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J Skimming the news ... Islandwide blood drive Friday ... see page 3.


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Helping victims, inside.


"The Best News on Anna Maria Island Since 1992"


www.islander.org


Volume 13, No. 48 Oct. 5, 2005 FREE


Hurricane Katrina for Anna Maria Island?


A question of when, not if...
By Rick Catlin
Islander Reporter
An island covered with 5 to 10 feet of mud and
devoid of any signs of life. Majestic homes and historic
buildings reduced to unrecognizable piles of rubbish.
Roads and bridges smashed as easily as a Lego set. A
15-foot-high storm surge moving 10 miles inland to the
interstate highway, or beyond, devastating everything
in its wake. Winds of 150 miles per hour toppling light
poles like matchsticks, tearing up railroad tracks, de-
stroying bridges and flooding entire towns.
Sounds like Hurricane Katrina that recently struck
the Louisiana-Mississippi Gulf Coast, right?
Actually, that's the description that experts with
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


give for Anna Maria Island and Bradenton when a
Category 4 hurricane such as Katrina makes landfall
just north of the Island.
And it's not a question of if, but when, said meteo-
rologist Dan Noah of the NOAA's Ruskin office.
"The storm surge would be 11 feet of water, plus
5 more feet from the wind," said Noah. If the storm hit
at high tide, the surge would be even greater.
In other words, expect at least a 16-foot storm
surge to wash over the Island.
"The surge would scour the Island clean," pre-
dicted Noah. "Even a tall building would have its first
floor knocked out." Single-story block and wood
homes would simply be pulverized or washed off their
foundations into the bays. People in the newer stilt
houses might be lucky and have just their ground floor
flooded and the structure might survive the storm, he


said, emphasizing "might."
The storm surge wouldn't stop at the Island.
Katrina's surge pushed about 20 miles inland, and
was still 16 feet when it was 13 miles from shore.
When Katrina hits here, downtown Bradenton
would be under about 11 feet of water, said Noah, and
areas directly south of Bradenton near Sarasota would
be covered with 14 feet of water. The surge would
cover all land areas west of Interstate 75 and would
push the Braden River back into low-lying areas.
"All those areas would have to be evacuated,"
Noah said, and that's just because of the storm surge.
The accompanying 131-155 mph winds would
destroy nearly all the vegetation on Anna Maria Island
and blow the roofs off of almost all structures.
PLEASE SEE HURRICANE, NEXT PAGE


Backed up
Traffic along Second Avenue West in Holmes Beach near the 52nd Street intersection is backed up because of
the detour on Gulf Drive due to a new sewer line installation on Peacock Lane. The delays are expected to
continue. For more information, see inside. Islander Photo: Rick Catlin

Passage Key noting 100th birthday


By Jim Hanson
Islander Correspondent
Passage Key, the constantly changing tiny island a
mile north of Anna Maria Island, will be 100 years old
as a National Wildlife Refuge Monday, and a Teddy
Roosevelt descendant will help celebrate the birthday.
Passage Key is the second such refuge established
by President Theodore Roosevelt, who formally named
it Oct. 10, 1905. It is part of what is now a 540-refuge
system around the United States.
The birthday party will be mostly confined to dig-
nitaries and press, the little islet being off limits to ev-
eryone the year around. The schedule calls for a boat
trip around the island for dignitaries at 10 a.m., wind-
ing up with- the official ceremony around noon on
nearby Egmont Key, likewise mostly off limits.
Participating will be Mark Ames, great-grandson
of President Roosevelt; U.S. Rep. C.W. "Bill" Young;
ex-Rep. Sam Gibbons; and various U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Service representatives as well as those from orga-
nizations that have had a hand in Passage Key's suc-
cess.
When Roosevelt established the key as a national
wildlife refuge it was a 60-acre mangrove island host-


ing 102 species of birds. Much of it was destroyed
by the infamous hurricane of 1921, and today is a me
wandering island of about five acres. Neighboring
Egmont Key.was designated a wildlife refuge in 1974
Cortez commercial fishermen recall when Passage
Key was much more prosperous, as such islands go.
"It used to have a big farm on it," said lifelong Cortez
fisherman Thomas "Blue" Fulford. "I don't know wha
they could have raised. Asa Pillsbury worked there he
lived in a shack over the water on the Manatee River neai
Boca del Rio and went to work by boat.
"Passage Key was a gunnery range during Work
War II and we stayed away then. It was a good island
to fish, you could run 1,000 yards of net along it. Af-
ter the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was built in 1950-51
the tidal flow changed and cut half of it off."
The hurricane destroyed what was then a mangrove
island with its,own lake, incidentally destroying much
of Cortez at the same time. The sea gradually rebuilt it
ravaged it again, rebuilt it yet again. Until recently it
was host to the largest royal tern and sandwich tern
nesting colonies in Florida, as well as habitat for wa-
ter birds, including laughing gulls, brown pelicans
black skimmers and oyster catchers.


Mystery FEMA


man identified

SBy Rick Catlin
Islander Reporter
Dan McDonald is not Dan McDonald.
Well, Dan McDonald is Dan McDonald, but the
man who came to Anna Maria Sept. 8,2004, reportedly
claiming he was Dan McDonald from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency was not the Dan
McDonald who works for FEMA.
This guy's name is Don Morris of Nashville,
Tenn., and he might want to auditionfor the remake of
"The Great Impostor." Don Morris is a senior econo-
mist for PMCL@CDM, a planning and management
consulting company that does subcontracting work for
FEMA.
According to Mayor SueLynn and Dave Smith of
Waste Management Inc., Don Morris identified him-
self as Dan McDonald of FEMA when he met with
them to review the contract for emergency waste haul-
Sing after Hurricane Charley had passed near the Island.
Morris/McDonald gave the "Good Housekeeping
seal of approval" to the contract, indicating that FEMA
would reimburse the city $53,000 for the emergency
hauling (The Islander, July 27).
Imagine the mayor's surprise when FEMA not
only refused to reimburse the city for the vast major-
g ity of the money, it claimed Dan McDonald had never
visited Anna Maria. FEMA claimed the contract did
not meet its specifications.
Foul, cried SueLynn and Smith.
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Passage Key in its "larger" days. Islander Photo.
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Hurricane horrendous for Island
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Together, the storm surge and wind would cut the
Island in half. The mud left by the surge would render
the Island uninhabitable for quite some time. Damages
would be in the billions of dollars and life would never
be the same after the storm hits if people could even
return to the Island.
People who stayed on the Island in the inane belief
they could ride out a Category 4 hurricane would be in
serious jeopardy. "You would be playing Russian rou-
lette and likely would no longer be with us" after the
storm passed, Noah said.
When Hurricane Charley in 2004 was forecast to
make landfall at the mouth of Tampa Bay directly north
of Anna Maria Island, some Islanders decided to ride
out the storm.
Noah said those people took their lives into their
own hands and it was only because Charley took a
slight turn to the east as it approached Port Charlotte
that Anna Maria Island was spared.
In addition to making that right turn, Charley's
eyewall was only 10 miles wide. Katrina's was 60
miles wide, causing total destruction along 25 miles of
Mississippi's Gulf Coast.
If you want to picture what the Island'will look like
after a Category 4 hurricane, just look at the pictures
of that area of Mississippi, he said. "That's a pretty
good comparison."
And don't.think it's never going to happen here or
that NOAA is just guessing.
The agency has computer models of the tracks of
all the hurricanes that have struck Tampa Bay and
Florida since 1850. In the past 155 years, 19 Category
3 or higher hurricanes have passed within 60 miles of
Anna Maria Island, including the unnamed Category 3
hurricane of 1921. In 1950, Hurricane Easy came close
to making a direct hit on the Island, but fortunately
stayed out in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricanes come in cycles. While NOAA does not
subscribe to the popular media theory that more cata-
strophic hurricanes are occurring because of global warm-
ing, they do say the Atlantic basin is in a "peak" cycle of
hurricane activity. Historically, these cycles seem to oc-
cur every 20 to 25 years. And Category 4 and Category 5


Trash hauling rates up for Holmes Beach, Anna Maria
Waste Management Inc., the contracted debris At the same time, commercial rates will also
and trash-hauling service for both Holmes Beach increase accordingly.
and Anna Maria, has announced a base rate increase Holmes Beach City Commissioner Don
effective Oct. 1,2005. Maloney said the new rates are due to increased
The new base residential rate in Holmes Beach is charges for dumping at the Manatee County Land-
$14.63 per month, up from $14.27. Anna Maria cus- fill, which recently raised its rate from $25 per ton
tomers will also see a base increase, officials said. to $28 per ton.


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History not on Island's side
NOAA has tracked 19 Category 3 or higher hurricanes
that have passed within 60 miles of Anna Maria Island
(center square of map) in the past 155 years.
hurricanes striking Florida are also an historical fact.
And don't complain too much about the lack of
rain in the area during September. That high pressure
that sat over Florida during the month that kept the tra-
ditional rains away also held the tracks of Katrina and
Rita south of Florida and pushed them to the west be-
fore they turned north.
Without that high pressure system, Florida stood a
good chance of being hit.
So, it might be this hurricane season, it might be
next year, or it might not happen for 100 years, said
Noah. But sooner or later, a Katrina-like hurricane is
going to come up the mouth of Tampa Bay with Anna
Maria Island on its east most powerful side.
Noah's advice when it happens: "Evacuate," and
do it quickly.


Mystery semi-solved
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

"Regardless of who he was, he was representing
FEMA, and as such, FEMA should pay the money," the
mayor said. "We signed the contract on his advice."
Too bad, replied FEMA. The agency did say Anna
Maria was eligible for reimbursement of $19,000, and
that amount has been paid.
According to the mayor, FEMA is conducting an
internal investigation into the 2004 meeting and trying
to determine exactly who met with SueLynn and WMI.
At least that's what FEMA has been saying to. SueLynn
for the past six weeks.
"I'm frustrated," she said. "It feels like we are be-
ing stonewalled by FEMA every time we call for an
update." In other words, FEMA will only say the inves-
tigation is continuing.
Any investigation by FEMA may not be the end of
the issue. "We are looking at our legal options," pending
a final determination from the agency, the mayor added.
But Don Morris and Dan McDonald are real
people and do exist. In fact, they may both have the
same acting coach.
Reached at his Nashville office, Don Morris said
that all questions about his work for FEMA should be
directed to the FEMA regional office in Orlando. When
Dan McDonald was asked about his role in the Sept. 8,
2004, mystery in Anna Maria, he also said all inquir-
ies should go through the FEMA regional office.
Morris did admit that he does subcontracting work
for FEMA, but did not comment on whether or not he
had ever been to Anna Maria.
Efforts to reach FEMA for comment on the
McDonald/Morris affair were unsuccessful.


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Islandwide blood drive Friday for storm victims


With cash donations, sports tickets and T-shirts for
lucky donors, the Islandwide Blood Drive will be from
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7.


The bloodmobies will be at the BeachHouse Res-
taurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach; Publix
of Holmes Beach, 3900 E. Bay Drive; and The Is-


Pipe dream or nightmare?
Goodloe Marine has claimed the approximately 200-yard-long stretch of pipes in front of Coconuts Beach
Resort on 73rd Street in Holmes Beach aren't being stored by them and the company has refused to remove
the pipes, despite numerous requests from Coconuts management. In the background offshore is Goodloe's
dredge, the Millennium. Islander Photo: Rick Catlin


Delayed beach renourishment


project returns to action


By Rick Catlin
Islander Reporter
After nearly four weeks of waiting for weather in
the Gulf of Mexico to bring calm seas back to Anna
Maria Island, Goodloe Marine has resumed its
renourishment operations.
The dredge Millennium returned to its position off
the northwest coast of the Island last Friday, said a
spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Renourishment sand should begin flowing through the
pipes to an area around 36th Street in Holmes Beach
this week.
The renourishment project will be nmoviig south
through Bradenton Beach to Coquina Beach before:
Goodloe turns its: attention to the .6 mile. portion of
Anna Maria beach slated for renourishment.
But hurricanes haven't been the only problem
Goodloe Marine has encountered the past month.


Take my pipes, please
Coconuts Beach Resort manager Joyce Ware
would like to have the pipes on the beach in front of the
73rd Street resort removed. They're an inconvenience
to her guests, particularly,the elderly, and they've been
sitting in front of her resort since July, when the beach
renourishment project moved through the area.
Trouble is, Goodloe Marine claimed two weeks
ago that they didn't have any pipes stored in front of
Coconuts.
If that's the case, said Ware, then who owns them?
S"I'm frustrated. I can't get anybody to claim re-
sponsibility and move the pipes. They (Goodloe) have
-been gone from our area since July. We are losing busi-
nessbecause people can't get a Gulf view room or have
an easy walk to the beach." -
Ware said she's been trying to have Goodloe or the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers get the pipes moved the
past two months. She believes Goodloe is keeping the
pipes in front of Coconuts because she dared to speak
out and complain about their continued presence.
But Ware got some hope from the Corps late last
week. She said Goodloe Marine has apparently recon-
sidered its position and indicated they would remove
the pipes on Monday.
Unfortunately, only one piece of pipe was taken
away that day and the remaining sections were still in
place on Tuesday.
Efforts to reach Bettie Goodloe of Goodloe Marine
for comment were unsuccessful.


SThe Corps said the company is using 24-inch pipe
to pump the sand through to the beach from the borrow
pit. Every time the company tried to re-connect the
pipes to resume dredging operations in September,
swells from either Hurricane Katrina or Rita would
cause a break.
"A 24-inch pipe is a fragile pipe. It never would
have been a problem without the storms," said the
Corps spokesperson. A 30-inch pipe would have been
a stronger pipe, but the Corps contract with Goodloe
only calls for a 24-inch pipe.
The spokesperson said because of the weather de-
lays the past six weeks, the Corps is considering an ex-
tension of the renourishment contract.
At the same time, Bettie Goodloe of Goodloe Ma-
rine said in an e-mail to the Corps that her company is
"doing our best to get this job completed in a safe, ef-
ficient manner. I ask that everyone remain steady and
hopefully the storms are over and we can get this job
completed."
She also noted her company has lost $240,000 due
to the delays caused by the inclement weather.
Goodloe's contract with the Corps is for approxi-
mately $5.9 million.


Shoreline trashed
An "alert reader" says garbage has littered the
shoreline ofBayfront Park recently, as evidenced in
this photo. The Anna Maria resident says she walks
the bayfront daily and clears Coke cans and other
debris, but large boulders of "foam" and long
lengths of yellow and black rope remain. She sus-
pects some of the debris is being discarded by
workers of the dredge project, which has equipment
stored offshore of the park.


lander, 5404 Marina Driver, Holmes Beach.
An anonymous benefactor will give $100 to the
Salvation Army for each unit of blood donated. Tick-
ets to the Orlando Magic game against the New Or-
leans Hornets Oct. 15 will be awarded, and the first 150
donors will get free T-shirts.
A donor must be 17 or older, in good health and
have a photo ID. The blood will go to the Manatee
County Blod Center, which is providing the bloodmo-
biles. Details are available at 746-7195.


Mar Vista wall


comes down

The cash walls at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant
& Pub on north Longboat Key came tumbling down in
a $2,931 rain of cash when staff went to work for hur-
ricane victims.
That was the yield when the dollar bills attached to
the walls by patrons over the years were removed by
manager Anthony Cucci and his staff.
The money was bagged and sent to the bank after
a telephoned warning that it was dusty and dirty, said
Cucci. It will join other donations by staff and diners
and matched up to $20,000 by restaurateur Ed Chiles.
All of it will be donated to the Red Cross, earmarked
for Katrina victims.
Wait staff, kitchen denizens and others at Chiles'
restaurants have been giving generously ever since
Katrina devastated the north Gulf Coast, especially
New Orleans, said Cucci. The other Chiles restaurants
are the BeachHouse and Sandbar on Anna Maria Is-
land.
With the vacant wall challenging them, patrons are
expected to start filling it up again with currency.
Sunrise boat dock cost'
The story in the Sept. 28 issue of The Islander on
the cost of constructing new boat docks should have
noted that the $29,000 estimate is only for rebuild-
ing the eight boat docks currently in the Sunrise boat
basin.


Meetings

Anna Maria City
Oct. 10,;7 p.m., code enforcement board meeting.
Oct. 12, 6:45 p.m., Environmental Education and En-
hancement Committee meeting.
Oct. 13,7 p.m., city commission work session.
Anna Maria City Hall,
10005 Gulf Drive, 708-6130.

