The Islander Newspaper E-Edition Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Flight to the past. 14

Ho, Ho, happenings. 10-11 Astheworldterns celebrate the season. 6

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Fun Day, fun times. 15

Happy Holidays

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Red tide victims: Dolphins. 3 Oaths taken in Anna Maria. 5

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City pier contract signed, set

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter With construction plans set and a contract signed, work on the new Anna Maria City Pier is set to begin with the new year.

City commissioners voted 5-0 Nov. 29 to approve Mayor Dan Murphy’s recommended $3,332,837 contract with i+iconSOUTHEAST for construction of the pier pilings, walkway and T-end.

Mobilization and site preparation will begin in late December. The first pilings will be driven into Tampa Bay in January, according to Murphy.

“I think we have a solid contract here,” PLEASE SEE pIeR, PAGE 2

Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy shakes hands Nov. 29 with i+iconSOUTHEAST project manager Greg Thornton, alongside Jay Saxena, left, Ayres Associates vice president and pier project engineer and Icon operations director Paul Johnson, right. After the commission voted unanimously to approve the deal, the parties signed a $3,332,837 contract for construction of a new Anna Maria City Pier. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes The Islander Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Holmes Titsworth didn’t even think twice about it.

“It’s hard not to when you grow up here,” Titsworth, newly elected mayor of Holmes Beach, said Nov. 29 of her time spent rescuing animals caught in fishing line in Sarasota Bay. “We played outside every single day. I lived in the bay or I lived in trees. When you grow up on the water like that, it’s all you can do but love it.”

Titsworth grew up on Anna Maria Island — a third generation member of the Holmes family. Her grandfather John E. Holmes Sr. is the namesake of the city that was incorporated in 1950.

She said she hopes to see more longstanding islanders getting involved in city government.

“I would love to get more people that have been here for 20 years or more to volunteer” for civic service, Titsworth said, regarding Holmes Beach. “People who understand the comprehensive plan is our compass.”

Titsworth, who co-owns Shoreline Builders construction company with her husband, Steve, said she plans to further improve the

city building department.

She said she would work with the building department to ensure permits are issued in a timely manner.

“I have just been reading, reading and studying that comp plan to make some really informed decisions,” Titsworth said.

She said she had people ask her why she would give up her seat as a commissioner — she served as chair — to become mayor.

Holmes Beach operates under a strong mayor form of government and, as a commissioner, Titsworth had a vote on legislative decisions. As mayor of the city, elected by voters, she becomes management — entrusted to carry out legilative decisions.

“I was asked, ‘Why would you want to be mayor? You have so much power as chair,’” Titsworth said, adding that she knows there has been discussion in the city regarding a city-manager form of government.

In an organizational meeting following the swearing-in ceremony Nov. 29, Commissioner Jim Kihm was elected commission chair and Commissioner Pat Morton was voted vice chair.

“I have the experience of being a commissioner and I don’t want to change our charter to bring in a city manager when I can see the strength of our charter,” Titsworth

3rd generation Holmes takes helm in Holmes Beach

City clerk Stacey Johnston, left, and new Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth embrace Nov. 29 after her swearing-in at Holmes Beach city hall, 5801 Marina Drive. Islander Photo: ChrisAnn Esformes said. “If you bring in a city manager, they can hire or fire at will and can come in from anywhere,” adding she thinks it is too soon to determine if that is best for the city.

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pIeR CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the mayor said. “I don’t think it’s a contract you might see in other cities where there’s a lot of pitfalls and caveats and nondeliverables. This is an aggressive schedule and good price and solid company we’re doing business with.”

“These are not five guys in a room with an internet connection,” Murphy added.

The contract shows a decrease of $332,837 from Icon’s $3,665,330 bid, which was the lowest satisfactory bid in the city’s second request for proposals on the project.

Much of the savings can be attributed to the use of wood bents instead of concrete bents along most of the pier walkway, as well as the city’s decision to purchase 12-inch spun concrete pilings ahead of time from Pipe & Pilings Concrete USA in September.

By purchasing the pilings for $171,289.80 and saving 7 percent sales tax, the city cut $181,700 on Icon’s listed $982,205 piling cost, which included material price, sales tax, transportation and installation.

However, Murphy said some pilings aren’t the right height for the project. Those pilings can be returned because Icon employees found 14-inch concrete pilings in the same yard for $8,863.

“The T-end, which we all know Murphy is the critical end of the pier. That’s the one that takes all the storms. That’s the one that takes the beatings. That’s the one that protects the rest of the pier,” Murphy said at the meeting. “The T-end is going to be substantially stronger as a result of the 14-inch pilings.”

By using wood bents — the main brace on top of the pilings — instead of concrete bents along much of the pier walkway, the city will save $180,000 but sacrifice longevity. The T-end still will feature concrete bents for improved support.

“As far as life expectancy, one of the things we had to really think about was ‘where do we want to

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This is probably, at least in my opinion, the most important document that we have done this year. — Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy

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see our life expectancy?’” Jay Saxena, Ayres Associates vice president and pier project engineer, said at the meeting. “The T-end is where we want to see our life expectancy.”

Saxena said repairing and replacing wood bents is easier than repairing and replacing concrete bents.

“So, life expectancy is a bit shorter on that walkway out, but we felt like that was a sacrifice we could make based upon protecting that T-end and the cost,” Saxena said.

The contract contains a $50,000 increase for using ipe wood for the pier decking instead of kebony wood decking. Murphy said Icon recommended ipe for the project due to its experience with the material.

“I’m pleased we’re going with the ipe wood,” Commissioner Carol Carter said in an interview Nov. 29.

Carter “It’s longer-lasting wood that has been proven.”

Also, the contract contains a proviso allowing the city to purchase its own material for the pier to save on sales tax. Icon would be responsible for bringing the material to the site.

The contract requires Icon to Copeland complete construction by Aug. 26, 2019, or pay a $975 penalty for every workday after.

“This is probably, at least in my opinion, the most important document that we have done this year,” Murphy told commissioners. “This document marks a major milestone for the city, for the history of the city and, from my point of view, a lot of people have worked very hard and long to get to this point in the project.”

The project’s significance was not lost upon the commissioners, all of whom expressed excitement for work to get started.

“I’m just looking forward to seeing that first piling going into the ground, so people in the public Tripp can see that there is progress being made,” Commission Chair Brian Seymour said in an interview Nov. 29. “I think a lot of the negative comments out there have been just because you can’t see the progress that is happening.

Seymour “I’m excited that we are actually going to get started on the pier,” Commissioner Doug Copeland said in an interview Nov. 29. “It’s been a long time coming, and I’m looking forward to enjoying it almost next time this year.”

Woodland “I was going to say it was a relief, and it’s exciting,” Commissioner Amy Tripp said in an interview Nov. 29. “It’s progress. I’m really pleased we’ve got this signed and we’re moving forward.”

Dale Woodland added, “I think it is a great contract, and I applaud the mayor for what he’s done to enhance that. I think it is a really good contract. I’m impressed with the timing, and I hope that we can meet that timing and get it done before the end of next year.”

“I’m so excited that we’re going to start!” Carter said. “I’m really pleased that the mayor and our engineer, Jay, were able to get some concessions in regard to price and timing.”

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Red tide ‘mortality event’ strikes Gulf dolphins

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter Four months after red tide appeared on the shores of Anna Maria Island, effects of the tiny Karenia brevis continue to wreak havoc on marine life and livelihoods.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared an unusual mortality event for bottlenose dolphins. An initial UME had been declared Aug. 30.

The move was prompted by a die-off of dolphins along the southwest Florida coast, including two juvenile dolphins that washed up at the Kingfish Boat Ramp, 732 Manatee Ave., Holmes Beach.

The weekend of Nov. 24-25, Mote Marine Laboratory collected the dolphins for testing. They were two of four found in the Tampa Bay area.

Kim Amendola, media adviser for the southeast region for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, informed The Islander Nov. 30 that 42 dolphins had stranded/died since Nov. 21. Those numbers, when added to a tally of dolphin deaths attributed to red tide since the bloom began a year ago, bring the known total of deceased Gulf dolphins to 123.

A third of the dead dolphins were found Nov. 21-30 and scientists were scrambling to decipher why. “Of the 16 dolphins from this event tested so far, all 16 tested positive for red tide,� Amendola said. “It’s suspected red tide is the cause of the other stranded dolphins as well. However, it may take weeks to get test results back from more animals.�

The job of collection and necropsy has fallen to Mote Marine’s Gretchen Lovewell and her team.

The team has been on the front lines, pulling in deceased dolphins, taking tissue samples and attempting to pinpoint the causes of death.

Further south, dolphins also are dying.

Between Nov. 21-29, 37 dolphins washed ashore,

with 15 of those appearing Nov. 27 alone, the Naples News-Press reported.

Meanwhile, for Manatee County, the National Weather Service issued a four -day beach hazard alert Nov. 26, then extended it through Monday, Dec. 3.

Potential red tide respiratory irritation impacts were cited as the reason and the hazard reached inland to Interstate 75.

Also, water samples taken by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continued to show concentrations of red tide in the area.

Medium concentrations of 100,000- to 1 millionparts per liter were found at the Palma Sola Causeway bridge Nov. 26, while water at the Longboat Pass Boat Ramp in Bradenton Beach showed low concentrations of 10,000 to 100,000.

The numbers reflected lower levels of red tide as

A photograph shows two young dolphins that the Mote Marine Laboratory Stranding Investigations Program recently recovered. The work is conducted by the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program under National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Research Permit No. 20455. Islander Courtesy Photo

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The institute said in October that a drop in the water temperature would have no effect on a red tide bloom.

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Election 11-06-18 Holmes Beach mayor, commissioners take office

Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth, right, recites the oath of office Nov. 29 as read to her by city clerk Stacey Johnston.

Holmes Beach city clerk Stacey Johnston swears in incumbent Commissioner Pat Morton at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive. Morton was elected Nov. 6 to his eighth two-year term.

Holmes Beach city clerk Stacey Johnston, left, congratulates charter review commissioners David Zaccagnino, Sean Murphy, Ed Upshaw, Claudia Carlson and Nancy Deal Nov. 29, following the swearing-in ceremony at city hall, 5801 Marina Drive. Islander Photos: ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Holmes Beach city clerk Stacey Johnston recites the oath of office Nov. 29 to Commissioner Kim Rash.

Rash was elected Nov. 6 to his first term as a city commissioner.

charter review commission Nov. 6 as part of a required positions,” Titsworth said. “It will benefit us all.”

HB MAYOR CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Titsworth said she is confident in the city’s future.

Titsworth said she anticipates the work to come five-year charter review.

Their review recommendations will be placed on “We can do it really well if we can all do it from the newly elected charter review commission. together,” she said. “This is about doing what’s best David Zaccagnino, Sean Murphy, Ed Upshaw, the November 2019 ballot.

“I want them to be able to shine in the charter for our city.”

Claudia Carlson and Nancy Deal were elected to the

Roadwatch Eyes on the road

The Florida Department of Transportation and Manatee County posted the following notices for the week of Dec. 3: Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach: As part of a pipeline replacement project, crews are working on Gulf Drive between Ninth Street North and Cortez Road, then proceeding eastward on the bridge embankment. Gulf Drive paving will begin this month.

Avenue C in Bradenton Beach: As part of a pipeline replacement project, right-of-way restoration involves paving operations on 23rd, 24th and 25th streets.

Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach: As part of a pipeline replacement project, Gulf Drive is closed to northbound traffic at 81st Street, with northbound traffic being detoured on 81st Street to access Palm Drive.

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.

Water-off notice

Manatee County Utilities Department has issued a water-off notice for Bradenton Beach residents on Avenues B and A from 26th to 23rd streets north, where water line tie-in work is scheduled for 9-2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5. For more information, contact Joey McPherson, utilities water maintenance, at 941-792-8811 ext: 5268 or 5216.

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Anna Maria incumbents sworn into new terms The Nov. 6 election brought no changes in the makeup of Anna Maria’s city commission, but leadership changed at the post-election organizing meeting.

The commission named a new chair and vice chair.

At a meeting Nov. 29, city clerk Leanne Addy swore in Mayor Dan Murphy to a third term, Commissioner Brian Seymour to a second term and Commissioner Amy Tripp to her first full two-year term.

Afterward, Murphy called for nominations for the posts of commission chair and vice chair, which had been held by Doug Copeland and Dale Woodland.

Tripp nominated Seymour for chair, which, in lieu of other nominations, he won without a vote.

“I’m in awe, and thankful to my fellow commissioners for nominating me — thankful to Amy for nominating me for the position and for the other commissioners not challenging that,” Seymour said in an interview Nov. 29. “I look forward to leading this commission, learning as much as I can and move forward.”

Next, Copeland nominated Carol Carter as vice chair, a position she automatically won when no other nominations were made.

She downplayed her new position. “We’ve got a good chair,” Carter said in an interview Nov. 29. “So, I probably won’t have to step in too much.”

The mayor is paid a $19,400 annual salary and city commissioners receive $4,800 a year.

— Ryan Paice

City Commissioner Brian Seymour begins his second term Nov. 29 as city clerk Leanne Addy swears him into office.

BELOW: Anna Maria city clerk Leanne Addy swears Mayor Dan Murphy into office Nov. 29 for a third term.

Islander Photos: Ryan Paice

Election 11-06-18 Anna Maria City Commissioner Amy Tripp recites the oath of office, led Nov. 29 by city clerk Leanne Addy. Tripp is serving her first full term as commissioner.

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Bah, humbug

Hurry up and gripe. Get it out of your system.

And get on with the fun stuff — the holidays!

We’re getting in the spirit at The Islander. Decorations are up. The snow machine is loaded and ready.

