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MARATHON
‘Businesses won’t survive’
By RYAN McCARTHY
speed limit through Old
Town, where his popular
nonprofit, and many other
businesses, are located.
He won that time around
and preserved longstanding
angled parking that is of
paramount importance to
businesses on that roughly
two-mile stretch of highway.
Moretti is sounding the
alarm again, saying the same
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Turtle Hospital owner
Richie Moretti has been
down this road with the state
Department of Transportation before.
He fought the agency in
the late 1980s (he says to the
tune of $300,000 of his own
money) to maintain a 35 mph
Old Town Marathon business owners
fear DOT’s repaving, sidewalks plan
things he did more than 20
years ago about DOT’s
planned $1.6 million repaving
project on U.S. 1 between
mile markers 48 and 49.
Scheduled to begin in
May 2015, construction
would involve widening
shoulders to provide bicycle
lanes, repairing sidewalks
and upgrading and replacing
pedestrian signals.
But Moretti said the project would be a disaster for
many Old Town properties.
He said it would eliminate
numerous valuable parking
spaces and exacerbate what’s
already severe water runoff at
the hospital.
“I was able to get everybody to agree [in the ‘80s]
that the only thing we wanted
DOT to do was leave it
alone,” he said. “That’s what
we need them to do now. If
they add pavement, it’ll flood
worse, and if they put a bike
path on the south side, it’ll
put every business on that
side out of business.”
Former Mayor Mike
Cinque, the co-owner of the
Stuffed Pig Restaurant at
U.S. 1 and 35th Street, fought
the state for several years
while a member of the City
Council. He argued that proj
See Marathon, 3A
ELECTION 2014
KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Coll running
for commission
Neugent says
he’s noncommittal
at this point
By KEVIN WADLOW
Senior Staff Writer
[email protected]
Keynoter photo by SEAN KINNEY
Florida Keys Community College math instructor Morgan Fry (left) helps student Julie Peterson work through math
problems in the college’s student success center. The developmental math class is part of the college’s reinvented
curriculum aimed at students who need to catch up before taking college-level math.
Math program boosts students
They pace
themselves on
learning track
By SEAN KINNEY
[email protected]
Florida Keys Community
College
student
Julie
Peterson sat in the Stock
Island college’s “student
success center” poring over
math problems with instructor Morgan Fry.
But this isn’t your traditional talk-and-chalk lecture.
Rather, it’s the college’s Island
TIME (Transition Into Math
Excellence) program, a relatively new self-paced, technology-assisted method of
instruction that pass-rate figures show is helping students
achieve their education goals.
Peterson, 20, is from Big
Pine Key and wants to earn an
associate’s degree in marine
environmental technology.
Before she can move on
to intermediate and then col-
lege algebra for her intended
degree track, she has to score
a 70 percent or better in the
first and second section of
developmental math.
“I started a month ago
and now I’m in Math 2,” she
said, adding that the My
Math Lab software that
drives Island TIME “is really easy to use.”
If Peterson keeps up her
pace, she’ll finish well before
the end of the spring semester
“and maybe have a few
weeks off” before starting her
next math class in summer.
“We have such diversity”
in the developmental math
classes, Fry said, which
includes full-time students
and those who already have
a career but are going back
to college.
Two rows up and three
seats down from Peterson,
Leslie Allen carefully
checked her handwritten
work manipulating fractions
before entering her answers
A potential Republican primary election could be taking
shape in this year’s Monroe
County Commission races.
A Lower Keys businessman on Friday became the
first declared candidate for
the County Commission’s
2014 elections.
Danny Coll, 55, of Cudjoe
Key will seek election to the
District 2 seat now held by
George Neugent.
“My track record shows
I’ve always been involved in
the community,” said Coll,
incoming president of the
Lower Keys Rotary and a past
president of the Big Pine Key
Volunteer Fire Department.
Neugent and Coll are both
Republicans. Neugent, a
three-term incumbent, said
Tuesday he has not decided
whether to seek re-election.
After his election in
2010, Neugent said he did
not then expect to run for a
fifth four-year term.
“I did say that and it’s on
the record,” Neugent said.
“And there is a distinct possibility that I will not run.”
Neugent said health issues
within his family “will be the
determining factor” on
whether he files for re-election. “We’re [discussing]
those things now.”
Candidates have until
June 20 to formally qualify
for the ballot, Monroe
County Elections Supervisor
Joyce Griffin said.
Coll described himself as
semi-retired, having sold his
NAPA Auto Parts store on Big
Pine Key and a private ambulance company he founded. A
licensed paramedic, he teaches certification courses in
advanced and basic cardiovascular life support at Lower
Keys Medical Center.
He ran against Neugent in
the 2010 primary as a “political newcomer.”
“I will listen to [voters]
and act with common sense
on the issues,” Coll said in
his candidate announcement.
Coll said he wants to work
to limit flood-insurance rate
hikes that could prove “catastrophic for thousands of
Keys homeowners.”
He said his decades of
business experience will be
See Election, 2A
DIAMOND TIME
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SOCIAL SERVICES
WestCare closes in Southernmost City
Building damaged,
clients will get
Marathon services
By SEAN KINNEY
[email protected]
Social-service organization WestCare’s Key West
outpost, overseen by the
Guidance Care Center of the
Florida Keys, unexpectedly
closed its doors Monday in
light of structural problems
with the building.
The plan, formulated in a
Tuesday session, is to have
the agency’s clients receive
their services at the
Guidance
Center’s
Marathon headquarters for
the time being.
Guidance Care Center
Administrative Coordinator
Val Candy said the agency
serves 20 to 40 clients a day.
She said construction
crews working at the 1205
4th St. building in Key West
recommended a structural
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pickup and transport to
Marathon.
Buses or vans will leave
Key West at 8 a.m. and
noon on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays weekly
until the building is
repaired, Candy said.
Adult outpatient clients
can go to the Juvenile
Detention Center on College
Road, Stock Island, between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Offender re-entry servic
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analysis of concrete spalling
to ensure safety. Key West
Chief Building Official Ron
Wampler confirmed the
damage to the building.
“It’s a safety precaution,”
Candy said. She said the
transition would cause “minimum disruption” for clients,
and that it could be six
months before the building
is OK to occupy again.
Beginning this coming
Monday, Key West-based
psychiatric clients can go to
the 4th Street office for
7
Marathon Finance Director
Peter Rosasco’s Friday
arrest won’t affect his job,
the acting city manager
says. Story, 4A
Photo by BERT BUDDE
Key West softball coach Ashley James urges MacKenzie
Cohen to head home with a run for the Conchs in the
seventh inning Saturday. The Conchs lost 8-5 and host
Marathon on Saturday. Story, 1B
School
conversion
The Key West City
Commission is one step
closer to beginning work
on its new city hall.
Story , 6A
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NEWS BRIEFS
KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Bones are found
in wooded area
Island TIME’s
a motivator
Foul play isn’t suspected
in the death of the person
whose bones were found in
woods off College Road on
Stock Island on Monday.
The bones were turned
over to Monroe County
Medical Examiner E. Hunt
Scheuerman so he can
attempt to discover more
about who the dead man is
and how he may have died.
The body was about 10
feet into a wooded area
across from Gerald Adams
Elementary
School.
Detectives say the body may
have been there for months.
A bag with belongings in it
and possible identifying documents, including a Florida
driver’s license, was found
nearby. The driver’s license is
not from Monroe County.
A closer examination of
the body will be necessary,
however, to determine if the
body is, indeed, the same
person as the person depicted on the license.
The person who found the
bones called the Sheriff’s
Office around 10 a.m.
KEYS WEATHER
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DAY
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THURS.
FRI.
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LOW
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Forecast: Expect sunny
skies today, turning partly
cloudy with a chance of
showers.
For the extended forecast visit
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BEACH ADVISORIES
The Monroe County
Health Department tests
Keys beaches every two
weeks for the presence of
enteric bacteria. The currently are no beaches witg
health advisories against
swimming.
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NICKLER
Hildegard (Hildy) Welsch
Nickler , 86, Summerland Key,
Fl., passed Dec. 19, 2013.
She was born in Elkhart, IN.,
Feb. 25, 1927 to Ernest G. and
Barbara (Ebinger) Welsch.
She was married to Arthur
Nickler in 1945. She later
married John Dickinson of
Little Torch Key, Florida in
2001. John died in 2004.
Hildy loved living in the Keys.
Some of her greatest joys were
spending time with her friends
and helping her community in
many different ways.
Hildy loved her family more
than anything. She is survived
by her daughter, Cynthia
Nickler Alwood and son-in-law,
Rick Oxford of Santa Barbara,
CA; three brothers: Ernest
Welsch, Englewood, FL.,
Herbert (Carol) Welsch, Ft.
Myers, FL., and Kurt (Judy)
Welsch, Pittsburgh, PA. She is
also survived by two
grandsons: Michael (Jennifer)
Alwood, Forestville, CA.,
Christopher (Aimee) Alwood of
Foothill Ranch, CA., and four
great grandchildren.
She had a very special
relationship with her daughter
Cindy. They traveled the world
together; and, although they
were often apart
geographically, their hearts
always beat as one. Please
come celebrate a life well lived,
at a memorial service to be
held at the Big Pine Key
Methodist Church on Key Deer
Blvd at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday
Feb. 22, 2014,
officiated by Pastor Joyce
Alexander.
In lieu of flowers, donations
may be sent to: Big Pine
Methodist Church, 280 Key
Deer Blvd, Big Pine Key, Fl.,
33043, Attn Pastor Joyce
Alexander. Please mark your
check "In Memory of Hildy
Nickler". The donations will be
used to help purchase an
organ for the church.
Hildy was a kind and caring
person, truly a blessing. Her
beautiful smile was a beacon
of light to those who knew her.
She was loved by all and will
be greatly missed.
By SEAN KINNEY
[email protected]
KREKEL
Captain Lyman Edward
Krekel, Captain USN (retired),
beloved husband of Kathleen
M. Monahan, passed away
February 8, 2014 in Miami,
Florida. Captain Krekel was
born in Burlington, Iowa on 27
December 1934 and was a
graduate of the University of
Iowa with a degree in
Philosophy. His graduate
education was at the Naval
Postgraduate School in
Monterey, California, where he
earned a Master of Science
Degree in Operations
Research.
Captain Krekel was a career
Naval Surface Warfare Officer
who served in a number of
ships over his 24 year career.
His sea duty included
command of two ships, U.S.S.
Force (MSO-460) and U.S.S.
Manley (DD-940). He was a
veteran of the Vietnam War
and was decorated with the
Legion of Merit, the Bronze
Star, the Joint Service
Commendation Medal and
numerous other personal,
campaign and unit awards.
Captain Krekel served in the
Pentagon under two Chiefs of
Naval Operations. The
highlight of this tour was duty
in the Office of Systems
Analysis, where he established
his reputation as a gifted
analyst,
thinker and writer, receiving
much praise from his Seniors
for his insightful and important
staff work.
Captain Krekel settled in the
Washington D.C. area in 1976.
After retirement his time was
spent between McLean,
Virginia and Islamorada in the
Florida Keys. In 2012, he and
his wife Kathleen moved to
Islamorada permanently. In his
retirement, he enjoyed fine
wines, tending to the orchids in
his garden and traveling
internationally with his wife.
Captain Krekel was a true
leader of superior intellect and
a gentleman of the finest sort.
It is testament of his guidance
and mentorship that several of
his subordinates went on to
achieve Flag Rank in the Navy.
Much loved by his family and
friends, he will be sorely
missed.
Captain Krekel was
preceded in death by his
daughter, Melanie Krekel.
Survivors include his wife,
Kathleen Monahan of
Islamorada, a daughter, Mary
Ellen Holt of Winston Salem
North Carolina, a stepson,
Edward H. Barker IV of
Arlington, Virginia, a
stepdaughter, Christian M.
Eldringhoff of Kingwood,
Texas, their respective
spouses and five
grandchildren. A memorial
service will be held on 8 March
2014 at 1:00 P.M., Matecumbe
Memorial Garden, 81831
Overseas Highway,
Islamorada, Florida 33036.
Final interment will be at
Arlington National Cemetery in
Arlington, Virginia, details will
be announced at a future date.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that donations be
made in memory of Lyman
Krekel, Mariners Hospital
Foundation, 91500 Overseas
Highway, Tavernier, FL
33070.
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IN MEMORY OF HILDY NICKLER, SUMMERLAND KEY, FL
SEA OF LIFE
The sea is so wondrous with it's awesome power, yet gentle waves;
That lap across the shores of the world; brings us beautiful days.
Because we all are part of the sea and it's history just might be.
The secret of God's plan that draws us all toward the sea.
Wherever the water touches a shore, be it lake, pond, or beach.
So many relish to be close; or to be within our arms reach.
The sea gives us all life; it's clouds carrying rain that feeds the fields.
Sometime so gentle; sometimes so fierce, it scares us to tears.
There is a place where water is part of everyday life and time defined.
It called the Keys; a place where people move at there own pace- conch time.
To live here, it requires a certain view of how life should be lived.
Enjoy the lapping sea on the coral rocks; swaying palms- life fulfilled.
People who live in the Keys are a very special breed apart.
Just look out their door; enjoy Key water; sunsets that thrills their hearts.
The Conch Republic, as locals like to refer, recalls a different time.
When people just wanted to build a coral wall to the mainland - have some wine.
That way of life still lives here today; it defines who stays and chooses to leave;
Live on and by the water; enjoy life the way they choose, and really believe;
That this place, these Keys, are not like any place else because of God's grace.
To look out at the aqua water and swaying palms, you just might see his face.
To live in the Keys is so much more than it's history or having a home here.
It's Hemingway 's cats; lobster traps; widow's walks; ship wreck's gear.
They all tell us about life here and how the sea defines who they are.
These wonderful people who choose a way of life; they are all shining stars.
