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YOL. I, NO. 25

LBK Commissioners GrantVariances To ArvidaAnd Others

The Town of Longboat Key approved requests for

variances from the Town's Coastal Setback lines Wed. night

at the regular monthly Commission meeting.

Tho se receiving variances included Arvida, for their

resort-motel north of Sands Point. Rep. Pat Neal for his 13

unit condominium opposite Foodway on the gulf. and Edson

C. Burnell for five buildings of four units each on property

just north of the Neal property.In all cases , the variances had severe conditions imposed

b." the Commiss ion, including approval by the State[JepartmentofNatural Resources (DNR). and later subject to

the approval of the s ite plan by the Town.

But the final votes were the re sult of many hours of study.

debate . heated private and public arguments. and feelings of

conscience on the part of the Commissioners.

Comm . Claire Bell and Comm . Sam Seegel voted "no "

on each request. but the majority prevailed , and the variances

were granted.Tues. afternoon in the workshop session. all three cases

were discussed and arguments presented by the petitioners

and in most cases by their atlorneys and consultants.

SERVING WNGBOAT and ST. ARMANDS KEYS Friday, February 9,1979

At issue in all cases was the Town Coastal Setback line

established in 1978. which is 150 feet inland from the StateErosion Control Line established by the DNR.

This photo, t.ken from a penny postcard from th e 1940 '. shows "The only all electric : ; ; " ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ; ; : > .. ~ ; ' : : I . : ~ ; : ~ by theworld's largest ~ kxomotlve. It sets a new high In sustained high speed, comfortable ". Tho.. who used the

Those asking for variances said that the control of beacherosion was the over-riding issue and thai their petitions had

enough conditions imposed by the DNR and the Town to

insure the; safety of the beaches. One petitioner said that

·haitipiapned..to put his building on pilings 17 ft. above meanrueh water as required by the State, not 13 ft . pilings asrequired by the Town . The figures used represented ft. above

the mean high water marks. below which no building might

ex.tend.

trains to Florida in years gone by can only sigh for the good oki days. And wish the trains of comfortable and as

Comms . BelJ and Seegel Ielt that hardship had to be shown

first. that none had been estab lished. and that granting any

variance without hardship wou ld be in violation of ex.isting

Town ordinances.Town Counsel Whitesell stated that in his opinion no

criteria had been officially adopted by the Commission. that

hardship need not be shown and that the Town had the

authority to grant a variance if it so desired .

In the Arvida request. Vice President John Siegel spoke at

the Tues. workshop and referred 10 many pages of conditions

of .the DNR wtiich he said had been approved by the Florida

cabinet Td the University of Florida and which Arvida had

agreed 10 follow. A denial of the Arvida request, he stated.

could mean that some of the proposed buildings would have

to go up to len stories instead of having many building with

much less h<! ighl. Siegel e nded hi s remar.ks saying thatArvida has been "<!xcellent custodians of the beach" . Wed .

~ g h t , Comm. McCa ll agreed. adding that if the variance wasnot granted." it might be more of a hardship to the Town" to

see Arvida build up to its limit often story buildings . Comm.

Jenkins joined Ms. Bell and Mr. Seegel in voting " no" on

this request.On the north Longboat property to be developed by Rep.

Pat Neal and hi s associate Jim Foster the Comms. approved

the re4uested variance. again subject to the conditions of the

DNR and the Town's site review .

Comm . Seegel was "violently" opposed and Comm. Bell

also voted against on the same.grounds: no hardship slmwn.

Too Cypress and SurfCondominiurn nextdoor to the Nealproperty owned by developer Edson C . Burnett a lso

gmnted a variance with sim ilar conditions.

During the workshop on Tues., Mabel Richardson ofLBK

argued vehemently with the Commissioners (except Claire

Bell and Sam Seegel) that hardship must be shown in each

case and spoke against each request. On Wed. night. she alsospoke and tried 10 argue points of law with Town Counsel

Whitesell to the extreme irritation of some of the Comms.

who tried to walk out . Town manager Allgire resented her

and Comm . Seegel's alleged violation of theTown's meeting

rules and he too got up to leave.

Ms . Richardson's point was the same. thaI hardship had

nOI been proved in any of the cases. The meeting wasadjourned with Ms . Richardson st ill talking and three

Comms. walk ing out. all to protest her taking more than her 3

minutes of allotted time.The time was about ten pm. a much shorter meeting than

had been anticipated . but much more heated in the last few

minutes.

In other action:Cub Scouts OpenTown Meeting. The Webelos of Cub Pack 44. sponsored by the LBK

Island Chapel. practiced citizenship Wed . evening by

presenting colors a1 the Town Meeting and leading in the

pledge of a llegiance.The LBK with Bill Carman as Cub Master. has 20

SERVING THE KEYSBIRD/ST. ARMANDS/LI DO/LONGBOAT

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boys enrolled and has monthly Paek meetings at the Chapel.

according to Den Mother Kit Fernald .

LBK Joins Holmes Beach rn

United Front AgainstLicensing Saltwater Fishing

The Town of Longboat Key supported an action

previously taken by the City of Holmes Beach and passed a

Resolution Wed . night opposing the licensing of salt waler

fishermen .Th e Island municipalities are reacting to a proposal

reportedly underwnsiderationby the Recreational Saltwater

Fishing Advisory Board to license saltwater tishennen in the

Slate of Florida.In the Holmes Beach Resofution. it was pointed out that

the entire Tampa bay area is extremely dependent upon

tourism for ils economic survival and the licensing would

have a serious detrimenta l ef fect upon one of its main tourist

attraction s.Con sider.ttion was also given to the adverse effect the

licensing of saltwater fishermen would have upon many or

the small marine and recreational bu s inesses which are

currently fighting for their very existence due to rising COSb

of petroleum products.

LBK Joins Tampa BayRegional Planning CouncilIn effort to provide greater eftidency . the LBK Town

Commissionen. agreed 10 place the LBK

Willie Hager Dies InLongboat Home

William M. "W i llie " Hager II, retired last

November as Longboat Key Town Cle rk. a position he

held for 2 I years . died lasl Saturday at his home on

Dream Island Road .

Memorial donations may be made to the American

Cancer Society. Funeral services are private.

Let's Make It Perfectly Clear

Commissioner Claire Bell wi she s to go on record as

opposing any Sarasota-Bay Bridge that has its

Longboatlerminus at Buttonwood. THE OBSERVER

gave a different impression in last week 's issue.Commissioner Bell wishes to go Gil record in favor ofa

Sarasota-Bay Bridge in the vicinity orthe middle of the

Key.

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TOWN ADMINISTRATIONInformation: 383-3721

Tow n Manager . . . . . . . . .G. Wayne Allgire

Tow n Cleric; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. an e Pool

Director of P ublic Works . . .Albert T. Cox , J r.

F inance Director . .. .. .Robert BUblitz

Police Chief . . . . . .Wayne C. McCammon

Fi re Ch ief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Bullard

Bu ilding Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Herbert LovenTown At10 rney . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Whitesell , Jr.

TOWN COMMISSIONERS(Meet every Tuesday at 2 p.m. for work session,

and the first and third Wednesday nights of eachmonth at 8 :00 p.m.)Oist. 1 Claire C. BellOist. 2 Vice Mayor Samuel E. SeegelOist. 3 Mayor Sidney A. OchsOist. 4 J . Kennedy McCallOist. 5 Howard A. RidyardAt Lg . Theodore l . Sedwick

Harold O. Jenkins

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTEmil M. Seifert, Chairman E. M. Wojtasik

Louis E. Dean Charles E. Ritter

Clarence M. Wegman Charles T. Lacey

William J . Kenney

PLANNING & ZONING BOARDThomas H. Jones, Chrmn.

