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7 7 86790 22222 Classifieds . . . . . . . .11B Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3B Business . . . . . . . . . . .7A Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . .6A Sports/Outdoors . . .1B Crossword . . . . . . . . .8B INDEX Printed on 100% recycled newsprint CONTENTS © 2012 KEYNOTER PUBLISHING CO. WWW.KEYSNET.COM SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012 VOLUME 59, NO. 26 ● 25 CENTS In L’Attitudes The Contemporary Dance Co. goes back to the 1960s for its latest Waterfront Playhouse performance. Story, 3B A rare catch An Islamorada fishing crew lands a 520-pound swordfish — in daylight, which is unheard of. Story, 1B ‘Hunger Games’ slowly grabs viewers’ rapt attention “The Hunger Games,” Rated PG-13, 142 min., now playing nationwide With the ‘Harry Potter’ films finished and the ‘Twilight’ series down to one more film, “The Hunger Games” trilogy is next in line to take over the teen and ‘tween crowd — and their coveted movie dollars. Based on the first of Suzanne Collins’s three popular young adult novels, “The Hunger Games” has taken the box office by storm - its opening weekend gross was the third highest in Hollywood history, eclipsing Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean and Twilight movies. The film was co-written by Collins and directed by Gary Ross, whose previous directorial efforts include “Pleasantville” and “Seabiscuit.” This first release (the sequel “Catching Fire” is already filming) takes place in a vastly different former United States, now known as Panem, which is divided into 12 districts. The people of the districts are dirt poor and all the resources they pro- duce go to provide an extrav- agant lifestyle for the well- to do in the Capitol, in stark barely surviv- trict must send two young people, called tributes, to the Hunger Games. There, they must fight to the death until only one contestant is left. The tributes are chosen by lot- tery and the sole survivor is rewarded with riches beyond their wildest dreams. J nnifer Lawrence, who inated Katniss Everdeen, a young woman from the twelfth district, who volunteers to replace her younger sister who’s chosen in the lottery. An expert with bow and arrow, Katniss has grown up hunting and foraging to feed the family and would seem to have a better chance of survival in the games. It does take a while to warm up to Law-rence’s heroine Katniss, but by the time she bonds and teams up with one of the younger female tributes, the audience is rooting for her all the way. Josh Hutcherson plays the male tribute from the lfth district who seems i s but has secrets of his own. Young Australian actor Liam Hemsworth portrays Katniss’ love interest back home, a relationship we are led to assume will be explored in future films. An unrecognizable Elizabeth Banks plays an odd district twelve escort and Lenny Kravitz is likable as the character Cinna, Katniss’ makeup and wardrobe assistant. But Donald Sutherland as President Snow tries and fails to project an ominous persona under an emotion- less exterior. On the other hand, Action ratchets up in second half of stylish film MOVIES Actress Jennifer Lawrence stars in ‘The Hunger Games.’ WAINOUS Cuban salsa band plays April 7 in Tavernier For four decades, La Charanga Tipica Tropical has been keeping the flame alive for Cuban salsa sounds. On Saturday, April 7, they’ll bring that tradition and music memories to the Elk’s Club in Tavernier. It’s called “A Night In Old Havana,” and marks the 15th year for this pop- ular fund-raiser to benefit the Treasure Montessori School in Islamorada. With more than 11 albums under their belt, the La Charanga Tipica Tropical bring that big band sound, performing in many different countries over the years. Originally playing in their native Cuba, the band members relocated r the years and have h me since They have performed throughout Florida in Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Fort. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Key West, and at Walt Disney World. Their U.S. tours have taken them to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, and Atlanta. Overseas, La Charanga Tipica Tropical has played Caracas, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Nassau, Santo Domingo, Paris, London, Zurich and Wintherhur in Switzerland. Current band members include: Rafael “Felo” Barrio, Frank Perez and Mario “Mayito” Toledo, vocals; Guiro Jorge Lopez, conga; Raymer Olalde, timbales; Arturo Perez, violin; Jorge Luis Sosa, teclados; Byron Ramos, trombone; Tom Warfel, trombone; Jorge Silvestrini, piano; Miguel Romero, bass, and Eduardo Aguirre, music director, who is master of the flute. Tickets cost $75 and l de appetizers, dinner, and a A ‘Night in Old Havana’ benefits Montessori kids L’Attitudes Staff MUSIC Contributed photo La Charanga Tipica Tropical has been performing Cuban salsa music for more than four decades. See Games, 4 Traffic nightmare weeks away The main road leading into Old Town Key West starts getting torn up on April 16, meaning traffic headaches and commuting nightmares for nearly three years until the reconstruc- tion is done. The work on North Roosevelt Boulevard is expected to take no more than 880 days. Officials say major changes to the traffic patterns in Key West will be phased in gradually. The Florida Department of Transportation is the lead agency for the $41.5 million project, shelling out $31.8 million. The city of Key West is putting in $4.3 million for a new sewer force main and the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority is adding $5.4 million for a new water line. The construction con- tract was awarded to Miami-based De Moya Group Inc. last July and envisions a total rebuild of the North Roosevelt sea- wall bordered by a 20- foot-wide landscaped promenade; four lanes of traffic each 11 feet wide; a 10-foot center turn lane; and a six-foot sidewalk on the business side of the road running from North Roosevelt and U.S. 1 to the intersection of North Roosevelt and Eisenhower Drive. Project spokesman Dean Walters said that on April 16, construction crews would start a week of milling and repaving of South Roosevelt Boulevard and then begin work on the North Roosevelt section. The next construction phase will run from Eisenhower to First Street, beginning on the water- side, changing the traffic pattern to one lane in each direction. “Then they’ll be phas- ing into the next area, which is from First to Kennedy Drive,” Walters said. “When that begins, it’s going to be two lanes inbound from Kennedy through First.” The overriding plan is to accommodate inbound traffic on North Roosevelt Boulevard and reroute out- bound traffic to Flagler Reconstruction of Roosevelt means three years of road headaches By SEAN KINNEY [email protected] KEY WEST ● See Roosevelt, 3A ‘Pop’ still going strong at age 103 George “Pop” Rockett was right where you’d expect to find him on a typi- cal Thursday afternoon in the Keys, resting comfort- ably aboard a golf cart just off to the side of the seventh green at Sombrero Country Club. That’s where he holds court every Tuesday and Thursday, hosting golf tour- naments for “Pop’s Group” at the Marathon club. “I’ve been doing it here for 30 years now. I enjoy it,” he said. “When you get my age, you have to keep off your tookus and keep busy. But I’m just thankful for my mind and health that I can do it.” But this past Thursday was no ordinary day and no ordinary golf tournament. Some 70 friends turned out for not only the golf but also to a celebration of the beloved Rockett’s 103rd birthday. Rockett’s fellow St. Peter Catholic Church parish- ioners on Big Pine Key held a birthday celebration for him this past Sunday while his neighbors planned anoth- er party for him Friday. “He made a sermon about my life and all. I felt very humble,” Rockett said of Father Tony Mullane at St. Peter. “I just want to bring love and happiness to every- one. You can only have friends by being a friend.” Rockett first visited the Keys when his late son, George Jr., had him down in 1973 and urged him to buy land on Big Pine Key. Pop did just that in 1974 on Long Beach Drive, building a house and becoming a full- time resident by 1983. Since then, he says, he’s lived a simple life. Golf, church and family are the most important things in his life. He has six grandchil- dren and 11 great-grandchil- dren. “I believe in the church and that’s been a big part of my life. I depend on the lord for all his blessings. I’m so grateful I can give him thanks,” Rockett said. Rockett said he doesn’t care much for the usual Birthday boy celebrates with golf tourney By RYAN McCARTHY [email protected] MARATHON ● See Pop, 2A Liveaboards protest marina increases More than 40 Boot Key Harbor residents turned out at a city meeting Thursday to protest hikes in marina and mooring-ball fees but got lit- tle in the way of relief. Since the City Council approved the rates in January, harbor residents have attend- ed several council meetings to complain about the rates. That’s resulted in city staff taking a second look at the fees, but no changes have since been made. An increase in the daily dinghy rate from $13 to $22, as well as establishing a 32- foot minimum for boats on the hard dock, have drawn the most ire. “I feel like people here year-round [who] work here deserve some kind of break, some kind of year-round fee,” harbor resident Mary Belden said. Jim Delane, another har- bor resident, said he’s a part- time resident but is upset about the rate changes. “I’m one of these people passing through. Your rates Hernstadt says some will be reconsidered By RYAN McCARTHY [email protected] MARATHON Earth Day: Condoms for critters A Tucson-based organiza- tion is putting the final wraps on its 2012 Earth Day cam- paign: Distributing endan- gered-species condoms. Specifically, the Center for Biological Diversity plans to Mark Earth Day on April 22 by handing out more than 100,000 free con- doms wrapped in packages highlighting endangered species. This is the second time since 2010 the group has done so. This go-around, three South Florida critters are high- lighted: The Florida panther (motto: “Don’t go bare, pan- thers are rare),” leatherback turtle (“In the sack? Save the leatherback”) and the dwarf seahorse (“Safe intercourse saves the dwarf seahorse”). The other three are the amphibian hellbender, western snowy plover and polar bears. “The more people we crowd onto our planet, the fewer resources there are for already endangered species like panthers, sea turtles and snowy plovers,” said Amy Harwood, who runs the cen- ter’s human population cam- paign. “If we’re going to deal with why plants and animals are going extinct at a staggering rate, we have to make human overpopulation part of the conversation.” She added, “These con- doms are a great way to get people talking and thinking about how overpopulation’s hurting plants and wildlife that people care about.” In 2010, the first set of six condoms comprised polar bears, rock frogs, snail darters, jaguars, burying beetles and burrowing owls. The Center for Biological Diversity expects to get thousands of volunteers to distribute the new condoms in all 50 states as part of Earth Day. In the past, the condoms have been given away at community events, libraries, college dorms, protests and bars. Keynoter Staff ENVIRONMENT Keynoter photo by RYAN McCARTHY George ‘Pop’Rockett hosts a golf tournament at Sombrero Country Club Thursday, a day after his 103rd birthday. Club members tossed him a party afterward with two birthday cakes and a table full of gifts. ● See Marina, 2A This is the package highlighting the leatherback turtle. Legal theft The Marathon High School baseball team steals a win — and nine bases — against Somerset. Story, 1B Lifer appeals Convicted Marathon murderer Larry Leatherwood is back in the Keys jail, looking to get a new trial. Story, 5A
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CONTENTS © 2012 KEYNOTER PUBLISHING CO.
WWW.KEYSNET.COM SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012 VOLUME 59, NO. 26 ● 25 CENTS
In L’AttitudesThe Contemporary Dance Co. goes back to the 1960s for its latest Waterfront Playhouse performance. Story, 3B
A rare catchAn Islamorada fishing crew lands a 520-pound swordfish — in daylight,which is unheard of. Story, 1B
‘Hunger Games’ slowly grabs
viewers’ rapt attention
“The Hunger Games,”
Rated PG-13, 142 min., now
playing nationwide
With the ‘Harry Potter’
films finished and the
‘Twilight’ series down to
one more film, “The Hunger
Games” trilogy is next in
line to take over the teen
and ‘tween crowd — and
their coveted movie dollars.
Based on the first of
Suzanne Collins’s three
popular young adult novels,
“The Hunger Games” has
taken the box office by
storm - its opening weekend
gross was the third highest
in Hollywood history,
eclipsing Spider-Man,
Pirates of the Caribbean and
Twilight movies.
The film was co-written
by Collins and directed by
Gary Ross, whose previous
directorial efforts include
“Pleasantville” and
“Seabiscuit.”
This first release (the
sequel “Catching Fire” is
already filming) takes place
in a vastly different former
United States, now known as
Panem, which is divided into
12 districts. The people of
the districts are dirt poor and
all the resources they pro-
duce go to provide an extrav-
agant lifestyle for the well-
to do in the Capitol, in stark
barely surviv-
trict must
send two
young
people,
called
tributes,
to the
Hunger
Games.
There,
they must
fight to the death until only
one contestant is left. The
tributes are chosen by lot-
tery and the sole survivor is
rewarded with riches
beyond their wildest
dreams.
J nnifer Lawrence, who
inated
Katniss Everdeen, a young
woman from the twelfth
district, who volunteers to
replace her younger sister
who’s chosen in the lottery.
An expert with bow and
arrow, Katniss has grown up
hunting and foraging to feed
the family and would seem
to have a better chance of
survival in the games. It
does take a while to warm
up to Law-rence’s heroine
Katniss, but by the time she
bonds and teams up with
one of the younger female
tributes, the audience is
rooting for her all the way.
Josh Hutcherson plays
the male tribute from the
lfth district who seems
i s but has
secrets of his own. Young
Australian actor Liam
Hemsworth portrays
Katniss’ love interest back
home, a relationship we are
led to assume will be
explored in future films.
An unrecognizable
Elizabeth Banks plays an
odd district twelve escort
and Lenny Kravitz is likable
as the character Cinna,
Katniss’ makeup and
wardrobe assistant. But
Donald Sutherland as
President Snow tries and
fails to project an ominous
persona under an emotion-
less exterior.
On the other hand,
Action ratchets up
in second half of
stylish film
MOVIES
Actress Jennifer Lawrence stars in ‘The Hunger Games.’
WAINOUS
Cuban salsa band
plays April 7
in Tavernier
For four decades, La
Charanga Tipica Tropical
has been keeping the
flame alive for Cuban
salsa sounds.
On Saturday, April 7,
they’ll bring that tradition
and music memories to
the Elk’s Club in
Tavernier.
It’s called “A Night In
Old Havana,” and marks
the 15th year for this pop-
ular fund-raiser to benefit
the Treasure Montessori
School in Islamorada.
With more than 11
albums under their belt,
the La Charanga Tipica
Tropical bring that big
band sound, performing in
many different countries
over the years.
Originally playing in
their native Cuba, the
band members relocated
r the years and have
h me since
They have performed
throughout Florida in
Miami, Tampa, Orlando,
Fort. Lauderdale, West
Palm Beach, Key West,
and at Walt Disney World.
Their U.S. tours have
taken them to Los
Angeles, San Francisco,
Las Vegas, New Orleans,
and Atlanta.
Overseas, La Charanga
Tipica Tropical has played
Caracas, Venezuela,
Puerto Rico, Nassau,
Santo Domingo, Paris,
London, Zurich and
Wintherhur in
Switzerland.
Current band members
include: Rafael “Felo”
Barrio, Frank Perez and
Mario “Mayito” Toledo,
vocals; Guiro Jorge
Lopez, conga; Raymer
Olalde, timbales; Arturo
Perez, violin; Jorge Luis
Sosa, teclados; Byron
Ramos, trombone; Tom
Warfel, trombone; Jorge
Silvestrini, piano; Miguel
Romero, bass, and
Eduardo Aguirre, music
director, who is master of
the flute.
Tickets cost $75 and
l de appetizers, dinner,
and a
A ‘Night in Old
Havana’benefits
Montessori kids
L’Attitudes Staff
MUSIC
Contributed photo
La Charanga Tipica Tropical has been performing Cuban
salsa music for more than four decades.
� See Games, 4
Traffic nightmare weeks awayThe main road leading
into Old Town Key Weststarts getting torn up onApril 16, meaning trafficheadaches and commutingnightmares for nearly threeyears until the reconstruc-tion is done.
The work on NorthRoosevelt Boulevard isexpected to take no morethan 880 days. Officials
say major changes to thetraffic patterns in KeyWest will be phased ingradually.
The Florida Departmentof Transportation is thelead agency for the $41.5million project, shellingout $31.8 million. The cityof Key West is putting in$4.3 million for a newsewer force main and theFlorida Keys AqueductAuthority is adding $5.4million for a new water
line.The construction con-
tract was awarded toMiami-based De MoyaGroup Inc. last July andenvisions a total rebuild ofthe North Roosevelt sea-wall bordered by a 20-foot-wide landscapedpromenade; four lanes of
traffic each 11 feet wide; a10-foot center turn lane;and a six-foot sidewalk onthe business side of theroad running from NorthRoosevelt and U.S. 1 to theintersection of NorthRoosevelt and EisenhowerDrive.
Project spokesman
Dean Walters said that onApril 16, constructioncrews would start a weekof milling and repaving ofSouth RooseveltBoulevard and then beginwork on the NorthRoosevelt section.
The next constructionphase will run fromEisenhower to First Street,beginning on the water-side, changing the trafficpattern to one lane in eachdirection.
“Then they’ll be phas-ing into the next area,which is from First toKennedy Drive,” Walterssaid. “When that begins,it’s going to be two lanesinbound from Kennedythrough First.”
The overriding plan isto accommodate inboundtraffic on North RooseveltBoulevard and reroute out-bound traffic to Flagler
Reconstruction of Roosevelt means three years of road headaches
By SEAN [email protected]
KEY WEST
● See Roosevelt, 3A
‘Pop’ still going strong at age 103
George “Pop” Rockettwas right where you’dexpect to find him on a typi-cal Thursday afternoon inthe Keys, resting comfort-ably aboard a golf cart justoff to the side of the seventhgreen at Sombrero CountryClub.
That’s where he holdscourt every Tuesday andThursday, hosting golf tour-naments for “Pop’s Group”at the Marathon club.
“I’ve been doing it herefor 30 years now. I enjoy it,”he said. “When you get myage, you have to keep offyour tookus and keep busy.But I’m just thankful for mymind and health that I can doit.”
But this past Thursdaywas no ordinary day and noordinary golf tournament.Some 70 friends turned outfor not only the golf but alsoto a celebration of thebeloved Rockett’s 103rdbirthday.
Rockett’s fellow St. Peter
Catholic Church parish-ioners on Big Pine Key helda birthday celebration forhim this past Sunday whilehis neighbors planned anoth-er party for him Friday.
“He made a sermon aboutmy life and all. I felt veryhumble,” Rockett said ofFather Tony Mullane at St.Peter. “I just want to bringlove and happiness to every-one. You can only havefriends by being a friend.”
Rockett first visited theKeys when his late son,George Jr., had him down in1973 and urged him to buyland on Big Pine Key. Popdid just that in 1974 on LongBeach Drive, building ahouse and becoming a full-time resident by 1983.
Since then, he says, he’slived a simple life. Golf,church and family are themost important things in hislife. He has six grandchil-dren and 11 great-grandchil-dren.
“I believe in the churchand that’s been a big part ofmy life. I depend on the lordfor all his blessings. I’m sograteful I can give himthanks,” Rockett said.
Rockett said he doesn’tcare much for the usual
Birthday boycelebrates withgolf tourneyBy RYAN [email protected]
MARATHON
● See Pop, 2A
Liveaboards protestmarina increases
More than 40 Boot KeyHarbor residents turned outat a city meeting Thursday toprotest hikes in marina andmooring-ball fees but got lit-tle in the way of relief.
Since the City Councilapproved the rates in January,harbor residents have attend-ed several council meetingsto complain about the rates.That’s resulted in city stafftaking a second look at the
fees, but no changes havesince been made.
An increase in the dailydinghy rate from $13 to $22,as well as establishing a 32-foot minimum for boats onthe hard dock, have drawnthe most ire.
“I feel like people hereyear-round [who] work heredeserve some kind of break,some kind of year-roundfee,” harbor resident MaryBelden said.
Jim Delane, another har-bor resident, said he’s a part-time resident but is upsetabout the rate changes.
“I’m one of these peoplepassing through. Your rates
Hernstadt sayssome will bereconsideredBy RYAN [email protected]
MARATHON
Earth Day: Condoms for crittersA Tucson-based organiza-
tion is putting the final wrapson its 2012 Earth Day cam-paign: Distributing endan-gered-species condoms.
Specifically, the Centerfor Biological Diversityplans to Mark Earth Day onApril 22 by handing outmore than 100,000 free con-doms wrapped in packageshighlighting endangeredspecies. This is the secondtime since 2010 the grouphas done so.
This go-around, threeSouth Florida critters are high-lighted: The Florida panther(motto: “Don’t go bare, pan-thers are rare),” leatherbackturtle (“In the sack? Save theleatherback”) and the dwarf
seahorse (“Safe intercoursesaves the dwarf seahorse”).
The other three are theamphibian hellbender, westernsnowy plover and polar bears.
“The more people wecrowd onto our planet, thefewer resources there are foralready endangered specieslike panthers, sea turtles andsnowy plovers,” said AmyHarwood, who runs the cen-ter’s human population cam-paign. “If we’re going todeal with why plants andanimals are going extinct ata staggering rate, we have tomake human overpopulationpart of the conversation.”
She added, “These con-doms are a great way to getpeople talking and thinkingabout how overpopulation’shurting plants and wildlife
that people care about.”In 2010, the first set of
six condoms comprisedpolar bears, rock frogs, snaildarters, jaguars, buryingbeetles and burrowing owls.
The Center for BiologicalDiversity expects to get
thousands of volunteers todistribute the new condomsin all 50 states as part ofEarth Day. In the past, thecondoms have been givenaway at community events,libraries, college dorms,protests and bars.
Keynoter Staff
ENVIRONMENT
Keynoter photo by RYAN McCARTHY
George ‘Pop’ Rockett hosts a golf tournament at Sombrero Country Club Thursday, a day after his 103rd birthday. Clubmembers tossed him a party afterward with two birthday cakes and a table full of gifts.
● See Marina, 2A
This is the package highlighting the leatherback turtle.
Legal theftThe Marathon High School baseball team steals a win — and ninebases — against Somerset. Story, 1B
Lifer appealsConvicted Marathon
murderer LarryLeatherwood is back in the Keys jail, looking to
get a new trial. Story, 5A
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March is Sundayfor Martin family
The Interfaith MinisterialAlliance of Key West is hold-ing a march on Sunday toexpress solidarity with thefamily of Trayvon Martin, aSanford teen shot to death byGeorge Zimmerman lastmonth. Zimmerman claimsthe Stand Your Ground lawas self-defense.
The case has becomeracially explosive, asZimmerman, who’s Hispanic,has not been charged in thedeath of Martin, who is black.
Marchers will gather at 6p.m. at Nelson English Park,300 Catherine St.
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City lobbies DOT for no railing
If city staff is unable toagree with state officials ona design that won’t result inan obstructive 42-inch-tallfence blocking the vistaalong a rebuilt NorthRoosevelt Boulevard, theKey West City Commissionhas signaled it will assumeliability from the state forthe primary artery into theSouthernmost City.
The Key West Chamberof Commerce has emergedas one of the most vocalopponents of the currentplans for the so-called bicy-cle railing; chamberExecutive Vice PresidentVirginia Panico reiteratedher concerns to city com-missioners on March 20.
“It’s not going to be
something you’re going tobe able to see over unlessyou’re in a high vehicle,”Panico said. “As you’regoing by, you’re not goingto get to see the views.”
Panico, playing out a sce-nario in which the FloridaDepartment ofTransportation moves for-ward with the existingdesign, asked for permissionto draw on the city’s lobby-ists in Tallahassee to facili-tate a meeting with DOTSecretary Ananth Prasad“and try to see what we cando about this railing.”
