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Baking a Difference Gulfport resident and Ukrainian-Russian Irina Lapin is raising money for Ukrainian children the best way she knows how: with art and pastries. On Saturday, April 16, she will host a fundraiser from 5-9 p.m. at the The Russian American Club of St. Petersburg (2920 Beach Blvd. S.) The event will run during Gulfport’s IndieFaire, hopefully attracting art lovers and foodies, Lapin says. She doesn’t yet have a beneficiary nailed down, but she says she’ll choose a trusted charity dedicated to aiding Ukrainian children and families. “I think, like everyone else, I want to do something to help,” Lapin said. “I just want to get the most money to the right people.” For her, the cause is close to the heart. Lapin’s 94-year-old mother Nadia grew up during World War II in the area where the current war is unfolding. She moved to Los Angeles with her family when she was in her early 20s, but seeing her home country in turmoil is heartbreaking. “It worries me,” Nadia said. “I lived through the same experience.”

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Irina Lapin with her 94-year-old Ukrainian mother, Nadia.

With translation from her daughter, Nadia describes her happy life in the Ukraine and the support she received from her father, Jacob. “He was resourceful,” Nadia re-

members. “He kept our family fed.” But still, war-torn Ukraine was a difficult place to grow up. Those generational memories are what fuel Lapin’s need to spearhead

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news ‘Just Helping a Neighbor’ Artist Says

As Eric Cudar Asks Officials to Keep Ukrainian Family Safe, an Artist Steps Up When thinking of a front lawn, many can imagine lush green strands of grass, an array of flowers, and unique ceramic decorations. In the front yard of Gulfport resident Denise Keegan, viewers would notice the dozens of pieces of art displayed like an outdoor gallery. Keegan participates in the biannual “Art in the Yard”, which helps her introduce her art to locals as well as visitors – and generates sales. At the most recent event (March 26), Keegan hoped those visiting her yard would be drawn to a specific piece. On top of a deep blue cloth decorated with sunflowers lie dozens of paintings of the flower with the word “peace” floating in a sea. Denise created these pieces to help out another Gulfport resident: Eric Cudar. Cudar’s fiance, Ulyana Fylypovych, has family who fled Ukraine following the outbreak of the war (The Gabber covered their story earlier this month). Cudar and Fylypovych placed their family in an Airbnb in Poland for the time being. “I worked on two original paintings, which I have made small prints or copies of. I am selling them for $10 each.” Keegan said. Keegan has raised around $300 so far for Cudar’s extended family and told The Gabber she will donate them via the gofundme page for Cudar’s

DENISE KEEGAN

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Denise Keegan used last week’s Art in the Yard to raise money to help Eric Cudar’s family, who recently fled Ukraine.

family (gofundme.com/f/displacedukrainian-family-needs-help). This fundraiser is the first step she has taken to, in her words, “just help out a neighbor.” Keegan is additionally in the process of organizing a fundraising event for Cudar’s family this summer, but is still in the early stages of planning. That being said, she has imagined hosting a silent auction and raffle at said event. Attendees

will additionally be able to enjoy live music and food. “I would love to have some volunteers to help me organize this event. Anyone interested in assisting should contact me directly via call or text. They can reach me at 321-215-5108,” Keegan said. Cudar’s still in the process of contacting local officials and other groups to get assistance for his family.

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A Beach for Veterans and a Shack with Snacks

Throughout Madeira Beach’s 75th Anniversary, The Gabber Offers ‘Madeira Memories’ The Don CeSar punctuates the skyline where the Bayway meets St. Pete Beach. Saved from demolition a half-century ago, the hotel’s service as a soldiers’ convalescent center during World War II and Veterans Administration regional office from 1945 to 1969 are important chapters in its history. A small wooden cabin at the heart of Madeira Beach also became a place where veterans recuperated. The decision by Albert Archibald and David Welch to set aside the beach it sits upon for exclusive use by veterans also played a role in Pinellas getting a VA hospital. A Beach for Bay Pines

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Condos rose along Gulf Boulevard south of Archibald Beach by 1980.

In January 1929, Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher drafted a congressional bill to establish a Soldiers’ Home in Florida. Local officials lobbied for this facility and the federal dollars it would bring. Archibald and Welch sweetened the offer by promising to include a 500-foot tract of beach just north of Archibald’s Madeira casino as part of the deal. Success came in May 1931, when officials selected an area then known as Seminole Point. Two months later, the county approved a $100,000 financing plan to purchase land for

the hospital that opened in March 1933. The facility became known as ‘Bay Pines’ on June 15, 1934. Crews built a two-story cabin on the beach property. By the mid1930s, buses from Bay Pines regularly brought wounded warriors there for helio- and hydrotherapy, hoping the sun and water would heal their bodies. The dark red cabin, white sands, and welcoming waters offered veterans an exclusive refuge for more than 30 years. As nearby cottages and businesses appeared, authorities placed

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the art and bake sale, and she’s not alone. Sadie Evert, who organizes the First Friday Art Walk for the Gulfport Merchants Chamber of Commerce, is the art coordinator for the event. She hopes to invite local artists to donate their work to sell for the cause, but she had not finalized any contributors at press time. “As a community we care,” Evert, who has a Polish and Russian background, said. “I want to help any way that I can.” The event will have accordion music, and Russian Club bakers will make the pastries. “You can call them babushkas,” Lapin jokes. “If the worst comes to worse, I’ll bake.” Though the Russian club in downtown Gulfport was an obvious choice, she’s renting the space as a private citizen. “Both the Ukrainian club and the Russian club were anxious about blow back from the community,” Lapin said. “I respect their point of view, so this event will be sponsored by me as a private citizen.” Nadia will be at the event, along with community supporters and art buyers. “I’m proud of my children,” Nadia said. “She’s [Lapin] the foundation; I’m just the follower.” Lapin herself will be giving away

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Saturday’s fundraiser will take place at the Russian American Club in Gulfport. Pictured: Russian Club President Peter Sidorenko and Vice President Kado Hetch.

her own sunflower paintings for whatever contributors are willing to donate. “Everybody should come and have fun, enjoy the art, and support,” Lapin said. “There are so many child refugees ... It’s all for a good cause.”