George P. Stelzer

James Rimier

John R. Fay

Eugene Bossert

George Goodrich

Wilbur Mullin

W. J. Moffett

Henry G. Riter IV

Longboat Key C of CSupports New Chamber

About 30 people attended the tirst official Morning Coffee

of the new ly organized Anna Maria Chamber of Commerce

Wed. morning at the Holmes Beach City Hall. including

seve ral representatives of the Longboat Chamber.SteffStamplet, Pres . of the LBK C orc , which has been in

operation for over 20 yrs. . offered the assistance of his group

in helping get organized. Stampler was accompanied by

Longboat Chamber Director Bob Arnold , Chainnan of the

Mem bership Committee. and Barbara Ladley, Exec.

Director of the Chamber.

Don Busey, new Exec. V.P. of the Manatee CountyChamber, was al so on hand to express his well wishes to the

new ly fonned group.

The Mayor of Holmes Beach, Mrs. Charlotte Long. said a

few words of encouragement to the new Chamber and

welcomed them as an integral pan of the community.

A concerned resident of Holmes Beach spoke out a g a i n ~ tthe fonnation of the new Chamber as she was worried that the

community would have to suppon it. She seemed satistied

with the explanation offered that the new Chamber would be

a voluntary organization of businesses to help thecommunity.

Orange juice at the Coffee was donated by M i x o n ' ~ Fruit

Farm and the coffee and donuts were provided by the Island

Foodway in Holmes Beach. The door prize, a vase of flowers

from the Pe lal Shop of Holmes Beach, was won by our own

Barbara Ladley of the LBK C of C.

The Ankles of Incorporation for the Anna Maria Island C

of C are being filed and it soon will be officially established.

For funher infonnation , interested persons may contact the

President, Mrs. Katie Pierola, of Catalina Apanments. at778- 1013 .

In other Chamber news, the Voters Registration Drivescheduled fo r all day on Tues. , Feb. 13 , was' endorsed by the

Longboat Town Commission at their Workshop session on

Tues. afternoon, Jan. 30. Plans for the Longboat Voters

Drive are in high gear at the Chamber and wiJl be announced

in detail in next week's OBSERVER. -

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P e r c e n t a g ~ of Boots

Commission Still WrestlingWith "Criteria"

The LBK Commissioners were busy with meelings on

Tue s. At 2 pm they had their usual Workshop from 2-5 pm .

From 7: I 5-9 they held the Special Workshop concerning the

replacement for New Pass Bridge.

At the afternoon meeting, the Commissioners endorced

the C of C Voter Registration Driveo n Feb. 13. discussed the

tinal acceptance of the bike path after cenain repairs are

made. talked about litter cans, trash cleanup, benches and

mileage markers along the path. Town Manager AJlg ire wasasked to come up with recommendations for the next

meeting. II was agreed that the trash along the path was not

the .result of the bike path users. but "nonnal" trash from

motorists.

The balance of the meeling concerned requests for

variances from State Control Lines on the pan of Arvida and

by propeny under option to Neal & Neal.

At issue again were the criteria for judging requests forvariations. Presently the Commissioners want to establish

such criteria before making judgements. Lasl week they

heard State expen s speak about their criteria and many of Ihe

Commissioners favor the adoption of the State rules, some of

which are stricter than the Town·s.

Roben M. Nalven , PE. an often used consultant by the

Town, spoke on the recent changes 10 the law and saId that

the word "variance" had been changed to "pennit" and that

Ihe DNR presently has a staff of engineers.Commissioner Sedwick felt that the Town could rely on

Ihe Sta te's criteria in view of hi s feeling Ihat neither the Town

Commission or the Town Staff have the expenise 10 make

val id judgements.

Town Manager Allgire suggested that the Commissionersaddress the questions "would the Siale DNR criteria beacceptable 10 the Town?" and "should the surveillance be

increased?"

Without acting on Ihe mailer. the Commissioners heard

VP John Siegel of Arvida and his staff explain the proposed

Longboat Key Resident ToPresent Fraternity Talk

By Sally RemaleyDr. Cyril G. Veinott, of Longboat Key. will be the main

speaker at Ihe annual mid-winter meeting of the Sarasota

Manalee Phi Bela Kappa Association Saturday, Feb. 10. Dr.

Veinou was formerly a consultant in Brazil and is a Phi BetaKappa.

He will present a slide-illustrated lecture on Brazil at the

Association's meeting in the Viking Room of Ihe AzureTides Motel. Lido Beach.

Veinott was assigned to Brazil twice as consultant for the

federally sponsored International Executive Corps. He has

also done similar work in Mexico and in fact is knowninternationally for his design and application of electric

machinery . He holds 14 Uniled States palents and is the

aulhor of books whic h have been translated into French,

Spanish and Hungarian.

He formerly laught at Laval University in Quebec and has .

been the recipient of honors from organizations in

Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and France. He holds degrees

from the University of Verm9nt.

Mrs. Patricia Velz of Longboat Key is in charge of taking

reser-vations 10 the Feb. 10 meeting and all Phi Beta Kappa

members in the area are invited to the affai r. Those planning

10 anend may call Mrs . Velz, who is president of theSarasota-Manatee Phi Be ta Kappa Association. _

reson hotel/motel nonh of Sands Point and asked for avanance.

After much discussion of plans , coastal set·back lines , and

criteria. Town Counsel Whitesell pointed out that the Town

has no criteria for judging erosion or hardship. The subject

was postponed to Wed.. Feb. 7, after it was established by

Arvida that if they changed their plans to abide by the Town'scoastal set-back rules. [hey could not build the proposed

project. even though the State had approved the plans and the

erosion control line was being observed. Arvida VP Siegel

sa id that. in his opinion , no hardship need be shown and that

they were being told they could not build on their ownproperty even though they were abiding by all [he laws of the

State.Comm isskmers Bell and Seegel disagreed and wondered

what grounds Ihey had for asking a variance.

The subject will be aired again on Feb. 7th. o m m i s sSeegel felt that each request should be treated separately and

that the ove r-riding issues when considering a variance were

the use of all usable uplands and the establishment of severe

hardship.State Senator Pat Neal and his associate. J im Foster, then

discussed their plans to build a 13 unit condominium on 2.22

acres of propeny on the nonh end of LBK on the Gulf. The

propeny is reponedly assessed for S230,000 and Neal wantsa variance since he is now restricted to a piece of land 50 ft.

wide on one end to zero on the other by 190 ft .

Hts plan tSto build Units 300 fr. back from the mean htgh

water line on 17 fr. high pil ings pl..!tting them 4 ft. above theTown requirements, with a density of 5.8 units per acre. The

Town penn its 6 units. Nears plan shows 77 % of the land as

open space with the buildings taking up 8.8 % of the tand and

parking taking up 9.9%.

At issue is the erosion control line with a varialion being

requested on the basis of hardship. Some of theCommissioners feel that the line must be held in terms of

bu ilding closer to the Gulf than the present law allows.

Others feel that they have the authority to grant variance;

when they feel the hardShip is great enough .--

Thi s matter too will be taken up next week. -

Who Represents The ResidentsOf Longboat Key?