Rick Oxford, Feb. 12, 2014
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Florida Keys Community
College’s relatively new
developmental math curriculum, Island TIME (Transition
Into Math Excellence) has
increased success rates for
students who are most likely
to abandon college because
of difficulty with math.
Florida students entering
college have to take what’s
called the Postsecondary
Education Readiness Test to
determine their level of math
competency. Students who
test below the college level
have to take non-credit
courses before they can enter
math classes required by
their degree track.
Island TIME is the college’s “quality enhancement
plan” component of the
school’s 10-year reaccredidation successfully completed
through
the
Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools in 2012.
College staff, looking at
long-term data trends, determined that developmental
math can be a dream-killer
for many students who
aren’t ready for collegelevel coursework.
Island TIME, begun in
January 2012, ditches the
traditional lecture format for
a technology-driven program that lets students
progress at their own pace
while giving real-time data
to instructors highlighting
strengths and weaknesses.
Coordinator Nadia Hall
said there are 65 students
enrolled in the two sections
of developmental math.
There are four instructors,
one lead faculty member and
seven tutors.
“The students are learning math by doing math,”
she said. “We make sure
they understand.”
“Another thing that benefits [students] is the course
work is individualized to
them so they’re not wasting
their
time,”
instructor
Morgan Fry said.
In fall 2011, before the
program launched, 36 out of
56 students, 64 percent,
passed the first section of
developmental math with a
C or better.
In fall 2013, with the
Island TIME curriculum, 25
of 34 students, 74 percent,
passed the course with a C
or better.
For the second section of
developmental math, before
the program launched, 46 of
77 students, 60 percent, passed
with a C or better. In fall 2013,
42 out of 55 students, 76 percent, had a C or better.
Instructor
Marjorie
Rodriguez said the transition
to the new form of studentdriven learning has been well
received by students who
“don’t know what to expect.
They’re very apprehensive,
particularly with math.”
“We don’t have a pinpoint” for face-to-face intervention, Fry said. “We just
walk around. Some of them
are comfortable raising their
hands and asking questions.”
But if that doesn’t work,
Hall said the sophisticated
computer program called My
Math Lab provides student data
to the instructors. They can see
strengths and weaknesses.
Back to school
to get a degree
From FKCC, 1A
into the computer.
She works in sales for
Historic Tours of America in
Key West and formerly
drove one of the company’s
Old Town Trolley vehicles.
“At 49, I decided I wanted to start pursuing a
degree,” she said. “I figure
starting before I’m 50 is a
good idea.”
Allen is considering an
associate’s
in
history
although “the math has
intrigued me.”
“Math has always been a
big problem for me,” she
continued, “and it kept me
from doing a lot of things. I
had to start from the beginning. This program is so
user-friendly. For people like
me that are hands-on learners, it’s just incredible.”
Fry
and
instructor
Marjorie Rodriguez said
self-motivation dictates a
student’s success or failure in
developmental math.
Two commission
races up in 2014
From Election, 1A
useful
in
considering
potential
alternatives
like a selfinsurance
p o o l .
“Congress is
doing nothCOLL
ing and we
just can’t sit and wait for
them,” Coll said.
Canal restoration and balancing property rights with
conservation needs are other
issues of concern Coll cited.
T h e
o t h e r
Monroe
County
Commission
seat
open
for
election this
year is in
NEUGENT
the Middle
Keys’ District 4. David Rice
is the incumbent.
The 2014 primary elections are scheduled Aug. 26.
Voter registration for the
August election ends July
28. The general election is
Nov. 4.
THE CITY OF KEY WEST
Code Compliance Hearing
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 1:30 p.m.
Old City Hall, 510 Greene Street
It is the policy of the City of Key West to comply with all requirements
of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The facility is accessible. For sign
language interpreters, assistive listening devices, or materials in accessible
format, please call the TTY number at 305-809-1000 or the ADA
Coordinator at 305-809-3731 at least five business days in advance.
Published Keynoter 2-19-14
OPEN MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 AT 1:00 P.M.
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COUNTY COMMISSION
3A
Land buys could cost county
Clients will be
taken to Marathon
By KEVIN WADLOW
From WestCare, 1
Senior Staff Writer
[email protected]
Even if a state conservation land-buying program
resumes this year, the Florida
Keys may not see much benefit, says a report to the
Monroe County Commission.
Commissioners will review
the state’s proposed landacquisition initiatives at the
board’s 9 a.m. meeting today
at the Murray E. Nelson
Government and Cultural
Center in Key Largo.
Last July, commissioners
said increased funding for the
state’s Florida Forever program of buying environmentally sensitive land could help
Monroe County avoid a looming problem of having to issue
building permits on thousands
of vacant properties.
Property owners may sue
if, after a period of years
established by the Rate of
Growth Ordinance, they are
not allowed to develop their
privately owned land.
Various state programs
which have purchased huge
tracts of threatened Keys
ecosystems on North Key
Largo and in the Key deer
habitat, among other local
areas, were significantly scaled
back during the recession.
Although Gov. Rick Scott
recommended in his proposed
state budget that Florida
Forever funding be increased
this year, that $50 million plan
is contingent upon approval of
the Florida Legislature and
selling of some unneeded
state-owned property.
Even then, county Growth
Management staff warns in
its report, any outright purchases of conservation land
may be limited to areas that
would affect Florida’s military bases or are needed to
protect freshwater springs.
Other purchases could
require local governments to
contribute half the cost.
The Florida Forever program still lists about 5,800
acres in the Florida Keys
as high-priority areas for
conservation.
Other items on the agenda for today’s meeting at
the Nelson Center at mile
marker 102.5:
G A proposal to contract
with a Lower Keys firm to
install and operate a trailer-
sized “air-curtain incinerator” to burn yard waste will
be revisited.
Commissioners previously agreed the pilot project
could lead to saving money
used to haul palm fronds and
other greenery to mainland
waste-disposal sites.
Questions about environmental effects of the incinerator, and whether the project
should been open to other
bidders, have since been
raised. Contractor Rudy
Krause got the contract for a
Lower Keys facility.
G A proposal to increase
the county’s application for
canal-restoration funding
from
a
BP/Deepwater
Horizon settlement fund to
$6 million, so that Keys
municipalities are included.
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DOT says no disruptions
From Marathon, 1A
ects like the one DOT has
planned would negatively
impact businesses.
Cinque declined to elaborate on the terms, but said he
settled a lawsuit with the
state about his parking situation. He did say parking in
front of the Stuffed Pig
would be lost as part of the
2015 project.
“I kept saying sooner or
later, they’re going to come
down there,” he said,
adding, “Most of those businesses won’t survive down
there because they won’t
have any parking.”
DOT spokesman Brian
Rick said the bicycle lanes
would be separate from the
adjacent Overseas Heritage
Trail. Upgrades to that trail
are being overseen by the
state
Department
of
Environmental Protection.
“By Florida state law, the
[DOT] is to provide bicycle
access on all state roads.
Because the Heritage Trail is
not an FDOT facility, the
decision was made to use the
5-foot paved shoulders on
both sides of the road as bike
lanes,” he said.
Rick added that the trail
along that stretch of U.S. 1 is
only 5 feet wide and “does
not meet federal and state
width requirements.”
“Based on feedback from
bicycle users, such a narrow
facility creates conflicts and
even accidents with pedestrians and opposite bike traffic,”
he said. “The proposed bike
lanes are not infringing onto
private property; they will be
located within FDOT right of
way throughout the project.”
Rick added that “shareduse paths” like the Heritage
Trail “are not replacements for
on-street bicycle lanes” and
not nearly as safe. Following
are several “operational problems” DOT says are likely to
occur with shared-use paths
adjacent to road:
G “Paths require one direction of bicycle traffic to ride
against motor vehicle traffic,
which is contrary to the normal rules of the road.
Motorists are not in the habit
of scanning for traffic from
that direction.
G “Bicyclists riding against
traffic will tend to continue to
travel on the wrong side of the
es will go through Anchors
Aweigh, 404 Virginia St.,
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
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Phone: (305) 743-0033
The City of Marathon will conduct beach restoration
work recently authorized by FEMA on Sombrero Beach
beginning February 20, 2014 and lasting several weeks.
Every effort will be made to minimize inconvenience
and to avoid beach closure during this period unless
required for public safety while heavy equipment is in
operation.
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Turtle Hospital owner Richie Moretti has voiced concern with the state Department of
Transportation’s $1.6 million repaving project planned for 2015 in Old Town Marathon.
He said bike paths on each side of the road would eliminate valuable parking and
worsen water runoff issues in that part of town.
street. Wrong-way travel by
bicyclists is a major cause of
bicycle/automobile crashes
and should be discouraged.
G “Many bicyclists will use
the roadway instead of the
path because they have found
the roadway to be safer, less
congested, more convenient,
or better maintained.”
Rick said DOT is aware
of Moretti’s complaints
about U.S. 1 flooding onto
his Turtle Hospital property.
“Our legal office is working
with Turtle Hospital regarding
the flooding complaint. We
will assess the drainage at this
location and include it into our
design,” he said.
Chicago-based Lochner, a
national construction, planning, engineering and architectural firm, is DOT’s consultant for the final design of
the project. There has not
been a contractor assigned to
the job, according to Rick.
According to DOT, the
paving would be completed
in phases to “reduce effects
of construction on the com-
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occur, but only during nonpeak hours of the day.
The May 2015 start date
was not chosen by design,
but it does fall at the tail end
of the winter tourist season.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Yaniz really needs
to tone it down
Redo beach correctly
Key West City Commissioner Tony Yaniz needs to
get over himself.
He wasn’t elected to a throne where he can rule by
heavy hand and intimidation. He is one of seven voting
members of the City Commission, no more and no less.
But now slightly more than two years after he was
elected in October 2011 to a four-year term, Yaniz
has shown time and again that he believes he knows
better than anyone else about most issues — and has
shown a remarkable lack of respect for those with
whom he disagrees.
The contempt shown toward some of his commission colleagues — specifically Mayor Craig Cates —
and city staff needs to change if he has any hope of
being perceived as effectively serving the people.
The latest flare-up came this month, when, in a letter
to Human Resources Director Samantha Farist, a husband and wife accused City Manager Bob Vitas of inappropriate touching during the 2012 Fantasy Fest parade.
Although Farist should not have dismissed the matter
out of hand as she apparently did, Yaniz should not have
launched himself into the issue. But he did.
He said in an e-mail, “It is my prerogative as an
elected city official to request information from you,
and just so we are clear, your failure to respond is, in my
opinion, insubordination.”
He might want to take a look at the city charter. It states
commissioners “shall deal with city officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the
manager solely through the manager and neither the commission nor its members shall give orders to any such officer or employee, either publicly or privately.”
There is an exception for a commissioner wanting
to investigate something — whatever that means
because the charter is vague on that — but bullying
e-mails do not equate to an investigation. The right
thing to do would have been to request an investigation during a City Commission meeting and let the full
commission weigh in.
Then there was November, when he quit the Rotary
Club of Key West in the face of being kicked out after
he walked out of a speech being made by Cates. He didn’t just walk out; he went to great pains to upstage the
mayor by walking out behind Cates as he spoke.
Then there was the time last August when state
Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad
took the unusual step of traveling to Key West specifically to hear concerns about the North Roosevelt
Boulevard reconstruction.
Yaniz interrupted and shouted down Prasad during a
public meeting, not letting the DOT chief answer questions or expand on why the roadwork was being done a
certain way. The spectacle was so bad that Cates had to
apologize to Prasad for Yaniz’s behavior.
Yaniz was elected with nearly 70 percent of the vote in
his district, so he certainly has his supporters. But he was
not anointed royalty, which he appears to believe he is.
Elected officials should be held to high standards,
and that includes respecting all voices around you.
Yaniz has failed in that regard several times. It’s time
for the commissioner to look in the mirror and decide
if he wants to be remembered as a valued contributor
to the board he sits on, or as a bully who got his way
only through threats, coercion and purposefully overstepping his authority.
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Letters to
the Editor
The Islamorada Village Council is
exploring the possibility of restoring the
oceanside beach around mile marker 75.
This is Sea Oats Beach, an area that historically has been a strip of sand dunes
and sea oats along the side of U.S. 1. I
think that this is a very important project, and not just because it would restore
a beautiful stretch of natural beach
along the shoreline of Islamorada.
We all know that that narrow strip of
U.S. 1 that extends from the mainland
to Key West is the lifeline of the Keys.
Breaking that line, even temporarily
because of an accident, a road race, a
stuck bridge, a bicycle tour, a motorcycle event or even a strong windstorm
often causes long waits.
Now pull up Google Earth and take
a cyber-tour all the way down U.S. 1.
The vulnerability of this narrow line of
highway, more than most any other
area of the Keys, is readily apparent.
Take a good look at the Sea Oats Beach
area on Lower Matecumbe.
The shoreline curves in from the
ocean at that point. There are large sand
deposits just offshore. There are no
extensive shallow areas just offshore
(as there are for most areas of the
Keys); the deep offshore water funnels
in toward the shore line at that point.
The edge of U.S. 1 is only a few feet
from the water’s edge, there is a deep
basin and a complex of deep canals
right on the bayside of that stretch, and
even when tropical storms target this
area, U.S. 1 becomes impassable
because of large sand deposits on this
stretch of road.
If a significant hurricane should hit
this area, a complete washout of U.S. 1
would not be unthinkable.
We should not just pump in sand to
create a flat, sloping beach as they do
along the east and west coasts of the
state. For adequate storm protection,
sand dunes stabilized with sea oats
should be created, as it was only 20 or
Photo courtesy GOOGLE EARTH
This is the stretch of beach, around mile marker 74, being considered for
restoration.
so years ago, and if protection of U.S. 1,
is the priority, then mangroves and buttonwoods should also be planted along
the shoreline.
Although the idea of a pleasant
stretch of public beach may be nice,
this is not the place for such a feature.
The narrow road and close proximity
of the highway make such a development quite dangerous for beach goers
and traffic.
