September 24, 2015

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September 24, 2015

WHAT‘S HAPPENING
Dates & Venues
‘Votes for Notes’
e 5th Annual Votes for Notes will
be a shared benefit for both Habitat for
Humanity affiliates in the Lower Keys.
Local musician Ray West is working
with affiliates to produce this friendly
music competition with performers of all
ages and genres. Local acts perform at
shows at three Lower Keys venues. e
audience “votes” with cash donations in
the “vote bucket” while acts perform.
All donations go to support the work of
Habitat for Humanity. Competing in
two categories, solo/duo or band, the
acts with the largest cumulative total
after three rounds win prize packages
containing free recording time, gift
certificates and more. is year the two
winners also win $250 cash generously
sponsored bythe venues. Shows 6-9 p.m.
Wednesdays: Sept 30, Boondocks Grille
& Draft House on Ramrod Key;
Smokin’ Tuna, Grand Finale, Oct. 6,
Key West.
Past performers and winners include
Xavier McKnight, Phoenix, Moondog,
Billy Brown, Doerfels, Paul “Shanty”
Elliot, Shastina Chiles and more.
Space on the performance schedule is
limited and filling up quickly. Musicians
encouraged to contact Ray West, (612)
388-6333, to get on the performance
schedule. For information on events,
contact either Habitat affiliate.
2014 Votes for Notes
Producer Ray West, 2014 Band
Category Winner Billy Brown, Habitat
for Humanity Anna Symington,
and local performer Moose.
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KEY NEWS
Oil spill settlement up in air
Local recreation, children’s program toned down by city commission
BY PRU SOWERS
KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER
An effort to use the entire $2 million
Key West will receive from the BP oil
spill settlement on local recreation and
children’s programs was toned down by
city commissioners.
Commissioner Tony Yaniz had proposed that the one-time funds be use
“exclusively” for youth and recreational
activities in Key West. However, those
limits on the disaster payout didn’t sit
well with some residents, who spoke
before commissioners on Sept. 15.
“I certainly would like to see the
entire community benefit from this,”
said resident Christine Russell. She
added she also wanted to see the money
Commissioner Teri Johnston also
voiced concern about limiting the use
of the money, suggesting the resolution
wording be changed from “exclusively”
to “primarily” used for youth and recreation activities. at way the disaster
windfall can be used on programs that
will benefit the entire city, including the
tourist industry, she said.
“ere’s probably a higher and best
use of the money whether you live here
or visit here,” Johnston said.
Yaniz agreed to the wording change,
saying he could “see the semantics”
of Johnston’s concern. He said he wanted
a resolution that would apply the BP
money to a variety of projects, including
the Truman Waterfront Park development or repairs to the Frederick Dou-
spent on a specific use, not just put into
the city’s general fund, where it would
be hard to track.
Mayoral candidate Margaret Romaro
said the $2 million should be spread
across a variety of projects that would
specifically improve the quality of life
for all residents. She suggested the
money be used to provide clean, safe
parks and streets or improve community
services by paying for capital improvements like new street sweepers that are
often put off due to budgetary concerns.
“I don’t think we should put all the
money in one basket,” Romaro said
about Yaniz’ proposal to use the money
on youth and recreation programs.
“I do not want to see this money hastily
squandered on anybody’s pet projects.”
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“Can we please tell [City Manager
Jim Scholl] to move forward and find a
plan to use this money? It’s a broad
stroke,” Yaniz said of his resolution.
Key West’s portion of the 2010 BP
disaster settlement was $2.7 million.
Lawyers’ fees reduced the city’s payout
by $600,000.
However, Yaniz is not the only official
eying the money. e Florida Keys Area
Health Education Center (AHEC) has
asked Scholl and Commissioner Clayton
Lopez to donate $15,000 of the BP
settlement to its School Health Primary
Care Program to help make up a budget
shortfall caused when Florida Gov. Rick
Scott vetoed funding for the organization in next year’s state spending plan. n
CITY NEWS
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Key West may provide building
Boys/Girls club headquarters
BY PRU SOWERS
Despite concerns over whether Key West city
officials are giving preferential treatment to the
local chapter of the Boys and Girls Club, commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 15 to move ahead
with a plan to provide a permanent building for
the child care organization.
Commissioners unanimously directed City
Manager Jim Scholl to look into renovating a cityowned equipment building at Bayview Park and
turning it over to the club for use as its permanent
headquarters. Currently, Boys and Girls Club uses
a portion of Reynolds School for its afterschool
program, however, Monroe County School administrators have told the organization it will need to
reclaim those school rooms for its own use.
e nonprofit organization, which provided
summer programs for 200 children this year, has
been forced to move four times in past 12 years.
e lack of a permanent home has made it difficult
for the local chapter to win state and local grants,
according to Scholl and Boys and Girls Club
Executive Director Dan Dombroski.
e Bayview Park building used to store softball equipment and city-owned maintenance tools
in need of repair no matter what use the building
is put to, said Commissioner Teri Johnston. But
the cost of repairs has been estimated to be as high
as $500,000, according to city staff. And that
concerned mayoral candidate Margaret Romaro.
“If we’re going to review the needs of the Boys
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and Girls Club, why aren’t we reviewing the needs
of all non-profits that serve our youth?” she asked.
“at shows you’re only helping a selected
organization.”
Commissioner in May supported Romaro’s
suggestion the city create a more systematic
method of fairly dividing municipal donation pool
to local non-profits. Currently, three local organizations receive substantial municipal contributions
each year: $25,000 to Boys & Girls Club; $30,000
to Idle Hands summer youth job program; $1,800
to the local chapter of American Association of
Retired People. But some commissioners question
whether using taxpayers’ money to supplement the
budgets of the three nonprofit organizations is fair
when there are approximately 141 others operating
in Key West.
Johnston said that renovating the 4,000-squarefoot building and turning it over to the Boys and
Girls Club makes sense because the organization
already has a lease with the city to use the park for
some of its programs. She asked that a local architect donate services to create a plan to renovate the
equipment building and then price the project out.
“Let’s have this conversation again with a
budget in hand,” Johnston said.
Dombroski, the club’s executive director,
appeared to take the commissioner’s support as a
vote of confidence that the city will allow the club
to turn the building into permanent headquarters.
“It’s making a dream come true for us. We’re so
excited about it. We want to knock this out for the
kids of this city,” he said after the vote. n
COUNTY NEWS
Bug board approves property tax hike
to pay for building, increased costs
BY TERRY SCHMIDA
MILE MARKER NEWS
A tax rise that will add $8 to the annual bill of a Monroe County property
assessed at $400,000 passed with little
fanfare at a Florida Keys
Mosquito Control District (FKMCD)
meeting held on the evening of Sept. 14.
e district’s operating budget for fiscal 2015-16 will be about $10.7 million
and will draw some $1.4 million from
the agency’s $4 million in financial reserves.
“We had a slight increase in our
chemical costs, so we’ve increased our
chemical budget,” said district spokeswoman Beth Ranson. “Plus, we’ve also
got higher medical costs for our employees this year. We’re also still dealing with
CITY NEWS
Early voting for
city commission,
utility board
some loss of overhead from the Navy
contract we lost last October. at’s
about $240,000. We’ve had to increase
[property taxes] so that we don’t deplete
our reserves past a certain level.”
e biggest budget item, however, is
the FKMCD’s new Lower Keys facility
on Big Coppitt Key. Once that edifice is
completed, the district will move workers from its current offices in what is
known as the Easter Seals building on
College Road, Stock Island.
e bug board was put on notice last
year that its $1 annual lease with the
City of Key West would not be maintained, as the Stock Island structure was
earmarked to become a facility for the
homeless.
Accordingly, the district purchased a
lot on Big Coppitt for about $800,000
and began to make plans for the eventual
move.
e budget for the fiscal year, which
begins Oct. 1, was passed unanimously
by the five-person board, but it was not
without its detractors.
District 2 Commissioner Phil Goodman said he voted for the package—with
reservations.
“I was not in favor of the design of
the building,” he said. “In my opinion,
we’re overbuilding. I wanted us to build
a 35,000-square-foot structure, instead
of the 42,000-square-foot one we’re
going to have. I wanted us to move more
administrative staff to Marathon, but instead we’re going to have to build five
more offices on Big Coppitt. However,
the board approved it, so we all have to
deal with it. It’s going to end up costing
Early Voting Site for
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Early Voting
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voting hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Early
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us about $3.5. million.”
Goodman, who is in his second fouryear term, called the operating budget
“similar to what we had in 2008.
“is is actually the first time I’ve
voted to
increase the budget,” he said. “Some of
the things we’ve got planned are going to
cost more, and unfortunately, these cost
increases are going up faster than our
ability to trim our expenses. We’ve been
investing in a lot of new technology, but
I think we need a bit more time until we
get to the point where the new technology will begin to generate noticeable returns for us.”
e new tax rate is 10.3 percent
above rollback, which is the rate where
tax revenues would be the same as the
2014-15 fiscal year. n
Runoff Election, if any
Nov. 3
Last date to register to vote before the
Runoff Election is Oct. 5. n
KEY WEST LOU
COMMENTARY
BY LOUIS PETRONE
KONK LIFE COLUMNIST
e United States war ready?
islands are valuable because of the gas
and oil reserves in their offshore waters.
