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November 19, 2015 ◆ Vol. 139 ◆ No. 323 ◆ 14 pages
US, Cuba sign marine pact
WEATHER
Historic agreement establishes sister sanctuaries
Monay Carey, third grade,
Poinciana Elementary School
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
Key West Citizen
See forecast on Page 2A
U.S. and Cuban government officials signed an historic agreement
Wednesday that establishes sister
sanctuaries between the Florida
Keys, Dry Tortugas and Everglades
and two areas in Cuba.
The National Oceanic and
MONROE COUNTY
Special Olympians
bring home prizes
It was a banner
weekend for six Special
Olympics Florida –
Monroe County athletes
at the Special Olympics
Florida Fall Classic in
Orlando. All six took
home top 10 finishes
in the Nov. 14-15 event
that saw more than
1,800 athletes converge
at the ESPN Sports
Complex, which featured bowling, flag football, softball, powerlifting, gymnastics and
cheerleading. Page 3A
Atmospheric
Administration
(NOAA) and the National Park
Service signed a memorandum of
understanding with Cuba’s Ministry
of Science, Technology, and
Environment (CITMA) in Havana
on Wednesday.
The agreement sets up a sister
marine protected area relationship
between Guanahacabibes National
Park and the Bank of San Antonio
off Cuba and Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, the Dry Tortugas,
Biscayne National Park in South
Florida and Flower Gardens Banks
Sanctuary off Texas.
The agreement is designed to
facilitate joint science efforts, stewardship and management, foster
conservation and the sharing of
technical and scientific data and
promoting education, officials said.
The agreement comes at a time
when more Americans, many with
boats, are able to go to Cuba and
fish their waters. Cubans could look
to the sanctuary on how to better
enforce no-fishing and other protected areas off their coasts.
Former Florida Keys Sanctuary
Superintendent and current sanc-
POWER OUTAGE
See PACT, Page 8A
Klitenick
returns to
planning
board
BY GWEN FILOSA
Key West Citizen
BIG COPPITT KEY
Mosquito board
to discuss building
The Florida Keys
Mosquito Control
District board will meet
today and discuss building a new facility on Big
Coppitt Key or working
with Key West officials
on staying at its current
location on Stock Island.
The bug board meets at
2 p.m. at the district offices
in Marathon, 503 107th St.
The district’s board purchased the 1.5-acre Big
Coppitt Key property last
year for $800,000 and
planned to spend roughly
another $2 million to build
the facility there, as Key
West officials said they
will not renew Mosquito
Control’s lease on College
Road on Stock Island
and told them to start
looking for new property
for its Lower Keys operation. Page 3A
SHEILA CULLEN/The Citizen
Keys Energy crews work on cleaning up downed power lines and restoring power after a truck pulled lines down
Wednesday morning on College Road.
Delivery truck topples Stock Island poles
BY ADAM LINHARDT
Key West Citizen
Power to everyone on College
Road went out Wednesday morning
after a delivery truck knocked down
two Keys Energy Services poles.
The delivery truck somehow
snagged a phone line on one of the
power poles near the College Road
access just east of Cow Key Channel,
unbeknownst to the driver, causing
the truck to pull and ultimately topple the two power poles at 7:26 a.m.,
said Keys Energy Services spokeswoman Julio Torrado.
There were no reported injuries,
but the incident caused all 600
customers on College Road to lose
power, Torrado said. That included everyone at Key West Golf Club,
Lower Keys Medical Center, Monroe
ON THE RADIO
State Rep. Holly Raschein,
R-Key Largo, talks about
this week’s committee hearings for the Florida Keys
Stewardship Act.
See KLITENICK, Page 7A
Photo courtesy of Julio Torrado
A CBI food delivery truck pulled
down communication and electric
lines, along with two power poles,
Wednesday morning along the south
side of College Road. No injuries were
See OUTAGE, Page 8A reported.
City spends
$600,000
on Truman
Waterfront
BY GWEN FILOSA
Key West Citizen
Also on today’s show:
• Teresa Konrath — Marathon
HS athletics
• Quincy Perkins — KW Film
Festival
• Maggie Gutierrez — Monroe
County Bar Association
• Alyson Crean — KWPD
• Virginia Panico — KW
Chamber
• Kirk Zuelch — FKAA
• Naja Girard — Blue Paper
ations are unsuitable. Planning commissioner William Wiatt successfully
argued Wednesday that Holladay’s
current towers and facilities work.
Wiatt stated that he could listen
to the radio stations broadcast on
City leaders farmed out
$600,000 worth of development
work on the Truman Waterfront
Park to a Miami firm this week,
including more than $300,000
to design a small amphitheater.
Bermello Ajamil and Partners,
Inc. will design the proposed
$4 million amphitheater for
$302,184 and also provide construction administrative services for the upcoming $17 million opening phase of the park’s
building, a $298,340 contract.
City commissioners approved
the contracts late Wednesday
See RADIO, Page 7A
See WATERFRONT, Page 8A
Commissioners say no to radio tower
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
“It doesn’t meet the requirements of the code.”
Key West Citizen
William Wiatt
The Monroe County Planning
Commission shot down a proposal to place a 199-foot radio tower
on Upper Sugarloaf Key after more
than a dozen residents spoke
against it at Wednesday’s meeting.
Bob Holladay, owner of U.S. 1
Radio and five other stations in the
Keys, recently moved the stations’ studios to the 800 block of Crane Boulevard
on Sugarloaf Key and requested to erect
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Evening Edition 5-5:30 p.m.
INDEX
County Sheriff’s Office headquarters and Florida Keys Community
College among others.
The sheriff’s office and the hospital both have generators for just
such an occurrence, said sheriff’s
office spokeswoman Becky Herrin
and hospital spokesman Randy
Detrick.
“Given our remote location and
the potential for tropical storms,
Lower Keys Medical Center is prepared for power outages through
primary and back-up generators
to support critical hospital operations,” Detrick said in a prepared
statement. “The generator automatically activates when there is
a power outage. While any power
outage can cause some operation-
Richard Klitenick is back on
the city’s planning board, two
weeks after city commissioners
voted to remove him to make
way for a newly elected leader’s
choice.
OnWednesday, Commissioner
Margaret Romero announced
Klitenick, an
attorney with
13 years on the
panel, would
serve as her
appointment to
the volunteer
planning board,
which meets at
Klitenick
6 p.m. today.
Asked whether it was she or Klitenick who
made the approach for the slot,
Romero said it wasn’t important.
“It doesn’t make any difference,” Romero said. “He was the
best candidate. I make my deci-
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Monroe County planning commissioner
a 199-foot, mono-pole radio tower there.
County code allows the tower on
Upper Sugarloaf Key if certain requirements are met and county planning
staff did not object to it. However,
county land-use rules require the
county to approve the tower if the
current radio stations tower and oper-
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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ◆ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015
PAGE 2
of butterfly- and bird-attracting
plants propagated by the garden’s
• Bingo date change
volunteers. All proceeds benefit the
Editor’s note: To have your event listed in Around the Keys, e-mail
The Key West Parrot Head Club
garden’s conservation program. For
the who, what, where and when to [email protected].
has rescheduled its bingo event
information, call 305-296-1504 or
to Saturday, from 8 to 10 p.m., at
visit www.keywestbotanicalgarden.
scholarship fund for local graduates.
information, call 305-295-9466.
Viva Saloon. All monies raised will
org. The Botanical Garden is located
The BottleCap is located at 1128
Shanna Key is located at 1900
benefit the club’s 12 local charities. at 5210 College Road.
Simonton St.
Flagler
Ave.
Club events are always open to the
• KWNOW Meeting
public. For information, call Wendy
• Turkey Trot 5K
• Bar Association fundraiser
The Key West Chapter of the
at 305-294-4424. Viva Saloon is
Run off that turkey at the Hog’s
On
Friday,
from
5
to
8
p.m.,
join
National Organization for Women
located at 903 Duval St.
the Monroe County Bar Association Breath 5K Hog Trot on Nov. 28.
will meet at 5 p.m. on Friday at
Proceeds benefit the Southernmost
at the BottleCap’s new Blue Room
• Plant sale
Shanna Key Irish Pub and Grill.
Lounge as the group plans its Dec. Runners Club and the Key West
Native, rare and endangered plants The organization is open to men
High School running program. Race
12 “Justice for All Crawl” 5K run/
will be offered for sale at The Key
and women who are advocates of
West Tropical Forest and Botanical
equality. Members of KWNOW meet walk. Runners and walkers can get starts 8 a.m., course runs through
Old Town and Fort Zachary Taylor
information about the crawl and
Garden on Saturday, from 10 a.m.
the third Friday of each month to
State Park. For information, call
sign up, while bartenders’ happy
to noon. Choose from more than
discuss topical issues and suphour tips will benefit the group’s
port local equality initiatives. For
305-296-4222. Online registration
1,500 plants and 150 species
AROUND THE KEYS
IN THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST:
until Nov. 25 at hogsbreath.com or
register at the Hog’s Breath Saloon,
400 Front St.
• Day of Remembrance
The Transgender Day of
Remembrance is Friday and
Equality Florida is observing it with
a series of events. There will be a
prosecco reception at 6 p.m. at
the Tropic Cinema, followed by the
screening of “Soldier’s Girl.” At 8:45
p.m., there will be will a candlelight
vigil in the front garden of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church. For information
and reservations, call Evie Evers
Kling at 305-296-3267 or email
[email protected] Tropic Cinema is
located at 416 Eaton St. and St.
Paul’s at 401 Duval St..
• Volunteers needed
Volunteers and groups are needed
to sell Christmas Trees at MARC,
beginning Nov. 27 at 9 a.m. Trees
will be sold from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
every day until all trees are sold. For
information, call Mike Roth at 305360-2934 or the MARC Plant Store
at 305-296-9556.
• Garden Club sale
The Key West Garden Club will hold
its annual Fall Plant and Art Sale at
the West Martello Tower on Saturday
and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 3
p.m. Plants propagated in the plant
nursery will be sold at near wholesale prices. Admission and parking
are free. The West Martello Tower is
located at 1000 Atlantic Blvd.
Citizens’ Voice TODAY IN KEYS HISTORY
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“Citizens’
Voice’’ is a
forum for
you to tell
us what’s
on your mind.
Call the “Voice’’ at 305-2937900 or e-mail to voice@
keysnews.com. Some of the
comments will be published
daily.
KEY WEST 5-DAY FORECAST
TODAY
“If the city would set up
paid-viewing seats or roped-off
areas along both sides of Duval
Street for Fantasy Fest (like Times
Square on New Years Eve in New
York City), it would raise significant
money and prevent the early-morning bus riders from setting
up their very own lawn chair/cooler picnic area up and down Duval
Street from early in the morning
on parade day.”
Photo by Monroe County Property Appraiser’s Office
The cornerstone of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, shown in
1965, was laid at 807 Center St. in 1924 by The Rev. Cameron
Mann, bishop of Episcopal Diocese of South Florida.
1895: The Key West sponge schooner Shamrock sunk off
St. Martin’s Key; six of the 14-member crew were lost.
1924: The cornerstone of the new St. Peter’s Episcopal
Church was laid by The Rev. Cameron Mann, bishop of
Episcopal Diocese of South Florida.
1952: Monroe County became the owner of the Key West
International Airport when the deed of sale was filed. The
county paid Key West Improvement Inc., $150,000 for the
property. The deed had a restriction that should the property ever be used for anything other than a public airport, the
property would revert to Key West Improvement.
1957: Louis M.J. Eisner and Charles Parra won seats on
the city commission in the run-off election.
“It is not just the planes flying
overhead that are responsible
for the sooty mess on everything
all over town, maybe even more
important is the exhaust from the
cruise ships that burn high-sulfur
diesel fuel.”
“I am against providing housing
subsidized by the city. I drive
down George Street and there is
a Mercedes, BMW and Lincoln
Town Car parked there every
morning. Your subsidized housing
allows you to drive a luxury car
instead of paying a mortgage like
the rest of us; I have a problem
with my tax base being used in
this way.”
Photo and text compiled by Tom Hambright of the Monroe County Library. For more
photos of Monroe County, visit the Library’s photo collection at http://bit.ly/keyspix.
CRIME REPORT
“The standing water along the
Smathers Beach seawall forces
pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists
into traffic. It will not percolate nor
evaporate. Every rain event causes
this problem, and it lasts for days.
Is there a big squeegee truck?”
Mobile carpet cleaner
arrested in drug sweep
“Instead of shaming all of Key
West, the 300 who did show up
for the Vietnam memorial should
be thanked.”
CITIZEN STAFF
KEY WEST — Key West
police say a business man was
using his mobile carpet cleaning business as a front to deliver cocaine.
Jerry Phelps, 54, of Key
Haven, faces multiple cocaine
trafficking and other cocaine
related charges.
His arrest Tuesday follows a joint investigation by
the Key West Police Special
Investigations Unit, Homeland
Security Investigations, the
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
and Customs and Border
Patrol, according to a Key West
police press release.
During an undercover
“If you really want to stop smoking, come with me for my next
chemotherapy treatment and see
the pain and suffering smokers
have to deal with sooner or later.
Quitting smoking is much easier.”
“The comment about airplane
exhaust missed an important
point. Although leaded fuel has
been banned in automobiles
since the ‘70s, 75 percent of all
small planes still use leaded fuel,
which is spewed over the island
daily.”
“To the human who stole my
American flag off of my bike, if
you did so to hang proudly at
your own home or on your bike
— annoyed, but OK. If you did
anything else to the American Flag
— karma’s a bitch.”
Woman arrested in burglary
“The speed limit on South
Roosevelt is 30 mph. North
Roosevelt has perhaps 30 more
curb cuts and 10 more intersections and its speed limit is 35
mph. This is stupid and dangerous. If the city doesn’t have permission to lower the speed limit,
just do it and ask for forgiveness
from the state later.”
CITIZEN STAFF
“To the ill-informed Obama
basher, you should thank the U.S.
for sharing intelligence and setting
the stage for the French response.
Because of your logic, along with
Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield, we
are in this mess. The president
opposed the invasion as it was a
knee-jerk cowboy reaction.”
“The monorail now being
researched by DOT is a great idea
whose time has come. Quiet,
scenic and will cut down on traffic. Plus it will be a great tourist
attraction. Hell, I want to ride on
it already!”
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operation, detectives discovered that Phelps was selling cocaine while working,
and using his Rug Busters
van to make cocaine deliveries, according to Key West
police.
Upon Phelps’s arrest, detectives located nine baggies
containing over 26 grams of
powder cocaine and more
than $2,000 in cash on Phelps’s
person. A search warrant for
Phelps’s residence uncovered
another 15 bags of cocaine, 31
grams of marijuana, and more
than $9,600 in cash, reports
say.
Phelps was taken to the
Monroe County Detention
Center on Stock Island.
KEY LARGO — A woman
accused of stealing myriad
items from a yacht club was
stymied by a security guard
Tuesday, according to the
Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office.
Angela Mace, 40, of Key
Largo, was charged with burglary and grand theft.
A security guard at the
Anchorage Resort and Yacht
Club, 107800 Overseas
Highway, told a deputy he
was making his rounds at
1:30 p.m. when he saw a
woman later identified as
Mace taking items belonging to Sand Dollar Charters,
107690 Overseas Highway,
reports state.
The guard asked her
what she was doing and
she reportedly said she was
“waiting for a drunk friend,”
reports state.
The guard then noticed all
the allegedly stolen items in
the back of her truck, according to the sheriff’s office.
The investigation revealed
items from the business that
had been taken by Mace,
including two coolers, a
bar umbrella and a beach
umbrella, three life jackets, buckets, trash cans and
cleaning supplies, reports
state.
The items were returned
to the owners and Mace
was taken to Monroe
County Detention Center on
Plantation Key.
TONIGHt
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
The Key West Citizen corrects all errors of fact. If you find an error in
fact in The Citizen call Kay Harris at 305-292-7777, ext. 205. She can
also be reached at [email protected].
