The Islander Newspaper E-Edition: Wednesday, March 20, 2019

st. Paddy’s celebration. 14

indoor, outdoor tour. 25

MARCH 20, 2019 FREE

VOLUME 27, NO. 21

Par-a-dice awaits Astheworldterns. 6

‘fins to the right.’ 35

BB seeks to clarify court order on KORN ballot questions. 3 HB commission OKs comp plan RFP. 4 Dock assembly begins for Bridge Street pier. 5

Op-Ed

The Islander editorial, reader letters. 6

10-20 Years ago

From the archives. 7

Charter review continues in Holmes Beach. 8 AM charter review results in few changes. 8

Happenings

Community announcements, activities. 10-11 Make plans, save a date. 12-13

Meetings

On the government calendar. 15 HB agrees on limit for phased construction. 16 Researcher: Recent red tide bloom not natural occurrence. 18 AM proposes Pine Ave. improvements. 19

Gathering. 22 Obituaries. 23, 25 24 AM reviews signs. 26

Streetlife. 28 Habitat restoration continues at FISH Preserve. 29 ‘Sing’ out for songbirds.

31 Sports roundup, plus hole-in-one at KRC. 32 Inshore, offshore fishing heats up as March winds down. 33

isl BiZ In island business. 34 CLASSIFIEDS. 36 NYT Crossword. 39

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island mayors downshift paid beach parking

By Lisa Neff Islander Editor Before they see the beach, many Manatee Public Beach visitors see brake lights and turn signals as they circle the parking lot seeking a parking space.

Might they also someday see parking meters at Manatee County beaches, as well as at boat ramps?

The concept of paid-beach parking resurfaced in late February during a preliminary budget discussion among county commissioners.

At the meeting, Manatee County Commissioner Stephen Jonsson, whose district includes west Manatee, Anna Maria Island and north Longboat Key, observed Pinellas County beaches have paid-parking and that user fees can help pay for amenities.

“I am just supporting research to determine what the feasibility may be and what consequences might also develop,” Jonsson said in a statement March 14 to The Islander.

Island mayors, assembled March 11 at Anna Maria City Hall for an Island Transportation Planning Organization meeting, said they have an idea the consequences would be negative.

The ITPO consists of the island mayors and generally assembles before a meeting of the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization, which includes an island

Beachgoers walk to the Manatee Public Beach as motorists arrive to seek parking March 14 near the county-operated beach at 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Islander Photos: Lisa Neff body,” said Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy.

In Anna Maria, the county maintains Bayfront Park on the bayside, but the city owns the property.

In Holmes Beach, the county owns and maintains the Manatee Public Beach on the Gulf of Mexico and also operates the cityowned Kingfish Boat Ramp on Manatee Avenue.

In Bradenton Beach, the county owns remained, with a March 18 deadline for the and maintains the Cortez and Coquina defendants to respond. The Islander went to beaches, as well as the Leffis Key preserve and boat ramps on the bayside of the press March 18.

PLEASE SEE PArKiNG, PAGE 2 Commissioner Randy White, who attended the meeting by phone, voted “nay.”

The city settlement would require the defenPerry dants — Reed Mapes, Tjet Martin, John Metz, Patty Shay and Bill and Rose Vincent — to each pay fines of $500 and admit they violated Florida’s Government-in-the-Sunshine Law during meetings of the grass-roots group John van Zandt, 70, of Holmes Beach, Concerned Neighbors of Bradenton Beach, of which the defendants were members while died at home March 9 with his daughters and wife Christine by his side. also serving on volunteer city boards.

Nicknamed “Juan” by his adoring grandThe defendants responded March 8 with children Will and Sophia, who couldn’t proan “offer to compromise” to make a $10,000 donation to the Annie Silver Community nounce “John,” he quickly became known as Center and exclude any admission of guilt “Juan” to his family.

He was a gentleman, quick-witted and PLEASE SEE SUNSHiNe, PAGE 4 kind, with a love for nature and love of life.

Two of six defendants in the Sunshine law- He was an avid reader, always with a tower suit, Reed Mapes and John Metz, attend of books by his bedside. People often had to a city meeting in June 2018. Defendants, listen closely for a quip, twisted word or a however, were not notified of the March pun. He remained incredibly good-natured 12 discussion on their settlement offer and determined with his great sense of humor and were not represented at the meetthroughout the past year as he fought “The ing. Islander File Photo: Chrisann Silver Beast” — Glioblastoma brain cancer.

Esformes Please, see full obituary, page 25. mayor. The next MPO meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday, March 25, at the Holiday Inn Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, 8009 15th St. E., Sarasota.

At the ITPO meeting, Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth expressed concern that the county commission may consider instituting paid parking at its beaches.

“I think that’s going to impact every-

BB rejects sunshine lawsuit ‘compromise’

ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter Bradenton Beach commissioners aren’t budging.

At a March 12 commission work meeting, the mayor and commissioners voted 4-1 to direct city attorney Ricinda Perry to decline a compromise offered March 8 by the defendants to settle the lawsuit alleging they violated Florida’s GovernChappie ment-in-the-Sunshine Law when board members.

The lawsuit was initiated by ex-Mayor Jack Clarke and joined by the city against six former board members.

The motion stated the city’s settlement

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Titsworth replied, “And they’re talking about the boat ramps, too.”

At the Kingfish ramp March 14, Johan Rodriguez of Palmetto was putting his boat into the water.

Asked whether he’d pay to park at the ramp, Rodriguez said, “Don’t we already pay for this with our taxes?”

At the Manatee Public Beach, Martha Wilcox, a seasonal resident from Vermont, said she wouldn’t balk at paying for parking, provided parking was made more abundant.

“I don’t want to be asked to pay $10 an hour after driving around 30 minutes looking for a parking space,” she said. “If you are going to sell parking, you better have it to sell.”

Eight out of 10 beachgoers polled by The Islander said they wouldn’t mind paying to park at the public beach if the fee were modest and space abundant.

And yet, said Donna Snyder, who was visiting the island from Kansas City, Missouri, “If we knew of free parking, we’d probably use it.”

Titsworth, at the ITPO meeting, surmised that charging for parking at Manatee Public Beach would

push people to search for free parking in residential neighborhoods or encourage them to poach spaces at nearby businesses, specifically the Public Super Market on East Bay Drive.

Murphy said Anna Maria officials studied paid parking for the city and found “it doesn’t have any payback.”

Chappie said he would invite a county commissioner to attend the next Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials meeting — possibly in April — to discuss the matter.

Jonsson, to The Islander, said the next step might be a work session.

“I have absolutely no idea what revenues could be generated,” he stated, but revenue generated could be used to maintain the beaches and also encourage other modes of transportation to and on the island.

Near the meeting’s conclusion, Murphy observed it was the last session of the ITPO in Anna Maria for four years. The chair will shift to Chappie, and the meetings will take place at Bradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive, beginning at 2 p.m. Monday, May 6.

Isaac Hoffelmeyer, 5, of Sparta Illinois, waits for his parents David and Christina to unpack the family van March 14 at the Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. The family, including Amelia, 7, and Eden, 2, was on a spring holiday.

Another driver in a van from Ontario, loaded with people, is searching for parking.

Eden Hoffelmeyer, 2, of Sparta, Illinois, waits in her car seat while her parents unload beach gear at the Manatee Public Beach in Holmes Beach. The Hoffelmeyer family was on holiday March 14 from Sparta, Illinois. Islander Photos: Lisa Neff PArKiNG CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

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Bradenton Beach Mayor John Chappie observed, “One-third of our city is county property.”

“It would have a traumatic effect on our neighborhoods,” Chappie said of paid parking at the beaches.

“I was surprised when they came up with it all of a sudden.”

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Bradenton Beach seeks clarification of court order on KORN ballot

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter Some things can’t be left to interpretation.

The Bradenton Beach City Commission voted 4-0 March 11 to direct city attorney Ricinda Perry to seek clarification from Judge Lon Arend of the 12th Judicial Circuit Court on his ruling that four ballot initiatives proposed by a political action committee, Keep Our Residential Neighborhoods, must be submitted by the city to the Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Office for a future ballot.

Commissioner Randy White was absent with excuse.

The commission unanimously voted Feb. 21 not to appeal Arend’s ruling.

However, Perry said March 11 the judge contradicted himself by requiring the city to submit the initiatives to the SOE for verification for a future ballot, while also ruling the city is responsible for writing the ballot language to ensure compliance with state statutes. “The city did what it could to protect its citizenry from these initiatives and, unfortunately, the judge said they must go forward — but we’re not sure in what

format,� Perry said.

Perry said Arend left room in the order for parties to return to him with questions, so the city is seeking clarification.

Mayor John Chappie said the city did not want to start another legal dispute, but said seeking clarification “might save us some legal concerns later on down the road, and that gives the KORN attorney another opportunity to be a part of this process, and get some clarification. “I would think they’d want the utmost clarification, as we do, and as our residents, I’m sure, want,� he finished.

KORN’s petitioned charter proposals would: • Prohibit the construction of a multilevel parking garage in the city; • Require city commission vacancies be filled by election; • Prevent construction within setbacks; • Install a certified public manager as chief executive officer of the city.

The mayor and commissioners voted June 21, 2018, against placing KORN’s charter amendments

Parking consultant study suggests paid parking

For the ongoing Barrier Islands Traffic Study, a Tampa consulting firm evaluated parking on the islands in Manatee and Sarasota counties and offered a series of recommendations, including paid parking in key public areas.

The study by Walker Consultants, presented last April, listed eight general recommendations for the study area, including charging “a fee to park in the most convenient public parking locations� because “implementing a fee-to-park strategy will support a best-practice policy for managing demand by price.

The goal would be to make at least 15 percent of the localized parking inventory available for use at all times by creating parking turnover and encouraging

alternative transit and commuter options.�

Another recommendation was to use parking revenues to lease park-and-ride locations.

A third recommendation was to use parking revenues to support bonds to build structured public parking “convenient to public-use areas and commercial corridors.�

Specific to Anna Maria Island, the report recommended working with local churches to use parking lots, developing an electronic wayfinding system so motorists can find parking spaces, establishing parkand-ride locations on the mainland, and, in Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach, charging “a fee to park at designated public beach parking spaces.�

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on the ballot after Perry said the amendments would violate the city charter and failed to comply with state law.

KORN claimed it followed a state statute that reads, “The governing body of the municipality shall place the proposed amendment contained in the ordinance or petition to a vote of the electors.�

The founders of KORN, Reed Mapes and John Metz, requested a hearing to direct the city to put KORN’s proposed charter amendments on a ballot.

Perry, at the Sept. 6, 2018, hearing, argued the initiatives contained political rhetoric and exceeded the state-mandated word limits for ballot summaries and titles. KORN attorney Robert Hendrickson argued it is the city’s responsibility to generate ballot language for the amendments and ensure they comply with state law.

Arend agreed with Hendrickson and issued an order requiring that the city write the ballot language for inclusion in a special citywide election or the next regular election.

Commissioner Jake Spooner asked Perry if correspondence with Arend would provide answers for the city’s questions before the November election.

Perry said she couldn’t estimate a timeline. “It’s very unusual, the way that this has all transpired,� Perry said. “So, I can’t tell you ‘here’s the general process somebody follows.’ This is rare.�

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Holmes Beach commission approves comp plan bid request

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter Holmes Beach soon will request bids for a consultant to update the city’s comprehensive plan.

At a March 12 meeting, commissioners voted 4-0 to approve, with changes, a request for proposals written by members of the planning commission and Mary Buonagura, the city’s human resources analyst, to procure bids for a comp plan facilitator.

Mayor Judy Titsworth and Commissioner Pat Morton were absent with excuse.

A comp plan outlines community goals for growth and development, as well as details transportation, utilities, land use, recreation and housing policy and regulations.

The Holmes Beach plan was adopted in 1989 and last amended it in 2007.

The planning commission will review any bids filed and make a hiring recommendation to the city commission.

The city budgeted $50,000 for the project.

Commission Chair Jim Kihm asked if there is a prequalification period.

City attorney Patricia Petruff said no, but there are websites — such as the Florida Planning and Zoning Association website at fpza.org, and the Florida League of Cities at floridaleagueofcities.com — that allow government entities to advertise at no cost.

“You need to target your advertising,” she said, adding that she and other staff will spread the word to

County sets open houses to review flood maps

FEMA representatives and Manatee County officials will hold two meetings in April to answer questions about new preliminary flood insurance rate map — known as FIRM — as well as elevation requirements that highlight flood risk and could impact insurance rates for many Manatee County homeowners.

FEMA and local floodplain officials will answer questions during open houses 4-7 p.m. Monday, April 1, and 1-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 at the Bradenton Area Convention Center, 1 Haben Blvd., Palmetto.

Over time, flood risks and the map change due to weather events, environmental changes, erosion, land use and other factors.

FEMA recently released updated, digital flood hazard maps that show the extent to which areas throughout the county are at risk for flooding.

The new preliminary FIRM reflects updated coastal modeling.

The map shows flood hazards more accurately than older maps, according to a news release from the county.

All of Anna Maria Island and Cortez and most of Northwest Bradenton are in the high hazard zone of the FEMA map.

FIRMs indicate whether properties are in areas of high, moderate or low flood risk.

After reviewing the new Manatee County FIRM, many property owners may find that their risk is higher or lower than they thought.

If the risk level for a property changes, so may the requirement to carry flood insurance.

People can find out whether their flood zone has changed at www.mymanatee.org/floodzonechanges.

For questions about the maps or the meetings, email flood@mymanatee.org or call the county at 941748-4501.

Holmes Beach development services director Barney Salmon, left, planning commission chair Charles Stealey and human resources analyst Mary Buonagura, at the podium, address questions March 12 during a meeting at city hall. Islander Photo: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes line for bidders to submit written questions. parties who might be interested.

The next city commission meeting will be at 6 p.m.

Kihm asked about the criteria for selecting a Tuesday, March 26, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive. bidder.

The planning commission will meet at 6 p.m.

Buonagura said that will be “down the road,” but the planning commission will use weighted measures Wednesday, April 3, also at city hall. and standards.

Kihm also suggested some working changes that HB planner makes were agreed to by the commission. switch to city hall The commission accepted the planning commissioners’ recommendation that the RFP be released Holmes Beach city planner Bill Brisson, forMarch 18, with a pre-bid meeting to answer any conmerly contracted by the city as an employee of La tractor questions April 12. Proposals will be due by Rue Planning and Management Service of Fort June 3.

Meyers, will begin working part-time as a city Additionally, they recommended an April 26 deademployee April 1.

Brisson will answer to Mayor Judy Titsworth Sexual Assault Awareness until recently hired director of development serDay proclaimed vices Barney Salmon gains more experience in Representatives of Centerstone his position. Then Brisson will report to Salmon, Resource and Recovery Center’s according to Titsworth. sexual assault and trauma services She said Brisson is not certain if he will sublisten March 12 to Holmes Beach contract his services or work as an employee.

Commission Chair Jim Kihm proIf subcontracted, the rate for services is $65 claim April 4 Sexual Assault Awareper hour. ness Day in Holmes Beach. A Sexual Titsworth said Brisson will not help revise the Assault Awareness Day rally will be comprehensive plan, as the city will be seeking 3-5 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at Centeroutside firms for the bid. stone, 365 Sixth Ave. W., Bradenton.

La Rue Planning will have the option to bid Islander Photo: ChrisAnn Silver on the request for proposals for the comp plan.

Esformes — ChrisAnn Silver Esformes SUNSHiNe CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and the $500 per-person fine. The offer also suggested the city contribute a similar donation.

Further, the offer stated that the city and the defendants would pay their own legal fees.

Because the deadline for the city to respond to the defendants’ offer was set for March 15, Mayor John Chappie said there was not time to call a special meeting and, instead, commissioners voted to add the matter to their March 12 meeting agenda.

Perry said March 12 that the counter-offer provided by the defendants eliminated “significant portions of the settlement offer” — swapping the $500 fine for a contribution to a non-city entity — and stating there “may” have been mistakes rather than admitting guilt.

She said she was not sure if Clarke was provided with the offer and restated that if the city hadn’t joined his suit against the board members, it also would have been sued.

Perry did not name the potential plaintiff.

She asked commissioners if they could accept that there “may” have been a mistake instead of continuing to let the court determine if the defendants took part in violating the Sunshine Law by discussing city matters at meetings outside of city hall and in emails and text messages.

From the beginning, Chappie said, the city has been clear that it wants compliance with the Sunshine Law and decided the best way to determine if the law was violated was to submit it to a judge.