By several treaties, the United States
is duty bound to defend Japan in case
of conflict with another nation. Would
the United States meet its obligation?
Many think not. If the United States
did, a confrontation would be triggered
between world powers.
Russia is in the China game. Russia
and China have become bedfellows the
past several years. While the United
States and other nations have been
sanctioning Russia heavily, Russia and
China have become closer. ey have
entered into agreements regarding oil,
gas and railroads spreading across two
continents.
If the United States were at war with
China, the United States could be at war
with Russia also.
Until five years ago, China’s navy was
insignificant. In the past five years, it
has grown monumentally. China’s navy
today may very well be more
sophisticated than that of the United
States.
Today, China has 300 surface ships.
Constructing more rapidly. e ships
have high speed anti-ship cruise missiles.
An expanding armada of guided missile
warships, submarines and vessels. ey
are building carriers at a faster rate than
fighting here and there for 17 years,
Russia and China have not.
ere are trouble spots in the world
t recently was mentioned that U.S.
today. Hot spots. Tinderboxes. A spark
ground forces will be the smallest
which can ignite world conflict. Even a
since the end of World War II. Four
World War III.
hundred twenty thousand. Strange.
e four sensitive areas are the South
At a time when the United States is
and East China Seas, the Ukraine, the
confronted with hostile forces and
Middle East, and the Arctic.
hostility in many places, ground troops
China has decided to flex its muscle.
may not be sufficient in the event of a
Primarily, in the last five years.
major conflict. Some experts say two
China is making claim to significant
conflicts in different places definitely
portions of the South and East China
will create a situation the United States
Seas. Areas that historically and by treaty
cannot handle.
have generally belonged
How did all this
to Japan.
come about?
China is building islands
e United States is a
where no land previously
war weary nation. Seventeen
existed in these areas. Similar
years of fighting somewhere.
to erecting an oil rig in ocean
Often more than one place.
waters. However, a bit larger.
Troops are tired. e AmeriAirfields are being constructed
can people sick of war.
on these man-made islands.
Sequestration cutting heavily
China wants the capacity
and disproportionately into
to project its power beyond
the military budget.
the borders of its homeland.
ISIS is with us everywhere.
ere are a series of islands
LOU
Americans have to be vigilant
in the South and East China
PETRONE
militarily and personally. ISIS
Seas. China now claims title.
COLUMNIST
is not the major concern,
Japan says no, they are ours
however. e concern is with
by treaty and historically.
Russia and China. Who are not war
China ignores Japan’s claims. e
weary. While the United States has been
situation is becoming heated. e
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the United States.
China is building new naval vessels at
the rate of 60 a year. e United States
nowhere near that number. U.S. naval
strength is numbered at 430 ships. Most
older and behind the times. Nowhere as
up-to-date as China’s. e 430 number
includes reserve vessels. ose not in use,
sitting somewhere for the day they may
be needed again. China’s 300 are active,
not on a reserve list.
Some experts believe that the new
missiles would be hard for the United
States to guard against. e United
States has yet to come up with a plan
to answer China’s new found naval
strength.
ere is another reason why the
United States has fallen behind China in
addition to the reasons set forth earlier.
U.S. intelligence. It appears to be the
type of intelligence that got Bush 2
into Iraq.
It is said the United States does not
understand. Perhaps so. Fifteen years
of intelligence continues to suggest
China’s military is merely for defensive
purposes and focused mainly on the
conflict with Taiwan. U.S. intelligence
apparently never saw China’s new navy
coming. China’s naval development in
the last five years and the sophistication
| Continued on page 18
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Scenario
of horror
BY JERROLD WEINSTOCK, M.D.
| KEY WEST
have done many years of research, for a book, on the terrible
demolishing of the Key West natural environment including the
bad decisions we continue to make degrading our natural heritage.
I have lived and dove and fished and closely observed South
Florida for almost eight decades, including our precious Keys. I have
drawers full of my notes of observation detailing our endless,
continuing desecrating of ournatural heritage, the environment,
land and ocean.
I received catastrophic news that was substantiated and printed
in the Key West Citizen Newspaperextracted from the Sarasota
Herald Tribune on July 31, 2015. For days I could not write due
to numbing shocking frustration and wrath.
Basically just adjacent to e Big Cypress National Preserve and
the Everglades, plus the two wild life management areas a formal
proposal was put forth by Kanter Real Estate, LLC. ey filed an
application with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to drill an exploratory oil well 12,000 feet deep. Let me make
this as lucid as possible for myself and for readers. What this means
is that this drilling could and would impact the entire vast biosphere
of south Florida. is unprecedented invasive well placed in a region
of immense fragility would endanger and put at extreme risk the
whole treasured Eco-system.
Ignored would be an unparalleled valued tract of the planet
that people draw inspiration from, acquire tranquility and peace of
mind and for some people a reason to go on with their lives drawing
from the healing aura of this natural treasure. It possesses hope and
sustenance that is dimensionless, in fact, infinite.
Factually, all oil drilling whether it is labeled fracking or not requires chemicals. Drills require lubrication which are termed muds.
ese are composed of hundreds of compounds, usually each oil corporation has its own protected recipe. ey are all composed of hundreds of compounds, some heavy metals, including outright poisons
like Cyanide and Arsenic or related deadly chemical substances.
South Florida, our home is one contiguous mass of flowing water,
both on the surface and the aquifer underneath, all connected, all integrated. Toxins from drilling and open pit mining, which was also
applied for, will leach directly into our water flowage, that finds its
way, unerringly into the sea and our critical drinking water, vital to
a civilized society. It all spells doom for the keys and all of South
Florida including crucial organic life in all directions fish, lobster
and crabs.dead.
is is a soup of death, carrying lethal toxicity. is sends my
head spinning.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Ignorance is not
bliss on ‘e View’
BY KIM SOVIA-CRANDON
VNA Direcotor of Development | KEY WEST
[email protected]
hanks to being a friend on
Facebook with one of our
remarkable nurses, Tiffany Campbell,
who recently relocated to Colorado. I
learned of comments made by “e
View” co-hosts Joy Behar and Michelle
Collins about Miss Colorado, Kelley
Johnson, RN, after she performed an
inspiring and moving monologue
about being a nurse taking care of a
patient suffering from a life-altering
disease—Alzheimer’s—telling the story
of how that patient made her see her
worth.
As part of the Miss America’s talent
portion, Kelley appeared on stage in
her nurse’s uniform wearing her
stethoscope, which triggered Joy Behar
to ask why she was wearing a “doctor’s
stethoscope” with Michelle Collins
making a somewhat challenging
comment about her just being an
Alzheimer’s nurse and that her
monologue was like she was reading
her emails.
Unfortunately their narrow perception of nurses in today’s health care
environment is misplaced as “e
View” is now learning. ey are being
bombarded with negativity from
around the country from the media
and from hundreds of posts from
nurses who took offense, rightfully so,
depending on how you view their
comments.
I mention Tiffany because she was a
valuable part of our VNA/Hospice
team and all of our talented, dedicated
nurses in the front line of curing and
saving lives in Monroe County, who I
feel should not have been subjected
to this light nurse banter. In fact, no
one in this noble and compassionate
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field of service should have
been subjected to their views.
I for one thank “e View” for
making those comments. It has given
the nursing profession a valuable
platform for their silenced voices to be
heard nationally, if not globally. It is
my hope this country will now have an
opportunity to learn a little bit more
about these unsung heroes who take
care of human life on a daily basis
24/7, 365 days a year in difficult
situations.
With that being said . . . I would
like to share a portion of Tiffany’s
eloquent and moving Facebook post.
It will enlighten you and give you just
a small inkling what it is like to walk in
their shoes . . .
Dear e View: While you all sit in
your chairs and judge us, we are on the
front lines in hospitals awaiting the next
dying person to come rolling through the
ER doors. While you all sit in your
chairs and judge us, we are knocking on
your neighbor’s door ensuring they made
it home from their hospital stay safe and
sound. While you sit in your chairs and
judge us, we are sitting with a young
wife attempting to convince her she will
survive after her husband dies with hospice care. I won’t bother to explain how
difficult it is to have to treat a child
abuser, meth addict, alcoholic, CEO or
a millionaire, equally and without judgment. I won’t try to make you understand how it feels to watch a person take
their last breath. I won’t bother to tell
you how many tears nurses shed alone in
the bathroom or their car after a day
watching suffering and pain.
Nurses suffer in silence every day,
all day, no matter what specialty we are
in, for YOU and your families. We
rarely complain, ESPECIALLY not
COUNTY NEWS
FIRM testifies
on windstorm
insurance rates
On Aug. 25, 2015, Fair Insurance
Rates in Monroe (FIRM) President Mel
Montagne, accompanied by FIRM
consultant Annalise Mannix, testified
at a hearing before the Florida Office
of Insurance Regulation to set Citizens
Property Insurance Company (CPIC)
windstorm and multi-peril property
insurance rates.
