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R.V. park evictions clear way for hotel
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
BIG PINE KEY — The new
owners of a local R.V. park
are moving forward with
plans to maintain affordable housing there. But not
everyone will be able to
stay, and some are facing
eviction this week.
The owners, Longstock
LLC, are moving 100 transient units, known as ROGOs
or rate-of-growth ordinance
allocations, off the Seahorse
R.V. Park to build a hotel at
Stock Island Marina Village
on Shrimp Road. However,
the owners do plan to maintain roughly 30 units at the
park, said Longstock attor-
Pedestrian
bridge, marina
before county
ney Barton Smith.
The goal would be to
eventually remove the old
recreational vehicles and
other structures, many built
without permits and that
may not be up to code, and
replace them with small
mobile homes or modular
homes, Smith said.
In order to transfer the
units, as well as to build
new units and maintain the
existing units at the park,
the developers need to clear
several hurdles.
They started working on
that last week when they
submitted an application to
change the property’s county Tier Map designation.
The maps are broken down
by categories from Tier 1,
containing the most environmentally sensitive areas,
to Tier 3, which contain the
least sensitive areas.
Longstock wants to
change the tier designation at the park from Tier 1
to Tier 3, Smith said. Most
areas of Big Pine Key fall
under the Tier 1 designa-
tion because of the amount
of sensitive wetlands and
hammocks and habitat for
endangered species on that
island.
“We have done a biological assessment that shows
nothing there appears to be
Tier 1,” Smith said of the
See EVICTIONS, page 10A
Something’s brewing
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — A pedestrian bridge planned
for construction over
Marvin
D.
Adams
Waterway and requiring
a Florida Department of
Transportation easement,
as well as a design agreement of a boardwalk and
other amenities at the
Rowell’s Marina property,
will be discussed by the
county commission at its
meeting Wednesday, March
18.
The bayside bridge, originally approved by the commission in August 2010,
will be constructed next to
U.S. 1 over the waterway
known as “the cut” at mile
marker 103 and is part of
BRIAN BOWDEN/Free Press
A pedestrian bridge over ‘the
cut’ is in the works.
the shared-use path project between FDOT and
the county. The path, part
See BRIDGE, page 5A
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Craig McBay, above, and wife Cheryl have turned his passion for making home-brewed beer into Islamorada’s first brewery, the
Florida Keys Brewing Company, located on Morada Way, mile marker 81.5, oceanside. A grand opening celebration is set for
Saturday, March 21. See story on page 12A.
Airport to add ‘international’ flair
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
MARATHON — The
Florida Keys Marathon
Airport is embracing a
new global flair.
The Monroe County
Commission will vote
Wednesday, March 18, on
adding “international” to
TIMOTHY O’HARA/Free Press the airport’s official name.
A private jet sits outside the General Aviation Terminal at Florida The commission meets
Keys Marathon Airport.
at 9 a.m. at the Marathon
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accommodating international travel and operations, Henderson said.
The customs facility is
about 50 percent finished
and should be completed by August, Henderson
said.
“We know it’s a bit premature, but we wanted to
get the word out about the
name,” the airport official
said.
The facility will start off
Opinion .................................... 13A
Sports & Recreation ..........8-9, 11B
“slighty small” with one
officer stationed there from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday.
There is currently no
commercial air service at
the general aviation airport.
However, airport officials have been in discussions with Tropic Ocean
Airways, which has proSee AIRPORT, page 9A
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When a $1 million U.S.
Customs and Border
Protection facility is completed later this month,
the airport will become an
international airport, said
Thomas “T.J.” Henderson,
county assistant airports
director.
Changing the name will
let the public know that
the airport is capable of
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UP FRONT
District students to face tougher texting policy
BY GWEN FILOSA
Free Press Staff
MONROE
COUNTY
— Florida Keys students
will face more restrictions
when it comes to tapping
on cellphones and other
wireless devices during the
school day, after-school
activities and field trips.
Without comment last
week, the school board
accepted the first draft of
various revised policies,
including one to bar students from texting, emailing or messaging while
driving on school property. A second review and
approval is required.
Monroe County schools
already ban students from
using cellphones during
class and forbid recording people on campus in
places where there is a
“reasonable expectation of
personal privacy,” such as
locker rooms and showers.
The revised policy adds
classrooms, bathrooms
— rather than “restrooms”
— and gyms to that list.
The revision also bans
the use of a wireless device
while driving on campus
for “non-voice interpersonal communication,”
including texting, email-
ing, instant messaging and
using the Snapchat application.
The proposed nine-page
policy adds a more explicit
warning to students that
the content on their cellphones, Kindles, iPads and
other wireless gear isn’t
100 percent private. Even
the lesser-used pagers are
included as an example of
a wireless device that falls
under the school board’s
scrutiny.
“No expectation of
confidentiality will exist
in respect to their use of
[wireless communications
devices],” the revision
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changes reflect the state’s
recently installed textingwhile-driving law.
On Oct. 1, 2013, Florida’s
texting while driving ban
took effect, making it a
secondary offense and a
noncriminal traffic violation if a first offense.
The law, however, has
a number of exceptions.
Drivers may use cellphones for navigation and
while stopped at a traffic light. Police can’t stop
a driver on suspicion of
texting and phone-billing records may only be
admitted as evidence in
the case of a crash involving serious personal injury
or death.
Florida lawmakers have
proposed bills to make
harsher restrictions and
penalties for texting while
driving, including one
that would stop anyone
underage from using any
wireless device behind the
wheel and another that
would allow police to make
traffic stops of drivers they
believe are reading or writing via cell phones.
The rewrite also beefs
up the section that bars
students from recording
someone at school or on
a field trip without written
consent, under penalty of
losing the phone for a day,
being made to delete the
recording while a parent
watches and possibly having the phone turned over
to law enforcement “if the
violation involves potentially illegal activity.”
Sexting, defined by
board policy as sending
images of nudity during
the school day or at any
school function, is already
banned by the policy, as
is a student using wireless
devices to bully, harass or
threaten others.
The board’s next meeting is set for 3 p.m. April
14 at Coral Shores High
School.
No vaping either
Another proposed revision that reflects the changing times can be found in
the school board’s antitobacco policy, which bans
any use of any tobacco
product on school property, including athletic fields.
The ban applies to visitors who enter school
property, too.
Now, the board is set to
add the use of electronic
cigarettes, vaporizers and
“any other substitute forms
of cigarettes ... or other
smoking devices.”
All of that would constitute the use of tobacco, the
policy rewrite states.
Also, the revision adds
direction to the superintendent to develop “evidencebased curricula” on the
health hazards of the use
of tobacco products and
look into providing smoking cessation counseling
during or after school.
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— Some of the lowest-paid
employees in the local
school district will receive
$1-an-hour raises in the
new $2.2 million custodial
services contract approved
last week.
Forty-eight night janitors
will start at $10-an-hour,
up from the $9 hourly rate,
under the deal that extends
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the deal until June 30, 2016,
with an option for renewal.
The 11 percent raise was
part of a bid submission
chosen by Superintendent
Mark Porter, administrators said.
GCA gave the district
three options, with one
a base price and another
that included the $1-anhour higher starting wage.
The option with the higher
hourly rate cost an additional $79,465 a year.
“My recommendation
is the ‘enhanced wage’
options as presented by
GCA,” Porter said at the
March 10 meeting.
In 2011, GCA won the
school’s first bid to outsource custodial services
as a way to save the district
money during a budget
crunch. Protesters, including children of the janitors,
came to board meetings
in 2011 over fears of job
losses.
But the deal worked
out well, according to the
board’s longest-serving
member Andy Griffiths and
member Ed Davidson.
“They worked hard to get
us a fair price for this service,” said Pat Lefere, executive director of operations
and planning.
“My big issue was, these
people used to be our direct
employees,”
Davidson
said.
GCA offered the wage
increase, Lefere pointed
out.
“We did not ask for that,”
he said.
Davidson replied, “They
also know I asked about it.
I’m sure they pay attention.
I saved you the trouble, Pat.
No charge.”
GCA has 69 employees
in Monroe County schools,
including its largest campus staff of 10 at Key West
High School, nine at the
Horace O’Bryant School
and eight at Key Largo
School.
Of those 69 workers, 48
are night janitors while the
rest work days.
The company offers
custodians benefits that
include Affordable Care
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A committee of school
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UP FRONT
Record high manatee count
tallied during annual survey
FLORIDA — Warm temperatures and clear, sunny
days between some of the
coldest weather of the year
assisted state biologists
and partners in counting
an all-time high number of
manatees during this year’s
statewide aerial survey,
according to Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation
Commission officials.
The FWC reported
a preliminary count of
6,063 manatees statewide.
During the February count,
a team of 20 observers from
11 organizations counted
3,333 manatees on Florida’s
east coast and 2,730 on the
west coast of the state.
This year’s survey count
exceeded the previous high
count for 2010 by almost
1,000 animals.
“Manatees used warmwater sites and other winter habitat areas to cope
with a strong cold front that
recently moved through the
region,” said FWC biologist
Holly Edwards. “In many
of the regions surveyed,
warm, sunny weather
caused manatees to rest at
the water’s surface, which
FWC/Contributed
More than 6,000 manatees
were counted this Feburary in
Florida waters.
facilitated our efforts to
count them in these areas.
Calm waters and high visibility also contributed to
the high count.”
Fish
and
Wildlife
Research Institute Director
Gil McRae described this
year’s conditions as near
optimal.
“The high count this year
is especially encouraging,
given the large-scale mortality events that resulted
in over 800 deaths in 2013,”
McRae added.
Aerial surveys are conducted annually, weather
permitting, to provide
researchers with a count of
manatees visible in Florida
waters at the time of the
survey.
Because
researchers
have no way to estimate
the number of manatees
that were not visible during these surveys, scientists consider these results
a minimum count of the
statewide population.
While this year’s results
do not mean that the
manatee population grew
by nearly 1,000 animals
in a single year, they do
tell researchers there are
at least 6,000 manatees in
Florida waters.
“Counting this many
manatees is wonderful
news,” said FWC Chairman
Richard Corbett. “The high
count this year shows that
our long-term conservation efforts are working.”
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Deputies Thomas Hill and Juan Martin-Reyes.
Brief bridge closures planned this week
LONG KEY — Starting
Wednesday, March 18, full
bridge closures associated
with the Long Key Bridge
v-pier replacement project
will begin.
Law enforcement officers
controlling traffic will shut
down the full length of the
bridge at either approach.
This will allow for vehicles
to turn around if necessary
during closures without
having to attempt U-turns
on the bridge.
If an emergency vehicle
is responding to an actual
emergency, operations will
pause to allow the vehicle
to pass.
A 15-minute closure will
take place between 8 and 9
p.m. Wednesday for lifting
the bridge off of the existing pier support. A onehour closure to remove
the existing v-pier will take
place from 2:30 to 4 a.m.
Thursday, March 19.
If needed, a one hour
closure will take place
between midnight and 2
a.m. Friday, March 20.
Janitors
“It’s more of a process,”
said Suanne Lee, the district’s purchasing and property controls supervisor.
“We see how they intend
to get the job done. “
Cost was 50 percent of
the formula, while program
structure made up 30 per-
cent and the rest fell under
job performance history.
GCA has its corporate
offices in Cleveland, Ohio,
a regional office in Naples,
while its education division
is based out of Knoxville,
Tenn.
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tor in selecting a company,
administrators said, showing the board a spreadsheet and explaining the
decision-making matrix.
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4A • March 18, 2015 • Florida Keys Free Press
key largo news
State agency plants palms, shrubs along highway
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
UPPER KEYS — A
Florida Department of
Transportation’s plan to
beautify sections of U.S.
1 in the Keys, from mile
marker 90 to 99, by planting an array of trees and
shrubbery has caught the
eye of many traveling U.S.1
over the past few weeks.
The project, a $1.94 million endeavor by FDOT,
has already seen the planting of towering palms next
to Tavernier Towne Center
and Tavernier Creek Bridge
as well as in Key Largo near
mile marker 97.
But, according to FDOT,
more will continue to
sprout along that 6-mile
area throughout the following months.
Aside from the foliage,
the state road agency has
also begun to lay sod and
ground cover in various
parts of the median.
The trees that are part of
the beautification project
include cabbage palms,
BRIAN BOWDEN/Free Press
The Florida Department of Transportation is installing trees and
shrubs along U.S. 1 between mile markers 90 and 99.
Upkeep of the new trees
and shrubs, according to
FDOT, will last for two
years from the plant date.
The
beautification
comes on the heels of the
state’s highway repaving
and restriping project in
the same area that was
wrapped up last month.
Although a handful of
Key thatch palms, Paradise
trees, gumbo limbo,
orange geigers, lignumvitae and buttonwoods.
All species are native to
South Florida. FDOT said
they would be extracting a
few palms as well as some
damaged and diseased
shrubs along U.S. 1 in the
process.
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residents have complained
about the placement of the
trees near the Tavernier
Towne Center over the
last couple of weeks,
Commodore Realty, which
owns the shopping complex, and Richard Barreto,
president of the Tavernier
Community Association,
said they have no issues at
all with the planting project.
Barreto said he reviewed
FDOT’s plans months ago
and had no objections
then either.
Some locals had voiced
their concern that the neatly bunched palms near the
entrance to the shopping
center by Dunkin’ Donuts
and the AT&T store was
causing blind spots when
pulling out onto U.S. 1.
Barreto, though, said
he drove through the area
and had no obscured views
when entering and exiting
at the intersection.
Jackie Harder, a pubBRIAN BOWDEN/Free Press
lic information special- Some residents have complained about the placement of cabbage palms along the Tavernier Towne Center, but the property
See PLANTS, page 5A owner has no problem with their location.
Homeowner to contest
sewer hookup before board
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
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The Ocean Reef Club recently donated 800 MREs (Meals, Ready-to-Eat) to the Star of the Sea
Outreach Mission. These complete meals are of the same quality served to U.S. soldiers in the
field. The meals will be distributed to local Boy Scout troops and the needy.
BOOKS FOR SCHOOL
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The Key Largo Rotary Club has started a program to stock the media center of Key Largo School
with new books. From left, Tina Cash, Key Largo School media specialist; Laura Lietaert, principal; Nancy Alvarez, Key Largo Rotary Club president; Callie Bloom, student; Sheila Gonzalez,
student.
KEY LARGO — The
wastewater district’s fivecommissioner board was
to hear the plea of a homeowner requesting exemption from connecting to
the main sewer system
after previously installing
his own costly onsite treatment facility.
The March 17 meeting took place after press
time.
Paul Christian, general
manager of the district,
said it was a coin toss as to
whether the board would
approve or reject the
exemption request.
He said while two commissioners were keen on
helping the homeowner,
the other three were worried of the impact changing the rules would have
going forward.
Rules of the district
state “where the district’s
wastewater system is
available to premises
with an existing wastewater treatment facility
or OSTDS [onsite sewage
treatment and disposal
system], the owner must
decommission, abandon
or otherwise disconnect
from the existing wastewater treatment facility
or OSTDS in accordance
with the requirements of
applicable law, and must
connect the buildings on
the property or premises
to the district’s wastewater
system.”
The homeowner signed
paperwork last June agreeing to hook up to the district’s sewer line as soon as
it became available for his
property. In discussions
with staff, he said his facility was “2010 compliant.”
The district’s treatment
plant, at mile marker 100,
initially went online in late
2010.
The homeowner had
met with Christian and
other staff members on
a handful of occasions in
February before requesting the exemption request
go before the board.
The property, according to agenda paperwork,
is located on Ocean Drive
near mile marker 100.
The ruling, according
to Christian, could have
a significant impact when
it comes to the district’s
takeover of Manatee Bay
Marina as he said some
homeowners in that area
have their own compliant
facilities.
The board approved
takeover of the marina’s
dilapidated facility earlier
this year.
The board also was to
take action on a previously discussed agenda item
regarding architectural
layout plans of its new
administrative building
purchase at mile marker
103.
Commissioner Andy
Tobin, at the March 10
meeting, requested district
staff present two additional options on top of the
original plan.
The board’s next meeting is scheduled for 4
p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at
its office in the median at
mile marker 98. All meetings are open to the public.
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Florida Keys Free Press • March 18, 2015 •
5A
KEY LARGO
Captain avoids jail,
gets supervised
release in gun case
BY ADAM LINHARDT
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — A federal
judge opted to sentence
a charter boat captain to
supervised release instead
of prison last week after law
enforcement officers found
two guns and more than
300 rounds of ammunition
aboard his sailboat.
Senior U.S. District Court
Judge James Lawrence
King sentenced Robert
Wayne Olson to two years
of supervised release and
two months of home confinement. He had faced a
maximum of up to 10 years
in prison.
Olson was convicted in
Indiana 15 years ago on
cocaine charges and served
3 1/2 years in the state prison. Convicted felons are
prohibited from owning
firearms.
He was aboard a 45foot sailboat called the
“Freebird” when stopped
by the Coast Guard on July
30, 2014, in Jewfish Creek
Channel in Key Largo. He
was stopped for a safety
inspection, according to a
Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office offense report.