Anyone interested in donating and/or participating should contact Lapin at 201-663-1238. Ukrainian Art and Bake Sale The Russian American Club of St. Petersburg, 2920 Beach Blvd. S. April 16: 5-9 p.m.

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The Drained Pool

Economist Heather McGhee Considers ‘Zero-Sum Paradigm’ of American Racism By J.A. Jones,

“Why can’t America have nice things?” This was the opening tongue-in-cheek consideration offered by Heather McGhee, renowned economist and best-selling author of “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” during recent talks in St. Pete on March 14 and 15. But the topic was far from humorous, and McGhee’s presentations for the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg’s Pinellas Race Equity Leadership Council and USF St. Pete over the two days were sobering reminders of how our country’s racist tactics have led to an apparent willingness to continue to “cut off its nose to spite its face.” For McGhee, three years of cross-

ing the country to determine why so many of our nation’s policies, past and present, have led to shocking inequity in so many areas revealed the disturbing tendency of what she referred to as “the zero-sum paradigm.” The idea, held by large swaths of the white Americans, that progress for Black and Brown people must come at the expense of these same terrified, and whether they know it or not, racist whites. McGhee’s career includes more than two decades in public policy at the think tank Demos. Accumulating and using research, statistical analysis, and data-enabled her to craft legislation, help shape presidential campaign platforms, testify before

Congress, and help design solutions to the country’s most pressing economic problems – including lack of affordable health care and housing, student debt, and ongoing poverty. But when she realized that none of the solutions they recommended had managed to move the needle over that 20 years, McGhee left Demos to try and figure out what was really at play in America’s intractable inequality ongoing poverty. Calling these issues “the sort of bread-and-butter kitchen table issues that it would seem like in a country with the resources of this country, with the ingenuity and people and human capital of this country, we should be able to solve,”

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Economist and author Heather McGhee draws on a wealth of economic data to show how discriminatory laws and practices targeting Black America also negatively impact society as a whole. Pictured above on March 15 at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

she admitted that instead, things seemed to be getting worse. “One % of the population owned more wealth than the entire middle class, while 40% of adult workers were paid too little to meet their basic needs — so something simply wasn’t working,” she stated. Over about three years, McGhee went from California to Mississippi, to Maine and back again multiple times trying to discover why America didn’t seem to be able to have what other countries with a fraction of America’s wealth were able to have, such as universal paid family leave and health insurance and well-funded schools in every neighborhood. More than 150 residents watched

as Heather McGhee delivered an impressive keynote on the great moral responsibility of our time: undoing discriminatory practices to achieve true race and health equity. McGhee’s book-related research led to disturbing discoveries about the system of structural racism that gradually grew out of the legacy of slavery and reconstruction and continued with the gradual erosion of programs established for the “public good.” Using the example of the draining of public pools, which, as McGhee noted, were shut down across the country once desegregation became law, it became easy to see how the loss of public pools (and sometimes entire recreation centers) — drained, filled, and covered over, rather than forced to integrate — hurt both Blacks and whites. But some of these public good

programs also provided generational wealth for whites – generational wealth not available to Blacks at that time. An offshoot of the Works Progress Administration and New Deal, and born out of the Great Depression, McGhee referred to the public goods ethos – in which the American government saw itself as having a responsibility to ensure a decent standard of living for people, and to solve larger community problems by providing for these public goods. The public goods ethos was reflected in things that were more economically significant than swimming pools, including social security for the elderly, investment in housing that workers could afford, the GI Bill that sent a generation of white vets to college, and no-down-payment homeownership. “These public goods together helped to create the greatest middle class the world had ever seen; the highest standard of living in the world in the 1950s. And yet, virtually everything I just described was in one way or another, racially exclusionary — for whites only,” asserted McGhee. These programs — established for whites before the civil rights gains of the ‘60s – would be eroded and tossed aside once white Americans were forced to hand equal rights and these same sorts of public goods to Blacks. Once these public good programs were open to Blacks, “in a very short period of time, we began to see a massive public opinion shift of the majority of white people away from

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Three’s Company

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“There’s more dynamics you have to work with, more people, more communication, you have to be willing to put in the effort to make it successful,” Aaron said.

sizable polyamorous community. Florida, not so much. “A lot of Florida isn’t friendly for our situation,” Aaron said. Despite this, they traveled the state searching for a potential home, and settled on Gulfport after frequently visiting the St. Petersburg area. The three of them have posted their polyamorous status on various Gulfport Face-

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Kasey Kershne, Rachael Meir, and Aaron Meir are a Gulfport polyamorous couple who describe themselves as an ethical triad.

scribe the unethical side of polyamory. Without proper care, a previously nested couple can exclude and make a third person feel expendable. The Meir’s took to the popular dating app “Bumble” and sought out a third person. They matched with Kershne, who had a bad experience in a previous throuple. She describes not being allowed to sit in the front seat of the car or sleep in the middle of the bed. Kershne’s previous relationship eventually ended, and she wasn’t gung-ho about diving into another triad. But, with the Meirs, it was different. After meeting, the connection between Rachael, Aaron and Kershne was instantaneous. The key is education and understanding of these alternative types of relationships, according to them. “I think there’s a space for it to be OK to have multiple partners and say

‘OK, monogamy isn’t the box I fit into,” Kershne said. While gay marriage is legal in the United States, polyamorous marriage is not. A polyamorous relationship can include any arrangement of genders, nonbinary people, even more than two couples, but it’s not recognized in the eye of the law.

