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BY TERRY SCHMIDA
Free Press Staff
MARATHON — Once
upon a time, life was pretty
good for Debra Davis.
The 48-year-old single
mother of three had a stable
job managing the cleaning
staff at a major Middle Keys
resort. The bills were paid
on time. Her children were
happy.
Then the unexpected
struck.
One day in May, a new
boss, whom Davis thinks
felt intimidated by her 16
years of experience at the
resort, informed her that
her services would no longer be required.
Facing a lack of similar
jobs paying the middle-class
wage Davis had relied on to
get by and support her kids,
she did the only thing she
could think of: she found
two low-wage jobs at highly-profitable, but not particularly generous, retailers,
with stores in her adopted
hometown of Marathon.
Davis now works seven
days per week, but still can’t
pay all her bills, and is frustrated by the lack of time
she has to spend with her
17-year-old daughter, who
is heavily involved in sports
and other after-school
activities.
“By the time I get home,
it’s really hard to find the
Toothless protection
energy to support her
teams,” Davis said. “I feel
like I should have been
climbing the ladder instead
of going backwards. My only
dream now is to find a way
to move to Central Florida
to be closer to my other two
kids.”
It’s the kind of story that
United Way of the Florida
Keys President Margie
Smith has heard numerous
times — especially in recent
years.
Last week, Smith and colleague Suzanne Guyette at
the non-profit organization
issued a report outlining the
findings of a six-state study
See EDGE, page 11A
Council elects
Bull as mayor
BY JILL ZIMA BORSKI
Free Press Contributor
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A fair-sized barracuda poses for a trophy photo prior to release in the backcountry flats of the Lower Keys.
MARATHON
—
Synchronicity and functionality continued last
week as a smooth transition of the offices of mayor
and vice mayor put recently
re-elected Chris Bull in the
Marathon City Council’s
top seat.
New council member
Bill Kelly then nominated
Mark Senmartin, elected in
2013, to take Bull’s former
seat as vice mayor at the
Marathon council meeting.
There were no additional
nominees for the positions and the items passed
unanimously.
Prior to this, Kelly and
fellow council freshman
Dan Zieg were sworn in,
as was Bull for his fourth
time.
Shortly after the meeting
at Marathon Government
Center opened, a video produced by Conch Records
for outgoing mayor Dick
Ramsay was played. Ramsay
served the maximum six
consecutive years allowed
by town’s term-limit policy.
He was emotional, dabbing
a tear, as his service to his
hometown drew to a close.
But he was not without
responsibilities for long,
as Zieg appointed Ramsay
to the city’s planning commission. Banker Jeff Smith
also will join the planning
commission as an appointee of Kelly.
After staff reports, the
council tackled a few development items, including
amended regulations for
affordable housing. It also
approved two construction
management services firms
to be on retainer for pending capital projects, includSee COUNCIL, page 9A
Groups call for barracuda regulations
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
FLORIDA KEYS — With
its menacing crooked
teeth, evil eyes and foul
smell, the great barracuda
is not the poster child for
gamefish.
Outside of the shark,
there is no backcountry
fish more demonized than
the barracuda.
The fish is not given
the same level of respect
as that of its contempo-
raries on the flats — permit, bonefish, tarpon and
snook. Rarely does one see
a photo of a flats guide
posing with a barracuda
and beaming with the
same admiration that he
or she would give the other
prized fish.
However, the barracuda
fights as hard, if not harder, as any of the other four
fish and in a pinch can rescue a slow day of fishing.
Fishing aside, a dive
trip to the Florida Keys
INDEX
reef would be incomplete
without seeing a few barracuda. Key Largo-based
dive operator Spencer
Slate earned international
notoriety by feeding barracuda baitfish dangled
from his mouth. Slate has
been doing this since 1978
and has never been bit in
the face, mostly due to
the fish’s keen eyesight, he
said.
The lack of respect and
commercial fishing regulations for barracuda have
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led to it being targeted by
commercial spear fishermen, who are whacking
the fish out at an unprecedented rate in the Florida
Keys. For their efforts, the
commercial fishermen
receive a mere $1 a pound,
a price that proves the fish
is worth far more alive
than dead, backcountry
guides say.
“They are clearly harvesting them commer-
JILL ZIMA BORSKI/Contributed
See REGULATIONS, page 3A
Marathon City Councilman Chris Bull, left, takes the oath of
office, administered by his children at last week’s meeting.
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UP FRONT
Barracuda fishing offers vicious, visual thrill
BY ADAM LINHARDT
Free Press Staff
SUGARLOAF KEY — The
searching was constant.
Capt. John O’Hearn
poled his skiff last Friday
along the backcountry flats
while angler Nathaniel
Linville scanned and
pointed at black spots in
the water with his fly rod.
By midday, the graphite
cane took on the appearance of a modern divining
rod for the quarry below.
The barracuda would
arrive and in an instant
be gone. The process was
relentless and the prey difficult to see.
The long silences while
both scanned the shallow
water were only broken
by the sometimes ribbing and banter between
the two friends who have
long fly fished these waters
together.
“OK, fish! She’s at 11:30,
40 feet, and she’s moving right just off that blue
hole,” came the voice from
the poling platform.
Linville’s fly rod jumped
parallel to the waterline
like a giant space-age
pointer while the two men
exchanged information in
quick, machine gun-like
bursts.
All day Linville made
casts that fell near his
target. He nearly had a
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nice barracuda as well as
a good-sized permit, but
it was a hard day of fishing. The duo didn’t land
a fish, and by 4 p.m. they
were forced to speed back
to Sugarloaf Marina to put
a zero on the tournament
scorecard.
To say fly fishing is simply “hard” is probably an
insult to both the fish and
the angler. O’Hearn is the
president of the Lower
Keys Guides Association.
Linville is a two-time
International Game Fish
Association record holder
for sharks caught on the
fly as well as the owner of
The Angling Company on
Simonton Street.
They were taking part in
the Sugarloaf Showdown,
a fishing tournament held
by the Lower Keys Guides
Association, to help raise
money for guides who get
hurt and bring awareness
over the plight of the barracuda, whose numbers
in the Florida Keys are in
decline.
Both were frustrated
over the missed barracuda and permit, but there
was a sense of solidarity and esprit de corps on
O’Hearn’s flats boat.
“You see what we mean
when we say this a lowimpact fishery?” Linville
said, laughing. He was
referring to not only the
catch-and-release ethos of
most fly anglers, but also
the simple truth that often
no fish are caught at all.
Getting skunked on the
barracuda seemed like a
hard pill to swallow given
the nature of the tournament.
“Pound for pound, a 15pound barracuda fights
just as hard or harder
than a 15-pound tarpon,”
O’Hearn said.
There was a time when
flats guides turned to the
toothy and speedy barracuda when they had
trouble landing bonefish,
permit, tarpon or the occasional snook. But times
DON KINCAID/Contributed
Barracuda sometimes ‘torpedo’ out of the water when hooked, making for a dramatic fight,
according to some backcountry anglers.
have changed and guides
say they’re seeing more
and more anglers who
want to target barracuda
from the outset.
“Folks travel from all
over the world to fish in the
Florida Keys because of the
gin-clear waters and ability to sight fish the flats,”
said Lower Keys guide
and filmmaker Capt. Will
Benson. “The hallmark of
the barracuda is the visual
attack. And there’s nothing
else like it that provides the
kind of vicious and visual
thrill. It happens in clear
water in such close proximity to the boat.
“It’s like having front-row
seats to a boxing match.
You get to see the violence.
For that reason, they’re
really cool.”
Where bonefish, tarpon and permit are elusive gamefish, barracuda
often fight up close and
tourist anglers love that.
Everything about barracuda is faster and more violent, Benson said.
“They show up to play
and people seek that out,”
Benson said. “They occupy a niche in that people
come to specifically ‘cuda
fish. They’re not just some
alternative fish when oth-
ers are not biting. It’s a different fish, but still very
prized and exciting, and
more anglers are putting
them at the top of their
list.”
Barracuda have a mystique about them, particularly among tourists who
do not routinely fish in
saltwater. That mystique
has increased their popularity, said Brett Fitzgerald,
chief executive officer of
Lake Worth-based Snook
and Gamefish Foundation.
“Then you have the
sport-fishing
community that recognizes this
is a heck of a gamefish,
especially for fly fishing,”
Fitzgerald said. “The cover
shot of a recent fishing
magazine featured a fly
angler holding a big barracuda. I find it’s a go-to
fish for tourists. I believe
if you started polling tourists, which of these fish do
you want to catch, barracuda would be up there.
A lot of them have never
seen one. So, it’s more than
a trip-saver.”
Barracuda sometimes
“torpedo” out of the water
when hooked, making for
a dramatic fight, Fitzgerald
said.
“They hit incredibly
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hard and they jump all the
time,” Fitzgerald said. “A
lot of it is the menacing
look they have, as well with
their teeth all sticking out.
They look big and creepy.
The power they have as
fighters, they don’t tire all
that quick and they pull
hard. They do everything
you want in a sport fish.”
The tournament is just
part of the recent efforts
by groups like the Lower
Keys Guide Association to
educate anglers and lawmakers on the barracuda’s
importance to the fishing
industry as well as the ecosystem.
“In the past, we’d catch
barracudas and not think
much of it,” Benson said. “It
was cool and fun, and guys
came down to do it. But in
the last few years they have
taken a more prominent
position as the fish people
want to target, but at the
same time we’re seeing
their declining numbers.
It’s this ‘Wait a second, we
can’t take this for granted
anymore’ moment. It’s like
losing a girlfriend in that
you don’t really understand
how much she meant until
she’s gone.”
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UP FRONT
FWC to discuss lionfish, crocodiles at Keys meeting
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — Reducing
wildlife conflict, specifically
regarding the Indo-Pacific
lionfish and the American
crocodile, will round out
the first day of a two-day
meeting of the Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation
Commission.
The first presentation,
focused on lionfish, will
offer an update on FWC’s
ongoing outreach to spread
public awareness of the
impact the non-native spe-
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cially and there are no
regulations,” said Capt.
John O’Hearn, Lower Keys
Guides Association president. “That is definitely not
good for the fishery.”
Concerns about the commercial harvest of barracuda and anecdotal reports of
declining numbers of the
fish have caught the eye of
the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission.
The FWC board will meet
at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov.
20, at the Hilton Key Largo
Resort, mile marker 97,
bayside, to discuss possible
new regulations for barracuda, among other topics.
The Lower Keys Guides
Association, Keys Keeper,
Bonefish
&
Tarpon
Trust and the Snook and
Gamefish Foundation have
banded together to call for
special protections for the
fish.
The groups are calling
for a minimal recreational
daily bag limit that would
still allow for the fish to
be used as the occasional
shark bait and to bait recreational stone crab traps.
But they want no commercial harvest of the species,
group members have said.
Open fishery
The FWC does not currently have any commercial regulations specific
to barracuda. The state
agency has a recreational
bag limit that allows for the
harvest of up to 100 pounds
of barracuda or two fish per
person per day, whichever
is greater.
Harvest in excess of that
amount is considered commercial quantities. There
are no barracuda-specific
commercial trip or gear
limitations in Florida. A
fisherman with just the
most basic commercial
license, a saltwater products license, can harvest as
many as he or she wants,
according to FWC rules.
The lack of rules for barracuda and an increase in
commercial regulations for
other fish have led to an
explosion in the commercial harvest of barracuda in
FWC/Contributed
Crocodiles are being found more often in populated areas.
cies is having in Florida’s
waters. State wildlife officials hope to encourage
greater public participation in the control of lionfish, which has no natural
predators and causes harm
to native reef life.
The lionfish was first
spotted in the Florida
Keys in 2009. Since that
time, their population has
Florida Keys waters.
“Commercial landings
are relatively low, but have
increased markedly in
the Keys,” FWC biologists
Melissa Recks and Mason
Smith said in a report they
conducted for the FWC
board.
The biologists’ report features a graph that shows a
major increase in the Keys,
going from about 10,000
pounds a year in 2011 to
more than 50,000 pounds
a year in 2013. The records
come from commercial
fishermen’s sales receipts.
“There has been a drastic decline in the numbers
[of fish] in the past five
years,” O’Hearn said. “The
FWC numbers coincide
with what we have been
seeing. For the first couple
years, we were scratching
our heads trying to figure
out what was going on. Was
it something in the ecosystem? And then we learned
that people were harvesting them commercially in
large quantities.”
In 2013, Monroe County
accounted for 67 percent
of the total statewide commercial barracuda landings.
Snook and Gamefish
Foundation
Executive
Director Brett Fitzgerald is
calling for a stock assessment of barracuda, which
has never been conducted.
The assessment would give
fishery managers a better idea of their numbers.
Until that is done, there
should be a moratorium on
their commercial harvest,
Fitzgerald said.
There is a limited amount
of data available that can
be used to infer trends,
according to the report by
Recks and Mason. The biologists analyzed recreational
and commercial landings
at the smallest scale available to determine whether
there have been changes in
abundance. But there still
is no definitive answer to
that question. They are also
suggesting a stock assessment of the fish.
The increase in commercial fishing pressure on a
fish not known as a delicacy also raises concerns
of intentional mislabeling
of the species in seafood
markets, as well as concern
about the potential for
ciguatera poisoning due to
consumption of large barracuda, according to Recks
and Mason.
Ciguatera is a foodborn
illness contracted by eating
seafood contaminated with
natural toxins produced
by microorganisms called
dinoflagellates. While the
public commonly associates
ciguatera with barracuda, it
can occur in many species,
especially large, long-lived
reef species including snapper, grouper, amberjack and
mackerel, according to the
FWC.
A plea for barracuda
The Lower Keys Guides
Association, Keys Keeper,
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust and
the Snook and Gamefish
Foundation have tried to
raise the collective consciousness about the plight
of barracuda and the fish’s
importance to the backcountry and reef ecosystems.
The Lower Keys Guides
Association held a fishing
tournament last week, the
Sugarloaf Showdown, as part
of its “Save the Barracuda”
campaign. It also submitted an online petition on
change.org asking for the
FWC to beef up its regulations for barracuda.
The Lower Keys Guides
Association argued it
is in “the best interest of
a healthy and sustainable
Florida fishery that the FWC
makes changes to the current regulations on barracuda,” the group stated in
its petition.
With no current stock
assessments and no regulations in state or federal
waters, this is a recipe for
overfishing and species collapse, the group stated.
“Anecdotally, our memberships has been watching
this collapse as the numbers of barracuda available
to catch-and-release sport
fishermen in the Florida
Keys has fallen precipitously in recent years,” the
group stated in its petition.
“Areas that historically held
hundreds of barracuda now
hold only a handful. It is
time to re-examine the cur-
exploded.
More recently, FWC has
promoted Lionfish Derby
fishing
tournaments,
which offer monetary prizes for the smallest, largest
and most Lionfish netted
or speared in a day’s time.
Four different derbies were held this year
in Fort Lauderdale, Palm
Beach, Key Largo and the
Bahamas. FWC hopes to
incorporate more events
for 2015.
The second presentation,
focused on American crocodiles, will give an update
on the species’ population
status in Florida. In 2007,
they were reclassified by
FWC as “threatened” after
their numbers grew over
three decades from 300 to
2,000, enough to shake off
“endangered” status.
The presentation will
highlight the emergence of
the species in populated
areas. In August, the first
recorded crocodile attack
on a human in Florida
was recorded in the Coral
Gables area.
To find out more on the
issue, visit myfwc.com/
crocodile.
Also on the agenda earlier in the day is a proposal
for the drafting of rules that
would allow commercial
divers to harvest lobster
using casitas, an artificial
habitat for attracting the
species.
The FWC will meet at
8:30 a.m. Thursday and
Friday at the Hilton Key
Largo Resort, mile marker 97, bayside. The complete agenda can be found
online at myfwc.com.
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rent unregulated status of
the species.”
Any new regulations
should be extended into
federal waters, the group
stated.
“The economic value of
commercial harvest does
not outweigh that of the
recreational fishery,” said
Aaron Adams, executive
director of the fishing conservation group Bonefish
& Tarpon Trust. “There is
clearly a lack of management.”
The guides are not the
only ones calling for the
barracuda’s protection. The
species is also a major draw
for the dive community,
Slate said. Slate said he is
saddened how barracudas,
like sharks, have been so
demonized.
“People love seeing them
on the wrecks,” Slate said.
“They are a beautiful fish
and an apex predator. They
are not aggressive toward
humans.”
FWC staff is requesting
commission direction on
how to proceed with respect
to barracuda, according to
the report by Recks and
Mason. Staff suggests moving forward with creating
new regulations for barracuda, which could include
establishing commercial
trip limits and establishing
recreational bag limits and
size limits to allow fish to
reach spawning size. Staff
also suggested the possibility of prohibiting spearfishing of barracuda because
of their vulnerability to this
gear.
FWC staff proposes to
hold additional public
workshops on the topic to
discuss stakeholder suggestions and any other possible options for managing
the barracuda fishery.
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BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — Although
the recent presentation at
John Pennekamp Coral
Reef State Park on Nov.
10 was supposed to focus
on the history and protection of the endangered
Key Largo woodrat, a few
naysayers had other ideas
in mind.
Their focus was on the
protection of the feral or
free roaming cats in the
Upper Keys that, they
claim, the refuge’s trapping program is harming.
It’s an ongoing battle that seems to have
no end in sight. And it
started around the time
both the Crocodile Lake
National Wildlife Refuge,
in Key Largo, and the Key
Deer National Wildlife
Refuge, in Big Pine Key,
ramped up their Predator
Management Program in
early 2013.
“The reason we are
cat trapping is because
of the woodrats,” said
Nancy Finley, who oversees both U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service refuges in
the Keys.