Officers reportedly found
a Ruger 9mm pistol and a
Soviet-era military rifle, as
well as ammunition.
Olson was initially
charged at the state level,
but those charges were
dropped by Monroe County
prosecutors when the federal government picked up
the case, according to state
and federal court records.
Federal public defender
Stewart Abrams argued in
court that the bolt had been
removed from the rifle and
a handgun also found was
unloaded and locked in the
vessel. He added that the
firearms were not being
used for nefarious reasons,
but for Olson to defend
himself in emergencies.
Boat captains keeping
firearms aboard their vessels is common for that reason, Stewart told the judge.
Special Assistant U.S.
Attorney Mark Wilson
argued that though the
government understood
the practical need for Olson
to arm himself while at sea,
the law is the law and he is
not allowed to possess guns
or bullets.
“I think justice prevailed,”
Olson said last Thursday.
“[The court] couldn’t just
let me walk away, and they
treated it as it was. I wasn’t
a criminal running down
the street with a gun, but in
the end, I broke the law. I
think everyone was on the
same page. I have to suffer
somehow, but I think the
outcome was fair.”
The guns, but not the
ammunition, were locked
on board the vessel, and
Olson said he had no key.
“This was done by me
per advice from an attorney to prevent my having access to the weapons
when in U.S. waters,” Olson
wrote to the Free Press in
an email in January. “The
weapons are on the vessel because I usually spend
more than half of the year
out of the country, where
my having access is not
illegal. This method has
proven itself for more than
15 years, in which I have
been boarded by the Coast
Guard five times.
“However, unbeknownst
to me, possession of the
ammunition carries the
same charge and sentencing.”
alinhardt@keysnews.
com
Bridge
Continued from page 1A
of the Overseas Heritage
Trail, runs from mile
marker 106 to 100.
“It was the one place
where people would
have to cross the highway [without the bridge
there],” county engineer
Judy Clark told the Free
Press.
The easement, at no
cost to the county, will
give it jurisdiction over the
bridge as well as a responsibility for maintaining its
structural integrity over
the years.
The $2.8 million project,
according to Clark, will be
fully funded through an
FDOT grant. Clark said
construction is scheduled
to start in the fall and be
completed by next spring.
Rowell’s Marina, which
the county purchased in
December 2013, is expected to be the recipient of an
upgrade also fully funded
through an FDOT grant.
The property is mainly
used by the county to
host events and festivals
throughout the year.
Last year, FDOT awarded the county a $130,000
grant to be put toward the
construction of a boardwalk on the property. The
plans also entail, according to agenda paperwork,
an improved parking lot
and new restrooms as well
as a beatification of landscape.
Kevin Wilson, division
director of county Public
Works, had previously said
there were “mixed emotions” from county offi-
BRIAN BOWDEN/Free Press
A $2.8 million pedestrian bridge is planned for the Marvin D. Adams Waterway, which connects
Largo Sound to Florida Bay. The bridge will be built along the bayside portion of U.S. 1.
cials about allowing boats
to dock at the property
during public get-togethers.
Public Works will look
for commission approval
of a design agreement
between FDOT and the
county at the meeting.
The commission, in
related news, will also vote
whether or not to give the
OK on a new two-year
deal with Pumpout USA
Inc. The contractor, since
2012, has been providing
a Keys-wide mobile vessel
pump-out service for liveaboards.
The new agreement
would set stipulations such
as a $21.10 per use fee as
well as not exceeding 1,500
pump outs per month. The
number of pump outs,
since the implementation
of the service, has steadily
increased. In June, July
and August of last year,
the monthly pump outs
reached between 1,600
and 1,700.
The proposed pumpout fee, if approved, will
decrease a small amount
from the previous rate.
The 1,500 quota, previously recommended by staff
late last year, would be an
increase from its previous
1,300.
The commission meeting will be held at 9 a.m.
March 18 at the Marathon
Government Center, mile
marker 48, gulfside.
bbowden@keysnews.
com
Ocean Reef homeowner
scammed out of thousands
NORTH KEY LARGO —
An Ocean Reef Club homeowner was scammed out
of thousands of dollars by
a caller who claimed the
man’s grandson was in jail,
according to the Monroe
County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim told a deputy
he received the first call earlier in the week from someone he believed was his
grandson. The caller said
he was in jail in Atlanta,
according to reports.
He then talked with a
woman who identified
herself as his grandson’s
lawyer. She told the man
his grandson’s bond was
$3,300, but they would
take $1,300. He was told
to send a moneygram to
an offshore account in the
Dominican Republic. The
man complied with the
instructions, reports state.
The following day, the
woman called back and
Plants
Continued from page 4A
ist with FDOT, previously
told the Free Press it would
take around six months to
complete the landscaping
effort. FDOT’s website has
a wrap-up date of August
listed for the project, which
is part of its five-year work
plan in the county.
told him she needed the
full amount of the bond or
his grandson would not be
released. He sent another
moneygram for $2,000
more.
In a third phone call, the
woman told the man his son
had injured someone, and
the injured person wanted
medical bills paid. At this
point, the man realized he
had been scammed.
Officials cautioned that
is typical of scams that are
reported to law enforcement agencies across the
country on a regular basis.
Someone calls to say a
loved one is in jail, hurt in
an accident or in trouble
of some kind and needs
money.
Deputies urge residents
to hang up immediately if
they receive such a call. In
this situation, a call to a
family member or even to
authorities in Atlanta would
have revealed the call was a
scam, authorities said.
No lane closures are
anticipated for the length
of the project, but Harder
said to expect minor daytime delays periodically.
For a list of all ongoing FDOT projects in the
Florida Keys, visit fdotmiamidade.com/currentprojects/monroe-county.
html.
bbowden@keysnews.
com
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6A • March 18, 2015 • Florida Keys Free Press
MONROE COUNTY
Canal restoration plan
proceeds in the Keys
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
MONROE COUNTY — A
$5 million county-funded
project, spearheaded by
Commissioner
George
Neugent, to rehabilitate
seven unhealthy canals
throughout the island
chain continues to make
headway, according to
public seminars discussing
its progress in Key Largo
and Marathon last week.
Islamorada, which contributed
$100,000 to the
BRIAN BOWDEN/Free Press
The Sexton Cove Drive canal is one of the waterways targeted for restoration as part of Monroe project, has one canal in
County’s $5 million demonstration project.
the restoration pipeline as
well.
The
demonstration
phase of the effort will
implement several different tactics to clean up and,
KEYS HISTORY & DISCOVERY CENTER PRESENTS
the county hopes, restore
the eight neglected canals
before possibly moving
forward with others in the
area. The plan was a priority of the Water Quality
Protection Program develHistory of Dolphin
oped by Congress in 1992.
Research Center
The canal system in the
Keys, started in the 1940s,
PRESENTED BY
contains 170 miles of mainly dead-end waterways
originally dug 10 to 20 feet
deep to give homeowners
easier access to Florida Bay
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
and the Atlantic Ocean.
Ms. Coburn will take the audience on the journey which begins
Since that time, many of
with the days of Milton Santini and the famed Atlantic bottlenosed
the 502 canals have fallen
dolphin Flipper, aka Mitzi, to the beginnings of a marine mammal
prey to green scum and
facility to today as an internationally-known education and research
debris build up due to
facility, Dolphin Research Center. Follow Our Flukeprints is presented
a lack of flow and don’t
by Ms. Coburn, who has been with DRC since 2009. She earned a
bachelors degree in Biology with a minor in Mariners Sciences
meet state Department of
Environmental Protection
from a sea lion at age three, her life’s ambition was cemented — life
water quality standards.
with marine mammals, especially dolphins. Enjoy the story and Ms.
“There was no thought of
Coburn’s passion during this presentation, which is in conjunction
the
environmental impact
with the current exhibit, Roadside Attractions.
[when the canals were iniWednesday, March 25
tially designed],” county
Doors open at 5 p.m.; Presentation at 6 p.m.
Sustainability Program
Follow Our Flukeprints:
Courtney Coburn,
Manager Rhonda Haag
said at the March 10 seminar in the Upper Keys.
Water quality data gathered by field scientists
from multiple agencies
over the past few years
showed that 171 canals fall
in the “good” range, 180 in
the “fair” range and 131 in
the “poor” range. Twenty of
the 502 canals were inaccessible due to locations
on military installations.
The data included visual
inspections as well as measurements of dissolved
oxygen, turbidity, salinity
and pH in each canal.
Residents can visit monroecounty-fl.gov/index.
aspx?NID=598 for instructions on how to view water
quality results of each of
the 502 canals in the Keys
through the Google Earth
application.
“Good” canals, aside
from scientific measurements of water quality, are
usually identified by an
abundance of stony corals,
seagrass and fish activity,
while “poor” canals generally contain blue-green
algae buildup, pungent
odors and murkiness
below the surface.
Seagrass and coral reef
health in nearshore waters,
according to hydrologist
Wendy Blondin, who is
involved with the project,
are a direct reflection of
water quality exiting the
canals on a daily basis.
Five of the eight canals
in the rehabilitation phase
are located in Big Pine Key,
while one each are located
in Geiger Key, Plantation
Key and Key Largo. They
were chosen as the recipi-
ents of a clean up, according to Haag, because the
data collected deemed
them as the most needy
through prioritization.
The methods being
implemented in the eight
canals are sensor-activated air curtains that prevent
seaweed and other debris
from entering them, culverts to improve natural
tidal flushing, backfilling
to bring bottom depths to
original levels and delete
deep stagnant zones, and
pumping to remove buildup of organic material and
implement better water
flow.
The canals, according to Haag, will be completed by July 3. Florida
International University
has been monitoring,
one year before construction as well as two years
after, the effectiveness of
each option. Blondin said
it would also provide the
county with the cost effectiveness of each option
going forward.
Jeremy Paris, an environmental scientist involved
with the project, said residents need to change their
mindset of canals being
just a place to store boats
and move toward a healthier alternative that promotes fishing and swimming in the waterways.
The county’s final seminar on the progress of the
restoration phase will be
held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,
March 24, at the volunteer
fire department building,
17175 Overseas Highway,
in Sugarloaf Key.
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com
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On the property of the Islander Resort,
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Sheriff’s office to offer citizen’s academies
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learning more about local
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Evening classes will be
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marker 88.7, bayside.
Several insurance companies provide discounts to
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There are no test or driving required and membership in AARP is not necessary.
The class is $20 for nonAARP members and $15 for
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Florida Keys Free Press • March 18, 2015 •
islamorada news
7A
Coast Guard begins trial bridge-opening test
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — A 120day trial period got underway earlier this week to
limit the number of times
the Snake Creek Bridge
can be opened during the
day.
Before the change, the
bridge tender opened the
mile marker 86 bridge
every 30 minutes between
8 a.m. and 4 p.m. when
contacted by large boats
wanting to pass.
The openings have
been a continuing cause
for aggravation for U.S. 1
motorists, which prompted the Village Council to
request a reduction.
The Monroe County
Commission
and
Marathon City Council
each unanimously lent
support to limiting the
bridge openings as well.
The Village Council has
THOMAS C. YAROCH/Contributed
The Coast Guard will limit Snake Creek Bridge openings to once an hour between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. from March 16 to July 14 as
part of a trial test period.
asked the Coast Guard,
which controls the openings, to permanently limit
them to once per hour
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The temporary test
trial, which is scheduled
for March 16 to July 14,
will be followed by a public comment period from
July 14 through Sept. 14.
Following the trial period,
the bridge schedule will
return to opening every 30
minutes.
If Coast Guard officials
and others are satisfied
with the outcome of the
trial period, Coast Guard
Lt. Ryan Kilgo said he can
begin holding meetings to
make the change perma-
nent.
“I am very happy with
the closures,” Mayor Mike
Forster told the Free Press.
“This is what we’ve been
waiting for.”
Councilman Chris Sante
said not only are fewer closures needed, but boaters
who force a drawbridge
opening by not lowering
their outriggers need to be
fined.
Federal regulations currently require boat operates to lower their outriggers to pass under a closed
drawbridge. Those who
force an illegal opening
can face a $25,000 fine.
The Florida Department
of Transportation plans to
RESCUE OFF FLAMINGO
Two men were rescued by the Coast Guard Tuesday,
March 10, from their partially submerged vessel
near Everglades National Park. Coast Guard 7th
District Command Center watchstanders received
an emergency radio beacon signal, triangulated
the area to search and launched a Coast Guard
Air Station Miami MH-65 dolphin rescue helicopter
crew along with a Coast Guard Station Marathon
boat crew to assist. Both arrived on scene within an
hour and found two men knee deep in water aboard
their sailboat 10 miles west of Flamingo Marina.
The boat crew safely pulled the two men from the
vessel using heaving lines due to the shallow depth
of water and the possibility of running aground
themselves. The pair later stated they had been
taking on water since midnight thinking they could
handle the flooding but were unsuccessful. Both
men were taken to Flamingo Marina with no injuries
where a family member was waiting.
U.S. COAST GUARD/Contributed
install signs on the bridge
to educate boaters about
the regulations and fines,
according to officials
involved in the effort.
Kilgo said the council
and his office will stay in
contact throughout the
test period to field comments and complaints
from the public.
Forster said he had not
heard any opposition from
boaters during Village
Council discussions about
limiting the openings.
“We will have to wait
and see if they do have
something to say,” Kilgo
said, regarding whether
any boaters are inconvenienced by the closures.
Kilgo said conducting
the trial period during the
busy tourist season will
allow for a more accurate
assessment of the impact
of any permanent reduction in openings.
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Village: Get your fill
ISLAMORADA — Excess fill material
from the village wastewater construction
project is available for $100 per load delivered.
Persons purchasing the fill for an undeveloped property must have a building
permit for construction or the appropriate permit for outdoor storage. Payment
for the fill would be made directly to the
village.
The amount of fill available is limited
to that which is in excess of what the
contractor needs for the wastewater construction project and the fill would be
delivered directly from the worksite to the
purchaser.
Anyone interested in purchasing fill
may call the village wastewater department at 305-664-6455.
Council OKs land-use changes, gives attorney thumbs up
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — The
Village Council moved forward last week with a zoning change for a restaurant/marina and approved
two land-use ordinances.
The council approved
the first reading of amendments to its zoning and
land use maps to allow
Smuggler’s Cove to develop just over an acre of land
to the north of its Snake
Creek location. The area
is set to be changed from
conservation to mixed use
and tourist commercial.
The property is currently
vacant and set aside for
conservation
purpos-
es. A second approval is
required before the changes are official.
The council also finalized two ordinances
regarding land use.
The first would allow for
100-square-foot additions
of enclosed space to nonresidential property. The
new ordinance would clarify existing code that only
allows for outdoor expansion to such property.
The second ordinance,
which was created in
response to frustration
expressed by residents
about hearing postponements, increases the
amount of time a party
must request a continuation for a quasi-judicial
hearing from five to seven
days.
According to village documents, numerous times
over the last two years,
such hearings, which typically involve planning and
code enforcement matters, have been delayed
at the last minute by one
of the parties. This causes
aggravation for the other
party as well as village staff
who must prepare for and
attend the meeting.
Village Manager Maria
Aguilar said the longer
time allowance was needed since some people have
flights scheduled for such
hearings.
The change was recommended by the Local
Planning Agency. LPA
member Cheryl Culberson,
however, said she would
have preferred even more
notice of a postponement.
“If I could go back, I
would have changed my
vote,” she told the council.
Although she asked the
matter to go back to the
LPA, the council decided
to move forward.
The council also gave
its attorney, Roget Bryan,
positive reviews in his
annual evaluation.
“This is the best decision
that I’ve ever been a part
of,” Mayor Mike Forster
said of switching from an
outside legal firm to an inhoues attorney. “This was
better than expected.”
Councilwoman
Deb
Gillis, who was initially
against hiring an in-house
attorney, said she too was
happy with Bryan.
“I am very pleased with
the direction we are going,”
Gillis said.
Councilman Chris Sante
and Dennis Ward said they
could offer limited comment on Bryan since they
have only been on the
council four months.
In other action, staff
told the council that site
work should be completed in the next two weeks
on the middle Plantation
Key sewer pump station.
Painting, electrical and
foundation work is scheduled for the other three stations. In middle Plantation
Key, the village also is
expected soon to complete
paving along the bike path.
Grinder pump notices are
also going out with a projected project start date of
March 23, staff said.
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Florida Keys Free Press • March 18, 2015 •
marathon news
9A
City mulls deputy manager, in-house finance
and Planning Director
George Garrett was forced
to fill in as the acting manager.
The council previously
had discussed having a
deputy city manager and
about 14 people have
applied for the position,
Puto said.
The council requested that staff send them
the top five applicants’
resumes and interviews
would likely follow.
