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Second riot means more weekend police


By Paul Roat
Uniforms rather than bathing attire will be in vogue
along the coast this weekend as police step up patrols
in the wake of two disturbances at local beaches.
Sunday afternoon's brawl at the Palma Sola Cause-
way left five men injured and involved about 30. Ap-
parently Sunday's fight erupted after one man thought


Resident

questions 'blight

on commercial

property'
By Cynthia Finn
Islander Reporter
A 15-year Anna Maria City resident and property
owner hoping to make "a small investment of about
half a million dollars" in a business here is concerned
that city regulations "are putting a blight on commer-
cial properties."
Peggy Barron lives on Spring Avenue and owns
other property on Alamanda Avenue. A native of En-
gland, Barron ran a nursing home there and served for
11 years as a member of the Kerrier District Council.
She has been hoping to purchase the Beaver Products
location at 427 Pine Ave. to open a holistic healing cen-
ter. Now she's not sure about the move, based in part on
what she sees as fluctuating policies due to the turnover
in city building officials over the last few years.
Barron asked to address Chairman Tom Turner at
the end of the April 22 planning and zoning board
meeting. She said she didn't "mean to be disrespectful"
to Turner or to Mayor Chuck Shumard, "a dear friend,"
who was in the audience. Also attending were city
Commissioners George McKay and Robert McElheny.
Speaking calmly, Barron referred to her desired
business venture, saying she wished she could get "as-
surances in writing" that wouldn't change with new
regulations and new officials.
"And I know other investors who also would like
you to respond," she said.
"I have been associated with the Island since
1981," Barron said. "I am concerned now about the
inconsistencies that are showing in Anna Maria City."
She talked about "fairy tale regulations," the "new
book" of codes passed in February and Phil Charnock,
the city's building official since last July, the fourth in
as many years.
"I understand that Mr. Charnock is excellent as a
building inspector," said Barron. "But before I invest
my money here, is there any assurance if Mr.
Charnock should move on to greener pastures that
a new building inspector wouldn't change the rules?"
Turner said he didn't know what Barron intended to
do at the Beaver Products property. He suggested that she
might enter into a contingent contract and then speak with
Charnock who "could better advise you than I."
Barron said, "I am puzzled and confused by the
variances that are allowed and those that have been so
stringently denied over the years."
Then she asked one last question. "Does it really
depend in Anna Maria City on what you want to do?"
Board member Roland Dreier spoke up.
"Keep in mind," he said, "the new code amendments
create order out of chaos. It was a mess before that."
Contacted after the meeting, Barron said she
doesn't "want to do anybody a disservice" who serves
the city in any official capacity.
She said she wants her business in Anna Maria
because of its ambiance. But she is concerned about
"the variations in code application."
"What confidence does all this give a small inves-
tor?" Barron asked.
"In my opinion," she said, "they're putting a blight
on commercial properties in this city. This is the way
it appears."


another threw something at his car. Before it was all
over, five men were slashed, two seriously, and Joe
Gigliotti of Bradenton was hospitalized.
The Palma Sola Causeway fight followed another
incident at Coquina Beach Easter Sunday in which esti-
mates of more than 1,000 people watched about 40 people
involved in a fight after a minor car accident. More than


30 police officers were called to break up that fight
Compounding the problem law enforcement offic-
ers face this weekend: it is Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican
holiday.
Besides increased police patrols, sheriff's deputies
on horseback will be at Coquina and Cortez beaches to
keep an eye on the expected crowds this weekend.


So where's
my fish?
With a.bat of those big
blue eyes, this one-legged
brown pelican seems to
X- have come up with an
easy way to make a touch
on gullible fishers at the
S Bradenton Beach Fishing
Pier -just look hungry
S and you get a fish. Pier
regulars say the mooch-
ing bird is usually around
the end of the pier.
Islander Photo:
Paul Roat




















-Ambulance survey: NO!


By Pat Copeland
Islander Reporter
Results of the Islander Bystander's survey on the
proposed changes in the county's ambulance service
show Islanders overwhelmingly opposed to the pro-
posal. They also want other methods of providing
emergency medical service investigated.
In the plan, called peak demand staffing, the
county's 12 ambulances would be on the road during
times when there are more calls. During slack times the
number of ambulances would be reduced and the re-
maining ambulances would be moved to more central
locations.
At a recent Holmes Beach City Council meeting,
Manatee County Administrator Ernie Padgett an-
nounced the county will defer any changes for two
years while studying options to improve service. He
also promised the public will be involved in the pro-
cess.
Survey questions and responses are as follows:
1. I am opposed to the proposed changes in our
emergency medical services by the Manatee County
Public Safety Director 63
2. I am also against any change that will move
ambulances off the Island for any reason other than to
take someone to the hospital 62
3. I believe other methods should be investigated
before any change in EMS service is made 35
4. I approve of the peak demand staffing plan as


proposed 4.
Two respondents checked off all four numbers
while another marked number 1 only. Twenty-eight re-
spondents marked numbers 1 and 2 while questions
number 1 to 3 were marked on 34 surveys.


Turtle season

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SKIMMING THE NEWS ...
City manager for Holmes Beach? ................. 2
O pinions ....................... .......................... 6
Those Were the Days .............................. 7
Cracker's Crumbs .................................... .... 8
S tir-it-up ..................................................... 18
Streetlife ..................................................... 22
Coastlines .................................................. 23
Anna Maria Island tides ............................ 24
Real estate ................................................. 26
Business..................................................... 27
Crossword puzzle....................................... 32


THE BEST NEWS ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND


MAY 2, 1996







Bli PAGE 2 M MAY 2, 1996 M THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER

Expert extolls city manager government


By Pat Copeland
Islander Reporter
Pete Knowles, a retired city manager, spoke to the
Holmes Beach Charter Commission last week on the
city manager form of government, an option being
considered by the commission.
Knowles is also a Florida Range Rider represent-
ing state and international city/county management
associations. He was a city manager for 36 years and
has been a Range Rider for 11 years.
"The Ranger Rider program started in 1974," he
explained. "It was an attempt to utilize the services of
retired city mangers who had a certain amount of re-
spect and recognition from their peers. There are 64 of
us in the United States. We travel around and advise
councils and city managers and help communities to
develop that form of government and find a city man-


ager. We're not consultants; we're advisors."
Of 8,000 communities in the United States, 48
percent have the city manager form of government, he
said. In Florida, there are 231 out of 399 communities,
or 60 percent. City managers are available for any size
city and their average tenure in Florida is four and one-
half years.
"We'll help you find a professional manager," he
said. "You tell us what you want and we'll help you
develop a manager profile and do a search. We urge
that the selection be done on the basis of professional
qualifications. We provide this service free of charge
with the idea of helping to establish good government"
Knowles said that in the city manager form of gov-
ernment authority and control is in the hands of the
elected officials. He suggested they first develop a vi-
sion of their community, then develop goals and objec-


Unwelcome trash
The City of Anna Maria hosted a Spring clean-up for its residents on April 27. Notices for the clean-up clearly
stated "no tires." One contributor arrived late and was informed the clean-up was over, but he apparently
returned as this pile of debris left long after the clean-up ended on Monday will testify. Islander Photo:
Bonner Presswood


Citizen 'troubled' by Anna


Maria commissioner's action


By Cynthia Finn
Islander Reporter
Mary Westerman has had more to say about her
recent public encounters with Anna Maria City Com-
missioner Elaine Burkly. She made her remarks in an
April 22 letter of complaint to Mayor Chuck Shumard.
Westerman and her husband David, of Holmes
Beach, appeared twice before the city commission in
April with a variance petition for a pool at the Anna
Maria home they have purchased.
Commissioners first turned down the variance then
reconsidered a week later and gave it a thumbs up.
Burkly was vocal in her opposition both times.
Westerman was also vocal in challenging Burkly's
stand. She accused the commissioner of letting per-
sonal feelings affect her judgment.
After one of the meetings was adjourned, Burkly
made remarks in the commission chambers to the ef-
fect that money "impacted the vote."
Westerman says in her letter she is "particularly
offended" by the "statement made by Commissioner
Burkly that money can buy anything in Anna Maria.
We deserve a public apology."
Westerman also says she is "troubled" by Burkly's


Writers group to hold
workshop
The Gulf Coast Writers will meet at the Island
Library, 5701 Marina Dr., Holmes Beach, on Mon-
day, May 6, at 10:15 a.m. for a workshop session.
Participants are asked to bring original prose
and poetry to read. Visitors are welcome.


"conduct."
"It is quite apparent," writes Westerman, "that
Commissioner Burkly is incapable of separating her
personal tastes from the demands of her job or of re-
solving her conflicts with members of various boards.
"Her inability to do so is affecting and impairing
her judgment. Commissioner Burkly has an obligation
to the citizens of Anna Maria to resolve these differ-
ences and conduct herself in a professional, objective
and unbiased manner, or resign from the commission."
Westerman told The Islander Bystander April 28
that "the real reason" she wrote the letter stemmed from
a comment made by Burkly at the first commission
meeting on the variance.
According to Westerman, "Commissioner Burkly
said that 'the intent of the code is not to allow anything
and that is my personal opinion.'
"That leads me to believe," said Westerman, "that
she cannot be objective about any variance."
Shumard also received a letter from resident Diane
Canniff who regularly attends city meetings. Canniff's
letter was delivered by hand to Shumard at his home
before the April 23 commission session.
Titled "Paraphrasing daily readings during the past
week," the letter begins: "Nothing constructive results
from meeting anger with anger; nobody wins the battle
in which control is lost."
Canniff discusses "quiet poise," "sarcasm,"
"scorn" and "harmony," among other items, as those
topics relate to public meetings.
She concludes, "So that our actions and our lives
reflect the beauty of this place, might we keep these
thoughts in mind and heart as we deal with the issues
of living together on this small island?"


tives and establish policies to implement them.
"The elected officials are the ones responsible for
the direction and actions of the city manager," he said.
"If he's not carrying out the goals and objectives, fire
him. You can't do that with a mayor."
He recommended a yearly evaluation of a city
manager and offering the manager an agreement rather
than a contract to eliminate problems if he is fired.
"People are looking for expertise and guidance in
local government that has become much more complex
than it was 25 years ago," he noted.

City manager versus elected
executive
Knowles gave officials a handout that compared
the city manager form of government to the mayor/
council form.
A manager with education, training, experience
and expertise is selected by elected representatives. A
mayor is elected by the voters with no required educa-
tion, training, experience or expertise.
A manager serves at the pleasure of the elected
council. A mayor serves his term and is not responsible
to council.
In a city manager government, authority rests
with the elected council that sets polices and objectives,
controls the manager and can remove the manager at
any time.In a mayor/council form, the authority is di-
vided between the elected council and mayor who set
policies and objectives. The council does not control
the mayor and cannot remove him from office.
A manager is non-partisan and recommends on
merits. A mayor can be partisan and may act on politi-
cal considerations.
A manager prepares the budget from a profes-
sional appraisal of needs and resources within the com-
munity and needs are addressed objectively. An elected
executive prepares the budget with political consider-
ations. Needs may be considered political trade-offs
with council members.
A manager has a code of ethics enforced by the
International City/County Management Association.
The mayor has no professional code of ethics and no
ethical enforcement from his peers. However, both are
subject to public ethics laws.

Questions from commissioners
and audience
Q: What level of expertise would we need in a
manager for this city?
A: It's what you want, but we'll advise you. We
strongly recommend a degree in public or business
administration and at least five years experience as a
manger or assistant.
Q: What's the difference between the two degrees?
A: In public administration there are more govern-
ment courses which is beneficial in trying to converse
with state officials.
Q: What about having a master's degree?
A: The student takes advanced courses in budget
and finance and is out working in the field.
Q: Is it better to have a graduate of a Florida uni-
versity who knows about the state's interpretation of
laws?
A: The laws of the states are very similar, and it is
not a handicap to come from another state. I would not
recommend a Florida university graduate because
Florida does not have leading institutions in govern-
ment studies.
Q: What's the salary range for a manager?
A: It depends on various factors including the cost
of living and the ability to attract a good manager. The
range is about $45,000 to $51,000 with a pension and
health plan as additional expenses.
Q: Five individuals are responsible for watching
over the activities of one individual. Won't a lot be
overlooked if one assumes another is watching?
A: It's the other way around. You have more over-
sight. Everything is scrutinized by five individuals and
the manager answers to five.
Q: How do we rationalize the expense of hiring a
city manager?
A: Supporters say a good manager will save his
salary every year and from my experience, that's not
hard to do.
Commissioners agreed to ponder what they had
learned over the next week and discuss the information
at their May 2 meeting.












By Cynthia Finn
Islander Reporter
It was discussed, turned into a maze of lengthy le-
gal pages and died in '92. In '95 it was discussed again,
revised into three pages, rediscussed and still it died
without ever getting to a vote.
It's 1996 now, there's a new city commission and
the matter's back: an ordinance that would provide for
the issuing of temporary use permits for special events
in the city of Anna Maria.
"There just didn't seem to be an interest on the part
of the public," Vice Mayor Doug Wolfe said of the
law's prior fate at the April 23 commission meeting.
But the Manatee County Sheriffs Office deputies
who man the city "have said again that it would be a
good idea," said Wolfe. "So we bring it back to a new
commission."
July Fourth fireworks and major events at the Anna
Maria Island Community Center were among activities
discussed last year that might qualify for temporary
permitting. The process would help the deputies and
the city's public works department be aware in advance
of any unusual parking and sanitation conditions.
The ordinance last proposed included but was not
limited to such activities as sidewalk, rummage and ga-
rage sales, beach fests and beach weddings, parades,
plant sales, art shows, fairs "and all other similar types
of uses of a temporary nature."
Wolfe asked commissioners to review and mark up
the '95 proposal and suggested a roundtable discussion


at a special meeting in the near future.
"I think it would be a good idea to get back to it
once more," he said.
In other business, commissioners unanimously
approved Mayor Chuck Shumard's recommendation to
name retired teacher Joseph Vona to a vacancy on the
code enforcement board.
Ray Dielman, a retired physicist, was appointed by
a 4-to-1 vote to a seat on the planning and zoning
board. He replaces Mike Bartles who resigned due to
his work schedule. Commissioner Elaine Burkly was
opposed, saying the city should involve more and dif-
ferent citizens on boards and committees. Dielman's
appointment now creates a vacancy on the newly
formed Capital Improvements Committee.
Another planning board member, Melody Kramer,
submitted her resignation April 23, citing family com-
mitments. Those vacancies will be filled "at a later
date," said Shumard.
Shumard also discussed his recent attendance at a red
tide consortium on Longboat Key. With involvement of
people from Naples to north of Tampa Bay, Shumard said
the next step will be the forming of a board of directors
with a goal of funding research and coordinating efforts.
He said there appears to be seed money from the
private sector, possibly up to $300,000, and the group
is not asking the city to do anything at this point.
"This is the first year I remember red tide in cold
water," Shumard commented. "Tourism and marine
life are being affected."


Council may hire building official Wednesday
Bradenton Beach City Council members will de- cilman Dick Suhre to check references on both men.
cide Wednesday, May 1, on a new building official. City officials have been searching for a building
Council members met in an unusual Friday evening official for the past two months after Whitey Moran left
meeting last week to interview three candidates. The after having disagreements with Mayor Leroy Arnold.
choices were narrowed to two: William Saunders of Bradenton building officials have been performing
Holmes Beach and William Sanders of Treasure Island. building inspections and other building official duties
The Friday meeting was recessed to allow Coun- in the city for the past two months.


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Anna Maria City
None scheduled

Bradenton Beach
5/2, 6:30 p.m., Charter Review Board
5/6, 7 p.m., Code of conduct review
5/7, 1 p.m., Employee manual review
5/8, 6:30 p.m., Charter Review Board
5/9, 7 p.m., Council meeting

Holmes Beach
5/2, 9 a.m., Planning Commission
5/2,2 p.m., Charter Review Commission
5/7, 7 p.m., Special council meeting followed by
council meeting at 7:30 p.m.
5/9,9 a.m., Planning Commission
5/9, 2 p.m., Charter Review Commission
5/9, 7 p.m., Public hearing on construction
of GTE tower

Of Interest
5/9, 9 a.m., Island Emergency Operations Center
meeting and hurricane recovery exercise, Fire
Station 1, Holmes Beach.


