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worrisome message from school district officials alerted parents on April 22 that a “hold-in-place” order had been enacted at all Lower Keys schools while police investigated a report of a “possible school threat.”

The hold-in-place order, which allows instruction to continue but restricts movement on campus while an investigation takes place, was lifted about two hours later, once police had determined there was no danger at the school, district officials said.

Further investigation by the Keys Weekly revealed the threat was made by one Key West High School student to another.

Multiple parents of uninvolved KWHS students contacted the Keys Weekly over the weekend and on April 25, concerned about the nature of the threat after hearing more specific information from their own children.

“My (child) said ‘tons of students’ were talking about it. Apparently, two students had had an argument or altercation, and one texted the other, ‘I don’t fight; I shoot,” said the parent of a 10th grader, who spoke with the Keys Weekly on April 25. That parent and others provided their names to the Keys Weekly, but asked not to be identified in print to protect their children from potential retaliation.

After speaking with parents, the Keys Weekly emailed Schools Superintendent Theresa Axford, school district spokeswoman

I don’t fight; I shoot.

A KWHS student reportedly sent the above text message to another student, according to parents and students.

Amber Acevedo and Police Chief Sean Brandenburg on April 25.

The email relayed questions and concerns parents had expressed to the newspaper: Is the student who sent the text still on campus daily?

Does he have access to firearms?

Was there a gun on campus? Were his parents contacted? Was he disciplined or arrested?

Axford and Acevedo responded promptly on Monday night, saying an update would be sent to parents on April 26, and Key West police provided the newspaper with incident reports early that morning.

The police report states that the student who reported the threat identified the suspect by name and told officers the suspect had had “an issue with another student and threatened to retrieve his gun and shoot the student and the school up.”

The suspected student was not on campus Friday, and police went to his Key West home to investigate. “No weapons were located at his home or on his person. …

Administration advised that the suspect would be provided alternative education,” the police report states.

No charges were pressed, and no arrests were made, the report states.

The school district’s planned update to parents for April 26 stated, “Key West Police on Friday investigated a report of a possible

school threat and, after interviewing the students implicated at off-campus locations, determined there was no threat to students.

The report was made via text tip to the Key West High School Resource Officer at about 9:30 a.m. A student at the high school had overheard what was thought to be threatening language and sent in a text tip.

KWPD and administration responded immediately with a hold-in-place while the investigation took place,” the update states.

Alternative education is provided in a classroom that’s separate from the main campus to students who are not successful in a typical school setting or who have behavior problems.

“The whole incident was handled with the utmost care and the police were amazing,” Superintendent Axford told the Keys Weekly. “We have an outstanding partnership with law enforcement and we work as a team.”

The School Text Tip program was created by Florida Keys resident Shawn Verne and donated to the school district. It provides each school with a designated number to which any student can send an anonymous tip to school administrators and school resource officers. In the past, tips have included students’ concerns about students considering suicide, bullying issues and potential threats of violence or weapons on campus.

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YELLOWFIN BAR & KITCHEN OFFERS RESORT DINING FOR LOCALS

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ou don’t need a room key to enjoy the bounty of Yellowfin Bar & Kitchen, the newly reimagined restaurant at Ocean’s Edge Resort, on Stock Island, just across the bridge from Key West.

Chef Juan Cuadra and food and beverage director Chris Smilgin arrived at Yellowfin nearly at the same time, both from resorts in Islamorada, and they’ve stepped things up more than a few notches at Yellowfin.

“I came from the Postcard Inn and Chris came from Amara Cay. We really want the locals to know we’re here and they’re more than welcome,” Cuadra said during lunch on a recent Friday, when the dining room was filled with a combination of resort guests, local couples enjoying a Friday date lunch and a few charter fishermen from the marina out back, who were comparing notes about the day’s windy conditions on the water.

“We want to be part of the Key West and Stock Island community, not just a restaurant for hotel visitors,” Smilgin said. “We really value our locals.”

And they’re not just saying that.

Yellowfin recently entered and scored well in the first-ever Cuban Sandwich Throwdown at the Green Parrot Bar. The event was part of the Conch Republic Independence Celebration and raised money for the Key West Learning Center.

Yellowfin was also part of the April 25 Taste of Key West event, in which local restaurants and national wine and beer companies donate their product and staff time to help AH Monroe provide affordable and accessible housing, health care and HIV services to Keys residents.

“Before we arrived, there was a very limited menu here,” Cuadra said.

But he’s expanded all three menus — breakfast, lunch and dinner — and he and Smilgin are creating special events for guests and locals, including a Havana Nights pig roast and holiday brunches.

3 “Our whole mission is to be localfriendly, with a popular menu and happy hours,” Smilgin said. “But we transform at night from a casual lunchtime atmosphere to full fine dining.”

The new dinner menu features a 21-ounce prime ribeye, guava-braised short ribs, a white wine garlic shrimp pasta, a filet, a surf-and-turf sirloin, a whole fried yellowtail snapper and nightly specials created by Cuadra. Yellowfin also will cook your catch with your choice of sides and sauces.

In just a few months, the duo has raised Yellowfin’s ranking on Tripadvisor to No. 6.

“We also support other local businesses,” Cuadra said. “We get our bagels from Goldman’s, our pastries from Croissants de France, our honey from Keez Beez, and our fish and shrimp from local fishermen.”

Yellowfin Bar & Kitchen also features a grab-and-go coffee station with bagels, coffee drinks and other snacks.

After breakfast, lunch or dinner at Yellowfin, explore Ocean’s Edge Resort’s marina and lushly landscaped grounds.

To find it, follow MacDonald Avenue on Stock Island all the way to the end and you’ll run right into the resort’s stately entrance. (And there’s plenty of parking for Yellowfin Bar & Kitchen.)

4 1. Yellowfin Bar & Kitchen offers handmade sushi rolls. CHEF JUAN CUADRA/Contributed 2. Fish tacos on a recent Friday were made with a choice of swordfish or mahi mahi, MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly 3.The Fishermen’s Platter is a true bounty.

CHEF JUAN CUADRA/Contributed 4. Chris Smilgin is food and beverage director, and Juan Cuadra is head chef at Yellowfin Bar & Kitchen at the waterfront Ocean’s Edge Resort on Stock Island. MANDY MILES/ Keys Weekly

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CITY TO CONSIDER NEW PARK AND SHELTER DESIGNS

DUVAL STREET & MALLORY SQUARE RENOVATION UPDATE EXPECTED

CULTURE GOES ON AT STUDIOS OF KEY WEST

‘THE PICKPOCKET’S DAUGHTER’ RUNS MAY 18-28

Mallory Square at the city’s waterfront is underused and lacks shade during the day. Officials are working on plans to renew and better use the plaza. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

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new Bayview Park design, a new homeless shelter and a new lease for the botanical garden on College Road are on tap for Key West city commissioners, when they meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 3.

The agenda also proves that special events are back in full force, with approvals slated for the Key West Business Guild’s Pride street fair and parade on June 4-5, the Police Athletic League’s Mango Fest on June 25 and the Key West Rotary Club’s Brewfest on Sept. 3.

Officials will consider the development plan for the new Keys Overnight Temporary Shelter, which will replace the current homeless structure in the same location on the sheriff’s office property. The existing structures have surpassed their usefulness and will be demolished, the development plan states. The new shelter will be designed for 24-hour use. Formerly open only at night for sleeping, KOTS started staying open during the day during the pandemic. The change has prompted a noticeable reduction in the number of homeless people who panhandle downtown during the day.

City officials also want to redesign Bayview Park and are expected to hire the architectural firm of Bert Bender & Associates to design a master plan that would include new restrooms, a new dog area, a

new children’s playground and a new tennis pro building. The ballfields will remain at Bayview Park, according to city documents, which acknowledge that public use of the field has changed given the availability, now, of the larger spaces at Truman Waterfront Park.

Commissioners also will likely call for a referendum on the Aug. 23 primary ballot that would allow the Key West Botanical Garden & Tropical Forest to renew its lease for the garden on College Road for up to 99 years.

City officials will consider a proposal by Commissioner Clayton Lopez to name the new pedestrian plaza on upper Duval Street the Ramos-Lopez Pedestrian Park and Sculpture Garden. The adjacent Southernmost Mansion was owned by the Ramos-Lopez family since 1939.

“The Ramos-Lopez family, one of Florida’s oldest merchant families, were influential in the growth and improvement of the Key West community through business and social interests that ranged from sales and distribution, through hospitality, banking, publishing and politics,” the proposed resolution states.

Also on tap, City Manager Patti McLauchlin will update the commission on the Request for Proposals that seeks consultants to redesign Duval Street and Mallory Square.

Consultant Elisa Levy will provide an update on the city’s strategic plan.

Top row, from left: Phillip Cole White, Mary Falconer, David Black, Don Bearden, Cody Borah. Bottom row, from left: Jeremy Zoma, Cassidy Timms, Jessica Miano Kruel, Joy Hawkins, Mark Leibert. ARAMIS IKATU/Contributed

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he Studios of Key West’s cultural season continues in May with the debut of one of the most anticipated theatrical productions of the year.

“The Pickpocket’s Daughter,” written by Key West resident Neal Ruchman, is staged in the Helmerich Theater for a limited run of eight nights from May 18-28. Tickets can now be purchased at tskw. org or by calling 305-296-0458.

Based on real-life events, the play tells the story of Ruchman’s mother, Harriett Moses (nicknamed “Matzy” for her love of Matzo), who came of age in New York in the late 1930s at a time when Jewish and Irish gangs fought for control of the city. When 17-year-old Matzy gets caught up in a battle between rival factions, she has to rely on all the chutzpah and smarts she has to get out of the situation alive.

The play’s first reading at The Studios in 2018 left audiences raving. “‘The Pickpocket’s Daughter’ is nothing short of wonderful,” said one audience member. “The storyline is tight and seamless. The characters are beautifully drawn. I loved every second of it.”

With rehearsals well underway, the play comes to life under the deft hand of veteran director Murphy Davis, starring a cast of some

of Key West’s most accomplished actors, including Don Bearden, David Black, Mary Falconer, Joy Hawkins and Jessica Miano Kruel.

Rounding out the cast are experienced actors from all over the country, including Cody Borah, Mark Liebert, Cassidy Timms, Sean Armstrong Verre, Phillip Cole White, and Jeremy Zoma.

“It’s been a dream of mine to see this play come to fruition ever since I first heard my mother’s incredible story,” said Ruchman. “The play is testament to the obstacles she overcame, and I hope she’d be proud to see the way her indomitable spirit is woven through every line.”

Filled with laughs and expertly written, the play has as many twists and turns as any crime drama, but it’s the deeply human characters and thought-provoking themes that will leave audiences thinking about the play for days after the show.

Performances of “The Pickpocket’s Daughter” are Wednesday through Saturday, May 18-21 and 25-28 at 8 p.m. in the Helmerich Theater at 533 Eaton St. Tickets are $80 VIP, $60, $50 members. Visit tskw.org or call 305-296-0458 for more information.

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SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSES HOUSING, STRATEGIC PLAN

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ebate over a redevelopment proposal for district property in Key West, as well as updates on strategic planning and standardsbased grading, consumed the majority of the April 26 meeting of the Monroe County School Board.

The meeting’s early workshop session saw discussion of an unsolicited proposal by SPGL LLC – the same company responsible for 42 affordable housing units available to the Monroe County Sheriff on Stock Island and in Key West – for the development of the school district’s 5.9-acre administrative headquarters on Trumbo Road in Key West and the adjacent Housing Authority parcel at 240 White St. The proposal includes 76 rental apartments, a new two-story, 20,000-square-foot administrative building, and 1.27 acres of green space.

Under the initial proposal, SPGL would exclusively design, build, finance and maintain the project under a long-term ground lease.

While school board chair John Dick and vice chair Andy Griffiths ultimately supported moving forward with initial stages of the proposal process, Griffiths and board members Bobby Highsmith and Sue Woltanski suggested a direct meeting with the district’s long-standing housing task force, a clear plan for vacating the district’s current facilities on the property, and input from other proposals before taking significant steps with SPGL’s plan.

“We’ve had a committee running for years now about how we’re going to redevelop, what our needs are, what needs to be going there, and we haven’t had any real feedback or a workshop with that committee,” said Highsmith. “The folks that have spent so much time and energy working on this committee, we owe it to them to hear what they have to say about this and the overall project development.”

“I’d like to know where our administration is going to go and how we’re going to pay for that before we move forward,” said Woltanski. “I don’t feel like I know the long game of how the pieces are going to fit together financially.”

Superintendent Theresa Axford spoke in favor of moving forward with the proposal process, adding that she had met with the task force the day before to discuss SPGL’s plan.

Marian Buccafurni receives a GEMS award. From left: Superintendent Theresa Axford, Stanley Switlik principal Christine Paul, Buccafurni, MHS principal Wendy McPherson, school board chair John Dick.

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“I think what the task force wants more than anything is to put one foot in front of the other, looking at what comes before us and making decisions as we go along,” she said. “They were totally supportive of this conversation with you today. … The task force does feel a sense of urgency about moving forward with this.”

With a split opinion, the board voted to postpone formal consideration of SPGL’s proposal until after an upcoming meeting with the housing task force.

IN OTHER NEWS • The meeting later shifted to a strategic plan update delivered by consultant Elisa Levy. Following concerns from parents that the plan’s development had not allowed room for parental input, Levy cited extensive efforts to involve parents in the data-gathering and input stages.

Various avenues of input included, but were not limited to: surveys from more than 1,200 parents and teachers; more than 70 focus groups with teachers, staff and district administration; a total of five live and virtual town hall meetings with parents; and two focus groups with Spanish- and Creolespeaking families.

Levy outlined a plan to accelerate learning for students by focusing on increasing reading proficiency in the third grade, increasing the percentage of students making gains in their English and language arts performance between 3rd and 10th grade, and increasing the high school acceleration rate.

The plan also details efforts to foster student creativity, self-knowledge, and social and emotional intelligence through partnerships with art, theater, cultural and environmental organizations, as well as specialized curriculum to promote relationship building with teachers and peers.