Mayor
Chris
Bull
reminded Puto that no
funding for such a positon was allocated in the
2014-15 city budget and
he wants to know where
the money would come
from. The situation may
have been eased by
Monroe County Sheriff
Rick Ramsay’s presentation of a $110,311 refund
BY JILL ZIMA BORSKI
Free Press Contributor
MARATHON
—
Councilman Dan Zieg
led discussions last week
about launching a deputy
city manager search and
bringing finance duties inhouse.
The Marathon City
Council also rejected on
second reading what Zieg
described as a “poorly
written” mobile vendor
ordinance. Meanwhile,
city hall is progressing with
an approved change order
that cannot exceed $20,957
for various improvements
to the building’s design.
Zieg said the need for
a second-in-command
position was evident at the
Feb. 24 council meeting
when City Manager Mike
Puto was sick and absent,
check earlier in the meeting due to surplus funds
received from the city.
The council then turned
its attention to finance services. Zieg said the annual
expenses for contracting
with a finance firm, which
has previously fallen in
the $500,000 to $600,000
range, has been “intolerable.”
“It’s time we bring
finance in-house and put
its supervision under the
city manager,” he said.
However, Councilman
Richard Keating took
exception to the quoted
figures, saying “Peter
Rosasco’s bill is less than
$372,000 currently. The
half-million figure was
when the Bishop Rosasco
[accounting] firm was
doing the [city’s] stormwater and wastewater bill-
ing.”
Keating said if finances
are brought in-house, it’s
going to take time.
“We need to be cautious.
It doesn’t make sense to set
up a finance department
in a rented space and then
move them to the new city
hall,” he said, adding that
he believes the contracted
firm’s quality of work has
been superb and has led
to an A-plus rating for the
city, which is important
when it needs loans.
Meanwhile, Vice Mayor
Mark Senmartin was exasperated by the estimated
figures staff presented
for bringing the finance
department
in-house,
namely $247,000 for four
full-time and one parttime staff members.
“I think we’re looking at
one finance manager and
one assistant for $190,000,”
he said.
Senmartin also said the
estimates for rented office
space was outrageous at
$2,000 a month.
“There’s office units in
the Town Square Mall for
$600 a month,” he said.
Councilman Bill Kelly
chimed in that the last
time the city sought proposals for a new finance
contractor, only Bishop
Rosasco responded. He
advocated bringing the
finance position in-house
and allowing the city manager to do the hiring.
The current finance
contract expires Sept. 30,
which is the end of the fiscal year.
At meeting’s end, the
council tackled two ordinances that had passed
on first readings, revis-
ing platting notices and
amending the mobile vendor ordinance. Zieg made
a motion to reject the
mobile vendor ordinance.
The vote was 4-1, with
Senmartin dissenting.
The council heard a city
hall update from Marcus
Austin, construction manager with Chen Moore.
Progress continues with
the pouring of the underslab stem walls. Next,
Pedro Falcon Construction
will start the under-slab
utilities, and the contractor is scheduled to pour
the building floor slab by
early next month.
“Construction is moving right along,” Puto said.
“Footers are in place and
dirt is being compacted
for the floor slab. So far, so
good on our work schedule.”
Bar fight leads to injuries, arrest
POSITIVE STUDENTS
Contributed photo
MARATHON — A fight
early Sunday morning
at a local bar sent one
man to jail and another
to a Miami hospital with
multiple facial injuries,
according to the Monroe
County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to
JJ’s Doghouse just before 1
a.m. March 15 to a report
of a fight. The 25-year-old
victim, a Marathon resident, was found inside the
bar with multiple injuries
to his face. The suspect
—
26-year-old
were playing pool.
James Pearson
The victim reportof Pennsylvania
edly approached
— was outside the
him and told him
bar with blood
he and his girlon his hands and
friend wanted to
clothing but no
play pool as well.
visible injuries,
Stories differ at
Pearson
according to depthis point, but
uties.
for some reason
Stories from the sus- Pearson, his girlfriend and
pect, victim and witnesses the victim went outside.
indicated the suspect and
The victim’s girlfriend
victim were both in the told deputies she went
bar with their girlfriends.
See FIGHT, page 11A
Pearson and his girlfriend
Stanley Switlik Elementary students were recognized for their positive behavior in February.
Pictured with their Papa John’s free pizza coupons are Jason Orama, pre-kindergarten; Isaac
Lagos, kindergarten; Kaylee Aguilar first grade; Ella Dunn, second grade; Mason Buxton, third
grade; Angel Barerra, fourth grade; Karen Melendez, fifth grade. Also pictured are Christina
Rodriguez, dean, and Mary Lou Darczuk, school counselor.
Airport
Continued from page 1A
posed to run private charted flights into the airport
a few days a week from
places like Fort Lauderdale
and Orlando, Henderson
said.
“That is taking shape, but
they haven’t announced
anything yet,” Henderson
said.
The customs facility is
the second recently-completed project officials
hope will help draw more
visitors to Marathon.
The
Spottswood
Companies has opened
the three-story Faro Blanco
Hyatt Place Marathon.
The Hyatt Place features
125 rooms and suites, WiFi, a 24-hour gymnasium,
and coming in early 2015,
a full-service marina and
yacht club and a waterfront restaurant and bar.
Another resort under
construction is a 95-room
Marriott Courtyard Hotel,
set to open in the spring
near mile marker 48.
It is being developed
by Roger Masters and the
Prime Hospitality Group.
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Federal judge hears
electricity lawsuit
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
MIKE HENTZ/Free Press
Heidi Davey, pictured at Seahorse R.V. Park last Thursday, is one of the residents who must
leave. Davey and her partner have a mobile unit and have secured a new place to live.
Evictions
Continued from page 1A
R.V. park location.
The developers also
applied for a minor conditional-use permit to
transfer the 100 ROGO
units from the park to the
marina on Safe Harbor in
Stock Island, Smith said.
Under state law, developers have to have ROGO
units to develop their
properties. One ROGO
unit allows one hotel room
to be built. There is currently a prohibition on the
issuance of new transient
ROGO units in unincor-
porated Monroe County.
Existing units, however,
may be transferred,
The R.V. park was
bought by the owners of
the marina in February
2014. Monroe County recognizes 125 R.V. 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, people are not allowed to stay
in R.V. parks for more than
six months in a year.
About 50 full-time
park residents learned
Christmas week that they
had to move. The transfer
of the ROGO units comes
at a time when the county
is struggling to maintain
affordable housing.
Retired veteran Walt Earl
had to be out by Tuesday,
he said. Earl, who served
in both the Marines and
the Navy, is living off a
government pension and
Social Security.
“I want to stay,” said
Earl, who has lived at the
park since 1997. “This is
the longest place I’ve ever
lived at in my whole life. I
love this place. All the residents are so nice. I wish
they would keep this park
the way it is forever.”
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NO NAME KEY — The
legal battle over the electrification of No Name Key
continued last week with
parties on both sides squaring off in federal court to
ask a judge to rule in their
favor.
The state Public Service
Commission
approved
bringing
commercial
power to the remote community two years ago, but
two families who live on
No Name Key, the Newtons
and Reynolds, have not
dropped their federal lawsuit asking for $10 million
in legal fees and damages.
They are claiming the
county
discriminated
against them and violated
the Equal Protection Clause
of the 14th Amendment of
the U.S. Constitution. The
county contends it was
only following the requirements of its land-use policies and went as far as to
ask a state body that regulated development in the
Florida Keys to allow commercial power on No Name
Key, but the state said no,
attorney Michael Burke
told the judge last week.
The state and the county
had denied power because
the low-lying, environmentally sensitive area is prone
to flooding and is in a federal Coastal Barrier Resource
Area, where development
is severely restricted, county attorneys have said.
Both sides went before
federal
Judge
James
Lawrence King March 10
MIKE HENTZ/Free Press
A bicyclist rides down a power-pole-lined State Road 4A on No
Name Key.
to ask for a summary judgment, which is a ruling in
their favor without having
to go to trial. King said he
planned to review all the
documents and weigh it
against the oral arguments.
If he doesn’t rule in favor
of either side, the case is
scheduled to go to trial in
May.
The families’ attorney,
Bart Smith, argued the
county continued to deny
them building permits to
connect to power lines
erected by Keys Energy
Services when the county
knew the families were
entitled to power and the
government agency had no
jurisdiction.
In his request for summary judgment, Smith includ-
ed the affidavit of former
Monroe County building
official Jerry Smith.
Smith, who initially
granted the Newtons a
building permit to connect
their home to the power
poles, claims he was pressured by his supervisors to
later revoke it.
Keys Energy Services
agreed to run power to the
homes and erected power
poles before the Public
Service Commission eventually ruled in favor of
bringing power to No Name
Key. The county blocked
the electrification at that
time by denying the homeowners building permits.
“Mr. Newton’s building
See LAWSUIT, page 11A
HERO WEEK
Above, some of the units
have been removed and or
vacated at Seahorse R.V.
Park. Right, veteran Walter
Earl sits outside his trailer
at Seahorse R.V. Park last
Thursday. Earl said he must
leave the park and is moving to Tennessee.
MIKE HENTZ/Free Press
Contributed photo
Monroe County Sheriff’s Sgt. Linda Mixon and Deputy Jon Riggs recently visited a second grade
class at Big Pine Academy during ‘Being a Hero’ week.
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MIDDLE & LOWER KEYS
Man accused of stealing checkbook, van
MARATHON — A man
accused of stealing a checkbook from his employer,
forging the employer’s
signature and cashing
the check at the bank was
arrested Wednesday, March
11, according to the Monroe
County Sheriff’s Office.
John Lawrence, 36, of
Marathon faces charges of
burglary of a vehicle, grand
theft and uttering a forged
document.
Lawrence worked for a
floor-cleaning business on
Big Pine Key, reports state.
He reportedly entered his
employer’s work truck in
January and took a checkbook from inside. He then
allegedly wrote a check
to himself for $700 and
cashed it at the bank,
according to reports.
Lawrence
is
also
accused of taking the
employer’s work van
without permission and
failing to return it.
The van was later recovered in Marathon, where
authorities found the
checkbook inside, as well
as a copy of an accident
report form from Key West
Police Department with
Lawrence’s name listed as
the driver of the van.
A warrant was issued for
Lawrence’s arrest. He was
booked into the Marathon
jail last week.
Cat group to meet
MARATHON — Forgotten
Felines of the Florida Keys
will hold its quarterly meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, March
23, at the Martin Luther
Chapel, located behind the
NAPA store.
The public is invited.
Refreshments will be
served.
Forgotten Felines is an
all-volunteer organization
which provides food and
veterinary care to homeless and abandoned cats in
the Middle and Lower Keys.
They also place adoptable
cats in homes and strive to
educate the public about
the importance of spaying
and neutering pets.
Call 305-743-2520.
Lawsuit
Continued from page 10A
permit application met the
Florida Building Code and
I saw no reason not to issue
the permit,” Smith said in
a deposition. “Mr. Newton’s
permit application was not
the type which was usually
subjected to review by the
county planning department. ... In my professional opinion, there were no
grounds upon which I could
deny Mr. Newton’s permit
application.”
The county officials claim
the county revoked the permits, because Smith did
not take into consideration
all of the county’s land-use
policies and he erred in
granting them.
Burke argued that no one
was discriminated against,
especially when it came to
gender, age or race.
“This is not what the
14th Amendment is about,”
Burke said. “The claim
brought here is not a viable
one.”
Burke contended that in
2008 the county asked the
then state Department of
Community Affairs, which
oversaw development in the
Keys, to allow commercial
power on No Name Key, but
the request was denied.
“The county tried to do
this, but the state said no,”
Burke said. “Keys Energy
Services brought it out there
without the county’s permission.”
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Library to host
Thursday job fair
MARATHON
—
CareerSource South Florida
and the Marathon Public
Library will hold a job fair
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday, March 19, in the
library’s community room.
Winn-Dixie will offer
interviews to those who
fill out an online application prior to the event, and
CareerSource South Florida
will consider attendees for
other available positions
throughout the Florida
Keys.
For more information,
contact CareerSource South
Florida at 305-853-3540, or
call the library at 305-7435156.
Fight
Continued from page 9A
outside to check on her
boyfriend and found him
curled up on the ground
with Pearson standing over
him.
Pearson was arrested
on a felony battery charge
and was taken to jail.
Friends took the victim
to Fisherman’s Hospital,
and he was later airlifted
to Miami for treatment of
numerous facial fractures.
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Cheryl and Craig McBay have opened the Florida Keys Brewing Company on Morada Way in
Islamorada. The brewery features a tasting room where customers can purchase beer.
Changing from home brewer to brewery
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — Five
years ago, Craig McBay was
a single guy experimenting
with brewing his own beer.
He tried it and he liked it.
Weeks turned into
months and McBay began
entering local competitions
and studying the industry.
It soon became apparent
to his fiancée, Cheryl, that
there was a future for them
not only as a couple but as
entrepreneurs.
Two years ago, they
began looking for a perfect
destination to bring everything together and settled
on Upper Matecumbe
Key’s Morada Way Arts
District. After giving birth
to twins not too long ago,
the couple have entered a
busy period in their lives.
“Beer and babies,”
Cheryl McBay said. “That’s
all we have time for.”
“That’s in no particular order,” her husband
quipped.
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is Islamorada’s first operating brewery in a small
industrial-zoned corner
of the popular arts district and features a tasting room where guests can
order beers.
Brewing the beer is a
daily job starting at around
9 a.m. when it comes to
pouring grain. Craig
McBay said he plans on
keeping between seven
and eight brewery beers
on tap while leaving room
for a few Florida craft beer
guest taps.
Part of the brewing process has left the company
with gallons of unwanted
spent grain that McBay
says can be used as chum
by fishermen or fertilizer
by gardeners. The grain, he
says, is free to anyone willing to pick it up.
To help bring his own
place into fruition, McBay
says he has made several trips to Bone Island
Brewing in Key West.
“They’re like our sister
brewery,” he said.
“Breweries stick together
and help one another,” his
wife added.
While Craig focuses on
the brewing, decorating
the business’s tasting room
and environs fell into the
hands of his wife. Cheryl
McBay brought in local artist Pasta Pantelao to paint a
mermaid wall mural. All of
the wood in the brewery is
also reclaimed and turned
into dining or checker
board tables.
“I was going for a rustic
Bimini look,” she said.
Games include Jenga,
Cards Against Humanity,
checkers
and
darts.
Cornhole is also an option.
“We have all kinds of
games,” Cheryl McBay
said. “I’m always waiting
around on people after last
call.”
Ideas for creating the
right atmosphere for customers came from visiting other breweries and
taking photographs and
notes. The couple said they
wanted to mix their own
creativity with what has
proven successful at other
craft breweries.
In the men’s and women’s
bathrooms, patrons have
the opportunity to write
on a free expression chalkboard. Last week, etched
on the board were different
places from which visitors
have traveled.
One line on the women’s
board read, “Florida men
are so hot.”
The McBays say the
chalkboard is a fun way
See BREWERY, page 13A
County considers buying fishing hub
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Free Press Staff
STOCK
ISLAND
— The Monroe County
Commission will consider
buying a local marina for
roughly $7 million as a way
to help save commercial
fishing in the Florida Keys.
The proposal comes as
more and more docks on
Stock Island are falling
into the hands of developers who want to turn them
into upscale marinas.
County commissioners
will discuss acquiring the
old Gulf Seafood property
off Maloney Avenue — a
hub for commercial fish-
ing for several decades
— at 9 a.m. Wednesday,
March 18, at the Marathon
Government Center, 2798
Overseas Highway.
The state has set aside
$2 million in the Florida
Communities
Trust
Stan Mayfield Working
Waterfront
Program
toward the purchase of
the 8-acre piece of waterfront property on Stock
Island, Monroe County
Legislative Affairs Director
Lisa Tennyson said.
The property is an ideal
location for a commercial
fishing hub because it has
dock space to accommodate 70 boats, room to store
of
10% off
es
all servic
100,000 traps and space
for fishermen to work on
their traps and fishing
gear, Tennyson said. The
property, which is owned
by U.P. Development, also
houses a working fish
house, she added.
“We in no way want to be
in competition with other
commercial
marinas,”
Tennyson said. “There is
definitely a need for all of
the current operations.
The more fishermen, the
better. This property is a
jewel.”
Commissioner George
Neugent believes the purchase has merit, as the
county should be “trying to
help the commercial fishing folk” as they are a vital
part of the Keys economy
and culture.
County Mayor Danny
Kolhage also likes the
idea.
“I would like to see what
the county can do to preserve this property in perpetuity for commercial
fishing,” Kolhage said. “It’s
a perfect site for a commercial fishing operation.”
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Shame on Free Press for euthanasia story
A slap in the face
I am appalled that you would attack the Humane
Animal Care Coalition and Marsha Garrettson’s integrity to create sensationalism on the front page of the Free
Press. Shame on you!
I worked as a volunteer at the Upper Keys Animal Shelter
for three years, and I can tell you Marsha’s character and
knowledge is beyond reproach. She never euthanized an
animal unless it was necessary, and believe me, she has a
keen sense for knowing when that is.
