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Commercial mahi fishery closes
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
FLORIDA
KEYS
—
Soon fresh-caught local
mahi-mahi won’t be served
in Florida Keys restaurants,
at least for the remainder of
the year.
Eateries will soon begin
outsourcing the popular
dinner fish, after the NOAA
Fisheries last week closed
the commercial dolphin
season early for the first
time on record.
The fishery closed June
24, but commercial fishermen were given a one-week
emergency extension so
boats still at sea could get
back to market with their
catch.
Any other mahi being
served will most likely be
imported from elsewhere in
the Caribbean. The closure
does not affect recreational
dolphin fishing.
Ulysses Perdomo, who
owns a fish market on
Plantation Key, said his
business will see a bit of a
setback.
“We love getting in fresh
mahi,” he said. “People
want to know the catch is
coming in from our waters.”
In the Keys, mahi has long
been the catch-of-the-day
as sandwiches and entrees
on most menus.
Florida Keys Commercial
Fishermen’s Association
President Bill Kelly said the
majority of restaurants in
Monroe County take advantage of the local catch and
will be hurt by the closure.
In writing to Roy Crabtree,
Southeast regional administrator for NOAA Fisheries,
Kelly protested the agency’s
closure along the east coast,
but his concerns appear to
have fallen on deaf ears.
“A commercial closure at
the height of the dolphin
season will only increase
dependence on foreign
imports when a healthy and
sustainable fishery exists up
and down the Atlantic coast
line,” Kelly wrote. “Please
give every consideration to
emergency action to remedy this needless closure.”
Crabtree declined to take
steps to keep the season
open, saying the closure is
See DOLPHIN, page 7A
Report: Sea rise
has big price tag
for nation’s parks
HOLLY SALVATO/Contributed
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
The Bartram’s scrub-hairstreak
is only found in the pine rockland communities of Big Pine
Key and the Everglades.
Free Press Staff
Burning to
save pineland
butterfly
BY ROBERT SILK
Free Press Contributor
See BUTTERFLY, page 9A
CONTRIBUTED
Jeff Bennett, a Big Pine Key resident, volunteers with the non-profit organization Pilots N
Paws to fly animals at risk of euthanasia to other adoption homes and shelters across the
United States.
Pilot takes flight to
save at-risk animals
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
BIG PINE KEY — Each
year 2.7 million cats and
dogs are euthanized in
the U.S., according to
the American Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. A local pilot
though, through a South
Carolina-based non-profit, is carrying out his part
with other do-gooders
to slowly decrease those
numbers.
Jeff Bennett, a 56-yearold retiree living in Big
Pine Key, has been volun-
INDEX
teering with Pilots N Paws
since he unexpectedly
came across the organization’s advertisement in
an airplane magazine 17
years ago.
The organization, started in 1998, acts as a virtual meeting place for those
looking to rescue and
transport animals on the
brink of euthanasia.
“I’m saving lives, “Jeff
Bennett said. “It’s as simple as that.”
The
process
has
Bennett, a certified pilot
since 1995, logging into a
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web-based posting board
where he and other volunteers can pick-andchoose between animal
transports across the U.S.
based on location and
dates. The transfers, he
said, typically involve flying animals from a crowded rural shelter, which
has no viable room and
ultimately resorts to euthanizing unwanted animals, and delivering them
to rescues and societies
equipped to handle specific breeds.
See PILOT, page 11A
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Horoscope .................................. 9B
See REPORT, page 3A
Thomas steps aside
as fire district chair
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — Key Largo
Fire-Emergency Medical
Services District Board
Chairman Bob Thomas
vacated his honorary position, at least for the next
couple of months, following
a diagnosis of throat cancer
on June 2.
Thomas, though, will
remain an active commis-
Opinion .................................... 11A
Sports & Recreation ................6-7B
sioner
on
the
d i s t r i c t’s
board.
“I will
still be on
the telep h o n e
Thomas
for every
meeting,”
Thomas
told the Free Press Monday
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BIG PINE KEY — Key
Deer National Wildlife
Refuge officials are hoping
an increase in prescribed
burns will help save an
endangered butterfly.
The Bartram’s scrub-hairstreak, a small gray butterfly streaked with white and
splotched with copper, is
only found in the pine rockland communities of Big
Pine Key and the Everglades.
Over the past 20 years
the Bartram’s numbers
have declined precipitously within the refuge as the
abundance of its host plant,
a flowering shrub called
pineland croton, has also
diminished.
Suppression of the wildfires that would clear pine
rocklands of large foliage,
leaving breathing room for
smaller shrubs like croton,
is the prime suspect in the
Bartram’s demise, and also
a cause of an overall downgrade in the quality of the
pine rockland habitat within the refuge.
Ultimately, the slash pines
SOUTH
FLORIDA
— Projected sea-level rise
caused by climate change
seriously threatens $40
billion worth of park
infrastructure across the
U.S., including more than
$725 million in assets at
Everglades and Biscayne
national parks, according to
a new report issued by the
Department of the Interior.
“The report released last
week allows the [National
Park Service] to begin to
define the potential impacts
to assets from sea-level rise
so that we can plan for stewardship of and visitor access
to these national treasures,”
NPS representative Rebecca
Beavers told the Free Press
last week. “With limited
financial resources, careful
consideration of the likely
impacts from sea-level rise
will allow the NPS to implement a variety of coastal
adaptation strategies.”
Beavers serves as the
coastal adaption to climate change coordinator
for NPS. She, along with a
handful of scientists from
NPS and Western Carolina
University, compiled the
report.
Released June 23, the
report covers 40 parks located on the east and west
coasts as well as the Gulf of
Mexico. And that, according
to the Interior Department,
is only about a third of
the 118 parks threatened
by 1 meter, or 3.28 feet, of
sea-level rise.
2A • July 1, 2015 • Florida Keys Free Press
UP FRONT
Proposal stresses need for rate study
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
SOUTH FLORIDA —
Another proposed windstorm insurance rate
increase for Florida Keys
and coastal South Florida
property owners is adding
more urgency to completion of a local study to better determine if rates are
accurate.
Citizens
Property
Insurance Corp., Florida’s
insurer of last resort, has
proposed 8.6 to 10.2 percent rate increases for
single-family and condo
owners in Monroe, Palm
Beach, Broward and MiamiDade, despite several years
without a hurricane or tropical storm striking South
Florida.
The Keys-based Fair
Insurance Rates in Monroe
is working on a $485,000
study to determine if
Citizens’ rates in the Keys
are accurate.
Citizens will formally
submit the proposed rates
in July to the state Office
of Insurance Regulation
for approval. The office
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by the end of September,
it will approve or deny
Citizens’ proposed rate. The
rate would go into effect in
February 2016, according
to the Office of Insurance
Regulation.
Citizens board voted
unanimously last week to
increase the rates in coastal
areas.
“Every year, Citizens’
actuaries calculate rates
based on the same methodology used by insurance
companies all over the
world, which compares
potential risk to the ability
to pay claims,” Chairman of
Citizens Board of Governors
Chris Gardner said in a
prepared statement. “We
are focused on maintaining a transparent process
that both the public and
the Office of Insurance
Regulation can appreciate.”
The overall increase is
being fueled by a continued
spike in water loss claims
in southeast Florida and
the fact that most coastal
policies with nearly identical rates have found coverage with private market
insurance
companies,
Citizens officials said in a
press release.
However, there has not
been a major hurricane in
South Florida since 2005.
South Florida has only been
brushed with a handful of
smaller tropical storms and
depressions.
“I don’t think they realize just how onerous windstorm rates have become,”
Key West resident Connie
Groth said. “It’s like paying a
second mortgage. The rates
are going up exponentially
each year.”
The continual increases in windstorm rates are
making the Keys no longer
affordable for many people,
Groth said.
Keys property owners
have been hit with windstorm rate increases since
2006, when the local grassroots group FIRM successfully lobbied state officials
to deny Citizens request for
an increase, which resulted
in $75 million in savings to
Keys residents when totaled
since then, FIRM board
president Mel Montagne
said.
“I really support [FIRM’s]
effort,” Groth said. “I will
be writing them a check [in
support].”
Each year, FIRM representatives travel to the
Citizens rate hearings before
the Office of Insurance
Regulation in Tallahassee
to lobby against the continued rate increases, arguing the the Citizens models
are not accurate because
they don not take into
account Monroe County’s
strict building code and the
work people have done to
strengthen their homes and
mitigate against wind and
flood damage.
However, the Office of
Insurance Regulation has
approved Citizens request
for rate increases in the Keys
for the past several years.
Last year, state regulators
approved an 8.1 percent
increase for Keys homeowners and 10.5 increase
the previous year.
“It squeezes many people
out of the Keys,” Islamorada
homeowner Kris Gustinger
said. “It almost doubles
my mortgage payment. I
am refinancing my home
because of it. Thankfully, I
can. Many people can’t.”
Citizens provides windstorm insurance coverage
for 91 percent of Florida
Keys homes and business.
The $485,000 study is
designed to show that the
county’s strict building code
requirements have resulted
in structures that are stronger than in other parts of the
state and thus represent less
of a risk for insurance providers, according to FIRM
board member and County
Commissioner
Heather
Carruthers.
The study, which was
paid for by Citizens, could
be used to lure a private
company to insure the Keys,
or it could convince Citizens
to reduce or cap its rates.
The data will identify
characteristics that show
a structure can withstand
hurricane-force winds, calculate damage attributable
to storm surge, estimate the
exposure in the Keys and
evaluate alternatives for
insuring Monroe County’s
windstorm risk.
Calculating the damage
and gathering the information required engineers to
inspect roughly 700 Keys
homes, which has been
completed. Engineers are
currently analyzing that
data.
“These
unwarranted
increases are why we are
conducting the study,”
Montagne said. “Their
catastrophe data is flawed.
That is the main thrust of
our argument.”
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Free Press Staff
U.S.
Congressmen
Carlos Curbelo and Patrick
Murphy have introduced
a flood insurance bill that
would provide economic
relief to an important and
large segment of the Florida
Keys’ population: second
homeowners and rental
property owners.
Curbelo, a South Florida
Republican who represents
the Keys, and Murphy, a
Democrat from Miami,
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second homes and rental
properties in coastal areas.
“Often times, these rental properties not only serve
as primary income for the
landlords, but also provide
reasonably priced housing for the workforce in
our coastal communities,”
Curbelo said. “This bill is
critical to South Florida,
especially Monroe County
and the residents living in
the Florida Keys. It’s important that we protect the real
estate market and small
businesses of hard-working
Americans everywhere.”
Last year, Congress
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Vibrio infections extremely rare
BY GWEN FILOSA
Free Press Staff
Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium that lives in warm
saltwater, has killed two
and sickened six others
in Florida so far in 2015,
the Florida Department of
Health reported last week.
But it’s not a “flesh-eating” bacteria and infections are extremely rare,
state health officials stated
after an onslaught of online
reports they called inaccurate.
“Florida’s beaches and
water are safe to enjoy
responsibly; risk of infection is minimal if you take
proper precautions,” the
health department said.
Vibrio vulnificus doesn’t
pose a risk to a normally
healthy person free of open
Report
Continued from page 1A
The projected level of rise,
according to the report, is
expected to occur over the
next 100 and 150 years with
slight variations depending
on each site.
In the report Everglades
National Park is listed as
having 493 structures and
other resources, which constitute 100 percent of its
assets, at a high risk to longterm sea-level rise because
of its low elevation and vulnerability to tropical storms.
The estimated replacement
value for the entire park
comes in at more than $657
million.
cuts or wounds who swims
in Florida’s coastal waters,
state officials said.
Symptoms include gastrointestinal sickness, fever
or shock following a meal
of raw oysters or a swim in
seawater while sporting a
cut or open wound.
Those who recover from
the acute illness, however, should not expect any
long-term consequences,
said the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention,
which also found no evidence that the infection
can be passed from person-to-person.
Mild cases of vibrio
infection can cause vomiting, diarrhea or abdominal
pain.
State health officials said
the misinformation about
vibrio began May 29 after
their release of their annual
warning about vibrio infection, complete with a new
webpage for the health hazard on floridahealth.gov.
“During
the
summer months, the Florida
Department of Health sees
an increase in reports of
infections due to vibrio
vulnificus,” the statement
began, under a headline
that included the words
“potential health threat.”
The naturally occurring
bacterium can infect people through skin wounds
and consumption of raw
seafood, particularly oysters. Those with compromised immune systems are
most vulnerable to developing life-threatening conditions.
About 100 people in the
U.S. die each year from all
The two highest replacement values, of the 493
assets, were given to
Flamingo Route 10 road
at over $54 million and
Buttonwood Canal at
almost $42.5 million. The
majority of the other assets’
replacement value amounts
came in at under $1 million
apiece.
Assets are described in
the report as buildings, utilities, roads, trails and the
ground.
The figures also don’t take
into account a loss of tourist
income due to potentially
diminished infrastructure.
Biscayne National Park
is in a very similar boat,
according to the report.
It is listed as having
68 structures and other
resources, which is also
100 percent of its assets,
at a high risk to long-term
sea-level rise because of the
same factors. The estimated replacement value for
the entire park comes in at
almost $68 million.
The highest replacement
value, of the 68 assets, was
given to the lighthouse
at over $20 million. The
majority of the other assets’
replacement value amounts
came in at $1.5 million or
less.
“The NPS is entrusted
with stewardship of resources and assets within the NPS
units,” Beavers said. “When
threats to these resources
and assets are recognized,
types of vibrio infections,
the CDC said.
In the Florida Keys, vibrio has not been deemed
a health hazard by local
health officials.
“There is no outbreak or
anything like that, but it
is in the water,” said Jean
Barber, a registered nurse
and nursing program specialist in disease prevention at the Monroe County
office of the state health
department. “It’s a natural
bacteria in the water, especially in warm water.”
Summer brings the
warmest seawater and
therefore the highest risk
of the year for vibrio vulnificus, which infects the
bloodstream. Almost 85
percent of infections happen between May and
October, the CDC reports.
Vibrio is rare, “but it is
also underreported,” the
CDC says. Between 1988
and 2006, the federal agency received reports of more
than 900 vibrio infections
from the Gulf Coast states,
where most cases occur.
Still, the CDC reported
that a recent study showed
people with chronic liver
disease and other pre-existing medical conditions
were 80 times more likely to
develop a vibrio vulnificus
bloodstream infection than
healthy people.
Vibrio infections develop
fast, Barber said.
“Get to a doctor,” she
said, if anyone develops
an unusual skin infection.
“There are antibiotics that
can treat it. It can be a scary
one.”
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MONROE COUNTY —
The Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission
last week approved changing the minimum size
limit for greater amberjack
caught in Gulf of Mexico
state waters from 30 inches
to 34 inches fork length.
The length is measured
from the tip of the lower
jaw to the center of the fork
in the tail. This change will
make state-water regulations in the gulf consistent
with pending federal regulation changes and will go
into effect after federal regulations are approved.
Recent stock assessments
have indicated that greater amberjack in the Gulf
of Mexico are overfished,
which means the population is unsustainable.
the NPS must carefully consider the potential impacts
and plan accordingly.”
Dry Tortugas National
Park, located almost 70
miles west of Key West in
the Gulf of Mexico, will be
covered in a second report
by NPS encompassing
another 30 parks threatened
by sea-level rise. The report,
according to Beavers, is currently in review and will be
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE/Contributed
released later this summer.
Marshlands
transition
into
a
saltwater
environment in this aerial
bbowden@keysnews.
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of
Everglades
National
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County, district still on track with swap
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — The
Florida Keys found out last
week that it will not be the
recipient of $50 million in
state-funded sewer project
monies.
It’s the first time in three
years the cards have fallen
this way in the state budget.
But despite the lack
of funding, a multimillion-dollar swapping agreement between Monroe
County and the Key Largo
Wastewater
Treatment
District remains intact.
“It is still moving forward,” district General
Manager Paul Christian told
the Free Press last week.
The agreement would
send the district’s restricted
state Mayfield Grant funds
to the county, which can be
used toward the completion of the Cudjoe Regional
sewer project, in exchange
for unrestricted county
monies that can be applied
to paying down the district’s
sewer construction debt.
The district has already
been appropriated $17 mil-
lion in funds from the grant
from 2014. And Christian
said while those funds haven’t been handed over to
the district yet, the county
would receive them as soon
as they do. A timetable of
when those funds would be
received, though, is still up
in the air.
The subsequent grant
payments the district was
expecting to receive and
hand over to the county, for
2015 and 2016, is where the
situation gets sticky.
Grant funding for this
year, which was expected
to total $12.5 million, was
not approved in the state
budget last week and therefore won’t be received by the
district as planned.
Christian, however, was
hopeful the money would
be part of next year’s budget and referred to the $12.5
million payment as “in
limbo.”
He said the lack of funding in the budget came as
quite a shock to everybody,
but reiterated the agreement with the county was
not time sensitive and is still
good to go after speaking
with County Administrator
Roman Gastesi and other
officials.
“We’ll adjust,” Christian
said. “And we’ll make it
work.”
While the agreement
between both entities
applies to the first two
installments, there’s an
option down the road for a
third payment of $13.5 million to be swapped as well.
Christian said the $17
million swap with the county will be a big first step to
paying down the district’s
$19 million debt. And the
Authorities charge pair
in scuba diver’s death
BY GWEN FILOSA
Free Press Staff
A tourist’s drowning in
2011 on a scuba trip in Key
Largo has led to a federal
charge of involuntary manslaughter for the charter
boat’s owners, according to
an indictment unsealed last
week by the U.S. Attorney’s
Office in Miami.
Christopher
Jones,
50, and Alison Gracey,
47, both of the United
Kingdom, were arrested
June 5 in St. Maarten by
Dutch authorities, based on
a previously sealed indictment first made public
Tuesday, June 23.
