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he devastating impacts of the coronavirus epidemic that started in late December on the other side of the world in China are now being felt in the Florida Keys.

What could coronavirus possibly have to do with Florida Keys’ commercial fishermen? Plenty, given that 95% of the Keys’ commercial spiny lobster catch has been sold to China for the past decade or so. That is, until the Chinese virus that sounds like a Mexican beer closed the world’s most populated country to U.S. flights and kept Chinese people out of the restaurants whose menus featured Florida spiny lobster tails.

“We can’t ship to China, because there are no flights going in, and even if there were, my Chinese fisheries rep told me, the Chinese people are only allowed to go inside a grocery store for, say, 30 minutes at a time to get what they need and get back inside their homes,” said Emily Paan-Palma whose family owns The Lobster Connection.

The business is headquartered in Marathon, but the commercial fishing family has 8,000 spiny lobster traps.

“My dad fishes off Marathon, and my brother does Key West to the Dry Tortugas,” she said.

“They’re saying this could last up to six months.

It’s devastating our season, which ends March 31.”

Bill Kelly, president of the Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen’s Association, has said the wholesale value of locally caught spiny lobster dropped from $10.50 per pound to $6 per pound in a matter of a few days.

The closure of the Chinese market for Florida’s spiny lobsters has led to an unexpected, and for commercial lobstermen, unwelcome, abundance of the tasty crawfish here in the Keys.

While the supply-and-demand shift eventually could lead to lower retail prices for retailers and consumers here in the Keys, the commercial lobstermen are doing anything but celebrating.

Gary Nichols, a commercial lobster fisherman on Conch Key, has been selling the bulk of his lobster catch to China for the past decade or so.

“Thank God for the Chinese,” Nichols said in a 2018 television interview. “We sure import a lot of things from China and people complain, `Oh, it’s Chinese-made.’ Well if it wasn’t for the Chinese right now, I’d be getting three or four dollars a pound for lobster instead of $12 or $13 a pound for lobster.”

In recent years, Florida lobster exports to China have ranged from $50 million to $75 million a year.

That figure has dropped to near $0 in the past month.

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ATTORNEY EYES HOUSE SEAT Suarez one of three in GOP primary

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Homestead attorney — who’s now an assistant state attorney for the State Attorney’s Office in Monroe County — wants to bring her education and health care background to the Florida House seat up for election in November.

Republican Alexandria Suarez officially filed May 31, 2019 for District 120 state representative, which Rep. Holly Raschein terms out of at the end of the year.

The mother of four started her career as a teacher at Glades Middle School before entering an eight-year career as a pharmaceutical representative, which took her to places throughout the district, from south Miami-Dade to Key West.

At age 45, Suarez stepped away from the pharmaceutical job and pursued a lifelong dream to become a lawyer. Passing the bar in 2016, she opened her own practice specializing in civil litigation and defense, family and immigrant law and fraud claims.

Just last week, Suarez started her new job handling misdemeanors and fish and wildlife violations out of the State Attorney’s Office in Marathon. She said she’ll work out of the Marathon office and will be living in the Upper Keys.

Suarez said it’s a switch of her day job as she goes from private to public practice. And she said it has nothing to do with the state office seat.

“I’m happy and excited,” she said. “I’ve been on the civil side, but I do have some experience on the criminal side being in health care. I handled fraud claims on the defense side, and I dealt with the State Attorney’s Offices in Miami-Dade and throughout the state.”

As for her state rep candidacy, Suarez said she wasn’t planning a career in politics. With Raschein exiting, Suarez said she’s got the background and skills to continue the work in Tallahassee.

“With Holly leaving the office, there are big shoes to fill. But I realized I have the feet to fill them. I’m new to politics, but I’m not new to hard work and success,” she said. “I’ve lived in the district for a long time. I haven’t physically been in the Keys. I’ve been in Homestead, but I’ve been in the Keys for work numerous times. My roots are here in the district.”

Educationally, Suarez stressed the importance of getting students back to the basics of what to think, not how. As a former educator within the Miami-Dade continued on the next page

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KEY BILLS UPDATE 30-HOUR EVAC TIME NO LONGER IN TAKINGS BILL

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mended legislation upping the mandatory evacuation time for Keys residents to 30 hours was struck by Judiciary Committee members last week.

House Bill 587, sponsored by Rep. Holly Raschein, looks to codify a long-standing agreement between the state and local municipalities regarding takings cases in Monroe County. Legislation was originally put forth to split judgment in cases 50-50 once building permits are gone and property owners begin to sue.

During a House Civil Justice Subcommittee meeting on Jan. 29, members agreed to add language that the state wouldn’t be held liable for half the cost of certain takings liability. Language was also added to increase the evacuation time from 24 hours to 30 hours to allow for more development permits. But those provisions were struck during a Feb. 18 House Judiciary Committee meeting.

Now, bill language is back to a 24-hour evacuation time and a share of potential takings liability between the state and local governments. Legislation also directs the state land planning agency to update a hurricane evacuation model after the 2020 census.

Raschein spoke to the committee during the meeting about the bill and the strike-all amendment. Rep. Joseph Geller, who sits on the Judiciary Committee, said legislation finds balance, protects the environment and splits the cost.

“You’ve done a great job on this, and this is the balance,” Geller said to Raschein. “Sometimes people get confused on these issues. When people acting through their government say we’re going to take this action to protect this area, someone has to pay for that. I think this bill gets it right. We want to protect the Keys. We have to be tough in doing so. Both the local government and the state should bear financial responsibility to keep a Florida Keys and a Florida Everglades.”

There’s still an uphill battle, however, to get legislation to the finish line due to the large price tag associated with liability costs. The bill was referred to the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 21.

Per a bill analysis, the state would be required to pay half of property-related liability costs in the Keys. The latest estimate provided by the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners projects that, in a worst-case scenario, after the 1,421 remaining permits are allocated, there will be 8,269 parcels left whose owners could bring lawsuits based on the denial of a development permit.

The total value of those parcels is estimated at $846,961,269.13.

Since state and local governments in an area of critical concern are involved in land planning regulations, both can be sued as defendants in property rights litigation. For example, a 2018 circuit court entered judgment against Monroe County and the state, finding that both defendants were responsible for “taking” the plaintiff’s property.

MOSQUITO BILL MOVES FORWARD Legislation revising requirements for the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District’s board of commissioners to borrow money was unanimously passed in the House and sent to the Senate on Feb. 20. Current legislation allows a $1 million limit on the district’s borrowing authority of a 5-year period. With the bill’s passage, restrictions would be lifted to bring borrowing of the board of commissioners in line with other agencies, allowing the district to purchase helicopters for its mosquito control operation.

PLASTIC BAG LEGISLATION STALLING Legislation in the House and Senate pertaining to plastic bags and single-use straws has yet to gain traction. House Bill 6043 would remove prohibitions of local laws relating to regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings and disposable plastic bags, as well as repealing preemptions of local local laws related to use or sale of polystyrene products. Senate Bill 182, which would delete preemptions of local law related to regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings and plastic bags, also hasn’t gained any movement.

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Public Schools, Suarez said it’s something she wants to implement across the board in schools.

“There was a lot of teaching them what to think, how to take a test and solve a problem and working their way through it,” she said. “Those are the best governing standards, focusing on math and history and getting rid of Common Core because it was not working.”

As for health care, Suarez said many can’t afford the hundreds of dollars a month for insurance. A pharmaceutical specialist and an attorney who’s practiced in health law, Suarez said she understands the mechanics behind it all.

“There are a lot of challenges in trying to improve health care,” she said. “Many can’t afford the cost of medications and health insurance, and we’re paying a lot more for a lot less,” she said. “I want to help to ensure we improve the situation.”

Overall, Suarez said she understands the issues in the sprawling district, from farming and a development frenzy in south Miami-Dade to preservation and the heavy tourist flow in the Keys.

“Every area is unique. North of the 7-Mile Bridge is very different than south. In Key West, they care about the historical preservation and the pride in being a Conch,” she said. “You go to Islamorada, there’s a lot of recreation and people coming down, which creates bumper-to-bumper traffic.”

Despite the differences, Suarez said both regions, from the islands to the mainland, rely on one another, from Homestead’s fresh produce to evacuating people out of the Keys.

“You can’t just stay in a bubble.

That’s what sets me apart,” she said.

“You need to look at the whole district, and Miami-Dade is a part of that equation. The Keys relies on the mainland to get out, and now you have this mandate that you have to get out within 24 hours. Well, we’re not going anywhere if Homestead continues with its mass development.”

Suarez is joined in the state representative race by Republicans Jim Mooney, Islamorada councilman, and Rhonda Rebman Lopez, business owner and North Key Largo resident.

Clint Barras, vice president of Two Oceans Digital in Key West, is the only candidate who’s thrown his name into the race on the Democratic side.

For more information on the candidates, visit keysweekly.com.

COUNTDOWN TO THE SLOWDOWN

COW KEY LANE CLOSURES START APRIL 15 MANDY MILES

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OT is a BFD. That’s Maintenance of Traffic for those unfamiliar with transportation terminology. And it’s a big freakin’ deal, particularly when it comes to the twin bridges over Cow Key Channel that connect Key West with, well, the rest of the world.

Key West city commissioners on Feb. 19 heard from Florida Department of Transportation project managers as the D-Day date rapidly approaches for the dreaded Cow Key Channel Bridge reconstruction.

The entire project is scheduled to take place between March 16 and Dec. 30, but the anticipated nightmare of lane closures and traffic tie-ups will only occur from April 15 to Oct. 12, so all lanes will be open by Fantasy Fest.

“With regard to Maintenance of Traffic, we’re committed to maintaining three open lanes at all times, with two lanes open in the peak direction of travel,” said George Hoffman, a construction project senior administrator with FDOT. In the morning, there will be two lanes coming into Key West and one heading out town. That will shift in the afternoon to accommodate two outbound lanes and one inbound lane.

Currently, the morning inbound schedule is from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. and the outbound shift is from 10 a.m. to 4 a.m.

He emphasized that the lane closures will only last 180 days, despite the longer duration of the entire project. Hoffman also emphasized that FDOT has offered contractors a total of $800,000 in incentives to complete each phase on time.

“If they go beyond the completion date, then they start losing $17,500 per day,” Hoffman said. Work will be permitted 24/7, he said, but added that he doesn’t expect the contractors to work around the clock unless they fall behind schedule.

In addition to the lane closure on the bridge, traffic patterns will change on Stock Island. Left turns will not be permitted from College Road South onto U.S. 1.

Left turns will be limited to College Road North, where a temporary traffic light will be installed, Hoffman said. Transportation officials pledged to closely monitor traffic and timing and adjust the lane schedules and traffic lights accordingly.

In addition, Mayor Teri Johnston confirmed with Hoffman that nine closedcircuit cameras will be installed to monitor traffic on and around the bridges in real time to expedite adjustments.

“This project is expected to cause great disruption and huge inconvenience to people,” Commissioner Sam Kaufman said.

“But we really do thank you all for committing to just 180 days of lane closures and for including the bigger incentives.”

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lap a fish, it’s Pisces season. In the Northern Hemisphere, Pisces bridges the gap, or straddles the sapling, between winter and spring. It is a time for preparation and creation.

Pisces people and Pisces season exist to teach us different and deeper modalities of empathy and forgiveness. Unlike fellow water signs Scorpio and Cancer, Pisces lacks a protective exoskeleton, making them more vulnerable to the pain and energies of others. This vulnerability is often medicated with a deep escapist streak that sometimes sends our fish friends swimming toward numbing indulgences.

This particular Pisces season runs concurrent with the onset of Lent. As a hedonistic earth sign I don’t believe in deprivation, but I do believe in the merits of moderation. Do more with less. Get weird, get tender, do something emotionally terrifying. See you on the other side of retrograde.

is a middle child and Taurus Fire Tiger named after a stigmatic saint.

She divides her time and affections between New Orleans and Key West.

PISCES Feb. 19 – March 20 Scientists have debunked the widely circulated belief that fish can’t feel pain. This revelation should come as no surprise to you, Pisces, who tend to feel not just your own hurt but the psychic suffering of the world at large.

With Mercury in retrograde in your sign you may be experiencing something akin to an emotional apocalypse. Worry not, this pain is a pathway.

Notable Pisces: Wyatt Earp / March 19, 1848

WHAT THE STARS HAVE IN STORE ARIES March 21 – April 19 Fellow firebreather Quentin Tarantino said of his brief incarceration, “I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time. I learnt some great dialogue.” I wonder what an enthusiastic approach to captivity might show you, my ram contingent. What will a metaphorical lockup unlock for you?

Notable Aries: Marlon Brando / April 3, 1924

LEO July 23 – Aug. 22 Fellow Leo and all around strange cat H.P. Lovecraft mused, “Memories and possibilities are even more hideous than realities.” What power and pain are you giving to your projections of the future and remembering of the past? Don’t allow these dark vistages to hijack the pleasure of your present.

Notable Leo: Martin Sheen / Aug. 3, 1940

TAURUS April 20 – May 20 Ancient Egyptians venerated Apis, a bull god who was conceived when a bolt of lightning struck his mother. I urge you to prepare yourself for a similar intervention, Taurus. Make yourself the midwife of your own immaculate creation. Whatever it is, will be worthy of worship.

Notable Taurus: Orson Welles / May 6, 1915

VIRGO Aug. 23 – Sept. 22 In the realms of relationships and dreams, you are equally adept at construction and demolition. It’s easy for you to imagine success, but challenging for you not to dismantle possibilities with pessimism and practicality.

Don’t. Now more than ever, you need to protect your unrealized potential from your own selfdoubt.

Notable Virgo: Nas / Sept. 14, 1973

GEMINI May 21 – June 20 Current planetary placements suggest the theme of death will hang heavy for Geminis this season. Your days aren’t numbered, but you are being called to examine and exhume. Your goal is to learn lessons from the past, make peace with your own mortality and thoughtfully prepare the legacy you want to leave behind.

Notable Gemini: Walt Whitman/ May 31, 1819 CANCER June 21 – July 22 The beauty of you, moonchild, is the expansive way you define and cultivate family. However, last year may have found you prioritizing the dreams and schemes of your chosen people over your own destiny. Enough of that shit. Heed these words: Choosing you will not be to the detriment of anyone else.