That woman runs a spotless shelter for those animals
and their care absolutely comes first before anything else,
and she expects nothing less from her employees. They
are very stringent in finding a proper home for any of the
animals because they do not want a “rebound” animal.
She does not let people bring in feral cats unless they
can claim to be responsible for them. In other words, if
she neuters or spays them for free, which she will, they
must be cared for afterwards. She does not want to do that
surgery and just release them to the wild to suffer if they
were to get an infection. Does that sound like the woman
you portrayed and was attacked in your article?
When I first started there as a volunteer, I worked with
the dogs. I asked her one day, “How long has this dog
been here,” and you know what she said? ”It doesn’t matter. It matters that the dog is still adoptable.” I know this
woman, and she is not the woman that these other people
think. She does not win friends and influence people,
because she is not about the people — she is all about the
animals’ well being. That is the bottom line.
You need to find out the rest of the story on this one, and
dig a little deeper. Why don’t you volunteer anonymously
and find out for yourself?
It used to be you could expect some
fairly unsophisticated and unprofessional behavior from the 435 odd members
of the U.S. House of Representatives, but
one could always rely on cooler more
restrained heads in the Senate. We found
out this past week that is no longer the
case. We saw 47 Republican senators
shoot off a letter to Tehran to explain how
they feel the president is overstepping
his authority (he isn’t) when it comes to
negotiating with Iran on nuclear arms.
This following on the heels of another
blatant disregard for protocol: Inviting
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu to speak to Congress without
consulting the White House. These two
stunts were designed to:
a) Slap President Obama in the face,
and
b) Slap President Obama in the face.
If this is an indication of future behavior in the Republican majority Senate,
we’re in for a bumpy ride. The right-wing
in Washington, once again proves they
don’t care about this country. They would
rather win a contest with that black guy
Mary Ayres, Tavernier
A successful Garden Walk
The Garden Club of the Upper Keys sends a huge thank
you to everyone who helped make Garden Walk 2015
“Private Edens” a great success.
Club members, volunteers, hosts and hostesses, ticket
outlets and our local newspapers all contributed to another year of significant attendance for our annual event.
Our heartfelt thanks to property owners who opened
their gardens for viewing to the community and visitors.
Special thanks to Deco Dream’s educators for conducting
a “teaching garden” experience. Lastly, our appreciation to
Rich Brown of Brown & Crebbin Design Studio for his time
and assistance.
Donna Hanson, Garden Walk chair, Garden Club of the
Upper Keys
Superlative treatment
A few days ago, my wife and I were on our daily morning walk when she tripped and fell. She wasn’t seriously
injured, but at the time we did not know that.
With the help of a good Samaritan, I called 911. Almost
immediately a Key Largo deputy arrived to assist. My wife
was in and out of consciousness and he was able to ask all
the right questions to evaluate the situation. Shortly, the
EMT and fire department were on the scene.
Without getting into the details, my wife received superlative attention and treatment from all. We are visitors
who wish to thank everyone who was so competent and
helpful.
Neverending road work
I just want to register my disgust at the
ridiculous waste of $1.95 million by our
Florida Department of Transportation in
totally unnecessary trees in our roads.
Sure enough, we have beautiful trees
in our islands and they are actually from
here, not brought from somewhere else
to “beautify” our islands.
These areas around our roads are needed as space when catastrophic accidents
occur and our first responder vehicles
need to set up and operate.
A slush fund
So the federal government has a
national plan/program to restructure
housing for its employees.
A private contractor bids and gets a
contract to provide housing. The contract
and federal law require the contractor to
pay school taxes. The contractor is supposed to obey federal law. The contactor
pays a bribe to state Republican legislators to a enact state law to exempt contractors from paying school taxes.
Volunteers appreciated
A huge thank you to the more than
100 volunteers who helped us at the
Sombrero Beach Run. You made a good
day into a great one.
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in the White House than secure a lasting
peace and actually prevent Iran from
developing nuclear weapons. In short,
they have lost all reason.
War seems to be the right’s default solution to everything. Shoot first, ask questions later. Look how well that turned out
for George W. and company, but not so
much for everyone else. On to Tehran!
The response by the Iranian Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the
Republican Senate letter would have
been amusing if it weren’t so embarrassing. Zarif schooled the boys in red on
their own Constitution.
Now, with a strong negative public
reaction to this childish behavior there is
backpeddling by the letter writers. A GOP
Senate aide said: “The administration
has no sense of humor when it comes
to how weakly they have been handling
these negotiations.”
So, it was all a big laugh? That excuse
is as lame and embarrassing as the letter itself. Can you imagine the heads
exploding had the party affiliations been
reversed?
Alex Symington, Key West
These areas will also be unfortunately
needed as staging and amassing areas
when hurricanes come by and dump millions of metric tons of road debris.
Leave it to FDOT to saddle us with
wasted money and red cones that never
seem to end. When will these red cones
end? When will we see our roads free
from parades of construction trucks?
We were told by FDOT that all of this
busy work would end by December
2014.
Frank Resillez, Key Largo
In one state, the contractor saves $300
million, plus $40 million per year in the
future.
The federal goverment agency splits
unpaid school taxes as a political slush
fund — all is open to the public. Governor
is in on the political slush fund and payoffs.
Maybe the federal agency is corrupt?
Only 49 more states to go ...
Students? Schools don’t get the money.
Nick Anderson, Key West
We really appreciate your efforts and
look forward to working with you again
next year.
Penny Ludwin, volunteer coordinator,
Sombrero Beach Run
EMAIL LETTERS TO
[email protected]
Doren and Mary Kay Rockhill, Ticonderoga, N.Y.
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BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE
Brewery
Continued from page 12A
for customers to engage one
another, but they do have to
censor the board at times.
“I come in here daily to
make sure everything is OK,”
Craig McBay said. “The guys
tend to write all over the
painted walls. It’s like, come
on man.”
This summer McBay
expects to bring in larger
brewing equipment to be able
to offer more beer. Once that
is up and going, he will work
on getting his beer in bars
and restaurants throughout
the Florida Keys.
“That’s the next goal, getting our beer out there,” he
said.
The brewery is hosting
a grand opening celebration from noon to 10 p.m.
Saturday, March 21, featuring
music from Sons of Beaches
and Robby McClung as well
as a live radio broadcast.
Raffles and prize giveaways
are planned.
The business is open daily
from noon to 9 p.m. For more
information, visit floridakeysbrewingco.com or visit
its Facebook page for daily
updates on what’s brewing.
The tasting room offers pretzels and snacks, but patrons
are encouraged to bring in
food. Take-out menus to
local restaurants are also
available.
In addition to craft beer,
wine and soda are served.
Brewery apparel and glassware can also be purchased.
The brewery offers daily
locals discounts as well as 50
percent off for service industry workers on Sundays.
Though Craig McBay may
be the man behind the beer,
he says Florida Keys Brewing
Company would have never
happened without his wife.
“If it was just me, I’d still be
sitting on my porch wondering to myself, ‘Can we do it,’”
he said. “Her encouragement
made it happen.”
[email protected]
BANK SUPPORTS EVENT
Contributed photo
Centennial Bank employees participated in the recent Key Colony Beach Days. From left, Dee Scott, Centennial; Tom
Hankins; Gail Cortelyou, Key Colony Beach Community Association director; Scott Newton; Melissa Grady, Centennial; Rust
and Barb Stevens; and Linda Gast, Centennial.
Marina
Continued from page 12A
eastern part of the United
States, generating more
than $100 million a year
in direct sales of spiny
lobster, stone crab claws
and fin fish, according to
Bill Kelly, executive director of the Florida Keys
Commercial Fishermen’s
Association.
Commercial fishing
employs 4,000 people
directly in the Keys, Kelly
said.
“We most certainly
support it,” Kelly said of
the proposal. “Protecting
working waterfronts is
critical, especially at this
time when the real estate
market has recovered.
Commercial fishing plays
an important role in our
economy and our community. It is the framework of our community.”
tohara@keysnews.
com
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• Living • Learning
• Playing • Exploring
KEYSNEWS.COM
FLORIDA KEYS FREE PRESS • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015
Fast track
Court battle
Coral Shores and Key West
teams face off. 9B
Dolphins take on Hurricanes.
10B
Parker’s
Spenser
lives on
2B
1B
Butterfly brigade
Contributed image
Noel Skiba’s ‘Palm Sunset in Paradise’ is featured on the
Islamorada Chamber of Commerce’s Island Fest poster.
BRIAN BOWDEN/Free Press
Volunteers gathered last week at Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, above, to plant torchwood and other native trees in an
effort to bolster the population of the Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly, below left. A volunteer shovels mulch, below right.
Volunteers plant homes for a threatened species
BY BRIAN BOWDEN
Free Press Staff
NORTH KEY LARGO —
The federally endangered
Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly, discovered
in 1911 by
the late
M i a m i
physician
William
Schaus,
is native
to South
Florida
w i t h
subspecies found in the
Bahamas and Cuba.
While it once flourished
in the Florida Keys before
homes dotted the island
chain, scientists say only
a few hundred are still in
existence today.
Jeremy Dixon, manager
at Crocodile Lake National
Wildlife
Refuge,
describes
t
h
e
Schaus’
swallowtail population as
dangerously low.
He says
while they
were once found in tropical hardwood hammock
Big Pine artist
creates poster
for Island Fest
ISLAMORADA — A work
by Big Pine Key artist Noel
Skiba, titled “Palm Sunset
in Paradise,” is featured
on the commemorative
poster for the Islamorada
Chamber of Commerce’s
24th annual Island Fest,
set for March 28 and 29 at
Founders Park, mile marker 87, bayside.
“Islamorada is one of my
See ARTIST, page 3B
Contributed photo
Artist Noel Skiba works on one of her signature tropical scenes.
See BUTTERFLY, page 5B
Miniature golf center offers myriad of amusements
BY JOSH GORE
Free Press Staff
KEY LARGO — There
won’t be volcanoes spitting fire or streaming water
traps, but a local attraction
features not only a miniature golf course but carnival-style attractions and a
video arcade.
Dolphin Golfin opened
in the Tower of Pizza shopping plaza at mile marker
102, bayside, late last year
and has been adding to its
offerings ever since.
Earlier this month,
a couple friends and I
decided to give the course
Contributed photo a shot. Joining me for a
A bungee jumping feature, bounce house, video arcade and eat- skins match on the 18-hole
ery are among the offerings at Dolphin Golfin.
course were Brian Bowden
and Robby Silk.
A decidedly family
atmosphere, each hole of
the flat course is lit up at
night. Christian rock music
played out of a speaker
emanating from a speaker
in the center of the course.
As the game began,
Bowden took an early lead.
Most of the early holes
could be considered Par 2s
and 3s. If any one of us
were going to get ahead we
would have to have a good
shot off the tee.
Given Silk’s overly-competitive nature, Bowden
and I formed a quiet alliance to keep Silk off the
leaderboard. At the turn
KEYSNEWS.COM
Contributed photo
The 18-hole miniature golf course at Dolphin Golfin features a
See GOLF, page 7B no-frills, flat surface.
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read see do
Parker leaves legacy with ‘Painted Ladies’
BY DAVID BECKWITH
Free Press Contributor
I admit, I’m a longstanding
admirer of Robert B. Parker and
hated to read of his death (appropriately enough at his writing
desk) at age 77.
His passing was a major loss
to the world of contemporary
fiction. The New York Times correctly described his precise, concise, dialogue-heavy writing style
as follows: “Mr. Parker wrote the
Spenser novels in the first person,
employing the blunt, masculine
prose style that is often described
as Hemingwayesque.”
Parker seemed a poster child
for the principles taught in “The
Elements of Style.” In stark contrast to his hard-boiled literary
private investigator antecedents,
Sam Spade, Lew Archer and Philip
Marlowe, Parker’s macho Spenser
was not only tough, opinionated and smart, but also cheerful
and funny. Spenser could beat up
villains or shoot it out with the
best, but he wasn’t cynical. The
wisecracking Spenser has been
described as more over-easy than
hard-boiled. He could kill when
he had to but didn’t relish it; it was
a by-product of his job, and he did
his job well.
My wife and I were fortunate
enough to interview Robert
Parker. Just like Spenser, he was
a highly-intelligent (had a Ph.D.),
no-holds-barred, unpretentious
person who was not afraid to be
politically incorrect. He was just
what I’d hoped he would be.
Harlan Coben (who we also
interviewed) estimates that 90
percent of contemporary crime
writers admit that Parker was one
of their major influences and continued by saying, “The rest of us
lie about it.”
When Parker died, he left four
completed manuscripts. One was
“Painted Ladies.”
The story begins with secondrate art professor Ashton Prince
hiring Spenser for protection.
Prince has been selected as the
go-between to secure the return
of a priceless stolen painting. It
is being ransomed back to the
museum which originally owned
it. Spenser’s job is to accompany
Prince to the exchange. Things
go awry, and Prince is killed. The
painting is destroyed. Despite
Spenser having fulfilled his end
of the bargain and no longer having a client, his PI code of ethics
demand he avenge Prince’s death
and bring the villains to justice.
Spenser begins to kick hornet’s
nests to see what comes out. His
investigation uncovers a world of
art theft and fraud. Also it soon
becomes apparent that Prince
may not have been quite what he
claimed.
As matters progress, Spenser’s
life is threatened, and he deals
with the antagonists in his usual
efficient manner. The book has
the short, choppy dialogue Parker
fans expect as well as wise-cracking observations like “Shooting
someone in the forehead twice
is like wearing suspenders with
a belt.”
Spenser’s usual ensemble
cast is present: Boston Police
Department Sgt. Frank Belson,
Capt. Martin Quirk, randy attorney Rita Fiore, state police Capt.
See REVIEW, page 4B
faces & places
HURRICANE FIELD TRIP
SHAKESPEARE COMPETITION
top 10
bestsellers
HARDBACK FICTION
1. The Girl on the Train
2. All the Light We Cannot See
3. The Buried Giant (Debut)
4. A Spool of Blue Thread
5. The Whites
Contributed photo
6. The Nightingale
7. Trigger Waring
8. The Fifth Gospel
9. Funn Girl
10. Leaving Berlin (Debut)
H A R D B A C K N O N F I C T.
STEVE GIBBS/Contributed
A Miami-Dade student from Southwest Senior High School
won the annual Shakespeare Competition at the Murray E.
Nelson Government and Cultural Center on March 5. Amarilys
Milian, left, presented a reading from ‘Hamlet’ and recited a
Shakespearian sonnet. Milian won a trip to New York City where
she will compete in the National Shakespeare Competition on
April 26 through 28 at the Lincoln Center. Daniel Walker, a
Coral Shores High School sophomore, finished second in the
regional competition. Sofia Uzquiano, a student at the Center
for International Studies in Homestead, finished third.
Barbara Edgar of the Matecumbe Historical Trust made arrangements with Kenneth Westlake,
fourth grade teacher at Miami Country Day School, for 70 children to visit Islamorada on March
2 to learn about the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. The children have been reading books on the
hurricane and studying the weather. Edgar gave a PowerPoint presentation on the hurricane
and then the students visited the Florida Keys Hurricane Memorial. Kerry Millhiser, a Cheeca
Lodge & Spa employee, also made arrangements for the children to visit the Pioneer Cemetery
located on their property and have lunch on the beach.
EXHIBITION WINNERS
1. The Life-Changing Magic of
Tidying Up
HEALTH FAIR
2. Being Mortal
3. Yes Please
4. H Is for Hawk
5. Not That Kind of Girl
6. Killing Patton
7. Girl in a Band
8. What If?
9. Everything I Need to Know I
Learned From a Little Golden
Book
10. Leaving Before the Rains
Come
The Indie Bestseller List is
produced by the American
Booksellers Association and is
based on sales in independent
bookstores nationwide during the week ended March 7,
2015.
Contributed photo
More than 200 people attended Mariners Hospital’s recent
health fair. Attendees gathered healthcare information from
hospital staff and community healthcare organizations and
selected from free screenings. Jason Cowan of Tavernier included
a kidney function test in his choice of activities. He is pictured
here receiving his results from Sharon Detweiler, R.N., one of the
Mariners employees who volunteered at the health fair.
Contributed photo
The Florida Keys Watercolor Society kicked off its 33rd Annual Judged Exhibition on March 1 in
the Marathon Community Theatre gallery. Five artists received a ribbon and prize money. From
left, Joanna Dole, third place; Sandy Mezinis, The Rainbow Award; Betty Rondeau, Best of Show
Founder’s Award; Jane Sebolt, second place; and Julie Joyce-Rehbock, The Caribbean Award. The
exhibit will be on display through April 4. For more information, visit fkwcs.com.
live entertainment
LOCAL BAND AND VOCALIST PERFORMANCES
FRIDAY, March 20
Boondocks: Homeade Wine Band 6:30 to
11 p.m.
Caribbean Club: Luke Sommer Glenn Band
10:30 p.m. to 3 a.m.
Dockside Cafe: Myles Mancuso 7 to 11 p.m.
