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Vol. XXX Number 6 April 2004

BOARD MEETING - 24 March 2004

Operating Committee Report Committee Membership Al Fischbein has resigned from the Operating Commit-tee because of conflicting commitments, but has indi-cated he would be available for special assignments.

Carpet Care We are in the process of purchasing a new piece of equipment to help us with the removal of the water stains appearing on the new carpet. We are also pursuing other options in handling this problem.

Carport Gardens Since are now watering twice daily for the new sod, please notify the office if there is a sprinkler that is mis-directed or malfunctioning. In this regard, we ask that you use only the established pathways to access your cars. Cutting through the garden areas is damaging to the plants and sprinkler systems. The shrubbery sprin-klers are connected to their source by small subsurface tubes that can be easily damaged by footfalls. This re-sults in the sprinklers being mis-directed onto the carpet area instead of the plants.

Beach House It has been determined that the Beach House does have termites. The problem is not serious enough to require immediate action, so we will be tenting it this summer.

Building Integrity Repairs to buildings for water intrusion problems are being handled as quickly as possible and we are estab-lishing a policy procedure to handle these types of prob-lems and their resulting damage. This should be final-ized by the April meeting. Cosmetic repairs to the buildings have been started in anticipation of future repainting as well as to improve general appearance of our structures.

Gym Equipment The treadmill approved for purchase last month has been installed. The price paid was approximately $200.00 less than budgeted and included two extra reading racks with bottle holders to upgrade the existing machines.

Kitchen Improvements The Operating Committee recommended, and the Board approved, the purchase of a new commercial dishwasher in the recreation hall kitchen. The contract will include: extra dish racks, delivery, new electric service, installa-tion, and taxes for a sum not to exceed $5,125.00. This recommendation was highly endorsed by all who have used the kitchen facilities in conjunction with their vari-ous functions.

Seawall and Walkway The paver repairs will be resumed as soon as the sod work is completed. The maintenance of the seawall it-self is in process and should be completed by soon.

John A. Bock, Co-Chairman

Young's Landscape Co. installed 57 shrubs along Gulf of Mexico Drive, the Windward Bay boundary, and along the Sutton Place boundary, and 10 shrubs in the entrance bed at the corner of Essex and Chatham. These shrubs were provided free of charge by Youngs and represented a value of

$2610. We still anticipate an additional $2390 of free landscape material from the Young's nursery operation.

Youngs also planted 6 coconut palms, and one cabbage or sabal palm at the beach house at a cost of $4268.

The committee planted shrubs near the A building dumpster enclosure, and several shrubs at B, C, and H buildings, and 22 shrubs on the bayside of N building. As part of the re-sodding operation, the mulch areas be-tween the sidewalk and hedge along GMD were replaced with sod.

I wish to express my concern about outside contractors, particularly tilers and sheet rock workers, who use the

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

(Partial) DATE TIME EVENT

8-Apr 6:00 p.m. Owners Party /Pool Deck

14-Apr 12:00 noon Harbourettes Installation

14 Apr 7:30 p.m. Board Meeting

16-Apr 8:30 am. Spring co-ed Golf Outing

22-Apr 6:00 p.m. Pizza Party - Beach House

was voted to send flowers to our Kim who had sur-gery on the 16th. We were pleased to learn that she was home and doing well and that the tumor was benign. Our thanks to Margaret Demey, our Thoughtfulness Chairman.

Our next Luncheon, the Installation Luncheon, will be held on April 14th with Carol Filmore as chair-man.

We are in need of a Secretary. Eleanor Carnese has filled the post for two years and has done a mar-velous job. If you are interested in filling the post please let us know.

Pat Warner President

Harbourettes Spring Luncheon

The Harbourettes celebrated St. Patrick's Day with their Annual Spring Luncheon on March 17, 2004. Co-chairmen, Ann Sweet, Lou Longo & Helen Ackermann, ably assisted by Lil Toolan Door Hostess, welcomed 66 of our ladies .