Florida’s Sunshine Law, one of the broadest in the nation, states that city business must be discussed at publicly noticed meetings, and members of the same board cannot discuss matters that may come before the board outside of such meetings.

“The question still remains out there and we have to have that answer, I believe,” Chappie said.

Vice Mayor Marilyn Maro agreed.

“I thought $500 and admission of guilt was fair,” Maro said.

Commissioner Jake Spooner said “it was pretty obvious mistakes were being made” in August 2017, when the suit was initiated, and the city sought to halt the defendants’ behavior, but it continued. He said, with the evidence that has come out in discovery, it’s become clearer that Sunshine Law was violated. He said the city made a reasonable offer, but the defendants apparently don’t want to admit guilt.

“To me its stubbornness not to admit you did something wrong and that is why we are here today with a ‘may,’” he said.

Commissioner Ralph Cole supported Spooner’s statements.

“I do think they need to acknowledge there were mistakes made,” he said. “’May’ is not there. It’s just a way to put a spin on it.”

Alternately, Commissioner Randy White said it is time for the suit to end, one way or another.

He said since the defendants did not accept the city’s offer, the city should accept their counter-offer.

“I think we should close this out,” he said.

In a March 12 letter to the defendants’ counsel, Perry wrote, “Just so that I am abundantly clear on the temperature of my client, they are completely unwilling to negotiate any further.”

She went on to say the city received “hostile correspondence” and an intimidating phone call on behalf of the defendants.

“These actions do nothing to further settlement discussions,” she wrote.

The defendants had until March 18 to accept the city’s offer.

Perry’s deposition is set for March 20, with more depositions to follow by the defendants, including the mayor and commissioners.

The trial is set for the week of July 15.

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Assembly begins on Bradenton Beach’s floating dock

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter Bradenton Beach’s floating dock may be weeks from installation.

Police Chief Sam Speciale said in an interview March 13 that Hecker Construction began pairing floats to the dock sections after the floats arrived March 4 at Hecker’s laydown yard in Gibsonton.

Meanwhile, Eric Shaffer, a project manager for Hecker, was inventorying dock components to ensure nothing is missing before the delivery via flatbed truck for installation at the Historic Bridge Street Pier.

Hecker was initially contracted by Technomarine to supply and install the dock components that were shipped from Spain to Hecker’s yard.

The city subsequently contracted Hecker to install the dock at the pier.

Speciale said building official Steve Gilbert received dock specifications and gave Hecker verbal approval to install the dock.

Final approval is dependent upon Hecker’s answer to one final question from Gilbert regarding the use of

composite pilings for the dock.

Technomarine originally specified the use of concrete pilings, but Hecker submitted engineering specifications for composite pilings. Speciale has previously said Hecker would use wood pilings with poly wrap due to the difficulty and cost of driving concrete pilings.

“They changed the wood pilings to a composite piling, and (Gilbert) is just asking why,” Speciale said.

“It’s nothing that’s going to stop the permits — the drawings look fine — but he just wants to know.”

Shaffer visited the site March 14, along with Commissioner Ralph Cole, chair of the Community Redevelopment Agency, Speciale and Gilbert.

Shaffer also was preparing a proposal for construction costs to present to CRA members, according to Speciale. The CRA will next meet at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, April 3, at city hall, 107 Gulf Drive N. Speciale said he could not provide a timeline for installation of the dock, but hoped it would begin within two weeks of March 13. He added that installation would take two-three weeks.

Bradenton Beach Police Chief Sam Speciale, left, alongside Eric Shaffer, project manager at Hecker Construction, building official Steve Gilbert and Commissioner Ralph Cole examine where the floating dock will be installed on the Historic Bridge Street Pier during Shaffer’s visit March 14. Islander Photo: Courtesy BBPD

AM city pier pile-driving progresses, decking ‘on deck’

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter Work installing walkway pilings for the new Anna Maria City Pier continues.

Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy, at a city commission meeting March 14, said i+iconSOUTHEAST workers were driving 15 walkway pilings near the T-end the same day. The section is planned to serve as a landing area for small watercraft and is beefed up to include three pilings per row, while the remainder of the walkway will have two pilings per row.

Murphy said pile-driving for the boat landing would wrap up March 25, when Icon will start driving 126 walkway pilings near the shore side, moving east.

The 141 walkway pilings make up almost three

quarters of the 201 pilings planned for the 776-foot pier, and should be driven and leveled by April 26, according to the mayor.

He said Icon would use a second barge to deliver pilings to the construction site to avoid interrupting work.

Next on deck, after the pile-driving, Icon will place the concrete deck on the T-end and install wood bents to support the walkway. Murphy said materials would again be brought by a barge to the site.

He said the city purchase of decking materials will save $30,000 in taxes that would have been charged if Icon made the purchase.

Murphy said he would have the purchase order for the ipe wood, as well as any potential change orders on the construction, ready for commission consideration

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by March 18.

City commissioners will vote during an emergency meeting at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 21.

Also, Murphy said 20 small pilings that were added along the shore to hold fencing during the demolition of the pier, would be removed “some time in the future.”

The city’s contract with Icon requires the contractor to complete the walkway and T-end by Aug. 26 or pay a $975 penalty for every workday after the deadline.

Murphy also said he scheduled a meeting with pier tenant Mario Schoenfelder for April 10 to update him on the project.

The city has yet to discuss a request for proposals to construct the restaurant and bait shop at the T-end.

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Too many signs

I’ve been driving too often across the Anna Maria Island Bridge on Manatee Avenue.

The bridge is a welcome part of my 2-mile commute to and from Flamingo Cay. It’s almost always breezy and I like the windows down and the wind blowing through the SUV. As I pass Kingfish Boat Ramp, I like to review the number of vehicles and trailers parked in the morning like a meter on fishing. Good day. Bad day.

I watch for the bait boat, and that tells me, if the weather is rough, it’s tough getting bait.

Another meter on fishing is the south side of the boat ramp where, on crowded days, the trucks and trailers find overflow parking. Most mornings I see a worker from the city public works department doing litter and trash cleanup.

And once I’ve made it over the bridge and past the boat ramp into Holmes Beach, the signs bring me back to reality. Road reality.

There’s the police department’s flashing sign welcoming everyone to Holmes Beach. The pleasantry is followed by reminders: NO dogs, grills or alcohol allowed on the beach. Bah humbug.

Then there are the signs that remain many weeks pitching movies in the park and a farmer’s market — seasonal, but also not in Holmes Beach. Those events are in Anna Maria.

There also are temporary signs for road work, art shows, home tours, music events and on and on.

It reminds of the Burma-Shave road-side advertising gimmick. The men’s shave cream left its mark across America from 1926-63 with small signs, each with a short message spaced out for easy reading as your car rapidly flew by. Like this one: He lit a match.

To check gas tank. That’s why. They call him. Skinless Frank. Burma-Shave.

OUCH. Or: The one who. Drives when. He’s been drinking. Depends on you. To do his thinking.

They were funny — and thoughtful.

And they pushed shave cream: “At ease” she said.

“Maneuvers begin. When you get. Those Whiskers.

Off your chin.”

At least those signs brought a smile.

For me, less signs would be good. We’re far past the litter on the highway era.

Fewer and smaller signs would be terrific.

And although business might protest and plea for bigger and bolder, when regulations bring down the size, all signs eventually become equal.

— Bonner Joy

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Seasonal construction

Why in the world is Holmes Beach doing road construction during our busiest month of the year?

I went to the Clark Lane trolley stop at 12:10 p.m. to catch the trolley. It finally came at 12:55 p.m., causing me to miss my 1 p.m. meeting with my auditor across from Publix.

The sidewalk (multi-purpose path) along Palm Avenue looks great, but using common sense, which we do seem to lack at times, it could have been done the end of April, or the month of May. People driving along this street are so aggravated that they don’t even stop for people in the crosswalks.

Come on, use common sense.

Construction anywhere on the island should not be done in March, especially when it halts traffic on the main thoroughfare.

Judy McClarren, Holmes Beach

I knew that Tjet Martin and Rose Vincent were not guilty of Sunshine violations as alleged in the lawsuit.

Jack Clarke, who brought the lawsuit, thought Carol Harrington was Vincent. Mistaken identity.

Vincent and Martin were never in the same meeting.

Both are innocent and the lawsuit is grossly flawed in the allegations. Vincent and Martin should have been dropped from the suit.

Apparently, Clarke never informed the city that he had made a mistake.

This lawsuit sits squarely on the shoulders of Perry, Clarke and the commission, and it’s a disgrace.

My opinion is the commission should admit negligence in their responsibility, apologize to the CNOBB Six and the taxpayers and drop the lawsuit.

Janie Robertson, Bradenton Beach You can peruse The Islander newspaper archive, dating back to its launch in November 1992, at ufdc.ufl.edu.

For the CNOBB Six

I am writing as a former Bradenton Beach city commissioner and as a former member of Concerned Neighbors of Bradenton Beach.

Almost two years ago, when the letter came out from city attorney Ricinda Perry to the commission advising of a potential problem with board members, I assumed the situation would be dealt with according to Resolution 16-853. The resolution was written by Perry and passed by the commission in 2016. It was Perry’s responsibility to remind the commission of it and the board’s responsibility to abide by it.

I was shocked when the commission was convinced to join a lawsuit, which it had never read, rather than follow its procedure, which dealt with these sorts of situations and would have avoided a lawsuit against the city.

“Sue or be sued” was not the position of the city.

Also, having participated in CNOBB meetings,

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Workmen demolish the wooden awning on Bradenton Beach’s Bridge Street Fishing Pier before starting work on a major renovation and rebuild in the summer of 1977. Islander Photo: Courtesy Manatee County Public Library Digital Collection

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Volunteer opportunities

Looking for volunteer opportunities on or around Anna Maria Island? These organizations are seeking help: The Roser Food Bank needs donations of cash and nonperishable food. The pantry is administered by Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414.

Moonracer Animal Rescue seeks volunteers to offer foster and forever homes for rescued animals.

Information: 941-345-2441.

Anna Maria Island Historical Society museum seeks docents, 402 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0492.

Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce seeks volunteers to assist at the office and visitor information center. Information: 941-778-1541.

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In the headlines: March 17, 1999

A lightning strike at the Playa Encantada condominiums on Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach sparked a fire that destroyed five third-floor units before firefighters from West Manatee Fire Rescue brought the blaze under control. Water damaged six additional units.

A propane gas leak at the Castaways Resort in Anna Maria forced residents of the complex to evacuate their units for a week while state and local fire marshals investigated.

Beachgoers complained that a $190,000 repair project at the Manatee Public Beach pier was only 65 percent complete and behind schedule, forcing them to negotiate their way across the beach to the parking lot.

In the headlines: March 18, 2009

The Beach Bistro St. Patrick’s Day Parade drew a large crowd and featured marching bands, neighborhood groups, pirates, leprechauns and bagpipers.

The Anna Maria Island Historical Society board of directors decided to remove Sissy Quinn as executive administrator. Quinn declined to comment. AMIHS’ president said they had a parting of the ways.

New sidewalks, additional landscaping, curbs and a repaired seawall were part of the new plan presented by Manatee County to Holmes Beach for the Kingfish Boat Ramp.

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HB charter reviewers delve into residency, rights

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter Holmes Beach charter review commissioners are about six weeks from their deadline to put ballot questions before voters.

The CRC voted 3-2 March 14 to include an extension of the length of residency to qualify to run for city office from two years to four years.

However, because the decision was not approved by a supermajority — a 4-1 vote— the motion failed.

Charter Review Commission chair Edward Upshaw and members David Zaccagnino and Sean Murphy voted “yay,” while Claudia Carlson and Nancy Deal voted “nay.”

Murphy, an islander for 40 years, argued that people who have lived in Holmes Beach for more than four years have a better understanding of the city than those who recently moved to the city and “think they can save it.”

Commissioner offers feedback on charter

The Holmes Beach charter review commission solicited feedback from the city commission for its March 14 meeting.

Commissioner Kim Rash, who is serving his first term as an elected official, was the only commissioner to attend.

CRC chair Edward Upshaw said he might not have given other commissioners enough notice and he planned to extend an invitation to attend the March 21 review meeting.

Members of the CRC asked Rash about topics they are considering, including the form of government.

Charter review commissioner David Zaccagnino said Rash campaigned on the platform of changing the form of government from strong-mayor to city manager and asked why Rash, whose platform was “the voice of the people,” advocates the change.

Rash said he isn’t for or against a city manager, but previously stated it should be “up to the people to decide,” as a ballot measure.

“I could go either way on it, but I think the residents ought to be the ones to decide,” Rash said. “Something that important should not be decided by five people.”

— ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Holmes Beach Commissioner Kim Rash addresses charter review commissioners at their March 14 meeting at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

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“Maybe we would get a more educated electorate and educated commission if we extend the residency requirement,” he said.

Deal disagreed with Murphy.

She said she knows old-timers who have no interest in island issues, while some seasonal or new residents become more active in the community.

Carlson said newcomers can provide fresh perspectives on longstanding issues, such as transportation.

Murphy also suggested that increasing the stipend for commissioners — currently $500 per month — might encourage more people to run.

He said many residents cannot afford to work 25-40 hours per week “for virtually nothing.”

“I doubt anyone is going to run for the money, but we might generate more candidates if they felt their expenses were going to be more realistically treated,” he said.

Zaccagnino noted payment to commissioners is not in the charter, and suggested the CRC recommend to the city commission that, if they raise the stipend they could increase the candidate pool.

Murphy motioned that the CRC create an addendum for the city commission, which would include the board’s remarks on topics outside of the charter recommendations, including increased compensation for the mayor and commissioners.

The motion passed 4-1, with Carlson voting “nay.”

Additionally, Murphy suggested including a “bill of rights” in the charter, which would state that residents have a “preeminent right to timely treatment of applications for permits and licenses. They also have a right to timely and direct access to their elected officials.”

He recommended that residents’ permit applications take priority over those of investors who do not live in the city.

Carlson said she understands Murphy’s point of view, but she suggested they check with the city attorney to determine if the charter is the appropriate place for such a document.

Upshaw suggested Murphy write up his proposal and file it with the city clerk.

The CRC comprises five people elected by citywide vote in 2018. It has met weekly since Jan. 17.

The committee has a May 8 deadline to present recommendations to the city commission.

Charter changes approved by a supermajority of the committee will be submitted to the city commission as an ordinance, and then to the Manatee County Supervision of Elections for a citywide vote on the November ballot.

City attorney Patricia Petruff said she would prepare and review the ordinance for the ballot.

The Holmes Beach CRC meets at 10 a.m. Thursdays through the end of April at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

Anna Maria completes charter review, few changes suggested

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter The Anna Maria city charter review commission’s task is near completion and there are few changes proposed.

Most proposed changes deal with typographical and grammatical corrections.

Charter review members met March 13 to review the final portion of the document — Article 5 through Article 9 — and decided to make a change to section 5.04 of the charter, which deals with the appointment and duties of a city treasurer.

The discussion began when charter review member Mark Short pointed out chartered employees appointed by the mayor must be approved by the commission, except for the treasurer.

Mayor Dan Murphy, who attended the meeting, said still sought the commission’s approval to appoint city clerk Leanne Addy as treasurer. “It’s too important of a position to not get authorization from the commission,” the mayor said.

Charter review members agreed, and decided to propose making the appointment of a treasurer consistent with approval by the commission of chartered

posts.

Charter review members also discussed changes to section 5.07, which details the appointment and duties of a city administrator.

At a Feb. 6 joint meeting with city commissioners, Commissioner Doug Copeland asked if the commission should be able to appoint a city administrator without the mayor’s approval.

Charter review vice chair Jack Brennan said commissioners should be able to call for an administrator if the mayor isn’t performing his or her duties. Brennan suggested the matter could be brought before commissioners again for more discussion.

Murphy, however, argued such a change is unnecessary, as checks and balances exist.

“Every mayor we’ve had has always done their job,” he said. “Some have done this, and some have done that, but the job has always been done. There was never a need for an insurrection or shoving someone down their throat just to do their job, and that’s basically what that idea is. … I think that could be a weapon.”

Charter review chair Fran Barford said, “We should leave it. … This could really lead us into a place where

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Are we losing our vote?

By Terry Schaefer Special to The Islander I was one of the eight volunteers to serve on a citizens ad hoc committee appointed by the city of Holmes Beach in August 2017 to review the options as to the best form of government to provide stable, responsive, cost effective administrative and operative services to citizens and to insure progress and continuity.