“In a lot of cases, people are still living in the shadows,” Kershne said. “They are not protected like an LGBTQ couple would be.” But with the changing nature of societal norms, perhaps it’s not off the table. Find out more about the throuple on their TikTok and Instagram @triadandtrue.

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Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille has four seaside locations - including the St. Pete Pier. Soon, a fifth location will open in St. Pete’s Jungle Terrace neighborhood. The restaurant, at 8790 Bay Pines Blvd., uses the location of the former Green Iguana Bar and Grill. Doc Ford’s is still remodeling, according to its Instagram page. Each location is a little different, but Doc Ford’s is known for seafood entrees, shellfish, and beach-inspired cocktails – and the Randy Wayne White series of the same name. It’s unclear when the Jungle Terrace Doc Ford’s will open, but the restaurant group is serious about finding staff in the meantime. “We’ll soon be looking to hire positions for all roles, but effective immediately we’re looking for experienced kitchen managers to begin training with our company to be able to hit the ground running, and take full ownership of this kitchen when we open later this summer!” the restaurant posted on March 11. The Helm Sails In The Helm Provisions and Coastal Fare, a St. Pete Beach restaurant

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and a vehicle driving through the restaurant – delayed the opening. “We are thrilled beyond belief to finally be open,” Heidi said. We are so fortunate to already have the support of our community here in St Pete Beach – we already have regulars!” Poster Time The Beach Theatre on St. Pete Beach’s Corey Avenue saw hundreds of movie posters in its lifetime. Film lovers will get the chance to purchase those vintage posters at the Corey Avenue Sunday Market on April 10. The 27’ by 40’ posters range from films such as “Stranger Than Fiction” to “13 Going on 30.” They once lined the building, but now (for $20) they can go home with buyers. After nine years of dormancy, the St. Pete Beach Theatre is undergoing restoration and will reopen as a theater. Nonprofit, The Beach Theatre Community Foundation, Inc. runs the theater. The building’s far from popcorn and date nights, but fundraisers like these will get the theater on its feet faster. Can’t make it? Browse and buy posters at letterboxd.com/spbeachtheatre/list/beach-theatre-poster-fundraiser

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Drained Pool continued from page 11 supporting the perfect formula that had created that middle-class prosperity,” McGhee added. This included ideas such as guaranteed jobs and a basic universal income, which, before the 60s, two-thirds of surveyed whites were in favor of. But once the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom occurred, support dropped by 50% among whites. Indeed, said McGhee, the country’s entire “high growth model” shifted in the wake of the 60s Civil Rights Movement to what she referred to a “drained pool politics,” which lowered the investment in public goods, and made public policy less responsive to the core concerns of working and middle-class families. She noted that it was even one of the factors that caused our higher education model to go from a free education to “debt to diploma” model as we drained the resources for public college, going from grants to loans just as higher education diplomas became more necessary in the American working world. McGhee also shared the economic damage the ongoing “drained pool” ethos has wrought, including one report that states the loss of money derived by the country’s racial divide is as much as $16 trillion lost over the last 20 years. The cost in damage was recently supported by a regional report by the Tampa Bay Partnership published in 2020 that noted: “eliminating racial and ethnic discrimination in wealth would add $50 billion to the [Tampa Bay] region’s $248 billion economy (a 20% increase).” According to the latest research, this zero-sum worldview is very racialized in the U.S. McGhee explained that fixing this huge dilemma means realizing that “our collective economic progress is really being held back by a lie — the lie of the zero-sum; the idea that there’s sort of a fixed pie of well-being and if one group gets a bigger smart slice and the next group must get a smaller slice.”

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To Ukraine, With Love From Gulfport

Residents Raise Money, Supplies for Ukrainian Causes

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The blue-and-yellow-striped box at Gulfport City Hall accepted toiletries and supplies for Ukrainian people in need.

With an ocean between Florida and the Ukraine, helping families in war-torn crises can seem daunting. These Gulfport residents are up for the challenge, and set up ways to donate that other generous locals have embraced. Supply Box Gulfportians filled the Ukrainian flag-inspired box at Gulfport City Hall, thanks to the efforts of Ward IV City Councilmember Michael Fridovich.

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Lynda Porter smiles while raising money for Ukrainian causes at the Tuesday Fresh Market.

“I just want to figure out a way to help the people of Ukraine,” Fridovich said. On Tuesday, March 29, Fridovich took a full box to the Epiphany of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church. The St. Petersburg-based church will send the donations to the Ukraine, but won’t accept any more donations. “I had to convince them to take this box [because] they had so many donations,” he said. “I want to thank all who donated.”

The Porters Lynda and Doug Porter spent two days total raising donations from a booth at Gulfport’s Tuesday Fresh Market and the O’Maddy’s St. Patrick’s Day Street Party. All together, they raised $450 and matched the funds with their own money for a grand total of $900. The money was split between the Human Rights Watch and United Nations Children’s Fund.

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Gulfport Film Follows Beach Bum Jesus in a Raunchy, Satirical Comedy It’s easy to picture “Jebus” actor Anthony Coley in his pseudo-messiah beach bum role for the upcoming Gulfport film with his long locks and seemingly permanent yellow Crocs. But Anthony Coley (he goes by simply Coley) is also the film’s executive producer and plays four other roles – including a gun-toting Republican and a “Karen” trope featuring Coley in full drag – in what he describes as a Sacha Baron Cohen-meets-Tyler Perry comedy. There’s even a crucifixion scene, set on Gulfport Beach. While “Jebus” centers around religious icons, it’s really a 90-minute, most likely R-rated comedy that laughs at the state of America today. The film never makes it clear if Jebus himself is really the son of God or just a visiting drunk (he’s introduced to the audience after awaking in a pile of trash) but that’s up to interpretation, Coley says. “I think a lot of people are going to be offended, but not because it’s offensive,” Coley said. “I’m trying to make people laugh for the right reasons and it’s very non-partisan, non political … I mock everyone; equal opportunity.”