The indictment accuses Jones and Gracey, who
owned the commercial dive
boat Get Wet, of involuntary manslaughter and one
count each of making a false
official statement.
“The alleged unlawful and careless manner
in which the defendants
operated the boat caused
the death of an individual scuba diver,” said U.S.
Attorney Wilfredo Ferrer,
of the Southern District of
Florida, in a statement.
Jones is additionally
charged with one count of
violating the federal seaman’s manslaughter statute. The indictment states
that his “fraud, neglect,
misconduct and violation
did destroy the life of Aimee
Rhoads.”
Aimee
Rhoads,
36,
of Federal Way, Wash.,
drowned Dec. 18, 2011,
while trapped in the hull
after the boat capsized near
Molasses Reef during a
scuba diving trip, according
to the Coast
Guard.
T h e
thee-page
indictment
notes that
the allegations
Rhoads
of
manslaughter
are “without malice” but squarely
blames Rhoads’ death on
the boat owners, saying
they operated the charter
“in an unlawful manner,
and without due caution
and circumspection.”
Jones and Gracey, who
in 2011 lived in the Keys,
left the country after the
fatality, prosecutors said. A
federal grand jury in Miami
returned a sealed indictment on Oct. 18, 2012, and
the document remained
unopened until after their
arrests.
The case was assigned to
U.S. Judge James Lawrence
King in Key West.
Interpol arrested Jones
and Gracey on June 5 in
the area of Cole Bay on St.
Maarten, according to the
SMN news website. The pair
were identified only by their
initials in the report, which
said they had been living
and working on the Dutch
side of the island since the
beginning of 2015.
Also, the indictment
accuses the pair of lying
about the boat’s ownership
in February 2011 to the U.S.
Coast Guard National Vessel
Documentation Center.
If convicted, Jones faces
up to 10 years in prison
while Gracey could receive
eight years.
Rhoads, who left a husband and 3-year-old daugh-
ter, was one of two divers
trapped below deck on the
dive vessel. She was pronounced dead by paramedics at John Pennekamp
Coral Reef State Park,
while another diver, Amit
Rampurkar, was critically
hurt but survived.
The 24.5-foot vessel
had just left a mooring at
Molasses Reef and was
powering up when the boat
began taking on water,
capsized and sank, trapping customers in the forward cabin, according to
reports by the Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation
Commission.
In 2013, Coast Guard
Investigative
Service
Resident in Charge Paul
Shultz said an investigation showed the Get Wet
had failed a Coast Guard
passenger vessel inspection.
Rather than address the
safety problems, Shultz
said, the boat’s owners
dropped the larger license
that allowed them to carry
more than six passengers
and opted for what is known
as a six-pack license.
The fatal boat trip was
Rhoads’ first time scuba
diving, according to her
husband, who has posted
an online blog about his
family’s experience since
days after her death.
“No matter how much
time they do, it won’t be
enough to make up for
Aimee’s loss,” Pat Rhoads
wrote in a blog posted June
12. “While I do hope for justice, that is part of their life’s
path, not mine. Whether or
not they go to jail impacts
them, not me.”
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district’s board of commissioners, at a meeting in
June, unanimously agreed
to devote at least 90 percent
of the funds received from
the county toward debt payments.
Ratepayers, Christian
said, will save around $106
on their bills per home or
equivalent dwelling unit per
year once the majority of
the $17 million is applied to
the debt. The figure equates
to a savings of almost $9 a
month.
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com
MYSTERY
FISH KILL
A large number
of dead fish and
crustaceans began
turning up over the
weekend in the
Heron Road canal
and adjacent canals
near mile marker
95.4, oceanside.
Sanctuary officials
said Monday they
had received no
calls on the matter.
MARK HALL/Contributed
flow of slated agenda items.
Thomas and Allen were
both elected as commissioners on the board in late
2012. In late 2013, Thomas
was named chairman of
the board and has held that
position ever since.
Thomas, a 20-plus year
smoker before quitting
in his early 40s, said his
cancer is similar to the
one famed actor Michael
Douglas was diagnosed
with. Throat cancer, known
medically as oropharyngeal cancer, causes tumors
to occur in the tonsils and
upper throat area. Smoking
and alcohol use have been
associated risk factors with
it.
During the week, he is
receiving radiation treatment at H. Lee Moffitt
Cancer Center & Research
Institute in Tampa. But,
Thomas said, he would be
home the majority of the
weekends.
Thomas said he will finish up treatment around
mid-August and, if all goes
well, be back at the meetings around the first part
of September after some
recovery time.
Thomas
and
wife
Kristie also own Key Largo
Chocolates.
Allen taking over the
meetings, Thomas said,
was officially effective June
29.
The district’s next meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m.,
Monday, July 13, at Station
24 at mile marker 99,
oceanside. All meetings are
open to the public.
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com
Free refreshments will be
available prior to the meeting. The meeting is open to
the public.
KEY LARGO — Cynthia
For more information,
McPherson, new senior
call Dottie Moses at 305director of Monroe County
451-4831.
Code Compliance, will
address the Key Largo
Federation of Homeowners
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July Diabetes support
8, at the Key Largo Library
TAVERNIER — The
community room, mile
Mariners Hospital Diabetes
marker 101.4, oceanside.
In addition, Karen Beal Support Group will meet
and Diane Marshall will at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 9,
distribute their newly pub- in the hospital’s main conlished “Keys to Living: A ference room, mile marker
Practical Guide to Living 91.5, bayside.
Members will lead a disa Long Life in Key Largo,
Tavernier and Islamorada.” cussion on information
contained in recently published books that deal with
diabetes and the impact
on the management of the
disease. Some potential
topics include the pros and
cons of coconut oil as well
as special supplements
that promise to help with
weight loss.
The diabetes support
group is designed for
individuals who recently received a diagnosis of
diabetes or have had the
disease for some time.
The session also is open
to spouses, relatives and
friends of diabetics.
For more information,
call 305-434-1036.
Thomas
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from Tampa where he is
receiving treatment. “And I
will definitely get my vote
in on each issue.”
Commissioner
Tony
Allen, in
T h o m a s’
absence,
is
now
chairman
and will
head the
district’s
meetings.
Allen
T h e
chairmanship
comes with no extra pay.
Allen, during meetings, will
act much like a parliamentarian who manages the
Code chief to
address federation
Robert “Bob” Parker
passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at the VA Hospital in
Miami, FL. He was born on February 24, 1939 in Baltimore, MD
to Robert and Margaret Parker. He served in the United States
Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corp. After serving in the Army, he
met the love of his life, Connie, down on the Jersey Shore while
playing drums in a band. He moved to Brooklyn, NY and adored
his new extended Italian family and used his talents working
in Graphic Arts in NYC. In 1972, while vacationing in Florida, he
knew this was the life for him, and moved his family to Miami and never looked back.
He was very active in his community “Kendalltown” in Miami and met many lifelong
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the Kendall Skating Centers and playing drums in Big Band and small Jazz clubs. In 1998
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Earl (Margie) Ammer and Neil (Barbara) Ammer; and several nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life was held on Thursday, June 25, from 5-7 pm at Allen- Beyer Funeral
Home. Donations in Bob’s memory can be made to the Fisher House at the VA Hospital
in Miami, FL.
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FWC talks panthers, OKs bear season
All of its emphasis is to be
on the breeding population
south of Lake Okechobee,
where an estimated 100
to 180 cats are found. The
state would relinquish population growth efforts elsewhere to the feds.
In addition, FWC wants
to establish better financial incentives for ranchers
hurt by the panthers. These
ranchers, or private landholders, would be compensated for maintaining panther habitat.
“This position paper does
not call for a change to the
panther’s protected status.
It’s intended to help us consider the next steps in this
tremendous success,” said
Commissioner Liesa Priddy,
a Glades County rancher.
The FWC directed staff
not to spend any money or
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
Bill
Continued from page 2A
owners and the owners of
commercial properties.
“Last year, by working
with members of both parties, we made significant,
positive changes to the
National Flood Insurance
Program
to
ensure
Floridians’ rates did not
skyrocket,” Murphy said.
“As we continue to improve
upon that legislation, it’s
more important than ever
for us to ensure access to
affordable flood insurance.
This is an important piece
FWC/Contributed
State wildlife officials estimate the South Florida panther population at 100 to 180.
be able to ... accomplish the
goals necessary to recover panther populations to
a point where the subspecies can be delisted,” the
paper said. “This situation
places Florida in the unten-
able position of managing
a growing panther population under the rigid provisions of the [Endangered
Species Act] without sufficient tools or flexibility to
address management chal-
lenges which may result in
erosion of public support
for panther conservation.”
FWC wants to take a
multi-pronged approach
to increasing the panther’s
breeding population.
of legislation that will have
a dramatic impact on businesses and middle-class
families across Florida.”
The Homeowners Flood
Insurance
Affordability
and
Flood
Insurance
Fairness acts are meant to
counteract the impacts of
the Biggert-Waters Flood
Insurance Reform Act of
2012, which extended the
NFIP for five years. The
Affordability and Fairness
acts limit annual rate
increases from five to 15
percent on average until the
properties reach a rate that
is actuarially sound.
By comparison, the
Biggert-Waters Act required
those covered by the NFIP
to pay more than 20 percent
in increases a year.
Monroe
County
Commissioner
Heather
Carruthers
went
to
Washington,
D.C.,
in
February and spoke with
Curbelo about protections
for second and rental property owners, Carruthers
said. The county’s lobbyist
also submitted proposed
language for the bill to
Curbelo’s staff, she said.
“I am happy that he filed
the bill, but I am not sure if
it is going to pass because
some of the players who
blocked those provisions
last time are still there,” said
Carruthers, who serves on
the board of Fair Insurance
Rates in Monroe.
A big opponent of rate
caps for second and rental property owners was Jeb
Hensarling, a Republican
from Texas and the chair
of the House’s Financial
Services
Committee.
The bill will have to pass
through that committee to
be approved.
“Our motto has been that
a building is a building and
should be rated in regard
to what hazard it can sustain, no matter what activity is going on inside of it,”
Carruthers said.
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The
Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission
last week postponed a draft
proposal to ease the state’s
role in protecting the federally endangered Florida
panther.
The proposal comes after
complaints from Central
Florida ranchers that a
growing panther population is killing its cattle herds.
However, commissioners
received pushback from the
environmental community
during last week’s meeting
and asked staff for more
input.
FWC officials recently
drafted a position paper
critical of the federal provisions for protecting the
endangered cat. According
to the state’s position, it is
unlikely the panther will
ever come off the endangered list if the feds continue to require three separate
breeding populations of 280
animals each.
“Under this federal recovery plan, Florida will never
resources trying to establish
a panther population north
of the Caloosahatchee River,
which runs from Fort Myers
to Lake Okeechobee.
FWC will revisit the panther protection plan at its
next meeting in September.
The commission also
approved opening a bear
hunting season, which is set
to begin Oct. 24 and last
for one week. Permits for
hunting the bear are $100
for residents and $300 for
nonresidents.
A permit system was also
created for residents trying
to get nuisance bears off
their property. Other permits can be obtained by
private residents and security personnel trying to use
less-than-lethal methods to
scare bears away.
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islamorada news
Ecolodge makes pitch, still faces hurdles
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — The
effort to build a hotel complex to be marketed to environmentally friendly visitors
is back on track, according
to its design team.
To appease village staff
and council members,
Coral Springs urologist Bert
Vorstman has downsized
his project at mile marker
83, bayside, from 70 rooms
to 49.
“I am ready for this project to finally break ground,”
Vorstman told the Free
Press.
Vorstman said he has
spent thousands on the
design phase of the project
trying to please many different players.
The developer estimates
that the resort would bring
$14.6 million in economic
activity to the area during
the year of construction.
Once open, the resort would
Above, the procreate 73 jobs and have an
posed Islamorada
annual economic impact of
Ecolodge would be
$13.5 million, according to
built on an 8-acre
his estimates.
parcel at mile
Vorstman, however, will
marker 83. Left,
first have to obtain develBert Vortsman
opment rights for those 49
stands between
lodging units — a big chalinvasive Australian
lenge since state growth
pines and litregulations cap the number
ter-filled shoreline
of hotel and motel rooms in
wrack on the site
Islamorada at present levof his proposed
els.
ecolodge.
“I don’t know where he
is going to get the units,”
RENDERING AND
FILE PHOTO
Village Councilman Dennis
Ward said.
Before joining the council, Ward served on the
Local Planning Agency, project, in part, due to its warehouse and put a build- proposal was 60,000 square cess of writing code to
ing in the median,” he said. feet of new construction. prohibit new commercial
which shot down the pro- environmental impact.
posed Islamorada Ecolodge
“They want to build a
Ward said the original The village is in the pro- buildings larger than 10,000
square feet.
Initial renderings of
Islamorada
Ecolodge
showed five guest room
buildings, a spa, a main
lodge, an office building
and five worker housing
units.
“If this passes, it’s going
to be 4-1,” Ward said, suggesting he would be the sole
holdout among a council
made up of business owners.
The 8-acre site is currently zoned as native residential, which allows for
no more than two homes.
Vorstman would need the
Village Council to rezone it
for commercial use.
Two years ago, Vorstman
failed to convince the council to create a special EcoSustainable Lodging zoning
designation as part of his
effort to win approval for
the project.
If he sticks with his environmentally friendly message, he’ll have to convince
the council that his resort
would be an ecological plus.
Vorstman maintains the
property is so scarred by
exotic plants that his development would improve the
local ecosystem by replacing them with native vegetation.
The developer met with
planners from the village
last month in an attempt
to start the conversation in
changing the property from
residential to commercial, but so far he has been
unsuccessful. The matter
has yet to come before the
recently-elected council,
but should in the coming
months.
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Former CS student becomes professional MMA fighter
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
UPPER KEYS — A former
Coral Shores High School
student is taking mixed
martial arts to the next level.
Every morning Joseph
Billingsley, 27, hits the mats
with the hopes of becoming an Ultimate Fighting
Championship professional
fighter.
Billingsley
recently
turned pro and has a record
of 1-1. To catch the eyes of
the UFC, Billingsley said he
needs to maintain only one
loss and follow up with a
streak of seven or eight victories.
There is no greater thrill,
he says, than serving up
a knockout in the MMA
arena.
“You get an adrenaline
rush like nothing else,” he
said. “It’s like driving really
fast on a motorcycle. It’s a
rush.”
Billingsley’s favorite go-to
moves are clenching his
opponent or repetitively
kneeing them in the face.
Even in victory, the sport
isn’t for the weak at heart.
Billingsley said he uses
his 5-foot-10 height as an
advantage against his opponents.
“When I fight shorter
opponents, I know I am
going to be wrestling more,
but I like staying up on my
feet,” he said.
The
young
fighter,
though, has run into his fair
share of injuries.
“I’ve broken probably
every one of my toes by
kicking people in the face,”
he said.
The fighter said he has
also broken his hand, ruptured his nasal septum and
chipped some of his teeth
as part of the sport.
In addition to building
muscle and speed for a fight,
Billingsley must find a way
to lose weight. He has a normal weight of 165 pounds,
but fights in the 135-pound
division. Billingsley said it
is common for professional
fighters to drop at least 20
pounds before a fight.
Billingsley’s next bout will
be July 10 at the Jacksonville
Landing. He said he has
had to take on most of
the expenses for his third
fight as he will be without a
sponsor.
“Most of the sponsors
stay around Miami and
aren’t interested in North
Florida,” he said.
A win will bring Billingsley
$1,200 in the match, while
a loss secures him $600.
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yet to win a professional
fight, which offers the more
experienced Key Largo
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It has been a long road
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“I want to be the best I
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back,” he said.
In addition to Billingsley,
another local man who has
turned to MMA professionally is Jason Soares, who
also attended Coral Shores
High School.
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Fishing officials signal bag limit approval
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
State fishery managers
have lowered a proposed
commercial bag limit for
barracuda to coincide with
the request of Florida Keys
anglers, who have raised
concerns about the increase
in harvest of one of the reef’s
top predators.
The Florida Fish and
Wildlife
Conservation
Commission board last
week gave its first approval of finally establishing a
commercial daily bag limit
for barracuda — 20 fish per
vessel per day.
FWC staff had recommended 20 fish per person
per day, but Keys anglers
successfully lobbied the
FWC board that the 20-fish
limit needs to be per boat.
“Barracuda are a very
important part of the winter
fishery and we have noticed
a significant decline,” Lower
Keys fishing guide Capt. Will
Benson told the board at its
June 25 meeting in Sarasota.
Aaron Adams, executive
director of the Key Largobased Bonefish & Tarpon
Trust, referenced a fishing logbook of a Key West
charter boat captain that
showed a “continuous” and
“significant” decline in barracuda.
“The trend is downward and that is not good,”
Adams said. “Improvement
is needed.”
Adams and Benson,
along with Brett Fitzgerald
of the Snook and Gamefish
Foundation, lobbied for the
20 fish per vessel, per day
limit.
“There is a high interaction between recreational
anglers and barracuda,”
Fitzgerald said.
The amount of barracuda
commercially harvested in
the Florida Keys has risen
quickly in the past several years, starting in 2012,
according to FWC commercial fishing data. The
Florida Keys had a 65 percent increase in commercial
barracuda landings in 2012
compared to the previous
year, FWC records show.
The commercial barracuda fishery is still a small
fishery, FWC biologist
Melissa Recks said. In any
given year, the commercial
fishery accounts for about
10 percent of the total barracuda harvest in Florida,
with the vast majority of
trips landing one or two
fish. Commercial barracuda
harvest often occurs in conjunction with commercial
king mackerel and yellowtail snapper fisheries, Recks
said.
However, there are trips
where barracuda is the primary target, landing more
than 1,000 or even 2,000
pounds per trip. These trips
make up only a small portion of commercial trips,
with less than four percent
of trips in the past five years
landing enough barracuda
to suggest that their harvest
rate per trip exceeded 20
barracuda.
