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... while others are being planted
Bea Flannagan was on her
way to volunteer to plant
mangroves at Leffis Key
when she passed people - --
chopping mangroves dowoo
surrounding the finger dock
at 83rd and Marina Drive . . .-..
as pictured above.
Flannagan came to the
Islander Bystander office to
make her complaint known,
calling the cutting "a
socially and environmen-
tally irresponsible action."
Approximately 150 volun-
teers planted 2,000 man-
groves Satruday morning,
as pictured at right. -
Photo: Paul Roat

Lake LaVrista: a dredge of a job


By Joy Courtney
Editor
Whether Anna Maria City likes it or not, Mother
Nature will again claim a chunk out of the city budget The
lateral drift of sand from Bean Point down the shoreline
to the east has again choked off the entrance and throat
(located to the east then under the Humpback Bridge)
from the Bay into Lake LaVista.
According to Anna Maria Public Works Superinten-
dent Frank Tyndall, an increased amount of silting has
happened this time when compared to other two-year
cycles, due to winter's north-by-northwest winds.
"You can walk over the throat now," said Tyndall.
"There is no visible channel."
Originally Lake LaVista was an area of wetlands
naturally fed by water entering and discharging from the
Bay. Years ago, as was common practice, developers
consolidated the area of water by digging canals to create
buildable lots with a view, explained Tyndall. Lake
LaVista with its canals was never designed to be self-
cleaning, he added.
"We have been asked many times why the lake
wasn't designed to self-clean. The reason is it never had
the proper characteristics nor is there a way to give it the
proper characteristics of a self-cleaning body of water.
There never was a high volume of water or velocity from
the tides rushing in and oul to keep it clean. The tides af-
fecting Lake LaVista just rise or fall slowly," said Tyndall.
Why is the project necessary?
"When you get down to a small amount of water pass-
ing in with the tides you eliminate wildlife getting in. Plus,


Lake LaVista is also a storm drainage collection system
for all of the Bean Point area. These are two important
reasons to keep the channel clear," Tyndall said.
Other then the steps required to get the job out to bid,
the Florida Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has
complicated the procedure this year.
"Taking the silt out is not a problem," explained
Tyndall, "it's where you are going to put the sand. The
new DNR ruling states that all sand and water (product)
pumped through the hydraulic dredge must be deposited
on upland (dry land). The only place we have to put the
product is in the Bayfront Park area which the city leases
to the county. We've (Anna Maria City and Manatee
County Parks & Recreation) come to an agreement as to
where we are going to put the product."
The estimated 1,385 cubic yards of product will be
placed on the high spot immediately to the west of the
Humpback Bridge. When the dredging is completed, the
product, when it has returned to its pure sand form, will
be spread throughout the park area.
Tyndall expects the dredging to cost between
$15,000 to $20,000. The project was previously budgeted
for by the city under its special project account. The area
to be dredged to clear the channel and therefore free the
throat, extends 600 feet east of the Humpback Bridge and
16 feet across with a four foot depth below low tide.
Tyndall is also aiming to have the bid process in
motion by April 19.
"What I don't want to happen is that the contractor
awarded the job can't do it until, let's say, August. It re-
ally needs to be done as soon as possible," he said.


Bohnenberger,

Martini and

Reichard win

council seats
With a whopping 1,228 votes cast, 38.6 per-
cent of the city's registered voters decided the
make-up of the Holmes Beach City Council in
Tuesday's election.
The field of 10 candidates contributed to the
large number of voters, election officials told the
Islander Bystander, as well as the issue of a new
bridge to the Island.
Vote tallies included: Richard Bohnenberger,
459; Larry Campbell, 429; Luke Courtney, 269;
Dee Grayson, 55; Betty Hill, 372; Thomas
Huffine, 434; Billie Martini, 461; Mary Ellen
Reichard, 473; David Schueneman, 311; and
T.Dolly Young, 206.

'City' property

reverts back to

rightful owners
A portion of former Mayor Dick Connick's
unique but sometimes dark legacy in Bradenton
Beach came to light last week.
Eileen Suhre requested the current City Council undo
what the council enacted 10 years ago declare a lot to
which she is a partial owner as her lot, not the city's.
It seems that Connick and the Council in the early
1980s declared a vacant lot city property. He turned it
into a park of sorts, and it was listed on city property
rolls as city property.
The lot is next to his former home, and some long-
time residents of the area remember his grandchildren
playing in the public park.
Ms. Suhre's problem was that nothing was ever le-
gally done to make the property city-owned no change
of deed, no exchange of money, nothing except a decla-
ration in a public meeting that the lot was city property.
The issue stretched on for more than a decade,
Ms. Suhre told council members, because she assumed
the city would correct the problem without her having
to petition them for the change.
But when she decided to check on the status a few
years ago, she found a cloud of sorts on the title of the lot.
"This was done by the City, and it should be un-
done by the City," Ms. Sure said.
She brought proof that the three other adjacent
property owners had the lot in their deeds, and had.
been regularly paying taxes on the lot, to make her
case for the land.
Council members instructed City Attorney Alan
Prather to divest the city's interest in the lot.
Mayor Connick has been regarded historically as
one of the more colorful figures in the city's history.
During his long-term regime his blunt management
style and obsession with promoting Bradenton Beach
often put him at odds with other Island officials, as
well as county and state leaders.
However, Connick was re-elected as the city's
mayor for a record 13 years, from December 1973 to
December 1986.


SKIMMING THE NEWS ...
Library beats goal ........................Page 3
Letters ............................................Page 4
Those Were the Days ..................Page 5
Springfest Schedule ..................Page 10
Play review ............................... Page 12
School lunch ..............................Page 13
Police ........................................ Page 18
Fishing ....................................... Page 21


ANNA MARIA ISLAND'S FREE NEWSPAPER


MARCH 11.1993






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Loose, lost boat found under house's 'lake' Photo: Bonner Presswood
Marine patrol officers were called to investigate a lost boat, washed up under a stilt house on the Gulf in the
1300 block of Gulf Drive. If you wonder how that could happen with the yards of new sand along the beach, a
storm last week brought waves across the mound of new beach and deposited a "lake" along with the boat.
The officers were able to contact the owner of the boat who was making arrangements to have the boat,
which broke loose from its mooring in the storm, removed.


Household hazardous materials

roundup set March 19-20


Manatee County will kick off a free collection pro-
gram for household hazardous materials on Friday, March
19, and Saturday, March 20 at the Lena Road Landfill
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A second collection program will
be held April 17 and 18 at the Public Works Administra-
tion Building on 66 Street West off Cortez Road, also
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The collection program will then
continue at the landfill on the third Saturday of each month
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Board of County Commissioners on February 25
approved a contract with Laidlaw Environmental Ser-
vices, Inc., of South Carolina to collect and dispose of the
hazardous material. The wastes are disposed of only at
sites approved by the U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency. Most of it is either rendered harmless through
chemical treatment at disposal sites outside of Florida or
recycled for energy recovery. Manatee County saves
money on the cost of disposal by recycling as much waste
material as possible.
Used oil, car batteries, and latex paint are examples
of materials that can be recycled. Some of the hazardous
materials that will be collected include aerosols, insect
spray, cleaning compounds, fungicides, paint, pool chemi-
cals, floor care products, furniture polish, herbicides, in-
secticides, varnish, stain, ammunition and weed killer.

Drug bust nets

$4,000 worth of LSD

in Bradenton Beach
An undercover Bradenton Beach police officer
made a drug buy based on information from confiden-
tial sources that netted an estimated $4,000 worth of
LSD, a powerful drug that induces hallucinations (ly-
sergic acid diethylamide) on Monday.
According to Chief John Maloney, the officer went
to Lisa Bosner's residence on 17th Street in the city and,
"bought five hits of acid from Bosner."
She was arrested on charges of sale of-LSD, pos-
session of more than 20 grams of marijuana, plus three
marijuana plants which were being cultivated in the
yard, and paraphernalia. Bosner will turn 20 years old
later this month.
Jason Kitzman, 20, also a resident at the house,
was arrested for possession of LSD and marijuana.
Detective Matthew Duffy headed the investiga-
tion that recovered several hundred hits of LSD. Chief
Maloney noted that Bradenton Beach police made an
unrelated arrest late last year for LSD, but consider
Bosner "a major distributor of the drug out here."
Maloney said the investigation into the source of
the drug will continue.


Commercial waste, radioactive materials and bio-
hazardous waste will not be accepted. For commercial
waste, contact a hazardous waste collector; for radio-
active materials, contact the Florida Department of
Environmental Regulation; and for bio-hazardous
waste, contact a bio-hazardous waste company.
Cost of the collection program is estimated at
$65,000 for the two-day pick-up period. Every third Sat-
urday, residents will drop off their hazardous materials at
a specially constructed building at the Lena Road Land-
fill where it will be temporarily stored. Laidlaw will then
collect the material every three months.
In Florida, households are major contributors of
hazardous waste to the environment. Household
chemicals and waste can pollute the state's under-
ground water resources if disposed of improperly.
More than 92 percent of Florida's drinking water is
ground water. Burying used oil in backyards and pour-
ing solvents into storm drains are examples of im-
proper disposal, which are causing a chronic ground
water pollution problem.
The State of Florida originally launched a house-
hold hazardous waste collection program in 1989. The
state, however, has now mandated that local jurisdic-
tions conduct their own collection programs.


Signs of times to come?
Bradenton Beach City Council members are consider-
ing Longboat Key-like signs to designate beach access
and parking requirements in the city. The wooden
signs, similar to the blue and white signs on the Key,
would cost $59 for one sided, $78 for double sided. No
decision has been made by council members about
signage in the city, although there was a consensus that
the Longboat signs were attractive.


Holmes Beach

Council endorses

insurance plan
By Jeannie Friedman
Islander reporter
Pending application by the city and acceptance by
the insurance company, Holmes Beach city workers
will have a new employee health insurance package
for the upcoming year. City council approved the
change at its regular meeting on March 2.
Under the new plan, the city will save at least
$33,000. The savings could be in excess of $85,000, de-
pending on the number of claims made by employees and
barring catastrophic illnesses. While the current amount
budgeted for insurance is $141,000, the maximum the city
will pay under the pending plan is $107,000.
The new package requires employees to pay a
greater deductible based on a higher stop loss (the ac-
tual amount of money out-of-pocket before the insur-
ance company assumes responsibility) but the increase
is offset by a number of fringe benefits and a decrease
in monthly fees for dependent coverage.
Additional benefits include a long-term disability
plan, dental program, prescription cards, and a
wellness program. The present monthly charge for
coverage for dependents is $50. In the future, the cost
will be $35.
Council members hope that the implementation of a
wellness program will result in a decrease in claims for
preventable diseases. Classes, literature, and lectures will
be provided to encourage healthier life styles. Wellness
programs have a high rate of success because they are
designed to help workers reduce or quit smoking, eat
healthier diets, and exercise regularly.
Carol Whitmore, chairperson of the insurance
committee, commented about the new plan, "By in-
creasing employee risk, we discourage unnecessary
visits to the doctor and give the individual a greater
incentive to decrease claims."
She added, "If the wellness program is successful,
we will not only save the city money, we will also have
a healthier work force and that will be to everyone's
benefit."

Stormwater

management

study underway
The Southwest Florida Water Management Dis-
trict (SWFWMD) is in the preliminary stages of study-
ing storm water management in Holmes Beach. The
study is funded by a grant and will be conducted at no
cost to the city.
At the Holmes Beach City Council's work session
on March 4, John Fernandez, superintendent of pub-
lic works, reported that this project is a first for
SWFWMD since the district's engineers have never
before undertaken a water management study of a bar-
rier island.
Fernandez also said that the city's comprehensive
plan mandates that drainage problems be corrected.
The Public Works Department is in the process of turn-
ing over copies of all existing plans, documents, and
maps to SWFWMD.

Islanders bid

'Illinois'

adieu
For the last three months, Anna Maria Island resi-
dents have been accustomed to watching their sunsets
with the 220-foot dredge 'Illinois' on the horizon.
Tuesday, the dredge weighed anchor and headed
to Boca Grande Pass.
The dredge's departure signals the near comple-
tion of Anna Maria Island's 4.7 mile beach
renourishment program.
That project amounted to 150 to 200-feet of beach
being added from 13th Street South in Bradenton
Beach to 77th Street in Holmes Beach.
Final work remaining is the sculpting of the sand
and removal of miscellaneous equipment.
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Elementary School Library Committee exceeds goal


By Joy Courtney
Editor
With its original goal set at $8,000, the Anna
Maria Elementary School Library Committee has an-
nounced a landmark collection of $12,000 funds
earmarked to renovate the school's existing library to
bring it into the technological age.
"Our original estimate of $8,000 was changed by the
school's current retrofit grant," said Committee Chairper-
son Janet Aubry, "but it came at an opportune time. Be-
cause of the grant, we were able to consult with an audio/
visual/computer consultant before any money was spent
and learned we had to re-design the computer stations to
make them bigger as well as add additional furniture to
accommodate the audio equipment."
"If all the supplies and miscellaneous we have
planned for, come in at estimate, plus the additional
cost to meet the criteria of the retrofit program, the li-
brary fund could have approximately $3,000 left over.
And, I assure everyone who donated to the project, that
any money left over will be used specifically for and


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only for the library," added Aubry.
"Once the project is finished and all the bills are
in, the library committee will meet to decide how any
extra funds will be spent. One idea I had, which I will
present to the committee, is to form an endowment or
a foundation to generate income for the purchase of
books, software or other library needs in the years to
come," she explained.
The steps to renovate the library are already un-
derway. Early last week, construction materials for the
sets and computer stations were delivered to the Tho-
mas Building owned by Richard and Susan Thomas in
Holmes Beach. The donated space will be used to
build the units which should be finished by March 24.
During the same time period, volunteer local artists
will be painting art work on wall space to enhance the
atmosphere of the new library.
By March 22, the volunteers from the Sandbar
Restaurant Committee will have moved everything
mobile out of the library to allow the Manatee County
School Board to tear out and demolish the existing


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interior. Once a certificate of occupancy has been is-
sued by the school board, the district will do the re-
maining interior painting and carpet will be installed
on April 1.
By April 2, the school district will deliver painted
book stacks followed by three days of installing the
stacks, sets and computer stations."
On April 5 the Sandbar Restaurant Committee
will begin moving all materials back into the library -
a landmark day for the committee and the students at
Anna Maria Elementary School.
"Everyone is thrilled and amazed by the partici-
pation of the committee members and the marty people
who just came out of nowhere to help like Aaron Van
Ostenbridge, Billie Martini and countless others in-
cluding children. It's been wonderful," said Aubry.
"The students of Anna Maria Elementary will
now have a library that will meet their educational
needs for a long time to come. We can't thank every-
one enough. The committee will keep everyone up-
dated on our progress and our decisions."


