Anna Maria Island Sun March 27, 2019

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March 27, 2019

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Spring break on AMI got an added attraction this year as eight magnificent Clydesdale horses came to visit. Above, they leave Duffy’s Tavern parking lot on Friday as a huge crowd looks on. The appearance was at the request of Duffy’s co-owner Peggy Davenport, shown riding shotgun in the photo at left. More on Page 9.

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City attorney deposed for Sunshine lawsuit With no settlement agreement reached, the Sunshine lawsuit is still headed for a July trial.

I heard enough to know Mr. Metz participated in

BY JOE HENDRICKS

conversation that violated the

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BRADENTON – Attorney Thomas Shults spent six hours deposing City Attorney Ricinda Perry under oath.

Perry’s videotaped deposition took place Wednesday, March 20 at the Manatee County Judicial Center in Bradenton. The deposition was part of the ongoing pre-trial discovery process in the Sunshine Law lawsuit the city of Bradenton Beach and co-plaintiff Jack Clarke filed in 2017.

Shults spent much of the day posing questions unrelated or distantly related

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Sunshine Law.” Ricinda Perry, City Attorney to the city’s efforts to obtain a judge’s ruling as to whether defendants Reed Mapes, Tjet Martin, John Metz, Patty Shay, Bill Vincent and Rose Vincent violated the Florida Sunshine Law while serving as city advisory board SEE DEPOSITION, PAGE 38

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Sunshine filings continue Defendant John Metz and attorney Thomas Shults are questioning the constitutionality of the Florida Sunshine Law.

BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com

BRADENTON BEACH – Several court filings have been made recently regarding the Sunshine Law lawsuit filed against six former city advisory board members.

On Friday, March 21, one day after deposing City Attorney Ricinda Perry, defendant John Metz’s attorney, Thomas Shults, filed a motion to dismiss Perry as the co-counsel representing the city of Bradenton Beach in the Sunshine Law lawsuit. The filing notes Perry is listed as a witness for the city.

Citing rules regulating the Florida Bar, Shults’ motion to dismiss says, “Ricinda Perry cannot serve both as an advocate at trial for the city and a witness on the city’s behalf.”

Attorney Robert Watrous is the lead attorney for the city of Bradenton Beach and co-plaintiff Jack Clarke in the efforts to determine if six former city board members violated the Florida Sunshine Law in 2017. Perry serves as co-counsel and paralegal Michael Barfield is providing Watrous and Perry with additional legal assistance.

Right after Perry’s March 20 deposition, Watrous said he has not yet decided whether he will call Perry as a witness in the trial currently scheduled to take place in July.

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County collecting tourist tax from most Airbnb owners

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

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The Manatee County Tax Collector told concerned county commissioners last week that vacation rental owners using Airbnb to rent their local properties online are paying their fair share of tourist tax.

“Tourist tax dollars across all vacation rental platforms, including Airbnb, are being collected and remitted,” Manatee County Tax Collector Ken Burton Jr. told commissioners in a detailed presentation by Burton and his staff.

The report was prompted by a January county commission vote to investigate taking the responsibility for collecting Airbnb tourist taxes away from the tax collector and transferring it to the Florida Department of Revenue (DOR). Commissioners had expressed concern that a 2018 lawsuit that Burton’s office filed against Airbnb to enforce collections was moving too slowly.

In 2015, the DOR and Airbnb agreed that Airbnb would collect sales tax from its users in all 67 counties, but would collect tourist tax in only 26 counties, said Michele Shulz, Burton’s director of Field Services and Collections. In the remaining counties, including Manatee, Airbnb rental property owners are on the honor system to remit the 5 percent tourist tax directly to the tax collector.

Burton chose to sue Airbnb rather than sign an agreement that would have required him to waive his ability to audit Airbnb records to identify owners and forced him to discharge past due taxes and penalties owed

by Airbnb and all its clients, said the tax collector’s attorney, Janelle Esposito, of the Esposito Law Group.

Entering into such an agreement with Airbnb would violate state law and result in less collection of the tourist tax, she said, adding that the lack of an agreement “does not mean we are not collecting the tax.”

The county’s 5 percent tourist tax is collected from owners of accommodations rented for six months or less who charge the tax to their renters, in most cases, tourists. About 50 percent of the tax proceeds are allocated to Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau tourism marketing efforts, with about 20 percent allocated to beach renourishment and the rest to statutorily-defined uses that benefit tourism.

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The tax collector has 7,063 vacation rental accounts registered, Shulz said.

Hotels and motels are easy for the tax collector to identify and collect tourist taxes from, but it’s not as easy to determine whether condos (53 percent of the county’s vacation rentals), single family SEE TOURIST TAX, PAGE 11

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Coalition forms to address short-term rentals A new coalition formed this month to address local issues at the state level, including the unregulated conversion of residential homes into short-term vacation rentals.

Our Neighborhoods supports HB 1129 and SB 1196, saying the proposed legislation will provide greater accountability and transparency in the short-term rental industry, and “rein in unlicensed commercial operators setting up de facto hotels in residential communities that are depleting permanent housing options, replacing neighbors with revolving doors of strangers and disturbing once-peaceful neighborhoods across the state.”

The group also is urging state lawmakers to reject “Airbnb bills” – including SB 824, HB 1159 and HB 987 - that it says could limit local governments’ ability to address short-term rentals.

The group is comprised of the Florida Silver Haired Legislature, Community Associations Institute, Community Association Network, Citizens for Responsible Spending, The Alliance for Bayway Communities, Council of Neighborhood Associations, Space Coast Communities Association, Ocean Hammock Property Owners Association, Home Rule Florida, Double Duty Mommy, Stop Child Predators, South Beach Property Owners Association and others.

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Bridge work to start in May Repairs are slated to begin in early May on the Longboat Pass Bridge, but all lane closures are expected to be at night and work should only provide minimal disruption to motorists. Repairs are expected to begin May 1 and end prior to the end of November. Motorists can expect nighttime lane closures between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. with some 15-minute bridge closures expected to move equipment between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Repairs are estimated to cost $3.7 million and include repair of potholes and cracks in traffic lanes and sidewalks, repairs to concrete support beams, removal and treatment for rust and erosion and correction of mechanical issues. A Florida Department of Transportation study to determine if the bridge, built in 1957 and rated as poor by the department, should undergo further repairs or be replaced is slated to begin in 2020.

Sun staff wins seven awards Anna Maria Island Sun staffers have been named winners in the 2018-19 Florida Press Association Weekly Newspaper Contest in six categories: General Excellence, First Amendment Defense, Online Breaking News Coverage, Outdoors and Recreation, Agricultural and Environmental Reporting and Original Local Editorial Cartoon.

Awards will be announced and presented at the 2019 Florida Media Conference in July in St. Petersburg.

LaPensee hosts Chamber The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce will meet on Wednesday, March 27, from 5-7 p.m. at LaPensee Plumbing, Pools and Air, 401 Manatee Ave., in Holmes Beach. There will be snacks, liquid refreshments, music and networking. The cost to attend is $5 for Chamber members and $10 for prospective members.

Holmes Beach seeks new building official Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth said the city is searching for a new building official after Jim McGuinness resigned March 18. Titsworth said she accepted his resignation, which was effective immediately. While she searches for a replacement, she temporarily appointed John Fernandez to the charter position while a longterm temporary replacement and full-time building official candidates are sought. Titsworth said Fernandez had previously worked in the city’s building department and had recently returned as a part-time employee. A brief description of the building official position and employment applications are available online at www. holmesbeachfl.org.

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Pier change orders requested

City commissioners approved one change order request and denied two others.

BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com

ANNA MARIA – Anna Maria commissioners denied i+iconSoutheast’s request to extend by nine days the completion date for the construction of the new Anna Maria City Pier walkway and T-end platform.

During the Thursday, March 21 emergency meeting, the commission also denied i+iconSoutheast’s change order request to add $9,146 and two additional work days to the previously agreed upon completion date. This request was submitted due to delays the barge encountered when trying to pick up more concrete pilings.

The commission approved a change request order for an additional $12,078 and one extra work day. The approved change order offsets the extra expenses and the lost work day incurred when previously undiscovered remnants of some old pier pilings obstructed new pilings from being driven at six locations. This pushes the completion date back one day to Aug. 27.

“I believe we’re legally obligated to approve this change order,” City Attorney Beck Vose told the commission.

The initial construction phase does not include the restaurant, bait shop and public restrooms to be built upon the T-end platform. Those buildings will be part of a second construction project Mayor Dan Murphy said would soon

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These pilings will support the new restaurant, bait shop and public restrooms at the new pier's T-end. be put out for bid.

Each change order presented included a collective recommendation from Murphy, Vose and Jax Saxena. Saxena is the vice president of the Ayres Associates engineering firm that designed and engineered the new pier.

The city’s contract with i+iconSoutheast allows the contractor to submit change order requests if something unusual or unexpected occurs. Murphy said these requests generally pertain to time, money or both.

WEATHER DELAYS

“Through March 16, i+icon has been unable to work on the pier for a total of nine days due to inclement weather,” said the change order request submitted by project director Paul Johnson.

“Bad weather days should have been taken into account,” Murphy told the commission. “We haven’t had any unusual weather. We have had days where it was unsafe to work, but that is something that should have been taken into account. They know the weather

on Tampa Bay just as well as us and they know when the chop gets up it is in fact unsafe.”

Murphy said some of the lost days could’ve already been made up by working on Saturdays when the weather was perfect.

Vose said the contract addresses specific delays attributed to unanticipated causes that include severe and unavoidable natural catastrophes and abnormal weather conditions.

“A windy day and a rainy day on the west coast of Florida is nothing abnormal,” she said.

Commissioner Amy Tripp said the construction company still has several Saturdays to make up the lost work days.

DELIVERY DELAYS

The change order summary memo prepared by Saxena stated three truckloads of concrete pilings could not be delivered to the barge pickup point on SEE PIER, PAGE 48

Additional pier savings discussed The city is exempt from paying the sales tax the contractor would pay.

BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com

ANNA MARIA – Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy has provided city commissioners with a list of additional cost-saving opportunities available to the city through the direct purchase of construction materials.

The savings are possible because the city is exempt from paying the sale taxes the contractor would pay. The city previously utilized similar savings when directly purchasing the pier pil-

ings. Future purchases of this nature do not require additional commission approval.

According to Murphy, the additional tax-free savings include $8,438 for the Ipe wood decking, $3,161 for the wooden support timbers, $5,947 for the concrete deck panels and $13,925 for the concrete piling caps. This equates to a total savings of $31,471.

The commission unanimously supported Murphy’s suggestion that an additional $7,500 could be saved by not staining the Ipe pier decking, which Murphy said the manufacturer and the contractor recommend not doing.

Commissioner chair Brian Seymour

said not staining the decking would allow it to fade to a natural gray that resembles the old pier. Commissioner Doug Copeland, a woodworker by trade, said if the pier is stained now it will need to be stained again every two years to maintain the desired appearance.

Public Works Manager Dean Jones said not staining the pier would spare his department the labor-intensive efforts associated with re-staining an 800-foot pier every couple of years.

Commissioner Carol Carter said re-staining the pier would also require the pier to be closed while that work took place.

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Anna Maria enacts sign moratorium Anna Maria commissioners are considering several possible changes to the city’s sign ordinance.

BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com

ANNA MARIA – An emergency sign moratorium is now in effect in the city of Anna Maria.

Enacted by the city commission during an emergency meeting on Thursday, March 21, the temporary moratorium prohibits businesses from erecting new A-frame sandwich signs. It also prevents the city from accepting, reviewing, processing and approving any new sign permit applications.

The moratorium and accompanying emergency ordinance will expire in 60 days – or sooner if the commission finishes amending the city’s regular sign ordinance before then.

These measures were enacted in part due to concerns that each of the 28 or so vendors sharing space inside the Pineapple Junktion co-op on Pine Avenue could theoretically have their own A-frame signs.

