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Referees working the Junior Varsity football game between Key West and Coral Shoreson Thursday monitor the “lightening”warning device to see if the game should be calledon account of severe weather. The rainbow behind them turned out to be a short-livedbreak in the weather action.The game was called off shortly afterward, when lighteningstrikes began registering offshore. Game refs in the photo:Tanya Coleman, Anton Lopezand Roger Talbott.

Keys injunction finally liftedMonroe County has been

“bombarded” with callsfrom property owners nowthat a seven-year stay onNational Flood InsurancePolicy protection for thou-sands of Keys parcels hasbeen lifted, Monroe CountyGrowth ManagementDirector Christine Hurleysays.

On Sept. 13, U.S. District

Court Judge K. MichaelMoore removed the 2005injunction that froze some55,000 parcels in develop-ment limbo. The injunctionwas part of a much olderlawsuit filed in 1990 bythree environmental groupsagainst the FederalEmergency ManagementAgency (FEMA) and U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service.

The suit claimed thatallowing flood insurance inendangered-species habitatviolates the Endangered

Species Act. The environ-mental groups won andFEMA, as part of a 2010settlement, saddled thecounty with the burden ofhabitat inspection.

“We would ask the cus-tomers to be patient. It’s justas new to us as it is to every-one else,” Hurley said. “Foranother month or two - untilwe get this into the normal

process - it’s really frustrat-ing for people. Even thoughit’s really good what hap-pened, people in the processview it as another level ofreview they have to gothrough.”

What happened was thatthe county on June 2approved a law creating a“permit referral process”that essentially means the

county reviews proposednew development occurringin “species focus areas” or“species buffer areas.” Shesaid there are roughly35,000 of those parcels inthe Keys.

Those “review” areas arehabitat where one of ninefederally-protected speciescould live: the easternIndigo snake, Key deer, KeyLargo cotton mouse, KeyLargo woodrat, Key treecactus, Lower Keys marshrabbit, Schaus swallowtail

butterfly, silver rice rat andStock Island tree snail.

Chief Assistant CountyAttorney Bob Shillingertold the Keynoter thatMonroe’s court actionagainst FEMA and Fish andWildlife was officiallydropped on Thursday. Hecalled the permit referralprocess a much more “palat-able” one for the county.

Shillinger added thatMoore dissolved the injunc-

Opens door for flood insurance againafter years of limbo for lot owners

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● See FEMA, 5A

Clerk race focused onstate mandates, audits

Handily defeating herthree Republican chal-lengers in the August pri-mary and faced with a large-ly absentee Demo-craticopponent, Amy Heavilin iswidely seen as the nextMonroe County clerk of thecourt.

Heavilin, 46, is currentlyfinance director for theMonroe County Sheriff’sOffice. She’s being chal-

lenged by Key WestDemocrat Joe Allen in herquest to replace outgoingCounty Clerk DannyKolhage.

Allen has done virtuallyno campaigning and did notrespond to repeated phonecalls or emails seeking com-ment on his candidacy.

As Kolhage leaves officeafter nearly three decades,there are a number of state-mandated deadlines loomingfor a switch to a largelypaperless court filing sys-tem. This is being rolled outacross Florida in 2013.

Heavilin says her firstpriority will be to determinethe current status of localadoption of the state

Supreme Court-mandatedswitch to electronic filingand email service of courtdocuments.

“The Clerk has a greatteam of employees andtogether we will prioritizethe remaining mandates andcontinuously work hard toensure that the other por-tions of e-filing are met ontime and in the most cost-effective way,” she said.

In other counties thathave made more progresstoward a paperless system,the trend has been a decreasein number of county clerkemployees in other counties.

Heavilin says because

Heavilin takesbig primary win into November

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Conch fritters maybe endangered

Conch will not come offFlorida Keys restaurantmenus in the near future, buta federal endangered-species study of the molluskmeans the days of conch frit-ters could be numbered.

“Think about how manyrestaurants down here serveconch fritters or conchchowder,” said Rick Hillfrom Key Largo Fisheries.“Except for Burger Kingand McDonald’s, just aboutevery one of them.”

Through Oct. 26, theNational Marine FisheriesServices is collecting com-ments on its August decisionthat queen conch merits astatus review as an endan-gered or threatened species.

WildEarth Guardians, anenvironmental group, peti-

tioned the Fisheries Servicein March to consider queenconch (strombus gigas) as aprotected species.

“Information in the peti-tion was substantial enough,based on harvest rates andbiological characteristics ofqueen conch, to move for-ward,” said Calusa Horn, abiologist in NMFS’ Officeof Protected Resources.

Any declaration ofendangered-species statuswould be at least a year

away, following a 12-monthstatus review initiated by theAugust determination.

“It could take a few yearsbefore a decision is made tomove foward from there,”Horn said. “And it could bethat nothing happens.”

Harvest of queen conchhas been banned in Floridastate waters and adjacentfederal waters for years. Allconch meat legally served in

Feds reviewingprotected statusfor imports

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Queen Conch, 'strombus gigas,' imported fromCaribbean now.

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Boating deathblamed on DUI,man arrested

Robert Everson, 57, ofKey West was arrestedThursday charged withfelony boating under theinfluence causing the deathof his wife Wendy.

On July 17, the couplewas in an inflatable dinghytraversing Key West Harborwhen they were thrownoverboard. Wendy Eversonwas unconscious when aU.S. Coast Guard SectorKey West crew pulled herbody from the water.

Florida Fish and WildlifeConservation Commissionofficer Robert Dube saysthat blood work done onRobert Everson after themishap found he was underthe influence of alcohol.

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Assault weaponcase escalates

A second suspect hasbeen arrested in the squadcar burglary case thatresulted in the theft of anautomatic assault rifle, twohand guns and otherSheriff’s office equipment.

On Friday, AnthonyOstrander, 26, was chargedwith dealing in stolen prop-erty as detectives continuetheir investigation into thegun thefts, first reportedTuesday morning.

And the Monroe CountySheriff’s Office is conduct-ing an internal investiga-tion into how the break-inhappened with Sgt. KenFricke’s cruiser parked out-side his Big Pine residence.

On Wednesday, deputiesarrested 17-year-old Big PineKey teen, Kalvin Cowger, inconnection with the theft.

The M4 carbine assaultrifle, tactical gear andammunition for the riflewere recovered. Still miss-ing, however, is Fricke’spersonal .45 caliber Glockhand gun. On Friday, detec-tives recovered the depart-ment-issued .40 caliberGlock from a Keys manwho called police and iden-tified Ostrander andCowger as the pair whoshowed him two handguns. The buyer told policehe paid $300 for the gun.

The weapons were stolensome time between last

Sunday and Tuesday morn-ing. Fricke told detectives heheard his dogs bark between2 and 2:45 a.m. Tuesdaymorning, but he did not getout of bed to investigate. Hesaid he last saw his handgunSunday evening.

Fricke is a member of theagency’s Special Weaponsand Tactics Team. The M4rifle recovered Wednesdayis a carbine version of theM16 assault rifle. The U.S.Army is switching to theshorter M4 as its standardissue combat rifle.

Crime scene investiga-tors said they can’t deter-mine how access wasgained to the vehicle.Police canvassed the neigh-borhood to see if anyonesaw or heard anything.

When reached for com-ment on whether he left hispatrol car unlocked, Fricketold The Reporter he can-not comment because thematter is still an activeinvestigation.

Deputy Becky Herrin,an agency spokeswoman,said she could not commenton what she called an“internal investigation.”

According to theSheriffs Office’s generalorders, off-duty deputiescannot store firearms intheir department-issuedvehicles “unless the firearmis secured with a lockingdevice/container mountedto the inside of the vehicle.”

Also, the general ordersstate off-duty deputies“shall not store issued lap-top computers, ballisticvests and any clothing withpolice identifiers in theirissued vehicles.”

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Congressional race heating up in Keys

Democratic congres-sional candidate Joe Garcialaunched his first televi-sion campaign commerciallate last week, and it wasaimed at Keys voters.

The ad was followed bya visit to Monroe Countyon Tuesday to meet withKeys officials and busi-ness people. The trip con-cluded with a visit with thecounty’s Democratic lead-ership in Key West.

Garcia, 48, said hechose the Keys to kick offhis television campaignads because “this is an areathat knows me a little less.”

The Keys will beincluded in the U.S. con-gressional District 26 afterthe November election as aresult of a redistrictingplan approved by theLegislature earlier thisyear. Monroe County iscurrently in District 18,represented by RepublicanIleana Ros-Lehtinen.

Under the redistrictingplan, District 26 will runfrom Kendall to Key West.

The television ad fea-tures Marathon Mayor Pete Worthington walkingaround a fishing marinatalking about the need toprotect the Keys’ “way oflife.”

“The Keys are unique,and we want to protect ourway of life here,”

Worthington says in the ad.“But a lot of folks inWashington don’t get that.”

Garcia said he plans tohelp Keys constituents bylowering Citizens PropertyInsurance Corp.’s wind-storm insurance rates,pushing for the Keys to beincluded in a national cata-strophic fund to pay forstorm damage and oppos-ing offshore oil drilling.

One of his stops thisweek was a visit withCounty CommissionerHea-ther Carruthers, afounding member of theinfluential grassrootsgroup Fair Insurance Ratesfor Monroe, or FIRM.

“The investment theFlorida Keys made to itsconstruction (standards)makes it less vulnerable towind damage caused by ahurricane,” Garcia said.

He released a second adthis week showing himwalking around FloridaCity and other parts ofsouth Miami-Dade Coun-ty. Most of that spotfocused on his plans togrow jobs.

Garcia is facing Rep-ublican challenger Rep.David Rivera. Rivera, 47,defeated Garcia in 2010 forthe District 25 seat byalmost 10 points. ButGarcia’s chances of beatingRivera in the Novemberrematch have improvedbecause District 26 isalmost evenly splitbetween Democrats andRepub-licans, and becauseof Rivera’s mounting legal

issues.Rivera’s campaign has

been plagued recently byaccusations that he mayhave violated federal elec-tion laws by secretly fund-ing the campaign of one ofGarcia’s primary oppo-nents, Justin LamarSternad. Sternad, a hotelclerk, spent thousands ofdollars on campaign mail-ers, including some sent tothe Keys, blasting Garcia.

The FBI is investigatingwhether Rivera andRepublican political con-sultant Ana Sol Alliegropaid the tens of thousandsof dollars to pay for themailers. Alliegro has beenmissing for two weeks. Herfamily says she is in hiding.

The Miami Heraldreported earlier this weekthat Sternad’s campaigndid not initially report anyof the work or money forthe campaign literature.This is a violation of feder-al election law. Rivera’soffice did not respond toan e-mail asking about hiscampaign plans for theKeys. The e-mail alsoasked about his involve-ment with Sternad.Rivera’s attorney told theHerald this week that hewould not comment whilethe sources remainedanonymous.

“We will respond whenthese so-called ‘sources’ arewilling to go on the record,”said attorney Michael R.Band, who representsRivera. “We are not goingto respond to unfoundedrumors and innuendo. Myclient is in the middle of anelection and it’s unfair forus to be shadow-boxingwith unnamed sources.”

Garcia did not commenton the Sternad and Riveraconnection.

“Salaciousness sells,but it doesn’t elect,” theMiami Democrat said.

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the United States is import-ed from Caribbean andSouth American countrieswhere harvest is allowed.

Key Largo Fisheries,which supplies many Keysand South Florida restau-rants, imports from theBahamas, Nicaragua and aconch farm in the Turks andCaicos Islands.

The Bahamas aloneshipped nearly 300 tons ofconch meat, worth an esti-mated $3.3 million, to theUnited States last year,according to the BahamasTribune.

“Conch is good for you,”said Joe Deconda of TheCracked Conch Cafe inMarathon. “It’s a pure whitemeat that’s high in proteinand low in fat.”

“About 75 percent” ofmenu items at The CrackedConch contain the molluskmeat, Deconda said. “We’vespecialized in conch for 32years.”

“The tourists like it andconch has developed quite afollowing among our localcustomers,” he said.

But Deconda remembers

when sea-turtle meat was amainstay of Middle Keysrestaurants like Handley’sand The Bird Cage.

“If they eventually tell meI can’t serve conch, there’sreally no choice,” he said.

Laura Dreaver of TheKey Largo Conch Housesaid environmental con-cerns are a priority for herfamily-owned restaurant.

“We would never serve aprotected species,” she said.“If it came down to it, we’dchange our name first.”

Bob Jones, executivedirector of the commercialSoutheastern FisheriesAssociation, said a ban onimporting conch “wouldhave a big impact on ourmember dealers who servethe local restaurants.”

An endangered-speciesdeclaration could lead tonew rules to protect theconchs’ habitat on theocean floor, Jones said.“They always go toextremes,” Jones said. “Arethey going to ban anchoringand putting traps on thebottom?”

A number of conch stud-ies cited by the WildEarthGuardians petitions tookplace in Florida Keys waters.

“Queen conch havealready been so heavilyexploited in many areas thata viable fishery no longerexists, yet the populationcontinues to be steadilydepleted,” the group said ina statement.

The Florida Fish andWildife Research Institutewill submit comments onthe federal review but willnot release a draft version.

Growing conchs throughaquaculture can be succes-ful in a limited program, butprobably not at a commer-cial-food level, said BobGlazer, a noted FWRI conchresearcher.

It takes about 10 adultconchs to produce a poundof meat, he said.

“In the wild, one conchoccupies about 10 squaremeters,” Glazer said. “It’s ahuge, huge area.”

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3-2 vote green lights zip line

For better or worse, itappears a zip-line course iscoming to Marathon’s CranePoint Hammock.

Proponents argued Tues-day that the estimated $1.1million course would revital-ize the financially cripplednonprofit, while opponentssaid it’s not an appropriateuse for a rare hardwood ham-mock and interferes withmigratory habits of theWhite-crowned pigeon.

The City Council weighedthe pros and cons andapproved - by a 3-2 vote - a“sub-grant agreement” withthe state Department ofEconomic Opportunity tosecure a CommunityDevelopment Block Grant inthe amount of $735,000.Mayor Pete Worthington andCouncilman Richard Keatingdissented.

A “participating partyagreement” with the FloridaKeys Land and Sea Trust,which owns Crane Point,makes the nonprofit therecipient of that money. It’llbe used toward the construc-tion of the course.

The Crane Point itemdrew 14 speakers Tuesday,evenly distributed amongsupporters and detractors.None was more critical of theproject than Crane Hammocksubdivision resident MichaelWelber.

Welber, who has beenopenly critical of the projectin past appearances, onTuesday escalated that,accusing the Council of a“fixed vote” and also threat-ened a lawsuit.

“I’m not naive, it’s a fore-gone conclusion you’regoing to pass it. The Realtorswant it and the [GreaterMarathon Chamber ofCommerce] wants it andwhat they want they get,”Welber said.

He went on to state thatthe city’s Citizen AdvisoryTask Force, a laypersonboard that advises the councilon the state CDBG, was ille-gally constituted when itgave approval to the CranePoint project.

“The original task forceyou convened was not legal-ly convened. The memberswere not very low or low-income,” Welber said. “Youhave to go back and form anew committee; table theapproval and hold new, legalhearings; otherwise, you’regoing to find yourselves andthe city in court.”

Welber argued that at leastthree of the five members didnot meet income standards tobe on the board. But the 2008resolution establishing mem-bership criteria reads thatthree of the five must be“very low or low-incomeand/or minorities.”

City Attorney John Herin,citing state law, said awoman is considered aminority. Four of the fivecommittee members werewomen.

However, on Tuesday, thecity did update the 2008 res-olution to remove referenceto income and minorityrestrictions. City ManagerRoger Hernstadt told theKeynoter that was to clean up“out-of-date language.”

Deb Curlee, anotherstaunch opponent to the zipline, also threatened a law-suit. She said she’s beendenied multiple requests toview a copy of the nonprof-it’s bylaws.

“I will file a petition in thecircuit court in Key West.You have to wonder why thisrequest (to see bylaws) isbeing denied,” she said.

Crane Point boardChairman Lynn Mapes, whoalso spoke Tuesday, told theKeynoter Curlee is welcometo view the bylaws. “She canlook at the bylaws any timeshe wants to,” he said.

Mapes mentioned duringhis comments that ExecutiveDirector Audrey Moir was nolonger with Crane Point. Hetold the Keynoter she recent-ly resigned.

“Jeff Smith is the treasur-er and he’s really running anawful lot of it. Loretta Geotisis running the day-by-day, asdirector of operations,” hesaid.

Among zip line advo-cates, Chamber ChiefExecutive Officer DanielSamess said the zip-linewould bring jobs and salestax revenue.

It’s “an attraction that the[county Tourist Develop-ment Council and its MiddleKeys district advisory com-mittee] are ready to market,”he said.

During council discus-sion, Keating and Worthing-ton said they were “keepingthe door open” for the grant,but don’t feel it’s the bestproject for Crane Point.

Keating said he agreedwith opponents of the zip-

line that argued it doesn’tcomply with city code sug-gesting that recreational usein conservation zoned areasshould be “passive.”