But how did the influx
of feral cats in the area
initially come about? And
THOMAS C. YAROCH/Free Press (above) and contributed (left)
The endangered Key Largo woodrat population has grown significantly in the past year, according to wildlife officials. In 2013,
65 woodrats inhabited 284 nests, most of which were built by
volunteers, such as the one pictured above. This year, 104 woodrats have inhabited 286 nests. At left, a Key Largo woodrat.
who is the culprit?
David Ritz, who has
been president of the
Ocean Reef Community
Association since 1992,
has a pretty good idea.
He says various developers brought in cats, which
had not been neutered, to
control the infestation of
roof rats during the early
years of construction in
‘STOCK CAR’ ISLAND
Key Largo. While that may
have fixed one problem, it
caused another to eventually spiral out of control.
Ritz said when he
became a part of ORCA 22
years ago, the feral cat population in that community
was around 2,000. Today,
thanks to the ORCAT trapneuter-release program
they conduct, Ritz says the
gated community cat pop-
ulation is down to around
300.
Even though Ritz characterizes the ORCAT program as an absolute success, others tend to disagree.
“I’m not fully supportive of trap-neuter-release
because a released cat
can still kill,” said Finley,
whose primary mission is
to protect the native spe-
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district’s treatment plant,
located at mile marker
100, oceanside, triggered
the board to once again
address the odor issue at
its meeting on Tuesday.
The meeting took place
after press time.
Scott Hall, who lives
at 100 Poinsetta Drive
behind the Key Largo
Conch House restaurant,
says he has had an ongoing issue with the smell
emanating from the plant
near his house since he
moved in three years ago.
But he says the problem in his neighborhood
happens only about “once
a month” when the wind
changes direction.
However, Hall did say
he can smell a strong
odor “all the time” when
he rides his bike on the
path along U.S. 1.
The district has multiple odor-eliminating
mechanisms in place at
the plant, before and after
the headworks.
According to the district’s general manager,
Paul Christian, its most
effective measure is the
mitigation of pH levels.
The plant uses sodium
hydroxide to raise the levels of pH when deemed
low, thus reducing the
smell from the treated
sewage.
While odor from the
plant seems to be a continual issue for Hall and
his neighbors on both
sides of the highway, he
did say the district has
been working with him
as of late.
Hall said a district
employee came to his
house last Thursday and
planted air quality devices
in his yard that measure
for high-odor chemicals.
He then returned earlier
this week to retrieve the
devices and found nothing out-of-the-ordinary
for the area, according to
a written report.
In
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news,
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were to present the board
with their vendor recommendation results for the
district’s annual audit.
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KEY LARGO — The Senior
cies of the refuges.
Information presented
by both Finley and Jeremy
Dixon, manager at the
Crocodile Lake National
Wildlife Refuge, showed
the woodrat population
in Key Largo has diminished more than twothirds since the island was
scarcely inhabited.
Back then, they say, there
were six natural woodrat
nests per acre and the species was found all the way
down through Tavernier.
Today, that number is at
seven total, which are confined to the refuge area.
While both Finley and
Dixon seemed to acknowledge that construction
played a big part in the
dwindling woodrat population, they say feral cats
haven’t helped the situation, either.
Woodrats, who have a
lifespan of 1 to 3 years,
are nocturnal feeders. And
so are cats. This makes it
difficult for the woodrats
to protect themselves,
according to Finley and
Dixon, against a nonnative predator like the
cats. And it’s the reason the
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Fire board discusses authority, hydrant installations
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — The fire
and EMS district’s attorney, Theron Simmons,
was to present a resolution
for approval at the commissioner’s board meeting Monday night giving
members greater authority to act on the board’s
behalf.
The meeting took place
after press time.
The resolution, which
was discussed briefly at an
October meeting, will give
any one of the five board
members the authority to
act in the best interest of
the district when deemed
necessary.
According to the resolution, a “board member
nominated to a committee,
contract, project or agreement has the authority to
make necessary changes
as events or circumstances
arise that would otherwise require board action.
Such authority is limited
to decisions not affecting
the scope of the project
and not affecting the project price by more than five
thousand ($5,000) dollars.”
The resolution also
states that no member
can terminate an existing
contract without action
taken by the entire board.
Furthermore, any action
that is taken will need to be
reported at the next scheduled meeting.
Chairman Bob Thomas
and district staff were also
set to provide an update
on the second phase of fire
hydrant installations for
the district.
The phase, which consists of 16 hydrants, is
already underway. The district, which has set aside
$150,000 in county infrastructure tax funds for the
installations, plans to start
accepting bid requests
on the project in midDecember according to
discussions at a previous
meeting.
The areas to receive
hydrants in the second
phase are Largo Sound,
Taylor Creek Village,
Riviera Village, Key Largo
Village, Ocean Isles, Lake
Surprise, Pirate’s Cove,
Rowell’s Marina and Publix
at Tradewinds Plaza.
The second round of
installations comes on the
heels of the recently completed initial phase, which
included eight hydrants.
The third phase of
hydrant installations will
be part of the Florida Keys
Aqueduct Authority’s master plan for 2016. It will
include nine hydrants
around the Bermuda
Shores and Cross Key
Waterways area.
In related news, the
district’s fire department
was to provide its monthly
performance report to the
board, including a detailed
list of their responses for
the previous month. In
October, the department
responded to 49 separate
incidents that involved an
average of almost four firefighters per incident with
a little over 159 man hours
total.
The swearing-in of the
two, newly elected commissioners by Monroe
County Chief Circuit Court
Judge Luis Garcia was to
also happen at the Nov. 17
meeting. The duo, one of
which was an incumbent,
consists of Kay Cullen and
George Mirabella.
The district’s two meetings to close out the year
are scheduled for 6 p.m.
Dec. 8 and Dec. 15 at
Station 24, mile marker 99,
oceanside.
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dation on the list. Nowlen,
Holt & Miner PA came in at
$21,500 a year for the next
three years.
The other four choices, one of which was the
district’s current provider,
all offered contracts that
would increase annually
through 2016.
The district already has
funds budgeted for the
potential new audit contract.
Its previous contract,
with Grau & Associates out
of Boca Raton, was on a
year-to-year basis dating
back to 2005. Last year’s
audit cost the district
$28,000.
The swearing-in of the
three, newly elected commissioners by Monroe
County Chief Circuit Court
Judge Luis Garcia was to
also happen at the Nov. 18
meeting.
The trio, all of whom
were incumbents, includes
Dave Asdourian, Norm
Higgins and Andy Tobin.
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com
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Woodrat
tend to several feral cat colonies that have more than
Continued from page 4A
20 or 30 cats.
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com
But there’s a bright spot
for the woodrat supporters.
According to data provided at the meeting by a North
Carolina State University
study, the woodrat population has grown significantly
in the past year. In 2013,
65 woodrats inhabited 284
nests, most of which were
built by volunteers. This
year, 104 woodrats have
inhabited 286 nests.
Dixon points out that the
animal is known to inhabit
multiple nests at one time
over a half-acre span.
Whether that growth
is credited directly to the
trapping program remains
to be seen. One thing is for
sure, though, Dixon says,
that the program has no
foreseeable end in sight.
“If we really love our cats
we just need to keep them
inside,” one concerned
citizen said at last week’s
meeting.
However, it’s something
that might be easier said
than done considering
some cat lovers, such as
Key Largo resident Wayne
Blevins, say they feed and
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islamorada news
Village moving ahead to meet sewer deadline
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — Village
officials hope to have the
necessary infrastructure in
place by the state’s deadline next year for meeting advanced wastewater
treatment standards in the
Florida Keys.
Whether or not everyone will be connected is
another matter.
For months, the public conversation has been
that homes and businesses
must be hooked into the
sewer system by the end of
December 2015. However,
during a recent Village
Council meeting, outgoing Mayor Ted Blackburn
offered a different take.
“Everyone must have
the ability to connect,” he
said.
Village Manager Maria
Aguilar describes village-wide service by next
December as improbable.
“Of course, the state
would prefer everyone was
hooked up by then as well.
However, this will likely
not occur,” Aguilar told the
Free Press.
In the coming months,
the village plans to move
forward with efforts to
connect middle Plantation
Key.
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“We plan to schedule a meeting with those
residents prior to sending
them notice to connect
letters,” Village Wastewater
Program Manager Greg
Tindle wrote in an email.
Before the village can
start connecting customers in that area, the Middle
Plantation Key vacuum
pump station must be
completed. That project is
expected in early next year,
according to Tindle.
On the northern part of
Plantation Key, the village
is still spending hundreds
of thousands of dollars
replacing failing vacuum
pits, which have sent sew-
age with excessive salinity levels to the Key Largo
Wastewater Treatment
District.
The longer the high
salinity levels persist, the
more costly it can be for
the district. The pits are
being replaced at a cost of
$10,000 each, according to
village staff.
Wastewater Engineer
Tom Brzezinski told the
Village Council that the
replacement effort is
bringing down salinity levels. The engineer has surveyed 400 pits in the area
and is replacing them as
needed.
“We are seeing alot
Work is also expected
to continue on the southern end of Plantation Key
where a force main is
being installed in front of
the Venetian Shores neighborhood.
Work on a vacuum main
near White Marlin Beach is
expected to begin around
the middle of next month.
Councilwoman
Deb
Gillis says most of the village should be connected
by next year’s deadline.
“We plan on having the
majority of people connected,” she said. “I would
love for us to be at 100
percent.”
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Council to talk fills, development
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
Contributed photos
Residents Van Cadenhead, Sherri Zwerdling, Gloria Teague and
Bob Spencer conducted their own flag-lowering ceremony in
commemoration of Veterans Day at 11:11 a.m. Nov. 11 in front
of the Florida Keys Memorial, where the remains of hundreds of
World War I veterans who died during the Labor Day hurricane of
1935 are interred. The memorial, known locally as the hurricane
monument, has been the site of Veterans Day and Labor Day
observances in Islamorada for decades.
ISLAMORADA — A new
Village Council will be
seated Thursday, Nov. 20,
in a meeting where officials plan to discuss the
future of public access at
the Tea Table and Indian
Key fills connecting Upper
and Lower Matecumbe
Key.
A formal swearing-process is expected to take
place at the beginning of
the meeting, when Jim
Mooney, Chris Sante and
Dennis Ward will begin
serving on the dais.
The fills, which serve
as a causeway, are popular with mainlanders
who come to the area on
weekends and holidays to
swim, fish, ride personal
watercrafts, barbecue and
party. The area is owned
by the Florida Department
of Transportation. A
roadside boat ramp in
the area owned by the
Florida Department of
Environmental Protection
also is in need of repair,
according to village staff.
To
pursue
ramp
upgrades, FDEP is asking for a resolution from
the council. The formal
approval, however, will
likely occur at the Dec.
4 council meeting. That
vote will open the door for
FDEP to secure funding.
In addition to the boat
ramp, village officials have
also been discussing how
to manage parking along
the fills without interfer-
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — Village
Manager Maria Aguilar is
shifting some department
of public works responsibilities to a newly created
branch.
John Sutter, who has
served as village pub-
lic works director, is now
in charge of a marine
resources division and will
continue to oversee many
of the day-to-day operations of Founders Park.
Coming in to take the
public works helm from
Sutter is Lesli Wojtecki,
appointed by Aguilar.
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Councilman
Mike
Forster also plans to bring
up a conversation about
microbreweries and brewpubs. Two businesses are
currently in the process of
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The village is also seeking a $400,000 grant from
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more serious conversations will take place with
FDOT. A lease or purchase
agreement are options for
the village should it wish
to have greater control of
the fills. The village also
plans on pursuing county
tourism dollars to fund
other improvements, such
as restrooms.
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Officials: Burnt powerboat removed quickly from water
BY ADAM LINHARDT
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — A 50foot turbine powerboat that
burnt to the waterline Nov.
6 spilled some fuel into the
water, but not enough to
warrant a environmental
investigation or large-scale
clean-up, Coast Guard and
state wildlife officers said.
The $750,000, jet-engine
boat was holding hundreds
of gallons of diesel fuel
when it caught fire, sending thick black smoke and
dark orange flames towering into the sky on the bayside of Lower Matecumbe
Key.
The boat was en route
to Key West as part of an
annual powerboat poker
run.
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agement of solid waste and
road management.
“When a tree falls down
or road sign is blocked, we
get phone calls,” she said.
The new administrator
says some residents are
unsure who to contact at
Six people on board were
safely rescued by a passing
good Samaritan.
Arnold’s Towing removed
the powerboat from the
water on behalf of the
owner — Statement Marine
owner Todd Werner of St.
Petersburg — after it sank
in about 7 feet of water,
said Arnold’s Towing manager Shane Arnold.
The workers used airbags
to bring up what was left of
the hull, Arnold said.
“All the fuel burnt up,”
Arnold said. “It was a really,
really hot fire.”
So hot was the fire
that the Coast Guard,
Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission
and Key Largo fire-rescue
crews backed off the boat
and let it burn, said Coast
Guard Sector Key West
Incident
Management
Division Chief Lt. Michelle
Comeaux.
There was a “significant
explosion” at one point
that also kept fire suppression crews at bay, Comeaux
added.
“Once the fire occurred,
the fuel burned up with the
boat,” she said, adding that
the Coast Guard did not
respond to post-incident
environmental concerns,
nor did the salvage crew
file any additional report of
pollution issues.
The boat was removed
quickly after it went down,
which alleviated much of
the environmental concern, said FWC Capt. David
Dipre.
What fuel did leak into
the village when they have
road, stormwater or related issue, so informing the
public of her department’s
role is her biggest shortterm goal.
“I feel our public needs
to be educated on the services we offer,” she said.
Wojtecki’s latest assignment has been managing
the Tea Table and Indian
fills. This area, which
serves as a causeway
between Upper and Lower
Matecumbe Key, is a popular gathering spot for weekenders and holiday tourists
looking for access to the
water.
“I am here to teach the
civics in school that everyone took and no one paid
attention too,” she said.
the water was expected
to evaporate. It is nearly
impossible to corral such
small amounts of fuel,
Dipre said.
“The remaining debris
was cleaned up in a timely
manner,” Dipre said. “That
also greatly mitigated any
damage to sea grasses and
those type of concerns.”
The Coast Guard has
been reminding mariners
in recent weeks of its pollution hotline that’s open 24
hours a day at 1-800-4248802. Officials used the
incident as a reminder that
the “sooner we get word
MCSO/Contributed
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Comeaux said.
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include management of
nearshore waters and
water-based park activities. He could not be
reached for comment for
this story.
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marathon news
FAREWELL TO RAMSAY
Suspects deliver coins
to victim at pawn shop
FREE PRESS STAFF
MARATHON — Two
men are under arrest in
Marathon after trying to
pawn coins that belonged
to an employee of the pawn
shop.
Detectives say the two
are connected to several
vehicle burglaries and a
residential burglary in the
Marathon area, according to the Monroe County
Sheriff’s Office.
An employee of Joe’s
Pawn shop, Roger Hall, told
Deputy Nick Whiteman he
noticed his truck had been
entered before going to
work last Thursday morning.
He said cash and some
old foreign coins were
missing from the truck, but
he didn’t report the incident to the sheriff’s office.
However, when 23year-old Jesus Barreto of
Marathon and 23-year-old
Shean Palmer of Miami
entered the pawn shop
later that day with some
old coins, Hall recognized
the coins as his, according
to reports. He confronted
the two men about it, and
then called the sheriff’s
office.
Barreto and Palmer
left the shop and were
found a short time later at
McDonald’s. Barreto chose
not to speak to officers,
but Palmer agreed to talk,
according to reports.
He said he and Barreto
were together in the early
morning hours. He said
Barreto told him he was
going to do some “hits and
licks,” which Palmer said
meant that Barreto was
going to do some vehicle
and residential burglaries.
Palmer produced a phone
and a tablet computer
JILL ZIMA BORSKI/Contributed
Outgoing Mayor Dick Ramsay, center, reflected on his six years serving on the Marathon City
Council during last week’s meeting. He thanked Marathon residents for their support and
mentioned city accomplishments such as a sewer system, design for city hall and acquiring a
federal port-of-entry for the Florida Keys Marathon Airport. He said his cellphone allotment of
1,600 minutes a month was necessary because he answered or returned every constituent’s
call, whether it was about chickens keeping a resident awake or a critical agenda item. His
wife of 44 years, Thea, was in the audience to see him receive a plaque and a standing ovation
in appreciation for his public service. Pictured with Ramsay is new Mayor Chris Bull, left, and
Councilman Richard Keating.
OATH OF
OFFICE
Above, the wife of
newly elected Marathon
Councilman Bill Kelly administers the oath of office to
her husband. Left, incoming
Councilman Dan Zieg takes
the oath.
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Charity ride fatality
JILL ZIMA BORSKI/Contributed
GRASSY KEY — The
founder
of
a
Fort
Lauderdale-based gay travel
and entertainment website
died last Friday after being
struck by multiple vehicles
as he tried to cross U.S. 1 at
mile marker 59.
Mark Haines, 54, founder
of the Mark’s List website,
was participating in the
annual SmartRide bicycle
race from Miami to Key
West, which raises funds for
AIDS service organizations.
MCSO/Contributed
Theft victim Roger Hall, who works at Joe’s Pawn Shop in
Marathon, holds a tray of coins stolen from his truck. Two suspects tried to pawn them at the shop last Thursday.
from his backpack that he
said Barreto later gave to
him to hold.
At about the same time,
Detective Michael Sielicki
was investigating a residential burglary at 751
63rd St. West in Marathon.
Items taken from the home
included a phone and tablet computer. A photo of
the victim of the burglary
was found on the home
screen of the phone in
Palmer’s backpack, according to reports.
At the residential burglary scene, Detective
Sielicki found an envelope
with a car registration in it.
On the registration was a
name and address from a
neighbor down the street.