Parents wishing to provide further input on the strategic plan will be afforded an opportunity to do so at the school board’s May 10 meeting at Coral Shores High School.

• The board received an update on the district’s eventual move to standards-based grading in grades K-5 from Kelli Brower, coordinator of instructional materials and technology integration. The system forgoes traditional grading in favor of indicating grade-appropriate mastery of pre-determined critical skills.

• Axford announced the reinstatement of the deputy superintendent role as well as the promotion of Amber Archer Acevedo, coordinator of community relations and professional development, to the new position.

• In addition to a special award for the athletic and academic performance of state champion weightlifter Rylan Chapa, the district honored Marian Buccafurni, chair of the Middle Keys Future Fund, with a GEMS award for supporting the Dolphin Pride student rewards programs at Stanley Switlik Elementary and Marathon High School.

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SLOPPY JOE’S CELEBRATES 85 YEARS KEY WEST’S MOST FAMOUS BAR STARTED WHEN PROHIBITION ENDED

Beverly Haddrell, Julie LaMattina, Charles Fraga, Kit Crowl and Reta MacMackin recall some famous and infamous stories at Key West’s legendary Sloppy Joe’s. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

Left: Sloppy Joe’s Bar at 201 Duval St. in January 1938. ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN/Contributed.

Right: Sloppy Joe’s Bar in 2022. WIKIPEDIA/Contibuted

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he legend of Sloppy Joe’s Bar, Key West’s iconic corner bar, started in 1933, but the place everyone knows today, in the building that stands sentinel at Duval and Greene streets, became what it is 85 years ago next month, on May 5, 1937.

Its official beginning was on Dec. 5, 1933 — the day Prohibition was repealed. The bar would go through two name changes and a sudden, legendary change of location before it would become the instantly recognizable Sloppy Joe’s that’s seen by millions of visitors to Florida’s southernmost outpost every year.

Even in the ’30s, Key West’s free thinkers looked on Prohibition more as an amusing exercise dreamed up by the government than any sort of official law, and Joe Russell operated an illegal speakeasy on Front Street in Key West.

When the government’s great experiment in sobriety ended as a dismal failure, Russell moved his business to a different Greene Street building and became a legitimate saloonkeeper as proprietor of the Blind Pig, a droll, rundown building that Russell leased for $3 a week.

Sloppy Joe’s migrated across the street to its present location on May 5, 1937. At the corner of Duval and Greene streets, the building had been built in 1917. Russell paid $2,500 for it.

The bar never actually closed during the transition. Customers simply picked up their drinks and carried them, along with every piece of furniture in the place, down the block to 201 Duval St. Service resumed with barely a blink and has rarely stopped since (save for the occasional hurricane and pandemic).

The new Sloppy Joe’s boasted the longest bar in town. Russell, a native Key West Conch who was a rumrunner and charter fishing captain before he was a bar owner, died of a heart attack in 1941 at the age of 53, but the bar and its legend continued.

Sid Snelgrove and Jim Mayer purchased Sloppy Joe’s on Sept. 8,1978 and the bar still remains with the two families. Jean Klausing signed on as general manager in 1978 and remained GM emeritus until his death in January 2009.

While its history is older than 85 years, Sloppy Joe’s will celebrate 85 years at the corner of Duval and Greene on May 5, 2022.

“Each of us working here have a tremendous responsibility to continue the traditions of Sloppy Joe’s,” said Donna Edwards, brand manager for Sloppy Joe’s. “For 365 days a year we strive to give our customers the best party in town with live music on stage, great drinks, food and an awesome Sloppy Joe’s experience.”

STAFF SECRETS The Keys Weekly recently spent a morning with some of the bar’s longest-serving employees, who were eager to share some of the thousands of stories and memories the bar has prompted.

“There’s a lot that can’t be said to protect the innocent — and the guilty,” said Kit Crowl, who has been a server at Sloppy’s for 42 years.

“But the two families that own this place make us all feel like a family. A lot of us really grew up in this place. We raised our kids together, you name it. We’ve always had each others’ backs.”

Similarly, Reta MacMackin has worked there 35 years and Julie LaMattina is right behind at 34 years.

“I’m one of the people who grew up here in Sloppy Joe’s, and I just hope I get out alive,” said Beverly Haddrell, who joined the staff in 1995, 27 years ago.

MacMackin and Crawl recalled the days before Sloppy Joe’s had its own kitchen and food service.

“Bob and Lucy, who eventually created Bobalu’s on Big Coppitt, used to sell fried bologna sandwiches out of a window up front. Before that it was a taco stand. Table service with actual food didn’t start until 1998,” LaMattina said.

“Trust me, there were no salads on the menu back then.”

“We used to have quite a crew that came in whenever we would open at 9 a.m. each day,” MacMacken said., “We had the cocaine cowboys who hadn’t been to bed and the early daytime drinkers who would stop in before work.”

“I remember dancing on the bar one night with a bottle of Jack and I don’t even drink,” LaMattina said.

But beyond the wild times, there’s been an unending sense of friendship and camaraderie for decades. “Our staff has made friends from all over the world who come back year after year,” Haddrell said.

The staff fondly recalls their favorite Hemingway Look Alikes, and chuckle at the newer employees who can’t tell any of them apart.

“They’ll look at me with wide eyes, and ask, ‘How do I run tabs for these guys? I don’t know who’s who,’” MacMackin said.

Charles Fraga, who’s been a barback at Sloppy Joe’s for 20 years, summed up the place nicely.

“It’s such a dichotomy, because to us, we’re all a family, the staff, the owners and it’s a family-run business. But it’s one that’s internationally known. Our T-shirts are probably in every country of the world by now.”

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SPORTS & MORE RALPH MORROW

KEY WEST BASEBALL, SOFTBALL TEAMS SEEK STATE TITLES

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he objective each sports season for Key West High School teams is to compete for Florida state championships. The baseball Conchs have been the most successful, bringing home 11 state titles. Key West has come close in other sports, but no other team has a state trophy to acclaim its greatness.

This spring, the baseball team, as well as the softball team, seem to be in the middle of the competition.

MaxPreps, the online resource that ranks high school teams, has Key West in the top half-dozen in both sports. According to MaxPreps.com, its system “utilizes the huge number of game results stored in the MaxPreps database. Generally, the more a team wins, the higher the ranking.

However, the system takes into account quality wins (against other highly ranked opponents) and strength of schedule.”

Monday night, Key West baseball defeated a strong District 7A Columbus team, 3-0, on Trevor Zuelch’s home run and Andris Barroso’s two-hit complete game shutout. The result was that the Conchs jumped from sixth to third in the state’s 4A rankings, with 17 wins and 6 losses.

The Conchs had six hits, including two hits and a run batted in from Kai Smith. Zuelch went 2-for-2, adding a single to his home run. Key West scored one run in the first and two more in the sixth. Key West wraps up its regular season with Friday-Saturday evening contests at Rex Weech Field against Keys Gate.

The Conchs will next begin District 16 4A competition in a mini tournament beginning Tuesday, May 3. The champion and runner-up advance to the Region 4 competition the following week. The state championship will be May 18-21 and 23-25 at Hammond Stadium in the Lee County Sports Complex in Fort Myers.

Coach Ralph Henriquez Jr. is counting on solid and young pitching to carry the Conchs. Sophomore lefthander Jacob Burnham has a 6-2 win-loss record with a 3.05 earned run average over 43 2⁄3 innings. Sophomore righthander Barrios was 2-2 and 2.38 over 46 1⁄3 innings before fac... a veteran sports columnist, says the only sport he doesn’t follow is cricket. That leaves plenty of others to fill his time. ralphmoro1936 @gmail.com

Coach Ralph Henriquez introduces the 2022 varsity Conch baseball squad at the start of the season. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

ing Columbus. Righthander Felix Ong, 6-0 and 2.38 over 32 1/3 innings, was the third starter for Key West. The top relief pitcher was Junior Marlin Takovich, 2-0 and 5.93 over 15 1⁄3 innings. The team as a whole had an earned run average of 2.71.

“The young pitching should be there for the next couple of years,” Henriquez pointed out. The team has formidable hitting, although the best hitters are older in the food chain. Third baseman Preston Herce, who was the football team’s quarterback, was batting a plush .525 with 28 runs batted in and three home runs before the Columbus game. He’s a senior. At the other extreme as the team’s second best hitter is freshman Noah Burnham, batting .389 with eight RBI. Zuelch, another senior, was hitting .378 with a pair of home runs and 16 RBI before the Columbus game.

Junior Anden Rady was hitting .326 with 9 RBI. Senior shortstop Smith was the last starter hitting over .300 at .324, but four players (freshmen Jose Perdigon, Jack Haggard and Sam Holland and junior Wyatt Kuhn) were hitting between .250 and .289.

Miami Springs and Suwannee (Live Oak) are ranked 1-2 above Key West. Both are 17-4. There are 89 teams ranked in 4A. COACH JASON GARCIA has the softball team also ready to pounce, with a 15-3-1 record and a ranking of fifth of 77 in the state by MaxPreps. Ranked above the Lady Conchs in 4-A are Eustis, 19-2; Pompano Beach, 14-5; Tampa Robinson, 17-5, and Deltona, 11-3. Ranked ninth is the usual Key West foe, St. Brendan, 14-8.

Returning All-State senior centerfielder Yahaira Williams has only gotten better from her junior campaign as she is hitting a cool .500 with 3 home runs and 33 runs

A recent ceremony honors Key West senior softball players Montunique Van Staden, Isabella Perez, Emily Bracher, Marina Goins, Chloe Knowles, Madison Gonzalez and Yahaira Williams. CAROLINE SMITH/Keys Weekly

batted in. Fellow All-Stater senior catcher Isabella Perez isn’t far behind with an average of .448 (3 hits behind Williams). Both deserve to make it again.

They aren’t the only Lady Conchs performing at a high level. Marina Goins is hitting and pitching. She’s batting .426 with 22 RBI and a pair of home runs. Goins has a 1.62 earned run average for 13 innings with a 2-0 win-loss average. Junior second baseman Caroline Smith (who also covers sports for the Key West Weekly) has 15 hits in 38 at-bats for a .394 average. Senior Madison Gonzalez is batting .340. Sophomore Chloe Gilday is the Lady Conchs’ key hurler with a 7-1 win-loss record and a 2.06 ERA in 16 games and 57 2⁄3 innings pitched. Nevaeh Arnold is 3-2 and 4.62 in 30 1⁄3 innings. Junior Miesha Hernandez is 2-0 and 1.91 in 11 innings.

So, that’s about it. Both the Conchs and the Lady Conchs are in good positions to contend for state titles. Let’s wish them well.

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SERVING STUDENTS LOCAL AUTISM NONPROFIT FINDS A FITTING SPACE AT NEW SCHOOL JIM McCARTHY

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utism Society of the Keys (ASK) founder Jill Campbell gazed at her new, spacious office located at the new Carrie Brazer Center for Autism in Tavernier.

The journey began some 12 years ago at Campbell’s home as she began to meet with parents in search of answers and assistance regarding autism.

The guidance Campbell offers to local families has grown so much that it drew her to find a larger spot in the Upper Keys to carry out critical work in getting the necessary resources into families’ hands.

“It’s fitting to be in a school like this,” Campbell said. “It just made sense to have us under the same roof.”

A nonprofit, ASK aims to help families affected by autism — one of the great health epidemics in the world today with roughly 136 new diagnoses each day. With parents knowing little about autism, Campbell said ASK’s goals are providing answers and educating parents on what steps they need to take.

Campbell said her new office opens opportunities for meetings to educate parents and bring families together for some fun events.

She hopes to emulate what she’s done in the Lower Keys out of the Basilica School of St. Mary Star of the Sea. “The school was supportive and allowed us to use their library to accommodate a craft event or a speaker. With this partnership in the Upper Keys, we’ll be able to do more,” she said.

Craig Campbell, left, and Jill Campbell, mom and Autism Society of the Keys founder, stand inside new office space at the site of the Carrie Brazer Center for Autism. JIM McCARTHY/Keys Weekly

Campbell said 1 in 10,000 children was diagnosed with autism in the 1980s. Today, 1 in 44 children has autism. If the rate continues, she said, 80% of boys could have autism by 2032. And boys are five times more likely to have autism compared to girls.

At 2 1/2 years old, Campbell’s son, Craig, was diagnosed with autism. She knew very little about autism at that time. She also didn’t know how much it’d consume her everyday life.

The support that Campbell and her family found among those with shared experiences, however, prompted them to form ASK as a local resource, sounding board and community education program.

Craig received the therapy needed to help grow his daily life skills. Today, he drives a car, is in typical high school classes and speaks as much as anyone. Campbell said a small classroom atmosphere, such as the one Craig was in during his days at Island Christian School,

Students at the Carrie Brazer Center for Autism receive one-on-one care.

aided his progress. At the Carrie Brazer Center for Autism in Tavernier, located in the former Ocean Studies Charter School, students are receiving one-on-one attention and support. Opening a year ago, the school currently has 10 students.

Carrie Brazer is a Florida-certified special education teacher who founded the Carrie Brazer Center for Autism in 1999. With a master’s degree in varying exceptionalities, Brazer’s school in Miami has served students for 22 years. With a new location in Tavernier, she said, parents can send their children to obtain the help they need locally.

Brazer said the school’s individualized curriculum allows students to engage with what they’re learning through touch.

“Everything that’s going on in the curriculum, they can move around on the iPad,” she said. “It follows Sunshine State Standards in Florida and modifies at their pace.”

Brazer said the school accepts the Gardiner Scholarship, which provides thousands of dollars in assistance based on where children are on the spectrum. She said the school also accepts all insurance so children can receive behavior therapy, which allows students to work closely with behavioral assistants during or after school in order to reduce behavior problems and increase daily life skills.

In addition, Brazer said they’re looking to open a classroom in the fall for neurotypical children. Brazer said the Gardiner scholarship gives a sibling a free scholarship to attend the school.

“If there’s a neurotypical child and an autistic child, they can both come to school under the same scholarship so parents don’t have to travel to two schools,” she said.