Gilberts: Hard Liquor Band 7 to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Tiki Bar: Steve Webb & Billy
Davidson 5 to 8 p.m., DJ Dave 8 p.m. to
midnight.
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: In Jade 6:30 to 11 p.m.
Lorelei: Dana Collins Band 6 to 10 p.m.
Morada Bay: Jess Atkins noon to 4 p.m.
Oceanview Lounge: Alan Truesdell 7 to 11
p.m.
Pilot House: Cat Daddies 6 to 10 p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Don Irwin 6:30 to 9:30
p.m.
Smuggler’s Cove: Karaoke Nancy 7 to 11
p.m.
Snapper’s Waterfront Restaurant: Dwayne
McGregor 7 to 10 p.m.
Snooks: Liquid Remedy 6 to 10 p.m.
Sunset Grille: Simon & The Super Cats 6
to 9 p.m.
SATURDAY, March 21
Boondocks: See Friday listing.
Caribbean Club: See Friday listing.
Dockside Cafe: See Friday listing.
Fish House Encore: Lee Sharp 7 to 10 p.m.
Gilberts: Uncle Rico 1 to 5 p.m., Tuxedo Jesus
7 to 11 p.m.
Holiday Isle Tiki Bar: Gypsy Road 8 p.m. to
midnight.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Yishka 2 to 6 p.m.
The Hurricane: Karen Weber & Funkin’
Conchs.
Islamorada Fish Company: Dennis Holmes
noon to 5 p.m., Kenny Channels 6 to 10
p.m.
Island Grill: Derrick Henning 6 to 10 p.m.
Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill: Colbert 7 to
11 p.m.
Looe Key Tiki Bar: Shindig 6:30 to 11 p.m.
Lorelei: Chris Bellamy noon to 4 p.m.,
Brothers of Others 6 to 10 p.m.
Morada Bay: Micah noon to 4 p.m.
Pilot House: Moose Blues Band 6 to 10
p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Tommy Tune & Rocketman
the Pirate 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Smuggler’s Cove: Dana Collins 7 to 11 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.
Sunset Grille: See Friday listing.
SUNDAY, March 22
Boondocks: See Friday listing.
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: Mr. Nice Guy 1 to 6 p.m.
Holiday Isle Raw Bar: Yishka 11 a.m. to
2 p.m.
The Hurricane: See Friday listing.
Islamorada Fish Company: Dennis Holmes
noon to 5 p.m., A List 6 to 10 p.m.
Island Grill: Kenny Channels noon to 4
p.m.
Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill: Stereo
Underground 4 to 8 p.m.
Looe Key Tiki Bar: Ukulele Jam Band 6:30
to 11 p.m.
Lorelei: Harry French noon to 4 p.m.,
Collins & Webb 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Morada Bay: See Friday listing.
Oceanview Lounge: Brenda Starr 3 to 7
p.m.
Porky’s Bayside: Tim Dee & Jim Hill 6:30
to 9:30 p.m.
Smuggler’s Cove: Don Mavis 4 to 8 p.m.
Snapper’s: Frank C. 11:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., Dwayne McGregor 5 to 8 p.m.
Snooks: Sweetwater Band 1:30 to 5 p.m.,
Sir Cedric’s Steel Drums 5:30 to 9:30
p.m.
Sunset Grille: Bahama Boyz 6 to 9 p.m.
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UPPER KEYS
Learn to reduce your chemical footprint
MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FLORIDA
DONNA DIETRICH/Contributed
Guest conductor Joe Rayhill will lead the Keys Community Concert Band in ‘Viva Florida!’ at 4
p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the ICE Amphitheater in Founders Park, mile marker 87, bayside.
Admission is free. For more information, call 305-853-7294.
KEY LARGO — “Nature
Got It Right: Everyday
Choices for Home and
Body Care” is the topic of
the Wednesday, March 18,
Delicate Balance of Nature
lecture at John Pennekamp
Coral Reef State Park.
Candace White, a local
parent, online educa-
tional content developer
and student at Florida
International University,
will share changes her
family has made in household products to reduce
their use of chemicals that
eventually end up in our
environment.
The free presentation
begins at 7:30 p.m. at the
park’s visitor center, mile
marker 102.5, oceanside.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
Seating is limited. Bring a
cushion for added seating
comfort.
For more information,
contact Elena Muratori at
305-451-1202.
Church to host
puppet workshop
Florida will offer puppetry
workshops, including a
“Make Your Own Puppet”
class. Attendees can make
a puppet with supplied
materials and take their
creations home.
Call 305-712-0123.
Mariners Hospital and
VNA/Hospice of the
Florida Keys cancer support group will meet at 6
p.m. Thursday, March 19,
in the hospital’s main conference room, mile marker
91.5, bayside.
Therapist Mindy Agler
will speak.
No reservations are
required. Call 305-4341625 for more information.
PLANTATION KEY —
The Pearl Church will host
a puppet show from 2 to 5
p.m. Saturday, March 21, at
161 Pearl Ave., mile marker
90.4, bayside, behind the
Tavernaero Airport.
Miami company Simply
Puppets will perform a
shadow puppet show and
the Puppet Guild of South
Support group
TAVERNIER
—
The
Contributed photos
The artistry of Kevin Doyle and Bill Dickson will be on display at Island Fest.
Artist
Continued from page 1B
favorite places to capture
in paint on canvas, and it
was the first place in the
Keys where I painted,” said
Skiba, who specializes in
watercolors, oils and acrylics in a variety of styles and
subjects.
This year’s Island Fest
poster depicts a sunset
scene typical of Islamorada
with Skiba’s signature colorful brushstrokes.
Skiba is just one of many
artists whose works will be
on display at Island Fest. A
juried arts and crafts show
will feature between 80 and
100 artists whose creations
run the gamut from paintings and sculptures to jewelry and photography.
Orlando-based photog-
rapher Steve Vaughn will
be making his fifth trip to
Island Fest this year, where
he’ll display his collection
of tropical images, including numerous Florida Keys
photos. Bright, deep colors
are prominent in many of
Vaughn’s pieces.
Bill Dickson will also
travel from Vero Beach
to Island Fest this year.
His acrylic painting techniques, including airbrush
on paper, evoke sea and
beach scenes. His past life
as a surfer comes through
in his acrylic oceanscapes.
Ed Hendrix will showcase his “Sumthin’ Fishy”
handmade tropical artwork and furniture made
from recycled, distressed
wood. The Punta Gordabased craftsman creates
wall hangings, tables and
chests adorned with color-
ful images of the sea.
“Old Florida” is a common theme for Mike
Williams. This Tampa Bay
artist was recognized as
last year’s “Best of Show”
artist at Island Fest for his
vintage-style illustrations.
Williams builds up layers
of fine lines with a pen
and then applies washes of
color using pastels.
Kevin Doyle, who was
last year’s “Most Creative
Artisan” award winner at
Island Fest, will return this
year with his recycled muffler art.
Other festivities include
live music, a vintage car
show, the “What Floats Your
Boat” contest, the “Taste of
Islamorada” competition,
sand letter sculpting and
activities for children.
Island Fest hours are 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
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IN THE KEYS
at the movies …
IN THE KEYS & SOUTH FLORIDA
opening this week:
The Divergent Series: Insurgent (PG-13, Sci-Fi and Thriller)
- Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by
Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite.
Racing against time, they must find out what Tris’s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite
leaders will do anything to stop them.
The Gunman (R, Thriller and Action/Adventure) - A former
special forces soldier and military contractor suffering
from post-traumatic stress disorder tries to reconnect
with his one-time love, but first must go on the run
across Europe in order to clear his name.
now showing:
Cinderella (PG, Fantasy and Romance) - This live-action
feature inspired by the classic fairy tale brings to life
Disney’s 1950 animated masterpiece as fully-realized
characters in a visually dazzling spectacle.
Chappie (R, Science Fiction and Comedy) - Every child
comes into the world full of promise, and none more
so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like
any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his
surroundings – some good, some bad – and he will rely
on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and
become his own man. But there’s one thing that makes
Chappie different from anyone else: he is a robot. The
first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself.
Unfinished Business (R, Comedy) - A hard-working small
business owner and his two associates travel to Europe
to close the most important deal of their lives. But what
begins as a routine business trip goes off the rails in
every imaginable way, including unplanned stops at a
massive fetish event and a global economic summit.
The Lazarus Effect (PG-13, Horror/Suspense and Thriller) - A
group of researchers led by Frank and fiancée Zoe have
achieved the unimaginable: bringing the dead back
to life. After a successful, yet unsanctioned, trial on a
newly deceased animal, the team is ready to unveil their
breakthrough to the world. When the dean of their university learns of their experiments, their project is shut
down and their materials confiscated. Frank, Zoe and
their team take matters into their own hands, launching a rogue attempt to recreate their experiment, during
which things go terribly wrong and Zoe is killed. Fueled
by grief, Frank pushes them to do the unthinkable:
attempt to resurrect their first human test subject.
DUFF (PG-13, Drama and Teen) - Bianca is a high school
senior whose world is shattered when she learns she is
‘The DUFF’ (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier,
more popular friends. So she reinvents herself.
Information courtesy of yahoo.com
future releases:
Event teaches youth about hunger
BY ROBERT CUNNINGHAM
Free Press Contibutor
TAVERNIER — The Rev.
Kerry Foote of the Burton
Memorial United Methodist
Church has a plan to raise
awareness in young teens of
the hunger third-world children face. The local teens
fast for 30 hours.
“It raises awareness of
what hunger pain really
feels like. Most kids in the
United States have no sense
of what going without feels
like,” Foote said.
Fourteen of the church’s
youth group participated
in the recent famine awareness weekend. Each child
was provided with cardboard and wooden pallets
to construct an outdoor
shelter to sleep in. The only
sustenance they received
was fruit juice and water.
The teens’ fast ends with
a generous bowl of beans,
flax and rice.
“They’ll be eating the
same foods of those living
in a third-world country,”
Foote said.
This is the event’s eighth
year and the youth receive
donations from the con-
Contributed photo
Participants in Burton Memorial United Methodist church’s ‘Thirty Hour Famine weekend’ included,
from left, Sierra Jenkins, Cameron Barton-Blanco and Noah Hane.
gregation on the two
Sunday services. This year
they raised $1,200. A $35
donation provides a hungry child with food, medical care and education
Minister to lead
‘community’ talk
through the World Vision
organization.
According to Burton
Memorial, 8,000 children
worldwide die every day
from malnutrition. Those
fortunate to avoid death
suffer long-term effects.
Stunted growth, vulnerability to disease and a lack of
energy needed to learn, all
diminish their potential.
LIBRARY FUNDS
MARATHON — The
Rev.
Debra
Andrew
Maconaughey,
honorary canon and rector of
St. Columba Episcopal
Church, will speak to the
Friends of the Marathon
Library about “Christian
Community” at 2 p.m.
Thursday, March 19, in the
St. Columba Parish Hall,
451 52nd St., Gulf.
Admission is free and
open to the public.
Plant photography
The Longest Ride
Home
dvd releases
PICK OF THE WEEK
Listen Up Philip (PG, Family, Fantasy and Animation)
Saoirse is an enchanting girl who lives with her grandmother in Ireland. There is much more to this child than
meets the eye, however. It turns out that she is a selkie
— a mysterious being that lives as a seal in the ocean
and a human on land. She decides that the time has
come to return to the sea and meets many others who
may have a hidden identity about which they have no
knowledge, and she awakens them to their destiny.
mystery
PHOTO
MARATHON — The
Marathon Garden Club
will meet at 1 p.m. Friday,
March 20, at 5270 Overseas
Highway.
Lynne Bentley-Kemp,
artist and scholar, will present “Photographing Plants
and Flowers: Zen and the
Art of Observation.”
Visit marathongardenclub.org.
Contributed photo
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used to help furnish the Jerry Wilkinson Research Library located on the second floor of the Keys
History & Discovery Center, mile marker 82, oceanside. He is pictured with foundation Executive
Director Jill Miranda Baker and Brad Bertelli, center curator and historian. The library, expected
to open this summer, will house newspaper articles, books, magazines, photographs, maps and
more.
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major cast members missing are Hawk and Vinnie.
The Parker estate hired
Healy, Pearl, the dog and,
of course, Spenser’s long writer Ace Atkins to keep
the Spenser series alive. I
have reviewed two of Atkins’
contributions to the series
and enjoyed them both.
Despite being a Mississippi
resident, Atkins has done a
remarkable job in capturing
Javier Flores, M.D. Parker’s Boston style and
keeping his memory alive.
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Park to host native plant giveaway
SUSAN KOLTERMAN/Contributed
The barrel cactus is a native of the Florida Keys.
KEY LARGO — John Pennekamp Coral
Reef State Park will host a native plant
day as an Earth Day event on Saturday,
March 21.
Nursery volunteers from Dagny
Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical
State Park will have information booths
where visitors can learn the importance
of native plants, how to propagate and
care for them and how to plant butterfly
gardens.
Native plants, raised by the nursery volunteers, will be given away to Florida Keys
property owners for planting. Besides the
park booths, other groups exhibiting will
include the Florida Native Plant Society,
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council, Izaak
Walton League, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, National Park Service,
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge,
Save-A-Turtle and Reef Environmental
Education Foundation. Activities for children will be available.
At 10 a.m., Florida Park Service biologist
Trudy Ferraro will address participants at
the visitor center auditorium. Her talk is
“From Development to Restoration: The
Story of Port Bougainville.”
There will also be two, 45-minute-long
nature walks through the park’s hardwood hammock at 11 a.m. and noon.
The park’s entrance fee will be waived
for those attending the event. For more
information or for accessibility needs,
call Elena Muratori at 305-451-1202.
SUSAN KOLTERMAN/Contributed
The fiddlewood, above, and the balloon vine, below, are
indigenous to the Florida Keys.
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Jeremy Dixon, left, manager of the Crocodile Lake National
Wildlife Refuge goes over planting instructions with volunteers.
Above, torchwood seedlings are ready for planting.
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habitats from South Miami
to Lower Matecumbe Key,
recent sightings have them
inhabiting only Elliott Key
in Biscayne National Park
and North Key Largo, where
the refuge is located.
The species prefers the
makeup of shady hardwood hammocks as most
shy away from direct sunlight. They are also known
to fly up to 6 miles in one
day and, before its significant population decline,
would travel up and down
the Keys. Its typical flight
season is in May and June.
Last week, I spent a
morning volunteering at
the refuge with Dixon as
well as 10 out-of-town biologists from the Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation
Commission and a handful of local residents. Our
goal: plant 163 native trees
on the refuge, a majority
of them torchwood, which
the Schaus’ swallowtails
call home.
The location of the new
foliage, about a mile north
of refuge headquarters just
off of County Road 905, is
known as the Keystone Pit
restoration area. The lot,
in the 1970s, was a prime
mining location for Key
Largo limestone. The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
purchased the land in
the 1980s. Fast forward to
2008, as part of mitigation
for FDOT’s 18-Mile Stretch
widening project, the pit
was filled in. The only remnants that remain are a
handful of limestone boul-
ders stacked neatly in the
northwest corner of the
mostly vacant lot.
I, and a few others,
spent the better part of
three hours hauling what
seemed like an infinite
number of wheelbarrows
piled high with mulch
back-and-forth over lessthan-ideal terrain while
others positioned potted
trees in shallow holes along
the base of the lot.
The trees, most only a
few feet tall, started off as
seeds on the refuge and
other local conservation
lands before being gathered by Dagny Johnson Key
Largo Hammock Botanical
State Park volunteers,
grown and transferred to
our location that day.
How impactful of a
part we all played that
day is yet to be seen. Last
year, according to Dixon, refuge at 305-451-4223.
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SOUTH FLORIDA
ROBIN ROBINSON/Contributed
Beach walkers collect a variety of sponges that wash up after storms,
above. Sponges grow in a wide variety of configurations, at right.
Filtering out the facts about sponges
BY ROBIN ROBINSON
Key West Garden Club
Sponges have a transgender past, changing
from plants to animals.
Eighteenth-century botanist Carl Linnaeus, who
classified all of the sessile or
attaching animals, placed
the sponge in the plant order
of algae. Afterward it was
reclassified into the order
of Parazoa, which means
“beside the animals.” It is
an understandable mistake
because sponges are the
most primitive of multicellular animals.
There are 9,000 identified
species and many more still
to be named. Some are so
small they are invisible to
the naked eye, while others
grow to 5 feet in diameter.
They can reside in shallow
water or on the ocean floor
as much as 5.5 miles deep.
Astonishingly, some can
live to be as much as 2,300
years old, the longest living
animal in the world. They
are so abundant that there
might be 41,500 in a foot-
ROBIN ROBINSON/Contributed
‘Sponge Man’ stands guard outside a shop at Key West Bight.
ball field-sized area.
Chemical defenses, like
those found in plants, protect sponges from preda-
tors like turtles and fish.
Some of those chemical
compounds are being
studied today for potential
use as anti-cancer drugs.
Sponges have no lungs,
stomach or internal organs.
