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Fishing theFlorida Keys

The cooler temperaturesmean hotter fishing,

especially for sailfish.Captain’s column, 1B

On thedown sideThe Lady Conchs fall intheir preseason soccer contest but hope for arebound this Friday. Story, 1B

Rate relief anywhere in sight?A bipartisan group of con-

gressional lawmakers is press-ing for a four-year delay tochanges to the federal govern-ment’s flood insurance pro-gram that are threatening tosock thousands of people —including in the Keys — withunaffordable premium hikes.

The move comes as thegovernment is beginning toimplement a significant over-haul of the much-criticizedprogram. That overhaul passedlast year with sweeping sup-port. The revamped programwas backed by both liberalsand tea party conservatives buthas caused a panic in placeslike Florida, where higher ratesthreaten to push some people

out of their homes.Some of the most ardent

supporters of delaying thepremium increases are con-servative Republicans fromSouthern states, where thenew rules have sent somehome values plummeting

because of uncertainty overinsurance rates and becausesubsidized rates can’t bepassed along to buyers.

New flood maps threatento saddle some homeownerswho are paying a few hun-dred dollars a year now with

annual premiums of morethan $20,000.

The situation is a result ofastronomical rate increasesfrom the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency’sNational Flood InsuranceProgram that took effect Oct.1, part of the 2012 Biggert-Waters Flood InsuranceReform Act.

Almost every Keys home-

owner with a mortgage hasdepended on subsidized NFIPrates for affordable flood cov-erage, but owners of secondhomes and pre-FIRM housesare being hardest hit.

Pre-FIRM refers to housesbuilt before January 1975,when FEMA’s flood insur-ance rate map came into exis-

Keys Realtors wary of short-term fix,say homeowners still feeling effects

FLOOD INSURANCE

By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press

Fantasy Fest losing luster?

Now that the glitter andfeathers have been packedaway and the 35th annualFantasy Fest bacchanal haspassed, Key West residentsare conducting the usual

post-mortem comparing cre-ativity vs. raunchiness, cos-tumes or the lack thereof.

Mayor Craig Cates, amember of the MonroeCounty Tourist Develop -ment Council, said the 10-day event is moving in thewrong direction.

“I get a lot of feedbackfrom the community,” hesaid Tuesday, “and they feelit has gotten a little sleazyand we all know it has.”

He pointed to increasing-

ly popular events like theZombie Bike Ride, an unof-ficial event that in four yearshas grown from a couplehundred riders to an estimat-ed 5,000, “that are more cre-ative and really taking offbecause of that.”

The TDC reinvests bed-tax dollars into event mar-keting via five district advi-sory councils, which havecommitted to spending$185,000 promoting theevent for 2014.

The actual event is ownedby a nonprofit called the KeyWest Tourist DevelopmentAssociation, which since1990 has contracted with thelocal Market Share Co. toraise sponsorships and runthe production.

Smaller-themed partieslike Sloppy Joe’s Toga Partyor Dante’s Haloes and Hornsare put on by the restaurants,which pay Market Share

Mayor: Morecreativity,less ‘sleaze’By SEAN [email protected]

KEY WEST

Photo by ANDY NEWMAN

A float rolls down Duval Street during the Fantasy Fest Parade late Saturday in Key West. The procession was the highlight of the 10-day costuming and masking festival.SELLING PUMPKINS

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. David Smith (right)and Deputy Tomas Venegas sell pumpkins at the MonroeAssociation of ReMARCable Citizens this week. It’s at 1401Seminary St. in Key West and they’re on sale until the endof the month. There is also a pumpkin patch at St. PeterCatholic Church on Big Pine Key.

Cuba-Key Westflights return

For the first time since1962, regularly scheduled airtravel between Key West andHavana is returning.

Beginning Nov. 15, aMiami-based travel companysays it will offer charteredflights from Key WestInternational Airport to JoseMarti International Airport inCuba for small groups ofqualifying travelers.

“But they still have a lotof work to do in a short peri-od of time,” Monroe CountyAirports Director PeterHorton said Tuesday.

The process began in2009 with a request to U.S.Customs and BorderProtection to designate KeyWest International as an offi-

cial point of entry.Following that was a

three-phase, two-year, $2.25million project to have theairport reclassified as a feder-al inspection station, insteadof the current label of a gen-eral aviation facility.

Horton said that with theupgrades the feds signed offin October 2011, it left it upto industry operators to beginoffering service.

That role is being filled byMiami-based Mambi Traveland airline Air MarBrisa,which already offers flightsto Cuba from Miami, Tampaand New York.

Horton said before flightscan begin, Mambi has tofinalize an agreement with AirMarBrisa, with the fixed baseoperator in Key West and geta final sign-off from Customsand Border Protection.

Flights will leaveMondays, Wednesdays andFridays at 3:30, returning the

Charter firmplans to starton Nov. 15By SEAN [email protected]

AVIATION

Illegally taken fish won’t return to Keys

Live sharks and othermarine animals illegally cap-tured in Florida Keys watersmay travel again — but like-

ly will not come home.Facilities like the private-

ly owned Idaho Aquariummust surrender rays andsharks that former managersunlawfully obtained fromKeys marine-life collectors,said Jeff Radonski, a federalfisheries special agent inSouth Florida.

“They don’t get to keepthe animals,” Radonski saidMonday. “That’s not goingto happen.”

Decisions about the ulti-mate destination of fishrecovered after investiga-tions are made on a case-by-case basis.

“A lot of these critterswound up on the [U.S.]west coast,” Radonski said.“You have to consider thecost of moving them tobring them back.”

Some will be turned overto closer nonprofit displayfacilities “where the public

has the ability to view them,”said Radonski, deputy specialagent in charge of the region-al Office of Law Enforcementfor the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration.

That avoids another cross-country trip that could provestressful and unhealthy forthe animals.

“They’ll go somewherewhere they can be taken care

Eight chargedfederally forunder Lacey Act

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By KEVIN WADLOWSenior Staff [email protected]

tence. Many of those homesare built at or below baseflood elevation.

In the Keys, Realtors saythe effects of the new rateshave already been felt interms of home sales beingcalled off. They’re unsurewhat a delay of Biggert-Waters would mean.

“I think the concerns willcontinue even after this reso-lution,” said Jim Signor,owner of Re/Max KeysProperties in Key Largo.“It’s still early on but fromwhat I’ve heard, it soundslike a patch, not a fix.”

“It’s a concern to ourbusiness, but an even biggerconcern to those who ownthe property this affects,”Signor said.

“I applaud them for rec-ognizing the impact theBiggert-Waters Act is havingon people everywhere. It’shorrendous,” said BrianSchmitt, broker and owner ofColdwell Banker SchmittReal Estate. “This fix, as faras I read it, is for primaryhomeowners only. It’s notfor people who have invest-ment property. If this fixdoesn’t address non-primaryowners, it’s not going to helpus. I don’t know why they’remaking the difference.”

In Key West, BascomGroomes Real Estate owner

Bascom Groomes said ratehikes cost him the sale of a$319,000 home onSummerland Key.

“We had a contract on theproperty and the buyerwalked away,” he said.

He said that as a listingagent, his company isencouraging sellers to obtainelevation certificates so thata would-be buyer doesn’thave to go through thatthree- to four-week process.

New legislation woulddelay the new rates for peo-ple purchasing homes fromsomeone who currently has asubsidized policy or peoplewho face higher rates whenflood maps are updated.

People with secondhomes or whose propertyhas repeatedly been floodedwould still have to pay thehigher rates, which arescheduled to rise by 25 per-cent a year until their premi-ums reflect the true risk offlooding.

Biggert-Waters law pro-tected subsidies for peoplewho receive them if theirhouses hadn’t been recentlyflooded. The new legislationwould allow them to transferthe subsidy when they selltheir home, thereby proppingup home values.

Sponsors of the billincluded Democratic senatorsBill Nelson of Florida, BobMenendez of New Jersey andMary Landrieu of Louisiana.Republican sponsors are sen-ators Johnny Isakson ofGeorgia, David Vitter ofLouisiana and Thad Cochranof Mississippi. Rep. MaxineWaters (D-Calif.) — who co-wrote the legislation raisingrates — is also on board.

“This is great news formany Floridians who’vebeen told their flood insur-ance rates were going wayup,” Nelson said. “If peoplecan’t afford the coverage,what good is it going to do?”

It’s unclear whether thedrive to delay implementa-tion of the law will succeed.

The flood insurance pro-gram has long offeredbelow-cost rates for home-owners in flood zones andhas racked up about $25 bil-lion in red ink since its cre-ation in 1968. It has beencriticized for repeatedly pay-ing off homeowners whosehouses get flooded every fewyears.

But that doesn’t happen inthe Keys.

Keynoter staff supple-mented this report.

It’s ‘a patch,’not a fixFrom Insurance, 1A

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DAY HIGH LOWWED. 85 76THURS. 87 78FRI. 88 78SAT. 88 78

Forecast: Expect breezyconditions with mostlysunny skies.

Visit KeysNet.com/weatherfor radar and extended forecast.