City Manager Jim Schollsaid city engineers are work-ing with the state on alterna-tive designs that meet safety“specifications and require-ments. Should the city wantto have them consider norailing at all, they wouldperhaps be able to considerthat if the city would relievethem of liability should therebe any accidents.”
Commissioners couldn’trecall any instances in which
a car, bicycle or pedestrianfell off the wall. Cityspokeswoman Alyson Creansaid anecdotal conversationswith longtime police, fireand city personnel yieldedvague recollections of “threeor four” incidents involvingvehicles in the past 40-plusyears.
Before the city analyzesthe indemnity issue, Schollsaid “we need to find out ifthere’s an alternative designthat would be less of a blockto vision and if that wouldbe acceptable.”
Commissioners wereunanimous in their opposi-tion to the planned railing;Commissioner Tony Yanizeven used the opportunity tocrack on CommissionerBilly Wardlow’s height.
“I’d rather see it with justa little low wall like it hasalways been,” Yaniz said. “IfCommissioner Wardlowwere to go to that rail, hewouldn’t be able to see overit. Hey, a little levity here,folks.”
“I’m used to it,”Wardlow, a former firechief, said. “I really don’tthink we need a rail outthere. I think it’s fine like itis.”
Commissioner JimmyWeekley said visitors to anisland expect to see water:“We’re not Palm Beach.We’re an island surroundedby water. People drivingdown here want to be able toenjoy that view coming into
our city.”If that means assuming
liability from the state,“That’s something we oughtto consider, I think,”Weekley said.
City Attorney ShawnSmith said it’s premature tostart considering the liabilityissue and if the time comes,the deal would be articulatedin “some type” of a memo-randum of understanding.
Commissioners:Roosevelt wallwould kill viewBy [email protected]
KEY WEST
Saunders leavingthe state House
The shape of the cam-paign to represent MonroeCounty in the FloridaHouse changed Fridaywhen three-term District120 incumbent RonSaunders formally with-drew from the race.
The Democrat Saunderssaid he plans to seek theopen Florida Senate 39 seatand will file papers with thestate Division of Electionspossibly as soon asMonday.
“We have not had a[state] senator from theKeys for more than 40years and it’s time tochange that,” Saunders saidThursday. “I think I have agood chance of winning.”
Holly Merrill Raschein,a 10-year legislative assis-tant in District 120, firstwith Republican KenSorensen and now withSaunders, said Thursdayshe soon will leave her staffpost to run for the Houseseat as Republican. She’lllikely file this comingweek.
“I’ve already dedicatedmy life to public service.Running for office is thenext natural step,” saidRaschein, 31, of KeyLargo. “After spendingmore than 10 years learningthe players and politics ofthe state legislative system,I feel compelled to run.”
The only other declaredcandidate for the post atpress time Friday is formerKey West Mayor MorganMcPherson, a Republicanwho lost to Saunders in2010.
Saunders has been con-sidering a Senate run forsome time, and committedto it after seeing the resultsof the Senate redistrictingprocess.
T h eF l o r i d aLegislatureapprovedthe secondversion ofn e wSenate dis-tricts thispast week
after the Florida SupremeCourt rejected the first one.
Saunders said the state’ssouthernmost Senate dis-trict — which includes allof Monroe County, muchof western Miami-Dade
C o u n t yand partsof Hendrya n dC o l l i e rc o u n t i e s—“changedvery little”in the
rewriting of the initial plan.The district number did
change, from 40 in the firstreapportionment plan, thenback to District 39, the cur-rent number. District 39incumbent Sen. LarceniaBullard (D-Miami) is step-ping down after serving theeight-year term limit.
“It’s a pretty largeSenate district so I need toget rolling on the cam-paign,” Saunders said.
“And some people werewaiting for me to make adecision [between a Houseor Senate run] and it wasn’tfair to make them waitmuch longer,” he said.
Saunders, leader of theDemocratic minority in thestate House for the past twolegislative sessions, wouldhave been seeking a fourthconsecutive term in theHouse, his final under termlimits.
Two other candidates,both Miami-Dade Democratsand veterans of the FloridaHouse, have declared for theDistrict 39 Senate race.
“The way then district isdrawn, it would be very diffi-cult for a Republican to win,”Saunders said. “The raceessentially could be decidedin the August primary.”
He’s going forSenate, Rascheingoes for House
POLITICS
SAUNDERS
RASCHEIN
By KEVIN WADLOWSenior Staff [email protected]
By the numbersFollowing are key figures associated with the
massive rebuild of North Roosevelt Boulevard,scheduled to begin April 16 in Key West:
• Construction will take a maximum of 880 days.• The total cost is $45.1 million.•Installation of a business-side sidewalk is the
result of acquiring rights of way across 26 parcels ata cost of $457,000.
•Adjacent to the seawall, plans call for a 20-foot-wide landscaped promenade.
• The rebuilt road will have four 11-foot-wide lanes and a 10-footcenter turn lane.
do have a bearing onwhether I’ll be back and thepeople that I know,” he said.
Six-year harbor residentLee Stevens warned thatrate increases are tough onthe workforce community inthe harbor. “Your increasehas chased a lot of them out;you may chase me out,” hesaid.
Monthly mooring-ballrates increased from $275 to$300, while monthly dinghydockage for vessels atanchor increased from $135to $225. Those rates includeone weekly sewage pump-out, use of the marina facili-ties and parking for one
vehicle. Mooring-ball ratesinclude dinghy dockage.
Weekly mooring-ballrates increased from $105 to$110, and weekly dinghydockage from $45 to $85.Daily mooring ratesincreased from $21 to $22.
The monthly rate forhard-dock spots remains$19.75 per foot in season,but 50-amp power goesfrom $55 to $65 and 30-ampfrom $35 to $45.
Mayor Pete Worthington,Vice Mayor Dick Ramsayand City Manager RogerHernstadt attended themeeting on behalf of thecity. Monroe County MarineResources AdministratorRich Jones was there, as
well.Hernstadt noted the rates
hadn’t increased at the mari-na for three years prior. Hesaid it costs $950,000 peryear to operate and maintain.
He told the group he tookthree main issues away fromthe meeting and said hewould look into each:
•The daily dinghy rateincreasing from $13 to $22per day.
• The minimum 32-footrequirement for boats on thehard dock.
• Whether the city couldestablish a discounted ratefor permanent harbor resi-dents. There are now onlydaily, weekly and monthlyrates.
City reconsiders some increasesFrom Marina, 1A
Presidential search narrowing
By the end of businessWednesday, the board oftrustees for Florida KeysCommunity College willhave a list of three to fivecandidates vying to replacePresident Larry Tyree.
Friday, the college’s 11-person presidential searchcommittee interviewed ninesemifinalists from an initialapplicant pool of 43.Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. atthe Stock Island campusboard room, the committeewill short-list its finalists topresent to the board.
Led by trustee AntoinetteMartin, questions posed tothe nine focused on workexperience in higher educa-tion, what attracted them toFKCC and what their visionfor the small college mightbe.
Based on brief discus-sions between interviews,committee members indi-cated preferences forGeorge Bishop and AllenWitt.
Bishop, vice president foracademic affairs and learn-ing support at Gulf CoastState College in PanamaCity, said he was impressedby the Southern Associationof Colleges and Schoolsfinding no faults during its10-year re-accreditation ofthe college last year.
“For you all to do that iswonderful,” Bishop said viaa Web-based conferencesystem. “A place that can dothat ... confirmed in essencewhat Dr. Tyree said to me:You’ve got some terrificpeople working at the col-lege that are dedicated to thesuccess of the institution.”
Witt, president ofHillsborough CommunityCollege’s SouthShoreCampus in Ruskin, south ofTampa, identified a college-level hospitality program asa way to grow enrollmentand provide a direct benefitto the Keys workforce,
something the collegeattempted without successin 2008.
“It occurred to me thatafter we look at marinethings, the biggest industryin your service area isundoubtedly hospitality,” hesaid. “I wonder if that’s nota way we might look atgrowing enrollment.”
Three interviewees,Jonathan Guevara, BarbaraBurrows and KrewaskySalter, mentioned growingFKCC’s marine biology andtechnology programs into afour-year degree program toboost enrollment and com-plement the new 100-bedLagoon Landing dormitory,which has occupancy ofaround 70 percent and isexpected to chalk up a$48,000 operating loss thissemester.
“Florida is one of thestates leading the nation inallowing selected baccalau-reate programs at communi-ty colleges and FKCC ispoised to do that,” saidGuevara, chief executive ofthe Community College ofthe District of Columbia inWashington D.C.
Burrows, a formeradministrator and currentassociate professor of math-ematics at the College ofCentral Florida in Ocala, hitsome similar notes andadded that her relationshipwith Tyree attracted herinterest in the job.
“You hired my No. 1 rolemodel as an administrator.To me, that means you real-ly respected his core valuesand leadership style. I sharethat with him.”
Salter, former chairmanand professor of the militaryscience and leadershipdepartment at HowardUniversity in WashingtonD.C., said his organizationalstyle, a product of militaryservice, would help achievethe goal of adding a four-year degree.
“I’m very confident Ican lead that program tosuccessful fruition,” Saltersaid.
John Chapin, vice presi-dent of workforce develop-ment at TallahasseeCommunity College, identi-
fied distance learning as amethod of growing enroll-ment not only in Key West.
“I think the college has tofigure out a way to be aFlorida Keys communitycollege and not be perceivedas being focused more onone part of the Keys thananother.
Martin called Bill Kibler,vice president for studentaffairs at Mississippi StateUniversity in Starkville,Miss., “wooden and stiff.”He discussed adding aresearch component to thecollege based on the uniqueenvironmental setting inorder to “kind of put us onthe map around the country.There is no other collegethat has the Gulf of Mexicoand Atlantic Ocean rightthere in its backyard.”
Richard Federinko, athree-time past communitycollege president nowretired, said his experiencein marketing and with on-campus housing would be abenefit.
“I feel I really know res-idence halls and I knowwhat it takes me to make itsafe, secure ... and a positivecontributor to your every-day campus life.”
Jon Marshall, vice presi-dent for academic affairs atAllen County CommunityCollege in Iola, Kan., saidas a community collegegraduate, he knows the chal-lenges faced by students.
“Like so many of ourstudents, I know what it is tobe able to work throughthose challenges of work,family and education andmove toward doing some-thing more. That’s the cruxof my work and that hasinfluenced my administra-tive work as I have gone for-ward.”
The college is advertis-ing the presidential positionwith a salary not to exceed$180,000 annually, includ-ing housing, auto and cell-phone stipends. Before hevoluntarily gave up half hissalary in the summer of2011 to help mitigate abudget shortfall, Tyree, whoretires in June, earned$216,000 including theperks.
Wednesday:Short listof finalistsBy [email protected]
FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Keys leisure activities likefishing and diving. GeorgeJr. was a fisherman andopened the first LowerKeys dive shop north ofKey West in 1969.
“Every day for a yearmy son said, ‘We’re goingfishing.’And you name it, Icaught it. At the end I said,‘That’s it.’ I’ve been golf-ing since I was 10 yearsold. It’s a wonderfulsport,” he said.
Rockett grew up inPhiladelphia, where heworked as a typesetter andeventually opened his ownbusiness, Graphic ArtsComposition, with twopartners in 1953. He said
the company set type foradvertising agencies andother firms.
“That was my trade. In1976 I retired from it, but Iwas the third largest inPhiladelphia at one time,”he said.
Pop says he plans tocontinue to host the golftournament and beinvolved with his church.Longevity runs in the fam-ily genes, he says, sothere’s plenty of time left.
“My mother lived to be104. I’m trying to catchher; I have a good chance,too,” he joked. “Her moth-er and dad lived to be over100, and her sisters, so it’sall in the genes.”
‘All in the genes’From Pop, 1A
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Avenue and SouthRoosevelt.
The next phase of con-struction covers fromKennedy to U.S. 1. Oncethat’s complete, Walters saidconstruction would moveover to the business side ofthe road and follow thesame phased progression.
“They’re doing all thewaterside work first,”Walters said. “When allthat is done, they’ll go backdown to the Eisenhowerarea and everything willshift over to the other twolanes and they’ll start onthe business side.”
Included in the projectis the addition of fivecrosswalks with flashingyellow lights and safetymedians for pedestrians.Those will be positionedbetween 1st Avenue andFourth Street, near 7thStreet, between Overseas
Market and KennedyAvenue, near 17th Streetand close to the intersec-tion with U.S. 1.
“This is going to be along project and a chal-lenge,” Walters said, “butit’s going to be wonderfulwhen it’s completed.” Hesaid contractor would be“attempting to bringeverything in under 700days.”
For the duration of theconstruction, theDepartment ofTransportation is maintain-ing a website, www.fdot-monroe.com/key west ,that allows users to registerfor e-mail updates aboutchanges in work hours, traf-fic patterns and the like.
There are 35 blackoutdays each year plannedduring the construction tofacilitate big tourist drawslike the annual FantasyFest and powerboat races.
Roosevelt work tobe a ‘challenge’From Roosevelt, 1A
This shows how the traffic will flow in and out of Key West once the Roosevelt Boulevard work gets under way.
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Citizens drops builder insurance
Florida’s state-run insurerstopped covering propertyowners building new homesand businesses earlier thisyear — a move that some saycould slow or even halt newhome and business construc-tion in the Keys.
Citizens PropertyInsurance Corp. announced inFebruary that it’s discontinu-ing issuing builders’ risk cov-erage, but many Keys offi-cials are just hearing aboutthe decision now. It’s expect-ed to reduce Citizens’ esti-mated exposure in the stateby about $460 million,Citizens spokeswomanCandace Bunker said.
But officials in the Keyssaid it could further slowgrowth here at a time whenmunicipalities and the countyare looking to attract newbusinesses to boost the strug-gling economy. The policiesinsure property and buildingowners against damages thathappen during construction.
County CommissionerHeather Carruthers, a found-ing member of the grassrootsgroup Fair Insurance Rates inMonroe, said banks will notissue construction loans to
property owners withoutbuilders’ risk coverage. Sheblasted Citizens, saying themove is another step in theinsurer of last resort’s effort toreduce coverage in the state.
“People working atCitizens have been told ifthey don’t find ways to de-populate [reduce coverage],they’ll lose their jobs,”Carruthers said this week.“It’s a hatchet approach.”
Islamorada officials heardabout the decision fromCouncilman Ken Philipson atthe March 22 Village Councilmeeting. Village attorneyNina Boniske called it “amajor issue,” especially as theIslamorada Chamber ofCommerce plans to build anew visitors center atFounders Park this summear,and two major grocery chainsare considering adding loca-tions on Lower and UpperMatecumbe keys.
Because the Keys are con-sidered a high-risk area forinsurers to do business,Citizens is the only option formost home and businessowners needing to buy prop-erty insurance.
Sam Miller, executive vicepresident of the FloridaInsurance Council tradegroup, said builders in Floridahave other options — compa-nies in the so-called surplusline industry — but policiessold by those firms can bemuch more expensive.Philipson and Carruthers said
those policies are likely out ofthe price range of many Keysproperty owners.
“Construction costs arealready higher down here,”Philipson said. He added thatmajor chain businesses likeCVS, Walgreens and Winn-Dixie are going to be lessinclined to come to the Keysif they have to pay more forbuilders’ risk insurance.
“When you build a com-mercial business, you wantreturn on your investment.With chains, it’s about loca-tion, location, location.They’re not going to comehere when you add excesscharges,” Philipson said.
Miller said the move wasnecessary for Citizens to pre-pare in case it needs to paybillions of dollars in claims inthe aftermath of a major hur-ricane. If a storm is badenough, Citizens could raiserates for policy holders bymore than 40 percent andassess residents using othercompanies up to 16 percentmore than their current pre-mium, Miller said.
“All this is about reducingthat” amount, Miller said.Nevertheless, he supports themove.
“It’s got to pay for its ownway 100 percent,” he said.
Lynne McChristian,Florida representative for theInsurance InformationInstitute, also said Citizenswas right to discontinuebuilders’ risk coveragebecause the taxpayer-fundedcompany “should not be inthe business of under-pricedinsurance.”
“There is a market forthat. People may not want topay the difference in premi-ums, but it’s the right thingto do,” she said. “Risk-based prices are higher inmost vulnerable areas.Citizens does not have to bein the business of insuringbuildings in these high-riskareas. It leaves the taxpayerson the hook for losses.”
Move may meanless constructionin Florida KeysBy DAVE GOODHUEkeysreporter.com
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City goes another round on hotel units
The Marathon PlanningCommission meets Tuesdayfor a second round of feed-back on how 100 new hotelunits awarded by the stateshould be doled out.
City Planning DirectorGeorge Garrett said the for-mat would be much like aFeb. 23 workshop at whichsome 30 local hotel owners,real-estate agents and otherresidents offered suggestionsand concerns with theprocess.
“It’ll be very similar, butobviously the PlanningCommission will be in themiddle of it as well. It’ll givethem an opportunity to hearfrom some of the people weheard from already. ThePlanning Commission canweigh in a little bit on theirown and offer somethoughts,” he said.
In January, the stateCabinet, based on a stateDepartment of EconomicOpportunity recommenda-tion, awarded the 100 units inrecognition of Marathon’snearly completed citywidesewer system. The city couldalso borrow forward another100 units.
Garrett said the PlanningCommission, an advisoryboard to the City Council onland use, would consideramendments and changes tothe comprehensive plan andland development regulationsat its April 16 meeting thatwould allow the city to allo-cate transient, or hotel, units.
The city and MonroeCounty each have a moratori-um in place on new hotel units.The only way to secure exist-ing unit rights is to purchasethem from private owners.
Garrett said the comp planand LDR changes are “prettybasic” and that what must beworked out is how the unitswill be doled out and to whom.
“We’ll outline some ideasand I don’t think they’ll behugely different than what wediscussed in the past — someindication you’re ready to
bring building plans, somedemonstration of financialcapability and an indicationthat you can get it done quick-ly,” he said.
What hasn’t been dis-cussed and would likely comeup at Tuesday’s meeting iswhether to establish a limit onhow many units one projectcould receive. Similar con-cerns, as well as whether thecity would charge for the 100units, were raised in February.
Spottswood Cos. VicePresident Bill Spottswoodspoke at the March 13 councilmeeting and said the long-awaited Faro Blanco Resortand Yacht Club is on holduntil the city doles out theunits.
Spottswood said construc-tion is ready to begin but thathe wants 25 of the 100 unitsto add to the planned 100-room Hyatt hotel at FaroBlanco. Spottswood saidHyatt’s template is for 125rooms and that it gave hiscompany an exception to gounder that amount.
Tuesday’s meeting isscheduled for 5:30 p.m. at thefire station at Florida KeysMarathon Airport.
Tuesday sessioncould firm updisbursementBy RYAN [email protected]
MARATHON
Postal worker remains jailed in marijuana case
A U.S. Postal Servicecarrier in Marathonarrested Tuesday forallegedly trying todeliver far beyond whather job entails remainedin jail Friday in lieu of
$50,000bond.VeronicaJohnson, 49, is chargedwith felony marijuanapossession for allegedlyaccepting a 10-poundpackage of pot at theMarathon post officeand trying to deliver itto a man who was goingto pay her $200 for thedelivery.
The package wasaddressed to an elderlywoman who lives onMorton Street on GrassyKey, Johnson’s postalroute. However, shenever intended to deliv-er it to the woman,whose address apparent-ly was used as a ruse.
Instead, according tothe Monroe CountySheriff ’s Office, “sheadmitted that she wasgoing to hold the pack-age for [a man] that sheknows as Puppy.”
Tuesday, PostalService inspectors in
M i a m ir e c e i v e di n f o r m a -tion aboutthe suspi-c i o u sp a c k a g ef r o mt h e i rc o u n t e r -
parts in Tucson, Ariz.That was relayed to theKeys Sheriff ’s Office,which had detectives fol-low Johnson on herroute.
At the end of herroute, she put the pack-age of pot in her cartrunk, then was arrestedby the detectives whohad been watching her.The package originatedfrom a Carmen Rosa inJackson, Miss. , theSheriff ’s Office said.
Johnson reportedlysaid she had made simi-lar $200 deliveries toPuppy in the past.
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Lobster season closes, bounty looks good
A lobster season thatrewarded commercial fisher-men with high prices andbountiful catches closes today.
“We’ve had good catches,good prices and no storms soit’s been an awesome year,”Conch Key trap fishermanJeff Cramer said Friday.
“Last year may have beenmy best in terms of pricesand catch,” said Cramer, inthe business for more thanthree decades. “This yearshould beat it.”
Reports from throughoutMonroe County — whichannually produces about 90percent of Florida’sstatewide harvest of spinylobster — are similar, saidBill Kelly, executive directorof the Florida Keys
Commercial Fishermen’sAssociation.
“It’s been a robust seasonfor spiny lobster and stonecrabs,” Kelly said. “Priceshave held up well, mostlyfueled by demand fromChina and Taiwan.”
Final trip reports to theFlorida Fish and WildlifeConservation Commissionwill be arriving over the nextseveral weeks but all indica-tions are that it will end as asuccessful season, said Fishand Wildlife Research Institutebiologist Tom Matthews.
“The last two lobster fish-ing seasons have had the high-est landings and nearly thehighest price in the lastdecade,” Matthews said Friday.
The eight-month regularseason in 2010-11 producedabout 5.9 million pounds ofspiny lobster statewide;Monroe County alone account-ed for 5.1 million pounds.
The current season hadlogged 5.5 million poundsstatewide with the final threemonths — typically slowtimes — yet to report.
Regular lobster seasonopened last Aug. 6. A typicallegal-size lobster weighsabout 1 pound.
“It’s safe to say it willwind up being very similar tolast year in terms of land-ings,” Matthews said.
Kelly said most lobsterand crab boats have virtuallystopped fishing in the waningmonths of both seasons.“Better than 75 percent of thetraps from both fisheries areback on shore,” he said.
Prices also have remained
strong. The most recentprices for dockside whole-sale prices paid to fishermenwere $6.66 per pound, apenny above last season’sfinal price.
In the grim 2009-10 sea-son, prices slumped to anaverage of just $3.41 perpound as the economysagged and stocks of frozenlobster accumulated.
Now, the market forexported live lobster occa-sionally can net fishermenmore than $10 per pound.
Matthews noted, “Whilein was a good season forlandings compared to the lastdecades, it would have beenconsidered a bad year in themid-1990s.”
Several lobster seasons inthe 1990s generated landingsof around 7 million poundsannually.
After bleak harvests andlow prices earlier thisdecade, the last two yearshave provided relief to theindustry, Kelly said.Wholesale income from thetwo crustacean fisheries gen-erates about $100 milliondirectly into the MonroeCounty economy, he said.
“That turns over aboutthree times for everythingfrom boat repairs and gear tohome improvements so it hasa big effect locally,” he said.
Monroe County hasaround 650 licensed trapfishermen and 125 licensedcommercial divers. About950 stone-crab permits areissued to Keys residents.
It would besecond straightyear of success
FISHERIES
Convicted killer appeals
A convicted Marathonkiller is back in the Keys, try-ing to get a new trial for whathe claims was ineffectivecounsel.