The tables were decorated by Helen Ackermann with green vases filled with white and yellow flowers, little sham-rocks scattered around, St. Patrick's Day napkins and a St. Patrick's Day Irish

Blessing for each Harbourette. A delicious Citrus Punch with strawberries and limes was prepared and served by Jan Devin and Donna Greer while Pat Warner played Irish Tunes on the piano. The menu consisted of a half sandwich of Tuscan Chicken or Turkey-Bacon Bravo on Panero Bread, Fandango Salad, catered by Panero Bread, Sarasota Pavilion, and enhanced with a Molded Lime, Cottage Cheese, Pineapple Jell-O Salad made by Ann Sweet and Lou Longo. Dessert was Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream garnished with a large Shamrock sugar cookie.

What would we do without our long-suffering hus-bands, who so graciously serve as Delivery Men? Our thanks to Chuck Sweet and Mark Longo for seeing to it that the food arrived on time. Thanks also to the rest of the committee, Pat Marshke, Carol Fischbein, Donna Greer & Ruth Malone (assisted by Melodie and Donna) for serving . How lucky we are to have such a willing and hardwork-ing staff here at Longboat Harbour.

The centerpiece flowers were awarded to the lady at each table who had a birthday closest to March 17th and an insulated bag was awarded to the person who came clos-est to correctly spelling “Shillelagh.” It was won by Pat Warner who couldn't have been more surprised. She had all the cor-rect letters but not the correct order, mixing up the “e” and “a.” Her Great Grand-mother, who was born in Ireland must have been up there “Tsk, Tsking!” A wonderful time was had by all.

A moment of silence was held for our dear departed loyal Harbourette, Gerry Gitzen and it

NOTICE

THE RECREATION COMMITTEE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT

THEY WILL NOT BE ORGANIZING

A NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY THIS YEAR, DECEMBER 31,

2004.

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In a Community renowned for its “wall to wall” activity schedule, Joe Longtin, as a committee of one, was able to squeeze in yet another function – a celebration of couples married 40 years, or more.

So, on Sunday March 21, even though it was a bright and sunny afternoon, some 34 couples came to an anniversary party in the Rec. Hall.

With wine, piano stylings by our own Joe Sabella and his delightful wife Betty singing, the sun and sand were easy to forget, at least for a few hours.

Dancing to the anniversary waltz, couples de-parted the floor as their anniversary year was called out.

The afternoon was rounded off with singing of patriotic songs, followed by anniversary cake and coffee. All in all, a delightful event which is sure to be repeated.

Thanks to the Rec. Committee for supporting the event, and to the volunteers who helped clean-up.

Gordon Mount

Ed and Ruth Bolla 61 years wed

Jack and Barbara Levy 61 years wed

The hands down win-ner was Joe and Vera Giusti – 65 years mar-ried and cutting a rug like youngsters!

The Operating Committee is concerned about fre-quent misunderstandings about the division of re-sponsibilities between the unit owner and the Asso-ciation. This can become very important when claims for insurance coverage are made, since un-derwriters can be especially sticky when it come to payment of claims; and some policies are especially restrictive when it comes to allowance for cover-age. For example, when addressing water intrusion and mold problems, insurance coverage issues have arisen with resulting misunderstandings. To better understand this issue, Owners are asked to note the division of responsibilities as between the Owner and the Association that are set out in Paragraph 12.2 (M) of the Declaration of Condo-minium of Longboat Harbour:

12.2 Unit Owner Maintenance. Each unit owner is responsible, at his expense, for all mainte-nance, repairs, and replacement of his own Unit and certain Limited Common Elements. The Owner's responsibilities include, without limita-tions:

M. All interior partition walls which do not form

part of the boundary of the Unit (excluding load bearing portions thereof).

Some homeowners policies have specific exclu-sions for this type of damage (mould), or a very narrow definition of what is covered. The Operating Committee suggests that you contact your insurance agent if you have any reservations about your coverage. Have them interpret your policy and give it to you in letter form which you should keep with your policy for future reference.

Operating Committee

See the next issue of INFO for more details about recent changes to Florida insurance law relating to condominiums.