We worked for 10 months pursuing all options, identifying 30 peer cities representing all forms of government, interviewed their elected officials and department heads, as well as Holmes Beach officials and staff.

The facts resulting from our extensive research overwhelmingly supported professional management. The ad hoc committee voted unanimously to recommend the same to the city commission. Some 68 percent of Florida cities have professional management and all new Florida cities over the past 40 years have chosen professional management. Also, all 26 Florida cities of comparable population are professionally managed.

An extensive and documented report was presented to the city commission in June 2018. The city commission deferred a decision, indicating that it could be accomplished by the charter review commission elected in November 2018.

Presently the charter review commission is meeting to review and recommend revisions to present to the electorate for them to decide what changes should be adopted in order to better prepare for and respond to increasing demands and challenges. Each recommendation must be approved by a supermajority or four of five commissioners in order to be placed on the ballot presented to voters.

At the Feb. 21 meeting, ad hoc representatives presented a report to the charter commission. Unfortunately, there was neither an in-depth discussion by the CRC of the facts and information gathered by the ad hoc committee nor of the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the options studied.

There is doubt that four charter commission members will recommend a charter revision, preventing this significant issue from coming before voters on the November ballot. One or two charter commissioners should not be allowed to prevent the more than 2,800 voters from making the ultimate choice.

Get involved. Review the ad hoc committee’s report posted on the city website. Voice your opinion and demand the democratic opportunity to vote on this significant matter by attending meetings and contacting charter commissioners before their work is complete in May. Don’t forfeit your right to vote.

Terry Schaefer resides in Holmes Beach and served on the ad hoc committee tasked with reviewing the city’s form of government and possible alternatives. we don’t want to go.”

Other charter review members agreed with Murphy and Barford, but said the subject should be discussed with commissioners when they present their recommendations.

The next charter review meeting, in which charter review members will discuss their final recommendations, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, at city hall, 10005 Gulf Drive.

Recommended changes will be presented to city commissioners at their meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at city hall, 10005 Gulf Drive.

Commissioners will vote on the charter review’s recommendations, and approved changes will be included on the next ballot for final approval by the electorate.

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The Senior Adventures group will hold a travel talk Friday, March 22, at the Annie Silver Community Center, 103 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach.

The program will begin about 10 a.m. and the group will serve coffee and snacks.

Senior Adventures is a group that plans weekly outings or gatherings — usually Fridays — either off the island or at the Annie Silver Community Center.

A potluck lunch and book sale will be at Annie Silver 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, March 29.

For more information or reservations, call Kaye Bell at 941-538-0945.

Film influences garden club’s flower show

The Anna Maria Island Garden Club’s annual Flower Show and Bake Sale will be 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, March 20.

The event will be in the fellowship hall at Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria.

The theme of the show will be “Let’s Go To The Movies.”

Also, the club will sell baked goods.

For more information, call Charlotte Noyes at 941778-6758.

Center of Anna Maria Island still hooked on a feeling

The Center of Anna Maria Island will host BJ Thomas in concert Thursday, March 21.

His concert is set to begin at about 8 p.m., following a 7 p.m. opening performance by the Billy Rice Band, a local favorite that has played many island venues over the years.

Thomas, who has sold more than 70 million records, ranks in Billboard’s Top 50 most played artists over the past 50 years. His signature hits include “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,” “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Most of All,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head,” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and “Hooked on a Feeling.”

Thomas has tour dates throughout North America this year to promote “The Living Room Sessions,” recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, and featuring acoustic re-imaginings of 12 of his best-known songs.

Doors to the center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, will open at 6 p.m.

The concert is part of a series involving the center, the Manatee Performing Arts Center, the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Manatee County Tourist Development Council.

Tickets are $35-$100 and available at the MPAC box office, 502 Third Ave W., or online at tickets. manateeperformingartscenter.com.

Another concert, featuring the Marshall Tucker Band April 1, is sold out.

For more information, call the center at 941-7781908.

Showing his best

Martin Figlinski, who specializes in oil paintings, displays his Best in Show honor from his booth at the Anna Maria Island Art League’s Springfest fine arts and crafts show, held March 9-10 at city field in Holmes Beach. An award of distinction presented in the juried show went to Kelly Williamson for ceramics and pottery.

Awards of merit went to John Cheer, clay sculpture; AJ and Jack Ferrell, mixed-media; and Kristen Coffman, jewelry. Islander Courtesy Photo

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Into the Amazon

Educator and naturelover Joe Arena will lecture in the Friends of the Island Library Travel and Lecture Series at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 21. The library is at 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Arena, who has traveled the Amazon Basin four times, will lecture on “New World Rainforests.” The lecture is the last in the winterspring series. Islander Courtesy Photo

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The Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra is selling tickets to “Diva Wars.”

The concert will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 31, at the State College of Florida’s Neel Performing Arts Center, 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton.

Featured performers include Michelle Giglio, Ashley Thunder Lowe and Stella Zambalis.

On its website, AMICCO said the final concert of the winter-spring season will feature “operatic favorites with great choral and orchestral arrangements.”

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The Senior Adventures group will hold a travel talk Friday, March 22, at the Annie Silver Community Center, 103 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach.

The program will begin about 10 a.m. and the group will serve coffee and snacks.

Senior Adventures is a group that plans weekly outings or gatherings — usually Fridays — either off the island or at the Annie Silver Community Center.

A potluck lunch and book sale will be at Annie Silver 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, March 29.

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The Islander Calendar ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND Thursday, March 21 2 p.m. — Friends of the Island Library ďŹ nal lecture in the series, Joe Arena, “New World Rainforests,â€? Island Library, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

7 p.m. — BJ Thomas concert, with the Billy Rice Band opening, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Fee applies. Information: 941-778-1908.

Saturday, March 23 10:30 a.m. — Sharon Woeling demonstrates water-media technique, Island Gallery West artist demonstrations, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6648.

ONGOING ON AMI Through March 24, Island Players present “A Flea in Her Ear,�

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Through March 30, Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., Island Gallery West artist demonstrations, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6648.

Throughout March, Gwen Kodad exhibits work at the Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island gallery, 5414 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6694.

Throughout March, Sue Bokos exhibits “Small Wonders,� Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-7786648.

Through April 6, Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society “Transparent� exhibit, the Studio at Gulf and Pine, 10101 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-1906.

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April 13, Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce Beach n’ Food Truck and Music Festival, Bradenton Beach.

ONGOING OFF AMI First Saturdays, Family Night at the Museum, South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-746-4131.

Fourth Wednesdays, “Stelliferous Live� star talk, South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-746-4131.

GAMES, SPORTS & OUTDOORS ONGOING ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND Mondays, AMI Dragon Boat Fun and Fitness Club, time depends on tides, 417 63rd St., Holmes Beach. Information: 941462-2626.

Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9 a.m., horseshoes pitched, Anna Maria City Hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information: 941-7086130.

Thursdays, through March 28, bingo, Annie Silver Community Center, 103 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-7783580.

Most Fridays, 11:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. (call for times) mahjong games, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Mondays, noon, bridge, Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414.

Most Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m., mahjong games and instruction for beginners, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.

Information: 941-778-6341.

Tuesdays, noon, duplicate bridge, Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941779-0881.

ONGOING OFF AMI Saturdays in March, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Valentine House open house, Robinson Preserve, 1704 99th St. NW, Bradenton. Information: 941-742-5923, ext. 6035.

Through March 23, Pittsburgh Pirates spring training home

OFF ANNA MARIA ISLAND Saturday, March 23 7 p.m. — Manatee Community Concert Band concert, State College of Florida Neel Performing Arts Center, 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton. Information: 941-752-5252.

ONGOING OFF ANNA MARIA ISLAND Fridays in March, 6-8 p.m., Music in the Park, Riverwalk Mosaic Amphitheater, 606 Third Ave. W., Bradenton. Information: 941-6216471.

Through March, “An Art Exposition� featuring art work by Cheryl Jorgensen and Joan McArthur, Dancing Crane Gallery, 1019 10th Ave. W., Bradenton. Information: 941-744-1333.

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The Islander Calendar

games, LECOM Park, 1611 Ninth St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0492.

Information: 941-747-3031.

Wednesdays throughout March, 1:30 p.m. Anna Maria Island Irish Ceili and Set Dancing, Sandpiper Mobile Resort house, 2601 LOOKING AHEAD OFF AMI Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-779-1416.

April 27, Sarasota Bay Seagrass Survey and Seagrass FestiThursdays, 9-11 a.m., veterans services assistance, Island val, Sarasota.

Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-7786341.

CLUBS & Third Thursdays, 11:45 a.m., Successful Women Aligning COMMUNITY Together meets, Bridge Street Bistro, 111 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach. Fee applies. Information: 941-345-5135.

ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND Fridays, Senior Adventures usually meets to carpool on an Wednesday, March 20 adventure or for an activity, Annie Silver Community Center, 103 1-3 p.m. — Flower Show and Bake Sale, Anna Maria Island 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-538-0945.

Garden Club, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778Second Fridays, 6 p.m., AMI Resident Community Connec6758. tions, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.

1 p.m. — Lifelong Learning program, “Why Ancient History Mat- Information: 941-778-1908. ters,” Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: Saturdays, 8:30 a.m., Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island break941-778-6341. fast meeting, Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe, Manatee Public Beach, 2 p.m. — Downloading audiobooks lesson, Island Library, 5701 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-1383.

Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Tuesdays through May 14, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Anna Maria FarmThursday, March 21 ers Market, City Pier Park, North Bay Boulevard and Pine Avenue.

10:15 a.m. — Friends of the Island Library Book Club, Island Information: 941-708-6130.

Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778Tuesdays, noon, Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island, Bridge 6341.

Street Bistro, 111 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941Friday, March 22 718-0291.

10 a.m. — Senior Adventures travel talk, Annie Silver ComTuesdays, 2-4 p.m., Tech Help, Island Library, 5701 Marina munity Center, 103 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941- Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

538-0945.

2 p.m. — Quilters, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.

Information: 941-778-6341.

Saturday, March 23 The Budweiser Clydesdales are taking a trot 9 a.m. — CPR training, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, through Holmes Beach.

Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

The team of horses will arrive in Holmes Beach Wednesday, March 27 at about 2 p.m. Friday, March 22. The horses will be Noon — Coloring club, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, unloaded and hitched to the Budweiser wagon at 59th Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

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LOOKING AHEAD ON AMI April 11, Center of Anna Maria Island Passion for Fashion Show, Anna Maria.

April 17, Anna Maria Island Garden Club fashion show, Anna Maria.

May 4, A Night of Warhol/AME spring gala, Holmes Beach.

ONGOING OFF AMI Fridays, 10:30 a.m., Paradise Cafe games, music and socializing, the Paradise Center, Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key. Fee applies. Information: 941-383-6493.

Saturdays through May, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Bradenton Farmers Market, Old Main, Bradenton. Information: 941-621-6471.

GOOD TO KNOW SAVE THE DATES April 1, April Fools’ Day. April 22, Earth Day. April 26, National Arbor Day. May 5, Cinco de Mayo.

May 12, Mother’s Day. May 27, Memorial Day.

GET LISTED Send announcements for The Islander calendar to calendar@ islander.org. The deadline for listings is the Wednesday before the publication date.

Clydesdales to visit Holmes Beach

will turn right, then turn north on Holmes Boulevard They will travel to 59th Street and stop at Duffy’s Tavern, 5808 Marina Drive, for viewing 3-5 p.m.

The event was authorized and a special events permit was issued by the city, according to Holmes Street, which will be blocked off between Flotilla and Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer.

ONGOING ON AMI Marina drives when the horses are unloaded.

For more information about the event, contact The Clydesdales will emerge onto Marina Drive Duffy’s Tavern at 941-778-2501.

Wednesdays throughout March, Anna Maria Island Historical and head south to the light at Gulf Drive, where they — ChrisAnn Silver Esformes

Society sales of settlers bread, AMIHS museum, 402 Pine Ave.,

Beach adviser

“It’s the greatest job,” says Suzanne Wiley, an Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce tourist aide working in the kiosk at the Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

Wiley, who moved to the area from Colorado, is one of four chamber employees to work part-time in the booth, which is open five days a week during season, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wiley says most visitors inquire about where to dine and what to do on the island. “And also about the trolley,” she says. Islander Photo: Lisa Neff

The Budweiser Clydesdales eight-horse hitch and wagon circle a roundabout in Bradenton Beach in October 2017. The Budweiser team will visit Holmes Beach Friday, March 22. Islander File Photo: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes

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St. Patrick’s Day parade packs barrels o’ Irish fun

The Anna Maria Island Privateers ride and walk alongside the Skullywag boat/ float along Marina Drive in Holmes Beach, as spectators rush for beads March 20 during the 20th annual Beach Bistro St. Patrick’s Day parade.

Lion and Rampant Pipe and Drum of Sarasota brings its members of all ages March 20, including a wee drummer, to the annual Beach Bistro St. Patrick’s Day parade in Holmes Beach. Islander Photos: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes A greenhaired leprechaun shares a gift with a young shamrock-clad paradegoer March 20 during the 20th annual Beach Bistro St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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A pair of llamas are led March 20 along Marina Drive in Holmes Beach during the annual Beach Bistro St. Patrick’s Day Parade. They came as “baby camels” in honor of camels included in past parades.

Riders on the Anna Maria Island Privateers float spearhead the shenanigans March 20 during the annual Beach Bistro St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Sylvia Breur, 4, visiting AMI from Minnesota, collects a lucky treasure at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Islander Photo: Karen Riley Love

Sean Murphy, Beach Bistro restaurant owner and parade organizer, surveys his lineup March 17 for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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Meetings

West Manatee fire rescue None announced.

WMFR administration building, 6417 Third Ave. W., Bradenton, wmfr.org.

Anna Maria City March 21, 10:30 a.m., city commission.

March 28, 6 p.m., city commission.

Manatee County April 9, 4 p.m., planning and zoning.

March 26, 9 a.m., commission.

Apri1 11, 6 p.m., city commission.

April 4, 9 a.m., commission (land use).

April 17, 5:30 p.m., special magistrate.

April 9, 9 a.m., commission. CANCELED April 25, 6 p.m., city commission.

April 23, 9 a.m., commission.

Anna Maria City Hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, 941Administration building, 1112 Manatee Ave. W., 708-6130, cityofannamaria.com.

Bradenton, 941-748-4501, mymanatee.org.

Bradenton Beach March 20, 1 p.m., planning and zoning.

March 21, noon, commission.

March 26, 10 a.m., commission.

Bradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive N., 941-778-1005, cityofbradentonbeach.org.

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Of interest March 25, 9:30 a.m., Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization, Holiday Inn Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, 8009 15th St. E., Sarasota.

April 1, 4-7 p.m., FEMA and Manatee County fl ood maps open house, 1 Haben Blvd., Palmetto.

Holmes Beach April 2, 1-7 p.m., FEMA and Manatee County March 20, 11 a.m., special magistrate. fl ood maps open house, 1 Haben Blvd., Palmetto.

March 21, 10 a.m., charter review.

April 2, Manatee County Council of GovernMarch 26, 6 p.m., city commission. ments, 4 p.m., Bradenton Area Convention Center, March 28, 10 a.m., charter review.

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April 3, 10 a.m., parks and beautification.

April 15, 9 a.m., Manatee County Tourist DevelApril 3, 6 p.m., planning commission. opment Council, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 April 4, 10 a.m., charter review.

Holmes Beach City Hall, 5801 Marina Drive, Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.

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Holmes Beach defines ‘bedroom,’ adds ‘closet’

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter Holmes Beach is refining and setting definitions for consistency in its regulating documents.

At a March 12 work session, commissioners reached consensus to move forward with a first reading of an ordinance defining “bedroom” and “closet” in the city building and land development codes and vacation rental ordinance.

Currently, the documents have different definitions for bedrooms and closet is not included even though the VRO includes a closet in the definition of a bedroom.

The language proposed by building official Jim McGuinness defines a bedroom as a “room or space in which people sleep.”

Commissioner Rick Hurst asked city attorney Patricia Petruff if the city isn’t creating a loophole for builders by stating a bedroom is a room for sleeping.

He gave the example that if someone builds a duplex, which allows two bedrooms, but adds a third room, they could claim it is not a bedroom because it won’t be used for sleeping. The builder could say it is not a bedroom according to the city’s definition.

Petruff said the definition originated from the Florida Building Code and was expanded for the LDC and VRO. She said since the building department found plans were submitted for homes including rooms not labeled as bedrooms to increase occupancy allowances, the city added a closet to the definition for the VRO and requires rooms be labeled on site plans.

