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Volume 13, No. 41 Aug. 17, 2005 FREE


Off Island: Dead to the left, dead to the right...


By Paul Roat
Depending on if you look at it geographically, ver-
tically or historically, we may or may not have a series
of dead-water zones off Anna Maria Island.
Geographically: The red tide algae Karenia brevis
has apparently moved to other locales. Red tide counts
of the harmful microorganism were between low and
medium readings near the Island to high counts at New
Pass, south of Longboat Key. It h been called a "dead
zone."
Vertically:.There have been reports of "ia-.s mortali-
ties offish and other animals" on offshore reefs from Sa-
Srasotato New Port Riches in the Gulf of Mexico.


According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conser-
vation Commission Marine Research Institute in St.
Petersburg, the area impacted is roughly the size of
Rhode Island and "organisms affected include dead
fish present on the bottom (ranging from bait fish to
Goliath grouper) as well as dead sponges, corals,
worms, mollusks, crabs, sea urchins, ;iarfish and sea
turtles. Bottom visibility was also reported as being
significantly reduced."
And historically: FWRI researchers have an-
nounced that they can't find.any evidence that the.dis-
charge of 117 million-plus gallons of wastewater from
the defunct Piney Point phosphate mine in 2003 into


TOP NOTCH:
'Dripping Wet"
Susan Brownewell ofAnna
Maria captured granddaughter
Kylie of Holmes Beach in a
wild flip of water and hair near
the Anna Maria City Pier to
take the final weekly prize.
Susan will receive a "More
Than a Mullet Wrapper"
Islander T-shirt, a bottle of
winefrom Anna Maria Island
Liquor & Wine and a lunch 1-
certificate from Minnie's
Beach Cafe. The photo will go
into a pool with other weekly
winners for the contest grand- -.l -
prize package, including $100
from The Islander, a $50 gift
certificate from Mister
Robert's Resortwear, a
premium bottle of champagne '
from Time Saver, dinner fbr
two at either the Sandbar,
BeachHouse or MarVista, and
framing of their winning entry
from Decor Gallery and
Framing. The grand prize
winner will be published next
week with runners up in the
Aug.31 issue.


Consolidation language


simplified in Holmes Beach


the Gulf has had any influence in the present eight-
month-long red tide outbreak in local waters.

First, red tide update
According toMote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota,
"The red tide affecting the Florida Gulf coast has ex-
panded south into Charlotte and northern Lee Counties.
While the bloom persists along Sarasota, Manatee and
Pinellas counties, the concentrations appear to be di-
minishing in the northern regions of the bloom. Respi-
ratory irritation and dead fish continue to be reported
PLEASE SEE RED TIDE, NEXT PAGE



Renourishment


timeline may


be extended
By Rick Catlin
Islander Reporter
Bad weather, red tide and mechanical problems
may force contractor Goodloe Marine and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers to extend the beach
renourishment completion date into November.
The current contract, signed in early June, called on
Goodloe Marine to complete renourishment in 120
days from the date the contract was signed.
But actual renourishment didn't begin until after
the July 4 holiday, and stormy weather and mechani-
cal problems with the dredge have pushed the sched-
ule back.
Goodloe Marine supervisor Larry Chapman, how-
ever, said everything was "going well" and the com-
pany is "sticking to the schedule as much as possible."
Efforts to reach Corps Inspector Erasmo Rivera for
comment on when the project should be completed
were unsuccessful, but the "renourishment working
group" is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug.
18, and Manatee County Ecosystems Manager Charlie
Hunsicker may broach the subject again.
As of Monday, Aug. 15, renourishment had only
reached the 54th Street beach access at the Martinique
condominiums in Holmes Beach after starting at 80th
Street. Renourishment is to continue south to Coquina
Beach. The .6-mile Anna Maria portion won't see sand
until after Coquina Beach, but is a separate contract be-
tween Manatee County and Goodloe Marine.


By Rick Catlin
Islander Reporter
Holmes Beach city commissioners at their Aug. 9
meeting approved language for a non-binding referen-
dum on Island consolidation that the city hopes to have
on the November ballot, but rejected asking the voters
in the same question if they want the city to spend
money.
The proposed ballot language had originally asked
voters for approval to "expend funds" for consultants
and studies on consolidation.
Although a non-binding question, Commissioner
Roger Lutz rejected the inclusion of costs in the lan-
guage.
"The idea is to simply get a non-binding referen-
dum before the citizens. It's not to spend money. Let's
get a feel first," before talking about funds for studies
and consultants. "Don't turn this into a money issue,"


he said.
Commissioner Pat Morton agreed. "We need to
find out from the people first."
Commissioner Rich Bohnenberger, however, said
he is "not in favor of giving away my city," although
the vote is non-binding.
The commission also rejected a pleaby Com-
missioner Don Maloney, a consolidation proponent,
to table the current proposed language and have the
commission pass a "simple resolution" authorizing
the commission to "look into the cost of a study" on
consolidation before sending the issue to the voters.
After the costs of such a study were determined, the
city could then ask for voter approval to spend funds.
Maloney said he.wasn't changing his stance on
consolidation, but a number of citizens he's contacted
PLEASE SEE CONSOLIDATION, PAGE 3


Moving down the beach
Despite the recent outbreak of red tide along Island
shores, crews from Goodloe Marine have continued
to pump sand for renourishment onto the beach.
Islander Photo: Jack Elka


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Red tide and-related ills off Island
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throughout the area, depending on local bloom condi-
tions and the direction and intensity of the wind."

Dead zone
An area of Gulf bottom of more than 2,000 square
miles from Sarasota to the northern Pasco County line
has apparently been stressed to the point of near-death
by what scientists suspect is an anomaly of the long-
term red tide outbreak off our shore. The zone ranges
from 3 to 30 miles offshore, and to depths of up to 100
feet,
What scientists speculate happened was that the
red tide outbreak was impacted by a thermocline, a
layer of warmer water pushing down upon a layer of
cold bottom water. The thermocline acts as a barrier
and prevents the usual vertical interchange of seawa-
ter, causing the red tide organisms to just "hang out"
near the bottom for an extended period of time.
The result was the death of hard and soft coral, fish,
shellfish and other deep-water organisms.
Although red tide can cause death of marine life,
another aspect of its impact lies.in the fact that the tiny
plants tend to suck up all the oxygen in the water, stran-
gling other critters. Low- and no-oxygen levels were
found in some of the so-called dead zone, leading re-
searchers to believe that the lack of oxygen also con-
tributed to the overall kill.
Another facet of the problem is sea turtles. Since
Aug. 1, there have been an extraordinary number of
dead or sick sea turtles coming ashore from Pinellas
County to Sarasota County, including Anna Maria Is-
land.
Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch reports 12 turtle
strandings in the past week, nine of which were dead.
Pinellas had 35 dead or sick turtles on its beach re-
cently, and Sarasota had 33 in recent weeks.
Turtles have to swim through the bad zone to rea6h
shore.
The slight good news is that a similar incident took
place.in 1971 regarding red tide and thermoclines, and.
researchers found that "iecolonization of reef fishes
was seemingly complete 18-24 months after the red
tide and after five years, the fish species composition


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stretches from Hernando County to Sarasota,
Graphic courtesy FWRI.

was basically identical to that prior to the red tide,"
according to FWRI scientists.

Piney Point
And about that phosphate dumping in the Gulf in
2003 ..
FWRI scientists have sampled the area well off-
shore of Pasco County in the past few weeks and
said they have found no evidence that the past
treated wastewater dumping has had anything to do
with the red tide.
One researcher told the Tampa Tribune that the
phosphate-rich water "was swept through the Florida
Keys and into the Gulf Stream."

More red tide info
While Southwest Florida is reeling under the im-
pacts of a redtide outbreak that has lasted since Janu-


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A Paradise 5201 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach Ace Pump 6804 Cortez Road, Braden-
ton Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce 5313 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach Anna
Maria Island Moose Lodge 110 Gulf Drive, Bradenton Beach Armored Dade Storm
Shutters 8112 Cortez Road W., Bradenton Bark and Co. Realty 5438 Gulf Drive,
Holmes Beach Batteries Plus 6240 14th St. W., Bradenton BeachHouse Restaurant
* 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach Ben Cooper and Associates 3909 E. Bay Drive
#110, Homes Beach Bradenton Beach City Hall 107 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach
* Bradenton Beach Police Station 403 Highland Ave., Bradenton Beach Bradenton
Lawn and Fun 6004 43rd Ave. W., Bradenton Budget Self Storage 5305 W. Mana-
tee Ave, Bradenton Cabinets Unlimited 8700 Cortez.Road W., Bradenton Creative
Native 8208 Cortez Road W., Bradenton Ace Hardware *3352 E. Bay Blvd., Holmes
Beach Curves 5366 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach Diamond Shores Realty 1501 Gulf
Drive N., Bradenton Beach Fantasy Travel 6630 Cortez Road W., Bradenton First in
Real Estate 125 Bridge St., Bradenton Beach First National Bank 5324 Gulf Drive,
Holmes Beach Griffith-Cline 6000 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach Holmes Beach City
Hall 5801 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach Holmes Beach Police Dept. 5801 Marina
Drive, Holmes Beach Holmes Beach Post Office 5304 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach *
Home True Value Hardware 5324 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach Island Branch Library
* 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach Island Chiropractic Center 3612 E. Bay Drive,
Holmes Beach Island Family Physicians 3903 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach Island
Lumber and Hardware 213 54th St., Holmes Beach Island Vacation Properties 3001
Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach LD's Jewelry and Watch Repair 7358 Cortez Road W.,
Bradenton Mike Norman Realty 3101 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach Oswald Trippe and
Co. 5203 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach Quality Builders 5500 Marina Drive, Holmes
Beach Rader's Reef 5508 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach Richard's Whole Foods *
5344 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach Shutter Vue 8799 Cortez Road W.,
Bradenlon Smith Realtors 5910 Marina Drive. Holmes Beach Solar
Vision 4908 Manatee Avenue W, Bradenlon Storage |-; Pros 6801
Coriez Road W Bradenion Surfside Realty 8208 Conez Road
#4. Bradenion T. Dolly Young 5508 C Marnna Drive. Homes Beach
* Coldwell Banker 3614E Bay Drive. Holmes Beach Tingley Me-
morial Library 111 S.jnrd SI N. Bra:ernlon Bea:h Wagner Realty
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Holmes Beach budget

ready, taxes down
By Rick Catlin
Islander Reporter
Holmes Beach city commissioners approved
the proposed $10.14 million budget and accompa-
nying 1.9 village rate for 2005-06 fiscal year at
their Aug. 9 budget workshop and set the first pub-
lic hearing on the new budget for 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 7. The 1.9 millage represents a,
drop of 5 percent from the current 2.0 millage im-
posed on city taxpayers.
A mill is $1 for every $1,000 of assessed value
of a property, less any-exemptions.
While the proposed budget is an increase of
20.6 percent in spending from the $8.4 million for
2004-05, it also includes an increase in ad valorem
revenues of 20.64 percent. With the increased rev-
enues, the city willbe increasing its reserve fund
to $1.75 million, City Treasurer Rich Ashley said.
The city has "planned ell" in the past. said
Mayor Carol Whitmore. \\ ith the implementation
of a stormwater assessment fee and completion of
a capital impron ements project list. Because'of that
planning, she said, the city was able to lower the
tax rate.
.A-le\ agreed so0meii hat. but added that the
increase in ad valorem taxes also helped.
Commissioner Rich Bohnenberger said he was
"pleased" with the 1.9 millage rate, although he
would ha\ e liked to havegotten to a lower figure.


ary, federal, funding for reseArch into the causes and
cures for the blooms have been slashed.
A $7 million grant for five yearsof study from the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
was rejected for the upcoming fiscal year. Mote offi-
cials said they would apply for funding again next year,
adding that the data collected during the recent out-
break \ would be helpful in the request.
Other grants dealing with red tide and human health
were not impacted, although those grants were signifi-
cantly less than the health science funding source.


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New members breakfast
New members were welcomed to the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce at a breakfast at the Sun
House in Bradenton Beach. Iii front row are Amy Van Dell of the sponsoring BrightHouse Network, new
member Pansy Heger of Laser Hair Removal and Electrolysis, and new member Bob Baylan of Keller Will-
iams Realty; standing, Don Schroder ofReMax, Kim Ibasfalean of Captain Kim's Charters in Cortez, Mark
Davis of Harrington House, Wende Webb of ServPro, and Michael Vejins of Raymond James Financial
Services. Islander Photo: Nancy Ambrose


Consultant will

meet with cities
City consolidation expert Harry Hayes of
the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the
University of Georgia said he is ready to meet
with representatives of the three Island cities to
discuss-the scope and costs of a feasibility
study on Island consolidation. He'd even meet
with elected officials of just one city, if invited.
There is no charge for the initial meeting ex-
cept for travel expenses.:
His "bIllpark" estimate of the cost of a fea-
sibility study is between $26,000 and $40,000.
A consolidation feasibility study done for
the cities of Sea Island and St. Simons in Geor-
gia last year cost $33,000.

Consolidation talks continue
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
have e pressed "r'el uctance'' to give Island officials a
"free rein to expend funds to retain consultants to ana-
lyzeithe consol idations pros and cons." People wanted
to know.the cost first, he explained.
Lutz said that "with all due respect, it's an awful
idea." The commission needs to find out first what the
people think..: :. ,.
Malonev said he initially agreed with the original
ballotlanguage, but people kept coming back to him about
study costs, information that he believes should be ob-
tained before any ballot iuektion is sent to the public.
Commissioner Pat M'orton said Maloney's idea
was "putting the cart before the horse," and Mayor
Carol Whitmore agreed. "I just want to find out from
the citizens first," she said.
The commission defeated Maloney's motion to table
the present resolution by a 3-2 vote and instead, opted for
ballot language presented by Lutz that eliminated any
mention of costs and just asked voters if they want the
commission to study the issue (see separate story).
Maloney and Bohnenberger voted against the mo-
tion, while Lutz, Morton and Commission Chairperson
Sandy Haas-Martens approved the measure.

County cable TV consortium
In other business, the commission rejected a reso-
lution that would have joined the city with Manatee
County in a cable TV consortium to handle new con-
tracts from such companies as Verizon and Comcast.
Lutz said he didn't think there was much in the con-
tract for the city, while Bohnenberger pointed out that the
City.of Bradenton had voted not to join the consortium.
In addition, said City Attorney Patricia Petruff, the
city's charter requires the commission to approve any
franchise agreement. An inter-governmental agreement
with Manatee County doesn't override the charter.


Ballot language

explained
The ballot language for a non-binding ref-
erendum on Island consolidation that was ap-
proved by the Holmes Beach City Commission
Aug. 9 states:
"Should Holmes Beach explore the feasi-
bility of consolidating the three Island cities?
"A 'yes' vote authorizes elected officials
to discuss the possibility of expending funds
for consultants and studies.
'"A 'no' vote will result in no further action
on the consolidation issue by elected officials."

The commission dropped the consortium resolu-
tion, but did approve a new lease with Tidemark LLC
for the city's portion of the boat basin along Marina
Drive. Tidemark proposed an $11,200 annual payment
and the commission quickly agreed. The new figure
represents a 1,110 percent increase from the $100-per-
year payment Tidemark was making for the boat basin
before it went into bankruptcy in January 2004.

Canal dredging
The commission approved a $115,359 contract
with the Millmac Corp. for spot dredging of canals in
the city. The company was the lowest bidder and most
qualified to do the project, Superintendent of Public
Works Joe Duennes said.

Street vacation
A request by the law firm of Kirk Pinkerton P.A.
for GHG&D LLC and Sanders Realty LLC to vacate
a right of way on a portion of Fifth Avenue lying be-
tween Manatee Avenue West and 39th Street was re-
scheduled to another meeting on a request by the firm.

Streetscaping options
Holmes Beach Police Chief Jay Romine will
present his study on options for landscaping and
streetscaping for Marina Drive from the Gulf Drive
intersection to 56th Street at the Aug. 23 meeting.

Dreaded TRIM 'in the mail'
The precursor of property tax bills, the Truth In
Millage, or TRIM notices, started arriving in Islanders'
mail boxes from the Manatee County Property
Appraiser's office this week.
SThe notice clearly marked "This is not a bill" -
provides information on pertinent taxing and assess-
ment authorities for each of the Island cities.
The TRIM notice states last year's property tax, tax
for the year 2005-06 if proposed changes are made by the
various entities, and the tax if there are no budget changes.


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Required, although address and phone numbers will
NOT be published.

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Deliver your response in person, by mail, fax
S or e-mail to: The Islander "Straw Pole," 5404
S Marina Drive, Holmes Beach FL 54217;
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Meetings

Anna Maria City
Aug. 17, 6:45 p.m., Environmental Education and En-
hancement Committee meeting.
Aug. 22,6 p.m.,planningand zoning board meeting on
comp plan.
Aug. 23, 4 and 7 p.m., town hall meetings on consoli-
dation of Island cities.
Aug. 25, 7 p.m., city commission meeting.
Anna Maria City Hall,
10005 Gulf Drive, 708-6130.

Bradenton Beach
Aug. 18, 1 p.m., city commission meeting. Agenda:
Second hearing on emergency preparation, approval of
language on building height and conforming lots in city
charter, approval of recommended charter language for
placement on ballot, pier timeline, budget amendment
for police and consent agenda.
Aug.18, 6 p.m., board of adjustment meeting.
Aug, 23,6 p.m., planning and zoning board meeting on
comprehensive plan.
Aug. 25, 6 p.m., planning and zoning board meeting.
Bradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive N.,
778-1005.

Holmes Beach
Aug. 18, 10 a.m., code enforcement board meeting.
Aug. 23, 7 p.m., city commission meeting.
Aug. 25, 9 a.m., code enforcement board meeting.
Aug. 25, 7 p.m., planning and zoning board meeting.
Holmes Beach City Hall, 5801 Marina Drive,
708-5800.

Of Interest
Aug. 18, 6 p.m., West Manatee Fire & Rescue District
Commission meeting, 6001 Marina Drive, Holmes
Beach.
Aug. 22, 2 p.m., Manatee County Area Transit meet-
ing regarding new trolley buses for the Island, Holmes
Beach City Hall.