Notable Cancer: Harrison Ford / June 22, 1942

LIBRA Sept. 23 – Oct. 22 It’s a beautiful, brutal time to be a Libra. You are on the cusp of a transformative breakthrough.

The downside? You have to retreat into the metaphorical cave of your psyche to get there. Think contemplation, the shedding of fears, exorcism of demons and soothing of ancient wounds. Surrender, and you’re bound to meet the higher version of yourself on the other side.

Notable Libra: Annie Leibovitz / Oct. 2, 1949 SCORPIO Oct. 23 – Nov. 21 Do you remember the nursery rhyme with the refrain, “Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I guess I’ll go eat worms”? You may feel the fullness of those words in the weeks ahead, Scorpio.

Your inner narrator might insist that everyone is conspiring against you, no one can be trusted and you’re better off alone.

Listen closely to me: They aren’t, they can and certainly not.

Notable Scorpio: Gordon Ramsay / Nov. 8, 1966 SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22 – Dec. 21 Fellow archer Mark Twain maintained, “Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.”

Keep this weapon of revelry in your wheelhouse, archer. When Saturn squares the sun in the coming weeks, you’ll have to fight back feelings of defeat. I recommend you employ unfettered joy as your preferred combat strategy.

Notable Sagittarius: Tina Turner / Nov. 26, 1939 CAPRICORN Dec. 22 – Jan. 19 Goats are social creatures who are equally affable to any warmhearted mammal. When paired with racehorses, the two animals create a mutually calming, lasting friendship. In honor of this unlikely coupling, I encourage you to open your social circle, or corral as it were, and see what kind of symbiotic bonds you can forge with unlikely allies.

Notable Capricorn: Robert Duvall / Jan. 5, 1931 AQUARIUS Jan. 20 – Feb. 18 You are prone to panic when things don’t go to plan, not because you can’t adapt but because your visionary nature doesn’t abide delays. Rather than perceiving setbacks as problems, recognize them as the universe making amendments to better your grand scheme.

Notable Aquarius: Bob Marley / Feb. 6, 1945

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Thursday, Feb. 27 • Easy yoga at 10 a.m.; story time at 10:30 a.m. at Marathon library.

• Duplicate bridge at 1 p.m. at Marathon Senior Center.

• Michael Haskins, Florida Keys author, speaks at Friends of the Marathon Library event, 2 p.m. at St. Columba Episcopal Church, 451 52nd St., Gulf, Marathon.

Friday, Feb. 28 • Last day to register for T-ball with City of Marathon.

• Yoga for preschoolers at 10:30 a.m.; art with Sylvia at 4 p.m. at Marathon library.

• Mt. Kilimanjaro travel talk with veterinarians Dr. Geri Diethelm and Dr. Doug Mader to benefit the FKSPCA at 6 p.m., Marathon Fire Station, $25.

• The annual Great Bowls of Fire chili cook-off at the Dolphin Bistro from 4 to 8 p.m., $10 to compete; $15 to taste. Proceeds will benefit the award-winning Premier Pro Start Culinary Arts program at MHS

BANK MAKES DONATION Iris Coe and Jessica Lugo of Centennial Bank celebrate another donation to Grace Jones Day Care Center. The bank donated $500 to the center earlier this month. CONTRIBUTED

HAPPY 100 Mary Duval, left, is turning 100 next week. The Marathon Elks is hosting a birthday party for the centenarian and her family, including her daughter Marianne, right, on Wednesday, March 4. Mary was born in Albany, New York, but lived in Saratoga Springs her whole life. Mary and her husband Jack wintered in the Keys every year since 1973. One day while Jack went fishing, Mary stayed home and bought a condo to surprise her husband. The rest is history.

Saturday, Feb. 29 • Master Gardener plant clinic from 9 a.m. to noon at The Home Depot, Marathon.

• Highway and pond cleanup between MM 59-60 at 9 a.m. Meet at Jolly Roger RV park.

• Ukulele lessons for tweens at 2 p.m. at Marathon library.

Sunday, March 1 • Nature, bird and history walk at 12:15 p.m. at Crane Point Museum.

• KCBCA concert featuring Music

by Mike at 4 p.m. at Sunset Park, Key Colony Beach.

Monday, March 2 • Learn to play chess (all ages) at 4 p.m. at Marathon library.

Tuesday, March 3 • Duplicate bridge at 1 p.m. at Marathon Senior Center.

• Art with Sylvia at 4 p.m. at Marathon library.

Wednesday, March 4 • Nature of Human Nature discussion group at 10 a.m.; Movie night “Jackie” at 6 p.m. at Marathon library.

Thursday, March 5 • Duplicate bridge at 1 p.m. at Marathon Senior Center.

• Cricut crafts at 4 p.m. at Marathon library.

FLEA MARKET Shoppers filled Founders Park as they eyed bargains and sought out boat vendors, drank Bloody Marys and rum punch and ate sandwiches and turkeys legs during the 25th annual Upper Keys Rotary Club’s Gigantic Nautical Flea Market on Feb. 22-23. Thousands showed up over a two-day period as 270-vendors showcased their fishing products, arts, crafts, goods and more. Marathon’s signature event — the Marathon Seafood Festival — is just around the corner on March 14-15. DOUG FINGER/Keys Weekly

Get ready to run KAIR’s Sombrero Beach race Save the date: On Saturday, March 7, hundreds of local and visiting runners will take part in the 14th annual Sombrero Beach Run to benefit KAIR, a nonprofit serving those in crisis. The race comes in four flavors — a 10k run, a 5k run, a 5k walk, and a kids’ fun run.

Runners may also choose to participate in the back-to-back 10k (starting at 8 a.m.) and the 5k (starting at 9:15 a.m.) as part of the 15k challenge.

The kids’ run is free, and all the other races cost $25 before March 6, except the 15k which costs $30. Race package pickup is Friday, March 6, with a casual party on the beach. On race day there’s a runners breakfast, a DJ, and cold beer served after the exercise. To register, visit sombrerobeachrun.org.

Celebrate big with a small town — KCB Sunday, March 8, marks another birthday for Key Colony Beach. The Middle Keys hamlet celebrates with a big party featuring vendors, food, live music, rubber ducky races and much, much more. The fun lasts all day!

Grassy Key cleanup set for Saturday Volunteers are partnering with Time Out Magazine to do a highway cleanup between MM 59 and MM 60, in front of Jolly Roger RV Resort on Saturday, Feb. 29. Participants should meet at the front of the park at 9 a.m.

Vest, gloves and water will be provided and free hot dogs will be served after the cleanup.

Register now for classes for hurricane re-entry Individuals who want to volunteer in case of an emergency are encouraged to take special training. Upon completion, they will receive the Monroe County early re-entry placard. The classes are free: an online course, a 16hour (two-day) classroom course, and a four-hour hands-on training course in fire safety and basic first aid.

Monroe County Emergency Management is hosting the classroom course in the Keys in Marathon on March 7-8, in the Lower Keys on March 21-22 and in Key Largo on April 25-26.

For more information, or to sign up, call 305-289-6018.

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Mike Forster, Islamorada mayor and board of county commissioner candidate, provides opening marks on stage inside the Performing Arts Center at Coral Shores. JIM McCARTHY/Keys Weekly

INAUGURAL DEBATE Commissioner hopefuls square off JIM McCARTHY

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hree Republican county commissioner hopefuls took to podiums inside the Coral Shores Performing Arts Center on Feb. 25. Fifty-plus attendees listened intently to opening remarks and responses to various pressing topics facing the Keys.

Hosted by the Upper Keys Republican Club, the inaugural debate for the Board of County Commissioners’ District 5 seat featured Mike Forster, Islamorada mayor; Robby Majeska, Keys Kritters owner and member of the Key Largo sewer board; and Jose Peixoto, longtime Key Largo resident who previously ran for Congress and state representative.

Kicking off the debate, Forster relayed his passion for serving the public, having spent eight years on the Islamorada dais. He serves on the board of the United Way and was a MARC House board member. He’s a founder of Florida Bay Forever, and said he believes in home rule.

Forster said he started off his life in the Keys in Key Largo, serving up beverages at Hobo’s back in the day on the bayside. Forster, who moved to the Keys for the laid-back lifestyle, said things have changed a bit since first coming down.

“As everything evolves, and people have found paradise, we have to somehow adjust our sailes and try to create a balance of life,” he said. “I do believe in property rights, but I also believe in quality of life.”

Forster said he bought a house in Harry Harris Park and plans on living there if it’s the “will of the people to elect me.”

“I’d love to serve with some of the new commissioners and see if we can

get a new culture, maybe some help in the planning department and address sea level rise,” he said.

Before getting into his statements, Peixoto took a moment to thank Forster and Majeska for all their efforts serving the community, as well as the sheriff and the county commissioners who were in attendance. One of Peixoto’s messages to the crowd revolved around the fact that residents care about their communities.

“We have a lot of problems here.

People say, ‘Why does your sign say “Make the Florida Keys Great Again?”’

(The) Florida Keys are still good,” he said. “The people are still wonderful and compassionate. Our waters are still beautiful. But we have stuff that needs to be changed.”

Peixoto said there’s a huge workforce housing demand for sheriff’s deputies, teachers and firefighters and bartenders who are just making ends meet. Many come down from Homestead to work, he said.

“I understand a lot of people don’t want that in my backyard — the housing — but we have to work together,” he said. “We need those workers.

Another problem I see here, if we have to deal with the building department in Key Largo, if you’ve never done it, when you walk in that door they look at you and treat you like a criminal. We are not. We need to be treated well by them. That’s the job of the commissioners to watch that.”

Born in New York, Majeska came to Key Largo, a small community where everyone’s friends, with his wife and kids. He ended up opening Keys Kritters Pet Store, a place he calls “your community pet store.” Majeska has lived in the community for more than 20 years, and he’s not only a big animal supporter, but he’s also an advocate

for the environment in the classroom. “(Principal) Lisa Taylor and I put together a classroom for kids so they can learn respect for life,” he said, adding that marine biology classes are offered at Coral Shores and Plantation Key schools. “By teaching kids marine biology, we’re going to teach them about the environment and respecting the environment.”

When Majeska’s son was in fifth grade, he wanted to be a boy scout.

Majeska ended up becoming a boy scout leader for nine years. Starting out with 16 kids, almost all of them became Eagle scouts.

“One of the things I drilled into their head is leave no trace behind and clean up the environment,” he said.

Majeska was also elected in Key Largo to what he tells strangers “is an environmental water quality project.” Locally, it’s called

Longtime Key Largo resident Jose Peixoto provides opening statements.

Robby Majeska, Keys Kritters owner and Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District board member, answers a question on U.S. 1.

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Key Largo Wastewater District Treatment Board of Commissioners.

“This project in this office let me go to work for the county and citizens in Tallahassee and D.C., and it’s helping save our reefs,” he said.

CANDIDATES TOUCH ON TRAFFIC Majeska said the Army Corps of Engineers showed what they need to do to bring roads up with sea level rise and climate change. Now, costs are up to $1 billion or more over 10 years, he said.

“Where’s this money going to come from?,” he questioned. “We have to find partners to come up with this money. We can’t just wave a wand and do these road projects. We can work in increments. We just finished a billion-dollar sewer project.

Now we want to put in a $1 billion stormwater project and $1 billion road-raising project.”

Forster said he supports a toll in Monroe County where visitor dollars are collected to help pay for Keys infrastructure. As for residents, Forster said the system could be similar to that of Key West for parking permits. Forster said he brought the matter up with then-U.S. Rep Carlos Curbelo and current U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

“I don’t think it’s gone and it’s something that’s not doable,” he said. “I believe I have one person in support in Heather Carruthers. Hopefully I can find one more seat, if elected, to explore that. Let the tourists pay impact fees and let them pay for housing for the sheriff’s (deputies) and get more patrols on the highway.

Peixoto said the biggest problem is the federal and state government have no idea what’s going in the Keys when it comes to traffic.

“I think we should be stronger when we let the state and the federal laws come and close on us. That’s a DOT problem. It’s not Monroe County.”

For more on the debate, read next week’s edition of Keys Weekly.

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MONROE COUNTY

MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 27, 2020

IN SPLIT VOTE, BOCC DECIDES TO ACCEPT STATE’S 300 AFFORDABLE ROGO UNITS In a hotly-debated and split vote, the BOCC voted 3-2 to begin the process of accepting the state-offered 300 affordable ROGO allocations at the February meeting in Key West. TIFFANY DUONG/Keys Weekly

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o take or not to take? That’s been the perennial question before the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners when discussing the county’s share of the 1,300 affordable ROGO allocations from the state of Florida.

In May 2018, as a response to Irma and the shortage of workforce housing, then-Gov. Rick Scott allocated 1,300 new affordable housing building permits to local governments.

Marathon, Key West and Islamorada each accepted their 300 allocations and began amending their respective comprehensive plans to allow for the additional permits.

These municipal decisions were challenged by residents on the basis of safety during hurricane evacuations and environmental carrying capacity in a hearing that finished December 2019. A final decision is expected to come from the secretary of the Department of Economic Opportunity later this year.

The BOCC hadn’t taken a formal stance on its 300 allotments, deferring to the judicial outcome and requesting more information about potential takings liabilities. All that changed at the February meeting in Key West, where they voted 3-2 to begin the process of accepting the 300 allotments for unincorporated Monroe and to initiate the requisite text amendment to the county’s comprehensive plan and codes. Commissioner Craig Cates advocated in favor of accepting the 300.

“It may increase traffic, but we know the amount it will increase, and it’s very important for the survival of

In addition to the 300 allotments, the BOCC heard an update on the possibility of converting some market rate allotments to affordable units. Assistant County Administrator Christine Hurley offered to come back to the BOCC in March with a “menu of options.” TIFFANY DUONG/Keys Weekly

Emily Schemper, senior director of planning & environmental resources, presents some of the details about accepting the 300 units to the BOCC at the February meeting. TIFFANY DUONG/Keys Weekly

the Keys to take this affordable housing,” he said, noting that if the cities win their case and if the county rejects its share, the former would gladly get together and split the 300 amongst themselves. Commissioner David Rice was persuaded. “If we think that will happen, then I agree with you: the net benefit of us not taking them is negated,” he said.

Commissioner Michelle Coldiron agreed, saying, “What Commissioner Cates said is spot on: if we do not take the 300, the municipalities will go back and ask for them, so they will be in the county regardless of whether we own them or not.”