MONDAY
85
77
84/77
83/75
82/74
80/72
Partly sunny with
spotty showers
Mostly cloudy, warm
and humid
A p.m. shower
in places
Cloudy and humid
with showers
Cloudy and humid, a
couple of showers
Comfortable
with sunshine
Tallahassee
77/55
Pensacola
72/61
Jacksonville
80/62
Gainesville
78/60
TIDES Source: www.saltwatertides.com
Key West
11/19
11/20
11/21
11/22
Daytona Beach
83/73
Marathon
Lows
9:22 AM
9:37 PM
10:20 AM
10:56 PM
11:13 AM
—
12:03 AM
12:03 PM
Highs
2:44 AM
4:18 PM
4:09 AM
5:11 PM
5:34 AM
6:00 PM
6:48 AM
6:47 PM
Lows
—
12:21 PM
12:55 AM
1:18 PM
2:08 AM
2:14 PM
3:12 AM
3:05 PM
Highs
6:29 AM
9:23 PM
7:43 AM
10:05 PM
10:41 AM
10:42 PM
12:05 PM
11:13 PM
YESTERDAY’S AVG. WATER TEMPERATURE
Orlando
84/69
Tampa
83/71
St. Petersburg
80/73
Nov. 18: 80.1°
West Palm Beach
84/74
PRECIPITATION AS OF TWO DAYS AGO
Nov. 17
Precipitation
Month-to-date
Year-to-date
Actual
0.10”
1.01”
30.58”
Normal
0.07”
1.39”
36.70”
Record
Last Year
1.22” (1987) 0.00”
—
0.41”
—
33.94”
Fort Myers
85/72
East to southeast
winds 15 to 20 knots
early... decreasing
to near 15 knots
by afternoon. Seas
4 to 7 feet early...
subsiding to 3 to 5
feet in the afternoon.
Isolated showers.
At night: East to
southeast winds 10
to 15 knots. Seas
3 to 4 feet. Isolated
showers.
Key West
85/77
• Caroline Street
Material deliveries continue as erosion
control measures are installed. Trench
excavation for the new stormwater
collection system is underway west of
the intersection of William and Caroline
streets, which will be closed. Deliveries
and vehicular access will need to
detour around Caroline Street in the
Elizabeth Street to William Street block.
Pedestrian access should be maintained on the south side of the street.
The nine-month project is scheduled to
finish in August.
Sunrise today ......................... 6:46 AM
Sunset today.......................... 5:39 PM
Moonrise today ...................... 10:07 PM
Moonset today ....................... 1:04 AM
Oct. 27
improvements, including ADA compliance, milling and repaving. Traffic will be
maintained in one direction and routed
by either flagmen or detours.
• South Roosevelt Boulevard and
U.S. 1
The merge lane leaving Key West from
South Roosevelt Boulevard onto U.S. 1
will be significantly shortened to allow
for drainage work on the southbound
side of U.S. 1. Traffic leaving the island
from South Roosevelt onto U.S. 1 will
be strictly governed by a traffic signal.
Right-on-red will be permitted by law
only after a complete stop, and if traffic
has cleared. The project is scheduled to
finish in June. No closures are anticipated this week.
• Long Key Bridge
Roadwork is under way from Mile
Marker 63 to Mile Marker 65 through
• SR 5/Truman Avenue from
Whitehead Street to Eisenhower Drive January. Concrete and drill-shaft operThe project is underway and scheduled ations will continue with lane closures
expected. A 40-mph speed limit will be
to end in December. Improvements
enforced for workers’ safety during the
consist of signalization at various
duration of the project.
intersections, as well as sidewalk
IN PORT
TODAY
Majesty of the Seas
Pier B
9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
FRIDAY
Victory
Pier B
7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Constellation
Outer Mole
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Key Largo
84/77
Marathon
87/76
SUN AND MOON
ROADWORK
• Packer Street
Packer Street, from Truman Avenue to
Johnson Lane, will be closed Friday,
from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. for delivery of
building materials for the new restaurant on Truman Avenue.
Fort Lauderdale
84/76
Miami
84/75
MARINE
WEATHER
FORECAST
Nov. 3
Nov. 11
Nov. 19
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MILE MARKERS
KEY WEST
BIG PINE KEY
KEY WEST
Garden Society to meet
The Big Pine Key Botanical
Society will meet tonight
at 7:30 at Lord of the Seas
Church.
The church is located on
Key Deer Boulevard, just past
the ballpark.
Hetty Ford, the curator of
the Plumeria Collection at the
Naples Botanical Garden, will
be the featured speaker. Ford
oversees more than 500 varieties of the very fragrant plumeria at the Naples garden. She
will share her knowledge of
the history, growing and propagation of this popular Keys
plant, which is also called
“frangipani.”
For information, call Deb at
305-849-2986.
Plant sale scheduled
at botanical garden
Photo by Becky Herrin/Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
From left, Maj. Chad Scibilia, Sheriff Rick Ramsay, Deputy Josh Gordon, Safariland representative Ed Hinchey, Deputy
David Lariz and Col. Lou Caputo join in welcoming the bullet-proof vest maker to the Keys.
Bullet-proof vest maker visits deputy whose life was saved during on-duty shooting
Ed Hinchey, a technical specialist with the company Safariland,
stopped by the Monroe County
Sheriff’s Office headquarters building Thursday to meet with Deputy
Josh Gordon, whose life was saved
when his Safariland vest stopped a
saved by a Safariland vest.
Deputy Gordon and Sheriff Rick
Ramsay also received plaques commemorating the save, and Deputy
Gordon received a number of other
gifts from the company in recognition of his heroism under fire.
bullet Oct. 24 during a firefight with
a robbery suspect on Stock Island.
As the latest addition to their
Safariland “Saves” Club, Deputy
Gordon will receive bullet-proof
vests free of charge for the rest of
his career. He is the 1,930th life
Local Special Olympics athletes
bring home prizes from Orlando
Native, rare and endangered
plants will be offered for sale
Saturday at The Key West Tropical
Forest and Botanical Garden,
5210 College Road on Stock
Island, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Choose from more than 1,500
plants and 150 species of butterfly- and bird-attracting plants
propagated by the garden’s volunteers in sizes from one- to
15-gallon pots.
Garden members receive a 15
percent discount.
All proceeds directly benefit
the garden’s conservation program.
For information, call 305-2961504 or visit www.keywestbotanicalgarden.org.
Bug board to discuss
Big Coppitt building
BY TIMOTHY O’HARA
BY MICHAEL QUIRK
Key West Citizen
Key West Citizen
It was a banner weekend
for six Special Olympics
Florida – Monroe County
athletes at the Special
Olympics Florida Fall
Classic in Orlando. All six
took home top-10 finishes
in the Nov. 14-15 event that
saw more than 1,800 athletes converge at the ESPN
Sports Complex, which featured bowling, flag football,
softball, powerlifting, gymnastics and cheerleading.
All of the Monroe County
athletes competed among
650 participants in bowling, with Erin McCarthy
and Scott Hart placing
fourth in traditional doubles, Rye Kelly and David
Ciufetellie fourth and seventh in singles, respectively, and unified doubles
team B.J. Ferdinand and
John Golden coming in first
with a combined score of
224.
“I felt good and really
happy,” said Ferdinand, who
said the team really got its
groove in the second game
amid a stiff field. “Bowling is
a lot of fun, especially with
your friends and the people
you know.”
The six competitors,
Provided photo
Local athletes, from left, Erin McCarthy and B.J. Ferdinand both earned recognition
as Inspirational Unified Athlete of the Year, while William Anderson was recognized as
Inspirational Coach of the Year.
along with other Monroe
County athletes, trained
at the NAS Airlanes every
Sunday for 12 weeks with
head bowling coach Pat
Hart. About 40 bowlers in
total were transported in
Five 6’s Taxi vans each week
to the lanes to hone their
skills. Hart has been working with Special Olympics
Florida – Monroe County
for nearly 40 years and has
a special place in her heart
for the athletes.
“I have a special needs
son who is highly-functioning,” she said. “Even as a
young Brownie Scout, I was
working with special needs
students.”
Now that bowling is
wrapped up for the season, the athletes will turn
their focus to cycling and
bocce ball. Hart said they
are in need of volunteers
and coaches, and that those
who are interested can
reach her at 305-304-6084
or find information at www.
specialolympicsmonroe.
org.
All funding for Special
Olympics Florida – Monroe
County is raised privately
and possible donors can
find a mailing address on
the website.
Working with the athletes
has been a lifelong passion for Hart, who said the
rewards come in the reactions from the athletes.
“As a whole, I thoroughly
enjoy seeing them learn and
grow, and develop self-confidence, something they
might have never gotten
without Special Olympics,”
she said. “It’s such a joy to
see their reactions and to
see them thrive.”
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Recycles Day set for Saturday at Bayview
CITIZEN STAFF
Reduce, reuse, recycle and
make a robot this Saturday.
City staff wants to focus
on the lighter side of recycling, by hosting Key West
Recycles from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m. Saturday at Bayview
Park to recognize the annual
America Recycles Day.
The event includes a recycled art contest, with the
theme of robots, activity
booths and a public yard sale
that is bring-your-own-table
and costs a $10 entry fee,
which will support school
field trips. Yard sale spaces
must fit into a 10-foot-by10-foot space and be set up
by 7:45 a.m.
Local vendors may also
participate, as long as products are made from reused
or recycled materials.
“We really wanted to
bring awareness to America
Recycles and get people to
think about the different
ways to reuse, recycle and
have fun with it,” said Dee
Dee Green, the solid waste
and recycling coordinator.
The recycled art contest
will produce a winner in
four age categories, from
pre-kindergarten through
12th grade. Winners will
receive a $20 gift card for
them and a $100 for their
school or classroom. Adults
are welcome to display their
recycled art projects.
Robot sculptures must be
made from clean garbage
and recycling. New materials, such as glue, duct tape,
construction paper, acrylic
paint, glitter and feathers
are recommended. Used
materials may include gift
bags, beads, cigar boxes,
guitar strings, old keys, rib-
bon and old container lids.
For information or to
register, email [email protected] or go to
the Utilities office at 3110
Flagler Ave, Habana Plaza.
Green is asking for entry
notices to be delivered by
Friday but the contest judging is set from 11:30 a.m.
to 12:15 p.m. Saturday and
robot makers may show up
before then.
“We’re going to have a
people’s choice award,”
Green said. ‘If it gets there
early, they will get more
votes.”
The Florida Keys Mosquito
Control District board will
meet today and discuss
building a new facility on Big
Coppitt Key or working with
Key West officials on staying at its current location on
Stock Island.
The bug board meets at 2
p.m. at the district offices in
Marathon, 503 107th St.
The district’s board purchased the 1.5-acre Big
Coppitt Key property
last year for $800,000 and
planned to spend roughly
another $2 million to build
the facility there, as Key West
officials said they will not
renew Mosquito Control’s
lease on College Road on
Stock Island and told them
to start looking for new
property for its Lower Keys
operation.
However, the cost of the
new building is coming in
$2 million more than the
$2 million the Mosquito
Control District planned
to spend on the project.
The sticker shock has both
Mosquito Control and the
city rethinking the arrangement.
The Key West City
Commission voted Tuesday
night to renegotiate with
the district and allow them
to stay on College Road on
Stock Island. The Key West
City Commission has discussed a possible land swap
with the Mosquito Control
District.
Mosquito
Control
board Chair Jill CranneyGage and commissioners
Phil Goodman and Tom
MacDonald said Wednesday
that they would be willing
to talk with the city about
swapping land or entering
into another lease with the
city for the College Road
property. Two years ago, the
city chose not to renew the
district’s lease and has been
operating on a month-tomonth arrangement since
then.
By the end of the year, the
district will have about $2
million for the project, which
includes nearly $1 million in
a building fund and another
$1 million from a property tax increase implemented this year plus money the
district can borrow this year,
according to the mosquito
control district.
Two contractors told the
bug board that the project
would cost between roughly
$4.2 and $4.5 million.
Instead of entering into
another agreement with the
city, the bug board could
chose to build a smaller
building or place trailers
at the Big Coppitt building, which has been proposed by commissioner Phil
Goodman.
“I would like to see what
the city comes up with,”
Goodman said. “We can’t
afford a $4 million-plus
building.”
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CITIZEN OF THE DAY
OBITUARIES
MARTHA MAY
HEIRONIMUS
Martha May Heironimus,
87, and current resident of
Box Springs, Georgia, passed
away on Tuesday, Nov. 10,
2015 at St. Francis Hospital
in Columbus, Georgia. A
memorial service will be
held by the family at a later
date.
Mrs. Heironimus, daughter of the late Paul Otterbine
Gottwals and Madge Irene
Luce Gottwals, was born
Aug. 24, 1928 in Washington
D.C. She was an avid bridge
player and played with many
friends in both Key West and
Columbus. Mrs. Heironimus
was a past member of the
Key West Botanical Garden
and was of the Methodist
Faith. She was a life-long
resident of Key West and
co-owner of Captain Red’s
Sporting Goods from 19551973.
Other than her parents,
Mrs. Heironimus was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Hutcheson
Heironimus; and her brother, Paul Gottwals.
She is survived by her
daughter, Janet Wadkins;
son-in-law, Jim Wadkins;
grandsons, Travis Wadkins
(Sheryl), Tyler Wadkins
(LaToya);
granddaughter, Kira LaFleur (Robert);
great-grandchildren Shyan,
Shaylei, K’Morie and
Kamani Wadkins, Matthew
Yanez,
and
Rhianna
LaFleur.
MIKE HENTZ/The Citizen
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Steve Carr is from North Canton, Ohio, and has lived in
the Florida Keys for eight years, three of them in Key West.
Carr works for Fury Booth Sales. “Fishing, getting out on
the water, I love the people,” Carr said when asked what
he appreciates most about life in the Keys.
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EDITORIAL BOARD
PAUL A. CLARIN/PUBLISHER
KAY HARRIS/ EDITOR
ROBERT CINTRON JR.
KEN DOMANSKI
TODD GERMAN
JENNIFER HULSE
W. ANN REYNOLDS
OPINION
Florida is failing
on mental health
T
he word “crisis” has
been dulled with
overuse. But it may
be the only word that adequately describes Florida’s
tattered and inadequate
mental-health system. The
state should be fighting
the demons of addiction
and mental illness; instead,
it has cut funding, closed
facilities and concealed the
worst symptoms of its own
neglect.
On a per-capita basis,
Florida is 49th in mental-health spending, but
that hides a heavy burden
on local taxpayers. Across
the state, county jails have
become the treatment facilities of last resort — which
does little to alleviate the
misery of people who desperately need help but can’t
get it.
The cost is shared by all,
and it is a heavy one:
The News-Journal investigation “Shots Fired”
found that more than 25
percent of the people shot
by police in 2013 and 2014
had histories of mental
illness or drug problems.
The number might be
higher; some investigations aren’t complete and
others don’t have details.
The shootings are often a
result of untrained police
officers facing people who
are unstable, delusional or
seeking to commit “suicide
by cop.”
In a 2015 survey of
homeless people in
Volusia and Flagler counties, more than 200 people
said “yes” when asked if
they had a serious mental
illness or substance abuse
disorder. Yet local residential treatment programs
that help the homeless
are closing. Most recently, Windward Behavioral
Care, which at one point
provided 374 inpatient
treatment, decided to
dissolve in May after a
state-appointed oversight
agency threatened it with
a $1.3 million “clawback” of state funding.
As reported by the NewsJournal, Windward officials have learned that figure was probably inflated
by about $1 million.
Editorial
The state’s mental hospital system is in meltdown, as documented by
a joint investigation by the
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
and the Tampa Bay Times.
The state’s six mental
hospitals house people
deemed to be a danger to
themselves and people
charged with crimes who
are adjudicated incompetent to stand trial. From
2008 through 2013, funding
for the system was cut in
half — and violent incidents more than doubled,
even as the state shifted
its policies to obscure the
actual number of reports,
the newspapers found. The
investigation found facilities were woefully understaffed, putting patients
and employees in danger,
while therapy and other
treatment was slashed due
to cost.
These are big, splashy
news stories. But no newspaper can fully document
the quiet, daily despair of
Floridians who need help
but can’t find it — who
self-medicate with drugs
or alcohol, who lash out at
loved ones or slip further
away from reality. Nor can
it record the exhaustion
and anguish of friends and
family trying to provide a
lifeline — and too often,
failing.
Florida can do better,
and the voices calling for
a solution are growing.
This year, the Florida
Association of Counties has
added behavioral health
funding to its short list of
legislative priorities, as has
the Florida United Way
and the Florida Sheriff’s
Association. A March
report by Florida TaxWatch
explored problems with the
state’s inflexible system for
spending behavioral-health
funding, and concludes
that the state needs to
increase resources.
To alleviate suffering,
to save money, to make
Florida safer — lawmakers
should listen.
— Daytona Beach
News-Journal
Holiday gifts with significant meaning
BY NICHOLAS KRISTOF
New York Times Columnist
I
t’s time for my annual holiday gift
guide, the chance to recommend
presents more meaningful than a
tie or sweater.