The Monroe CountyHealth Department testsKeys beaches every twoweeks for the presence ofenteric bacteria. There cur-rently are no beaches withhealth advisories againstswimming.

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Key Colony policeoffering rides home

The Key Colony BeachPolice Department is active-ly enforcing its “Drive Soberor Get Pulled Over” cam-paign through Friday.

Also, if any residents of ortourists staying on KeyColony Beach need a “verylocal” ride home after drinkingtoo much, they can just call thePolice Department for a ridehome, no questions asked.

Garcia speaksin Keys Saturday

The Tavernier CommunityAssociation and the Island ofKey Largo Federation ofHomeowner Associations arehosting U.S. Rep. Joe Garciain a town-hall meeting set forSaturday at the Murray E.Nelson Government andCultural Center, mile marker102 bayside.

He’s expected to discussflood insurance, the federalbudget and relations with Cuba.

To find out more, call KayThacker at 451-3929 or JohnHammerstrom at 852-8722.

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GIFFEN

Lois Nell Key Giffen , age

80, passed away peacefully in

Marathon on October 25, after

a month-long struggle with

pancreatic cancer.

Lois was born in Hollis,

Oklahoma in 1932, to Audra

Griffith Key and Andrew Finley

Key. She was educated at the

University of Chicago, where

she earned a Bachelor’s

degree and went on to study

Art at the graduate level. It was

in Chicago that she met her

future husband, Robert

Edward Giffen, home on leave

from the U.S. Army.

From 1960 to 1988, Lois and

Bob traveled the world, living

and working in Libya, Australia,

Malaysia, and England, and

raising two sons.

A serious artist, Lois painted

in oils for most of her career,

and later focused on sculpture.

She was active in the Keys

arts community and served on

the board of the Florida Keys

Council of the Arts. Her work

has been displayed at the

Frangipani Gallery in Key

West, the Artists in Paradise

gallery in Big Pine, and many

other local venues.

Lois is survived by her

brother Andy, sons John and

Mark, and grandson Robert.

Memorial services will be

held on Saturday, November

2nd, 11:00 A.M. at Sombrero

Beach Park, Pavilion 10, in

Marathon.

of,” the agent said. “We don’tdisclose the actual locationsbecause of security concerns.”

When possible, healthymarine animals are releasedinto the wild where thespecies are native. There areexceptions.

“After being in captivity,some sharks may have cometo associate humans withbeing fed,” Radonski said.“So that’s definitely a situa-tion where you don’t want todo a release.”

Animals that appear un -healthy cannot be released.

An investigation based inthe Keys resulted in a seriesof arrests made earlier thisyear. At least eight peoplewere criminally charged withcapturing protected fish inKeys water or knowinglybuying the marine animalswithout necessary permits.

Six of the defendantspleaded guilty to conspiracyto violate the federal LaceyAct, which bans interstatetrafficking in wildlife taken

against state law. Prison sen-tences are possible when fourdefendants face sentencing inDecember in Key West.

A criminal case againsttwo staffers of a Michiganaquarium-supply companyremains active.

Lemon sharks, bonnetheadsharks, nurse sharks and spot-ted eagle rays were among theanimals illegally sold afterbeing captured in the Keys.

Authorities also docu-mented the illegal purchase,possession or sale of under-sized and oversized angelfish,sea fans and live rock, whichrefers to rock covered withliving soft corals.

“This has national impli-cations beyond the FloridaKeys,” Radonski said. “Theaquarium trade is getting big-ger and bigger every year.”

“It’s just as much an envi-ronmental crime as a finan-cial crime. A lot of damagecane be done ripping coralfrom the bottom,” he said.“Our agents are out there try-ing to protect our marineresources, from fish to coral.”

Feds say tradeis increasingFrom Fish, 1A

Ramsay: Shootingwas by the book

While a state investiga-tion continues, the MonroeCounty Sheriff’s Officestands by deputies involvedwith Friday’s shooting deathof an Islamorada man.

Robert Parlette Jr., 73,was the first to shoot, firinghis .45-caliber handgun atdeputies who responded tothe 1 p.m. call in the water-front Venetian Shores sub-division.

Deputies returned fire,mortally wounding Parlette.

“By all accounts to thispoint, it was handled by thebook,” Sheriff Rick Ramsaysaid Tuesday. “I feel bad forMr. Parlette’s family but ourdeputies had no otheroption. They took the appro-priate action. At the end,they had to return fire andprotect their own lives.”

Deputy Luis Gomez, anine-year deputy with asolid record, apparentlyfired the shot that killedParlette. Gomez was put on

paid leave for a few days.“This is not disciplinary

at all. It’s just to make surehe has time to take it all in,and talk to somebody if heneeds to,” Ramsay said.

The Sheriff’s Office willrequire the deputy to attendat least one counseling situ-ation but Ramsay said heexpects Gomez to return toduty soon.

Three patrol cars rushedto the Bayview Isle Drivehome after neighborsreported shots being fired.Deputies parked nearby andused a single Sheriff’sOffice sport utility vehicleto approach the residence, asafety measure. DeputiesGreg Johnson and DavidCarey, along with Lt. DerekPaul, also responded.

They went toward theback of the three-storyhouse, overlooking a canalthat leads to Snake Creek,when they found Parlette.Parlette, whose careersincluded running a flooringcompany, reportedly firedat the deputies.

Ramsay said reportsindicate Parlette may havesuffered alcohol problems,possibly related to an ongo-ing domestic situation.

Parlette owned theIslamorada home at 118

Bayview Isle Drive in theVenetian Shores subdivi-sion for several years,spending time there and inPalm Beach County.

The Florida Departmentof Law Enforcement isinvestigating the shooting.A final report will not bedelivered to the MonroeCounty State Attorney’sOffice until complete autop-sy results are available.

“We really have nothingnew to report,” CarolFrederick, FDLE agent incharge of the Keys, saidTuesday.

Ramsay and his InternalAffairs chief reached thescene of the shooting soonafterward, along with stafffrom the State Attorney’sOffice.

“Unless something elsecomes along, there’s no rea-son to think our officers didanything wrong or improp-er,” Ramsay said.

The shooting death wasthe first by a MonroeCounty Sheriff’s Officedeputy since the early1980s, when a deputy onpatrol in the Lower Keyswas attacked by a chain-wielding hitchhiker. Theofficer in that case suffereda broken jaw before he shotand killed the man.

Sheriff saysdeputies had‘no other option’

ISLAMORADA

UNDERWATER INSPECTIONS


Photo courtesy KEYS ENERGY SERVICES

Keys Energy Services, which provides electricity from the Seven Mile Bridge souththrough Key West, has divers checking underwater transmission-line pole foundations.The inspections started in early October and are scheduled to be complete by Dec. 17.About 546 pole foundations are on the inspection list, according to the utility. AyersAssociates is the contractor doing the work for an estimated cost of $214,000.

about $2,800 for inclusion onthe official Fantasy Festschedule along with the atten-dant advertising exposure.

Cates said that makes itdifficult to some extent forthe governmental TDC toexercise specific controls onthe festival tone.

“We just need to workmore with the promoter,” hesaid. “It’s a balance that Iknow is difficult to manage.”

At 43 floats, the headlin-ing parade on Saturday, spon-sored by Captain MorganRum, has drawn criticism asbeing markedly shorter thanin previous years.

“Yes, it was a bit less thisyear,” said Pegi Fitton, assis-tant director of operations forMarket Share, adding, “but we

tried to make it more creative.”That involves working

back and forth with the floatdesigners, who pay anentrance fee between $75and $150 depending on floatconfiguration, plus addition-al charges for the number ofpeople walking alongside.

She said pacing of theparade this year was betterthan in the past. “People sayit wasn’t very long but that’sbecause there weren’t 20-minute gaps.”

Noticeably absent fromFantasy Fest for the secondyear in a row was thePretenders in Paradise costumeshowcase, formerly held at thePier House Resort and Spa.

The 2012 event was can-celled due to high windsfrom Hurricane Sandy. Thenthis past July, the independ-

ent resort was purchased byan out-of-state interest thatdidn’t want to continue itssponsorship.

Asked about a revival,Fitton said, “I honestly don’tknow.”

Ian Whitney, president ofthe Key West InnkeepersAssociation, said criticismof the event is contrary tohis observations and poten-tially based on secondhandperception.

“I saw so many creativecostumes but when you lookon Facebook,” it’s just nearnudity.

On the popularity of unof-ficial events like the ZombieBike Ride and Tutu Tuesday,“People want to go to newevents. I personally wishthey would become officialevents because I think those

are the type of events wewant to market.”

To foster new events,Whitney suggested a scaledpricing program for venue-specific parties, making feesfor earlier in the week lead-ing up to the parade cheaper,thus lowering the barrier toentry and potentially bring-ing more and smaller busi-nesses into the fold.

following morning. Costaboard a Metro II turbopropairplane is $449 round-trip.Each flight will be able toaccommodate 10 people,including the pilot.

Mamba Travel spokesmanIsaac Valdes said on Tuesdaythat “we just started advertis-ing today and we’ve prettymuch got the flight bookedfor that [first] date.”