The sugar cookies and pizza are on order.

What? Pizza? Well, what else could we plan for a quick grab-and-eat for the kids in the drum line who come to our office at the Anna Maria Island Centre to entertain the crowd at our Midtown Holiday Open House Dec. 14. Those kids can drum! And they can really put away some sodas and pizza.

A friend went to a “big box” store for me this week and came back with a beautiful Christmas tree for my home. It’s the first I’ve had in about 40 or so years. Well, there was a small Norfolk Island pine that came decorated with tiny packages on pipe cleaners.

We made do with that for a few years. And there was a tube-lit palm tree that filled in on the porch for a few years.

This year, I thought maybe my granddaughter and myself could better get in the spirit with a Christmas tree, and I found one online that is quite fantastic.

Luckily, it was in stock at the store.

And it did not disappoint.

It almost touches the ceiling and it is bedazzled with lights and silver tinsel, similar to the tree my parents put in the house in the 1960s. We’re lacking the color wheel, but this tree looks as if it has a thousand points of light. It’s full of holiday spirit!

Now comes the task of shopping and finding presents to wrap and place under the tree. That should be fun, too.

Meanwhile, all around Anna Maria Island, merchants and restaurateurs are gearing up for Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Even the snowbirds are arriving — the real ones.

The large white pelicans that migrate here are floating on the bay waters in flocks, creating surreal scenes.

As I learned from my former colleague, there’s much to learn about the changing seasons in the Farmers’ Almanac, and this year is no exception.

This winter doesn’t officially arrive until 5:23 p.m.

Remove, relocate coyotes Friday, Dec. 21 — and we may already have seen our from Anna Maria Island coldest winter temperature in the past week. At least, The Islander’s editorial (Nov. 14) makes a good I hope it cools off again.

Coincidentally, and for a treat this year, the alma- general case of saving wildlife and humanity on Anna nac says the December’s full moon — the Full Cold Maria Island through accommodation.

It rightly advocates that animals inside and outside Moon — will rise on that night. of their natural habitats should coexist.

There’s sure to be plenty of holiday spirit in that It cites the coyotes now among us on the island. moon, and it may help keep the Grinch from sliding However, the editorial falls short on weighing the down your chimney. — Bonner Joy risks of human and pet exposure to predatory, primarily carnivorous medium-sized canines in survival mode.

Also, disease transmission, although low, includes canine distemper, Lyme, mange and rabies.

DEC. 5, 2018 • Vol. 27, No. 6 Uncomfortable yet? ▼ Publisher and Editor Coyotes can thrive and reproduce in suburban setBonner Joy, news@islander.org tings. ▼ Editorial The island is a confined space, where the safety Lisa Neff, copy editor, lisa@islander.org Steve Albee, steve@islander.org of residents and visitors deserves priority. It is the Sandy Ambrogi, sandy@islander.org responsibility of governing officials to ensure a safe Joe Bird, editorial cartoonist environment by moving forward to have the coyotes Kevin Cassidy, kevin@islander.org Jack Elka, jack@jackelka.com humanely relocated to their natural habitats.

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‘Stupid’ suit

I am outraged and disgusted with this stupid lawsuit. I certainly hope the taxpaying citizens of Bradenton Beach understand the city is wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars for political reasons and will more than likely not recover a dime.

I am going pro se.

I will not spend another dime wasting my time or my wife’s and my retirement savings on this suit.

I sat in Commissioner Randy White’s deposition for three hours along with four attorneys, two news reporters, five other defendants and more.

The prosecuting attorney did not ask one pertinent question regarding the alleged Sunshine violation. He was more concerned with whether White was a voting citizen of Bradenton Beach and had a right to be commissioner.

This suit is the most pathetic waste of money I have ever seen, all because the city attorney and the mayor want to consolidate their control over the city and use the city’s money to persecute and financially threaten any retired citizen who disagrees with their views and objectives.

They could have accepted our initial offer to give Iguana sighted in Anna Maria token amounts to a charity, resign from the boards and — on several occasions walk away.

I am in the north end of the island and I have spotThis suit continues for the sole purpose of generatted an iguana in my yard on several occasions. ing attorney fees.

Maybe they are not as rare here as people think.

The entire litigation is against the First AmendBeatriz Dattoli, Anna Maria ment’s guarantee of free speech.

The city’s codes at the time did not allow for a parking garage and still don’t allow for a parking Have your say garage. Our discussion was about an initiative not a parking garage.

The Islander accepts original letters of up I’m so glad I have moved out of this community. to 250 words and reserves the right to edit for Reed Mapes, Bradenton grammar and length. Letters must include name, address and a contact phone number (for verifiAnna Maria cation). Email: news@islander.org. Anonymous letters will not be printed.

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On the key

A pilot station stands on Egmont Key in Tampa Bay in 1965.

Egmont key was surveyed by Spanish explorers in 1757.

In 1761, the English named the island Egmont Key for the Earl of Egmont.

Islander Photo: Courtesy Manatee County Public Library Digital Collection

Good deeds Feed the hungry

We need your help.

As you know the Mayors’ Feed the Hungry program relies upon the public for donations to allow us to provide food gift cards during the holiday season to those in need.

This year, donations have significantly been lower than in the past.

We give away $10 Publix food gift cards for the holidays to people who register at the food pantries of our member organizations.

Last year we were able to give away $100,000 for Thanksgiving and $60,000 for Christmas/Hanukkah.

Even so, we were not able to fill all the requests.

This year the requests for food gift cards are even greater than last year. We gave away $110,000 for Thanksgiving, using up all the funding we had available.

We were expecting another $60,000-$100,000 to come in from our fund drive campaign to allow us to make another gift card distribution for Christmas/

Hanukkah, which did not materialize.

I am making an appeal to the public for donations.

Donations can be made online at www.mayorsfeedthehungry.org or a check can be mailed to Mayors’ Feed the Hungry, P.O. Box 1992, Sarasota FL 342301992.

Thank you for any assistance you can offer.

Scott Biehler, Mayor’s Feed the Hungry executive director

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

10&20 years ago In the headlines: Dec. 2, 1998

Anna Maria Mayor Chuck Shumard told city commissioners the U.S. post office at 9908 Gulf Drive would relocate to a new facility in the Bayview Plaza near the intersection of Bay Boulevard and Pine Avenue.

Holmes Beach commissioners and representatives of the Anna Maria Island Community Center agreed the $100,000 starting price to renovate the former city hall for use as a teen facility by the center was too steep and scrapped the plan.

A Manatee County Parks and Recreation Department worker was arrested by Bradenton Beach police officers and charged with car burglary in a sting operation at Leffis Key. The man also was a suspect in a string of car burglaries at Coquina Beach.

In the headlines: Dec. 3, 2008

To save money, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection was proposing the transfer of its management of Egmont Key to the federal government.

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch director Suzi Fox told an Anna Maria committee she was excited about the committee’s proposed project to construct a boardwalk in the City Pier area.

Port Dolphin Energy was using data from its Tampa Bay survey to plot a new route for a proposed natural gas pipeline. PDE proposed building a $1billion offshore floating port about 28 miles off Anna Maria Island, feeding a pipeline into Tampa Bay. The weekly archives for The Islander are online at ufdc.ufl.edu. Archived stories are online at islander.org.

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HB mayoral candidate counters federal investigation

By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter The feds came knocking at his door.

Joshua Linney lost his bid for Holmes Beach mayor to Judy Titsworth in November by a vote of nearly 80 percent, having been dogged by his military service representations and criminal activities during his campaign — and now afterward.

Special Agent Doug Williams, assigned to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs at Bay Pines in Pinellas County, spoke Nov. 28 about the VA’s investigation into Linney for alleged fraud against the federal government.

“With all my cases, I expect indictments,” Williams said, but, he added, it is up to the U.S. Attorney of the Middle District to pursue the case.

Williams and his partner visited Linney at his Holmes Beach home and asked about his post-traumatic stress disorder disability benefit claim, one of several Linney has made regarding his service since his honorable discharge in 1996.

They asked about the PTSD diagnosis from his “rescue under fire.”

“I never claimed to have been rescued. That’s never been the case,” Linney told The Islander Nov. 28, adding he told the investigators as much.

The former mayoral candidate was a first class

to quell an Iraqi threat on the Kuwait border, Linney never saw combat.

First sent to Dharan, Saudi Arabia, in 1994, Linney was assigned to military outposts at the Kuwait and Iraqi border, he said.

Linney said he was diagnosed with Gulf War Syndrome, often attributed to vets who returned from the 1991 war with a cluster of unexplained chronic medical conditions, including fatigue, joint pain, insomnia, respiratory and memory problems.

Hearing of the “rescue” scenario, he said its gravity would require a heightened level of treatment from the VA. Linney denied any such treatment “in the 10 years my doctor has worked on me.”

According to Linney, he received a 10 percent disability paycheck when discharged from service in 1996, amounting to $93 per month. That amount was Holmes Beach mayoral candidate Josh Linney, at a increased in 2012 to $1,200 based on a claim supported by his health records, he said. supporter’s home in the 7300 block of Gulf Drive, Since the election loss, Linney has vowed to acknowledged his loss election night. Islander File continue his political involvement. His plans include Photo: Kathy Prucnell working on state cannabis bills — a farm bill for indusprivate who served in the U.S. Army between 1993 trial non-THC hemp and a second one promoting vetand 1996. eran access — as well as legislation related to tourist Deployed as a cook to Southwest Asia for about development tax spending and water management 40 days during Operation Vigilant Warrior, a mission practices.

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter The Anna Maria Charter Review Commission is ready for action.

City commissioners voted 5-0 at an organizational meeting Nov. 29 to approve Mayor Dan Murphy’s five nominees for the charter review.

He recommended Sissy Quinn, president of Anna Maria Island Preservation Trust; former Mayor Fran

Barford; retired certified public accountant John Chambers; Roser Food Pantry chair Jack Brennan; and retired EY transaction advisory services partner Mark Short.

“I think these are five very good candidates,” Murphy told city commissioners. “They are all very familiar with our city. They all have a burning desire to serve our city.”

City Commissioner Carol Carter agreed with Mur-

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5th of 6 defendants go pro se in BB Sunshine lawsuit

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter Another defendant has chosen to go pro se in the Bradenton Beach lawsuit that has spanned more than a year.

“I’m not going to waste my retirement fighting this,” Reed Mapes, former planning and zoning board member, said Nov. 28. “I have decided the best thing to do is handle this on my own without continuing to pay an attorney.”

Mayor John Chappie reported during a Nov. 15 commission meeting that the city had spent $112,771.17 in attorney’s fees for the runup on the lawsuit — initiated August 2017 by ex-Mayor Jack Clarke and joined by the city — against six now-former Clarke board members.

Clarke alleged — and the city commission voted to join him — that the defendants violated Florida’s Government-in-the-Sunshine Laws.

He claimed the defendants discussed Mapes city matters at a meeting of the nowdefunct grass-roots group Concerned Neighbors of Bradenton Beach, putting the city in danger of being in violation of Sunshine Laws regarding open meetings.

In August 2017, commissioners voted to execute a contract not to exceed $5,000 with attorney Robert Watrous of Sarasota for the investigation.

Since then, prolonged discovery and depositions have led to higher than expected legal fees.

In March, four of the six defendants — Tjet Martin, Patty Shay and Bill and Rose Vincent — opted to drop their attorneys and go pro se, citing their increasing costs for legal representation.

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phy’s nominations. She said she knew all the nominees personally and she commended Short for his background in business.

Commission Chair Brian Seymour supported the nominations, but said the business community is not properly represented, possibly due to a lack of business owners living in the city.

Seymour said he would like the local business community not to be forgotten in the charter review.

Every five years in Anna Maria, the mayor recommends five people to serve on a charter commission.

The appointees review the charter, discuss changes and provide the city commission with progress reports, which Murphy expects to receive monthly.

Charter commissioners are not paid and the committee dissolves once the review is completed. Murphy said no timeframe for the commission had been set, but he expected the review to last two or three months.

The charter review’s first meeting is to be determined.

Now Mapes, who has recently moved to Bradenton, also has decided to defend himself, leaving retired attorney John Metz as the lone defendant with counsel. He is represented by Sarasota attorney Thomas Shults.

“This is all about the buddy-system in Bradenton Beach,” Mapes said. “But, we will see this lawsuit through to the end. Even if it means going to the Supreme Court.” Depositions for the case will continue through the end of the year, including those for Read the charter Wondering what’s in Anna Maria’s charter? city attorney Ricinda Perry, city land-planner Alan Go online to library.municode.com and search for Garrett and Clarke.

A court date has not been set, but is anticipated Anna Maria, Florida. The charter, as well as the city code of ordinances, are online. in early 2019.

Meetings

West Manatee Fire Rescue None announced.

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

Anna Maria City Dec. 11, 4 p.m., planning and zoning.

Dec. 13, 6 p.m., commission.

Dec. 19, 5:30 p.m., special magistrate.

Manatee County Dec. 27, 6 p.m., commission.

Dec. 6, 9 a.m., commission (land use).

Anna Maria City Hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, 941Dec. 11, 1:30 p.m., commission work session 708-6130, cityofannamaria.com. (cell towers).

Dec. 18, 9 a.m., commission.

Bradenton Beach Administration building, 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Dec. 5, 9:30 a.m., CRA. Bradenton, 941-748-4501, mymanatee.org.

Dec. 5, 11 a.m., pier team.

Dec. 5, 2 p.m., Scenic WAVES. Of interest Dec. 6, 6 p.m., commission.

Dec. 10, 9 a.m., Manatee County Tourist DevelDec. 11, 10 a.m., commission. opment Council, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Dec. 13, 1 p.m., department heads.

Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.