Montagne noted CPIC underwrites
85 percent to 95 percent of windstorm
policies in Monroe County and that
FIRM disagreed with several assumptions
proposed to be used by CPIC in its rate
determinations.
e issues he raised with the CPIC’s
rate-setting included:
● Failure to allow mitigation credits for
various types (including wood) of opening
protection as required by Florida statutes.
● Placing the Keys in Terrain Category C,
rather than in the more appropriate Category B, that would result in lower rates.
● Using an arbitrarily determined rate for
coverage of building contents. Because of
the high cost of Keys properties, utilizing
a fixed percentage of that cost utilized to
cover contents often results in a premium
cost that vastly exceeds the value of the
contents that could be claimed in a loss.
To elaborate FIRM’s position on
building strength, Mannix presented the
results of various engineering studies (including preliminary data from FIRM’s
RIPP study) showing the superiority of
metal roofs, window and door protection,
and other aspects of typical Keys
construction over lesser materials and
techniques used in other Florida counties.
She showed that other counties with
higher loss and claims rates were paying
substantially less in CPIC premiums than
Monroe County.
Mannix also pointed out that CPIC
ran several models to use in rate setting
for condominium unit owner policies,
and most models suggested significantly
less vulnerability than the model that was
used.
Four models indicated rate increases of
30 percent to 50 percent while the Public
Model, which is required to be used by
state law, indicated a 176 percent increase.
She suggested the model clearly was an
outlier and its use should be reconsidered.
FIRM remains committed to fighting
for fair property insurance rates for Monroe County, Florida citizens and businesses. To obtain copies of FIRM’s
testimony, including technical details,
go online. n
INFO
firmkeys.org
● e definition of transient occupancy as
a rate determinant is not adequately justified. FIRM has long argued that building
strength, not type of use, should be the
prime factor in rate setting.
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COMMUNITY
N E W S n More! Page 12
‘Solar Flair’
n Sept. 25 reception
Rubies & Clay invites the
public to a one-night-only art reception for local artist Garth
Holtkamp as he presents his new
paintings: “Solar Flair,” 5-8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 25, 529 Whitehead
St.
“I have been following Garth’s
growing style for several years
and have always been captivated
with his large suns depicted in
his work,” said gallery owner
Grace E. Calleja Epperly.
Garth Holtkamp is a selftaught painter, native to Key
West. His work is an expression
of his love of his island home.
e sun, ocean, architecture and
landscape of the Keys are not just
seen in his work but experienced.
e scenes are sweetly familiar
and curious, like wandering
down that little lane or exploring
a new canal. His contemporary
style with electric colors and expressive line give his work a
pulse—a Keys pulse that only an
island’s native son could transfer
from life to art.
“We all know it’s hot this time
of year, and it’s not cooling off
anytime soon, so come out and
celebrate this Solar Flair!”
Lite bites, libations and good
tunes by local musician Miguel
Perez are sure to make it a great
night.
Rubies & Clay features 10
local artists:
• Jewelers—Abigail Houff, Lois
Songer, Sandy Guthrie, Jessica
Wilson and Ronetta Krause;
• Glass—Paula Cooper;
• Paintings—Maggie Ruley,
Susan O’Neill and Kate Peachey;
• Pottery—Grace Epperly, who
offers pottery classes for children
and adults.
Hours are Monday-Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Sundays for the summer. (305)
294.5556. n
INFO rubiesandclay.com
Bingo for
SmartRide
n Oct. 17
Saturday BINGO at Poinciana Royale continues 2-4 p.m.
Oct. 17. Guest callers include the
royal candidates for Fantasy Fest
2015 . . . up this week, aspiring
Queen Jodyrae Campbell. Free
prizes, gift certificates and merchandise donated by island businesses. Proceeds earmarked for
benefit of Mile Markers SMART
Ride team. Poinciana Royale is
located at 16th Street and Duck
Avenue. Park on Duck. BINGO
sponsors include Royal Furniture, Bottlecap, FURY Charters.
INFO
thesmartride.org
Preparedness Month
Plan, prepare,
stay informed
“Having basic items ready for
use, like healthy, non-perishable
food, water and medications, can
make all the difference for your
family during an emergency,”
said State Surgeon General and
Secretary of Health Dr. John
Armstrong. “I encourage Floridians to create and maintain an
emergency preparedness kit.”
Additional supplies such as a
battery-operated, all-hazards
weather radio to provide alerts
and updates will help keep your
family informed. Include a few
special toys or books, which can
be very important to your family’s comfort during the days following an emergency.
Florida Department of
Health’s Florida Emergency Preparedness Guide provides information on how to build and
maintain your emergency supply
kit. e guide also includes
health-related planning tools on
preparing for hurricanes, tropical
storms and other emergencies.
Have an emergency supply
kit? Now is the time to check and
restock. Having an emergency
supply kit, emergency plan and
predetermined location to evacuate if needed can give confidence
during an emergency situation.
INFO
FloridaHealth.gov
Whether you’re new to
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COMMUNITY
NEWS
WINE SHOP | T A
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Two passionate photographers separated by 75 years: Arthur Rothstein (standing, left) while on assignment for “Look” magazine in 1940, and Todd Feit (standing, right) in 2015 with Jeffrey Ray Sundial and
Cinnamon the dog. Feit will lead a workshop that spans two consecutive Saturdays at the Custom
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Photographer Todd
Feit leads workshop
with Rothstein exhibit
KWAHS “Outside the Lines,” page 23
turing the mood and essence of Key West during
the Great Depression. His images offer striking insight to the world of displaced cigar makers, sponge
fisherman, and street peddlers as well as the island’s
unique architecture.
“e first three-hour workshop (9 a.m. to noon)
will focus on the architecture but always be on alert
for the quirkiness of Key West,” says Feit.
Feit, who has been capturing images for over
thirty years, moved to the Keys with his wife Tonya
three years ago, where they own and operate the
boutique Keys Accents on Caroline Street. Feit has
quickly made his mark on the island by bringing
out the best it has to offer through his popular social media Facebook page “Conchtastic Key West,”
where he integrates his online business marketing
savvy with his photographic artistry, providing
quality content that has garnered him more than
30,000 followers.
Saturday, Sept. 26 marks the first session of
Assignment Key West: 2015, a two-part photography workshop at the Custom House Museum
offered by Todd Feit in conjunction with Key West
Art & Historical Society and their new adolescent
and adult education program, “Outside e Lines.”
e workshop is open to all skill levels and integrates the museum’s exhibit of world-renowned
photographer Arthur Rothstein’s monochromatic
images and photography practices as impetus to
view the island and create new works. Rothstein
documented Key West in 1938 while on assignment under the Farm Security Administration, cap-
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Wesley House
received check
n Mel Fisher’s Treasures
On behalf of the Fisher family, $18,602.50
as a result of 2015 Mel Fisher Days’ events was
presented to Wesley House Family Services.
e funds will be used as general funds to support local programs and services. Wesley House
Family Services provide services to children and
families throughout the Florida Keys. Some of
these services include Foster and Adoptive Care,
Independent Life Skills & Training, Prevention
and Intervention Services, Community Based
Care, Healthy Families Monroe and the Inez
Martin Child Development Center.
Jeremy Wilkerson, director of development
for Wesley House, said, “We appreciate the support that Mel Fisher’s Treasures gives to Wesley
House. ey’re always so generous to the community. ank you for the time and dedication
for children and families of Monroe County.”
Wesley House Chief Executive Director Beth
Barrett said, “We are pleased with the generosity and excited to receive the donation this year,
which is 20 percent higher than last year.”
Mel Fisher’s Treasures and Wesley House
Family Services thank the Key West businesses,
volunteers and attendees who supported this
2015-16 foundation
board announced;
Schindler retires
Fishermen’s Hospital Foundation announced
its 2015-2016 board members who will assist in
advancing the mission of the foundation through
philanthropic initiatives and programs that
support Fishermen’s Community Hospital
and the Marathon Community.
Teresa Condas (president), Sherry Popham
(vice-president), JoAnn Brown (treasurer/secretary), Dianne Weitz and Barbara Wright round
out the five-member Fishermen’s Hospital Foundation Board.
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event, making it another successful year raising
money.
Each year a celebration is held in honor
of Mel Fisher’s discovery of the Motherlode
of the Atocha. Mel Fisher Days 2015 celebrated
the 30th Anniversary with many of Mel’s
Golden Crew from 1985.
All net proceeds donated to Wesley House
Family Services, Inc. Mel Fisher’s legacy lives
through his family, crew and everyone he inspired to never give up. ey continue the hunt
for the elusive Sterncastle of the Atocha. n
INFO
MelFisher.com
Mel Fisher’s Treasures team presents check
to Wesley House Family Services on behalf of
the Fisher family from Mel Fisher Days 2015.
Left to right: Shawn Cowles, Beth Barrett,
Star Fisher, Jan Stauch, Jeremy Wilkerson,
Director Emeritus Marv Schindler (not actively serving on board and former foundation
president) retired on Sept. 16 after 25-plus years
of service to Fishermen’s Community Hospital,
Fishermen’s Hospital Foundation and Marathon
Community.