On the Customs andBorder Protection approvaltimeline, he said, “We don’tforesee any problems there.”

He added, “It’s going tobe a historical day.”

Flights, expected to takebetween 30 minutes and 45minutes each way, will origi-nate from the fixed-base oper-ator portion of the Key Westairport where charters and pri-vate aircraft are maintained.

“There won’t be any use ofthe terminals,” Horton said.

Still, the new flights don’tmean anyone can just step upand buy a ticket to go to Cuba.

Rather, the Office of

Foreign Assets Control in theU.S. Department of theTreasury regulates travel toCuba. Would-be visitors mustobtain either a general or spe-cific license to make the trip.

A general license gives“blanket authorization” forthe holder to engage in trav-el to Cuba for broad activi-ties: Visiting “close rela-tives” who are either Cubannationals or Americansworking in Cuba for theU.S. government; officialbusiness; journalistic, edu-cational or religious activi-ties; professional research;and “commercial marketing,sales negotiation, accompa-nied delivery or servicing inCuba” of telecommunica-tions-related items, agricul-tural commodities, medicineor medical devices.

A specific license is con-sidered when the nature ofthe travel isn’t covered by ageneral license.

That includes visitingclose relatives who aren’tnationals or governmentemployees, freelance journal-

ism, educational exchanges,academic seminars or confer-ences, athletic competitions,participation in a public per-formance, and humanitarianprojects and research.

For more information,visit www.airmarbrisa.com.

Some hurdles still to goFrom Flights, 1A

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Pretenders gone for good?From Fantasy, 1A

Cops called over body paint

The cost of body paintsparked a Key West policecomplaint unique to FantasyFest.

A Hanover, Md., man com-plained to Officer Anna Nelsonthat a Duval Street shop man-

ager tried to overcharge him by$1,000 for artwork applied tothe visitor’s wife.

Lewis Bracy said the cou-ple returned to “Stevie theArtist” for the third straightyear, and the body-paint spe-cialist quoted a price of $200.

But when they went to payat the T-shirt store whereStevie was working, “thefemale behind the counterstated they owed $1,200,”Nelson said in her “miscella-neous incident” report Friday.

The artist came to the cou-ple’s defense but the womandeclared “this is my store”and insisted on the higherprice. She then lowered it to$800, then $600.

Eventually the couplepaid $320.

Bracy told the patrol offi-cer he wants the incident doc-umented so he can lodge aformal complaint with cityofficials. Nelson pho-tographed the artwork aspotential evidence.

In general, Fantasy Fest,with a theme of“Superheroes, Villains andBeyond,” featured only afew actual villains, citypolice spokeswoman AlysonCrean said.

She described the week-end as mostly “uneventful”in terms of crime.

“Overall, I’d say that theKWPD was well prepared forthe event and it went offwithout a hitch,” Crean said.

Visitor, storeowner sparover the cost

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Masked woman busted for theft

A Homestead womandonning a mask for the annu-al Fantasy Fest was arrestedSunday after allegedly steal-ing numerous items fromfour customers of theBottleCap Lounge in OldTown Key West.

Johnesha Brown, 18, is

charged with three felonycounts of grand theft and isbeing held at the MonroeCounty Detention Center inlieu of $9,999 bond.

Key West Police OfficerMichael Wolf was called tothe bar for the first time at3:30 p.m. Sunday in responseto a purse stolen off a table.

“I was able to view sur-veillance video,” Wolfreports, “that showed aheavyset female wearing acostume mask remove thepurse from the table andleave the area.”

That may have been theend of it but about an hourlater, Wolf was called back tothe BottleCap, on SimontonStreet, and met by ownerCarmelo Vitale, who spottedBrown in the bar again andhad her “surrounded and heldby angry victims.”

Vitale told Wolf he recog-nized Brown’s mask, buildand long braided hair.

Upon another review ofsurveillance footage, Wolfreports the tape “clearlyshowed Brown sit down onthe couch where the victims

had been and begin surrepti-tiously collecting theirbelongings.”

Brown led police to hervehicle, which was parkednearby at the Gato Building.In the auto and in trees andbushes around it, Wolf says,were two purses, a passport,driver’s licenses and otheritems taken from the bar.

Tuesday, Brown had notyet had a court date set,according to the MonroeCounty Clerk of the Court’sOffice.

Cops: Video‘clearly’ showsher stealing

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NEW BOARD

The Key West Toastmasters, a group that promotes public speaking, has installed its 2013-14board of directors. They (from left) Alana Thurston, secretary; Laurie Winn, vice president, publicrelations; Teresa Aguiar, president; Kayla Tollen, membership vice president; Marianne Magner,sergeant at arms; Susan Dufresne, treasurer; and Phyllis May, vice president, education. TheToastmasters meet the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. To find out more, go towww.keywesttoastmasters.org/

Car flips overon Seven Mile

Two people escapedinjury when the car in whichthey were riding flipped onthe Seven Mile BridgeSunday night.

The Florida HighwayPatrol says David Rieser, 32,was driving the 2007 Impalaand Patricia Coulter, 41, wasa passenger.

For some reason around9:30 p.m. at mile marker 44on the bridge, as the car washeading south, the car collid-ed “with the concrete trafficbarrier with its right side,”troopers said. “The right sidetraveled up onto the wall.The vehicle came off the bar-rier wall and, still travelingsouthbound, rotated counter-clockwise and overturned.”

Troopers didn’t say whereRieser and Coulter are from.

FKAA hostingsewer meeting

Kirk Zuelch, executivedirector of the Florida KeysAqueduct Authority, willhost a community meeting at7 p.m. Nov. 4 on the OuterIsland plan for the CudjoeRegional sewer system atthe Lower Keys PropertyOwners Association’s club-house on Bogie Road on BigPine Key.

There will be a shortquestion-and-answer periodfollowing the presentation.

To bring smiles to mili-tary families who have lostso much, eight swimmersincluding active-duty GreenBerets and wounded war-riors will spend long hours

in Florida Keys water onVeterans Day weekend.

“It’s about helping kidswho have lost their fathersget together, laugh and havea good time,” said GaryMace, local coordinator forthe 50-kilometer FreedomSwim on Nov. 9 and 10.

The first Freedom Swimraises money for the GoldStar Teen Adventures foun-dation, dedicated to improv-ing the lives of “children ofspecial-operations servicemembers who lost their livesin the line of duty.”

Mace, owner of ConchRepublic Divers inTavernier, began helpingwounded military memberslearn to scuba dive in 2008.He began working with KentSolheim, an 18-year U.S.Army veteran who remainson active duty after losing aleg to gunfire during a 2007tour in Iraq.

Solheim, part of the relayteam swimming in Florida

Bay off Islamorada’sFounders Park, formed GoldStar Teen Adventures to helpchildren whose family mem-bers did not return alive.

Solheim realized “hewould have wanted for hischildren to know the caliberof men he had worked with,and wanted them to the haveopportunity to be a part ofunique and enriching experi-ences,” said Cecilia Wolff,Gold Star’s public-affairscoordinator.

One of the group’s firstmajor events was a July tripto the Upper Keys, whereteenagers and family mem-bers learned to scuba diveand swam with dolphins.

“One of the kids said thatevery time they get togetherwith other Gold Star fami-lies, it’s a memorial or othersomber event,” Mace said.“This was the first time theywere able to laugh and bekids together.”

Money raised by swim-

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Yaniz goes on curse-filled tirade

What started out as apolitically charged incidentlast month at a meeting of theRotary Club of Key Westresulted in an expletive-rid-den e-mail sent by CityCommissioner Tony Yaniz toa constituent who is a formercity employee.

On Sept. 26, Mayor CraigCates, against whom Yanizhas signaled he will run nextyear, was at the Rotary meet-ing at the Key West MarriottBeachside to discuss his pushfor a new 24-hour-a-day,seven-days-a-week homelessservice center, to whichYaniz is adamantly opposed.

When Cates’ presentationstarted, Yaniz and fellowCommissioner Mark Rossiwalked out of the room.

Yaniz — who left the roomwalking out right behindCates as the mayor spoke —said he was offended by whathe called the overtly politicalnature of Cates’ presentation,which he said conflicts withRotary’s “sacrosanct” so-called four-way test, whichasks: Is it the truth; is it fair toall concerned; will it buildgoodwill and better friend-ships; and will it be beneficialto all concerned?

After the meeting, JimFitton, a Rotarian and thecity’s former ports director,wrote to Yaniz that he was“disappointed” by his actions.

From Fitton’s Sept. 28 e-mail: “After talking aboutRotary not being political,you made a point of walkingout on the mayor’s presenta-tion, which was nothing butbeing political. I understandyou and he have some issuesbut as my commissioner, Iexpect a more professionaland respectful demonstra-tion. What you did was clear-ly not in alignment with the

[four]-way test.”That set off Yaniz in a big

way. He responded — usinghis city e-mail address — in part:

“Are you [expletive] kid-ding me! Mayor should nothave been allowed to politi-cize the meeting! .... You havebig balls taking issue with mewalking out, by the way, sodid Rossi. You have your pri-orities totally [expletive] up!