Two public speakers, as well as Mayor Heather Carruthers and Commissioner Sylvia Murphy, disagreed.

Murphy referenced the number of concerned constituents who ask her not to take the 300. She warned, “We’re packing in like sardines, and the net will be closing one of these days.”

Carruthers felt it was premature for the commission to discuss and vote on the issue before the litigation had played out. Unlike her fellow commissioners, she was “all for it” if the county’s 300 went to the cities. She said, “That’s where the employment centers are. Why wouldn’t we want the density concentrated in our municipalities? For that reason, I cannot support it at this time.”

After hearty discussion, the commission voted 3-2 in favor of accepting the 300 and beginning the text amendments, with Carruthers and Murphy voting against.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 27, 2020

BENEFITS OUTWEIGH IMPACTS OF 300 NEW HOUSING PERMITS

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eeping control of local resources local should be one of the priorities of county government.

That's why it was so important for Monroe County to accept the 300 affordable housing ROGOs offered to Monroe County by the State of Florida. The shortage of affordable housing in the Keys is one of the top issues affecting our quality of life, our economy and our future. Since Hurricane Irma and before, the lack of affordable workforce housing has negatively impacted the Florida Keys. Residents of the Middle and Lower Keys have been harder hit because the Upper Keys has workers coming out of Homestead and South Miami. The housing shortage impacts not only local businesses’ ability to hire the workers needed to provide services, but local families as well, many of whom are forced to leave families, friends and homes to find housing they can afford.

They are not asking for a handout; they are asking for reasonably priced housing so they can work, raise their families and be productive members of the community.

I understand the issues associated with an increase in the amount of housing and permanent residents. Such an increase affects our quality of life, safety and future. Some people are saying that having our workers evacuate early would be impractical because they are the ones who must prepare for the evacuation.

The truth is, this is 300 potential units, not all the Keys workforce and not everyone who is securing the properties and businesses. The new units, when built, will be stronger, safer and able to withstand Category 5 storms, thus reducing the time it takes residents to prepare for a storm and making evacuation for these residents faster and easier.

To say this undermines the

opposition to a new 30-hour hurricane evacuation time, rather than the 24-hour evacuation time, and opens the door for 8,860 new ROGOs and over 20,000 more residents is just not true.

This is for a specific purpose and a very small number of new homes that will take several years to be built. New construction must adhere to all controls and standards like building codes, restrictions on where they can be built, impacts on infrastructure, and there must be community input on where larger projects can be built. We know the new qualitybuilt units will improve many residents’ quality of life by offering long-term housing options for a fair rent.

I voted to accept the 300 units of workforce housing from the State of Florida so residents can remain in the Keys and enjoy their quality of life, and so employers will have workers to staff the business they’ve worked so hard to build.

With proper planning and smart use of our resources we will continue to improve traffic flow, public transportation, infrastructure and our planning to make sure evacuations are safe and organized, with the benefits far outweighing the impacts.

Thank you, Craig Cates Monroe County Commissioner, District 1

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ACCEPTING 300 ROGOS WAS ‘WRONG-HEADED AND SHORT-SIGHTED’

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have long been an advocate of greater affordability of housing in the Keys, from my work with FIRM (Fair Insurance Rates for Monroe), to the county's Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, to my efforts post-Irma to jump-start construction of workforce housing. It may come as a surprise, then, that I strongly believe the BOCC's 3-2 vote to begin the process to accept from the state 300 ROGOs for affordable housing is wrong-headed and short-sighted.

We have just spent the past few weeks working to convince legislative leaders that the 24-hour hurricane evacuation constraint is essential to preserving the Keys.

By accepting the 300, we send a contradictory message to Tallahassee.

And I'm puzzled that some of the very people who voted against streamlining the bureaucratic process to build workforce housing (Goal 109) within our existing capacity jumped at the chance to overdevelop our Keys.

For 28 years, the number of humans our island chain can support has been based on our ability to evacuate residents within 24 hours of a hurricane’s landfall. That number has been managed through the distribution of building permits in our ROGO system.

Our infrastructure (sewers, electricity, freshwater supply, medical facilities, roadways, schools) has been balanced to accommodate that metric. (Notably, the evacuation model currently assumes a 62% residential occupancy rate during hurricane season.)

Accepting the additional ROGOs could lead to more than the 1,300 units that have been offered by the state. Here's why: If someone can agree to evacuate 48 hours pre-landfall just because they live in a designated workforce housing unit, why can't someone else sign an affidavit agreeing to evacuate in 48 hours, or spend hurricane season outside of the Keys, and thus receive a building permit?

We are not talking, then, about 1,300 units, but about 8,860 more dwelling units, or 20,000 more residents, because 7,560 undeveloped

parcels will remain at the end of ROGO. It means millions, if not billions, of dollars to scale up infrastructure.

It means more traffic, more impact to nearshore waters, more environmental stress, all while we face expensive mitigation and adaptation projects to address sea level rise. Thanks to supply and demand, it means a loss in value of existing developed properties. And what about U.S. 1? Is it even feasible to widen the road and 42 bridges to move more traffic? I doubt it.

Further, the 48-hour evacuation constraint for the workforce is impractical. Our workers – utility workers, deputies, public works employees – are the last to evacuate when a storm threatens. Tourists must get out of town 48 hours before landfall, but hotel staff must check them out and secure hotel property – not to mention their own – before a storm hits. These are the people who inhabit affordable developments. What do we do if they can't or won't leave? Evict them?

Mother Nature is the greatest complication. The weather service will admit its ability to forecast a storm’s strength is not perfect. A seemingly benign storm turns, strengthens or intensifies, and we have insufficient time to get off the rock. Conversely, storms aren’t always as damaging as predicted. As a former hotelier, I sent my guests home eight times in 14 months during the ’04-’05 seasons, when just one of those storms caused serious damage to Key West. Finally, the entire proposal has been challenged in court, with no judicial decision expected until May. There was no reason to take any action until that legal battle is settled, no reason to have staff spend time and tax dollars on an issue that may, in the end, be moot. The BOCC voted a year ago to hold off on any decision until that case was settled. What changed?

This was a hasty decision and bad public policy. It threatens our people’s safety, our environment and our quality of life.

Mayor Heather Carruthers Monroe County Commissioner, District 3

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EDUCATION

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FUTURE FINANCIERS Bank-sponsored competitions awards student winners with cash

The Goldie Locks team, sponsored by Kia Automotive and Boat, consists of Taylor Sokolosky, Haley Dargay and Frank Dupey.

The Money Bags are sponsored by Superior Electric: Alberto Aguirre, Cory Bisson and Robert Felts.

The Winners team incudes Clara Williams, Katerina Nikiforova and Delaney Collins, sponsored by David Rogers.

What is the principal of a loan?

How is a credit score calculated?

On Thursday, March 5, Keys Federal Credit Union will host Marathon High School’s Financial Fitness competition and five teams of students will answer questions like this to determine who will be the next financial tycoons. The community has sponsored five teams and the winning MHS team will face off against the top teams from Coral Shores and Key West later in the month. That winner goes to a statewide competition.

The prize? Cold, hard cash in student scholarships. The winning team from MHS will earn $1,500.

Every subsequent level, teams have the chance to win even more.

This is the third year Keys Federal Credit Union has sponsored such a contest, and the second year all regions have been tested.

Juli Lewis, the director of the Southeastern Credit Union Foundation, moderated the competition in 2019. She created the Financial Fitness competition four years ago when she joined the foundation, dedicated in part to financial education.

The goal is, of course, financial literacy.

“They need to be able to survive after they get out of high school,” said a local spokesperson, about the importance of the exercise. “They have to be able to pay bills. If they are going to college, they are going to have to know how to make a budget. If they stay in town, the more financially savvy they are, the better chance they’ll have of being able to live in the Keys and be able to sustain a Keys existence without having to leave.”

The teams at Marathon High School were sponsored by local businesses — the Weekly Newspapers, Superior Electric, D’Asign Source, Kia as well as a private donor, David Rogers.

— Contributed

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SEMINAR ON ESTATE PLANNING

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New Listings % 2019

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Number Sold % 2019

Average Sale Price

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2019

2020

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Residential: Marathon

303

258

-14

56

63

12

13

17

30

635,663

570,826

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Key Colony

101

101

0

15

18

20

2

5

150

592,500

828,660

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Duck Key

56

57

1

10

7

-30

4

2

-50

583,000

542,500

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Conch Key

4

7

75

1

1

0

0

0

0

-

-

0

Long Key

11

13

18

2

5

150

1

0

-

510,000

-

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475

436

-8

84

94

12

20

24

20

580,291

647,329

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New Listings % 2019

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2020

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Residential: Big Pine Key

117

107

-8

29

27

-6

6

5

-16

353,336

308,930

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No Name Key

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Big Torch Key

1

2

-33

1

1

0

0

0

0

-

-

0

5

400

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

0

Middle Torch

1

0

-

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

0

Little Torch

39

28

-28

12

6

-50

1

3

200

690,000

343,333

-50

Ramrod Key

29

26

-10

10

5

-50

2

2

0

385,000

660,000

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Summerland

42

42

0

11

8

-27

2

6

200

720,000

951,667

32

Cudjoe Key

81

86

6

16

20

25

6

6

0

748,750

590,583

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Sugarloaf Key

43

46

6

9

10

11

5

2

-60

455,480

812,000

78

Big Coppitt

49

39

-20

13

12

-7

7

3

-57

328,643

390,000

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TOTALS

405

381

-6

101

89

-12

29

27

-7

525,887

579,502

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COMMUNITY NEWS

MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 27, 2020

STORE YOUR BOAT WITH US! MADER AND DIETHELM TO SPEAK ABOUT TRAVELS Keys veterinarians Dr. Geri Diethelm and Dr. Doug Mader from Marathon Veterinary Hospital will talk about their recent travels from sea level in the Conch Republic to the top of the African continent – Mt. Kilimanjaro.The talk is set for Friday, Feb. 28 starting at 6 p.m. at the Marathon Fire Station. The evening is a fundraiser for the Florida Keys SPCA and tickets cost $25. More information is available at tara@fkspca.org, 305-743-4800 or fkspca.org (click on the “events” tab).

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GIVES $3.5M FOR CORAL RESTORATION

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he Florida Keys’ coral reefs are getting financial support from an unlikely source: the United Arab Emirates.

The small but wealthy country on the Persian Gulf in western Asia has granted $3.5 million to United Way of Collier and the Keys to restore seven local reef sites and bolster marine science education programs in Monroe County schools.

United Way will administer the grant and distribute funding to organizations such as Mote Marine that undertake coral restoration projects, said Leah Stockton, who heads up the Keys’ United Way efforts. United Way of the Florida Keys recently merged with United Way of Collier County to form United Way of Collier and the Keys.

Stockton acknowledged that coral reef restoration “is not normally in the United Way’s wheelhouse.”

“But the financial stability and viability of the Keys’ working population is very much a part of what we do,” Stockton said. “Considering that 42% of the Keys population lives paycheck to paycheck, and 60% of our population works in an industry that’s directly or indirectly tied to the marine and tourism environment, this was certainly something we’re proud to be a part of.”

The $3.5 million gift is part of a larger $10 million pledge from the UAE, often simply called the Emirates, to the state of Florida for Hurricane Irma relief efforts.

“This is what friends do for each other in times of need,” said Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE ambassador to the United States. “The UAE is delighted to be able to help the Florida Keys community and begin to restore its coral reefs. We share the same planet and face the same challenges. That’s why the UAE is proud to collaborate with partners in the U.S. and around the world to protect and preserve vital ecosystems.”

The United Way will oversee, manage and distribute the grant as part of its continuing Hurricane Irma recovery programming and assistance.

These will include projects to ensure the viability of the reef and thereby the financial stability of the Florida Keys community who depend upon it to provide over $4.7 billion in annual revenue, the release states.

— Contributed

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Garden Tour

TOUR 5 UNIQUE PROPERTIES AND 1 EXCEPTIONAL GARDEN IN THE MARATHON AREA 10AM – 4PM | $30 p/person Purchase tickets at: Marathon Garden Club 10-2 Tuesday-Saturday, DK’s Beach Boutique, from the Chamber of Commerce, or call 305-743-4971

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gracious gardens, lavish outdoor entertaining spaces, five beautiful homes, inside and out as well as stunning private garden, professionally designed!

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purchase tickets • enjoy light refreshments • buy raffle tickets for the artwork donated by local artists

MORE INFO: call the Garden Club at 305-743-4971 or visit www.marathongardenclub.org 3270 Overseas Highway • Marathon FL (MM 50, across from Publix Plaza)

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HOME & GARDEN TOUR 5 homes and ‘surprise garden’ on the annual tour

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mateur gardeners and decorators look forward to this event all year long: a chance to view the gardens and homes of those in the Middle Keys who share their passions. The tradition has endured for 43 years. Marathon Garden Club’s annual house and garden tour happens two weeks from now on Saturday, March 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are six stops on the tour and tickets are $30.

The Weekly got a sneak peek at the properties. The tour is tightly organized — five properties on Key Colony Beach and the “surprise garden” on Coco Plum.

SARA MATTHIS

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1. Mediterranean Getaway West Ocean Drive, KCB This custom home by Ryder Construction has plenty of up-front beauty and a smattering of hidden surprises.

Guests climb a staircase to the front door, and then another to enter the open concept living and dining room with open views to the stunning outdoors. The patio blends into an infinity pool and then the blue-green waters of the open ocean. Look for the custom hand-painted metal balustrades and the inviting vignette of a grand piano and a traveling palm.

2. The Lighthouse 15th Circle, KCB This home on Vaca Cut always catches the eye of boaters — a fourlevel home complete with a lighthouse.

The outdoor level has a pool, patio, outdoor kitchen and the dock. The second features an open floor plan living area with three bedrooms. The third houses a master suite with ensuite bath. The fourth is the lighthouse room with stunning views.

3. Holiday House Coury Drive, KCB A family game room, wet bar, outdoor living room, pool and Jacuzzi and a dock make up just one floor (okay, probably the most used) on this stilted three-bedroom, two-bath home in Key Colony Beach. The porch is a great perspective on the pool bottom’s medallion of hibiscus and there are lots of decorative elements that encourage fun while embodying the Key Colony Beach lifestyle. The garden is both lush (so many tropicals!) and disciplined (angular hedge and living fence elements).