Dec. 17, Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan PlanBradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive N., ning Organization, Holiday Inn at Sarasota-Braden941-778-1005, cityofbradentonbeach.org. ton International Airport, 8009 15th St. E., Bradenton.

Holmes Beach Dec. 25, Christmas, most government offices, as Dec. 5, 10 a.m., parks and beautification. well as The Islander, will be closed that day and Dec. Dec. 5, 6 p.m., planning.

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Dec. 11, 6 p.m., commission.

Send notices to calendar@islander.org and Holmes Beach City Hall, 5801 Marina Drive, news@islander.org.

941-708-5800, holmesbeachfl.org.

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Holmes Beach downtown offers holiday delights

Holmes Beach’s downtown business owners and the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the holiday season Friday, Dec. 7.

Plans include a tree-lighting ceremony at 6 p.m. at the chamber office, 5313 Gulf Drive N., and a holiday walk set for 5-8 p.m. in downtown Holmes Beach.

An announcement from the chamber said CrossPointe Fellowship’s band will provide musical entertainment for the tree-lighting.

Also, the chamber will serve coffee, cider, cookies and other treats.

Local businesses will open their doors to offer specials, Christmas cheer and more.

Other events on the December calendar: • 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, Holly Berry Bazaar at the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Organizers will serve lunch and snacks, hold raffles for gift baskets and sell homemade chicken potpies, baked goods, sweet pickles, crafts, jewelry, Christmas decorations and household items.

• 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, Anna Maria Island Privateers Christmas Parade, which will run from Bayfront Park in Anna Maria to Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach.

• 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, Privateers Christmas party with Santa at Coquina Beach, with presents and lunch for children — and lunch for adults for a donation.

• 5:30-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, Maritime by Can-

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The event will include an evening of educational activities, food, live music and more at the museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez.

• 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, the Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra performs “An Island Christmas” concert at CrossPointe Fellowship, 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

• 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, holiday carols in City Pier Park, Pine Avenue and North Bay Boulevard, Anna Maria.

• 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, AMI Centre Shops Holiday Open House in the 5200 block of E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach, featuring Santa Claus, the Anna Maria Island Privateers, prize drawings, entertainment by the Manatee High School drum line, holiday treats, “snow” and specials offered by the plaza businesses.

• 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, Anna Maria Holiday of Treasures walk. Businesses on Pine Avenue and Gulf Drive, as well as the Anna Maria Island Historical Society, will serve treats, host musical performances and offer specials.

• Starting at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, Bridge Street Merchants Holiday Open House, with local businesses serving food and beverages, hosting entertainment, offering specials and welcoming Santa.

During the celebration, a boat parade will take place in Sarasota Bay and the Anna Maria Island Privateers will hold their Christmas party at the Drift In.

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The celebration will lead off at about 10 a.m. — on island time — from Bayfront Park in Anna Maria and travel south to Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach. The route will take parade participates on

Pine Avenue, Gulf, Palm, Marina drives, Manatee Avenue, East Bay Drive and back to Gulf Drive.

Entries must be motorized or peddled and should be decorated for the holidays. They will assemble on the bayfront at 9:30 a.m.

At the end of the parade, on arrival at Coquina Beach at about 11:30 a.m., the Privateers will host a holiday party, with Santa handing out presents to children and pirates serving lunch and sodas — free to kids.

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Loaves lift scholarship fund

The Anna Maria Island Historical Society will resume sales of Settlers’ Bread at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at its museum, 402 Pine Ave., Anna Maria.

Volunteers bake the bread at home during the winter season and bring loaves to the museum Wednesdays to sell.

Bread — $5 a loaf — will be sold 10 a.m.-1 p.m. — or until the day’s supply lasts.

Proceeds benefit the historical society’s scholarship fund.

For more information, call AMIHS at 941778-0492.

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Paradise Center offers memory screenings

The Paradise Resource Center on Longboat Key will offer free memory and lifestyle screenings 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11.

Those who attend will receive a one-on-one cognitive assessment, as well as take part in a 30-minute session exploring factors that affect memory, including sleep, exercise and diet.

The Center for Brain Health will provide the ‘Elf’ booked in Anna Maria screenings.

The city of Anna Maria will screen “Elf” at 6:30 The center is at 567 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, as the first film in the at Temple Beth Israel.

“Movies in the Park” series at City Pier Park. Other For more information, call the center at 941-383films — shown when weather permits — will include 6493.

“The Santa Clause” Dec. 12, “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” Dec. 19 and “The Lego Off Stage Ladies to Movie” Dec. 26. The city plans to serve popcorn and other snacks, as well as beverages. The series will share at luncheon continue Wednesdays through May 2019. For more The Off Stage Ladies of the Island Players will information, call city hall at 941-708-6130. meet Wednesday, Dec. 12, for a “holiday caring and sharing” luncheon.

The gathering will be at 11:30 a.m. at IMG AcadMuseum to provide emy Golf Club, 3450 El Conquistador Parkway, Braholiday ‘light’ denton.

For more information, call president Roe Duncan The Florida Maritime Museum will hold its at 941-567-4960. first “Maritime by Candlelight” Saturday, Dec. 8.

The evening — 5:30-8:30 p.m. — will AMICCO presents include educational activities, food, live music and more. holiday concert FMM invites people to bring the family for a The Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and photo op and a visit with Santa Fisherman, as well Orchestra will present its annual holiday concert as to tour the museum, hear stories, decorate shell — “An Island Christmas” — at 2 p.m. Sunday, ornaments, participate in a lighting ceremony and Dec. 9, at CrossPointe Fellowship, 8605 Gulf enjoy crawfish mac and cheese and other menu Drive, Holmes Beach. items.

AMICCO also will perform “An Island ChristThe event is sponsored by The Islander and is mas” at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 at First Methodist Church, being held in partnership with the Florida Institute 104 S. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota. for Saltwater Heritage.

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The Islander Calendar ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND Wednesday, Dec. 5 6:30 p.m. — City of Anna Maria “Movies in the Park” screening of “Elf,” City Pier Park, North Bay Boulevard and Pine Avenue, Anna Maria. Information: 941-708-6130.

Sunday, Dec. 9 2 p.m. — Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra “An Island Christmas” concert, CrossPointe Fellowship, 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Fee applies. Information941-795-2370.

ONGOING ON AMI Through December, Clara Ricker exhibits “Out of the Blue,” Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6648.

Through Jan. 5, “Fresh and Locally Sourced” and “For the Love of Mangroves,” the Studio at Gulf and Pine, 10101 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-1906.

LOOKING AHEAD ON AMI Jan. 7-Feb. 9, 2019, Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island fine art exhibition, “The Space Between,” Anna Maria.

Feb. 12, 2019, AMICCO’s Jazz Fest, Anna Maria.

ONGOING OFF ANNA MARIA ISLAND Various dates in December, “A Classic Crosley Christmas,” Powel Crosley Estate, 8374 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Fee applies.

Information: 941-722-3244.

Through Jan. 11, “Women Contemporary Artists” exhibit, ArtCenter Manatee, 209 Ninth St. W., Bradenton. Information: 941746-2862.

Through Jan. 11, “Inspirations” exhibit, ArtCenter Manatee, 209 Ninth St. W., Bradenton. Information: 941-746-2862.

Through Feb. 2, 2019, “The Greek Communities of Tarpon Springs and the Bahamas,” Florida Maritime Museum, 4419 119th St. W., Cortez. Information: 941-708-6120.

Through Feb. 3, 2019, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art’s “Watercolors from the Permanent Collection,” 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. Fee applies. Information: 941-359-5700.

Second Wednesdays, Think + Drink (science), South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-746-4131.

Wednesdays, 2-4 p.m., Shanty Singers, Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez. Information: 941-708-6120.

First Fridays, 6-9 p.m. ArtWalk in the Village of the Arts, around 12th Street West and 12th Avenue West, Bradenton. Also, Saturdays after the first Fridays. Information: villageofthearts@gmail.com.

Second Saturdays, 2-4 p.m., Music on the Porch, Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez. Information: 941-7086120.

10 a.m. — Holiday origami crafting, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

2 p.m. — Lego club, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Tuesday, Dec. 11 10 a.m. — Preschool storytime, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

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Dec. 14, Anna Maria Centre Shops Christmas celebration, Holmes Beach.

Dec. 14, Anna Maria Holiday of Treasures, Anna Maria.

Dec. 15, Anna Maria Island Privateers’ Drift-In Christmas, Bradenton Beach.

Dec. 15, Christmas on Bridge Street, Bradenton Beach.

LOOKING AHEAD OFF AMI Dec. 15, Bradenton Beach Marina holiday boat parade, BraFeb. 16-17, 2019, Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival, denton Beach.

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OFF ANNA MARIA ISLAND Feb. 17, 2019, AMICCO’s opera concert, Bradenton.

Feb. 22, 2019, U.S. Coast Guard exhibit at Florida Maritime Saturday, Dec. 8 5:30-8:30 p.m. — Maritime by Candlelight celebration, Florida Museum, Cortez.

March 31, 2019, AMICCO’s “Diva Wars” concert, Bradenton. Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez. Information: 941-7086120.

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ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND Friday, Dec. 7 10 a.m. — Forty Carrots partners in play, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

5-8 p.m. — Holmes Beach downtown holiday open house and Christmas tree-lighting, Marina and Gulf drives, Holmes Beach.

Information: 941-778-1541.

6 p.m. — Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce Christmas tree-lighting, 5313 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-7781541.

Saturday, Dec. 8 10 a.m. — Anna Maria Island Privateers Parade, islandwide, from Bayfront Park in Anna Maria to Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach. Information: 315-529-6507.

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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 Wednesdays, AMI Dragon Boat Fun and Fitness Club, time depends on tides, 417 63rd St., Holmes Beach. Information: 941462-2626.

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

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.

LOOKING AHEAD OFF AMI Dec. 15, Bradenton Circle Christmas Bird Count, Bradenton.

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cheon and program, IMG Academy Golf Club, 3450 El Conquistador Parkway, Bradenton. Fee applies. Information: 941-567-4960.

Wednesdays through March, Anna Maria Island Historical Soci3 p.m. — “Scuba Diving History in Florida” lecture by Danielle ety sales of settlers bread, AMIHS museum, 402 Pine Ave., Anna Dankenbring, Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez.

Maria. Information: 941-778-0492.

Information: 941-708-6120.

Thursdays, 9-11 a.m., veterans services assistance, Island ONGOING OFF AMI Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-7786341.

Fridays, 10:30 a.m., Paradise Cafe games, music and socialThird Thursdays, 11:45 a.m., Successful Women Aligning izing, the Paradise Center, Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, Together meets, Bridge Street Bistro, 111 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Longboat Key. Fee applies. Information: 941-383-6493.

Beach. Fee applies. Information: 941-345-5135.

Saturdays through May, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Bradenton Farmers Fridays, Senior Adventures usually meets to carpool on an Market, Old Main, Bradenton. Information: 941- 621-6471. adventure or for an activity, Annie Silver Community Center, 103 GOOD TO KNOW 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941-538-0945.

Second Fridays, 6 p.m., AMI Resident Community ConnecSAVE THE DATES tions, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.

Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. Information: 941-778-1908.

Dec. 25, Christmas Day. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m., Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island breakDec. 31, New Year’s Eve. fast meeting, Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe, Manatee Public Beach, Jan. 1, New Year’s Day. 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-1383.

Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m., Tech Help, Island Library, 5701 Marina GOOD DEEDS Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Tuesdays through May 14, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Anna Maria Farmers Market, City Pier Park, North Bay Boulevard and Pine Avenue.

Looking for volunteer opportunities on or around Anna Maria Information: 941-708-6130.

Island? These organizations are seeking help: Tuesdays, noon, Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island, Bridge The Roser Food Bank needs donations of cash and nonperishStreet Bistro, 111 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach. Information: 941able food. The pantry is administered by Roser Memorial Community 518-1965.

Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414.

LOOKING AHEAD ON AMI Moonracer Animal Rescue seeks volunteers to offer foster and forever homes for rescued animals. Information: 941-345-2441.

Jan. 12, 2019, Anna Maria Island Privateers’ Thieves Market, Anna Maria Island Historical Society museum seeks docents, Bradenton Beach.

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Saturday, Dec. 8 9 a.m.-1 p.m. — Holly Berry Christmas Bazaar, Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-1638.

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Ask a Master Gardener, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

Wednesday, Dec. 12 Noon — Coloring club, Island Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-6341.

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A wing-dip wave to the past: ‘the airport’

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter The memories resonate with islanders who were here when city field was not a dog park, event space or ball field.

City field, in the 5400 block of Marina Drive in Holmes Beach, once was an airstrip where singleengine Cessnas and Pipers landed.

It was 1948 when the landing strip was built and famous stars were headed to Anna Maria Island for a feature film. The lush surroundings were a stand-in for the tropical paradise where “On an Island with You” took place.

A 1966 photograph shows Holmes Beach City Hall and planes parked on the west side of the runway.

Esther Williams was the cat’s meow in her swim- Islander Photos: Airfields.Freeman.com suits and perfect coif. Peter Lawford was the dreamy leading man.

A 1962 aerial He would buzz the house and then As with all film crews, loads of equipment were view shows my mom knew to go pick him up at needed to make the picture. Also, central to the movie’s an unpaved the airport. — Christine van Zandt story was a dusty airstrip and a little airplane to whisk north-south away Williams’ character to a secluded island. runway and So, in 1948, the airstrip was scraped into exissingle-engine tence by developer Jack Holmes. A few years later, Former islander Terry Allen Test shared the planes on the the island’s middle city would be named for Holmes. westside of the memory of his dad, who drove their airplane over to The unpaved strip ran north to south, from a basin runway at “the the nearby Shell gas station for fuel on more than one on the south end to a bayou on the north. occasion. Test also recalled seeing a picture on the airport” in Old timers say the north end flooded at high tide, Holmes Beach. front page of an island newspaper of his dad fueling so pilots planned landings using the tide tables. EveryCurrently, the the plane up on the airfields-freeman.com site. body just called the strip “the airport.”