Martin Moe
Islamorada
Council was lied to
Was the Islamorada Village
Council blindsided by a group of
unethical business people, resulting in
a zoning change for what was going to
be a Winn-Dixie but now we don’t
know what?
Winn-Dixie is a company we trust.
We do not have to support the
unnamed mystery store in the future.
This is about money. Do not give
them yours. This is a classic case of
bait and switch.
Zoning laws protects property values. With big-box grocery stores come
the inevitable rats, snakes, feral cats,
diesel fumes, semi-truck deliveries,
traffic and lots of money leaving the
area. They do not create jobs, since the
pay is so low, living and working here
is impossible.
Shame on everyone involved.
Sadly, the attorney taking credit for
this lives here.
Carol Ward
Islamorada
GUEST COLUMN
Burning yard waste cheaper than hauling it out
The knee-jerk reaction of opposition
to the Monroe County demonstration
project to incinerate yard waste only
was expected, although in the big picture of sustainability, this project has
clear merits to achieve exactly what the
county Climate Change Advisory
Committee desires.
The County Commission recognizes
what redirected savings from a lessexpensive method of disposing of yard
waste can do for the sustainability program. Incineration is demonstrably a less
expensive way to eliminate yard waste.
Composting can work well in areas
where acres of cheap, expansive, rural,
open, unused farmland are available.
Mulching Monroe County yard
waste has inherent negative issues.
Palm fronds do not mulch well at all.
They also have white-fly infestation.
And due to transportation cost, even
still, mulching and composting is much
more expensive than incineration.
Implementing an incineration project(s) whereby we can determine
whether this is an acceptable and/or
better use of excised funds to deal with
yard waste is the goal. If so, these cost
savings can implement the more costly
elements of the climate action plan
without economic impact to our residential users.
In transporting yard waste 500 miles
(round trip) to this out-of-town waste-
to-energy plant, we
unnecessarily
put
many trucks on the
road, creating a carbon footprint and
crowd the only highway out and into the
Keys with large trucks
while adding a costNEUGENT
of-living-expense in
the Keys for a debatable reduction in
greenhouse gas.
Using rough numbers (these are the
numbers we are trying to fine-tune for
accuracy by doing this project), we pay
$84.50 a ton to haul 30,000 tons of yard
waste out of the Keys. We can incinerate for $60 per ton. The air-curtain
incineration meets federal and state air
quality regulations. The math: $24.50
per ton times 30,000 tons could equal
$735,000 in savings.
By utilizing a less-costly operation
of disposal, these savings then could be
used to implement our sustainability
program and climate action plan sooner rather than later. Most importantly,
we would be doing our part in reducing
our demand for fossil fuels while
reducing our demand for fossil fuels
generated beyond the boundaries of the
United States. We also would stabilize
the cost of solid-waste removal to our
residents for the next 10 years.
The Stone Age didn’t go out of exis-
tence because the world ran out of
stones. It went out of existence because
a better way to do things was recognized and implemented. I can assure
you that demand for fossil fuel is not
going out of existence because we’ll
run out of oil.
In 1972, a barrel (42 gallons) of oil
cost $3.60. Remember the news and
Chicken Little “we’re running out?”
Remember the gas lines? Fast forward:
While invading Iraq it was $150 per
barrel. It’s a plentiful commodity supply that’s very, very controllable as to
create demand. Run up the price and
they’ll get you all the oil you want.
Don’t you think it’s time to tell the
Middle East to keep theirs?
Our demand for fossil fuels will
succumb only when we change our bad
habits, recognizing that the alternatives
to oil — photovoltaic, wind, hydro and
thermal — will give a peaceful pay
back to those who threaten our very
existence quicker than any invasion of
a foreign country.
It was Einstein who said, “You can
never create a solution for a problem
with the same thinking that created the
problem in the first place.”
George Neugent is in his fourth
four-year term as a Monroe County
commissioner. His district takes in the
Lower Keys and part of Marathon.
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MARATHON
Rosasco still on the job after his arrest
Finance chief
jailed after
fight with wife
By RYAN McCARTHY
[email protected]
Marathon Finance Director
Peter Rosasco’s position with
the city will not be immediately affected in the wake of his
Valentine’s Day arrest on
a charge of misdemeanor
domestic battery.
Interim City Manager
Mike Puto said Tuesday that
he consulted City Council
members and City Attorney
John Herin, and all agreed
Rosasco should remain in
place.
“We’re going to let it take
its course with whatever the
legal system is. He’s still the
finance director,” Puto said.
In fact, Puto said Rosasco
was at a Tuesday staff meeting and made clear he intends
ROSASCO
to continue
his duties
and attend
public meetings.
“If
there’s anything further
it’ll be handled at a
later date,”
Puto said.
Rosasco was arrested just
after 10 p.m. Friday when a
dispute with his wife, Mary,
41, over a dinner engagement
at Florida Keys Country Club
earlier that evening escalated.
Rosasco’s 19-year-old
stepdaughter called the
Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office and told police that he
had “struck her mother twice
in the face and pushed her
down.”
The Sheriff’s Office says
Rosasco, 57, was determined
to be the aggressor in the
incident that took place at the
couple’s
Sombrero-area
home in Marathon.
Peter Rosasco declined
comment except to say he
hired
attorney
Patrick
Stevens to represent him.
Stevens also declined comment.
The Rosascos reportedly
were arguing about Mary
running an hour late for the
6:30 p.m. dinner, a disagreement that began hours earlier.
Back at their house after
dinner, Peter Rosasco told
Deputy Garrett Bragg the
couple was arguing during
the drive to the country club
and that Mary punched him
in his right eye.
He told police she
punched him in the same eye
again during the argument at
their home.
Bragg reported seeing
“red marks on the right side
of [Mary’s] chest and both
sides of her face and on her
jaw line.” She also had
“swelling on her upper lip.”
Bragg said Mary Rosasco
told him Mary put her hands
up to “stop Peter from striking her.”
Rosasco, who “had a
strong odor of an alcoholic
beverage emitting from his
breath,” reportedly then
began to resist Bragg’s
attempts to place him inside a
squad car.
Deputy Deanna Torres
and Sgt. Joel Slough both
reported
that
Rosasco
appeared agitated and at one
point demanded that deputies
“get [Sheriff] Rick Ramsay
here now.”
Mary
Rosasco
told
deputies that “cops have been
called in the past, but that
because of her husband’s status in the community nothing
has ever been done.”
Ramsay said he is well
acquainted with Rosasco but
that he’s not aware of anyone
being shown preferential
treatment.
“I don’t dispute the fact
that I consider Mr. Rosasco a
friend. I’ve known him a
long time and been out to
dinner with him and his
wife,” the sheriff said. “It
goes to show here there was
no impropriety because Mr.
Rosasco did in fact go to
jail.”
Sheriff’s Office records
indicate police previously
responded to two domestic
violence-related calls at the
Rosasco home, in May 2005
and October 2007. No arrests
were made on either occasion.
In the 2005 incident,
police responded to an “open
line” call that Mary made
alleging she feared Peter
would become violent after a
party on Big Pine Key where
they were both drinking alcohol. Peter told police that
Mary locked him out of the
room unexpectedly and it
angered him.
During the course of that
incident,
Mary
asked
deputies if they “noticed the
injuries to her arm” and that
she “subsequently showed
me some fresh scratches on
her right arm.”
Deputies
determined
Peter didn’t scratch Mary,
calling the scratches “selfinflicted.”
In the 2007 incident,
deputies responded to a 911
hang-up call coming from the
Rosasco
home.
Mary
claimed Peter had “choked
her” after being angered that
she was not home when he
got back from a business trip.
However, police determined “the injury did not
appear to be consistent with
Mary’s statement, with no
visible swelling nor marks
indicative of a hand print.”
She eventually recanted,
telling officers the couple
“only had an argument.”
Rosasco’s
accounting
firm has overseen city
finances on a contract basis
since 2003. The company is
being paid $384,063 in fiscal
year 2013-14.
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By STAN CHOE
Associated Press
Workers’ 401(k) balances
have never been bigger,
thanks to continued contributions and a surging stock
market. But many savers
continue to make a mistake
that’s costing them thousands
of dollars, if not more.
When workers leave their
jobs, they have the choice of
leaving their 401(k) accounts
alone, rolling them over into
another tax-deferred retirement
account or cashing them out
and pocketing the money. Last
year, 35 percent of all participants who left their jobs cashed
out their accounts, according to
the nation’s largest 401(k)
provider, Fidelity Investments.
That’s up slightly from 32 percent in 2009.
The move provides some
quick cash, but it’s also likely
the accountholder will have to
pay penalties: Nearly everyone younger than 59.5 must
pay 10 percent of their
account balance as a penalty.
Add on top of that the income
taxes that come due, and the
price tag quickly escalates.
The average balance of a
401(k) account that was
cashed out last year was close
to $16,000, Fidelity says. Of
that, the typical person pocketed just $11,200 assuming
20 percent was withheld for
taxes and the 10 percent
penalty was assessed. But
that’s not the worst of it, says
Jeanne Thompson, vice president at Fidelity Investments.
It’s the lost opportunity for
the saver, who no longer gets
the compounded growth the
savings would have had in a
retirement account.
Cash-outs are most prevalent among younger workers,
the ones who would most benefit from keeping the money
in a tax-deferred retirement
account. They have the most
years of possible compounded
growth ahead of them before
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retirement. Among workers
from 20 to 39 years of age
who left their jobs last year, 41
percent cashed out their
401(k) balances.
“Many young people are
struggling: They’re paying
off debt or trying to buy their
first car or first home,”
Thompson says. But if they
had kept the $16,000 invested, Fidelity says it could have
grown big enough to provide
nearly $500 per month in
income during retirement.
To be sure, some younger
workers don’t have a choice.
Some plans can automatically cash out a 401(k) balance
when a worker leaves if it’s
below a certain amount, such
as $5,000, and younger
workers are more likely to be
under that threshold.
Instead of cashing out,
Thompson suggests savers
consider leaving the money
in their old employer’s
401(k) plan, rolling it over to
an individual retirement
account or rolling it over to
their new employer’s 401(k)
plan. Each option has its
pluses and minuses: An IRA
can offer more mutual fund
choices, for example, but a
401(k) may offer access to
share classes of funds with
lower expense ratios than
savers can get on their own.
The bull market means
that workers may find their
401(k) account balances all
the more tempting. At the end
of last year, the average balance was $89,300, up 15.5
percent from a year earlier,
according to Fidelity. The
surging stock market fueled
most of that growth: The
Standard & Poor’s 500 index
returned 32.4 percent last
year, including dividends.
But contributions made by
workers and their employers
accounted for 22 percent of
the growth.
For savers who have both
IRA and 401(k) accounts
with Fidelity, the company
found that the average combined balance was $261,400
at the end of 2013, up 16 percent from a year earlier.
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hosting a contest for artists to
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for Big Pine Key and other
parts of the Lower Keys.
The state Department of
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KEY WEST
Convict Ferro School conversion closer to fruition
files appeal
By SEAN KINNEY
[email protected]
He received
28 years for
Butler’s death
Keynoter Staff
Convicted killer Nicholas
Ferro’s attorney on Friday
filed a notice of appeal with
the Third District Court of
Appeal in Miami.
Carlos Gonzalez hadn’t
filed an actual appeal, just
the notice. It wasn’t clear if
it’s an appeal of Ferro’s
September conviction for
second-degree murder or
the
28-year
sentence
Monroe County Circuit
Court Judge Luis Garcia
imposed on Feb. 7.
Ferro, now 27, killed
Marquese Butler, 23, in the
early-morning hours of Oct.
31, 2009, during a clash that
broke out at Duval and
Caroline streets in Key
West. The fight was
between Ferro’s Broward
County group of friends and
Butler’s Key West friends.
Sometime in the course of
the fight, Ferro pulled out a
2.5-inch pocketknife and
plunged it 6 inches into
Butler’s abdomen. He died at
Lower Keys Medical Center.
Ferro said he acted in
self defense while trying to
save his friend Jorge
Averoff from a group beating delivered at the hands of
Butler’s friends. But prosecutors successfully argued
that it was Ferro and his
friends who were looking
for a fight, and that Ferro
intentionally stabbed Butler.
It appears Ferro’s appeal
will be heard March 25.
The city’s nearly five
years of planning the conversion of Glynn Archer
Elementary School into a
new city hall for Key West
may soon show some outward progress with a
$483,610 demolition contract
in the works.
The City Commission
tonight is expected to authorize the deal with local company Charley Toppino and
Sons Inc., which beat out
four other bidders.
Work outlined in an executive summary from Senior
Construction Manager Mike
Vieux includes “”environmental cleanup in all buildings, demolition of one-story
building C and selective demolition in buildings A and B
and the auditorium to reveal
the underlying structure.”
Architect Bert Bender’s
plan is for the historic exterior walls to stay but the entire
interior be demolished and
Keynoter photo by SEAN KINNEY
Glynn Archer Elementary School at United and White
streets is set to become Key West’s new $15.4 million city
hall. Tonight, the City Commission will consider spending
more than $500,000 on demolition and engineering
analysis in the run-up to construction.
rebuilt. The costs is projected
at $15.4 million.
The city began working
with the Monroe County
School District on a no-cost
transfer of the property in
2009, and construction will
start this year following the
demolition.
Also up for approval at
tonight’s commission meeting (it starts at 6 p.m. in Old
City Hall on Green Street) is
a $71,560 contract with consultant CH2M Hill Engineers
to test the concrete integrity
of exterior walls at the White
Street school.
Vieux’s summary says that
“when the Glynn Archer
School was first proposed to
be converted into the new city
hall, limited structural testing
of the concrete walls was
completed as part of a property condition assessment. It
will be prudent to verify concrete strength and placement
of reinforcing, especially in
building A, where the earlier
testing was inconclusive.”
When complete, the first
floor will include City
Commission chambers and
offices, a small office for the
Monroe County School
Board and the city building,
planning, zoning, parking
and revenue departments.