Bayfront Park pole-erized
Taking a cue from the Palma Sola Causeway, Anna
Maria City, which leases Bayfront Park to Manatee
County, worked with the county to have poles
installed to deter vehicles. According to Mayor Ray
Simches, the Manatee County Sheriff's Department
brought the matter to city attention when vehicles
were noticed on the grounds of the park and on the
beach. The Sheriff had also reported No Parking
signs were being taken down by large groups using
the park and/or pavilion if its vehicle count was
greater than available parking. Anna Maria City
approached the county with-the problem and the
solution gleamed from the causeway. Within six
months, the poles were put in. "We believe the poles
will correct the police problem and clean up the
area. The city will now be able to take down some of
the No Parking signs, said Simches.
Photo: Joy Courtney


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The beach

isn't finished just yet
Happiness is a new beach.
Well, not exactly. It seems people are ready to com-
plain about just about anything. From "the water is too far
away," to comments that we all could have expected,
"there are too many people," it is apparent we can't please
all the people all the time.
But what next is every bit as important as the pump-
ing of the sand. Now we must manage what we have. It
seems certain that Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach
are going to have to do more than ride to the ends of the
beach streets to patrol the vast new beach. Through the
sheriff's department, the City of Anna Maria does a very
good job of patrolling on the beach, with all terrain ve-
hicles and walking patrols. Bradenton Beach and Holmes
Beach will need to address the funds and the means to
provide similar security on the beach to its residents.
Now the project moves ahead to planting sea oats and
building walkovers. The dunes will save the beach from
erosion in the future, and the walkovers will save the
dunes from man. And when it's all done, instead of rock
piles to crawl over we'll have a beautiful shoreline that
will contribute to the future stability of this little grain of
sand that we call home.
People like Dawn Haskins, who owns a tiny resort at
66th Street called Inn Between, are ready to assist in any
type of effort to preserve the beach, and she is eager to
volunteer her time to plant sea oats. We'll be there with
her when the time comes.
We hope the important phase of beautification of the
beach renourishment project can progress at even half the
speed of the dredging.





Anna Maria City
Tues., 3/16: 7:30 p.m. Town Hall Meeting
Bradenton Beach
Thurs., 3/11:7 p.m. Planning & Zoning
Work Session
Tues, 3/16: 7 p.m. Special CRA meeting
Wed., 3/17: 10 a.m. Island
Elected Officials
Holmes Beach
Tues., 3/16: 10 a.m. ITPO
Tues., 3/16: 7:30 p.m. Council
Regular Meeting



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Thanks for Library help
Just a note to thank you for your recent articles
concerning the Tingley Memorial Library and your
feature article on Mrs. Tingley.
We are very proud of being able to construct the
Library and are looking forward to our opening in
October or November. With our attempt to operate on
the funds from the bequeath and donations, we need all
the support we can get!
John Sandberg, President
Bradenton Beach Library Board

Leffis retreat
While driving south on Anna Maria Island to Long-
boat Key, I noticed what looked like miniature sand traps
on my left, across from Coquina Beach. A sign said Leffis
Key.
My curiosity prevailed and after easily parking
nearby, my friend and I began to walk. We quickly came
upon a well-marked trail which led to a lovely vista with
a bridge across a water way. Water fowl and lizards were;
all about as we crossed onto a wooden observation deck
which looked out over a bayou. It was beautiful.
The wooden trail bridge led to another and in the
midst of all is a large hill with inviting trails leading to the
top. We ran up the hill to a marvelous view of the bay, gulf
and surrounding area. Being a watercolorist, I vowed to
return to do some paintings of this most exhilarating spot.
For anyone who misses the mountains in these flatlands,
visiting this high place will bring much to renew and re-
fresh one's psyche.
I don't know who is responsible for this project, but
I do want to thank them for the good work done. I truly
enjoyed the time spent there and advise all who love na-
ture to take a few moments for a very nice "natural high."
Karen Klosky
Bradenton Beach


Three basic problems of the
Manatee Avenue bridge
Being a winter renter on Anna Maria Island for
the past seven years, I wonder if the real problem of the
Manatee Avenue Bridge has been identified. From my
perspective, I see three basic problems (1) volume,
(2) restriction and (3) bridge openings.
(1) Volume funneling residents, renters, busi-
ness people, workers and visitors on to the Island from


Manatee Avenue, Cortez Road and Longboat Key.
(2) Restriction inadequate road and parking areas.
(3) Bridge openings this creates a gridlock con-
dition on Gulf Drive and feeder roads. (Note: Cortez
Bridge openings stops all north and south bound traf-
fic on Gulf Drive.Possible short-term solutions are:
1. Restrict Cortez Bridge openings to once every
three hours. (All boats south of Cortez to use Longboat
Key Bridge and all boats north of Cortez to use Mana-
tee Bridge.)
2. Restrict openings of both Manatee and Cortez
Bridges to one every 30 minutes.
3. Provide the fixed-span bridge from Longboat
Key or the south end of Anna Maria Island back to the
mainland near 53rd Ave. (Note: Longboat Key is the
only barrier island without a link to the mainland.)
4. A new fixed span bridge at Manatee Avenue
will provide a fast route to a gridlock island if the other
problems are not addressed.
Leonard Kaminski
Fenton, Michigan

Don't miss the news this summer
As a winter resident of Bradenton and condo
owner on the beach, I have been delighted with your
efforts to keep us informed of Island news and events.
I am enclosing a check and order form for a six-
month subscription to begin in May so we will not
miss any of the summer news.
We particularly like your coverage of the beach
renourishment, Leffis Key project, and most of all the
bridge." Thanks for the "good" news as well as the bad.
Jean Bartoo
North Olmsted, Ohio

Germany, please
We are unfortunately in our Holmes Beach resi-
dence only some weeks a year. We live in Germany.
We miss the Island badly and we think it would be a
good idea to take The Islander Bystander to get the
news from Anna Maria.
Please let us know on what terms/price you can
supply The Islander by mail to Germany each week.
We would be very happy to get a weekly edition. If it
will be possible, we will send you our cheque.
Bernd Kriiger
Rehburg-Loccum, Germany
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THOSE WE THE BAYS
An annotated collection of bits and pieces from
___________ Anna Maria's past by June Alder -----


The Islander
DEVOTED TO THE PEOPLE OF ANNA MARIA ISLAND I
.Where Life Is Peaceful ... and Fishing Is Good


From an advrtiing brochure oJ 1913. Saved by the d idom of Clyde P. Phelp- and lent to The Ilander for any good purpose it
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The city's map from a brochure in 1913.


20 YEARS AGO
Smoldering ruins are all that is left
of the old two-story, cypress Kathleen
Donovan home that once stood off Gulf
Drive across from the Manatee Beach.
It has been razed by the fire department
to make way for a condominium devel-
opment.
The Islander
"Miss Kathleen", as she was
known for years by children at the small
island school where she taught them
music, was the daughter of Captain
John R. Jones, who filed to homestead
the central part of the Island in 1895.
Irish-born Jones was a lawyer, military
man, ship's captain, horticulturist, poli-
tician and very vocal opponent of Pro-
hibition. A true Island character.
The Islander

40 YEARS AGO
Lions Club Friday and Saturday
will clean up Island. They will don their
caps and board two trucks and start out
to sell 24 dozen brooms and 6 dozen
mops. The brooms will sell at $1.50
each and the mops sell for $1.00. As
plans stand, a truck will start from either
end of the Island and will work towards
one another. There will be door to door
and store to store selling. Products made
by the Blind, Money for Lions projects
including the Island Youth Center.
The Islander


80 YEARS AGO
Mr. Hugh Whitehead has sold his
big farm and will invest the proceeds in
his store on Spring Avenue and Shad
Street. The store is quite a nobby little
affair and, being located in the center of
the Island, is destined to become very
popular. This makes two stores for
Anna Maria, so visitors will find it un-
necessary to lay in a store of the "good
things of the land" before coming to the
resort.
Tampa Morning Tribune
When what was to become Anna
Maria City was platted in 1912 by the
Anna Maria Beach Company the main
north-south streets were named after fish,
and most of the east-west streets were
given the names of trees of flowers. What
is now Gulf Drive was called Snapper,
North Shore Drive was called Grouper,
and Crescent was Shad. We still have Tar-
pon, a street only three short blocks long,
that used to extend, on paper anyhow, up
to the north tip of the Island. Most of the
botanical street names still survive, thank
goodness. The old plat map showed Gulf
Boulevard hugging the Gulf shoreline
from Oak Street all the way up to Bean
point to meet Bay Boulevard. If it ever re-
ally existed is doubtful. Anyway, all that's
left of the boulevard is a short stretch be-
tween the Magnolia and Palm avenues
west of Ernie Cagnina's IGA store. Some
of the oldest houses in Anna Maria front
on it.


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Wrapping up the beach renourishment project


Am. _b. Photos: Jeannie Friedman
Amphibious
fork lift?
The specially designed fork lift is not a sea worthy vessel. Above, it is placing a
large section of pipe into the water so that tugboats can tow it away.


The little tugboat that could
The tugboat "Evergreen," above, is pulling a section of 500' bell landing pipe to
barges anchored offshore.


The pipe that can't be bar4
Several sections of 500' pipe that had been sub-
merged to carry sand directly from the Gulf of Mexico to
the shore is too long and heavy to travel by barge. Last
week the smaller shore pipe, which is 40 to 45' long, was
loaded by crane to barges anchored near the shore. The


submerged pipe (technically called bell landing pipe) re-
quired a more complicated removal process.
First, workers welded seals to both ends of the
pipes to make them water tight.
Next a specially designed fork lift hauled them to


the water where a tugboat roped and pulled the con-
duits to the barges anchored off shore.
The pipes were then tied together and secured to
the barges. The 'rafted' pipes will be part of the flo-
tilla that travels south to Boca Grande.


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Truck convoy carries sandfrom the beach at, 73rd
Street to the hole in the beach at 2300 Gulf Drive.


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Filling the crater

in the beach
A convoy of trucks carried sand from the beach in
front of the Coconuts Beach Resort at 73rd Street in
Holmes Beach last week to fill the hole at Shell Cove
condominiums in Bradenton Beach.
The sand was stockpiled on the beach when the
authorization came from the county to fill the hole.
Dredge workers explained that in order to backtrack
and fill the hole directly, they would have to create
drainage to the Gulf from the hole, since what they
pump is 75 percent water and only 25 percent sand, at
a higher cost.
Trucking the sand to the hole created the necessary
... displacement for disbursement of the water in the hole,
rather than adding to it by pumping.

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Artists prefer personal

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By Jeannie Friedman
Islander Reporter
Karen Vernon and Ken
Muenzenmayer are artists who love their
profession but who also place great value
on personal contact with the
art buyer. So, instead of opt-
ing to be 'ivory tower' art-
ists who sell only through
galleries, the two frequently ',
pack their paintings into a
van and hit the road to dis- '
play at art shows.
Both artists have .
achieved success and inter-
national recognition and
have paintings in galleries
from California to Alaska. Karen
But, they continue to attend
shows to meet and interact
with people.
"We don't paint for the
buyer, but like the emo-
tional responses we get
from them. We also enjoy
being with the other artists
that we meet," Vernon said.
Vernon and
Muezenmayer, who live
near Houston, Texas, have Ken Muen:
been painting in a small cot-
tage in Bradenton Beach for
several weeks. They will display their
works at Springfest '93 on March 13 and
14 where they will also celebrate their first
wedding anniversary. The two were mar-
ried on the grounds of last year's outdoor
art show in Vero Beach. They also met
and became acquainted at art shows.
On the more practical side, festivals
and shows are sometimes very profitable.
Vernon was commissioned to paint for the
royal family of Saudi Arabia through a
contact that she made at an art show. On
another occasion, she personally sold a


painting to one of the National Football
League's most popular heroes. The artist
sheepishly confessed that she did not rec-
ognize the famous face and had to be in-
formed of his identity. (Vernon declined to
use the player's name be-
cause she has not asked
Shim for permission to do
so.)
The painters
admit that exhibiting on
the road can be exhausting
and demanding.
S "Not only is
There 20 years of education
and experience behind ev-
ery piece of our work,"
'rnon Muenzenmayer said, "but
we put in at least one hun-
dred hours a week when
we're doing shows. Aside
from painting, there is
framing, driving, setting
up, hanging, packing up,
~and lighting. Many of our
pieces are very large and
hard to handle, so we de-
liver our own art when we
can.
nmayer "We love to
know who is buying our
paintings and to see
where the work will hang," he said. "Each
buyer is appreciated because each piece of
work speaks to that particular buyer."
If your work is only sold through gal-
leries, you are isolated from the viewers,
Muenzenmayer added.
"We enjoy painting during the week
and mingling on weekends. There's more
to being professionals than just getting
checks. We're professionals, not hobby-
ists. We urge people to talk with us and to
ask questions about painting, selling, and
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Garden Club's
scholarship answers
student's prayer
"I was talking with my Vo-Tech counselor who
informed me the school's student program could give
me some funds towards my studies, but, after adding
everything up, I was $500 short. I was worried as I
went back to class. I wasn't there a half hour before the
counselor called me back to the office. There was $500
sitting right in front of me! I was so surprised!" said
Jennie Mazza of Bradenton Beach and the Island Gar-
den Club's 1993 scholarship recipient.
According to the Island Garden Club Scholarship
Chairperson Lee Bull, each year the Island Garden
Club scholarship program seeks out a worthy Island
student whose studies are directly or indirectly related
to gardening.In Jennie's case, she is studying comput-
ers at Manatee Area Vocational & Technical Center
(commonly known as Vo-Tech) with an interest in
landscape graphics.
Economics has forced Jennie to be a part-time
student. In order to earn her certificate, she has chosen
to take each half of the complete program on a part-
time basis so she can work.
At the Club's banquet to celebrate Jennie's ac-
complishment, the tone of her voice added extra appre-
ciation to her words, "Your scholarship is helping me
a lot. I can't thank you enough."
Jennie is also the granddaughter of George and
Betty Mazza, managers of Runaway Bay in Bradenton
Beach. Both proud grandparents were at the banquet
to share in Jennie's moment.
Who is responsible for
what on the Anna Maria
City Commission
Responsibilities of the Anna Maria City Commission
were recently assigned by Mayor Ray Simches. With the
following assignments effective for one year, The Islander
Bystander is pleased to supply this "clip and save" infor-
mation:
Entire City Commission Finance, Law Enforce-
ment, Long Range Plans and Taxes.
Mayor Ray Simches Appointed Boards, City Ad-
ministration, and Inter-governmental Agencies.
Commissioner Dorothy McChesney City Liaison
Community Concerns/Island Players/Anna Maria Com-
munity Center/Historical Society; Office and Personnel
Practices and Signage.
Commissioner George McKay Drainage and Ero-
sion, Emergency Disaster Plan, FEMA, Fire Protection,
Occupational Licenses and Permits.
Commissioner Doug Wolfe Beaches, Canals, City-
wide Safety Issues (Roads and Public Areas), Ordinances.
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With the beach renourishment project completed,
the final phase of the project tilling the newly placed
sand to prepare for turtle season will soon follow. In
order to compensate for the loss of near-shore rocky
areas, due to the placement of sand on the beach,
Manatee County has created a new, near-shore artifi-
cial reef and has placed more reef material at the ex-
isting reef one mile west of the Manatee County Pub-
lic Beach.
The new, near-shore reef is located 1,000 feet directly
west of Coquina Beach. Four temporary buoys mark the
location where reef material has and is being placed. A
permanent buoy will eventually mark the location of the
reef which covers approximately four acres.
Also, approximately three to four acres of reef
material is being placed at the northern endof the ex-
isting reef site. Temporary buoys will again mark the
drop zone and the reef will be marked with a perma-
nent buoy. In addition, several barge loads of material
from the skyway demolition have been placed at an-
other reef site located seven miles west of Bean Point.
This information was provided by the Florida
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida
for Sea Grant College of the State University System
of Florida.