PAGE 4 0 AUG. 17, 2005 U THE ISLANDER


Charter changes include term limits, lot size


By PaulRoat
Charter changes have mostly been completed by the
Bradenton Beach committee charged with the document's
review, the alterations have been set for final approval by
the city commission and the questions are moving forward
toward a decision by the voters in November.
A charter is the document that drives the business
of a city, county or state. Calling it a "constitution"
would probably be more accurate.
The document establishes the form of government
in the city, limits how the government will enact laws,
delineates the city's boundaries, and myriad other re-
quirements.
To change the charter requires a majority vote of
the electors, taking anything phrased within the docu-
ment out of the whims of any elected official.
With that anti-whim factor in mind, city commis-
sioners added a section in the charter regarding build-


ing heights several years ago: No residential building
may be more than 29 feet in height above any federal
or state elevation standards, according to the charter.
In other words, anyone wishing to build a high-rise
structure in Bradenton Beach must first have the ap-
proval of the majority of the voters.
Last week, however, the question of non-residen-
tial building heights was brought up, a question that is
scheduled to be discussed during the regular Thursday
city commission meeting Aug. 18.
Another non-traditional charter sectiori deals \\ th
the average lot size in the city. It was determined sev-
eral years ago that the city should attempt to phase out
the 5,000-square-foot lots in favor of 7,500. However,
recent discussions have reversed that phase and the
mood now is to retain the 5,000-square-foot ideal.
The new section in the charter reflects that mood,
although exact language is also to be decided Thursday.


Withinthe other elements of the charter slated for
voter decision, probably the most controversial is term
limits. Currently, city commissioners and the mayor
may serve three two-year terms. The change offered
would expand the number of times an elected official
may serve in the same office to four terms.
As part of a "glitch" section of the proposed char-
ter changes, there is language that requires the mayor
to live in the city-- City Attorney Ricinda Perry said
that current language does.not require the mayor to be
a city resident: Oops. "
There is also a training requirement for elected
officials, although the exact nature of the training is not
specified.
Two public hearings on the charter changes are
scheduled later this yearbefore the charter revisions go
to the Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Office
for inclusion on the ballot Nov. 8.


Let us rebuild, Anna Maria residents tell P&Z board


By Rick Catlin
Islander Reporter
One thing became clear at the Anna Maria Plan-
ning and Zoning Board public hearing on proposed
changes to the comprehensive plan last Wednesday.
That is, in Anna Maria, nothing is clear, and it's going
to take a lot more meetings before the meaning of the
proposed comprehensive plan and its goals, policies
and objectives becomes clear.
Board members struggled for nearly two hours
with the future land use element of the comp plan, par-
ticularly with policy 1.4.1 that would "grandfather"
structures and uses which would become non-conform-
ing if the new comp plan is adopted, but any "new de-
velopment" or "redevelopment" of such properties
would have to be "consistent" with land use categories
and density and intensity of land uses.
P&Z board member Doug Copeland, who was also
on the ad hoc committee that drafted the proposed
comp plan, said his intent was that non-conforming
homes and business should be allowed to rebuild if
destroyed more than 50 percent by a natural disaster or
emergency, but the'new structure would have to meet
current codes.
In other words, a single-story home could be re-
built, but it would have to be elevated to meet Federal
Emergency Management Agency flood plain insurance
requirements, and it might also have to meet new city
setback requirements.
Board members, however, agreed with many. mem-
bers of the public at the meeting that the property
owner should be allowed to rebuild in the same foot-
print of the structure.
Building official Kevin Donohue noted, however,
that the comp plan can be inconsistent with FEMA
regulations.
Because the entire city is in a flood plain, "FEMA
requires a two-story over parking structure when you
rebuild (a single-family home). We can't go against
FEMA," Donohue said.
FEMA does make exceptions to its flood insurance
requirements for such structures as commercial build-
ings, historic sites and marinas, he observed, which
prompted board member Randall Stover to suggest that
the city designate a number of single-family structure's
as historic sites. That would allow them to rebuild ex-
actly as before following a disaster.
True, replied Donohue, but the cost of private flood
insurance outside of FEMA regulations would likely be
prohibitive. In addition, the maximum amount of flood
insurance available without a FEMA flood rating is
$250,000. Obtaining a mortgage on a $1 million home
with only $250,000 in flood insurance could be diffi-
cult, if not impossible.
The problem is that one of the stated goals in the
FLUE is to "ensure that the single-family residential
character of the city is maintained and protected." At
the same time, the city's visioning statement seeks to
retain the one-story single-family homes in the city.
Stover wanted the comp plan to allow one-story
single-family homes to be rebuilt exactly as they are
today, but Copeland disagreed.
If someone wants to rebuild a home at ground
level, that jeopardizes the city's flood insurance. "Like
it or not, we have to comply with FEMA."


Board member Fran Barford reluctantly agreed. "I
don't think we can jeopardize the city's insurance pro-
tection,"
Stover, however, wanted to "look outside the box"
at self-insurance. He said he didn't like the "noose" that
FEMA had around the city's neck.
Other board members agreed that while FEMA
regulations must be met, the comp plan could still al-
low a non-conforming structure to be rebuilt in the
same footprint, without regard for the revised setback
requirements.
"That's the way it is now," said Donohue.
The proposed language in the comp plan only re-
fers to "new" development or redevelopment, not a
rebuild..
Maybe the language in that policy needs to be
clearer, suggested Tony Arrant, the facilitator hired by
the city to oversee the comprehensive plan review pro-
cess.
Collins also noted that under the proposed comp
plan, a single-family residence in a commercial zone
that is damaged more than 50 percent by a disaster
can't be rebuilt as before.
Not exactly, said Arrant. The comp plan just says
a rebuild must "abide by the current code." The current
city code does not allow that structure to be rebuilt, so
the fix is in the land development regulations, not the
comp plan.
The comp plan just sets minimum standards, while
the LDR can be more restrictive, he explained.
Clear?
Maybe, replied Collins. The city has to either
change the LDR to protect rebuilding of structures, or
put it in the comprehensive plan, then change the LDR.
Clear?
SThe board eventually agreed to allow rebuilding of
grandfathered structures, but would address specific
language to clear up any ambiguities in the comp plan
at a future public hearing.

Medium density
Residents attending the meeting overwhelmingly
disagreed with the comp plan ;goal to eliminate the
medium- density residential district.


Planning the future
Professional land planner
Bob Schmittaddressed the
Anna Maria Planning and
'iZ '' oning Board during a
public hearing Aug. 10 on
R the proposed changes to,
.. fthe future land use
fr, t I N elementof the comprehen-
sive plan and its goals,.
policies and objectives.
Schmitt represents more
than 20 business and
'. homeowners who have
objections to portions of
the proposed changes.
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RickCatlin


The current code allows duplexes in the MDR, said
Arrant. If the city does away with the MDR designa-
tion, duplexes in that area become "nonconforming"
and can't be rebuilt if they are damaged or destroyed
beyond 50 percent. They could only be rebuilt as
single-family homes.
Resident John Merck of North Bay Boulevard said
his survey found that of 63 homes, 90 percent would be
non-conforming if the MDR were eliminated, while 42
percent df homes on North Shore Drive would be non-
conforming.
"So, word this very carefully-," he said.
Other residents maintained that while they have no
intention of ever turning their single-family home into
a duplex, a future owner might. Taking away that right
might reduce the ability to sell the property, or reduce
its value, they claimed.
Arrant said the board could just write a policy to
allow rebuilding of duplexes and rebuilding of a resi-
dence in a commercial zone, but it's up to the board.
But that creates another problem.
Allowing a small motel in a residential zone to re-
build according to new setback, density and intensity
and building code requirements might reduce the num-
ber of units that could be legally rebuilt.
Currently, under the comp plan, however, such
structures could be rebuilt as before with the same
number of units, observed Donohue. Those structures
would hit a roadblock .when confronted by the LDR.
"Then, let's not put restrictions in the comp plan,"
said Copeland, let's change the LDR.
So, what does "redevelopment" mean in the
FLUE?
The board agreed to define redevelopment at a later
meeting, but left that language in policy 1.4.1 for the
present.
Professional planner Bob Schmitt, who represents
more than 20 business and home owners in the city,
suggested that eliminating the MDR is "continuing to
create non-conformities and you will have a mess on
your hands. It would be a big mistake. Keep as few
non-conformities as possible." He also noted that the

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12 sea turtles strand on Island beaches


By Jim Hanson ,
Islander Correspondent
"Nothing like this has ever happened on Anna
Maria Island," said Suzi Fox about the record 12 sea
turtle strandings here in the past week.
Three were alive, the others dead. All were in good
condition, no traces of injury or lingering illness, she
said, and she and other turtle preservationists suspect
red tide killed them.
"We can't say that for sure," she said. "We'll find out
soon and we'll know more. But this is 10 times the nor-
mal strandings and red tide is the only thing out there."


Comp plan debate in Anna Maria
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
Florida Legislature wants cities to eliminate non-con-
formities in its comprehensive plans and LDR.
A number of other residents, including Robin Wall
and Steve Szabo, spoke against eliminating the MDR.
After nearly three hours of discussion and opinion,
the board agreed to continue the public hearing on the
FLUE to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22. That continuation
was about the only thing that seemed to be clear from
the hearing.

Housing, traffic and infrastructure
The board also held a separate public hearing on
the housing, traffic and infrastructure elements of the
comprehensive plan.
Resident James Jenkins suggested some of the lan-
guage in the housing element was "sucking up to the
developers," and wondered if the day would come
when only "millionaires" could afford to live in Anna
Maria.
Resident Judy Adams said she and other residents
were "counting" on the board to allow them to keep
their single-family homes and one-story residences.
"Be vigilant. Give us reasons not to sell out."
The board continued the public hearing on housing,
infrastructure and traffic to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22.


Recent reports-of a deepwater layer of trapped red
tide organism are being blamed for killing coral, shell-
fish and fish in waters from 3 to 30 miles offshore of
the coast in the Gulf of Mexico from Sarasota County
to north of Clearwater.
A sick or injured turtle or a dead one washing up
ashore is called a stranding. There are a few every sea-
son, but nothing nearly as calamitous as the current
epidemic of sick and dead turtles. The stranding were
spread up and down the Island.
The Island is not alone in its turtle strandings.
Pinellas County has had 35 sick or dead turtles on its
beaches in recent weeks. Sarasota County has had 33
since the first of of August, according to Mote Marine
Laboratory's turtle program, compared to nine last year
during the same period of time.
According to Mote, there have been 72 dead turtles
found in Sarasota County since June. On average, from
June to the end of August, 13-23 have been found in the
past 12 years.
Mote has the three living strandees from the Island,
Fox said -- one Kemp's ridley and two loggerheads,
and they show signs of prospering. Anna Maria Island
Turtle Watch, which Fox heads, handles the dead ones,
burying them after tissue samples are taken to deter-
mine its cause of death.


She said Dr. Debbie Fauquier and Jim Grimes of
Mote are taking samples of liver, lungs and anything
else that acts as a filter.
.Fox and others-believe the turtles are victims of
food poisoning from sea life contaminated by the se-
vere outbreak of red tide for months in the Gulf of
Mexico.
"It's like humans getting food poisoning," she said.
"We lie in bed all day and gradually recover. Turtles
just lie there too, but they can't lift their heads to
breathe.
"I waded out to help one that was exhausted, and
it just laid its head in my hand so it could breathe. This
was the most despairing week I've spent with turtles."
Life does go on, though. Twenty-five nests that
were covered with water during Hurricane Dennis have
hatched, with 442 hatchlings making their way to the
Gulf in the past week to bring the total hatch so far to
792.
That's a very low survival rate, Fox said, "but we
may be lucky to have that many. All of those nests were
covered with seawater by Hurricane Dennis, which
could have drowned them all."
Additional information may be obtained by calling
Turtle Watch at 778-5638.

Silver award
Girl Scout Troop No. 187.lent a helping hand to the
American Red Cross to earn a silver award. The Silver
Award is the second highest award a Girl Scout can
earn and it has taken almost a year for the troop to
achieve it. The troop members chose to work with the
Red Cross in support of its efforts to aid the 2004
hurricane victims. The scouts wrote a public service
announcement and collected donated items, which they
used to assemble personal care packages. These
packages included a hand-beaded cross necklace as a
token of hope. Pictured are scouts Marissa O'Brien,
Alexandra Stemm and Elizabeth Witter with American
Red Cross Health Services Director Darlene Monroe.
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In the zone?
One of the more melancholy aspects of coastal liv-
ing has to be a severe die-off of the critters we've
grown to love in our waters.
We've had to deal with few incidents in the recent
decades locally. A huge fire erupted when ships collided
in the Tampa Shipping Channel in Tampa bay in August
1993, causing an oil spill that killed shore birds and ma-
rine life north of us but mostly spared our shores.
Other ships have dumped their oily waste in our
waters and it's ended up on our beaches and on our feet.
We've also had boat fires that have caused fuel to ooze
into our seagrass beds and mangroves, but the incidents
have been isolated and the damage minimal.
All pale compared to what we now face.
A huge zone of the Gulf of Mexico sea bottom,
stretching from Sarasota to Hernando County, has died,
apparently due to freak natural conditions which pushed
the lingering algae bloom down like a huge plunger.
The red tide microorgansim, besides emitting a
toxin that can harm fish and other marine life, also
gobbles up oxygen. What the bloom didn't kill outright
by poison it suffocated.
Almost all sealife was killed in an area from 3 to 30
miles or so from the shore. Preliminary estimates by sci-
entists last week put the "dead zone" in excess of 2,000
square miles.
Researchers have noted that a similar event took
place in 1971 in the Gulf. It took upwards of two years
for most sealife to return.
What's puzzling isn't the fact that the red tide was
pushed to the bottom, but that it's lingered so long.
Beachgoers have complained of coughing and sore
throats since January from the aerosol that the micro-
scopic blooming plants emit.
The good news is that red tide appears to have di-
minished here. The bad news is that it has left a swath
of dead sea life and a barren sea floor in its wake.
Good news, too, that many scientists believe red
tide is a naturally occurring event that is not caused by
man's pollution. But some scientists question the role
of pollution discharged into the waters off Florida aid
its relationship to red tide outbreaks.
And the sad news is that one of the foremost re-
search centers studying red tide has lost out on a five-
year grant-to study the ongoing bloom. Mote Marine
Laboratory will apply again.
Now is the time for research to work toward expla-
nations of the cause and ways to mitigate the effects of
red tide in the world's waters.
It's time we wrestled free of the red tide zone.


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ter to The Islander (Aug. 10) seemed to indicate I was
being critical of the Island mayors. All three of the Is-
land mayors have my considerable respect and support
in their unselfish performance of their difficult jobs.
We all agree consolidation is an important issue.
Consolidation's time has come and the mayors are our
front line in representing the Island's well being.
Sean Murphy, Holmes Beach

Tax increases
Significant increases in property values have been
posted for all taxing bodies and if millage rates are left
the same, this means some whopping tax increases for
all county residents and in particular for those owning
property on Anna Maria Island.
Rising property values don't cause tax increases -
but elected officials who cannot resist the urge to spend
OPM (other people's money) blithely take advantage
of these windfalls to do more for the people and claim
that they are not raising taxes.
Examples:
Manatee County Using their own figures, the
commissioners are proposing a 9.95 percent increase in
the millage rate, resulting in a 9.95 percent increase on
your tax bill. Keep in mind that homesteaders are lim-
ited to 3 percent raise so the non-homesteaders will pay
significantly more. Public hearing 6 p.m. Sept. 6 at the
county administration center. Contact commissioners
at P.O. Box 1000, Bradenton FL 34207; fax 745-3790.
Holmes Beach Commissioners proposing 20.64
percent increase, non-homesteaders would pay much
more. Public hearing 6:30 p.m. Sept. 7, city hall, phone
708-5800.
Anna Maria Proposed increase 30.87 percent.
Public hearing Sept. 7, city hall, phone 708-6130.
Bradenton Beach Proposed increase 26.55 per-
cent. Public hearing Sept. 8, city hall, phone 778-1005.
The Manatee School Board is also responsible for


40 percent or more of the overall bill.
Budget hearings are notorious for the lack of public
input. This is the only chance we have, folks. Let's get
those letters and phone calls going out to our elected of.
ficials. Organize a bus to a public hearing. Circulate some
petitions to show them we are % arching. .
Stand up and be heard, let the elected officials
know you are not happy ith the added tax load. Many
of us are concerned that escalating taxes are changing
the atmosphere of our Island, and not for the better.
If you wouldlike to circulate or sign a petition urg-
ing constraint by our officials, call me at 778-6746 or
write me at 6200 Flotilla Drrie, No. 262, Holmes
Beach FL 34217. ., .:
SRuss Olson, Holmes Beach

Preserve the old 'flavor'
The Anna Maria Planning and Zoning Board at its
meeting assured all of us homeowners that we would
be allowed to rebuild our homes if they were destroyed
by hurricane or fire. If the destruction were more than
50 percent, then we would have to follow the Federal.
Emergency Management Agency codes, but the re-
building could still take place, even though the lots do
not meet the new lot-size requirements. That settled a
great concefin that most of us have.
In further discussions, I heard an idea that might
help save the ambiance of the town, which seems to be
rapidly slipping away. It was suggested from the floor
that the board consider a restriction for the 50-foot lots
that would limit construction to one floor over parking,
or adding one floor over the existing floor for the
homes on the ground. This would ensure that a high
percentage of lots in Anna Maria would keep some-
thing like the old "flavor" that attracted people to Anna
Maria in the first place.
This is the first hopeful idea I have heard to save
our town from one monstrous building after another
lining our streets. I hope people will turn up at the next
meeting and support this idea.
James J. Jenkins, Anna Maria


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Hurricane Charley: How one newspaper coped