The second floor will house
the city manager and city
attorney’s offices along with
the finance, water and engineering departments.
Currently the city rents
commercial space for city
hall at Habana Plaza on
Flagler Avenue.
MOSQUIT CONTROL
Board OKs deadline for land purchase
By RYAN McCARTHY
[email protected]
The
Florida
Keys
Mosquito Control Board has
until June 5 to finalize the
purchase of a 1.25-acre Big
Coppitt Key lot from
Coconut Cove Land LLC.
That’s the extension the
board agreed to offer during a
special meeting Feb. 10
Monday
in
Marathon.
District Director Michael
Doyle said this past Monday
that Coconut Cove Land has
agreed to the date.
District staff asked for the
board to consider an extension
after Doyle learned it would
take much longer than expected to have Monroe County
rezone the property from suburban commercial to industrial.
The purchase price for the
vacant waterfront lot on the
bayside near mile marker 10
is $704,706. It’s between a
Habitat for Humanity housing complex and the Key
West Auto Web used-car lot
on U.S. 1.
The district requested
Coconut Cove Land extend
the original proposed closing
date of April 6 until June 5.
Coconut Cove offered an
extension to May 9, with the
district’s $70,000 deposit
nonrefundable after that date.
The board balked at those
terms last week, sticking to
staff’s recommendation and
offering $20,000 as a nonrefundable payment should the
sale not go through.
Commissioner Bill Shaw
said he’s bought and sold real
estate and understands the
seller’s position.
“The seller doesn’t want
to tie his property up forever
for nothing,” he said, but
added that the board has to be
careful with public money.
“We’ll do this but if we can’t
close by a certain time, we’ll
give you X amount of dollars
nonrefundable, but not the
whole thing.”
The vote passed, 3-1, with
Commissioner Phil Goodman
dissenting. Commissioner Jill
Cranney-Gage absent.
“I’m personally not willing to risk our money if
there’s a possibility we won’t
get anything,” Goodman said.
However, Doyle told the
board that the district would
in all likelihood know by
June 5 whether it would purchase the property. He said
by that date, architectural
drawings would be in hand
and
indicate
whether
Mosquito Control’s needs
“fit on the property.”
In addition, an approximate cost for the building
would be known, as well as
a decision by the county’s
Development
Review
Committee on rezoning.
The only negative, Doyle
said, is that “we do not know
with certainty if neighbor
issues may arise late in the
appeal period.”
Doyle was authorized to
spend a maximum of
$779,000, the listing price for
the property.
The board is scheduled to
hold its next meeting in
Marathon today and is slated
to consider final approval for
the extension. It is set to begin
at 3 p.m. at the district’s 107th
Street office in Marathon.
MOSQUITO CONTROL
Big Pine Key spray plan coming
By RYAN McCARTHY
[email protected]
Florida Keys Mosquito
Control District staff is putting
the final touches on its portion
of a roughly 130-page U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service document that could allow adulticide spraying to resume in the
Big Pine Key area.
The district and Fish and
Wildlife have been working on
a compromise that would allow
Mosquito Control to once
again use spray trucks inside
the National Key Deer Refuge.
The federal agency disallowed
the practice in mid-June.
Spraying on Big Pine was
banned through until at least
this year due to Fish and
Wildlife concerns that adulticide negatively impacts habi-
tat for dwindling Bartram’s
hairstreak
and
Florida
leafwing butterfly populations. Both are candidates for
the Endangered Species List.
“Fish and Wildlife will be
publishing a document that
goes over what they’re proposing for a spray plan on
Big Pine. When that comes
out, the public will have 30
days to look at that,” district
Director Michael Doyle said.
“We’re giving them all of
our comments this week and
they’ll publish it sometime
after,” he said.
Thirty days after that,
Doyle said, Fish and Wildlife
would “decide which [comments] they need to respond
to and if that’s going to
change the plan.”
“The idea is that it would
restrict certain areas to be
sprayed only when mosquito
populations are very high.
Other areas would be able to
be sprayed more often,”
Doyle said.
Doyle said there are “certain parts of the island they
know these butterflies live
in,” known as critical habitat, and “other areas they
could lay eggs,” known as
occupied habitat.
“Then there’s the rest of the
island,” he said. “We’re working on an agreement on how
much spraying occurs in the
critical or occupied habitat.”
Fish and Wildlife is concerned that adulticide dispensed as a fog from spray
trucks drifts onto the croton
plant on which both species
depend for survival. The small,
low-lying shrub is the sole
source plant for each butterfly.
The spray plan is up for
discussion
at
today’s
Mosquito Control District
meeting, scheduled for 3 p.m.
at the district’s 107th Street
office in Marathon.
Another agenda item
includes an update from staff
on
Comptroller
Bruce
Holden’s lengthy report
regarding new minimum and
maximum pay rates.
Holden compared Mosquito
Control salaries with other
Florida districts, as well as
Keys businesses, last month.
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CORAL SHORES LACROSSE
Lady Canes
looking strong
Large roster
includes many
veteran players
By KEVIN WADLOW
Senior Staff Writer
[email protected]
Coral Shores High’s girls
lacrosse team opens its quest
for its fifth consecutive district crown this week with an
emphasis on defense.
Senior standouts Katharine
Hamer and Amber Hanson,
both major-college prospects,
will anchor the defensive
backfield
while
the
Hurricanes work to build a
new offense around senior
Morgan Champagne.
The Lady Canes lost
2013’s top scorers to graduation in Julia Lozano, the program’s all-time leading scor-
er now at Stetson University,
and Kaitlyn O’Leary. That
team went 9-0 in district play
and 9-3 overall.
“That is a lot of offense to
make up for,” said head coach
Mark Hall, but he noted that
with 44 players, the lacrosse
Lady Canes have the deepest
roster of any women’s program at Coral Shores.
Champagne was named a
top attacker last year with 13
goals and two assists.
“In addition to experienced veterans, the team has
a great group of very athletic
newcomers that are expected
to learn the game quickly,”
Hall said.
For the first time since the
women’s lacrosse program
was launched nine years ago,
Coral Shores will field a junior-varsity team in addition to
See Hurricanes, 2B
KEY WEST SOFTBALL
3rd inning
undoes Conchs
Softball team
hosts Marathon
on Saturday
By DICK WAGNER
Keynoter Contributor
Ten-thirty came early
Saturday morning for the
Key West High softball
team, but the Conchs were
back on the sunny Back Yard
diamond determined to
avenge an 8-5 defeat on
Friday night to Hollywood
Chaminade-Madonna.
The first two innings were
scoreless, and the Conchs’
freshman pitcher, Kendell
Snow, with her mother point-
ing a camera at her through the
backstop fence, looked sharp.
But in the top of the third,
things fell apart, as
Chaminade scored four runs.
After two walks and an
infield pop single that
dropped among several
infielders, the Lions had the
bases loaded with no one out.
Dana DeFalco then hit a sacrifice fly and Kimberly
Paulino followed with a tworun single. After another
walk, coach Ashley James
replaced Snow with Desirae
Laguna, who allowed a runscoring grounder by Danielle
MacMurdo.
Key West got a run back
See Conchs, 2B
CORAL SHORES SPORTS
Lady Hurricanes
are now 1-1
Goodwin blasts
2nd-inning homer
in 18-13 defeat
By KEVIN WADLOW
Senior Staff Writer
[email protected]
The Lady Hurricane softball team hit rough water in
Thursday’s 18-13 loss to
Miami Christian, with pitching a primary concern.
Injuries have depleted the
Coral Shores High mound
staff with the team trying to
rebuild after not playing the
2013 season.
But the Canes (1-1) did
see a bright spot when freshman Jesse Goodwin homered
in the second inning, and
pitched most of the game in
relief of injured starter
Melissa Helphrey.
“We’ve had three injuries
in the past week so the girls’
morale was lacking, but they
still were able to keep a game
going,” head coach Alena
McNew said. “I was very
proud of how my players
stayed with it.”
Results from a Tuesday
trip to Archbishop Carroll
were pending at press time.
The Canes, mixing in
some junior-varsity opponents, play a 4 p.m. Thursday
home game against Pine Crest
before a Feb. 25 home game
against the Key West JV.
See Coral Shores, 2B
Photo courtesy KAREN McKEON
Marathon High School shortstop Carlos O’Farrill reaches to tag out a Ransom Everglades School runner during the
Dolphins’ 11-7 win over the Raiders on Saturday. Marathon followed up the win with a Monday loss to Canterbury
School out of Fort Myers, 7-3. Marathon (2-2) is scheduled to visit Palmer Trinity School on Thursday in Miami at 3:30
p.m. before hosting Somerset Academy on Friday at 7 p.m.
KEY WEST BASEBALL
Rockledge shuts
down the Conchs
The team gets
just three hits
in the 6-1 loss
By DICK WAGNER
Keynoter Contributor
The Key West High
baseball team got off to a
sluggish start Saturday
night as it tried to sweep a
two-game opening-season
series against Rockledge.
The Conchs — who had
won, 2-1, the night before —
left the bases loaded in the
first inning and two more runners on in the second. Then in
the third, a double play wiped
out any thought of a rally.
All this was of some concern to a small Rex Weech
Field crowd that included, in
his customary seat three
rows up in the grandstand
behind home plate, 68-yearold Jack Kearns.
Kearns — outspoken in
his Long Island accent when
it comes to the team and the
umpiring — has missed only
a few home and away Conch
games in 32 years.
“He’s got a good curve
ball,” he said of Rockledge’s
Mason Studstill to a few
buddies who sat near him.
Calling down to a Conch
batter, he said, “Here comes
the curve — drive it.”
In the top of the fourth,
Rockledge’s Gavin Spinnewebber hit a towering home
run over the left-field fence
against
Conch
starter
Brandon Presley to give the
Raiders a 1-0 lead. Then in
the bottom of the inning,
after Hunter Sellers walked
Photo by BERT BUDDE
Nothing much went right for the Key West baseball team Saturday night, including this
attempted pickoff of Rockledge’s Drew Parrish. First baseman Hugo Valdes gets set to
take the throw.
and went to second on a sacrifice by Hugo Valdes, Jay
Feathers and Anthony
Henriquez struck out.
“We’re leaving too many
men on base,” Kearns said,
maintaining his concentration over the constant
pounding of the metal stands
by youngsters who kept running up and down them.
The Raiders increased
their lead to 3-0 in the fifth,
driving Presley from the
box. Feathers came in from
left field to get out of the
inning, despite some shoddy
defensive efforts. “Terrible,”
Kearns said.
Hard singles against
Feathers by Austin Dennis,
Matt Wiles, Drew Parrish
and
Studstill
gave
Rockledge three more runs
in the sixth. The Raiders
would have had more had it
not been for a diving catch of
a line drive by shortstop
Greg Veliz, who, as the starting pitcher on Friday night,
struck out 12 in five innings.
The inning had also featured a stolen base that fans
found questionable. “No
home-cooking
tonight,”
Kearns said.
Key West took advantage
of relief pitcher Michael Hall
to cut the lead to 6-1. As the
bottom of the seventh began,
Kearns said, “All right, big
comeback here, c’mon.”
It wasn’t to be. Three
Conchs struck out against
Austin Dennis, who had come
in from shortstop to pitch, and
the game ended 6-1.
“They hit the ball better
than we did,” Kearns said,
taking off his glasses and
earphones.
The Conchs had three hits
— two singles by Veliz and
one by Steven Wells.
Kearns ambled out into
the night. He shrugged. Win
some, lose some.
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FISHING THE FLORIDA KEYS
From Conchs, 1B
The cry of “wa-hooooo!”
can be heard loud and clear in
the Middle and Lower Keys!
Starting with the full
moon over the weekend and
into the back side of it now,
the wahoo bite offshore has
been excellent. Trolling with
ballyhoo on Iland or Billy
Bait lures is working well. Be
sure to use a weight or planer
on the bait/lure combo to
keep it down.
Anglers are catching
wahoo on
Captain’s
Column the wrecks
also using
live
blue
runners and
g o g g l e
eyes. Most
of
the
wahoo are
in the 20- to
40-pound
Chris Johnson range, with
a few larger specimens in the
60-pound class making an
appearance.
There’s some sailfish
action, too. We’re finding
them chasing flying fish
under frigate birds as well as
live-baiting in 130 to 180
feet of water.
On the reef, the yellowtail
snapper bite is sporadic, with
the best fishing in the 70- to
80-foot depths. There are
some king mackerel in the
same areas as well as on the
wrecks. Also on the wrecks are
plenty of amberjack and the
in the bottom of the third on
a home run over the leftfield fence by freshman
Angela Niles, but the Lions
came back with three runs
in the fourth, one of which
came on an error by Laguna
and another that resulted
when the Conchs botched a
rundown between first and
second bases.
The Conchs cut the lead
to 7-2 in the fifth when
Niles, who had opened the
inning with a bunt single,
scored on an infield hit by
freshman Jayla DiGennaro.
Chaminade, en route to
an 8-4 victory, made it 8-2
in the sixth on an RBI single by Paulino. The Conchs
got their last two runs in the
seventh on a single by
Angelika Green, a double
by MacKenzie Cohen and a
Chaminade error.
The Conchs had nine hits
against
pitcher
Lexi
Patalano, whose specialty
was a change-up, but they
never put together two in a
row. “Her main pitch wasn’t
overpowering,” James said,
“We should have ripped her.”
The two losses dropped
the Conchs to 1-2. The
Conchs will play Carrollton
at 3 p.m. Friday at the Back
Yard, and then host
Marathon at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Coral Shores
sports are busy
From Coral Shores, 1B
In other Coral Shores
sports this week:
G The Hurricane boys
lacrosse team plays its home
opener at 7 p.m. Friday
against Belen Jesuit, following a 5 p.m. JV game.
Results from Tuesday’s season opener at Columbus of
Miami were pending at
press time.
