National Council of Jewish Women, Wexner Heritage Village auxiliary, the Jewish Center of Columbus, Brandeis University Women, Technion, Temple Israel in Columbus and Temple Beth Israel.

She endowed a Lion of Judah in both Sarasota and Columbus and was the recipient of the National Lion of Judah Kipnis/Wilson/Friedland Award for extensive volunteer and philanthropic achievement. The Schiffs established two endowment funds at Temple Israel in Columbus.

Mrs. Schiff was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert; daughter, Patricia Hershorin; and grandson. She is survived by her daughters, Suzanne Gallant and Jane Schiff; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Services were held at Temple Israel, in Columbus. Donations can be made to the Betty and Herbert Schiff Fund at the Columbus Jewish Foundation, 1175 College Ave., Columbus, OH 43209 or columbusjewishfoundation.org.

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

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

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

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

The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor.

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

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

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Longboat Key Education Center Executive Director (and yoga instructor) Susan Goldfarb

Kripalu and Iyengar plus a YMCA instructor’s certificate in physical fitness.

The Ed Center catalog reflects all these interests and much more. Fitness classes are what first drew my attention; there has been yoga since day one, and there are other options, including qigong and Nia. Art classes, too, are offered every season, and other favorites repeat as well, including a women’s group on Fridays and popular film courses that sell out year after year.

Goldfarb works hard to keep the catalog fresh and estimates two-thirds of classes are new each year. Where do the ideas come from? She cites multiple sources.

“Because we’ve been around so long, a lot of people approach me with ideas,” she says. “I have an advisory board that acts as talent agents; they are out there in the community and bring me ideas and recommendations. Students do, too.

Plus, there’s my personal reading about what’s going on in the community and the world.”

The result is a smorgasbord of learning opportunities from a lecture on “Ukraine

When: 10 a.m. to noon Mondays Nov. 10 and Nov. 17, and Friday, Nov. 14 Price: Members $55; nonmembers $65 Instructor: Kathie Moon Description: The Sarasota Film Society’s annual Cine-World Film Festival is the best seven days in Sarasota for cinema; it offers a fabulous smorgasbord of excellent films straight from the Toronto, New York and Cannes film festivals. It is a “must see” for film buffs. Students will be assigned to watch six carefully chosen films at Burns Court Cinema.

Discussions will follow at the Education Center.

FLORIDA GARDENS GONE WILD WORKSHOP When: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 15 Price: Members $20; nonmembers $25 Instructor: Lucy Beebe Tobias Description: Whether you pot in containers on your condo balcony or have a spread with room to grow, you will learn how to create containers with a personal touch and bring water magic and butterflies to your yard at this workshop.

Tobias will also tell engaging stories about gardeners who bond with their piece of Florida and suggest places to go for inspiration. There will be demonstrations, hands-on participation and takeaways.

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Molly Schechter is an ACE-certified personal trainer since 1996. She has a specialty certification in older-adult fitness plus YogaFit Instructor Training, SCF Yoga Fundamentals I and II and Power Pilates™ Mat Certifications. She teaches Pilates mat classes and “Joy of Stretch” yoga classes at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center from November through April.

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When: 1 to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Nov. 20 through Dec. 19 Price: Members $75; nonmembers $85 Instructor: Kathie Moon Description: This class will view and discuss four obscure, modern black-andwhite classics from the last 30 years, directed by filmmakers from across the globe, including director Patrice Leconte (French), the Taviani brothers (Italian), American indie director Kim Jarmusch and others.

— Update and Overview” to “Curious About Your Animals’ Thoughts,” from “Reconsidering Capitalism” to “Baseball’s Greatest Moments.” The catalog takes 56 pages to describe the courses, which are two, four, six or eight weeks, one-time lectures and workshops.

The offerings are divided into three terms: fall, from Oct. 20 through Dec. 19; winter, from Jan. 5 through Feb. 28; and spring, from March 2 through April 24.

Yoga classes are eight for $104 for nonmembers; $88 for members. Most other courses average a little more than $20 per session for nonmembers and a little less for members.

Becoming a member of the Ed Center, which is located in the Centre Shops, has advantages above and beyond lower prices. For starters, all members receive their brochure by first-class mail in midAugust, at least three weeks before anyone else. This can be significant; more than 500 people attend something at the Ed Center every week in season, and many popular classes sell out. The basic membership that gets you the catalog early is $60 per individual or $85 for a couple. The Ed Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, so memberships are tax deductible; higher levels include additional perquisites. The details are in the brochure, as well as on the website, lbkeducationcenter.org. You can also view the brochure online and download a PDF, or you can request a hard copy via email to info@lbkeducation.center.org. You are almost certain to find something you would like to know more about.

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There’s a Longboat Key phenomenon that happens annually right after the tourist traffic finally fades because kids are going back to school and right before the car carriers start to unload their seasonal shipments. It is the arrival of the humble-inappearance but ever so rich-in-content catalog from the Longboat Key Education Center. The cover blasts a slogan conceived long ago by Executive Director Susan Goldfarb’s late husband, Richard: “Like colMOLLY lege, only better!” The SCHECHTER artwork is an hourglass shape of stacked type, a graphic list of the amazing array of learning opportunities for the coming season.

The Ed Center, as it is lovingly and locally known, has been an outstanding, and as far as we know unique, feature of life on Longboat Key for nearly three decades. Laura Taubes, a retired educator from Scarsdale, N.Y., founded it in 1985 with the mission to provide learning and enrichment to keep the mind active and the spirit young. It wasn’t long before she hired Goldfarb to help with marketing on a part-time basis. One of the fringe benefits of that job was yoga classes, taught by “Yogi Ed” Schetter. When he became ill, Goldfarb became the yoga teacher — a role she continues to play to this day.

Taubes kept the Ed Center going for 10 years, then she persuaded Goldfarb to take it on as executive director.

“The school became my passion,” Goldfarb says. “Everything I ever studied culminates in it.”

That turns out to be a lot of territory.

Goldfarb earned her degree in honors English from York University; she also holds diplomas from the University of Toronto (theater technology), from the Sorbonne in Paris (French language and civilization) and from the Ontario Conservatory of Music. Her yoga credentials include teacher training from Sivananda,

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Jon Pierce signs in members for the event.

A great egret pokes around in a fisherman’s bucket for bait at Overlook Park.

The Sarasota Young Professionals Group’s first volunteer event of the month focused on Overlook Park and Quick Point preserve.

