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Sarasota News Leader October 19, 2012 Siesta Seen MONITORING THE ACCESSES During the Oct. 4 Siesta Key Association meet- ing, director Michael Shay made another pitch for volunteers to help out with an unofficial program he has begun to monitor the beach accesses on the key. The organization's goal, he said, is to make sure those accesses stay clean. Members already are watching over four of the accesses, he added. Anyone who uses a particular access at least once a week would be a welcome addition to the roster, he said. "It's a very simple thing," he explained — just a matter of keeping an eye on the general situ- ation and reporting any problems to the SKA. On a related matter, Shay reported that 27 people volunteered with the SKA on Sept. 15 during the observance of International Coast- ONLINE MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL SKA President Catherine Luckner also an- nounced during that Oct. 4 meeting that the organization finally had worked out the bugs in its effort to make membership management possible through the SKA's website (www.si- estakeyassociation.com). By the end of this month, she said, people will be able to use a credit card to pay the $25 membership fee online. Over the years, she added, people have called the SKA to check on whether their member- ships have expired. That no longer will be necessary, Luckner pointed out, thanks to the new system on the website. Press Releases & News Tips News@SarasotaNewsLeader.com al Cleanup Day, sponsored by the Ocean Con- servancy. Locally, Keep Sarasota County Beautiful was in charge of the event. The SKA split its volunteers into four groups that worked along the public beach that morn- ing, Shay said. "We had a good day," he added. "We had fun." SKA director Beverly Arias had about 10 peo- ple in her group, she said, and director Helen Clifford had "a whole family" — mom, dad and two children — in her group who worked hard to clean up one particular area. Shay apologized for the short notice about the event, which he announced during the SKA's Sept. 6 regular meeting. Next year, he said, he planned to publicize the date well in advance, with the hope of even more volunteers. Page 84