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June 20, 2018

Why did the turtle cross the road?

BY CINDY LANE SUN STAFF WRITER | clane@amisun.com

ANNA MARIA – She was lost. She was pregnant.

She just wanted to get home.

The loggerhead sea turtle came ashore on Wednesday, May 13 at Bayfront Park, probably to nest.

But apparently, she didn’t find a favorable spot because she just kept going, according to Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring Director Suzi Fox. First, she crawled up North Shore Drive.

Possibly wondering why the sand had turned to something hard that flippers couldn’t dig into, she headed back to the park.

Then she crawled down North Bay Boulevard.

No good sand there, either.

Meanwhile, Turtle Watch volunteer Karen AnderJOE HENDRICKS | SUN

The fate of the existing Anna Maria City Pier was decided by the City Commission in October.

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Pier demolition clarified The decision to demolish the Anna Maria City Pier rests solely on Mayor Dan Murphy and the City Commission.

BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com

ANNA MARIA – Mayor Dan Murphy doesn’t want people blaming the Ayres Associates design and engineering firm for the pending demolition and replacement of the city pier.

Murphy recently questioned a Sun story that stated Ayres Associates repeatedly recommended the demolition of the pier. A review of the commission’s pier discussions dating back to October indicates Ayres Associates did not recommend pier demolition. Nor, when following the City Commission’s direction, has Ayres Associates expressed support for any plan that doesn’t involve a new pier being built where the currently closed pier stands.

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“The commission’s vote unanimously was to build a pier to a 75-to-100-year term. We went to Ayres and said we need you to start designing a 75-to-100-year pier,” Murphy said during the commission’s Jan. 29 pier meeting.

“Ayres did not declare the pier totally destroyed. The lease declared it totally destroyed. Ayres did not say you need a whole new pier. The commission decided. If there’s any misconceptions about where we’re headed, the responsibility lies with the six of us sitting here today,” he added.

PIER PRESENTATION

During the Oct. 12 City Commission meeting, Murphy discussed the forthcoming Oct. 17 pier meeting.

“The first question you need to weigh in on is what type of a service life do you want? I strongly recommend that we build a service life for this pier of 75 to 100 years” he said

He noted his recommendation would be incorporated into the pier presentation. On Oct. 17, Ayres Vice President Jay Saxena gave a Power Point presentation that referenced a pier designed for a 75-to-100-year service life, with pre-cast pilings, concrete beams and framing and Lumberock composite decking. At that time, the commission had not yet voted on what type of service life it desired.

“If we’re looking to extend that service life, wooden piers may not be that option,” Saxena said.

With Commissioner Nancy Yetter absent, the commission voted 4-0 in favor of Ayres designing a pier with a 75-to-100-year service life.

At the time, the commission consisted of Yetter, Carol Carter, Doug Copeland, Brian Seymour and Dale Woodland. In February, Yetter resigned and Amy Tripp was appointed to serve the rest of her term.

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Turtle Watch volunteers rescued a loggerhead sea turtle that crawled to North Shore Drive in Anna Maria.

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Congress hears about red tide

BY CINDY LANE SUN STAFF WRITER | clane@amisun.com

WASHINGTON D.C. – Red tide, which has been detected in local waters this month, can ruin vacations and damage the local tourism and commercial fishing industries.

To spotlight the problems of red tide and other harmful algae, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and U.S. Rep. Bill Posey hosted a Congressional briefing on June 11. Local restaurateur Ed Chiles, CEO of the Chiles Group, joined scientists and elected officials at the nation’s capital to participate.

“This is not just something that affects the coastal area,” he said. “This is everybody’s business.”

When red tide blooms, the microscopic algae release a neurotoxin that poisons shellfish, making them unfit to eat. It paralyzes fish, suffocating them and causing them to wash ashore. It can kill marine mammals like dolphins and manatees. It can cause coughing and breathing problems in humans, especially those with underlying respiratory issues.

And red tide is only one of several species of algae in Florida that can be toxic.

A restaurant owner for 39 years with two restaurants on the Gulf of Mexico

and one on Sarasota Bay, “We’re right here on the front line,” Chiles said. “As you can see, we’re very exposed.”

When Hurricane Irma approached last September, “We didn’t know if we were gonna have a business left,” he said. “But as bad as hurricanes are, red tides can last so much longer.”

In 1995-96, the longest red tide outbreak of his lifetime persisted for 11 months and 21 days.

“It almost put us out of business. For weeks upon months we had nobody coming to our restaurant. We lost all of our staff,” he recalled.

But now, progress is being made, he said, adding that with START – Solutions To Avoid Red Tide – and better monitoring and forecasting of red tide by NOAA and other agencies, tourism operators and fish farmers, like his partners in the Gulf Shellfish Institute, can be optimistic.

Congressional leaders heard about the need for funding for research on shellfish toxins that could lessen the time that shellfish beds need to be closed after a red tide bloom and learned about monitoring programs that forecast bloom movements, helping to ensure seafood safety.

Speakers included Cecil Pendergrass, a

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Lee County commissioner, who discussed the impacts of blue-green algae blooms on the Caloosahatchee River and red tide on his county's residents, businesses and visitors.

Dr. Katherine Hubbard, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, discussed the statewide impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and how Florida responds to them, including extensive monitoring programs that ensure shellfish are safe for human consumption.

Dr. Barbara Kirkpatrick, executive director of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS), discussed how HAB forecasting has made dramatic improvements over the last 20 years and highlighted the need to further refine HAB forecasting so that it covers more beaches in more locations.

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Dr. Richard Stumpf, a NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science oceanographer, discussed federal efforts to develop HAB forecasts, refine them and keep them operational so that human health and coastal economies can withstand bloom impacts.

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Led by Frank Agnelli, a crew from Agnelli Pools & Construction reJOE HENDRICKS | SUN moved 200 The soon to be demolished Anna Maria engraved wood City Pier is now missing the engraved planks from the pier planks requested for return.

Anna Maria City Pier on Monday, June 11. The planks removed were for those who previously requested their return.

Agnelli said the removal process went easier than expected and the remaining engraved planks will be removed when the city notifies him to do so. The remaining engraved planks will be used to build memorial walls. Speeler & Associates, the firm contracted to demolish the pier and pier structures, is expected to mobilize at the pier later this month.

According to the city website, the recently removed pier planks will be available for pickup at City Hall, 10005 Gulf Dr., from 10 a.m. to noon on July 2, 3, 5 and 6. For more information contact the City Clerk’s office at 941-708-6130.

Father’s Day birthday at Yankee Stadium Holmes Beach resident, MCAT bus driver, former trolley driver and former City Commission candidate Andy ANDY SHERIDAN | SUBMITTED Sheridan spent Holmes Beach resident Andy Sheridan Father’s Day stands before the images of Yankee greats and his June 17 Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth and Derek Jeter. birthday at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N. Y. Joined by his wife, Lisa Pierce, and two sisters, Sheridan, a New Jersey native, celebrated his birthday and honored his father’s memory by taking in the 72nd annual Old-Timer’s game and then the regular season game between the Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays won the afternoon game 3-1.

Correction Local musician Chuck Caudill’s name was misspelled in The Sun’s June 13 edition.

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Commissioners respond to pier criticism

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Anna Maria Commissioners responded last week to criticism the mayor and commission have received on Facebook.

BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com

ANNA MARIA – Some Anna Maria Commissioners are becoming frustrated with the social media criticism levied at them regarding the pending demolition and replacement of the city pier.

During the June 14 commission meeting, some commissioners commented on online criticisms posted at the Sun’s Facebook page in response to recent pier stories.

“How do you know they’re real and authentic? You could have a bunch of cranks making up hurtful things, and it doesn’t help anything,” Commissioner Amy Tripp said.

“It’s bordering on the line of slander too, calling into question everyone up here’s character and saying that we’re taking bribes, the mayor’s lining his pockets and we should all be removed from office.

Frankly, I’m sick and tired of it.

Nobody shows up for our pier meetings,

JOE HENDRICKS | SUN

From left, the Anna Maria City Commission that consists of Carol Carter, Brian Seymour, Doug Copeland, Dale Woodland and Amy Tripp has been criticized for some of its pier decisions. but yet all these keyboard warriors are making some pretty wild accusations.

Pull up their profile and they’re in South Dubuque, Iowa and have nothing to do with this city,” Commissioner Brian Seymour said.

“I get it, the decisions we make are up for public scrutiny,” he noted.

“We’ve put a lot of extra time into this pier, and none of us wanted the storm to damage it. None of us wanted to find out from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it’s never been permitted for 50-60 years, and none of us wanted to find out that we’re (the Army Corps) not going to let you rebuild that pier the way it is.

You can put some Band-aids and lipstick and a couple of nails in it and open it back up – that’s not the case,”

Seymour said.

Commissioner Carol Carter agreed and said, “I think one of the points Brian made is certainly worth reinforcing. The fact of the matter is that over 40 years, things were done on that pier that were never permitted. If we were to go back and just fix up the pier we would be in for huge amounts of fines because we never drew permits on all the upgrades and repairs that were made on that pier.