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“Jebus” is a 90-minute comedy centered around a Gulfport-based Jesus figure who both offends and inspires the local community.

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Pre-filming, Coley walked into the Gulfport kava bar and got caught in a multi-hour discussion about the potential of “Jebus” with one of Low Tide’s co-owners, Stephen Mckendree. “We were talking and spinning in circles and a movie exploded out of it,” Stephen Mckendree said. Once Coley and Mckendree brought the idea to Low Tide’s production company, TCP Funding, co-owner Sean Simpson, it was set in stone. “I thought ‘this sounds like a lot of fun,” said Simpson. “I was like ‘let’s friggin’ make this movie. It’s something special.” Who is Coley? The movie may have been a case of right bar, right time, right people, but Coley wrote it before moving to Gulfport in 2021. In 2020, “Jebus” was merely a voice memo created in one sitting.

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Lady Sings the Blues

freeFall’s Latest Weaves the Triumphs and Tragedies of Billie Holiday By Jeff Donnelly

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We’ve learned to read eyes a lot better in the days of masking, and “smizing” (smiling with your eyes) has made its way into the mainstream lexicon. So if we were to say Karole Foreman had the packed house at freeFall Theatre smizing gleefully within the first minute of “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill”, you’d know what I meant, right? Foreman plays Billie Holiday in 1959, four months before her death playing one of her final shows at a dive bar in Philadelphia because – after an arrest and prison time – options for the legendary performer are limited. Accompanying her is Jimmy Powers, played by Damon Carter. Weaving Holiday’s triumphant and tragic story through more than a dozen musical numbers with salty, often humorous reminiscences by Lady Day herself, the script presents a gripping portrait of the artist and the culture she helped shape. If you want to know what all the smizing is about, you need look no further than the two virtuosic performers who carry the weight of the show onstage, and their director, Wren T. Brown. Brown and Foreman have too long a list of stage, film, and television credits between them to list here, while co-star and musical director Carter is a Berklee College of Music trained profession-

Karole Foreman as Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” at the freeFall Theatre. “This play has been one of our most requested productions in recent memory” says Artistic Director, Eric Davis. “We are also incredibly excited to present the acclaimed production from our new friends at Ebony Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles. Our hope is to continue to cultivate this collaboration for future productions.”

al pianist, songwriter, and educator making his acting debut. The pedigree of this production as a whole is impressive, from a script by Lanie Robertson, originating at Ebony Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles, and returning to freeFall as part of

its Tandem Series. The COVID-19 era has brought out so many of these one- or twohanders where the entirety of the show is an actor playing a famous person talking about his or her life. It makes good sense given the precautions theaters have needed to take to keep everyone safe and still return, but pausing and wondering if you want to see another one is understandable. Skipping this particular show would be a mistake, though. Just sitting and listening to Powers play is worth the price of admission, but Karole Foreman’s interpretation of Holiday soars to all the highest peaks and pulls us down into Holiday’s lowest valleys. Foreman is a beautiful woman with a gorgeous voice and a musical revue with her as Lady Day would be lovely, but this is no tribute show. Holiday’s story is heartbreaking and reflects an America too seldom acknowledged, and the way Foreman charts her unraveling over the course of an evening is nothing short of compelling. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill freeFall Theatre, 6099 Central Ave., St. Pete. Through April 14: Wed.-Sat., 7 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 2 p.m. No shows April 7, 15, or 17. $25-$55. freefalltheatre.com, 727-498-5205.

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The Trouble with Memory

“Breadcrumbs” at Studio Grand Central By Jeff Donnelly

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Early in the action of Circle in the Water’s production “Breadcrumbs” – at Studio Grand Central through April 3 – Alida confesses, matter of factly, that she already had suspicions about what felt like the onset of dementia. “And I thought, maybe I should write my memories,” she says, “Before my brain. Turns brown.” It isn’t that there aren’t a few light moments in Jennifer Haley’s script, directed here by Alan Mohney, Jr., but it’s lines like this sit on your chest for the whole show, one on top of the Roxanne Fay (right) offers a brilliant performance as Alida, and Debbie Yones (left) other, pinning you to your seat under matches her as Beth. their weight a few moments even after the lights come up. wait around for an uplifting musical genius always bubbling underneath Roxanne Fay is Alida, a reclusive moment. The actors aren’t afraid to that keeps us drawn to her. It’s a lot fiction writer diagnosed with demenlean into the fact that their characters to expect any costar to match such a tia who finds herself depending more are heartbreakingly damaged in ways powerful performance, and yet Yones’ and more on Debbie Yones’ cripplingthat make them worthy of sympathy take on Beth is just as intriguing, jarly codependent Beth. Alida wants to but, at times, scorn for how their trauring at times as we watch a womrecord the story of her life before it’s ma traumatizes others. an perpetually stuck in the cycle of too late, but she struggles to accept Fay is brilliant, forgoing the type abuse struggle to manage an unmanhelp from – much of scenery chewageable relationship. less trust – the Lines like this sit on your ing caricature of “Breadcrumbs” is a joint production wayward Beth. It’s chest for the whole show, the great mind in led by Fay’s Circle in the Water and the kind of story had a mini-run at Jobsite Theater’s one on top of the other, decline that we’ve Hollywood loves seen so many times Shimberg Playhouse in Tampa before pinning you to your seat to maim: crotchety before. She plays coming across the bay to Off-Central under their weight recluse in declinAlida as a woman Players. ing health finds laughter and heals who probably wasn’t very likable in Breadcrumbs Studio Grand Central, old wounds with the help of a lovthe best of health. Illness has made 2260 1st Ave. S. March 31, 7:30 p.m.; ably scatterbrained vagabond. But her downright venomous at times, April 1-2, 8 p.m.; April 3, 3 p.m. $35. stuwe’re far from Hollywood, so don’t also pathetic, but with that puckish diograndcentral.com, 727-202-7019.