“If anyone violated thefour way test it was themayor and our Rotary Clubfor allowing him to do so.Are [you expletive] kiddingme? If anyone [expletive]over the four way test it wasour club, the mayor.... Andobviously you for making thestatement you just made.

“As for me... [expletive]the mayor for bringing poli-tics into our club, [expletive]our club for not having theballs to tell the mayor to stop— because they didn’t wantto embarrass him, and[expletive] you for havingthe unmitigated balls to call

me out on this without think-ing about who really violat-ed the four way test!”

Fitton, noting that he“never intended for [theexchange] to be made pub-lic,” told the Keynoter, “Iwas taken aback by both thelanguage and the tone. I supported CommissionerYaniz for his seat andthought I could give him myhonest feedback. I guess Iwas wrong.”

“Jim Fitton and I go backover a decade,” Yaniz said.“We worked together in thetrenches as Rotary volun-teers. We played softball,drank a few beers and sharedsome BS. An issue came upwhich I felt was wrong andinstead of giving me thebenefit of the doubt, I felt hetook a shot at me, and Ireplied in kind.”

He said he didn’t intend touse his city e-mail account,rather a personal account, tosend the message, but mis-takenly did so.

Cates declined comment.

Commissionerwas respondingto constituentBy SEAN [email protected]

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Florida shouldfollow Ohio’s lead

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The voters aren’t stupidDo some candidates for Marathon

City Council think the voters ofMarathon are stupid and don’t thinksome candidates had something to dowith or know about the fictitious per-son and the negative campaign mailingtactic? Do not think the voters ofMarathon are that naive.

Then to think a local businesswould say “we might have printedthem” possibly knowing the mailerswere a fraud. Maybe Marathon resi-dents should take notice of this, aswell. Shame on all of them.

Trust the intelligent voters ofMarathon to take all this and all theother recent city leadership andadministrative errors of judgment intoconsideration when contemplating theleadership, guidance and direction ofMarathon.

Ned FisherMarathon

Safety first on HalloweenHalloween is a special time for chil-

dren, but children don’t always knowwhat is and is not safe. If your childrenare going trick-or-treating onHalloween, there are several tips to fol-low for their safety.

� Make sure they wear light-colored

costumes with plenty of reflective tape sothey are visible to cars and trucks. Take aflashlight along for added visibility.

� Look left, right and left againwhen crossing the street.

� Put electronic devices away sothere are no distractions.

� If possible, have them go while itis still light outside.

� They should be accompanied byan adult or an older brother or sister.

� Enter homes only if you’re with atrusted adult. Only visit well-lit houses.Don’t stop at dark houses. Neveraccept rides from strangers.

� They should not sample candygiven to them until it has been checkedby an adult for possible tampering.

� Notify a deputy if suspicious orharmful items are found in your child’scollection of treats.

� They should stay away fromhomes with dogs loose in the yard.

� Having a Halloween party is agood alternative to the tradition oftrick-or-treating. It gives kids an oppor-tunity to have a good time in a super-vised and safe atmosphere.

Tips for people driving on Halloween:� Slow down and be especially alert

in residential neighborhoods. Childrenare excited on Halloween and may dartin front of cars when crossing the street.

� Take extra time and look carefullyfor kids at intersections, on mediansand on curbs.

� Enter and exit driveways slowlyand carefully.

� Eliminate any distractions insideyour car so you can concentrate on theroad and your surroundings.

� Drive slowly, anticipate heavypedestrian traffic and turn your head-lights on earlier in the day to spot chil-dren from greater distances.

� Popular trick-or-treating hours are5:30 to 9:30 p.m., so be especially alertfor kids during those hours

And a few tips for pet owners:� Don’t leave your pet out in the

yard on Halloween. There are plenty ofpranksters who will go out of their wayto tease pets and you don’t want yourdog to bite a trick-or-treater who mightventure too close.

� Trick-or-treat candy is not for pets:Chocolate is poisonous to many ani-mals, and tin foil and cellophane candywrappers can be hazardous if swal-lowed by your pet.

� Be careful your cat or dog doesn’tdart out through the open door whenyou open it for trick-or-treaters.

Becky HerrinMonroe CountySheriff’s Office

Pay attention to scienceAlthough pharmaceutical residues

are polluting our tap water, utilities andregulators defend the safety of SouthFlorida’s drinking water. The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency hasdecided to identify and measure thesecontaminants in water treatment plantsacross the nation.

There are tens of thousands of chem-icals in use in the United States. TheEPA acknowledges that it does not knowwhat harm these pollutants pose tohuman life. Regardless, these chemicalthreats are making their way into ourdrinking water.

More than 100 pollutants fromfarm herbicides, factory solvents andhuman waste have shown up inFlorida’s tap water during the last fiveyears. Twenty-five percent of thesecontaminants exceeded federal stan-dards at least once, as documented byan environmental group.

In addition, 11 to 17 chemicals weredetected, some repeatedly and othersoccasionally, at levels aboveEnvironmental Protection Agencyhealth guidelines. Assorted toxic sub-stances such as cyanide, arsenic, radiumand barium were also identified.

A nationwide database shows that316 chemicals have been detected in ourdrinking water. There are no federal orstate standards for more than half ofthem. The number of chemicals detect-ed in South Florida were roughly triplethat of the national average.

The Florida Department ofEnvironmental Protection, which moni-tors drinking-water quality, said Floridahas some of the highest-quality andsafest drinking water in the UnitedStates. It said that to imply utilities aresupplying unsafe drinking water is bothirresponsible and simply not true.

At one time science was foundedupon truth. Acquired facts, details andevidence had to be replicable in orderfor any scientific experiment to be valid.Politicizing the scientific process is tear-ing the world apart. The sword will ruleonce reason and transparency depart.

Sincerely,John DonnellyKey Largo

Support local businessesWe wish to take this opportunity to

thank the great women (and even somemen) for supporting the AngelikaBoutique for the past 18 years. It is peo-

ple that make a business successful andwe have been fortunate to work withsome of the best.

While we are entering the world ofretirement, the message we leave behindis for everyone to continue to supportyour local retail businesses, restaurantsand services. When you support thechain operations, you help managersand chief executive officers purchasecars, boats and second homes (usually inforeign countries). But when you sup-port your local business owners youhelp put food on their tables, pay a mort-gage and assist their kids with lessonsand further education.

We also ask that you continue to sup-port the local agencies like the CancerFoundation of the Florida Keys, VisitingNurse Association/Hospice of theFlorida Keys, Habitat for Humanity,Zonta, Voices for Florida Keys Childrenand other religious, military and socialawareness programs. We all work hardand the best reward is to take some ofthat success and pay it forward.

Thanks to all for the support andfor the fond memories. Blessings toeveryone.

Stuart and Lauren SaxIslamorada

Report was insensitiveRe: Saturday’s story about the shoot-

ing in Islamorada in which a man died:When I got to the last two para-

graphs of the report of the death ofBob Parlette, I was shocked to see thatthey contained a description of thehouse with Zillow’s estimate of itsworth, the square footage along withthe number of bedrooms and baths,what the previous sales price of it was,and what was parked under it.

My friends and neighbors who livein the neighborhood and were friendsof the deceased found this informationto be totally inappropriate and taste-less. What did that information haveto do with the tragic events of thatday? Was this a real estate ad, a callingto all speculators?

Shame on you. I hope the nexttragedy you report on is handled witha little more sensitivity.

Ann ElenaIslamorada

Conservative governor decidesto accept federal Medicaid funds;Scott tried but failed here

Earlier this month, Ohio became the 25th state todecide that it would accept federal funding to expandMedicaid, giving more Americans health insurancecoverage that they could not otherwise afford.

The political courage displayed by Ohio Gov. JohnKasich stands in marked contrast to Florida’s failure tosign up for Medicaid expansion and the indecisivenessof Gov. Rick Scott.

Like Scott, Kasich is a conservative Republican. Heis the eighth Republican governor to oversee Medicaidexpansion. The decision means Ohioans can enroll inMedicaid if they earn less than 138 percent of the fed-eral poverty level.

In accepting the federal funds, Kasich offered botha moral and practical justification for his action:

“A human being who’s been blessed, helping ahuman being who has challenges, is a moral impera-tive in our lives.” In other words, the state has an obli-gation to help those who need help, especially when,as in this case, the resources are available from thefederal government.

“We get $14 billion of Ohio money back to Ohioto deal with some of the most serious problems,” theOhio governor said. “I’m not going to ignore thementally ill, and I’m not going to ignore the drugaddicted or veterans or the very working poor peopleon my watch.”

None of this should be particularly controversial.It’s about offering those who are among the most vul-nerable the chance to have better health. Shouldn’t thatbe a reasonable aim of good government?

Now back to Florida.Scott, though opposing Obamacare, did the math

and sided with Medicaid expansion here, a sensiblemove that would have returned an estimated $51 bil-lion in federal funds to Florida over the next 10 yearsand created an estimated 120,000 new jobs. As a busi-nessman and former hospital company CEO, Scottunderstood the bottom-line value of this deal for theSunshine State.

