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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7, 2015 • VOLUME 28, N0. 8 • 24 PAGES
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Vacationing volunteers find refuge in Keys
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
BIG PINE KEY — Most
out-of-towners take refuge
in the Florida Keys during
the cold winter months
up north to simply relax in
warmer weather. A handful,
though, have found another
purpose to their vacation
time down south.
In the world of vacationing volunteers it’s the best
of both worlds, according to
those who participate in the
program at the National Key
Deer Refuge in Big Pine Key.
And they say it’s a well-kept
secret. That is, until now.
Penny Ward and husband
Ernest, who are both from
Illinois, volunteer at the refuge three to four months
out the year during their
vacation to the Keys. They
do so while living on the
refuge in their own personal
RV.
“You can only be a tourist
for so long [before you get
bored],” Penny Ward said of
the couple’s third year volunteering at the refuge.
The duo initially explored
the idea of becoming vacationing volunteers through
the help of a website, volunteer.gov. They say the
process is very similar to
submitting your resume at
any other job. When you
apply, Penny Ward said,
they ask for your interests
and expertise.
The site, which is put
together by the Federal
Interagency Team on
Volunteerism, offers visitors the ability to search
for volunteer opportunities
nationwide.
In Florida alone, the site
has 17 volunteer options
listed up-and-down the
state that encompass the
U.S. Corps of Engineers,
U.S. Forest Service and the
National Parks Service. And
they offer positions ranging
from customer service and
maintenance to archaeological digs and historic
preservation.
Penny Ward, a retired preschool teacher who special-
Contributed photo
See REFUGE, page 9A
Volunteer Ernie Ward installs a sign for the National Key Deer
Refuge while vacationing on Big Pine Key.
A fishing legend looks back Raschein readies
for new session
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
FLORIDA KEYS — State
Rep. Holly Rachein, R-Key
Largo, began moving back
into her Tallahassee office
this week to prepare for a
new legislative session.
Though
wastewater
funding will be a priority, Raschein has other
bills she wants to push
through the Florida House
of Representatives.
She is also pursuing funds
for the Tarpon & Bonefish
Trust by asking the state to
register a specialty license
plate. She said Florida has
put a moratorium on specialty plates, but that won’t
prohibit her from seeking approval through the
Legislature.
Raschein plans on proposing a windstorm insurance bill that would provide
coverage
to those
l i v i n g
in areas
that fall
within the
Coastal
Barrier
Resource
Raschein
System.
T h i s
includes residents of No
Name Key and North Key
Largo along County Road
905. The bill is a response
to
Citizens
Property
Insurance Corp.’s refusal
to insure people in these
See RASCHEIN, page 11A
Contributed photo
Above, Islamorada’s Stu Apte shows off a snook caught in the backcountry. Below, Apte has released a book of his favorite memories, titled ‘My Life in Fishing.’
Stu Apte shares tales of life on the water in new book
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA —
Nobody in his family had
ever fished. He had to
sneak into his neighbor’s
goldfish pond to simply
learn the craft.
But in time, this South
Florida native would
master it.
Stu Apte longs to fish.
The 85-year-old knows no
INDEX
other life.
Years ago on a fishing
pier in Havana, a bearded
man called out to Apte.
Having been featured in
the Miami Herald and
several magazines, Apte
was already a soughtafter saltwater fishing
guide.
A former Navy pilot
and man of the sea,
Apte spent little time
under the lamplight
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with a novel, so he didn’t
immediately recognize the man as Ernest
Hemingway, one of 20th
century’s greatest writers.
But spending time with
celebrities would become
so common it wouldn’t
faze Apte.
In fact, he would go on
to guide former President
Harry Truman and baseSee APTE, page 7A
Crossword .................................. 4B
Horoscope .................................. 4B
Reward offered for
beloved Care Bear
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
TAVERNIER — A $400
reward is being offered for
the return of a Care Bear
stuffed animal misplaced
by a tourist who was visiting the Upper Keys recently on a cross-country road
trip.
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Sports & Recreation ................8-9B
“Yes, this is a real thing,”
Connecticut
resident
Jacqueline Rowland said
of the reward.
Rowland, 32, lost her
beloved bear while at a
Tavernier eatery. And it’s a
bear that she is quite fond
of. In fact, it’s so dear to
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UP FRONT
5-year county land-use plan review to close
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
FLORIDA KEYS —
The Monroe County
Commission will hold its
final meeting this month
on a series of changes to
the comprehensive landuse plan that guides all
development in unincorporated Monroe County.
The county and the private planning firm Keith
and Schnars have spent
the past five years working on the changes. The
commission will vote on
those changes at a Jan. 14
meeting at the Marathon
Government Center.
The biggest and most
controversial change will
be how many develop-
ment allocations, called
rate-of-growth ordinance,
or ROGO units, the county
will dole out each year.
As part of the comp
plan changes, the county
is considering spreading
its annual ROGO allocation over 20 years instead
of 10 years. The idea is to
give the county an extra 10
years before it potentially
reaches build-out, which
is the maximum development allowed under state
law.
In 2013, the state
Department of Economic
Opportunity, which oversees development in the
Florida Keys, agreed to
give the Keys 3,555 ROGO
units during the next 10
years. Under the plan, the
unincorporated county
will receive 197 ROGO
units a year, Key West will
receive 91, Islamorada 28,
Marathon 30, Layton three
and Key Colony Beach six.
Once those are used,
the state may no longer
issue new ROGOs, according to county Growth
Management
Division
estimates. The state limits
development in the Keys
so the chain of islands can
be evacuated 24 hours
prior to a hurricane making landfall and to protect
endangered species.
After build-out, there
would still be a projected
7,814 vacant private parcels remaining. In 2013,
the value of those parcels
was an estimated $317
million, county Growth
Management
Director
Christine Hurley said.
County officials are concerned that some of those
property owners will sue
the county when they are
not able to develop their
lands.
The extra 10 years would
give county officials more
time to work on a plan to
deal with the undeveloped
properties and possibly
raise money to buy some
of those lands.
The current comp plans
was adopted in 1991, but
because of challenges by
several parties, the plan
didn’t go into effect until
1996.
The county commission
recently agreed to remove
comp plan changes that
could increase building
height limits and change
the amount of development allowed on some offshore islands until county
staff can hold more public
hearings on the issues.
Increasing height limits
and changing development on offshore islands
have been two of the most
controversial parts of the
comp plan changes.
The proposals have
changed
substantially
since first being submitted, and the public and the
commission need more
time to understand them
and discuss them, Hurley
said. The other changes to
the comp plan are far less
controversial and seem to
be well accepted by the
public, Hurley said.
The commission will
hold public workshops
on the two issues in a
Development
Review
Committee
meeting.
The issues would then
go before the Planning
Commission and from
there back to the county
commission.
“By working with all
interested parties and now
eliminating the two most
controversial items from
the plan amendment,
we’re hoping for adoption
without appeals so we can
finalize and move into code
amendments to match the
comp plan without delay,”
Hurley said.
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Yard waste hauler offers deal after being under bid
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
MONROE
COUNTY
— Waste Management has
made its first concession
in its quest to keep hauling yard waste out of the
Florida Keys.
Waste Management’s
attorney, David Paul Horan,
sent an unsolicited letter to
county officials on Dec. 16
telling them that the international trash hauling company has decided to reduce
its cost of hauling out yard
waste from $87 a ton to
$77 a ton. The new price
went into effect Thursday,
according to Horan’s letter.
“I think it is a good
thing,” said Greg Sullivan,
who
oversees
Waste
Management’s operation
in the Keys. “This is going
to go before the [county]
commission at its Jan. 21
meeting, and we will see
what happens.”
The letter and new
price comes as Waste
Management is in jeopardy of losing the county’s
yard waste contract to the
Maryland-based company
Energy3 and faces more
competition for hauling
out other kinds of waste.
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Energy3 recently bid on
the county’s yard waste
contract. Last month, the
county commission opted
to enter into more formal contract negotiations
with Energy3, which has
proposed to turn the yard
waste into energy through
a process called gasification.
The commission chose
to start negotiations
with Energy3 after Waste
Management’s most recent
bid increased from $87 a
ton to $93 a ton.
Energy3 has tentatively
agreed to charge the county $79.50 per ton until it
can build a waste-to-energy gasification plant, which
would be placed in south
Miami-Dade County. The
price drops to $67.20 a ton
to a usable synthesis gas,
or syngas. It is the production of this gas which
makes gasification so different from incineration,
Saty said.
In the gasification process, the organics and food
waste are not a fuel but a
feedstock for a high-temperature chemical conversion process. Instead
of making just heat and
electricity, as is done in
standard waste-to-energy
plants using incineration,
the syngas produced can
be turned into higher value
commercial products, such
as transportation fuels,
chemicals, fertilizers and
substitute natural gas, Saty
said.
Leftover metals or other
byproducts will be sold for
scrap or for use in construction products.
Waste Management’s
new price creates a wrinkle in the county’s negotiations with Energy3. The
commission may now have
to formally vote to end
negotiations with Energy3
if it wants to move forward
with Waste Management.
“You have some complications here,” said
Commissioner
George
Neugent, who has been
skeptical of Energy3’s proposal. “[County lawyers]
are going to have to look
at this.”
The commission will
most likely discuss and
possibly vote on the issue
when it meets Jan. 21 in
Key West.
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once the plant is operational, which could take
several years, Energy3
Chief Operations Officer
Patrick Saty said.
As part of the negotiations, the county plans to
obtain more information
on the financial viability of
the $93 million plant and
how its construction will
be funded.
Energy3 would fund,
build and operate the
plant, Saty said.
Last month, a contingent of county employees, including County
Mayor Danny Kolhage and
Sustainability Coordinator
Rhonda Haag, toured
one of Energy3’s plants in
Altoona, Pa.
Gasification converts
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MONROE COUNTY —
The biggest New Year’s resolution for Monroe County
Sheriff Rick Ramsay in 2015
is to build on the community policing platform that
has been central to his law
enforcement philosophy.
“I want to keep our energy and focus on that, as well
as keep pushing to improve
our quality of life and keeping our neighborhoods
cleaner,” Ramsay said. “It’s
easy to start [community
policing], but harder to keep
that momentum going.”
Community
policing
is a philosophy that boils
Loretta Patricia Headley
November 22, 1926-December 19, 2014
down to
beat cops
building
relationships with
businesses
and
Ramsay
residents
in their
patrol
area in an effort to more
quickly identify problems
through friendly relationships. Ramsay has been
a very public face of the
approach as he makes frequent appearances at charity events and is known to
carry spray paint in his car
so he can jump out and
cover over graffiti when he
sees it.
“That means urging my
deputies to be active with
anything from Rotary to the
chamber to crime watch
meetings, to reading to kids
in schools and to just vol-
unteer,” Ramsay said. “We
need that sense of goodwill
and healthy relationships
so people can tell us what
they need. There is power
in numbers, and it makes
us more effective. We can’t
do it by ourselves.”
Ramsay’s other big initiative for 2015 is technology.
He likes it and he wants
more.
In 2014, the sheriff’s office
switched to 800 MHz radio
systems and added a body
scanner at the jail on Stock
Island. Ramsay also built a
back-up dispatch center at
the Emergency Operations
Center in Marathon.
But 2015 is set to be a
breakout year for some of
the latest in gadgetry that
Ramsay said will make his
deputies safer and more
accountable to the public.
The department is
switching to GPS micro-
phones for the radios, so
dispatchers will be able to
locate deputies on screen,
and Ramsay is adding body
cameras to the mix.
“I want body cameras
for all deputies,” Ramsay
said. “They help in evidence collection, public
safety and public perception in terms if there’s a
complaint against an officer, we should have additional evidence that will
help in determining guilt
before we take appropriate
action.”
Ramsay is also phasing
out the Dodge Charger
patrol cars in favor of the
Ford Taurus.
“The Chargers look nice,
but we’re having maintenance issues,” he said.
“After so many miles, the
front ends are falling out.”
See POLICING, page 3A
Loretta Headley passed away peacefully at her home in Islamorada, Florida, December 19, 2014.
While born in St Louis, MO, Loretta grew up and resided in Santa Barbara, CA until 2010 (two years following
the death of her husband), at which time she moved to Islamorada, FL to be with her daughter, Lori.
When she married Richard Swain Headley in 1956, she was office manager and medical assistant to Dr.
Charles Jobbins; however, Richard – being a true Renaissance man – propelled her into new and exciting
territory as she provided encouragement and back office support for their many successful entrepreneurial
endeavors. Together they pursued his passions, including seafaring adventures aboard their two-masted
schooner, The Swift of Ipswich, capturing live California Sea Lions for zoos and aquariums throughout the
world, owning and operating their own restaurants, Poor Richard’s Pubs, and continuing a long affiliation with
his family’s restaurant businesses, including ‘Castagnola’s Lobster House’ restaurants, ‘Espana’, and the old
‘Harbor House’ and ‘Moby Dick’s’ restaurants on Sterns’ Wharf.
Loretta enjoyed dancing, bowling, gardening, and “keeping the books”. She was a member of Women’s Aglow
Fellowship, and the Santa Barbara Gardening Club when living in Santa Barbara, and joined Coral Isles Church
after moving to Florida. She volunteered for local chapters of Meals on Wheels and the Republican Party.
She is survived by her loving daughter, Lori Headley Blair and her spouse, Dr. M.H. Blair of Islamorada, FL
and Nantucket, MA; her grandson Michael and his wife, Mary, of Naples, FL; her great-grandson, Christopher,
of Cape Coral, FL; and her sister & brother-in-law, Dorothy & Byers Manchester, of Camarillo, CA.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Richard Headley, her father and mother, Louis and
Harriet Schumann, and two sisters, Joyce and Harriet.
There was a gravesite service (arranged by Allen-Beyer and Welch-Ryce-Haider Funeral Homes) at the Santa
Barbara Cemetery on Tuesday, January 6, 11:00 a.m. where Loretta was laid to rest beside her husband,
followed by a Celebration of Life reception for family and friends at the Biltmore (Four Seasons) Hotel.
Loretta may be remembered with a donation to Coral Isles Church Tavernier, FL, (www.coralisles.org)
VNA/Hospice Care Florida Keys (www.vnahospicekeys.org), or the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County
(www.foodbanksbc.org).
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There will also be a Memorial Service February 26, 11:00 a.m. at Coral Isles Church in Tavernier, FL.
Florida Keys Free Press • Jan. 7, 2015 •
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UP FRONT
State continues to target invasive lionfish with app
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
State fishery managers
are continuing to beef up
their efforts to eradicate
lionfish and have updated their smart phone app
with an interactive map
allowing divers to more
accurately pinpoint populations of the invasive species.
The Florida Fish and
Wildlife
Conservation
Commission made 2014
the year of the lionfish, or
at least the year to make
the fish public enemy No.
1 in the state.
Over the year, the agency implemented several
new laws and programs
designed to make it easier
to eliminate the fish that
scientists contend has the
potential to upset the ecological balance in Florida
waters and the Florida
Key’s reef ecosystem.
Two weeks ago, the FWC
updated a smart phone
REEF/Contributed
Reef Environmental Education Foundation’s Lad Akins corrals a lionfish.
app to document lionfish
catches and sightings with
photographs on a GPS
map, FWC spokeswoman
Amanda Nalley said.
The map includes where
lionfish sightings and
catches have occurred, the
date of the catches and
sightings, how many were
sighted and caught, and
what type of gear was used
to catch the lionfish, Nalley
said.
“This is a way to get
people motivated to act,”
Nalley said. “You can use
this map to help determine
where lionfish are being
spotted and what reefs
have recently been cleaned.
There is even a ‘show reef’
option that maps all of
Florida’s artificial reefs and
provides the location and
depth at which each reef
can be found.”
The updating of the app
is precursor to another
lionfish eradication program the FWC is about
to launch. In 2015, the
FWC will roll out its “Reef
Rangers” program, Nalley
said.
The program is similar
to the adopt-a-highway
program transportation
officials started years ago.
But instead of keeping
roadways clean, it will give
divers and fishermen a way
of clearing the reefs of lionfish, Nalley said.
The divers and fishermen
will pledge for one year to
regularly go to a specific
reef and remove lionfish
from it, Nalley said. The
map on the app will allow
the FWC to better pinpoint
which reefs to target, Nalley
said.
“This app will be useful
when that programs starts,”
Nalley said.
Representatives with
the Key Largo-based Reef
Environmental Education
Foundation, which has led
the charge on research and
removal of lionfish, called
the updating of the app a
good step, but said there is
still much more work to be
done to stop the invasion.
“This is a work in prog-
ress,” said Lad Akins,
REEF’s director of special
projects. “The new update
will be helpful and useful,
but there are many fronts
to the invasion. They need
to get the recreational
community more involved
in selling lionfish to restaurants.”
Recreational fishermen
and spear fishermen need
to obtain a basic saltwater products license, which
would allow them to sell
their lionfish catch to fish
houses and restaurants,
Akins said.
