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Rest in peace, Sheriff Roth.

October 17, 2019

LEGENDARY LAW MAN SHERIFF ROTH LEAVES LEGACY | P. 20

ASSISTED-LIVING

MADE MORE AFFORDABLE | P. 24

POPEYE’S MAKING PROGRESS CHICKEN REIGNS OVER BURGER KING | P. 16

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ey West is a staple for phenomenal live music. From local artists to main-stage acts we’re treated to unparalleled talent. Some of those stage greats are our friends and neighbors, while we’ve grown up listening to the albums or attending stadium concerts of others. With national acts such as Lee Brice, Grace Potter and Kool and the Gang coming to town, there is no shortage of opportunities to grab a cold one and catch a killer concert. So we want to know:

What artist or band would make your musical dreams come true by rocking our beloved little island?

I’d like to see The Dave Matthews Band come to town. They would bring the kind of vibe this town loves so much and with a large crowd that can chill with the locals.

— Eddie Roberts

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Flatline Calvary from the Mile Marker 0 Fest. Heard them last year and can’t wait to see them again.

They talk about their inspiration for the songs and I hang on every word they say. I close my eyes and picture them in that moment of musical genius, frantically writing down the lyrics and dancing their fingers on the guitar to blend their vision. — Lindsey Nelson I recently read Garth Brooks is doing a Dive Bar Tour soon. It would be awesome to see one of the most entertaining/stadium-packing country artists here on our little island! However, I think U.S.1 would be jammed up, like a mandatory evacuation to Key West;) We all know the songs whether you are country or not! — Chad Burtch

I have a long list but if I had to choose just one I would say Beyoncé — she is a great performer and her music is family friendly!

— Tiffanie McInturff

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BATTLE ENDS IN ‘WIN-WIN’ BOCC REMOVES CONTESTED KEY LARGO LOT FROM HOUSING GRANT

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After a heated debate with the BOCC at the September meeting and chanting from the crowd of “Let her speak,” Marlen Weeks, the leader of the Save Our Green Space movement around Key Largo Community Park, received a standing ovation from the crowd of supporters. TIFFANY DUONG/Keys Weekly

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four-month clash over workforce housing and green space has come to a peaceful resolution with the BOCC’s votes to purchase two properties in the Lower Keys for workforce rental housing while simultaneously removing the hotly contested “Tract E” from the grant application.

The original grant application awarded Monroe County $1,957,160 in Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery funding to build affordable workforce housing. The county was required to identify sites currently owned by the county or under contract for purchase as potential locations for such housing to be built, but the funds were awarded as a single grant. Howard’s Haven Trailer Park in Big Pine and Conch Key Trailer Park in Conch Key were selected, and later, Tract E in Key Largo was added.

Marlen Weeks, Key Largo resident and local leader of the “Save Our Green Space” movement, explained at the September meeting why Upper Keys residents were riled up. “The Continued on page 7.

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MANDY MILES

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SANCTUARY OPPONENTS ‘SAY NO TO NOAA’

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aritime professionals in the Lower Keys were nearly unanimous Tuesday in their opposition to new rules being proposed for the Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary. Fifty-nine of 60 speakers, many wearing “Say No to NOAA” shirts, opposed the changes, while some suggested other potential ways to protect the Keys’ most vital natural resource.

Sanctuary officials, supporters and volunteer Sanctuary Advisory Council members representing various marine industries, user groups and the Keys community listened to more than three hours of comments from 60 captains, divers, fishermen, dolphin watchers and backcountry operators during a public input forum from 1:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Key West Marriott Beachside Hotel.

The forum was the latest in a series of public outreach meetings taking place throughout the Keys and South Florida while sanctuary officials introduce a new management plan that includes proposals for tighter restrictions and more limited access to certain areas of the surrounding marine sanctuary.

The forum started with the members of the panel introducing themselves and outlining their thoughts about the comprehensive management plan, which sanctuary managers have named Restoration Blueprint.

“This is a huge project and it pisses people off, but I don’t think now is the time to stop talking to each other,” said SAC member Joe Weatherby, a boat captain, diver and artificial reef advocate.

“When the Restoration Blueprint came out, I was disappointed to see nothing about water quality. We should, at the very least, be testing our water. I’ve been assured we will see these recommendations evolve, so I urge you to at least stay in this discussion and let’s at least talk about a better way.”

Dozens of sanctuary opponents donned “Say No to NOAA” t-shirts at Tuesday’s public input forum about proposed changes to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

While many of the speakers and other panel members echoed Weatherby’s water quality concerns, most community members were outspoken in opposing any changes that would affect their livelihoods and lifestyle.

And while many speakers expressed concern about changes to popular recreational areas such as Snipe Point and Marvin Key, the sanctuary emphasized in an informational brochure that, “NOAA is not proposing to limit access to backcountry shallows and sandbars where there is historical recreational use, such as at Snipe Point and Marvin Key.” In addition to water quality monitoring requests to measure runoff from Florida Bay and the Everglades, the most commonly heard comments included requests for increased enforcement of existing rules before enacting new rules, new mooring balls and channel markers throughout the sanctuary.

Attorney David Paul Horan and several others warned officials that limiting access to one area of the sanctuary will simply move users to other areas.

“It’s the death of common sense to think that closing our most popular recreational areas will not overpopulate other areas. … And once the government takes ‘it’ away, away, they never return ‘it’ to us.”

COMMUNITY NEWS

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BATTLE ENDS IN ‘WIN-WIN’

Adriana Perez, Saida Cruz, and Cruz’s kids Bstelita Cruz, 4, Violetta Cruz, 2, and Leinah Cruz, 1, brought friends and signs to the September BOCC meeting to protest against bocce ball courts going in Key Largo Community Park. This was their first BOCC meeting. TIFFANY DUONG/Keys Weekly

county is talking about putting six pickleball courts in our green space. This is our park.

The pickleball courts were supposed to be in Tract E across the street but now are being put inside the park, because Tract E had been submitted as a potential site for affordable housing,” says Weeks.

In both private and public meetings since June, emotions flared and the “opposing sides” somehow took shape as workforce housing versus green space. Commissioner David Rice mentioned at the September BOCC meeting that Monroe County desperately needs affordable housing and shouldn’t lose out on funding already awarded for that purpose.

Seemingly opposed, green space activists used their sounding board agenda item to point out that the park is the only green space in Key Largo and that Tract E was always intended to be park land, even if affordable housing is a big problem. There was no resolution, and staff were instructed to investigate the possibility of substituting other properties into the grant application to ensure Monroe County didn’t lose out on the critical CDBG-DR funding it’s been waiting for.

They delivered an even better solution, a win-win for both sides. At the Oct. 16 BOCC meeting, Hurley prefaced the related agenda items with several assurances that dissolved any worries and harsh words that might have remained in the room. “If you approve these items, we’ll request the housing board to submit a letter to withdraw the request to build 5 units in Key Largo adjacent to the park,” she said. Point, green space.

Hurley continued, explaining her critical breakthrough. County staff worked with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to ensure that undesignated funds will remain as a set-aside for Monroe, available for re-issuance under new grant proposals. “So, Monroe County as an agency or other projects in the

county will have the opportunity to make sure that that money stays in Monroe County for workforce housing,” Hurley said.

She said Tract E’s removal will not result in the county losing out on the other two projects under the grant, nor on the critical funding intended to develop Tract E. The county commissioners voted to (1) approve the purchase of the other two projects to move forward with their development, (2) remove the proposed development of Tract E from the grant application, thereby reducing the awarded amount, and (3) amend the ground lease with the Monroe County Housing Authority to eliminate Tract E from the lease while still maintaining the other two sites for development of critical workforce housing.

Relieved residents expressed their gratitude to the commissioners and staff. Nancy Bean said, “I wanted to thank you for responding to the sounding board and putting it on the agenda. The way it reads is perfect because I believe we keep what we need down south, but we keep the promise of 2003.”

Rice made a motion to approve, echoing others in thanking Hurley and other staff. He said, “Through their efforts, I think we’ve found what I hoped we would find: a win-win.” Commissioner Michelle Coldiron seconded, voicing the need to memorialize the promise of keeping Tract E as park land for residents to avoid future conflicts and confusions.

Coldiron said, “I am frustrated by our inability to get workforce housing projects off the ground anywhere in the county, so I am super excited that we’re going to be moving forward with at least two of the workforce housing projects. Even though I know we have workers in Key Largo who would benefit, I will bend to the will of the residents of Key Largo. We hear loud and clear the residents want it to remain park land.”

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Duong joins Weekly staff Tiffany Duong is the newest addition to the Weekly Newspapers’ growing team.

She will cover environmental, county and school board news countywide and will manage the newspaper’s digital

platforms.

A native Californian, she’s found herself at home in the Keys with the sunshine, year-round access to beautiful diving, and welcoming community.

Duong made her way to the Keys and the Weekly through a career change, some social media magic and some sheer luck. Studying international development and Italian at U.C.L.A. and climate change law at University of Pennsylvania Law School, she practiced renewable energy project finance in Los Angeles until a dive trip to the Galapagos convinced her that an ocean-focused life was the way to go.

She quit law to travel, advocate for the oceans and write. Duong honed her advocacy and journalism skills at environmental nonprofits and as a freelance journalist. She moved to Key Largo and became a scientific diver with the Coral Restoration Foundation in late 2018 after answering a call for interns on Instagram.

Duong has been writing freelance for the Weekly since meeting staff at a lionfish tasting earlier in the year. Now, she’s thrilled to join the staff full time and continue reporting on the amazing people and things happening here in the Florida Keys. “We’re at ground zero for a lot of what matters statewide and even internationally. I love being able to bring that perspective to the table,” she said.

Publisher Jason Koler said, “We’re really excited to have Tiffany join us.

Her passion for the environment and the community has helped her find her place here in the Keys and with the Weekly. We love having her voice onboard.”

Duong joins a fast-growing staff that spans three offices across the Florida Keys. Locally owned and operated, the Weekly was established in 2003 and is now the largest publishing group in Monroe County – producing three weekly community newspapers, festival programs for events like the Gigantic Nautical Flea Market, annual reports and specialty magazines like Keys Woman and OnBoard.

Have a story or lead for Duong?

She’d love to tell it. Email her at tiffany@keysweekly.com or call (408)5151704.

— Weekly staff report

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TOM FILIPKOWSKI wwwkeysweekly.com

INSPIRED

BY EXCELLENCE D

BARNETT STRIVES TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE

r. Ryan Barnett wants to give his patients “a higher quality of life and a greater sense of well-being.”

Ask anyone around town and they’ll tell you he does exactly that.

The popular chiropractor on White Street has a knack for listening to the needs of his patients and devising a plan to better their lives. You can hear him talk all about it during one of his Health Talks on Monday, Oct. 14 at his office, 1200 White St. This month’s talk will touch on subjects such as achieving the mindset to increase your potential, wellness and happiness.

Born and raised in Key West, Barnett has been involved in the chiropractic world ever since. “My aunt was a chiropractor, so I’ve been under chiropractic care since the day I was born,” he said.

He’s been an athlete all his life and attended the University of Florida on a track scholarship. He started out as a child tennis player, which gave way to running, and now has turned to paddleboarding.

He attributes some of his success to his parents. “They believe in helping to grow and nurture passion.” Barnett spent a year working as a physical therapist at the famous Chelsea Piers in New York City before attending the Life University in Atlanta, where he received his doctor of chiropractic degree.

When Barnett returned to the Conch Republic, his goals became obvious to him. “I started practicing in Key West and immediately understood what I wanted to do to be a part of this community: Connect with people in a way that opened up the conversation for healing. My whole motivation when I moved back was the community.”

He takes a three-pronged approach to his work – equal parts science, philosophy and art – and his patients would agree he’s more than a doctor, he’s a healer. “Chiropractic has always been a big influence in my life as far as the philosophy of

life, which is based around restoring trust and the possibility for your body to be healing.”

Barnett spends his off-time paddleboarding around the island and preparing for his next Health Talk. “I’m a big believer in ‘You’re either growing or you’re dying’ when it comes to life, so health talks are a great avenue to allow me to drill that well a little deeper with my understanding, and it gives me a platform and a medium to do it.”

What is your full name and nickname? My full name is Ryan Jeffery Barnett. I don’t have many nicknames, but I have a nickname for when I was in trouble, which is Jake.

What is your astrological sign, and do you fit the description of it? Absolutely. Gemini, split personalities. Growing up, I struggled a lot with that. Always one type of person, then something would happen and a different Ryan would come to light. One of my proudest accomplishments when it comes to bringing myself to center of balance in my life is doing a much better job putting one personality forward instead of that duality.

Do you have a life creed or motto? Nothing is bigger than life.

Never judge your life by someone else’s highlight reel.