The clouds cleared up and let the sun shine through Saturday, just in time for members of the Sarasota Young Professionals Group to help clean up Overlook Park and Quick Point Nature Preserve. The cleanup marked the first volunteer event for YPG for the month.

Located on the southeast end of Longboat Key, the park and preserve are connected by a boardwalk that goes underneath

the New Pass Bridge. Members combed through mangroves and rocks for pieces of trash left behind by visitors and fishermen.

Objects ranging from glass bottles to cigarette butts and even a curtain rod were found among the rocks and shores of the Key. All pieces of trash collected were separated into recyclables and non-recyclables. Volunteers split up into groups of three or four so that multiple people could pick

up trash and record their findings.

Program coordinator Jon Pierce said he was pleased with the turnout of approximately 20 members and stressed the importance of maintaining the environment in Sarasota.

“It’s great because we get to volunteer with a different local charity each month while also partnering with other local organizations dedicated to giving back,” Pierce said. “Plus, the chance to get outside and do something for the environment is always a win-win.”

The group capped off the day with beer Landshark provided for the event.

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Brittany Jennings finds trash among the rocks at Overlook Park.

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3BR/3BA with Southern Exposure! 12 ft ceilings, wraparound terrace, panoramic views of gulf, beach and city $ skyline.

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LOCATION! LOCATION! $1,190,000 3 BR/3 BA Country Club Shores on sailboat water. Close to everything!

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME ON LONGBOAT KEY Wide canal lot on Dream Island Rd. $875,000 Deep water canal in Sleepy Lagoon $600,000 Jungle Queen Way lot close to beach $325,000

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SANDERLING CLUB - 200’ gulf one acre lot in private gated community w/ large buildable footprint. $5,399,000

A3999238 BEACHPLACE - Direct gulf front two bedroom furnished condo with staircase from terrace down to beach. $739,000

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

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GRAND MARINER BAYSIDE $1,600,000 - $2,400,000 Luxury 3,200 - 3,600 SF 3BR condos with boat docks.

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A3993216 A3968932 CASEY KEY - Mid-Century Modern extensively remodeled OAKS BAYSIDE ESTATE - 8,500sf 5BR residence designed gulf front residence on a gulf to bay 1.25 acre lot. $4,495,000 and built by famed architect Bo MacEwen. $2,400,000

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COUNTRY CLUB SHORES $2,250,000 4BR custom home w/designer finishes. Deepwater dock w/lift.

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

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Exquisitely finished and furnished three bedroom residence with two-car garage, boat dock, cabana and tranquil water views.

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Peaceful location on perfect boating water. 60 foot dock with 10,000 lb. lift. Large, open floorplan. Deeded beach access.

Gated bayfront estate on over one acre. More than 8,700 sq. ft. of perfected living space, four-car garage and boat house.

Refreshing Florida living with clean lines and natural light. Updated 3BR/3BA home with Greatroom, screened pool, 2-car garage and deeded beach access.

$599,000

Privateer North end unit on the 8th floor with wonderful sunset and bay views. Original owners and never leased.

Custom estate home on fabulous, protected boating water. Six bedrooms, private casita, heated pool and spa, five-car garage and all of the finest finishes.

$1,099,000

Spacious beachfront end residence with generous views of bay, city, and Gulf. Enlarged master suite with sitting room / office.

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$599,000

Light, bright and furnished Beachplace residence with views of the Gulf.

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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

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

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24

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.

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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

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Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key — meets at noon at Lazy Lobster Longboat Key, 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The special lunchtime meeting will include the installation of new officers. Call Donna at 388-2847.

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TUESDAY, SEPT. 30

‘The Glass Cage: Nicholas Carr in Conversation with Tim Wu’ — takes place at 8:15 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road. The lecture is broadcast as part of the “Live from 92nd Street Y” series. Carr will discuss his new book, “The Glass Cage: Automation and Us.” The event is free for members; $5 for nonmembers. Call 383-3428.

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 Longboat Key - Direct Gulf Front light marble floors and a neutral palette. Pet friendly.

WAS $1,895,000 NOW $1,779,000 Estate size property over an acre prime for creating your beach front dream. Existing 3BR country rustic home ideal to occupy G while your visions unfold. Short distance ISTIN L to shopping, dining and the Longboat Key W NE Club. $3,495,000

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

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

Sarasota Tiger Bay Club — meets at 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 S. East Ave., Sarasota. This month’s forum is “Trouble in the Middle East,” moderated by New College Professor Frank Alcock. Cost is $22 for members; $27 for nonmembers. Visit sarasotatigerbay.com.

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

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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Beachplace III - Bay Gulf and Golf Course Views The perfect beach getaway!

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

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8

Mote Volunteer Coffee — takes place from 10 a.m. to noon in the Buchanan Room in Mote’s main laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. Mote needs aquarium guides to discuss exhibits and animals with visitors, cashiers and greeters for its membership desk. Weekend help is especially needed. The reception will include coffee, juice, pastries and brief presentations from Mote volunteers and staff. RSVP to Elisa Painten at volcoordinator@mote.org or 388-4441, Ext. 438.

DON’T MISS Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Siesta Key - Dolphin Bay Magnificent panoramic Bay views from this 2BR/2BA +den 4th floor 2,042 SF apartment with hardwood floors, porcelain tile & wood cabinetry in a pet-friendly community with great amenities. $825,000

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

Sarasota Bay Watch/Audubon Florida Fishing Line Cleanup — takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. beginning at Sarasota Sailing Squadron, 1717 Ken Thompson Parkway. Help remove fishing line from birdnesting 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.

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

SATURDAY, OCT. 4

What: Network with other professionals at the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce’s monthly networking event. Cost is $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers. Call 383-2466.

When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25 Where: Wicker Inn, 5581 Gulf of Mexico Drive

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 4-Plex - West of the Trail Grove Street 2BR/2BA apartment that is FULL of potential! $875,000 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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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Sept. 11 through Sept. 17, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

Unit 904 at Fairway Bay has three bedrooms, three baths, and 2,097 square feet of living area.

It sold for $750,000.

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Fairway Bay condominium unit sells for $750,000 The following residential real estate transactions took place between Sept. 8 and Sept. 12.

A condominium in Fairway Bay tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Larry and Nola Hietbrink sold their Unit 904 condominium at 1918 Harbourside Drive to Michael and Rhea Dow, of Charlevoix, Mich., for $750,000. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,097 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $620,000 in 2004.

