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CRUISE SHIP LIMITS NEED OUTSIDE LEGAL HELP

CITY ATTORNEY WANTS SOMEONE WITH NO ‘A GENDA’

early all city commissioners on July 12 emphasized their willingness to ban the majority of cruise ships from Key West by turning the three voterapproved cruise ship referendums into city ordinances. But those ordinances must be defensible in court against the anticipated lawsuit from the owners of Pier B cruise ship dock, who are expected to sue the city for turning away most of their customers. “We’ve got to do this right and that takes a lot of patience,” Commissioner Jimmy Weekley said, referring to the Safer Cleaner Ships Committee’s call for action and criticism of the delay in drafting the ordinances. “We need to bring an ordinance that’s defensible. Everyone needs to be patient. Our attorney will update us at each meeting.” City attorney Shawn Smith, who has warned the commission of the potentially dire legal consequences of trying to regulate private property, is in the process of hiring an outside, independent attorney or law firm to help draft, then defend, the ordinances. Smith on Tuesday advised the commission not to approve the cruise ship ordinances as they are currently written in draft form “because there are no penalties included for violating them.” “I’d prefer you wait to consider those ordinances until you have outside counsel in place,” Smith told the commission, adding that he expects to have someone for the commission’s review within a week.

A cruise ship docks in Key West pre-COVID. CONTRIBUTED

“Specifically, I looked at the individual suggested by the Safer Cleaner Ships Committee, and the recommendation I got back was to not hire that person if you in fact want an independent person,” Smith said. “I don’t intend to hire someone that has an agenda in place, or an idea in place. As many of you have suggested to me, hire somebody that is independent and will review the facts and will issue an opinion to you.” Commissioner Sam Kaufman agreed. “We want to do this in the best interest of the entire city so it can withstand court scrutiny. There’s a lot of complexity with regard to the many different, potential claims that Pier B could bring. And I agree, we should have independent counsel that’s separate from the Safer Cleaner Ships committee. That independent counsel really should be disassociated from the committee because in the end, it’s the city that will have to defend our ordinances.” Commissioner Greg Davila reminded residents that “each of us has expressed a desire to follow the will of the people with this, but we need to do it while making sure all our ducks are in a row.” In other commission activity — and inactivity — Mayor Teri Johnston withdrew a prior agenda item that sought to replace housing authority board member Annette Mobley, who lives in public housing. Johnston had initially proposed replacing Mobley

with Lakay Barnett, but would have needed the commission’s approval. Mobley had expressed a strong desire to remain on the board, and submitted to the mayor a petition with 200 signatures supporting her continuance on the board. Also, the commissioners commended city manager Patti McLauchlin for successfully negotiating a partnership with Monroe County and the Key West Housing Authority to fund the continuance of Poinciana Gardens assisted-living facility. As part of the agreement, the city will contribute $400,000 for the coming year, $300,000 the second year and $200,000 the third year if needed. The goal is to get the facility financially stabilized. McLauchlin also told the commissioners that she is still waiting for more information about the state’s offer of $5 million in COVID recovery funds for lost port revenue. “I’m still waiting on guidelines regarding what obligates the city if we take this money.” Finally, the commission agreed to set aside 237 building permits for the Monroe County School District for the construction of workforce housing at the district’s Trumbo Road property, near the downtown ferry terminal. Superintendent Theresa Axford was at the commission meeting, but did not need to speak, as the building permit request was approved without discussion.

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HOME TEAM GETS NEW HOME

KWHS FOOTBALL STADIUM WON’T HOST GAMES FOR TWO SEASONS

The football bleachers at Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium, home of the Key West High School Conchs, cannot be used this season. Football games will be played in the newly renovated ‘Backyard’ behind the high school. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

The newly renovated ‘Backyard’ fields at Key West High School will host the Conchs’ home football games until Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium is replaced over the next two years. MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT/Contributed

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or the first time in recent memory, Key West High School Conchs will play their home football games someplace other than Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium. The stadium on Kennedy Drive is slated for a complete $15 million upgrade in the next two years. In the meantime, the fields at Tommy Roberts remain open and will be used for baseball and other activities, but the bleachers have long needed significant improvements or replacement and cannot be used for spectators. One source with close ties to the high school told the Keys Weekly “the bleachers are condemned. That’s why graduation

was held at the amphitheater this past spring,” but school district officials stopped short of using the word “condemned.” “The bleachers on the football side have capacity restrictions since further investments in maintenance and repair were ceased in light of the pending renovation project, which is scheduled to break ground at the end of this spring’s athletic season,” said Pat Lefere, the school district’s executive director of operations and planning. “The complex will continue to be used until that time for baseball and other activities as required. Football games will be held in the newly renovated Backyard field for both the 2021 and 2022 seasons.”

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Books & Books at The Studios has partnered with Storybook Treasures to provide children’s books to Gerald Adams Elementary School. BOOKS & BOOKS/Contributed

he nonprofit organization StoryBook Treasures, which provides early intervention reading programs to Title I schools across the country, has launched a partnership with Books & Books, Key West’s local, nonprofit, independent bookstore at the corner of Eaton and Simonton streets. Patrons of Books and Books can donate directly to the StoryBook Treasures program at Gerald Adams Elementary through a QR code found at the store’s register. A $50 donation will provide the StoryBook Treasures program to one student for the entire academic year. The StoryBook Treasures program is an evidencebased literacy program that instills the love of reading in students from underserved communities. Five times per year, students receive a book, a treasure (the emotional component of the program), a parent engagement bookmark, and a mini-book (a comprehension tool workbook). Teachers receive free lesson plans to be taught for 15 minutes a day for one week per book. In

addition, all students receive a StoryBook Treasures backpack, T-shirt and an I Love Reading bracelet. The StoryBook Treasures program aims to expand student opportunity by building a love of reading and books. Emily Berg, Books & Books manager, said, “Partnering with StoryBook Treasures to bring this program to local kids in need means so much to Books & Books and our team. The fact that the money stays here in Key West and impacts our community is really special.” Over the last four years of partnership with Gerald Adams Elementary, the data and feedback have shown positive impact with increased interest and love of reading. The program enables students to create a home library, which changes the dynamics of reading in the school. StoryBook Treasures now looks to the local community for support and partnerships, much like with Books & Books, to sustain the program at Gerald Adams Elementary. — Contributed

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SCHOOL DISTRICT MEANS BUSINESS OFFICIALS DISCUSS JOBS PROGRAM AT BUSINESS GUILD LUNCHEON

chools Superintendent Theresa Axford and vocational education director Sibba Mira were the guest speakers at the Key West Business Guild’s Aug. 5 luncheon at the Marriott Beachside Hotel. The school district officials are seeking partnerships within the business community for the school district’s new MOVE — Monroe Occupational and Vocational Experiences — program. The new initiative enables high school students to attend classes in the morning and work in the afternoon. Axford said she noticed last year that many high school students had started working part-time jobs during the pandemic, when schools were on an alternating day schedule. “I got nervous,” Axford said. “We didn’t want them to become too incentivized by a paycheck and quit school. So we’ve designed a program that enables them to work in a potential career field while still attending school.” More information about the program is available from Mira at sibba. mira@keysschools.com. Also during the luncheon, George Galvan, senior general manager at the Marriott Beachside Hotel, told the audience that Alan Beaubien, the hotel’s longtime director of sales and marketing, is soon retiring. “I’ve known Alan for 30 years and he’s been here with me at the Beachside since day 1; he’s the best there is,” Galvan said as Beaubien received a standing ovation. — Weekly staff report

4 1. George Galvan, senior general manager at the Marriott Beachside Hotel, left, thanks and congratulates Alan Beaubien, the hotel’s wellknown director of sales and marketing, on his upcoming retirement. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

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2. Key West Police Chief Sean Brandenburg, Business Guild president Chuck Licis-Masson and Capt. Randy Smith at the guild’s Aug. 4 luncheon. 3. The business guild welcomes Superintendent of Schools Theresa Axford to its luncheon. 4. Key West city manager Patti McLauchlin and Mayor Teri Johnston.

5. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church senior warden Ray Warren introduces the church’s new rector, Rev. Donna Mote, at the Key West Business Guild’s August luncheon. 6. Sibba Mira, the school district’s director of career and technical education, introduces the district’s new vocational and occupational program that involves partnerships with local businesses.

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The Monroe County Tourist Development Council has funding available to governmental entities and non-profit organizations for capital projects within DAC’s II, IV and V. The facility must have the primary purpose of promoting tourism and must fall into one of the following categories: Convention Center, Sports Stadium, Sports Arena, Coliseum, Auditorium, Aquarium, Museum, Zoological Park, Nature Center, Fishing Pier, Beach or Beach Park Facility, Channel, Estuary or Lagoon, Public Facilities in Accordance with Conditions Set Forth in the Florida Statute The deadline for receipt of applications is September 21, 2021 and applications must be downloaded from Demandstar (www.monroecountybids.com) For more information please call the TDC Administrative office at 305-296-1552 and ask to speak with Ammie or Maxine.

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• Any property that is being rented for less than six months must have a tourist development tax account. • As a reminder, online rental platforms (Airbnb, VRBO, etc.) DO NOT remit the 5% tourist development tax to our office. It is the homeowner’s responsibility to ensure the tax has been remitted.

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TENANT PROTECTION = LANDLORD FRUSTRATION

EVICTIONS IN THE KEYS On, off, on again. That’s how the federal moratorium on evictions related to COVID-19 is rolling. On July 31, the moratorium ended. Just three days earlier, the Supreme Court published a decision that indicated Congress would have to pass legislation to extend it, which it did not. But that didn’t stop the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from issuing an order on Aug. 3 that put the moratorium back in place due to concerns about increasing case counts. “Evictions of tenants for failure to make rent or housing payments could be detrimental to public health control measures to slow the spread of … COVID-19,” said CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. “This order will expire on Oct. 3, 2021 and applies in United States counties experiencing substantial and high levels of community transmission levels …” And while neither Florida nor Monroe County was singled out, we’re clearly in the “red” on the CDC’s COVID-19 map, indicating there is a high level of transmission in every Florida county, except Glades County, which is rated as “substantial.” On Aug. 3, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the moratorium, “was imposed by the CDC — and I don’t think that they had the authority to do that. The U.S. Supreme Court indicated as much.”

While the legality of the moratorium is up in the air, many are still looking at local court dockets to see if there will be an avalanche of eviction notices in the Keys. What happens next will be a marker of the Keys’ economic health. From February 2020 to the end of July 2021, there have been 31 cases of eviction filed with the Clerk of the Court, 13 of which have already been closed. These numbers represent civil cases filed in the following residential categories: eviction and back rent, eviction and back rent with damages up to $15,000 and eviction and back rent with damages between $15,000 and $30,000. (The 17 months prior saw 25 cases). While the moratorium has protected tenants who may have faced unemployment or illness during the pandemic, it left many landlords, both locally and nationwide, wondering who was going to protect them when their monthly mortgage payment was still due. “I would’ve lost my house due to that moratorium if not for the grace of the bank ,” said Key West homeowner Joe Weatherby, who was only able to afford the New Town duplex he bought with his brother because of the included rental income. “I certainly understand people struggling, and I don’t want to evict anyone, but my tenants looked me in the eye, laughed and said, ‘The governor says we don’t have to pay rent.’ And they didn’t. They were supposed to be out in October, but they ended up staying — rent free — until February. They stuck me for five months’ rent. Meanwhile, they were collecting unemployment while still working for cash and could clearly still afford to party every night.

“ They became squatters,” Weatherby said, thanking Key West attorney Greg Oropeza for helping with the eviction process and legal requirements. “The moratorium, while designed to help those in need, turned into an opportunity for lowlifes to get rich on the backs of others.” The federal moratorium on eviction only covered tenants who were adversely affected by COVID-19 — those who were sick and/or lost their jobs. And, in order to be protected from eviction, the tenants had to swear they had attempted to obtain rental assistance from the government, meet income requirements, etc. But expanding the Monroe County eviction search for the same time period to include non-monetary evictions, February 2020 to July 2021, the case count exploded to 198. Using the same search parameters, there were only 31 during the 17 months previous. What’s happening? Failure to pay rent due to hardships isn’t the only reason a tenant can be evicted. For example, evictions could be due to breaking a clause of the lease, like having a prohibited dog. Or having four tenants, instead of the allowed two.