Larry Leatherwood, 46,was convicted in October2003 of shooting chef MarkEvans to death on Halloweenin 2000 at the EastwindApartments on Sombrero
B e a c hRoad.
A c t i n gM o n r o eC o u n t yC i r c u i tCourt JudgeRuth Beckersentencedhim to life
on his first-degree murderconviction, plus 40 years forbeing a convicted felon witha weapon. He’s serving hissentence at TomokaCorrectional Institute inDaytona Beach.
This past week, he wasflown to Key West for a hear-
ing on his claim that hisdefense was flawed. It wasunclear Friday if he main-tains it was his defense attrial or in any of the appealshe’s filed, and in front ofwhich judge he’ll appear.Prosecutor Tanner Demmerywas out of town Friday andcouldn’t be reached.
Leatherwood shot Evansthree times with a .44 caliberhandgun as Evans was leav-ing a party at the apartmentcomplex.
At the time, authoritiessaid Leatherwood was court-ing Evans’ ex-wife and thetwo men had been involved
in an altercation six monthsbefore the shooting.Leatherwood and Evansexchanged words at the partyearly in the evening andLeatherwood left, returningwith the weapon. As Evanswas headed out the door,Leatherwood shot him in thefemur, abdomen and head,authorities said.
Leatherwood was on thelam for eight months follow-ing the shooting, eventuallyarrested in Bibb County, Ga.,near Macon, when policethere responded to a domes-tic dispute between him and agirlfriend.
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Scott OKs Medicaid law
Medicaid just got a lotmore expensive for MonroeCounty government to fund.
Gov. Rick Scott signed abill into law Thursday thathas the county — and there-fore Keys taxpayers — foot-ing some $3.3 million worthof disputed bills over the past10 fiscal years. It’s expectedto cost an extra $800,000 peryear moving forward.
The state Agency forHealth Care Administrationadministers the Medicaidprogram, which provideshealth care for low-incomeresidents. It bills countiesfor their portion of apatient’s costs.
Monroe is responsible forits own residents, but pastbills have often containedquestionable addresses. Thatincludes Miami addresses,others with post office boxnumbers.
The bill (HB 5301)includes a five-year plan forthe state to recoup moneyfrom denied claims.
An AHCA spreadsheetestimates Monroe’s portioncould be $2.79 million, whilestatewide that number is $271million. But FloridaAssociation of Countiesnumbers provided by Monroesay its portion would be $3.3million, with a statewide costof $325 million.
“When that repaymentplan would have to start hasnot been addressed. I wouldassume like all legislationsigned, it goes into effectimmediately,” countyGrants Administrator LisaTennyson said.
Tennyson said the countymust choose between twooptions in repaying past bills.
“We can accept a 100percent payment and thenhave the ability to chal-lenge, or accept a 15 percentcredit against disputed billsand forego our ability tochallenge,” she said.
“To say that we’re disap-pointed would be an under-statement,” said ChrisHolley, executive directorof the Florida Association ofCounties.
By RYAN [email protected]
MONROE COUNTY
By KEVIN WADLOWSenior Staff [email protected]
Two get prison in lobster case
A Lower Keys chartercaptain who appeared onnational fishing shows losthis two boats and businessas part of his sentence in afederal lobster case.
Saddlebunch Keys resi-dent Rush Maltz, 36, for-mer owner of OdysseaSport Fishing, was sen-tenced Tuesday to 18months in federal prisonfor illegally diving onunderwater casitas, or arti-ficial habitat, to harvestlobster and falsifyingrecords to conceal theactivity.
U.S. District Judge Jose
E. Martinez ordered Maltzto surrender $62,000 fromthe sale of his boats, bothused in the illegal lobster-ing, and his company.
Co-defendant Titus A.Werner, 36, of Little TorchKey was sentenced to oneyear plus a day. Both willbe placed on supervisedrelease after their prisonterms.
Maltz and Wernerpleaded guilty in Key Westfederal court in January.
“At their own expenseand under [federal] super-vision, defendants Maltzand Werner are removingover 200 casitas that theyhad illegally placed in theFlorida Keys NationalMarine Sanctuary,”according to a statementfrom the U.S. Attorney’sOffice.
Casitas are habitats
placed on the ocean floorto attract and concentratespiny lobster for easy har-vesting by divers.
According to the U.S.Attorney’s Office, Maltzand Werner worked withScott Greager, owner ofHoliday Seafood KeyWest, from May 2007through March 2009 in ascheme to collect and con-ceal the lobster harvests,which require licenses andcatch limits. Greager wassentenced previously.Overall, prosecutors say,the conspiracy involvedmore than $263,000 inillegally harvested andsold lobster.
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IN THE COURTS
After bleak harvests and lowprices earlier thisdecade, the lasttwo years have provided relief tothe industry.
Boat leads to felonylittering count
A former Marathon resi-dent has been charged withfelony littering for failing toremove a houseboat that sankwhile being towed off theLower Keys last summer.
Ryan A. Checkley, 33,was booked Wednesday atthe Marathon jail on a war-rant obtained by FloridaFish and WildlifeConservation Commissionofficers in February.Checkley was released thesame day after posting$17,500 bond.
The case stems from theAug. 30, 2011, sinking of a50-foot houseboat thatCheckley had been hired totow south to Key West. Thehouseboat sank about ahalf-mile off SugarloafKey, near Sammy’s Creek.
According to the arrestwarrant, FWC officers con-
tacted the vessel owner andCheckley. Since Checkleywas in custody of the boat,he was legally required toensure the boat wasremoved from state waters.
The agency remained incontact with Checkley andextended the time period forremoval, according to FWCOfficer Steve Dion’s report.When contacted inDecember, Checkley hadmoved to Sebring butpledged to remove thehouseboat in the near future.
When no action hadbeen taken by late January,the agency obtained a war-rant charging Checkleywith felony disposal ofdebris for commercial gain,and a misdemeanor countof abandoning a derelictboat in state water.
The status of the sunkenvessel was not available atpress time.
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This is George Freeman (left) and Joseph Knight, state conservation agents in Marathon around 1950. Florida has hadconservation agents as far back as anyone can remember. Back in 1905, Guy Bradley, a game warden hired by theAudubon Society and deputized by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, was shot and killed while attempting toarrest a man for killing egrets in the Everglades. In 1999, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wascreated through the merger of the Florida Marine Patrol and the Game and Freshwater Fish Commission. Today, theFWC has nearly 2,000 employees statewide.
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EDITORIAL
Buck is passedon health care
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Retain the NJROTCThis is to bring awareness to the
potential closure of the Navy JuniorReserve Officer Training Corps pro-gram at Key West High School afterthis academic year. I am a lieutenantjunior grade cadet at Key West HighSchool and to have this program shutdown due to lack of participationwould be a detriment to the studentsand community of Key West.
Many of the students and parentsoutside of the JROTC program believethe program is merely a recruiting toolused by the different services for mili-tary accession. In actuality, it is a pro-
gram that teaches students how tobecome better citizens, promotes com-munity service, provides an alternativeto gangs and provides incentive to livea healthier lifestyle away from drugsand other vices.
The NJROTC program motivatesstudents to graduate from high schoolby providing instruction and reward-ing opportunities that benefit the stu-dent, the community and our nation. Itprepares high school students for lead-ership roles while making them awareof their rights, responsibilities andprivileges as American citizens.
The study of ethics, citizenship,
communications, leadership, life skillsand other subjects are designed to pre-pare young men and woman to taketheir place in adult society. TheJROTC program promotes highereducation with the addition of collegefund programs, loan repayment pro-grams and more. It is an additionalmeans for scholarships for studentsthat would like to continue their edu-cation after high school.
There also seems to be a misper-ception that only certain students areallowed or encouraged to participatein such JROTC programs, which isn’ttrue by any means. I am also a studentathlete and have lettered in football,basketball and track. I am a proud tosay that I have been serving as a mem-ber of the Navy/Army JROTC pro-gram for the past three years and Ihave enjoyed every moment of it.
Students and parents that partici-pate in the Navy JROTC program arejust as important as any other pro-gram, sports team or club within ourhigh school. Please don’t allow thisprogram to disappear from our schooldue to lack of participation.
Encourage your young adults thatattend Key West High School to par-ticipate in the NJROTC program. Thebenefits of the program will be evidentin their higher self worth and attitude,improved grades and pride in boththeir school and community.
Miguel Rivera Key West
Sadly, latest plans from Washingtonand Tallahassee look for ‘others’to pay increasingly rising costs
The vast expansion of Medicaid in the 2010health-care reform law put Washington on a collisioncourse with cash-strapped state governments, whichhave been scrambling to reduce the cost of the jointfederal-state insurance program for the poor and dis-abled.
That conflict reached the Supreme Court onWednesday, when lawyers for 24 states sought to barCongress from adding millions of Americans to theprogram’s rolls. The lead plaintiff in the case is thestate of Florida.
Meanwhile, the House is considering a Republicanbudget proposal that would cap Medicaid spendingand hand over control to the states. Neither approach,however, would solve the program’s budget prob-lems, which mirror those faced by the entire health-care system.
To help reduce the number of uninsuredAmericans, the Patient Protection and AffordableCare Act expanded Medicaid to include legal resi-dents with incomes up to 33 percent above the feder-al poverty line. Although Washington will pick up atleast 90 percent of the cost of the new enrollees, theexpansion will still cost states tens of millions of dol-lars annually.
The states’ lawsuit contends they are beingcoerced to do something that Congress doesn’t havethe power to order them to do. Yet the law didn’t cre-ate any new hurdles to states dropping out of the pro-gram and providing for the poor and disabled on theirown. The fact that they don’t want to is testament tohow good a deal Medicaid remains for states, evenwith expanded eligibility.
In Florida, the Legislature managed to pass thebuck on Medicaid cost overruns by shifting thoseexpenses back to counties on questionable and dis-puted Medicaid bills. Last year, those disputed billssaved Monroe County taxpayers an estimated$800,000. Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill into law onThursday, though he pledged to have the Agency forHealth Care Administration work with counties toimprove the accuracy of bills.
The House GOP’s latest budget proposal offers analternate approach, namely, giving states Medicaiddollars as block grants — with much more freedomto set their own rules.
Ultimately, the challenges are the same as in therest of the health-care system: A small percentage ofthe beneficiaries rack up most of the bills. Thatmeans states must continue to search for ways todeliver care more efficiently and to save moneythrough higher-quality, better-coordinated care.
Those are the goals of the Affordable Care Act,which is part of the solution, not the problem.
— Los Angeles Times, with Keynoter contributions
State needs to wake up againRe: The 10-foot crocodile that took a 65-pound dog from
its owner’s property in Key Largo on March 22:The magnitude of the absurdity that Florida would use its
citizens tax dollars on the reintroduction of a nearly extinctapex predator into a habitat that results in direct threats tocitizens in that habitat is unbelievable. It seems the state isdisinclined to acknowledge this.
It seems the state is disinclined to acknowledge this in itsposition to unwillingly levy blame on a crocodile in theincident last year in Key Largo in which a couple in itskayak was overturned by a large animal, resulting in punc-ture wounds and scratches to the individuals, nor in itsreluctance to eliminate the crocodile in the March 22 attackand killing of a family pet.
Chris HoltTavernier
Editor’s note: The state Fish and Wildlife ConservationCommission has maintained that it isn’t positive a crocodilecaused the kayak incident.
Spider comes through againOn behalf of the Monroe County Domestic Abuse
Shelter, I’d like to thank Capt. Spider Branch for once againletting us be the beneficiary of one of his weekly Casting forCharity contests at the 7 Mile Marina in Marathon.
The latest one, on March 22, raised $206 for direct serv-ices at the shelter. We truly appreciate Capt. Spider and theparticipating anglers who continually support the shelterand the essential services we provide.
Venita Garvin Valdez, CEOMonroe CountyDomestic Abuse Shelter
Don’t judge so quicklyReading the almost universal con-
demnation of George Zimmerman inthe shooting of Trayvon Martin, Ican’t help but recall Richard Jewell,the poor rent-a-cop who was tarredand feathered in the Olympic Gamesbombing in Atlanta.
Before the investigation waseven completed, the FBI had thissad sack (who was actually astealth hero) made into the mostdespised man in America. Hewas eventually completely exon-erated. There seems to be thesame rush to judgment on theMartin shooting.
Why did the police back off onan arrest? They knew the firestormthat was coming. They thought orhad reason to believe that eventscame down different than told bythe media and race-baiting fire-brands. It would have been an easyway out to perp-walk Zimmermanfor all the torch and pitchfork-bearing, mob-seeking vigilantejustice after the “monster.”
Perhaps, just perhaps, theremay be facts, witnesses and lie-detector tests that cast doubt onwhat most think must have takenplace. The Black Panthers offeringa $10,000 reward, dead or alive, isway over the top. Can you imaginethe media if the colors werereversed?
Let’s seek calm, take a deepbreath and get this right beforeirreparable damage occurs. Wehave gotten the A Team (FBI,Justice Department, governor’soffice) on the case. Tone down therhetoric so we can learn the facts.A terrible tragedy has occurred.Let’s not compound it.
Bob GuerinMarathon
Enjoy the state parksMy calendar has informed me of
the official beginning of the refresh-ing spring season, although I’ve felt itoutside for a few weeks now. As aFloridian, I know spring will be shortbut it will also be time to break out ofyour everyday routine, release somestress, get out of the office and expe-rience nature in Florida’s parks.
Take the time this season to expe-rience nature with five of your senses-seeing Florida’s vistas, smellingnewly bloomed flowers, feeling thesand between your toes, hearing thesounds of children playing and tastingthe treats in your picnic basket in astate park.
Spring is an optimum season toengross yourself in the natural andcultural resources of Florida’s stateparks. There are so many opportuni-ties for new experiences and specialplaces to continue your old familytraditions.
Sometimes it is a hike in the for-est, a walk on the beach, buildingsand castles with your kids, watch-ing a sunrise or sunset, grillinglunch under a big oak tree, lookingfor a bird species to add to your lifelist or paddling your canoe on a longstretch of river. It’s about immer-sion, surrounding yourself withnature and coming away with arenewed appreciation for Florida’ssplendor. Sometimes you need aslow, relaxing experience and some-times you might prefer a fast, exhil-arating experience.
I encourage you to spend time inFlorida’s award-winning state parksthis season. Savor the atmosphere ofspring and enjoy the Sunshine State inthe real Florida.
Donald Forgione, directorFlorida Park ServiceTallahassee
Health law should standIf the insurance mandate is struck
down, then I hope all of it is struck down.Let the seniors in the doughnut
hole pay more money. Let seniors dowithout diagnostic tests that couldcatch cancer early. Let the people withpre-existing conditions go withoutinsurance. Let the young people 18 to28 take their chances with no insur-ance. Let children with child chronichealth problems do without healthcare. Let people resort to bankruptcywhen they can’t pay their health-carebills. Let thousands of people die eachyear for want of timely health care.
If they could not take the time totell their legislators that they wantedthe Affordable Care Act, then theycan live or not with the consequences.I know this sounds harsh, but I amtired of people believing the lies thathave been spread by the Republicans.Being a good citizen takes effort tomake informed decisions. If they aretoo lazy, then so be it.
E.T. ShaferIslamorada
Thank a chickenThis is in response to Sam
Nelson’s letter about chickens.First of all, Marathon was never a
dirty town and I have been here morethan 40 years. Second, get your storyright: Hens and roosters bed down atnight. But come first light, the roosterdoes his job and gets the hens up andlets you know it’s feeding time.
If all we had to worry about waschicken poop, that would be great.What about iguanas and their largepoop and people who walk their dogsand do no clean up after them?
Every time you eat eggs, thank achicken.
Carol StiglitzMarathon
Members of the NJROTC participate in Key West’s Veterans Day parade.
Flanked by leaders ofFlorida’s top economic tradegroups and agencies, Gov. RickScott on Wednesday signedseveral business tax cuts hesaid will accelerate economicdevelopment in the state.
“The passage of my jobspackage is a great example ofall of us working together tomake Florida the best state tolive and do business,” he said.
The economic develop-ment package includes morethan $1 billion in tax cuts forbusinesses during the nextthree years. It features broadcuts in the unemployment taxand the corporate-incometax, and targeted reductionsfor manufacturers, private-plane repairers, and fruit andmeat packers.
Scott said it’s difficult tosay definitively how certaintargeted tax cuts will lead to
job creationbut notedthat thep a c k a g ehelps makeFlorida amore com-petitive statefor businessexpansion.
“If we want employers tohire more people, we’ve gotto think like they do,” saidScott, a former CEO. “We’vegot to keep their costs as lowas they can. We’ve got tomake sure that we’re morecompetitive than any juris-diction in the world.”
Said House Speaker DeanCannon: “There’s not a sin-gle bill that we can pass orany group of bills that willdrive unemployment to zeroand get our economy fullyrecovered. But we can createan environment that sends asignal of stability and pre-dictability to job creators.”
The public signing is thelatest in a public-relationspush by Scott to shape the dis-cussion about the job he hasdone as governor. With guber-
natorial elections still twoyears away, the RepublicanParty has been running televi-sion ads touting Scott’s pro-business record.
Between oral argumentsin the Supreme Court health-care case and TrayvonMartin’s death, Scott hasseen a heavy dose of mediaattention in recent days. Afterspeaking about Martin onCNN and MSNBC lastweekend, Scott pivoted totouting Florida as a greatplace to do business before anational audience.
The state has added about77,100 jobs since Scott tookoffice in 2011, but 36,000jobs were lost in January andseveral problems persist.
Florida continues to leadthe nation in stalled foreclo-sures, and unemployment ispersistently high, at 9.6 per-cent.
Scott’s economic-devel-opment package alsoincludes bills that help thegovernor reduce regulationsand fire ineffective membersof regional workforce boards.
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MARKETPLACE Recent Real Estate SalesSALES vs. LAST YEAR: 91 percent
Based on information from the Florida Keys Board of REALTORS®, Inc. (alternatively, from the Florida Keys MLS, Inc.) for the period March 18, 2012 - March 24, 2012.
Key Price Price Days Listing Office, Selling office, Address Listed Sold listed Listing agent Selling agent
Big Pine Key3623 Bahama St. $285,000 $270,000 40 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Fred Mullins Shoreline Properties/Sue Mooney
Cudjoe Key131 Doubloon Ln. $389,900 $350,000 176 Action Keys Realty/Sherry Stewart Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Ruth Pasquale
Key Colony Beach151 3rd St. $449,900 $400,000 305 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Barbara Mckee Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Amy Puto621 11th St. $1,490,000 $1,465,000 53 American Caribbean R.E./Ginger Henderson American Caribbean R.E./Bill Paulson280 10th St. $596,900 $596,900 0 American Caribbean R.E./Karen Raspe American Caribbean R.E./Karen Raspe
Key Largo132 Tavern Dr. $149,900 $148,000 434 RE/MAX Keys Properties/Jennifer Miller American Caribbean/Vanessa Chamizo804 Emerald Dr. $85,000 $85,000 392 Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Francis Clay Realty World - Freewheeler/Steve Conley307 Buttonwood Cir. $410,000 $390,000 571 Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Sal Livoti Century 21 Schwartz/Wiebke Westedt209 Bristol Ct. $959,000 $859,000 353 Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Sal Livoti Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Amber Sirica240 Lignumvitae Dr. $169,900 $158,000 117 Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Stephen Singer Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Martha Noval621 Jade Dr. $485,000 $395,000 109 Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Francis Clay Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Francis Clay139 Gumbo Limbo Dr. $235,000 $235,000 49 Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Gayle McAlister RE/MAX Keys To The Key/Diana Fiddes34 North Dr. $679,000 $610,000 45 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Joe Talamas Outside of MLS233 1st Ct. $210,000 $190,000 16 Marr Properties Inc./Alice Butler Weichert, Realtors NuStar Assoc./Joe Vigo
Key West409 Margaret St. $199,500 $190,000 307 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Wanda Brock Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Suzanne Washburn2108 Harris Ave. $259,000 $250,000 413 Bascom Grooms R.E./Bascom Grooms Exit Realty Old Island K.W./Karem Kramer10 Kestral Way $239,000 $220,000 418 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Barbara Crespo Compass Realty Branch/Robin Mitchell3675 Seaside Dr. $229,000 $210,000 173 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Barbara Crespo Prudential Knight & Gardner/Walter Lee83 Golf Club Dr. $229,000 $215,000 156 Realty Executives Florida Keys/Stacy Stahl RE/MAX Southernmost1512 18th Trace $300,000 $190,000 131 Prudential Knight & Gardner/Terry Garcia Prudential Knight & Gardner/Terry Garcia2 Hunts Ln. $489,000 $470,000 71 Preferred Properties/Walter Schmida Century 21 All Keys Inc./Rose Sanchez1075 Duval St. $205,000 $185,000 63 Preferred Properties/Kirksten Irick Coldwell Banker Schmitt R.E. Co./Beata Jr.2301 Linda Ave. $245,000 $245,000 0 Paradise RE.E. in KW/Barbara Anderson Paradise R.E. in K.W./Barbara Anderson
Lower Matecumbe Key74862 Overseas Hwy. $990,000 $825,000 189 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Margo Newman American Caribbean R.E./John Vlad75000 Overseas Hwy. $799,000 $765,000 133 American Caribbean R.E./Karan Moeller Moorings Realty/Corie McGraw-Abel
Marathon975 Ocotillo Ln. $589,000 $543,000 84 Marathon Vacation.com R.E./Jo Ann Cook Marathon Vacation.com/Brenda Symonds
Plantation Key171 Coconut Palm Blvd. $255,000 $238,000 753 Realty World - Freewheeler/Lisa Frins Realty World - Freewheeler/Lisa Frins124 Bayview Isle Dr. $1,175,000 $1,070,000 263 Realty World - Freewheeler/Lisa Frins American Caribbean R.E./Leslie Leopold152 Palo De Oro Dr. $1,699,000 $1,635,000 129 Ocean Sotheby's Internt'l/Kim Bagnell Thaler Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Shawn Wilson
Stock Island38 Coral Way $389,000 $350,000 209 Real Estate of KW/Mike Sullivan Real Estate of Key West/Mike Sullivan
Summerland Key1052 Caribbean Dr. $649,000 $610,000 269 Keller Williams Premier Props./John Nazzaro Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Ruth Pasquale
Business
Florida cutsbusiness taxesGovernor signsoff on morethan $1 billionMiami Herald
TAXES
SCOTT
Study: Car payments priority
The recession and itshangover may have turnedbill-paying habits upsidedown. Cash-strappedAmericans are paying offtheir car loans before theypay credit card bills andmake mortgage payments, astudy finds.
It used to be thatAmericans would pay theirhome loans first, then theircredit card and car loans.After all, homes have beenthe most valuable posses-sion for most people fordecades, and nobody wantedto jeopardize that.
But TransUnion, a creditinformation company, studiedthe payment patterns of 4 mil-lion Americans with at leastone car loan, one credit cardand a mortgage and found aclear priority for staying cur-rent on the car loan.