!! Caution !! Know Your Insurance

Coverage and Limitations

Anniversary Waltz

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Playreaders

Tri-Oomph's Triumph An attendee at the third public performance by the Playreaders was heard to say: "The performance here tonight was every bit as good as most amateur shows I've paid good money to see!" ”Tri-Oomph” proved to be a wonderful suc-cess. Playreaders' wizard, Muriel Meyers, blended an alchemy of magic that included an array of works: skits by Mike Nichols and Elaine May; short pieces by Thornton Wilder and Anton Chekov; a soap opera that was so well done even the puns were funny; and my favorite, a short story adapted to play form by Muriel Meyers, in a setting that could be Longboat Harbour. Hosts Kathy Lee & Stan Zink, Pat and Don Marschke welcomed guests with a serving table full of lus-cious desserts and coffee. The curtain rose at 7:30 with the evening's entertainment introduced by Playreaders' director, Muriel Meyers and committee members Mary Jane Meyer, Shirley Atlas, Pat Warner and Manny Kurzberg, Treasurer. More than 30 people were involved in the evening’s entertain-ment, which played to a full house. All are to be commended for their polished per-formances and good management. The plays began with actress Jayne Forstenzer’s rendition of everybody’s idea of an impossible, demanding mother, (‘woe is me, my son doesn’t call’) in the Nichols and May’s Call Your Mother was so good that this viewer wished for a scratch on the chalkboard for relief from her quavering, whining portrayal. It was just right. If her big strapping son, played by Bart Wass-

mansdorf, attempted to defend himself, she merely stepped it up in decibels and drowned out his voice. Another delightful skit by Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Adultery (in France) fea-tured Jayne again with Bill Zeldis. They connived and deceived themselves with such well timed lines and well tuned French accents they left most of us laugh-ing. My favorite of the evening was the play, adapted by Muriel Myers herself, entitled Hanging Out at Buena Vista, with actors Marcia Kurzberg and Joe Callahan. A play of diminished choices because of age and poor health, Marsha and Joe maintained a tone that was heartbreaking yet full of honesty and cour-

age. And the play had good lines - one of the last, spoken by Marsha, was “Or you

could bring your pills and move in with me?”

Special recognition to 1. Jay Mat-

loff (Information Please) who so convincingly whined, sobbed and

slapped the table, trying to get back a dime from the operator, that we all were drawn in to his pain and frustration. 2. Gladys Henry, who hung onto the dime beyond all reason. 3. Henri Groenheim in Soap Opera, for his wonderful timing and accent as a mai-tre d’ in a French restaurant. 4. Jane Forstenzer’s mewling protests as she rejects Bill Zeldis’ offer to make her the Queen of Sheba. Thanks to all the Playreaders for a wonder-ful evening of entertainment!

Marcy Henrikson,

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Marion Gange (B-205) had a remarkable career in music, beginning in the1930’s as a classical guitarist and later as a talent director. Her story was chroni-cled in the November 2003, issue of SARASOTA DOWNTOWN.

When she was only 18 years old Gange was am-bitious, talented and pre-pared enough to land her first job as a guitarist for a band in New York City. She eventually had a full-time job with Ina Ray Hutton and the Melodears, who became the best female musical talent in the business at that time. The band was very successful touring the country and appeared in several Paramount

film shorts, among them “Feminine Rhythms”(1935), “Accent on Girls”(1936), and “Swing, Hutton, Swing”(1937). They also were a feature group in the production “Big Broadcast of 1936”.

Marion was right in the thick of it and loving her life in the big band world. Artie Shaw was an inspi-ration in those days, and she struck up a friendship with the great clarinettist and bandleader who men-tored her in the art of arranging musical scores. Ea-ger to feed her ambition to be a composer and ar-ranger, she began preparing the scores for her band. Hutton disbanded the group in 1939 and the musi-cians all went their separate ways. But Gange, thrilling to the life as a musician, didn’t want to give it up. Forming a trio of her own with other women she knew from the jazz world, she continued to per-form from city to city.

Gange and the women in her trio kept busy touring the country for several years. The USO tours, be-gun after Pearl Harbor, gave the trio an opportunity to support the war effort. Gange also provided

music to veterans in hospitals.