For $20, through Heifer International
(heifer.org), you can buy a flock of
ducks and help a family work its way
to a better life. Or $74 through CARE
(care.org) pays for a schoolgirl’s
books and supplies so she can
attend school for a year —
and girls’ education may be
the highest-return investment available in the world
today.
Here are some other
ideas:
• We’re seeing painful
upheavals about race on university
campuses these days, but the civil
rights issue in America today is our
pre-K through 12th grade education
system, which routinely sends the
neediest kids to the worst schools. To
address these roots of inequality, a
group called Communities in Schools
(communitiesinschools.org) supports
disadvantaged kids, mostly black and
Latino, in elementary, middle and
high schools around the country.
For $15 a month per child, it offers
mentoring, pregnancy prevention, college counseling and more, and it’s effective: 91 percent of the students it helps
end up graduating from high school.
• The world today has more refugees and migrants than at any
time since the World War II era, and
winter will be a particularly brutal
time for them. The International
Rescue Committee (rescue.org) has
long been the champion of refugees
everywhere, and on its website $25
will buy a solar lamp so refugees can
see at night. Or $84 buys 15 warm
blankets to fight the cold.
• Trickle Up (trickleup.org) lifts people out of extreme poverty through
the “graduation program” (so called
because people graduate from poverty). The program typically consists of a
gift of a cow or other animal, training,
a savings account and other support,
and as I wrote earlier this year, it
seems to work by giving people hope.
The graduation program’s effectiveness has been proved in rigorous
international trials. In India, each dollar
invested in a version of this program
generated economic returns of 433
percent. When a Yale seminar on
economic development was
given foundation money
and entrusted with studying
how to allocate the money
so that it would do the most
good, it ended up donating
the sum to Trickle Up.
• I’ve written twice this year
about transgender people and
their struggles for acceptance in a
world in which even as children they
are often bullied, mocked, assaulted
and kicked out of the house. The
National Center for Transgender
Equity (transequality.org) provides a
much-needed voice to support them.
• In Angola, I visited “HeroRats” that
have been trained to sniff out land
mines (and, in some countries, diagnose tuberculosis). In a day, they can
clear 20 times as much of a minefield as
a human, and they work for bananas!
My kids adopted a rat in my name five
years ago for Father’s Day, and he’s still
clearing minefields. You can adopt a rat
for $7 a month through Apopo.org.
• I wrote this month about Dr.
Sanduk Ruit and Dr. Geoffrey Tabin
fighting blindness in Asia and Africa
(CureBlindness.org), at a cost of just
$25 per cataract surgery on an eye.
There’s nothing more joyous than
to see someone who has been blind
for years have the surgery and, the
very next day when the bandages
are removed, being able to see again.
Now, that’s a gift!
• In June I wrote about Dr. Tom
Catena, a Catholic missionary
physician in the rebel-held Nuba
Mountains of Sudan. The government
of Sudan regularly bombs the area
and has even bombed his hospital;
the hospital grounds have foxholes
to shelter in when bombers appear
overhead.
Dr. Tom, as he is known, battles
leprosy, delivers babies and amputates arms of kids hit by shrapnel. He
pulls maggots out of burn wounds
and struggles to get United Nations
agencies to supply vaccines. He’s also
among the worst-paid doctors in the
world: Working seven days week, he
gets $350 a month. And as it happens, donations to Dr. Tom’s hospital
through amhf.us are now matched by
a New York couple, Rabbi Erica and
Mark Gerson.
And that in itself is beautifully
heartwarming this holiday season:
A rabbi matches gifts by atheists or
Muslims to support the work of a
Catholic missionary doctor.
I’m also announcing my win-a-trip
contest for 2016, seeking a university student to travel with me on an
expense-paid reporting trip to the
developing world. The winner (this
year it was Austin Meyer of Stanford
University) will write posts for my
blog on The New York Times’ website. This will be the 10th anniversary
win-a-trip journey, and one former
winner, Mitch Smith, is now a Times
reporter. Another, Dr. Leana Wen, is
health commissioner of Baltimore.
Information about how to apply
is on my blog, nytimes.com/
ontheground. The Center for Global
Development in Washington will pick
finalists. If you know good candidates
for the trip, please encourage them to
apply. I’m looking for a smart undergraduate or graduate student with great
storytelling skills who wants to help
shine a light on neglected issues and
doesn’t mind bedbugs or warlords.
Contact Kristof at Facebook.com/
Kristof, Twitter.com/NickKristof or
by mail at The New York Times, 620
Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10018.
A crisis our universities deserve in search for a higher purpose
place of almost-religious purpose, where
students would be educated about certain
New York Times Columnist
great truths and then sent forth to live
them out.
etween the 19th century and the
It was just that these truths were modern
1950s, the American university was
gradually transformed from an insti- instead of ancient: The truths of the antitution intended to transmit knowledge into war and civil rights movements, and later
of feminism and environmentalism and
an institution designed to serve technocLBGTQ activism and a long list of social
racy. The religious premises fell away, the
justice causes.
classical curriculums were displaced by
With time, the university ceded just
specialized majors, the humanities ceded
enough ground to co-opt and tame
pride of place to technical disciplines,
these radicals. It adopted their
and the professor’s role became
buzzwords as a kind of post-remore and more about research
ligious moral vocabulary; it
rather than instruction.
granted them the liberal arts
Over this period the universias an ideological fiefdom (but
ty system became increasingly
not the sciences or the business
rich and powerful, a center of
school!); it used their vision of
scientific progress and economic
sexual liberation as a selling point
development. But it slowly lost the
for applicants looking for a John Belushitraditional sense of community, mission
and moral purpose. The ghost of an older esque good time.
The result, by the time I arrived at
humanism still haunted its libraries and
classrooms, but students seeking wisdom college late in the 1990s, was a campus
and character could be forgiven for feeling landscape where left-wing pieties domilike a distraction from the university’s real nated official discourse, but the university’s deeper spirit remained technocratic,
business.
At which point the student radicalism of careerist and basically amoral. And many
the 1960s entered the picture. The radicals students seemed content with that settlement.
moved quickly to dismantle the vestiges
This was the heyday of what my colof moral conservatism on campus — the
league David Brooks dubbed “the organiin loco parentis rules that still governed
zation kid,” a vaguely liberal but not at all
undergraduate life, for instance. But their
radical specimen to whom both traditional
real mission was actually a kind of remorhumanism and left-wing politics seemed
alization, a renewal of the university as a
BY ROSS DOUTHAT
B
entirely lacking in appeal.
Now, though, radicalism is back, and the
settlement that kept the careerist peace on
campus seems to be cracking up all over. At
small liberal-arts colleges, big state schools
and Ivies alike, protesters are defenestrating presidents and deans, occupying
quads, and demanding wholesale social
and academic change.
It probably goes without saying that I
have little sympathy for the goals of these
new activists. In the academy they have in
mind, ideas I cherish would probably be
banned as hate speech and a past I treasure
buried under “trigger warnings.”
But the activists’ many critics, conservative and liberal, need a clearer sense
of what these students are reacting
against.
The protesters at Yale and Missouri and
a longer list of schools stand accused of
being spoiled, silly, self-dramatizing — and
many of them are. But they’re also dealing
with a university system that’s genuinely corrupt, and that’s long relied on rote
appeals to the activists’ own left-wing
pieties to cloak its utter lack of higher purpose.
And within this system, the contemporary college student is actually a strange
blend of the pampered and the exploited.
This is true of the college football recruit
who’s a god on campus but also an unpaid
cog in a lucrative football franchise that has
a public college vestigially attached.
It’s true of the liberal arts student who’s
saddled with absurd debts to pay for an
education that doesn’t even try to pass
along any version of Matthew Arnold’s
“best which has been thought and said,”
and often just induces mental breakdowns
in the pursuit of worldly success.
It’s true of the working class or minority
student who’s expected to lend a patina of
diversity to a campus organized to deliver
good times to rich kids whose parents pay
full freight. And then it’s true of the rich
girl who discovers the same university that
promised her a carefree Rumspringa (justified on high feminist principle, of course)
doesn’t want to hear a word about what
happened to her at that frat party over the
weekend.
The protesters may be obnoxious enemies of free debate, in other words, but
they aren’t wrong to smell the rot around
them. And they’re vindicated every time
they push and an administrator caves: It’s
proof that they have a monopoly on moral
spine, and that any small-l liberal alternative is simply hollow.
Or as the great Walter Sobchak might
have put it: “Say what you want about the
tenets of political correctness, Dude, at
least it’s an ethos.”
Which might turn out to be the only
epitaph for the modern university anybody
needs to write.
Ross Douthat is a syndicated columnist
with The New York Times.
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NATION/WORLD
in Paris attacks
Emotions high for mine victim Passport
fuels fears of Syrian refugees
families in ex-coal CEO trial
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLESTON, W.Va. —
Sitting in court since early
October, spectator Judy
Jones Petersen has heard
plenty from the defense
about a former coal CEO’s
safety concerns but not
much about how 29 men
died — including her brother — in a fiery mine blast
under that executive’s watch.
“That’s been the hardest
part for me,” said Petersen,
whose brother, Dean Jones,
died in the explosion. “We
can’t say a word about the
loss of life here. My brother’s
life doesn’t mean anything
here to these jurors.”
Petersen, a physician from
Charleston, realizes former
Massey Energy CEO Don
Blankenship is not on trial
for killing those coal miners,
or causing the 2010 explosion at Upper Big Branch
Mine in southern West
Virginia. Judge Irene Berger
has emphasized that point
to jurors.
Instead, prosecutors say
Blankenship imposed a
profits-trump-safety corporate mentality that could let
a widespread disaster occur.
He is charged with conspiring to break safety laws at
the mine and lying about
company safety efforts to
investors and financial reg-
The Associated Press
Don Blankenship makes his
way out of the Robert C. Byrd
United States Courthouse last
month on the first day of jury
selection in Charleston, W.Va.
ulators.
While prosecutors pressed
rare criminal charges
against a top executive of a
large, publicly traded company, the case has effectively kept details about
the deadly explosion muzzled, obscured and mostly
unmentioned to jurors.
The deadliest U.S. mine
disaster in four decades has
been fleetingly referred to as
“the explosion,” used as a
reference point in time, then
mentioned no further.
Blankenship’s attorneys,
meanwhile, used hundreds
of documents to suggest he
prioritized safety, but the
company was hampered
by spiteful federal regulators and hard-headed coal
miners who wouldn’t follow instructions. They used
a key government witness
who headed a Massey subsidiary that oversaw Upper
Big Branch, Christopher
Blanchard, to say safety was
important to Blankenship.
“They’ve released the
upper management and
put coal miners on trial, and
made them out to be the
reasons why their safety programs didn’t work. To me,
that’s a travesty,” Petersen
said. “No family member
should have to have their
family members put on trial
here.”
Since Oct. 1, Peterson and
a few other relatives of victims have walked through
the same Charleston courthouse doors as the man they
want imprisoned — sometimes right beside him —
without picketing or confrontations.
It’s a starkly different
scene from the fourth anniversary of the April 2010
blast, when some Upper Big
Branch families circled outside the same courthouse,
many with Blankenship’s
photo on wild-west style
signs that blared, “WANTED
for Murder.”
Now, the family members
are a consistent, quiet pres-
ence in court. Sometimes,
just a handful attend, other
times a dozen or more. It’s
been a test of patience, occasionally prompting a tear or
trip out of the courtroom to
cool down.
Almost immediately after
Blankenship was indicted in
November 2014, the judge
ordered family members
and everyone else linked to
the case not to discuss it with
the media. A higher court
overturned the ruling after
news outlets challenged it.
Blankenship’s multimillion-dollar defense argued
he could never draw a fair
jury without going to West
Virginia’s Washington, D.C.,
suburbs or leaving the state.
The families say they have
taken extra care not to bring
attention to themselves in
the proceedings, even watching their facial expressions.
“You don’t want to do
anything to jeopardize this,”
said Shirley Whitt, whose
brother Boone Payne died in
the explosion.
Blankenship’s top attorney, William Taylor, told
jurors in his opening statement “there’s no secret that
the Upper Big Branch mine
had a terrible tragedy and 29
men lost their lives.” Weeks
later, the jury has heard
essentially nothing about
how those miners died.
WARSAW, Poland — After
the bombs and Kalashnikov
fire of the Paris attacks, a
mere document — a passport — found near the body
of an attacker is generating a
new wave of dread throughout Europe and beyond.
But whether the document
ended up there by chance, or
was part of an elaborate plot
to sow panic, is not clear.
Regardless of the answer,
the passport has played
into the Islamic State
group’s hands by raising
concerns that militants
may be marching alongside the thousands of asylum seekers flowing into
Europe. That possibility is
redefining the debate over
immigration in Europe and
even the United States,
and prompting a backlash
against Muslim refugees.
The far-right French
leader Marine Le Pen called
for an immediate end to
the flow of migrants into
France, while across the
Atlantic about half of U.S.
governors are taking steps
to prevent absorbing Syrian
refugees in their states, citing the passport.
“This terrorist attack will
clearly change Europe’s refugee policies and how the
arrivals in Europe are treated,” said Konrad Pedziwiatr,
a sociologist and expert
on Islam in Europe at
the Krakow University of
Economics.
“Already the open-door
policy (in Germany and
Sweden) of welcoming
refugees was going to be
reformed because the inflow
is so significant that countries cannot cope with the
numbers,” he said. “What
the Paris attacks add to
this difficult situation is the
additional element of fear.”
A passport bearing
the name of Ahmad Al
Mohammad, 25, was found
near one of the suicide
bombers who blew himself up outside the Stade
de France football stadium.
It indicates that he entered
Greece from Turkey on Oct.
3 and later passed through
Serbia and Croatia, getting
registered every new country. The passport’s authenticity has not been determined, but fingerprints of
the attacker match those
taken by Greece and Serbia.
The other attackers who
have been identified so far
are all European citizens.
The oddness that a passport — an intact one — was
found near a man who blew
himself up is creating suspicions that it is part of a plan
by the Islamic State to create
a backlash against the refugees. “I have never heard of
terrorists carrying passports
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015 Roy Campanella (1921-1993),
baseball player; Larry King
Today is the 323rd day of 2015
(1933- ), TV personality; Ted
and the 58th day of autumn.
Turner (1938- ), media magnate;
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1863, Calvin Klein (1942- ), fashion
President Abraham Lincoln designer; Ann Curry (1956- ), TV
delivered the Gettysburg Address journalist; Allison Janney (1959at the military cemetery dedication ), actress; Meg Ryan (1961- ),
ceremony in Pennsylvania.
actress; Jodie Foster (1962- ),
In 1977, Egyptian President actress; Ryan Howard (1979- ),
Anwar Sadat became the first baseball player.
Arab leader to officially visit Israel,
where he met with Prime Minister
Menachem Begin.
BIG NATE
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In 1985, President Ronald
Reagan and Soviet Union leader
Mikhail Gorbachev held their first
summit meeting.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: James A.
Garfield (1831-1881), 20th U.S.
president; Indira Gandhi (19171984), Indian prime minister;
three years, finishing his career
with a record seven MVP awards.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “It is the
high privilege and sacred duty
of those now living to educate
their successors and fit them,
by intelligence and virtue, for the
inheritance which awaits them. In
this beneficent work, sections and
races should be forgotten and
partisanship should be unknown.”
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words in the speech of Edward
States increased from 13 in 1990
Everett, the keynote speaker
to 80 in 2009 with increased use
of the Gettysburg dedication
of fertility drugs.
ceremony. Lincoln’s famous
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 2001, Gettysburg Address was fewer
Barry Bonds of the San Francisco than 300 words.
Giants became the first majorTODAY’S MOON: Between first
league baseball player to win four
quarter moon (Nov. 18) and full
Most Valuable Player awards. He
moon (Nov. 25).
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NATION
House GOP seeks increased
vetting of Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON
—
Determined to respond
quickly to the Paris attacks,
House Republicans outlined legislation Wednesday
aimed at increasing screenings for Syrian and Iraqi
refugees before they enter
the United States, including
a new requirement for FBI
background checks.
They described the legislation, set for a vote Thursday,
as an attempt to find a middle ground. The bill steers
clear of demands from some
Republicans, including presidential candidates, for religious screenings or a complete end to the U.S. refugee
program.
“This is common sense.
And it’s our obligation,”
Speaker Paul Ryan of
Wisconsin said on the House
floor. “If the intelligence and
law-enforcement community cannot certify that a person presents no threat, then
they should not be allowed
in.”
