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relocating and updating the spa. “Spas are today what swimming pools were to a hotel in the old days,” he said. Technology and its infrastructure will be updated because today’s guests demand it.
“The Inn was built in 1922. The reality is that we have to go in with state-ofthe-art technology,” he said. Landscaping is another area of consideration, he said. Krazter said that even with the changes, his company will be mindful of The Inn’s position in the community. “We are very transparent
about what we do,” he said. He said they will remember to retain the superior comfort for guests as well as keep the romance, recognizing its importance to the community and remembering to retain its essence. “What we have here that no one else has is the community,” he said. He said they will contin-
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death, the boat remained in the family’s possession. Holmquist had gotten to know the Hendricks family and had even worked on the boat prior to undertaking its full restoration. Holmquist offered to lease the boat and the deal was OK’d by the one of the Hendricks’ sons. Holmquist began working on the boat just after the New Year. The boat itself had become a popular tourist attraction, but because of its dilapidated condition, it left many visitors disappointed by what they saw. Hearing those comments of disappointment and knowing the boat was nearing its 100th anniversary is what prompted Holmquist to get started working on the boat. When Holmquist began the restorations he said the boat had so many holes in it that when it would rain, the water would just come pouring out of the bottom of it. Holmquist said he’d put more than 1,000 hours of work into the restoration and, working with a crew of six others, was able to complete the work in four months. He was afraid that if the work hadn’t started when it did, the restorations would never have taken place. “This was a real national treasure…having this in our backyard and it’s just sitting here rotting away,” he said. It was a shame, he added. When he was working on the boat Holmquist was
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Lance Holmquist (left) with his wife Suzanne travel up the Key Largo canals in the African Queen, which Holmquist restored for it 100th anniversary. Photo courtesy of Lance Holmquist
amazed by its original construction. He was amazed to see the use of galvanized 10gauge steel rivets and the red and white lead gaskets that helped seal and protect the inside sections of the boat. “The construction of it, I was really surprised that the old metal that was a hundred years old was in such good condition,” he said. “They just don’t make them like that anymore; they just don’t build like that,” Holmquist added. Since the completion of the restorations, the public has become enamored with the boat once again, and Holmquist said people love to hear the boat’s famed steam whistle blow once more. Holmquist gives tours of the boat and powers it down the canals, still under the original steam-powered engine, which he had to learn to use. “The steam engine is very
difficult, very temperamental,” he said. “It wasn’t for the dummy to run these things…it could be a very volatile situation if you didn’t open the valve on time,” he said. “Us, doing a tour on it every day, it’s really necessary for the captain and the engineer…to real-
ue to welcome clubs, groups and organizations that meet there such as the Rotary. “We want them there,” he said. The company, JMI, may be remembered for being chosen to do the restoration of the Ballpark District surrounding Petco Park in 1998. One of the owners of JMI is Padres owner John Moores. ly pay attention to all of the gauges and to really look at what’s going on the whole time,” he said. In the film, “The African Queen,” Humphrey Bogart plays a curmudgeon of a captain, something that Holmquist said he can identify with. “He’s a pretty salty kind of character and I think I’ve been kind of accused of being that way myself; kind of blunt and straight-to-the-point,” he said.“In my business, I think it works a little bit better.” One thing that Holmquist would like to do with the boat is take it up through the Everglades in the wilderness waterways, which he said is close to same type of surroundings that the boat once cruised in the Congo. The African Queen was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. More information may be found at calypsosailing.com.
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could come in person and discuss it with Covenant officials. When liens are placed on a property, the owner may not complete a sale of the property until the delinquent fees are paid. In other Association business, Smith told the board the two candidates for the board are scheduled to speak at the annual meeting to be held May 10. The meeting begins at 5:45 p.m., but attendees can meet the candidates beginning at 5 p.m. Because there are only two positions open and two directors leaving, Rochelle Putnam and Craig McAllister will not have to go through the formal election process. They will take the places of Jack Queen and Dick Doughty, whose terms are expiring. The Association then discussed ways of getting more people interested in various committees in the Covenant.
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job and rode the horse really well.” Afterward, Lizzy rewarded Listo with his favorite treats — apples and carrots. “He’s more than an animal, he’s my best friend,” she said. “It’s not just me who won, he did all the work. I just had to ride him well.” It was a long day for Lizzy and her mother, but rewarding. “I was tired because I had to get up at 5:15 a.m.
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Katharine Hepburn (left) and Humphrey Bogart star in “The African Queen” directed by John Huston. Photo courtesy of Horizon Pictures
dence, canvassed for witnesses and filed an affidavit recommending he be charged with manslaughter. Sanford officers delivered the terrible news to Trayvon’s father face to face almost as soon as the family phoned police seeking his whereabouts. Needless to say, no corrections were forthcoming. Instead, fresh outrage was manufactured over murky video footage of Zimmerman being led into police headquarters in handcuffs, seemingly unmarked after being treated by EMS technicians. For MSNBC viewers, the footage became as familiar as the Zapruder film of JFK’s assassination. Not only the Rev. Sharpton, but Big Ed Schultz, Lawrence O’Donnell and their guests repeatedly portrayed it as the linchpin of their case. Zimmerman had clearly lied about Trayvon assaulting him. Therefore there was no self-defense. Case closed. So when ABC News published a contemporaneous photo of Zimmerman with blood streaming from two wounds on the back of his
“We want to figure out how to open it up and get more participation,” Holler said. Contributing to the problem are the size of committees and the staggering of the terms of the members. An example is the Roads and Transportation Committee. It was nearly accidentally disbanded because two committees had merged into one and every member’s term ended at the same time, expect for one. When the committee positions were advertised, the response was disappointing. “We have had only one taker,” Holler said. Holler said the committees are vital to the community as they provide input from the community, they provide the board with recommendations on technical or policy issues and they increase community involvement. “We wouldn’t want to have less community participation,” board member Anne Feighner said.
for three mornings,” Lizzy said. “It was the last day of the show and I thought, yay, it’s over and ended well.” Sunday night, before returning the next day to Diegueno Middle School, Lizzy sat down with the family to enjoy a victory dinner with the main course being her mother’s famous baked pasta. “It’s good to know that I can be good at something other than school work,” Lizzy said. “It’s fun because you have to do school work, but I choose to do this and I do it well.” head on the day of his bail hearing, a naive observer might have imagined that an attitude adjustment might be in order. No chance. Sharpton ignored the photos altogether; the rest gave them short shrift. So maybe Zimmerman’s a racist murderer, maybe his suspicions of Trayvon were correct, or possibly something in between. Based on what I know, I can’t say. Then there was this disconcerting admission from the AP’s account of the hearing: “Investigator Dale Gilbreath testified that he does not know whether Martin or Zimmerman threw the first punch and that there is no evidence to disprove Zimmerman’s contention he was walking back to his vehicle when confronted by Martin.” And if he doesn’t know, dear reader, neither do you. Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons is a National Magazine Award winner and co-author of “The Hunting of the President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). You can email Lyons at eugenelyons2@yahoo.com.
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