Cagnina said in the mid-1950s a group of fathers site is the city Islander Mark Ratliff recalled in an article on abanconstructed a baseball backstop fence and diamond on field. doned Florida airstrips posted at airfields-freeman.com the north end of the airstrip, not far from the current that the north end of the runway was so close to the baseball diamond, Birdie Tebbetts Field. water that the prop wash whipped the mangroves in “It was just sand flats, filled with shells and fiddler the bayou. crabs,” Cagnina recalled. “We would drag the field Fiske said Holmes looked out the window and, with this machine we made to try to get rid of the Islanders remember alarmed, remarked to Gray that the wings on the plane shells. They hurt when you fell on them.”

Pete Reynard’s usually falls off the tongues of were bending.

Landing planes were an even bigger hazard for the those remembering the airstrip. The large, popular Gray looped a few more times and landed the young ballplayers. restaurant was nearby, at what is now the site of the plane. Then the pair read the sticker on the side that “We had to stop and clear the field when a plane Waterline Marina and Beach Resort, 5325 Marina said, “This plane is unsafe for aerobatics.” would show up,” Cagnina said. “Then we’d go back Drive, Holmes Beach. The restaurant was practically Fiske said it became a big joke with the pair. to the game.” at the end of the runway.

Holmes could not be reached to confirm the story.

Those who could afford to flew in from Pinellas Fiske spent a lot of time around the airport — he Changing times County or Tampa for an evening at the then-famous was the yardman, or strip man.

Interestingly, neither interview subjects nor eatery.

“I mowed that airstrip for Jack Holmes when research reviewed by The Islander pinned down the “Anna Maria Island was fairly austere in those I was a teenager,” he said. “I had the lawn mower exact date “the airport” ceased operating. days,” John Cagnina said in an interview with The and I bought the gas and he paid me $1.25 an hour to A 1962 aerial view shows the airstrip with an Islander. Cagnina grew up on the island, spending his mow.” unpaved runway and planes parked alongside. days swimming, playing ball and watching planes.

John Cagnina was 5 years old in 1948, when Jack At some point, in the 1960s, the airstrip was paved, “Those who could, would fly in, have dinner and Holmes built the airstrip for the movie. but a photograph from 1966 shows only a partially fly back out. That’s what the rich people did,” he After the film wrapped, islanders found the airstrip paved runway in disrepair. said. convenient for traveling to and from their homes — or Another photo shows planes parked near Holmes Never mind there were no lights at “the airport.” second homes.

Beach City Hall in 1966, but a photo does not show “If it was dark, people lined up cars along either On Flotilla Drive, near the southeast corner at 56th planes in 1969. side of the runway so the pilots could see to take off,” Street, lived the Charles Wimpey family. The Wimpeys Also, in 1966, the airstrip was not shown on the Cagnina said. owned a construction company in Georgia. They also U.S. Geographical Survey topical map, but was listed He is not the only islander with that memory. owned an airplane and made frequent trips to their in a Miami Sectional Chart Map as a private airport Christine van Zandt was a young girl in the early beach house. with a 2,000-foot runway.

1950s whose father was a baseball player.

“They had a hanger under their house,” Cagnina Pilot Joe Skidmore flew on and off Anna Maria “Mother would drive us back and forth. He played said.

Island several times in the 1960s and remembers using for the old Boston Braves. When my father came down Others also remember the Flotilla Drive house the little runway was harrowing. to visit, he would fly in on what we called the ‘Puddle with the hanger.

Skidmore said in a telephone interview he rememJumper,’” van Zandt said.

“Mr. Wimpey was a pilot in World War II and we bers a single-engine Comanche crashing into the sea“He would buzz the house and then my mom knew all knew it. He would drive the airplane over to the wall on the north end. to go pick him up at the airport.” house, put in and shut the big garage door,” Cagnina “It was not the safest place to take off and land,” One night, her father arrived and the tide was in. said. “As a kid, it was fascinating.” he said.

“He stepped out of the plane and into the water,” Apparently, driving planes on Anna Maria Island Others said a small plane ending up in the boat van Zandt said, laughing. was an ordinary occurrence.

Please see airport, Next page Mary Love of Anna Maria wrote her memory to The site of the The Islander: “In the 1950s and 1960s, when a plane former airstrip needed to land, the pilots knew to low-buzz the surphotographed in rounding area in circles. Everyone would hop in the 2012. The property cars and head to the airstrip.” is bordered by 56th “As kids, it was such great fun. My dad would Street on the south buzz when he came in from a business trip. I’d run end and stretches to out into the yard and wave like crazy and he would 63rd Street on the dip his wings to wave back. I sure miss those days,” north end. The Island Love wrote.

Library, Holmes Beach City Hall Truth or dare and a West ManaLifelong islander Jack Fiske remembers the airtee Fire and Rescue strip well, and a story he never forgot. station are among According to Fiske, Bob Gray ran a flying serthe structures on the vice out of the airport, ferrying folks around southwest land today. Islander Florida. One day, Gray took a young Hugh Holmes up Photo: Jack Elka in his plane and started doing loops.

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Christmas arrives early for Family Fun Day

Lester Day

Center of Anna Maria Island administrative director Aris Thompson, left, and board member David Zaccagnino, right, present Joey and Chuck Lester, sponsors of Lester Family Fun Day, with a painting of them and Santa Claus made by artist Emma Terry at the event’s 17th annual celebration Dec. 1. Islander Courtesy Photo

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter Hundreds of people visited the Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, Dec. 1 for the 17th annual Lester Family Fun Day. Sponsored by Holmes Beach-Wisconsin residents Chuck and Joey Lester, the celebration filled the gym and spilled onto the athletic field.

Indoors, DJ Bishop Freeze spun Christmas music from the stage. Duffy’s Tavern brought hamburgers.

Tyler’s Homemade Ice Cream brought ice cream sandwiches and the Anna Maria Oyster Bar donated hot dogs for the party.

Booths and activities, including cookie decorating, balloon twisting, Christmas card-making and face painting, lined one side of the game court.

Near the entrance, center volunteers and employees raffled turkeys, Christmas trees and a television.

Poinsettias were sold for $10 a pot.

On the field, children played in a bounce house and took turns riding a bucking mechanical “reindeer.”

Children rode ponies in the field. Nearby, people gathered to pet chickens and a pig.

At noon, the Manatee High School Drum Line performed with Santa Claus. After dancing to the drum line’s beat, Santa heard children’s wishes.

Center administrative director Aris Thompson and board chair David Zaccagnino presented the Lesters with a portrait of the couple with Santa made by artist Emma Terry as a gift to honor their support.

Before the event was over, executive director Chris Culhane flew over the field in a helicopter piloted by Bryan Messick from Florida Suncoast Helicopters and dropped golf balls for a 50/50 raffle prize. The golf balls were sold for either $50 a ball or $100 for three chances.

The drop winner was decided by which numbered ball fell in the hole or came closest. Center treasurer Christine Major Hicks won the drop — hers was the first ball to drop in the hole in the four years since the raffle began, according to Zaccagnino.

Hicks donated her prize money to the center.

She was happy to win. “I was thrilled,” she said.

“A hole in one! It was like two and a half years of golf lessons finally paid off.”

The proceeds, including funds from other raffles and contests, benefit the center.

ABOVE: Santa Claus reaches to an audience member Dec. 1 at the Center of Anna Maria Island Family Fun Day. Santa danced to the beat of the Manatee High School Drum Line on his arrival in the gym for the Christmas party.

RIGHT: Brielle Geissler, 7, tries to stay atop a bucking mechanical “reindeer” ride Dec. 1 outdoors at the center during Lester Family Fun Day. Islander Photos: Ryan Paice

airport continued from page 14 basin after a failed takeoff as the death knell for the airstrip.

Also, Cagnina recalled folks on Key Royale and in Seaside Gardens being worried a plane would crash into their homes.

At any rate, planes ceased to fly “the airport” in the early 1970s and the field became a recreational park.

Today, city officials are in the process of reinventing the field once more, including an enlarged dog park, relocating the tot playground, adding a splash park and skate park improvements.

Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Holmes Titsworth, whose grandfather created the airstrip, is involved in

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the redesign. “It was always fun to go and see the planes take off and land,” she said of the airstrip. “I hated to see it go.”

It’s been a long time since Esther Williams was swept away from the airstrip.

And a long time since a wing dipped over Holmes Beach.

Editor’s note: As a girl, Sandy Ambrogi vacationed on Key Royale Drive in Holmes Beach. One of the best memories she has of her time on the island as a child was running to the field to watch a plane land at “the airport” in the early 1960s. Her memories inspired this article.

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Center of Anna Maria Island executive director Chris Culhane dumps a bucket of golf balls from a helicopter Dec. 1 for a raffle prize during Lester Family Fun Day. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

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Manatee County tourist tax revenue falls in September

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter Stellar numbers in tourist tax collections were not expected in September. And they did not materialize.

The red tide crisis was in full swing. Plus, school resumed and people wrapped up summer vacations.

This all created a perfect storm for sending tourist tax collections into a dive in Manatee County and on Anna Maria Island.

Still, it was not enough to dampen an overall 10 percent gain in tourist tax revenues for the year, according to Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Elliott Falcione. “Shopping, sports, a great urban core, art and culture — all these sustain visits to our area,� Falcione told The Islander Nov. 30. “This diversity makes us more apt to sustain during adverse conditions.�

Tourist development tax collections in Manatee County were $622,059 in September compared to $761,176 for the month in 2017. This translated to a net loss of $139,117.

It was back in September 2015 when numbers were lower, at $618,674. Since then, the tourist tax numbers mostly have shown good gains, topping out at $761,178 in September 2017.

Anna Maria Island municipalities — Anna Maria, Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach — collected $6,294,140.64 in tourist tax receipts for the September 2017-August 2018, down $86, 934.27 from the September 2016-August 2017 total of $6,381,074.91.

The 2017-18 totals were above numbers from

of 14.95 percent. Bradenton Beach recorded a fouryear average of 8.50 percent. Holmes Beach averaged the most collections, with a four-year total average of 23.89 percent.

In Anna Maria, tourist tax collections rose from $1,500,393.62 in 2014-15 to $2,155,844.18 in the year ending in August.

Bradenton Beach experienced a steady climb in tourist tax revenues. Slightly more than $1 million was collected in 2014-15. Then the numbers ticked up: $1,057,467.55 in 2015-16, $1,101,374.57 in 2016-17 and $1,170,815.68 in 2017-18.

Holmes Beach reported the strongest numbers, with $2,967,480.78 total tourist tax revenues in 2017-18.

That number, however, was down from the four-year high of $3,238,100.33 in 2016-17. And it was the first time since 2014-15 that Holmes Beach revenues fell under $3 million.

New numbers for the county, and Anna Maria A vacancy sign on Anna Maria Island Nov. 29 — Island cities, will be discussed at the next Manatee such signs were common after the red tide crisis County Tourist Development Council meeting at 9 a.m. began in August. Islander Photo: Kathy Prucnell Monday, Dec. 10. The meeting will be at the Center of 2015-16, when revenue was $6,134,615.73, and in Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.

2014-15, when $5,305,730.32 was collected.

While the combined island municipalities continue About the TDC The TDC makes recommendations to the Manatee to collect the largest percentage of tourist tax revenues in Manatee County, tax collection percentages of the County Board of Commissioners for projects and uses total county take varied little by island municipality for the tourist development tax revenues. The council consists of nine volunteer members appointed to fouryear over year.

In percentages of total Manatee County collec- year terms.

For more information, go to mymanatee.org. tions, Anna Maria accounted for a four-year average

Anna Maria settles FEMA case with construction company

By Ryan Paice Islander Reporter The use of double contracts to understate the cost of proposed construction in Anna Maria will cost Wash Family Construction more than $56,000.

City commissioners voted 5-0 Nov. 29 to approve settlement terms with Darrin Wash, owner of the business, requiring the company to pay $49,676.65 in permit fees due to the use of double contracts and $6,600 in reimbursable expenses.

Monthly payments of $4,139.72 Vose toward the total amount owed will be made by Wash to the city on the first of every month for a year, beginning Jan. 1, 2019.

If Wash fails to make a payment on or before the 10th of the month, the unpaid balance becomes due immediWash ately and the hearing before the city’s Local Construction Regulation Board, according to the terms of the settlement. Wash still will be held liable

for the obligations of the settlement, in addition to being subject to the LCRB’s decision.

The purpose of the LCRB is to ensure licensed contractors in the city operate under the city’s rules and code of ordinance.

Additional settlement terms include requiring Wash to release a public apology to the city, which was included in the materials provided to commissioners for the meeting, and to be shadowed by a contractor of the city’s choice on construction work in the city for a year.

The contractor to shadow Wash will have access to all financial matters and documents related to building permits and Wash will pay the fees related to the contractor’s work.

If Wash fails to pay the contractor within 20 days of a monthly invoice, a hearing before the LCRB will be scheduled and the company will be held liable to the obligations in the settlement.

Acting building official Luke Curtis, who led the city’s investigation, found 20 building permits submitted by Wash from 2012-17 totaling $2,483,832.72 in understated construction costs. Eighteen of 20 proper-

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When a project is deemed a “substantial� improvement, it must comply with the National Flood Program, which can result in a requirement to elevate the ground-level portion of the structure.

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Wash and his attorney, Peter J. Mackey, attended the meeting Nov. 29. They did not address the commission and did not comment to The Islander.