Si nce Longboat Key is divided in two by a county line,

there are many who are confused as to who their electedrepresentatives are. The OBSERVER is pleased 10 list those

persons whose constituents are located on Longboat Ke y.

U. S. House of Representative s

Congressman Andy Ireland . . . . . . . . 366-4896

Florida Stale Senate Di strict

Senator Patrick K. Neal District 24 (Manatee) .. .747-0000Senator Warren S. Henderson, District 25 (SardsOla)

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Florida H o u ~ of e p ~ e s e n t a t i v e s(Bom represent District 73 and 74 combinerr,·':;;,.;' ,c h n c l u d ~aU of Longboat Key)

Rep . Thomas E. Danson, Jr. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . 955-2494

Rep. Ted Ewing . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366-0448Manatee County Commission

Elected al large but serve the districts they represent

Mr . Bud Fonson (Nonh LBK) . . . .. 748·4501

Sarasota County Commission . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 365-1000

(The Sarasota Commissioners serve at large and are electect.

at large e n ~ i r e Comm ission represents Longboat Ke y)

Mrs. Beverly Clay, Cha innan, District 2. Olher Sa p"

Commissioners are Larry Rhodes, Vice Chainnan,

5; Andrew Sandegren, Districi I: John M. Saba, Jr.

4; and Jim Neville, District 3.

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Sarasota-Manatee HeadlinesA Service of WSPB, 1450, CBS For the Sun Coast

United Airlines has applied to CAB to serve Sarasota·

Bradenton with non·stop flights to Chicago and Denver

starting In December.

The Florida Unemployment Compensation Bureau says

former Sarasota· Bradenton Airport Manager Richard Wolf is

entitled to receive 26-weeks' of unemployment insurance

benefits w o ! : ¢ ~ twO thousand dollars . The AirportAuthority h ~ e d Wolf had been fired for cause, but the

claims examiner had set that argument aside in making the

decision.

The Federal D.O .T. sdiscretionary fund has freed another

)4·million dQllars for lOad construction. It will go toward

'ihree 1-75 projects in Sarasota and Charlotte Counties whichrun continuously for over 8 miles. The stretch begins at the

north city limits of Nonh POrt and runs south to S.R. 776.A proposal to a llow traffic violators to pay their fines with

credit cards is meeting resistance. Sarasota Circu it Court

C lerk R . H. Hackney says almost two-thirds of the fi nes are

pa id by mail by persons not contesting the charges.

The Sarasota City Commissio n ordered Storer Cable

Te levision to return to a 6-dollar per month single residence

rate inside the city limits . thus ending a temporary hike

granted last Sept . I . They also have ordered the $1 a·month

increase now held in escrow. returned to the customers.Storer, however, is seeking an immediate injunction

preventing this and indicated they will go to court to prevent

the City's action.

Th e Sarasota County Commission has once again

autho rized County Attorney Richard Nelson to present

objections to the application by Swift chemical for a

phosphate mining approval. Manatee Planning

Commissioners are expected to approve a development of~ g i o n a l impact for Swift.

-.L Sarasota County Sheriff Jim Hardcastle says he wants to

see more and better figures before he joins those asking for a

return to a legal drinking age of 21 in Florida. The move, if

made, would be an effort to reduce the level of drunk drivers

and fa ta l accidents.

Beneva Rd. residents are still waiting to hear about the

speed limit on that north-south arteria l. They had requested a

35 mile an hour uniform speed limit, but Sarasota County

officials are still studying the mailer.

Professor Arlie Lincks will get a formal hearing today overhis firing from Manatee Junior College Board of Trustees.

He was fired last month for allegedly practicing hypnosisafter he had been twice warned .

Manatee County Commissioners have ordered a new jai l

built outside the City and are believed ready to build a county

complex outside the City thereby moving the County Seat

away from Bradenton.

ManateeCounty Adm inistrator David Co llier says the newsix·month moratorium will not affect developments already

!!p for sale only those just now co ming to the countycommission for land use approval. _

LBK Garden Club Joins

Litter Control Bandwagon

Ed Gordon of the Longboat Key Garden Club has

spearheaded a drive to clean up li tter along the bike path, but

as with a ll effom of this type, a shot in the ann is required

periodically to keep up the momentum.Richard Getman, president of the Garden Club, said that

effective litter control requires a two-pronged attack. one

invo lving litter 'prevention and an entire ly different one

i n v o l v i n ~ l i u e r removal. Litter prevention has to do with

tomorrow's litter. while liuer removal has to do with

yesterday's litter. The immediate problem is one of litter

removal .The Garden Club is 100% behind the proposal to place

liner receptacles at regular intervals along the bike path and to

_ provide for their periodic emptying.

-- The Town is studying the problem and is expected to come

up with suggestions in a few weeks. At present there are no

funds earmarked for the project.

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Another Opinion . . .Longboat Commission

Longboat Key, Florida

Dear Commissioners ;

As a resident property owner of Lido Shores and propertyowner in Longboat Ke y' s Bay Isles development, I

enthusiastically s upport the FOOT s latest plan for a

drawbridge east of the present New Pass bridge and am

grateful that a plan was presented that will preserve the LidoShores area .

I cannot emphasize enough o ur strong objection to having

ou r neighborhood bisected by an elevated highway and fee l

that the proponents of the fixed span high rise on the west of

the present bridge have not visualized the enormity of this

structure and the devastating effect to property values onadjacent and nearby homes, as well as the destruction of the

security of the residents of this area which would result from

the public access to the area under this monster.

With this plan. the clearance under the bridge (notincluding the height of he structure itse lf) as it comes ashore

on the south side of the pass is 55 feet high . Visualize the

average expressway overpass which has a clearance of 16to

17 feet. This e levated road would be the times higher and

considerably wider. Since only two homes in the north·south

path of the fixed span bridge would be removed for

construction, the adjacent homes with heights of about 16feet would be only a few feet from, and overshadowed by this

g iant. The elevated highway would then proceed over

Westway Drive at a height of about JOfeet and does not reach

present ground leve l until after it passes Morningside Drive.

the most southerly street in Lido ShoreS': All access to and

from lido Shores would be on the ~ a s t side which would

necessitate a traffic light to enable Lido Shores and City

Island traffic to cross the highway to travel south to SI.Armand s.

To you who are so concemed about the heightofa sign and

the square footage of a grocery store in your community.please consider the consequences of the construction of an

e levated highway in Lido Shores.

Also . the bridge to the mainland is no new idea and has

been considered for many years and has been avoided mainly

because of disag reement on its location . You are now

avoiding it because it wi ll take too long to build. It is already

too late - Get started now! No bridge into SI. Armands is

going to solve Longboat's traffic problems , nor safelyevacuate the islarv;l . In a rising tide SI. Armands will be

impassable before most Longboat residents will be able to get

out un less evacuation is begun a day ahead of he emergency.

Please support the drawbridge on the east side of the

present bridge as a replacement for the New Pass bridge.

Answer to Last

Week's Puzzle

Very truly yours,

Beny S. Glendening

1979 V.W.

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Voter Registration Scheduled

The LBK Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Voter

Registration Day, Tues., Feb. 13th . The LBK Commission

election will be held Mar . 20 and the Chamber is helping to

make the residents of LBK aware of the importance of

registering to vote - and voting.

The Chamber suggests that all businesses and townemployees be allowed time off to register.

The two re gistration loca tions are: Town Hall foyer atTown Hall . Bay Isles Road (south end of the Key) from 8a m .

t04 pm . and Longboat Key Fire Station at the north end of theKey from 9 am . to 4 pm .