G Coral Shores’ baseball
team travels to Palmer
Trinity on Friday, then hits
the road to Ransom
Everglades on Feb. 25.
Results from Tuesday’s
home game against Keys
Gate Charter were pending
at press time.
G The Cane tennis teams
play at St. Brendan today,
then play Key West High
at home in Tavernier at
2 p.m. Friday.
G Hurricane track-andfield athletes host their first
meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday
against Archbishop Carroll.
Web extra
Solution to the Feb. 15 puzzle.
Crossword solution
The Key West High wrestling team sees title shots
dashed at the state meet. This is much more prep
sports at www.KeysInfoNet.com.
Nice wahoo taking the bait
occasional mutton snapper.
Hawk Channel provides
its usual assortment of funcatching and good-eating fish,
including mackerel, snapper,
grouper and some nice cobia.
(Remember, all grouper must
be released until the season
reopens on May 1.)
In the bay and gulf waters,
there’s lots of action on mangrove snapper, sharks,
Spanish and king mackerel
and Goliath grouper.
The week’s best
John “Muskrat” Murray,
from Macedon, .N.Y, picked
a fight with an 80-pound
Seven Mile Bridge tarpon
Friday while fishing with
Capt. Jeff Knapp of
Beckoning Charters out of
Burdine’s in Marathon. They
had action on smaller tarpon
spraying ballyhoo, but a lure
was all that was needed.
The SeaSquared crew has
been fishing with families and
groups enjoying a tropical
getaway from the snowy tundra up north. Hawk Channel,
bridge and bay fishing produced catches of hogfish,
mangrove, yellowtail, mutton
snapper, porgy and lots of
toothy critters — barracuda
and sharks — to keep everyone entertained. We also
released countless keeper-size
red, black and gag grouper.
Jay and Adelle Van Dallen
from Zeeland, Mich., had a
Phil and Melody from Baltimore had a banner Valentine’s
Day fishing with Capt. Ariel Medero of Big Game Sportfishing
that included this sweetheart of a mutton snapper.
nice cobia catch with Capt.
Zach Willis and mate Roy
Boston on the Papa Pip’s out
of Captain Pip’s in Marathon.
Capt. Moe Mottice, of
Moe’s Custom Charters in
Key West, reports the wahoo
are biting on the wrecks and
the color change, with all taking trolled ballyhoo. Mixed
in are bonito plus big yellowtail and mutton on the reef
edge. In Hawk Channel, big
sharks are going crazy —
blacktips,
hammerheads,
sharp nose and even tigers. In
Key West Harbor, the tarpon
ate on the warmer days with
plenty of snapper and mackerel to keep the anglers busy.
Capt. Chris Johnson is a
member of the Yamaha
National Fishing Team and
specializes in offshore, gulf/
bay, reef/wreck, sailfish, shark
and tarpon fishing with
SeaSquared Charters out of
Porky’s Bayside Marina in
Marathon. You can reach him
at 743-5305, http://Sea
SquaredCharters.com and
http://Facebook.com/Mara
thonFishing.
Dozens tur out for lacrosse team
From Hurricanes, 1B
the varsity squad. Some Lady
Canes now on JV could play
their way up to varsity before
the season ends, said Hall.
Hamer has formally committed to play for the
University of Florida, ranked
No. 5 nationally, next year.
Hanson plans to join the
University of Tampa squad.
Champagne this week
accepted an academic scholarship to Cornell College of
Iowa, which will field its first
women’s lacrosse program in
her freshman season.
Other senior returners are
Claire
Brutger,
Kelly
Cassidy, Aimee Erickson and
Amber Erickson.
Varsity veterans also
include Ashley Beyer, Yuly
Cabrera, Courtney Caputo,
Amberlyn Casas, Mallory
Eakin, Darian Gibson, Seanna
Lindback, Katie McCormick,
Taylor Petrusha, Laura
Powers and Molly Welsh.
Added to the varsity roster were newcomers Jessica
Butler,
Jordyn
Good,
Mallory Husdson, Jill Preihs
and Kelsey Volland.
In Florida, all 131 girls
lacrosse programs play in a
single division. The Canes
return as defending champions of District 32, comprising Coral Shores, Killian,
Palmer Trinity, Coral Reef
and Palmetto.
Careni “Vee” Lopez, a
former Coral Shores standout who played at Notre
Dame College in Ohio, will
help coach the Lady Canes
along with longtime assistant
coaches John Jarnagan and
Cindy Hall.
Coral Shores opened the
season Tuesday on the road
against Ransom Everglades
(results pending at press time),
and will host Miami’s Coral
Reef High School on Thursday
(originally set as a road game,
the site was switched to
Tavernier this week).
After two more road
games next week, at Cardinal
Gibbons and Palmetto, the
Lady Canes plays a 1 p.m.
March 1 home match against
American
Heritage
of
Plantation (JV at 11 a.m.).
Observer crossword puzzle
“THREE WAY WORDS” Solution in the February 22 Keynoter
ACROSS
1 South Pacific islands
5 Word of wondering
8 700, to Caesar
11 Boxing feint
15 Tea cakes
17 Early auto
18 Ubiquitous phone
19 Solitary
20 Wee portion
21 Unit of energy
22 Lotion ingredient
23 Siamese fighting fish,
e.g.
24 TV alien
25 Spellbound, struck,
swathed
29 Menagerie
30 Before Beth or Donald
31 Isle
32 Poetic preposition
33 Stray
34 Loop, nip, computer
unit
39 Dos Passos opus
42 Bring out
44 Wife of Zeus
45 Olé at the Omni
46 Attend Andover, e.g.
47 Crispy cracker
49 Coalesces
50 Make tracks
51 Tapestry
52 Stiff collar
53 Begs, quarries, laud
57 Cal. counterpart
58 1934 heavyweight
champ
59 Eureka!
60 Cigar fallout
61 Mole holes, donkeys,
towns
70 A very long time
71 “The Gold Bug”
author
72 Ireland
73 Formerly named
74 Views, places, summons
81 Boggy ground: abbr.
82 Five books of Moses
83 Arca contents: Sp.
84 Religious leader
85 Zest
86 Dash
87 Track star ___ Jo
88 Profit or musket followers
89 About bees
91 After free and high
92 State, hair, chief
95 Recede
98 Bill
100 Ox preceder?
101 Altar constellation
102 1812 event
103 Harden, releases, wall
band
110
111
112
113
114
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
Chicago-Louisville dir.
Major airport
Scowl: var.
Cover
Butterfly fave
Air: comb. form
Roadhouses
Gibbon, e.g.
Circa
Constructed
Sen. Moynihan
Barbie’s beau
Stitches
DOWN
1 Pro, front, quartet
2 Immigration org.
3 Scoff
4 Of the Muslim religion
5 Pathetic one
6 Munich mister
7 Posing exercise
8 Cross out
9 Lummox
10 Ball of yarn
11 Snoozed
12 Fragrant petals and
spices
13 Initial wager
14 Interpret
15 Haze plus smoke
16 Black or blue
18 Per ___: for each per-
son
23 Woe
26 Use a beeper
27 Twosomes, trims,
pomes
28 Baseball’s Bambino
34 Prickly seed capsule
35 He and she
36 Units of loudness
37 Donkey’s comment
38 Sweet potatoes
40 Global seven
41 Basilica area
43 Sanctum of sorts
46 Indonesian boat: var.
47 2006 Cy Young winner
48 Aleutian island
49 Clothing style
50 Grasslands
51 Fiery felony
53 Puppets
54 Legal thing
55 Pi follower
56 Eiffel Tower milieu
58 Changing room for
Clark
62 Oldtime actress Ada
___
63 Competent
64 Dodger
schoolboy
65 ___ noire: bugaboo
66 Beaver st.
67 Wildebeests, reports,
Greek letters
68 Miami five
69 Utah’s lily
74 Burgoo or
ragout
75 SE Kansas city
76 Oldster, to
Shakespeare
77 Brander’s tool
78 ___ Man Race
79 Trite humor: sl.
80 ___ dixit: L.
81 Sine ___ non
85 Card game
87 Faux fur
88 Arab chiefs: var.
89 Rhine feeder
90 Public squares in Italy
92 Labyrinth
93 Stage directive
94 Describing a first voyage
96 Street of blues
97 Staff of life
99 Weird
103 Lather
104 Cassowary’s cousin
105 Impudent
106 Novelist Jaffe
107 Criticism, informally
108 Ready to eat
109 Emerald Isle
115 Women’s rights gp.
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Living
KEY LARGO
Taking a dive — for 72 days
Professors
plan to teach
inside Jules
By CAMMY CLARK
[email protected]
On July 14, 1992, aquanaut Richard Presley surfaced
from a lagoon in Key Largo,
ecstatic to see “the colors, the
sun and all these palm trees”
after 69 days and 19 minutes
of living in the sea.
It was a world record.
There was hope the effort
would spark renewed interest
in underwater habitats, which
exploded onto the world
scene in the 1960s and 1970s,
with more than 60 located in
17 countries. It didn’t happen
and for the past 22 years, no
one attempted to break
Presley’s record. Until now.
Two educators from a college in landlocked Tennessee
— one a 62-year-old Vietnam
veteran turned biology professor and the other a 24year-old adjunct professor —
plan to take the plunge Oct. 4
in the same Emerald Lagoon
where Presley made history.
If all goes according to
plan, Bruce Cantrell and
Photos courtesy MIAMI HERALD
Jessica Fain (left), an adjunct professor of biology at Roane
State Community College in Tennessee, has spent 80 hours
in the habitat. Bruce Cantrell (right), a professor of biology
at Roane State Community College in Tennessee, has spent
nearly 200 hours in the underwater habitat in Key Largo.
Jessica Fain of Roane State
Community College will reemerge 72 days later from the
600-square-foot underwater
habitat, which also serves as
the Jules Undersea Lodge,
with a new record.
More importantly, they
hope to surface with the successful completion of their primary mission: To engage
young people in marine biology and underwater exploration.
“We’re not conducting
experiments; we’re not trying
to discover any new species,”
Cantrell said. “Our main goal
is to be able to broadcast under
the water to show kids what it
is like and to get them excited
that this science is real.”
From the habitat, Cantrell
will teach an online biology
class to his students back at
Roane State. And the duo
will host a once-a-week live
broadcast, available free
online, on ocean topics. The
feat should be easy considering that in 1995, ocean pioneers Scott Carpenter and Ian
Koblick spoke from the habitat to astronaut Mike
Gernhardt, who was aboard
the space shuttle Endeavour.
The programs will feature
experts and celebrity guests,
including astronaut Buzz
Aldrin, the second person to
walk on the moon.
“Buzz will talk about
Mars and how we can learn
more about exploring Mars
by being in the weightlessness of the ocean,” said
Koblick, who owns the habitat and is founder of the
Marine Resources Development Foundation, a partner in
the project.
“We are not doing this just
to set a world record, which
would just be a publicity
stunt,” Koblick said. “I want
to do this to get a message out
about the status of our oceans.
That’s why our program title
is ‘Our Seas: The Good, The
Bad and The Ugly.’ “
Other program topics will
include underwater archaeology, the Caribbean’s lionfish
invasion, the effects of climate
change on the oceans and the
success of coral restoration.
Koblick, of Key Largo,
wrote the book “Living and
Working in the Sea.” In 1969,
he worked on the Tektite I
mission, in which four U.S.
Department of Interior scientists set what was then the
saturated diving record of
nearly 60 days in a federally
funded underwater habitat in
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Koblick also has lived
under the sea several times;
his longest stint was three
weeks in Tektite in 1970. That
was followed a few years later
by a couple of two-week
stints in the La Chalupa
Research Laboratory, which
he developed and operated in
more than 100 feet of water
off the coast of Puerto Rico
until funding ran out in 1976.
La Chalupa is now Jules
Undersea Lodge. Koblick
said he didn’t know what had
happened to the lab until he
saw a movie that showed it
virtually abandoned in
Miami. He rescued it, placing
it in the lagoon just offshore
in only 21 feet of water.
For their world record
attempt, the Tennessee professors will have plenty of
surface support from volunteers, who will buy their
food, do their laundry and
take out their garbage.
Fain said the mental part
of spending nearly 10 weeks
in close quarters without sunshine will be as difficult as
the physical part. “It will not
be a cakewalk,” she said.
“We know we will get on
each other’s nerves.”
LIVING BRIEFS
Go out paddling
with your dogs
Marr-Velous Pet Rescues
and Adoptions of Key Largo,
along with Florida Bay
Outfitters at mile marker 104,
are hosting a paddle-withyour-dogs event from 5 to 7
p.m. Saturday.
Meet at Florida Bay
Outfitters. Those attending
can bring their own paddleboards or kayaks, or rent one
for $20. Leashed, wellbehaved dogs are welcome.
Florida Bay Outfitters
donates its proceeds to the
rescue group.
Program teaches
kids how to fish
The Marathon Parks and
Recreation Department is
offering a beginning fishing
program for kids ages 3 to
10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday at the docks behind
City Hall, U.S. 1 and
98th Street.
The program is designed
to introduce children to casting, baiting a hook and catching a fish. Poles, bait and
hooks are provided to use
during the event. Parents
need to stay with their children during the program.
For more information,
send
an
e-mail
to
[email protected] or
call 743-6598.
Sugarloaf Fire Department,
mile marker 17. Cost is $55
per person (materials included) and $80 per couple with
shared materials.
Topics include required
Islamorada writers
boat equipment, operator
responsibilities,
nautical
signing their book
charts, weather and more.
Upper Keys residents
To sign up, call Dale
Brad Bertelli and Jerry Gittings at (262) 872-0432 or
Wilkinson will sign their new Bob Eichholtz at 872-7505.
historical book “Islamorada:
Images of America,” on
Reef Relief hosts
Saturday at 3 p.m. at Hooked
on Books, mile marker 81.9. cleanup of canal
Wilkinson moved to the
Florida Keys in 1947. He’s
Reef Relief is hosting a
president of the Historical shoreline cleanup on Saturday
Preservation Society of the at the lagoon next to WinnUpper Keys. Bertelli is a Dixie on North Roosevelt
member of the Florida Boulevard in Key West.