4. Villa DiGennaro 13th Street, KCB This Mediterranean villa sits on a point, fully surrounded by water, on Key Colony Beach. This hurricaneproof property (impact glass and concrete slab construction) looks anything but that. The Mediterranean incorporates the color spectrum of sands to browns to deep reds. Indoor details include a tower with a view, massive marble columns, Venetian plaster and ceilings with gold-leaf details. Outside, guests will encounter lush landscaping, a state-of-the-art outside kitchen, and a pool festooned with a glittering Italian mosaic.

5. Villa Paradise 2nd Street, KCB This garden-only venue doesn’t disappoint. The property makes full use of its scenic vista, perched on a point in east Key Colony Beach. The gardens feature more than 200 species of palms, incredible garden art, and a fantastic use of green artificial turf artfully displaced by white pavers for contrast. The best part, surely, is the unique zero-entry pool with a beautiful living, two-story centerpiece.

6. Beach House Coco Plum neighborhood A long, tropical garden transitions to true beachfront property on Marathon’s oceanfront, complete with a sand beach and long dock to accommodate the homeowner’s boating interests. Look for an incredible variety of flora: coconut trees, caviar lime trees, and Mast trees the homeowner discovered on trips to Nepal. The various living areas of this stilted home are set off by beautiful decks with spare and elegant railings that don’t interrupt the view. The home’s details include a genuine Cuban “chug” rescued and incorporated into the landscaping.

Buy advance tickets at the Marathon Garden Club from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, or at DK Beach Boutique or the Marathon Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call 305-743-4971.

Tickets are $30 each and include the addresses of the homes.

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IF IT IS TIME TO BUY OR SELL CALL KAREN RASPE 3 0 5 - 3 9 3 - 9 0 1 0 • karenraspe@bellsouth.net • www.KarenRaspe.com ©2019 BHH Affiliates, LLC. An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates, LLC. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America, Inc.® Equal Housing Opportunity.

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SEEN AROUND TOWN

MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 27, 2020

MARDI MOMENT

Event raises funds for Foundation

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oyal Furniture hosted the annual Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball this past weekend in Marathon. The event, a fundraiser for Fishermen’s Community Hospital Foundation, attracted a well-dressed crowd ready to have fun and bid on excellent auction items.

— Weekly staff report FOLLAND PHOTOGRAPHY/Contributed 1. These ladies represent the backbone of the annual Mardi Gras event: Sarah Cizmas, left, Sue Williamson, Aleta Williamson, Jane Packard, Kimberly Gregory, Tammy Collins, Becky Godchaux, Lindsay Rabito-Leonard, Karen Thurman and State Rep. Holly Raschein. Their tireless planning makes for a great night.

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2. Gerald Clairmont, left, Ryan Elwell, Anne Long and Jason Long preside over the roasted pig. Elwell and his family hosted the event at their family business, Royal Furniture.

3. Marathon City Manager Chuck Lindsey, left, Jeff Smith and Mayor Steve Cook enjoy the festivities.

4. An enormous tent was set up to hold the party goers — Jim Rifkin, left, Phil Coon, Jane Packard, Ron Anderson and Debbie Sterling included — for the annual party.

5. Kimberly Spear, left, Fishermen’s Hospital CEO Rick Freeburg, Lindsay RabitoLeonard and Brandi Jordan attend the event in properly themed attire.

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WE TALK ABOUT OUR LIFE STORIES, ABOUT OURSELVES, AND THE PARTS OF OUR LIVES THAT HAVE GONE WELL AND NOT SO WELL. WE DISCUSS THE TIMELESS THINGS WHICH BRING FULFILLMENT, UNDERSTANDING, AND MEANING TO OUR LIVES. WE DELVE INTO WHAT MAKES US AND THOSE AROUND US FEEL GOOD AS WELL AS HOW WE MUST ADJUST AND ADAPT. THE DISCUSSION GROUP IS COMPACT IN SIZE TO ALLOW EVERYONE TIME TO SPEAK AND CONVEY SOME PART OF WHO THEY ARE IN AN ALL TOO RARE FACE TO FACE SETTING.

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2020 Keys Classic Supporting CranePoint Hammock

THANK YOU CRANE POINT

Museum & Nature Center

Presented By Platinum Sponsors Captain Pip’s • Noah Singh & Family

Gold Sponsors

Keys Weekly • Gonzalez Landscaping • John Bartus • Law Office of Thomas Wright • Discount Rock and Sand • Erin Arnett, Appraisal Certified Services • Island Tire • US 1 Graphics • Brian Schmitt, Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate • Royal Furniture Ahmad T Rashad • Our Florida Island

Silver Sponsors

W.J. Heffernan, Law Office • Iberia Bank • Charlotte Quinn • Florida Keys Window Tinting • Andrew and Tanya Leird & Family • Village Barbershop • George & Marlisa Garrett First State Bank • Keys Contracting Services • Marathon Liquors • Keith Allen • Journey Through Time Photography • Driftwood Pizza • Island Fish Company • The Dockside FKEC • Sam Steele • Dave Peck • Keys Federal Credit Union • Specialty Hardware • Home Depot • Bob’s Tire and U-Haul Sue Lovely • Mitch Gran and … The Old Chickens

Special Thanks To

The Baker Family & Wellings Automotive & Marine

Many thanks to the sponsors, donors, and players for supporting the 2nd Annual Native Taxi Keys Classic. Many thanks to Mike, Jim and Karen of the Florida Keys Country Club for their hard work and hospitality.

On behalf of Crane Point Board, Staff and Volunteers we are so grateful for this wonderful gift from the tournament. The funds raised will all go towards the donated 1920’s house being renovated for workforce housing. It would not be possible to finish this project without your generosity. As CEO of Crane Point I can’t thank everyone enough for everything.

Roger George

Charlotte Quinn

To Roger George of Native Taxi and Stan Haines US1 Graphics words can’t express how much you have helped us to complete this much needed project in our community. To the community who has embraced the changes at Crane Point Hammock without you as the village we would not be where we are today. THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT CRANE POINT.

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MHS SPORTS

MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 27, 2020

GIRLS JV SOFTBALL

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he Lady Fins JV Softball Team took to the field Monday, losing to Colonial Christian. This is Marathon’s season opener.

With only six returning players, Coach Tom Bottemly says this will be a learning and building season. Their next home game is Tuesday, March 31.

— Weekly staff report

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3. Marathon base runner Esmeralda Prieto is on third.

4. Marathon’s Justice Lee takes a pitch.

5. Short stop Shynell McGuire stretches to make the catch.

6. Finn catcher Kylie McDaniel has a play at the plate.

7. Coach TomBottemly has instructions for the infield.

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City Council Steven Cook, Mayor Luis Gonzalez, Vice Mayor John Bartus, Councilmember Mark Senmartin, Councilmember Dr. Daniel Zieg, Councilmember

City Manager Chuck Lindsey

"Then he said to them all, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up

Please note that more than one Marathon City Council/Board/Committee

their cross daily and follow me." - Luke 9:23

member may participate in the meetings listed. To view the City of Marathon’s full calendar, please visit www.ci.marathon.fl.us/calendar

Ranking Committee Meeting: Professional Services RFQ

Follow Jesus every Sunday at St. Columba Episcopal Church

9:00 am-Traditional Service followed by a delicious coffee hour 11:00am -Contemporary Service followed by Sunday Lunch

2/28/20 • 2:30pm • Marathon City Hall, 9805 Overseas Hwy.

City Council Meeting 3/10/20 • 5:30pm • City Hall Council Chambers, 9805 Overseas Hwy.

Public Meeting regarding Quay Property

Help us Welcome Living Compass with Dr. Scott & Holly Stoner Dinner on Friday, Feb. 28th at 6pm and Living Compass conference

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THIS WEEK (FEB. 24-29)

• The track and field team will travel away to Miami to compete in an all-day meet against Palmer on Thursday, Feb. 27.

• Varsity baseball plays at home on Friday, Feb. 28 against Miami Country Day at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 29 against Miami Senior High at home at 11 a.m.

• Varsity girls softball play away against Key West on Friday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.

NEXT WEEK (MARCH 2-7)

KIKI HEWLETT Softball Eighth grade

1. What do you enjoy about softball ? What I like most about softball is getting to hit. Batting is my favorite part of the sport.

It is what I am best at.

2. How long have you been playing softball? I have been playing softball since I was seven years old. I wanted to be the junior varsity manager in sixth grade; however, one of the players got injured and I was given the opportunity to play.

Boys weightlifting: Monday, March 2 in the MHS weight room against Coral Shores beginning at 3:30 p.m.

• Tennis: Tuesday, March 3 away against Key West at 3 p.m.; Friday, March 6 at home against Ransom at 2 p.m.

• Boys varsity baseball: Tuesday, March 3 at home against Westwood Christian at 4 p.m.; Wednesday, March 4 against Doctors Charter away in Miami Shores at 3:30 p.m.; Friday, March 6 at home against Palmer Trinity beginning at 7 p.m.

• Girls varsity softball: Tuesday, March 3 against Westwood Christian in Miami beginning at 4 p.m.; Friday, March 6 at home against Keys Gate at 7 p.m.

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SOFTBALL GIRLS VARSITY MHS vs. TERRA Date of game: Feb. 24 Win: (13-2) Record: (2-1)

BASEBALL

BOYS VARSITY MHS VS. ALONZO MOURNING Date of game- Feb. 22 Loss: (7-6) Record: (2-1) The varsity boys are currently ranked 1st in the 2A districts.

3. Describe one of your best moments in athletics. While playing softball it can be challenging to get outs against other players. When I do get an out against the other team, it’s the best moment of the entire game.

4. Coach Tom says … “Don’t give up.” This quote encourages me to keep playing my hardest throughout the game. You just can’t just give up when things get tough.

Marcelino Acosta puts on muscle for an upcoming meet against MHS’ largest competitor, Coral Shores. For your action shots to be featured in the newspaper, email them to Claremerryman@gmail.com

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sed to be, in the not too distant past, musicians, artists, producers, and (especially) record companies made a lot of bank on recorded music sales. Beginning with 78 rpm records and hand-crank gramophones, people could actually enjoy music in their homes. Recorded music graduated to 33-1/3 rpm stereo albums with precision turntables and impressive home stereo systems — it was the golden age of the music industry. It expanded JOHN to having recorded music anywhere — everyone’s car BARTUS soon sported stereo systems with cassette or (gasp!)

8-track decks! is a City of MaraThe arrival of CDs gave record labels the chance to thon councilmake millions more as everyone replaced their inferior man. He also is a musician who records with “superior” CDs. (Which format is actually performs around better will be the subject of another column.) town. For more All the while, throughout this golden age, recorded see johnbartus. music sales were the benchmark. Live performance com became peripheral to record sales. Artists and bands would often only tour and play live in order to promote album sales. The record labels had to be fed with huge infusions of cash; the record was king. Many acts quit playing live in order to make records; the Beatles and Steely Dan were legendary recording acts that quit playing out in order to devote their time to making records.

As time marched on, digital memory became cheap, and songs became files that could be shared on the Internet. Why buy a CD for $15 when it was so easy to go to Napster and download a song?

And now, it’s even easier — no one needs to devote space on hard drives for a music library when nearly anything ever recorded can be streamed over services like Spotify and Pandora. But in this new music business, where nobody is buying music, how do artists get paid?

I know this from experience. I have my music out there on all the download and streaming services. You can ask Alexa to play John Bartus.

And she will. And every time she does, I get $0.015.

While recorded music has become the background soundtrack to our lives, the thrill of live performance is still very real. That’s something the record labels and online services can’t duplicate.

Because it’s the one remaining way musicians can earn a living, we are seeing a bit of a live music renaissance. Bands and acts large and small are taking their music to the people, whether in a huge stadium production or an intimate theater performance.

Just take a look at the music that recently has been or soon will be in the Keys: Willie Nelson, Tommy Emmanuel, Luke Combs, the Revivalists, Kool & The Gang, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin, Blackberry Smoke, Night Ranger, Confederate Railroad, Michael Franti & Spearhead, the Mavericks, Rickie Lee Jones and so much more. And just a little north on the mainland, one’s choices expand virtually exponentially. There’s nothing quite like hearing one’s favorite songs performed by the artists who created them. It’s a good time to be a fan of live music.

It’s also a good time to be a fan of live local music as well. There are some very talented musicians on these islands, and they would welcome your support and enthusiasm. So whatever you do, get out there and listen to the music! ***** 1920. A century ago. Most of us can’t remember back that far… but someone who can will celebrate her 100th birthday this coming Wednesday. Mary Duval was born March 4, 1920, and she will celebrate her 100th birthday Wednesday at the Elks Lodge in Marathon. Happy birthday, Mary — and many more!!!

Catch John Thursdays at Sparky’s Landing, Fridays at the Lighthouse Grill, Saturdays at the Key Colony Inn, and this Sunday at Boondocks, and Monday at the Sunset Grille. www.facebook.com/john.bartus

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Alex Rickert (a.k.a. Finch) and John Schaefer (a.k.a. Bratt) have great chemistry on stage. SARA MATTHIS/Keys Weekly

HOW TO SUCCEED Musical in final rehearsals SARA MATTHIS

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hen assistant director Allison Sayer told theater friends she wanted to stage “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” she was almost laughed out the door. Historically, the Marathon Community Theater has many more would-be actresses than actors. (Although, to be politically correct in 2020, everyone should be referred to as an “actor.”) But, she dug in her heels and started recruiting.

“We have eight cast members who are new to the stage,” Sayer said, who also has a role in the production as Smitty. “That’s about a quarter of the cast.”

Local Realtor Josh Mothner is in the musical, as are two students Ayden Leird, and Dakota Meryris, who is 12 years old, but plays a grown man in the production. There’s one other important guy — especially to Sayer — Leslie White. It’s her father, imported from Jupiter, Florida to direct. A former high school English teacher from Redding, Pennsylvania, he often wore a director’s hat for student productions.

“Although this is my fourth time directing ‘How To Succeed,’ it’s a new experience — a much smaller venue that I’m used to,” White said. “The challenge has been great and the cast is remarkable.”

“How to Succeed” follows the career trajectory of a young windowwasher armed with a self-help pamphlet. There’s a love interest (Kara Pascucci playing Rosemary), a blond bombshell (Stephanie Zajac as Hedy) and many more colorful characters.