Marv was given the title Director Emeritus
which grants him certain
rights and privileges as extended to the emeritus
family of the Fishermen’s
Hospital Foundation.
Marv will continue his
leadership on our Sweetheart Ball Committee this
year. n
Teresa Condas
WHAT‘S HAPPENING
fiddle, Stephen LaPierre on standup
bass and Rob Cook on percussion.
Tuesday 0929
Tom Taylor 7-11pm
Classic and Generation X Rock. As a
kid in Wilmington, Del., played guitar at
age 13 and listened to the Beatles,
Bowie and Steely Dan. New covers to
favorite oldies from the 1960s, Tom is
known for his vocal style.
Wednesday 0923
Cool Duo 7-11pm
Sam Ramos and special guest musician play Motown, Detroit Funk, Classic
Rock and island favorites.
Hog’s Breath is better
than no breath at all
Smokin’ Tuna
✔ Three live acts from 1 p.m. until 2 a.m.
✔ Full menu! Fresh seafood, sandwiches
& classic island favorites.
✔ World famous t-shirts and merchandise.
✔ Private party and special events room.
Visit us at hogsbreath.com
296-4222
400 Front Street
Key West
Hog’s Breath Music Schedule for this week!
Thur. 0924
Fri. 0925
Sat. 0926
Terrence
Terrence
Terrence
Joel
Nelson
Patrick
& The
Swayzees
Kenny &
Cuda
Patrick
& The
Swayzees
Kenny &
Cuda
Patrick
& The
Swayzees
Sun. 0927 Mon. 0928 Tues. 0929 Wed. 0930
Sunday
NFL
Terrence
Patrick
& The
Swayzees
Zach
Seemiller
Greg
Burroughs
Ben
Balmer
Joel
Nelson
Greg
Burroughs
Ben
Balmer
Joel
Nelson
Greg
Burroughs
Ben
Balmer
Schooner Wharf Bar
George Victory
Schooner Wharf Bar
202 Williams St., 292-3302
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Thursday 0924
George Victory / Yvan Agbo
7-11pm
Caribbean-inspired world beats.
George is a two-time gold album artist
and internationally known guitarist and
vocalist. Hailing from Trinidad, opened
for The Commodores and Paul Simon,
played for the King of Morocco at the
Copa Cabana and more. Yvan Agbo
is from Paris and Senegal and has
unusual African-style guitar.
Friday-Saturday 0925-26
George Victory & The Observant
Lion Band 7pm-Midnight
Caribbean-inspired world beats. Fourpiece band. African percussionist
known for telling stories on hand
drums. Harmony singer and multi-reed
player Marty Stonely on flute and sax.
Sunday 0927
George Victory / Marty Stonely
7-11pm
Monday 0928
The Greens 7-11pm
Swinging folk, rock, blues to bluegrass
with original contemporary tunes,
featuring melodic lead vocalist Leah
Orlikowski on guitar, Guy Tittes on
14
4 Charles St., (305) 517-6350
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Thursday-Friday 0924-25
Lewis Brice 5pm
Caffeine Carl and Friends 9pm
Saturday 0926
Private party until 11pm
Sunday 0927
Currie W Clayton 5pm
Lewis Brice 9pm
Monday 0928
N.W. Izzard 5pm
Caffeine Carl & The Buzz 9pm
Tuesday 0929
Kristen McNamara 5pm
Concert: Love & Theft 9pm $$$
Wednesday 0930
N.W. Izzard 5pm
Smokin’ Tuna
Lewis Brice
Key West
Pirates
Since their worlds collided in Boston 2010, Claire
Finley and Jeff Clark have been living the good life.
Combined, they have played countless solo, duo
and full band shows in the Florida Keys as well
as other national and international destinations.
Caffeine Carl
9 p.m. Thursday-Friday
and Monday!
WHAT‘S HAPPENING
Hog’s Breath Saloon
n 400 Front St., (305) 296-4222
Thursday-Sunday 0925-27
Terrence Riecker 5:30-9:30pm
Native New Yorker, resides on Long
Island, active local club scene. Singer/
songwriter performs throughout many
New England’s popular venues as well.
Patrick & The Swayzees 10pm-2am
Key West sensation from surf rock to
doo-wop, rockabilly to beach music,
nostalgic blend of early rock ‘n’ roll
sounds. Original songs and instrumentals as well as a mix of cover tunes.
Spin-off of two well-established Key
West bands, taken the local music
scene by storm.
Monday-Sunday 0928-1004
Greg Burroughs 5:30-9:30pm
Burroughs is a singer-songwriter who
made Nashville his home after graduating from Berklee College of Music in
2008. What began as a creative way
for Greg and a few of his buddies to
help pay for college in Boston grew
into 200-show-per-year enterprise that
shows no signs of slowing down, and
many around the industry are taking
notice. After spending a few years in
town focusing on writing and networking, he returned to the road with his
band in 2011. His band has shared
bills with acts such as Charlie Daniels,
Vince Gill, Travis Tritt, Jake Owen.
Infectious party-like atmosphere.
Ben Balmer
Ben Balmer 10pm-2am
Austin’s Ben Balmer lives to jam with
honest and compassionate music.
Influenced by Paul Butterfield, Fiona
Apple, Elliot Smith, Aretha Franklin and
Tom Waits, Ben’s songs seamlessly
cover a mix of genres from singer/
songwriter to soul to indie rock. His
blues harmonica and rootsy fingerpick
showcase songs of the most innate
human emotions—the innocence of
young love, the loneliness of travel and
the dark sides of faith and addiction.
Patrick & The Swayzees
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Chicago’s
WHAT‘S HAPPENING
610 Greene St., (305) 741-7891
www.chicagoskw.com
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Happy Hour: Mon-Fri 3:30-6:30pm
Monday-Thursday
Amandah Jantzen, 4:30-7:30pm
Tuesday-Thursday
3sum, 8-11:30pm
Friday The Boys, 7-8pm
3sum, 8-11:30pm
Saturday
Amandah Jantzen, 5:30-7:30pm
3sum, 8-11:30pm
Sunday Robert Albury, 4-6pm
Moose, 8-11:30pm
Monday Moose, 8-11:30pm
The Green Room
501 Greene St., (305) 741-7300
www.greenroomkeywest.com
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Thursday 0924
Jason Lamsom 5pm
Big Daddy Rich 10pm
Friday 0925
Jason Lamson 5pm
David Warren 10pm
Saturday 0926
Big Daddy Rich 5pm
David Warren 10pm
Sunday 0927
Jason Lamson 5pm
Monday 0928
Jason Lamson 3:30pm
Robert Douglas 8pm
Tuesday 0929
Big Daddy Rich 3:30pm
Anthony Picone 8pm
Wednesday 0930
Jason Lamson 3:30pm
Robert Douglas 8pm
Bottlecap Lounge
1128 Simonton St., (305) 296-2807
www.bottlecapkeywest.com
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Thursday 10pm
Pool Tournament
Friday 5-8pm
Tips benefit nonprofits.
Saturday 10pm
Latin Night; DJ JC Productions
Sunday 10pm Pool Tournament
Tuesday 10pm House Music DJ
The Pier House
at the Beach Bar, One Duval,
(305) 296-4600
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Thursday 0924
Brian Noon-3p
Din 4-7pm
Friday 0925
Brian Noon-3pm
Joel 4-7pm
Saturday 0926
Rob Noon-3pm
Din 4-7pm
Sunday 0927
Amandah Noon-3pm
Monday 0928
Rob Noon-3pm
Tueday 0929
Rusty Noon-3pm
Rob 4-7pm
Wednesday 0930
Rob Noon-3pm
Tom Taylor 4-7pm
The Square Grouper/
My New Joint Lounge
22658 Overseas Hwy., Cudjoe Key
(305) 745-8880
www.squaregrouperbarandgrill.com
www.mynewjoint420lounge.com
n
Thursday 0924
Michelle Dravis
Friday 0925
Robert Douglas
Saturday 0926
Larry Baeder
La Te Da
1125 Duval St., (305) 296-6706
n
Sunday 0927, 1004, 1011
Tea Dance 4-6:30pm
Key West’s infamous Tea Dance.
Music with resident DJs Rude Girl
and Molly Blue.
Pinchers
712 Duval St., (305) 440-2179
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Carl Hatley 1-5pm
Bobby Enloe 1-5pm
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NEWS
A break comes in
marine thefts
Sheriff Rick Ramsay reported a major
break in the marine theft investigations
which have taken place in Monroe
County over past months. A Hialeah man
and an accomplice from Miami were
apprehended recently, caught in act of
stealing marine electronics in Upper
Keys.
Deputy Kerns came face to face with a
Hispanic man, Roberto Morales Diaz, 38,
from Hialeah. Diaz was wearing dark
clothing, a dark baseball cap and gloves.
Diaz already had a warrant out for his
arrest connected with one boat burglary
which took place on May 29 at Shelter
Bay Marina in Marathon.