Commissioner Doug Copeland said shared commercial units are becoming a trend in Anna Maria. He noted that Commissioner Brian Seymour’s Anna Maria General Store & Deli shares space with Dips Ice Cream,

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The city commission has discussed imposing a one-sign limit on construction sites. and other Pine Avenue businesses have engaged in or are considering space-sharing partnerships.

Copeland said the commission’s intent is to get a grip on this potential sign issue before it becomes a problem.

SIGN ALLOWANCE

A city-issued sign permit is not required

for an A-frame sign. The current Anna Maria sign ordinance prohibits A-frame signs, but the commission, for the second year in a row, is allowing each business to have one such sign.

The recently-renewed commission resolution allows each business to have one A-frame sandwich board sign. Including the frame, these signs are not to exceed

24 inches in width and 36 inches in height.

A-frame signs cannot be placed in the public right of way and or impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic or sightlines. The signs are only allowed during business hours and they must be removed during inclement weather.

During Thursday’s emergency meeting, Commissioner Amy Tripp asked why new A-frame signs would not be allowed but existing signs would still be allowed.

“Because of multiple businesses sharing the same units,” commission chair Brian Seymour said of the commission’s concerns.

“I think our one concern was there could be a multitude of signs on one property,” Commissioner Carol Carter later added.

Anna Maria Rocks souvenir and gift shop owner Bill Arthur expressed his support for A-frame signs.

“The signs really help business, I don’t see a big problem with them,” he said.

Arthur noted A-frame signs are allowed in other cities. He asked why Anna Maria banned them in the first place and he encouraged the commission to allow them on a permanent basis.

Seymour said when a previous commission passed the sign ordinance a few years ago the commission majority felt there were SEE SIGNS, PAGE 12

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Sunshine Law serves us well

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he public's right to know what their government officials are doing is a long-established tradition and critically important law in the state of Florida. The legal affirmation of that access is a series of state statutes now known as the Florida Sunshine Law. Its intent is clear: to guarantee that the people of this state have access to the meetings and records of their government.

This applies to "any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision.”

Simply put, we get to know what our elected officials and the commissions and committees appointed by them are doing and saying. fter all, the decisions they are making and the discussions they are having leading up to those decisions can and do affect us every day.

And the law says our governmental bodies have to meet in public. In most cases (there are a few exceptions, such as pending legal matters) they are not permitted to take any action or have private conversations concerning public business. This includes both written and electronic forms of communication.

Florida's Sunshine Law is one of the strongest in the country and rightfully so. Attempts to ignore or circumvent the law or dilute the existing statute are misguided and do a disservice to the people of our state.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thanks to the contributors

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus & Orchestra, the Sandbar Restaurant, The Sun Newspaper, the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce and all those who attended the 16th Annual Jazz Fest and the 9th Annual Oldies Beach Dance for contributing to the success of these events.

Thanks also goes to our guest performers, Koko Ray and Matt Coates and Gulf Drive Duo vocalist Karen Jones for outstanding musical performances as well as Molly Powers from the Sandbar Restaurant and Linda Burke and many volunteers from AMICCO. After expenses, all money raised goes to AMICCO. Over the years, approximately $30,000 has been raised for AMICCO.

We’re already planning Jazz Fest and the Oldies Beach Dance for next season. If you haven’t been able to attend these events, please try to make one or both of them. They’ll be in early February and early March.

To contact Koko Ray, please go to http://www.kokoray.biz. The Gulf Drive Duo can be found at gulfdriveband.net.

Bil Bowdish Gulf Drive Duo Holmes Beach

And even more thanks On behalf of The AMI Center Tour of Homes Boutique/Silent Auction committee, I would like to thank Mary Kate Scott, Fran Miller, Joyce Winters, Rhonda Candell, Mary Lange, Barbara Truemper Green, Sage Scott and

Susan Patrick for generously donating items to be sold at the Tropical Treasures Boutique. Their donations enhanced the Boutique and were greatly appreciated. The Silent Auction at The Tour of Homes Center Bazaar was the most successful ever. A big thanks goes to the talented artists who contributed their art work: Wooley Dutton, Diane Gallo VanEss, Maro Lorimer, Emerson and Kelly Moore Hunt. Also thanks to Mary Kate and The White Egret for their contributions to the auction. All proceeds of this committee go to benefit The Center of AMI. Thanks to all of you for your generosity.

Joan Pettigrew Boutique/silent auction committee chair

The Anna Maria Island Sun staff Publishers Mike Field Maggie Field Editor/CEO Mike Field Layout Ricardo Fonseca

Reporters Cindy Lane Tom Vaught Joe Hendricks Kristin Swain Columnists Louise Bolger Outdoors editor Rusty Chinnis Ad director Chantelle Lewin

Ad assistants Chris Boniberger Pam Lee Classified ads Bob Alexander Graphics Elaine Stroili Ricardo Fonseca Digital/Social Media Editor Cindy Lane

Accounting John Reitz Distribution Bob Alexander Tony McNulty Connor Field Contributors Pat Copeland Steve Borggren Monica Simpson

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ON THE AGENDA Anna Maria 10005 Gulf Drive For information, call 7086130 March 28, 6 p.m. – City Commission meeting April 9, 4 p.m. – Planning and Zoning Board meeting Bradenton Beach 107 Gulf Drive N. For information, call 7781005 April 3, 9:30 a.m. – Community Redevelopment Agency meeting April 3, 11 a.m. – Pier Team meeting April 3, 2 p.m. – Scenic WAVES meeting April 4, 6 p.m. – City Commission meeting

Holmes Beach 5801 Marina Drive For information, call 7085800 March 28, 10 a.m. – Charter Review Commission meeting April 3, 10 a.m. – Parks and Beautification Committee meeting April 3, 6 p.m. – Planning Commission meeting April 4, 10 a.m. – Charter Review Commission meeting April 9, 6 p.m. – City Commission meeting with work session to follow Island-wide April 9, 2 p.m. – Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials meeting, Bradenton Beach City Hall

MARK YOUR CALENDAR Note: Events are free unless indicated.

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Robinson Preserve Paddle, Robinson Preserve, 1704 99th St. N.W., Bradenton, 9 a.m. Reserve to 941-7425757 ext. 7.

Flying wild educator workshop, Robinson Preserve, Mosaic NEST, 1704 99th St. N.W., Bradenton, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Beach market, Coquina Beach, 2650 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Edible plant walk, The Folk School at Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez, 11 a.m., $20.

Coloring Club, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, noon.

Spring Break Escape Room, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 2:30 p.m.

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Veterans services information, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 9 a.m.

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

Seaside Quilters, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 10 a.m.

Painting Cortez: The Net Camp, The Folk School at Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez, 10 a.m., $38.

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

Bingo, Annie Silver Community Center, 103 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach, 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY MARCH 29

Coastal Climate Walk, Mangrove Migration, 1704 99th St. N.W., Bradenton, 9:30 a.m., $25 for sevenpart series. Register online at https://www.eventbrite. com/e/coastal-climatewalk-mangrove-migrationtickets-52448209005 Forty Carrots, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 10 a.m.

Mahjong, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 11:30 a.m.

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

Robinson Preserve Twilight 5K/10K, 1704 99th St. N.W., Bradenton, 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Reserve to https://www. fit2run.com/robinsonpreserve

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Historic Valentine House open, Robinson Preserve, 1704 99th St. N.W., Bradenton, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Seafood 101, The Folk School at Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez, 10 a.m., $20.

Beginning meditation, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 10 a.m.

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When you’ve seen Bud’s Clydesdales, you’ve seen it all The Budweiser mascots were invited to Holmes Beach by Duffy’s Tavern co-owner Peggy Davenport.

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HOLMES BEACH – Around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, three gigantic red semi-trucks with the Budweiser logo on them pulled up to the road separating Holmes Beach City Hall from the city park. A crowd gathered and watched as crews unloaded a bright red wagon with the same logo and hitched the Clydesdale horses to the wagon one by one.

They led eight majestic Clydesdale horses to the front of the wagon and hitched them to the wagon as a crew member talked about arguably the most recognizable animal mascots in the world.

After the team was hitched and ready, the Holmes Beach Police escort stopped the heavy high season traffic on Marina Drive and the wagon headed south to Gulf Drive and east to the road that took them to Duffy’s

Clockwise from top: Duffy's co-owner Peggy Davenport rides shotgun on the wagon in Duffy's parking lot. The wagon carries wooden beer cases. Below, the team heads out of the parking lot.

Tavern, where they pulled into the parking lot.

Duffy’s co-owner Peggy Davenport rode shotgun on the wagon, waving and posing for pictures for the cell phones and cameras. Davenport said she had worked on getting the Clydesdales out to the legendary beer and burger cafe for a long time. As the crowd thinned, the crew got ready and then pulled out to pack up the horses and wagon and leave the Island. As they did, one could only imagine it was the way the brewers told Davenport, “This Bud’s for you.”

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WMFR chooses a new chief West Manatee Fire Rescue’s board has chosen a replacement for Chief Tom Sousa – Battalion Chief Ben Rigney.

BY KRISTIN SWAIN SUN STAFF WRITER | kswain@amisun.com

BRADENTON – When Chief Tom Sousa retires from the district in October, West Manatee Fire Rescue will have a new chief in Battalion Chief Ben Rigney.

When Sousa announced his early retirement from the district, board members decided to open the position first to internal candidates before considering allowing nondistrict employees to apply. Out of that first round of searching, one internal candidate emerged – Battalion Chief Ben Rigney. During a March 19 meeting, commissioners voted unanimously in favor of appointing Rigney as Sousa’s successor as fire chief, contingent upon contract negotiations with board

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Chief Tom Sousa congratulates Battalion Chief Ben Rigney on his promotion to fire chief upon Sousa’s retirement in October.

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ommended the board do away with the final phase of the application process, making a short oral presentation to the board. Jennis said that with Rigney having already pre-

sented to the board numerous times there was no reason to ask him to do it again, something his fellow commissioners agreed with.

Rigney’s appointment to the fire chief position will be effective upon Sousa’s retirement, expected Oct. 17.

Commissioner Randy Cooper said he feels that Rigney is well qualified for the position and has good ideas to move the district forward in the future. “I’m looking forward to working with him,� he said. “I think he’ll make a fine chief,�

Commissioner George Harris said. “I’m very pleased with the candidate,� Commissioner Al Robinson said.

For his part, Sousa said he’s very pleased with the choice of Rigney as his successor. “The district’s in great hands so everything’s going to work out great,� he said. “I’m very excited,� Rigney said of the opportunity to be WMFR’s chief. “I’m very excited to work with the district and to further the goals of the missions of the department.�

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WMFR changes administration locations TOURIST TAX: Most Beginning April 1, visitors to West Manatee Fire Rescue’s administration will need to go across the street to Palma Sola Presbyterian Church.

BY KRISTIN SWAIN SUN STAFF WRITER | kswain@amisun.com

BRADENTON – It’s been a lengthy process but the leaders at West Manatee Fire Rescue are finally closing on the sale of the district’s administration building to The Oasis Middle School.

During the board’s March 19 meeting, Chief Tom Sousa reported that after several months of delays, the school’s leadership is ready to close on the purchase of the property at 6417 Third Ave. W., Bradenton. The closing is planned for April 2. Commissioner Al Robinson volunteered to attend the closing as the board’s representative.

Sousa said moving to the district’s temporary administrative offices at Palma Sola Presbyterian Church at 6510 Third Ave. W., Bradenton begins March 26. The district’s temporary offices are expected to open to the public April 1. Because the offices will be on the second floor, Sousa said that temporary signage will be on Third Avenue and on the door to direct visitors, and WMFR will have a Ring video doorbell on the Third Avenue entrance to the

building.

In another property issue, Sousa said he spoke with FISH board member Kim McVey about the old Cortez Fire Station. He said he learned that the deed to the building, gifted to FISH in 1997, has reverter provisions that could put the property back in the hands of the fire district. If the fire district determined that a fire station was needed in Cortez, if FISH tried to sell or otherwise dispose of the property, or if it was used for commercial business, WMFR could reclaim ownership of the property.