Goals set by Chamber-
School Committee
"The purpose of the Anna Maria Island Chamber
of Commerce/School Committee is to foster an on-
going interactive link between the business community
and the school," states the mission statement of the
recent union of Island businesses and Anna Maria El-
ementary School. '
The committee is composed of representatives
from the Island business community, parents and
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President Gene
Martineau stands with
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representatives Judy Arnold, Jim Kronus, Toni
Lashway and Pat Whitfield with Dr. Bill Bystrom,
Chamber board member Luke Courtney, Nancy
Goldsen, and Traci Foraker representing businesses
and parents.
A number of activities were suggested to reach its
goal: obtaining guest speakers, sponsoring field trips,
a possible Adopt-a-class program, holding a dog wash,
creating contests, a Career Day sponsorship, and a
Business-of-the-Week program plus many more.
More parents and business representatives are needed
if the committee is to carry out its plans.
Please contact Jim Kronus, principal, at 778-1125 to
become involved.

Code compliance
better than fines
Correcting the problem at cost is better than try-
ing to collect on the fines for a long-standing code vio-
lation problem in Bradenton Beach, council member
have tentatively decided.
A settlement appears to have been reached in a
code violation matter against Viola Handley. Handle
has been charged, with upwards of $70,000 in fines.
The settlement would bring his home into compli-
ance with city laws as well as pay the accumulated
attorney fees. As City Attorney Alan Prather described
it, the city would have the problem corrected at virtu-
ally no cost.
There was some dissension among some members
of the council who wanted the money. However,
Rather pointed out that the total value of the house
was significantly less than the cost of the fines, and the
city's lien against the property to collect the fines
would come after another lien on the property. The
chances of the city collecting any money from
Handley should he sell, Prather said, were slim.
Council members agreed to have Prather enter
into negotiations with Handley's attorneys to try to
hammer out a final settlement. He is expected to bring
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Island PTO to hold
pancake breakfast
The Anna Maria Elementary School PTO will
hold a pancake breakfast on Saturday, March 13, from
7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the school cafeteria at 4700
Gulf Dr., Holmes Beach..
Adult tickets cost $3; tickets for children ages 5
through 12 cost $1.50 and children four and under are
free. The meal includes pancakes, sausage and coffee.
Proceeds will be used to purchase music equip-
ment for grades kindergarten, first and fifth.

What's happening
off the Island
"He Said She Said What's Changed Between
Men and Women in the Last Twenty Years? will be
the topic for a panel discussion with audience partici-
pation on Monday, March 15 at 7 p.m. at the Educa-
tion Center on Longboat Key. Reservations are re-
quested. Admission is $5. For further information, call
383-8811.
Born to Act will present selections from "Kittens"
with cast members from ages 4 to 18. The children will
appear in costume to sing songs and teach a skit. The
event takes place Saturday, March 20, from 2 p.m. to
3 p.m. at the Central Library Auditorium, Bradenton.
Best-selling author and Baskin-Robbins heir John
Robbins, who prefers vegetables, not ice cream, and
certainly not meat, will tell his story in an April 19
appearance in Manatee Community College's Neel
Auditorium. Tickets may be purchased in advance for
$10. Tickets will cost $12.50 at the door. For more
information or to order advanced tickets, call Mike
Mitchem at 756-0737 or 746-7965.
The Gallery at the Education Center will present
a multi-media exhibition called, "New Artists-New
Work" from March 15 until April 2. A reception, open
to the pubic, will be held on Friday, March 19 from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. The Gallery is located at 5370 Gulf of
Mexico Drive. Call 383-8811 for further information.
The Players of Sarasota will hold open auditions
for the classic comedy "The Importance of Being Ear-
nest" on Sunday, March 14 at 7 p.m. No previous ex-
perience is necessary to audition at The Players located
on U.S. 41 at Ninth Street in Sarasota.
All residents and seasonal visitors and their guests
from the Broome & Tioga County areas are invited to
attend the 10th Annual Sunday Brunch on Sunday,
March 14, starting at noon at the Holiday Inn, Long-


Art Guild features Photo: Joy Courtney
Art Guild features
'A Study in Movement'
Local artist Woody Candish stands next to his piece
"Changes. Candish's work will be featured by the
Anna Maria Island Artists Guild on Sunday, March
14, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Guild's gallery in
the Island Shopping Center in Holmes Beach. His
exhibit "A Study in Movement" will feature a
motion study in steel, clay, marble and more. "It
will be an experience, "promised Candish. Refresh-
ments will be served and admission is free.

boat Key. Cost is $17 per person which includes gra-
tuity and tax. For information and/or reservations, call
Kay Edwards at 371-7297 or 955-2674.
Sunday, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., there is Coun-
try-Western dancing at the Sarasota Eagles (FOE
#2756) located at 2926 Wilkinson Rd. between Swift
and Beneva Roads. Open to the public, two-stepping,
line. dances and couples dances are featured. Proud
Mary teaches from 8 to 9 p.m. Admission is $3.50 per
person. For more information, call 371-7843.
The Players of Sarasota will present the former
Kingston Trio performer John Stewart in concert for
one performance only on Sunday, April 4 at 8 p.m.


Tickets are $14.50 and can be reserved by calling 365-
2494 or by visiting the box office on U.S. 41 at Ninth
Street in Sarasota from 10 a.m.-to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
Manatee County Central Library will be co-spon-
soring a Workshop on Mutual Funds with Ms. Susan
Stonestreet, D.F.S., Thursday, March 18, at 11 a.m. in
the auditorium. The library is located at 1301
Barcarrota Blvd., Bradenton. For information, call
748-5555 and ask for Information Services Depart-
ment.
The Bradenton Branch of the American Associa-
tion of University Women will meet at Mote Marine
Laboratories on Tuesday, March 16, at 6 p.m. For din-
ner reservations call 955-1519.
A "Music and Poetry Together" program, spon-
sored by the Art League of Manatee County will be
performed on Tuesday, March 16, at 7 p.m., at 209
19th St. West, Bradenton. Poetry will be presented by
the Manatee Poetry Group. Music/singing will be per-
formed by Chorrelis Charlson, formerly with the
Glenn Miller band. Admission is free.
The Federation of Manatee County Community
Associations will meet Thursday, March 18, at 6:45
p.m. in the Manatee County Public Library in Braden-
ton. Guest speaker will be Charles Hunsinger, assistant
director of Manatee County Public Works Department.
The Sarasota Ballet, under the artistic direction of
M. Eddy Touissaint, will present an evening of clas-
sic and contemporary masterpieces on Friday, March
12, at 7:15 p.m. The event will be held at The Land-
ings auditorium of the Freedom Village. Tickets are
$10. Call 798-8965 for more information.

Money management
seminar at Library
"Managing Your Money During Retirement Key
Concerns of Retired People," a seminar lead by Susan
Stonestreet, CFP, ChFC, and John Daniels, CFP, will
be held at the Island Branch Library on Tuesday,
March 16, at 10:30 a.m. Call the library at 778-6341
to make a reservation.

Barker to speak to Hi-1 2
Pat Barker, assistant district manager of AAA,
will present a program to the Hi-12 Club on Thursday,
March 11. He will talk about "What the AAA Does."
Social hour will begin at 11 a.m. followed by an
luncheon at noon at Pete Reynard's restaurant in
Holmes Beach. All Master Masons and their guests are
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ARTarget to feature
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ARTarget will open the 1993 season with an ex-
citing new exhibit featuring two artists Hannah Price,
Mixed Media Constructions and Joe Fiorello,
Shamanic Steel Sculpture.
Price's staged, painted photographs and assem-
blages reflect her concern regarding speciesism, gen-
der bias and our increasingly fragile ecosystem.
Fiorello confronts every man's search for his own truth
with his welded steel images of the soothsayer, the
wizard and the witch doctor.
There will be a reception for the artists on Friday,
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March 17 to April 17 at ARTarget, 522 S. Pineapple,
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Murder trial play

set for Chapel Players
The suspenseful courtroom drama, "The Night of
January 16th," by Ayn Rand, is the next production of
the Chapel Players in Anna Maria. The play is sched-
uled for eight performances in the Roser Community
Church chapel/theater on Pine Avenue, starting Friday,
March 26 and running through April 4.
Did Karen Andre kill Bjorn Faulkner, the world-
renowned financial kingpin? A jury, selected from
volunteers in the audience and sworn in on stage, will
determine her guilt or innocence the outcome of the
play. The riveting testimony of the colorful witnesses
blends high drama and humor, as the "facts" and
foibles wrestle toward a true and just verdict.
Tickets may be purchased starting Monday,
March 15, in the chapel box office from 10 till noon,
Monday through Saturday, or by calling the church
office at 778-0414.
/he large cast blends veteran actors and newcom-
ers to the stage. They are Kathy Brown, Al Butterfield,
Joy Courtney, Danny Creel, John Durkin, Charles
Guy, Renal Hook, James Lewis, Norma Markham,
Roy McChesney, Laura Nelson, Frieda Palusak, Pattie
Smith, Betsy Steele, Harlan Sunqusit, Patricia
Sunquist, William J. Willis, and Georgina Willmott.

DAR to meet Thursday
The Manatee Chapter DAR will meet Thursday,
March 11, at 9:30 a.m. at the Christ United Methodist
Church, 5512 26th Street West, Bradenton.
Helen Chaney will present an American heritage
program of "Needle Work Past and Present" with mem-
bers showing their quilts, works of Battenberg lace, Ital-
ian cut-work, knitted items, drawn threads, crochet, em-
broidery, needlepoint, petit point and tatting.

Big band sound

featured at Center
The big band sound of Debra Jean & the,
Melotones will be featured at the Anna Maria Island
Community Center, Magnolia Avenue, Anna Maria
City, on Friday, March 19, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Early reservations are advised and singles are
welcome. The cost is $10 per person. It is a BYOB
event with set-ups available. Call the Center between
9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. during the week at 778-1908
for information and reservations.


Springfest '93

schedule of events
Anna Maria Island Springfest '93, a juried Fine Arts
and Crafts Show, sponsored by the Anna Maria Island Art
League, will be held on Saturday and Sunday, March 13
and 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Holmes Beach City
Hall grounds. Jurors have selected 100 Artists and Crafts-
men from all over Florida and other states to display and
sell their works. Judges, Associate Professor Edward
Camp and Joan Abrahamson-Voyles, will award ribbons
and cash on Saturday afternoon.
Community service, environmental and wildlife,
groups will be on hand to acquaint the public of their
services and concerns. Food vendors will offer ethnic
and local cuisine for all tastes.
Children will be entertained forming large
bubbles and visiting the Moon Walk. Saggy Aggy, the
clown, will make her appearance at the Festival on
Sunday afternoon.
A stop at the Art League Hospitality Booth where
delightfully original arts and crafts will be raffled is a
must. The new 1993 poster, a graphic by Linda Molto,
will also be available at the Hospitality Booth.
On-stage entertainment from 12 noon to 3 p.m. is
as follows:
Saturday 12 1 Mindy Simmons,Blues,
Vocals
1 -2 Lynell and Buster, Cool Jazz
2 3 Teri Garrison, Vocalist
Sunday 12 1 Howie Banfield, Variety
1 -3 Anna Maria String Band
Parking, admission and programs are free.


Phone solicitation

no help to AMFD
The Sarasota Manatee Professional Firefighters
Association IAFF Local No. 2546 is conducting an
aggressive phone solicitation campaign throughout
Anna Maria.Island and Manatee County for funds.
In response to inquiries by Island residents con-
cerned and confused over the union's request for do-
nations, Anna Maria Fire District Chief Andy Price
wants residents to know that the Sarasota Manatee
Professional Firefighters Association IAFF Local No.
2546 has nothing to do with the Anna Maria Fire Dis-
trict and that the District does not receive any funds
from this organization.
"The Anna Maria Fire District does not phone
solicit," added Price.


The Island Poet
It is sure hard on the old folks with inflation
going up
when it costs about a dollar just to fill their
coffee cup.
And the cards are stacked against them, they
can't even play the game,
'cause everything is going up and their pensions
stay the same.
For most of these old timers, it's a struggle to
get by,
when it costs so much to live that they can't
afford to die.
I know they would like to make gold like old
King Midas,
but what they are only sure of is death, taxes
and arthritis.
Bud Atteridge


Aldwell performs
Bach, Brahms
Pianist Edward Aldwell,
most noted for his study and
recordings of Bach master-
pieces, will perform works
by Bach and Brahms on
Tuesday, March 16, at 8
p.m. at Manatee Community
College Neel Auditorium,
5840 26th St. West in
Bradenton. General admis-
sion tickets for the perfor-
mance are $3. For more
information, call 755-1511,
ext. 4240.


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13 THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER 0 MARCH 11; 1993 E PAGE 11


Love of art unite
By Joy Courtney
Editor
Some matches are made in heaven others are
made at the Anna Maria Artists Guild.
Dr. Carl Voyles and Joan Abrahamson-Voyles, who
were married on January 31, met through their commit-
tee work for the Guild. "She was by boss," teased Carl.
"I was holding a committee meeting in my home,"
explained Joan, "Helen Webb, my now especially
good friend, commented for the whole world to hear,
'There doesn't see to be a man of the house!'" Carl
breaks in, "At that point my ears perked up!"
As the couple tell it, a few days later Carl asked

Save what is
beneficial
Bren Jackson of Phoenix
Frame supports two
botanical prints of the
endangered Florida
celestial plants Bartram's
Ixia (left), and Fall-
Flowering Ixia (right) by
Mary Ruth McCracken, a
gifted scientific illustrator
and artist and sister of
Islander Max McCracken. -.
The prints are on sale at I
Phoenix Frame with all
proceeds designated to [
botanical research.
Photo: Joy Courtney


Match made
through Artists
Guild
Dr. Carl Voyles and his
new bride Joan
Abrahamson-Voyles cut a
congratulatory cake at a
meeting of the Anna Maria
Artists Guild where they
first met.
Photo: Jeannie Friedman








s Island couple
Joan out, but she turned him down.
"I wasn't ready." mused Joan. With his thoughts
still lingering on her, Carl tried a few months later.
"I was going for broke. I had tickets for the
Riverfront Theatre. I told her I was either going alone
or with her. She accepted!" smiled Carl.
"I couldn't see him going alone," Joan said
matching Carl's smile.
The couple were married in a private ceremony
with just her daughter and his son in attendance. Not
be to left out, their friends at the Artists Guild held
their own celebration. they wanted to see for them-
selves the pretty picture the Voyles' painted.