Who are your inspirations? Excellence. People on a sports platform, individuals who have excelled or achieved a level of excellence. As an athlete growing up, seeing excellence helped me understand that it takes discipline, it takes routine to get to a level of excellence inside yourself. That type of model has allowed me to build that type of concept into other avenues of my life.

What is on your bucket list?

Always to travel more. I think experience is the greatest knowledge you can have. I think the experience of seeing more people, more places, understanding how really

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insignificant we are when it comes to the big picture of our planet, it’s humbling. It reminds me that everyone out there is trying to live his or her life and find happiness, and it allows me to focus on the same thing.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Being present. Being able to sit in your day and feel like you’re contributing and making a difference.

What is the thing you most dislike? I have such reverence for the human body that when I see people treat it like a barn and not a temple, it’s tough for me.

Which TV, movie or superhero character would be your alter ego? Captain Planet What would be your last meal, and who would you want to cook it? My last meal would be something with lots of life energy in it. It would be something from the ground, the earth, something that would allow me to share of this planet. As poor of a cook as I am, I would want to cook it myself because I’ve learned that I always appreciate things more when I participate in the process.

Name three things you cannot live without. Endorphins after exercise, a good support system and a sense of purpose.

If you had the power of invisibility, what would you do with it?

Sometimes I worry as a healthcare professional that you can’t see the forest for the trees. Sometimes I

wonder if I’m working with people in the most effective ways. I’m curious about how people are managing their health outside of my office.

On what occasion do you lie? I lie to myself that Waffle House is good for me because I eat it on every road trip.

Who would be your dream audience? People who are really looking to elevate their consciousness and health.

What is your greatest extravagance? Fine cuisine while traveling. Enjoying different foods and cultures.

What would you like to be reincarnated as? I would like to be reincarnated as a dog that’s owned by someone like me. My dog gets homemade food and is with us 24/7…

If you could eat lunch with one famous person, who would it be and where would you go? I would eat with Rich Roll. He’s an ultraendurance vegan athlete. I would love for us to go to Date and Thyme because that would mean he was here in Key West.

My most marked characteristic is… passion.

My autobiography title would be… “Nothing Is Bigger Than Life.”

I can never refuse… fresh air.

When I go, I will go… knowing I gave it all I got.

HEAL GROW THRIVE

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GOOD DEEDS Monroe County Property Transfers

Listing Office

Selling Office

Key Largo

Sold Date

List Price

MLStoSell.com Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Freewheeler 10/15/2019Realty $ 389,000.00 Coldwell Banker Schmitt Key Largo International Keys Realty 10/11/2019 $ 449,000.00 Island Equity Real Estate Island Equity Real Estate 10/11/2019 $ 380,000.00 Century 21 Island Life (KL) Coldwell Banker Schmitt Key Largo 10/16/2019 $ 1,475,000.00 Florida Realty of Miami Florida Realty of Miami 10/9/2019 $ 749,000.00 American Caribbean Real Estate - Key Largo American Caribbean Real Estate - Key 10/8/2019 Largo $ 142,000.00 Coldwell Banker Schmitt Key Largo Outside Of MLS - FKBR 10/11/2019 $ 149,000.00 Dream House Realty, Inc. Shoreline Properties 10/8/2019 $ 560,000.00 LoKation Real Estate LoKation Real Estate 10/11/2019 $ 145,000.00 LoKation Real Estate Outside Of MLS 10/10/2019 $ 1,500,000.00 Island Equity Real Estate American Caribbean Real Estate - Key10/15/2019 Largo $ 950,000.00 Coldwell Banker Schmitt Islamorada Tropical Realty of the Florida Keys, Inc. 10/16/2019 $ 410,000.00

Lower Matecumbe Key

Sold Price $ 392,000.00 $ 429,000.00 $ 371,000.00 $ 1,425,000.00 $ 720,000.00 $ 142,000.00 $ 140,000.00 $ 560,000.00 $ 127,000.00 $ 1,240,000.00 $ 900,000.00 $ 385,000.00

American Caribbean Real Estate - Islamorada Outside Of MLS - FKBR Century 21 Island Life (ISL) Outside Of MLS - FKBR American Caribbean Real Estate - Islamorada Non Res Member MLStoSell.com MLStoSell.com

10/11/2019 10/9/2019 10/10/2019 10/11/2019

$ 780,000.00 $ $ 1,085,000.00 $ $ 965,000.00 $ $ 997,000.00 $

750,000.00 940,000.00 880,000.00 985,000.00

Coldwell Banker Schmitt Islamorada

10/9/2019

$

485,000.00

Long Key

Duck Key

Outside Of MLS - FKBR

Street #

549,000.00 $

Yr Blt

Style

End Rd Bonita Ave Tropical Ln Barracuda Blvd La Paloma Rd Avenue A 2nd Ct Ocean Bay Dr, #15 Ocean Bay Dr, #43 Cort Ln Aberdeen Ct Indian Ave

2007 1990 1970 2004 1988 1966 1958 1993 1990 1996 1989 2017

Single Fam Single Fam Mobile Hom Single Fam Single Fam Mobile Hom Mobile Hom Condo Boat Slip Single Fam Single Fam Single Fam

3 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 0 4 3 3

No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No

106 105 103 103 102 101.5 101.5 100 100 94 93 93

Columbus Dr Overseas Hwy Gulfview Dr Porto Vista Ct

1976 1968 1982 1980

Single Fam Single Fam Single Fam Single Fam

4 2 3 3

Yes Yes Yes Yes

76.5 75 74.5 74.5

120 Primrose Ln

1995 Single Fam

2

Yes

68

3 24 893 450 216 34 132 1540 1550 135 210 142 106 74856 217 102

Street Name

Tot Beds Wtrfrnt MM

Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Co.Coldwell Banker Schmitt Islamorada 10/11/2019

$ 1,275,000.00 $ 1,125,000.00

232 Seaview Dr

1985 Single Fam

2

Yes

61

Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Co.Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Co. 10/10/2019

$

360 5th Street

1971 Single Fam

3

Yes

53.5

RE/MAX All Keys Real Estate (Marathon) Truman & Co. (KW) 10/10/2019 Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Co.Fathom Realty 10/15/2019 The New Home Spot, Inc. Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Co. 10/10/2019

$ 450,000.00 $ 430,000.00 1877-1875 107th Street Gulf $ 349,000.00 $ 329,000.00 11200 5th Avenue Ocean $ 1,300,000.00 $ 1,250,000.00 449 Sombrero Beach Rd

1971 Duplex 1953 Single Fam 2018 Half Duple

4 2 5

No No Yes

53 53 49.5

Sellstate Island Properties Florida Keys Realty, Inc. 10/9/2019 Keller Williams Key West Compass Realty Century 21 Island Life (KL) 10/15/2019 KeyIsle Realty-Lower/Middle/Upper Keys Coastal Collection Real Estate Inc. 10/8/2019 Coldwell Banker Schmitt RE Co. Lower Keys Coldwell Office Banker Schmitt RE Co. Lower10/15/2019 Keys Office

$ $ $ $

370,000.00 389,000.00 489,000.00 515,000.00

$ $ $ $

360,000.00 380,000.00 475,000.00 475,000.00

31017 31112 29164 29044

1981 2004 1988 1990

Single Fam Single Fam Single Fam Single Fam

2 3 3 2

Yes No Yes Yes

31 31 29 29

Waterfront Keys Realty Inc. American Caribbean Real Estate - Islamorada 10/7/2019 Berkshire Hathaway Knight & Gardner Realty Keller Williams Key West Compass Realty 10/10/2019 KeyIsle Realty-Lower/Middle/Upper Keys Century 21 Island Life BPK 10/11/2019

$ $ $

379,000.00 $ 455,000.00 $ 679,000.00 $

370,000.00 400,000.00 650,000.00

701 Spanish Main Dr, #384 22440 La Fitte Dr 1052 Spanish Main Dr

N/A Lots 1986 Single Fam 1987 Single Fam

0 2 3

Yes Yes Yes

23 23 23

Truman & Co. (KW)

Vacasa Florida, LLC

10/10/2019

$

529,000.00 $

520,000.00

45 Palm Dr

2019 Single Fam

3

Yes

15

Barbara A. Anderson Realty

Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Co. 10/11/2019

$

360,000.00 $

370,000.00

103 Sirius Ln

1969 Mobile Hom

3

Yes

9

2007 Single Fam

3

Yes

5.5

1975 Single Fam

3

No

5

1967 N/A 1996 1996 1991 1987 1987

3 0 0 0 2 0 0

No No No No No No No

3 2 1 1 1 1 1

Key Colony Beach Marathon

Big Pine Key

Cudjoe Key

Saddlebunch Key Geiger Key Key Haven

599,000.00 $

580,000.00

Coldwell Banker Schmitt RE Co. Lower Keys Coastal Office Collection Real Estate Inc.

10/15/2019

$ 1,250,000.00 $ 1,210,000.00

Bascom Grooms Real Estate (KW)

10/15/2019

$

429,000.00 $

434,000.00

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MUSIC

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Sam Harrison and Alec McElcheran will round out the Paul DesLauriers Band (that’s the namesake, center) at the Coral Head Music Fest on Saturday, Oct. 19. CONTRIBUTED

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THE BLUES-IEST Paul DesLauriers Band takes the stage in Marathon this weekend

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hese guys are world class and no joke. Three years ago, the Paul DesLauriers Band placed second in Memphis’ International Blues Challenge. Oh, and they’re Canadian — great messengers of the blues’ presence worldwide.

“Canada has a very healthy blues scene,” said Paul DesLauriers, pronounced de-lori-eh. “But the experience at that festival opened our eyes to the global reach of the blues. There were bands from Croatia to the Philippines to Australia. It’s worldwide.”

DesLauriers is equally strong on vocals and guitar. He’s joined on stage by his forever partner, drummer Sam Harrison.

Alec McElcheran (bass) joined the band just recently.

“But Alec has been part of the ‘family’ — contributing lyrics to the band since the first record. And, Sam and I played our first gig together in 1996. Basically, we’re brothers; there’s a communion we have that is difficult to build.”

Not only does the band have a tight relationship, the sound is just as connected. DesLauriers said it isn’t a “wall of music.”

“While playing, we go through a lot of dynamic changes. We can follow each other on the turn of a dime, or give each other room to stretch out,” he said.

The band just released its first album in three years, “Bounce.” It was recorded on breaks during an extensive 2018 tour that touched Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

Listen for “Waiting on You” — one of the new tracks. It’s a sweet ballad that gets a lot of love from the audience. Also on the album is a tune recorded with Florida bluesman JP Soars, titled “Picked A Bad Day.” The songwriting is very much a group effort.

“We just sit in the room and jam things out, working on musical ideas together,” DesLauriers said. “That way, we develop a cohesive band sound, with an equal musical contribution so you get everyone’s skill and personality in the song. It takes three important characters in this formula to make it work.”

This will be the band’s first foray to the Florida Keys. They will join other top-notch blues bands on stage at the Marathon Community Park’s amphitheater stage including Anthony Gomes, Dana Fuchs, Shaw Davis and the Black Ties, Bill Blue, and the Ghost Town Blues Band. Purchase tickets for the Saturday concert at coralheadmusicfest.com.

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KEY WEST FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FLORIDA LINE-UP

The short film ‘Float 23’ follows Key West resident Bob Harvey and the Mystick Krewe of Key West as they build a ‘Keysopoly’ float for the 2018 Fantasy Fest parade. CAROL TEDESCO/Contributed

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he Key West Film Festival, an annual celebration of contemporary cinema, kicks off Wednesday, Nov. 20 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 24, with the Tropic Cinema on Eaton Street as its home base.

Now in its eighth year, the festival showcases dozens of films while highlighting the people on screen and behind the scenes who make movies possible. Visiting filmmakers, actors, directors, and industry leaders participate in discussions and workshops, offering festival attendees access to some of the biggest names in the film business.

Red carpet events, parties and award ceremonies round out the festival experience.

While the complete 2019 lineup will be officially unveiled at a kick-off party on Oct. 29 at Mangoes Restaurant, the festival has finalized its selection of 32 Floridafocused films. The line-up includes features, indie shorts and student films, along with five screenplay competition finalists. The complete list of Florida-focused films, which includes movies directed or produced in Florida, or with Floridabased crew or actors, is available now at kwfilmfest.com. Some highlights include: “A Name without a Place” is a feature-length, suitably weird love letter to South Florida from rising director Kenny Riches. In the wake of a tragedy, a sheltered young man retraces his late brother’s footsteps from Miami Beach to the Florida Keys. While uncovering a deeper understanding of fate and his own mortality, he stumbles across a narcissistic recluse and his fountain of youth.

“Pahokee” is a documentary featuring four high-school students embarking on their senior year in Pahokee, a small Florida town on the shores of Lake Okeechobee.