Recreational
anglers
in the Keys and in South
Florida are still concerned
about the yield in what they
call an emerging commercial fishery. Benson, Adams
and Fitzgerald thanked the
FWC staff and board for
finally proposing a commercial bag limit.
The 20-fish limit, and a
recreational and commercial slot limit of 15 to 36
inches, would apply only
in Monroe, Collier, Miami-
DON KINCAID/Contributed
A scuba diver checks out a large barracuda.
Dade, Broward, Palm Beach
and Martin counties.
Anglers in North Florida
have told the FWC that
barracudas are plentiful off
their coasts, according to
Recks.
The FWC board will formally adopt the new barracuda regulations when it
meets in September.
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State fishery managers
have agreed to allow divers to harvest an extra spiny
lobster per day during the
two-day lobster mini-season next month if they catch
at least 10 lionfish per day.
The Florida Fish and
Wildlife
Conservation
Commission unanimously agreed last week to the
pilot program in an effort to
eradicate invasive lionfish,
despite objections raised by
some fishermen who feared
arming more divers with
spear guns at a time when
the diver and snorkeler
presence in the Florida Keys
explodes.
“Do we have a bad idea
that is better than this one?”
Florida Keys Commercial
Fishermen’s Association
Executive Director Bill Kelly
said, referencing a line from
the movie “Argo.” “There
is a safety issue. We have
30,000 people coming to the
Keys and we are now asking
them to bring spear guns.”
Kelly also raised concerns about creating more
work and problems for law
enforcement officers, who
could be lanced by venomous lionfish spines while
counting the fish in a person’s cooler.
Instead, Kelly suggested
holding a lionfish derby several days before the start of
lobster mini-season, when
divers are out on the water
scouting out lobster spots.
But others in the Keys
supported any effort to
reduce the lionfish population.
“I fully support this outof-the-box thinking, but
I do recognize Mr. Kelly’s
concerns about safety,” said
Lower Keys guide Capt. Will
Benson, who also serves on
the board of the Lower Keys
Guides Association and
the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council. “I think this is a
great way of pursuing eradication of lionfish.”
Lionfish has risen to
the top of the most wanted list for fishery managers, as their numbers have
increased dramatically in
recent years. They are eating large numbers of juvenile species of native fish
such as groupers, snappers
and smaller tropical fish,
according to the FWC.
In the past five years, the
FWC has been aggressively
trying to reduce the number
of lionfish. There is no bag
limit, size limit or closed
season.
The FWC has eased fishing regulations for individuals who want to harvest lionfish. Recreational
lionfish harvesters are no
longer required to have a
recreational fishing license
when using a pole spear,
Hawaiian sling, hand-held
net, or any other spearing
device designed and marketed exclusively for lionfish.
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LARRY BENVENUTI/Contributed
Left, Julia Azanza Ricardo, a university professor and field specialist in Cuba, center, shows
Marathon Turtle Hospital leaders Bette Zirkelbach, left, and Richie Moretti, right, a nesting green
sea turtle on the Guanahacabibes peninsula at Cuba’s westernmost point last week. Ricardo has
been leading marine turtle conservation efforts for the past 17 years. Above, the nesting turtle. US, Cuba team up on turtle protection
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
MARATHON — The
crew of the Turtle Hospital
returned last week from a
trip to Cuba where it began
forming a tighter bond with
its foreign counterparts
in order to better protect
endangered sea turtles.
Turtle Hospital manager
Bette Zirkelbach, founder Richie Moretti and
Marathon-based photographer Larry Benvenuti spent
a week in the island nation
and brought basic medical equipment to aid Cuba
turtle expert Julia Azanza
Ricardo. They delivered a microscope, slides, slide boxes
and stains to help in identifying the sex of turtle hatchlings and the influence of
incubation temperature on
sex ratio in sea turtle nests.
Sea turtles know no
international boundaries,
face no trade sanctions
and don’t need a passport
to travel across the Florida
Straits. For more than 200
million years, sea turtles
have inhabited the world’s
oceans and have nested on
the shores of both Florida
and Cuba. Long before man staked
a claim to land and closed
corridors for trade, sea turtles have hitched a ride on
the Gulf Stream current that
flows north from Cuba to
the Florida Straits, Moretti
and Zirkelbach said.
“Their turtles are our turtles and our turtles are their
turtles,” Zirkelbach said. “It was emotional,” she
added of the trip. “It exceeded all of my expectations.” Endangered sea turtles
were harvested in Cuba
until 2008 when the government voluntarily banned
the practice.
Azanza Ricardo, a university professor and field
specialist, has been spearheading marine turtle con-
servation efforts in Cuba
for 17 years, Moretti and
Zirkelbach said. They visited Ricardo in
her Havana home, where
the trio spent hours
talking about turtle rehabilitation and education.
Ricardo shared details of
her research and pictures
of juvenile green sea turtles
recently found in Cuba with
fibropapilloma
tumors.
The Turtle Hospital has
been removing the painful
tumors from sick sea turtles
for decades.
Moretti shared success stories of the Turtle
Hospital, and the positive
results that decades of
encouraging environmental
awareness can have on an
island community and its
natural resources, he said. “She was so dynamic,”
Zirkelbach said. “Her passion was equal to ours.”
Moretti and Zirkelbach
traded the bustling streets
of Havana for quiet rural
LARRY BENVENUTI/Contributed
A show of solidarity when it comes to protecting endangered
sea turtles.
mountain roads, as their
adventure took them to the
western tip of Cuba and
Guanahacabibes National
Park.
been
Ricardo has
involved with monitoring
nesting female green turtles
at seven beaches along the
Guanahacabibes Peninsula
since 1998. Moretti and Zirkelbach
joined her and her team as
they monitored nests on the
beach in the national park.
More than 100 eggs total
were dropped and buried
by the turtle as Moretti and
Zirkelbach watched quietly. Azanza’s work with the
Marine Turtle Conservation
Program and the monitoring of nesting sea turtles has drastically reduced
the poaching of turtles and
their eggs throughout the
Guanahacabibes peninsula. The Turtle Hospital will
host Ricardo this fall, when
she will have an opportunity to observe tumor removal surgeries and rehabilitation methods first hand,
Zirkelbach said. Moretti and
Zirkelbach hope to return to
Cuba with surgical equipment to provide tools for
Cuban veterinarians to treat
fibropapillomatosis.
“It was good to know that
there are people on the
other side of the Florida
Straits that are taking care
of the animals we spend so
much time rehabilitating
and releasing,” Moretti said.
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BY JILL ZIMA BORSKI
Free Press Contributor
MARATHON — David
Migut, Maura Kiefer and
Jim Minix are Marathon’s
top three choices for a city
attorney, thus far, as determined by the attorney
selection committee that
met June 25. In a special call meeting
set for 6 p.m. Thursday, July
2, the council may finalize
the city attorney decision
or invite each for face-toface interviews. Also, it may
Ken Reda
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Craig Stephens
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decide to add one or two
additional options from the
candidates who applied.
Also at the July 2 meeting, the council expects to
address the hiring of the city
manager with each council member sharing his top
five picks from the 45 candidates for the position. If
all proceeds according to
plan, the manager could be
chosen by the end of July.
The manager application
process closed June 30.
The attorney selection
committee consisted of
Capt. Jeff Fraser
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he wanted to be proactive
and get ahead of potential
problems as he has witnessed noisy jackhammering for pool installations
on Sundays and was concerned about neighbors’
reactions.
Marathon’s building official said, if the proposal
eventually becomes law,
its enforcement would be
handled by the building and
code department.
Kelly also wanted to pursue the former Marathon
Manor property, which
is owned by the school
board, as a site for a community pool. Puto said he
would start the dialogue
with school board officials.
The land is adjacent to
Marathon High School. Mayor Chris Bull said
if the project were to proceed, he would like to have
residents vote on it in a
referendum because staffing and maintenance of a
pool would have tax consequences.
Bull also shared information about a “Sister
City” delegation trip in
September to Sardinia,
Italy. In conjunction with
the chamber of commerce,
community members are
welcome to participate in
the delegation, much like
the annual Florida Keys Day
visits to Tallahassee where
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big pine area news
County staff disputes claim that
plant delay is affecting homes
LOWER KEYS — A delay in opening the Cudjoe Regional Wastewater
Treatment plant has not kept people from moving into their recently
constructed homes, Monroe County
officials said.
Applicants have been required to
pull permits for either temporary
holding tanks or on-site systems as
part of their building permits just
in case the central plant or system
wasn’t operational by the time they
were ready to obtain a certificate
of occupancy, said Christine Hurley,
who oversees the county planning
and building departments.
“That means we wouldn’t be holding them up on their certificates of
occupancy,” Hurley said. “But they’d
be required to actually install what
they permitted as an alternate waste
treatment system, which costs them
more money.”
It’s not uncommon for construction trailers to use temporary sewage holding tanks and have them
pumped out every couple of weeks
at a cost of $250, Deputy County
Administrator Kevin Wilson said.
The county has also started allowing homeowners, where the entire
Cudjoe collection system had been
completed, to apply for new permits
without an alternate system if they
signed an affidavit indicating they
understood that if the central system
isn’t completed or operational they
would have to provide an alternate
system, Hurley said.
“This was an effort to save permittees money, because holding
tanks have to be permitted,” Hurley
said. “We may have to discontinue
the sewer affidavits if [the Florida
Keys Aqueduct Authority] makes the
final decision they won’t start up the
Butterfly
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themselves will be overtaken by hardwood hammock
in the absence of fires.
“This type of habitat
has to be kept open,” said
Nancy Finley, refuge manager. “And that means better
fire management.”
She added that she plans
to implement more mechanized clearing of overgrown
areas of the pine forest as
well.
Prescribed burns are
controversial on Big Pine
Key, where the refuge sits
in close proximity to homes
and businesses. Concern
was heightened in 2011,
when managers lost control
of what was supposed to
be a 21-acre burn. Though
no homes were damaged,
the fire consumed 100 acres
and forced some residents
to evacuate.
After a two-year hiatus,
the refuge resumed its fire
program last year, burning a total of 28 acres with
stricter protocols in place.
But both this year and next,
buoyed by a $199,000 U.S.
plant.”
In addition, Hurley was able to
work out an agreement with the state
so people who were allocated rateof-growth ordinance units needed to
develop their property could delay
construction by three years and not
jeopardize their allocation, Wilson
said.
The Florida Keys Aqueduct
Authority and the county have
delayed opening the treatment
plant on Cudjoe Key’s Blimp Road
because they plan to further study
the impacts from temporarily using
four shallow injection disposal wells
while a deep well can be built, which
could take more than a year to permit, design and build.
The Monroe County Commission
agreed to fund and build a deep well,
which pushes the treated effluent
thousands of feet deeper into the
ground than a shallow well, after
a report from Florida International
University professor Henry Briceno
found “a connection between injection depth and surface waters may
exist at the injection site.”
Commissioner George Neugent
has publicly voiced his concerns
about delays in people moving into
their new homes at commission
meetings early this month and on
U.S. 1 Radio last week. At the last
commission meeting, he requested county staff put an item on
the July agenda telling the Florida
Department of Environmental
Protection the county plans to open
the plant and needs to know if the
agency objects to it.
The delay in opening the plant has
FKAA Executive Director Kirk Zuelch
raising concerns about further degradation of water quality in Keys
canals, because people are “flushing
their toilets directly into the canals,”
he said on U.S. 1 Radio this week.
Fish and Wildlife Service
grant intended to help the
Bartram’s scrub-hairstreak,
Finley is hoping to burn 50
acres.
As a precaution, the
burns are to be done in
10-acre chunks. Most of
the area that would be consumed by this year’s burns
lies to the east of Key Deer
Boulevard and north of
Watson Boulevard, Finley
said. In addition, the refuge
plans to conduct mechanized clearing of 10 acres
of pine rockland this year
and next.
“The best thing in the
long run is to get more frequent fire on the ground. I
say that knowing that more
care has to be used,” Finley
said.
For the scientists who
study
the
Bartram’s
scrub-hairstreak, the burns
and the clearings offer hope
to the species while presenting a research opportunity.
Mark Salvato, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
biologist who led the effort
that got the butterfly placed
on the endangered species
list in 2014, took counts of
FIU professor and Keys water
quality expert Jim Fourqurean
called Zuelch’s comment an “overstatement.” He argued that properly
working septic tanks remove the solids, treat waste and remove nitrogen.
However, leachates do go into a drain
field and could go into the groundwater and possibly a canal, he said.
Fourqurean, who has been conducting water quality sampling and
seagrass monitoring in the Keys for
decades, has argued against using
the four shallow wells, but instead
has called for waiting until the deep
well is complete before opening the
plant. He contends that treated effluent deposited into the four shallow
wells would be highly concentrated
in one area, whereas a deep well
would spread it over a much larger
area where it can be defused, he said.
The claim of canals being contaminated by faulty septic tanks
was validated in a 2004 study by
The Nature Conservancy. The study
found several Keys canals were being
contaminated with sewage. The
18-month study showed that many
of the tested canals contained high
levels of enterococcus bacteria and
low dissolved oxygen levels. Both are
indicators of poor water quality. Tests
also revealed viral pathogens.
“Our findings are definitive proof
that human sewage has contaminated canals throughout the Keys,” Jody
Thomas, director of the conservancy’s Keys program said at the time.
Rains may be washing sewage
from leaky septic tanks and cesspits through porous limestone into
canals or open water, according to
the conservation group’s report.
However, there is nothing to indicate that raw sewage is being directly
dumped into a waterway.
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the Bartram’s population on
Big Pine monthly between
1996 and 2006. At the start
of that time, he’d see several dozen on a good day,
Salvato said in a recent
interview. A decade later, he
was lucky if he counted 12
Bartram’s during a Big Pine
visit.
During the same period, Salvato witnessed the
Florida leafwing butterfly,
which also relies on the
croton, disappear from Big
Pine Key. The lesson, he
said, is that the pine rockland habitat needs to be
managed better.
“If a butterfly like that is
disappearing, it is probably trying to tell us something,” Salvato said of the
Bartram’s.
The latest scientist to
focus on the Big Pine
Bartram’s
population
is Erica Henry, a North
Carolina State University
researcher.
During surveys in 2012
and 2013, Henry said she
typically saw no more that
10 of the butterflies during
a single day. The maximum
daily population of the
Bartram’s on Big Pine, she
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Focus on fire alarms
in blaze that killed 3
BY GWEN FILOSA
AND TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
RAMROD KEY — The
house fire that killed a
woman and her two young
children after midnight
Sunday, June 21, started
on the second-floor balcony and blazed through the
home, which had no working smoke detectors and
only one way out, investigators said.
“There was no working smoke alarm downstairs; no one heard any
alarm from a smoke alarm
upstairs,” said Monroe
County Fire Chief Jim
Callahan. The fire chief said
smoke alarms are life-savers in residential fires.
“It’s a damn shame,”
Callahan said of the fire,
which was reported at
12:35 a.m. at Anguila Lane
on Ramrod Key.
Robin Ferrer, 46, and her
children, Roman, 7, and
Hazel, 5, died in the blaze.
Investigators are still piecing together the circumstances behind the deadly
blaze. Ferrer’s two oldest
children, Courtney Shores,
19, and Jacob Shores, 18,
survived.
Courtney Shores had
returned home from work,
fire officials said, and was
downstairs when she heard
a noise. She went upstairs
to find the house ablaze but
couldn’t get into the home.
She called 911.
“You could hear them
crying through the door,”
Callahan said, adding that
Courtney couldn’t get to
her family because it was
“too hot; too much smoke.”
According to Callahan,
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A prescribed burn is worked along Key Deer Boulevard last August.
estimated, is 200.
Next spring, in the aftermath of the burns and clearing that the refuge plans for
this fall, Henry will begin a
new research project on Big
Pine. She’ll look at how the
croton and the Bartram’s
butterflies respond to the
management strategies. She
also plans to conduct similar surveys in the spring of
2017.
“Butterflies are polli-
nators,” Henry said when
asked why the Bartram’s
scrub-hairstreak matter.
“They’re also just part of the
biodiversity of the Keys, and
protecting native species in
the Keys is important.”
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Mangrove Mike’s Seafood Market owner Mike Forster shows off mutton snapper and Key West pink shrimp.
ISLAMORADA — When one
local fish market closes, Mike
Forster says it’s time for another
to open.
Forster, owner of Mangrove
Mike’s Café and other businesses,
decided to fill the void when the
only seafood market on Upper
Matecumbe Key closed its doors
recently.
“This was the perfect opportunity to expand,” Forster said.
The market, Mangrove Mike’s
Seafood Market, adjoins his café
and allows customers to view
the raw seafood while they await
table service. It is located at mile
marker 82.2, bayside.
Among the items Forster carries are yellowfin tuna, mangrove
snapper, wahoo, live blue crabs
and Key West pink shrimp.
“The goal is to offer as much
fresh, local catch as possible,” he
said. “From the beginning my
goal is to give locals a local catch.”
Forster has partnered with Key
Largo Fisheries to provide his
fresh catch to customers. He says
they visit his market six days a
week. In addition to catering to
locals and tourists, Forster is also
using the seafood at his café’ as
well as a restaurant he is leasing
on Fiesta Key.
“We’re not carrying a lot of
inventory at one time,” he said. “
We want everything to be fresh.”
Other options at the market
include oysters, conch chowder,
lobster chowder and conch fritter batter. Fresh mahi-mahi and
mutton snapper are also available. Smoked fish dip as well as an
array of toppings are also for sale
at the market. Scallops, conch
salad, crab meat and seaweed
salad are also available.
Many offerings will reflect the
different seasons.
“Things are going to keep
changing,” he said.
The market is open seven days
a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It
can be reached by calling 305664-8091.