Mrs . Jane Poo l, LBK Town Clerk , will coordinateregistration. Joanne Keste r and Jerome Davis, Supervisors of

Elections for Sarasota and Manatee Counties, respectively,are supplying manpower for both locations.

If residents need transportation, please call Barbara

Ladley at the chamber office (383- 12 12).

The Chamber will be serving coffee and cookies all day at

both locations. Aag pins will be given to those who register.

The kick--off for this drive will be from 8 am. to 9 am . at

the Town Hall . Everyone is invited whether you areregistered or not .

Fo r any additional information, please contact BarbaraLadley at the chamber office.

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/Confe r ence sColony Beach

T . H . young ............ . ........... Feb . 10· 17

Mural Transport . . . . . ................Feb . 12· 15

Sommerset Importe rs............. ..

Feb. 12· 16Nestle Co . ...... . .......... . . . .Feb. 14--18

3· M Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Feb . 13·15

Academy of Anesthesiology . . . . . . . . . . .. Feb . 14·18

Far Horizons

Young Presidents Organization . . . . . . . . . Feb . 11· 14

Hyatt Hou se

Orange State Indoor Championship,

Sarasota ............. . ........ . . .Feb. 9·18

Tauck Tours, Westport. Conn ....... . . . . Feb. 10-J3

Alliance of American Insurers.Chicago, III . ........... .. . . . . . . . Feb . I{).. [4

Mutual of Omaha. Omaha, Neb.........Feb . 11· 15

National Credit Union Management, Inc. ,Dallas. Te xas . . . . . ........... .. . . . . Feb . 11 · 15

Doxsee Food Corp. , Baltimore, Md..... .Feb . 13· 16

Society of Philatelic Americans, Sarasota .Feb. 15· 19

U.S . Data Corp., Portland, Oregon . . . . . .Feb . 15 ·24

Moog. Inc ., East Aurora, N.Y......... .Feb . 15·18

American Express . N. Y .c .............

Feb . 13 · 14Davidson Travel, Nashua,

New Hampshire ........... . . . . . . . . . Feb. 13· 16

Longboat HiltonIngersoll -Rand, Woodcliff Lake. N.J .. . . . .Feb . 6- 15

Bumper St;cker seenon Cortez Rd. last week in all that I

traffic: " I ma y be slow, but I'm ahead of you."

We go t a chuckle out of it.- Longboat Observer Reader

Tide ChartSarasota Bay High

PM11 :1011 :53

2:012:15

2:31

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Friday, 9 1 31"Saturday 10 1 49p

Sunday 11

Monday 12 12 :26Tu es da y 13 1:03

Wednesday 14 1:43Thursday 15 2:22

AM6:216:537:217:448:088:31

8:54

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6:15

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NANCY'S CLEANING SERVICESpecializing in Comr:nercial and Residentia l

Completely insured and bonded.

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far each Resort

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Dining at Stample,s . . .

This beautiful restaurant is a must for those whQ enjoydining in pleasant surroundings on superior food, served byexperienced, concerned waiters and greeted by friendly

hosts.Stampler's is a famous name in the restauranl business , for

the family has oper.:lted one of the finest restaurants in NewYork for many years, and many New Yorkers look up theyoung Stamplers, Steff and Sherry, at their lov ely LongboatKey restaurant whenever they can get down to t h i ~ area. Forthose who have never dined at Stampler's, a most enjoyableeltperience in good food . eltpenl y prepared. awa its th em .

Stampler's is located at the Four Winds resort . ar 2605Gu lf of Meltico Drive . in a new semi-circular building

constructed especially for this eltcellent place to dine . There

are soft ligh ts. soft music, fine paintings . and niceappointments.

They are ope n for luncheon from I I 30 to 2:30pm and fordinner from 6t o 10 pm Monday through Friday and from 6t o

II pm on Saturday (closed on Sunday). It' s wise to call andmake a reservation. for th ey are very popular and theirpopularity is well-deserved. (Incidentally, they also havefacilities available for private panies) .

The luncheon menu features a large variety of appetizers,sandwiches (each a whole meal ), sa lads and omelettes,fabulous desserts. and beverages. Sandwiches stan at$2.2 5.

For d inner (e ntrees are from S6.95 up ) I thoroughly

enjoyed their Freshly-Ground Prime Si rloin Steak whichincluded a tasty fresh tossed salad and house dressi ng (a

creamy vi niagrette), hO( garlic bread, and choice of bakedpotato or homemade steak fries or fres h vegetable of the day .

It was a truly del icious meal, with generous portions and

eltceptionally good beef. •While at Stamplers. I sampled their Fried Potato Skin

Strips .. . and they are grea t! No wonder so many peopleorder them in the lounge with their cocktails or whatever. Besure to try them wh.en you go to Stampler' s. And be sure totell Steff and Sherry that Sa lly sent you!.

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• Broiled Fresh Fisb• Scallop & Shrimp Kabob de Jonghe

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SPECIALIZINGITALIAN-AMERICAN CUISINE

4120 GuH of Mexico DriveLongboat Key. Florida

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'Hats Off To Barbershop'To Be Presented March 24

Onc of ~ i;.ng mos t exciting musical shows of the yearis .. Hats ~ a r b e r s h o p .. . to be presented by the Sarasota

Chapter of the ramed ··Chorus or the Keys·· on Saturday.

March 24. in Van Wezel"Hall. Sarasota.

There wi ll be two perfonnances. thc aftcrnoon show al

2: 15 pm and the evening onc starting at 8: 15 pm.

The SaraSOta ··Chorus of the Keys:' which has severalrnl!mtxrs from Longboat KI!Y. has br.-.:n presenting BarbershopHarmon} Shows for 1M ye;:ars. Thi s will be;: thdr 29th.

In addition to the ··Choru s of the y s . · · twO of the most

highl y regarded quartets in the entire international

organization. th e ·· Brotherh ood·· from Woodstock. N.Y ..

and the "Vagabond:" · from Lansing, Mich igan. will be

featured. .The ··BrOlherhood·· is one of the top comedy quartets in

the country. and they vow to . ·c rown thee good withB r o t h e r h u o d ~ · Th l;. ··V agabonds ·· are the: 5th r a l ~ dmedalis ts in the inlernat ional competition and considcred top

purveyors of harmony .Also be ing fcatured arc Samsota ·s o wn favorite quartets.

the ··Best Generation: · the ··Club House Four:· ··Jokers

Wild,·· a comedy group. and ·· Manasota Rascals.··

•

brhree Asolo DirectorsPrepare Openings

The first three directors to hclp Asolo inaugurate its 20th

anniversary season havc becn named. and are as fo llows:

Joh n Ulmer is the distinguished guest director of thetheater·s opening production. ··Design for Livin g.'·

Previously, Mr . Ulmerdirectcd success ful productions at thc

Asolo of ·· The New York Idea: ' and ··Cy rano de

Bergerac ..