The show stars Alex Rickert as J. Pierrepont Finch. In real life, Rickert is a Dolphin Research Center trainer and a part-time freelancer for the Keys Weekly. “He’s just one of those tireless people,” said White. “It doesn’t matter what you ask, he’ll do it, and thank you for asking.”

The show opens next Thursday, March 7. The curtain is at 8 p.m. and tickets are $30 each. Buy tickets online at www.marathontheater.org or call the box office at 305-743-0994.

CAST: Alex Rickert: J. Pierrepont Finch Josh Mothner: Gatch Robert Farthing: Jenkins Aidan Leird: Johnson Dakota Meryris: Tackaberry Jerry Nussenblatt: J.B. Biggley Kara Pascucci: Rosemary John Schaefer: Bratt Allison Sayer: Smitty Stephanie Zajac: Hedy Nando Bonilla: Bud Frump

and many more Director: Leslie White Assistant Director: Allison Sayer Music Director: Lesley Aaron Choreographer: Sarah Brignac Producer: Karen Witte

A newcomer to the stage, Stephanie Zajac, excels as “the bombshell,” Hedy.

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‘UNTOLD CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS’ M

ichael J. Tougias, co-author of “Above & Beyond: JFK and America’s Most Dangerous Spy Mission,” will give a multimedia presentation about the Cuban Missile Crisis at the Keys Discovery Center in Islamorada on Wednesday, March 4 at 5 p.m. and at the Key West Public Library on Friday, March 6 at 4:30 p.m. In between, on Thursday, March 5, he will give a different presentation in Key West at the Old City Hall sponsored by the Key West Art and History Society. This two-part slide presentation focuses on his book (now a Disney movie) “The Finest Hours,” about the Coast Guard’s greatest rescue, and on his book “So Close To Home,” about the first U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tougias is a New York Times bestselling author of 30 books and is known for his dramatic, “edgeof-your-seat” programs. For the Cuban Missile Crisis presentation, the author will chronicle the 13 harrowing days of the crisis and then outline the steps President Kennedy made to reach a decision on a course of action. Special emphasis is given to the heroes of the crisis: the U-2 pilots who flew unarmed over Cuba to secure the photographic proof that the Soviets were installing nuclear missiles on the island. These pilots helped Kennedy achieve a difficult objective: have the nuclear missiles removed from Cuba without triggering Armageddon.

One of those pilots, Major Rudy Anderson, was shot down and killed by the Russians when his U-2 spy plane was over Cuba.

Tougias will also describe the accidental incursion of a U-2 from Alaska into Soviet air space, and the chase that ensued, including fighter jets with nuclear-tipped missiles.

One of Michael J. Tougias’ books, “The Finest Hours,” is now a Disney movie starring Casey Affleck and Chris Pine.

The author has speaking engagements in the Keys next week.

“I really enjoy giving these programs,” said Tougias. “Most people have no idea one of the Air Force pilots was killed and how close we came to nuclear war during the missile crisis.

And some of the reasons we came close to disaster were simple miscommunications between the U.S. and Russia.”

Tougias said his talk will touch on the true case of a Russian submarine commander who loaded his nuclear missile into the torpedo firing tube and ordered his men to prepare to fire it.

“The slides I’ll be showing will help bring these incidents to life. Two other lesser-known incidents and a cover-up of a near shoot-down of a different aircraft will be discussed, as well,” he said. “I’ll also compare and contrast the incidents with the current day crisis with Iran and North Korea.”

The author will do a book signing at the end of the program. He will bring some of his other books, including “The Finest Hours,” now a Disney movie starring Casey Affleck and Chris Pine.

Tougias has interviewed and researched the U-2 pilots who discovered the missiles eliciting special insights that have remained undisclosed in the intervening 53 years . A video of a U-2 pilot describing how he was fired on while over Cuba by Russian missiles is at www.michaeltougias.com.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

BRIEFLY Party and parade people, sign up now for 2 events Anyone interested in marching in the 63rd annual Key Colony Beach Day Parade on Sunday, March 8 starting at 11 a.m., or the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Tuesday, March 17 starting at 5 p.m., are urged to reach out to organizers now. To participate in the KCB Day parade, email ted.fischer1@verizon.net or call 302-841-9812. To get involved with the St. Patrick’s Day parade, email jackcrowley401@gmail.com or call 402984-3888.

Free sunset concerts back at Key Colony Beach The Key Colony Beach Community Association is the sponsor of a series of concerts held in Sunset Park, at the end of West Ocean Drive in Key Colony Beach, on Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Parking is limited. All concerts are free and subject to the weather. The remaining schedule for this season: March 1: Music by Mike March 15: Abstract Radio March 22: Michael J and Friends March 29: 4 Sheets to the Wind April 5: Lady A Band.

Watercolorist holds workshop in Marathon in March Florida watercolorist Charles Passarelli will hold his eighth annual workshop in Marathon on Thursday and Friday, March 12-13 at San Pablo Church’s parish hall. It runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, with an hour break for lunch. The workshop’s composition is an underwater scene. The cost is $175 and refreshments are included.

All skill levels are welcome. For more information, contact the workshop coordinator Julie Joyce at 305-731-3046 or juliejoyce2@yahoo.com.

CFFK accepting applications for local grants The Community Foundation of the Florida Keys (CFFK) is accepting applications for its 2020 grant program to support projects and services to benefit residents and visitors throughout the Florida Keys. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, March 10 and applications are available at cffk.org.

The foundation will award grants up to $10,000 each, to 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofits in Monroe County for programs in all areas.

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Bahia Honda. JERRY WILKINSON

BAHIA HONDA: ALWAYS POPULAR KEYS HISTORY BRAD BERTELLI

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ahia Honda’s Sandspur Beach is an award winner. It was ranked, twice, as the best beach in America. The magazine Condé Nast Traveler named it America’s number one beach in 1992. The same year, Dr. Beach, Stephen Leatherman, awarded it his Best Beach winner. What makes for an award-winning location? According to Dr. Beach, each locale is judged on a list of 50 criteria that includes size of breaking waves, water temperature, softness of sand, number of sunny days annually, smell, public safety, accessibility and bugs.

Bahia Honda has been a popular destination for hundreds of years, and not just because of the lovely natural sand beaches.

In the late 18th century, George Gauld, a Scottish-born surveyor sent to map the difficult Florida waters, wrote: “The Harbour of Bahia Honda may easily be known by the tall palmetto cabbage-trees of the Long Island on the right hand coming in; they make it the more remarkable, as there are no cabbage-trees to the westward of it, on any of the Kays that are on the Reef.”

At 30 feet, the island’s deep bay, or bahia honda, is one of the deepest natural harbors in the whole of the island chain. Gauld also remarked, “Bahia Honda, like Cayo Hueso is much frequented by the Turtlers and Wreckers from Providence and by the Spanish vessels from Havana, of which there are about 10 annually employed in fishing among the Kays on the coast of Florida, where

there is sufficient quantity of fish to supply the West Indies.”

What also made Bahia Honda such a popular locale was that, as Gauld described it, the island was a source for “very good fresh water.” In John Lee Williams’ book, “The Territory of Florida, Or, Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural History” (1837), it is suggested a small settlement existed on the east end of the island during the 1820s and 1830s. Williams wrote, “There is a small, but pleasant settlement on the east side of the harbor, with a well of good water.” F.H. Gerdes indicates in his work, “Reconnaissance of the Florida Reef and All The Keys,” that the island’s fresh water supply was turned into a brackish water source by an 1846 hurricane.

With the turn of the century, big changes were in store for Bahia

At 30 feet, the island’s deep bay, or bahia honda, is one of the deepest natural harbors in the whole of the island chain.

Honda. The island was mapped and charted by Henry Flagler’s surveyors and, by 1908, construction of the Over-Sea Railroad had reached the island. Having completed the series of bridges collectively recognized as the Seven Mile Bridge, railroad workers must have looked at the 5,055 feet separating Bahia Honda Key from Spanish Harbor Key as a somewhat narrow expanse. But, of all the bridges that had to be built to link the Florida peninsula to Key West, the Bahia Honda Bridge was one of the most difficult to construct.

Workers were housed in twostory dormitories. The work was hard, the heat oppressive and the marauding hordes of mosquitoes thirsty. Also, there was the matter of bahia honda. During the periods of tidal change, the currents created by the depth of the water became dangerously swift. For safety reasons, work days were cut to two 45-minute shifts during slack tide, the short time between the high and low tides when the water becomes still. Also, because of the depth of the pass, the support beams needed to bridge the expanse required a great deal of materials. A single piling in the center of the structure required an entire boatload of sand, gravel and cement to construct.

It was Jan. 22, 1912 when the Key West Extension officially opened and Henry Flagler rode his train all the way to Key West. From that point forward, Bahia Honda became a regular stop where passengers would disembark to picnic and swim in the warm, clear waters.

Back on board, when the train would pass through the camel-trestle bridge, passengers were told to keep their hands and heads inside the train as it rambled and roared 25 feet above the pass.

After the Overseas Highway reached Bahia Honda in 1938, there was a time when the residents of Marathon had been instructed by the county to use the east end of the island as a dump. Between 1953 and 1957, the land was signed over to Monroe County. In 1961, countyowned land on the island began to be turned over to the Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials.

It would not be until 1963 that Monroe County officials decided that Bahia Honda could no longer live a dual existence and decried the dumping of trash on the island as unlawful. It can be assumed that old habits died hard for some residents.

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

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Division: Lower Keys IN RE: ESTATE OF ELSIE M. SICKAFOOSE Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Elsie M. Sickafoose, deceased, whose date of death was January 23, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for MONROE County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 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 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. The date of first publication of this notice is: February 27, 2020.

Personal Representative: Diana Sickafoose aka Diane Sickafoose 1608 Childers Rd. Cleveland, North Carolina 27013 Attorney for Personal Representative: RICHARD E. WARNER Attorney Florida Bar Number: 283134 RICHARD E. WARNER, P.A. 12221 Overseas Highway MARATHON, FL 33050 Telephone: (305) 743-6022 Fax: (305) 743-6216 E-mail: richard@rewarnerlaw.com Secondary E-Mail: pamela2@ rewarnerlaw.com Publish: February 27 & March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is: February 27, 2020.

Co-Personal Representative: Christian Leo Etting, III 1516 NE 36th Street Oakland Park, FL 33334 Co-Personal Representative: David Etting 4401 NE 21st Avenue, Apt. 25 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives: /S/ Dawn Ellis My Florida Probate, P.A. Dawn Ellis, Esq., for the firm Attorney for Personal Representatives E-mail Address: dawn@myfloridaprobate.com Florida Bar Number: 091979 P.O. Box 952 Floral City, FL 34436-0952 (352) 726-5444 Publish: February 27 and March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

County, Florida, Probate Division; File Number 20-CP-000011-P; the address of which is 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, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated 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 SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE IS: February 20, 2020.

Personal Representative: MARY E. BRUSHWOOD 510 Coral Lane Key Largo, FL 33037 Attorney for Personal Representative: JOHN MICHAEL LYNN, ESQ. Florida Bar No. 0147273 Turner & Lynn, PA 7 Barracuda Lane Key Largo, Florida 33037 Telephone: (305) 367-0911 turnerlynnpa@gmail.com Publish: February 20 & 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of CHAPTERS HEALTH HOSPICE, located at 85994 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY, ISLAMORADA, FL 33036 intends to register said name with the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

BY: GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPICE, INC. Publish: February 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name SUGARLOAF PALMS HEALTH AND LEISURE CLUB, located at 19269 BAD GEORGE ROAD, SUGARLOAF KEY, FL 33042 intends to register said name with the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

BY: BAD GEORGE, LLC Publish: February 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE U-HAUL COMPANY OF MIAMI Notice is here by given that on March 19th, 2020, 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. The names of whose units will be sold are as follows: 103530 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, FL. 33037. Names And Last Known Addresses are as Follows: Stacie Clatterbaugh Unit #1578 $634.99 Anthony Aromandi Unit #1354 $594.12 Publish: February 27 & March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING The Monroe County Tourist Development Council will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 10:00AM at the Beachside Marriott in Key West.

The Visit Florida Keys Corporation will also convene during this meeting.

All Tourist Development Council meetings are open to the public and one or more County Commissioners may be in attendance.

ADA ASSISTANCE: If you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodations in order to participate in these proceedings, 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”.

Publish: February 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at 5:00 P.M., the Monroe County Purchasing Office will receive and open sealed responses for the following: FY 2021 BRICK AND MORTAR CAPITAL PROJECTS MONROE COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 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.

Publish: February 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF KEY COLONY BEACH NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Commission of the City of Key Colony Beach, Florida, will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 9:30 A.M., Key Colony Beach City Hall commission room, to hear a Variance Request from Robert Apostolakis, owner of 44 7th Street.

Applicant requests a Variance to Land Development Regulations Chapter 4, Section 101-26 (2) for a setback variance for a dockside shelter.

Interested parties may appear at the Hearing and be heard with respect to the requested variance.

If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Commission with respect to any matter considered at the Variance Hearing, that person will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose 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.

If you are unable to attend the Hearing on Thursday, March 12, 2020 but wish to comment, please direct correspondence to: City Commission, P.O. Box 510141, Key Colony Beach, FL 33051, or cityclerk@keycolonybeach. net and your comments will be entered into the record.

Rebecca Todd, City Clerk CITY OF KEY COLONY BEACH Publish: February 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No.: 20-CP-29-K

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 20-CP-000007-P IN RE: ESTATE OF CHRISTIAN LEO ETTING, JR., Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Christian Leo Etting, Jr., deceased, whose date of death was July 2, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 88820 Overseas Highway, Plantation Key, FL 33070, Phone: (305) 8527145. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representatives’ 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 20-CP-000004-M IN RE: ESTATE OF ROBERT DOUGLAS CHAPPELL, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Robert Douglas Chappell, deceased, whose date of death was October 11, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 3117 Overseas Highway, Marathon, Florida 33050. 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. The date of first publication of this notice is: February 27, 2020.