Sleepy Lagoon Park

Mary Kavanagh, of Ontario, Canada, sold the home at 783 Marbury Lane to Joseph Chiarella, of Douglaston, N.Y., for $650,000. Built in 1988, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,863 square feet of living area.

Harbour Oaks II

Dale Baier sold the home at 2335 Harbour Oaks Drive to Michael and Evelyn Williams-Jones, of New York City, for

$480,000. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,295 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $250,000 in 1997.

LIDO KEY Lido Beach House

Diane Green, of University Park, sold the Unit 1 condominium at 945 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Deborah McCarthy, trustee, of Longboat Key, for $510,000.

Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,518 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $400,000 in 2004.

ST. ARMANDS KEY Sarasota Harbour Apartments

William Miller Jr., trustee, of Duxbury, Mass., sold the Unit 32 condominium at 763 John Ringling Blvd. to William and Sandy Miller, of Duxbury, Mass., for $225,000. Built in 1963, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 816 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $66,500 in 1984.

Address Permit

Decking and 220 Sands Point Road handrail

876 Tarawitt Drive Interior

2721 GMD Interior 2450 Harbourside Drive Bathroom 5055 GMD Doors

Siding and 847 Evergreen Way windows

Kitchen 3040 Grand Bay Blvd. alterations 6020 GMD Seawall 530 Putting Green Lane Re-roof 634 Buttonwood Drive Re-roof

Windows and 1485 GMD doors 4401 GMD Doors 1485 GMD Doors 1425 GMD Doors

Windows and 651 Fox St. siding 3240 GMD Doors 1965 GMD Interior 5841 GMD Doors 1485 GMD Door 2185 GMD Entry 100 Sands Point Road Roof 4141 GMD Doors

Window and 556 Spanish Drive N. entry

Windows and 4805 GMD doors 1540 Harbor Cay Lane Dock 672 Jungle Queen Way Re-roof 355 Fair Oaks Lane Door 2016 Harbourside Drive Doors

Dumpster 500 Bay Isles Road enclosure

Applicant

Amount

Atkin Marine Services Moskovitz Real Estate and Equity Beachcomber Condo Association Robert Kopeck Beverly Addison

$85,000

John Raftis

$37,000

Paul and Amy Lidsky Janet Donnelly Cynthia Clasgens David Bishop

$29,500 $28,000 $25,680 $22,150

John Keenan Richard Arenstrup Bougas Realty Corp.

Susan Weitendorf

$19,369 $19,002 $17,840 $17,673

$76,176 $70,500 $64,000 $39,000

Eric Gordon Bell $17,404 Portobello Condo Association $16, 481 Joan Dropkin $15,979 Daniel Woods Jr. $14,276 Jeffery Shavelson $13,688 Robert Balit $13,500 Sands Point Condos $12,860 America First Investment $12,666 Ellen Wallace

$12,000

David Hargrave Timothy Clark Martin Rosen Leah McCoy-Soderblom Myron Bernstein

$11,272 $9,750 $9,600 $8,630 $8,530

Nations Bank of Florida

$4,785

LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER

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

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

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

4725 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #117 #A4102679 $699,000 Ian Addy Pa

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

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

5030 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3980709 $3,980,000 Richard Perlman

3261 Bayou Road #A4102910 $599,000 Matthew Cannon

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-228-2030

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

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

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

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-780-0968

4425 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 109 #A3992214 $559,000 Michael Bruno

Longboat Key 941-966-8000 941-320-3229

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

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-228-8580

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

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1111 N Gulfstream Ave # 3C #A3986560 $495,000 Peggy Mock

741 Hideaway Bay Drive #A4103504 $2,895,000 Saint Cacchiotti

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-356-3584

3440 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 6 #A3996889 $475,000 Susan Smith

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-302-3440

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4900 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4100526 $450,000 Bobbi Banan

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

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

450 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # B-304 #A3997208 $414,900 Maureen Horn

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-539-3384

1770 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 206 #A3986006 $399,999 David Simon

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-400-8764

4621 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4104001 $375,000 Richard Perlman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-228-8580

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

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

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

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

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

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

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By Robin Hartill Managing Editor

michaelsaunders.com Explore now on your phone or tablet.

Photo courtesy of Michael Saunders & Co.

Deborah Beacham, of Michael Saunders & Co.’s Longboat Key South office, was the listing agent for the home at 2016 Casey Key Road, which sold for $6.2 million in late August.

+ Longboat Key agents involved in Casey Key sales Longboat Key agents were involved in two recent multimillion-dollar Casey Key sales.

Deborah Beacham, of Michael Saunders & Co.’s Longboat Key South office, was the listing agent for the home at 2016 Casey Key Road, which sold for $6.2 million in late August. The sale was the largest on Casey Key in more than three years. Mark McCann and Camille Schwabe, of the firm’s Siesta Key office, were the selling agents.

Michael Moulton, also of Michael Saunders & Co.’s Longboat Key South office, sold a vacant 2.5-acre parcel on Casey Key for $3.55 million. Tony DiCerbo, of the company’s Sarasota office, listed the property.

+ Key Club to hold job fairs The Resort at Longboat Key Club will

1485 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 406 Longboat Key #A3985932 $4,000-$6,500/month, 90 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

5144 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3986587 $2,895,000 Ann Martin

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

571 Putting Green Lane #A4101858 $2,195,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

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

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

6540 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3997271 $1,895,000 Saint Cacchiotti

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-809-0787

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

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

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

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

Euphemia Haye Restaurant and The Haye Loft, 5540 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will reopen Sept. 26. The restaurant has been closed since Sept. 1, for vacation and renovations.

The restaurant is open from 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Friday and 5:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Call 383-3633.

250 Sands Point Rd # 5101 #A3937380 $309,000 Joan Boltax

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

541 Golf Links Ln #A3965064 Diann Thelen

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-320-0677

+ Euphemia Haye to reopen

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-350-6390

Lido Key 941-388-4447 941-350-9799

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3320 Gulf Of Mexico Drive #A4103710 Doris Bushman

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

4765 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3989517 $5,750,000 Debra Lee Rugh

101 S Gulfstream Ave # 15E #A3996483 $268,000 Maureen Horn

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

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-539-3384

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

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

hold job fairs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept.