The teens navigate the rite-of-passage rituals as they make profound decisions about their futures while the pressure of Pahokee’s economic hardships weighs heavily on their shoulders. Directors Patrick Bresnan and Ivette Lucas will attend and participate in a Q&A moderated by former ESPN anchor and parttime Key West resident Bob Ley. “The Infiltrators” is a documentary about Claudio Rojas, who, without warning, is detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials outside his Florida home. He is transferred to a detention facility, which shows itself to be a complex, for-profit institution housing hundreds of multinational immigrants imprisoned without trial. Emiliano Rojas, son of Claudio Rojas, will attend and participate in a Q&A moderated by Monica Castillo, a RogerEbert.com film critic.

“Float 23” is a short film that follows Fantasy Fest Parade Captain Bob Harvey and his “Mystick Krewe” as they build their “Keysopoly” float.

“In Human Kind” is a short film featuring a sex-trafficking survivor who speaks out to help others at risk.

“Here for the Free Wine” is a short film about Jacksonville-based muralist Jason Tetlak, who questions success in the art marketplace as he prepares for his big show.

For information and event passes, go to kwfilmfest.com or contact at Tropic Cinema Marketing Director Carla Turner at Carla@ tropiccinema.com.

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SOCIETY SEEKS KEY WEST COLLECTIBLES FOR EXHIBIT CUSTOM HOUSE TO PRESENT ‘OUR COMMUNITY TREASURES’ IN NOVEMBER

Key West Art & Historical Society seeks unusual or impressive collections – like this collection of scrimshaw from the late 18th through mid-19th centuries – to be considered for the next “Key West Collects” exhibit in November. CAROL TEDESCO/Contributed

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o you collect interesting and unusual objects? Is your home filled with knickknacks, curios, ornaments, trinkets, baubles, collectibles, artwork and other objects of interest? Those unique treasures could be part of an upcoming exhibit at the Custom House Museum. “Key West Collects: Our Community Treasures,” is one of Key West Art & Historical Society’s most popular returning exhibits and will be on display from Nov. 22, 2019 through Jan. 5, 2020.

Keys residents who would like to have their own unusual or impressive collections considered for the exhibit should contact KWAHS curator Cori Convertito at 305-295-6616 ext.

112, or email a description with photographs to cconvertitofarrar@kwahs.org. The last “Key West Collects” exhibit, held in 2017, included objects such as exotic opium pipes, vintage dolls, World War I sheet music,

scrimshaw from the 19th century, pre-Colombian artifacts, embroidered linens and other historically significant objects collected by the local community.

“Florida Keys residents are fascinated by so many facets of culture, history and the arts,” Convertito said. “Displaying a small representation of their interests allows the museum to generate conversation amongst its visitors.”

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs, “Key West Collects: Our Community Treasures” will open with a special reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 22 in the Bumpus Gallery at the Custom House Museum, 281 Front St. For more information visit kwahs.org.

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Perpetual Groove will bring its inimitable jams to the lawn at East Martello on Thursday, Dec. 12.

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ust out the patchouli and get ready to jam.

Tickets are on sale now for an evening of live music starring legendary jam band Perpetual Groove with opening act The Happy Dog. Presented by the Key West Art & Historical Society, the show is part of the society’s Music at Martello series and will take place on Thursday, Dec. 12 on the grounds of historic Fort East Martello, 3501 S. Roosevelt Blvd., Key West.

Doors open at 6 p.m. with The Happy Dog band starting at 7 p.m., followed by Perpetual Groove.

Known for a sound that fuses Southern rock, funk, jazzy improvisation, indie rock and synth loops, and whose hits include “Save for One,” “Mr. Transistor,” “Three Weeks,” “Teakwood” and “Walking in Place,” Perpetual Groove will perform from its classic playlist along with material from its newly released self-titled album.

Concertgoers are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets for a “backyard casual” setup that will include food vendors and cash bar. The event is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs. General admission is $25; children under 12 are admitted free. Limited parking is available; bicycling is encouraged. Tickets are available at kwahs.org/tickets.

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POPEYE’S MAKES PROGRESS IN KEY WEST

CHICKEN JOINT REPLACES BURGER KING ON THE BOULEVARD

The former Burger King at 2120 North Roosevelt Boulevard is in the process of becoming a Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen, which is due to open in the coming months. MANDY MILES/ Keys Weekly

MANDY MILES mandy@keysweekly.com

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here’s nothing like a brand new fast-food option to get Key Westers’ attention and dominate discussions around town and online. Only on this island would the 2015 opening of Taco Bell require armed security details to control hungry crowds in both the dining room and drive-through lines.

Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen will be the latest drive-through line to stretch around the building that’s being renovated at 2120 N. Roosevelt Blvd. Its catchy jingle is already firmly lodged in the minds of anyone who has seen and heard the television commercials for “Loo-ziana fast…love that chicken from Popeye’s.”

A company called Sun Holdings Inc. signed a lease in September 2018 for the former Burger King, which had been closed since Hurricane Irma, although real estate broker Will Langley of Berkshire Hathaway, who handled the negotiations, said the building was not damaged in the storm.

“It already needed a new roof; that wasn’t storm-related, but there are other significant upgrades that Sun Holdings is making to the property,” Langley said when the lease was signed.

Workers at the site on Wednesday didn’t have a definite completion date, but estimated that their work would be finished “some time in the next month.”

Sun Holdings operates more than 800 franchise locations that include Popeye’s, Arby’s, Cici’s pizza buffet, Krispy Kreme and Golden Corral.

Sun Holdings Founder and CEO Guillermo Perales, a Mexican immigrant who started with a single Golden Corral location in 1997, built Sun Holdings into the largest Latino-owned franchise operator in the U.S, according to Forbes magazine.

Popeye’s started out as a Chicken on the Run restaurant in 1972 in New Orleans, but performed poorly, the company’s website states. Its owner and founder, Alvin C. Copeland Sr., rebranded the restaurant in 1976 and renamed it Popeye’s after Popeye Doyle of “The French Connection,” the company’s website states.

The company opened its first franchise location in 1976 and now has more than 2,000 locations nationwide.

Additional switches from Burger King to Popeye’s could be occurring nationwide, as Burger King Corp. bought Popeye’s for $1.8 billion in February 2017, according to money.com.

DARE I SAY IT?

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has been living in and writing about Key West and the Florida Keys since 1998. She lives in Old Town with her husband, Capt. Stan Miles, a longtime charter fisherman.

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WORDS BECOME WEAPONS IN THE WORLD OF ONLINE REVIEWS

s it just me, or are online retailers getting a bit pushy with their guilt-inducing emails, begging for a good review – or at the very least, a chance to make things better with an unsatisfied customer?

Certainly, it’s a genius marketing move, to establish personal and direct contact via email, before a disappointed customer gets their itchy, little fingers in front of a keyboard to fire off a very public put-down.

But nowadays some of them are going overboard to check on my satisfaction and plead shamelessly for a positive review.

I get it. I really do. I’ll always contact a company directly and give them a chance to make things right before I publicly post anything negative. And I have to say, the vast majority of them do what’s right before anything goes public.

But we need to rein in these pleas for positive marks.

I received three emails from someone named Pascal last week, asking me about my experience ordering two boxes of Swiffer refills. Really, Pascal?

Swiffers? Should I also review my paper towel and laundry soap purchases? Would that help you out, given that you are, after all, a “small, familyrun company.” Yeah, sure you are.

I’m sorry, but I refuse to write what amounts to a thankyou note every time a company does its part in our agreed-upon transaction. I ordered some-

thing; you shipped it; I received it on time and in working order.

That’s it. That’s where things should end, at least for some of the more common household items.

Of course, I’m happy to write an honest and hopefully helpful review of a new or untried product.

But things are getting out of hand with the fake personal connections. While it is brilliant, a personal email request from an earnest employee named Pascal, who wants only to make me a happy customer? That carries serious weight with all of us who grew up in thankyou-note households.

These ever-emerging techno tactics demonstrate the terrific – and yet terrifying -- power of online comments, reviews, surveys and any other form of feedback that gives a voice to and provides an audience for people who really shouldn’t be allowed to speak – at least not to other people. (I envision many of them talking to one or more of their cats, and that’s fine.)

Never have words been more weaponized than they are in today’s world of reviews and rankings. And never has that power been wielded by so many unqualified, misinformed and mean-spirited people with nothing better to do than make others feel bad.

Now if you’ll excuse me, Stan’s new socks arrived today, and Pascal is awaiting my response.

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Autumn Blum and John Nussbaum met on a dive boat in Key Largo. The couple now operates Stream2Sea together. FRAZIER NIVENS/Contributed

ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR Stream2Sea ‘mad chemist’ Autumn Blum to speak at BPW celebration

TIFFANY DUONG tiffany@keysweekly.com

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itting at Sharkey’s in Key Largo, Autumn Blum and John Nussbaum are constantly waved at, tapped, and hugged by passers-by on boat and by foot. People can’t get enough of the cool couple and their eco-conscious Stream2Sea sunscreens and body care products.

Jake Holzapfrel, an instructor with Rainbow Reef, hugs Blum as he runs by. “This stuff is awesome,” he tells Keys Weekly. “It’s the most effective sunscreen product I’ve seen on the market.”

Blum chimes in with a wink, “And you know what, it’s not going to kill fish.” Holzapfrel agrees. “And all their stuff is great. The sting gel is the only thing that works on Portuguese man-o-war stings.”

Blum and Nussbaum are somewhere between “local celebrities” and “hometown heroes,” having met on a dive boat of the now-defunct Scuba-Do Dive Company in Key Largo. Years later, in 2014, they would launch Stream2Sea together.

“We’re Florida grown, Florida made, Key Largo launched,” says Blum.

With her success creating environmentally safe sunscreen and body care products, Blum

will be the keynote speaker at the Upper Keys Business and Professional Women’s 100th anniversary celebration on Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Key Largo Marriott Beach Resort. Blum’s products have taken the world by storm. CNN recently featured her as a “small business success,” and Virgin Voyages partnered with Stream2Sea to make their cruises more ocean friendly. Business has been so good, Stream2Sea’s growth has been limited only by how much product it can make. “Last year, we had a hard time keeping up with demand, so in January 2019 we bought my old manufacturing plant,” says Blum. “We quadrupled our capacity. Our biggest batch is 500 kilos. Now I say, bring on the supply chain problems.”

What makes their product special? It’s quality ingredients and the science behind them. Blum, a cosmetic chemist by trade, had spent decades developing organic products she knew wouldn’t harm consumers. But, on a dive trip to Palau, she saw an oil slick coming off a group of snorkelers and realized, for the first time, that products going on people’s skin also affect the aquatic environment. As she watched divers shower off on the deck, another panicked realization hit her. “There were really beautiful bubbles and good smells

Autumn Blum and John Nussbaum complement each other. Blum is the self-proclaimed “mad scientist” and Nussbaum gets things to work. TIFFANY DUONG/Keys Weekly

What makes their product special? It’s quality ingredients and the science behind them.

washing overboard and then there was Nemo swimming under, going ‘Ahhhh!’” says Blum. “I got off this dive boat and I knew I wanted to develop Stream2Sea. I left with the entire business plan.”

True both to her training as a chemist and her values as a diver and lover of the oceans, Blum created an entirely new formulation of sunscreen that is safe for humans, fish and corals – a first in the industry. Then, she contacted every eco lab asking for safety testing for fish and corals. With none up to her standards, she created her own eco-toxicity and refined her own products until they passed her stringent standards.

“It’s exciting that today people are asking about eco-toxicity. That wasn’t a thing before,” she says.

Nussbaum agrees how much times have changed for the better.

“An old shrimp boat captain of mine used to say, ‘The solution to pollution is dilution. You got something toxic? Throw it in the ocean.

The ocean is so big, you can’t hurt it,’ she recalls. “He was wrong.”

Now, with their new manufacturing plant up and running, the couple is ready to save the oceans, one drop of sunscreen at a time.

“Life’s too short to not have friends and pursue your passion,” said Blum. “The best thing about life now — I feel like I’m making a difference every day.”

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REMEMBRANCE

KEY WEST WEEKLY / OCTOBER 17, 2019 SARA MATTHIS

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ROTH LEAVES LASTING LEGACY

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Former sheriff remembered for his service

e was kind. He was fair. Over and over, the people who knew former Monroe County Sheriff Rick Roth repeated those two facts about the top man in Keys law enforcement for two decades. He passed this week, on Oct. 15, 2019.

He hired onto the force in 1965, as a radio dispatcher. He rose through the ranks to road officer, detective and sergeant in Marathon. In 1990, the governor appointed Roth to finish the term of his predecessor, J. Allison DeFoor, who had left the job more than two years before his term ended. Because more than two years were left on his term, Roth still had to run for election. He got the two-year nod and kept winning elections for a total of four, four-year terms, serving as sheriff from 1990 to 2008.

Current Sheriff Rick Ramsay served as Roth’s undersheriff for nine years.