The city’s investigation began in July, when city attorney Becky Vose learned of a legal dispute between L. Martin and Threse Quinn Hurbi and Wash Family Construction over improvements to the Martin-Hurbi property in Anna Maria. The parties are locked in a 12th Circuit Court case filed by Wash over a claim the construction company is due payment for work done to the property.

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Green Saturday for AMI gardeners

Shoppers at the Anna Maria Island Garden Club’s annual plant sale — held Dec. 1 at Roser Memorial Community Church in Anna Maria — participate in the raffle of baskets.

Mark Goldberg, left, of Anna Maria leaves his plant selections at the “hold table� monitored by Dolores DeBald, Margaret Jenkins and Ginger Wyss during the Anna Maria Island Garden Club’s annual plant sale Dec. 1 at Roser Memorial Community Church in Anna Maria. Islander Photos: Lisa Neff Anna Maria Island Garden Club members, wearing green T-shirts, assist shoppers at their annual plant sale, held Dec. 1 in the fellowship hall at Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria.

Club members said people formed a line as early as 8:30 a.m. for the sale to begin at 9 a.m.

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On display in December

The Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island is showcasing in a window display “Holiday Elegance,” with work by jewelry artists Ginny Goggins, left, Lois Manza and Joanne Wilhelm. The artists will be feted at a reception that coincides with the downtown Holmes Beach Christmas open house 5-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at the Guild Gallery in the Island Shopping Center, 5414 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Islander Courtesy Photo

FISH plans festive party

The Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage will hold its annual Christmas party at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10.

An announcement invited friends to share “scrumptious dishes while welcoming in Cortez’s Christmas spirit.”

Attendees are asked to bring a dish to the potluck celebration.

The party will be at Fishermen’s Hall, 4515 124th St. W., Cortez.

For information, call Jane von Hahmann at 941794-0043.

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Suzi Fox and Bob Haynes represent Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring Nov. 20 at the Anna Maria Farmers Market at City Pier Park. Islander Photo: Ryan Paice

By ChrisAnn Silver Esformes Islander Reporter It’s been a long time coming.

But the Bradenton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency is hoping to find a resolution to the failed plans for the floating dock that was contracted in April 2017.

Police Chief Sam Speciale, the lead on the project, confirmed in November the dock parts, which were constructed in Spain and shipped to Florida, were at a laydown yard at Hecker Construction Company Inc. in Gibsonton.

Technomarine was contracted to build and install the dock, but the project has been met with a series of delays on the contractor’s end since being initiated by the CRA. Speciale said he spoke with Eric Shaffer, project manager with Hecker, who said the dock was transported to Hecker, which was contracted to install it, but since it did not receive payment from Technomarine, the dock parts have remained onsite. He said the company is willing to work with the CRA to get the dock installed.

Since Hecker was subcontracted by Technomarine, the CRA is not required to go out for a request for proposals for the install.

In October, the board authorized city attorney Ricinda Perry to write a letter to Technomarine CEO Erik Sanderson stating the company is in breach of contract, that since it has not communicated with the city, the board is willing to discuss an “amicable solution” and have the dock components moved from storage to Bradenton Beach. Otherwise, the city could litigate.

The Bradenton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency will be discussing the matter at its next meeting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at city hall, 107 Gulf Drive N.

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Hearing set in citizens v. county over Aqua development

By Kathy Prucnell Islander Reporter It’s been more than a year since neighbors and environmentalists protested a high-rise development slated for the banks of Sarasota Bay and were met with a Manatee County decision on the fly.

The decision by the county commission on Aqua by the Bay is the subject of a court challenge — now up for a 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, hearing before 12th Circuit Judge Gilbert A. Smith Jr. The large-scale, mixed-use development by Long Bar Pointe LLLP and Cargor Partners VIII is poised for 529 acres, southeast of Cortez and north of IMG Academy. The property now consists of pristine mangrove forests, marine nurseries and oyster beds.

The hearing comes at the request of Ed Vogler II, attorney for the developers, “to provide such additional information or support as may be helpful to aid in the disposition.”

The developers intervened shortly after Cape Coral attorney Ralf Brookes filed the due process petition in November 2017 on behalf of Suncoast Waterkeeper Inc., Capt. Kathe Fannon of Cortez, former Manatee County Commissioner Joe McClash and neighbors Katie Scarlett Tupin, Larry Grossman, Beverly Hill and Arlene Dukauskas.

Suncoast Waterkeeper is a 2,200-member nonprofit with a mission to protect waterways in Sarasota and Manatee counties through education and enforcement.

Brookes’ petition for writ of certiorari argues the BOCC failed to follow procedures, apply the correct law and comply with the county’s land-development code.

The petition asks the judge to invalidate the county approvals given to Carlos Beruff and Larry Lieberman

Capt. Kathe Fannon, a Cortez boat guide, and Joe McClash, a former Manatee County commissioner, talk before county commissioners voted in October 2017 to approve Aqua by the Bay, a mixed-use, high-rise development.

Fannon and McClash have joined others in a suit against the county decision. Islander File Photo: Kathy Prucnell

The petition asks the judge to invalidate the county approvals given to Carlos Beruff and Larry Lieberman and their companies. and their companies at an October 2017 meeting after the Aqua plan was revised during a three-hour break.

In addition to the petition, Brookes filed more than 550 pages of exhibits, including excerpts of the landdevelopment code and transcripts and notices about plan commission and land use meetings pertaining to the development.

The developer and county attorneys jointly responded with more than 11,000 pages to support the commissioners’ decision.

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The approvals still allow for a 191-acre rezone, as well as 2,384 multifamily units, 510 single-family lots and 78,000 square feet of commercial space, including 16 condo buildings up to 95-feet high — about nine-10 stories — and an unknown number of 35-foot to 75-foot buildings, three- to- eight stories.

In the suit, the petitioners say the plan, even as revised, does not comply with the LDC, without setbacks equal to the height of the buildings and other protections such as wetland impact studies, neighborhood workshops and consideration of archeological sites and waterfront vistas.

The suit was filed after the county refused to meet with Suncoast Waterkeeper representatives and McClash, who requested a meeting to prevent future A04 11/5/1 8 issues. plan switching and LDC McClash also has appealed a 260-acre wetland mitigation bank proposed by the developers as part of the 529-acre site. The bank would give the BeruffLieberman team the ability to sell credits at $100,000$200,000 an acre and allow development elsewhere.

The appeal of an administrative law judge’s decision supporting a Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s “intent to issue” a mitigation bank permit is pending in the 1st District Court of Appeal.

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Eagles return to Long Bar Pointe nesting site, again

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter Wildlife rehabilitator Devon Straight said it would happen. And it did.

Bald eagles returned to the property in west Bradenton at Long Bar Pointe, designated for development as Aqua by the Bay. It is the latest installment in a dispute that stretches back years regarding claims from environmentalists that the developer failed to protect bald eagles.

Andy Mele, an environmentalist with ManateeSarasota Sierra Club and Suncoast Waterkeeper, has filed a request with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take immediate steps to locate and protect the new nest, nullify and withdraw the nest-taking permit and take measures against developer Carlos Beruff as a principal of the development company.

The last tree that hosted an eagle nest, labeled MN962, was removed by agents of Long Bar Pointe May 17, following approval of an eagle nest-taking permit issued March 12 by the FWS. The company, Long Bar Pointe LLLP, is controlled by Aqua by the Bay developers Beruff and Larry Lieberman.

The document sent to FWS contends the take permit was issued with “an undue level of deference to the developer” and was contradictory to eagle protection laws.

The 10-day pre-removal requirement of 60-90 minutes of daily monitoring was, according to the filing with the FWS, “performed with eyes firmly closed,” according to Mele.

Twelve days after the permit issuance, an eagle was photographed March 24 in the neighborhood of the MN962 tree.

The nest was listed as a “temporary” or “alternative” in the take application and Mele and Suncoast contend inconsistencies and errors existed in the application, permit and corollary documents, leading them to conclude the permit, authorized with misinformation and omissions, is not valid.

Mele said the eagles were photographed in March at the nest. After a wildlife skirmish the prior December between a pair of great horned owls and the eagles, the owls occupied the nest for the winter breeding season, then abandoned it, which, apparently, allowed the eagles to return.

According to the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, “an inactive nest may become active again and remains protected under the act.”

In his filing with the FWS, Mele said every eagle nest could be declared “inactive” because all nests are unoccupied for much of the year. But, he pointed out, the nests remain protected under federal law.

Now, even though the developers removed the tree and its nest, the eagles have been photographed

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A bald eagle carries nesting materials in its talons the morning of Nov. 13 near the site of a tree felled May 17 by developers at Long Bar Pointe on El Conquistador Parkway in west Bradenton.

Islander Photo: George Burtless in recent weeks.

Photographer George Burtless told The Islander he witnessed a pair of eagles at the site Nov. 13. “The male was gathering nest materials,” he said.

Environmentalists are concerned the new nest, which has not been located due to trespass issues, also will be removed. They say the eagles would most certainly have returned to MN962 if it were standing.

Mele said a pattern of eagle harassment has been present at the Long Bar Pointe site for years.

A nesting tree known as MN002 was cut down in 2013, soon after helicopters were reported hovering over the site. Between Sept. 26, 2016, and Oct. 4, 2016, a nest in MN962 disappeared.

In June 2016, Joe McClash, a former county commissioner, photographed downed trees on the site, including MN002.

Environmentalists said these occurrences point to attempts to degrade eagle habitat and impair reproductive success.

Mele wrote in the FWS request, “A pattern is evidence of conspiracy to overtly violate or, at the very

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Taking down the trees was an effort by the developer to interrupt the nesting cycle at Long Bar Pointe, according to Mele.

“We’re asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to locate and protect the new nest,” Mele wrote Nov. 6.

He also is asking for the take permit to be nullified and for action taken against the developers.

Mele is concerned with the big picture.

“Eagles are apex predators. Without apex predators, ecosystems begin to fall apart. Eagles are a key part of the coastal ecosystem,” he said in a phone interview Nov. 15.

“One has to understand a developer wants to profit, but they have to find a way to work with and around nature.”

“It’s my hope that Mr. Beruff will finally give up his own predations and make room for the eagles on the Long Bar Pointe property,” Mele concluded.

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Gathering

Gathering plans SPECIAL EVENTS

Annunciation collecting from ‘angels’ for Christmas

Saturday, Dec. 8 9 a.m.-1 p.m. — Holly Berry Bazaar, Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941778-1638.

Tuesday, Dec. 11 1 p.m. — Roser Memorial Community Church Women’s Guild annual Christmas Tea, church fellowship hall, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-778-0414.

Thursday, Dec. 13 11:30 a.m. — St. Bernard Catholic Church Women’s Guild annual Christmas potluck lunch, activity center, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-778-4769.

Sunday, Dec. 16 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. — Roser Memorial Community Church Christmas cantata, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941778-0414.

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 6608 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.

Saturday service 5 p.m.; Sunday service 9:30 a.m.; Sunday fellowship 10:30 a.m.; prayer partners 11:30 a.m. Wednesday; women’s Bible study 10 a.m. Thursday.

Harvey Memorial Community Church, 300 Church Ave., Bradenton Beach. Sunday services 8:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.

Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Sunday service 10 a.m.; fellowship following service.

Roser Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Sunday chapel worship 8:30 a.m.; Sunday sanctuary worship 10 a.m.; adult Sunday school 8:45 a.m.; Sunday adult book study 9 a.m.

Also, first and third Wednesdays, Roser Golfing for God, IMG Academy Golf Club, 4350 El Conquistador Parkway, Bradenton, and second and fourth Wednesdays, 11 a.m., Just Older Youth/JOY Brown Bag Lunch Series.

St. Bernard Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach. Saturday confession 3 p.m.; Saturday Mass 4 p.m.; Sunday Mass 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; weekday Mass 8:30 a.m.

The Episcopal Church of the Annunciation is collecting gifts to give to homeless children for Christmas.

Contributors are checking the church bulletin board for gift ideas and bringing new, wrapped items in shopping bags, which will be collected Sunday, Dec. 16, and delivered to families with children attending Manatee County schools.

ONGOING LISTINGS The church is at 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Lawrence ‘Larry’ Burns Beach.

Christ Church of Longboat Key Presbyterian (USA), 6400 Gulf Lawrence “Larry” Burns, 78, died Nov. 26 in For more information, call the church office at of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Sunday service 10 a.m.; men’s Bible Bradenton.

941-778-1638. study 9 a.m. Monday; women’s Bible study 10 a.m. Wednesday.

He was born in 1940 in Iowa City, Iowa, to Robert CrossPointe Fellowship, 8665 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. J. and Dorothy Drozd and raised in nearby Wellman, worship 9 a.m.; Sunday life group 10:30 a.m.; women’s Iowa.

ECOA changes office hours Sunday prayer 9:30 a.m. Tuesday; men’s Bible study 7 a.m. Wednesday; He was a 1963 graduate of the University of Iowa The Episcopal Church of the Annunciation is fellowship meal 6:15 p.m. Wednesday; Wednesday Night Blast 6:45 in Iowa City. observing new office hours — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday- p.m.

He worked for Ohio Casualty in Hamilton, Ohio, Thursday.

Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes for 30 years, retired from there in 1995 and enjoyed Beach. Sunday Holy Eucharist (Rite I) 8 a.m.; Sunday Holy Eucharist winters on Anna Maria Island.

(Rite II) 10:30 a.m.; men’s breakfast 8 a.m. Wednesday.

St. Bernard suspends He pursued a hobby of living history interpretation and 18th century campfire and hearth cookery.