David Dunn Rankin is the-publisher of the Char-
lotte Sun-Herald in Charlotte County, Ground Zero on
Aug. 13, 2004, when Hurricane Charley rammed
ashore. His newspaper, his community, his whole way
of life were changed.
Dunn Rankin offered these thoughts to the Florida
Press Association annual conference held in Key West in
June.
Hurricane Charley was supposed to hit the Tampa-
St Petersburg area instead of Charlotte County. Here's
what would have happened had it done the same per
capita damage in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties
that it did in Charlotte County.
There would have been 100f schools that would
have been destroyed. It would take six years until they
were completely rebuilt.
A total of 85 percent of all schools destroyed in
Florida during the four hurricanes last year were destroyed
in Charlotte County. Our school board believes the finan-
cial damage done to Charlotte CountN schools is thesingle
biggest financial disaster to a school system caused by
mother nature in ,the history of the United States.
About 80 percent of all school children were part
of a double-session school either part of the morn-
ing, first-bus pickups which started at 4:30 a.m., or
afternoon-evening where last bus dropoff was at 8:30
p.m. You can imagine the impact those hours had on
teachers and other school employees.
In the Tampa Bay area. 12.000 local merchants'
buildings \ would ha e been damaged or destroyed, and
6.00) local merchants w would still be closed today,
likely to ne\er come back. There would d be 1,000 res-
taurants knocked out of business. There would be 500
restaurants in Tampa-St. Pete that \ would still be closed.
About 400,000 homes would have been partially or
completely destroyed, and 150,000 buildings would need
to be bulldozed to the ground, and today 120,000 build-
ings would still be standing, waiting to be bulldozed.
There would have been 1,200 employees and de-
livery contractors of The Tampa Tribune and St. Pe-
tersburg Times that would have lost their homes for an
extended period of time. How would you be able to
corral enough people to effectively get a paper out over


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St. Petersburg Times that w would be incapacitated for an
extended period of time. How would you produce a
paper? What quality would it be?
The Tampa Tribune and, St. Petersburg Times.
would have lost 50,000 home delivery subscribers.
Imagine the effect on the advertising rate base, and
think about how many people would have to be laid off
to. compensate for that revenue disaster.
Preparing for the hurricane was easy. Preparing for
and living with the aftermath of the hurricane was ex-
traordinarily difficult.
At the Charlotte Sun-He rad, we had a "rolling ball
of chaos" after Charley, but we didn't miss a day. We
had no proofreaders, no AP wire, we didn't really have
a copy desk. We disassembled and reassembled our
newsroom three times in three days.
We delivered papers to every single house for six
weeks. Free. Also to shelters, restaurants, anywhere
there were people. One woman ran out of her:house and.
hugged one of our carriers when he first made his route,
saying, "When I saw you coming down the street, I


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knew it t\as going to be OK."
We sponsored "yes we are open" ads at a greatly re-
duced price, ard ran the five pages of ads for months.
We started a $1 million advertising fund to getlo-
cal businesses back in business. [Each "out-of-busi-
ness" business in the community, including non-ad\ er-

tisers, received a $100 per day ad credit, up to $3,000.]
We prepared the ne\ paper emploN ees breakfast,
lunch and dinner for three weeks.
Many chain new papers would probably have
questioned all the incentives and money we spent to try
to get our community back and running. Management
at the Charlotte Sun-Herald only questioned my ex-
penses twice ,- and both times it was to say that we
weren't spending enough money.
Overall, we just wanted to do what was good for
business. It seemed to.work.
The mom and pop businesses found their business
was up 20 percent from the initial loss of business. The
newspaper set record profits despite our overhiring by
about 10 percent to cover the story.
And we had a. 10-percent increase in newspaper
circulation despite the loss of 10 percent of our dwell-
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Developer wants expansion of nonconforming duplexes


By Rick Catlin
Islander Reporter
Holmes Beach developer Pat McConnell will ask
the board of adjustment at its Aug. 25 meeting for "ex-
pansion of a nonconformity" to allow him to enlarge
two duplexes in the city.
McConnell's request is to add about 250 square
feet of living.space to both 2913 Avenue E and 2915
Avenue E.
Not all the adjacent and nearby landowners, how-
ever, are pleased with the request, and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency that controls flood
plain insurance has suggested the city look into how the
request might affect FEMA's floodplain management
requirements.
Kathleen Toale of 2918 Avenue E said she's con-
cerned that the "increase in non-conformity" would
affect her floodplain insurance rating.
"Expanding a non-conforming buildinll inmipaict
the residents' ability to obtain flood insurance," she
said, and she plans to attend the Aug. 25 meeting to ex-
press her concerns and objections.
According to Kathr' n Cable of FEMA, Toale may
have a legitimate concern.
"If a community is lax in maintaining its floodplain
management rules and regulations regarding building,
there is the possibility\ that the coinmunity could be
placed on probation or suspended" from the National
Flood Insurance Program. she said.
"If the community were suspended," added Cable,
"then no one in that community would be able to renew
their policy until the violations are corrected."


Make them bigger
Developer Pat ]MlcCiillI cii'w to cxpnu/l tIt e I ise. li phi.es ,u 2913 Avenue E and 2915 A' ,1iu' E. Islander
Photo: Rick Catlin .


In other words, if the expansion plans were ap-
pro\ed and later found to violate FEMA regulations,
Holmes Beach could lose its flood insurance program
with FENIA.
Requests to expand a nonconformity are "unusual"
according to a Holmes Beach building department staff


member.
According to the Manatee County Property
Appraiser's Web site, the units are owned by
McConnell's Starfish Beach LLC and Nincy Sankey
Rentals.
The BOA meets at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25.


LDC amendments proposed in Bradenton Beach


By Paul Roat
Bradenton Beach offi3ilals are midway through a
lengthy process to alter many of the building regula-
tions and land-use laws in the city.
Land development codes are the implementing
laws to enforce the 'city's comprehensive plan, the
guiding document that outlines the future growth of the
city. City officials are also working on revisions to the
state-mandated comprehensive plan (see separate ar-
ticle).
Building Official Ed Mc Adam has offered seven
changes to the city's land development code to the city
commission, which approved the documents in prin-
ciple last week. The changes have been approved by
the city's planning and zoning board. Public hearings
and final ratification of the changes are expected later
this year.
Weighing in at almost 200 pages, many of the
changes are administrative in nature. Others are more
specific.
Some highlights of the LDC changes are as fol-
lows:
SNew or redeveloped single-family or duplex
structures with a building footprint greater than 3,500


square feet-would be classed as a major development
and would be subject to a greater review process by the
city and higher building permit fees..That review pro-
cess would entail hearings before both the planning and
zoning board and the city commission.
Condominium conversions that "may.implicate a.
change of use" would also be major developments, as
would residential use over retail structures.
Elevating existing single-family or duplex struc-
tures in residentially zoned areas would be allowed as
long as the building footprint does not expand and no
habitable space is created on the ground floor.
Maximum height of a building would be no more
than 29 feet above the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency's standard of "base flood elevation" with
the exemption of chimneys, vents and elevator shafts
under the proposed changes. Similar language has been
included within the proposed city's charter revision
(see separate article).
Line-of-sight requirements for building on the
-Gulf of Mexico and Anna Maria Sound are still to be
addressed by the commission. Concerns have been
raised in recent years about neighbors building homes
closer to the water than the surrounding properties,


thereby partially blocking the waterfront vista. Com-
missioners are still wrestling with exact language on
this matter.
Setbacks from Gulf Drive would be 25 feet.
E\terior stairs a\ s nma project up to 4 feet into
side and rear setback, \ nith some conditions under the
proposed changes. Cui rentl an staii setback en-
croachments require a variance.
Bay windows up to 24 inches in depth and with
a minimum of 18 inches above the ground to a width
of 8 feet would be.permitted as long as no more than
one window is in place within 25 li neal feet of exterior
wall.
No removal of erosion-control structures would
be allowed unless done so by federal, state, county or
local government.
A "City of Bradenton Beach Recommended De-
sign Manual" is proposed to guide construction in the
city which would stress the "Old Florida charm" ele-
ments of design.
-* Nine varieties of trees would be prohibited in new
construction, including Australian pines, Brazilian pep-
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The Manatee Players have organized their 2005-06
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and run through February.
On the schedule at Manatee Players theater, 102
Old Main St., Bradenton:
Sept. 12-Oct. 26 and Jan. 9-Feb. 22, Monday sand
Wednesday s from 4-6 p.m:, ages 12 and up, Dawn Burns
instructor; Tuesda) s and Thursdays from 4-6 p.m.,ages
* 8-11, Stan Koci instructor. cost $200. Saturday s. 10 a.m.
acting movement, 11 a.m. Broad\\a\ dance. noon hip-hop,
Cheryl Clifford instructor: cost $100. -..
At Lake\\ood Ranch To\ n Hall, 8175 Lakewood
Ranch BlId., classes \\ ill be from 10 a.m. to noon for
ages 12 and up Saturday s Jan. 14, 21 and 28 and Feb.
4.11 and 18 with Leona Braun as instructor. cost $125.
Details are available at 748-5875.

LDC amendments proposed
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8
pers and Melaleuca.
All structures would be required to have street
numbers in contrasting colors no less than 4 inches in
height.
Beachfront lighting would be required to meet
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conser action Commission
.technical report documents under the proposed changes
to the LDC .
Fees for almost all building activities would in-
crease .
City commissioners balked on changes to current
sign laws, opting to re\ ie\\ the matter further before
addressing the proposed changes.
A citation s) stem for code enforcement violations
would be enacted.
The city would adopt Manatee County's adult
entertainment ordinance, which would prohibit such
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The proposal calls for a two-story. building over
parking that would encompass about 3,000 square feet
of office space andbe located about 200 yards north of
the current boat ramp.
Mike Sosadeeter of the Manatee County Parks and
Recreation Department discussed the installation of
bollards in the Coquina Beach parking lot, but sug-
gested the county would prefer to construct the multi-
use trail first before spending any money on the
bollards.
"And we're about six months away from starting
the trail," he added. Board members agreed the trail
should have first priority.
The CME will meet with representatives of Florida
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University of Florida pirate invasion


By Diana Bogan
Islandei-Reporter
The Gainesville campus of the Uni'ersitc of
Florida should brace itself this fall for an invasion of
pirate-loving ci" ic-minded landlubbers.
At the helm of the intiasion is Bradenton native
Carlo Petrillo with his trusted mates Jesse Balknap and
Josh Armstrong, who together have chartered the
Florida Picaroons, a community service club that
bridges the gap between Manatee High School's
Privateens and the Anna Maria Island Privateers.
The club's name; Plcaroon, is synonymous with
Privateer, and offers students at UF community service
opportunities with the added intrigue of pirate lore.
Petrillo. Belknap and Arnstrong were.all members
of the Pri\ateens. Petrillo said he had thought about
starting a club to fill the gap between the two already
established Privateers clubs \ hen he first headed to
college, but it wasn't uAtil this past year that he got
serious about the idea and made it happen.
The Florida Picaroons are the first organization at
UF to partner with an off-campus organization such as
the Privateers. Petrillo said he first approached the Pri-
vateers for approval and guidance before working with
friends to draft a constitution and apply for university
approval.
"I had a lot of fun in high school and saw poten-
tial there for a club and thought 'Why not?' The worst
that could happen is it falls apart," Petrillo reasoned.
"It was a lot of work and effort," he said, "but now that
the ball is rolling, I only see it getting bigger and bet-
ter."
The club held its first recruitment effort at a univer-
sity-sponsored fair and Petrillo said the pirate theme
helped lure student interest.
The Florida Picaroons only received University
approval April 1, 2005, right before summer break. So
this fall will be the first for club members to test the
waters with their community serviceand fundraising
ideas.
Open only to UF students, the club will focus on
supporting marine life and the ocean environment. This
year. Petrillo says, he hopes to raise funds for the
Pinellas Marine Institute. a place that takes in troubled
youth and educates them.
"It's a correctional-type school," he said. Club
members will also have an opportunity to volunteer as
tutors at the institute.
,: Petrillo said one of the first fundraisers he antici-
pates planning with fellow Picaroons is a bottle boat
regatta modeled after the Desoto celebration regatta.
The first Florida Picaroon meeting will be Aug. 28
and fundraising ideas will be one of the topics open for
discussion. Also open for suggestion is service project
ideas.
Petrillo would like to see the group adopt-a high-


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way and participate in Habitat for Humanity, but is
open to input.
And, the Florida Picaroons also plan to have some
fun with their unique theme. Petrillo smiled as he
shared plans to participate in intermurals at UF dressed
in pirate garb.
"We want to meet a lot of people, get our name out
there and have a lot of fun." Petrillo said he doesn't
want to see the group get lost in the crowd of campus
organizations.
The AMI Privateers have been "guardian angels"
in helping Petrillo see his vision through. He said he
worked closely with Liz Christie-Cline, the original
sponsor of the Privateens at MHS, and others in the
Island group helped the Florida Picaroons print T-shirts
and pamphlets and offered guidance every step of the
way.
SAlthough it's a bit of a drive, he plans to partner
with the Privateers on community service projects
when possible.
What drives the UF junior to make time to give
back to his community? "There is personal satisfaction
in giving back to people who are less fortunate and
deserving," he says.
When not busy with the Florida Picaroons, Petrillo
maintains his 3.96 GPA as a pre-med microbiology
major with a mathematics minor.
His parents live in Bradenton and his younger sis-
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Wednesday, Aug. 17
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Lunch Bunch" catered by
Harry's Continental Kitchens at the Longboat/Lido/St.
Armands Key Chamber of Commerce, 6960 Gulf of Mexico
Drive, Longboat Key. Information: 387-9519. Fee applies.
5:30 p.m. Comic book making and history with Bruce
Allen Wallis at-the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive,
Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341. All materials provided.
Thursday, Aug. 18
9 to 10 a.m. Muscles and More fitness class with
Sherry Fideler at the Anna Maria Island Community Center,
407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee
applies.
10:30 a.m. Pilates for beginners with Laura Bennett
at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia
Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
Friday, Aug. 19
5 to 9p.m. Friday Fest on the Bay with Fred-Johnson

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Anna Maria City
Aug. 12, 300 block of Palm Avenue, disturbance.
A reporting party and others got into a verbal argument
about a monetary loan.

Bradenton Beach
Aug. 3, 2400 block of Avenue A, theft. Fishing
poles left lying on a dock were reportedly stolen.
Aug.:5, 100 block of Fifth Street North, traffic ar-
rest. A driver was issued a summons to appear after a
routine traffic stop showed his vehicle's tag was not
registered.
Aug. 6, 2500 block of Avenue C, drug arrest. John
Delaurier, 32, of Bradenton Beach, was arrested for
possession of marijuana and "crack" cocaine. Accord-
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8:30 a.m. Kiwanis Club meeting at Cafe on the
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9:30 a.m. Intermediate Pilates with Laura Bennett at
the Anna Maria Island Community Center; 407 Magnolia
Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
Tuesday, Aug. 23
9 to.10 a.m. -Muscles and More fitness class with
Sherry Fideler at the Anna Maria Island Community Center,
407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee
applies.
10:30 a.m Pilates for beginners with Laura Bennett
at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia
Ave., Anna Maria Informalion: 778-1908. Fee applies ."
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Intermediate watercolor class
with Susie Cotton at the Anna Maria Island Community Cen-
ter, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908.
Fee applies.
Noon Anna Maria Island Rotary Club meeting at the
BeachHouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton
Beach.
Noon to 3:30 p.m. Friendly Bridge at the Anna Maria


finding the marijuana in plain view and the cocaine was
found while inventorying the contents of the car after
Delaurier's arrest.
Aug. 9, 1400 Gulf Drive South, Coquina Beach,
burglar. Two women reported several credit and bank
'cards, checks and identification stolen from a purse left
inside their parked vehicle.

Holmes Beach
Aug. 9, 5800 block of Holmes Boulevard, bur-
glary. A toolbox was reportedly stolen from a trailer at
a construction site.
Aug. 9,31st Street and Seaside Court, theft. A man
reported a dinghy he:left leaning against his apartment
was stolen.
Aug. 11, 3000 block of Gulf Drive, theft. A three-
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Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
6p.m. Power Pilales with Laura Bennett at the Anna
Maria Island Community Center, -107 Magnolia Ave., Anna
Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
Wednesday, Aug. 24
5 to 7p.m. Anna.Maria Island Chamber of Commerce
"Luau theme" business card exchange at First National Bank
and Trust, 5324 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach; Information: 778-
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Ongoing:
Susan Oberender stained-glass exhibit at Island Gal-
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Mammoth fossils unearthed at Palma Sola Trace on
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Bradenton. Information: 746-4131;. Fee applies.
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Photography workshop at Anna Maria Island House
Aug. 26-28.
15th Annual O'Connor Bowling Challenge at AMF
Bradenton Lanes Aug. 27..
"Do Ya Do Ya Do Yi Wanna Dance?" at the. Braden-
ton Woman's Club Aug. 27.
Breakfast and blood drive at the Longboat Key Cham-
ber of Commerce Aug. 31.


Chiles arrested on DUI charge
Sandbar restaurant-owner Ed Chiles was arrested
early Sunday morning in Tampa on a charge of driv-
ing under the influence.
Chiles is active in community affairs on the Island
and is a member of the Manatee County Tourist Devel-
opment Council ard a director of Solutions to Avoid
Red Tide.
In addition to the Sandbar, Chiles also owns the
BeachHouse Restaurant in Bradenton Beach and the
Mar Vista on Longboat Key.


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Aug. 12,2800 block of Gulf Drive, battery. A man
reported that an egg struck him as he was driving south
on Gulf Drive. An egg was allegedly thrown from a
passing vehiclee into his open w indo. '
Aug. 14, 6600 Gulf Drive, Resort 66, theft. The
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Obituaries


Mynard E. Butts Jr.
Mynard E. Butts Jr., 87, of Crystal, Mich., and
winter visitor to Hl6mes Beach, died Aug. 9.
Born in Elk Rapids, Mich., Mr. Butts retired as chief
pharmacist of Kent County Social Services in 1978. He
was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Mount Pleas-
ant, Mich., and Ferris State College in Big Rapids, Mich.
He owned M.E. Butts Drugs in Mt. Pleasant, Mich. He
was a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church, Holmes
Beach, and was usher and Holy Name Society member
there. He was a member of the Moose and Elk's lodges.
Memorial services will be Aug. 20 in Alma, Mich.
He is survived by son Mynard "Bill" of Grand
Rapids, Mich.; daughter Bonnie of Dana Point, Calif.;
six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Agnes Didriksen
Agnes Didriksen, 89, of Palm Harbor and formerly
Holmes Beach, died July 30.
Born in Chicago, Mrs. Didriksen moved to Holmes
Beach from there in 1973. She was a homemaker. She
was active in the Episcopal Church-of the Annuncia-
tion in Holmes Beach and a volunteer in the develop--
ment of the Ilaind Branch Library.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Aug. 27 at the
* church, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach FL 34217.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church. -
She is survived by sons Charles-of Dunedin, David
of Acton, Mass., and Peter of Lombard, Ill.; and daugh-
ters Barbara Moore of Gainesville and Nanc\
Weinreich of Greendale, Wis.