Bradenton Beach
Oct. 6, 1 p.m. city commission workshop on mooring
field.
Oct. 7,7 p.m., city commission meeting. Agenda: Pub-
lic hearings on land development code revision, signs,
flood protection, supplemental code enforcement and
adult entertainment; pier discussion; board appoint-
ments; invoice approvals; planning and building con-
struction fee revisions; and consent agenda.
Oct. 11,6 p.m., planning and zoning board meeting on
comp plan.
Bradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive N.,
778-1005.

Holmes Beach
Oct. 5, 5 p.m., parks and beautification commission
meeting.
Oct. 11,,7 p.m., city commission meeting with work
session to immediately follow.
Oct. 12, 7 p.m., planning commission meeting.
Holmes Beach City Hall, 5801 Marina Drive,
708-5800.

Of Interest
Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., long-range transportation
plan workshop sponsored by Sarasota-Manatee Metro-
politan Planning Organization, Sudakoff Hall, USF-
New College campus, Sarasota.
Oct. 12, 11 a.m., Island Emergency Operations Center
meeting, Fire Station No. 1, 6001 Marina Drive,
Holmes Beach.






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Newsrack ordinance again proffered in Bradenton Beach


By Paul Roat
Regulation of newspaper boxes is again under de-
bate in Bradenton Beach.
The city's planning and zoning board was sched-
.uled to discuss the matter at presstime Tuesday, Oct. 4.
The city commission has the item on its agenda for
Thursday. Both agenda items are for discussion only -
public hearings must be scheduled and public input
taken before any final action is reached.
City commissioners began discussing the idea of
newsrack proliferation in 2001. After heated exchanges
between media outlets and commissioners, it was de-
termined that the news organizations would attempt to
regulate themselves as a means to cut down on the free-
standing newspaper boxes in the city.
Modular newspaper racks call them newspaper
condos were installed in several key locations in
Bradenton Beach and elsewhere on the Island. How-
ever, earlier this year the city's scenic highway com-
mittee noted that free-standing newspaper boxes were
again sprouting up and suggested the new law.
The ordinance, modeled after a similar law in the
city of Sarasota, prohibits free-standing newspaper
boxes on public property within 250 feet of a modular
rack, among other elements.
Ordinances elsewhere in the state often generate a


firestorm of controversy, as newspaper publishers ar-
gue First Amendment rights with officials. In the city
of Sarasota, for example, the eventual ordinance regu-
lating newspaper boxes took three years to write and


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generated a number of lawsuits.
"The whole idea is to eliminate the huge number
of single boxes and all the bunches of boxes in the
city," Mayor John Chappie has said.


Anna Maria City fence remains in code board limbo


By Rick Catlin
Islander Reporter
Anna Maria resident.Mark English of 776 N. Shore
Drive doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The city's code enforcement board deadlocked 2-
2 last July on whether or not he had committed a code
violation because his fence may or may not have ex-
ceeded the height restriction.
At that time,-Code Enforcement Officer Gerry
Rathvon said a tie vote allowed the property to continue
as it is without any correction. The board decided to re-
vote on the case at its upcoming Oct. 10 meeting, but
agreed that the absent board member should not be
involved in the proceedings. Another tie vote would


have resulted in no action against English.
Now, however, City Attorney Jim Dye is recom-
mending the entire board rehear the case.
English wants to laugh because the city doesn't
seem to know what it wants to do.
He wants to cry because he's already spent $8,000 in
legal fees in the process and now may have to go through
the entire hearing process again at further expense.
"I'm opposed to rehashing this case," said English.
"If the city does not want to accept the decision of a
four-member board, then the city should not have set
the meeting in July knowing only four members would
be present," he argued.
Further, said English, "I should not bear any more fi-


nancial burden because the city wants to avoid another
possible split vote. There are provisions for split decisions
and that is to default in favor of the property owner."
Rathvon said yesterday she did not yet know if the
case would be reheard on Oct. 10. She had just returned
from vacation and had not yet had time to confer with
Dye on the issue.
She also said she did not yet know if a code viola-
tion complaint for a fence height violation at 801 N.
Shore Drive had been filed. A complaint letter about
the property was given to city hall last week, but
Rathvon was still sifting through documents and issues
needing her attention Tuesday and had not yet found
the complaint.


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In Holmes Beach, another fine traffic mess, Ollie!


By Rick Catlin
Islander Reporter
Islanders using Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach bet-
ter get used to traffic delays and detours around 51st
Street during the weekday for the next few days, per-
haps even longer.
SThe Manatee County Utilities Operations Depart-
ment is installing sewer pipes on Peacock Lane near
51st Street to link up with the county-owned system on
Anna Maria Island.


As a result, daytime traffic during the week has
been detoured around Gulf Drive between 50th Street
and 51st Street, creating some delays and backups for
motorists, particularly when the school day ends at
Anna Maria Elementary School.
Holmes Beach Mayor Carol Whitmore said last
week she was told by county officials that the detour
was only until Thursday, but the county later informed
her it would be finished by Friday.
But the detour signs were still up yesterday (Oct.


4), despite assurances from the county the work would
be completed last week.
Whitmore added that after the Gulf Drive detour is
taken down, the county will still need to detour traffic on
51st Street from Gulf Drive to Second Avenue "on and
off' until the project is completed in late December.
Efforts to reach a spokesperson for the project
management office of the MCUOD to determine ex-
actly when the Gulf Drive detour will end were unsuc-


Cortez Road road project starts in earnest


By Jim Hanson
Islander Reporter
With the preliminary chores pretty well completed,
construction crews this week begin tearing up Cortez
Road to add a center turn lane.


APAC Southeast, which has the $2.5 million con-
tract for the project, has been preparing for the heavy
construction work since mid-August. Last week it fin-
ished removing rocks from the roadside ditches so the
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This week APAC began widening the road on its
north side. That will mean one-laning traffic inter-
mittently, said Cindy Clement-Adante of the Florida
Department of Transportation district office in
Bartow.
"It won't be so bad," she said, "no worse than it
absolutely has to be. A lane won't be closed all the
time, and some of it will be at night."
Workers also are continuing to work on the storm
drains on the north side of the road.
This phase is expected to be finished in about three
weeks. Then will come a major job and major interrup-.
tions in traffic, only for a brief time, while APAC lays
the storm drain across the road near the Cortez Cafe.
The project runs from 119th Street to the Cortez
Bridge. It vill add a left-turn lane in the middle of the
widened Cortez road, along with traffic-calming de-
vices, bike paths and .sidewalks on both sides of the
roadway, a pedestrian oasis in the center, and enhance-
ment of the signal system. Completion is expected next
spring.
Just up the road, meanwhile, APAC on another
contract has completed the resurfacing, traffic, signal
and lighting improvements of Cortez Road from 75th
Street to 26th Street West.
And a bit farther yet, at the Cortez Road intersec-
tion with U.S. 41, APAC is relocating the storm drain,
a job it-is doing at night and expects to complete by
Oct. 20. It is part of a $5.1 million contract.


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Opinion


Motel conversions continue
It's not as dramatic as Queen put it in the song "An-
other One Bites the Dust," when bullets rip the air, but it
does bring the tune to mind.
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust
Folks are doing the "condo mambo" Islandwide as
more and more motel and other multi-family designated
properties convert from single owners to multiple own-
ers by way of "condoization."
No one is more chagrined, however, than Anna Maria
voters, who in the 1970s thought they had eliminated fu-
ture multi-family dwellings and condos.
Now they can join the conga line.

Praise the Lord
Our Island elected officials often come under fierce
criticism from the public for decisions.taken or not taken.
That's how a democracy works.
It's now time to heap praise where praise is due -
albeit a few years late on the Anna Maria City Com-
mission for finally taking a stand on the parking problem.
Shedding the mantle given it by the mainland media of
a city that doesn't care about the public outside the city, the
commission approved a parking plan that establishes desig-
nated public parking locations on specific streets and
switches those locations to the opposite side of the street
every year.
And it only took them 85 years to come up with a
plan!
Well, better late than never.
The plan, obviously, does not please everyone. Some
residents still opt for permit parking while others cling to
the belief that there is no parking problem in the city. Still
others want open parking everywhere.
As Ben Franklin-said after he signed the U.S. Con-
stitution, "I agreed to the constitution not because it's the
best constitution or because I even like it, but because it's
the best we can get by compromising."
Hats off to the commissioners who agreed to compro-
mise. A.compromise was the only way any resolution of
the parking issue would ever be established in this city
that thrives on being "unique" and "contrary," and four
of the five commissioners agreed. Compromise.
It's not often any legislative body gets'any praise, and
certainly not in Anna Maria, where many commission
meetings are taken up with a litany of complaints from a
complaining public.
Not.this time. Congratulations.


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Our community
A few daysago I sat in on a meeting at Anna Maria
City Hall called by the city commissioners to get a line
on what Anna Marians thought about "Consolidation."
What followed was the airing of strident demands that
there be no change in-how their territory should be
governed from three or four residents. The outcome
was that the Anna Maria commissioners turned down
even the consiiideration of allowing all those who live
in Anna Maria to vote on the proposal.
It may bedtime for all of us who live on this beau-
tiful Island to appreciate that we can preserve our com-
munity and the sense of well being we share in being
here. We do this in our churches, Rotary, KiWanis, the
community center, the chamber of commerce and in
many activities.
However, we may be stuck in a time warp about
our three "cities." Years ago, we could afford only the
generosity of non-professional volunteers to run nitty-
gritty municipal problems. Fortunately, we can now
afford professional management answerable to elected
commissioners and deserve to enjoy where we live
without arbitrary lines of limitation and separation.
Don Knode, Holmes Beach

Wake up, Anna Maria owners
The Anna Maria Planning and Zoning Board is,
currentlyy reyising the city's comprehensive plan and.
Sfuture iln'd ute regulations. Their recommendations, if
adopted by the city commission, would forever change
the face of this Island and could have a tremendous fi-
nancial impact on every property owner.
At the Oct. 3 meeting, it was the consensus of
the board that all owners of 5,000 square-foot lots
throughout the entire city should only be permitted
to build a 27-foot-tall building. -In other words, if
you currently own a 5,000 square-foot lot and want
to build a new house, or there is an existing ground-
level house which is voluntarily torn down or de-
Sstroyed due to a hurricane or fire, you would be lim-


ited to 27 feet in-height.
They would, however "grandfather" all existing
37-foot-tall structures built on.5,000 square-foot lots.
I believe this would wreak financial havoc on the city
as it would artificially inflate the value of already ex-
isting three-story houses, whilee deflating the value of
the ground-level single-story residence. They have
used the rationale that a house built on a 5,000 square-
foot lot has a greater impact on-their neighbor than one
built on a 7,500 square-foot lot.
This is faulty lIolc as there is a maximum cover-/
ag6 permitted of 35 percent regardless of lot size and
all of the setbacks are the same, This once again dem-
onstrates the flawed approach to decision making in
this city.
O'er the past year, some members of the P&Z
board and the city commission have been attempting to
limit the property rights of owners in the ROR district.
Now it would appear that the goal of the P&Z board is
to do the same thing citywide. Maybe this latest pro-
posal will be enough to mobilize every property owner
to stand up for their property rights, as well as those of
their neighbor, and say enough is enough. We are all
in this together and, as a community, we should speak
up and seek justice for all not just our own self in-
terest.
Jo Ann Mattick, Anna Maria
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THE ISLANDER 0 OCT. 5. 2005 U PAGE 7


'Sallie Adams' lau
By Jim Hanson
Islander Correspondent
No sooner was she built, named and launched than
Sallie Adams was put to challenges first in a kind
of beauty contest and second in a knock-down, drag-
out race.
Named for the first bride in Cortez, she was built
in the historic fishing village by devoted volunteers and
launched with the tide last Wednesday on the Cortez
waterfront near where she was built.
Early the next morning she was trailered to Chesa-
peake Bay along with six other hand-built Cortez boats
to St. Michaels, Md., to vie for appreciation with other
boats in the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival over the
weekend. Judging was on traditional hand-tool meth-
ods used and their results.
On the way home the boats paused-at Beaufort,
N.C., for the first annual United International Sprits'l
skiff regatta and races sponsored by the maritime mu-
seum there. The pioneer Gulf settlers and Cortez
founders came from Carteret County, Beaufort's terri-
tory, and brought the first sprits'1 skiffs and other boat
designs with them.
Sallie Adams was the fabled "Mama" to nine chil-
dren and "Grandma" to 41, said Cortez historian Dr.
Mary Fulford Green, one of the nine children born to
Sallie Adams and her husband, "Cap'n Billy" Fulford.
"How did she meet the love of her life?" Green
wrote this week. "It is most probable that she met her
future husband, William Thomas Fulford, at the
Fogartyville stdre" where the orphaned Sallie was help-
ing her stepfather.
"I am sure he was impressed by this quiet lovely
woman with her beautiful red hair. They were a perfect
match as he was a kind, generous and caring young
man with the deepest blue eyes ... Will, as she always
called him, was 21 when they married in July 1888.
Sallie was almost an old maid at age 18.
"I believe that Grandpa asked Sallie to choose the
site of her first home. She chose the lot (on property he
had bought) far from the water, as she had endured the
storms along that Carolina Coast. That first house, built
in 1889, is today one of the most treasured in Cortez.


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Brand new sprit-rigged Cortez skipjack Sallie
Adams launched after christening with a traditional
libation of rum poured on the stem head to enlist
protection of the immortals. That foliage atop her
mast is another tradition: A gumbo limbo branch to
distract and deflect malevolent gods.

This was the home of the first family in the village. All
nine of the children were born in that house ... The
second house, built in 1905, was close enough for Will
(Captain Billy to all others) to keep an eye on his boats
and the net camps along the shore.
"Grandma Sallie was known as a meticulous
housekeeper and a warm welcoming hostess ... Cap-
tain Billy was recognized as one of the most success-
ful fishermen and his bride was a good woman along
the side of this good man. They leave a rich heritage of
respect for God, care of family and love of work."


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'13 YEARS


Ten years ago in th'e Oct. 5, 1995, issue
of The Islander, headlines announced:
The Anna Maria City Commission decided to
name an interim commissioner to replace ex-Commis-
sioner Mark Ratliff by drawing a name out of a hat. All
persons interested in being a commissioner were in-
vited to a meeting to submit their names for the draw-
ing. The lucky commissioner will serve until the Feb-
ruary 1996 elections, the commission indicated.
Manatee County gave the Anna Maria City Com-
mission an ultimatum to make a decision now on whether
or not the city wants to be included in the beach
renourishment project planned for 2001. The county has
until Nov. 9, 1995, to ask the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers to renourish the Island's eroded beach areas.
Manatee County commissioners were expected to
discuss allowing beer and wine to be served at the Mana-
tee Public Beach restaurant, but restaurant operator Gene
Schaefer said the Holmes Beach City Commission needs
to first make a decision before any county action.

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Double whammy for no permit in Holmes Beach


If you're not sure whether or not you need a per-
mit from the city for renovations, repairs or remodel-
ing of your home, call your friendly local building de-
partment.
Kerry Vandergrind of 2819 Gulf Drive in Holmes
Beach could have used that advice last week. Now, it's
going to cost him double to complete the planned im-
provements for the residence.
Holmes Beach Code Enforcement Officer Nancy
Hall issued a stop work order on the property last week
after she discovered Vandergrind did.not have any of
the required permits.
Following that, Building Official Bill Saunders
spoke with Vandergrind and informed him that he had
to apply for a permit for a number of different issues
and because he had started the work without any autho-
rization, each permit would cost him double the normal
price.
"He said he didn't realize that he needed a permit
for what he is doing," said Saunders. "My advice is that
any time you're doing any remodeling, repairs or reno-
vations to your home, call first and ask us if you need
a permit. It will save you a lot of headache in the long
run .' n:


Saunders indicated that man\ renovation projects
do not require a permit. particularly if structural issues
are not involved. "But call first and we'll tell you what


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you need." he reminded the public.
Vandergrind, to the regret of his shrinking wallet,
has now learned that lesson.


More condoization: Anna Maria Beach Cottages go


By Rick Catlin
S Islander Reporter
Following the trend set by the Siam Garden Re-
sort in Anna Maria, another 11-unit motel in that city
is in the process of having its individual units sold
as condominiums.
.But Anna Maria Beach Cottage owner Nigel
Br6o n. a leader of the Island's business community
and an advocate of the small "mom-and-pop" ac-
commodations on the Island, said the rising taxes on
his property was not the only issue involved in his
decision to sell the units.


"Taxation is just one of the reasons, but r can't
truthfully say that's the only reason," he said.
Brown said sales have been going well and nine
units have either been sold or are under contract. The
units will continue to be used for accommodation
rentals, as is the Siam Garden, Brown said.
Friends of Nigel and wife Maggie, however,
need not worry that the Browns will be leaving the
Island.
"We are moving on to other business ventures,
but we plan on staying on Anna Maria Island. We
love the Island," said Nigel.