30 and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 18, at the Island House, 361 Longboat Club Road.

The Key Club is hiring for cooks, stewards, servers, bussers, food runners, housekeepers, spa employees and more.

On-the-spot interviews will take place at the event. Applicants are encouraged to complete the application prior to attending the event. The application can be found at longboatkeyclub.com/careers.

For information, call 383-8862 or email HR@longboatkeyclub.com.

Longboat Key $5,000-$8,500/month, 30 day min 941-552-4200

603 Longboat Club Road #A4105097 $4,799 Janice Reed

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VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 5871 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #A3996985 $7,900,000 Christina Landry

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

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

by Amanda Morales | Staff Writer

Professionals network at chamber luncheon The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce hosted local professionals for a networking luncheon Sept. 18, at Tommy Bahama restaurant on St. Armands Circle. Guests had a chance to mingle and get to know one another before sitting down to a catered lunch. Must Do Visitor Guides sponsored the event.

Above: Nina Ettinger, Dave Ettinger, Kathryn Kelley and Michelle Dull, from Must Do Visitor Guides Left: Tara Demarzian and Rachel Parker,Doctors Express Urgent Care, and Kristin Fourie, Lighthouse Property Management

Photos by Amanda Morales

Irina LaRose, Design 2000, Peg Pluto, Tommy Bahama restaurant, and Pat Mock, Design 2000

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OVER .5 ACRE W/SEP GUEST QTRS! 3Br/Den/ Bonus Rm/3Ba/3CG w/10-12FT detailed ceil., marble & wood flrs, built-ins, granite, exotic Padauk cabinets, Sub-Zero & gas appls., MBr w/2 walk-ins & jetted tub, lg screened lanai w/cabana access, putting green, 40FT lap pool & spa! ‘West of Trail’ location! MLS#A4101282........$925,000

UPDATED & TK FURN ON SIESTA! Good investment on ground flr, modern great rm plan, 2Br/2Ba/1CP w/all tile flrs, Eurostyle cabinets, granite, crown moldings, SS appls., remodeled kitch. & baths, pvt laundry, screened lanai w/garden views, in comm. w/ boat docks, rental program & heated pool across from beach! MLS#A4103315.............$315,000

BRAND NEW W/DIRECT GULF VIEWS! 3Br/ Den/2.5Ba w/full renovations & redesigned flr plan, pvt elevator, custom cabinets, walnut flrs, quartz, granite, mother of pearl art, glass tile, balcony & garaged pkg in gated comm. on LBK w/amenities!

MLS#A3990234 ........................ $2,075,000

SIESTA KEY COMMERCIAL! Investment property currently being used as a fish market, tenant in place w/new 2-yr lease, sm retail space classified as restaurant w/2 half baths, main thoroughfare near Crescent market area, next to post office on Siesta Key! MLS#A3993284 ................ $300,000

DOWNTOWN RENTAL W/VIEWS! Lavishly updated & TKF over 1700SF, 2-3Br/2Ba/1CG w/bay & city views, end location, stone surfaces, furn quality cabinetry, travertine flrs & wrap-around balcony in secure bldg. w/full amenities next to the Ritz! MLS#A4104961 ................. $3500/m

WIDE SAILBOAT WATER CANAL! 4,000+ SF Value, 5-6Br/4.5Ba/2CG w/dock & lift and no bridges to bay, gourmet kitch., spa MBa, dbl tray ceils., built-ins, furn quality cabinets, granite, aquarium glass, vessel sinks, wood & diagonal tile flrs, SS appls, saltwater pool & spa & paver brick on mainland! MLS#A4102871.....................$1,750,000

UPDATED W/BAY VIEWS! 55+ comm end residence w/3Br/2.5Ba/Fl Rm/1CP, wood flrs, diagonal tile, crown moldings, custom wood cabinets, Corian, modern kitch., upscale SS appls., pvt laundry, in gated comm w/amenties; heated pool & spa close to beaches, IMG, Downtown SRQBradenton & more! MLS#A4103969.... $575,000

UPDATED 4BR W/DOCK! 4Br/3Ba/2CG, lg lot on Phillippi Creek w/over 2,000SF, Lr, Dr, fam rm., kitch.w/bkfst nook, wood lam, tile, granite, wood cabinets, MBr w/walk-in & upgraded bath, new windows, replaced roof, screened lanai, pool/spa in great location – no HOA! MLS#A4105027...$600,000

UPDATED BAY PLAZA 3+ BEDROOM! Fully renovated 3-4Br/3Ba/4 Balconies/2CG w/chevron wood flrs, detailed ceil., crown moldings, built-ins, wood cabinets, Quartz stone, ceramic tile, stainless steel appls., lavish finishes, vessel sinks, hurricane shutters & pvt laundry in full service Downtown bldg w/amenities! MLS#A4102683.........$775,000

Offered at $2,500,000

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60 (1981)

Sunday, Sept. 21

87

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59 (1981)

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85

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60 (1913)

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SUCH NEGATIVITY! by Kenneth Holt ACROSS 1 Pilgrim’s destination 6 Folk singer Guthrie 10 PC key below Shift 14 Story 18 Gift getters 19 Stash spot in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” 20 Singer India.___ 21 Off in the distance 22 What a cad is 24 “You’d better believe it!”

26 Animator’s transparency 27 Full of beef fat 28 Hollywood legend Clark 30 Knocks flat 31 Leaves bare 33 French philosopher Georges 34 Morrison or Tennille 35 Refinery shipment 36 One of TV’s Huxtables 37 Rich Italian ice cream 40 Sidewalk material 43 Very funny 45 Say “yes,” tacitly 46 Units of money in Bulgaria 47 Spring bloom 49 Less hazardous 50 Thurmond of NBA fame 51 Viking deity 52 Pile up, as firewood 53 Govt. health watchdog 54 Some Wordsworth works 55 ___ corgi 57 Is on hold

substance 61 Companion 119 Cows and sows, 63 Novelist Pierre e.g.