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iB PAGE 4 M MAY 2, 1996 0 THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER


Islander gets permit for turtle season


By Cynthia Finn
Islander Reporter
Suzi Fox of Anna Maria received word from the
state last week her application to be the principal
permit holder for the Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch
has been approved.
The sea turtle nesting and hatching season runs
from May 1 through October. Only those authorized by
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP) are allowed to tamper in any way with the sev-
eral hundred nests that typically are laid on our Island
beaches by the endangered species each season. Each
nest holds an average of more than 100 eggs.
Fox has been involved in the local turtle monitor-
ing organization for four years. She recently stepped
forward to fill the void created when the state denied
the renewal of the permit held for five years by Anna
Maria Mayor Chuck Shumard.
Shumard's persistent relocation of nests to
beachfront hatcheries caged areas in the dunes far-
ther from Gulf waters than where the nests were laid -
was among the reasons cited by the state in denying his
permit
Fox has vowed to follow all DEP guidelines for


monitoring and surveying turtle nests. Her chief assis-
tant will be John Defazio. Anyone spotting a turtle, a
crawl an attempt to lay a nest evidenced by tracks
in the sand or a nest is encouraged to contact Fox at
778-5638 or Defazio at 778-0056.
Fox said Turtle Watch volunteers will begin daily
early-morning walks of our beaches looking for turtle
activity on May 13.
"We're so excited about the number of volunteers
who have signed up," Fox said after an April 24 orga-
nizational meeting.
She said approximately 50 people have come for-
ward so far, including about 20 previous volunteers.
Last season about 65 Islanders were involved in the
Turtle Watch effort. Fox and Shumard had expressed
concern that a lot of volunteers might drop out due to
the DEP's denial of Shumard's permit and what
Shumard has called "the heartaches" of lost nests and
tiny hatchlings last year.
Fox remains in touch with Shumard "who is re-
sponsible for giving me a love of turtles," she says.
They first met at a middle-of-the-night nest spotting.
Longtime Turtle Watch volunteer and former di-
rector Ed Callen was in attendance at the April 24


meeting.
"We really appreciated his being there," Fox said.
"He answered a lot of questions and offered all of us
his many years of experience."
As principal permit holder, Fox will oversee 24
others who will be added to her permit. They alone will
be allowed to stake and
mark nests or in any other
way touch the nests and
eggs, which have about a
60-day incubation period.
All other volunteers will as-
sist in locating and survey-
ing nests.
"The season's upon us
and we're almost ready to
go," said Fox. Suzi Fox
She was notified of her
approval by the state over the phone. An additional
condition of the permit a request by DEP for moni-
toring of a bayfront stretch in Anna Maria where
pumped sand from Lake LaVista is placed delayed
the final signatures in Tallahassee.
"But the papers should be in hand any day," Fox said.


Endangered green turtle found to have tumors


By Joy Courtney
Islander reporter
We would go to war if an enemy
contaminated our food source. Sea
turtles don't have armies so they are
dying in epidemic proportions and dying
young.
Sponge-like tumors, which can
grow to the size of a huge fist singly and
in multiple clusters, are attacking the
soft internal and external tissues of the
endangered green sea turtle and logger-
head. Pesticides and pollutants carried
into our oceans, the Gulf of Mexico,


bays and canals in water run off are be-
lieved to be the cause of the tumors
called fibropapillomas, according to re-
searchers.
Externally the tumors favor the soft
tissues around the eyes, flippers, neck
and hind end of the turtle. The big bulge
of the cysts can close the eyes or ob-
struct sight, prohibiting or inhibiting the
sea turtle's ability to find food and tu-
mor-laden flippers restrict the turtle's
ability to maneuver in the search. Inter-
nally the tumors crowd and smother the
function of vital internal organs, espe-


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Lights disorient mother turtles
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Turtle trauma
Chuck Shumard, the former director of the Anna Maria Turtle Watch, keeps a
stranded green sea turtle named Ann warm until researchers from the
Clearwater Marine Aquarium arrive. The juvenile turtle was found stranded in a
canal on 71st Street in Holmes Beach suffering from fibropapillomas, an often
fatal tumor-causing disease affecting the endangered green sea turtle in epi-
demic proportions.


cially the intestines.
And, no matter where the tumors are
attached, they suck up blood and nutrients
needed for survival, leaving the reptile
susceptible to secondary and also poten-
tially fatal illnesses such as pneumonia.
In the cold water of January, at low
tide in the canal behind their home on
71st Street in Holmes Beach, residents
discovered a tumor-laden and lethargic
green sea turtle. "Ann's" plight, as it
was christened by the researchers at the
Clearwater Marine Aquarium, the only
facility on Florida's West Coast which
treats these animals, brought the ravages
of the fibropapillomas epidemic into the
heart of Anna Maria Island.
Though hatched from nests pre-
dominately laid on the Atlantic coast,
green sea turtles, named after the green-
ish fat of the body, spend their juvenile
years in search of and eating seagrass
found in beds close to shore and in all
the warm waters surrounding Florida's
coasts. After maturity, the green turtle
spends its life at sea, moving on to other
food sources, with only the female com-
ing on shore to lay eggs.
Near-shore seagrasses, including
those found in our area, filter pesticides
and pollutants as nature's first line of
defense against water pollution. Scien-
tists believe that because juvenile green


sea turtles feed on corrupted seagrass,
they are the victims of direct contamina-
tion which may cause fibropapillomas.
The theory is further substantiated by
the eating habits of the disease's second
victim the loggerhead turtle.
Loggerheads feed on nature's sec-
ond line of defense against pollution -
shellfish. Because shellfish are a sec-
ondary filter, fewer loggerheads are af-
fected compared to the green sea turtle.
Other species with different dietary
needs have not been affected, and con-
ditions such as the unusually cold
weather and water Florida experienced
this winter are thought to only have ex-
acerbated the condition of already sick
animals, sources said.
Researchers have been studying
fibropapillomas for 50 years, but it has
gotten alarmingly worse in the last 10
years, said Glenn Harman, director of
the sea turtle program at Clearwater
Marine Aquarium. The time frame par-
allels the development of Florida's
coasts another clue in the "Case of
the Potential Killer."
Chuck Shumard, the former director
of the Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch,
was called to the home of Ann's rescuers.
"It was about a 200-pound green sea

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TURTLES, FROM PAGE 4
turtle and about two to three years old," said Shumard. "It
barely had enough strength to lift its head out of the wa-
ter. It had tumors on its flippers and especially around the
eyes. I don't know how it could see. All we could do was
keep it warm and able to breathe until the people from
Clearwater Marine Aquarium came to pick it up."
The aquarium, which runs on private donations and
entrance admissions, has handled an unprecedented 32
strandings of green sea turtles so far this year. A few
of the turtles arrived dead but out of the total number
admitted, 11 have been saved. Some of the turtles will
be at the aquarium for as long as two years before they
are well enough to be released and no longer at the sus-
ceptible juvenile stage of development, said Harman.
Tumors are surgically removed depending on lo-
cation and their effect on the turtle's ability to function
naturally. Most tumors dissolve over a period of time
after the reptiles eat a sustained "clean" diet, said
Harman. What is most difficult, he said, is to keep a
turtle, also suffering from secondary care problems
such as malnutrition and pneumonia, alive long enough
to possibly recover from the tumors.
"Fortunately, the strandings have started to taper off,"
said Harman, "but unfortunately Ann died. (The sex of the
turtle can only be determined during a necropsy.) It was
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Good luck for the turtles
Beachgoers will have something to watch out for
besides shells, dolphins and birds later this month: trac-
tor-like tracks of female loggerhead sea turtles will start
appearing on the Island's beaches in May.
Mother turtles lumber out of the surf from May to
October to dig nests in the sand and lay their eggs.
Except for their birth and the trips to shore to lay eggs,
it is the only time female turtles venture from the wa-
ter. Males, by the way, only touch land as hatchlings
scampering into the surf.
This will be the first year the Island's turtles will
be for the most part left on their own in more than a
decade. Turtle Watch volunteers have been instructed
to mark the nests but not to disturb the eggs this year,
the result of additional scientific data collected by the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Biologists believe that sea turtles have different
requirements in terms of sand grains, compaction,
moisture content and egg temperature. Although Turtle
Watch volunteers have had tremendous success in the
past with numbers of hatchlings released, biologists
fear that the handling of the eggs may produce fewer
adult turtles.
The DEP decision to leave endangered sea turtle
nests alone caused a rift between the former director of
Anna Maria's volunteer turtle watchers, Chuck
Shumard, and state officials. Shumard resigned in pro-
test earlier this year in the wake of the state revoking
his permit.
State officials rescinded his permit due to the con-
tinued collection and removal of nests to two hatcher-
ies "turtle condominiums" in Anna Maria and
Bradenton Beach.
Shumard and some of his volunteer/supporters
have now bowed out of the program in protest, appar-
ently only willing to help the turtles if they can do it
"my way."
Suzi Fox, the new holder of the Anna Maria Island
turtle permit, says she will follow DEP guidelines and
mark the nests not move them.
If the program can raise funds for nest covers, the
chances of a successful season will be greatly enhanced.
We applaud Shumard's efforts over the years. He
and his crew of volunteers lost a lot of sleep and went
through a lot of effort to release a lot of turtles.
But we have to agree with the biologists there
is just too much we don't know about sea turtles to
permit humans to continue handling the eggs or mov-
ing the nests without causing potentially disastrous
results to this already endangered species.
The news of a release at the hatchery was always
"telegraphed" to many folks. Yes, we'll miss the re-


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leases as they were observed by hundreds of visitors
and residents, young and old.
Yes, some nests that could have been moved will be
destroyed by high tides and more unfortunately, humans.
Yes, that is a tragic thing to have to experience.
But more important is having turtles hatch that will
grow to maturity, mate and again come to the Island to


lay eggs.
With one out of 1,000 odds already against turtles, we
have to trust the current guidelines will result in stronger
turtles able to make the trip from hatchlings to adults.
We also trust the volunteers will come back to the
program as the purpose remains the same to save the
endangered loggerheads.


Counting turtle losses
No one has mentioned that one of the great losses
of the former Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch program
will be the opportunity to educate hundreds of adults
and children.
Explanations of the life cycle, species endanger-
ment, and a visual experience of a turtle release have
all contributed to making our turtle program success-
ful and gave the volunteers a sense of completion. Even
the early morning beach-walkers who witnessed turtle
eggs being removed from their precarious position to
be nurtured in the hatchery were enthusiastic and a little
awed by the experience.
It was a mind-boggling experience for our grand-
children to contemplate that some day they might bring
their children to the Island and see the children of one
of the "Tessa Turtles" they saw released into the gulf.
There is a sense of life's continuity in this event as well
as a great renewal of spirit.
The release program was truly a unique Island hap-
pening. Word got around very quickly when one was be-
ing held, and much interest was generated among resi-
dents and visitors. We encouraged neighbors, friends and
visitors from England and Germany to take advantage of
this program and all were delighted with it.
Chuck Shumard, the former director of the pro-
gram, did a memorable job of explaining the history,
care and life style of the loggerheads that come to our
shores and answered questions from the crowd. Volun-
teers roped off a viewing area for the release and cheers
emanated from the crowd (up to 150 some nights)
when the last little turtle swam off in the waves. Some
people were moved by this experience, some just en-
joyed it, but all came away feeling a little better about
our world and certainly more informed.


Now that this joyful sharing of birth and species re-
newal is left under new rules of a government agency, we
will no longer be able to share this wonderful experience
with others. Nests may be "staked" (many stakes were
removed last year by beach-goers) and statistics taken (the
government has already said they expect them to be lower
- try "haphazard," instead).
Private sector projects are aware that visual and
hands-on programs pay big dividends as a method by
which most people learn easily. By disallowing the
Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch a hatchery and release
program, they deny us the privilege of educating both
adults and children and the opportunity to let them vi-
sually encounter one of our Island's real treasures.
Betsy Smith, Anna Maria City

'An Affaire to Remember' makes
memorable amount
I would like to extend a great big "thank you" to so
many who made the "Affaire to Remember" auction
and dinner benefitting the Anna Maria Island Commu-
nity Center a wonderful success.
It has been one of the best experiences of my life,
working with such a caring and giving community.
Everyone participated so passionately and we were all
rewarded by the proceeds $45,000 for the Center.
Our committee, the Center staff, sponsors, dona-
tors, advertisers, the huge volunteer group, and of
course, our patrons and support group all these
people and their families made it a great event.
I just wanted to be sure everyone is thanked one
way or the other and say that we are looking forward
(already) to a bigger and better Affaire '97. Have a
wonderful summer and we'll see you in September.
Trudy Moon, chair, "An Affaire to1emember '96"


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THOSE WEE THE BAYS
Part 17, Will Bean's Dream
by June Alder


SHALL WE

DANCE?
Gladys Bean Holdstock was talking
on the telephone to her dancing partner
when I knocked on the door of her
Tampa home one day in 1988.
I'd come to interview the daughter
of the 1912 developer of the Anna Maria
Beach Resort and granddaughter of
1890s pioneer George Emerson Bean. A
maid showed me in and as Gladys put
down the phone she flashed a dazzling
smile and did a little pirouette of wel-
come. Then she took me on a tour of the
house, chock full of fine china and art
and show business memorabilia.
What took my eye was the saber
hanging above her bedroom door along
with a framed certificate.
Her father, George Wilhelm Bean,
had found the saber on San Juan Hill
shortly after the famous 1898 Spanish-
American War battle, she explained.
The certificate was an award to him
from the Cuban government for organiz-
ing a "mercy" boatlift to the war-rav-
aged Cubans.
But she took the most delight in
showing me her room-sized closet full
of gauzy, sequined ball gowns. In the
study where her dancing awards were
displayed she suddenly kicked up a
shapely, well-muscled leg and did a
deep knee bend on the edge of her desk.
"You've got to keep in shape," she
said with a twinkle in her eye.
I don't know what I expected when
we sat down for the interview (she in a
satin dressing gown, me in T-shirt and
jeans). But I certainly was not prepared
for her opener.
"Never were two people less suited
for one another than my mother and fa-
ther," Gladys Bean Holdstock declared
firmly. And from then on her recollec-
tions poured out.
Gladys was only four years old when her
father, an electrical contractor on Henry
Plant's Tampa Bay Hotel, started taking
her there to tap dance in the lavish lobby
for the amusement of hotel guests. Mabel
didn't approve, of course. Later on he had
her perform for the tourists coming off the
steamer at the Anna Maria dock.
Gladys was 16 when Will Bean lost
the resort to his former partners and re-
turned to Tampa to look for better op-
portunities. He was involved in promot-
ing Belleair Estates and other enter-
prises in Clearwater. He also got lucky
in politics, parlaying his status as former
Tampa postmaster into chairmanship of
the local Republican Party organization.
Meanwhile Mabel Bean threw herself
into civic activities. She was an officer in
the local WCTU group, and the Tampa
unit of the Equal Suffrage Association was
organized in her Hyde Park home.
Will made money but lost most of it


Will Bean with his sisters Mary (left)
and Lula (right). In this picture, taken
in the yard of his Tampa home, Bean
doesn't look quite the image of the
Lothario his daughter remembered.
within two years.
"In 1919 he pulled out of there and
we moved to New York City," Gladys
said. "He didn't have 50 cents to his
name at the time."
Nevertheless, Will rented a suite in
a fancy hotel, wheeled and dealed in
Republican circles and squired women
friends to the theater with 18-year-old
Gladys in tow. It was the heyday of the
Ziegfeld Follies, and Gladys was in
seventh heaven.
For her mother, it was a different
story.
"She hated parties," Gladys said.
"She stayed in her room and wrote,
took classes at Columbia University
and marched with Carrie Chapman
Catt to get the vote for women."
In 1920 Will and Mabel divorced
and Will moved to Washington, D.C.,
with his new bride. He was tapped to
second the nomination of Warren G.
Harding for President and was re-
warded with an appointment to the
Republican National Committee.
Meanwhile, Gladys danced in
Ziegfeld productions for 10 years be-
fore settling down with her dentist hus-
band in Tampa. Mabel lived with them
until she died in 1960.
Shortly before Will died of leuke-
mia in 1950 he paid a visit to Tampa.
"He was still very handsome,"
Gladys recalled in 1988. "Women were
all crazy about him. He took us to din-
ner at the yacht club one night and a
woman he was introduced to asked
him, 'When are you leaving?' He
kissed her hand and said, 'My dear, it
all depends on you.'"
With a giggle and a toss of her
head, Gladys added, "Oh, he was
charming and fun and lovable and you
couldn't trust him that far."
A charmer herself, Gladys danced
her whole life through. She was 95
when death stilled those tapping feet, a
year ago.

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new series,
'Mabel Bean Spy'


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Wit and wisdom by native
Floridian Gib Bergquist


'Anna Maria Island -
Remember When'
Following the Cracker's retirement from the FBI
some years ago, he started looking around for a non-
paying but richly rewarding career change.
"Perhaps I should become a historian," he
mumbled out loud one day.
"You qualify," replied his acid-tongued wife.
"You've been history for quite some time now."
"Well, perhaps a humorist, then," countered the
Cracker.
"You qualify. You are a joke, you know," was her
witty reply.
"How about a Cracker folklorist?" he asked, set-
ting himself up for the third strike.
"You probably qualify, but your 'tall tales' and
line of bull get tiring after awhile. You need some new
material, man."
So that's how the Cracker became a wannabe histo-
rian-humorist-folklorist and he's still working on it.
Just recently he received calls from both Elizabeth
Moss and Carolyn Norwood pushing tickets for the Anna
Maria Island Historical Society's "Anna Maria Island:
Remember When" dinner at Crabby Bill's on May 4.
Having been a permanent resident of the Island for
only the past 15 years and only a summer vacationist
dating back to his youth, he had never considered his
being an Island old-timer and told the ladies so.
Taking cues from the Cracker's wife, or perhaps
it's just inborn in the female species, these two nice
ladies were quick to remark: "It's pretty obvious that
you are an old-timer from somewhere."
So now the Cracker has reluctantly added "old-
timer" to his shaky credentials list.
Through the courtesy of his good neighbors, Bob
and Phyllis Levy, the Cracker borrowed their copy of
the 1942 telephone directory for Manatee and Sarasota
Counties and finds it a fascinating document.
He finds it interesting that the Peninsular Tele-
phone Company validated the listings on Dec. 15,
1941, before going to press -just one week after the
attack on Pearl Harbor and our entrance into World
War II, making it essentially a pre-war record of area
subscribers.
A five-minute call from the Island to Bradenton
would set you back one whole buffalo nickel at that time.