That’s something most people have no idea about.”

“People will see progress and hopefully that will change the narrative,” Seymour concluded.

Mayor Dan Murphy did not attend the June 14 meeting and was unavailable for comment last week.

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The October 17 vote has guided the commission’s decisions on concrete pilings, Kebony hardwood decking, Kebony hardwood siding for the restaurant and bait shop and the demolition of the current pier.

Woodland recently questioned the Oct. 17 decision when opposing the selection of a pier demolition firm.

THE PATH TO DEMOLITION

During the Jan. 29 pier meeting, Murphy recapped the commission’s decision-making process to date.

He referenced the structural assessment report Bridge Design Associates submitted to the city and Manatee County in 2016. The report projected a five-year life expectancy for the existing pier.

It stated recommended repairs would extend the pier’s service life by 20 to 25 years and replacing the pier with one built to current standards would provide a 50-to75-year service life.

“To that end, we issued an RFP (request for proposals) for design services,” Murphy said.

The city couldn’t come to terms with the three firms that responded to the RFP. This led later to Ayres Associates being contracted to serve as the city’s second city engineering firm, focusing primarily on the pier.

Murphy recalled the damage Hurricane Irma inflicted on the pier, his need to know if it was safe to reopen, and if not, how long it would take to repair.

“Ayres came back with a report that basically said it’s not safe.

You need to close the pier immediately,” Murphy said of that September decision.

He noted the period of closure would depend on whether the commission wanted patchwork repairs, remedial repairs or longterm repairs.

“Any way you cut it, it’s going to be closed for 120 days because there’s some permitting required,” Murphy said.

He then referenced the lease pier tenant Mario Schoenfelder signed in 2000.

“That lease stated that if repairs to the pier were over 120 days then it would be deemed at the sole discretion of the city to be totally destroyed. We all know the pier’s not totally destroyed. That’s how we got to the pier being declared totally destroyed,” Murphy said in January.

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Bird harassment complaint investigated

BY CINDY LANE SUN STAFF WRITER | clane@amisun.com

HOLMES BEACH – An unidentified woman has frightened two snowy plovers and their three chicks off their nest at 5400 Gulf Drive condos, and they have disappeared, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring Director Suzi Fox said.

“It’s a little three-ounce bird.

What difference could that make to you?” she said.

Snowy plovers are a threatened species in Florida.

It’s possible the chicks were old enough to fly away, Fox said hopefully, but if they were not yet fledged, they would be easy targets for predators, such as osprey, without parents nearby to protect them.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sent an investigator, but the woman, who was reported to Turtle Watch by anonymous witnesses at Martinique condos next door, eluded detection, she said.

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A family of five snowy plovers, including three chicks and a parent, have been frightened off their nest.

Why would someone chase tiny birds off the beach?

“We suspect it was the woman who accosted us last year,” Fox said, referring to an incident that

occurred when Turtle Watch volunteers were staking off a black skimmer nesting area at 5400 Gulf Drive condos in 2017.

“She came out and yelled at us,” Fox said, adding that volunteers always leave a path for people to reach the beach when staking off bird nesting areas.

“And it’s a public beach,” she said, not private property belonging to 5400 Gulf Drive condos.

“We think she just didn’t want any wildlife in her front yard,” Fox said.

The act was a violation of state laws protecting threatened species, and it was also a case of cruelty to animals, Fox said, adding that the witness said the woman struck one of the birds.

Normally Turtle Watch volunteers track at least 11 snowy plovers on the Island, but this year, only the family of five were seen, and they have disappeared, she said.

No other plover nests have appeared on the Island this spring.

“It makes me sick,” Fox said.

BIRD TIPS During bird nesting season, March through August, please follow these tips: • Never touch a shorebird chick, even if it’s wandering outside a staked nesting area.

• Teach kids not to chase birds – bird parents may abandon nests if they’re disturbed.

• Don’t feed birds – it encourages them to fly at people aggressively and is not good for their health.

• If birds are screeching and flying at you, you’re too close.

• Avoid posted bird nesting areas and use designated walkways to the beach.

• Keep pets away from bird nesting areas.

• Keep the beach clean; food scraps attract predators such as raccoons and crows to the beach, and litter can entangle birds and other wildlife.

• If you see people disturbing nesting birds, call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Wildlife Alert hotline at 888-404-FWCC (3922).

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GUEST COLUMN A little history

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’m amazed at those who continue to cloak themselves in the Pollyanna notion that the Anna Maria City Pier should be repaired. A notion that last week was furthered by this newspaper in the Sun survey Let me offer a little history since many of you may not have been here in the late 80s.

In December 1987, the City Commission granted permission to the Anna Maria Civic Association to proceed with trying to have the city pier recognized as a Florida and national historic site. Civic association members worked tirelessly to gather documents and photos regarding the pier’s appearance and significance to accompany the nomination form.

On Nov. 4, 1988, the state Division of Historical Resources recommended the pier to the National Register of Historic Places.

Shortly after that recommendation, Tropical Storm Keith blew through the bay and destroyed two thirds of the wharf and the restaurant building.

Fast Eddie, who leased the restaurant at the time, had the damage repaired. However, after a subsequent inspection the state found that the repairs “substantially altered the appearance and character of the building” and denied the nomination.

The letter from the state said, “The structure as a whole retains its original dimensions, and the reconstructed building does resemble the original as viewed from the shore side. But the reconstruction does not reproduce the earlier building in either its original or pre-hurricane form and detail, and presents a substantial different appearance as seen from the water sides, due in large part to the loss of the cross gabled configuration that was a major distinctive feature of the original structure Thus it no longer reflects the historical appearance and character of the early 20th century steamboat landing.”

So now we have a structure that has lost its historical significance and has been unmercifully battered over the years by storms, most recently Hurricane Irma, which caused significant damage. For many months, City Commissioners considered all the possibilities from repairs to replacement, and after weighing all the facts, decided on replacement. Isn’t this what we elected them to do?

Pat Copeland Anna Maria

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Panel did its homework In a recent letter to the editor concerning the ad hoc government committee, Judy Titsworth asserts as “true” that “the chair and the majority of the committee members were predetermined to recommend a city manager.”

As a member of both the unofficial group of concerned citizens and of the ad hoc committee, what is “true” is that a group of Holmes Beach citizens exercised their constitutional right to gather, and assumed the responsibility assigned to them by the Declaration of Independence. Relative to government, it is our duty “…to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government…” Naturally, I refer, not to the extremes of colonial times, but to the duty of modern U.S. citizens to consider the effectiveness of their governments and, if deemed necessary, alter them.

What is true is that these volunteer citizens conducted extensive, objective investigations into Florida governments, exclusive of any initial opinions. Discussions of our findings were lively, even contentious. It insulting to these citizen

volunteers to imply that their final recommendation was predetermined.

Chair Titsworth has frequently voiced her predetermined opposition to a city manager, begging the question – who should determine a form of government? One politician or many concerned, informed citizens?

Nancy R. Deal Holmes Beach

Professional manager needed I would like to respond to last weeks opinion (story) with regard to the current work done by the ad hoc committee. I found it offensive to imply that this committee went into the process with preconceived ideas. We came to our conclusions from many different directions. The fact that we all determined our city needed a professional to manage it just proved that we did our homework. Hopefully, we will all benefit from this decision and vote to get our city the professional it needs Renee Ferguson Holmes Beach

Take The Sun Survey on Page 7.

Holmes Beach's mess Those of you old enough to remember the pollution in Lakes Erie and Michigan, and the Charles River in Boston, might find this difficult to believe. Between 68th and 70th streets in Holmes Beach is what was once a pristine manmade lake. Pristine, that is, until the county dumped 20,000 gallons of raw sewage into it a year and a half ago.

Now as I gaze upon it in the morning sunshine the scum is so thick you'd think you could walk upon it.

Since Holmes Beach is the lake's owner, how about using some of our tax dollars to restore it to the beautiful clear body of water my wife and I used to enjoy - along with the birds, fish, etc.?

Remember when the Cuyahoga River caught on fire?

Bob McCaffrey Holmes Beach

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THE SUN SURVEY

ON THE AGENDA

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Should Anna Maria reconsider demolishing the old City Pier

ANNA MARIA

to make way for a new one?

40%

Yes. The city should reconsider because that option wasn't studied enough.

10005 GULF DRIVE

June 22, noon – Election qualifying period ends June 28, 6 p.m. – City Commission meeting For information, call 7086130

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June 20, 1 p.m. – Planning and Zoning Board meeting June 21, 9 a.m. – CRC meeting June 21, noon – City Commission meeting June 26, 10 a.m. – City Com-

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mission workshop For information, call 7781005

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June 22, noon – Election qualifying ends June 26, 6 p.m. – City Commission meeting followed by work session

ISLAND-WIDE

June 20, 1 p.m. – Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials meeting, Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key.