With the reputation of the trio growing, Gange was selected as a “Gibson Girl” for an advertising cam-paign for Gibson Guitars in 1947. (Gibson was al-ways known for its great guitars.) Decades later, in a 1978 feature on women in the jazz world, the “New York Times” recalled Gange as “a guitarist with a light, lilting lift.”

After the war it was back to touring, this time on the Stouffer hotel circuit throughout the northeast. But by the 1950’s the touring life became less lucrative and Gange went on to build a niche for herself as a talent director for a local TV station in Dayton, Ohio. She was soon directing and producing her own variety show.

“I discovered the Maguire Sisters before they went on the Arthur Godfrey Show”, says Gange of the famous singing trio. She also remembers hosting James Dean and Martin Sheen early in their careers. “Music was the best part of my life,” says Gange. “When you are doing something you love, it is just the epitome of success!”

Her move to the Sarasota area with its lively jazz and classical music was based partly on her love of music. She has many stories about other great peo-ple she met, including Lionel Hampton and Jimmy Durante. “I’ve had the best life of any human be-ing,” she says.

Marion Gange, one of the people you should know!

Hal Henrickson

Hal Henrickson created this series, “People You Should Know,” last year as a means of helping us know our neighbours. We look forward to the continuation of these stories.

I would like to express my most sincere appreciation for your prayers and your support during my recent surgery and pneumonia.

Sincerely, Marg Aubry

People You Should Know

Marion Gange, Our Own Gibson Girl

Photo scanned from

“Sarasota Downtown “

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The Longboat Harbour Yacht Club had their Annual Boat Pa-rade on March 6, 2004. Eight boats participated in the con-test. Many residents turned out to view the Parade. Vice Commo-

dore Ken Comeforo was in charge of the event. Murray Brooks was the Marshall of the Pa-rade as they went into the lagoon. Warren Conrad was the announcer as the boats went past the view-ing stand.

The winners were:

1st Place: "Circus", Capt. Gordon Mount and crew

2nd Place: "Left at the Altar Where's Bob", Capt. Rich Pellegrino,

3rd Place: "Shotgun Wedding", Capt. Bob Win-ter, and Honourable Mention, "Jolly Roger-ettes", Capt. Larry Bateman.

Each participating Captain received a bottle of wine and the winners received gift certificates. Refresh-ments were served following the parade. The sound system and music was supplied by Joe Long-tin. Thanks to all who helped with the refreshments and setting up the tent: Maryellen Comeforo, Helen Ackermann, Lou Longo, Ken Comeforo, Mark Longo, Alphonse Reiman, Al Koplik, Don Livingstone, Harris Barber, Ted Ford, Steve Kasden, Dick Damm and Larry Bateman.

Nancy Damm Yeoman

Many at the Boat Parade thought Gary Aubry’s caravel deserved at least an hon-ourable mention

“It is an honour and privi-lege to dedicate this float-ing dock, hereby named ‘Longo’s Landing.’ May all who sail from this spot find peace and tranquility in the seal of life.” With these words Lou Longo broke the tradi-tional bottle of cham-pagne on the new floating dock March 26th, 2004.

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You will note in the report of the Landscape Com-mittee, printed in this issue of the INFO, that there are concerns about the conduct of building contrac-tors in the performance of their work on behalf of individual Owners. Of late, there has been evident disregard for the landscaped areas, often used for the warehousing of supplies and the disposal of un-used materials. In the near future, we will be sending you some guidelines to use when negotiating with contractors so that they know in advance what is expected of them. In the meantime, please use your good judgement and be sure your contractors have re-gard for the plant materials we have been careful to nourish. As well, please supervise them (or ask someone nearby to be your eyes) so they remove from Longboat Harbour scraps and debris. Re-member: the dumpsters are not to be used for con-struction materials. Trades are to remove their leftovers and replaced material from the site. Ask your tradespersons to be respectful of our property as they would their own. On the subject of courtesy, we have had some complaints regarding the use of the carwash sta-tions at the beach house. Apparently, some have tended to remain in the car space after the wash-ing is complete, even though others are waiting to use the hose. Please look about and, if someone is waiting to use the facility, please move your vehi-cle to another location to dry and clean the interior elsewhere so as not to inconvenience others. Tile floors are wonderful, especially in this cli-mate. They are attractive, easy to care for and (sorry to say) noisy for downstairs neighbours. Even when laid over sound absorptive material the sound can be very hard on the folks below. Luckily, there is an easy and cheap way to soften the sounds – felt pads. Readily available at hard-ware and building supply stores, including Ace Hardware on the Key, these pads can go a long way in helping you be a good neighbour.