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Survey: Keys visitors
helm at Pierre’s, Morada Bay willing to pay even more
ISLAMORADA — Ishmael
Toro has joined Pierre’s
Restaurant and Morada Bay
Beach Cafe as executive
chef.
Toro brings more than 15
years of culinary experience
to oversee both properties’
menus and operations.
Originally from Puerto
Rico, Toro has lived in
South Florida for 15 years
and brings Latin, Caribbean
and
Italian
influences to American cuisine.
His culinary experience
includes stints with such
Miami establishments as
Perricone’s and Novecento.
A Johnson & Wales graduate, Toro is known for
his farm-to-table dishes
emphasizing fresh ingredients and locally caught seafood.
Among his signature
dishes are whole yellowtail topped with citrus
fennel slaw; pan-roasted
mahi-mahi with cilantro
green rice, tostones and
citrus mojo; pan-roasted
wahoo over goat cheese
BY MANDY MILES
Free Press Staff
CONTRIBUTED
Executive Chef Ishmael Toro recently joined Pierre’s Restaurant
and Morada Bay Beach Cafe in Islamorada.
polenta and asparagus,
topped with sundried
tomato and calamata tapenade; and mofongo with
whole lobster tail and
jumbo shrimp echilado.
The adjacent restaurants
are located at mile marker 81.6, bayside. For more
information, call Morada
Bay at 305-664-0604 or
Pierre’s at 305-664-3225.
KEY WEST — Visitors to
the Florida Keys are paying
top dollar for hotel rooms
but are willing to pay even
more, according to survey
results presented last week
during a Key West Chamber
of Commerce luncheon.
Jessica Bennett, market
research director for the
Monroe County Tourist
Development
Council,
reviewed the latest report
that tourism officials evaluate around this time each
year while designing marketing strategies for the
upcoming tourism season.
“We look at the six-year
historic trends,” Bennett
said, reporting good news
for Florida Keys occupancy and average hotel room
rates per night. “And the
Florida Keys’ lodging revenues have increased 65
percent in the past six
years.
“In addition, hotel room
rates have skyrocketed 55
percent in the same time
frame,” Bennett added.
The TDC is utilizing
new and more advanced
software measurements
this year that track online
searches for hotel rooms
and other lodging options
on a daily basis.
In evaluating that data,
tourism officials glean
important information
about which cities send the
most visitors to the island
chain, when they plan
their trip, when they travel,
where they stay, how much
they pay to stay here and
what they do to fill their
vacation days.
This year, New York
became the top “origin
city,” meaning the most
online searches and hotel
bookings originated in New
York City and the surrounding areas, Bennett said.
“In the past, New York
has been top for searches,
but more bookings came
from Miami and other
drive-down markets within Florida,” she said. “But
that has changed this year
with the New York statistics, where we have been
investing heavily in advertising options.”
In February 2012, the
TDC spent $350,000 on
a “station domination”
advertising strategy at New
York’s Penn Station that saw
nearly 300 tropical images
installed in the commuter station during the cold
months.
Visions of tropical sunsets, clear water, boats
and beaches appeared on
kiosks, rotundas, directional clocks, columns and
dioramas in Penn Station.
The images were coupled
with phrases, such as “Not
everyone’s in a New York
state of mind,” “Your train
just left, but your ship’s
come in” and “You can be
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The Key Largo Volunteer Fire
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At what point forgiveness?
Having been disgraced, seriously injured
and punished for his mistakes, at what
point in time shall a man be forgiven?
Perseverating upon another’s imperfection is the mark of a weak and enfeebled
individual, fearful that their own flaws and
shortcomings may be called to light.
For many years Randy Acevedo served
the children, parents and taxpayers of this
county in a distinguished manner. He was
a popular, dynamic and effective superintendent of schools. As our chief educator
he was a brilliant, inspirational and creative leader.
Before we cast another stone at this man,
perhaps we should make certain that our
own houses are without blemish.
Shall society condemn Mr. Acevedo forever, never allowing him to earn a living
and have a fruitful life again?
It appears that there was a bumbling
attempt to bring Mr. Acevedo on as an
assistant football coach at Key West High
School. It seems he was approached as
though he were a leper, unclean and toxic,
for a position that he was qualified for and
willing to serve as a volunteer.
Marathon has awoken
There seems to be a new strain of insanity running through Marathon — not with
our current Marathon City Council but
with our past city mayors: John Bartus,
Dick Ramsay and now Michael Cinque,
all termed out (thank God) and most not
re-elected (thank the Marathon voters).
For some very strange reason these people have decided to speak about Marathon’s
central sewer system now after they have
left office. Why this was not discussed and
properly addressed when they had the
power and authority to do something is
Having devoted a good portion of my
life working with convicted felons, as they
struggle to assimilate and rebuild their
lives upon re-entering society, I am disappointed and offended by the way this man
has been treated.
It would be a valuable and instructive
example for everyone, if Mr. Acevedo were
to be appointed as a line coach for the
school that requested and is in need of his
services. His skills, accrued lessons, comeback spirit and documented commitment
to serve the children of Monroe County are
a matter of record.
“For with what judgment ye judge, ye
shall be judged; and with what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you again.”
A word of caution. Please be advised
not to discriminate against this man, nor
impede or infringe upon his right to prosper and advance himself. If any of his
constitutional rights are violated, as they
are interpreted under law, it will be a costly
mistake.
If the powers that be decide to toy with
this man’s life, it’s going to come back and
bite them.
John Donnelly, Key Largo
their sin. It is our problem now, thanks to
them.
These emails and letters to the editors
are real factual evidence of only some of
Marathon’s problems today caused by our
political “leaders” these past 10 years. It’s as
if Bartus, Ramsay and Cinque now feel the
need to make a public admission of guilt.
It is too bad that our local news media
has decided to only allow Michael Cinque
a forum to speak what he calls “facts.” The
fact is Michael Cinque is only one of the
problems Marathon must still deal with.
Marathon has awoken!
Bruce Schmitt, Marathon
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
In the June 24 issue of the Free Press, Kelly Jackson was identified as the lead IRS investigator in the
Michael Reckwerdt tax fraud case. Jackson serves as the Special Agent in Charge of the IRS Criminal
Investigation, Miami Field Office, which oversees all case investigators.
Florida Keys Free Press • July 1, 2015 •
11A
City should reconsider bike path plan
The Marathon City Council continues to push for a
controversial plan proposed to improve the bicycle path
along Aviation Boulevard. However, many residents
have expressed concerns regarding the city’s preferred
approach and the overall lack of public process and
engagement.
As proposed, the plan consists of two phases. Phase
1 intends to improve safety issues at the west end from
Grouper to U.S. 1. Phase 2 is to widen the path and
improve aesthetics from Grouper eastward to 107th
Street and then along 107th to the bike path along U.S.
1.
Key to these plans is the city’s proposal to move
Aviation Boulevard 4 feet closer to the homes along the
north side. While we do endorse improving the bike
path, we strongly object to moving the road. Phase 2
can be accomplished within the existing space between
the airport fence and the road, without decreasing bike
path safety and at a much lower cost than the city’s
current proposal.
We assume that since a $1 million grant has been
awarded by the Florida Department of Transportation
for Phase 1, solutions to the stated safety concerns were
likely proposed, but these details have yet to be shared.
Unfortunately, we do not know what those are.
Furthermore, the city has not responded to any our
letters of concern about their plan, to our alternative
suggestion or to questions about the ethics of how the
May 7 meeting was announced and conducted. Posters
announcing the May 7 meeting for bike path improvements were posted to the utility poles along the path
the day before. This ensured that bike path users were
alerted to the meeting but not affected property owners. This is significant since the city asked for a hand
vote by the small group of 25 or so attendees. Only two
were property owners on Aviation Boulevard. So it is
understandable that the majority were in favor of the
preferred plan.
We and neighboring property owners have expressed
strong objections to the city’s proposal and believe this
plan presents a significant safety hazard. There is simply
not enough space to relocate the roadway 4 feet toward
the existing residences and maintain an adequate safety
buffer, especially given the volume and speed of traffic.
Egress onto Aviation Boulevard is already challenging
for residents and visitors, and safety is an issue for children and pets. It is simply imprudent to pursue a plan
that would further compound these circumstances with
the intentional shifting of traffic toward existing residents and where space is already so limited.
The city is requesting a second $1 million FDOT grant
in order to complete Phase 2 of their plan. They believe
that the entire project can be completed using the two
grants plus an additional $200,000 in city matching
funds. The city intends to use its contracted engineering firm to survey and draw up plans to be used to
produce a request for proposals. We hope that there will
be ample opportunity and notification to allow broad
input as part of this process.
We are also concerned as to whether the overall
project can be accomplished for $2.2 million. Everyone
knows how expensive it is to have repair work done to
our Florida homes. If it is approved, we predict that the
city will exhaust the money long before the project is
completed and will then ask for additional funds.
Our alternative proposal for Phase 2 makes use of
the existing land available between the airport fence
and the edge of the road. This measures 17 feet at 9400
Aviation Boulebard and includes 6 feet of grass, 5 feet of
bike path and another 6 feet of grass/gravel. The path
could easily be expanded to 7 or 8 feet wide and still
leave 4 to 5 feet of separation from the road without
moving the existing road. The separation will be somewhat less around the utility poles, but this situation
already exists at many other locations within the city
where white paint stripes delineate the roadway.
This alternate proposal will leave the road unmoved,
be less costly and will accommodate the wider path
and adequate green space for benches and dog walkers
without decreasing safety.
Roger Bolon and Alexandria Wolff, Marathon
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Continued from page 1A
Bennett said, for example, he may fly out of the
Florida Keys Marathon
Airport, pick a litter of animals up on the mainland
of South Florida, transport them to the panhandle and then return home.
And he has logged 1,100
flight hours for the organization while transporting,
for which a strict record is
kept, exactly 3,775 animals
over almost two decades of
work, Bennett said.
Some of the stories he
shared can’t help but tug at
the heart. Bennett said he
once arranged pickup of a
dog that was next in line for
euthanasia, and the only
reason it was still alive was
because the shelter’s freezer was already crammed
full of bodies.
CONTRIBUTED
Above, Jeff Bennett, aside from dogs, has transported other
animals such as ball pythons. This snake was headed to a herpatologist in Merritt Island. Right, Bennett and wife Heather have
four rescue dogs of their own.
He doesn’t limit his
transfers to strictly cats
and dogs, though. Bennett
said he has taken lizards,
snakes, hamsters, rabbits
and pigs for ride-a-longs in
his plane to rescues.
His 2006 four-seater Cirrus SR22-GTS prop
plane normally averag-
es around 30 animals on
his twice-a-month flights
across Florida and some
surrounding states. But his
biggest transfer to date was
51 puppies on one flight.
“The hum of the engine
put them to sleep after
takeoff,” Bennett said.
The animals, generally, stay in cages through-
out the entirety of the
flight. Bennett said he
removes one or two of the
rear seats to make room
for whatever the load may
entail.
Not only is Bennett dedicating his time and expertise behind the wheel of
his own plane, he said outof-pocket expenses tally
around $1,000 for each
roundtrip flight.
Bennett and wife Heather
own four rescue dogs of
their own. And knowing the
hardships that each one
had endured at one point
in their lives has kept him
going with the organization
after all these years.
Bennett even said, over
time, he has started to
believe the animals have
an inclination they are
being saved when his plane
arrives to pick them up.
For more information
on the organization, visit
pilotsnpaws.org.
bbowden@keysnews.
com
12A • July 1, 2015 • Florida Keys Free Press
IN THE KEYS
here in a New York minute.”
A similar campaign took
place this past February in
Boston’s South Station.
“Clearly those type of
investments have paid off,”
Bennett said.
Visitor surveys round out
the resources TDC experts
use to gauge customer satisfaction levels, favorite
activities and the power of
word-of-mouth recommendations.
“Our visitors are already
paying top dollar for hotel
rooms, but we haven’t
even reached a tipping
point,” Bennett said to
looks of pleasant surprise.
“According to our visitor
surveys, Keys’ tourists said
they would have spent an
additional $40 to $100 per
night on their accommodations.”
Ninety-nine percent of
our visitors reported being
satisfied with their vacation,
which was up by 5 percent
over last year, and the same
99 percent said they were
likely to recommend this
as a destination to their
friends.
And more travelers are
sharing those recommendations via social media
sites than ever before.
Prior to 2013, fewer than
10 percent of travelers used
Facebook and other online
forums to pick and plan a
vacation.
“But by 2014, that figure jumped to 45 percent,”
Bennett said. “Forty-five
percent of Key West visitors
are using Facebook and
social media to plan their
trip, which is an important
thing to keep in mind when
marketing your own businesses online.”
These and other visitor
reports are always available
for residents and business
owners to review, Bennett
reminded the audience
Wednesday.
For more information,
visit
monroecounty-fl.
gov or email Bennett at
[email protected].
[email protected]
Jacob Shores for funeral,
medical and living expenses. The Shores children also
lost all of their possessions
to the fire.
“Those two are going to
carry a heartache around
for the rest of their lives,”
Hennigar said. “It’s unimaginable.”
[email protected]
[email protected]
Survey
Continued from page 10B
Marathon chamber supports local education
MARATHON —
The
Greater
Marathon
Chamber of Commerce
board of directors recently donated $5,000 to the
Middle Keys Take Stock in
Children Foundation.
Each year the chamber
board allocates proceeds
raised from membership dues and the annual
Marathon Seafood Festival
toward education.
Earlier this month, the
board awarded five $1,000
scholarships to graduating Marathon High School
seniors and two $600 grants
to current chamber members to further their education.
Alarms
“He’s going to be in the
hospital for a while, but he’s
been up, moving around
and walking,” said Jesse
Hennigar, an uncle who
lives in central Wisconsin.
He said the family is spread
out all over the country.
Fire officials said last
week that they planned
to re-interview Jacob and
Courtney Shores, who
didn’t suffer any major
injuries. Callahan said
investigators were still trying to determine how Jacob
Shores received his injuries.
The Lower Keys community grappled last week
with the news of the deadly
blaze.
Roman and Hazel Ferrer
attended the Boys & Girls
Club, where a grief counselor was brought in to try
to explain to the children
what had happened to
their friends, said executive
director Dan Dombroski.
At Keys Energy, where
Ferrer worked since 2013 as
an accounting and financial analyst, colleagues
were in shock.
“It really hasn’t set in yet,”
Julio Torrado, the utility’s
spokesman, said early last
week. “I still feel like I’m
going to see her again.”
Born and raised in Lake
Forest, Iowa, Robin Ferrer
moved to the Lower Keys
about 12 years ago, following the death of her mother.
“She knew Key West and
that’s what she wanted,”
Hennigar said. “She wanted her kids to enjoy life and
be able to live life to the
fullest.”
Ferrer was remembered
by family and friends as
a hard-working mother
whose children were the
center of her world. James
Ferrer, the father of the two
small children, wasn’t at
the house at the time of
the fire. Robin and James
Ferrer divorced in July 2013,
according to court records.
“Robin was one of a
kind,” Hennigar said. “She
was her own person, very
devoted to her kids. Her
kids came first on everything. She was a free spirit.
She was going to find fun,
and if she didn’t find fun,
she’d make it fun.”
Ferrer had lived in Kansas
City, Mo., for many years
before moving to the Keys.
At Keys Energy, Ferrer
had become a valued member of the team in short
order, general manager and
CEO Lynne Tejeda said.
Continued from page 9A
the little boy was found in
one bedroom, while the
mother and her 5-year-old
daughter were found in
another bedroom.
Wood samples from the
charred rental house have
been submitted for testing
to the state fire marshal’s
office. A barbecue grill that
had been on the balcony
was ruled out as a source,
Callahan said.
According to investigators, a smoke detector that
was installed on the first
floor had been taken off the
wall.
Monroe County building code requires smoke
alarms installed in “each
sleeping room” and outside
each separate sleeping area
“in the immediate vicinity
of the bedrooms.”
The property is owned
by Peter Madison and
Charles Roberts, both of
Orlando, according to the
Monroe County Property
Appraiser’s Office. Property
records show that
a
$100,000 modular home
was placed on the lot in
2006.
The victim was believed
to be renting the home.
Jacob Shores was airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center
in Miami for treatment
after suffering second- and
third-degree burns to 30
percent of his body.
“Part of our mission is
to educate and empower
our business-members,
and this most definitely includes our local students as well,” said board
Chairman Ryan Elwell.
“When people first asked
me how long she worked
with us, I thought it was
four or five years,” Tejeda
said. “In a very brief time,
she had become a valued employee, someone
we relied on and enjoyed
working with. We will all
miss her.”
Chelsey Reid, who works
with Courtney Shores at the
Half Shell Raw Bar at the
Key West Historic Seaport,
set up a fundraising page at
gofundme.com/xjk5hs.
As of last Friday, the
page had nearly $27,000 in
pledges. All of the money
will go to Courtney and
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On the fly
Race week
Nute wins third straight
tarpon tournament. 6B
Superboats come
to Marathon. 6B
Much
m
more to
No. 6
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Declarations
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filming at the restaurant as part of his cooking show, Emeril’s
Florida, which highlights popular eateries across the state.
Famed chef films
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CONTRIBUTED
Free Press Staff
Fireworks displays are part of the festivities.
Celebrate July 4th with fireworks, parades, picnics
FLORIDA KEYS — The island chain
will play host to several picnics,
parades and fireworks shows for the
annual celebration of Independence
Day.
Now in its 31st year, Key West’s
annual July 4 picnic to benefit
Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice
of the Florida Keys takes place at the
Casa Marina Resort & Beach Club,
1500 Reynolds St., overlooking the
Atlantic Ocean. The celebration is
scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. with
fireworks starting at 9 p.m.
The traditional buffet offers hamburgers, hot dogs and all the fixings for $25 per adult, $10 per child
between ages 4 and 12, and free for
children younger than age 4. General
admission (no meal) tickets are $10
and include watermelon, popcorn
and soft drinks.