Yet despite GOP hopes
that Democrats would support the bill in large numbers, Democratic leaders
turned against it Wednesday,
complaining of changes to
the legislation they said
would have the practical
effect of keeping refugees
out of the U.S. entirely.
“The House Republican
legislation would immediately shut down all refugee
resettlement from Syria and
Iraq — possibly for many
years — and severely handicap future refugee reset-
From left, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep.
Ed Royce, R-Calif., Rep. Dan Newhouse R-Wash., Rep. Raul
Labrador, R-Idaho, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, and Rep. Trent
Franks, R-Ariz., confer in a basement corridor Wednesday on
Capitol Hill in Washington.
tlement around the world,”
Democratic Reps. Adam
Schiff and Zoe Lofgren
of California and Bennie
Thompson of Mississippi
said in a joint statement.
“Some in Congress intend
to use this tragedy to shut
down the U.S. refugee program, turning our backs on
victims.”
Only around 2,200 Syrian
refugees have been allowed
into this country in the last
four years and they already
go through lengthy screenings that can take as much
as three years, including
biometric screening, fingerprinting and additional
classified controls. The new
bill would add a requirement for the heads of the
FBI and the Homeland
Security
Department,
along with the Director of
National Intelligence, to
certify that each refugee
being admitted would not
pose a security threat.
The current refugee program, along with President
Barack Obama’s plan to add
10,000 more Syrian refugees
this year, would likely come
to a stop while the new protocol is established. The FBI
also would be tasked with
coming up with a way to
conduct a “thorough background investigation” of
refugees fleeing chaos and
horror. Although Syrians
tend to be heavily documented, Democrats questioned how that could be
accomplished.
President Barack Obama,
traveling overseas, did not
immediately weigh in on
the legislation but seemed
certain to oppose it.
Commenting late Tuesday
on the congressional debate
in general, he ridiculed
Congress for failing to come
up with legislation authorizing the use of military force
in Syria that he has been
seeking for months.
“And now, suddenly,
they’re able to rush in, in a
day or two, to solve the threat
of widows and orphans and
others who are fleeing a wartorn land, and that’s their
most constructive contribution to the effort against
(the Islamic State)?” Obama
said in the Philippines. “That
doesn’t sound right to me.
And I suspect it won’t sound
right to the American people.”
The conservative group
Heritage Action for America
also announced its opposition to the bill, saying it
gives too much authority
to appointees of Obama.
Nonetheless many of the
House conservatives who’ve
caused problems for leadership on legislation of all
kinds said they would support it.
Even if it does pass in
Thursday’s vote the bill
would have no immediate
effect. Senate action is not
likely until after Congress
takes a week-long break for
Thanksgiving, if then. And
Obama could end up vetoing the bill even if it does
make it to his desk.
Several conservatives said
the real action could come
on a pending must-pass
year spending bill that has
to clear by Dec. 11 in order
to keep the government running. Some want to use that
bill to cut off funding for the
refugee program — foreshadowing another potential government shutdown
fight.
A wind-blown wave comes up and over the seawall and into
traffic Tuesday in the West Seattle neighborhood.
Three killed, thousands
without power in windstorm
SPOKANE, Wash. —
Cleanup crews took to
the streets Wednesday in
Washington state after a
powerful storm killed three
people, cut power to more
than 350,000 residents and
flooded rivers.
The winds on Tuesday
exceeded 100 mph in
some areas of the Inland
Northwest, where fallen
trees were blamed for the
deaths.
A woman in her 50s was
killed when a tree fell in
Spokane. Another woman
died after a tree landed on
her car on Highway 904
about 15 miles southwest
of Spokane, and a man in
his mid-20s died when a
tree crushed his car as he
was driving in Snohomish
County, authorities said.
The identities of the three
people were not immediately released.
Crews in Spokane were
working to clear at least 175
fallen trees that blocked
streets and slowed the
morning commute.
Meanwhile, Avista Corp.
was trying to restore service
to more than 142,000 cus-
Census changes could alter US racial makeup Klitenick
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —
The Census Bureau is considering changes to its race
and ethnicity questions that
would reclassify some minorities who were considered
“white” in the past, a move
that may speed up the date
when America’s white population falls below 50 percent.
Census Director John
Thompson
told
The
Associated Press this week
that the bureau is testing a
number of new questions
and may combine its race
and ethnicity questions into
one category for the 2020
census. That would allow
respondents to choose multiple races.
The possible changes
include allowing Latinos to
give more details about their
ethnic backgrounds and creating a new, distinct cate-
Radio
the way to the meeting, so
the current operations work
and are suitable, he said.
“It doesn’t meet the
requirements of the code,”
Wiatt said.
The tower will carry the signal for U.S. 1 Radio and five
other local radio stations and
the potential to handle cellular
telephone service, Holladay
said. Holladay currently rents
space on two towers — one
on Stock Island and the other
on the property it leased for its
gory for people of Middle
Eastern and North African
descent.
“We haven’t made any
decisions yet,” Thompson
said in an interview before
his meeting Tuesday with
American Indian leaders
in New Mexico. “But I don’t
think these new questions
would diminish anything.
It would just give us more
information about our
diverse populations.”
William H. Frey, a demographer with the Brookings
Institution’s Metropolitan
Policy Program, says the
proposed changes would
grant residents more freedom to define their race and
ethnicity.
“I don’t know if this will
make a huge difference in
the 2020 census on whites
becoming the minority, but it
could later,” said Frey, author
of “Diversity Explosion: How
New Racial Demographics
are Remaking America.”
In the past, “white” was the
only racial option available
to Arab-American respondents, a classification that
didn’t truly reflect their social
standing and hurt efforts for
their political empowerment
in post-Sept. 11 America,
said Samer Khalaf, president
of the American-Arab AntiDiscrimination Committee.
“If you are going to classify me as white, then treat
(me) as white,” Khalaf said.
“Especially when I go to the
airport. So yeah, it’s inaccurate.”
For years, many U.S.
Latinos also checked the
“white” box because options
were limited, said Lorenzo
Cano, associate director
of the Center of Mexican
American Studies at the
University of Houston. But
many Latinos are now opt-
former station on Big Pine Key.
Planning Commissioner
Liz Lustberg argued a 199foot tower would not meet
the county’s land-use regulations because it is out of
character with the mostly
residential community.
“How can it be consistent
with community character
if the whole community is
against,” Lustberg said.
The only Upper Sugarloaf
Key resident who spoke in favor
of the proposal on Wednesday
was U.S. 1 Radio news director Bill Becker, who argued
that the tower would be built
to sustain hurricane-force
winds and allow the station
to broadcast important news
during and after a hurricane
or storm. Sheriff’s Office Col.
Lou Caputo said his agency
supports the tower to ensure
residents are informed.
The property owners association, called Upper Sugarloaf
Residents Association, started
a petition in opposition to the
tower. Nearly 140 neighbors
have signed the petition.
Besides U.S. 1 Radio,
Holladay operates 92.7
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ing to check “American
Indian” to identify with their
links to indigenous populations in Latin America.
Overall, “these changes
could reduce the number
of people who identify as
white,” Cano said.
The Census Bureau has
estimated that the country’s
population will have more
minorities than whites for
the first time around 2043 or
2044, a result of higher birth
rates among Hispanics and a
stagnating or declining birth
rate among blacks, whites
and Asians.
How much the changes
could speed up the moment
when minorities will outnumber whites is anyone’s
guess. Analysts would first
have to examine the new
data — some of which won’t
be comparable to 2010
because of the possible new
categories, Frey said.
sions based on the facts.”
“I am grateful to again
have the opportunity to
serve the city,” Klitenick said
in a statement Wednesday.
The 4-3 decision Nov. 4, at
the request of Commissioner
Richard Payne, came after
heated debate at Old City
Hall where several of Payne’s
colleagues told him he was
making a mistake.
Payne put his friend Fredy
Varela on the board, calling
him the defender of “the little guy,” and Klitenick “too
much pro-development.”
Klitenick refused Payne’s
request for his resignation,
saying the former judge
elected Oct. 6 over incumbent Tony Yaniz, was paying
him back politically for having supported Yaniz.
Payne brought the issue
before the commission for a
vote, citing Key West law that
states such board members
serve at the pleasure of commissioners who appoint them.
Earlier this month,
Romero asked to meet with
the planning board member she inherited with the
office, Lisa Tennyson, who
offered her resignation.
Romero on Wednesday
also said she had reappointed three people serving on
other city boards: Nancy
Moulton to the Bahama
Village
Redevelopment
Advisory Committee, Janet
Hinkle to the Historic
Architectural
Review
Commission and Blake
Feldman to the Sustainability
Advisory Board.
Payne said Wednesday
he expected the Klitenick
appointment and that he
supports Romero’s decisions on such matters.
“She absolutely has the
right to appoint whoever she wants,” Payne said.
“That’s her right.”
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OF COLLECTING NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS
The Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida (“the County”) hereby provides notice,
pursuant to Section 197.3632(3)(a), Florida Statutes, of its intent to use the uniform method of collecting
non-ad valorem special assessments, for the cost of providing certain wastewater capital improvements
and connections, to be levied within the unincorporated area of Monroe County encompassing the
Stock Island, Key Haven, Big Coppitt, Lower Sugarloaf through Big Pine Key, No Name Key, Long Key,
Duck Key; excluding Indies Islands, and three (3) parcels on Boca Chica: RE# 00122870-000000,
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continuing each year until discontinued by the County. The County will consider the adoption of a
resolution electing to use the uniform method of collecting such assessments authorized by Section
197.3632, Florida Statutes, at a public hearing to be held at 3:00 p.m. on December 9, 2015 in the
Commission Chambers, Murry Nelson Center, 102050 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, FL 33037. Such
resolution will state the need for the levy and will contain a legal description of the boundaries of the real
property subject to the levy. All interested persons are invited to attend.
Pursuant to section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, notice is given that if a person decides to appeal any
decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at such hearings or meetings, he will
need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim
record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the
appeal is to be based.
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to participate in these proceeding, please contact the County Administrator’s Office, by phoning
(305) 292- 4441, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., no later than five (5) calendar days prior
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tomers, most in Spokane
County and northern Idaho.
Crews were expected to
work around the clock until
all service was restored.
Public schools were
closed in Spokane, nearby Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,
and smaller districts. Also
shut down were Gonzaga,
Whitworth, Washington
State-Spokane
and
Eastern Washington universities.
The National Weather
Service said the unusually ferocious winds
were caused by the jet
stream interacting with
the mountains. Gusts
reached 100 mph near
Wenatchee and 80 mph
near Mattawa.
Spokane International
Airport reported a top wind
speed of 71 mph. The airport near Pullman saw 69
mph winds.
The National Weather
Service said the winds
would give way to rain and
chillier temperatures.
Allen Kam, with the
National Weather Service in
Seattle, said rain last weekend may have saturated
soil, making it easier for the
winds to topple trees.
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LOCAL
Property appraiser speaks to Chamber
BY MANDY MILES
Key West Citizen
It’s official: The Florida
Keys real estate market is
improving, according to
Monroe County Property
Appraiser Scott Russell,
who spoke Wednesday to
members of the Key West
Chamber of Commerce
during the monthly luncheon at the Casa Marina
Resort.
“In brief, things are
improving. We’ve seen
steady improvement over
the last three years,” said
Russell, who has been
appraising properties in the
Florida Keys since 1991. He
worked in private practice
from 1991 until 2007, when
he was tapped for the county position. “In private practice, I appraised individual
homes and properties. Now
I appraise entire neighbor-
“In brief, things are improving. We’ve seen steady
improvement over the last three years.”
Scott Russell
Monroe County property appraiser
hoods and islands, so I’ve
spent the past 24 years analyzing and researching sales
in Monroe County.”
Russell said the low point
in Monroe County property values occurred in 2011,
with incremental increases
occurring since then.
“The bulk of the property value in Monroe County
comes from single-family
homes and commercial real
estate,” Russell said, examining property values in the
decade from 2005 to 2015.
“A decade ago, in 2005,
market values for properties in the Keys totaled $32.2
billion,” Russell said, with
a PowerPoint presentation
showing the declines that
occurred from 2007 to 2012,
when total market value
dropped to $26.3 billion.
“This year, we’re back up to
$31.6 billion market value.
“We’re now in recovery
mode, and despite the ebb
and flow over the past 10
years, we’re now back to
where we were a decade
ago,” he told the Chamber
audience, adding that new
construction peaked in 2008
and 2009.
“New
construction
describes structures built
where nothing had previously stood,” Russell said. It
does not include additions
to homes, or redeveloped
trailer parks that became
hotels.
“Ten years ago, there were
450 new homes built, while
last year saw only 125 new
homes,” he said.
He emphasized that those
numbers are for “just value,”
or market value. But the taxable value of all properties in
a city or county is the figure
used to determine tax rates
for property owners.
“In 2005, Monroe County’s
total taxable value was $21.6
billion and this year we’re
back up to the exact same
figure,” Russell said, adding
that an estimated 65,000
individual parcels of property contribute to that taxable value figure. “There are
a total of 90,000 parcels in
the county, but 20 to 25 percent of them are submerged
lands that were labeled ‘to
be developed.’ “
He explained that sev-
eral of those untaxed parcels stem from plans for
neighborhoods such as the
Key Haven housing development, which was constructed from fill material
dredge from surrounding
waters.
“Plans for Key Haven initially called for the development to extend an additional 10 streets,” he said.
“But that additional area was
never dredged or filled in,
but the parcels are still listed
in our records.”
The bulk of Monroe
County’s taxable value — or
73 percent — comes from
single-family homes and
condominiums, with commercial real estate representing the second-largest
piece of the pie.
“An interesting fact is
that until this year, Monroe
County was the only county
in Florida with no agricul-
tural parcels in its boundaries,” Russell said. “ But as
of this year, we now have
six agricultural lands being
used for bees and honey
production.”
He also listed the top
taxpayers in the county,
with Florida Keys Electric
Co-op ranking as No. 1, followed by the Southernmost
Collection Resorts, Hawk’s
Cay Resort, Ocean Reef Club,
Casa Marina Resort, Galleon
Resort and Marina, Ocean
Walk Apartments, Cheeca
Lodge, the Westin Key West
Resort and Marina and the
Hyatt Windward Pointe
timeshare community.
And although Monroe
County has the fewest number of taxable parcels in
Florida, the county ranks
16th in terms of the highest
taxable property value in the
state.
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Outage
al challenges, all critical
patient care functions can
be sustained on generator
power. The system worked
this morning and allowed
patient care to continue
without interruption.”
Similarly, the generators
at the sheriff’s office headquarters, which includes
Waterfront
night at Old City Hall, having adjourned their regular
meeting and reconvened as
the Naval Properties Local
Redevelopment Authority.
“Could we call it the Jimmy
Buffett
Amphitheater?”
Commissioner
Sam
Kaufman asked, referring
to the musician’s recent
endorsement of the project
at the behest of Mayor Craig
Cates.
“If he puts $10 million in it, we’ll call it that,”
Commissioner
Jimmy
Weekley replied, laughing.
Cates said building it is
the priority.
“It’s only been 15 years,”
Cates said, of the proposed
project for which the city
has obtained a 50 percent
matching grant of up to $2
million from the Tourist
the biggest jail in the Keys,
worked as they were supposed to and there were no
incidents, Herrin said.
“They (generators) were
up right away,” Herrin said.
“It wasn’t the first and won’t
be the last time the power
has gone out.”
Crews had one pole
repaired by lunchtime and
the other was expected to
be repaired by Wednesday
evening, Torrado said.
The power to most was
restored at 8:21 a.m., other
than the 14 customers closest to the where incident
occurred, which included the Key West Tropical
Forest & Botanical Garden,
Torrado said.
Western access to College
Road was closed to motorists for most of Wednesday
as crews worked on the
repairs.
Development Council.
The vote was 6-1 for the
amphitheater design and
7-0 for the administrative
services.
Commissioner Margaret
Romero voted against the
amphitheater contract, saying the city’s advisory board
needs to start meeting again
and review the project first.
“We at least need to let
these folks convene and
let them take a stab about
what they think about this
amphitheater,” Romero
said. “Just because we’ve
got a grant doesn’t mean we
have to spend it.”
Also Wednesday night,
the commission approved
the $298,340 contract for
Bermello Ajamil to oversee the first part of the first
phase of the park, which
could take three years. The
firm will bill the city monthly for its work, city staff said.