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The Florida Keys aren’t alone in the struggle. A July 27 New York Times article details a lawsuit filed last week by the National Apartment Association, the nation’s biggest trade group for residential landlords. The group is suing the federal government for imposing the moratorium on evictions, claiming the freeze cost owners approximately $27 billion that’s not covered by existing aid programs. “Industry analysts cited in the landlords’ suit estimate that 10 million delinquent tenants owed $57 billion in back rent by the end of 2020, and that $17 billion more had gone unpaid since then,” states the article by Glenn Thrush. “The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, in D.C., is meant in part to press the Biden administration to speed up disbursement of $47 billion in emergency rental relief that was included in the two coronavirus relief packages. Landlords also hope to prod the White House to loosen the application requirements for the relief, which many owners say are too onerous. “The case is also intended to challenge the federal government’s right to impose such restrictions in the future, arguing that the CDC’s actions violated private property rights protected by the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which requires the government to compensate private parties when it seizes their assets.

AT RISK OF EVICTION A recent New York Times guest essay by Sema K. Sgaier and Aaron Dibner-Dunlap of Surgo Ventures, a nonprofit health organization, detailed the housing crisis on July 28. The essay includes a digital tool that calculates the percentage of renters in each county who are behind on rent and the average amount owed. In Monroe County, 14.6% of renting households owe back rent — the average amount of rent owed is $5,116, which would equate roughly to about three months’ rent in the Florida Keys. “State and local governments can prevent this rental crisis from becoming a homelessness crisis with help from nearly $50 billion in federal Emergency Rental Assistance funds,” the article states. “Yet despite laudable coordination efforts and recent acceleration, the rollout is too slow, too few renters are eligible and the application process is too complicated. As a result, funds are reaching only a small fraction of those who need them most. ... “There is also a huge eligibility gap: We estimate that of the 6.2 million households in arrears, half make more money than the federal program allows and therefore aren’t eligible. The result is that at-risk households in nearly every county are still catastrophically behind.” FUNDING AVAILABLE The federal government issued $1.4 billion to Florida in emergency rental assistance funds, with approximately $529 million distributed directly by local governments with populations over 200,000. The remaining funds, over $800 million, will be disbursed by the state.

According to a report from Tampa, the state has distributed only 2% — or $18.3 million — of the federal funds it received to help keep renters in their homes. That program — called Our Florida — is administered by the state. “We receive multiple calls each day from residents about the ‘Our Florida’ program and the lack of assistance/acknowledgement they are getting or receiving from the system,” said Sheryl Graham, Monroe County director of social services. “Unfortunately, we have no control over that system, nor do we have any additional rental funding, other than what’s listed below.” In Monroe County, the Social Services department has spent more than $1.7 million it received from the Coronavirus Relief Funding (CARES Act) through December 2020. The money helped 188 households with 441 people who were directly affected by COVID-19, according to data from the county. Specifically, said Mark Lenkner of the Monroe County Continuum of Care, “For the fiscal year that began July 1, 2021, we were awarded: $1,025,000 for homelessness prevention and $797,000 for rehousing, which helps cover first, last and security.” The Monroe County Continuum of Care (CoC) is the lead agency for the coordination and planning of homeless services in the Florida Keys,” its website states. “As the lead agency, designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Florida Department of Children and Families, the Monroe County CoC organizes the collaboration of local agencies to address the needs of clients and provide essential supportive services.” He added that the group’s website monroehomelesscoc.org provides links for Our Florida and other available funding sources. In fiscal year 2020-21, the county has dipped into its own general fund (it is not getting a portion of the federal money sent to the state because the population is less than 200,000), and spent $7,413 of the $15,100 it has available to help four residents countywide. In the next fiscal year 2021-22, the county has $20,000 budgeted, again, from the county’s own general fund. “If we receive any additional rental funding, Monroe County Social Services would be willing to assist with distribution of the funds countywide,” Graham said. “We have a proven track record of success in distributing large amounts of rental assistance, with total compliance, to a large number of residents countywide.” In Key West, United Way of Collier and Monroe counties provided $230,000 in rental assistance in the summer of 2020 and between January and March 2021, said Florida Keys area president Leah Stockton.

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CRUISE SHIP OPPONENT CALLS LAWSUIT CONCERNS ‘BLUSTER’ SAFER CLEANER SHIPS’ LAWYERS SHARE DEFENSE STRATEGY WITH CITY MANDY MILES

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he committee that spearheaded Key West’s cruise ship reductions is downplaying the potential costs of a lawsuit city officials expect from the owners of Pier B if forced to turn away their cruise ship clients. City attorney Shawn Smith has repeatedly warned the city commissioners to expect a lawsuit from Pier B involving breach-ofcontract and interstate commerce claims. But Arlo Haskell, treasurer and cofounder of the Key West Committee for Safer Cleaner Ships told the Keys Weekly on July 31, “‘breach of contract’ is more bluster without any significant basis in fact or the law. If (Pier B owner Mark) Walsh had such a slam-dunk legal case to successfully challenge the limits, why did he spend so much time and money getting the legislature to make up a brand-new law (that voids the voter-approved cruise ship initiative)?” “The people who are warning about massive damages are the same people who said 800 people would lose their jobs, who said property taxes would go up, who said EMS budgets and public services would be slashed,” Haskell added. In a Tuesday email, the Safer Cleaner Ships committee updated its supporters about where things stand with cruise ship reductions since the city’s July 12 workshop and questioned the city attorney’s delay in drafting the cruise ship ordinances. But Smith has been on “a well-deserved vacation,” city commissioner Greg Davila said, for the first time in years. Safer Cleaner Ships wrote to its supporters: “Commissioners directed City Attorney Shawn Smith to provide an ordinance replicating the cruise ship limits approved by voters and take input from our committee on the details. And city attorney Smith said he would provide Commissioners with a draft in time for the Aug. 3 meeting. “We immediately gathered our legal team for a detailed review and, on July 20, we furnished city attorney Smith with a proposed ordinance that would do what the voters have asked for. In addition, we supplied data that would enable the city to defend the ordinance in court if necessary; and provided an expert summary of Supreme Court precedents which demonstrate that the city is well within its authority to regulate cruise ships and unlikely to incur any liability.

A cruise ship docks, pre-COVID, at the privately owned Pier B located behind Opal Key Resort & Marina in Key West. DAVID MARKS/Pixabay

We have promptly answered all questions from city attorney Smith, have provided additional research and analysis of case law at his request, and have recommended a highly qualified candidate for outside counsel. “At this time, city attorney Smith has not commented on our proposed ordinance, and to our knowledge has not provided commissioners with any draft ordinance in time for tonight’s city commission meeting. “We understand that the city attorney’s role is to provide legal counsel to the commission, and we know that proper legal review takes time. But, given that the underlying legal issues have been clearly defined since last November, we are concerned by this delay.” The committee’s update also outlines a suggested legal strategy drafted by the committee’s legal advisers and provided to the city attorney, city manager and Mayor Teri Johnston. The committee’s lawyers suggest the city argue that cruise ship reductions are necessary to protect the citizens of Key West and its “fragile medical infrastructure” due to the potential of contagious infections aboard a cruise ship. The defense strategy does not mention the protection of coral reefs, water quality or other environmental resources. Suggested legal defense In a “summary of relevant legal issues,” the SCS legal advisers note: “Municipalities including Key West are authorized under the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution to regulate commercial activities within their jurisdiction, including cruise ship disembarkation. The principle is generally known as the ‘police powers’ of government. In short, a local government may take any actions deemed necessary to protect its citizens, including es-

pecially any actions to protect public health and welfare. For example, Key West regulates the hours during which alcohol may be sold and limits the volume of noise that may be created. Even though these regulations may burden businesses which would prefer to sell alcohol and create noise at all hours, the regulations serve a valid public interest. Thus, they are lawful exercises of the city’s police powers.” In addition, the SCS legal team disputes Smith’s concerns about a breach of contract claim, writing: “According to the Supreme Court, a local government like Key West simply cannot ‘bargain away the public health or the public morals’ through a mere contract with a private business. ... “The precedent established ... basically means that a prior government’s action to enter into a contract does not prohibit a future government’s action to make laws that protect the public good – this is what is meant when the court says a city’s police power cannot be ‘bargained away’ in a contract. “Thus, the ordinance our committee has proposed to regulate cruise ship disembarkation evenly throughout the city and protect our fragile medical infrastructure is a lawful exercise of sovereign authority, notwithstanding a 27-year-old contract for Pier B. “For the reasons discussed above, the conclusion of our legal advisers is that competent counsel for the city will find that it has favorable case law and ample evidence with which to mount a strong defense that will likely enable it to defeat any ... claims advanced by Pier B or other parties in response to the ordinance we have proposed.”

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Lobsters must be measured in the water. The body, or carapace, must be longer than 3 inches. FLORIDA KEYS NEWS BUREAU/Contributed

Jerry Critz shows Britain Johnson a live Florida lobster at a prior Key West Lobsterfest. This year’s festival is Aug. 12-15 with events all over town. FLORIDA KEYS NEWS BUREAU/ Contributed

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lenty of recreational lobster-hunters limited out both days of the recent mini-season, which takes place the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July. The two-day event gives recreational harvesters a chance to get six lobsters per person per day before the commercial fishermen set their traps and begin hauling in one of the Keys’ biggest cash crops. Commercial fishermen are allowed to begin placing their lobster traps in the water the Saturday after mini-season, which this year fell on July 31. They can’t pull the traps until the season officially opens for both commercial and recreational harvesting on Friday, Aug. 6. But like all things since 2020, the outlook for the lobster season is a bit unclear. Lee Starling, who’s known as “Lobster Lee” in Key West, has been diving for spiny lobster and other fish for more than 25 years. While scouting his various spots before opening day, Starling said he thinks the lobsters may have checked in early to the Keys. “I believe they crawled and arrived early; I’m seeing more of a September pattern right now,” Starling said. He was referring to the usual migration practices of spiny lobster,

which typically move at night from their protected shelters to open areas that allow them to forage for food. “Acoustic tagging results show that both male and female lobsters travel back and forth from their shelters to foraging grounds on a daily basis and change shelters regularly. During the reproductive/spawning season, female lobsters migrate to deeper waters to release eggs and often visit the outlier reef south of the Western Sambos Ecological Reserve inside the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary,” according to a NOAA report. “These reproductive migrations typically last from five to seven days, and a single female can make up to three reproductive trips during the season. The precise locations of spawning areas are not known, but likely include the base of the fore reef and offshore outlier reef. Both male and females periodically undergo long nomadic migrations that move them many miles into new habitats. Lobsters routinely cross the boundary of the ecological reserve, both in a random fashion when migrating nomadically and deliberately to release fertilized eggs.” For recreational lobster hunters, the same rules as mini-season apply to the regular lobster season:

• All harvesters must have a Florida fishing license with a lobster permit. • Carapace (or body, not including the tail) must be longer than 3 inches when measured in the water. Possession and use of a measuring device is required at all times. • Harvest of lobster is prohibited in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park during the mini-season and at all times in Everglades National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, no-take areas in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, in the Biscayne Bay/ Card Sound Lobster Sanctuary, and in the five Coral Reef Protection Areas in Biscayne National Park. • The daily bag limit for recreational harvesting is six lobsters per person per day, not per trip. Multiple trips in a single day are illegal. • Diver-down flags are required when divers and snorkelers are in the water. They must remain within 300 feet of the flag. • It is a felony to damage, molest or take lobster from traps in state or federal waters. Recreational trapping is prohibited. • It is illegal to touch coral, bump corals with dive fins, stand on coral and/or anchor your boat on coral.

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THE LOSS OF A MUSIC LEGEND

I was hired to photograph the 2013 Keystock Music Festival and remember standing backstage in a crowd of more than 50 people talking to Paul Cotton waiting for the nine-time Grammy winners Three Dog Night to arrive. It was a cold February night and they were to go on stage at 9 p.m. They arrived at 9 p.m. As they walked in, I was trying to get to the front row for a photo of them. Paul Cotton was right behind me. As they walked by, lead vocalist Danny Hutton looked over and said, “Hey, Paul, how ya doing?” That’s when I realized what a music star Paul Cotton was. His latest work,”100% Paul Cotton,” recorded and produced in Key West, was released in 2014. All the songs had been previously recorded, but Paul was finally able to produce them the way he had conceived them with the Paul Cotton Band. Album co-producer Russ Scavelli remembers discussing the music with Paul, and him saying “Let’s just do guitars.” When Russ and Paul first met, they spoke of the 1970s and Paul’s hits. Some of his songs are extremely complex and musically difficult. Russ remembers learning all those songs and how he loved playing them. For family reasons, Paul moved to Oregon in 2017 but had always planned to return. Their cars still bear Florida tags. They returned to Key West in January 2020 for an extended stay. Paul participated in the Crooks Annual Second Line Celebration in January and a couple of gigs with his Paul Cotton Band at Schooner Wharf Bar in February. He was scheduled to headline the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with “That Hippie Band” at the Key West Amphitheater on April 22. Unfortunately, the gig was canceled due to the pandemic, and they returned to Oregon. Band member and friend Gary Hempsey said, “He was a rock star for real, with history and an easy way about him. Getting to sing and play beside him and the band was a thrill. Those songs came to life.” A Key West Celebration of Life for Paul Cotton is being planned for early 2022.