“He was patient, soft-spoken and a diplomatic person,” Ramsay said. “He taught me about finding the common ground in the middle. It was a good experience.”

It is a hallmark of Roth’s presence, Ramsay said, that he was, and will be, remembered long after stepping down from office.

“People asked me all the time, ‘How’s he doing?’”

Ramsay said, adding that to this day when he’s introduced, sometimes the speaker mistakenly calls him by his predecessor’s name. “That’s not a bad thing. You know you’ve left a good legacy when people remember your name 11 years after you’ve stepped down from office. I considered him a friend and we spoke and visited often.”

Roth’s career wasn’t only long-lived, but also interesting and innovative. While he met his wife in the Keys while serving in the Navy and stationed in Key West in the late ’50s, he would leave the islands to return to his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They would come back on the heels of Hurricane Betsy, a Cat 3, in 1965. His first day on the job as a radio dispatcher was coordinating disaster relief. In the 1970s, the agency fought a war on home turf to end drug smuggling. In 1980, it dealt with a massive influx of Mariel Boat Lift immigrants. The jail on Stock Island was built on Roth’s watch, too. He also started the animal farm under the sheriff’s headquarters.

“If it was a stressful day, Rick would just go out and walk around the farm for a while,” said Ramsay. “He loved animals.”

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While Roth routinely gave the credit for the Trauma Star program to then undersheriff Bill McDonald, it was during his tenure that the program came to be and he was enormously proud.

By the beginning of 2009, Roth was fully retired and had sprouted a healthy beard. He spent his time in his woodshop, turning beautiful canisters and creating clever wooden clocks. He also volunteered at the Wild Bird Center in Marathon, building cages and rescuing wayward and injured animals. He tended a beautiful garden at his home on Grassy Key and was also an accomplished mason, building the home’s custom fireplace.

Roth lost his wife of 57 years, Sandra Handley Roth, in 2016. He is survived by daughters Cathy North of the Keys and Deanna Roth of Stuart, and granddaughter Rayna Roth, who is a student at Florida State University.

They remember their dad and grandfather with lots of love.

Deanna said he taught her to sail … or, rather, have fun doing it.

“He’d tell me to jump off the bow and be ready to scoop me up at the stern. He taught me gymnastics and would challenge me to do better.

He’d say, ‘I bet you can’t do it for 30 seconds’ and I’d say, ‘Yes, I can!’

I didn’t realize until much later that a lot of things he taught me was basically beginners’ yoga.”

Cathy’s favorite story of Roth is about the time he was, to the untrained eye, caught littering. Every morning, her dad would take a bag and pick up garbage on one side of Guava Avenue before carefully placing it next to the stop sign, crossing the highway and getting a newspaper. Then he would cross back, pick up the bag and pick up garbage on the other side of the avenue.

“Well, one day, some man saw him putting the bag down by the stop sign and said, ‘I don’t know how you do it where you’re from, but we don’t litter in the Keys.’ And my dad said, ‘You’re right. I’m sorry.’

He let the other guy ‘win’ because it was the right thing to do,” Cathy remembers, smiling, There will be a service on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. at the Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Wild Bird Center in Marathon or the Monroe County Sheriff’s Animal Farm.

He didn’t get angry very often, but he was very protective of the Sheriff Office’s image,” said Sheriff Rick Ramsay. “If somebody did something to discredit the agency, he took it very personally. Credibility and the community’s trust was very important to Sheriff Roth.”

Rick Roth deserves the credit for the positive impact the sheriff’s office has with the Keys’ community — especially with the youth organizations,” said longtime friend Mike Puto, who was with Roth in the final vehicle to cross the old 7 Mile Bridge in 1982. “He was really a neat guy. He is going to be missed.”

One of my favorite moments was waiting for my grandfather to get home from work,” said Rayna Roth, his granddaughter. “I’d see his patrol car and go hide. I’d hear his boots coming up the stairs and him calling, ‘Where’s Rayna?’ I would be giggling and just so excited for him to find me.”

He’s with Sandy now,” said Roth’s neighbor, Chris Sutton. “I just know they are kissing and hugging and she is taking care of him.”

He was a family friend,” said MCSO Lt. Nancy Alvarez. “He was just a great leader and very downto-earth. I think that’s what drew people to him.”

“My three-word definition for Rick Roth is ‘humble public servant,’” said his friend Brian Schmitt. “He gave so much of his life to the people of the Keys and did it with such humility. He did it for the right reasons. He was just an honorable guy.”

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Top to bottom: Sandra Handley and Rick Roth were married at the First Baptist Church in Marathon in the late 1950s, six months after meeting at a Marathon restaurant where Sandy worked. They’re pictured at left in 2013 at their home on Grassy Key. CONTRIBUTED Outgoing Sheriff J. Allison DeFoor pins the star on incoming Sheriff Rick Roth in 1990.

A huge crowd showed up to wish Sheriff Rick Roth well when he officially retired from office in 2009. Current Sheriff Rick Ramsay is pictured behind him at left.

Sheriff Rick Roth and his granddaughter, Rayna, are pictured next to the very first Trauma Star helicopter more than 15 years ago.

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ystick Krewe of Key West follows the tradition of Mardi Gras Krewes in New Orleans. They are private nonprofit organizations created to benefit the community. The Mystick Krewe of Key West is “creating a modern organization of community supporters willing to contribute back to important causes while having fun,” states the group’s website.

The Krewe’s Ugly Jacket Party on Oct. 5 challenged its members to don their ugliest jackets, which are worn year after year, with new details added annually. The party took place at the Key West Yacht Club and raised money for the Key West Wildlife Center.

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2. Mystick Krewe of Key West Royalty shows off the worst of their wardrobe.

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4. Key West Police Chief Sean Brandenburg and Julie Brandenburg wear some winners.

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ROCK OF A NEW MANAGERS MAKE ASSISTED-LIVING MORE AFFORDABLE

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inding affordable housing in Key West doesn’t usually get easier with age, but a new management company is lowering rents and increasing the occupancy at Poinciana Gardens independent and assisted-living apartments.

Little was heard from Poinciana Gardens following its grand opening reception in July 2018, mainly, as it turns out, because only nine of the 106 units were occupied, and those residents were paying at least $3,000 per month.

“Since Mia Senior Housing Solutions took over management of Poinciana Gardens in February, they’ve lowered the rents three times,” said Manuel Castillo, executive director of the Key West Housing Authority, which owns the property. “I think (the former management company) American House has a business plan that they follow for marketrate units, and they were unable or unwilling to adjust those plans to meet our needs for more affordable options.”

Rents that formerly started at $3,000 per month now start around $1,600 per month, said Astoria Nickerson, director of marketing and admissions for Mia, the new management company at Poinciana Gardens, which has increased occupancy to about 40% since February.

The company also obtained Medicaid provider status for the facility and can now work with veterans and spouses who receive financial support through Veterans Aid and Attendance.

“The Medicaid provider number allows us to bring in people to the assisted-living units who are only receiving the minimum monthly amount through Social Security,” Castillo said. “That is only for assisted-living, but Mia has been able to lower the rents of the independent-living apartments three times since February without any discernible decline in service. We just no longer have six dining room servers for seven residents.”

Residents in the independent-living units still receive three meals a day, laundry services, activities and other enhancements, Nickerson said, while the assisted-living units include medical oversight, a staff nursing station, bathing assistance and other services.

“We check on each resident every two hours,” Nickerson said, adding that all residents are encouraged to take advantage of the facility’s courtyard, community garden, planned activities, musical performances, dedicated physical therapy room, meditation terrace, scheduled transportation services, housekeeping and maintenance.

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AGES Rocking chairs line the front porch at Poinciana Gardens, where residents Barbara Jones, Joseph Canosa and others enjoy the shaded breeze and easy conversation. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

Castillo said he is feeling much better about the occupancy increases under Mia’s management and added that the Key West Housing Authority has been financially supporting Poinciana Gardens, to the tune of $2.5 million since the facility opened.

“With Mia increasing occupancy, that’s becoming more manageable,” Castillo said. “But there may come a time in the near future when we need to ask for support from the city and/or county if they want this facility to remain open.”

Poinciana Gardens was more than 15 years in the making, with the idea initially proposed by a group of residents who created the Florida Keys Assisted-Care Coalition that was committed to finding a way for local seniors to “age in place,” rather than having to leave their island home, which in some cases is all they’ve known.

Such is the case for Poinciana Gardens resident Barbara Jones, who rocked happily on the shaded front porch of the complex last week while chatting with her neighbors.

“I’m a proud Conch and I’ve been here at Poinciana Gardens since Day 1,” Jones said. “I love it. We enjoy ourselves. We come and go as we please and we laugh a lot.”

That front porch may need some additional rocking chairs as managers with Mia continue to make life more affordable for Key West seniors.

Poinciana Gardens is located at 1664 Dunlap Drive, along Duck Avenue. For tours or leasing information, call 305-440-3191.

A courtyard in the middle of the Poinciana Gardens independent and assisted-living apartments welcomes residents to enjoy the shaded outdoors and is used for many of the activities planned by Activities Director Shathi Islam.

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and members from Key West High, Horace O’Bryant and Sugarloaf schools performed during halftime of the Key West High School football game on Oct. 18 at Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium in Key West. This ultra-wide angle photo is actually a compilation of nine separate photos taken from about 20 rows up in the bleachers. RALPH DE PALMA/Contributed

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Artists will be notified of acceptance by Dec. 1. Fifty entries will be accepted.

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The auction features original paintings, sculpture, photography, textiles, ceramics, mixed media, jewelry and more.

Each participating artist receives 50% of the proceeds from the sale of his or her work, while the McKee Fund receives the remainder to award to other Keys artists for select projects.

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ARTISAN MARKET BEGINS AGAIN OCT. 20 The first Key West Artisan Market of the season will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20 at Higgs Beach to coincide with the day’s Zombie Bike Ride. The market features 80 or so artists, crafters, makers and growers who live and work in the Florida Keys and Homestead.

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ing eat-here or take-away for snacking or a pre-Zombie meal.

The curated outdoor market offers crafts and art from Florida Keys creators, live music, radio broadcasts and local authors’ book-signings.

The Oct. 20 market also will offer make-up booths for zombie painting that will support the featured charity, Little Pink Houses of Hope, which will raise awareness for October’s Breast Cancer Month.

Find them on Facebook for more information and a schedule for the season.

ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON RETURNS TO KEY WEST Dr. Robert Loeffler is back in Key West and seeing patients.

A board-certified orthopedic surgeon, he has specialized certifications in sports medicine and arthroscopy and has practiced in the Keys since 2002. He also serves several months each year with Doctors Without Borders, an international humanitarian aid organization.

Loeffler resumed his practice on Oct. 14 and will work through the fall with Dr. Christopher Bensen, who joined Keys Medical Group in April 2017.

Loeffler will welcome new and returning patients to his office in the Professional Building, 1111 12th St., Key West.

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NOW TRENDING WATCH | Booksmart No one has ever seen a comingof-age, high-school graduation movie like this. (Well, except for the heart-warming ending; we knew that was coming.) It’s got same-sex love, a funny trip, and a great car chase-ish scene at the end. Directed by Olivia Wilde, it stars Kaitlyn Dever (we love her from “Justified”) and Beanie Feldstein — two academics trying to pack as much fun into one night as possible. Achieved. Stream on Amazon.

OBVIOUS THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T NOTICE ABOUT ‘SUCCESSION’ 6. It’s a complete rip-off of the Bluth family, although “Arrested Development” was actually funny.

5. There comes a moment when you realize there are at least six Culkin siblings.

And in that same moment, you also realize you don’t care.

10. It’s a show about why so many people hate white entitlement, and yet white people still can’t get enough of it.

9. Brian Cox plays a better Rupert Murdoch than Rupert Murdoch, but in “Troy,” not “Succession.”

8. We can finally change the name of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” to “Connor ‘Cameron Roy: Origins Story.”

7. There is something ironically disturbing about watching Kendall Roy lip sync to the Beastie Boys. It’s as if Mike D. and Ad-Rock had a rich baby who you just want to punch in the face.

4. It’s a complete rip-off of “Game of Thrones,” but perhaps the final episode of “Succession” won’t totally suck.

3. It’s a reminder that looks are not everything. In fact, they don’t matter at all when you’re filthy rich.

2. It’s like watching a petting zoo made up of rare people — stripped of all empathy, a soul and any idea of what it’s like to worry about a car payment. So basically it’s like watching C-SPAN with swear words.

1. It’s the greatest family show ever because it reminds us to teach our children to strive for happiness and kindness — without selling their soul for world domination.

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COLLEGE HONORS LAW ENFORCEMENT GRADS 23 CADETS ALREADY HAVE LOCAL JOBS AS POLICE OFFICERS OR SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES

Key West Police Chief Sean Brandenburg (far left) welcomes to the force 11 new Key West Police Department officers during their Law Enforcement Academy graduation at The College of the Florida Keys. The college graduated a total of 24 cadets from three academies on Oct. 10.