But when GOP lawmakers in Tallahassee balkedand tea party conservatives growled, Scott blinked. Incontrast to Kasich and some other staunch Republicangovernors across the country like Arizona’s JanBrewer, Scott did nothing to help Medicaid expansion.Florida is the poorer for this failure.

This refusal to expand Medicaid hurts everyone inFlorida, starting with the estimated 1 million poor andlow-income residents who will not gain access to thestate Medicaid program.

Meanwhile, everyone else pays a hidden taxbecause hospitals are required to treat anyone seek-ing care who comes through their doors, whetherthey can pay or not. Rejecting Medicaid expansionraises the number of people seeking emergency care— and the funding borne by taxpayers who supportpublic hospitals.

How long will it take Florida to wake up?

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This is the house where Robert Parlette was shot to death by a MonroeCounty Sheriff’s Office deputy. The agency says Parlette fire first.

Food banks brace for cuts starting Friday

Florida’s food programsare bracing for cuts to theSupplemental NutritionAssistance Program (SNAP)that kick in Friday — whilewatching warily as U.S. Houseand Senate conferees prepareto negotiate a federal farm bill,which could have much morefar-reaching consequences forhungry Floridians.

Food banks and other pro-grams that help Florida’s 3.6million “food-insecure” resi-dents have known for yearsabout the cuts. The cuts werebuilt into the 2008 federalstimulus package that tem-porarily added money toSNAP, also known as foodstamps, during the depths of

the economic recession.But that won’t make the

cuts any easier, say advocatesfor the food banks and othersupplemental programs. Thecuts amount to $36 monthlyfor a family of four gettingthe maximum benefit ofroughly $668.

“That’s going to be a sig-nificant hit for families,” saidRebecca Brislain, executivedirector of the FloridaAssociation of Food Banks.“We already know SNAPdoesn’t last the whole month.”

The Florida Keys haveseveral food banks, such asthose at Burton MemorialUnited Methodist Church inTavernier, through Keys AreaI n t e r d e n o m i n a t i o n a lResources in Marathon and atSt. Mary Star of the SeaCatholic Church in Key West.

“I don’t think a lot of peo-ple realize just how low theSNAP benefit is,” said DebraSusie, executive director of theanti-poverty group Florida

Impact. “In the state of Florida,the SNAP benefit per personper day is about $4.60.”

And that’s before themonthly reductions that kickin Friday.

The good news, saidBrislain, is short-term: Thestate’s food banks have builttheir donor base andincreased distribution sincethe recession began. Fouryears ago, they were collect-ing and distributing 72 mil-lion pounds of food a year;now, that’s up to 173 millionpounds a year.

The United Way of theFlorida Keys has made help-ing stock food banks amongits priorities.

But Brislain said the long-term problem is that Floridaisn’t recovering from therecession fast enough, andthe state’s many low-payingjobs don’t provide enoughincome to make ends meet.

“All it takes is what somepeople consider a small fam-

ily crisis — a flat tire, some-one in the family getting sick— anything can stretch thecircumstances to the pointthey need extra help,” shesaid. “There’s no discretionon your rent. Food is the onearea, unfortunately, that peo-ple can cut back on.”

Florida’s food hardshiprate is more than 21 percent,meaning that one in fiveFlorida households reportedthat in the past year theystruggled to buy enough foodfor the family.

The state is one of the hard-est-hit for food security, withsix urban areas in the nation’stop 25 for food hardship in2011-2012. Those areas areOrlando-Kissimmee, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Miami-FortLauder dale-Pompano Beach,Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clear -water, Jacksonville and CapeCoral-Fort Myers.

From June 2011 to June2012, Florida saw thenation’s second-highest

increase in SNAP use — arise of 9.7 percent.

That fragility is whyadvocates for the food pro-grams are watching nervous-ly as the U.S. House andSenate prepare to negotiatefurther cuts to SNAP.

Republicans contend thefood-stamp budget should becut by as much as $39 billion,the amount the GOP-ledHouse included in its versionof the federal farm bill inSeptember. The Democratic-led Senate passed cuts ofabout $4 billion. Now thetwo chambers will go intoconference on the bill.

The House also passed theso-called Southerland amend-ment, by U.S. Rep. SteveSoutherland (R-Fla.), whichincludes work requirements.The House bill denies SNAPbenefits to adults aged 18 to50 who are not disabled, rais-ing children, enrolled in train-ing or working at least 20hours per week.

According to the Centeron Budget and PolicyPolicies, the House billwould mean more than400,000 Floridians couldlose food assistance.

“What we have done in thiscountry is wrong,” Southerlandsaid on the House floor lastmonth. “We have failed inintroducing the blessing ofwork to able-bodied peoplewho have the ability, who arementally, physically, psycho-logically able to work, and wehave robbed them of knowing abetter life that they helped cre-ate for themselves and theirfamilies.”

The state has picked upsome of the slack. The 2013Legislature allocated$700,000 for supplementalnutrition programs —- a 75percent increase, said stateRep. Ben Albritton (R-Wauchula), chairman of theHouse Agriculture & NaturalResources AppropriationsSubcommittee.

Keys haveseveral thatmay be affectedBy MARGIE MENZELNews Service of Florida

SOCIAL SERVICES

The state’s 24 regionalworkforce boards and nearly100 one-stop career centerswill be renamedCareerSource, under achangeover authorized by theFlorida Legislature.

This affects South FloridaWorkforce, which has twooffices in the Keys and is partof a Miami-Dade-Monroeregional board. Starting in2014, the employment serv-ice agency for this region willbe known as CareerSource

South Florida.Chris Hart IV, president of

Workforce Florida, says therebranding will end confu-sion over different namesused in different parts of thestate.

The Workforce SouthFlorida career center in KeyLargo is at 103400 OverseasHighway, Suite 239 (853-3540). In Key West, thecareer center is at 1111 12thSt., Suites 307-308 (292-6762).

The career centers offerjob training and workthrough area employers, keepa listing of available jobs andoffer career counseling andother services for clientsseeking employment.





Business

Businesses toget breather onworkers comp

Florida businesses won’thave to worry about bigincreases next year in theirworkers-compensation insur-ance rates.

The state Office ofInsurance Regulation onWednesday said it rejected aproposed overall 1 percentincrease in rates for 2014,though it would approve a0.7 percent hike.

The decision followsincreases of 6.1 percent, 8.9percent and 7.8 percent dur-ing the past three years.Those hikes came after majorrate cuts stemming from a2003 law that overhauled theworkers-compensation sys-tem —- an overhaul that,even with a potential slightuptick in 2014, has resultedin a cumulative rate reduc-tion of 56 percent, accordingto the Office of InsuranceRegulation.

Each year, the NationalCouncil on CompensationInsurance files rate proposalson behalf of workers-compen-sation carriers. Regulators, inan order dated Tuesday, reject-ed a proposed 1 percentincrease for 2014 but saidNCCI could file for a 0.7 per-cent hike that would beapproved.

Numerous factors go intoworkers-compensation filings,but Insurance CommissionerKevin McCarty said in a pre-pared statement Wednesdaythat rates could go down asmuch as 8.3 percent in thefuture if tighter limits wereplaced on reimbursements forcare at hospitals and ambula-tory surgical centers.

But such a proposal likelywould touch off a legislativefight, as hospitals and othertypes of medical providersclosely follow workers-com-pensation issues.

“Although a marginal rateincrease is necessary [in 2014]

for workers compensationinsurance in Florida, theunderlying factors causing thespike in rate increases over thelast four years still merit leg-islative attention,” McCartysaid in the statement.

Lawmakers during the2013 session approved acompromise aimed at endinga long-running battle aboutthe costs of drugs dispensedby doctors to workers-com-pensation insurance patients.

Business groups arguedthat physician dispensing ofwhat are known as “repack-aged” drugs drove up insur-ance costs, while doctors andother groups contended thepractice helps ensure patientsget and take needed medica-tions. The compromiseinvolved some new limits onwhat doctors can charge forrepackaged drugs, though thecosts remain higher thanwhat pharmacies are allowedto charge in the workers-compensation system.

By JIM SAUNDERSNews Service of Florida

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The Monroe County PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORYBOARD invites County residents to a special meeting on Monday,November 4, 2013, 6:00 PM, at the Murray Nelson GovernmentCenter, 102050 Overseas Hwy., Key Largo, MM102, MonroeCounty, Florida, regarding the future of Rowell’s Marina. Thepurpose of this meeting is to hear directly from area residents as tohow they would like to see the property developed once the purchase is completed. This meeting is open to the public. Formore information please contact Rosa Washington at (305) 292-4432or at [email protected].

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KIDS NIGHT OUT

The Guardian ad Litem program of Monroe County andthe group Voices for Florida Keys Children and hosted arecent fun night out at Theatre of the Sea in Islamoradafor more than 50 children and their family memberswho are involved in the judicial system, in foster care orhave a legal guardian protecting their interests in court.Here, they take in one of the marine-mammal shows.