She added that code enforcement checks for com-

pliance with a property’s vacation rental certificate and crosschecks the property with the Manatee County Property Appraiser’s website.

“There is no loophole at this time,” McGuinness said. He said the new definition clarifies for code enforcement that a bedroom “is physically separated from the main living area of a residence, is not part of the common living area and has a closet.”

Hurst said he still didn’t agree that a room could legally be called a bedroom if the builder states the room will be used for sleeping, no matter the layout.

Petruff suggested revising the definition.

“I’m fine with taking out the ‘space in which people sleep’ if you think that could be misconstrued or could cause us trouble,” Petruff said. “And the way

Holmes Beach Commissioner Rick Hurst, left, asks a question of building official Jim McGuinness March 12, as Commissioner Kim Rash and Police Chief Bill Tokajer listen during a commission meeting at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

Islander Photo: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes

people are clever, it probably could.”

The commission reached consensus on the definition of bedroom as “a room, which is a minimum of 70 square feet in floor area, is physically separated from the main living area of a residence, is not part of the common living area and has a closet.”

A closet is defined as “a permanent built-in element of a dwelling unit which is used for storage. A closet for a bedroom shall be a minimum of 6 feet in height and 8 square feet in storage area.”

The commission will vote on the first reading of the ordinance at a future meeting.

The next city commission meeting will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

Holmes Beach agrees to 1-year phase for building, remodeling permits

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter Holmes Beach is one step closer to limiting phased construction on older homes.

At a March 12 work session, commissioners reached a consensus to direct city attorney Patricia Petruff to draft an ordinance for a one-year “cumulative substantial improvement period” from the date of issuance for building permits to improve ground-level homes and other structures rated noncompliant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Mayor Judy Titsworth and Commissioner Pat Morton were absent with excuse.

At its Feb. 26 meeting, the commission approved the first reading of an ordinance for a five-month moratorium on consecutive permits that seek to improve Federal Emergency Management Agency-rated preFIRM homes.

FEMA established standards for home elevations in 1975 known as FIRM — the Flood Insurance Rate Map. The moratorium states improvements shall be calculated for a cumulative period of “up to three years.”

However, building official Jim McGuinness indicated the three-year limit might fluctuate. He noted the moratorium allowed a timeout while the commission reviewed the concept of substantial improvements and the cumulative calculation of improvement values.

FEMA restricts remodeling to 50 percent of a pre-

Clearing the shore

Chris Carr, Dee Recicar and Phyllis Digabriel clean up the beach near the Anna Maria Island Moose Lodge in Bradenton Beach for a cleanup March 16. Additional cleanups took place at Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach, the Kingfish Boat Ramp in Holmes Beach, areas near Anna Maria City Hall, the FISH Preserve in Cortez and on adopted highways and shorelines. The cleanup was in partnership with Keep Manatee Beautiful.

For cleanup results and more photos, check The Islander’s March 27 issue. Islander Photo: Terry Gebhard

Holmes Beach resident and attorney Peter Mackey delivers his argument March 12 on permits for improvements by owners of older, groundlevel homes.

Islander Photos: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes FIRM — built before 1975 — home’s assessed value.

If the remodel surpasses 50 percent, the structure must be elevated or otherwise brought into compliance with FEMA standards.

Land-use standards, including compliance with the 50 percent rule, must be maintained for the city to participate in FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program, which provides a discount on flood insurance premiums for the city and its property owners.

The NFIP uses a “community rating system” to grade compliance with the floodplain map and the rating determines the percentage of the discount.

According to McGuinness, to maintain the rating, the city must show it is prohibiting phased construction.

Commissioner Rick Hurst said three years is too long.

He said he spoke with some real estate sales agents who agreed the extended cumulative improvement period will not benefit property owners and could scare off people interested in renovating older homes, just for $300 or so in insurance discounts.

Hurst also said insurance agents he spoke with said most flood insurance policies are written through private companies, not the NFIP, and homeowners are saving $1,000-$2,000 per year.

“People are going to start having homes knocked down and we’re going to change the whole look of this island for $300,” Hurst said. “We’ve got to do research and figure out what are we trying to save and what are we putting at risk? If we do three years, I’m sure every old, ground-level home is a tear-down.”

Resident Peter Mackey, an attorney, said he and his wife recently purchased an older ground-level home in the city and the three-year substantial improvement proposal could affect their remodel plans.

“You want to have a million McMansions?”

Mackey asked the commission.

“Then go ahead and do something like this. You’re going to drive the whole community in a different direction, which has caused all your problems over the last eight years,” he said, referencing the construction of large vacation rental homes.

McGuinness said Anna Maria and Bradenton Beach have one-year cumulative substantial improvement periods, and again suggested Holmes Beach do the same.

The commission agreed that one year from the issuance of each building permit is sufficient and directed Petruff to draft the ordinance with the new definition.

The next city commission meeting will be at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, March 26, at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive.

Holmes Beach Commissioner Rick Hurst considers permitting limits during a March 12 commission meeting.

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2018 red tide outbreak — not Mother Nature’s doing

By Andy Mele Special to The Islander As 150 guests at the Suncoast Waterkeeper Brunch for the Bay learned March 3, the red tide bloom in 2018 was not a natural occurrence.

The determining factor in today’s red tides, after all variables are accounted for, is human-induced nutrient pollution — primarily nitrates and phosphates.

Nutrients are not merely a marginal contributor, as some institutions and elected officials would like us to believe.

True, Karenia brevis, the toxic alga that populates the lethal blooms we call red tide is a naturally occurring organism. It is found in waters around the globe.

And, yes, red tides have been documented since the arrival of Europeans to Florida’s shore. But there is a difference between the naturally occurring red tides and the rapidly growing red tides we have endured for decades.

Larry Brand, Ph.D. and a research scientist at the University of Miami, was the featured speaker at Suncoast WaterkeepBrand er’s annual brunch at the Bradenton Yacht Club in Palmetto.

Brand told his audience there is a fifteenfold increase in K. brevis concentrations that is contributing to today’s mega-blooms. After accounting for geological and geographical contributions to red tide, Brand said, “The only remaining variable that has increased enough to account for it is us.”

Brand explained some of the complexities of Florida’s red tide. Plants — and algae are plants — require 16 parts nitrogen to one part phosphorus. Where that 16N:1P ratio is found, there can be a natural red tide bloom.

The waters on the East Coast of Florida — where the St. Lucie Canal empties Lake Okeechobee discharges thick with toxic blue-green algae — are dominated by limestone deposits and are naturally rich in nitrogen. Hence, phosphorus is required to provide the optimum 16:1 nutrient that drives algal growth. No phosphorus, no algae. Phosphorus is relatively scarce on the East Coast.

On the southwest Gulf Coast, however, the opposite circumstances prevail. Because of massive natural phosphate formations underlying west-central Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico, the coastal waters are rich in phosphorus from a variety of inputs, including phosphate mine drainage. Here, algae need nitrogen to stimulate growth. No nitrogen, no algae. It’s called “nitrogen-limited.”

However, when Lake Okeechobee’s nitrogen-rich blue-green algae enters the system from the Caloosahatchee River, the conditions for explosive growth are met.

Brand lists four principal sources of nitrogen: animal waste, crop fertilizer, stormwater runoff and illegal sewage discharges. All have increased exponentially since the 1950s along with Florida’s population and development, when the first sample run was conducted by FWC. In the 1950s, less than 10 percent of the Florida coastline was developed, while the remainder was woodlands, grasslands and wetlands. Today, more than 90 percent is developed and we’re flushing pollutants into the bays and Gulf.

Agricultural sources — animal waste and fertilizer — are the major causes of intense algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee. They are transported down the KissimLinda Jones receives the Suncoast Waterkeeper Environmental Achievement Award March 3, recognizing decades of activism and opposition to phosphate mining and inappropriate development. Jones led the ManateeSarasota Sierra Club in opposition to Long Bar Pointe.

Joe McClash, standing right, board chair of Suncoast Waterkeeper, addresses an audience of about 150 people who gathered March 3 at the Bradenton Yacht Club in Palmetto for brunch and a presentation by Larry Brand, Ph.D., a research scientist specializing in red tide and blue-green algae. Islander Photos: Bonner Joy

mee River, and pumped north from sugar cane fields south of the lake. The other two sources — stormwater and sewage — supply a steady diet of nutrients for red tide as it expands up and down the Gulf Coast.

Aside from people with respiratory symptoms who may suffer chronic asthma or COPD, the effects of K. brevis are immediately noticeable, leading people to leave the area, although no long-term or acute effects are known. The only known human fatalities associated with red tide have been from shellfish poisoning.

Shellfish filter water through their gills to extract food and oxygen and, as K. brevis cells accumulate in shellfish, they can be fatal if eaten.

Blue-green algae, on the other hand, which is consumed by fish and shellfish, are suspected of having long-term impacts, specifically ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, without shortterm impacts to warn of exposure. The correlations between algae and disease are still being studied, but an environmental toxin, beta-methylamino-L-alanine or BMAA, is found in both victims of the diseases and the blue-green algae.

BMAA appears to provide a causative link.

And BMAA has been documented in almost all shrimp and species of fish from the areas of the red tide bloom.

As a general caution, Brand suggested not consuming any seafood from areas impacted by red tide for several months after the event has subsided.

Data sets for 1954-63 are regarded as baseline “naturally-occurring” red tide, approximately what Hernando de Soto or Ponce de Leon might have seen in the 1500s — neither a threat to tourism nor an apocalyptic killer of fish and marine mammals.

But today’s conditions are both, according to Brand, and it’s worsening.

The ozonators, bubblers and clay sprinklers being touted by Mote Marine Laboratory and some elected officials as fixes are unproven, wildly expensive and cannot be scaled up to levels needed to treat the coast-

A microscopic-size cell of Karenia brevis, the species responsible for red tide. Islander Courtesy Photo

line. Brand says they appear to be strategies for developing revenue from wealthy canal homeowners, and cannot be taken seriously as solutions to red tide.

He said it, and Suncoast Waterkeeper has been saying it since last summer: the only practical, meaningful and affordable solution is to stop the nutrient pollution at its source. And its true source is not at a dairy farm or a sugar cane field. It is in Tallahassee.

Here’s the Waterkeeper solution to red tide.

Florida urgently needs: • Numeric, enforceable water quality standards and the FDEP staff and budget to enforce them.

• Common-sense limits on development.

• No more phosphate mining.

• Elected officials who understand that as the water PLEASE SEE reD tiDe, NExT PAGE

About Karenia brevis

Karenia brevis is also known as red tide when its numbers become higher than 1,000 cells per liter. K.brevis emits brevetoxins that can become airborne in water spray and wind. At concentrations above 10,000 cells/liter, red tide can cause respiratory symptoms in humans. Above 50,000 cells per liter, fish mortality begins to occur. Above 1,000,000 cells/liter, discoloration of the water can be seen. Concentrations as high as 50,000,000 cells/liter were observed during the 2018 red tide event.

The blue line on the graph represents an average of 10 years of FWC data from years before Florida’s development boom, depicting red tide as it may have been historically, when the Conquistadors arrived and began keeping records. The red line represents more recent averages of FWC data. A line for 2010-19 would be off the graph. Islander Graphic: Larry Brand

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First phase of Pine Avenue improvements previewed

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter Pedestrian safety, traffic and parking are longestablished problems for Pine Avenue in Anna Maria.

Public works manager Dean Jones, who was tasked by the city commission to suggest improvements block-by-block, presented his findings for the 200 and 300 blocks to city commissioners March 14.

Jones said he spent a week studying the avenue inperson, noting where people crossed Pine, identifying hot spots for potential problems and spacing for more parking. He said he conferred with Mayor Dan Murphy about his suggestions and made some changes before his presentation.

Murphy prefaced Jones’ presentation by stating the improvements are not final solutions, but rather short-term ideas for Pine Avenue. He added that the city would use contingency funds for any fixes.

For the 200 block, Jones proposed adding a highintensity crosswalk near the trolley stop west of the Donut Experiment at 210C Pine Ave., as well as at the crosswalk on Pine Avenue on the south side of the intersection with North Shore Drive.

Jones also proposed crosswalk markings across North Shore at the intersection.

Currently, there are crosswalks on the north and east sides of the intersection, but Jones said he witnessed people disregarding them to walk across the other sides of the street.

Also, he suggested converting a “no parking area” on the south side of Pine across from the Donut Experiment to a loading zone to be used for deliveries to nearby shops.

Anna Maria commissioners heard results of a Pine Avenue vehicle traffic and pedestrian safety study from public works manager Dean Jones, during a March 14 meeting. Jones completed is research on the 200 and 300 blocks of Pine Avenue. Islander Courtesy Photo: CofAM

Commissioner Doug Copeland said the conversion was a good idea, but suggested loading zone hours so the area also could be used for public parking — probably three spaces.

Jones said he would measure the area and return to the commission with suggestions for parking that would not impede access at the nearby trolley stop.

For the 300 block, Jones proposed adding highintensity crosswalks on the south and west sides of the intersection at Crescent Drive and Pine — which he called unsafe for pedestrians — as well as a doubleline crosswalk on the south side of Pine.

Currently, a high-intensity crosswalk is on the north side of the intersection, with a double-line crosswalk on the east side.

He also proposed a double-line crosswalk across the north side of the T-intersection at Los Cedros Drive and Pine, where no crosswalk currently exists.

Copeland asked Manatee County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Jones how he’d to encourage crosswalk use because he’s seen people cross Pine outside of crosswalks.

Jones said the city could launch a campaign encouraging crosswalk use or ticket offenders. Jaywalking in Anna Maria is a noncriminal infraction, punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $500 as determined by a judge or special magistrate.

Seymour suggested a public-safety day, when deputies would be stationed along the avenue to encourage crosswalk use, as well as ticket jaywalkers.

Jones said the next step would be to establish the

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Red tide: Mote’s weird science

Larry Brand, a research scientist at the University of Miami, educates guests of Suncoast Waterkeeper on Karenia brevis, the species of red tide that blooms in on the West Coast. reD tiDe CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 goes, so goes Florida.

• A comprehensive water and aquifer management program, including conservation measures, pricing and limits.

Brand and Suncoast Waterkeeper maintain that without action and change, there is little chance for improvement and there’s a strong prospect the state’s water crisis will worsen.

Andy Mele, of Suncoast Waterkeeper, is an advocate for a better environment and responsible development in Manatee County. He is former executive director of a major Hudson River environmental group that was Mele instrumental in forcing General Electric to remove 300,000 pounds of toxic PCBs from the river. He authored “Polluting for Pleasure,” the book that rendered two-stroke outboard motors all but extinct, keeping millions of gallons of oil and gasoline from U.S. waterways every year. He can be reached at andymele@mac.com.

University of Miami researcher Larry Brand’s red tide conclusions are making some powerful people uncomfortable.

For an example, we only need look a short distance south to Mote Marine Laboratory.

Mote is neither accredited nor academic, but it has attempted to block Brand’s papers in scientific journals. In speaking at the Suncoast Waterkeeper event at the Bradenton Yacht Club, Brand told the audience that Mote once sent a team to Miami in an attempt to redirect his research.

Brand said in at least two instances, state agencies brazenly manipulated statistics, assuming no one would notice and went public with the “news” that no correlation exists between humanmade inputs and red tide — a mistruth that Mote has adopted.

When Brand publicly refuted the state’s results, his National Oceanic Atmospheric Agency and Environmental Agency grants were rescinded.

In the aftermath of past red tides of 2005-06, funds dried up almost as fast as the toxic algae disappeared from Gulf beaches. This time, however, Gulf Coast residents were so traumatized by horrific images of dead fish and marine mammals, as well as the potential economic consequences, that politicians of every stripe began lining up with bills that may not do anything to avert or reduce red tide.

Mote apparently has developed an entrepreneurial research agenda in lieu of a common-sense scientific agenda, and presented it to the public as the solution to red tide.

According to the Mote mantra, all that’s needed is

cost — estimated at $10,000 — and gain commission approval for the improvements. The city would next issue a request for proposals to contractors.

Jones said he would finalize his proposal for the two blocks by the next commission meeting at 6 p.m.

Thursday, March 28.

“At some point, something is going to happen, and we have to do something about it,” Jones said.

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The Florida Department of Transportation and Manatee County posted the following notices for the week of March 18: Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach: Crews are milling and paving Gulf Drive from 39th Street North to 28th Street North. The work is during daytime hours.

Avenue C: Right-of-way restoration continues along Avenue C, including installation of a stormwater infiltration system and driveway restoration.

For more information about the pipeline replacement projects on the island, go online to amipipereplacement.com.