“The zip-line goes againstthe basic tenets to preservethe natural hammock and thenatural area. Any way youlook at it, a zip-line is not apassive use,” he said.

Keating also said he wasconcerned with “using tax-payer dollars to underwritethis private business.”

Crane Point says a zip-line would create 21 full-timejobs. The city would have topay back the DEO $35,000for each one not created,though the nonprofit haspledged to cover the first fourwith a line of credit if needed.

“I don’t see exposing thetaxpayers to the tune of$595,000,” Worthington said,referring to the differencebetween $735,000 and$140,000 for four jobs. “Iknow there’s other opportu-nities to keep that land inconservation; 21 jobs is a lotof jobs.”

Councilman Mike Cinquecalled the grant “a sideshow”and said it’s not the real issueat hand.

“If they had the $750,000in the bank, you’d still be

against it,” he said to oppo-nents Tuesday. “I am going tosupport this because I thinkit’s a way to preserve it withnot so much harm done.”

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Some relief promisedwith repaved detour

City of Key West con-struction crews around noonon Thursday finished arepaving project off North-side Drive they hope willrelieve bypass congestion onNorth Roosevelt Boulevard.

The repaving was expect-ed to be finished over theweekend, but heavy rainsdelayed the work untilThursday.

At 8 a.m. on Monday,North Roosevelt switched tojust two lanes inboundbetween the Triangle andEisenhower Drive.

The $41.5 million NorthRoosevelt project, whichstarted in April, is slated forcompletion by June 2014.The primary contractor forthe Florida Department ofTransportation is the Miami-based De Moya Group Inc.

The state is paying $31.8million of the $41.5 millionproject’s cost. The city of KeyWest is putting in $4.3 mil-lion for a new sewer main andthe Florida Keys AqueductAuthority is adding $5.4 mil-lion for a new water line.

The work includes theentire stretch of the NorthRoosevelt seawall, slated tobe bordered by a 20-foot-wide landscaped promenade;four lanes of traffic each 11feet wide; a 10-foot centerturn lane; and a six-foot side-walk on the business side ofthe road running from NorthRoosevelt and U.S. 1 to theintersection of NorthRoosevelt and Eisenhower.

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$23,213 settlement OK’d

The Monroe CountySchool Board on Tuesdayapproved a settlement agree-

ment worth $23,213 with ateacher accused - and latercleared - of hitting a five-year-old autistic student.

Janet Faber agreed to thesettlement and the School

board approved the measurethis week 4-0 with boardmember Duncan Mathewsonabsent.

Faber, a five-year teacherworking with special-needsstudents at Glynn ArcherElementary School in KeyWest, was suspended with-out pay on Feb. 28 followingallegations brought by co-worker Charity King, aGlynn Archer kindergartenteacher, on Dec. 16.

Board member John Dickwas the only one who spokeup about the item during theKey West meeting, callingthe situation “troubling.”

“We basically had oneperson saying they sawsomething and another per-son saying they didn’t do itand no corroboration. Idon’t understand how wewent forward with this?”

King alleges she sawFaber spank and “handle thestudent roughly.” However,in her testimony, King couldnot recall specifics about theincident like the approxi-mate time, the student’sreaction or her position rela-tive to Faber.

When Principal HarryRussell interviewed theother students in the class,“none of these stud-ents reported witnessing anything inappropriate,”according to FloridaDepartment of Administra-tive Hearings Judge ClaudeArrington’s final order,dated July 25.

He concluded: King’s“vague, uncorroborated tes-timony is insufficient to sup-port a finding of guilt.”

Faber most recentlyearned $49,791 per year,according to the district’sHuman Resources Depart-ment. That means the backpay, based on equal pay-ments made over 52 weeks,would come out to around$26,800.

Also on Tuesday, StuartKessler, chairman of the dis-trict’s Audit and FinanceCommittee, commented onthe work being done by thecommittee’s newest memberDan Dombrowski, appoint-ed over the summer byMathewson to replace LarryMurray.

Dombrowski, who liveson Big Pine Key, said he’swaiting for new Superinten-dent Mark Porter to give thecommittee a definitivecharge.

“I think it’s still kind oflooking, especially with thenew superintendent, for afocus and direction,”Dombrowski said of thecommittee. “Does he wantto use it as a tool to assist thedistrict or is it another com-mittee that’s going to lan-guish out there?”

Kessler said ofDombrowski: “He’s gettinghis feet wet. This is verycomplex stuff and he isworking very hard.”

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Public Meetings Scheduled by and with the City of Marathon for October 2012Please note that more than one Marathon City Council/Board/Committee member may participate in the meetings listed.

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SUBJECT: DATE: TIME: LOCATION:

Nearshore Waters Committee 10/04/12 6:00pm Marathon Fire Station, 8900 Overseas Hwy.

City Offices Closed (Columbus Day) 10/08/12

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School boardcandidatesdebate future

The District 2 race forMonroe County SchoolBoard pits incumbent AndyGriffith’s two decades ofexperience against politicalnewcomer Yvette Mira-Talbott, who has criticizedher opponent as overstayinghis usefulness.

That point came intosharp focus during aMonday night politicalforum hosted at Key WestInternational Airport by theHometown Political ActionCommittee.

Moderator Ed Scales, alocal attorney and FloridaKeys Community Collegetrustee, asked the two candi-dates to pose questions toone another.

Up first, Mira-Talbottbluntly asked Griffiths:“What’s going to be differ-ent over the next four years?I’m not exactly sure whatyou’re going to offer.”

Griffiths responded notwith a specific list of action-able plans, but rather saidSuperintendent Mark Porter- the first appointed, notelected schools chief -would usher in a new era ofaccountability.

We’re going from crisismanagement to planning,”Griffiths said. “I think weneed stability for a change.”

Griffiths, during his oppor-tunity to question Mira-Talbott,lobbed a softball asking whatshe intended to do during thefirst month on the job.

Mira-Talbott, who owns aproperty appraisal businesswith her husband, said she’dget brought up to speed withPorter then focus in on theSchool District’s financialaffairs, particularly gettingrid of significant audit find-ings from the state’s annualaudit review.

Another question fromScales challenged the candi-dates to give a grade, on ascale of one to 100, evaluat-ing the recent superintendentsearch process that resultedin Porter being hired Aug. 1;the performance of districtprincipals; and the perform-ance of the board in the post-Randy Acevedo era.

Acevedo, the last electedsuperintendent, was convict-ed in 2008 of felony officialmisconduct for covering upmore than $400,000 in theftfrom the district by his wifeMonique, a former adminis-trator; she’s serving aneight-year sentence in stateprison.

Griffiths pointed out thathe spearheaded the other-wise stagnant search processby pushing for establishmentof a 22-person search com-mittee and by bringing in aconsultant who was laterfired from the job.

Griffiths, the retiredowner of a charter fishingbusiness, gave the search ascore of 98; the principals -“doing a great job undervery, very difficult circum-stances” - earned a 90.

On Acevedo: “Oh mygosh, are you still talkingabout that? That’s going onfour years now.” He gavethe board overall a score of80 and said he scored him-self individually higher.

Mira-Tallbot said therewere too many people on thesearch committee and notenough board presence,earning a B. She said she is“continually impressed” byprincipals, giving them an A.

Of the board: “I’m goingto have to say a failinggrade. Since [Acevedo’s]departure, we have still seenourselves on the front pageof the newspaper.”

Mira-Talbott during hercampaign has stressed thatthe board needs a femaleperspective and sheexpounded on that underquestioning.

“Men tend to think veryblack and white. We (women)tend to think with compassion.I’ll always put children in thefront of my mind.”

Panelist Naja Girardasked the two, “Is it all aboutmoney?”

“It’s about priorities,”Griffiths said. “There willnever be enough money.”

Mira-Talbott called par-ents “the only resource that’sleft untapped,” and pointedto her small business experi-ence. “I have to work effec-tively and efficiently. Wehave to be ale to service ourschools and our children.”

The nonpartisan SchoolBoard race is on Nov. 6; thefour-year job pays around$29,000 per year plus bene-fits.

Hometown PACforum airsdifferences

ELECTION 2012

School-based management philosophydivides candidates for District 3 seat

Two political newcomers,both with deep roots in theMonroe County SchoolDistrict, are vying to replacethe increasingly absenteeDistrict 3 School Board rep-resentative Duncan Ma-thew-son.

With a primary field fivestrong, longtime schoolswatchdog Ed Davidson andformer Key West HighSchool principal John Welshmade it through the Augustelection.

Davidson, an unwaveringpresence at board meetingsand other school functions,has tied all aspects of hiscampaign on a return toschools-based management,the prevalent philosophyunder longtime Florida KeysSuperintendent Boo-kieHenriquez.

But Davidson acknowl-edged that empowering indi-vidual schools to managebusiness now handled by thedistrict’s central office would-n’t happen overnight.

“It has to be a carefullysequenced process,” he said.“It’s going to require someretraining for the presentadministrators. Some aremore capable than others.

“The point of real commu-nity-anchored schools-basedmanagement is not to justbreak the system into 13banana republics; it’s toensure that the decentralizedsystem will be run by a repre-sentative cross section of thecommunity character.”

Welsh, with more thanthree decades working in thedistrict, said it’s not that sim-ple as giving more peopleaccess to money creates orga-nizational risk.

“It’s a good philosophy onpaper. I worked under school-based management underthree superintendents. Eachone had a different concept intheir minds.

“I think the basic philoso-phy of school-based manage-

ment is good,” Welsh said,“but it takes someone who isnot afraid to relinquish someof their power. The basictenet is those most affectedby the decision have majorinput. I’d like to say it alwaysworked that way, but thatwould not be true.”

Davidson described theidea of schools-based man-agement as simply eachschool paying their own utili-ty bills, for instance, as “avery shallow concept of whatwe’re talking about.

“It doesn’t matter so muchwho pays the electric bill. tmatters who decides the poli-cies that are going to governthe school. It’s appropriate forthe Florida Keys because ofour geography. The system isnow run for adults and itneeds to be run for children.”

Welsh has hit hard on theneed to regain public trust asstep one in stabilizing the dis-trict, which in the past fouryears has seen a public scan-dal that brought low a previ-ous superintendent and hiswife, also a former adminis-trator who was convicted offelonies for stealing morethan $400,000 in publicmoney.

Shrinking property taxesand cuts in state funding alsotriggered precipitous budget

cuts topping $13 million injust the past two years.

One step the former prin-cipal offered would be for theboard and administration torethink their relation-ship with the various districta d v i s o r yboards.“Historically, a lot ofwhat I’d call advisory boards,in my opinion, they weretoken. The relationship wasadversarial. I’d like to changethat.”

Welsh also suggested arobust program for academicrecognition and a regularschedule of town hall meet-ings for the various schoolcommunities.

Welsh has a bachelor’sdegree in education from theCollege of New Jersey and amaster’s in school adminis-tration and supervision fromNova SoutheasternUniversity.

Davidson, owner of aMarathon dive shop, holds abachelor’s degree in scienceand completed grad work atRensselaer PolytechnicInstitute in Troy, N.Y.

Perennial candidate SloanBashinsky is running as awrite-in option, but his namewill not appear on the ballot.

The general election isNov. 6; the four-year termpays about $29,000 annually.

Davidson toutsreturn; Welsh ‘not so fast’

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DAVIDSON WELSH

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School board member Andy Griffiths and challengerYvette Mira-Talbott square off at Hometown PAC forumheld Monday in Key West.

tion because the countyand all five cities withinMonroe County adoptedsimilar new laws.

“It lessened theadministrative costbecause it made the jobof reviewing a large num-ber of parcels lessintense. Their adjust-ments also lessened thecounty’s exposure to tak-ings liabilities,”Shillinger said.

There are also “over200” single-family permitapplications that were inthe rate of growth ordi-nance, or ROGO,process when theinjunction was putin effect in2005.

“These people werestill competing for apermit but because

they couldn’t get theirflood insurance the[County Commission]let them ‘toll’ their per-mits. Meaning, ‘We’regoing to let you waituntil the feds figureout what they wantto do with this.’Some of themhave beens i t t i n gs i n c e

2005,” Hurleysaid.

‘Some sitting since ‘05’From FEMA, 1A

Monroe County is still “inthe beginning phases of thislarge project, I do not fore-see positions becomingobsolete right away.”

“Through the course ofthe transition, it will becontinually evaluated. Ifpositions were to be elimi-nated, then the best way tohandle such would bethrough pre-planning andattrition.”

The recent scandalinvolving County Admini-strator Roman Gastesi andother county employeesbuying cut-price Apple elec-tronics from formerTechnical Services Director

Lisa Druckemiller broughtinto focus the audit functionof the clerk’s office.

Back in 2010, Kolhageconducted an audit of coun-ty telecommunication policyand cell phone procedures,recommending much strictercontrols in the TechnicalServices Department.

Asked if it’s incumbent

on the clerk to ensure thataudit recommendations aregiven reasonable considera-tion, Heavilin says she’dborrow a process from hercurrent job at the sheriff’soffice.

“We use techniques andinternal controls on amonthly basis that help

identify errors, red flags andinconsistencies. I will besharing these same tech-niques with the clerk’sfinance staff members in aneffort to prevent such situa-tions in the future, and tolimit our liability movingforward.”

Druckemiller is facingcriminal grand theft chargesand Gastesi was officially

reprimanded last week bythe Monroe CountyCommission.

“We must learn from ourhistory and make a betterfuture,” Heavilin says. “Ibelieve communication andmonthly comparative finan-cial statements will be key.”

Kolhage has been thecounty clerk since 1983.The four-year job pays$105,828 annually,with the term start-ing on Jan. 8. Thegeneral elec-tion is Nov.6.

Heavilin: ‘We use internal controls’From Clerks, 1A

Allen Heavilin

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This photo take in the 1870s shows Key West’s first school, built in 1874 and then torn down in 1909. Known as theSears School, it used a three-story design, unusual for the era. Notice the tall windows on each floor and in eachclassroom to provide natural ventilation. And the hurricane shutters, also built of wood.

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Tax amendmentshurt services

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Holocaust speaker Oct. 7Rebecca Boehling, a historian

and member of the Keys JewishCommunity Center, will speak onthe holocaust at 6:30 p.m., Sunday,Oct. 7.

She will shortly be heading toGermany and a two-year term as thenew director of the InternationalTracing Service, whose mission was tohelp survivors of the holocaust andtheir relatives trace the fate of familymembers.

Administered by the InternationalRed Cross since 1955, ITS is now runby an international commission com-prised of the United States, Israel andnine European countries.

Starting in 2013, Dr. Boehlingwill replace the Red Cross as ITSadministrator.

In 2006, when it opened itsarchives to the public, ITS offeredresearchers a new trove of over 50million documents. The next year, itsboard decided to expand its mission,adding historical research and educa-

tion to its tracing services, which near-ly 70 years after World War II stillnumber over 1,000 per month.

She will address her appointment,ITS’s work and her future plans forthe ITS, which include expansionand integration of ITS’s work intothe worldwide network of Holocaustinformation, a network that includesthe U.S. Holocaust MemorialMuseum in Washington, D.C. andYad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaustmemorial and research center inJerusalem.

Dr. Boehling is currently full pro-fessor of history and director ofDresher Center for Humanities at theUniversity of Maryland. She will beon sabbatical during her tenure at ITS,a position she was offered unanimous-ly by ITS’s international commissionover dozens of other scholars fromaround the world. She will be the firstAmerican to head ITS, and the firstwoman.

The Keys Jewish CommunityCenter is located at mile marker 102 in

Key Largo.To attend, please call 852-5235

or e-mail: [email protected].

Stuart SaxPresident,Keys Jewish Community Center

Thanks to ElksThe Marathon Parks and

Recreation Department extends itsappreciation and gratitude to theMarathon Elks Club-BPOE #2139, forits recent generous gift of $2,000.

The Parks and RecreationDepartment greatly appreciates theElks Club’s interest in children andour community and we will put thisgift to good use for our community’schildren.

The award was received onTuesday night, Sept. 25.

Ali Adams, Recreation SpecialistMarathon

Amendment 4 aims at expandingexemptions and curbing assessments

The siren song of tax relief is playing out on theNovember ballot in Florida, where lawmakers andinterested parties have no less than three Constitutionalamendments tied to tax exemptions facing voters.

The centerpiece, known as Amendment 4, is gettinglots of cash and political lobbying from the real estateand development industries in the Sunshine State.

It’s labeled with a catchall, sounds good, motherhoodand apple pie title: Property tax limitation; propertyvalue decline, reduction for non-homestead assessmentincreases, delay of scheduled repeal.Whew. That’s awhole lot to chew on.

Chew on this: If this Amendment 4 passes with a 60percent “yes” vote, local governments throughout the statestand to lose up to $1 billion in property tax revenues.

Florida TaxWatch loves the idea.“Reducing the uncertainly of potentially large prop-

erty tax increases will increase investment in both non-homesteaded residential and commercial property inFlorida,” said Jerry Parrish, chief economist for theTaxWatch lobby group.

Florida Realtors have raised more than $2 million fortheir political action committee, dubbed “TaxpayersFirst,” and has spent buckets of money on mailers andother advertising to support Amendment 4.