Among Americans whowere late on payments lastyear, 39 percent were delin-quent on the mortgage whilecurrent on the car loan andcredit cards, and 17 percentwere late on credit cards whilecurrent on the other two.
Only 10 percent were lateon the car loan while currenton the other two.
“Today, most peopleneed a car to get to a job orto look for a job, and that hasmade cars a priority,” saysEzra Becker, the company’svice president of researchand consulting.
When TransUnion firstdid the study in 2006, stayingcurrent on the mortgage wasthe priority: Only 3.6 percentof Americans were late on themortgage and current onother payments. More people— 5 percent — were lateonly on credit cards.
It hasn’t helped thathome prices keep fallingwhile the mortgage remainsby far the biggest paymentfor most people.
The latest Standard &Poor’s/Case-Shiller homeprice index found that pricesin big cities had fallen to2002 levels, down 34 per-cent from the peak.
There is also more lee-way on the mortgage.Foreclosure can take two tothree years. Cars can berepossessed 90 days afterpeople stop paying.
Mortgages andcredit cards nolonger topsAssociated Press
PERSONAL FINANCE
Women becoming the richer sex
Now in her 40s, JannaRonert looks years youngerthan her age and takes homea paycheck that’s just asattractive.
With a background insales, Ronert has built a clin-ical skin-care business inWest Palm Beach thatemploys 150 people andrings up sales of more than$30 million. It is one of thelargest women-led business-es in Florida.
Ronert is now part of whatis being called The Richer Sex.
As women have becomebetter educated, more entrepre-neurial and more experienced,their earning power has risen.
Today, nearly four in 10working wives earn morethan their husbands, anincrease of more than 50 per-cent from 20 years ago,according to U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistic figures. Ifpresent trends continue, thenext generation of familieswill be supported by morewomen than men.
As female economic cloutgrows, “it’s interesting to seehow it plays out,” says LizaMundy, author of “The
Richer Sex,” a new book thatdocuments this new econom-ic order and the adjustmentsthat will have to be made.Mundy says already thecountry has seen a change inthe way men and womenwork, play, raise families andchoose spouses.
Undoubtedly, the wagegaps still persists: Womenworking full time earn a medi-an wage that is 81 percent ofwhat men make. But what haschanged is that women whohave more college andadvanced degrees are landingbetter jobs or making theirown opportunities.
The seismic shift in thesepaychecks comes as women-owned businesses are quicklyblossoming. Nationally, thenumber of women-ownedbusinesses has increased by54 percent since 1997. As of2012, it is estimated that thereare more than 8.3 millionwomen-owned businesses inthe United States, generatingnearly $1.3 trillion in revenue,according to a new report byAmerican Express OPEN.
In Florida, the Common-wealth Institute’s 2012 reportshows at least a third ofwomen-led companies have
experienced growth, andmost leaders predict evenmore in the next year as theyexpand their existing mar-kets, products and services.
“We’re now at a stagewhere women operating theirown businesses are notunusual,” says Julie Weeks,American Express OPENresearch advisor. “It’s caus-ing a magnetic effect.”
Clearly, Ronert’s entre-preneurial venture has beenher path to high earnings.“There’s no way if I stayed incorporate America, my salaryand earnings could havereached this level.”
Women like Ronert arediscovering that economicpower comes with moreresponsibility.
Miami Herald
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The Marathon High Schoolrunning game — that’s base-ball, not football — was onfull display during a 10-3 winover District 16 opponentSomerset Academy Tuesday.
Coach Luis Leal hasemphasized putting pressureon the defense by usingspeedy runners to steal basesall season, with unprece-dented success. TheDolphins (12-7) stole ninebases against the Panthers.
“Base running has paidoff this year for us. That’sbeen the one thing that’s beenconsistent. As long as we geton base, we make somethinghappen,” Leal said.
Ian Almodovar stole two
and increased his total to 29in 20 games played. Leal saidthat’s easily a school recordand the Dolphins have at leastnine games remaining.
Almodovar was 1-for-2 atthe plate with a walk andthree runs scored.
Carlos O’Farrill was 3-for-3 with a walk, RBI, two stolenbases and two runs scored,while Yoniel Esquirol was 1-for-4 with two RBI, two stolenbases and a run scored.
Drew Thornbrugh andSean Roussin each had RBI
singles and Roussin stoletwo bases.
Thornbrugh started andpitched five innings, givingup five hits, walking twobatters and striking out three.
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ISLAMORADA FISHING
The swordfish dwarfs the anglers who landed it off Islamorada.
Crew lands 520-pound swordfish
A 520-pound swordfish— possibly the largest broad-bill ever caught on rod andreel during daylight off theFlorida Keys — was landedlast Sunday off Islamorada.
Caribsea Capt. KennySpaulding led angler FredBeshara, 67, to the impres-sive catch. The semi-retiredcontractor/developer fromYoungstown, Ohio, caught the
fish on 80-pound test tacklewith a Daiwa Dendoh MP3000electric power-assist reel.Crewmembers on the boatwere Conan Yates, WilliamBassett and Spaulding’s 12-year-old son, K.C.
The big fish bit on a squidin about 1,850 feet of water,said Spaulding, who skip-pers a 44-foot Carolina-designed sportfisherman.
“We were drifting alongfor about 15, 20 minutes andall of the sudden there was alittle nibble and then anexplosion,” Spaulding said.“We backed down [the boat]
to try to stay on top of him.”Spaulding, who has been
an Islamorada captain since1997, said it required abouttwo hours to get the fishclose to the boat and, towardthe end of the fight, it leapedcompletely out of the water.
Incredibly, when they gotthe fish next to the boat,another swordfish suddenlyappeared.
“That fish was glowingand lit up like a Christmastree,” he said of the secondbroadbill. “I’ve never seenanything like that in my life.”
Two veteran Keys cap-
tains, daytime swordfishingpioneer Richard Stanczykand Jim Sharpe, acknowl-edged the big catch.
“We’ve seen fish in the400- to 475-pound range,but I’ve never heard of a500-pound or heavier fishcaught in the Keys duringdaytime hours,” Sharpe said.
Stanczyk said a 612.75-pound broadbill was caughtoff Key Largo at night. Thatfish, reeled in May 7, 1978,by Stephen Stanford, is stilla state record, according tothe Florida Fish and WildlifeConservation Commission.
It’s unusualfor such catchduring daytime
Fins burning up the base pathsThe 12-7 teamsteals nineover SomersetBy RYAN [email protected]
MARATHON BASEBALL
Keynoter photo by RYAN McCARTHY
Marathon High School junior Sean Roussin slides in safely at second base during a 10-3 baseball win over Somerset Academy Tuesday. Roussin had two of the Dolphins’nine stolen bases.
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Lady Canes stagelate comeback
A flurry of late goalssaved the Coral Shores Highlacrosse Lady Hurricanes inTuesday’s rusty return fromSpring Break.
Trailing 12-10 with fiveminutes remaining at Killian,the Lady Canes scrambled toscore three times before thebuzzer sounded on a 13-12comeback victory.
“That was tough,” headcoach Mark Hall said. “Wereally to work for it against amuch-improved Killian club.”
Cane attacker Julia
Lozano logged another high-scoring effort with sevengoals and two assists. Thatgives her 44 goals and 11assists through nine games,both squad highs.
Senior forward JennDoyle scored four goals atKillian and kept the Cougardefensive pressure fromfocusing on Lozano. Seniordefender Cami Lopez forcedsix turnovers and scored agoal on a return run. KaitlynO’Leary scored a solo goalfor Coral Shores.
Goalie Elizabeth Roa net-ted nine saves, each criticalin the tight contest.
Coral Shores owned an 8-7 halftime lead but Killian“chipped away at us,” Hallsaid. “Their midfield playeda great game.”
And the boyssee their firstlosses of year
CORAL SHORES LACROSSE
By KEVIN WADLOWSenior Staff [email protected]
Conchs’ loss streaknow stands at five
In what the Key WestHigh baseball team consid-ered “the most importantgame of the year,” the Conchslost to St. Brendan, 8-1,Thursday afternoon at theSabres’ diamond in Miami.
And thus the team’s free-fall continued.
The Conchs dropped to 4-12. It was their fifth loss in arow, their 11th in 12 games.They have won once in 37days. They need to win theirremaining eight regular-sea-son contests — including oneagainst powerhouse Arch-bishop McCarthy on April 9
at Marlins Stadium — toavoid a rare losing season.
They also lost a chance tocompete for first place inDistrict 16-4A, dropping to2-3 while St. Brendan (15-4,4-1) clinched the regular-sea-son district title. The Conchswill be the third seed in thedistrict tournament in lateApril at Coral Shores, andwill have to defeat GulliverPrep (against whom theyhave split two games) in thetourney’s first round to reachthe state playoffs.
“It’s my fault. I’ve got todo a better job,” seventh-yearcoach Miguel Menendez toldWKWF 1600-AM afterThursday’s game. “We didn’tmake enough plays.”
Once again, errors, badbase running and the inabilityto hit in the clutch combined
Team’s seasonis spiralingdown quicklyBy DICK WAGNERKeynoter Contributor
KEY WEST BASEBALL
Lady Dolphins move to 10-7
It took just two at-bats forthe Marathon High Schoolsoftball team to score 19 runsand hand an overmatchedSomerset Academy team ashutout mercy-rule lossTuesday.
Eighth-grader JordanRoney started and struck outsix of the nine batters shefaced. She allowed no hits
and walked no batters.Roney (1-for-2) and
Cassie Smith (1-for-1) led theteam with two RBI, whileAbi Connell and SydneyKonrath each had a hit andone RBI.
Marathon scored numer-ous runs off Panther passedballs, wild pitches, walks anddefensive errors.
Tuesday’s win improvedthe Dolphins to 10-7 but con-tinued a trend of the teambeing on the winning or losingside of lopsided final scores.The Dolphins have dominatedmany opponents, while losing
They smotherSomerset, playweekend tourneyBy RYAN [email protected]
MARATHON SOFTBALL
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Kyle Pierce pitched the lasttwo innings, striking outone and allowing one hit.
The Dolphins scored thegame’s first eight runs,starting with two in the bot-tom of the first inning.Almodovar was hit by apitch, stole second andscored on a Carlos O’Farrillsingle. O’Farrill took sec-ond on the throw home,stole third and scored on abase hit by Esquirol.
Marathon added anothertwo runs in the bottom ofthe third inning. Almodovarstarted things off again witha single and a stolen base.He scored when thePanthers’ pitcher threw aball into centerfield tryingto pick him off whileO’Farrill was at bat.
O’Farrill eventuallywalked, stole second andreached third on anEsquirol grounder. Hescored on a wild pitch tomake it 4-0.
The Dolphins added fourmore runs in the fourthinning to put the game outof reach. P.J. Palmer sin-gled, and reached third afteran errant throw on KevinMcKeon’s sacrifice buntattempt. Palmer scored on aRoussin bunt single.
McKeon later scored ona wild pitch, and Roussinscored on an O’Farrill sin-gle after stealing secondand third bases. Thornbrughdrove home Esquirol tomake it 8-0.
Somerset put three runsup in the top half of the fifth,but Marathon answered withtwo more in the bottom halfand Pierce shut the door onthe mound to close out thewin.
Marathon was scheduledto host Palmer TrinitySchool Friday, but resultswere not available at presstime. The Dolphins are slat-ed to host a doubleheadertoday with Immokalee HighSchool at 4 and 6:30 p.m.
Immokalee visitsfor twin billFrom Dolphins, 1B
The effects of going onthe road after about 10 dayswithout practicing showed,Hall said.
Coral Shores was sched-uled to play a home matchagainst Palmer Trinity in akey district game Friday(results pending at presstime). The Lady Canes pay areturn call on Palmer in a
Wednesday afternoon roadgame.
Coral Shores has twoother away games, at St.Andrews on April 10 and atCardinal Gibbons on April12, before the district tour-nament opens April 18 atGeorge M. Barley Jr. Fieldin Tavernier.
Boys’ streak endsTwo straight losses
ended a seven-game winstraight streak that startedthe Coral Shores boyslacrosse season.
Ransom Evergladestopped the Canes, 14-3, in aMarch 16 loss at home. TheCanes’ Spring Break trip toSt. Thomas Aquinas, a statesemifinalist last spring,ended badly in a 19-0 set-back March 23.
Coral Shores was sched-uled to play Palmer Trinity athome Friday (results pend-ing). The Canes host Neaseat noon today at theTavernier field, then playtheir final home match at 7p.m. Monday against BelenJesuit (JV at 5).
District playgets closerFrom Hurricanes, 1B
to spell the team’s demise.The Conchs, who led 1-
0 after a second-inning RBIsingle by Chris Varela, hada chance to extend the leadin the third after a double byChris Garcia sent TommyRuffennach, who had sin-gled, to third with one out.But then Matt Chelekisflied to short center andHugo Valdez bounced backto the pitcher.
In the bottom of the thirdinning, St. Brendan tied thegame at 1-1, then wentahead when an infield hit byJerry Downs scored JoseCarrera, who had been onthird base because of athrowing error by freshmancatcher Zack Hughes.
In the top of the fourth,freshman Andrew Freemanwas thrown out trying toreach third after Varela hadsingled him to second. Inthe top of the fifth, withrunners at first and secondand one out, Hugo Valdezhit relief pitcher Andres
Ruiz’s first pitch into a dou-ble play.
Yet with the score still 2-1, it appeared to be any-one’s game. But then St.Brendan struck for fourruns in the last of the fifthagainst Garcia, one scoringon a throwing error and oneon a squeeze bunt beforeEric Alvarez unloaded atwo-RBI double.
St. Brendan staged atwo-out rally in the sixth tomake it 8-1, with one runscoring on a wild pitch andanother on a single byClive Edwards.
The Conchs, who lost tothe Sabres, 9-5, earlier inthe season, played withoutDarren Miller, perhapstheir most valuable player,who had been suspendedfor two games for runninginto a catcher during theteam’s recent trip toTampa.
Miller will returntonight when the Conchsplay Sunrise Christian at7:30 at Rex Weech Field.
Conchs drop 11 of their past 12From Conchs, 1B
to several powerhouse pro-grams such as AmericanHeritage and WestminsterChristian School.
The Dolphins travel toKey West this weekend for atournament hosted by theConchs. They were scheduledto face Riverdale High SchoolFriday before a doubleheadertoday against the Conchs atnoon and Sarasota HighSchool at 2 p.m.
Marathon later hosts KeyWest and plays games againstRansom Everglades Schooland Doral Academy to closeout the regular season.
“Some of the ones we’vegotten mercy-ruled in wecould have competed better.Maybe the inconsistency ofthe competition we play, it’shard to get any momentum.Hopefully, we can makesome improvements playinggood competition,” coachAndrea Murphy said.
Lopsided gamesare hallmarkFrom Softball, 1B
Tennis Conchs sweep the Dolphins
Key West High Schoolswept county rival MarathonHigh in a pair of closely con-tested boys and girls tennismatches Thursday at theMarathon Community Park.
No. 1 Bridget Behmkeand No. 2 Olivia Dalane car-ried the Conch girls, eachwinning singles matches andteaming for an 8-5 No. 1 dou-bles win over Marina KayWiatt and Regan Durkin. No.5 Fernanda Caceres won theNo. 5 singles match for theConchs over Kelsey Melton.
No. 3 SavannahSchuhmacher (8-4) and No. 4Regan Durkin (8-5) earnedthe Dolphins’ only singlesvictories.
“That was our last matchof the [regular] season andwe were hoping to use it as astepping stone for districts.That’s a very young team.Coach [Chris] Bull has sometalent coming back,” KeyWest girls coach Bill Butlersaid of the Marathon girls.
Bull praised Durkin andSchuhmacher for reboundingfrom sub-par performancesagainst Key West earlier thisseason.
They “were both mad abouttheir performance in Key Westand were focused in their vic-tories” Thursday, he said.“Regan is tending to a wrist
injury and probably shouldhave sat out, but she wanted toplay expressly to prove shecould beat Key West. Herdesire showed in a solid victo-ry in singles and a good show-ing in [No. 1] doubles.”
On the boys side, theConchs’ Justin Poon edgedVincenzo Massaro, 8-6, in atight No. 1 singles match.
The No. 3 and No. 4matches also went to KeyWest, as Griffin Saunders (8-6) defeated Emilio Alvearand Jason Correa won in atiebreak over Jake Coldren,
9-8 (5-7).Jamine Guo came back
from a 1-5 deficit to earn theNo. 2 singles victory forMarathon over KyleCampbell, 8-6. No. 5 StevieNelson defeated Roderick Gill,8-4, in the No. 5 singles match.
Key West wrapped thematch up with a 9-8 (7-4)victory for Poon andSaunders in No. 1 doubles.
“What a strange night.Some kids stepped up andsome had some opportunitieslost. The boys had an oppor-tunity to win the matchup by
the time singles was done,but just couldn’t finish a cou-ple of matches,” Bull said.
Marathon was scheduledto host Westminster ChristianSchool in the season’s finalregular season match Friday,but results were not availableat press time. The District 16-1A tournament is scheduledfor Tuesday and Wednesdayat Continental Park in Miami.
Key West travels toTropical Park in MiamiTuesday and Wednesday forthe District 16-2A tournament.
Schuhmacherand Durkin winfor MarathonBy RYAN [email protected]
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Marathon High School’s Samantha Bonilla swings during amercy-rule victory over Somerset Academy Tuesday.
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Key West High School’s Justin Poon smacks a forehand to Marathon opponent VincenzoMassaro during the No. 1 tennis singles match at the Marathon Community ParkThursday. Poon won the match, 8-6.
Conch boys 2nd atDade Christian meet
Senior Clive Georgeswon the triple jump and 400-meter dash to lead the KeyWest High boys track team tosecond place at Thursday’sDade Christian Last ChanceInvitational in Miami.
Georges’ effort of 42 feet,4 inches was nine inches far-ther than teammate JecoriSala’s second-place jump.
In the 400, Georges, whohas signed to play football atthe University of Arizona, wastimed at 49.44 seconds, justoff his personal best of 48.69.
The Conch boys had twoother first-place winners —Everett Wagner in the 800-meter run (2:13) and EricVinson in the pole vault — apersonal-best 12 feet, 6inches.
Key West had 78 points inthe 12-team meet, which waswon by Dade Christian with132. The Key West girls teamwas fourth with 90 points,well behind winner GulliverPrep, which had 144.
Two volleyball players— Olha Morekhodova andRachael Dietrich — tied forsecond in the pole vaultwith vaults of 8 feet.
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Lady HurricaneHannah Snoddy,a freshman pitch-er and infielder,focuses on thestrike zone inCoral ShoresHigh School’s 15-0 loss to St.Brendan at homeWednesday.The young Caneteam with justone senior veteran hasstruggled to a 1-10 season sofar this spring.
Keynoter photo byKEVIN WADLOW
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‘Hunger Games’ slowly grabsviewers’ rapt attention
“The Hunger Games,”Rated PG-13, 142 min., nowplaying nationwide
With the ‘Harry Potter’films finished and the‘Twilight’ series down toone more film, “The HungerGames” trilogy is next inline to take over the teenand ‘tween crowd — andtheir coveted movie dollars.
Based on the first ofSuzanne Collins’s threepopular young adult novels,“The Hunger Games” hastaken the box office bystorm - its opening weekendgross was the third highestin Hollywood history,eclipsing Spider-Man,Pirates of the Caribbean andTwilight movies.
The film was co-writtenby Collins and directed byGary Ross, whose previousdirectorial efforts include“Pleasantville” and“Seabiscuit.”
This first release (thesequel “Catching Fire” isalready filming) takes placein a vastly different formerUnited States, now known asPanem, which is divided into12 districts. The people ofthe districts are dirt poor andall the resources they pro-duce go to provide an extrav-agant lifestyle for the well-to-do in the Capitol, in starkcontrast to the barely surviv-ing general population.
In a cinematic version ofthe 1 percent keeping the 99percent under iron-fistedcontrol, every year each dis-
trict mustsend twoyoungpeople,calledtributes,to theHungerGames.
There,they must
fight to the death until onlyone contestant is left. Thetributes are chosen by lot-tery and the sole survivor isrewarded with richesbeyond their wildestdreams.
Jennifer Lawrence, whogave an Oscar-nominatedperformance in 2010’s“Winter’s Bone,” plays
Katniss Everdeen, a youngwoman from the twelfthdistrict, who volunteers toreplace her younger sisterwho’s chosen in the lottery.
An expert with bow andarrow, Katniss has grown uphunting and foraging to feedthe family and would seemto have a better chance ofsurvival in the games. Itdoes take a while to warmup to Law-rence’s heroineKatniss, but by the time shebonds and teams up withone of the younger femaletributes, the audience isrooting for her all the way.
Josh Hutcherson playsthe male tribute from thetwelfth district who seemsto side with Katniss, but has
secrets of his own. YoungAustralian actor LiamHemsworth portraysKatniss’ love interest backhome, a relationship we areled to assume will beexplored in future films.
An unrecognizableElizabeth Banks plays anodd district twelve escortand Lenny Kravitz is likableas the character Cinna,Katniss’ makeup andwardrobe assistant. ButDonald Sutherland asPresident Snow tries andfails to project an ominouspersona under an emotion-less exterior.
On the other hand,
Action ratchets upin second half ofstylish film
MOVIES
Actress Jennifer Lawrence stars in ‘The Hunger Games.’
WAINOUS
Cuban salsa bandplays April 7 in Tavernier
For four decades, LaCharanga Tipica Tropicalhas been keeping theflame alive for Cubansalsa sounds.
On Saturday, April 7,they’ll bring that traditionand music memories tothe Elk’s Club inTavernier.
It’s called “A Night InOld Havana,” and marksthe 15th year for this pop-ular fund-raiser to benefitthe Treasure MontessoriSchool in Islamorada.
With more than 11albums under their belt,the La Charanga TipicaTropical bring that bigband sound, performing inmany different countriesover the years.
Originally playing intheir native Cuba, theband members relocatedover the years and havecalled Miami home since1973.
Promoters point to theirinstrumentation as the rea-son for the band’s “infec-tious rhythms,” with fea-tured performers on flute,trombones, violin, bass,timbales, congas, guiroand piano.
They have performedthroughout Florida inMiami, Tampa, Orlando,Fort. Lauderdale, WestPalm Beach, Key West,and at Walt Disney World.
Their U.S. tours havetaken them to LosAngeles, San Francisco,Las Vegas, New Orleans,and Atlanta.
Overseas, La CharangaTipica Tropical has playedCaracas, Venezuela,Puerto Rico, Nassau,Santo Domingo, Paris,London, Zurich andWintherhur inSwitzerland.
Current band membersinclude: Rafael “Felo”Barrio, Frank Perez andMario “Mayito” Toledo,vocals; Guiro JorgeLopez, conga; RaymerOlalde, timbales; ArturoPerez, violin; Jorge LuisSosa, teclados; ByronRamos, trombone; TomWarfel, trombone; JorgeSilvestrini, piano; MiguelRomero, bass, andEduardo Aguirre, musicdirector, who is master ofthe flute.