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Chamber of Commerce
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By Joy Courtney
Editor
"How can we expect people to want to conserve
what they do not know is there?" Roger Tory
Peterson.
Good question. And when it comes to identifying
in order to protect Florida's endangered wild flowers,
northern Floridian Mary Ann McCracken, sister to
Islander Max McCracken, has devoted her scientific
and artistic talent to answering Peterson's question.
Mary Ruth McCracken has both a BA and an MA
degree from the University of Pennsylvania with majors
in botany and training in botanical illustration. Devoted to
accuracy, McCracken spends hundreds of hours each year
in the field literally gathering her own data for each
of her illustrations. She has been known to spend as much
as 20 to 30 days, nose-to-nose, with a plant to ensure the
accuracy of her illustrations.
Now the volunteer director of the Lyman
Goodnight Center in Niceville, Florida, McCracken
offers her illustrations for sale to raise funds for plant
research and educational materials. According to Max
McCracken it costs about $7,000 to study one plant -
a tall order up against botanical apathy.
The University of South Florida Institute for Sys-
tematic Botany, though using different methods, also
promotes basic research in plant systematics and sup-
ports the Lyman Goodnight Center. A letter by the
Institute states, "The director of the Lyman Goodnight
Center Mary Ruth McCracken, is a gifted scientific
illustrator and artist. A good illustration is nearly al-


ways more informative than a photograph. One in
color is a work of art that commands attention and
conveys the scientific message more effectively. ...
The Lyman Goodnight Center is highly worthy of fi-
nancial support."
With Florida being one of the fastest growing
states in the nation and in danger of rapidly losing its
most valuable natural resources, its plants and animals
species, due to development, both organizations have
the same goal to develop a better understanding of
Florida's environment and to save a part of it for fu-
ture generations through public awareness.
"The main problem," said Max McCracken, "is
how to get the public aware of the vital importance of
plant life and how to be conservative to protect the
plants that only survive in Florida. The results, good
or bad, of plant research can come close to home. Take
the Australian pine for example. It was brought to the
Island as a decoration and wind breaker. But research
has determined that it is not a beneficial plant and it
has been classified a weed. Australian pines consume
a lot of water and kill vegetation under and surround-
ing it, which cuts down on the small animal life popu-
lation. If we had understood that, Australian pines
might not be a problem on the Island now."
According to the Institute of Systematic Botany, sci-
entists still have not catalogued or even described all of
the plant species that occur in the state. The purchase of
the botanical limited edition print by Mary Ruth
McCracken, available at Phoenix Frame, is one small step
to preserve one of the many gifts offered in Florida.


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'Jerry's Girls'
celebrate show
tunes of Jerry
Herman
Currently brightening
the stage at the Island
Players in a frolicking
revue of songs written
by the legendary Jerry
Herman in the Players'
presentation of "Jerry's
Girl's" are (front row,
left to right) Marisa
Brown, Katherine
Turner Barlow and
Shawn Marie Robinson.
Completing the cast
" (back row, left to right)
are Laura Morales, Jo
Kendall and Rita Mazer.




We got a little Broadway


Anna Maria


Island


Community

Center Schedule


YOUTH PROGRAMS
After School Programs
Latch Key T.L.C., a Time for Learning Creatively. Transportation *
* from Anna Maria Elementary, a healthy snack, a super staff and 0
activities galore! $4 per day. Scholarship assistance available. 0
Teen Program0
A round of activities from softball to tennis to tutoring.
* Jazz Dance Class
Instructor Lisa Gallo, 795-1816.
. Tap Dance Class
Wednesday. Beginners, 3:30; Intermediate, 4:30; Junior, 5:30 p.m.
Instructor Lisa Gallo, 795-1816.
Junior Chess Club
* Students of all ages under the guidance of the Anna Maria Chess *
* Club: Check for day & time!
* Pre-School Ballet U
* "Miss Lisa" Gallo'spre-school ballet for pre-school ages 3, 4, and 5 *
* from 9:30 10:30 a.m. Saturday. 795-1816. 0
O Tennis Clinic 0
Volunteer Roy McChesney will hold a free clinic for elementary
* school students at 3:30 p.m. Monday. He will work with older *
* youth at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Call Center 778-1908. .
Youth Art Classes
Noted professional Julie Claudel Stewart's "Storybooking"
Youth Basketball
Ages 5-12 and 13-17. Registration $25. Volunteers welcome.
ADULT PROGRAMS
* Toastmasters *
Developing public speaking skills.
Oil Painting
* Longtime area artist Lois Murray welcomes beginners and *
intermediates alike.
Medicare Assistance
* Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., Lillian Riche, 778-4082.
S' Jazzercise
With the experienced Sheree Welch, 778-7989. Saturday, 9:30
a.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, 7 p.m. Fees per class or for group of *
Classes.
* Bridge Club
Regular bridge. Information Sue Gridler, 755-0362
f Writing to Publish .
* With freelance writer Helen Nettleton, 778-9384. $45 for 8 weeks. 0
Gentle Aerobics
* Instructor Tanya Slack, 795-4799. $3 a class.
* Line Dancing
Gals and guys, no partner needed. Instructor Tanya Slack, 795-
4799. $2 a class.
* Tennis
Round-robin tourneys at 8 a.m. every Monday through Friday. All
are welcome. Year-round court membership and day passes
available.
* Crafts & Sewing
With Naomi Vaught, 722-9774.
Adult Volleyball
* $1.00 donation. All welcome! o
* Adult Basketball
Wednesday, 7-9 p.m. $1.00 donation. All welcome!
Chess Club
Thursday, noon to 3 p.m. All invited!
Island Travel Club
* First Thursday of every month, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Information call *
* Harriet Davis, 778-3418. *
Big Band Dance
Call the Center for information: 778-1908 .
Remember... Volunteers are ALWAYS
* welcome at the Community Center.
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By Jeannie Friedman
Islander Reporter
Islanders can make a trip to Broadway-this month
without crossing a bridge or traversing a causeway as
the Island Players bring the glitter of the Big Apple to
Anna Maria with their snappy presentation of "Jerry's
Girls."
Under the direction of Garry Allan Breul, the all-
female cast sings, dances, and frolics to Jerry
Herman's songs and lyrics from Mame, Hello Dolly,
La Cage Aux Folles, Milk & Honey, Mack and Mabel
and A Day In Hollywood.
Katherine Turner Barlow, Marisa Brown, Jo
Kendall, Rita Mazer, Laura Morales, and Shawn Marie
Robinson all sparkle in the show and each of the ac-
tresses manages to steal at least one portion of the
evening.
Katherine Barlow holds the audience spell-bound
with her powerful renditions of "It Only Takes A
Moment," and "Shalom." Marisa Brown, in her first
appearance with the Island Players, comes to center
stage as a very expectant single young woman who



Visitors from
Tampa enjoy the
balmy breezes
outside the I
Island
Playhouse
Mallory Lyles and David
Belcher, members of the
Tampa Players, are
shown during intermis-
sion of the Island Players
production "Jerry's
Girls." Belcher is light-
ing director for the show.
Photo: Jeannie Friedman


laments, 'What Do I Do Now?' from "Gooch's Song."
Joe Kendall is hilarious in her musical imitation
of Jeanette McDonald attacking Nelson Eddy, and Rita
Mazer's turn to shine comes when she sings a melan-
choly version of "If He Walked Into My Life Today."
Laura Morales and Jo Kendall team up as "Bosom
Buddies," and Kendall is especially funny as a clumsy,
bumbling "Mame." Shawn Robinson's version of "I
Am What I Am" is a highlight of the show.
Visually, the show is excellent. Costume Designer
Pat Russell made the majority of the costumes which
are a delight to the eye. Lighting Designer David
Belcher, on loan from the Tampa Players, did a superb
job.
Don't miss "Jerry's Girls" which runs through
March 20 with shows at 8 p.m. every night except
Monday. All performances are at the Island Play-
house, Gulf Drive at Pine Avenue, Anna Maria City.
Tickets are $9 and are available at the theater. For
phone reservations or information, call 778-5755. The
box office is open daily from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and an
hour before show time.


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More Island science fair

students honored


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The Islander Bystander offers its congratula-
tions to these additional students and classes who
won awards at the GTE-Manatee Regional Sci-
ence and Engineer Fair recently held at the De
Sota Mall.
Rounding out the list published in last week's is-
sue of the Islander are:
Andrea "Annie" Brooks
Myles Cameron


Logan Bowes
Colt Fletcher
Greg Granstad
Scott MacGregor
Seth Mitchell
Logan Shields
Mrs. Lori Garrisi's kindergarten class
Mrs. Pat Stockton's first grade class
Mrs. Deborah Thomas' second grade class.


VFW "Statue of Liberty" poster winner Photo: Joy Courtney
The VFW Auxiliary to VFW Post 8199, Anna Maria Island, sponsored a poster contest with an American
theme "Statue of Liberty." All students at Anna Maria Island Elementary from second grade to fifth grade
were eligible. The winners in the front row are Jeremy LeGrand (2nd place) and Morgan Woodland (1st
place). Back row are Nicole Brockway (2nd place), Mrs. Doreen Hydecker, VFW Auxiliary Americanism
Chairperson; Manon Wacker (3rd place), Sky Beard (3rd place) and Kati Trese (1st place).


Popcorn ... Hot Dogs ... Cold Sodas!
Sound good? Well, it's even better
at the ball park!
Support our Island Little League.



Thank you

to all those who
voted for me
in the Holmes
S* Beach election.
I very much appreciated
your support.
Sincerely,
Rich Bohnenberger
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King holds event for Education Week


King Middle School will have the following
events in honor of National Middle Level Education
Week, March 14 to 20.
On Monday, March 5, there will be a combined
orchestra concert that will include an orchestra from
Manatee High School and the advanced orchestra from
King Middle School. It will be in the school's gymna-
sium from 7 to 8 p.m.


On Tuesday, March 16, will be an Open Class-
room Visitation day. Parents and the public are invited
to come to King Middle School between 8:30 a.m. to
2 p.m. to see the school and students at work. There
will be refreshments and student exhibits all that day.
On Tuesday evening there will also be a Parent
Advisory Council meeting in the school's media cen-
ter at 7 to 8:30 p.m. Please join us!


Anna Maria School menu
Thursday, 3/11/93
Breakfast: Toast, Cheese or Sausage, Fruit Juice
Lunch: Junior Cuban Sandwich, Salad, Fruit Juice, Pudding
Friday, 3/12/93
Breakfast: Assorted Cereal, Toast, Fruit Cup
Lunch: Fiestado, Mexican Corn, Tossed Salad, Jello
Monday, 3/15/93
Breakfast: Assorted Cereal, Toast, Fruit Juice
Lunch: Corn Dog, Tater Tots, Carrots, Applesauce
Tuesday, 3/16/93
Breakfast: Scrambled Egg, Toast, Fruit Cup
Lunch: Sloppy Tom over Rice, Broccoli Cuts, Roll, Fruit Juice
Wednesday, 3/17/93
Breakfast: Toast, Cheese or Sausage, Fruit Juice
Lunch: Macaroni & Cheese w/Smokie Link, Salad, Lime Gelatin w/Fruit, Roll,
St. Patrick's Day holiday cake.
All meals served with milk.


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Commendable performance
For the week ending February 26, these are the
"Students of the Week" at Anna Maria Elementary
School. Kneeling are Christy Potter, Shawn
Snyder, Kaelan Richards and Wayne Charles.
Front row are Jeffrey Moore, Billy Malfese, Peter
Birch, Christopher Lee, Walker Meacham, Steven
Meyer and Patrick Shary. Back row are Brian
Epright, Mark Lathrop, Jasmine Atwood, and
Israel Donato.
Photo: Joy Courtney


Non-
instructional
employee
of the year
By a vote of all instruc-
tional and non-instruc-
tional employees of Anna
Maria Elementary
School, custodian
Richard Susa was
awarded the honor of
being the school's 1993
Non-instructional
Employee of the Year.
Mr. Susa has taken care
of Anna Maria Elemen-
tary for four years.
Congratulations!
Photo: Joy Courtney


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Free immunizations
available for new
kindergartners
Free immunizations and physical (costing
from zero to $20) will be offered this year for all
students entering kindergarten on Tuesday, April
13, from 10: 30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Palmetto Fair
Grounds.







[ THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER .MARCH 11, 1993 E PAGE 15


And the
winner is ...
Local artist Linda
Molto was the winner
of the Island Poster
Contest. Her work,
titled 'Siesta Time',
commemorates the
Anna Maria Island
Fine Arts Festival
1993, to be held this
weekend in Holmes
Beach behind City
Hall. The two-day
event, from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., is sponsored
by the Anna Maria
Island Art League.
Information, call
778-6648.














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I Joe's Combo $3.99 The Best Homemade
[ Soup & Salad; Salad & Sandwich Ice Cream and Yogurt
( or Soup & Sandwich Sugar Free, Fat Free Sundaes.
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DOWN UNDER CAFE ...
Breakfast & Lunch Various Snack Items, Soft Drinks,
Beers and Wines Open daily 7 am to 10 pm

PIER TOP RESTAURANT ...
Island atmosphere right over the sea. Florida Seafood and Steaks.
Daily Specials. Tuesday to Friday, 4 pm.to 10 pm.
Saturday and Sunday, 8 am to 10 pm. Closed Monday.
For reservations please call 778-1885.

BAIT & TACKLE SHOP ...
Fishing operation open 7 am to midnight; open 24 hours for
special occasions. Fresh bait and assistance to anglers.


Large Portions at Reasonable Prices
Also visit our
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on the Historic Anna Maria City Pier 778-0475
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Sun-Thurs 11:30AM to 9PM and Fri-Sat until 10PM


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'Linda Sings'


By Lloyd Haines
Islander Contributor
"Linda Sings" is the result of an
announcement in The Islander By-
stander referring to the Heritage Pro-

"Linda Sings"
Bell-notes
from the piano
singly
mingly,
nicely
precisely
syncopated
(is "syncopated"
dated?)
a satisfying
gratifying
accompaniment
to the slender singer
tossing golden hair
with olden flair
breathing
golden
olden
memories -
every word
or nearly


we have heard
dearly
with a dear one
near one -
with the delightful
ease
of a soft


Little Leas
Standings
Win I
WAC 2 0
Haley's 2 1
Hi-12 1 1
AMFD 1 2
Kiwanis 0 2
(Minor standings unavailable)


-gram.
We went to hear Linda and Bob
and were so greatly impressed by the
superb professionalism of this gifted
duo, that I wanted to record it:

summer breeze
at nightfall,
easy breezy
yet
with a discipline
charged with love
and loving
repetition,
every phrase
matching
or surpassing magic
of golden days

Linda and Bob
are making music
with sentiments
sweet and sage
creating
a rainbow
of multi-colored
light and shade
holding
the audience
lightly
brightly
as Bob's fingers on the keys
and tenderly,
sprightly,
as Linda's voice and eyes!


gue happenings


Loss


Games Behind
None


1 1/2


Next week's schedule
All major games start at 7p.m.; Minor League games start at 4:45 p.m.
All games are held at the Community Center

Major League schedule:
March 11 AMFD vs. Kiwanis
March 12 Hi-12 vs. WAC
March 15 WAC vs. Kiwanis
March 16 AMFD vs. Hi-12
March 17 WAC vs. Haley's

Minor League schedule:
March 11 Cannon vs. Tip
March.12 General Propeller vs. Bali
March 15 Tip vs. General Propeller
March 16 Bali vs. Betsy Hills
March 17 General Propeller vs. Cannon

T-Ball partial schedule:


10:30 a.m.
March 13 Willies vs.
Sandbar
March 20 Sandbar v Air/Energy
March 27 Air/Energy v. Quality
April 10 Observer v. Quality
April 17 Quality v. Sandbar
April 24 Willies v. Quality

Also, 1:30 games will be held on:
March 27, Quality v. Willies
April 17, Air/Energy v. Sandbar
April 24, Sandbar v. Willies


Noon
Quality vs. Observer

Willies v. Observer
Sandbar v. Observer
Willies v. Air/Energy
Observer v. Willies
Air/Energy v. Observer


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Friends meet again

after 40 years


Photo: Joy Courtney
After 40 years, friends meet again
Two families who go way back together finally had an opportunity to catch up.
From left to right are T. Jay and Roberta Barbour with their daughter, Sheron
Barbour Jones, all from Holmes Beach, with friends Bob and Pat Medaris from
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and winter friend Edna Busselle from Memphis, Tennessee.