On the other side, opponents lined up against thisproperty tax amendment include the Florida League ofCities, Florida Association of Counties, FloridaSheriff’s Association, the League of Women Voters andothers who question the timing of this push.

Ironically, with Florida property values havingdeclined since 2005, giving away bigger exemptions forhomesteaded properties and cutting in half the assess-ment caps on investor-owned properties strikes many asthe wrong time and wrong-headed.

The Legislature’s own Office of Economic andDemographic Research estimates the hit to city, countyand special taxing districts at $1.7 billion over the nextfour years.

This comes on top of belt-tightening alreadyimposed by state actions that shift the burden of payingfor government services from the state’s sales tax rev-enue stream to local governments, which rely heavilyon property taxes to pay for things like schools, lawenforcement, fire services, jails, even water and sewers.

The League of Women Voters of Florida, in opposingAmendment 4, adds that it would “give out-of-state resi-dents the benefit of (Florida’s) homestead tax exemption.”

Now, that’s good for the real estate industry, whichlikes to promote investor purchases of Florida residen-tial and commercial property. But, ask your local citycouncilman, or school board member, or fire districtcommissioner what they think about this.

The Florida Association of Counties is more blunt:Amendment 4 “offers little relief for Florida’s full-timehomeowners, but promises special tax breaks for out-of-state investors, real estate flippers and second homeowners.”

For more information, visit: www.floridataxpayersfirst.org to read about their support forAmendment 4. For an opposition viewpoint, visit:www.fla-counties.com.

Billboard is offensiveRegarding the billboard adver-

tisement on Adams Cut, mile mark-er 103, basically it’s a almostnaked pictorial of a person who’sstore’s name is Don BaileyFlooring, which has locations inDade and Broward counties, notMonroe.

I’ve had to look at a caped phan-tom for the last several years, forPhantom Fireworks, which is rightup the road on the bay side of U.S.1. Now this sign depicting analmost naked elderly man staringdown on my home and grandchil-dren is a little beyond the commonsense of Monroe County zoningdepartment.

Letting this type of advertisingbe the last thing folks have animage of the Florida Keys — asthey leave northbound for thestretch — is probably not in the

good taste the Tourist DevelopmentCouncil is spending all that moneyfor television spots up north.

Lastly, this billboard is right inthe middle of a residential neigh-borhood. And, I for one as a mem-

ber of the Anglers Park HomeOwners Association, think maybe itshould go - not be reinforced, as ithas been recently with new poles.

Tom MeslerKey Largo

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Contest pits incumbent vs. political newcomer

Travis Yednak, candidatefor District 2 on theIslamorada Village Council,says one of his strongestqualifications is the fact thathe is new to local politics.

“Running for office froma position of civic dutyallows me to arrive at the jobwith no insurmountable prej-udices regarding currentissues,” Yednak said.

But his opponent,Councilman David Purdo,says the village is in a criticalstate of transition and needsexperienced leaders who“understand why and howwe got to where we are andalso understand what we’re

doing on these issues.”Purdo, 71, a retired

Detroit, Mich. police officerand boat captain who movedto the Keys in 1977, is com-peting for a second two-yearterm on the Village Council.His challenger, 31-year-oldYednak, is managing editorof The Real Estate Book, aswell as partial owner of thehome listing publication.Yednak moved to the Keysin 2004 after graduatingfrom Marshall University inWest Virginia.

Purdo says his proudestachievements during his first

term are completing a dealwith Indiana-based Rey-nolds Inc. to buildIslamorada’s centralizedwastewater system, sponsor-ing an ordinance mandatingthe hiring of local contrac-tors on government projects,not raising property taxes intwo years and “placingIslamorada in the best finan-cial position it has ever beenin with a fund balance ofover $3 million.”

The $91-million contractwith Reynolds, approved inAugust, is almost $4 millionless than the contractapproved and then brokenearlier this summer withinternational firms AECOMand Veolia Water NorthAmerica. Village officialscalled off the deal after dis-covering thatAECOM/Veolia changedsignificant language in thedocument after it was signedby then-Mayor Michael

Reck-werdt. Purdo was the only one

on the five-member councilto vote against the AECOM/Veolia contract in early July.Saying he never fully trustedthe companies, Purdo nowsays fellow board membersand village staff should haveheeded his warnings.

“If perhaps both staff andcouncil had listened a littlemore closely to my argu-ments from the beginning,things just might have turnedout differently,” he said.“Remember, I was againstVeolia/AECOM from thebeginning, and I providedhours and hours of researchto the committee, staff, andmembers of council, whichin some cases was all butignored.”

Yednak said it is too late toassign blame for the situationwith AECOM and Veolia.

“Obviously, there weremisunderstandings and con-

fused communicationsbetween client and vendor,”Yednak said. “At this point,it’s a matter of informedhindsight, and we shouldretain the lessons learned tomove forward.”

Yednak added that he issatisfied with the way thingsworked out with Reynolds,but the village needs to stayvigilant.

“A $90-plus million dol-lar public project in our vil-lage is a big deal,” he said.“There must be constantoversight. Will changeorders crop up? How can theinconvenience of this projectfor our citizens and business-es be addressed? How willour streets, driveways andlandscaping be repaired aftertrenching. This is just thebeginning and there is muchimportant work and over-sight to be done.”

Purdo is more optimistic,calling the Reynolds contract

a “win/win situation for thevillage and all the businessesand residents.”

“We save the village a lotof money, we have a closedcontract and we will be usinglocal contractors for thissewer project,” he said.

When asked about wherePurdo could have done a bet-ter job as a council member,Yednak had nothing negativeto say about his opponent.

“While it is easy for any-one to second-guess a coun-cilman’s job performancefrom the sidelines, I’vequickly learned that it isnearly impossible to judgetheir decisions without allthe facts,” he said.

Critiquing his own per-formance, Purdo said heshould have pushed for morecompetitive bidding formajor village projects.

“I think I could have donea better job handling thisissue,” he said.

Both candidatescite wastewateras chief concern

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Business

The numbers behind jobs picture

Gov. Rick Scott got in aspat with a reporter thisweek over some employ-ment statistics.

With Scott touting jobgrowth, a Bloombergreporter noted how stateeconomists have calculatedFlorida’s 8.8 unemploymentrate would be 9.8 percent ifnot for the shrinking size ofthe state’s population thatactually participates in thelabor force.

Known as the “participa-tion rate,” the statistic meas-ures the portion of the popu-lation that’s in the laborforce - that is, either workingor looking for work. In Julythe participation rate stoodat 60 percent in Florida, a26-year-low and down froma recent high of 64.3 percentin 2007.

The 40 percent not “par-ticipating” in the workforce— or roughly six million of

the state’s 15.4 million resi-dents - include retirees, stu-dents, and those who don’thold a job and have stoppedlooking.

That third category getsthe most attention, since arise in so-called “discour-aged workers” can artificial-ly lower the unemployment

rate even if hiring is shrink-ing. That’s because theunemployment rate is calcu-lated by dividing the numberof people without jobs bythe number of people in thelabor force. If people leavethe labor force faster thanthe unemployed get hired,the unemployment rate will

go down. What’s easy to overlook

in the Scott flap is the factthat Florida’s labor force hasactually been growingalmost non-stop for the lastthree years before going upand down in 2012. It’s beenback on the rise for most ofthis summer.

Employment, as meas-ured by federal surveys, alsohas been on the rise for thesame stretch - except for adrop in July. That helpedpush Florida’s unemploy-ment rate from 8.6 percent inJune to 8.8 percent in July.In July, Florida’s labor forceshrunk by about 29,000 peo-ple after growing in Mayand June.

The number drivingdown the participation rateis the fact that Florida’s pop-ulation growth has been out-pacing the growth of itslabor force. So the state isn’tcreating enough jobs to keep

up with new residents and,presumably, new workers.

It can be hard to keep allof these numbers straight,and the participation raterarely gets reported whenthe media dissects monthlyhiring data. The chart graphsunemployment, which iscalculated by subtractingemployment from laborforce.

This will get extra atten-tion when Florida releasesits August employmentreport. Even if the unem-ployment rate declines,expect extra scrutiny on themovement of the labor force.

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Nonagricultural EmploymentAugust 2012 Compared to July 2012

Top 10 states with the largest job gains over the month (*)

Rank State August July +/-

1 Texas 10,845,600 10,807,600 38,000

2 Florida 7,348,300 7,325,100 23,200

3 Missouri 2,657,700 2,639,800 17,900

4 California 14,346,300 14,334,300 12,000

5 Oklahoma 1,598,400 1,588,000 10,400

6 Illinois 5,698,500 5,688,900 9,600

7 Oregon 1,643,200 1,634,400 8,800

8 New York 8,814,100 8,806,000 8,100

9 Wisconsin 2,742,600 2,716,800 7,800

10 New Jersey 3,909,600 3,904,300 5,300

(*) Seasonally AdjustedSource: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Governor Rick Scott touts Florida’s job growth in speeches and meetings with businessleaders.

Feds impose fines, refunds over Discover card ‘add-ons’

Discover Bank is paying$214 million to settlecharges that it pressuredcredit card customers to buycostly add-on services likepayment protection andcredit monitoring.

Federal regulators saidMonday that Discover call-center workers enrolledcustomers in the programswithout their consent, mis-led them about the benefitsand left customers thinkingthe products were free.

Discover will pay a $14million fine and refund$200 million directly tomore than 3.5 million cus-tomers.

The action was taken bythe new Consumer FinancialProtection Bureau and theFederal Deposit InsuranceCorp. Discover said thissummer that it expected anenforcement action aboutadd-on products.

The consumer agencywas created under the 2010financial overhaul law toprotect consumers fromexcessive or hidden fees andother financial threats.

Oyster fisherynears collapse

Officials say an oystercollapse in the Gulf ofMexico along Florida’s BigBend and Panhandle willjust have to run its course.

Shellfish aquacultureexpert Leslie Sturmer saystoo much salt in the waterand high temperatures havestressed the oysters. They’vealso been fighting a parasite.

The oysters have beendying from Cedar Key westto Apalachicola. Sturmersays clams farmed in thesame areas are not affected.

Restaurants in northFlorida tell The GainesvilleSun (http://bit.ly/RHE1GO )that the shortage is forcingthem to sell smaller oystersat higher prices.

Mark Berrigan ofFlorida’s Department ofAgriculture and ConsumerServices says the die-offmight be worst in Cedar Key.State data shows that theLevy County island commu-nity produced 131,821pounds of oysters last year.

Contrast that with thestone crab harvest in theFlorida Keys, where about900 fishermen account for

nearly 65 percent ofFlorida’s annual average of3.2 million pounds.

Just one claw is har-vested from each crab, thenthe crab is thrown back so itcan regenerate the claw,which takes about a year,making stone crab a sus-tainable fishery.

Bank honorsLuhta, Morales

Jacque-line Luhta, retailbusiness analyst/trainingofficer and Barbie Morales,Marathon office lead teller,are celebrating their fifthyear with First State Bank ofthe Florida Keys.

Luhta joined First StateBank as sales trainer in 2007and was promoted to RetailBusiness Analyst/TrainingOfficer in 2008. She earned aMaster of Business Adminis-tration from the StateUniversity of New York inUtica, NY and a Bache-lor ofArts in Communicationsfrom Syracuse University in

Syracuse.“Jacqueline’s deep train-

ing skill set and retail bank-ing expertise have enhancedour organization over thepast five years,” said TonyRomano, First State Bank

Executive Vice Presidentand Retail Market Executive.

Morales joined First StateBank in 2007 as a part-timeteller/courier at the MarathonOffice; was promoted to full-time teller in 2009, and hercurrent position as lead tellerin 2010. Morales, a KeyWest High graduate, lives inMarathon.

“We are pleased to con-gratulate Barbie on her fifthyear with the Bank,” saidBecky Shifflett, First StateBank Marathon OfficeBranch Manager.

Bank requiredto now refund $200 million

BUSINESS BRIEFS

MARKETPLACE RECENT REAL ESTATE SALESSALES vs. LAST YEAR: 94 percent

Based on information from the Florida Keys Board of REALTORS®, Inc. (alternatively, from the Florida Keys MLS, Inc.)

for the period September 16, 2012 - September 22, 2012.

Big Pine Key147 Freedom Ln. $130,000 $115,000 217 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Patti Nickless Outside of MLS

Cudjoe Key21650 Overseas Hwy. $325,000 $310,000 1 Preferred Properties/Kirksten Irick Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Dave Wiley

Duck KeySouth Indies Dr. $49,000 $45,000 1415 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Robin Kluck Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Robin Kluck5064 Sunset Village Dr. $312,000 $297,000 56 American Caribbean/Paul, Cathy Laborriere Hawks Cay Resort Sales/Margaret Crowley

Key Colony Beach481 5th St. $414,200 $370,000 475 Key Colony Beach Rlty./Judy Cinque Key Colony Beach Rlty./William Gustafson

Key Largo14 Coconut Dr. $21,000 $19,000 498 Century 21 Schwartz/Robert Valenzuela Century 21 Schwartz/Robert Valenzuela60 Marina Ave. $299,000 $276,815 478 Keys Country Rlty & Dev./M. Carter, L. Donofrio Sr. Key Largo Real Estate/Dan ColeAbaco Rd. $39,000 $32,500 92 Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Lucy Doyle Barbara Eads Realty/Barbara Eads138 Arbor Ln. $54,900 $41,500 69 The Sheridan Network.Com/Cliff Glansen RE/MAX Keys Prop./Kym Papp91941 Overseas Hwy. $2,400,000 $2,400,000 42 Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Shawn Wilson Out of MLS area

Key West237 Golf Club Dr. $505,000 $375,000 1142 Doug Mayberry R.E./S. Avevedo, D. Mayberry Preferred Properties/Gary Thomas115 Front St. $1,290,000 $950,000 581 Compass Realty/Shawn Wilson Out of Area/J. Michael Caron604 Grinnell St. $368,000 $305,000 451 Seaport Realtors/Steven Schwartz Seaport Realtors/Steven Schwartz3312 Northside Dr. $175,000 $175,000 340 Prud. Knight & Gardner/L. Condos, M. Jo Rostien Preferred Properties/Elizabeth Eliot516 Louisa St. $549,000 $505,000 87 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Barbara Crespo SBX Commercial R.E./Norman Woods Jr.3803 Duck Ave. $395,000 $370,000 84 Key West Vacation Props./ Team Caballero Bascom Grooms R.E./Bascom Grooms210 Southard St. $459,000 $435,000 78 Compass Realty/Megan Behmke Compass Realty/J. Michael Caron3675 Seaside Dr. $224,500 $230,000 46 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Barbara Crespo Prud. Knight & Gardner/Gwendolyn Esbensen

Marathon10877 Overseas Hwy. $115,000 $108,300 105 Century 21 Schwartz/Robert Valenzuela Century 21 Schwartz/Robert Valenzuela1165 Camino Del Vientos $325,000 $305,000 130 American Caribbean R.E./Stacie Kidwell Exit Realty Florida Keys/Ben Daniels532 Avenida Primiceria $69,000 $63,000 112 Oceanside Realty/Ginny Dumansky Marathon Key R.E./Connie Tucker

Plantation Key101 Rolling Hill Rd. $400,000 $375,000 1049 Realty World - Freewheeler/Lisa Frins Century 21 Schwartz Rlty./Sal Livoti408 Coconut Palm $769,000 $753,000 226 Keys Country Rlty & Dev./Carol Betts Keller Progressive Florida Rlty/Brad Tillem200 Wrenn St. $289,995 $275,000 188 American Caribbean R.E./Joel Young American Caribbean R.E./Joel Young88540 Overseas Hwy. $600,000 $555,000 136 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Margo, Brett Newman RE/MAX Keys Prop./Chris Stanford88741 Overseas Hwy. $280,000 $260,000 84 Moorings Realty/J. Mooney Jr., T. Kavney Moorings Realty/J. Mooney Jr., T. Kavney 365 Coconut Palm Blvd. $649,900 $639,000 30 Progressive Florida Rlty./Brad Tillem American Caribbean R.E./Vanessa Chamizo185 Plantation Dr. $389,900 $404,000 58 Amerifirst Realty/Alex Perez Ocean Sotheby's Intern'tl Rlty./Leslie Leopold

Stock Island5960 Peninsular Ave. $549,000 $519,000 1288 Truman & Co./Terri Spottswood Realty Executives Fl. Keys/Roberta Mira18 Cross St. $169,650 $163,000 45 Island Group Realty/Margarita Villoch Realty Executives Fl. Keys/Karen Taporowski

Summerland Key1323 Hudgins Ln. $589,000 $565,000 56 Rose Dell & Assoc./Rose Dell Rose Dell & Assoc./Rose DellVacant Land (*) $50,000 $50,000 0 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Beata, Jim Sharpe Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Beata, Jim Sharpe

Upper Matecumbe Key81801 Overseas Hwy. $350,000 $325,000 78 Coldwell Banker Schmitt/Carol Brenn Moorings Rlty./Ashley Lindmar

(*) Vacant lot on Summerland Key

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A good causeVotes for Notes raises money for Habitat forHumanity. Musicians perform Oct. 3 at Looe Keyand Oct. 7 at Kelly’s in Key West. Story 3B.