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t is with great sadness that I report the passing of music legend and Key Wester, Paul Cotton. Paul didn’t have fans in Key West, he had an extended family. After spending a life in the music business, his only real friends were the musicians he toured and recorded with, until he arrived on his new island home in 2004. He made some great friends, starting with the members of the Paul Cotton Band, and the people he met in his daily life in this One Human Family community. Paul loved the vibrant and diverse Key West with its unusually large music scene and many performers playing original music, not just covering others’ songs. Paul always said, “My fans know where to find me.” Cotton was born in Alabama and raised on the south side of Chicago. He played the French horn and took up the guitar in his last years of high school because he found it to be “a more portable instrument,” having joked that it was hard to sing with eighteen feet of brass tubing in your mouth. He played Gretsch guitars most of his life and worked with Gretsch to help design the White Falcon, considered one of the most beautiful guitars in the world. Both Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield) and Steven Stills (Crosby, Stills and Nash) played a White Falcon. It was basically a jazz guitar, but they made it rock, as did Paul.

Paul played with Illinois Speed Press before joining Poco in 1970. He toured with Poco for nearly four decades as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter. It’s difficult with limited space to do justice to his memory. He wrote countless hits and received a number of certified gold and platinum records. Paul headlined at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, Madison Square Garden and hundreds of music festivals. The Beatles’ George Harrison dubbed him “King Cotton.” Paul saw Key West as a cast of characters … and credited Jimmy Buffett with making people aware of Key West. Buffett is a great storyteller, creating the mythical “Margaritaville” that helped encourage many of his fans to experience Key West for themselves. Paul said, “Some of us actually wanted to move here and write stories like that.” One of his favorite Key West music experiences was the 2013 Women’s Hope Concert at the Tennessee Williams Theater, where he performed with the great Key West female vocalists. Another highlight was playing with Caffeine Carl at the 2012 Key West Musicians Festival. Paul said they “tore the roof off the place.”

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ncreasing COVID-19 cases in the Keys have some stores and municipalities bringing back mask requirements. Some are issuing messages strongly encouraging their use, while others continue to operate normally since a local mask mandate was lifted in Monroe County. Masks must be worn by staff and visitors frequenting city of Key West facilities. The decision was announced on Aug. 2 in what the city called “an abundance of caution” over the current COVID-19 surge in Florida and the Keys. “We want to be sure that our staff and our citizens stay healthy,” City Manager Patti McLauchlin said in a statement. “We’ve come so far, and we want to stay strong and continue to recover.” Lower Keys Medical Center had seven COVID-positive patients as of Aug. 2. Staff, health care providers and anyone entering the facility continue to be screened and are required to mask. “Our safety precautions remain in place to protect our staff and community and safely provide care for our patients,” said LKMC spokeswoman Lynn Corbett-Winn. Baptist Health South Florida reported 726 patients with COVID-19 in their system from Miami to the Keys on Aug. 2. At Mariners and Fishermen’s hospitals, eight patients with COVID-19 were being treated on Aug. 2. Both hospitals are requiring masks, regardless of vaccination status, when entering facilities. While Islamorada budget workshops on Aug. 3 and Aug. 4 were open to in-person attendance, village officials strongly encouraged public participation via Zoom due to rising COVID cases. Several council members and staff members in attendance inside the Founders Park Community Center wore masks. It comes after there were several positive cases among those who attended a July 22 meeting of village council at the community center. Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control released updated guidelines with cases surging in states like Florida. The CDC said those who are fully vaccinated can participate in activities as they did before the pandemic. However, the CDC said, those in areas of high transmission — even those who’ve been vaccinated — should wear a mask when they’re inside public places. A latest Florida Department of Health report, which goes out every Friday afternoon, shows just over 110,400 new cases in the past 10 weeks. From July 23 to July 29, Monroe County saw 249 new cases and a positivity rate of 16.2%

Key West city officials announced on Aug. 2 that masks must be worn by staff and visitors inside city facilities. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

With a 70% vaccination rate, Monroe County remains one of the highest in terms of people vaccinated — only Miami-Dade County, with 78%, has a higher percentage of vaccinated people aged 12 and over. Broward County is equal with Monroe, with 70% of its population vaccinated, while Sumter County is at 69%. “There are some who are changing their minds to some extent and getting vaccinated,” Bob Eadie, Monroe County’s top health officer, told the Keys Weekly recently. “That’s a good sign, but our high rate of vaccination, I think, is helping with our citizens here. They're protected. All of the effort that everybody in the community went through to get vaccinated is paying off.” A little more than 700 residents in the Keys received a vaccine between July 23 and July 29. Cafe Moka in Tavernier closed Aug. 2 and 3 in order to get its team tested, with one employee testing positive for COVID. “Sorry for the inconvenience, but the safety of our team and guests is our priority,” a sign posted on the door read. The cafe reopened to the public on Aug. 4. Islamorada Chamber of Commerce executive director Judy Hull said she’s gathering some concerns from businesses. A busy two-day lobster mini-season had hotels at full capacity. “They’re waiting to see if there are going to be any mandates. Everyone feels like it’s going to be the business’ decision if they go with the mask,” she said. “It will be on an individual business level, on an individual personal level.”

Publix employees are donning masks per a corporate requirement that took effect Aug. 2. Regardless of vaccination status, cashiers and other associates are wearing face coverings at all locations, including those in the Keys. The policy doesn’t affect shoppers. “We encourage all to do their part to slow the spread of COVID-19,” the company said in a statement. Masks remain optional for patrons entering Winn-Dixie stores. Southeastern Grocers, the Jacksonville-based corporation that owns Winn-Dixie, told First Coast News that it encourages customers to wear masks in its stores. Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order last week that gives parents the choice to mask their children when they go to school. On the other side, the CDC says masks should be worn indoors by all individuals, ages 2 and over, who aren’t vaccinated. Classes are scheduled to begin next week — Aug. 12 — in Monroe County, and Superintendent Theresa Axford said the district is following recommendations of local, state and federal governments. Eadie said kids under 12 are a lot more “at risk riding in an automobile rather than getting any kind of serious effects from being infected with COVID.” “It hasn’t really changed with the Delta variant,” he said. DeSantis has urged residents to get vaccinated. “These vaccines are saving lives,” he said in a press conference in late July. A number of testing and vaccine sites in Monroe County are available to residents. Visit monroe.floridahealth.gov.

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SAVING SENIOR HOUSING

OFFICIALS STRIKE TENTATIVE DEAL TO SAVE KEY WEST’S ASSISTED-LIVING CENTER

ey West’s financially strapped assisted-living facility, Poinciana Gardens, got a reprieve last week, when officials from three government agencies agreed to a cost-sharing arrangement. The arrangement must still be approved by the Monroe County commission, the Key West city commission and the Key West Housing Authority board before becoming official. But Key West city manager Patti McLauchlin said she was very pleased with the discussion and decision. She met last week with County Administrator Roman Gastesi and housing authority director Randy Sterling. “We all agreed the county will contribute $600,000 a year for three years — if the money is still needed the third year. The city of Key West will contribute $400,000 the first year, $300,000 the second and $200,000 the third year, again, if it’s needed. The housing authority will continue to manage the facility and will contribute $200,000 a year for two years,” McLauchlin told the Keys Weekly. “It was a great negotiation and we all walked away happy,” McLauchlin said. “Our senior citizens are a vital part of the Keys community, and we all want to do whatever is possible to keep Poinciana Gardens open for them. I’ve updated the city commissioners individually and they are thrilled with the outcome.” County commissioner (and former Key West mayor) Craig Cates, who initially proposed the city-county partnership for Poinciana Gardens, told the Keys Weekly he was relieved and “so happy” to hear a tentative agreement had been reached.

Cates was first to point out months ago that the county could save more than $1.2 million a year by closing its aging Bayshore Manor assisted-living facility on Stock Island and moving its 11 residents to Poinciana Gardens, which is only three years old. In addition to the $1.2 million savings from Bayshore, the move would enable the county to use that property for office space that the county currently rents for $250,000 a year, Cates has said, calling the math a “no-brainer.” Despite initial, informal support for Cates’ proposal about Bayshore and Poinciana Gardens, some county commissioners later balked at spending more than the city of Key West on a facility that’s located in the city. Citizen groups in the Upper Keys vocally opposed the county expenditure, claiming it wouldn’t benefit Upper Keys residents. “I would hope our neighbors in the Upper Keys would have some sympathy and compassion for the fact that Key West and Lower Keys seniors have no other options for assisted-living without moving three or four hours from their home and loved ones,” Key West commissioner Sam Kaufman said. The discussion among McLauchlin, Gastesi and Sterling was vastly different from the one Key West city commissioners had among themselves last week, after learning that the county expected Key West to spend $600,000 a year for the next three years on Poinciana Gardens. The city of Key West had previously agreed to the $400,000, $300,000, $200,000 contributions, and had included the $400,000 in its budget for next year, but the city had not been consulted on the county’s increased expectation of $600,000 a year for three years.

Poinciana Gardens, top, and Bayshore Manor. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

City commissioners last week repeatedly called the county “bullies” that “have us over a barrel” by demanding more money without any discussion and without providing the city any financial information about Poinciana Gardens. In addition, city commissioners emphasized, the county has the most to gain from Poinciana Gardens — more than $1.2 million a year. Commissioner Greg Davila pointed out that city funds are regularly used by the county on projects that benefit Upper Keys residents, but not Key West, such as the county’s purchase of Rowell’s Marina in the Upper Keys. The Key West city commission was to meet Aug. 3 and was to hear the official update from McLauchlin then, but the city has already budgeted for its firstyear $400,000 contribution to Poinciana Gardens. The agreement still needs approval by the county commission, which meets Wednesday, Aug. 18 in Key West, although the agenda for that meeting has not been finalized.

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WILL THE CITY ACCEPT FUNDS FOR REVENUE IT’S TURNING AWAY?