For the latest road watch information, go online to www.fl511.com or dial 511.

millions of public dollars to fund their schemes.

Elected officials, possibly thinking it’s the only option available, have beaten a path to Mote’s doors on City Island in Sarasota.

Here’s how it works: Propose a bill, earmark millions for Mote with no competitive bidding, get a coveted photo op with Mote director Michael Crosby, and you are a defender of the state’s waters.

The problem is that nanobubbles, magic clay powders, UV reactors and myriad other technological ideas have yet to be proven. They may be unscalable to the dimensions needed to combat red tide and too expensive to deploy.

But that may be missing the point.

Next year, when red tide begins to spread up the coast again, panicked residents in waterfront homes will be clamoring for ideas and technology at any price to keep red tide from their doors.

Nanobubble arrays could become the next boutique must-have for coastal homes.

And it will be your tax dollars at work.

— Waterkeeper Andy Mele, Bradenton Suncoast Waterkeeper is embracing prevention, suing to block hundreds of millions of gallons of nutrient-rich raw and partially-treated sewage from entering our coastal waters. We are building a legislative coalition that we hope will become powerful enough to generate funding to replace the hundreds of enforcement staff at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection — fired by former Gov. Rick Scott — and push the state to embrace enforceable numeric water quality standards.

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Kiwanis club plans Easter Sunrise Service

The Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island Easter Sunrise Service will take place at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 21, at Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

The annual service draws more than 1,100 people to the beach.

The Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe will be open at 6 a.m. for the early worship. Also, the island trolley will be in operation at 6 a.m.

Organizers suggest attendees bring blankets and chairs to place on the sand.

The Rev. Matthew Grunfeld of the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation will deliver the opening prayer.

The Rev. Stephen King of Harvey Memorial Community Church in Bradenton Beach will deliver the benediction.

The Revs. Ed Moss of CrossPointe Fellowship and Douglas Kings of Gloria Day Lutheran Church, both in Holmes Beach, will read from the Scriptures.

An offertory prayer will be delivered by Matthew Nowicki, director of faith formation at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Holmes Beach.

The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Bob O’Keef of Roser Memorial Community Church in Anna Maria.

The service also will feature music.

Collections at the service are shared among the island churches and support charitable work in Manatee County, including the Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island scholarship program.

For more information, call Kiwanis member Sandy Haas-Martens at 941-778-1383.

Sunday, March 24 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. — Roser Memorial Community Church observes Lent with the annual cantata during services, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414.

Monday, March 25 9:30 a.m. — Roser Women’s Guild Migrants Sewing Group gathers to sew and knot quilts, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414.

SAVE THE DATE Roser Church concert with Key Chorale Chamber Singers, March 31, Anna Maria.

Longboat Island Chapel “A Charity Affair,” April 5, Longboat Key. Palm Sunday, April 14.

Maundy Thursday, April 18.

Good Friday, April 19.

Passover begins, April 19.

Holy Saturday, April 20.

Easter, April 21.

Kiwanis Sunrise Easter Service, April 21, Holmes Beach.

Passover ends, April 27.

Roser group sewing quilts

The Roser Women’s Guild will hold its Migrants Sewing Group at 9:30 a.m. Monday, March 25, in the fellowship hall of Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria.

All are welcome to sew and knot quilts.

For more information, contact the church office at 941-778-0414.

Financial seminar at Roser

Roser Memorial Community Church will host a financial planning seminar on two dates this month.

The church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, will host Robert H. DeVore leading “Planning for Long-Term Care: What You Need to Know,” at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 26.

DeVore is a financial adviser with DeVore Bradenton Insurance.

“Unfortunately, most people do not take the extra step in planning for long-term care,” read a statement in a news release from the church.

“Having a plan in place now can help minimize the burden of long-term care on those closest to you.”

This seminar is appropriate for those ages 50-85.

Reservations are required.

For more information, call the church office at 941-778-0414.

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The Rev. Neil Crowell leads the Ash Wednesday service in the chapel at Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Island churches are observing Lent. Islander Courtesy Photo

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Laura Frances Paysour

Laura Frances Paysour, 91, of Bradenton, Anna Maria Island and Atlanta, died Jan. 31.

She was born and raised in Gaston County, North Carolina, to Mary Adelene and Marshal Brown.

She lost her parents early and helped raise her two younger brothers.

She played basketball in high school.

After graduating she married her sweetheart, Raymond, just before he left for World War II. Stationed in the Philippines during his tour, they had their first daughter, Mary Adelene and later daughter Kathryn Elaine.

She loved to work and spent most of her life before retirement in bookkeeping. She had many talents and hobbies. She was an excellent seamstress, loved to bake and had a green thumb in her garden. Her canning, freezing and pickling were enjoyed by family and friends.

She was a Lutheran and, while in Atlanta, helped establish two mission churches. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Holmes Beach was the couple’s home church. She utilized her love of baking to manage the church kitchen for many social and spiritual events.

She and her husband were under the care of Tidewell Hospice at Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, where her husband was moved to her room before she died. He died the next day, 24 hours apart.

They will be interred at Sarasota National Cemetery. A memorial service and celebration of life was to be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, at Freedom Village Nursing Home Auditorium, with a reception to follow. Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory 43rd Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be made to www.brownandsonsfuneral. com.

She was a grandmother, great-grandmother, greatgreat-grandmother and friend to many people.

She is survived by a brother, Philip; daughters Mary Adelene and husband Thomas Moore and Kathryn Elaine and husband Brooks Mull; grandchildren Thomas and wife Jennifer, Michael and wife Deanne Moore and Pat and Rachael Brooks; many nephews, grand-nephews and nieces.

Roser presents cantata

Phyllis O’Keef, at the piano, and Scott Stanton, playing bass, perform at Roser Church, which will present the cantata, “A Journey to Hope” during 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. services Sunday, March 24. The cantata will feature an orchestra, vocal choir and a handbell choir. Roser is at 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. For more information, call the church at 941-778-0414. Islander Courtesy Photo

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Mr. Paysour is survived by his daughters Mary Adelene and husband Thomas Moore and Kathryn Raymond Lee Paysour, 92, of Bradenton, Anna Elaine and husband Brooks Mull; sisters Loreen Grigg Maria Island and Atlanta, died Feb. 1.

He was born to Russell and Bertie (Huffstetler) and and Bonnie Johnson; nieces and nephews Patsy, David raised in Gaston County, North Carolina. He grew up and Mark; and many great-nieces. on a farm.

Anton Rappold He became one of the “Greatest Generation” when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps for World War Anton Rappold, 78, of Anna Maria, died March 9.

II at the age of 17. He flew air, sea and rescue and He was born in Munich, Germany, and arrived to the served as the company radioman. Before leaving for United States by steamship in 1954. his assignment to the Philippines, he married his high He served in the U.S. Air Force school love, Laura “Lolly” Frances Brown. and was stationed in Western Europe Thanks to the GI Bill, he earned a college degree. and Turkey.

He worked in the trucking industry, specializing in He was an engineer and jazz logistics. He transferred his family to Atlanta, where music aficionado. he was office manager and the terminal manager.

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Maria Island for 20 years and decided to retire to the com. island. They bought a house on a canal and lived there He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Emel; son full-time for more than 15 years.

Jim; daughter-in-law Dawn; and two grandchildren.

He joined the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and volZita Zinbo unteered many hours planning the logistics for memZita Zinbo, 81, of Anna Maria, died March 13. She bers patrolling the bays and the Gulf. He spent many years patrolling with his crew around the Skyway was born in Panemunelis, Lithuania, April 27, 1937.

She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in microbiBridge and Port Manatee for Homeland Security. He ology from the Lithuanian Veterinary rose to the rank of captain in the auxiliary and was Academy in Kaunas, Lithuania. She much respected. emigrated from Lithuania — then By the age of 88, he reluctantly sold his boat and part of the Soviet Union — to the house and the couple moved to Freedom Village, United States Aug. 28, 1960, with her where they were happy among old friends and many brother, Eugene, and grandmother, new ones.

Ona, in order to be reunited with her He is missed by so many.

Zimbo father, Anthony Celkis, in Alaska. Her The family planned a memorial at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, with a celebration of life to follow at father had traveled to the United States to attend the Freedom Village. Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & New York World’s Fair in 1939 and was unable to Crematory 43rd Street Chapel is in charge of arrange- return during World War II. He then petitioned Interior ments. Condolences may be made to www.brownand- Secretary Fred A. Seaton to secure the release of his sonsfuneral.com.

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family from behind the Iron Curtain.

After her arrival in the United States, she spent time in Healy, Alaska, and Chicago, and then moved to Syracuse, New York, to work at the State University of New York in the research lab.

She met Mikio Zinbo at a Christmas party for international students in Syracuse and they were married May 27, 1967.

She worked as a homemaker raising her children and as a part-time nanny in Canton, Michigan, where she resided for 30 years.

The family began vacationing on Anna Maria Island in 1973 and regularly stayed at Resort 66.

She moved to Anna Maria Island in 1999.

She enjoyed gardening and tai chi classes at the Center of Anna Maria Island and was a member of the Anna Maria Island Garden Club and the St. Bernard Catholic Church Women’s Guild.

She was committed to lifelong learning and took classes throughout her life.

She was known for her positive attitude, kindness and compassion for all living things, and was a frequent pet sitter for friends on the island.

She volunteered for many years with the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Manatee County, a nationwide grass-roots advocacy group representing people affected by mental illness.

A funeral Service will at 1 p.m., Monday, March 25, at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory43rd Street Chapel, 604 43rd St. W., Bradenton.

Memorial donations may be made to NAMI at https:// donate.nami.org/. Condolences may be made to www. brownandsonsfuneral.com.

She is survived by her two daughters, Asta M. and Marie A. Neid; grandson Kyle G. Neid; and two nephews.

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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.

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Sell-out crowd attends museum gala, author talk

The Nautilus Room at the Seafood Shack Marina, Bar and Grill in Cortez is packed for a sold-out Fishing Our Future fundraising dinner to benefit the Florida Maritime Museum. The evening included a talk by historian and author Jack E. Davis, who provided his historical view of the Gulf of Mexico and discussed how coastal residents are connected to the Gulf.

Davis is a professor of environmental history at the University of Florida and the author of “An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century” and Pulitzer prizewinning “The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea.” The author also signed copies of his books. Islander Courtesy Photos

Second-graders pay homage to Broadway

Be prepared to sing along to Broadway show tunes will be available for an added donation. at the second-grade play at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March For more information, visit AME at 4700 Gulf 19 — after press time for The Islander — in the Anna Drive, Holmes Beach, or call 941-708-5525.

Maria Elementary School auditorium.

— Brook Morrison The evening will include many laughs and singalongs.

The performance will be open to the public and admission is free.

Led by music teacher Gary Wooten, the “Broadway Beat” student performance will include songs from hit shows “Rent,” “The King and I,” “Mary Poppins” and more.

The award-winning Columbia Restaurant at St. Author Jack E. Davis speaks at museum fundArmands Circle in Sarasota will host the Parentraiser.

Teacher Organization dinner in the school cafeteria starting at 5 p.m. Dinner will include the Columbia’s

By Brook Morrison, brook@islander.org 1905 salad, black beans, chicken and yellow rice, Cuban bread and beverages.

The Columbia at St. Armands is managed by AME parent and former Holmes Beach Commissioner John Monetti.

AME calendar The dinner and play are open to the public, and • Friday, March 22, 1 p.m., early release. everyone is welcome.

• Spring break, no school, March 25-29.

Dinner will cost $8 for adults and $5 for children • Monday, April 1, students return from spring at the door. Desserts — donated by PTO members — break.

• Tuesday, April 2, fourth- and fifth-grade English Language Arts writing assessment.

Watercolors ‘for the birds’ • Wednesday-Thursday, April 3-4, third-grade Teacher Karen Paul’s third-graders gather March English Language Arts reading assessment.

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John van Zandt

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

John was named “Juan” by his adoring grandchildren Will and Sophia, who couldn’t pronounce “John,” which resulted in him being “Juan” to his family.

He 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 Sept. 30, 1948, in Fort Lauderdale and grew up near the Atlantic Ocean, where his love for the water began. His family lived in a little Florida cottage with ceiling fans to keep the house cool. They slept listening to the waves on the ocean.

The family then moved to Houston, where his father built swimming pools. One of John’s many jobs was as a pool boy. He loved saying he cleaned George H.W. Bush’s pool and that Barbara always came out and brought him an ice cold Coca-Cola. John had lots of jobs and was always ready with a story.

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

His most memorable surfing trip was to Mazatlan, Mexico, where he and his friends caught some great waves. Once they saw some amazing giant waves stacking up offshore and they marveled at the power of the Pacific Ocean. They rode the riptide out to the break, where John pushed his board into the wave. He said it felt as if he was 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 became excited just telling the stories about the exhilaration of touching the wave, feeling the speed, being one with the ocean.

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 often 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

John van Zandt bring up their two children. After a year traveling in Mexico and living in parts of the South, they settled on Anna Maria Island.

John immediately jumped into activities, including coaching the girls in soccer. One year he and Gib Bergquist coached a team that was described in Gib’s book, “Cracker Crumbs,” as “The Perfect Record.”

They did not win a game, not even one, but there were many teaching moments. Really, he mused, 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 — still remembered by the kids, who have since grown up!

John grew up loving the water, so Anna Maria Island 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 a couple of hours of sailing on Tampa Bay. He joined 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 on land and began playing racquetball with much enthusiasm. In recent years he took up pickleball at the community center, always taking his competitive spirit and good nature with him and making friends along the way.

John and Chris shared a love for baseball and every

Center tour brings guests ‘home’ to view island lifestyle Guests cover their shoes with booties and admire the entryway of the Kercher home March 16 while waiting to visit one of four homes on the fundraising home tour to benefit the center.

year enjoyed spring training in Bradenton.

He also 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 island’s Christmas bird counts several years.

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

John was in marketing and advertising for many years before embarking on a real estate career with Island Real Estate. He was a lucky man who loved his work so much that he maintained he didn’t have a job.

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

The family suggests memorial donations to “Make Your Own Way,” a van Zandt family scholarship through the Kiwanis Foundation. Donations should be mailed to Bradenton Kiwanis Foundation with a notation, Make Your Own Way, in care of Jack Hawkins, 1023 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton FL 34205.

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.

A private memorial service is planned for a later date.

— Christine Torgeson van Zandt John van Zandt volunteers for a Christmas bird count at Leffis Key in Bradenton Beach in 2012.

Islander File Photo: Bonner Joy

Volunteer Priscilla Seewald marks off guests’ books as she clears them for admission for a tour of the Kerchner home March 16 during the Center of Anna Maria Island’s fundraising event.

Guests admire the swimming pool and deck outside the Fangmeyer home, 95 52nd St., Holmes Beach.

They start their tour of the waterfront home with the pool and the view as part of the Center of Anna Maria Island annual Tour of Homes March 16.

Islander Photos: Ryan Paice

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Anna Maria commissioners take up sign ordinance changes

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter Changes to Anna Maria’s sign regulations are on the horizon.

City commissioners discussed changes to the city’s sign ordinance March 14, including moratoriums on the issuance of sign permits and new A-frame signs, as well as adjustments to regulations for temporary and permanent signage.

City attorney Becky Vose, who brought proposed changes to the commission, said the discussion was spurred by case law that determined signs may not be differentiated by their content.

The proposal reads, “It is acknowledged that due to court decisions, the prior version of this sign code potentially could have been found invalid, and the amendments reflected in this chapter are intended to conform to changes in the law with the goal of content neutrality.”

Another change to the ordinance acknowledges signs can be used for personal expression, instead of solely advertising.

Vose said the only differentiation allowed for signs is between permanent and temporary signs. She said a case could be made that “for sale” signs are temporary signage, as they would be removed once sold, and vacation rental signs are permanent.

Commissioners discussed how some property owners might be disadvantaged by the current requirement that signs on private property be placed 10 feet from the building, despite any fencing or landscaping on the property, which might block it from view.

Mayor Dan Murphy said there should be exemptions for some property owners, such as a lot placed

back from a roadway, or if someone has a house with landscaping or fencing that would obstruct signage.

“Do we want people to go out and cut down all their vegetation just so people can see their ‘for-sale’ sign?” Murphy said.

Commission Chair Brian Seymour suggested limiting temporary signs, but allowing them to be placed 10 feet off the right of way instead of the building so it could be closer to the street. A permanent sign would remain 10 feet from a building.