“People don’t know how
easy the licenses are to
obtain, and the FWC needs
to let people know how
easy they are to get,” Akins
said.
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BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
GROUPER CLOSURE BEGINS
Free Press Staff
KEY WEST — A fourmonth ban on keeping
several species of grouper caught in the Atlantic
Ocean during the peak of
tourism season in Florida
has been a major source of
outrage among charter and
recreational fishermen,
especially in the Florida
Keys.
The ban was put in
place in 2010 by the
South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council as a
way to protect gag grouper
populations, a species not
targeted in the Keys.
Keys fishermen have
argued the prohibition is
unfair, as it starts at the
beginning of tourism season in Florida, Jan. 1, and
ends at the start of tourism
season for coastal South
Carolina, North Carolina
and Georgia, which also
fall under the jurisdiction
of the South Atlantic council.
“It is to their benefit and
our detriment,” said Capt.
Andy Griffiths, who owned
Policing
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Ramsay is also looking
at installing printers, for
things like traffic citations,
The recreational and commercial harvest season for
several species of grouper closed Jan. 1 in state waters
of the Atlantic, including all of Monroe County.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, fishermen are required to
release the following grouper species until the season
reopens May 1: gag, black, red, yellowmouth, yellowfin, tiger, scamp, red hind, rock hind, coney and
graysby.
A similar closure will also occur in federal waters
of the Atlantic. Tiger grouper is not included in the
federal closure, the agency reports.
a fleet of charter fishing boats in the Keys for
decades. “It is completely
unfair.”
The ban and a lack of
consistent fishing regulations among the major
government fishery agencies that have jurisdiction
in Keys waters has led to
the formation of committee to look at South Florida
fishing regulations.
The committee, which
is comprised of members
from South Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management
councils
and the Florida Fish and
Wildlife
Conservation
Commission, will meet
for three days in Key West
starting Jan. 13.
The group has met several times a year for the
past two years to discuss
such South Florida issues
as ending or modifying
the four-month ban on
keeping grouper, reducing
the bag limit for mutton
snapper and reopening the
Goliath grouper fishery.
Also, the committee has
discussed having the FWC
take over management
of yellowtail and mutton
snapper and black grouper
in patrol cars and tablets
that deputies can use at
crime scenes.
“Right now, I’m really
focused on technology
through federal and state
grants funded by drug for-
feiture money that doesn’t
come out of taxpayers’
pockets and keeping those
relationships with our local
people strong,” he said.
alinhardt@keysnews.
com
fisheries.
The January meetings
could be the final ones
before the committee passes along options or recommendations to the councils
before the South Atlantic
and Gulf groups hold a
joint meeting in Key West
in June.
“I strongly encourage
people to come and give testimony,” said South Atlantic
council member Chester
Brewer, one of two Florida
residents on the council.
Florida Keys Commercial
Fishermen’s Association
Executive Director Bill Kelly
plans to voice his opposition
to the four-month grouper
ban at the meetings. Kelly
has argued that recent gag
grouper assessments have
shown that the stocks are
healthy.
“They are running out
of reasons to have the closure,” Kelly said.
The meetings will start at
9 a.m. each day at Marriott
Beachside Hotel, 3841 N.
Roosevelt Blvd., Key West.
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The Upper Keys Humane Society cares for unwanted cats and
dogs until they can find a permanent home.
Society houses adoptable four-legged friends
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — The voice
of cats and dogs has been
strong in the Florida Keys
for 42 years thanks, in part,
to the Upper Keys Humane
Society. According to
long-time manager Karla
Perrine, that won’t change
anytime soon.
The society, located
near miler marker 102,
oceanside, just north of
Tradewinds
Shopping
Center, is currently home
to 14 dogs and 16 cats at
its indoor-outdoor facility.
According to Perrine,
a resident of Key Largo
for 32 years, the shelter
not only houses felines
and canines available for
adoption but small animals such as guinea pigs
as well.
Perrine has been at the
helm for 13 years. But her
expertise expands much
farther than that. Before
accepting her current
job, the long-time animal
lover volunteered at various shelters throughout
Florida during her high
school years.
The society she manages in Key Largo currently
includes four full-time,
paid employees who push
a weekly schedule tending
to the society’s fluctuating
guests.
Perrine was quick to
point out, too, “that the
society has never been,
and never will be, a kill
shelter.” To drive home
that fact she, too, is a foster mother of four cats and
three dogs from the same
facility she has devoted so
many years to.
The society, since its
existence, has worked
strictly off donations and
is run by a six-member
board. When overcome
with unwanted animals,
the society works with
Marr-Velous Pet Rescues
at mile marker 99 and the
Key Largo Animal Shelter
at mile marker 106 to
house some of the foster animals until further
accommodations can be
arranged.
According to Perrine, the
society also unfortunately
plays host to a handful
of front-door drop-offs.
Those are, in turn, handed
off to the Island Hammock
Pet Hospital for further
inspection and a series
of shots before they are
turned into hopeful adoptions. Surprisingly, though,
Perrine said they have had
a low count of drop-offs
the last few months of the
year.
The society, however,
expects that number to
increase exponentially
through January.
For more information,
visit the society’s Facebook
at Upper Keys Humane
Society or its website at
upperkeyshumanesociety.
com.
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com
District to discuss waiver Man arrested for gun threats
of village salinity charges
FREE PRESS STAFF
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — The fivemember board of the sewer
district planned Tuesday
to discuss and vote on a
resolution proposing the
waiving of charges accumulated by Islamorada
for sending sewage with
higher-than-allowed salinity to Key Largo’s treatment
plant.
The meeting took place
after press time.
The resolution was
added to the agenda by
Commissioner Andy Tobin.
In the past few months,
the salinity level of sewage from Islamorada being
treated at the Key Largo
plant has exceeded the
agreed upon amount.
Also on the agenda was
the board’s approval of
building inspections in
advance of the district’s
purchase of new administrative offices.
While the board recently
agreed to the purchase,
it needs to give the final
approval regarding both the
building and mold inspections. Those inspection
approvals would essentially give the go-ahead for
the sale.
A bid for the building,
most commonly known as
the former Schwartz office,
mile marker 103, oceanside, was initially submitted by the district’s general
manager, Paul Christian, in
December and accepted
by the owner shortly thereafter.
The accepted offer, at
$660,000, was $90,000 less
than the original asking
price of $750,000, Christian
said. However, an overhaul
to bring the building up
to the district’s standards
before moving in pushed
that number to around
$820,000.
The building, which was
owned by former wastewater board Commissioner
Susan Hammaker’s Keys
Ahead Inc., was put on the
market in early October.
It sits on 15,466 square
feet of land and offers
4,320 square feet of interior space. According to
Christian, it has 11 marked
parking spots with a possibility of one extra.
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com
KEY LARGO — A 40year-old local man was
arrested after threatening
to kill his girlfriend and
child at their home last
Thursday night, according to the Monroe County
Sheriff’s Office.
A neighbor on La
Paloma Road called the
sheriff’s office just before
midnight Jan. 1. She said
a male neighbor was outside his home with a gun
threatening to shoot himself. She told dispatchers
a child was also outside
witnessing the threats.
Dispatchers could hear
over the phone a woman
screaming and a child
crying.
When deputies arrived,
the suspect, Matthew
Pybus, had left on a bicycle
and took the gun with him,
according to the sheriff’s
office. His girlfriend allegedly told deputies that
Pybus had been drinking
all day at a local bar. She
said she picked him up
and he started a confrontation with her and their
child at home, according
to the sheriff’s office.
During the course of the
confrontation, he allegedly pulled out a handgun
and threatened to shoot
them and shoot himself.
The girlfriend said he
pointed the gun at them
several times, according
to the arrest report. She
attempted to flee with her
phone to call for help, but
he allegedly grabbed the
phone from her. She then
took their child and got
into their vehicle to drive
away, but he followed continuing to threaten them
with the gun, according to
the sheriff’s office.
At one point, while in
the house, he shot a hole
in the ceiling, the arrest
report says.
A warrant was issued
for Pybus’ arrest and he
was located Saturday and
placed under arrest. He was
charged with two counts of
aggravated assault with a
deadly weapon, improper
exhibition of a firearm,
shooting a missile in a
dwelling and obstruction
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KEY LARGO
briefs
Rescue group’s foreclosed
property to hit auction block
Local man wins
Fantasy 5 prize
KEY
LARGO
—
The Florida Lottery
announced that Keith
Caka, 42, of Key Largo
claimed a $255,307.63
FANTASY 5 top prize during a Christmas Eve drawing. He claimed his prize
at Lottery headquarters
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — A site
once used for treating distressed marine mammals,
but that has more recently
experienced financial and
legal woes involving mortgage holders and county
fines, will hit the auction
block Wednesday, Jan. 7,
in a foreclosure sale in the
Southernmost City.
The non-profit Marine
Mammal Conservancy’s
headquarters, located at
mile marker 102, bayside,
next to the Hampton Inn,
includes a two-story building and a handful of boats
on its 3-acre property.
The
organization,
according to its website
marinemammalconservancy.org, was originally
developed to rescue and
rehabilitate stranded and
injured marine mammals
in local waters.
It had done its fair share
of marine animal rescues
over the past 20 years, even
garnering some international coverage, but the
organization has taken
quite a downhill tumble
over the last half of 2014.
As of last August, the
organization had accrued
around $580,000 of county code compliance fines
Bear
Continued from page 1A
in Tallahassee.
Caka purchased his
winning Quick Pick ticket
at Tom Thumb, 102630
Overseas Highway.
Total ticket sales for the
Dec. 24 FANTASY 5 drawing generated more than
$329,000 for Florida’s students and schools.
Winning numbers are
available on the Lottery
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The Marine Mammal Conservancy property will be auctioned off this week to help settle debt owed
by mortgage holders. The county also has leins against the property for code violations.
related to electrical problems and illegal construction on the property. And,
according to county officials, the non-profit was
in no hurry to pay those
fines.
Aside from that, the
organization has also fallen
behind on lease payments
for the property, prompting the foreclosure action.
The county commission
in May, because of pleas
made by a handful of the
organization’s volunteers,
agreed to reduce accrued
fines down to $60,000.
However, the commission
backtracked after learning
that the organization was
already being sued by its
mortgage holders.
Since that time, according to amended court
documents filed in midDecember, Monroe County
Circuit Court Judge Luis
Garcia sided with two
mortgage holders owed
nearly $500,000 by the
organization.
The documents showed
Garcia ruled in favor of
Robert Denenberg, a resident of North Palm Beach,
and Key Largo’s Robert
Gudoian.
The county, on the other
hand, was left as a secondary lien-holder. That could
cause the auction date to be
pushed back or canceled if
the county and mortgage
holders agree to work out
a settlement to pay off the
accumulated fines.
The public auction,
scheduled for 11 a.m.
Jan. 7, will take place on
the steps of the Monroe
County courthouse in Key
West on Whitehead Street.
The auction occurred after
press time.
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the globe.
Before leaving the Keys,
Rowland dispersed fliers
around town with a photo
and description of the
bear.
She said the bear’s last
known whereabouts were
outside of Café Moka, mile
marker 91, bayside, on
top of her vehicle. Since
that time, shortly before
Christmas, she hasn’t seen
it.
A tipster, however, said
they saw the bear in the
women’s restroom of
Shipwreck’s Bar & Grill,
located at 45 Garden Cove
Drive in Key Largo, on Dec.
29.
“I’m fairly certain it’s in
the area,” Rowland said.
“And I would rather lose
my car and everything else
I own than lose him.”
While none of the tips
she has received from the
fliers have turned out successful, Rowland continues
to hold out hope that her
bear will eventually return
home safely to her.
To share any information
on the lost bear, contact
Rowland at 203-819-0983.
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com
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offering a significant chunk
of change for an item that
cost under $20 when she
received it as a gift from her
family 30 years ago.
“The bear has always
been with me and now it’s
not,” Rowland said.
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islamorada news
Sign law
changes,
alcohol
sales ban
on agenda
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
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ISLAMORADA — The
Village Council will meet
this week to discuss its sign
ordinance and new alcohol
sales, among other issues.
The revised sign ordinance would create a permit system for A-frame
signs and place limits on
banners.
New restrictions on alcohol sales are also on the
agenda for the council. The
board is considering prohibiting new alcohol sales
permits within 500 feet of a
school or church at the recommendation of the Local
Planning Agency.
Businesses already selling
or serving alcohol would be
able to keep their licenses
as well as transfer their use
permits to future owners,
according to the proposed
draft.
Details of the ordinance
are still being hammered
out.
Key West bans alcohol
sales within 300 feet of a
church, school, cemetery
or funeral home. Monroe
County has no such regulation. Marathon recently
rescinded its prohibition of
liquor sales near schools or
other liquor stores.
Sixty-three businesses
currently hold alcohol sale
permits in the village. The
proposed 300-foot buffer
would potentially impact
191 parcels.
A 500-foot buffer, which
village staff also submitted
for consideration, would
affect up to 234 parcels.
Each buffer would have
the greatest impact on parcels designated as Tourist
Commercial.
An advocate for the
new restriction is Pastor
Tony Hammon, of Island
Community Church, who
told the Free Press that
alcohol sales near schools
and places of worship could
be detrimental.
Councilman
Dennis
Ward also plans to speak
about limited parking near
the Morada Way District on
Upper Matecumbe Key. For
months, the council has
contemplated resolutions
to no avail.
The meeting is to take
place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 8, at Founders Park.
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Robert Cvetkovski, who purchased Smuggler’s Cove Resort and
Marina last September, says he wants the revamped establishment to appeal to yacht owners and lovers of fine dining.
New Smuggler’s owner ready to ‘dominate’
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — A Miami
entrepreneur has moved to town
and proclaimed he’s ready to control the restaurant market.
Robert Cvetkovski bought a
home in Tavernier with the idea
of relaxing in his later years. But
for now, the business owner said
he wants to bring a new face to
hospitality on Windley Key.
Smuggler’s Cove Resort and
Marina changed ownership last
September with Cvetkovski taking over the helm with a $12 million investment.
He recently completed a
$500,000 renovation to the property, which includes upgrades to
the hotel’s 12 guestrooms and 80slip marina, and the opening of
the Wheel House restaurant and
waterside Buoy Bar.
The new owner has operated
dozens of businesses in South
Florida, but this has been his biggest by far.
“I’m ready to make the Florida
Keys my home,” he said.
Cvetkovski said he has worked
hard to change perceptions about
Smugglers’ Cove. Formerly the
business projected itself as a
place for patrons to grab beer and
wings, but not necessarily a place
for high-end food.
“Everybody knew this was a
beer and shot bar, and I wanted
to change that,” he said.
Part of the renovations included eliminating parking spots
to make room for a new bar at
the beach. The bar, which offers
lounges, couches and tables,
offers views of Snake Creek and
features nightly live entertainment and daily happy hour from
4 to 7 p.m.
The restaurant, open daily from
11 a.m. to 2 a.m., offers new drink
and food menus, including tuna,
lobster and hogfish.
The new owner isn’t shying
away about what he wants to
make of his investment. In an
interview with the Free Press, he
See SMUGGLER’S, page 7A
JOSH GORE/Free Press
Smuggler’s Cove recently underwent $500,000
in renovations to its 12-room hotel, marina and
waterside dining areas.
Youth Council begins second year with jobs focus
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — The Village
Youth Council begins its second
year with a plan to put jobs at the
forefront.
Former Councilman Ken
Philipson, who was unseated in
November by Jim Mooney, has
attended every youth council
briefs
Power outage
ISLAMORADA – A forklift operator on Windley
Key knocked down a
transmission conductor
at 3:30 p.m. New Year’s
meeting. Philipson proposed creating the group in 2013 following
a Florida League of Cities meeting, where politicians and administrators meet and network.
With anything you start, you
have to babysit it,” Philipson said.
“It has to be able to crawl before
it walks.”
Philipson said the achievements of the group will depend
Eve leaving 480 homes and
businesses without power,
according to the Florida
Keys Electric Co-op.
The utility said the conductor serves around 3,000
meters, but an automated
sectioning program limited
the outage, which extended from mile marker 86 to
mile marker 83.
solely on how much they want to
be challenged.
The Youth Council serves as
an advisory board to the Village
Council and is tasked with providing quarterly updates on its
activities.
The Youth Council may also
request to address the Village
Council at any of its meetings.
Currently, the group is propos-
After three hours, power
was fully restored at
approximately 6:46 p.m.
Fishing violation
ISLAMORADA — Two
Hialeah men accused of
taking 22 undersized mangrove snapper were arrested Sunday, Dec. 28, after
ing a program to set up students
with after-school job opportunities. Philipson describes it as a
long-term project in partnership
with the Islamorada Chamber of
Commerce.
Philipson said the advisory
group meets with the same challenges any government board
a Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission
officer saw them in Indian
Key Fill boat ramp in a vessel with no lights, said FWC
Capt. Rob Beaton.