Home courtPlaying at home, Lady Dolphins beat Keys Gatein three straight sets. Story 2B.

BSports & OutdoorsCommunity ● LifestyleArts & Entertainment

United Way helps organize pantries

Three days a week, fami-lies in need gather at theBurton Memorial Meth-odistChurch where a food bank isopen from 9 a.m. to noon.

Church volunteers, sup-plemented by communityvolunteers, also staff anevening dinner on Thursdaysfrom 5-7 p.m.

The number of familiesand the number of childrenwho are helped by this andother food pantries in theKeys continues to grow, saidthe Rev. Kerry Foote, pastorof Burton Memorial.

“We’re seeing 50 to 60families a week. The vastmajority are people who havejobs, they pay rent or have ahouse, but these are theworking poor. They make toomuch money to get on sub-stantial government assis-tance, but not enough moneyto make ends meet. And afterpaying the bills, what suffersis food to feed their family,”Foote said.

There are more smilesthese days when folks see abright green truck arrive atthe church food bank, bear-ing fresh produce and meatdonated by Publix and Winn-Dixie supermarket managers,who participate in the SouthFlorida Food Consortium.

Until recently, there wereno fresh food deliveries toBurton Memorial or otherfood pantries operating in theUpper Keys. That is until the

United Way of the FloridaKeys convened a meeting ofKeys food pantries and PacoValez, who heads FeedingSouth Florida.

“This past year, wefocused on bringing stake-holders together to tacklebasic needs for food in ourcommunity,” said CandyFincke, newly-elected chairof the United Way’s Keysgoverning board.

“Our President, MargieSmith, worked with FeedingSouth Florida to convene aKeys summit (held in April).As an outgrowth of that

work, food pantries in theUpper Keys now are gettingaccess to fresh produce andeven meat donated by Winn-Dixie and Publix, and theMiddle Keys will haveaccess to these at Publixstarting in October.”

The bright green truckhandling deliveries in theUpper Keys is funded by agrant from the Ocean ReefCommunity Foundation,Smith said, “which is helpingwith food recovery efforts inthe Upper Keys.”

Bob Thomas, co-owner ofKey Largo Chocolates, is

providing the refrigeratedtruck and a driver to assist inthe program.

Restaurants can partici-pate in food recovery effortsthanks to a change in statelaw that took effect last year.Rather than throw away goodfood, restaurant managersand grocery stores can nowdonate surplus to foodpantries for distribution.

“United Way and MargieSmith were the catalyst to getthis going,” the Rev. Footesaid.

Publix, W/D nowsharing freshfoods as a result

SOCIAL SERVICES

Education advocatesare watchful, wary

It will take more than alistening tour to convinceeducation advocates acrossFlorida that Gov. Rick Scottis on their side.

They are wary and skepti-cal of the man they have seenmostly as an adversary for thepast two years. Now, theywait to see what kind of poli-cies Scott will propose for the2013 legislative session andbudget and whether his deci-sions will reflect their advice.

“We were actuallythrilled when finally he real-ized that we are the rightpersons to go to whenyou’re asking about par-ents,” said Eileen Segal,president of the FloridaPTA, who met with the gov-ernor a couple of weeksago. “We’re hoping that thisis only the first of manyconversations.”

Segal said she is willingto trust Scott, but is waitingto see what he does.

“We’re watching,” shesaid. “That’s all I can say -we’re watching.”

Scott’s first-year budgetcut education funding by$1.1 billion. He waitedeight months to visit a tradi-tional public school whileclass was in session. Hetraveled to a Jacksonville-

area char-ter schoolto sign hisfirst billinto law -eliminatingtenure fornew K-12t e a c h e r sand tying

their pay increases to stu-dents’ performance.

And this is a governorwho has said he hopes toincrease the number ofcharter schools and hasadvocated for more vouch-ers to allow students to usepublic funds to attend pri-vate schools - all whilefunding for traditional pub-lic schools has declined.

“I’m an elementaryteacher, so I try never toclose the door on anybody,”said Florida EducationAssociation President AndyFord. “Some day you’regoing to see the light, andit’s going to click, and Ithink that may have hap-pened for the governor.”

Scott’s office did notrespond to repeated requeststo discuss his education poli-cies past, present or future.

The governor alreadyhas made some decisions,such as announcing that hewill not support reductionsin education spending in2013. He also created acommittee of seven countyschools superintendents thatwill come up with recom-mendations to reduce regu-

Gov. Scott heldlistening toursacross FloridaBy TIA MITCHELLHerald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

OUR SCHOOLS

● See Food, 3B● See Teachers, 3B

SCOTT

Bob Thomas of Key Largo Chocolates and Erin O’Hara of Publix work on food recoveryprogram for Upper Keys food pantries.

Lady Canes sweep Key West in 3-games

After a long dry spell,Coral Shores’ volleyballLady Hurricanes had reasonto smile Wednesday.

The Lady Canes (5-6)assembled one of their bestperformances of the seasonto defeat local and District16-4A rival Key West in astraight-game match, 25-17,25-18, 25-17.

“This is one we had tohave to get us going,” saidCane head coach AndyThiery after his squad endeda five-match losing skid.

“They just put it alltogether, from back-rowpassing to defensive shifts,”Thiery said. “They battledthrough, played consistentand finished off games.”

Key West (3-4) recentlyscored big upsets for districtleader Gulliver Prep and long-time nemesis Monsignor Pace,but came out “flat” againstCoral Shores, said Conch headcoach Jessy Archer.

“They’re still not used towinning yet,” Archer said.“It’s a phase, and they’recoming around. It’s midsea-son and we have time left toget it right.”

Hurricane middle hitterMallory Wiecjorek had a“career game” with seven killshots, said her coach.

Laura Irwin delivered five

Passing, defensecredited with big turnaround

CORAL SHORES VOLLEYBALL

Keynoter photo by KEVIN WADLOW

Coral Shores setter Ellie Leopold (13) returns a net shot from Key West hitter RyannAppleby (2) in Tuesday’s three-game sweep by the Lady Hurricanes in Tavernier. Localrivals Key West and Coral Shores also compete in District 16-4A.

By KEVIN WADLOWSenior Staff [email protected]

● See Volleyball, 2B

Basketballhead coachesare coming

New head coaches willlead both the boys and girlsbasketball programs whenpreseason practice opensOct. 29 at Coral Shores.

Final selection for bothcoaching spots could beannounced this week,Athletic Director RichRussell said.

“We’ve advertised andreceived some impressiveapplications that we’re

going over now,” Russellsaid Wednesday.

Coral Shores’ boys willhave their third new headcoach in three years.

Jay Sanderson coachedthe Hurricanes to a 7-16mark in the 2011-2012 cam-paign, his first as varsityhead coach. After reduc-tions in Monroe County’steaching staff, Sandersonhas moved to SouthwestFlorida and will be headcoach at Cape Coral’s IdaBaker High School.

Pat Meyers has steppedaway from coaching thegirls basketball program to

Announcements expected thiscoming week

UPPER KEYS SPORTS

Keynoter Staff

Fins working onputting, chipping

A week after posting aseason best 181-stroketotal, the Marathon HighSchool golf team took astep backward Wednesdayin a loss to WestminsterChristian School at theBiltmore Golf Course inMiami.

The Warriors’ 184-stroketotal bested the Dolphins’

196 by 12 strokes. “We had five days off

and it definitely showed,”coach Kevin Freeman said.Rainy weather of late haskept the team off the prac-tice range at SombreroCountry Club since then.

“Friday and Tuesday itrained so we couldn’t getout there. We just didn’tplay that well,” he said.

Kyle Pierce led theDolphins with a nine-holescore of 45. Kevin McKeonshot a 45, Jake Logan shot49 and Ariel Rodriguez 54.

Freeman said the

12-stroke lossto Westminsterat Biltmore courseBy RYAN [email protected]

MARATHON GOLF

● See Golf, 2B

● See Upper Keys, 2B

Minus top players, Conchs lose big

Hole after hole, the sea-son plods on for the KeyWest High golf team.Sometime it has its top play-ers, sometimes it doesn’t.

On Thursday afternoon,against Gulliver Prep at theBiltmore Hotel course inMiami, the Conchs weredecidedly shorthanded.

“We were missing Nos.

1,2,3 and 4 — for differentreasons,” said coach JohnMoeller, referring to EvanDeRoche, Elliot Arazi, ScottBrown and Trevor Pike

Gulliver won the nine-hole match, 148-208.

“They are lookingtough,” Moeller said of theRaiders, who defeated KeyWest for the fourth time thisseason. Four Raiders broke40, led by Ray Boone, wholed with a one-over 36.

The Conchs were led byManuel Castillo (“He’s justtaking up the sport,” Moellersaid) and Chase Renner, bothof whom shot 47. They arecompeting for the No. 5 spot

in the district meet in October.Thomas Frickie came in

at 52 and Danny Morin shota 65. Frickie’s brother,

Timmy, also played.“This is all just practice

till the districts,” Moellersaid.

By DICK WAGNERKeynoter Contributor

KEY WEST GOLF

KeysNet.com Keynoter2B Saturday, September 29, 2012

kills from outside, whileAmando Ruano made threeblocks with three scoringshots for the Hurricanes.

Senior Iris Dunn “hasbeen carrying us at the netwith double-figure kills inthe last few matches,” Thierysaid. “It was nice to see pro-duction from other places.”

Setter Ellie Leopoldturned in another sterlingeffort, Thiery said.

Jessica Wright handled

the passing for the Conchs,setting up tall hitters RyannAppleby and ShelbiSwanson at the net.

“This is good competitionthat will help get us ready forthe District Tournament” onOct. 23, Archer said. “I thinkit’s going to be anybody’sgame this year.”

Coral Shores playsMarathon High School,another Keys rival, at 5:30p.m. Tuesday in Tavernier(JV at 4 p.m.).

From Volleyball, 1B

focus on a growing familyand preparing to return as theHurricane baseball team’shead coach.

Cane runners winSteven Chadwick fin-

ished first to lead CoralShores’ boys team to a teamwin in a seven-school crosscountry meet Tuesday atJohn Pennekamp Coral ReefState Park in Key Largo.

The Canes had four run-ners in the top 10 boys fin-ishers, paced by Chadwickwith a 19-minute, 5-secondtime on the 3.1-mile course.

Other Cane scorers were(place, name, time): 5. RexZimmerman, 20:30; 7. PabloGonzalez, 20:46; 10.Landon Brooks, 21:45; 18.John Perrotti, 22:57; and 20.Lars Vihlen, 22:31.

LaSalle and Marathonfinished second and third inteam standings. Times werenot available.

Carrollton won the girlsrace, taking all top five fin-ishes. Coral Shores tool thirdbehind LaSalle.

Lady Cane runners’times: Aliyah Ajiduro Yanez,26:40; Azia Keever, 26:55;Chloe Stokes, 28:10; AmberErickson, 28:16; AimeeErickson, 29:05: KyiaHerlth, 29:11; MonicaGonzalez, 29:12; and IvySummers, 29:38.

The Coral Shores squad ranFriday in the Florida Runners

Invitational in Titusville.

Seach halts meetA search in Gainesville for

a missing Miami-DadeCounty student forced can-cellation of a Coral Shoreshome swim meet Wednesday.

Doral Academy’s teamwas scheduled to race againstthe Hurricanes, but severalmembers of the Firebirdsteam headed to AlachuaCounty to help look for recentDoral graduate ChristianAguilar, a University ofFlorida freshman.

Aguilar has not been seenin several days. Another for-mer Doral student is beingheld in custody in connectionwith the case.

Lady Eagles fallIsland Christian ran into

trouble Sept. 21, losing a 3-0match to visiting DivineSavior Academy of Doral, afirst-time ICS opponent.

The Lady Sharks scored a25-12, 25-15, 25-19 win.

“They had some killerservers and some kids whocould kill the ball” at the net,ICS coach Sheryl Yost said.“In each set, our girlsimproved.”

The Lady Eagles take a 4-2 record (3-0 in District 16-2A) on the road this weekwith away matches againstthe Lady Dolphin JV at 4p.m. Monday at MarathonHigh School; at Calusa Prepon Tuesday; and at ColonialChristian on Thursday.

Hurricanes placefour at the topFrom Upper Keys, 1B

Dolphins are concentrat-ing on chipping and put-ting since that’s what waslacking Wednesday.

“Add those up and thatruns up your score. It’s alittle bit frustratingbecause that’s a team wecould beat. I would likefor us to get a win, just for

their sakes, for a little con-fidence going into dis-trict,” he said.

Marathon was sched-uled to host Coral GablesHigh School Friday atSombrero Country Club,but results were not avail-able at press time. They’reslated to host Westminsteron Wednesday at 3 p.m.

‘A little bitfrustrating’From Golf, 1B

Keynoter photo by KEVIN WADLOW

Julia Lozano (12) of Coral Shores returns a volley; defends ashot from Key West in the Hurricanes’ three-game victoryTuesday in Tavernier. Mallory Wiecjorek (21) was the Canesleading hitter in the decision.

Canes playDolphins Tuesday

Long rallies doom Lady Conchs

The Key West High volley-ball team was playing well —but not well enough — duringits match Thursday againstGulliver Prep in Miami.

“It would be back-and-

forth, long rallies, and I’dlook up and the score wouldbe 17-10 for them,” saidcoach Jessy Archer. “Ithought, ‘Oh, my gosh, howis it that big of a difference?’”

In the end, Gulliver won,25-14, 25-10, 25-18, toavenge a loss to the Conchstwo weeks earlier in KeyWest.

“They came out on a mis-sion,” Archer said of theRaiders. “They pushed anddidn’t let up. They really

wanted it.”It was the fourth consecu-

tive loss for the Conchs, whodropped to 3-6 overall and 1-3in District 16-4A, which is ledby Gulliver with a 4-1 record.

“Offensively, we did nothave as many attacks asusual,” Archer said. “Mostof our points were placementpoints that found holes in thecourt.”

Junior Ryann Applebyled Key West with six killsand 15-of-16 hitting. “Her

kills weren’t as strong aswe’re used to seeing,”Archer said.

Jillian Laswell as 8-of-8hitting with four kills, andShelbi Swanson was 6-of-6with three blocks.

The Conchs again playedwithout starter Franny Garcia,who has a shoulder injury.

Key West will play at St.Brendan at 5 p.m. nextThursday and then on to theLakeland Invitational nextweekend.

Key West squadnow stands3-6 overallBy DICK WAGNERKeynoter Contributor

KEY WEST VOLLEYBALL

Start Smart Soccer, asix-week program forlittle ones, has begunat Marathon’sCommunity Park.Run by the MarathonParks/Recreationdepartment, the program is aimed atintroducing soccer to3-5 year olds. Parentsact as “coaches” foreach child. The program will run every Wednesdayevening through the month of October. For information, call 743-6598.

Photo by ALI ADAMS

KICK START

Home court proves winner for Dolphins

The Marathon HighSchool volleyball team split apair of matches this week withKeys Gate Charter School andPalmer Trinity School.

The Dolphins lost instraight sets to the Falcons inMiami Wednesday beforewinning a straight-set homematch over Keys Gate onThursday.

Freshman Jordan Roneyset the tone Thursday with arun of nine straight servicepoints, at least five of themaces or not returned. Thatput the Dolphins up 10-0,they never looked back enroute to a 25-11, 25-20 and25-14 victory.

Wednesday’s matchagainst the high-poweredDistrict 16-2A rival Falconswas a different story.Marathon hung in during thefirst set, but lost the match16-25, 11-25 and 12-25.

On Thursday, theDolphins’ starters playedonly the first set and coachTeresa Konrath was able toget younger varsity and jun-ior varsity players time onthe court.

Konrath singled outRegan Durkin and AmandaBruland as playing well.

“I’ve seen [Durkin] comeup with some good hits,” shesaid. Bruland “has leader-ship skills that help a lot.With the junior varsity kids,she leads them through.”

Gardine Raymond alsoplayed well for the Dolphins,winning 13 service pointsand notching four kills.

On Wednesday, Konrathsaid the team played welldefensively but couldn’tmatch the Falcons’ height

and power at the net. “We played the first game

with a lot of intensity.Everyone on the floor wasmoving toward the ballrecovering little dinks in themiddle of the court and inthe corners,” Konrath said.

Durkin, Taylor Konrathand Amanda Davis playedsolid back row defense, alongwith Sydney Konrath andSavannah Rodamer pickingup hard hit ball as well.

“I am very proud of thefact that I see the kids mak-ing gains in both offense and

defense. As a team they areplaying better every game,”coach Konrath said.

Roney led the team with24 assists, while TaylorKonrath had nine hits andfive kills. John’Nisha Quallshad f hits and three kills, andSavannah Rodamer had sixhits and three kills.

Marathon (4-9) was slat-ed to face Miami CountryDay Friday but results werenot available at press time.The team is scheduled tovisit Coral Shores HighSchool Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

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Marathon High School freshman Gardine Raymond hits on her four kills during astraight set victory Thursday over Keys Gate Charter School, 25-11, 25-20 and 25-14.