Detectives processed the scene at
Unique Marine in Tavernier and found a
total of eight boats burglarized.
Diaz was returned to Monroe County
where he was further charged with eight
counts of burglary, eight counts of theft,
possession of burglary tools, criminal
mischief and resisting arrest in connection with the crimes committed
at Unique Marine. n
LOUIS PETRONE
| Continued from page 6
of its equipment.
China appears to be building its naval
forces for eventual global power projection. Only the United States has been
able to do it thus far. If China continues
as it has the past five years, it will have to
be feared.
Let’s look at Russia for a moment.
Russia is the thorn in the Ukraine and
the Middle East. Russia generally takes a
position in opposition to that of the
United States and supports anyone whose
interests are opposed to that of the
United States.
Russia is a half-million military personnel behind the United States. at is
counting active military. If active military,
reserve military and paramilitary are combined, Russia is 700,000 persons ahead of
the United States.
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e Russian navy is no competition
for the United States. Its big ships are
aged. Russia cannot afford to replace
them. e Russian fleet has been described as a geriatric maritime giant. Old
and unreliable.
Whereas the United States spends
$600 billion a year on its military, Russia
only $60 billion.
Russia does not seem to worry about
the numbers or overall condition of its
forces. Not if it can depend on China.
In July, Russia did come out with a
new vessel. One that exceeds anything the
United States has. A ship designed to
conduct electronic warfare.
Russia recently spread its wings into
Arctic waters. is past July, Putin announced Russia was claiming over a halfmillion square miles of the Arctic Sea.
Arctic waters have acquired a value of
their own. Global warming has a part in
it.
e Arctic Sea contains untapped gas
and oil reserves. Also important, new
shipping lanes are opening as Arctic ice
melts.
Readiness is involved. Russia has 40
icebreakers operating in the Arctic Sea.
e United States only two.
e solution to the U.S. problems as
described must start with Congress allocating more monies to the military
budget. If conflict comes, it will be on
our shores this time. An expanded 9/11.
It will not be as with Pearl Harbor where
the United States was able to convert its
peacetime plants to the production of war
equipment.
Another concern is the type of military. e United States has a volunteer
military. It has worked well. However in
any major conflict, more military personnel will be required. It will not come in
the numbers needed voluntarily. e
United States should start thinking draft
again. Everyone for two years out of high
school. Unpopular. However better than
living under Russian and/or Chinese
domination.
e United States must not be caught
with its pants down. Too many lives, too
much of everything at stake. n
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NEWS
Hogging the limelight
at the Island Fish Co.
BY TERRY SCHMIDA
MILE MARKER NEWS
“. . . With the throttle screwed on there
is only the barest margin, and no room
at all for mistakes. It has to be done
right . . . and that’s when the strange
music starts, when you stretch your
luck so far that fear becomes exhilaration and vibrates along your arms. You
can barely see at a hundred; the tears
blow back so fast that they vaporize before they get to your ears. e only
sounds are wind and a dull roar floating back from the mufflers.”
• Hunter S. ompson
carrying platters of shrimp, clams,
and crab claws to tables of grateful
bikers. A scattering of bemused locals
admired the well cared for machines
and bikini-topped girls.
Rollicking roadhouse music filled
the air.
“I’ll tell ya, I bought this bike for
me and brought it home, and now
e dull roar began to dissipate as
denim-and-leather-clad riders lumbered their hogs up to Stop No. 3 on
Phil Peterson’s 43rd Annual Poker
Run: the Island Fish Co. at Mile
Marker 54, gulfside, in Marathon.
A herd of iron horses, adorned
with skulls and playing card designs,
spilled out from the parking lot and
onto a jetty prodding the sunsmooched
waters of the Middle Keys, polished
chrome and mirrors glinting in the
mid-afternoon rays.
Voices and brightly painted engines buzzed contentedly, like a
swarm
of honey bees in a cloud of smoke;
the former calmed perhaps by the
anticipation of fresh seafood and cold
beer; the latter, as if energized by the
prospect of an oil change.
Inside the famed tiki bar, pretty
waitresses in shorts and t-shirts darted
about the cool, open-air eatery,
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she wants it,” veteran Poker Run
participant Jody Sullivan joked with a
nod in his wife’s direction. “I never
should have left it in the driveway,
where she could see it!”
Ivy shrugged her shoulders and
smiled. “Now, now,” she admonished
SHORTANSWERS
BY J E F F J O H N S O N n P A U L A F O R M A N
Two on their
own road
Dear Short Answers: My sister and
her beloved are getting married, and they
are driving me crazy. ey don’t begin
to know any basic life skills. None!
What should I do? Worried Sister
Dear Sister: ere is no “do” in this
for you. Your sister and her beloved will
develop the road map and the tool kit
for the life they choose. is has nothing
to do with you—bow out.
Doing wine
ust about nonstop every day. How do I
convince him to calm down and watch
“Scandal” instead? News Weary
Dear News: Sorry, we can’t help. We
are obsessed, too! e news is better than
“Scandal”—who could make up this cast
of characters?
First things first
Dear Short Answers: After I had my
son (I’m a single mother) I went back to
school and got my BS degree at age 45.
When I returned to the workforce, I
applied for an executive assistant position
in an advertising agency. I only wanted to
be an EA for two years with hopes of
growth within the company. I’ve had a
few opportunities at my present job, but
my rude, inept and obnoxious boss has
blocked advancement. I’m miserable at
my present job. I feel like I’m in an
abusive relationship, and it’s time to
move on. I want to be happy with my
job, personal life and life in general.
I want to work with someone who appreciates me (hopefully in the
music industry), has a positive outlook, willing to see
my potential. Trying to
find the right connection
in music industry is
challenging. Suggestions?
Tired of the Abuse
Dear Tired: You need
to find another job now. If
your dream is music, then
develop a plan to make it
happen later. But in the
meantime, don’t be a
hostage in a bad situation.
Dear Short Answers: A few months
ago we had dinner with friends to whom
money is no matter. He ordered the
wine. When the check arrived (which we
split) we learned that he had ordered a
$100 bottle of wine. We enjoy their
company and friendship, but we are
not of the same financial ilk. ey have
suggested dinner since
then, but we have made excuses for fear of Ground
Hog Day’s on the wine selection. How can we enjoy
their company and a $10
bottle of wine?
Wine Worries
Dear Wine: Tell them
your price range as soon
as the wine list arrives
and don’t be defensive
(although $10 bottles
maybe hard to find).
Being straightforward
PAULA FORMAN &
about the problem is
JEFF JOHNSON
respectful of relationship.
ey may be completely
Dear Short Answers:
unaware of your issue, and these
Do you think every person has ONE soul
resentmentstend to fester over time
mate in the world and you need to keepif left unaddressed.
ing looking until you find THE ONE? Is
it possible everybody has a lot of soul
mates, and we just need to make a deciDear Short Answers: Now another
sion and settle down? Seeker
presidential election is underway, my
Dear Seeker: e answer is within.
husband has become obsessed with
Look for it. n
watching CNN, Fox News, MSNBC
Zen question
Catch up on Netflix
Life is complicated. “Short Answers isnt. Send a question about whatever is bothering you
to [email protected] or go to www.shortanswers.net and a psychologist
and sociologist will answer. A selection of the best questions appear in Konk Life.
POKER RUN 2015
her hubby. “I don’t mind sharing it
with you.”
e Sullivans cheerfully gave their
home port as Boca Raton, but most
riders kept their cards close to their
chest when asked their particulars.
“Dean,” one said cautiously.
Parts unknown.
A few rides down, retired firefighter “Mike” from “South Florida”
dismounted from his ’03 Kawasaki
Nomad. He was more forthcoming
when asked for his Poker Run
motivation.
“I like the camaraderie,” he said
brightly. “And the fact that it’s for
charity. It’s just a really good time.”
Holding down the shoe at the
card table were two friendly local
faces who didn’t hesitate to reveal
their identities: Acting Marathon
City Manager Mike Puto and Monroe County School Board Chairman
John Dick. Like the bikers, they were
sweating it out for the Diabetes Research Institute and the Sunrise Rotary of Key West.
“Both worthy causes,” Dick said.
“Hey, hey.”
Island Fish Co. Manager Ryan
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Hafley concurred.
“Absolutely it’s a good cause,” he
said. “We always enjoy hosting it. It’s
really busy, with lots of bikes every
where. Good food. Good times.”
As the sky prepared to rain, Individual riders exercised their freedom
to roll out, like the mysterious
rhythms of the tide, towards Key
West, and adventures as yet unknown.
e roar began anew . . .
e Island Fish Co. is open 8 a.m.
to 10 p.m., seven days a week. e
restaurant serves a full breakfast from
8-11 a.m. and a full liquor bar until
close. Major cards. For more
information, call (305) 743-4191,
or email info@islandfishco.com
SUMMIT
SE FL Climate Leadership Summit is an event of the Southeast
Florida Regional Climate Change
Compact, a regional partnership of
Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, and
Palm Beach Counties, their municipalities and partners.
e Compact partners have been
working together since 2009 to develop a strategy that will enable the
region to adapt to the impacts of
Southeast Florida’s changing climate,
such as sea level rise and to reduce its
causes.