DIRECTORY OF
BRADENTON BEACH and ANNA MARIA SUBSCRIBERS
Also Listings of Cortez and Long Beach


A
Albion Inn Cortez .. . . ....... ........ 52-132
Albrecht John H L r Anna Maria............. .52-191
Anderson Capt L M r Cortez................ 52-133
Anna Maria Pavilion Anna Maria.............. 59-355
Anna Maria School Anna Maria................ 52-691
B
Babcock Mrs A D r Bradenton Beach .......... 52-171
Bakewell Paul B r Bradenton Beach .......... 52-634
Barnes Edwin C r Bradenton Beach .......... .52-595
Bay Shore Fish Co Cortez ..................... 52-154
Beach Hotel Bradenton Beach ................. 59-173
Beach View Tavern Bradenton Beach.......... 59-663
Bertrand Chas r Bradenton Beach. ............. .52-601
Blackburn J Hartley r Anna Maria............. 52-354
Boling Dr J R r Ilexhurst.................. 52-642
Bradenton Beach Baths Bradenton Beach ...... 52-533
Bradenton Beach Beauty Salon Bradenton Beach..59-662
Bradenton Beach Garage Bradenton Beach. .... .52-664
Bradenton Beach Grocery Bradenton Beach .... ..59-161
Brookbank Dr R E r Mid Island ............. .52-604
C
Carleton Alexander r Mid Island .............. .52-141
Chambers John r Cortez......................52-131
Cobb Louis S r Anna Maria .................. .52-393
Cortez Farms Inc Cortez Rd. ................. 52-151
Cortez School Cortez........................,52-152
Corwin Sam r Bradenton Beach ..............52-684
D
Donovan Mrs LeBaron r Mid Island. ........ .52-572
F
Fair Dr F E r Mid Island .................... 52-181
Fulford Fish Co Cortez...................... 52-581
Fuller Miss Margaret r Anna Maria.............52-195
G
Gibson Ellis r Anna Maria .................... .52-384
Gordon C H r Anna Maria............ ..... .52-383
Gulf Terrace Cottages Bradenton Beach ......... 52-533
Gulf Trailer Park Bradenton Beach............59-461
H
Haigh George C r Bradenton Beach........... 52-341
Heatley Faye r Mid Island................... 52-184
Highberger W W r Long Beach............... .52-613
Holmes ofc Bradenton Beach. ............. . .52-622
If no answer call............ . . .. . . 52-692
Holmes Cottages Anna Maria ................. 52-692


I
Imbler Capt Jack r Bradenton Beach ......... .52-561
Ingham R Maxwell r Mid Island.............. 52-182
Island Grocery Bradenton Beach ............. ,59-661
K
Kachudas Chris A r Bradenton Beach ........ .52-551
L
Lamar Lee r Anna Maria .................... 52-382
Lancaster Dr Blake r Mid Island. . . . . . ..... 52-185
Long Beach Inn Long Beach.................. 59-614
Luckenbill Mrs D D r Bradenton Beach.......52-681
M
Manatee Ice & Cold Storage Cortez ........... 52-585
Meyer Edward A r Bradenton Beach ............52-511
Miller H B rl est Maple av Anna Maria. ...... .52-385
Minor Mrs John r Anna Maria ....... .. ...... .52-193
Mira Mar Variety Store Bradenton Beach .....52-671
Mitchell's Cafe Bradenton Beach .............. 59-421
Moore Mrs H V D r Mid Island ............ ... 52-394
Mundy M9rs Talbot r Anna Maria ............. .52-192
0
Overstreet J M farm Cortez................. .52-153
P
Parent B R r Cortez. ..................... 52-361
Phillips Grocery Anna Maria................... 52-693
R
Robinson Beach Bungalows Long Beach....... 52-611
S
Sawyer Sam ofc Bradenton Beach ............. .52-371
Silver's A E Grocery Ilexhurst ............. . .52-645
Star Fish Co Cortez ....................... .52-364
T
Tichenor H T Jr r Bradenton Beach........... .52-533
Tichenor H T Sr r Anna Maria. ............. .52-351
Turner Miss Harriet B r Bradenton Beach..... 52-633
Twomey Mrs Dolly r Anna Maria. .......... .52-695

Whitney Gordon r
Whitney Beach Cottages Long Boat Key .... 52-501
Wickersham F G r Zephyr Crest Long Beach.... .52-612
Wilton J B r Bradenton Beach............... 52-521
Wood Dr F R r Anna Maria ................. .52-194


The 1942 Island telephone directory, in its entirety. There may have been fewer people but they were still as nice.


The Bradenton Beach Exchange covering the com-
munities of Bradenton Beach, Anna Maria, Cortez, Long
Beach, llexhurst and Mid Island is all listed on one page
and is printed here for your perusal and reflection.
Long Beach later became the Village of Longboat
Key. Part of Ilexhurst and Mid Island were later ab-
sorbed by the new town of Holmes Beach which at the
time was still one of Jack Holmes' dreams.


While this listing reflects only the names and busi-
nesses of our old-timers who could afford the luxury of
a telephone, it should titillate the recollections of our
early residents and their descendants.
If you have a story to tell, please write The Islander
Bystander or call the Cracker at 778-1547.
"Anna Maria Island: Remember When." This new
old-timer will see you there!


IYO UR e0


Anna Maria's setbacks
In the Feb. 8 Islander Bystander article "Anna
Maria Codes get final reading Feb. 16," you reported,
"Much discussion centered on the proposal for residen-
tial sideyard setbacks which are currently 10 feet ...
Ten feet will be required for lots more than 53 feet
wide."
Many Anna Maria citizens were pleased to read
about the 10 foot setback as you reported it. Since the
first readings were held during the daytime when many
could not attend, your report was trusted as being fac-
tual and no further concerns about the setback issue
were expressed by citizens at the second reading (held
at 5 p.m. on a Friday, a time still difficult for a work-
ing citizen to attend).
Now, some two months later, at a special city com-
mission meeting April 17, Tom Turner, chairman of the
planning and zoning board, stated emphatically that the
side setback is 7 feet for lots more than 53 feet wide as
well and that your report was incorrect.
Since many of us relied upon the Islander By-
stander report as being factual, and since the side set-
back issue is important to many, whether they favored
or were opposed .to reducing it, or are contemplating
building, I call upon you to please print the actual set-
back ordinance as passed on Feb. 16.
It is important for the continued public trust in the
reporting by The Islander Bystander that the record be
set straight. We can't go back to Feb. 16 and debate the
issue, but at least the people of Anna Maria City will


have the correct information on how the ordinance has
been changed.
Charles Canniff, Anna Maria
Editor's note: Our reporter was provided with inaccu-
rate information. Appendix A defining minimum set-
backs is available for reading at Anna Maria City Hall.

Citizen awaits instructions to
help mayor do business
I find it with some interest that Ines Norman in her
recent letter to the editor acknowledged that our new
mayor of Bradenton Beach is not conducting his busi-
ness. Now she suggests that he is not getting a chance.
No matter why, she simply identified that our mayor is
not conducting his business.
I am surprised that once she identified that the new
mayor was not conducting his business she would be
the one to publish the fact in the press.
But this is good. The first step in solving the prob-
lem is admitting that the mayor is not conducting his
business.
Next she asserts that I am doing something to im-
pede the new mayor from conducting his business. I
ask Ines to identify what she and the new mayor feel I
am doing so that the new mayor is not conducting his
business. Once she identifies what I am doing, I will
change my behavior as appropriate. Then I will call on
her to report to the press if the new mayor has started
conducting his business.
I await instruction. All of us want the new mayor


to conduct his business.
John Sandberg, Bradenton Beach

Manatee County scores 'love' on
tennis court repair
The resurfacing of the tennis courts at Holmes
Beach is a good example of Manatee County govern-
ment at its worst.
The first questionable act of the parks and recre-
ation department was to schedule the job in February
and March, the busiest time of the year for the use of
these facilities.
Originally scheduled to be completed March 19,
the courts are still not open for play. For the past month
county workers have shown up in one, two or three
trucks, have stood around and surveyed the situation,
had a few cigarettes, done a few hours work and then
are gone again until they reappear another day and go
through the same scenario.
Complaints to parks and recreation are answered
with bureaucratic mumbo jumbo about the requirement
to get competitive bids, and the fact that the county
crews are busy because they are doing other courts in
the county.
Calls to the county commissioner's office went
unanswered.
If this project had been in the private sector, you
can rest assured it would have been done in a timely
fashion or people would not have been paid.
Russ Olson, Holmes Beach


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WmAnybody home?
From left, Island Vice
Mayors Doug Wolfe, Connie
Drescher and Luke Courtney
checked and verified their
4 respective cities' list of
persons with special needs at
-M the hurricane exercise held
at the Island Emergency
r Operations Center last week.
S Islander Photo:
.Pat Copeland.



Island participates in county hurricane exercise


By Pat Copeland
Islander Reporter
With Hurricane Zelda bearing down on Tampa
Bay last week, emergency agencies sprang into action.
Fortunately for Islanders, the hurricane was an exercise
and not the real thing.
For the first time since the county began holding
hurricane exercises, the Island cities elected to partici-
pate through the Island Emergency Operations Center.


The Island Players will strike some funny bones
with their final production of the 1995-96 season -
Tom Dulak's comedy, "Breaking Legs."
The nine-show run will begin Friday evening, May
10, concluding Sunday, May 19. Nighttime perfor-
mances are at 8 p.m. with matinees on Sundays at 2
p.m. There will be no performance Monday, May 13.
This comedy relates the tale of the hilarious
clash between the Mafia and the theater when a pro-
fessional playwright seeks funding from the family
of a former student.
"The family" turns out to be minor Mafia god-
fathers who are willing to underwrite the play pro-
vided they never have to read it. The plot thickens
when the lusty, unwed daughter of the house falls in
love with the playwright.
Ben Thomas has the role of the genial mobster,


City staffs closed city halls the morning of April 24 and
moved into the fire station in Holmes Beach, which is
IEOC headquarters. They were joined by department
heads, elected officials and fire department personnel.
"I was very happy with the response from the cit-
ies," Fire Chief Andy Price said. "Now they realize and
understand, the time and effort needed for planning
prior to a storm. They know they can't just show up
when it happens."


Lou, whose Italian restaurant is managed by his beau-
tiful daughter, Angie, played by Pamela Hopkins.
John Green is Terrence, the bemused playwright
Completing the cast are Gabe Simches, Sam
McDowell and William (Marty) Martin as the three
gangsters, Mike, Tino and Frankie. Throughout the
play everybody eats and eats at the constant urging of
Lou who promotes his menu from calimari to meat-
balls.
Phyllis Elfenbein directs this production. Anne
Fasulo is stage manager with assistance from
Marilyn Moroni. Art Ballman is set designer, with
lighting design by Steve Henderson and costumes
by Don Bailey and John Flannery.
Tickets are $10 per person and are available at the
theater box office the corner of Gulf Drive and Pine
Avenue, Anna Maria or by calling 778-5755.


The main objectives were to check the status of
district residents on the special needs list and check for
unforeseen problems in the center's operation.
City and fire district employees verified names of
those with on the special needs, residents of the district
who have requested aid in evacuation or those who
have indicated special medical needs.
"The special needs list is an important aspect of
pre-storm preparation," Price said. "This exercise
eliminated the names of people who had died or moved
and saved us a lot of manpower."
Anyone who would like to be-added to the special
needs list should call their city hall or the fire district and
fill out a form, which can be mailed back, Price said.'
Other problems uncovered in the exercise were two
unconnected phone lines and two broken phones. Of-
ficials also agreed to install red lights on the phones so
they know which ones are ringing.
"I recommended that all city department heads come
to the IEOC meetings in the future," Price noted. "They
are the ones most affected in an emergency. We should be
doing more progressive exercises to plan for disasters."
On May 8, the same group will participate in the
recovery phase of the exercise.
"This is very important," Price stressed. "If the
cities can't help the people and businesses get back on
their feet after a hurricane, the entire tax base will be
affected. Depending on the damage done, it could be
devastating and if we're not prepared, we won't be
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By Pat Copeland
Islander Reporter
When Frank Derfler's heart stopped beating last
week, his friend Kay Downes didn't skip a beat.
Downes, 54, of Bradenton, and Derfler, 51, of
Key Royale Drive were just winding up a two-mile jog
on the morning of April 24 when Derfler collapsed in
his front yard. Once Downes realized Derfler was not
breathing she began administering cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR). Holmes Beach Officer Chuck
Stearns, who was just turning onto Key Royale Drive
on routine patrol, arrived a minute later and joined
Downes.
A minute after Stearns arrived, Anna Maria
Firefighters Larry Revel and Ken Treffinger, as well
as the Emergency Medical Services unit; were on the
scene. EMS personnel used a semi-automatic
defibrillator to restart Derfler's heart.
Treffinger, who is also a paramedic, explained,
"When a person goes into cardiac arrest, the heart goes
into ventricular fibrillation the heart actually begins
quivering like a bowl of jelly," he said. "The
defibrillator delivers an electric shock to the heart
muscle to correct the imbalance in the rhythm."


Treffinger also noted that in cases where the heart
stops, CPR pumps the heart mechanically until the
defibrillator can be used to correct the electrical imbal-
ance.
Fire Chief Andy Price praised Downes.
"The early intervention of CPR made the differ-
ence. If the brain is without oxygen for four to six
minutes the survival rate is low. Someone doing CPR
can sustain the patient and get a flow of oxygen into the
brain until advanced life support arrives.
Sudden cardiac arrest causes more than 300,000
deaths each year in the United States because external
defibrillators arrive on the scene too late. If
defibrillators were more widely available to first re-
sponders, 20,000 to 100,000 lives could be saved, ac-
cording to the American Heart Association.
Currently firefighters, who provide first response,
don't have defibrillators available. Price is hoping in
the future the district can budget for them.
"This is a classic example of what we've been talk-
ing about," Price pointed out "It proves early interven-
tion of advanced life support care works. If the ambu-
lance had not arrived at least we could have had the
defibrillators."