Personal Representative: Melissa Chappell 2030 Avenue H Marathon, FL 33050 Attorney for Personal Representative: Tracy L. Hensel Attorney for Petitioner Florida Bar Number: 127358 HENSEL, BAILEY & HARRIS, P.A. 1320 Jersey Avenue Saint Cloud, FL 34769 Telephone: (407) 957-9686 Fax: (407) 386-7451 E-mail: tracy@hbhlawfl.com Secondary E-Mail: chris@ hbhlawfl.com Publish: February 27 & March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 20-CP-000011-P IN RE: ESTATE OF ROBERT W. WILLIAMSON, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of ROBERT W. WILLIAMSON, deceased, whose date of death was October 22, 2019; is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 19-DR-290-M Division: Family MARLIN RAQUEL JARA, Petitioner and YORDANY RODRIGUEZ MARMOL Respondent.

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE TO: YORDANY RODRIGUEZ MARMOL Respondent’s last known address: Unknown 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: Marlin Raquel Jara, P.O. Box 522437, Marathon, FL 33052, on or before March 20, 2020 and file the original with the clerk of this Court at Monroe County Clerk of Court, 3117 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050, 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.

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 address(es) 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: February 18, 2020.

Kevin Madok, CPA Clerk of the Circuit Court

LEGAL NOTICES Monroe County, Florida By: Shakia Mitchell Deputy Clerk Publish: February 20, 27, March 5, & 12, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 19-CA-000222-K DIVISION: CIVIL Beach House Condominium Association of Key West, Inc., a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of Florida, Plaintiff, Vs. The Estate of John Ernest Ottens, et al.

Defendants.

Notice of Sale as to Count(s) IV Notice is hereby given that on April 20, 2020 at 11:00AM, the below named Clerk of Court will offer by sale at 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL the following described Timeshare Ownership Interest: Unit B23, Week 45, Beach House, a Condominium according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1510, Page 225, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits attached thereto, and any amendments thereof (the “Declaration”).

Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from this sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.

The sale is being held pursuant to the Final Judgment of Foreclosure, entered on Jan. 29, 2020, in Civil Case No. 19-CA000222-K, pending in the Circuit Court in Monroe County, Florida.

Dated this 13 day of February, 2020 KEVIN MADOK CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Publish: February 27 & March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 19-CA-000222-K DIVISION: CIVIL Beach House Condominium Association of Key West, Inc., a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of Florida, Plaintiff, Vs. The Estate of John Ernest Ottens, et al.

Defendants.

Notice of Sale as to Count(s) V Notice is hereby given that on April 20, 2020 at 11:00AM, the below named Clerk of Court will offer by sale at 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL the following described Timeshare Ownership Interest: Unit D13, Week 42, Beach House, a Condominium according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1510, Page 225, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits attached thereto, and any amendments thereof (the “Declaration”).

Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from this sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.

The sale is being held pursuant to the Final Judgment of Foreclosure, entered on Jan. 29, 2020, in Civil Case No. 19-CA000222-K, pending in the Circuit Court in Monroe County, Florida.

Dated this 13 day of February, 2020 KEVIN MADOK CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Publish: February 27 & March 5, 2020

LEGAL NOTICES The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 19-CA-000222-K DIVISION: CIVIL Beach House Condominium Association of Key West, Inc., a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of Florida, Plaintiff, vs.

The Estate of John Ernest Ottens, et al.

Defendants.

Notice of Sale as to Count(s) VII Notice is hereby given that on April 20, 2020 at 11:00AM, the below named Clerk of Court will offer by sale at 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL the following described Timeshare Ownership Interest: Unit B31, Week 37, Beach House, a Condominium according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1510, Page 225, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits attached thereto, and any amendments thereof (the “Declaration”).

Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from this sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.

The sale is being held pursuant to the Final Judgment of Foreclosure, entered on Jan. 29, 2020, in Civil Case No. 19-CA000222-K, pending in the Circuit Court in Monroe County, Florida.

Dated this 13 day of February, 2020 KEVIN MADOK CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Publish: February 27 & March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 19-CA-000597-K DIVISION: CIVIL Windward Pointe II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Plaintiff, vs.

Jannielisa Abreu, et al.

Defendants.

Notice of Sale as to Count(s) Count IX Notice is hereby given that on April 20, 2020 at 11:00am, the below named Clerk of Court will offer by sale at 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL the following described Timeshare Ownership Interest: Unit 5323, Week 44, Annual Windward Pointe Condominium, a Leasehold Condominium (“Condominium”), according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1803, Page 844, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits thereto, and any amendments thereof (the “Declaration”).

Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from this sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.

The sale is being held pursuant to the Final Judgment of Foreclosure, entered on Jan. 29, 2020, in Civil Case No. 19-CA000597-K, pending in the Circuit Court in Monroe County, Florida.

DATED this 13 day of February, 2020 KEVIN MADOK CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Publish: February 27 & March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL

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LEGAL NOTICES

CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 19-CA000816-K DIVISION: Civil Beach House Condominium Association of Key West, Inc., a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of Florida, Plaintiff, vs.

The Estate of Anne Rawles Huske, et al.

Defendants. __________________/ AMENDED NOTICE OF ACTION AS TO COUNT(S) II AGAINST DEFENDANT, DARCINE TRIBBLE, AS POTENTIAL HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF LORETTA IRENE TRIBBLE To: DARCINE TRIBBLE, AS POTENTIAL HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF LORETTA IRENE TRIBBLE 8227 SOUTH MANISTEE CHICAGO, IL 60617 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and all parties claiming interest by, through, under or against Defendant(s); DARCINE TRIBBLE, AS POTENTIAL HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF LORETTA IRENE TRIBBLE, and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in the property herein described; YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to enforce a lien on the following described property in Monroe County, Florida: Unit F22, Week 40, Beach House Condominium, a Condominium according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1510, Page 225, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits attached thereto, and any amendments thereof (the “Declaration”).

Contract No.: 3-5599 has been filed against you; and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on NICHOLAS A. WOO, Plaintiff’s attorney, P. O. Box 165028, Columbus, OH 432165028, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court on the 11th day of February, 2020.

Kevin Madok, CPA, Clerk CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Civil Division By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk NOTICE TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in court proceedings you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Not later than five working days prior to the proceeding, please contact the Court Administrator’s office, at the Freeman Justice Center, 302 St. 2nd Floor, Key West, FL 33040. Telephone: (305) 2923423 or via the Florida Relay Center. To make calls through the Florida Relay Center, you may dial 7-1-1 or use the following toll free access numbers: 1-800955-8771 (TTY); 1-877-955-8260 (VCO); 1-800-955-8770 (Voice); 1-800-955-1339 (ASCII); 1-877955-5334 (STS); 1-877-955-8707 (French Creole – available from 8 a.m. – 2 a.m. daily) Publish: February 20 & 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

RICHARD OWEN MCBURNEY; KIRSTEN SELMA JORGENSEN Obligor _________________/ TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING TO: Richard Owen McBurney 364 Cedar Valley Road Hudson, NC 28638 Kirsten Selma Jorgensen 364 Cedar Valley Road Hudson, NC 28638 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 114, Week 12, 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 interest holder 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 $2,458.98, plus interest (calculated by multiplying $0.00 times the number of days that have elapsed since February 20, 2020), 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: February 27 & March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

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 interest holder 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 $2,452.69, plus interest (calculated by multiplying $0.00 times the number of days that have elapsed since February 17, 2020), 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: February 27 & March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

NONJUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO FORECLOSE CLAIM OF LIEN BY TRUSTEE FILE NO.: 19-017823 SUNSET HARBOR RESORT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., A NONPROFIT CORPORATION UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Lienholder, vs.

NONJUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO FORECLOSE CLAIM OF LIEN BY TRUSTEE FILE NO.: 19-017868 SUNSET HARBOR RESORT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., A NONPROFIT CORPORATION UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Lienholder, vs.

WILLIAM W. STAFFORD Obligor _________________/ TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING TO: William W. Stafford 16 Hillcrest Drive Hattlesburg, MO 39402 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 431, Week 21, 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

NONJUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO FORECLOSE CLAIM OF LIEN BY TRUSTEE FILE NO.: 19-022880 WINDWARD POINTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF KEY WEST, INC., A CORPORATION NOT-FOR-PROFIT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Lienholder, vs.

ROBERT CHRISTOPHER THORESEN; DEBRALEE ELIZABETH THORESEN, AKA DEBRALEE MCNEIL Obligor __________________/ TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING TO: Robert Christopher Thoresen 81 Burnt Cedar Drive North Kingstown, RI 02852 Debralee Elizabeth Thoresen, AKA Debralee Mcneil 81 Burnt Cedar Drive North Kingstown, RI 02852 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a TRUSTEE’S NON-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING to enforce a Lien has been instituted on the following Timeshare Ownership Interest at Windward Pointe Condominium described as: Unit 5624, Week 17, Annual Windward Pointe Condominium, a Leasehold Condominium (“Condominium”), according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1803, Page 844, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits thereto, and any amendments thereof (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 interest holder 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 $2,145.81, plus interest (calculated by multiplying $ 0.00 times the number of days that have elapsed since February 19, 2020), 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

LEGAL NOTICES Telecopier: 614-220-5613 Publish: February 27 & March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers NONJUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO FORECLOSE CLAIM OF LIEN BY TRUSTEE FILE NO.: 19-022885 WINDWARD POINTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF KEY WEST, INC., A CORPORATION NOT-FOR-PROFIT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Lienholder, vs.

LESLI ANNE MATTONE Obligor __________________/ TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING TO: Lesli Anne Mattone 22 Arverne Road Sound Beach, NY 11789 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a TRUSTEE’S NON-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING to enforce a Lien has been instituted on the following Timeshare Ownership Interest at Windward Pointe Condominium described as: Unit 5122, Week 18, Annual Windward Pointe, a Leasehold Condominium (“Condominium”), according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1803, Page 844, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits thereto, and any amendments thereof (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 interest holder 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 $2,138.82, plus interest (calculated by multiplying $ 0.00 times the number of days that have elapsed since February 20, 2020), 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: February 27 & March 5, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers NONJUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO FORECLOSE CLAIM OF LIEN BY TRUSTEE FILE NO.: 19-023004 WINDWARD POINTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF KEY WEST, INC., A CORPORATION NOT-FOR-PROFIT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Lienholder, vs.

JOHN ERNEST THOMPSON; SHERRY MURPHY THOMPSON Obligor ___________________/ TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING TO: John Ernest Thompson 116 Sevilla Avenue Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 Sherry Murphy Thompson 116 Sevilla Avenue Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a TRUSTEE’S NON-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING to enforce a Lien has been instituted on the following Timeshare Ownership Interest at Windward Pointe Condominium described as: Unit 5413, Week 36, Annual

305.743.0844

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LEGAL NOTICES

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Windward Pointe Condominium, a Leasehold Condominium (“Condominium”), according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1803, Page 844, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits thereto, and any amendments thereof (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 interest holder 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 $2,143.96, plus interest (calculated by multiplying $0.00) times the number of days that have elapsed since February 10, 2020), 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: February 20 & 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

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: February 20 & 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

817 19th Street Union City, NJ 07087 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a TRUSTEE’S NON-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING to enforce a Lien has been instituted on the following Timeshare Ownership Interest at Windward Pointe Condominium described as: Unit 5121, Week 43, Annual Windward Pointe, a Leasehold Condominium (“Condominium”), according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1803, Page 844, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits thereto, and any amendments thereof (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 interest holder 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 $2,126.38, plus interest (calculated by multiplying $ 0.00 times the number of days that have elapsed since February 11, 2020), 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: February 20 & 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers

NONJUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO FORECLOSE CLAIM OF LIEN BY TRUSTEE FILE NO.: 19-023012 WINDWARD POINTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF KEY WEST, INC., A CORPORATION NOT-FOR-PROFIT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Lienholder, vs.

RACHELLE RAYMOND Obligor __________________/ TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING TO: Rachelle Raymond 13200 Redspire Drive Silver Spring, MD 20906 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a TRUSTEE’S NON-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING to enforce a Lien has been instituted on the following Timeshare Ownership Interest at Windward Pointe Condominium described as: Unit 5232, Week 29, Odd Year Biennial Windward Pointe, a Leasehold Condominium (“Condominium”), according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1803, Page 844, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits thereto, and any amendments thereof (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 interest holder 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 $2,132.81, plus interest (calculated by multiplying $ 0.00 times the number of days that have elapsed since February 11, 2020), plus the costs of this proceeding. Said funds for cure or redemption must be received by the Trustee before

NONJUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO FORECLOSE CLAIM OF LIEN BY TRUSTEE FILE NO.: 19-023031 WINDWARD POINTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF KEY WEST, INC., A CORPORATION NOT-FOR-PROFIT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Lienholder, vs.

JEFFREY LOCH; CAROL LOCH Obligor ___________________/ TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING TO: Jeffrey Loch 1208 Celebration Avenue Celebration, FL 34747 Carol Loch 1208 Celebration Avenue Celebration, FL 34747 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a TRUSTEE’S NON-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING to enforce a Lien has been instituted on the following Timeshare Ownership Interest at Windward Pointe Condominium described as: Unit 5714, Week 35, Odd Year Biennial Windward Pointe Condominium, a Leasehold Condominium (“Condominium”), according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 1803, Page 844, Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all exhibits thereto, and any amendments thereof (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 interest holder 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 $2,131.94, plus interest (calculated by multiplying $ 0.00 times the number of days that have elapsed since February 11, 2020), 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: February 20 & 27, 2020 The Weekly Newspapers NONJUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO FORECLOSE CLAIM OF LIEN BY TRUSTEE FILE NO.: 19-023038 WINDWARD POINTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF KEY WEST, INC., A CORPORATION NOT-FOR-PROFIT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Lienholder, vs.

ESMERALDA DORESTE Obligor ____________________/ TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING TO: Esmeralda Doreste

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

BOATS FOR SALE 23’ Parker Center Console, 11/2010, F250 New 4-stroke, many extras.

305-743-6557 Ask $33,000 Located in Marathon.

2007 Key West 17.2’ Center Console w/Bimini. 2007 90 Yamaha - 700 hrs. Chart plotter, GPS. Located in Marathon. $6,500 Call 607-275-7963 2000 26’ ProLine center console with twin 2006 200 HP Evinrude E-Tecs with less than 700 hours.

No trailer. Located in Marathon. $18,900 Text or call 401-323-6557.