Families are invited to an open house on Saturday, June 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to tour the school and partake in various activities. Parents will be able to walk through classrooms and meet staff while kids can enjoy hot dogs and some face painting.

Visit autismsocietyofthekeys.com for more on ASK and cbc4autism.org for more on the Carrie Brazer School for Autism.

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MUSIC SHOWCASE IN THE KEYS

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other’s Day is upon us and for most men, reminders are in order for mom’s special gift.

Each year, millions of men will wait until the last minute, only to seek out brunch reservations, cards and corny coupons redeemable for foot rubs, house cleanings and breakfasts in bed.

Don’t be most men. Follow our lead and avoid the typical pitfalls associated with Mother’s Day gift ideas. Always here to help, here are our...

WORST MOTHER’S DAY GIFT IDEAS 10. Any type of mug. Even if it proclaims she is “the world’s greatest mom.”

9. Spanx.

8. A stamped, customized fleece blanket with the family portrait on one side.

7. Running shoes. Or any app that counts daily steps.

6. Breakfast that you and the kids made for her.

Just send her to brunch with her friends … and without kids.

5. Yard gnomes. There is never a right time to give yard gnomes — unless you’re a serial killer.

4. Herpes. Yes, it’s forever, but so are diamonds.

3. An oil change.

2. That shared OnlyFans account you’ve been meaning to see if she’s down with. (Hint: She’s not).

1. A coupon booklet redeemable for all of the shit you should be doing the other 364 days of the year.

Jose Elias founded the band Cortadito alongside Julio Cesar Rodriguez Delet from Santiago de Cuba in November 2011 after a 12-year stint with Conjunto Progreso that garnered him a Grammy nomination for his participation in the album Masters of Cuban Son. CONTRIBUTED

AFRO ROOTS COMES TO KEY WEST & ISLAMORADA

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udiences can celebrate world music in the Florida Keys during the annual Afro Roots Fest with a 2022 season that includes multi-artist showcases in Key West and Islamorada.

The award-winning festival will take center stage in Key West Thursday through Saturday, April 28-30, and over Memorial Day weekend in Islamorada, with shows scheduled Saturday and Sunday, May 28-29.

Key West fans will gather at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at the Green Parrot Bar, 601 Whitehead St., for an evening of music by Cortadito, renowned for performing Cuban standards from the early 20th century. The band will be joined onstage by Latin Grammy Award nominee Tomás Diaz, who has performed with musicians ranging from Celia Cruz to Bruce Springsteen. There is no cover charge.

The following two evenings showcase the Everglades Songbook Suite, starring Jose Elias playing selections from his compositions and soundscapes that commemorate the otherworldly beauty of South Florida’s Everglades National Park.

The Everglades Songbook Suite blends acoustic stylings and natural sounds recorded in the park to create an immersive experience that celebrates its unique ecosystem, flora and fauna.

Both performances begin at 8 p.m. at The Studios of Key West,

533 Eaton St. Friday’s show is set for the facility’s Helmerich Theater, while Saturday’s is an open-air experience at the rooftop Hugh’s View. Tickets are available online at bit.ly/ARFKW2022.

“I’m looking forward to sharing the Everglades Songbook Suite with our audiences in Key West for the first time,” said Elias, the Afro Roots Fest founder as well as a featured musician. “As a resident of the Upper Keys, it’s gratifying to see how the festival has evolved over the course of the last four years and how festival patrons continue to embrace it.”

The Memorial Day weekend concerts in Islamorada are to take place at the Florida Keys Brewing Co., 81611 Old Highway. Attendees can expect craft beer and melodic offerings from some of Florida’s top world-music talents.

Saturday evening’s show, beginning at 6 p.m. at the popular brewery, will spotlight the Caribbean-influenced world beat mastery of Johnny Dread, paired with the Latin-infused rhythms of Javier García.

Sunday’s musical schedule begins at 4 p.m. Audiences can sway to the sounds of the nine-piece Latin funk band Suenalo, a critically acclaimed South Florida favorite, and the funky New Orleans style of the Bad Apples Brass Band.

Both shows will be in the beer garden and admission is free.

Afro Roots Fest is staged by Community Arts and Culture, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing understanding through the cultivation, preservation and presentation of cultural music and arts programs and experiences.

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KEY WEST CAMP BRAVO Mark your calendars! Camp Bravo 2022 runs June 13-July 9 and will present “Moana Jr.” Join us weekdays from 11 a.m to 5 p.m. for our 13th season of theater magic and summer fun at The Studios of Key West.

Enrollment and scholarship opportunities open now. Go to keyscommunityschoolofthearts.org for info and registration.

COFFEE MILL DANCE STUDIO Children’s Summer Dance Classes and Mini Dance Camps enrolling now at the Coffee Mill Dance Studio. Classes start Tuesday, May 31.

For boys and girls ages 3 and up. New and returning dancers are welcome and no experience is necessary. Call 305-296-9982 or come

by The Annex Studio at 804 White Street from 4 to 7 p.m. weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturdays to pre-register and get on the list.

Full schedule at coffeemilldance.com.

COLLEGE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS Summer Adventure Camps Registration is open for the College of the Florida Keys’ Summer Adventure Camps. Designed for 7- to 15-year-old children, the one-week sessions provide opportunities to learn, create and have fun. CFK Summer Adventure Camps run Mondays through Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a 60-minute lunch break. Camps will begin June 13 and run each week through July 29. Weekly camp sessions are grouped by ages, ages 7-11 years or ages 12-15 years. More at cfk.edu/summer-camps or by emailing summercamp@cfk.edu.

ISLAND FARM CAMP Our camp offers a traditional summer camp experience on a real working farm.

At a time when children are increasingly surrounded by smart phones, computers, television, our goal is to get campers outside, actively creating, playing, and learning. Your child will be a hands-on, active participant in our farm community.

Our 9-week camp starts May 31 for children 6-15 years old. Registration is open. $395 per week with early registration extended until April 30 for $295. More information from Farmer Clay at 305-570-8650 or www. Lostcostproductions.com or islandfarmhoney.com

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WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS DOING THIS SUMMER?

he school year is winding down and summer is just over the horizon. From making flippered friends and exploring a private island to taking the stage for a theatrical production, there’s no shortage of activities in the Florida Keys when school lets out. Here is information to help parents and kids come up with a summer plan.

Please note that as most organizations are finalizing their camps, details are subject to change. For a complete listing of camps, visit keysweekly.com.

ISLAND GROOVE & GRIMAL EXPERIENCE • ISLAND GROOVE CAMPS IN BIG PINE KEY: Use discount code MULTICAMP10 for sibling or multiple camp sign ups.

- May 30 - June 3 & July 25-29, ages 8-14, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Join the adventures at both Grimal Grove & Island Groove. Youth get to experience a rare piece of Florida Keys history while exploring a special culinary menu they prepare themselves, leading up to a special menu they will create and bring to life for parents and caregivers to enjoy with a showcase on the final day. Besides enjoying nature’s tropical fruit, kids will experience archery, make ice cream, swimming, scavenger hunts, obstacle courses, crafts, movies, dancing, gymnastics and more. $315 per week.

• ACRO TUMBLE & GROOVY GYMNASTIC CAMP June 6-10, ages 6-13, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Come tumble, tuck and roll. Students will focus on improving strength, flexibility, & technique during this week of active, fun learning. Each day students will experience 5 days of acro training, specializing in tumbling, limbering, balancing, contortion, partner work, Acro Dance progressions & choreography as well as fun with crafts, games, & more. $250 per week • DINO EXPLORE SAFARI CAMP June 13th - June 17th, Ages 3-10, 8:30am 3:30pm (1/2 day option available) Each day of camp involves a fun, creative storyline that will incorporate opportunities for the kids to exercise their muscles, their imaginations and their cooperation skills – working together! Each Super Kid-osaurus will experience prehistoric adventures using big body play, role-playing games, directive activities, & creative crafts! Full Week $250 OR Half Day Week $165 • ENCANTO DANCE CAMP June 20-24, Ages 3-8, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Join us for a fun Encanto dance and tumbling camp.

We will dance, tumble, sing, and craft while enjoying the magical music from Encanto. $175

• DANCE PAWTY WITH MY PET July 6 - 8 (3-day camp) Ages 3-8. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Raise your paws if you love Paw Patrol and Secret Life of Pets because you’ll pawsitively love this fun tap, ballet and creative movement dance camp! Tiny dancers can bring their favorite stuffed pet (dog, cat, character, anything goes) and together they’ll unleash the fun on four purrfect dancing adventures. $125 • NINJA TURTLE POWER CAMP July 11 - 15, Ages 3-12, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

(1/2 Day optional available) Cowabunga dudes!

It’s time to shell-ebrate summer with new Ninja defense & tumbling skills. Ninjas will get to explore creative Ninja Turtle-inspired obstacle courses while improving strength, flexibility and hand-eye coordination. Mix all that in with crafting, games and movies for a fun turtle time. Full-day week: $250; half-day week: $165 • BROADWAY BOUND MUSICAL THEATER CAMP July 18 - 22, ages 7 & up, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dancing, singing and acting are what it takes to be a Broadway-bound performer.

Students will practice auditioning and participate in character roles with dancing, vocals/ songs and acting scenes from Broadway musicals such as “Annie,” “Moana,” and “Peter Pan.” Each day our cast will rehearse, craft our own props, play-acting games and more. Full week: $250 • 6 WEEK ACRO DANCE & TUMBLE CLASSES June 22 - July 27, ages 7 & up Wednesdays 4:30 to 6 p.m. This 6-week program series is designed to maintain skills and flexibility throughout summer. Each class consists of a warm up, strengthening, balancing, and gaining new skills from cartwheels to back handsprings. 6-week class session: $120 Sign up for camps & classes online at islandgroovedance.com. Phone is 305-509-3115 and email is info@islandgroovedance.com Location: Island Groove Dance Studio, 31109 AVE. A Unit 5, Big Pine Key

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KEY WEST GOLF CLUB 37TH ANNUAL SUMMER JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM June 6 – 10. Please sign up early, limited to 40 kids in each age group. Free golf privileges after completing the golf program.

Group 1 | ages 6-10 | 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

Group 2 | ages 11-15 | 10 – 11 a.m.

Registration Fees Single $70 | Family of 2 $120 | Family of 3 $155 Registration deadline June 3 at 5 p.m.

Sign up in person at the Key West Golf Club Pro Shop or call 305-294-5232.

SPCA CRITTER CAMP May 31- August 5, Ages 7-12 The Florida Keys SPCA presents its second season of Critter Camp for children at the FKSPCA Key West Campus. Critter Camp is a wonderful opportunity for children to learn important values such as kindness, compassion, and love for all creatures. Camp activities include animal interactions, field trips, guest speakers, fun games, arts and science projects, and opportunities to learn more about the FKSPCA and our mission to advance the cause of animal welfare in the Florida Keys. Limited spots available. Critter Camp offers scholarships to families with limited resources. Go to fkspca.org/humaneeducation-events/critter-camp/ to register or email Amina@fkspca.org for more info.

MARATHON & MIDDLE KEYS DOLPHIN DAY CAMP Dolphin Day Camp at Dolphin Research Center is an active five-day program that introduces children ages 7-10 to the world of dolphins.

Campers meet DRC’s resident dolphin family.

With hands-on activities, group discussions, games, crafts and more, their days will prove that learning is fun.

Located at Dolphin Research Center, MM 59, Grassy Key. June 13-17; July 4-8; Aug. 1-5 (8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. each day) $200 per child for Florida Keys residents; $300 per child for non-Keys residents. Includes all activities, demonstrations, interactive programs and digital photographs. Does not include meals or snacks.

Enrollment will open soon. For more information and to sign up when enrollment opens, please go todolphins.org/dolphinday_camp.

Contact: Email education@dolphins.org with questions.

MCT’S CHILDREN’S SUMMER THEATRE PROGRAM Marathon Community Theatre’s Children’s Summer Theatre activities touch on theatre basics, including stage direction, terminology, auditioning, the production process and much more. Programming is designed for the beginner as well as the experienced student actor. All participants will be placed in the cast or crew of the 2022 Children’s Summer Theatre production.

Ages 6-18. Mondays and Wednesdays in June and July from 6 to 8:30 p.m., plus an initial meeting on May 31. Show dates are July 8, 9 and 10. $120 per child, includes two complimentary show tickets. Contact MCT to inquire about available financial assistance.

Visit www.marathontheater.org to download an application packet, or contact gm@marathontheater.org with further questions. Application deadline is May 27.

Contact: Kara Pascucci (781-910-7339) or Stephanie Zajac (631-456-0638).

PIGEON KEY MARINE SCIENCE SUMMER CAMP Campers will learn reef fish identification, invertebrate collection, snorkel at Sombrero Reef and around Pigeon Key, participate in dissections, fish, play field games and relay races, and enjoy their own private island.

Day camps run Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 4-8, July 25-29 and Aug. 1-5. Overnight camps run from 9 a.m. Monday through 5 p.m. Friday on July 11-15 and July 18-22. As of press time, registration for the overnight camps is on a waitlist-only basis. $475 per child for day camps, $1,100 per child for overnight camps. Day camps are for ages 8-16. Overnight camps are for ages 10-16.

Find more information and registration forms atpigeonkey.net. Contact: Email casey@pigeonkey.net.

CAMP CRANE Crane Point Hammock’s Camp Crane, now in its third year, for ages 5-11 will include hiking, kayaking, swimming and fishing as well as fun activities like arts and crafts, kiting, treasure hunting, water balloons and more.

Located at Crane Point Hammock Museum & Nature Center, Marathon Runs May 31 until school starts in August, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (early drop-off available). Some activities will be

separated by age groups). $100 per week per child. Register with Charlotte Quinn by contacting cranepointmuseum@gmail.com.

CITY OF MARATHON PARKS & RECREATION SUMMER CAMP CMPR Summer Camp strives to provide campers with a safe and clean environment to enjoy a variety of activities throughout the summer period. It includes a balance of activities (songs, crafts, games and field trips), while emphasizing fun. This camp offers an outlet for all children to socialize with each other and provides a constructive outlet for energy and self-expression.