Sielicki left his card for the
neighbor, who called him a
short time later.
The neighbor confirmed both his cars had
been entered during the
night. The victim said he
has video surveillance.
He allowed detectives to
view it. On the video, they
saw a man enter one of
the cars at the home and
rummage through it. The
clothing worn by the man
on the video matched that
worn by Barreto when he
was found at McDonald’s,
according to reports.
Barreto was charged
with burglary of an occupied structure, burglary of
a conveyance, grand theft,
dealing in stolen property and theft. Palmer was
charged with grand theft,
theft and dealing in stolen
property.
Detectives are still investigating several more burglaries in Marathon overnight. There may be further
charges against the two
men, according to reports.
Haines was crossing the
highway when he walked
into the path of a Ford
Expedition, according to
the Florida Highway Patrol.
He was knocked forward
into the center turn lane,
where he was hit by two
vehicles trying to avoid
the Expedition, the FHP
reported.
Haines died on the scene.
The three vehicles stopped
and awaited police arrival.
No charges were filed since
FHP concluded that Haines
crossed into the path of the
truck.
His death was the 10th
fatality handled by FHP in
Monroe County this year.
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9A
Contributed photos
The aptly named Deer Run Bed & Breakfast on Big Pine Key
features composting toilets that use only half a pint of water
per flush and create organic matter for landscaping. Right, Jen
DiMaria shows off one of the toilets, which send waste to composting machines in a shed outside the home, above.
B&B boasts system’s end product: ‘Humanure’
Council
Continued from page 1A
ing the new city hall. After
receiving proposals from
nine firms, the top two were
Chen, Moore and Associates
and David Douglas and
Associates. The city attorney and city manager will
negotiate contracts with the
firms on particular projects
as needed.
After months of discussion, affordable housing
regulations were amended
to eliminate the option that
allowed developers to pay
the city in lieu of building
housing in large projects
that trigger the affordable housing requirement.
Marathon plans to correlate research into affordable
housing needs from the
county into its amended
regulations.
According to city Planning
Director George Garrett, the
county is three-fourths done
with an affordable housing
study and his department
has money for additional
studies, if needed.
The affordable housing
resolution, says city attorney Lynn Dannheisser,
allows develpers to file
applications if they agree to
follow the new rules when
enacted. The guidelines
will require new residential
development projects to
set aside 20 percent of their
units for affordable housing.
Meanwhile, commercial
developers must build three
workforce housing units
per 25 hotel/motel rooms,
or enough housing units to
accommodate 20 percent of
the total estimated employees of a proposed industrial or commercial business with more than five
employees.
Also on the topic of
affordable housing, John
Haslett, who has developed
affordable housing communities in Key Largo and
Key West, was requesting a
conditional use permit and
development agreement for
a 51-unit affordable housing
project at mile marker 51 on
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73rd Street, which includes
an office, community pool,
gazebo and covered picnic
area.
designed to treat and reuse
water from from the rest of
the Deer Run house. The
FKAA has since purchased
the design from the couple.
FKAA
Director
of
Engineering Tom Walker
said the utility might
use the system, including compost toilets, as a
demonstration project on
one of the 160 properties
within the Lower Keys that
won’t be connected to the
centralized Cudjoe Key
system.
“We thought what they
were doing was quite innovative,” he said. “Probably
the best option would be
a new homeowner if they
were thinking about a really green development.”
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johns.
“If you don’t like some
icky stuff, it may not be your
thing,” Monroe County
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Appel said the maintenance at Deer Run isn’t
much of an ordeal. He
adds peat and accelerant
to the composters about
once a month and empties their solid trays once
per year.
Compost toilets alone
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But prior to learning that
Long Beach Road would
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Appel said.
“We went from approximately 10,000 gallons of
water a month down to
about 2,500 gallons,” he
said.
Deer Run isn’t the only
local business singing the
praises of their composting toilets. The Dolphin
Research Center on Grassy
Key isn’t using its compost
as Appel and DiMaria are,
but Director of Marketing
Mary Stella said the single
waterless compost toilet
the center has had in its
office complex since 2001
has been a big money
saver.
“When you think about
what is the water usage
of a toilet that 12 people
use in the course of a work
day, you’re talking about
a significant amount of
water,” she said.
Compost toilets aren’t
entirely without drawbacks, though. Along with
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Harry Appel and Jen
DiMaria, owners of Big
Pine Key’s Deer Run Bed
& Breakfast, certainly are,
and they’d like to see it
employed by more people
in the Florida Keys.
“We use it all the time,”
Appel said.
According to Appel and
DiMaria, and as far as the
Monroe County Health
Department is aware, Deer
Run is the first property on
the islands to make use
of “humanure,” which is
the slang term for organic matter that’s left after
human waste is composted. Appel describes it as
odorless organic dirt, outstanding for a garden.
As Lower Keys residents
have fought over the past
months for the Cudjoe
lons per flush. The waste is
sent unsegregated to three
composters that sit in a
shed several yards outside the small resort. On a
recent Monday afternoon
there was not a hint of an
odor within the shed, even
just a few feet from the
composting machines.
Appel explained that
the composters have fans,
which evaporate the liquids. As for the solids,
they sit on a tray layered
with peat moss. The peat,
helped by an accelerant,
breaks them down. Then
— voila! — organic dirt.
Appel and DiMaria spent
$10,000 for the toilets and
composters at Deer Run.
Some composting toilet
systems are even pricier
than that, while others are
less costly. One thing is for
sure, they are a lot more
expensive than a standard
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and DiMaria installed
compost toilets in their
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their own quarters. They
still send kitchen, bath
and other water through
the sewer system, but
not a drop of toilet waste
from the Long Beach Road
property will be injected
down any well, shallow or
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The compost toilet system used by Deer Run is
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Some have the composters right at the base of
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Slow start for stone crabs
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
JOSH GORE/Free Press
Owner John Ribble, right, helps two customers at Scooby’s Gourmet Popcorn in Tavernier.
Popcorn shop offers a
little gourmet ‘attitude’
Free Press Staff
TAVERNIER — A New
Englander who vacationed in the Florida Keys
in February decided this
was the perfect destination to begin living his
dream.
So John Ribble stepped
down after managing a
Walgreens in Boston for
20 years to launch his
own venture: Scooby’s
Gourmet Popcorn.
The store opened Friday,
Nov. 7, at the Tavernier
Towne Center, mile marker
91.5, bayside. Customers
can choose between more
than 125 flavors, or what
Ribble calls “popcorn attitudes.”
The flavors are broken down into five categories: Fresh n’ Fruity,
Super Savory, The Bare
Essentials, Cheeseylicious!
and The Best of the Best.
Options range from
grape, cinnamon cookie crunch and caramel
bacon, to pizza, dill pickle
and lobster, to name a
few.
“Peanut butter and
chocolate? Are you seri-
ous?” one surprised
customer asked last
Wednesday.
“Of course, why not?”
Ribble answered.
What Ribble describes
as his signature flavor is
Key lime pie. Though he
declined to reveal the flavoring process, he calls it
his most popular seller so
far. Some patrons are just
intrigued by the overall
variety, he said.
Prices vary significantly
from a small snack-size
bag for 99 cents to a large
canister for a little more
than $60, depending on
the popcorn flavor.
The name for Ribble’s
shop comes from a cockatiel that was rescued by a
friend and lives up in the
Northeast. Ribble says he
has a passion for birds and
plans to donate a portion
of his profits to the Florida
Keys Wild Bird Center in
Tavernier.
Unlike many popcorn
vendors, Ribble hopes to
set himself apart from the
competition by not only
offering unusual flavors,
but by making everything
from scratch using natural
and organic ingredients.
Ribble said his product
is much different than
anything one might find
at a movie theater. In fact,
he says, it is a mere coincidence that his shop sits
in the same plaza as the
B&B movie theater. The
cineplex has a sign posted
at its entrance prohibiting outside beverages and
food.
“Are people going to
smuggle it into the movie
theater? Yes, probably,”
Ribble acknowledged.
“But no more than anyone would sneak in candy
from Winn-Dixie.”
In addition to popcorn,
Ribble offers coffee and
shaved ice.
“We take a whole lemon
and throw it in there,” he
said, referring to one of
the ice drinks.
The store offers apparel
promoting its product as
well as prints from local
artists and photographers.
Ribble says the store is
also able to ship its products nationwide for outof-town customers.
For more information,
call 305-852-3600 or visit
scoobyspopcorn.com.
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TAVERNIER — Three
employees recently joined
the management ranks at
Mariners Hospital.
Hyperbaric
supervisor Scott Fowler has been
n a m e d
manager of
hyperbaric
medicine.
The Key
Largo resident will
oversee
the operaFowler
tion of the
hyperbaric
medicine department in
addition to continuing to
operate the hyperbaric
chamber, which is used to
treat diving accident and
wound care patients.
Fowler, who has degrees
in history and marine science, learned dive theory
and gained experience
operating dive chambers while employed by
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and Janet Wood. They join
the more than 75 members
of the club.
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Kim
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promoted from supervisor
of support services to facilities management manager. Hysong, who is working
toward a bachelor’s degree
in occupational safety and
health, has
been with
the hospital for 23
years.
In
her
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she
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Hysong
the environmental
services group and assist
in the management of
maintenance and repair of
buildings on the hospital
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Courtney Smith is new
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hospital as food service
manager. She heads up the
dietary department, which
prepares
meals for
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hospital
cafeteria.
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Mariners,
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health
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Department of Health in
Monroe County.
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graduated from Cornell
University with a bachelor’s degree in nutritional
sciences and completed
a dietetic internship at
Vanderbilt University.
Mariners Hospital is part
of Baptist Health, the largest healthcare organization
in the region.
Ihrig, executive pastor at
Island Christian Church,
previously worked in the
information technology
field and was a corporate
manager. He has lived in
the Keys since 2004.
A former Upper Keys
Rotary scholarship recipient, O’Neill is a registered
nurse working with Florida
Keys AHEC. She has three
sons, one of whom is a current Rotary Interact member through Coral Shores
High School. She has been
in the Upper Keys for seven
years.
A transfer from the Key
West Sunrise Club, Wood
is a Realtor and interior
designer. She serves as
a Guardian Ad Litem for
children in need and has
been involved with the U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary for
more than 20 years. She
is a life-long resident of
Islamorada.
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Keys, established in 1967,
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at Craig’s Restaurant, mile
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and Gary Graves, owner
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Marathon.
“They have got their licks
in,” Graves said. “But when
it chills down up there,
[stone crabs] will start
burying themselves up
there and their catch will
slow down.”
Graves remains optimistic about the season, saying
a serious cold front could
make all the difference.
Stone crab fishermen are
coming off one of the worst
seasons in recent decades.
The price remained high
throughout the season, but
the catch was dismal.
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FLORIDA KEYS — Stone
crab season is off to a lessthan-robust start, but is
not yet expected to be the
disappointment that last
season was, commercial
trap fishermen said last
week.
Fishermen are still awaiting the first real cold snap
to get the stone crabs out
of their hiding holes and
into the traps.
Conch Key fishermen
Gary Nichols called the
season “mediocre” so far.
“It still has not been good,
but the prices have been
decent,” Nichols said.
In a good to average year,
Nichols would harvest 600
to 800 pounds of claws a
day, or a pound per trap, he
said. So far this season, he
has only harvested 300 to
400 pounds a day, or a half
pound of claws per trap.
“It has been nothing to
write home about,” Nichols
said.
The price, however, has
made up for the lack in
catch. Fishermen have
received between $23 to
$26 a pound for jumbosize stone crab claws, $16 a
pound for large claws and
$9 a pound for mediums
claws, fishermen said.
With two major holidays
right around the corner,
the price fishermen are
receiving has the potential
to increase, they said.
The fishery is off to a
booming start for trap fishermen north of Everglades
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Family caregivers give so much
It is the perfect time to honor and thank all the
family caregivers in our community who do so
much for the people they serve; who give so much,
often with very little recognition for their contributions.
Through their selfless action, these caregivers
provide their loved ones support, security and
comfort as they age, combat illness, suffer from
disability or face the end of their life.
In Florida, there are over 120,000 family caregivers providing more than 101 million hours of
care per year for their loved ones. Nationally, 45
percent of family caregivers caring for seniors are
themselves aged 65 or over. Through home care
services, we strive to support these caregivers and
their loved ones by providing clear information
and education as well as a sympathetic ear.
The emotional impact of caregiving can be profound, for both the caregiver and the patient. It
raises all kinds of feelings, emotional struggles,
questions of purpose and hope versus hopelessness. When the caregiver feels confident and prepared, the experience can be meaningful and valuable for all.
Meaningful reform possible
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After the Republican victory in the 2014 midterm
elections, the president said he heard the one third
of the American people who voted and understood their desire that Washington get “stuff done,”
and that’s his responsibility. Since the only issue
debated this $4 billion season was how closely
Democratic candidates were, or were not, aligned
with President Obama, that conclusion isn’t unreasonable.
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, the next
majority leader, was also eager to produce meaningful legislation — something that hasn’t happened much in the last five years. Two years ago
the Senate came close when it produced a bipartisan immigration bill that almost everyone wanted
— president, both parties, business community,
immigrants and most Americans. But when that
bill went to the House, where it had bipartisan
support, a tea party rebellion prompted Speaker
John Boehner to keep the bill in limbo, where it
remains today.
This time, McConnell says an immigration bill is
their goal, but if the president takes action on his
Inspirational evening
Inspirational and awe-inspiring do not adequately describe the spirited presentation delivered by John Donnelly and Norman Higgins at the
United States Marine Corps’ birthday celebration
that I attended.
Mr. Donnelly and Mr. Higgins were strikingly
distinguished with their creative and stimulating
ceremony. Founded upon the valor, traditions
and sacrifices of the Marines that have served this
nation, they created an extraordinary experience
for the audience.
As alluded to during the event, Paul Bean, the
manager of the Key Largo Publix, generously
donated sumptuous platters of food for this occasion. Mr. Bean’s benevolence and magnanim-
Florida Keys Free Press • Nov. 19, 2014 •
Conversely when the caregiver feels alone and
uncertain, exhausted and anxious, the caregiving
experience can leave everyone involved with a
sense of abandonment, inadequacy, resentment,
hopelessness and/or anger. Home health works
closely with the patient and family to provide
individualized, holistic care and support when it
is critically needed. We offer practical solutions to
some of life’s most difficult challenges, while also
providing dignity and humanity.
Rosalyn Carter said it best: “There are only four
kinds of people in the world: those who have
been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will
need caregivers.”
It is important that all of us, no matter what our
current situation, talk with those we love about a
future that will include changing health conditions
and caregiving; explore the choices, be aware of the
decisions to be made, and understand the desires
and wishes of those we love. Open communication
and discussion regarding these issues will help
all of us as we find ourselves in one of those four
categories.
Kim Wilkerson, Key West
own to alleviate the problem it would be waving
a red flag at a bull, by which McConnell means
that Republicans would find any executive solution infuriating. The question is, like the Peanuts
cartoon, will the Lucy Republicans really allow a
bipartisan immigration solution.
Though most talking heads missed the subtlety
of his message, President Obama explained that
bipartisan comprehensive legislation is the best
solution, as it was two years ago, and such legislation was most likely to happen in the lame duck
session of Congress. But immigration reform is way
overdue, as well as the right thing to do, so he must
act. He pointed out that Congress could supersede
his improvements.
In other words, the president is strengthening
the hands of McConnell and Boehner within their
caucuses by enabling them to say “the way to beat
Obama is to pass immigration reform that’s better
than his, gives Republicans political points and
shows we can govern if given the power.”
There will be posturing and conflict, but we still
may not see meaningful stuff get done.
Roger C. Kostmayer, Key West
ity have been regularly extended to this event.
Chef Michael’s Restaurant in Islamorada provided
two incredibly delicious birthday cakes, which
were magnificently decorated, for the festivities.
Dennis Ward’s law office and VFW Post 10211 in
Key Largo were also instrumental in the evening’s
success.
American Legion Post 333 donated their spectacular facility for the ceremony. Their property,
grounds and members are beautiful.
A wave of spirit, camaraderie and joy shaped a
thoroughly enjoyable evening for my family and
friends. It was refreshing to be in the presence
of accomplished Americans, whose outstanding
achievements were both eclectic and comforting.
Jessie Davis, Key Largo
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FIRM progress
Fair Insurance Rates in Monroe is
pleased to announce significant progress in its comprehensive analysis of
windstorm risk in Monroe County.
The Reduce Insurance Premiums
Project, or RIPP, study involves the
inspection of a target number of 704
homes from Key West to Key Largo.
To date, nearly 500 homes have been
inspected and another 170 homes
have been volunteered for inspection. Results are confidential and
will be reported publicly only in the
aggregate.
RIPP was undertaken by FIRM to
prove its contention that the sturdy
construction of homes in Monroe
County required by strict building
codes reduces windstorm damage
risk. Study evidence will be used to
help identify solutions to ever-rising windstorm insurance premiums.
Those solutions may include lowering
community rates by Citizens Property
Insurance, the state-run insurance
company that helped fund the RIPP
study, attracting private insurance
companies to the Keys and/or creating a new mutual or reciprocal insurance company to offer windstorm
insurance in our community.
Homes were selected randomly through a statistically rigorous
research model designed by risk consultancy Applied Research Analytics.
Each home was assigned one of 32
strata based on construction type, era
and location. Inspections are being
performed by Solaria, a Marathonbased engineering firm.
Individual home data is confidential and will not be shared with
Citizens or any government entity. Each home is identified in the
analysis by a code, not by address.
Homeowners may choose to receive
their own confidential report at the
conclusion of the study.
FIRM was founded over eight years
ago to combat escalating windstorm
insurance premiums in the Florida
Keys. Keys residents faced dramatic
increases in their windstorm coverage
through Citizens Property Insurance,
despite few claims having been filed.