Leanne Tilton

MANAGER’S REPORT

planting beds between the carports and the build-ings as staging areas for their operations. The latest such incident occurred in the last two weeks at B building. Shrubs are damaged or destroyed, grout and joint compound are poured onto the ground as the workers clean tools, and conditions for plant growth become poorer. At the south end of I build-ing, a tiler poured large amounts of grout on a grav-eled area, resulting in a rock-hard surface, killing several shrubs, and making replacement planting almost impossible. Also, the fragile micro-sprinklers and rubber tubing of the shrub sprinkler systems are easily displaced or damaged. I suggest we prohibit contractors from using the shrub areas, and ask them to use the visitors parking lots instead, and to prohibit them from disposing of waste mate-rials on our premises. I would also ask owners to take more responsibility in seeing that their contrac-tors are respecting our property and grounds, and are obeying condo rules. The contractor at B build-ing disposed of material in our dumpster, contrary to stated rules.

Robert F. Adamsky,

Landscape Committee Chairman

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Landscape

WANTED TO RENT For February and March 2005 Two Bedroom Apt. Preferred

Please call Marvin Schaffman 860-242-2840

Apologies re Men’s Club News Due to a technical error, the Men’s Club news failed to appear in the last issue of the INFO. Your editors apologize for the oversight. Men’s Club scribe, Dick Gilgard, distributed copies of his story to the members directly. The scribe regrets errors in getting Tom Melican’s first name wrong and spelling George Grunbeck’s last name wrong. OOPS!

Dick Dilgard,

Men’s Club Scribe

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As the sun competed for attention with a steady breeze, in partly cloudy skies, 23 confident Har-bourtites contested for prizes and bragging rights at the 12th Annual Chip & Putt Golf Contest. The 10:00 a.m. festivities were held Saturday, March 27th on our putting green adjacent to the main swimming pool. The event attracted a couple dozen supporters who, along with the contestants, noshed on coffee, OJ, bagels and Danish. Gulps and bites were interspersed with oohs, ahs and groans as golf shots were accurate or errant. After the last ball rimmed in or out, contest official Bill Holland read the results:

Ladies' chipping: 1st, Marianne Baeckstrom 2nd, Sally Page Men’s Chipping: 1st, Bill Zeldis 2nd, Dick Gilgard Ladies' putting: 1st, Sally Casswell 2nd (3-way tie: Joyce Albertis,

Sally Page and Bing Watson. Men's putting: 1st, George Devine; 2nd, Dave Kee.

Winners and runners-up selected their reward from a table of prizes.

The coveted “Crushed Beer Can Award,” for excep-tional service, was presented to Dave Noyes (in ab-sentia) by last year's recipient, Joe Giusti. . Kudos to the following who helped perpetuate an intriguing annual event: Sue Troup, official score keeper; Hazel Conrad, official photographer; Pat Warner & Carol Williams, refreshment hostesses; also Ed Davin, Dick Dilgard, Dave Kee, Pete Henry, Gordon Mount and Joe Sabella who per-formed as judges and roustabouts.

Warren Conrad

In Appreciation We sincerely wish to thank all the wonderful, car-ing people for the support shown to Yolanda and me during a long and difficult hospital stay. Your visits, calls and get-well cards made recovery so much easier.

Thank you all so very much,

Dave and Yolanda Noyes

TALKING ABOUT BOOKS

“FROM BOOKS TO FILMS” was the subject of the March 25th meeting of TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. The specific target was Seabiscuit, the book, and Seabiscuit, the movie.