65 Worst possible 120 USS Constitution, party turnout e.g.

66 Source of caffeine 121 Oscar winner 67 Liaison Spacek 70 Warm alcoholic drink 72 Gloomy, to poets DOWN 76 What road signs 1 Sounded like a do cow 2 “A Wrinkle in 77 “Long ___ (and Far Time” author Away)” Madeleine L’___ 79 Softly hit single 3 Middle grade 81 Talking avian 4 Official rebuke 82 Served perfectly 5 4.0 earners on a court 6 Helps a 83 Identifiable perpetrator catchphrase 7 Frost-laden 8 JFK alternative in 86 Certain African NYC tribe member 9 Major soccer 87 Declare untrue mistake 88 It can be deadly or 10 Capital of Australia mortal 11 Under-bridge 89 Environmental dweller of myth community 12 Very plentiful 91 Be absorbed 13 Summer zodiac gradually sign 14 Scout’s pursuit 93 Gene of films 15 Devotee 95 Berth places 16 Tall and skinny 96 ___ Diego 17 Fractions of joules 97 Beneficiary of a 18 Certain party org. will 23 Martial arts expert 98 Tiny Bruce 99 Synthetic rubber 25 Nose-offending component stimuli 29 Met solos 103 Lucy’s landlord of 32 Area of uncertainty classic TV 33 Boy Scout tie 105 Iraq seaport 34 Cuckoo’s cousin 106 City in New York 36 Mexican-American 107 “Blastoff” 37 Pigeon-___ precursor 38 Observant one 109 You alone 39 “That is,” in Latin 111 Not a big deal 40 Relinquish 114 Shrek was one formally 41 Apt anagram of 115 “Simpsons” “vile” creator Groening 42 People of Rwanda 116 Enameled and Burundi lacquerware 44 Unsettled 117 Contemplates 46 Temperature 118 Golf “trap” extreme

48 Partner of long.

50 “It’s all good” 56 ___ polloi (common people) 58 Telegraph bit 59 Snooty behavior 60 States of extreme confusion 62 Elderly 64 Mine carrier 66 Japanese city on Honshu 67 Covered with water 68 Horizontal board (var.)

69 Brass wind instrument 70 Red ___ (cinnamon candies) 71 Oxford teacher 73 Ogles 74 Heche or Hathaway 75 Legendary linebacker Lewis 78 Hired hoodlum 80 “Josie and the ___” 84 Prepares for the printer 85 Basketmaker’s willow 89 Boxer Griffith or author Zola 90 Lease signers 92 Language of westcentral India 94 Loudly lamented 98 One of the senses 99 Throat infection 100 Haberdashery item 101 Middays 102 Exalt to the heavens 103 Hazzard County lawman 104 Nero’s robe 105 Not exactly stimulating 106 Tangelo fruit 108 Count ending?

110 Mummy’s three?

112 Cry of amazement 113 Sue Grafton’s “___ for Lawless”

09-25-14

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Items Under $200 For Sale

Condos/Apts. For Rent

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Home Improvement/ Remodeling

POWER JUICER: deluxe stainless, Jack La Lanne, used once, all accessories and books, $65.00.

248-227-4886.

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.

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.

ISLE TILE

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

Autos For Sale 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 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, $250/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. www.Islandboatsales.net We Also Buy Boats.

941-228-3489. Dave/Owner.

Furnishings COUCH $50. 2 Club chairs with ottoman $100.

Twin beds with bedding $150. Brown contemporary chair $50. Chest with mirror $100. 3 Small side tables $25/each. Blue contemporary rug 6x8 $50.

Call 502-767-4082.

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

Garage/Moving/Estate Sales BIRD KEY SALE Friday, September 26 -10a.m.-3p.m.

650 S. Owl Dr. Set of Baccarat stemware, Set of Nydia china

by Lenox, sterling, dining table with 8 chairs, Woodard patio furniture, other patio furniture, 2 rattan sofas & tables, Wurlitzer spinet piano, chandelier, 2 pair of wall sconces, plants, teak desk, lamps, mahogany bow front chest, sofa, server, pictures, books, yard tools, linens, & kitchen.

Sale by Julie McClure Pix: estatesales.net

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

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

Personals

2BR/2BA LONGBOAT Key. Oct. or Nov. Special!

Only $2000/mo for either October or November Rental. Beach to Bay access off of Buttonwood Cove. (813) 503−1191.

Condos For Sale FREE! What every Real Estate buyer or seller needs to know!

Go to: www.yourmarketupdate.com

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.

Real Estate Wanted

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 139521

TILE TILE TILE All Variations of Ceramic Tile Supplied & Installed.

Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

“Your Home by the Sea”

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

Weekly/Monthly Condominium Rentals 4 Night Minimum

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

For Qualified Waiting Clients

Reservations: 941-383-5549 Fax: 941-383-7925

Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356 email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com

Office Open 7 Days, 9a.m. - 5p.m.

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228

Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

Fully equipped 2BR/2BA condos with washer and dryer, and wireless internet in each unit.

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Extra Large Heated Gulf View Swimming Pool!

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

Wagner Realty Since 1939

OUR GUESTS RETURN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

Adult Care Services CAREGIVER TRUSTWORTHY, kind and patience. Reasonable price. Call 9415655537.

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

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.

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.

Exceptional Vacation Rentals Since 1994 Homes & Condominiums Studios to Six Bedrooms Beachfront, Intercoastal or Garden Excellent Service & Staff FloRIDA VACATIon ConnECTIon www.Flvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460 CHRISTMAS (12/20-12/27): updated large 2BR/2BA, beautiful bay condo, pool, mid-island, sleeps 4-6, $1350 includes maids. 941-321-3311.

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.

CUSTOM PAINTING, Wallpaper Removal.

Quality work at a reasonable price.

Free Estimates. Established 1978. Call Daniel at L.L. Armstrong Contracting. Lic./Insured.

941-323-5074.

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

Air Conditioning

Pet Services

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

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

Auto Transport

DOGGY HOTEL/GROOMING. 24 Hour Daycare.

FREE Daycare with groom (we are the best).

3925 Brown Avenue behind Sleep King. doggyhotel.net 941-554-4620.

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

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

Cleaning

www.wagnerrentals.com

941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 941-650-1857 Visit us at: resortproperties.pro

This week’s Sudoku answers

20 years design background.

Licensed - Insured - LBK Resident References upon request.

941-383-2659

www.casadelmar.net

Storage

Business Opportunities

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.

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management

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

Call 941-907-8141.

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

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

*ADOPTION*: Bilingual Global Professionals long to Stay-Home with 1st baby. Music, LOVE, Affection, Financial Security. FLBar 42311.

1-800-552-0045. Expenses paid.

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

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

FOR “QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE”

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.

AFFORDABLE CLEANING BY CARLA Most accounts start at $70.