Because of the length of time the property has belonged to FISH and with no fire district use of it on the horizon, Sousa recommended doing away with the reverter provisions and giving control of the property fully to FISH with a clean deed.

Commissioner George Harris said that while he wasn’t opposed to Sousa’s suggestion, he would like to have the district’s attorney, Jim Dye, look at the deed and provide a report to the board to help determine what action is in the best interests of the district. Commissioner David Bishop agreed and commissioners instructed Sousa to submit his research to Dye for review.

Harris also told commissioners that he has been in “very preliminary” discus-

sions with Southern Manatee Fire Rescue about the possibility of creating formal cooperative agreements to cover areas where the two fire districts can work together. While his fellow commissioners were not objecting to the idea, Commissioner Larry Jennis said that collaborating on issues including training, researching large purchases and other common occurrences is a daily thing for the local fire districts. He said that the collaboration happens without a formal agreement and he’s unsure that one is needed.

Harris said the issue is under discussion by Southern Manatee’s board of commissioners and he will bring more information back to WMFR’s board as soon as possible.

Commissioners voted unanimously to put out a request for proposals from architects and construction managers, and/or design/build firms for an anticipated $100,000$150,000 remodel of the dormitories and restrooms at Station 3 in Holmes Beach.

Bishop said that because of the small amount of the project, it might be best for the district to contract the services of a design/build firm rather than a separate architect and construction manager.

Commissioners agreed to allow Sousa to accept bids from both and to move forward on the Station 3 remodel.

Airbnb owners paying FROM PAGE 3

homes (27 percent), multi-family homes, apartments, duplexes, mobile homes, rooms and travel trailers are being rented to vacationers.

Burton’s office uses several methods to uncover vacation rental owners who are dodging the tourist tax, including Harmari, online software that assists in identifying short-term rental properties.

Harmari found that in January in Manatee County, 99.83 percent of vacation rentals using all We have a high vacation rental platforms collection rate." already were registered with the tax collector.

“They only found six Michele Shulz new accounts,” Shulz told Tax collector's office commissioners.

When Harmari specifically looked at Airbnb rentals on March 1, the program found that 78 percent of Airbnb properties in the county were registered. Out of 210 properties identified, Harmari found 46 unregistered accounts, whose owners have received letters from the tax collector requesting compliance.

If rental property owners do not comply, the tax collector can place a lien on a rental property and garnish income.

“We have a high collection rate,” Shulz said.

Airbnb is growing locally as well as internationally.

In 2015, Airbnb accounted for .6 percent of the $11 million in tourist taxes collected in the county, she said. By 2018, Airbnb accounted for 4.2 percent, or about $620,000 of the $14.6 in tourist tax collections.

Airbnb is the second-largest online rental platform used in Manatee County, with about 2,300 properties.

The most popular is VRBO, with about 4,750. Flipkey is in third place, with about 2,200, according to the tax collector’s office.

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Oldies turn coldies The crowd for the Oldies Beach Dance was thinner due to unseasonably cold temperatures last Thursday. Those who came danced enthusiastically, although their nylon jackets made scraping sounds as they danced but it was all in fun. Gulf Drive Duo, Bil Bowdish on saxophones, flutes and vocals and Karen Jones on vocals played the first set. Koko Ray joined them on sax and flute. He again played two saxophones at the same time. The event is an ongoing fundraiser for the Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra and sponsors are The Sandbar restaurant, Gulf Drive Duo and The Anna Maria Island Sun.

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too many A-frame signs. There were concerns back then about some businesses using multiple signs and some signs being illegally placed in city rights of way.

Seymour referenced the current A-frame sign allowance and said he doesn’t see the harm in allowing Aframe signs to remain on a permanent basis. Mayor Dan Murphy agreed with Seymour’s position.

Copeland told Arthur the sign ordinance changes would be discussed at

future commission meetings and he encouraged Arthur and other business owners to participate in those public discussions.

The agenda for the Thursday, March 28 meeting does not include a sign ordinance discussion.

ADDITIONAL CONCERNS

The commission requested the sign moratorium and emergency sign ordinance when discussing potential sign ordinance changes on March 14.

A-frame signs are not the only source of concern. Commissioners also want

to revisit the total square footage of signage allowed per commercial property and how that square footage is calculated.

Commissioners also expressed a desire to enact a one-sign-per-property limit on construction sites because some sites contain multiple signs for contractors, sub-contractors and service providers. They also want to revisit the location requirements for vacation rental signs, for sale signs or other signs allowed on residential properties without a sign permit.

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Bird nesting season is here BIRD TIPS

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

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – It’s Spring, and shorebirds are flocking to the beach to settle in for nesting season.

Island shorebird nesters include three species that are threatened in Florida - snowy plovers, least terns and black skimmers, said Suzi Fox, director of Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring.

Black skimmers already are starting to arrive, she said, adding that hopefully, plovers and terns won’t be far behind.

“We’re concerned that we are not seeing our normal flock of snowy plovers,” she said. “We have no explanation for it.”

Last year, the Island hosted two pairs of snowy plovers, which produced six surviving chicks from two nests, she said, adding that in a normal year, snowy plovers lay eight nests on Island beaches.

Laughing gulls and royal terns have begun mating, Fox said, and although they are not imperiled species, beachgoers should avoid getting too close to any group of birds on the beach.

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Terns perform mating rituals this time of year on the beach.

While walking on the beach, give birds a wide berth, about 50 feet in all directions, she said.

Anyone flushing birds purposely to keep them from nesting, like one Island resident did last year, should be reported to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, she said.

People are a bigger threat to shorebirds than predators, including coyotes, Fox said.

“At this time, Turtle Watch is not taking any precautions against coyotes,” she said. “They have to live too.”

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 888-404FWCC (3922).

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Camp at Robinson Preserve Kayakers and canoers can camp at Robinson Preserve at paddle-up sites on Friday and Saturday nights.

Up to six people and two tents are permitted per site. Those under 18 years of age must be accompanied by someone over 21. Children 12 and younger are not counted in occupancy. Pets are not permitted in camping areas.

The primitive camp sites have no electricity and no water. A picnic pavilion, grill and garbage can are within the campground. Camp fires may be banned during drought conditions.

Campers are not allowed to wander the preserve during closed hours. They may walk to the bathrooms on pathways only (0.4 miles).

Sites have no road vehicle access, and motorized vessels are not permitted.

Quiet hours are from 10 p.m. until sunrise.

Reservations are required and must be made at least two weeks in advance at 941-7425923. Camping fees are $20 per site per night, plus tax.

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AMI Garden Club goes Hollywood Garden Club brings the fantasy of the movies to life with its annual flower show.

BY KRISTIN SWAIN SUN STAFF WRITER | kswain@amisun.com

ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island Garden Club pulled out all of its members’ showstopper designs for this year’s flower show. The show featured a Hollywood film theme and was held March 20 at Roser Memorial Community Church.

Approximately four dozen members participated in eight different film-themed categories including Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Dirty Dancing, Titanic, Blue Hawaii, Gone With The Wind, The Wizard of Oz, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, and Horticulture. Judges for the event were Jacque Catrone, Bonner Joy, Kelly Kary and Lizzie Vann.

Winners in the Breakfast at Tiffany’s category, a place setting featuring flowers, were Shawn Mayers in third place, Janet Riley in second place and Zan Fuller in first place. In the Dirty Dancing category, featuring arrangements based on the Hogarth Curve S-shaped designs, Sam Krusa came in third, followed by Marilyn Pomeroy in second place and Kathy Goerlitz in third place. Titanic, an underwater design challenge, ended with Lynda Striger in third place, Peggi Clauhs in second place and Fuller in first place.

In the Blue Hawaii tropical flower design competition, Rita Allen came in third place, followed by Dusty Crane in second place and Priscella Sewald in first place.

The Gone With The Wind category found Stevie Coppin in third place with Clauhs in second place and Ginger Huhn taking top honors in first place. In the space-age

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Above, this spacy design by Sandra Shea took first place in the E.T. The Extraterrestrial category.

Right, Priscella Sewald enjoys her first-place win in the Blue Hawaii competition. design E.T. category, Phyllis Hayes came in third with Loretta Esta Brooke in second and Sandra Shea in first place.

The fantastical Wizard of Oz category competition ended with Charlotte Noyes in third place, Striger in second place and Crane in first place. Ending the awards was the Horticulture category with Det O’Brien coming in third place, Striger in second place and Clauhs taking top honors in first place.

After the awards were announced, the public was invited to examine all of the flower show entries and grab a bite to eat at

the bake sale table where volunteers sold all sorts of sweets and goodies ranging from breakfast breads and muffins to brownies and cookies. All proceeds from the bake sale and donations go to the many local organizations the garden club supports, including Anna Maria Elementary School, the Holmes Beach Parks and Beautification Committee, The Center of Anna Maria Island, De Soto National Memorial Park, Anna Maria City Pier Park, the Island Library, Friends of the Island Library, Cortez Cultural Center and Annie Silver Community Center, among others.

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This arrangement by Kathy Goerlitz took firstplace in the Dirty Dancing category.

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No raindrops on this performance B.J. Thomas has had top-selling albums in pop, rock, country and Christian formats.

BY TOM VAUGHT SUN STAFF WRITER | tvaught@amisun.com

The Billy Rice Band warmed up the audience with some soulful country music at The Center Thursday night before 60s and 70s folk-pop-rock star B.J. Thomas took the stage for a concert. He quickly proved that, at 76 years old, his voice and demeanor are still young.

Thomas played all of his songs the way they were recorded, eliciting cheers from the packed crowd of mainly baby boomers. However, the servers working for the Chiles Group serving food and drinks seemed to enjoy the music as well.

When Thomas caught on after recording Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” in 1966, he disappeared

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B.J. Thomas had the audience singing along at The Center of Anna Maria Island last Thursday. for a year searching for another hit. He scored with “Hooked on a Feeling” in 1968 followed by a song recorded for the hit movie, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” - “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” - which earned him his first gold record. He found success with pop love songs such as “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Rock and Roll Lullabye,” “Hey Won’t You Play Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song” and more.

As he faded from the soft rock scene, he turned to country and played into the 1990s, when he turned to Christian music.

When Thomas first found fame and fortune, he says he went wild with drugs and alcohol, but his wife of 50 years, Gloria, helped him leave that behind and they are still sober and married to this day. They have three daughters and three grandchildren.

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The Easter Bunny stops here The Sandbar Restaurant and Pine Avenue Restoration present an old-fashioned, family- friendly Easter celebration on Saturday, April 20 in the city of Anna Maria, co-sponsored by The Anna Maria Island Sun. The celebration begins with the 33rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt at 9 a.m. for kids 10 and younger on the beach in front of the Sandbar restaurant. There will be free refreshments at 8:30 a.m. Bring baskets or bags to collect the eggs.

Parking is available in the Sandbar Restaurant parking lot, in adjacent lots on Gulf Drive and Anna Maria City Hall. Folks are encouraged to ride the free island trolley to the event from home or from CrossPointe Fellowship, 8605 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria.

After the hunt, the Easter Bunny will lead the way down Pine Avenue for the 10th Annual Easter Egg Roll, featuring fun for the whole family from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Enjoy face painting, games, and egg rolling races.

Complimentary framed pictures

with the Easter Bunny will be offered with pictures taken by Dara Caudill, owner of IslandPhotography.org. DJ Chuck Caudill will provide music.

There will be food and refreshments. The egg roll and Easter Bonnet Contest are sponsored

by Pine Avenue Restoration and The Anna Maria Island Sun. Judging will be at 10:30 a.m.

The prize for the first-place bonnet in the adult division is a two-night stay at an Anna Maria Guest House located on Pine Avenue. There will also be prizes for second and third place. First prize for the best kid’s bonnet is a Sandbar lunch for the winner and three of their BFFs complete with hot fudge sundaes.

There will also be prizes for second and third place children's bonnets. This is the 17th year The Sun has been a sponsor for the Sandbar Easter Egg Hunt.

