LONGBOAT
Observer
Health Matters JUNE 2018
Observer
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Longboat Key’s weekly newspaper since 1978
Before deciding when, where and how to play ul this summer, be mindf of that thing that drew us all to the Suncoast. PROTECT YOURSELF A few easy steps can save misery.
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THE GREAT OUTDOORS Get fit and have fun this summer.
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PICTURE OF HEALTH Like the sun? Pay attention to your skin.
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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 40, NO. 45
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YOUR TOWN
Kayleigh Omang
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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018
Colony countdown Colony appeal fails, town vets contractors’ demolition bids. PAGE 4
Katie Johns
Cheers for 90 years Longboat Key resident Richard Williams celebrated a milestone May 29. He turned 90. Williams, a World War II veteran who served in Italy and Greece, likes having memories to look back on, but prefers the now. “A lot of things have happened in my life, and I look back on them. I like to live in the present, so it’s nice to have those memories. They enriched my life, and it was great experiences, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else, just something you couldn’t duplicate today,” he said. Following his stints in Italy and Greece, Williams lived in Morocco for a year working for Voice of America. He went to the University of Minnesota before embarking on a 32-year career with General Motors.
MEET & GREET
Mote campers meet treasures of the sea.
Bret Hauff
Though increases in property values have slowed, they still exceed the town’s estimate for the upcoming budget cycle.
SEE PAGE 18
Property values cool off
Beating summer hunger Sutton Place Association helped All Faiths Food Bank beat summer hunger by donating 78 pounds of food to the Campaign Against Summer Hunger last week. During the school year, nutrition programs provide children in need with up to 10 meals a week, and in the summer, the food bank continues that mission. Resident Janet Shapiro said in an email that Sutton Place residents have been collecting since fall, but the most food has been donated in the past three months.
A+E 30 years of laughs INSIDE Katie Johns
Turtle Tracks JUNE 10-16: Nests False Crawls
Preliminary budget accounts for slower growth rates. SEE PAGE 3
Ryan Ruthhaar checks out a clam he found June 12 during Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s Tidal Tykes: Diets Down Below camp.
2018 2017 105 145 132 123
YEAR TO DATE: 2018 2017 Nests 420 438 False Crawls 350 432 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory Data for Longboat Key
Pickleball sticker shock hits hard Town wants $100K of help. SEE PAGE 6