Tickets cost $75 andinclude appetizers, dinner,silent auction entry and ashow from 6 p.m. to 11p.m.
The Elk’s Club is locatedat mile marker 92, bayside.
For more informationor to buy tickets, call 305-394-1680.
A ‘Night in OldHavana’benefitsMontessori kidsL’Attitudes Staff
MUSIC
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La Charanga Tipica Tropical has been performing Cuban
salsa music for more than four decades.
Contemporary Dance Co. stages performance of ‘1969’
Kyla Piscopink bringsback the music and move-ments of the 1960s for acontemporary dance pro-gram at the WaterfrontPlayhouse.
Four performances arescheduled, opening onThursday, April 12, with anafter-performance cast partyin the Sculpture Garden.
Programs begin at 8 p.m.April 12-14, plus a 3 p.m.matinee performance sched-uled Saturday, April 14.
Music of the late ‘60swill provide the “sound-
scape” for this show,according to Piscopink, whoplayed the role of Kate inThe Key West Pops’ concertversion of “Kiss Me Kate.”Piscopink is an actor, chore-ographer with extensivecredits in Key West.
She’s appeared in“Stepping Out,” “ReeferMadness,” “The Graduate,”“The Rocky Horror Show,”“La Traviata” and more.
Her choreographyincludes “Five CourseLove,” “The Headdress BallKey West,” “The Key WestBurlesque Festival,” among
other work.Tickets for “1969” range
from $10-$50. For tickets,call the Waterfront boxoffice at 294-5015.
For more information,visit:www.dancekeywest.org.
The Key WestContemporary DanceCompany’s production issupported in part by theMonroe County TouristDevelopment Council, theFlorida Arts Council, theNational Endowment for theArts and Florida’s Divisionof Cultural Affairs.
Waterfront hostsKey West troupeApril 12-14
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All shows that start before 4 p.m play only on weekends.
• Mirror, Mirror (PG): 1:15, 4:15,7:45 and 10:10 p.m.
• Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13): 1:25,4:25,7:25 and 9:45 p.m.
• The Hunger Games (PG-13):4:00, 7:00 and 10:00 p.m.
• 21 Jump Street (R): 7:15 and 9:55 p.m.
• John Carter 3D (PG-13): 4:05, 7:05 and 10:05 p.m.
• A Thousand Words (Pg-13): 4:10, 7:10 and 9:40 p.m.
• The Lorax (PG-13): 4:30, and 9:50 p.m.
• The Lorax 3D(PG-13): 7:40 p.m.
Tropic Cinema
416 Eaton St., Key West, 295-9493
• Friends with Kids (R): 2:00, 4:15, 6:30 and 8:45 p.m.
• Shame (NC-13): 4:00, and 8:30 p.m.
• Dangerous Method (R): 1:45, and 6:15 p.m.
• A Separation (PG-13): 1:40, 4:00, 6:25 and 8:45 p.m.
• We Need to Talk About Kevin (R): 1:30, 3:45, 6:00 and
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• The Hunger Games (PG-13):7:00 p.m.
Tavernier Towne Cinema
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• Mirror, Mirror (PG): 1:40, 4:15 , 7:05, 9:35 p.m.
• Wrath of the Titans (PG-13): 4:35
• Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13): 1:55,7:15, 9:50
• The Hunger Games (PG-13): 12:45, 1:30, 3:50, 4:45, 6:55,
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Taste of the Islands lands on Key Colony Beach
Food, fashion, fun.Besides all those words
starting with the same let-ter, they also define what’shappening Sunday, April 1,at the 15th Annual Taste ofthe Islands.
The Marathon chapter ofthe Business andProfessional Women’sassociation hosts this eventon Key Colony Beach,which helps raise funds forscholarships.
Nine restaurants willcompete for bragging rightsin the “Best of Seven” foodcompetition, including cat-egories for best entree,seafood, appetizer, chow-der/soup, salad, sandwich,dessert. There’s also a sep-arate competition for bestKey lime pie served at theevent, which runs fromnoon to 4 p.m.
Food vendors participat-ing this year: Bilbo’s, FlipFlop Candy Shoppe, Juice
Paradise Cuban Cafe, KeysFisheries, Leigh Ann’sCoffee House, Lencho’s,Marathon Yacht Club,Plaza Grill and SweetSavannah’s.
Menu options willinclude barbecue, Mexicanspecialties, salads, soups,cupcakes, seafood, naturalfruit juices, pastries andother treats. Tickets cost $1and most food itemsrequire a minimum of twotickets. Proceeds benefitthe BPW scholarship fund.
In addition to food com-petitions, this year’s Tasteof the Islands event willfeature 14 vendors offeringlocal art and crafts, as wellas businesses showcasingtheir products.
Keykers will host afashion show starting at 2p.m. The Big Kahunacompetition winds up withan awards ceremony at 3p.m. And Linda Lee Byarswill provide entertainmentfrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Marathon’s Zonta Clubwill host its popularRubber Ducky Racesbehind Key Colony Beachcity hall, starting at 3:30p.m. This crowd participa-
tion event, normally heldas part of Key ColonyBeach Day, was rained outearlier this year.
Dave Lunsford willemcee a live auction start-
ing at 1 p.m. with more than150 items donated by localbusinesses to benefit theBPW scholarship program.
U.S. 1 Radio / ConchCountry will broadcast live
from the event.Business sponsors of
this BPW event include:Centennial Bank, FirstState Bank, General Hoteland Restaurant Supply
Corp., Southern Wine andSpirits, Budweiser, CocaCola, Time Out Magazine,Marathon Garbage Service,Keykers and Edward Jones.
Restaurantscompete bycategory
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KEY COLONY BEACH
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Fashion show is part of the fun at Taste of the Islands event.
Friends of the Key WestLibrary hold their last booksale of the season from 9:30a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday,March 31.
The sale takes place inthe garden at the library,700 Fleming St., Key West.
Tables will be stackedwith “almost-new specials”in fiction, as well as general
fiction, mysteries, books foryoung readers, history,biography, science fiction,art, travel, cookbooks, refer-ence books and more.
In keeping with tradition,since this is the last sale ofthe season, buyers will beable to tote home special“books-by-the-bag” on sale.
Proceeds from thesemonthly sales help supportlibrary programs and thepurchase of books andequipment.
For more information,visit: www.friendsoft-hekeywestlibrary.org.
Woody Harrelson is perfect-ly cast as the alcoholicgame survivor HaymitchAbernathy, a mentor toKatniss and Hutcherson’scharacter, Peeta Mellark.
But the scene stealer inthe film has to be StanleyTucci as Caesar Flickman,the games’ television host.His dazzling blue hair andgleaming white teeth add tohis campy over-the-top per-formance. This film literallylights up every time Tucci
appears on screen.As you would expect in
a kill-or-be-killed story, themovie is violent. But thedirector’s use of quickflashes of spattering bloodand slashing weapons,interspersed with shots ofthe dead, shows the brutali-ty of the games withoutbeing too graphic. It’s awell done technique andRoss employs it effectively.The costumes and setdesigns are terrific - thefabulous furniture and inte-rior sets are somehow futur-
istic and retro at the sametime - so don’t be surprisedif they are recognized atOscar time next year.
The special effects teamdoes a good job of makingthe unreal look real. Thelavish Capitol is believableand the vicious computer-generated animals are life-like enough to scare smallerchildren in the audience.
Ross overdoes the hand-held “shaky-cam” techniquea little and the computer-generated threats thrown atthe contestants are definitely
the stuff of true science fic-tion (real killer beasts creat-ed out of thin air?). But theydo add an extra element ofdanger, as if 23 otherteenagers trying to kill youisn’t dangerous enough0.
And speaking of killerkids, the astute viewer maywonder, if these games havebeen going on for 70-plusyears, why isn’t every childin the twelve districtstrained in the deadly artsfrom the day they becometoddlers? Maybe we’ll findout in the sequel.
Aside from these fewimperfections, even thosewho have never heard of thebooks should enjoy “TheHunger Games.”
Those who know thebooks will probably complainthat the movie isn’t equal tothe novel (don’t most book-to-movie adaptations fall alittle short?). But the movie
does grab and hold the view-er’s attention, despite the factthat the actual games don’tbegin until halfway into the142-minute run time.
“The Hunger Games” is anexciting film and, to paraphrasea line from the film, ‘the oddsare ever in your favor’ that youwill leave the theater hungeringfor the next installment.
Tucci steals every scene as hyperkinetic TV hostFrom Games, 3B
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Gingerbread details star in new gallery show
The vernacular architec-ture of Old Town Key Westhas often been cited as rep-resentative of Victorian orNew England antecedents.
That’s because of thewidespread use of gingerbreaddetails on gable ends, verge-boards, balcony rails andother wood trim used on KeyWest’s wood-frame houses.
Key West artist SusannD’Antonio has made a studyof these architectural gems,which will be showcased ata new Frangipani Galleryexhibit of her work startingFriday, April 6. The Gallery,1102A Duval St., hosts areception for D’Antoniofrom 6-9 p.m. The showruns through April 18.
D’Antonio, perhaps bestknown for her Fantasy Festcostumes and floats as wellas painted and decoratedgourds and palm sheaves, hasadded a Gingerbread series.
Using photos to capturedetails of these carpenterdesigns, scrolls, grills, cor-nice pieces and more, shehas created encaustic paint-ings (done with wax).
“The focus of the photosis the gingerbred itself andthe foliage surrounding it,”according to organizers ofthe show. “The photos,which are printed on canvas,
inspired the encaustic paint-ing. They are semi-abstract-ed interpretations highlight-ing the gingerbread detail.”
D’Antonio’s latest proj-ect was funded, in part, by a
grant from the Anne McKeeArtists Fund of the FloridaKeys.
For more information, call296-0440, orvisit:www.frangipanigallery.com.
Art capturesarchitectural gems on canvas
ART
Left:Gingerbread Encaustic #1 Right:Gingerbread Encaustic #2by Susann D’Antonio
‘Encore’ brings new works to the fore
As the busiest part of the“season” begins to slowdown a bit, Lucky StreetGallery plans to showcaseartists at receptions andshowings that run fromMarch 29 through the endof April.
Rebecca Bennett, HelenColley and ClaudiaRichards will be the fea-tured artists first-up on this“Encore” exhibition pro-gram.
Bennett is showing hernewest work in a
“Carnival” collection.She will be joined byartists John Martini,Michael Haykin, RobertaMarks and Susan Sugaralso showing new piecesduring “Encore,” alongwith Michel delGado.
A second exhibitionwill kick off with areception April 20 at thegallery, 540 Greene St.,Key West.
From 6 to 8 p.m., visi-tors will get a chance tointeract with new artistsjoining the Lucky StreetGallery with works byJamie Barr-Nobles,Ashley Benton and KristinLoGerfo Larkin.
The April 20 reception
will include music out-doors, snacks and wine.
At the same time,organizers of the “Encore”show point out the newsculpture garden at LuckyStreet Gallery, which fea-tures work by LarryEstridge.
“Star of the Sea,” apainted aluminum sculp-ture, is his latest installationthere. He’s also had piecesdisplayed at Tropic Cinema,the Charest-Weinberg gal-leries and at Lucky StreetGallery.
For more information,call 294-3973, visit:www.luckystreetgallery.com.
Lucky Streethosts March-April shows
ART
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Ferris Wheel, a new pastel and acrylic painting by Rebecca Bennett.
Island Fest at Founders ParkSaturday and Sunday
Founders Parkhosts the 21st annualIsland Fest March 31and April 1.
From 10 a.m. to 5p.m. both days, festivalgoers will find the All-American Road VintageCruisers Car Show,along with artists,musicians, gourmetfood and a children’sactivity zone.
For the kids, the festoffers a sand castlecontest, hula-hoopcompetition and achance to help paint agiant metal dolphinstatue.
So the adults won’t beleft out, Island Festincludes a repeat of theever-popularIslaMarauder, a rum-punch contest that com-plements the chamber’sTaste of Islamorada foodcompetition on April 1.
Area restaurants and
chefs compete for brag-ging rights with specialrecipes and presenta-tions during the two-day festival. In addi-tion, vendors will offercrafts and other goodsfor sale.
The car show fea-tures pre-1975 vehi-cles, trucks, motorcy-cles and rods. Cars lineup in sight of OverseasHighway (U.S. 1,which the feds havedesignated as Florida’sfirst and only official
All American Road).Car enthusiasts can
enter their vehicle andcompete for prizes.Entry fee is $10 perday or $15 for bothdays. Awards includeCoolest Cruiser, theRaddest Rod, the MostKeysey Rider and theBig Kahuna.
For more informa-tion about Island Fest,call 664-4503.
Food, cars,kids: Recipefor fun time
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Living
Book celebrates best of the best chefs
Long after James Beardhelped trigger a cult of cook-ing in the United States, thefoundation named for himcontinues to recognize thenation’s top chefs in the field.
Now, the 25th anniversaryof the foundation will be cele-brated with a new book —“The James BeardFoundation’s Best of the Best”— complete with stories onand recipes from 21 chefs whohave won the group’sOutstanding Chef honor.
“I took my appetite on anadventure,” said Kit Wohl,the author, who spent twoyears traveling the country totalk with those renownedchefs and get an insider’speak at their kitchens andphilosophies. “It was won-derful to see how Americancuisine has evolved over thelast 25 years.”
The evolution of the foodcraze, and the transformationof chefs into new rock stars,was certainly sparked by thegroup in this book.
The James Beard awardshonor those who follow inthe footsteps of Beard, con-sidered the dean of Americancooking when he died in1985.
When Wolfgang Puckopened Spago in 1982, Wohlwrites, the Beverly Hillsrestaurant that achieved suchfame was “never intended tobe a particularly fancy orglamorous place.” But OrsonWells, a man who once said
gluttony is not a secret vice,started dining there and wordof his love of the restaurantquickly spread.
What kept the crowdscoming back was the food.
Puck — the first BeardFoundation honoree and theonly person to win the awardtwice — also instituted manyof the practices now consid-ered routine in restaurants,Wohl said, including an openkitchen, focusing on fresh,local produce, and emphasiz-ing a new casually elegantstyle of dining.
Along the way, chefs notonly learned from each other,Wohl said, they continued toinnovate, introducing newstyles of cooking and newforms of presentation.
“Each chef brought some-
thing unusual, different intoplay,” Wohl said. “If you startwith Puck and moved on torecent years, you can see howstyles in cooking and presen-tation have changed.”
And though she dealt witha group of super stars of thefood world, used to rulingtheir kitchens and restaurantscompletely, Wohl said theywere surprisingly free of themassive egos one mightexpect.
“I think they worked sohard to get where they arethey can relax now,” Wohlsaid. “They’ve proven theirpoint.”
Wohl said Thomas Kellerof the French Laundry andthe 1997 winner of the awardwas more typical of the atti-tude she found in her time
with the chefs. After visiting the restau-
rant’s garden, Wohl saidthey returned to the testkitchen beside it and Kellerkicked off his clogs, “turnedon Sting and then was on hishands and knees wiping upfootprints from the garden.”
She also had bread ballsflung at her by MichelRichard as he drew at hiskitchen table in Citronellein Washington, D.C., andfound Judy Rogers of ZuniCaf in San Francisco hadpencils holding her top knotof hair in place so she couldalways have one handy forher constant note taking.
And she was told by TomColicchio, of Craft in NewYork, that he was not acelebrity chef.
“Brad Pitt isn’t called acelebrity actor,” he pointsout. “I’m not a celebrity. I’ma chef,” Wohl said.
21 profiledwith some oftheir recipesAssociated Press
THE DINNER TABLE
Keys sharkexpert profiled
Set your DVR to catchFlorida Keys CommunityCollege’s dean of marinescience and technology,Patrick Rice, on the pre-miere of “NOVA: Huntingthe Elements” at 9 p.m.Wednesday.
The two-hour special,hosted by The New YorkTimes technology corre-spondent David Pogue,explores nature’s buildingblocks and the periodictable.
In addition to leading thecollege’s marine-orientedprograms, Rice researchesand develops shark repel-lent technologies with thecompany Shark DefenseTechnologies LLC. In hissegment, he explains howhe and his scientist partnersat Shark Defense discov-ered that certain rare metalscalled lanthanides haveshark-repelling properties.
Filmed at the AquaRanch at mile marker 69,Rice shares the spotlightwith a nine-foot lemonshark named Stormy. Ricepresents Stormy with twotuna steaks — one beside alanthanide metal and onebeside a lead weight of sim-ilar size and shape used as acontrol.
The simple experimentclearly shows the shark’saversion to the metal evenin the presence of one of thefamous predator’s favoritemeals.
“Our best hypothesis forthe phenomena is that thelanthanide metals form apositive charge when sub-merged in sea water. Sharkshave a slightly negativecharge,” Rice said. “Sowhen the shark swims closeto the metal, it completes anelectrical circuit, giving it alittle shock generated byabout 1.5 volts.”
“NOVA” is the highest-rated science series on tele-vision and the most watcheddocumentary series on pub-lic television.
Rice appearson ‘NOVA’ onWednesday
TELEVISION
Patrick Rice's segment was filmed at the Aqua Ranch at mile marker 69.
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KEY LARGOOcean Reef Chapel
Ocean Reef Drive • 367-2049
Church of ChristMM 100.7 • 451-1194Key Largo BaptistMM 106 • 451-1642 St Justin Martyr
MM 105.5 • 451-1316Church of the Nazarene
MM 100 • 451-1142Lighthouse on the Rock
MM 99.3 • 451-6212First Baptist Church
MM 99 • 451-2265Seventh Day Adventist
MM 98.5 • 852-0899
TAVERNIER
Coral Isles ChurchDr. Bonnie Frost, Pastor
Contemporary worship andChildren’s Church School
Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Call forour schedule of activities and
programs.
MM 90 • 852-5813Burton MemorialUnited MethodistMM 93 • 852-2581
Keys JewishCommunity Center
MM 93 • 852-5235
Church of God
MM 90.5 • 852-5996
Immanual LutheranSunday Service 10 am
MM 90.2 • ocean side
Tavernier 305-852-8711
www.KeysLutheran.org
San Pedro CatholicChurch
Rev. John Peloso
Sunday 9 am & 11 am, SaturdayVigil 5 pm, Mon., Thur. & Friday
8:30 am, Tues. CommunionService 8:30 am
MM 89.5 • 305-852-5372
Spirit and TruthMinistries
MM 89.5 • 852-7975
ISLAMORADAFirst Baptist Church
MM 81.2 • 664-4910
United Methodist
MM 81 • 664-3661
St. James the FishermanEpiscopal Church
Holy Eucharist Sunday 8 & 10am, Tues. 10 am & Wed. 6 pmwww.stjamesthefisherman.org
MM 87.5 BaysideIslamorada 305-852-8468
LAYTONCommunity BaptistLayton Dr. • 664-2430
MARATHONFirst Baptist
62nd St. • 743-5134
Community MethodistMM 48 • 743-5107
St Columba Episcopal52nd St. • 743-6412
San Pablo Catholic122nd St. • 289-0636
New LifeMM 49 • 743-7165
Calvary Baptist76th St. • 743-6838
New Mt. ZionMissionary Baptist42nd St. • 743-3300
Jehovah’s WitnessesKingdom Hall
98th St. • 743-3679
Seventh-Day AdventistLoggerhead Ln. • 743-4796
Church of Christ26th St. • 743-5397
Martin Luther Chapel122nd St. Gulf • 289-0700
The Salvation Army2805 O/S Hwy. • 743-9410
BIG PINE KEYSt. Peter CatholicMM 30 • 872-2537
St. Francis In the KeysEpiscopal
Key Deer Blvd. • 872-2547Lord of the Seas
LutheranKey Deer Blvd. • 872-3612
First BaptistKey Deer Blvd. • 872-2542
United MethodistKey Deer Blvd. • 872-2470
Vineyard ChristianFellowship
County Rd. • 872-3404St. Andrews Orthodox
MissionKey Deer Blvd. • 872-1453
Jehovah’s WitnessKingdom Hall
MM 28 • 872-7000
SUGARLOAF KEYSugarloaf Baptist
Crane Blvd. • 745-2661
Calvary Chapel17175 O/S Hwy.• 240-9673
BIG COPPITT KEYFirst Baptist Church
Ave F • 294-4118
Keys Chapel OrthodoxPresbyterian
Coppitt Rd. • 294-8256
STOCK ISLANDKey West Baptist
Temple2nd Ave. • 294-3411
Covenant WordMacDonald Ave. •
292-1119
KEY WESTChurch of Christ
Von Phister St. • 296-3331
Church of GodWhite St. • 296-8844
Cornish Memorial AMEZion
Whitehead St. • 294-2350
Fifth St Baptist5th St. • 294-2255
Glad TidingsUnited St. • 296-5773
Grace LutheranFlagler St. • 296-5161
United MethodistEaton St. • 296-2392
MetropolitanCommunity
Petronia St. • 294-8912
Peace CovenantPresbyterian
Flagler Ave. • 294-1223Southernmost Prayer and
FaithFleming St. • 292-6416
Unity of the KeysVirginia St. • 296-5888
St. James FirstMissionary BaptistOlivia St. • 296-5593
St. Mary Star of the SeaCatholic
Windsor Ln. • 294-1018
Christian ScienceElizabeth St. • 296-8215
Church of Jesus Christof Latter Day Saints
Northside Dr. • 294-9400
St Paul’s EpiscopalDuval St. • 296-5142
Trinity PresbyterianSimonton St. • 296-3318
Impact CommunitySeventh-Day Adventist
Fifth St. • 393-9554
Unitarian UniversalistGeorgia St. • 296-4369
B’Nai ZionUnited St. • 294-3437
Chabad Jewish CenterTrinity Dr. • 295-0013
Salvation ArmyFlagler Rd. • 294-5611
Seventh-Day AdventistThomas St. • 522-3693
Get Fit Family Boot CampSouthard St. • 294-4351
Houses of WorshipKirk of the Keys
Overseas Highway at 89th StreetMarathon, FL • MM 51.5
Staffed Children’s Sunday School & NurserySunday Services
9 a.m. Contemporary • 11 a.m. Traditionalwww.kirkofthekeys.com
Marathon Church Of God800 74th Street, Ocean
Sunday Worship & Children's Church10:45AM
Sunday Evening Worship 6:00PMWednesday Night Bible Study 6:30PMA Pentecostal Ministry with a Prophetic Voice" For God so loved the world..." and so do we!
MARTIN LUTHER CHAPEL325 122nd Street, Gulf • 289-0700
Palm Sunday Service8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Maundy Thursday7:30 p.m.
Good Friday7:30 p.m.
Easter Breakfast8:00 a.m.
Easter Sunday Services9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
COMMUNITY SNAPSHOTS
The children at theJack Hill Child CareCenter at the FirstBaptist Church ofKey Largo get arecent visit fromKey Largo volunteerfirefighters. The kidslearned about firesafety and toured a fire truck.
Keynoter photo by KEVIN WADLOW
Allison Luytjes, 4, of Miami practices her fishing technique at a kids' activity area, part of the March 24Native Plant Day at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Parkin Key Largo. Park volunteers offered tips on native-plant landscaping and gave away native plants.Other environmental groups also hosted exhibits.