As an alternative, attendees can
choose reserved beachfront seats
with a separate buffet. Tickets for
the beachfront section are $150 per
person.
Live music, a silent auction and
children’s games round out the festivities. For information about the
VNA/Hospice benefit picnic at Casa
Marina, call 305-320-0667 or visit
4thofjulykeywest.com.
The Big Pine & Lower Keys
Rotary Club will host its annual
Independence Day fireworks show at
the Big Pine Community Park, 31009
Atlantis Road. Co-sponsored by the
Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce,
activities include live music headlined by Haywire, food and ice-cold
beverages accompanied by games
and activities for adults and kids. An
expanded fireworks show is set to go
off at nightfall or about 9 p.m.
Admission is free, but no coolers,
pets or personal fireworks will be
allowed. Gates open at 5 p.m. and a
rain date, if necessary, is scheduled
for Sunday, July 5. For information,
call 305-872-2411.
In Marathon, families can gather for a full day of activities beginning with a patriotic parade at 10:30
a.m. The route goes from Marathon
High School on Sombrero Beach
FILE PHOTO
Activities for children will be part of the
Fourth of July celebration in Marathon.
Road, mile marker 50, oceanside,
to Sombrero Beach, where a holiday celebration features food, drink,
crafts, music and entertainment.
Capping off the day is one of the
Keys’ largest fireworks displays,
See CELEBRATE, page 4B
KEY LARGO — Worldrenowned celebrity chef
Emeril Lagasse was in town
last week. But the visit had
nothing to do with vacation
on the island chain. It was
strictly business.
Lagasse, who is best
known for a multitude of
cooking-centric
shows
which feature his spicy
cuisine, was filming for
his most recent endeavor,
Emeril’s Florida.
The show, in its third
season on the Cooking
Channel,
focuses
on
food, cooking, events and
activities throughout the
Sunshine State.
Lagasse’s first stop, in
the Upper Keys, was the
Original Mrs. Mac’s Kitchen,
mile marker 99.3, bayside.
Angela Wittke, owner of
the establishment with her
sister since 1987, said the
30-man crew set up shop in
the morning and filmed for
about half a day. They started out with a one-on-one
interview where she spoke
to Lagasse about the history and unique décor of the
restaurant.
“I was all of it,” Angela
Wittke told the Free Press
last week. “I was nervous
and excited.”
Then, following the sit
down, she said the crew
filmed a few segments centered on the menu. Wittke
said she, with the help of
head chef Joe Renta and
kitchen manager Jesus
Garcia, prepared Lagasse six
different items.
“They [Renta and Garcia]
were definitely a little nervous working in front of
him,” Wittke said. “But he
was very nice.”
The six choices, one of
which Lagasse chose himself, consisted of Caribbean
lobster and grits, a crab cake
BLT sandwich, Southweststyle hogfish with black
beans and rice, lionfish,
island rum cake and Key
lime pie.
“I wanted to choose items
that were unique to us [in
the Keys],” Wittke said. “And
he seemed to enjoy them
all.”
Wittke said the crew will
be returning in a week or
two to capture some extra
footage before the episode
airs.
Lagasse’s second stop,
for the day, was Jimmy
Johnson’s Big Chill, mile
marker 104, bayside.
“It was a really big production,” Executive Chef
Dominic Congemi said last
See EMERIL, page 3B
CONTRIBUTED
FILE PHOTO
The Fourth of July parade proceeds along the northbound lanes of U.S. 1 in Key Largo last year.
KEYSNEWS.COM
Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill executive chef Dominic Congemi,
far left, Lagasse, Johnson and owner Larry Calvano spent time
together last week preparing and tasting menu items at the Key
Largo restaurant for the cooking show.
2B • July 1, 2015 • Florida Keys Free Press
read see do
‘John Quincy Adams’ may change minds about No. 6
BY DAVID BECKWITH
Free Press Contributor
To most people, John Quincy
Adams was simply the sixth president of the United States — a
one-term president at that and
the son of our second president,
John Adams.
But as Fred Kaplan points out
in his lengthy and detailed biography, he was much more. He was
a great American who tackled the
issues of his day and left his mark
on American foreign policy and
race relations that continues to
shape us. He has the distinction of
being one of only two presidents
to serve in Congress after a term
in the White House.
Kaplan maintains John Quincy
Adams was one of the under-appreciated minds of his time — as
worldly as Benjamin Franklin, as
intellectual as James Madison, as
cultivated as Thomas Jefferson.
Yet he remains a figure of mystery overshadowed by his father,
who preceded him; Andrew
Jackson, who succeeded him; and
his mother, Abigail Adams, who
shaped him.
Why? Possibly because as he
himself stated, “I am a man of
reserved, cold, austere and forbidding manners.” He was a man
his contemporaries respected but
usually did not like. He was also
an iron-willed zealot.
“He appeared as if he wanted to impose his benevolent will
on the people, instead of heeding
the people’s will,” wrote historian
Sean Wilentz.
Adams was trained for public life
almost from infancy. When he was
a child, his parents drummed into
him the need to study hard, cultivate a good character and accomplish great things. His childhood
reading list included such authors
as Thucydides and Hobbes. At age
10 he accompanied his father on
a diplomatic mission to Paris. By
the time he was 18 and entering Harvard to study law, he had
crossed the Atlantic four times,
learned French and other languages and spent long stretches
in The Hague, Amsterdam and St.
Petersburg.
George Washington appointed
Adams, then a young attorney,
as resident American minister at
The Hague, and then dispatched
him to Berlin as minister plenipotentiary. When he returned,
he was elected U.S. senator
from Massachusetts. From there
President James Madison made
him U.S. minister plenipotentiary to Russia and then to Great
Britain. In this position he helped
end the War of 1812 with the Treaty
of Ghent and was then named
Secretary of State. In that position, he convinced Madison of the
need for the Monroe Doctrine and
then drafted the document that
shaped American foreign policy
for nearly two centuries.
In 1819 Adams negotiated a
treaty with Spain in which it gave
up its right to the Pacific Northwest
and ceded Florida to the United
States. In return, the U.S. formally
gave up its claim to Texas. Adams
became one of the country’s most
formidable moral critics of slavery. In 1841 he successfully argued
the Amistad slave-rebellion case
before the Supreme Court, calling for the freeing of 39 captive
Africans who had rebelled aboard
the slave ship.
Adams was made president by
the House of Representatives in
1824 after neither he nor Andrew
Jackson gained a winning majority in the Electoral College. He
entered office with a lofty, visionary agenda. He called for a comprehensive policy for a national
infrastructure, a national university, a naval academy, a Pacific
exploratory expedition and an
astronomical observatory.
See REVIEW, page 4B
faces & places
HANDS-ON LEARNING
ANNIVERSARY
top 10
bestsellers
HARDBACK FICTION
1. All the Light We Cannot See
2. The Girl of the Train
3. In the Unlikely Event
4. Finders Keepers
5. Our Souls at Night
6. Radiant Angel
7. Seveneves
8. The Nightingale
CONTRIBUTED
9. A God in Ruins
Shirley and Capt. Gene Hamilton of Key Largo celebrated their
64th wedding anniversary on June 30.
CONTRIBUTED
10. Memory Man
MARINE LIFE PROGRAM
H A R D B A C K N O N F I C T.
The summer reading program at the Marathon Public Library, ‘Every Hero has a Story,’ recently
welcomed Kelly Grinter of the Marathon Wild Bird Center to its Tuesday morning program. A
recent Thursday morning school-age program featured a Heroes of Science program by Elizabeth
Moore. Call the library at 305-743-5156 for more information.
1. The Wright Brothers
2. The Life-Changing Magic of
Tidying Up
3. Dead Wake
4. Modern Romance (Debut)
5. The Road to Character
6. Being Mortal
7. H Is for Hawk
8. Gumption
9. Sick in the Head:
Conversations about Life and
Comedy (Debut)
10. The Quartet
The Indie Bestseller List is
produced by the American
Booksellers Association and is
based on sales in independent
bookstores nationwide during
the week ended June 20,
2015.
CONTRIBUTED
Gabe Delgado from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission recently brought a touch tank to Grace Jones
Daycare to teach the children about local marine life. The touch
tank included a queen conch, milk conch, spiny lobster, slipper
lobster, a giant hermit crab and a long-spined urchin.
live entertainment
LOCAL BAND AND VOCALIST PERFORMANCES
FRIDAY, July 3
Bayside Grille: Luke Sommer Glenn 6 to 10
p.m.
Caribbean Club: Luke Sommer Glenn 10:30
p.m. to 3 a.m.
Denny’s Restaurant, Key Largo: Freddy Perez 8
p.m. to midnight.
Dockside Cafe: Eric Stone Band 7 to 11p.m.
Gilberts: Retrosky 7 to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Island Magic 5 to 8 p.m.
Holiday Isle Tiki Bar: DJ Joey Tracks 8 p.m.
to midnight.
The Hurricane: High Tide 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: Storm Watch 6:30 to 11
p.m.
Lorelei: Dana Collins Band 6 to 10 p.m.
Oceanview Lounge: Allan Truesdell 7 to 11 p.m.
Pilot House: The Outer Band 6 to 10 p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Don Irwin 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Smugglers Cove: Chris Miller & Moss 6 to
9 p.m.
Snapper’s Waterfront Restaurant: Dwayne
McGregor 7 to 10 p.m.
Snooks: Liquid Remedy 6 to 10 p.m.
Sunset Grille: Key Lime Brothers 6 to 9 p.m.
SATURDAY, July 4
Bayside Grille: Albert Castiglia 6 to 10 p.m.
Caribbean Club: See Friday listing.
Dockside Cafe: See Friday listing.
Fish House Encore: Lee Sharp 7 to 10 p.m.
Gilberts: Shane Duncan Band 11 a.m. to 6
p.m.
Holiday Isle Beach Deck: DJ Joey Tracks noon
to 5 p.m.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Baga Tricks 5 to 8 p.m.
Holiday Isle Tiki Bar: 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: Stereo Underground
7 to 11 p.m.
Looe Key Tiki Bar: Karen Weber & Funkin
Conchs 6:30 to 11 p.m.
Lorelei: TBA noon to 4 p.m., The Stoned Krabbs
6 to 10 p.m.
Pilot House: Gypsy Road 7 to 11 p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Tommy Tune & Rocketman the
Pirate 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Smugglers Cove: Rob Smith Steel Drum Band
noon to 4 p.m., Sweetwater and John Mavis
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Snapper’s: Steve Venini 3 to 6 p.m., Dwayne
McGregor 7 to 10 p.m.
Snooks: Mac Meadows 1:30 to 5 p.m., Bobbe
Brown Band 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Sunset Grille: Two Kings with Tom Bates 6 to
9 p.m.
SUNDAY, July 5
Boondocks: Songwriters Sunday 7 to 10 p.m.
Caribbean Club: Cat Daddies 5:30 p.m.
Dockside Cafe: Jam night 7 to 11 p.m.
Fish House Encore: See Saturday listing.
Gilberts: 3RG 1 to 6 p.m.
Holiday Isle Beach Deck: DJ Joseph Anthony
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Colbert the Band 3 to
7 p.m.
The Hurricane: Jesse Jett 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Islamorada Fish Company: Dennis Holmes
noon to 5 p.m., TBA 6 to 10 p.m.
Island Grill: Kenny Channels noon to 4 p.m.
Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill: Stereo Underground
6 to 10 p.m.
Looe Key Tiki Bar: Ukelele Jam Band 6:30
to 11 p.m.
Lorelei: Steve Venini noon to 4 p.m., Collins &
Webb 6 to 10 p.m.
Oceanview Lounge: Dalton Collins 3 to 7 p.m.
Pilot House: Jimmy Ray and Derek 4 to 8 p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Tim Dee & Jim Hill 6:30 to
9:30 p.m.
Smugglers Cove: Dave Feder Trio 6 to 9 p.m.
Snapper’s: Frank C. 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
Dwayne McGregor 5 to 8 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 Bert 1 to 5 p.m., Bahama
Boyz 6 to 9 p.m.
Florida Keys Free Press • July 1, 2015 •
3B
IN THE KEYS
KEYLIMEFESTIVAL.COM
Key lime pies get their moment in the limelight.
MIKE HENTZ/Free Press
Isabel Hurtado of Ecoripe Tropicals, right, smiles Saturday as Summer Smith tries a rambutan during the Florida Keys Tropical
Fruit Fiesta on Big Pine Key. The fruit, seen in the large basket, is originally from Southeast Asia and was referred to as a hairy
strawberry in appearance by a customer of the booth.
Tropical fruits celebrated
BY MICHAEL QUIRK
Free Press Staff
BIG PINE KEY — Typically a quiet,
tranquil orchard of tropical trees
and passing Key deer, Grimal Grove
on Big Pine Key had a more festive scene last Saturday morning as
it played host to the Tropical Fruit
Fiesta.
Put on by the Growing Hope
Initiative, the Tropical Fruit Fiesta
featured vendors, tropical fruit tree
scavenger hunts, environmental
lectures and a make-your-own ice
cream station. In the past, the event
has taken place in Key West, Stock
Island or Marathon. But Growing
Hope founder and president Patrick
Garvey said he hopes the event has
found a permanent home at his
Grimal Grove location.
“It’s a great marriage between this
tropical fruit fest and Grimal Grove,”
he said. “We want to create awareness with this event and we want it
to be an annual thing.”
Garvey said the financial goal for
the event is $15,000, with the money
going toward restoring rainwater
catchments basins on the property.
Grimal Grove also received a grant
for $10,000 from Volunteer Florida of
Continued from page 1B
week. “But I wasn’t nervous. It was just really cool
to meet one of my favorite
chefs that I look up to.”
Aside from Congemi and
a few others at the restaurant, football broadcaster, former NFL coach and
Islamorada resident Jimmy
Johnson was on-hand for
the filming. He and Lagasse
sat waterside and chatted it
up for the camera.
Lagasse, following the
sit down, turned his focus
toward the kitchen where
he taste-tested a handful of
entrees.
The five choices, all done
up by Congemi, consisted
of Dijon-encrusted lamb
chops, a whole hogfish,
Italian fish pizza topped
with shrimp, linguini and
clam sauce, and a lobster
Sambuca crepe.
Lagasse, after tasting
each one, graded them for
the show. He, according to
Congemi, gave each one an
“A.”
While he appreciated the
high grades, Congemi said
the fact that Lagasse sought
him out after the shooting
wrapped to shake his hand
and send praise his way was
MIKE HENTZ/Free Press
Nicole DeLuca, rght, prepares a
Rambutan fruit for her kids, Allison and
Nicole, during the Florida Keys Tropical
Fruit Fiesta at Grimal Grove on Big Pine
Key Saturday.
there’s actually thousands of species
of them,” he said, adding that trying
new mangoes is a big reason he
keeps attending the events.
See FRUITS, page 9B
the highlight for him.
“That is what really stood
out to me,” Congemi said.
“He was freaking awesome
and just so down-to-earth.”
Near the end of filming
at the restaurant, Johnson
asked Lagasse to choose
one favorite of the five
KEY WEST — Fans of
pie can salute the Florida
Keys’ signature dessert and
the tiny fruit that inspired
it Thursday, July 2, through
Saturday, July 4, during the
annual Key Lime Festival.
Events include a Key lime
pie-eating contest, a talent
show and samplings of Keysdistilled rum flavored with
the tangy lime.
Believed to have originated
in Key West in the late 1800s,
Key lime pie was designated
Florida’s official pie in 2006
by the state Legislature. Its
primary ingredients are condensed milk, egg yolks and
the juice of the tiny yellow
Key lime, with the creamy
filling typically inside a
graham cracker crust and
topped with whipped cream
or meringue.
The Key Lime Festival was
conceived by Key West author
and baker David Sloan, who
penned “The Key West Key
Lime Pie Cookbook.” Events
begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday,
July 2, with a Key lime cooking class at Isle Cook Key
West, 218 Whitehead St.
Friday’s highlights are
to include the Key Lime
Talent Show set for 8 p.m.
at the Green Parrot Bar, 601
Whitehead St., where people
entrees. While Lagasse said
the pizza was very flavorful and definitely the most
unique, he ultimately settled on the hogfish.
The filming of both
restaurants, which could
encompass two episodes,
does not have official airdates as of press time.
For more information
on upcoming episodes of
can step into the “limelight”
to display talents of all types.
The show is free to watch.
Those talented in culinary
consumption can compete
in the Mile-High Key Lime
Pie Eatin’ Contest set for 11
a.m. Saturday, July 4, inside
Sloppy Joe’s Bar at 201 Duval
St. Ten contestants will each
attempt to devour an entire
pie, topped with mounds of
whipped cream, faster than
their competitors — without
using their hands.
At 2 p.m. that afternoon,
aspiring bakers can prove
their pie-making prowess during the Key Lime
Pie Championships at the
Smokin’ Tuna Saloon, 4
Charles St. Entrants can vie
for blue ribbons in multiple
divisions, while spectators
can purchase tickets to taste
the pies and cast People’s
Choice votes.
Other festival events
include the Key Lime
Cocktail Sip & Stroll for
libation lovers, a cookbook
signing by Sloan and gatherings at the Key West First
Legal Rum Distillery, where
attendees can tour the boutique distillery and sample
locally crafted Key lime rum.
For more information,
visit keylimefestival.com.
Lagasse’s show, visit cookingchanneltv.com/shows/
emerils-florida.html.
bbowden@keysnews.
com
SUMMER CAMP
Jump in and learn the basics of synchronized swimming this summer!
Our camp is looking for swimmers aged 7 to 14 who can work well in
group settings and are eager to take their swimming to the next level.
Camp sessions run for two weeks (Monday-Friday), 9am to 1pm. A brief
skill assessment at the Ron Levy Aquatic Center is required for camp entry
(child must be able to swim two laps/50 meters.)