By Joy Courtney
Editor
After 40 years of exchanging
Christmas cards, T. Jay and Roberta
Barbour of Holmes Beach and their
friends, Bob and Pat Medaris of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, grabbed at an opportunity to
visit with each other again.
The seeds of their friendship were
planted within the realities of World
War II. Pat Medaris was a WAAAF,
Women's Auxiliary Australian Air
Force (WAAAFs were nicknamed
'Blue Orchids'), which was part of the
Royal Australia Air Force at that time.
Because she was a veteran, Pat was able
to work wherever she pleased and, for a
time, it pleased her to help out a friend
in a health food store.
In walked Bob, who had been ro-
tated for 10 days of rest and relaxation
from flying with the 13th Army Air
Force in the South Pacific.
"His U.S. squadron rented apart-
ments above the store where I was
working. Bob walked in one day and
asked if I would like to go for a swim
and I never got rid of him," teased Pat.
Like many other young men of that
time, T. Jay and Bob were forced to
postpone their education until the war
was over. Coming from different cor-
ners of the union, they met while attend-
ing college at the Colorado School of


Mines in Golden, Colorado, home to
Coors Brewery (the gentlemen insisted
this qualifier be included!).
Colleges after World War II were
filled with married students many
with children. Such was the case of the
Barbours who were raising two daugh-
ters Sheron, seven and Ruth Ann
(now living in New York), five, while
their father went to school.
Pat and Bob were married in 1947
in Golden after two years of letter writ-
ing, and nine days of courtship with T.
Jay and Roberta in attendance and with
little Sheron and Ruth Anna serving as
flower girls.
As an aside, the couples started
laughing over the antics of Barbour
girls during the Medaris wedding. To-
wards the end of the wedding celebra-
tion, both girls were "a little wobbly."
The Barbours found out later that their
daughters became tipsy from eating the
fruit out of the punch bowl!
"I think I remember," "laughed
Sheron.
The Medaris' were only in town for
a few days, but the couples managed to do
a lot of catching up. As they talked and
looked through photo albums, it was won-
derful watching friendship in action in its
truest form, it always has a way of making
a long-awaited visit seem like the last one
just happened yesterday.


It's Strawberry Season -
enjoy Chocolate Covered
Strawberries

By Dee Becker
Island Contributor
8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate
2 tsp. honey
1 qt. strawberries (do not hull)
In small sauce pan, melt chocolate and honey. Dip strawberries
in chocolate. Set then on waxed paper to cool for 5 minutes. Serve
as is.
Dee Becker is an Island homemaker and mother who enjoys
cooking and baking. While Dee lays no claim to the originality of
her collection of recipes, each have been tested in her own kitchen.


[If THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER E MARCH 11, 1993 0 PAGE 17


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Island Police Reports

Anna Maria
Nothing of significance to report

Bradenton Beach
March 1 11:00 p.m. 100 Blk. Bridge St
Myer's Act Arrest Female passed out on street
outside bar. Officer could not rouse to get information
or identification. Subject placed in custody on a
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March 3 2:08 a.m.
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Holmes Beach
Feb. 27 2:53 p.m. 200 Blk. 71st St.
Burglary Money was stolen from resident's
purse while she was sleeping.
Feb. 27 3:30 p.m. 7900 Blk. Marina
Vandalism A boat cover was slit and several
other criminal mischief violations were committed in
the same general area over night.
Feb. 27 12:45 p.m. 4000 Blk. Gulf Dr
Burglary Three cash registers were vandal-
ized at Manatee Public Beach. Cash was taken
Feb. 27 12:15 p.m. 4100 Bik. Gulf Dr


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Arrest for DUI, Possession of marijuana, and Driving
with suspended license.
Feb. 28 4:38 a.m. 3900 BIk. E Bay Dr
Domestic Violence Husband and wife fighting in
parking lot of establishment. Man arrested for beating
wife.
March 3 7:41 p.m. 5100 Bik. Gulf Dr
Reckless Driving and Violation of open container law.
March 4 7:06 a.m. 300 Blk. 61st St
Burglary House entered through front door.
Bedroom door kicked in and bank containing coins
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Ill THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER 0 MARCH 11, 1993 0 PAGE 19
The way it was,
add one


Island Police Reports
stolen. No solid evidence obtained from scene.
March 6 5:10 a.m. 5400 Blk. Marina Dr
Burglary While doing routine check of busi-
ness, officer discovered window had been broken.
Cash register and desk had been broken into.
March 6 8:36 a.m. 5600 Blk. Gulf Dr
Auto Theft Van was stolen from car port. En-
trance to vehicle obtained by breaking vent window.
Vehicle has been recovered.
March 6 11:00 p.m. 3000 Blk. Gulf Dr.
Disturbance Brother phoned police from bar to re-
port that sister was drunk and out of control. Officer
investigated and found that a warrant for her arrest was
pending from Hillsborough Count for DUI and driv-
ing with a suspended license. Subject was arrested and
transported to jail.


"The best hamburgers and
the coldest mugs of beer
this side of Heaven, "*iss
puffg," Pat Geyer, owner. e
Across from Manatee Public Beach Mon-Sat 11am 7pm,
Sun 12-7pm Closed Tuesday Take out 778-2501


Editor's Note: Rodgers does bulk deliveries to
businesses, condominiums, resorts and the Islander


When Gene Rogers, the
Islander's "paper boy" saw
this 1944 photo of the
Anchorage, he whooped. It
wasn't the remembrance of
a beer or two, or the price
4C of the S. B. (Southern
Brewery) beer a dime -
*that got him so excited. He
swears that's "his mama's
car,'" a 1938 Oldsmobile on
the right, and he was inside
o getting a beer from Lola
Mae.

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Dr. David Tomasko, senior scientist at the Sarasota Bay Program, unloads a
dingy laden with red mangroves at Leffis Key for the planting frenzy Saturday.


By Bob Ardren
Outdoor Correspondent
It was a shameful performance by
Anna Maria Island's elected officials.
And frankly, who expects any better
from Longboat Key?
Last Saturday nearly 150 volun-
teers showed up to plant 2,000 young
mangroves at the Leffis Key Habitat
Restoration Site, and exactly two
elected officials bothered to show up --
one Manatee County commissioner and
the mayor of Sarasota.
Volunteers ranged in age from very
young to well past retirement and, judg-
ing from the smiles
on their muddy faces,
they were having a
fine time. There were More than
officials from both in-wa
SWIFTMUD, the Na- land, are e
tional Estuary Pro-
gram, Conservation be odisp
Consultants of Pal- weekend a
metto who contrib- Suncoast b
uted all the plants,
and even your humble
reporter and his boss. Sarasota.
(A reporter and pho-
tographer of The
Other Island Paper
were "way too busy,"
they said, to help in any actual planting,
but at least they showed up.)
Anyway, hats off to all the volun-
teers, including Commissioner Pat
Glass and Mayor Jack Gurney, for all
their help and support. Maybe you
should keep this in mind the next time
local officials campaign on how con-
cerned they are about the environment.
"This race must be stopped," says
Mario Quevedo, editor of a Spanish
newspaper and news director of a radio
station in Tampa. He was referring to
the upcoming St. Petersburg to Havana
sailing race mentioned in this column
last week. Scheduled to get underway
again March 23, the 285-mile race first
began in 1930 and was suspended in
1959 for political reasons. (Here come
the politicians again.)
Cutting to the chase here, these
anti-Castro Cuban-Americans claim to
represent a group called The World
Federation of Cuban Former Political
Prisoners of Tampa, and say they'll pro-


test the race using all legal means. Me,
I'm looking for a berth on one of the
racing boats. Politics and sailing have
never been a good mix, in my opinion.
A wonderful film about fishing and
life, "A River Runs Through It," played
at the Theatro in Sarasota last week -
and I'd waited a long time to catch this
one for their standard one buck admis-
sion price. Produced and directed by
Robert Redford, the movie celebrated
fly fishing as a metaphor and, maybe, a
religion. My point is that at the end of
the feature there was a strong statement


calling for us in



200 boats,
water and on
expected to
lay this
t the 1993
Boat Show
and in


1993 to practice catch
and release fishing.
Not only was it
touching except for
that one I want for
dinner it was right.
More than 200
boats, both in-water
and on land, are ex-
pected to be on dis-
play this weekend at
the 1993 Suncoast
Boat Show on City
Island, Sarasota.
Running Thursday
through Sunday, the
show will feature
both new and used


boats along with fishing clinics con-
ducted by the Sarasota and Manatee
County chapter of the Florida Conser-
vation Association and there are even
a bikini "fashion shows" scheduled for
Saturday and Sunday afternoons."
Show hours are from noon to 7
Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sun-
day. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for
children 6 to 12 and under 6 is free.
Parking is free. To get to City Island,
just hang a left immediately after pass-
ing south over the New Pass bridge.
By the way, the FCA will have a
special "casting area" set up on land
next to the entrance to the in-water dis-
plays. Targets will be set up so
fisherfolks of all ages can get some cast-
ing tips from the experts and have a
chance to practice them.
Remember, save a good one for
supper, then throw the rest back. That
way there'll always be supper. See you
next week.


"We're Here Year-Round."

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Shirley Otey, E. A.
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A snappy catch
for visitors
from Canada
Permit, mangrove
snapper and sheeps-
head made a nice catch
offish for the two happy
*- ~ anglers (pictured left),
Karom and George
Guress from Canada.
Joining the anglers to
17 the right is Island
fisherman, "The Gen-
eral."






















Cobia spotted by


offshore fishermen


By Mike Heistand
Bradenton Beach Pier reports trout, flounder and
pompano are being caught at night and sheepshead
during the day.
Chris from Galati Yacht Basin says when the wind
is not blowing there are plenty of grouper being caught
offshore, but very few snook are being caught as of yet.
There have also.been plenty of sheepshead being reported
and a few redfish being caught and released.
Captain Mike Bradow said they have caught a
few nice snook with the biggest one weighing in at 11
pounds. Mark also reports catching all the sheepshead
one could want.
John Fernandez, Jr., from Island Discount
Tackle tells us that Ella Eshenbaugh is ahead in the
shop's sheepshead contest for the month of March
with a 22" monster. John also said that sheepshead
have made up the majority of their customer's catches
with a few red grouper offshore.
Captain Tom Chaya with "Dolphin Dreams"
reports a few snook with the better fishing yet to come.
Lots and lots of sheepshead and a few redfish when the
tide is right.
Captain Mike Heistand with "Magic" reports
that they have caught pompano on every trip last week
with a few big redfish and whiting. Captain Mike has
not yet targeted snook.
Jamie from the Miss Cortez Fleet stated their
four-hour trip has been averaging 45 to 60 head of fish
which were mostly gray snapper, porgies, and sand
perch. Their six-hour trip has been getting 100 to 200
head of fish which were gray snapper, vermilion snap-


per, scamp, yellowtail snapper, and mangrove snapper.
Their nine-hour trip had 45 head of grouper, scamp
and mangrove snapper.
Captain Todd Romaine with "Oscar II".reported
in the last three days they have been catching lots of
sheepshead, redfish they have caught using white bait
then released and have also spotted a couple of cobia.
Captain Rick Gross with "Fishy Business II"
said he has seen a couple of snook starting to poke
their noses out and a lot of redfish which were caught
and released.
Dewey from the Rod & Reel Pier reports cus-
tomers are catching sheepshead with sandfleas and
shrimp, pompano with sandfleas and small flounder
with shrimp.
Captain Phil Shield would like to let his clients
know he has moved his boat form Perico Harbor to the
Galati Yacht Basin and that he can be contacted there.
Carl from Perico Bait & Tackle reports it hasn't
been too good of a week offshore because of the
weather. He said Captain Todd has brought in loads of
sheepshead and a few trout.
Captain Dave Pinkham with Gulf to Bay Char-
ters said his clients have been catching sheepshead
inshore up to five pounds and offshore they have been
catching red grouper and gag grouper, eight to 10
pounds, amberjack up to 50 pounds and mangrove
snapper up to six pounds.
Annie's Bait & Tackle reports Captain Zach's
customers caught sheepshead up to eight pounds, red-
fish up to 20 pounds which were caught and released
plus they were also catching nice size trout.


THE GOLF SHOP




Special regrip just $1.99 each
Putters $15.75 and up

With Island Locksmith in Island Shopping Center
5408 Marina Drive Holmes Beach 778-1661


CRUSH THE LA WS OF GRA VITY!








ISLAND ROLLERS INLINE SKATES
778-3880


* Ship's Store BOAT RENTAL 2 HP
* Bottom Painting thrua
* Boat Storage 225 H11
* Consignment/Brokerage lir
* Bulk Oil-In your container Stock

j Five O'Clock Marine
412 Pine Ave., Anna Maria
S778-5577
_ahlnsao n n AUTHORIZED SE
196akl v Johnson. Evinrudi
S OUTsUAEA Sea Drive & OMC
OUTBOARD SALES


ANNA MARIA


DAY AMHIGH
Thu 3/11 2:13 1.3ft
Fri 3/12 3:23 1.0ft1
Sat 3/13 -
Sun 3/14
Mon 3/15
Tue 3/16
Wed 3/17 10:52 1.2ft


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J, OMC
Cobra Stem I


ISLAND TIDE TABLES
AMLOW PMHIGH PMLOW
6:35 0.6ft 1:22 2.2ft 8:26 -0.3ft
6:46 0.8ft 2:01 2.2ft 9:32 -0.211t
- 2:45 2.2ft 10:48-0.2ft
- -- 3:38 2.1ft
12:14 -0.2 4:53 1.9ft
1:32 -0,2 6:23 1.9ft
2:33 -0.2 7:49 1.8ft 12:59 1.1ft


* Cortez High Tides 7 minutes later lows 1:06 later.


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Little League player of the week

Brett Lance from Hi-12. He struck out 14 and came through with three
Last Tuesday Brett pitched a full six-inning hits and three RBIs of his own while leading Hi-12
game against Kiwanis. to a 6 1 victory.