Summit is at the Casa Marina
Resort. Space limited. Register
online. n INFO GreenKeys.info
COMMUNITY
NEWS
THE HAPPIEST HOUR
with M A T T D U K E S J O R D A N
Pope’s message hits home
for Cuban family
HOLGUIN, Cuba (AP) — In
this quiet city in eastern Cuba,
families know how ideology can
divide. After Fidel Castro’s 1959
revolution, Olga Maria Saladrigas’ family decided they disagreed with the country’s new
socialist system and fled to
Miami. e father of her cousin
Berta Luisa Fernandez backed the
revolution and decided his family
would stay.
As Pope Francis called on
Cubans to overcome differences
at a Mass in Holguin recently,
the cousins reunited for the third
time in 50 years, an example of
the reconciliation the pope has
made a theme of his Cuban trip.
Saladrigas and husband, Carlos, a Cuban-American businessman who has been one of the key
backers of U.S.-Cuba detente,
flew to Havana for the pope’s
visit, then drove 14 hours to
Holguin, arriving at 6:30 a.m.
Fernandez and Olga Maria
Saladrigas screamed when they
saw one another, kissing and
hugging before Fernandez made
her cousin a Cuban breakfast of
coffee, toasted bread and butter.
Fernandez watched nearly all
her relatives leave in the years
after the revolution. She learned
of her cousin growing up, getting
married and having four children
through letters and photos.
As Olga Maria and Carlos
drove to the pope’s Mass in
Holguin, she cried as she looked
out at the city of about 300,000.
“at’s where I used to ride
my bike,” she said, pointing to a
plaza near her cousin’s home.
In his homily, Francis pressed
some of the themes he developed
during this visit, telling of how
Jesus picked a despised tax collector, Matthew, as a follower without casting judgment. at
experience of mercy changed
Matthew forever.
Francis told Cubans that they
should allow themselves “to overcome our preconceptions and our
reluctance to think that others,
much less ourselves, can change.”
Carlos Saladrigas, chairman of
the business-backed Cuba Study
Group, said he believed Pope
Francis’s visit to the United States
and Cuba would further advance
relations between the former
Cold War-era foes.
“U.S.-Cuba relations are
speeding up, and the pope with
this trip, it’s going to get a new
push,” Saladrigas said. “What is
needed now is for Cuba to make
some progress, too.”
He was among thousands
of children sent alone by their
parents to the United States in
the early 1960s in a church-organized operation known as Pedro
Pan. He became an outspoken
critic of the Castro government
and tried to stop a Cuban-American pilgrimage to the island
when Pope John Paul II visited
Cuba in 1998.
After seeing the Cuban
people’s reaction to the pope, he
had a change of heart and has
now traveled to Cuba several
times. n
Turtle Kraals
Cerviche, wings,
turtle races and
harbor view!
BY MATT DUKES JORDAN
I’ve always loved Turtle Kraals’
upstairs deck (now called the Tower bar)
with the view over the Key West Seaport.
In breezy weather at sunset, it’s a great
place to be. If the weather is too hot,
there’s roomy indoor air-conditioned bar.
When I was there recently for happy
hour on the upper deck, I saw a barefoot
guy hop in a dingy and head out to his
boat. It reminded of how much Key West
used to feel like a ragged Caribbean
island with a lot of boat bums and
dropouts wandering around. is town
has been so many places over the years.
In the harbor, there were once pens
holding live turtles. ey were known as
kraals, and turtles were kept there until
being turned into meat or soup. Now,
instead of being turned into soup, a few
energetic turtles race several nights a
week (Mondays, Fridays and other
nights). ere’s a cash prize for the
winning “bet.” (It’s actually a free ticket
you get at the bar.)
Turtle lifestyles change. Times
change. Turtle Kraals changes. e
Happy Hour menu now includes Mexican food, ribs, wings and potato skins.
Well drinks, domestic beers and house
wines are half price. At times I’ve enjoyed
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going there just for a happy hour halfpriced rum and the view. is time I had
an excellent mojito (not at the Happy
Hour reduced price, however) and Happy
Hour wings wood fired and excellent,
very tender and tasty. Better than deepfried. e “bucket bones” (wood-fired
ribs) were quite good but did not achieve
falling-off-the-bone tenderness one always longs for.
A friendly bartender named Nick
brought me some signature Peruvian
cerviche to try. It was awesome, though
sadly it’s not at Happy Hour prices.
A few months ago, TV chef named
Curtis Stone was there doing a show
called “Beach Eat USA” and was wild
about the cerviche. An article in the
Miami Herald quotes him as saying,
“Best cerviche I’ve ever eaten.” I agree.
For me, the little bowl of traditional
Peruvian cerviche that I had was citrusy
and refreshing, made with yellowtail,
thin-sliced onions, cilantro, tiny kernels
of fresh corn, fruit, citrus juices and
more. Outstanding. ere are varieties
of crevice and one can get a “flight”
of them if you want to try them all.
Pat Croce, trainer, entrepreneur,
former Philly 76ers basketball team
president and owner, author and self-help
coach, owns Turtle Kraals. He also owns
a handful of other restaurants in town—
Half Shell Raw Bar, Charlie Mac, Island
Dogs. He has a fondness for pirate lore
and had a pirate museum in town for a
time but moved it to Saint Augustine.
He loves pirate history so much that
he’s even written a couple of books about
pirates. And he’s also written a book
called “I Feel Great and You Will, Too!”
Yes, especially at the Happy Hour
at the Tower bar! n
BUSINESS LAW 101
KWAHS
Applying for trademark
BY ALBERT L. KELLEY
Approximately three to four months
from filing, application assigned to
an attorney in the Trademark Office
he trademark application who reviews the application for legal
process is not a quick
sufficiency and performs a cursory
one. Anticipate at least nine months
search of the trademark office records
from the initial filing of application
to determine if the mark is in use or
to final approval. Depending on the
is similar to another mark which
circumstances, this process can be ex- might create customer confusion.
tended even longer. e first step is
Approximately a month after the
completing the application. Tradeattorney receives the application:
mark applications are done online
First option is to state that the mark
through Patent and Trademark Office appears sufficient for approval. Attorwebsite. While the form seems fairly
ney will give a date when the mark
straightforward, trademark applicawill appear in the Official Gazette.
tions get rejected every year. Many
is is a publication by Trademark
details must be carefully completed.
Office which displays all trademarks
As an example, the goods that the
considered for approval.
trademark will be used on must be
Second option is Office Action,
detailed. It cannot simply say “clothwhere the attorney rejects trademark.
ing” but must specifically name all
Various reasons for rejection. Generitems of clothing that the mark will
ally, reviewing attorney will
be used on.
advise if and how the appliWith the application,
cation can be modified to
submit a sample of the
comply with the Office Acmark being used. (If you
tion. Applicant then has six
have applied for an
months from date of the Of“intent-to-use” trademark,
fice Action to file a response.
this will not be required
If response is sufficient, exuntil you file Statement
amining attorney may
of Use). If the mark is for
change position and detergoods or merchandise, the
mine the mark now suitable
mark must be displayed
for publication or may file
on the goods themselves,
ALBERT
final rejection.
its packaging or a display
Once the trademark is
L.
at the point of sale. If the
published in the Official
KELLEY
mark is for services, it may
Gazette, the public has 30
be placed on signs or adverdays to contest use of the mark or retising. Because the application is onquest extension of time to object.
line, digital photographs or PDFs of
If objected: abandon the mark,
the mark in use must be submitted.
attempt to settle with opposing party,
Make sure sample shows the mark
or challenge, which can take a year.
being used in the same style as the
No objections, the mark will receive
application. Any differences will be
final approval and a certificate issued.
viewed as a different mark and
Al Kelley is a Florida business law attorgrounds for rejection. Filing fee for
ney located in Key West and previously
trademark application is $335 per
taught business law, personnel law and
mark per class (each class or category
labor law at St. Leo University. He is
of goods or service mark used for).
author of “Basics of Business Law” and
Once the application, sample and
“Basics of Florida’s Small Claims
filing fee have been forwarded to the
Court.” Offered as a public service and
Trademark Office, the wait begins.
not intended for specific legal advice.
TO THE EDITOR | Horror
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Have we lost all reason, all sanity? It
is part of a maniacal frenzy, crazed exploiting. Spills of all kinds most likely
could occur chemical and petroleum.
In addition to all this the application
includes a license to do seismic survey of
the sacred Big Cypress Swamp wetland.
What this means is to set off explosives
in order to measure and analyze vibratory returns.
A solemn protected area, a retreat for
the last of our remaining wild life, last of
an intact ecological system.
What does all this mean, shredding the
remainder of our natural heritage ?
Newer extraction methods as shale
mining or hydraulic fracking, tar sands,
deep offshore drilling have been known
but sane humanistic environmental safeguards have prevented the chaotic deadly
pollution that these diabolical methods
create.
ere was a morality that has gone
the way of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker.