Camp Dates:
$50 OFF
Session 1: June 15-19 & June 22-26
when you
Session 2: July 6-10 & July 13-17
register for
Session 3: July 27-31 & August 3-7
full session!
Where:
Ron Levy Aquatic Center, Founders Park, Islamorada
305-853-1685
What To Bring:
packed lunch • water bottle • sunscreen • cap & goggles
towel • extra swimsuit (one-piece for decorating)
Cost:
4th of July Weekend
D A I LY S P E C I A L S
Happy Hour 4-6pm
Happy Hour Food Specials
Open Daily from 11am-9pm
Open Fri 7/3 & Sat 7/4 11am-10pm
Coach Isla Turner
856-473-4752
[email protected]
Sync
Islamorada Village of Islands
www.islamorada.fl.us
Session - $350 • Week - $200 • Day - $45
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Tallahassee.
“The Grove is a great educational
tool and I’d like to see it become a
great area for locals to come,” said
Audrey Kidwell, volunteer generation fund manager for Volunteer
Florida.
A property that housed a crack den
as recent as a few years ago, according to Garvey, has now been cleared
of invasive plants and is continuing to grow as the “Southernmost
Tropical Fruit Park.” The Tropical
Fruit Fiesta attracted visitors from
across the Keys, including mango
enthusiasts Peter Cone and Monica
Brawer of Key West.
“We love mangoes. I have three
mango trees at my house and [Cone]
has four at his,” said Brawer, attending her seventh or eighth such festival. “It’s very interesting finding out
about all the different kinds of mangoes.”
Cone, who said he enjoyed the
lychee nuts so much he bought two
pounds worth, bought his house,
in part, due to the mango tree in
the yard. He has since planted other
tropical fruit trees and likes sharing
the exotic fruits with visitors to his
home.
“Some people think there’s just a
few different kinds of mangoes but
Tangy fruit to have
moment in limelight
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IN THE KEYS
at the movies …
IN THE KEYS & SOUTH FLORIDA
opening this week:
Terminator: Genisys (PG-13, Sci-Fi and Action/Adventure) -
When John Connor, leader of the human resistance,
sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah
Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn
of events creates a fractured timeline. Now, Reese finds
himself in a new and unfamiliar version of the past,
where he is faced with unlikely allies, including the
Guardian, dangerous new enemies, and an unexpected
new mission: To reset the future.
Sanctuary fishing, photo contest begins
ISLAMORADA — A free fishing
and photo contest celebrating recreational fishing and promoting conservation-focused fishing practices
kicked off Sunday in the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary and runs
through Labor Day, Sept. 7.
The fourth annual Sanctuary
Classic is a cooperative project between The Sportfishing
Conservancy, the Guy Harvey Ocean
Foundation and NOAA’s Office of
National Marine Sanctuaries to create
awareness of ethical angling practices
and illustrate the benefits of “lighttouch” recreational fishing.
One winner is to be selected weekly
that best exemplifies themes such as
biggest and smallest looking fish, best
conservation message, most unique
looking fish, most family-oriented
photo, best display of responsible
fishing values and more. Prizes are
awarded for each winner.
Marine artist Guy Harvey is one of
the judges. At the contest’s conclusion,
one winning entrant’s photo from
each national sanctuary is to receive
a $1,000 youth scholarship from the
Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation.
Participating anglers can submit
qualifying fishing photos to sanctuaryclassic.org.
Magic Mike XXL (R, Comedy) - Three years after Mike
now showing:
Max (PG, Action/Adventure and Family) - A precision-trained
military dog, Max serves on the frontlines with his
handler, U.S. Marine Kyle Wincott. But when Kyle is
mortally wounded, Max, traumatized by the loss of
his best friend, is unable to remain in service. Shipped
stateside, the only human he seems willing to connect
with is Kyle’s troubled teenage brother, Justin, so Max is
adopted by Kyle’s family, essentially saving his life. The
two find an unlikely new best friend in each other.
Ted 2 (R, Comedy) - This time around, Ted is attempting to
raise a child with his new wife, but in order to do so, he’s
must prove that he’s a person.
Inside Out (PG, Family and Animation) - Growing up can be
a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is
uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts
a new job in San Francisco. Riley is guided by her emotions: Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside
Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to
a new life, turmoil ensues in Headquarters.
Jurassic World 3-D (PG-13, Action/Adventure and Thriller) Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla
Nublar now features a dinosaur adventure park, Jurassic
World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
This new park is owned by the Patel Corporation.
Owen, a member of Jurassic World’s on-site staff, conducts behavioral research on the velociraptors. Jurassic
World’s attendance rates begin to decline and a new
attraction, created to re-spark visitor interest, backfires.
Information courtesy of yahoo.com
future releases:
Citizen scientists
needed to monitor
waters in sounds
Refuge to host evening nature programs
SOUTH
FLORIDA
—
Biscayne Bay Water Watch,
a community-based water
monitoring program developed in response to increasing algal blooms in Biscayne
Bay and adjacent areas, is
seeking volunteers to help
take water samples in Card
and Barnes sounds.
Biscayne
Bay
Water
Watch features a coalition of
groups and organizations that
adopt sites for monthly water
monitoring. The program is
working in conjunction with
Miami-Dade’s water monitoring program to select sites
that have been lost due to
reductions in funding or in
areas that are currently not
covered by the county’s program. Specifically, they would
like to increase coverage in
both Card and Barnes sounds.
Volunteers would need to
have access to a boat and
attend a training. All of the
water monitoring equipment would be provided.
The requirement would be
collection of one sample per
month, taken during the first
full week of every month,
for a minimum of one year.
Collection and processing of
samples is expected to take 30
to 60 minutes.
Those interested in participating should contact Lisa
Krimsky, a Florida Sea Grant
agent, at 305-421-4017.
Celebrate
Ant-Man
Self/Less
Minions
dvd releases
PICK OF THE WEEK
Danny Collins (R, Drama and Comedy) - Inspired by a letter he
once received from John Lennon and Yoko Ono, aging
musician Danny Collins feels the urge to turn his life
around. He begins to live his life differently and decides
to reconcile with his son. Throughout his quest, Collins
is forced to cope with his lifestyle changes and deal with
his relationships with the important people in his life.
mystery
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scheduled to start just after
dark. Hundreds of boaters
line up in front of the beach
for a view of the festivities.
For details, call the
Marathon Chamber of
Commerce at 305-743-5417
or visit floridakeysmarathon.com.
The Spirit of Islamorada
July 4 celebration is to be
held at Founders Park, mile
marker 87, bayside. Hosted
PHOTO
BIG PINE KEY — The
National Key Deer Refuge
will host four free nature
walks/programs for the
public during July.
The programs will begin
at the refuge’s visitor center in Winn-Dixie Plaza on
Big Pine Key.
Attendees are encouraged to wear sturdy footwear, carry insect spray
and bring a camera or
binoculars.
Program schedule:
•
6:30
to
8:30
p.m. Wednesday, July 1,
“Long Beach Ramble” –
Sea creatures, seabeans
and more.
•
6:30
to
8:30
p.m. Wednesday, July 8,
“Marsh Rabbit Scramble”
– Hike through the refuge’s
“rabbit-at.”
• 8:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday,
July 14, “Epic Evening
Star Program at Nature
Trails,” featuring educator
Elizabeth Moore.
• 8:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday,
July 21, “The Secret
Lives of Moths,” featuring researcher David Fine.
For more information,
contact Kristie Killam at
305-304-9625 or email her
at [email protected].
Fantasy Theatre
performance
room to discuss Jane
Gardam’s fictional novel
“Old Filth.”
This novel examines
the life of Sir Edward
Feathers, a desiccated barrister known to colleagues
and friends as Old Filth
(the nickname stands for
“Failed in London Try
Hong Kong”).
In August, the club will
discuss the book “Secret
Daughter” by Shilpi
Somaya Gowda. Copies
are available at the library.
For more information,
call Ann Lynch at 305-7318683.
p.m. Thursday, July 2, on
the beach at the Caribbean
Club, mile marker 104,
bayside, Key Largo.
Adoptable dogs will be
there. Learn about fostering rescued pets. Dogs
that are leashed, vaccinated and controlled are welcome.
KEY LARGO — Fantasy
Theatre Factory, a professional drama company from Miami, will
be performing “Gordon
Gumshoe Fairy Tale
Detective” at 2 p.m.
Thursday, July 9, in the
Key Largo Library’s community room, mile marker
101.4, oceanside.
Admission is free.
For more information,
call 305-451-2396.
Book discussion
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KEY LARGO — New
classes for anyone interested in learning about
Taoist Tai Chi will begin at
6 p.m. Thursday July 2, at
the Key Largo Lions Club,
mile marker 99.4, oceanside.
The public is invited to
attend. For more information and class schedules,
call 305-748-0799 or email
[email protected].
by the village of Islamorada
and the Upper Keys Rotary
Club, the event features
entertainment, food and
drinks for kids, teens, adults
— and even dogs. The party
is to run 6 to 9:30 p.m., followed by a fireworks show.
An admission fee of $10 is
to be charged to nonresidents. For information, call
Founders Park at 305-8531685.
Independence Day at
Postcard Inn Beach Resort
& Marina at Holiday Isle,
mile marker 84, oceanside,
will include live music at
the Tiki Bar. For a holiday
weekend lineup, visit holidayisle.com.
Along Key Largo’s bayside,
located around mile marker 104, is where the annual fireworks display over
Blackwater Sound takes
place. The show is scheduled for 10 p.m. Saturday,
July 4, weather permitting.
Seating is available at
Sundowners and Jimmy
Johnson’s Big Chill restaurants, Caribbean Club and
Marriott Key Largo Bay
Resort. Reservations are
suggested because seating fills up early. For more
information, visit keylargofireworks.com or call 305451-4502.
The 40th annual Fourth
of July parade co-sponsored
by the Key Largo Chamber
of Commerce is themed
“Red, White and True.” The
parade gets rolling at 10
a.m. from the parking lot
at Anthony’s Clothing Store,
mile marker 98.2 on the
center median of U.S. 1, and
ends at mile marker 100.
Awards are to be presented for most original entry,
most beautiful and best
portrayal of the theme.
Following the parade
will be a free-admission
picnic at the Key Largo
Community Park. Free hot
dogs and sodas will be distributed, followed by the
float award presentation.
Parking is free. For more
information, call 305-4511414 or 305-852-3216.
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list Andrew Jackson slaughtered Adams at the polls.
Kaplan argues, “The
weakness of Adams’ presidency resulted from the
determination of his political opponents not to allow
him any public policy
achievements.”
John Quincy Adams was
an unbending, principled
man who once resigned
his Senate seat rather than
change his views and votes.
In 1848 he collapsed in the
House chamber and died as
he lived, fighting for justice
and his philosophy of what
his nation could and should
be — all in all an outstanding life for a person seen by
many as only an easily forgotten middle-of-the-pack
one-term president.
This is a long and sometimes overly detailed book
that was taken from Adams’
own very complete diaries,
but it’s a worthwhile read
for American history buffs.
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SILVER KINGS TV/Contributed
Above, Capt. Craig Brewer and angler Heidi Nute show off their
winnings in the 38th Ladies Tarpon Fly Tournament. Right, Brewer
with a Nute tarpon.
Nute, Brewer win women’s fly tourney
SILVER KINGS TV/Contributed
Heidi Nute battles a tarpon as Capt. Craig Brewer mans the poling platform.
Jiovenetta wins big in Tulsa
Coral Shores High School
heavyweight wrestler Dante
Jiovenetta was nearly perfect at the Junior National
Duals/Greco
Roman
and Freestyle Wrestling
Championships in Tulsa,
Okla., from June 23 to
27. Jiovenetta wrestles for
the Florida team.
Jiovenetta compiled an
8-0 record in the GrecoRoman wrestling style to
earn All-American honors. To gain All-American
status, a wrestler in any
weight class has to go undefeated in the tournament in
that style over two days and
compete in a specific number of matches. Jiovenetta, a
rising senior, wrestles in the
285-pound weight class.
Jiovenetta was also named
to the All-Tournament team
after the Greco-Roman
matches. In a finals match,
the Florida and Tennessee
teams were tied at 32 points
each. Jiovenetta was the last
wrestler on the mat for team
Florida and would decide
which squad would win the
dual match.
He left no doubt who
would be victorious after
executing a five-point throw
on his opponent to win the
match. In Greco-Roman
wrestling, all of the moves
must be performed by using
only the upper body. No
sweeping or wrapping of
the legs are allowed.
Wrestlers from 19 states
competed in the GrecoRoman competition. Illinois
won the team title and had
eight All-Tournament wrestlers through the different
weight classes. Michigan
was second with seven
CONTRIBUTED
Dante Jiovenetta’s hand is
raised by the referee after winning his individual match and
the Florida team match in Tulsa
last week.
All-Tournament wrestlers,
while Ohio had four and
Florida, Pennsylvania and
Washington each had three
All-Tournament wrestlers.
After two days of GrecoRoman matches the wrestlers then entered the second phase of the tournament by wrestling in the
freestyle form, which is
most common at the high
school and college levels.
Greco-Roman wrestling
typically is only seen in the
Olympics and international
events.
In freestyle wrestling
Jiovenetta defeated the
three-time Arkansas state
champion with a throw and
pin to win the match. He
later lost his only match of
the tournament by a 4-3
decision to a wrestler from
New Jersey.
From there Jiovenetta
moved on to the AAU
Disney Duals Wrestling
Tournament in Orlando,
which began June 27 and
wraps up July 2.
Lauderdale, fishing with
Capt. Larry Sydnor. They
also took home the Best
Other Fish award for catching and releasing a large tripletail as well as Best New
Angler award as this was
Torn’s first time in the tournament.
Second runner-up, with
500 points, was Shay Doll
from Idaho, who fished with
Capt. Bou Bosso.
The angler and guide
teams fished for three days.
The tournament was filmed
for Silver Kings TV, an outdoor documentary show
about tarpon fishing in the
Florida Keys.
Superboats to race
around Marathon
MARATHON — Powerful
boats racing at high speeds
parallel to the Marathon
shoreline near the Seven
Mile Bridge will show
their muscle when the
Marathon Super Boat
Grand Prix rolls into the
Middle Keys Friday, July 3,
through Sunday, July 5.
Racing fans will receive
free admission to view the
boats and meet drivers
and crews from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at the Race Village
dry pits at the Florida Keys
Marathon Airport, mile
marker 51, gulfside.
Wet pits are located at
the event’s headquarters at
the marina docks behind
the Hyatt Place Faro Blanco
Resort & Yacht Club, 1996
Overseas Highway. Wet pits
will be open to the public from noon to 4 p.m.
Saturday and 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Sunday. This location, including the on-site
Lighthouse Grill restaurant, outdoor bar and pool,
is open for food, beverages
and race viewing during
the event weekend.
Race day is Sunday, July
5, with the first race scheduled for 11 a.m. and the
second at 1 p.m. Teams
are to race in seven classes including Superboat,
Superboat
Unlimited,
Superboat
Extreme,
Superboat Vee, Superboat
Stock and Production 3
and 4 classes.
The Gulf of Mexico race
course runs parallel to the
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Tournament.
The all-release fly tournament had two scoring
events: 100 points for a
release and 300 points for
a catch, which occurs when
the guide takes the hook out
of the mouth of the fish.
Nute, an Islamorada resident, earned 700 points.
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SPORTS & RECREATION
Do you take ‘fishies?’
BY C.J. GEOTIS
Free Press Contributor
It’s been a very strange
week for fishing. I had one
very good trip, and one notso-good trip. And I invented a new word: “fishie.” Of
course, it is a derivative of
the ever-popular selfie, but
it is only for when
you take a picture
of yourself holding
a fish. I hope someday I get credit for
this word when it
officially goes in the
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary. If it ever
goes in the dictionary.
I went out alone
one recent morning. The
water was calm, the forecast was good, I had a little
time to kill and I was totally
out of fresh fish for dinner. I
ran out to about 150 feet of
water and started trolling.
I don’t know for a fact how
hot Hades is, but I think it
was hotter than Hades out
there.
I ran into the first bunch
of scattered weeds after
15 minutes on the troll. I
cleared the lines and went
back to the helm. I made
sure I wasn’t on a collision
course with any boaters
or navigation markers and
looked back to see how the
baits were doing. They were
all weeded up again. “You
have got to be kidding,” I
moaned to no one in particular.
I cleared the lines again,
but this time, as I let the
fourth line go out, the first
line got fouled up in weeds.
I cleared the affected line,
and as I did, the second line
got weeded. On it went like
this. I was hot, sweaty and
thirsty. I was now in about
200 feet of water. I battled
it until I reached 450 feet of
water. I had been clearing
the lines constantly.
I lamented the fact that I
was alone and needed help
to keep up with the lines.
This is why there should
always be a young, strong
guy onboard, I thought
to myself. Oh well. There
was nothing I could do. I
decided to pull all the lines
and run past the scattered
weeds and set my trolling
lines out in deeper water
with no weeds. I ran out to
650 feet of water. It looked
like I found a break in the
weeds. I was pleased with
this because 650 feet is usually a very productive area
for me.
Ten minutes later, all
the lines were once again
fouled with weeds. I battled with it until I could not
stand it any longer. I was
about three hours into the
fishing trip. I was very frus-
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trated and very tired. Why
me? I questioned. I felt bad
that I was complaining for
any reason when I was out
in the middle of the Atlantic
Ocean fishing in the fabulous Florida Keys. This has
always been my life’s dream:
To live in the Florida Keys
and be able to fish whenever I want to.
I was whipped
and decided to
turn toward shore,
eat a sandwich,
drink a Diet Coke
and enjoy the day.
I trolled toward
home and cleared
lines
whenever a weed attack
turned my trolling
spread into soggy Caesar
Salads. I cut back to two
trolling lines instead of four.