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he College of the Florida Keys (CFK) held a graduation ceremony on Oct.10 for three academies taught through the college’s Institute for Public Safety. A total of 24 cadets successfully completed a basic law enforcement academy, a correctional officer academy or a crossover corrections-to-lawenforcement academy.

Upon passing the state certification exam, each cadet will be eligible to become Florida law enforcement officers or correctional officers.

Twenty-three graduates have already secured local employment through partnerships with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and the Key West Police Department. During the ceremony, Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay swore in 12 cadets and Key West Police Chief Sean Brandenburg swore in 11 cadets, inducting them into their new professions and respective agencies.

Cathy Torres, director of CFK’s Institute for Public Safety, recognized top- performing graduates. Leadership awards were given to class captains Joelle Deese and Michael

McFadden. Denis Agleev, Ziyah Jefferson and Zachary Gilroy were recognized for academic achievement. “Top Gun” honors went to Christian Bozzetti and Terrence Huxable for superior shooting skills. Raymond Roscoe, Amie Szymanski and James Gardner Jr. received Physical Fitness awards and the “PIG” awards, which recognize pride, integrity and guts, went to Jeffrey Bennett Jr., James Gardner Jr. and Elam Thornbrugh.

The college’s law enforcement and correctional officer programs satisfy the training requirements of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission. The college is accepting applications for two upcoming basic law enforcement academies, which will begin in January — one at the Key West campus and the other at the Upper Keys Center. All of the classes are offered part-time in the evening. Applications are due Dec. 6. More information is at fkcc.edu/academics/basicrecruit/.

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ey West’s biggest party of the year is upon us. While everyone puts the finishing touches on their costumes, Key West officials want revelers to remember a few crucial pointers: Public nudity is absolutely prohibited everywhere in Key West. Male and female genitalia must not be exposed. Female breasts cannot be exposed.

Breasts painted with body paint will only be considered as covered when in the marked Fantasy Zone.

Body paint cannot be applied in public; it must be applied in an enclosed area, out of the public view.

Sex acts in public are absolutely prohibited.

The Fantasy Zone is clearly marked and encompasses Lower Duval Street to United Street as well as the streets that cross it. Those cross streets are only considered part of the Fantasy Zone between Whitehead and Simonton streets.

Artificial or toy weapons: You’re better off not using them at all. But if your costume simply must have one, make sure it’s obviously a fake. Law enforcement officers will be watching for anything resembling a weapon, from water guns to artificial swords or knives. Replica weaponry may be confiscated. In addition, laser pointers are not allowed during the event, and may be confiscated.

Backpacks and coolers are strongly discouraged in the Fantasy Zone. If you do bring them, you may be asked to have it searched by an officer.

Street closures are necessary throughout the week to accommodate parade routes and the many street activities during the festival. As such several areas are closed during the week. Street fairs and evening events are scheduled throughout the week, culminating in the parade. Please note the Truman Waterfront Park Splash Pad will be closed Saturday, Oct. 26 to accommodate the parade staging area.

Key West’s biggest party has a tradition of being a fun and peaceful gathering, and the Key West Police Department looks forward to continuing that tradition. The department will have extra officers on duty and will receive additional support from other members of the law enforcement community, including the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Highway Patrol, the FBI, the Florida Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Orange County Mounted Unit, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Navy will be on hand to help ensure a safe event.

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RESTORATION BLUEPRINT Stakeholders weigh in on Sanctuary proposal NOAA’s Restoration Blueprint was introduced at the Sanctuary Advisory Council’s meeting in August, and the community has been buzzing about it since.

The proposal seeks to balance the need to bring our marine environments back to health while still promoting the economies and industries depending on those resources.

Four alternatives were presented, but constituents were invited to comment upon as much or as little of the proposals as they wanted – whether that be a specific reef, certain regulations, or an entire alternative. Alternative 3, the sanctuary’s preferred plan, would result in major changes in terms of expanded boundaries, additional zoning, tighter regulation and a new management plan.

Keys Weekly spoke with environmentalists and stakeholders in affected industries about NOAA’s Restoration Blueprint.

Here’s what the community has to say:

The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. at the Islander Resort, 82100 Overseas Highway, Islamorada. Members will discuss NOAA’s proposed changes to the sanctuary’s boundaries, marine zones, regulations and management plan. Time allotted for oral public comment during the meeting is from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m.

Speaker signups are at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. respectively. Meetings are streamed live on YouTube.

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• 6.2% coral cover? Say no more Sarah Fangman, Superintendent of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and her dedicated team have been making the rounds to explain, answer questions, and even defend the recently unveiled Restoration Blueprint.

She begins her presentation with these facts: 5.1 million people visit the Keys every year.

4.6 billion tourist dollars fuel the Keys economic engine.

6.2% coral cover is all that remains on our reefs (according to a 2015 study) — and that figure is dropping.

These facts tell an astonishing story with a predictably tragic outcome.

• Can regulation rewrite history?

Yes, regulation rewrites history.

Regulation has changed the way we use lead in our pipes, pesticides, and BPA in cans.

Regulation has allowed the recovery of local redfish, snook and grouper populations. Regulation forced kids to get an education to produce a literate and thinking population.

Yes. Regulation can rewrite history and can change the trajectory of a rapidly declining resource.

We can be realistic about the fact that one law, one protected area, or one closed zone isn’t going to solve all the problems we are currently experiencing.

Some of the biggest assaults on our reefs, seagrass beds and fisheries comes from climate change, coral diseases, hurricanes, nutrient-laden runoff, and warming ocean temperatures. These all affect our nearshore coastal resources and are elements we have very little control over.

And yet, an ironclad case can be made for doing what we can to make our resources as resilient as possible and mitigate factors out of our control as well as the physical impact we cause by groundings, anchoring on coral and other sensitive habitats, and even fishing during the spawning aggregations.

Regulation improves resilience when it is used to protect our resources.

The Restoration Blueprint and the Florida Bay: Increased protections in the National Marine Sanctuary are one piece of a larger preservation and management puzzle that incorporates the Everglades National Park and Florida Bay. The blueprint doesn’t address Everglades Restoration specifically, but its function is to prepare the Florida Bay for when restoration projects finally do bring benefit to the bay.

The Restoration Blueprint is part of a larger conversation about how we, as Florida Keys residents and visitors, must take action to protect our natural resources … the Restoration Blueprint and all its alternatives, shines a day-glo light on the reality of our fragile ecosystem.

• Consensus and Compromise: The Florida Keys is experiencing a paradigm shift caused by a serious decline in the health of our natural resources. Change is painful and almost always inconvenient — but we know that the alternative, in this case, would be worse.

Florida Bay Forever is witnessing and supports a Florida Keys community that is on board with taking action to support compromise for the good of stakeholders, the resource as well as the longevity of a thriving Keys economy.

The Florida Keys is at a tipping point. We are faced with an unprecedented opportunity.

We can get on board with protecting and preserving our resources, or we can continue to bulldoze our fragile ecosystem right out of existence.

Elizabeth Jolin

Elizabeth Jolin is director of Florida Bay Forever Save Our Waters, a local nonprofit dedicated to preserving the Florida Bay.

Public comments can be submitted in person, online, and by mail through Jan. 31, 2020. To provide online public comment, visit www. regulations.gov and use docket number NOAA-NOS-2019-0094.

For more information on the Restoration Blueprint, visit https:// floridakeys.noaa.gov/blueprint/.

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THE ORIGIN OF THE KEY LIME KEY WEST HISTORY

The Key lime arrives in South Florida. BRAD BERTELLI/Contributed

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t has long been asserted that Henry Perrine was the man responsible for introducing the lime to South Florida.

The citrus in question would be Citrus aurantiifolia, recognized as the Mexican lime in some parts of the world and the Key lime in others.

It is native to neither North nor South America, but to Southeast Asia and is thought to have been brought to the New World

by Christopher Columbus, who reportedly introduced the tree to Hispaniola, known as Haiti today. The conquistadors who would follow in their campaign of New World occupation are credited with bringing the Key lime tree to the Americas.

Medical doctor and amateur botanist Henry Perrine was assigned as U.S. consul at Campeche, Yucatan in 1827.

Shortly after arriving at his post, he received a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush, stating that President John Quincy Adams wanted all foreign consuls to identify and document any potentially beneficial plants for possible cultivation in the United States. Perrine not only made copious notes but, by 1829, had begun sending samples to New York.

Among the more than 70 species of plants, cuttings and seeds he boxed up and shipped was Citrus aurantiifolia. It was this act that many Henry Perrine scholars, as well as myself and Key lime detective David Sloan, previously attributed as the introduction of the lime to South Florida.

As it turns out, however, by the time Perrine arrived in Campeche the lime appears to have been growing already in South Florida. At least two lime groves had been established in South Florida by 1829. Evidence of one comes in the form of a post in the Key West Register and Commercial Advertizer dated Feb. 18, 1829 for the sale of James Egan’s Miami River property: “For Sale a Valuable Trace of Land Near Cape Florida Situare [sic] on the Miami River. The Land is very good and will produce Sugar Cane or Sea Island Cotton, equal if not superior to any other part of the Territory.

There is a present number of bearing Banana and Lime trees and the fruit is inferior to none raised in the Island of Cuba. The forest growth consists principally of Live Oak, Red Bay and Dog Wood. Any person desirous of purchasing a valuable plantation will do well to visit the land.”

Egan’s fruit bearing lime trees were not some isolated grove. Dr. Benjamin Strobel, during his 1829 sojourn from Charleston to Key West aboard the schooner Jane, came ashore in the area of what is modern day Fort Lauderdale. Strobel would record the event in one of his “Sketches of Florida,” later published in the Charleston Courier. He wrote, “The point of land to which we steered our course was steep and perpendicular, consisting of a wall of limestone rock, twelve or fifteen feet above the level of the water. At one of these we landed, and ascending a rude flight of steps, I found myself at the door of a new palmetto hut which was seated on the brow of the hill. It was quite a romantic situation. The cottage was shaded on its western aspect by several large West Indian fruit trees, whilst on its eastern side we found a grove of luxuriant limes, which were bowing to the earth under the weight of their golden fruit.”

Neither lime groves, nor any kind of citrus grove, springs up overnight. Trees take time to fruit and for the Egan advertisement to be dated in early 1829, in February, the grove would likely date back, conservatively, to at least 1827, or before Henry Perrine had traveled to Campeche and received the letter from Secretary of State Richard Rush to collect and document potentially useful flora.

What is also made clear from Egan’s advertisement is that he was comparing his limes to those grown in Cuba.

This observation indicates that Citrus aurantiifolia had not been initially introduced by way of Mexico through Perrine’s efforts as previously thought by many, but Cuba where lime groves had clearly already been established.

Brad Bertelli is curator of the Keys History & Discovery Center.

Thursday, Oct. 17 • Key West Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Truman Waterfront • Womankind’s BraZaar Live Auction Fundraiser at 7 p.m. at Key West Theater Oct. 18-19 • Bahama Village Goombay Festival, Key West.

Oct. 19-25 • Live Rocky Horror Show, 7 p.m. at Waterfront Playhouse, Key West.

Sunday, Oct. 20 • Zombie Brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at La Trattoria Oceanside, Key West • Zombie Bike Ride from 2 to 10 p.m. Fort East Martello, Key West • Thriller! The Green Parrot’s Zombie Flash Mob, 8:30 p.m. at The Green Parrot, Key West.

Monday, Oct. 21 • Plant clinic from 9 a.m. to noon at Gato Building, Key West Oct. 22-25 • Faces of Fantasy Fest with photographer Tom Flip, 5 to 10 p.m. at Wine O, Key West.

Tuesday, Oct. 22 • Monroe County School Board meeting at 5 p.m. at Key West City Hall • Cocktails for Animal Tails for Florida Keys SPCA at 7 p.m. at Rick’s Bar, Key West Wednesday, Oct. 23 • Meet Felix the Cat, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Elvis, Betty Boop and Popeye Artist Don Oriolo from 7 to 9 p.m. at Kazoo Fine Art Gallery, Key West Oct. 24-25 • Meet Felix the Cat, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Elvis, Betty Boop and Popeye Artist Don Oriolo from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Kazoo Fine Art Gallery, Key West Thursday, Oct. 24 • Key West Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Truman Waterfront Sunday, Oct. 27 • Children’s Day, noon to 5 p.m. at Bayview Park, Key West Tuesday, Oct. 29 • Key West for Mayor Pete: Cocktails and Conversations at 5:30 p.m. at The Oldest House & Gardens Museum, Key West To see Keyswide events, sign up for The Weekly’s e-mail at keysweekly.com.