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Kevin J. Martinez’s “Sight, Sound, and Sunshine” transports readers to the booming 1920s, when the production of “Hell Harbor” set the City of Tampa into a frenzy.

Tampa Bay is no stranger to outlandish pirate tales. Just ask the 300,000 modern-day swashbucklers who “invade” its waters as part of Tampa’s yearly Gasparilla festival. But local author and movie enthusiast Kevin J. Martinez spins a new yarn in his “Sight, Sound, and Sunshine: Tampa, Hell Harbor, and the Making of Modern Cinema” (2020, Authorship Media), laying out a careful history of “Hell Harbor”, a piratical picture filmed at Rocky Point in 1929. The film features a rough island inhabited by the descendants of Captain Morgan himself, with a murder and daring escape plot. But more than just another pirate story, this film marked an extraordinary advance in movie making as one of the first “talkies” – using synchronized sound to blend image and voice. This was all the more extraordinary since it was filmed entirely on location in what was then a remote corner of the bay. Martinez’s book is meticulously researched. It offers vibrant portraits of pioneering director Henry King, larger-than-life lead actress Lupe Vélez, and the other actors, technicians, and promoters who made this cinematic feat possible. It also sketches a city gripped in the autumn of 1929 by “Hell Harbor fever” that flared up in daily headlines covering the film’s ongoing production, local residents being “discovered” for roles in the film, lavish promotional events, and the film’s

1930 premier – the first ever to occur in a southern city – at Tampa’s Victory Theater. For cinema fans, the most interesting sections might be those which treat the technical challenges of filming on what was essentially a desert island. To create a lavishly detailed,

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authentic pirate island and record with sound, some inventive solutions were needed: a fully enclosed, revolving camera booth that kept the lens trained on the actors while blocking out ambient noise of the equipment. Electrical cables strung across multiple small boats to film shipboard scenes on a schooner. And this was all before a hurricane showed up on the night of Sept. 30. Though slim, the book is packed with information; readers looking for an easygoing amble down history lane may struggle with the dozens of names, backstories, and digressions offered in quick succession, and the lack of illustrations may send you flying to your nearest search engine to explore the colorful places and personalities Martinez describes. But the book is well worth reading for anyone who is interested in how films are made or how the city of Tampa grew during the pivotal era of the 1920s. And the next time someone asks you if there really were pirates in Tampa Bay, you’ll have a very good story to tell.

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Black Radish Grocer is an all-vegan deli and grocery store in downtown St. Petersburg.

For vegans, the opening of Black Radish Grocer’s second St. Petersburg location in December, 2021 was a huge win. The original Black Radish in Ybor City rocks the same hipster, mural-outfitted vibe as its St. Pete sister. The St. Pete spot opened a year-anda-half after the Tampa location and has a similar menu of plant-based Cuban sandwiches and burritos. I’m not vegan, but I started my Sunday with a Steak and Egg Everything

Bagel and a hash brown with Sriracha on the side. There are also about 20 options for coffee and tea – dairyfree, of course. First of all, everything was handsdown delicious. I don’t know if a true New Yorker would agree, but I thought the mix of “Be Hive” Steak Filet, “Just Egg”, and “Follow Your Heart” Provolone Cheese was up to par with the real deal. I mean, it definitely tasted vegan (you can’t beat the real steak-

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and-cheese taste) but it was good, wrapped in foil, and I hope, a healthier option. However, beware of the sauce. The vegan Impossible sauce tasted good, but it dripped off my sandwich in a disturbingly heavy mayo-like way. I’d recommend light sauce or the old reliable “sauce on the side” trick unless soggy bread is your thing. Also, a plus for those who hate waiting – especially in the morning – Black Radish offers pickup and delivery. I ordered online and picked up my sandwich, but not before checking out the grocery side of the store. Raw food and health product fanatics may know Brandon and Tampa’s Chuck’s Natural Fields Market. Black Radish is a similar type of indoor market, with rows of vegan soaps, condiments, and soups on wooden shelves. You’ll pay vegan prices (high) but that’s to be expected. My sandwich cost about $10. In all, I found Black Radish a convenient and tasty plant-based breakfast spot that even meat-eaters can frequent – and enjoy. Black Radish Grocer, 246 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. St. N., St. Pete. Hours vary; check online. blackradishgrocer. com, 727-380-0822.

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Kate Robinson, St. Petersburg “I’d put them in the river like baby Moses.”

Danielle Corradeno, St. Petersburg “I would burn it in a fire pit. There’s no evidence that way.”

Sarah Vitale, Key West “Feed them to my dog.”

Chris Spano, Brooklyn “Depends whose body it is. If it’s my own, I’d get myself cremated and I wouldn’t tell anybody. I’d be in a jar somewhere. Old and dead.”