Outdoors Writers Association
Meet at 10 a.m. in the
and vice president of the T.G.I. Fridays parking area of
Historical
Preservation the Overseas Market shopSociety of the Upper Keys.
ping center, 2710 N.
Roosevelt Blvd. Look for the
Relief sign. RSVP by
Ripley’s! celebrates Reef
send an e-mail to [email protected].
sword swallowers
speaking, and there will be
adult Bible study.
To find out more, call the
radio station at 872-5434.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
Mother Truckers
in Key West celebrates sword
swallowing on Saturday with perform in Keys
a huge presentation, as sword
swallower Dale Pritchard
Crane Point Museum and
will do his thing at Ripley’s! Nature Center has planned its
Odditorium at 108 Duval St. annual fundraiser for Friday
The show starts at 2 p.m.
and Saturday at the Key
Colony Beach City Hall
auditorium.
Boating course
It’s a dinner-theater production by a comedy troupe
starts on Feb. 24
called the Mother Truckers,
U.S.
Coast
Guard known for skits about women
Auxiliary Flotilla 13-03 of truckers.
Big Pine Key is offering a
Tickets are $60 per person
Cemetery tours
boating skills and seaman- (table for 10 costs $540).
planned Feb. 22
ship class from Feb. 24 Tickets can be purchased at
through March 12, Mondays the Crane Point Gift Shop,
The city of Key West and and Wednesdays 7 to 9 p.m. mile marker 50 bayside, or
the Historic Florida Keys
It’ll be held at the by calling 743-3900.
Foundation host guided
strolls through the Key West
Cemetery that are geared
toward Black History Month
on Saturday.
Gravesites to be visited
include those of George
Adderley, Willie Ward,
Roosevelt Sands Sr., Frank
Adams, Nelson English,
Thomas Romer, Ellen Welters
Sanchez and Sandy Cornish.
Groups will depart for the
90-minute strolls from the
main cemetery entrance, 701
Passover Lane, every 20 minMM 48 Bayside G 1688 Overseas Highway
utes beginning at 9 p.m. A Tiki Bar on the water, it’s quiet, clean and the food is delicious.
donation of is $10 is requested.
Join us for our Daily Sunset Cannon Salute Celebration!
Christian station
plans big weekend
Christian radio station
WHNJ-FM is hosting what
it calls an “old-fashioned
camp meeting” at Camp
Sawyer on Scout Key on
Friday through Sunday.
The weekend starts at
6:30 p.m. Friday at the camp,
mile marker 34, with a halfhour concert with singer
Laura Saladino and accompanying guitar player Ken
Horton. International evangelist Ron Halverson will be
Open Daily from 12:00 Noon
Live Music Thursdays and Saturday evenings.
305-743-9009
Public Invitation
to Keys-Wide
Cardiology Session:
What’s New in
Cardiovascular Care
Contemporary Cardiovascular Medicine In Your Backyard
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 9:15 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.
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DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, LOCATION HAS CHANGED
Marathon High School Auditorium 350 Sombrero Beach Road
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9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome! Bruce Boros, M.D.; Dr. Hal Leftwich, CEO,
Fishermen’s Community Hospital and Charlene Welker,
Sr. VP of Network Development with Mount Sinai
Medical Center
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Joan Homan, M.D., BC Cardio, MBA Know your Numbers/
Women’s Cardiac Health
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Richard Berger, M.D., F.A.C.C. Risk Factors/Recommendations
and Mount Sinai Medical Center connection with
Fishermen’s Community Hospital
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Jason Jacobson, M.D., F.A.C.C. Current Interventions for
Treating Arrhythmias and the Use of Pacemakers
and Defibrillators
11:45 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
Panel Q&A
12:10 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Lunch
12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Bruce L. Boros, M.D., F.A.C.C. Cardiac Genetic Testing
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Roger Steinfeld, M.D., F.A.C.C. Cardiac Interventions for CAD
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Robert Beasley, M.D. Peripheral Vascular Interventions
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Panel Q&A
Seating is limited. To RSVP, please call Dianne Weitz at 305.289.6207
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The Keynoter Classifieds 305-743-5551
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set forth below.
Ad# 809219
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
AUCTION
Auction to be held on
3/06/2014 at 8:00 A.M. at
All American Towing & Tire,
Inc., 711 Largo Rd, Key
Largo, FL 33037 in accordance to FL statue section
713.78 for unpaid towing &
storage.
1999 PONTIAC CV 2 DR
VIN# 4G2JB32T8XB201945
Published February 19, 2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Ad# 875245
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS
THAT the Monroe County
School District will be holding a
public hearing to discuss
RFQ2014529 -Contractor
Prequalification, rules and
policies. This meeting is NOT
mandatory in order to bid.
y
All creditors of the decedent
and other persons having
claims or demands against
decedent’s estate on whom a
copy of this notice is required
to be served must file their
claims with this court WITHIN
THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS
AFTER THE TIME OF THE
FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS
AFTER THE DATE OF
SERVICE OF A COPY OF
THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having
claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their
claims with this court WITHIN
3 MONTHS AFTER 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.
Public Hearing will be held at
10:00 a.m. on February 26,
2014 in Room 2100 at
Marathon High School,
350 Sombrero Beach Road,
Marathon, FL 33050.
The date of first publication of
this notice is February 12,
2014.
Please contact Suanne Lee,
Purchasing Supervisor, with
any questions regarding this
bid. Suanne.Lee@KeysSchool
s.com or (305) 293-1400 Ext
53360.
Attorney for Personal
Representative:
Samuel J. Kaufman
Florida Bar No. 0144304
Law Offices of
Samuel J. Kaufman
3130 Northside Drive
Key West, Florida 33040
Email designation for service:
Service.Probate@samkaufman
law.com
Telephone: (305) 292 3926
Fax: (305) 295 7947
Published January 25,
February 8, 19, 2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Personal Representative:
Gina Jo Durment
Ad# 875272
COMPETITIVE
SOLICITATION/ BID
OPENING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS
THAT the Monroe County
School District will be receiving
bids for the following:
RFQ 2014529
CONTRACTOR
PREQUALIFICATION
BID OPENING will be March
11th, 2014 at 10:00 A.M.
MCSD Administration Bldg,
241 Trumbo Road, Key West,
Fl 33040
Bid Documents may be
requested from Demandstar by
calling 1-800-711-1712 or by
going to the website
www.demandstar.com
or by going to
www.KeysSchools.com/rfp.
The public record document is
available at the Purchasing
Department, 241 Trumbo
Road, Key West, FL 33040.
All bids must be received on or
before dates specified in the
bid documents. The Monroe
County School District
reserves the right, at its sole
discretion, to accept or reject
any and all bids and to wave
informalities or irregularities
when it is in the best interest of
the Board to do so.
Please contact Suanne Lee,
Purchasing Supervisor, with
any questions regarding this
bid. Suanne.Lee@KeysSchool
s.com or (305) 293-1400 Ext
53360.
Published January 25,
February 19, March 1, 2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Ad# 899263
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE 16TH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
Case No 2013-CP-255-K
Hon Peary S. Fowler
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF
JUSTIN WESLEY DACUS
Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the
estate of JUSTIN WESLEY
DACUS, deceased, whose
date of death was September
9, 2013, is pending in the
Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division,
the address of which is 500
Whitehead Street Key West,
FL 33040. The names and
addresses of the personal
representative and the personal representative’s attorney are
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Published February 12, 19,
2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Ad# 899362
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE 16TH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA
Florida Bar No. 0144304
Law Offices of
Samuel J. Kaufman
3130 Northside Drive
Key West, Florida 33040
Email designation for service:
Service.Probate@samkaufman
law.com
Telephone: (305) 292 3926
Fax: (305) 295 7947
Published February 12, 19,
2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Ad# 906151
COMPETITIVE
SOLICITATION / PRE BID
MEETING / BID OPENING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS
THAT the Monroe County
School District will be receiving
bids for the following:
RFP 2014532 PLANTATION
KEY AC
MANDATORY PRE-BID
MEETING - February 25, 2014
9:00am Plantation Key School,
100 Lake Road, Tavernier, FL
33070 (Sign in at Office)
BID OPENING - March 18,
2014 10:00 A.M. MCSD Administration Bldg, 241 Trumbo
Road, Key West, FL 33040
Bid Documents may be
requested from Demandstar
by calling 1-800-711-1712
or by going to the website
www.demandstar.com
or by going to
www.KeysSchools.com/rfp.
The public record document is
available at the Purchasing
Department, 241 Trumbo
Road, Key West, FL 33040.
All bids must be received on or
before dates specified in the
bid documents. The Monroe
County School District reserves the right, at its sole
discretion, to accept or reject
any and all bids and to wave
informalities or irregularities
when it is in the best interest of
the Board to do so.
Please contact Suanne Lee,
Purchasing Supervisor, with
any questions regarding this
bid. Suanne.Lee@KeysSchool
s.com or (305) 293-1400 Ext
53360.
PROBATE DIVISION
Published February 15, 19, 22,
2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Case No 2014-CP-4-K
Hon Peary S. Fowler
Ad# 908686
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF
JARED MICHAEL HOBGOOD
Deceased.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE BY CLERK OF THE
CIRCUIT COURT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, AMY HEAVLIN,
Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Monroe County Florida, will,
on the 18TH DAY OF MARCH
2014 AT 11:00 A.M. on THE
FRONT STEPS OF THE MONROE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 500 WHITEHEAD
STREET in the City of KEY
WEST, Florida, offer for sale
and sell at public outcry to the
highest and best bidder for
CASH, the following described
property situated in Monroe
County, Florida, to wit:
The administration of the
estate of JARED MICHAEL
HOBGOOD, deceased, whose
date of death was December
5, 2013, is pending in the
Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division,
the address of which is 500
Whitehead Street Key West,
FL 33040. The names and
addresses of the co-personal
representatives and the personal representative’s attorney
are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent
and other persons having
claims or demands against
decedent’s estate on whom a
copy of this notice is required
to be served must file their
claims with this court WITHIN
THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS
AFTER THE TIME OF THE
FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS
AFTER THE DATE OF
SERVICE OF A COPY OF
THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having
claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their
claims with this court WITHIN
3 MONTHS AFTER 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 February 12,
2014.
Co-Personal Representatives:
Samantha Hobgood
Steven Earle, Esq.
Attorney for Personal
Representatives:
Samuel J. Kaufman
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Lot 125, PORT LARGO,
according to the plat thereof
as recorded in Plat Book 5,
at Page 3, Public Records of
Monroe County, Florida,
Commonly Known as:
125 Marina Avenue,
Key Largo, FL 33037
Pursuant to the SUMMARY
FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE entered in a case in
said Court, the style of which
is:
COMMUNITY BANK OF
FLORIDA, INC.
Plaintiff,
VS.
GENE C. LENTZ AND
MARIA ELENA LENTZ, his
wife; GLADYS MARCOS
Defendants,
And the Docket Number
of which is Number
10-CA-000283-P
WITNESS my hand and
Official Seal of Said Court, this
13th day of FEBRUARY, 2014.
AMY HEAVILIN, CPA
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Monroe County, Florida
By: Jennifer Settoon
Deputy Clerk
Florida Statute 45.031: Any
person claiming an interest in
the surplus from the sale, if
any, other than the property
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p p y
owner as of the date of the Lis
Pendens must file a claim
within 60 days after sale.
Published February 19, 26,
2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Ad# 909225
DISTRICT II ADVISORY
COMMITTEE (DAC II)
(From the city limits of Key
West to the west end of the
Seven Mile Bridge)
of the
MONROE COUNTY TOURIST
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
has an opening for a
LODGING INDUSTRY
REPRESENTATIVE - shall be
owners or operating/general
managers of motels, hotels,
recreational vehicle parks or
other tourist accommodations which are subject to
bed tax in the tax collection
district for which they are
applying.
Any person wishing to
participate on the District II
Advisory Committee of the
Monroe County Tourist
Development Council within
the district so noted above,
may request an application
from the Administrative Office
by calling (305) 296-1552 and
submit an application to the
address shown below:
Department DAC
Monroe County Tourist
Development Council
1201 White Street, Suite 102
Key West, FL 33040
Fax #: (305) 296-0788
Deadline for receipt of
application at the above
address is Friday February
21, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
A resume may be attached
to the application.
Published February 19, 2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Ad# 909229
DISTRICT III ADVISORY
COMMITTEE (DAC III)
(From the west end of the
Seven Mile Bridge to the
Long Key Bridge)
of the
MONROE COUNTY TOURIST
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
has an opening for a
TOURIST RELATED BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE Shall be persons involved
in business which is interdependent upon the tourist
industry who have demonstrated an interest in tourist
development but who shall
not be employed in any position within the lodging
industry (motels, hotels, recreational vehicle parks and
other tourist accommodations and whose business is
in the tax collection district
for which they are applying).
Any person wishing to
participate on the District III
Advisory Committee of the
Monroe County Tourist
Development Council within
the district so noted above,
may request an application
from the Administrative Office
by calling (305) 296-1552 and
submit an application to the
address shown below:
Department DAC
Monroe County Tourist
Development Council
1201 White Street, Suite 102
Key West, FL 33040
Fax #: (305) 296-0788
Deadline for receipt of
application at the above
address is Friday February
21, 2014 5:00 p.m.
A resume may be attached
to the application.
Published February 19, 2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
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the district so noted above,
may request an application
from the Administrative Office
by calling (305) 296-1552 and
submit an application to the
address shown below:
Department DAC
Monroe County Tourist
Development Council
1201 White Street, Suite 102
Key West, FL 33040
Fax #: (305) 296-0788
Deadline for receipt of
application at the above
address is Friday February
21, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. The
application can be mailed or
faxed. A resume may be
attached to the application.