1997 Bayliner 19’ Center Console, 2015 150 Suzuki, 4 stroke, 207 hours, professionally maintained, 2 chart plotters, 1 fish finder, live well, 4 storage compartments.

Located in Marathon. Valued $15,900 - reduced to $9,950.

22’ 4-wheel trailer $500.

John 732-668-7060 1965 Bruiel Express Sportfish Built for Charter Fishing in the Keys. $14,000 or Best Offer. Excellent hull condition. 2 Detroit 6V53 engines one fresh rebuilt. Twin Disk 506 transmissions one fresh. We’ve just installed: 1 New trany, 2 new 1 1/2 in shafts,2 new shaft logs, 2 new rebuilt struts, 2 new props ni-bril, New bottom paint, 1 engine new rebuild 5hrs. Located in Marathon.

Call 305-481-3259 for details.

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BOAT SLIPS

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

HOUSING FOR RENT

Boat Slips for rent in Marathon. Starting at $750. For best rates call 305-304-3610.

HOUSEKEEPERS WANTED!!!

Experience Not Required, No Necesita Experiencia, Training Available, Cleaning Products Provided, Must Have Transportation and be Available to Work Weekends.

Contact Beatrice (305) 942-1467

benefits. Opportunity for growth.

Email resume and references to stevens@marathonlaw.com.

No walk-ins will be considered.

and deliveries. Other positions available are day-time sales clerk and part-time baker.

Please apply in person at 8919 overseas Hwy, Marathon Fl. NO CALLS.

Mechanic, Recreational Specialist. EOE, FULL BENEFITS www.ci.marathon.fl.us

If you need accommodations to participate in the application/ selection process, please notify us in advance at (305)295-3652; to make call through the Florida Relay Center, you can dial 7-1-1.

3BR/2BA unfurn, 1850 SF, on canal with dockage, Washer/ Dryer, carport. $2,200/month F/L/S 7 1 5 - 5 5 8 - 5 2 3 2

EMPLOYMENT Project Manager Upper Keys.

Must have ability to schedule & organize multiple people & trades. and pass background check. Send resume to admin@ c b t c o n s t r u c t . c o m 3 0 5 - 8 5 2 - 3 0 0 2 Security Guard needed Full-time in Islamorada and Marathon. Must have Driver’s License. Keys Security, Lic# B2000155. Call 305-684-0033.

Sea Dell Motel looking for part-time Front Desk Agent.

Weekends a must. $16/hr. Apply in person at 5000 Overseas Hwy, Marathon. 305-743-5161

The Advocate DUI Program is hiring for a Part time DUI Evaluator position in the Marathon office.

This position requires a Bachelors or Masters degree and experience in the field of substance abuse.

Training would be provided in the provision of the the evaluations for each DUI client and the position would require generally two days of assessment appointments.

Contact Gary at 305-394-4522 Receptionist - Full time position with established Marathon law office. Negotiable salary and

FLORIDA KEYS MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT is accepting applications for the following positions:

Field Inspector (Middle Keys) A & P Mechanic (Middle Keys) P/T and On-call Helicopter Pilot For more information visit: keysmosquito.org/current-openings/

Keys Fisheries Restaurant now hiring cooks, retail cashier, and window cashier. Apply in person 3502 Gulfview Avenue, Marathon. EOE/DFWP Keys Fisheries hiring Night Receiving Manager, night receivers and daytime cook.

Apply in person at 3390 Gulfview Avenue, Marathon. EOE/DFWP SWEET SAVANNAH’S is now hiring part-time or full-time positions.

Must be available for weekend shifts and have a clean driving record for event deliveries.

Position will be crossed trained for FOH, baking

We are looking for some Bartenders. Apply in person at American Legion Post 0154, 4115 Overseas Highway, Marathon 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 Openings: Operator

Marathon - Job Wastewater Plant Trainee , Fleet

HIDEAWAY CAFE At Rainbow Bend Resort on Grassy Key

IMMEDIATE HIRING!

Breakfast Cooks Breakfast Servers Dining Room Captain Dinner Food Runners/Bussers Breakfast & Dinner Positions Call for appointment 305-289-1554

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 Experienced help only needed for all positions. Apply in person Mon-Fri 10-11am at Sunset Grille & Raw Bar, Knights Key Blvd. Marathon The 16th Judicial Circuit is accepting applications for a Substance Abuse Counselor in Key West to work 40 hours a week. This position will primarily work with an adolescent population, but may also assist with adult clients providing case management, individual/group substance abuse counseling and attending regular court hearings. The counselor works closely with attorneys, judges, and other ancillary agencies. The ideal candidate will hold a valid State of Florida CAP, MCAP, LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT, or an equivalent Florida license/credential in a related field. Master’s Degree preferred.

A solid working proficiency with computers is required and fluent in Spanish or Haitian Creole a plus. The successful applicant will be required to pass a complete background check.

Salary is $43,000 annually with Monroe County benefits. Please send a resume and a State of Florida application to Personnel, 16th Judicial Circuit, 302 Fleming Street, Key West, Florida 33040 or by e-mail to Personnel@ Keyscourts.net. Applications are being accepted until the position is filled. Applications and job description can be found at www.KeysCourts.net. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, age or disability.

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.

HOBBIES/COLLECT. PRIVATE COLLECTOR WANTS Rolex, Dive Watches and Pilot Watches. Old Model Military Clocks & Watches.

Call 305-743-4578

HOUSING FOR RENT Conch House in Marathon Efficiency w/sep bedroom, kitchen, full bath, all new, all including, 1 person $1,250, 2nd person $250 extra. F/L/S 305-610-8002 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MARATHON. Shared rooms available for short or long term rentals. Single: $720/month; Double: $1,150/month; Plus tax; F/L/S. Units provide an Ideal option for temporary or long term housing. 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 are not provided. For information: Bob Brayman 305-743-5929 b b r a y m a n @ h a l l s d i v i n g. c o m

Long term rental in Key Colony Beach. 4BR/4BA- 2 story home with pool, on large canal w/ deep dockage. Call 305-743-3338 Long term rental in Marathon.

1/2 Duplex, 2BR/1BA unfurnished.

No smoking. Small pets welcome.

Call or text 305-289-0094 2BR/2BA Large Apt for Rent. 10828 5th Avenue Gulf, Marathon. $1,850/month plus utilities. F/L/S. Taking applications. Call (305) 394-4545 Islamorada, 3BR/3BA House, Private community, two story, unfurnished, concrete block home, Screened in patio, large carport & back yard, homeowners park, w/ boat ramp/dock, new A/C, W/D, LONG TERM RENTAL in Plantation Lake Estates. $2,500/mo. Contact email: slgrisham@icloud.com Key Largo Bayfront 2BR/2BA townhouse w/spectacular views, in gated community, annual rental only. $2650/mo. F/L/S Call Lisa Karp 305-240-0066 Agent.

HOUSINGVACATION RENTAL Vacation Rental in Key Colony Beach. 2BR/2BA oceanfront, sandy beach, heated pool, tiki.

No pets. Max 4 ppl. Avail. Feb 28 - March 17. 305-731-9856

HOUSING WANTED WANTED: Annual Rental 2BR/2BA, ground level. Prefer Key Colony Beach on canal. Would consider purchase or option to buy. Call 931-580-7116. If no answer, please leave message.

OFFICE SPACE

Immediate opening for a HVAC Service Technician Upper & Middle Keys.

Great Pay • Paid Holidays • Sick Pay • Medical Insurance • Paid Vacation

Apply in person 171 Hood Ave • MM 91.5 • Tavernier p 305-852-2960 • f 305-852-0656

DAYCARE TEACHER Grace Jones Daycare is a well-respected day care facility in Marathon looking for additional staff. We are dedicated to providing memorable experiences, quality child care, and excellent learning opportunities. This is YOUR opportunity to join our team of energetic and friendly teachers. We are looking for a caring, qualified, and professional full time teacher to join us in creating a positive learning environment. If you are, or wish to become, a qualified and passionate early childhood teacher, call the Executive Director, Iris Coe, at 305-743-6064 during normal work hours.

MARATHON GARBAGE SERVICE We are now hiring for the following positions:

Diesel Mechanic Truck Helpers CDL Drivers Applicants must apply in person to be considered.

4290 Overseas Hwy, Marathon

Luxurious Little Palm Island is hiring!

We are looking for Housekeeping Team Members & Boat Mechanic to join our team.

Great pay, amazing benefits, paid time off, and more!

Apply online at: www.noblehousehotels.com/careers

EOE

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 available - 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.

3 0 5 - 3 9 4 - 0 5 3 0

PETS - LOST LOST PET - $250 REWARD Help lost Casper get home. Solid gray shorthair cat, gold eyes, camouflage collar. Last seen home Sombrero Beach Rd Marathon Tues Jan 21. 803-804-9659.

YARD SALES MOVING SALE - Saturday Feb. 29 from 8am-2pm.

Everything must go. 1102 Indies Drive South, Duck Key LEAP YEAR YARD SALE - Sat Feb 29 / Sun Mar 1/ Mon Mar 2 from 8am-2pm.

1800 Manor Lane, Marathon Yard Sale - Saturday, Feb. 29 from 8 am until 1 pm, 445 Lime Drive, MM 102.5 Oceanside, Key Largo. Household items, books, wall art, many miscellaneous items. Lots of clothing, including (full-figure) women’s clothing.

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HIRING:

Marine Technician (HVAC and Electrical) SALT Marine is a well established (founded in 1989) marine service business providing service through out the Florida Keys. Qualified candidates should possess skills to install marine refrigeration, marine air conditioning, desalination, solar and wind power, generators, electrical systems. A general understanding of all vessel systems and operations is desirable. We are looking for an energetic and reliable individual to work with the team or independently.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities • Troubleshoot and diagnose basic failures.

• Utilize proper tools and diagnostic equipment.

• General knowledge, installation, and repair of marine systems (desalination, refrigeration, HVAC, electrical).

• Inspect and report vessel condition and components.

• Proper time management, organization, and documentation within given tasks.

• Provide utmost care of customer vessels with a strong attention to detail and cleanliness.

• Must possess basic tools for general maintenance.

• Attend prescribed training.

Technical and Physical Requirements • High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

• Technical school training preferred.

• Valid drivers license and clean driving record.

• ABYC and/or manufacturer certifications is a plus.

• Must pass background check.

• Needs understanding of OSHA standards.

• Ability to work in confined spaces.

• Ability to lift 50 pounds.

Minimum Soft Skills Qualifications • Good verbal and written communication.

• Positive attitude and willingness to learn.

• Ability to provide exceptional customer service.

• Good interpersonal and collaborative skills both independently and within a team context.

• Must be neat and organized.

• Demonstrates ability to prioritize and work unsupervised.

You must send a resume with Qualifications to be considered for this position.

Contact us through email; wendyk@saltservice.net

Administrative Clerk - 30hrs/week at the Keys Marine Laboratory (KML), Layton, FL. KML supports research and academic programs conducted by universities/colleges throughout Florida, the US, and internationally. Duties include greeting scientists, faculty, and students; preparing invoices and correspondence; data entry; courier and delivery services; assist with scheduling and group arrivals.

To apply for this opening visit: https://www.usf.edu/work-at-usf/ and search for Administrative Clerk job opening 24631

DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER 58901 O/S Hwy - Grassy Key, FL Teaching... Learning...Caring

Dolphin Research Center is Hiring!

Education Program Host Facilities Maintenance Apprentice School Programs & Outreach Curriculum Specialist Visual Communications Staff Volunteer Resources Administrative Assistant Benefits include medical, life & disability insurance, 401(k) plan, paid vacation, sick time & Holidays Full job descriptions available at www.dolphins.org/career_opportunities

Email cover letter, DRC application & resume to drc-hr@dolphins.org EOE

NOW HIRING

Marathon, Big Pine Key & Stock Island Locations $15 per hour to start FT Employees are eligible to participate in our health, dental, vision, Life Insurance. PTO and Profit Sharing is available to every member of our team (conditions apply).

HOW TO APPLY: Go to mytomthumb.com or call Cleveland (786) 295-5307.

NOW HIRING

SALES STAFF (TWO MARATHON LOCATIONS)

TOP PAY WITH FABULOUS BENEFITS FULL TIME OR PART TIME

Full time benefits include: Major Medical/Hospitalization, profit sharing, 401(k), paid vacation, etc.

We will consider training anyone looking for a secure future with a solid established company.

Apply in person SANDAL FACTORY 5195 or 4801 Overseas Highway, Marathon or email resume to dan@sandalfactory.com

HIRING

SERVER/BUSSER Apply at S.S. Wreck 58835 Overseas Hwy. Grassy Key Or call for appt.

305-481-3067

PART-TIME & FULL-TIME ASSOCIATES

Florida Keys’ Newest 4 Diamond AAA Resort Is Hiring!

We are looking for part-time & full-time associates that would like to be part of an award-winning team. Many great benefits including employee meal program, resort discounts and more.

Please apply online for our positions: islabellabeachresort.oasisrecruit.com 1 Knight’s Key Blvd (MM 47) Marathon, FL 33050

NOW HIRING Full or Part Time Guest Services

Answer phones, take reservations, greet customers with a smile. Cashier responsibilities, must be able to multi task.

Please apply in person at

Aquarium Encounters 11710 Overseas Hwy, Marathon

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Let’s go Fishing!

MARATHON LADY DOCKS U.S.1 at Vaca Cut Bridge Mile Marker 53 Marathon, FL

305.743.5580

POTTERY • GLASS • CLAY • WORKSHOPS & COFFEE Paint Pottery, try Glass Blowing & Clay Wheel Throwing, or learn Glass Fusion & enjoy our Joyfully Brewed Coffee!

WALK-IN &

CREATE WITH US!

OPEN Mon-Sat 9am-6pm

Marathon Lady • 73’ Party Boat www.MARATHONLADY.net

12535 Overseas Hwy • (305) 289-9013 • keysartstudio.com

Want to Attract more Business?

You can have this spot for only $100!

Obs erve Med ical Trea tme nts And Feed ing On The 9:00 A.M .

Pro gram

MEET SEA TURTLES AT THE TURTLE HOSPITAL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. CALL 305-743-2552 FOR RESERVATIONS. 2396 Overseas Highway Gulf, Marathon

www.turtlehospital.org

Call Lesley at 305-395-9895

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Like you, we live and work here.

We understand how hard it is to balance our finances and get the things we need.