Yoanky
Hernandez,
33, and Pedro Enmanuel
Rodriguez, 28, face charges
of over bag limit aggregate
snapper, over bag limit
See YOUTH, page 7A
mangrove snapper, undersized mangrove snapper
and undersized schoolmaster snapper.
The boat did not have
any navigation lights,
proper registration or any
safety gear, reports state.
The operator was cited
for multiple boat safety
and registration violations.
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ISLAMORADA
JOSH GORE/Free Press and contributed
Left, Joe Brooks and Stu Apte weigh a record tarpon in May
1961. Above, Apte shows off his new book at his Plantation Key
home. Right, Apte, as a young naval aviator, readies to go aboard
an aircraft carrier.
Apte
Continued from page 1A
ball legend Ted Williams.
Military generals and
Hollywood stars would
also be among his clientele.
“Any celebrity in the
Keys would always get
Stu,” said one local guide.
People fished with Apte,
who started guiding in
the mid-1950s, because
he produced. Apte holds
International Game Fish
Association world records
in salwater fly fishing to
this day.
“I enjoy fly fishing
because it’s a challenge,”
he said. “I love the challenge. Fly fishing just
requires more skill working the line.”
Recently, he has begun
working with corporate fishing companies
Youth
Continued from page 6A
faces. This includes adherence to Florida open
records laws, which prohibits the high schoolaged council members
from discussing business
outside of meetings.
“This is as much about
the process as anything,”
Philipson said.
The
group
meets
monthly and discusses
endorsing boats and supplies, which has required
him to sell off his boat
and some of his gear.
“I haven’t been fishing
since October,” he said.
The fisherman now
depends mainly on other
guides to get him on the
water.
He also spends more
time in his second home
in Bozeman, Mont. It is
where he lives when the
sun hits hard on South
Florida.
“I have to live up there,”
he said.
Before Apte decided to
make fishing his lifestyle,
he was a fighter pilot who
once had to ditch his
plane during the Korean
War to survive. He later
was a commercial pilot
for Pan Am.
As to what drew Apte to
fishing, he said it still isn’t
entirely clear.
“My father kept telling me I was making the
wrong decision,” he said
of his desire to spend
more time on the water
than in the air.
Apte, though, survived
his father’s criticism and
went on to create the
his own tarpon fly and
improved blood knot,
which are now standards
for most fly fishermen.
His tarpon fly also has the
distinction of being featured on a United States
Postal Service stamp in
1991.
Apte also had the honor
of joining Hemingway
and Williams, among others, when he was inducted into the IGFA Hall of
Fame in 2005.
Still, Apte said his family always questioned his
passion for fishing. Even
to this day, his brother
will not fish with him.
“Nope, he won’t do it,”
he said.
Apte said he was most
attracted to the Florida
Keys after he left the airlines. He said life was easier in the Keys then and
he really enjoyed himself.
Recently, Apte authored
an autobiographical collection of stories, “My Life
in Fishing: Favorite Long
Stories Told Short.” The
book recounts the joys
and trials of fishing, life
and love.
The book can be purchased online at stuapte.
com.
As the elder statesman
of Keys anglers looks back
on his life, he says reminiscing is always rewarding. Apte says he would
do it all over again.
“I can honestly say I
wouldn’t change a thing,”
he said.
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issues teenagers are facing
in Islamorada. Among the
items discussed include
the use of electronic cigarettes as well as crosswalk
safety outside of Coral
Shores High School.
The group’s purpose isn’t
necessarily to give their
opinion on items facing
the Village Council.
“Kids have their own
problems and they know
what they are,” Philipson
said.
Despite obvious simi-
larities, Philipson said the
Youth Council differs from
a student council.
“This is as much about
the process and teaching
government as it is about
accomplishments,”
he
said.
The
meetings
are
attended by village staff,
which serve in an advisory
capacity.
“I think Anne [Regan]
has done an excellent job
with the teenagers,” he
said.
Regan serves as a liaison
between the Youth Council
and the Village Council. She
did not respond to phone
messages by press time.
The council includes students from Coral Shores
and Island Christian School.
Kyle Estrada-Clark serves as
the group’s chair and Alredo
Comeforo is vice chair.
Brianna Calderwood, Sacha
Franks, Seanna Lindback
and Tom Lindholm serve as
council members.
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said he’s here to win.
“I’m here to dominate,”
he said. “I’m not bothering
myself with anything else.”
The chief executive
pointed at yachts in his
marina.
“This is who I am catering too,” he said.
The dozen live-aboard
sailboats at the establishment are now gone. The
new business is catering
to transient boaters. A
helicopter landed at the
resort last week to drop off
guests.
The new owner is anxiously awaiting the end
of the state road agency’s highway construction, which has turned
the resort’s entrance into
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marathon news
Father, son arrested after
confrontation with deputies
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THE TURTLE HOSPITAL/Contributed
The Turtle Hospital in Marathon is looking into why several juvenile green turtles have turned up
sick in recent days.
Sick turtles worry rescuers
and washed back onto the
beach,” Peter Janker said.
It was the second of four
such turtles found in the
last four weeks that has
died, Zirkelbach said. Each
turtle was found to be a
yearling juvenile and acting lethargic.
“To find them on the
beach like this is not normal,” Zirkelbach said. “They
spend the first 10 years of
their life in the deep ocean,
so we’re asking that anyone
who sees a juvenile turtle
acting strange to please call
us.”
The sick turtles are not
being found in just the
Florida Keys. Rescuers in
Miami and Boca Rotan
are reporting the same,
Zirkelbach said.
All of the green sea turtles being found are about
a year old and appear to be
suffering from a parasite
that should be treatable,
BY ADAM LINHARDT
Free Press Staff
MARATHON — The
fourth and latest in a string
of sick green sea turtles
that have been found in
the Florida Keys died last
week, but researchers are
hoping recent lab tests will
help them save any more
that are found.
A young yearling green
sea turtle was found Dec.
29 along the Truman Annex
beach on Naval Air Station
Key West property crawling
about 15 feet away from
the water and was taken to
the Turtle Hospital where
it died, said Manager Bette
Zirkelbach.
Peter and Dixie Janker
found the sick turtle and
put it back in the water, but
then called animal rescuers
when it became apparent
something was not right.
“It slumped to its side
brief
Man stabbed in neck
MARATHON — A man
was airlifted to Miami
Tuesday, Dec. 30, after he
was stabbed in the neck
during a home attack,
according to the Monroe
County Sheriff’s Office.
Terrence Ennis, 31, of
Marathon, faces charges
of aggravated battery, burglary with battery on the
occupant and possession
of cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
The incident occurred
at 125 41st St. at 10 p.m.
when the 59-year-old victim, Ronald Jenkins, told
deputies Ennis burst into
the residence through the
front door and stabbed
him, reports say.
Ennis was later found
at a house on Washington
Zirkelbach said.
“They have very low
glucose and they will be
lethargic and if on the
water they’ll probably be
floating and not moving
much,” Zirkelbach said,
adding that any found on
the beach should be considered an immediate sign
something is amiss.
Nesting season runs from
April through October and
no healthy green sea turtles should be on the beach
after they hatch, she said.
The Jankers were hoping
the turtle they found would
pull through.
“They told us it was having a rough time and had
been incubated when its
heart stopped,” he said.
Anyone who sees a sick
turtle is asked to call the
Turtle Hospital at 305-4817669.
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com
Street. Deputies said they
found cocaine in his pockets.
Jenkins was found lying
face down on the front
porch while another person was holding a towel to
his neck, reports say.
Jenkins was taken to
Fishermen’s Hospital and
then airlifted to Ryder
Trauma Center.
Ennis was placed under
arrest and taken to the
Marathon jail.
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Marathon Community Park
MARATHON — A local
father and son were
arrested last Friday night
after they fought with
deputies responding to a
noise complaint, according to the Monroe County
Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies Garrett Bragg
and David Lopez were
called to the home on
Manor Lane at 11:30 p.m.
after neighbors complained about loud music.
The deputies could hear
music coming from a
home several houses
away.
Bragg recognized the
man
who
answered
the door — 56-year-old
Orlando Alo — as someone
who has made past threats
to shoot law enforcement
officers.
When Alo answered
the door, the deputies
attempted to explain they
were there to ask him to
turn down the music. Alo
allegedly interrupted and
began yelling at them,
telling them to get off his
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Man arrested
for knife threats
MARATHON — A
local man was arrested
Saturday night for breaking into his girlfriend’s
residence, holding a knife
to her throat and threatening to kill her, according to the Monroe County
Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were called
to a trailer in Trailerama
Trailer Park just before 11
p.m. When they arrived
they reportedly could
hear someone screaming inside the trailer. They
entered and allegedly
found the suspect, Yandri
Lopez Macaya, 35, on top
of the 39-year-old victim.
He was pulled off of her
and handcuffed.
The victim told the deputies that Macaya came to
her trailer and pounded
on the door. She said she
could tell he’d been drinking so she locked the door.
She said she was afraid, so
she locked herself in the
bathroom and called 911
for help.
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O. Alo
he was
released.
He struggled with
detent i o n
deputies
at the jail
and was
placed
T. Alo
into
a
restraint
chair to
protect himself and others
from injury, according to
the arrest report.
Orlando
Alo
was
charged with battery on
a law enforcement officer,
three counts of aggravated
assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence.
Tommy Alo was charged
with resisting arrest without violence.
Both men were booked
into jail.
property and that he didn’t
care about his neighbors.
As the confrontation
escalated, Alo threatened
to throw Bragg off the balcony and, at one point,
allegedly grabbed his arm.
Alo’s son — 25-year-old
Tommy Alo — attempted
to calm his father who
continued to yell at the
deputies, according to the
sheriff’s office.
When Bragg attempted
to take the elder Alo into
custody, the man struggled, broke away, opened
a drawer full of knives and
reached into the drawer to
grab one, according to the
sheriff’s office.
The son allegedly tried
to stop Bragg from handcuffing the father, so the
deputy used his Taser to
subdue the son. The father
then grabbed a wine bottle and threw it at Bragg,
according to the sheriff’s
office.
Both Alos were finally
taken into custody. As
deputies drove the father
to jail, he allegedly threatened multiple times to
the front window to get
inside. He armed himself with a kitchen knife,
then forced his way into
the bathroom and held the
knife to her throat, telling
her he was going to kill
her, according to the arrest
report.
She said Macaya punched
her several times and
choked her. The victim had
injuries on her neck, face
and arms, according to the
arrest report. Macaya was
charged with aggravated
assault, burglary with battery on the occupant and
criminal mischief. He was
booked into jail.
He pulled out of the parking lot and began driving
away when he noticed the
gas cans that were in the
back of the truck had fallen
out. He then discovered the
tailgate was missing.
Dolphin encounter
GRASSY KEY — Dolphin
Research Center will host
the annual Charles Evans
Day for the Wounded
Warrior Project on Friday,
Jan. 9.
The facility will offer free
dolphin encounters to participants in the adaptive
Soldier Ride cycling event.
The group is expected to
arrive between 2 and 2:30
p.m. The public is invited
to join DRC staff and volunteers in welcoming the
soldiers.
Founded in 1984, Dolphin
Research Center is home
to a family of bottlenose
dolphins and California
sea lions. Located at 58901
Overseas Highway, the center is open daily for the public to see narrated behavior
sessions and educational
presentations and to participate in interactive programs with the dolphins.
Tailgate stolen
MARATHON — The tailgate from a Ford truck was
stolen from a grocery store
parking lot last week while
the owner shopped inside,
according to the Monroe
County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim said he
backed the 2015 Ford F250
truck into a parking spot
between the Publix grocery
store and Bank of America
at 7 p.m. and went into
the store. He was there for
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9A
RV park residents get eviction notices
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
BIG PINE KEY —
Christmas was not so
merry for about 50 recreational vehicle park residents, as they have been
given a two-month eviction notice.
The residents of the
Seahorse RV Park recently
learned that they have to
find a new place to park
their homes on wheels.
The new park owners plan
to transfer the development rights for the transient units from the park to
a hotel proposed at Stock
Island Marina Village on
Safe Harbor.
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Under state law, developers have to have a
transient rate-of-growth
ordinance, or ROGO, allocation for each unit they
intend to build on their
properties. There is currently a prohibition on the
issuance of new transient
ROGO units in unincorporated Monroe County.
The RV park on County
Road was bought by the
owners of the marina last
February. The Monroe
County government recognizes 125 RV and five
mobile home spaces at
the park, which has been a
place where working people have lived permanently for at least a decade.
Under county code, however, people may stay no
more than six months
each year in RV parks.
There are currently 50
vacant RV lots there. The
park owners are going to
allow some 30 people to
remain living at the park,
said Bart Smith, attorney
for the owners of Stock
Island Marina Village. The
park owners have been in
discussions with groups
like Habitat for Humanity
about developing a 30unit affordable housing
development at the park.
The loss of the RV park
will leave a large gap in
the worker housing pool
in the Lower Keys, said
park resident Alan Leigh,
who received an eviction
notice, along with wife
Tracy. The couple have
lived in their RV in the park
for the past 18 months, he
said. They pay $475 plus
utilities a month for their
spot.
Leigh would have preferred the owners give residents more time to look
for new housing, as the
hotel is still in the planning stages and will not
be built for several years,
he said.
“There are working
people and elderly people
living on fixed incomes
here,” Leigh said. “People
can afford Seahorse. These
are people who don’t
want to live on a government handout. These are
the people who work at
Winn-Dixie, the Big Pine
Key Motel and the local
restaurants. People here
were counting on having
like three years to move
out. Then all the sudden,
it’s ‘Merry Christmas.’”
In other development
projects dealing with
trailer parks, developers have been allowed to
transfer market units to
other properties and keep
the affordable units on
site to remain for workforce housing. However,
Seahorse is an RV park,
not a trailer park, so that
scenario is not possible,
according to county planning officials.
“There have been a lot
of difficult decisions,”
Smith said. “It should have
never gotten to the point
where RVs were allowed
to be used as permanent
housing there.”
The property was used
just by visitors traveling to
the Keys in their RVs until
the early 2000s, when people began to live there full
time, Smith said. Some of
the RVs have been put on
cement blocks, he added.
“They have become
more and more stationary,” Smith said.
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but left behind an inner
fender liner cover. It has
an overspray of burgundy/maroon-colored paint,
FHP reported.
Foultz died from his injuries at Fishermen’s Hospital
in Marathon.
Authorities are asking
anyone who may have
information about the
accident to call 305-4702500.
Auxiliary is offering a limited number of scholarships
to its “Boating Skills and
Seamanship” course starting Jan. 12 and running
through Jan. 29 at Venture
Out Resort, 701 Spanish
Main Drive.
Classes are from 7 to 9
p.m. two days per week for
three weeks.
Students ages 14 to 18
may apply.
Graduating students
will receive the Florida
Boating Safety Education
I.D. card and a Coast Guard
Auxiliary diploma and I.D.
card. Florida law requires
that persons born on or
after Jan. 1, 1988, complete
an approved boater education course prior to operating a vessel powered by
a motor of 10 horsepower
or more.
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check out newly arrived
appliances and greet and
wait on customers.
Younger volunteers, at
least 16 years old, also can
help out.
Stop in and speak with
ReStore manager Tom
Greenwood or CoConut
Closet manager Jerri
Kimmell and fill out a volunteer application, or call
305-872-2883.
ReStore,
at
30320
Overseas Highway, is closed
Wednesdays and Sundays,
but open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
other weekdays and 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
BIG PINE KEY — A local
man was killed in a hitand-run accident at 11 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 3, near mile
marker 31, according to the
Florida Highway Patrol.
Scott Allen Foultz, 29, was
sitting along the south edge
of First Street when an eastbound vehicle stuck him Boating course
with its right side, according
to the FHP.
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BIG PINE KEY — The
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fruit tree farm at the end
of Cunningham Lane is
seeking volunteers from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays to help plant,
mulch and tend to the
property.
For more information,
call Patrick Garvey at 305923-6663 or e-mail [email protected].
Refuge
Continued from page 1A
Contributed photos
Above, Michigan’s Bob McCurdy leads a historical bicycle ride through Big Pine Key. Left, Pat Ward
of Illinois leads a Saturday morning nature talk for children.
refuge as opposed to an RV.
And also unlike the couple,
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the refuge by simply walking in the front door and
requesting work.
But like them, he pulls
his weight around the refuge. McCurdy, who works
around 30 hours a week,
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said he began as a vacationing volunteer because
he had to “find a way to
spend less money while
vacationing.”
Aside from the refuge
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ized in environmental education, works at the refuge’s
visitor center while also
assisting with education
classes and tours geared
toward children. Her husband, also retired, provides maintenance upkeep
around the refuge during
their stay.
While the couple has
only been at the refuge the
past three years and had
never even set foot in the
Keys before that, it is year
no. 7 for them as vacationing volunteers. Before
the refuge, they did stints
in Texas, Louisiana and
Mississippi.