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60%

No. The current plan to demolish and rebuild is a solid and prudent course of action.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 20

THE SUN SURVEY IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC POLL AND IS USED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.

THIS WEEK’S SURVEY

• Yes. We're only a couple of feet above

Should anyone be concerned

sea level and any rise could be

about the impact that rising sea

catastrophic.

levels may have on AMI?

• No, at least not for the immediate future, though we should continue to monitor the situation.

Experienced paddle from Anna Maria to Passage Key, Bayfront Park, 316 N. Bay Blvd., Anna Maria, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Reserve to 941-7425757 ext. 7.

Roser-Robics chair-based exercise class, Roser Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, 9:30 a.m.

Gentle chair yoga, Anna Maria Island Art League, 5312 Holmes Blvd., Holmes Beach, noon.

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Veteran Services Information, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 9 a.m.

Zumba and mat pilates for seniors, The Paradise Center, 567 Bay Isles Rd., Longboat Key, 10 a.m., $10 per class.

Reserve to maryannbrady@ theparadisecenter.org or 941-383-6493.

Wonders of Nature with Matt Edmonds, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 10 a.m.

Knit and crochet, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 2 p.m.

Jam in the Sand, Anna Maria Island Beach Café, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, 5 to 8 p.m.

FRIDAY JUNE 22

Roser-Robics chair-based exercise class, Roser Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, 9:30 a.m.

Forty Carrots, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 10 a.m.

Native coastal plants, The Folk School at Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez, 10 a.m., $13.

Intermediate bridge session, The Paradise Center, 567 Bay Isles Rd., Longboat Key, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., $10, includes coffee and cookies. Reserve to maryannbrady@theparadisecenter. org or 941-383-6493.

Mahjong, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 1 p.m.

Sunset drum circle, Manatee Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, 5 to 8 p.m.

SATURDAY JUNE 23

NEST Nature Days, Robinson Preserve, 1704 99th St. NW, Bradenton, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.

CPR training, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 9 a.m. to noon. Reserve to 941-7786341 Tweens and Teens: Board Games and STEM Toys, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 2 p.m.

SUNDAY

June 24 Beach Market, Coquina Beach, 2650 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information call 941-518-4431.

MONDAY JUNE 25

Social bridge games, Roser Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, noon.

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New tourism marketing campaign in the works

BY CINDY LANE SUN STAFF WRITER | clane@amisun.com

BRADENTON – A new marketing campaign aims at attracting potential visitors to Anna Maria Island and Manatee County with the cure for what ails them.

The Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is working on the 2019-20 Cure Campaign with an eye to what visitors want, marketing spokesman John Fisher told the Manatee County Tourist Development Council on Monday morning.

Got fam-nesia? Come to the Bradenton Area and spend time with your family. Got pale-a-tosis? Get to the beach and get a tan.

These and several other ailments will require beach therapy, retail therapy and other cures in a game format on the county’s tourism website, he said.

Participants will be able to select their symptoms and the game will generate a prescription for certain accommodations, restaurant dishes and activities. Prospective visitors can share the prescription with friends on social media, which will enter them into a contest for a chance to win their prescription. The game also will generate a sick note for a visitor’s boss when they share some personal information.

“It’s all about engaging people to get interested in the destination while having fun,” Fisher said.

The time has come for a new style of marketing campaign, CVB Director Elliott Falcione said.

“We have to be bold and catch their eye,” he said. “Once we’ve got them, 94 percent of the time they will come back.”

Until now, the county has been using marketing campaigns based on slogans, such as the current “Craft Your Own Vacation,” and the previous “Our Little Secret,” “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” “Pure Florida, Nothing Artificial” and “Real. Authentic. Florida.”

To better target visitors with new marketing efforts, the CVB has launched a partnership with Adara, a data-gathering business that works with airlines, hotels and vacation rental websites to identify people looking for information on travel and persuade them to book flights and accommodations while gathering information about them for future marketing ef-

forts, the TDC learned. The company describes itself as an “anonymized, real-time search, purchase and loyalty data-gathering co-op.”

TOURISM UPDATE

The first quarter of the year is the most active tourist season on Anna Maria Island and the rest of Manatee County, culminating in the height of the season in March.

In the first quarter of 2018, the number of visitors countywide was up 4.9 percent to 233,400. In March alone, visitation was up 7.3 percent over March 2017, according to Walter Klages, of Research Data Services, the county’s tourism consultant.

First quarter occupancy was down 1.4 percent from the first quarter of 2017 to 84.1 percent. In March alone, occupancy was down 1.9 percent.

Occupancy decreased because lodging units have increased, especially transient lodging establishments, Klages said, noting a “significant increase in inventory causing people to switch from older product to newer product.” Airbnb is the “gorilla in the room,” Falcione added.

The traditional end of the season – Easter – was early this year, on April 1, also significantly impacting visitation, Klages said.

Direct expenditures were up 9.1 percent to nearly $283 million in the first quarter.

Room rates were up 1.7 percent to $203 a night in the first quarter.

In March alone, room rates were up 2.4 percent countywide, and 3.5 percent on Anna Maria Island.

The top five U.S. feeder markets to the county in the first quarter were New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Boston and Tampa/St. Petersburg.

April saw a significant gain in the European market, which grew by 22.7 percent from April 2017, Klages said, adding that nearly half of April visitors were couples.

A non-stop flight is expected soon from Dallas to Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport, Falcione said, predicting “a big impact” on the Latino market.

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Changes proposed for flood prevention policy Planning board members seek community input as they consider policy changes that could impact the cost of homeownership.

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Planning commission expands on future vision Holmes Beach planning board members have conquered the task of creating a new vision for the community. Now they’re expanding that vision through value statements.

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HOLMES BEACH – Planning commissioners are hoping members of the public will step up to voice their opinions before a vote is taken to move policy changes forward that would help protect the city from rising water, but also may increase the cost of homeownership.

City Planner Bill Brisson brought five recommended policy changes to planning commissioners for consideration. The move is in reaction to new requirements from the state to address sea level rise.

City Engineer Lynn Burnett gave planning commissioners a presentation on sea level rise and the potential ramifications to Anna Maria Island, specifically Holmes Beach where large amounts of currently buildable land on the bay side of the city could be underwater by 2060 if no action is taken over the next several years.

If approved first by planning and city commissioners, the five policies will alter the intergovernmental coordination section of the comprehensive plan. The policies cover requiring the city to pursue funding sources for required

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Holmes Beach planning commissioners discuss the merits of altering the city’s requirements for flood prevention versus the potential rise in cost of homeownership. work, developing city-wide processes and plans to implement, incorporating regional, state and national sea level rise adaptation recommendations into local plans, coordinating efforts with other governmental agencies and requiring the city to submit applications for any relevant funding sources.

During Burnett’s presentation, she recommended several strategies, including requiring homes to be raised, adding at least one-foot caps on sea walls, raising streets several inches over the course of the next two decades or more and installing stormwater mitigation systems on residential lots. She said the best that Island residents in the future can hope for is to keep stormwater and tidal flooding at current levels with all currently buildable lots still above water in 2060.

Though the five recom-

mended policies don’t outline exactly what strategies will be implemented, planning commissioners worried that adopting the policy changes might open the door to city leaders now and in the future putting redevelopment requirements on residents that make homeownership cost prohibitive.

Brisson said the matter is being brought up now because Burnett has received a grant to do some of the preliminary work on the project which requires work to be done by October.

“It’s strictly a matter of funding,” Brisson said.

While the state does require it, Brisson said punishment from the state wouldn’t be likely if the policies aren’t found consistent and adopted into the comprehensive plan.

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HOLMES BEACH – Planning commissioners have their work cut out for them as they begin the task of expanding their vision for the future of the community by creating value statements for the city’s comprehensive plan.

City commissioners tentatively approved planning commissioners’ suggested vision statement, the overall statement outlining goals for the future of the city that’s placed at the introduction to the comprehensive plan.

The recommended vision statement reads, “Holmes Beach is an irreplaceable authentic Florida community providing a safe smalltown environment with a balance of full-time residents, part-time residents and visitors. We are an environmentally sensitive community with clean pedestrian and bicycle-friendly streets, effective transportation and infrastructure systems with primarily owner-operated commercial centers.”

With the vision statement created, now planning commissioners are turning their attention to the value statements that go more in-depth to describe the outlined goals. The value statements are designed to provide future residents with suggested ways to implement the city’s goals.

Planning commissioners agreed to begin creating their recommendations for value statements by reviewing the ones currently in place and building an individual list for discussion at the group’s July meeting.

“We need to do our homework,” Planning Commissioner Charles Stealey said.

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The parade will begin at Coquina Beach at 10 a.m. and travel north to the city of Anna Maria, passing through Holmes Beach along the way. Those who wish to participate in the parade must fill out a registration form at the Privateers’ website: www.amiprivateers.memberlodge.org.

“It’s free; we just need everybody registered,” Privateer Tim “Hammer” Thompson said.

The city of Anna Maria will hold a Fourth of July celebration at City Pier Park from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. that day.