Located at Marathon Community Park. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday from July 11 to Aug. 5.

Ages 5-11. $80 per child per week, $20 discount for siblings. Email Jen Ward at wardj@ ci.marathon.fl.us.

MIDDLE KEYS SAILING YOUTH CAMP Learn to harness the power of the wind and waves with the Middle Keys Sailing Youth Camp at Marathon Yacht Club, 33rd St. Gulf, Marathon.

Beginner, intermediate and advanced sessions run for one or two weeks between the end of May and end of July. On Mondays through Thursdays, ages 7-9 sail in the mornings and ages 10-16 sail in the afternoons. All ages sail together full days on Fridays. A Keys-wide regatta is scheduled for June 26.

Tuition is $160 per week. Financial assistance is available for those in need. For more information and sign-up, visit mycef.education starting April 25.

JUST FOR FUN CAMP Join St. Columba Episcopal Church in Marathon for a day camp featuring field trips, arts and crafts and games. Snacks and lunch are included. Parents have peace of mind knowing their kids have a safe, loving place to go during the long summer days, and we provide kids with memories and new skills that will last for years.

July 5-22. Camp days are from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., with after care available from 3-5 p.m. Ages 5 and up. Teens are welcome as junior counselors.

Registration will open in May. Call 305-743-6412 or email stcolumbamarathon.office@gmail. com. Camp is free and space is limited. After care is offered for $5 per day per family.

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Interested families and volunteers can register by phone or online for this five-day camp, including 45- to 60-minute swim and water safety pool-based lessons, as well as fun beach-based activities to expand on the skills learned in the pool sessions.

Contact: Call Tana Carson at 305-394-1459; email: tana.carson@gmail.com; website: https://icanshine.org/ican-swim-florida-keys-fl.

UPPER KEYS ART SUMMER CAMP A program for kids 7-10 that helps to develop a child’s motor skills, concentration, self-esteem and creativity at Our Place in Paradise, Tavernier.

June 6-10 (drawing and painting); June 1317 (mixed media); June 20-25 (drawing and painting); and June 27-July 1 (mixed media). All camps run from 9 a.m. to noon. $190 per week, per student.

Register by calling the gallery. Space is limited to six students to keep a safe environment. Call 305-916-5828.

CAPT. SLATE’S KIDS SCUBA CAMP A scuba camp that gets kids 11-18 out on the water and beneath the depths for certification at Capt. Slate’s Scuba Adventures, Tavernier.

June 13-17; July 18-22; Aug. 1-5. $420 per camper includes everything except a bathing suit and towel.

Visit captainslate.com/events to sign up. Call 305-451-3020.

DOLPHIN KIDS SUMMER CAMP A weeklong marine science summer camp at Dolphins Plus Bayside, Key Largo. Campers 6-10 learn about all sorts of subjects, from local ecology to dolphin communication and behavior. Best of all, the dolphin camp makes learning fun through hands-on science activities, marine mammal lessons and shows, behind the scenes tours and coastal exploration. $375 per camper.

July 4-8; July 11-15; and July 18-22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Visit dolphinsplus.com/dolphin-swim-programs/dolphins-plus-dolphin-summer-camp to sign up. Call 305-451-1993. iCAN SWIM FLORIDA KEYS An adaptive swim summer camp where children and youth with disabilities in the Upper Keys will gain essential water safety skills and swim instruction in a fun, family-centered, caring, and adaptive program provided by volunteers with certifications and training in adaptive aquatics and water safety instruction.

Located at the Ron Levy Aquatic Center and Founders Park beach, Islamorada. Aug. 1-5. For children, youth and adults with disabilities ages 3 and up. $150 per swimmer.

JUNIOR DOLPHIN EXPLORERS CAMP A weeklong summer camp experience at Dolphins Plus Bayside for dolphin lovers and budding marine scientists. Campers will investigate dolphin intelligence, flukes and flippers, majestic manatees, and even learn how to help stranded marine mammals.

July 25-29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kids ages 1114. $375 per camper.

Visit dolphinsplus.com/dolphin-swim-programs/dolphins-plus-dolphin-summer-camp to sign up. Call 305-451-1993.

JUNIOR SUMMER TENNIS CAMP A weeklong camp of tennis and matches, dodgeball and more at Founders Park, Islamorada. June 6-10 (week 1); June 13-17 (week 2); June 20-24 (week 3); July 11-15 (week 4); July 18-22 (week 5); and Aug. 1-5 (week 6). For kids 6 and up. $250 (full day) and $150 (half day). Registration is required. Call Susie Jannach at 954-290-7502 or Greg Pearson at 517-285-5693.

MARINELAB SUMMER CAMP A camp filled with exploration out on the water with snorkeling and science. Activities include boat trips to snorkel the mangroves, seagrasses and coral reefs, hands-on science discovery labs, lunch, snack and group games. For kids entering fourth to eighth grades next school year. Located at MarineLab, located at 51 Shoreland Dr., Key Largo.

June 6-10, June 20-24 and July 5-8. Camp days run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $400 per camper for all activities, gear, lunch and snacks; and $350 for siblings for the full week, Monday through Friday, June 6-10 and June 20-24. $320 per camper; and $280 for siblings for the short week, Tuesday through Friday, July 5-8.

Visit marinelab.org/summer-camps and register for a full-week camp or a short-week camp.

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MARK SORENSON YOUTH SAILING CAMP Florida Keys Sailing Summer Camp is a sailing and water sports-focused camp for kids 5-18.

Learning how to sail, improving boat handling skills, becoming safer boaters, as well as exploring the unique marine sanctuary of the Florida Keys are among the many activities campers will experience.

Located at Upper Keys Sailing Camp, 100 N. Ocean Bay Dr., Key Largo.

May 31-June 10 (session 1)(No camp on May 30); June 13-24 (session 2); June 27-July 8 (session 3)(No camp on July 4); July 11-22 (session

4); and July 25 to Aug. 5 (session 5). Largo Conchs program for kids 5-7; Learn to Windsurf for ages 8-18: Learn to Sail for ages 8-14 and Intro to C420 Sailing for ages 12-18. Prices vary based on the program.

Visit msysp.org/2022-florida-keys-sailing-summer-camp to sign up. Call 305-747-2600.

SUMMER RECREATION CAMP AT FOUNDERS A summer camp at Founders Park in Islamorada, full of activities for kids 6-12. Games to arts and crafts and movies to swimming will be offered. Weekly and daily camp options are available. June 6-July 29. $125 weekly; $100 per sibling. Daily rate is $40.

Resident priority access for registration will be open through May 14, and enrollment for everyone beginning May 15. Call the Park Office at 305-853-1685.

SUMMER SWIM CAMP AT FOUNDERS A swim-only camp at Founders Park focusing on stroke technique, starts and turns. Camp includes water games and fun dry-land activities. It includes introduction to swim and new summer league, competitive swim technique development and Friday fun races. Kids 6 and up. July 11-15 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. $200 per session. Visit www.islamorada. fl.us and click on the “Summer Camps” page for registration information. Call Jon Olsen at 305-393-5855 or the Founders Park Office at 305-853-1685.

SWIM & DIVE COMBO CAMP The swim clinic for kids 6 and up includes stroke technique, starts, turns, water games and dry-land activities. Springboard dive clinic includes basic introductory to springboard diving and dry-land training at Founders Park.

June 27-July 1 and July 4-8. Clinics would go from Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. $225 per session. Visit www.islamorada.fl.us and click on the “Summer Camps” page for registration information. Call Jon Olsen at 305393-5855, Kelly Kater at 215-622-6841 or the Founders Park office at 305-853-1685.

SYNCHRO SIRENS SUMMER CAMP Jump in and learn the basics of synchronized swimming this summer. The camp will have a finale performance of the skills learned while showcasing custom routine swimsuit designs at Founders Park. Children must be comfortable and strong enough to swim on their own in deep water for enrollment.

June 13-17 (session 1); June 20-24 (session 2) and July 11-15(session 3). $200 per week.

Pre-registration is required (no daily drop-ins or same-day registrations). See registration instructions by visiting www.islamorada.fl.us and click on the “Summer Camps” page. Call 856-473-4752 or email to SynchroSirens@ gmail.com.

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KIRBY MYERS is a busy mom, business owner and writer who’s not afraid to say what many of us are thinking.

GOODBYE, MY LOVER

A YEAR WITHOUT BOOZE

“Who could you be if you just stopped?” I asked myself this question more times than I can recall. At first, it was more of a curiosity — who could this person looking in the mirror grow to be? Then, as time passed, it became a nightly anguish. A reflection in the glass staring back at me — after steam-showering off the stench of booze and cigarettes and aggressively brushing my teeth before crawling into bed — a woman I no longer knew.

A woman I didn’t want to be. I needed to stop.

I just celebrated a year without alcohol or cigarettes. I quit them together, at the exact same moment, because, well, for me, they were like peanut butter and jelly. They simply went together. It was a torrid love affair, really. In public, I was really good at showing off the fun, good kind of love. And when it was just me, my drink and my ashtray alone on my porch, it was the dark, desperate kind, begging for the relationship to be over, but unable to walk away.

I knew what must be done, but the act of doing it just felt so out of reach. So I spent hours, days and months that turned into years, pondering what life would be like if I actually did it. And I know I don’t get any of those moments back.

I’ve made peace with that (for the most part) because I have no choice. What I do have now is time. And the beauty is that time now has seemed to slow down. It’s as if there are more hours in the day, likely because I’m not wading through it with a head heavy with anxiety and exhaustion. Before I stopped, it seemed as if the clock was always slowly trudging toward 6 p.m., when it felt appropriate to start drinking again.

I remember being little and having big, wild, beautiful dreams about the life I would live and things I would do when I grew up. I remember having endless energy, a mighty spirit and a sincere desire for growth.

Now, I feel that again, deep in my bones. Also, similar to feeling childlike, I have needed comfort more than ever. I find I have needed a figurative hand to hold as I navigate the way back to the woman I had always been. I’ve learned there is no singular path to recovery, and that it’s OK to appreciate, yet decline, avenues that don’t work for you. Most importantly I need the woman I would look for in the bathroom mirror every night, the one who now has her eyes fully open, reminding me with her vibrant smile, that she is fully present and finally home.

Getting sober in your mid-30s is a funny thing — it’s almost like learning how to walk all over again. How do I go to dinner with friends and not order a drink? How do I go to this wedding and be the total dance machine that I am (questionable moves and all) without a few glasses of bubbly first? And OH MY GOD, how the hell do I celebrate my birthday sober?! At some point during adulthood, it becomes rooted in our brain that alcohol and fun are synonymous. But it’s not all fun, is it?

Over the last year, there were times I just stayed home.

There were times I sobbed and screamed on my knees. There were times I just went and breathed through it. And there were many, many long walks.

But I did get through it, an entire year of zero hangovers.

Damn, it feels good. Now 365 days later, I’m convinced I’m having the most fun of all.

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From cats and dogs to Guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, reptiles and

birds, the perfect addition to your family is waiting for you. The SPCA’s knowledgeable staff will help with advice and care tips while working to ensure a good fit between each pet and its people.

The SPCA’s Golden Paw program also provides special assistance with vet bills and medications for special-needs and older animals that require a little extra TLC. Check these pages each week for just a few of the animals waiting for a home and see them all at fkspca.org.

Ted Danson is an adolescent male small mixed breed.

Baguette is an 8-month-old male domestic shorthair.

Midnight is a 5-month-old female domestic rabbit.

Marlin is a 1½-year-old male large mixed breed.

Wednesday is a 4½-year-old female domestic shorthair.

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Photo: (Left to Right) Hunter Spitler, Regional Manager, Southernmost Region, Suntex Marinas & Steve Hurley, Manager, Florida Keys Office, Chris-Tel Construction

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SALTWATER K SURROUNDINGS MOTE MARINE’S OCEAN FEST CELEBRATES THE SEA

ey West dove headfirst into Mote Marine’s 10th annual Ocean Fest on April 23 at Truman Waterfront.

Dozens of vendors sold everything from hand-painted surfboards to jewelry made from the scales of the invasive lionfish, which is neither native to nor welcome in Atlantic waters.

There was also plenty of marine education awareness and education from organizations working to protect the ocean, mangroves, wild birds and the coral reef.

Kids had plenty of fun, too, with fishing activities, bucket rides by Keys Energy Services, face painting, bounce houses and a rock-climbing wall.

— Mandy Miles

2. The College of the Florida Keys’ Southernmost Coral Restoration Club raises awareness at Ocean Fest.

3. What’s an ocean festival without surfboards?

Artist Nicole Miller turns the boards into original works of art.

4. Nadene Grossman Orr and daughter Meredith visit the Keys Weekly and Overseas Media Group tent.

5. I.Care coral reef restorers staff their booth.

6. Misha McRae and Emily Smith represent the Key West Botanical Garden & Tropical Forest.

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CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF COLDIRON SO FAR UNOPPOSED FOR COMMISSION

Michelle Coldiron, Sue Puskedra and Michael Halpern at a Coldiron campaign event. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

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ey West attorney and business owner Michael Halpern hosted an informal campaign gathering on April 21 for County Commissioner Michelle Coldiron, who represents District 2, at his home on Shark Key. District 2 includes Boca Chica Key through the 7 Mile Bridge, including the north side of U.S. 1 to 63rd Court in Marathon, according to the county website.

Coldiron, the incumbent Republican, is seeking reelection and is thus far unopposed. Her official campaign kickoff party takes place at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 28 at Boondocks Grille & Drafthouse on Ramrod Key at MM 27. Her campaign website, michelleformonroe. com, should be activated this week, she said.

— Mandy Miles

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HIGH SCHOOL GOLFER GETS HOLE-IN-ONE

S Owen Trepanier, Michael Halpern, Michelle Coldiron and Cathy Crane gather at an informal campaign event for Coldiron.

avannah Oropeza shot a hole-in-one on the 16th hole at this year’s Key West Chamber of Commerce Tiger in the Woods golf tournament on April 24 at Key West Golf Club.