Commissioner Richard
Payne asked the panel to
amend the plan to put 500
semi-permanent seats at
the amphitheater instead
of the original number,
250.
“Spending $300,000 on
the design phase is probably
premature,” said Key West
resident Jack Anderson,
asking the leaders to scrap
the contract.
The TDC grant is set
to expire June 30, 2016,
Kaufman pointed out.
“It’s a reimbursement,”
City Manager Jim Scholl
said, of the TDC money,
adding that the city could
probably get an extension
for the award. “We have to
submit expenses to them
once the project is completed.”
“If we’re going to take
advantage of up to $2 million, we need to do this,”
Kaufman said.
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tuaries program regional administrator Billy
Causey and Everglades
and Dry Tortugas national parks Superintendent
Pedro Ramos helped draft
the agreement and were in
Cuba when it was signed
Wednesday.
“As Superintendent of
Everglades and Dry Tortugas
National Parks in south
Florida, I am very familiar
with the challenges in managing an area with significant marine and cultural
resources,” Ramos told The
Citizen Wednesday. “ We
look forward to collaborating on conserving biodiversity, protecting cultural
and natural heritage, and
promoting sustainable use
of natural marine resources
with a region that is tightly
interconnected ecologically.”
Both Cuban and American
scientists have long recognized that ecosystems of the
Keys and South Florida are
connected to those in Cuba.
Tarpon, spiny lobster and
other marine life have been
tracked, via satellite tags
and other tracking devices,
regularly migrating between
South Florida and Cuba.
Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary Sean
Morton looks forward to
Cuban scientists and law
enforcement officers coming to the Keys and working
with sanctuary and park service scientists. American sci-
entists and officers will also
travel to Cuba to exchange
information and share science and law enforcement
techniques, he said.
“This is the start of a partnership and relationship
with our closest neighbor,”
Morton said. “We are looking forward to more interactions. ... The sister sanctuary
program is a great opportunity for us to work together
with our Caribbean neighbors on shared conservation
concerns. After all, much of
the marine life found in our
sanctuary spends part of its
life cycle in Cuba’s waters.”
The two countries
have been working on the
agreement for the past
year. NOAA and the National
Park Service first hosted their
Cuban counterparts at Nova
Southeastern University in
Fort Lauderdale in March.
In
July,
Sanctuary,
Everglades, Dry Tortugas and
Biscayne representatives
traveled to Guanahacabibes
to dive and discuss marine
protected areas with the
Cubans. Both exchanges
included Causey and Ramos.
In addition to setting
aside spawning areas and
other sensitive ecosystems,
the Cubans have also started
a dialogue with the United
States about eradicating
lionfish, an invasive species
federal and Florida fishery
managers have been trying
to wipe out for years, Causey
said.
The
United
Statesbased nonprofit environmental advocacy group
Environmental
Defense
Fund began facilitating a
dialogue between fishery
and park officials and scientists in the two countries
that laid the foundation for
today’s agreement in 2010,
said Dan Whittle, senior
director of EDF Cuba program
“This is a major achievement for both the United
States and Cuba and a
huge win for the ocean,”
Whittle said Wednesday.
“These parks are home to
some of the most abundant
and healthy coral reefs in
the hemisphere and provide habitat for shallow
water reef fish and invertebrates, manta rays and
sharks. Ocean waters and
living resources do not recognize political borders. We
must work together to learn
more about marine life and
how we can best protect it
for the future.”
Sanctuary scientists
are not the only researchers and marine biologists
from the Keys working
with counterparts in Cuba
on research and protecting shared marine life.
Mote Marine Laboratory
has been conducting
coral and shark research
in Cuba and has hosted
Cuban scientists in the
past few years.
Marathon Turtle Hospital
representatives visited Cuba
earlier this year and forged a
partnership with Cuban turtle experts and researchers,
in which the two groups will
share science and equipment.
[email protected]
Jake Arrieta
1B
SPORTS
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FEAR THE BEARDS
ARRIETA, KEUCHEL WIN CY YOUNGS — 3B
ARRIET
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COED SOFTBALL
NBA
T&W Chevron sweeps through playoffs for title
BY RON COOKE
Key West Citizen
After two weeks of playoffs, the
championship was finally decided for the Key West Coed Softball
League.
Last Tuesday night, No. 2 seed T
& W Chevron beat the top seed We
Cycle in the semifinals and while
they were hot walloped Mr. Z’s to
take the title.
The Gas House Gang only
gets to enjoy the bragging rights
for a few weeks as the new season begins on Nov. 30. There is
a $400 registration fee per team
for the 12-game season played at
Pepe Hernandez Softball Field in
Bayview Park.
For information or to register a
team, contact Bob Maun at 305- Mr. Z’s shortstop Troy Curry gets
296-6623.
under this fly ball for an out during
PAT SULLIVAN/The Associated Press
Rockets head coach Kevin
McHale talks with Ty Lawson,
right, during a game Monday in
Houston. Houston fired McHale
on Wednesday with the team off
to a puzzling 4-7 start.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Red Sox DH Ortiz
to retire after 2016
BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox slugger
David Ortiz, Boston's beloved "Big
Papi" who helped the cursed franchise end its dynasty of disappointment and cursed out the bombers
who attacked his adopted city, said
on Wednesday he will play one more
year before retiring.
On the day that he turned 40, the
Dominican designated hitter said in a
video posted on The Players' Tribune
that the 2016 season will be his last.
The post was titled "40."
KEYS CALENDAR
TODAY IN THE KEYS
BOYS SOCCER
Riviera Prep at Marathon,
4 p.m.
the championship game against
Photos by RON COOKE/The Citizen
See COED, page 2B T&W Chevron.
T&W Chevron’s Amber Menendez gets her bat moving on an incoming pitch.
PREP SOCCER:
KEY WEST 3,
DORAL 0
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: MARATHON 52, RANSOM 42
OPENING STATEMENT Lady Conchs
GIRLS SOCCER
avenge loss
to Firebirds
Marathon at Dade Christian,
4 p.m.
Key West at Carrollton, 4
p.m.
TODAY ON TV
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
CITIZEN STAFF
ESPNU — Puerto Rico
Tip-Off, quarterfinal 1,
Temple vs. Minnesota,
11:30 a.m.
ESPNU — Puerto Rico Tip-Off, quarterfinal 2, Butler vs. Missouri State,
1:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — Puerto Rico TipOff, quarterfinal 3, Miami
(Fla.) vs. Mississippi State, 5 p.m.
ESPN2 — Puerto Rico Tip-Off, quarterfinal 4, Utah vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
ESPNU — Gildan Charleston Classic,
quarterfinal 3, Long Beach State vs.
Seton Hall, 7 p.m.
FS1 — Rutgers at St. John’s, 7 p.m.
FS1 — Iowa at Marquette, 9 p.m.
ESPN2 — Gildan Charleston Classic,
quarterfinal 4, Virginia vs. Bradley,
9:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — SMU at Stanford, 11:30
p.m.
It was sweet revenge for the
Key West girls soccer team on
Tuesday night against Doral
Academy.
The Firebirds knocked the
Lady Conchs out of playoff
contention last season, but
Key West reeled off three goals,
two by junior Angela Niles to
take a 3-0 shutout victory.
According to Lady Conchs
coach Scott Paul it was the
best
game
his squad has
played thus
far this season.
After
an
easy 8-0 win
over
Keys
Niles
Gate
on
Friday night,
Paul said they needed a tougher opponent.
“We came into the game
waiting to see what we could
do against a high quality opponent,” he stated. “We got our
answer.
Niles opened the scoring
in the 35th minute on a wellplaced pass from midfielder
Lily Bailey. Niles’ first shot ricocheted off the Firebirds keeper but she got the bounce and
put it in for a 1-0 Key West
advantage which held for the
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
ESPNEWS — Coastal
Carolina at Liberty,
7 p.m.
ESPN — East Carolina
at Central Florida, 7:30 p.m.
ESPNU — Louisiana-Monroe at Texas
State, 9:30 p.m.
GOLF
GOLF — PGA Tour: RSM
Classic, first round, at St.
Simons Island, Ga., 1 p.m.
GOLF — Australian
Masters, second round,
at Melbourne, Australia
3 a.m. (Friday), 10 p.m.
GOLF — DP World Championship,
second round, at Dubai, United Arab
Emirate, 10 p.m.
NBA
SUN — Sacarmento at Miami,
7:30 p.m.
TNT — Milwaukee at
Cleveland, 8 p.m.
TNT — Golden State at L.A.
Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
KATHY LANCASTER/The Citizen
The Dolphins’ Camron Chaplin (No. 11) battles for the ball against Ransom Everglades in the second half
Wednesday in Marathon. Chaplin led the scoring for Marathon with 20 points as the 'Fins won 52-42.
Dolphins break 15-year skid against Raiders
“This is a really good win for our program and we
did
it in front of NBA All-Star Juwan Howard, whose
Key West Citizen
son plays for Ransom, so that was really cool that
For the first time in more than 15 years, the he was in the stands,” said Marathon coach Kevin
Marathon High boys basketball team picked up a Freeman. “I cannot remember the last time we beat
victory against Ransom Everglades, 52-42, and it Ransom on JV or varsity. It hasn’t been in the last
came on opening night in front of a raucous crowd
See DOLPHINS, page 3B
Wednesday in Dolphins Country.
BY J.W. COOKE
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
RANSOM 48, MARATHON 32
NFL
NFL — Tennessee
at Jacksonville,
8:25 p.m.
NHL
FSN —Anahiem at Florida,
7:30 p.m.
Short-handed ’Fins
gassed by Raiders
BY J.W. COOKE
TENNIS
ESPN2 — ATP World Tour
Finals, round robin, TBA, at
London, 3 p.m.
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Key West Citizen
Missing four players,
including two starters, the
Marathon High girls basketball team could not keep
up with visiting Ransom
Everglades on Wednesday
en route to a 48-32 loss in
Dolphins Country.
“We were only dressing
seven and we ran out of
gas,” said Marathon coach
Charlie Brown. “We run a
break offense and when you
are missing two starters, it’s
kind of hard to push the ball
up the court.”
Playing without Brittney
Smellett and Talya Flagg,
Gardine Raymond led the
Lady ‘Fins in scoring for the
second straight time to open
See LADY ’FINS, page 2B
See SOCCER, page 3B
MIAMI CHRISTIAN 48,
KEY WEST 27
Lady Conchs lose,
but still improve
BY J.W. COOKE
Key West Citizen
KATHY LANCASTER/The Citizen
Lady ’Fins guard Kylee Vondra
goes up for a shot amid pressure
from Ransom Everglades on
Wednesday in Marathon.
KEYSNEWS.COM — AND SPORTS TOO
In the second game of the season, Key
West girls basketball coach Shonta McLeod
said it was an improvement but still not
enough as the Lady Conchs lost on the road
to Miami Christian, 48-27.
“We played better defense, but the ball
was just not dropping for us,” McLeod said.
“I know it was still a loss, but there was realSee LADY CONCHS, page 2B
2B
SPORTS: Scoreboard
SPREADS
PREGAME.COM
NBA
Tonight
FAVORITE
at MIAMI
at CLEVELAND
Golden State
LINE
7½
9½
5
O/U UNDERDOG
(199½) Sacramento
(194) Milwaukee
(213) at LA CLIPPERS
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Thursday
FAVORITE
LINE
UNDERDOG
at INDIANA
13½
Creighton
at TENNESSEE
12½
Marshall
at GEORGIA TECH
9½ Wisc Green Bay
George Washington
9
at S. FLORIDA
at ST. JOHN’’S
7
Rutgers
UAB
7½
at TROY
Oregon St
7
at RICE
at ARIZONA
13
Boise St
Iowa
1
at MARQUETTE
at LSU
21 South Alabama
at COLORADO ST
15½ Loyola Marymount
at CAL RIVERSIDE
6½
Santa Clara
at FRESNO ST
9½
San Francisco
at UCLA
6½
Pepperdine
SMU
5½
at STANFORD
at MINNESOTA
2
Temple
Butler
16½ at MISSOURI ST
Miami
9 at MISSISSIPPI ST
Utah
10½ at TEXAS TECH
Mississippi
10½at GEORGE MASON
Oklahoma St
10
at TOWSON ST
at SETON HALL
4
Long Beach St
Virginia
22½
at BRADLEY
National Hockey League
Tonight
FAVORITE
LINE UNDERDOG
at WASHINGTON OFF Dallas
at BOSTON
-110 Minnesota
San Jose
-110 at PHILY
at PITTSBURGH -174 Colorado
at TAMPA BAY
-112 NY Rangers
at OTTAWA
-125 Columbus
at FLORIDA
-120 Anaheim
at MONTREAL
-190 Arizona
at ST. LOUIS
-200 Buffalo
LINE
OFF
+100
+100
+162
+102
+115
+110
+175
+180
at ARKANSAS 3
at BYU
24½
Navy
9½
Georgia Tech +1
Tennessee 8½
at OK. ST PK
at OHIO ST 13
at OKLAHOMAOFF
Michigan 5
at S. MISS 19½
at ARIZONA STOFF
at KAN. ST 7
at UTAH ST 14
at STANFORD 12½
at SMU
3
at LA-LAF. 14½
Colorado St 2
Washington 16
at UTSA
PK
at UTAH
+2
Texas A& M 8½
at WASH ST 15½
at FLORIDA 31
at AUBURN 32½
at NOTRE DAME 16
at OREGON 1½
La Tech
21½
at IOWA
17
San Diego St11
San Jose St 9
NFL
Thursday
FAVORITE OPEN
at JACK’VILLE 1½
Sunday
at CAROLINA 8
Oakland
1
at MIAMI 1
at ATLANTA 5½
at BAL’MORE +1½
NY Jets
2½
at MINN. +3
at PHILY
8
at CHICAGO +5½
at ARIZONA 3
at SEATTLE 11
Kansas City 2½
Monday
at N. ENGLAND 9
4
26½
12
2
8
PK
13½
OFF
3½
21
OFF
5½
15
10½
2½
17
1½
15
3
2
6½
14½
31½
33½
16½
4
24½
22½
16
10½
(58) Mississippi St
(56)
Fresno St
(68)
at TULSA
(55½) at MIAMI
(42½)at MISSOURI
(77½)
Baylor
(52) Michigan St
(OFF)
TCU
(41½) at PENN ST
(61) Old Dominion
(OFF)
Arizona
(53½)
Iowa St
(54½)
Nevada
(64½) California
(58)
Tulane
(64½) N. Mexico St
(57½)at N. MEXICO
(49) at OREGON ST
(59)
Rice
(56½)
UCLA
(43)at VANDERBILT
(62½) Colorado
(46½)
FAU
(63)
Idaho
(42½) Boston Coll.