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undreds of racers are gearing up to conquer the iconic Jewfish Creek Bridge, a gateway into the Florida Keys, and the scenic course en route to Key Largo for the 10th running of the First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run presented by Keys Weekly on Saturday, Nov. 9.

Participants in the half marathon and 4-mile run/walk will revel in the scenes as they make their way over the bridge into the Uppers Keys, with beautiful views of the Oceanside and the eastern edges of the Everglades.

Since its inception 10 years ago, the bridge run has attracted participants throughout the U.S. and around the globe, including Puerto Rico, Europe, Canada and the Bahamas. Taking off near Gilbert’s Resort, the race is a challenging and exhilarating experience for all who participate.

“We are honored to be a part of this event in beautiful Key Largo,” said Henry Menendez, organizer of the Key Largo Bridge Run and president of HNO Productions. “Not only is this a well-known community event, but bringing the half marathon back on its 10th anniversary puts this event on the map nationally and globally. We look forward to producing this race for years to come.”

Events kick off Friday, Nov. 8 with Pasta Palooza at Doc’s Diner, 99696 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, from 5 to 8 p.m. All proceeds benefit Key Largo Rotary.

The racing begins Nov. 9 at 6 a.m. with the half marathon; the 4-mile run/walk starts an hour later. The starting line for both races is on the access road leading to Gilbert’s Resort. The finish line will be at Rowell’s Park, MM 104, bayside. The course will be USATF certified and timed. After the race, participants can reunite with family and friends at Rowell's Waterfront Park while enjoying food, refreshments and music.

All participants will receive a shirt and a medal after crossing the finish line. There will also be overall and age group awards. Key Largo’s Carmen Sotolongo-Kelley designed the ribbons for the participant medals.

More information is at www. keylargobridgerun.com, on Facebook or in your local Keys Weekly newspaper.

4-Run Mile/Walk Start on Access Road and go north Right on southbound Overseas Highway and go south Right on Rowell's Waterfront Park and go west Half Marathon Start on Access Road and go north Left on southbound Overseas Highway and go north Turnaround on southbound Overseas Highway and go south Right on Rowell's Waterfront Park and go west Packet Pickup Packet pickup will take place Friday, Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at First State Bank, 97670 Overseas Highway, MM 97, Key Largo. Race morning packet pickup will be Saturday, Nov. 9 from 5 to 7 a.m. at Gilbert’s Resort Access Road, MM 108, Key Largo.

Traffic advisory All traffic will be diverted to 905 & Card Sound Road starting at 4 a.m. and traffic patterns should be back to normal by 10 a.m.

Parking Parking will be at Rowell's Waterfront Park and Key Largo School. Shuttles will be taking participants to the Start Line located at Gilbert's Access Road. If you are looking to leave early, prior to 10 a.m., park at Key Largo School since the road leading out of Rowell's will be closed.

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he fundraising finale to determine the king and queen of Key West’s Fantasy Fest will take place during the Royal Coronation Ball, which starts at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 at the Lofton “Coffee” Butler Amphitheater at Truman Waterfront.

“Karen Frank-Noll, Kevin ‘Woody’ Wood, Valerie Edgington and Ryan Acker have worked tirelessly as goodwill ambassadors for A.H. of Monroe County, Inc. (AH) for eight weeks of frenzied, feisty and fabulous fundraising events Keys-wide, assisted by a corps of volunteers, to raise the most money and ascend to the throne,” said Rodney Ross, spokesman for A.H. Monroe County, which provides affordable housing and health care services to people living with HIV, AIDS and other longterm illnesses.

The candidates have hosted an array of special events, ranging from a weekly “Aqua Idol” competition to bingo at the 801 Bourbon Bar. Other events have included a retrospective of the history of Fantasy Fest Royalty at the Custom House, a 5K run and, of course, a few requisite drag shows.

There were also bunches of brunches and orchids galore, a “Scream” party and Jell-O wrestling. The would-be royals baked, gonged, drained kegs, hosted a hoedown, wined and designed, donned tutus and served jail time on a Saturday afternoon, asking for donations to bail themselves out.

The Coronation Ball promises more opportunities to contribute.

“We never know quite what to expect when our candidates take the stage,” AH Executive Director Scott Pridgen said.

General admission to the 2019 Royal Coronation Ball is a suggested donation of $10 and includes two votes for the candidate(s) of your choice. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs or a blanket for lawn seating. Some reserved table seating is also available for $100 per person and includes a threecourse plated dinner and two votes. Check for availability at https://ahi.ticketleap.com/2019-royal-coronation-ball/ — Contributed

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Monroe County, Florida Florida Keys Marathon International Airport Draft Environmental Assessment for Runway and Parallel Taxiway Separation Improvements NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PUBLIC WORKSHOP AND PUBLIC HEARING Notice of Impacts to Wetlands and Floodplains in Accordance with Section 2(a)(4) of Executive Order (E.O) 11988, Floodplain Management; Section 2(b) of E.O. 11990, Protection of Wetlands; and Section 7 DOT Order 5650.2, Floodplain Management and Protection Pursuant to Title 49, United States Code, Section (§) 47106(c)(1)(A), notice is hereby given that Monroe County, Florida, proposes to implement the Runway and Parallel Taxiway Separation Improvements project at the Florida Keys Marathon International Airport located in the City of Marathon, Monroe County, Florida (the Proposed Action). The purpose of the Proposed Action is to: • Bring the Airport into compliance with FAA runway-to-taxiway separation standards for the B-II category of aircraft.

• Eliminate existing operational restrictions.

• Improve the pavement condition of the runway.

The Proposed Action includes the following actions: shift Runway 7-25 to the northwest 40 feet to provide a runway-to-taxiway centerline separation distance of 240 feet; reconstruct 35 feet by 5,008 feet of existing runway pavement to provide a 75-foot wide runway; remove 65 feet of excess runway pavement on the south side of the existing runway; remove excess runway shoulder pavement; construct new blast pads at relocated runway ends; demolish existing excess pavement on Taxiway B; demolish existing Taxiway C and reconstruct it west of its existing location; demolish existing Taxiway D and reconstruct it perpendicular to relocated runway; demolish existing excess pavement on Taxiway E; construct new Taxiway F; grade the Runway Safety Area (RSA); clear a 40-foot wide by 5,608-foot long strip of vegetation on the north side of the shifted runway within the Runway Object Free Area (ROFA); trim or remove select trees to clear the relocated runway Threshold Siting Surface; and associated lighting, marking, drainage and navigational aide improvements. No fill or excavation would occur in the area to be cleared. A Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the Proposed Action and its alternatives (including the No Action Alternative) has been prepared.

The Draft EA evaluates the potential environmental effects of the Proposed Action described above and its alternatives and has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and Section 509(b)(5) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. The FAA is the lead federal agency to ensure compliance with NEPA for airport development actions. The Draft EA has also been prepared in accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures, and FAA Order 5050.4B, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Instructions for Airport Actions.

Pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act, Clean

Water Act, Clean Air Act, and National Historic Preservation Act, the Draft EA includes an analysis of prudent or feasible alternatives, potential impacts, and mitigation measures, as appropriate. This Notice also serves to notify the public that this EA process will satisfy the public notice and comment requirements of Executive Order 11990, Protection of Wetlands; DOT Order 5660.1A, Preservation of the Nation’s Wetlands; Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management; and DOT Order 5650.2, Floodplain Management and Protection.

The Proposed Action would involve the clearing of an approximate 40-foot strip of land resulting in disturbance to 0.22 acres of Mangrove Swamp (FLUCFCS 612), of which 0.18 acres are tidally influenced mangrove wetland and 0.04 acres are isolated mangrove wetland.

The wetlands proposed for clearing are considered Waters of the United States under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Mitigation for these impacts is proposed in the Draft EA. Consultation would be required with the USACE for a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit for potential discharges, with the South Florida Water Management District for an Environmental Resources Permit, and with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the accompanying Clean Water Act Section 401 permit related to water quality.

Beginning on October 11, 2019, the Draft EA will be available for public review on the Airport’s website at http:// eyw.com/page/airport-publicnotices and in the following locations during normal business hours, through November 25, 2019: • Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 8427 South Park Circle, Suite 524, Orlando, FL 32819 • Florida Keys Marathon International Airport, 9400 Overseas Highway, Suite 200, Marathon, FL 33050 • Monroe County Public Library, 3251 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050 A Public Workshop on the Draft EA will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., local time, immediately followed by a Public Hearing from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time in the Florida Keys Marathon International Airport Passenger Terminal, 9400 Overseas Highway, Marathon FL, 33050.

Oral and written comments will be accepted at the Public Hearing.

If you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodation in order to participate in this meeting, please contact the County Administrator’s Office by calling (305) 292-4441, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., no later than five (5) calendar days prior to the scheduled meeting; if you are hearing- or voice-impaired, call 711.

Comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. local time on Monday, November 25, 2019.

Please ensure adequate time for mailing. Comments can only be accepted with the full name and address of the individual commenting.

Written comments on the adequacy of the information disclosed in the Draft EA may be submitted online at MTHEA@ricondo.com or by mail to: Lisa Reznar Ricondo & Associates, Inc. 20 North Clark Street, Suite 1500 Chicago, Illinois 60602 Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that your entire comment – including your personal identifying information – may

be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask the FAA in your comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying information, the FAA cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so. Comments received on the Draft EA and the responses to those comments will be disclosed in the Final EA. Publish: October 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, beginning at 11:00 A.M., in the Media Room, Marathon Government Center, 2798 Overseas Highway, Marathon, Florida 33050, a meeting will be held of the SELECTION COMMITTEE for the project of COMPLETE ELEVATOR AND LIFT SERVICE, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIRS – KEYS WIDE MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA The selection committee will evaluate the proposals received in response to the Request for Competitive Solicitations issued for the above-named project. The evaluation and recommendation of the selection committee are to be submitted to the Board of County Commissioners. Persons interested in this issue are invited to attend.

For more information, please contact Alice Steryou, Facilities Maintenance Contract Monitor, Monroe County Facilities Maintenance, 3583 South Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West, FL 33040, or by phoning (305) 292-4549, or via email to: Steryou-Alice@ monroecounty-fl.gov.

ADA ASSISTANCE: If you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodations in order to participate in this proceeding, please contact the County Administrator’s Office, by phoning (305) 292-4441, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., no later than five (5) calendar days prior to the scheduled meeting; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call “711”.

Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, notice is given that if a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at such hearings or meetings, he will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

Dated at Key West, Florida, this 8th day of October, 2019.

KEVIN MADOK, Clerk of the Circuit Court and ex officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida Publish: October 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at 3:00 P.M., the Monroe County Purchasing Office will receive and open sealed responses for the following: MONROE COUNTY ART IN PUBLIC PLACES MARATHON LIBRARY AND ADULT EDUCATION CENTER Pursuant to F.S. § 50.0211(3) (a), all published competitive solicitation notices can be viewed at: www. floridapublicnotices.com, a searchable Statewide repository for all published legal notices. Requirements for submission and the selection criteria may be requested from DemandStar at www.demandstar.com OR www.monroecountybids. com. The Public Record is available at the Monroe County Purchasing Office located in the Gato Building, 1100 Simonton Street, Room 2-213, Key West, Florida. All

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Publish: October 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at 3:00 P.M., the Monroe County Purchasing Office will receive and open sealed responses for the following: DUCK KEY SHARED USE PATH LIGHTING REPAIR PROJECT MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Pursuant to F.S. § 50.0211(3) (a), all published competitive solicitation notices can be viewed at: www. floridapublicnotices.com, a searchable Statewide repository for all published legal notices. Requirements for submission and the selection criteria may be requested from DemandStar by Onvia at www.demandstar.com OR www.monroecountybids. com. The Public Record is available at the Monroe County Purchasing Office located in the Gato Building, 1100 Simonton Street, Room 2-213, Key West, Florida. All responses must be sealed and must be submitted to the Monroe County Purchasing Office.

To be considered, bids must be made in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and all prime contractors submitting bids must be pre-qualified by Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in accordance with Chapter 337.14 F.S. and State of Florida Department of Transportation Rules Ch. 14-22 Electrical Work prequalification required at minimum.

Publish: October 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at 3:00 P.M., the Monroe County Purchasing Office will receive and open sealed responses for the following: REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PERMITTING SERVICES FOR NO NAME KEY BRIDGE AND STATE ROAD 4A REPAIR PROJECTS MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Pursuant to F.S. § 50.0211(3) (a), all published competitive solicitation notices can be viewed at: www. floridapublicnotices.com, a searchable Statewide repository for all published legal notices. Requirements for submission and the selection criteria may be requested from DemandStar

by Onvia at www. demandstar.com OR www. monroecountybids.com. The Public Record is available at the Monroe County Purchasing Office located in the Gato Building, 1100 Simonton Street, Room 2-213, Key West, Florida.

Respondents must be preapproved by FDOT for Work Goup 3.1 Minor Highway Design.