Gone condo
The Anna Maria Beach Cottages are being sold as
condominium units. Islander Photo: Rick Catlin


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Helping, adopting pets after Hurricane Katrina


By Lisa Williams
Special to The Islander
Right after Hurricane Katrina hit and the horrors
came to light on television, I signed up to volunteer
with the Humane Society and the American Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. But they were so
busy the first two weeks that they e-mailed for me to
wait it was dangerous and more help would be
needed soon, they said.
The weekend before Hurricane Rita came along, I
received e-mails with desperate pleas for help NOW.
The first round of volunteers was leaving, more ani-
mals were arriving at the staging areas and time was
running out.
I heard the same story from every other volunteer
I met in Hattiesburg, Miss., where I wound up after
originally planning on making my way to Gonzalez,
La.
The new hurricane was threatening that area and
volunteers were directed toward safer places. The
weather was good as I drove through the night, but not
long before sunrise, the wind and rain began and I saw
a sign on Interstate 10 that read, "New Orleans 99
miles," and decided to turn off onto the next exit to get
my bearings.
Reality hit hard then. to see at ihe e\it there was
nothing. No businesses were open or would be open
anytime soon. After trying a few times, myself and
another volutneer who rode up with me, Islander David
Mariotti, discovered a McDonalds operating \\ ith a
limited menu. Haitiesburg \ as almost e\actl\ north of
- where we \\ ere ,o we headed up for the Forrest County
SMultiPurpose Ceiner, right outside Hattiesburg.
SArri\ ing just after 8 a.m., we filled our a form and
"ere given Humane Societ\ T-shirts and badges, then
assigned to areas. I \\ent to cats and David went off to
dogs.
Immediately, I went to work feeding, changing
water, and cleaning out cages and litter boxes for cat
after cat after cat. From the sweet cats to the grouchy
old cats, every one had fear in their eyes. They were all
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what we could, When that was finished, the multitude
of cats needed fresh water again.
After that, each of the hundreds of dogs needed
walking. Every kind and every size of dog wound up
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public use is heating up again, with the county com-
mission in the action.
The commission has authorized the county ad-
ministrator, Ernie Padgett, to enter into negotiations
with owner Ham Jones for the sizable waterfront
property. Any such official overtures have been held
off during Jones's negotiations with other prospec-
tive buyers.
Those prospects apparently are finished now.
Jones said one bidder wanted a two-year balloon
note and "banker friends said 'don't you dare,'" said
Jones. "'Who knows what it'll be like in two
years?'"
The other wanted to buy it with money coming
out of New Orleans, which ultimately they couldn't
swing.
He said he hasn't heard from the county since
meeting with county officials twice about three
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got to go for a five- or ten-minute "stretch." It was an
endless routine of take a dog out, bring him back and
grab the next one in line.
They were overjoyed for the chance to go out, to
have a little attention and freedom. There were so many
animals there, people could work all day long and it
still wouldn't be enough.
Special teams were brought in to care for all of the
lost and abandoned horses, some of them skinny from
fending for themselves in a barren and toxic environ-
ment and some of them obviously well cared for until
very recently. Goats and pot-bellied pigs scuttled
about, as friendly as can be. It was apparent that most
of these rescued animals had been important members
of families. The little bit of touching and love we could
give them was in no way enough to make up for the
loss of their homes and people.
In talking with the other volunteers, I found that
they had come from places as far away as Bermuda,
California, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Massachu-
setts. Everyone came to work hard and the heat was
extreme. Everyone worked at feeding, cleaning and
then doing it-over, to keep the animals healthy and as
happy as they might be in this awful situation.
Veterinarians volunteering services ran as fast as
they could, making sure every animal was checked
thoroughly and taken care of as quickly as humanly
possible.
I heard more than one veterinarian state that they
didn't want to "fall for these animals," but they just
couldn't help themselves. The scene was so dramatic
and so very sad that hearts were breaking to know what
they'd all been through already and to guess at what
was-to come.
I've always been a cat person but found myself
totally in love with a certain greyhound/shepard-mix
dog that I came to know on frequent walks.
When it was time for me to leave, I asked if I might


backup offer "because it didn't seem fair for me to
arrange for the prospective buyer to compete with
the government he'd have to go to for permits."
Jones said he's willing to entertain offers from
the county now.
Padgett was out of town, but James Seuffert, di-
rector of the Manatee County Financial Management
Department, noted the Shack "is one of several prop-
erties the county is negotiating for at this time, and
entering negotiations doesn't mean we'll buy."
He noted too that the county will have to have an
appraisal of the property before it can make an of-
fer. Nobody is talking about price right now, but
Cortezians believe it is in the neighborhood of $14.5
million for starters.
The Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage, the
main civic organization in the historic fishing village
of Cortez, would like to partner with the county in
acquiring the property. Its suggestion is to convert
the restaurant to a maritime museum and wooden
boat-building facility while the county would put in
public boat-launching ramps. The marina would re-
main in operation.

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be his foster parent but there were rules and only shel-
ters could actually take the animals out. So I left a note
with my information in his packet, should he be in need
of a home. I gave him treats and said my goodbye and
for the first time since I'd met him, he barked. My heart
ached to leave him all of them.
On our way home, we drove south to Gulfport,
Miss., and I can tell you that nothing had prepared me
for this, not television, not visiting Punta Gorda last
summer nothing. There aren't words to adequately
describe theabsolute horror. Down near the beach, a
bridge ends in midair, a. casino sits on top of something
else, boats are inside of hollow buildings and lying
across railroad tracks. Huge semi-trailers lie upside
down in heaps. Broken glass and downed power lines
were everywhere. A few military trucks were driving
around and there were a couple of roofers on one or two
buildings.
Except for them, it was silent.
Walking through the piles of debris, I felt sick. It's
too much and too terrifying to comprehend. I know
this, if they say to evacuate, I will. And I will take my
pets.
Two days after I was home, my mother told me she
heard on the radio that the Sarasota Humane Society
was going to the Hattiesburg shelter. I e-mailed them
right away, asking if they would look for the dog I
loved and if they were able to do so, to bring him back
with them. I thought it was a long shot, but to my sur-
prise, they said they would do just that if he was still
there.
One day later, they called and I learned my Missis-
sippi friend had taken a ride to Sarasota! I could come
get him after work! I got there as fast as I was able and
I was surprised that it really was him.
Now my foster dog newly named Barry
Manilow is recuperating from his trauma by receiv-
ing lots of love and attention. I wish we knew who his
owner was, so at least he or she could know that this
darling is being taken care of through this very trying
time for all of them. And if they cannot reunite, he has
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And the winners are ...
The team of Jason Capozella, Lee Crosby and Scott
May, pictured from left,. are the top prize winners in
the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce golf
tournament held Sept. 30 at IMG Academies Golf &
Country Club at El Conquistador. Missing from the
-photo is team member Gris Bettle. Closest-to-the-pin
winner was Merritt Fineout and Larry Haymore took
honors for the longest drive on No. 4.

Play directors will address
Off Stage Ladies
Three directors of Island Players productions in the,
coming season will speak at a meeting Wednesday,
Oct. 12, of the Island Players auxiliary, Off Stage La-
dies.
This first nieerin :of the sealion will be a luncheon
at the BeachHoue ResLtaiurtn. 2,0i Gull Dn\ e N.,
Bradenton Beach. A reception \iill be at 11:30 a.m.,
with lunch at noon. .. ;
Directors \ ill .m\e information .in notes on their
productions and in,\%er ques-tionii. The3 are Kelly
Woodland, Sam McDowell and Carole Kleinberg.
Reservations should be made by Friday at 778-
7865 or 761-7957.

'Hob Nob Island Style'
set on Longboat Key
The annual Longboat Key "Hob Nob Island Style"
will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at Mattison's
Steakhouse, 525 Bay Isles Pkwy., Longboat Key:
It is sponsored by the Longboat-Lido-St. Armands
Keys Chamber of Commerce to bring business people
together with government officials in a casual atmo-
sphere.-RSVPs are to be made with the chamber at 383-
2466. -

New College professor
to address Democrats
Dr. Keith Fitzgerald, professor of political science
at Ne%\ College, will bring "New.Vision for Demo-
crats" when the Anna Maria Island Democratic Club
meets at noon Monday, Oct. 10, at the BeachHouse
Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach.
Reservations are hot required for the $12 luncheon.
Details may be obtained by calling 778-4176.

'Mixed Movements' resume
The "Mixed Movements" class will resume at 9.
a.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at the Anna Maria Island Commu-
nity Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. The
"dance/exercise perpetual motion" will be taught by
Maureen Dye. Cost is $5 for members, $8 for nonmem-
bers. Details are available at 778-1908.

Art classes resume Tuesdays
Two art classes taught by Sue Lynn Cotton are re-
suming on Tuesdays at the Anna Maria Island Commnu-
nity Centei, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.
Sketching will be taught from 9 to 10:15 a.m.,
helping students learn about drawing shapes and shad-
ows, as well as form and perception. Cost for Center
members is $8.75 per class, nonmembers $10.
Intermediate watercolor instruction will be from
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m: It will stress how to make a better
painting with less effort and to "find your own style.".
Cost is $15 per class for members, $16.25 for nonmem-
bers.
Additional information may be obtained and res-
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778-4751


Former Holmes Beach

police officer hospitalized
Retired Holmes Beach Police officer Chuck
Steams is in serious condition at Blake Medical Cen-
ter following his collapse on the Key Royale Golf
Course last Thursday.
A medical report from his wife, Linda, said he is
currently "not responding" to treatment.
Stearns, 57, was known as "Officer Friendly" to
Holmes Beach and Island residents. He retired from the
HBPD in March 2001.
Stearns was also active with the West Manatee Fire
and Rescue District, serving on the board of commis-
sioners for six years and on the district's pension board
for a number of years.

'Walk for Action' Oct. 8
to help mentally ill
A "Walk for Action" is planned for Saturday morn-
ing, Oct. 8, at G.T. Bray Park to raise funds to help the
mentally ill in Manatee County.
The walk, to begin at 9 a.m. at the park at 5502
33rd Ave. Drive W., Bradenton, is sponsored by the
National Alliance on Mental Illness, several of whose
officials live on Anna Maria Island.
There is no entry fee for the event, but participants
are asked to volunteer at least $10, or checks from
walkers and anyone else may be made out to NAMI
P.O. Box 855, Afina Maria FL 34-116.
NAMI treasurer Robert Taylor, who lives in Anna
Maria, said this is a support and advocacy group for
family and friends of persons with mental illness.
"All the money is spent on the mentally ill in
Manatee County," he said: "It can go for rent, electric-
ity, medication and other necessities of life, up to $300
per year per person. We want to help needy people in
this group to maintain their residences."
The "Walk for Action" is one of two major
fundraisers for NAMI, he- said, the other being a fash-
ion show in the spring.
Other officials of the organization include two
Holmes Beach residents, past president Gaye Wells
and vice president Linda Davis.
Further information may be obtained by calling
778-6465.

Manatee Players schedule
'Bat Boy: The Musical'
The cast has been selected and is in rehearsal for
"Bat Boy: The Musical," scheduled Oct. 13-30 at the
Manatee Players theater, 102 Old Main St., Bradenton.
The plot revolves around a boy who is half bat,
discovered in West Virginia caves and is taken in by a
family that adores and despises him.
Rick Kerby is director and choreographer of the
musical and Rolf Winkler plays Bat Boy. Others in the
cast are Steve Dawson, Dianne Dawson, Buzz Herron,
David Covach, Justin Clement, Scott Lightwine,
Cairlin Longstreet and Heath Jorgenson.
Curtain time is 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets at $20 may be ordered by calling 748-
5875.

Registration is under way
at Longboat center
Registration has begun for.all three terms of the
2005-06 season of the Education Center, 5370.Gulf of
Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, with 150 programs of-
fered.
Programs range from art to yoga, with emphasis on
the fine, applied and liberal arts and social sciences,
plus recreational offerings. Also on the schedule is an
on-site lecture and performing arts series through Sa-
rasota.Ballet, Sarasota Opera and Burns Court Cinema.
Classes will begin Monday, Oct. 17. Details are
contained in a brochure which may be obtained by call-
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Celebrate National School
Lunch Week
Parents and grandparents are invited to play an
"instrumental" part in National School Lunch Week
beginning Oct. 10 at Anna Maria Elementary School.
National School Lunch Week is a federal pro-
gram organized by the American School Food
Service Association and the same "fun" menu
items will be offered to students at public schools
throughout the country.
This year's theme is, "It's Instrumental," and
Cafeteria Manager Renee Harper said there will be
music, games and prizes in addition to fun food.
Some of the week's menu items include
"Soul" shrimp poppers, "Acapella" quesadilla,
"Baritone" breaded beef patty and "Melody"
macaroni and cheese.
The program is an annual event geared to at-
tract interest in the school lunch program.
To make lunch reservations, call Harper at
708-5525, ext. 202.

Anna Maria Elementary School
menu
National School Lunch Week: It's Instrumental
Monday, Oct. 10
Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza, Cereal, Toast, Yogurt,
Bagels, Fruit
Lunch: Soul Shrimp Poppers or A-Cappella
Quesadilla, Steamed Rappid Rice, Veggies with Dip,
Piano Peaches
Tuesday, Oct. 11
Breakfast: Chicken Patty on a Biscuit, Cereal, Toast,
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, Fruit
Lunch: Corn Dog or Baked Breaded Chicken,
Country Music Crinkle-Cut Fries, Brass Broccoli
with Cheese Sauce, Chocolate Chip Cookie
Wednesday, Oct. 12
Breakfast: Pancake on a Stick, Yogurt, Cereal,
Toast, Fruit
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tone Breaded Beef Patty, Symphony Steamed Peas,
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By Diana Bogan
Islander Reporter A*


Caleb Smith, a second-grader at Anna Maria El-
ementary School, is literally turning a penny for a
thought into a big idea. With families displaced by the
past month's hurricanes trickling down to the Island,
Smith asked his school guidance counselor if he could
start a penny drive to help hurricane victims get "food
and stuff."
Smith said he thought that by collecting pennies,
students could do a lot more to help people from the
Gulf Coast.
He met with AME guidance counselor Cindi
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"It would take a long time to count pennies and we
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Smith will use his fundraiser idea to help a family
through the Island Hurricane Evacuation Assistance
and Relocation Team that needs diapers for their three-
month-old twin girls.
As the spokesperson for the fundraiser, Smith
has designed a logo for collection boxes, which will
be distributed throughout the school, and will
present the idea to students on the school's morning
news show.
The drive kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 5, and will
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Smith is part of Phyllis Omilak's AME class. His
sister Ariel and older brother Taylor also attend AME.
His dad, Richie, is a City of Holmes Beach employee.


Big thinker
Second-grader Caleb Smith has initiated a "Dollar for
Diapers" drive at Anna Maria Elementary School to
help the Peralta twins. The three-month-old twins and
their family, who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina,
are getting some a isttanice from the Island Hurricane
Evacuation Assistance and Relocation Team and their
primary need is small-sized diapers for their infant
daughters. Smith, who is helping HEART members
organize the drive, collected the first dollar from AME
Guidance Counselor Cindi Harrison. Islander Photo:
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The Manatee County History Fair is right
around the corner and volunteer opportunities are
still available to judge student entries.
The history fair is open to students in fourth-
through 12th-grade and will take place from Nov.
3-16.
Students can submit projects in three catego-
ries: papers, documentaries and performances or
exhibit boards, for which volunteer judges are
needed to critique the work and recommend prize


winners.
Judging of the written essays will be done
Nov. 3-10, documentaries and performances will
take place Nov. 15 and exhibit boards Nov. 16.
A judges training session will be held for all
project categories at 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Oct.
20. A second training session for exhibit board
judges will be held at 8 a.m. Nov. 16.
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Streetlife


Island police reports
Anna Maria City
Sept. 28, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria City Hall,
found property. Someone dropped off a wallet they
found.
Sept. 28, 9900 block of Gulf Drive, grand theft.
While conducting a building check, a deputy ob-
served a white Nissan without tags parked in a lot.
The deputy reportedly recognized the vehicle as be-
longing to a resident on Spring Avenue and recalled
that the vehicle had been disabled with flat tires. A
man and woman were seen with the vehicle in the lot
and arrested for grand theft auto and vehicle bur-
glary after the deputy contacted the vehicle's owner.
After the arrest, the vehicle was searched and two
cocaine pipes were reportedly found inside a hand-
bag in the car. While the female suspect was being
questioned in one room by police, the male suspect
Reportedly fled, still handcuffed, from the Anna
Maria substation and wa-, re-apprehended on Spring
Avenue.