(71½)
S. CAL
(54½)
at UTEP
(57½)
Purdue
(54)
at UNLV
(53½) at HAWAII
TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
3
(43½) Tennessee
7
2
PK
6
2
2½
1
5½
1
5
12½
3
(45½) Washington
(48½) at DETROIT
(47)
Dallas
(47) Indianapolis
(41½) St. Louis
(41) at HOUSTON
(44½) Green Bay
(45) Tampa Bay
(41½)
Denver
(48½) Cincinnati
(40) San Francisco
(44½) at S. DIEGO
7
(48½)
Buffalo
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L
New England
9 0
Buffalo
5 4
N.Y. Jets
5 4
Miami
4 5
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
T
0
0
0
0
Pct PF
1.000303
.556 231
.556 217
.444 191
PA
169 Toronto
207 Boston
184 New York
225 Brooklyn
Philadelphia
South
Indianapolis
Houston
Jacksonville
Tennessee
W
4
4
3
2
L
5
5
6
7
T
0
0
0
0
Pct PF
.444 200
.444 184
.333 192
.222 169
PA
227
211
255
214
W
8
6
2
2
L
1
4
7
8
T
0
0
0
0
Pct PF
.889 235
.600 236
.222 210
.200 186
W
7
4
4
2
L
2
5
5
7
T
0
0
0
0
Pct PF
.778 205
.444 224
.444 227
.222 210
PA
152 Central Division
191
W L Pct GB
236 Cleveland
8 3 .727 —
277 Chicago
7 3 .700 ½
Indiana
7 5 .583 1½
Detroit
6 5 .545 2
PA
Milwaukee
5 6 .455 3
168
195 WESTERN CONFERENCE
241 Southwest Division
249
W L Pct GB
San Antonio
8 2 .800 —
Dallas
8 4 .667 1
Memphis
6 6 .500 3
PA
Houston
4 7 .364 4½
253
New Orleans
1 10 .091 7½
209
184 Northwest Division
214
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City
6 5 .545 —
Denver
6 5 .545 —
PA
Utah
5 5 .500 ½
175
Minnesota
5 7 .417 1½
190
Portland
4 8 .333 2½
237
315 Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Golden State
12 0 1.000 —
PA
Phoenix
6 4 .600 5
154
L.A. Clippers
6 4 .600 5
185
Sacramento
4 8 .333 8
234
L.A. Lakers
2 9 .182 9½
261
North
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Cleveland
West
Denver
Kansas City
Oakland
San Diego
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L
N.Y. Giants
5 5
Washington
4 5
Philadelphia
4 5
Dallas
2 7
T
0
0
0
0
Pct PF
.500 273
.444 205
.444 212
.222 166
South
Carolina
Atlanta
Tampa Bay
New Orleans
W
9
6
4
4
L
0
3
5
6
T
0
0
0
0
Pct PF
1.000255
.667 229
.444 191
.400 255
W
7
6
4
2
L
2
3
5
7
T
0
0
0
0
Pct PF
.778 198
.667 219
.444 199
.222 167
North
Minnesota
Green Bay
Chicago
Detroit
W L Pct GB
7 5 .583 —
6 5 .545 ½
6 6 .500 1
2 10 .167 5
0 12 .000 7
Southeast Division
Atlanta
Miami
Washington
Orlando
Charlotte
W
9
6
5
6
6
L
5
4
4
6
6
Pct GB
.643 —
.600 1
.556 1½
.500 2
.500 2
Tuesday’s Games
Washington 115, Milwaukee 86
Minnesota 103, Miami 91
Brooklyn 90, Atlanta 88
Detroit 104, Cleveland 99
New York 102, Charlotte 94
Denver 115, New Orleans 98
Golden State 115, Toronto 110
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L
Dallas
19 15 4
Nashville
17 11 3
St. Louis
19 12 6
Minnesota
17 10 4
Chicago
18 10 7
Winnipeg
20 9 9
Colorado
18 7 10
Pacific Division
GP W L
Los Angeles
18 12 6
San Jose
18 10 8
Vancouver
20 7 7
Arizona
18 9 8
Anaheim
19 6 9
Calgary
20 7 12
Edmonton
18 6 12
Wednesday’s Games
Indiana 112, Philadelphia 85
Orlando 104, Minnesota 101, OT
Charlotte 116, Brooklyn 111
Dallas 106, Boston 102
Atlanta 103, Sacramento 97
Portland at Houston, late
New Orleans at Oklahoma City, late
Denver at San Antonio, late
Toronto at Utah, late
Chicago at Phoenix, late
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
Montreal
19 14
Ottawa
18 8
Detroit
18 9
Florida
18 8
Tampa Bay
20 8
Boston
17 8
Buffalo
18 8
Toronto
19 6
L OT Pts GF GA
3 2 30 67 42
5 5 21 54 57
8 1 19 41 45
7 3 19 49 45
9 3 19 46 49
8 1 17 56 54
9 1 17 41 49
9 4 16 46 55
Metropolitan Division
GP W
N.Y. Rangers
18 14
Washington
16 11
N.Y. Islanders 19 10
Pittsburgh
18 11
New Jersey
18 10
Philadelphia
18 6
Carolina
18 6
Columbus
19 7
L
2
4
6
7
7
8
10
12
Pts
30
23
23
22
21
16
14
14
GF
57
50
54
40
46
35
35
48
Pts
30
25
25
23
21
20
15
GF
68
53
51
51
49
54
50
GA
48
40
46
47
44
63
50
OT
0
0
6
1
4
1
0
Pts
24
20
20
19
16
15
12
GF
46
50
56
50
35
48
47
GA
38
47
54
54
49
74
58
Tuesday’s Games
Los Angeles 3, Philadelphia 2, SO
San Jose 5, Boston 4
Dallas 3, Buffalo 1
Columbus 3, St. Louis 1
Pittsburgh 4, Minnesota 3
Toronto 5, Colorado 1
Nashville 3, Anaheim 2
Calgary 3, New Jersey 2
Today’s Games
Sacramento at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
OT
2
1
3
0
1
4
2
0
OT
0
3
1
3
1
2
1
GA
32
37
44
40
43
53
53
63
Wednesday’s Games
Winnipeg 4, Vancouver 1
Washington at Detroit, late
Chicago at Edmonton, late
Today’s Games
Minnesota at Boston, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Calgary, 9 p.m.
West
College Football
Tonight
FAVORITE OPEN
E. Carolina 17
at TEXAS ST. 5
Friday
Cincinnati 3
at BOISE ST 16
Saturday
at PITTS
1½
at AKRON 2½
at GEORGIA 16
Rutgers
5
at KENTUCKY24½
at MARYL’D 3
at UMASS 9
West Virginia 28
at GA ST
1
at UCONN OFF
at CLEMSON 29
W Kentucky 14
at MISS.
4½
at M. TENN. 24
at MINN. 6½
Memphis 1½
at VIRGINIA 2½
N. Carolina 6
at WISCONSIN 10½
at NC STATE 17
MLB
TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
14½ (54½)
at UCF
6½ (63½) La-Monroe
2½
12
(64) at S. FLORIDA
(55)
Air Force
2
4
13½
4½
24
3
9½
28
3
OFF
29
17
4
24½
5
2
2½
6½
10
17
(48)
Louisville
(44½)
Buffalo
(50½) Ga Southern
(54½)
at ARMY
(55½) Charlotte
(63½)
Indiana
(55½) Miami (Ohio)
(59½) at KANSAS
(62) S. Alabama
(OFF)
Houston
(48) Wake Forest
(66)
at FIU
(56)
LSU
(62) North Texas
(47)
Illinois
(59)
at TEMPLE
(53)
Duke
(61½) at VA TECH
(40) Northwestern
(OFF)
Syracuse
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona
7 2 0 .778 302 185
St. Louis
4 5 0 .444 166 183
AL 2015 CY YOUNG VOTING
Seattle
4 5 0 .444 199 179
Total points on a 7-4-3-2-1 basis
3 6 0 .333 126 223
Player
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tot San Francisco
Jake Arrieta, Chi 17 11 2 - -169
Monday’s Game
Zack Greinke, LA 10 17 3 - -147
Houston 10, Cincinnati 6
Clayton Kershaw, LA 3 2 23 1 1 101
Gerrit Cole, Pit
- - 2 13 8 40 Thursday, Nov. 19
Max Scherzer, Was - - - 13 6 32 Tennessee at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m.
M. Bumgarner, SF - - - 1 6
8 Sunday, Nov. 22
Jacob deGrom, NY - - - 2 3
7 N.Y. Jets at Houston, 1 p.m.
M. Melancon, Pit - - - - 5
5 Denver at Chicago, 1 p.m.
John Lackey, StL - - - - 1
1 Oakland at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
AL 2015 CY YOUNG VOTING
St. Louis at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Total points on a 7-4-3-2-1 basis
Player
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tot Dallas at Miami, 1 p.m.
Washington at Carolina, 1 p.m.
D. Keuchel, Hou 22 8 - - -186
Kansas City at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.
D. Price, Det/Tor 8 21 1 - -143
Sonny Gray, Oak - 1 24 3 - 82 San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.
Chris Sale, Chi - - 3 7 7 30 Green Bay at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m.
Chris Archer, TB - - - 10 9 29 Cincinnati at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.
Wade Davis, KC - - 1 1 5 10 Open: Cleveland, N.Y. Giants, New Orleans,
Pittsburgh
F. Hernandez, Sea - - 1 3 9
C. McHugh, Hou - - - 1 3
5 Monday, Nov. 23
Corey Kluber, Cle - - - 1 2
4 Buffalo at New England, 8:30 p.m.
Marco Estrada, Tor - - - 1 1
3
Lady Conchs
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the season with 17, while senior classmate
Amanda Davis added 14.
Down 28-16 at intermission, Marathon
would cut the lead to three points with
seven minutes to play. But Brown said
without any depth, his player did not have
the energy to finish the comeback.
“They made their foul shots and it all
added up,” Brown said.
Playing with a full 10-player roster
on Tuesday, it was a different story for
Marathon, which opened the season
Lady ’Fins
ON THE WATER
ly more togetherness compared to our first game.”
Seven Lady Conchs scored
in the game, but only two
made more than a single basket. Kaneya Sargent led Key
with a 58-27 victory against district foe
Palm Glades Prep. Raymond scored 27
during the victory and Flagg grabbed 17
rebounds.
Marathon closes out a busy week Friday
at district rival Miami Community Charter.
“I’m really looking at the first third of
this season as practice,” Brown said. “We
need to play well in our district games
and Tuesday night’s win was a district
game and we have another to be ready
for on Friday. Other than that, we have
to look at it as practice and come district
tournament time, I honestly believe we
will be fine.”
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West with 13 points, while
Lily Bailey added nine points
including a pair of 3-pointers.
Key West will now have
an opportunity to make
improvements as the Lady
Conchs will not play again
until the first week of
December.
“We have a lot to work
on before we start our district games, which are backto-back come Dec. 2,” said
McLeod, adding that the
Lady Conchs will play each
district opponent once this
season. “We don’t have that
extra chance, so you have to
make that one shot count.”
Photos by RON COOKE/The Citizen
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Scott McAdoo from Annapolis, Maryland caught a nice Pompano out
at the reef with Alan Petrasek on his Edgewater 318.
Marine News:
Upcoming Keys fishing tournaments
can mean learning from experienced local captains
and mates to tie a bimini or rig ballyhoo. One weekend each year anglers aged 16 and younger can
apply such lessons in this competition. A maximum
of six anglers is allowed per boat. For informatin
call Tammie Gurgiolo at 305-240-9337 or send an
email to [email protected].
Jan. 8-10: Key Largo Sailfish Challenge. Held at
the height of the sailfish season, this event follows
a boat-tournament format. Prizes and trophies
await first-, second- and third-place teams, and
Through Nov. 30: Key West Fishing Tournament.
proceeds benefit the Coral Shores High School
More than 40 species of fish are targeted during
Band program.For informatin call Tammie Gurgiolo
these months, with divisions for men, women, junior
at 305-240-9337 or send an email to fishnbully@
anglers (ages 10 to 14) and Pee Wees (under
msn.com.
10 years old). The Key West Fishing Tournament
Jan. 8-10: Key West Wahoo Shootout. Join a
strongly encourages the release of game fish. All
bluewater spearfishing tournament, to be headquarparticipating anglers receive certificates noting their
tered at The Waterfront Brewery. Species include
catches and qualify for a variety of prizes. For inforWahoo, King Mackerel, and Amberjack with up to
mation call Rob Harris at 305-587-6718 or send
$20,000 in prizes. Adult and Junior divisions as
at email to [email protected].
well as Captain’s prize.For informatin call John
Dec. 3-6: Islamorada Sailfish Tournament. The
Paul Castro at 305-896-4244 or send an email to
first leg of the triple-crown Florida Keys Gold Cup
[email protected].
Championship Series is characterized by high-flying
Jan. 14-16: Cheeca Lodge Presidential Sailfish
sail action, conservation and sportsmanship. It’s
Tournament in Islamorada. The Presidential is one
also the only tournament in the Gold Cup series
of the most prestigious offshore tournaments in the
to offer a junior division for anglers aged 16 and
Florida Keys, and is the second leg of the Florida
younger. Unlimited anglers are allowed per vessel.
Keys Gold Cup Championship. Anglers compete for
For information call Dianne Harbaugh 305-522beautiful trophies and prizes with sumptuous ban4868 or send an email to [email protected].
quets held at beautiful Cheeca Lodge & Spa. For
Dec.18-20: Islamorada Junior Sailfish
information send an email to [email protected].
Tournament. Recreation for teens in the Florida Keys
No matter what the season, there’s
always something to fish for in the waters
surrounding the Florida Keys and Key
West.
The calendar lists select tournament
highlights. A comprehensive schedule of
Keys angling challenges can be found at
www.fla-keys.com/fishing.
All Aboard:
If you have an outstanding catch
or fishing news to report:
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Write: Daily Fishing Report, P.O. Box 1800, Key West, FL 33041
Drop it off at The Key West Citizen building (3420 Northside Dr.)
Email: [email protected]
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T&W third base Brian Barrios hustles to make this catch in the gap.
Coed
GAME 1
SEMIFINALS
MR. Z’S 17, WESTIN RESORT 6
Troy Curry hit for the cycle driving in three and
Brian Rose doubled twice as the duo each went
4-for-4 at the plate for Mr. Z’s.
Ricky Reeves legged out a home run and doubled for three RBI, Nick Hogen smacked a two-base
hit and two base hits and Janessa Barrios gapped
a trio of base hits. Manny Pichardo doubled and
singled, Lauren Pazo roped a pair of base hits and
Natalie Tyler singled.
Westin’s Pabel Noriega and Natalie Leslie both
thumped a three-base hit and two base hits,
Aristides Valdez doubled twice, Mike MacKeown
singled twice, Marie Castillo doubled as Kaitlyn
Leeman and Linda Kruszka both hoisted a base hit.
GAME 2
SEMIFINAL
T & W CHEVRON 19, WE CYCLE 10
Juanito Menendez tripled, doubled twice and
singled for three RBI and Ronnie Presley plated
three via a triple, double and two base hits to fuel
the winners into the title match.
Dylan Kibler hustled the bags for a homer and
doubled twice, Tangela Thurston drove in four runs
on two doubles and Brian Barrios triple and singled
two times.
Ben Blattenberger homered inside-the-park and
singled, Sharon Drager and Amber Menendez each
ripped a two-base hit and base hit and Ari Corsi
singled twice.
We Cycle’s Megan Lehman was 4-for-4 with
a shot out of the park. Cathy Forgue drilled two
doubles and singled, Michelle Citon plated four
via a pair of base hits, Chris Needham and Eddie
Griffiths both slammed two base hits, J.W. Cooke
homered in the park and Joe Weed and Jamie
Cooke each singled.
Lauren Pazo heaves in the big ball from left
field.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
T & W CHEVRON 18, MR. Z’S 1
Sharon Drager doubled and Ronnie Presley
thumped a three-base hit and doubled as the duo
each had four hits for a trip down victory lane.
Dylan Kibler homered in-the-park, tripled and
doubled, Juanito Menendez drove in three runs
via a two-base hit and base hit, Ben Blattenberger
tripled and singled, Shia Marzetti and Tangela
Thurston both doubled and cracked a base hit,
Amber Menendez and Ari Corsi singled two times
apiece and Brian Barrios doubled for the champs.
Mr. Z’s managed only seven base hits with two
from Brian Rose. Troy Curry tripled and Nick Hogen,
Tina Godfrey, Janessa Barrios and Ricky Reeves
each singled.
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GOLF
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NFL
Tiger Woods to be named
vice captain at Ryder Cup
Central Florida hires
White as athletic director
Jags place Marks on
IR, activate Greene
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tiger
Woods will be at the Ryder Cup next
year. Still to be determined is whether he plays.
U.S. captain Davis Love III said
Wednesday that Woods, Jim Furyk
and Steve Stricker will be vice
captains for the 2016 matches at
Hazeltine in Minnesota. It was part
of an agreement with Europe to
expand to a maximum of five vice
captains.
“Tiger has said, ‘I want to make
the team and also be a (vice) captain,’” Love said. “Tiger wants to
be a playing assistant. That’s his
goal.”
ORLANDO — Central Florida is
turning to a young voice to lead its
athletic department.
The school hired 36-year-old Danny
White as its next athletic director on
Wednesday. The Buffalo AD since 2012
will be introduced today.
UCF president John Hitt said White’s
youth and energy would be a value to
the Knights’ programs.
“Danny is one of the nation’s rising stars in college athletics, and his
talent, determination, energy, and
creativity will guide our program to
a bright future,” said Hitt. “He understands that success starts with winning with integrity.”
JACKSONVILLE — The
Jacksonville Jaguars have
placed
defensive
tackle
Sen’Derrick Marks and safety James Sample on injured
reserve.
The team also activated
receiver Rashad Greene from
short-term IR on Wednesday
and promoted safety Craig
Loston from the practice squad
to the active roster.
Marks tore his right triceps
at Baltimore on Sunday. He
missed the first five games of
the season while recovering
from knee surgery.