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AN EPISCOPAL CONGREGATION 330 85th Avenue • St. Pete Beach Reverend Omar Reyes

Hours 10 AM to 2PM Wednesday to Saturday

Sundays 10:00am Holy Eucharist Wednesdays 11:00am Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing

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obituaries

HOLDEN FAMILY

Mark Holden, 66, of St. Pete Beach and Concord, New Hampshire passed away on March 20, 2022. Mark was born on May 12, 1955 in Burlington, Vermont to Russ and Florence “Chips” Holden. Mark graduated from Concord High School in

Concord, New Hampshire and later the University of New Hampshire, where he earned a bachelor of arts in communication. He recently retired after a long and successful career as the President of the NH/ VT Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. Mark was happily married to Judi Rhines, who was his partner in life for 32 years. Mark lived his life to the fullest and enjoyed (yes, enjoyed!) working out, reading, biking, good food, and the sunshine. Mark loved watching football, fixing things around the house, and spending long afternoons out on the boat with Judi. His positive attitude and sense of humor touched everyone he met. He will be missed. Mark is survived by his wife, Judi; his stepdaughter, Sarah Gregory (Tom); his granddaughters, Isabella and Olivia Gregory; his sister Gwen Holden (Paul Kelly); his brother Rusty Holden (Felicia); his sister Robin Souther (Peter); his brother Bruce Holden

(Denise); his sister Sandy Holden (Paul Driscoll); his sister Jody Holden (Chris Normand); his nephews Parker, Pearson, and Holden; his nieces Alexandra and Evangeline; and his beloved cat, “The Bean.” In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to be made in Mark’s honor to Tampa Bay Waterkeeper, a nonprofit organization that works to improve, protect, and preserve Tampa Bay’s watershed. Please donate at tampabaywaterkeeper.org.

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GULFPORT

North End Taphouse

2908 1/2 Beach Blvd. S. Friday, April 1: Dave G & Cristyn, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2: George Wright, 3 p.m.; Brek Milo, 7 pm. Sunday, April 3 Duane Worden, 3 p.m.

ST. PETE BEACH

Chill Restaurant and Bar 357 Corey Ave. Friday, April 1: Carlos and Joe, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2: Ellie & Company, 6:30 p.m.

TREASURE ISLAND Ka’Tiki Beach Bar and Grille 8803 W. Gulf Blvd. Saturday, April 2: Kamenar, 1 p.m.

MADEIRA BEACH

Lucky Lizard Taphouse 14953 Gulf Blvd. Friday, April 1: Larry Mott, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2: Norman Perkins, 2 p.m.; Larry Mott, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 3: Karaoke Night, 3 p.m.

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things to do

Masks Recommended

Social Distancing Observed

Vegan Options

Dog-Friendly

Virtual

Beach Bonfire, Book Fair + Vintage Finds Find links for these events — and many other things to do — online at thegabber.com/events.

Moon Yoga Class A full moon is a chance for a fresh start. Ring in the new moon cycle with Moon Landing Yoga’s Hatha-style yoga class. Bring your own mat and water bottle and unwind; all yogi experiences welcome. This week the class will set up near the Gulfport Beach bathroom pavilion. Donations appreciated. Led by The Gabber Newspaper’s 2021 Gulfportian of the Year, Albert Risemberg. Gulfport Beach, 5598 Shore Blvd. S. 8 p.m. fb.com/moonlandingyoga Friday April 1-Sunday, April 3 Book Worms The 39th annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair stretches across three days at St. Petersburg’s Coliseum. One of the largest independent antiquarian book fairs in America, this year the focus lands on young readers. The theme, ‘The Children’s Hour: Celebrating Books for Young Readers and the People Who Love Them’, will spotlight novels for young adults and children. Fear not, though: all ages can find books, maps, prints, postcards, and anything printed. The Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N., St. Pete. Fri., 5-9 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $1-10. floridaantiquarianbookfair.com

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Thursday, March 31

Art Walk. This Friday’s theme is ‘In Plein Sight,’ a night dedicated to artists painting in the great outdoors. The night includes workshops, live painting, and inspiration galore. Downtown Gulfport, Beach Boulevard South. 5-9 p.m. visitgulfportflorida.com/first-friday-art-walk Beach Blaze The beach is better with a bonfire. Treasure Island’s 9th Annual Sunset Beach Bonfire will feature a controlled blaze, snacks, drinks, and live music from Charlie Morris and St. Pete Mountain Boys. Sunset Beach Pavilion, 8000 W. Gulf

Blvd., Treasure Island. 7:30-10 p.m. mytreasureisland.org/calendar.php Saturday, April 2 Old Books, New Reads Swap your new, gently used, and really loved books as part of the 6th Annual Sunlit Literary Festival. Show up the day of with your bounty, or drop off your novels at the Gulfport History Museum during operating hours. GHS invites readers to stick around and read or write in the Chase Park Lawn afterwards. Gulfport History Museum, 5301 28th Ave. S. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. gulfporthistoricalsociety.org

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Friday, April 1 Marché Market Check out faux fur and ‘80s records at one of Tampa Bay’s largest vintage fleas, open the first weekend of April. Browse furniture, clothing, jewelry and antiques with other treasure hunters. Shop early on Friday for $5 admission. Vintage Marché, 2200 2nd Ave. S., St. Pete. 4-8 p.m. 727-513-6800.

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Sunrise Service @ 6:30 am Pass-A-Grille Park at Pass-A-Grille Way and 10th Avenue 8:30 am on Pavilion & 10 am in Sanctuary at Pass-A-Grille Beach Community Church • 107 16th Avenue in PAG Live-Streamed Online @ 8:30 am & 10 am • No Reservations Needed