Changes proposed to radically alter

coastal property insurance rates


By Jack Gurney
Special to the Islander
As the Florida Legislature winds down its annual
session, lawmakers are debating whether to change the
law that governs the property and casualty insurance
industry and lift the three-year-old moratorium that
bars companies from canceling homeowners' insur-
ance policies on a grand scale.
The stakes in the outcome are high. Thousands of
property owners in the area are at risk of either seeing
their annual homeowners' insurance bills skyrocket or
their coverage disappear.
Furthermore, with the moratorium due to expire
on Nov. 14, there are no provisions in place to guar-
antee which companies will remain in the state or
whether they will be able to pay damage claims if
another Hurricane Andrew strikes.
The legislature is divided on how to stabilize a
post-Andrew insurance industry which is propped up
by two large companies State Farm and All-State
- plus a state-mandated pooled risk arrangement for
homeowners who can't otherwise obtain coverage.
"The moratorium is necessary to keep the insur-
ance companies here in Florida," Florida State Rep.
Shirley Brown (D-Sarasota) said. "They were here for
years buying up the market. We let them in when days
were rosy, so we shouldn't let them out when things
get gray."
Sen. John McKay (R-Bradenton), whose district
includes Anna Maria Island, said, "Letting the mora-
torium expire would create chaos in the market."
Not all legislators agree a moratorium extension
is in the best interests of either residential homeowners
or the insurance industry. One powerful faction, led by
Sen. John Grant (R-Tampa), chairman of the Senate
Banking and Insurance Committee, wants to let the
moratorium expire.
Another faction, let by Rep. John Cosgrove (D-
Miami), chairman of the House Insurance Committee,
wants to extend the moratorium. The two legislative
bodies would have to agree if there is to be an exten-
sion.
Insurance industry representatives are urging leg-
islators to exclude hurricane coverage from
homeowners' insurance policies in the same manner
that flood and earthquake coverage is currently treated
as a separate risk.
The industry believes company agents should be
allowed to write separate hurricane coverage, but
damage claims should be paid out of a disaster fund
which the companies subsidize based on their share of
the market.
In the event of a disaster of the magnitude of Hur-
ricane Andrew, the disaster fund would pay damage
claims from revenue generated by the sale of long-
term bonds. The companies' annual subsidy payments


would pay debt service on the bonds and retire them.
Today the insurance industry in Florida is so out of
balance that one company State Farm insures 25
percent (approximately 1.2 million) of all the residen-
tial property owners statewide, while the second larg-
est insurer isn't even an insurance company.
The number-two insurer in Florida is the Residen-
tial Property and Casualty Joint Underwriting Associa-
tion (JUA) "pool," which was set up in the wake of
Andrew to be "an insurer of last resort."
But the JUA has grown beyond expectations be-
cause the handful of companies still doing business in
Florida are reluctant to take on any additional risk, es-,
pecially at rates they insist are below market.
As a result, the JUA provides insurance for ap-
proximately 15 percent of Florida homeowners be-
tween 850,000 and 900,000 homeowners despite the
fact it has no capital assets or cash reserves.
In third place in the insurance race is All-State,
with about 14 percent of the state's properties. Nation-
wide is a distant fourth, and remaining companies ei-
ther trail far behind or have thrown in the towel.
If another major catastrophic storm strikes, damage
claims from JUA policy holders will be paid from as-
sets of the companies which still do business in Florida,
again based on their share of the market. State Farm
and All-State stand to provide the deep pockets.
The state's insurance industry went into a tailspin
when more than $15 billion in Andrew damage claims
overwhelmed the companies in 1992. Hardest hit were
those most active in the market State Farm and All-
State.
In an attempt to prevent insurance companies from
dumping their policyholders and fleeing, the Florida
Legislature in 1993, at the urging of former Insurance
Commissioner Tom Gallagher, adopted the morato-
rium and established the JUA.
The JUA prohibited companies from canceling
more than a small percentage of their policyholders in
each calendar year, thus stopping them from closing up
in Florida and leaving policy holders scrambling for
another insurer.
The outcome of the political debate in Tallahassee
will have a direct impact on the banking, construction
and real estate industries. If insurance costs go up, the
amount of money homeowners can afford to budget for
the principal and interest on home mortgage loans will
go down.
Those who support extending the moratorium, includ-
ing Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson, believe many of
the insurance companies still doing business in Florida
will leave if the moratorium is allowed to expire.
Those who would allow the moratorium to expire
believe it would lead to a long-term solution of the in-
surance crisis by opening up the homeowners' market
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Key Royale officers installed
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spring luncheon. New officers, from left, are President Helen Klos, Vice President Eleanor Brewin, Record-
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Environmentalists rejoice at

Orimulsion's rejection


By Pat Copeland
Islander Reporter
To the surprise of Florida Power and Light officials,
Governor Lawton Chiles and his cabinet last week re-
jected the company's bid to become the first utility in the
country to bum the controversial fuel Orimulsion.
Environmentalists who opposed the use of the fuel
rejoiced.
"We are pleased, delighted, elated," said Gloria
Rains, chairwoman of Manasota 88, the environmen-
tal group that led opposition along with Save Our Bays.
"We're very happy for our region and its future. We
had to oppose it because the fuel was totally wrong for
our area."
In a statement released shortly after the cabinet
vote FPL said it has "a number of options following
this disappointing decision, including legal action in
the courts. FPL will be evaluating these options and
will announce its decision at a later date."
The story started six years ago when FPL began
planning to convert its Parrish plant to burn
Orimulsion, a mixture of bitumen, water and an emul-
sifying agent, to be imported from Venezuela. They
said use of the fuel would save residential users $3 per
month on their electric bills, save commercial and in-
dustrial users $1 million per year, create 40 jobs, pump
$1.5 million per year into Port Manatee and give the
county $700,000 in additional property taxes.
Environmentalists opposed its use, citing concerns


over increased air pollution, spills in Gulf and bay wa-
ters and water depletion from the Little Manatee
River. Opponents targeted nitrogen oxide (NOx) as
the most serious pollutant and maintained it would
increase nitrogen loading in local waters and contrib-
ute to the creation of ozone and acid rain. They said
spills would be difficult to clean up, because
Orimulsion disperses in water.
Two weeks ago, environmentalists began con-
verging on Tallahassee to protest the fuel's approval.
Use of the fuel was previously approved by nine
Florida governmental agencies and organizations.
The final approval was in the hands of the governor
and cabinet, sitting as the Power Plant Siting Board.
Opponents were heartened on April 20 by the
governor's request for a written order to deny FPL's
request. He cited concerns that mirrored the environ-
mentalists' arguments, as well as the hypothetical
nature of the data provided by FPL.
On April 23, the board voted 4 to 3 to deny the re-
quest after a four-hour hearing.
Rains pointed to two recent victories for the
people defeat of the megabridge on Manatee Av-
enue and Orimulsion, and noted, "I hope it portends
a change."
FPL said the decision by the board "is an espe-
cially distressing outcome for Florida's electricity
customers who will be denied the economic and en-
vironmental benefits of the Orimulsion project."


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Two found in violation by code board


By Pat Copeland
Islander Reporter
The Holmes Beach Code Enforcement Board last
week found two parties in violation of the city's codes -
one for construction without a permit or site plan review
and one for holding an outdoor event without a permit.
These were the first cases for the five-member board
after three members were appointed two weeks ago. Un-
sure of procedure, board members had to turn to City
Attorney Patricia Petruff several times for guidance.

Stick to the issue
In the case against Rudy Kratz, the city maintained he
constructed a floating dock in Crabby Bill's Yacht Basin
without a permit or a site plan review. A stop work order
was issued on March 1, and on March 20 Kratz had the
dock licensed as a boat by the Florida Marine Patrol.
"The violation is the construction activity," Kratz's
attorney Charles Johnson maintained. "It is not the pres-
ence of the float. It is not a violation to have what is there.
It is recognized by the FMP, the state and the county."
Petruff restated the two violations and noted, "It is
our understanding the FMP has inspected the vessel
structure and approved the issuance of a vessel regis-
tration certificate. The city is in the process of verify-
ing that all the correct procedures were done in the li-
censing and titling of the vessel."
If it is determined the structure is not a vessel,
Kratz could be cited again, but that is not the issue be-
fore the board, Petruff said in the first of at least eight


instances that Petruff or a board member reminded
Johnson he was straying from the issue.
Johnson took another tack. He said the city issued
Kratz a license under the classification of boat dealer
and boat yard with a sub-classification boat yard and
marina, including dry dock, and he did not need a li-
cense to build a boat.
Petruff again noted this was not the issue. She ex-
plained the city has permitted 10 charter boats to be
docked in the basin since 1991. After Bill Zalla pur-
chased the restaurant, he leased the charter business to
Kratz and that is the only approved use there.
"When the occupational license was issued by a
city staff member it was issued in error," she continued.
"A corrected license was issued as soon as the error
was discovered."
Luke Courtney said, "We approved a site plan for
a boat rental business. We did not approve a site plan
for construction of vessels. This is a totally ridiculous
request."
Petruff further noted that all construction requires
a site plan review and a boat builder also needs a spe-
cial permit.
Johnson asked if Kratz could complete construc-
tion, because the structure is a hazard with nails stick-
ing up and incomplete decking. If not, Kratz would
have no alternative but to tow it out of the city's juris-
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would be both dangerous and difficult, he said.
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not do any further construction without obtaining a build-
ing permit and a site plan review, which could take up to
60 days with no guarantee he'll get it.
Petruff noted that the city cannot order the
structure's removal because if it's determined that it is
a boat, it can be tied to a dock.
"To tell me that it is difficult for you to move a
vessel out of a basin raises questions in my mind about
whether it's really a vessel," she said "If the city deems
that the structure creates a public health, safety and
welfare issue, it will take appropriate action, but that's
not before you."
Bracken added that allowing Kratz to complete
construction would be a tacit acceptance by the city.
The board found Kratz in violation on both charges
and fined him $40 or double the cost of a building per-
mit on the first violation and $125 on the second vio-
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mit to hold a car show with a disc jockey in the parking
lot The Feb. 28 event angered neighbors because of the
loud music. They also complained that people were mill-
ing about in front of their homes drinking beer there was
trash and debris left after the event
Tim O'Brien, the restaurant's general manager,
told the board, "I apologize for the party. I was un-
aware we needed a special permit. As soon as I found
out, I immediately suspended any events outside."
Neighbors Judith and Edwin VanBeuzekom said
several special events held in the restaurant's parking
lot have created problems.
"Why not have them in the field behind city hall?
asked Judith VanBeuzekom. "Why do they have to be
right in front of the entrances to our homes?"
"People have to get permits and can't ignore the
etiquette of telling their next door neighbors if they're
going to have a big party outside," said Chairman Art
Ballman."
Bracken noted that O'Brien was not contesting the
charges and asked Petruff about retroactive action.
The board can find him in violation and impose a
fine, said Petruff. Then if it happens again, he can be
cited as a repeat violator with a higher fine.
Member Joan Perry moved to find O'Brien guilty
and fine him $40 or double the amount of the tempo-
rary use permit to "show we must have an understand-
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ultimately responsible for any activity on his property.
If a fine from a violation is not paid, it could result in
a lien on the property.
"Notify me, but don't order me," Zalla asked.
"You are not subpoenaed to be here," Petruff ex-
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you could be held in contempt, but a notification that
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Elsie M. Babacz
Elsie M. Babacz, 78, of Holmes Beach, died April
29, in Integrated Health Services.
There will be no visitation or service. Inurnment
will be in Cinnaminson, N.J. Memorial contributions
may be made to American Cancer Society, 4806 26th
St. W., Bradenton, Fla. 34207.
Born in Philadelphia, Mrs. Babacz came to Mana-
tee County from Cinnaminson in 1980. She was a
homemaker. She was an Episcopalian.
She is survived by a daughter, Carole Douglas of
Holmes Beach; a brother, Albert McFaull of Sewell,
N.J.; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Lenora 'Jeanne'
Blassingame
Lenora "Jeanne" Blassingame, 76, of Anna Maria,
died April 27 in Columbia Blake Medical Center.
Born in Ward, W.Va., Mrs. Blassingame came to
Manatee County from Akron, Ohio, in 1947. She
owned and operated several
businesses on Anna Maria
Island including a lounge on
Bridge Street in Bradenton
Beach, then a service sta-
tion, Blue Wave, in
Bradenton Beach and a pool
hall and sandwich shop at
S&S Plaza in Holmes
Beach.
Mrs. Blassingame
Jeanne Blassingamn worked for the former Is-
lander newspaper in the
1970s, recalled then editor June Alder, and at that time
she began to date the noted author Wyatt Blassingame.
"Jeanne was all aflutter and told me she had to go
to the library to look up his books," recalls Alder. They
were married shortly after that, Alder said. Wyatt
Blassingame died in 1985.
She was a member of the Anna Maria Historical
Society and was aboard member of the Island Players.
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formerlslander newspaper and president of the Anna
Maria Island Historical Society said, "Jeanne was a
charter member of the Historical Society and was al-
ways a cheerful and dependable volunteer. She will be
greatly missed by our members. She would have lived
here 50 years next year."
She is survived by two step-daughters, Peggy
Diamant of Huntsville, Ala., and April Lane of
Edenton, N.C.; a sister, Katie Lee Kirby of Belpre,
Ohio, and Anna Maria; nine step-grandchildren; and
seven step-great-grandchildren.
Memorial service will be 1 p.m., Wednesday, May
1, at Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine
Ave., Anna Maria, with the Rev. Wayne Kirk officiat-
ing. Griffith-Cline Funeral Home, Island Chapel, is in
charge of the arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to Island
Library, 5701 Marina Dr., Holmes Beach, Fla. 34217.

G. Mahlon Estes
G. Mahlon Estes, 84, of Holmes Beach, died April
25 in Columbia Blake Medical Center.
Born in Cairo, Mo., Mr. Estes came to Manatee
County from Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1980. He was a
service welder for General Motors in Grand Rapids for
21 years. He attended Island Baptist Church in Anna
Maria City. He was a Mason.
He is survived by his wife, Thelma Lee; two
daughters, Karen Franchi of Grand Rapids and Leann
Kenney of Bradenton; two sons, Terry of Lowell,
Mich., and Brian of Grand Rapids; a brother, Leonard
of Grand Rapids; eight grandchildren; and a great-
grandchild.
A memorial service will be held at a later date in
Grand Rapids. Memorial contributions may be made to
Island Baptist Church, Building Fund, P.O. Box 458,
Anna Maria City, Fla. 34216. Toale Brothers Funeral
Homes was in charge of the arrangements.


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Judy K. Gilkerson, 56, of Bradenton Beach, died
April 24 in Freedom Village Nursing Center.
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She is survived by her husband, Richard; a daugh-
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chard of Bradenton Beach and Kevin Scott of Iowa;
and five grandchildren.
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Edward 0. Macfarlane
Edward 0. Macfarlane, 85, a winter resident of
Holmes Beach, died April 25 in Columbia Blake Medi-
cal Center.
Born in Barnum, W.Va.., Mr. Macfarlane came to
Manatee County from Manlius, N.Y., in 1983. He was
a retired sales engineer for Appleton Electric in Chi-
cago. He was a member of the Lions Club in Manlius.
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Debeviose of Pittsburgh.
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Dudley Anson Mercer
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Memorial Hospital.
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Mr. Mercer came to Mana-
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Ohio, in 1958. He was a
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Bradenton Beach for many
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Amoroso of Coconut Grove and Constance Arsenault
of Orlando; and eight step-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 3 p.m., Thursday, May 2, at
Griffith-Cline Funeral Home, Island Chapel, 6000
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Dr. Shirley O'Day shows
third graders from Anna
Maria Elementary School
the techniques of wood
carving. The students
visited the Artists Guild of
Anna Maria Island. In
addition to O'Day,
SB painting demonstrations
were given by Ann
Terhardt in watercolors,
Joan Daily on slate and
Nancy Sullivan in acryl-
a 7ics. Islander Photo: Pat
Copeland.




Special basketball season
There is something new on the sports scene at the
Anna Maria Island Community Center.
AMICC coaches have selected two teams, one ages
7 to 9 and the other ages 14 to 17, which will be play-
ing in a spring/summer basketball season. The boys and
girls will be representing the Island against teams from
G.T. Bray parks and recreation program.
Games will be played at the Island Center on Mon-
days through June 24 at 6:45 and 7:45 p.m. for the 14
to 17 year olds, and on Fridays through June 14 at 6:45
and 7:45 p.m. for the 7 to 9 year olds.


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Off Stage Ladies install
officers
The Off Stage Ladies, the support group for the
Island Players, will hold the final luncheon meeting of
the season starting at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 8,
at the Bradenton Yacht Club, Snead Island, Palmetto.
Officers for the 1996-97 season will be installed.
They are President Marilyn Moroni, First Vice Presi-
dent Dorothy Eder, Secretary Alice Doeden and Trea-
surer Marian Van Winkle.
Jewelry artist Autumn De Frank will discuss and
demonstrate her original techniques and designs.
For reservations, call Genevieve Alban, 778-6260,
Jeanne Maschek, 778-0048 or Jo Hughes, 778-4555.

Historical society receives
donation from J.C. Penney
Carolyne Norwood, former president of the Anna
Maria Island Historical Society, was a finalist in the
annual J.C. Penney Golden Rule Awards.


Norwood was chosen as one of the eight finalists
from a field of 200 entries from eight Florida counties
with 26 winners chosen. J.C. Penney donated $250 to
the Island Historical Society in recognition of the work
Norwood has done for the past six years. She also re-
ceived a letter from President Clinton commending her
for commitment to the American ideal of service.
The Annual Gold Rule Awards sponsored by J.C.
Penney honor outstanding volunteer service by indi-
viduals and organizations for exemplary volunteer ser-
vice to the community.
Democrats to hear Planned
Parenthood director
Barbara Zdravecky, executive director of Planned
Parenthood Association of Southwest Florida and a
resident of Anna Maria Island, will speak to a com-
bined meeting of the Anna Maria Island Democratic
Club and the Democratic Women's Club of Manatee
County on Monday, May 6, at noon at Crabby Bill's
restaurant in Holmes Beach.


Island art by
Island artists
The Artists Guild of
h lAnna Maria Island
will have on display
various works with an
Island theme by guild
-e : members at the Island
Branch Library in
Holmes Beach during

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The luncheon meeting is open to anyone who
would like to attend.
Reservations are not required for the $7 luncheon.
For further information, call Roy McChesney,
president of the Island club, at 778-3045.







THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER 0 MAY 2, 1996 U PAGE 17 Irm


Historical Society

dinner May 4
The Anna Maria Island Historical Society promises
plenty of fun and unique entertainment at its special
dinner affair this Saturday night.
"Anna Maria Island: Remember When" will begin
with a cash bar at 6 p.m. May 4 at Crabby Bill's Sea-
food & Oyster Bar, 5325 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.
Dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
Tickets, at $15 per person, are available through His-
torical Society members or by calling the society's His-
torical Museum at 778-0492. Located at 402 Pine Ave.,
Anna Maria, the museum is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Decked out in old-fashioned bathing suits, a bevy
of demure bathing beauties will be on hand to prove
there was fun to be had at the beach in the days before
bikinis.
In addition to surprise guests, another highlight
will be a performance by the Hysterical Historical
Chorus. More than 40 door prizes from Island mer-
chants will also be given away.
Those attending are encouraged to dress in the
manner of early Island residents in straw hats, sus-
penders and everyday dresses. Prizes will be awarded
to the most authentic man and woman settlers, the win-
ner of the George Emerson Bean look-alike contest and
the residents who have lived on the Island for the long-
est and shortest times.
The event represents a revival of the legendary Old
Timers' Reunions of the 1980s. All Islanders from
those who have been here since the beginning of time


to those who arrived yesterday are invited to attend.
Island artist Robert Reiber donated an original wa-
tercolor of the Island Historical Museum on Pine Av-
enue to be raffled off at the dinner Saturday.
The painting is valued at $350.


Bask in fun at
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A performance by the Flora
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Anna Maria Island Histori-
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Norwood, Pat Kenney,
Martha Stewart and Jean
Linke. Islander Photo:
Cynthia Finn.

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Snook, South African
delicacy?
Being the good detectives er, investigative re-
porters that we are, we recently noticed snook pop-
ping up on menus and we had to inquire further.
Snook a highly delicious and much desired
sportfish is not sold commercially. At least so we
thought.
It turns out the snook on the menu at Mar Vista
Restaurant and Pub on Longboat Key is imported from
South Africa. Lake Victoria.
I can't tell you if it compared fairly
with local snook because I
couldn't re-
sist my
usual fare,
a grouper sand-
wich. The "Snook Mar
Vista" was a dinner entree, pan
seared with artichoke hearts, mushrooms and
lemon butter. It was tempting, as was mako shark,
chargrilled with sundried tomato and basil cream sauce.
An expedition to downtown Bradenton uncovered
another example of snook on the menu. At a busy lunch
and dinner spot across from the Financial Center,
Andiamo's Ristorante Italiano, a query about the snook
was answered, "Yes, it's fresh."
Well, we hope not. Not fresh and local caught,
anyway. How does one get "fresh" fish here from
South Africa anyway?
And what is "fresh?"
According to Funk & Wagnall it's "newly made,
obtained, received, etc. Not smoked, frozen or other-
wise preserved. Not spoiled, stale or musty."


Another authority, Cortez's Bell Fish Company co-
owner Calvin Bell, said he calls fresh "Caught it to-
day." He added that it shouldn't have "laid around."
We agree with Calvin.

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ironic?
It's 10 years since Chernobyl. Sixteen years since
the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapsed. And just days
after the defeat by the Florida Cabinet of the burning
of the experimental fuel Orimulsion at Florida Power
and Light's Parrish plant.
While watching TV news (a re-visit to Chernobyl
on 60 Minutes) a few days after the Orimulsion deci-
sion, a voice in a commercial touting those big, huge
(named for bugs) yellow tractor trucks and assorted
loaders and unloaders told how hard they
work and how far they
travel glo-
bally to get
the job done.
The example
was their contri-
bution to build-
ing a new airport in
Hong Kong.
And where was that airport being built? "The only
place in Hong Kong where there's room for it," accord-
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Sea."
Dump trucks are shown dropping fill in the water
and an overall, overhead view shows the immensity of
it all right there off the shoreline a huge
manmade island that will be the new Hong Kong Air-
port.
For all the foes of a megabridge to Anna Maria
Island, just imagine the environmental impacts of that.
Speaking of bridges, have you noticed that the fish-
ing pier created from the remnants of the Skyway
Bridge on the Manatee side (which just opened to fish-


ers) has been 16 years in the making?
And did you ever wonder why the Florida Depart-
ment of Transportation neglected to propose transform-
ing the existing Manatee Avenue bridge into a fishing
pier when (if) its proposed replacement was built?
FYI: They couldn't. DOT proposed to further ex-
pand the two-lane replacement with a second two-lane
bridge in the exact location of the existing Anna Maria
Island Bridge. State laws prohibit replacing recre-
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Then the plan changed from engineering report to fi-
nal construction plans. They enlarged the size of the pro-
posed bridge to accommodate future lane expansion.
What a tangled web they weave.

Mermaid dining at Pops
"An Evening Under the Stars" includes picnicking,
music and fun for all at the outdoor event on the Mana-
tee Community College Bradenton campus, 5840 26th
St., Saturday, May 4, at 8:15 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m.
for picnicking.
A catered dinner by Sign of the Mermaid restaurant
of Anna Maria will be offered for those who would
rather not pack a picnic.
Maestro Paul Wolfe will mount the podium for
his final performance as conductor of the Florida
West Coast Symphony at the 6th Annual MCC at the
Pops. Special guest vocalist Jeannette La Voy will
also perform.
General admission tickets can be purchased at
Barnett Bank offices in Manatee County. For informa-
tion and reserved seating call 753-0850.

Oops
Auction correction: The dock donated by Taylor-
Made Marine to the Anna Maria Island Community
Center Auction was a 5-by-20-foot dock, not 5-by-10
as reported. It sold for $850 and a quickly arranged
second dock, also donated by Jim Taylor, sold for the
same price. Double the money for the Center and
double the effort from Taylor. Thanks again.

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--:- Ma 9 9 to participate in its Fourth Annual Pelican Classic
ay 19Golf Tournament to be held on Saturday, May 4, at
The 60-foot freighter "Sunmit Venture" looms the Tatum Ridge Golf Links to benefit the work of the
tin the distance, a severed section of the sanctuary. The tournament is planned on a four-man
Sunshine Skyway Bridge on its bow, as the scramble format with prizes, and trophies awarded
.mangled steel beams of the 150-foot-tall to top players in the net and gross categories. A
bridge dangle from the center grating. Inset: A hole-in-one contest sponsored by Sarasota Ford with
rescue worker, tied to a lifeline, placed the car a 1996 Mustang as the prize is also included. The
in neutral to drag it back from the precipice. entry fee is $45. To reserve a tee time or for informa-
SIslander Photos: Paul Roat tion, call the sanctuary at 388-4444, Monday
through Friday, 9 a.. to 5p.m.

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Let's go watch 'em

play ball


From left, concessionaires Millie Torres, Kirsten Faase and Cherie Wall hawked
candy and Coke, pizza and popcorn, to the young at heart.


Center Little League

schedule


Major League games
All games are at 7p.m.
Wednesday May 1 Jim Boast Dodge
Thursday May 2 Kiwanis
Friday May 3 Haley's Motel
Saturday May 4 Pictures for sale
Monday May 6 Jim Boast Dodge
Tuesday May 7 Haley's Motel


vs. D. Coy Ducks
vs. AMFD
vs. Jim Boast Dodge

vs. Kiwanis
vs. D. Coy Ducks


Minor League games
Weekday games begin at 5 p.m., Saturday games begin at 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday May 1 Quality Builders vs. Betsy Hills
Thursday May 2 Islander Bystander vs. Tip of the Island
Friday May 3 Bali-Hal vs. Betsy Hills
Saturday May 4 Bali-Hai vs. Ciao! Restaurant
Saturday May 4 Picture Sale
Monday May 6 Islander Bystander vs. Quality Builders
Tuesday May 7 Bali-Hai vs. Tip of the Island


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Wojculewski, both 10, begged for a chance to get their mugs in the paper.


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SAnna Maria
Elementary
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Monday, 5/6/96
Breakfast: Cereal, Toast, Juice
* Lunch: Canadian Bacon Croissant or Chicken
* Nuggets, French Fries, Fresh Fruit, Juice Bar
* Tuesday, 5/7/96
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* Wednesday, 5/8/96
Breakfast: Pretzel & Cheese, Juice
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* Breakfast: Two Cinnamon Toast, Juice
, Lunch: Chicken Gravy over Rice, Mixed Veg-
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Serena Spring and Sean
Nyman. Second row are
Charlene Anderson,
Chelsea Sandhoff, Gracie
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Island police reports
Anna Maria City
April 20, domestic (verbal), 100 block of Cedar.
The complainant reported the subject returned to the
residence intoxicated and attempted to vent his anger
on a flower pot, which cut his thumb. He was trans-
ported to the hospital.
April 24, domestic battery, warrant, 100 block of
Spring. The officer responded to a report of a female
screaming and found the victim on the ground with the
suspect standing over her. Both appeared to be intoxi-
cated, said the report. The victim was uncooperative
and refused to sign the affidavit out of fear. The sus-
pect was placed in custody.

Bradenton Beach
April 21, petty theft, 107 Gulf Drive S., Key West
Willy's. The victim reported a person unknown re-
moved her purse containing $200 in cash, credit cards,
a driver's license and a wallet valued at $25.
April 21, petty theft, 116 Bridge Street, Sports
Lounge parking lot. The victim reported when she ex-
ited her vehicle a white male subject grabbed her purse
and ran north on Church Street. He was described as in
his 20s with shoulder length, dark hair and wearing
black shorts and shirt.
April 21, exposure of sexual organs, 200 block of
Cortez Beach. The victim reported a suspect ap-
proached her, kneeled down and exposed himself. He
then asked her for the time, pretended to tie his shoe,
and left, said the report. The suspect was located by the
officer and identified by the victim.
April 22, theft of a bicycle valued at $70, 200
block of Gulf Drive North.
April 23, grand theft, 107 Gulf Drive South, Key
West Willy's. The victim reported person unknown
removed an outboard motor valued at $400 from the
back of his truck.

Holmes Beach
April 19, suspicious, 5353 Gulf Drive, Circle
K. The complainant reported a group of juveniles
gathering in the parking lot. The officer found they
had run out of gas and were waiting for a tow truck
to assist them.


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A course in power boating skills and seaman-
ship conducted by Coast Guard Auxiliary instruc-
tors will begin on Tuesday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. at
Flotilla 81 Training Center, 4208 129th St.,
Cortez, north of the Seafood Shack restaurant.
The course includes instruction in legal boat-
ing requirements, boat handling skills, navigation,


April 19, vandalism, Kingfish Ramp. The com-
plainant reported a person unknown shot a hole in his
windshield with a BB gun.
April 20, suspicious, 5000 block of 38th Street.
The complainant found a personal secretary case in her
mail box and took it to the police station. The officer
returned it to the owner who said he had been to a party,
and a friend was supposed to return the case but lost it.
April 20 found property a bicycle, 5348 Gulf
Drive, Mr. Roberts.
April 20, disturbance, 3000 block of Avenue F.
The officer responded to a complaint of loud music and
spoke to the resident who said she was having a party
and had permission from her neighbors to place a
sound system outside. The officer advised her the mu-
sic was traveling beyond the neighborhood and to keep
it down.
April 20, lewd, 78th Street beach. The complain-
ant reported she was lying on the beach when a white
male wearing orange swimming trunks and a fluores-
cent pink ball cap kept walking past her. He then laid
down near her and began fondling himself. He was not
found.
April 21, Baker Act, 3800 block of Gulf Drive.
The complainant reported he and the subject went out
drinking and when they returned she became de-
pressed, slashed her wrists with a razor blade and fled.
The officer located the subject. EMS responded and
paramedics said she didn't need treatment. The officer
transported her to the hospital.
April 21, burglary, 4600 Gulf Drive. The com-
plainant reported a person unknown picked the lock on
the storage area under the building and removed an
outboard motor valued at $500.
April 21, disturbance, 4300 block of Second
Street. The complainant reported the subject was uri-


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weather, and VHF radio operation. Classes will
run for three weeks on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Tuition for the course is free and materials and
textbooks are available at the training center at a
nominal cost.
For further information or to register, call the
auxiliary at 778-7374.


nating in the sea oats in front of her home. The subject
told the officer he had been drinking and admitted to
the act. The officer warned him about drinking on the
beach and advised him to leave the area.
April 21, found property a set of car and house
keys, 6200 block of Marina Drive.
April 21, found property a set of car keys,
3100 block of Gulf Drive.
April 22, lost property a cellular phone, 400
block of 39th Street.
April 22, suspicious, 6400 block of Holmes Bou-
levard. The complainant reported a person unknown
removed his mailbox. The officer found it a block away
and returned it.
April 22, petty larceny of a small wooden bench
valued at $50, 5300 block of Holmes Boulevard.
April 22, burglary to an automobile, 4000 block
of Gulf Drive, Manatee County Public Beach. The
complainant reported a person unknown punched out
the driver's door lock and removed a fanny pack con-
taining $20 in cash and an electronic organizer.
April 23, domestic battery, 300 block of 58th
Street The officer, responding in reference to a domes-
tic battery, observed a subject running down 58th
Street. The subject said she and her boyfriend got into
a fight and he kicked her in the chest and grabbed her
arm. He said she struck him in the head with her hand
and bit him on the chest. Both were placed in custody.
April 24, damage, 100 block of 79th Street. The
complainant reported a person unknown damaged the
door of the garage and cut a window screen.
April 24, damage, 6500 Flotilla Drive, Westbay
Point and Moorings. The complainant reported chil-
dren broke plants valued at $150.
April 24, petty larceny of an automobile tag, 200
block of 69th Street

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By Senior Chief D.M. Bucci
Officer in Charge, U.S. Coast Guard, Cortez
April 18, Search and rescue /assistance. Station
Cortez received a report of a car that drove off the
Terra Ceia Bridge into the water. Station Cortez in-
vestigated the accident to determine if any pollution
had entered the bay as a result of the accident, with
a finding of no pollution.
April 18, Boarding. A personal watercraft was
boarded at Coquina Boat Ramp with no violations
found.
April 19, Search and rescue /assistance. Station
Cortez received a report of a disabled 23-foot power
boat in Terra Ceia Bay. Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel
26084231 responded and towed the vessel to port.
April 19, Search and rescue /assistance. Station
Cortez received a report of a capsized 28-foot sailing
vessel in New Pass. Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel
28084231 responded, righted the vessel and towed it to
port.
April 19, Boarding. A 32-foot power boat was
boarded in New Pass. No violations were found.
April 20, Search and rescue /assistance. Station
Cortez received a report of a 25-foot power boat on fire
off Bean Point. Coast Guard vessels responded, but the
fire- was extinguished upon arrival. The-vessel was
towed to port.
April 20, Search and rescue /assistance. Station
Cortez received a report of an overdue 25-foot power
boat from a fishing trip. Station Cortez conducted a
communications check with all local marinas,
bridges and waterfront restaurants without locating
the missing boat. The boat eventually reached port
unaided.
April 20, Search and rescue /assistance. Station
Cortez received a report of a capsized 28-foot sail-

-. Just over the Cortez Bridge


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sel 26084231 responded, righted the vessel and
towed it to port.
April 20, Search and rescue /assistance. Station
Cortez received a report of an overdue 18-foot power
boat from the Manatee River. Coast Guard Auxiliary
vessel 22085001 responded and searched unsuccess-
fully for the vessel. A good Samaritan located the ves-
sel and towed it to port.
April 21, Search and rescue /assistance. Sta-
tion Cortez received a report of a possible boat
collision on the Manatee River. Coast Guard
Auxiliary vessel 22085001 responded and found
no collision had occurred.


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Center Little League
standings, week 7
Major league
'am Record Overall
iwanis 2-0 7-5
aleys Motel 1-0 10-1
MFD 1-0 8-3
Coy Ducks 0-2 3-9
m Boast Dodge 0-2 1-11


Min
Team
Quality Builders
Tip of the Island
Ciao!
Islander Bystander
Betsy Hills
Bali Hai


ior league
Record
2-0
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
0-2


Overall
8-4
7-4
7-5
6-5
3-9
4-8


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April 21, Boarding. A 25-foot power boat was
boarded in Tampa Bay. The vessel owner was given a
written warning for not having the vessel's registration
on board.
April 21, boarding. An 18-foot power boat was
boarded in the Intracoastal Waterway. The vessel's
operator was given a written warning for having non-
serviceable life jackets on board.
April 23, Search and rescue /assistance. Station
Cortez received a report of an overdue 18-foot power
boat from Terra Ceia Bay. The vessel's operator
contacted Station Cortez via cellular phone and ad-
vised the boat was grounded and awaiting high tide
to re-float the vessel.


Major league stats
(league leaders)
Name Team G AB H
BenSato AMFD 11 37 21
Adam Pear Haleys 11 41 22
Jim Sebastiano J.B. Dodge 12 36 18
Joe Mousseau Ducks 11 31 14
Chris Smith Ducks 11 29 11
Josh Sato AMFD 11 33 12
Taylor Manning Ducks 12 25 9


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Picture day sale Saturday, May 4
Little League picture will be on sale at the Anna
Maria Island Community Center May 4 from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. You only have to buy the pictures you want, and
Visa, MasterCard and Discover cards are accepted, as
well as cash or personal check. For more information,
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Sun Ugly Rumor's Grateful Dead Show 8pm
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J[ ] PAGE 24 A MAY 2, 1996 I THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER

Breathtaking boats, fish shrinking palms


By Bob Ardren
Outdoor Perspectives
Our own Capt. Mike Heistand has a new boat on
order that just might change the way local watercraft
are designed. Specifically, the 22-foot center console
boat's propeller never protrudes below the keel line.
That means there's almost no way a manatee, for
example, could ever be cut by the boat's prop.
Snead Island's Bob Whitehead is building
Heistand's new boat on Whitehead's own patented
design that incorporates a deep V configuration on the
forward part of the craft and a tunnel design aft. The
engine is suspended in the tunnel, protecting both the
prop and anything it might otherwise hit in the water.
Sounds like a good idea to me, and we'll show
you some pictures of it when Heistand takes deliv-
ery of the new boat.