The duo said they don’t
foresee themselves ever
retiring from their working vacations. And while
they only volunteer a few
months out of each year,
they say they know many
who do it full-time.
Bob McCurdy, a native
of Grand Rapids, Mich., is
one of those people. He is
currently in the middle of
an eight-month volunteer
job at the refuge.
McCurdy, unlike the
Wards, spends his nights
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business & news
real
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Vendor running
weekend market
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — A weekend flea market has a new
owner and manager leasing spots out to a variety of
vendors.
Alison Hoeft said she
needs more people to give
the Island Market a shot
for it to be successful. It
is located at mile marker
101.3, bayside, behind the
Dollar Tree.
Since the dollar store
opened in what was the
flea market’s main building, some vendors moved
on, but Hoeft is set on getting them back.
Prior to the discount
retailer, vendors were
able take advantage of the
property’s highway frontage. Now, vendors are on
the backside of the property.
“Being behind the dollar
store makes it hard,” Hoeft
said.
Some vendors merged
and opened a new roadside location. Others tried
to find different markets,
and many from the mainland stayed up north.
“They are back now,”
Hoeft said.
Running her own flea
market wasn’t something
Hoeft always planned on
doing. But when the opportunity arose, the Tavernier
resident said she knew she
was up for the challenge.
She has retained the
market’s original name to
try to salvage some of its
former identity.
“I don’t believe in changing something’s name,”
she said.
Hoeft also has her own
space there as a vendor
selling patio furniture. The
other three dozen or so
vendors sell Amish cheese,
antiques, jewelry and soap
products, to name a few.
“I want this to be a highend market,” she said.
Art is also a popular feature at the market. Hoeft
said there are more than
1,500 paintings during any
given weekend.
“It is a great place for artists,” she said.
Food is also a draw at
the market, which includes
Mexican food, fresh produce and homemade
baked goods.
The flea market is open
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday,
Saturday and Sunday.
For more information,
call 609-287-1767.
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Marni Caputo of Wire Nuts; Sammy and Patty Sparks; state Rep. Holly Raschein and Ryan Raschein; Architect Robert Barnes;
and Tom and Tommy Baker.
Sparks building breaks ground in village
ISLAMORADA — ST
Sparks Construction broke
ground last month on a
3,000-square-foot office
and residential building
in Islamorada.
The new building will
be a rehabilitation of
the structure formerly
known as the Tom Baker
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The building will include
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suites on the ground floor
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a 1,500-square-foot apartment on a newly built sec-
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ST Sparks purchased
the building and the land
at mile marker 87.8 from
Tom Baker over a year
ago and has now received
village approval to move
ahead with the rebuilding
project.
With more than 35
years experience in the
industry, Sammy Sparks is
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additions,
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Brutus Seafood Market and Eatery at 6959 Overseas Highway.
The garden club presents the award to those who enhance and
improve the look of Marathon.
Key Colony Beach’s
Glunz Ocean Beach
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hotel, has purchased
the Tortuga Beach Club
from CJL Capital LLC
of Miami. The eight villas, which include three
bedrooms and three
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11A
Science not so pristine
Residents no longer paying hurricane tax
It appears as if the “science” upon which the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service claims it
bases its actions may not be quite as pristine as they would like us to believe.
Congress (specifically the House Committee on Natural Resources) recently released
a scathing report on the agency, titled “Under the Microscope: An Examination of the
Questionable Science and Lack of Peer Review in Endangered Species Act Listing
Decisions.”
The report indicates that Fish and Wildlife “does not have clear and consistent policies and procedures in place” to handle conflicts of interest among scientists reviewing the science used to support our Endangered Species Acts listings. Not only that, it
appears as if the very same scientists whose work is being cited as a justification for
certain actions are often the ones being asked to review the validity of the work.
In other words, they are being asked whether their own work is valid. Not surprising
that they give it their wholehearted endorsement, eh?
It also notes that some of the reviewers “have known policy positions or affiliations
with advocacy groups that support the listing position.” And despite the administration’s well-known pledge of transparency (I’m trying to keep from laughing, honest),
Fish and Wildlife “routinely withholds from the public the identities of peer reviewers,
qualifications of peer reviewers, instructions and details about their comments.”
So the next time Fish and Wildlife starts preaching to us about how it is basing its
actions on the best available science, you’d best take it with a grain of salt.
For the first time since 2004, Floridians this year can
celebrate the elimination of hurricane tax assessments on
their insurance policies — a real savings for families and
small businesses.
Insurance policies issued or renewed after Jan. 1, 2015,
which include automobile, business, homeowner, charity,
religious institutions, rental, local government and school
boards, will no longer include the Florida Catastrophe
Fund Emergency Assessment hurricane tax. The assessment, which results from the 2004-05 back-to-back hurricanes, will end a year early thanks to actions taken
early this year by Gov. Rick Scott and the state Board of
Administration.
This is great news for Florida families and small businesses, and further evidence that Florida is moving in the
right direction. More Floridians are getting back to work,
our state’s population is growing — Florida just surpassed
New York to become the third most-populous state in the
country — our housing market is improving, Florida’s students are topping national rankings and now Floridians
are realizing a true savings on their insurance.
While the state’s storm-free years have benefited
Floridians by eliminating hurricane tax assessments, it
would be irresponsible to believe Florida will forever be
spared from future costly storms. Now is the right time to
prevent hurricane taxes from creeping back onto to insurance policies by looking to private market solutions to
absorb Florida’s future hurricane risk.
The 2004-05 hurricanes resulted in more than $70 billion in damages, and the CAT Fund reimbursed $28.98
billion for residential losses over those two storm seasons.
However, what resulted was a 1.3 percent assessment on
all insurance policyholders to pay back $2.6 billion in
unfunded liabilities — that’s $350 million to $500 million
collected from policyholders annually.
Despite the CAT Fund’s good health — $10.9 billion
in cash on hand — one storm or a series of storms like
2004-05 could again deplete the funds and leave Florida
insurance policy holders at risk. That’s why the Florida
Chamber has long-supported reforming Florida’s CAT
Fund to better protect Florida’s families and businesses
from financial disaster.
John Donnelly, Key Largo
Realizing Eyster’s vision
Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have contributed to the Matecumbe Historical
Trust in the past. You’re helping us preserve the vast history of the Florida Keys and
educate those who live and visit here. We need your help to continue in this endeavor.
Programs such as our free lectures, which many of you attend, the plaques that
mark our historic sites, a new self-guided tour brochure and our events are only possible through your generosity and support. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
dedicated to the preservation and education of the history of the Florida Keys. We are
an all-volunteer organization.
We are looking for volunteers, benefactors and additional funding to help us with
the much anticipated Irving R. Eyster Florida Keys History Museum. We had hoped
Mr. Eyster would have been able to cut the ribbon but he passed away earlier in 2014.
We have possession of his vast collection of artifacts, photos, memorabilia and documents, which desperately need a home so they can be shared with the public.
There is still time to make a year-end tax deductable gift to the Matecumbe
Historical Trust and help us realize Mr. Eyster’s vision. Please visit our website at
MatecumbeHistoricalTrust.com. For more information, please call Barbara Edgar at
305-393-0940.
Mark Wilson, president, Florida Chamber of
Commerce
The Matecumbe Historical Trust Corp., Islamorada
A dedicated center lane
Lose weight the vegan way
I am slowly creeping up the highway heading to Key Largo. I’m trying to be patient
... “biggest tourism season,” etc.
So far, in a space of about five minutes, four cars have passed us in the center lane.
One other car was just cruising blissfully southbound in the center lane. I don’t have
to point out how dangerous this is to other vehicles and pedestrians who may be
attempting to cross, as in front The Trading Post toward Cheeca Lodge.
I know this is Florida Department of Transportation territory; however, I believe it is
up to the village and the sheriff’s office to insist that there has to be clearer markings;
diagonal yellow stripes, for instance.
I believe it’s only a matter of time before there is a tragedy.
Did you resolve to lose weight this year? If so, you should
know that researchers at the University of South Carolina
have found that people who eat vegan foods tend to lose
more weight than people who eat animal-based foods.
The researchers placed overweight volunteer dieters
into five groups — omnivores, semi-vegetarians, pescovegetarians, vegetarians and vegans — and instructed
them to eat accordingly. After six months, the people in
the vegan group had lost an average of 16.5 pounds each,
more than those in any other group.
This is probably because vegan foods tend to be low in
calories and saturated fat. Many vegan foods are also high
in fiber and complex carbohydrates, which help boost
your metabolism so you can burn more calories. Research
shows that the average vegan is 18 percent leaner than his
or her meat-eating counterpart.
If you need to slim down, or just want to make healthier
and kinder choices, opt for tasty vegan foods, such as veggie burgers, black bean and corn chili, lentil and spinach
soup and faux chicken sandwiches. For free recipes and
product suggestions, see PETA.org.
Donna Gleason, Lower Matecumbe Key
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areas where new utilities
and infrastructure are discouraged.
Raschein
previously
secured passage of a measure to delay the government-established, notfor-profit insurer, which
typically provides coverage
where private insurance
companies won’t, from
cutting off coverage.
Raschein is also cosponsoring House Bill 37
which would allow businesses that register with
the state to solicit and collect contributions from
customers for construction
and maintenance of public education facilities. The
money would be deposited
into the Public Education
Capital Outlay fund, otherwhise known as PECO.
“This is a pro-education
effort,” she said.
Raschein is also cosponsoring the Florida
Competitive Workforce
Act, which would prohibit
discrimination based on
gender identity.
In a bipartisan measure
with state Sen. Dwight
Bullard, D-Miami, the duo
is attempting to commemorate a day in perpetuity to
Lancelot Jones. Raschein
said she was approached
by Mahogany Youth, an
organization of young
black people who wanted
to honor Jones, an early
settler of Elliot Key who
operated a Key lime farm.
Jones also helped lead
opposition on an effort to
link Key Biscayne to the
Overseas Highway through
a series of roads and bridges that would have brought
development to Elliot Key.
The effort failed and Elliot
Key is now part of Biscayne
National Park.
Unlike last year’s session,
Raschein has no plans to
sponsor bills for the Key
Largo Wastewater District
or the Key Largo Fire-EMS
District. Following the
governor’s inauguration
earlier this week, Raschein
said she planned to meet
with Florida Keys lobbyists
to finalize an agenda.
A high priority for
Raschein will be a bill to
bring wastewater and
environmental funding
into the Florida Keys. With
the November passage of
Amendment 1.
Raschein’s bill is an
attempt to carve permanent
funds
out
of that amendment.
An interlocal agreement is
already chalked up between
local governments, and
Raschein says she has support to secure funding from
local municipalities as well
as the county.
Five weeks of committee
meetings are scheduled for
January and February, followed by the 60-day regu-
lar session on March 3.
Raschein
serves
as vice chair of the
Highway and Waterway
Safety
Subcommittee.
She is also a member
of the Appropriations
Committeee, Regulatory
Affairs Committee and
Veteran and Military Affairs
Subcommittee.
Bullard serves as vice
chair of the Transportation
Committee.
He
also serves on the
Agriculture Committee,
Appropriations
Subcommittee
on
Education,
Education
Pre-K-12
Committee,
Governmental Oversight
and
Accountability
Committee,
Joint
Administrative Procedures
Committee and Joint Select
Committee on Collective
Bargaining.
Bullard did not respond
to Free Press messages
seeking comment.
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Sanctuary sets sights
on plan changes in 2015
FREE PRESS STAFF
MONROE
COUNTY
— Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary managers will be busy in 2015
drafting an environmental impact statement on a
series of potential changes
to the sanctuary management plan, which could
include closing some fishing areas and opening
others.
A draft of the statement
could be released as early
as late summer or early
fall, sanctuary superintendent Sean Morton
said. Once the statement
is released, the public will
have 60 to 90 days to comment on it.
The sanctuary, making up some 2,800 square
miles of protected waters
and coral reefs throughout the Gulf of Mexico
and Atlantic Ocean in
the Florida Keys, plans to
hold several public meetings on the findings of
the statement, aside from
the Sanctuary Advisory
Council’s monthly meetings, Morton said.
Draft changes to the
management plan should
come in 2016, which will
open up another round of
public comment.
The changes should be
adopted by the end of 2017
and would be in effect for
at least 10 years.
The sanctuary is currently conducting a review
of all its rules and regulations. The agency has not
reviewed its management
plan since the sanctuary
was established in 1990.
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KEY WEST — Two Key
West men who sued the
county when they were
denied a marriage license
last year were to marry on
the steps of the courthouse
in a ceremony starting at
midnight Tuesday — the
moment Florida’s samesex marriage ban expired.
The event took place
after press time.
Aaron Huntsman and
Lee Jones applied for
a wedding license last
Friday, the day after a federal judge announced that
his original court order
applies to all 67 counties.
“I didn’t think I would
see this day in my lifetime,” said the Rev. Steve
Torrence, who was to perform the ceremony. “It is a
wonderful day. All people
are free and equal.”
Huntsman and Jones
were the first same-sex
couple in Monroe County
to obtain a marriage
license.
County Clerk Amy
Heavilin planned to open
the Key West office, 500
Whitehead St., at 12:01
a.m. Tuesday and grant
licenses to the first 100
same-sex couples who
have already started the
paperwork, her office
reported.
“We’re going to make
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Saunders, Heavilin’s inhouse attorney.
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Cable access
Contributed photo
Rathkeltair will be among the Scottish rock and traditional
music showcased during the Florida Keys Celtic Festival.
Kilts in the Keys
Celtic festival returns this week
JILL ZIMA BORSKI/Contributed
Below, Matt Sexton, who appeared on the cover of Kiteboarding magazine in 2011, shows the options available at Keys Cable
and Adventure Park. The facility’s wakeboarding cable system, above, offers beginning and intermediate options.
Wakeboarding attraction
offers family discount day
BY JILL ZIMA BORSKI
Free Press Contributor
GRASSY KEY — Keys
Cable and Adventure Park,
a 50-acre property at mile
marker 59, oceanside,
has launched a monthly
“Family Funday.”
The last one, held Sunday,
Dec. 21, featured live music,
art vendors, organic garden
tours, bounce houses for
the kids and free paddleboarding.
The attraction offered a
$40 flat rate for wakeboarding all day with the equipment rental included. Local
fish tacos (two for $5) and
drinks rounded out the
casual family outing atmosphere. The goal is activity
for all ages, with the next
Family Funday set for 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
25.
A beginner- and intermediate-level cable system
allows tethered adventurers to strap on a wakeboard
and slide off a platform
onto a calm 7-acre saltwater lake.
As the wakeboarders get
more comfortable, they
can perform tricks such as
launching off ramps and
flips. For more inspired participants, the Fundays offer
MARATHON — Lads and
lassies will visit Marathon
for the second annual
Florida Keys Celtic Festival,
set for Jan. 8 to 10.
The festival kicks off with
a “Kilts in the Keys” celebration, featuring Irish
music by West of Galway
from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 8, at Marathon Grill
and Ale House, mile marker
53, gulfside.
Outdoor festival activities
are set to run from 3 to 10
p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, and from
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 10, at Marathon
Community Park, mile
marker 49, oceanside.
Festival goers can listen
to Scottish rock and traditional music at the park’s
main stage amphitheater. Several Celtic bands
are scheduled to appear,
including
Albannach,
Rathkeltair, The Screaming
Orphans and West of
Galway. The St. Andrews
Pipe Band of Miami is also
set to perform.
Highland athletic games
and border collie sheep
See CELTIC, page 5B
Contributed photo
Border collie sheep herding will be among the demonstrations
offered during the second annual festival.
See CABLE, page 4B
‘Brew on the Bay’ to explore the art of craft beer
KEY LARGO — Those
who consider brewing
beer an art form can sample creations at Key Largo’s
Brew on the Bay, which
for its fourth year will be
at Rowell’s Marina Friday,
Jan. 9, through Sunday,
Jan. 11.
Craft beer makers and
ale aficionados will pour
samples of a wide array
of amateur and expert
batches during the annual
outdoor tent event.
Friday evening kicks off
the weekend with a home
brew competition from 6
to 8 p.m. at the Key Largo
Lion’s Club at mile marker
99.3, oceanside. Public
admission is $25 per person and includes unlimited sampling, appetizers
and live music.
A VIP meet-and-greet
with craft brew vendors is
set for 8:30 to 11 p.m. at
Bayside Inn, mile marker
99.4. Attractions include
food, beer and music on
the beach.
The festival’s main event
is set for 2 to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 10, at Rowell’s
Marina, mile marker 104.5,
bayside. More than 100
regional and worldwide
craft and specialty beers
are to be available for an
unlimited tasting along
the waterfront with fresh
local seafood, vendors and
live bands rounding out
the event.
Advance tickets are
$39.95 per person until Jan.