The panel consisted of Jack Levy, a movie buff; Joe Calahan, a book and movie fan; and Mary McInerney, a horse lover. Joe Calahan had enjoyed reading Seabiscuit, the bestseller book written by Laura Hillenbrand, and in a most interesting way he described the principal characters in the book

and the unfolding of the story. Jack Levy told about living in upstate New York near Saratoga Race Track and about his own humorous ex-periences with racing and how that tied into Seabiscuit, the very popular movie made from the book. Mary McInerney spoke engagingly about the horses she has owned and raised and the important part they play in her life. Members of the audience had been given paper and pencil at the beginning of the evening and asked to list some books that had been made into movies. There was a lively discussion about Seabiscuit, horses, movies that had been made from books, and the many titles listed by the audience which ranged from Gone With The Wind to the books of Jane Austen to the current Mystic River and Girl With The Pearl Earring. The general consensus was that books make your imagination work, and movies are rarely, if ever, as satisfying as the book they follow. Many thanks to Warren Conrad, Chairman of Recreation, for his help and encouragement.

Jolene Goldenthal and Shirley Atlas

12th Annual Pitch & Putt Contest

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MEN’S CLUB NEWS

The Men’s Club attendance aver-aged in the forties in early March and upper thirties later. At last count there were 84 men, who have met on Tuesdays.

Each week Warren Conrad con-cocts a trivia contest. Recent win-ners of this often challenging event were Fred Fillmore, Dave Kee, and Irv Rosenthal, who were the best in recalling facts about U.S. presidents. On Presi-dents’ Day, Warren had a great deal to say about those who have led the United States over the last 200 plus years.

On March 2nd, the challenge was to identifiy five items com-monly seen in offices. Tied with four points were Arnold Zieff, Manny Kurzberg, and Joe Hamer. Those with an ex-tra one-half point, and winners, were Dick Dilgard and Milt Harr. The March 9th trivia test asked for the names of the three cities in the world with the larg-est populations (Answer Tokyo,

Sao Paulo, and Mexico City). Irv Rosenthal knew all three. Getting two were Dick Dilgard, Hal Henrikson, Tom Melican, and Art Rosen.

The St. Patrick’s day contest was won by Fred Fillmore with runners up, Dave Kee and Irv Rosenthal. The identification of five “shell creatures” made by Frances Feinberg consti-tuted the test the following week. Guessing all five cor-rectly was Dave Kee, while six others got four right.

Members enjoyed jokes shared by Bill Zeldis (Feb.24th) and Pres. Bill Holland added more to Bill’s list on March 2nd.

Dr. Irv Rosenthal shared an-other medical mini-course, this time regarding gall bladder dis-ease. His talk was very timely since member, Dave Noyes, re-cently had surgery for this ail-ment. Blockage of the duct by small stones can be both very painful and, if not treated quickly enough, can result in dangerous infections. (Irv is moving next year. We will miss him.) Dr.

Harris Barber gave a mini-lecture April 23rd about the pros-tate gland. He fashioned a model out of (get this!) an orange, a straw and some facial tissue to illustrate his talk. He urged all of us to get regular exams by our doctors, perhaps have a PSA test, and watch for symptoms. Family history of prostate problems make special attention manda-tory. Early detection of cancer and treatments are very effective in curing the disease.

Winners of the jackpot drawing, which involved drawing from a deck of cards hoping to select the queen of clubs, diamonds, or best of all, the queen of hearts, were Ed Rooney who drew the club queen, Jay Matloff drew the dia-mond queen,. Joe Winsten was the big winnner, drawing the queen of hearts. A new pot was started March 2nd and a week later we were quite surprised when John Greer drew the Queen of Hearts from the nearly full deck and won $40.

Dick Dilgard, Men’s Club Scribe

Forty Longboat Harbourites competed during the usual ten games at the season's final evening of Bingo in our Rec Hall, Tuesday, March 30th. Ten and fifteen dollar prizes kept interest at a high level. The group applauded the season-long efforts of seller Pat Watters, caller Howard Secular and verifiers Joe Giusti & Charlie Schnell.