Anothcrdirector. S . C. Hast ie. re turned to the Asolo from

Ca li fornia where she is involved in putting togcther a filmprojecl. Ms Hastie has directed for the Asolo. ·· S tory

Theater:· and ·· Tobacco Road : · and will direct thc currcnl

production of ·· Shadow Bo), : ·

The thi rd director is Roben Stmne, Asolo ani stic director.

and a founding member of the company. Hc will direct-·Vo lpone ·· . The season opens February 15th. •

Local Theatres

AsotoStale . . ", . . . . . . " .. _ . . _ .• , . ___ . .355-2771Asoto Opera . .• . . . _ . . . , • . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958-7884

FIorillo Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355-4096Golden App le Dinner Thealre . . . .. . .•• , . . . . .366-5454

The Ployers .• , • .. . . .. . , , , , . . . . . , , • , , . . . .. 958 -1577

Van Wezel , • , , .. . . . , •• , • . . . . . . , , • . . . . . . . .958-1166

8 Dally Specials 4-6 pm

$4.25

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AI_ idude -SIIod 1Ior. Fresh IIaIuod Bread

Potato II ' IIice

Yosit . . . I..cu1ge

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RESTAURANT 4-6 pm

" Dine on the Gulf on Longboat Key"

I of Mexico Dr .

Talk

of the

Town

B f A ~ S A L O NPhone: 383·5985

Private Boothfor

Manicures a. PeodIC'" " " I

Next to the leach Cort

lonaboot Kev .

Menu

"" Lunch"" DinMf"" o c : l c r ~Open ~ i l yincJudingSund.ys9-2,S:lD·r

383-60TI

_.._ . ,

Candidates NightCandidates' night will be at the Tues. 13

of the Nonh Longboat Civic Assoc. starting at 7:30 pm at thc

firehouse . Eugene Bossen and Henry Riter. running for oneofthe town commission· s twO ·· at-large·· sealS. and Richard

Pellar and Sam Seegel. vying for the district 2 seat, will

spea k and answer questions . All re sidents of Longboat Key

are invited . •

What's HappeningThc Women·s Auxi liary of th e Longboat Island Chapel.

6200 Gu lf of Mexico Drivc, is having its annual Spring Saleon Feb. 17th beginning at 10 am. Mrs. Alice Kelley is

general chairman. The fo llowing are committee chainnen:

Mrs. Kit Fernald. luncheon: Mrs. Aimee Romnes and Mr.,.

Barbara Stobie, baked goods: Mrs . Margaret Lashley andMrs. Peach Craig. ··An tiques of Tomorrow ··; Mrs. Esthcr

Wendt. new ite ms: Mrs. Edna Hanson. raffle: Latham

Lashley. plants. Thc lunchcon will feature homemade soup,sandwiches. and ho memade pastries. The men of the church

ha ve grown many plants for the sale.

• • • • •··Naughty Marietta ·· . VictOr Hcrbert's prccedent·'>Cuing

comic opera. will be the nex t prescntation of The Players of

Sarasota. running Feb . 16 th through Feb. 18th. Origina llyproduccd on s tage in New York Cit)' in 1910. ·· Naughty

Marietta· · may best be remembered as thc movie which

introduced Nelso n Eddy and Jea nneHc Mac Donald asAmerica's singing swectheans . Familiar so ngs include

··Tramp . Tramp . Tramp··, Captain Di ck·s marching song.·· I·m Falling In Love With Someone·· .. . Ah Sweet Mysteryof Lirc·· and ··The Italian Street Song· ·.

Tickets may be purchascd at .the box office, Ninth Street

and U.S. 41 for reservations call 365-2494 between 10 am

and 4 pm weekday s.•••••

The mid-winter meeting of thc Sarasota-Manatce Phi Beta

Kappa Assoc. will be at 11 :30, with lunch at 12:30 on Sat..

Feb. 10 . in the Viking Room of Azure Tides Motel on Lido

Beach. •The speaker will be Dr. Cyril G. Veinott of Longboat

Harbour North, with a talk on Brazil illustrated with hi s

slides .Dr . Veinnot, a Phi Beta Kappa, twice was assigned to

Brazi l as a consultant with the federally-sponsored

International Executive Service Corps.

A nati ve New Englander, he holds dcgrees from theUnive rs ity o f Vermont and worked for Westinghou se

Electric Corp. and Reliance Electric Company spedilizing

in the design and application of clectric machinery. He holds

14 U.S. patents and has written books translated into French.

Spanish and Hun garian.All Phi Beta Kappa members in the area. including

visito rs. and their guests arc invited to the meeting.

Reservations may be made to thc Pres .• Mrs . Patricia Velz.

383- 1797 . •

ENJOY ITALIAN FOOD

AT ITS FINESTPREPARED CON AMORE

SERVED IN A TURN

OFTHE

SETTING

Enjoy dininl! in the com fortable atmosphere of a

French Country Inn. where aJi dinncnc are per.;onally

prepared by the chef ownenc. F n m c : i ~ and Mkhel.

Rcservations Suggested 383-2421

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Schooner Hostsyouth Center Luncheon

The LBK Youth Center is holding a fund -ra ising lunchcon

at the Schooner Restaurant. 4000 Gulf o r Mexico Dr. . from11 am to 2 pm, SaL. Feb . 10th , according to Kathy Meldahl

of the Cen ter.Adults $5 .00 and 53 .00 for children . R O ~ l becf, baked

po tato. vegetable, sa lad bar. bread and bUller. and coffee will

be served. Tickets ma y be purchased at the Schooner or the

Youth Center at 4020 Gulf of Mexico Dr.The Schooner is donating everything except potatoes.

which are being supplied by Longboat and Holmes Beach

Foodway stores. For further infonnation. call 383-3136.

•

Civic and Cultural ActivitiesArt Center - Contacl Ruth Doerfler, 383-31a9.

Bike & Hike Association Contact Harriet Price, 388-1767.

Coast Guard Aux iliary - Conlact Daniel Denham,388-5352.

Federation of LBK Condos Con tact Howard Rumpf.

383-2t28 .

Gulf Shrine Club -Meets 2nd Tues., noon, at Trader Jack's·

Conlact Ellis Case, n8-6369.

Islands Republican Club - Meets 2nd Wed •Oct. thru June,

various loealions, Contact Kit Fernald, 383-3834.

Keys Sertoma - Meets Thurs. noon, Vikin9 Rest. , Azure Tide,

Lido, Contact Edward Kirsch, 383-3564.

Kiwanis Club - Meet each Thurs., 7 :30 am, Shenkers l ido,

Contaet Oave Gruber, 383-1700.

Lido Shores Assoc. - Contact James Jones. 388-3881.

Lions Club - Meets 1st & 3rd Mon., 7:30 p m, Buccaneer Inn

Contact Elias Ojimas, 383·3585.

LBK Chamber of Commerce - Meets3rd Thurs., 7 pm , SE

Bank of St . A rmands , Contact Bamara ladtey ,

383-1212. .

LBK Garden Club - Meets last Monday at 8pm., l ongboat

ISland Chapel. (Oct . th ru April) Contact Ji m

Slaughter, 383-1309.

LBK Youth Center - Call 383-3136.

Longboat League - Meets 1st Mon ., Coast Federal Bank,

9 :30 am, Contact Cal Boyd , 383-3757.

North Longboat Civic Association - Con tact Gene

Slaterer, 3 ~ 7 9 1Rotary Club (Sarasota Keys) - Meets each Thurs., 12:15

pm, Holiday Inn , Lido, Contact Jack tmperatore, Jr.,- .t. Armands Merchants Assoc. - Meets 1st Tues., 5:30

pm SE Bank at St. Armands, Contact Vernon Koch,

355-741 1.

St. Armand 's Restaurants Assoc. - Contact Len Mazur,

38&-5501 .

Sarasota Bike Club - Meels2nd Mon., Sept. thru June, 7:30

pm, vari ou s localions , Contact Fred Shut u

365-2939.

Sarasota-Manatee Phi Beta Kappa Assoc. - Contaet

Patr icia Vel%, 383-1797.