Bradenton Beach
Sept: 20,300 block of Bay Boulevard North, sto-
len tag. A tag was reportedly removed from a motor-
cycle trailer parked in front of a residence.
Sept. 20, 500 block of Gulf Drive North, drug ar-
rest. Justin Rutherford, 21,'of Sarasota, was a passen-
ger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation- Accord-
ing to the report, he was initially arrested on a Mana-
tee County warrant, but the officer found a marijuana
cigarette inside a duffel bag near the passenger's seat.
According to the report, Rutherford admitted owner-
ship of the marijuana.
Sept. 20, 500 block of Gulf Drive North, warrant
arrest. A driver stopped for a traffic violation was ar-
rested for violation of probation out of Sarasota
County.
Sept. 23, 120 Bridge St., Drift In, warrant arrest. A
woman in Wisconsin called to report her motorcycle
stolen. She noted the man riding it has a warrant issued
for his arrest. According to the report, the suspect and
motorcycle was found at the Drift In and the suspect
was arrested.
Sept. 23,i1800 block of Gulf Drive North, traffic
arrest. Employees of the BeachHouse Restaurant noti-
fied police when they suspected a job applicant was
intoxicated and saw him get into the driver's seat of a
vehicle. The officer reported that, although he wit-
nessed the suspect fail to control his vehicle, he was not
found to be intoxicated. The suspect was arrested.for
driving without a valid license, a tag assigned to a dif-


ferent vehicle and providing a false name to the officer.
Sept. 24, 700 block of Gulf Drive, traffic arrest.
A man was arrested for driving an unregistered ve-
hicle, and for attaching an expired tag and dealer
decal.
Sept. 24, 1900 Gulf Drive N., Marbella Villas,
domestic disturbance. A couple was given domestic
violence pamphlets after admitting to having an argu-
ment that escalated to physical aggression on both their
parts. The male agreed to leave the area and gathered
his belongings and left.
Sept. 25, 118 Bridge St.,-Sports Lounge, grand
theft. A woman reported that she left her purse at the
bar and someone took it. She told police the purse con-
tained a handgun and Genesee County, Mich., Sheriff's
Office badge. The purse was found in the women's
room toilet with no items missing. According to the
report, the officer contacted the Genesee County
Sheriff's Office and learned that the woman was not an
officer with their agency. The woman claimed to work
with the county as a civilian instructor. She had a valid
Florida concealed weapons permit, but she was told by
the officer that the permit did not allow her to carry a
firearm into the bar.
Sept. 26, 500 block of Gulf Drive North, drug ar-
rest. Brian Lockhart, 25, of Sarasota, was arrested for
possession of hydrqcodone pills after a traffic stop. He
was also reportedly in violation of probation in Sara-
sota County on two counts of DUI with serious injury.

Holmes Beach
Sept. 24, 400 block of Manatee Avenue, DUI.
Sally Sale, 44, of Holmes Beach, was stopped for reck-
less driving after an officer watched her drive her ve-
hicle onto the shoulder of the road several times to pass
other vehicles. According to the report, Sale failed a
field sobriety test but refused a Breathalyzer test. The
officer reportedly found bottles of vodka and cranberry
juice and a coffee mug containing a cocktail in the ve-
hicle.
Sept. 24, 6608 Marina Drive, Gloria Dei Lutheran
Church, theft. A man reported the theft of his bicycle.
Sept. 26, 3015 Gulf Drive, Citgo. gas station,
driver's license. A man stopped for driving through a
red light did not have a valid license and his vehicle
was not properly registered.
Sept. 26, 3902 Gulf Drive, Westcoast Surf Shop,
fraud. A store employee reportedly received a iorth-
less check from a customer.
Sept. 26, 100 block of 68th Street, information. A
woman:reported that her ex-boyfriend stole keys to her
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was given a trespass warning after attempting to leave
the store without paying for items.
Sept. 27,500 block of 77th Street, battery/obstruc-
tion. A woman reported that her brother had been
drinking and attacked her. The brotherwas arrested
because he appeared to police to be intoxicated and the
marks on his sister were consistent with a recent bat-
tery. According to the report, while at the station for
booking, the man became agitated and reportedly uri-
nated in his pants and on the floor and attempted to kick
it toward the officer. He was subsequently charged with
resisting arrest after being uncooperative and aggres-
sive toward officers.
Sept. 28,200 block of 52nd Street, theft. A portable
concrete mixer was reportedly stolen from a construc-
tion site,
Sept. 29, 2800 block of Gulf Drive, theft. Numer-
ous power tools were reported missing from the garage
of a residence under construction.
Sept. 29, 2900 block of Gulf Drive, burglary. A
man told police he had just returned from a long trip
and reported his television and video-cassette recorder
had been stolen from his home.:


'Bar stool racing group'
organizing this evening
An organizational meeting of the Anna Maria
Island "bar stool racing group" will be at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Solo's Pizza, 3244 E. Bay
Drive, Holmes Beach, near Walgreens.
Tom Stockebrand, who is organizing the
group, said "We're looking for people who tend
to have too many projects and need a short social/
discussion break once in a while. In future meet-
ings members will have other show and tell
projects to talk about."
At 6:30 p.m., before the initial meeting, an
"electric vehicle show and tell" h.a- been orga-
nized by Stockebrand. Further information is
available at 778-0033.


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Wednesday, Oct. 12, at St. Bernard Catholic Church,
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Obituaries


Comedy romp opens at Island Players
"The Foreigner" launches the Island Players' 57th
season, opening Thursday, Oct. 6, and running until
Oct. 16. The play features, seated from left, Sage Hall,
Maximillian Mayerhofer and Mona Upp. Back row, left
to right, Sam McDowell, Stan Koci, David Y. Smith and
Michael Hoffman. Curtain times are 8 p.m., 2 p.m.
Sunday, no performances Mondays. Season tickets are
$65 for allfive plays of the season, single show tickets
are $15. The theater is at 10009 GulfDrive, Anna
Maria. Box office: 778-5755.


Beach wedding
Starlene Barnes and
Gary Linn, both of
Crawfordsville, Ind.,
were married by Hon.
Kelley Cohen in a
double-ring ceremony
on the beach ofHolmes
Beach. After a honey-
moon on the Island,
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Crawfordsville.


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and Anna Maria City, died Sept. 29.
"-Born in Rockville Centre, N.Y., Dr. DeMott was
emeritus professor of English at Amhurst College,
where. he had taught for nearly 40 years. Before his
:retirement in 1990, he was the Mellon professor of
humanities. He was the author of more than a dozen
books on cultural beliefs. His criticisms and essays
appeared in many newspapers and magazines. He
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Memorial services were private.
He is survived by wife Margaret; daughters Joel of
Montgomery, Ala., and Megan of Cambridge, Mass.,
sons Benj and Tom, both of New York; sisters Geor-
gia of East Norwich, N.Y., and Louise Orr of
Hendersonville, N.C; and six grandchildren.
Lillian A. Ledin
Lillian A. Ledin, 90, of Bradenton, died Sept. 24.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Ledin came to
Florida 22 years ago. She was retired from the Cleve-
land Press. She volunteered with the Bradenton Beach
Police Department, Sarasota-Bradenton International
Airport and Blake Medical Center.
Memorial services will be private. Memorial con-
tributions may be made to Hospice of Southwest
Florida, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota FL 34238. Covell
Cremation and Funeral Center is in charge of arrange-
ments.
She is survived by daughters Victoria Walter of
Lake Orion, Mich., Judy of West Lake, Ohio, and Jan
of Bradenton; and two grandsons.

Wiley J. Valley
Wiley J. Valley, 71, of Bradenton Beach, died


Sept. 30.
Born in Deep River, Conn.. Nr.- Villey mnoved'to
Anna Maria Island from Redwood CityC.altf.. in 1989.
He was retired after 26 years as \ warehouse manager for
Susan Bates Inc. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He
was a member of the American Legion and Senior
Friends of Manatee.
Visitation will be at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, and
memorial services at 5:30 p.m. at Brown and Sons
Funeral Home, 604 43rd St., Bradenton. Memorial
contributions may be made to Hospice of Southwest
Florida, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota FL 34238:
He is survived by wife Camille; daughter Diane
Nicholls; sons Jonathan and James; step-daughter Lau-
rel Baxla; step-sons Mark Shotwell, Michael Shotwell
and Wade Highlen; sister Yvonne McAuliffe; brother
Jack; and grandchildren Dylan Nicholls- and Jamie,
Wiley, Jake and Cheyenne.

Bronislaw 'Ben' J. Wieclaw
Bronislaw "Ben" J. Wieclaw, 86, of Bradenton,
died Sept. 30.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Wieclaw was a re-
tired punch press operator for Philpott Rubber Co. He
served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War
II. He was a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church,
Holmes Beach, where he was a member of the Holy
Name Society.
Memorial Mass will be held at a later date. Brown
and Sons Funeral Home, 43rd Street Chapel, is in
charge of arrangements, :
He is survived by wife Theresa E.: daughter Bar-
bara Ann Morris of Bradenton: sisters Helen Rogalski
of Seven Hills, Ohio. and Wanda of Polandflrand-
daughter Patty Ann Mazzie; and great-grandchildren
Sabrina and David Joseph Mazzie.


Bloodmobile to collect blood at Center
A Florida Blood Services bloodmobile will be Every donor will get a buy-one-get-one-free
at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 ticket coupon for the Manatee Players' show "Bat
Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. from 9 a.m. until Boy:,The Musical" as wellasa T-shirt and a wellness
noon Tuesday, Oct. 11. checkup. Details are available at 778-1908.


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,Islad Biz
By Rick Catlin


Pelican Pete's is
home for Islanders
Anna Maria residents Al and Sylvia
Marnie are no strangers to the hospital-
ity industry on the Island, having oper-
ated the Palm Tree Villas for six years.
In addition, Sylvia had been in the res-
taurant business in England before
meeting and marrying Al.
They used to enjoy dining at the Sea
Horse at 12012 Cortez Road and they
became intrigued when they learned the


Back in the biz.
Anna Maria residents Al and Sylvia
Marnie recently opened Pelican Pete's
seafood restaurant at 12012 Cortez
Road, site of the former Sea Horse
restaurant. Islander Photo: Rick Catlin


restaurant was for sale.
"We wanted to get back in the busi-
ness and we wanted to stay close to the
Island," said Al. "We spotted this place
and loved the location.
Indeed, the newly named Pelican
Pete's opened two weeks ago and Al
and Sylvia are having a blast.
"We love the Cortez lifestyle and
we're just across the bridge from all our
friends," said Al.
While Pelican Pete's will feature
seafood as its main fare, it also has the
house specialty of genuine English fish
and chips, with the chips (french fries)
made in their kitchen from real potatoes,
not store-bought.
Pelican Pete's also has New En-
gland clam chowder, hand-shucked oys-
ters, U-peel shrimp, calamari and grou-
per, chicken wings and other Island fa-
vorites. The best part is that all entrees
are priced under $9. Chefs Ethan Canton
and Sean Curran have worked for some
of the best restaurants in the area, in-
cluding the Terra Ceia Grille, the Beach
Bistro and Rotten Ralph's.
Al and Sylvia are having karaoke
night on Friday and Saturday evenings
following dinner, which usually finishes
around 9 p.m.
Pelican Pete's is open at 11:30 a.m.
except Monday, with extended hours on
Friday and Saturday. To reach Al or
Sylvia, call 792-4822.

Skinny's anniversary
Skinny's Restaurant at the inter-
section of Gulf Drive and Manatee Av-
enue in Holmes Beach will hold its third
anniversary party Saturday, Oct. 8, from
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Entertainment will be provided by
the band Democracy in addition to a


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Janice and Skinny Freeman in 1952 in 3802, Holmes Beach, sold in July of
front of the original Skinny's restau- 2002 for $385,000, amounting to a
rant in Holmes Beach. Islander Photo: $170,000 increase over three years.
Courtesy of the Freeman family The price per square foot amounts to


special guest band. Live music starts at
12:30 p.m. and an outdoor tent will be
provided for guests.
Skinny's will have food and drink
specials throughout the day and patrons
are invited to bring their own folding
chairs to sit under the tent and enjoy the
music.
Actually, the Freeman family has
owned the property since 1952 when Janis
and "Skinny" Freeman opened a restau-
rant. The restaurant was later leased to Pat
Geyer for a number of years.
Estella Freeman said the anniver-
sary party is the family's way of saying
"thank you" to all of Skinny's custom-
ers who have supported the establish-
ment since the family reopened the res-
taurant in 2002.
The family will also be accepting do-
nations to the Anna Maria Island Priva-
teers for the purchase of a new smoker,
which enables them to raise funds for
scholarships through mullet "smokes."
For more information, call778-7769.


$321. Islander Photo: Jesse Brisson
Island land sales
2412 Avenue B, Bradenton Beach, a 2,984
sfla / 5,375 sfur 4bed/4bath pool duplex built in
2001 on a 50x100 lot was sold 09/16/05, Law to
Baker for $825,000.
419 Clark Dr., Holmes Beach, a 2,362 sfla /
2,854 sfur 3bed/2bath pool home built in 1967 on
a 100x110 lot was sold 09/15/05, Burns to Siam
Garden Resort Group LLC for $720,000.
310 61st St., Unit B, Birds of Paradise,
Holmes Beach, a 1,850 sfla / 2,500 sfur 3bed/
2.5bath/2car home built in 2005 on a 45x100 lot
'was sold 09/16/05, Island Restoration LLC to
Clark for $649,000; list $649,000.
519 67th St., Holmes Beach, a 1,447 sfla /
2,044 sfur 2bed/2bath/2car canalfront home built
in 1971 on a 82x110 lot was sold 09/15/05,
Klimke to Siam Garden Resort Group LLC for
$640,000; list $660,000.
6400 Flotilla Drive, Unit 44, Westbay Point &
Moorings, Holmes Beach, a 985 sfla /1,377 sfur
2bed/2bath bay-view condo built in 1977 was sold
09/12/05, Miller to Kennedy for $575,000; list
$599,000.
3802 Sixth Ave., Unit 3802, Village at
Holmes Beach, Holmes Beach, a 1,725 sfla /
2,593 sfur 3bed/2bath/2car condo built in 2002
was sold 09/15/05, Stollman to Methven for
$555,000; list $599,900.
Jesse Brisson, broker/associate at Gulf-
Bay Realty of Holmes Beach, can be reached
at (941) 713-4755 direct, or at Gulf-Bay (941)
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Wednesday, Oct. 5
7 to 8 a.m. Pier Regulars meeting at the Anna Maria
City Pier, 100 S. Bay Blvd., Anna Maria. Information: 778-
7062.
7:45 a.m. Anna Maria Island Chamber of Com-
merce new member "Sunrise Breakfast" at the Sun House
Restaurant, Bridge Street, Bradenton Beach. Reserva-
tions: 779-9412.
8 a.m. Anna Maria Elementary School "Walk to
School" Day departing from Manatee public Beach, Mr.
Roberts Resortwear in the S&S Plaza or Fat Cat Carpet
and Upholstery Cleaners in the Island Shopping Center. In-
formation: 778-0268.
1 p.m. Woman's Club of Anna Maria "Welcome
Back" meeting at the Anna Maria Island Community Cen-
ter, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-
S 5083.
5:30 p.m. Teen program with Island illustrator
Alexandra Lillis at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina
Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341.
Thursday, Oct. 6
10 a.m. to 2p.m. Flu shots at the Anna Maria Island
Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Infor-
mation: 778-1908.
1 p.m. Tai Chi for Arthritis class demonstration with
Sherry Fideler at the Anna Maria Island Community Cen-



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5:30 to 7:30 p.m. "Hob Nob Island Style" with the
Longboat-Lido-St. Armand Key Chamber of Commerce at
Mattison's Steakhouse, 525 Bay Isles Pkwy., Longboat
Key. Information: 383-2466.
6 to 10 p.m. All Island Denominations Dinner-
Dance at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor
Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-4769.
8 p.m. Opening night of "The Foreigner" at the Is-
land Players, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information:
778-5755. Fee applies.
Friday, Oct. 7
9 a.m. Mixed-movement class with Mo Dye at the
Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave.,
Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
11 a.m.-7 p.m. Islandwide Blood Drive with blood
mobiles at the BeachHouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N.,
Bradenton Beach; Publix, 3700 E. Bay Drive, Holmes
Beach; and The Islander, 5404 Marina Drive, Holmes
Beach.
3 p.m.-11 p.m. Oktoberfest Suncoast, Sarasota
County Fairgrounds, 3000 Fruitville Road. Fee applies. In-
formation: 708-3456.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Faculty exhibit opening reception
at the Anna Maria Island Art League, 5312 Holmes Blvd.,
Holmes Beach. Information: 778-2099.
Saturday, Oct. 8
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Safe boating class at the
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, 5801 33rd Ave. W., Braden-
ton. Information: 795-6189.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art and crafts festival at St.
Armands Circle. Sarasota. Information: 388-1554.
11 a.m. to 1:15p.m. Children & Youth Program Fo-


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the Island Gallery West. She is a longtime watercolorist
whose works include this one of a girl on the beach. She
said children are her favorite subjects "because they
are so busy." The gallery, at 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes
Beach, is open from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Monday through
Saturday. Details are available at 778-6648.
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11 a.m.-11 p.m. Oktoberfest Suncoast, Sarasota
County Fairgrounds, 3000 Fruitville Road. Fee applies. In-
formation: 708-3456.
11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fashion Show for American
Red Cross at the Sandbar restaurant, 100 Spring Ave.,
Anna Maria. Information: 518-8189. Proceeds benefit hur-
ricane victims.
Sunday, Oct. 9
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art and crafts festival at St.
Armands Circle. Sarasota. Information: 388-1554.
11 a.m.-7 p.m. Oktoberfest Suncoast, Sarasota
County Fairgrounds, 3000 Fruitville Road. Fee applies. In-.
formation: 708-3456.