‘Rosary on the Beach’ Roser to present He was a longtime member of the National MuzzleSt. Bernard Catholic Church temporarily susloading Rifle Association and, for several years, was Christmas cantata pended its “Rosary on the Beach” gatherings on Roser Memorial Community Church is offering a volunteer history interpreter at Caesar’s Creek PioWednesdays. neer Village near Waynesville, Ohio.

The church bulletin said the suspension was due special holiday-themed music at services in DecemMemorial services will be in Ohio and Iowa in ber. to red tide.

The church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, will pres- late June. Memorial donations can be made to the Also, the church has halted rummage sale donaent “A Christmas Carol Gallery” cantata at services at Bob Burns Trust on GoFundMe for his granddaughtions Dec. 17-Jan. 6. ters’ education fund.

For sale enthusiasts, the next sale will be March 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16.

Mr. Burns is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen For more information, call the church office at 1-2, 2019. of Bradenton and Holmes Beach; granddaughters For more information, call the church office at 941-778-0414.

Hannah Ryleigh and Heidi Rowan of West Chester, 941-778-4769.

Ohio; daughter-in-law Jennifer; sister-in-law Sandy; Roser Women’s Guild nieces Teri and Toni; step-daughter Terry KaufSt. B Women’s Guild man and husband Tony Miller; and grandson Simon serving holiday tea Miller. plans potluck lunch The Roser Women’s Guild will hold its ChristThe St. Bernard Women’s Guild will hold its annual mas tea celebration at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, in the Christmas potluck luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, church fellowship hall.

The church is at 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria.

Dec. 13, in the church activity center.

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California Camp Fire cause for concern in Cortez home

By Sandy Ambrogi Islander Reporter Michael Jette is a cabinetmaker in Cortez with a lot of worry on his mind.

His sister, Susan Jette, was living in Paradise, California, up to the tragedy that became known as the Camp Fire.

The nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century obliterated the town of 27,000 and killed at least 88 people.

The siblings lived on Anna Maria Island in the early 1980s. Michael Jette stayed in the area when his sister moved west, eventually settling in Paradise in 2014.

“I feel so bad about her,” Michael Jette told The Islander. “I’m just here in Cortez, living paycheck to paycheck, so there is really not a lot I can do. I thought I could at least get her story out.”

Susan Jette told The Islander she received a cautionary call Nov. 7 from Pacific Gas and Electric, her utility company in Paradise, where she lived in one of 26 retirement mobile home parks.

The call warned her against impending severe weather and the potential for wildfires.

“It was a beautiful blue day here,” she said. “I didn’t really understand why the call came. I had never received a call like that from PG&E.” Then, at 8 a.m. Nov. 8, a neighbor pounded on Susan Jette’s door. When she stepped outside, Jette said she was overcome — with terror.

“The fire was so close we could hear the crackling in the trees and propane tanks exploding nearby,” she said.

“We literally had no warning. It was just there on us.”

She and her roommate gathered blankets, pillows, medicine and water and woke the roommate’s father.

“I knew something was very wrong. It was so dark and there was a sound like thunder coming up from the ground. We were scrambling to get out of there,” she said in a phone interview with The Islander Nov. 28.

Susan Jette and Debra Montgomery of Paradise California escaped the Nov. 8 Camp Fire that destroyed their home and the town where they lived.

Nothing remains of Susan Jette’s home in Paradise, California, after the Camp Fire.

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“We literally escaped with not much more than the clothes on our backs.”

They drove through fire, though Jette said it was not as intense as some of the fire tunnel videos she has seen since.

“I got nervous when the traffic slowed way down and the authorities were running in the street,” she said. “The fire was close. They were saying the safest place to go was where the fire had already been.”

Authorities estimated the Camp Fire was covering about three football fields a minute in flames when it blazed into Paradise.

Jette and her roommate have not returned to Paradise, but she knows their double-wide trailer home burned to the ground.

“The streets are heavily guarded,” she said.

“When we went down the other day, we saw about 20 workers in the white hazmat suits walking around.

I know they are looking for bones in the rubble.”

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“We are hoping to find a place where we can all four stay, but right now, near Paradise, there is, as they say, ‘no room at the inn,’” Susan Jette said.

Michael Jette said he wants to help his sister and he thought getting the word out in the local press might make a difference.

“She’s really homeless at this point,” he said.

“They lost everything.”

How to help Susan Jette’s older brother in Seattle established a GoFundMe page to raise money for relocation and daily expenses. Go to gofundme.com and search “raising funds for my sister who lost everything.”

For more information or to reach out to the family, call Michael Jette at 941-592-6130.

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Cops & Court

By Kathy Prucnell, Islander Reporter

Holmes Beach man hits utility pole, arrested for DUI, drugs

Gulf Drive at 30th Street was closed Thanksgiving morning for live power lines on the road.

Noah Wash, 22, of Holmes Beach, was arrested Nov. 22 for possessing 0.025 grams of cocaine, and 0.045 grams of marijuana after his red Dodge Charger hit a wood utility pole and pulled down the lines.

Florida Power and Light cut the power to the area until repairs were Wash made.

Holmes Beach police were dispatched at 3:25 a.m. to the 100 block of 30th Street, where they found the vehicle on the north side of the street smashed into the pole without occupants and with airbags deployed.

Within minutes, Wash arrived on the scene, stating he went home to get his father.

He told police he became distracted looking at his

phone, took a turn too wide and struck the pole.

HBPD officers found cocaine in the console and marijuana in the glove box.

A Manatee County Sheriff’s deputy placed Wash under arrest after a DUI investigation. According to the deputy’s affidavit, Wash allegedly performed poorly on a field-sobriety test and said he drank three “PBR tall boys” at a bar an hour earlier.

Wash was transported to the Manatee County jail, where he provided breath samples measuring 0.150 and 0.143 blood-alcohol.

He posted $2,120 in bonds and was released.

For the alleged drug possession, Wash’s arraignment is at 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21. His arraignment for the DUI charge is set for 8:25 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26.

Court proceedings are held at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

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She danced instead of walked the line during a field-sobriety test.

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Officers Eric Hill and Steve Masi observed her silver Mazda almost hit a Kinney concrete planter, travel the wrong way around the Bay Drive North roundabout and nearly strike a passenger bus head-on.

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Street North and Gulf Drive and asking the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office to assist in a DUI investigation.

MCSO Deputy Andrew Vanover responded and reported Kinney eating chips as he interviewed her.

Vanover’s report stated she failed a field-sobriety test with a poor performance, including a dance down a line instead of following his direction to walk it.

Kinney was taken to the Manatee County jail, where she provided breath samples measuring 0.230 and 0.245 blood-alcohol.

She posted a $120 bond and was released. Her arraignment is 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, at the Manatee County Judicial Center in Bradenton.

Man runs naked on Bridge St.

Bradenton Beach police know him as a homeless man who often warns law enforcement when he’s about to have an episode.

The 32-year-old was taken into police custody Nov. 29 after a public works staffer reported him running west on Bridge Street without his clothes.

At about 9:30 a.m., Lt. John Cosby detained him in the backseat of his squad car.

The man told Officer Devon Straight that his clothes were burning him.

During the interview, police report that the man sprung from the squad and attempted to flee. He was restrained with handcuffs until EMS arrived.

Straight determined the man was a risk to himself and public safety and was transported to Blake Medical Center for treatment under the Baker Act. Detective Sgt. Lenard Diaz said the man, who sleeps “wherever he can find shelter for the night,” typically calls police prior to his episodes.

“We don’t have any issues with him,” he added.

Streetlife

By Kathy Prucnell

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Anna Maria Sept. 27-Nov. 2, (street redacted from report), sexting. A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy issued a citation to a minor who sent nude photos to another minor via Snapchat.

Nov. 20, 500 block of Villa Rosa Way, Baker Act. MCSO responded to a report of a runaway female juvenile on her bicycle. A deputy located the juvenile near the Center of Anna Maria Island, where she repeatedly threatened to kill herself. The deputy took her into custody and to a medical facility.

Nov. 21, 100 block of Hammock Road, found property. What a landscaper thought might be human remains were not. A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy collected the artifact and placed it for safekeeping before a medical examiner’s office ruled out the possibility of it being from a human.

Bradenton Beach Nov. 26, 200 block of Second Street North, theft.

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TOP LEFT: Holmes Beach Police Officers Adam Desantis and Lee Diehl show off their results for MovemA resident reported a missing package containing pre- ber, an annual campaign in November committed to changing the face of men’s health by the Movember scription psoriasis medication. Federal Express con- Foundation. RIGHT: HBPD Officer Mike Walker, Chief Bill Tokajer and Officer Josh Fleischer show off firmed the package was delivered to the residence. their moustaches and beards. Officer Alex Hurt and Sgt. Brian Copeman also took part in the hair-raising campaign to raise awareness and funds to deal with prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and Neighbors told the resident they hadn’t seen it. suicide prevention. Since 2003, the support of more than 5 million people has funded more than 1,200 projBradenton Beach is policed by BBPD. ects in more than 20 countries. Islander Photos: Courtesy HBPD Cortez Nov. 14, 4500 block of 123rd Street, found property. On patrol, a Manatee County sheriff’s deputy was approached by a man who said he found a license plate at the Manatee County landfill on Lena Road. The man told the deputy he thought it was a valid tag that fell off a vehicle. Checking law enforcement databases, the tag came back stolen from Lake County. The tag was confiscated.

Cortez is policed by the MCSO. Holmes Beach Nov. 26, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, suspicious person. Holmes Beach police officers on patrol found a 29-year-old man passed out on a picnic

table. The man woke up, began shaking uncontrollably and told police he had a problem with seizures. EMS transported the man to a medical facility.

Nov. 25, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, trespass. A 64-year-old man causing a disturbance at the south end of the parking lot was trespassed at the recommendation of a lifeguard.

Nov. 24, Smoothie King and Subway, 3232 and 3248 E. Bay Drive, suspicious circumstances. Three minors told police that a man followed them into the stores, staring at them in both locations and then walked outside and touched his genitals in a suggestive

manner over his clothes. The minors left with parents who came to pick them up.

Nov. 24, 300 block of 68th Street, motor vehicle theft. A 59-year-old man was arrested for taking his mother’s car three days earlier. The mother reported the 2009 Hyundai Azera stolen after the son took her keys, saying he was going to the store to purchase beer.

He did not return. The man told Holmes Beach police he had a crack cocaine problem.

Holmes Beach is policed by HBPD. Streetlife is based on incident reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.

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AME students prepare for holiday shopping week

Anna Maria Elementary students will get a lesson Principal Jackie Featherston said in an interview in holiday shopping and gifting this month.

Nov. 26 the event will run through Thursday, Dec. 13, The AME Holiday Shop will open Monday, Dec. unless the shop sells out beforehand — a possibility 10, in the school music room with an assortment of she did not dismiss. holiday merchandise for students to purchase.

Daily, teachers will take their students to the shop during a special period and supervise as kids choose from the collection of ornaments, stockings and cards, as well as T-shirts, bags and jewelry.

Rejane Monetti, the creator and chair of the shop,

By Ryan Paice, ryan@islander.org

5th-grade play celebrates Christmas

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Christmas will take centerstage in the second student play of the Anna Maria Elementary 2018-19 school year.

Fifth-graders will perform “Santa’s Rockin’ Christmas Eve” in the school auditorium at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 18. The performance will be open to the public and admission is free.

Paradise Bagels Cafe & Catering will host the AME Parent-Teacher Organization dinner at 5 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Guests will be served a choice of macaroni and cheese or grilled chicken, with Greek salad, dinner rolls and choice of beverage.

Dinner is $8 for adults and $5 for children.

For more information, visit Anna Maria Elementary at 4700 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, or call 941708-5525.

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• Monday, Dec. 10, 3:30 p.m., school advisory council meeting.

• Tuesday, Dec. 18, 5-6:30 p.m., parentteacher organization dinner in the school cafeteria. Starting at 6:30 p.m., fifth-grade play, “Santa’s Rockin’ Christmas Eve,” in the auditorium.

• Monday, Dec. 24-Friday, Jan. 4, winter break, no school.

• Monday, Jan. 7, district in-service, no school.

• Thursday, Jan. 10, second-quarter report cards go home.

• Saturday, Jan. 19, 8 a.m., Dolphin Dash.

Anna Maria Elementary is at 4700 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

For more information, call the school at 941708-5525.

said in an interview Nov. 26 she buys affordable holiday merchandise after Christmas to stock the shop for the next Christmas season, in addition to collecting donations from the public.

Shop prices will range from $2.50 to $20, and AME Parent-Teacher Organization volunteers will giftwrap the items.

“Students can actually shop and the parents won’t know because usually when (the kids) shop their parents are with them and see what they get,” Monetti said. “So, they get very excited that they are actually picking what they are buying for them and it is a big surprise.”

Monetti said the purpose is to teach children how to shop on their own.

“It’s a very good event,” Monetti said. “The kids love it.

They wait all year for it. I think it is very popular.”

Cash donations are welcome. All shop proceeds benefit the PTO. For more information, contact Monetti at 941-7133947 or email her at rejanemonetti@hotmail.com.

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By Lisa Neff

Messaging about climate change

Many islanders have heard a wisecrack from their former neighbors — those who moved from Anna Maria Island to the mainland.

The relocated neighbors brag that they’ll be residing again on the waterfront — when the sea rises and inundates Anna Maria Island.

The joke is an oversimplified, unscientific take on sea-level rise, Neff which we know is caused by climate change, which is no laughing matter.

On Black Friday, when many of us were either sleeping off Thanksgiving indulgences or indulging in shopping sprees, the federal government released the Fourth National Climate Assessment.

The paper, created by 300 scientists, consists of more than 1,000 pages documenting how climate change is affecting the United States now, warning of worsening conditions and outlining strategies to eliminate or mitigate dangers.