Vose said the city could issue permits for temporary signage, which would include “for-sale” and construction signs, and make administrative determinations on whether peoples’ signs are temporary or permanent to issue the exemption.

Murphy said the city would need to calculate the cost of administering such a regulation, as well as further define temporary to a fixed timeframe, to move forward with the change.

Vose suggested issuing a moratorium on the issuance of sign permits for six months or until the passage of the new sign ordinance.

The ordinance allows businesses sharing a parcel with other businesses to either erect one wall or overhang sign not to exceed 10 square feet, or a door sign not to exceed 3 square feet for up to two customer entries, with one sign not to exceed 4 square feet for the entire parcel.

Seymour, who owns Anna Maria General Store on Pine, said he would like businesses with shared parcels — such as his — to have more signage.

Murphy said the city could determine signage based on the frontage of a commercial property, where a ratio between the width of a property’s frontage and

its allowed amount of signage would be codified.

Seymour suggested A-frame sign regulations should also be frontage-based, adding that he has seen an excessive use of “sandwich board” signs on Pine Avenue.

Vose said frontage-based signage regulations are used in most other cities and could be implemented, but she also suggested a moratorium be placed on new A-frame signs until the new ordinance is established.

City commissioners will vote on a moratorium on the issuance of sign permits, as well as a halt on new A-frame signs, in an emergency meeting at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, March 21.

Anna Maria prohibits glass on beaches

Anna Maria city commissioners voted 5-0 March 14 to approve an ordinance prohibiting glass on the beaches within city limits. Possession is a criminal nuisance.

The amendment to the city’s existing nuisance ordinance took effect upon approval.

City attorney Becky Vose said it was unusual that the city already had not prohibited glass on the beaches, as many other beach communities have such regulations in place.

Violators will be issued a $100 citation for their first nuisance offense, $250 for their second offense within 12 months of the first, and $500 each additional offense within 12 months of the first offense.

— Ryan Paice

People flock to Annie Silver for season’s last meal

People are lined up and waiting March 15 at Annie Silver Community Center, 103 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach, for the final Friday night dinner of the winter season.

More than 75 people filed through the dinner line for fried fish, mac and cheese, coleslaw, hush puppies and homemade desserts. Islander Photos: Sandy Ambrogi

Volunteers with Annie Silver Community Center in Bradenton Beach, right, serve guests fish and all the fixin’s for the final Friday night dinner of the season.

A group of friends chat over dinner March 15 at the Annie Silver Community Center in Bradenton Beach. The Friday night fish fry wrapped up the monthly dinners at the center for the season.

Cindy Shealy-Swager, left, adds batter mix to a bowl as her husband, “Big John” Swager, handles the deep-fryer March 15, at the final Annie Silver Community Center dinner of the season. Swagger is a regular cook for the events in Bradenton Beach. Karen Bell and A.P. Bell Fish Co. of Cortez donated the fish.

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Bradenton Beach officials explore options for vacation rental licensing

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter A review of Bradenton Beach’s vacation rental regulations and registrations began a year after the city implemented its transient public lodging establishment resolution.

City commissioners agreed March 12 to direct city attorney Ricinda Perry to work with treasurer Shayne Thompson and building official Steve Gilbert to develop language to extend TPLE exemptions, as well as create potential discounts for registrants using an online portal.

The direction was partly in response to Thompson’s questions about the program, which currently exempts TPLEs that classify as hotels or motels, as well as any TPLE that uses on-site management in the planned development overlay zoning district, in the mixed-use zoning district and in limited commercial or general commercial zoning districts.

Thompson said there is a gray area for city staff enforcing the ordinance when it comes to establishments that are licensed with the state as condominium associations but operate as hotels or motels.

The ordinance exempts establishments licensed with the state as hotels or motels, but not those licensed as condominium associations that operate as hotels or motels, Thompson said. He asked commissioners to clarify the exemption for enforcement.

However, Gilbert disagreed with Thompson and

said any establishment operating as a hotel or motel can qualify for exemption under the ordinance. “For my purposes, and in my perspective, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, then it’s a duck,� Gilbert said. “In my opinion, regardless of how they’re registered with the state, if the city has historically recognized them as hotel/ motel operations, the first exemption still applies to that.�

Gilbert said Perry could investigate whether state licensing restricts the city from exempting establishments operating as hotels or motels and submit clarifying language for the ordinance.

Discounts for TPLE registration and renewal fees also were discussed, with Commissioner Ralph Cole arguing that the $150 annual renewal fee, in addition to a $150 license application fee per unit, might be too much. “In my opinion, if we’re going to do a safety inspection, then the original permit application should cost $150, because safety inspections cost the city money,� Gilbert said in defense of the TPLE licensing fee.

He suggested renewal rates could be reduced or eliminated because renewals don’t require safety inspections unless the city receives complaints.

Thompson suggested providing a discount to registrants who use the city’s online portal to register and renew their TPLEs, since doing so reduces labor costs

Bradenton Beach building official Steve Gilbert discusses changes to the city’s transient public lodging establishment resolution March 12 with city commissioners. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice for the city.

To better regulate vacation rentals, the TPLE was implemented in March 2018 to replace the quality-oflife ordinance that was written by Perry and adopted in 2015.

Commissioner Jake Spooner said the main goal of the TPLE was to regulate noise, trash and parking, which he said it had accomplished so far.

There are 387 units registered with the city as TPLEs, with 85 up for renewal and 25 applications that have been approved but have yet to be paid.

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Opinions offered on bike-, scooter-shares in Holmes Beach

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter About 20 people attended a community forum March 13 on regulations for bikes and scooters.

And the consensus was a resounding “no” to dockless rental businesses for scooters and bikes, but acceptance of maintained, docked, nonmotorized bike-share systems.

In December 2018, the city commission instituted a moratorium on any new business renting “dockless mobility vehicles” on public property, as well as new bicycle-sharing services and bike rental businesses until June 30.

Dockless mobility systems include locations where users exchange vehicles. To date, no such enterprise has been proposed to Holmes Beach commissioners.

“Docked” systems include bikes and scooters that “share” stations and must be permitted with a site plan for each location.

The purpose of the forum, which was led by Mary Buonagura, Holmes Beach human resources analyst, was to get input to assist the commission in making regulations for modes of transportation increasing in popularity in cities around the world.

Buonagura said the city soon would update its comprehensive plan to reflect the next 20 years. So decisions such as regulations for bike- and scootershares will affect transportation for years to come.

One person, who identified as a resident, said, between the island trolley and monkey bus service — both of which provide free, cross-island rides to passengers — and the bike, scooter and low-speed vehicle rentals available on the island, there is no need for anything new.

Another person said he lived in cities with dockless bike- and scooter-sharing services and they were a failure because they weren’t maintained.

Thomas Pechous and Tracy Thrall are Holmes Beach residents and cofounders of Mobile Muttleys, a Holmes Beach-based docked bike-share business that has a business tax receipt but cannot operate due to the moratorium. They said March 13 that their system would be monitored and maintained — if allowed to operate.

Thrall said their 120 bikes would be tracked by GPS, operate on green energy and maintained on a monthly basis. People who failed to return bikes to docking stations would be charged the full cost of the bikes.

“The vision we have is to have a sensible system, working with the city, to make sure everybody is happy with it,” Thrall said.

One resident asked if the Mobile Muttley’s system would operate using a smartphone app, with bikes that can be docked at any location where the system has a station. Thrall answered, “Correct.”

If the city approves docked bike-share systems, the docking stations would be placed by businesses on private property.

Additionally, Thrall and Pechous might approach

Manatee County for permission to place a docking station at the Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive.

Another resident suggested that for the system to work, Anna Maria and Bradenton Beach would have to be onboard. He suggested officials from the three cities meet to discuss the matter.

Thrall agreed and said the only way the system will work is if it is islandwide.

People in the gallery raise their hands in response to a question March 13 during a community forum on rental systems for bikes and scooters at Holmes Beach City Hall, 5801 Marina Drive. About 20 people attended the forum. Islander Photo: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes

Streetlife

By Kathy Prucnell

Island police blotter

Anna Maria March 5, Bayfront Park, 300 N. Bay Blvd., confiscated property. Manatee County sheriff’s deputies observed marijuana smoke spewing from a parked vehicle. On approaching the vehicle, the officer found two occupants with 12 bottles of beer, a bottle of rum, marijuana, a marijuana grinder and a pipe. The deputies determined they were University of Florida students and called their parents. The deputies dumped out the alcohol and placed other items into evidence for destruction.

Anna Maria is policed by the MCSO. Bradenton Beach March 9, Coquina Beach Park, 1600 Gulf Drive S., driver’s license. A Bradenton Beach police officer saw a man in an SUV pull out from the Coquina Beach parking lot into slow-moving northbound traffic. He passed about 20 cars at a high rate of speed. The officer stopped the man for speeding and determined he was driving on a suspended license. The man was arrested and transported to the Manatee County jail and a family member with a valid license removed the vehicle.

March 11, Summer Sands condominium, 1009 Gulf Drive N., vehicle burglary. A man from Ontario, Canada, reported his wallet containing credit cards and

identification was stolen from his unlocked vehicle at the condo parking area.

March 9-12, 100 block of 25th Street North, stolen/recovered property. Two unlocked bicycles were reported stolen and later found behind Shell Land, 301 Gulf Drive N., and returned to the owner.

Bradenton Beach is policed by BBPD. Cortez No reports.

Cortez is policed by the MCSO. Holmes Beach March 5, 700 Key Royale Drive, Key Royale Club, trespass. An officer was called after two males and two females were seen parking in the lot and entering the golf course with fishing poles. The four received trespass warnings and left the area.

March 7, 700 block of Manatee Avenue, traffic, drug citation. An officer traveling east on Manatee Avenue observed a car drifting into the oncoming lane.

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By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter There soon will be excavators operating in the nature preserve in Cortez.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is in the process of choosing contractors for two habitat restoration projects and want people to know more work at the FISH Preserve is on its way.

Corey Anderson, FWC restoration project manager, described the operation and the bucket-like excavators expected in mid-April.

In the first project, about 35 trees will be logged or mulched on the west side of the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage property, according to Anderson.

The second project involves $97,500 of Phase III intertidal work on an eastern portion of the 100-acre site.

The week of March 9 included deadlines for the contractors’ bids, which will to be unsealed in Tallahassee April 3 and April 5, after which the work should be underway.

At FISH board meetings in February and March, the nonprofit’s directors discussed the 37-47 invasive Australian pines and Brazilian pepper trees still standing, although sliced with 1-2-inch cuts to halt the trees’ growth.

FISH directors suggested removal, logging and mulching as possible outcomes for the trees and, Streetlife CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28 session of less than 20 grams and for paraphernalia.

The cannabis, scale and grinder were entered into the HBPD evidence locker.

March 8, 600 block of Baronet Lane, identity theft.

A woman reported two $9,500 bank withdrawals from her bank account. She reported the thief used a Florida driver’s license she had reported stolen in 2013.

March 9, 5300 block of Gulf Drive, driver’s license, drug citation. An officer stopped a vehicle observed traveling southbound on Marina Drive with the driver’s side headlight out. A smell of marijuana was observed and a search located 0.8 gram of cannabis. The driver was cited for no valid license and for less than 20 grams of marijuana. He was issued a summons and released. A juvenile with him was picked up by a family member.

March 10, 100 block of 73rd Street, theft. An officer responding to a call of suspicious activity at the Coconuts condominiums was contacted by a man who said his fishing poles were taken from his deck.

Three Akuna rod and reels valued at $475 and a 7-foot Shumino rig valued at $125 were reported stolen.

March 10, 200 block of 68th Street, noise violation. Officers responded to a noise complaint at a rental and found teenagers jumping from a roof into a swimming pool. The rental agents were called. Alcohol

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An aerial shows the ongoing FWC invasive species removal projects at the 100-acre Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage Preserve in Cortez. Islander Graphic: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

March 4, were awaiting more information about the FWC project.

FISH vice president Jane von Hahmann estimated the state agency had $8,000 available for the work. was located in the house. Four of the 12 people were over 21 years old. All were evicted from the property for occupancy violation, noise violation, safety issues, underage drinking and violating the terms of the rental agreement. Officers remained while the renters gathered their possessions and left.

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She told the group the disposition of the girdled trees was not part of the FWC’s 2018 project, which also included downing hundreds of the non-native trees from a central portion of the FISH preserve — the land formerly owned by LeMasters.

In November 2018, the FWC completed the $12,000 project.

Anderson said, after the mulching and logging in April, “a handful� of the girdled trees will remain in the mangroves, near the trap yard away from walkways, to provide homes for birds and other wildlife.

In the meantime, it is safe for the girdled trees to stand, according to the FWC restoration manager.

The FWC hopes to finish the first project, he said, which came under budget by $4,000, to FISH’s satisfaction with a new contract to include mulching and logging the trees.

After that project is complete, Anderson said, the “more extensive� Phase III project will begin, removing several acres of invasive trees, leaving a grassy understory, mangroves, live oaks and other coastal vegetation, and possibly adding new native plants.

Scheda Ecological Associates of Sarasota designed the multiphase project for the FISH Preserve — with the plan staged as funds become available — in the mid-2000s after FISH purchased the majority of the preserve property.

Impressed with the Scheda design, the FWC made it its top project for funding in the 2018-19 Division of Habitat and Species Conservation budget, according to Anderson.

After the spring projects are complete, Anderson and von Hahmann say additional funding will likely be needed to finish clearing the preserve of exotic, non-native plants and trees.

Anderson said federal grant sources are being explored. “In the end, it’ll turn out great. It’s been really nice working with FISH. You can tell they are passionate about keeping the property restored,� he added.

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Islander dives into aquarium support pool

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter Many changes are taking place at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, and islander Vic Caserta can fill you in on them.

He serves on the board of directors of the aquarium, which is in the midst of a $70 million expansion.

The aquarium, a nonprofit opened in 1972 in an old wastewater complex in Clearwater, gained fame in 2011 with the release of the movie “Dolphin Tale,” which was followed in 2014 with “Dolphin Tale 2.”

The movies tell the story of Winter, a dolphin whose tail was amputated after being severely entangled and damaged in a crab trap.

Winter was transported to CMA, where a marine biologist and a prosthetics doctor fitted the young dolphin with a tail, saving her life. Winter remains at the aquarium she helped make famous.

A merger for marine life The aquarium announced Feb. 15 it was joining forces with Sea to Shore Alliance, and will form a new division at the aquarium named Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute.

Vic Caserta had served on the Sea to Shore board of directors from 2016-18. Sea to Shore tracks the movements of tagged marine mammals and focuses on conservation and research on manatees, sea turtles and North Atlantic right whales.

The move to join the Clearwater Marine Aquarium board was a perfect fit.

“Sea to Shore was ready for the next step up,” Caserta said.

“The merger brings a new venture for Sea to Shore and the aquarium encompasses all the things I truly love: helping young people and veterans, the environment and the marine mammals,” he added.

Caserta is the only board member from the alli-

Vic Caserta, left, and wife Kathy visit with Winter, the dolphin, at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Caserta serves on the aquarium’s board of directors.

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ance to become a member of the aquarium board. He and other aquarium board members are responsible for the overall operations of the nonprofit, including hiring the CEO, budgets, fundraising and community relationships.

Caserta hopes to bring awareness about the facility to a wider audience, including people on Anna Maria Island, and recently led a group of islanders on a tour of the aquarium.

“I want to bring focus from Manatee and Sarasota counties to the aquarium. This facility encompasses the entire country, not just Clearwater,” Caserta said.

The expansion’s completion date is August 2020 and construction has begun.

Caserta said a goal is to raise $15 million in donations to the aquarium by the expansion’s completion.

The expansion will allow for more marine mammal rescues by tripling the rescued dolphin habitat and improving habitats for resident non-releasable animals with underwater viewing and more natural construction.

“Our goal is rescue, rehab and release when possible,” Caserta said. “Those who absolutely cannot survive in the wild, we retain here.”

Caserta points out the main emphasis at the

aquarium is the hospital, and caring for sick or injured marine mammals.

CMA has programs for people, too The aquarium also cares for people.

The Hangar Clinic, which developed Winter’s prosthetic tail, teams with the aquarium to host Camp with No Limits.

The camp welcomed more than 100 people, including veterans, fitted with prosthetics in 2018.

CMA has “made a difference in lives of more than 10,000 challenged children and wounded warriors living with prosthetics over the years,” Caserta said.

There is no cost to attendees. Caserta said more than 700 volunteers assist with programs at the aquarium.

Caserta is not alone in his love for marine mammals.