For more information on the Sandbar Easter Egg Hunt and Pine Avenue Easter Egg Roll, contact Ashley Chiles at achiles@chilesgroup.com.

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Fishing for Freedom’s Manatee County chapter disbanded this week.

Former president Mark Coarsey led the group for five years, organizing cleanups in local waterways and working to regain and preserve the rights of commercial fishermen.

This time last year, he appeared with several members of the group at a meeting of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) in St. Petersburg, requesting that a proposed constitutional amendment be placed on the November 2018 ballot to reverse the 1995 gill

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Coarsey said that he and other group members will continue to work with the Tallahassee chapter of Fishing for Freedom on behalf of commercial fishermen.

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PET GROOMING THE PAW SPA

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PET STORE PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES 6757 Manatee Ave. W. Bradenton, 792-1295

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2710 Gulf Drive Bradenton Beach, 778-1010

RETIREMENT COMMUNITY WATER’S EDGE OF BRADENTON 2015 32nd Ave. W. Bradenton, 748-7797

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SHOPPING CENTER ISLAND SHOPPING CENTER 5414 Marina Drive Holmes Beach, 34217

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BEACH HOLMES BEACH BOAT CAPTAIN CAPTAIN NICK GRAHAM GRAHAM SLAM FISHING CHARTERS 4628 119th St. W. Cortez, 779-4078

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PERSONAL TRAINER BRENDA CANNING THE CENTER / ISLAND FITNESS 407 Magnolia Ave. Anna Maria, 778-5200

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Michele Lentz of Holmes Beach won the drawing from all entries in the Island's original Readers' Choice Awards. Sun Advertising Director Chantelle Lewin presented Michele with her prizes valued over $1,500 which includes: • Two Brenda Canning Personal Trainer Sessions, Island Decal, Island Fitness T-Shirt and one-week membership • Irene's Resort Wear: Candle • Paradise Bagels: $25 Gift Certificate • Island Mail and More: $25 Gift Card and Honey • Peach's: $50 Gift Certificate • Harry's: $20 Gift Certificate • Beach Bums: 1/2 Day Kayak Rental • AMI Outfitters: Starter Fly Fishing Kit ($170 Value) • Island Charms: Kovel Collection Custom Pendant ($174 Value)

• Two Scoops: $25 Gift Certificate • Ginny's and Jane E's: $50 Gift Card • Searenity: Massage ($108 value) • Vintage Beach: $100 Gift Certificate • Bradenton Beach Marina: 4 Tickets on Princess • Traveling Gourmet: Dinner 4 People • Captain Nick: $200 Gift Certificate • Island Eats: 5 Free Deliveries • Wade's Carpet & Interiors: 5x7.5 Coastal Area Rug • AMI Sun Newspaper: T-shirt

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At the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach: • Wednesday, March 27, Coloring Club, noon to 1 p.m.; Spring Break Escape Room! 2:30 to 5:45 p.m.

• Thursday, March 28, a veteran’s services professional will be available to help vets with needs, 9 to 11 a.m.; Seaside Quilters, 10 a.m. to noon.

• Friday, March 29, Forty Carrots Partners in Play, 10 to 11 a.m.; Mahjong Club, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

• Saturday, Beginning meditation, 10 to 11 a.m.

• Tuesday, April 3, Preschool story time, 10 to 11 a.m.; Mahjong Club, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Tech Help, 1 to 4 p.m.

For more information, call the library at 942-778-6341.

LEARN ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Vivian Carasso and Evie Batten will discuss human trafficking at Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria on Wednesday, March 27, at 11 a.m. at a special presentation of Just Older Youth (JOY).

As members of the Jewish National Council of Women, their mission is to bring awareness and education to average citizens of the dangers of human trafficking. Since the incidence of predation is found even in our own neighborhoods and schools, not just the rough areas of town, we need to know the warning signs. Learn who is targeted, techniques traffickers use and what we can do, as parents and grandparents, to prevent this scourge from affecting our loved ones. Hot dogs, chili and more will be provided at no cost, donations would be welcome.

RSVP by calling the church office, 941778-0414 or bring a brown bag lunch.

SENIORS DINE

Senior Adventures will hold their monthly book sale and pot luck lunch from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, March 29, at Annie Silver Community Center, 103 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach. All are welcome!

COMPETE IN THE ROBINSON RUN

On Friday, March 29, from 5:30-9 p.m., runners will take to the wilds in the 11th Annual Robinson Preserve 5K/10K. The Twilight run is a festive and fun event for the whole family on one of the most beautiful scenic race courses in Florida. The Robinson 5K/10K track offers an authentic coastal Florida experience through a remarkable restoration and conservation property. Festivities kick off with age bracketed Kids Dashes at 5:30 p.m., then runners and walkers hit the trails for a 5K or 10K race with stunning sunset views. Relax after the race and enjoy the awards ceremony with food and beverages under the stars at beautiful Robinson Preserve. Spectators can purchase food and beverage wrist bands and shirts for $10 each. For full details or to register, visit https:// www.fit2run.com/robinsonpreserve

VISIT THE VALENTINE HOUSE

Visit this 19th-century house turned Robinson Preserve Visitor’s Center at 1704 99th St. NW, Bradenton between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 30. Learn about the history of the Palma Sola area and see photographs of historic Palmetto on its river journey to the current location in Robinson Preserve. Explore natural history exhibits regarding the local flora and fauna and see the winners of our annual Photography Challenge. All visitors are welcome, no reservations needed

SWEET MUSIC AT ROSER CHURCH

The Roser Community Church 2019 Concert Series presents Key Chorale Chamber Singers on Sunday, March 31 at 4 p.m. Joseph Caulkins leads the Key Chorale Chamber Singers as they present an intimate version of Faure’s “Requiem with harp, violin and organ." In this setting of the Requiem, the soul journeys from this life to the next on wings of glorious song. Britten’s “Festival Te Deum,” and favorite spirituals round out a program of the jubilant and sublime. The Key Chorale Chamber Singers are a group of auditioned and selected voices from the full, 110-voice Key Chorale, including the Chorale’s professional base of section leaders and core singers. This concert will be held in the Roser Community Church Sanctuary. Doors open at 3 p.m. A free-will offering makes it possible to bring you these dynamic events.

CLASSES AT MARITIME MUSEUM

The Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez, has a number of classes on life by the sea, how commercial fishers lived and more. Here’s this week’s list: •Painting Cortez: Net Camp, March 28 | $38 Celebrate the commercial fishing village of Cortez through art! Join the Folk School at Florida Maritime Museum in an offsite journey to the dock down by A.P. Bell fish house to paint the historic net camp. All supplies are included.

• Seafood 101, Saturday, March 30 | $17 Something smells fishy, but it won’t be your cooking. Join Chef Warren for dozens of hints, tips, and tricks on how to prepare seafood. Students will sample the entrée at the end of class.

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• Wine Making Series, $78, on Thursday, April 4 and 11 In this two-part class, students will make one gallon of strawberry wine starting with the fresh fruit. In the first class they will learn how to prepare the fruit and start the fermentation of the wine.

For more information, call 941-7086120.

IGW FEATURED ARTIST

The Island Gallery West April featured Artist is Jerry Patridge, who makes playable wall art in the form of cigar box guitars.

The cigar box guitar, originally called Diddly Bo’s, has been around since the mid 1700s. Most incorporated broom wire or screen door wire for the string.

The music they wrote and played is still, to this day, called the delta blues.

“I got started building cigar box guitars when I received one as a gift,” Patridge said. “Even though to this day I still don't play, I just build them. Most cigar boxes are a work of art in themselves, whether it be the grain of the wood or the picture and logos."

The public will be able to talk with the artist at an opening reception on Friday, April 12, as part of Holmes Beach Artwalk.

Island Gallery West is located at 5368 Gulf Dr., Holmes Beach. Partridge’s exhibit runs through April 30. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from November through the end of April. For more on the gallery, visit www.islandgallerywest.com, Facebook or call 941-7786648.

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IN BRIEF Chamber organizing food truck event The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce is searching for volunteers for its Beach'N Food Truck and Music Festival, scheduled for Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Coquina Beach.

There will be live music, arts and crafts vendors, a classic car show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the stars of the show, food trucks of all kinds, sizes and flavors.

They need volunteers, and prospective vendors might still be able to get a spot Call the Chamber at 941-778-1651.

Proceeds from this event go toward the AMI Chamber Scholarship Fund.

Glass banned on AM beaches Glass bottles and containers are now prohibited on the beaches at Bayfront Park, near the Anna Maria City Pier, near the Sandbar Restaurant or on any other public beach in the city. Anna Maria commissioners recently amended the city’s nuisance ordinance to include glass containers and glass bottles as prohibited items, joining alcoholic beverages, which have long been prohibited.

The glass container prohibition does not apply to privately-owned beaches.

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in 2017. At the time, the six defendants were also members of the non-cityaffiliated Concerned Neighbors of Bradenton Beach (CNOBB) group.

Among other things, the civil lawsuit alleges the advisory board members violated the Sunshine Law when discussing CNOBB’s potential pursuit of a charter amendment that would prohibit parking garages. The lawsuit complaint states parking garages were previously discussed by the Planning and Zoning Board that included Mapes, Metz, Shay and Bill Vincent and could have foreseeably come before those individuals again in their official capacities.

Shults spent the first 80 minutes questioning Perry about her education, bar exams, electronic communications and role as the city attorney. He spent the next 60 minutes questioning her about the 2018 lawsuit the Keep Our Residential Neighborhoods (KORN) political action committee filed against the city.

The KORN lawsuit was filed after the city commission rejected the group’s request to place four petition-initiated charter amendment questions on the 2018 city ballot. Judge Lon Arend recently ruled the KORN amendments must be placed on a future ballot.

Attorney Robert Watrous, representing the city and Clarke, accused Shults of engaging in discovery for the KORN lawsuit instead of the Sunshine lawsuit. Mapes and Metz served as KORN officers.

Two and a half hours into the deposition, Shults referenced a 2015 Arizona court ruling that may support Metz’s affirmative defense argument questioning whether the Florida Sunshine Law

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Paralegal Michael Barfield, City Attorney Ricinda Perry and attorney Thomas Shults discuss the seating arrangements for the videotaped deposition, shown from left. is unconstitutional because it infringes on an individual’s First Amendment right to free speech. Shults also referenced a recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that struck down a provision of the Texas Open Meetings Act the court deemed unconstitutionally vague.

“I pay attention to Florida law,” Perry said.

PARKING GARAGES

Three hours into the deposition, Shults asked Perry if anyone ever applied for a permit to build a parking garage in Bradenton Beach. Perry said she didn’t know because the city was founded in the 1950s and she has not been the city attorney that entire time.

When asked if anyone applied to build a parking garage during her time as city attorney, Perry said that would be a question for City Planner

Alan Garrett or Building Official Steve Gilbert. She noted that in 2016 thenmayor Bill Shearon proposed partnering with Manatee County to build a parking garage near the public works building.

Perry said she reached out to the CNOBB members before the lawsuit was filed and encouraged them to refrain from engaging in discussions that could result in Sunshine violations. She said those efforts included a written appeal to Shearon to take preventative action – a request Shearon didn’t act upon.

Perry also noted CNOBB meeting recordings posted at the CNOBB website were later disposed of by website administrator Michael Harrington, which he acknowledged when deposed under oath.

Shults referenced a recording of the July 25, 2017 CNOBB meeting and

asked Perry if she heard Metz use the term "parking garage" when she previously listened to the recording.

“I heard enough to know Mr. Metz participated in conversation that violated the Sunshine Law,” Perry said.

On that recording, Metz can be heard sharing his thoughts on whether CNOBB should pursue a parking garage prohibition.

“I say that we do, and that we put it more that no parking garage built for public paid parking or something like that. It doesn’t matter whether it’s by the municipality or some huge corporation,” Metz said during the July 25 meeting.

Perry said she also heard Mapes and Shay on the recording.

“I know they were talking about city business and taking votes,” she added.

CNOBB ultimately decided not to pursue a parking garage prohibition, but KORN later took up that initiative.