Ad# 909237
DISTRICT V ADVISORY
COMMITTEE (DAC V)
(From Mile Marker 90.940
to the Dade/Monroe County
Line and any Mainland
portions of Monroe County)
of the
MONROE COUNTY TOURIST
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
has an opening for a
LODGING INDUSTRY
REPRESENTATIVE - shall be
owners or operating/general
managers of motels, hotels,
recreational vehicle parks or
other tourist accommodations which are subject to
bed tax in the tax collection
district for which they are
applying.
Any person wishing to
participate on the District V
Advisory Committee of the
Monroe County Tourist
Development Council within
the district so noted above,
may request an application
from the Administrative Office
by calling (305) 296-1552 and
submit an application to the
address shown below:
Department DAC
Monroe County Tourist
Development Council
1201 White Street, Suite 102
Key West, FL 33040
Fax #: (305) 296-0788
Deadline for receipt of
application at the above
address is Friday February
21, 2014 at 5:00pm.
A resume may be attached
to the application.
New Tropical Wicker
Bedroom and Living Room
Dinettes, Futons, Recliners
Simmons Beautyrest
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FREE DELIVERY
Marathon • MM 53.5 • 743-7277
Big Coppitt • MM 9.5 • 295-8430
Community Wide Yard Sale.
Key RV Park. 6099 Overseas
Highway. Saturday Feb. 22.
___ 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ___
Tools, fishing equip.,clothing,
collectables, appliances, and a
wide variety of Keys treasures.
Come and see what we have!!!
ESTATE SALE, SAT. FEB 22
8am-3pm. Furniture, dishware,
glassware, kitchenware, craft
items, collectibles, electric lift
chair, wheelchairs, Jazzy
scooter, misc. 57466 Bailey
St, Grassy Key, MM 57
Huge Moving Sale! MM54.5
119 Coco Plum Dr, Fri/Sat 9-2
Golf cart, lawn/garden equip,
household, holiday/craft, kids,
clothing & more. Don’t miss it!
MARATH ON YARD SALE
Sat., 2/22, 8am - 2 pm. End of
W. 75th St. Watch for signs.
Household plus more!
WANTED TO BUY
Retired Collector - Gunsmith
buying firearms-WW2 items.
Any condition. 305-289-0967
or 732-551-1226
PRIVATE COLLECTOR
WANTS Rolex Dive watches
and Pilot Watches. Old model
Military clocks & watches.
Call 305-743-4578.
Published February 19, 2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Ad# 909245
NOTICE OF REQUEST
FOR COMPETITIVE
SOLICITATIONS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that on March 25, 2014 at
3:00 P.M. the Monroe County
Purchasing Office will receive
and open sealed responses for
the following:
BLIMP ROAD BOAT RAMP
REPAIR
CUDJOE KEY, MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA
Requirements for submission
and the selection criteria may
be requested from
DemandStar by Onvia at
www.demandstar.com OR
www.monroecountybids.com
or call toll-free at 1-800-7111712. The Public Record is
available at the Monroe County
Purchasing Office located at
The Gato Building, 1100
Simonton Street, Room 2-213,
Key West, Florida. All Responses must be sealed and
must be submitted to the Monroe County Purchasing Office.
Published February 19, 2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Ad# 910497
DISTRICT IV ADVISORY
COMMITTEE (DAC IV)
(Between the Long Key
Bridge and mile marker
90.939)
of the
MONROE COUNTY TOURIST
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
has an opening for a
TOURIST RELATED BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE Shall be persons involved in
business which is interdependent upon the tourist
industry who have demonstrated an interest in tourist
development but who shall
not be employed in any
position within the lodging
industry (motels, hotels, recreational vehicle parks and
other tourist accommodations and whose business is
in the tax collection district
for which they are applying).
MEETING NOTICE
CONTINUED IN NEXT COLUMN
Factory Direct to You
Published February 19, 2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
Ad# 909233
Any person wishing to
participate on the District IV
Advisory Committee of the
Monroe County Tourist
Development Council within
FRED'S BEDS
100s of Beds
The Duck Key Security
Advisory Board will hold
a meeting on Tuesday
March 4, 2014 at
8:00 A.M. at Hawk’s Cay
Conference Center, Turtle
Room, Duck Key, FL.
Tom Neville
Chairman of the Duck Key
Security Advisory Board
Published February 19, 22,
2014
Florida Keys Keynoter
LOST YOUR PET?
OR
FOUND A PET?
CALL US TO PLACE A
FREE AD
THE KEYNOTER 743-5551
V.A. Special - brand new 3/2
BUILT ON YOUR LOT
$0 down. $1,167 per month
(doesn’t incl taxes & insurance)
Call Joe 305-304-6627
V.A. Special - brand new 3/2
LOT & HOUSE PACKAGE
$0 down. $1,877 per month
(includes taxes & insurance)
Call Joe 305-304-6627
MARATHO N - SOMBRERO
BEACH RD. New A/C, roof,
windows. Total spalling
concrete renovation. $416/mo
maint. $229K. 586-405-5123
Water View Lot KCB 60’ x
110’ lot, 3rd St KCB. Ocean
View. Build now! $199,000
440-503-4273
[email protected]
2/2 Home w/ Ocean access
Home w/ Tiki, on canal, roof
top terrace, cul-de-sac, quiet,
Ideal. $2k/mo. 786-406-3723
[email protected]
Beautiful home in Key Largo
at MM 105 Unfurnished stilted
home.
1316
sq
ft
3/2
apartment with central air,
washer/dryer,
granite
countertop in the kitchen/
baths. 75’ of dockage and
direct bay access. Available
immediately long term for
$2000 per month excluding
utilities. There is a large
outdoor shed available for use.
Contact Ian at 732 259-5197
$2,000. Showings available on
2/1 and 2/2 732-259-5197
[email protected]
Canal Front Home MM 105
Bayside stilted 3/2 CBS Single
Family home in prestigious
Stillwright Point, Key Largo.
Dock, all appl. inc W/D,
$2,600, Annual, 305-340-9901
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Keynoter KeysInfoNet.com
5B
The Keynoter Classifieds 305-743-5551
WANTED
TO RENT IMMEDIATELY
Long-term resident and successful
business owner looking to rent:
VERY NICE House or Condo
MUST HAVE WATERVIEW
Dock not necessary.
One (1) year lease.
POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT:
The Guidance/Care Center, Inc.
Hospital Opportunities:
Medical Technologists
Echocardiograph Tech
Executive Administrative Asst.
Location: Marathon - Mile Marker 47-54 only.
Contact: 305-570-9035
Environmental Services Aids
Pharmacy Technicians
CORAL REEF PARK CO.
Physician’s Practice Opportunities:
Bahia Honda Division
Front Office Reception &
Registration Clerk
Is seeking a Part Time
Customer Service Clerk
Must be a team player. Some
experience with retail, food service,
water sports, and supervisory skills
would be a plus.
Please call Nancy at 305-872-3954
to schedule an interview
Bartender, Dancers
Servers & Security
KCB WATERFRONT HOME
Like new, canal, 3/3 stilted half
duplex, furnished, no smoking,
no pets, 37 ft dock, 2 car
garage, 1300 sq ft up, 600 sq ft
legal storage, 6 mo min lease
FLS 305-743-4736 $3,000 305
-743-4736 [email protected]
Call Mr Ford
Marathon / Little Venice
2/1,small yard, coral rock wall.
W/D, new redone kitchen, secure patio with spa. $1500/mo
FLS. [email protected]
MM 92, Harry Harris Park
1 block from Park. Entire
house: 3BR/2BA upstairs +
1BR/1BA downstairs. $2,100.
Pets OK. Call (305) 962-9639
MARATHON half duplex
2 BR, 1 BA, W/D. 10731 3rd
Ave, Gulf. $1200/mo, F/L +
$250 sec. dep. & electric.
Call Nick 305-522-6567
Completely Remodeled MH
on plugged canal @ MM 103
B/S 1440 sqft 3BR/2BA, W/D,
fenced yard . $1,500 + utilities
avail 3/1 305-360-1948
Oceanside K. LARGO MM96.
Direct ocean access w/ Ocean
views! updated lrg.2/2..10K
boatlift. Part. furn L-T rental.
Pets ok. $1,750 561-236-9317
RV LOTS FOR RENT
in MARATHON
Adult Park.
Please call 305-743-6519
Client Advocate
Assists individual with mental illness in accessing
community services. Marathon Job #257.
Front Office - HS Diploma/GED Required .Key West #491.
Driver – Marathon #400
Maintains and drives vans to transport clients.
CDL w/passenger endorsement required.
Physician's Practice Director
RN - Marathon
Full Time #429. Part Time # 248
Apply online at:
Behavioral Health Technician-Marathon
Crisis Stabilization Unit. Part Time #252
http://www.fishermenshospital.org.
All applicants must submit: 1) resume; 2) three references;
3) undergo background, fingerprint, and drug screening
prior to any offer of employment.
Apply online @ http://careers.westcare.com
[email protected]
EEOC/DFWP
City of Marathon
Turtle Nest Surveyor
Please see website for job description:
www.ci.marathon.fl.us
Housing available
Monday - Saturday
664-4335
WOODY’S MM82
Master Bedroom for Rent
with full bath, furnished. Share
a clean, quiet single home in
Big Pine Key. Large fenced
yard, deck, pool, kitchen,
parking, A/C & w/d. Cable &
utilities included. Contact after
5pm weekdays, or anytime FriSun. $850 305-395-0170
Efficency for rent MM86,
1BR, 1 Bath, LR, Kitchen, on
water, dock for boat. Utilities/
Cable included. Unfurnished
$1,300/month 443-852-1322
[email protected]
MARATHO N EFFICIENCY
Ocean Isles gated commty.
Furn, clubhouse w/pool , N/S,
no pets. Bkgnd chk req. $800.
F/L/S 386-308-4071;
386-467-1966
MM 96.3 O/S STUDIO
22’ long screen porch, W/D,
fully furn, incl hi def. TV &
WiFi. $1050/mo, incl util. No
pets/no smoking, F/L/S.
305-853-3779
Key Largo MM96, 3/2 home,
Oceanside. Direct ocean
access w/ocean views! Furn.
Everything included! Avail Feb
& Mar 2014. 786-258-3127
Vacation Rentals Hammer
Point 3/2 Dock Davits WIFI
Dog OK $3400 305-343-2689
305-343-2689
[email protected]
Substance Abuse Counselor #488
For Jail Incarceration Program at Monroe County Detention
Center in Key West. Bachelors in Human Services required
CAP and Bilingual preferred. Full time.
Medical Assistant
EOE
Islamorada -Venetian Shores
Furn 4 BR, 4 BA, canal front,
includes landscapping, pest
control & boat slip, long term.
186 Venetian Way. $3600/mo
F/L/S + util. 305-664-3333
Per Diem RN - Marathon #253
Florida licensed RN to provide Services on Crisis Stabilization /
Detox units.
Case Manager #469
Coordinating and providing services to adults in Marathon
and Key West. Bachelor's degree in Human Service field and
1 year experience required Full time position.
Fisherman’s Hospital is located in Marathon, FL
E.O.E./Drug Free Workplace/E-verify
Make BIG
$$$$
Behavioral Health Therapist # 187
Providing individual and group counseling for mental health
and substance abuse clients in the Marathon office. Florida
License Required: LCSW, LMHC or LMFT. Bi-lingual preferred.
Full time.
CLIMA TE CONTROLLED
STORAGE, MARATHON
Call Fred’s Beds,
305-743-7277
GARAGE FOR RENT MM 92
400 sq. ft. workspace
400 sq. ft. storage.
Power & A/C $550 / mo.
Call (305) 394-3485
HEART OF MARATHON
Retail or Office.1000 sq ft.
Next to Publix, the new
Walgreen’s and marina.
561-743-3745
MARATH ON 912 sq ft
commercial building/retail
storefront. Excellent visibility &
frontage on hwy. $1475/mnth
+ tax. (305) 900-0113.
BOOKKEEPER
Needed. Apply in person
BRUTUS SEAFOOD
6950 O/S Hwy, Marathon
MARATH ON GARBAGE
SERVICE - Is now hiring P/T
OFFICE ASSISTANT.
Computer exp. a must. Min
HS diploma/GED. Quick
Books, A/R, A/P, exp. a plus.
APPLY IN PERSON ONLY.
4290 Overseas Hwy, Marathon
Mortage Loan Originator
Keys Federal Credit Union
Seeking an experienced and
motivated mortgage loan
originator in the Lower, Middle
and Upper Keys. Must have
up-to-date knowledge of conventional loan requirements
and regulatory compliance,
with a proven track record of
successful sales. Salary with
volume based commission.
Excellent benefits package,
including health and dental
insurance, 401(k) and paid
holidays & vacation. High
school diploma or equiv. req.;
college degree preferred. Visit
keysfcu.org/keys_career.php
to obtain an application. Send
application/resume to hr@keys
fcu.org or fax to 293-6056.
E.O.E.
Dolphin Research Center
Turtleand
Hospital
hasThe
Temporary
Permanent
openings
Guest Services.
in for
Marathon
are multifaceted
IsDuties
seeking
a full-time
including
welcoming
guests,
Educational
Program
taking
reservations,
retail and
photo sales. Job
description
Guide/Gift
Shop
Sales.
available at www.dolphins.org.
Publicyour
speaking
E-mail
resume to:&
[email protected].
EOE
retail
sales experience
and marine turtle
knowledge helpful.
CREWMAN
Send
resumeBOAT
to:
FOR
LOBSTER
Marathon.
Experienced only.
[email protected]
After 5pm, call 305-289-0792
Dolphin Research Center
Experienced
Fiberglass
has Temporary and
Permanent&
Gelcoat
Tech.