Bristol Bay’s proposed pebble mine in
Alaska is a prime analogous destructive
mine in a priceless fragile wrong biospheric location. Sanity has gone. Are we
in line to suffer the fate of Ahab the sea
captain in Herman Melville's Moby
Dick in his crazed pursuit of the great
white whale? is application for oil
drilling, mining and seismic exploration
is fanatically crazy and ought to be
treated like an animal infected with
rabies. ere are many ways that civilizations come to an end.
• Jerry Weinstock
TO THE EDITOR | Ignorance
publicly about chosen career paths. We
rarely complain because we understand
that, in the end, our sacrifices can help
save a life or can help someone die pain
free and with dignity. We love our jobs.
• Tiffany Campbell, RN
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“Key West gives me the perfect backdrop for my passion in documenting the
non-stop exciting energy that the island
provides,” he says. “Knowing that Rothstein was in Key West and able to capture its essence and the genuineness of
the people provides me with a constant
blueprint for how I document it.”
Feit, who also sits on the KWAHS
board of directors, will guide participants from the Custom House on 281
Front St. on a photography outing
to revisit some of the spots Rothstein
photographed during his 1938 assignment and while pointing out various interesting subject matter during the walk.
He will also provide many tips as well as
any needed technical or equipment assistance, but stresses that the workshop is
more about composition than equipment and even encourages iphoneographers and other smart-phone users to
sign up.
“Have a DSLR camera that’s OK, but
bring only one lens, anywhere from
28mm to 50mm,” he says.
e following Saturday’s three-hour,
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. workshop (on Oct. 3)
at Custom House’s third floor
Helmerich Research and Learning Center will focus on digital darkroom basics
using Adobe Lightroom and how students can up-level their images. Participants will also select one of their own
created images for the workshop’s Saturday, Oct. 10 pop-up exhibit at the Custom House Museum.
“Interest in photography and want a
sprinkle of Key West history, this class is
for you,” says Feit.
Reserve your spot in this limitedspace workshop by registering online at
KWAHS.ORG/Learn. For more information call Adele Williams, Education
Specialist, at 305-295-6616 x 15. Participants should wear comfortable shoes
and bring bottled water for the photography excursion. Cost $50 for KWAHS
members or $75 for non-members. n
INFO
kwahs.org
WHAT’S HAPPENING
‘Outside the
Lines’
Key West Art & Historical Society has moved deeper into its
mission to enhance community
and cultural engagement through
Outside e Lines.
In studying the next practices
of art museum education, Adele
Williams, KWAHS education specialist, says she is “trying to find
what best suits community needs,”
identifying programs that align
with Key West’s innovative arts.
While the organization has honored Key West iconic artists such
as Mario Sanchez, Suzie dePoo and
Ernest Hemingway, it strives to
celebrate the community’s contemporary local artists, as witnessed in
this season’s exhibits with photographer Rob O’Neil, mixed media
artist Roberta Marks, painter
Marky Pierson and sculptor Will
Fernandez.
e premise of Outside e
Lines is to explore the nature and
process of creating art while engaging a diverse group of ages.
Outside e Line’s inaugural
program features local experts who
share talent while using the collections housed in the society’s three
museums— Lighthouse &
Keeper’s Quarters, Fort East
Martello, and the Custom
House—as inspiration.
Workshops on KWAHS events
calendar include Assignment Key
West 2015, a two-weekend photographic adventure with Todd Feit;
Which Way Is Up?, collaborative,
four-day workshop led by artist
Vera Vasek; Painting the Water
with Jon McIntosh, three-hour
workshop on March 12.
Each workshop will culminate
with a pop-up exhibit featuring
the work of the participants and
the instructor.
On the roster, scholarship
programs for workshops and
docent internships for high
school students. n
CULTURE
VULTURE
Fifth Tuesday social
Cuban portraits
come to Key West
n Oct. 1-29
Cómo lo vemos a Usted / “How we see you”
Exhibition at e Studios of Key West, 533
Eaton St. 6-8pm opening on ursday, Oct 1.
League of Women Voters
hosts the Rev. Braddock
speaking on marijuana
SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE
he Rev. Stephen E. Braddock, Ph.D., president
and CEO of the Florida Keys Outreach
Coalition, will be guest of honor at the Lower Keys League
of Women Voters Fifth Tuesday social, 5-7 p.m. Sept. 29,
at the New York Pasta Garden, Duval Square in Old Town.
“e Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative
will likely appear on the Nov. 8, 2016, ballot in the State
of Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment. e
measure, upon voter approval, would legalize medical
marijuana for individuals with debilitating medical
conditions,” noted Joy Brown
Taylor of the local LWV.
“Fr. Braddock decided to use his
time with us this evening to share
his views on this controversial
issue from an ethical, moral, and
theological perspective.”
Braddock joined the Roman
Catholic Servants of the Sick in
1989. Since 2002, he has been
C.S.
affiliated with the White Robed
GILBERT
Monks of St. Benedict, an order
COLUMNIST
with the mission to let the world be
a more compassionate place.
His clinical training focused on end-of-life care, trauma
counseling and pediatric HIV/AIDS. He has served as a
hospital and hospice chaplain, including for Hospice/VNA
of the Florida Keys. He has served as president of the Florida
Keys Outreach Coalition since 2000. FKOC has developed
and operates housing and supportive service programs for
the homeless, addicted, mentally ill and victims of domestic
violence in our community. His is an outlook of Catholic
spirituality, stressing the experience of unconditional love
and compassion.
at’s all for now. Gotta fly! n
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Silvia Nodarse Terriente
For the first time since it debuted at the
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana last
December, American audiences now have the
chance to see the groundbreaking exhibition,
Cómo lo vemos a Usted / “How we see you,”
when it opens at e Studios of Key West.
Originally opening days after the United
States and Cuba announced the historic reconciliation between the two countries, the exhibition is result of a project undertaken by
American photographer Jeffrey Cardenas and
Cuban photographer Yanela Piñeiro. e exhibition highlights the diversity of Cubans living
in the barrio of La Habana Vieja and also asks,
“Who exactly are these Cuban neighbors who
have been isolated for more than half a century,
and how do they see us now?”
e project began in Havana when Cardenas and Piñeiro set up outdoor studios
in the historic Plaza Vieja. ousands of simple
black-and-white portraits were taken. e resulting narrative is sometimes subtle, often
dramatic, and always surprising.
See the work and meet the photographers at
the opening reception for Cómo lo vemos a
Usted, 6-8 p.m. ursday, Oct. 1, at e
Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton St. n
Gallery of images, jeffreycardenas.com
INFO tskw.org
The 801 Bourbon
Cabaret Girls
check out the Leather
and Chrome at the
2015 Poker Run
Photo: Larry
Larryy Blackburn • Cover: JT Thompson
n
September Guild
Mixer Held at the
Hard Rock
First Annual ‘Out of
the Darkness; Walk
for Suicide Awareness
PETE ARNOW | PHOTOGRAPHER
015 Queen Candidate Jodyrae Campbell, extreme right,
sings ‘Amazing Grace’ at the start of the first annual Out of
the Darkness Walk, organized by Mary Lou Hoover, center, while sound
engineer Shawna Lacy Wynd look on. The even was part of a nation
program to promote Suicide Awareness.
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ulie Crane, third from left, is joined by friends at the Key West
Business Guild Mixer held at the Hard Rock Cafe. The café
served dinner for the event.
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Gardens Hotel Welcomes King Candidate Mark
Watson Hosts Event at
King Candidate Mark
the Gardens Hotel
Watson
he Gardens Hotel’s Jim Marquardt and Kate Miano welcome
all the visitors to the 2nd Chance Prom, a King of Fantasy
Fest fundraising event held by candidate Mark Watson.
015 Fantasy Fest King Candidate held a funraising event,
‘2nd Chance Prom’ at the Gardens Hotel. The event benefitted AIDS Help. Mark, extreme left is shown with Guests Eric Haley,
Kenny Weschler, Connie Gilbert and Kenne Tucker.
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Beth Ranson & Rochele Miller.
Dana Debevec & Janet Coley.
Sheriff Rick Ramsey, Lissette Zuelch, Greg Sullivan.
Michelle Maxwell & Cara Higgins.
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Key West City Manager Jim Scholl, John Parks & Scott Oropeza.
Valerie Sackett & Randy & Suzanne Moore.
Roy Bishop , Martha Robinson Damian Vantriglia & Alex Osterhout.
Karen Horan & David Paul Horan.
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Charlie Tuna (Smokin’ Tuna Saloon).
Gracy.
John Toppino, Monica Munoz & Robert Lockwood.
Yolanda Williams & Cathy Torres with FKCC.
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Alicia Metzler Celebrates Her 80th Birthday
PHOTOS BY LARRY BLACKBURN
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Key West Democrats at the VFW
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Key West Democrats at the VFW
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Womenfest at Dog Tired Gallery
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Spectacular Beach Club condo
by C. S. GILBERT
KONK LIFE REAL ESTATE WRITER
or convenience, style,
sophistication,
ambiance and amenities, the best
place of all to live on the island of
Key West is 1500 Atlantic
Boulevard, the Beach Club. Unit
107 is blessed with all of the
above—and then some.