Shults’ last line of questioning pertained to several disputes Metz has had with city officials and city staff.

“When I look at Mr. Metz, I see a man who is probably so unhappy. He’s widowed and has absolutely no relevance as an attorney anymore because he’s not licensed in Florida. He wants some semblance of validity and some purpose to serve. I actually feel very sorry for him,” Perry said.

At 5 p.m., Shults adjourned the deposition and said he would set a date for its continuance. Watrous objected to setting more deposition time for Perry.

Shults said he would seek a court order if needed.

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On Friday afternoon, Barfield and Watrous were asked if they thought the motion to dismiss Perry had legal merit.

“We don’t think so. Motions to disqualify one’s counsel is one of the most disfavored motions there is,” Barfield said. “The citizens of Bradenton Beach wisely rejected Mr. Metz as a candidate for elected office. Mr. Metz is free to be frivolous with his own funds, but it’s sad when he wastes taxpayer resources in his personal crusade against the city attorney.”

Sunshine Law questioned On March 15, Shults filed notice of filing return of service of constitutional question on Florida’s Office of the Attorney General. The court document includes a copy of the certified mail receipt sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi in Tallahassee.

On Oct. 10, 2017, Shults previously filed notice of constitutional question that questions whether the Florida Sunshine Law enacted by the Florida Legislature in 1995 infringes on an individual’s First Amendment rights regarding free speech, assembly, association and petition rights. The 2017 filing also questions whether the Florida Sunshine Law is “vague and overbroad.” The 2017 filing was sent to Bondi’s office when it was filed.

According to Perry and Barfield, representatives of the Attorney General’s Office have expressed interest in potentially joining the city and Clarke as co-plaintiffs in this case.

MAPES GOING PRO SE

On March 14, defendant Reed Mapes’ attorney, Jim Dye, filed a motion for withdrawal of counsel informing

Motions to disqualify one’s counsel is one of the most disfavored motions there is.”

Michael Barfield, Paralegal

the 12th Judicial Circuit Court that he would no longer be representing Mapes. On Friday, March 21, Judge Edward Nicholas issued an order approving that request. Mapes now joins Tjet Martin, Patty Shay, Bill Vincent and Rose Vincent as pro se defendants

who are representing themselves.

More depositions scheduled On March 14, Watrous filed notice of taking depositions for defendant Rose Vincent and former CNOBB member Mike Bazzy on May 8, former CNOBB member Carol Harrington and continued deposition for former CNOBB webmaster Michael Harrington on May 14, former CNOBB members Connie Morrow and Janie Robertson on May 20 and former Bradenton Beach Mayor Bill Shearon on May 24.

On March 14, Shults filed notice of taking depositions for Mayor John Chappie and Commissioner Ralph Cole on May 31, City Planner Alan Garrett on June 12, Building Official Steve Gilbert and Commissioner Jake Spooner on June 13 and Commissioner Marilyn Maro on June 18.

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t Hurricane Liquors we spend a lot of time with the brand ambassadors and the distributor representatives to gain product knowledge that will enhance our customers' shopping experience. Sometimes that means tasting a product shortly after we open at 9 a.m. Sipping tequila first thing in the morning is a tough job but someone has to do it!

Seriously though, it’s a valuable education into the nuances of geographical and production differences that are discernible to the tongue.

A few weeks ago we were able to taste three Chardonnay wines, all from the same area in France and of the same vintage. The first was made from grapes sourced from several of the vineyards in the region, the next was from one particular vineyard and the last from a small plateau within the vineyard.

There were noticeable differences, but as everyone’s palate is unique, we can’t say which wine a customer will enjoy the most but we can tell you the story behind it.

Other products are more difficult to describe, sometimes due to regulations. For

example, the U.S. Department of the Treasury regulates vodka by defining it as one of the “neutral spirits so distilled, or so treated after distillation with charcoal or other materials, as to be without distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color.”

Despite the regulation, vodka brands are diverse and range in price significantly based on their own characteristics. Grains, corn, potatoes, grapes and other plant materials are distilled to produce vodka. Even the water used in the distilling process is often a claim to fame. Iceberg Vodka is distilled from peaches and cream corn and uses water harvested from icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

The ingredients and the process do deliver discernible differences, even in vodka.

Various vodka manufacturers describe their products as tasting sweet, spicy, vanilla, creamy and everything in between. We also think of the finish of the product and how long it lingers on your palate. When buying any spirit, consideration should be given to the intended use, the flavor and finish, and even the plant source if you are looking for a particularly pure or glutenfree product.

It’s common to use wine in food recipes, but spirits can also be used. The cooking process burns off some of the

Seafood Medley with Vodka Sauce Ingredients (4 servings) 12 large shrimp 8 large scallop 1 lb. fish of your choice 4 portions cooked pasta

Sauce:

1/4 cup butter 1 diced onion 1/2 cup vodka 28 oz. can of crushed tomatoes 1/2 pint heavy cream 1 tsp. dried basil Pinch of dried oregano Pinch of sea salt 8 oz. fresh shredded parmesan cheese Chopped fresh basil or parsley for garnish

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Adding vodka to a sauce has many purposes, including to bring out otherwise inaccessible flavors in tomatoes. alcohol but not all, so this is a “grown-up” recipe. One of my all-time favorites that we have been featuring lately at Hurricane Hanks is a vodka sauce based dish. I tend to shy away from rich and acidic pasta sauces, and instead enjoy lighter and creamier sauces. Adding vodka to the sauce has many purposes; to coax the flavours out of the tomatoes that are otherwise inaccessible, to act as an

emulsifier that prevents the cream from separating due to the acidity of the tomatoes and finally to provide lingering heat to the sauce without excessive use of spices.

The sauce can be used with any pasta although we prefer a broad noodle like Pappardelle and with any seafood or chicken. Buy extra vodka so you can also enjoy a martini or two while you cook!

Over medium heat saute onion in butter until soft. Deglaze the pan by pouring in vodka and cook for 10 minutes. Use caution at this point as the vodka may flame. Mix in the crushed tomatoes and cook for 30 minutes. Pour in the heavy cream and cook for another 20 minutes.

While waiting for sauce to finish, cook pasta according to instructions and saute the seafood in a separate pan until fully cooked. Season sauce with remaining ingredients, add cooked seafood to the sauce and pour over portioned pasta. Top with shredded parmesan cheese and basil and enjoy!

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he red tide is gone! I don’t know anybody that isn’t elated that the most recent harmful algae bloom is absent from local waters. Cross any bridge, look out at the bay and you’ll be convinced that all is well. The water is clear and there are large areas of flats that appear covered with sea grass.

Unfortunately, things are not what they seem.

While it’s true that the water in the bay is crystal clear, this same clear water is revealing what may be a “ticking time bomb”. Large areas of Sarasota Bay, even some close to the passes and enjoying

daily flushing, are choked with algae. The clear water also affords a look into the bay and my experience over the last few weeks has been discouraging. In areas that are generally flush with mullet you could sit and count off the minutes without seeing one of the ubiquitous fish jump. There are signs of recovery, as bait enters the bay and mulllet are again starting to make an appearance. Still, after dealing with red tide events since the early 80’s this is one of the slowest recoveries I can remember.

If there’s a “proverbial” pony anywhere, it’s that people who in the past quickly reverted to the “out of sight, out of mind” school of thought, are asking important questions. When Realtors and developers realize that the price of inaction on water quality incurs a serious cost we may be finally rounding a corner towards awareness.

The first line of defense lies with our local politicians who enact the laws that protect our water, air and land. Let’s not forget that they work for us. Unfortunately, the public, and I include myself, has not been as engaged as they need to be in this decision-making process. Hopefully that’s changing. Residents of Manatee County need to get behind commissioners who are working to address water quality issues. They are currently tackling the need to establish a dedicated source of funding to improve water quality. Residents are encouraged to learn about this initiative and get involved in assuring that common sense rules, regulations and infrastructure support us economically as well as protecting the quality of life that we enjoy.

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Jess Sturtevant, Captain David White, and Terry Jones happily show off a pair of African Pompano caught offshore with Anna Maria Charters.

African pompano show up offshore CAPTAIN DAVID WHITE

The full moon has had things going pretty nuts in the waters around our little paradise lately. Fishing has been completely stellar.

Inshore, the snook, trout, redfish, Spanish mackerel and spotted seatrout are being caught with regularity. Especially the snook. Although they are out of season, they are a blast to catch on light tackle.

Readily eating pilchards and even flies. The shallow grass

flats, mangroves and even the beaches are holding these fish.

Seatrout are starting to show up pretty good as well. They have to be over 15 inches and under 20 inches. So be sure to measure them before they hit the cooler.

Offshore, the blackfin tuna seem to have hit the area pretty well. These tasty critters are phenomenal fighters.

So are kingfish. They have been showing up pretty good as well. Red grouper and

mangrove snapper have been filling the coolers out there as well. Lastly, African pompano have been a main target for us offshore. These beautiful animals are found in deep depths around 150 feet. We’re using large pinfish or grunts as bait to get you hooked up. You are only allowed two per vessel.

I can only assume that fishing will get better the closer we get to April. Good luck out there.

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in Tallahassee, there is resistance to doing the “right thing”. A good example is legislation that Manatee County State Representative Will Robinson and (a companion bill)

by State Senator Joe Gruders

of Sarasota, have introduced to monitor and inspect septic tanks, thought to be a leading problem in water pollution. The bills would require the state health department to identify all onsite systems in the state and compile that information in a database.

Beginning in 2022, the bill would require onsite systems to be inspected at least once every five years unless the system is covered by an

operating permit.

What appears to be common sense legislation is being intensely lobbied by entities like state restaurant and homeowner associations. The arguments seem to be the same - that the bill would be too expensive and cause economic hardship to the interested parties. What’s missing from this reasoning is the understanding that not addressing these issues will actually be more expensive for those that oppose it, not to mention future generations of Floridians. It’s time that we all take a more pro-active role in addressing these critical issues.

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Fish fry The demand outstripped the supply at Friday evening’s fish fry at Annie Silver Community Center. The fish, generously supplied by Karen Bell of A.P. Bell Fish Co., was gobbled up within the first hour. AMI Privateer John Swager and his wife, Cindy, fried the fish and, in addition to the fish, served hush puppies, cole slaw, mac and cheese and desserts.

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Fashion show proves how much shoppers can save Roser Community Church held its annual Roser Guild Fashion Show on Tuesday, March 12, to raise money and to showcase the clothes for sale at the Roser Thrift Store across the street from the church. The 125 attendees enjoyed lunch at tables that had decorative centerpieces from Joyce Karp, director of The Studio at Gulf and Pine. Emcee Ginger Huhn read a description of each outfit, put together by the 15 models from the racks of the store.

She also read how much each outfit cost to the “oohs” and “aahs” of the audience. The average outfit cost slightly more than $20 and most of the models bought their outfits and the attendees were free to buy the rest.

Pictured right, Gretchen Petraske wore a lavender blouse with white slacks and a big white hat with a lavender decoration. Her outfit cost $12. Curt Huhn, husband of emcee Ginger Huhn, wore a houndstooth shirt with a gray argyle sweater.

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Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island (AGAMI) Education Chairperson Donna Grossman presented a check for $300 to Samoset Elementary School Principal Maribeth Mason and Mayra Ocasio-Cuadrado recently to purchase supplies for a new mural entitled “Embracing Mother Earth.” Third-, fourthand fifth-grade students will turn a plain courtyard into a place of beauty.

According to the guild, the G in AGAMI not only stands for Guild, it stands for “giving.” For 30 years, the Artists’ Guild has been granting scholarships, funding school projects and giving back to the community in countless ways.

Pickleball court expanded At the request of users, the pickleball court at Lou Barolo South Park in Bradenton Beach is now 10 feet longer and four feet wider. The changes were made to help prevent players from getting injured when leaving the paved court and entering the shell-covered boundaries while chasing down a ball. The improvements made to the Community Redevelopment Agency-funded court built in 2017 were made using approximately

$4,000 of the $7,000 in additional CRA funds recently authorized for the project.