Looking
openingsRepair
for Guest
Services.
for dependable
& experienced
Duties are multifaceted
fiberglass/Gelcoat
repair
tech.
including welcoming
guests,
Apply
person to Ocean
Blue
takinginreservations,
retail and
Boatworks
@Job
NORTH
gate of
photo sales.
description
93160
O/S
Tavernier. 305
available
at Hwy.
www.dolphins.org.
-731-1307
E-mail your resume to:
service@oceanblueboatworks
[email protected]. EOE
.com
CREWMAN
FOR LOBSTER BOAT
Marathon. Experienced only.
After 5pm, call 305-289-0792
Experienced Fiberglass &
Gelcoat Repair Tech. Looking
for dependable & experienced
fiberglass/Gelcoat repair tech.
Apply in person to Ocean Blue
Boatworks @ NORTH gate of
93160 O/S Hwy. Tavernier. 305
-731-1307
service@oceanblueboatworks
.com
RENTING?
BUYING?
SELLING?
Use the
Keynoter
Classifieds for
all your real
estate needs.
743-5551
HOUSE CLEANERS NEEDED
For residential service. Must
be experienced. P/T or F/T,
must work weekends!
Call 305-942-9961
HOUSEKEEPERS
F/T or P/T
Marathon area.
Please call
(305) 731-0520
EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER
needed for a mobile lady.
Must be able to drive. MM 98
Call (305) 393-5399
Home Health Care Company
is currently hiring part time
RN, LPN, OT, OTA, PT, PTA.
Serving the area of Marathon.
Call 305-942-4281 or please
fax resume to 305-225-3940 or
email: [email protected]
Bluegreen
The Hammocks At Marathon
has the following positions
available:
Maintenance Technician
Full Time Experienced Line
Cook
Front Desk Clerk
Part Time Bartender
Apply in person:
1688 O/S Hwy, Marathon.
MM48.5
EOE/Drug Free Workplace
Front Desk Clerk &
Housekeepers urgently
needed! English req. Please
apply: Blackfin Resort, 4650
Overseas Hwy, Marathon.
(305) 743-2393
Front Desk Clerk &
Maintenance Landscaper.
P/T. English req. Days. please
apply: Blackfin Resort, 4650
Overseas Hwy, Marathon.
(305) 743-2393
6B
KeysInfoNet.com Keynoter
Wednesday, February 19, 2014*
The Keynoter Classifieds 305-743-5551
Keys
Insurance
Services, Inc.
T O M
THUMB
Food Stores, Inc.
Offers the following positions in
Established Since 1984
HVAC Service Technician
MONROE COUNTY
Keys Insurance is looking for the right individual to fill a
Commercial Lines Account rep position in our Marathon
office. Must be licensed 220 or 440 with minimum 3
years experience. Applicant should be a Professional
and confident individual who promotes team work.
Keys Insurance is an Equal Opportunity Employer with excellent
benefits including Health Ins, STD, LTD, 401K and, PTO.
Send your Resume to: [email protected]
or fax to 305-743-0582
MAKE SOME
EXTRA CASH
* Managers & Manager Trainees
* Assistant Managers Three shifts available:
* Store Clerks
6am to 2pm
2pm to 10pm
10pm to 6am
To apply please call 786-295-5307
and ask for Cleveland Mathis
We will train.
No experience needed.
Competitive wages and benefits. DFWP. E.O.E.
Love Retail?
Apply in person or fax resume
171 Hood Ave, MM 91.5, Tavernier
Phone-305-852-2960 Fax 305-852-0656
G
KENNEL CAREGIVER F/ T
Animal care duties req’d. Must
be able to lift at least 50
pounds. This critical position
will only be filled by a
compassionate, caring
individual that loves to work
with animals and people.
Evening and weekends
required. Call Marathon
Veterinary Hospital. 743-7099
Want to have benefits including
health, vacation and profit sharing?
Please fax your resume to
453-9604 or call 453-9144
27’ DUSKY 2002 Center
console. 2- 5.9 Cummins turbo
diesel engines. Many extras.
950 hours. $55,000.
Call Ron 954-829-2322
All types of permits for sale!
Rock Shrimp, King Fish, S
Atlantic Snapper, Grouper,
Gulf 6 Pack reef & pelagic,
Commercial Gulf Reef Fish,
Gulf Snapper IFQ’s, Long Line
Pkg. Many other permits avail.
We buy, sell & broker all types
of permits. Call before you buy
or sell! Please call for prices.
Licensed & Bonded. All permits guaranteed valid for transfer, many ref’s avail. John
Potts Jr.321-784-5982, 321302-3630. www.shipsusa.com
TOYOTA FORKLIFT (GAS)
4,000 pound lift, side shift,
solid tires. $5,500.
cell 305-797-2182
Seeking PT/FT Day/Night/Weekend
Potential income
$350- $450 per week
Sandal Factory/T-Shirt City
MM 102 • MM 82 • MM50 • MM4
For more information Call Alex
305.522.1460
P/T Desk Clerk &
Housekeeper for small
resort in Long K ey.
Dependable and able to work
weekends. Must be able to
speak & understand English.
Please call 305-664-4740 daily
between 9-5 or email
[email protected]
EXPERIE NCED WEBSITE
MANAGER PART TIME
Marathon Office. Please call
Michael (305) 481-4301
The Marathon & Lower Keys Association of REALTORS®
is seeking a full-time professional to manage our
Marathon office. The ideal candidate is a detail
oriented self-starter with the ability to multi-task.
Excellent customer service and eagerness to learn the
system of our busy office is essential. Must be
proficient with Microsoft Office suite & QuickBooks.
Salary with benefits based on experience. Visit
www.mymlkar.com/careers for more information. Email
your resume with references to [email protected].
Housekeeper needed in Key
Largo, Spanish ok, English not
necessary, apply in person at
Amoray Dive Resort,
MM 104.5 bay side
Great Pay - Paid Holidays - Paid Vacation
Sick Pay - Medical Insurance
Want to work in a fun environment?
Deliver our newspapers 7 days a
week between 4:30 am and 7:30 am
in Key West or Big Pine Key
(two positions needed)
FT Desk Position with assistant management possibilities,
conscientious detail oriented,
non smoker for Key Largo Dive
Resort MM104, email resume
to: [email protected].
Immediate opening for a
ON SITE MANAGER
for 36 unit Key Colony Beach
co-op. Office, bookkeeping,
rental, personnel mgt. MS
Office and Quick Books exp.
needed. CAM license
required. Apartment &
utilities, base salary & percent
of rental commissions, health
and IRA contributions
provided. Position open May
1st. Fax resume to
305-289-0366 or email
[email protected].
Alaskan
Fishing
Guides
Wanted for Yes Bay Lodge A
USCG Masters Coastal or 6
Pak Near Coastal is required,
as well as a current drug test
and CPR Certification.
Email
a
reply
to:
[email protected]
Attn: Ryan Martinez (907)-2257906
Make Some Extra Cash
Deliver our newspapers
7 days a week
between 4:30 & 7:30 am in
Key West or Big Pine Key
(two positions needed)
Potential income
$350-$450 per week
Call Alex 305.522.1460
CABANA BREEZES
Now Hiring:
F/T or P/T Line Cooks
Busser
Servers
Bartenders
Golf Cart Driver
Please apply in person 401 E.
Ocean Dr, Key Colony Beach
EXPERIENCED HELP ONLY
μ Breakfast Cook
μ Prep Cook, Line Cook
μ Host/Hostess
μ Waitstaff
μ Bartender
μ Bus Person
μ Front of House Managers
Apply in person:
Sunset Grille & Raw Bar, 7
Knights Key Blvd, Marathon.
YOU HAVE IT.
NOW HIRING Experienced
LINE COOK. Apply in person,
KING Seafood, 10925 O/S
Hwy.Marathon. 305-735-4132
[email protected]
NOW HIRING:
SERVERS & LINE COOK
Apply in person
BRUTUS SEAFOOD
6950 O/S Hwy, Marathon
28’ PRO-LINE 1986
walkaround w/1995 twin 200
Yamahas, 2 stroke. Bimini top,
live well, too many extras to
list! $11,750. Contact Rick,
[email protected] for
photos or call 305-872-3023
33’ Egg Harbor 1979 Sedan
Sport Fisher. Crusader
engines. Great liveaboard or
fisher. On the water ready to
fish! $15K obo. 970-689-2818
16,700 miles "07 Mercury
Grand Marquis GS 1 owner,
garaged, ex condition BB
$9885. Selling for $9000 305743-3106 [email protected]
2005 NISSAN 350 Z
Automatic. Original owner,
beautiful condition.
55,000 miles. $18,000.
305-393-1415
AAA AUTO μ ALL YEARS!
Junk-Used. Cars-Vans-Trucks
Running or not. Cash.
305-332-0483
PARADISE TOWING
is buying junked cars.
Call (305) 731-6540
SERVER NEEDED
Days/Nights
Please apply in person,
Frank’s Grill, 11400 O/S Hwy,
Townsquare Mall, Marathon
Servers with experience
Now hiring, part & full time.
Apply in person to:
KEY COLONY INN
700 W. Ocean Drive, KCB.
MARATHON
OFFICE ASSISTANT
Advanced computer skills
required. Available now!
Call 305-481-4301
Blind and Shade Measure
Person/Installer Needed for
middle to lower Keys. Must be
able to measure, install, and
repair: horizontal blinds, roller
shades, cell shades, sheer
horizontals, roman shades,
woven woods, verticals, sheer
verticals, verticells, sliding
panels plus motorized shades.
Need truck or van, tools and be
able to pass background
check.
305-828-7666
[email protected]
F/T SECURITY GUARD
needed Immediately in
Marathon. Must have drivers
license & security license.
(305) 684-0033
HAIRSTYLIST
Needed for Hair By Martha, in
Marathon. Commission or
rental. Call (305) 393-1751
KeysInfoNet.com
33’ HYDRASPORT CC
2004, triple 225 Yahamas,
loaded w/ options. Furuno 64
mi. radar / depth, auto pilot,
many more! Orig. owner.
$76,500. OBO (954) 275-8463
1981 20’ Ranger, perfect!
Unsinkable daysailor. Shallow
draft, swing heel, outbrd. See:
www.keys.craigslist.org/boats
$4,650. 307-326-8113, MM 28
Boat slip for rent $200/mo.
Up to 30’. Can accommodate
up to 40’ catamarans, etc. No
liveaboards. Water & electric
incl. MM 99. (305) 942-3055
DEEPWTER DOCKAGE
& STORAGE MM 85.9
85970 Overseas Hwy.
Islamorada. $500
Call (305) 517-9605
2005 Custom Bucket T
Hot Rod. Street legal, less
than 600 miles. Like new!
Garage kept, asking $21,500.
Call (305) 393-2451 to view.
CALL
WOW LOOK ! !
CLASSIFIEDS
743-5551
LIVE ABOARD DEEP WATER
DOCKAGE. A great place to
call home. MM 92.5 O/S
For more information call
(305) 853-5604
1 DAVE BUYS PERMITS
So Atlantic Snapper, Grouper,
Gulf Reef, K/Mack, Shark,
Sword, Tuna. $$$ in 48 hours!
904-262-2869, 904-708-0893
4 POST CRADLE BOAT LIFT
14K - 16K. Works great,
ordered larger boat & lift.
$1800 OBO. Can demo. on
site. Call (954) 275-8463
Experien ced Wait Staff
needed. Full time or part time.
Apply in person. 1240
Overseas Highway, Marathon,
Florida. Ask for Angelo.
Somebody else wants it.
Have something you no longer need?
Sell it in our classifieds!
(305) 743-5551 or [email protected]
IMMEDIATE HIRING
- Line Cooks/Breakfast
Cooks
- Dining Room Bus Person/
Food Runner
at Hideaway Cafe. Call Robert
289-1554, 10am-12pm.
Mr. C’s Ice Cream NOW
HIRING P/T at 98.9 and 102.8
Mature Servers and Kitchen
Help Needed. Must be reliable.
561-504-6423
service directory
we’re at your service
call us: 743-5551 | [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL WINDOW
CLEANING
Window Cleaning * Pressure
Washing * Property Clean up
Free Est. 305-923-6456
"Dominate Your Industry
Online"
Thursday, March 13, 2014
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Guest Speaker:
Todd Paton, President of
Windswept A/C & Appliances
Paton Marketing
"Shut Your Windows
Marathon Government Center
2798 Overseas Highway, 2nd
Shut Your Doors,
Floor, Marathon, FL 33050
You Ain't Gonna Be Hot No More!"
R.S.V.P. to Joyce Hall (954)
985-4416
or
email
to
Lic CAC056989. 289-1748
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[email protected]
ARTIC TEMP A/C Res &
Comm’l, Marine, Sales,
Repair, Refrig, Ice Mach.
Lic# Cac 053827, 743-5288
DPE Construction
CGC 1512409
Concrete spalling * remodeling
Kitchen & Bath.
Free Est. 305-923-6456
Ernest E. Rhodes Plumbing
Lic# CFC1427241
10700 5th Ave, Gulf,
Marathon 743-7072
KELLY ELECTRIC -Serving
the Middle Keys since 1980!
Fair prices, dependable!
Lic# EC25 743-6098
ARTISTIC CONCRETE DESIGN
All Types of Deco
Concrete Coatings
Lic # sp3136 • 305-923-0654
www.keysdecoconcrete.com
$ Home Improvement $
$ Money $
Up to $40K. Rates as low as
4.9%. No equity required, no
appraisal, 650 credit score.
Example: downstairs enclosure
for as low as $117/mo.
Call Joe 305-304-6627
PEST CONTROL
Charter Pest Control
Your Local Company.
All types of pest control.
Ocean Reef to Key West.
Contact us at 305-451-3389.
KITCHEN KORNER
Real wood cabinets at
particle board prices! Fred’s
Beds, 743-7277, Marathon
FL. Keys Express Shuttle
Door to door Service. WiFi,
private SUV, Keys, MIA,
FLL airports. 305-743-7454
TIKI HUTS NEW & REPAIR
305-664-0009
Lic# CYC99999992
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