Barbara Guthrie Holmes
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Born in Cortez, Mrs. Holmes was the granddaugh-
ter of Cortez pioneers Capt. Billy and Sallie Adams
Fulford. Her parents, who predeceased her, were Jim
and Grace Guthrie of Cortez. She grew up in Cortez,
attending the Cortez Public School and Bradenton High
School. She was owner and operator of a health care
facility in Bradenton for many years and later worked
as a-private caregiver in Avon Park. She was a Chris-
tian, attending the Cortez Church .of Christ for years.
Private services and internment were held in Phoenix.
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lage Historical Society, P.O. Box 663, Cortez FL 34215.
She is survived by sons Joey of Fort Lauderdale,
Ray of Bonita Springs, Billy of Phoenix, and Ronnie
of Texas; daughter Barbara of Phoenix; sister
Geraldine of Tombstone, Ariz.; brothers J.O. Guthrie
Jr. of Cortez, Maurice Guthrie of Lake Ariel, Pa., and
Butch Scalzo of Ellenton; 11 grandchildren; five nieces
and nephews; and many cousins.

Karen S. Knowlton
Karen S. Knowlton, 55, of Bradenton, died Aug. 9.
Mrs. Knowlton moved to the Bradenton area from
SWashington, D.C., in 1970. She was a registered nurse.
She was a graduate of Florida State University. She
was an Intensive Care Unit Charge nurse at Manatee
Memorial Hospital and later at Blake Medical Center
in the cancer unit. She was a member of Alpha Phi So-
rority and a life member of DAV No. 99. She was,
Baptist.
A celebration of life, will be held at 2 p.m. Thurs-
day, Aug. 18, at M. Mansion Memorial Funeral Home,
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She is survived by husband Patrick; son Matthew
F. "Matt" of Bradenton; daughters Kim and Patricia
-"Tish," both of Bradenton; mother Lillian Moucha of
Holmes Beach; stepdaughters Trina Lester and Donna
Lance; brothers Milo Moucha of Holmes Beach and
Alan Moucha of New Jersey; sister Charlotte Krauch
of Bradenton; father-in-law Lewis Knowlton; grand-
children Savanna Knowlton and Tommy Gambrell Jr.
of Ruskin; and four step-grandchildren.

Judge Robert E. Willis
Judge Robert E. Willis, 95, of Bradenton, died
Aug. 12.
Born in Cortez, Judge Willis was a lifelong resi-
dent of the area. He was a circuit judge in the 12th Ju-
dicial Circuit from 1961-72. He served in the U.S.
Army during World War II. He was a member and past
officer of the Bradenton Kiwanis Club. He was a mem-
ber and chairman of the Manatee County School Board
in the 1950s. He was past president of the Florida
School Board Association and National School Board
Association in 1957.
Memorial services were Aug. 15. Memorial contri-
butions, may be made to Bradenton Hospice House in
care of Hospice of Southwest Florida, 5955 Rand
Blvd., Sarasota FL 34238. Brown and Sons Funeral
Home, 43rd Street Chapel; was in charge of arrange-
ments.
He is survived by wife Dolloth) ; daughters Barbara
'W. Center of Tampa, Pauline Clum and Mary Jo, both
of Bradenton; son Robert of Holmes Beach; six grand-
children; and six great-grandchildren.

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Adult health, exercise classes
back on Center schedule
Some adult classes have returned to the Anna
Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave.,
Anna Maria.
Muscles & More, with Sherry Fideler as instructor,
will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday and Thursdays.
The pilate classes of Laura Bennett will be at 10:30
a.m. Tuesday for beginners and 6 p.m. for "power
pilates;" 10:30 a.m. Thursday for beginners; and 9:30
a.m. Saturday for intermediate participants.
Additional details may be obtained at 778-1908.

Jazzercise class starting
with many elements
A new Jazzercise class is starting in September at
the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Mag-
nolia Ave., Anna Maria.
The exercise form combines many elements, the
Center said dance,resistance training, pilates, yoga
and kickboxing and is designed to fit every age. It
will begin Sept. 7 and continue at 9 a.m. Wednesday
for the season.
Cost is $5 per class for members, $8 for nonmem-
bers. Details are available at 778-1908.

Nooner on Longboat
A "nooner" luncheon is scheduled from 11:30
a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the chamber of com-
merce office on Longboat Key, 6960 Gulf of Mexico
Drive. Cost is $12 for members, $20 for nonmem-
bers.
Details may be obtained by calling 383-2466.

Watercolor class resumes
An'intermediate watercolor class will resume at the
Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia.
Ave., Anna Maria, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 23, and continuing on Tuesdays through the sea-
son. Cost is $15 per class for members, $16.25 for non-
members.,
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bowler is required. For
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Center at 778-1908.

.' i Artfful storytelling
';'.O vl Jon S col discussed the many
': ;"'." ';';,f layers woven into a good
S::;:*; graphic novel: Not just art,
'-':. 2.-, ..-" f but a great stovn. Scott, a
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v; ; talked to teens at the Island
SBranch Library about what a

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just enjoying, this new-wave
,. book genre. Scott shared
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the art, lay out the pages and
find a story, and gave ex-
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book and graphic novel
library. Scott encouraged the
teens to check out the Island
library's teen section, which
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Meditators -
Geshe Tenzin Samten, also known as Sangtul Rinpocle, seated, with some of the people who join him in
meditatioriat 1Q09I3h St. S., Brademion Beach: From left. Eric Donofrio, Senja Antilla, Gail Straight, Gia
Walker and Len Drouillard. At age 9 Rinpoche entered a monastery in India and later graduated from
Gyumed Tantric College there. He is sponsored here by the Lotus Fouindtion. H-e leads mediaiaion from 6-8
p.m. Tuesday through Sundavys.

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AID awards more scholarships


Two additional college scholarships ha\e been
awarded by All Island Denominations, the organization
of all of the Island's churches.
A $1.000 scholarship went to Whitney Price, daugh-
ter of Lindal and Andy Price of Holmes Beach. She plans
to major in-nutrition at Florida State University. A mem-
ber of Roser Memorial Comriunit) Church, she has been
active in community affairs, said AID.
The other $1,000 scholarship was awarded to
Timoth\ Spence. son of Jessica and Tim Spence of
Bradenton. His plans are to \\ork in therapy rehabili-


tation, attending
Manatee Commu-
nity College. He is
a member of Gloria
Dei Lutheran
Church.
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nounced that Kim-
berly Kuizon had
won the first of its
three scholarships.


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Ten years ago in the Aug. 17, 1995,
issue of The Islander.
The'Bradenton Beach City Commission wants to
limit the number of bars near Bridge Street by estab-
lishing an ordinance requiring a least 300 feet of sepa-
ration between establishments that serve alcohol.
The Florida Department of Transportation said
repairs to the Cortez Bridge could last through the com-
ing winter tourist season into February. The DOT had
previously said the bridge will be closed to all traffic
during October.
Bradenton Beach city officials w\-ere dismayed to
learn that city codes do not specifically prohibit adult
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New parents
More than 30 new parents filled the auditorium at Anna Maria Elementary School for a welcome breakfast hosted
by the Parent-Teacher Organization. Parents were introduced to several staff members, including the school
resource officer, media specialist; art, music and technology teachers, school guidance counselor and more. The
event provided an informative overview of school operations and programs. Islander Photo: Diana Bogan


Anna Maria Elementary menu
Monday, Aug. 22
Breakfast: Pretzel Cinnamon Stick, Cereal,
Toast, Fruit
Lunch: French Toast Slicks, Cheese Omelet,
Potato Smiles, Applesauce, Fresh Fruit Cup
Tuesday, Aug. 23
Breakfast: Egg and Cheese Biscuit, Cereal,
Toast, Yogurt, Fruit
Lunch: Hamburger-or Cheeseburger, Muffin
and Yogurt Plate, Steamed Carrots, Potato
Chips, Fresh Veggies with Dip, Peaches .
Wednesday, Aug. 24
Breakfast: Waffle Sticks, Cereal, Toast, Fruit
Lunch: Nachos with Meat and Cheese, Trout
Melt on Bun, Spanish Rice, Winter Mix,
Sliced Pears
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Breakfast: Fresh Baked Muffin, Cereal,
Toast, Fruit
Lunch: Macaroni and Cheese, Popcorn
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Birthday Cupcakes
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Breakfast: Mini Pancakes, Cereal, Toast, Fruit
Lunch: Pizza, Hot Dog, Corn Caesar Salad,
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AME continues

'Birthday Book Club'
Anna Maria Elementary School med ia specialist
Lynn McDonough is continuing her "Birthday Book
Club" designed to expand the school's library collec-
tion and honor students' birthdays.
The "Birthday Book Club" is open to all AME stu-
dents at a one-time cost of $15. Students who join the
club will be invited to a bimonthly birthday party in the
media center.
At-their birthday party, students are able to
choose a brand new book for the library's collection.
Students sign the bookplate with their name and
birth date. Birthday book selections are then marked
on the binding with a star sticker so students know
which books have been dedicated to the library by
club members.
M1cDonough said she asked students about their
reading interests before purchasing the books for the
club donations. She said the new additions are books
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sign-up set for Aug. 19
The Anna Maria Elementary :Shool Parent-
Teacher Organization plans to get organized for the
year ahead with a committee signup meeting at 9 a.m.
Aug. 19 in the school auditorium.
PTO President Lynda Hicks said this is the time for
parents to signup for volunteer committees as well as
suggest fresh ideas for fundraisers and events.
Each month the PTO hosts family dinners in con-
junction with student performances. A list of dates is
in the process of being approved, although some per-
formances and dinners may need to be hosted at an al-
ternate site due to renovation plans for the existing au-
ditorium.
The aininuail AME Fall Festival will be held on the
grounds of St. Bernard Catholic Church in Holmes
Beach once again due to the final phases of construc-
tion at AME. The date for the fest, one of the PTO's
most important fundraisers, is Oct. 29.
A firm date has yet to be set for the annual Spring
Fling, another large fundraising event for the school,
which is likely to take place in May. Hicks said plans
haven't been made for this year's theme or what the
proceeds' will specifically be used to purchase. In past
years, the PTO has purchased books.for the media cen-
ter and portable computer labs.
AME PTQ board members for the 0.205-06 school
year include Shannon Dell, vice-president; Maggie
Cucci, treasurer; and Laura Keegan, secretary.



In its first \ear. the book club raised more than
$1,000, making it possible for selections from the most
current kid's books on the market to be added to the
library.
McDonough said, "The students like to see the
dates of other student birdthida s and which books they
selected," she said. "[Book club selections] were a
popular check-out item during the past ear.
To learn more about the program. call NMcDonough
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.Semi-Islander's 25 solid years of running


SBy Jim-Hanson
Islander Correspondent
He has circled the world once and is
more than halfway through his second
circumnavigation.
Afoot.
Running.
He is Ed Goff, on the Island now for
one of his biannual trips to check his
property in Holmes Beach and visit with
friends and enjoy what he originally
came here to enjoy. And to iun.
! Everywhere he's been and that's
a lot of everywhere he has run at
least a mile every single day of his life
for a quarter-century.
Unusually for him, he doesn't have
precise statistics on lifetime mileage, but
he took time to figure it out for The Is-
lander: "I've run right at 40,000 miles in
25 years. The earth is 25,000 miles in
circumference, right?
"They sa.\ things only come around
once. Well, fr mne. it's comiinCg around
twice."
Goff came back to hiS Island on
purpose to make his 25th ann\ersar\
run. He and wife Barbara had to come
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friends in 1975 and bought property, as
so many do,
They live in a German village,'and
he said the villagers and farmers aren't
especially surprised at his daily exer-
tions. It's been about the same all over
the world "There are runners every-
where, not just Americans but 'the
people who live there. We're not all that
rare." They come in all sizes and shapes.
Goff's size is 5 feet 8 inches, 150
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%while teaching on a U.S. military base
there, and isn't sure it was a wise choice
"They made it very, very tough on
the American master's candidate, much
tougher than any university in the States,
I'm sure. Just national competitiveness."
That followed much earlier study at
the New York ln i% ersity at Brockport
and the community college in Corning,
N.Y., near where he grew up in Elmira.
"That's the hometown of Irene Collins,"
he hastens to boast; she is the space
shuttle commander;
His kind of running is called "streak
running," and there are a surprising lot
of streakers in the United States. They
even have an association, which keeps a
list of more than 100 runners who have
been going daily for more than a decade.
Goff is No. 47 on the list.
He will gradually climb, despite an
injury that is threatening to interrupt his
:uninterrupted treka. He tripped over a
chain while carrying luggage from a
friend's dock, and ended up with a sepa-
rated shoulder. He's had an MRI and his
doctor mentioned rotator cuff surgery,
but "I'm not going to do it if I ha'e to
miss a day running." At 62, he figures he
can't break his streak and start a new
one.
He'll keep it up in Germany until he
retires in a year or two, and he'll keep it
up in his retirement setting. Where?
Why, here, of course.
He said he's already "working on
my next 25-year streak."
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Ed Goff completing his ultimate run to
fill out-25 years without missing even
one day in his running, on Anna
Maria Island last week. The photogra-
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Red tide departure spurs fishing action off Island


By Capt. Mike Heistand
With the dissipation of red tide, fishing is finally
starting to come back to normal, although water tem-
peratures are very hot and some fish seem to be espe-
cially sluggish in the middle of the day.
Offshore action for grouper and snapper remains
good farther out in the Gulf of Mexico in about 100 feet
of water.
Mangrove snapper are "-ec er) where" still in the
bays, as are good catches of redfish, trout, a few floun-
der and catch-and-release snook.
Pass fishers report a few nice-size pompano, too.
Capt. Zach Zacharias on the Dee-Jay II out of
S Annie's said Frank Moore of Marietta, Ga., and crew
"iced down a limit catch of mangrove snapper ranging
in size from 12 inches to 16 inches on Saturday. The
tasty panfish were taken in the vicinity of Longboat
Pass and fell for a variety of baits, including shrimp,
small shiners and small sardines." Capt. Zach added
that earlier in the week he had been catching trout, reds,
flounder and even alnoccasional Spanish mackerel. "It
has been very hot on the water this past week due to a
lack of cooling rainstorms aalong the coast," he added,
warning that "anglers need to be extra careful not to
overdo it in the heat. The water temperatures are way
up there and keeping bait continues to be challenging.
I have found that dropping some frozen 'blue ice' units
in the well helps moderate the baitwell temperature and
helps the water retain more dissolved oxygen."
Bill Lowman at Island Discount Tackle at
Catchers Marina in Holmes Beach said he's found
that red tide is for the most part gone from our area and
fishing is starting to return to its usual summer norm.
There are good reports of big reds in Sarasota Bay,
snook are still along the beaches and there are lots of
mangrove snapper in thebays near any structure. Off-
shore fishing still requires about 100 feet of water for
any good action; but grouper and snapper are out there
and hungry.
Capt. Thom Smith at Angler's Repair on Cortez
Road said he's been fishing near Joe's Island and

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lots of mangrove snapper being caught, plus poinpano
and a few snook.
Andrew Morris at the Anna Maria City Pier said
some snook have been caught early in the morning
from the pier, with lots of mangrove snapper and a few
pompano being landed throughout the rest of the day:
Dave Johnson at Snead Island Crab House said
a group of angling youths who hang out on the dock
have been catching lots of 30-inch-long redfish of late.
A charter captain out of Palmetto said he's been catch-
ing lots of redfish and added that "mangrove snapper
are everywhere."
At Perico Island Bait and Tackle, reports include
lots of redfish at Longbar Point in Sarasota Bay, lots of
mangrove snapper near the.Anna Maria Island Bridge
and a few trout coming off any of the more lush
seagrass flats.
At Skyway Bait and Tackle, reports include man-
gro e snapper "all over the Skyway Bridge system,"
plus there are lots of reds caught near Joe's Island.
Capt. Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish
Charters said he's been catching lots of gag grouper,
red grouper, scamp, red snapper, mangrove snapper,
amberjack, sharks and barracuda. "We have been tak-
ing our clients out to 150-foot waters. and Spanish sar-
dines have been the best bait.".he added He hasn't-had
anv problems \\ ith redtide of late, he said. ,
On my boat agic. I took Lewis Christman and
Glenn Mathews out last week and caught 18 reds, three
snook, a trout and a flounder. We've also been catch-
ing mangrove snapper.
Good luck and good fishing.
Capt. Mike Heistand is a 20- yeiar-plhs fishing gide..
Call him at 723-1107 to provide a fishing report. Prints
and digital images of your catch are also welcome and
may be dropped off at The Islander, 5404 Marina Drive,
Holmes Beach, or e-mailed to news @ islander.org. Please
include identificationforpersons in the picture along with
information on the catch and a name and phone number
for more information. Snapshots may be retrieved once
they appear in the paper.

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Johnson PhotoImaging of Bradenton will run the
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St., Bradenton Beach. "A variety of techniques on the
beaches" will be on the program.
Classes will cover beach portraits, sunsets, nature,
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THE ISLANDER M AUG. 17, 2005 M PAGE 19


Pilot oyster planting project hits water next week


.Coming soon to a bay near you more oyster
beds..
The Sarasota Bay Estuary Program will attempt to
seed oysters; in. Little Sarasota Bay early next week.
The attempt will involve placing 500 oyster "sausages"
.netbags containing about 40 pounds of f-ossilized
oyster shells& in the northern part ofthe bay abutting
Siesta Key near the closed Midnight Pass area.
Sarasota Bay Program officials have said that
the area once was home. to.a thriving oyster indus-
try, but declining water :quality and overfishing re-
duced the quantity of the beds. There are still beds
there, but some additional help should expand the
oyster population.
'"Oyster spat are expected to attach to the oyster
sausages within a month of placement and grow to
maturity within.two years," said program senior envi-
ronmental scientist Gary Raulerson. "The enhancement
of oysters in Sarasota Bay continues the restoration
process started by citizens and local municipalities two
decades ago."
Oysters do more than provide a tasty treat on a din-
ner table.-As filter feeders, oysters actually improve
water quality by cleaning the water as they suck in and
spit out:waterOyster.beds also serve as a home for all
sorts of-other little critters and act as a means to keep
sediments onithe bottom and not floating around in the
water, blocking sunlight that seagrass beds need to
grow..
The four-year project, including monitoring and all
the design and permit work, will cost $100,000. Simi-
lar pilot projects have been successful in Tampa Bay,
Charlotte Harbor and Chesapeake Bay.