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The fireworks show is free, open to the public and weather dependent. Parking for the public beach areas near the Sandbar is limited and the free trolley is one way to avoid the parking hassle.

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ANNA MARIA –The wooden survey stakes recently spotted along the beach north of the Sandbar restaurant pertain to storm erosion monitoring and not to any disputes over private beach rights, according to Mayor Dan Murphy.

The survey stakes designated the mean high-water line along that area of beach. Murphy said the survey information will help the city monitor storm erosion. The beach area in that vicinity, near the Coconut Avenue beach access, sustained significant beach erosion during Tropical Storm Alberto, Anna Maria resident and Sun Advertising Director Chantelle Lewin spotted five survey stakes north of the beachfront restaurant during her daily beach walk on Saturday, June 9.

Lewin said the sight of the survey stakes prompted concerns as to whether they pertained to beach access disputes similar to those that ensued in April along the 500 block of South Bay Boulevard where there’s a narrow stretch of beach between those beachfront homes and the waters of Tampa Bay. In early May, Murphy requested cityfunded surveys of the mean high-water lines at a beach access on the 500 block of South Bay Boulevard and in front of the home on that block where disputes had occurred between the property owners and those walking on the beach that’s not far from the Anna Maria City Pier.

A walk along the beach areas from Palm Avenue to Bean Point Wednesday afternoon revealed only one remaining survey stake still visible among the beach chairs, tents, sunbathers and children playing. Located near the Elm Avenue beach access, the lone remaining stake stood far from any private residences, with dunes and vegetation in between. The handwritten inscription on the remaining stake said, “MHW 6-6-18,” in reference to the

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Above, these no trespassing signs on the 500 block of South Bay Boulevard are the only such signs seen on the beaches from the Sandbar restaurant to Galati Yacht Sales.

As seen on Saturday, June 9, this survey stake, right, marked the mean highwater line looking toward Bean Point.

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mean high water line and the date of the survey. The city also was provided with the GPS coordinates of the mean high water line so it can be relocated if need be.

The inscription refers to the property lines that are determined by the mean high water line that applies to beach areas where beach renourishment has not occurred. The erosion control line determines property lines in areas where beach renourishment has occurred Visits to additional beach areas at Bayfront Park and along the entire stretch of beach along South Bay Boulevard revealed no standing survey stakes and only the preexisting no trespassing signs in front of the home on the 500 block.

According to state law and Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources Department Director Charlie Hunsicker, beach property that is landward of the mean high water line or the erosion control line (ECL) is private property – or public property at parks or a public beaches – and land seaward of those lines is state-owned public land.

Hunsicker said the renourished beach ends a couple blocks north of the

Sandbar and beaches north of that location are not eligible for beach renourishment projects funded by various county, state and federal agencies.

“It will not be renourished until there’s a formal ECL and a state declaration that it’s eroded,” Hunisker said regarding beach areas are not part of the beach renourishment program.

“The Erosion Control Line is recorded on the deeds of the properties with the Clerk of the Court, and it was a line established by the state and local government working together, following a public hearing on the whole deal. Wider beaches created by that renourishment would then be in the public domain,” Hunsicker said of the beach areas subject to renourishment agreements, which is the majority of the Island shoreline from the Sandbar to Coquina Beach.

In regard to the non-renourished beaches north of the Sandbar restaurant, Hunsicker said, “At the time we had the hearings, while water was hitting the windows of Sandbar restaurant, the properties to the north said we’ve got plenty of beach. We’re not worried about it so we don’t want to enroll. You couldn’t force them.”

Hunsicker said these renourishment decisions were made in the early 2000s.

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Jane von Hahmann, left, and Rose Lipke stand in front of the new mural that welcomes folks to Cortez.

Mural a welcome sign in Cortez The new mural represents the traditions and natural beauty of Cortez.

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CORTEZ – Rose Lipke’s Welcome to Historic Cortez Village mural now graces the east wall of the Village Center plaza near the corner of Cortez Road and 119th Street West.

Cortez residents and plaza owners Jane and Rocky von Hahmann commissioned the work, and Lipke spent about a week working on the 11 x 30foot mural she completed on Thursday, June 14.

“When people see this mural, we want them to know this is what Cortez is, and this is the way we want it to stay – not the parking lot they’re trying to turn it into by putting in some big bridge and more traffic going to the beach,” Jane von Hahmann said, while standing near the mural with Lipke on Friday.

It was noted there are no Aqua by the Bay high-rises or fixed span bridges in the mural.

“I left that out,” Lipke said.

“The tallest thing in it is Bird Island,” von Hahmann said.

“Jane wanted something on the wall because it’s the first thing you see when you’re coming into Cortez. We

picked things that symbolize where we are and who we are in the village: the net camp, a kicker boat pulling a net, mangroves, Bird Island and a waterfront view. I’m hoping it will inspire people to help keep what we have,” Lipke said.

“We used to have a different mural on that wall, but somebody asked my son (Eric Von) to paint over it when he was 10 years old, and he did without asking mom and dad,” von Hahmann said. “We decided it was time to welcome people into the village and Rosie’s my go-to girl. She’s our village artist. It looks great. It tells a story of what we are. I was just blown away by how she captured what the bay looks like. She finished it yesterday.”

Von Hahmann pointed to the boiled peanuts sign in Lipke’s rendering of the net shed and said the sign used to hang on the shed that still stands offshore.

“We used to call it the ‘love shack’ when we were teenagers,” Lipke joked.

Time-lapse video on Lipke’s Facebook page shows the mural coming to life. On Friday, she mentioned the heavy stucco on the side of the block building and said she forgot how hard that material was to paint on.

She compared how painting a large mural compares to her other recent works.

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AMI Outfitters assists Suncoast Waterkeeper The Anna Maria business plans to make Pint Night an annual fund-raiser.

sion behind this whole shop. It’s very Island-oriented with a lot of outdoor brands, UPF sun-rated clothing, Hawaiian shirts and things like that,” Traves said of the Pine Avenue-based business.

“When I started the business, I went to trade shows and found brands I knew I had to have: Patagonia, OluKai, Simms and Yeti – companies that are green-oriented and spend some of their profits on environmental issues,” Traves said.

AMI Outfitters also has a package license and sells local and fishing-related beers for carryout.

“We’ve discovered that fishing and beer drinking go together,” Traves joked.

BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com

ANNA MARIA – AMI Outfitters helped raise more than $700 for the non-profit Suncoast Waterkeeper organization during Friday night’s Hawaiian-themed Pint Night fund-raiser.

Co-sponsored by OluKai footwear and Kona Brewing Company, the private, after-hours fund-raiser called for a suggested $10 donation, and donors of any amount were rewarded with a stainless-steel pint glass bearing the OluKai logo. The reusable metal pint glasses were used in lieu of plastic cups and filled with complimentary samples of Kona beer poured by AMI Outfitters owner Steve Traves and OluKai sales rep Ryan Battistoni.

“We’re pouring Longboard Island Lager; Big Wave, which is golden ale; and a few of their IPAs. We sell OluKai footwear and Kona beer, so it was a perfect match. We blended that with a Kahala shirt, which we’re going to give away tonight also,” Traves said.

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Justin Bloom, his son, Hudson; Andy Mele; Steve Traves, owner; Rusty Chinnis; and Ryan Battistoni were among those on hand for Friday’s Pint Night fundraiser in Anna Maria.

The 60-70 attendees were also treated to catered appetizers that included meatballs, pulled pork sliders and ham, pineapple and cherry kebobs.

“It’s a good social event to bring people together and it creates exposure, brand awareness and store awareness for AMI Outfitters,” Battistoni said.

“OluKai is really devoted to waterrelated causes, and their sandals are super-high quality,” Traves added.

AMI Outfitters sells paddleboards, kayaks, fishing equipment and more, and Traves wanted to benefit an organization focused on clean water issues.

“Saltwater fly fishing is the pas-

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While enjoying a Kona beer, Suncoast Waterkeeper Executive Director Justin Bloom discussed the organization’s preservation efforts.

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FAMILY FUN AT THE LIBRARY

The Island Branch Library, at 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, has a number of activities for young and old.

This week’s listings include: • Thursday, June 21, a veteran services professional will be available to help those with problems, 9 to 11 a.m.; “Wonders of Nature with Matt Edmonds,” 10 to 11 a.m.; knit and crochet, 2 to 4 p.m.

• Friday, June 22, Forty Carrots-Partners in Play, 10 to 11 a.m.; Mahjongg 1 to 3 p.m.

• Saturday, June 26, CPR Training, must pre-register, 9 a.m. to noon; board games and STEM toys for teens and tweens, 2 to 3:30 p.m.

• Tuesday, June 12, preschool story time, “Stars and Stripes,” 10 to 11 a.m.; Mahjongg, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, June 27, Coloring Club, noon to 1 p.m. Call the library at 941778-6341 for information

SAFARI FOR SENIORS

Senior Adventures meets at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 22, at Annie Silver Community Center, 103 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach, for a potluck lunch and lecture on travel to Africa. For more information on Senior Adventures, call Kaye Bell at 941-538-0945.