Monday, Oct. 10
11:30 a.m. Democratic Women's Club of Manatee
County lunch with guest Linda Young of the Clean Water
Network at the Holiday Inn Riverside in downtown Braden-
ton. Information: 795-7608. Fee applies.
Noon Anna Maria Island Democratic Club presents
"New Vision for Democrats" with guest Keith Fitzgerald at
the BeachHouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Braden-
ton Beach. Information: 778-4176.
Tuesday, Oct. 11
9 to 10:15 a.m. Sketch class with Sue Lynn Cot-
ton at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407
Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee
applies.
9 a.m.-to 12:30p.m. Blood drive at the Anna Maria
Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.
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with Sue Lynn Cotton at the Anna Maria Island Community
Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-
1908. Fee applies.
6p.m.- "9 to 5" Working Women's Networking Group
of the Democratic Women's Club meeting at Denise's
Cafe, 75th Street and Manatee Avenue, Bradenton. Res-
ervations: 778-3444. Fee applies.
Wednesday, Oct. 12
7:45 to 9 a.m. Anna Maria Island Chamber of Com-
merce new member breakfast at the Sun House Restau-
rant, 111 Bridge St., Bradenton Beach. Reservations: 779-
9412.
11:30 a.m. Off Stage Ladies Auxiliary meeting at
the BeachHouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive, Bradenton
Beach. Information: 761-7957.
7p.m. Healing mass with Eileen Dropic of Our Lady
Queen of Grace Healing Ministry at St. Bernard Catholic
Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach. Information:
778-4644.
Ongoing:
"The Foreigner" at the Island Players, 10005 Gulf
Drive, Anna Maria, through Oct. 16. Information: 778-5755.
Fee applies.
Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society "Open Aqueous
Show" at Longboat Key Center for the Arts, 6860 Longboat
Drive, Longboat Key, through Oct. 21. Information: 352-
796-4994.
Faculty exhibit opening reception at the Anna Maria
Island Art League, 5312 Holmes Blvd., Holmes Beach,
through Oct. 28. Information: 778-2099. .
Art by Dee Pastorius at the Island Gallery West, 5368
Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, through Oct. 31. Information:
787-6648.
"The Highwaymen" Florida's African-American land-
scape painters exhibit at the South Florida Museum, 201
10th Street W., Bradenton, through March 12. Information:
746-4131. Fee applies.
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Upcoming:
Sarasota Shell Club presents "Shells of Tonga" at
More Marine Laboratory Oct. 13.
Sierra Club presents "Walk with the Animals: A Na-
tive American's View of Mother Earth" at Phillippi Creek
Estate Mansion Oct. 13.
"Bat Boy" opens at the Riverfront Theatre Oct. 13.
Island Bayfest Oct. 15.
"Do Ya Do Ya Do Ya Wanna Dance" at the Braden-
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"POPStoberfest" at Neel Performing Arts Center and
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Pianist Lillette Jenkins-Wisner at the First United
Methodist Church, Bradenton Oct. 16.
Sierra Club conservation committee meeting at
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Flu shots at the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Com-
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"Just For Grins" third-grade play at Anna Maria El-
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Longboat-Lido-St. Armand Key Chamber of'Com-
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Save the Date:
Tri-chamber business after hours event at the Van
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Bradenton Woman's Club Halloween Party Oct. 22.
Goblin Gathering at G.T. Bray Park Oct. 28.
Anna Maria Elementary School Fall Festival and Pa-
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"Food for Life" cooking class at the Anna Maria Island
Community Center Oct. 29.
Trail of Treats Oct. 31.
Taste of Manatee downtown Bradenton Nov. 5.
Jazz at the Ranch with Spyro Gyra Nov. 6.
Florida West Coast Symphony Masterworks at Neel
Performing Arts Hall Nov. 11.
St. Bernard's Christmas Bazaar Nov. 19-20.
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PAGE 20 M OCT. 5, 2005 T THE ISLANDER


The most beautiful time of the year is here


"After one has lived in those latitudes long enough
the changes of the seasons become as important there
as anywhere else and the man, who loved the island,
did not want to miss any spring, nor summer, nor any
fall or winter.
"Sometimes the summers were too hot when the
wind dropped in August or when the trade winds some-
times failed in June and July. Hurricanes, too, might
come in September and October and even in early
November and there could be freak tropical storms any
time from June on. But the true hurricane months have
fine weather when there are no storms.
c- "The man had studied tropical storms for many
years and he could tell from the sky when there was a
tropical disturbance long before his barometer showed
its presence. He knew how to plot storm and the pre-
cautions that should be taken against them. He knew
too what it was to live through a hurricane with the
other people on the island and the bond that the hurri-
cane made between all people who had been'through
it. He also knew that hurricanes could be so bad that
nothing could live through them. He always thought,
though, that if there was ever one that bad he would like
to be there for it and go with the house if she went."
Ernest Hemingway's island is Bimini in the pas-
sage above from his posthumous novel, "Islands In The
Stream," but he could have been describing Anna
Maria.
And Hemingway would have loved October here,
the most beautiful month there is. Fall is just a hint in
-- the air, the.humidity has dropped and there is usually
a light breeze.
Since it's been so dry, the waters of the Gulf of
Mexico and the bays are clear and have a special teal
color over the sandbars in the passes. Water tempera-
tures have.cooled just enough to make the water com-
fortable again after the hot-tub August swelter..
Summer tourist season has diminished, and the
winter "high season" is off in the distance, so visitors
are few, mostly snowbirds of six-months or more. Lo-
cals fill the restaurants and lounges these days, friends
not seen for a while.
Even the red tide has waned..
Enjoy.

Good news on that plume
Preliminary results.are in fromwater-sampling
.- ruidie; in the northern Gulf, and the data state that the
dangers feared to be a feature of the plume are naught.
'Water and sediment samples, collected two weeks
ago off Panama City by the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission and the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection, revealed little environ-
mental impact from Hurricane Katrina iin that area,"
according to a release. "There was no indication that
Mississippi River water had moved alongshore into the
Florida Panhandle."
Scientists had feared that a huge plume of muddy
Skater, spotted(by satellite imagery shortly after Hurri-
-, cane Katrina's landfall in the North Gulf, might con-
tain a toxic cocktail from-the flooding in Nc Orleans
and surrounding areas.
Not so, though, at least so far.
The studies aren't over just yet. "The National
Oceanic and'Atmospheric Administration also is as-
sessing the oceanography and water quality of the Gulf
of Mexico," according to FWC officials. "The federal
agency recently completed a sampling transect from
the DryTortugas to the Florida Panhandle, and more
measurements and water sampling will take place in
the northern Gulf Oct. 6-16. The federal agency's
S* South Florida program will modify its regular field
study to sample the Southeastern Gulf thoroughly a few
days later."
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The water then makes its way to Ireland.
The researchers have been dropping what they
describe as "oceanographic drifters," which are float-
ing devices that collect temperature; speed and direc-
tion information in the Gulf to monitor water quality
and also aid in tropical storm forecasts, and more are
being added weekly.
One element that helped with the suspected Katrina
toxic brew was Hurricane Rita, which apparently in-
deed "mixed the post-Katriria plume water substan-
tially, which would essentially dilute concentrations of
soluble contaminants," according to the FWC.
Researchers tested the water for a host of substances,
finding low to no readings for mercury and pesticides. Red
tide was found in many samples, but in relatively low lev-
els. Nitrogen-readings were also slightly higher than usual,
but still met the "low" parameters.
Iron and aluminum in the deeper water were at
higher levels than usual, findings that scientists believe
were spurred by sediment stirring as the big storms
passed through.
One more item to scratch off the environmental
worry list. Only about a zillion to go.

Ice ice baby oops!
Here's a Federal Emergency Management Agency
hurricane tale that would be funny if it weren't so serious.
The feds ordered up 91,000 tons of ice to cool off
Hurricane Katrina sufferers.
Yes, tons. To bring the enormity of the quantity of


ice into perspective, an 18-wheel semi-trailer will hold
20 tons.
Yes, that's 45,000 big rigs.
However, as reported by the New York Times, the
delivery took on a Keystone Cops morass of
misdirection as truck drivers went from point to point
in the country as FEMA tried to figure out where the
ice should go and how it should get there.
One driver told a "wonderful" travelogue about his
fruitless ice delivery. He picked up his load in Pennsyl-
vania and took it to Missouri to a staging area. No, he
was told, you need to go to Alabama. No, Mississippi,
they said. When he got there, he was sent back to Ala-
bama, where he was told to go to Virginia. He spent
seven days idling his refrigerated truck full of ice there
until the feds finally decided they didn't need all the ice
they'd ordered after all and sent him to Nebraska,
where he unloaded the cargo in a storage facility to
await the next disaster.
Total cost of giving the 91,000 tons of ice a tour of
the country about $100 million.

Sandscript factoid
Hurricane frequency) is what is most discussed of,
late rightly so, with, Stan, the 18th named storm this
year, chugging its way toward Mexico.
What's as imponirt.in is inten-ii\ a- those in the
northern Gulf Coast can attest following Category 4
Katrina and Category 3 Rita landfalls.
Some scientists believe both frequency and inten-
sity are on an upswing. The statistics aren't good, es-
pecially in the intensity front.
The following is from the Oct. 3 issue of "Time"
magazine:
"In a study published in the journal 'Nature' last
month, Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology surveyed roughly 4,800 hurricanes in
the North Atlantic and North Pacific over the past 56
years. While he found no increase in the total number
of hurricanes, he found that their power measured
by wind speed and duration had jumped 50 percent
since the mid-1970s. 'The storms are getting stronger,'
Emanuel said, 'and they're lasting longer."'


Grouper season is about through


By Jim Hanson
Islander Correspondeit
-Commercial grouper fishing ends next Mon-
day, Oct. 10, in state waters and Nov. 1 in the fed-
eral waters farther offshore, and fishery officials are
meeting this week to try to prevent such drastic clo-
sures in the future.
Recreational grouper fishing continues until
Nov. 1 at a reduced rate than it has enjoyed-in the
past.
Karen Bell of Cortez is in St. Petersburg for a
meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Manage-
ment Council on which she serves, which is seek-
ing solutions to the over-fishing problem. She is
considered a leading expert on-commercial fishing,
her family having operated A.P. Bell Fish Co. for
decades.
"We may recommend cutting the per-trip lim-
its more," she said.-"We had hoped the reductions
made this year would.do the job, but the fishermen
just fished harder and reached the quota now."
The quota this year is 5.3 million pounds of red
grouper, the fish most popular with diners and the
one that is most profitable for commercial fisher-
men.
SReaching either that total or the shallow-water
grouper quota of 8.8 million pounds automatically


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triggers a season closure. The federal regulators
earlier had set Nov. 1 as the closing date for grou-
per for retail consumption.
A similar closure last year that shut off grouper
fishing in November and December had near-ca-
lamitous effects on the Cortez commercial fisher-
men and this year's closure will be three weeks
longer.
Sports fishermen were cut back in August, the
bag limit dropping to three grouper, one bf which
may be a red: That, too, has had drastic effects on
the charter fishing trade in this area. All recreational
red grouper fishing will be prohibited for the last
two months of this year, too.
Commercial fishermen are voting now on
whether to go ahead with a federal boat buy-back
program to take some fishing boats off the water to
relieve some of the pressure on the Gulffishery.
Commercial fishing in 2005 was limited to
10,000 pounds of grouper per trip, as of last Jan. 1.
Under the federal formula, that was reduced to
7,500 pounds and then to 5,500, and even that is by
the board now.
The Gulf fisheries council meeting now in St.
Petersburg will hear testimony from the public on
the future of commercial and sports grouper fishing
regulations.


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THE ISLANDER 0 OCT. 5, 2005 0 PAGE 21


Island fishing doesn't get much better than this


By Capt. Mike Heistand
Excellent fishing has been reported by both inshore
and offshore anglers in the past week, with expecta-
tions of even better catches ahead.
In the backwaters, snook are big and hungry and
coming on strong to both shrimp and artificial lures.
Mangrove snapper are still to be found along the
Intracoastal Waterway, and flounder catches are pick-
ing up by the day.
Offshore action for grouper and snapper is also
terrific, but the best catches are coming from about 45
miles out in the Gulf of Mexico.
Bill Lowman at Island Discount Tackle at
Catchers Marina in Holmes Beach said offshore fish-
ing is fair to excellent right now, with good catches of
grouper and snapper coming in as well as some big
amberjack, all caught in about 150 feet of water in the
Gulf of Mexico. "This has been one of the best years
ever for mangrove and American red snapper," Bill
noted. Backwater fishing for redfish is also great near
Long Bar Point in Sarasota Bay and near the Perico
Island shoreline. Mangrove snapper action continues to
be good along the Intracoastal Waterway, and flounder
are finally starting to make a good showing.
Capt. Rick Gross on Fishy Business put of


Catchers Marina in Holmes Beach said snook fish-
ing is excellent right now, with linesiders making
their move into the back bays near the mangroves.
He's caught some fish up to 34 inches in length.
He's also been able to limit-out on redfish on almost
every trip.
Bob Kilb at the Rod & Reel Pier said anglers have
been catching a few snook, some snapper and whiting,
plus mackerel and a couple of sheepshead.
Jesus Rosario at the Anna Maria City Pier said
fishers there have also caught a few good-size snook,
plus redfish, mackerel, mangrove snapper and whiting.
Whitebait has finally started to show up around the
dock, and fishing has improved as a result.
Capt. Thom Smith at Angler's Repair on Cortez
Road said he's been putting his charters onto snook,
redfish and trout using Mr. Twister Exudes. For some
reason, he's doing better wading than fishing from his
boat in the past few trips.
Dave Johnson at Snqad Island Crab House said
whitebait are all over Terra Ceia Bay, and there are
good reports of redfish and snook in the whitebait wa-
ters. Mackerel have finally started to show up again in
Tampa Bay, and there are lots of flounder coming onto
the dock from bay fishers.


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At Perico Island Bait and Tackle, reports include
redfish near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and in Perico
Bayou, with the best hookups coming from using
shrimp as bait. Snook are lurking around the docks and
seawalls in the bays, and whitebait is starting to show
up again in the passes, although artificial seem to be
working well for snook hunters.
At Skyway Bait and Tackle, reports include good
catches of redfish off Joe's Island, with the best hook-
ups coming on Exudes in the darker colors. Mackerel
have also made a belated appearance around the Sun-
shine Skyway Bridge. Mangrove snapper are also to be
found, and caught, in the ship channel in Tampa Bay,
with some fish stretching to 16 inches. The shop also
now has a full line of tackle.
Capt. Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish
Charters said he's finding fishing.to be good offshore,
putting clients onto gag grouper to 20 pounds, red
grouper, scamp, mangrove snapper and yellowtail
snapper in about 110 feet of water.
On my boat Magic, I took Lewis Christman of
Terra Ceia out last week and caught several redfish to
28 inches, trout to 17 inches, flounder to 18 inches and
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By Jim Hanson
Islander Correspondent
Ed Sterba, vice president of Anna Maria Island
Turtle Watch Inc. and long one of the "truly faithful"
sea turtle protectors, has won the Sadie award from the
organization.
The award is given annually to the person judged
to have'"stretched far beyond what's expected, in ma-
rine turtle preservation," Turtle Watch's director noted
at the annual awards banquet Saturday at the Sarasota
Sailing Squadron.
Suzi Fox, who holds the state's sea turtle preserva-
tion permit for the Island as well as heading Turtle
Watch, noted that the award is named for the logger-
head that cracked her bottom shell falling off a jetty in
2000. Islanders rescued her and Mote Marine Labora-
tory doctored her.
"It has been very hard this year, with red tide and
storms and beach renourishment and beach walkers
having to pick their way between dead fish and storm
debris," she said. "I can't express.how proud I am of
the way the volunteers worked all.through this hardest
of all seasons."
The "egg finder" award went to Ed Oliver "who
has the uncanny ability to find nests hidden in a 6-
square-foot part of the beach so we could relocate them
to safe ground." She noted that the last thing a mother
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ouflage her nest.
Rookie of the Year turned out
to be plural Sue Spigel, Marlene
Killian and Pam Weaver, who
were "diligent beyond belief" in
their first year as Turtle Watch vol-
unteers who patrolled the beach in
weather fair or foul, every dawn,
looking for nests made overnight.
Only three nests remain on
Anna Maria Island beaches, all of
them at Coquina. They may
hatch momentarily, Fox said.
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The last of the 2005 turtle nests on
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nests this year, about half the nor-
mal crop.
The 91 nests hatched so far
have sent about 3,000 hatchlings
into the Gulf, nearly all of them
loggerheads.
The total is somewhat low,,
Fox said, due to inundation of
many nests by stormy weather and
to raids by raccoons until they were
controlled with heavy screening
over nests.
Additional details may be ob-
tained by calling 778-5638.