GOVERNOR OFFERS KEY WEST $5M FOR LOST PORT REVENUE MANDY MILES

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he state is offering $5 million for lost port revenues, money from cruise ships that Key West officials no longer want and are turning away. The money is Key West’s share of $250 million that the state is distributing among Florida’s 14 ports, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on July 29. (See the various amounts granted to each port in the accompanying table.) “It will be interesting to see if they accept this money,” said Capt. Bob Maguire, president of the Key West Bar Pilots, which was a plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking to keep cruise ships in Key West. “I don’t know how it was calculated, or who calculated the number, but if the city was down $5 million due to COVID losses from lack of cruise ships, that negates all the arguments that the cruise ships do not contribute to the city coffers. Also, with the local efforts to drastically reduce the port economy, it seems to conflict with the purpose of this grant.” On the other side of the cruise ship debate, Keys Weekly asked Arlo Haskell, treasurer of the Key West Committee for Safer Cleaner Ships, which is leading the charge against most cruise ships, about the message and implications of accepting the state’s $5 million for lost port revenue. “Like everywhere in the Keys, business at the Port of Key West has been booming without cruise ships — fuel sales, dockage fees, and rental income are all higher than historic norms,” Haskell said. “Cruise ships were never more than a break-even operation for the city, and business at the port has thrived as we transition to a new business model that works better for the tourists who power our economy. If Tallahassee wants to send $5 million in federal

stimulus money to Key West with no strings attached, that’s great, but it’s not going to pay for the votes they stole from our community. And it’s not going to change the fact that cruise ships were bad for business in the Keys and almost everyone is doing much better without them.” Asked whether Key West can accept funding for revenues it doesn’t want, city manager Patti McLauchlin told the Keys Weekly, “I am waiting for spending guidelines. I reached out to our lobbyist on Thursday afternoon. I’m not sure where we stand until I hear back.” The governor’s announcement of the port recovery funds does not include details about how the money can be spent. The press release states, “This funding is specifically to support the financial recovery of Florida’s ports through the America Rescue Plan and the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund.” The federal America Rescue Plan provides money to states, cities, tribes, counties and other governments through fiscal recovery funds that allow recipients flexibility in how they spend the funds, including to bolster affected industries — in this case, Florida’s ports and maritime industry. City commissioners also said they needed to know more about spending guidelines for that port money. Commissioner Mary Lou Hoover added, “I’m not inclined to turn down money to support our infrastructure, but I need to know more about the money and how it can be used.” Commissioner Jimmy Weekley agreed, and wondered whether the funds could be used for “land-side projects” as well, such as the city’s upcoming renovation of Mallory Square. “Or could we use it to build the bridge across Admi-

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SWING FOR THE FENCES

The table shows the distribution of $250 million in port recovery funds among Florida’s 14 ports. CONTRIBUTED

ral’s Cut?” Weekley asked, referring to the cut of water that separates the city-owned Truman Waterfront from the privately owned Opal Key Resort & Marina and its promenade that eventually connects to Mallory Square. “The other question I have is can the Walshes use this money for their Pier B, or is it just for public facilities? I believe PIer B is one of the few, possibly the only, privately owned port facility in the state, but I’m not certain.” Commissioner Clayton Lopez said, “I don’t yet know enough about its limitations or what we can do with it. Of course, my immediate answer would be, ‘Show me the money,’ especially if it saves us from having to raise taxes. But I think it’s more about what our legal team tells us than it is a policymaker’s question.” Commissioner Sam Kaufman said his first question would be whether the money could be used to fund the needed seawall repair at City Marina. Commissioner Greg Davila said he was meeting with McLauchlin on Aug.2 and wanted to know more about the funding restrictions. Haskell of Safer Cleaner Ships told the Keys Weekly, “The port includes Garrison Bight, Charter Boat Row, City Marina, the Historic Seaport, etc. The city gets rents based on revenues from its many tenants at the port (restaurants, bars, retail); it also sells fuel and rents boat slips, moorings, and dinghy docks.” But Mayor Teri Johnston said she wasn’t sure whether facilities such City Marina, Charter Boat Row and Garrison Bight Marina are considered part of the Port of Key West, or if the port is only considered the deepwater portion around Mallory, Outer Mole and Pier B. “I’ll have to find out the answer to that,” Johnston said.

The mayor also pointed out that despite Key West’s drastic reduction in cruise ship visits, “We still have three active port facilities. The referendums just moderate the type of vessels at those ports. But we’ve moving forward with the T-pier extension at Mallory, so we’re still improving our port facilities. We just really need to dig into the details first. We only got the headline about the $5 million, but no specifics.” The governor’s announcement of the port recovery funding states: “Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced $250 million in funding for Florida’s ports to assist in recovery from decreased revenue in 2020, and to invest in infrastructure at Florida’s ports. Florida’s ports generate an economic impact of $117.6 billion and support 900,000 jobs. “‘Not only are Florida ports a key economic driver for their surrounding communities, but also for our state as a whole,’ said Gov. Ron DeSantis. ‘From the cruise industry, to cargo, to supporting military operations, our ports provide nearly 1 million jobs for Floridians. This $250 million investment in our ports is a commitment to our future economic prosperity for generations to come.’ “‘The impact seaports have on every region in our state is enormous and, under the governor’s leadership, the state continues to make key investments in our transportation network to keep our state moving forward and ensure that goods make it to consumers efficiently,’ said FDOT Secretary Kevin J. Thibault. ‘The funding announced today will have lasting positive impacts and significantly assist our seaport partners, as well as their surrounding communities.’”

Mayor Teri Johnston and the city commission on Tuesday commended the Key West All-Stars 10u Team for earning the honor of participating in its first All-Stars World Series. Twenty teams from all over the United States will play in the World Series, which runs from Aug. 6-13 in Palm Beach Gardens. The 10u All-Star Team: Sam Boa, Nicholas Talpasz, Niko Prokurat, Tyrone Cervantes, Brice Barth, Leo Thibault, Kaden Savedra, Calvin Lee, Jayce Fernandez, Mason Waldner with Head Coach Tyrone Cervantes and Assistant Coach Chris Barth. ALYSON CREAN/City of Key West Coast Guard Day

HONORING 231 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE SEA

Mayor Teri Johnston and the City Commission proclaimed Aug. 4 United States Coast Guard Day, honoring the 231st birthday of the service. Initially established as The Revenue Cutter Service in 1790, it served as the nation’s only armed force on the sea until Congress launched the Navy Department eight years later. The Coast Guard has been operating in Key West protecting the nation’s interests since Key West was designated a Port of Entry into the United States in 1823. ‘The Coast Guard has long been an inseparable part of our Key West community,’ said Mayor Johnston in the proclamation. Sector Commander Capt. Adam Chamie accepted the honor with Deputy Sector Commander Richard Armstong. ‘I’ve been stationed in many cities throughout the country,” Chamie said, “and there is no finer city for the Coast Guard than Key West.’ In the photo: Commissioners Gregory Davila, and Jimmy Weekley, Cmd. Richard Armstrong, Mayor Teri Johnston, Capt. Adam Chamie, and Commissioners Sam Kaufman and Billy Wardlow. Also in attendance via Zoom was Commissioner Clayton Lopez. CONTRIBUTED

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t’s funny, the turns a life can make because of a simple gift. Keys resident August Powers had been making a living for years in food service for the Seacamp on Big Pine Key and as a sailing instructor, among other things. But he always liked working with his hands. So in 1990 for a birthday gift, his mother gave him a welding art course at the Florida Keys Community College. “And she said, ‘I want a fountain,’” Powers told

Keys Weekly. In the course, he used oxy-acetylene welding on copper with silver braze. He made his mother a fountain, and loved doing it. “And it just took off from there,” he said. “Copper just worked. I tried steel, but it never worked. Copper will last forever, but steel will rust and be gone.” When he started working with copper after the course, the hobby was a part-time pursuit. He made fountain after fountain, each with different creatures and plants on it: stems, leaves, snails, frogs and lizards. Finally, Powers displayed his fountains in Big Pine Key’s Artists in Paradise gallery. He observed the artwork within the gallery. “I looked around and saw all the fish, including a barracuda,” he recalled. “So I made a couple of barracuda sculptures. The gallery had a show and they both sold.” In 1995, the Wild Side Gallery in Key West asked Powers if he’d like to join their gallery. “It was a match made in heaven. The more I made, the more they wanted it. And it went on like this for 25 years.” And so, the self-taught artist was able to leave the food industry and make a living selling his sculptures. “And I can’t draw,” he said, half-jokingly. Powers gravitates toward making sea creatures because of his lifelong love for the ocean. He starts a sculpture with a sheet of copper that he buys from a roofing company in bulk. He begins with an idea for a marine animal — sometimes he’ll wake up in the middle of the night with a vision for the next copper fish he’ll create — then he cuts out forms in the copper with heavy duty scissors called aviation snips. Next, depending on what kind of creature it is, he’ll add electrical wire or copper tubing bought from Ace Hardware and braze the materials together with a torch. “You have to look at the flat piece of copper and figure out with the brute force of your hands how to make it become a living thing,” he said, explaining his artistic process. He will sometimes create a new welding process to, say, turn a soft coral sculpture red. And all sculptures are one-offs, made completely by hand. No shortcuts with expensive plasma cutters to bulk cut the copper. “He’s driven and determined,” said his long-time significant other, Robin Halevy. “He’s invented tools and techniques.” For example, in order to turn some of his sculptures green, he experimented until he came up with a solution of household ammonia and pool acid that turns copper the perfect color of antique green. In 2003, Powers started volunteering to make the whimsical copper sea-life instruments that are used for the Underwater Musical Festival. He made new instruments for the event through 2019. “I liked that I donated my supplies, time and effort to an event that promotes reef awareness,” he said. And he hasn’t lost any inspiration yet for creating his art. “I always go, ‘The next one is the best one.’” Powers is represented by Shady Palm Art Gallery in Marathon and has a limited number of works at Key West Art Center and Artists in Paradise Gallery on Big Pine.

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ith anxiety, ... a veteran sports mencolumnist, says the only sport tal anguish and he doesn’t follow stress being the is cricket. That bywords for the leaves plenty of Tokyo Olympics, others to fill his and particularly time. Simone Biles, I was curious how far down the age levels the malady went. So I talked to the coach who has had unbridled Key West success: Ralph Henriquez Jr. In the mid-1990s, his Key West High School baseball teams won 44 straight games over two seasons and were ranked No. 1 in the country. Any problems with stress among his prep players? “Absolutely not,” said the coach, although he admits, “It’s a different world today. But back when we were winning those games and were No. 1, our kids loved it. They came to play baseball.” So that was settled. No stress playing for the Conchs. Uh, Coach. Let’s talk about baseball player Khalil Greene, who many in Key West consider to be the best to have played here. “I won’t say he was the best,” said Henriquez. “I don’t want to embarrass anyone. But, he’s certainly among the best.” Greene, whose family moved to Key West from Pennsylvania when Khalil was 5, played junior varsity ball as a freshman and even started his sophomore season on the JV squad, but Henriquez soon brought him up to the varsity and put him in at shortstop. “He was there to stay,” said his coach. Greene started at shortstop the rest of his sophomore year when the Conchs won the state championship, his junior year and another championship year his senior season in 1998 when he batted .500 with Brooks Carey as his coach. Greene went on to play four years at Clemson University and was named the best player in the country in 2002, his senior year. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and was the No. 13 draft pick by the San Diego Padres. Greene moved up quickly in the minors and was with the Padres as their starting shortstop from Sept. 3, 2003, until he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals.

In 2008, his “mental anguish,” described at length in Wikipedia, may have begun after he signed a two-year, $11 million contract extension. He started that season with hitting difficulties and when he struck out on July 30 with his batting average at .213, Greene went back to the dugout and slammed his fist into a wall. The result? A broken hand. He missed the rest of the season. The next year in 2009 he admitted publicly he was resorting to “self-abuse” and cutting himself in “mental anguish,” according to bleacherreport.com. Greene took time off in May and June. On June 29, he was placed on the disabled list with social anxiety disorder. He rarely played the rest of that year. Greene was gone from St. Louis at the end of that season and signed a free agent contract with the Texas Rangers for 2010. But he never reported, saying on Feb. 22 that he was suffering another episode of social anxiety disorder. His baseball career was over. Greene, his wife and two sons reportedly live in South Carolina. A St. Louis writer, Rob Reins, went to the town he apparently lived in two years ago, but did not find the Greenes, nor his parents, who also are believed to live there. So, Coach Henriquez, what was Khalil Greene like as your star shortstop in Key West? “Very, very quiet,” said Henriquez. “He didn’t say much, just played very hard. You’ve heard of players who lead by example by the way they play? Khalil was one of those.” Greene may have been among the first athletes to have a mental disorder publicly, but Simone Biles is neither the next nor the last. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love has been quite open about his own anxieties. I saw an interview over the weekend with NBA star DeMar DeRozan of the San Antonio Spurs in which he talked about his own vulnerabilities. I imagine we’ll hear more and more.

GIVE IT A SHOT August is National Immunization Awareness Month, an annual observance to highlight the importance of vaccination for people of all ages. Maverick Walker, 5, receives the required immunizations to start school at the Gato Building in Key West by the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County. The department reminds residents that vaccines have proven for decades to protect from serious diseases. CONTRIBUTED Farmers Market offers double SNAP benefits In honor of National Farmers Market Week, Aug. 1-7, Key West’s Truman Waterfront Farmers Market will offer double SNAP benefits to lowincome families on Thursday, Aug. 5. Truman Waterfront Market has established a partnership with the SOS Foundation and secured federal approval to accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits. SNAP recipients may visit the SOS tent at the entrance and request the amount of ‘coins’ they would like against their SNAP balance. The amount will be doubled this week. The SNAP benefits can be used for food and for plants and seeds to grow food for the household to eat. Qualified vendors include booths selling cheese, seafood, coffee, vegetables, fruits, jellies/ jams/honey, pickles, packaged sauces, beef and more. The market is open from 3 p.m. to sunset every Thursday at Truman Waterfront for fresh produce grown in Homestead, orchids & native plants, artisan meats and cheeses, pickles, honey, nuts and dried fruits, natural soaps and more.