Analysis of premiums collected versus claims paid demonstrated the
increases were not justified.
FIRM succeeded in rolling back a
20 percent increase that had been
implemented in August 2006 and
derailing a proposed 32 percent
increase planned for 2007. Since then,
FIRM was successful in slowing the
rate of increase on wind insurance
costs and in helping to repeal the
most onerous aspects of 2012’s federal flood insurance reform. Year after
year, FIRM works to hold back more
increases and changes in coverage
that adversely affect Keys residents.
Heather Carruthers, vice president, Fair Insurance Rates in
Monroe
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into poverty and inequality
in the United States.
The report, titled “ALICE,”
for “Asset Limited, Income
Constrained, Employed,”
was conducted by Rutgers
University to shine a light
on the proportion of the
population who are working harder than ever, but
falling behind nonetheless.
In the Florida Keys, more
than 14,000 households,
some 48 percent of the
total, fall into this category.
“ALICE folks are our
child-care
workers,
mechanics, home-health
aides, store clerks, office
assistants and other workers who provide invaluable services we all rely on
in our daily lives,” Smith
stated. “But as hard as they
are working, all it would
take is one emergency — a
serious illness, an expensive car repair, a damaging
storm — for them to spiral
into poverty.”
She described the ALICE
report as “groundbreaking” in that it “more accurately portrays the extent
of financial hardship in
Florida.”
“Federal poverty guidelines have not been updated since 1974 and are not
adjusted to reflect cost-ofliving differences,” Smith
said. “This is significant
in an area like the Keys,
which has traditionally had
the highest cost of living in
the state.”
According to the report,
12 percent of Monroe
County households are at
or below the federal poverty
level; however, 36 percent
of local households fall into
the ALICE category, in that
they are barely getting by.
The cost of basic household expenses, such as child
and health care, food and
housing, are considered
for all 67 Florida counties.
In Monroe County, a “bare
minimum” survival budget would be $24,020 for a
single adult and $61,962 for
a four-member family
Both Smith and Guyette
are hoping the ALICE report
will spur decision makers
on the state and local levels
to design policies and programs to help the working
families who keep the local
economy afloat.
Area rental rates and real
estate prices are part of the
“perfect storm” driving the
growing inequality in the
county, Smith said.
“In the Keys, you often
have very wealthy people
living in close proximity to
low-income families,” she
said. “What’s striking to me
is just how easy it is for us
to be oblivious to the needs
of our low-income neighbors. The idea of ALICE is
to tell the stories of the current population in the Keys
and what a big percentage
of us are having a hard time
trying to make it.”
For Debra Davis, the
information contained in
the report isn’t news at all.
“We were living in a
house that qualified for
Section 8 status,” she said.
“But then we were told we
had to wait three years to
process the paperwork.
Sometimes I’m in tears and
my kids tell me, ‘Mama,
you can’t give up.’ It gets
hard sometimes. You have
to stand tall and not let it
bring you down.”
tschmida@keysnews.
com
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events at Monroe County high schools recently to talk to
students about working in the field of law enforcement.
Human resource specialists Charles Slebodnick and Suzanne
Alexander attended all the events county-wide. Above, Lt.
Derek Paul talks with students at Marathon High School.
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Dual run
Knotted up
Mariners hosts first
combined 5K/10K race. 8B
Dolphins happy with
tie against Palmer. 9B
Highs and
lows of
a legend
2B
1B
A day to celebrate the bay
Event offers
food, music,
education
ISLAMORADA
—
A
“Celebration of Florida Bay: The
Everglades in Your Backyard”
will be presented from 1 to
6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at
Founders Park, mile marker 87,
bayside.
The free event will feature
live entertainment, food trucks
and vendors, as well as educational and interactive programs
highlighting the benefits of the
Everglades and Florida Bay.
“We are thrilled to host Florida
Bay Day and celebrate this natural treasure with music and
great food,” said Eric Eikenberg,
Everglades Foundation CEO.
“It also gives us an opportunity to remind Floridians
and visitors that restoring and
protecting Florida Bay and
America’s Everglades is critical
to our economy and environment.”
Florida Bay provides the
Upper Keys, which form the
Contributed photo
See BAY, page 5B
The Everglades Foundation will celebrate the ecological and economic gifts of Florida Bay Saturday, Nov. 22, at Founders Park in Islamorada.
Beginner’s luck: Environmental
A tale of two fish superheroes
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — One
seven-pound triggerfish
and a five-pound yellowtail snapper were my
only rightful claim after
an eight-hour fishing trip
aboard the Gulfstream last
week, but it was my first
time.
I never did a whole lot of
fishing growing up in Ohio,
Georgia and Louisiana. My
only memories consist of
an occasional trip to the
lake to catch a few fish, if
anything at all. But now,
after two months of living
in the Florida Keys, I figured I’d give it another try.
I headed to the dock
one morning last week
See FISH, page 5B
GULFSTREAM/Contributed
The 65-foot Gulfstream party boat departs from its Lake Largo
berth next to the Key Largo Fisheries.
to the rescue
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — To protect the
environment for future generations,
society needs superheroes, according
to one local graphic designer.
Erich Decker-Hoppen is using that
concept to reach out to students in
fourth through eighth grade with his
Florida Five Project website, floridafive.org,
“These kids aren’t going to sit down
and read an academic report,” he said.
By creating a group of superheroes
and telling their stories in an online
comic book format, Decker-Hoppen
hopes to inspire youngsters to learn
about the environment and begin to
take an interest in preservation.
The five include dolphin, osprey,
manatee, gator and panther superheroes. Each serves to help viewers
floridafive.org
See COMIC, page 6B
A scene from Erich Decker-Hoppen’s Florida Five Project comic.
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An utterly compelling tale of a music icon
BY DAVID BECKWITH
Free Press Contributor
JOHNNY CASH: THE LIFE
By Robert Hilburn
“Hello. My name is Johnny
Cash.”
1965. It still seems like yesterday. The Johnny Cash Show
was coming to town. That was
big news in the sleepy little
piney woods town of Oxford,
Mississippi. I used my Ole Miss
student ID to tie down my tickets
months in advance. I was going
to see not only the mysterious
man in black and the Tennessee
Three, but Carl Perkins, the Statler
Brothers and the Carter Family.
This was big to me, but I had no
way of knowing at the time as we
students packed the basketball
colliseum that everyone on the
stage was a future hall-of-famer.
All I knew is that they played
music I liked.
If anyone should be capable
of writing the definitive biography of this American legend and
having the guts and knowledge
to tell the unvarnished truth I
would think it would be Robert
Hilburn. As music critic for the
Los Angeles Times, Hilburn knew
and followed Cash’s extraordinary career from his days at Sun
Records with Elvis Presley and
Jerry Lee Lewis to Cash’s remarkable creative last hurrah at age
69, which resulted in the brave
and moving “Hurt” music video.
Hilburn was the only music journalist at the legendary Folsom
Prison concert in 1968, and he
interviewed both Cash and wife
June Carter just months before
their deaths.
In writing “Johnny Cash: The
Life,” Hilburn drew upon a trove
of never-before-seen material
from Cash’s inner circle to create an utterly compelling, deeply
human portrait of this towering
American icon of country music
and American culture. Hilburn
has graphically described like
no other author or reporter the
appalling highs and deep lows
that followed this complex man of
great faith. Cash also was cursed
with humbling personal demons
and addictions even though his
music became an outlet to lift the
spirits of millions of fans worldwide.
“The Life” is a well-written
chronicle of Johnny Cash’s life
and career. It begins with his
childhood in Arkansas, moves to
his time in the Air Force, then
covers his steady rise into a
music icon and finally the death
of Cash and his wife. Unlike
James Mangold’s 2005 drama
film, “Walk The Line,” this book
is not just another sanitized tip of
the iceberg recounting of Cash’s
life. Hilburn does not whitewash
his book. He is very candid about
the extent of both Johnny’s and
June’s drug problems. Cash was
taking more than 15 dexadrines
a day for well over a decade. The
reader can’t help but be shocked
as Hilburn tells about how Cash,
while in a drunken and drugged
haze, lets a fire get out of control
that kills some endangered condors. Hilburn pulls no punches
about Cash’s infidelities not only
while married to June, but while
with first wife Vivian as well. But
See REVIEW, page 6B
faces & places
BOOK HOUND
SUPPORTING THE SCOUTS
top 10
bestsellers
HARDBACK FICTION
1. Gray Mountain
2. The Burning Room (Debut)
3. All the Light We Cannot See
4. Prince Lestat
5. Lila
6. Leaving Time
Contributed photo
Florida Keys Mason Lodge 336 recently presented a check to Boy Scout Troop 588 to support
their summer travel plans. Pictured are troop leader Al Neuzil and Masons Jim Ouellette and
John Thomas.
7. The Slow Regard of Silent
Things
8. Let Me Be Frank With You
(Debut)
9. Blue Horses
10. The Goldfinch
H A R D B A C K N O N F I C T.
LEARNING ABOUT NURSING
Contributed photo
Murphy, a Canine Assisted Therapy poodle, will be at the Key
Largo Library on Saturdays to be read to by children. Children
who sign up will be able to read to Murphy for 15 minutes. Call
the Key Largo Library for times and appointments at 305-4512396.
1. Yes Please
2. Killing Patton
DAUGHTER OF CONFEDERACY
3. Not That Kind of Girl
4. Make It Ahead
5. Being Mortal
6. Everything I Need to Know I
Learned From a Little Golden
Book
7. The Innovators
8. What If?
9. Food: A Love Story
Contributed photo
10. Plenty More
Contributed photo
The Indie Bestseller List is
produced by the American
Booksellers Association and is
based on sales in independent
bookstores nationwide during
the week ended Nov. 8, 2014.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wiebbecke, of Marathon, attended the
president’s dinner at the United Daughters of the Confederacy’s
annual Florida convention in Jacksonville. Mrs. Wiebbecke is
the president of the Southern Cross Chapter of Miami. She is
the great granddaughter of Capt. H. Rutherford Walker of the
Tennessee Confederate Infantry.
Students learned how to splint an arm during a recent ‘Day in the Life of a Nurse’ program
at Mariners Hospital. Pictured are Sylvia Gonzalez, R.N., right, who explained splinting and
other emergency room activities to the students, from left, Gabriela Nieves-Gonzalez, Amanda
Bautista, Molly Welsh and Carla Lopez. Throughout the day, eight students from Coral Shores
High School and Island Christian School shadowed registered nurses to gain a better understanding of the nursing profession. Also participating in the program, but not pictured, were
Nadia Baldomero, Jared Ott, Jazmine Rivera and Selina Quezada.
live entertainment
LOCAL BAND AND VOCALIST PERFORMANCES
FRIDAY, Nov. 21
Boondocks: Reggie Sullivan Band 7 to
11 p.m.
Caribbean Club: Luke Sommer Glenn
Band 10:30 p.m. to 3 a.m.
Dockside Cafe: Eric Stone Band 7 to
11 p.m.
Gilberts: Bobbe Brown 1 to 5 p.m., the
Catch 7 to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Tiki Bar: Uncle Rico 8 p.m.
to midnight.
Holiday Isle Rumrunners: Billy Davidson
8 to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Reggie Paul noon
to 4 p.m.
The Hurricane: Simone and the Super
Cats 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Islamorada Fish Company: Kenny
Channels 6 to 10 p.m.
Island Grill: Lung 6 to 9 p.m.
Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill: Jimmy Ray and
Derrick Henning 6 to 10 p.m.
Looe Key Tiki Bar: Prime Movers 6:30
to 11 p.m.
Lorelei: Dana Collins Band 5 to 9 p.m.
Morada Bay: Jess Atkins 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Pilot House: Gypsy Road 6 to 10 p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Don Irwin 6:30 to 9:30
p.m.
Snapper’s Waterfront Restaurant: Cricket
7 to 10 p.m.
Snooks: Disorganized Rebels 6 to 10
p.m.
Sunset Grille: Storm Watch 6 to 9 p.m.
SATURDAY, Nov. 22
Boondocks: See Friday listing.
Caribbean Club: See Friday listing.
Dockside Cafe: Tim Dee & Jim 7 to 11
p.m.
Gilberts: Scotty Meyer 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.,
The Dropout 7 to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Tiki Bar: King Kameleon 8
p.m. to midnight.
Holiday Isle Rumrunners: Steve Webb 8
to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Cameo 1 to 5 p.m.
The Hurricane: See Friday listing.
Islamorada Fish Company: Dennis
Holmes noon to 5 p.m., Kenny Channels
6 to 10 p.m.
Island Grill: Derrick Henning 6 to 10
p.m.
Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill: TBA 7 to 11
p.m.
Looe Key Tiki Bar: Doug & Drane Band
6:30 to 11 p.m.
Lorelei: Milton Manasco and the Big
Fiasco 5 to 9 p.m.
Morada Bay: Jess Atkins noon to 3:30
p.m., Dana Collins 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Pilot House: Main Highway 6:30 to 10:30
p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Tommy Tune & Rocketman
the Pirate 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Snapper’s: See Friday listing.
Snooks: Sweetwater Band 1:30 to 5 p.m.,
Bobbe Brown 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Sunset Grille: TBA 6 to 9 p.m.
SUNDAY, Nov. 23
Boondocks: See Friday listing.
Caribbean Club: Cat Daddies 5:30 p.m.
to closing.
Dockside Cafe: Jam night 6 to 10 p.m.
Gilberts: The Regs 1 to 6 p.m.
Holiday Isle Tiki Bar: The Mutineers 2
to 6 p.m.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Kishka 11 a.m. to
24 p.m.
Islamorada Fish Company: See Saturday
listing.
Island Grill: Kenny Channels noon to 4
p.m.
Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill: Stereo
Underground 4 to 8 p.m.
Lorelei: Collins & Webb 5 to 9 p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Tim Dee & Jim Hill 6:30
to 9:30 p.m.
Snapper’s: Frank C. 11:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.
Snooks: Sweetwater Band 1:30 to 5
p.m., Sir Cedric’s Steel Drums 5:30 to
9:30 p.m.
Sunset Grille: DJ Tito 1 to 6 p.m.
Florida Keys Free Press • Nov. 19, 2014 •
3B
LOWER KEYS
Natives from club seed making way to island homes
BY ROBIN ROBINSON
Key West Garden Club
KEY WEST — Ever since
the Key West Garden Club
got a state grant to promote planting native trees,
it has been propagating
rare and endangered local
species. Many of these
natives will be available at
this year’s Fall Plant and
Art sale, set for 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, and
Sunday, Nov. 23, at West
Martello, 1100 Atlantic
Blvd.
Because these plants
were started from seed,
their genetic diversity is
preserved. The seeds came
from local trees, which
make them even more
sturdy and acclimated to
the Florida Keys climate.
The satinleaf tree is a
fun-loving flasher flipping
her leaves in the breeze
and displaying a dense
undersurface that is luscious copper colored. The
tree grows to a height of
30 feet.
This evergreen beauty’s
small yellow blossoms
attract honeybees and its
fruit drives birds crazy. If
not pruned, it will turn
into a bush with multiple
stems.
The 20-foot tall, winged
soapberry tree is useful
for several things. Soaked
in water for three days, its
seeds will produce a natural soap that will clean your
glasses, jewelry or car. If
you throw the soapy water
and used nutshells on the
ground, they repel insects,
including the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
The tree also has an inclination to become a shrub
if not pruned. Its leaves
are an unusual shape with
five leaflets that have wings
that run down the stem
between each leaflet.
Another local favorite is
blackbead, more beautiful and less prickly than
the thorny nickerbean in
attracting the endangered
Miami blue butterfly. It
grows to an understory
height of 15 feet often with
multiple trunks. Seven of
the Marquesa Keys located
20 miles west of Key West
contain forests of blackbead. Gall wasps and cutter bees are fond of blackbead.
Larger canopy trees,
like the lovely 40-foot tall
pigeon plum, will be available at West Martello. This
mensch of a tree has an
attractive gray- and creamcolored trunk that supports
perfect, obvate leaves. New
growth sprouts are red
tipped. Widely fragrant
flowers form on 3-inch
bracts, and the female tree
produces small plums that
are adored by birds.
Another native, willow
bustic, looks like a pimply teenager until these,
bumpy leaf axis’ burst into
dozens of fragrant white
flowers about a quarterinch apart. The flowers
smell like grape jelly and
attract the best butterflies.
The willow bustic is selfsufficient sexually, so it
doesn’t need another tree
around to make it complete. Lance-like leaves
look like a smaller version of the sapodilla tree.
Migrating birds gorge on
the seeds.
Spanish stopper was
once used as a Christmas
tree in the Keys because its
shape most resembles its
northern triangular counterpart. This 12-foot tree
fills in a corner or makes a
delightful hedge. It attracts
birds, bees and butterflies.
Colorful
plumeria
include such cultivars as
Key West red, candy stripe,
dainty pink, Catherine B.,
as well as the popular plumeria pudica. Pudica has
white flowers year round
and does not loose its
leaves in the winter, making it perfect for snowbirds.
Finally, the lignumvitae,
or “tree of life,” is a special project of the Key West
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Tasty red seeds on the blackbead tree attract migrating birds.
Garden Club and will be
available in various sizes.
It’s a worthy specimen tree
to be featured in a garden
because of its bright blue
blooms and orange and
red seedpods. The wood of
the lignumvitae is so hard
that it is difficult to put a
saw to it. It is one of the few
woods that sink.
Checkout these and
other specimens at the Key
West Garden Club’s Fall Art
and Plant sale.
Key West master gardener Robin Robinson
was a columnist for the
Chicago Daily News and
syndicated with Princeton
Features. Her books, “Plants
of Paradise” and awardwinning “Roots Rocks and
Rain: Native Trees of the
Florida Keys,” can be found
at the garden club and on
Amazon.com. For information, go to www.keywestgardenclub.com.