Each year, the Key West High School golf team volunteers at the tournament and participates in a fundraising contest at the 16th hole, where tournament teams can donate $20 for one of the KWHS golfers to take a shot. If the student’s score is better, the tournament team can keep the student’s score to improve their own.

The generosity of tournament participants this year raised $1,600 for the high school program.

Pictured from left are Arabi Luke, Savannah Oropeza, Kevin Shackleford, Gidget Johns, Taylor Murphy and Preston Brewer.

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Supporters of Michelle Coldiron, who is seeking re-election as a Monroe County commissioner

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SAVE THE DATE Saturday, April 30 • The Everglades Songbook Suite Band, featuring Afro-Cuban folk music performs at 8 p.m. at Hugh’s View at The Studios of Key West. $60 front row, $40 general admission, $30 for members. Seating is limited.

Earth Day cleanup volunteers included Mayor Teri Johnston, City Commissioner Greg Davila, three Key West ambassadors and 12 city employees.

Sunday, May 1 • Robin Kaplan’s Music Room presents its annual Kids Helping Kids Concert “Songs in the Spotlight,” from Broadway and films. Free admission. 5 p.m. at Key West Theater, 512 Eaton St. Call 305 304-6960.

Saturday, May 7 • Cornish Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church hosts a pre-Mother’s Day Fashion Show Gala, 5 to 8 p.m. at Frederick Douglass Gym, 111 Olivia St., Key West.

Tickets are $20 including dinner. Contact Rev. Rochelle McEntyre at 803-524-4689 or visit Cornishmemorialamez.com.

The Key West Sea Turtle club collected 290 pounds of trash from the nature beach cleanup on Saturday, April 23. CONTRIBUTED

Key West Business Guild executive director Kevin Theriault and Dorian Patton were out at 7 a.m. getting everything ready for the big Earth Day cleanup. Thank you to Waste Management and community services for their help making the cleanup a success. CONTRIBUTED

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ne hour a week makes a huge difference, and volunteers are always welcome every Friday morning, when teams clean up a designated area of the island.

Earth Day drew 30 volunteers for an island cleanup, including Mayor Teri Johnston, Commissioner Greg Davila, three Key West Ambassadors, and 12 city employees.

In two hours, while dodging the rain, they collected 191 pounds of trash, 67 pounds of recycling, and four gallons of cigarette butts.

All are invited to join the Friday morning cleanups from

8 to 9 a.m. Parking is provided and all volunteers receive a 24hour bus pass in exchange for their time.

Cleanup schedule for Fridays in May (all take place from 8 to 9 a.m.): May 6: Eaton & White streets, meet at The Restaurant Store.

May 13: N. Roosevelt at Dredgers Key, meet by Denny’s.

May 20: Caroline & Margaret streets, meet at the lot across from Harpoon Harry’s.

May 27: Duval and South streets, meet at Duval Pocket Park.

Tuesday, May 10 • Miss Island Queen: A Drag Extravaganza to benefit Samuel’s House. Featuring professional drag coaches and amateur local celebrity contestants.

Doors open for drinks at 5:30 p.m. Show at 6:30 p.m. at Key West Theater. Visit samuelshouse.org or call 305-296-0240 ext. 118 for tickets and table reservations.

Wednesday, May 11 • Anthropologist John Bratton discusses the Cuban Chug Conservation and Restoration Project, 5 p.m. at the Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden • “Old Town New Folk” Don Flemons in concert, 8 p.m. at The Studios of Key West.

Thursday, May 12 • “Old Town New Folk” Don Flemons in concert, 8 p.m. at The Studios of Key West.

Friday to Sunday, May 20-22 • Beyond the Teams fundraisers for Navy SEAL programs. Meet retired SEALS, silent auctions and raffles. Friday, May 20: 5-9 p.m. at Virgilio’s, 524 Duval St. Saturday, May 21: 7-10 p.m. at Irish Kevin’s, 211 Duval St. Sunday, May 22: 5-9 p.m. at La Tratt Oceanside, 3593 S. Roosevelt Blvd., all in Key West.

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OLDEST WATER HOLE IN THE KEYS? Caribbean Club’s story goes back to 1930s

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Caribbean Club. JERRY WILKINSON COLLECTION/Contributed

here is a bar on Islamorada’s Windley Key with a sign declaring “the oldest most established liquor license in the Keys.” Without even considering some of the older watering holes in Key West, Key Largo’s Caribbean Club could challenge the claim. According to the Key West Citizen, Tom Hanley applied for a liquor license for Rock Harbor’s Caribbean Club in 1935. It is an odd year, a premature year, as the construction of the legendary club did not begin until 1938.

More generally associated with mainland developments like Miami Beach, Carl Fisher developed the property. However, broke and in poor health, he began developing the last project of his career, a private yacht club established on some property he owned on Key Largo. On July 12, 1938, Fisher was issued a “war department permit” authorizing him to build the following: a bulkhead, wharf, swimming enclosure and an aquarium.

A clubhouse for the yacht club was also built, and, in a Miami News article dated Feb. 8, 1939, it was announced that Ray Harris would be the steward at “Fisher’s new fishing club down at Key Largo – the Caribbean club. It is still in the throes of being built but should soon be ready.” Harris previously worked at a private club Fisher developed in 1922 on Adams Key called the Cocolobo Club. Adams Key is one of the northern keys and is today encompassed by Biscayne National Park.

In March 1939, Fisher filed a petition requesting permission to lengthen the club’s pier of “rock filled cribs of railroad ties” from 75 to 90 feet. Four months later, on July 15, 1939, Carl Fisher suffered a stomach hemorrhage and died in a hospital on Miami Beach, an island he began developing circa 1910. He was 65 years old.

The Caribbean Club first opened its doors for business in January 1940, with Tom Hanley as the manager and Ray Harris working his culinary magic in the kitchen. Fisher did not own the club. It was deeded to the ownership of its esteemed directors: P.H. Arthur, Philo M. Gelatt, N. Vernon Hawthorne, John Oliver LaGorce, Daniel J. Mahoney, Hugh M. Matheson, William W. Muir, Thomas J. Pancoast, F. Lowrey Wall and C. W. Chase. P.H. Arthur was the club president, and Hugh M. Matheson the commodore.

The club sold in 1945 and, according to a deed made official by an indenture dated May 24, 1945, the deal was made between: “Caribbean Club (formerly named Key Largo Yacht & Fishing Club) a social club not for profit organized and existing under the laws of the State of BRAD Florida, party of the first part, BERTELLI and Right Reverend William Barry as Pastor of St. Patrick’s is an author, speaker, and Flor- Parish, Miami Beach, Florida, ida Keys historian. party of the second part.”

Carl Fisher donated five His latest book, “The Florida Keys polo stables to William Barry Skunk Ape Files,” and St. Patrick’s in 1926, used is a fun blend of two of his favorite for church services and classsubjects — Florida rooms for its school. Barry received the property with “all Keys history and the Skunk Ape. improvements in or about said premises except for the following articles of personal property: The painting approximately eight feet in length and breadth, the stuffed fish head, the members flags, the elephant foot, and the bronze membership plate.”

1945 appeared to be a popular year for the club’s property transactions. In May 1945, it was reported that Fred Dion purchased the Caribbean Club for $25,000. In December, the club was advertised for sale in the classifieds, with Tom Hanley identified as the club’s operator.

In most stories, Hanley is the owner, too. Hanley continued to develop the property and added a six-room hotel wing. He also offered gambling during the winter tourist season – unless the police happened to be nosing around.

The story everyone talks about is whether or not the Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall classic Key Largo was filmed at the Caribbean Club.

According to stories written by the people involved with the movie or those writing about them, it was not. However, the Caribbean Club did play a significant role during pre-production.

The film was adapted from the 1939 Maxwell Anderson play of the same name. John Huston, the director, liked the title but not the content, so he hired screenwriter Richard Brooks to rework the screenplay to better fit his vision. For inspiration, Huston brought Brooks to Key Largo, where the two men were guests of Mr. Hanley's at the Caribbean Club. Though the club was officially closed for the summer, Hanley brought in help to cook for them and keep their rooms clean. He also brought in gaming tables where Huston and Brooks spent time gambling.

Before they left, Huston had allegedly lost about $25,000 playing craps and roulette, and Brooks gambled away around $6,000.

On the day they left the club and drove home to the mainland, they spent a little more time at Hanley’s tables. While they gambled, a storm was building. By the time they left, both men had managed to win back a good chunk of their losses. Also, with the weather outside storming, parts of the road were underwater.

Of course, the big winner was the Caribbean Club, which became world-famous and is an iconic Florida Keys roadside attraction, still.

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THE QUALIFIED CAPTAIN Remembering ‘Capt’n Mike’ Barber ALEX RICKERT

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n March 23, the Keys Weekly family lost one of its own, with the sudden passing of Michael “Capt’n Mike” Barber following an unexpected battle against aggressive pneumonia.

A frequent columnist for the Marathon Weekly, Captain Mike was the modern-day definition of an old salt. His pieces were typically filled with reflections drawn from a life of tranquility on the water, or informative essays filled with words of boating wisdom.

More often than not, his informative columns were inspired by observations of discourteous or ignorant boaters. His writing was true to form, clearly conveying the tone of his internal monologue as he watched these events unfold and formulated the thesis of a teachable moment to share with readers. In a world full of social media accounts making light of boating foibles, Mike provided the same in a more eloquent print form for Keys Weekly readers. And after decades of experience on, around and under the water, he had certainly earned that right.

From anchoring to docking, from marine sanitation to outrunning storms, Captain Mike had either been there, done that, or made the mistake himself. And when he was annoyed … well, after decades of dealing with the same nonsense from fellow boaters, he had earned that right, too.

His pride and joy was the sailing vessel Whensday, the longawaited fulfillment of a dream he began with his high school sweetheart, Vickie Nelson, in 1977. A long-distance relationship eventually separated the two for more than three decades, as Nelson joined the Air Force while Barber embarked on a journey as an officer with the Merchant Marines and submariner in the U.S. Navy that would take him around the globe.

But after 35 years of keeping tabs on one another through their mothers, Nelson recalls making a phone call in 2012.

“He answered, and I was surprised,” she said. “I said, ‘Are you single?’ He said, ‘Yup. Are you?’”

Following two years of a long-distance relationship – Nelson lived in Georgia at the time, Barber in North Carolina – the couple purchased the 41-foot 1973 Gulf Star sailboat and moved to Marathon on Veterans’ Day in 2014.

Barber soon became a staple in the Boot Key Harbor community, where he was known as a quintessential jack of all trades and wealth of nautical knowledge. But as Nelson can attest, his love for the water could call him away at any time.

“He was known for saying, ‘I’ve got to get out of here,’ and then he’d go sail and disappear for a while,” she said. “I was his love, but the water was and always will be his mistress.”

Conversations with those who knew Mike best revealed hours of stories too long to include in a single newspaper. Many of these are printed in his books “The Water: Life and Adventure,” “Irmageddon” and “Let’s Cruise, But First…” Links to the books and an extensive sailor’s blog are available at whensday.us, but for now, here are just a few excerpts from Captain Mike’s friends’ fondest memories, as told to Keys Weekly: “Mike was always a guy that wanted to go seek adventure. He was always a smart guy. I mean, the guy could do anything and make money at anything. (Vickie) learned to sail from someone who I consider one of the most competent sailors I’ve ever known.”

— George Coleman, long-time friend and Cape Fear Community College classmate

Barber spent his final 10 years living out a teenage dream with his high school sweetheart Vickie Nelson.

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“We are all here but for one purpose, and that is to be happy.”

­— Capt’n Mike Barber

“Mike and Vickie outran Hurricane Irma and their engines stopped.

So they had to wait for the feeder bands of the hurricane to come in to get wind to sail below Cuba. That’s Mike. That describes him perfectly. …

He was a man who stood by his principles, even if people didn’t like it. He didn’t get emotionally involved in a bunch of nonsense.”

— Sam Iverstine, friend “He was always honest and straightforward.

He wouldn’t tell you you were good-looking if you looked ugly as hell, that sort of thing. He was very generous with his help, instruction or otherwise.

That's how I view him. He could talk about any subject. … And he was old school. If all the lights went out and the GPS satellites fell into the sea, Michael would be just fine. I would trust him with anything.”

— Bob Hazel, friend “Mike was a storyteller, with the stories to back up his mouth. Sometimes we would avoid (his stories) if we had ice in the dinghy, because if Mike started talking, your ice would start melting. We loved Mike, even though he wasn't for everyone. He was a grumble sometimes, very sarcastic, and had a sharp wit with a gleam in his eyes. … He loved being on the water, and we have no doubt that the ocean was his first mistress. He had really cool hats, a super cool pipe and from the day we met him we always thought he was one of the most photogenic people we’d ever met.”

— Missy and Joel Sequeira, friends “One of the attributes I remember most about Mike is that he could master anything quickly. … From computers to music, sailing and mechanical work, Mike’s ability to quietly understand, adapt and master skills has really led him to vast life experiences. .. Above all, what made his skills unique is that he liked to listen and ask questions. … He felt even in the biggest piles of rubbish, there was always some information to be found.”

— Matt McJunkin, assistant ports director, City of Marathon Fair winds and following seas, Capt’n Mike.

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XAVIER MCKNIGHT’S ACTING SKILLS ARE NO LONGER A KEYS SECRET

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avier McKnight is a member of a small yet distinguished crowd: a true Conch cast in a nationally touring musical. McKnight was born in Key West, raised in Marathon, and is now acting in New York City. He started acting for Coral Shores High School at the age of 14, and initially planned to go into music education after graduation. However, his band director convinced him to go to New York in pursuit of a musical theater career. Fresh off a successful run as the Minstrel in “Something Rotten” at Key West’s Waterfront Playhouse, his credits today include the national tour of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” as well as several other regional shows across New York and the Keys. McKnight was kind enough to sit down with Keys Weekly after the conclusion of “Something Rotten” to share a bit more about his story: Full name? Xavier Ryan McKnight What’s your favorite thing about Marathon?