They function by allowing
a current of water to enter
them and then lash that
water along with thin twirl-
ing whip-like filaments
called fagalia, so interior
cells can absorb the bacteria and nutrients in the
passing water. There are
many intake tubes on the
sides and one exit tube, the
oculum, on the top of the
sponge. Not only do they
filter phytoplankton, bacteria and viruses from the
water, they also stabilize
sediment, recycle nutrients and provide shelter for
juvenile fish and shrimp.
Sponges can control
the amount of water that
enters them by squeezing down the intake tubes
and exit tube if the water
has too much silt or if they
encounter a toxic algae
bloom. In emergencies,
sponges form gemmules
that become dormant in
order to survive cold, drying out, lack of oxygen or
extreme variations in salinity.
The cells in a sponge
can remake themselves
into different cells in order
to take different shapes if
the water currents change.
Think of them like a beehive or an ant colony
except they are made up of
cells with special purposes.
For instance, they form
specialized mesophyl cells
on the bottom to attach
themselves to a stony surface.
Sheepshead sponges,
the most common kind
harvested because they are
soft and durable, are made
up of spongin, a proteinlike substance resembling
hair. Two exterior walls are
filled with jelly-like cells
full of collagen.
Sponges are vital to a
healthy ecosystem, but in
1991, 2007 and 2013 an
amazing 90 percent died in
the Keys. A dieoff in 1927
ruined the Keys sponging
industry.
The good news is that
the University of Florida’s
Extension service created the Sea Grant College
Program that is reintroducing sponges to their
old habitat. Florida Sea
Grant’s Shelly Krueger presented this information
to the Audubon Society in
a recent presentation on
sponges. Turns out sponges
are a renewable resourse.
Fragment cloning works
just like coral restoration.
Pieces of sponge are zip
tied to bricks and placed
in shallow water. After
two months, they have
attached to the bricks and
are moved to deeper water.
In four years, they are fully
grown. Sponges are her-
maphrodites, containing
both sexes simultaneously.
Because sponges do not
travel far from the mother
when they reproduce, the
artificial method of cloning allows colonies to be
established far away from
each other.
Fifteen species of sponges were selected by the
Florida Sea Grant project, five of those species
were doing well with an 80
percent survival rate nine
months later.
Interestingly, sponges
can be noisy places. In
fact, the noisier they are
the more small fish they
attract. But the squishy
sponge does not create the
uproar, Instead, snapping
shrimp provide the social
crackle.
Give a cheer for the
sponges; they clean up the
oceans whether they are a
plant or an animal.
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 “Roots Rocks
and Rain: Native Trees of
the Florida Keys,” can be
found at the Garden Club
and on amazon.com.
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The activity lasts about six
hours and ends at Flamingo.
Participants should pack a
lunch and water and prepare
for sun and mosquitoes. Some
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Count results will be posted on the park’s website and
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Volunteers will meet at the
Anhinga Trail parking area at
8 a.m. on Saturday, March 28.
The parking area is 4 miles past
the main entrance to the park.
Birders should be prepared
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than 40 miles one-way to
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A closeup photo of a Calusa Indian shell mound on Turner River near Everglades City.
Contributed photos
Key Largo’s Dolphin Golfin hosts partieis and fundraisers, above. Below left, Earl Beaver has relocated his Key Lime World Cafe to the mini-golf center. Below right, local children play some of the
video arcade games at Dolphin Golfin.
Everglades to celebrate
American Indian heritage
EVERGLADES
CITY
— Have you ever wondered what life was like in
prehistoric South Florida,
before window screens,
air-conditioning and bug
spray?
Come to Calusa Days
to find out how local
American Indians survived this harsh environment. The event will
be held from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. March 28 and 29 at
Everglades National Park’s
Gulf Coast Visitor Center.
Activities for all ages are
planned.
The Calusa were selfsustaining indigenous
KEY LARGO — Dolphin
Golfin miniature golf course
will host a charity benefit
for Island Dolphin Care at 1
p.m. Saturday, March 28, at
100694 Overseas Highway.
The cost is $30 per person,
which includes a round of
mini-golf, two glasses of beer
ter, Beaver told the Free
Press he decided to move
there from his mile marker
106 location. His menu
remains the same.
“Everything is just as
fresh,” Beaver said. “I want
to be able to serve more
people.”
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at the
or soda, a hamburger or hot
dog, a lottery ticket and a
grand prize Big Chill gift certificate for the winning team.
Four-person teams will
compete.
To register or join a team,
call Dolphin Golfin at 305453-9287.
Join us for the story of the HMS Winchester, one of the oldest
shipwrecks in North America, presented by Islamorada resident
Capt. Lars Vihlen. Salvaged in the 1950s by local treasure hunting
legend Art “Silver Bar” McKee, the Winchester’s wreckage
contained dozens of cannon, one of which stands outside the
Museum today as a monument to McKee. This monument was
organized by Capt. Vihlen as his Eagle Scout project in 2013.
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Monday through Friday
and from noon to 10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. Cost
for a round of mini-golf
is $8 for adults and $6 for
children and seniors.
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heading into the 10th hole,
rain began to drizzle and
by the 11th, it was falling
briskly. Given no threat of
lightning, none of us would
leave the course.
The greens began to
slow a bit, but the course
remained steady.
Following my missed
putt, Silk regained a bit of
form to take the 13th hole.
The avid golfer, who also
writes his own blog golftantrum.com, fell short of
a tantrum on the course.
Muttering to himself served
as most of the conversation
going into the last three
holes.
In all fairness, the three
of us shook hands at the
end with Bowden going
home the winner.
In addition to the minigolf course, Dolphin Golfin
features video arcade
machines inside. On the
weekends, it also offers a
four-person bungee jumping machine as well as a
bounce house.
“We wanted to give
people something else to
do instead of a bar,” said
owner Peter Amendola.
Amendola, whose day
job is with the Florida Keys
Electric Cooperative, says
Dolphin Golfin was a long
time in the making.
The attraction also caters
to school events and birthday parties, he said.
“We want this to be a
place people can be happy
about,” Amendola added.
Dolphin Golfin recently
began leasing its inside café
to Earl Beaver, owner of Key
Lime World Café’.
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MINI-GOLF FUNDRAISER
Continued from page 1B
be led by park rangers,
exploring how the Calusa
used native plants.
In addition, boat tours
to the Calusa’s manmade
shell mounds will be
offered. There is a fee for
the special boat trips and
reservations are required.
All other activities are
free.
The park’s Gulf Coast
Visitor Center is located
at 815 Oyster Bar Lane in
Everglades City. For directions, visit nps.gov/ever/
planyourvisit/gcdirections.htm.
For more information,
call 239-695-3311.
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people living in the Ten
Thousand Islands of
southwest Florida. As part
of a society extending
back thousands of years,
many of their practices
helped modern societies
learn how to live in South
Florida’s challenging subtropical environment.
Attendees can learn
how to make fire from
scratch, weave mats from
palm fronds and how to
throw a spear. Additional
activities include mask
decorating, pottery making and a mock archeological dig. Nature walks
at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. will
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sports & recreation
Contributed photo
Left, a victorious Dante Jiovenetta sheds tears of joy with mother Debbie after winning the heavyweight division of the FHSAA State
Wresting Championship this past Saturday in Kissimmee. It is Coral Shores High School’s first Florida state wrestling title and just
the third state title in school history. Above, Jiovenetta stakes his claim to the coveted center spot on the podium.
Jiovenetta wins state wrestling title
The heavy burden
of expectations
BY JOHN LAWTON
Special to the Free Press
KISSIMMEE — Dante Jiovenetta
became Coral Shores High School’s
first Florida state wrestling champion by winning both of his bouts
Saturday, March 14, in the FHSAA
State Wrestling Championships
at the Silver Spurs Arena in
Kissimmee.
Coral Shores previously has had
a state champion in swimming and
another in diving.
In his championship finals bout
in the 285-pound class, Jiovenetta,
a junior, won by a 6-2 decision
against Andrew Ivey of Dade City’s
Pasco High. The victory completed
a perfect season of 47 wins with no
defeats for the new champion.
Jiovenetta opened the bout with
a lateral drop throw that put Ivey
on his back and drew a huge roar of
approval from the crowd. The move
earned four points: two for the takedown and two for a near fall.
Ivey was able to escape from
Jiovenetta’s hold and get to his feet
to score a point to make the score
4-1 at the end of the first period.
Ivey choose down at the start of
the second period and was able to
break away from Jiovenetta for a
second escape point to narrow the
deficit to 4-2.
Jiovenetta choose the neutral
position to start the third period. He
continued to put his head and chest
into Ivey’s upper body to make Ivey
back up out of bounds where he was
warned for stalling, earning another
point for the Hurricanes wrestler to
make it 5-2.
In the closing 30 seconds, Ivey
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ne of the hardest things for an athlete to do is
win a championship when they are the favorite
to do so.
This was the situation Coral Shores High School’s
heavyweight wrestler Dante Jiovenetta was placed in
when he first started school this past
fall.
From the beginning of the year, the
Hurricanes coaching staff said they
had a new wrestler who could win
the state championship this year. All
eyes immediately were on the junior
wrestler. The expectations were high
and the young man did not disappoint
when the wrestling season started.
Eric Bass
As the season progressed Jiovenetta
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remained undefeated all the way
through the campaign. During the
District 16–1A and Region 4–1A matches he was flawless
by not even allowing a point to be scored on him as he
won both 285-pound titles.
During the Florida High School Athletic Association 1A
State Wrestling Championships in Kissimmee over the
past weekend, the only points scored on Jiovenetta were
ones where he allowed his opponents to escape. Those
points were gifts to his opponents so he could wrestle
them to a better advantage in the matches. Most of those
matches resembled a cat playing with a live mouse, letting it go to eventually do the inevitable.
The victory was the first state champion in wrestling
for Coral Shores and a nice prediction coming true for
some knowing coaches, Tom Milkovich, Joe Biondoletti
and Dante’s father Joe.
After the match, a very happy coach Biondoletti said,
“He works so hard. No one works harder than him. He
loves to train and it paid off. We are so happy to have
him.”
Contributed photo
Dante Jiovenetta of Coral Shores works to turn Deangelo Harris of Jacksonville’s
Wolfson High over to his back for a pin in their semifinal bout in Kissimmee.
grabbed hold of Jiovenetta’s singlet
to cost a penalty point for a technical violation to close out the scoring
at 6-2.
After the bout, an emotional
Jiovenetta hugged mother Debbie
and father Joe and shed a few tears
of joy upon winning his first state
championship.
“It feels great,” Jiovenetta said.
“But I am still hungry for another
one next year. There is still more
that I can do to become a better
wrestler and a better man in life.
There are more accomplishments
that I can achieve and more failures
to fail before I figure out who I am.”
Jiovenetta gave credit to his older
brothers, Vinnie and Gio, his parents and his faith in God for helping
him to become a state champion.
In the semifinal round, Jiovenetta
won by a pin in just a second over five
minutes against Deangelo Harris of
Wolfson High in Jacksonville. He
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and four points for stalling called
against Harris.
“Whoever moves the most and
creates the most angles will win,”
Jiovenetta said about the battle of
big wrestlers in the heavyweight
division.
In the team competition, Coral
Shores finished in 19th place with
27.5 points, all earned by Jiovenetta.
Lake Highland Prep of Orlando won
its third Class 1A team title with
162.5 points.
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SPORTS & RECREATION
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Coral Shores’ Paul Pauchey, left, passes Key West’s Dorian Cannon, right, to take first place in
the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.46 seconds to Cannon’s 11.75 seconds.
Track rivals compete fiercely
BY RON COOKE
Contributed photo
The Sandy Wolf team from Cooper City won the inaugural Islamorada Winter Fishing Classic.
Teens win inaugural tourney
ISLAMORADA
—
Cooper City anglers Kenny
Raspberry, Zachery Wolf,
Ryan McKay and Jake and
Shai Cohen took home
grand champion honors for most releases by a
non-guided team during
the inaugural Islamorada
Winter Fishing Classic.
Fishing aboard their
boat, The Sandy Wolf,
the team released 12 fish,
including two sailfish, five
barracudas, two mackerels, a dolphin and two
snappers.
In the guided team division, Out of the Blue’s
Capt. Todd Monson led
Dustin and Heath Beard
of Midland, Texas, to top
honors with five sailfish,
five barracudas and a tuna
for 11 releases.
Fifteen anglers competed as teams for nine species of fish on the Atlanic
Ocean. Over the course of
two days of fishing, they
released 27 fish.
The Lobster Trap Art
Gallery in Islamorada supplied trophies for all of
the winners. Teen angler
Heath Beard landed the
largest snapper, an 8.1pound mutton.
Beard’s father, Dustin,
weighed in the largest tuna
at 11.5 pounds. Junior
angler Xander Ewald, 6,
was awarded most releases
in his division.
In the teen division,
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top honors in the guided
division with five releases. Teen angler Kenny
Raspberry released eight
fish for top teen in the
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Hits keep coming for Lady Eagles
BY ERIC BASS
Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — The
Island Christian School
girls softball team, under
coach Katie Loy, has been
putting on a show lately in
the batter’s box.
The Lady Eagles scored
42 runs in three recent
games. First was a 22–
12 win over Princeton
Christian, followed by a 131 win over Miami Christian
and a 18-7 loss to Miami
Country Day.
Against Princeton, the
winning ICS pitcher was
freshman Alexis Sather,
who threw five strikeouts
and gave up eight earned
runs in five innings on the
mound. Sather also went
KEYS
3-for-3 at the plate and
scored four runs. Seventhgrader Amaya Dostaler
was 2-for-4 with four
runs. Jazmine Rivera, Jade
Basilius, Shelby Walker and
Sami Bell each recorded
three runs.
“Our pitching came
along and our bats were
on fire,” Loy said about her
team’s first win of the season.
Against Miami Christian,
Walker had three runs,
while Rivera, Basilius and
Lexy Brito each scored two
run. Eighth-grader Oriana
Mendez was 1-for-1 and
had a sacrifice bunt.
“We were smart both at
the plate and the field,” Loy
said.
The Lady Eagles bats
finally cooled down a
bit in their loss to Miami
Christian, bringing their
record to 2-3-1. Rivera once
again had a good game and
Dostaler scored two runs
and stole four bases.
“We started this game
with a different lineup and
tried some girls in different
positions. Our bats didn’t
come alive soon enough
and it ended up being a
rough night,” Loy said.
The Lady Eagles traveled
to Colonial Christian for a
game Tuesday, March 17.
Results were not available
at press time. Their next
home game begins at 4
p.m. Thursday, March 19,
at Founders Park, where
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KEY WEST — The
opposing athletes were
friendly toward each
other, but the competition
was fierce Wednesday,
March 11, during Key West
High School’s yearly track
and field meet with Coral
Shores.
This is Key West’s only
home meet this year and
the sidelines were packed
with family and friends.
“Nice crowd we had
out here today at our only
home meet,” Key West
coach Dave Perkins said.
Several personal records
were broken, including
Zach Lightfoot’s leap of
14 feet in the pole vault,
which topped his previous
best of 13 feet, 7 inches.
The Coral Shores boys
4-by-400 relay team of
Paul Pauchey, Collin
Dickerson, Rion Hunter
and Mac Taylor possibly
broke a school record in
taking first place with a
time of 4:40.
Perkins and coach Mary
Jo Fry from Coral Shores
said the meet gave new
athletes the chance to
compete in their first
meet.
“We had some people
that have not competed in
a meet yet,” Perkins said.
“We had people running
the hurdles for their first
time, so it was good opportunity to break through
for them. Johanna Louis
was first in the 200-meter
dash with a winning time
of 28:33. That’s our second fastest time this year
in girls behind Aaliyah
Allen. Another outstanding freshman was Bronza
Fox, who won the 400 with
a 1:00.05. Some of these
kids don’t get to run in the
bigger meets.”
Fry agreed.
“We have a lot of firstyear runners, and they’re
starting to progress,” she
said. “I was pleased with
the boys 800. We had runners in two of the top three
places. Overall, we’re seeing improvement. We’re
going to have a week of
spring break and then
come back to get ready for
district.”
Pauchey also took first
in the 100- and 200-meter
dashes. Dickerson ran to
a personal best time this
year in the 800 with a 2:06,
and Taylor leaped 6 feet,
2 inches in the high jump
for first place.
Dickerson said he
recorded his fastest 800
last year while living in
Texas.
“This is a personal best
for me this year. It’s a lot
different running it fresh,”
said Dickerson, who
moved to the Upper Keys
from Houston at the start
of his senior year. “Usually
I run the 400 right before
and [I’m] not full of energy. This time I wanted to
knock down my 800 time.
Last year at districts I
came in at 1:57. I’d like to
get around 1:54 this year.
We’ll see what happens.
No wind, nice track and
people to chase will make
the difference.”
The Conchs’ Dorian
Cannon was first in the
long jump with a 19-foot,
6.5-inch leap, first in the
discus with a heave of 116
feet, 2 inches and second
in the 100.