10 or $49 at the gate. VIP
tickets are available and
include a one-hour early
admission for Saturday’s
main event with priority
File photo
See BREW, page 5B
Brew on the Bay attendees share a toast before sampling craft beer at last year’s event.
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Interesting murder mystery riddled with errors
BY DAVID BECKWITH
Special to the Free Press
DEATH BY DESIRE
By Jaden Skye
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It would be hard to find a more
captivating and initially more
intriguing setting. It is St. Barts
and a few days before Christmas.
The elite are overrunning the
island for the holidays.
St. Barts is a fairyland as the
rich and famous have poured into
the island to celebrate the season.
It is a world of exclusive parties
in private villas and on palatial
yachts. Tiffany O’Connell, one
of the twin daughters of a U.S.
senator, has become engaged to
the son of old money aristocracy
and an over-the-top engagement
party is thrown in her honor.
But the next day Tiffany is found
viciously stabbed and strangled
on the beach.
The police are desperate to
keep a lid on the situation to not
cause an uproar that will dampen
the spirit of the Christmas season and hurt island tourism.
But Sen. O’Connell and his family want justice for their family
member. When they determine
that the local authorities are not
investigating to their satisfaction,
O’Connell hires New York private
investigators Cindy and Mattheus
to solve the crime. It does not
take long for a territorial dispute
to erupt between the usurping
investigators and the local gendarmes.
Cindy and Mattheus are introduced to a world light years away
from the one they left in New
York. They soon meet the elite
crowd that surrounds the senator
and his family. This is an exclusive
world of unimaginable wealth.
They learn about the super-rich
people’s dirty laundry — all their
jealousies and rivalries, the secret
exes, love affairs and drug abuse.
They meet Tiffany’s devastated
fiancée, her twin sister Rori, and
her distraught, mentally unstable
mother. The senator has little sympathy for his wife’s weaknesses.
They also are forced to deal
with a corrupt police force and a
rich Russian mogul who not only
controls half the island, but has an
adversarial history with the senator. The deeper they delve into
the case, the more they learn that
the lives of the people involved
are not as perfect as they appear.
As they get close to the answers,
Cindy faces personal danger as
her relationship with Mattheus is
becoming deeper and more complex.
As I began this book, I almost
felt like a paparazzi getting a
glimpse of the naughty side of a
world far different from my own.
While the book probably wouldn’t
be nominated for any Edgars, it
seemed it would be a good escapist read.
My reverie was soon dashed by
poor editing. Having written several books myself, I understand
the importance of careful editing. My wife and I read each of
our books over and over ourselves
even after we had hired professional readers and editors. Even
then an occasional mistake still
managed to get past everyone.
But this book seemed be an
See REVIEW, page 6B
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GIFTS FOR DAYCARE KIDS
TOURNEY HELPS TRUST
top 10
bestsellers
HARDBACK FICTION
1. All the Light We Cannot See
2. Gray Mountain
3. The Goldfinch
4. Redeployment
5. Lila
6. Revival
7. The Bone Clocks
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8. The Escape
9. The Boston Girl
10. Blue Horses
H A R D B A C K N O N F I C T.
1. Yes Please
The Cheeca Lodge All American Backcountry Fishing Tournament
held last November raised $5,000 for the Guides Trust
Foundation, a local non-profit organization that assists Florida
Keys fishing guides in need. Deanne Gabel, left, general manager of the Islamorada resort, presented the check to GTF representative Duane Baker, center, who also serves as commodore
of the Florida Keys Fishing Guides Association. Baker guided
Christopher Jordan, right, executive vice president of Wells Fargo
Bank during the tournament.
Contributed photo
Linda Hartley Mixon and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office provided gifts to 70 children of
Grace Jones Daycare in Marathon. Pictured with some of the Grace Jones children are, from left,
Santa Claus, Iris Coe, Mixon and Elizabeth Bayerl.
BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL SOON
2. Killing Patton
SPREADING CHEER
3. Being Mortal
4. Not That Kind of Girl
5. Make It Ahead
6. Small Victories
7. 41: A Portrait of My Father
8. Everything I Need to Know I
Learned From a Little Golden
Book
9. What If?
10. The Life-Changing Magic of
Tidying Up
The Indie Bestseller List is
produced by the American
Booksellers Association and is
based on sales in independent
bookstores nationwide during
the week ended Dec. 27, 2014.
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The Lower Matecumbe Mermaids raised $2,300 during its annual holiday cheer benefit in support of Visiting Nurse Association
and Hospice of the Florida Keys. From left, Krissy Gustinger, Ann
Haber, VNA/Hospice Development Director Kim Sovia-Crandon,
Brenda Williams and Kathleen Hamilton. Not pictured are
Mermaid Mary Williams and Barbara Neil.
The Doerfels with Angelica Grim will perform a blend acoustic and electric music during ICE’s
third annual BayGrass Bluegrass Music Festival. The festival kicks off Saturday, Jan. 17, with a
free welcome party and jam session. The main event, featuring 10 bluegrass bands, takes place
from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at Founders Park, mile marker 87, bayside. Tickets
are $10 if purchased in advance at keyice.com. Tickets are $12 at the door. Children ages 17
and younger are admitted free.
live entertainment
LOCAL BAND AND VOCALIST PERFORMANCES
FRIDAY, Jan. 9
Boondocks: Good Company 6:30 to 11
a.m.
Caribbean Club: Luke Sommer Glenn
Band 10:30 p.m. to 3 a.m.
Dockside Cafe: Slam Allen Band 7 to
11 p.m.
Gilberts: The Dropouts 7 to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Tiki Bar: Uncle Rico 8 p.m.
to midnight.
Holiday Isle Rumrunners: Billy Davidson
8 to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Reggie Paul noon
to 4 p.m.
The Hurricane: 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: Phoenix 6:30 to 11
p.m.
Lorelei: Dana Collins Band 5 to 9 p.m.
Morada Bay: Jess Atkins 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Pilot House: The Outer Band 6 to 10
p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Don Irwin 6:30 to 9:30
p.m.
Snapper’s Waterfront Restaurant: Joey
Shalling 7 to 10 p.m.
Snooks: Liquid Remedy 6 to 10 p.m.
SATURDAY, Jan. 10
Boondocks: See Friday listing.
Caribbean Club: See Friday listing.
Dockside Cafe: Eric Stone Band 7 to
11 p.m.
Fish House Encore: Lee Sharp 7 to 10
p.m.
Gilberts: Cat Daddies 7 to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Tiki Bar: Bushwood Band 8
p.m. to midnight.
Holiday Isle Rumrunners: Steve Webb 8
to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Cameo 1 to 5
p.m.
The Hurricane: See Friday listing.
Islamorada Fish Company: Jess Atkins
6 to 10 p.m.
Island Grill: Derrick Henning 6 to 10
p.m.
Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill: The Regs 7
to 11 p.m.
Looe Key Tiki Bar: Moondogs 6:30 to
11 p.m.
Lorelei: Case & Davidson 5 to 9 p.m.
Morada Bay: Micah noon to 4 p.m., Dana
Collins 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Pilot House: Mike & Mike 6 to 10 p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Tommy Tune &
Rocketman the Pirate 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Snapper’s: See Friday listing.
Snooks: Gypsy Rose 1:30 to 5 p.m.,
Bobbe Brown Band 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, Jan. 11
Caribbean Club: Cat Daddies 5:30 p.m.
to closing.
Dockside Cafe: Jam night 6 to 10 p.m.
Fish House Encore: See Saturday listing.
Gilberts: Stalking Mildred 1 to 6 p.m.
Holiday Isle Tiki Bar: Island Magic 2 to
6 p.m.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Yishka 11 a.m. to
24 p.m.
Island Grill: Kenny Channels noon to 4
p.m.
Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill: Stereo
Underground 4 to 8 p.m.
Lorelei: Paul Case noon to 3 p.m., Collins
& Webb 5 to 9 p.m.
Morada Bay: Jess Atkins noon to 4 p.m.,
Micah 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Pilot House: Jimmy Ray & Derek 2 to
6 p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Tim Dee & Jim Hill 6:30
to 9:30 p.m.
Snapper’s: Frank C. 11:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.
Snooks: Sweetwater Band 1:30 to 5
p.m., Sir Cedric’s Steel Drums 5:30 to
9:30 p.m.
Sunset Grille: TBA 1 to 5 p.m.
Florida Keys Free Press • Jan. 7, 2015 •
3B
IN THE KEYS
The native stopper shrub offers a host of fine attributes
BY ROBIN ROBINSON
Key West Garden Club
All those rumors about
stopper tea being antidiarrheal are totally unsupported by science — like
one of those urban legends
that get passed around via
the coconut telegraph, but
never actually happened.
Maybe it was wishful
thinking on the part of the
Native Americans.
I’m not trying to dash
the allure of planting the
many varieties of stoppers;
they are fabulous understory shrubs with a host of
fine attributes. Simpson’s
stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) was identified by
Charles Torrey Simpson,
a Miami naturalist in the
early 1900s. The scientific
name has been reclassified
27 times according to Dean
Greene in “Eat the Weeds.”
Common names include
twinberry, because the
fruit usually grows in pairs,
or because there are two
seeds in each orange-red
fruit making it doubly
fecund. This stopper flowers and fruits at the same
time.
What a wildly magnificent fragrance when the
tree becomes a soft foam
blanket of powderpuff
white blooms that coats
it like a brushing of snow
over its dark green leaves.
The scientific name means
“many thorns fragrant,”
referring to its round ball
of stamens.
There are small glandular holes on the 2-inch
leaves that emit a citruspine odor when crushed.
The ovate leaves are evergreen so they don’t make a
mess in the landscape.
Stoppers make thick
hedges that are a visual
block and could block an
entrance like a fence, so
maybe they are named for
that attribute. They are
planted beside roadsides,
as background fill, in parking lots, as specimen trees
and in medians where only
frangible (breakable) trees
are allowed.
briefs
ROBIN ROBINSON/Contributed
Left, the twinberry or Simpson’s stopper was a popular Christmas tree with early Florida Keys settlers. Above, twin berries entice birds to snack on the fruit. The ball-shaped flower occurs at the
same time the stopper is seeding.
Simpson’s stopper is
either a bush or a tree
depending on how it is
pruned. It has a tendency to
grow with multiple trunks,
but can be trained into a
single trunk specimen tree.
Its peeling, reddish bark
enhances it multi-branching effect, which is why it is
also called nakedwood. It
doesn’t need to be pruned
often as it only grows about
6 inches a year.
While averaging 20 feet
in height, the largest is a
striking 51 feet tall. If it is
grown in the sun, the plant
becomes full like a shrub.
If it is grown in the shade,
the lovely red-barked
trunks take center stage.
Simpson’s stopper can be
kept at 8 feet in height.
There once were a lot
of stoppers in the Florida
Keys, but they disappeared,
possibly because they were
used as the Christmas
tree of choice. They were
pruned to look like the
northern pines and festooned with decorations.
They are now listed as
threatened by the state of
Florida, but are being sold
at native nurseries. There is
no problem growing these
at 5:30 p.m. and ask for the
“bird program pass.”
For more information,
call 305-451-1202.
Bird slide show
KEY LARGO — John
Pennekamp Coral Reef
State Park will present a
slide show about the birds
of South Florida and the
Florida Keys at 6:15 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 10, at mile
marker 102.5, oceanside.
Learn about the birds that
live and migrate through
South Florida, and when
and how to identify them.
This program is included
with the park admission
fee. Attendees must enter
the park before closing time
Photo lessons
BIG PINE KEY — The
Florida Keys National
Wildlife Refuges Photo Club
is offering beginner photography classes at 6 p.m.
Thursdays, Jan. 15 to Feb.
12, at the National Key Deer
Refuge Visitor Center in the
Winn-Dixie shopping plaza,
mile marker 30.
Classes are designed to
provide beginners with
an understanding of basic
from seed. New saplings
pop up from dropped seeds
underneath the prolific
branches. Baby stoppers
grow easily in the drained,
alkaline soil of the Keys.
They like a bit higher
ground and are drought
tolerant.
Mockingbirds, blue jays
and cardinals gobble the
berries and spread the
seeds far and wide. People
eat the fruit as well, but the
seeds are to be avoided as
they are bitter.
The monarch, the zebra
longwing butterflies, bees,
small mammals and insects
hang out in this native species.
The Aging Eye
Tuesday, January 13
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Mariners Hospital Conference Room | 91500 Overseas Highway
Key West Master Gardener
Robin Robinson was a columnist for the Chicago
Daily News and syndicated
with Princeton Features. Her
books, “Plants of Paradise”
and Award-Winning “Roots
Rocks and Rain: Native
Trees of the Florida Keys,”
can be found at the Garden
Club and on Amazon.com.
This column is part of a
series developed by the Key
West Garden Club. For more
information visit keywestgardenclub.com.
photographic concepts and
improve their picture-taking skills. Cost is $5 per class.
Proceeds benefit future
photo club field trips.
Class
schedule:
The Camera, Jan. 15;
Taking Pictures, Jan. 22;
Composition, Jan. 29;
Nature Photography, Feb. 5;
and Photo Editing, Feb. 12.
Classes will be taught by
Joe Gilroy. For more information, call Kristie at 305304-9625 or email kristie_
[email protected].
Regain your focus at a free seminar with ophthalmologist Andrew Schimel, M.D.
As with other parts of the body, the eyes undergo changes as they age.
Dr. Schimel will discuss the diagnosis and treatment of cataracts and macular
degeneration, as well as the impact of diabetes on eye health.
The program is free, but reservations are required. To reserve your space,
call 305-434-3400.
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IN THE KEYS
Contributed photos
Four local chefs will participate in the Charity Chopped event
Jan. 11. Clockwise from top left, Andy Niedenthal, Ben Loftus,
David Matlock and George Patti.
JILL ZIMA BORSKI/Contributed
Paddleboarding can be done around the saltwater lake.
Continued from page 1B
an extreme wakeboarding
demonstration.
Formerly the location
of a cobia fish farm, the
enclosed lake also enables
paddleboarders to observe
large mangrove snappers and other marine life
swimming around. The
lake, which is 60 feet deep
in the middle, used to be a
limestone quarry. In fact,
the business owners still
find railroad ties and nails
when they walk in the surrounding woods.
Keys
Cable
and
Adventure Park by oTHErside Action Sports is operated by Matthew Sexton,
29, and the crew at oTH-
Erside Boardsports, whose
owners are Mike and
Shana Walsh. The couple,
now in their 30s, met in
New Jersey and opened a
board sports shop in 2007.
Based in Islamorada,
oTHErside also offers
a kiteboarding school
at Hawks Cay on Duck
Key and The Postcard
Inn at Holiday Isle in
Islamorada.
Open for more than
a year, Keys Cable and
Adventure Park’s busiest months have been in
March and July, Sexton
said. He attributed this to
the spring break crowd
and lobster mini-season.
“Especially when visitors don’t want to be on
the ocean in big waves and
heavy winds that come
with rough weather, they
can come here and still
enjoy water sports,” he
said.
In the property’s organic
garden, where plants are
for sale, visitors can find
all sorts of tropical fruit,
including breadfruit, starfruit, bananas and a variety
of mangoes. In the spice
and herb area is moringa,
lemongrass, ginger, turmeric and citronella. Sweet
potato, yucca, chaya, sugarcane, hot pepper, tomatoes, pigeon peas and a
variety of native flowers
round out the greenspace.
Composting and worm
farming enhance the garden.
And then there are
bees. Fifty bee boxes produce pure raw honey for
Marathon-based
Keez
Beez and are for sale in
10-ounce, 16-ounce or 2pound jars. Depending on
what flowering plants are
blooming, the honey may
be enhanced by Brazilian
pepper, seagrape or black
mangroves flavors.
An open-air watersports
shop near the garden has
items for sale and it’s also
where watersport participants sign waivers and pay
for services. An hour-long
wakeboarding pass on
days other than “Family
Funday” is $32 plus rental
gear for $17, which totals
$52.67 including tax,
according to the website.
For more information or
to book some time, call
305-414-8245 or visit keyscable.com.
Cooking event to benefit
family of late local chef
PLANTATION KEY — The
Uncorked Food and Wine
Festival’s Charity Chopped
event, set for 5 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 11, at Marker 88 restaurant, will benefit the
family of Chef Ben Coole
who died suddenly on July
27, 2014.
Coole was general manager and executive chef for
eight years at Ziggie & Mad
Dogs and a founding member of the festival. He is
survived by his wife and his
14- and 12-year-old daughters.
Four local chefs will compete in this year’s Charity
Chopped
competition:
George Patti, SALT Cana
crossword horoscopes brief
KEY
KEY
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
Ask and you shall receive,
Capricorn. It really is that
easy this week. An upgrade
in accommodations at work
provides a welcome change of
pace.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
You’ve dallied around long
enough, Aquarius. The
opportunity is yours for the
taking if you want it. Make a
plan of attack and set it into
motion.
CLUES ACROSS
1. Floodgate
7. Forner aerosol propellant
(abbrev.)