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TRAINING DAYS

The weekend of Sept. 8, the Dolphin Research Center on Grassy Key welcomed more than 200 people for the southeast regional workshop of the Chicago-based International Marine Animal Trainers Association. Those attending experienced presentations, workshops, discussions and demonstrations on a wide variety of topicsrelated to training marine animals. They also visited Dolphins Cove, Theater of the Sea and Dolphin Connection.

LIVING BRIEFS

Cast your voteto help Habitat

Musicians of all ages —professional and amateur alike— can take part in the secondannual Votes for Notes con-test, a fundraiser for Habitatfor Humanity of the LowerKeys and Key West.

Basically, patrons castvotes for their favorite regis-tered act, $1 per vote, duringeach performance. Acts canbe soloists or groups.

Each act pays a $10 entryfee. Acts will be booked on afirst-come, first-served basis.Performances are planned ,Oct. 3 at the Looe Keys TikiBar on Ramrod Key and Oct.7 at Kelly’s in Key West. Allare from 7 to 10 p.m.

To find out more, call RayWest at (305) 414-6884 or sendan e-mail to [email protected].

Environmental groupmeeting Oct. 2

The Monroe CountyEnvironmental EducationAdvisory Council is invitingthe public to their monthlymeeting at 3:30 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 2, at the KeyWest Forest and BotanicalGarden, 5210 College Rd.,Stock Island.

The Council is a non-prof-it active in the Florida Keyssince 1988. Their goals:share information about envi-ronmental education, devel-op and distribute environ-mental education to educa-tors, sponsor and host envi-ronmental workshops foreducators, network withlocal, state, and nationalorganizations and agencies tofurther the cause.

They sponsor an annualteacher workshop forMonroe County teachers.

For more information,visit: www.keysee.org, oremail [email protected].

Masquerade Ballbenefits shelter

Animal lovers can unleashtheir party spirit and supportanimals in need at the inauur-al Paws in Para-diseMasquerade Ball on Oct. 20beginning at 6 p.m. at theBait Shack, 9300 OverseasHighway, Marathon.

Guests are encouraged toattend in costume or formalwear. There will be dinner,music, dancing, auctions andother entertaining activities, allunder the stars. Doing thecooking is Carl Stanton, execu-tive chef of Chef SignatureFlavor and the culinary instruc-tor for Marathon High School.Annette’s Steak and LobsterHouse and Castaway are alsopreparing dishes. Wine fromthe California Wine Club willbe supplied by Pam and BruceBoring and the HurricaneGrille is providing beer.

Tickets are $75 per per-son, with proceeds benefitingSafe Harbor Animal Rescueof the Keys, which runs theMarathon animal shelter and

provides animal control forMonroe County betweenmile markers 16.7 and 70.

For more information,contact Catherine Dunn at923-9100. Tickets are alsoavailable at D’Asign Source,11500 Overseas Highway,Marathon.

Homecoming paradeset for Oct. 11

Marathon High School isgearing up for the annualHomecoming Parade, whichwill be held Thursday, Oct.11, starting at 1:30 p.m. Allvehicles and floats need to beat Knight’s Key by 1 p.m.

Organizers are calling onbusinesses and communitygroups who want to partici-pate in this year’s parade topick up paperwork at theschool office.

Jackie Gonzalez is han-dling the parade registration.

The homecoming game isFriday, Oct. 12, starting at7:30 p.m. at the MHS foot-ball field. The homecomingdance will be Saturday, Oct.13 at the Marathon Airportfrom 8 p.m. to midnight.

For more information, con-tact the school advisory coun-cil President Yelixa Larios-Lopez at 305-731-9294.

Tot Swap startsaccepting goods

You can make space inyour home, put money in yourpocket and help the FloridaKeys Healthy Start Coalitionby consigning items your chil-dren have outgrown.

Consignors earn 50 percentto 70 percent of the proceeds;the rest goes to the coalition,whose mission is ensuringhealthy babies in the Keys.

The so-called Tot Swap isplanned for Oct. 13 and 14 at2926 N. Roosevelt Blvd.,Key West, next to Kmart.

Donations are acceptedthrough Oct. 5 at the HealthyStart office in the GatoBuilding, 1100 Simonton St.,Key West; and the Habitat forHumanity Co-Conut Closet,mile marker 30.3, Big PineKey.

Additionally, volunteersare needed to help with pric-ing and sorting. Call 293-8424or go to www.keysealthys-tart.org for more specifics.

Guard seekingparade marchers

U.S. Coast Guard SectorKey West's Veterans Dayparade organizers are lookingfor military units, veteransgroups and others to march inthe Old Town Key Westparade on Nov. 11.

The parade will traveldown Duval Street, with areviewing stand nearFleming and Duval. Groupsthat want to sign up to partic-ipate can call Master ChiefJeff Shumate at 295-1443 or731-6173, or send an e-mailto [email protected] [email protected].

“We got 750 pounds offresh food over the first twoweeks the program was upand running.”

In addition to helpingKeys food banks, the UnitedWay of the Florida Keys hasincreased funding for a back-pack food program initiatedby Grace Jones DaycareCenter in Marathon.

“We’re now providingbreakfast, lunch, dinner anda snack for about 150 pre-school-age children to haveover the weekend,” said IrisCoe, executive director atGrace Jones.

The nutritious food,packed for the kids to carryhome, helps meet the nutri-tion needs of youngsterswhose parents often workmultiple jobs, frequently onweekends, and may not beable to supervise their kids’dietary choices.

Healthy foods selectedare ones the children canopen and serve on their own,Coe said, adding that teach-ers have seen a markedimprovement in studentbehavior and performancewhen they return to class onMondays, “because they-’renot hungry from having littleenough to eat when not inschool.”

Fincke, vice president ofprofessional services atMariners Hospital, said theGrace Jones backpack nutri-tion model has now expand-ed to three other daycarecenters. And Coe said theGrace Jones board has beenasked to help jump-start asimilar program in theUpper Keys.

United Way donors con-tribute largely through pay-roll deductions and volun-teer through campaigns heldwhere they work.

Last year, Publix and itsemployees in the Keysraised nearly $73,000 for

United Way of the FloridaKeys, through payrolldeductions and corporatematch, and they are on trackto exceed that this year.They are the largest UnitedWay donors in the Keys.

Other large employeecampaigns donate significant-ly to United Way, includingMariners Hospital, MonroeCounty Schools, Hawk’s CayResort, AT&T, Florida KeysAqueduct Authority, FloridaKeys Electric Cooperative,Iberia Bank, Bank of Americaand others.

“Starting now, volunteersfrom United Way of theFlorida Keys and from the18 agencies we help fund,are calling on Keys residentsthrough an expanded work-place campaign,” Finckesaid. “And, remember,donor dollars raised here inthe Keys stay in the Keys.”

United Way will be pre-senting at the IslamoradaChamber of Commerce

luncheon, Oct. 24, at theIslamorada Fishing Club,and at the Marathon Rotaryluncheon, Oct. 31.

“Anyone who would liketo arrange for a United Waypresentation where theywork,” Fincke said, “or todonate directly, can contactUnited Way President

Margie Smith at 735-1929.” The United Way of the

Florida Keys is an independ-ent, local 501(c)(3) organi-zation that has been support-ing the Keys community formore than 30 years. UWFKsupports strong workingfamilies by funding 18 non-profits Keyswide.

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Directors and church volunteers Tiffany Katz, the Rev. Kerry Foote, United Way DirectorErin O’Hara, United Way Board Chair Candy Fincke and United Way President MargieSmith at Burton Memorial Methodist Church. Money from United Way donors helpsthe Tavernier food pantry expand offerings.

Have lots of potted plantson your property? There is agood chance that your planttrivets are holding water andbreeding mosquitoes. Dump or getrid of your plant trivets and keep yourproperty mosquito-free this summer.

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lations and paperwork forteachers.

But for now, Scott has leftmost discussions open-ended. He is listening, he hassaid, and the legislative ses-sion does not begin untilMarch.

Linda Kobert, co-founderof parent advocacy organi-zation Fund Education Now,said Scott should make abold move early on todemonstrate that he is listen-ing and acting in good faith.She wants him to come out against the “parent trig-ger” bill.

The legislation, supportedby Republicans and charterschool advocates, died in theSenate in 2012 on a tie vote.It would have allowed par-ents to turn low-performingpublic schools into charterschools, and its supportershave promised to bring it upagain next year.

Scott supported the bill,calling it “logical.” But acoalition of parent organiza-tions, including the FloridaPTA, opposed it.

“If the governor were tocome out forcefully andpublicly in support of theparents’ position on that par-

ticular piece of legislation, itwould go a long way forparents trusting that he hastheir best interest in mind,”Kobert said.

But state Sen. NancyDetert, R-Venice, doesn’tthink it’s time yet for Scott totake sides on hot-buttonissues. Detert, a formerSarasota County SchoolBoard member, opposed the“parent trigger” bill.

She said she thinks Scottshould focus more broadly,coming up with a compre-hensive education policy thatdefines his administration.She noted that former Gov.Jeb Bush and his foundationstill have a prominent voice.

“Gov. Scott needs to puthis own personal stamp onwhat kind of system that hewants,” Detert said. “Most ofthe ideas have been comingfrom a previous governor, sowhat we need is the current

governor to let us know whathis thoughts are.”

By virtue of his highlypublicized education listen-ing tour, Scott has height-ened the stakes for his educa-tion agenda.

If he appears to acquiesceto unions and advocacyorganizations too much, hecould lose favor with the teaparty activists who embracedhim as an outsider. On theother hand, if the educationcommunity doesn’t see itsthoughts incorporated intohis plan, the recent goodwillcould erode.

For example, Scott has saidhe would like to tie schoolfunding increases to studentachievement. Depending onthe specifics, unions andschool districts might balk atthe idea that schools withmore-affluent student bodiescould get more money byvirtue of higher test scores.

Scott also must over-come criticism that he is notserious about educationpolicy, and he must deflectaccusations that he is usingteachers and schools as thefirst wave of his 2014reelection campaign.

Already, the RepublicanParty of Florida has airedtwo television ads toutingScott’s commitment to pub-lic education.

And during Scott’s listen-ing tour, a Tallahassee parentwas invited back to meetone-on-one with the gover-nor next week.

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Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake in 'The Trouble With the Curve,' a film co-produced by Clint Eastwood.

“Trouble with theCurve,” Rated PG-13, 111min. Now playing nation-wide.

Sliding into theaters thispast weekend, “Troublewith the Curve” is a base-ball movie starring ClintEastwood, Amy Adams,Justin Timberlake and JohnGoodman. It’s one of the

few filmsin recentyears inwhichEastwoodhasstarred,but doesnotdirect.

Thedirector is Robert Lorenz,who has paid his dues inHollywood, working hisway from second-secondassistant director, to secondassistant director, to firstassistant director, to assis-

tant director and, finally, onthis film, to his first job asdirector.

Along the way, heworked with Eastwood onnumerous projects includ-ing “The Bridges ofMadison County” and“Million Dollar Baby.”

The film was producedby The Malpaso Company,which is owned byEastwood and his partner,none other than “Troublewith the Curve” director,Robert Lorenz. AndEastwood and Lorenz madethe movie a real family

affair - appearing in thefilm is Eastwood’s son,Scott, playing Billy Clark,who needs his Mom to getout of his slump. Lorenzalso put his wife and twochildren in the film in thediner scene.

The story: Eastwood’scharacter, Gus, is an agingbaseball scout whose eye-sight is failing, which willsoon put him out of work.His boss Pete, played byGoodman, asks Gus’daughter, Mickey, to tagalong with Gus on a roadtrip to help out. Mickey,

played by Adams, has feltabandoned by Gus herwhole life, even though hetook her along as a kidlong enough that she grewup to be a baseball expertmoonlighting as a lawyer.Timberlake is a youngscout working for a differ-ent ball club, who may ormay not hook up withMickey.

For viewers, the filmmay not be a home run, butit would have to be consid-ered at least a solid double.“Trouble with the Curve”has a nice, slow, easy pace,

much like the tempo of anactual baseball game. Andwhen Adams, Timberlakeand Goodman are onscreen, the movie livens uplike a line drive deep tocenter. Timberlake gets allthe good lines, somethinghe manages to do in mostof his films. Ms. Adams,always bright and viva-cious, is easy on the eyesand excellent as Mickey.Another bright spot is JoeMassingill as the highschool phenomenon, Bo

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‘Sound of Music’ coming to Marathon stage

Marathon CommunityTheatre will stage Rodgersand Hammerstein’s “TheSound of Music” this sea-son.

That means a big castingcall with open auditionsscheduled over two days,and looking for men,women and children of allages.

The vocal auditionsbegin at 9 a.m. Oct. 6-7.

Children auditioning forsinging roles should comeprepared to sing “Do-Re-Mi” from the show. Tryouts

begin at 9:30 a.m.Adults coming for vocal

auditions can prepare one-minute sections from anysong in the show. Auditionsbegin at 10:30 a.m.

Most of the songs madefamous in the play (lateradapted to film) are famil-iar.

The list includes:“Climb Ev’ry Mountain,”“Edelweiss,” “The Sound ofMusic,” and - of course -“Do-Re-Mi.”

“The Sound of Music”broke attendance recordsand garnered numerous

awards following its 1959Broadway debut and laterwon five Oscars awards forthe 1965 film adaptation,which starred Julie Andrewsand Christopher Plummer.

Andrews won the Oscarfor Best Actress in aLeading Role, taking homeAcademy gold along with

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Sunset sail will help culinary arts program

The Florida Restaurantand Lodging Association’sMonroe Chapter hosts itsthird annual “Wine on theWater” fundraiser for highschools’ ProStart culinaryprogram Sunday, Oct. 7.

The Fury Catamaranwill provide the sunsetcruise,the Rusty LemmonBand the music, andguests will be treated towine pairings fromRepublic NationalDistributing Co.

Key West chefs aboard,Brendan Mica of OceanKey Resort/Hot Tin Roofand Simon Young of LaTrattoria, will serve up afive course meal duringthe cruise.

Tickets cost $85 andthe vessel’s capacity canaccommodate no morethan 115 guests.

Holly Bell, instructor atKey West’s ProStart pro-gram, said funds raised atlast year’s “Wine onWater” event helped payfor new textbooks.

More than $25,000 has

been raised so far to bene-fit the school, according tothe Restaurant andLodging Association’sMonroe County chapter.

The cruise begins at5:30 p.m. and boarding is

behind the ConchRepublic Seafood Co. onGreene Street in KeyWest. Smokin’ TunaSaloon is underwriting theRusty Lemmon Band forthis fund-raiser.

Oct. 7 eventmarking itsthird year

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Art Levin, Simon Young, Brendan Mica help with the “Wine on Water” fundraiser for Key West’s ProStart culinary programs.

Fantasy Fest King and Queen events scheduled

Events scheduled inadvance of Fantasy Fest forKing and Queen fund rais-ing fill the calendar inSeptember and October.

Here’s the event lineupfor the rest of Septemberand first week of October.

• Saturday, Sept. 2910 a.m.- 2 p.m. The

Danny Memorial DogWash, sponsored by SteveDevore and Kevin Spigenerof Atlanta. Bring your pupsand pooches to VisitingNurse Association/Hospiceof the Florida Keysparkinglot, 1319 William St.(between United and SouthStreets). Bake sale and giftbasket raffle with itemsdonated by American DogOutfitters and Dave’s Pets.Mar”key” for King

• Sunday, Sept. 30 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Brunch

with Royalty at La Te Da,1125 Duval St. Dine with

the Fantasy Fest Kings andQueens. $50 suggesteddonation/$26 goes to AIDSHelp. Sue for Queen

2- 5 p.m. Tea Dance atLa Te Da, 1125 Duval St.Dance the afternoon awaywith DJ music and drinks.Sue for Queen

6-8 p.m. InappropriateSpeed Dating at theBottleCap Bar, 1128Simonton St. This is SpeedDating Key West Style.Definitely for an adultcrowd only. Join us andwatch Key West’s most eli-gible singles spar to winprizes. Drink specials, foodand lots of laughs. $10 sug-gested donation. Sue forQueen

• Monday, Oct. 16-8:30 p.m. Clambake at

the Southernmost BeachCafe´, 1405 Duval St. Jointevent with Seth for Kingand Liz4Queen.com. Mainelobster, clams, mussels,corn, potatoes and KeyLime pie. Live music byTBD. 50/50 raffle, silentauction. Tickets $65, limit-ed space so get yours now.