Key West senior Olivia
Kennedy was first in the
100- and 300-meter hurdles; Marlecia Pla was first
in the shot put and discus while Everett Wagner
fell short of breaking the
school record in the 1,600meter run by six seconds,
clocking a 4:48.
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11B
SPORTS & RECREATION
TENNIS PROGRAMS MATCH UP
RON COOKE/Free Press
Coral Shores’ Amberlyn Casas makes a play against Key West.
Lady Canes breeze
past Lady Conchs
BY RON COOKE
Free Press Staff
FINS WIN 1, DROP 2
KATHY LANCASTER/Contributed
The Marathon High School baseball team defeated Colonial
Christian 4-1 last week but fell to Archbishop Carroll 8-5 and
Miami County Day 7-6. The Dolphins traveled to play Palmer
Trinity on Tuesday, March 17, then host Lake Worth Christian
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18. Shortstop Frank Gonzalez,
above, gets a throw from pitcher Esteban Sainz to set up a
double play in the second inning against Colonial Christian.
Gonzalez put the runner out at second base then threw to first
baseman Randy Culmer to complete the play.
Cystic fibrosis walk
set for Saturday
PLANTATION KEY —
The 16th annual Redbone
Island Walk, part of the
national Great Strides Walk
to cure cystic fibrosis, is set
for 9 a.m. Saturday, March
21, at Founders Park, mile
marker 87, bayside.
Registration begins at 8
a.m. A continental breakfast and a light lunch will
be served.
For more information,
call 305-664-2002.
Run/walk
BIG PINE KEY — The
Southermost Runners and
Friends and Volunteers of
Refuges, or FAVOR, will
host the first-ever “Run
With Deer” 5K run/walk at
8 a.m. Saturday, March 21,
at the Winn-Dixie plaza,
mile marker 30.
The cost prior to race
day is $20 for ages 14 and
older and $10 for ages
13 and under. Add $5 for
race-day registration.
Register at southernmostrunners.com, favorrunwithdeer.eventbrite.
com or at the National Key
Deer Refuge visit center in
the Winn-Dixie plaza.
Proceeds will benefit FAVOR, which hosts
nature programs and refuge education and outreach.
crossword horoscopes
KEY
KEY
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
Yearn no more, Pisces. That
which you seek will soon be
yours. Painstaking efforts
to finish a home improvement
project bring about dazzling
results.
CLUES ACROSS
1. Cooking meas.
4. Consumes
7. Windy
12. Bang-up (hyphenated)
13. "Goldberg Variations" composer
14. Cliffside dwelling
15. Insulating tubing
17. Discover
18. Divided by a septum
19. Dig with the snout
21. "How ___ Has the Banshee
Cried" (Thomas Moore poem)
22. Doctor Who villainess, with
"the"
23. John the ___, Jewish prophet
27. View from Jidda (2 wds)
31. Certain digital watch face, for
short
32. Belt
34. Long
35. Aged
36. "Super!"
38. "My man!"
39. Collect slowly
42. Crow's home
44. Howard of "Happy Days"
45. More inexplicable
47. Partly submerged ridge of
loose material in a river
49. Good vantage point
51. "Dear" one
52. Syndicate
54. Pablo ___, Spanish painter
and sculptor
58. Star bursts
59. Time in life when one has
attained maturity
61. Dined at home (2 wds)
62. Bolted
63. 1/500 of the Indianapolis
500
64. Square
65. "Comprende?"
66. A pint, maybe
CLUES DOWN
1. Hit the bottle
2. Become unhinged
3. Wooden spinning child's toy (2
wds)
4. "Unimaginable as ___ in
Heav'n": Milton
5. Appear
6. Bake, as eggs
7. Nonsense
8. Rise or fall of sea level in the
same direction as the wind (2 wds)
9. Face-to-face exam
10. Kind of service for syndicated
news
11. Appetite
12. Balaam's mount
13. Placing a wager
16. Handles, esp. on knives
20. Propel, in a way
23. Scarlett O'Hara, e.g.
24. Calculator, at times
25. Breed
26. Ashes, e.g.
28. Mideast native
29. Overthrow, e.g.
30. Soon, to a bard
31. Balcony section
33. Spanish appetizer
37. Kind of strength
40. Armed plane attack (2 wds)
41. State when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of
a species
43. Decree
46. ___ v. Wade
48. Hindu god
50. Apartments
52. Pigeon's home
53. Affirm
54. 100%
55. Dirty
56. Exclusive
57. "___ to Billie Joe"
58. Masefield play "The Tragedy of
___"
60. ___-eyed
put their talents to good use.
A foe-turned-friend makes an
announcement.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Sweet Scorpio. You reach out
repeatedly and get bit every
time. Some people are just not
interested. Turn your attention to
someone who is.
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
All aboard, Aries. The train to
success is about to depart. A
switch in personnel will make SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
an activity run more smoothly. A Wow, Sagittarius. A shopping
new recipe flops.
trip turns up some really nice
finds. Spread the wealth and
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
make someone’s day. Whispers
No more stressing, Taurus. You
begin at the office.
did your best, and now it is up
to someone else to decide.
A debt is repaid with interest. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
Lady Luck is smiling on you
Spend it wisely.
this week, Capricorn. Enjoy all
the good things that come your
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
Baloney, Gemini. You have heard way. A gift of gratitude gets the
weekend off to a rocking start.
a lot, but not all of it is true.
Take the time to differentiate
between fact and fiction before AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
you act.
Looking for your pot of gold at
the end of the rainbow? Look
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
no more, Aquarius. A windfall is
Ouch, Cancer. A loved one cuts headed your way. A change in
to the chaste, and it is not
venue revs up the party plans.
easy to hear. Try to absorb the
information and learn from it
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
rather than just dismissing it. MARCH 15
Will I Am, Singer (39)
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
Push on, Leo. Don’t let what
others have to say impede your
progress. They don’t know what
it’s like to be where you are.
They are merely onlookers.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Pity, Virgo. You gave it your all
up until the very end, and look
where it got you: nowhere!
Strategy means everything.
Time to get back to the drawing
board.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Say what you will, Libra, but
that special someone has got
the knack. Encourage them to
MARCH 16
Erik Estrada, Actor (65)
MARCH 17
Mia Hamm, Soccer Player (42)
MARCH 18
Adam Levine, Singer (35)
MARCH 19
Glenn Close, Actress (67)
MARCH 20
Mannie Fresh, Music Producer
(45)
MARCH 21
Gary Oldman, Actor (56)
KEY WEST — The more
experienced Coral Shores
High School girls lacrosse
team played its first game
in Key West last week
against the first-year Lady
Conchs and came out with
a 16-3 win.
Lady Canes coach Mark
Hall said being able to
compete against Key West
in lacrosse is a dream come
true.
“We’ve never played on
this field before and it was
very exciting,” Hall said
after the match. “Seeing
Key West girls and boys
with a program is great. We
started the [Coral Shores]
girls program 10 years ago
and we started the boys
program 15 years ago. John
[Jarragin] and I coached
the boys team at first and
we went years without a
win.”
Hall said the Key West
program will grow with
time and experience.
“You have to put in the
time on the field and it’s
just a process,” Hall said.
“Once they get to the point
where their skills come up,
the game comes up with it
very quickly.”
For
Coral
Shores,
Amberlyn Casas and Emily
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The Coral Shores and Marathon High School tennis programs faced off last week. Coral Shores’ Will Morton returns a shot from
Dolphins’ senior Jake Coldren Monday as the pair met in No. 1 boys singles at Marathon Community Park. Morton won the match
8-3. Marathon junior Regan Durkin powers back a return to Joslyn Schipper, her Coral Shores opponent in No. 3 girls singles.
Durkin won her match for Marathon with a score of 8-0.
Thomson scored four goals
apiece, Delaney Hoag netted a pair and Yuly Cabrera,
Natalia Gonzalez, Jordan
Good Mallory Hudson, Jess
Jorgenson and Ashley Beyer
each had a goal.
“We’re so thrilled that Key
West has a team because
we had hoped they started
a boys program when we
did and it never really got
any traction. We’re happy
it’s happening now,” Hall
said. “We’re hoping to have
a friendly rivalry that is
competitive and fun and
that the kids enjoy. We get
along great with the coaches here, and we’re looking
forward to a long future of
playing here.”
The Lady Conchs were
led by Sabrina Llama with
two goals and Shannon
Lightfoot charged the net
for one. Goalie Kelsey
Morris had eight saves.
Key West assistant coach
Runi Goyal said they have
seen a lot of improvement
since their first game.
“We’ve played Coral
Shores a few times and
they’re a strong team with
strong skills. I’m really
proud of our girls sticking
with them,” Goyal said.
“They’ve shown a lot of
improvement, but they still
have a long way to go.”
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USCG license.
Apply in person
Cow Key Marina
5001 5th Avenue.
The Kayak Shack
is now hiring!
Fun, Energetic people needed for:
• Manager • Full Time
• Part Time
305-664-4878
392469
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apply in person at Robbies Marina.
500
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Chief Engineer
One of Key West's
leading hotels is
seeking a qualified
individual to oversee
all operations of
maintenance.
Applicants must have
at least 3 years in the
field of building
maintenance, general
equipment repair, and
strong knowledge of
engineering
operations. Prefer
previous hotel
experience. We offer
generous benefits
including medical,
dental and 401k.
Pay commensurate
with experience.
Please respond to
P.0. Box 1800
Key West, FL 33041
Box #186
The Key West Citizen
Experienced
Irrigation Tech
Full-time or part- time.
Must have valid
driver’s license.
No felonies or DUI’s
305-304-2986
CASHIER
Sears Key West is now
hiring for Cashier
positions. Pay
commensurate with
experience. Apply
online at home or
in store at:
sears.com/careers
Sears is an EEO/AA
Employer.
HVAC TECHNICIAN
NEEDED
Looking for someone
with experience in
residential &
commercial installation
andservice. Must have
clean driving record
and be drug free.
Please email your
resume to
ICE CREAM PARLOR
is looking for a sales
associates. Experience
is a plus. Please call
Julie at 305-504-4469
or fax your resume to
(305) 826-2966
CityView Trolley
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Is seeking
*Full or Part Time
Trolley Tour Drivers
*with CDL class C
or higher
Passenger
endorsement
preferred. Drug and
alcohol-free workplace
For more information
contact Mike at
617-816-7188 or apply
at 105 Whitehead St.
office to fill out
application.
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICIAN, F/T
with benefits for
Infrastructure
Corporation of America
(ICA). Work zone: Key
West to Marathon.
Position is responsible
for completing routine
maintenance activities
on roadways, bridges
and/or facilities, to
include but not limited
to debris patrol and
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tree trimming and
selective vegetation
removal; sign, fence,
pavement and
guardrail repair,
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maintenance, facility
repairs, graffiti
removal, bridge and
sign component repair
and maintenance of
traffic. EOE, Drug
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Apply at: ICA,
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305-289-4360.
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305-292-9909.
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Big Pine Key, FL
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TROPICAL SHELL
& GIFT
LOCAL APPLICANTS
ONLY
EOE/DFW
Guest Service Agent
is part of the Front
Office Team and is
responsible for
providing excellent
service to guests while
maximizing revenue
and occupancy.
Individual must
demonstrate good
computer skills,
accurately handle
transactions, stand for
long periods and
present exceptional
guest service. This
position requires
professionalism,
excellent judgment and
one year of experience
in guest services. If
qualified, we offer a
competitive wage and
a fun, fast paced
environment as well as
career advancement.
Applicants should
apply at
jobposting1703
@gmail.com
Join the Keys Top
Name in Boating!
Accepting applications
for the following:
BOAT WASHER
...........................
396694
• DANCERS • SERVERS • BARTENDER • SECURITY •
[email protected]
JOLLY LIQUOR
STORE
In Stock Island is
looking for Assistant
Manager position
available. Part-time or
full-time. Must be
reliable, honest, and
have knowledge in
retail. Please apply
in person in the
mornings.
5390 US Hwy.
LAS SALINAS
CONDOMINIUM
Accepting applications
for security officer by
appointment only.
Requires current FL
class D license/abilty
to obtain with 90 days.
Hourly rate, based
on training and
experience, clear
communication skills a
must, maturity a plus,
eligible candidates
please call Rocco
for appointments
305-395-0770
MAINTENANCE
MECHANIC
Salary Range:
$45,379. - $68,391.
Location:
Middle - Lower Keys
The Florida Keys
Aqueduct Authority
is looking for a
Wastewater
Maintenance Mechanic
to perform specialized
maintenance and
repair of buildings,
grounds, equipment,
valves, diesel engines,
pumps, treatment
units, chemical feed
systems, and collection
systems at our
expanding wastewater
treatment facilities.
Qualifications: High
school diploma or
GED; supplemented by
college level course
work or Vo. Tech.
training in pipefitting,
mechanical, pumps
and electrical. Must
have a valid FL driver's
license. Must
complete on-line
application found at:
www.fkaa.com
EEO, VPE, ADA
MARC House
is hiring: Residential
Services Staff. Hourly
shift work. Direct
personal and
one-on-one assistance
to group home
residents in all
aspects of daily
living. CNA certified
preferred, at least one
year of experience in
direct personal care or
case management
required. Must speak
English, be able to
enter data on a
computer, and
complete preemployment training
online and in person.
All shifts open, with a
high need for midnight
and late night shifts.
Part time, full time and
sub work available.
Background screening
and references
required. Apply at
1401 Seminary St.
MARC HOUSE
is hiring:
Supported
Employment Coach.
Full-time position.
Responsible for
development,
implementation and
documentation of
comprehensive
supported employment
strategies, interaction
with co-workers and
supervision, and any
miscellaneous training
and/or counseling that
is needed to acquire
and maintain
employment; manual
labor with clients in the
field of landscaping
required. Degree in
nursing; education or
social, behavioral or
rehabilitative science.
Direct or comparable
experience with the
same or similar
population preferred.
Computer skills:
moderate to advanced.
Florida Driver's license
with clean driving
record required.
Pre-employment
training online and in
person required.
Background screening
and references
required. Apply at
1401 Seminary St.
EXPERIENCED
BOAT
SALESPERSON
Apply today and make Big $$$ tonight. Housing available.
Tues-Sat Woody’s MM82
Call Mr. Ford 305-664-4335
Excellent
Benefits
392493
Apply in person
MM 81.5, Islamorada
or email resume to
LALBURY@
CARIBEEBOATS.COM
DFWP
392519
The Fish House & ENCORE now hiring
Join our fantastic team!
Experience Required. Nights and weekends.
102401 Overseas Highway, Key Largo FL
305-451-4665
392530
Advertise
Here!
The
Free
Press!
292-7777
Ext. 210
skills & attitude
Cooke Communications Florida is seeking a dynamic sales
Plumbers
professional
knows
the difference between being an order
Servicewho
& New
Construction
yrs service experience
taker and5+
a professional
sales consultant. This individual must
Own Truck/Tools/ Clean License
know how
to build a solid and dependable relationship with a
Dependable/Bondable
client. You must enjoy people and getting out to businesses and
Sewerologists
not sitting behind
a desk. Candidates should be self-motivated,
Experienced in pipe laying and connections;
have Heavy
goodEquipment
customerexperience
service askills
plus and good organizational
Must
havemeet
own transportation
skills. You
must
deadlines and reach monthly and yearly
sales Construction
goals. Base salaryLaborers
plus commission, health insurance,
Afraid to Work
Hard 401(k) and more. Interested
monthly Not
expenses,
bonuses,
Must have own Transportation
candidates
should send cover letter, resume and references to
Fax Resume to (305)
853-0902
[email protected],
attention
Tommy Todd.
Come Join Our Team!
• Banquet Set up
• Massage Therapist
• Banquet Wait Staff
• Maintenance
• Bartender
• Pastry Cook
• Busser
• Reservations Agent
• Cook
• Retail Attendant
• Dual License Therapist
• Spa Desk Clerk
• Housekeeping Room
Attendant
• Steward
392547
• Server
• Sushi Cook
• Welcome Gate
Attendant
• Laundry Van Driver
For more information, please visit www.cheeca.com
and select the Career link or call 305-517-4429 EOE
We are seeking
candidates for full and
part-time Teller
positions. Must be
flexible and able to
work Saturdays and
Sundays. Teller
experience and/or
excellent customer
service skills required.
To apply, please go to
www.my100bank.com,
then click Careers.
For assistance contact
Jackie at
305-676-3004.
EEO/AA/M/F/Veteran/
Disabled
Centennial Bank is an
equal opportunity
employer. All qualified
applicants will receive
consideration for
employment without
regard to race, religion,
color, national origin,
sex, age, status as a
protect veteran, among
other things, or status
as a qualified individual
with disability.
[email protected]
POOL SERVICE
F/T Pool tech needed.
Must have
experience.
Great pay. Company
truck provided.
Must have valid
drivers license.