Lou Barolo Park is located on Highland Avenue, near the police station. Public Works Director Tom Woodard said the pickleball court on the north end of town at Herb Dolan Park will be resurfaced with green PicklePave paint after the peak tourist season to help distinguish it from the basketball court it sits within.

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Museum spotlights Coast Guard

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

CORTEZ – Members of the crew of Coast Guard Station Cortez gave Florida Maritime Museum visitors an overview last week of the history and mission of the service and what they and their shipmates do each day.

The museum is hosting an exhibit, “Always Ready: United States Coast Guard in Florida,� through May 26.

The Coast Guard’s predecessor organization was formed in 1789 to tend lighthouses; the Coast Guard was established a year later with missions including tariff enforcement, smuggling interdiction, coastline chart making and quarantine enforcement, said Petty Officer Charles Richter, Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class.

The modern Coast Guard was created in 1915, serving in World War I, then enforcing Prohibition beginning in 1919. In World War II the service was involved in Pearl Harbor, D-Day and other major battles, producing a Medal of Honor recipient, Douglas Munro, who saved 500 Marines, he said.

In 1957, a Coast Guard icebreaking cutter made the first northwest passage transit, Richter said. During the Vietnam War,

patrol boats blocked enemy forces from receiving supplies.

In recent times, the Coast Guard has intercepted a floating 1959 Buick carrying Cuban refugees, as well as intercepting refugees from Haiti and Central America, Petty Officer Whitney Drake, Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class, told the group.

In 1973, the service performed its first counterdrug operation, has participated in chemical and oil cleanups, including the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon disasters, and responded to the Twin Towers on 9/11, she said.

Under the Department of Homeland Security since 2003, the Coast Guard’s missions include fisheries law enforcement, maintenance of aids to navigation, marine safety, port security, drug interdiction, search and rescue, defense readiness, migrant interdiction, marine environment protection, ice operations and law enforcement.

With 41,598 on active duty, the Coast Guard also has 7,997 reservists, 8,342 civilians and 31,419 auxiliary members.

The group learned that each day, on average, the Coast Guard: • Saves 10 lives • Performs four search and rescue operations • Saves $1.2 million in property

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From left, Whitney Drake, Brooks Hollingshead and Charles Richter, of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Cortez, gave museum visitors an overview of what they do as part of a museum exhibit on the Coast Guard. • Seizes 874 pounds of cocaine and 214 pounds of marijuana • Intercepts 17 illegal immigrants • Escorts five high-capacity vessels such as cruise ships and ferries • Makes 24 security boardings for life jackets and other equipment • Screens 360 merchant vessels for drugs and human trafficking • Makes 14 fisheries conservation boardings • Services 82 buoys a day • Investigates 35 pollution incidents

• Completes 26 safety inspections of foreign vessels Museum visitors also saw a demonstration of personal safety items, including a ring buoy and EPIRBs (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons), which crew members encouraged boaters to carry, and learned about how to retain as much heat as possible if stranded in cold water by pulling legs and arms close to the body.

More information about Coast Guard operations in Florida is on display at the museum.

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REAL ESTATE

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Technology can't replace real estate brokers T echnology has done as much to change the real estate industry as Henry Ford did to change the production of automobiles. However, where Henry Ford brought the cost of cars way down with his technology, the real estate industry hasn’t adjusted their fees. But before every real estate broker within 50 miles of Anna Maria starts calling me, let me give you the pros and cons of this debate.

Yes, it’s true that house hunters can go online and see virtually every house on the market in their chosen area; and it's also true that buyers frequently call brokers after they have sifted through the online housing inventory and are ready to get inside the property, and yes, it’s also true that brokers are saving a lot on gasoline by not driving customers around for days on end like we all did years ago.

But none of this tells the real story.

Let’s start with selling your home and determining a listing price. It’s pretty

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LOUISE BOLGER easy to gather a bunch of comparable properties that have sold in your area from realtor websites and county records, but are they really comparable?

You haven’t been inside these properties, so you don’t really know how they compare. Active local brokers have been in a lot of closed properties and they have the ability to analyze selling prices and recommend where your house should be listed. If your house sells fast because it was priced correctly, you’ll quickly forget about the real estate commission.

How about showing your home, do you want to field calls and schedule

appointments with buyers who may not be qualified financially or who may just be kicking tires. And don’t dismiss the importance of negotiating once a buyer comes forward with an offer. No matter how successful you are in your business life, negotiating real estate offers are a different animal, the element of emotions when you're negotiating on your own home can’t be overstated.

Finally, here in Florida it’s not uncommon to be selling to an out of state or out of country buyer. Navigating the details of these transactions can be tricky unless you have someone who has been through it. Not to mention selling a property from out of state that needs to be cleaned out and ready for sale, another job that Florida brokers are set up to do.

What about buyers, why do they need to call a broker after they’ve done all the work on their smart phones. If you’re sitting in New Jersey in February looking at beach properties on

Anna Maria they all look great. You really need the advice of a local broker to educate you especially in a specialized area like Anna Maria.

Are you relocating permanently and need advice about schools, are you buying a second home and need advice about rental possibilities, or do you simply want to know the quality of the restaurants in the area? All of this, the really important and the really not so important is where someone with years of local knowledge becomes crucial.

I love the real estate technology available to everyone today, I love that you can see every property that’s on the MLS, but this technology has been around for about 10 years and real estate professionals are still going strong.

There must be some reason, maybe the brokers just decided to get out of their cars and realigned their priorities. Just like Henry Ford, technology is meant to enhance not replace.

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Parking reduction request continued The developer is proposing four parking spaces; city code requires at least eight.

BY JOE HENDRICKS SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com

BRADENTON BEACH – Facing city commission denial, developer Michael Hynds asked for a continuation of his request to add four vacation rental units to the eight retail and restaurant spaces in his plaza at 119 Bridge Street.

Hynds needs a city commission-approved parking reduction to move forward with his plans. The commission expressed no support for a parking reduction at the quasi-judicial public hearing held during the Thursday, March 21 commission meeting. The hearing has been continued until June 6, which gives Hynds time to revise his plans.

Hynds hopes to amend the original Planned Unit Development (PUD) plans approved by a previous commission in 2014 and he said the parking requirements have changed since then. He proposed one parking space, one golf cart parking space and bike racks for each of the four rental units he hopes to build on the backside of his property that extends from Bridge Street to Third Street South.

City Planner Alan Garrett’s memo says city code requires two parking spaces for

each residential unit, plus an additional 10 percent. According to code, Hynds needs 8.8 parking spaces to meet his additional parking requirements. That number would typically be rounded up to nine, but it could possibly be rounded down to eight with the PUD zoning.

In January, the Planning and Zoning Board voted 3-2 to recommend commission approval of the development request. Board members expressed concerns about the parking reduction, the proposed location of the trash dumpster, landscape buffering and the construction staging area.

The board recommendation included stipulations that the dumpster be placed under the building instead of along Third Street South and that a written worksite staging plan be submitted and adhered to.

Vice Mayor Jake Spooner recused himself from the discussion and vote because he owns adjacent properties.

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“We are very aware of the parking problem and that’s why we put a lot of effort into trying to educate visitors before they arrive.

They don’t need to fly in, pick up a rental car and drive to the Island just for it to sit all week,” Hynds told the commission.

He said the golf carts would be provided by a third party as needed.

Hynds said a similar approach has been

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This rendering illustrates what the proposed vacation rental units would look like. tried at his other rental properties and the response has been generally positive. He said some older visitors are afraid to drive street-legal golf carts and visitors that live within driving distance prefer to bring their own cars.

Chappie said he likes the concept, but the reality is there will be two, three or four cars there on the first day and more as the week progresses.

“I’m having problems getting there,” he said.

Commissioner Marilyn Maro said golf carts require as much space as cars and she doesn’t see how that’s going to reduce congestion.

Mary Bell lives in the Old Bridge Village condominiums that face the rear of Hynds’ property. She said she’s not anti-develop-

ment and she feels the first phase of Hynds project was a “win-win.”

Her biggest concern about his phase two proposal is the 55 percent reduction in parking. She said vacationers expect two parking spaces so friends and family can visit. She also said vacationers want their cars so they can drive off-Island to visit others and other locations.

Bell said a parking reduction is valuable to the developer and she asked what the city gets in return. She said it’s admirable trying to minimize car usage but promoting a concept on an advertising pamphlet is not a commitment.

Condominium association president Barbara Baker shares Bell’s concerns and she asked the commission to deny the request.

She read aloud a letter from the condo association that among other things said, “We are totally against the waiver for the parking.”

Baker manages four resorts on the Island and she said they all require two parking spaces per unit.

Commissioner Ralph Cole said giving Hynds a parking reduction would result in other developers expecting the same.

“I have a hard time justifying it,” Cole said.

Cole asked Hynds if he would consider building two residential units instead of four.

Hynds said that wasn’t financially feasible.

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Local gym Fit Crew to partner with Reveal Vitality BRADENTON – Fit Crew Bradenton and Reveal Vitality are forming a partnership which will allow the businesses to offer the next level of health and fitness. By offering professional nutrition counseling through Fit Crew and stateof-the-art scans and diagnostics through Reveal, the companies are able to better serve their clients and help them reach their health goals in a cost-effective, time-efficient and convenient manner.

“We have shared a passion for health and fitness for over nine years as well as the belief that most chronic illnesses stems from a lack of education regarding proper nutrition,” Reveal Vitality Founder Christopher Davis said. “After seeing that we had multiple mutual clients in our respective businesses, we recognized the incredible potential to truly elevate the health of our clients by combining our services.”

Currently, the partnership includes nutrition counseling, personal training, DEXA body composition and visceral fat measurement, circumference measurements, VO2 max and metabolic rate assessment, IV nutrient therapy, Ketone level measurement, and hormone balance evaluation and treatment. The businesses offer more comprehensive solutions to chronic health concerns and issues, and allow individuals to enjoy optimal health without many of the current medications that are prescribed to treat symptoms rather than underlying root causes.

For more information about the partnership and upcoming public seminars - or to schedule an appointment - please email info@fitcrewbradenton.com or info@revealvitality.com or visit www. fitcrewbradenton.com/fit-crew-x-revealvitality Reveal Vitality is a wellness and functional medicine practice with the mission of educating and empowering every individual to live a life of optimal health and wellness through nutrition,

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Reveal was founded by Davis, a triple board-certified integrative interventional cardiologist with a passion for educating and empowering individuals to take control of their own health by teaching simple lifestyle changes that have been overlooked by our medical establishment for years. He firmly believes that our bodies were designed to heal themselves given the proper nutrition.

Operating since 2010, Fit Crew is the collaborative effort of Niels Renzenbrink and Andrew Terman. Located at 608 19th Ave. W., Fit Crew is the largest independently-owned gym in Bradenton and offers a wide variety of group classes such as HIIT interval training, strength and conditioning, cardio, stretching, Olympic weightlifting, and youth classes - as well as personal training and nutrition counseling.

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Catch 'Diva Wars!'

Bottle boat battle is back

The Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra concludes its 2018-2019 concert season with “Diva Wars!” featuring soloists Michelle Giglio, Ashley Thunder Lowe, and Stella Zambalis, at SCF Neel Performing Arts Center, 5840 26th St. W. , Bradenton at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 31.

Guest Conductor Mark Sforzini, Artistic and Executive Director of the St. Petersburg Opera and Music Director of the Tampa Bay Symphony, will direct AMICCO’s soprano companion to its previous “Three Tenors” concert last year.

Violinist Andrea Guaita, 2017-2018 winner of AMICCO’s Young Artists Solo Competition, will also perform.

Tickets are available at www.AMICCO.org, the Anna Maria Island Chamber, 5313 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach and, if still available, at the door.

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Feb. 28 due to heavy rains that flooded the property where the pilings were stored. The truck delivery was delayed until March 1, which delayed the barge delivery from Tampa to Anna Maria until March 3.

“This delay was outside i+icon’s control,” Johnson’s change order request stated.