Mattie Johnson, 6, of Key Largo (center) turns over a $240check to God's Kitchen, a community food project atBurton Memorial United Methodist Church in Tavernier.With the help of her mom, Mattie staged a bake sale anddedicated all proceeds to God's Kitchen. Cindy Miller, akitchen volunteer, accepts the donation.
Poinciana Elementary School students, teachers and parents in Key West on Wednesday celebrate their 45th day ofparticipating in the national Morning Mile program. Each school day, students and their parents walk or run as manylaps as they can between 7:45 and 8:10 a.m. The number of laps completed each morning arerecorded and they are added up weekly. When a student reaches five miles, he or she receives a necklace chain withone sneaker. They continue to receive one sneaker charm for each five miles completed. So far, the students havewalked a collective 4,635 miles.
The Turtle Hospital's firstpatient of 2012 is ready to gohome. Rocky D, a loggerheadsea turtle rescued Jan. 10 offIslamorada, had intestinesfilled with shells from snailsand crustaceans, and wasfound floating. A normal loggerhead diet should consist of crab, lobster, clamand conch. His treatmentincluded enemas that helpedto move the impaction alongquicker. His public release isset for 1 p.m. Saturday atAnne's Beach, mile marker 73oceanside. This is the fourthweek in a row the TurtleHospital has released arehabbed turtle.
Cheese steak-eatingcontest is Sunday
Mr. Z’s, a pizza andcheese steak restaurant at 501Southard St., Key West, ismarking its 10th anniversarywith a block party to benefitWesley House FamilyServices.
It’s Sunday from noon tofour at Southard and Duvalstreets and includes, ofcourse, food, drinks, kidsactivities, live music, and thefirst-ever Key West cheesesteak-eating contest.
There will be $5 cheesesteaks and $1 slices of pizza.Contestant in the cheese
steak-eating contest will eatas many hot-dog-sizedcheese steaks as possible in10 minutes. The winner willwalk away with prizes andhave his or her photo on awall at Mr. Z’s.
The contest starts at 3p.m. and is $25 to enter.Contestants will receive acomplimentary T-shirt andfree beer (there will be a jun-iors eating contest at 2 p.m.).
Taste of the IslandsSunday in Key Colony
The Marathon Businessand Professional Women’sClub has its 15th annual
Taste of the Islands set fornoon to 4 p.m. Sunday at KeyColony Beach City Park.
Participating restaurantsare Bilbo’s, the Flip FlopCandy Shoppe, JuiceParadise Cuban Cafe, KeysFisheries, Leigh Ann’sCoffee House, Lencho’s, theMarathon Yacht Club, thePlaza Grill and SweetSavannah’s. Beer and winewill be available.
The Keyker’s clothingstore will present a fashionshows, Linda Lee Byarsplays music throughout theday and the Zonta Club ofMarathon will have a rubber-ducky in the canal behindCity Hall. The Big Kahuna
will also be crowned.Candidates are Josie Kolerand Julie Johnson. In addi-tion, there will be live andsilent auctions.
To find out more, callC.M. Bishop at 743-9052 orsend an e-mail [email protected].
Lebanon nativeaddresses Islam
Osama Wazan, author of“The Last ModerateMuslim,” speaks at theIslamorada library, milemarker 81 bayside, onWednesday at 6:30 p.m.,courtesy of Keys to Peace.
Wazan was born in Beirut,Lebanon, where he attended aSaudi Arabia-funded Islamicschool. He lived in Lebanonfor 15 years and has been inthe U.S. for 22. He will talkabout a map for peace to endreligious violence.
His book takes readersinside the home of a MiddleEastern Muslim family, andtells of the struggles of thosecaught in religious-poweredconflicts.
Caribbean concertfor Haiti shelter
Key West Performing ArtsCo. and the Center of PrayerMinistries are sponsoring aCaribbean Easter celebrationat 7 p.m. April 6 in the KeyWest High School auditori-um featuring gospel musicfrom Alabanza d’Haiti, NuStars, Les Christophiles deFlorida, Jackie Williams andTammika Hines.
Admission is $20 inadvance and $25 at the door.Proceeds benefit a shelter forthe homeless in Haiti. Ticketsare available at Mo’sRestaurant, 1116 White St.;MacArthur Music, 906Kennedy Drive; or by calling(305) 747-8412.
Easter egg hunton Stock Island
The Big Coppitt VolunteerFire Department hosts itsannual Easter egg hunt onApril 8.
The event takes place atBernstein Park at 5th Avenueand 5th Street on StockIsland from noon until 2 p.m.There will be games, prizesand candy.
Preschool hostingits Spring Fair
The Key West PreschoolCo-op is having its 24th annualSpring Fair from 11 a.m. to 3p.m. April 9 at 2610 FlaglerAve., on the grounds of PeaceCovenant Presbyterian Church.
There will be live enter-tainment, an egg hunt, bouncehouse, face painting, crafts,petting zoo, land train, cottoncandy, hot dogs, hamburgersand rides, including a giantslide and a roller coaster. Theevent will also feature a visit
from the Easter bunny, with anopportunity to have yourchild’s photo taken with him.
Parents can purchase a$15 dollar wrist band fortheir child that includesunlimited rides, all gamesand crafts. Face painting andfood are additional. Or youcan pay as you go for $1 eachper ride, game or craft.
There will also be a raffle,with tickets costing $10. Firstprize is $3,000 cash, secondprize is a weekend getaway.
Seminar addresseseconomy and health
Joblessness, homeless-ness, hunger, poor health andother problems brought on bythe poor economy will bediscussed during the nextCommunity HealthMinistries’ Talking Pointsdiscussion at MarinersHospital in Tavernier.
“Healthy Living on aShoestring” will be held April10 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in themain conference room atMariners, mile marker 91.5.
Susan Dukar, Mariners’dietitian, will provide sug-gestions on how to eathealthy meals on a shoestringbudget, while local clergywill discuss the support pro-vided by the local faith com-munity. Community HealthMinistries in the Upper Keysis part of the Pastoral CareDepartment of Baptist HealthSouth Florida.
The seminar is free butreservations are required. Toreserve a space, call 852-1612.
‘Living Water’shows in Marathon
The Sanctuary FriendsFoundation of the FloridaKeys’ next free monthly filmscreening is “Living Water:Aquatic Preserves ofFlorida,” on April 12 at theMarathon Power Squadronon 52nd Street bayside,behind the Panda Houserestaurant.
The documentary show-cases a dozen of the state’s 41aquatic preserves, highlight-ing their natural and culturalsignificance. Doors open at6:30 p.m., the film screensfrom 7 to 8:30 p.m. There’sfree popcorn.
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Why are 70 millionAmericans having troublegetting a good night’s sleep?Let us count the ways:
We are over-caffeinated(coffee, soft drinks, energydrinks, snacks) and over-medicated (prescription andover-the-counter drugs,including alcohol), wreakinghavoc with slumber patterns.
We are over-wired (videogames, Web browsing, socialmedia, texting) and over-stressed (money, work, rela-tionships, overloaded sched-ules), making us too restlessto doze off when we should.
We are overworked(longer hours, night shiftsincompatible with our bio-logical clocks) and over-weight (perhaps a chicken-or-egg deal, as different stud-ies have found that one leadsto the other).
And then there’s societalpressure, what nationally rec-ognized sleep expert Dr.Mark Mahowald calls “thepervasive, erroneous attitudethat sleep is not a biologicalimperative, that it is nego-tiable. We have raised sleepdeprivation to a badge ofhonor.”
The effects might out-number the causes, and arehardly as benign as many ofus might think. “Any degreeof sleep deprivation willimpair performance: behindthe wheel, in the classroomor workplace,” Mahowaldsaid.
He added that the Bhopal,Challenger, Exxon Valdezand Three Mile Island disas-ters “all are officially attrib-uted to problems from sleepdeprivation. But the biggestrisk of sleep deprivation iscar crashes, period.”
No wonder the number ofaccredited sleep centers hasrisen nationwide by 630 per-cent in just 15 years. Andwhile sleep study resultshave been all over the mapand sometimes contradictory,experts such as local doctorsMahowald and MichaelSchmitz know a lot morethan researchers did even adecade ago.
The lowdown:● Insomnia victims have
trouble falling or stayingasleep in a setting with ade-quate conditions for sleep;this becomes chronic insom-nia if it lasts more than threeweeks. Sleep deprivation iscaused by behavioral or situ-ational factors that curtail ormitigate the ability to getenough sleep time.
● Most adults need sevento nine hours of sleep a night.The amount a person needs isgenetically determined,Mahowald said. “Some peo-ple might need four hours onthe short end, up to 10 on thehigh end. We have absolutelyno control over this.”
● Anyone who uses analarm clock “is by definitionsleep-deprived,” Mahowaldsaid, “because if the brainhad received the amount ofsleep it wanted, you wouldhave woken up before the
alarm went off.”● Melatonin is a hormone,
secreted daily by the brain’spineal gland, that helps main-tain the body’s sleepingcycle. A nonprescription syn-thetic melatonin pill is sold inthe United States and iswidely used. The FDA doesnot test or regulate melatoninbecause it doesn’t consider ita drug.
● Larks and owls: “Somepeople are early to bed, earlyto rise; others late to bed, lateto rise. We have very littlecontrol over that,” Mahowaldsaid. “So you see a lot ofproblems when an owl mar-ries a lark and each onethinks the other is being stub-born.”
Effects:● With sleep deprivation,
some glucose metabolismproblems might predisposeone to diabetes. And if so, aconsequence could be heartdisease and stroke.
● With insomnia, there isno evidence of long-termphysical problems or links toother diseases. But insomnia
results in poorer quality oflife and work absences andcan lead to depression.
● There is some evidencethat severe sleep apnea canlead to hypertension, heartproblems and a higher risk ofstrokes.
Solutions:● Improving sleep hygiene
— avoiding late eating anddrinking, keeping the roomcool and dark, winding downbefore bedtime — canimprove or resolve transientor acute insomnia but proba-bly not chronic insomnia.
● For chronic insomnia,cognitive behavioral therapyis equally as or more effec-tive than medications.Medication often is useful foracute insomnia.
● Naps can help — exceptwhen they don’t. “We dis-courage napping when any-one has problems falling orstaying asleep at night, whichmight be an untreated sleepdisorder,” said behavioralsleep specialist Schmitz. “Weencourage power naps, 30minutes or less, when folks
can’t stay awake or will havelate-night events.”
● See your doctor if: Youhave had difficulty falling
and staying asleep for morethan a week. Or if you snore,have frequent awakeningsand are reporting sleepiness
during the day. Anyone withapnea symptoms should seektreatment.
The reasonsare countless,say researchersMcClatchy-Tribune
TO YOUR HEALTH
By the numbers● One third of Americans suffer from insomnia at
some point in their lives.● Fourteen to 15 hours of sleep a night is recom-
mended by the Mayo Clinic for infants, 12 to 14 hoursfor toddlers and 10 to 11 for school-age children.
● Eighty-four classifications of sleep disorders havebeen found.
● The American Academy of Sleep Medicine hasaccredited 2,365 U.S. sleep centers. In 1997, there were374; in 2006, there were 1,000.
● Two million U.S. children suffer from sleepdisorders.
● Eighteen million Americans probably suffer fromsleep apnea, with more than half of them undiagnosed.
● $15.9 billion is added to national health care costsby sleep problems, according to the NationalCommission on Sleep Disorders.
— McClatchy-Tribune
As a nation, we're sleep-deprived
KeysNet.com Keynoter10B Saturday, March 31, 2012
Your dog toomuch to handle?
It’s one thing to workwith little Spanky in the yardand through the judicious useof treats teach him to sit upor roll over.
But bigger challenges —digging, aggression, mind-less barking and the like —require more than a Milk-Bone. Sometimes you need aprofessional.
First, though, talk to aveterinarian to be sure thereare no physical issues caus-ing the behavior. The nextstep is hiring a trainer orbehaviorist.
“Take into account theproblem you’re having orwhat you want,” says KristenCollins, director of anti-cru-elty behavior services withthe ASPCA’s Anti-CrueltyBehavior Team. “Say youhave an untrained dog or adog that’s rowdy when itgreets people ... [if you want]to treat behaviors, a trainer isyour best bet. But [for] fear,anxiety or aggression, yourbest bet is to go with certi-fied behaviorists.”
There are four main cate-gories of pet professionals:
● Trainers (or pet psychol-
ogist, pet therapist or somevariation).
● Certified professionaldog trainers.
● Applied animal behav-iorists (certified and associ-ate certified).
● Veterinary behaviorists(vets who go beyond vetschool training and are certi-fied by the American Collegeof Veterinary Behaviorists).
Certification is a big deal,Collins says, and should befrom an unbiased group.There are three certificationcouncils you can consult.
● For trainers, theCertification Council forProfessional Dog Trainers(www.ccpdt.org).
● For applied behavior-ists, the Animal BehaviorSociety (www.certifiedanimalbehaviorist.com).
● For a board-certifiedveterinary behaviorist, theAmerican College ofVeterinary Behaviorists(www.dacvb.org).
“Find someone in yourarea,” Collins says, “then goto your vet and ask if theyhave any experience work-ing with them.”
Also consider education,experience, recommenda-tions and references. Collinsrecommends at least two orthree thorough interviewsover the phone.
“Ask about specific expe-rience solving problems like
yours, their general educa-tion,” she says. “See if thetrainer will give you infor-mation on former clients soyou can talk to them.
And, she adds, seek“trainers who emphasizereward-based training (and)positive reinforcement.Make sure they use humanetraining equipment. Askspecifically about the meth-ods the trainer will use tomake sure you’re OK withthem.”
If you’re considering agroup class, ask to watchone. If a trainer says no, lookelsewhere. They should wel-come you to sit in, she says.
Cost: Eight-week ses-sions can cost anywherefrom $60 to $200. In-homelessons cost more becauseyou’ll get personal attention.Group classes are almostalways less expensive. Andeven the classes at largenational pet stores have ben-efits.
“If you need to save somemoney and don’t have anyserious behavior problems,there’s nothing wrong withenrolling in one of thoseclasses,” Collins says.“[You] learn some successfulbehaviors, and you’ll getreally good experience.”
The ASPCA offers anexcellent — and free — petbehavior database atwww.aspcabehavior.org.
Behavioristjust might bethe way to goMcClatchy-Tribune
OUR PETS
Hey, kids, let’s put on a show
Your kids are out of schoolfor Spring Break. How aboutputting on a show?
Carol Bouzoukis, a childdrama specialist with 25years of experience, hasdeveloped a way to take chil-dren’s natural affinity for playacting and use it to furthertheir all-around development.
When children use theirimagination, they can workthrough many things, saysBouzoukis, author of“Encouraging Your Child’sImagination: A Guide andStories for Play Acting”(Rowman & Littlefield). “Itcan be therapeutic, they canwork out scenarios. They actthat through and find resolu-tion, even if only in play.
“That can help them later.On the bus maybe there’s abully, and if they just did aplay where they’re runningfrom the wolf and it resolvesitself happily, the bully mightnot seem so bad. Childrencan gain a mastery of theirworld through their play.”
Bouzoukis says that howchildren play has changeddramatically over the years.Now it’s often with a screen(television, computers,Xboxes) — methods ofentertainment that lackhuman interaction. Play, or
play acting, can fill that void.“Imagination, Einstein
said, is more important thanintelligence because whenyou imagine you can thinkoutside the box,” she says.“You can invent and createthings that weren’t there.”
In her book, she explainsher Story Drama Methodand shows parents, as wellas teachers or caregivers,how to polish their skills sothey can lead the children.The book also includes ninestories that can be acted out,and guidelines for each.
“They don’t need scripts orprops,” she says. “If you don’tuse (a script), they can make itmore personal, they can comeup with their own words.”
The method, she says,“works very well becausewhen children engage inplay, that’s how they com-municate, how they come tounderstand their world.Dramatic play is just anadvanced form of play.”
Here are some highlightsof the Story Drama Methodfrom “Encouraging YourChild’s Imagination: A Guideand Stories for Play Acting:”
The basics: A child orchildren, the ability to tell astory, and a private place torehearse. Classic storieswork well because kids arefamiliar with them.
Narrator: An adult, oreven an older sibling, cantake this role. Duties involvereading the story for thekids, acting it out, then help-ing them choose the part
they want to play. Duringthe performance, the narra-tor keeps things moving bycovering entrances and exits(“Then the elephant camein”) and directing the group.Bouzoukis’s book offersnarrator tips. “I start manystories with all the childrenasleep. Children love to pre-tend to be asleep, and ithelps with crowd control.”
Roles: Kids can take onany role. If someone wants tobe a cat but there isn’t one inthe story, the narrator can adda cat. “Let them be what theywant to be. Bend the casting,”she says. “A little boy mightwant to be the mom. We’vehad that. They giggle. We stopthe class from giggling andtell them that anybody can bea mom, and we take it fromthere. Kids like to exploreother roles when they’reyoung. It’s healthy for them totry to walk in other people’sshoes, so to speak.”
Costumes: Full outfitsaren’t necessary and can getin the way. “The childrencan use more of their imagi-nation if they have just ahat,” Bouzoukis says.
Public performances: Achild will benefit whether theplay is acted out casually oras a performance for others.Bouzoukis says kids seem toget more out of a full per-formance: the curtain call,parents and siblings in atten-dance, video cameras run-ning, etc. But if it’s a full per-formance, keep the crowdsmall for younger children
New book showsbenefits of playacting for kidsMcClatchy-Tribune
FAMILY LIFE
LIVING BRIEFS
Save-A-Turtleneeds surveyors
Turtle nesting seasonbegins April 15 in the FloridaKeys, and Save-A-Turtle islooking for volunteer nestingsurveyors for numerousbeaches.
They are Sea Oats Beach,Lower Matecumbe Key;Upper Matecumbe Key;
West End, Long Key; LongBeach, Big Pine Key; KeyColony Beach; Boca ChicaBeach; and Key West beach-es.
Surveyors must be trainedand certified by the state Fishand Wildlife ConservationCommission. Training isApril 11 from 6:30 to 9:30p.m. at the MarathonGovernment Center.
To find out more, call
Rick Sall at 743-9629.Also at Save-A-Turtle, the
group's April 2 meeting at theTurtle Hospital in Marathonincludes a presentation called"22 years of Shark Biology inthe Dry Tortugas" from Wesand Theo Pratt of the MoteCenter for Shark Research onSummerland Key.
The board meets at 6:30p.m., the presentation is at7:30 p.m.
Night in Old Havanabenefits Montessori
The fifth annual Night inOld Havana fundraiser forthe Treasure VillageMontessori Middle Schoolin Islamorada is planned for6 to 11 p.m. April 7 at theElks Club in Tavernier, milemarker 92 bayside.
The night includes the
Cuban band La CharangaTipica Tropical. The 12-piece band is known as oneof Cuba's best salsa bands.Throughout the years, it'sperformed internationally, atMiami's Calle Ocho andwith Cuban greats such asCelia Cruz.Cuban artistCarmen Sotolongo Kelley ofthe Key Largo Art Gallerywill display her paintings ofher homeland during cock-
tail hour and a silent auction.There will also be a CubaLibre cash bar, dominotables and cigar lounge.
Tickets are $75 per per-son. This includes appetiz-ers, traditional Cuban cui-sine, entry into the silentauction and four hours ofentertainment. For tickets,contact Marlen Weeks at394-1680.
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IN THECIRCUITCOURT INANDFORMONROECOUNTY, FLORIDA
CASENO: 2010-CA-22-M
HOTARC, INC., a FloridaCorporation,Plaintiff,
Vs.
NEWHOUSEOFTHERISINGSUN, INC., A FloridaCorporation, d/b/aHot ArcWelding andVERNONFREDERICKMANZ, JR.,Individually,Defendants,
NOTICEOFSHERIFF’SSALE
NOTICE ISHEREBYGIVENthat under and by virtue of aAGREEDFINAL JUDGMENTONMOTIONFORSUMMARYJUDGMENTentered by theCircuit Court in and forMonroeCounty, Florida on the 11th dayMay, 2011, and by virtue of aWrit of Execution issued in theabove styled cause on the 28thday of December, 2011, I,Robert P. Peryam, Sheriff ofMonroeCounty, Florida havelevied upon andwill offer forsale and sell to the highestbidder for cash, subject to anymortgages or liens thereon, inthemorning on the 10th day ofApril, 2012, at 9:00 A.M. atParadise Towing, 202 20th St.,Ocean,Marathon, FL 33050,Florida, the interests of NEWHOUSEOFTHERISINGSUN,INC., A FloridaCorporationd/b/a Hot ArcWelding andVERNONFREDERICKMANZ,JR., Individually defendants inexecution, in the followingdescribed property, subject toany and all other liens, taxes,judgments, or encumbranceswhatsoever:
(1) 2005GMC1Ton Truck VIN:1GDJC34U65E332928withequipment attached:MillerTrailblazer 44DAC/DCWeldingGenerator Serial:TMD2794070481 andMillercooler Coolmate 3 LF 325858
(2) 1994DodgePickup 1500VIN: 1B7HC16Y3RS646017
DATED this 7th day ofMarch,2012.
Robert P. Peryam, SheriffMonroeCounty, FloridaBY: RachelleGates,SupervisorCivil ProcessDivision
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INVITATIONTOBID
NOTICE ISHEREBYGIVENTOPROSPECTIVEBIDDERSthat theMonroeCounty SchoolDistrict will receive bids for thefollowing:
ITBNO. 506HVACSERVICECONTRACTOR-MIDDLE/UPPERKEYSFACILITIES
RFQ/ITBNO. 508YEARBOOKPUBLISHINGSERVICES
Bid documentsmay berequested fromDemandStarby calling 1-800-711-1712 orby going to thewebsitewww.demandstar.comor bygoing towww.keysschools.com . Thepublic record document isavailable at the PurchasingDepartment, 241 TrumboRoad, KeyWest, FL 33040.
All bidsmust be received on orbefore 2PMTuesday, April17th, 2012 specified in the biddocuments. TheMonroeCounty School Districtreserves the right, at its solediscretion, to accept or rejectany and all bids and towaiveinformalities or irregularitieswhen it is in the best interest ofthe Board to do so.
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NOTICEOFPUBLICSALE
The vehicle(s) listed belowwillbe sold at public auction forcash atFLORIDAKEYSTOWING INC., 1620OverseasHwy,Marathon FL 33050 at8:00AMonApril 25, 2012 inaccordance to Florida StatuteSection 713.78 for unpaidtowing & storage.FLORIDAKEYSTOWING, INC. reservesthe right to accept or reject anyand/or all bids. All vehicles/vessels are sold as is.
1. 1999 FORDVIN: 1FAFP13P0XW179254
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IN THECIRCUITCOURTOFTHE16th JUDICIALCIRCUITOFFLORIDA, INANDFORMONROECOUNTY
Case/: 2008CA000441-M
Bank of NewYork as Trusteefor theCertificateHolders ofCWMBS2004-16Plaintiff,
-vs.-
JeffWyman andWendyWyman, Husband andWife;UnknownParties inPossession/1; UnknownParties in Possession/2; Ifliving, and all UnknownPartiesclaiming by, through, under andagainst the above namedDefendant(s) who are notknown to be dead or alive,whether said UnknownPartiesmay claim an interest asSpouse, Heirs, Devisees,Grantees, or Other ClaimantsDefendant(s).