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With 110 volunteers clearing 1,470 pounds of trash
from beach and bay, Bradenton Beach would have won
the weekend's Coastal Cleanup if it had been a contest:
It wasn't, though, and the real winners were the
newly cleaned communities and the birds and marine
critters saved from who knows what, no longer endan-
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Other totals, from Yvette Little of the sponsoring
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Smokers contributed most of the garbage, Little
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Island Real Estate lone team with perfect record


By Kevin Cassidy
Islander Reporter
Island Real Estate won two games last week to
remain the lone team with a perfect record in the Anna
Maria Island Community Center's youth soccer league.
The Division II team destroyed Harry's Continental
Kitchens on Sept. 28 before winning a 6-4 shootout
over winless West Coast Strf Shop on Friday to close
out soccer for September with a six-poilftlead in the
Division II standings.
Previously undefeated Air & Energy ran into a
determined Danziger Allergy & Sinus squad which


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was looking for its first victory of the season. Danziger
came out on top by a 3-0 score over A&E, which
proved to be mortal minus the high-scoring brotherly
duo of Joel and Adam Hart.
Division I boasts one undefeated tearfi in Mr.
Bones, but Bones only earned one victory and had three
ties, putting them five points behind first-place
LaPensee Plumbing. Longboat Observer and West
Coast Air Cofditioning are t\ o point back. \\hile
ReMax Gulfstream Realty holds down last place.. n)
team with Ben Valdivieso'must be reckoned with, so
don't count out ReMax just yet.
On Sept. 28, Valdivieso showed why Division I
ReMax must not be overlooked in a 5-5 tie with Mr.
Bones. Mr. Bones opened up a 4-0 lead midway
through the first half. Austin Martin opened the scor-
ing for Mr. Bones when he carried the ball up the left
side and hit a beautiful left-footed shot from an im-
possible angle to give Mr. Bones a 1-0 lead. Three
minutes later, Sean Edwards found space on the left
side as well. He cut back against the grain and curled



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a right-footed shot into the far corner for a 2-0 lead.
Cory Wash got into the scoring act for Bones when
he scored two goals four minutes apart to open up what
seemed like an insurmountable lead.
Enter Valdivieso, who was late arriving to the
game. Within minutes of entering the contest,
Valdivieso took a pass from Jordan Sebastiano on the
right wing, dribbled forward and blasted a rocket that
found the far comer of the goal to pull ReMax to within
three goals.
Late in the first half, Valdivieso dribbled through
and around four Mr. Bones' defenders, cut to his right
at the 18 and again found the far corner of the goal to
halve the Mr. Bones lead.
The second half saw Valdivieso notch two more
goals, while teammate Matt Bauer found the back of
the net once to earn a 5-5 tie. Austin Martin scored the
lone second-half goal for Mr. Bones, which had to be
disappointed after holding such a commanding lead.
PLEASE SEE SPORTS, NEXT PAGE


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THE ISLANDER 5 OCT. 5. 2005 0 PAGE 23


Sports
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22
Division I (ages 12-14)
Longboat Observer tied West Coast Air Condi-
tioning for second place in the standings thanks to a
5-4 victory on Sept. 30. Blake Wilson led the way
with two goals, while teammates Celia Ware, Forest
Schield and Kyle Aritt each added one goal for the
Observer. West Coast Air Conditioning's Martine
Miller led all scorers with four goals in defeat.
LaPensee Plumbing won its only game of the
week to vault-into first place by two points, thanks
to a 4-3 victory over second-place Longboat Ob-
server on Sept. 26.
Joey Hutchinson led the way with a pair of
goals, while teammates Heldino Gomez.and Adina
Dicus each notched one goal in the victory. Kyle
Aritt scored two goals to lead the Observer, which
also received one goal from Celia Ware in the loss.
Mr. Bones and West Coast Air Conditioning
battled to a 2-2 tie on Sept. 26 in Division I soccer
action. Cory Wash scored two goals to lead Mr.
Bones, while Broderick West notched two goals to
lead WCAC.

Division II (ages 10-11)
Paulo Fonseca found the back of the net four
times to lead Island Real Estate past West Coast Surf
Shop with a 6-4 final score on Sept. 30. Austin Wash
added two goals for IRE, which improved to 5-0 in
the standings with the victory.
Stephanie Purnell scored a pair of goals to lead
the Surf Shop, which also received one goal apiece
from Jerry Mayer and Giorgio Gomez in the loss.
Island Real Estate foreclosed on Harry's Conti-
nental Kitchens on Sept. 28 with a 7-1 victory keyed
by four goals from Chandler Hardy. Paulo Fonseca,
Mallory Kosfeld and Austin Wash each added a goal
to the victory total.
Daniel Pimental scored the lone goal for Harry's
in"the loss.
Pine Avenue Store rode a hat trick by Alex Hall
to a resounding 4-1 victory on Sept. 27 over Harry's
Continental Kitchens. Pine Store also received a goal
from Jake Rappe to complete the scoring in its win.
William Brusso avoided the shutout for Harry's
with one goal in the loss.

Division III (ages 8-9)
Cannons Marina defeated Danziger Allergy &
Sinus 3-1 on Sept. 29 for its first victory of the sea-
son. Hunter Parrish notched a pair of goals to lead
the way for Cannons, which also received one goal
from Max Monuese in the victory.
Danziger Allergy & Sinus was led by one goal
from Andrew Crowton in the loss.

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challenge for the ball during instructional league soccer.action at the Anna Maria Island Community Center.
Islander Photos: Kevin Cassidy
Joel Hart poured.in five goals and Trevor Albers j-a -' .
added one goal as Air & Energy pummeled Mike -
Norman Realty 6-0 in Division III soccer action at
the Center.
Danziger Allergy & Sinus infected Air & Energy
with its first loss of the season on Sept. 27. Josh
Zawistoski scored two goals to lead the way for ~ -
Danziger, which also received one goal from An- -
drew Crowton in the victory.


Horseshoe news
Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Ron Pepka of
Bradenton is clearly on a roll. At the conclusion
of the Oct. 1 horseshoe action, Pepka had cap-
tured his 18th consecutive victory. Pepka
teamed up with Tom Rhodes of Cortez to defeat
Debbie Rhodes, Tom's wife, and Jay Disbrow
of Bradenton in-a one-game playoff.
Pepka teamed up with Disbrow at
Wednesday's matches to capture the horseshoe
competition outright with a perfect 3-0 record.
Play gets under way at 9 a.m. every
Wednesday and Saturday adjacent to Anna.
Maria City Hall. Warm ups begin at 8:45 a.m.
followed by random team selection. There is no
charge to play and everyone is welcome.



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ReMaxforward Matt Bauer and James Hall of Mr.
Bones race for the ball during Division I soccer
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SWING SET: you move, $50; wood headboard, full-
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ROSER THRIFT SHOP: Open Tuesday and
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MOVING SALE 9 a.m.-5p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
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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 person-
alized 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 information.
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.


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FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED for loving homes to
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for adoption. All food and medical provided. Julie,
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Tropical Sunset Spacious turnkey.furnished 2BR/
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sundeck, storage, covered parking, and'a great rental
history with no restrictions!$599,000.
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Center Soccer


standings
Team Won
Division I (ages 12-14)
LaPensee 3
Observer 2
West Coast AC 2
Mr. Bones 1
ReMax 1
Division II (ages 10-11)
IRE 5
Harry's 2
Pine Store 2
Surf Shop 0
Division III (ages 8-9)
Air & Energy 4
Mike Norman 2
Cannons Marina 1
Danziger 1


League
Sept. 23
Tie Points


as of
Lost
2
2
.2
0
3

0
3
2
4


AMICC Soccer League schedule
Date Time Team vs. Team
Division I (ages 12-14)
Oct. 5 7:15 p.m. Mr. Bones vs. Observer
Oct. 10 6 p.m. ReMax vs.. Observer
Oct. 10 7:30 p.m. WCAC vs. LaPensee


Division II (ages 10-11)
Oct. 5 6 p.m.
Oct. 11 7 p.m.
Division III (ages 8-9)
Oct. 6 6 p.m.
Oct. 6 7 p.m.
Oct. 11 6 p.m.


Harry's vs. Surf Shop
Pine Store vs. Surf Shop

Norman vs. Danziger
A&E vs. Cannons
Danziger vs. A&E


Instructional League (ages 5-7)
Oct. 5 6 p.m. B. Walker vs. Sparks
Oct. 5 7 p.m. Tropical T&E vs. LPAC
Oct. 6 6 p.m. M. Stanley vs. LPAC
Oct. 6 7 p.m. Rotten Ralphs vs. Tropical T &E
Oct. 11 6 p.m. Bistros vs. Sparks
Oct. 11 7 p.m. B. Walker vs. Ralphs


TIHE ISLANDER 0 OCT. 5, 2005 P PAGE 25


Island students advance in


punt, pass, kick competition

By Diana Bogan
Islander Reporter
Third- through fifth-grade students at Anna
Maria Elementary School have been participating
this fall in the National Punt, Pass and Kick Contest '' -
during their physical education class.
The competition offers boys and girls the oppor-
tunity to compete, matching their skills in punting,
passing and place-kicking a football. Each partici-
pant receives a certificate and ribbons are awarded
to the first-, second- and third-place winner of each
group.
A combined total of the three skills is used to de-
termine who advances to the sectional competition -
at G.T. Bray Park in Bradenton, which will be held -
at 1 p.m. Oct. 9.
This year's winners in the boys divisions are --
Joel Hart (ages 8-9) and Elijah Pellegren (ages 10-
11). In the girls divisions Kyla Nipper (ages 8-9) and
Hailey Dearlove (ages 10-11) will move to the next
round of competition.
This is the second year Dearlove has advanced "_
to the sectional competition at G.T. Bray Park.
Winners at the sectional competition will ad-
vance to the final competition, which will be held
prior to a Tampa Bay Buccaneers home game.
AME students who finished second and third in
their age groups include Anthea Rokop, Gussie
Lardas, Reina Glavan, Sam Azmi and Christian
Elston (ages 8-9); Kaylee Harrop, Kayla Aritt, Cliff
Pascal, Taylor Smith and Mike Dolan (ages 10-11).


Key Royale Golf news
Cindy Mansour shot an even-par 32 to capture the two shots back of Mansour with a pair of 34s.
Class A, ladies low-net golf competition on Sept. 20 Class B winner was Sally Keyes with a 35 that
at Key Royale Club. Mansour also won the tee-to- placed her two shots ahead of Rose Slomba, Markie
green half-handicap conpetion as well. Nancy Ksiazk and Jean Tourt. Nancy King managed a
Grimme and Tootie Wagner finished tied for second, chip-in on number nine.


Punt, pass, kick winners
Hailey Dearlove, Kyla Nipper, Joel Hart and Elijah
Pellegren are the top candidatesfrom Anna Maria
Elementary School advancing to the sectional punt-
pass-and-kick competition at G.T. Bray Park Oct. 9.
The competition is sponsored by Pepsi and the Na-
tional Football League. Islander Photo: Diana Bogan.


Kathy Geeraerts, Realtor
778-0455




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REAL ESTATE
OF ANNA MARIA
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STRAIGHT TALK
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requires clear communication. If you appreciate
someone who believes in talking straight, give
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Island Specialist
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5201 Gulf Drive Holmes Beach
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Toll Free: 800-237-2252
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Norman 941-778-6696
Norman 3101 GULF DRIVE
Realty INC WWW. MIKENORMANREALT.OM HOLMES BEACH


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Model,
1,803 sf,
2BR/2BA,
two-car
W -, garage.
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OPEN HOUSE (650) 714-5966
1-4pm, Oct 8 & 9 6813 7th Ave.West

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Island Shopping Center
5404 Marina Drive
PHONE 941 778-7978


FOR STRAIGHT TALK ON SELLING ISLAND PROPERTIES
CALL THE ISLANDERS, CHRIS & JOHN


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Spectacular sunsets. There's nothing like
it left on the Suncoast. Truly one of the
very last opportunities to build that quiet,
secluded, boatable, waterfront estate
you've always dreamed of, Old Florida
living, yet very near the Sunshine Skyway
Bridge, 1-275/1-75 interchange, ten
minutes from St. Pete, and just 30 minutes
from Sarasota and Tampa International
Airport, For sale by owner. $1,900,000.

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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.
FREE to good home: two male tabby cats, two years
old. Neutered, declawed, shots. (941) 730-6163.


RV: 2002 ROADTREK 190 Versatile. Fully loaded.
14,000 miles. Call (317) 873-3307, e-mail
docfornd@aol.com or see details at http://
www.rvtrader.com/rvdetail 110025.htm


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.


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.
FISH FOR REDFISH, Snook and Trout with
InshoreSlam.com Captain Jim Savaglio. License,
bait and tackle included. (813) 477-7657.


NOW HIRING ALL positions. Rotten-hours, rotten
pay. Apply at Rotten Ralph's Waterfront Restaurant,
902 S. Bay Blvd., Anna Maria, or call (941) 778-3953.
GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE equipment
operator. Full or part time, $9/hour. Call John, (941)
778-4598. Drug-free workplace.
PART-TIME OFFICE receptionist at local area
S motel. Phone (941) 778-2780.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Meet interesting people,
learn the history of the Island. Anna Maria Island
Historical Museum, 402 Pine Ave., Anna Maria.
(941) 778-0492.

LTD MORTGAGE INC.
The Oldest Mortgage Co. on Anna Maria Island
Linda G. Davis Ted E. Davis
Licensed Mortgage Brokers
Conforming and jumbo loans.
S1st and 2nd mortgages.
SNo closing cost home equity lines of credit.
100% purchase money mortgages.
Residential and commercial mortgages.
- Private money available for those
1hard-to-place loans.


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


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SPENCER'S SKIM SCHOOL for beginners and in-
termediates. Free skimboard use with lessons. $10
per half-hour lesson, three lessons recommended.
Local teen, team competitor. Call (941) 778-0944.
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..
FISHING FOR a good deal? Look in The Islander,
778-7978.





-, AMY GORDAN
,, REALTOR
Dedicated to service
Expertise in.renovation
and rehabilitation
properties.
SIsland, waterfront and area
lifestyle specialist.
5 The JEWEL of Gulf Coast Real Estate
Contact Amy for all of your
REAL ESTATE needs!

941-779-1811
1I501 Gulf Drive North-BradentonB*each


BUSY BISTRO hiring full- or part-time hostess and
servers for lunch, Sunday brunch and dinner.
Wednesday-Sunday. Apply to Chef Damon, 5406
Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, or call (941) 778-5320.
HELPER WANTED for landscape and property
maintenance. Call Chris, (941) 778-2837.
HOTEL ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND seeks assistant
manager: Full-time, hands-on assistant manager to
facilitate all aspects of the hotel's management and
staff. Must be a self-starter and computer literate and
have at least three years in hotel management.
People skills are a must. Send resumes to PO Box
1384, Holmes Beach FL 34218, or e-mail
rickyrobertsl 2@hotmail.com.
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE supervisor for condo
complex in North Longboat Key. Year-round, full
time. Hours may include some Saturday work and
availability for emergencies. Candidate must be
dependable, friendly, honest, energetic and be able
to follow-thru on tasks and take initiative.
Compensation based on experience with lodging
possible for single person. Position is.available now.
Call (941) 383-5454 for job description, application
and interview time.
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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(941) 751-1155 (800) 778-8448
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Highlights include a boat dock. courtyard
with spectacular water wall and open pool,
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We Still Have Some Great
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BROKER/ASSOCIATE
Jim Anderson Realty Company
PO Box 1789 401-8 Pine Avenue Anna Maria, FL 34216
941.778.4847
L- toll free 1.800.772.3235
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NEED A BABY-SITTER, pet-sitter or dog walker?
13-year-old eighth-grade 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 Gemma, (941) 447-9657.
SANDBAGS DELIVERED: Be prepared. Local teen
will make and deliver sandbags to your Island
residence. Spencer, (941) 778-0944 to order.
DOG WALKER, PET sitter, child sitter and odd jobs.
Tenth-grader, available after school and weekends.
Zach, (941) 779-9783.