The beach! I love Sombrero beach; I think it’s the best beach in the Keys.

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I was in Key West watching the Conch Republic parade, and everyone barely decorated, but they all had their boats in the parade. It was just a bunch of boats going down Duval Street.

And an “only in New York” moment? You get live entertainment that you don’t want, as people just randomly put on shows in the subway and force you to watch. And then they expect you to tip them, when you didn’t ask to watch the show!

What is your proudest accomplishment so far? I was the first black actor to play the role of young Max in the national tour of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” and that was a lot. I was very stressed, and I wanted to do a good job and inspire all the little black and queer kids who are trying to get into theater. And I think I did … fine (laughs).

3 1, 2. McKnight is the first Black actor to play the role of young Max in ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.’ CONTRIBUTED. 3. Xavier something rotten: Xavier most recently starred as the Minstrel in Waterfront Playhouse’s rendition of ‘Something Rotten.’ LARRY BLACKBURN/Contributed.

We’ve seen you on stage, and we’re certain that “fine” is not the descriptor. Okay, I think I did a good job. There we go. I think I did good, I’ll just say it!

If you could change one thing about the theater world, what would it be? I would make it more inclusive. It’s called “The Great White Way” for a reason. Yes, they’re trying to do more colorblind casting, but I also feel like it might not last. Because of the protests and the marches that happened in 2020, they’re trying to seem

Xavier McKnight’s love for acting was born in the Keys, but has led him across the country in nationally touring casts. CONTRIBUTED.

like they’re being more inclusive, but we have to see if they’ll stick to it. I would love to see more queer stories, more black stories, more black writers, more women of color.

Any advice for people wanting to get on stage? Like Nike says: just do it! You will never know until you try it, and I’m sure you’ll like it.

And if you have stage fright, try karaoke first.

Get up there, sing some songs, have a drink or two and just let your hair down.

What’s a great introductory show for people who “don’t like theater?” “Wicked.” It’s a spectacle; you get to see a bunch of witches flying around and floating in bubbles.

Musicals turned into movies: good or bad? It depends. There are some that have been done well, and there are some that have been ruined.

I think the “Mamma Mia” adaptation was really good, I think the “Hairspray” adaptation was really good, but I think the “Les Mis” one was terrible!

If you could have any musical artist’s works turned into a musical, who would it be? Beyoncé. A Beyoncé musical. We need it.

Who do you consider a role model? My mother, Cindy McKnight. She is such an inspiration to me. Everyone always asked me growing up, “What is it like having a blind mom?” I’m like, “It’s the same as having a mom who can see, except my mom can’t drive.” That is literally the only thing she can’t do. She’s an amazing cook, she’s been at the same job for 30 years and she knows everyone in town. She’s one of the most popular women I have ever met in my life. She’s always in the paper, always doing something, always helping someone.

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AFTER 2-YEAR HIATUS, CROWDS WERE EAGER TO RETURN

TASTE OF KEY WEST BRINGS OUT THE BEST

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ou would have thought people hadn’t eaten in two years, eager as they were to welcome back Taste of Key West after its two-year COVID hiatus.

The popular benefit for AH Monroe packed Key West’s Truman Waterfront on April 25. Dozens of local restaurants and national wine and beer distributors donated food, beverages and staff time to help the organization that helps locals find affordable and accessible housing, health care and HIV services.

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1. Bel Mare serves up lobster and mushroom risotto. 2. Tavern n Town puts out quite a spread. 3. Matt’s Stock Island Kitchen at Perry Hotel enjoys Taste of Key West. 4. Roostica’s sliders are a hit. 5. Off the Hook’s food is, well, off the hook. 6. Hogfish serves a pretty portion. 7. Chef John Correa of Cafe Sole brings back his crowd-favorite portobello soup. 8. Wahlburgers staff joins the festivities. 9. Republic National Distributing Co. provides the wine.

LARRY BLACKBURN/Keys Weekly

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WE ASK; KIDS ANSWER “Children are not a zoo of entertainingly exotic creatures, but an array of mirrors in which the human predicament leaps out at us.”

— John Updike The Keys Weekly is proud to feature local middle-school students and their answers to some fun questions in our Kids Weekly segment. Instead of asking about their favorite teacher or school subject, we want to know what superpower they’d most like to have, their favorite YouTube channel and the hardest part about being a kid today.

To have your fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth graders included, please contact Key West Editor Mandy Miles at mandy@keysweekly. com for the questionnaire and directions for photo submissions.

Thanks to Sigsbee Charter School student Jack Mitchell for compiling the photos and to teacher Jessica Forsythe for her assistance.

EVA NORWOOD Sigsbee Charter School 6th grade Activities: I walk dogs, play softball and play with my two BFFs. What superpower would you most like to have? I would most like to have mind control, so I could stop fighting just by looking at whoever is fighting.

If you could make a rule for the whole world to follow, what would it be? Everyone is equal and no one will be treated unfairly.

What makes you laugh?

When people do stupid stuff.

When do you think a kid is old enough to have a cell phone? I just got my phone a few months ago, so 11 or 12.

What’s your favorite YouTube Channel? Jerome AFS The hardest part about being a kid is … Not getting enough respect. Everyone older than you thinks you’re just a dumb kid, no matter what.

The hardest part about being an adult must be … too much respect. Everyone thinks you know all the answers, but don’t.

When I grow up, I want to … be a professional softball player.

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ROTARY COMING TO UKRAINE’S AID Club connections get donations into the right hands

Top: A small, two-door truck is scorched following a blaze around 4:30 p.m. on April 26. Flames from the fire caused a large brush fire. FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE/ Contributed Left: A truck is on fire on the southbound lane of the 18-Mile Stretch during the afternoon of April 26. BRET JOHNSON/Via Facebook

FIRE CLOSES SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF STRETCH JIM McCARTHY

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brush fire sparked by a vehicle that went up in a blaze on the 18-Mile Stretch on April 26 was about 20% contained by midday April 27. Roughly 150 acres of land burned in the area not far from MM 125 where a small truck caught fire, causing dry grass to spread flames to the west.

The Florida Forest Service said on April 27 that ranger crews and a patrol pilot were checking the fire’s status.

The southbound lane, closed after the truck caught fire at 4:30 p.m. on April 26, opened some six hours later.

David Rosenbaum, public information officer with the Florida Forest Service’s Everglades division, said they received a call of a fire involving a twodoor truck. According to initial reports, smoke came from air-conditioning vents. Flames engulfed the truck not long after the driver pulled off the highway. The Florida Forest Service, Florida Highway Patrol and MetroDade Fire Rescue responded to the scene.

“Burning items coming off the truck were dropped onto dry grass, and the winds were out of the east at 10 to 12 mph,” Rosenbaum said. “Once the grass ignited, the wind pushed it to the fence area where there’s mostly grass on the shoulder.”

By 5 p.m., southbound and northbound lanes remained shut down between Florida City and Key Largo as fire trucks and other equipment arrived at the scene. Motorists were diverted to Card Sound Road throughout the evening. A $1.60 toll on Card Sound Road was lifted during that time. The northbound lane eventually reopened after 6 p.m.

What began as a 30-acre fire at 5 p.m. rapidly grew to 50 acres and eventually 150 acres as the evening went on. A Metro-Dade helicopter dropped buckets of water onto it, but the blaze continued to spread as the easterly winds kept blowing smoke to the west of U.S. 1.

“The smoke west of both highways was blowing away from the road. It was never an issue and never obstructed visibility,” Rosenbaum said. “The southbound lane was closed because we needed the road to park equipment.”

The highway’s southbound lane reopened to traffic around 10 p.m. on April 26.

Overall, Rosenbaum said smoke in the vicinity of U.S. 1 can create a visibility hazard. And that can lead to a complete shutdown of the 18-Mile Stretch between Florida City and Key Largo.

“We have to advise motorists that’s a possibility, especially at night,” he said. “Smoke can settle on the road at night. The road also isn’t lit that well.”

No injuries were reported in the fire.

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new fundraising campaign organized by local Rotary clubs is using its connections to get supplies into the hands of Ukrainians severely affected by the ongoing war.

Thanks to the work of Marathon Rotarian Keith Douglass and past Rotary District 6990 Governor Roy Gonas, a support line was formed between the Keys club, the Rotary Club of Lviv and clubs in neighboring countries. The two were able to connect with the Rotary Club of Lviv and its president, Natalia Dolinska. From there, Dolinska teamed up with clubs in nearby countries to set up a system where money could be sent to order and bring supplies into Ukraine.

Now, the Upper Keys Rotary Club is jumping onboard. Donations collected will be sent to Rotary Clubs in Poland and Germany to purchase supplies for those in Ukraine. Rotarian Bette Brown said it serves a direct benefit to the people of Ukraine who remain in the country or fled to a safer place.

“Instead of writing a check, we thought we would try to raise awareness,” Brown said.

Rotarian John Gallant visited Ukraine roughly 10 years ago to help build a playground at an orphanage. Gallant remembers the cute, loving kids and the caring adults who took care of them.

“The kids were well fed and cared for, but what was interesting about this orphanage was these kids went to school.

They had college paid for and there was a plan in place to make those kids productive, full members of society,” he said. “It wasn’t just, ‘Oh, good luck.’ They actually cared.”

Gallant notes that 100% of the donations collected will support Ukrainians who don’t have stores to get food and other necessities. Pulling out any kind of money in places like Lviv is a challenge now. And even if Ukrainians could pull out money, there’s no supply chain or stocked shelves in the area, Gallant said.

“The neat thing about this is there is no overhead from Rotary,” he said. “We’re dealing with people on the ground who know what’s needed and how to deliver it. What we’re trying to do is produce immediate assistance at a scale needed right now.”

And with supplies getting into the right hands, it’s much more than sending food and other items. Gallant said it’s a show of support to the people regardless of what they think about the war, politics and government.

“This is about the five million people displaced from their country and the tens of millions who don’t have their needs met,” he said. “If you see a bombed building that has housing units, that’s hundreds of families with no place and no shelter of their own. They’re literally homeless.”

Those wishing to support Ukrainians can visit www.keysrotary.world and click the “Donate now” button.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE U-HAUL COMPANY OF MIAMI Notice is here by given that on May 9th, 2022, Leonard Richford Jr. Storage Auctioneer, Executive Administrator for U-Haul Company of Miami, Will be offering for sale under the Judicial Lien Process, By Public Auction, the following storage units. The Terms of the sale will be cash only. U-Haul Company does reserve the right to refuse any bids. The sales will Begin at 8:00 a.m. and continue day by day until all units are sold. The names of whose units will be sold are as follows: 103530 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, FL. 33037. Names And Last Known Addresses are as Follows: Rubiel Jerez Unit 1015 $636.20 Samantha Torres Unit 1583 $858.71 Monica Hackney Unit 1536 $713.28 Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on May 18, 2022 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 AMENDING MONROE COUNTY CODE SECTION 2-79 REGARDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE MONROE COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REVIEW BOARD TO ELIMINATE REFERENCES TO THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS COMMITTEE AND TO PROVIDE ANOTHER METHOD FOR SELECTING NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES TO SERVE ON THE PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REVIEW BOARD; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The public can participate in the May 18, 2022 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 closedcaptioning 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/ vod/?live=ch1&nav=live.

Citizens can listen to audioonly from their phones by dialing (646) 518-9805 or (669) 900-6833 and, when prompted, enter the Webinar ID 853 2944 0577 followed by the # key.

The public can comment during the live Public Hearing either by phoning in or by connecting to the live Zoom webinar link using the following instructions: a) To comment on an item by phone: Dial (646) 518-9805 or (669) 900-6833 and, when prompted, enter the Webinar ID 853 2944 0577 followed by the # key, then *9 to “Raise your Hand” to be recognized by the Zoom webinar host. b) To comment on an item using the live Zoom webinar link: Open this live Zoom webinar link @ https://mcbocc.zoom. us/j/85329440577 (that also appears in both the

published Agenda and Agenda Packet). When prompted, enter your email address and name to join the webinar. When the Mayor calls for speakers on the item(s) on which you wish to comment, or when the Board is nearing your item(s) as the meeting progresses, select the “Raised Hand” feature that appears at the bottom of the Zoom webinar screen to be recognized by the Zoom webinar host.

The Zoom webinar host will request the item # on which you wish to speak and enable your participation when the Mayor calls for public speakers on your item.

To report problems with the broadcast or participation in the Zoom webinar, please call (305) 872-8831.

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

ADA ASSISTANCE: If you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodations in order to participate in this proceeding, please contact the County Administrator’s Office, by phoning (305) 292-4441, between the hours of 8:30a.m.—5:00p.m., prior to the scheduled meeting; if you are hearing or voice-impaired, call “711”.

Live Closed-Captioning is available via our web portal @ http://monroecountyfl. iqm2.com/Citizens/Default. aspx for meetings of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners.

Dated at Key West, Florida, this 18th day of May 2022.

KEVIN MADOK, Clerk of the Circuit Court and ex officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida Publish: April 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers

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

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.)

Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

Dated this 6TH day of April 2022.

Kevin Madok, CPA Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shakia Mitchell Deputy Clerk Publish: April 14, 21 & 28, 2022 and May 5, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers

Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: Unit Week No. 34 in Condominium Parcel No 101 of the Banyan Tree of Key West Condominium, according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof, as recorded in Official Records Book 872 at Page 1654 in the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida, and all amendments thereto, if any.

Pursuant to ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RESET FORECLOSURE SALE DATE ON COUNT VII, UNIT 101, WEEK 34 entered in a case pending in said Court, the 8th day of April 2022 Style of which is: THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION Plaintiff VS. WARFIELD M LEWIS, et al.

Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2020-CA45-K WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 18TH day of April 2022 KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming as interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING MONROE COUNTY CONTRACTORS EXAMINING BOARD MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Notice is Hereby Given To Whom it may concern, that on Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 the Monroe County Contractors Examining Board (CEB) will hold a scheduled meeting at the Marathon Government Center, 2798 Overseas Highway, Second Floor, BOCC Room, Marathon, Florida scheduled to commence at 9:30 A.M. This meeting is to hear the following: any person(s) to come before the board; any reports from Monroe County Assistant Attorney; any reports from Monroe County Building Official; any reports from Staff.