Boat show bluster
Capt. Mike was lecturing at the Suncoast Boat
Show in Sarasota last weekend when I ran into him and
learned about his new boat As usual in these kinds of
situations, Heistand was explaining the finer points of
inshore fishing to boat show visitors who probably
hadn't seen, much less caught, as many fish in their life
as Mike hooks up with in a couple of good days of
charter work.
I couldn't help but notice mouths dropping as he
casually mentioned "seeing 100 snook a day" during
good fishing times.
Also, like all boat shows, this one was awash in
gadgets some clearly useful, some not so clearly
that. The item that seemed to be gathering the most
attention last weekend was an underwater television
camera, available in either black-and-white or color.
Called the Fisheye (what else?), this $1,445 for
black-and-white, $2,000 for color device allows you to
see what's happening under your boat. A sort of high
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Sarasota assured me it's handy for scouting out schools
of fish, checking out a dive site or even inspecting a
dock, pier or other underwater structure. He even sug-
gested possibly hooking up a VCR so the underwater
action could be recorded.
He obviously owns a much larger boat than any-
thing to which I've ever aspired.

Case of shrinking palms
Only in Miami. Dade County officials have discov-
ered that hundreds of palm trees ordered from a politi-
cally connected grower actually got significantly
shorter after being planted.
"Shrunk like a cheap shirt," is how Miami Herald
columnist Carl Hiaasen put it.
It seems the county ordered and paid for 430 royal


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palms between 28 and 30 feet tall. But somebody mea-
sured them recently and the trees are only 22 to 24 feet
tall. The county seems to think that Diaz Farms maybe
owes the citizenry about $50 a tree in refunds, but the
grower says it's all a misunderstanding.
"A Diaz Farms spokesperson postulated that cold
weather and the trauma of transplanting caused the
palms to lose three or four feet of height," Hiaasen re-
ports:-It now turns out-that hundreds of other trees-pur-
chased by the county were significantly shorter than
paid for, too.
Thank goodness this shrinking plant disorder
hasn't struck the Island, at least yet, and if you want to
avoid having it here, take some advice from Hiaasen:
don't buy any plants from a grower whose nursery re-
ally should be called "Withering Heights."
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Snook, reds in the backwater; cobia, kings offshore


By Capt. Mike Heistand
The headline says it all: spring fishing is here and
it just doesn't get much better than this!
Kevin at the Rod and Reel Pier said pier regular
Billy caught a 30-inch snook and a 27-inch redfish last
week, with Larry bringing in a 30-inch snook, John a
20-inch linesider and the rest of the crew still doing OK
with sheepshead.
Gary at the Anna Maria City Pier said anglers
there have been fishing 'round the clock with good
catches of sheepies in the morning, stingrays most of
the time and small snook at night.
Wayne at the Bradenton Beach Fishing Pier said
the best bets there have been sheepshead, mackerel,
pompano, flounder and a few snook and sharks at
night.
Jamie at Miss Cortez Fishing Fleet said the four-
hour trips averaged 70 head of Key West grunts and
sand perch. The six-hour trips averaged 100 head of
vermilion snapper, gray snapper and black sea bass.
The nine-hour trips averaged 30 head of red grouper,
mangrove snapper and a few black grouper.
Chris at Galati Yacht Basin said kingfish are out
in the Gulf about nine miles from shore. Chris suggests
trolling with a #3 planner, a big spoon or give free lin-
ing with live bait and chum a chance to bring 'em to the
boat. Other offshore action includes grouper in 80-90
feet of water as the weather improves, and continued
good catches of mangrove snapper, some up to seven
pounds.
Carl at Perico Island Bait & Tackle said wade

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sized trout and a couple of redfish. Here's a tip for you
boaters from Carl: bait fish are starting to congregate
at the bulkhead.
Capt. Rick Gross said he's finding good catches
of snook and lots of redfish. He said gold spoons are
working well on bringing the reds to the line.
Capt. Mark Bradow said snook, reds and trout are
what he's bringing in more than anything else, with
some of the redfish stretching to more than 30 inches.
On my boat Magic I've found that bait is finally
here in large numbers and fishing is really at a pre-
mium. Scottie Stoddard from Longboat Key caught and
released more than 20 nice redfish while out on a char-


Fish

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Welcome!
Got a great catch?
We'd love to hear
your fish stories,
and pictures are
welcome at The
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Just give us a call
at 778-7978 or stop
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Island Shopping
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Left to fight
another day
Mike McCaleb of Holmes
S. Beach is all grins at he
shows off a 48-inch snook
caught just south of
Cortez Bridge while
fishing with Capt. Jim
T' O'NeilL The linesider was
~ caught on live pilchards.





ter last week with me a half-day charter, at that!
We've also been catching a lot of snook.
Capt. Tom Chaya said he's finding good numbers
of good-sized snook, some more than 10 pounds in
size, and enough reds to keep everyone happy.
Bill at Island Discount Tackle said cobia are start-
ing to show up on almost all of the offshore artificial
reefs. Kingfish are still being caught 10 to 12 miles
offshore. Backwater action includes snook and redfish,
with live shiners the best bait.
Capt. Mike Greig said his charters are catching
lots of cobia, some up to 25 pounds, and a bunch of 12-
pound snook.
Good luck and good fishing.

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2501 Gulf Drive Bradenton Beach FL 34217
778-3377
BAY PALMS CANAL HOME
3BR/2BA with caged pool, maintenance
free yard and satellite dish. Estate sale.
Reduced to $209,900.
WESTBAY COVE CONDO
Rare ground floor corner unit directly on
the Bay. 2BR/2BA with many upgrades.
Call 778-3377
After hours Sharon Annis 778-3730







ff Opn 7 ays Wee


PEACEFUL HOME on canal in a neighborhood
where homes reflect pride of ownership. Newer dock
and seawall. Ready for you to unlock the door and
move in. $289,000. Nancy Keegan, 723-3929 #13798.
QUIET AND LUXURIOUS describes this beauti-
ful canal-front home at end of cul-de-sac. 3BR/3-
1/2B, vaulted ceilings, fireplace, extra office or
den. For the discriminating buyer. $579,500.
Nancy Keegan, 723-3929. #13799.
MARVELOUS BAYFRONT VILLA. Dock your boat
at your back door. 2BR/2B, new A/C, security sys-
tem. $110,900. Nancy Keegan, 723-3929. #68797.
PICTURE BOOK HOME on Holmes Beach.
Deep water canal. Two fireplaces, fabulous
kitchen, 2-car garage, 3 large porches.
$389,000. Kathleen Slayter, 792-8826 or Janet
Bellingar, 727-7870. #67290.
SPECTACULAR ELEVATED GULF-FRONT
RESIDENCE with panoramic view. 3BR/3B, fire-
place in great room, 55' wraparound deck. Pro-
fessionally landscaped. $795,000. Nancy
Keegan, 723-3929. #68328.
ON THE BAY. You couldn't ask for a finer water-
front home. 3BR/2-1/2B, luxuriously appointed,
tastefully decorated. Splendid views, private
dock. Comfort and elegance. $399,900. Janet
Dickerson, 795-4357. #13768
'MI Ei I I' i 1 ,W I
On Anna Maria, Bradenton Beach, Holmes
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PERICO ISLAND. 2BR/2B, screened patio,
lake view, washer/dryer. Two month minimum.
Available now.
COQUINA BEACH CLUB. Lovely studio, Gulf
view, pool, washer and dryer. Weekly or monthly.


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Includes exquisite pine floors, vaulted ceilings w/
fans, fireplace, skylights, and dazzling bayviews.
Truly one of a kind! $429,900. Call 778-2291 Now!


KEY ROYALE BEAUTY
Well maintained 2BR/2BA home on wide canal
complete with large caged pool. Remodeled
kitchen, dome lighting and new appliances. Open
floor plan provides nice views of both pool and
canal. Offered at just $219,000.
Call Pat Jackson eves. at 778-3301 or
Ken Jackson eves. at 778-6986.


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L 9701 Gulf Drive-P O Box 717 -Anna Maria, FL 34216
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2202 Ave. A, Bradenton Beach
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This beautiful and inviting 2 or 3 bedroom, 2 bath qual-
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with dazzling bay views over Anna Maria Sound!
Amenities include airy vaulted ceilings with fans, gra-
cious radius walls, expansive screened lanai with tran-
quil view and luscious breezes, all white gourmet
kitchen with glass front cabinetry and handy center
island/breakfast bar, imported ceramic tiled floors, dis-
tinctive etched glass door, and more! Easy care vinyl
siding and crushed shell landscaping make mainte-
nance a breeze! Only $248,000 including One Year
Homeowner's Warranty!

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Antique And
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Property
Appraisals

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My 20 years of appraising and 25 years of sales
means I can offer you a qualified service to help
in the disposition of your fine antiques, art, and
household furnishings. I will be happy to send
you a resume and references.
(941) 746-2100
Member of Appraisers Association of America

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* JUST LISTED Solid 3 bedroom Palma Sola Blvd. bayfront
home with terrazzo floors and tile roof shaded by stately laurels.
Enjoy enchanting sunsets over the sparkling bay from this vast
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Now booking summer rentals.
Whether selling, buying or renting we get results ... fast
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Serving the Island
from the same
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6101 Marina Drive Holmes Beach, Florida 34217 778-6066
[3 MLS BO 1-800-865-0800


PERICO ISLAND
First floor 2BR/2BA condo with carport in serene set-
ting overlooking water and wild life sanctuary. Con-
venient to beaches and shopping. $99,900.
. BEACH BUNGALOW Just three houses to the prime
north end beaches in Anna Maria. Fabulous rental
potential or second home. $247,000.
ISLAND VILLA Elevated attached residence in Holmes
Beach. Newly built 3BR/2BA each side, plenty of park-
ing and storage space. $149,900 each side.
KEY ROYALE CANALFRONT home for
$215,000?? Sounds too good to be true, but it isn't...
3BR/2BA, garage, large lot beautifully landscaped, tile
roof. Don't miss out on this fabulous opportunity!
DUPLEXES ... a wonderful investment opportunity
here on Anna Maria Island. We have several duplexes
currently for sale, all walking distance to the beach
and/or shopping. From $169,000.


DICK MAHER
REALTOR
778-2261
Dick has been a major
player in the Island Real Es-
tate Industry for over 10
years, and is one of Neal &
Neal's Top Producers.
Call anytime for a consultation.
Toll Free 1-800-422-6325


O f elOt *4le t4 ee4 L1
Wagner Realty's
"New England Connection",
Denise Langlois brings a firm
foundation in customer rela-
tions and real estate sales to
her five years of property man-
agement experience at
Denise Langlois Wagner Realty. Let her knowl-
Denise Langlois
RENTALS edge and enthusiasm help you
with your rental property.


WAGNE2 REALTY
( SALES AND MENTAL& &ince 1939
2217 Gulf Drive North Bradenton Beach, FL 34217
Phone (941) 778-2246 Toll free in the U.S. 1-800-211-2323



Wedebrock Real Estate Company


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THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER 0 MAY 2, 1996 0 PAGE 27 liM


Wagner Realty forms new
commerical division
David Eckel, the new owner of Wagner Realty, has
announced the formation of a specialized commercial
and investment division
within the company.
The new division will
,f handle the sales of land, mo-
S- tels, apartments, businesses
and any income-producing

dling tax-deferred exchanges.
Eckel will work with
Suzanne Georgia, a Broker/
associate with the company,
Eckel who also specializes in com-
mercial and investment real
estate.
Georgia is a graduate of East Carolina University with
a degree in business administration. Prior to joining the
real estate industry, she was a senior sales associate with
Johnson & Johnson. She became a Broker in 1987.


Wagner Realty is affiliated with the Equity Network
in New York State, the Florida Gulfcoast Commercial
Association of Realtors, Inc., and Commercial Investment
Realtors Association serving Lee and Collier counties.

Island business
professional honored
Heidi Smith, a resident of Holmes Beach, was
named "Public Relations Professional of the Year," by
the Florida Public Relations Association, Central West
Coast Chapter. Smith is a certified public relations
counselor and is employed by Harshman & Company,
Inc., a commercial real estate firm in Sarasota.
Realty raves
Neal & Neal Realtors has announced that its top sales
agent for the month of March at its Anna Maria Island
office was Helen White and Lu Rhoden was lister.
Island Real Estate in Holmes Beach named Wendy
Foldes top sales agent and Marilyn Trevethan was the
top listing agent for the firm in the month of March.
T. Dolly Young of the Prudential Florida Realty in
Holmes Beach has been awarded membership in the
Leading Edge Society in recognition of her outstand-
ing sales accomplishments.


Chamber endowed
Win Cook, left, owner of the Holiday Lodge Beach
Resort on Longboat Key, presents a check for $1,000
to Andrew Vac, president of the Longboat Key
Chamber of Commerce, to establish an endowment
fund for the chamber. Earned income from the
endowment fund will be used for programs or other
purposes the chamber board deems necessary.
Special recognition will be given to all who donate
to the fund. Islander Photo: Courtesy of the
Longboat Chamber of Commerce


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ISLANDER


ED'S SPECIAL
OF THE WEEK:


d Oliveir

Ed Oliveira


GULF TO BAY MOORINGS ... 2/2....
PERICO ISLAND ....................2/2....
RUNAWAY BAY .....................2/2....
RUNAWAY BAY .....................2/2....
PERICO BAY CLUB ...............2/2....
IMPERIAL HOUSE ..............2/1....
BRIDGEPORT ......................2/2....
IMPERIAL HOUSE .................2/1....


GULF TO BAY MOORINGS
Direct Bayfront unit with great view of the
Intracoastal. 2BR/2BA with loft. Includes 2
porches, covered parking and boat dock. Only
one block to the beach. Offered at $129,900.
Call Ed Oliveira for details.


ISLAND CONDOS


BAYFRONT..... CALL ED............ $129,900
LAKEVIEW ...... CALL SUZANNE...$126,500
GR. FLOOR......... CALL JERRY ........ $119,900
LAGOON VIEW... CALL JERRY........ $112,900
VIEWS ......... CALL SUZANNE .. $106,000
UPGRADED .... CALL ED.............. $99,900
GULFVIEW...... CALL DAVE ......... $89,900
VERY NICE..... CALL SUZANNE ..... $78,000


ISLAND HOMES
2107 AVENUE A................... 3/2.... BAYVIEW ........


CALL ED/DAVE .... $235,000


ISLAND APARTMENTS/DUPLEX
114 8TH ST. SO................... 2/1 EACH .................... CALL DAVE.......... $389,000
2400 AVENUE C ..................FOURPLEX............. CALL DAVE.......... $279,500
93 NORTH SHORE DRIVE .... 2/1 EACH ................ CALL DAVE.......... $169,500
307 66TH ST ........................ DUPLEX.................. CALL BILL ......... $139,900
LOTS
230 SO. HARBOR ........ CANALFRONT-BAYVIEWS ........ CALL DAVE ......... $147,500
123 51 ST ST................. ZONED DUPLEX 100X100 ......... CALL ED.............. $139,900
401 41ST ST................. ZONED DUPLEX 100x100......... CALL DAVE........... $85,000
2001 GULF DRIVE ....... GULF VIEW .......................... CALL ED................ $24,900


Property Management Team
"We Cover the Island"


NORTH BEACH VILLAGE Tastefully decorated
3BR/2BA townhouse with 2 car garage. Turnkey fur-
nished, located near pool, walk to beach. $164,900.
Call Carla Price 778-0770', 778-5648 eves.
lkx1ME---- .'im


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ANNA MARIA 3BR/3BA, 2 story home on a large cor-
ner lot. 2 car garage, screened porch. All kitchen ap-
pliances replaced in 1994. New roof in 1995. Short walk
to beach. $199,500. Call Marion Ragni 778-1504 eves.
PERICO BAY CLUB The best there is, 3BR/2BA
bayfront unit. This ground floor unit is beautifully ap-
pointed with commanding views of both inland water-
way and Palma Sola Bay. Hardwood floors, crown
moldings, glass/screen enclosed porch and only 2
years old. $210,000. Call Carla Price 778-0770, 778-
5648 after hours.