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This is a great way to spend the summer outdoors while building physical skills and confidence! Camp open to ages 8-13. There is a fee of $125. Register online at http://bit.ly/PNRDcamps or call 941-742-5923 for more information.

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Nature Trivia Night: Family Edition debuts Tuesday, June 26, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the Mosaic NEST at Robinson Preserve, 1704 99th St. N.W., Bradenton. Put on your thinking caps and bring your family for a night of trivia,

Enjoy some friendly competition while you and your team answer questions about science, nature, animals, Florida history and local parks and preserves.

You may play individually or as a team.

The program is suitable for all ages.

For more information contact 941742-5923, ext. 6036, or e-mail elena. burke@mymanatee.org

NEW LOOK FOR GUILD GALLERY

The Island Guild Gallery, at 5414 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, will soon have a remodeled front window to better showcase artwork to passers-by.

The first of the themes will be “Festival of Light and Sun.” There will be more displays to interest art lovers. Drop by and take a look. The Guild Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays.

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Turtle Watch questions FPL lights

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HOLMES BEACH – Lights scheduled to be installed on Florida Power and Light (FPL) poles in Holmes Beach are not turtle friendly, according to Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring Director Suzi Fox. Anna Maria and Bradenton Beach have not agreed to use the lights, which are LED fixtures with white bulbs, she said.

Fixtures should have amber or red bulbs that do not use short wave-

TURTLE TALKS Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring will host free Turtle Talks each Tuesday in June and July at 10 a.m. at CrossPointe Fellowship, 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach (except for June 19), and on Thursday, July 19, at 6 p.m. at Waterline Marina Resort, 5325 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.

The 30-minute program will highlight 35 years of surveying sea turtle nesting on Anna Maria Island beaches using photos, videos and true stories.

Free children’s activity books, temporary turtle tattoos and handouts will be available.

For more information, call 941-778-5638.

TURTLE TIPS During sea turtle season, May 1 – Oct. 31, please follow these tips: • Turn off lights visible from the beach and close blinds from sundown to sunrise; lights confuse nesting sea turtles and may cause them to go back to sea and drop their eggs in the water, where they won’t hatch.

Light can also attract hatchlings away from the water.

• Don’t use flashlights, lanterns or camera flashes on the beach at night.

• Remove all objects from the sand from sundown to sunrise; they can deter sea turtles from nesting and disorient hatchlings.

lengths of light, which are visible to sea turtles, and can disorient both nesting mothers and hatchlings, she said.

“It’s not just that they’re yellow or red, it’s the wavelength,” Fox said. “If you paint white bulbs yellow or red, it doesn’t work.”

Turtle Watch contacted FPL, which contacted the manufacturer of the lights, Cree, she said.

Fox added that Cree agreed to work on creating amber bulbs for the lights that use long wavelengths not visible to turtles. She also said she asked Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer if she

• Fill in the holes you dig in the sand before leaving the beach; they can trap nesting and hatching sea turtles, which cannot live long out of the water.

• Don’t use wish lanterns or fireworks; they litter the beach and Gulf.

• Do not trim trees and plants that shield the beach from lights.

• Never touch a sea turtle; it’s the law. If you see people disturbing turtles, call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Wildlife Alert hotline at 888404-FWCC (3922).

NESTING NEWS Turtle nests laid: 223 False crawls: 238 Nests hatched: 0 Not hatched: 2 Nests remaining: 221 Hatchlings to Gulf: 0 Nest disorientations: 0 Source: Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring

FLIPPERS AND FEATHERS If you see fishing line, hooks, nets, plastic six-pack holders or other trash in the water or on the beach, please collect it and dispose of it in trash containers at beach accesses on your way home; it can entangle and injure sea turtles, birds and other wildlife.

could see the lights before he ordered them, but they were ordered without her input.

FPL is offering the lights statewide; the customer chooses the type of light, an FPL spokesman said.

“The Cree LED light is a lot better than what we have now,” Tokajer said, adding that lights installed at beach accesses will have shields that can tilt the light away from the Gulf of Mexico and nesting and hatching sea turtles.

“It does not have an amber bulb, but FPL is testing some amber and red bulbs, and they hope we can add the

amber later,” he said, possibly by the time the fixtures are scheduled to arrive in three months or while they are being installed at the rate of about 30 a week.

Tipping a light away from the beach is not as effective as using the proper wavelength, Fox said.

Lights along roadways not on the Gulf in Holmes Beach will have white bulbs to better protect people, Tokajer said.

For more information on turtle-friendly lighting, visit http://islandturtlewatch. com/lighting/.

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son had saddled up for morning turtle surveys and was noticing turtle tracks that came ashore, but no signs of nesting and no tracks going back to the bay.

Like the cavalry, Bob and Debbie Haynes and Lisa Weiss came to the rescue.

They tracked down the 400-pound turtle, coaxed her

onto a sheet, picked her up, carried her to the park, sat her down on the beach and pushed her back into the water, Fox said, thrilled that all her volunteer training had paid off in a successful crisis management example for the turtle record books.

The next day, volunteers discovered a nest near Bayfront Park.

Did the rescued turtle come

back to nest the night after her ordeal?

They don’t know.

But in 1997, a turtle got lost in the same spot, Fox said.

No telling if it was the same turtle, or if the area is just bad turtle terrain in need of a turtle crossing sign.

If you find a sea turtle on the road on Anna Maria Island, call Turtle Watch at 941-778-5638.

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reservations about agreeing with the policies because he feels that parts of Burnett’s plan are too ambitious and cost prohibitive for homeowners.

“I find half of this to be just fine. It protects us. I find half of it to be ridiculous,” he said.

Stealey added that he finds some aspects of the plan to keep stormwater and sea water off the Island to be “costly and impractical.” He said he’d like to get a second set of scientific data to look at other than what was provided by Burnett before making a decision.

“I’ve only been given one choice and I don’t like it,” he said, adding that he views the potential consequences of adopting the policies and plans that may

come along with them as “worse than water in the streets.”

RISING THREAT

Planning Commissioner Barbara Hines agreed with Burnett’s assessment of the threat rising tides and stormwater pose to the Island in the future, noting that when developing her recommendation for a mitigation plan, Burnett chose a “middle of the road” approach to lessen the impact to property owners.

“What she did was sound,” Hines said. “I’m happy to have someone qualified who’s on top of things.”

Alternate Planning Commissioner Tom Carlson said if the policies don’t get approved now, he worries the city will miss out on muchneed funding opportunities.

Planning Commissioner

Scott Boyd said sea level rising is just one of the many benefit versus risk elements property owners consider when moving to a barrier island.

“If your street is 6 feet above sea level and if you know the sea level is going to rise 15 feet in 120 years you’re going to be underwater,” he said.

“We are nothing but a sandbar,” Hines said. “It’s not going to take much for us to just disappear.”

Boyd said before planning commissioners make a recommendation to city leaders, he hopes community members will come to the group’s next meeting to provide input and guidance.

Planning commissioners next meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 11 at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

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we’re involved in. We rely on contributions by members and events like this that go a long way toward getting the work done – fighting against sewage overflows, inappropriate development and developers that try to play loose with the law,” Bloom said.

Suncoast Waterkeeper members were among those who actively opposed developer Carlos Beruff’s Long Bar Pointe/Aqua by the Bay development plans that once called for the destruction of coastal mangroves and the construction of a marina and channel connecting to Sarasota Bay. Public opposition inspired plan revisions that led to county commissioners approving several high-rise condominium buildings, but no marina or channel.

“Those things disappeared, but they’ve had some significant wins with regards to their phony mangrove mitigation bank,” Bloom said.

Andy Mele is the organization’s designated waterkeeper.

“A waterkeeper is someone who takes responsibility of a body of water. There’s like 360 waterkeeper’s groups around the world and Sarasota Bay is our primary body of water,” Mele said.

“We’re trying to figure out what happened to the eagles at Long Bar Pointe. We’re trying to stop people like Carlos Beruff and Pat Neal from ripping out the mangroves,” he added.

Suncoast Waterkeeper also monitors several rivers in the region, some of which have been negatively impacted by phosphate mining and fertilizer run-off.

“Community support is so important to us. I love the way the community comes out for Suncoast Waterkeeper,” Mele said of the Pint Night fundraiser.

AMI Outfitters plans to make Pint Night an annual Father’s Day weekend event, with a different waterrelated beneficiary each year.

Learn more about Suncoast Waterkeeper at www. suncoastwaterkeeper.com.

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Sarasota Bay Watch's clam restoration

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arasota Bay Watch conducted its fourth large scale planting of Southern hard-shell clams Saturday June 16. Over 30,000 clams were transported from Pine Island Sound and loaded onto a barge provided by volunteer Larry Beggs, of Reef Innovations. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner Mike Sole and his wife, Jeannie, attended the event to learn about the innovative approach that aims to replenish depleted local stocks while helping to clean the waters of Sarasota Bay. Adult native clams were collected locally to obtain spawn for the restoration effort. Once plentiful in local waters, the clams proved difficult to locate.