Yuck
Summer is definitely here. The Gulf of Mexico and
bay waters are warm, the afternoon thunderstorms are
plentiful, and blue-green algae is starting to burst into
bloom.
Yuck;
Blue-green algae is that nasty-looking stuff that
prompts lots of calls to the, sewer departments by
people \\ho are cont inced that there is a break in a pipe
somewhere and raw sewage is pouring into the bays. It
looks like that.
SThe algae, Microcystis aeruginosa, can produce a
toxin that can kill fish and irritate the skin of anyone
who brushes against it. It forms huge mats that can
cover lots of territory and shade seagrass beds, block-
ing out needed sunlight.
The bad news is that one of the worst outbreaks of
the algae is occurring. The good news is that it's in the
Caloosahatchee River near Fort Myers.
The mat stretches for at least 20 miles, according
to an article in the Lee County News-Press newspaper,
and is apparently feeding off nutrients captured in
stormwater runoff from Lake Okeechobee. Unfortu-
nately, South Florida Water Management officials have
been releasing lots of phosphrus-laden water of late
because of hea%) rains and rising lake waters as a
flood-control mechanism.
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even people.
However, a Miami woman has been convicted of
illegal importation of birds.
Seems that the woman was flying from Cuba to
Miami via the Bahamas last year when she and her
motorized wheelchair encountered QT, a member of.
the U.S. Department of Agriculture's "Beagle Bri-
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According to officials, "The Beagle Brigade is a
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:"In this instance, QT alerted to the area around the
base of the woman's wheelchair. Inspection revealed
the presence of several cloth pouches, bungee-corded
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from being confined in small plastic tubes inside the
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Busted. And she's facing a federal charge, too. She
is facing a prison term of up to five years on each of the
two counts against her, as well as fines that could be as
much as $500,000.
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Waterfronts Florida coming
Bradenton Beach has received the blessing and
funding from state officials to embark on a two-year-
long program to assess and address its waterfront.
The fledgling mooring field south of the city pier
in Anna Maria Sound has been the focus of some con-
cern in the past few years; now, that area and others
will be the focus of community meetings and discus-
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that allows it to continue to be a "working waterfront"
with boats and crab traps in peoples yards, fish houses
and marine-related activities to flourish and more.
There is also major restoration of the schoolhouse
as a maritime museum that can probably begiven some
credit from the program.
The grant'funds, although requiring a somewhat
hefty local match which can be in-kind services
rather than a flat-outcash outlay should become
available later this year.
As Bradenton Beach City Commission Lisa Maria
Phillips, who spearheaded the program, put it:
"Now the real work begins! With a focus on pub-
lic access and environmental quality, we will embark
on city projects that enhance our viable traditional
economy, such as promoting eco-tourism (kayak ramp,
recreational diving at "Regina" shipwreck site), insti-
tuting the mooring field, accommodating a water taxi
and finding ways to improve water quality and protect
wildlife.
"All of this will be achieved through community
visioning and aggressive grant funding. Public art is on
our wish list, as is connecting to the county multi-use
trail. The designation helps to further protect our wa-
terfronts, and adds to our 'point value' in the funding
arena."
Good luck.

Sandscript factoid
Sarasota County officials have been in something
of a quandary in the past few weeks regarding permit-
ting and water quality in the area around the former
Midnight Pass, the former inlet from Gulf to bay in
Little Sarasota Bay.
After 22 years, the county commission agreed to
proceed with reopening the pass after it closed due in
part to human intervention. Permits are needed by ev-
eryone from God on down, it seems, and a big drive
behind the permits was the purported fact that water
quality in.the area where the inlet used to be isn't all
that great: ... .
<' Well, recent testing revealed that water quality
wasn't as bad as officials had thought or hoped, as
if you can believe someone would actually hope for
bad water quality these days.
Granted, the now "good" water is only microscopi-
cally better that what the state and feds call "bad," but
the figure don't lie, don't you figure?
All of which brings up the question of why, if there
is an argument for trying to get the bad water argument
across to the permitting agencies, would anyone want
to come up with a program of installing oysters in the
area to improve water quality?
Sarasota County officials said the oyster seeding
project has no bearing on Midnight Pass. It's too small a
project, the officials said, and the oysters will be too far
away to have an impact on water quality near the pass.












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GENERATION

by Rick Catlin

Smart friend, language, led
Holmes Beach man to Navy
Holmes Beach resident Don Knode and his friends
were attending the University of New Mexico in 1941,
and were fairly positive the United States was going to
S one day be in the war, and they were going to be in it.
While the news on the radio on Dec. 7, 1941, that
the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor was a surprise
to Don, war was not unexpected.
"We had all thought a war was coming, and we
often talked about what we would do," remembered
Don.
In 1942, Don transferred to the University of Iowa
because of its radio broadcasting program. But the
military was now drafting college students, and Don
knew his name would be called sooner or later;
Don had always enjoyed foreign languages and had
learned some Spanish from his days in Albuquerque.
While at Iowa, he was awarded a Rockefeller Founda-
tion scholarship to study Russian.
"We were studying Russian, and some of us fig-
ured that when we were drafted, the Army would just
use us as interpreters. But the smartest guy in our class
S was Sam Martin, ard he decided to check it out."
Sam came back and told Don and hisclassmate's
that the Army didn't want someone else training lan-
guage experts. They wanted to teach them "the Army
way.
In addition, remembered Don,."Sam found out that
language experts in the Army started at the bottom of
the ranks."
But Sam also discovered that the U.S. Navy had a
Japanese language school in Colorado and if a guy
made it through three months at that school, he was
automatically commissioned as a Navy ensign.
"That sounded a lot better to us than the Army. We
all knew we were going to go in and do our part, and
that was OK with me, but joining the Navy and the lan-
guage program looked a lot better than taking a chance
with the draft and the Army."
Don and several of his college buddies joined the


Navy and were sent to, Colorado as planned. After three
months of the 14-month school, Don was commis-
sioned as an ensign. Some guys, however, washed out
and were either discharged to face the draft or sent to
the regular Navy-.
"I was lucky. Sam gave us some good advice and
I always had an ear for languages. I could speak a little
Spanish, and I was able to pick up on Japanese."
After graduating from the language school in 1944,
Don was assigned to Washington, D.C., where he
translated secret Japanese military documents.
He received orders to go to China to be part of the
Navy's attachment to Chiang-Kai Shek's military, but
lady luck, or "lady love," got in the way.
One of Don's duties was to occasionally supervise
the maintenance crew that cleaned up the top-secret
office every day starting at 5 p.m. The duty officer and
.crew were locked inside until the work was completed.
"I was interested in a young lady at the time and
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up. I figured I'd get court-martialed."
Luckily, his C.O. had been at the language school
in Colorado with Don, so he gave Don a break. Instead
of a court-martial, Don's "plum" assignment to China
was taken away, and he was sent to Okinawa as part of
the Navy's translation team.
When Don arrived on Okinawa in April 1945, the
battle for the islands was still raging.
Don was assigned to interview Okinawan civilians
and prepare a list of "who's who" of the Okinawans
who had been in charge on the islands.
The island's people; it turned put, were more re-
lated to the Chinese than the Japanese, and many of
them were very cdoperative with the American forces.
"I had a pretty good job: The boys who had it rough
were still up in the mountains where they had to dig out
the Japanese one by one from the caves. Very few of
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Greatest Generation
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Even Don's relatively quiet base area in Buckner
Ba3 \\ a. occasionally% bombed and subjected to Kami-
kaze attacks from Japanese aircraft "It was still a battle
and it was a miserable life, especially for the troops.".
One of his best stories of Okinawa involved a fellow
interpreter named John Rich who was on foot patrol try-
ing to get Japanese to surrender. Most committed suicide
rather than submit to the "dishonor" ofsurrender.
Rich came across a Japanese officer who had been
buried in a cave after the Marines had bombed it. Rich
pulled the man to safety and eventually became friends
with the officer. Fifty years later, said Don, John Rich
and his Japanese friend saw each other again for the
first time since that day in Okinawa. The Japanese of-
ficer thanked Rich for saving his life.
Eventually, the fighting on Okinawa ended, and
Don and his unit were ordered to Manila in the Philip-
pines to prepare for the invasion of Japan.
"It was going to be some.fight," remembered Don.
"We knew we wouldn't be in the first wave ashore, but
we would be right behind, interrogating Japanese pris-
oners and interpreting orders from our forces to the
civilians. Everyone talked about casualties and that a
lot of guys wouldn't make it back."
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atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
"We didn't know what an atom bomb was, but we
learned fast. it was a break for the troops, because a lot
of lives were going to be lost in the invasion."
After the Japanese formally surrendered on Sept.
2, 1945, Don was sent to Japan for occupation duty. His
first assignment was to, of all places, Hiroshima, where
he was to assess and re-establish the communications
of the city, such as telephone, telegraph and radio ser-
-vice.
His first sight of Hiroshima has stayed with him to
this day.
"It was more than awe at seeing the destruction, it
was devastating. I can't describe it, but you looked at
Hiroshima and knew that the history of the world was
going to be a lot different in the future."
With such destruction, the U.S. military had to
supply all food, clothing, shelter and medical needs to
the civilians left alive.
Surprisingly, Don found no open resentment
among the Japanese he worked with. "They accepted
the fact that the war was over and they had to cooper-
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main in the Navy, but military life was not for him.
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at Yale University, a few years behind George H. Bush, --
who would later become president.
His Yale years, however, were.difficult. "I was
depressed, probably from what I saw at Hiroshima, and
didn't do that well initially." Don perservered, how-
ever, and graduated in 1950, then headed to Europe
where he worked with Radio Free Europe broadcasting
from Turkey.
His name became so well-known to the communist
authorities in Bulgaria, they eventually declared him an
"enemy of the people of Bulgaria."
"My greatest honor," said Don with a laugh.
In the 1950s, Don returned to New York where he
married and worked in radio. In 1961, Merrill Lynch
was looking to get into the Japanese market and wanted
someone who knew Japanese and the culture to smooth
the way. Don fit that job description perfectly and spent
15 years in Japan with the company before opening his
own consulting firm for companies looking to do busi-
ness in Japan. During his years in Japan, he had met a
pretty funny guy also working in Japan named Don
Maloney.
It was in Japan that he met his second wife, Bar-
bara, whose parents were living on Anna Maria Island.
Don and Barbara moved to Holmes Beach in 1998,
and it was a shock and surprise'to learn that their
"Maloney friend" from Japan was now a Holmes
Beach city commissioner.
Don Knode has one son who is now in the foreign
service, and two daughters, who-both live in Califor-
nia.
Life in Holmes Beach has been enjoyable for the
couple, but Don has never forgotten Hiroshima.
"I didn't really do anything special in the war.
Being in Hiroshima after the bomb is something I've
always lived with. I just got lucky and made the right
choice to join the Navy. My language ability may have -
saved the Army from having a terrible foot soldier on
its hands," he said with another laugh. "And it may
have saved me, too.
"I'm proud of.my service. We all did our part."
Just another member of The Greatest Generation.

"The Greatest Generation".column is for Island,
Longboat Key, Perico Island, Palma Sola and Corte.-
veterans, man or woman, who served in the armed
forces of any allied country (U.S., Canada, Britain,
Holland, .Norway, France, Poland, Australia, New
Zealand, the Philippines, etc.) during World War 'I.
We'd like to hear from you. Please call Rick Catlin at
778-7978.

T^ | B Maureen -
Dahms
Realtor
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Real Estate


Island property sales
2502 Gulf Drive N., Unit 110, Club Bamboo, Braden-
ton Beach, a 609 sfur 1bed/1bath condo built in 1975 was
sold 07/15/05, Nimro to Barlow for $366,500; list $379,000
600 Manatee Ave., Unit 120, Westbay Cove, Holmes
Beach, a 1,187 sfla / 1,595 sfur 2bed/2bath condo built ir
1977 was sold 07/12/05, LaPointe to Paas for $345,000.
4004 Sixth Ave., Unit 3D, Holmes Beach, a1,1 52 sfla
/ 1,648 sfur 2bed/2bath half duplex built in 1981 on a
29x100 lot was sold 07/11/05, Yankee to Sachenski foi
$325,000.
5604 Carissa St.,.Unit A, Holmes Beach, a 900 sfla,
1,671 sfur 2bed/2bath half duplex built in 1982 on a 47x57
lot was sold 07/11/05, Culbreth to Peterson for $270,000.
512 Spring Ave., Anna Maria, a complex consisting o
14 1 bed/1 bath units, one 2bed/1 bath unit and an efficiency
unit all built in 1940 on a 208x145 lot was sold 07/20/05
Siam Garden Resort Group LLC to Siam Retreat Partners
LLC for $4,120,000; list $4,120,000.
4412 Second Ave., Holmes Beach, a 1,296 sfla /1,878 sful
2bed/1 bath/2car Gulf-view home built in 1979 on a 75x10C
lot was sold 07/19/05, By the Beach LLC to Yavalar for
$1,250,000; list $1,429,000.
606 Emerald Lane, Holmes Beach, a 1,554 sfla / 2,90C
sfur 2bed/2bath/2car canalfront pool home built in 1969 or
a 95x115 lot was sold 07/19/05, Hayward to Ashdown foi
$940,000.
112 Fourth St. S., Unit 2, Old Bridge Village, Braden-
ton Beach, a 1902 sfur 2bed/2bath condo built in 2004 was
sold 07/20/05, Old Bridge Village LLP to Eagle Nest Botel
Inc. for $791,150.
6103 Holmes Blvd., Holmes Beach, a 2,336 sfla /4,774
sfur 4bed/4bath duplex built in 1987 on a 90x101 lot was
sold 07/19/05, Howarth to Hutton for $784,500.
779 Jacaranda Road, Anna Maria,.a 1,434 sfla / 2,109
sfur 3bed/2bath pool home built in 1955 on a 50x100 lol
was sold 07/19/05, Hayes to Guthrie for $756,500; list
$775,000.
100 23rd St. N., Bradenton Beach, a 604 sfur lbed;
1 bath home built in 1952 on a 50x50 lot was sold 07/19/05,
Ziegler to Seeber for $749,900.
317 Tarpon St., Anna Maria, a 1,008 sfla / 1,610 sfur
2bed/2bath/1car home built in 1961 on a 75x110 lot was
sold 07/18/05, Yavalar to Bayhorn Properties LLC for
$725,000.
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sfur 3bed/2bath canalfront home built in 1965 on a 100x115.-
lot was sold 07/19/05, Klipping to Collins for $700,000.
703 Gulf Drive S., Unit 2, Sunset Landings, Bradenton
s Beach, a 1,050 sfur 2bed/2.5 bath Gulfview condo built in
- 1984 was sold 07/22/05, Schultz to Scherer for $600,000;
s list $599,000.
n 2909 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, a 1,512 sfur 4bed/
2bath duplex built in 1971 on a 50x100 lot was sold 07/20/
a 05, Ockerman to Dickson for $560,000; list $560,000.
a 2411 Avenue B, Bradenton Beach, a 1,701 sfla / 2,228
r sfur 4bed/4bath duplex built in 1985 on a 50x100 lot was
sold 07/18/05, Kolze to Stagg lor $540,000.
/ 6250 Holmes Blvd., Unit 40, North Beach Village,
7 Holmes Beach, a 1,536 sfla / 2,005 sfur 3bed/2.5bath/2car "
S condo built in 1991 was sold 07/22/05, Cottrell to Deur for
f .$527,500; list $549,000.
Y 406 Bay Palms Drive, Holmes Beach, a 994 sfla /
S 1,956 sfur 2bed/2bath/lcar home built in 1966 on a 80x1 00
s lot was sold 07/20/05, Byron to Caudill for $500,000.
201 35th St., Unit 3, Anna Maria Beach Place, Holmes
r Beach, a 594 sfur 1 bed/1bath condo built in 1969 was sold
S,07/20/05, Rico Stellco Investments. LLC to Pariso for
r $475,000; list $482,000.
217 82nd St., Holmes Beach, a 2,039. sfla / 2,529 sfur
0 3bed/2bath home built in 1953 on a 90x90 lot was sold 07/
n 19/05, Kane to Hueber for $470,000.
r 3100 Gulf Drive, Unit 2, The Terrace, Holmes Beach,
a 884 sfla /1,080 sfur 2bed/2bath/1 car condo built in 1982
was sold 07/19/05, Pariso to Roll for $440,000; list
s $450,000.
1l 501 Gulf Drive N., Unit 209, Bridgeport, Bradenton
Beach, a 1,128 sfia / 1,198 sfur 2bed/2bath condo built in
S 1982 was sold 07/19/05, Venable to Eveland for $429,000.
S 1801 Gulf Drive N., Unit 235, Runaway Bay, Braden-
ton Beach, a 1,080 sfla/1,140 sfur 2bed/2bath condo built
3 in 1978 was sold 07/19/05, Ziegler to Adams for $400,000;
t list $425,000..
t $4001 Gulf Drive, Unit 102, Beach Townhouses,
Holmes Beach, a 1,106 sfla/ 1,305 sfur 2bed/3bath condo
/ built in 1984 was sold 07/19/05, Moery to Knott for
S $385,000. '
8021 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, a 2,828 sfla / 3,222
r sfur 3bed/2bath bayfront pool home built in 1989 on a
s 83x149 lot was sold 07/29/05, Sweeney to Landesberg for
r $1,500,000.
10101 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria, a 5,458 sfur commer-
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25/05, Rhed Pine Inc. to Chiles for $1,205,000.
401 Manatee Ave., Holmes Beach, a 5,010 slur com-
mercial office building built in 1979 on a 32,000sq/ft lot was
sold 07/28/05, Sanders Realty LLC to Golden Kodiak In-
vestments LLC for $1,080,285. I .
5616 Gulf Drive, Unit 202, Gulf Shores, Holmes Beach,
a 1,356 sfla / 1,596 sfur 2bed/2bath condo built in 1980 was
sold 07/29/05, Bucher to Class for $870,000..
4200 Gulf Drive, Unit 203, Gulf Sands, Holmes Beach,
a'1,008 sfla / 1,104 sfur 2bed/2bath condo built in 1979 was
sold 07/26/05, Hess to Eastman for $675,000; list
$749,000. .
309 65th St., Holmes Beach, a 2,375 sfla / 2,627 sfur
4bed/4bath duplex built in 1972 on a 90x104 lot was.sold
07/28/05, Hamel to Island Restoration 6 LLC for $650,000;
list $699,000.
2414 Avenue C, Bradenton Beach, a 1,625 sfla/2,582
sfur 4bed/4bath duplex built in 1979 on a 50x100 lot was
sold 07/25/05, Peloubet to SS & Sons.Inc. for $639,000; list
$639,000.
2206 Avenue C, Bradenton Beach, a 1,557 sfla /1,743
sfur 3bed/2bath home built in 1958 on a 50x105 lot was
sold 07/26/05; Dittmeier to Priday for $565,000; list
$589,000.
1325 Gulf Drive, Unit 122, Tortuga, Bradenton Beach,
a 675 sfur 2bed/1 bath condo built in 1976 was sold 07/25/
05, Badcock to Eagle Nest Botel Inc. for $450,000.
1325 Gulf Drive, Unit 136, Tortuga, Bradenton Beach,
a 675 sfur 1 bed/2bath condo built in 1976 was sold 07/25/
05, Neeley-Marshall to Eagle Nest Botel Inc. for $450,000.
1325 Gulf Drive, Unit 122, Tortuga,, Bradenton Beach,
a 675 sfur 2bed/1 bath condo built in 1976 was sold 07/25/
05, Badcock to Eagle Nest Botel Inc. for $425,000.
3705 East Bay Drive, Unit 115, Sunbow Bay, Holmes
Beach, a 1,121 sfla/ 1,222 sfur 2bed/2bath condo built in
1980 was sold 07/25/05, McKee to Barnett for $329,000; list
$329,000.
611 Gulf Drive,'Unit D18, Imperial House, Bradenton
Beach, a 858 sfur 2bed/2bath condo built in 1969 was sold
07/26/05, Corry to El Cerro General Partnership for
$315,000; list $326,000.