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LOWER KEYS
Sheriff’s animal farm celebrates 20th year
BY ADAM LINHARDT
Free Press Staff
MIKE HENTZ/Free Press
Above, Stock Island Animal Farm curator Jeanne Selander
spends some time with a skunk at the farm. Left, Stock Island
Detention Center inmate Ted Williams tends to a pair of feral
pigs at the farm.
heard about the farm and
asked Roth if he could take
a blind horse,” Selander
said.
From there, word-ofmouth took hold and the
farm began to take in more
and more animals.
The farm takes animals that are abandoned,
abused, confiscated or
donated. People with
unwanted dogs or cats are
referred to the Florida Keys
Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals
across the street.
There’s emus, birds of all
kinds, pigs, a bull, snakes,
tortoises — a few are more
than 100 pounds and 50
years old — but among the
most popular animals are
the sloths.
Selander is thinking
about entering the zoo’s
three miniature horses in
the Key West Christmas
parade this year.
“That’s if I can keep
them together,” she said
with another laugh.
The first year Selander
started, she had about 12
visitors at a time. Now she
tours for groups of up to
200 people.
“‘You do what at a jail?’
is usually most people’s
first reactions when I tell
them what I do,” she said.
“But once people are here,
they don’t feel like they’re
at a jail at all.”
That’s certainly true.
The farm looks and smells,
crossword horoscopes
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KEY
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Yes, Scorpio, honesty can
be brutal, but it can also be
liberating. Tell the truth and set
a friend free. A treatment option
requires further investigation.
CLUES ACROSS
1. Fabric dyeing method
6. Jiffs
10. Gigantic
14. Avoid
15. Fencing sword
16. Length x width, for a rectangle
17. Bridal path
18. Give shape to
19. In ___ of
20. Container
22. Actor's goal
23. Chain letters?
24. High
26. Tough, durable wood
28. Cover, in a way
32. Messy dresser
34. Forward roll
38. Coaxes
39. Be bombastic
40. "I had no ___!"
41. Refraining from drinking
alcohol
43. Granite-like rocks that form
the earth's crust
44. Long
45. "Four Quartets" poet
47. Disconnect
51. Mozart's "L'___ del Cairo"
54. Blocks
57. Antiviral protein produced
by cells
59. Profligate
60. Pinocchio, at times
61. Breezing through
62. Aardvark fare
63. ___ Minor
64. Unrefined
65. Makeup, e.g.
66. 1990 World Series champs
67. Abnormal tissue growth
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2. Roswell crash victim, supposedly
3. Former capital of Alabama
4. Doing nothing
5. Fish large enough to be
legally caught
6. Signalling system using flags
7. Age
8. Quartet member
9. Exodus commemoration
10. City in Chile and Indiana
11. "Mi chiamano Mimi," e.g.
12. Merlin, e.g.
13. Drawn tight
21. Popular retirement destination
25. Driver's lic. and others
27. Most difficult to understand
29. Large building for public performances
30. "Guilty," e.g.
31. And others, for short
32. Go to and fro
33. Brain area
35. "Gee whiz!"
36. Sundries
37. Staggerer
42. Setting for TV's "Newhart"
46. Actually (2 wds)
48. Having threads
49. Biscotti flavoring
50. Composed
52. Complex unit
53. A deadly sin
54. No angel
55. Bang-up (hyphenated)
56. Dead-end jobs
58. Almond
master plan is put into motion.
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story to tell. All will be revealed
in good time. Laughter erupts at
home with the arrival of guest.
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More fun is on tap.
No, Sagittarius. You do not
have to fulfill every request that
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comes your way. Choose those
worth-while and opt out of the Lucky Leo in love. That phrase
describes you to a T this week.
rest. A pal drops by.
Sparks fly, and you have much
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the agenda, and a camera will
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come in handy.
other people. Put a stop to the
madness before it gets out of VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
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Good food and good friends
make for a blessed week. Enjoy,
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Feeling antsy, Aquarius? You
provides a fresh perspective
are not alone. Lucky for you, a
and a new solution.
decision is about to be made,
and you will be blessed tenfold.
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A request is denied.
Resources multiply with an
acquisition. Share the wealth,
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Libra. A difference of opinion
Be careful, Pisces. Be very
makes for a very interesting
careful. Someone is trying to
pull a fast one on you. A trade weekend. Do tell.
is made at home, and you
benefit in more ways than one. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
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“Just wait until Christmas
on the farm when we get
800 people out there and
most of those are kids who
just don’t want to leave,”
Ramsay said. “We get the
decorations out and we get
Santa out there, and all the
kids get to pet the animals,
and they’re all holding
the bunnies. It’s just awesome.”
Before Selander arrived
eight years ago there was
some talk of closing the
farm as it continued to
grow and became more
difficult to administer.
“Sheriff Roth told me we
may have to shut down the
farm if you can’t make it
special,” Selander said.
One trustee in an orange
jail jumpsuit behind her
grinned knowing the outcome. Selander said nothing more, but her wide
smile affirmed the accomplishment.
alinhardt@keysnews.
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well, like a farm.
The animal haven is
important for local children in particular who
don’t have the opportunity to visit a large zoo in
a metro area, Selander
said. She placed placards
at every pen detailing the
animal’s information and
its Latin name.
She is especially proud
that the farm is funded by
canteen profits from jail
inmates, called trustees,
and from donations. The
inmates help Selander care
for the animals.
“It’s really good for the
trustees, the community
and the animals,” she said.
One white alpaca came
running toward her.
“Where are you going
Snowflake?” she said. “The
food is over there.”
She paused.
“This really is a labor of
love.”
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urges residents to visit.
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on high alert to Selander’s
happy calls.
“I talk to all the animals,”
she said, laughing.
Last Wednesday was the
20th anniversary of the day
the farm opened. Former
Sheriff Rick Roth started
the only zoo at a county
jail in the country. Children
especially like petting
and feeding the Key deer
who was saved after it was
struck by a car.
The farm started after
Muscovy ducks and chickens at the Key West Golf
Club kept getting hit by
cars on College Road. It
was, and still is, a safe
haven for the animals.
“Sometime after that
someone on the mainland
in conjunction with
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STOCK ISLAND — There
are a few animals that
Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office Animal Farm curator Jeanne Selander won’t
take.
Large carnivorous cats
such as lions, for instance.
Monkeys are another. They
can be very aggressive,
Selander said last week
while holding a small chameleon.
She recalled an instance
in Ohio when someone’s
pet monkey had gotten
into a bag of espresso
beans and began chasing the man’s wife around
the house with a kitchen
knife. One of the many
exotic animal rescue agencies that Selander interacts
with called her and asked
if she could take the monkey.
“Monkeys are very territorial and dominate each
other and their owners,”
she said. “They also bite.
No way.”
The biologist cheerfully moved from gate to
pen explaining how the
150 animals, representing 135 different species,
are cared for and fed at
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture-certified zoo.
“Hello Joey!” she said
to an opossum who was
found on Stock Island with
a bell on its collar. Joey
turned and sniffed her finger. It was close to feeding
time and the animals were
Florida Keys Free Press • Nov. 19, 2014 •
5B
IN THE KEYS
BRIAN BOWDEN/Free Press
Above, the Gulfstream leaves Lake Largo during a full-day fishing trip last week. Left, the party boat’s mates clean
customers’ fish after a day on the water.
Fish
Continued from page 1B
with what I thought was
a backpack full of essentials — turns out that was
only partially true. I guess
it slipped my mind that
a pocket knife, rag and
ice chest are also fishing
essentials. Next time, I told
myself.
My vessel of choice, a
65-foot party boat run by
Capt. Chan Warner and his
crew of three, was docked
next to Key Largo Fisheries
waiting on its passengers
for the day.
When you arrive you
want to look for the lady
with the clipboard; she
serves as the gatekeeper.
While they advertised a
cost of $65 for a full day
of fishing, in reality it cost
me $75. The former only
applies if you bring your
own fishing pole. Not that
I had my own, but it’s still
nice to know beforehand.
As soon as you step
onboard you want to
“claim” your spot, which
was something I figured
out pretty quickly after
getting situated. Every person seemed to have their
favorite spot where they
secured their pole for the
day. The back of the boat
seemed to be a favorite. I
ended up near the forward
starboard side, which
maybe was a precursor for
my day ahead.
We left the dock at 9
a.m. and arrived on location at our first stop about
an hour later. From my
calculations, we were a
few miles off the coast and
according to the deckhand
at a depth of about 80 feet.
As soon as the engines
silenced, everybody raced
to get their bait to the bottom. I was the last one to
drop in. Next time, I told
myself.
Within minutes, a
woman near me was pulling in the first catch of
the day — a decent sized
triggerfish. And it gave us
all hope for what was to
come, albeit false hope. As
it turned out the next couple hours produced only
a handful of fish for the 35
or so people onboard. The
day was looking grim.
After spending another
hour at a different location
and yielding similar results
as the first stop, the captain drove us into deeper
waters and, little did we
know at the time, into a
honey hole.
He took us a few extra
miles off the coast and
stopped at a depth of
about 130 feet, according to the deckhand, who
I bombarded with an
unlimited supply of ques-
SURVIVOR STORIES
tions throughout the day.
And to my satisfaction, he
answered every single one
I threw at him.
As soon as we stopped at
the third and final location
of the day, the fish started
biting almost immediately.
And the boat’s cooler slowly began to fill up — no
thanks to me, though.
At this point, I had pretty
much given up on any
hope of catching my first
fish in the Keys aboard this
boat.
With about 35 minutes
left in the trip, my luck
had surprisingly changed
and I was able to reel up
my only two catches of the
day. Perhaps feeling sorry
for me, neither one put up
much of a fight. At the very
least, it made the long boat
ride back to shore a little
more enjoyable.
I came away a little
sunburnt, but pleased
with the handful of fillets
for my freezer. Although
compared to the man who
bagged 19 fish that day, my
two didn’t seem quite as
gratifying. Next time, I told
myself.
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southernmost boundary
of the greater Everglades
ecosystem, with its backcountry fishing tradition.
Charter boat captains
will conduct fishing guide
presentations and casting
demonstrations during
the event.
Also on tap is a Key lime
pie-eating contest and
“Culture on the Bay,” a
tented area where guests
will be invited to create
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Among the entertainers
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IN THE KEYS
at the movies …
IN THE KEYS & SOUTH FLORIDA
opening this week:
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (PG-13, Action/
Adventure and Sci-Fi/Fantasy) - Katniss Everdeen leads the
districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical
and corrupt Capitol. As the war that will determine the
fate of Panem escalates, Katniss must decipher for herself who she can trust and what needs to be done, with
everything she cares for in the balance.
Extraterrestrial (R, Horror and Sci-Fi/Fantasy) - A group’s
getaway into the woods dissolves into a full-throttle
fight for their lives when unwelcome aliens invade.
The Imitation Game (PG-13, Drama) - British mathematician and logician Alan Turing helps crack the German
Enigma Code during World War II.
now showing:
Dumb and Dumber To (PG-13, Comedy) - Jim Carrey and
Jeff Daniels reprise their roles as Lloyd and Harry in the
sequel to the hit comedy. The original film’s directors,
Peter and Bobby Farrelly, take Lloyd and Harry on a
road trip to find a child Harry never knew he had and
the responsibility neither should ever be given.
The Homesman (R, Drama and Western) - When three
women living on the American frontier are driven mad
by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the
independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting
the women by covered wagon to a waiting minister
and his wife in Iowa, Cuddy soon realizes just how
daunting the journey will be, so she employs drifter
George Briggs to help the group traverse the dangerous
Nebraska Territories.
Foxcatcher (R, Drama) - Mark Schultz, despite having won
a gold medal for wrestling at the 1984 Olympics, lives
in the shadow of his accomplished older brother, Dave.
Mark seems to have found his own path when multimillionaire John E. du Pont invites him to to train as part
of a national U.S. wrestling team preparing for the 1988
Olympics in Seoul. Du Pont’s training is relentless and
his philosophy strident, but Mark wants to please him
nonetheless. But when Dave arrives to much fanfare to
join Team Foxcatcher, Mark finds himself relegated to
the shadows once again.
Big Hero 6 (PG, Kids/Family and Animation) - Robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada learns to harness his genius thanks
to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded
friends. When a devastating turn of events catapults
them into the midst of a dangerous plot, Hiro turns
to his closest companion — a robot named Baymax
— and transforms the group into a band of high-tech
heroes determined to solve the mystery.
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Tell a tale for cash
MARATHON — Marathon
Community Theatre will
host a “Story Slam” at 7 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 23, offering a
$100 cash prize to the teller
of the best true story.
Up to 10 contestants will
be given five minutes each to
share their story. The theme
is “dysfunctional families.”
The audience is the judge
and will determine the winner by applause.
Second place earns two
tickets to any Marathon
Community Theatre show
during the 2014-15 season.
No cheat sheets, props,
costumes or musical accompaniment are allowed.
Admission is $10.
For more information,
visit marathontheater.org.
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Housebound (PG-13, Horro and Comedy)
Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew
up in when the court places her on home detention.
Her punishment is made all the more unbearable by
the fact she has to live there with her mother Miriam – a
well-intentioned blabbermouth who’s convinced that
the house is haunted.
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Hoppen selected them.
The first teaser to DeckerHoppen’s comic includes a
young boy who travels into
the Everglades, but when
he runs into an invasive
Burmese python, he needs
a superhero to save him.
In addition to the story
line, Decker-Hoppen has
created quizzes so students
can test their knowledge
of the subject afterwards.
Plans are also underway to
create a place for students
to submit their own stories
about the Florida Five.
Decker-Hoppen hopes
his stories will be much
more accessible to young
readers than what he
describes as the massive
amount of scientific data
out there regarding the
environment.
He said he is also reaching out to environmental
groups
to
help
him better shape
the information to
his target
Decker-Hoppen
audience.
T h e
c o m i c
series will take readers
through faceoffs against
many different enemies of
the environment, including poachers and politicians.
“This is the best stuff I’ve
ever done,” said the lifelong artist, who is clearly
pleased he has found a
way to combine his passions for comic books and
conservation.
Growing up, DeckerHoppen said he used
his spare money to purchase three comic books
a week. Now that bigscreen Hollywood projects
by Marvel Comics are all
the rage, he hopes to take
advantage of the renewed
interest in comics.
“Superheroes are so
popular right now,” he
said.
Decker-Hoppen says his
next step is to encourage
students to visit his website.
“We need to get them to
put down the video game
consoles,” he said.
For more information,
visit floridafive.org. There,
visitors can also learn
about a fundraising project to get the comic books
published in print.
“This needs to be bigger
than the Keys,” he said,
regarding his push for
state-wide interest.
[email protected]
side of Johnny Cash — the
side that donated money
Continued from page 2B
to suffering people he
read about in the paper or
then there was the other his efforts to successfully
spring Glen Sherley from
Folsom Prison.
Hilburn exhibits an
intense professional commitment in this honest,
well-written biography.
He is not judgmental abut
Cash’s actions and motivations but instead treats
the story with respect. He
resists the temptation to be
either saccharine or poisonous as he seamlessly
melds interviews with key
figures and analyzes Cash’s
records. He exposes not
only Cash’s tough-guy per-
sona but shows his flawed
and vulnerable sides as
well. Cash is an evangelical
Christian and close friend
of Billy Graham, who was
never totally at home being
a music icon. I teared up
as June Carter Cash predicted she would die soon
after filming the scene from
“Hurt” where Cash poured
wine on the table and then
the recounting of Cash’s
health failing during his
final recordings. “The Life”
is as good and comprehensive a book about a musician as I have read in quite
some time.
Continued from page 1B
dvd releases
MARATHON — The
Marathon Garden Club
will meet at 1 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 21, at 5270 Overseas
Highway.
Patrick Garvey, owner of
Big Pine Key’s Grimal Grove
and founder of The Growing
Hope Initiative, will speak.
Guests are welcome.
Call 305-743-4971 for more
information, or visit marathongardenclub.org.
Grabowski on bass.
The show begins at 7
p.m. Tickets are $50 and
includes dinner. Seating is
limited.
For reservations or more
information, call 305-4536271.
BIG PINE KEY — Bahia
Honda State Park will host a
sand sculpture class by professional sand sculptor Rick
Mungeam from 10 a.m. to
noon Saturday, Nov. 22.
The lesson begins with a
demonstration of tool and
waters usage. Students will
then be mentored as they
create their own sand sculpture.
Clothes and shoes that
can get wet and sandy are
recommended, as are a hat,
sunscreen, drinking water
and snacks.
This event is included
future releases:
Wild
Garden talk
former and composer for
Arturo Sandoval’s Grammywinning album “Rumba
Palace.”
Lamoglia will be joined
by Silvano Monosterios on
keyboards, Rodolfo Zuniga
on drums and Robert
Sand sculpting
Comic
Exodus: Gods & Kings
BLUES CONCERT
TAVERNIER
—
Saxophonist
Felipe
Lamoglia, a Grammy-winning musician and composer, will perform at the
Live at Moka concert on
Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Café
Moka, 91.8, bayside.
Lamoglia was born in
Cuba and studied at the
Superior Institute of Arts
in Havana, where he also
played in the NG la Banda, a
nationally acclaimed Cuban
orchestra. He later studied
in Brazil as an exchange student, where he blended his
Afro-Cuban musical roots
with Brazilan music. Since
then Lamoglia has relocated
to South Florida.
He has performed with
numerous artists and contributed as arranger, per-
Information courtesy of www.yahoo.com
Horrible Bosses 2
with regular park admission.
For more information,
call the Sand and Sea Nature
Center at 305-872-9807.
understand a different part
of the environment. The
characters are constantly
evolving, according to the
author.