Plant sale Aug. 21 Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden, 5210 College Road, Stock Island, will host a plant sale from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 21, offering native trees, shrubs, vegetables and vines. Master gardener volunteers will be available to answer any plant questions. There are 165 species of plants available with an inventory totaling more than 2,000 plants that attract birds and butterflies in 1- to 10-gallon pots. Key West Tropical Forest members receive a 15% discount. Call 305-296-1504 or visit keywest.garden. Chamber presents Stress & Time Management seminar The Key West Chamber of Commerce and facilitator Elisa Levy will present a seminar on Stress & Time Management from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 26. The seminar will provide tools to manage time, reduce stress and communicate effectively in stressful situations. The cost is $79 for members, $99 for nonmembers. Reservations are required. Call 305-295-2587 or visit keywestchamber.org for information and reservations.

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Good news: We have the lion’s share of Leo season ahead of us. Troubling update: We need the promised distraction of pageantry, Polaroid nudes and one-night stands to weather the storm now that Chiron has stationed itself retrograde. Chiron, named for the mythical centaur healer who suffered from an incurable wound, not so gently pulls back the scab and unearths the skeletons. Sage advice for survival from Indian mystic Papaji: “Whatever comes, let it come, what stays let stay, what goes let go.”

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.

LEO July 23 to Aug. 22 My youngest sister and favorite lion reminded an ex, “The thing about magic is that it makes you seek more magic. In that way we can thank each other for walking away so we could both go get more of it elsewhere.” Magic: may you find it, may you make it and may the rest of your days be spent in pursuit of it. Notable Leo: Whitney Houston/ Aug. 9, 1963 VIRGO Aug. 23 to Sept. 22 Sculptor Louise Nevelson said, “I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color, black is the most aristocratic color of all. You can be quiet, and it contains the whole thing.” I wonder, Virgo, if you can apply a similar principle of expansion by reduction. What wholeness can you find in quiet, what pitch in blackness? Notable Virgo: Seth Curry/Aug. 23, 1990

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LIBRA Sept. 23 to Oct. 22 Writer, sage and fellow Libra bell hooks writes, “Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” Take to heart these words, Libra. Love yourself enough to be alone and others well enough to welcome them as company, not cure. Notable Libra: Bella Hadid/Oct. 9, 1996 SCORPIO Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 Last week, in her light-filled kitchen, a blue-eyed, wild-hearted Scorpio gently reminded me “Everyone you love will die. People are afraid of that, but they shouldn’t be.” For her, the sentiment is an invitation to be present, patient, grateful and radically warm to those she knows, while she’s sharing the earth with them. I suspect this will resonate with you fellow scorpions in the weeks ahead. It’s not built to last, but it is meant to be shared. Notable Scorpio: Pele/Oct. 23, 1940 SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22 to Dec. 21 Actress, activist and fellow Sagittarius Jane Fonda writes, “The entire world operates on a universal law: entropy, the second law of thermodynamics. Entropy means that everything in the world is in a state of decline and decay. There’s only one exception and that is the human spirit, which can continue to evolve upwards.” May you move yourself and thus lead the rest of us, onward, upward and ever forward. Notable Sagittarius: Samuel L. Jackson/Dec. 21, 1948 CAPRICORN Dec. 22 to Jan. 19 For most of the zodiac, Leo season is an invitation to go out and let loose. Not so for the people of the goat, you of the slow pace and

heavy horns. For you, the solar power of this cycle is best applied to tending to your own fire. Invest in reflection, honest conversations, and self-care. In the words of writer and healing facilitator Alexandra Elle, “Be you, love you. All ways, always.” Notable Capricorn: Mary J. Blige/ Jan. 11, 1971 AQUARIUS Jan. 20 to Feb. 18 The sun in Leo encourages you to evaluate equality and effort in your relationships, yet it’s also an opportunity to reimagine roles and energies within them. Consider the words of poet Jack Gilbert: “We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what the wood harbors, and the wood gives itself away to that intimacy, the manner in which we and the world meet each new day.” Be willing to be warmed. Notable Aquarius: Virginia Woolf/Jan. 25, 1882 PISCES Feb. 19 to March 20 According to Hollywood legend, actress and fellow Pisces Elizabeth Taylor didn’t open her eyes for the first eight days of her life. She credited this extended incubation with providing her extraordinary powers of imagination, ultimately allowing her to conjure a world that would be rather than accept a reality that was. Close your eyes, Pisces, for as long as you can and envision your life as wide and wild as possible. Now, make it so. Notable Pisces: Simone Biles/ March 14, 1997 ARIES March 21 to April 19 You may feel emotion more acutely and the need for expression more intensely with the sun in a fellow fire sign. Leo season commands you to raise a proverbial microphone to your own beating, bleeding, insistent heart and let it be heard. Consider the

query of writer Richelle E. Goodrich: “If you never bother to say the words, why should anyone believe you ever felt them?” Notable Aries: Heath Ledger/ April 4, 1979 TAURUS April 20 to May 20 I recently met David, a sommelier and fellow Taurus who had strong thoughts about biodynamic Italian wines and a word or two to share about living. “Food without wine is an insult to the gods, sex without tenderness is an insult to your body, sleep without dreams is an insult to the imagination and a day without laughing is an insult to life.” Cheers to taking your pleasure seriously and pairing it wisely. Notable Taurus: David Choe/ April 21, 1976 GEMINI May 21 to June 20 You’re more adept at entertaining possibilities than committing to them Gemini and yet there has never been a more perfect time than now to express the energy of indecision. Tongue-kiss all the strangers, taste every grocery store sample, accept all of the invitations and test drive all of the cars. You won’t see anything through until you’ve seen all there is to see. Notable Gemini: Henry Kissinger/May 27, 1923 CANCER June 21 to July 22 The sun in Leo shines itself on your second house of values and valuables. Commonly known as the house of possessions, this sector concerns not just what we own or covet but how we own our emotions, needs and wants. The lesson for you in the coming weeks is to work toward finding a balance between bald ambition and abounding gratitude. Notable Cancer: Ariana Grande/ June 26, 1993

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oberta Isleib, a.k.a. mystery writer Lucy Burdette, once participated in Key West’s annual Zombie Bike Ride. The event is known to draw thousands of participants and spectators. She went all out with her husband by hiring a makeup artist to create their zombie faces. On the bicycle ride, while surrounded by a gang of similar-looking zombies, she had an epiphany: “If one of these zombies were to suddenly keel over, it would be hard to tell who the perpetrator is.” Thus, the idea was born for how to open book number seven in her Key West Food Critic Mystery Series, “Killer Takeout.” According to Isleib, Key West and the Florida Keys are an endless source of inspiration for plot ideas. The area is so fruitful that she is now releasing her series’ 11th book, called “A Scone of Contention,” on Tuesday, Aug. 10. “Key West is easy for ideas,” Isleib explained. “First of all, read Keys Weekly newspaper — it’s full of ideas. I try in each book to feature some different angle of Key West and the Keys.” The Key West Food Critic Mystery Series is part of a genre called “cozy mysteries,” “The genre is named after Agatha Christie’s tea cozy idea, that you don’t need sex and violence on the page,” said Isleib. “The concentration is on the puzzle and the characters. You can read the book before going to bed.” Isleib is a former clinical psychologist who spends half the year in Connecticut and half the year in Key West. She got into writing because of her love for golf. Yes, golf. “The first things I wrote were articles about the psychology of golf. My golf midlife crisis, I call it,” she said. Eventu-

ally, she found that a fictional character came out of her writing about the sport: neurotic aspiring golfer Cassie. After years of support from writing groups, and doggedly searching for a book agent, Isleib’s first series was finally published, the Cassie Burdette Golf Lover’s Mysteries. The first book, “Six Strokes Under,” was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Mystery. Eventually Isleib switched subject matter but stayed in the cozy mystery genre, as she was inspired by her love for food and Key West. Her young protagonist, Hayley Snow, is a food critic working for a magazine called “Key Zest,” and she somehow gets sucked into solving homicides, as these things happen in cozy mysteries. For sharp-eyed residents of Key West, Isleib often throws in real-life characters from Key West, such as police officer and minister Steve Torrence, Michael Nelson of the Key West library and Lorenzo the tarot card reader in Mallory Square, whose real name is Ron Augustine. For “Scone of Contention,” Isleib drew inspiration not just from the Keys but also from Scotland, where she and her husband went in 2019. Accordingly, food writer Hayley Snow became obsessed with scones, which are commonly served during tea times in Scotland. Lucy Burdette fans can keep an eye out for her first thriller — and a leap away from coziness — to be released in September by English publishing house Severn, “Unsafe Haven.” And her 12th book in the Key West Food Critic Mystery Series, called “A Dish to Die For,” will be coming soon.

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CINNAMON SCONES FROM ROBERTA ISLEIB aka MYSTERY WRITER LUCY BURDETTE By Roberta Isleib If you’re going to write a mystery with “scone” in the title that is set in Scotland, readers are going to expect a scone recipe. I had a lot of fun imagining how to work this into the book, and came up with sister characters, Violet and Bettina Booth, famous for winning a culinary prize for their cinnamon scones. I crave the prize-winning recipe that the Booth sisters shared with food critic Hayley Snow — as you may crave it by the time you’re finished reading as well! This recipe is my closest approximation. I cannot vouch for how close it comes to the prize-winner, but it’s awfully good. There seem to be several secrets to making light scones. Freeze and grate the butter. Work the dough as little as possible. And keep it cold in between steps. Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 and ½ teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (don’t skimp on quality here) 1/4 teaspoon salt ½ cup (1 stick; 115g) unsalted butter, frozen ½ cup heavy cream (plus 2 Tbsp for brushing) ½ cup packed light or dark brown sugar 1 large egg 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract For the icing 1 cup confectioner’s sugar 3 tablespoons freshly-brewed coffee ¼ tsp vanilla extract Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Grate the frozen butter onto a plate. Rub the butter into the dry ingredients using your fingers or a pastry cutter, until the butter is the size of peas. In another bowl, whisk together the heavy cream, the vanilla, the egg and the brown sugar. Mix this lightly into the flour butter mixture. On a piece of parchment paper, shape the dough into a disk, and with a floured knife cut the disk into eight triangles. Put the scone dough back into the refrigerator while the oven heats to 400. Move the parchment with the scones onto a baking sheet. Paint the scone tops with the remaining cream and sprinkle them with sugar. Bake the scones for 20-22 minutes until they begin to brown. You could serve them as is, but why leave off the icing? For the icing, whisk the confectioner’s sugar with coffee and vanilla until smooth. If you don’t like the idea of coffee, you could substitute milk. But honestly, that hint of coffee was amazing! When the scones have cooled, drizzle them with icing. (You will probably have leftovers which can be used on your next batch. Or eaten with a spoon…)

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ndian Key was once the most important island in the Florida Keys not named Key West. The 11-acre island in the Atlantic Ocean, about a mile offshore ... is an author, speaker, and Florof the Matecumbe keys, is home to Indian Key Hisida Keys historian. toric State Park. On Aug. 7, 1840, the island was the site His latest book, of the southernmost Indian attack of the Seminole War. “The Florida Keys Populated by fewer than 50 people on the day of the Skunk Ape Files,” attack, six people were killed during what is generally is a fun blend of two of his favorite referred to as the Indian Key Massacre. subjects–Florida At about 2 a.m., Indian Key resident James Glass Keys history and was walking outside his small cottage on Water Street. the Skunk Ape. Under the light of the moon, Glass saw a row of dugout canoes lined up along the edge of the island — Indian canoes. He hurried to his neighbor’s home and quietly knocked on the door of George Beiglett. Wanting to alert Captain Housman to the threat, the two men climbed over the fence separating the back of their properties and the town square only to find a large group of Indians huddled in the night’s shadows. One of the Indians raised his rifle and shot at the two men. His weapon flashed but did not fire. Beiglett, carrying a shotgun, fired back. When he did, he let out a wild shriek and then ran off in the direction of the island’s largest structure, the warehouse. Glass ran the other way. At the warehouse, Beiglett encountered a man and a boy named Joseph Sturdy, and the three decided to climb down into the cistern underneath the warehouse floor, where they reportedly hid in chest-deep water. As the sun began to rise, light slipped through the cracks in the wooden floor. Beiglett crept out of the cistern, into the warehouse, and climbed up into the cupola atop the roof. From the third-story vantage point, he could see across the island. The Indians were everywhere. They were ransacking the warehouse, stores and homes. They were setting structures on fire. Beiglett left the cupola and rejoined the other two in the cistern. It proved a suitable hiding place before the Indians took the supplies they needed and lit the building on fire. As the warehouse burned down around them, Beiglett and the sailor managed to slog across the cistern and escape through the trapdoor, their hair singed, and their arms burned and blistered, but they were alive. The same could not be said for the Sturdy boy, who likely succumbed to smoke inhalation before being boiled in the cistern’s water.