10. Miniature sci-fi vehicles
14. Inhabitant of 34th U.S. state
15. Deception
16. "I had no ___!"
17. Inhabitant of the Maylay
Archipelago
19. Warm, so to speak
20. "I" problem
21. Seaport in NW Florida
23. Authoritative statement
25. "Fudge!"
26. Experienced
27. Victorian, for one
28. "___ quam videri" (North
Carolina's motto)
29. Seed coat
33. Has a traditional meal (2
wds)
36. Sorcerer
37. Pretentious sort
38. Legal prefix
41. Formerly known as
42. Made invalid
44. Julie ___, "Big Brother" host
45. Cocktail sauce ingredient
(pl.)
48. Religious order probationer
49. A hand
50. ___ probandi
51. Marine decapod (2 wds)
55. Mouselike animal
56. Alter, in a way
57. Baba ghanouj ingredient
58. "Iliad" warrior
59. Absorbed, as a cost
60. Printed, glazed cotton fabric
CLUES DOWN
1. Schuss, e.g.
2. PC linkup (acronym)
3. Review unfairly
4. Equiangular polygon
5. Religious law
6. Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir.
7. Business needs
8. Bride-to-be
9. Ceremonial burner
10. Spectacles with nose clip
(hyphenated)
11. Ancient Greek theater
12. Gave out
13. "___ Smile" (1976 hit)
18. Gushes out (var. spelling)
22. Cremona artisan
23. Orange crablike Pokemon
character
24. Baking appliance
25. Abstruse
30. Supreme judicial council of
ancient Jerusalem
31. Ashes, e.g.
32. Gulf of ___, off the coast of
Yemen
34. First light of day (pl.)
35. That is, in Latin (2 wds)
36. Dry riverbed
38. Protective wall
39. Simultaneously (3 wds)
40. Counseled
43. Japanese ___ girl
44. Affected
45. Accept
46. Fertilization site
47. Fergie, formally
48. ___ Scotia
52. Abbr. after a comma
53. Amazon, e.g. (insect)
54. Show ___
the time to show it. Maintain
your calm façade and pitch a fit
later behind closed doors.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Watch it, Virgo. Someone is
observing you from afar. Keep
up the good work, and you just
might earn a promotion. A note
provides vital information.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Truly, Libra. You are very good at
what you do, but that doesn’t
mean you are right for the job.
Pass on the opportunity and
look for a more suitable one.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
Romance has taken a back
seat to business for far too long
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
now, Pisces. Rearrange your
Time to shake things up,
schedule and make time for
Scorpio. The routine is getting
that special someone.
to everyone and starting to slow
things down. Slip in something
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
new, and watch the pace pick
All eyes are on you to fix a
up.
problem, Aries, but you may
have to sit this one out, as
resources are in short supply. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
Conflict is resolved at home.
Geez, Sagittarius. If it were easy,
everyone would join in. Know
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
what you are getting into before
Change can be hard, Taurus,
you sign on the dotted line. An
but it is not impossible.
invitation arrives.
Rally the troops and start
the implementation. A social
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
engagement calls for some
JANUARY 4
thinking outside of the box.
Michael Stipe, Singer (54)
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
You’re in demand, Gemini, and
your calendar begins to fill. Say
yes to the causes that mean
the most to you and no to the
rest. Your family needs you.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
Duty calls, Cancer. Do not
disappoint. A mystery is cleared
up at home, and you no longer
need to worry. A friend makes a
request. Honor it if you can.
Refuge camp
BIG PINE KEY — The
National Key Deer Refuge
will present its third annual Camp Run-A-Muk, an
outdoor adventure/nature
camp for adults ages 22 and
older who want to get out-
Lounge; Andy Niedenthal,
The Islander Resort; Ben
Loftus, The Hungry Tarpon
at Robbie’s Marina; and
David Matlock, oo-tray.
Based on the TV Food
Network’s show “Chopped,”
the cooking competition
challenges the skill, speed
and creativity of the chefs
who must turn mystery
ingredients into a threecourse meal.
Celebrity Chef Norman
Van Aken will be among
the panel of judges.
Tickets are $35 and
include a buffet dinner
and special wine pricing.
Call 305-852-9315 for more
information.
side and learn more about
what National Wildlife
Refuges have to offer.
The three-day camp will
run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Jan. 27-29. The cost is $30,
which includes a kick-off
breakfast, T-shirt and kayak
trip. Space is limited to 12
campers.
To sign up, contact Kristie
Killam at 305-304-9625 or
[email protected].
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5B
IN THE KEYS
Contributed photo
One of the images from ‘Scotland ... Through the Eyes of an American.’
Contributed photos
Pictorial guide to Scotland to be featured
Celtic
MARATHON — The
Friends of the Marathon
Library have invited
Sharyn Barrett Wyllie to
present her recently published book, “Scotland
... Through the Eyes of
an American,” at 1:30
p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at
St. Columba Episcopal
Church parish hall, 451
52nd St., Gulf.
Continued from page 1B
briefs
Mr. Legs contest
UPPER KEYS — The Mr.
Legs contest is back in full
swing.
The annual event sponsored by the Sigma Omega
chapter of Beta Sigma
Phi Sorority raises money
for scholarships for Coral
Shores High School seniors.
Fifty contestants are
competing for the crown of
Mr. Legs 2015. The winner
will be determined by total
donations collected.
The contest runs until
Feb. 13. For more information or a list of contestants,
email SigmaOmega10317@
aol.com.
Festival proceeds benefit St. Columba Episcopal
Church’s Hammock House
after-school programs for
at-risk youth in the Middle
Keys.
The Florida Keys Celtic
Festival is presented by
Celtic Heritage Productions
of Port Charlotte and Saint
Columba with support from
the Monroe County Tourist
Development Council. For
more information, visit
celticheritageproductions.
com/keys.htm or call St
Columba Church at 305743-6412.
Historical Preservation
Society of the Upper Keys
will present an 85-minute
2005 documentary, “The
Project Guerrero,” at 7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 12, at the Key
Largo Library community
room, mile marker 101.4,
oceanside.
The Guerrero, which
was a Spanish ship loaded
with 561 African slaves,
was being pursued by
the English warship HMS
Nimble when both went
aground on Carysfort Reef
on the evening of Dec. 20,
1827. The film is based
around the search for remnants of the wreck.
Admission is free. For
more information, call Jerry
Wilkinson at 305-852-1620.
Jan. 16, at 5270 Overseas
Highway.
South Dade orchid growers Melana and Jim Davison
will present a hands-on
program on mounting
orchids. There will also be
orchids for sale. Guests are
welcome.
Call 305-743-4971 for
more information or visit
marathongardenclub.org.
KEY
LARGO
—
MARATHON — The
Marathon Garden Club
The will meet at 1 p.m. Friday,
priced rates are available
at some Key Largo lodging
properties.
For more information,
visit keylargobrewonthebay.com.
Brew
Continued from page 1B
parking, special seating, a
souvenir glass, food and
specialty tastings in a VIP
tent. Admission is $69.95 if
purchased by noon Jan. 10
or $79 at the gate.
A Sunday Hangover
Brunch event aboard
Island Time Cruises departs
from the Caribbean Club,
mile marker 104, bayside.
Brunch, full bar and steel
drum music can be enjoyed
from 10 a.m. to noon.
Tickets are $49.95 for adults
age 21 and over.
Individual and multiday
event tickets can be purchased online at keylargobrewonthebay.com/buytickets.html.
Money raised helps benefit the Rotary Club of Key
Largo scholarship fund
and other efforts. Specially
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Book club
KEY LARGO — The Key
Largo Book Club will meet
at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, in
the Key Largo Library community room, mile marker
101.4, oceanside.
The club has selected
Peter Mayle’s “Tourjours
Provence,” a collection
of humorous tales about
the townspeople and forest-dwellers of Provence,
France.
Call Pat Cobey at 305852-5756 for details.
Orchid program
coded regions and provides detailed travel information, ferry instructions,
points of interest, lodging
recommendations and a
point-to-point mileage
chart for each region.
Admission is free and
open to the public. The
book can be purchased
online at sbwphotography.
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herding demonstrations
will take place on the festival grounds.
The
“Conchness
Monster,” a distant cousin
to the mythical Nessie of
Scotland’s Loch Ness, will
make an appearance for
photos.
A variety of Celtic merchandise vendors are slated
to sell their wares, and the
festival menu will include
classic Celtic fare as well as
Keys food.
Festival admission for
adults is $12 Friday and $17
Saturday, or $22 for both
days. Children ages 12 and
under are admitted free
with a paid adult.
The book is a pictorial
travel guide with more
than 800 pictures taken
during the course of 15plus trips throughout
Scotland. In addition, the
narratives associated with
the pictures provide geographical and historical
information.
The book divides the
country into eight color-
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SOUTH FLORIDA
at the movies …
IN THE KEYS & SOUTH FLORIDA
opening this week:
Selma (PG-13, Drama and Biopic) - This is the story of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic struggle to secure
voting rights for all people – a dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with the epic march
from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., and led to President
Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965..
Taken 3 (R, Thriller and Action/Adventure) - Liam Neeson
returns as ex-government operative Bryan Mills, whose
life is shattered when he’s falsely accused of a murder
that hits close to home. As he’s pursued by a savvy
police inspector, Mills employs his skills to track the real
killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
Predestination (R, Thriller, Crime and Sci-Fi/Fantasy) - A
temporal agent is sent on a series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the
agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him
throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in
which thousands of lives will be lost.
Inherent Vice (R, Crime, Drama and Comedy) - When private
eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady shows up with a story
about her current billionaire boyfriend whom she just
happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and
her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him
in a loony bin … well, easy for her to say. With a cast of
characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and
rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD detectives, a
tenor sax player working undercover, and a mysterious
entity known as the Golden Fang, this part surf noir,
part psychedelic romp is all Thomas Pynchon.
now showing:
A Most Violent Year (R, Drama, Crime and Thriller) - In the
winter of 1981, an immigrant family attempts to capitalize on the American Dream, while violence, decay
and corruption threaten to drag them under.
The Gambler (R, Drama, Crime and Thriller) - Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes
gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he
borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against
the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering
the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his
relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk
everything for a second chance.
Into the Woods (PG-13, Comedy, Musical and Sci-fi/Fantasy)
- This modern twist on the Brothers Grimm fairy
tales intertwines the plots of a few choice stories and
explores the consequences of the characters’ wishes
and quests.
Information courtesy of www.yahoo.com
future releases:
Birders to flock to Everglades
HOMESTEAD — Bird
watchers are invited to
participate in the Big Day
Birding Adventure, a citizen scientist activity to
count birds within the varied habitats of Everglades
National Park.
Participants will meet at
the Anhinga Trail parking
area at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan.
17, Jan. 31, Feb. 14, Feb.
28, March 14 and March
28. The Anhinga Trail is
in the Royal Palm area of
Everglades National Park,
about 4 miles past the main
entrance to the park.
Bird counters should be
prepared to drive their own
car up to 40 miles one-way
to points of interest along
the main park road. The
activity lasts about six
hours. Participants should
pack a lunch and water
and prepare for sun and
mosquitoes. Some walking
is involved.
“This is a great opportunity for novice and experienced birders alike to
observe and learn about
the birds of the Everglades,
and to explore the park’s
Paddington
American Sniper
dvd releases
PICK OF THE WEEK
Boyhood (R, Drama)
Six-year-old Mason is a boy with a life like any other.
Yet, every life is unique. Every life has moments that can
never be revisited. Each moment creates memories in
our minds and many of those memories are universal.
Watch as Mason grows from a boy into a man over the
course of 12 actual years through snapshots of a fictional life and a view of that life.
mystery
ISLAMORADA — A group
of nationally known “plein
air” artists will create an
original series of paintings
as well as host workshops
and demonstrations during the inaugural Paradise
Paint Out set for Jan. 12
to 16.
The original paintings
are intended to capture the
character and heritage of
the Upper Keys.
Theater auditions
KEY LARGO — The Key
Players community theater
group is holding auditions
for its April/May 2015 production of “Red, White and
Tuna.”
Auditions will be held at
7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at
the Key Largo Lions Club,
mile marker 99.3, behind
Capital Bank.
Performance dates are
April 29 and May 1, 2, 13, 15
and 16.
Cast members and vol-
PHOTO
PREMIERING January 9
Unbroken (PG13)
7:00pm Nightly
2:00pm Matinees Sat. & Sun.
305-743-0288
5101 Overseas Hwy.
387703
COMING SOON:
Into the Woods (PG)
behind Marathon Liquor and Deli
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www.marathoncinema.com
If you recognize the scene in this week’s Free Press Mystery
Photo, call us at 853-7277, starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday. If you
are the first caller with the correct identification, you will receive
one free lunch at Sharkey’s Pub & Galley Restaurant, 522
Caribbean Drive, in Key Largo. Only one winner per household
allowed every 90 days. Please pick up certificate within 30 days.
diverse habitats, from freshwater marsh to pine rockland to mangrove swamp
to Florida Bay,” said park
ranger Christi Carmichael.
“We usually see around 60
species of birds.”
Count results will be
posted on the park’s website
and on Cornell Laboratory
of Ornithology’s online bird
database, eBird.
“The public is becoming increasingly involved
in ‘citizen science’ activities,” says Carmichael.
“Bird count data can help
to show trends in bird pop-
The 26 attending artists will create images of
nature’s flora, fauna, local
architecture and colors
alongside Florida Bay and
off the beaten path — all in
the open-air, or “en plein
air,” tradition.
Event highlights include
free daily activities, such
as artist demonstrations
and workshops, as well as
two open-to-the-public
events to meet the artists:
the Third Thursday Art
Walk along Morada Way,
between mile markers 81
and 82, set for 6 to 9 p.m.
Jan. 15; and a ticketed
grand finale affair Friday
evening at 151 Morada
Way.
Event details are to be
posted at moradaway.org/
paradisepaintout. Daily
updates with artists’ paint-
ing locations are to be
posted on facebook.com/
moradaway.
A “wetroom” gallery
where freshly created
paintings are to be dropped
off each day is to be open
for public viewing at 151
Morada Way. All paintings
are to be available for sale.
For more information,
visit moradaway.org/paradisepaintout.
unteers of all ages and
types are needed. Bring a
recent photo of yourself
and be prepared to read
from a script with others.
Volunteers for behindthe-scenes tasks are also
needed.
For more information,
visit thekeyplayers.org.
presented by Bill Cottrill
from the National Weather
Service’s Key West office.
Cottrill will examine
earthquakes and other geological events. He will also
investigate what impacts
these events can have and
have had on the Florida
Keys.
The free lecture will
be presented at the John
Pennekamp Coral Reef
State Park visitor center,
mile marker 102.5, oceanside. Doors open at 7 p.m.
and the lecture begins at
7:30. Seating is limited.
For more information,
call 305-451-1202.
about the life of Marjorie
Kinnan Rawlings and the
backwoods of Florida.
The meeting is set for 10
a.m. Jan. 9 in the library
conference room.
“The Goldfinch” is the
club’s February selection.
For more information,
contact Ann Lynch at 305731-8683.
Geology lecture
KEY LARGO — The
24th annual lecture series,
“A Delicate Balance of
Nature,” sponsored by the
Florida Department of
Environmental Protection’s
Dagny Johnson Key Largo
Hammock Botanical State
Park, presents the first
lecture of the season on
Wednesday, Jan. 7.
“Earthquakes
and
Tsunami’s: Impacts to
the Florida Keys” will be
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rough draft. Errors appeared
on almost every page. Not
just typos, but grammatical errors as well. How can
Fiction selection
MARATHON — The
Marathon Library book
club will discuss Kris
Radish’s “A Grand Day to
Get Lost,” a work of fiction
anyone misuse the word
heroine and have it evolve
into heroin? Tiffany’s mother’s name was Meryl in the
early parts of the book, but
she was Myrtle toward the
end.
Errors like missing or
extra words and inconsistencies in details made for
interruptions that spoiled
the reading and enjoyment
of the story line. I guess
what was most surprising
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‘Yappy Hour’
KEY
LARGO
—
MarrVelous Pet Rescues
and Adoptions will host
“Yappy Hour” from 6 to
8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8,
at Snook’s Bayside, 99470
Overseas Highway.
Meet adoptable dogs
and their foster families in
a relaxed setting.
Vaccinated, well-socialized dogs and their people
are welcome.
was that this was the fourth
novel in Skye’s “Caribbean
Murder” series. One would
attribute mistakes of this
magnitude to a fledgling
writer.
Jaden Skye is the author
of 12 murder novels and
the romance, “A Perfect
Stranger.”
– Reviewed by David
Beckwith, author of A New
Day In The Delta.
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TODAY!
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ulations around the world,
so scientists and managers may decide if further
research or conservation
efforts are appropriate for
particular species.”
For more information
call Christi Carmichael at
239-695-3092.