Saxena’s memo suggested the contractor could have anticipated these delays. Murphy said the truck delivery could have been confirmed before the barge departed.

Mark your calendar for the 41st annual Bottle Boat Regatta on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the water south of the Palma Sola Causeway. Teams build boats using empty plastic bottles to keep them afloat and paddles

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to propel them. The boats can be as exotic or as bare-bones as the teams want. Unfortunately, the boats lack rudders so the teams usually get off course. It’s a wet, fun time and admission is free.

Bring a chair and some sunscreen

and enjoy a burger and soda from the grill. The Bottle Boat Regatta is part of the Hernando de Soto Historical Society’s celebration of the area’s history.

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Celebrate Tingley Library The Tingley Memorial Library in Bradenton Beach will host a “Celebration of Life Week” from Tuesday, April 9 through Saturday, April 13. The week-long celebration is in remembrance of Beulah Tingley, the benefactress who posthumously provided

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Folks are invited to stop by and view Beulah Tingley’s biographical information, personal photographs, articles and memorabilia on display at the library. The celebration will also feature $4 annual library memberships,

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SPORTS

MARCH 27, 2019

Hashmark Sports defeats veteran Ugly Grouper squad

BY MONICA SIMPSON SPECIAL TO THE SUN

The Center field was the venue for the adult flag football quarterfinal playoff games Thursday night. In the crisp spring breeze, the community center’s new Youth Program Coordinator, Tim Holly, brought his young team, Hashmark Sports, to battle against Charles Buky and the Ugly Grouper squad.

As the clear underdogs, having a slow start to the season, Hashmark Sports struggled to stop Ugly Grouper’s Jon Moss and Nick Sato. Moss quickly ran a long route for the first down reception, giving Sato a chance to score.

Buky’s QB skills hit Sato for the first touchdown of the game. Failing to get the point after, Holly’s team took the field six points down.

Trying to find their groove, Matteo Ferris threw the ball with confidence to his main go-to receiver Anthony Mannino. Despite moving the football into Ugly Grouper territory, Hashmark Sports could not find the end zone.

Despite most of the team being just out of high school, Hashmark went out on the field with energy and determination. On defense, Holly showed why his team is a contender with a critical sack of Buky on the Ugly Grouper third down play.

After a first down play, Ferris threw a short pitch to Holly who ran the ball for critical yards after. Sato prevented the touchdown with a big flag pull.

Hashmark Sports’ Jaret Rojas took the snap and found Mannino in the end zone to tie the important playoff game.

Playing hard for the win, emotions began to flare up on the Hashmark team as a bad pass to Holly forced the team to get the first down on the next play.

Ugly Grouper’s key veteran player Christina “Dina” Calvary used her speed to chase the Hashmark Sports quarterback all around the backfield. Finally getting free, Holly caught the first down pass.

Quickly calling the timeout with 18 seconds left in the half. Mannino with the football gave a little juke and sidestep to get past the Ugly Grouper defender and into the end zone.

Moss tipped the extra point pass, leaving the score at the half 6-12.

The last 20 minutes of the game started with Ugly Grouper on offense. The floater pass by Buky was intercepted by Mannino, sparking the team’s energy once again.

Mike Brusso rushed the Hashmark Sports quarterback Rojas, nearly getting the sack. Just before Brusso could get there,

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Above, Hashmark Sports’ Chris Smith makes his way down the field toward his sister on defense, Ugly Grouper’s Dina Calvary, in last Wednesday night’s quarterfinal game. Left, Ugly Grouper’s Jon Moss makes his move against defender Joey Carder for Hashmark Sports.

Rojas pitched the football back to Holly behind the line of scrimmage, but he got caught by the Ugly Grouper defender for a loss of yardage.

With a diving Calvary flag pull Mannino was stopped at the original line of scrimmage leading to a third down play in the pass only zone.

Ferris gained the first down, but the team just could not cross the line into the end zone on the next three snaps.

The short catch of Sato was stopped by a double flag pull by Holly. Mannino was on Moss for the immediate stop after the catch on second down. Moss was Buky’s target on the third down pass, but he was stopped just short of the first down.

On the next possession, Hashmark Sports quickly turned over the football with an interception by Moss. Players on the two teams lost their heads as words were said and testosterone filled the air.

Both teams calmed down and resumed play with a big first down catch by Brusso.

The big catch by Moss was followed by a key flag pull by Joey Carder preventing the score. Despite a beautiful diving catch by Moss, the Ugly Grouper squad could not put six points on the scoreboard.

Holly grabbed the ball three yards short of the first down with five minutes left in the game. Hashmark took the football all the way down the field, but just could not break the scoring barrier to widen their lead.

One minute on the clock is plenty for a skilled and focused Buky as quarterback.

Moss caught the first catch for Ugly Grouper only to be followed by a Mannino stop.

With Brusso as the center and rushing obstacle, Holly sped around him to make the sack on Buky. Ugly Grouper quickly called a time out.

At third down and lots of field left to conquer, a bad snap to Buky was all it took to end the game, giving the Hashmark Sports team their seat in semifinal action as the #5 seed.

In the second quarterfinal game of the night Gulfview Windows, playing without Jordan Demers, lost in a very close battle against Beach House Real Estate. The game looked like it might go into overtime play, but the solid combination of Chad Woods and Chris Gillum just could not be stopped.

The regular season top finishers Progressive Cabinetry will be taking on Hashmark Sports at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 28.

Lancaster Design, the second seed team, takes on the Gillum and the rest of the Beach House Real Estate crew at 6:30 p.m.

April 4 at 7:30 p.m. is the setting for the much anticipated championship game at The Center.

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OBITUARIES Austin F. Rice Sr. Austin F. Rice Sr., 89, passed away on Monday March 4th, 2019 surrounded by his family at the Brookdale Care Center in Bradenton, Fla. He was born Jan. 7, 1930 in Des Moines, IA. Austin attended Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. He went on to attend Iowa State University and also served in the Marine Corps.

In 1950, Austin married Mary Patricia Rasmussen (Pat) and they had three children. In 1955, Austin founded ServiceMaster By Rice which is now one of the largest ServiceMaster franchises in the country. He proudly passed down the company to his two sons. He was a member of The Breakfast Club and the Rotary Club of Des Moines.

After many great years in Iowa, Austin and Pat retired to warmer weather on Anna Maria Island, Florida in 2000.

Austin will be remembered for being a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He is survived by his wife, Pat; his two sons Austin Rice Jr. and Joe Rice (Kim) of Des Moines, IA; and his Daughter Susan Althoff (Steve) of St. Pete Beach, Fl; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. F.W. and Jessie Rice; his sisters Rosemary Frost, Annabel Rice; and his daughter-in-law Abby Rice.

His family will announce arrangements at a later date for the memorial service that will be held in Des Moines, Iowa. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of Iowa at https://www.alz.org/ iowa or at 1730 28th St, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

Richard Allen Rose Richard Allen Rose, age 74, passed away on March 20, 2019.

Born in Syracuse, New York on Nov. 03, 1944, he wasn’t much of a fan of the cold weather.

He moved to Miami, Florida, with his family in 1970. For his love of the great outdoors, he pursued a lifelong career as a land surveyor. He finally settled in Bradenton, Florida in 1981 then retiring in 2007. He loved loud music, NASCAR, and shooting pool with his buddies. You would always find his garage door open to welcome friends, neighbors, or anyone who just wanted to stop by and say “hi.”

He was also a huge Miami Dolphins

fan. You could guarantee that when the temperature dropped below 70 degrees, he would be sporting his bright turquoise Dolphin’s jacket. He also loved all holidays spent with family, but his favorite holiday was the 4th of July.

So, the next time you see fireworks, raise a glass in his honor and know that the sparkle in his eye will be shining down on all who knew and loved him. He was a fun loving, kind soul.

He will be greatly missed by all whose lives he touched.

He is survived by his daughters, Denise and son-in-law, Joseph of Anna Maria, Michele and her partner, Nader, of Sarasota; brothers, William Rose of Bradenton, James and Patricia Rose of Dallas Texas, Robert and Rebecka Rose of Logan Utah; and sister, Kathleen Rose of Syracuse New York.

No service has been planned at this time. A celebration of Life will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory 43rd Street Chapel. Condolences may be made to www.brownandsonsfuneral.com.

John van Zandt John van Zandt, age 70, died peacefully at home March 9, 2019 with his daughters and his wife, Christine by his side.

John was “Juan” to his two grandchildren, Will and Sophia, who adored him. They couldn’t pronounce “John” so now he also is known as Juan to the rest of the family.

John was a gentleman, quick witted and kind with a love for nature and love of life. He was an avid reader, always with a tower of books by his bedside. We often had to listen closely for a quip, twisted word or a pun. He remained incredibly good-natured and determined with his great sense of humor throughout the past year as he fought “The Beast” Glioblastoma brain cancer.

John was born in Ft. Lauderdale and he lived near the Atlantic Ocean where he first began to love the water. His family lived in a little Florida cottage with the old ceiling fans to keep the house cool. They slept listening to the waves and the sounds of the ocean.

The family then moved to Houston where his father built swimming pools.

One of John’s many jobs was being a pool boy. He loved saying he cleaned George Bush’s pool. Barbara always came out and brought him an ice cold Coca Cola. John had lots of different jobs and always had a story.

He grew up in simple times when he and his friends threw longboards and cots into the back of the car, slept on the beach and surfed all day.

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was to Mazatlán, Mexico. They caught some great waves. Then they saw these amazing giant waves stacking up like a chain off shore and marveled at the power of the ocean. They rode the rip tide out. He pushed his board and said he felt like he was like riding on the back of a whale. Sometimes the waves won. One particular wave sent him crashing into a bed of sea urchins. Ouch. The biggest thrills were the times he rode the tube as the wave curled over him. He got excited just telling the stories about the exhilaration of touching the wave, feeling the speed.

All these years he has remained friends with his Sigma Nu brothers from the University of Houston. The brothers kept in touch and called John throughout this past year reliving the good times and talking sports.

Evidently, John was usually in the center of much of their shenanigans.

Somewhere along the line he got the nickname "Governor," which they still call him.

John left Houston with his first wife and their two daughters Erin and Angela to find a better place to bring up their two children. After a year traveling in Mexico and living in parts of the South, they settled on Anna Maria.

John immediately jumped into activities with his kids by coaching soccer. One year he and Gib Bergquist coached a team that was described in Gib’s book Cracker Crumbs “The Perfect Record.” They did not win a game, not even one, but there were many teaching moments. Really, just one win wouldn’t have hurt. At Anna Maria Elementary School, John and a gang of dads created an epic haunted house at the Halloween Carnival. It is legendary and still remembered by kids who have since grown up!

John grew up loving the water, so Anna Maria was paradise for him. Here he began his life with Chris and her daughter Ana with visits from Erin and Angela. They had a mutual love for boating and sailing. They often ended their day with sailing on Tampa Bay for a couple hours. He joined racing crews

with the Manatee Sailing Association and raced on Tampa Bay, along the west coast of Florida and to Key West and Cuba.

He moved onland and began playing racquetball with as much enthusiasm.

In recent years he took up pickleball at the Center, always taking his competitive spirit and good nature with him and making friends along the way.

John and Chris had a mutual love for baseball and enjoyed Spring Training at McKechnie Field every year. He was a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic birder. He took several birding trips to Texas, Costa Rica and Mexico with his brother Rob, an experienced bird guide. John always traveled with a pair of binoculars. He led the Christmas Bird Counts several years.

Each year John and Chris spent fall at their second home in Northeast Harbor, Maine enjoying their friends, reading, breathing the cool air, birding and exploring the trails of Mt. Desert Island.

John was in marketing and advertising for many years and then began his real estate career with Island Real Estate. He was a lucky man who believed he didn’t have a job because he loved his work so much.

He is survived by the love of his life, Christine, daughters Erin, Angela and Ana, his grandchildren Will and Sophia, his brother Rob and his family.