The Motte family suffered the greatest number of losses. John Motte and his wife lived on the island with their daughter, their newborn child, and John’s mother-in-law. Upon hearing the gunshots, whoops and hollers, John led his family out of their house and into the smaller kitchen structure. The Indians found them. One raised the barrel of his rifle and fired a shot at the door. The ball penetrated the thin wood and struck John Motte, who died as a result of the wound. The Indians then broke down the door and dragged Mrs. Motte, clutching her newborn baby to her bosom, outside. The mother was killed, and the baby was tossed into the Atlantic, where the child drowned. Motte’s 70-year-old mother-inlaw survived the day. His older daughter was dragged outside and clubbed to death. The Henry Perrine family, too, would be awakened by the chaos escalating across the island. Perrine gathered his family, including a daughter who had been sick, and they met in the bathroom. Henry lifted a trap door leading down into the bathhouse beneath the home. When the sick daughter hesitantly descended and stepped into the water, she recoiled and placed her foot on the wooden plank. What she left behind was a discernible, wet footprint. Should the Indians find it, it would have led the Indians to where the family was hiding. Henry Perrine told his family to continue, to go beneath the wharf and hide in the turtle crawl. Henry returned to the house, covered the trap door with a seed chest, and when the Indians came, he tried to reason with them. “I am a doctor,” he said. “I can help you,” he offered. At first, it seems, the doctor’s pleas worked, and the Indians went away. When they did, Perrine went to the cupola and barricaded himself inside, an action that would offer temporary relief. The Indians, however, would come back with a newfound interest in Perrine. They broke through the cupola’s trap door and shot and killed Dr. Perrine as his family, hiding in the turtle crawl beneath the home’s wharf, listened to the entire act go down. After killing Perrine, they set the house on fire, and as it burned, his family was trapped beneath it. The Perrine family would survive the ordeal. Two of the children would write memoirs later in life that would recount the horrifying details. While most stories about Indian Key end with the attack, the island has many stories still to tell. Over the next three weeks, the island’s connection to Key West, Key Vaca and more will be explored.

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Study team members work up a green sea turtle on the deck of their research vessel. DAVID GROSS/Keys Weekly

HAND-IN-HAND Turtle Hospital, Force Blue work together for inaugural study TIFFANY DUONG

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he Turtle Hospital in Marathon has been treating sea turtles found near our shores with internal and external tumors for over 35 years. Now, for the first time, they’re collaborating with the veterans of Force Blue to organize a scientific study to understand why. “The Force Blue project is near and dear to my heart, as it is the first scientific research project I organized,” said Turtle Hospital manager Bette Zirkelbach. “At the Turtle Hospital, we collaborate on many scientific projects, but this one is in our backyard, looking at the health of the Florida Keys green sea turtle population.” So, what exactly is going on with the sea turtles? Our beloved marine reptiles are suffering from an array of threats, Zirkelbach said. Everything from environmental degradation, infectious diseases and biotoxins to chemical contaminants is affecting their health and survival. Something in the water is likely causing many of these turtles to develop a condition called fibropapillomatosis (FP), where internal and external tumors grow and can impede swimming ability, digestion, breathing, eyesight and more. The disease is a “transmissible tumor disease of ecological importance” in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Keys, Zirkelbach added. The problem is common and home-grown, it seems, with FP tumors recorded in 51.6% of stranded green turtles in the Keys. In contrast, the tumor frequency rate for Florida overall is less than half: 22.6%. “The waters surrounding the Florida Keys are of particular concern” because they are an exemplary foraging ground for juvenile green sea turtles, Zirkelbach told the Keys Weekly. “Understand-

ing the habitats of green turtles with this alarming FP rate is a crucial step toward elucidating factors that may contribute to the disease.” She hopes to fill in those critical information gaps by capturing and studying what types of tumors and environmental conditions exist in Keys’ sea turtles. In particular, she wants to study the movement, foraging ecology, and health of the aggregation of green turtles inhabiting waters of the Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge in the southern Florida Keys. To do so, the Turtle Hospital collaborated with the veterans of Force Blue. “This is a dream team. One team, one fight for the health of our oceans,” Zirkelbach said. “The Florida Keys Sea Turtle Health Study was my dream research project for the Turtle Hospital that Force Blue helped to bring to reality. I have been networking with scientists and preparing for this project since the first time I saw FP tumors on sea turtles coming out of Florida Keys waters.” Force Blue’s mission is to unite Special Operations veterans with the world of marine conservation. The organization retrains and redeploys former special operations veterans and military-trained combat divers to work alongside scientists and environmentalists on marine conservation missions, executive director Jim Ritterhoff previously told the Weekly. Locally, the group has done a ton of work, help-

From top: Study team members quickly measure and assess the health of an endangered green sea turtle in the field. DAVID GROSS/Keys Weekly Blood and tissue samples from collectedthen-released sea turtles are currently being analyzed in labs across the country. BETTE ZIRKELBACH/The Turtle Hospital

ing with everything from reattaching 100-year-old coral heads after Hurricane Irma to helping to plant endangered corals ahead of Super Bowl LV. For this mission, the Force Blue team trained on how to safely capture and release sea turtles on the water. The group also funded the study. Zirkelbach called their involvement “another amazing layer” to the project, because of the “mission-based therapy” that the in-water work provides to the retired warriors and military divers. They receive “a new mission and a sense of continued service” in fighting for the planet, Ritterhoff said. Over 10 water days, the team, along with Florida Atlantic University researcher Annie Page-Karjian and InWater Research Group, both of whom have years of research on FP in sea turtles and sea turtles in Florida, respectively, collected, tagged and released a total of 38 green sea turtles. All work was conducted pursuant to NMFS ESA Permit No. 21169 and FWC MTP 204. Read full story at keysweekly.com

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he summer Olympic games are underway in Tokyo, Japan. Spectators from coast to coast have their eyes glued to the big names, the marquee events and the medal count in hopes that the U.S comes out on top. Big names like Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky are packing their suitcase full of medals, while American surfer Carissa Moore became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport. An Olympic experience is unlike any other. Just ask Islamorada resident and former MLB player Doug Mientkiewicz, who represented the USA in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. From defeating a powerhouse to hitting a go-ahead grand slam and wearing gold around the neck, Mientkiewicz looks back on the Olympics, what it meant to him and the memories that will last a lifetime. The Olympics meant everything to me growing up. I became hooked in 1980 watching from Toledo, Ohio. Mike Eruzione played on the Toledo Golddiggers, which was a minor league hockey team, who was my favorite player. Watching with my dad while Mike scored the winning goal against Russia, I was hooked from that point on. Years later at the 2000 Sports Illustrated Man of the Year event, I got to meet and hang out with him, which was one of the most exciting moments of my life.

Words cannot do enough justice for my entire Olympic experience. From the opening ceremonies, all the way to winning the gold medal, the whole Olympic Village experience was amazing. The feeling of unity for our country was second to none. Walking into the opening ceremony with the likes of Kevin Garnett, Mia Hamm and endless other incredible athletes was an honor in itself. I have been fortunate to wear the USA on my chest on three separate occasions. Once at 11 years old in Japan for the USA team, once in college on the USA team, and then in Sydney, Australia for the Olympics. The sense of pride is second to none. It is humbling and the highest honor there is. Our mindset heading into the games were "Gold or bust!" even knowing that Cuba had never lost an Olympic game. Obviously, Cuba was the favorite but we felt that we had experience heading into the games. I played with the same Cuba National Team in 1994, so I knew how good they really were. But we had a bunch of guys who would not be intimidated by facing them. Japan had teams for years that were good enough to beat Cuba but were in awe and intimidated by them. Watching Cuba play in the semifinal game for 4 hours, we were begging for them to win. The only way this was going to work for us is to win the gold medal and have to beat the best to win it.

Tommy was perfect for us. He put a name and a face on a team that the world had never heard of. Everyone knows the name Tommy Lasorda. He kept telling us "when this is all said and done the world will know your name and what you all will accomplish." To put only one memory on this experience is almost impossible. The camaraderie, the bond built with a bunch of teammates is second to none. But I would say hitting the go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the 8th against Korea and then three days later, hitting a walk-off homer against them to put us in the gold medal game, has to be 1 and 1A. Every year on Sept. 27, we (the team) all toast each other. We try to get everyone we can involved from players, coaches, front office, trainers, you name it, either via text, Facetime, Zoom. We all raise our glass and say the line Tommy always gave us after a win: "the fruits of victory." Getting the gold medal placed around your neck is an emotional high. I couldn't help but to think of all of the sacrifices my parents made for me to get me to this point. And seeing my mother and father in the stands, directly across from me, I could not fight back the tears any more. All of the hard work, all of the things I missed out on along the way, to get me to this moment. Hearing the national anthem play, and seeing our flag raised a little higher than everyone else's, is what it is all about. Baseball is America's pastime. We brought the gold back to where it belongs, for the first time in USA history. Our motto was "we didn't go 3000 miles to lose." You always try to use experience in teaching. There is a lot that I use. For example, before the games started, we played exhibition games, and I was awful, they threatened to send me home. Moving to game one against Japan, I got a brokenbat single at my first at-bat and everything slowed down and became surreal for the next two weeks. Everything I visualized, happened. Basically, if you keep believing and trusting the process, things can change fast and on a dime. If you have confidence and believe that you are one swing from getting in a slump, or one pitch away from getting out of a jam, anything is possible. — Doug Mientkiewicz is owner and captain of Olympic Gold Fishing in Islamorada.

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CITY OF KEY COLONY BEACH NOTICE OF VARIANCE HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning & Zoning Board of the City of Key Colony Beach, Florida, will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday August 18, 2021 at 9:30 A.M., Key Colony Beach City Hall commission room, to hear a Variance Request from Sami Teittinen owner of 681 9th Street. This meeting will be

CITY OF KEY COLONY BEACH NOTICE OF VARIANCE HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Commission of the City of Key Colony Beach, Florida, will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 9:30 A.M., Key Colony Beach City Hall commission room, to

ISLAMORADA, VILLAGE OF ISLANDS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, August 9, 2021, at 5:30 P.M., the Islamorada Local Planning Agency will hold a public hearing at Founders Park Community Center located at 87000 Overseas Highway, Islamorada, Florida. The purpose of the public hearing is to consider the following item: AN ORDINANCE OF ISLAMORADA, VILLAGE OF ISLANDS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 30, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS RELATED TO SEA TURTLE NESTING; AMENDING ARTICLE VII “ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS” DIVISION 3 “SEA TURTLE NESTING PROTECTION”, SECTION 30-1581 TO SPECIFICALLY AMEND THE DEFINITION OF BEACH BERM; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL CODE PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSMITTAL OF THIS ORDINANCE TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE UPON APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. A copy of the item may be reviewed at the Village Administrative Center and Public Safety Headquarters, 86800 Overseas Highway, Islamorada, Florida. Affected parties may appear at the public hearing, be heard and submit evidence with respect to the applications. Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, anyone wishing to appeal any decision made by the Islamorada Village Council with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing will need a record of the proceedings and, for such purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, prepared by a court reporter at the appellant’s expense; such record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. ADA Assistance: In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, all persons who are disabled and who need special accommodations to participate in this meeting because of that disability should contact the office of the Village at (305) 664-6448 (TTY 664-8890) at least three days prior thereto. Two or more committee members from various committees may be present at this meeting.