NOTICEOFSALE
NOTICE ISHEREBYGIVENpursuant to anOrder of FinalJudgment of Foreclosure datedSeptember 17th, 2010, enteredin Civil CaseNo. 2008CA000441-M of theCircuit Courtof the 16th Judicial Circuit inand forMonroeCounty,Florida, wherein Bank of NewYork as Trustee for theCertificateHolders of CWMBS2004-16, Plaintiff and JeffWyman andWendyWyman,Husband andWife aredefendant(s), I will sell to thehighest and best bidder forcash ATTHEMONROECOUNTYCOURTHOUSE,500WHITEHEADSTREET,KEYWEST, FL 33040, AT11:00 A.M. on April 11th, 2012,the following describedproperty as set forth in saidFinal Judgment, to-wit:
LOT 29, BLOCK1,OFVENICE, ASPERPLATTHEREOF, RECORDED INPLATBOOK3, ATPAGE22,OFTHEPUBLICRECORDSOFMONROECOUNTY,FLORIDA
ANYPERSONCLAIMINGANINTEREST INTHESURPLUSFROMTHESALE, IFANY,OTHERTHANTHEPROPERTYOWNERASOFTHEDATEOFTHELISPENDENSMUSTFILEACLAIMWITHIN 60DAYSAFTERTHESALE.
DATEDatMarathon, Florida,this 8th day ofMarch, 2012
DANNYL. KOLHAGECLERKOFTHECIRCUITCOURTMonroeCounty, FloridaTammy L.MarcielDEPUTYCLERKOFCOURT
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NOTICEOFPUBLICSALE:
ARNOLD’SAUTO&MARINEREPAIR, INC. givesNotice ofForeclosure of Lien and intentto sell these vehicleson04/18/2012, 09:00 amat 55403RDAVEKEYWEST, FL33040-6032, pursuant tosubsection 713.78 of theFlorida Statutes. ARNOLD’SAUTO&MARINEREPAIR,INC. reserves the right toaccept or reject any and/or allbids.
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IN THECIRCUITCOURT INANDFORMONROECOUNTY, FLORIDA
CASENO: 2010-CA-22-M
HOTARC, INC., a Florida
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Corporation,Plaintiff,
Vs.
NEWHOUSEOFTHERISINGSUN, INC., A FloridaCorporation, d/b/aHot ArcWelding andVERNONFREDERICKMANZ, JR.,Individually,Defendants,
NOTICEOFSHERIFF’SSALE
NOTICE ISHEREBYGIVENthat under and by virtue of aAGREEDFINAL JUDGMENTONMOTIONFORSUMMARYJUDGMENTentered by theCircuit Court in and forMonroeCounty, Florida on the 11th dayMay, 2011, and by virtue of aWrit of Execution issued in theabove styled cause on the 28thday of December, 2011, I,Robert P. Peryam, Sheriff ofMonroeCounty, Florida havelevied upon andwill offer forsale and sell to the highestbidder for cash, subject to anymortgages or liens thereon, inthemorning on the 10th day ofApril, 2012, at 11:00 A.M. at10791 6th Avenue, Gulf,Marathon, FL 33050, Florida,the interests of NEWHOUSEOFTHERISINGSUN, INC., AFloridaCorporation d/b/a HotArcWelding andVERNONFREDERICKMANZ, JR.,Individually defendants inexecution, in the followingdescribed property, subject toany and all other liens, taxes,judgments, or encumbranceswhatsoever:
PropertyDescription:1 -Miller Trailblazer 44DAC/DCweldingGeneratorSer/ JF8726791 - Clark Forklift ModelCGC25Ser/C365L01849538FBGreen1 - Cutting torch cart with 1oxygen tank ICC03AA265and 1Acetylene Tank133630L, Hoses&TorchHead1 - Cincinnati 12’ shearmodel1012Green1 - Chicagometal brakemodel 1014Ser/ 984331 - South bend 4 foot latheGreen1 - EdwardsPunchPressJaws 4Ser/ 4-19399451 -Miller SyncroWaveWelderModel 350 LXSer/LF1991431 -Miller Coolmate Ser/LF3258611 -Miller SyncroWaveWelderModel 351Ser/KF8937951 -Miller Coolmate Ser/LA2039751 -Miller SyncroWaveWelderModel 250Ser/LA1585901 - Ingersoll Air CompressorModel 32261117Ser/CRNF2388123456789OT1 - Pexto 4 FootMetal RollerSer/86890Gray1 -Ostermetal threadingmachineSER/ 552N73088Yellow1 -Miller PushPull ModelCP-302Ser/K0231731 - Lathe andMill Induma47416B1 -Miller SyncroWaveWelder 350 LXSer/LB2146751 -Metal Table 4 x 81 -Metal Table 4 x 241 -MilwaukeeDrill PressMagSer/ 836B1013504801 -Greenly PipeBender Ser/23JW170493Green1 - Hossfeld 2BeamPipeBender Ser/ 38366 (unableto read complete number)1 - Victor TrackCutting TorchModel VCM200Ser/CMO0152441 - Cutting TorchCart withhoses1 -Miller PlasmaCutterSpectrum3080Ser/LC5056841 - Pipe Threaders andDiesmiscellaneous1 -MilwaukeeMiter Saw10inchSer/ 53200701 -MilwaukeeChopSaw14inchSer/ 96809044334601 - BalborGrinder/BeltSander Ser/N8811 -MilwaukeeBandSawSer/ 457E014601291 - Black&Decker CoreDrillPartial Model/ 748PartialSer/03101 -MilwaukeeBanSawSer/457B4980208951 - 4 X 8Welding Trailer RustColored1 - CraftsmanTool Box Top&Bottomwith screwdrivers,pliers, files, wrenchesmiscellaneous tools inside1 - RyobiGrinder Ser/AB1145714331 - Ryobi Drill PressModelDP 121LSer/AZ0830356341 - Dewalt Radio1- Red/Gray Tool Box Top&Bottomwith Taps, Dies,Allens andmiscellaneousitems1 - RedCraftsmanTool BoxTop&Bottomwith LatheTools1 - RedCraftsmanTool BoxTop&Bottomwithmiscellaneous tools2 -MaxxAir RoundFloorFansOrange1 - Rigid ShopVac1 - RyobiGrinder Ser/AB1145714301 - RyobiMiter Saw10 inchSer/ 1124673133 - Beige 4Drawer FileCabinets1 - Brown 2Drawer FileCabinet1 - GreenMetal Desk2 - DeskChairs
DATED this 7th day ofMarch,
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Robert P. Peryam, SheriffMonroeCounty, FloridaBY: RachelleGates,SupervisorCivil ProcessDivision
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IN THECIRCUITCOURTFORMONROECOUNTY,FLORIDA
File No. 12-CP000046-KDivision Probate
INRE: ESTATEOFJOSEPHINE JENKINSELDERDeceased.
NOTICETOCREDITORS
The administration of the estateof Josephine Jenkins Elder,deceased, whose date of deathwasDecember 29, 2011, ispending in theCircuit Court forMonroeCounty, Florida,ProbateDivision, the addressof which is 500WhiteheadStreet, KeyWest, Florida33040. The names andaddresses of the personalrepresentative and thepersonal representative’sattorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedentand other persons havingclaims or demands againstdecedent’s estate onwhomacopy of this notice is required tobe servedmust file their claimswith this courtWITHIN THELATEROF3MONTHSAFTERTHETIMEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICEOR30DAYSAFTERTHEDATEOFSERVICEOFACOPYOFTHISNOTICEONTHEM.
All other creditors of thedecedent and other personshaving claims or demandsagainst decedent’s estatemustfile their claimswith this courtWITHIN 3MONTHSAFTERTHEDATEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICE.
ALLCLAIMSNOTFILEDWITHINTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORTH INSECTION733.702OFTHEFLORIDAPROBATECODEWILLBEFOREVERBARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDINGTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORTHABOVE, ANYCLAIMFILEDTWO (2) YEARSORMOREAFTERTHEDECEDENT’SDATEOFDEATH ISBARRED.
The date of first publication ofthis notice isMarch 24, 2012.
Personal Representative:Bobby LeonElder29059Magnolia LaneBig Pine Key, Florida 33043
Attorney for PersonalRepresentative:Anthony J. BarrowsAttorney for Bobby LeonElderFlorida Bar Number: 662569540KeyDeer Blvd.Big Pine Key, FL 33043Telephone: (305) 872-1050Fax: (305) 489-0307E-Mail: abarrows–barrowslawfirm.com
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NOTICEOFPUBLICSALE:
ANCHORTOWING givesNotice of Foreclosure of Lienand intent to sell these vehicleson 04/13/2012, 08:00 amat189USHIGHWAY1,KEYWEST, FL 33040-5476,pursuant to subsection 713.78of the Florida Statutes.ANCHORTOWING reservesthe right to accept or reject anyand/or all bids.
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NOTICEOFFORECLOSURESALEBYCLERKOFTHECIRCUITCOURT
Notice is hereby given that theundersigned, DANNYL.KOLHAGE,Clerk of theCircuitCourt ofMonroeCounty,Florida, will, on the 10th day ofApril, 2012 at 11:00 o’clocka.m., at 500WhiteheadStreet,MonroeCounty, in theCity ofKeyWest, Florida, offer for saleand sell at public outcry to thehighest and best bidder forCASH the following described
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properties situated inMonroeCounty, Florida, to wit:
Unit/212,MARINER’SCLUB,as shown on the site planattached as Exhibit ‘‘B’’ to theDeclaration of Covenants,Conditions andRestrictions forMariner’s Club, recorded inOfficial Record Book 1659,Page 1981,more particularlydescribed as Lot 12, Block 2,KEY LARGONORTH,according to the Plat thereof,recorded in Plat Book 7, Page22, of the Public Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, asmodified by theNotice ofWithdrawl of Certificate ofOwnership andDedication.
a/k/a 97501OverseasHighway, Unit/212, KeyLargo, FL 33037
Pursuant to the Final Judgmentof Foreclosure entered in acase pending in said Court, thestyle of which is:
MARINER’SCLUBHOMEOWNERSASSOCIATION, INC.,a Florida non-profit corporation,
Plaintiff,
vs.
CAROLA. SIMPSON, et al,
Defendant(s).
And theDocket Number ofwhich is Number2009-CA-976-P
WITNESSmy hand and theOfficial Seal of Said Court, this12th day ofMarch, 2012.
Danny L. KolhageClerk of theCircuit CourtMonroeCounty, Florida
By: Laura VorhesDeputy Clerk
Florida Statute 45.031: Anyperson claiming an interest inthe surplus from the sale, if any,other than the property owneras of the date of the LisPendensmust file a claimwithin sixty (60) days after thesale.
Submitted by:Persaud&Nunez10631N. Kendall DriveSuite 205Miami, FL 33176TelephoneNo. (786) 270-1659Facsimile No. (305) 847-0581
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IN THECIRCUITCOURTFORMONROECOUNTY,FLORIDAPROBATEDIVISIONFile No. 12-CP-51-KLowerKeys
INRE: ESTATEOFJOANS.BAKERDeceased.
NOTICETOCREDITORS
The administration of the estateof JoanS. Baker, deceased,whose date of deathwasFebruary 8, 2012, and the lastfour digits of whose socialsecurity number are 5229, ispending in theCircuit Court forMonroeCounty, Florida,ProbateDivision, the addressof which is 500WhiteheadStreet, KeyWest, Florida33040. The names andaddresses of the personalrepresentative and thepersonal representative’sattorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedentand other persons havingclaims or demands againstdecedent’s estate onwhomacopy of this notice is required tobe servedmust file their claimswith this courtWITHIN THELATEROF3MONTHSAFTERTHETIMEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICEOR30DAYSAFTERTHEDATEOFSERVICEOFACOPYOFTHISNOTICEONTHEM.
All other creditors of thedecedent and other personshaving claims or demandsagainst decedent’s estatemustfile their claimswith this courtWITHIN 3MONTHSAFTERTHEDATEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICE.
ALLCLAIMSNOTFILEDWITHINTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORTH INSECTION733.702OFTHEFLORIDAPROBATECODEWILLBEFOREVERBARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDINGTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORTHABOVE, ANYCLAIMFILEDTWO (2) YEARSORMOREAFTERTHEDECEDENT’SDATEOFDEATH ISBARRED.
The date of first publication ofthis notice isMarch 24, 2012.
Personal Representative:Amy L.McKittrick f/k/aAmy L. Dean607N. 25th StreetBillings,Montana 59101
Attorney for PersonalRepresentative:Richard E.WarnerAttorney for PersonalRepresentativeFlorida Bar Number: 283134
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RICHARDEWARNER, P.A.P.O. Box 50131712221OverseasHighwayMarathon, FL 33050Telephone: (305) 743-6022Fax: (305) 743-6216E-Mail:richard–rewarnerlaw.com
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IN THECIRCUITCOURTFORMONROECOUNTY,FLORIDAPROBATEDIVISION
File No. 12CP22P
INRE: ESTATEOFMARYK.COFFIN,Deceased.
NOTICETOCREDITORS
The administration of the estateofMary K. Coffin, deceased,whose date of deathwasJanuary 31, 2012, andwhosesocial security number isXXX-XX-4218, is pending intheCircuit Court forMonroeCounty, Florida, ProbateDivision, the address of whichis 88820OverseasHwy,Plantation Key, FL 33070. Thenames and addresses of thepersonal representatives andthe personal representatives’attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedentand other persons havingclaims or demands againstdecedent’s estate onwhomacopy of this notice is required tobe servedmust file their claimswith this courtWITHIN THELATEROF3MONTHSAFTERTHETIMEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICEOR30DAYSAFTERTHEDATEOFSERVICEOFACOPYOFTHISNOTICEONTHEM.
All other creditors of thedecedent and other personshaving claims or demandsagainst decedent’s estatemustfile their claimswith this courtWITHIN 3MONTHSAFTERTHEDATEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICE.
ALLCLAIMSNOTFILEDWITHINTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORTH INSECTION733.702OFTHEFLORIDAPROBATECODEWILLBEFOREVERBARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDINGTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORTHABOVE, ANYCLAIMFILEDTWO (2) YEARSORMOREAFTERTHEDECEDENT’SDATEOFDEATH ISBARRED.
The date of first publication ofthis notice isMarch 31, 2012.
Personal Representatives:
Walter J. Elliott, IVP.O. Box 909PalmBeach, Florida 33480
GlenaanM.Robbinsc/o Kip Robbins917N. Flagler Drive, Apt. 311West PalmBeach, Florida33401
Neil ElliottP.O. Box 909PalmBeach, Florida 33480
LarryM.MeschesMcLaughlin &Stern, LLP525OkeechobeeBlvd.,Suite 1530West PalmBeach, Florida33401
Attorney for PersonalRepresentatives:
Stuart M.GottliebEmail:sgottlieb–mclaughlinstern.comFlorida Bar No. 314641McLaughlin &Stern, LLP525OkeechobeeBlvd.,Suite 1530West PalmBeach, Florida33401Tele: (561) 659-4020
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AMENDEDNOTICEOFFORECLOSURESALEBYCLERKOFTHECIRCUITCOURT
Notice is hereby given that theundersigned, DANNYL.KOLHAGE,Clerk of theCircuitCourt ofMonroeCounty,Florida, will, on the 17THDAYOFAPRIL, 2012 at 11:00AMonTHEFRONTSTEPSOFTHEMONROECOUNTYCOURTHOUSE, 500WHITEHEADSTREET in theCity of KEYWESTFlorida,offer for sale and sell at publicoutcry to the highest and bestbidder for CASH the followingdescribed property situated inMonroeCountry, Florida, to wit:
SHIRLEYBUFTON
Week 1, Villa 11, of THEREEFATMARATHON, aCondominium, pursuant to theDeclaration of Condominiumrecorded inOfficial RecordBook 849, Page 2268-Page2355, in the Public Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, anddatedMarch 16, 1982, and allthe amendments thereto,including, but not limited to FirstAmendment to Declaration of
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HousekeepersExceptional Living, Exceptional People
Plantation Key Nursing Center located
in Tavernier, is seeking Housekeepers.
12-8pm shift. We offer a benefits program.
To apply for the position, please submit yourresume to [email protected]
CooksExceptional Living, Exceptional People
Plantation Key Nursing Center located
in Tavernier, is seeking Cooks.
We offer a benefits program.
To apply for the position, please submit yourresume to [email protected]
Love Retail?Want to work in a fun environment?
Want to have benefits including health,
vacation and profit sharing?
Please fax your resume to 453-9604
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Seeking PT/FT Day/Night/Weekend
Asst Manager/Shift Leader
Sales Associates/Office Clerk.
Sandal Factory/T-Shirt City
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Condominium, datedMarch17, 1982, and recorded inOfficial Records Book 853 atPages 1656-Page 1667, in thePublic Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, and
Week 16, Villa 37, of THEREEFATMARATHON, aCondominium, pursuant to theDeclaration of Condominiumrecorded inOfficial RecordBook 849, Page 2268-Page2355, in the Public Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, anddatedMarch 16, 1982, and allthe amendments thereto,including, but not limited to FirstAmendment to Declaration ofCondominium, datedMarch17, 1982, and recorded inOfficial Records Book 853 atPages 1656-Page 1667, in thePublic Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, and
Week 17, Villa 37, of THEREEFATMARATHON, aCondominium, pursuant to theDeclaration of Condominiumrecorded inOfficial RecordBook 849, Page 2268-Page2355, in the Public Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, anddatedMarch 16, 1982, and allthe amendments thereto,including, but not limited to FirstAmendment to Declaration ofCondominium, datedMarch17, 1982, and recorded inOfficial Records Book 853 atPages 1656-Page 1667, in thePublic Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida,
PATRICIA INGLES
Week 6, Villa 2, of THEREEFATMARATHON, aCondominium, pursuant to theDeclaration of Condominiumrecorded inOfficial RecordBook 849, Page 2268-Page2355, in the Public Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, anddatedMarch 16, 1982, and allthe amendments thereto,including, but not limited to FirstAmendment to Declaration ofCondominium, datedMarch17, 1982, and recorded inOfficial Records Book 853 atPages 1656-Page 1667, in thePublic Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, and
JOANLEMONS
Week 41, Villa 37, of THEREEFATMARATHON, aCondominium, pursuant to theDeclaration of Condominiumrecorded inOfficial RecordBook 849, Page 2268-Page2355, in the Public Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, anddatedMarch 16, 1982, and allthe amendments thereto,including, but not limited to FirstAmendment to Declaration ofCondominium, datedMarch17, 1982, and recorded inOfficial Records Book 853 atPages 1656-Page 1667, in thePublic Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, and
EILEENSOMMER
Week 6, Villa 7, of THEREEFATMARATHON, aCondominium, pursuant to theDeclaration of Condominiumrecorded inOfficial RecordBook 849, Page 2268-Page2355, in the Public Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, anddatedMarch 16, 1982, and allthe amendments thereto,including, but not limited to FirstAmendment to Declaration ofCondominium, datedMarch17, 1982, and recorded inOfficial Records Book 853 atPages 1656-Page 1667, in thePublic Records ofMonroeCounty, Florida, and
Pursuant to the FINALSUMMARY JUDGMENTOFFORECLOSUREentered in acase in said Court, the style ofwhich is:
THEREEFATMARATHONCONDOMINIUMASSOCIATION INC, a FloridaNon-Profit CorporationPlaintiff
VS.
SHIRLEYBUFTON,PATRICIA INGLES; PATRICEHKNOWLES; CHRISTINEHFREDERIKSEN;ROBERTKREUTZER; JOANLEMONS;EDUARDOMARTINEZ;CARMENMARTINEZ;EILEENSOMMER; FELICEST.GERMAINE; RENELAFAYETTE; EUGENETIMPH;NORMAJEANTIMPH;If Living, And all UnknownParties Claiming By, Through,Under AndAgainst TheAboveNamedDefendant(s),WhoAreNot KnownToBeDeadOrAlive,Whether Said UnknownPartiesMayClaimAn InterestAs Spouses, Heirs, Devisees,Grantees, OrOther ClaimantsDefendant(s)
And theDocket Number ofwhich is Number 08-CA-219-MWITNESSmy hand and theOfficial Seal of Said Court, this15th day ofMarch 2012
Danny L. KolhageClerk of theCircuit CourtMonroeCounty, Florida
By: Tammy L.MarcielDeputy Clerk
Florida Statute 45.031: Anyperson claiming an interest inthe surplus from the sale, if any,other than the property owneras of the date of the LisPendensmust file a claimwithin 60 days after the sale.
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IN THECIRCUITCOURTFORMONROECOUNTY,
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File No. 2012-CP-26-KDivision: Probate
INRE: ESTATEOFJOHNCHAIKOWSKY, SR.Deceased.
NOTICETOCREDITORS
The administration of the estateof JohnChaikowsky, Sr.,deceased, whose date of deathwasNovember 1, 2011 ispending in theCircuit Court forMonroeCounty, Florida,ProbateDivision, the addressof which is 500WhiteheadStreet, KeyWest, Florida33040. The names andaddress of the personalrepresentative and thepersonal representatives’attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedentand other persons havingclaims or demands againstdecedent’s estate onwhomacopy of this notice is required tobe servedmust file their claimswith this courtWITHIN THELATEROF3MONTHSAFTERTHETIMEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICEOR30DAYSAFTERTHEDATEOFSERVICEOFACOPYOFTHISNOTICEONTHEM.
All other creditors of thedecedent and other personshaving claims or demandsagainst decedent’s estatemustfile their claimswith this courtWITHIN 3MONTHSAFTERTHEDATEOFTHEFIRSTPUBLICATIONOFTHISNOTICE.
ALLCLAIMSNOTFILEDWITHINTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORTH INSECTION733.702OFTHEFLORIDAPROBATECODEWILLBEFOREVERBARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDINGTHETIMEPERIODSSETFORTHABOVE, ANYCLAIMFILEDTWO (2) YEARSORMOREAFTERTHEDECEDENT’SDATEOFDEATH ISBARRED.
The date of first publication ofthis notice is the 31st day ofMarch, 2012.
Personal Representative:TanyaKaySisk412St. JohnDr.Godfrey, IL 62035
Attorney for PersonalRepresentative:Christine B. BollongAttorney for PersonalRepresentativeFlorida Bar No. 0131873P.O. Box 1223KeyWest, Florida 33041Telephone: (305)294-6077Fax: (305)296-5431
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NOTICE ISHEREBYGIVENthat the undersigned, desiringto engage in business underthe fictitious name ofGallery84 located at 84771OverseasHighway, in theCounty ofMonroe, in theCity ofIslamorada,Florida 33036intends to register the saidnamewith theDivision ofCorporations of the FloridaDepartment of State,Tallahassee, Florida.