- - -Weare Consistently

Consistent

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c. .,

.Longboat K"eyIn Ihe Four Winds

2605 Gu l f o f Memo Dr, . Lonl\:bo., Key,"1. 33548

Phone 18131383-5511

LUNCHEON' COCKTAILS' DINNER

OPEN - Tues. thru Sat., Noon to 10 pmSunday to 9 pm

383-1748ON THE BAY END OF BROADWAY, . _ __ a_

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• from readers. We reserve the "Iitl'l"ary license" to compile :

: questions that we believe to be of general interest. •

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Q. Dear Sally: You have,some time ago, told aboutFanlase . Orig;"a/s, if shopwhich features beautiful

thin,s made by local artistand artisans. But where can

I find this unusual shop?

A. Fantasea (isn't that adarling name?) Originals is in the new Southbridge Mallshopping center at 6575 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key,and it really is a most unusual and delightful shop. It's nola souvenir shop, but they do have wonderful items made(rom shells, leather, pottery other materials by verycreati ve people in this area. Anyoneof hesewouldmakelovely and much-desired gifts. Stop in and see all thelovely things they have, for you'll thoroughly enjoy a visitto Fantasea and you' ll find lots of goodies there for yourhome or for giving to friends. Have fun.

Q. Dear Sally: I amlooking for some hand-carved shore and waterbirds like we see here on theKey; to take luck with me

when I go north in thespring. Where do they havesome on the Key?

A. The Sea Pedlar, at 5221 Ocean Blvd., right In th eheart of Siesta Vi llage, on Siesta Key has beautiful handcarved birds such as you mentioned, so do drop in andsee them . . . they're lovely and I'm sure they are just whatyou want. The Sea Pedlar is a delightful place with loadsof gift ideas, as well as cards to go with them. You'll seeoriginal prints, too, by Sarasota artist 'Russ la rson; manynature objects, lovel y costume jewelry, handpaintedMexican animals that are just adorable, and the

whimsical bookends . . . cats, mice, frogs or pigs. Be sureto see the new pelican plaques (made of shells or wood)

and the china pelicans and planters of all kinds, alsoyou'll love the wonderful cookware at the Sea Pedlar . . .and their Pawprints cards and stationery. See you there!

Q. Dear 5.llly: I just lovereading about theinteresting things atOceanside Surf Shop,. foryou always seem to knowabo,!t . , . h ~ r s new there.,

A. Merci beaucoup, andkeep on reading! Yes, I do

visit Oceanside Surf Shopoften, for they just keep gening in wonderful newshipments all the time and I buzz in often to check. The

new styles are so intriguing, and they always have them.Of course you know they are on the southwest corner of

Avenida Messina and Ocean Bl vd ., and they ' reheadquarters for skateboards and accessories, but I justlove to see all the darling new styles in girls' and women'stops, and the new bikinis . . . that come in separate sizes. . . (tops one size a.nd bottoms another . . . if you need

them that way . . . they call that split sizing and you can'tget them that way every place). Just arrived are newSundek trunks for men . . . a whole new line . . . new"Organically Grown" tops for girls and women, new

Ocean Pacific men's shirts and many other new girls' topsand loads of other goodies. Stop in and see for yourself.

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I oin ess Dialing . . .

Calls to the phone operator, to Directory ASSistance (113).Repair Service (1 14) and 10 "91 1" (in Pinellas County) nolonger require a dime to make the telephone work. Even longdistance calls can be completed without coins if they're madecollect, or billed to a third number or credit card.

The $1 .5-million coin-free access program is completethroughout the six Florida cOl,lnties served by GeneralTelephone Florida. according to the Company's VicePresident - Public Affairs, Bob Cromwell.

"Now, at the 13 ,000 pay telephones located throughoulthe six counties of west central Florida we serve. the operatorcan be reached without the dime that was formerlynecessary ," Cromwell said.

The first telephones to provide the coin·free access tooperalOrs and telephone service numbers were installedexr:erimentally in the Parrish and Myakka areas in April of1977. They were then installed later that same year in theBradenton area , and during 1978. all other pay telephonesthroughout the Company were convened to the new sys tem .

..It was a big job. with all 13.000 telephones and thecentral switching offices through which they operaterequiring some changes. It was undertaken . generally on aswitching office by switching office basis," Cromwellexplained . "W e completed the modifica tion of thetelephones and the offices before the end of 1978 and are nowmaking sure that all the telephones have instructions lettingyo u know you can make a cal l without a co in ." •

Fire l ine ·Feb. is National Heart Month, and statistics indicate the

incidence of heart attack on LBK is nearly 7 times thenational average. Many citizens of our community losetheir lives needlessly, simply because they fail to recognizethe early warning signs.I f you should' experience any of the following symptoms

call 383-3727 without delay. The LBK Fire Dept. willimmediately dispatch a mobile intensivecare unit staffed byhighly-trained emergency medical technicians and

paramedics.

The most common signals of a heart attack are:

• Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in

the center of the chest behind the breastbone .

• Sweating

• Nausea• Shortness of breath, or

• A feeling of weaknessRemember time is critical - please don't delay your call

for assistance.We are looking forward to seeing all of you at the North

Fire Station at 7100 Firehouse Road on Tues • Feb. 13thfrom 9 am to 4 pm for the Chamber of Commerce sponsoredvoter registration drive. While you are there, we'll be glad togive you a free blood pressure check. and additionalinfonnation on how to protect yo urself and your family fromheart attack .

Fire and Rescue Calls

Jan. 30 Rescue Call to Colony Beach at 2:35 pm . Injuredperson. Patient was treated at scene by the LBKRescue Squad. Patient refused further treatment .

Jan. 30 Rescue Call to Colony Beach 3:55 pm . Injuredperson . Patient was treated at scene by LBK RescueSquad. Patient refused any further treatment.

Jan . 30 Rescue Call to the Beachcomber at 4: 14 pm. III

person. Patient was treated at scene and transportedto Blake Hospital by Ihe LBK Rescue Squad .

Jan. 30 Rescue Call to Falmouth Dr.at 6:52 pm. HeartAttack. Patient was treated at scene by LBK Rescue .Manatee Ambulance transponed patient 10 BlakeHospital.

Feb . 2 Fire Call to Seaplace at 5:05 pm . No fire,malfunctioning alarm. Alarm reset by the LBK Fire

Dept.Feb. 2 Rescue Call to 1900 Block of Gulfof Mexico Dr. at

7:38 pm. Patient was treated at scene by LBKRescue Squad.

Feb. 3 Rescue Call to Longboat HarbourTowerat 7:55 pm .

Heart Attack. Patient was treated on scene by theLBK Rescue Squad. Manatee Ambulancetransported patient to Blake Hospital.

Feb.3 Fire Call to U' I General at 9:57 am . Carfire. No signof fire or smoke. Electrical shon . Scene secured bythe LBK.fire Dept.

Feb. 3 Rescue Call to Beach Harbour Club at 2: 10 pm.Person stuck in elevator. While responding. weretold to cancel. Person was out of elevator.

Feb. 3 Rescue Call to Sandy Beach Cottages at 8:52 pm.Patient was asleep in car. Patient was not ill justtired. Patient was sent home.

Feb. 4 Rescue Call to Longboat Club rrrive at 2:58 pm .Auto Accident. Patient was treated at scene by theLBK Rescue Squad. Patient refused further

treatment.Feb. 5 Rescue Call to EI Cenlro at 8:29 pm . III person.