PRIVATE DUTY LPN: 30-year Bradenton resident.
Excellent references. (941) 795-8112, leave message.


MAN WITH SHOVEL Plantings, natives, patio
gardens,, trimming, clean-up, edgings,
maintenance. Hard-working and responsible. Excel-
lent references. Edward (941) 778-3222.
LET US DRIVE YOU! Shopping, medical appoint-
ments, airports,.cruise ports. Flat rates. Sunshine
Car Service. Serving the Islands. (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.

APPLIANCE & AC DOCTORS: We repair air con-
ditioners, refrigerator, washer/dryer, oven, garbage-
disposal, other household iteins. Honest, depend-
able: 20-plus years experience. (941) 650-9293.

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CUSTOM MARINE FIBERGLASS: Mobile unit.
Exterior, interior. Structural, painting and gel-coat
repair. 25 years experience, all work guaranteed.
Licensed and insured. USCG registered. Jim
Hathaway, (941) 713-5462.

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

CALL DAN'S RESCREEN for your free estimate
today. Affordable rates, quality work guaranteed. Pool
cages, lanais, windows, doors. Call (941) 713-5333.
CLEANING BY HELENE: 30-year Island resident,
great references! Weekly, biweekly. Call for a free
estimate, (941) 730-4477.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Kelley Ragan. Quality portraits,
weddings, beach photography, babies, even pets!
Reasonable. (941) 447-8892.
MUSIC LESSONS! Flute, saxophone, clarinet. Begin-
ning to advanced. Contact Koko Ray, (941) 792-0160.
MURALIST, Mark Burdette. Custom murals, interior
or exterior, landscapes and more. (941) 447-9637.
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. CAC184228.
ANYONE CAN TAKE a picture. A professional
creates a portrait. I want to be at your wedding!
www.jackelka.com. (941) 778-2711.
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.
HOUSE AND CONDO CARE! Handyman. Watch
your place, fix things. Anna Maria, Holmes Beach,
Longboat Key. Call, fax, Wern, (941) 778-1040.
E-mail wernerhoecker@yahoo.com.

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.

SCOTT'S HELPING HANDS handyman service.
Odd jobs: packing, moving, hauling, cleanup, minor
construction, painting, yard work. Pickup truct avail-
able for moving and cleaning. How may I help you?
(941) 306-9767.
SUNCOAST CLEANING SERVICES seeking new
clients for window cleaning. Family owned and
operated. Great references. (941) 722-4358.


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) 807-1015.
CLOUD 9 LANDSCAPING: Top quality lawn and
landscape maintenance. Now accepting new
accounts at great rates. Please call (941) 778-2335
or 284-1568.


GARY WOOD LAWN service and landscaping.
Also, light tree work. Call (941) 812-7273.
HOLMES LAWN MAINTENANCE and Phil Brewer
Tree Service: Serving the Island's yard needs with
total lawn care! Call us today. (941) 812-9146 or
545-4770.


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. $42/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.
Truck for hire, move anything. Shark Mark (941)
727-5066.


VAN-GO PAINTING residential/commercial,
interior/exterior, pressure cleaning, wallpaper. Is-
land references. Bill, (941) 795-5100.
FIND GREAT DEALS on wheels and everything
else in The Islander, 778-7978.


Reach more

than 20,000

people weekly

with your ad -

for as little as

$20.00!

Call Rebecca
or Nancy
778-7978
The Islander

www.islander.org


FLAMINGO CAY- Single family 3BR/2BA canalfront home
with pool. Under complete renovation. Chance to pick floor
and wall coverings. MLS# 13084. Call Mike Carleton,
Realtor 737-0915 or Michel Cerene, Broker 545-9591 eves.
5910 Marina Drive 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


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


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Beautilul 3BR,2BA elevated home. '
overlooking natural mangrove canal,
in the village of Anna Maria.
Spacious, open floor plan, splil '
bedroom design, high cathedral -' ',
ceilings, woodburning fireplace with coral stone mantel, granite
countertops, brand new stainless steel appliances, tiled floors, walk-in
closets, screened lanai, and wooden deck overlooking brand new pool.
Brick paver patio surrounding pool. Priced at $875,000.
Visit our Web site at www.betsyhills.com


SThe bsten Team'
S Professional REALTORS representing "
j .A buyers and sellers with
Heather Absten, P.A. Honesty, Jennifer Absten, P.A.
941-807-4661 941-345-7002
He3therAbsten@yahoo.com l JenniferAbscen@msn.com
Results!

DEVELOPER WANTED!
Build two land condos on a 13,728 sf lot. Room for large units and two
pools. Rent out duplex until you are ready to build. 4BR/3BA, large kitchen,
recently renovated, plus 2BR/1BA with covered parking. $849,000.

GREAT VALUE! HOME WITH
DEEDED BOAT SLIP
..Ground level 2BR/1BA home in a quiet neighbor-
S-: ,. hood. Bright and airy with an open floor plan.
SShort walk to the beach and just steps from youi-
S boat. Great winter residence or investment/renova-
tion potential. Priced to sell at $575,000.

RARE FIND IN ANNA MARIA! -
Cute and ready to be lived in! Enjoy island liin.' '
just three blocks from the beach and the bay.in the l
heart of Anna Maria. Walk to everything! Nicely Ii '
remodeled, custom tile work in bath room.
beautiful tongue-and-groove vaulted ceilings a.nd i
much more. Tons of charm! Must see! $765,51001i

IMMACULATE KEY WEST STYLE
/ 3BR/2BA custom home just 2.5 blocks from the
beach on a quiet cul-de-sac. Very well maintained,
| .B large bedrooms, master suite with dual showers,
l'll I oversized two-car garage with workshop area in
----- -- '"back. Bonus recreation area downstairs and lots of
storage. Large side yard with plenty of room for a
.. -- pool! $875,000.

NEW LISTING! CANALFRONT, GREAT PRICE!
3BR/2BA canalfront home on Longboat Key. No bridges to open
water, short walk to beach, Joan .M. Durante park and a great
restaurant. Won't last at this price! $789,000.


S ulf-Bay Realty of Anna Maria Inc. 5309 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach

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Sandy's Lawn Service Inc.
Sandy'S Established in 1983
Lawn Celebrating 23 Years of
aerice Quality & Dependable Service.
SCall us for your landscape
778*.1345 and hardscape needs.
tLicensed & Insured

Paradise Improvements 778-4173
-- : Kitchen and Bath Remodeling Specialist
-.. Replacement Doors and Windows
-. ----.. Steven Kaluza Andrew Chennault
Fully Licensed and Insured Island References
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HAQOLD (SMALL REALTORo
Office: (941) 778-2246 792- 8628 f (
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We service all makes/Flat rate pricing
Free replacement estimates
Indoor air quality-UV, Hepa, Duct sanitizing
Maintenance
(941) 746-4191

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WATERING RESTRICTIONS :

Rules in effect for Manatee County:
> Lawn and landscape watering is limited to two days *
a week. 0

>- Addresses ending in even numbers (or A M):
Tuesday and Saturday.

>- Addresses ending in odd numbers (or N Z):
Wednesday and Sunday.
-0
Irrigation not allowed from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ir- *
rigation with treated waste water allowed any time.) 0

Owners can wash their vehicles anytime as long
as they use a.hose with a shut-off nozzle. (Pull the
car on the lawn to wash!)

> Rinsing boats and flushing of boat motors is al-
lowed for ten minutes daily.

Hand-watering of plants, NOT LAWNS, is permit-
ted any day.
Questions or comments? Call the Southwest Florida Water
Management District (Swiftmuid) toll-free: 1-800-423-1476. o
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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
estimates. 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.lmprovements 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 resto-
ration. Quality work. Over 20 years experience. In-
sured. 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.

ISLAND HOME IMPROVEMENTS and repairs:
A wide variety of skills! No project is too large or too
small. References., 20 years experience. (941)
538-3520 or 448-1956.

CARL V. JOHNSON JR. Inc. building contractor.
New homes, additions, renovations. Quality work
and fair prices. Call (941) 795-1947.
Lic#RR0066450.

TWO DUDES with tools: Tile, trim, cabinets, painting,
drywall, glass block, brick, stonework and more! Many
references. Call now! (941) 812-4269 or 448-6961.

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.

TOM'S WINDOWS/Metro Home Supply Inc.
Professional-grade doors, windows, hurricane
protection, siding, soffits. Sales, service, repair.
Visa/MasterCard. (941) 359-3799.

THIRTY-SIX YEARS craftsman experience.
Interior, exterior, doors, stairs, windows and trim.
Pressure wash. Driveway paint. Dan Michael,
master carpenter. Call 518-3316.or 778-6898.



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

PERICO BAY CLUB: 2BR/2BA villa with two-car
garage, sunny private end unit, close to Anna Maria
beaches and stores. Nicely furnished. Nonsmoking.
Available now or as winter rental, two-month
minimum. Call owner, (941) 387-9702.


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,
1 BR/1 BA with breathtaking sunsets. Pools, Jacuzzi,
walk to shops and restaurants. Available weekly,
monthly, seasonal. (901) 301-8299 or e-mail
captko462@aol.com.

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.

SANDPIPER RESORT on Gulf Drive: 55-plus
community, fully equipped 1BR/1BA, beachhouse
with greatroom and kitchen. Brand new! Steps to
the beach or Intracoastal. All utilities including trash,
except phone. Rent weekly to annually. No pets.
(317) 873-3307.

WEEKLY RENTALS: Alecassandra villa, 1 BR/1 BA,
$700/week; Island duplex, 2BR, $800/week;
Gulffront cottage, 2BR, $1,000/week; Bradenton
Beach Club, 2BR/2BA, $1,400/week. Please call
Kim Fisher, Wagner Realty, (941) 778-2246.
www.wagnerrealty.com.

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

NEAR BRADENTON BEACH: 1 BR/1 BA furnished
apartment. $750/month, includes utilities. Month
to month lease. References. Call Jackie, (941)
929-7165.

BEACH LIVING: Furnished 2BR/2BA. $1,800/
month, utilities included. (941) 505-1962.

BIMINI BAYFRONT HOME with beautiful views!
2BR/2BA, two-car garage. $1,800/month. Call
Gabe Buky, (941) 374-5772.

WATERFRONT: SAN REMO condo, 2BR/1BA,
annual/seasonal. Furnished, on canal with dock,
nonsmoking. Rates dependent on length of stay.
(941) 794-8368.

SEASONAL: HOLMES BEACH, 2BR/1BA ground-
level duplex, completely furnished. One house from
the Gulf. No pets, nonsmoking. (8.13) 689-0925, or
e-mail HLMSBCHRNTL@.COM.

LUXURIOUS VILLAS, enchanting gardens:
seasonal or weekly rentals. 1 BR/1 BA or 2BR/2BA,
conveniently located. (941) 778-4636.
www.islandgardenvillas.com.

ANNA MARIA, GULF beach. Beautiful 1BR apart-
ment open for season. Second floor, fully equipped,
tile shower, queen-size bed. (941) 778-3143.


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HOLMES BEACH ANNUAL 2BR/2BA on canal.
Washer/dryer hookup. No pets. (941) 778-7039.
SANDPIPER: 55-PLUS. Seasonal 1BR/1BA, steps
to the beach. $1,200/month. Also, 2BR/1BA,
$1,400/month. Nonsmoking. (775) 338-9492.
NEW ULTRA LUXURY Gulffront condo in Holmes
Beach: 3BR/2.5BA, everything top-of-the-line.
2,000 sf. $2,500-$2,800/week. Call Mike, (866)
869-0824. www.mcbproperties.com.
PALMA SOLA 2BR/2BA townhouse, turnkey
furnished. Pool and boat dock. $550/week, $1,250/
month. Real Estate Mart, (941) 756-1090.
SEASONAL OR WEEKLY cottage-style rentals.
1BR/1BA or 2BR/1BA with pool. Walk to beach,
shopping, restaurants. (941) 778-3426. Web site
2spinnakers.com.
ANNA MARIA ISLAND: November 2005-April 2006.
2BR/1 BA or 3BR/2BA, either way. 1,750 sf home,
ground-level with carport, living room, dinette,
washer/dryer room, family room, patio. A real
beauty and just 200 yards from Gulf! From $2,500 to
$3,500/month. Nonsmoking, no pets. (813) 690-9762.
SEASONAL: 2BR/2BA, large bayfront condo with
sweeping bay views, heated pool, boat dock and
carport. Beautiful unit! Starting at $1,995/month.
(941) 807-5449.
OFFICE SPACE for lease: Anna Maria, perfect
location on Pine Avenue. Up to 1,500 sf. Close to
shops, pier, etc. Please call owner for details, (941)
779-1044.
IMMACULATE 2BR/2BA CONDO in adult
community, Bradenton. Half mile to Gulf, unit faces
pool with canal view. Fully furnished, cable TV, full
kitchen. Three-month minimum $2,250/month, de-
posit, required. (336) 210-7804 or (859) 653-8436.,
PERICO BAY: 2BR/2BA bright and quiet ground-
level turnkey villa with all amenities. Annual, $1,100/
month plus utilities, or seasonal $3,000/month, utili-
ties included. (508) 790-4645. E-mail
a.desmarais @comcast.net.
WESTBAY COVE: Beautiful ground-floor condo.
2BR/2BA, newly redecorated, washer/dryer, pool,
tennis. Available October, November, December
2005, and May through December 2006. New York
(914) 238-3711, or e-mail Sbokos @ aol.com.
ANNUAL RENTAL: Charming 2BR/2BA elevated
duplex in Bradenton Beach. High ceilings, clean,
one block to beach, no pets. $875/month. (941)
778-4665 or 725-2549.
2BR/1 BA BEACH house, totally furnished, only 1.5
blocks from Holmes Beach. $550/weekly. (949)
813-4900.
ANNA MARIA ISLAND Club: Beachfront condo,
2BR/2BA, fully equipped. Anna Maria Island,
Florida. Available all year. (317) 873-3307.
ANNUAL ANNA MARIA 2BR newly renovated near
Rod & Reel Pier. $800 month. (941) 778-6088.


ANNA MARIA ANNUAL rental: 1BR/1BA
apartment, one block to Gulf and on Lake LaVista
Bayou. One person, non-smoking, pet possible.
$745/month. Call (941) 778-9158.
ANNA MARIA CANALFRONT: 2BR condo, turnkey
furnished with private .boat dock across from bay.
Available Oct. 10 to Dec. 10. $1,000/month. (941)
778-4451.
SEASONAL RENTAL: Brand new Bradenton
Beach 3BR/3BA plus office, steps to beach.
Balconies with ocean and bay views, elevator, 8-
person Jacuzzi, granite counters, marble floors and
baths, Jacuzzi in master, washer/dryer, designer
furnished, fully equipped. One of the finest rentals
on Island. $4800/ monthly 813-277-4336.
ANNUAL RENTALS: 2BR/2BA home, Anna Maria,
huge garage, deck with bay view, $1,400/month;
Gulffront condo $2,100/month; 2BR/2BA riverfront
condo $1,250/month. Fran Maxon Real Estate.
(941) 778-2307. franmaxonrealestate.com.
HOLMES BEACH annual/seasonal. $1,600/$2,100.
Elevated 2BR/2BA. Quiet area. Furnished. 1.5
blocks to quiet beach. Go see! 304 63rd St. (941)
356-0334.
VACATION RENTALS: 2BR apartments across
from beautiful beach, $375 to $500/week. Winter
and spring dates available. Almost Beach
Apartments, (941) 778-2374.
SEMI-ANNUAL: Anna Maria Gulffront 3BR/2BA
furnished home. Unique, nautical decor. Garage,
washer/dryer, balcony, gas fireplace. Utilities
included. $3,000/month, six-month minimum. (941)
776-1789.
SEASONAL FURNISHED new home in Anna
Maria. Elevated 3BR/2BA. Available now through
April. One block to beach. (813) 251-9201.
ANNUAL RENTAL 2BR/2BA recently remodeled,
elevated duplex in Holmes Beach less than one
block to beach. $1,100/month. Call Island Real
Estate, (941) 778-6066.
HOLMES BEACH: IMMACULATE 3 BR/2.5 BA
cul-de-sac home with three-car garage, workshop
and rec room in a quiet Holmes Beach neighbor-
hood. $2,450/mo. Unfurnished.7-12 months. Call
Heather at Gulf-Bay Realty, (941)807-4661.
NORTHWEST BRADENTON: Beautiful executive
home, 4 BR/2BA two-story, two-car garage, large
kitchen, great floor plan. Available 7-12 months.
$2,150/month. West Bradenton seasonal: 1BR/1.5
BA condo close to beaches, pool, washer/dryer,
newly renovated. $1,400/month. Call Heather at
Gulf-Bay Realty, (941) 807-4661.

