Officers
President: Rick Harty
Vice President: MaryCarlin Porter
Treasurer: Vicki Grant
Secretary: Sharon Toppino
Executive Director: Carolann Sharkey
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Board of Directors
Teresa Ashley
Ward Brockett
Pat Cummings
Celeste Fehlig
Todd German
Bob Leiby, Jr.
Stephen Ragusea
APRIL 2010
Hot Havana Nights Returned to the Garden!
And a Great Time Was Had By All!
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Board of Governors
Will Soto
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Hot Havana Nights
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April Schedule
of Events
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Paella With Martha
Stroble
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Stuart Pimm Wins Tyler
Environmental Award
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Key West Climate Change 7
Adaptation Working
Group Meeting
Doo Wop
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Did You Conga?
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Carolann Sharkey & Richard Keefe
Bill & Andrea Spottswood
Jackie Grim & friend, Nancy
Eldon Chambers, Candace Kerns,
Larry Cheshire and Mary Chambers
Jens & Trine Nielsen
Marilou Howell & Judge Ruthie Becker
Rick & Beryn Harty
I'm That Girl - Stephanie, Deana & Dannie
Hot Havana Nights
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Lois & Ward Brockett
Litza & Sam Samara
Sharon Agee &
David Schreiber
Renee Lanier & Fred Salinero
Lindsay Irwin & Ashley Moore
Paul Toppino, Jim Grant & Elizabeth Morris
Nancy & Nils Noblitt
Rick Harty & Joanne Meyers
Margaret & Paul Schafer
Hot
Havana
Nights
Vicki Grant & Elizabeth Morris
Tommie Grimstad & Greg Kremer
She Wants a Cuban Cigar
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Sharon Agee, Wendy
DeLorenzo & Nancy Paris
CarmenRodriguez
Rocks the Crowd!
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Carolann Sharkey Thanking All the
Volunteers & Announcing the Auction
Hot
Havana
Nights
Audrey Thompson Hugging My Husband!
Vernon & Martha Stroble
Michael Davison &
Marilou Howell
Josephina Reif & Lois Taylor
Carie Noda & Rick Harty
Kenneth & Christine Scee &
Christine's sister Margie
Pam Rupert & Maggie Balbuena
Photos, as well as any errors in the names, by Beryn Harty
Ruth Becker-Painter, Jim Painter, Ed Toppino, Linda Hinchliffe,
Sharon Toppino, Nancy Freund, April Wicks
Maggie Balbuena and Sharon Toppino
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Hot
Havana
Nights
Carmen Rodriguez
& Carolann Sharkey
Brittany, Robert & Jimmy Mira
With Ted Rolander
Nancy Griffin, Sharon Agee & David Schreiber
Nancy Griffin, Wendy DeLorenzo,
Lorelei Schaffhausen
Emilio (Duke) and Patricia Yannacone
Silent Auction
Photos by Audrey Thompson
April Schedule of Events
Saturday April 3 : Family "Eggstravaganza!"
presenting the "Estimation Station, " "Egg Craft
Station, " "Egg Trivia Tattoo" , Bounce House
station with 10:30 am family guided bird tour by
Phillip Hughes, noted bird ecologist; 12:00 pm
"Wild Bird Show" by Kelly Grinter from the
Marathon Wild Bird Center; 1:00 pm Hunt for
3000 candy filled birding-Easter eggs!
Saturday April 10: "Butterflies and Beasts"
for the Family with "Butterfly Face Painting
Station", “Binocular Station,” "Butterfly Life Cycle
Tattoo Station,” Bounce House; 10:30 am Live
Jungle Animal Presentation by the Everglades
Outpost Wildlife Refuge; Noon guided butterfly
walk by Dr. Marc Minno, noted butterfly
specialist and author of "Florida Butterfly
Gardening" followed by 1:30 with Dr. Minno's
butterfly demonstration and native butterfly
release!
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Saturday April 17: "Wildlife Wonders" with "Butterfly House Building Station" by Home Depot, "Bug Magnifying Glass Station," "Wildlife
Tattoo Station," "Petting Zoo Station” by Jeanne Selander from the
Stock Island Jail Petting Zoo; 10:00 am the Sigsbee and Glynn Archer
chorus performance in the courtyard!; 10:30 am & 12:00 pm puppet
shows by Monay Markey from Bahia Honda State Park, followed by the
1:15 pm "Family Scavenger Hunt!"
Saturday April 24: "Splash & Sea" Families should bring their bathing
suits and prepare for a splish-splashing spectacular experience with four
large waterslides for children to enjoy. The Touch Tank offers hands-on
experiences with sea life, and there will be two craft stations available for
the children to make puppets out of sea grass and fish decorations using
coffee filters; 11:00 am Presentation by Sean Meehan of NOAA's Habitat
Restoration Center on coral reef and sea grass restoration followed by
1:00 pm “Sea Creature Bingo. “
Paella with Martha Stroble: Photos by Ward Brockett
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Stuart Pimm, Our Director of Conservation,
receives coveted Tyler Environmental Prize for scientific & management
contributions to the understanding and restoration of ecosystems.
Press Release from the Union of Concerned Scientists: March 9, 2010
UCS Board Member Stuart Pimm Wins
Tyler Environmental Prize
WASHINGTON (March 9, 2010) – Conservationist Stuart Pimm, a longtime Union of Concerned Scientists
board member, today was named the winner of the 2010 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Pimm,
the Doris Duke professor of conservation ecology at Duke University, will share the prize with Laurie
Marker, founder of the Namibia-based Cheetah Conservation Fund.
The Tyler Prize is one of the premier awards for environmental science, environmental health and energy.
Since 1973, when it was established by John and Alice Tyler, it has been awarded annually to 61 individuals
and four organizations. The Tyler Prize executive committee recognized Pimm and Marker this year for
their "scientific and management contributions to the understanding and restoration of ecosystems." Each
will receive a $200,000 cash prize and gold medal.
Pimm has long been involved in conservation research, teaching and public policy. He has contributed to
more than 200 journal articles, many of them as the lead or sole author, has managed research projects
worldwide, and has worked as a university professor for 36 years.
He was awarded the Tyler Prize in recognition of his work to define ecological food web structures, to understand the expected lifetimes of plant and animal populations, and to determine which populations are
most vulnerable to the threat of extinction and which have the capacity to rapidly recover.
In his letter nominating Pimm for the Tyler Prize, Edward O. Wilson, a Harvard University professor emeritus and a Tyler laureate, said Pimm's achievements "serve as an environmental conservation template."
City of Key West Climate Change Adaptation Working Group Meeting
The City Commission of Key West has created a Climate Change Adaptation Working Group
in recognition of the importance of establishing a long range plan for coping with climatic
changes. The plan shall address a variety of issues: e.g., Sewer/Water Resources, Economics,
Benthic/Fisheries Systems, Human Disease, Infrastructure, Weather/Sea Level Rise, and
Terrestrial Systems. Executive Director, Carolann Sharkey, attended the inaugural meeting
held on March 24th at Harvey Government Center Commission Chamber .
Two references for those interested in further reading on the topic:
Preparing for Climate Change – A Guidebook for Local, Regional and State Governments:
http://www.icleiusa.org/action‐center/planning/climate‐adaptation‐planning‐resources
New York City Climate Risk Information Report :
http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/downloads/pdf/nyc_climate_change_report.pdf
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Doo Wop: Photos by Ward Brockett and Vicki Grant
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