This event sells out everyyear. Liz4Queen.com andSeth for King

• Wednesday, Oct. 35-8 p.m. Wig Auction

at Aqua Night Club, 711Duval St. Hosted byHeadlines Salon with auc-tioneer Randy Thompson.Grab a paddle and bid onyour favorite creative wig.Start your look for FantasyFest here at this auction.Seth for King

6-9 p.m. Sing with aSmile Karaoke at 801Bar.Guest bartending andsinging with Jeff. Bringyour singles for tips andbring your $5’s and $10’s to keep me off the micro-phone. Mar”key” for King

• Friday, Oct. 56-9 p.m. Casablanca

Night at home of BryanGreen and Tony Konrath,910 Watson St. Come inyour best Casablanca cos-tume. Sure to be a magicalnight under the stars. Openbar,light food, silent auc-tion, 50/50 raffle.Admission $35.Liz4Queen.com

Dog wash, brunchspeed dating,more on tap

FANTASY FEST

Gentry, who gives hisobnoxious character just theright amount of immaturebravado and bluster.

But if there’s a strike-outin the film, it has to beEastwood’s performance.He gives Gus such a crustyand ornery persona that it’svery hard to like him orcare about what happens tohim. And since one of themain plot points is that we

are supposed to carewhether he and Mickey willever reconcile, it’s a majorflaw in the film.

Here’s another problem:Eastwood plays Gus somuch like every characterhe’s ever played (only olderand crabbier) that I halfexpected him to snarl “Goahead, make my oatmeal!”

Even though “Troublewith the Curve” is as pre-dictable as a hanging curveball, the story does leave

the audience with the feel-ing that baseball, like themovies, is timeless andsomehow, even if you don’tfollow sports, that constan-cy is comforting.

For that reason and forthe performances of Adamsand Timberlake, the film isworth seeing. But don’t seeit because of ClintEastwood - after seeing himfoul out in this role, anymanager worth his saltmight just have to send himdown to the minors.

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Regal Cinemas

Searstown, Key West, 294-0000All shows that start before 4 p.m play only on weekends.• Hotel Transylvania (PG): 1:40, 4:40, 7:45 and 10:00 p.m.• Looper (R): 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 and 9:50 p.m.• End of Watch (R): 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:50 p.m.• House at the End of the Street (PG-13): 1:30, 4:30, 7:30and 10:00 p.m.• Trouble With the Curve (PG-13): 1:05, 4:05, 7:05 and 9:55 p.m.• Finding Nemo 3D (G): 1:20, 4:20 and7:20 p.m.• Resident Evil: Retribution 3D (R): 9:55 p.m.

Tropic Cinema

416 Eaton St., Key West, 295-9493• Won’t Back Down (PG): 1:30, 4:00, 6:25 and 8:40 p.m.• Cosmopolis (R): 2;15, 4:20, 6:40 and 8:45 p.m.• Well-Digger’s Daughter (NR): 2:00 and 6:15 p.m.• Union Square (R): 4:30 and 8:30 p.m.• Arbitrage (R): 1:45 and 6:00 p.m.• Killer Joe (NC-17): 3:45, and 8:15 p.m.

Marathon Community Cinema

5101 Overseas Highway, Marathon, 743-0288• The Expendables 2 (R): Weekdays: 7:00 and 9:15 p.m.;Saturday and Sunday: 2:00 p.m.

Tavernier Towne Cinema

Tavernier Mall, Tavernier, 853-7003 • Looper (R): 1:45, 4;30, 7:15, 10:00 p.m.• Trouble With the Curve (PG-13): 1:45, 4:20, 7:00,9:35 p.m.• Finding Nemo 3D (G): 1:30, 6:50, 9:25 p.m.• Finding Nemo (G): 4:05 p.m.• The Possession (PG-13): 2:05, 4:35, 7:25, 9:40 p.m.• The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG): 1:40, 4:10, 6:55,9:30 p.m.

Keys Movie Times

director Robert Wise (BestDirector and Best Picture),William Reynolds (BestFilm Editing) Irwin Kostal(Best Music), JamesCorcoran and Fred Hynes(Best Sound).

“The Sound of Music”also won Golden Globesas Best Picture andAndrews won for BestActress in a MotionPicture.

Registration for scriptreading auditions begins at

12:30 p.m. on both days. In addition to “The

Sound of Music,” individ-uals can audition for rolesin other plays coming thisseason, including “Nana’sNaughty Knickers,” a farceby Katherine DiSavino,and “Five Women Wearingthe Same Dress,” by AlanBall.

The fourth main-stageshow planned for the2012-13 season is KenLudwig’s comedy “MoonOver Buffalo,” set to openin May 2013. Auditions for

that play will be held inJanuary.

Audition packages areavailable at:www.marathontheater.org. These provide detailedcasting information, aswell as rehearsal and per-formance schedules.Audition packages andschedules are also avail-able at the MCT boxoffice, mile marker 51.1,oceanside, Marathon.

For more information,call Bonnie Greenberg at305-743-0994.

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The work for which BIDS are tobe submitted consist of furnish-ing all labor, materials, supervi-sion, equipment (pump outvessels), supplies, tools, serv-ices and all other necessaryincidentals required to performmarine waste removal from allprivate vessels on the watersof unincorporated MonroeCounty, Florida. The servicesmust be available Mondaythrough Friday from 8:00 am to5:00 pm.

BIDS shall be prepared, ad-dressed and submitted incompliance with detailedinstructions as set forth in thecontract documents. Biddermust understand that the serv-ice program approval is subjectto state CVA funding. Bidpackages may be requestedby contacting the NMWF at800 431 9281. Bid packageswill be mailed to all request.

The NMWF reserves the right

gto accept or reject any or allbids, to wave irregularities,technical errors and formali-ties, and to award the contractas it deems will best serve theinterest of the foundation. Thefoundation is not responsiblefor any cost incurred by bid-ders in developing their BID.

National Marine WasteFoundation, Inc.Dan MartinExecutive Director

Published September 29, 2012Florida Keys Keynoter

Ad# 202946

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SIXTEENTH JUDICIALCIRCUITIN AND FOR MONROECOUNTY, FLORIDAPROBATE DIVISION

CASE NO: 44-12-CP188-K

IN RE: Estate ofJOHN AUSTIN MULDOON,Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of theEstate of John AustinMuldoon, Deceased, CaseNo. 44-12-CP188-K, is pend-ing in the Circuit Court forMonroe County, Florida, Pro-bate Division, the address ofwhich is 500 Whitehead Street,Key West, FL 33040. The De-cedent died intestate. Thename of the Personal Repre-sentative and the PersonalRepresentative’s attorney areset forth below.

All interested persons arerequired to file with this Court,WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHSFROM THE TIME OF THEFIRST publication of thisnotice: (1) all claims againstthe Estate of John AustinMuldoon, Deceased, and (2)any objection by an interestedperson to whom notice wasmailed that challenges, thequalifications of the PersonalRepresentative, venue orjurisdiction of this Court.

ALL CLAIMS ANDOBJECTIONS NOT SO FILEDWITHIN THE TIME PERIODSSET FORTH IN SECTION733.702 OF THE FLORIDAPROBATE CODE WILL BEFOREVER BARRED.

Notwithstanding the timeperiods set forth above, anyclaim filed two (2) years ormore after the Decedent’sdate of death shall be barred.

DATED this 29th day ofSeptember 2012.

Ashley Muldoon Lavin444 E. 82nd St. Apt. 9LNew York, N.Y. 10028as Personal Representative ofthe Estate of John AustinMuldoon, Deceased.

Attorney for PersonalRepresentativeCHARLES M. MILLIGANAttorney at LawP.O. Box 1367Key West, FL 33041-1367305-294-8885FBN: 0246948

First published on: September29, 2012

Published September 29,October 6, 2012Florida Keys Keynoter

Ad# 207137

NOTICE OF INTENTION TOCONSIDER ADOPTION OFCOUNTY ORDINANCE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENTO WHOM IT MAY CON-CERN that on October 17,2012 at 3:00 P.M., or as soonthereafter as may be heard,at the Harvey GovernmentCenter, 1200 TrumanAvenue, Key West, MonroeCounty, Florida, the Board ofCounty Commissioners ofMonroe County, Florida,intends to consider the adop-tion of the following Countyordinance:

AN ORDINANCE BY THEBOARD OF COUNTY COM-MISSIONERS OF MONROECOUNTY, FLORIDA AMEND-ING SECTION 23-200(a)(2)a.OF THE MONROE COUNTYCODE, PART OF THE TOU-RIST DEVELOPMENT PLAN,TO ADD AQUARIUMS TOTHE LIST OF FACILITIESFOR WHICH THE THIRD ANDFOURTH PENNY OF TOU-RIST DEVELOPMENT TAXESMAY BE SPENT; PROVIDINGFOR SEVERABILITY; PRO-VIDING FOR THE REPEALOF ALL ORDINANCES IN-CONSISTENT HEREWITH;PROVIDING FOR INCORPO-RATION INTO THE MONROECOUNTY CODE OF ORDI-NANCES; PROVIDING FORAN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Pursuant to Section 286.0105,Florida Statutes, notice is giv-en that if a person decides toappeal any decision made bythe Board with respect to anymatter considered at suchhearings or meetings, he willneed a record of the proceed-ings, and that, for such pur-

g ppose, he may need to ensurethat a verbatim record of theproceedings is made, whichrecord includes the testimonyand evidence upon which theappeal is to be based.

ADA ASSISTANCE: If youare a person with a disabilitywho needs special accom-modations in order to partici-pate in this proceeding,please contact the CountyAdministrator’s Office, byphoning (305) 292-4441,between the hours of 8:30a.m. - 5:00 p.m., no later thanfive (5) calendar days priorto the scheduled meeting; ifyou are hearing or voiceimpaired, call "711".

Dated at Key West, Florida,this 21st day of September,2012.

DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk ofthe Circuit Court and ex officioClerk of the Board of CountyCommissioners of MonroeCounty, Florida


Ad# 209042

CITY OF KEY COLONYBEACHNOTICE OF PROPOSEDORDINANCE

The City Commission of theCity of Key Colony Beach,Florida, will present the follow-ing proposed ordinance forSecond Reading and FinalPassage at the Regular CityCommission Meeting to beheld Thursday, October11,2012, 9:30 a.m., City Hall Audi-torium, 600 W. Ocean Drive,Key Colony Beach, Florida.

AN ORDINANCE OF THECITY COMMISSION OF THECITY OF KEY COLONYBEACH, FLORIDA, AMEND-ING CHAPTER 5 BOATS,BOAT TRAILERS, MARINEFACILITIES AND WATER-WAYS; ARTICLE IIIMARINE CONSTRUCTIONAND IMPROVEMENTS,DOCKING OF BOATS; DIVI-SION 9 BOAT TRAILERS,SECTION 5.80 GENERALLY;REPEALING ANY CONFLICT-ING OR INCONSISTENTREGULATIONS; PROVIDINGFOR SERVERABILITY; PRO-VIDING FOR INCLUSION INTHE CITY CODE; PROVID-ING FOR AN EFFECTIVEDATE

If any person decides to ap-peal any decision made by theCommission with respect toany matter considered at themeeting, that person will needa record of the proceedingsand for such purpose mayneed to ensure that a verbatimrecord of the proceedings ismade, which record includesthe testimony and evidenceupon which the appeal is to bebased.

Copies of the proposed ordi-nance are available at KeyColony Beach City Hall, 600W. Ocean Drive, Key ColonyBeach, Florida. Interested par-ties may appear at the meetingand be heard with respect tothe proposed ordinance.

Cathy Henninger, City Clerk


Ad# 209051

CITY OF KEY COLONYBEACHNOTICE OF PROPOSEDORDINANCE

The City Commission of theCity of Key Colony Beach,Florida, will present the follow-ing proposed ordinance forSecond Reading and FinalPassage at the Regular CityCommission Meeting to beheld Thursday, October11,2012, 9:30 a.m., City Hall Audi-torium, 600 W. Ocean Drive,Key Colony Beach, Florida.

AN ORDINANCE OF THECITY COMMISSION OF THECITY OF KEY COLONYBEACH, FLORIDA, AMEND-ING CHAPTER 5 BOATS,BOAT TRAILERS, MARINEFACILITIES AND WATER-WAYS; ARTICLE IIIMARINE CONSTRUCTIONAND IMPROVEMENTS,DOCKING OF BOATS; DIVI-SION 3 DOCKS, PIERS, ANDMOORING EQUIPMENT;ADDING SECTION 5.35 (11);REPEALING ANY CONFLICT-ING OR INCONSISTENTREGULATIONS; PROVIDINGFOR SEVERABILITY; PRO-VIDING FOR INCLUSION INTHE CITY CODE; PROVID-ING FOR AN EFFECTIVEDATE

If any person decides to ap-peal any decision made by theCommission with respect toany matter considered at themeeting, that person will needa record of the proceedingsand for such purpose mayneed to ensure that a verbatimrecord of the proceedings ismade, which record includesthe testimony and evidenceupon which the appeal is to be

p ppbased.

Copies of the proposed ordi-nance are available at KeyColony Beach City Hall, 600W. Ocean Drive, Key ColonyBeach, Florida. Interested par-ties may appear at the meetingand be heard with respect tothe proposed ordinance.

Cathy Henninger, City Clerk


Ad# 209155

DISTRICT II ADVISORYCOMMITTEE (DAC II)(From the city limits of KeyWest to the west end of theSeven Mile Bridge)of theMONROE COUNTY TOURISTDEVELOPMENT COUNCILhas an opening for aLODGING INDUSTRY REP-RESENTATIVE - shall beowners or operating/generalmanagers of motels, hotels,recreational vehicle parks orother tourist accommoda-tions which are subject tobed tax in the tax collectiondistrict for which they areapplying.

Any person wishing to partici-pate on the District II Adviso-ry Committee of the MonroeCounty Tourist DevelopmentCouncil within the district sonoted above, may request anapplication from the Adminis-trative Office by calling (305)296-1552 and submit an appli-cation to the address shownbelow:Department DACMonroe County TouristDevelopment Council1201 White Street, Suite 102Key West, FL 33040Fax #: (305) 296-0788

Deadline for receipt of appli-cation at the above addressis Friday October 5, 2012 at5:00 p.m. A resume may beattached to the application.


Ad# 209162

DISTRICT III ADVISORYCOMMITTEE (DAC III)(From the West End of theSeven Mile Bridge to theLong Key Bridge)of theMONROE COUNTY TOURISTDEVELOPMENT COUNCILhas an opening for aLODGING INDUSTRY REP-RESENTATIVE - shall beowners or operating/generalmanagers of motels, hotels,recreational vehicle parks orother tourist accommoda-tions which are subject tobed tax in the tax collectiondistrict for which they areapplying.

Any person wishing to partici-pate on the District III AdvisoryCommittee of the MonroeCounty Tourist DevelopmentCouncil within the district sonoted above, may request anapplication from the Adminis-trative Office by calling (305)296-1552 and submit an appli-cation to the address shownbelow:Department DACMonroe County TouristDevelopment Council1201 White Street, Suite 102Key West, FL 33040Fax #: (305) 296-0788

Deadline for receipt of appli-cation at the above addressis Friday October 5, 2012 at5pm. A resume may be at-tached to the application.


Ad# 209181

Alex’s Auto Wrecking &Parts gives Notice of Foreclo-sure of Lien and intent to sellthese vehicles on 10/10/20129:00:00 AM at 111 US High-way 1 # 107, Key West, FL33040 pursuant to subsection713.78 of the Florida Statutes.Alex’s Auto Wrecking & Partsreserves the right to accept orreject any and/or all bids. Allsales are final

1B4GP54R4TB3553861996 DODGE

1FTWW32P96EB224842006 FORD

1HGCF8640YA1158412000 HONDA

1FTZX1726XNB798191999 FORD

KMYSE4B4X6C0067332006 DAEL

5TEUX42NX5Z0515572005 TOYOTA

SLK951040174 1974 ROBAL

1HGEJ1124SL0165191995 HONDA

1HGCB7648NA1852961992 HONDA

KNDJB7237Y5659321

2000 KIA

4T1BG22KXYU9271342000 TOYOTA


Ad# 209195


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENTO WHOM IT MAY CON-CERN that on Wednesday,October 17, 2012, at 3:00p.m., or as soon thereafteras may be heard, at the Har-vey Government Center,1200 Truman Avenue, 2ndfloor, Key West, Florida, theBoard of County Commis-sioners of Monroe County,Florida, intends to considerthe adoption of the followingCounty Ordinance:

AN ORDINANCE BY THEMONROE COUNTY BOARDOF COUNTY COMMISSION-ERS PROVIDING FOR REOR-GANIZATION AND AMEND-MENT OF MONROE COUNTYCODE SECTION 6-33; PRO-VIDING FOR STORAGE ORREMOVAL OF CONSTRUC-TION MATERIALS AND DE-BRIS DURING TROPICALSTORM WARNINGS, ANDHURRICANE WATCHES ANDWARNINGS; PROVIDINGFOR SEVERABILITY; PRO-VIDING FOR THE REPEALOF ALL ORDINANCES IN-CONSISTENT HEREWITH;PROVIDING FOR INCORPO-RATION INTO THE MONROECOUNTY CODE OF ORDI-NANCES; AND PROVIDINGAN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Pursuant to Section 286.0105,Florida Statutes, notice is giv-en that if a person decides toappeal any decision made bythe Board with respect to anymatter considered at suchhearings or meetings, he willneed a record of the proceed-ings, and that, for such pur-pose, he may need to ensurethat a verbatim record of theproceedings is made, which re-cord includes the testimonyand evidence upon which theappeal is to be based.