All responses must be sealed and must be submitted to the Monroe County Purchasing Office.

Publish: October 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers DISTRICT II ADVISORY COMMITTEE (DAC II) (From the City Limits of Key West to the West End of the Seven Mile Bridge) of the MONROE COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL has an opening for a TOURIST RELATED BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE - Shall be

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persons involved in business which is interdependent upon the tourist industry who have demonstrated an interest in tourist development but who shall not be employed in any position within the lodging industry (motels, hotels, recreational vehicle parks and other tourist accommodations and whose business is in the tax collection district for which they are applying.

Any person wishing to participate on the District II Advisory Committee of the Monroe County Tourist Development Council within the district so noted above, may request an application from the Administrative Office by calling (305) 296-1552 and submit an application to the address shown below: Department DAC Monroe County Tourist Development Council 1201 White Street, Suite 102 Key West, FL 33040-3328 Fax #: (305) 296-0788 Deadline for receipt of application at the above address is FRIDAY November 15, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. A resume may be attached to the application.

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FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING TO: Daniel Alessandro 6888 Molakai Circle Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Linda Alessandro 6888 Molakai Circle Boynton Beach, FL 33437 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a TRUSTEE’S NON-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING to enforce a Lien has been instituted on the following Timeshare Ownership Interest at Sunset Harbor Resort Condominium described as: Unit 113, Week 16, Sunset Harbor Resort Condominium Resort, a Condominium according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof as recorded in Official Records Book 1376, Page 1093, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits attached thereto, and any amendments thereof (hereafter the “Declaration”).

The default giving rise to these proceedings is the failure to pay condominium assessments and dues resulting in a Claim of Lien encumbering the Timeshare Ownership Interest as recorded in the Official Records of Monroe County, Florida. The Obligor has the right to object to this Trustee proceeding by serving written objection on the Trustee named below. The Obligor has the right to cure the default and any junior interestholder may redeem its interest, for a minimum period of forty-five (45) days until the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale. The Lien may be cured by sending certified funds to the Trustee payable to the Lienholder in the amount of $4,119.75, plus interest (calculated by multiplying $0.00 times the number of days that have elapsed since October 8, 2019), plus the costs of this proceeding. Said funds for cure or redemption must be received by the Trustee before the Certificate of Sale is issued.

Nicholas A. Woo, Esq. Valerie N. Edgecombe Brown, Esq. Cynthia David, Esq. Michael E. Carleton, Esq. as Trustee pursuant to Fla. Stat. §721.82 P. O. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 Telephone: 407-404-5266 Telecopier: 614-220-5613 Publish: October 17 & 24, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers

LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJACENT -TO LOTS 73 AND 74 OF MATECUMBE OCEAN BEACH, SECTION, ‘A’, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 39 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS) COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST ‘CORNER OF LOT 73, BEAR SOUTHEASTERLY AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO U. S. HIGHWAY NO. 1 FOR A DISTANCE OF 235 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT ON THE SHORELINE OF THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA, SAID POINT ALSO TO BE KNOWN AS THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PARCEL OF BAY BOTTOM LAND HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED) FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTINUE BEARING SOUTHEASTERLY AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO U. S. HIGHWAY NO. 1 FOR A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND NORTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND NORTHWESTERLY FOR DISTANCE OF 200 FEET, BACK TO THE SHORELINE, THENCE MEANDER THE SHORELINE IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET, BACK TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. LESS: A PORTION THEREOF CONVEYED AUGUST 26, 1960 TO ALBERT KENDALL AND LEONA KENDALL BY WARRANTY DEED RECORDED AMONG THE MONROE COUNTY PUBLIC RECORDS, SEPTEMBER 2, 1960 UNDER CLERKS FILE NO. 83360, IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 194 AT PAGE 183, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 73, BEAR SOUTHEASTERLY AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO. U. S. HIGHWAY NO. 1 FOR A DISTANCE OF 235 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT ON THE SHORELINE OF THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA., SAID POINT ALSO TO BE KNOWN AS THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PARCEL OF BAY BOTTOM LAND HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED;, FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTINUE BEARING SOUTHEASTERLY AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO U. S. HIGHWAY NO. 1 FOR A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND NORTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND NORTHWESTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET, BACK TO THE SHORELINE, THENCE MEANDER THE SHORELINE IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET, BACK TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Pursuant to the FINAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT entered in a case in said Court, the style of which is: SUNTRUST BANK Plaintiff VS. E CLAY SHAW III; 4 Bakers Investments, Inc.; E.C.S., III, Inc.; Unknown Parties in Possession #1; Unknown Parties in Possession #2 Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 18-CA000744-P WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 19TH day of JUNE, 2019.

KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Gwen Douglass Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE U-HAUL COMPANY OF MIAMI Notice is here by given that on October 28th, 2019, Leonard Richford Jr. Storage Auctioneer, Executive Administrator for U-Haul Company of Miami, Will be offering for sale under the Judicial Lien Process, By Public Auction, the following storage units. The Terms of the sale will be cash only. U-Haul Company does reserve the right to refuse any bids. The sales will Begin at 8:00 a.m. and continue day by day until all units are sold.

103530 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, FL. 33037.

Names And Last Known Addresses are as Follows: Richard Furtado Unit #1168 $589.00 Martin Adkins Unit #1505 $1,174.60 Publish: October 10 & 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Wheatons Towing gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on 11/02/2019, 10:00 am at 101500 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, FL 33037, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. Wheatons Towing reserves the right to accept or reject any and/all bids.

2T1BR12E2WC039457 1998 TOYOTA Publish: October 17 & 24, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of THE KEY WEST JERKY COMPANY, located at P.O. BOX 1517, KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33041, intends to register said name with the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

By: CRAIG A. PLEDGER Publish: October 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers NONJUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO FORECLOSE CLAIM OF LIEN BY TRUSTEE FILE NO.: 18-031908 SUNSET HARBOR RESORT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., A NONPROFIT CORPORATION UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Lienholder, vs.

DANIEL ALESSANDRO; LINDA ALESSANDRO Obligor __________________/ TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION Case No: 2018-CA-000744-P NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, KEVIN MADOK, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will, on the 6TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2019 AT 11:00AM on THE FRONT STEPS OF THE MONROE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 500 WHITEHEAD STREET in the City of KEY WEST Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: LOT 74, TOGETHER WITH ADJACENT BAY BOTTOM LAND, MATECUMBE OCEAN BEACH, SECTION ‘A’, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 39, OF THE. PUBLIC RECORDS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED: A PARCEL OF BAY BOTTOM LAND IN THE. STRAITS OF. FLORIDA, SOUTH OF AND ADJACENT -TO A PART OF GOVERNMENT. LOT 1, SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 64 SOUTH, RANGE 36 EAST, ON LOWER MATECUMBE KEY, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND ALSO

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No: 44-2017-CA-204-M AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will, on the 29th day of October, 2019, at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street, Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: PARCEL A Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Block 2, VACA VILLAGE, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 106, of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida.

ALSO Lots 1 and 2, PEARCE’S SUBDIVSION, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 161, of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida.

Old State Road 4A contiguous to S’ly of Lots 1 and 2 VACA VILLAGE, a subdivision according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 106, of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and lying S’ly of and contiguous to Lots 1 and 2, PEARCE’S SUBDIVISION, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 161, of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida.

PARCEL B Lot 17, Block 2, VACA VILLAGE, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 106, a resubdivision of Lots 7 and 8 of Thompson and Adams Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 24, of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, (Parcel A and Parcel B are referred to together as the “Property.”)

Pursuant to FINAL FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT entered in a case pending in said Court, the 2nd day of August, 2019 Style of which is: CENTERSTATE BANK, N.A., F/K/A CENTERSTATE BANK OF FLORIDA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER WITH COMMUNITY BANK OF FLORIDA Plaintiff, VS. SIDNEY’S AT MARATHON, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, et.al Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2017-CA204-M WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 28TH day of September, 2019.

KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

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of which is 88820 Overseas Highway, Plantation Key, Florida 33070. The estate is intestate. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is: October 17, 2019.

Personal Representative: James J. Dorl, Esq. Suite 12 First Professional Centre 5701 Overseas Highway Marathon, FL 33050 Attorney for Personal Representative: James J. Dorl, Esq. Florida Bar No. 618403 JAMES J. DORL, P.A. Suite 12 First Professional Centre 5701 Overseas Highway Marathon, FL 33050 Telephone: (305) 743-6565 Facsimile: (305) 743-4143 e-mail: jjdorl@yahoo.com Publish: October 17 & 24, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers

The date of first publication of this notice is: October 10, 2019.

Personal Representative: Richard Brandon 94100 Overseas Highway Tavernier, FL 33070 Attorney for Personal Representative: JEFFREY A. BASKIES, ESQ. Florida Bar No. 897884 Katz Baskies & Wolf PLLC 3020 NORTH MILITARY TRAIL SUITE 275 BOCA RATON, FL 33431 Email Addresses: jeff.baskies@ katzbaskies.com eservice@katzbaskies.com Publish: October 10 & 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers

personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is: October 10, 2019.

Signed on this 4th day of October, 2019.

Personal Representative: STEVEN HEMPEL 1360 N. Sandburg Terr. Apt. 803 Chicago, IL 60610 Attorney for Personal Representative: Aaron C. Swiren Florida Bar No. 13996 L. Bruce Swiren, P.A. 1516 E. Hillcrest St., Ste. 200 Orlando, FL 32803 Telephone: 407-898-7303 Email: aswiren@gmail.com Publish: October 10 & 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 2019-CP-093-P IN RE: ESTATE OF ROBERT PIERCE, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of ROBERT PIERCE, deceased, whose date of death was February 15, 2019, and whose social security number is xxx-xx-8121, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division, the address

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 2019-CP-000107-P IN RE: ESTATE OF JEANNETTE BRANDON a/k/a Jeannette Alexandra Brandon, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Jeannette Brandon, a/k/a Jeannette Alexandra Brandon, deceased, whose date of death was July 29th, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Attn: Probate Division, 88820 Overseas Highway, Tavernier, FL 33070. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 19-CP-000154-K IN RE: THE ESTATE OF STANLEY ARCHER COX, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Stanley Archer Cox, deceased, whose date of death is April 4, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division; the address of which is Monroe County Courthouse, 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, Florida 33040. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is: October 10, 2019.

Personal Representative: Barbara Baldwin 1648 Richmond Road Lexington, Kentucky 40502 Attorney for Personal Representative: Stuart M. Slutsky Florida Bar No. 985767 Stuart M. Slutsky, P.A. 2500 Weston Road, Suite 404 Weston, Florida 33331 Telephone: (954) 389-3989 stuartmslutsky@juno.com Publish: October 10 & 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 19-CP-000095-P IN RE: THE ESTATE OF GARY STEVEN HEMPEL, aka GARY S HEMPEL, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of GARY STEVEN HEMPEL, also known as GARY S HEMPEL, deceased, whose date of death was July 15, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL 33040. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 2019-CP-000137-K IN RE: THE ESTATE OF KRIS PHILLIP KANTZLER, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of KRIS PHILLIP KANTZLER, deceased, whose date of death was June 1, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division; the address of which is 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL 33040. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or liquidated claims, and who have been served a copy of this notice, must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE

305.743.0844

LEGAL NOTICES IS OCTOBER 10, 2019.

Petitioner: ELYSE NUTTER 7282 Frisco Lane Sarasota, FL 34241 Attorney for Petitioner: D. Michael Lins, Esquire Florida Bar No. 435899 LINS LAW GROUP, P.A. 14497 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., Suite 160-N Tampa, FL 33618 Ph. (813) 386-5768 Fax (813) 968-9426 Primary E-mail: mike@ linlawgroup.com Secondary E-mail: kris@ linslawgroup.com Publish: October 10 & 17, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 19-DR-000635-K Division: Family RACHAEL TAYLOR, Petitioner, and SHALICK TAYLOR, Respondent.

AMENDED NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE (NO CHILD OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT) TO: SHALICK TAYLOR 1215 Seneca Avenue Bronx, NY 10474 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for dissolution of marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Rachel Taylor, Petitioner, C/O Barroso Law, PLLC, Yanae M. Barroso, Esquire, 3158 Northside Drive, Key West, FL 33040, on or before November 19, 2019, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at Monroe County Clerk of Court, 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, Florida, 33040, before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

The action is asking the court to decide how the following real or personal property should be divided: None.

Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address.

(You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information.

Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

Dated: 10/2/2019 Kevin Madok, CPA Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Publish: October 17, 24, 31 and November 7, 2019 The Weekly Newspapers

AUTOS WANTED ALL YEARS! Junk or Used. Cars - Vans Trucks- Running or Not. $CASH$ 305-332-0483

BOATS FOR SALE ‘95 Intrepid CC 28’ ‘98 Yamahas X225 - low hours.