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Cherie A Deen, LNIT
Neuromuscular Certified
Massage Therapist


Now Accepung ..\ppimmi-,enr L


792-3758


Stephen G. Pelham, M. D.
announces the association of

SCOTT L.
KOSFELD, M.D.
FAMILY PRACTICE "
3909 East Bay Drive
Suite 100
Holmes Beach
Accepting Medicare Assignment
as of January 1, 1993
NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS
778-1007 Day/Night 9 to 5: 778-6631


ARTS AND CRAFTS
FLEA MARKET
SPONSORED BY ROTARY CLUB OF ANNA MARIA IStANO
SATURDAY MARCH 20
9 AM TO 3 PM IN HOLMES BEACH AT THE
First Union National Bank Parking Lot
" RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW! -
$15.00 PER SPACE PHONE 792-5615
NAME
Phone
Type No. Of Spaces _
DROP THIS RESERVATION FORM OFF AT
Walgreen's Pharmacy Counter* Holmes Beach
OR MAIL TO:
Bob Kral 903 Waterside La. Bradenton 34209
For more information: Call 792-5615


Island
bapti'k
Church
James M. Metts, Jr. Pastor
9:45 ................................................ SUNDAY SCHOOL
8:30 ................. SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP
10:55 ........................SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP
7 PM ..........................SUNDAY EVENING WORSHIP
7 PM ...................WEDNESDAY PRAYER MEETING
Nursery for all Services
"A Loving People, On a Lovely Island, Preaching Christ!"
8605 Gulf Drive Anna Maria, Florida 778-0719

11ofer w3kmorial Community Cburtb
The Rev. An Interdenominational Christian Church
Frank W. Serving the Community Since 1913
Hutchison,
H Ptor 9:00............FIRST WORSHIP.
9:00 ................ Sunday School
10:30 ....... SECOND WORSHIP
10:30 ...CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Sat. 5:00 ........Seaside Worship

512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria
Come, Celebrate Christ Transportation & Nursery Available 778-0414


Christian Science Services
First Church of Christ, Scientist
6300 MARINA DRIVE HOLMES BEACH
SUNDAY SERVICE & SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:30 AM
WEDNESDAY 7:30 EVENING SERVICES

READING ROOM
5314 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach
Monday thru Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.






FUNERAL HOMES
KEITH L. GRUENDL
General Manager
BRADENTON HOLMES BEACH
720 Manatee Avenue W. 6000 Marna Drive
3904 Cortez Road West (813) 778-4480
(813)748-1011 FAX 746-6459


Lucile Hawley
Lucile Hawley, 82, of Anna Maria and Hart,
Mich., died March 1.
Mrs. Hawley was a 30-year winter resident of
Anna Maria and a homemaker.
She is survived by two daughters, Marge Greiner
and Ginny McClennan, and one son, John, all of Hart,-
Mich.
No local services were held. Burial was by crema-
tion. Griffith-Cline Island Chapel was in charge of the
arrangements.


Joel H. Kalifowitz
Joel H. Kalifowitz, 32, of Bradenton Beach, died
March 2 in East Manor Nursing Home.
Born in Bronx, N.Y., Mr. Kalifowitz came to
Bradenton Beach from Queens, N.Y., in 1993. He was
a manufacturer's representative in retail clothing. He


P.1kI I.." "
P.1l-iI.:,.:4i1


was a member of the Grateful Dead Deadheads. He
was a graduate of the University of Buffalo with a
bachelor of science degree.
He is survived by his parents, Sondra, of Bayside,
Queens, N.Y., and Henry, of Port Washington, Long
Island, N.Y.; two sisters, Ilene Johnson of Bradenton
Beach, and Lisa Velez of Melbourne; and two step-
brothers, Steven and Justin, both of Port Washington.
No local visitation was held. A memorial service
was held at the first city pier between Sixth and Sev-
enth Streets in Bradenton Beach. Burial was in Man-
hattan, NY. Memorials may be made to AIDS
Manasota, 2080 Ringling Boulevard, Sarasota, FL
34237. Tishman Funeral Home of Sarasota was in
charge of the arrangements.


Donald "Dutch" Lang
Donald "Dutch" Lang, formerly of Anna Maria,
died at his home in McMinnville, Tenn., on March 2.


Welcome to the World!

Nicholas "Burns" Easterling

Born February 19 weighing in at 7 lbs./9 Beach. His delighted grandparents are John and
ozs. Barbara Marcin of Holmes Beach, Carolyn and Jim
Burns' proud parents are Nicholas and Geisbuhler of Ontario, Oregon, and Carmen
Michele Easterling (Michele Marcin) of Holmes Easterling of Lakeland, Florida.


OBITUARIES


Run and stretch
-and catch
Nicole Bollettieri of
Whop Longboat Key and a
member ofAnna Maria
Island Little League
minor team General
Propeller, goes in for a
pop-up during the team's
warmn-ups prior to doing
battle with minor team
Tip of the Island.
A Photo: Joy Courtney













Whopper of an amrnberjack
Web Cutting of the City of Anna Maria is
pictured with a 47-pound amberjack he
caught 15 miles off of Bean Point. Pictured
with Web and his whopper of a fish are
grandchildren Lisa Rivera holding Muffin
and Lorenzo Rivera. Congratulations!






MM THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER E MARCH 4, 1993 N PAGE 23


ANNA MARIA ISLAND REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS


CITY/legal

Anna Maria


Anna Maria


ADDRESS/lot

230 Oak
75x148 canal

8806 Gulf Dr
50x100


Bradenton Beach


Holmes Beach


Holmes Beach


Holmes Beach


Holmes Beach


Holmes Beach


Holmes Beach


2401 Gulf Dr
100x100 gulf view

102 68th St
202 Seaside Beach Hs


205 54th St
60x141


31 Seaside Ct
7x90x40 canal x90

4255 Gulf Dr
113 Island Village

4500 Gulf Dr
100x100 +

6250 Holmes Blvd
49 North Beach Vlg 3


STYLE/rooms


ground home
3bed/2bath/lcarport

elevated home
2bed/2bath/2car


4-plex
8bed/4bath


Condo-elevated
lbed/1.5bath

ground home
2bed/lbath/lcar


attached ground home
2bed/2bath/lcarport

Condo-elevated
2bed/2bath/lcar

ground duplex
uk

Condo elevated
3bed/2.5bath/2car


AGE/size

1970's
1155 sf

1976
936 sf

1950
2644 sf

1975
800 sfla

1961
1003 sfla

1964
1043 sfla

1981
1306 sfla

1953
1953 sfla

1993
1600 sfla


SELLER/BUYER/date

Cunningham/Eden
week of 2/15/93

Alflen/Yanulavich
week of 2/15/93

Zimmerman/Laden
week of 2/15/93

Brumbaugh/Kingstad
week of 2/15/93


Kern/Swanson
week of 2/15/93

Knox/Haskell
week of 2/15/93

Omodio/Bond
week of 2/15/93

Wolter/Hill
week of 2/15/93

North Beach Inc
Hosking week


SALE$/LIST$


$180,000
list uk

$120,000
list uk


$235,000
list $350,000


$108,000
list uk

$92,000
list uk

$76,000
list uk

$84,500
list uk

$130,000
list uk


$131,500 .
2/15/93 listuk


Compiled by Doug Dowling, Lic Real Estate Broker


DIC
WAGE

MRELTYIN


TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE Each side of this
2BR-2BA duplex has a master bath, disposal, dish-
washer, skylights in living room. Close to the beach,
and good rental history. Priced at $119,900.


BEACH HOUSE 3BR-3BA Beach house directly on
the Gulf of Mexico. Views are Spectacular! Wide
beach for shelling or walking. Priced at $299,900.
Details from Stan Williams.


ANNA MARIA MOTEL Delightful property located on HOLMES BEACH RESIDENCE Newly listed 2BR-
the extreme north end of Anna Maria Island. Close to 2BA residence with short walk to excellent beach.
Gulf and Bay. Motel includes 4 one bedroom units and Home is well-maintained and has 1,000 square foot
4 efficiencies, all housekeeping, plus a 2 bedroom, 1 garage and storage area. Offered at $112,500. Call
bath residence. For details call Stan Williams. Dave Moynihan.


SPECTACULAR BAYFRONT Fully furnished 2BR-2BA
top floor, end unit with fabulous view of the Bay. Deep water
boat dock one block to prime beach. Offered at $125,000.
Owner financing. Call Dave Moynihan.








ISLAND DUPLEX Drive by 207 76th street and then
call for details on this just reduced property.
$129,900 is the new price on this well located and
maintained Island duplex. Short walk to prime beach
area and canal docking. Call Dave Moynihan. *
SEVERAL SELECT WINTER RENTALS STILL
AVAILABLE. CALL LISA OR ANNA FOR
AVAILABILITY AND RATES!


JUST REDUCED TO $72,900 Island residence with a
short walk to beach and partial view of the Bay. Newly
painted exterior and partial new roof. Open beam ceil-
ings and ample storage. Call Dave Moyniha.n.
:-;. -.',L :, .i 1


LAKEFRONT DUPLEX OPEN HOUSE
SUNDAY, MARCH 14 1 TO 4PM
308 68th Street You can preview this JUST RE-
DUCED, well-maintained Holmes Beach duplex. This
property is on a large corner lot with a short walk to
beach. Each unit is mostly furnished, has separate
garages and large storage rooms. Owner financing
available. Now priced at $154,500.


REDUCED DUPLEX HOLMES BEACH: Don't wait
another moment to see this versatile duplex, 3 lots from
the Gulf. Total of 4 bedrooms, 3 baths with Gulf views
from the top floor unit. Heat pump with recovery unit,
fenced yard with sprinkler system and citrus trees and
many updates. Reduced to $189,000. Call Carol Williams
for appointment, 778-0777 or 778-1718 eves.


GULFFRONT PROPERTY: This Old Florida Beach
house has been converted to apartments 2 bedroom,
1 bath unit upstairs and 1 bedroom, 1 bath unit down-
stairs. Attached 2 car garage. Priced at $250,000. Don't
miss this rare opportunity, call today for an appointment.
Carla Price 778-5648 eves.


NEW LISTING GULF VIEW CONDO: Exceptionally
clean, splendid view and value for this 2 bedroom, 2 bath
updated condo with ceramic tile, Berber carpet, eat-in-
kitchen, central vacuum, 2 covered parking spaces, pool,
sauna, on site professional management. Priced at
$179,000, furnished turnkey. Call Carol Williams for ap-
pointment, 778-0777, 778-1718 after hours.
REDUCED!!! GULFFRONT COMPLEX: Two bedroom,
1.5 bath poolside condo in prestigious Holmes Beach
complex. Well established association in an adult com-
munity, 2 pools, 1 heated, shuffleboard, recreation and
exercise room, possible owner financing. Reduced to
$95,900. Call Carol Williams for appointment, 778-0777
office, 778-8991 evenings.
REDUCED $5,000 PERICO BAY CLUB: One of the
lowest priced "A" model units available. Spacious 3 bed-
room, 2 bath 1st floor corner unit. Large screened porch
overlooks board walk. Tennis, fishing nature walks &
outstanding sunsets. Now $129,900. Call Zee Catanese,
794-8991 eves.
COCONUTS CONDO: 1 bedroom, 1 bath condo in a
Gulffront complex. Excellent rental opportunity for the
investor or absentee owner. Turnkey furnished $99,900.
Call Carol Williams 778-0777 or 778-1718 eves.


REALTORS'


5203 Gulf Dr. Holmes Beach, FL 34217
Call (813) 778-0777 or Rentals 778-0770
1-800-741-3772Ext.55 OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK MLS


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[M THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER 0 MARCH 11, 1993 0 PAGE 24

Neal & Neal recognizes '92 performers


Bill Davidson, managing partner of Neal & Neal
Realtors, presented awards recognizing the staff for
their outstanding performance in 1992.
Awarded as Top Producers by office were Sarah
Jackson, Manatee Avenue; Jim Adamson, El Con-
quistador; Georgia Anthony, Cortez Road; Rose
Schnoerr, Anna Maria Island; Mike Nink, Longboat


S Wendy Kay Foldes
Top Producer
1992
Anna Maria Office
For proven results call Wendy
After hours 755-0826

Licensed Real Estate Broker
Broker/Associate 3244 East Bay Drive, Holmes Beach, 778-6654


CENTURY 21 Preferred 5 to 1
over all other Real Estate Companies.
SHELL POINT- 2Bd, 2Ba ground level in quiet
area of Holmes Beach. Complex offers pool, ten-
nis, clubhouse & putting green, $120,000.
SUNSET VILLAS 2Bd, 1.5 Ba turnkey fur-
nished. Direct Gulf views, 1 car garage & lots
of storage, $99,900.
GULF DRIVE APARTMENTS 4 efficiency
units just 30 yards to the new beach. Excellent
rental history, $165,000.
WE STILL HAVE UNITS AVAILABLE at
Gulf Watch Condominiums with a view of the
new beach. Turnkey starting at $84,500.


Key; Jeanne Hamill, Palm-Aire. Rose Schnoerr was
the recipient of the Company's Top Producer Award.
Top Lising Associates by officer included Alice
Ohme, Manatee Avenue; Georgia Anthony, Cortez
Road; Betty Anna Petitt, El Conquistador; Rose
Schnoerr, Anna Maria Island; Mike Nink, Longboat
Key; Jeanne Hamill, Palm-Aire. Alice Ohme was
awarded the Company's top lister.
The Company's Million Dollar and Multi-Million
dollar Awards were received by Rose Schnoerr, Dick


CANALFRONT ISLAND HOME *
3 Bedroom, 2.5 bath, 3000 sq. ft. Spacious,
elegantly decorated. New pool Jacuzzi sail-
boat water new dock. Storage galore. Extra
large yard. Circular drive, intercom, sprinkler,
vacuum. Burglar alarm, all new appliances, 2.5
car garage, carport. A must see! Only $239,900.
CALL 778-7655


a-' .... 'IS^T a 'g
HOLMES BEACH
NEVER before offered to public. 3B/2B Gulf front unit
$279,000. 2B/2B direct Gulf front $289,000. Most beautiful
beach front complex we've seen! Great rental program. Mul-
tiple units available for investors.
ASK FOR:
CRAIG ABBOTT STEVE ABBOTT
383-1990 383-9449




EXTRA EXTRA *
WATERFRONT


Maher, Jeanne Hamill, Jim Adamson, Georgia An-
thony, Jerry Cercone, Sarah Jackson, Bettie Cochran-
Poole, Mike Nink, Bill Bowman, Nancy Allen, Gloria
Waters, Alice Ohme, Patty Lance, Stan Doan, Carol
Greenwald, Mary Ann Schmidt, Penny Pier, Bobbye
Chasey, Tom Nelson, Judy McCauley, Dolly States,
Betty Ann Petitt, Sandi Layfield, Marilyn Trevethan,
Bruce Poole, John Green, Virginia Strothers, Doris
Continued on next page

Professional Times Four
Ken Rickett, a member of Michael
Saunders & Company's prestigious Circle
of Excellence, was named the Top Lister -
in our Anna Maria office for the fourth
consecutive year. For effective real estate **-
service, contact Ken named a top
professional four years in a row.
Ken Rickett, Realtor Associate, Evenings 778-3026
Michael Saunders & Company
Licensed Real Estate Broker
3224 East Bay Drive, Holmes Beach, FL 34217 (813) 778-6654


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J. II




KEY ROYALE 3BR/2BA home in mint condi-
tion. Split bedroom plan, beautiful lawn with auto
sprinklers. Lots of upgrades within last 3 years.
Boat dock on sailboat water canal.
HOMEOWNER'S WARRANTY. $239,500
Hal Gillihan Office: 778-2261
Evenings: 778-2194


For Sale by Owner Builder


Must Sell!
2/1 Condo 2nd
floor end unit
overlooking pool.
Good rental. 200
ft. to beach.
$69,900. Make
offer
778-7550



Deep Canal Home
1/2 Block to Bay &
Intracoastal
3 Blks to Gulf Beach
2BR/2BA, about 2,000 sf,
15 x 30 Pool,
516 56th St, Holmes
Beach. $187,000. Call
owner for appointment!
778-2952


The Prudential 1
5340 Gulf Drive Holmes
WILDWOO
enclosed ba
,- I ping, restau
1. t 1700 model
S: hungwindow
; NICE! #KS1
SPACIOUS
,. ,' i course view
e 'J for pool, grn
could be off
KARIN B. Ihre Immolb
STEPHAN Office: 7T

NEW BEACHI $119,900 #509
bath condo! Enjoy the beach!!! Cl
AMIDST RUSTIC CHARM $11
with sunny kitchen, boat dock,c
hideaway. Call T. Dolly Young
CLOSE TO BEACH! $239,00(
Mexican tile, & more. T. Dolly Yoi


Florida Realty We Are F ida"
Beach, FL 34217 (813) 778-0766
3D SPRINGS Very nice large 2 Bedroom, with
ilcony. Beautiful pool area, tennis, close to shop-
rants, and golf course. Extremely nice 2nd floor,
! Glass enclosed lanai, fully insulated with double
ws and pocket doors. High efficiency Heat Pumps.
196 ... $79,000.
S KEY ROYALE on large corner lot with golf
. Newer dock, custom Spanish mosaic tile, room
eat floor plan for entertaining. Large utility area
ice. #KS509 ... $239,000
bilienmaklerin spezialisiert auf Anna Maria Island.
78-0766 Mobile: 350-5844 Evenings: 388-1267

52 ... Vacation year round in this 2 bedroom, 2
all Robert St. Jean now or 778-6467 eves.
89,500 #00024 ... 3 bedroom, 2 bath home
channel and much more! Sarasota Bay front
now or 778-5427 eves.
0 #50301 ... 3 bedroom, 3 bath, French doors,
ung 778-5427. Owner is associate.