Steam mop used for every visit.

Great references. Honest. Reliable.

941-894-9262 ALL TYPES of Floor Cleaning. Carpet, Tile & Grout.

Hardwood, No Sanding. Terrazzo, Marble, Travertine.

AmercianFlooringSolutions.com.

941-706-2582. Free Estimates. LBK References.

BLUE FISH CLEANING INC. 941-705-3812.

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

Transportation ISLAND SEDAN Serving Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key, West Bradenton and St. Armands Towncar Service Rates: To or From: Tampa International Airport: $85 St. Pete/Clearwater Airport: $75 Sarasota/Bradenton Airport: $35 Call for rates to other locations Gratuities not included.

941-730-8803 islandsedan@gmail.com www.islandsedan.com

NINOSKA’S CLEANING Service. Experienced, Reliable, Trustworthy cleaning of home, condo, apartment. Resonable rates. (813) 377−6764.

This week’s Crossword answers

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 LBK RESIDENT offering Mac/PC services to businesses and individuals. Remote service packages available. Scott@ResoluteIT.com 941-870-3235

HOUSE CLASSIFIEDS LP # 56733

OWN A MAC/iPHONE/iPAD? MacTutor has 21+ years experience teaching Apple products.

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

Home Improvement/ Remodeling 2014

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

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FIND IT! Classifieds

This week’s Cryptogram answers 1. Here’s a very tall tale about fishy romance at sea: an Atlantic cod became enamored with a flashy ocean float. It was her lover buoy.

2. A man quietly stole a bulldog from a store downtown. He was quickly apprehended, booked and charged with petty theft!

PET SITTING

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PLUMBING

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POOLS

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

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Since 2010

Lic. & Ins. 10% Senior Discount

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10%

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For Senior Citizens Prices Include:

2 Bath Mirrors • 2 Fans • Tracks • Screens

INSURANCE

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50

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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.

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by Robert Plunket | Contributing Writer he prettiest corner in town? It may well be where Holly runs into Broughton, up in the Whitfield neighborhood. There, five old Spanish houses cluster together, shaded by enormous old trees, standing pretty much as they have for the past 88 years.

And if the houses seem related, they are.

Ralph Twitchell, the founder of the Sarasota School of Architecture, designed each of them. But they are anything but the modernist style for which Twitchell later became famous. These are in the classic 1920s Spanish Revival tradition, as interpreted by a master architect.

The house at 7316 Broughton St. is the smallest and simplest, but it may be the prettiest of all. It has an unornamented, almost rustic look, rather like a farmhouse in Andalusia — or Provence, for that matter. The sunlight filtering through the tree branches lends the soft, colorful atmosphere of an impressionist painting.

The home has had only three owners in its almost 90 years. The first was a re-

markable woman named Mabel Hodge, who traded real estate, did people’s taxes, wrote plays and entertained the town’s other Mable, Mrs. John Ringling, to tea and discussions about their mutual obsession, gardening. Then came the Woodhull family, who owned the house from 1968 until 1985, when Victoria and Timothy Creighton purchased it.

The Creightons, particularly Victoria, see the home as more than a place to live. Preserving its spirit has become a hobby, an obsession, almost a way of life.

“I should have lived in the 1920s,” Victoria Creighton says, looking around at the nostalgic world she has created. *** What’s remarkable about the old Hodge house is the way the interior lives up to the promise of its vintage exterior. It has never been remodeled in the usual sense of the word, just very carefully maintained.

“I don’t want granite counter tops,” Creighton says. “I don’t want an open plan.”

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The living room fireplace retains its original Craftsman tile work and wooden mantel.

The fact that so many of the original features were there, intact and functioning gave Creighton an unprecedented opportunity to step back in time. The lighting fixtures, including classic 1920s sconces (Creighton searches for period-appropriate light bulbs) are, for the most part, what was originally installed. The ground level retains the original tile floors, a scaleddown version of Saltillo tile that has weathered and aged beautifully. The second floor has the original hardwood floors, which complement the oak paneling in the front hall and stairwell. Both bathrooms have their original tile, and the living room fireplace, with its Craftsman-style surround and wooden mantel, has survived intact.

There’s even a little shelf for a telephone on the stairway landing.

There have been some changes, of course. The green shag carpeting of the Woodhull era has been removed, along with some 1970s paneling. The windows have been replaced by new soundproof versions, courtesy of the nearby airport authority, which tore down scores of homes in the area back in the 1990s as part of an ill-advised attempt at noise control. (The noise today, by the way, is not as bad as you might think. Residents say that after a week or so you don’t really notice it.) And at

Tile in the master bath is original to the home, as are the medicine chest and wall sconces.

some time in the past a low wall was built in front of the house, making an enclosed garden that completes the picture. The butler’s pantry has been converted into a tiny family room, and a back porch is now a much-needed laundry room.

Though it is not a large house — just more than 2,000 square feet — it was originally meant to be run by servants. There are chauffer’s quarters in the detached garage. And in an ironic twist of fate, the surprisingly large maid’s room on the ground floor, complete with beautifully tiled bath and walk-in closet, could easily function today as the master bedroom.

The home would be notable on its own, but coupled with its spectacular garden it becomes a showstopper. The plot is well more than half an acre and is anchored by a grouping of giant Cuban laurels. Wandering Jew is used extensively as a groundcover, and masses of over-scaled snake plants, along with ginger and night-blooming cirrus, add drama and an authentic 1920s feeling. As you wander the grounds, enjoying the breeze from the bay just a block away, you can’t help but wonder if Mable Ringling had a hand in planning this garden. After all, according to old documents, she originally owned the land on which the house was built.

An upstairs guest room features hardwood floors and French doors leading to a balcony.

*** Creighton is putting the house on the market with a somewhat heavy heart, because it has been such an important part of her life. She has combed local secondhand stores and flea markets for furniture and art that complement it and has not been above snatching some of her best finds from the curb, left out for the trash collectors.

The guiding force in all this has been Mabel Hodge, the home’s original owner.

Over the years Creighton has collected things that belonged to Mabel, including a candlestick and a monogramed silver spoon she found out in the yard. She even has a copy of one of Mabel’s plays, entitled “The King’s Temper,” published in 1935. This memorabilia she displays in the front hall.

But the display is informal and handson. “I don’t want people to feel like this is a museum,” she says. “I want it to be what it is — a warm, friendly home.”