Jesse Brisson, broker/associate at Gulf-Bay Realty of
Holmes Beach, can be reached at (941) 713-4755 direct,
or at Gulf-Bay (941) 778-7244.
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ByRid Bin
By Rick Catlin


Psychic celebrates
18 years in
Bradenton area
European psychic "Miss Grant"
has been a psychic since she was a
young girl and is
celebrating 1. 8
years at her Psy-
.: chic Gallery loca-
tion at 2111 Mana-
tee Ave. W. in
Bradenton.
| Miss Grant
Miss Grant said she realized at
a young age that
she had a special gift and was aided by
her grandmother, who was also a psy-
chic.
"I \ etched as m) grandmother con-
sulted with her clients and I could feel
the vibrations in the room. My grand-
mother helped me understand what I felt
and develop my gift. She was my men-
tor and the most blessed one in my fam-
ily. I still feel her presence today as I
consult with those who come to me for
help and guidance," -,aid Miss Grant.
While she finds fulfillment when
she counsels someone about their prob-
lems, she also feels an inner sense of
peace when she knows she has helped
someone choose the right path in life.


New Rotarians
AnnaMaria Island Rotary Club President Birgit Sesterhenn, left, presents new
members with their membership packets at the club's Aug. 9 meeting. From left
are John Luckhowec (standing in for new member Patti Bishop as her sponsor),
Pam Schlueter, Dr. Ali Baser and sponsor Tom Creed, and Andy Minor, who
transferred from a Bradenton Rotary Club. Islander Photo: Nancy Ambrose


Miss Grant, is the only psychic in the
area who offers readings in Egyptian
sand, which actively involves the par-
ticipant, in the reading. She also offers
palm, tarot card and crystal readings.
interpretations and aroma therapy.
The Psychic Gallery is open daily
from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Miss Grant is also
available for private parties and read-
ings.
For more information, call Miss
Grant at 747-1155 or 518-5641.

For the wind
protection
For the Winds Inc. is just in time
for the height of the hurricane season.


The innovative company, located
at 7325 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota,
is the first of its kind and offers hurri-
cane protection service through 'the
Anchor Net system. The system offers
a mesh material to cover roofs, win-
dows, lanais, storage sheds and entire
mobile homes. The material is se-
curely anchored and can withstand
hurricane force winds.
Without Anchor Net, roofs and win-
dows could easily be ripped about by
flying debris during a hurricane. Anchor
Net keeps wind out of the home and
away from windows.
The Anchor Net is ideal for absen-
tee property owners, or even owners
who want to stay with their property,


and the service plan guarantees installa-
tion once a hurricane \ warning is posted.
The company is offering its service for
homeowners to protect their property
and personal belongings.
"This product could change the way
homeowner insurance policies are writ-
ten," said For the Winds president Rich-
ard Glaspy.
"With today's pressure on the fed-
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We use a method more effective of
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For more information on For the
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Galati Yacht Sales
takes award
Cruiser Yachts recently presented
Galati Yacht Sales at 900 S. Bay
Blvd. in Anna Maria with its CSI
Award for excellence in customer sat-
isfaction.
The Galati family and staff mem-
bers received the award at the 2005
Cruiser Yachts dealer's meeting in St.
Petersburg recently. Galati Yacht Sales
also received the 2005 Cruiser award as
its No. 1 dealer worldwide.

Murphy out, in
Beach Bistro Restaurant owner
Sean Murphy has ended his associa-
tion with the Mangrove Grill in Pal-
metto, but was recently named to the
Tourism Development Council.


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ANTIQUE WICKER DESK: Excellent condition,
painted white. One center drawer, two side shelves.
Raised wicker railing surrounds desktop. 37.5 wide
by 23 inches deep. $375. (941) 778-1102.

ORIENTAL RUG:.Wool, 9 by 12 inches, cream
color with border of muted pastel flowers on each
corner, $700. (941) 792-8905.

BEAUTIFUL ROLL-TOP desk, walnut, brass, $199.
Black lacquer coffee table with mirror top. Computer
desk. (941) 778-5542.

- FULL-SIZE FUTON: Premium mattress, seldom
used, $80. (941) 778-1102.

ANNA MARIA ISLAND SCREENSAVER!
Experience the Island on your computer desktop.
Available at The Islander, or purchase online or
order by. mail. $12 PC or $15 Mac.
www.robertsondesignstudio.com.

LONGBOAT KEY HISTORY "From Calusas to
Condominiums" by Ralph B. Hunter. Signed copies
available at The Islander, 5404 Marina Drive,
Holmes Beach. (941) 778-7978.

FREE DELIVERY to your home or condo: Shrimp,
crabs, native fish. Prompt delivery to your door. Call'
James Lee, (941) 795-1112.or 704-8421.


. SALE AT NIKI'S Gifts & Antiques,'Weekly specials:
all sterling jewelry 50 to 70 percent off; select bone-
china cups and saucers, thimbles, vintage and cos-
tume jewelry, art, collectibles, miniatures, books 25
to 75 percent off. Open seven days, 9:30am-5pm.
Ya'll stop in and say howdy! 5351 Gulf Drive,
Holmes Beach. (941) 779-0729.

ONLINE SERVICE: Did you know you can place
classified ads and subscribe online with our secure
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YOGA WITI-PRESTON Whaley Jr. at Anna Maria
Art League. Beginning to intermediate level,
Morning and evening classes. (941) 778-3996

REWARD .FOR. information in the Waterfront
Restaurant arson fire: Call the State Fire Marshal,
Bureau of Fire & Arson Investigations in Tampa,
(813) 890-1904.

BUTTERFLY PARK BENEFIT: Purchase a
personalized brick in the Anna Maria Island Butterfly
Park, Two lines, $40. Three lines, $50. Pick up form
at The Islander or call (941) 518-4431 for more in-
formation.

FREE GUN LOCK. Yes, free. Just for the asking.
Courtesy of the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission. Free at The Islander
newspaper office, 5404 Marina Drive, Holmes
Beach. Don't be sorry, be safe.


GIFT SHOP: UNIQUE Longboat shop sells creative
.gifts for fun people. You only need $59,500 and a
good sense of humor for a great turnkey
opportunity. Longview Realty, (941) 383-6.112.


CRITTER SITTER nine years in pet care. 24 years
as an Island resident. Lots of TLC for your beloved
pets with in-home visits. (941) 778-6000.

BLACK LAB: FOUR years old, absolute doll! Has
special needs. Adoption fee, $80. (941) 723-0496.

FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED for loving homes to
foster puppies and kittens until they are old enough
for adoption. All food and medical provided. Julie,
(941) 720-1411.

THE ISLANDER. The best news on Anna Maria
Island since 1992.






SAMY GORDAN
S' REALTORR"
Dedicated to service
Expertise in'renovation
j and rehabilitation
properties.
Island, waterfront and area
lifestyle specialist.
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ADULT CATS in desperate need of loving homes.
All are current on vaccines. All applicants screened.
Please call (941) 922-0774. '


1989 NEW YORKER: 87,000 miles, good
transportation car. $400 or best offer. Call (941)
713-1655, after 6pm.


STEAL PEARSON-26:1973 sail cruiser. Excellent
hull, clean deck and cabin. 9.9 Mercury. Honest
seller must move far west. $2,900. (941) 713-4946.

27-FOOT CARVER twin 190-hp Mercruiser. Runs
great, good for fishing, Ceranfield, air conditioning,
Water heater, shower, head, new batteries, stereo and
much more! $10,000, or best offer. (941) 778-1565.

1974/1995 28-PLUS-foot Winner hardtop custom
cabin cruiser. Sleeps six comfortably, full head. 320-
plus mile range. Fish & Cruise. radar, loran, Furuno
fish finder, VHF, autopilot, hailer. 11.5-foot beam:
Livewell, fresh and saltwater wash down. Crusader
454/350 FWC. $30,000.00 firm. (941) 920-7249.'

20-FOOT SHAMROCK 1977 open ;fisherman with
1997 inboard, 302 Mustang V-8, newer trailer.
$7,500, or best offer. Steve, (M`41')504-8735. ;:

27-FOOT HARBOR ,Craft, 350-cubic-inch engine,;,
cuddy cabin, chart plotter, fish finder, S.S radio,
large cockpit. Excellent condition, reasonable. (941)
795-1947.

2002 SEA RAY 182 Bowrider, like new! 18 foot, 6
inches. 190-hp stern drive, seats seven, tons of fun!
Call (941) 778-6234, or e-mail
kendra@presswoodlaw.com. $12,900 or best offer.

FISHING FOR a good deal? Look in The Islander,
778-7978.


REALTORS


Annual Rental
SINGLE FAMILY- Unique 3BR/2BA north end
home, 2,600 sf, just steps to the beach! Pool
coming soon. $2,200/month including lawn and
pool service. Non-smoking. Now available.
5910 Marina Dr. Holmes Beach, FL 34217
Call (941) 778-0777 or Rentals 778-0770
1-800-741-3772 OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
Web site: www.smithrealtors.com


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Center soccer camp a kick in the grass


By Kevin Cassidy
Islander Sports
The annual back-to-school soccer camp at the
Anna Maria Island Community Center was a big hit
with kids and parents. Approximately 60 kids partici-
pated in the camp, which ran Aug. 10-13.
The players came to brush up on their soccer skills
for the upcoming recreational soccer league at the Cen-
ter. Players were put through a series of drills and ex-
ercise b) coaches Sean Pittman, Jordan "Mr. Cool"
Pritchard, Phelp.s Trac), Kevin Greunke, Billy Malfese,
Rich Bell and Center jatiletic director Andy Jonatzke.
After the campers completed the array of drills and
exercises, they were treated to the always-popular open
scrimmages to end each evening of soccer.
Next on the agenda for Island soccer players is the.
draft, which will take place this week at the Center.
Coaches for the teams within the Center's four divi-
sions will gather on select nights to draft their teams for
the upcoming season, which gets under way in early
September. Tryouts for ages 10-11 are at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 17. Ages 12-13 try out at 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 18 and.ages 14-16 will show their stuff at 6:30
p.m. Aug. 19.
The Center is still looking for coaches in each of
the four age-specific divisions. For more information,
contact Jonatzke at 778-1908.

Walker runs away with horseshoe victory
Horseshoe action on Saturday, Aug. 13, featured a
three-way playoff to determine a champion after three
teams including the one-person team of Debbie
Rhodes finished:with identical 3-0 records after
regular match play.
They'drew numbers to determine which teams
would meet in a single semifinal game, with thewin-
ner advancing to the championship game.
Jay Disbrow of Bradenton and John Johnston of
Holmes Beach drew the winning number to face
Rhodes, who was untouchable in the semifinal game
and easily advanced to the championship match.


'GuI-Bay Realty s
) of Anna Maria Inc.
778-7244g -a. s342/7

I have clients that are looking for:
Perico Bay Club -
Grand Caryen Unit.
Waterfroiu lots in Ni\ Bradenton.
Hand man on .nna Maria island.
.4nY N'orth Reach t'illage unit.

If you or anyone you know "
is interestedin selling these
types of property please
Call Jesse Brisson
Broker-Associ'te
(941) 713-4755

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* wIth:, .j on r idi.-:..ra Bay with *
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* Beautiful Key Royale home *
* with family room, formal din- -s *
* ing room and eat-in kitchen.
* Located on the end of canal a
* and across the street from Bay. *
*. New tile flooring and kitchen *
* completely remodeled with *
* cherry wood cabinets, corian counter tops all corian in bath. *
* Heated pool overlooking canal with two-car garage. Fantastic *
* bay view if second addition was added. $1,200,000. *
* ISLAND CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS *
* Super opportunity to own Island business! *
* Offered at: $199,500 & Inventory. *
* ,*. Deborah Thrasher *
* RE/MAX Excellence '"
* J(941)518-7738 *
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Jacob Talucci, first-time player and camper at the
Anna Maria Island Community Center, shows off his
camp shirt. Islander Photo: Amelia Talucci

In Saturday's finals, she defeated the team of hus-
band Tom Rhodes and Bill Bartlett of Holmes Beach.
Wednesday, Aug. 10, it was Tom Rhodes who,
along with Steve Doyle from Anna Maria, flashed the
victory sign at the end of the morning: They had to first
defeat the team of Disbrow and Ron Pepka in the play-
off.
Play gets under way every Wednesday and Satur-
day at 9 a.m. behind the Anna Maria City Hall at the
corner of Gulf Drive and Pine Avenue. Warmups be-.
gin at 8:45 a.m. followed by random team selection.
There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome,
regardless of skill level.


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A Wonderful Way Of Life!
.. This fantastic.3BR/2BA'with a two-
;*. car garage screams island living at
-. 1 its best! Open floor plan with large
.. ~. I -: -, ,! ; kitchen area and stairs leading down
to the large bonus room for the kids
Sor storage. One block off of the
Breath taking shores of Anna Maria
.-- Island. Priced to sell at $599,000.
Call Dean Jones at (941) 345-7335
Realtor with Brenda DeArmond Realty



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i"The st.' Resort on thie Isla i." A Pn ate \\ ner-hpu
Opporunirty. 23 luxury, furnished, 2-bedroom, 2-bath condomini-
Sum apartments now available, many with spectacular Gulf or
a" Bay views. Spacious floor plans. The gorgeous property runs
from the private Gulf beach to Sarasota Bay, and has 3 pools,
Sfoiuntain and garden courrtards Private dock with 14 boat slips
available for sale H-otel managed by ResortQuest International.
S. Construction pricing available
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Her-icane sponsors, not golfers, sought
The Manatee High School Her-icane Golf Chal-
lenge, which is being held at the Bradenton Country
Club on Aug. 27, is sold out hurrah! and can not
accept anymore golfers. Thirty foursomes are set to tee.
it- up at 1 p.m, in the four-person sc ramble at
Bradenton's most challenging lay out.
The golf challenge is still in need of hole sponsors
and raffle items. Hole sponsorships cost $125 for a tee
or green sign on the course while anything a business
would like to donate for the raffle will be appreciated.
Current "hat trick" sponsors include attorney Brett
D. McIntosh and the Bradenton Herald. Golden 'go.l
sponsors include The Islander, Dr. Thomas DeGroat,
Artazen Construction, Christy Insurance, Tom Wessel
Construction Corp., Anna Maria Oyster Bar, Grego's
Almost to the Beach Tavern, Wedebrock Real Estate,
Thyssen Krupp Elevator, Jeff Watts Plastering &
Stucco and Ashdown Flooring. Goal sponsors include
Bruce Williams Homes, Big League Haircuts, Palma
Sola Animal Clinic, Sandbar restaurant, Commercial
Plastering Inc. and Deryll & Alice Gross.
For more information, contact me, Her-icane coach
Kevin Cassidy, at 807-11105.;

Sign up for NFL
punt, pass, kick competition
The Manatee Family YMCA, Bradenton branch,
located at 3805 59th St. W., is hosting the National
Football League and Pepsi's punt, pass and kick com-
petition on Saturday, Sept. 10.
This is a free competition for kids age 8-15 to com-
pete with millions of other kids their age for one of 32
spots in the national finals. Boys and girls compete
separately in four age divisions. All participants launch
one punt, one pass and one kick, with scores based on
distance and accuracy.
Registration is required with birth certificate for proof
of age at sign up. Register today at the YMCA. Call 792-
7484, ext. 120, for more information. You can also visit
www.NFLyouthfootball.com or www.manateeymca.org.






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ISLANDER__CLASSIFIEDS


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BRADENTON LOT 53x 118 lot on Riverview Boulevard.'Views
of the river and convenient to 'everything. Owner has plans to
build a 5,040 sf under roof boasting 3,243 sf under air home on
the lot. Can choose builder, price is for lot. $385,000.


INVESTOR ALERT! 13.728 st duplex lot, with tne bonus ol a
recently renovated duplex. Don't miss this one! 6BR/4BA and
plenty of room for TWO pools! Call today for more details!
$849.000.


MOVE RIGHT IN Enjoy Island living in this beautifully
remodeled home located in Anna Maria. Granite counter tops,
wood floors, brand new carpet..Move right in. $799,000.


IMMACULATE KEY WEST STYLE 3BR/2BA custom home just
two blocks from the beach on a quiet cul-de-sac. Very well main-
tained, large bedrooms, master suite with dual showers plus
oversized two-car garage with workshop area in back. Bonus
recreation area downstairsand lots of storage! Large side yard
with plenty of room for a pool! $875,000.