Cousteau’sKeys missionpostponed

A 31-day stay in an under-water research laboratory inthe Florida Keys by oceanexplorer Jacques Cousteau’sgrandson has been postponeduntil the spring.

Fabien Cousteau hadplanned to dive to the AquariusReef Base next month with ateam of filmmakers and scien-tists. They planned to spend 31days below the ocean’s surface,testing experimental equip-ment and conducting researchon the underwater effects ofclimate change.

Cousteau’s privately fund-ed Mission 31 now is plannedfor the spring. In a statementlast week, Cousteau said the16-day, partial shutdown ofthe U.S. government delayedfilm and science permits themission requires.

Aquarius sits about 60feet below the ocean’s sur-face. It’s owned by theNational Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administrationand managed by FloridaInternational University.

FIU spokeswoman MaydelSantana-Bravo has said run-ning the base costs about $1.2million a year.

NOAA submergedAquarius in 1993, and sincethen it has afforded scien-tists an opportunity to workfor days in a natural under-water setting. The surround-ing ocean floor is teemingwith sea life. It is used totrain specialized divers andastronauts.

Scientists can live inAquarius for days or weeksat a time. They can scubadive up to nine continuoushours a day without needingto return to the surface todecompress.

It is ideal for astronauttraining, as well, because theundersea environment is sim-ilar to a low earth orbit.

Aquarius is 400 square feetand has bunks and a kitchen. Itaccommodates six people.

This report was supple-mented with informationfrom Keynoter archives.

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Organ donationsplanned for talk

Organ donations are thetopic if a program plannedfor Nov. 6 from 6 to 7:30p.m. at Mariners Hospital inTavernier.

Led by Rabbi Richardand Mindy Agler, the ses-sion is part of the Com -munity Health Ministriesgroup in the Upper Keys.Among topics will be faith-based concerns about organdonation and how to goabout the donation process.

To find out more, call(786) 533-9842 or 852-1612.

Nov. 6 cruisebenefits clinic

Dr. Travis Bennett andVicki Walker of CentennialBank are hosting whatthey’re calling a Hump DayDinner Cruise on Nov. 6 toraise money for the GoodHealth Clinic in Tavernier.

The free clinic around milemarker 91 is a nonprofit serv-ing those who are uninsuredand living at or below the fed-eral poverty level. It gets morethan 2,500 patients annually.

Tickets are $35. To booka spot, call Sue Finney at394-3736.

Coral Shores High Schooltries to send its seniors outwith a home victory Fridayas the Hurricanes close the2013 season.

The Canes (7-2) also have achance to post the best overallrecord for the program in years,but must survive a challengefrom Archbishop Curley (4-5).

Kickoff at George M.Barley Jr. Stadium in Tavernieris 7:30 p.m. Friday, followingceremonies to honor thesquad’s seven seniors.

“The hardest thing to doin football is beat the same

team twice,” Hurricane headcoach Ed Holly said. “Curleyhas gotten better through theseason, but so have we. Itshould be a great match-up.”

Coral Shores edgedCurley’s Knights, 21-13,Sept. 7 in Miami.

Both teams went on toqualify for the championshipplayoff bracket of theSoutheastern FootballConference, but both fell totheir North division foes lastweek. Curley is coming off a45-20 loss to Coral SpringsCharter while the Canes wereblanked by high-scoring JohnCarroll Catholic, 41-0.

“Our guys have overcomequite of bit of adversity thisseason so I know we’ll havea good week of practice andbe ready to play Friday,”Holly said.

With four runners racingto the best times of theircareers, the Key West HighSchool boys and girls cross-country teams took secondand third place, respectively,at Friday’s District 16-2Ameet at Larry and Penny andThompson Park in Miami.

The Conch teams —along with Coral ShoresHigh’s Steven Chadwick —will advance to the Region4-2A meet at 3 p.m.Thursday at Mills Pond Parkin Fort Lauderdale.

The Key West boys weresecond in an 11-team field withan average time in the 5K (3.1miles) of 18 minutes, 16 sec-onds, only 16 seconds behind

winner Ransom Everglades.Although Everett Wagner

led the Conchs with a third-place finish in 17:21 — 44seconds behind winnerGabriel Correa of Ransom —it was the appropriatelynamed Zachary Lightfoot

who, according to coachTerence White, was “the starof the day.”

Lightfoot finished sixth ina personal-best 18:02, aheadof teammates Jerry Burgess(14th, 18:23), Bobby Black(23rd, 18:50) and Steven

Hobson (26th, 19:09).On the girls’ side, the

Conchs were third out of nineteams (the top fouradvanced) in an average timeof 21:55. They were led byTristin Milliken, who fin-ished fourth in 20:48 — 1:23behind winner DaeshaRogers of Miami Jackson. AConch girl had never finishedas high at a district meet.

“The shocking statistic isthat the girls beat their teamrecord on that course by 55seconds,” White said.

The next four Conch girlswere Jane Welzien (15th,21:43), Emily Good (19th),21:53), Catherine Richardson(28th, 22:44) and SaharaGraft (29th, 22:47). Welzien,

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Hurricaneshost Curleyon FridayIt’s finalregular gameof season

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Conchs drop preseason contest

Just past 6 last Fridayafternoon, far from the rau-cousness of Fantasy Fest, theKey West High girls soccerteam gathered in its lockerroom before a preseasongame with Jensen Beach.

More than 20 playerswearing “Expect to Win” T-shirts lounged and chatted onthree couches and two bench-es beneath fluorescent squaresin a low-ceilinged room witha red-and-white motif.Furnishings included a mirror,dumb bells and assortedplaques and trophies. The airconditioner was broken. Asign on the wall read “Teamfirst, me second.”

Scott Paul, who is in hisearly 50s and beginning his15th season as coach,

walked in and distributed redjerseys. To the girls, whowere in stocking feet, hesaid, “Let’s get laced up.”

Senior midfielder LibbyIsherwood walked in late,eating a sandwich. She saton the floor and had team-mate Marella Barroso braidher hair.

Paul waited until every-one quieted down, thenbegan his talk.

“I know what I’m doing,”he said. “Relax. It’s nonstopwhat I do for you guys. Do

your job. I’ll take care of thepeople not doing their job.”

As the players drank thatin, Paul, who has never had alosing season, continued:

“Focus on this game. Goout and do what you’velearned. You guys have tonsof experience in organizedand thoughtful play. You canhave a memorable season.Focus on this game. Wewant to win every game.”

With that, the Conchs

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KEY WEST SOCCER

Lady Eaglesin regional again

Island Christian School’sgirls volleyball team kept itsstring of state regional play-offs alive by taking runner-up honors in District 16-2A.

The Lady Eagles (8-6 over-all, 6-2 district) advanced tothe Region 4-2A Tournamentwith a Tuesday semifinalmatch at Divine Savior of

Doral. Results were pending atpress time.

Coach Chris Calderwood’ssquad earned the regionalberth by defeating ColonialChristian in the 16-2A semifi-nal. Princeton Christian out -scored ICS in a 3-1 match inthe district title game. Bothfinal ists qualify for regionalplay.

For seniors like AndreaScott and Amanda Ihrig, itwill be their third straighttrip to regionals. The LadyEagles won the 2011 districttitle and advanced as run-ners-up last season.

Victory overColonial ledto advancement

ISLAND CHRISTIAN VOLLEYBALL

Sailfish are starting to light up

With the water temps slip-ping below 80 degrees onboth sides of the highway, ourwintertime pelagics are begin-ning to show in a big way.

Most notably are the sail-fish. In the past week, thisaction has gotten more consis-tent relatively close to the reefin 100 to 120 feet of water.Ballyhoo is working best, butcigar minnows, pilchards andgoggle eyes will also attracttheir attention.

There have also been adecent number of dolphintaking the baits intended forthe sails. Most are gaffer sizein the 10- to 15-pound class.

And we should start tosee steadier blackfin tunaaction along the reef lines,especially on the artificialreefs toward Key West. Inthe Middle and Upper Keys,the blackfins at the humpsare good sizes right now,with lots of fish in the 15- to20-pound category, takenmostly on live baits.

The best reef action is onthe shallow edge in 30 to 40

feet of water, where you’llfind keeper yellowtails andmuttons in the slicks. Thereare increasing numbers ofkeeper-size black grouper inthe same areas.

The patches still holdplenty of mangroves and yel-lowtails along with the occa-sional keeper red and gaggrouper. And the cero mack-erel bite is improving. Liveballyhoo is the bait of choice,

but pilchards also work.Fishing around the

bridges is very good, withplenty of rod-bendingaction on both fun fish andeating fish.

Marauding schools of jackcrevalle are there ready andwilling to eat just about anyoffering. They’re a blast tocatch on light tackle and canoften be caught on top-waterplugs to add to the excite-

ment. These fish average 8 to10 pounds, with intermittentlarger specimens.

The eating fish at thebridges include mangroves,muttons, porgy and hogfish.

The mangrove bite in thebay remains very good, andwe should start to seeimproved Spanish mackerelaction any day now.