I chose the two lines that
were getting fouled the least
and set the others back in
the rod holders. I even ran
the lines closer to the boat
than usual just to keep the
work down to a minimum
when I had to remove the
offending weeds.
I called my wife. “Honey,
take a couple of hamburgers out of the freezer,
please,” I said.
“What, no fish?” she
replied. “You’ve been out
there for five hours.”
“I’m trolling back toward
shore and will see you
soon.” I mumbled back to
her. I stayed on the troll as
I approached land. Threehundred feet of water, 250
feet, 150 feet. One hundred
twenty-five feet. “That’s it,” I
said out loud. One hundred
and 10 feet.
Pow! Screech! The outrigger line went off. I was in
a semi-daze. I jumped to
the rod and pulled it from
the rod holder. I expected to
reel in a “trash” fish. When
the fish finally flashed in
the water behind the boat,
I was amazed to see the
gold and silver color that
only blackfin tunas make.
Sure enough, a nice blackfin
tuna came to the boat. My
day was saved.
This was more than
enough tuna for Loretta and
me to have a great dinner.
I had to send a picture of
this to my wife. But I was
alone on the boat. I realized
I would have to take a selfie.
Suddenly, I thought, “There
must be a better name for
pictures taken by yourself
when you are holding a fish.
I thought about the word
“selfishie,” but I didn’t like
the selfish part of that one.
“Fishselfie?” No, I didn’t like
that one. I decided “fishie”
has a nice ring to it. I also
decided it should be spelled
with an “ie” like selfie, and
not with a “y” like fishy. That
reminded me of fishy business and I wanted an original word.
So, I took the first ever
“fishie.” It is not as easy as
you might think. The fish is
slippery. The boat is rocking. Soaking the iPhone
in saltwater would not be
good, and it is very difficult to balance the phone
without dropping it on the
cockpit or in the ocean.
The next week, I was
looking forward to telling
people about my new word.
I had the chance to fish
with some friends and we
talked about my new word.
I wouldn’t say they were
overwhelmed with it, but,
they thought it was catchy.
We were fishing in 600
feet of water when a nicesized mahi inhaled one of
the baits. There were no
other fish following this one
so we got the fish onboard
and headed immediately
back to the spot where we
caught him.
Everybody onboard was
excited and anticipating
hooking up again with
other members of the same
school. We were trolling at
1,800 RPM and the motor
all of a sudden shut off
like someone had flipped
a switch. I quickly turned
the key to restart the boat
and nothing happened.
I knew instantly, that this
motor had no intentions of
starting again. I called Sea
Tow after trying to start the
motor for half an hour.
The boat got tied to the
Sea Tow boat; he started
towing me back to shore. I
was crestfallen. I was actually embarrassed that this
might happen to me. I was
looking at the Sea Tow boat
and snapped a photo of
myself being towed. “Hey,”
I said. This is just a selfie. I picked the mahi up,
balanced the fish with one
hand and the iPhone with
the other. I gyrated and
contorted myself until the
mahi, Sea Tow and I were all
in the frame. Then I took the
world’s second “fishie.”
As usual, Sea Tow was
magnificent. Capt. Mike
was professional and likable. He towed me back to
my house and helped me
get the boat onto the boatlift. This was not my best
fishing day. This was not
even close. But, what the
heck? I had dinner in the
box, I had a great day with
friends, I solidified my new
word and as usual … life is
good in the Florida Keys; life
is very good in the Florida
Keys.
C.J. Geotis is a life-long
fisherman who followed his
dream to live in the Florida
Keys 14 years ago. His book,
Florida Keys Fish Stories, is
available at Amazon.com.
He lives in Marathon with
his wife, Loretta, and her
Coca Cola collection. His
email is [email protected].
CONTRIBUTED
Superboats will compete in different classes Sunday, July 5.
Race
Continued from page 6B
shoreline from Tranquility
Bay Resort at mile marker 48.5 to the Seven Mile
Bridge, turning and finishing at Hyatt Place.
“We have so many fans
excited about offshore racing who follow the teams,”
said race producer John
Carbonell. “With boats
from 28 feet up to 52 feet
competing in the waters
off the famous Seven Mile
Bridge, it’s an event that
anyone who loves racing
just can’t miss.”
There is no charge for
general race viewing at
Marathon’s Sunset Park,
mile marker 47, a prime
spectator location at the
base of the Seven Mile
Bridge on the western side
of Knight’s Key. Private
boats are to have a designated bayside viewing area
as well.
An awards presentation
is scheduled at Hyatt Place
at 5 p.m. Sunday to honor
top finishers in each class.
For race schedules and
more information, visit
superboat.com.
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9B
IN THE KEYS
Plant panacea in showy shrub Hemingway run/
Key West Garden Club
The common caricature
shrub has leaves and flowers that are the scientific
source for curing a myriad
of diseases. In East Indian
folk medicine it is a diuretic, emollient and resolvent.
Its decoction, or a poultice of its leaves, is said to
help earaches, headaches,
inflammation, skin problems, ulcers, cuts and hemorrhoids. Its flavonoids
were found to have antioxidant qualities.
Mix it with coconut
water and it reduces swelling. A poultice is spread on
breasts to relieve inflammation and release milk
flow. A decoction of its
flowers promotes menstrual flow and was also used as
a contraceptive. It’s used to
ease the delivery of a baby.
If that is not enough, its
leaves contain saponins
used as a substitute for
soap and smell like exotic
Indian coumarin.
With all of this in folk
history, it is not surprising
that the pharmaceutical
industry is interested in
Graptophyllum pictum.
Many scientific studies
have been done to determine its attributes. They
found that it is anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic and
promotes bone formation.
Its flavonoids were found
to have antioxidant qualities. One study found that
it inhibits plaque growth on
false teeth.
The
“International
Journal of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences”
ROBIN ROBINSON/Contributed
Above, an 8-foot tall caricature plant. Below, each leaf displays
a different abstract pink center.
This versatile shrub has
bold, variegated foliage,
with a creamy pink center.
The flashy exterior colors,
such as chocolate-purple
or ruby-red are determined
by the amount of sun that
the plant gets: the more
sun, the darker the colors.
The opposite leaves are
eight inches long and five
inches wide with points on
measured its production of
each end. The edges are
osteoblasts in bones, which smooth and the middle
protect against osteoporo- vein centers the abstract
rosy caricature picture, difsis.
ferent on each leaf.
It grows to a height of
eight feet with a 6-foot
width. Deer devour its
tender leaves with gusto.
The shrub is tropical and
dies back at 55 degrees. It
will return from its roots
if the temperature doesn’t
get below 25 degrees. It is
erect, smooth and many
branched. Prune the bush
anytime and it will branch
out fuller.
The colorful leaves
dominate
the
small,
tubular, lavender flowers
which bloom on terminal
racemes three to four inches long. Caricature plant
loves both sun and shade. It
can take the heat and loves
the humidity. However,
the leaves will wilt if the
ground gets too dry. It does
most of its growing in the
damp days of summer.
Cut off a section of the
shrub and pop it in a glass
of water and it will root.
Gardeners can make an
entire row of clones in that
way. Insects and diseases
shun the popular garden
shrub.
The caricature bushes
are used in the landscape
as borders or to create a
spectacular centerpiece in
an otherwise green panorama of plants.
Key West Garden Club
Master Gardener Robin
Robinson was a columnist at the Chicago Daily
News and syndicated with
Princeton Features. Her
book, “Plants of Paradise,”
can be found on Amazon.
com.
crossword horoscopes
KEY
KEY
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
Great changes are in store. Are
you ready, Cancer? Maneuvering
through them won’t be easy, but
it can be done, and you’ll soon
have the new routine down.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
Stop it, Leo. You’ve danced
around the issue long enough.
It’s time to make a decision.
A project begins at work. All
hands on deck, please!
CLUES ACROSS
1. Letter opener
10. Cracker spread
14. Obvious deduction
15. Defeat
17. Type of parasites (2 wds)
18. Noted caravel
19. Referee
20. "La Scala di ___" (Rossini
opera)
21. That which brings about an
effect
22. Cambodian currency
24. Colonization
26. Slope of loose rock debris
28. "The Snowy Day" author ___
Jack Keats
29. Adaptable truck, for short
30. Place for checking machinery
under working conditions (2 wds)
32. Like a slingshot (hyph.)
35. Coal carrier
36. Costa del ___
37. Element #33
41. Those who communicate with
the divine
45. Grassland
46. Be an omen of
48. Aquarium fish
49. Tight trousers worn in 1800s
53. Thin piece of cane in a wind
instrument
54. Like some socks
55. Effort
57. Amscrayed
58. Sky sight
59. Substance that accumulates
on the surface of a solid
61. Electrolysis particle
62. Gives new life to
63. Battering wind
64. Platitude
CLUES DOWN
1. Doomed (var. spell.)
2. Small furry-tailed rodents that
hibernate
3. Cloth dealers
4. Burgle
5. Building additions
6. Astringent fruit
7. Fried quickly in a little fat
8. Artificial
9. Artist's asset
10. Cocoon dwellers
11. Celery
12. Become nervous or uneasy (2
wds)
13. Accord
16. Moved swiftly and suddenly
21. Elegant
23. Oblivion
25. "Don't give up!"
27. Black, in poetry
31. Like some mushrooms
33. Emcee
34. Adjust
37. Llama relative
38. Rising on hind legs
39. Spanish drink with wine and
fruit
40. Bill and ___
41. Crescent-shaped bodies
42. Stress, in a way
43. Fashions
44. Gloom
47. Move unsteadily
50. Austrian province whose capital
is Innsbruck
51. Having a fitted top and flared
bottom (hyph.)
52. Belt
56. Certain surgeon's "patient"
59. "A jealous mistress": Emerson
60. Prohibit
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Quiet, Virgo. You are entrusted
with a secret, a BIG secret.
Keep it to yourself whatever the
cost. Opportunity knocks only
once. Don’t miss out.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Tempers flare at home. Watch
yourself, Libra. It could be
contagious. A challenge is
con-quered at work. Spread
the word and arrange for a
celebration.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Yikes, Scorpio. Plans at home
begin to go awry. Time to
regroup. It is crucial you get
each stage right. A lapse in
communica-tion creates a
comedy of errors at work.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
The debate continues at home,
and sparks fly. Don’t join in
unless you are prepar-ed to
go the distance, Sagittarius. A
friend-ship is sorely tested.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
Celebrate, Capricorn! You
receive a stellar review, and you
deserve more than a pat on the
back. Plans come together for a
family reunion.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
Ooh-la-la, Aquarius. Romantic
gestures are returned, and
passion burns bright. A
teen’s start down the path to
independence inches ever so
closely.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
Some relationships last forever,
and some do not. If you feel
like you’ve been strung along
for far too long, now is the time
to cut ties, Pisces.
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
You can run, but you cannot
hide, Aries. Fess up, admit your
part and make amends. You’ll
feel better and be able to move
forward with ease.
walk, paddleboard
race set for July 25
KEY WEST — Racers
can compete on foot or
on paddleboards during
two Key West challenges
that commemorate Ernest
Hemingway’s outdoor lifestyle and passion for sporting pursuits.
Set for Saturday, July
25, the Malibu Rum
Hemingway 5K Sunset
Run/Walk and Lazy Dog
Paddleboard Race are
part of Key West’s annual
Hemingway Days celebration. The weeklong festival
salutes the life and work of
the author who lived on the
island in the 1930s, enjoying sports from swimming
to sparring.
The
Lazy
Dog
Paddleboard Race is to
kick off at 6 p.m. at the
Southernmost Beach, 1405
Duval St. on the Atlantic
Ocean. The 3-mile ocean
course begins and ends at
the beach.
The 5K run/walk is to
begin at 7:30 p.m. at the
Southernmost Point in the
continental United States,
located beside the Atlantic
at Whitehead and South
streets. Runners travel a
fast, flat 3.1-mile course
through historic Old Town
past landmarks including the Ernest Hemingway
Home & Museum.
A post-race awards
party is scheduled at the
Southernmost Hotel, 1319
Duval St.
Awards for runners await
the top three male and
female overall finishers,
top three male and female
masters and top three male
and female finishers in age
categories ranging from 9
and under to 75 and over.
For paddleboard racers and
walkers in the 5K, awards
are to be presented to the
first- through 10th-place
male and female finishers.
All competitors in both
races can expect finisher
medals.
A registration booth is to
be open 3 to 7 p.m. race day
at the Southernmost Hotel.
Race packets can be picked
up there.
Before that date, athletes
can register online at active.
com. Registration forms
also can be downloaded
from keywestspecialevents.
com or picked up at local
hotels and fitness centers.
The entry fee for either
race is $45 per adult ($35
for military members and
those under age 15). Fees
include a race tech shirt,
food, libations and giveaways.
Fruits
enthusiast tried rambutans
for the first time and liked
them so much her mom
bought a few to take back to
Key West.
“No, I haven’t,” she said
when asked if she’d tasted
anything like rambutan
before. “It tastes like candy.”
[email protected]
Continued from page 3B
Another patron experiencing new fruits was
4-year-old Summer Smith,
daughter of Key West High
School teachers Ed and
Joy Smith. The young fruit
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TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
Ugh, Taurus. You’re about to be
put on the spot, and words will
not come easily. Think about
it, choose what you have to
say care-fully, and the right
message will be heard.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
Fret, fret, fret. Worry-ing is not
going to help, Gemini. A loved
one can, however, but you have
to ask them first. Travel plans
develop a wrinkle, which is
easily smoothed out.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
JUNE 28
Kathy Bates, Actress (66)
JUNE 29
Gary Busey, Actor (70)
JUNE 30
Lizzy Caplan, Actress (32)
Dinner: Thursday 6-10 pm and
Friday & Saturday, 5pm ‘til the fat lady sings!
Closed Sunday & Monday
Loryann Swank
CUSTOMIZED CORPORATE OR PRIVATE PARTIES!
Proprietor
146 NW 7th St., Homestead, FL 33030 • 305.248.1076
FLORIDA KEYS DERMATOLOGY
Javier Flores, M.D.
Diplomat American Board of Dermatology
Dedicated to the Practice of:
General Dermatology
Pediatric Dermatology
MOHS Surgery
305-668-8201
305-434-3104 on Thursdays
JULY 1
Missy Elliott, Rapper (43)
91550 Overseas Highway #207 • Tavernier, FL 33070
408840
KEY LARGO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
JULY 2
Jose Canseco, Baseball (50)
JULY 3
Thomas Gibson, Actor (52)
JULY 4
Malia Obama, President's
Daughter (16)
BUSINESS MEETING
July 14, 2015
August 11, 2015
September 8, 2015
Immediately following the 6:30 p.m. KLVAC Meeting
305-451-2700
Station #24, One East Drive, Key Largo, FL 33037
408856
2B
10B • July 1, 2015 • Florida Keys Free Press
KEYSWIDE CLASSIFIED
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
DEADLINES • LINE ADS
Sunday Edition ........................................................................ 1pm Friday
Monday Edition ......................................................................4pm Friday
Tuesday Edition ......................................................................1pm Monday
Wednesday Edition .................................................................1pm Tuesday
Thursday Edition.....................................................................1pm Wednesday
Friday Edition ........................................................................1pm Thursday
Saturday Edition.....................................................................11 am Friday
Garage Sale Map ...................................................................
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Noon Thursday
CANCELLATIONS
292-7777
Mon-Fri 8AM - 5PM • Proven to Work for Over 125 Years
300
MERCHANDISE
400
RENTALS
010....................................... .......Public Notices
040....................................... ..............Personals
050.................................................Lost & Found
060............ .......................................Pets Found
305................... ............ .............................Pets
310.......................,............. ........Sporting Goods
315........................................................Bicycles
320...........................................Household Goods
321...................................................... Furniture
325............................................... Miscellaneous
327........................................................ Jewelry
329............................................... Yard Sale Map
330......................................Yard Sale Lower Keys
331............................ ........Yard Sale Middle Keys
332......................................Yard Sale Upper Keys
335.......................................................Antiques
337...............................................................Art
340.......................................Musical Instruments
345.................................................... Appliances
350........................................... Office Equipment
351....................................................Electronics
355.............................................. Wanted to Buy
402.......................... ................ ........Roommates
404..........................................Rooms Lower Keys
406........... .............................Rooms Middle Keys
408......................................... Rooms Upper Keys
410............................... Mobile Homes Lower Keys
412..............................Mobile Homes Middle Keys
414............................... Mobile Homes Upper Keys
416...........................Furnished Condos Lower Keys
417....................... Unfurnished Condos Lower Keys
418........................................Condos Middle Keys
420.........................................Condos Upper Keys
422.............................. Furnished Apts. Lower Keys
424.............................Furnished Apts. Middle Keys
426.............................. Furnished Apts. Upper Keys
428..................................Unfurn. Apts. Lower Keys
430................................ Unfurn. Apts. Middle Keys
432................................. Unfurn. Apts. Upper Keys
434................................. Furn. Houses Lower Keys
0010
Public Notice
0220
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
0220
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
A GREAT
NOTICE TO
ADMINISTRATIVE
OPPORTUNITY
ADVERTISERS
ASSISTANT WANTED
I n c a s e o f e r r o r s , FT Reservations Sales
please check your ad
I am looking for a
Agent for Luxury
the first day it apresponsible
Keys resort
pears. In the event of
Administrative
Responsibilities will
assistant. Position is
include assisting
an error, we are reflexible, so students
sponsible for the first guests in booking their
and others can apply.
incorrect insertion of vacations, responding
Computer literacy is a
an ad. The Citizen
to guest emails,
plus.Send resume to
does not assume rerunning reports,
[email protected]
sponsibility for any
concierge work, and
reason beyond the
working as a team.
cost of the ad itself.