Patient was treated at scene by the LBK RescueSquad. Manatee Ambulapce transported patient to

Blake Hospital.Feb. 5 Rescue Call to Seaplace at 9:23 pm . Person injured

in fall. Patient was treated at scene by LB Rescueand taken to Sarasola Hospital by private auto.

Feb. 5 Rescue Call 'to EI Centro at '10:58 pm. 111 person.Patient was treated at scene by the LBK RescueSquad. Manatee Ambulance transported patient toSarasota Hospital.

Feb.4 Fire call to Gulf Shores Trailer Park at 2:50 pm . Gasleak - no fire. Scene secured by the LBK Fire Dept..

Cop ' s

Co rn e rStarsky and Hutch. Hawaii Five·O and other TV thrillers

to the contrary, most police officers and citizens are seldom

personally involved in violent crime. W ~ t h e y are muchmore likely to face are the every day S1 ints of pettylarceny. bad checks, trespass. animal p-' ems, annoyingphone calls, and a host of others, many of which are not evencriminal offenses. By far the biggest police caseloads are thesimple misdemeanors, such as those mentioned. Since theseare the problems of citizens and police alike, let us d i s c ~them. A great cause of dissension between law enforcementand the people is the fact we often cannot immediately arrest

the person you saw commit a misdemeanor offense. TheState Law (901.15-1) says that an officer may arrest withouta warrant only when' the person has commined a felony or

misdemeanor or violated a municipal ordinance IN THEPRESENCE OF THE OFFICER" . In other words we mustsee it ourselves in order to make a lawful arrest, the citizentelling us about it is not enough. The next question isobvious: what recourse does the citizen have. Let me drawyou a hypothetical case. Citizen A has just seen Citizen Sdeliberately damage A's mailbox. A calls the police and sayshe wants B arrested . The officer cannot arrest in this instance

because he did not see the incident. A's next step is to swearto an affidavit against B. The affidavit and the police reportare then sent to the State Attorney . He decides if a vio lationhas occurred. Ifit has he will seek a warrant for S'sarrest and

subsequent a p p e ~ c e " i n court. INTRICATE? You bet.Discouraging to the citizen"! You bet. But unfortunatelythat 's the way the system goes since the State abolished

municipal courts. It used to be that the Police Chiefor TowO

Clerk could listen to A's story and issue a subpoena for B 10

appear to give his side in municipal court . Those days aregone and now all cases are heard at the county court level or

higher. It·s a frustrating system for the police and the citizenbut unless the legislature gives us back our courts at the grassroots - at the "people" level. it' s something we have to livewith. So folks , the next time you have a neighbor problem. or

someone damages your property. don't get angry when thecop cannot make the arrest; after all , it's the state's decision.not his.

Police BriefsIt was a busy week for traffic accidents with 4 on the logs,

though. fortunately there were no reported injuries. Areminder is in order to observe a safe distance between yourvehicle and the one in front of you. With the influx of wintervisitors there is a great increase in the number of turns madefrom busy Gulf of Mexico Drive necessitating extra care toavoid collision with slowing and stopped traffic. Be alen to

this very real problem. ......

Officers assisted at 9 rescue and 2 fire calls this reportingperiod and responded to 3 burglar alarms. There were 128traffic stops made and 64 citations issued. 2 citize ns.werearrested - one for disorderly intoxication and the other fordriving with a suspended driver's license. There were 5animal-relatedcomplaints. 5 invo lving suspicious persons, 3of excessive noise. 4 larcenies, 2 burglaries, 7 persons

receiving assistance with di sabled vehicles, oneinvestigation of assaull, I of harrassing phone calls and avariety of miscellaneous activities . •

Longboat League MeetingThe Longboat League in a meeting in the community room

of Coast Federal Savings and Loan on Mon. approved effortsto increase league membership. Under Pres . Tac Riter. it wasdecided a campaign be la.unched to reach potential members

on the Key . Current membership totals nearly 900 andinformation at the Mon. meeting indicated this figure canprobably be increased substantially through promotion·..advertising and efforts of individual members.

The Longboat Observer joins in this effort to expandmembership in the Longboat League and urges residents tojoin the League's efforts for preservation and betterment of .life on our Key . (Phone Walter Mais at 383-1908 for furtherinformation).

The League discussed the upcoming "Candidates Night"scheduled for Thurs., Mar . 8. at the Holiday Inn. 8 pm. TheLeague is sponsoring the event and urges re sidents 10

question the candidates for Commission of the Town of

'-"',,-_"",, Longboat Key .Town Commissioner candidates are as follows:

If you would like a subscribe to THEOBSERVER fo r one full year, just fill inthe following and mail it to us with acheck fo r $12.Name ________________________

A d d r e s ~ s ______________________

Mail to :

Gene Bossert Ken McCallRichard A. PeUar Sam Seegel Tac Riter

A deiailed discussion took place on the subject of

undeve loped lands on the Key and what attitude the League

should adopt concerning the se areas.The League adopted a motion to ask th e Town

Commission to hold a referendum on the Key to determinewhether Longboat residents would be ' t , ~ to taxth emselves for purchase of unde ve lopiff"- 7ands for-ommunity use .

Other subjects discussed included the following:One member urged donations from 'individual members

10 encourage efforts of the Izaak Walton League in itscampaign for clean air. This organization is engaged in an

effort to limit phosphate pollution in Managee County. Noofficial action was taken oil the pure air issue.

Various members engaged in a long discussion on theDept. of Transportation plans for New Pass bridge. TheLeague took no official position on thi s mu ch-discussedissue. but an infonnal show of hands among those present.showed the verdict to be 10 to 3 in favor of a high rise fixedspan bridge as origi nally proposed by DOT. •

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~ 4 " " O N Q I.. organizers oflhe " Sons of the Desen",~ ~ ~ 1 "11 ,. In allendance was Stan's daughter Lois Laurel Stanley.~ ! I I " ~ " B a b e " Hardy's widow, Lucille Hardy Price, and Della

A:::..."'V V A ~ Lind , female lead who was in the L&H Classic "Swiss~ "W!... Miss " she sang her famous "Cricket" song from the piclUre~ ~ to the tent members , nearly 50 years after the picture wa s~ ~ .. made .~ ~ At Kilgore of New York's tent " Sons of the Desen", a~ ;;;:a, grand shiek, entitling him 10 absoJUleJy nOlhin g, designed the~ _ esc utcheon and motto " Two Heads and Not a Single~ ....... Thought" , During the seminars. members heard Mr s. Pr ice. . . . " '-tell about " Babe" Hardy and Mrs. Stanley tell orher father,.... ~ S t a n Laurel.~ -- Many afme tent members were coJl ectorsofold fi lms . and. • commercial finns had dis plays o f old TV kinescopes. old

",ft ~ radio shows on cassettes. and o ld films going back to theV.... § ~ ~ ea rl y 1920·s.t 2 ~ ......... Of special interest we re the delegates from UlverSlOn,

(f~ : ~ Eo . l"d. 'h , b;"hpl'" of S" o L"",i. B;ll C,b;,. h; , w;f,~ ~ and daughter heard about the Sons of the Desen when former

0.'1'~ LBK res ident Bruce Hunter rode his bicycle from Ulverston

THO. Y Chester Co llege while attending sc hool in 1976. From this.\& meeting, Bill Cub in introduced "Sons of the Desen" to

Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and another friend staned a tentin Holland.