It’s a resultof temperaturescooling down

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Photo by BERT BUDDE

Caila DeAbreu scores a goal for the Key West High girls soccer team during Friday’s preseason game with Jensen Beach.

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Bill, Mark and Brett, from Ohio, limited out on their trips with Capt. T.J. Yzenas and Island LureCharters. They caught mangroves, muttons and yellowtails, plus grouper and cero mackerel.

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Still no wins forfootball Conchs

With two games remainingand the injuries piling up, theKey West High football teamis in danger of having its firstwinless season since 1967.

The Conchs lost toWestminster Christian, 50-6,Saturday afternoon in Miamito fall to 0-8. They will beheavy underdogs againstMiami Jackson on Fridaynight at Tommy RobertsMemorial Stadium, but theseason-ending game, at homeon Nov. 8, is against G.Holmes Braddock, whichlost to Varela, 48-7, last

Thursday to fall to 1-7.Westminster Christian

was the latest high-poweredopponent to shred KeyWest’s defense — theConchs have allowed anaverage of 54 points in theirpast four games.

Saturday’s game was eeri-ly reminiscent of the 48-7 lossto American Heritage theweek before in the way itunfolded in the first quarter,with officials ruling againstthe Conchs on an onside kick.

Westminster scored first,but the Conchs cut the lead to7-6 when quarterback TrevorPike, filling in for AndrewFreeman, who was out becauseof a concussion, hit JefferyAnilus with a quick pass thatwent 59 yards for a TD.

Then, as they had the

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The week’s bestCapt. Greg Poland fished

the Flamingo area withanglers visiting fromJohannesburg, South Africa.Using live shrimp on lightspin tackle, they caught theirfirst redfish and snook.Poland expects this fishing toimprove with the coolingwater temps.

Capt. T.J. Yzenas, ofIsland Lure Charters out ofCaptain Hook’s in Marathon,fished groups from the north-east and Germany. Yzenasreports the reef producedsome nice yellowtails andmangroves — if you got thempast the sharks — and saysthe best fishing was when thewinds picked up and theystayed close to shore.

Capt. Ariel Medero, ofBig Game Sportfishing outof the Hammocks inMarathon, put his anglers ontuna, wahoo, sailfish anddolphin on the troll as well aslive bait. Randy, fromIllinois, caught a 30-poundwahoo on the troll early inthe morning in about 180feet of water. Medero alsoreports the mangrove, mut-ton and yellowtail bite on theshallow reef has been great.

Roberto Dey and his son,Lucas, visiting Captain Pip’sMarina and Hideaway fromArgentina, had a great dayaboard the Papa Pip’s withCapt. Zach Willis. They caughta nice bunch of snapper,

including a good-size mutton.The Densmore group,

from Baton Rouge andRootstown, Ohio, fished twodays aboard the Klimax withCapt. Chris Klimas. The firstday, they raised three sail-fish, had a double on andlanded one. They caught dol-phin on the second outingand lost a couple of wahooright at the boat.

A windy-day outing to thebay on the Klimax producedkeeper red grouper, man-groves and jack crevalle.And the Finley group, fromCincinnati, had a blast catch-ing and releasing 11 biglemon sharks with me on theSeaSquared.

Capt. Moe Mottice andhis fellow captains, of Moe’sCustom Charters in KeyWest, put their inshoreanglers on snapper, with tar-pon and mackerel mixed in.On the flats, sharks, barracu-das and ladyfish ate hard andpulled fast. And offshore, thetuna, bonito and a couple ofdolphin ate trolled ballyhoo.

Capt. Chris Johnson is amember of the YamahaNational Fishing Team andspecializes in offshore,gulf/bay, reef/wreck, sharkand tarpon fishing withSeaSquared Charters out ofPorky’s Bayside Marina inMarathon. You can reachhim at 743-5305, http://SeaSquaredCharters.com andhttp://Facebook.com/MarathonFishing.

Visitors findlots of successFrom Fishing, 1B

week before after answeringan opening Heritage touch-down, the Conchs went foran onside kick that apparent-ly was successful. Again,though, it was disallowed.Officials said SamGraveline’s kick didn’t gothe required 10 yards.

“It went 13,” said KeyWest coach Johnny Hughes.“Three of the referees ruled itwas our ball, but the head ref-eree said the ball hadn’t gone10 yards. Unfortunately, ittook our momentum away.”

As he had the weekbefore, WKWF broadcasterJudd Wise went berserk:“Unbelievable! You’ve gotto be kidding me! This is twoweeks in a row!”

Things got more bizarre.Because of penalties and

kicks that went out of bounds,Graveline had to kick off threemore times until, finally, theWarriors had the ball on theKey West 45. Immediately,they scored from there for a14-6 lead just before the endof the first quarter.

Westminster took a 28-6lead into halftime after twoTD runs by Jordan Conkrite.

The Warriors scored earlyin the third quarter on a five-yard run by 274-poundMathew Lynch, and, after aKey West fumble, scoredagain on a 38-yard pass fromHunter Boyett to DevonaireClarington to make it 42-6, ascore that necessitated a run-ning clock.

The Conchs, who were ledby Mehki Sargent (102yards), got to the Westminster33 late in the game beforebeing stopped on fourthdown. The Warriors thenscored their seventh TD astime wound down on a 70-yard run by Cronkite. To getto 50 points, they added atwo-point conversion.

“Add salt to the wound,”Wise announced.

Hughes maintained Mon -day that the game would havebeen closer if the Conchs wereat full strength. “When youlose so many guys, it’s tough,”he said. “Our defensive line isdecimated by injuries. I’m onmy fifth nose guard.”

Jack Gruba, the soul ofthe defense, played with aclub on his broken hand untilhe had to leave the game —not because of the hand butbecause he hurt his thigh.

Time runningout for ConchsFrom Key West, 1B

Good and Graft ran in per-sonal-best times, but Graft’swas the most noteworthy.

Graft’s time was dramat-ically lower than the 25:38and 24:32 she recorded inher two regular-seasonraces at Thompson Park.

“She came out of nowhere,I’d never seen her focusedlike that,” said White,adding that, without herperformance, the teammight not have finished inthe top four.

Wagner, Lightfoot,Burgess, Milliken andWelzien all won medals for

finishing in the top 15, asdid Coral Shores’Chadwick, who was 12th in18:21.

The Hurricane boys —Chadwick, Rex Zimmer -man (19:31), PabloGonzalez-Quevedo (20:01),Kenneth Stokes (20:54) andBernard Lietaert (22:08) —

were seventh.The Coral Shores girls

ended their season by fin-ishing ninth. Ivy Summerswas 40th in 24:17, followedby Chloe Stokes (24:48),Darian Gibson (25:14),Marissa Bogue (26:08) andKyia Herlth (29:57).

Runners hope to advanceFrom Running, 1B

went out into the cool air,headed for their Back Yardfield, where the lights werejust going on.

An hour later, before abigger-than-expected crowd,the game got under way. Five

minutes in, Conch keeperAngela Martin strayed fromthe goal, and Jensen Beachscored. “Get back in yourgoal, let the defendersdefend,” Paul yelled.

Soon it was 2-0, causingPaul to pace on the dark run-ning track behind the team

bench. Then Martin fumbleda shot and it was 3-0.

The Conchs went on tolose, 6-2, their only goalsscored by the speedy seniorforward Caila DeAbreu.

Key West had playedwithout top defender SelyneCasas, who was in jeans on

the sideline because of aninjured knee. Asked what itwas like to only be able towatch, she said, “Horrible.”

The Conchs open the sea-son at 6 p.m. this Fridayagainst Coral SpringsCharter at the Back Yard.

DeAbreu scores both goalsFrom Conchs, 1B

Gros wins the Light TackleSusan Gros from The

Villages in Central Floridamade it a trifecta, winning forthe third time the InternationalWomen’s Fishing Associa -tion’s Light Tackle Tour -nament in Islamorada thatended Oct. 23.

She previously won in1998 and 2008.

Part of the format of the

tournament, in the backcoun-try and which started Oct. 20,is a random drawing for whomeach woman would fish witheach day. So every day, eachwoman fished with a differentpartner, but that is not to saythey were teammates.

Teammates equate tothree women that are alsodrawn randomly. At the end

of the third day, point totalsare tallied for each memberof a team and the team withthe most points wins.

The winning team wasGros, Joan Kelley from KeyWest and Hazel Basnightfrom Manteo, N.C. Kelleyalso was second overall.

Following are completeresults:

� Gros, first, 3,265 points.� Kelley, second, 2,855

points.� Aledia Tush from

Sarasota, third, 2,760 points.� Top fly angler: Kelley.� Top artificial angler:

Tush.� Top bait angler: Susan

Coleman from Warrenton, Va.

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When Daylight SavingTime ends at 2 a.m. Sundayand clocks fall back one hour,many people will embracethe extra hour of sleep. Butfor some people, the changein his or her sleep cycle canactually trigger sleep trou-bles, says Mariners Hospitalin Tavernier.