Decker-Hoppen’s story
starts with a scientist
whose research leaves her
disabled. After creating a
special manatee suit to
help her monitor Florida
waterways, she recruits
four young people to serve
as the dolphin, defender of
the seas and reefs; osprey,
watcher of the coastline,
gator, protector of the
swamps; and panther,
guardian of the forests.
Each of these animals
plays a key role in the
South Florida ecosystem,
which is why Decker-
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Contributed photo
Contemporary blues guitarist Selwyn Birchwood, who was
recently signed to the Alligator Records label, will perform with
his band on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 22, at Bayside Grille,
mile marker 99.5, bayside. Birchwood’s band beat out 125 other
bands to win the 2013 International Blues Challenge. He is also
the winner of the Albert King Guitarist of the Year award. The
concert is free and open to the public. For more information,
visit selwynbirchwood.com.
OPEN MEETING
Showing Thurs., Nov. 20th:
Interstellar (PG-13) 4pm Only
Premiering Hunger Games:
MockingJay, Part 1, 8pm
LAST WEEK’S PHOTO:
Dolphin Golfin’,
Key Largo
WINNER: Susan Coppola
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Beginning Fri., Nov. 21st
Hunger Games: MockingJay
Part 1
7pm & 9:30pm Nightly
2pm Matinee Sat. & Sun.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING
What To
Watch
T his
Week
Client Will Fill
THURSDAY EVENING
8:00
8:30
NOVEMBER 20
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
ABC
Grey’s Anatomy “Risk”
Scandal (N) ’ Å
Get Away With Murder
News
CBS
FOX
Big Bang
(:31) Mom
Bones (N) Å (DVS)
Two Men
McCarthys
Gracepoint (N) ’
Elementary “Bella” (N) ’
News
NBC
PBS
The Biggest Loser (N) ’
WPC 56
Bad Judge A to Z (N)
Parenthood “Lean In” (N)
Poirot “Curtain: Poirot’s Final Case” ’ Å
UNI
A&E
Latin Grammy 2014 Pitbull, Carlos Santana, y Ricky Martin entre otros.
Beyond Scared Straight
Beyond Scared Straight
Beyond Scared Straight
8:00
9:00
NOVEMBER 19
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
ABC
CBS
The Middle Goldbergs
Survivor (N) ’ Å
Mod Fam
blackish (N) Nashville (N) ’
Criminal Minds (N) ’
Stalker “Skin” (N) Å
News
J. Kimmel
CBS4 News Letterman
FOX
NBC
Hell’s Kitchen (N) ’ (PA)
The Mysteries of Laura
Red Band Society (N) ’
Law & Order: SVU
News
Chicago PD (N) ’
News
News
PBS
UNI
Nature (N) ’ Å
Mi Corazón Es Tuyo (N)
NOVA “Killer Landslides”
Hasta el Fin del Mundo
To Catch a Comet (N) ’
La Malquerida (N) (SS)
Life in Cold Blood Å
Noticias 23 Noticiero
A&E
AMC
Duck D.
Duck D.
Duck Dynasty Willie organizes a bus tour of Scotland.
››› “Tombstone” (1993, Western) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer. Å
CNBC
CNN
Shark Tank ’ Å
Anderson Cooper 360 (N)
CSPN
DISC
Capitol Hill Key Capitol Hill Hearings Speeches. ’
Key Capitol Hill Hearings Speeches. ’
Dude, You’re Screwed
Dude, You’re Screwed (N) Naked and Afraid Å
Naked and Afraid Å
DISN
ENC
›› “Frenemies” (2012) Bella Thorne.
Dog
››› “Dave” (1993) Kevin Kline. iTV. ’ Å
ESPN
FAM
NBA Basketball: Spurs at Cavaliers
NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets. (N) (Live)
(7:00) › “Zookeeper”
›› “Liar Liar” (1997) Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney.
The 700 Club ’ Å
HBO
LIFE
› “Getaway” (2013) Ethan Hawke. ’
Comeback The Newsroom “Run” ’
›› “The Notebook” (2004, Romance) Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams. Å
MAX
NICK
››› “Wedding Crashers” (2005) Owen Wilson. ’
Full House Full House Full House Full House
SHOW
SPIKE
Inside the NFL ’ Å
Cops Å
Cops Å
SUN
TNT
Shark Tank ’ Å
Somebody’s Gotta Do It
Deco Drive
J. Fallon
Country
Country
››› “Cliffhanger”
Car Chasers Car Chasers Shark Tank ’ Å
CNN Tonight (N)
Anderson Cooper 360
(:05) Jessie Liv-Mad.
Austin
(9:50) ›› “Welcome to Mooseport”
Homeland ’ Å
The Affair ’ Å
iMPACT Wrestling (N) ’ Å
I Didn’t
Shanghai
Real Time With Bill Maher
True Tori Å
›› “The Hangover Part III” (2013) ’
Prince
Prince
Friends ’
Co-Ed
(:36) Friends
Web Ther. Inside NFL
“G.I. Joe: Cobra”
Sportsman Florida
Fish Flats
Fishing
ACC Gridiron Live
Supergirl Surf Pro
›› “Sherlock Holmes” (2009) Robert Downey Jr. Å (DVS)
“Sherlock Holmes-Game of Shadows”
(7:00) ››› “Friday”
›› “Next Friday” (2000) Ice Cube, Mike Epps.
USA
WGN-A ›› “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (2006) Johnny Depp. Å
Big Bang
Big Bang
Big Bang
WTBS Family Guy Family Guy Big Bang
FRIDAY EVENING
11:30
J. Kimmel
8:30
8:00
Mod Fam
How I Met
Mod Fam
How I Met
Conan (N) Å
NOVEMBER 21
8:30
9:00
9:30
(:31) Cristela Shark Tank (N) ’
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
(:01) 20/20 (N) ’ Å
News
Blue Bloods (N) ’ Å
Ch. 7 News at 10:00 ’
CBS4 News Letterman
News
Deco Drive
ABC
Last Man
CBS4 News Letterman
News
Deco Drive
CBS
FOX
The Amazing Race (N) ’
MasterChef ’
Hawaii Five-0 (N) Å
Gotham “The Mask” ’
News
J. Fallon
Masterpiece Classic ’
NBC
PBS
Dateline NBC (N) Å
Washington McLaughlin
Grimm “Cry Luison” (N)
Constantine (N) ’ Å
Great Performances Encore presentation of “Cats.”
News
Art Loft
Noticias 23 Noticiero
(:02) Dogs of War Å
UNI
A&E
Mi Corazón Es Tuyo (N)
Criminal Minds ’ Å
Hasta el Fin del Mundo
(:01) Criminal Minds ’
Noticias 23 Noticiero
Godfather of Pittsburgh
AMC
CNBC
›› “The Fast and the Furious” (2001, Action) Vin Diesel. Å
(:31) ›› “Lake Placid” (1999, Horror)
Shark Tank ’ Å
American Greed
American Greed
American Greed
CNN
CSPN
Anderson Cooper 360 (N)
Key Capitol Hill Hearings
DISC
DISN
Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier
›› “16 Wishes” (2010) Debby Ryan.
Dog
ENC
ESPN
La Malquerida (N) (SS)
Godfather of Pittsburgh
J. Kimmel
J. Fallon
Que Pasa?
AMC
CNBC
› “Bride of Chucky” (1998) Jennifer Tilly. Å
› “Seed of Chucky” (2004, Horror) Jennifer Tilly.
Shark Tank ’ Å
Car Chasers Car Chasers Car Chasers Car Chasers Car Chasers The Filthy
››› “Ivory Tower”
Key Capitol Hill Hearings
CNN
CSPN
Anderson Cooper 360 (N) This Is Life
Key Capitol Hill Hearings Speeches. ’
Alaska: The Last Frontier
Austin
I Didn’t
DISC
DISN
Gold Rush ’ Å
Girl Meets
Jessie (N)
›› “National Treasure” (2004) Nicolas Cage. Å
(:15) ››› “Captain Phillips” (2013) Tom Hanks.
(7:30) College Football North Carolina at Duke. (N) (Live)
SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å
ENC
ESPN
›› “Striptease” (1996) Demi Moore. iTV. ’ Å
›› “Bad Boys II” (2003) Martin Lawrence. iTV. ’
NBA Basketball Cleveland Cavaliers at Washington Wizards. (N)
NBA Basketball: Bulls at Trail Blazers
FAM
HBO
Liar Liar
›› “Miss Congeniality” (2000) Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine.
The Newsroom “Run” ’
››› “Dallas Buyers Club” (2013) ’ Å
The 700 Club ’ Å
Cathouse
Foo Fight.
FAM
HBO
Miss Cong ›› “Monte Carlo” (2011) Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy. Premiere.
› “The Legend of Hercules” (2014)
Under
Real Time With Bill Maher
LIFE
MAX
Project Runway All Stars
Project Runway All Stars
››› “There’s Something About Mary” (1998) ’
Project Runway: Threads Project Runway: Threads
››› “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” ’
LIFE
MAX
“Christmas in the City” (2013) Ashley Williams. Å
“Under the Mistletoe” (2006) Jaime Ray Newman.
››› “16 Blocks” (2006) Bruce Willis.
(:45) › “Identity Thief” (2013) Jason Bateman. ’
Lolita Space
NICK
SHOW
Instant Mom See Dad
Full House Full House
›› “Four Brothers” (2005) Mark Wahlberg. ’ Å
Prince
Prince
Homeland ’ Å
Friends
Sex, Sunny
(:36) Friends
Web Ther.
NICK
SHOW
Turtles
Turtles
The Affair ’ Å
Full House Full House Prince
Prince
Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued (N)
Friends ’
(:36) Friends
Lost Songs: Basement
SPIKE
SUN
Cops Å
Cops Å
Cops Å
NHL Hockey: Lightning at Maple Leafs
Cops Å
Lightning
Cops Å
Powerboat
Cops Å
Boat Show
SPIKE
SUN
Cops Å
Cops Å
College Basketball
Cops Å
Cops Å
Cops Å
Cops Å
College Basketball Louisiana-Lafayette at Auburn. (N)
Cops Å
Academy
Lightning University
TNT
USA
On the Menu (N) Å
Mod Fam
Mod Fam
(:01) ›› “Along Came a Spider” (2001) Å (DVS)
Mod Fam
Mod Fam
Mod Fam
Mod Fam
(:02) On the Menu Å
Mod Fam
Mod Fam
TNT
USA
››› “Ivory Tower” (2014, Documentary)
Key Capitol Hill Hearings Speeches. ’
Cops Å
Alaska: The Last Frontier
(:05) Jessie Liv-Mad.
Cops Å
Lightning
NBA Basketball Los Angeles Clippers at Miami Heat. (N) Å
NBA Basketball: Bulls at Kings
Law & Order: SVU
White Collar (N) Å
(:01) Covert Affairs (N)
CSI: Crime Scene
WGN-A ›› “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (2007) Johnny Depp. Å
Big Bang
Big Bang
WTBS Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Big Bang
SATURDAY EVENING
8:00
8:30
9:00
NOVEMBER 22
9:30
10:00
10:30
ABC
CBS
College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å
NCIS “Crescent City”
NCIS: Los Angeles ’
FOX
NBC
(7:30) College Football Oklahoma State at Baylor. (N) ’ (Live)
Dateline NBC ’ Å
State of Affairs “Pilot” ’
Saturday Night Live ’
PBS
UNI
Keeping Up As Time...
Sábado Gigante (N) (SS)
A&E
AMC
CNBC
CNN
CSPN
DISC
DISN
ENC
ESPN
FAM
HBO
LIFE
MAX
NICK
HBO
LIFE
MAX
NICK
SHOW
SPIKE
SUN
How I Met
Deal With It
SUNDAY EVENING
11:30
8:00
9:00
9:30
10:00
SNL
FOX
NBC
Simpsons
Football
›››› “The Maltese Falcon” (1941) Mary Astor
Spy Å
Noticias 23
Coupling
Noticiero
PBS
UNI
Jay Leno: The Mark Twain Prize (N) ’
Va Por Tí (N) (SS)
Criminal Minds “Broken”
Criminal Minds ’
Criminal Minds ’
(:01) Criminal Minds ’
A&E
Duck D.
(6:00) “Heartbreak Ridge”
Have to Go?
(7:00) The Sixties
Washington This Week
Airplane Repo ’ Å
Hell on Wheels Å
The Suze Orman Show
The Sixties
Washington This Week ’
Airplane Repo
Hell on Wheels Å
Have to Go?
The Sixties
“Outlaw Josey”
Have to Go?
The Sixties
Washington This Week
Airplane Repo ’ Å
AMC
CNBC
CNN
CSPN
DISC
DISN
Airplane Repo
“The Little Mermaid” ’ Girl Meets
Jessie ’
Lab Rats ’ Mighty Med Dog
I Didn’t
››› “Men in Black” (1997) iTV. ’
(:40) ›› “Fire Down Below” (1997) Steven Seagal.
What Wrst
(7:30) College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å
SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å
››› “The Hunger Games” (2012) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson.
“The Mummy Returns”
(:15) › “That Awkward Moment” (2014) Zac Efron.
“Hello Ladies: The Movie” (2014) Å
Newsroom
“An En Vogue Christmas” (2014) Terry Ellis. Å
(:01) “An En Vogue Christmas” (2014) Terry Ellis.
(:15) ›› “Kick-Ass 2” (2013) Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
›› “X-Men: The Last Stand” (2006)
Topless P.
Henry
Nicky, Ricky Thunder
Hathaways Prince
Prince
Friends ’
(:36) Friends
“Twilight Saga-2”
›› “The To Do List” (2013) Aubrey Plaza. Å
Homeland ’ Å
Cops (N) ’ Cops Å
Auction
Thrift
›› “Transporter 3” (2008) Jason Statham. ’
NHL Hockey: Wild at Lightning
Lightning
Lightning
Florida
Supergirl Surf Pro
“Nat’l Treasure”
Transporter: The Series
Transporter: The Series
Transporter: The Series
“No Strings Attached”
› “The Ugly Truth” (2009) Katherine Heigl.
Mod Fam
Mod Fam
Blue Bloods “Innocence”
Big Bang
Big Bang
Blue Bloods ’ Å
Big Bang
Big Bang
8:30
Blue Bloods ’ Å
Deal With It Life
NOVEMBER 24
9:00
Dancing With the Stars (N) ’ (Live) Å
9:30
10:00
10:30
(:01) Castle “Kill Switch”
11:00
News
J. Kimmel
The Profit
The Profit
Restaurant Startup
To Be Announced
Anderson Cooper 360 (N) Anthony Bourdain Parts
CNN Tonight
Anderson Cooper 360
Key Capitol Hill Hearings Speeches. ’
Key Capitol Hill Hearings Speeches. ’
Fast N’ Loud: Revved Up Misfit Garage (N) Å
Fast N’ Loud: Demolition
(:01) Misfit Garage Å
››› “Up” (2009) Voices of Ed Asner.
Mickey
Austin
Dog
Girl Meets
Liv-Mad.
››› “Shanghai Noon” (2000) Jackie Chan. iTV. ’
(9:55) ›› “The Pacifier” (2005) Å
(:35) Ronin
(:15) NFL Football Baltimore Ravens at New Orleans Saints. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live)
SportCtr
Find Nmo ›› “Dark Shadows” (2012) Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer.
The 700 Club ’ Å
››› “Batman Begins” (2005, Action) Christian Bale. ’ Å
Fight Game Foo Fighters: Sonic
“Finding Mrs. Claus” (2012) Mira Sorvino. Å
“Christmas on the Bayou” (2013) Hilarie Burton. Å
››› “Veronica Mars” (2014) Kristen Bell. ’ Å
(9:50) ›› “Kiss of the Dragon” (2001) Sin City
Full House Full House Full House Full House Prince
Prince
Friends ’
(:36) Friends
Homeland ’ Å
The Affair
Homeland ’ Å
The Affair
“Ocean’s Thirteen” (2007)
Jimbo Fisher Show
Law & Order ’
Chrisley
Chrisley
Engagement Engagement
Conan (N) Å
10:30
11:00
News
CSI: Crime Scene
Brooklyn
Family Guy Burgers
News
Ch. 7 News
(:20) NFL Football Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants. (N) ’ (Live) Å
Duck D.
The Walking Dead Å
60 Minutes on CNBC
Anthony Bourdain Parts
Q&A’
Alaska: The Last Frontier
How I Met
Deal With It
Richard Pryor -- Icon (N)
Pioneers
Sal y Pimienta
Duck Dynasty ’ Å
Dogs of War “Stephanie”
The Walking Dead (N)
(:01) Talking Dead (N)
60 Minutes on CNBC
American Greed
››› “Ivory Tower” (2014, Documentary)
House of Commons
Road to the White House
Alaska: The Last Frontier Edge of Alaska: Legends
11:30
Sports
CBS4 News
Sports Xtra
News
Robin Williams
Noticias 23 Noticiero
Duck D.
Duck D.
The Walking Dead Å
American Greed
This Is Life
Q&A’
Alaska: The Last Frontier
Austin
Liv-Mad.
Jessie ’
Girl Meets
Jessie ’
Dog
Austin
I Didn’t
››› “Monsters University” (2013, Comedy) Å
(9:50) ››› “Doc Hollywood” (1991)
Something’s
SportCtr
Who’s In?
2014 World Series of Poker Final Table.
SportsCenter (N) Å
››› “Finding Nemo” (2003, Comedy) Voices of Albert Brooks.