Too many options to list.

Appraisal was $72,400 w/trailer.

Asking $55,000 OBO. Located in Marathon. Please call after 1pm (305) 743-6505

BOATS FOR SALE

EMPLOYMENT

1981 30’ Island Hopper, 3116 Cat, low hours, new aluminum t-top shade, located in Marathon. $28,500 OBO Call Brad 305-481-6232

Key Colony Inn NOW HIRING AM/PM SERVERS. Apply in person: 700 Ocean Drive, Key Colony Beach, FL or call for details: (305) 743-0100

1983 36’ Topaz Express, twin 435hp 3208 Cats with low hours, tower, located in Marathon. Project but engines are good. $18,000 OBO Call Brad 3 0 5 - 4 8 1 - 6 2 3 2

SWEET SAVANNAH’S is now hiring for Afternoon and Evening shifts. Please apply in person 8919 Overseas Hwy. Marathon

BOAT DOCKAGE Boat Dockage - 45 ft - Behind private house off Boot Key Harbor in Marathon. $15-$20/ ft. 30/50 amp avail. Text James 409-370-0025 RENTED!!

EMPLOYMENT The Hammock House After Care Program @ St. Columba Episcopal Church is looking for an enthusiastic, supportive, compassionate person who has experience caring for children ages 6-13 with a genuine interest in working with children,a positive, friendly, fun attitude and the ability to clean, prepare snack and possibly drive a 15 passenger van. After School hours are 3:30-5:30, and camp when school is out is 9a-3p.

We are committed to providing nutritious meals, top quality care and homework help for students in our program. Our goal is to enhance the lives of every child that attends our facility. If you are a patient, caring professional with a background in child care, we hope you will contact us about this position. Drug Free & DCF Background Check is required. Please call 305-743-6412 to apply.

451 W. 52nd Street, Marathon Help wanted - Big Time Bait and Tackle - competitive wages and working 30-40 hrs a week. Contact manager Erich Yankovich 239-910-0878 Construction Supervisor needed in Upper Keys- Must have ability to schedule & organize multiple people & trades. Send resume to admin@cbtconstruct. com 305-852-3002 Need Experienced Carpenters in Upper Keys.

Must have valid Driver’s License, Tools & Transportation.

Send resume to: admin@cbtconstruct. com 305-852-3002 IMMEDIATELY HIRING: Hideaway Cafe on Grassy Key: Food Runner, Busser, Dishwasher & Prep. Call for appointment 305-289-1554.

Experienced Diesel Technician wanted. Tools and experience is a must. Electronic engine diagnostic experience preferred. Opportunity for growth and training available for qualified applicants. Florida Keys Diesel Repair, 531 107th Street, Marathon. 305-289-2070

City of Marathon - Job Openings: Code Compliance Officer, Wastewater Plant Operator Trainee , Planner/ Sustainabilty Coordinator.

EOE, FULL BENEFITS www.ci.marathon.fl.us The Island Gift Shops (Marooned In Marathon 1 & 2) are looking for happy responsible employees to complement our current staff. PART TIME HOURS in a fun environment (good fit for second job) and retirees are welcome!

Apply in person at Marooned In Marathon, 11528 Overseas Highway.

High-volume Bar Manager needed and experienced help only needed for all positions.

Apply in person Mon-Fri 1011am at Sunset Grille & Raw Bar, Knights Key Blvd. Marathon Busy title agency on Big Pine Key seeking a highly organized, detail and customer service oriented individual, who is computer savvy and can handle a fast paced environment.

Duties include managing closing files, coordination with Realtors, sellers, buyers, and lenders, regularly updating all involved parties.

Salary, health insurance. Fax resume to 305-872-4041.

HIRED!!

HOBBIES /COLLECT. PRIVATE COLLECTOR WANTS Rolex, Dive Watches and Pilot Watches. Old Model Military Clocks & Watches. Call 305-7434 5 7 8

HOUSING FOR RENT Dormitory style rooms available for short term rental in Marathon. $720/month F/L/S. Units provide an Ideal option to temporary housing for individuals or employees , furnished with bunk beds, full kitchen with all utensils, tables, desks, coin operated washer & dryer. Residents share the kitchen, bathroom and dining areas. Linens, towels ,consumables, not provided.

For information: Bob Brayman 305-743-5929 bbrayman@hallsdiving.com Long-term rental available in Marathon. 1BR/1BA unfurnished 1/2 Duplex. $1,500/month + utilities. F/L/S 305-481-6887 Roommate wanted in Marathon. Near hospital. 2 BR Duplex on canal. $875/ month plus 1/2 util. Text Janice at 646-597-3325 RENTED!!

Furnished Room & Bath for rent in Marathon. Available now. Full size bed. For Single Person Only. W/D, WIFI, Cable.

Shared living rm & kitchen. $1000/month incl. all util. $500 Security 305-850-9259 rlmcnavy59@gmail.com RENTED!!

2BR/2BA house for rent available in Marathon. $1,800/ month F/L/S Long term rental but month-to-month OK. Option to purchase.

2 1 6 - 5 0 9 - 4 4 0 0 RENTED!!!

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT in Marathon: Office/Retail Space, 1500sf w/ additional 2 covered porches incl. Open water views, US-1 frontage, $2700/month. Also small Office Space $500/month.

Wifi & Utilities included. Onsite storage & or yard space avail prices by size.

Call 305-743-7277 Small office space available for rent. Great location on U.S. 1 in Tavernier.

Conveniently located to everything.

305-394-0530

ROGO LOTS FOR SALE

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YARD SALES

FOR SALE: 2 Marathon ROGO lots with letters. 4 ROGO points. $30,000 Text LOTS to 305-393-2515 and leave name & number.

Huge Moving Sale - Saturday Oct. 19th from 8am-2pm.

No early birds. Living room, bedroom, office & outdoor furniture.

Household items, tools & fishing items.

Generator, gas cans, jewelry findings, etc. 10991 5th Avenue Gulf, Marathon

RV LOT FOR RENT RV Large Lot for Rent in Marathon. Includes 30 ft dock, $1,400/month + util. Key RV, 6099 Overseas Hwy #15-E. 760-565-7210 or 760-574-4915 Large RV Lot for Rent in Marathon. Full hook up. $800/month plus utilities.

305-942-0789 RENTED!!

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE - SAT. OCT. 19 from 8am-1pm.

Rain or Shine. Furniture - indoor & outdoor, lamps, sleeping cots, butcher block island on wheels w/baskets, sink, linens, sofa table, antique trunks, liquor/ bar cabinet, backgammon/ checkers table, an eclectic assortment of art, pictures, etc. African artifacts, Haitian art & many accessories. 1134 Bulevar De Palmas, Marathon (Take Sombrero Beach Rd. to beach approx. 2 miles then turn right on Avenida Primiceria and follow signs.)

PART TIME HOUSEKEEPER

305.743.0844

HIGH-VOLUME BAR MANAGER If you're a multi-tasking, customer-service driven and high-energy hospitality professional, it's time to take a step towards building your restaurant bar management career. We're looking for candidates with an "ownership mentality" and 3-5 years of Manager experience in guest satisfaction, maintaining standards, consistently exceeding expectations, staffing and day to day operations. We need proven, results-oriented candidates like you to apply for this High-Volume Manager position. You in cooperation with the management team, under the direction of the General Manager, will lead the restaurant staff in daily tasks, train, and develop them into assets of your team. Use creativity and communication to build a loyal customer base, and maximize efficiency. You will also be responsible for typical restaurant bar manager duties. Send your resume today!

OCEAN KEY RESORT & SPA IS HIRING!

Qualified Applicants will possess the following: minimum of 3 years as a Full-Service Restaurant Bar Manager with sales in excess of high volume. Proven success in previous positions. Demonstrate outstanding leadership, communication, and training. Stable and consistent work history as a restaurant bar manager. sunsetmthpeggy@gmail.com www.sunsetgrille7milebridge.com Sunset Grille & Raw Bar 7 Knight’s Key Blvd, Marathon, FL 33050 305-396-7235

• Bell Valet Attendant • Sunset Celebration Ambassador at Sunset Pier (retail) • AM Room Service • Dinner Greeter @Hot Tin Roof

10-30 hours/week. Must be able to work Saturdays & some Sundays.

Saturday only and Seasonal Workers are welcome to apply.

Call: 305-743-0240 or 305-587-0359 0r apply in person at 109 Coco Plum Dr. Marathon

Apply online at:

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Apply in person at: Zero Duval St.

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What to read during the revelry When it comes to books, Fantasy has many sub-genres. Novels set in an alternative universe may include magic, time travel or creatures that are not of this world. As we gear up for the 40th Anniversary of Fantasy Fest in Key West, check out these bestsellers and escape from reality!

KAREN NEWFIELD First and foremost a reader, she has reviewed hundreds of books on her blog www. readingandeating. com. And, more recently, this new Keys resident has also begun writing.

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES

By Deborah Harkness (Historical Fantasy) Deep in the stacks of the Oxford library, Diana Bishop struggles to retrieve a book on the highest shelf.

She calls for it. It comes to her.

Matthew Clairmont, a distinguished scholar, observes. And so begins the tumble from a quiet researcher's academic life to a tumultuous love affair between an extraordinary witch and a brilliant, beautiful vampire. Their families and communities forbid their love. Diana and Matthew search for the secrets to a mysterious manuscript called Ashmole 782, the spells of which have been bound for centuries and hold the answers to all of their questions.

Hundreds of years unfold as Diana and Matthew build understanding and trust to scientifically explain the difference and similarities between their two races. WARNING: If you get hooked (and you will!) this novel is the first of a trilogy and an incredible series on AMC.

THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE

By Neil Gaiman  (Epic Fantasy) A middle aged man returns to his childhood neighborhood for a funeral and he finds himself on a bench by the "ocean" down the lane. It is on this bench that his mind travels back to his childhood, a time when he was 7 years old and his friend Lettie Hempstock saved his life and unknowingly changed it forever. Forty years ago a man killed himself on this very road. His death released a chain of events that led the boy to a world of magic and make-believe. This Narnia-like world is spliced so perfectly with reality, the reader must pay very close attention to each and every compelling character. When one reflects on childhood, it is fascinating how we can remember frighteningly specific details from some events and other ones, nothing at all. As Old Mrs. Hempstock quotes, "You'll never get any two people to remember the same exact thing." Charming, creepy fable set in Sussex, England, is both beautifully written and unputdownable.

VALLEY OF THE MOON

By Melanie Gideon (Romantic Fantasy) After Lux fled her childhood home and stifling parents on the East Coast, she resettles in San Francisco. Now, as a young single mom, Lux toils away her days waitressing and dreams of a better future.

When her young son visits grandma for the first time, Lux goes on a small well-deserved camping trip in Sonoma Valley. She stumbles through fog and discovers a mysterious farming community. Experiencing an immediate connection to Joseph the community leader and his family, a harmonious pleasure surrounds her at every turn. Greengage is too good to be true. And it just may be, as time there has stood still since the devastating earthquake of 1906. Lux spends decades traveling between these two worlds; a reality where her son is everything and this enchanting land where she genuinely belongs.

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Who has been your biggest inspiration at KWHS and why? Ms. Laubenstein because having had her for two years, she’s always been a teacher who believed in me, even when I was doubting myself.

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THE FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS

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There is no feeling in the world like returning a critically endangered animal to its natural habitat. Thanks to our local dive community, it has never been so easy to come and experience the magic.

Our world’s coral reefs are inching towards extinction with every passing hour. In the last 30 years, we’ve lost 50% of them.

Coral reefs could all be gone by the end of this century. Unless we take action.

Which is exactly what we are doing at Coral Restoration Foundation™. Every. Single. Day. REBUILDING REEFS We have already lost more than 97% of the corals that used to dominate the Florida Reef Tract.

But, as you read this, the Coral Restoration Foundation™ team is out on the water, growing and outplanting corals to save this precious ecosystem.

THE HEART OF THE KEYS This reef is our home, our playground, the source of our incomes, and a structure that protects our houses and businesses from the power of the ocean during storms.

It is imperative that we work to save the Florida Reef Tract. And that’s where you come in.

A WORLD-LEADING EFFORT Coral Restoration Foundation™ is managing the largest coral restoration program in he world.

Since inventing the now famous Coral Tree, we have built and installed the world’s largest Coral Tree Nursery, right here in the Keys. It’s capable of producing more than 40,000 reef-ready corals every year.

These genetically diverse corals are now spawning in the wild, kick-starting the reefs’ natural processes of recovery.

JOIN US TO TAKE ACTION Our dive and snorkel programs give everyone the chance to become immersed in this world of hope. When you join us out on the water, you will visit our worldfamous Coral Tree Nurseries.

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So what are you waiting for? Join us today to make a powerfully positive difference for our oceans. Join us to see for yourself that there is hope for our world’s coral reefs.