Several months ago in Chicago, approximately 500

persons gathered at the Ramada Inn to wear a Fez, andcelebrate the first international convention of the Sons of theDesert . A solemn affair, replete with pomp , dignity andceremonial robes? Hardly . This was an affair to honor thememories of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and there were

few serious moments.The Son s of the Desert started in 1960 when a few

officionados gathered to ' talk with Stan Laurel about the~ n t e m p l a t e d organization Oli ve r l" Babe") Hardy havingdied a few years earlier. Stan gave hi s approval, but with afew restrictions. They were set forth in a constitution that is aclassic for brevity . and IOngue-in-cheek-ism. Stan wanted tomake sure nothing was taken seriously. and the conventionmade sure his wishes were followed.

True to the constitutio n, there were few repons, very liuleorganization and nothing substantive done except agree thatthe next convention would be held in Los Angeles two year.>

later.The delegates were members of Sons of th e Desert Tents ,

each tent located in a different city and named after one of the105 Laurel and Hardy pictures.

Aside from meals and drinking , time was spent in viewingLaurel and Hardy films, (which were shown all weekend).and judging a look-alike contest. Fe llow tent membersgreeted each other, talked and took their leaves, usually withlines from one of the films. And if yo u were really with it.

you'd repl y with a line from the same film.The convention was -presided'over by th e -'Exh'austed"

, -.." ', , . John McCabe. author of two books on Laurel andHardy. a per sonal friend of both actors' and one of the

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President Carter sent a lener to th e convention . pointingout that he was proud of the team of Laurel and Hardy, andwanted the tent members to remember that Babe Hardy was

from Georgia.The constitution has to be read to be appreciated in all its

dry humor. Some of the articles include:

Anicle I

The Sons of the De sert is an organization withscholarly overtones and heavily social undertones

devoted to the loving study of the persons and films of

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy .

Anicle IV

All officers and Board Members-at -Large shall sit at

an exalted place at the annual banquet table .

Article V

The officers and Board Members-at-Large shall

have absolutely no authority whatever.

Article VI

Despite hi s ,absolute lack of authority, the Grand

Sheik or hi s deputy shall act as chairman at all meet

ings, and will follow the standard parliamentary

procedure in conducting same. At the meetings, it is

hoped that the innate dignity, sensitivity and good taste

of the members assembled wi ll permit activities to be

conducted with a lively sense of deportment and good

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Article X

Section "h " above shall include the reading of

scholarly papers on Laurel and Hardy. Any member

goi ng over an 81h minute time limit shall have his

cocktails limited to fourteen.

Article XII

There shall be member societ ies in otherc itiescalled

" Tents," each of which shall derive its name from one

of the films.

Article XIII

Stan has suggested that members mi ght wear a fez or

blazer patch with an appropriate mono. He says: " I

hope that the mono can be blue and grey. showing two

derb ies with these words superimposed - 'Two Minds

Without a Single Thought. ' .. These words have beenduly set into the delightful escutcheon created for The

Sons of die Desen by AI Kil gore. They ha ve been

rendered into Latin in the spirit of Stan's dictum that

our organization should have, to use his wo rds, "a

half-assed dignity" about it. We shall strive to main

tain precisely thai kind of dignity at all costs - at all

times.Typifyi ng Ihe solemnity of the occasion, the official

program committee report was given with the words, "a s

chainnan , I called the meeting but could not attend. Oneperson did attend, but left. Therefore, we have no report, butmay have one in two years in Los Angeles ."

A refreshing answer to loday 's high ly organizedconventions, conclaves, and meetings, all in the image of thetwo stars of the 105 Laurel and Hardy film s, and to theconvention '-dedicated to the informal and irregularexploration and appreciation of the comedy of Stan and

Babe , who scaled the heights of film humor before othersknew there were any peaks to scale. "As many of the members said , "N "w look at th e mess

you' ve gonen us into" , referring to the remarks Babe made

to Stan in almost every picture .It was a pleasant respite f ~ o m the affairs of the nation and a

change to engage in a belly-laugh or two as the tent membersviewed the films of their idols: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

both now dead. but long remembered and duly honored by

" The Sons of The Desert."

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LBK Joins Tampa Bay(Co ntinued from Page I)

under the jurisdiction of the Tampa Bay Regional PlanningCouncil.

The move to jo in the Re gional Counci l for criminal justiceplanning and assistance needs was requested by Police ChiefWayne McCammon.

LBK CommissionersConsider Effects of

Manatee CountySewage Moratorium

Following a meeting Tues . with D. E. Pitman, Utilit ies

Director of Manatee County , Lou Driggers, Manatee CountyCommissioner; Wayne AUgi re, Town Manager, and LBK

Mayor Sid Ochs, the Mayo r reported to theCommission Wed. nighl that the Sewage Moratorium in all

of Manatee County will be in effect for six months, asordered by the Depanment of Natural Re sources .

The DNR action was taken after repons revealed that theload on the Manatee County. sewage process ing plantincreased from 5-million gallons to over 7-million gallons in

1977/78 and cou ld take no more.Ochs said that repairs and corrections in the system are

planned in the near future that should pick up a milliongallons in plant capacity but that the overall plant expansion

necessary will take 2-4 years.Although single family homes probably will be able to get

a pennit . any new development, if permits have not alreadybeen issued. will be curtailed for 6 months in the nonh

(Manatee County) section of LBK unless permission is

granted by the state. county and town .

Commissione r Ken McCal l voiced conce rn that themoratorium mi ght violate the Town's contract with the

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next regular Workshop session. Copies of h e DNR order hadnot yet been received by th e Commissioners.

In other action . the Commissioners approved a bid of$410.770 submitted by the Gulf Consuuction Co. to buildthe ground storage reservoi r on the south end of the Key.

They al so accepted the bid of Bradenton Oldsmobile fortwo new Delta cars 10 be used as cru isers and authorized theTown Managerto dispose of surplus propeny. some of whichincludes twO boats siezed in a drug raid . Upon review by the

staff. they also approved of landscaping plans for longboat

Sandpiper.Tue s . afternoon. Emmell Addy. Sr. Chairman of th e

Board of Ellis Sarasota Bank & Trust Co. presented the casefor the Ellis Manasota branch bank for a drive in wi ndow al

the nonh end . Addy. one of the organizers of the EllisLongboat Bank and a ve teran banker. stressed the need for

the facility to be located at the nonh end of the LongboatPharmacy building. A leiter was read from the Merchant'sAssociation in suppon. The request was referred to Towncounsel to se llie various legal que stions concerni ngaccessory and non-conforming use. Ms. Richardson spoke

. against the petition.Returned for more study on Tues. was the request 10

rename Slone Crab Bayou to Savarese Bay . Veteran LBKresident. Jim John son. now 86, displayed a 1911 deed andmap 10 suppon, his co ntention that Ihe name change requestwas based on faulty information . No one dared refute hisstatements about the earl y days of Longboat since Mr.Johnson remembers fi shing off the old wooden bridge on thenorth end of Longboat in 1928. Case still underco nsiderat ion.

Bike Path Is AcceptedBy The Town

The popular Bicycle Path on LBK was officia lly acceptedby the Town Wed . ni ght . cont ingent upon the completion of

some minor repairs.The ten-mile stretch of six-foot wide concrete has been

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Southeast banking center, no matter which one you normally bank at.

You also make deposits, payments and even apply for a loan at any location. You ' l! gainthe beneftt of a larger lending limit, while the credit decisions are still made at each bankingcenter, And you can still count on the same friendly people to be there to help you with allyour banking needs,

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