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19" COLOR TV w/remote $100. Also 1957 Johnson 7
1/2 hp outboard, needs water pump. $125. 778-4659.
AUTO CLUB CELLULAR phone with leather case.
Used 6 mo. Cost $78, selling for $40. 778-3086.
INCLINER COUCH $350, bamboo chair $100, white
crib $40. 778-9289.
FREE SANSA VERA (mother-in-law's tongue), bring
shovel. Call 778-7334, Holmes Beach, Wed. or Thur.
KING WATERBED mattress with heater, 3 years old.
$50 OBO. 792-0498.
BRAND NEW 54" mahogany big screen TV. Call to
set Saturday appointment. Why pay retail. $1,400
OBO. Call eves., 6pm 9 pm. 778-1928.
NEED AVON? Please call Nancy, 779-2154 for your
free brochure and samples.
NEON BEER SIGNS for sale or trade of fishing
equipment. 779-1349.
FUJI RACING BIKE, small frame. $50. Bang &
Olufsen stereo: Beocenter 7000 includes tuner, turn-
table & cassette player $600. 778-1102.
WANTED Your unwanted mounted stuffed fish. Get
rid of it here. Call The Islander Bystander. 778-7978.


COMPLETE HOUSEHOLD, dishes, pots, etc. in-
cluding bedroom sets, kitchen set and much more.
Sat. May 3. 111 12th Street So., Bradenton Beach.
778-3320.
GARAGE SALE Fri. & Sat., May 3 & 4, 9 2. Many
items, furniture, household, baby items, odds and
ends. 109 7th Street S., Bradenton Beach.
MOVING SALE Thu., May 2, 9 1. Dining room set,
china cabinet, server, set of china, Bavarian tea set,
stemware, gold plate tea set, TV, ship model, rocker,
maple dinette set, double dresser & table, kitchenware,
linens, recliner, metal figural lamp, vinyl sofa bed, king
headboard, twin beds. 405 21st Place, Bradenton
Beach, turn from Gulf Dr. onto 22nd St. No. to Ave. A.
Sale by Julie McClure. 747-3101.



"WALK WITH ME..."
To select your
island property.
When buying or
selling...
/. I can make your
island dreams
come true.

S ED OLIVEIRA
-REALTOR

Wagner Realty Since 1939


778-1199
Evenings


2217 Gulf Drive
Bradenton Beach
FL 34217


778-2246
Office


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YARD SALE Sat., May 4, 9 3. 3 family, many trea-
sures. 3010 Avenue E, Holmes Beach.


LOST "FRED", black,.gray, tiger striped small cat
with chocolate striped face. Please call 778-7916
or 778-3629. .
FOUND PRESCRIPTION GLASSES in front of 508
83rd St. in Holmes Beach on Sun., Apr. 21. Claim at
Islander Bystander office.


VISITOR INFORMATION: "Insider's Guide to
Bradenton & Sarasota" is on sale at The Islander
Bystander. This guide offers more than 400 pages of
information everything you need to know to enjoy
the two-county area. Retail price $14.95, discounted
33% only at the newspaper office. You pay only $10
plus tax at The Islander Bystander, 5408 Marina Dr.,
Holmes Beach. 778-7978
"CRACKER'S CRUMBS," is a collection of stories
and newspaper columns guaranteed to delight new-
comers, visitors and oldtimers too, by original Florida
Cracker, Gib Bergquist. This book makes a great gift.
Available for $19.95 at The Islander Bystander, 5408
Marina Dr., Holmes Beach. 778-7978
REGISTER TO VOTE: Pick up forms for simplified mail-
in registration at The Islander Bystander office, 5408
Marina Drive, Island Shopping Center (between D.Coy
Ducks and Chez Andre restaurants), Holmes Beach.


BEN & IRENE'S Dog sitting service. (House calls) We
come to you Cats or dogs. (Island only). 778-1012.


1984 HONDA PRELUDE 5 speed, automatic,
sunroof. 65,000 miles, top condition. Detailed every
three months. New Cooper tires. Drives like new.
$3,500 OBO. 778-7978.
FIND GREAT DEALS on wheels ... and everything
else in The Islander Bystander. 778-7978.
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and Visa for Mullet T-shirts, subscription
orders and classified advertising.
Just give us a call.
(Classified "charge" customers must be
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Call 941-778-7978 FAX 778-9392


CHARTER FISHING with Capt. Mike Heistand
aboard Magic. Half & full day. Reservations please.
Call 778-1990.
17' SQUARE STERN aluminum fiberglass canoe,
excellent condition, paddles. $350. Call 795-1321.
19' GRADY WHITE 130 Yamaha, depth, Loran, VHF.
Excellent condition, bimini etc. Must sell. $10,900
OBO. 778-6398.
1987 19' BAYLINER BOAT with trailer. New alterna-
tor, riser and cables. Needs work on motor. $1,500
OBO. 778-0321.


TOP PAY! Saute, broilers, servers, host/hostess,
bussers. Buccaneer Inn Restaurant 383-5565.
TEENAGER WANTED. Mature for yard work and
misc. in Anna Maria. Call 778-2896.
HOUSEKEEPER RELIABLE non smoker for
Harrington House Bed & Breakfast. 778-6335.
SHELLS NOW HIRING cashiers, hostess & kitchen
help. Apply between 2 4 pm. 3200 E. Bay Drive.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS needed for expanding of-
fices. Signing bonus, top commission split and sup-
port staff. Join the professionals at Wedebrock Real
Estate Co. Call Michael E. Nink, Broker for confiden-
tial interview. 383-5543.
HELP ENERGETIC, DEPENDABLE, morning per-
son needed for counterperson at bagel shop, 6 am
- 9 am, Mon. thru Sat. Good pay!! Call Cindy soon!
779-1212 or 778-7105.
Calling ALL VOLUNTEERS! Would you like to meet
interesting people from around the world? Are you
interested in learning the history of Anna Maria Is-
land? Get involved with the Anna Maria Island His-
torical Museum, 402 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. WE
NEED YOU! Call Cathi O'Bannon at 778-4198 if you
can'give a few hours of community service.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Tingley Memorial Li-
brary. Three and six hour shifts. 778-6247.



I-, y/ WAGNER REALTY WELCOMES
MARK REEMELIN
Wagner Realty is pleased to announce
the new association of Mark Reemelin
with our firm. Mark and his wife Deana,
who is the assistant director of the Anna
Maria Island Community Center, re-
cently purchased a new home in
Bradenton Beach. In addition to his
strong real estate experience, Mark also
brings a background in appraising to the Wagner team. Mark
is now offering a free market analysis on your property. Please
give him a call for any of your real estate needs.

S'V^"WAGNER REALTY

SALES AND DENTAL& Since 1939
2217 Gulf Drive North Bradenton Beach, FL 34217
Phone (941) 778-2246 Toll free in the U.S. 1-800-211-2323


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SALES RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Planning to SELL or RENT your property? Please call an ISLAND REALTY GROUP
OFFICEI THREE ISLAND real estate offices working together to provide personal and
professional services. Over 75 combined years of ISLAND business experience shows
we are long established ISLAND offices!


LOVELY MODERN HOME
Newer home, complete with boat dock in family
neighborhood. 3BR/2BA vaulted ceilings and
large screened porch. Offered at $204,000. Call
Ken Jackson eves. at 778-6986 or Pat Jackson
eves. at 778-3301.

Fran Maxon
LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER
SALES AND RENTALS
9701 Glf Ddve PO Ba 717.Anna Mada, FL34216
FAX# 778-7035
(941) 778-1450 or 778-2307


MOTIVATED TO SELL
REDUCED AGAIN! This lovely two bedroom, two bath
home has a fantastic view of full canal. Serene setting
& seawalled lot. New Florida room roof & split bedroom
design. PRICED AT $210,000.


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MARE UC E ESTATE
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"We ARE The Island."
9805 GWl On ro Ben 835 A, Ik..t. Flonda 342 16
1-800-845-9573 (941) 778-2259 Fax (941) 778-2250


BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME
103 Pelican, Anna Maria
75 x 100 canalfront lot, cleared, ready to build.
$150,000. Shown by appointment only.


Doug
Dowling OWUNG
Realty Anna Mrls
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GOLDEN ISLE JEWELERS. Repairs, custom de-
signs, stone settings. We can turn your old gold into
beautiful new jewelry. Closed from May 2 until May
13. 401A Pine Ave., Anna Maria. 778-4605.
MAN WITH SHOVEL... Planting, mulching, trimming,
clean-up, shell, odd jobs. Hard-working and respon-
sible. Excellent references. Call Edward 778-3222.
LET US DRIVE YOU! Shopping, medical app., air-
ports, cruise ports. Flat rates. Sunshine Cab. Serv-
ing the Islands. 778-5476 or 705-1302.
ATTENTION SENIORS. Will run errands. Personalized
transportation services for your appointments, shop-
ping, airports. Courteous and efficient. Call 794-3047.


SPARKLING CLEAN SERVICES. Licensed,
bonded, reliable and experienced professional clean-
ing. Excellent references. Call for estimate or ap-
pointment. 778-1945.


"THE PERFECTIONIST Cleaning with perfection:
homes, condos, rentals, etc. Call Sharon at 778-0064.

$8 AN HOUR GETS you the cleanest house on the
Island. 5 year Island resident, great references. Ask
for Teresa 778-2085.

NEED IT CLEANED NOW? Dolphin Cleaning and
Maintenance offers prompt dependable service.
References both on and off the Island. Free esti-
mates. Call Rick at 778-2864.

TRANSCRIPTION/TYPING, medical, legal, techni-
cal, graphics. Free pickup and delivery. Speedy turn
around, competitive rates. Over 30 years experience,
references. 778-2991.



RENTALS
DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY
furnished units available


Comme
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778-77

Debbie Dial
Leasing Manager .


ercial Condo Available
4 Ave. C 400 sq. ft.
ge with upstairs office.
$600. month
'DIAL DEBBIE"
77 or 1-800-664-8152
RrIK Gulfstream
5600 MARINA DR. STE. 8
HOLMES BEACH, FL.


AUTOMOBILE SERVICE HOUSECALLS minor re-
pairs and maintenance in your driveway. For esti-
mate or appointment call 778-0373.
HAULING, SHELL DELIVERED and spread, trash re-
moval, tree trimming, free estimates. Larry 794-6348.
ISLANDER CLASSIFIED The best news in town
and the best results from classified ads and service
advertising


DRY CLEAN YOUR CARPET! Many Island refer-
ences. Call Fat Cat Carpet Cleaning, 778-2882.
CODY'S CARPET & upholstery cleaning. Dry foam
shampoo & steam cleaned. LR/DR $34.95. Free
deodorizing. 794-1278.


ANNA MARIA GARDEN Center & Landscaping. Free
estimates, 32 years experience. Full service landscap-
ing and garden center. All work guaranteed. 778-6630.
LANDSCAPING, FREE ESTIMATES. Call 778-4441.


VAN-GO PAINTING Residential/Commercial, Inte-
rior/Exterior, Pressure Cleaning, Wallpaper, Island
resident references. Dan or Bill 778-5455.


REACH RICHARD
FOR
REAL ESTATE
778-6066


Richard Freeman
. Serving the Island
from the same
location since 1970.


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ANNA MARIA ... Bayfront 3BR/2BA home with clear
views of Tampa Bay. #DY13518. $329,000.
ANNA MARIA ... canalfront 4BR/3BA custom built home
with boat dock. Many extras. $249,000. #DY12760.
KEY ROYALE ... Bayfront 3BR/3.5BA, fireplaces, heated
pool, 50' dock. #DY68061. $589,000.
SAN JUAN ... remarkably renovated 2BR/1.5BA, room
for addition/pool. #DY67938. $137,500.
MARTINIQUE ... 3BR/3BA w/owner fin. $196,900; di-
rect Gulf-front 2BR/2BA $174,900.
ISLAND MOTEL/APARTMENT ... 22 units, 110'
Gulffront. #DY68061. $1,850,000.
WEST OF GULF DRIVE ... 2BR/2BA with beach access.
#TDY. $125,000.
BAYFRONT ... 3BD/2BA home with views. Acre MOL w/
trees. #DY13671. $209,000.
T. Dolly Young, REALTOR/IMS
Leading Edge Society 778-5427

MARTINIQUE...
Direct gulffront unit with spectacular
sunsets, refreshing gulf breezes and
beautiful sandy beach. 2BR/2BA,
one car garage and extra storage.
... Heated pool, tennis, elevator and
secure lobby. #CH13122. $159,000.
Carol S. Heinze
REALTOR/CRS
Premier Circle
778-7246
Certified Residential Specialist
JUST LISTED...Duplex...Beautifully maintained
2BR/2BA and 1 BR/1 BA. Plenty of storage and virtu-
ally maintenance free. Long-term tenants and one
block to the beach. #13934. $159,000. Call Karin
Stephan, eves. 388-1267.
JUST USTED...2BR/2BA home with a built-in Jacuzzi
and storage throughout. Located in a nice neighbor-
hood with privacy fence and fruit trees. #13913.
$159,000. Call Karin Stephan, eves. 388-1267.
JUST LISTED...Duplex...A good investment opportu-
nity. This 2BR/1 BA, 1BR/1BA house has long-term
tenants and is only one block to the beach. Too good
to pass up, make an offer on this one. #13892.
$110,000. Call Karin Stephan, eves. 388-1267.


JOE UNGVARSKY CONSTRUCTION. Remodeling
specialist. State licensed and insured. Many Island
references. 778-2993. Lic# CRC 035261.

R.T. (Bob) HILTON CONSTRUCTION. Residential
and commercial. Remodel and new construction.
Island and Mainland. References. CGC012191.747-
1098. (Don't say how, say Hilton).

FAUCET PLUMBING Remodel, service, water
heater, sewer cleaning. 24-hour service. Serving the
Island 17 years. 778-0181. Lic. #RF0038400.

MARBLE AND TERRAZZO restoration. Grinding,
polishing, floor leveling, stain removal, regrouting
and glazing. Call Prime Grind of West Florida, 365-
8309. Mastercard and Visa accepted.
INDUSTRIOUS, highly-skilled, meticulous, sober,
prompt, finish carpentry, counter tops, ceramic &
vinyl tile, fine finish painting, wall coverings, repairs.
Paul Beauregard 779-2294.

ALUMINUM VINYL CONSTRUCTION. All types.
New installation and repairs. Insured and references.
Lic. #RX-0051318. Rex Roberts 778-0029.
ISLAND UPHOLSTERY Furniture repair. Danish
craftsman. Free estimates, pick-up & delivery. 121
Bridge St., Bradenton Beach. 778-4335.



BILL ALEXANDER
Broker Salesman
A lifelong local resident with
12 years of commercial and
residential experience in
REAL ESTATE

SWAGNER REAiLY
"- ." 778-2246
(800) 211-2323


Karin Stephan
REALTORo E
PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE
Ich Spreche
Deutsch
Office:
941-778-0766
Pager:
215-5556
Fax: 941- 778-3035


ISLAND PARADISE ... Luxury 2/3 BR condos on the
beach with panoramic views. #KS12280 $289,000.
MILLION DOLLAR NEIGHBORHOOD ... Open floor
plan w/Bay views, pool w/spa. #KS66278. $895,000.
WEST WINDS ... 2BR/2BA, gulfview complex with
heated pool. #KS67250. $179,900.
KEY ROYALE ... 3BR/3BA w/fireplace, fruit trees, pool,
boat dock & lift. #KS63811. $398,000.
PALMA SOLA ... 3BR/2BA home, lushly landscaped &
beautiful pool. #KS11761. $149,000.
GULF BEACH PLACE ... 2BR/2BA turnkey, fabulous
views, steps to the beach. #KS68414 $179,900.
LOT ... With quality Key West style home to be con-
structed. 3BR/2BA. #KS12245. $279,000.

MICHAEL ADVOCATE
REALTORO/GRI
Real Estate Lecturer: NYU
i' Biographed in Who's
Who in American Law
Je Parle Francais
(un petit peu)
After hours:
(941) 778-0608

DEBORAH THRASHER
Interested in selling, listing
or renting your property?
Call a professional today!
(941)778-2055
_A- .=-. (941)778-3395 after hours


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Sand's Lawn Mowing *Trimming Edging
Lam Hauling By the cut or by the month.
I Service .13 YEARS EXPERIENCE*INSURED
\(7711 45 GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES
778 2)4AND SATISFACTION

Darrin Wash CARPENTRY
"A DOOR EXPERT"
Serving the Island communities for
7 years with Island references.
DRY WALL, TEXTURE
& POPCORN REPAIR 778-1353


INTERIOR / EXTERIOR PAINTING
Free Estimates
25 Years Experience
f30 Years Island Resident
Call Jim Bickal 778-1730

WILSON WALL SERVICES
E o Specializing in Stucco & Ceiling Repairs
Building Restoration Water Damage
Interior/Exterior
25 Yrs Experience* Island References 727-7247



State Registered Contractor State Reg. RC0043740
RESIDENTIAL ROOFING CONTRACTOR
ALL NEW WORK GUARANTEED
LICENSED INSURED
COMPLETED OPERATIONS INCLUDED
FIBERGLASS SHINGLES
MILDEW RESISTANT MATERIALS
SINGLE PLY ROOFING SYSTEMS
Free Estimates 748-3558


REMODELING
ADDITIONS
EXACT RENOVATIONS
KITCHENS BATHS
DECKS & MORE
ARPENTRY CALL KIT WELSCH

ERVICES 778-5230
L, LIC #RR0053399

LOCKSMITH P.iaTZVrZVG1I
Gary F. Deffenbaugh by
Licemed-Bonded-Insured Elaaie IjffebaifhA
LOCKOUTS "Professional Excellence"
LA-Hme-CmmS e Residential-Commercial

REKEY INSTALLMASTER Interior & Exterior
New &A Ued Locks & Repairs Ppn
Emergency Service Serving the Islands Since 1969.
Service Iland: Since 1986 Licensed and Insured
ALOA 778-5594ASIS 778-5594 778-3468
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J.R.