Wife Kathy Caserta, assists with logistics, community relations and spreading the word to others about the work of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

“She works behind the scenes,” Caserta said.

For more information about the aquarium, call Vic Caserta at 941-209-8609 or visit the aquarium website at clearwatermarineaquarium.com.

A girl listens in the arms of a counselor at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium’s Camp with No Limits in 2018.

The camp served more than 100 people who wear prosthetics in 2018.

Kathy Caserta, right, holds Winter’s prosthetic tail as Allie Twedt, animal care specialist with the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, stands by.

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By Lisa Neff

‘Sing’ out for songbirds

When spring comes around, I get a fever to compete or take on a new challenge.

Probably the compulsion is ingrained after years of playing baseball, the season starting each March with practice on diamonds muddy with snowmelt.

Whatever the reason, I get a competitive itch with the arrival of spring.

My adult pursuits tend to involve activism and, just as I was seeking a pursuit, I received invitations to join Neff in several environmental challenges.

The first was from a grass-roots group of Tampa Bay conservationists, who challenged me to join a statewide push to implement a new rule to protect native songbirds from trappers.

The capture, possession, sale, purchase and transportation of Florida songbirds is illegal under state law, as well as the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and yet poaching occurs.

A recent Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission notice on the issue stated, “The illegal trapping of native birds has long been a concern in the state, particularly in south Florida, where trapping is believed to be widespread. Birds are lost from the wild population and, in many cases, are seriously mistreated, as birds are killed or injured when illegally trapped.”

Painted and indigo buntings — seen frequently on Anna Maria Island, especially at Leffis Key in Braden-

Songbirds are caught in a trap. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering a rule change to prohibit the use, possession and transportation of bird traps. Islander Photo: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ton Beach — are most commonly targeted in the state, according to the FWC. The rule change before the FWC would restrict the use, placement, possession and transport of bird traps. With the change, law enforcement officers could confiscate traps found in the wild and hopefully make cases against poachers built on their possession of traps.

To share in this challenge and encourage the state to enact the rule, email the FWC at imperiled@fwc. com before the commission meets in May.

The second challenge involves participating in the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, a campaign launched in 2015 by the National Pollinator Garden Network to help save bees and butterflies — 40 percent of invertebrate pollinator species are at risk of extinction.

In three years, 1,040,000 gardens were registered through the challenge, creating a network of about 5 million acres of enhanced or new pollinator habitat in the United States.

The challenge for 2019 is for you and me and many more to expand garden habitat by planting three different pollinator-friendly plants that bloom in three different seasons.

I have coworkers doing their part to protect pollinators. Now I aim to meet this challenge and then contribute my results to the citizen-science site at https:// www.scistarter.org/pollinatorgardens.

The third challenge calls on me to call on my mayor and encourage participation in the Wyland Foundation’s National Water Conservation Challenge for Mayors.

Well, I can more than meet the challenge here, and I call on the three island mayors to accept the Wyland challenge, which has grown from a grass-roots project involving south Florida mayors to a national campaign to promote healthy oceans, rivers, streams and wetlands.

How can Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy, Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth and Bradenton Beach Mayor John Chappie take the challenge?

They must commit to the campaign and then challenge us to conserve water in small but meaningful ways — like fixing a leaky faucet, taking shorter showers, sweeping instead of hosing, landscaping with “climate-appropriate” plants and using refillable water bottles.

Ready for a challenge?

Plant experts at library

The Manatee County Extension Service continues to station plant experts at area libraries.

Bat check A master gardener sets up an information table and A Seminole bat is one of the species answers questions 10 a.m.-1 p.m. the first Saturday of common to Florida. The Florida the month at the Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Holmes Beach.

Commission March 11 issued The extension service also conducts workshops at a caution that “bat maternity” its headquarters at the Manatee County Fairgrounds, season is April 15-Aug. 15, and 1303 17th St. W., Palmetto, and leads a variety of people should check their propertours. ties now to determine whether bats For more information, call the service at 941-722are roosting in attics, eaves or 4524. chimneys. The FWC posted guidelines on how to remove or exclude bats from buildings at myfwc.com/ bats, but any such activity must take place before April 15. Islander Photo: Kathleen Smith/FWC

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2nd Skyway run on the books, hole-in-one recorded at KRC

By Kevin P. Cassidy Islander Reporter The second annual Skyway 10K took place March 3 under sunny skies, with no wind and a pleasant temperature of 65 degrees for the 6,679 participants who somehow managed to snag entries for the event. It sold out online in 18 minutes.

Long-time runner and Galati yacht sales employee Mickey Hooke managed to get in and, he says, he entered Cassidy with one goal in mind: To better his time from last year’s inaugural race.

He undertook a 90-day training regimen that included runs over the Ringling and Green bridges along with trips to the gym five days a week.

He also signed up for the first wave to have a clear course in front of him.

Although he wasn’t feeling on top of his game, he said he pushed through and reached the top of the bridge in 25:37 and crossed the finish line in 42:57 — good for 29th place overall and second in the men age 55-64, a group of 501 runners.

Hooke achieved his goal, lowering his time from the 2018 race by 1:38 and bettering his hill climb of 7:44 in 2018 to 7:04 in 2019.

Hooke also said the sunrise, national anthem, howitzer starting gun and, of course, the Sunshine Skyway contributed to the incredible energy for the event, which raised $640,000 for the Armed Forces Families Foundation.

Also in the run were my sisters, Mo Cassidy, who made it look like a walk in the park — because she walked — and sister Theresa Cassidy Collins, who ran the bridge for the second time.

Mickey Hooke at the Skyway 10K finish line.

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lis Roe grabbed first-place honors in Flight A with a 1-under-par 31, while Pam Lowry and Marcia Helgeson finished at 1-over-par 33. Lowry took second place after a card-off broke the tie.

Sue Christensen took first place in Flight B with a 2-over-par 34.

Barb Rincky fired a 5-under-par 27 to win Flight C by three strokes over second-place finisher Annette Hall, who carded a 2-under-par 30. Sue Wheeler was alone in second place after her 1-under-par 31.

Terry Westby took first place in Flight D with an even-par 32, three strokes ahead of Penny Auch, Sally York and Marty Clark.

York, Auch, Helgeson, Christensen, Ann Hitchen and Margrit Layh all had chipins to punctuate their rounds.

The men were back on the course March 14 for a nine-hole scramble when Ron Buck aced the 162yard fourth hole with his trusty driver for the shot of the week. The team of Gary Alford, Chet Hutton, Gary Risner and Terry Tarras matched the 5-under-par Seedings set in adult football 27 carded by the team of Buck, Brian Comer, Tom Action March 14 finalized seedings for the Center McDonald and Bob Soos for a tie for first place. of Anna Maria Island adult flag football playoffs, which will begin Wednesday, March 20, with the bottom four Horseshoe news seeds playing for a chance to upset the No. 1 or No. 2 Four teams advanced to the knockout stage during seed.

March 13 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall Progressive Cabinetry wrapped up the top seed with horseshoe pits. Dell Reese and Tom Skoloda advanced a 45-6 thrashing of No. 3 seed Gulfview Windows. The from pool play, but Skoloda had to make an early exit second game saw Lancaster Design hold onto the No. and Reese took care of business with a 21-12 victory 2 seed despite a 38-27 loss to Hashmark Sports, which over Bob Mason and Tom Farrington. sewed up the No. 5 seed. The last game of the night saw Ugly Grouper earn the No. 4 spot thanks to a 26-12 victory over No. 6 Beach House Realty.

Ugly Grouper will take on Hashmark Sports at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, followed by a 7:30 p.m. start for Gulfview Windows versus Beach House.

Key Royale golf news Golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach last week teed off with the men playing a ninehole modified-Stableford system match March 11. Joe Tynan and Buddy Foy finished at plus-6 to share clubhouse bragging rights. Mike Gille was a point back in second with a plus-5.

Foy also was part of the winning team that combined on a score of plus-11 and included Bill MacMillan, Gary Risner and Bill Shuman.

The women took the course March 12 for a ninehole, individual-low-net match in four flights. Phyl-

The second semifinal saw John Crawford and Bob Brown advance with a 23-12 victory over Steve Doyle and Neil Hennessey. Reese stayed hot and steamrolled his way to a 22-1 victory over Crawford and Brown to earn the day’s bragging rights.

The March 16 games saw Bob Palmer and Rod Bussey up against Myles Macleod and Brown in the finals. Palmer and Bussey cruised, winning 21-1.

Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria City Hall pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m. followed by random team selection.

There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.

Adult volleyball continues With one night of matches left to play in the adult volleyball league at the Center of Anna Maria, it’s anyone’s guess how the seeding will fall for the playoffs.

Planet Stone and Solid Rock Construction are both 7-3 the top seed is likely for one of those teams. However, with two matches remaining, Ugly Grouper, which holds down third place on a 5-5 record, is not eliminated. Freckled Fin follows with a 4-6 record and ACE Hardware completes the standings at 2-8 record.

Action March 12 saw Freckled Fin open with 25-8, 22-25, 15-10 over ACE Hardware. ACE dropped its second match of the night by 25-19, 25-20 to Solid Rock Construction.

Solid Rock continued its strong play, scoring 25-15, 25-12 over Ugly Grouper. Finally, Planet Stone rolled to a 25-6, 25-17 victory over Ugly Grouper.

Sign up now for spring sports Registration is ongoing at the center through March 25 for spring soccer for kids ages 3-17. Cost is $10 for members and $126 for nonmembers.

Player evaluations will start at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, for the 8-10 age division, while the 11-13 and 14-17 divisions will have evaluations at 7:30 p.m.

There are no evaluations for the 3-5 or 6-7 divisions.

Games will be played Tuesdays starting April 2.

Registration is online at centerami.org or in person at 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.

For more information, all the center at 941-7781908.

Ashley Matelau volleys a return for Ace Hardware in the March 12 volleyball match against Freckled Fin in the gym at the Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. The league was headed into its playoffs in advance of the championship match at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26.

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Inshore, offshore fishing heats up as March winds down

By Capt. Danny Stasny Islander Reporter Fishing around Anna Maria Island is settling into a springtime pattern. Despite a few mild cold fronts, fishing inshore and offshore is heating up.

Catch-and-release snook are dominating the inshore bite for those sport fishers looking to bend a rod. Shallow grass flats adjacent to mangrove shorelines are holding exceptional Stasny numbers of linesiders as they stage up on the feed. Casting live shiners in these areas is producing some stellar fishing, with catches occurring on almost every bait.

To experience this bite, you need to know the peak times of the tide and where to be at those times.

Spotted seatrout are making a decent showing on deeper grass areas. Again, being in the right place during the right stage of the tide is crucial.

Another welcome arrival to our inshore hunting ground is Spanish mackerel. These migratory fish seem to have arrived in good numbers and can be found along the beaches and in Tampa Bay. Look for the birds diving into bait schools, and there is a good chance the macks are there, too.

Offshore is host to a variety of migratory species, including kingfish, cobia, blackfin tuna and amberjack.

Don’t forget to try some bottom fishing for snapper and grouper, as this bite should improve as spring — which officially starts March 20 — progresses.

On my Southernaire charters, I’m spending a lot of time targeting catch-and-release snook. These fish are one of my favorites to catch and my excitement is rubbing off on my sport-fishing clients. Snook sessions of 30 or more fish are not uncommon, especially during swift moving tides and water temps in the midto upper-70s. Numerous linesiders 20-30 inches are

Randy Perry of Natick, Massachusetts, shows off a 26-inch redfish he caught and released with Capt.

Danny Stasny of Southernaire Fishing Charters.

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Capt. John Gunning, formerly a guide in the Bahamas now residing on Riverview Boulevard in Bradenton, had a goal to catch a big permit and he checked it off his bucket list first thing on a morning charter March 12 with Capt. Jason Stock. The permit — 36 inches to the fork — was tagged for Bonefish & Tarpon Trust and released. B&TT has a mission to conserve and restore the bonefish, tarpon and permit fisheries and habitats through research, stewardship, education and advocacy. Gunning limited out on kingfish and a nice blackfin tuna capped the fishing trip on Stock’s new 26-foot yellowfin. being caught, with fish exceeding 30 inches mixed in.

And speaking of the mix, I’m seeing some large, spotted seatrout, as well as upper-slot catch-and-release redfish on the hook, while targeting the linesiders.

When looking for a more consistent bite on trout, I’m fishing deeper areas where lush grass exists.

Fishing in areas with slight drop offs at the edges of sandbars is providing good numbers of these popular backwater fish.

Jim Malfese at the Rod & Reel Pier is seeing an abundance of sheepshead being caught in Tampa Bay. Casting live shrimp under the pier deck is triggering the sheepies to bite. While targeting these buck-toothed convict fish, pier fishers are hooking into flounder and black drum. Casting jigs from the pier is producing action on some new arrivals — Spanish mackerel and jack crevalle. Working jigs on the surface is producing results. Letting the jig sink to the bottom is working, too, especially for pompano.

Capt. Aaron Lowman is fishing nearshore structure for variety. Using shrimp as bait, his anglers are reeling up sheepshead, Key West grunts and mangrove snapper. Switching to live shiners is working especially well for Spanish mackerel and kingfish.

Moving inshore to the flats, Lowman is finding catch-and-release snook accommodating for his clients. Casting free-lined live shiners under docks and along mangrove cuts is producing good action. Lastly, the deep grass flats are resulting in spotted seatrout for the coolers.

Capt. Warren Girle is fishing nearshore structure with good results. Mangrove snapper are being found in good numbers and are readily taking live shrimp as bait. While targeting snapper, Girle is catching a variety of other species, including Key West grunts,

flounder, sheepshead and porgies. Moving inshore, Girle is putting clients on catch-and-release redfish around residential docks and oyster bars. Also present in these areas are black drum and an occasional catchand-release snook.

Fishing deeper flats for spotted seatrout is putting fish in the cooler. Free-lining live shiners is resulting in some slot trout, as well as some shorties.

Lastly, fishing the passes and just outside the passes is resulting in numerous Spanish mackerel and bonito for Girle’s anglers.

Capt. David White of Anna Maria Charters is using a variety of methods to find fish, depending on the weather. On cooler, breezy mornings, White is baiting hooks with shrimp inside the bays and Intracoastal Waterway for sheepshead and black drum. Casting around docks is producing this bite. Also, on these mornings, White is drifting and jigging for pompano.

On warmer mornings, live shiners are producing trout, Spanish mackerel, jack crevalle and snook.

On the calm days, White is venturing offshore for amberjack, barracuda, red grouper and African pompano. Also in the mix: some tasty mangrove and yellowtail snapper.

Capt. Jason Stock says offshore fishing is heating up. Fishing around wrecks is producing a variety of species, including permit, kingfish and an occasional cobia. Blackfin tuna also are present on wrecks. Fishing hard bottom and other structure is producing action on big mangrove snapper and red grouper.

Lastly, amberjack are being found in abundance.

Not only do these fish readily take a bait, once hooked, they fight to the end.

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Islander leads session at SXSW Jeff Higgins, owner of AMI Social Media, left the island the week of March 6 for a speaking engagement at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

SxSW is an annual gathering of film, media and music festivals, with programs covering a range of topics, including branding, marketing, startups, social impact and tech sectors.

Higgins, who oversees social media for the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, among others, addressed a session on the challenges of running a oneperson marketing company.

“It can be daunting at times. It’s also an opportunity to showcase your talents,” Higgins said.

He told The Islander his trip was overwhelming.

“It was massive. So much was going on. I tried to make the most of my three and a half days. I learned more and saw more there than I had in the last year,”

Higgins said.

For more information, call Higgins at 941-4052299 or visit his website at amisocialmedia.com.

Chamber still seeks vendors for April festival The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce is signing up vendors for its Beach’n Food Truck and Music Festival to be held Saturday, April 13, at Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach.

Food trucks and arts and crafts vendor spaces are available for the festival that runs 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Applications are on the website at annamariaislandchamber.org or call 941-778-1541 for more information.

Palma Sola Bay condos earn awards The Palma Sola Bay Club, with every unit boasting a water view of Palma Sola Bay, was named best overall development and best overall in the multifamily category by the 2019 Manatee/Sarasota Parade of Homes.

It’s the third year the Key West-inspired development has received top awards from the Parade of Homes, which showcases new homes annually.

The club also won best overall development with the best entry and best amenities.

Also, the club’s Islamorada model won best curb appeal, best kitchen, best master suite, best floor plan and best architectural detailing.

Palma Sola Bay Club is at 3410 77th St. W. Bradenton.