GULFVIEW LUXURY ISLAND HOME Executive Anna Maria
home with views of the Gulf of Mexico. Experience paradise in
luxury one house off of the beach on a quiet, desirable location.
This home offers 3BR/2BA, hardwood flooring, quality doors,
windows and fixtures, custom cabinetry, Corian countertops, cus-
tom lighting, dumbwaiter and plenty of storage. Tastefully furished
with a touch of island flavor. Call Heather at (941) 807-4661 or Jen-
nifer, 345-7002 for your private viewing. Offered at $1,495,000.






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BEST BUY ON LONGBOAT KEY! 2BR/2BA freestanding villa
with wood floors. Private beach access, marina, boat slips,
55-plus. $329,000.

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LET'S GO FISHING! Call Capt. Mike Heistand on
the charter boat "Magic." Full or half day backwater
fishing. USCG licensed. Ice, bait, tackle provided.
(941) 723-1107.



NOW HIRING ALLpositions. Rotten hours, rotten pay.
Apply at Rotten Ralph's Waterfront Restaurant, 902 S.
Bay Blvd., Anna Maria, or call (941) 778-3953.

OFFICE POSITION: Part time, knowledge of
QuickBooks a plus. Reservations, general office
work. Seahorse Beach Resort, Longboat Key. Call
fol an appointment, (941) 383-2417.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Meet interesting people,
learn the history of the Island. Anna Maria Island
Historical Museum, 402 Pine Ave;, Anna Maria.
(941). 778-0492.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Tingley Memorial
Library. Duties include checking books in/out,;
reshelving, and generally assisting library patrons.
Call Eveann Adams, (941) 779-1208.

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CHILD SITTER AND PET SITTER. Ninth-grade
male looking for a job. Available after school and
weekends. Zachary, (941) 779-9783.

SPENCER'S SKIM SCHOOL for beginners and
intermediates. Free skimboard use with lessons.
$10 per half-hour lesson, three lessons
recommended. Local teen, team competitor. Call
(941) 778-0944.

CHECK US OUT AT www.islander.org !
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BABYSITTER: Responsible 10th-grader, great with
kids, first-aid certified. Charlotte, (941) 756 5496.

NEED A BABYSITTER? Call Felicia, (941)
761-1569. Red Cross certified.

NEED A BABY-SITTER orpet-sitter? Eighth grade,
13-year old girl, very responsible. Great with
animals and kids.- Call Kendall, (941) 779-9783.

WANT AN. IRISH baby-sitter? Responsible,
experienced 15-year old. Red Cross babysitting and
first-aid certified. Call Geinma, (941) 447-9657.

SANDBAGS DELIVERED: Be prepared. Local teen
.will make and deliver sandbags. to your Island
residence. Spencer, (941) 778-0944 to order.



MAN WITH SHOVEL Plantings, natives, patio
gardens,, trimming, clean-up, edgings,
maintenance. Hard-working .:andv responsible.
Excellent references. Edward (941) 778-3222.

LET US DRIVE YOU! Shopping, medical
appointments, airports, cruise ports. Flat rates.
Sunshine Car Service. Serving ti;heslands. (941)
778-5476.

COMPUTER OBEDIENCE TRAINING Is your
computer misbehaving? Certified computer service
and private lessons. Special $40.hour. Free advice.
(941) 545-7508.

ISLAND PRESSURE CLEANING for great results,
wash away mildew, dirt, salt. Thorough, reasonable,
reliable. Free estimates, licensed, insured. (941)
778-0944.

CALL DAN'S RESCREEN for your free estimate to-
day. Affordable rates, quality work guaranteed. Pool
cages, lanais, windows, doors. Call (941) 713-5333,.

SELL it fast with an ad in The Islander.


ATTENTION INVESTORS


..







You can be creative and utilize o\ er 1,400 sf of land
zoned duplex, currently with single family structure.
This is an attractive site with 182 feet of frontage on
Marina Drive in.quiet Bay Palls subdivision. Re-
move structure for two unique townhouses for the in-
dividualist buyers or refurbish. You decide! $775,000.




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Attractive elevated home only 275 feet to beach. Area
of prestigious homes on the T'sl.nd'. North end.
2BR/2BA and refurbished in 2002 with new kitchen,
upgrades in -bathrooms, new Amana heat pump
system and eight runs of new ductwork. Lovely 16"
tile throughout great room and kitchen with carpeted
bedrooms. Freshly painted interior. Neutral decor...
all you need is your furnishings. $725,000.

SMaria



SINCE 1957
"We ARE the Island!"
Maric Franklin, Lie. Real Estate Broker
941 778-2259 Fax 941 778-2250
E-mail amrealty@verizon.net
Web' site www.annamariareal.com


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REAL ESTATE LLC

GULFFRONT WATERS EDGE
2BR/2BA Gulffront condo. Fabulous view of Gulf
and gorgeous walking beach. Turnkey furnished,
updated, ceramic tile. Excellent mid-island location.
Pool, secured lobby, under-building parking. One of
the Island's finest locations. Call to see. $995,000.
PLAYA ENCANTADA
2BR/2BA Elegant condo -in superb Gulffront
complex. Beautifully ti,"-i A\ed, totally
renovated t pElDit. ,r one of the
Island's fin S ulis. Jacuzzis, tennis, secured
heated pool, under-building parking. Gorgeous
walking beach. $799,900.
WOODED LOT ON WARES CREEK
1BR/1BA mobile home on large wooded lot with fruit
trees and fence. Central location, room for a pool and
lots of room for RV or boat storage. Dead end street
with 125 feet on Wares Creek. Possible rezone for
"best use" PDR. 5 Units. $125,000.
DIRECT GULFFRONT CONDO
1BR/1.5BA Seaside Beach House condo. Turnkey
furnished in intimate, private complex with gorgeous
view of Gulf. Very nicely furnished, Sautillo tile, beau-
tiful walking beach, heated pool,, excellent rental.
$799,900.
PERICO ISLAND CONDO
2BR/2BA Turnkey condo. Nicely furnished in great
Westside, location. Close to Anna Maria Island
beaches. Heated pool, tennis, clubhouse with fitness
room, carport. Short drive to shopping and
restaurants. $359,900.

ANNUAL RENTALS
From $700 / month
SEASONAL RENTALS
Condos/Homes: $500 week / $1,000 month

779-0202 (800) 732-6434
ANNA MARIA

0] MLS SunCoast
REAL ESTATE LLC
Island Shopping Center 5402 Marina Drive
Holmes Beach, Florida 34217 www.suncoastinc.comj






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CONNECT-ICON Your local computer specialist.
Experienced certified technician for communication
electronics offers wireless and cable. networks,
upgrades, maintenance, repairs, tutoring and
training. Call Robert, (941) 778-3620.

TOM'S WINDOWS: Door and window repairs and
replacement. Sales, service, parts. E-mail
metrohs@msn.com. (941) 730-1399.
CLEAN POWER WASHING. Driveways, patio,
concrete,-pool decking, fences, boats and more.
Satisfaction guaranteed. (941) 224-6627.

MR. BILL'S HOME REPAIR/maintenance service.
Over 30 years experience, self-employed in
construction trades. "I'm handy to have around."
(941) 778-4561.

HOUSE CLEANING: Ten years experience..
Excellent references. Ask for Sunshine. Call (941)
345-6768 or 761-7658.

NEW VISIONS: PAINTING, exterior/interior,
pressure washing, waterproofing and restoration,
handyman services, etc. We get 'er done for a good
price! Call (941) 538-3052, local guys.


CHECK US OUT AT www.islander.org !


GARAGE DOOR OVERSTOCK: Hurricane ready,
quick turnaround and free estimates. Double- and
single-car doors available. Service also available.
(941) 484-0060.
WEST COAST NUISANCE Wildlife Services:
Critter problems and nuisances. Raccoons our
specialty! Live trapped and relocated. State
licensed by FWC, (941) 778-3455, or mobile 24-
hour emergency, 720-4152.

RESIDENTIAL REPAIRS and maintenance Over
20 years experience. Equability is our trademark.
We will help you with your plan from start to finish.
(941) 538-3520 or 448-1956.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Kelley Ragan. Quality portraits,
weddings, beach photography, babies, even pets!
Reasonable. (941) 447-8892.
MUSIC LESSONS! Flute, saxophone, clarinet.
Beginning to advanced. Contact Koko Ray, (941)
792-0160.
MURALIST, Mark Burdette. Custom murals, interior
or exterior, landscapes and more. (941) 447-9637.
ANYONE CAN TAKE a picture. A professional cre-
ates a portrait. I want to be at your wedding!
www.jackelka.com. (941) 778-2711.


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 William Eller, (941)
795-7411. RA005052.
NADIA'S EUROSAGE Relaxing, healing massage
in the comfort of your home. Call today for an
appointment, (941) 795-0887. MA#0017550.
TILE AND MOSAIC custom installation, 20 years
experience. References available. For a reasonable
price, call Sebastian, (941) 704-6719.


CONNIE'S LANDSCAPING INC. Residential and
commercial. Full-service lawn maintenance,
landscaping, cleanup, hauling and more! Insured.
(941) 778-5294.
ISLAND LAWN SPRINKLER service and repair.
If it is broken, we can fix it. Free estimates. Senior
discount. Call (941) 778-2581 or 962-6238.
JR'S LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE Lawns,
native plants, mulching, trimming, hauling, cleanup.
Island resident 25 years. Call (941) 807-1.015.
FIND GREAT DEALS on wheels and everything
else in The Islander, 778-7978.


Kathy Geeraerts, Realtor INVESTORS: GR
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Property Management and Leasing
Manatee MLS as of 08/4/05 Total Island Properties For Sale: 213
(SFR, Condo, Duplex) Median Price: $849,000
".'-M-aait. Total Pending: 94 Median Price: $743,500
"Total Sold Since 1/1/05:304 Median Price: $594,000
Call us forAnnual
S, and Seasonal Rentals
t ^ .G',, D~~li Gulfstream
RFA -M 'Realty"
Judy Karkhoff 941-778-7777
IRealtor 866-266-9911
Realtor attended Anna Maria Elementary School, University of MN (BA) and UCLA Business School


SALES & RENTALS
419 Pine Ave., Anna Maria FL 34216 PO Box 2150 (941) 778-2291
EVENINGS 778-2632 FAX (941) 778-2294


This inviting 3BR/2BA home is tucked | l!1 :si.
away on quiet Bay Palms Drive, IO R '
offering a spacious, fully lenced back i li1 ii
yard with plenty ol room for a pool! 7 '
Features include ceramic liled floors, _
a cheerful white and yellow with handy pass through to the sunny Florida
room, and a lovely guest bath with Corian countertop and custom vanity.
This blue ribbon home is priced to sell at $595,000 and won't last long!
Boat slip option available.
Visit our Web site at www.betsyhills.com


ISLAND DUPLEX:Steps to beach. Reduced to $699,000
before remodeling continues. Investors and builders bring your
imaginations. Gulfviews possible. 2BR/1 BA on large corner lot.
Anne Haber, Realtor (941) 713-9835
SUTTON GROUP REALTY


IFamily Busine

for more than

27 YEARS


Sally Norman-Greig
:." 14 Years
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Barbara Gentiluomo
26 Years

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MikeNorman Marianne
Normarn-Ellis
7 Years


A family run real estate business
for more than 27 years on
Anna Maria Island,
Mike Norman Realty takes pride
in serving this community with
honesty and
integrity.


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continue serving
W. ..Y. you with consistent
and reliable
results on which
Ron Chovan Chet Coleman
you can depend.
14 Years 19 Years
AsEe .9100 Thanks for 27 years!


Kathy Caserta
3 Years


Vic Caserta Claire Lasota
Year Secretary


Mike

Norman

Realty INC


Evelyn Mitchell
23 Years


Lisa Collier Rochelle Bowers
13 Years 6 Years


Rolando Rubi Carla Beddow
1 Year 4 Years

800-367-1617
941-778-6696
www.mikenormanrealty.com
3101 GULF DRIVE
HOLMES BEACH





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Sandy's Lawn Service Inc.
Sandy's Established in 1983
Sawn Celebrating 23 Years of
Se Aice Quality & Dependable Service.
i 1 e e Call us for your landscape
\778-1345 and hardscape needs.
Licensed &Insured

Paradise Improvements 778-4173
,--. ,.. Kitchen and Bath Remodeling Specialist
.-. ., Replacement Doors and Windows
----.-. Steven Kaluza Andrew Chennault
[ Fully Licensed and Insured Island References
Lic#CBC056755

NVAGNER REALTY
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HADOLD SMALL REALTOR@
Office: (941) 778-2246. 792- 8628
E-mail: haroldsmall@wagnerrealtycom







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Digital Composite Studio 779-3937

Swvimsuit
Panoramas

We service all makes/Flat rate pricing
Free replacement estimates
Indoor air quality-UV, Hepa, Duct sanitizing
Maintenance
(91 (941)746-4191


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THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
I massage in the peace, quiet ?-Sa
and convenience of your home! %
More than 10 )ears on
SAnna Maria Island.

I Call Nadia

941.795.0887





Anyone can take
a picture.
A professional
creates a portrait.

J ELKA
SPHOTOGRAPHICS
941-778-2711
www.iackelka.com


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941-778-7978 or www.islander.org
5404 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach


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LAWN & ARDEN Continued jROV fTing


CLOUD 9 LANDSCAPING: Top quality lawn and
landscape maintenance. Now accepting new
accounts at great rates. Please call (941) 778-2335
or 284-1568.


PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN and
installation. Huge selection of plants, shrubs and
trees. Irrigation. Everything Under the Sun Garden
Centre, 5704 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. (941)
778-4441.

SHELL DELIVERED and spread. $35/yard.
Hauling: all kinds of gravel, mulch, top soil with free
estimates. Call Larry at (941) 795-7775, "shell
phone" (941) 720-0770.

KARAZ LANDSCAPE Lawn Service. Mulch, clean-
ups, power washing, tree trimming and more. City
of Anna Maria resident. Cell (941) 448-3857.

NATURE'S DESIGN LANDSCAPING. Design and
installation. Tropical landscape specialist. Residential
and commercial. 30-years experience. (941)
729-9381.

STRAIGHT SHOT LANDSCAPE: Installs, clean-
ups, shell, rock, palms, aquascapes, tree work.
Truckfor hire, move anything. Shark Mark (941)
727-5066.


VAN-GO PAINTING residential/commercial,
interior/exterior, pressure cleaning, wallpaper.
Island references. Bill, (941) 795-5100.

JOE UNGVARSKY CONSTRUCTION Remodeling
contractors. In-house plan designs. State licensed
and insured. Many Island references. (941)
778-2993. License #CRC 035261.
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PAINTING free esti-
mates. 35-year Island resident. Call Jim Bickal at
(941) 778-1730.

CHRISTIE'S PLUMBING Island and off-Island
service since 1975. Repairs and new construction.
Free estimates, no overtime charges. Now certifying
back flow at water meters. (FL#RF0038118) (941)
778-3924 or 778-4461.

TILE TILE TILE. All variations of ceramic tile
supplied and installed. Quality workmanship,
prompt, reliable, many Island references. Call Neil,
(941) 726-3077.

ROOFING REPAIRS and replacements. Remodeling,
repairs, additions, screen rooms, kitchens, baths.
Free estimates. License #CGC061519,
#CCC057977, #PE0020374. Insured. Accepting
MasterCard/Visa. (941) 720-0794.

CUSTOM RENOVATION/RESTORATION expert.
All phases of carpentry, repairs and painting.
Insured. Member of Better Business Bureau. Paul
Beauregard, (941) 779-2294.

KEN & TINA DBA Griffin's Home Improvements Inc.
,Handyman, fine woodwork, countertops, cabinets
and shutters. Insured and licensed, (941) 748-4711.

TILE, CARPET, LAMINATE supplied and installed.
Why pay retail? Island resident, many references.
Free estimates, prompt service. Steve Allen Floor
Coverings. (941) 792-1367, or 726-1802.

MORENO MARBLE & TILE Installation and
restoration. Quality work. Over 20 years
experience. Insured. Call Javier at (941) 685-5163
or 795-6615.

JERRY'S HOME REPAIR: Carpentry work, handy-
man, light plumbing, electrical, light hauling,
pressure washing and tree trimming. Call (941)
778-6170 or 447-2198.


INTERIOR SURFACE RENOVATION: Drywall
repairs, hand and spray texturing, acoustic ceilings,
painting, tiling and shower doors. Clean, honest,
reliable. Free estimate. Credit cards accepted.
F.A.W. Remodeling, (941) 586-4695.

HOME IMPROVEMENT: Repair, painting, tile.
Local references. 25 years experience. Call John,
(941) 778-3713.

CARL V. JOHNSON JR. Inc. building contractor.
New homes, additions, renovations. Quality work
and fair prices. Call (941) 795-1947.
Lic#RR0066450.
OVER- THIRTY YEARS craftsman experience.
Interior, exterior, doors, stairs, windows and trim.
Dan Michael, master carpenter. Call 932-7580 or
cell, 518-3316.

WINDOW SHADES, BLINDS, shutters and more.
Lifetime warranty. Call Keith Barnett for a free
in-home consultation. Island references, 15 years
experience. (941) 778-3526 or 730-0516.


RENTALS available weekly, monthly, seasonal.
Wedebrock Real Estate Co., (941) 778-6665 or
(800) 749-6665.

POOL HOME AVAILABLE for vacation let. Near
Holmes Beach, 3BR/2BA 'with all amenities.
Managed by Coastal Properties Realty, (941)
794-1515.

SEASONAL RENTAL: Holmes Beach, 4BR (two
master suites)/3BA, house on canal. Two minutes
to beach. Heated pool, dock, cable TV, washer/
dryer, garage, designer furnished with tropical yard
setting. One of the finest rentals on Island: $1,600/
weekly or $6,000/monthly. Call 713-0034 or e-mail:
gamiller@tampabay.rr.com.
GULFFRONT CONDOS: 3BR/2BA, 2BR/2BA,
1BR/1BA with breathtaking sunsets. Pools, Jacuzzi,
walk to shops and restaurants. Available weekly,
monthly, seasonal. (901.) 301-8299 or e-mail
captko462 @aol.com.
MARINERS COVE: Annual unfurnished 3BR/2.5BA
bayfront unit with fabulous views and 2,158 sf of
living area. Gated community with heated pool,
tennis, elevator and protected deep-water boat
dock. Call Dave Moynihan, Realtor/owner, (941)
778-2246 or 720-0089.