“The Nightmare Before Christmas”
“That Awkward Moment” The Newsroom (N) Å
Comeback Getting On The Newsroom ’ Å
“En Vogue Chris”
“Seasons of Love” (2014) LeToya Luckett. Premiere. “En Vogue Chris”
›› “Ender’s Game” (2013) Harrison Ford. ’ Å
› “The Last Airbender” Full House Full House
The Affair ’ Å
Homeland (N) ’ Å
Bar Rescue ’
Bar Rescue (N) ’
Sportsman Florida
Fish Flats
Fishing
› “Law Abiding Citizen” (2009) Jamie Foxx.
Law & Order: SVU
Law & Order: SVU
››› “Wedding Crashers” (2005) Owen Wilson. ’
Prince
Prince
Friends ’
(:36) Friends
The Affair (N)
Homeland ’ Å
Catch a Contractor (N) ’ Bar Rescue ’
Extreme
Saltwater
Into
Animals
(:01) ››› “The Lincoln Lawyer” (2011) Å (DVS)
Law & Order: SVU
Mod Fam
Mod Fam
SHOW
SPIKE
SUN
TNT
USA
WGN-A (7:00) “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” ›› “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
(:15) ›››› “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) (DVS)
WTBS ›››› “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) Judy Garland.
TUESDAY EVENING
11:30
Broke Girl
The Millers Scorpion “Talismans” (N) (9:59) NCIS: Los Angeles CBS4 News Letterman
Gotham “LoveCraft” (N)
Sleepy Hollow (N) ’
Ch. 7 News at 10:00 (N)
News
Deco Drive
The Voice The top 10 artists perform. (N) Å
State of Affairs (N) Å
News
J. Fallon
Antiques Roadshow ’
Antiques Roadshow
The Proms The Proms Al Capone: Icon ’ Å
Mi Corazón Es Tuyo (N)
Hasta el Fin del Mundo
La Malquerida (N) (SS)
Noticias 23 Noticiero
The First 48 ’ Å
The First 48 ’ Å
Godfather of Pittsburgh
(:02) The First 48 Å
›› “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (2010) Nicolas Cage. Premiere.
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8B • Nov. 19, 2014 • Florida Keys Free Press
sports & recreation
Lady Fins crush Coral Shores
BY J.W. COOKE
Free Press Staff
Contributed photos
Miami’s Jorge Grajales was the overall 5K winner with a time of
17:24. Overall 5K female winner was Gabriela Diaz-Pinger from
Tavernier with a time of 21:01.
Dual races finish
together at school
PLANTATION
KEY
— More than 250 runners
and walkers toed two start
lines — one at Coral Shores
High School for the 11th
annual Mariners Hospital
5K Run/Walk and the
other at Treasure Village
Montessori School for the
inaugural 10K run — with
both finishing at Treasure
Village.
Miami’s Jorge Grajales
was the overall 5K winner with a time of 17:24.
Overall 5K female winner
was Gabriela Diaz-Pinger
from Tavernier with a time
of 21:01, topping her 2013
winning time by over a
minute.
This year, Mariners
added the masters category (first runner over 40)
to the winners. Plantation
resident Louis Molina was
the first 5K masters runner
over the line with a time of
21:53, and Tavernier’s Joan
Scholz was first female
masters runner at 22:27.
Marathon’s
Adriana
Garcia was the top 5K
walker with a time of 35:25,
and Key Largo’s Dave Mont
was the top male walker at
37:14.
For the 10K run, Tavernier
resident Pierre Bellion was
first overall in the 6.2-mile
out-and-back course with
a time of 41:34. Key Largo
runner Anastassia Gibson
took home the overall 10K
women’s award in a record
time of 46:43. Masters 10K
runner Bob Arnold was
the top male and second
overall with a 41:49. Crystal
Sebben was the top female
masters runner with a time
of 55:02.
The race benefits the
Center for Excellence
in Nursing at Mariners
Hospital.
MARATHON — Despite
having a new basketball
coach, the Marathon
High School girls picked
up where they left off last
season with a decisive 7030 victory against county
rival Coral Shores last
Thursday.
“There are a few things
we can work on, of course.
But for the most part I
thought the girls did a
good job,” said Marathon
first-year coach Paul
Davis.
“At first it was kind of a
close game, because we
missed a lot of layups. But
basically we were still just
warming up.”
John’Nisha Qualls outscored the entire Lady
Canes roster with a gamehigh 37 points in the win
for the Lady Fins. Amanda
Davis added 14 points
and Yailin Nieda scored
13 to help the home team
cruise to victory. Point
guard Kenna Welever
chipped in five points.
Karyna Doering had a
team-high 14 points for
Coral Shores.
Marathon struggled to
find its form on offense
early in the game, but
by halftime had control
of the game with a 33-11
lead. From there, Davis
said he went to his bench
early in order to get his
entire team playing time.
“They only scored 11
points in the first half, so I
thought we played pretty
well on defense,” Davis
said. “We pressed them
well before we backed
off later in the game. But
we just missed a lot of
shots in the first half that I
thought we capitalized on
in the second half.”
Coral Shores has its
home opener Wednesday,
KATHY LANCASTER/Contributed
Marathon senior John’Nisha Qualls goes up for her final basket of the game against visiting county rival Coral Shores last
Thursday. Qualls scored a game high of 37 points.
Nov. 19, against Riviera
Prep, while Marathon
returned to action Monday
at Westminster Christian.
Results were not available
at press time.
jwcooke@keysnews.
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Marathon girls notch convincing win
BY RON COOKE
Free Press Staff
MARATHON — The
Marathon High School
girls soccer team finished
off what could have been
a difficult week with a 7-1
win over Miami Country
Day last Friday afternoon
at the Marathon campus.
With a convincing 7-01 record on the season,
the Lady Fins ended the
week with 20 goals while
allowing just one in three
matches at home.
On Friday, coach Cindy
Durkin Bull said she was
a little concerned about
the Lady Spartans, but
this probably won’t be the
last time Marathon sees
this team. There is a good
chance they will meet
again in the postseason.
KATHY LANCASTER/Contributed
Midfielder Amanda Bruland (10) battles for the ball against a
Miami Country Day player.
“Unbelievable. They
came into this game
and really wanted it and
put four goals up early
in the game,” Bull said.
“You could tell the other
team was very frustrated.
They’re a well-coached,
physical team. The score
doesn’t indicate how
tough the game was.”
Sophomore Chandler
Elliott netted three goals
and had an assist. Senior
Savannah Rodamer scored
one and had three assists.
Elliott scored the first
goal on a Regan Durkin
assist and Elliott got
the second score on a
Rodamer assist. After an
own-goal by the Lady
Spartans, Rodamer scored
on an assist by Elliott for a
4-0 halftime lead.
Syndey Konrath made
it 5-0 on an assist from
Durkin, who netted
goal six on an assist by
Rodamer. Elliott finished
off the scoring with a penalty kick.
Marathon traveled to
Miami Monday to face
District 16-1A opponent
Archimedean. The game
took place after press
time. On Friday, Nov. 21,
Westwood comes calling
for a 4 p.m. kickoff.
rcooke@keysnews.
com
Lady Eagles basketball team falls in varsity opener
FREE PRESS STAFF
Contributed photos
Tavernier resident Pierre Bellion was first overall in the 10K with
a time of 41:34. Key Largo runner Anastassia Gibson took home
the overall 10K women’s award in a record time of 46:43.
ISLAMORADA — Team
captain Joy Russell and
Jade Basilius netted six
points apiece in Island
Christian School’s 29-18
loss to Riviera Prep last
week in the Lady Eagles’
first game of the season
and the first year playing
girls’ basketball at the varsity level.
Russell, a freshman
playing at the center position, said it was a good
first game of the season.
“We didn’t win, but we
played well,” Russell said.
“We’ve already had a lot
of improvement from last
year.”
For most of the team, it
was the first time playing
in a basketball game, as
the squad includes sophomores and below.
For Basilius, a 10th
grader, it was her first time
playing. The same with
freshman Alexis Sather,
who scored two points,
and seventh-grader Lexy
Brito, who added four
points from the point
guard position.
Coach Ben Loy expressed
his pride in his team.
“Our goal is to be our
best and competitive in
every game,” Loy said.
“I think we did that last
night against a really good
school.”
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9B
SPORTS & RECREATION
Marathon gives up tie to Palmer Trinity
Lady Canes drop
two soccer matches
BY RON COOKE
Free Press Staff
BY ERIC BASS
Free Press Staff
PLANTATION KEY — A
young Coral Shores High
School varsity girls soccer team, featuring seven
sophomore starters, suffered some growing pains
last week while dropping
two matches.
Early in the week, the
Lady Canes (2-1-1) fell 50 to a polished Carrollton
School team.
“We made some early
mistakes and Carrollton got
out to a fast 3-0 lead,” Coral
Shores head coach Arthur
Paterson said. From there,
the Lady Canes struggled
on offense while Carrollton
scored two more to put
away the game.
On Friday, the Lady
Canes hosted Coral Springs
Charter and played spirited offense and tenacious
defense. The well-contested match was decided with
only two minutes remaining when Coral Springs
scored the winning goal to
ERIC BASS/Free Press
Lady Canes striker Hallie
Paterson corrals the ball.
take home a 1-0 victory.
Early in the game, the
Lady Canes’ Hallie Paterson
hit a rocket of a shot that
just missed scoring as
it cracked off the right
Carrollton goal post.
“We played well and
hard and connected on
the field,” the coach said
afterwards. “You can’t ask
any more than that from
your players. Our team has
heart.”
The Lady Canes will
host Gulliver Prep at 4 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 21.
Runners do well at states
BY ERIC BASS
Free Press Staff
FLORIDA KEYS — Coral
Shores High School’s Collin
Dickerson and Key West
High’s Everett Wagner ran
to 25th and 15th place,
respectively, in the Florida
High School Athletic
Association Cross Country
Championships.
Dickerson’s time of
16:42.70 in the 5K event
broke the Coral Shores
school record he set the
week before at the regional
meet by 3 seconds.
Wagner completed the
race at 16:28.00 for the Key
West team he helped lead
to a 13th place overall team
finish at the state finals in
Tallahassee on Saturday.
The individual winner in
the race was Joel Lacy from
Calvary Christian with a
time of 15:48.30. Trinity
Preparatory School won
the 2A team title.
“This was a great finish to a great season for
Collin,” said Coral Shores’
cross country head coach
Mary Jo Fry.
The senior runner will
be looking forward to competing this spring for the
Hurricanes track and field
team.
MARATHON — Up 3-0
on Palmer Trinity at the
half, the Marathon High
School boys soccer team
could not sustain the lead
and allowed the Falcons to
pull off a 3-3 tie last Friday
night in the District 161A match at the Marathon
campus.
Dolphins Coach Jim
Murphy would have gladly taken a win, but he was
not unhappy with the tie.
“The sad thing is the 3-3
tie isn’t that disappointing.
It still felt good,” Murphy
said. “For the eight years
I’ve been coaching in
Marathon we’ve never
tied them. They’ve mercy
ruled us more times than
not.
“Out of the eight years,
they probably won our
district six times and
they’ve always advanced
to regionals. It was a solid
team.”
Murphy said the wind,
which picked up just after
the start of the match, was
a factor for both teams.
Marathon (1-1-2) had
the wind to their backs
in the first half, and the
Falcons had the wind
and momentum to their
backs in the second half,
Murphy said.
Murphy said his team’s
first three goals were due
to hustle.
“The first three goals
were because the forwards were sprinting back
and getting the ball before
it got to the half,” he said.
“They were shocked
because we’ve always
given them a little more
respect and we just went
at it. That’s how the first
three goals happened.”
The first goal went to
Dylan Zuanich on a cross
from brother Christian.
“That goal kind of
shocked everybody. There
was about 15 minutes in
the game and we were up
1-0,” Murphy said.
After the water break,
Hurricanes soccer team learning on the go
BY J.W. COOKE
Free Press Staff
PLANTATION
KEY
— After coming off a disappointing 2-0 loss at St.
Brendan last Thursday,
the Coral Shores High
boys soccer team was able
to get the offense going
Friday. But they could not
keep up with visiting Coral
Springs Charter in a 4-2
final.
“It’s a big learning curve
we are going to have to
overcome really quick,”
said Coral Shores coach
Jorge Bosque, whose team
has lost three straight.
The coach said the loss
Thursday was due to a pair
of headers that should
have not been allowed.
On Friday he inserted
a new formation that
sparked the offense behind
a pair of goals from Paul
Pauchey.
“We had a lot of looks
and a lot of situations
we could have scored,”
Bosque said. “In time, that
will come. We played a
really good team today so
I’m not worried about it.”
Coral Springs (2-1-1
overall) opened with two
goals, the first on a breakaway. The second came
when the Coral Shores
defense left an attacker
wide open for the score.
Pauchey converted the
first Hurricanes score on
a penalty kick that was set
up on a breakaway into
the box.
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two more goals before
Coral Shores (2-3) could
even the match, the final
goal coming on an owngoal that ricocheted off a
Hurricanes defender away
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Gonzalez scored the
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512.............................................Lots Upper Keys
Homes For Sale
513....................................................Timeshares
514.........................................Condos Lower Keys
516.................................... ...Condos Middle Keys
518.........................................Condos Upper Keys
520......................................... Homes Lower Keys
522........................................ Homes Middle Keys
524......................................... Homes Upper Keys
Commercial
526......................................Business Oppurtunity
528............................................Business Wanted
530...................................................Investments
532........................................... .Income Property
534...................................... Commercial Property
Other Real Estate
536...............................Lots & Acreage Lower Keys
REAL ESTATE
538.. ...........................Lots & Acreage Middle Keys
540...............................Lots & Acreage Upper Keys
Mobile Homes
502....................................................Lower Keys 542............................................Realty Elsewhere
504.................................. ................Middle Keys 544............................................... Realty Wanted
500
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
Do you want to make
a difference?
BABY’S COFFEE LLC
is hiring a FT/PT coffee
and food loving, team
oriented members. If
you have excellent
customer service,
barista, food service
background and a
flexible schedule apply
in person with a
resume to MM 15 US 1
CREDIT SERVICES
MANAGER
Keys Federal
Credit Union
Manages the risk and
collection activities
related to delinquent
consumer accounts
and real estate. Five
years collections/credit
experience required,
preferably in real
estate, foreclosure,
bankruptcy and
consumer collections.
Five years of
management
experience required.
HS diploma or
equivalent required;
BA preferred. Apply at:
www.keysfcu.org
Fax application to
305-293-6056. E.O.E.
ADULT
ENTERTAINERS,
ESCORTS AND
DANCERS NEEDED
Call 305-509-0423
for appointment.
No experience needed,
will train. Take home
lots of $$$ daily!
Get results now!
Advertise here!
Call 853-7277
ext. 12
Apply today and make Big $$$ tonight. Housing available.
Call Mr. Ford 305-664-4335
Immediate opening for a
Service Technician
Great Pay • Paid Holidays • Sick Pay
Medical Insurance • Paid Vacation
Apply in person
171 Hood Ave. MM 91.5 • Tavernier
305-852-2960 385550
Come Join Our Team!
• Banquet On-Call
• Bellman On-Call
CityView Trolley
Tours
Is seeking
*Full or Part Time
Trolley Tour Drivers
*with CDL class C
or higher
Passenger
endorsement
preferred. $10 per hour
to train, $13 per hour
plus tips after
certification. Drug and
alcohol-free workplace
Contact John at
305-896-9216 or apply
at 105 Whitehead St.
office to fill out
application.
DOUBLETREE
GRAND KEY
RESORT
3990 S.
Roosevelt Blvd.
Managed by Interstate
Hotels & Resorts
Is currently accepting
applications for:
385548
Autos/Trucks
610................... ............ .......................... Trucks
620.......................,............. ..........Autos For Sale
622................................................ SUVs For Sale
625................................................. Classic Autos
630................................................ Autos Wanted
640............................................... ..... Auto Parts
Recreation
650....................................................... Scooters
652...................................................Motorcycles
654............................ .................... Travel Trailers
658..........................................RVs/Motor Homes
661................................................. Marine Parts
662................................................... Powerboats
664...................................................... Sailboats
665...................................................Houseboats
667...................................................Misc. Boats
669...........................................Dockage/Storage
670........................................................ Aviation
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
• DANCERS • SERVERS • BARTENDER • SECURITY •
Tues-Sat Woody’s MM82
AUTOS/
600
TRANSPORTATION
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
Medicaid Eligibility and
Denial Solutions
(M.E.D.S.), seeks a
FT/PT candidate in
Key West, FL.
*Assist individuals with
Medicaid applications
BECOME A
onsite at a
POWERFUL
medical facility.
Voice for Abused
*Variable schedule
and Neglected
working between the
Children in Upper and
hours of 8am-8pm
Middle Keys
weekdays and some
Training Classes
Saturdays.
Forming now for
*Social service and/or
November
medical office
Contact Denis Hostler
background are +s.
at 305-295-3922
*Strong clerical skills a
must
BOOKKEEPER F/T
*Bilingual skill an
M-F, Must know
added bonus
QuickBooks and Excel,
*Competitive pay and
and have good
benefits (FT Only)
customer service skills.
Resumes to
Please apply in person
[email protected].
at 311 Margaret St.
EOE.
City View Trolley
Now accepting
application for Full &
Part Time Sales
Representatives.
Bilingual is a plus.
Apply at
105 Whitehead St.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
All word ad rates are placement fees and non-refundable (for Monroe County requires that Contractors that advertise must include
frequency days canceled). Ads may be removed from publication
their permanent certificate of competency number. If you have
with placement fee remaining.
questions concerning requirements, please call the Monroe County
Building Department at (305)292-4491.
Assistant Chief
Engineer
Requirements include;
a combination of five
to ten years'
experience in school
and hands
on work, HVAC skills
and must be able to
work a flexible
schedule.
To apply on-line,
please log onto
www.interstatehotels.com.
• Food Runner
Interstate Hotels &
Resorts is an EEO.