Hank Flores, Assistant Director of Planning

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on August 18, 2021, at 1:30 P.M., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at the Harvey Government Center, 1200 Truman Avenue, Key West, Florida, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, intends to consider adopting the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 6-240 OF THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF CERTAIN SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR LICENSES THAT WERE ACTIVE AS OF JUNE 30, 2021, TO JUNE 30, 2023; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The public can participate in the August 18, 2021, meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, FL by attending in person or via Communication Media Technology (“CMT”) using a Zoom Webinar platform by following the detailed instructions below. The public is strongly encouraged to watch the meeting on Monroe County’s MCTV on Comcast Channel 76, AT&T U-verse Channel 99 or on the County’s web portal @ http:// monroecountyfl.iqm2.com/ Citizens/Default.aspx. Simply select the “Watch Live” banner to view the live meeting with live closed-captioning on an integrated page that includes the Agenda and Agenda Backup. If a citizen has a Roku device, they can search for and add “MCTV” to their personal lineup. Monroe County’s “MCTV” is also provided via the Monroe County mobile apps for iOS and Android and through our streaming web portal @ https://monroe-fl.vod.castus.tv/

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at 3:00 P.M., the Monroe County Purchasing Office will receive and open sealed responses for the following: EAST MARTELLO MUSEUM WINDOW & HVAC UPGRADES MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Pursuant to F.S. § 50.0211(3) (a), all published competitive solicitation notices can be viewed at: www. floridapublicnotices.com, a searchable Statewide

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 2021-CP-000065-M IN RE: ESTATE OF BOBBY JOE HALL, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of BOBBY JOE HALL, deceased, whose date of death was December 4, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 3117 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 21-CP-75-P IN RE: ESTATE OF ADOLPH H. ROBINSON, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Adolph H. Robinson, deceased, whose date of death was February 17, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 50 High Point Road, Plantation Key, Florida 33070. 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 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: August 5, 2021. Personal Representatives: Lee W. Robinson 210 Sonny Road Islamorada, Florida 33070 Elaine M. Robinson 123 Valencia Drive

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Islamorada, Florida 33070 Attorney for Personal Representatives: Robert K. Miller Attorney Florida Bar Number: 359173 Cunningham Miller Rhyne PA 10075 Overseas Hwy PO Box 500938 Marathon, FL 33050 Telephone: (305) 743-9428 Fax: (305) 743-8800 E-Mail: service@floridakeyslaw. com Secondary E-Mail: rmiller@ floridakeyslaw.com Publish: August 5 & 12, 2021 The Weekly Newspapers

of DONTA RASHA BRUEIN, deceased, whose date of death was October 1, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division; File Number 21-CP-000049-K; the address of which is 500 Whitehead St., Key West, FL 33040. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. The Fiduciary lawyer-client privilege in s. 90.5021 FLA. STAT. applies with respect to the personal representative and any attorney employed by the personal representative. All creditors of the decedent and other persons, who have 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 the 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: August 5, 2021. Personal Representative: Norman Bruein, Jr. 29D 11th Avenue Key West, Florida 33040 Attorney for Personal Representative: Nakeitha Sweeting Hodrick, Esq. Florida Bar No. 0079847 ROBERSON SWEETING Sweeting Law, P.A. 633 NE 167th Street, Suite 1125 North Miami Beach, Florida 33162 786.279.4841 Publish: August 5 & 12, 2021 The Weekly Newspapers

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: July 29, 2021. Personal Representative: John C. Alferes 1149 SE Cambridge Drive Port St. Lucie, Florida 34952 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: July 29 & August 5, 2021 The Weekly Newspapers

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 21-CP-67-M IN RE: ESTATE OF KENNETH DAVIDSON, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Kenneth Davidson, deceased, whose date of death was June 9, 2021, 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: August 5, 2021. Personal Representative: Benjamin Davidson 1501 Fairview Run Kendallville, Indiana 46755 Attorney for Personal Representative: Robert K. Miller Attorney Florida Bar Number: 359173 Cunningham Miller Rhyne PA 10075 Overseas Hwy PO Box 500938 Marathon, FL 33050 Telephone: (305) 743-9428 Fax: (305) 743-8800 E-Mail: service@floridakeyslaw. com Secondary E-Mail: rmiller@ floridakeyslaw.com Publish: August 5 & 12, 2021 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 21-CP-000049-K IN RE: ESTATE OF DONTA RASHA BRUEIN, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 21-CP-62-M DIVISION: MIDDLE KEYS IN RE: ESTATE OF CHARLES T. ALFERES aka CARLOS TAVARES ALFERES Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Charles T. Alferes aka Carlos Tavares Alferes, deceased, whose date of death was May 26, 2021, 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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 21-CP-59-M IN RE: ESTATE OF EDWARD G. MCGRAW, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Edward G. McGraw, deceased, whose date of death was April 10, 2021, 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: July 29, 2021. Personal Representative: Susan McGraw 1398 Henning Drive Lyndhurst, Ohio 44124 Attorney for Personal Representative: Robert K. Miller Attorney Florida Bar Number: 359173 Cunningham Miller Rhyne PA 10075 Overseas Hwy PO Box 500938 Marathon, FL 33050 Telephone: (305) 743-9428

LEGAL NOTICES Fax: (305) 743-8800 E-Mail: service@floridakeyslaw. com Secondary E-Mail: rmiller@ floridakeyslaw.com Publish: July 29 & August 5, 2021 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY,FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 21-CP-000063-P IN RE: ESTATE OF NANCY TOMPKINS BROLL, also known as, NANCY T. BROLL, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of NANCY TOMPKINS BROLL, also known as, NANCY T. BROLL, deceased, whose date of death was April 25, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 88820 Overseas Highway, Tavernier, Florida 33070. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD 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: July 29, 2021. Signed on this 26th day of July, 7/26/2021. Personal Representative: CAROLYN B. OVERTON KELLY Attorney for Personal Representative: CHARLES IAN NASH, ESQUIRE Florida Bar No. 296619 NASH & KROMASH, LLP Attorneys for Petitioner 440 South Babcock Street Melbourne, FL 32901 Telephone: 321-984-2440 Primary e-mail: cinefile@n-law. com Secondary e-mail: Charlie@nlaw.com Publish: July 29 & August 5, 2021 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA FAMILY LAW DIVISION CASE NO.: 21-DR-008215 DIVISION: I IN RE: THE PROPOSED ADOPTION BY STEPPARENT OF: R.W.A.L. DOB: JULY 16, 2009 NOTICE OF ACTION, NOTICE OF PETITION, AND NOTICE OF HEARING TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING ADOPTION TO: CHRISTOPHER DAGGETT Caucasion Male DOB: August, 1969

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Current Residence: UNKNOWIN Last Known Address: 1040 Cape May Ave., Cape May, NJ 08204 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Termination of Parental Rights Pursuant to an Adoption has been filed, and you are required to serve a copy of your written response, if any, to it on Mary Greenwood McDermott, Esq., 1038 E. Brandon Blvd., Brandon, Florida 33511, Petitioner’s attorney, within 30 days after the date of first publication of this notice. You must file our original response with the Clerk of this court, at the address below, either before service on Petitioner’s attorney, or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. Clerk of the Court 800 E. Twiggs Street Tampa, Florida 33602 NOTICE OF PETITION AND HEARING TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING ADOPTION A petition to terminate parental rights pending adoption has been filed. A copy of the petition is being served with this notice. There will be a hearing on the petition to terminate parental rights pending adoption which will take place on August 26, 2021, at 3:15 P.M., in front of the Honorable Denise A. Pomponio, Circuit Judge, of the Hillsborough County Courthouse, via ZOOM, https:// zoom.us/j/3704372256 Meeting ID 370 437 2256. The ZOOM App is available for free for IOS and Android devices, and it may also be accessed via desktop computer. No account or fee is required. Please visit ZOOM Help Center at https://support/ zoom.us to familiarize yourself with the service. If you are unable to use the ZOOM link, to appear telephonically, you may call (301) 715-8592 and enter the ZOOM Meeting ID of 370 437 2256. The Court has set aside fifteen (15) minutes for this hearing. UNDER SECTION 63.089, FLORIDA STATUTES, FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE AND THE PETITION WITH THE COURT AND TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES GROUNDS UPON WHICH THE COURT SHALL END ANY PARENTAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE OR ASSERT REGARDING THE MINOR CHILD. PARA TRADUCCION DE ESTE FORMULARIO AL ESPANOL LLAME A LA OFICINA DE INTERPRETES DE LA CORTE, AL 813-272-5947 DE LUNES A VIERNES DE 3:00 P.M. Y 5:00 P.M. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provisions of certain assistance. Please contact the Clerk of Circuit Court, Circuit Civil Division, Hillsborough County Courthouse, 800 E. Twiggs Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, Telephone No. 813-2768100, within 2 working days of your receipt of this document; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771. WITNESS my hand a seal of said Court on this 6th day of July 2021. CINDY STUART CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT Hillsborough County, Florida By: Samantha Herrmann Deputy Clerk Publish: July 15, 22 & 29 and August 5, 2021 The Weekly Newspapers

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

CENTENNIAL BANK IS HIRING! MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATOR MARATHON/KEY WEST GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Solicits residential first mortgages through contacts with Realtors, builders, and developers. Interview loan applicants and makes credit decisions. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Broad knowledge of such fields as accounting, marketing, business administration, finance, etc. Equivalent to a four year college degree, plus 4 years related experience and/or training, and 2 years related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. To apply, please visit our careers page: www.my100bank. c o m / c a r e e r s

BOATS FOR SALE 12' Jon Boat w/ 6 hp Nissan motor, and trailer. Located in Marathon. $1,600 305-395-1015 1999 World Cat 27' with twin 175 Suzuki motors. Runs good. Dual stations. Located on Duck Key. $40,000 OBO 305-481-1316 Place your BOAT FOR SALE

ad here. Only $25.00/ week for up to five lines of copy. Call 305-743-0844 today and Sell Your Boat! BUSINESS FOR SALE

Lobster Business For Sale. Includes 45' #1, 892TI, 2400 Trap Certificates-$150.00 each, 1300 Traps, 100 5X6 pallets, 2016 Cat 6K Diesel Fork Lift, Live Wells & much more. $450,000 305-289-0792 Leave message if no answer. EMPLOYMENT

Marathon Auto looking for full-time general laborer. Apply in person at 2525 Overseas Highway, Marathon. The Marathon Yacht Club is looking to hire a Line Cook. Please call us at 305-743-6739 to schedule an interview.

OPEN POSITIONS AT BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA • Environmental Tech (Housekeeping) $2K-$5K Sign-On Bonus • First Cook, $2K Sign-On Bonus • Fitness Center Manager • Floor Technician, Environmental Services $5K Sign-On Bonus • Food Service Worker, $5K Sign-On Bonus • Line Cook • Mechanic • Medical Staff Asst, $2K Sign-On Bonus • Patient Experience Advocate • Pharmacy Technician • Phlebotomist, $2K Sign-On Bonus • Physical Therapist • Pool Physical Therapist • Security Officer Apply and learn more: careers.baptisthealth.net or call 786-243-8507

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Night Monitor - The Heron. FREE HOUSING/ food stipend vs. salary. Must be onsite 10p-8a. Sleep OK. 5 days on 5 days off. Drug screen required. w e s t c a r e . c o m

NOW HIRING TOP PAY & BENEFITS Experienced Electricians & Low Voltage Techs E m a i l : c h e c k @ checkelectricllc.com Call: 305-292-3369

Boat Cleaner needed for afternoons. Send text or call 305-481-3259

Support Worker for group home. Aid residents w/ Meals, Meds, Shopping. No Exp req. 3 shifts (PT/FT) $16 + eve or weekend differentials. w e s t c a r e . c o m

Immediate openings for experienced plumbers and helpers (with or without experience - we will train the right person). Must have a valid driver's license & clean driving record. Please apply in person at 10700 5th Avenue Gulf, Marathon or email resume to: eerpinc@gmail.com

The Cabana Club, an ocean front private swim club, is seeking a part time line cook. Club is open 10am - 7pm daily. Located in Key Colony Beach. Hourly pay commensurate with experience. Beautiful environment, small friendly staff, open year round. Apply in person, email resume or call 305 393-0631 ask for April

Come Join Our Family and Have Fun At Work! Hiring: Host, Hostess & Servers - Full &/or parttime. AM & PM Shifts. Apply in person at Castaway Restaurant, end of 15th Street, Oceanside, Marathon or email: lobstercrawl@gmail.com.