The report warns, “The evidence of human-caused climate change is overwhelming and continues to strengthen, that the impacts of climate change are intensifying across the country and that climate-related threats to Americans’ physical, social and economic well-being are rising.”

The assessment shows that Florida is especially vulnerable to heavier rainstorms, more intense flooding, increased harmful algae blooms and rising seas.

Reading the report, I was struck by how many times I came across “already” — 34 references just in

Seniors plan distillery tour

A toast to adventure?

The Senior Adventures will tour the Drum Line Siesta Key Distillery Friday, Dec. 7.

The group will meet at 10 a.m. at the Annie Silver Community Center, 103 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach, to depart for the tour and tasting, which will be followed by a lunch at a nearby restaurant.

The ride will cost $5.

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

A modeling of Anna Maria Island with sea-level rise at 6 feet using the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program’s visualization tool. Islander Courtesy Image the brief review and six references in the three-page summary about the Southeast.

The chapter on the southeastern part of the United States contains four key messages: • Message 1: Many communities in this region of the country are particularly vulnerable to climate change compared to cities in other regions, with expected impacts to infrastructure and human health.

• Message 2: The region’s coastal plain and inland low-lying areas support a rapidly growing population, a tourism economy, critical industries and cultural resources that are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Without significant adaptation measures, these regions are projected to experience daily high tide flooding by the end of the century.

• Message 3: The region’s diverse natural systems will be transformed by climate change. Changing winter temperature extremes, wildlife patterns, sea

Cortez Christmas picnic planned

The Cortez Village Historical Society will host a Christmas picnic at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.

The celebration will be at the Cortez Cultural Center, which will be open for tours.

The CVHS will provide turkey and ham and attendees are invited to bring dishes to share.

An announcement said “neighbors and friends on the islands” are invited to “come to eat together, tell stories, share histories and smile.”

For more information, call Kaye Bell at 941-5380945.

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• Message 4: More frequent extreme heat episodes and changing seasonal climates are projected to increase exposure-linked health impacts and economic vulnerabilities in the agricultural sector. By the end of the century, more than 500 million labor hours could be lost from extreme heat-related impacts.

The report indicates that already coastal communities are feeling the impact of more extreme downpours, harmful algal blooms and sea-level rise.

Still to come? Rising sea levels will result in the rapid conversion of coastal, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems to tidal saline habitats.

Still to come? Tropical and subtropical species will move northward with reductions in the frequency and intensity of cold winter temperature extremes.

Still to come? Dangerously high temperatures and humidity will result in new local diseases.

“Observed warming since the mid-20th century has been uneven in the Southeast region, with average daily minimum temperatures increasing three times faster than average daily maximum temperatures,” according to the report. “The number of extreme rainfall events is increasing. Climate model simulations … project increases in both temperature and extreme precipitation.”

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Center adult soccer heats up, horseshoes, golf play on

By Kevin P. Cassidy Islander Reporter After six weeks of action, Sato Real Estate has yet to swallow the bitter pill of defeat in the Center of Anna Maria Island adult soccer league.

The team stands alone in first place with a 5-0-1 record, 4 points ahead of second-place Jiffy Lube and Lancaster Design, both sporting 3-1-2 records. Moss Builders is on their heels with a 3-2-1 record, while Eason Builders fell to 3-3 and fifth place in the standings after dropping two matches in a row. AMI Locals Cassidy are alone in sixth place with a 2-2-2 record, while Ross Built at 1-5 and Slim’s Place at 0-5-1 complete the standings.

Action Nov. 29 started with Jiffy Lube rolling to a 7-2 victory over Slim’s Place behind three goals and an assist from Eliza Faillace and two goals from Nathan Kragt. Mike Brusso and Daniel Anderson completed the scoring with a goal each, while Ricky Anderson added an assist and Michael Lewis finished with 11 saves in the victory.

Aaron Parkin and Diego Felipe scored a goal each to lead Slim’s Place, which also received a combined 13 saves from Nate Talucci and Parkin in goal.

Sato maintained its first-place hold thanks to a 6-4 victory over Eason Builders and two goals each from Matthew Skaggs and Eric Pullen. Andrew Schmidt and Nate Welch chipped in a goal each and Scott Bear helped preserve the victory with nine saves.

Scott Eason had a goal and an assist to lead Eason Builders, which also received goals from Amy Ivin, Damir Glavan and Ray Gardner. Cliff Powell finished with 12 saves in the loss.

Lancaster Design held on for a 5-4 victory over Moss Builders in the third match of the evening. Zackary Lieb scored two goals to lead Lancaster Design in the victory, which also saw goals from Kris Yavalar, Cemal Duzgan and Sumiko Chapman.

Eva Howland scored two goals to lead Moss Builders, which also received a goal and an assist from Robert Armstrong and Eduardo Vera to complete the scoring. Jordan Demers kept them in the game with 13 saves.

AMI Locals outlasted Ross Built 5-4 behind two goals and an assist from Tyler Robinson and two goals from Jessica Williams in the victory. Olaf Krause chipped in with a goal, while Ben Sato finished with 11 saves.

Vince Circharo scored two goals and Greg Ross

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and Riley Moore each scored once for Ross Built. shoe pits. Neil Hennessey posted the lone 3-0 poolChris Circharo added two assists and Robb Marshall play record to win the day. finished with 10 saves in the loss.

Three teams emerged from pool play and advanced to the knockout stage during Dec. 1 action. The team of Key Royale golf news Bob Rowley and Steve Hooper drew the bye into the Another week of beautiful weather brought out the finals and watched as Rod Bussey and Sam Samuels golfers to the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach. roll to a 21-3 victory over Bob Palmer and Brooks The men got the action started Nov. 26 with a nine- Nelson. Bussey and Samuels stayed hot in the finals, hole modified-Stableford system match. John Purcell cruising to a 22-1 victory over Rowley-Hooper to win carded a plus-7 — six points above his normal aver- the day’s proceedings. age — to grab clubhouse bragging rights for the day.

Play gets underway at 9 a.m. every Wednesday and Brian Comer was a point back in second place.

Saturday at the Anna Maria City Hall pits. Warmups The women took the course Nov. 27 for a nine- begin at 8:45 a.m. followed by random team selechole individual-low-net match in four flights. tion.

Brenda Solleveld’s 1-over-par 33, including a There is no charge to play and everyone is welchipin on the fourth hole, was good enough for first come. place in Flight A. Helen Pollock came in second with a 6-over-par 38.

One-over-par 33 also was the winning score for Flight B winner Sharon Tarras, who earned a threeshot margin of victory over second-place finisher Carol Duncan.

Flight C saw Jana Samuels and Sue Wheeler finish in a tie for first place on matching 1-over-par 33s. Jan Turner was alone in second with a 3-over-par 35.

Terry Westby and Marty Clark both fired 2-underpar 30s for the low-net round of the day and first place in Flight D. Eileen Witzgall, who chipped in on the third hole finished in second with a 4-over-par 36.

The men were back on the course Nov. 29 for a nine-hole scramble. Tim Donner, Tom McDonnell, Joe Muscatello and Chuck Patrick combined on a 4-under-par 28 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day. One stroke back in second was the team of Gary Alvord, Warren Boin, Bob O’Brien and Terry Tarras.

Horseshoe news There was an outright winner during Nov. 28 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall horse-

Snook harvest seasonal closure starts

The recreational harvest season for snook closed Dec. 1 in federal and most state waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including all of Monroe County and Everglades National Park.

Snook, as well as redfish, remain catch-and-release only in state waters from the Hernando/Pasco county line through Gordon Pass in Collier County through May 10, 2019, in response to the impacts of red tide.

Snook outside of that area will reopen to harvest March 1, 2019.

Anglers may continue to catch and release snook during the closed season.

Season closures are designed to help conserve snook during vulnerable times such as cold weather.

Atlantic state and federal waters, including Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River, will close Dec. 15 through Jan. 31, 2019, reopening to harvest Feb. 1, 2019.

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Red tide persists

A bloom of the Florida red tide organism persisted the week ending Dec. 2.

In southwest Florida, high concentrations occurred in and offshore of Pinellas, Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties. Medium concentrations were observed in the counties, as well as in Manatee County and offshore of Monroe County.

K. brevis concentrations, relative to the week prior, increased in parts of Pinellas, Manatee, Charlotte and Lee counties.

Fish kills in southwest Florida were reported from multiple locations in Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota counties.

Respiratory irritation was reported in Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota and Lee counties.

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Fish catches vary with changes in weather

By Capt. Danny Stasny Islander Reporter Fishing around Anna Maria Island remains good — as long as you’re fishing east toward the Manatee River and the oyster-lined shorelines of southern Tampa Bay. Catch-and-release snook fishing trends to be the best bite, although, with the recent cold fronts, I imagine the bite will be tapering off sooner than later.

And that’s OK. Catch-and-release redfish are being caught with regularity.

And spotted seatrout are making Stasny quite a showing on the deeper grass flats in our area.

It’s also time to start putting out finders for pompano, as well as black drum and sheepshead.

Offshore fishing also remains good — so long as you are willing to push out beyond the patches of red tide. On some days, depending on the wind, this could be 10-15 miles.

Fishing reefs and wrecks is producing dragscreaming action on blackfin tuna, amberjack and kingfish. And who doesn’t want to come home with some fat tuna steaks, right?

Mangrove snapper and Key West grunts are being reported in abundance while fishing ledges and hard bottom.

On Southernaire, I’m noticing on my charters that snook are on the move. Unlike warmer weeks where the snook were everywhere, staging up for a hot lunch on the flats, I’m noticing the herd is thinning out. This is common as water temps drop into the mid to low 60s, which causes snook to become lethargic and eventually move in search of slightly warmer water. It’s the reason December is normally catch-and-release for snook. This fall, the season remained closed due to the impact on the fishery from red tide.

I already have experienced a couple of mornings where the water temps were in the lows 60s and the snook bite was half of what it could be. And the fish that did take a bait were less than energetic about it.

That being said, I’m still seeing good gatherings of fish on days when water temps are up to 70 degrees.

On warmer days, hooking up 20-30 snook is attainable, although I fear the clock of old man winter is ticking.

Fishing deeper grass areas is yielding some slotsize spotted seatrout, as well as a menagerie of other species, including mackerel, ladyfish, jack crevalle and flounder.

Capt. Warren Girle is spending his days in Tampa Bay. Fishing the shallower grass flats where mangrove shorelines of oyster bars exist is yielding numerous catch-and-release snook. Free-lining live shiners in Southernaire Fishing Charters

David Coleman of Tampa, David Schmitt of Detroit, Jake and Steve Clavette of Milwaukee and Sarasota show their catches — keeper trout and a redfish to be released — from the nearshore waters Nov. 24 using shiners. They were guided to the fish

by Capt. Warren Girle. these areas is attracting a number of linesiders 20-26 inches, with a few larger fish mixed in.

While targeting catch-and-release snook, Girle is finding a random sampling of redfish, also catch-andrelease due to red tide.

Moving to slightly deeper grass flats — 5-6 feet of water — Girle is catching spotted seatrout. Among the trout are ladyfish and jack crevalle, which adds a nice variety to the bite.

Capt. Jason Stock is patrolling offshore when winds are light and seas calm. Fishing around wrecks is proving to be good for blackfin tuna, as well as kingfish and big mangrove snapper. Fishing hard bottom or ledges is producing ample amounts of Key West grunts.

Moving inshore, Stock is putting clients on plenty of gag grouper in Tampa Bay. Fish that are shy of the 24-inch minimum are quickly tagged and released.

Lastly, catch-and-release snook fishing is quite good for Stock’s sporting anglers who free-line shiners over shallow grass flats.

Capt. Aaron Lowman is cashing in on the great snook bite before winter closes in and shuts it down.

Free-lining live shiners around mangrove points, cuts and depressions is resulting in some stellar snook sessions.

While targeting linesiders, Lowman is putting his sport anglers on some catch-and-release redfish.

Lastly, trolling lipped plugs in the shipping channel in Tampa Bay is attracting the attention of some large gag grouper. Fishing structure — where these fish lurk — with live bait is yielding some keeper fish.

Capt. David White of Anna Maria Charters is working inshore while the snook bite lasts. Free-lining live shiners over shallow grass flats in areas where snook are staging to move to warmer water is proving to be good. Mornings of 30 or more catch-and-release

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Moving offshore, White is hunting blackfin tuna, amberjack and large snapper around reefs and wrecks with good results. For the tuna and AJs, White is freelining live cigar minnows or pilchards.

As for the snapper, a bottom rig combined with a live pilchard is deadly.

Capt. Eric Chaignet of Gulfcart Charters reports fishing offshore is good for his clients. Fishing wrecks or reefs in the 30-mile range is yielding blackfin tuna and kingfish. Moving in a few miles around hard bottom and ledges is producing decent action on hogfish as well as snapper and grunts.

Chaignet reports inshore fishing is proving to be good, especially for the catch-and-release duo of snook and redfish.

Lastly, trolling lipped plugs in Tampa Bay is resulting in some keeper gag grouper.

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Bonjour, bon vivant!

A little taste of France arrived on Pine Avenue in Anna Maria Nov. 20.

Bonjour to the new location for Decor de France, 505 Pine Ave., a specialty shop relocated from the Center Shops of Longboat Key. The boutique carries pottery, linens, tableware and decor items, all sourced from the south of France.

Decor de France opened its first location in 2001 on St. Armands Circle in Sarasota before relocating north to Longboat Key. Decor de France is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. MondaySaturday.

For more information, call the store at 941-3881599 or visit the website at decordefrance.com.

A farm in Holmes Beach? Who knew?