After the final game, snacks and desserts, brought by those present, drew the throng to the buffet ta-ble. As the party wound down, all agreed that it was a delightful way to culminate an interesting Bingo season and vowed to "do it again next year."

The Film Society produced an enticing combina-tion of the much praised "Seabiscuit" film and bowls of freshly popped corn, both for free, Thurs-day, March 11th. That combo encouraged 82 Har-bourites to the Recreation Hall. It was the season's grand finale by producers Art Rosen and Charlie Schnell.

Do not anguish; we expect them back next year. During the interim, compile a short list of your fa-vorite films for the edification of Art and Charlie. They take suggestions to heart.

Warren Conrad

S E A S O N F I N A L E S

B i n g o a n d F i l m S o c i e t y C o n c l u d i n g E v e n t s

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Valentine Luncheon The Men’s Valentine Luncheon to

honour the wives and widows of members was held this year on February 17th. One of the most attractive events of the calendar drew a capacity crowd of 114 this year. The community hall was a sea of red, attracting the camera of Paul

Carnese, who photographed table after table and prepared a collage of pictures for all to see. Participation by manyMen’s Club members like Bill Shelton, pictured here selling 50:50 tickets, helped make the day a wonderful success.

Winners of the best red dressers were: Best dressed couples: Ruth and Ed Bolla and

Tom and Mary Ann Melican; Best dressed man: Mel Chesner; and Best dressed lady: Sheila Weiser. Cynthia Chesner and Joyce Rooney tied with best guesses of how many pieces of candy were in the jar. Milt Harr broke the “standoff” by conducting a “Guess Off”, that was won by Joyce. She is pictured here accepting her prize from Milt.

Dick Dilgard, Men’s Club Scribe

. . . More Board News

Building Rep Coordinator Named At the recent Board Meeting, Dave Lichtenstein was named Coordinator of Building Representatives. President Hank Airth, in making the announcement, said he expected that having a single individual as a communicator with the 14 Building Reps would be helpful. Grass Replacement Update

Al Fischbein, though he has left the Operating Com-mittee, nevertheless continued his concern for our lawns. He reported on the sod replacement recently completed, then complemented John Bock, Ernie Giordino and Hank Airth on their efforts in the final

negotiations with the supplier. Al had serious con-cerns about the amount of sod actually laid. Because of his efforts and those of the Op-Com, significant reductions were made to the final payment.

Al asked that we be patient regarding the sprin-kler schedule as it is important that the newly laid sod be thoroughly watered until it has “taken.”

Building Modernization Committee The Lighting Sub-committee proposed the adoption of a scheme that would see up-lighters under trees at the entrance to the community, principally at the north end of Building “G” and the west side of Build-ing “N”. The suggestions will be considered in detail at the April meeting of the board.

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Volunteers Needed The Recreation Committee is looking for help in running the Pizza Party scheduled for April 22nd. Needed are individuals to serve pizza (John Bock, captain), pour beer and wine, dispense salad (Barb Shelton, captain) and to ice cans of soda pop. Don’t forget to offer your name to clean up. Please call the captains and tell them you’ll help.

LONGBOAT HARBOUR OWNERS ASSOCIATION 4454 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 34228 FIRST CLASS

Many people help to bring the INFO to you. The names of some of them appear with articles they have contributed. Many others help in other ways. To them all we extend our thanks.

Jean and Bart Wassmansdorf, Editors

Golf Outing Coming Up Mark your calendars for the semi-annual golf outing, scheduled to be played Friday, April 16th. This 18-hole event is a perennial pleaser. The event will be held this spring on the British Course at the Bobby Jones Golf Club beginning at 9:00 am.

Including greens fees and prizes, the cost is a bargain $29.50, thanks to the

thrifty negotiations of Bill Holland, event organizer. Sign up at the office not later than April 12th. Par-ticipation is limited in numbers, so do not delay.

Don’t Forget

Owners Party

Thursday—April 8th

6:30 pm

Main Pool Deck