Competitive
Detention Deputy
hourly wage plus
Trainee:
monthly bonus
CANCELLATIONS
The Monroe County
potential. Weekends
All word ad rates are
Sheriff’s Office is
required.
placement fees and
accepting Preliminary
Please email
non-refundable (for
Applications for a
frequency days canresume to
Detention
Deputy
celed). Ads may be reservationskeywest@
Trainee Academy
removed from publicgmail.com
starting August 2015 in
ation with placement
Marathon. Monroe
fee remaining.
A-PLUS ROOFING
County Sheriff’s Office
Roofers wanted.
will pay for your new
CHANGES
Experience helpful,
career (tuition, books
Once an ad has been will train. Temporary
placed only accept- starter tools supplied. and salary) Preliminary
Applications must be
able minor changes
8am-Noon
completed and
can be made to the
5686 Maloney Ave.
received
by July 1st,
ad.
305-296-2568.
2015. Applicants may
apply on line at
CARPENTER AND
www.keysso.net or
LABORER
contact Charles
Must have valid driver's
Slebodnick at
license and
[email protected]
transportation
or 305 292-7044.
305-292-7777
305-797-5323
EEO/AAP.
Keyswide
Classifieds
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
Positions Available at
Westin Key West,
Sunset Key, Weather
Station, Banana Bay
and Bayside Inn
Westin:
Housekeeping
Supervisor
Restaurant Host
Line Cook
Gift Shop Associate
Server
Sunset Key:
Boat Captain
Executive
Housekeeper
Spa Receptionist
Restaurant Host
Busser
Pastry Cook
Bayside Inn:
Maintenance Staff
+Previous applicants
need not apply again.
+Application hours are
from 9am to 3:30pm or
apply on-line to:
[email protected]
245 Front Street, Key
West, Fl 33040
Tel: 305-294-400
Fax: 305-292-4348
Subway
Assistant Manager
2pm – 10pm
Sandwich Artists
SHIFTS
7am – 2pm &
2pm – 10pm
Full-Time opening responsible for daily
receiving, internal inventory tracking, ordering,
warranty claims, misc. duties. Involves heavy
lifting. Must be organized and dependable.
HVAC knowledge a plus. Benefits include
insurance, vacation and paid holidays.
Apply in person:
171 Hood Ave. • Tavernier
or Fax resume to 305-852-0656
500
0220
Warehouse Manager
Now hiring personnel for both
Tom Thumb and Subway
Full and Part Time
Tom Thumb
Store Clerks
SHIFTS
6am – 2pm
2pm – 10pm
10pm – 6am
0220
506.............................................. .....Upper Keys
508.............................................Lots Lower Keys
510............................................Lots Middle Keys
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
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
0220
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
0220
Hotel Revenue
Guest Service Agent
Manager
is part of the Front
Miami-based hotel
Office Team and is
management company
responsible for
is looking for a
providing excellent
Revenue Manager for
service to guests while
its 115 rooms in Key
maximizing revenue
West. The Revenue
and occupancy.
Manager is responsible
Individual must
for managing all
demonstrate good
pricing, inventory, and
computer skills,
distribution decisions,
accurately handle
and will report to the
transactions, stand for
corporate Revenue
long periods and
Manager in Miami.
present exceptional
Candidate should have
guest service. This
a minimum of 2 years
position requires
of hotel revenue
professionalism,
management, or
excellent judgment and
reservations
one year of experience
management
in guest services. If
experience. Further, he
qualified, we offer a
or she should possess
competitive wage and
basic Excel skills, and
a fun, fast paced
have a solid
environment as well as
understanding of third
career advancement.
party channels, GDS,
Apply to
jobposting1703 @gmail.com
reservation systems
and property
management systems.
The candidate must be
Freelance Writers
a team player, working
I have an opening for
with colleagues at the
talented writers to do
properties in Key West,
feature stories for
and the office in Miami,
multiple publications
to explore new revenue
here in the Keys.
and distributions
Journalism degree with
opportunities.
experience preferred
This position is only
but would consider new
open to candidates
graduates with college
locally based.
paper background.
If you meet the
Strong grasp of
qualifications as stated,
grammar, spelling and
please send your
punctuation required.
resume with cover
Must have good
letter to
interviewing skills with
[email protected]
a commitment to
accuracy. Photography
skills are a plus. Reply
Conch Republic
with cover letter,
Seafood:
resume and examples
is hiring
of your work to
all positions.
Tommy Todd at
Apply in person at
[email protected].
631 Greene Street.
The Kayak Shack
is now hiring!
We will train. No experience needed.
or call Cleveland at 786-295-5307
mytomthumb.com
Fun, Energetic people needed for:
• Manager • Full Time
• Part Time
Competitive wages and benefits.
DFWP • E.O.E
409951
Sales Associate Position Opportunity
LOVERS’ BOUTIQUE LLC.
(formerly Adult Video Outlet)
MM 102.7 – Key Largo
408858
Looking For Mature, Full-Time Clerk
PC Skills/Retail Exp./ Bilingual a Plus
(305) 453-1321
Or Fax Resume:
(305) 453-1385
We are currently accepting applications for
a Sales Associate position. Jewelry sales
education and experience a plus, but will
train the right candidate.
Must be self motivated, reliable, and service
oriented. We offer competitive wages and
incentives, and an exciting career path!
Please apply within or email resume to
[email protected]
Fun Tropical Setting. Great opportunity!
Must be able to lift kayaks and paddleboards.
Happy, positive attitude is a must. Please
apply in person at Robbie’s Marina.
81549 Old Hwy., Islamorada, FL 33036
(305) 664-8004
408845
305-664-4878
408806`
210................................ ..................Jobs Wanted
220..................................Help Wanted Lower Keys
230................................ Help Wanted Middle Keys
240..................................Help Wanted Upper Keys
436................................Furn. Houses Middle Keys
438.................................Furn. Houses Upper Keys
440..............................Unfurn. Houses Lower Keys
442.............................Unfurn. Houses Middle Keys
444..............................Unfurn. Houses Upper Keys
446..............................Wanted To Rent Lower Keys
448............................ Wanted To Rent Middle Keys
450............................. Wanted To Rent Upper Keys
451...................................Mobile Homes/RV Sites
452............................Vacation Rentals Lower Keys
454...........................Vacation Rentals Middle Keys
456.......................... Vacations Rentals Upper Keys
458............................. Vacation Rentals Elsewhere
460........................................Commercial Rentals
462................................................. Office Space
464........................................................ Storage
AUTOS/
600
TRANSPORTATION
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
900
LEGALS
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
ADVERTISING DATA
ENTRY CLERK
The Key West Citizen
is currently looking for
a full time Data Entry
Clerk to join our team.
Hours are Monday thru
Friday 8:00-5:00.
Responsibilities
Include:
*Data entry, editing,
and verification of
advertising insertion
orders
*Communication with
advertising Sales
personnel for customer
billing and ad coding
*Adding new
customers to data base
*Assisting in other
accounting duties
Job Requirements:
*Accurate and strong
data entry skills
*Prior accounting
experience
*Ability to maintain
accuracy
*Strong PC skills
including Word and
Excel
*Strong organization
skills
*Ability to self-audit
*Effective
communication skills
*Work effectively in a
team environment
*English a necessity.
Our generous benefits
package includes
health/dental/life
insurance,
vacation/ sick time,
401(k) plan, and paid
holidays. Resumes
may be emailed to
[email protected]
faxed to 305-295-8024,
or mailed to
Paul Donnelly
Key West Citizen
PO Box 1800,
Key West, FL
33041.
BIRKENSTOCK
PT/FT Sales
position. Salary and
commission. Prior retail
sales history required.
Nights and weekends.
Call Jennifer
305-294-8318.
Cashier - PT or FT
Must have a pleasant
personality and enjoy
working with people.
Drug free workplace.
Background check
•DANCERS • SERVERS • BARTENDER • SECURITY•
Apply today and make Big $$$ tonight • Housing available
Tues-Sat Woody’s MM82
Call Mr Ford 305-664-4335
408835
0220
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
required. Apply in
person between
8am-4pm
Strunk Ace Hardware
1101 Eaton St.
Conch Tour Train and
Old Town Trolley
Tours of Key West
is now looking for
positive and
dependable people to
sell Conch Tour
Train and Old Town
Trolley tickets .We offer
a 401-K Plan,
medical/dental/life
insurance, paid
vacation and sales
incentives. Apply online
www.historictours.com
E.O.E. and Drug Free
Workplace.
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
Highway,
Big Pine Key. EOE
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
Highway,
Big Pine Key. EOE
ROOSTICA WOOD
FIRED PIZZERIA
has immediate
openings for a front of
the house manager
and expeditors/food
runners. Great work
environment. For
more information call
305-923-3272. Email
Resume to
[email protected]
, or apply in person at
5620 MacDonald
Avenue.
AC Contractor needs
Installers & Helpers
305-852-4555
408838
Come Join Our Team!
• Banquet Wait Staff (PT) • Housekeeping Room
Attendant
• Bartender
• Maintenance
• Dual License Therapist
• Massage Therapist
• Facilities Coordinator
• Painter
• Front Desk Agent
• Reservations Agent
• Guest Adventures
• Room Service
Manager
• Guest Adventures
Attendant
• Server
• Steward
SHORELINE PROPERTIES
IS EXPANDING AND HIRING
NEW AGENTS!
WE ARE LOOKING FOR FULL-TIME
INDIVIDUALS IN ALL CAREER LEVELS.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY.
WE PROVIDE:
• Real Estate and Technology Training
408829
200
EMPLOYMENT
408841
110.................................. ..... .....Child Adult Care
112.............................................. Money To Lend
120........ ..... ..........................Private Instructions
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
In case of errors, please check your ad the first day it appears. In the All word ad rates are placement fees and non-refundable (for frequency Monroe County requires that Contractors that advertise must include
event of an error, we are responsible for the first incorrect insertion of an days canceled). Ads may be removed from publication with placement their permanent certificate of competency number. If you have questions
ad. The Citizen does not assume responsibility for any reason beyond the
fee remaining.
concerning requirements, please call the Monroe County Building
cost of the ad itself.
Department at (305)292-4491.
000
ANNOUNCEMENTS
100
SERVICES
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ◆ SUNDAY, XYZ X, 2015
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•
•
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Business and Sales Coaching
Customer Leads
Competitive Commission Splits
Agent Websites
Client Management Software
Aggressive Online Marketing
• Host
408850
For more information, please visit www.cheeca.com
and select the Career link or call 305-517-4429 EOE
305.394.7607
[email protected]
www.FLKeysLiving.com
408853
Florida Keys Free Press • July 1, 2015 •
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
0220
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
0240
Help Wanted
Upper Keys
0428
Unfurnished Apts.
Lower Keys
community with pride.
Front Desk
$2,150 mo. + utils.
Bartender, and
Our customers include
Galleon Resort is
Narrator.
Active Duty personnel,
looking for a full-time
See pictures & more
Retirees, Reservists,
Front Desk Agent.
properties @
Drug
Free
& family members.
Must be fluent in
www.propertymanage
Workplace.
EXCELLENT benefits
English and have
mentinkeywest.com
for Part
computer skills. Night
AT HOME IN KEY
Apply
in
person
& Fulltime FT- Loss
and weekend hours are
WEST
to Holiday Inn
Prevention investigator
required. Medical,
305-296-2594
PT Warehouse Worker, Gift Shop, Mile
Dental and Vision
Cashier Sales Clerks,
insurance available.
Unfurnished Apts
Marker 100,
0432 Upper Keys
Guest Service
Apply in person at
Representative; Flex - Sun - Sat, 8am
617 Front Street, no
Housekeeper & Sales
phone calls please.
2 Bed 1 Bath
to 5pm.
Clerk. Visit us at
Previous applicants
Superclean Modern
www.NavyExchange.jobs
need not apply.
Apt. 1 Adult Only
to apply. EEO &
$1,150 + utilities F/L/S
ADA compliant.
Please call
Key West
(305) 394-0411
Orthopedics
Painter/Engineer
0327 Jewelry
is looking for
Key West Marriott
experienced/qualified
2 Bed 2 Bath Apt.
Beachside Hotel, full
person for Front
US COINS,
@ MM 95.5 Central Air,
time.
Identify
painting
&
Desk/Check-In. Must
currency, Old Pennies,
Tile, Dishwasher,
patching needs,
have strong people
& Unwanted or Broken
Washer-Dryer,
No
knowledge of correct
skills and Spanish
Gold & Silver Jewelry.
Pets, 2 Adults Only,
painting techniques,
speaking a plus.
Private collector.
$1,250 + utilities F/L/S
able to distinguish
Please call
Pays top $!!!
305.394.0411
colors
with
a
(305)295-9797 or fax
305-743-5780
demonstrated
resume (305)295-9796.
Furnished Houses
understanding of latex,
0438 Upper Keys
Furnished Apts.
oil, acrylic and epoxy
0422 Lower Keys
Landscaping
based paints and their
Specialist
2BR Waterfront
applications. Maintain a Furnished Band New
High School/GED
Tavernier MM92
clean and professional apartment 1/1, pay only
required,
Furnished & Dockage
work area at all times.
electric. No pets.
some experience in
$2,500 Lease 6 Month
Clean and maintain all
518-751-0034
landscaping design
Leave Message
equipment. Follow all
$1,750/month
and horticulture. This
305-664-8999
safety and security
requires maintaing
863-635-1234
procedures.
Unfurnished
Apts.
Monroe County
0428 Lower Keys
Apply online:
Sheriff's Office facility
spottswood.com/careers
Unfurn. Houses
0440 Lower Keys
grounds. This is a PartEOE m/f/d/v
1 Bedroom
time position. Hourly
Effiiciency
rate of $14.78 per hour
Help Wanted
very clean, Stock
working 3 to 10
0240 Upper Keys
All real estate
Island, No pets.
hours per week.
advertising in
$800. 305-797-0360
this newspaper
Applicants must fill
Do you like working
is subject to
out the online pre
with beautiful things?
the Federal Fair
application at:
Do you enjoy shopping 1 Bedroom - Midtown
Housing Act of
$1,500,
F/L/S
www.keysso.net
1968
which
makes it illegal
at a discount? If so
Includes
water
and
Contact Charles
to
advertise
“any
preference,
Shell World may be the
electric. Available July
limitation or discrimination
Slebodnick
place for you! Seeking
based on race, color religion,
1st. 305-509-1304
at (305)292-7044
mature, dependable
sex, or national origin, or
EOE/AAP
and honest person to
an intention to make any
2br/1ba,
work part-time or fullsuch preference limitation
or
discrimination.” This
large kitchen, Stock
time with the team at
MEL FISHER'S
newspaper will not knowingly
Island, very clean,
Shell World Mile
TREASURES
accept
any advertising for real
$1,400/month plus util,
Marker 97.5 and 106,
Experienced sales
estate which is in violation
no
pets.
some
weekend
hours
a
persons wanted for our
of the law. Our readers are
(305)797-0360.
must. Competitive
hereby informed that all
two gift stores. Full or
salary and flexible
dwellings advertised in this
part time. Hourly plus
newspaper are available on
hours. Please stop by
commission. Position
OLD TOWN
an equal opportunity basis.
may require evening or and fill out application
2/1 apt. w/W/D, new
402306
or Fax resume to
weekend hours.
AC, porch
305-852-9639.
Benefits for full time
$2,000/mo + utils. Pets
3/2 Sugarloaf
include health/dental
considered.
Clean, spacious, light &
insurance and 401K.
Available NOW.
Drivers: New Pay!
airy. Peaceful setting
Drug free work place. $2,500 Sign-On Bonus!
on deep canal, perfect
Send resume to
NEW TOWN
Consistent Freight,
for relaxing or
[email protected]
Like new one-room
Great Miles on this
entertaining w/French
or bring 200 Greene
efficiency
Regional Account.
doors opening to
Street, Key West.
apt., W/D, off-street
Werner Enterprises:
screened porch,
parking,
1-855-517-2488
granite countertops,
private deck.
Scooter Rental Agent
$1,400/mo INCLUDES central A/C, D/W, W/D,
Needed
Now Hiring for all
Jacuzzi style tub in
UTILS.
Fulltime, experience a
positions. Please
master bath.
Available
NOW.
plus. Valid DL required. contact Yoel at 80900
$2,400/mo. Available
Nights, weekends and
Overseas Highway.
after July 1st. Call Lynn
GULFVIEW POINTE
holidays required.
305-922-2027
(252) 340-2110 or
3/2.5 + den single
Apply in person 401
email:
family home in gated
Southard Street
[email protected]
community,
private
KEY LARGO pool, open water views,
PRINCESS
NEXCOM: THE NAVY
covered parking &
EXCHANGE & NAVY
more! Available NOW. 0462 Office Space
looking
for
LODGE
Crew
are Non-appropriated
KEY WEST GOLF
Small Business
Fund Instrumentalities
CLUB
Office or
Members.
(NAFI) of the Dept of
2/1.5 townhome
Secure Storage
Duties include w/W/D, decks, central with individual security
Defense and
Dept of the Navy. Our
AC.
system, A/C,
Basic Deck
focus is to successfully
Pets considered.
$495/month all utilities
Hand,
server our military
Available August.
included 305-296-6272
0502
Mobile Homes
Lower Keys
TRAILER FOR SALE
Stadium Trailer Park
2BR/2BA, all stainless
steel appliances.
[email protected]
0513
Timeshares
Week 29 at Hyatt
Beach House
Key West 2 bed 2 bath
$17,500
(239)564-5415
0520
Homes Lower
Keys
"Historic" Newly Built
3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bath,
2000 s.f., meets all
current codes; heated
pool with fountain, 1 off
street parking. Master
bedroom w/ocean
0520
Homes Lower
Keys
view, great appliances,
new paint, no deferred
maintenance.
BY OWNER
$1,245,000
302 Amelia Street.
305.320.0211
408855
0220
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408811
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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
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408814
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