That’s why we have Keys Visa® Credit Cards with an intro rate of 2.9%APR* and FREE Balance Transfers for the first 6 months.

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305-294-6622 • KeysFCU.org

Locals Helping Locals is the Keys FCU Difference.

Visit any branch in Key West at 3022 N. Roosevelt Blvd. or 514 Southard St., in Big Pine at MM 30, or in Marathon at MM53.5 Gulfside Membership is open to everyone who lives or works in the Florida Keys, their families and our local military community. *Annual percentage rate. Subject to credit approval. After 6-month introductory period a variable APR up to 18% will apply, based on your credit history and card selection. Restrictions may apply.

Card features and services vary by card. See Visa Credit Card Disclosure for details.

The Marathon Weekly is proud to partner with Marathon High School faculty and students in choosing “The Student of the Week.” Recipients are chosen on qualifications including academic standing, athletics, outstanding achievements, community involvement, individuality and moral fortitude. We thank our future leaders and MHS for allowing us to share in a weekly dose of “Fin Pride,” and for giving us a glimpse into their world.

LUIS PORRADO SENIOR

Who is your all-time favorite teacher and why? Mrs. Thacker, because she makes English class fun.

What do you hope to be remembered for at MHS? For being a hard worker.

What does “a good education” mean to you? A good education is having teachers that like what they are doing.

What is one favorite way to spend your spare time? Being on the water.

What are your plans after high school? I plan to start my own business.

Will you make the Keys your permanent home? Not sure.

What would you like to accomplish before your 10-year reunion? Have a successful company, own my own house.

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• CLASSIFIEDS, PUBLIC && LEGAL NOTICES • • 305.743.0844 • CLASSIFIEDS, PUBLIC LEGAL NOTICES 305.743.0844 DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER 58901 O/S Hwy - Grassy Key, FL Teaching... Learning...Caring

The Guidance/Care Center, Inc. a division of

“Uplifting the human spirit since 1973”

THE GUIDANCE/CARE CENTER, Inc.

KEY WEST

OCEAN KEY RESORT & SPA IS HIRING! A/P Clerk- General Cashier Boutique Sales Associate Licensed Esthetician* Licensed Massage Therapist* *Must hold FL license

Apply online at:

www.noblehousehotels.com/careers

Apply in person at: Zero Duval St. Come see why our employees love to call Ocean Key home!

Great pay, amazing benefits, & an awesome team!

EOE

Behavioral Health Therapist (Children) Case Manager (PT) Substance Abuse Counselor Front Desk Specialist

MARATHON

RNs and LPNs (3 shifts) (PT& FT) *Behavioral Health Technicians (3 shifts) (PT/FT) Peer Support Specialist Crisis Counselor *Assisted Living Direct Care Worker (PT) Drop In Technician Research Assistant *No experience necessary. Will train. A caring heart & helpful hands required.

$1,000 Sign-on Bonus!

• Housekeeper • Guest Services Associate • Common Area Attendant

GREAT BENEFITS:

Check out all available positions at: www.westcare.com EEOC/DFWP

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS NEEDED!

Line Cook, Servers, Host, Housekeepers, Night Auditor, Front Desk Agent and Food Runners.

Excellent Benefit Package

Monroe County School District

Apply in person at 1996 Overseas Highway, Marathon or email resume to hr@spottswood.com

Salary $15.80- $23.20/hour

EOE/m/f/d/v

• Benefits

• No Experience Required

• CDL Training Provided work as a Bus Aide while training

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SCAN FOR JOB

Please email resume to hr@spottswood.com

Both full or part time positions available at Hyatt Place at Faro Blanco Resort.

TO APPLY:

Or Call > Andre at 305.743.9009

Excellent Benefit Package EOE M/F/D/V

Background and drug screen req.

GREAT BENEFITS!

Key West, Sugarloaf and Upper Keys (3 work locations)

In Person > The Hammocks at Marathon 1688 Overseas Highway, Gulf Side, Mile Marker 48, Marathon

GUEST SERVICE AGENT TELEPHONE AGENT NIGHT AUDITOR BELLMAN

KEY LARGO

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 4 Weeks Paid Time Off 401(k) with Company Match & much more

Online > jobs.bluegreenvacations.com

JOB OPENINGS

Behavioral Health Therapist (Children) Advocate

The Hammocks at Marathon

FULL TIME JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Dolphin Research Center currently has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time position in the Accounting Department. Reports directly to senior mgmt, position is responsible for accuracy, integrity & timeliness of organization’s financial & accounting records, reporting & disclosure. Duties include preparation of monthly & year-end financial statements & analysis, cash mgmt, budgeting/forecasting, capital budgeting/depreciation, & mgmt reporting. Position supervises a staff, is directly responsible for A/P & A/R,, Bank Reconciliations & Payroll. Successful candidate will be a hands-on self-starter able to work effectively in team-oriented environment & familiar w/all aspects of general accounting, & financial reporting & analysis. Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting & 5 - 8 yrs related exp (or equivalent exp) is required. Knowledge of MAS200 preferred. CPA and/or non-profit experience a plus. Should have experience in management with good people skills. Benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), vacation and paid holidays. Job description available at www.dolphins.org. E-mail your resume with salary requirements to drc-hr@dolphins.org. EOE

• Full Time or Flexible Part Time Hours 6 to 9 am or 1 or 2 to 5 pm Apply online: www.keysschools.com

EOE m/f/d/v

HIRING: Maintenance position with busy non-profit. FT with benefits.

Long-term position w/room for growth. Valid DL required. Must have maintenance or related experience, computer skills and relate well with people. Very physical position, heavy lifting, heat, etc.

Drug-free workplace, EOE. Please send resume and cover letter to sholt@fkoc.org. No phone calls.

Sweet Savannah’s Bake Shop

is now hiring for Afternoon & Evening Shifts.

Please Apply In Person 8919 Overseas Hwy, Marathon

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LET’S DO BUSINESS - 305.743.0844 Licensed & Insured #SP33799

Open M-F 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

2001 O/S Hwy, Marathon

305-743-3530

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METAL ROOFING

SPECIALIST 305-664-1010 www.roofer.pro

ALL KEYS GLASS

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FULL SERVICE YAMAHA DEALER • Yamaha Outboard Motor Repair, Sales & Service • Certified Yamaha Technicians • Do it Yourself? Fully-stocked all Yamaha Parts & Accessories

SOLAR DONE RIGHT! CALL US FOR A FREE HOME ESTIMATE

We also service and sell: Marine A/C, Refrigeration, Watermakers, Batteries, Solar Systems, Anything Electrical!

• SINCE 1976 •

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Florida Solar Contractor CVC 56734

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Tewes Mortgage

Your local, residential lending expert!

Call 305.495.6000

Kitchen Cabinets Sales REAL Wood Cabinets at Particle Board Prices KitchenKorner/Fred's Beds 1333 O/S Hwy, MM 53.5 • 305-743-7277

for a FREE Consultation

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NMLS# 375025 Tewes Mortgage NMLS# 1453791 NMLSConsumerAccess.org

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Liz Samess Interiors

Licensed & Insured Contractor # CACO53827

Design, Decorating, Drafting, & More…

Liz Samess Interior Designer

CELL: Email:

(954) 801-7883 interiordesignbyliz@gmail.com

Let our 40+ years of experience go to work for you!

For professional, competitive travel planning Call Debbie or Lani at 305 743 7575 Business hours: MON-TUE-THU-FRI 9am to 4pm Appointments by request.

Marathon, FL 33050

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

Residential, Commercial & Marine Ice Machine - Sales - Service Phone: (305) 743-5288

Fax: (305) 743-6887

Will Campbell

Serving Key Largo to Key West

Cell: 305-363-8330 Office: 305-735-4626 will@cecflk.com www.CECFLK.com

ARTIC TEMP, INC.

President

Floor & Wall Tiles Porcelain/Planks Marble Carpets Quartz & Granite Countertops

P.E. Lic. No: 79269 5800 Overseas Hwy. Unit 32 Marathon, FL. 33050

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LIVE $10.00 A POUND TAILS $10.00 EACH

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We Do Installations!

Licensed & Insured

FREE ESTIMATES U.S.1 & 109th St, Marathon (Across from Beall’s Outlet)

289-3019

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LET’S DO BUSINESS - 305.743.0844 • WE CAN INCREASE YOUR REVENUES • SUPERIOR MAINTENANCE • TOP GOOGLE RANKED SITE

VACATION RENTALS

CALL ANGEL LEWIS AT 305-390-2315 WWW.KEYSRENTALSONLINE.COM

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Karen Raspe

Realtor 305-393-9010 karenraspe@bellsouth.net

9141 Overseas Highway Marathon, FL 33050 www.karenraspe.com

STATE CERTIFIED THATCHING CONTRACTOR CYC 000002

Serving Monroe, Dade & Broward Including Airports & Ports.

SUV, Van & Limousine options available Call us for special events.

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y’s www.KeysSlidingGlassDoorRepair.com d n A Sliding Glass Door Repair Roller Maintenance Track Maintenance Door Alignment Security Pins Safety Locks Handles

Barbara Sanchez Home & Offices Expertly Cleaned Fast Dependable Service “We Clean Your Place, Like it Was Our Place”

We Also Repair & Replace Patio Door Screens

Excellent References Upon Request

305-998-8953 Insured • Professional • Reliable

305-766-0819 305-924-0179

Nails by Ivis

Manicures • Pedicures Acrylics • Gelish • Facials • Waxing

5177 Overseas Highway

When It Rains It Pours!

Need 7” Gutters? We have 6” & 7” Seamless • Copper Specialists MARATHON

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(Between Office Depot & Main Post Office)

Marathon, FL 33050 305-289-1631

LICENSED CFC1427241

10700 5TH AVENUE GULF P. O. BOX 500995 MARATHON, FLORIDA KEYS 33050

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WE HAVE MOVED!

Rachel Sanderson

Specializing in Color and Highlights Rachellynnes94@gmail.com 305.393.3076 Haircuts We are low located at 10075 Overseas Highway Keratin Treatments in Marathon at the 100th Street Center.

5177 Highway, Marathon, FL 33050 (nextOverseas to Ocean Sotheby’s)

SALES

DEBBIE SMITH

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

(Between Office Depot and Main Post Office)

305-289-1631

www.marathonhairandnailsalon.com • Real Estate Closings • Title Company • Estate PlanningQUICK & RELIABLE • Probate OPEN WATER MARINE FOR A LIFESTYLE • General Practice SERVICES INSPIRED BY YOUR POTENTIAL • A.V. Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell • Member Firm Holland JARED & Knight FRANK OWNER

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(305) 743-9428

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Marathon: 305-743-7636 Big Pine: 305-735-4962 Key West: 305-294-5155 www.KeysRealEstate.com

1115 Sombrero Blvd. 406B, Marathon

2/2 Penthouse ● Fabulous panoramic views of Boot Key Harbor Right across the street from Sombrero Golf Course Dockage 1st come basis ● Quick access to Atlantic or Gulf Minutes from Sombrero Beach, movie theatre, shopping & more MLS# 585635 ● Offered at $399,500 LINDSAY RABITO-LEONARD • 305-481-4571

95 Seaview Ave, Conch Key

2/1 ● 702 SF ● Unique over the water bungalow style home Large covered porch ● Endless sunset views ● Rear deck Excellent boating access ● Private dock ● Great investment property MLS# 589285 ● Offered at $699,000 LYNN B. LUCAS • 305-393-0559 SANDY TUTTLE • 305-923-9161

20790 1st Avenue, Cudjoe Key

221 9th Street, Key Colony Beach

BUILD TODAY! ● 10,000 SF permitted lot Plans for 1,600 SF 3 bedroom / 2 bathroom home included Located on a canal with 100 ft of waterfront Fast access to open water for boating and fishing MLS# 585492 ● Offered at $295,888 TRISH HINTZE • 305-923-9976

2/2 ● 1,105 SF ● Half duplex ● Open floor plan ● Lots of storage Beautifully renovated ● Stainless steel appliances ● Garage Screened patio ● Partially fenced for added privacy 37.5’ of concrete dockage ● 10k lb. boat lift ● Wide canal MLS# 587902 ● Offered at $559,000 ALICIA LUND • 305-431-0577

543 La Fitte Road, Little Torch Key

83 Tingler Lane, Marathon

5/4.1 ● 4,127 SF ● Concrete construction w/ impact windows & doors 17,590 SF lot ● Beautiful beachfront lot ● Building permit in hand Recently renovated interior ● Travertine floors ● Furnished ● Elevator Price includes plans for contemporary 3,305 SF 5/5 CBS home New metal roof ● Garage ● Pool ● 60’ dock with 17k lb. boat lift Complete wi/ 2 master suites, elevator & more ● Start building now!

MLS# 587125 ● Offered at $2,325,000 Centrally located, walking distance to Sombrero Beach LYNN B. LUCAS • 305-393-0559 MLS# 589113 ● Offered at $549,000 SANDY TUTTLE • 305-923-9161 GINGER HENDERSON • 305-731-5751

1105 Calle Ensenada, Marathon

311 Stirrup Key Blvd., Marathon

4/4 ● 3,938 SF ● Oceanfront ● Open living/dining area w/ 20’ ceilings Floor to ceiling windows ● 2 master suites w/ ocean view terraces Elevator ● Situated on 1/2 acre lot ● Lush landscaping ● 2 car garage Pool & spa ● Protected dockage & 20k lb. lift in HOA marina ● Furnished MLS# 581391 ● Offered at $3,800,000 GINGER HENDERSON • 305-731-5751

With a direct view of Sombrero Light down Sister's Creek, the iconic 'Sombrero Watch' is a contemporary design with floor to ceiling glass for views of the surrounding waterways in every room. The location is a very unique peninsula providing privacy & security. A wine cellar foyer has gracefully curved stairs leading to all living levels. Each bedroom has beautifully appointed baths & balconies overlooking the beautiful surrounds. Skylights & impact sliders provide plenty of natural light. There is 75' of deep water protected dockage, brick paver circular driveway & a concrete retaining seawall around the lot. Watch the world go by from the infinity edged pool with cascading waterfall or from the 1000 sq. ft. of porches & patios. A one of a kind offering.

4/4 ● 3,394 SF ● MLS# 589861 ● Offered at $3,200,000 GINGER HENDERSON • 305-731-5751

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