Conveniently located directly
across from an outside staircase,
and just down the exterior balcony
hall from the elevator, the
uniqueness of this condo stopped
me in my tracks the moment the
front door was opened on a sunwashed afternoon. Visible is an
immense, lofty space, at least fifty
feet in length, ending with a wall
of glass sliders onto a private
balcony the full width of the unit,
revealing a breathtaking view of
sea grape, palms, pale sandy beach
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Amenities include two pools, a tennis court, a gym and covered parking.
NICK DOLL | PHOTOGRAPHY
This magnificent space is what put the “great” in great room.
and the vast, multi-hued expanse
of the Atlantic Ocean.
The interior is no less grand
than the exterior view. This living
space is what put the “great” in
great room. First there is a shining
24-foot galley kitchen, straight out
of Elle Decor magazine. “It’s the
biggest galley kitchen I’ve ever
seen,” said Dean Townsend, who
with his husband Keith comprise
the Townsend Team at Doug
Mayberry Real Estate.
Sleek with its long, white
marble counter and sparkling with
its stainless top-line Frigidaire
appliances, Danby wine cooler
and unusual stainless tile
backsplash, the kitchen’s linear
arrangement leaves a great deal of
space for imaginative furnishing,
presently showcasing a very large,
French antique kitchen table.
The other Beach Club units I’ve
seen have vestibules leading to the
living space and a small, enclosed
From the first, the eye is drawn to the condo-wide covered balcony and the
breathtaking view of the Atlantic Ocean.
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A sleek, 24-foot galley kitchen opens up even more living area in the great room.
The dining area is immense.
In the master bedroom, awaken to that great view every morning.
Notice the unique window wall between the master bedroom and the bath’s huge
party shower.
sunroom/porch, perhaps intended as a
laundry but in at least one case used as
an artists studio. Renovators of this
residence, however, have completely
removed that front wall, making the
living space even more immense and
enlarging the second bedroom as well.
(The laundry, with full-sized, stacked
LG washer and dryer, is located in a
very clever umbilicus joining the
“You wake up to the best view on the
island,” said Keith Townsend. But,
even more stunning, the wall between
the bed and bathroom has been
replaced by glass fronting a huge,
marble party shower with a
rainshower head and a standard
showerhead plus a substantial sitting
bench. The amazing water view can be
enjoyed from the shower. “It’s almost
master walk-in closet to the second
bedroom.) The dining area of the great
room could easily hold a table that
comfortably seats ten.
If the ocean view, enhanced by the
greenery close to the balcony of this
first floor unit, is breathtaking, there’s
yet another delightful shock in the
master suite. Sliders provide the same
ocean view as from the great room.
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like showering outside,” said Dean.
Sharing a wall with that surely
unique shower is a long walk-in closet
with built-ins; at the end is a door
into the laundry closet and thence
into the second guestroom. This room
is nearly as large as the master, with
almost a full wall of closet space. Its
ensuite bath is across a small hall and,
like the master bath and kitchen, is a
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Spectacular Beach Club condo
sophisticated combo of the marble,
espresso-stained wood, stainless
fixtures and the eco-friendly bamboo
flooring throughout the residence.
Another door leads into the great
room; when closed it turns the
second bedroom and bath into a
lock-off.
The unit is securely equipped with
hurricane shutters to protect the
oceanside glass walls as well as,
landside, original wooden jalousie
shutters in front of impact resistant
quality glass protecting the three
windows and glass front door.
The condo association at 1500
Atlantic is called The Beach Club for
good reason; its resort-like amenities
include two pools and a wellequipped gym, along with a covered
parking space. In addition it is
located in close proximity to Higgs
Beach and the Nature Preserve;
Smathers Beach is just around the
corner on South Roosevelt Blvd.
Atlantic is a main artery to reach
both the Casa Marina district and
Old Town, the airport and New Town
shopping areas. From the balcony,
looking to the right to the White
Street Pier makes for excellent
viewing of the 4th of July fireworks,
the Townsends noted.
Check out this remarkable
residence by contacting either Dean
Townsend at (305) 942-1369 or
Keith Townsend at (305) 393-4339.
Konk Life welcomes subjects for
other articles about Keys homes
currently for sale. Contact Guy deBoer
at (305) 296-1630 or (305) 766-5832
or email [email protected].
Continued
A laundry cleverly connects the master’s long walk-in closet to the second
bedroom.
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Featured Home Locations
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Ramrod Key
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Featured Homes – Viewed by Appointment
Map #Address
1
#BR/BA
3
Key Haven
Stock Island
Listing Agent
Phone Number
Ad Page
773-206-0097
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1
2601 S. Roosevelt Blvd., Key West – Multiple Units
2
65 Sunset Key Dr., Key West
2BR/2BA
Mike Caron, Compass Realty
508-269-8565
305-296-7078
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3
27465 Guadaloupe Ln., Ramrod Key
2BR/2BA
Karen Lane, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
Knight & Gardner Realty
305-393-5903
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4
522 Petronia St., Key West
3BR/3BA
Dawn Thornburgh, Beach Club Brokers, Inc.
305-294-8433
800-545-9655
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5
1402 Whalton St., Key West
3BR/3.5BA
Doug Mayberry, Doug Mayberry Real Estate
305-292-6155
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1500 Atlantic Blvd., #107, Key West
2BR/2BA
Doug Mayberry, Doug Mayberry Real Estate
305-292-6155
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1BR/1BA,
Geno Zaharakis, Century 21 Schwartz Realty
2BR/1BA, 3BR/2BA
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Key West Association of REALTORS®
keywestrealtors.org
Phone (305) 296-8259
Listing Agency
Lower Keys
Real Estate Sales Force
Allison James Estates & Homes
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Florida Keys Realty, Inc.
Waterfront Keys Realty Inc.
Sellstate Island Properties
RE/MAX All Keys Real Estate
RE/MAX All Keys Real Estate
Mia Howe Realty LLC
SBX Real Estate, LLC
Key West
Re/Max Keys Connection
Conch Realty LLC
Preferred Properties
Truman & Co.
Engel & Voelkers Florida Keys
Truman & Co.
Truman & Co.
Doug Mayberry Real Estate
Selling Agency
Sold Date
List Price
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Real Estate Sales Force
Century 21 Schwartz
Florida Keys Realty, Inc.
Internet Realty of the Florida Keys
KeyIsle Realty
Keller Williams Realty
Century 21 Keysearch Realty
Mia Howe Realty LLC
SBX Real Estate, LLC
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Fax (305) 296-2701
Street Address
Island
Built
Description
Bogie Dr
Enterprise Ave #A
Gardenia Ln
Lagoon Dr
Little Knockemdown
Spanish Main Dr #461
Old State Road 4A
La Fitte Dr
1st West Ave
1st West Ave
Navajo St
Labrisa Ct
Park Cir
Avenue C
Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key
Summerland Key
Summerland Key
Cudjoe Key
Cudjoe Key
Cudjoe Key
Cudjoe Key
Cudjoe Key
Sugarloaf Key
Sugarloaf Key
Saddlebunch
Big Coppitt
1958
1975
N/A
1986
1988
1988
1975
1994
N/A
N/A
1994
N/A
N/A
2014
N/A
1997
1958
1958
1986
1964
1968
1994
1923
1923
1933
1998
$2,990,000.00
$2,750,000.00
6125 Second St
Stock Island
$ 313,500.00
$ 301,500.00
108 Golf Club Dr
Key West
$ 324,249.00
$ 324,249.00
2321 Fogarty Ave
Key West
$ 515,000.00
$ 496,000.00
1515 18 St
Key West
$ 289,900.00
$ 282,000.00
3316 Duck Ave
Key West
$ 324,900.00
$ 231,000.00
1516 Duncombe St
Key West
$ 769,000.00
$ 750,000.00
812 Johnson Ln
Key West
$ 735,000.00
$ 720,000.00
544 Porter Ln
Key West
$ 370,000.00
$ 451,500.00
813 Johnson Ln
Key West
$ 873,000.00
$ 861,500.00
307 Truman Ave
Key West
$1,895,000.00
$1,895,000.00
1009 Southard St
Key West
$1,695,000.00
$1,500,000.00
62 Sunset Key Dr
Key West
Based on information from the KWAR MLS for the period of 09/10/15 through 09/17/15
Good Deeds sponsored by
5
Bdrms
Wtrfrnt
MM
Commercial RE
Duplex
Lots
Single Family
Single Family
Mobile Home
Single Family
Single Family
Lots
Lots
Single Family
Lots
Lots
Single Family
0
4
0
4
2
2
2
3
0
0
3
0
0
3
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
31
29.5
29
25.5
25
23
22
22
21
21
19
17
14
10
Commercial RE
Townhouse
Single Family
Single Family
Townhouse
Single Family
Single Family
Townhouse
Single Family
Single Family
Duplex
Single Family
0
2
4
2
2
3
3
2
0
3
6
2
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
5
5
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
6

September 24, 2015

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