The Monroe County Contractors Examining Board (“CEB”) will review Certificate of Competency Trade Applications and public participation in this meeting may be conducted via Communication Media Technology (“CMT”) using Zoom Webinar platform, during the scheduled meeting.

Zoom Webinar information will be made available on the Monroe County Web Calendar.

PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE SECTION 286.0105, be advised that, if a person decides to appeal the decision made by the Contractors’ Examining Board with respect to any matter considered at today’s hearing, that person will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

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

NOTICE: It shall be the responsibility of each Respondent or other person addressing the Board to have an interpreter if the party is not able to understand or speak the English language.

Rick Griffin, Building Official/ Board Secretary Maria Partington, Senior Coordinator – CEB Board Monroe County Building Department Publish: April 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 2022-DR-66-M Division: Family CLAUDINE HALL, Petitioner/Wife, and JOSHUA HALL, Respondent/Husband.

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE TO: Joshua Hall 173 N. Waters Edge Unit 302 Glendale Heights, IL 60139 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Dissolution of Marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Michelle Klinger Smith, attorney for Claudine Hall, whose address is 5701 Overseas Highway, Suite 7, Marathon, FL 33050 on or before May 13, 2022, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 3117 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 22-DR-228-K Division: Family TATIANA JOHNSON, Petitioner, and ANTHONY SCOTT, Respondent, NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE TO: Anthony Scott LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: Unknown - Jamaica YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Dissolution of Marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Tatiana L. Johnson, whose address is 44 A 8th Avenue, Key West, FL 33040 on or before May 16, 2022, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL 33040 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

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

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.)

Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

Dated this 8TH day of April 2022.

Kevin Madok, CPA Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Lisa M. Pierce Deputy Clerk Publish: April 14, 21 & 28, 2022 and May 5, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 44-2020-CA-45-K NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will on the 9TH day of May 2022, at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 44-2020-CA-44-K NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will on the 9TH day of May 2022, at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street, Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: Condominium Unit 503, Unit Week 24, of THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM, together with an undivided interest in the common elements, according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof, recorded in Official Records Book 988, Page 1510, as amended from time to time, of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida.

Pursuant to ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RESET FORECLOSURE SALE DATE ON COUNT X, UNIT 503, WEEK 24 entered in a case pending in said Court, the 8th day of April 2022 Style of which is: THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION Plaintiff VS. WILLIAM STAFFORD, et al.

Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2020-CA44-K WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 18TH day of APRIL 2022 KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming as interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days

LEGAL NOTICES after the sale.

Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 44-2020-CA-45-K NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will on the 9TH day of May 2022 at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street, Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: An Undivided 1/416th interest as a tenant in common with other owners in the Resort Facility (1 Time Share Interest), according to the Time-Sharing Plan thereof, recorded in Official Records Book 988, Pages 1510 through 1580, of the Public records of Monroe County, Florida (Plan). Together with the right to occupy, pursuant to the plan, Unit 503, during week 36.

Pursuant to ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RESET FORECLOSURE SALE DATE ON COUNT XIV, UNIT 503, WEEK 36 entered in a case pending in said Court, the 8th day of April 2022 Style of which is: THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION Plaintiff VS. WARFIELD M LEWIS, et al.

Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2020-CA45-K WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 18TH day of April 2022 KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming as interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 44-2020-CA-45-K NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will on the 9TH day of May 2022 at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street, Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: An Undivided 1/16th interest as a tenant in common with other owners to the Resort Facility (1 Time Share Interest), according to the Time-Sharing Plan thereof, recorded in Official Records Book 1806 through 1877, of the public Records of Monroe County, Florida (“Plan”). Together with the right to occupy, pursuant to the Plan, Unit 504, during week 35 Every.

Pursuant to ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RESET FORECLOSURE SALE DATE ON COUNT VIII, UNIT 504, WEEK 35 entered in a case pending in said Court, the 8th day of April 2022 Style of which is: THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA

LEGAL NOTICES CORPORATION Plaintiff VS. WARFIELD M LEWIS, et al.

Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2020-CA45-K WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 18TH day of APRIL 2022 KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming as interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 44-2020-CA-45-K NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will on the 9TH day of May 2022 at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street, Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: Condominium Unit No. 508 of Unit Week 24, of BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST, CONDOMINIUM, together with an undivided interest in common elements, according to the Declaration thereof, as recorded in Official Records Book 988, at Page 1510, of the Public Records of MONROE County, Florida.

Pursuant to ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RESET FORECLOSURE SALE DATE ON COUNT IV, UNIT 508, WEEK 24 entered in a case pending in said Court, the 8th day of April 2022 Style of which is: THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION Plaintiff VS. WARFIELD M LEWIS, et al.

Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2020-CA45-K WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 18TH day of APRIL 2022 KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming as interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 44-2020-CA-45-K NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will on the 9TH day of May 2022 at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street, Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: Week 31 in Condominium Parcel #603 of the Banyan Tree of Key

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West Condominium, as shown on Declaration of Condominium, as recorded on the Official Records Book 872, at Page 1654 of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida.

Pursuant to ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RESET FORECLOSURE SALE ON COUNT II, UNIT 603, WEEK 31 entered in a case pending in said Court, the 8th day of April 2022 Style of which is: THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION Plaintiff VS. WARFIELD M LEWIS, et al.

Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2020-CA45-K WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 18TH day of APRIL 2022 KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming as interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers

CASE NO.: 44-2020-CA-45-K NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will on the 9TH day of May 2022 at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street, Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: An Undivided 1/416th interest as a tenant in common with other owners in the Resort Facility (1 Time Share Interest), according to the Time-Sharing Plan thereof, recorded in Official Records Book 1003, Pages 1806 through 1877, of the Public records of Monroe County, Florida (“Plan”). Together with the right to occupy, pursuant to the Plan, Unit 606, during Unit Week 45. Parcel I.D. #00004500-000100.

Pursuant to ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RESET FORECLOSURE SALE DATE ON COUNT VIII, UNIT 606, WEEK 45 entered in a case pending in said Court, the 8th day of April 2022 Style of which is: THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION Plaintiff VS. WILLIAM STAFFORD, et al.

Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2020-CA44-K WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 18TH day of APRIL 2022 KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming as interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers

WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 18TH day of APRIL 2022 KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming as interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 44-2020-CA-45-K NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will on the 9TH day of May 2022 at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street, Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: An Undivided 1/416th interest as a tenant in common with other owners in the Resort Facility (1 Time Share Interest), according to the Time-Sharing Plan thereof, recorded in Official Records Book 1003, Pages 1806 through 1877, of the Public records of Monroe County, Florida (Plan). Together with the right to occupy, pursuant to the Plan, Unit 606, during Unit Week 23.

Pursuant to ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RESET FORECLOSURE SALE DATE ON COUNT V, UNIT 606, WEEK 23 entered in a case pending in said Court, the 8th day of April 2022 Style of which is: THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION Plaintiff VS. WARFIELD M LEWIS, et al.

Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2020-CA45-K WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 18TH day of APRIL 2022 KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming as interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 44-2020-CA-45-K NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will on the 9TH day of May 2022 at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street, Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: An Undivided 1/416th interest as a tenant in common with other owners in the Resort Facility known as the Banyan Tree of Key West VI (1 Time Share Interest), according to the Time-Sharing Plan thereof, recorded in Official Records Book 1003, Pages 1806 through 1877, of the Public records of Monroe County, Florida (Plan). Together with the right to occupy, pursuant to the Plan, Unit 608, during Unit Week 34.

Pursuant to ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RESET FORECLOSURE SALE DATE ON COUNT VI, UNIT 608, WEEK 34 entered in a case pending in said Court, the 8th day of April 2022 Style of which is: THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION Plaintiff VS. WARFIELD M LEWIS, et al.

Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2020-CA45-K

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 44-2020-CA-45-K NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

BY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Kevin Madok, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, will on the 9TH day of May 2022 at 11 o’clock a.m., at 500 Whitehead Street, Monroe County, in the City of Key West, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for CASH the Following described property situated in Monroe County, Florida, to wit: An undivided 1/260th interest as a tenant in common with other owners in the Resort Facility (1 Time Share Interest), according to the Time-Sharing Plan thereof, recorded in the Official Records Book 1088, Page 1018, of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida (Plan).

Together with the right to occupy, pursuant to Plan, Unit 803, during Unit Week 20.

Pursuant to ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RESET FORECLOSURE SALE DATE ON COUNT III, UNIT 803, WEEK 20 entered in a case pending in said Court, the 8th day of April 2022 Style of which is: THE BANYAN TREE OF KEY WEST CONDOMINIUM AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION Plaintiff VS. WARFIELD M LEWIS, et al.

Defendant And the Docket Number of which is Number 44-2020-CA45-K WITNESS my hand and the Official Seal of Said Court, this 18TH day of APRIL 2022 KEVIN MADOK Clerk of the Circuit Court Monroe County, Florida By: Shonta McLeod Deputy Clerk Florida Statute 45.031: Any person claiming as interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Publish: April 21 & 28, 2022 The Weekly Newspapers

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Independent Contractor: $6,000.

Send resume to justolderyouthinc@ g m a i l . c o m Key Largo Law Firm is hiring a full-time legal assistant/paralegal for real estate, probate, estate planning, and corporate matters. Spanish speaking a plus but not required.

Salary commensurate with experience. Please submit your Resume to anthony@keylargolaw.com Mingo & Co LLC in Key West is Hiring! Project Estimator Position - A Full Time and on-site Job. Send applications to admin@ mingoandcollc.com Big Pine Key Resort, MM 33, now hiring for housekeepers, front office, maintenance and activities positions starting at $19/ hour plus benefits. Are you Awesome? Do you like to have fun at work? Apply at www.covecommunities. com Join our Team.

CDL Drivers needed.

Must have a clean record & drug free. We are offering competitive wages. Please apply in person at Discount Rock & Sand, 10500 Aviation Blvd, Unit 2, Marathon.

Marathon Auto Air looking for technician. Pay based on experience and how often you show up to work! Apply in person at 2525 Overseas Highway, Marathon. 305-289-9884 NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY - Concrete Field Testing Technician needed. Full-time. Year round. We train you to go to various job sites and collect samples. Vehicle provided. Must speak English, live in Middle Keys area and have clean driving record. Starting pay $18/ hour. Pay rate will rise at intervals.

305-393-0643 Marathon Yacht Club is hiring a part-time general maintenance person. $18/hr, up to 10 Hours a Week, Flexible Schedule.

Call 305-743-6739 to schedule an interview.

Help Wanted - Two Conchs Bait and Tackle in Marathoncompetitive wages and working 3040 hrs a week. Contact George 305-289-0199 Boat rental company in Marathon needs a mechanic. Boat experience a plus. Call 305-481-7006 Also hiring a boat cleaner call 305-481-7006.

City of Marathon Current Job Openings: Engineering Intern, Marina Customer Service Rep, Part-time Marina Custodian/Maintenance and Marina Tech/ Pump Out Captain. Full Benefits. EOE Please see City website for details w w w. c i . m a r a t h o n . f l. u s The Cabana Club, an ocean front private swim club, is seeking a part time line cook. Perfect second job. 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 to at 425 E. Ocean Dr. Key Colony Beach or call 305 393-0631 ask for April.

Food for Thought in Marathon is hiring! FT and PT positions available, customer service, retail and kitchen prep. Healthy lifestyle and good sense of humor preferred.

Call (305) 743-3297 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 lounge. Open year round, 10am-7pm daily. Full time/ Part time. Small friendly staff. Above average hourly wage plus tips. Apply in person at 425 E. Ocean Dr. Key Colony Beach or call April (305) 393-0631.

NOW HIRING: Sweet Savannah's is now hiring for multiple positions: Cashier - must be 16 yrs or older, Full-time Baker & Part-time Baker's Assistant.

Stop by for an application at 8919 Overseas Highway, Marathon or email: info@ sweetsavannahs.com 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 Key West Art Center & Gallery is looking for part time sales associate, one to three days per week, for our busy, colorful gallery located in Old Town. Hourly wage starts at $14/hr.

Gallery is open 10 am to 5 pm daily. Contact Nancy at nhenning@bellsouth.net HIRED IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK!!!

Property Manager, full time, Key Colony Beach, Sea Isle Condo - 1101 West Ocean Drive, Salary 65K-70K, resume to H a r d i n gT h o m a s L @ a o l . com, or call 734-476-0531 HIRED IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS!!

HOMES FOR SALE Duplex For Sale By Owner.

10822 2nd Avenue, Gulf, Marathon.

2BR/1BA each side. Trade RV or BOAT or CASH. Call 3 0 5 - 4 8 1 - 1 3 1 6

HOUSING FOR RENT Marathon - 2 BR House available - Unfurnished, new kitchen, tile & carpet floors, huge closets.

Laundry avail. Long term lease. No pets. $2,400/ month incl. electric. Tenant must pay for sewer & water. F/L/S 305-610-8002 PLACE YOUR HOUSING FOR RENT AD here for only $25.00/week for up to five lines of copy. Call 305-743-0844 TODAY!

LOT FOR SALE Lot For Sale By Owner on Duck Key - Trade RV or BOAT or CASH. Call 305-481-1316

PERSONALS Affectionate & loving homeowner looking to co-habitate with someone who is clean, personable, with an excellent credit & FICA score.

No drugs, no smoking, no pets. 305-747-1700

YARD SALES Groundskeeper/ Maintenance person, Key Colony Beach, Sea Isle Condominium, 2025 hrs. per week, $20 per hr., $500 signing bonus available, apply by e-mail to HardingThomasL@aol. com, or call 734-476-0531.

HIRED!!!

PLACE YOUR YARD SALE AD here for only $25.00/week for up to five lines of copy. Call 305-743-0844 TODAY!