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Things To Do continued from page 29 Hot Rods The American Legion Annual Car Show brings hot rods and vintage vehicles to Treasure Island. The wheels are the draw, but the show will include raffles, vendors, and live music all day long. Want to show off your classic car? Register online. Treasure Island Community Center, 10315 Paradise Blvd., Treasure Island. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. fb.com/ flsquadron158 Ladies Who Lunch Ready for lunch at the yacht club? The Women’s Ministry of Pass-a-Grille Community Church hosts a Saturday luncheon at Pasadena Yacht and Country Club. Enjoy lunch and talk ministry in the (Florida) spring. Pasadena Yacht & Country Club, 6300 Pasadena Point Blvd. S. 12-3 p.m. $25. 727-360-5508. Saturday Noon Tunes Looking for a summer tradition? Caddy’s Madeira Beach is the spot for music, drinks, and dancing every Saturday

and Sunday afternoon. It’s not live music, but a live DJ spins fun tracks, classics, and new music only a few feet from the beach. Caddy’s Madeira Beach, 14080 Gulf Blvd., Madeira Beach. 12-4 p.m. 727-308-7888. Write Outside The ultimate inspiration: journaling in nature. Join St. Pete Lit, the St. Petersburg Audubon Society, and other writers at Sawgrass Lake Park for a journaling circle in the grass. Draw, write, or sketch while enjoying the natural diversity of St. Petersburg wildlife. Writing and drawing tools provided. Sawgrass Lake Park, 7400 25th St. N., St. Pete. 1 p.m. keepstpetelit.org Sunday, April 3 Spring Concert Season The New Horizons Band of Gulfport invites music lovers to the Gulfport Casino Ballroom for their first spring concert. The band will play classics, new and old, for a fresh start for April. Gulfport Casino, 5500 Shore Blvd. S. 3 p.m. newhorizonsbandgulfport.org

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Thursday, April 21 4:30–5:30 p.m.

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Tuesday, April 5 Swap Threads Is it time for a new look? Bring up to five items of clothing for a clothing swap. Shop racks of lightly used clothing and feel free to swap, buy or straight up donate. For $3, shoppers can purchase instead. Proceeds and remaining clothing benefit CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse). Russian American Club of St. Petersburg, Florida, 2920 Beach Blvd. S. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. mygulfport.us/recreation/calendar-of-events Thursday, April 7 Chris and Tommy Join Funky Flamingo owner Anita McLaughlin in remembering the shop’s original owners, married couple Christopher Clark and Thomas Goodall, who passed away within months of each other in 2021. Bring happy memories, sad moments, and love for this family. Snacks and light refreshments. Funky Flamingo, 1418 58th St. 2-5 p.m. fb.com/ funkyflamingogpfl

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COMPUTER SERVICES 727-343-2838

CAROL’S ERRANDS & MORE

Do you need help with daily activities? I can be of assistance to you! Shopping, meal planning/meal prep, transportation to & from appointments, help around the home, and more. 727-365-0884.

HANDYMAN SEMI-RETIRED All types of repairs. Small jobs welcome. Quality work at reasonable prices. Honest. Reliable. Free estimates. John: 727-410-2201.

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TAMPA BAY FLOORS & CARPETS CLEANING SOLUTION

We offer marble, vinyl, ceramic, grout cleaning, all kinds of carpet cleaning. We clean upholstery. Also, power washing. We cover all your cleaning needs. We are fully equipped. We are 24/7 emergency flooding service. COVID fumigation available. 727623-7948 or 813-750-9851. Insurance

FUNERAL & CREMATION PLANNING & PRE-FUNDING

Learn how you can set up a plan simply and affordably, in advance – with a lifetime guarantee of NO rate increases, ever. Call Karon Dixon at 727-279-5185. Receive a free planning guide.

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Lawn & Landscape

Painting

EXPERT SPRINKLER REPAIR

BYRON JOHNSON PAINTING PLUS, INC.

Rich Moseley, irrigation contractor. 25 years experience. Reasonable rates. Well & pumps. 727-439-0792. Lic.#C8312. BBB Accredited.

IRRIGATION STAIN REMOVAL

Remove ugly rust-colored irrigation stains from PVC fence, siding - stucco - wood, pavers, railings, windows and most other surfaces around your house or business including signage. Cars, too. Free estimate and demonstration. Surprisingly low prices. Call/text 727-360-7070 Email RustStainRemoval@icloud.com

Time to refresh the interior/exterior of your house or business? High quality, professional painting. Free estimates. Lic.#9894. Insured. 727-365-1088

ARNEY’S PAINTING INC.

FUN COLORFUL PEOPLE WANTED FOR GULFPORT PHOTOS

Tie-dyes, rainbow colors, maybe pirate, or whatever. Seeking a few fun smiling people for new photos of Gulfport. Will pay hourly fee for a couple hours or so and provide lunch wherever we end up. Email for more details; Rob@007computer.com. Positions Wanted

30 years experience. Painting expert plus wallpaper hanging and removing. Lic. #C9579. Call Arney 727-900-3459

AVAILABLE FOR HIRE Professional cleaning lady & inside painting. Call Sandra 707709-0513

Plumbing

SEMI-RETIRED CARPENTER At discount prices! Free estimates. Frame and finish work. Gulfport and Pinellas Park areas. Call the Door Doctor. Gus: 727-644-6194.

PROFLO PLUMBING 727-902-7077

#CFC1430429 State-certified, residential/ commercial service. Senior and military discount. $25 off service with ad. Locally owned and operated. Professional Services

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We match homeowners with screened renters. Extensive criminal background screenings. Serving Pinellas County for 16 years. Contact Home Share Pinellas: 727945-1528, homesharepinellas.org

Automotive

1987 CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE FOR SALE BY OWNER

See at American Legion Post 158 Car Show Saturday, April 2, at the Treasure Island Community Center. Come see it and make an offer. For Sale

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Miscellaneous Service THE TRASH QUEEN Overwhelmed with the mess? Clean up/clean out, inside and out. Recycling, organizing, and yard work. Free estimate from Kathy, Trashologist, licensed/insured, with truck/trailer. Call/text 845-866-3867. Responsible, reasonable, and ready! Moving / Hauling CHARLES JUNK HAULING & DEMOLITION Junk & trash removal. Low, low prices guaranteed. Daily specials. Kitchen, bath, shed, fencing, etc. Demolition. 727-831-0507. SKIP PICKUP & DELIVERY Mondays and Tuesdays. Have 14 foot box truck, willing to help. 727-320-3297

PLANT SALE

Butterfly plants: Pentas, Blue Porterweed, Milkweed, Ruella, Vinca. Tropicals: Frangipani, Oyster Plants, African Iris, Snake Plant, Kalanchoe, flowering Ginger, Bromeliads, & ferns. Natives: Spiderwort & Blue Porterweed. Plants grown on premises & low maintenance. Fri. 4/1 - Sat. 4/2 from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 4825 Del Rio Way S, Gulfport.