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sports & recreation
KATHY LANCASTER/Contributed
Marathon senior Nelson Rojas powers past a Palmetto Ridge
player Friday in Marathon. Rojas led the Dolphins in scoring with
22 points, five 3-point shots, one steal and three rebounds.
Dolphins shake
off the rust
Michigan,
W.
Va.
win
swim
classic
with two wins
ANDY NEWMAN/TDC
Collegiate swimmers leap off the starting blocks for the 50-meter women’s freestyle event at the Orange Bowl Swimming
Classic in Key Largo. Michigan placed first in the women’s division, while West Virginia University won the men’s division.
Free Press Staff
MARATHON — Hoping
just to get back into the
swing of things, the
Marathon High School
boys basketball team
scheduled games against
two larger schools to help
shake off the rust following
a two-week winter break.
The Dolphins (7-5 overall) did not miss a step as
they completed the weekend sweep on Saturday
with a 48-29 victory against
East Lee to increase their
win streak to four straight.
They remain unbeaten
at home (6-0). They beat
Palmetto Ridge 64-49 a day
earlier.
“These schools were 6A
KEY LARGO — The
University of Michigan
and
West
Virginia
University won the women’s and men’s divisions,
respectively, at the Orange
Bowl Swimming Classic
Saturday at Jacobs Aquatic
Center.
The Michigan women
crushed their opponents,
winning by 195 points over
second-place West Virginia
University. The University
of Vermont women’s team
placed third.
“When you are at
Michigan, you are expected to win,” said head coach
Mike Bottom. “We are a
long way from winning a
[women’s championship],
but we’re getting closer.”
In the men’s division,
WILLIAMS WINS 5K
Contributed photo
KATHY LANCASTER/Contributed
good indication of where
we are training-wise and
if we need to make changes,”
The 24-event meet was
the highlight of the collegiate swimming training
season in the Keys.
Complete Orange Bowl
Swimming Classic results
are available at jacobsaquaticcenter.org.
No Name 5K
set for Saturday
See DOLPHINS, page 9B
Camron Chaplin goes to the net in the second quarter of
Saturday’s game against visiting East Lee. Chaplin scored 14
points and contributed three blocks and one assist.
West Virginia beat secondplace Saint Leo University
by 81.5 points. George
Mason University placed
third.
“Saint Leo has a very
strong group of men, but
we won on the depth of
our team,” West Virginia
head coach Vic Riggs said.
“We used [the Classic] as
an opportunity to get a
Jon Williams of Miami edged out California’s Kate Myers
to win the 16th annual Islamorada Founders Park 5K Run,
Walk or Crawl on New Year’s Day. More than 180 runners
and walkers competed in the 3.1-mile loop course. Williams
completed the course in 17 minutes and 44 seconds. Myers,
who won the race last year, was only passed by Williams just
a few feet from the finish line.
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BIG PINE KEY — The
15th annual No Name
Race 5k Walk/Run, which
is set for Saturday, Jan. 10,
benefits and is presented
by the Domestic Abuse
Shelter of the Florida
Keys.
The race is coordinated by the Key West
Southernmost Runners
Club.
The 3.1-mile race
begins at 8 a.m. at the
Old Wooden Bridge Guest
Cottages & Marina, next
to the No Name Key
Bridge on Big Pine Key.
Participants twice cross
the No Name Key Bridge,
a concrete span that
replaced a wooden bridge
decades ago.
Awards await the top
male and female finishers
in multiple age groups.
A post-race celebration
with refreshments and
prizes is planned.
Runners can register
online before the race
or at the official registration event, set for 4 to
6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at
Centennial Bank, 200
Wilder Road on Big Pine
Key just off U.S. 1, gulfside.
Final registration is at
6:30 a.m. race day at the
Old Wooden Bridge Guest
Cottages.
Packets can also be
picked up Saturday
beginning at 6:30 a.m. at
the race site.
The event is a fundraiser for the shelter, whose
mission is to reduce the
incidence and impacts
of domestic and sexual
abuse by directing vicSee NO NAME, page 9B
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schools, so that’s big for
little old 3A Marathon to
get two wins,” coach Kevin
Freeman said. “We are really playing well, and I think
they gained a lot of confidence in these last two
games. It’s exciting times
right now for Marathon
High basketball.”
Against
East
Lee,
Nelson Rojas and Camron
Chaplin each scored 14
points, while Rojas added
six rebounds and Chaplin
three blocks. Point guard
Jonathan Guerra contributed six points to go along
with a pair of rebounds
and steals.
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9B
SPORTS & RECREATION
Cheeca sailfish tourney
is second leg in Gold Cup
ISLAMORADA
—
Competitive sport fishermen will gather at
Cheeca Lodge & Spa for
sailfish action during the
25th Annual Presidential
Sailfish Tournament, set
for Jan. 15 to 18.
Cheeca’s Presidential
is the second leg of the
Florida Keys Gold Cup
Sailfish Championship,
which culminates with the
Islamorada Fishing Club
Sailfish Tournament, Jan.
21 and 22. The Gold Cup
Championship
boasts
$25,000 in prize money for
the winners.
The 2015 Presidential
will kick off registration at
5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
15, followed by a cocktail
party and buffet dinner
at 6 p.m. Fishing days are
Friday and Saturday. The
awards banquet is at 6:30
p.m. Jan. 17.
January is the peak season for sailfish. In keep-
ing with Cheeca’s mission
to conserve and protect
Keys resources, all sailfish
caught during this tournament are released to fight
another day. Only circle
hooks can be used.
Entry fee is $750 for the
first angler and $700 for
additional anglers, with up
to four per boat. For more
information and entry
forms, contact Julie Olsen
at 305-517-4449 or email
[email protected]
Contributed photo
The Hey Papa team won the Islamorada Junior Sailfish Tournament. Justin Matson led Harlan
Richardson, Foster Coffman and A.A. Delgado to eight sailfish releases.
Hey Papa team wins Jr. tourney
ISLAMORADA — The
Hey Papa team, led by
Capt. Justin Matson out
of Post Card Inn, won the
50th annual Islamorada
Junior Sailfish Tournament
last month.
Fifty-five anglers ages 16
and under fished aboard
22 boats. They recorded 54
hookups and 49 releases
during the two-day tournament.
Fishing aboard the winning boat were Tavernier
anglers Harlan Richardson,
Foster Coffman and A.J.
Delgado, who released
eight sailfish.
Richardson was also
named grand champion
angler for releasing five of
those fish.
Dolphins
Continued from page 8B
Dolphins started slow,
allowing the Jaguars to
make four 3-pointers in
the opening quarter.
Despite being outrebounded in the quarter,
Marathon got six points
from Chaplin and was able
to ease to a 14-12 lead at
the buzzer.
“They were definitely
outhustling us,” Freeman
said about the first quarter. “This is probably one
of the few times all year we
will be bigger than another
team, and we eventually
No Name
Continued from page 8B
tims to effective programs
KEYS
Contributed photo
First runner-up was The Missiou Dei team.
The first runner-up team
fished on The Missiou Dei,
which was captained by
Sam Milazzo. Tavernier
anglers Tyler Rodriguez
and D.J. Jensen relased six
sailfish.
The second runner-up
team fished on Danny
Perna’s The Miss Emma.
The Orange Beach anglers
included Emma Perna,
Shelby Zona, and Alex and
Jenna Austin, who released
six sailfish.
Emma Perna also caught
a 30-pound kingfish for top
fun fish honors.
took advantage of that.”
The Dolphins found
their legs in the second
quarter, outscoring the
Jaguars 9-1 for a 23-13 lead
at halftime.
East Lee never came
within 10 points of the
lead again as Marathon
was ahead by the end of
the third before closing
out the win.
Against Palmetto Ridge,
Rojas scored a team-high
22 points, which included
five baskets from beyond
the arc. Chaplin added 20
points, four rebounds, six
assists as well as a pair of
steals and blocks.
Trace Goodwin chipped
in with eight points,
while point guard Guerra
had seven points and six
assists.
Freeman said he hopes
his team can maintain the
rhythm it had on Friday
and Saturday as the
Dolphins play three district games this week.
“Everybody has gotten
in the flow and everybody
knows what their job is,”
Freeman said. “They are
finally to the point where
they don’t worry about
what their teammates are
doing and focus on their
job.”
jwcooke@keysnews.
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060............ .......................................Pets Found
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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
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112.............................................. Money To Lend
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240..................................Help Wanted Upper Keys
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BAREFOOTED GIRL
FROM GOD
By Orin Michael
Andrus
Inside of her glorious
beautiful lovely home
is the Eternal Perfect
Barefooted Girl from
God her self. There is
a seven golden candle
stick that hast seven
white candles fully lit.
There are two red
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holders fully lit.
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220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
A-PLUS ROOFING
Experienced Roofers
and Helpers wanted
Driver’s license helpful.
5686 Maloney Ave.
8am to noon.
305-296-2568.
Accounting Clerk
The Galleon Resort is
looking to fill a Part
Time Accounting Clerk
Position. 20 hours per
week. Applicant must
be computer literate,
have workable
knowledge of Microsoft
Office and have cash
handling experience.
Apply in person at
617 Front Street.
Apply in person
171 Hood Ave. MM 91.5 • Tavernier
305-852-2960
387694
NOW HIRING
Excellent pay
Please apply in person
MM 99.9 Bayside
No phone calls please
385145
385080
HILTON KEY LARGO RESORT - F/T If you enjoy watersports
and hospitality, this job may be for you! You will represent us in the
Hilton Lobby, and you will also work at our beach desk. We require
smart appearance, good sales ability, and great communication
skills. If you are a “team player”, come and see us.
Great hourly pay, plus tips. Also, P/T Parasail Mate/beach
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
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
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526......................................Business Oppurtunity
528............................................Business Wanted
530...................................................Investments
532........................................... .Income Property
534...................................... Commercial Property
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536...............................Lots & Acreage Lower Keys
REAL ESTATE
538.. ...........................Lots & Acreage Middle Keys
540...............................Lots & Acreage Upper Keys
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620.......................,............. ..........Autos For Sale
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625................................................. Classic Autos
630................................................ Autos Wanted
640............................................... ..... Auto Parts
Recreation
650....................................................... Scooters
652...................................................Motorcycles
654............................ .................... Travel Trailers
658..........................................RVs/Motor Homes
661................................................. Marine Parts
662................................................... Powerboats
664...................................................... Sailboats
665...................................................Houseboats
667...................................................Misc. Boats
669...........................................Dockage/Storage
670........................................................ Aviation
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
Enjoy Paradise at
the Pier House
Sales Coordinator
Banquet Supervisor
Certified Mixologits
Spa Supervisor
Reservationist
FIVE SIXES TAXI
Smart, Presentable
Drivers with clean DL
license. Must have
knowledge of Key
West
& be Proficient in
English. F/T & P/T
positions available.
Great Earning
Potential!!
Please call 296-1800
or Apply in person
6631 Maloney Ave.
CARPENTERS AND
TILE SETTERS
WANTED!
305-394-2593
POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
at
*WESTIN KEY WEST*
*SUNSET KEY*
*WEATHER
STATION*
*BANANA BAY*
and *BAYSIDE INN*
NIGHT FLOOR
MANAGER
Needed immediately
for high volume club on
Duval Street.
Experience is a plus.
Please send resumes
to P.O. Box 1527 Key
West, FL 33041
Westin
*Executive
Housekeeper
*Line Cook
*Shipping / receiving
truck driver
*Restaurant Host
*Maintenance Staff
*Concierge Supervisor
*Front Office Manager
Rug Busters
Carpet Cleaners
seeking carpet/ tile/
upholstery cleaner.
Reliable/ dependable
and willing to work
hard and flexible
hours. Excellent driving
record. Experience
preferred.
Serious only apply.
References required.
305-296-4592
Independent
Contractors
Massage Therapist
Esthetician
Stop by 1 Duval St.
to complete an
application
or forward your
resume to
[email protected]
CVS
Roosevelt Blvd.
Part-time Pharmacy
Tech. Competeitve
pay. Fulltime Pharmcy
Tech with Benefits.
Apply at
cvs.com. Drug test and
background checked.
J & M Scaffolds of Florida
Construction/Supply Company
is hiring
F/T Driver for delivery & pick-up of
equipment to construction sites. CDL
w/clean record. Mechanical exp. a
plus. Also P/T Mechanic for machinery,
organizing/stocking equip. & yard.
Apply in Person at
MM 94.7 Oceanside Key Largo 385140
220/440 CSR Wanted
EXPERIENCED COOKS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
All word ad rates are placement fees and non-refundable (for Monroe County requires that Contractors that advertise must include
frequency days canceled). Ads may be removed from publication
their permanent certificate of competency number. If you have
with placement fee remaining.
questions concerning requirements, please call the Monroe County
Building Department at (305)292-4491.
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
Service Technician
Great Pay • Paid Holidays • Sick Pay
Medical Insurance • Paid Vacation
CANCELLATIONS
In case of errors, please check your ad the first day it appears.
In the event of an error, we are responsible for the first incorrect
insertion of an ad. The Citizen does not assume responsibility for
any reason beyond the cost of the ad itself.
for a busy insurance office located in Tavernier, Florida.
Must be experienced with a good working knowledge of
personal lines and commercial lines sales and service for
inside the office. You must be experienced in personal lines
but would consider training the right individual for commercial
lines.
Salary is negotiable. Good benefits, health insurance, 401K,
HSA and many other benefits. We are an Equal Opportunity
Employer.
Please send resume to [email protected] and I will
send you the employment application to complete and set up
an interview.
385155w
Front Desk /
Medical Assistant
Wanted for a high
volume, fast paced
medical office.
Part-time position
availble. Please
apply in person to the
address listed below:
Southernmost Foot
and Ankle Specialists
2407 North Roosevelt
Blvd., Key West, FL
Gary’s Plumbing and
Fire Inc. is looking for
experienced
plumbers, plumbers
helpers, fire sprinkler
technicians, and fire
sprinkler helpers.
Experience is a plus.
Also looking for
warehouse helper,
plumbing knowledge
helpful. Clean driving
record. Drug free
workplace. Wages
depend on experience
and benefits offered.
Please apply in person
at 6409 Second
Terrace or call
305-296-6013
Previous applicants
need not apply.
HOSPITALITY
OPPORTUNITIES
In the Beautifully
Renovated
La Concha Hotel
*F & B Supervisor
*Admin/Reservations
* Front Desk Agent
*Lead Engineer
*Bell/Valet
*Starbucks Supervisor
* Pool Attendant
* Houseaid
* Housekeepers
Sunset Key
*Resort Ambassador/
Concierge
*Pastry Cook
*Overnight Cleaner/
Pool Attendant
*Painter
*Houseman
*Room Attendant
*Guest Service Agent
*Maintenance Staff
Pick up an application
at the front desk of
Crowne Plaza
La Concha
430 Duval St.
No phone calls please.
EOE
HOUSEKEEPING
STAFF WANTED
Sugarloaf Lodge
MM17. Apply in
person. 305-745-3211
JOURNEYMAN
ELECTRICIANS &
LABORERS
Hiring EXPERIENCED
Journeyman
Electricians &
Laborers for local
commercial
government project.
Electrician fed wage
$36.33hr. Laborer
wage starting at
$14.00hr. Long term
government project.
MUST HAVE tools,
transportation & be
able to pass
background check.
EOE.
Email resume / info to
boballsbrook
@bellsouth.net
+ Previous applicants
need not apply again.
+ Application hours
are from 9am-3:30pm
+Can also apply
on-line to:
hr@westinkeywest
resort.com
WHY
Is Your Ad Not Here
?
For great results advertise in the
Key West Citizen!
Call 292-7777 ext. 3
Drug Free Work Place
An Equal Opportunity
Employer
Apply in Person
245 Front Street,
Key West, FL 33040
Tel: 305-294-4000
Fax: 305-292-4348
RESERVATIONIST
NEEDED
for Yankee Freedom
III Dry Tortugas
National Park Ferry.
Customer service and
multitasking skills
necessary. Windows,
MS Word and Excel
knowledge required;
experience with
reservation systems
desired. Applications
available at our Ticket
Booth at 240 Margaret
St (Turtle Kraals)
between 9am and
6pm. No phone calls
please.
Application on website, pls submit in person at beach desk.
Tel: 305.852.4707
www.caribbeanwatersports.com/employment.html
• DANCERS • SERVERS • BARTENDER • SECURITY •
Apply today and make Big $$$ tonight. Housing available.
Tues-Sat Woody’s MM82
Call Mr. Ford 305-664-4335
The most unique sports fishing, tackle & apparel store in the
Keys is seeking enthusiastic Associates to join our team:
387665
Drug Free/Equal Opportunity Employer
SOUTHERNMOST
HOTEL
COLLECTION
Has the following
positions available:
-Room Attendant
- Pool Attendant/
Activities
- Guest Services Agent
- Guest Relations
- Bell Person
- Busser/Runner
-Server
-Front Desk Supervisor
-Public Area Attendant/
Laundry Attendant
Southernmost is an
EOE M/F/D/V
Please apply at:
www.highgatecareers.com
TELLER
Keys Federal
Credit Union
At least one year
customer service, cash
handling and
excellent 10-key
skills required.