PLACE YOUR HELP WANTED AD here for only $25.00/week for up to five lines of copy. Call 305-743-0844 TODAY!

HOBBIES/COLLECT.

LEGAL ASSISTANT/ PARALEGAL Key Largo Law Firm is hiring a full-time legal assistant/paralegal for real estate, probate, estate planning, and corporate matters.

Spanish speaking a plus but not required.

Salary commensurate with experience.

Please submit your resume to anthony@keylargolaw.com

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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

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS NEEDED! Monroe County School District

Salary $18.00 - $25.80/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

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

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

4290 Overseas Hwy, Marathon

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

305.743.0844

THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE IN MARATHON IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT MUST: • Be able to pass FDLE background check.

• Sign a loyalty oath required by law.

• Provide excellent customer service. Excellent interpersonal communication is required for working with the public in a responsive, courteous, and professional manner.

• Possess basic computer knowledge and be proficient in data entry.

• Be capable to carry/lift voting equipment and boxes weighing approximately 40 pounds.

• Be able to maintain a working knowledge of elections laws, rules, opinions, and office policy.

• Maintain a working knowledge of the services we provide and become familiar with services other county offices provide in and away from our office building.

• Work well with others, develop, and maintain a mature, professional teamwork relationship with the ability to perform in a flexible work environment.

• Commit to continuous learning.

• Be able to perform in an environment of constant change.

• Be able to present oral and written reports clearly and concisely.

• Be able to exercise considerable independent initiative and sound judgment in completing day-to-day assignments and activities to support operations.

• Be available to work weekends and after hours, sometimes with little notice.

Supervisor of Elections contact information: 305-292-3416 Pick up an application at Marathon Office 10015 Overseas Hwy., MM 52.5

D’Asign Source is seeking the following professionals.

Overtime and benefits are available.

For full details & additional openings, please visit DAsignSource.com/careers

Health Benefits Great Work Environment Paid Vacation Heavy Equipment Mechanic Performs maintenance & repair of complex mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and diesel systems on a variety of equipment.

IT Technical Support Including maintaining, documenting, troubleshooting & supporting PC hardware, operating systems & software—for the entire organization.

Landscape/Pool Technician

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR “C”

LOCATION: BIG COPPITT KEY AND DUCK KEY The Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority’s WASTEWATER DIVISION IS GROWING, and we need (2) WWTP OPERATORS WITH A FLORIDA “C” LICENSE OR HIGHER. You will perform skilled/technical work involving the operation and maintenance of a wastewater treatment plant. This requires technical knowledge and independent judgment to make treatment process adjustments and perform maintenance on plant equipment, machinery, and related control apparatus in accordance with established standards and procedures. Benefit package is extremely competitive! Location: Big Coppitt Key and Duck Key. Salary Range: $52,645.98 - $84,011.20.

Apply online at www.fkaa.com

EEO, VPE, ADA

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

OPEN POSITIONS TAVERNIER Medical Assist III Nurse III – Clinical Coordinator Outreach Worker 1 MARATHON Dental Assistant II – Back Office Dental Hygienist Dentist Environmental Service Worker Outreach Worker 1 KEY WEST Dental Assistant II – Back Office Dental Hygienist Dentist Environmental Service Worker Medical Assistant Nurse III – Clinical Coordinator Outreach Worker 1 Patient Financial Services Specialist Security Officer Staff Psychiatrist

APPLY TODAY

chisouthfl.org/careers 786-293-5506

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Join Our Team!

Experience Required:

• Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance • Tuition Reimbursement • Paid Holidays, Vacation & Sick Time • 401K Employer Match • Quarterly Cash Profit Sharing • Fun, Fast-Paced Environment • Great Hours

OPEN POSITIONS AT BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA

Apply Online at KeysBank.com/Careers

Sweet Savannah’s is now hiring for multiple positions: Cashier - must be 16 yrs or older Fulltime Baker Part-time Baker’s Assistant

Key West VP/Head of Human Resources Human Resources Specialist Executive Administrative Assistant Customer Service Representative Maintenance Technician Loan Processor Teller Marathon Assistant Branch Manager Big Pine Customer Service Representative Full Time Teller

Email info@sweetsavannahs.com Or apply in person at 8919 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL Member FDIC

EOE-M/F/V/D

Equal Housing Lender

TAVERNIER MARINERS HOSPITAL - Athletic Trainer - First Cook - Multi-Modality Imaging Tech $9,000 Bonus - Registered Nurse, ICU - Social Work Case Manager MARATHON FISHERMEN’S COMMUNITY HOSPITAL - Floor Technician, $5,000 Bonus - Lead Med Technologist, Laboratory $15,000 Bonus - Medical Assistant, $3,000 Bonus - Pool Clinical Pharmacist - Security Officer

APPLY AND LEARN MORE careers.baptisthealth.net or call 786-243-8507

OCEANFRONT PRIVATE SWIM CLUB IN KEY COLONY BEACH IS SEEKING A KITCHEN MANAGER/COOK FOR OUR BUSY SNACK BAR

The Turtle Hospital in Marathon Join our team! Full and part-time Educational Program Guides/Gift Shop Sales. Public speaking & retail sales experience helpful. $15.00/hour to start. Send resume to: TurtleHospitalMarathon@gmail.com

DUI Evaluator Part-time – Marathon

The Advocate DUI Program is hiring for a part time position. DUI evaluator - 2 days a week, Bachelors or Masters degree with experience in substance abuse field required. Bilingual preferred, not required. Office located in Marathon. Contact Marcia at (305) 704-0117.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Pigeon Key is seeking dedicated professionals seeking to make a positive impact in their community. Those individuals who wish to work on a uniquely beautiful island , while promoting our cultural history and preserving the natural Keys environment are encouraged to apply.

Competitive wages based on ability and experience. Applicants will be subject to criminal background check and drug screening.

Positions include: Trolley Operator (CDL licensing course provided for qualified applicant) Tour Guides, Sales Associates, Customer Relations Reps, Maintenance, Rental Associates and more.

Application online at pigeonkey.net - under the Staff icon. Or apply in person at the Pigeon Key Gift Shop, 2010 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL. Questions and completed applications can be emailed to pigeonkey@aol.com

The Cabana Club is open 10 am - 7 pm daily.

Must have experience. Responsibilities include but not limited to: ordering, cooking, menu design, good organizational skills and maintain a clean kitchen. Our small efficient kitchen mainly serves lunch items.

Pay commensurate with experience plus benefits. Beautiful environment, small friendly staff, open year round.

TheCabanaClubKeyColonyBeach.com Apply in person, email resume atpCabanaClub@aol.com or call 305-393-0631 and ask for April.

OCEANFRONT PRIVATE SWIM CLUB IN KEY COLONY BEACH IS SEEKING A MAINTENANCE MANAGER The Cabana Club is seeking a full time, hands-on maintenance manager. Responsibilities include but are not limited to; pool maintenance (training can be provided), general plumbing and electric, light carpentry, opening and cleaning daily, general “handyman skills”.

Qualified person is organized, works well independently and observes surroundings in need of attention. Great pay plus benefits.

TheCabanaClubKeyColonyBeach.com Apply in person, email resume atpCabanaClub@aol.com or call 305-393-0631 and ask for April.

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

Dolphin Research Center is Hiring!

Visual Communications Seasonal Utility Position (Full-Time)

Marketing Director (Full-Time) Volunteer Resources Administrative Assistant (Full-Time, Permanent) Media & Marketing Staff Member (Full-Time, Permanent)

Education Program Host (Full-Time, Permanent)

IT Technical Specialist (Part Time, Permanent)

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Guest Services Staff

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(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

Apply online at mytomthumb.com/employment

THEME: MOTHER’S DAY The Guidance/Care Center, Inc. a division of

“Uplifting the human spirit since 1973”

PART TIME / FULL TIME OPPORTUNITIES W/FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES CULINARY OPENINGS SOUS CHEF & PM COOK ROOMS OPENINGS FRONT DESK SUPERVISOR RESERVATIONS AGENT HOUSEKEEPING ALL POSITIONS SIGN ON & RETENTION BONUS OFFERED! F&B GREETER & BUSSER/FOOD RUNNER ENGINEERING OPENINGS MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATE SPA TERRE OPENINGS SPA COORDINATOR LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST NAIL TECH SCAN TO VIEW JOB OPENINGS. APPLY TODAY! APPLY ONLINE AT www.noblehousehotels.com/careers APPLY IN PERSON AT Zero Duval St. Ocean Key Resort and Spa is EOE.

THE GUIDANCE/CARE CENTER, Inc.

IS HIRING! KEY LARGO

Behavioral Health Counselor, FT (Children) Case Manager, FT (Children)

KEY WEST

Behavioral Health Therapist, FT (Children, Adult) Driver PT/per diem Prevention Specialist Behavioral Health Counselor (Children) Peer Support Specialist Crisis Counselor Case Managers (Adult, Forensic, Children ) Motivational Support Specialist Substance Abuse Counselor *Advocate

MARATHON

Peer Support Specialist/BHT (FT) Care Coordinator Housekeeper Behavioral Health Therapist (Children, Adult) RNs and LPNs (3 shifts) (PT/FT & per diem) Advocate (PT) Driver PT/per diem *Assisted Living Support Worker (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 (search by zip code) EEOC/DFWP

ACROSS 1. Wild onion 5. Standardized testing acronym 8. Accounting degree 11. Hunted by hunter 12. Don Johnson’s TV role, 1996-2001 13. Run ____ of the law 15. Mercantile establishment 16. Chemistry Nobelist Hahn 17. *Deborah Guarino’s “Is Your Mama a ____?”

18. Manner of controlling yourself 20. Tiny bit 21. Willow twig 22. Nutcracker’s distinguishing feature 23. Like a longer route?

26. German white wine 30. *Mom’s little one 31. Bear the expenses of 34. Knock about 35. Dodge 37. “____ the fields we go” 38. Binary digits code 39. Bear den 40. Northern peat bog 42. Modern address 43. Analyst in a chemical lab 45. Smooth, as in surface of the lake 47. Gangster’s pistol 48. Eyelid infections 50. Wafting emanation 52. *”Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1” portrays this artist’s mother 55. Evil one 56. Simmering feeling 57. Prepare for publication 59. Give benediction 60. Heston’s foes in 1968 sci-fi movie 61. Boundary 62. Communism or Taoism 63. P in #1 Down 64. Do like a model

DOWN 1. Dashboard acronym 2. Kuwaiti or Saudi 3. *Maman alternative 4. Kaa of “The Jungle Book” 5. French composer Erik Alfred Leslie ____ 6. He made his fortune in fur trading 7. *Jord is mom to this hammer-wielding mythic thunder god 8. Chesterfield or ulster 9. Feline-inspired shoe brand 10. ____ ____ mode 12. Not quite a nun 13. Spy’s cover 14. *Popular Mother’s Day gift 19. Cast somebody there 22. Almond-induced state?

23. Type of monument 24. Pepsi and Coke 25. Tiny purses 26. Actor Wahlberg 27. Loci, sing.

28. #39 Across, pl.

29. *Lorelai Gilmore’s mother 32. *How many children does Queen Elizabeth have?

33. Hi-____ 36. *Daenerys Targaryen’s “babies” 38. End of a shoelace 40. *”How I ____ Your Mother” 41. Knights’ breastplates 44. Gridiron measure, pl.

46. In the Land of Nod 48. Guillermo del Toro’s “The ____ of Water” 49. *Amy Chua’s “Battle Hymn of the ____ Mother” 50. Rembrandt’s paints 51. Regard 52. Sandwich alternative 53. Edible root of taro plant 54. Semis 55. Hoover’s agency 58. Casual attire

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NOW HIRING BARISTAS! SCAN TO APPLY NOW

$14 - $16 HOUR (+ TIPS) ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH A NEW BUSINESS

FIND US AT: 7009 SHRIMP RD.

NOW HIRING HOUSEKEEPERS, FRONT OFFICE, MAINTENANCE & ACTIVITIES Are you awesome?

Big Pine Key Resort at mile marker 33 is hiring awesome people for some awesome jobs.

Starting at $19/hr

Full Time, Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, Retirement Plans, Resort Discounts and more.

Big Pine Key Resort is an Equal Opportunity Employer

APPLY ONLINE TODAY www.covecommunities.com

COMING SOON! Wrecker's Cay is a brand new waterfront workforce apartment community located in Key West Florida offering spacious and modern 1, 2, and 3 bedroom floor plans.

We are pleased to welcome back former residents of Tropic Palms Mobile Home Park, Water's Edge Colony Trailer Park, and Woodson's Trailer Park for priority leasing*. Former residents are invited to apply and if approved, will be allocated to the appropriate unit based on income qualification.

Please contact us through any of the following channels:

786-377-5555

wreckersCay@wrhrealty.com

wreckerscay.com

6155 2nd Street, Suite 7200 Key West, FL 33040

*Priority leasing will be given to former residents until May 31, 2022.

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Serving the Keys for 20 Years!

Serving Ipswich Whole Bellied Clams & Maine Lobster

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Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives.

(305) 294-0102 11:30 AM – 10 PM 629 Duval St, Key West When you’re on Long Island be sure to visit our new location in Wantagh.

Call ahead for Daily Specials 516-900-1400.

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Stop by or call any of our three Florida Keys stores:

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KEY WEST

305-451-5700

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MM 99 Median

MM 50 Oceanside

Searstown by Publix

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Purchase one from your local hardware stores, then call the 800 number to set up a pickup.

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ROLLOFF CONTAINERS and PORTABLE TOILETS available.

Call us at 305.296.8297.

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OPEN TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY! 11AM-4PM

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

We Also Repair & Replace Patio Door Screens

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When it comes to solar and power storage for your home in the Florida Keys, turn to the Florida Keys Local Experts at SALT Energy.

A division of SALT Service, serving The Keys since 1989

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COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL

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When It Rains It Pours!

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

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FAMILY, FOOD & FUN

Join us daily 4-6pm for $3 small plates, domestic drafts, wine & liquor!

And don’t miss our Live Music! Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 5-8pm