WE ARE BOOKING rentals for 2006. Wide variety
of.condos and houses starting at $1,500/month.
Annual rental; Ironwood, 2BR/2BA condo on golf
course, $1,000/month; Sandy: Pointe, 2BR/2BA,
furnished,- pool, seven-month rental, $1,100.
SunCoast Real Estate, (941)- 779-0202.
www.suncoastinc.com.

SEASONAL RENTAL: 2BR/2BA furnished condo.
West Bradenton, five minutes to beaches..$2,700/
month. (708) 532-2149.


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SEASIDE BUNGALOW: Summer rates $1,800/
month, $500/week. One short block to Anna Maria
City Pier. Very cute! 2BR/1BA, pet friendly.
Call Maureen (941) 778-0542 or 730-0587 for more
information.

CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN Sarasota: Unfurnished
1BR/1BA apartment.. $650/month for six month
lease. References, first, last and deposit. Call
Jackie, (941) 929-7165.

ANNUAL: WEST BRADENTON, Perico Bay, gated
community, end-unit villa, heated pool, tennis,
covered carport. 2BR/2BA furnished, $1,200/month
or 1BR72BA unfurnished, $950/month. (508)
574-3352. E-mail a.desmarais@comcast.net.

ANNUAL RENTAL:- 2BR/2BA luxury condo,
downtown river-front Bradenton. Great view, gated
community. $1,250/month. (941) 720-1712.

ANNUAL RENTALS: Flamingo Cay, beautiful
canalfront 3BR/2BA, screened pool, new boat dock
with lift, tile floors, $1,800/month, includes pool and
lawn service; Sunbow Bay, 2BR/2BA condo,
covered parking, pool, tennis courts, washer/dryer,
close to shopping, $1,100/month, no pets. Please
call Kim Fisher, Wagner Realty, (941) 778-2246.
www.wagnerrealty.com.

SANDPIPER RESORT on Gulf Drive: 55-plus
community, fully equipped 1BR/1BA beachhouse
with greatroom and kitchen. Brand new! Steps to
the beach or Inlracoastal. All utilities including trash,
except phone. Rent weekly to annually. No pets.
E-mail Tennishofo@aol.com. (317) 873-3307.
WEEKLY RENTALS: Alecassandra villa, 1BR/1BA,
$700/week; Island dduplex, 2BR, $800/week;
Gulffront cottage, 2BR, $1,000/week; Bradenton
Beach Club, 2BR/2BA, $1,400/week. Please call
Kim Fisher, Wagner R:ealty, (941) 778-2246.
www.wagnerrealty.com.

NICE 2BR MOBILE home: Refurbished-on creek at
Tropical Mobile Home Park. Pool, whirlpool. Huge
recreation room, seats 1,000. Ten minutes to
beach. $1,000/month, six-month lease. (863)
688-3524, or e-mail chickenplucker@webtv.net.

HOLMES BEACH: DEEP sailboat water on canal
with dock. 3BR/2BA updated home, new kitchen
with granite countertop. Water views, walk to beach.
Annual. (941) 545-6118.

VACATION RENTAL: Runaway Bay, 1BR, sleeps.
four. Pool, tennis, golf clubs, rackets, fishing poles.
Through Nov. 30, $600/week. (941) 778-9378.

ANNUAL: 2BR/1BA, 54th Street, Holmes Beach.
Conveniently located and near beach. Nice back
yard. First, last and security required. Garbage and
lawn service included. $875/month. (941) 778-2113
or 360-0618.


VACATION RENTALS: 2BR apartments across
from beautiful beach, $375 to $500/week. Winter
and spring dates available. Almost Beach
Apartments, (941) 778-2374.

ANNUAL RENTALS: 2BR/2BA beachfront condo,
55-plus, $1,200/month; 2BR/1BA Anna Maria,
$900/month; 2BR/1BA Holmes Beach duplex,
across from beach, $800/month; 1BR/1BA duplex
on Peacock Lane, $700/month. Call An Island
Place Realty, (941) 779-0733.

SIT AND WATCH the boats go by as the sun sets:
Bayfront 2BR/2BA condo with gated community
and pool. $1,100/month. Call Island Real Estate,
(941) 778-6066.

CORTEZ COTTAGE: Breezy, quiet area: Fully
furnished, no pets, nonsmoking. $850/month or
$500/week, includes utilities. Two-person maxi-
mum. (941) 778-8168. www.divefish.com.

SHORT WALK TO Pier: 1BR/1BA. Take a short walk
to the-bayfront or to.the warm Gulf waters. $850/
month. Call Island Real Estate, (941) 778-6066.

COMMERCIAL SPACE: 1,600 sf on Gulf Drive,
next to Holmes Beach shopping center. Available
Sept. 1. (941) 778-2694.

HOME EXCHANGE in United Kingdom: 2BR
cottage, heated, appliances, situated on beautiful
North Yorkshire Moors. Drive 40 minutes to historic
SYork, two hours to Scotland, three-hour train ride to
London. Exchange required Oct. 31 to Nov. 14.
Return exchange dates open. Call U.K.,
011-44-1580-852231, or e-mail adrem @fsmail.net.

DIRECT GULFFRONT HOME: Elevated 2BR/2BA
with pristine beach right out your back door.
Call Island Real Estate, (941) 778-6066.

ANNUAL RENTALS: 2BR/1.5BA, Holmes Beach,
$825/month; 2BR/2BA riverfront condo, $1,300/
month. Call. Fran Maxon Real Estate, (941)
778-2307 for details.

SHORELINE TO SHORELINE: 1BR/1.5BA plus
den with wood beams and natural light in the heart
of Anna Maria. $850/month. Call Island Real Estate,
(941) 778-6066.

ANNUAL RENTAL: HOLMES Beach, totally
Renovated 2BR/1BA duplex. One block to beach.
.New kitchen, appliances, bathroom, floors and
paint! $925/month. (941) 730-0866.

SHORT STROLL to warm Gulf waters: 2BR/2BA,
recently remodeled, elevated duplex in quiet north
Holmes Beach. $1,100/month. Call Island Real
Estate, (941) 778-6066.

ANNUAL: ANNA MARIA "2BR/2BA, newly
remodeled. Near Rod & Reel pier. $800/month, plus
utilities. No pets. (941) 778-6088.


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MONTHLY RENTAL: Holmes Beach duplex. 2BR/
1 BA, one unit with pool. (941) 448-0596.

ANNUAL 2BR/1BA APARTMENT, new tile, $850/
month; 1 BR/1 BA with washer/dryer hookups, $750.
Dolores M. Baker Real Estate. (941) 778-7500.

OFF-SEASON DEALS: Furnished Perico Bay Club
villa, 2BR/2BA, garage, $1,000/month; Palma Sola
townhouse, 2BR/2BA, boat slip and pool, $990/
month. Real Estate Mart, (941) 756-1090.

LOVELY ISLAND 2BR/2BA turnkey furnished home
with dining room and den. Available 2005-06. Now,
$1,950/month. See at http://Groups.MSN.com/
TwinPalmsAnnaMaria/rent.MNSW for all rates.
(941) 778-5522.

SUPER CUTE! 1BR/1BA, great location, oneblock
to beach and bay. Just renovated, new appliances,
new tile and wood floors. Annually, $800/month;
seasonally, $1,200/month. (941) 448-0627.

SEASONAL OR WEEKLY cottage-style rentals.
1 BR/1BA or 2BR/1 BA with pool. Walk to beach,
shopping, restaurants. (941) 778-3426. Web site
2spinnakers.com.


PRECONSTRUCTION PRICES! Hidden Lake con-
dominiums, west Bradenton. Close to beach. Start-
ing at $329,900. Call Cori Woods, (941) 761-0444.

BEAUTIFUL TURNKEY MOBILE home. Steps from
Intracoastal, 1BR/1.5BA, possibly 2BR. Low lot
rent. $59,900. (941) 704-6947.

NORTH BEACH VILLAGE: 2BR/2.5BA, one-car
garage. Unit 24, Holmes Boulevard. $525,000.
Excalibur Realty Inc., (941) 792-5566.

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY includes real estate
and owner's separate living quarters. $729,000.
Call Fred for details. Real Estate Mart, (941)
756-1090.


LTD MORTGAGE INC.
The Oldest Mortgage Co. on Anna Maria Island
Linda G. Davis Ted E. Davis
Licensed Mortgage Brokers
Conforming and jumbo loans.
S 1st and 2nd mortgages.
No closing cost home equity lines of credit.
*.100% purchase money mortgages.
SResidential and commercial mortgages.
Private money available for those
hard-to-place loans.

(941) 779-2113
S1 ... 502 72nd Street
Holmes Beach


SHELL POINT: LOVELY, well-maintained 3BR/3BA
in private secluded area. Beautiful new kitchen.and
spacious bedrooms. No age restriction. Deeded,
carport. $409,000. Call Cindy, (941) 504-6176. A
Paradise Realty, 778-4800.

FABULOUS RIVERFRONT LOT, Ruskin: Cleared,
nice dock, 114 by 169 feet, plus second lot (half acre)
across street on bayou, including outstanding 3BR/
2BA manufactured home and two-car detached
garage. All for $439,900. Claire Tort, Dickman Realty.
(800) 249-1651 or cell (813) 363-7250.

HOLMES BEACH: BUILDABLE R2 lots. 9,000 sf,
$799,000 and 10,000 sf, $890,000. Also, canalfront
homes, $900,000 to $1,100,000. (941) 448-0596.

PRICED TO SELL at $350,000: Beautiful waterfront
condo. 2BR/2BA, covered parking, close to tennis,
health club, restaurant, marina. Prestigious new area
of Little Harbor in Ruskin. Claire or Judy, Dickman
Realty. (800).249-1651 or cell (813) 363-7250.

NORTH ANNA MARIA: Adorable cottage with
views of the bay! $425,000. Please call Maureen,
Green Real Estate, (941) 778-0455.

WESTBAY.POINTAND Moorings: 2BR/2BA end unit
with beautiful views. Newly updated interior decor and
furnishings. Please call (616) 676-1941 to view.

FAMILY COMPOUND: Centrally located in.Braden-
ton on private lake. Consists of one new 5BR/
2.5BA, 3,200-sf home; one 5BR/2BA older home;
1BR cottage; separate building lot. $1,100,000.
Real Estate Mart, (941) 756-1090.

LONGBOAT: UNIQUE 3BR/2BA, two-car garage, lo-
cated on the north end in historic village. Has 400 sf
main bedroom suite with sun deck, wet bar, wine
cooler, 15-foot ceilings and lots of French doors and
private entrance. $729,900. Real Estate Mart, (941)
756-1090.

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SHELL POINT- Lovely, Aell-m rr,aninr, 3B
3BA in private secluded area. Beautiful new
kitchen and spacious bedrooms. Non-age re-
stricted. Deeded. Carport. $409,000. Call Cindy
at (941) 504-6176 or Dick Maher, 778-6791.


BRADENTON BEACH DUPLEX- Fier upper
or build new. 2BR/1 BA each side, across street
from Gulf. Zoned R-3, lot size 55x100.
$775,000. Call Dave VandeVrede at (941) 725-'
4800.


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BREATHTAKING 2BR/2BA condo with
breathtaking view of Gulf and beach. Deeded
beach access. Upstairs unit with parking
below. $925,000. Cohtact Quentin Talbert,
778-4800.


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SPECTACULAR BAYVIEW CONDO
2BR/2BA turnkey furnished with good rental
history. Large fishing pier and community boat
dock. Laundry room in unit. $589,000. Contact
Dave Vande Vrede, 778-4800.


DON'T MISS THIS OtNE! C.:.niplell, re.m.,.j
eled island duplex. 3BR/2BA on both sides.
Beautiful ceramic tile throughout this breezy
floorplan. Kitchens and baths newly updated,
too. Turnkey and already rented for the
season. $1,400,000. Call Dave Jones at
713-4800.



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GULF WATCH 2 BD/2 BA with almost 1,300
sf of living space.. Tile throughout. Nicely
furnished & rental friendly too. Walk across
the street to white sandy beach. Asking
$459,000. Call Cindy 941-504-6176.


WATERFRONT PROPERTY 2BR/2BA located on
deep-water canal with large dock and views of
Tampa Bay. $850,000. (941) 779-1512.


NEW RELEASE 20-percent discount for reservation
holders only. Coastal Georgia gated, deep-water
access. Wooded, lagoon and golf course home sites.
Call for reservation information, (877) 266-7376.

BEAUTIFUL NORTH CAROLINA. Escape the heat in
the cool beautiful peaceful mountains of westem North
Carolina. mountains. Homes, cabins, acreage, invest-
ments. Cherokee Mountain Realty, GMAC Real Es-
tate, Murphy NC www.cherokeemountainrealty.com.
Call for free brochure (800) 841-5868.

SPECIAL OFFERS pre-construction opportunities
Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida,
Nevada, South Carolina. From $199,000-$2,000,000.
www.beachclubinvestments.com (877) BCI-5020.
Flexible financial options provided by
www.allpointe.com. Free prequalification.

GEORGIA COAST: Large wooded access,
marshfront and golf course homesites. Gated with
tennis, kayaking, canoeing. Limited availability,
mid-$70s and up. Call today (877) 266-7376.

NORTH CAROLINA Mountains 3.43 acres on
mountain top, view, trees, waterfall and large public
lake nearby, $49,500. Owner, (866) 789-8535,
www.nc77.com.

WESTERN .NORTH CAROLINA Mountains.
Extraordinary home sites in gated Fall Branch Estates.
Wooded lots, panoramic mountain views, from.
$60,000. Current phase, preconstruction pricing. (877)
774-3437, www.RidgesLife.com.


THREE-WEEK BUILDING sale! 20 by 24, now
$2,320; 25 by 30, $3,490; 30 by 40, $5,170; 40 by 50,
$8,380; 40 by 60, $10,700; 50 by 100, $15,244; oth-
ers. Ends/accessories optional. Priced to Sell! Pioneer
S(800) 668-5422.


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now! Two-week minimum rentals. $425,000.

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941-704-3708

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BEAUTIFUL GULF VIEWS from this 3BR/2.5BA townhome
at Bermuda Bay Club, just across from the beach. Heated
pool, hot tub, dock on the bay plus a two-car garage. Makes
for a great home-or rental. $724,900.
PRICE REDUCTION! Peaks of the Gulf from two large
porches from this 3BR/2BA North Beach Village townhome
located just across from the beach. Low monthly fees cover
lawn, cable TV, pool and more. Weekly rentals-and large
pets OK too! $650,000.
THE MOST AFFORDABLE ISLAND RETREAT! Nidely fur-
nished ground-floor condo in bayfront complex offers the
perfect vacation getaway. Relax in the pool by the bay or
stroll on the beach just a few steps away. Not age-restricted.
$299,000.
PERFECT SUNSETS AND AWESOME DIRECT GULF
VIEWS from this second floor turnkey furnished 2BR/2BA
condo. Building elevator, undercover parking, heated pool
and private beach. $679,000.
NEW LISTING! Beautiful North Beach Village 3BR/2.5BA
townhouse with two-car garage. Many upgrades, new appli-
ances. $618,000.


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FINANCIAL CONDITION. SOME PRODUCTS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN ALL STATES. PRICES AND GUIDELINES
ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. RESTRICTIONS APPLY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.


Gulf Front
Residence for Sale
Stunning 2BR condo-
minium. Margaritas and
Jimmy Buffett music
welcome you to your
piece of paradise.


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877-469-4753
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4004 5TH AVE. 4006 5TH AVE.


The Jewel in the crown completes the most successful residential/investment development in the Island's history. Pre-con-
struction prices with permanent financing available for qualified buyers. These magnificent 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom Villas
feature: expansive great rooms with fireplaces, hardwood floors, gourmet kitchens with granite finish, elevator and private
swimming pool. A half block to public beach, restaurants, boutiques and market with partial Gulf and bay views. $1,250,000.
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annual rental Great location, no need to do a 0oy Ihe cool sea breezes Low maintenance
thing, ust enjoy $675.000 MLSn 510878 yard $549.000 MLS# 510846.


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Features will include granite counlenops.
wood cabinets, metal roof, slainless steel
appliances and lile throughout $899.000.
MLS# 510491.


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Call Island Aussie Geoffrey Wall, G.R.I. P.A.
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Price Reduced
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Lowest priced
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$349,000 :

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I 941-720-2242
941-779-9320
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2,.000,000.
A RARE FIND! Anna Maria Guinronl Ilc Becky
Smilh or ElI =tarrel, 778-2246. f504998.
$2,000,000.


BREATHTAKING VIEW! A full .iew of the
Sunshine Skviwv brnde trorm our own
private master suite. Gourrnme kitchen, maple
cabinets with granite counters Two electric
boal lils Tracve Hurley, 741-2500 #508869
$1 980,000


PANORAMIC BAYFRONT Spectacular -BR,'
2 SBA bayironi residence wnh 1 20-feei on
thn bay arid 80-teel of canal ironlage Dock
vertical lifI solar heated pool Bay-viewv
Close to Deach. Dave Moynifan. 7-8-2246
#509147. $1.695 000


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ANNA MARIA HOME Charming 3BR'3BA Key
Wes-sivie reminiscent ot S iss Family
RoDinson Large corner 101, quiet street Lush
lolbage Fenced New root and kitchen Privale
clock privileges. Melanie Johnson. 761-3100
e508390 $895.000


FABULOUS GULF VIEWS Prime furnished
end-unit offering spacious floor plan winhi
eai-in kilchen. breakfast oar. walk-in closely.
Fireplace and Iwo balconies. Dave Moynihan
778-2246. #507333. $675.000.


ANNA MARIA 3BR/2BA HOME Complelely
updated and immaculate. Tropical selling
basis lusn plantings and fruit trees Custom
stained glass blue heron window and etched
glass from door Becky Smith or Elli Starrett,
778-2246 4509374 $675,000.


RARELY AVAILABLE 2BR,2BA condo unit ISLANDS BEST VALUE ExcepIional 2BR,1BA
#216 in Runaway Bav Remodeled kiichen, updated end unit condo wilh newer kitchen
tresh paint inroughoul A.C. washer dryer lke appliances and furnishings. Snows great. Pool
new Don't wail' Harold Small. 778-2246. area. one block to beach Weekly rentals
$410.000 permiled Dave Movnihan, 778-2246
#511572 $299.999


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