The Prudential
Florida Realty w
Experienced Professional
T. Dolly Young, IMS
offers for sale: motels, apartments,
commercial property, vacant land,
Investment property, and your dream home.
OFFICE 778-0766 MOBILE 350-1817
AFTER HOURS: 778-5427


The Prudential
Florida Realty
CAROL H
REALTOR-A
Million
5340-1 Gulf Drive
Holmes Beach, FL 34217
(813) 778-0766
Fax (813) 778-3035
After Hours (813) 792-5721


IEINZE, CRS
,SSOCIATE
Dollar Club


WHAT A VALUE! $59,900 #99114 ... Nice 2 bedroom,
2 bath home in quiet family neighborhood!!! Call Carol
Heinze now or 792-5721 eves.
ANNUAL & SEASONAL RENTALS beginning at $500.
Call Jack Bachman 778-0769 or 778-5368 evenings.


ISLAND
REAL ESTATE
S. OF ANNA MARIA ISLAND
Maureen Dowd, Uc. Real Estate Broker
Hidden Treasure
In the Heart of Holmes Beach




S- .N


Prime corner lot with well-maintained two bedroom/two
bath home ... quiet, centrally located and just steps to the
new walking beaches of Holmes Beach!! Lovely screened
porch and lots of room to expand or add pool. Asking
$145,000. Call today!
(813) 778-6066
6101 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach 34217
Sales @ Rentals Property Management


LUXURY LUXURY *
One of a kind Perico Bay Club
Hardly ever available.
3 Bedroom, 2 Bath unit with 1 car garage.
A must see for the particular buyer.

/ .lf Whether buying or
Y1" selling reach Richard...
778-2261 or 778-2284
, Toll Free 1-800-422-6325
Richard A.
Freeman NEAL & NEAL, REALTORS


New, custom-built 3 bedroom, 2 bath canal front home.
Located on a private Lake La Vista Cul de Sac in the City of
Anna Maria.
Features include a formal dining room with French doors
leading to a breakfast porch, maple kitchen with tile floors and
a 4-seat counter overlooking the canal. Other features include
tiled baths, walk-in closets, laundry room, solid pine doors and
pine framed windows throughout. Plus, many more features in
this quality built 2,500 sq. ft. home. A must see at only
$223,500. By appointment only.
OPEN HOUSE 2-4
Sunday, March 14
778-7603


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Ijg THE ISLANDER BYSTANDER E MARCH 11, 1993 E PAGE 25


Neal & Neal
performers for 1992



Spears, Scott Jones, Rita Bullock, Dave
Tyler, Lynn Toombs and Nick Patsios.
Rob Walker was the recipient of
the Broker's Award. Service Award re-
cipients were Mike Nink and Rose
Schnoerr, 10 years; Polly Gaar, Scott
Jones and Gloria Waters, 5 years.


Patsios

completes

management

school
Broker/Salesman Nick Patsios with
Neal & Neal, Realtors, has successfully
completed the Real Estate Brokerage
Management School.
According to Bill Davidson, man-
aging partner for the firm, brokers com-
pleting this intensive course achieve a
higher degree of proficiency as real es-
tate practitioners.


For all your real estate needs,
call ...
Toni King, Realtor/Associate
Office: (813) 778-6654
After Hours: (813) 778-1785
Michael Saunders & Company
Lilcerie.] Real Es.uIe Br.:.ker
3244 E.si Ba Dri'e. Hulme'i Bea.ch


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OFFICE SPACE
Located at Anna Maria Square, next to
bank. Elevator and lots of parking.
Easy access to Manatee Avenue or
East Bay Drive. Call Harold Small
Evenings: 792-8628







(813) 778-2291 EVENINGS 778-2632
FAX (813) 778-2294 P. 0. Box 2150
419 Pine Avenue Anna Maria FL 34216
Associates After Hours
Barbara A. Sato........ 778-3509 Christine T. Shaw .....778-2847
Marcella Comett.......778-5919 Nancy Gulilford.......... 778-2158
DESIRABLE VACANT LOTS
$67,500 614 Rose St., Anna Maria. 50 x 100
lot within steps of Gulf beach.
$67,500 616 Rose St., Anna Maria. 50 x 100
lot within steps of Gulf beach.
$72,500 127 Crescent Dr., Anna Maria. 75 x
100 lot with designated boat slip only steps away.
Owner will finance with $20,000 down!
$95,000 424 Spring Ave., Anna Maria. 52 x
145 lot within steps of Tampa Bay and City Pier.
$145,900 505 South Bay Blvd., Anna Maria.
73 x 100 Canalfront lot with magnificent bay views.
The Friendly Real Estate Professionals Serving Anna Maria Island
Exclusive
Waterfront F
V Eo C tates.n ONE YEAR
Video Collection MLS WARRANTY


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Breathtaking Panoramic Bay View ...
Nearly new 3 bedroom home within walking distance to
beach. Quality construction. Bay views from kitchen, dining
and living areas. Lovely furnishings and decor. Call today
for a private viewing. $225,000.


778-1999
5320 MARINA DRIVE
ISLAND SHOPPING CENTER


SALES
AND
RENTALS


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SHELL POINT -.Updated 2BR/2BA unit
with lots of extras. Walk right out to
lawns and beautiful Bay. Complex has
Club room, putting green, pool and ten-
nis. REDUCED TO $130,000
Marilyn Trevethan Office: 778-2261
Evenings: 778-8477


Michael Saunders & Co. of Anna Maria Island, Inc.
Licensed Real Estate Broker
FEATURE OF THE WEEK


BEACHWALKERS DREAM
Exquisite 3BR/2B remodeled beach home just 1 property
from the Gulf. The cor.abination of low maintenance, mod-
ern convenience and Old Florida charm will entice and en-
thrall. $269,000. XAn Rickett, 778-3026.
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CANAL HOME GREAT LOCATION Fantastic buy on
a deep water canal. Lovely 2BR/2B with garage, updated
kitchen and new carpeting. 30' deck with water and electric
make this an Island Gem. $159,500. Paul Collins, 778-4330.
ARTISTS, PHOTO BUFFS AND WALKERS Enjoy thrill-
ing sunsets, exotic birds, wonderful neighbors, 2BR with den/
2B, A/C and HTD lanai studio, tennis, HTD pool, shuffleboard
and more! Close to beaches. $169,500. Wendy Foldes, 755-
0826.
IN A SETTING OF TRANQUIL CHARM Furnished first
floor unit overlooking Palma Sola Bay. Spacious floor plan with
large screened lanai, garage and more. Peaceful community
only minutes to the beach. $199,900. Jeff Granston, 756-5234.
BEACH BARGAIN Spacious 3BR/2B unit just steps to prime
beach. Complex includes 2 pools and a tennis court. Quality
beach living for just $99,900. Ken Rickett, 778-3026.


OPEN HOUSE 617 BARONET LANE
FRIDAY MARCH 12 2 to 4 PM
Sailboat water laps 2 sides of this Key Royale property. 3BR/
2B U-shaped home surrounds heated and caged pool. Dock.
$279,000. Don and Karen Schroder.
* *
OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING Canalfront: 2BR/2B, fam-
ily room & office/hobby room. Your decorating ideas will trans-
form this super buy into a doll house. Great investment, great
Holmes Beach location. $169,000. Toni or Herb King, 778-1785
BAYFRONT ESTATE The grounds encompass the entire end
of a Bayfront peninsula total privacy is yours. 3BR with den/
library, pool and boat dock. Unique property built by quality
craftsman from Europe. $750,000: Jean Lee Sears, 778-5045.
ISLAND HOME $137,500 Just 3 blocks to beaches, this
property is great for a family or retirees who need 3BR/2B and
a family room. Large lot (100 x 100) has circular drive and cit-
rus trees. Wendy Foldes, 755-0826.
SPECTACULAR GULF VIEWS Totally refurbished beach
home. 2BR/2B, great open view of Egmont, Passage keys. Safe
swimming in front of the property or beach walk for miles.
$399,900. Paul Collins, 778-4330.


"BAY VIEWS"
Direct 3BR/2BA, Bayfront home with fabulous
view of Egmont Key and Sunshine Skyway.
Great room has fireplace and home is wheel-
chair accessible. Call Pat or Ken today!
$350,000.

FRAN MAXON REAL ESTATE
Licensed Real Estate Broker
9701 GULF DRIVE P.O. Box 717
Anna Maria, FL 34216
(813) 778-1450 or 778-2307


GULF INVESTMENT!
Island duplex on the Gulf in choice Anna Maria
beach! Great for partnership investment as two
identical units designed as two single-family
homes. Beautifully maintained, turnkey units
and excellent rental history! REDUCED PRICE!
Call TODAY for details!
ANNA MARIA REALTY, INC.
LIC. REAL ESTATE BROKER
(Formerly Blassingame Realty, Inc. Since 1957)
9805 GULF DRIVE P.O. BOX 835
Anna Maria, FL 34216
(813) 778-2259


SALES RENTAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Planning to SELL or RENT your property? Please call an ISLAND REALTY
GROUP OFFICE! Four 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
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CANAL LOT

ON SAILBOAT WATER

In Anna Maria City
$125,000

Ready to build the home
of your dreams
in an ideal location

HORIZON REALTY
OF ANNA MARIA, INC.
420 Pine Ave., P.O. Box 155
Anna Maria, FL 34216
(813 778-0426 FAX 778-1849


BAYOU CONDO
March & April 1993 seasonal rental
NOW available. Canal front. Private
dock. 2 bedrooms. Best water view in
complex.
DOUG DOWLING REALTY
Uc Real Estate Brokers of Anna Maria Island
P. O. BOX 1667 409 Pine Ave.
Anna Maria, FL 34216
(813) 778-1222


Anna Maria Island Centre (813) 778-6654
3224 East Bay Drive Holmes Beach, FL 34217


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SUNSHINE CARPET CLEANING
Specialists in Insurance Work
Water and Flood Extractions
24-Hour Emergency Service
Call Sunshine for all your carpet needs.
315 58th St. Holmes Beach 778-6903
Service advertisers in the
Islander Bystander are eager for your
business. Give them a call!







"WE GET RID Of- TIHE RATS!"
Anna Maria Pest Control

CALL (813) 778-1630 Lic.o.4467

Commercial Residential Free Estimates
Sandly's Lawn Mowing Trimming Edging *
Lawn Hauling By the cut or by the month.
I Service I *11 YEARS EXPERIENCE INSURED
I77 I GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES
77434 AND SATISFACTION


SUNSHINE ENTERPRISES and
SUNSHINE CARPETS
See us for Carpet Vinyl Verticals
Mini-Blinds & Cleaning
New Location! 315 58th Street Holmes Beach 778-6903

I CHRISTIE'S
PLUMBING
ej COMPANY

Commercial & Residential
Open Saturday
24-Hr Service
,05 No Overtime Charges!

778-3924 or 778-4461
"Remember, it pays and saves to get a second estimate."
5508 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach (RF0038118)


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L-SHAPED desk. Like new 5' X 2.5' top with 41.5" X
20" L extension, 6 drawers. $75. 778-7235.
DAY BED with trundle $30, walnut room divider/en-
tertainment center $50, beautiful mauve & blue love
seat $300. 778-4495.
FULL SIZE maple bed $50. 3'X6' wood deck $50.
778-0049.
GOOSENECK FLOOR lamp $15. Rattan etagere
$50. Rattan tea cart $25. Server $75. 778-5129.
SLEEPER SOFA, almost new. Natural colors. $50.
778-2260.


GARAGE SALE KEY ROYALE, 612 Baronet Lane
(rear). Sat 3/13. Too much to list; furniture, household,
nice bedding, lots for collectors, tools, fishing stuff.
GARAGE SALE Sat 3/13, 8-2. Misc. 419 63rd St,
Holmes Beach.
GARAGE SALE Sat 3/13, 8:30-3. 121 Neptune
Lane, Holmes Beach (1st left off White Ave). Furni-
ture, rattan dinette and household items.


1987-88 Suzuki rear end. Worth $375, asking $150.
Negotiable. 778-2260.


Hobie 18', wings, new trampoline, cat tracks, excel-
lent condition, trailer. $1500. 778-0437.
1989 23' Baretta Phaser. New 5.0 cobra engine, cuddy
cabin, AM/FM cassette stereo, trailer included. Worth
$14,000, sacrifice at $12,000. 778-4084 or 778-6541.
1981 HYDRA-SPORT 21.6 CC, 150 Johns. 507 59th
St, Holmes Beach. Call 778-2462.


RELIABLE non-smoking housekeeper wanted 778-
6335.
VOLUNTEER BEACH WALKERS for the Turtle
Watch program are needed to walk the beach in north
Bradenton Beach and south Holmes Beach. 778-
1156 or 778-1126.
NAIL TECHNICIAN wanted immediately. Busy salon.
778-2586.
MATURE WOMAN to work in boutique 778-4323.

WANTED: Adult with drivers license to assist driving
my car on occasion. $10 hour. 778-4805.
LOOKING FOR ARTIST & craftsmen for April 10th
show. Non-juried. Entry fee $15. Call Gail at 778-
4372. Sponsored by AMI Art Leauge.
HOME DELIVERY PERSON one day per week -
Wednesdays only. 778-7978.


MATURE COMPANION in your home. Cooking, driv-
ing, island resident, non-smoker. Full-time. 778-
8216.
PAINTER. Looking for work. 35 years experience.
Also some carpentry jobs. Free estimates. Call Don
778-2356.
CHEERFUL COMPANION In home care. Light
cleaning, cooking, driving, refined dependable, island
resident. Full or part time. 778-9617.