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Jeff Higgins of AMI Social Media shakes hands March 9 with a stilt walker at the Amazon Prime exhibit at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Higgins led a session on one-person marketing teams at the conference. Island Photo: Courtesy Jeff Higgins

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Execs, guests gather for Jimmy Buffett-inspired hotel groundbreaking

The outlook at the east end of the Anna Maria Island Bridge on Manatee Avenue West is changing.

It soon will be a lost salt shaker, broken flip-flop, fins to the left, nautical wheeler, Parrothead landing.

A new Jimmy Buffett-inspired hotel is on the 2020 horizon.

Executives from Margaritaville Holdings, Minto Communities and Floridays Development Co. of Sarasota gathered March 15 for a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Compass Hotel. The three-story, 131-room property being built by Sarasota’s Floridays will wrap the shoreline at One Particular Harbour, a joint venture of Minto and Margaritaville.

The hotel will be the first boutique resort to open under Margaritaville’s upscale, select-service brand.

The Compass Hotel will accommodate guests in 131 rooms in two buildings with a resort-sized pool and a Floridays restaurant at the west end.

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“Forget Longboat Key,” Margaritaville CEO John Cohlan told the crowd, gathered for the morning ceremony.

“I took one look at this view and that was it,” he said, waving his hand toward Anna Maria Sound.

“It’s doesn’t get any more Margaritaville than this,” Cohlan continued.

Executives lined up with company members to turn the first trowels marking the start of hotel construction.

Afterward, guests were treated to steel drum music and a buffet of breakfast bites, orange juice, Landsharks and cookies shaped like parrots and cheeseburgers.

The company expects to complete the hotel in the last quarter of 2020.

Margaritaville Holdings chief marketing officer Tamara Baldanza-Dekker and CEO John Cohlan, center, shovel the first dirt March 15 in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Compass Hotel at One Particular Harbour, 12300 Manatee Ave. W., Perico Island. Cohlan is joined by Minto Communities and Floridays Development Co. executives in the celebration. Islander Photos: Sandy Ambrogi

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Wednesday, March 27 5 p.m. — Business Card Exchange, LaPensee Plumbing Pools and Air, 401 Manatee Ave., Holmes Beach. Members $5, guests $10. Information: 941-778-1541, info@ amichamber.org.

Saturday, April 13 10 a.m. — Beach’n Food Truck and Music Festival. The chamber is taking applications for food, arts and crafts vendors and sponsors. Information: 941-778-1541, info@amichamber.org.

Stilt walkers from Orlando greet guests arriving for the Compass Hotel groundbreaking ceremony March 15 on Perico Island.

LONGBOAT KEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Thursday, March 28 5:30 p.m. — Business After Hours, Cedar’s Cafe and Tiki Bar, 645 Cedar Court, Longboat Key. $5 members, $10 guests. RSVP requested. Information: 941-383-2466, info@lbkchamber.com.

Thursday, April 4 11:30 a.m. — Networking luncheon, Amore, 446 S. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota. Members $25, guests $35. Information: 941-3832466, info@lkbchamber.com.

Participants in the Compass Hotel groundbreaking signal shark “Fins,” a Parrothead tradition.

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Thankfully, he escaped serious injury. If anyone witnessed or knows anything about this incident, I would be grateful if they contacted the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office and refer to case #2019004679. Thank you, Charles Cowin.

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WANTED: YOUR OLD cellphone for recycling. Deliver to The Islander, 3218 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach.

Sandy’s Lawn Service Inc. Established in 1983 Residential and Commercial Full service lawn maintenance Landscaping – Clean-up Hauling tree trimming Licensed & Insured

Andrew Chennault

ROSER THRIFT SHOP and annex open 9:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Donations preferred 9 a.m.-11 a.m., Wednesdays. 511 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Call 941-779-2733.

CLEANING: RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, vacation, construction, rentals and power washing. 941-744-7983.

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PETS

References available • 941-720-7519

AdoptA-Pet Smokey and Diamond. Bonded pair, mother and son. 2 and 8 years old. Apply to adopt the pair at www. moonraceranimalrescue.com. Call lisa Williams at 941-345-2441 or visit the islander next to Paradise Cafe in Holmes Beach for more …

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WANTED! FOSTERS, VOLUNTEERS to help Moonracer No Kill Animal Rescue.

Please email: moonraceranimalrescue@ gmail.com.

BIMINI BAY SAILING: Small sailboat rentals and instruction. Day. Week. Month. Sunfish, Laser, Windrider 17 and Precision 15. Call Brian at 941-685-1400.

B-SAFE-RIDES: Peggy, R.N I live on Anna Maria Island. Airport, 1-6 seats and personal rides, errands, etc. Don’t risk it! Call now, 727-902-7784.

PONTOON BOAT RENTAL Create life-long memories. Call 941-778-2121 or see boatflorida.net.

MYFOODLADY.com provides nutritional guidance for general and chronic health conditions. Contact 360-797-3275 or reservations@myfoodlady.com.

FISHLIKEUS.com provides fishing lessons and kayak charters in southwest Florida.

Contact 360-797-3269 or reservations@ fishlikeus.com.

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I DON’T CUT corners, I clean corners. Professional, friendly cleaning service since 1999. 941-779-6638. Leave message.

BOATS & BOATING

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U FLY I drive your car anywhere in the USA. Airport runs, anywhere. Office, 941-4476389. 941-545-6688.

NEED A RIDE to airports? Tampa $65, St. Pete, $55, Sarasota, $30. Gary, 863-4095875. gvoness80@gmail.com.

GRADY WHITE 228 Yamaha 200, four-stroke. $28,900. 941-761-8761.

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HEALTH CARE

ISLAND COMPUTER GUY, 37 years experience. On-site PC repairs, upgrades, buying assistance and training. Call Bill, 941-7782535.

FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED Island References Lic#CBC056755

O H O K

AERIAL PHOTOS of Anna Maria Island. View and purchase onli ne: www.jackelka.com.

KIDS FOR HIRE ads are FREE for up to three weeks for Island youths under 16 looking for work. Ads must be placed in person at The Islander office, 3218 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach.

FREE GUN LOCK courtesy of Project Childsafe, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Holmes Beach Police Department. Pick up at The Islander office, 3218 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach. Don’t be sorry, be safe.

Paradise Improvements

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REPORTER WANTED: Full- to part-time.

Print media, newspaper experience required.

Apply via email with letter of interest to news@islander.org.

THE ISLANDER. The best news on Anna Maria Island since 1992.

PSYCHIC TAROT READINGS with Renata, an Eastern-European advisor. Predict and learn with me! Honesty, integrity and humor.

Afternoon and evening hours. Text/call for appointment. 941-840-9359.

HOME TWEET HOME: Organizing services.

Spring specials! Like us on Facebook. 941301-8017. Bonnie@hthorganizing.com.

PropertyWatch

Island real estate sales

By Jesse Brisson Special to The Islander NO REPORT THIS WEEK.

Place classified ads online at www.islander.org

“Anna Maria Island,” a pictorial history of the island by Bonner Joy, is available at The Islander office, 3218 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach. Joy is publisher of The Islander newspaper, having launched the newspaper in 1992.

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HOME IMPROVEMENT Continued

BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS JD’s Window Cleaning looking for storefront jobs in Holmes Beach. I make dirty windows sparkling clean.

941-920-3840.

SOUTHWEST HOME IMPROVEMENT: Michigan builder, quality work guaranteed.

Affordable, timely, within budget. Call Mike, 1-616-204-8822.

BEACH SERVICE air conditioning, heat, refrigeration. Commercial and residential service, repair and/or replacement. Serving Manatee County and the Island since 1987. For dependable, honest and personalized service, call Bill Eller, 941-795-7411.

CAC184228.

ANYONE CAN TAKE a picture. A professional creates a portrait. I want to be at your wedding! www.jackelka.com. 941-778-2711.

RELAXING MASSAGE IN the convenience of your home or hotel. Massage by Nadia, more than 20 years on Anna Maria Island.

Call today for an appointment, 941-518-8301.

MA#0017550.MA#0017550.

R. A. GONZALEZ CONSTRUCTION: Re-roof and leak specialist. Residential/hotels/commercial. Repairs, shingles, tile, metal, flat.

Quick response. Quality work at reasonable rates. References. Insured/licensed. #CCC1330056. Call Bryan at 727-2779502.

BOB THE PAINTER: Relocated with 35 years painting, faux, wallpapering, drywall. Reliable.

Free estimates. 419-265-3950.

I CAN FIX that! No job too small. 20 years experience. Remodel, new construction. Call Brent, 941-524-6965.

LAWN & GARDEN

RENTALS

CONNIE’S LANDSCAPING INC. Residential and commercial. Full-service lawn maintenance, landscaping, cleanups, hauling and more! Insured. 941-778-5294.

JUST OFF THE Island: Two retail storefronts for lease on Cortez Road. High visibility, high traffic. Water included. 7818 Cortez Road, approx 800 sf, 7834 Cortez Road, approximately 1,600 sf. 941-746-8666.

ISLAND LAWN SPRINKLER Ser vice: Repairs, installs. Your local sprinkler company since 1997. Call Jeff, 941-778-2581.

SHELL DELIVERED AND spread. $55/yard.

Hauling all kinds of gravel, mulch, top soil with free estimates. Call Larry at 941-7957775, “shell phone� 941-720-0770.

NATURE’S DESIGN LANDSCAPING. Design and installation. Tropical landscape specialist. Residential and commercial. 35 years experience. 941-448-6336.

STRAIGHT SHOT LANDSCAPE: Shell, lime rock, palms, river rock, construction demolition, fencing, pressure washing, hauling debris and transport. Shark Mark, 941-3016067.

HOME IMPROVEMENT VAN-GO PAINTING residential/commercial, interior/exterior, pressure cleaning, wallpaper.

Island references. Bill, 941-795-5100. www. vangopainting.net.

CUSTOM REMODELING EXPERT. All phases of carpentry, repairs and painting.

Insured. Meticulous, clean, sober and prompt.

Paul Beauregard, 941-730-7479.

TILE -TILE -TILE. All variations of ceramic tile supplied and installed. Quality workmanship, prompt, reliable, many Island references. Call Neil, 941-726-3077.

GRIFFIN’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS Inc. Handyman, fine woodwork, countertops, cabinets and wood flooring. Insured and licensed. 941-722-8792.

JERRY’S HOME REPAIR: Carpentry, handyman, light hauling, pressure washing. Jack of all trades. Call 941-447-2198.

ARTISAN DESIGN TILE and Marble. Building our reputation on excellent service and focused craftsmanship, one job at a time. www.ArtisanDesignTileAndMarble.com. Call Don, 941-993-6567.

MORE ADS = MORE readers in The Islander.

VACATION RENTAL: BEAUTIFUL one-bedroom condo. Pool, one block to beach, cable, Wi-Fi. Available January-March, $3,000/ month. 941-778-1915.  ANNUAL RENTAL ON AMI: WE make Island living carefree! Weekly cleaning service, pool and yard maintenance included. 2BR/2BA remodeled duplex with motel amenities.

Private pool with Jacuzzi. Fully furnished.

Available May 5. $4,000/month. Tom, 941993-4909.

SMALL OFFICE SPACE for rent; approx. 150 sf. $600/month, $500 deposit. 5386 Gulf Drive, Suite 101. 941-746-8666.

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HOLMES BEACH: 2BR/2BA condo. Gorgeous bay views. See: FloridaRentalbyOwners.com. #1106. 207-944-6097.

AVAILABLE RENTAL: APRIL 2019 and October-April 2020. 2BR/2BA ground-level with carport and patio. Charming, plantation shutters. 1.5 blocks to Gulf beaches. Updated, granite countertops, recessed lighting, flatscreen TVs in each room. Must see! Anna Maria. 941-565-2373.

ANNUAL RENTAL: 2BR/2BA, Bradenton Beach. Covered parking and storage, two blocks to the beach. Available March 5. Call 925-596-0785.

LOOKING FOR: ANNA Maria Island house to rent, prefer 2BR, consider other. Nov. 10-Dec. 1. Must have room in driveway for a 20-foot Bass boat. Jeannene, 608-2066250.

OFF-SEASON STARTING May 15. Perico Bay 2BR/2BA, one-car garage. Updated villa. Book now. $1,500/month. Flexible. Real Estate Mart, 941-356-1456.

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RENTALS Continued

REAL ESTATE Continued

HOLMES BEACH: 2BR/2BA condo. Gorgeous bay views. See: FloridaRentalbyOwners.com. #1106. 207-944-6097.

2BR/2BA CONDO: FURNISHED annual rental. Holmes Beach.
Westbay Point and Moorings. Bottom floor, waterfront, upgraded. $1,800/month plus electric, cable/ internet. Contact 813-362-5881. mgiudice@ me.com.

AFFORDABLE DOUBLEWIDE: HANDYMAN. $29,000 or best offer. Nine miles to beach. Ask for JB, Real Estate Mart, 941356-1456.

ANNUAL: 4BR/2BA WITH exercise room, pool, garage, walk to beach, good location. $2,500/month. 703-587-4675.

ANNUAL: GULF VIEW, few steps to beach.

2BR/2BA with den, sunroom, deck, garage.

Good location. $2,500/month. 793-5874675.

HOLMES BEACH DUPLEX: 2BR/2BA beautifully furnished, garage included. No pets, no smoking. 6-8 months. $1,750/month. 941778-2824.

HOLMES BEACH: Westbay Point and Moorings. 2BR/2BA condo. Furnished, best bay views. 6-8months. No smoking. $2,150/ month. 941-778-2824.

SIX-MONTH SEASONAL rental for 2020.

2BR/2BA cottage located on Gulf side at north end of Anna Maria. Five houses from the beach. $3,200/month. 941-741-6729.

HOLMES BEACH STUDIO rental. Available Dec. 15-April 15, 2019-2020. $1,750/month.

908-914-1182.

REAL ESTATE STARTING FROM THE low $300,000s. Only minutes from the beach, this new active adult community is perfectly located just south of Manatee Avenue off Village Green Parkway.

Perfectly designed, open 2BR or 3BR/2BA plus den and two-car garage floor plans.

Luxurious amenities, pool, spa, gym, pickleball and fenced-in dog park. HOA only $209/ month. Models open daily. Contact us, 941254-3330. www.MirabellaFlorida.com.

MOBILE HOME FOR sale (55-plus Sandpiper Resort Co-op). 50 steps from the beach. 1BR/1BA, fully furnished, new floors. $75,000. Call Erik, 813-679-3561.

ANNA MARIA ISLAND: Sweet spot. Waterfront 3BR/2BA home. Caged, heated pool and spa. Boat lift and dock. Vaulted ceiling.

New, low price, $699,900. Exclusive, Real Estate Mart, 941-356-1456.

‘We are THE island.’ New Location Same Great Service Full Service Property Management & Sales Dina Franklin (owner) Licensed Sales Associate & Property Manager

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Terra Ceia Bay Retreat on Deep Water:

EXPERIENCE REPUTATION RESULTS SALES/RENTALS Professional Service to Anna Maria Island Since 1974

HERON’S WATCH 10 minutes to beaches. 4 BR + Den. Excellently maintained, tastefully decorated. No rental limitations. MLS A4142821. $359,000.

MEADOWCROFT 1308 56TH ST. 1BR/1BA enclosed lanai. Turnkey furnished.

Beach cottage decor in living room. Heated pool, tennis, clubhouse. $121,000.

VACATION/SEASONAL RENTALS GULFFRONT PROPERTIES BOOKING NOW 941-778-0807

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For professional real estate sales, call a true island native, born and raised on Anna Maria Island.

Marianne Norman-Ellis.

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Almost 100 feet of seawall on Terra Ceia Bay! 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Brand new roof. A short drive to the Tampa Airport. Call

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BAYSHORE GARDENS HOME: 3BR/2BA, community pool and marina. Very affordable at $179,900. Real Estate Mart, 941-3561456.

B ​ EACH BLOCK! TURNKEY furnished beautifully updated 3BR/2BA classic cottage with pool, only five houses to beach! West of Gulf Drive with great rental. Only $899,000.

Call Kathleen White at 941-773-0165. Island Real Estate. CONFORMING DUPLEX! Over 2,500 sf of living with 2BR/2BA and 2BR/1BA. Easy walk to beach and room for pool! Now only $699,900. Call Kathleen White at 941773-0165. Island Real Estate. KWhite35@ tampabay.rr.com.

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising herein is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination Familial status includes children under age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777 or for the hearing impaired, call 0-800-543-8294.

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New York Times Sunday Magazine Crossword

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