ADA ASSISTANCE: If you area person with a disability whoneeds special accommoda-tions in order to participate inthis proceeding, please contactthe County Administrator’s Of-fice, by phoning (305) 292-4441, between the hours of8:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m., no laterthan ten (10) calendar daysprior to the scheduled meeting;if you are hearing or voice im-paired, call "711"

Dated at Marathon, Florida,this 25th day of September,2012.



Ad# 209214



AN ORDINANCE OF THEBOARD OF COUNTY COM-MISSIONERS OF MONROECOUNTY, FLORIDA AMEND-ING MONROE COUNTYCODE SECTION 12-116;PROVIDING FOR THE MAY-OR TO IMPOSE A "LIGHTSOUT" RESTRICTION FORAREAS OF LONG KEY; PRO-VIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;PROVIDING FOR THE RE-PEAL OF ALL ORDINANCESINCONSISTENT HEREWITH;PROVIDING FOR INCORPO-RATION INTO THE MONROECOUNTY CODE OF ORDI-NANCES; AND PROVIDINGAN EFFECTIVE DATE


ADA ASSISTANCE: If you area person with a disability whoneeds special accommoda-tions in order to participate inthis proceeding, please contactthe County Administrator’s Of-fice, by phoning (305) 292-

y p g ( )4441, between the hours of8:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m., no laterthan ten (10) calendar daysprior to the scheduled meeting;if you are hearing or voice im-paired, call "711"




Ad# 209236



AN ORDINANCE BY THEMONROE COUNTY BOARDOF COUNTY COMMISSION-ERS AMENDING CHAPTER26 OF THE MONROE COUN-TY CODE (WATERWAYS) TOPROVIDE FOR "ARTICLE VANCHORING AND MOORINGRESTRICTED AREAS"; PRO-VIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;PROVIDING FOR REPEALOF INCONSISTENT PROVI-SIONS; PROVIDING FOR FIL-ING AND AN EFFECTIVEDATE; PROVIDNG FOR CO-DIFICATION; PROVIDINGFOR AN EXPIRATION DATE.


ADA ASSISTANCE: If you area person with a disability whoneeds special accommoda-tions in order to participate inthis proceeding, please contactthe County Administrator’s Of-fice, by phoning (305) 292-4441, between the hours of8:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m., no laterthan ten (10) calendar daysprior to the scheduled meeting;if you are hearing or voice im-paired, call "711"




Ad# 209241

NOTICE OF INTENTION TOCONSIDER ADOPTIONOF COUNTY RESOLUTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENTO WHOM IT MAY CON-CERN that on Wednesday,October 17, 2012 at 3:00P.M., or as soon thereafteras may be heard, at the Har-vey Government Center, sec-ond Floor, 1200 Truman Ave-nue, Key West, MonroeCounty, Florida, the Board ofCounty Commissioners ofMonroe County, Florida, in-tends to consider the adop-tion of the following CountyResolution at a public hear-ing:

A RESOLUTION AMENDINGRESOLUTION 172-2012, THEPLANNING & ENVIRONMEN-TAL RESOURCES DEPART-MENT FEE SCHEDULE;PROVIDING FOR REVIEWFEES FOR PRELIMINARYDETERMINATIONS OF PO-TENTIAL ENDANGEREDSPECIES IMPACTS IN ASSO-CIATION WITH THE UNITEDSTATES FEDERAL EMER-GENCY MANAGEMENTAGENCY (FEMA) AND UNIT-ED STATES FISH AND WILD-LIFE SERVICE (FWS) RE-QUIRED PERMIT REFERRALPROCESS AND RELATEDSPECIES ASSESSMENTGUIDES (SAGS); PROVIDINGA FEE FOR SPECIALAPPROVALS BY THE SE-NIOR DIRECTOR OF PLAN-NING AND ENVIRONMEN-TAL RESOURCES IN AC-CORDANCE WITH MCC 118-12(0); DELETING FEES FORHABIAT EVALUATION INDEXANALYSIS; AND TO REPEALANY OTHER FEE SCHED-ULES INCONSISTENT HERE-WITH.

This resolution may be inspect-

*Saturday, September 29, 2012 7BKeynoter KeysNet.com


y ped by the public at the MonroeCounty Growth ManagementOffices located at 102050Overseas Highway, Key Largo,Florida and 2798 OverseasHighway, Marathon, Florida.Interested parties may appearat the public hearing and beheard with respect to the pro-posed resolution. Pursuant toSection 286.0105, Florida Stat-utes, notice is given that if aperson decided to appeal anydecision made by the Boardwith respect to any matter con-sidered at such hearings ormeetings, he will need a recordof the proceedings, and that,for such purpose, he may needto ensure that a verbatim re-cord of the proceedings ismade, which record includesthe testimony and evidenceupon which the appeal is to bebased.

ADA ASSISTANCE: If youare a person with a disabilitywho needs special accom-modations in order to partici-pate in this proceeding,please contact the GrowthManagement Office, byphoning (305) 289-2517, be-tween the hours of 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., no later than 2working days prior to thescheduled meeting; if youare hearing or voice im-paired, call "711".




Ad# 209244

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR MONROE COUNTY,FLORIDAPROBATE DIVISIONFile No. 12-CP-59-MMiddle Keys

IN RE: ESTATE OFPATRICIA JANE O’DONNELLDeceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of theestate of Patricia Jane O’Don-nell, deceased, whose date ofdeath was September 7, 2012,and the last four digits ofwhose social security numberare 4481, is pending in the Cir-cuit Court for Monroe County,Florida, Probate Division, theaddress of which is 3117Overseas Highway, Marathon,Florida 33050. The names andaddresses of the personalrepresentative and the person-al representative’s attorney areset forth below.


All other creditors of thedecedent and other personshaving claims or demandsagainst decedent’s estate mustfile their claims with this courtWITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTERTHE DATE OF THE FIRSTPUBLICATION OF THISNOTICE.



The date of first publication ofthis notice is September 29,2012.

Personal Representative:Kevin O’Donnell37 Raymond StreetDarien, Connecticut 06820

Attorney for PersonalRepresentative:Richard E. WarnerAttorney for PersonalRepresentativeFlorida Bar Number: 283134RICHARD E. WARNER, P.A.P.O. Box 50131712221 Overseas HighwayMarathon, FL 33050-1317Telephone: (305) 743-6022Fax: (305) 743-6216E-Mail:[email protected]


Ad# 209293

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

ANCHOR TOWING givesNotice of Foreclosure of Lienand intent to sell thesevehicles on 10/12/2012, 08:00am at 189 US HIGHWAY 1,KEY WEST, FL 33040-5476,pursuant to subsection 713.78of the Florida Statutes.ANCHOR TOWING reservesthe right to accept or reject anyand/or all bids.

KMHCG45C32U2671882002 HYUNDAI

WBSDE9341YBZ968272000 BMW


Ad# 209322

NOTICE OF SALE

B.L.K. Storage gives notice offoreclosure of lien and intent tosell this vehicle on October23, 2012 at 11:00 am at: 79Industrial Rd. Big Pine Key,FL 33043; pursuant to subsec-tion 83.806 of the Florida Stat-ues. B.L.K. Storage reservesthe right to accept or reject anyand/or all bids.

1995 Coachmen Travel TrailerVin# 1TC2B1005S1002224


Ad# 209537

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR MONROE COUNTY,FLORIDAPROBATE DIVISIONFile No. 2012-CP-041-MDivision Probate

IN RE: ESTATE OFHILDA LOUISE VAN WINKLE,Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of theestate of Hilda Louise VanWinkle, deceased, whose dateof death was April 23, 2012,and whose social securitynumber is xxx-xx-0881, ispending in the Circuit Court forMonroe County, Florida, Pro-bate Division, the address ofwhich is 3117 Overseas High-way, Marathon, Florida 33050.The estate is testate and thedate of the decedent’s Will andany codicils are August 6,1992. The names and ad-dresses of the personal repre-sentative and the personal rep-resentative’s attorney are setforth below.


All other creditors of thedecedent and other personshaving claims or demandsagainst the decedent’s estatemust file their claims with thiscourt WITHIN 3 MONTHSAFTER THE DATE OF THEFIRST PUBLICATION OFTHIS NOTICE.



The date of first publication ofthis Notice is September 29,2012.

Personal Representative:Vicki Lynn Van Winkle Corkern7397 Cleveland StreetHollywood, FL 33024

Attorney for PersonalRepresentative:James J. Dorl, Esq.Florida Bar No. 618403JAMES J. DORL, P.A.Suite 12 First ProfessionalCentre5701 Overseas HighwayMarathon, FL 33050Telephone: (305) 743-6565Facsimile: (305) 743-4143


A very big Plants on the RunYard Sale! Cheap hshold,plants, pots. Fri & Sat, 8-? 132Gulfwind Ln, behind airport.Aviation to Mango to Gulfwinds

Gigantic Moving Sale 9- 29, 8am, MM86, 190 Venetian WayFurn, rugs, lamps, pics, frameslinens, Weber grill, good clthg,guitars, Mirantz rec’r, nic nacs!MARATHON- .A Big YardSale! Sat, 7-3. 400 E. 63rdSt., Ocean. Lenox china,clothes, a little bit ofeverything! Rain or shine.

PRIVATE COLLECTORWANTS. Rolex Dive watchesand Pilot Watches. Old modelMilitary clocks & watches. Call305-743-4578.

CAR WASHING EQUIPMENTAlmost new, 200 gal. watertank, 300 psi pressure washer,4.5 kw generator, hose reel,gutter ext. wand & misc. equip.Call (305) 896-5471.

WILL TRADE 2/1.5 MTN TOPhome w/7.4 acres, secludedwoods, cool! in S.W. VA, forhome on water from MM23-MM33. Details 321-961-0440

KEY LARGO Park Model forsale. Handicapped designed,1 BR, furnished. Never lived in.$15,000. Owner financingavailable. Lot rent $500/mo.305-522-5841

1/1 N. KEY LARGO Tile, quietneighborhood. Water & yd.service incl. $850/mo. + $500sec. dep. Yrly. (305) 394-1150or [email protected]

2b/1b Home Marathon MM54on Canal 17ft dock, Fencedyard,large shed, Washerdryer,Central A/C$1500monthMilitary or Gov discount [email protected]

2BR/1BA MM95 2BR/1BA,MM95, Stiltled CBS,W/D, TiledFloors, Fenced Yard ScreenedPorches $1300Mo.+Util, F/L/S337-254-0714 ask for Ethan

2BR / 2BA MM 106 B/SCanalfront, ocean access, tikihut. Fully furn. $1700 / mo. +util. F/L/SCall (305) 393-5811.3 BR / 2 BA MM 92 O/STop flr. of stilt home. NearHarry Harris Pk. $1500.Can incl. lower effcy. if desired.Pets OK. Call (305) 962-96394 BR / 2 BA THREE STORYwaterfront home. MM 93 O/S.Deep water dockage.$2800 / month. F/L/SCall 305-216-2333BPK - Long Term RentalSpacious 2/2 house onbeautiful boating canal. Directaccess to Ocean. MM29.$1795/mo. 215-431-4931CONCH KEY MM 63. 1 BR,1 BA apt. Ground level, fullyfurn. Kitchen, LR, boat slipavail. Directly on Bay, mustsee! $1000/mo. 305-743-3478CONCH KEY MM 63. 1 BR,1 BA apt. Ground level, fullyfurn. Kitchen, LR, boat slipavail. Directly on Bay, mustsee! $1200/mo. 305-743-3478

Marathon 3/2,Sombrero Bch,2500 sq ft, canal, dock,porches, enclsd storage under.Unfrnshd, no smokers or pets.F/L/S. $2,500 305-906-0350

Marathon Outstanding 3/2 inlaid back Layton. Mother-in-law unit dwnstrs. Deep wa-ter dockage, $2200/mo F/L/S.Barbara, CBSRE 289-6499TWO 2BR/1BA MM 106 B/SOne up one down. Bayfront,each w/kitchen, $1300/mo.upper, $1100/mo. lower. F/L/S.Call 305-393-5811.

A MOVE IN NOW from $275week. MARATHON. Weeklyor monthly. fully furn. Allutilities, cable & free WI FIincluded. 305-289-0800DUCK KEY WATERFRONTcondo 1br, 1ba, fully furnished.No pets or smokers.$1050/mo, annual lease.239-896-4099

MARATHON Half duplex oceanfront, 2/2, tile, remodeledkitchen, W/D. Impact resistantwindows. Covered parking.$1595/mo. 786-529-8121

2BR / 2BA KEY LARGOVILLAGE , 2 marinas, privatebeach, courtyard w/ hot tub &outside kit. Oct. - Apr. mthly.$1700/mo. Call Dino at(954) 647-2576.

BIG PINE KEY, MM 292BR, 1BA on beautiful, wide,oceanside canal. Exc. location!30 miles from Key West!$2,000/mo. 305-853-0953

1 BR / 1 BA APT.MM 92 B/S$750 / mo. F/L/SSorry, no pets.Call 305-451-4555

1 BR / 1 BA MM 91 B/SPlantation Key ColonyFenced yard, pets OK.$850 / mo. F/L/S.Call (305) 451-4555

MARATHON1 BR, 1 BR, apartment. Closeto everything! Unfurnished.Call for details. 305-797-9132.

MARATHON 2 BR, 1 BA apt .Partially furnished, freshlypainted. $1200/mo., F/L/S.Includes water & electric.(305) 743-7800

MARATHON Charming 2/1apt. on nice canal with tropicalyard. Great neighborhood!Sm pet OK. $1500/mo, inclutil. Call Andy 561-212-3045

MARATHON new studio apt. Full kitchen, fully furn, veryclean & quiet. Water view onend of canal, inc all util & WiFi,no pets. All you needs is yoursuitcase! $900/mo F/L, $500sec. Inquire at 2525 O/S Hwy.289-9884. Avail now!!

MM102 1 BR / 1 BAFurn. downstairs apt. Incl.elec. & water. No smoking / nopets, $850 /mo. F/S (305)904-8866 or (305) 970-4344

RV LOT FOR RENTIn very nice Keys RV park inMarathon. Full hookup.$500/mo, + util. FREE WiFi,and cable TV. 305-731-5042

RV LOTS FOR RENTDocks Avail. IslamoradaBayside, MM 81.5. Fullhook-ups. Weekly, Seasonal,Annual. Call 305-393-3377

KEY LARGO Mobile Homefor rent. 3 BR, 1 BA, partiallyfurnished. $900/Mo. F/L/S.1(305)382-4350, please callbetween 5 p.m.-9 p.m.

MARATHON 1 BR, 1 BAUnfurnished, parking in yard.$650/mo. + $300 deposit. Allutilities included with cable.239-223-8137

MARATHON 2BR 1BA Clean. On large lot. Tile floors.473 W. 105th Street.$950/mo + utils. First/Last.305-295-6432

TAVERNIER / KEY LARGO1 BR mobile home on largefenced lot. Good oceansideneighborhood. $600 / mo. +util. F/L/S. 305-898-6065

2,346 SF BUILT-OUTMEDICAL OFFICE Immeditelyadjacent to Mariners Hospital!Great location to start, relocateor expand your practice.Commodore Realty Inc.Nicole [email protected] 305-365-2600 X 40

600 SF TURN-KEY CREAMERY IN TAVERNIER!Next to 5 Screen Cineplex.Ideal location to start, relocateor expand your Business.Nicole [email protected] 305-365-2600 X 40

HEART OFMARATHONRetail or Office.1000 sq ft.Next to Publix, the newWalgreen’s and marina.561-743-3745KEY LARGO MM 100.5WAREHOUSE/RETAILSPACES. Multi-size unitsavailable.Call Donna 305-743-6341

Marathon - Gulfside Village5800 O/S Hwy, Unit #32, 960sq. ft. $1750/mo. plus elec.Pete Donnelly 732-996-9591or Sue Lovley 305-304-7565

MARATHO N US 1Commercial Space Avail.1000 sf, $1/sf + util, taxes &insur. Yard space alsoavailable. 305-923-9542

F/T Night Security GuardSome light maintenance workrequired. Key Largo area.Benefits available. Drug freeworkplace. 305-451-1993Groundskeeper/Light Mainte-nance person Must speakEnglish. Apply in personONLY: Hawk’s Nest, 1 KyleWay South, Marathon.Drug Free Work Place. EOE.

KENNEL CAREGIVER Animal care duties req’d. Mustbe able to lift at least 50pounds. This critical positionwill only be filled by acompassionate, caringindividual that loves to workwith animals and people.F/T or P/T day & eveningwork req’d. Call MarathonVeterinary Hospital. 743-7099

Dolphin Research Center hasa full-time position for an ITTechnical Specialist.Successful candidate will havegood problem solving skills,working knowledge of MSOffice/Windows OS, a pleasantattitude and ability to work wellwith others. Must be able to lift30 pounds. Weekendsrequired. Benefits includemedical insurance, 401(k),vacation and paid holidays.Job description available atwww.dolphins.org. E-mail yourresume to [email protected]

EOE

New Tropical Wicker

Bedroom and Living Room

Dinettes, Futons, Recliners

Simmons Beautyrest

www.fredsbeds.com

FRED'S BEDS100s of Beds

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Marathon • MM 53.5 • 743-7277Big Coppitt • MM 9.5 • 295-8430

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Hospitality Happens Here!