HS diploma or
equivalent required.
Spanish fluency a plus
Apply at
www.keysfcu.org
Fax application to
305-293-6056. E.O.E.
The Inn At Key West
*Lead Engineer
*Lobby Ambassador
*Server
*Front Desk Agent
Complete application
at 3420 N. Roosevelt
Blvd.or email:
justinclark
@theinnatkeywest.com
EOE
Get results now! Advertise here!
Call 853-7277 Ext. 12
MARINA SALES ASSOCIATE
Part time. Must be able to work
weekends. Knowledge of Florida Keys
fishing desired. Position available
immediately.
387695
SECURITY OFFICER
Positions Available
Florida class D security
license required.
Must possess excellent
customer service and
communication skills.
239-471-5843
Agency No. B-9700003
Drug Free/Equal Opportunity Employer
WORLD WIDE SPORTSMAN
81576 Overseas Highway • Islamorada, FL 33036
Fax: 305-517-2618 • [email protected]
398858
Residential Counselor
All candidates must submit to a background screening, drug
testing, and driver’s license check.
The Florida Keys Children’s Shelter is a drug free workplace.
Contact: Patti Murray [email protected] ,
call 305-852-4246 x236
or
fax 305-852-6902
387654
Master Techs / Shop
Foreman Needed!
Come Join Our Team!
Riva Motorsports / Marine is
looking for its growing Marine
divisions service department
Master Techs / Shop Foreman.
We offer a great work environment,
401k, paid vacation / holidays,
health ins. and great pay that is
commensurate with experience /
certifications.
Send resume and work history to
[email protected] or apply
in person at 102550 Overseas
Highway, Mon-Sat 9-6pm.
385144
• Camp Cheeca
Leader
• Guest Adventures
Manager
• Director of Marketing
and eCommerce
• Housekeeping
Supervisor
• Dual License
Therapist
• Laundry Driver
• Massage Therapist
• Front Desk Agent
• Line Cook
• Night Auditor
• Steward
For more information, please visit www.cheeca.com
and select the Career link or call 305-517-4429 EOE
387672
Full-Time -Counselor needed for Residential
program in Tavernier. Applicant will work
with at-risk youth. The right professional
will have a Masters’ degree in social work,
marriage and family counseling, mental health
counseling, or other related field and one-year experience in
counseling. Experience in children’s and/or family counseling
and computer literacy would be assets. This position conducts
need assessments and provides individual, family and group
counseling for youths. Must be willing or able to work with diverse
client populations.
Must be organized, detail-oriented and excellent with people.
Positions require flexibility, availability, and comfort working with
youth, families, and interagency.
Florida Keys Free Press • Jan. 7, 2015 •
STAFF
ACCOUNTANT
For Local CPA Firm.
Accounting Degree
required. Tax and
auditing experience a
plus. Please email
resume to: info
@oropeza-parks.com
WANTED
* CDL DRIVERS
* HEAVY EQUIPMENT
OPERATORS
Drug Free Work Zone
Call to Apply
305-872-8945
240 HELP WANTED
UPPER KEYS
DELIVER PHONE
BOOKS
Good Pay. Reliable
Transportation Req.
Upper Keys Area
Call 305-453-9475 or
772-219-0669
DRIVERS: $5,000
SIGN-ON BONUS!
Great Pay! Consistent
Freight, Great Miles on
this Regional Account.
Werner Enterprises:
1-855-517-2488
F/T BOAT LIFT
Installer wanted for
busy Marine
Construction Ofc. Will
Train, M-F. Call
305-853-5300 for apt.
HOUSEKEEPER
needed. P/T, Key
Largo motel MM 95.
Please call
305-852-8114
310 SPORTING GOODS
Power Rack with Lat
machine $300, Leg
Press $200, Leg Lift
$200, 300# of weights
with 7ft bar $250. Call
or text 305-307-6540 for
details - Big Pine Key
320 HOUSEHOLD
GOODS
24 foot
fiberglass ladder
Big Pine Key,
Like New!
305-307-6540
327 JEWELRY
US COINS,
currency, Old Pennies,
& Unwanted or Broken
Gold & Silver Jewelry.
private collector.
Pays top $!!!
305-743-5780
332 YARD SALES
UPPER KEYS
PLANTATION KEY
COLONY
Bunk bed, kids clothes,
Jasmine Fri&Sat
9th&10th 8am -2pm
LIBRARY BOOK
SALE
Key Largo on Sat.
10am to 2pm
take as many books as
you like for a donation.
Refreshments available
340 MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
Grand Piano
Excellent Condition
$1500
Key West
305-394-2785
345 APPLIANCES
JENN-AIR RANGE
30” wide, 4 burners +
grills (brand new).
$350 OBO
305-453-4238
620 AUTOS FOR SALE
422 FURNISHED APTS.
LOWER KEYS
520 HOMES
LOWER KEYS
534 COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY
534 COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY
534 COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY
534 COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY
Lovely 1BR cottage
in private KW garden
for quiet non-smoking
tenant. Pool privileges
& Balinese flair.
$3000 monthly, Jan 1April 30. Or annual
rate, 305 304-7641
NEW HOUSE
House for sale by
owner. Lots of up
grades. 406 Ave. B.
Big Coppittt Key.
Asking $405K. Call
George 305-481-0333.
Lease Offices. Fully
remodeled
501 Whitehead St.
4 Commercial Units w/
Pool. Clean Property.
Tenant Occupied
Summerland Key
Marina
New 40 boat storage
rack, possible Seller
Financing
6811 Shrimp Road
12,600 SF long-term
Gov't backed Tenant.
Excellent Investment
Retail Business For
Sale
1100 Block of Duval,
Lease in place
824 Fleming- 5
Transient Units
Strong Rental History,
Pool, guest-quarters,
flexible options for an
investor or user
Famous Key West
Restaurant
RE & Biz for Sale. Turn
Key, 150 Seats, 2
bars, ask price below
appraised value.
*903 Duval St. 180
Seats & Outdoor Patio.
$20,000/mos.NNN
*Cow Key Marina &
Almost There Charters
$300,000
*211 Duval St.
150 Seat Rest/Bar
Lease $799,000
*1301 Truman Ave.
8 units $1,100,000
*68100 Overseas Hwy
5 units $1,300,000
*9200 Overseas Hwy
1.4 Acres $1,500,000
*517 Truman Ave.
3 transient units &
laundromat
$2,2750,000
*6125 2nd St. 25 Unit
Mobile Home Park
$2,990,000
*808 Southard St.
largest parcel for sale
in KW. 2 Acres
$12,500,000
Curtis Skomp,CCIM
Broker
410 Caroline St.
305.296.1400-ofc
305.304.0084-cell
www.FloridaKeys
Commecial.com
2007 CORVETTE
All Black, Auto. New
Michelins. 68,000 mi.
$23,500 NO TRADES
305-240-5888
540 LOTS & ACREAGE
UPPER KEYS
660 MARINE NEEDS
432 UNFURNISHED
APTS. UPPER KEYS
KEY LARGO RENTAL
Oceanfront Efficiency
Utilities Inc:plus dock
6 Months +Lease
$1,090/mo, Feb. 1st
F/L/S 248-214-7301
434 FURNISHED HOUSES
LOWER KEYS
OLD TOWN
KEY WEST
Furnished duplex with
pool. Discounted for
locals. 2BR/1.5BA
$3,200 month or
3BR/2BA $3,700
month or whole house
$6,500 month. 3 month
minimum.
[email protected].
(916)675-2488.
440 UNFURN. HOUSES
LOWER KEYS
2/2 home for Rent
in Big Pine Key.
Appliances included,
rent is $2000 per
month.Pets ok with
pet deposit of $400.
F/L/S and submission
of application.
Call or text
305-307-6540
Michele for details.
444 UNFURN. HOUSES
UPPER KEYS
Key Largo, Port Largo
2 story, remodled,
2 bed 2 bath, central
air, fenced yard, no
pets. $2,000/ monthly
305-394-0667
460 COMMERCIAL
RENTALS
COMMERCIAL
SPACE FOR RENT
Stock Island
1400-2000 square feet
available.
305-294-6339
BRAND NEW
WATERFRONT
Big Coppitt Key.
3BR/2BA, Call for
details. 305-923-4153.
BRAND NEW
OCEANFRONT
Baypoint. 3BR/2BA,
Call for details.
305-923-4153.
ACRE ESTATE FOR
SALE $435K
Fenced Acre, Nature
Trails, CBS Home,
Pool & Cabana,
Pond & Waterfall,
Aviary's.Green House,
Fruit Trees,
Big Pine Key
WEEKLY RENTALS
ALLOWED! WOW!
305-304-6045
Rose Dell Real Estate
524 HOMES
UPPER KEYS
1997 FRANKLIN
Park Model, set up in
Campers Cove RV
Park Lot #1. MM 101
B/S. Adult Community
Enclosed Patio,
storage shed. Move in
Cond. $20,000. Lot
rent $850/mo incl. Util.
828-674-862
530 INVESTMENTS
INVEST
in Real Estate
8% return with security
&1st. mortgage. Paul
Bates 305-522-9449
534 COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY
Commercial For Sale
Search All Key West
and FL Keys
Commercial RE and
Businesses For Sale at
www.KeysRealEstate.com
509 Whitehead St.
2 Com Units/2 Res
Units. For Sale or
Contact Claude J.
Gardner, Jr. or
Will Langley
305-766-3133,
Prudential Knight &
Gardner Realty
# 1 in KEY WEST
commercial sales and
lease volume in 2013
and for the last 10
years combined.
Sold over $1 Billion.
SELF STORAGE
Residential and
Commercial Units
Small - Medium -Large
305-296-3912.
502 MOBILE HOMES
LOWER KEYS
Key West
Stock Island for sale
2 bed - 2 bath trailer
with additional
separate building
on property
305-797-5406
520 HOMES
LOWER KEYS
For Sale By Owner
Asking $321,000
"AS IT IS"
2016 Patterson Ave.
352-529-0078.
Boat slip for rent 40'
slip at Key West
Oceanside Marina
$650 per month.
First, last, and lease
required.
305-797-8284
Boutique Services • Big Results
Tavernier
Exceptional Home! Extraordinary
Views! Excellent Dockage! This
5BR/4.5BA meticulously maintained
custom-built concrete fortress
offers stunning views from all
rooms. 4185 sq ft under air boasts
many features and upgrades.
Deepwater dockage with boat lift
and davits provides immediate bay
access and quick ocean access via
Tavernier Creek.
Key Largo
Tavernier
328029
ReMax Commercial
Power of the Balloon
International
Exposure &
Local Service!
Exceptional Bayfront Condo!
Impeccably updated fifth floor
2BR/2.5BA unit with under cover
parking and dockage features
screened porches on both levels
with breathtaking open bay views
from living area and master suite.
Complex amenities include
elevator, pool, dockage, and tiki
hut.
Habitat for Humanity has a
Located at
mm98.9
in the
median
464 STORAGE
STORAGE
Industrial
Warehouses.
Sizes vary.
Storage Containers
On our site or yours.
Call (305)294-0277
KEY LARGO LOT
O/S MM 99.5 w/active
permits for 2,400 sq.ft.
4/3 home, 66’ dock
$175,000
786-247-4717 or
[email protected]
Direct ocean access with yacht
dockage. CBS home with concrete
roof features 60 ft of superb
concrete deepwater dockage with
boatlift. Porches on both levels plus
a chickee hut waterside to enjoy
the ocean breezes. Very private
location on private road yet
convenient to all Key Largo
amenities.
All real estate advertising in this
newspaper
is
subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968
which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based
on race, color, religion, sex or
national origin, or an intention
to make any such preference
limitation or discrimination.”
This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising
for real estate which is in violation or the law. Our readers
are hereby informed that all
dwellings advertised in this
newspaper are available on an
equal opportunity basis.
Accepting gently used furniture
Donations are tax deductible.
Tavernier
Call Elaine at 305-453-7855
To schedule a pick up or to volunteer at our ReStore.
Open Mon. – Fri. 10am – 5pm • Sat. 9am – 2pm
387662w
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
11B
Xcellence Realty Inc.
We are the Real Rapid Response team:
Put our 30 years+ experience to work for you!
Bring your sailboat or yacht! 65 ft
of deepwater dockage on large
turning basin. Enjoy direct ocean
access and easy bay access via
Tavernier Creek. Fabulous large
kitchen with commercial grade
stainless steel appliances. Impact
windows. Fenced with secure
rolling gates.
Bert Jimenez
(305) 304-4588
Broker-Associate
Carolyn Jimenez
(305) 304-9638
Associate
[email protected]
www.SearchFloridaKeys.com
385142
Always Available To Help…
Holly Hight
(305) 852-0400 Office • (305) 394-3083 Cell
[email protected]
387650
12B • Jan. 7, 2015 • Florida Keys Free Press
SERVICE Find it
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THE #1 WEEKLY IN THEE KEYS!
Cleaning Services
Maintenance Services
Sunshine Home Service & Maintenance, Inc.
*Doors
*Cabinets
*Custom Closets
*Tile
*Painting
[email protected]
Contractors
385125
SEWER CONNECTIONS
MCF Construction, Inc
*Shutters
*Windows & Impacts
*Decks & Docks
*Pressure Cleaning
*Framing & Forming
• Completed more Sewer
Connections than any other
company in the Keys
• Serving the Keys over 30 years
• Starts & finishes jobs faster than
any other company
• No other company has a better
warranty
Licensed & Insured
SP2388
SP2397
Gary Lentz
SP2396
SP3001
www.sunshinekeys.com • [email protected]
Phone/Fax (305)853-0511 Mobile 393-6758
385126
LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES REQUIRING DEP PERMITS:
MCF can provide complete design / build service including
engineering, permitting, & installation.
Lawn Care
786-351-0098
[email protected]
CHAGO LAWN
MAINTENANCE
SERVICE
LICENSED & INSURED
385137
NOW ACCEPTING
✔ CGC062399 ✔ CBC055266 ✔ CFC1428220
Complete
Maintenance
I like to keep my
customers satisfied
with my work!
385119
305-394-2430
FULLY INSURED
No. 011A00003965
385139
Call for a FREE Estimate
www.tikihuts.com
Marine Services
G & S LANDSCAPING
AUGER SERVICE • BOBCAT SERVICE • EXCAVATOR SERVICE
BOULDERS • PEAROCK • SAND
385110
385135
FULL LAWN SERVICE • WEEKLY & BIWEEKLY
Licensed & Insured • Residential & Commercial
Locally Owned
RIS
DEBOVAL
REM Gunter Bloy
305-664-1233
Henry Panse
385124
305-852-4320 or
Cell: 305-451-7850
OCEAN REEF – KEY LARGO TO KEY WEST
NEW CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATIONS
Residential/Custom
Commercial
Constr. Management
Healthcare Facilities
Pest Control
WWW.OVERHOLTCC.COM
(305) 367-1069
CGC 000164 / CGC 057740
“The Termite Professionals”
Roberto (Bob) Lozano
Manager
104616 Overseas Hwy #2
Key Largo, FL 33037
Key West: 305.294.8770 • Tavernier: 305.852.0099
Dade: 305.234.5122 • Key Largo: 305.451.1105
Fax: 305.451.1107
Email: [email protected]
• Whitefly Control
• Mosquito Control
• Complete Pest Control Service
• Lawn & Ornamental Care
385123
91760 Overseas Hwy, Ste 201
Tavernier, FL 33070
Contact: Susan J. Grant
Repairs
Screen Repair
Storm Shutters
Rescreens
Printing
New Screen Rooms
Frame Repair
Accordian Shutters
Storm Panels, Etc
Bob Eyster:
664-9243
License # SP1993
385112
FREE
ESTIMATES
Computer Services
Green Building/LEED
Design – Build
Hospitality Projects
Infrastructure Facilities
385153
Contractor # SP 4017
Marine Repair & Rigging
Dockside Service
Waverunners & Jetboats
JEFF’S
COMPLETE
Commercial Printing
on Quality Newsprint
Tabloids • Booklets
Newsletters • Info Guides
Tommy Todd
Cooke Communications
[email protected]
305-292-7777
HOME REPAIR
305-393-1807
• Web Site Design
• Internet Advertising
• Search Engine Marketing
• Google Certified Partner
305-292-1880
LICENSED & INSURED
ARCHITECTURAL WOODWORK
INTERIOR • EXTERIOR
PLASTER • STUCCO
CEMENT • BRICK & BLOCK
STEEL & ALUMINUM
FABRICATION
SEAMLESS REPAIRS
24-Hour Service
Islamorada, FL 33036
385129
385122