YES, Pine-Sol Patty & Co. is still here!! We do every-
thing cleaning, windows, moving help, driving, etc.
10% discount to Tom Selleck. 778-9217.
JOE UNGVARSKY CONSTRUCTION. Remodeling
specialist. State licensed and insured. Many island
references. 778-2993.
WHO WANTS to live with dirty carpet. Relax and let Fat
Cat clean your carpet and upholstered furniture. Jon Kent,
island resident, owner. 8 to 5 mobile # 745-4723.
ALUMINUM VINYL INSTALLATION. Remodeling &
repairs. Screen rooms, soffit & fascia, roof-overs,
carports, etc. LIC #RX0051318. Insured, references,
reasonable prices. Rex Roberts 795-3757.
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE


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9906 GULF DRIVE ANNA MARIA
In the Anna Maria Post Office Plaza
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GAS DIESEL I/O INBOARD
ENGINES DRIVES GENERATORS
FULL SERVICE MARINA MOBILE SERVICE
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Elaine is still here ...

:Painting by
Elaine Defenbaugh
"Professional Excellence"
INTERIOR & EXTERIOR
RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL
Serving the Islands Since 1969
Licensed and Insured
778-5594 778-3468

ROOF REPAIRS INSURED *LICENSED
RE-ROOFING I RC0042608
BUILT UP
SHINGLES
CARPENTRY ARY BRINGMAN
SINGLE PLY ROOFING 746-6643
RE-CONSTRUCTION -64

Bringman Roofing, Inc.
1111 29th Ave. W., Bradenton 34205
Genstar, Elk and GAF Shingles


KEY INCOME TAX
& Business Services, Inc.
Individual, Partnership and Corporate
TAX PREPARATION
5500 Marina Drive Holmes Beach
FOR APPOINTMENT 778-5710
"Same Island Location Since 1971"


LaPensee T
Plumbing Inc.
JR--* Repairs & Remodeling

Painting RF 778-56

Interior/Exterior
*20 Years
Experience
Husband/Wife t --
Team KOHLER.
Free Estimates i ,s
SHOWROOM.
778-21 39 5345 B Gulf Drive* Holmes Beach


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Islander Bystander
advertising experts can help you
design an ad that works for you,
works for your business ...
and meets your budget.
Just give us a call.
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(813) 778-7808


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24-Hour Emergency Service
We are a full service
Electrical Contractor
New Homes
Remodel
Ceiling Fans
Electrical Service Changes
Lightning Arrestors
5345 GULF DRIVE, SUITE 100
HOLMES BEACH, FL 34217.
WILL BURNS OWNER (813) 778-7774 Lic. #ER0010206







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ON THE ROCKS Bartending Services. Private par-
ties or any occasion. 794-5947.
PRESSED FOR TIME Call Island Ironing. Beautifully
done by a professional with 20 years experience.
Openings available at reasonable rates. 778-1767.
FINAL TOUCH CLEANING SERVICE Experienced,
thorough, dependable and honest. 778-6975 leave
message.
FINE ALTERATIONS By Sandy. For all your cloth-
ing needs. 778-7808 after hrs 778-3079.
ISLAND WELDING Certified. Portable welding and
fabrication. Day or night. No job too small or large.
729-2339.
REMODELING, plaster stucco, stone work & tile.
Reference & free estimates. William F Pardy. 756-
2154 leave message.


GULF FRONT MOTEL: Rooms and efficiencies
available after March 10, from $65 nightly to $350
weekly. Operated by Beach Bistro (one of Florida's
top 100 restaurants) ... with room service, of course.
778-9597.
ISLAND WEST APARTMENTS
GRACIOUS economy vacation apartments with pool.
One short block to beach. Efficiencies, 1 & 2 bed-
rooms. Call Anne Burdorf, owner. 778-6569.
RENT REDUCTION Longboat Key 3/2, caged pool,
dock/davits, deep water canal. $950 mo/annual, Ri-
chard Kaiser 923-7578 or 383-8952 eves.
ANNUAL UNFURNISHED 2/1 duplex on Anna
Maria, close to beach. $575/mo. Call Debbie, Anna
Maria Realty 778-2259.
SEASONAL RENTAL Available March 1 due to can-
cellation. 1/1 turnkey private cottage, cross street to
gulf. $1,000/mo includes telephone & cable TV. OR
March 1 thru May 30 $2,700 778-2832 after 6pm.
VACATION RENTAL 1/1 gulf front turnkey condo.
$500/wk includes telephone & cable TV. 778-2832
after 6pm.
CUTEST 1 bedroom apartment in Holmes Beach.
Furnished w/private patio, bright and sunny. All utili-
ties included, plus cable. Available month of April
$800. May thru Oct $450. 778-4715 eves.
AVAILABLE 94 Season. Anna Maria City, extra
clean, 2BR house, $1500/mo. 3/2 house, north end.
Water view, $1600mo 778-7383.
94 SEASONAL 2/2 on Anna Maria canal. Newly re-
decorated. 747-7917 or 778-0188.
ADORABLE DUPLEX furnished. Holmes Beach
close to gulf. 6mo renewable $550mo. 778-8335.
YES! We have a few seasonal rental available. Call
Yvonne Higgins Real Estate at 778-1999.


ANNUAL 3/2 canal front. $1000mo. Call Yvonne
Higgins Real Estate at 778-1999.
APARTMENT 1/1, single mature individual, non-
smoker. A/C, heat & water included. $450mo. 778--
6511 after 6pm & weekends.
FOR PERSONAL, attentive property management
service, call Yvonne Higgins Real Estate at 778-1999.
SEASONAL 2 apts. 2/1 & 1/1 on Intracoastal! Avail-
able now! Turnkey! Great fishing and great view!
778-7980.
SHARED OFFICE SPACE located between Dr.
Norman's office and Headquarters. Approx 400 sq ft.
778-7898.
WANTED TO RENT 2/2 annual rental for mature
working couple w/pets. 753-7214. Excellent refer-
ences.
FULLY FURNISHED doll house, steps from beach,
available week of April 11-18. Due to late cancella-
tion. 778-4372.


NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS Call toll free for
free brochure showing a large variety of mountain
properties. 1-800-892-1553. Smoky Mountain Land
& Homes, Box 652, Murphy, NC 28906.
PERICO BAY CLUB 2033 sq ft, 2nd floor, 3/2,
vaulted ceilings, all upgrades. $145,000. Owner795-
4188.
FOR SALE by owner. Anna Maria Island 2/2, com-
pletely renovated, large kitchen, living room, dining
room, landscaping, 1 1/2 car garage, private street,
100' to beach. $175,000. 778-3502.
ONLY $43,900. Great island get-away. 1 bedroom
condo. Pool, walk to beach. Low maintenance. Call
Yvonne Higgins Real Estate 778-1999.
HOLMES BEACH 3/2, w/den, fireplace, POOL, deep
CANAL, near Intracoastal, seawall, davits, $189,000.
Call Fred or Brenda Katz 778-7980 Prudential Florida
Realty.
HOLMES BEACH 6/4, 2 story, w, large family room,
fireplace, decks, POOL, seawall, boat lift, near Intra-
coastal, deep CANAL, extras! $399,000. Call Fred
or Brenda Katz 778-7980 Prudential Florida Realty.
DUPLEX ON INTRACOASTAL! Deep water dock-
age! Great view! Bradenton Beach. 2 story, 2/1,
garage, seawall, recently remodeled! $165,000.
778-7980.


LOW COST health insurance. $10,000,000. On the
job coverage, small groups, prescriptions included.
Preferred provider hospitals. 778-2324. Over 10
years experience.


ACR ACR Combined
ACR Services Inc.
LAWN I Commercial Residential
Yard Clean Up Plantings
SERVICE Free Estimates 778-9665



STATE REGISTERED CONTRACTOR State Reg. RC0043740
PRESIDENTIAL ROOFING CONTRACTOR
S* ALL NEW WORK GUARANTEED
LICENSED INSURED
COMPLETED OPERATIONS INCLUDED
FIBERGLASS SHINGLES
MILDEW RESISTANT MATERIALS
SINGLE PLY ROOFING SYSTEMS
Free Estimates 748-3558
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ELAINE F. DEFFENBAUGH GARY F. DEFFENBAUGH


2 MOBILE LOCKSMITH
e Registered Bonded Insured
Radio Dispatched
Emergency Service 778.5594
LUGGAGE REPAIR 7
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S WINDOW
REPLACEMENT
VINYL SIDING
SOFFIT & FASCIA
PORCH
ENCLOSURES
778-7074 Financing Available




Gentiloomo Enterprises
STATE LICENSED CONTRACTOR CRC017380
New Home Construction

And Remodeling

778-3544MATES
m ESTIMATE


FAMILY OWNED AND
OPERATED FOR


MONDAY-FRIDAY
7:30 TO 5


We specialize in custom cabinet making:
formica tops, entertainment centers, vanities
and kitchens. Millwork wood cut to size.
213 54th Street Holmes Beach 778-3082
Located just West of the Island Shopping Center


Let's talk about...
HUMIDITY CONTROLS
Are you going away and closing your home for
even a short while? A Humidistat will help
prevent mildew formation. Installed onto your
present A/C unit, it works in conjunction with the
thermostat to run your unit only when the two
humidity forming conditions are met.
For only 69.90 you can buy "peace of mind." Let
us install one for you. Our price includes installation
and tax.
"You are #1 with us."

WEST COAST
REFRIGERATION
AIR CONDITION
s HEATING ^C3
HOLMES BEACH
5347 Gulf Drive #4 Holmes Beach FL 34217
Lic # CAC044365
778-9622 747-4888


HOW TO ADVERTISE

The Islander Bystander classified are local! No 900 or 976 toll-num-
bers. Out-of-state solicitors and escort services are not accepted. Just local
people advertising local jobs, items for sale, apartments for rent and homes
for sale! Buy it, sell it, rent it!

DEADLINE:
MONDAY NOON at our office 5400A Marina Drive, in the Island
Shopping Center. We're on the corner between D. Coy Ducks and the
laundromat. CLASSIFIED ADS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE. (Who could
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Mary Ann Schmidt
REALTOR"/Associate
Evenings: 778-4931



GREAT FLORIDA SETTING lots of
charm plus a desirable location in Anna Maria
City. Lots of upgrades, fireplace in family
room. Nice yard with lots of space. $149,900.
Call Mary Ann 778-4931
WHAT A GREAT BUY!! Well maintained
2BR/1BA home close to the beach. Nice yard,
living room w/fireplace & sunroom or office
could be third bedroom. $104,900.
Call Mary Ann 778-4931
WALK TO THE BEACH! Beach cottage
2BR/2BA home with large heated caged pool.
Separate 2 car garage with workshop.
$169,900.
Call Mary Ann 778-4931
GULF VIEW from both levels 2BR/2.5BA
half duplex. Full balcony on 2nd floor for pri-
vacy and 2 car garage. Walk to the beach.
$198,500.
Call Mary Ann 778-4931
SEVERAL CONDOS available on the gulf
or Intracoastal waterway. Great locations and
views. 1 to 3 bedroom units. Prices starting at
$73,900.
Call Mary Ann 778-4931


Rose Schnoerr
REALTOR/Associate -
Evenings: 778-7780



Rose Schnoerr, REALTOR, GRI, RRC 1991,
1992 Neal & Neal Company Top Producer,
Anna Maria Office Top Associate 1992, Anna
Maria Office Top Lister 1992
ELEGANT CANAL HOME 3BR/2BA large
recreation area, Davits, care free landscaping, new
roof, special upgrades. $309,000.
Call Rose 778-2261, A/H 778-7780
ADORABLE ISLAND COTTAGE -2 blocks to
Gulf Beach, 1989 new roof and kitchen appliances.
3BR/2BA. New concrete driveway. $129,000.
Call Rose 778-2261, A/H 778-7780
WATERFRONT CONDOMINIUM WITH
DOCK 2BR/2BA, turnkey furnished. Only six
units in complex. Maintenance fee $75.00 a
month. Gulf beach only a block away. $95,000.
Call Rose 778-2261 A/H 778-7780
GULFFRONT COMPLEX, RARE 3BR.
Screened lanai offers view of new white sandy
beach. Nicely turnkey furnished. Terrific rental
history. Pool and tennis. $172,500.
Call Rose 778-2261 A/H 778-7780
ELEVATOR AND SECURITY in this Gulffront
Complex. Beautifully turnkey furnished. Two
screened porches with views of the sandy walking
beach. Light tennis court and heated pool. $149,000.
Call Rose 778-2261 A/H 778-7780


Bobye Chasey
BROKER/Salesperson
Evenings: 794-1532 .



BAY TO BAYOU Great life style in this 2
BR/2BA condo. Tennis, pool, clubhouse, car-
port. $125,000.
Call Bobye Chasey Eves 778-1532
INCREDIBLE SUNRISE OVER BAY-
Moon too! South comer of building. Overlooks
Intracoastal/pool. Bright cheery unit. 2BR/
2BA. $130,000.
Call Bobye Chasey Eves 778-1532
GULFFRONT COMPLEX Walk the
"New Beach", View of Gulf over pool. Mid
Holmes Beach location 2BR/2BA. $155,000
Call Bobye Chasey Eves 778-1532
BOATERS PARADISE Fabulous view of
Intracoastal. 3BR/2BA. Loft, fireplace, wet
bar, Bahama shutters, 2 heated pools, tennis,
security, 42 ft. dock, protected with water and
electric. $259,000.
Call Bobye Chasey Eves. 778-1532
GREAT ISLAND LIVING -Great Bargain
too! Turnkey furnished in tip-top shape.
Holmes Beach location, close to Beach and
Bay. $69,500.
Call Bobye Chasey Eves 778-1532


(813) 778-2261


(813) 778-2244


The Island WATERFRONT Specialists


Frank Davis
Broker/Salesman
Evenings: 778-6335


Dick Maher
REALTOR/Associate
Evenings: 778-6791


Tom Nelson
REALTOR/Associate
Evenings: 794-1928


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CAYMAN CAY Bright Southern exposure with
lanai. End unit with all the extra windows. Quietest
unit in complex. Just steps to the beach. $84,900.
Frank Davis OFC: 778-2261 EVES: 778-6335









WATERS EDGE FANTASTIC VIEW of Gulf
from your wrap around windows. Great 2 bedroom/2
bath unit in extensively refurbished building. Tennis,
elevator and lots of security. $249,000.
Call Frank Davis OFC: 778-2261 EVES: 778-6335


BEACHFRONT HOME Lovely 3BR/2BA
home located directly Gulffront in quiet area of
Holmes Beach. $319,500.
Dick Maher or Nick Patsios OFC: 778-2261









WESTBAY POINT & MOORINGS Rare 3
bedroom/2 bath unit with updated appliances,
freshly redecorated. Complete with private carport
and boat dock. All located on canal surrounded by
26 acres of tropical splendor. $164,900.
Dick Maher OFC: 778-2261 EVES: 778-6791


2 BLOCKS FROM THE BEACH in nice
quiet neighborhood. Deeded boat slip. This cute
and cozy home has renovated interior and updated.
Bright and cheery. $124,900.
Tom Nelson OFC: 778-2261 EVES: 794-1928
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CANAL FRONT HOME IN ANNA MARIA -
2BR/2BA home with open kitchen, large utility
room and lots of room for storage on 1st floor.
Great decks off rear of home give views of Tampa
Bay. Dock and davits. $214,900.
Dick Maher and Tom Nelson OFC: 778-2261


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