Michael Smith’s wife told him he was spending way too much money on his hobby of hydroponics.

So, he turned his hobby into his business.

AMI Aquaponics is a home-based microgreens farm in Holmes Beach. Smith converted his deck and lanai into a greenhouse and he has a pond in the backyard stocked with koi and tilapia that generate organic fertilizer.

Smith sells veggie and herbs in the microstage — around 11 days or so — for salads, soups, garnishes, stir-fry dishes, smoothies and more. He also offers wheatgrass for juicers.

Some of the greens are grown by hydroponics and others are germinated in soil mats. His offerings include broccoli, pea shoots, sunflowers, basil, mustard and radishes.

AMI Aquaponics can be found weekly 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Anna Maria Farmers Market in City Pier Park at North Bay Boulevard and Pine Avenue in Anna Maria.

Smith said special orders and home delivery also are available.

For more information, call 941-504-1006 or email Smith at shubunkin1950@gmail.com.

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Michael Smith of AMI Aquaponics checks his herbs and greens Nov. 27 during the Anna Maria Farmers Market in Anna Maria. Smith markets island-grown greens for salads, smoothies, garnishes and sandwiches. Islander Photos: Karen Riley-Love

The Decor de France shop is open at 505 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. The shop, which relocated from Longboat Key, features inventory from the south of France. Islander Photo: Sandy Ambrogi

Oh, that Beach Bistro is just golden It seems the awards never stop decorating the plate for the culinary gem Beach Bistro.

The Holmes Beach restaurant, owned by Sean Murphy and wife Susan Timmins, multi-winners of Florida Trend magazine’s Golden Spoon Award, once again garnered a Hall of Fame Award.

On Longboat Key, Euphemia Haye and Maison Blanche both received Hall of Fame Awards.

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The Beach Bistro is at 6600 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Euphemia Haye is at 5540 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, and Maison Blanche is at 2605 Gulf of Mexico Drive on the key.

Quick recovery Lastly, news came from the Waterfront Restaurant and Slim’s Place, both in Anna Maria, that they will both close for a few days this week to undergo repairs and/or updates. Don’t be disappointed if you find them closed. It’s short-lived! Go back another day.

Share your business news with reporter Sandy Ambrogi at sandy@islander.org.

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Members of the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce and their guests wrap up in the chill Nov. 28 outside Two Scoops/Two Sides of Nature, 101 S. Bay Blvd., Anna Maria as they listen to speakers. The monthly business mixer featured ice cream treats, baked goods and coffees from the ice cream shop and browsing in the boutique next door. Islander Photo: Sandy Ambrogi

AMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Wednesday, Dec. 5 11:30 a.m. Networking luncheon, Eat Here, 5315 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Seating is limited. $15 members, $25 guests. Information: 941-778-1541, info@amichamber.org.

Friday, Dec. 7 5 p.m. Open house and Christmas tree-lighting at the chamber office, 5313 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Santa and his sleigh and the Anna Maria Island Privateers participate, music will be by CrossPointe Fellowship. Information: 941-778-1541, info@amichamber. org.

Wednesday, Dec. 12 5 p.m. Business card exchange, Gulf Drive Cafe and Tiki, 900 Gulf Drive N., $5 members, $10 guests. Information: 941-778-1541, info@amichamber.org.

Friday, Dec. 14 5 p.m. Deadline for applications from Anna Maria Island and Cortez nonprofits for 2018 trolley grants. Information: 941-778-1541, info@amichamber.org.

LBK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Tuesday, Dec. 11 8:30 a.m. 360 new member and refresher breakfast, chamber office, 5390 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. No charge but RSVPs are limited to 20 attendees. Information: 941-383-2466, info@lbkchamber.com.

Wednesday, Dec. 12 5 p.m. Holiday business after hours, Lazy Lobster, 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, $5 members, $10 guests. RSVP requested. Information: 941-383-2466, info@lbkchamber.com.

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New Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce members Krystle Massey, left, and Chris Harrell of Krystle Klean, introduce themselves Nov. 28 to the crowd at the monthly chamber mixer. Two Scoops/ Two Sides of Nature hosted the event in Anna Maria.

Guests line up to sample ice cream and baked goods Nov. 27 at the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce monthly mixer at Two Scoops/Two Sides of Nature, 101 S. Bay Blvd., Anna Maria.

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TWO SLEEPER SOFAS: Two years old, $45 each. Outside table with six chairs, loungers, $35. Holmes Beach. Karl, 941-704-7798.

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

BEAUTIFUL GLASS, MARBLE and wroughtiron dining and living room tables. $100 or best offer. 941-405-9348.

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FOUR RATTAN DINING chairs, cream back, rust seats. Excellent condition, $40 or best offer. 941-779-9470.

DELL COMPUTER WINDOWS 10, refurbished, $50. 941-756-6728.

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GARAGE SALES ROSER THRIFT SHOP open 9:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Annex until noon. Donations preferred 9 a.m.-11 a.m., Wednesdays. 511 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Call 941-779-2733.

MULTI-FAMILY SALE! 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. Furniture, tools, electrical supplies, household decor, linens, so much more! Something for everyone, so don’t miss out! 2313 Ave. B., Bradenton Beach.

LOST AND FOUND LOST: PRESCRIPTION READING glasses.

Good quality. On beach at 67th Street, Holmes Beach. Sylvia, 941-301-4955.

PETS WANTED! FOSTERS, VOLUNTEERS to help Moonracer No Kill Animal Rescue. Please email: moonraceranimalrescue@gmail. com.

BOATS & BOATING BIMINI BAY SAILING: Small sailboat rentals and instruction. Day. Week. Month. Sunfish, Laser, Windrider 17 and Precision 15. Call Brian at 941-685-1400.

PONTOON BOAT RENTAL Create life long memories. Call 941-778-2121 or see boatflorida.net.

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By Jesse Brisson Special to The Islander 3 3 0 6 F o u r t h Av e . , H o l m e s B e a c h , a 3bed/2½bath/2car Gulffront pool home built in 2007 on a 5,000 sq ft lot was sold 10/26/18, LDB Real Estate of Sarasota LLC to PADG 01 LLC for $2,500,000; list $2,999,000.

9801 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria, a 4,290 sfla / 5,754 sfur retail shopping center built in 1992 on a 11,440 sq ft lot was sold 10/31/18, 9801 Gulf Drive LLC to 442 12 St. W. LLC for $2,200,000.

307 Tarpon St., Anna Maria, a 2,930 sfla / 4,576 sfur 3bed/3bath/2car canalfront pool home built in 2017 on a 8,250 sq ft lot was sold 10/26/18, Zours to Schiffman for $1,430,000; list $1,499,000.

724 Holly Road, Anna Maria, a 1,892 sfla 3bed/2bath home built in 1960 was sold 10/22/18, Norwood to Cote Family Business LLC for $1,000,000; list $1,000,000.

205 77th St., Unit B, 205 77th Street Condo,

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Holmes Beach, a 914 sfla 2bed/2bath condo built in 1977 was sold 10/19/18, Grife to Artistic Artistry Inc. for $630,000; list $639,000.

317 62nd St., Unit B, 62nd Coastal Cottages, Holmes Beach, a 1,381 sfla / 2,369 sfur 3bed/3bath land condo with pool built in 2011 was sold 10/26/18, Metzler to Dunne for $655,000; list $685,000.

204 73rd St., Holmes Beach, a 1,300 sfla / 1,691 sfur 3bed/2bath/1car half-duplex built in 1987 on a 3,780 sq ft lot was sold 10/26/18, Chames to Mason Carter Street LLC for $639,000; list $660,000.

301 22nd St. N., Bradenton Beach, a 1,048 sfla / 1,384 sfur 2bed/1bath home built in 1953 on a 5,000 sq ft lot was sold 10/24/18, Boniberger to Ibach Florida LLC for $489,900; list $489,900.

1325 Gulf Drive N., Unit 153, Tortuga, Bradenton Beach, a 913 sfla 2bed/2bath condo with shared pool built in 1976 was sold 10/29/18, Sea Breezes South LLC to Six for $476,000; list $496,000.

6500 Flotilla Drive, Unit 162, Westbay Point & Moorings, Holmes Beach, a 1,066 sfla / 1,458 sfur 2bed/2bath condo with shared pool built in 1978 was sold 10/24/18, DiMaio to Boniberger for $372,500; list $379,000.

4255 Gulf Drive, Unit 227, Island Village, Holmes Beach, a 1,220 sfla / 1,430 sfur 2bed/2bath condo with shared pool built in 1981 was sold 10/19/18, Meeks to Littleton for $324,000; list $339,800.

Jesse Brisson, broker/associate at Gulf-Bay Realty of Anna Maria, can be reached at 941-778-7244.

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DISHWASHER WANTED: PART-time. 2 p.m. to approximately 9:30 p.m. $11 per hour. Friendly work place. 3007 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.

NATURE’S DESIGN LANDSCAPING. Design and installation. Tropical landscape specialist. Residential and commercial. 35 years experience. 941-448-6336.

REPORTER WANTED: Full- to part-time.

Print media, newspaper experience required.

Apply via email with letter of interest to news@islander.org.

KIDS FOR HIRE 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.

SERVICES ISLAND COMPUTER GUY, 37 years experience. On-site PC repairs, upgrades, buying assistance and training. Call Bill, 941-7782535.

CLEANING: RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, vacation, construction, rentals and power washing. 941-744-7983.

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I DON’T CUT corners, I clean corners. Professional, friendly cleaning service since 1999. 941-779-6638. Leave message.

NEED A RIDE to airports? Tampa $65, St. Pete, $55, Sarasota, $30. Gary, 863-4095875. gvoness80@gmail.com.

B-SAFE-RIDES: Airport/personal, seniors, women. Don’t risk it. Call now, Peggy, R.N. 727-902-7784.

COMPUTER REPAIR: DATA recovery, web design, security and virtual private networks.

Call Dave, 941-545-3666.

BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS JD’s Window Cleaning looking for storefront jobs in Holmes Beach. I make dirty windows sparkling clean.

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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.

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RELAXING MASSAGE at your home or hotel.

Massage by Nadia, more than 20 years on Anna Maria Island. Call for appointment, 941518-8301. MA#0017550.MA#0017550.

LAWN & GARDEN CONNIE’S LANDSCAPING INC. Residential and commercial. Full-service lawn maintenance, landscaping, cleanups, hauling and more! Insured. 941-778-5294.

ISLAND LAWN SPRINKLER Service: Repairs, installs. Your local sprinkler company since 1997. Call Jeff, 941-778-2581.

SHELL DELIVERED AND spread. $55/yard.

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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.

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JERRY’S HOME REPAIR: Carpentry, handyman, light hauling, pressure washing. Jack of all trades. Call 941-447-2198.

ARTISAN DESIGN TILE and Marble: Quality craftsmanship since 1983. Great value and work ethic. Island references. Professional, courteous service at your convenience! Call Don, 941-993-6567.

SOUTHWEST HOME IMPROVEMENT: Michigan builder, quality work guaranteed.

Affordable, timely, within budget. Call Mike, 1-616-204-8822.

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RENTALS 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.

STUDIO APARTMENT: $1,000/month.

Near beach, includes water, garbage, electric and washer/dryer. Call Dolores Baker Real Estate, 941-778-7500.

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SEASONAL RENTAL: RUNAWAY Bay. 1BR ground floor, washer/dryer. January, February, March. $3,000/month. 941-778-9378.

HOLMES BEACH: 1BR/1BA beachfront – perfect for your holiday houseguests! Reasonable rates. Call Alice, 813-230-4577.

ANNUAL HOME, AMI. 2BR/2BA, six houses to beach. Walk to restaurants, shops. $1,825/ month. 860-922-3857.

ISLAND APARTMENT: 2BR/1BA within blocks of beach. Cathedral ceilings, tile throughout. Annual, $1,400/month; season, $2,400. Call 941-730-6349.

NORTHWEST BRADENTON: ANNUAL, $1,550/month. 2BR/2BA, two-car garage.

Office. Waterfront peaceful setting, views from open extra large kitchen. Granite, wood/travertine floors, stainless-steel. Nice lighting. Custom bathrooms, jetted tub. Near beaches. 352-201-5201.

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GULF VIEW VACANT LOT Build your perfect island retreat with views of the Gulf and beaches. Cleared lot located on an ideally situated, quiet side street that allows weekly rentals. Beach access just across the street with a shady, scenic path. $599,000

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NEW TO MARKET: Two-bedroom town home with boat dock and pool. 5 minute drive to Anna Maria Island beaches. $218,000. Give me a call for more information, Anne, 941713-9835.

PARADISE FOR SALE: Anna Maria Island home, north end. Updated 2BR/2BA plus bonus room. Large yard, walk to beach. $645,000. Call 941-779-9173.

SUNBOW BAY Spacious 3BR/2.5BA townhouse condo located in a waterfront complex. Offering turn-key furnishings, carport, heated pool, tennis and a scenic dock. $435,000

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2311 Ave. C, Bradenton Beach. Luxury condo Only 200 steps from the Gulf of Mexico. Enjoy luxury living in the 3BR/2BA condo with private elevator, new saltwater pool, and carpeting. Turnkey furnished.

Garage with room for an 18-foot boat and truck. $775,000. Mary Vargo, RE/MAX Alliance Group, 941-321-8385.

OPEN HOUSE: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4.

396 Aruba Circle #403, Bradenton. New construction, waterfront condo on Anna Maria Sound. One Particular Harbour, Margaritaville at Harbour Isle. $704,270. OPHMintoUSA.com. |-888-508-4680.

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HERON’S WATCH 10 minutes to beaches. 4 BR + Den. Excellently maintained, tastefully decorated. No rental limitations. MLS A4142821. $359,000.

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