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Back in 1968, a sketch-comedy spoof of Berkeley musicals grew into a full-length musical. George Haimsohn and Robin Miller wrote the script and lyrics; Jim Wise composed the music. Part parody, part love letter, “Dames at Sea” opened off Broadway, and it’s sailing now in a Manatee Players production.

The plot? Do I have to tell you?

In a nod to Ruby Keeler, Ruby (Sarah Baeder) leaves Utah and arrives on Broadway with tap shoes in her suitcase and a prayer in her heart. Five minutes later, she lands a role in a major production and swoons in a sailor’s arms. Dick (Bill Shideler), the sailor in question, happens to be a composer/lyricist. These instant romantic leads get instant pals: Joan (Rachel Knowles), the brassy seenit-all chorus girl, and Lucky, the wiseguy sailor (Nick Drivas). Romance aside, the director (Jeff Sargent) is having a nervous breakdown.

The show opens tonight — and the show’s in trouble! To make more trouble, Mona Kent, the diva in charge (Kris Sethi), throws out the existing numbers and substitutes Dick’s stuff. Then the WPA decides to turn the theater into a roller rink, and bulldozers arrive. Hang on. We can stage the musical on a battleship — it’s “Dames at Sea,” right? Mona sweettalks the Captain (Sargent again) and he says yes. But Mona gets seasick, and Ruby gets to do the big number. A star is born. After the show, everybody gets married.

The material is a goof; Steve Dawson directs it without elbowing you in the ribs.

It’s a voyage on the seas of parody — and it’s all smooth sailing. He has a perfect ear for the original and gets the sounds, rhythms and mood exactly right.

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It’s a fast, fun show, with suitably zippy choreography from Pat Ross. Berkeley’s musicals were big cast productions.

“Dames at Sea” spoofs them with a tiny cast — a big part of the original gag, of course.

(There’s an inventive bit where they haul out reflective Mylar panels, which makes the six people tap dancing on stage seem like a crowd.) Scenic designer Michael Newton-Brown did a similar trick with his sets: minimal, dual-purpose stuff standing in for the films’ overblown, surreal originals.

Costume designer Becky Evans also captured the look and feel of the Berkeley’s flicks. Period garb but not spot-on realistic.

Everybody looks like they’re wearing a costume — or just walked out of a movie.

This satiric voyage is well worth taking.

You don’t have to know Berkeley’s films to enjoy it — and won’t shed a tear if you’re a big Berkeley fan. It’s gentle caricature, not a slap. The musical mockery is easy to miss. Something tells me many of the passengers in the audience did. They’re just enjoying the trip.

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Battle Against Breast Cancer As area residents welcome the fall, they also ready themselves for a battle against breast cancer.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The American Cancer Society estimated there would be 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer (cancer that spreads from the point of origin and grows into the surrounding breast tissue) and another 64,640 cases of in situ breast cancer (breast

cancer in which abnormal cells line the breast ducts but do not grow beyond the layer where they originated) in 2013.

Each year, about 39,400 women die from the disease. It is most common in women ages 50 and older.

Lucy Fox and Connie Keen are breast cancer survivors who will participate in upcoming events to raise support for the fight against the disease. Here are their stories.

Keen doesn’t let cancer slow her down A longtime world traveler and adventurous-type, Connie Keen used her positive attitude and information from experts to fight breast cancer.

BY AMANDA SEBASTIANO

Growing up, Connie Keen knew she wanted to travel.

Keen was born in the United States and traveled to Greece with her parents when she was a child.

She saw tourists with backpacks traveling around Greece.

“I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll do that, backpack around countries someday,’” says Keen, an East County resident.

When she was 34 years old, she traveled around Europe for 40 days by herself.

But the woman who felt she was born to travel stopped in her tracks in March 2008, when she discovered a small hard bump on the side of her right breast.

Her diagnosis: breast cancer.

Keen switched into survival mode yet found ways to stay active. She participates in local

events, such as the Dragon Boat Festival (see sidebar), and also attends a women’s group at her church, St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church.

“When you go through a traumatic experience, your whole life changes,” Keen says. “It’s like an out-of-body experience. You lose your hair, your eyebrows and even your eyelashes; you’re hairless from top to bottom. When you look in the mirror, you’re a different person. But you move past it, because there’s no going back.”

She believes that by keeping a positive attitude, researching information on breast cancer through the American Cancer Society and other local resources, as well as listening to their doctors, women can win the fight against breast cancer.

She has been cancer-free since she had her breast removed about five years ago.

And as she lets her shoulderlength, curly dark hair continue to grow, Keen has gained confidence and laughs as much as she can, she says.

She also works to get back to her adventurous ways and looks forward to her life’s next chapter.

She doesn’t want her disease to inhibit her decision-making any more.

“I’m one of those people who always moves on,” Keen says. “I don’t want my disease to define me. Breast cancer was just something I experienced in life.

I’m not letting it run the rest of my life.”

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As an administrative assistant for the local American Cancer Society branch, Sarasota resident Lucy Fox made a career of assisting cancer patients.

Then, she became one.

She received her breast cancer diagnosis following her annual mammogram in September 2013.

“I was hearing the news for the first time over the phone,” Fox says. “I spent about 20 minutes pacing the floor and not knowing what to do.”

Fox tapped into her knowledge from working for the American Cancer Society for 14 years. She said the resources made available

to her gave her confidence and provided mental support.

“One out of eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime,” Fox says. “I thought about my sister and my niece, my friends and my cousins, and I was glad it was me instead of them. Maybe I saved them in some way.”

Fox had a lumpectomy — a procedure that removes the cancerous mass — Oct. 24. But her fight still wasn’t over. She needed chemotherapy and radiation treatments to help prevent the cancer cells from returning.

She lost her hair. And she scheduled her once-a-week chemotherapy sessions on

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“I couldn’t miss work; I needed something to focus on,” Fox says.

The treatments raised her survival rate from 86% to about 98% — odds for which she is thankful.

Today, she is free of cancer and will participate in this year’s Making Strides Walk Against Breast Cancer event (see sidebar). She looks forward to her official cancerfree anniversary — 2018.

She sports a pixie cut as her hair continues to grow back — a reminder that she’s still here to tell her story, she says.

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HOW TO GET INVOLVED Sarasota and Manatee County residents will join in the fight against breast cancer during two fundraising events for the cause.

Next month, the American Cancer Society will host its annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, while the International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission will host the Dragon Boat Festival.