• Front Desk Agent
Driver / Yardworker
Overseas Lumber
Supply
Is now accepting
applications for
employment at our
Big Pine facility.
Applicant must have a
current Class B CDL
license, be able to
load/unload building
materials and work
daily outside. This
position is full time with
competitive pay and
excellent benefits.
Apply in person at
30251 Overseas Hwy,
Big Pine Key. EOE
F/T Maintenance
Key West Art &
Historical Society has
an immediate opening
for FT maintenance.
Must be multi-skilled,
reliable, positive, a
team player,
motivated, and able to
multi-task. Must be
able to pass a
background check, be
drug-free, and provide
3 references.
Competitive pay.
Health & dental
offered. Contact Jack
at 305-731-6604.
• Busser
• Dual License
Therapist
• Massage
Master Techs / Shop Foreman Needed!
Therapist
• Room Attendant
For more information, please visit www.cheeca.com
and select the Career link or call 305-517-4429 EOE
385576
KEY LARGO VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC.
385545
• Director of
Marketing and
eCommerce
385044
• Host
Riva Motorsports / Marine is looking for its
growing Marine divisions service department
Master Techs / Shop Foreman. We offer
a great work environment, 401k, paid
vacation / holidays, health ins. and great
pay that is commensurate with experience /
certifications. Send resume and work history
to [email protected] or apply in person
at 102550 Overseas Highway,
Mon-Sat 9-6pm.
HILTON KEY LARGO RESORT - F/T If you enjoy watersports
and hospitality, this job may be for you! You will represent us in the
Hilton Lobby, and you will also work at our beach desk. We require
smart appearance, good sales ability, and great communication
skills. If you are a “team player”, come and see us.
Great hourly pay, plus tips. Also, P/T Parasail Mate/beach
Application on website, pls submit in person at beach desk.
Tel: 305.852.4707
www.caribbeanwatersports.com/employment.html
Great Employment opportunity
in Key Largo!
385043
C
Key Largo Volunteer Fire Department,
Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
and a Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug
Free Workplace.
Of Ocean Reef is now interviewing
for the following positions:
Driver/Yard
Worker
Parts Clerk - Experience Necessary
Inventory & Receiving Clerk
Ships Store - Seasonal Position
Service - Outboard Technician
Service - Boat Detailer
Forest Tek Lumber
Please e-mail resume to
[email protected]
is now accepting applications
for employment at our
Tavernier facility.
Carrier
Applicant must have a current
Class B CDL license, be
able to load/unload building
materials and work daily
outside. This position is full
time with competitive pay and
excellent benefits.
Apply in person at:
88521 Overseas Highway,
Tavernier
Ask for Mike.
E.O.E
385045
LAS SALINAS
CONDOMINIUM
Accepting applications
for security officer by
appointment only.
Requires current FL
class D license/abilty
to obtain with 90 days.
Hourly rate, based
on training and
experience, clear
communication skills a
must, maturity a plus,
eligible candidates
please call Rocco
for appointments
305-395-0770
LEGAL SECRETARY/
PARALEGAL
Established Key West
law firm has an
immediate need for a
positive, enthusiastic
paralegal to join our
team and assist
attorneys in family and
criminal law. Individual
must have strong
written and verbal
communication skills
and the ability to
multi-task with
accuracy. The
candidate should excel
in the following
responsibilities:
reception/phone,
calendaring, E-filing,
transcription, and
documents/file
management. Must
have excellent
computer skills,
proficient in Microsoft
Office programs, and
legal office experience.
Salary based on
experience/education.
Please provide resume
to [email protected]
MARINE MECHANIC
To work with
maintenance team in
the Sanctuary. $38k/yr.
For details/to apply
visit careers.fiu.edu
Opening ID 508762
EOE
NEXCOM
is looking for people to
serve our military! PT
and Flex positions
available at our
Sigsbee & Trumbo
locations. Barber
Shop, Mini-Mart,
Maintenance,
Housekeeping &
Cashier Depts.
Excellent Benefits for
FT/PT. Visit us as
www.NavyExchange.jobs
for details.
Call Maj Johnson at
305-292-7200 x 122
with questions.
385526
urrently has openings for individuals
interested in volunteering for ACTIVE
COMBAT VOLUNTEER
FIREFIGHTER opportunities. Potential
candidates must be Florida State Certified
Firefighter I or Firefighter II, and be willing
to undergo all required pre-employment
background and drug screening. Candidates
must also be willing to participate in a threepart evaluation process which includes a
physical ability test (PAT), a 25 question written
test, and an oral interview. This opportunity
requires that selected candidates be able to
schedule themselves for at least 72 hours of station
shift duty
(in 12 hour shift blocks) per month.
Interested parties should contact Linda
Newman at Key Largo Volunteer Fire
Department at 305-451-2700 or by stopping
by the Key Largo Volunteer Fire Station No. 24
located at the intersection of Overseas Highway
and 1 East Drive in Key Largo, in order to obtain
an application.
Applications will be accepted up to
Thursday, December 11, 2014,
5:00 p.m.
Firefighter testing and oral
interviews will be held on Saturday,
December 13, 2014, at 9 a.m. at
the Key Largo Fire Station Number
24 located at the intersection of
Overseas Highway and 1 East
Drive at the 100 mile marker and
flashing stoplight in Key Largo.
FT/PT FRONT DESK
POSITION
Small Guesthouse.
Hourly wage plus
commission.
Apply in person at
916 Elizabeth St.
The Key West Citizen needs
excellent newspaper carriers
to deliver newspapers each
morning. The perfect candidates
must have attention to detail and
a positive attitude toward giving
the customer a great experience.
Areas are available from Key West
to Key Largo.
For more information and to apply in
person, contact Claudia Harrell at
The Key West Citizen
3420 Northside Dr,
Key West, FL 33040
No phone calls please.
398029
PART TIME
JEWELRY SALES
5% commission plus
hourly wage
Sales experience
required
4:30 to 9:30 PM,
any night
FULL TIME
RETAIL SALES
Any day, any shift
FULL TIME RETAIL
SUPERVISOR
Any day, any shift
PART TIME RETAIL
SUPERVISOR
4:30 to 9:30 PM,
any night
We also have
SEASONAL PART
TIME RETAIL SALES
4:30 to 9:30 PM,
any night
Apply online to:
www.historictours.com
Tropical Shell & Gift
Local Applicants Only
EOE/DFW
Florida Keys Free Press • Nov. 19, 2014 •
PIER HOUSE
Looking for can
do attitude!
Engineer
FT/PT-Front Desk
Server
Busser
Food Runner
Beach Attendant
Spa Agent
Reservationist
Email your resume to
[email protected]
or stop by 1 Duval St.
to complete an
application
EOE
POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
at
*WESTIN KEY WEST*
*SUNSET KEY*
*WEATHER
STATION*
*BANANA BAY*
and *BAYSIDE INN*
Westin
*Restaurant Manager
* Maintenance Staff
* PM Houseman
*Pressure Washer
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
432 UNFURNISHED
APTS. UPPER KEYS
446 WANTED TO RENT
LOWER KEYS
P/T HOUSEKEEPING
At Old Wooden Bridge
in Big Pine Key.
Must have excellent
cleaning ability and
attention to detail.
Must have own
transportation & able
to work weekends.
Drug free workplace.
Previous applicants
need not apply. Please
apply in person.
MM 102.8, 1BD APT
Good for single, clean
quiet area. Fresh paint
W/D avail. $990/mo,
F/L/S 305-395-1502
1 BEDROOM
APARTMENT
WANTED
Old Town , long
tern lease 1-4 years
plus . Retired female
professor with 15
pound pup. Both
apartment- raised.
Negotiable.
850-837-6446.
240 HELP WANTED
UPPER KEYS
DRIVERS: $5,000
SIGN-ON BONUS!
Great Pay! Consistent
Freight, Great Miles on
this Regional Account.
Werner Enterprises:
1-855-517-2488
EXP ELECTRICIAN
WANTED
Good pay, DL Req.
Also, Electircal helper
wanted. Exp. preferred
DL Req.
305-664-4354
EXP. FRONT DESK
Clerk. Fulltime.
Responsible, reliable,
Sunset Key
clean cut. Must be
*Retail Sales Assoicate
computer literate &
Part-Time
have basic bookkeep*Painter
ing knowledge. Good
*Restaurant Host
English communication
*Houseman
skills; understanding of
*Spa Receptionist
Spanish German, or
*Spa Esthetician
French will be a plus.
Pick up an app at
+ Previous applicants
Creekside Inn, 90611
need not apply again.
Old Highway or
+ Application hours
Tavernier Creek
are from 9am-3:30pm
Marina, MM 90.8
+Can also apply
HIRING EXP. COOKS
on-line to:
Exp Bartenders &
hr@westinkeywest
Waitstaff. Apply in
resort.com
person. MM 99.9
Drug Free Work Place
Snooks Bayside, next
An Equal Opportunity
to Bayside Inn
Employer
305-453-5004
Apply in Person
HOUSEKEEPING
245 Front Street,
in Ocean Reef.
Key West, FL 33040
Background check req.
Tel: 305-294-4000
Owner Rental Group
Fax: 305-292-4348
305-367-2036
SEBAGO
LABORERS,
WATERSPORTS
CARPENTERS,
Now accepting
Carpenter helpers, &
applications for
Working Foremen
full & part time front
needed. Pls Call
desk/reservationalist
305-852-4185
($13/hour)
Must be available
MECHANIC
Monday-Sunday
Small engine exp.
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
helpful but not
Apply in-person at
necessary. P/T or F/T ,
205 Elizabeth St. or
long term employment
send resumes to
for the right person.
[email protected]
305-852-0600
TELLER
Keys Federal
Credit Union
At least one year
customer service and
cash handling
experience, and
excellent 10-key
skills required.
HS diploma or
equivalent required.
Spanish fluency
preferred. Apply at
www.keysfcu.org.
Fax application to
305-293-6056. E.O.E.
The Inn At Key West
*Lobby Ambassador
*Front Desk Agent
*Housekeeping
Supervisor
*Housekeeper
*Houseman
*Cook
*Server
*Lead Engineer
Complete application
at 3420 N. Roosevelt
Blvd.or email:
justinclark
@theinnatkeywest.com
EOE
SEAFOOD MARKET
SALES PERSON
Must be able to read &
write English. Be
personable & customer
svc. oriented. Must be
timely & able to work
weekends. Please
apply in person.
1313 Ocean Bay Dr.
Key Largo
440 UNFURN. HOUSES
LOWER KEYS
All real estate
advertising in
this newspaper
is subject to the
Federal Fair Housing Act of
1968 which makes it illegal
to advertise “any preference,
limitation or discrimination
based on race, color, religion,
sex or national origin, or an
intention to make any such
preference limitation or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept
any advertising for real estate
which is in violation or the
law. Our readers are hereby
informed that all dwellings
advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal
opportunity basis.
352007
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CUSTOMERS:
Don’t deal with traffic
or severe weather,
just pick up the phone!
Most classified
advertising can be
placed over the phone.
Call today.
853-7277
ext. 12
PLANNING YOUR
TRIP TO KEY WEST?
Historic Hideaways
has been providing
customers with
Vacation Rentals for
25 years. Rent a
private home or condo
w/ pool for the same
price as a hotel.
Weekly, monthly
or longer.
Visit us in person at:
1109 Duval Street or
HistoricHideaways.com
or call at
800-654-5131.
Full service property
management.
460 COMMERCIAL
RENTALS
GREAT
OPPORTUNITY
Commercial space
available half block
off Duval. Great for
Offices, Retail or a
Gallery. Over 4,500
sq’ft plus residential.
Call Danny Sanchez,
C-21 All Keys
305-896-7253,
534 COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY
Commercial For Sale
Search All Key West
and FL Keys
Commercial RE and
Businesses For Sale at
www.KeysRealEstate.com
803 Whitehead St.
2 Spaces for lease.
450 SF each
Armory Building600 White St.
Downstairs space
available- 3,510 SF
Turn Key Night Club
For Sale or Lease.
Strong numbers
Famous Key West
Restaurant
RE & Biz for sale. Turn
key, 150 seats, 2 bars,
ask price below
appraised value
3845 Seaside Dr.
3 Commerical Units in
Seaside Commuity.
Free Standing Bldg
509 Whitehead St.
2 Com Units/
2 Res Units. For Sale
or Lease Offices.
Fully remodeled
534 COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY
540 LOTS & ACREAGE
UPPER KEYS
Big Pine KeyMix-Use Property
Office and 2 apts.
Large pool
Key West
Shopping Center
Space Available in all
major shopping
centers from
800 SF - 11,450 SF
Contact Claude J.
Gardner, Jr. or
Will Langley
305-766-3133,
Prudential Knight &
Gardner Realty
# 1 in KEY WEST
commercial sales and
lease volume in 2013
and for the last 10
years combined.
KEY LARGO LOT
O/S MM 99.5 w/active
permits for 2,400 sq.ft.
4/3 home, 66’ dock
$175,000
786-247-4717 or
[email protected]
620 AUTOS FOR SALE
‘06 Madza 3
Hatchback Loaded
sunroof, leather & bose
sound system. 80,000
miles one owner
$6,000 305-797-1019
KEYSWIDE
CLASSIFIED
853-7277 x 12
654 TRAVEL TRAILERS
2005 6’X12’TRAILER
Single axel, side door
and rear ramp door.
$1,000 815-228-4650.
669 DOCKAGE/
STORAGE
Oceanside 50’ Slip
$800/mo. plus utilities.
Available for long term
lease. Call Jim
305-587-5411
DEEPWATER
Dockage & Storage
MM 85.9 85970 O/S
Hwy 305-517-9605
[email protected]
UP TO 85’
LIVEABOARD DOCK
Oceanside Marina,
$950 /mo. plus utilities.
Call 305-587-1140.
Claire Johnson, PA
(305) 731-4602
ClaireJohnson-Realtor.com
Understanding your real estate
goals is my top priority.
Putting the Real Back in Real Estate
464 STORAGE
STORAGE
Industrial Warehouses. Sizes vary.
Storage Containers
On our site or yours.
Call (305)294-0277
520 HOMES
LOWER KEYS
BRAND NEW
OCEANFRONT
Baypoint. 3BR/2BA,
Call for details.
305-923-4153.
BRAND NEW
WATERFRONT
Big Coppitt Key.
3BR/2BA, Call for
details. 305-923-4153.
524 HOMES
UPPER KEYS
LEGAL 2 FAMILY
CB Home. Concrete
roof, x-zone, Two 1BD
Apts. Can deliver
vacant. Very good
Cond. Fresh paint.
Boat ramp avail.
Owner Broker.
$299,750.
305-395-1502
We are the Real Rapid Response team:
Put our 30 years+ experience to work for you!
Bert Jimenez
US COINS,
currency, Old Pennies,
& Unwanted or Broken
Gold & Silver Jewelry.
private collector.
Pays top $!!!
305-743-5780
(305) 304-4588
Broker-Associate
Carolyn Jimenez
(305) 304-9638
Associate
[email protected]
345 APPLIANCES
www.SearchFloridaKeys.com
385543
432 UNFURNISHED
APTS. UPPER KEYS
STUDIO APT
FOR RENT. Key Largo
$700/mo Util. Incl.
F/S, Roberto,
New World Realty.
305-951-7666
Your ad looks good in print!
Why not advertise?!
Place your ad with me
& get results
Habitat for Humanity has a
Donations are tax deductible.
Call or Email
Tania Mattson
for all of your
Classified
& Service
Directory needs.
Call Michele at 305-453-7855
305-853-7277
Located at
mm98.9
in the
median
Accepting gently used furniture
To schedule a pick up or to volunteer at our ReStore.
Ext. 12 or
384967
Open Mon. – Fri. 10am – 5pm • Sat. 9am – 2pm
INVEST
in Real Estate
8% return with security
&1st. mortgage. Paul
Bates 305-522-9449
Xcellence Realty Inc.
327 JEWELRY
ELECTRIC DRYER
Good Condition. $125
786-247-4717
452 VACATION RENTALS
LOWER KEYS
530 INVESTMENTS
385525
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
11B
385028
[email protected]
Deadline Fridays by Noon
385521
Attention Home Owner:
Last week more than 70,000 people read either the Key West Citizen or the Florida
Keys Free Press. Was your home in our publications? If not, you missed 90% of the
people either living in or visiting
in the Florida Keys.
If you want your home to be seen
by the largest number of people,
then ask your Realtor why your
home wasn’t in the number one
publications in the Keys. Or call
us and we’ll introduce your home
to our loyal readers.
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Contractors
385027
SEWER CONNECTIONS
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*Pressure Cleaning
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Lawn Care
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NOW ACCEPTING
385040
G & S LANDSCAPING
Marine Repair & Rigging
Dockside Service
Waverunners & Jetboats
Henry Panse
305-852-4320 or
Cell: 305-451-7850
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385033
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305-664-1233
Contractor # SP 4017
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385025
385038
Computer Services
Repairs
CHAGO LAWN
MAINTENANCE
SERVICE
Frame Repair
I like to keep my
customers satisfied
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Call for a FREE Estimate
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305-292-1880
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• Web Site Design
• Internet Advertising
• Search Engine Marketing
• Google Certified Partner
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New Screen Rooms
Complete
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305-394-2430
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Tommy Todd
Cooke Communications
[email protected]
305-292-7777
664-9243
License # SP1993
385042
“The Termite Professionals”
Roberto (Bob) Lozano
Manager
104616 Overseas Hwy #2
Key Largo, FL 33037
Key West: 305.294.8770 • Tavernier: 305.852.0099
Dade: 305.234.5122 • Key Largo: 305.451.1105
Fax: 305.451.1107
Email: [email protected]
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Lawn Care
385034
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385021
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305-522-0487
305-394-2045
384750
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