Sarasota Bay Watch has a partnership with a professional shellfish hatchery, in Terra Ceia Bay on the southern shore of Tampa Bay. Bay Shellfish Company conditioned and spawned the native adult clams in late 2016.

On March 1, 2017, Sarasota Bay Watch purchased (at cost) 330,000 seed

Reel Time RUSTY CHINNIS clams, each about the size of a little fingernail. A commercial clam farmer was hired to do the first round of what is called grow out – in fine mesh bags anchored to the bay bottom. The clam farmer uses sea grass beds on submerged land leased from the state of Florida in Charlotte Harbor. This clam farmer grew them (70 days) in fine mesh bags until they were transferred to larger mesh bags, dispersed on the bottom and overlaid with a protective cover net.

In May 2017, they were transferred to another clam farmer who maintains a lease in Pine Island Sound. There they grew for 12 months until they reached what is known as top neck

size, approximately 2.5 inches or larger.

The farmer, Carter Davis, is conducting a series of seven harvests over the summer, with delivery of each harvest to Sarasota Bay Watch at his dock on Pine Island. Each harvest is about 3000 pounds of clams totaling around 32,000 clams. The clams come out of the water at about 9 a.m., get transferred to a SBW rental truck at 10 a.m., and are driven to the Sarasota Sailing Squadron where they arrived at noon. Then they get transferred to Reef Innovations work barge. Volunteers have them back in the water in Sarasota Bay by noon.

The whole program took Sarasota Bay Watch and scientific partner Mote Marine Laboratory approximately 18 months and cost $20,000. Mote Marine Senior Scientist and Benthic Ecology Program Manager Jim Culter has created a series of experimental plots alongside SBW’s clam release areas to SEE REEL TIME, PAGE 23

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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner Mike Sole pitches in to load clams on the deployment barge while talking to clam farming partner Dr. Aaron Welch.

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Team Nozdoc strikes again Roger Danziger, M.D., with help from Debbie Danziger, D.M.D., and Jim Basiley hooked and boated this sailfish on June 17 in 165 feet of water 45 miles off of Anna Maria Island.

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test a range of variables (hand planting of the clams vs. dropping them on the bottom without planting, cover netting vs. none, soft sand bottom vs. hard packed sediment, grassy vs. sandy bottoms, etc.) From these experiments the partners hope to learn how to make future restoration cycles more successful.

Sarasota Bay Watch Co-President Larry Stults hopes to scale up the operation in the future and may even grow more than they need, selling the excess in a profit sharing arrangement with clam farmers. Ultimately, it is Sarasota Bay Watch’s hope that the program can become self-funding.

At the conclusion of Saturday’s restoration, a sustainable seafood

lunch was held at the Mar Vista Dockside restaurant on Longboat Key. Attendees included Commissioner Mike Sole and his wife, Jeannie; Dr. Aaron Welch, clam farmer and adjunct professor at the University of Miami; Dr. Bruce Barber, professor at Eckerd College and executive director of the Gulf Shellfish Institute; John Ryan, a SBW founder and Sarasota County natural resources expert; Dr. Larry Stults, copresident of Sarasota Bay Watch, board member of Gulf Shellfish Institute, Science and Environment Council of Southwest Florida and START; Ed Chiles, Mar Vista owner and board member of Gulf Shellfish and START; and Courtland Hunt, SBW volunteer and videographer.

Patrick McGinnis presents a fly to a 100+ pound tarpon in 5 feet of gin clear water with Captain David White, of Anna Maria Charters.

Chef Erik Walker prepared a delicious medley of local seafood including locally (Tampa Bay) grown hard shell clams, mullet with an olive and white grape tapenade, frog legs and a stuffed and fried squash blossoms. The meal was topped off with an organic blueberry cheesecake.

During the lunch there was a wide-ranging discussion of restoration efforts, clam farming, sustainability and other conservation issues. WWSB Channel 40 in Sarasota aired coverage of the restoration before and after the event on the evening news.

Sarasota Bay Watch is planning three more clam plantings over the summer. To volunteer or donate to the cause, go to www.sarasotabaywatch.org.

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Hot waters have fish fired up. With water temps in the high 80s, fish are quick to feed right now. Playing the tides is the name of the game. The afternoon outgoing has been the ticket to a strong inshore or tarpon bite.

The stronger the tide, the better the bite it seems.

Tarpon fishing is the hottest it’s been so far this season.

With double digit hookups common in a trip, landing the trophy animal you’ve dreamt about is easily obtainable.

Pass crabs and threadfin herring are the baits of choice for most anglers.

Permit can be found around on offshore structure heavily right now. A quarter size crab is like a thin mint to these scrappy fish.

Offshore, mangrove, yellowtail and American red snapper are all fired up. Chumming up the yellows and mangrove get me the best results, then slipping a hook into a freelined bait.

Fishing seems phenomenal just about everywhere right now. Take advantage before things get a bit too hot.

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More whale sharks Captain Barry Moss, of Harbour Isle, took this picture of one of the whale sharks spotted off Anna Maria Island last weekend. Five of the giant creatures were seen about 40 miles offshore (Island Sun, June 13 edition), but Capt. Moss was only about 20 miles off AMI in his boat, Gathers No Moss, when he got this photo. Moss said his boat is a 25-foot Grady-White and the shark was longer than that.

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Nicole Taylor and Brad Wood were married at the Sandbar restaurant on May 11, 2018. Chuck Caudill provided the music for the ceremony and reception. Jim Harwood, Molly Powers and Kathryn Campbell, of the Sandbar, coordinated the ceremony and reception. Nicole and Brad honeymooned on Anna Maria Island before returning home to Newtown, Penn.

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Annabel and Ben Slater were married at the Sunset Tiki Hut by Gulf Drive Cafe on April 6, 2018. The couple were joined with their friends and family all the way from the UK. Anna Maria Island is a favorite vacation spot for them, and they wanted the beaches to be a big part of their special day. Stefanie Lawrence coordinated the event .

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Morgan Frederich and Andrew Swarlis were married at the Beach House restaurant on May 5, 2018.

Chuck Caudill provided the music. Shawn Rhoton, of the Beach House, coordinated the ceremony and reception. Morgan and Andrew honeymooned on Anna Maria Island before returning home.

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Ariel and Jacob were married on April 20, 2018, at the Sunset Tiki Hut. The couple enjoyed their honeymoon in Jamaica, continuing to celebrate on the white sandy beaches and warm sun. Stefanie Lawrence coordinated the event .

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All the resorts have unique qualities that make each one a little different than the other. The Tortuga has a wide range of accommodations from hotel rooms up to a gorgeous Penthouse and everything in between, and there are boat docks, so you can either bring your boat or arrive by boat. The Seaside Beach Resort is nestled in the sand with a gorgeous intimate beachfront location. Across the street from the Sea Side is the beautiful tropical oasis the Tropic Isle Beach Resort. All the units are facing into the sparkling pool with a gazebo tucked into the foliage overlooking the pool, so guests may relax and enjoy the shade. Lastly, there is Tradewinds Resort that features wonderful Old Florida style pastel colored cottages, porches to enjoy, a pool located directly on the bay and a great fishing dock.

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Lori Hayes and Mike Poston were married at the Sandbar restaurant on April 20, 2018. Chuck Caudill performed live and was also the DJ. Jim Harwood, Molly Powers and Kathryn Campbell, of the Sandbar, coordinated the ceremony and reception. Lori and Mike honeymooned on Anna Maria Island before returning home to Davenport, Iowa.

Barbara and Davis DeBrady were married at the Sunset Tiki Hut by Gulf Drive Cafe on April 22, 2018. The local couple brought in family and friends from out of state and represented the Philadelphia Eagles to help them celebrate their beautiful wedding on the sugar sands of Bradenton Beach. The couple honeymooned at the hut for the rest of their week and enjoyed the sunshine.

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Project frustrates Avenue C residents Westra Construction has encountered significant delays along Avenue C.

BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com

BRADENTON BEACH – Property owners on Avenue C are growing weary of the disruptions caused by Westra Construction and Manatee County’s Force Main 5 pipe replacement project.

On June 6, Avenue B resident and Avenue C property owner Dave Redeker shared his frustrations with city commissioners.

“There’s a construction crew that’s been tearing up Avenue C for what seems like months. It’s like ‘Groundhog’s Day’ – they dig a hole, stand around and look at it all day and then they cover it up,” he said.

Redeker said the construction work is impacting his ability to rent out his unit at Lay-Z Liv-N on Avenue C. “I’m going weeks without being able to rent this property out. It costs good money to sit there empty.”

Redeker said he understands this is a county project, and he asked why County Commissioner Steve Jonsson hasn’t gotten involved.

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Scenes like this are a daily occurrence along Avenue C in in Bradenton Beach “They’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in the 2300 block. Somebody should be riding herd on these guys.

I’ve never seen anything like it. We’re not against getting better water lines and sewer lines. We like that, but at what cost?” Redeker said.