BRADENTON BEACH: Newly remodeled 1BR/1BA
suite with full kitchen, fully furnished, one block from
Bridge Street, three-minute walk to beach. Sleeps
four only. No pets. Available weekly, monthly or
seasonal.- (941) 776-3696 -or e-mail
bjustin628@tampabay.rr.com.


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ANNUAL CONDO: Martinique North, fifth floor,
1BR/1.5BA, Gulffront. Condo approval required. No
pets, no smoking. Annual single-family: unique
3BR/2BA north-end home, 2,600 sf. Just steps to
the beach. Pool coming soon. No smoking. Lawn
and pool service included. Call Mike Carleton (941)
737-0915, or Smith Realtors (941) 778-7077.

WATERFRONT 2/3BR/2BA cottages with sunroom.
Seasonal rental only. (941) 779-9074 or (941)
587-4675. gwalker43@hotmail.com.
SUNNY SHORES: Large 2,000 sf, two-story duplex
with garage. 2BR/1BA, Close to beach. $800/
month. (941) 792-9005 or cell (941) 962-8181.
GREAT CORTEZ LOCATION: Largest 1BR/1BA
end, ground-floor condo. Patio, pool, tennis, fitness,
laundry, gated, luxury, no pets/smoking. $850/
month. (941) 807-3201.
TEMPORARY MONTHLY ISLAND rental,
possible annual. Furnished 2BR/1BA includes
most utilities. One block to beach or bay. $875/
month. (941) 807-5449.
ANNUAL RENTALS: Gulffront condo, $2,100/
month; 2BR/2BA riverfront condo, $1,250/month.
Fran Maxon Real Estate, (941) 778-2307.
STEPS TO BEACH: 1BR/2BA, courtyard, very
clean, tile floors, kitchen, cable, etc. $495/week plus
tax. Call (941) 778-1098.


PRECONSTRUCTION PRICES! Lakefront Hidden
Lake condominiums, west Bradenton. Close to
beach. Starting at $329,900. Call Cori Woods, (941)
761-0444.
NORTH ANNA MARIA: Adorable cottage with
views of the bay! $425,000. Please call Maureen,
Green Real Estate, (941) 778-0455.



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ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY includes real estate
and owner's separate living quarters. $729,000. Call
Fred for details. Real Estate Mart, (941) 756-1090.
WATERFRONT PROPERTY 2BR/2BA located on
deep-water canal with large dock and views of
Tampa Bay. $850,000. (941) 779-1512.
ANNA MARIA ISLAND: Duplex, 2BR/1BA and 1 BR/
1 BA with garage, one block to beach, large corner
lot. For sale by owner. Great rental history. $720,000.
Call (941) 685-7756 for appointment showing.
WOODED LOT ON Wares Creek: 1 BR/1 BA mobile
home on large wooded lot with fruit trees and fence.
Central location, room for 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. Five units. $118,000. SunCoast Real Estate,
(941) 779-0202. www.suncoastinc.com.
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,
located 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. $739,900.-Real Estate Mart, (941)
756-1090..
DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE home: Land owned, 2BR/
1.5BA, computer room, deck, furnished. Five miles
to beach. Royal Gardens, Lot 39, 6904 Cortez Rd. W.,
Bradenton. $98,900. (941) 795-7340 for appointment.
COMPLETELY RENOVATED ISLAND home
blocks from beach and local shopping. Fabulous
pool! R-2 zoning. Call Barb at Old Florida Realty,
(941)792-0902 or 962-1298.


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WATERFRONT HOMES FOR sale: Ruskin
riverfront 3BR/2BA with stunning view of bay. In-law
apartment, boatlift and .five-acre lot. $679,000. Jim
Grannon at Paul B. Dickman Inc., (813) 610-3485.
WATERFRONT: SPECTACULAR views from living
room, guest bedroom, office, deck. 2BR/2BA,
partially furnished doublewide, 12-by-10-foot patio.
55-plus. Colony Cove, Ellenton. Pets allowed.
$27,900. (941) 729-3660.
HIDDEN LAKE CONDO: Brand new, move in now.
No long construction wait. Large 2BR. $337,000.
Call Bobye Chasey, Chasey Realty. (941) 713-1277.
WATERFRONT: COLONY Cove, Ellenton. 2BR/
-2BA turnkey furnished. 55-plus, marina, pools, pets
OK. $27,500. (941) 721-4890.
HOME FOR SALE by owner: Canal home, concrete
block, 3BR-2BA, two-car garage. Terrazzo floors,
Casablanca ceiling fans all rooms, 40-by-20-foot
pool. 509 77th St., Holmes Beach. $875,000.,(941)
778-9333.
OPEN HOUSE: 208 Palmetto Ave., Anna Maria,
1-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. 2BR/2BA, short block to
beach. Fran Maxon Real Estate, (941) 778-2307.
OPEN HOUSE: Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. 129
52nd St., Holmes Beach. $925,000. Huge 4BR/
2BA, four-car garage. Upgraded. Re/Max, Lisa
Helmer, (941) 720-4704.


NORTH CAROLINA GATED Lakefront Community
1.5 acres plus, 90 miles of shoreline. Never before
offered with 20 percent pre-development discounts,
90percent financing. Call (800) 709-5253.
LAND & LOTS Supply+Demand=Florida Land
Boom! Cheap 1/4, 1/2, 1 Acre Lots. 5-10-13-20
Acre Parcels. Highlands, Hendry, .Hardee,:
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6S ANNA MARIA ELEVATED HOME-
S'Great location, great beach access! Built in
1 986, updated interior, 1,751 sf under roof,
Sr 52x110 lot, two decks, enclosed garage and
S- lots of storage. Turnkey furnished, as
1 vacation rental and booked for season!
SListed at $745,000.

ATTENTION WATERFRONT INVESTORS!
The Tarpon Lodge on Terra Ceia Bay. 1.3
SAcres with direct access to Terra Ceia Bay
1 It".' .and over 355 feet on the water. Site
.... developed with eightunit motel with coastal
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Call for Frank,Migliore (941) 778-2307 or
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GRAND OPENING SALE! Lake Bargains! Water
access from $34,900 with free boat slips. Pay no
closing costs! Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15 & 16.
Huge pre-construction savings on beautifully
wooded parcels at 34,000 acre lake Tennessee.
Enjoy unlimited water recreation. Surrounded by
state forest. Lakefront available! Excellent
financing! Call now (800) 704-3154, ext. 658.

NC MOUNTAIN CABIN on mountain top, view,
trees, waterfall and large public lake nearby, 2BR/
1BA. $175,000. Owner (866).789-8535
www.NC77.com.

TENNESSEE -NEW LAKESIDE community.
Spectacular homesites from the $30s. Private boat
slips, limited availability. Close to downtown
Chattanooga. Lake access from community. Call to-
day: (866) 292-5769.

ASHEVILLE N:C. AREA- Mountain homesites.
Gorgeous riverfront, river view and wooded privacy
homesites. 1+ acres from the 40s. Gated community
with amenities. Call today: (866) 292-5762.

COASTAL SOUTHEAST GEORGIA Large wooded
water access, marsh view, lakefront, and golf-oriented
homesites from the mid $70s. Live oaks, pool, tennis,
golf. (877)'266-7376. www.cooperspoint.com.

SELL it fast with an ad in The Islander.


EAST TENNESSEE PROPERTIES: Sold and
financed by owner. Log homes, lots and acreage
near Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg. Call Ricky Bryant
(423) 623-2537.

COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA Waterfront! 3+/-
Acres, $99,900 Beautifully wooded parcel on deep
boatable water with access to ICW, Atlantic and
sounds. Prime location close to town. Paved rosds,
underground utilities, county water. Excellent
financing. Call now (800) 732-6601, ext. 1405.

WHITEWATER LIVING in the smokies. Gated
waterfront community riverfront and mountain views
available, prices starting low as $46,900. Final
phase limited lots call now! No closing costs, buy
direct from developer, save thousands $$$. (800)
559-3095, ext. 327 .www.rivercrest.com *Some
restrictions apply.

WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS- Extraordinary home
Sites in gated Fall Branch Estates. Wooded lots,
Panoramic mountain views, from $60k. Current
phase: Pre-Construction pricing. (877) 774-3437.
www.RidgesLife.com.

NC-MOUNTAINS: 10+ Acres from $39,900. Grand
opening Oct. 22-23. Spectacular long-range views!
Near Blue Ridge Parkway and Boone. Excellent
financing, roads and utilities. (800) 455-1981, ext. 210.


WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA mountains cool air,
views, streams, homes, cabins, acreage. Free
brochure of mountain property. (800) 642-5333.
Realty Of Murphy, 317 Peachtree St., Murphy NC
28906. www.realtyofmurphy.com.

BEAUTIFUL NORTH CAROLINA. escape the heat in
the cool beautiful peaceful mountains of western North
Carolina. Homes, cabins, acreage and investments.
Cherokee Mountain Realty, GMAC Real Estate,
Murphy. www.cherokeemountainrealty.com. Call for
Free Brochure (800).841-5868.

MOUNTAIN LAND for sale by owner. Beautiful
mountain views in North Georgia. 1.5-3 acre
parcels. Commons area on trout Stream. Call (706)
636-2040.



ALL STEEL BLDGS! UP TO 50% OFF!! Engi-
neered for Hurricane Coast! Ship Factory Direct for
quick delivery. 24x30 Up to 100x200! Call Eddie
now! (800) 499-6401.

BUILDING SALE! "Last Chance!" 20x26 Now
$3955. 25x30, $5700. 30x40, $8300. 40x60,
$12,900. Many others. One end included. Pioneer
(800) 668-5422.


INVESTORS: GREAT MONEY MAKER ,
Currently renting for $2,900-$3,900/week
Income will exceed your expectations.
One year old 5BR/5BA: Enjoy the
.. ... convenience of an indoor elevator and
S.. outside spiral staircase. Beautifully
furnished and tiled throughout. Four-car
garage, lush heated pool overlooking the ISLAND DUPLEX: Steps to beach. Reduced to $699,000
bay, private dock and great fishing. before remodeling continues. Investors and builders bring your
Reduced $2,190,000. Virtual tour: imagination. Gulf views possible. 2BR/1 BA on large corner lot.
Two canalfront condos side by side. One 2BR/1.5BA and one 1BR/1BA. www.flrealtour.com/mls031305/realtor. An e H 1ber, ReaLto (941) 713-9835
Two deeded boat docks on sailboat water. Both for only $700,000. SurTdN GRoUP REALTY
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100 STEPS TO THE BEACH at the north WONDERFUL TIFFANY PLACE- view of
end of Anna.Maria Island. Rent out this the Gulf from lanai and beautifully
iz Blandford home with new roof installed in 2001 or furnished. Updated from floor to ceiling with
SalesAssociate build your dream house to include amazing granite counter top and wood cabinets.
Miami Beach. FL views of the Gulf. $990,000. MLS# 511680. Exceptional design and colors. A statement
of perfection. $810,000. MLS# 508208.


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KEY ROYALE WATERFRONT Enjoy BRAND NEW HOME only two blocks to
smooth sailing or boating from this canalfront beautiful Gulf beaches and close to shop- Alan Galetto
home, or cool down in your pool, relaxing on ping, restaurants and marina. 3BR/2BA, two- Broker/Associate
the large, tropical lanai. Home has open floor car garage. Exceptional floor plan with fine Rochester. NY
,plan and ceramic tile.floors throughout, office/ details like an elevator, bamboo flooring and
den can be third bedroom, two-car garage and granile .coLunienops Sun deck and room ijr
dock with.boat lift. $899,000. MLS# 511191. back-yard pool $849.000 MLS# 509772


FABULOUS WESTFIELD WOODS HOME-
Inside has 3BR/2BA, fireplace, family
room, screened lanai with hot tub, attached
garage and fenced-in yard. Move right in!
Mariann Correll$313,000. MLS# 511560.
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RECENTLY REMODELED ISLAND DUPLEX
Close to the beach, shopping and marina.
2BR/2BA each side with wood deck and large
carport. One side has been seasonal rental
and is turnkey furnished and the other is an
annual renlal Great location, no need lo do a
mting, lus1 enjoy! $649,000 MLS# 510878


WATERFRONT PERICO BAY CLUB -
Beautiful gated community with many
amenities, minutes to the Gulf beaches.
2BR/2BA upstairs Osprey model with
vaulted ceilings. Enjoy the screened lanai
with beautiful waler views. Turnkey
lurnished. $349.000 MLS# 512511


BEAUTI-UL 4BH/3BA view to ade Jor or
the Tampa Bay and beach only steps
away.. New roof, siding, doors and
windows. Master suite with luxury spa bath
and walk-in shower and two balconies
overlooking the beautiful seaside location
$1,200.000 MILS 508799


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3BR/2BA TURNKEY FURNISHED
CONDO in Gulf Ironl complex Feaiures
include Granile counlenops in kilchen and
balr, 9.5 lool ceilings, healed pool and
elevalor $1.499.000 MLS3 504823.


FURNISHED MODEL in La Casa Cosinera
Wake up ic sounds : of me ieaguii and a
vieve of the Gull from this brand new te.irach
condo home Large pool $1.475 000


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John van Zardt
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OPPORTUNITY TO BUY a .weii-.elalh.ned LUXURY 2BR .BA ,:rdna turnkey
i-.er.'o:.e company ,r;:.e- .CLustomrs are lurnisrned arnd Ecai:h a.C .- Brand
primarily :rn Anna Mana islanr'd and LongtLoal siainies apliances: vailk.n .'oels
Ke\ Pro:viding m.anagemeneniL Er.uces i9wn Screened porcr arnd granile counter lops
care. vericle mainirenance. riame-vwaltc-and Outside includes isring pier and healed
housekeepingl Over 100 cients goodwill. p:,oil $719.000 MLS# 502603 ..
equipmnrrie and good references $279 000 r., ,,
MLS# 511607 r


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PENINSULA AT RIVIERA DUNES Absolutely
gorgeous 4-5BR/3.5BA waterfront home with tranquil
views of the Manatee River. 12-foot ceilings, large
open kitchen with granite counter tops. three-car ga-
rage, screened lanai. Gail Adams, 722-2246.
#509666. $1,699,000.


A RARE FIND Anna Maria Gulffront lot. Becky MAGNIFICENT RIVER VIEWS Incredible PANORAMIC RIVER VIEWS Spectacular PANORAMIC BAYIRHUN I raoulous Bayviews
Smith or Elfi Starrett, 778-2246. #504998. sunsets! All from completely remodeled Key custom 3-4BR home overlooks the Manatee from this updated 3BR/3BA residence on large
$2,000,000. West-style home. 4BR/3.5BA, 3,000 sf. Large River and Bradenton skyline. Wrap-around corner lot with 110 feet t-frntage on the bay.
pool and cabana with exercise room. Boat dock' porches, Maple floors, 18-foot ceilings. A 2332 sf of living area, open floor plan. Dock/lift.
JaneTunsworth. 761-3100. #510511.$1.650,000. music see! Jane Tinsworth. 761-3100. Dave Moynihan. 778-2246. #51.1366.
#509120. $1.495,000. $1,395,000.


auuin caEAn VILLI. E..u- ounuuIIIiIIUInI
lownnomes on Anna Maria Island. Eight Key West-
sryle units with 3,300 st under root. 3BR'2 5BA.
Iwo-car garage Designer rumished, Gulf ard Day
,iews with beacni access Slan Rulstein. 727 2800.
#510225 Siarling at $1,249.000.


ESSENCE OF TROPICAL BLISS Eleganly
casual 3BR'2BA Island home only a lew steps
10 1he beach Frencn doors open onio a large
seclude tropical yard Berry Arnold. 761-3100
#512612 $999.999


DIRECT GULF FRONT Fabulous Gull view! LIFE IS GOOD when white sand beaches are
Furnished 2BR/2BA lop-lloor end unii wilh onlr Eips Iromn your door and your home is a
additional windows Covered parking and pristine 28R,2BA condo in a eiachironi complex!
great walking beach. Weely rental OK. Dave Karen Dva. 778-22-16. n512655 $750 000
loynrnan. 778-2246 #513253. $989 500


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