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NOTICE ISHEREBYGIVENthat the undersigned, desiringto engage in business underthe fictitious name ofLizQueenyArt located at 84771OverseasHighway, in theCounty ofMonroe, in theCityof Islamorada,Florida 33036intends to register the saidnamewith theDivision ofCorporations of the FloridaDepartment of State,Tallahassee, Florida.
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Administrative Position3 days perweek, St ColumbaEpiscopal Church,MarathonExc computer skills & ability toupdate our web site. Must be aself-starter, andworkwell withchurch staff, members,vendorsand volunteers. Good phoneskills/manners, able to workwith different committees in theparishwith enthusiasmandflexibility. Place orders andmaintain adequate supplies forthe office. References req’d.Send resume to:StColumbaMarathon–gmail.com
CARPENTERExperiencedwith frame/formValid driver’s lic., transportation& tools amust. Marathon.Please call (305) 289-8331
F/TCLEANINGPERSONBenefits included. Apply inperson. CalossaCoveResort MM73.8 Islamorada.Must speak English.
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DietitianExceptional Living, Exceptional People
Plantation Key Nursing Center located
in Tavernier, is seeking a Dietitian.
We offer a benefits program.
To apply for the position, please submit yourresume to [email protected]
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TOM THUMBFood Stores, Inc.
Offers the following positions inMONROE COUNTY
* Managers & Manager Trainees* Assistant Managers* Store Clerks Three shifts available:
6am to 2pm2pm to 10pm
10pm to 6amTo apply please call 786-295-5307
and ask for Ken Lee
We will train.No experience needed.
Competitive wages and benefits. DFWP. E.O.E.
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Dietary ManagerExceptional Living, Exceptional People
Plantation Key Nursing Center located in
Tavernier, is seeking a Safe Serve Certified
Dietary Manager. We offer a benefits program.
To apply for the position, please submit yourresume to [email protected]
CNA’s and NursesExceptional Living, Exceptional PeoplePlantation Key Nursing Center located inTavernier, is seeking CNA's and Nurses.
8, 12 and 16 hour shifts available.We offer a benefits program.
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Make BIG $$$$
Bartender, DancersServers & Security
Housing availableMonday - Saturday
Call Mr Ford664-4335
WOODY’S MM82
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FAMILYPLUMBINGCOMPANY hiringsewer installer.Must haveexp. and FLD.L. Equipmentoperator is a plus. 743-4245
HOUSEKEEPERNeededSaturdaysCall 305-743-8446,Marathon
MECHANIC10 years exp,must be fluent inModis, Alldata &Mitchell 5.Apply 2525OverseasHwy,Marathon.
Pier 1 Imports is hiringSalesAssociates inTavernier, FL todrive sales and promotecustomer satisfaction. Jobduties include retail sales,cashier, excellent customerservice. Please apply in personat 91214OverseasHighway.
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PLUMBER -MARATHONExperienced only. Must haveclean driving record and beable to pass drug test.(305) 731-7797
Plumbing / electrical /marinesupply looking formotivated,career-minded, bilingual yard/counter person.Call 305-451-9515.
POOLMAINTENANCEPERSONForMiddle Keys. Full time.Must have own truck.Contact Kim 305-743-8388
PRE--SCHOOLTEACHERCertification a plus, ongoingclasses and background checkreq’d. Please apply in person,M-F, 7am-5pm, 550 122ndSt,Ocean,Marathon. 743-3517
PTMerchandiser to servicemagazines inMarathon. Applyonline at www.apply2jobs.com/selectmerchandisingservicesor call Susan– 770-354-3994
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SHELLSHACK is hiringPart TimeRetail Sales!Must work weekendsPlease apply in person atMM83 in Islamorada.
SunshineKeyRVResort IsNowHiring forMaintenance,Front Desk andHousekeeping.Fun, relaxed atmosphere.Background check andDLrequired. Apply in person atOffice,MM38, just south of the7Mile Bridge. 305-872-2217
WANTED - SAILINGCOUPLEtomanage small sailing resort.Work 1 day/weekwith pay.Free dockage and/or apt. Nopets/smkrs. 305-743-8454
WatersportsAttendant F/Tfor busy company in Islamora-da.Must be hardworking &dependable.Weekends & validdr. lic. amust! 305-896-2915
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UHSSNEEDS:CNA•HHA•CHORES/HANDYMAN. KeyswidePlease call John 305-256-7200
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OFFICEMANAGERFORAUTOREPAIRSHOP.Experience in auto repairpreferred. 2525OverseasHwy,Marathon.
Receptionist/OfficeManagerfor busy boat yard. Excellentinterpersonal and computerskills, telephonemanner andreferences req’d. QuickBooksexp. a plus.Mon-Fri, 8-5.Benefits. DFWP. EOE.Send resume to sherry–marathonboatyard.comor faxto 305.289.0751 or completeapplication at 2059O/SHwy.
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Hover-Tour.com is hiringexperiencedMARINEMECHANIC for Diesel enginesin Key Largo. Call(305) 904-3847 tomake anappointment. To find outmoreabout us go toHover-Tour.com
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BALLYHOOS is now hiringservers!Must bewilling towork nights andweekends.Please apply at Ballyhoos,97860 overseasHwyKeyLargo, Fl 33037
DISHWASHERWANTEDBARRACUDAGRILL$15 per hour. Apply in person4290OverseasHwy,Marathon.
EXPERIENCEDFRONTDESKCLERK - Must beflexible to work nights &weekends. Apply BananaBayResort, 4590O/SHwy,Mrthn.
EXPERIENCEDHELPONLY•Breakfast Cook•PrepCook• LineCook•Host/Hostess•Waitstaff•Bartender•BusPerson•Front of HouseManagersApply in person:SunsetGrille &RawBar, 7KnightsKeyBlvd,Marathon.
ExperiencedHousekeepersneeded. Excellent pay.Musthave ownTransportation.Continental Inn, KCB.
EXPERIENCEDHOUSEKEEPERSMust speak English. Apply inperson, BananaBayResort,4590O/SHwy., Marathon
F/T Persons needed for carryout restaurant. in IslamoradaService•Counter•Cashier.Exp. preferred. Breakfast &Lunch. Bkgrnd chk. 481-4840
FULLTIMEBREAKFASTANDLUNCHCOOKNEEDEDWilling to train. ApplyTheStuffed Pig,Marathon.
HOUSEKEEPER for smallwaterfrontmotel, nearly F/T.Prior exp. & bi-lingual a plus.Apply in person at ThePelican,99340O/SHighway, Key Largo
IMMEDIATEHIRING•Breakfast Servers•DiningRoomCaptainswith knowledge of wine•Dinner FoodRunnersHIDEAWAYCAFE -CallRobert at 289-1554 between10am-noon for appointment.
LASIESTARESORT&MARINA located in Islamoradahas an immediate opening for aPARTTIMEFRONTDESKCLERK. Please call Dan at305-664-2132.
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TAVERNIER TOWN CENTER:Built Out OB/GYNClinic- 2,346 SF,
established location,next to Hospital
Built Out RestaurantPrime location!
Built Out Ice Cream Parlor:
Located directly next to B&B TheatersRetail Spaces850 - 4,200 SF
Commodore Realty305-365-2600
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LicensedC.A.M. PropertyManager: Looking for alicensedC.A.M. for thisprestigious property in KeyColony Beach, FL. Candidatemust have knowledge ofbudgets, financials,mechanical components in acondominium,managing staff,andworkingwith vendors.BackgroundChecks andDrugTest will be performed. Pleasesend your resume andreferences to: PropertyManager, P.O. Box 510049,KeyColony Beach, FL 33051.
NOWHIRING: SERVERS,BARTENDERS,HOSTS,EXPEDITORS. If you areprofessional & personable,& treat your customers as iftheywere your friends, thenapply in person at Sundowners,MM104, Bayside. DFWP.
RESORTHELPImmediate openingFront DeskReservations,DockHand,Maintenance.Marathon 797-1707
RESTAURANTMANAGERneeded in Key Largo areafor highly successfulRestaurant Group.Must bewilling to work night &wknds.Salary commensurate w/exp.Fax resume to 305-453-9661or Email: ap–fkrm.com
WORKONTHEOCEANCabanaBreezes nowhiring•SERVERS•BARBACK•BUSSER•HOSTESSApply 401E.OceanDr., KCB.
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BUYINGCOINS,AMERICANPennies toALL large currency.PrivateCollector PaysTopDollar! (305) 743-5780
PRIVATECOLLECTORSEEKINGWOODCARVINGSBYCHRISDUBEph 561-324-9778buffet49–bellsouth.net
PrivateCollectorWantsRolexDivewatches andPilotWatches. OldmodelMilitaryclocks &watches.Call 305-743-4578
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DUCKKEYMULTI-FAMILYYARDSALEFri & Sat. 8-2250W. SeaviewDrive.Something for everyone!!
DUCKKEY,SAT, 3/31, 8-12.Patio furniture, kitchen items,clothing, lots of decorativehousehold items&more.232W. SeaviewDr.
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DUCKKEY -SAT, (3/31) 9-4.1102 INDIESDR. SOUTH.New&nearly new hardware,lighting fixtures,misc. house-hold, clothing &muchmore!
LONGKEYMM66ESTATESALE!Dishes, glassware, figurines,pictures, records,muchmore!65920O/SHwy, Sat, 3/31, 8-2.
MARATHON - 8035 TunaDr,off Aviation Blvd. Baby stuff,furn, dishes, household items,some fishing eqpt. Sat, 8-1.No early birds please.
YARDSALE, 2DAYSONLY,FRIDAY&SATURDAY, 8-2.Something for everyone.30324Eagle Lane,MM30,Big Pine Key.
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APPLIANCES - All are white.GE:•Range self-clean, elec.$200•Refrig w/ icemaker,18.2 cu ft. $200•SpacemakerMicrowavew/ exhaust. $100AMANA:BottomFreezer /Refrig w/ icemaker. 22 cu ft.$400. Lvemsge 305-743-2561
BATHROOMVANITYBrand new,modern, doublesink, above counter, wallmount, espresso finish,68in. w/mirrors & shelves.Still in box. Paid $1800.Call 305-393-0802
USEDAPPLIANCES&FURNITUREWebuy& sell.Byars Used Furniture&Appliances, 2771O/SHwy,Marathon. 743-6506
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A1/1COTTAGE- FULLYfurnished. Incl. Util.‡Wifi &Sat. TV. $975/mo. F/S. Annuallease.MM100Bayside. Ref.Req’d. 305-924-0137
KCB3/2 Single Family HomeAVAILABLEMAY1TOJAN1on 40’ canal, fully furn, all new!$1500/mo, F/L/S,‡ util. 6momin. No pets. 732-768-6956
KEYCOLONYBEACHTOWNHOUSE3BR, 3 BA. Dry lot.$1,800 permonth.Call Arturo: 305-389-7461
LITTLETORCH,MM28Outstanding 3BR, 2.5 BAwaterfront, pool. No smoking.No pets. Boat slip. $2,700mo‡ utils. 305-743-4633
LONGKEYMM652BR, 2 BA stilt home. Unfurn.Beautiful Ocean view!Outsideporch. Avail April 1st. Call305-664-4860, by appt. only.
MARATHON - 4BR, 2BAbuilt in 2007. 2 car garage,W/D, C/A, fenced yard on drylot. Long term only. $1850/moF/L/S. 305-923-9542
MM74LowerMatecumbeUpscale 3/3 house. Privatesetting, dockage& pool.Annual. No smoking. F/L/SFurn. $3500 305-481-0757
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SUMMERLANDKEYOceanfront 2/2,W/D, A/C,dock, boat basin, beach.$1,800/mo. Pets considered.561-371-9838, 561-588-4919
TAVERNIER2/1Unfurn.,Full Kit. w/granite tops. Use ofpool/hot tub. No smkng/pets.$1500/Incl. util., cable/wifi.F/L/S. 305-664-1624. Lv.Msg.
3br 2ba FurnHomeMM95BaysideAvail 6mo.May - NovSteps to a private beachBoatramp Indoor &Outdoor pa-tios F/l/S 1250mo‡Util305-896-3030
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MARATHON3BRPREFABMobile Home. C/A, lrg fenced inyard, quiet neighborhood, closetoOcean! Pets negotiable.W/Dhkup. 305-797-9132
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ISLAMORADA-1BR. FURN.onBayside canal w/dockage,pool,W/D, & util. No Smoking.Sec. deposit req’d. $1000/mo.Call 609-377-1000
KEYLARGO1BR/1BAAFFORDABLEDUPLEX.Unfurnished,W/D.$750/mo.‡Sec., Utilitiesincluded. 305-240-4928
MARATHON1BR, 1BA,washer/dryer on premises.Quiet street - ideal for single,small pet OK. $900/moincludeswater. 305-743-6791
MARATHON - 26th ST.Small efficiency.Water incl. $575mo.First / Last / $400 sec.305-394-3923
MARATHON-3BR, 2-1/2 BAwaterfront condo. Unfurn,great water views! Dock, pool.$2800/mo‡ util. Marcy, C.B.Schmitt R.E, 305-289-6505
MARATHONEFFICIENCYOcean Isles gated commty.Furn, Clubhousew/pool, N/S,no pets. Bkgrnd chk req. $800.386-308-4071; 386-467-1966
MARATHONOCEANFRONTCute furnished apt: Liv rm, Famrm, BR, Kitchen, Bath. Largeporch. Avail 4/15 thru 11/15.$1,200‡ util. 305-289-3007
MM97.8OCEANSIDE.Large 1BRAPT. Unfurn.Quiet location, $800/mo.F/L/S. Incl water & cable.Call 305-852-5866
MM99.5 PORTLARGO1/1Unfurn. Clean, light, spacious,Cent. A/C, 1 scrnprch,$875/mo.‡ util.Call 305-923-6968
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PLANTATIONKEYMM89.2,1BRFurn., rear upstairs, Aptw/ laundry on site. $1050/mo.incl. utilities. F/S. Call305-517-6252, 305-664-7252
1BRUPSTAIRSAPT.FORRENTKey LargoMM102US1$600/mo.‡ util., F/L/SKeith (305) 439-5130
2006PARKMODELTRAILERFORRENTKeysRVPark. Fullyfurnished. $600/moF/L/S.305-731-5042
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KEYLARGOBeautiful Room$160WK,Move in $480.NoPets.W/Kitchenette,Private entrancewitheverything. 305-453-0803
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Gulf frontMarathonHomeonGulfstreamBlvd. 2BR/2BA,ground level. Sunsets everynight! Furn, dockage. Nice area$3250/mo‡ security. Monthlymin. No pets. 800-634-7653
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Gulf frontMarathonHomeonGulfstreamBlvd. 2BR/2BA,ground level. Sunsets everynight! Furn, dockage. Nice area$3250/mo‡ security. Monthlymin. No pets. 800-634-7653
KEYLARGOMM96.Oceanside. Direct ocean accessw/Ocean views! Furn, 3br, 2ba /2br, 2ba. Seasonal or annual.Call 786-258-3127
MM97 3BR/3BAFURNISHEDHOME.Avail. Apr-May. TheHarborageSub., w/comm.pool. $1600/mo. incl.utilities.Call 305-978-3900
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Business office 1000 sq ft.US1 frontage -MarathonShare or rent entire space.305-731-1183; 305-731-9751
Heart OfMarathonOffice or retail. 1000 sq ft. Nextto Publix, the newWalgreen’sandmarina. 561-743-3745
MARATHONCommspace2,450 sq ft office plus storage.180’ front footage onUS/1.Lots of prkg. Industrial zonedwarehouses, 980 sf w/office &350 sf space. Call John587-7529, Kurt 481-4838
MARATHON -OFFICEORRETAILPrime corner, 1100 sf. Next toWendy’s, across frompostoffice. Call Jim 305-481-7557
MARATHONUS1Commercial SpaceAvail.1000 sf, $1/sf‡ util, taxes &insur. Yard space alsoavailable. 305-923-9542
MARATHON -US1FRONTAGE8301OverseasHwy.Commerical building for rent.2300 sf. Call 305-289-0802
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KEYLARGONice, quiet park,beautiful sunsets. PermanentRV/mobile home sites. Adultsonly, pets under 15 lbs.$480‡ utils. 305-451-2911
RVLOTSFORRENTMarathonIn Adult ParkPlease call 305-743-6519
RVLOTSFORRENTDocksAvail. IslamoradaBayside,MM81.5. Fullhook-ups.Weekly, Seasonal,Annual.Call 305-393-3377
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BESTBUY INMARATHONSOMBREROAREA. 3BR2BA stilt home on canal. Oceanview!Belowmarket.Will con-sider yrly lease. 305-304-9188
KEYLARGO,MM103,GALEPLACE.Double widemodular3/2, possible 2 family. Excellentcondition. $120,000. Possiblefinancing. 305-942-3055
SUMMERLANDKEY, 2/2ground level, zoned comm’l,great for commercialfishermen! Fish/Lobster fromyour house. Corner lot, dock,storage bldg. Rock bottomprice at $350K! 305-393-1415
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KEYLARGOHandicappeddesign ParkModel. 40’x12’ fullyfurn, c-h/a. $15K. Lot rent $480.Brand new. Adults only, petsunder 15 lbs. 305-451-2911
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CudjoeGardens/CudjoeKeyLots for sale, 80’, oncanal. All permits. Ready tobuild. $90,000.Will finance.305-942-3055
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21’ COBIA 2009CC, bimini, head, 150HPYamaha 4 stroke, low hrs.Magic tilt trailer, dry stored,Mrthn. $26K. 802-734-0585
21.6BAYLINERTrophyHardTop-NewAluminumTrailer,cuddy, sleeps 3.SACRIFICE$4500 obo. Call 305-393-2153
25’ 2520XLPARKER, 2004With 2004Yamaha 2254-stroke. Full electronics. Exc.Condition! Call Steve, atShelter BayMarine, 743-7008
25’WORLDCAT2000 loaded,under 400 hrs twin 115hpYamahas 4 strokes, tandemtrailer. $36,995OBO.Moving,must go. Frank 305-342-2962
26’ REGALVALENTI ’96350HPMerc cruiser, 1 yearold. Really nice cabin, quiteliveable! $7000. 305-394-4347
29’ COMMERCIALY&G300HP JohnDeere, low hours.Fishing & trap pulling.Full electronics. $23K obo.305-522-2702, Islamorada
30’ HYDROCAT19982005 300hp twin HPDI Yam,hard top, 2- 50 gal aux tanks.With trailer, $49,000.413-237-5001
33’ 1989C-Craft.GM6V92TA550HP. Rigged for commercialfishing. Full hydraulic gear.Vessel is currently being usedfor ballyhoo fishing in the Keys.Asking $17,500. Call Brad at305-481-6232.
34’ CRUSADERDELRIO3208 - Like new commercialLobster &StoneCrab boat. Allelectric equipment, ready tofish! $49,999. (305) 735-4132
AHOYMOBILEMARINEInboards,MercCruiser, OurSpecialty!WeProfessionallyService All Outboards.MasterCertified Tech. 305-394-4347
Carolina Skiff SpecialistsAllsizes &models: SeaChasers,Bennington pontoons &Hydra-sports. Call Ft. Myers forWestCoast pricing! 800-955-7543
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30’GRAMPIANSAILBOATExcellent condition, greatliveaboard.Reduced! $3500.See at 2525OverseasHwy,Marathon.
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MERCURY6HP, 20064-strokeO/B.Excellentcondition.Well maintained.Fuel tank & accessoriesincluded. $500. 305-619-8385
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BOATSLIP FORRENTMM99OCEANSIDE$10 ft. Up to 40 ft.No liveaboards.Water &Electric. (305) 942-3055
BOATSTORAGE INMARATHON-wet & dry slipsavail immed. 40’ & 50’ wet slipsalso 36’ dry rack inside storage.Call 305-289-0064
LIVEABOARDDOCKFORRENTCOCOPLUM/MARATHON.Available now. Please call305-743-6519
LIVEABOARDDOCKSLIP.MM54. Up to 40’ sailboat.Marina, bath house. All utilincl. FreeWiFi & cable. $500/mo. Nodogs. 305-289-0800
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AADave buys permitsSoAtlantic Snapper, Grouper,Gulf Reef, K/Mack, Shark,Sword, Tuna.$$$ in 48 hours! 904-262-2869
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All types of permits for sale!!RockShrimp, King Fish, SAtlantic Snapper, Grouper, Gulf6 Pack reef & pelagic,Commercial Gulf Reef Fish,Gulf Snapper IFQ’s, Long LinePkg.Many other permits avail.We buy, sell & broker all typesof permits. Call before you buyor sell! Please call for prices.Licensed&Bonded. All permitsguaranteed valid for transfer,many ref’s avail. JohnPotts Jr.321-784-5982, 321-302-3630www.shipsusa.com
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All types of permits for sale!!RockShrimp, King Fish, SAtlantic Snapper, Grouper, Gulf6 Pack reef & pelagic,Commercial Gulf Reef Fish,Gulf Snapper IFQ’s, Long LinePkg.Many other permits avail.We buy, sell & broker all typesof permits. Call before you buyor sell! Please call for prices.Licensed&Bonded. All permitsguaranteed valid for transfer,many ref’s avail. JohnPotts Jr.321-784-5982, 321-302-3630www.shipsusa.com
KINGFISHLICENSE $6500;SOUTHATLANTICUNLIMITED, single,not corporated. $22,000.Call 305-797-6433
MTHN-Marine Storage: boats,trailers, campers, any cleanstorageOKonwheels. Bestrates in town. Checkwith usfirst! Call Emil, 731-3386
SUMMERLANDKEY, 2/2ground level, zoned comm’l,great for commercialfishermen! Fish/Lobster fromyour house. Corner lot, dock,storage bldg. Rock bottomprice at $350K! 305-393-1415
WANTED - SAILINGCOUPLEtomanage small sailing resort.Work 1 day/weekwith pay.Free dockage and/or apt. Nopets/smkrs. 305-743-8454
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Autoswanted. All years.Junk-Used. Car- Van- Truck.Run or not. Cash or donate fortax write off. 305-332-0483
GEMGLOBALELECTRICMOTORCAR.Four seater,2002. Gel Batteries. $7000.Plantation Key.Call 904-509-4862
Paradise Towingis buying junked cars.Call (305) 731-6540
2006NISSAN2.5ALTIMALowMilageMint ConditionExtended FactoryWarranty$10,500 orBestOfferCall Capt Ann 305-852-9230
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HARLEYDAVIDSON2005DEUCE, 4300miles, V-Hpipes, windshield, garaged,$9995 obo. 305-743-3075
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2000DODGECARAVAN120,000miles. Good cond.New front end& tires.$2,500.305-942-3055,MM99
2004RANGEROVERHSESPORTUTILITY60Kmiles, goodA/C, powereverything! Good condition.$17,000. 305-743-6022
2008DODGERAM1500QuadCab.Hemi, 2WD, Infinitysound, 106Kmiles.$10,999, OBO305-923-3810
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WANTEDTOBUYTRAVELTRAILERSANDPARKMODELS.Please call(305) 304-6631
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