Painting
4Preaur Cleaning
Private &
Commercial
Interior/Exterior
20 Years
Experience
* Husband/Wife Team
Free Estimates
778-2139


& omeria Ceain
FRE ET IMATES1ff
Dependab 31?f l~le, Promt~t
Qualty Srvice


THE I.P.M. CO. All phases of home repairs, remod-
eling, additions, new home construction. License
#RR0066842. Jim Travis 779-2129.


FULLY FURNISHED beach cottage. 1 BR/1 BA, private
lot and parking. Available for Memorial Holiday at $55
per night, includes phone and cable. 778-2832.
GULFFRONT GROUND FLOOR, 1 BR/1BA condo.
Screened lanai, sundeck on private beach w/ hot
tub. $525 per wk. includes phone and cable. Avail-
able June 1. 778-2832.
GULFFRONT RESIDENCE exceptional 2BR/2BA
in North Holmes Beach with excellent views. Avail-
able by week or month starting 4/1/96 thru 11/30/96.
Call David Moynihan, Wagner Realty. 778-2246,
eves. 778-7976.
GULFFRONT BESTVIEW 3BR/2BA, fireplace in top
floor master suite, decks, patio, tropical gardens.
Available May 2,1996 on. Winter '97. $3,000 mo.,
$1,200 wk. 778-0990.
SEASONAL RENTALS nightly, weekly, monthly
accommodations. Fully furnished, walk to beach,
post office, restaurants. Magnolia apartments. 778-
2627. Visit our gift shop.
GULFVIEW COTTAGES on small, dead end street
along Gulf. 2BR, May 25/Jun. 15 $450. Winter $1,300
mo. 3BR Aug., $1,500 mo. or weekly. 778-0990.
ANNUAL AND 6 MONTH furnished rentals avail-
able. Prices range from $575 to $1,500 per mo. Call
Fran Maxon Real Estate at (941) 778-1450 for fur-
ther information.
ANNA MARIA GULFFRONT apartment. Lovely 2BR
+ porch. No pets. Wk., mo., season. 778-3143.
CHARMING FULLY FURNISHED 1BR/1BA with a
superb waterview, private patio next to a flowered
courtyard. Clean, safe and quiet. 313 N. Bay Blvd.
$600 mo. Available 4/20/96 thru 12/30/96. 778-
7934. No pets or smokers please.
SUMMER AT the Beach. Gulffront condo, 2BR/1 BA,
private beach, large pool. Low monthly or weekly
rates. No pets. 778-7323.
ANNUAL RENT 4BR/3BA canal home w/pool. View
of Skyway Bridge. $1,900 mo. 778-9252.
NORTH BEACH Village 3BR/2.5BA, 2-car garage,
.W/D, microwave. Porch overlooks pool. $1,200
month. First, last, security & references. 778-2450.
ANNUAL RENT beach house. 3BR/2BA, 2 car ga-
rage, breathtaking view. $2,500 mo. 778-9252.
STUDIO APARTMENT in Holmes Beach. $425
month, 7-month lease, includes cable. 778-0212.
PANORAMIC GULFVIEWS Bradenton Beach. 2BR,
upstairs furnished apartment. Extras. Available May
1 $750 mo. 798-9099.
ANNA MARIA CITY 2BR/1 BA duplex apartment. At-
tractive, well maintained. $600 mo annual. 1st, last
& $300 security. No pets. 778-3628.
UNFURNISHED 2BR/1 BA apartment close to shop-
ping center in Holmes Beach. 778-7039.
ANNUAL 2BR/2BA, white tile floors. $650 mo., $650
security. Call Mark at 778-2246 or eves. at 778-4126.
SEASONAL VACATION RENTAL: 2BR ground
floor home 100 yds. to Gulf. Large lanai with spa
and wet bar available weekly or monthly. Also 1 BR/
1BA currently available. 778-5246.
YEARLY RENTAL, Holmes Beach. Unfurnished
2BR/1 BA duplex with carport. $650 mo. plus utilities.
No pets. Contact Steve Kring at Horizon Realty 778-
0426 or home 778-5052.
1BR/1BA BY BEAN POINT. $500 mo. annual with
water furnished. Call 747-3321.
SEASONAL RENTAL. Attractive Holmes Beach
rental. Gulfview. Available through Dec. Weekly/
monthly. Reasonable. 778-4368 or 727-8303.


BRADENTON BEACH DUPLEX 2BR/2BA, el-
evated, Gulfview, balcony. Furnished or unfurnished,
monthly or annual. Pet may be OK. Lots of storage.
$800 to $1,100 per mo. 2105 Avenue B. 778-1915.
ANNA MARIA FURNISHED 2BR/1BA canal, dock.
May Oct. Weekly, monthly, one month or more.
$700 plus electric, no pets. 778-5793.
ANNUAL RENTAL Adorable 1 BR/1 BA furnished half-
duplex located on secluded north end. $550 per mo.
+ electricity. Call Betsy Hills Real Estate 778-2291.
ANNUAL RENTAL Large 2BR/1 BA. Great duplex, well
maintained. Apartment just repainted and carpeted. 1
block to Gulf beach. $600 mo. No pets. 778-0608.
BRIGHT AND CHEERY 3BR home available Jun. -
Nov. $800 mo/$200 wk. Special rates for Dec., Jan.
$1,200 mo. Near beach. 778-4473.
ANNUAL RENTAL AVAILABLE Aug. 1, possibly
sooner. Westbay Cove condo, bayfront, upper unit.
2BR/2BA. For information call Sharon at Old Florida
Realty Co. 778-3377.
HOLMES BEACH 2BR/2BA, Gulf views, beach ac-
cess. Washer/dryer hookup, 2nd floor. $750 mo. 1st
plus security. 778-8401.
ANNUAL RENTALS 2BR & 3BRs. Call Carla Price,
Smith Realtors, 778-0770.
BAYFRONT VIEW ANNUAL 1BR/1BA furnished
apartment, walk to beach, no pets, very clean. Must
see. $625 mo. plus deposit. 778-9639.
DUPLEX WATERFRONT. Bradenton Beach, view
of Intracoastal, dock & davits, walk to beach. Two
bedrooms, carport, w/d, storage. $750 mo. annual.
(813) 539-5586 or (813) 784-3679.
ANNUAL HOLMES BEACH. Nice 2BR/2BA apart-
ment. Close to beach and shopping. $650 mo. 1st,
last, security, no pets. 778-0217.
ANNA MARIA NORTH END fully furnished, 1BR/
1BA, 1/2 block to beach. Available now, $550 mo.
plus utilities. Call 778-6615, leave message.
ANNA MARIA BEAUTIFUL 2BR overlooking natural ca-
nal. Boat dock, 1 block to beach. $625 mo. 778-8290.
BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED 2BR/2BA townhouse
near beach in small complex with pool. Available
now. $750 mo. 778-0510.
WATERFRONT VILLA for rent. Great view, 2BR/2BA,
partially furnished, 6 mo. or possible long term. $650
mo., no pets, no smokers. Call Steve 778-7487.
ANNUAL OR SEASONAL furnished, 1BR/1BA with
sunroom, den. Across street from beach, Bradenton
Beach. 778-6569.

HAIR MOTIONS 778-4055

3 NEW
TANNING BEDS
I & ONE MONTH
*-? '4K TANNING OR
$ 8 $20 WEEKLY

5340 Gulf Dr., Holmes Beach 778-4055


JESLAND3R CLAlIIIEDS
HOM IPRVEEN Cntnud-ENALCotne


Personal Service
Competitive Prices
Family Owned & Operated
Custom Cabinet Making
Millwork & Wood Cut to Size
213 54th Street* Holmes Beach 778-3082





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MINI VACATION SPECIAL 25% discount either Sun.
- Wed. or Mon. Thu. 2 people/4 nights for $135.
Kitchens. 500 ft. to beach. Free bikes. Haley's Mo-
tel & Resort Complex. 778-5405 or (800) 367-7824.
COMMERCIAL SPACE for rent on Anna Maria Is-
land. Approximately 1,340 sq. ft. Excellent location,
great visibility. Call Smith Realtors 778-0770.


ANNA MARIA CITY. Lush water view, 3BR/2BA on
quiet cul-de-sac. Boat dock, waterfront deck.
$199,000. Neal & Neal, Realtor Helen White 778-
2261, eves 778-6956
LARGE & SUNNYI 2BR/2BA condo, comer unit, gulf
view. Gorgeous beach, heated pool. $227,000. Neal &
Neal Realtors, Helen White 778-2261, eves. 778-6956.
BAYFRONT 3BR/2BA home. Panoramic view, caged
pool, boat davits, large lot. $395,000. Neal & Neal Re-
altors, Helen white 778-2261, eves. 778-6956.
WATERFRONT LONGBOAT KEY. Deep water ca-
nal, 2BR/2BA, den, eat-in kitchen, dining room, liv-
ing room, fireplace, satellite dish, large caged pool.
580 DeNarvaez Dr. $195,000. Brokers protected.
Owner/broker. Call (941) 383-5474.
RUNAWAY BAY 2BR/2BA CONDO, Bayview, 1st
floor, $127,500 unfurnished.. New Concept Proper-
ties, Ron Wagner. 792-9314, eves. 792-5070.
LAST OF ITS KIND in Anna Maria! 4 unit apartment
building on water with panoramic view of Tampa Bay,
Sunshine Skyway and Gulf with Egmont Key. Three
2BR units, one 1BR unit, turnkey furnished apart-
ments with large patios and lovely large garden with
pool. Illness forces sale. $450,000. By owner.
Pierside apartments, 211 So. Bay Blvd. 778-2896.
DEEP WATER CANAL, direct Bay access, won-
derful view of Skyway, newly remodeled, 4BR/3BA
pool home. 526 75th St. $299,000. Brokers wel-
come 4%. 778-9252.
ISLAND PROPERTY THAT makes . Commercial
rental property. Annual rental income $46,392.
$399,000, brokers welcome. 5% fee. 778-9252.





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ISLAND'S BEST BUY. Canal, dock, davits, caged
solar pool, 3BR/2BA, family room, lanai, sprinklers,
wheelchair accessible. $225,000. 778-9378.
WANTED SMALL home/duplex within 1 to 2 blocks
of the beach. Quiet street, Holmes Beach or Anna
Maria only. Call NY (516) 589-3943, leave message.
ANNA MARIA waterfront home on Coconut Bayou,
less than one year new. 5,900 sf under roof, 4BR/
4BA, intercom, 4-car garage, den, wet bar, 31 x 22
great room with marble fireplace, white wood floor,
cathedral ceilings, 3 levels of deck, central vac. 7-
person spa, boat dock, large storage, custom carpet.
Owner/broker. Call 778-6155. Turnkey available.
Located 130 Hammock Road. $515,000. 778-6155.
EAST MANATEE FISHERMAN'S paradise. By
owner, 12 +/- acre Manatee Lakefront acreage 50'
above sea level +/-, two fish ponds, cleared, very
private with a southern view and a 3BR house fur-
nished. Built by Jim Walters Homes. $105,000. 3005
Bethany Rd., 1/8 mi. south from State Rd. 64 on left
side. Phone 322-1263. B. Plichter.
CANAL LONGBOAT KEY 2BR/2BA, den, greatroom
overlooks canal, top of line appliances, new AC,
paint, cedar closets, more. $199,000. Yvonne
Higgins Re/Max Gulfstream 778-7777.
WALK TO BEACH 2BR/2BA, 2 lanai, beautifully turnkey
furnished condo. Excellent rental or home. $105,000.
Yvonne Higgins, Re/Max Gulfstream 778-7777.
WHAT A MAN SEES: 3 car garage and a home on
a canal. What a woman sees: 4BR for her family to
visit, 2 fireplaces and a romantic hot tub! He'll love
you for finding all this in an Island home priced un-
der appraisal! Call Sandy Greiner or Barb Turner at
Re/Max Gulfstream 778-7777.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT! Behind door #1 is a 3BR island
home on a sailboat water canal. Island property prices
increase every year. Don't miss your chance to own this
home in 1996 at $215,000. Call Sandy Greiner or Barb
Turner at Re/Max Gulfstream 778-7777.
CATCH THE SUNSETS from this 3BR/3BA
Gulfview island townhome! Immediate possession.
Call Sandy Greiner or Barb Turner at Re/Max
Gulfstream 778-7777.
WIDE OPEN! 3BR bayfront home with views from
nearly every room. A well cared for island charmer.
Call Sandy Greiner or Barb Turner at Re/Max
Gulfstream 778-7777.
WESTBAY COVE 2BR/2BA condo overlooking land-
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1 Public 58 Listen to the
6 Vending trees? 1
machine items 61 Made a 107 T
11 "Here I go...!" basketball foul li
19 Province around 63 Girasol 110 E
Peiping 65 Disdainful one 115
20 News brief 67 Out the window 116 F
21 Shows how it 68 Turnsover a 117 1
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22 Quickly, in a 71 Logger's "yes"? 118 1
grove? 73 Must, with "to" 119 F
24 Forest friend? 76 Highway 120 A
25 Punches in diversion
26 Guiding light: 77 Clown's props 1
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31 Demoiselle 80 Writer LeShan 2 E
32 First tiers 81 Ivy-covered 3 P
35 Cutup 83 Bibliographical 4 M
36 Like the north suffix 5 A
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38 Dunces Steelworkers h
40 Track passes 8 Custoh7 S
41 Weather map 87 Custom 8 rival
details 87 Crimson rival 9
43 320 rods 88 Like some 10 L
44 World atlas abbr. proportions
45 1960's sports org. 90 Magazine 12
46 "Slowdown" 94According to je
47 Dogcatcher's Isaiah, it "shall 13 N
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51 1987 Best Actress label 15 S
53 Soot mark 97 1956 perfect 16 P
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100 Speak to deaf 18 B
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101 Belafonte forte 23 E
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Evergreen song
favorite?
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English V.I.P.'s
Massey of old
films
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olklore figure
Astringent fruit
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here?"
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Prefix with -taph
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Ladies of La
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North American
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Like some
bandits
Slim
Protection money
paid to the police
Get-together:
Abbr.
Barcelona bruin
Milks, in a way
Electronic game
name


27 Each and every
28 Like some
hearts
29 Casual shoe
30 Arboreal
consensus?
31 Equine hue
33 Hard-to-find
shade giver?
34 Oscar, for one
36 Certifying
exams
37 Baby docs
38 Song from
"Cymbeline"
39 Music holder
42 Viewed
43 Strongjava
47 Like pipe
tobacco
49 Hall-of-Famer
Slaughter
51 Macgregor, for
Rob Roy
52 Sabers' features
53 Pursues
54 George V's wife
55 "Oklahoma!"
aunt
59 --Gay
60 One way to
order whisky
62 Hopalong
Cassidy's
portrayer
64 N.F.L.'s--
Rozelle Award
66 "Ivanhoe"
damsel
68 Caper
69 Members of a
diaspora
70 Serious
72 Beverage nut


74 Some of Bartlett's
quotations
75 Declines
78 Forbes
competitor
82 Pets
84 Part of N.C.A.A.:
Abbr.
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90 Stemming
91 Phrase of
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92 Cattle-grazing
area
93 Kind of battery
95 Easter festivity
96 Sun Devils' sch.


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101 Nap sacks
103 Suffix with
phosphor
104 It's stingo, in
British lingo
105 Soother
106 "Bonne -!"
107 Modern office
needs


108 Before
109 Woodlawn, e.g.:
Abbr.
111 Cable choice
112 hoo
113 Chicago-Detroit
dir.
114 1937 song
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5BA with office, den, family room, formal dining home must be seen. 3BR/2BA, Spanish tile, 2BR/2BA canalfront home with swimming pool 2BA family room, Florida room, solar hot water
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tor. Dock w/electric & water on deep canal. Call escaped, accent lighting. So MANY extras. Call Fully fumished. Very nice area. Call Helen White 2,000 sf. air conditioned area. Cul-de-sac street.
Dick Maher or Dave Jones 778-6791 or 778-2261. Bob or Lu Rhoden 778-2692 or 778-2261. 778-6956 or 778-2261. Call Rose Schnoerr 778-7780 or 778-2261.





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DUPLEX ASSUMABLE MORTGAGE $119,900 TOWNHOUSE ON THE WATER $220,000 MUST SEE NOT A DRIVEBY $99,500 PERICO BAY 2-CAR GARAGE $147,500
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