JOHN RAOUX /The Associated Press
Central Florida forward A.J. Davis, right, falls forward as he makes
a shot in front of UC Irvine forward Jonathan Galloway, left, during
the second half on Wednesday in Orlando. UC Irvine won 61-60 in
overtime.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: AWARDS
PREP SOCCER
Key West regroups
for 4-1 victory at
Class 5A Palmetto
STILL WINNING
Arrieta claims NL Cy Young;
Keuchel earns AL honor
BY BEN WALKER
Dolphins
was a really big team win.
Ransom got 14 turnovers
but most of them came in
the first quarter. But I think
15 years because that’s how that’s because we were a litlong I’ve been here; before tle over excited. Once we
settled down, we
that who knows.”
took care of the
Camron Chaplin
ball.”
led the Dolphins
The teams played
with 20 points, three
a tight first quarassists, two steals
ter, tied 9-9 at the
and four rebounds.
buzzer, only after
Johnathan Guerra
Ransom’s top scoradded nine points,
Guerra
er, who finished
two assists and
with 21 points on
three rebounds,
while Richie Wells had nine seven 3-pointers, knocked
points and eight rebounds. down a pair of treys to keep
“Ransom is always a very things close.
“After that, we were able to
fundamental team that
shoots the ball well, but we locate him and we played a
did everything a little bit little bit better second quarbetter,” Freeman said. “It ter,” said Freeman, whose
Soccer
first 40 minutes.
In the 57th minute, senior Tatum
Flowers sliced a through-ball to
Niles and she scored in a one-onone situation to put Key West up
2-0.
“Angela took a wide angle beat-
ROSS D. FRANKLIN /The Associated Press
Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel, right,
smiles as he gets a hug from manager
A.J. Hinch (14) after a game in Phoenix.
Houston Astros lefty Dallas Keuchel won
the AL Cy Young Award, easily beating
out David Price. Keuchel got 22 firstplace votes for 186 points from the
Baseball Writers Association of America
in results announced Wednesday.
Price went 18-5 with a 2.45 ERA and
225 strikeouts. Traded from Detroit
to Toronto in late July, he was a key
reason the Blue Jays made their first
playoff appearance since 1993.
Keuchel became the first Houston
pitcher to win the Cy Young since
Roger Clemens in 2004, and the first
do it since the Astros joined the AL.
team held the Raiders to
only four points in the quarter for a 20-13 lead at the
half. “We played really good
team defense.”
Following the break, the
offenses came as Chaplin
scored 10 behind a pair
of 3-pointers and Guerra
added eight in the third for
a 42-29 lead.
“They came out with
the press, but we were
able to break it really well,”
Freeman said. “We made
really good decisions and
I’m really proud of that.”
Down by a dozen, the
Raiders would cut the score
to 48-42 in the fourth quarter after back-to-back three
pointers. But it would be
close as the Dolphins —
ing the keeper and the ball looked
to be headed side net, but it passed
perfectly beyond the near post for
our second goal,” said Paul.
In the 70th minute, freshman
Sophie Robino was tackled in the
box and Key West was awarded a
penalty kick. Flowers blasted the
kick to the left back side of the goal
for a 3-0 lead.
Paul said the defense played
which made their final four
free throws to seal the win
— would allow the visitors
to get.
Freeman said his team
rallied in front of the home
crowd that had watched the
junior varsity squad beat
Ransom in the previous
game.
“I can’t say enough about
our defense,” said Freeman,
whose team plays again on
Friday at Miami Community
Charter. “Even when they
went on a little run we
stayed composed and finished well. Sometimes in
the past we’ve had trouble
doing that, but at least in
this first game we finished
well.”
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flawlessly over the 80-minute span.
“Our defense was rock-solid
throughout the match,” said Paul,
with Emily Gardner starting in goal
and Alana Estenoz played the final
40 minutes.
Paul said the defense was shored
up by senior Julia Passarelli.
“Julia was just put back there
these past two games and she has
really found her spot,” said Paul.
Key West Girls Softball Recreational League
Ke
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FINAL Sign-Up for girls age 5 years to 8th grade
Nov 19 - 20 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and
Nov 21 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
(Additionally, on November 19 at 6 p.m. the league will host
a short orientation program for new players)
Where: The Key West Girls Rosa Hernandez Softball Field, Kennedy &
Northside Drive across from BB&T Bank next to the High School Stadium
Must Bring: Registration fee of $120 per player (sibling fee is $80)
Cash or check made payable to KWGSRL
*Participants MUST be present to try on a uniform and MUST be 5 years old by January 1, 2016.
*Season starts January and ends in May*
If you have any questions you can email John Griffin at jgriffi[email protected] 407285
“Her speed and toughness are
hard to match.”
Joining Passarelli on the back
line were junior Ashley Martin,
sophomore Camden Switzer and
freshman Emmy Hamilton as well
as senior Gaby Pozzi lending her
physical defense to smart play.
The coach said the midfield
helped stifle the Firebirds attacks
with Flowers, Mackenzie Cohen
and Anissia Thompson fielding
most of the minutes.
“Both teams were physically
tough and skilled in the back-andforth first half as each team was
looking for a weakness or waiting
for a mistake by the other,” said
Paul about their win over Doral.
Today, Key West is on the road
against District 16-2A opponent
Carrolton High.
Key West Little Conch Baseball
3111 Northside Drive Key West, Florida 33040
Spring Registration is Here!
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Registration fee includes (1) one Miami Marlins game ticket.
**April 17, 2016- Miami Marlins vs Atlanta Braves** Aditional tickets can be purchased for $25 each
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Saturday, November 21, 10 am - 1pm
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award for the third straight day. Kris
Bryant was the NL Rookie of the Year
and Joe Maddon was the NL Manager
NEW YORK — Jake Arrieta of the of the Year.
The MVP awards will be announced
Chicago Cubs aced out Dodgers stars
Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw for today.
Greinke posted a 1.66 ERA that was
the NL Cy Young Award while Houston
the lowest in the majors since
lefty Dallas Keuchel won the
Maddux in 1995. Greinke
AL honor Wednesday.
went 19-3, fanned 200 and
In what was expected to be
had a scoreless streak of 45
a tighter three-person race,
2-3 innings.
Arrieta got 17 first-place votes
Kershaw had won three
for 169 points from memof the previous four NL Cy
bers of the Baseball Writers’
Youngs. He struck out 301,
Association of America.
Arrieta
the most in the majors since
Greinke drew 10 first-place
2002, and went 16-7 with a
votes and had 147 points.
Kershaw had the other three firsts and 2.13 ERA for the NL West champions.
Keuchel got 22 first-place votes for
101 points.
Arrieta led the majors in wins, going 186 points. David Price drew eight first22-6. He went 11-0 in his last 12 starts, place votes and 143 points for his split
pushing the Cubs into the playoffs for season with Detroit and Toronto and
the first time since 2008. The 29-year- Oakland’s Sonny Gray finished third.
Keuchel led the AL in wins, going
old righty had a 1.77 ERA, struck out
20-8 and helping Houston reach the
236 and pitched a no-hitter.
Arrieta was the first Cubs pitcher playoffs for the first time since 2005.
to win the honor since Greg Maddux The bearded 27-year-old with a dominant sinker and sharp slider had a 2.48
in 1992.
The Cubs won a major postseason ERA and 216 strikeouts.
Key West took control early.
Adam Swiecicki booted the
Key West Citizen
corner kick, 6-for-6 Jack
After a heart-breaking loss Behmke provided a diverto District 16-2A opponent sion and assist to Kevin
Keys Gate on Friday night, Coward, who punched the
Key West boys’ soccer coach ball in for a 1-0 Conchs
Marc Pierre addressed a few advantage.
Palmetto tied the match
weaknesses in practice earlier this week and the Conchs at 1-1, but an own-goal by
came out with a 4-1 victory the Panthers put Key West
up 2-1, which held
Wednesday night
at the half.
against Class 5A
“Alex
Cabrera
Miami Palmetto in
threw the ball in and
Miami.
it went off a defendCoach
Pierre
er’s head and into the
said the Panthers
goal,” Pierre said.
were comparable
Behmke netted
to Keys Gate, but
the
Conchs third
said the Conchs
Behmke
goal for a 3-1.
were more pre“Noah Cutchin
pared Wednesday
placed a beautiful
for another fast and
corner kick in the
physical match.
air to the front post
“I’d say they were
and Jack put it in,”
almost in the same
Pierre said. “The
category as Keys
keeper didn’t have a
Gate,” Pierre said.
chance.”
“They play a lot of
Matysik
The Conchs’ final
long-ball, over the
goal came in the
top of the two censecond half. Patrick
ter backs to get their
Matysik laced a
forwards on runs.
through-ball
to
We did really well
Swiecicki, who finas far as passing,
ished it with his left
communicating
foot.
and controlling the
“We took a good
game.”
Coward
amount of shots.
Things
the
We took 14 shots
Conchs did not do
and six shots were on tarwell against Keys Gate.
In goal, Christian Lee get. It was a good game,
played the first 40 minutes. there were a lot of positives,”
Lee gave up the only goal of Pierre said. “If we played the
same as we did against Keys
the game to tie it at 1-1.
Jacob Elomina played in Gate, the results would have
the nets during the second probably been the same as
tonight. We picked our game
half.
“Christian did pretty well up today with good results.
communicating with the Everything we needed to do,
back line. The same thing we did it today.”
Key West hosts district
with Jacob,” Pierre said. “He
came in the second half and opponent Everglades Prep at
did really well. The two of 4 p.m. on Friday at Tommy
Roberts Memorial Stadium.
them did really well.”
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tax reporting is
required. Must be
accurate and have
great attention to detail
in dealing with
calculations and
numbers.
Job requires initiative in
the following tasks and
actions through to
completion, meeting
Journeyman
deadlines and adhering
Plumbers Wanted
to established policies
for new construction
and procedures.
CAR DETAILER FOR and service. Immediate
Starting salary
busy Cab Co.
employment. Top
$35,022.00
2 part-time positions
wages and benefits!
available. Must be
305-296-6013 or apply
Applicants must fill out
presentable, speak
in person at
the MCSO online pre
English, honest and
6409 2nd Terrace.
application at
reliable. Call
www.keysso.net
305-296-1800
Please email resumes
LEGAL
for more details.
to
RECEPTIONIST/ASSI
[email protected]
STANT FULLTIME
or fax resumes to
receptionist/assistant
CASE MANAGER
(305)292-7159.
position available for
With experience for
Charles Slebodnick
busy law firm. Bilingual
Samuel's House.
may be contacted at
in Spanish/English a
Email resume to:
(305) 292-7044.
plus. Knowledge of MS
[email protected]
EOE/AAP
Office and Outlook a
Must be willing to work
must. Benefits. Salary
2:00pm-10:00pm and
commensurate with
weekends.
Positions Available at
experience. Email
Westin Key West,
resume to
[email protected]
General Maintenance
Sunset Key, Weather
worker needed for
Station, Banana Bay
hotel. Must have a
and Bayside Inn
valid driver's license,
Line Cook
be fluent in English and Must have experience.
Westin:
able to work weekends. Must have references. Front Desk Supervisor
Please apply at:
Part time Apply in
Guest Service Agent
1015 Fleming Street,
person only LaTeDa
Line Cook
The Eden House
1125 Duval St.
Restaurant Host
Maintenance Staff
PM Boat Captain
Night Audit
0220
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
Autos/Trucks
610................... ............ .......................... Trucks
620.......................,............. ..........Autos For Sale
622................................................ SUVs For Sale
625................................................. Classic Autos
630................................................ Autos Wanted
640............................................... ..... Auto Parts
Recreation
650....................................................... Scooters
652...................................................Motorcycles
654............................ .................... Travel Trailers
658..........................................RVs/Motor Homes
661................................................. Marine Parts
662................................................... Powerboats
664...................................................... Sailboats
665...................................................Houseboats
667...................................................Misc. Boats
669...........................................Dockage/Storage
670........................................................ Aviation
900
LEGALS
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
0428
Sunset Key:
Resort Ambassador
Housekeeping
Supervisor
Spa Recetionist parttime
Restaurant Host
Busser
AM Cook
PM Cook
The 16th Judicial
Circuit is accepting
applications for a
full-time Juvenile
Drug Court
Counselor.
This position provides
case management,
individual/group
substance abuse
counseling to male and
female participants and
Bayside Inn:
their families and
Maintenance Staff
attends regular court
hearings. The
+Previous applicants
counselor works
need not apply again.
closely with the
+Application hours are
from 9am to 3:30pm or Department of Juvenile
Justice, local schools,
apply on-line to:
attorneys, judges and
[email protected]
other ancillary
245 Front Street, Key agencies. BA/BS, CAP
certified or working
West, Fl 33040
toward CAP required.
Tel: 305-294-4000
Master’s Degree
Fax: 305-292-4348
preferred. A solid
working proficiency
with computers is
required and fluent in
Southernmost
Spanish a plus. The
Beach Resort
successful applicant
Formerly
will need strong
Southernmost Hotel
interpersonal skills, and
Collection
will be required to pass
Has the following
a complete background
positions available:
check. Salary range
$37,000-$40,000/year
-Mechanical
with Monroe County
Technician
benefits, based on
-Reservations Manager
certification, licensing
-F&B Director
and experience.
-Restaurant Floor
Please send a resume
Supervisor
and a State of Florida
-Room Attendant
application to
-Maintenance Tech
Personnel, 16th
-Front Desk Supervisor
Judicial Circuit, 302
Fleming Street, Key
West, Florida 33040 or
M/F/D/V
by e-mail to
Please apply at:
Personnel@Keyscourts
www.highgatecareers.com
.net. Applications are
being accepted until
the position is filled.
Applications and job
description can be
The Key West Citizen
found at
is taking application for
www.Keyscourts.net.
a classified sales
We do not discriminate
person. Candidate
on the basis of race,
must have good
religion, sex, age or
computer skills, type 50
disability. If you need
words a minute and
accommodations to
have exceptional
participate in the
attention to details.
application/selection
This position requires a
process, please notify
pleasant demeanor
us in advance at
with people, be
(305)295-3652; to
dependable and the
make call through the
drive to achieve
Florida Relay Center,
monthly sales goal.
you can dial 7-1-1.
The position pays an
hourly rate plus
Yard Sales Lower
commission and has
0330 Keys
day time hours Monday
through Friday. Contact
YARD SALE
Tommy Todd at
SAT. 8am-2pm.
[email protected]
14 Arbutus Dr.
Key Haven
Lots of everything.
No Early Birds!
has immediate opening for
PORTER
407279
Sous Chef
AM Steward
P/T PM Line Cook
Great pay and benefits.
Key West’s friendliest staff and working environment.
Apply in person at Zero Duval.
Attentive to detail,
organized? Let’s talk
Proofreading
The Key West Citizen is seeking a proofreader to
enhance our Composing Department.
Candidates should be organized, willing and able
to work in a high pressure environment, follow
instructions, multi-task and prioritize. Excellent
grammar and spelling skills are required.
Responsibilities include tracking and managing
paperwork and communications between
sales and design departments, proofreading,
and editing pages and advertisements to meet
daily deadlines. Qualified individual should be
familiar with standard email and office software,
and be able to learn quickly.
Position is entry level, part time. Qualified
applicants are encouraged to email resume to
Lisa Sacco at: [email protected]
Must be neat in
appearance & dependable
Inquire at
3500 N. Roosevelt Blvd.
Ask for Victor
No phone calls, please.
Got Skills? Let’s talk
Graphic
Design
The Key West Citizen is seeking skilled graphic
designers with experience in print advertising.
Candidates must be extremely attentive to
detail, willing and able to take notes, follow
instructions, multi-task and prioritize. Excellent
grammar and spelling skills required.
Responsibilities include fast-paced production
of creative display advertisements to meet
daily deadlines. Qualified individual(s) must have
advanced Adobe InDesign and Photoshop
skills, Illustrator skills are a plus.
42
BRIDGES,
1
CALL.
Unfurnished Apts.
Lower Keys
MARINER'S COVE
Apartments 2/1 800 sq
feet 2035.00 available
first week of
December, also 2/1.5
864 sq ft also available
1st week of December,
2100.00Income
restricted.
Water Workers get 1/2
off their 2nd month
rent!!
1st and Security, never
a last month's rent
required.
Call for details!!
305-295-1333
0440
Unfurn. Houses
Lower Keys
0528
Businesses
Wanted
Investment dollars
available to buy, start,
grow or save your
business. All inquiries
will be held in the
strictest confidence.
Contact
[email protected].