305-872-7233
Positions Available at
Westin Key West
Sunset Key
Weather Station
Banana Bay
and Bayside Inn
Westin
*Guest Service Agent
*Busser
*Maintenance Staff
*Painter
*Houseman
*Lobby Attendant Part Time
*Line Cook
*Server
*Sunset Celebration
Server
*Retail Saales
Associate - Part Time
Sunset Key
*Pastry Cook
*Houseman
*Room Attendant
*Restaurant Host
+ Previous applicants
need not apply again.
+ Application hours
are from 9am-3:30pm
Can also apply
on-line to:
hr@westinkeywest
resort.com
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
Immediate opening for a
Service Technician
396975
Apply in person
171 Hood Ave. MM 91.5 • Tavernier
305-852-2960
399418
NOW HIRING
EXPERIENCED COOKS
Excellent pay
Please apply in person
MM 99.9 Bayside
No phone calls please
392483
ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR
392508
• Housekeeping
Turndown Attendant
NOW HIRING
Full & Part-time
Tellers - Key West
PEDIATRIC OFFICE
Looking for Medical
Assistant. Please send
resume to
Great Pay • Paid Holidays • Sick Pay
Medical Insurance • Paid Vacation
SALES
PROFESSIONALS
Earn top pay with the right
392526
MARC HOUSE
is hiring: Assistant
Group Home Manager.
Full-time salaried
position. Responsible
for providing
administrative
oversight and program
management of group
home staff and clients.
Bachelor's Degree and
Florida Driver's license
with clean driving
record required. At
least two years of
management and
administrative
experience required,
and direct or
comparable
experience with the
same or similar
population preferred.
Computer skills:
moderate to advanced.
Pre-employment
training online an in
person required.
Background screening
and references
required. Apply at
1401 Seminary St.
Deadline for
application:
Thursday
March 26 2015.
• Server • Bartender
• Dishwasher
EXPERIENCED HELP WANTED
• Housekeeping
Laundry Attendant
900
LEGALS
The Key West Citizen is looking for an energetic person
with journalism experience and exceptional typing and
organizational skills to join its editorial team. The assistant
to the editor must be able to deal professionally with the
public in all issues related to the newsroom. Duties include
compiling and editing news and entertainment calendars,
verifying, typing and logging letters to the editor and
assisting with reader submissions. Other responsibilities
include tracking staff hours and department expenses,
scheduling appointments, and other tasks required by
the editor. This is a part-time position with scheduled
work hours. Mail or e-mail resumes to Gary E.
Maitland, 3420 Northside Drive, Key West, FL 33040
[email protected].
396657
The most unique sports fishing, tackle & apparel store in the
Keys is seeking enthusiastic Associates to join our team:
MARINA ATTENDANT
Must be able to work weekends.
Knowledge of Florida Keys fishing
helpful. Part time.
Apply in person or send resume.
Drug Free/Equal Opportunity Employer
WORLD WIDE SPORTSMAN
81576 Overseas Highway • Islamorada, FL 33036
Fax: 305-517-2618 • [email protected]
392544
000
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
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In the event of an error, we are responsible for the first incorrect
insertion of an ad. The Citizen does not assume responsibility for
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Florida Keys Free Press • March 18, 2015 •
13B
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
240 HELP WANTED
UPPER KEYS
332 YARD SALES
UPPER KEYS
432 UNFURNISHED
APTS. UPPER KEYS
514 CONDOS
LOWER KEYS
534 COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY
HOUSEKEEPERS
National cleaning
contractor has
immediate openings
for Housekeepers at
Key West hotels. $10
per hour and voluntary
benefits available
after 90 days.
Apply in person at
Hyatt Windward Pointe
Resort at 3675 S.
Roosevelt Blvd,
Key West, FL 33040 in
the Housekeeping
Department. Ask for
Carlos, or call
(786) 278-0203
for more information.
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.
JEWELRY SALES
Seeking a driven,
disciplined, assertive
sales professional.
Must have strong
customer relations
skills, professional
appearance.
Retail/Jewelry
experience preferred.
Excellent starting
salary, commission,
benefits. Full time,
long term. Email
resume to recruit@
Help Wanted
Busy salon seeking
full and part time hair
stylist. For details call
305-451-2360
CLEAR YOUR
CLOSETS
Rummage & Yard Sale
March 21st, 2015
7am - noon Coral
Shores High School
Join us with your
treasures & rent a
space! Call Deborah
at 305-453-3152
KEY LARGO RENTAL
Oceanfront Efficiency
Utilities Inc:plus dock
6 Months +Lease
$1,090/mo, April .
1st - 15th. F/L/S
248-214-7301
SMATHERS BEACH
Key West By The Sea
Gated, pools, courts
*Oceanview
2BR $439K
*Pool View
3BR, 2BA $389K
Gale Shepard, Broker
305-294-6069
Large pool.
Key West Shopping
Centers
Space Available in All
Major Shopping
Centers from
800 SF - 11,450 SF
1,500 SF in
Habana Plaza
Unfinished space
with roller door
Ramrod Key
Convenience Store
1/2 Acre on US-1,
Com. Kitchen
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 2014
and for the last 10
years combined.
Sold over $1 Billion.
PROJECT
SUPERINTENDENT
Charley Toppino &
Sons, Inc. is seeking a
project superintendent
for local project.
Experience in all
aspects of sitework:
Sanitary sewer,(force
mains & lift stations),
storm sewer,
watermains, concrete,
grading, asphalt,
surveying and
demolition. Ability
to take project from
the initial phases
(submittals, material,
equipment and
manpower
calculations,
scheduling, layout)
to final close out
(as builts, punch out).
Interactions with
the public, fellow
employees, inspectors
and consultants in
a professional and
friendly manner is
essential. Organized
& computer literate.
Call Mr. Patrick Ortega
for more info.
305-296-5606
Email resume:
[email protected]
EOE
PURCHASING
ASSISTANT
High School
diploma/GED required,
minimum one year
experience in the
purchasing field
preferred. Work
includes purchasing
equipment, materials
and supplies for the
Monroe County
Sheriff's Office supply
room in accordance
with professional
purchasing
procedures. Also
involves planning
inventory levels and
generating purchase
orders for supply room
inventory items to
ensure accuracy.
Salary is $ 34,675.00.
Fill out the online
preliminary application
at www.keysso.net and
send resume to
SECURITY
Busy Duval St. bar has
an opening for full and
part-time Security
position.
Apply in person
427 Caroline St.
SOUTHERNMOST
HOTEL
COLLECTION
Has the following
positions available:
-Front Desk
- Line Cook
-Host
-Maintenance
- P/T PMServer
-House Person
-Pool Server
-PM Maintenance
Supervisor
Southernmost is an
EOE M/F/D/V
Please apply at:
www.highgatecareers.com
The Navy Exchange
& Navy Lodge
WANT YOU To serve our military
and grow your career!
Excellent benefits for
PT. PT (20-34.5) &
Flex (0-19.5 hrs)
Positions Available: PT
& Flex Navy Lodge
Front Desk and
Housekeeping
Attendant. PT & Flex
Sales Clerks at our
Trumbo Mini Mart.
Must pass background
check & have open
availability to qualify.
Visit us at
www.NavyExchange.jobs
for details.
JOIN TEAM
PIER HOUSE!!
Night AuditorPainter- M-F 7:30-4
F&B Supervisor
AM & PM
PBX Operatorevenings & weekends
Spa Supervisor
Spa Agent
Reservationist
Host/ess
Server
Independent
Contrcator
Massage Therapist
Esthetician
[email protected]
or fax to (305)
292-7159. Contact
Charles Slebodnick at
(305) 292-7044.
EEO/AAP
Please, forward your
resume to
[email protected]
or stop by to complete
an application.
emeraldsinternational.com
The Sheraton Suites
Key West Is currently
looking to fill the
following positions:
Front Desk Agent - F/T
Night Auditor - F/T
Room Attendant - F/T
Line Cook - F/T
Banquet Captain - P/T
The Sheraton Suites
Key West offer
competitive pay,
benefits to full-time
employees and growth
opportunity.
*EOE & Drug Free
Work Place
Apply in person at:
2001 South
Roosevelt Blvd.
M-F, 10 am - 4 pm
or e-mail to
[email protected]
Veterinary Assistant
Key West
Vets and Pets
FT/PT bring resume to
1118 White Street.
240 HELP WANTED
UPPER KEYS
Centennial Bank
Part-time Teller Islamorada
We are seeking
candidates for a
part-time Teller
position. Must be
flexible and able to
work occasional
Saturdays. Teller
experience and/or
excellent customer
service skills required.
To apply, please go to
www.my100bank.com,
then click Careers.
For assistance contact
Jackie at
305-676-3004.
EEO/AA/M/F/Veteran/
Disabled
Centennial Bank is an
equal opportunity
employer. All qualified
applicants will receive
consideration for
employment without
regard to race, religion,
color, national origin,
sex, age, status as a
protect veteran, among
other things, or status
as a qualified individual
with disability.
DRIVERS:
New Pay! $2,500
Sign-On Bonus!
Consistent Freight,
Great Miles on this
Regional Account.
Werner Enterprises:
1-855-517-2488
Mate position
available on snorkel
boat on Islamorada.
F/T P/T personable
and clean cut. Drug
testing mandatory.
440-610-3024
PLUMBER
Exp. plumber needed
to do residential and
commercial work for a
busy Islamorada
company. Pay based
on exprience. Please
call 305-664-9701
SALES ASSOCIATE
WANTED
For upscale Nautical
Gift Store. Energetic,
self motivated. Must
be able to work some
evenings, weekends,
and holidays. Pay rate
$13-$15 per hour.
Based on experienced.
Apply in person at
Ocean Gardens,
MM82.2. Oceanside.
Monday-Friday
9am-11am.
WAVERUNNER
TOUR GUIDES
BOAT RENTAL/
DOCK HANDS
Mature, Responsible,
Outgoing persons
apply. Drug and
alcohol free workplace.
Postcard Inn MM84
305-896-7665
310 SPORTING GOODS
20' fiberglass
ocean kayak; good
condition; Islamorada
614-286-0678 $400
315 BICYCLES
2-person, 4-wheeled
side/side bike, not
recumbent; good
condition; Islamorada
614-286-0678 $300
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
ESTATE SALE March 21 & 22
9 - 4 at 180 Sunrise
Drive, Tavernier
Items for sale: kitchen
& household items,
furniture, 1 & 2 man
kayaks, nautical charts
& goods, 13' 4" whaler,
19' custom flats
Dorado, 2002
convertible xk8 Jaguar,
fishing rods & reels,
anchors, pool supplies,
bikes, Propane
generator, antiques &
collectibles, & the
list goes on...
Come see for yourself!
JOB FAIR
MOVING/YARD SALE
March 20, 21, 22nd.
8am-5pm daily. Large
assorted
household
items. 86771 Old Hwy,
Islamorada .
340 MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
5 piece drum set
sabian cymbals, cases
and more. $350
305-942-6316
416 FURN CONDOS
LOWER KEYS
SMATHERS BEACH
1 & 2 BR, no pets
Gated, pools, tennis
6 to 9 month leases
$1,400 to $2,000
Gale Shepard, Broker
305-294-6069
420 CONDOS
UPPER KEYS
1br/1ba waterfront
condo: no pets or
smoking. Annual rental
$1,200 month FLS
cable/water/sewer
included.
561-310-1616
426 FURNISHED APTS.
UPPER KEYS
2BD/1BA VERY NICE
AND CLEAN
Great Neighborhood,
Central A/C, W/D,
Homeowners park.
MM 94.5 - $1300/mo,
F/L/S. 1 yr lease min.
and good credit
required. Suitable
for 1 or 2 ppl.
No Pets/Smoking
cell: 305-394-0792
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.
440 UNFURN. HOUSES
LOWER KEYS
OLD TOWN
Unfurnished 1/1 apt.
w/ central AC, w/d.
Pets OK, Available
May. $1600/mo +
water & elec.
KEY WEST
GOLF CLUB
Furnished 3/2.5 house,
wrap-around porch.
Rent April-Sept.
Pets OK. $2800/mo
+ utilities.
SALT PONDS
Furnished 2/2 condo,
central AC, w/d.
No pets. April-Nov.
$2000/mo includes
utilities.
FURNISHED SIX TO
EIGHT MONTH
RENTALS
We have properties in
Old Town and Key
WestGolf Club.
See pictures & more
properties @
www.propertymanagementinkeywest.com
AT HOME IN
KEY WEST
305-296-2594
520 HOMES
LOWER KEYS
Beautiful Townhouse
in Key West
2/2 with a pool private
off street parking only
$1,654/month (taxes
and insurance extra)
Call Joe Cleghorn
305-301-7110
FOR SALE
BY OWNER
Asking $329,000
"AS IT IS"
2016 Patterson Ave.
352-529-0078.
BRAND NEW
OCEANFRONT
Baypoint. 3BR/2BA,
$575,000
305-923-4153.
V.A. SPECIAL
IS BACK!
Brand New 3/2, canal
front, Geiger Key
0 Down, only $2,621 a
month. (Taxes and
Insurance extra)
Seller pays 1st year
insurance.
Call Joe Cleghorn
305-301-7110
442 UNFURN. HOUSES
MIDDLE KEYS
HOUSE FOR RENT Venetian Shores
Second floor - 2/ 1
w/ large living room
and kitchen area
french doors in living
room and bedroom
open unto large lanai
overlooking 100' dock
third floor is a roof top
lounge area with great
view of Snake Creek
Bridge rental includes
1/2 dock space (50' )
with direct ocean / bay
access $2,800 per
month + half utilities
(elec and water)
305-481-4533
452 VACATION RENTALS
LOWER KEYS
FULLY FURNISHED
Two Bedrooms in Key
West available for
Monthly Rentals
at 1800 Atlantic
Condo's & Cottages
in Old Town
Great temporary
housing solution, up to
7 months open. All
Florida Keys Property
Management Call:
305-294-8877
www.1800atlantic.com
328029
524 HOMES
UPPER KEYS
For Sale by Owner
157 Burgundy Drive
Tavernier, FL
2/2 on direct ocean
canal, updated and
move in ready.
[email protected]
FloridaKeys
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to Search & Purchase
Commercial Real
Estate & Businesses
listed for Sale or Lease
in the Florida Keys.
Sellers- call or stop by
our downtown office to
get your property
Featured & Sold!
Curtis Skomp, CCIM
Broker/Owner
ReMax
Commercial
410 Caroline St.
305.296.1400
305.304.0084
620 AUTOS FOR SALE
534 COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY
2000 HONDA CRV
199,000 miles, original
owner, well maintain,
$1,000. Call
609-432-7266.
Commercial For Sale
Search All Key West
and FL Keys
Commercial RE and
Businesses For Sale at
2004 ACURA TSX;
$7,500 OBO; 99,800
miles; 6-Spd manual;
Silver, excellent cond.
360-840-6174.
www.KeysRealEstate.com
Legal Duplex615 Angela
3,004 SF on 7,169 SF
Lot w/ garage
1007 Truman Ave.Reduced
4 Res.Units/2
Commercial w/ parking
6 Full Size Key West
ROGO w/ Transient
Licenses for Sale
Armory Building600 White St.
Downstairs Space
Available- 3,510 SF
Turn Key Night Club
For Sale or Lease.
Strong Numbers
Big Pine KeyMix-Use Property
Office and 2 apts.
662 POWER BOATS
17 ft Boston Whaler
“vintage” 100 horse
power,2 cycle mercury
comes with trailer in
excellent condition.
Low range gps/sonar,
newly painted bottom.
Boat is clean and in
good running order.
$5,500
440-220-2271
AquaSport, fibeglass,
cuddy cabin, bimini
top, 25 ft, with trailer
and with 225hp
johnson outboard,
1993. Sugarloaf
Marina, MM17.
$3,000. Call
573-259-3280
Boutique Services • Big Results
Tavernier
Concrete house with concrete
roof on crystal clear canal with
bay views. Instant bay access and
easy ocean access via Tavernier
Creek. 2BR/2BA up plus above
flood legal downstairs living space
with bathroom. New kitchen and
lots of extras. Convenient to
everything.
Tavernier
Amara Cay Resort, MM 80, Oceanside
Thursday, March 19th~10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Hiring Now for Guest Services, Food & Beverage, Culinary, Accounting, Night Audit, Transportation, and more.
Email resumes to [email protected] for immediate consideration
Excellent Benefit Package ~ Competitive Pay ~ Rewarding Atmosphere ~ Generous Paid Time Off
Like-new pool home with views of
the harbor & immediate ocean
access. This meticulously
maintained 4BR/3BA two-level
home has tile floors throughout.
3BR/2BA up with above flood
1BR/1BA inlaw quarters down.
Concrete dock with boat lift.
Expansive covered porch and a
750-gallon cistern.
EOE/DFW
392539
Tavernier
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.
Islamorada
Vacant lots in secluded gated
community on Upper Matecumbe
Key. Each lot includes a boat slip
in the community marina with
immediate bay access and easy
ocean access. Some lots have
active permits. Call for details.
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Holly Hight
(305) 852-0400 Office • (305) 394-3083 Cell
[email protected]
397016
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