In lieu of flowers the family requests if you prefer that you make a donation to the scholarship “Make Your Own Way” van Zandt Family Scholarship through the Kiwanis Foundation. The scholarship was created by John to provide opportunities for non-college bound students who are eager to begin work in careers that do not require a college degree, but require advanced technical and mechanical training, certification and apprenticeship.

John and his family believe every student deserves an opportunity for a bright future.

Mail checks to: Bradenton Kiwanis Foundation, Note:” Make Your Own Way,” c/o Jack Hawkins, 1023 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 34205.

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it with him. The officer could not find him by the name that he gave and the diver finally admitted his license was suspended for a DUI. 3/14, fraud, 600 block of Concord Lane.

The victim said a credit card account was opened under his name without his permission or knowledge.

3/14, fraud, 600 block of Foxworth. The victim said a credit card account was opened under his name without his permission or knowledge.

3/14, burglary, 600 block of Emerald Lane. The complainant said she suspected a woman who she had watch over her cats while she was on trips was stealing from her home.

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3/13, fraudulent use of a credit card, 100 block of Willow Avenue. The victim was on a cruise and out of cell phone range when he learned his credit card was compromised.

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3/14, driving with a suspended license, giving false ID, Gulf Drive at Manatee Avenue. The officer stopped the driver for running a four-way stop. When asked for his license, he said he did not have

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24 Word before or after "mother" Answers to 03-20-19 Crossword Puzzle.

25 Shows mercy 26 Assured payment of, as a loan 29 Duplicate again 31 Michelin product 32 New York border lake 33 Watch over, as sheep 34 Peru's capital 35 River to the Caspian 36 Bellyache 37 2007 Amy Adams film 39 Family car 48 Tycoon Onassis 50 Sheepish youngster?

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13 UNIT RESORT: $4,799,000 Bradenton Beach on Gulf Dr. WAREHOUSE: 9300 sq ft possible Machine Shop w/ Heavy Duty Elect. Or Car Storage. So many Possibilities. Near SRQ Airport. $595,000. Island Real Estate Alan Galletto 941232-2216

COMPUTER SERVICES EMPIRE COMPUTER SERVICE Computer problems fixed in your home or office. The fastest friendliest service around. Serving the Island since 2004. Call 941-739-6424

EMPLOYMENT JESSIE’S ISLAND STORE 5424 Marina Dr, Holmes Beach has immediate openings for 2 positions.

Daytime Cashier 5am-2pm 3 days a week. Part time Deli clerk 15-20 hours per week. See Jimmy or April for more details 941-7786903

FISHING CHARTERS CAPT. MAC GREGORY Fishing Charters. Full Day, Half Day, Night, Inshore & Near Shore. 941-809-5783 U.S.C.G. Certified/Insured

FOR SALE VARIDESK CUBE CORNER 36, two tier design and keyboard deck.

Heavyweight base for stability. Color black.

Also Varidesk sitting/ standing chair and floor mat. All perfect condition. All pieces new $805. Asking $250. Call Steve 941-724-2728.

GARAGE, MOVING, RUMMAGE & YARD SALES ROSER THRIFT SHOP & ANNEX Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:30a.m2pm. Saturday 10a.m.1p.m Donations preferred Wednesdays 9am-11a,m, 511 Pine Ave., Anna Maria Phone 941-779-2733

HOME IMPROVEMENTS TILE! TILE! TILE! All variations of tile supplied and installed. Quality workmanship. Prompt, reliable, many Island references. Free estimates.

Neil 941-726-3077 RENOVATION SPECALIST ALL carpentry repairs, Wash Family Construction, locally owned and operated CBC 1258250 Call 941-7250073.

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“More than just a Painter!”

Drywall, pressure washing, handyman services and hauling. Call David 941-565-9446 Carroll 941773-4777

KERN CONSTRUCTION NEW Homes & Remodel.

Design/Build. Since 1968.

License # CRC1327296.

Call Jerry Kern 941-7781115 www.kernconstructioninc.com BATH ROOM & KITCHEN REMODELING. Anna Maria Home Accents. 25 years experience. Call 786-318-8585 LIGHTHOUSE PROPERTY INNOVATIONS LLC State Certified General Contractor (Lic. #CGC 1515821) New Construction, Renovations & Additions. Call 941-266-7500 HOME IMPROVEMENT Michigan General Contractor 30+ yrs. experience. Large or small projects. Budget minded knowledgeable tradesman will complete your project start to finish: On Time/On Budget. Call Mike 616-204-8822.

MASTER CARPENTER. Decks-Docks-FencingStairs & Railing. Free Estimates. Handyman Work. Call Richard 941448-3571 JSAN CORPORATION Renovations and Handyman Services 941-2430995 jsancorporation@gmail. com Flooring, Drywall, Painting, Repairs, Kitchen and Bathrooms, Trim & Doors.

Credit Cards Accepted.

HOME SERVICES HOME REPAIR. Anna Maria Home Accents. 25 years experience. Call 786-318-8585

ISLE TILE EXPERT INSTALLATION of floors, custom showers, backsplash, deck/lanai.

Licensed and insured.

References available.

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R. GAROFALO’S Interlocking brick pavers, driveways, patios, pool decks. Free estimates. Licensed & Insured.

Call Rafael 941-778-4823 or Veronik 941-526-7941 SHELL DELIVERED AND spread $55/yd. Hauling all kinds of gravel, mulch, top soil with free estimates. Call Larry at 941-795-7775, "shell phone" 941-720-0770 STRAIGHT SHOT LANDSCAPE. Specializing in Old Florida Seashell driveways and scapes. Also Rock, Mulch, & Soil. Free estimates. Call Shark Mark 941-301-6067

LOST & FOUND LOST ON HOLMES AVE. small green pouch with credit cards. If found call 941-264-4980 REWARD! LOST WHITE GOLD 18 carat wedding band on Anna Maria Island on beach near Sandbar Restaurant. Call 352-484-4040 if found.

LOST ON AMI near the curve at Bradenton beach in the gulf a small red ricoh underwater camera and a size 14 gold wedding band of 25 years. reward if found. Has very sentimental pictures that I cannot duplicate the camera had a half of a lanyard attached to it and on the clip of the lanyard was my wedding ring. Call 205-223-1548

MOVING & STORAGE MARTIN’S MOVING YOUR Island movers! Offering dependable, competitive rates. No hidden costs. 941-809-5777.

PAINTING & WALLCOVERING PAINT! PAINT! AND MORE 28 years of experienced interior/exterior custom painting. Pressure cleaning, drywall repairs and texture finishes. Many Island references. Please call Neil for free estimates.

941-812-0507 “WIZARD OF WALLS” Established 1980 Prompt quality service.

Paperhanging/removal Faux finishes. Interior painting. Mary Bell Winegarden 941-794-0455 PROFESSIONAL PAINTING SERVICES. Prompt & Reliable. Island Resident.

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Interior/Exterior. Also minor repairs & carpentry. Free written detailed estimates. Bill Witaszek 941-307-9315

PERSONAL SERVICES MULTI SERVICES PROVIDER personal assistant, home administration, housekeeping, small dog care, ironing, sewing, Care giver. Call/ text Judy 941-726-5760

POOL SERVICES FOUR SEASONS POOL SERVICE AND CHEMICAL SERVICES. Certified Pool Operator. Residential/commercial. Chemical Service Licensed & Insured. Call Dennis Clark 941-737-5657 COLE'S TROPICAL POOL SERVICE Call Cole Bowers for all your pool maintenance needs! Affordable and Dependable!! 941-7131893

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FROM THE LOW $300’s. Only minutes from the beach, this new active adult community is perfectly located just south of Manatee Ave, off Village Green Pkwy.

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Luxurious amenities, pool, spa, gym, pickle ball and fenced-in dog park. HOA only $209/ month. Models open daily. Contact us 941254-3330 www.MirabellaFlorida.com CANAL FRONT HOMES Holmes Beach – GULF FRONT CONDOS Gulf Place, L’Plage, Vista Grande, SPW, 5400 – DUPLEXES & MORE Island Real Estate ASK Alan Galletto 941232-2216 DIRECT WATERFRONT on AMI! ONLY $599,000 Boat slip, garage & panoramic Skyway views! Call Kathleen White at 941-7730165 Island Real Estate KWhite35@tampabay. rr.com INCREDIBLE NEW CONSTRUCTION Home 407 Pine Ave! Prime location to shops, restaurants, bay and beach! $2,295,000 Call Charles Buky Coldwell Banker 941-228-6086 PERICO BAY CLUB! 2 miles from AMI! Largest floor plan available 1866sf. 640 Estuary NOW only $319,000! Call Erin Leathem at 941448-5616 Island Real Estate IslandEJ@gmail. com

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SNOWBIRDS GET YOUR Housing lined up for Next Year. For Sale by Owner. 2BR/2BA remodeled in Beautiful Cortez Co-Op Park. Water View.

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OPEN HOUSE- MONDAY, April 1, 11am -2 pm. 202 71st St, Holmes Beach 4BR/4BA Duplex $975,000.

Fran Maxon Real Estate 941-778-2307.

3BR/3BA POOL COTTAGE North Bay Blvd Anna Maria. $799,000 House on duplex lot.

Getting rare! 3BR/2BA Hillcrest Dr., Bradenton. Florida mid century house. NO FLOOD INSURANCE. $549,900.

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Ground floor. Reduced to $200,000, Community pool, trails with many amenities. Boyd Realty, Call Elizabeth Newgard 941348-5289 HOLMES BEACH BOATER'S PARADISE. 3BR/2BA Pool home on the Grand Canal.

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Great outdoor entertaining area. Close to Anna Maria Island. $2,600/ mo. ISLAND VILLAGE CONDO Great location across from Holmes Beach, Nice 2BR/2BA furnished second floor condo, 2 car garage, pool and tennis courts.

Immediate occupancy after HOA approval. $1,900/mo. Call Paige.

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2BR/2BA GROUND LEVEL in the UTC area. $1500.

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ANNUAL RENTALS- HOLMES BEACH 2BR/1.5BA duplex $1,750/mo, NW BRADENTON 2BR/1.5BA Furnished Condo w/ Pool/Clubhouse $1,400/ mo incl. all utilities. Fran Maxon Real Estate 941778-2307.

ANNUAL RENTAL BRADENTON BEACH 2BR/2BA storage and covered parking. 2 blocks to the beach $1700/mo. Call 925-5960785 ANNA MARIA CITY, 2BR/1BA half duplex, unfurnished. NO PETS! $1,200/mo - 1st, last, and security req'd. Call Sato Real Estate, Inc. at 941-778-7200 or email monica@satorealestate. com BRADENTON BEACH 2BR/2BA remodeled $2,000/mo. April 1 short or long term available April 1 Call 551-427-0248 SPACIOUS 1BR/1BA GROUND level Duplex.

Steps to Beach, screened lanai, wood floors. Small pet considered. $1050 + utilities. Available June 1.

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2BR/2BA REMODELED view of bay from deck, 5 houses to Gulf available Now to January summer rates available text 551427-0248

ANNA MARIA 20192020 SEASON. Beautiful 2BR/2BA ground level home with carport. 1 1/2 blocks to Gulf. Updated 2010, new kitchen w/granite counter tops, patio w/ outdoor furniture, plantation shutters, Flat screen TV's in every room. Call 941-5652373 1BR/1BA GROUND FLOOR CONDO for Seasonal rental. Heated pool, tennis court steps to Publix, CVS, public beach. evolvevacationrental.com #428578 Call 1-877-818-1013 BEAUTIFUL 3BR/2BA with pool in Village Green.

Furnished. Must see to appreciate! $1450/mo. Up to 8 months rental. Available April 10. Retired couple.

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TRANSPORTATION AMI TAXI metered-on-callcards accepted. Airport: Tampa $95, Sarasota $40, Clearwater $85, Orlando $165. Call 800-301-4816. amitaxi4u@gmail.com, www.amitaxi.com

ANYTIME TRANSPORTATION to all airports, appointments, casino, cruises, etc. Tampa $65. Sarasota $30. Pets welcome. Very dependable. Reasonable rates. Contact Jeanne.

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