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HANDYMAN HELP NEEDED

Help Wanted: Handyman/painting at Menorah Life. Our 5-star rated center enriches the lives of others and we need help renovating rooms, painting, etc. Contact Wayne Roach at menorahlife.org

POWERFUL PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Holy Spirit, you who solves all problems, who lights all roads so that I can attain my goal, you who give me the divine gifts to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me, I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things and confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you, even in spite of all material illusions. I wish to be with you, in eternal glory. Thank you for your mercy toward me and mine. The person must say this prayer for 3 consecutive days. After 3 days the favor requested will be granted, even if it may appear difficult. This prayer must be published immediately after the favor is granted, without mentioning the favor, only your initials should appear at the bottom. CT

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Yard / Garage Sale

GULFPORT LIONS CLUB Available for parties, weddings, meetings. Great waterfront location with full facilities. Call Jean for info and dates. 727-366-6341

WE’RE BACK! QUEENS OF YARD SALES Corner of 22nd Ave. and 31st St. S. Saturday, April 2 - 8:30 a.m. until. Everything priced to sell. See you Saturday!

STORAGE UNIT SALE

ESTATE SALE - SAT. APRIL 2 1809 58th St. S. - everything priced to go, even some free stuff! Pyrex, glass ware, chachkas, some furniture. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Please park off 58th.

Legal Notices

YARD SALE GREAT DEALS! Household, Furniture, Jewelry, Art frames, etc. 5713 13th Ave. S. Gulfport. Fri. 4/1 and Sat 4/2 • 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Unit #70, Southwest Pinellas Storage Center, 5111 8th Ave. S., Gulfport. Everything must go. One day only - Thursday, March 31.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF CLARE M. BAVIS, File No. 21-009819-ES Deceased Division: Probate NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of CLARE M. BAVIS, deceased, whose date of death was July 29, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Pinellas County, Florida, Probate Division; Case No. 21-009819-ES; the address of which is Pinellas County Court House, 315 Court Street, #300, Clearwater, Florida 33756. The name and address of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. The Fiduciary lawyer-client privilege is s. 90.5021 FLA. STAT. applies with respect to the personal representative and any attorney employed by the personal representative. All creditors of the decedent and other persons who have claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmature, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All creditors of the decedent and other persons who have claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmature, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WITH BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE IS MARCH 24, 2022 Attorney for Personal Representative TIMOTHY M. O’MARA, ESQ. Florida Bar Number: 267910 5820 Main Street, Suit 267910 Williamsville, NY 14221 716-633-5700 Personal Representative CLARE HOLLAND 1227 Beaver Meadows Rd. Sharon, VT 05965

CONDO 890SQFT FSBO GULFPORT SHORES 2900 45th St. S. Unit 11. Refurbished throughout. On Boca Ciega Bay. See Zillow add for pictures. Navigate to FSBO. Built 1962, 2 stories, breathtaking sunrises and launches. Open House Sat./Sun 11a.m.-2p.m. 727322-2650

Happy Easter from your Gulfport Specialist. Thinking of selling your home or condo, call me!

Furnished Rentals 2/BD 1/BA WATERFRONT UPPER UNIT ON SHORE BLVD. Available April 4,2022 through January 3, 2023. Parking, cable, utilities included. Utilities in excess of $100/month passed on to the tenant. Onsite Laundry, 90 day minimum lease. Small non-shedding dogs welcome. $4500/ month. Contact JenM@hjmholdings.com 1 BD 1BA WATERFRONT LOWER UNIT ON SHORE BLVD. Available April 22, 2022 through January 3, 2023. 90 day minimum lease. Parking, cable, utilities up to $100 tenant pays anything over. On-site Laundry, small non-shedding dogs welcome. $2500/month. Contact JenM@hjmholdings.com

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Real Estate For Sale

GULFPORT

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1.3 ACRE LOT NEAR WESLEY CHAPEL $65,000

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Real Estate Snapshots

Other Gulfport Home Sales Last Week

Here’s What Sold in Gulfport Last Week

6115 Kipps Colony Drive (Pasadena Yacht & Country Club) This 2,482-square-foot, four-bedroom, three-bath home, built in 1990, listed for $1,195,000 and sold for $1,170,000. 2914 54th St. S. (Waterfront District) This 1,364-square-foot home, built in 1938, has three bedrooms and three baths. Although listed for $475,00, it sold for $602,500.

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5980 Shore Blvd. S., #1001 (Town Shores) This 1,900-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath condo, built in 1972, listed for $649,000 and sold for $600,000. 2407 51st St. S. (Waterfront District) This 1,220-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath home, built in 1923, sold for $504,950 – $5,000 more than the asking price.

2713 Beach Blvd. S. (Waterfront District) Although listed for $675,000, this 1,358-squarefoot, two-bedroom, two-bath home, built in 1919, sold for $748,000.

5417 Newton St. S. (Tangerine) This 1,230-square-foot, four-bedroom, two-bath home sold for $475,000 – $45,000 more than the asking price – after four days on the market. The home dates to 1954. 3031 56th St. S. (Waterfront District) This 1940 cottage has 624 square feet, two bedrooms, and one bath. It sold for $450,000 – $40,000 more than the asking price.

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