POSITIONS AVAILABLE:

• Guest Service Agent Previous Bank, office or Hospitality experience a plus!

• Maintenance / Shampoo Person

• Housekeeping SupervisorMinimum one year experience in relevant supervisor position.

• Part Time Bartender

• Slips Available for RentCould use for charter fishing, party boat, kite boarding or scuba diving.

Apply in person:

1688 Overseas Hwy., Marathon � MM 48.2 Bayside

Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug Free Workplace

RV LOTSFOR RENT

603-918-3235

Keys Oceanfront ParkMarathon

Boat Ramp, DocksAvailable

October - May3 Month Minimum

No phone calls please. Apply in person at:MM 92.5 - 500 Burton Dr., Suite 5216 - Tavernier, FL 33070

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

P/T Night AuditorF/T Front Desk/Night AuditorF/T Inventory/Carpet Cleaner

F/T HousemanF/T Executive Housekeeper

Must be able to work weekends & holidaysPrevious experience preferred

A premiere resort in Islamorada is interviewing for the following position

The selected candidate will enjoy a friendly work placewhere smiles are part of the uniform, competitive wages

and an excellent benefits pkg.

Apply in person MM 83.5

MaintenanceLocal resident only. Experience preferred.

• Key Largo MM 99Free standing bldg. N & Sbound access & drive thru.

$599,000 or lease

• Key LargoOceanfront Rest/Bar,

totally renovated 150 seats & boat docks

$699,000• Islamorada

Bentley’sFree standing 7,977 SF bldg.

180 seats & parking$995,000

• Islamorada86751 Old HwyFenced 2/3 Arcres,

2,250 SF bldg. Comm.zoning

$499,000• Looe Key Resort

Foreclosure, 24 hotel units,Bar/Rest w/ 6-COP Liquor

License, Dive shop & charters.Bring offers! $4,200,000

• 6-COP LiquorLicense

No restrictions. Valid in allMonroe County

$475,000

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MARATHON1 BR, 1 BR, apartment. Closeto everything! Unfurnished.Call for details. 305-797-9132.

MARATHON 2 BR, 1 BA apt .Partially furnished, freshlypainted. $1200/mo., F/L/S.Includes water & electric.(305) 743-7800

MARATHON Charming 2/1apt. on nice canal with tropicalyard. Great neighborhood!Sm pet OK. $1500/mo, inclutil. Call Andy 561-212-3045

MARATHON new studio apt. Full kitchen, fully furn, veryclean & quiet. Water view onend of canal, inc all util & WiFi,no pets. All you needs is yoursuitcase! $900/mo F/L, $500sec. Inquire at 2525 O/S Hwy.289-9884. Avail now!!

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Dolphin Research Centercurrently has an opening for aFT Administrative Assistantin our Environmental Servicesdepartment. Provideadministrative & office supportfor ES team. Phone calls, word processing, records, filing,faxing, order supplies,scheduling, interface w/contractors & vendors. Musthave MS Word & MS Excelcomp skills, be outstandingcommunicator & organizer,plus pleasant & professionalattitude. Stop by to fill out anapplication or e-mail yourresume to [email protected]

EOE

MONROE COUNTY B.O.C.C..EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT(COMMINSIONER AIDE),BOCC DISTRICT 1, KEYWEST (CCCC003)$41,678.25 - $60,433.90 / 40H.P.W. (CONTRACTPOSITION), HIGH SCHOOLDIPLOMA OR G.E.D., 3 TO 5YRS EXP. VET PREF AVAIL ;E.O.E. Deadline –OPEN UNTIL FILLED; 292-4557;[email protected]/T TIME OFFICEPOSITION1 day per week, Quick Booksexperience required.Call 305-481-4301

BILLING SPECIALISTELECTRICAL CONTRACTORlooking for secretary/billingspecialist must knowquickbooks 305-481-7182

YACHT DETAILER/HOUSEKEEPER

WANTEDDetail oriented person wantedfor yacht detailing andhousekeeping services In KeyLargo. Must have valid driverslicense.To apply please call305-367-2924

EXPERIENC ED DENTALASST. M - Th. RadiologyCertificate a must, expandedfunctions a plus. Salarycommensurate with exp. Faxresume to (305) 664-0694 withref. or call (305) 664-0652.Drug Free Workplace.

MONROE COUNTY BOCC,ON CALL FLIGHT NURSE,FIRE RESCUE MARATHON.(TPFRS009).$26.00 PER HOUR. FORCOMPLETE REQUIREMENTSPLEASE DOWNLOAD JOBDESCRIPTION AT https://fl-monroecounty.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/4623VET PREF AVAIL; E.O.E.Deadline - OPEN UNTILFILLED. 292-4557;[email protected]

Couple to manage mediumsize Upper Keys resort.Computer skills req’d.Apartment, salary & benefits.Send Resume to Attn Craig,The Reporter, PO Box 1197,Tavernier, Fl 33070.

HOUSEKEEPER for smallwaterfront motel, nearly F/T.Prior exp, & bi-lingual a plus.Apply in person at The Pelican,99340 O/S Hwy, Key Largo.

DAIRY QUEEN, TAVERNIERis now accepting applicationsfor all positions! Must be ableto work nights & weekends.Apply in person or at:fkrm/careers.com

EXPERIENCED HELP ONLYμ Breakfast Cookμ Prep Cook, Line Cookμ Host/Hostessμ Waitstaffμ Bartenderμ Bus Personμ Front of House ManagersApply in person:Sunset Grille & Raw Bar, 7Knights Key Blvd, Marathon.

IMMEDIATE HIRINGBreakfast Cooks/Line Cooks HIDEAWAY CAFE - CallRobert at 289-1554 between10am-noon for appointment.SERVERS & BUSSERSwanted for Frank’s Grill,Marathon. Please apply inperson. Town Square Mall.TAVERNIER DAIRY QUEENnow accepting applications fora Restaurant Manager! F/T,must be able to work nights &weekends. Apply in person orat: fkrm/careers.com

Dolphin Research Centerhas a FT opening for aPhysical Plant & EquipmentSpecialist: Duties mayinclude, but not limited to:Assist in construction projects,attend to electrical, plumbingand automotive needs, assistwith maintenance of DRCbuildings, equipment, vehiclesand boats. Candidate musthave general ’handy-man’skills and be able to workoutdoors in the Florida heat.Must have a clean drivingrecord. Benefits include medical insurance, 401(k) ,vacation and paid holidays.Job description available atwww.dolphins.org.E-mail your resume [email protected].

Experienced Handyman P/Tposition availble in Marathon.Must have truck and tools.Background screeningrequired. Call Rick, 743-5624

EXPERIENCED PAINTERSUpper & Middle Keys, musthave transportation & validlicense. Salary depends uponqualifications. 305-664-8402

Drivers: $2,000.00 Sign-OnBonus! Top Pay, Benefits,Miles, Great Home-Time &More! Werner Enterprises:1-888-567-4854

Food Consultant Join ourFlorida Team as a consultant.Great Commissions, bonuses,extras. Email for [email protected] orcall 772-419-8819

Wanted: Marine LifeEndorsement and RestrictedSpecies with boat Looking tobuy a MLD with a boat that hasan RS. equipment forcollecting, even better. havecash. [email protected]

1999 - 18’ EAGLEFLATS BOAT w/ 130 hpYamaha. Includes trailerand push pole. $9000 OBO.Call (305) 451-7880

25’ PARKER 1996CC, T-Top, Leaning post, 2livewells, Garmin 2010GPS/Plotter. Needs engine.$10,500. 305-393-0699

40’ Lobster/Crab Boat ’01580hp 3046 Cat, 1000 hrs,perfect cond, loadedw/electronics, will make you $now! $105K. 305-872-3123

40’ Luhrs’89 w/T-454’s, AC,full galley, head, sleeps 4. Exccond, ready to cruise, fish orliveaboard. Must sell now!Only $32K. 305-872-3123

Carolina Skiff Specialists Allsizes & models: Sea Chasers,Bennington pontoons & Hydra.sports. Call Ft. Myers for WestCoast pricing! 800-955-7543

25’ MACGREGOR SAILBOATFiberglass w/ swing keel.Pop top, sleeps 4. Cushions ingood condition. $1950.Call (305) 396-7333.

BOAT SLIP FOR RENTMM 100 direct oceanfront. Yacht Club, water& elec. available.Call (330) 219-5313

BOAT SLIP FOR RENTMM 99 oceanside. Up to 40 ft.catamarans, etc. Noliveaboards. Water & electricincluded. (305)942-3055

BOAT SLIP FOR SALEin Islamorada. Large 50 ft.slip. Yacht Club memberhipincluded. Great location!Call 305-393-7494.

Boat Storage In MarathonMM 54 & Vaca Cut. Wetslips avail immed. 40’ & 50’.Other sizes available. Call fordetails. 305-289-0064

DOCKAGE AVAILABLEMM 103 Oceanside$10 a foot, Live Aboard’s okayUtilities Available305-905-6867

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29’ COMMERCIAL Y & G300 HP John Deere, low hrs.Fishing & trap pulling.Full electronics. $23K obo.305-522-2702, Islamorada36’ Eighsing Twin Cats 3208Turbo, 1427 lobster certs, withcomm lot apx 75’ x120’ w/canalaccess. Asking $260K. Ownerwilling to entertain offers, sellerfinancing avail. 305-720-0964AA Dave buys permitsSo Atlantic Snapper, Grouper,Gulf Reef, K/Mack, Shark,Sword, Tuna. $$$ in 48 hours!904-262-2869All types of permits for sale! Rock Shrimp, King Fish, SAtlantic Snapper, Grouper,Gulf 6 Pack reef & pelagic,Commercial Gulf Reef Fish,Gulf Snapper IFQ’s, Long LinePkg. Many other permits avail.We buy, sell & broker all typesof permits. Call before you buyor sell! Please call for prices.Licensed & Bonded. All per-mits guaranteed valid for trans-fer, many ref’s avail. JohnPotts Jr.321-784-5982, 321-302-3630. www.shipsusa.comLOBSTER CERTIFICATES,Only 1300 left, won’t last.Will sell part or all.Call 305-587-7396MTHN-Mari ne Storage : boats,trailers, campers, any cleanstorage OK on wheels. Bestrates in town. Check with usfirst! Call Emil, 731-3386

2004 Corvette ConvertibleExcellent condition, automatic,V8, heads up display, 65,000miles. Silver ext, black top &black leather int. $22,900 612-309-4533

AUTOS WANTED! ALLYEARS! Junk-Used.car-Van-Truck. Running ornot. Cash paid. 305-332-0483

PARADISE TOWINGis buying junked cars.Call (305) 731-6540

Charter Pest ControlYour Local Company.All types of pest control.Ocean Reef to Key West.Contact us at 305-451-3389.

Marathon Marine Construc-tion Restoration Specialists.Seawalls; Pin Piles; Boatlifts;Concrete Pumping & Decora-tive Coatings. Call 289-7350

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Amerihealth Home Care Agency is currently hiring for the following positions:

Please apply at Key Largo Career CenterCall Ernesto Echevarria 305-453-5830

Please send resume to:[email protected]

(RN) Registered Nurse(LPN) Licensed Practical Nurse(HHA) Home Health Aide(CNA) Certified Nursing Assistant(PT) Physical Therapist(PTA) Physical Therapist Assistant(OT) Occupational Therapist(OTA) Occupational Therapist Assistant

(ST) Speech Therapist

Now accepting applications for:

Executive Housekeeper

PBX Operator

Front Desk

P/T Night AuditorWe offer competitive wages.

To apply go to: www.hershacareers.comFor any questions please contactShelby Valles @ 305-433-9937

DFWP & EOE

Come join our great team and takepart of our future at the newly renovated:

The Turtle HospitalSeeking full-time

Gift Shop Sales &Program Guide

Public speaking &retail sales experience.

Marine turtleknowledge helpful.

Send resume to:[email protected]

POSITIONS

AVAILABLE AT:

The Guidance/Care

Center, Inc.

Behavioral HealthTherapist

Providing services tochildren at Marathon

High School.� Master�srequired; Licensed

preferred.� Full-Time.

Case Managers Referring, linking andtracking resources to

adult and children in theFlorida Keys. �Positionsavailable in Key Largo,

Marathon and Key West.�Bachelor�s required.�

Full-Time.

Driver - Marathon,Part-time/per diem, 3

year clean driving record.Valid CDL license with

passenger endorsement.

Substance AbuseCounselor, Key WestJIP Program based at

Monroe County Sheriff�sOffice. Bachelors degree,Certified Addiction Pro-fessional (or within twoyears of hire). Bi-lingual

Spanish desirable

Adult Case ManagerKey West - F/T withbenefits. Bachelor�sDegree in HumanServices required.

All applicants must sub-mit: 1) resume; 2) threereferences; 3) undergobackground, fingerprint,and drug screening priorto any offer of employ-ment.�Send resume to

[email protected]

or via facsimile to(305) 571-9324.EEOC/DFWP.

Former applicants neednot reapply.

Make BIG $$$$

Bartender, DancersServers & Security

Housing availableMonday - Saturday

Call Mr Ford664-4335

WOODY’S MM82

TRANSFIELD SERVICES AMERICAS (TSA)Transfield Services Americas has an exciting opportunity availablefor a Maintenance Technician.This position will be located in ourMarathon, FL office.

This is a Mid-level position with an opportunity toadvance within a rapidly expanding global company.

The successful candidate needs to possess the following:

� Previous concrete/cement forming experience required

� Familiarity with hand tools and power equipment preferred

� Highly developed sense of safety awareness and perceptive ability required

Transfield Services provides performance-based manage-ment, operations, maintenance, rehabilitation services,for transportation infrastructure and associated facilitiesthroughout North America.

Prefer candidates who reside from Key Largo toIslamorada. Background screening required.

All interested candidates please send your [email protected] or contact

Keith Anderson at 305-289-4360

Big Pine Key areaDeliver our newspapers 7 days a week

between 4 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.Potential profits are $500 per week

For more info call Carter at 743-5551 Ext. 21 or

stop in at the Marathon office to fill out an application

Newspapercarrier wanted

TOM THUMBFood Stores, Inc.

Offers the following positions inMONROE COUNTY

* Managers & Manager Trainees

* Assistant Managers

* Store ClerksThree shifts available:

6am to 2pm2pm to 10pm

10pm to 6amTo 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.

SAIL BOAT FOR SALE

CLUB CHEERA 41’ 0.I. KETCH MOTOR SAILER

Documented, 4’2” draft, 14’ beam. 23 year file ofrepairs & replacement parts available for review.

305-743-6538 Marathon

TRAIL MAINTENANCE RANGERSTHE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

(FDEP), Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail (FKOHT), is seeking 2 Trail

Maintenance Rangers to perform trail maintenance and operational

duties along 106 mile bike/multiuse path throughout the Keys. Ability

to operate and maintain landscaping and miscellaneous field equip-

ment needed. Ability/skill to operate and pull trailers a must. Duties to

include, but not limited to, mowing, cleaning and maintaining trail, and

daily trash pickup. Trail Rangers will work independently at times and

with co-workers. Position requires daily contact with co-workers, com-

munity, and recreational trail users. Reporting location Key Largo and

Marathon. Work area is from Key Largo to Key West. Applicants must

be suited to the high cost of living in the Florida Keys. Extensive driv-

ing requires valid Florida driver’s license. The State of Florida supports

a drug-free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspi-

cion drug testing in accordance with State Statutes. This is a non-ben-

efit position. It is an outside, 4- day work week of 10 hour days. Some

weekends and evenings may be required. Must submit State of Florida

job application – applicants should indicate on Front page of applica-

tion under section, “Position Applied for: Counties of Interest” whether

interest is for Key Largo reporting location or Marathon reporting

location, (resume may be attached but is not required) to:

[email protected], or mail to 3 La Croix Court, Key Largo,

FL 33037, or fax 305-853-3574. For more information call 305-853-

3571. Deadline for receipt of applications is Tuesday, October 2, 2012,

4:00 p.m.

POSITIONSAVAILABLE AT:

The Guidance/CareCenter, Inc.

Behavioral HealthTherapist

Providing services to

children at marathon

High School. Master’s

required: Licensed

preferred. Full-Time.

Case ManagersReferring, linking and

tracking resources to

adult and children in the

Florida Keys. Positions

available in Key Largo,

Marathon and Key West.

Bachelor’s required.

Full-Time.

Driver - MarathonPart-time/per diem, 3

years clean driving

record. Valid CDL license

with passenger endorsement.

All applicants must submit:1) Resume; 2) three refer-ences; 3) undergo back-ground, fingerprint, and

drug screening prior to anyoffer of employment.

Send resume to [email protected] or

via facsimile to (305) 571-9324.

EEOC/DFWPFormer applicants need not apply

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