Both events raise money and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.

The 3.1-mile Making Strides walk starts at 9 a.m. Oct. 18, at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota. Registration

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Last year, more than 8,000 people participated. Organizers hope to have a similar turnout this year as they attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records’ largest human breast cancer ribbon. Seven thousand participants will be needed to accomplish the task after the walk.

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The fourth annual Dragon Boat Festival follows from Oct. 24 to Oct. 26. Pre-festival events, including a pre-festival camp and team practice sessions, run from Oct. 20 to Oct. 23.

The festival will open with a ceremony from 5 to 6 p.m. Oct. 24, at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota, and races will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 25 to Oct. 26.

A Pink Paddlers Party will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 25, at Lakewood Ranch Main Street, as well.

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BY PAM EUBANKS If you’re looking for something new to add to your menu this fall, try beets.

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“Beets are a delicious and often overlooked fall vegetable that offers tremendous health benefits and adds versatility to your menu,” says Pam Mathis, a dietician and licensed wellness coach in Lakewood Ranch. “An ancient vegetable, beet greens were originally the only part of the plant that was eaten. However, now we know that the root itself and its juice offer wonderful flavors and nutrition, as well.”

Beets are a good source of vitamin C, fiber, potassium for muscle and nerve function, magnesium for smooth muscle contraction, manganese for liver, kidney and pancreas function and folate, which promotes cardiac health.

Beets are a higher carbohydrate vegetable, so Mathis says you should consume them in moderation. Individuals prone to kidney stones should avoid beets, too, because they are a good source of oxalates, which can cause kidney stones in predisposed individuals.

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Key to the Cure Shopping Weekend — starts at 10 a.m. Oct. 16 through Oct. 19, at Saks Fifth Avenue at The Mall at University Town Center. A portion of each day’s sales benefits Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s women’s cancer programs and the hospital’s Healthcare Foundation. Call 917-1286 for more information. 

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk — registration opens at 7:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9 a.m. Oct. 18, at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota. Making Strides is an opportunity to honor breast cancer survivors, raise awareness about reducing the risk of the disease and raise money to help the American Cancer Society provide research, support and access to mammograms for women who need them. Participants will also be asked to help join in ACS’ plan to create the largest live breast cancer awareness ribbon. Participants will walk the 3.1-mile course for the cause. Visit makingstrides.acsevents.org to register. 

International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission Participatory Dragon Boat Festival — race times and registration hours vary Oct. 20 through Oct. 26, at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. The parade runs from 6:30 to 7 p.m. with a Pink Paddlers Party from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 25, on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. More than 3,000 paddlers and breast cancer survivors and supporters will converge for the paddling event. Visit sarasotabcs2014festival.org for details and a schedule of events.

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+ Events Flip-Flop Walk for Autism Awareness — starts at 8 a.m. Sept. 27, at J.D. Hamel Park, 2 Marina Plaza, Sarasota and continues over the John Ringling Causeway. The walk is designed to promote autism awareness. Call Colleen Buccieri at (813) 240-3044 for more information on the Flip-Flop Walk and Face Autism — the local nonprofit organization hosting the event. 

Physician Lecture Series — runs from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Oct. 2 through Oct. 16, in the auditorium at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, 1700 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Do you suffer from chronic joint issues or cervical spine pain? Sarasota Memorial’s orthopedic specialists will offer insight on the latest treatment options in various areas of their expertise. A brief question-and-answer session will follow each presentation.

Lecture topics include the latest technologies for total hip and knee replacements and how to deal with hip and knee arthritis. Call 917-7777. 

Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s — registration begins at 9 a.m. and walk begins at 10 a.m. Oct. 11, at J.D. Hamel Park, 2 Marina Plaza, Sarasota. The event is a movement to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s and funding to fight the disease. Participants will complete a 2or 3-mile walk and will learn about the disease, volunteer opportunities and support programs and services from the Alzheimer’s Association. Call 3658883 or email walk@alzflgulf.org. 

The 5K Zombie Run: In the Dead of Night — starts at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11, at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. Think you can outrun a zombie? Runners of 

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the 3.1-mile trail run must maneuver around zombies who stand in the participants’ paths. Attendees may also choose to take part in the event as a zombie. Makeup and costumes included in adults’ $90 admission fee and the $15 cost of children’s admission.

Visit The5kzombierun.com to register or for more information.

Fourteenth Annual Community Caregiving Forum — takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8, in the first floor auditorium at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, 1700 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. This program is appropriate for caregivers of all types and professionals in allied fields. Sarasota County Aging Network will provide a lunch that is included for all pre-registered attendees. Pre-registration is required and is available through Nov. 3. Call 556-3268 to reserve a seat and lunch.

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Run for Tidewell Hospice 5K — starts at 7 a.m. Nov. 8, at the Tidewell Administration Office, 5995 Rand Blvd., Sarasota. The 5K event starts and finishes at the Tidewell Administration Office in Sarasota. The outand-back course will take participants through a flat, shaded neighborhood. Enjoy the post-race celebration with age-group awards, food, music and family activities. Call 713-8935 for more information or to register. 

+ Fitness Healthy Hearts — runs from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays, at HealthFit, 5880 Rand Blvd., Sarasota.

The program features individualized workouts to promote balance, cardio health and stability. HealthFit also offers customized fitness activities, such as aquatic exercises, indoor cycling, dancing and yoga, for individuals with 

Registration begins at 7 a.m., with the 5K starting at 8 a.m.

Oct. 11, at Myakka River State Park, 13208 State Road 72, Sarasota. Myakka City Foundation hosts its annual run to benefit its organization. Strollers are welcome but must start at the back of the pack. Cost is $30. Call 350-2079.

Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and progressive neurological disorders. Call 917-7000 or visit smhfit.com for more information.

Zumba Class — runs from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, at Waldemere Medical Plaza, in the Magnolia Room, 1921 Waldemere St., Sarasota. The class combines music, dancing and muscle toning. Cost is $5. Email zumbafitnesslena@gmail.com. 

+ Classes and Seminars Stress Seminar — starts at 4 p.m.

Oct. 16, at Friends of the Selby Public Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota. Dr. Alan J. Sault, licensed mental health counselor Jennifer Sault, Dr. Tim Blend and Kim Blend will discuss health topics relating to stress and how it affects the mind and body. Email sault@ mindspring.com for more information. 

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