0620
Autos For Sale
2005 PONTIAC VIBE,
67,000 miles. GREAT
shape, great a/c 1 yr
old tires. No problems
at all. $6500.00 Leave
message or text @
305-304-1540.
0662
Power Boats
2003 SEACRAFT 32
CC, twin '03 Honda
225's, outriggers, radio
XM weather w/MP3,
new speakers; new
Simrad dual
touchscreens,
autopilot, radar; new
head; new pumps;
barn/lift stored-no hull
paint. Runs great. In
Marathon. $55K. 847951-8414
KEYS
WIDE
Delivered
Daily.
Find your next
gig inside.
KEYSWIDE
CLASSIFIED
®
305.292.7777
Key West Little
Conch Baseball
is accepting applications for umpires
and scorekeepers for the upcoming
2016 youth baseball seasons.
Interested persons should email
Tommy Todd at [email protected]
Night, weekend and limited daytime shifts
available. Open position(s) are entry level.
Qualified applicants are encouraged to email
resume to Lisa Sacco at:
[email protected]
407269
Send cover letter, resume
and references to:
[email protected].
406198
0220
AUTOS/
600
TRANSPORTATION
Niles Sales & Service
Seeking Amazing Talent
Sales Consultant
Help Wanted
Lower Keys
“HAVAIANAS IS NOW
Part-time Position
HIRING.
available at Ace
Looking for Store
Hardware of Big Pine
Supervisor, Retail
Key, Inc. Knowledge of
Sales Associates and
hardware products
Key Holders for our
applications and used
brand new store!
required. Job includes
If interested, please
assisting general
stop by 300 Front St.,
public, cashier and
Unit A or email your
stocking merchandise.
resume to
Apply in person 30317
recruitment@alpargata Overseas Highway, Big
susa.com and place
Pine Key.
‘Key West Retail’ in the
subject line.”
PAYROLL – FINANCE
ASSISTANT II
405102
Please apply in person at
28500 Overseas Highway,
Little Torch Key
500
0220
P/T BEACH ATTENDANT
GREAT PAY, INCENTIVES, PAID VACATION
BENEFITS AFTER 90 DAYS
506.............................................. .....Upper Keys
508.............................................Lots Lower Keys
510............................................Lots Middle Keys
512.............................................Lots Upper Keys
Homes For Sale
513....................................................Timeshares
514.........................................Condos Lower Keys
516.................................... ...Condos Middle Keys
518.........................................Condos Upper Keys
520......................................... Homes Lower Keys
522........................................ Homes Middle Keys
524......................................... Homes Upper Keys
Commercial
526......................................Business Oppurtunity
528............................................Business Wanted
530...................................................Investments
532........................................... .Income Property
534...................................... Commercial Property
Other Real Estate
536...............................Lots & Acreage Lower Keys
REAL ESTATE
538.. ...........................Lots & Acreage Middle Keys
540...............................Lots & Acreage Upper Keys
Mobile Homes
502....................................................Lower Keys 542............................................Realty Elsewhere
504.................................. ................Middle Keys 544............................................... Realty Wanted
407350
200
EMPLOYMENT
436................................Furn. Houses Middle Keys
438.................................Furn. Houses Upper Keys
440..............................Unfurn. Houses Lower Keys
442.............................Unfurn. Houses Middle Keys
444..............................Unfurn. Houses Upper Keys
446..............................Wanted To Rent Lower Keys
448............................ Wanted To Rent Middle Keys
450............................. Wanted To Rent Upper Keys
451...................................Mobile Homes/RV Sites
452............................Vacation Rentals Lower Keys
454...........................Vacation Rentals Middle Keys
456.......................... Vacations Rentals Upper Keys
458............................. Vacation Rentals Elsewhere
460........................................Commercial Rentals
462................................................. Office Space
464........................................................ Storage
JOBS
300
MERCHANDISE
110.................................. ..... .....Child Adult Care
112.............................................. Money To Lend
120........ ..... ..........................Private Instructions
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
In case of errors, please check your ad the first day it appears. In the All word ad rates are placement fees and non-refundable (for frequency Monroe County requires that Contractors that advertise must include
event of an error, we are responsible for the first incorrect insertion of an days canceled). Ads may be removed from publication with placement their permanent certificate of competency number. If you have questions
ad. The Citizen does not assume responsibility for any reason beyond the
fee remaining.
concerning requirements, please call the Monroe County Building
cost of the ad itself.
Department at (305)292-4491.
000
ANNOUNCEMENTS
100
SERVICES
407287
407288
5B
KEYSWIDE CLASSIFIED
LEGAL NOTICES
0905
Notice Of Foreclosure
0905
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL DIVISION
SALTPONDS CONDOMINIUM,
ASSOCIATION, INC.;
UNKNOWN TENANT #1;
UNKNOWN TENANT #2; ALL
OTHER UNKNOWN PARTIES
CLAIMING INTERESTS BY,
CASE NO: THROUGH, UNDER, AND
44-2014-CA-000205A001-KW AGAINST A NAMED
DEFENDANT(S) WHO ARE
EVERBANK,
NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD
Plaintiff,
OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAME
vs.
UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY
CLAIM AN INTEREST AS
RONALD R. CHERRY, JR.; ET SPOUSES, HEIRS,
AL.,
DEVISEES, GRANTEES, OR
Defendants.
OTHER CLAIMANTS, are
Defendants.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE
AMY HEAVILIN, the Clerk of
Court shall sell to the highest
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN and best bidder, for cash, at
that, pursuant to a Final
11:00 a.m. at the Front Door of
Judgment dated March 16,
the Monroe County Courthouse,
2015entered in Civil Case No.:
Lester Building, 530 Whitehead
44-2014-CA-000205-A001-KW, Street, Key West, Florida 33040
of the Circuit Court of the
on the 1st day of December,
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit in and 2015 the following described
for Monroe County, Florida,
real property as set forth in said
wherein EVERBANK, is Plaintiff Final Judgment, to wit:
and RONALD R. CHERRY, JR.;
LISA M. CHERRY; UNITED
CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO.
STATES OF AMERICA,
35315 OF SALTPONDS, A
ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE
CONDOMINIUM, ACCORDING
SECRETARY OF HOUSING
TO THE DECLARATION OF
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT;
CONDOMINIUM THEREOF
0905
RECORDED IN OFFICIAL
RECORDS BOOK 1624, PAGE
884, OF THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND
TOGETHER WITH AN
UNDIVIDED SHARE IN THE
COMMON ELEMENTS
APPURTENANT THERETO.
If you are a person claiming a
right to funds remaining after
the sale, you must file a claim
with the clerk no later than 60
days after the sale. If you fail to
file a claim you will not be
entitled to any remaining funds.
After 60 days, only the owner of
record as of the date of the lis
pendens may claim any
surplus.
WITNESS my hand and official
seal of said Court on
OCTOBER 20, 2015
Amy Heavilin, CPA
CLERK OF THE COURT
By: Shonta McLEod
Deputy Clerk
In accordance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act,
if you are a person with a
disability who needs any
accommodation in order to
Keyswide Classifieds
305-292-7777
0905
0914
0914
Notice To Creditors
participate in this proceeding,
you are entitled, at no cost to
you, to the provision of certain
assistance. Not later than five
working days prior to the
proceeding, please contact the
Court Administrator’s office at
the courthouse annex, 502
whitehead Street, 1st floor, Key
West, FL 33040. Telephone:
305-292-3423 or via the Florida
Relay Center.
estate of William B. Smith,
deceased, whose date of death
was April 13, 2015 and the last
four digits of whose social
security number is 3804, is
pending in the Circuit Court for
Monroe County, Florida,
Probate Division, the address of
which is 88820 Overseas
Highway, Tavernier, Florida
33070. The names and
addresses of the personal
representative and the personal
representative’s attorney are
November 19 & 25, 2015
both set forth below.
Key West Citizen
All creditors of the decedent
and other persons having
claims or demands against
0914 Notice To Creditors
Decedent’s estate on whom a
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR copy of this notice is required to
be served must file their claims
THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL
with this Court WITHIN THE
CIRCUIT,
LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER
IN AND FOR MONROE
THE TIME OF THE FIRST
COUNTY, FLORIDA
PUBLICATION OF THIS
CASE NO. 44-2015-CP-92-P NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER
PROBATE DIVISION THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A
COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON
THEM.
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF
All other creditors of the
WILLIAM B. SMITH,
decedent or other persons
Deceased.
having claims or demands
against Decedent’s estate must
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
file their claims with this Court
WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER
The administration of the
RECYCLES AND USES
SOY BASED INKS
Notice To Creditors
THE DATE OF THE FIRST
PUBLICATION OF THIS
NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED
WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS
SET FORTH IN SECTION
733.702 OF THE FLORIDA
PROBATE CODE WILL BE
FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE
TIME PERIODS SET FORTH
ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED
TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE
AFTER THE DECEDENT’S
DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication
of this notice is November 19,
2015.
Personal Representative
Marilyn Beyer
C/O Jack Bridges, P. A.
P. O. Box 1714
Tavernier, Florida 33070-1714
(305) 664-9690
Attorney for the Personal
Representative
Jack Bridges
P. O. Box 1714
Tavernier, Florida 33070-1714
(305) 664-9690
Fla. Bar No. 0175950
November 19 & 26, 2015
Key West Citizen
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DIVERSIONS
Think outside the box. If you take
pride in being unique, you will come
up with ideas and solutions that
will be praised by your peers and
loved ones. It’s your time to expand
your interests and to live the life you
desire. Forge ahead with passion.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Don’t
be fooled by someone looking for
a handout. A sob story is meant
to make you feel bad. Protect
your assets and keep in mind that
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- charity begins at home.
A unique concept, philosophy or GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -service will attract your attention. You’ll face complaints if you don’t
Consider ways to utilize your skill live up to a promise. Take care
set with what you’ve discovered in of responsibilities so that you
order to allow a satisfying career can move on to more enjoyable
pastimes. Romance is in the stars.
to unfold.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- If you
are true to yourself, you will have
no regrets. Implement interesting
changes to your current plans in
order to reach the level of success
you desire.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -A settlement, repayment, gift or
inheritance is heading your way.
Have a plan ready to put any extra
cash you receive into a practical
long-term investment.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)
-- You’ll be criticized if you are
shortsighted regarding what you can
handle. You’ll fall behind if you are
too ambitious and try to take on
the impossible.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) --
Speak up and see what others have
to say. Talks will lead to insightful
suggestions and the promise of
the support you need to reach your
goals.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -You can expand your interests
and knowledge if you research or
travel to different philosophies or
destinations. Talks will lead to a
positive change in how or where
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Life you live.
is full of surprises. You will be given LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Put your
some interesting opportunities that heart and soul into being your very
will enable you to choose a direction best. Trying a new look, honing your
that could bring long-lasting stability skills or finding an interesting way
to turn what you do best into a
and financial improvements.
profitable endeavor are highlighted.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You
will have plenty of insight into ways
to overcome any obstacles you face.
Live within your means in order to
ease stress and be able to take on
new possibilities.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- You are
in dire need of a change. Update
your image or join a club or group
that offers opportunities to meet
experienced people who can help
you advance.
FEELINGS HURT IN HIGH SCHOOL LINGER
LONG AFTER GRADUATION
ACROSS
1 Kind of boots
4 Movie terrier
8 Shut noisily
12 Incan treasure
13 Roman road
14 Office note
15 Bulb food (2 wds.)
17 Classical poet
18 Dramatist Eugene -19 Woodwinds
21 Bulrush or cattail
23 Sporty trucks
24 Commuter
vehicles
27 Apiece
29 Christina’s pop
30 Fleece
32 Polio vaccine
inventor
36 Foe opposite
38 Numerical prefix
40 -- Zedong
41 Othello’s betrayer
43 Cat calls
45 Cloudy, in London
47 Not e’en once
49 Irritated
51 It may be baked
55 Loving
56 Leopard spots
58 Stratagem
59 Aid and -60 Add- -- (extras)
61 Mimicked
62 Wire thicknesses
63 Courtroom fig.
DOWN
1 Wanderer
2 -- Cross
3 Corncake
4 Without a goal
5 Stone marker
6 Reception
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Woody’s son
Evens
Flood barrier
Not quite right
1960s style
Colleen’s home
Tampa Bay pro
Minor cleric
Sheep’s cry
Web addr.
Part of RSVP
Oz. or tsp.
Gear
I love (Lat.)
Attorney’s forte
Some bout
enders
Ceded
Brunch fare
Nay opposite
Livy’s “it was”
ANSWER GRID FOR 11/18/15 CROSSWORD
45 Cluster
46 Dishwasher cycle
48 Three-legged
frame
50 Ounce fraction
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Colonnade
Superman alias
Type of mgr.
Brother’s title
Kimono accessory
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015
DEAR ABBY: I loved the letter from “Ready
for the Reunion” (July 31), who wondered why
some people in her high school graduating
class didn’t respond to the notice of the
reunion. Some of us would like to
completely forget high school and
everything associated with it.
I missed my 10th, 20th, 30th and
40th year reunions. I did consider
going to the last one, but then I started
reading my former classmates’ posts
on the reunion website. It seems
everyone is retired, wealthy, has
numerous grandchildren, at least
one retirement home in an exotic locale and
spends their time relaxing and jetting around
(or so they say). I’m still working, not wealthy,
not particularly successful and have moved
from my home state to the backwoods of
middle America. Basically, I have a boring life,
so I have nothing to brag about. I didn’t go.
I’m still in contact with the important people
in my life from high school and just don’t need
the aggravation of attending a reunion. -STAYING HOME
DEAR STAYING: Thank you for your input.
I received a large number of responses to
that letter, many of which were emotionally
charged:
DEAR ABBY: My class just had its 45th
reunion. I live 20 miles away, but have never
attended one and I never will.
My best friend and I were bullied, insulted
and excluded by our high school peers. After 45
years, we are still close friends. Neither of us has
any desire to see any of those people ever again.
High school was a miserable experience for
us, and we couldn’t wait to graduate and go off
to college. Why would we want to socialize with
them now? We forgave them long ago, but have
no desire to relive those days. People
need to realize that sometimes we
move on and don’t need to revisit the
past. -- CAROL IN GEORGIA
DEAR ABBY: My high school
experience was traumatic to the
point that it put me in therapy. People
who look forward to these things look
back on their high school days with
fondness. I’m guessing that’s because
they weren’t picked on for being fat, not
coming from a rich family or being a minority.
I would rather walk barefoot across broken
glass than spend another minute with my high
school class. I ignore the invitations because
my mother taught me if I can’t say anything
nice, I should say nothing at all. -- RAY IN
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.
DEAR ABBY: Successful turnouts often
occur as a result of personal outreach from the
committee. A personalized note, phone call or
other kind of targeted communication (“Dear
Susie, we’d love to see you again. Please come.”)
will make a difference to an alum. -- FORMER
REUNION PLANNER IN WASHINGTON
DEAR ABBY: Of the 280 missing students,
for a quarter of them to be deceased would
be par for the course. “Ready” should create
a Facebook Groups page for her high school
graduating class. Ours is very popular -- 35
percent of our former classmates are already
part of it. -- PETER IN NAPLES, FLA.
MAKE WISE USE OF THOSE HIGH TRUMPS
Tobias Smollett, an 18th-century
Scottish poet, said, “Some folk are wise,
and some are otherwise.”
Wise bridge players take care of
losers and get
the maximum
value from their
trumps. What
would a sage
South do here
in six spades
after West leads
the club queen?
What were West’s
more effective
starts?
North’s threeclub rebid was a
double negative,
warning of a very bad hand. Over three
hearts, if North had given preference
with three spades, it would have been
nonforcing. Holding three-card support
and a king, he jumped to four spades.
South should try to handle bad breaks
in the majors, especially in hearts.
Declarer needs to notice the power of
dummy’s trumps. He must ruff the club
with a high trump, cash one high heart,
then overtake the spade seven with
dummy’s eight. Now South leads a heart
toward his hand.
It cannot help East to ruff, so he
discards a diamond. South wins and
repeats the medicine. He overtakes his
spade nine with dummy’s 10 and plays
another heart. Again, East pitches. Now
declarer wins, leads a fourth heart, and
— knowing East can overruff the dummy
— throws a diamond from dummy. A
moment later, South cashes his diamond
ace, trumps his last diamond in the
dummy, ruffs a club back to his hand,
removes East’s remaining trump, and
claims.
As you will have wisely surmised, West
would have beaten the contract if he had
led his trump or a diamond — tough
assignments.
6B
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www.keysnews.com.
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