“I will pass on your concerns to Commissioner Jonsson,” Mayor John Chappie said.

Commissioner Ralph Cole asked if the city could get some project updates

and completion timelines to share with residents.

Avenue C resident Denise Saunders expressed similar concerns at the commission’s June 12 stormwater work meeting.

“I’m feeling the fatigue of this project.

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Charter initiatives on agenda The agenda for the Bradenton Beach City Commission’s Thursday June 21, meeting calls for discussion on four charter amendment petition initiatives the city clerk deemed insufficient for submittal to the Supervisor of Elections Office.

Representatives from The Center will present their annual funding request and the commission will be asked to re-adopt the Community Redevelopment Agency plan in order to avoid potential complications stemming from a Sunshine Law lawsuit involving former planning board members.

Thursday’s meeting will start at noon.

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REAL ESTATE

n island surrounded by water with a view around almost every corner. Isn’t that what we all want?

But what is it going to cost to fulfill your dream and should you resist the temptation and risk overpaying for a property?

There is no easy answer to this, and it’s difficult to quantify since views, whether they be water or mountains or fields, are totally subjective and based on personal preference. The struggle to place a dollar value on views is a challenge for buyers, appraisers and real estate professionals all over the country.

Despite this, Andy Krause, a data scientist at Greenfield Advisors, a real estate research company, has created some guidelines that may be of help.

Not all of his analysis will apply to Anna Maria Island, but it does capture the general idea: 5 percent to 10 percent in increased value: A home on flat ground with an unobstructed view of open space or a

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A room with a view Castles in the Sand

LOUISE BOLGER park.

10 percent to 30 percent in increased value: A home with a partially obstructed water view maybe with some rooftops obstructing the field of vision.

30 percent to 50 percent in increased value: Unobstructed view but you may still have neighbors close by resulting in some loss of privacy.

50 percent to 75 percent in increased value: Total unobstructed view could be water or city.

75 percent to 100 percent of value or more: Here the sky’s the limit based on how stunning the view is and where it’s located. Of course, it must be unob-

structed and unique.

The difference between the last two in my opinion would be the difference between an unobstructed view of the Intracoastal Waterwayverse an unobstructed view of Tampa Bay. Certainly, if you’re considering a water view home you need to find out if the view is protected. There is an issue right now on Anna Maria where property was sold, and the new building will impact the view of an existing property. Water view buyers may also have a problem down the road on Anna Maria when the two new bridges are built, depending on how you feel about a bridge view.

And don’t overlook older homes and cottages that may require some work but have water bones. It could be a path to water view or waterfront home ownership with a little imagination.

Remember a few months ago Coastal Living magazine asked their readers

to vote on the Happiest Seaside Towns in the country. Anna Maria was one of the choices out of 10 and the results came out this month.

Anna Maria ranked number six, I can’t tell you how happy I am that we weren’t number one. Ocean City, N. J., came in first, and Cannon Beach, Ore., came in 10th. In between was Bellport, N.Y.; Hampton Beach, N.H.; Cambria, Calif.; Bluffton, S.C.; Vero Beach, Fla.; Cape Charles, Va.; and Traverse City, Mich.

As part of the rankings, Coastal Living also disclosed the median price of homes within the towns. The real surprise here is that Anna Maria came in with highest median sale price at $856,300 – pretty shocking, but it does confirm what we already know.

A room with a view is one of life’s greatest treasurers. Just don’ try to place a fixed value on it; it’s all personal.

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BEACH BEAT Anna Maria 6/8, suspicious incident, 800 block of South Bay Boulevard. The complainant, who claims to be a medical professional, found a bone on the beach that she believes is from a human. Authorities are trying to determine the bone’s origin.

6/12, trespass warning, Ginny’s and Jane E’s, 9807 Gulf Drive. The owner of the store called authorities to report two women had taken items without paying for the. The manager decided against charging them with theft and had them trespassed instead.

Cortez 6/12, domestic battery, 10100 block of Cortez Road. The male and female live together, and they got into an argument that turned physical when the male gabbed the female by the tricep and dragged her outside. The deputy took pictures of scratches the female received and arrested the male.

Holmes Beach 6/7, contributing to the delinquency of minors, 317 62nd St. Police responded to a noise complaint at a vacation rental in

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a residential neighborhood. They found a number of under-aged partiers. They had the kids who had drunk alcohol at the party call for Uber rides home. The responsible adult received a notice to appear.

6/8, Baker Act, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive. Marine Rescue called saying there was a woman walking her dog in defiance of their orders.

She was walking around trying to find her keys. She said she might have lost them after she bought a swimsuit and efforts to find them failed. They asked her if there was anybody who could pick her up and she said no. She appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or medications. The officers decided to take her into custody under the Baker Act. She resisted, but was finally subdued. EMS arrived and took her to Blake Medical Center.

6/9, possession of drug paraphernalia, 700 Manatee Ave. The defendant was a passenger in a vehicle stopped for having no registration. While searching the vehicle, the officer asked the passenger if there was anything illegal inside the vehicle and she said no. The officer found two pipes inside her purse in the vehicle. She was arrested.

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OBITUARIES Robert Joseph Heisse Robert "Bob" Joseph Heisse, 83, of Ellenton, Fla., formerly of Linglestown, Pa., on June 13, 2018, took the turn onto the highway to heaven to be with his parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, co-workers and many friends.

Bob was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on March 25, 1935, to Samuel and Rose Heisse. He is survived by his wife of over 60 years, Josephine (Camplese) Heisse; his son, Steven (Jacqueline) Heisse, of Holmes Beach, Fla.; daughters, Angeline (Stephen) Connaghan, of Harrisburg, Pa., Rose (James) Russell, of Harrisburg, Pa., Christine Miller, of Harrisburg, Pa.; and Mercine (Michael) Ross, of Camp Hill, Pa. He is also survived by nine grandchildren, James, Patrick, Meghan, Zachary, Erin, Alyssa, Autumn, Lindsey Joe and Jesslyn; and one great grandchild, Penelope James. Bob was a U.S. Army

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tered to the car and the driver’s license was suspended for repeated violations.

veteran and, for over 40 years, was a Teamster employed by Book Express, Helms Freight, Akers Motor Lines, Yellow Freight, Carolina Freight (19 years) and retiring from ABF. Trucking was “Late Freight’s" passion.

He was also a member of Teamsters Local 776, the Knights of Columbus, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Sun Coast Mummers and Friendly Social Club.

Bob also enjoyed working outside, helping others, dancing, vacations at the beach, meeting people, having conversations, enjoying life, and having fun. He certainly had the gift of gab, which anyone who ever met him could attest.

There will be no local services at this time. Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory, 43rd Street Chapel, Bradenton, is in charge of arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s, 722 Apex Road Unit A, Sarasota, FL 34240.

Condolences may be made to www. brownandsonsfuneral.com.

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Robert E. Dickinson Robert E. “Bob” Dickinson was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Jan. 19, 1934, son of Roy Ezra and Atta (Hogaboom) Dickinson, the last of five children.

Bob graduated from Dormont High School in 1951, the University of Pittsburgh in 1955 and Suffolk Law School in Boston, MA in 1972. Bob died on June 6, 2018 in Holmes Beach, Fla. After graduating from Pitt, Bob worked in the steel industry as open hearth and foundry superintendents, as well as other jobs in the steel and foundry industry. In 1968, he moved to Boston and went to law school at night at Suffolk University. Upon graduation, he worked as director of labor rela-

tions for the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts until 1984, when he practiced law until his retirement.

For many years, until the fall of 2008, Bob and his wife, Dorothy M. “Dotty” Dickinson, wintered in Holmes Beach, Fla., and summered in East Falmouth, Cape Cod, Mass.

In 2008, they became full time residents of Florida as Dotty went into an ALF for Alzheimer’s Disease.

Dotty and Bob were members since 1987 of Key Royale Golf Club, of Holmes Beach. Bob played golf for many years at Falmouth Country Club in East Falmouth, and Holly Ridge Golf Club in Sandwich, Mass. Bob and Dotty enjoyed biking the Shining Sea Bikeway from Falmouth to Woods Hole and having lunch in Swope Hall in Woods Hole on Ell Pond. They were long time members of the Falmouth Free Wheelers bike group. Dotty and Bob were active members of the Square Riggers Square Dance Club and attended many conventions and raids on other clubs.

Bob is survived by his stepson, Thomas J. Curtin; three grand-

children, Elizabeth, Thomas, Jr. and Michael; Dotty’s sister, Helen Doherty; sister-in-law, Gaye Carol Guinter as well as many nieces and nephews. A celebration of Bob’s life will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, at the Holly Ridge Golf Club in Sandwich, Mass. A luncheon reception will follow the service. A celebration of life also will be held at from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, at the Shell Point Clubhouse, 6300 Flotilla Drive, Holmes Beach, Fla. A luncheon reception will follow the service.

Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory, 43rd Street Chapel, Bradenton, is in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations in Bob’s name may be made to the Anatomical Board of the state of Florida, 1600 Southwest Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32603; or Trinity United Methodist Church, 3200 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, FL 34205. Condolences may be made to www.brownandsonsfuneral.com. or Trinity United Methodist Church, 3200 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, FL 34205.

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MURAL: A welcome sign in Cortez FROM PAGE 14

“It’s a little more challenging at this age. I remember it being more fun when I was younger. It was so damn hot out there that I about melted. I was drinking three gallons of water a day,” she said, noting the job took 2530 hours.

Lipke was born and raised in Cortez and now lives in northwest Bradenton. She’s been painting and drawing all her life.

“Rocky remembers when I used to draw pictures and hand them to you guys over the fence when you had the surf shop over there,” she said.

“That would’ve have been in the 70s, early 80s,” von Hahmann noted.

This is not Lipke’s first Cortez mural.

“I did the mural with the big map on the side of A.P. Bell Fish Company the year of the net ban,” Lipke said of the still-visible artwork she created in the

Signs, logos, murals – I'll paint pretty much anything on anything, and if you need a 25-foot hammerhead, I'm your girl."

Rose Lipke Artist mid-1990s.

She also painted murals on Anna Maria Island at Shell Land Gifts and the Green Turtle Shell & Gift Shop, but she said those murals are no longer visible.

Her recent work includes the Swordfish Grill sign and the 25-foot fiberglass and Styrofoam hammerhead shark that hangs in parking lot shared by N.E. Taylor Boatworks, the Cortez Kitchen and the Swordfish Grill.

“I do all the Monkey Busses

too,” she said.

Lipke’s name, company name (COZArt) and phone number appear in the lower right-hand corner of the new mural that serves a secondary purpose as a giant business card.

When asked what services she provides, Lipke said, “Signs, logos, murals – I’ll paint pretty much anything on anything, and if you need a 25-foot hammerhead, I’m your girl.”

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of our house. The dirt is incredible, to the point where we can’t keep a window open,” Saunders said.

City Engineer Lynn Burnett said the city has very little influence over the county project, and the county crew hopes to finish Avenue C by the end of the year.

“They have had a tremendous amount of delays due to unforeseen conditions, unforeseen utilities conflicts. Nothing was underground where they thought it was. They’re trying to figure it out literally footby-foot as they go. It’s a long project, and it’s going to take them awhile to finish it,” Burnett said.

Saunders also mentioned the city stormwater project scheduled for Avenue C in early 2019, after the county project is completed. The city project is expected to take three months.

“We’re talking about an entire year of the county project on Avenue C, and then you’re going to come in with a drainage project? We’re running right into season again,” Saunders said.

Saunders she’s had a seasonal renter for the past seven years who was impacted this year and has already expressed concerns about next year.

“I’m fearful that I’m going to lose them for next season because they

don’t want to put up with it,” she said.

“January through the middle of April is not the time when we want our streets ripped up.”

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When contacted Monday, county spokesperson Tina Allen, said, “Activity is expected to continue along Avenue C for the next two to three months as crews work to complete the water main and force main installation. Due to the discovery of unknown buried cables along Avenue C, it was necessary to modify the alignment of the proposed force main and water main between Gulf Drive and 26th Street, which resulted in unanticipated impacts to the Avenue C roadway.”

Allen also shared a copy of the county’s June update.

“Beginning Monday, June 18, crews will begin fusing and stringing 24inch force main pipe down the center of Avenue C, from Gulf Drive heading northward to 24th Street. Ten feet of crushed concrete has been installed in the eastern and western rights of way between 22nd Street and 24th Street to accommodate local traffic,” the update said.

Online updates and access to project newsletters are available at www. amipipereplacement.com.

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Championship sudden death on the pitch: Lancaster Design winners

BY MONICA SIMPSON SPECIAL TO THE SUN

When the top two teams meet on the soccer field at the Island’s community center, one can expect an exciting game with many spectators in attendance.

Thursday night’s Championship game did not disappoint.

To start the evening, Recreation Director Will Schenerlein had the adult players read the Youth Sports Core Promise after the escapades that took place on and off the field during the final semifinal game the week before.

Respect, sportsmanship and integrity were the focus of the message that Schenerlein tried to emphasize to the players participating in the co-ed recreational soccer league grand finale.

Commencing play in the heat and humidity of the early evening, the anticipation of the kickoff filled the air. The chants and cheers of the league players, friends and family became louder and more spirited with every minute of play.

Finishing at the top of the heap undefeated at the end of the season did not automatically give Team Legler Flynn Law an advantage over the strong roster of Team Lancaster Design.

Both teams started with their gentle giants in the goal: Trey Horne for Lancaster and team captain Sean Flynn for Legler Flynn.

At the start of play, Flynn’s team played with six field players and a goalie with no subs on the bench.

In the hard to miss bright orange jerseys, Lancaster came out on the pitch short one player due to the absence of league newbie and game changer Sumiko Chipman. John Coleman began the final game of the season on the sidelines waiting to enter the game at any time to give a teammate a breather.

Both teams came out running hard ready to make the first goal to set the tone of the game. After just 30 seconds of play, a throw in by Lancaster Design team captain Danny Anderson was right to Robert Armstrong who headed the ball into the goal just past the reach of goalkeeper Flynn.

With the 1-0 lead, Greg DeMeuse took the soccer ball down the field finding Anderson on the other side of the goal.

Anderson returned the ball to DeMeuse, giving him a scoring opportunity in front of the net.

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In overtime, Lancaster Design won the final and most important game of the season, capturing the Paul "Ace" Hayward Cup Thursday night. Picture left to right: Robert Anderson, Michael Lewis, Greg DeMeuse, Trey Horne, John Coleman, Ricky Anderson, and Danny Anderson.

Jeremias Gramajo brilliantly stopped the ball and prevented the point for Legler Flynn Law. Legler Flynn fought back with a beautiful on the mark shot by Amy Ivin only to be stopped by a Lancaster defender.

Six minutes into the game, Diego Felipe took over the goalie responsibility for Legler Flynn, allowing Flynn to take the field in an attempt to tie the game.

Yorvi Moreira was denied his goal with a sliding defensive move by Horne in front of the net.

Legler Flynn Law’s solid and versatile player, Steve Oelfke, arrived to the field to give his team a much-needed extra player.

Felipe found himself just a little too far away from the goal and out of position when Anderson sent a rocket strike to put his team ahead by two.

Ivin tried to answer back with a missile of her own that went off the head of Armstrong as he leaped up in the air with his defensive move.

The goalie switch by Legler Flynn put Oelfke as the ultimate protector for the team with a little less than 12 minutes to play in the first half of the championship game.

Legler Flynn Law continued to fight hard knowing that there was plenty of time left on the clock. Felipe took is first shot that hit hard off of the hands of Horner, resulting in a corner kick. Ivin took another shot that landed at the side of the net.

Gramajo’s shot rolled the soccer ball on top of the cross bar denying his team another goal.

Unable to score despite phenomenal effort, Legler Flynn continued to play hard down by two goals.

After goal stopping defense, Felipe took another shot with five minutes ticking off the scoreboard. His miss gave Ivin the possession. Ivin found Diego with plenty of space and time to blast the ball past the defense of Lancaster Design to move the score to 2-1.

Flynn dribbled the ball all the way down the field before shooting to tie the game. His shot went off Lancaster Design’s Coleman for the score tying own goal.

In a repeat move, Flynn once again moved the offense to the goal. Horne just got a hand on Flynn’s shot preventing the shot and giving Legler Flynn Law a corner kick.

The time clock showed nothing left in the half, but the official’s clock let both teams play for an additional two minutes. The battle of the defense left the score 2-2 at the whistle.

Wearing the penny, Flynn started the second half of play as the keeper. The 15 teams that played the Championship game sprinted, juked, and maneuvered for more than 13 minutes before the next point was earned.

Lancaster Design got the soccer ball got to Coleman with Flynn slightly out of position giving him the go ahead shot.

Ahead by one point, Lancaster Design found itself on the defensive attack on its end of the field for two long minutes.

Moreira took the corner kick that made its way into the net to once again tie up the game.

Both teams tired but determined fought hard for nine minutes until the official ended regulation play with the score 3-3.

As a new rule for the season, the two teams faced off in five minutes of sudden death play – first team to score wins – as opposed to a shoot out.

Legler Flynn Law started off strong with shot attempts and corner kicks. A shot that went to the left of the post by DeMeuse could have been the winning goal for Lancaster Design.

The effective passing game by Legler Flynn Law just could not produce the critical scoring shot needed to take the championship.

With 80 seconds left in overtime play, Ricky Anderson, brother of Danny, took a shot in front of goal that was batted away by goalie Oelfke. Lady luck was smiling on Lancaster Design as the soccer ball went directly back to R. Anderson who was alone with plenty of time to produce the perfectly placed the game winning shot.

Lancaster Design’s fourth goal gave the team the honor of being called the Paul “Ace” Hayward champions for the spring 2018 season.

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