Caterpillar and Cummins Marine Engines a plus. Diesel Mechanic Assistant position available. Motivated candidate willing to learn a new trade or expand current skills. Company willing to train. Qualified applicants please call 305-2892070 or email resume to neil@allkeysdiesel. com . Drug Free and valid Drivers License a must.

lounge. Open year round, 10am-7pm daily. Full time/Part time. Small friendly staff. Above average hourly wage plus tips. Apply in person at Cabana Club, 425 E. Ocean Dr. Key Colony Beach or call April (305) 393-0631

BASEBALL AND SPORTS MEMORABILIA WANTED. Private collector buying sports cards, old programs, pennants, autographs, photographs, ticket stubs, bobbin’ head dolls, etc. Call thru August 6th- Alan 5 0 3 - 4 8 1 - 0 7 1 9

Fl Keys Diesel - Marathon now hiring: Diesel Technician -Competitive compensation package. Exp in the marine field preferred but not necessary. Exp w/

Serve/Bartend on the ocean FT/PT Ocean front private swim club is seeking customer service oriented Server/ Bartender. Serve on pool deck, beach and/or bar

NOW HIRING: Sweet Savannah's is now hiring for all shifts. Please apply in person at 8919 Overseas Highway in Marathon.

Charter Captain / Mate Busy fishing charter business in Marathon looking for experienced fishing Captain/Mate. Busy boats and location. Offshore, Inshore, Reef/ Wreck. Also part-time

Place your EMPLOYMENT/ HELP WANTED ad here for only $25.00/week for up to five lines of copy. Call 305-743-0844 today!! HOBBIES/COLLECT.

Place your ad here for only $25.00/week for up to five lines of copy. Call 305-743-0844 today!

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS NEEDED! Monroe County School District

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CARPENTERS Would earning $200 bucks extra every week be worth changing your job? WE’RE HIRING: SKILLED CARPENTERS, JOURNEYMEN & MASTER CARPENTERS

Shell World Key Largo, seeking engaging, dependable, experienced person(s) to work with the team at Mile Marker 97.5, Full-time and part-time opportunities available, some weekend and evening hours. Opportunities for advancement, great benefits, competitive salary and flexible hours. Please stop by and fill out application or Fax resume to 305-852-9639.

Salary $17.15 – $24.15/hour Key West, Sugarloaf, Marathon and Upper Keys (4 work locations) No Experience Required, Benefits, CDL Training Provided – work as a Bus Aide while training, Full Time or Flexible, Part Time Hours - 6 to 9 am or 1 or 2 to 5 pm Apply online: www.keysschools.com

Advance your career with a reputable hands on employer established 2011 who appreciates your hard work. If you’re not happy at your current job we will match your current pay stub plus $200 per week, it’s that simple.

To see if we are a good fit let’s talk, 305-850-4736

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Floor Manager Daytime Host Experienced Servers Experienced Bartenders

High volume restaurant in Key Largo. Apply in person at Snooks Bayside, 99470 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, FL

PRIVATE COLLECTOR WANTS Rolex, Dive Watches and Pilot Watches. Old Model Military Clocks & Watches. Call 305-743-4578

HOMES FOR SALE Marathon - For Sale: 1.5 acre - House & Duplex and Mobile Home rights. Waterfront - oceanside, dock possible, gated. Appraised $1.9 million. 3 0 5 - 6 1 0 - 8 0 0 2 HOUSING FOR RENT Marathon - For Rent Small bedroom efficiency Conch House. Furnished, gated. $1,350/month year lease includes all utilities. F/L/S No Pets. 305-610-8002 Lower Sugarloaf 2BR/2BA w/den stilt home w/dock on oceanside, paved parking under home, open living roomdining-kitchen w/vaulted ceiling and tile floors. Access to large balcony. W/D No Pets. $3500/mo + util. F/L/S 305-747-1700 Place your HOUSING FOR RENT ad here. Only $25.00/week for up to five lines of copy. Call 305-743-0844 today! LOT FOR SALE LOT FOR SALE 100' x 100' - Venetian Shores, MM 86, Snake Creek Bridge views. Asking $1.3 Million. Call 561-579-8399

Maintenance Technician CES KEY WEST & MARATHON Is hiring for all FULL-TIME positions:

PT CASHIER PT DOCKHAND Apply in person Pancho’s Fuel 1280 Oceanview Avenue, Marathon

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Warehouse / Driver Counter Sales Branch and Operation Managers with Electrical/Distribution Experience

• General building, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC repairs • 3 - 5 years of experience preferred • Ability to work outdoors and lift up to 50 pounds • Must have a valid driver’s license • Full beneﬁts package for full-time employees

To apply please contact us or email resume to: CES Key West Ph. (305) 783-5135 Em. Keywest0628@Cityelectricsupply.Com CES Marathon Ph. (786) 652-2542 Em. Marathon0542@Cityelectricsupply.Com

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A taste of the Keys. CYNTHIA ROSS/ Contributed

The perfect way to end a perfect day. REINALDO CONEJO/Contributed

The rods are ready to bend. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

Backcountry bonefish caught by Hadley Julian with Captain Drue Eymann from Keys on the Fly Charter. HADLEY JULIAN/Contributed

Kane Kocis, 7 years old, with a big old bug. BRANDON KOCIS/Contributed

Skiff’s favorite day of the year is “Bug Day”… after they are wrung, he brings all the heads over to a pile. SUSAN McKEE/Contributed

Fish tacos at Brutus Seafood in Marathon. DIANA MUCHA/Contributed

Sight-seeing at Bahia Honda Bridge is fun, even for locals. ORLANDO AND SUZY/Contributed

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n AUGUST, we’re highlighting FOOD AND FISHING! Summer in the Keys is famous for stellar fishing and even better seafood. Whether you’re out in the flats or backcountry, trolling for mahi, or fishing off one of our beautiful bridges, send us pictures of you with your catch. Then, show us your favorite way to prepare it! Spiny lobster season also opens, so send us pictures of your wild, caught, or cooked bugs! We’re getting hungry just thinking about it.

Photos, captions and photo credit can be emailed to tiffany@keysweekly.com. Rules, schmules: All photos must be original work and feature something in the Keys. Photos can be images that have been published before. No third party may own or control any materials the photo contains, and the photo must not infringe upon the trademark,

copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person. Any person agrees, by submitting photos, that photos submitted can be used by the Keys Weekly for any and all purposes, including but not limited to advertising, charity work, sales, future editorial, print in the newspapers or online or on social media posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and any other social media platforms as may come about.

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SPACE FOR LEASE Commercial Building with US 1 frontage for lease in Marathon. 2550 sq ft of office & warehouse space w/ overhead door. Parking in front and secured parking & storage area with secured fencing in back. Call 305-743-4400 Beautiful Office Space available for rent now on US1 in Tavernier @MM92. Call 305-394-0530 1,082 SF office space. Renovated Corner Unit for rent in Islamorada. $ 3 , 0 0 0 / m o n t h Call 305.712.8888 RV FOR SALE REDUCED PRICE! 38'6" 2016 Wildwood Lodge FVWW RV Unit located in Bluefin RV Park in Key Largo. 2 Bedroom. $ 1 8 , 5 0 0 8 6 3 - 6 6 0 - 9 0 6 5 SOLD IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS! Place your RV FOR SALE ad here for only $25.00/ week for up to five lines of copy. Call 305-743-0844 today and Sell Your RV!

CHARLEY TOPPINO & SONS IS HIRING Begin an exciting career with one of the most established and reputable companies in the Keys

D’Asign Source is seeking the following professionals. Overtime and benefits are available. For full details, please visit: DAsignSource.com/careers

Warehouse & Delivery Crew

Must have reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license (CDL a plus), & be on time.

Finish Carpenter

Must present high attention to detail; workmanship must be very high quality.

Part time & Full time Opportunities! Sous Chef

Engineer - General Maintenance Line Cook Bell/Valet

Front Desk Agent

Reservations Agent

NOW HIRING: Hosts Waitstaff Bartenders Bar Backs Bussers Line Cooks Dishwashers

Apply in person at Sunset Grille & Raw Bar, 7 Knight’s Key Blvd, Marathon

CoCo’s General Store

NOW HIRING: Full-time & Part-time Deli and/or Retail Sales. Must be available on weekends. Apply in person at 50 Coco Plum Drive, Marathon 305-743-7743

Busy Key Largo Dive Center has immediate openings for

BOAT CAPTAINS $1,500 SIGNING BONUS

Experience Required. Paid per trip plus tips & sales commission. Send resume to resumes@rainbowreef.com

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

Relief Night Security

Dinner Busser/Runner - Hot Tin Roof

Dinner Greeter - Hot Tin Roof

Diesel Mechanic Truck Helpers CDL Drivers

LMT, Esthetician or Nail Tech.

Applicants must apply in person to be considered.

Great pay, amazing benefits, & an awesome team! Ocean Key Resort and Spa is EOE.

4290 Overseas Hwy, Marathon

NOW HIRING:

F/T and P/T Bartenders & Servers for BlueWaters Pool Bar and Wedding Event Bartenders $10/hour Great Tips Health Benefits & Room Discounts Sign-on bonus Poolside setting with Gulf View Apply in Person, Start Today! Courtyard Marriott Marathon 2146 Overseas Hwy • 305-289-2100

Apply online at: www.noblehousehotels.com/careers Apply in person at: Zero Duval St.

Our award winning resort is

currently hiring for the following hourly positions:

FRONT DESK SUPERVISOR

Previous hotel experience required.

EVENING MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR 3 pm – 11 pm

ROOM ATTENDANTS

$500 Bonus after 90 days.

Great Pay, Health & Travel Benefits. Apply in person at:

Courtyard Marriott Marathon, 2146 Overseas Hwy, Marathon FL 33050 or email resume to jtyson@shanercorp.com • 305-289-2100

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NOW HIRING BOGIE & BACALL'S SEA SENOR Restaurant Host Servers Bartender Food Runner

Restaurant General Managers

KITCHEN TEAM Pastry Chef Chief Steward Overnight Cook Fine Dining Chef Restaurant Chef

HOUSEKEEPING TEAM

Day & Overnight Houseman Room Attendant Public Area Attendant AM & PM Supervisors

OPERATIONS TEAM

Bellman Watersports Reservations/Front Desk Agents AM & PM Shifts Available Apply At: www.bungalowskeylargo.com/ careers

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DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER

Key West

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

Dolphin Research Center is Hiring! IT Technical Specialist (Part Time, Permanent)

Accounting Manager

Full Time Teller Maintenance Technician Treasury Management Representative II IT Technician I CSR - Online Banking Administrative Assistant Accountant I

(Full-Time/Permanent)

Big Pine

Visual Communications Staff

Full Time Teller

(Full-Time/Permanent)

Human Resources Assistant (Part-Time/Permanent)

Guest Services Staff

(Full-Time/Part-Time, Temporary/Permanent)

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

Marathon Assistant Branch Operations Manager Key Largo Full Time Teller

Apply Online at KeysBank.com/Careers We offer 401k, profit sharing, educational reimbursement, health/dental plans, life insurance, holidays and paid time off for full time employees. Member FDIC

EOE-M/F/V/D

Equal Housing Lender

Bungalows Key Largo is an EOE The Guidance/Care Center, Inc. a division of

“Uplifting the human spirit since 1973”

THE GUIDANCE/CARE CENTER, Inc.

IS HIRING!

KEY LARGO Substance Abuse Counselor (PT) KEY WEST

Prevention Specialist Behavioral Health Therapist (Children) Peer Support Specialist Crisis Counselor Case Managers (Adult, Forensic, Children ) Motivational Support Specialist Substance Abuse Counselor Behavioral Health Counselor Engagement Specialist (Suicide Prevention)

MARATHON Admissions Specialist

Care Coordinator Maintenance Specialist Housekeeper Engagement Specialist (Suicide Prevention) Behavioral Health Therapist (Children) RNs and LPNs (3 shifts) (PT/FT & per diem) Advocate (PT) *Assisted Living Night Monitor (FREE HOUSING!) *Assisted Living Support Worker (PT/FT) *Behavioral Health Technicians (3 shifts) (PT/FT & per diem) *No experience necessary. Will train. A caring heart & helpful hands required. Ability to work some evening or weekend shifts a plus. If you’ve wanted to get into the medical field but don’t have the education, this is the job for you!

Background and drug screen req.

COMPETITIVE PAY! EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS!!! Check out all available positions at: www.westcare.com EEOC/DFWP

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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.

TOUR GUIDES NEEDED BE A PART OF KEYS HISTORY Pigeon Key Foundation seeks part time historic tour guide. Upbeat, friendly and confident professional with ability to multi task and work outdoors in all seasons. Pigeon Key is a drug free work place. Please complete application at pigeonkey.net or email chris@pigeonkey.net.

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