One of three Americanshave a sleep disorder thatcauses problems in fallingasleep, sleeping through thenight or staying awake dur-ing the day, hospital staffsays. That lack of sleep canmake people grumpy andfoggy. It can also negativelyimpact memory, mood, judg-ment, appearance and health.

Lack of sleep may beresponsible for poor perform-ance in everyday activitiessuch as work and school per-formance.

According to FayeSturges, manager of theMariners’ Sleep Lab, a sleepdisorder, such as sleep apnea,can greatly affect quality oflife and lead to health condi-tions like diabetes, obesity,heart attack and stroke.

“Many people are notaware of how debilitating thelack of sleep can be,” Sturgessaid. “Good sleep promotesgood health. When you sleepwell, you’re motivated toexercise, eat healthier and dothe things you love to do.”

Although the amount ofnecessary sleep varies fromperson to person, expertsagree that most people needbetween seven and ninehours of sleep each night.Studies show that anincreased risk for disease

begins when people get lessthan six or seven hours ofdeep sleep.

Following good sleephygiene not only can ease thetransition when the clockschange; it is essential to get-ting deep, restorative sleepyou can count on, night afternight. The most importantsleep hygiene measure is tomaintain a regular sleep andwake pattern seven days aweek. Sturges and other sleepexperts also recommend thefollowing good sleep hygienepractices:

� Exercise regularly.Vigorous exercise is bestbefore evening time.

� Avoid eating right beforebedtime.

� Avoid caffeine, nicotineand alcohol close to bedtime.

� Increase exposure to nat-ural light during the day tohelp maintain a healthysleep-wake cycle.

� Boost melatonin produc-tion at night by dimming

lights and turning off yourtelevision and computer.

� Avoid long naps andnapping after 3 p.m.Anything more than a 20-minute catnap can disturb thenormal pattern of sleep andwakefulness.

� — Establish a regularrelaxing bedtime routine,which may include taking awarm bath, reading or listen-ing to calming music.

� Use your bedroom onlyfor sleep. It may help toremove work materials, com-puters and televisions fromyour bedroom.

� Create a good sleep envi-ronment — one that is quiet,dark and cool with a comfort-able mattress and pillows.

� Save your worries forthe daytime. If a concerncomes to mind, write it downso you can address the issuethe next day.

� Move to another room ordo something relaxing untilyou feel tired if you are hav-

ing trouble sleeping.If you are experiencing

excessive snoring or daytimesleepiness or you stop breath-ing during your sleep, contactyour healthcare professionalfor a sleep disorder screening.

Mariners’ Sleep DiagnosticServices can help physiciansdiagnose and treat a variety ofsleep problems, includingsleep apnea, insomnia, period-ic leg movement syndromeand narcolepsy.

A sleep disorder test isperformed as you sleep in aquiet, private and comfort-able environment. Theovernight sleep study orpolysomnogram measuresbrain waves, heartbeat, eyemovements, muscle tension,leg movements, respiratoryeffort, airflow and bloodoxygen levels. The testresults help doctors deter-mine diagnose your specificsleep disorder and the besttreatment for you.

“Resolving a sleep prob-lem is a life-changing experi-ence for many patients,”Sturges said.

To find out more, call434-1020.

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Living

When clocks change,so does your sleepHere are sometips to getbetter shuteye

TO YOUR HEALTH

Sleep deprivation can lead to all kinds of health problems.

Keep your pet safe

Children wait all year togo trick-or-treating. Over theyears that family fun hasgrown to include our pets.From Halloween pet parades,costumes, specialty toys andother themed pet products thistradition is fun for everyoneincluding our favorite furries.

However, not all compan-ion animals embrace the loudnoises, scary gestures andcostumes that come with theholiday, so the Pet IndustryJoint Advisory Council issharing some tips to helpkeep pets safe and secureover the holiday.

� Noise such as constantdoorbell ringing and doorknocking may stress yourpets. Find a quiet room in thehouse with food, water, litterbox or crate and bring themout after it’s all over.

� Candy and candy wrap-pers can be toxic to pets.Never leave candy unattend-ed, or within reach, of your cator dog. Chocolate is toxic topets and foil and Cellophanewrappers, if ingested, willcause havoc on the animal’sdigestive tract which couldresult in surgery or death.

� Animal cruelty increasesevery Halloween. Leading upto Halloween, andHalloween itself, keep yourpets — especially your blackcats (white cats, too) —indoors to reduce the possi-bility of harmful pranks oracts of animal cruelty.

� Jack-O-Lanterns andother decorations with flamesare dangerous around unpre-dictable pets. Cats and dogshave been known to knockover lighted candles thathave resulted in home fires.Consider flameless candlesas part of your decor and tryto eliminate as many electri-

cal cords as possible to pre-vent chewing.

� Leash your animals ifthey will be outdoors to pre-vent them from running infront of cars or running awayand make sure they are prop-erly tagged and micro-chipped if they do get away.

� Animal costumes canrestrict a pet’s vision, move-ment and/or hearing — makesure it does none of those.

� Running, chasing, quickmovements by trick-or-treaters toward animals, ortheir owners, may be per-ceived as an aggressive actionby a pet. Discourage childrenfrom conducting this way toavoid an altercation. Betteryet, if your dog appears to beagitated, keep your pet insideand away from children.

According to 2013 statis-tics, the National RetailFederation says that 15 per-cent of Americans will dresstheir companion animals incostumes.

“At PIJAC, our primary

concerns involve pet safetyas well as encouraging themost positive experiencesbetween pet owners and theirpets,” say Mike Canning,president & CEO.

“Not all animals enjoybeing in costumes as much assome pet owners enjoy seeingthem in costume,” he said.

According to the PetPoison Hotline, callsincreased in 2011 by 21 per-cent, many of which wererelated to chocolate con-sumption by pets.

If your pet ingests candy,or other toxic substances,consult your veterinarian,local animal emergencyHospital or call the PetPoison Helpline at (800) 213-6680, which operates 24/7.There is a $39 per incidentfee that covers the consulta-tion and follow-up calls.

The Pet Industry JointAdvisory Council comprisesmembers of the pet industrynationwide.

Cruelty casesincrease thistime of yearMcClatchy-Tribune

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Built-in tech now a staple

It’s one thing to have abeautiful, comfy bed. Butwhat if it also included a TVscreen, game console and dim-mable, color-changing lights?

Or say you’ve got justenough room in your apart-ment for a credenza or speak-ers, but not both. How aboutone piece that includes both— and a whole media system?

The integration of tech-nology into home decor hascome a long way sinceclunky TV screens peered outof armoires and media cabi-nets; today’s super-thinscreens can come embeddedin the bathroom mirror orattached to the wall likepieces of art.

The “wallpaper” mode onSharp’s new, high-definitionAquos TV lets you displayphotos, paintings or otherimages as wall art when youaren’t watching television.You can set a clock for dis-play times, and the light levelis reduced to get rid of glare(www.sharpusa.com).

Samsung’s four-doorfridge has a Wi-Fi-enabledscreen that you can load withphotos, news, calendar,notepad and recipes (www.samsung.com).

Want to stay on top of themorning news? Seura’s TVscreens embed in the bath-room vanity mirror. Robern’sembed in the medicine cabi-net (www.seura.com; www.robern.com).

TV manufacturers aremoving into OLED — organ-ic light emitting diode —technology, which can belinked to computers andother tech devices. It’s thin asa pencil and able to be curved(www.lg.com).

As for sound systems,Symbol Audio of Nyack,N.Y., has a New Audio Deskthat incorporates high-qualityspeakers into a slim writingdesk crafted from maple,walnut, oak or cherry.

Baby boomers mayremember the family’s oldhi-fi system. While iPhonesand iPads can now hold theequivalent of hundreds ofMitch Miller albums, thereare still those among us wholike the mid-century chic of aretro-styled system. SymbolAudio pays homage to the hi-fi with the Modern RecordConsole, a walnut cabinet

outfitted with a hand-builtturntable, amplifier and built-in wireless router.

“The act of removing analbum from its sleeve, clean-ing and placing it on theturntable is interactive andphysical. There is an undeni-able charm to vinyl that’smore than just a fascinationwith the past,” said BlakeTovin, Symbol’s founder(www.symbolaudio.com).

Designer Chris Cushing -ham of Brooklyn, N.Y., craftshis own version of the hi-ficonsole out of walnut and cor-rugated cardboard. He’ll alsomake you a custom one usingyour record player, audio gearand LP collection (www.cushdesignstudio.com).

Bloomfield, Conn.,-basedSalamander Designs concealshigh-performance loudspeak-ers in elegant cabinetry. TheChicago model is clad in stri-ated black oak, evoking theprairie grass of the Midwest.There are versions in walnut,American cherry and high-gloss white lacquer (www.salamanderdesigns.com).

Italian designer EdoardoCarlino’s spacy-looking HiCan canopy bed incorporatesa theater screen, integratedPC and game consoles, andbuilt-in lights to create a self-contained bedroom/playroom

(www.hi-can.com).Replace ceiling, floor or

table lamps with IAVLightspeaker’s wireless fix-tures and run your musicthrough them. You get light-ing, surround sound and noexpensive wiring to dealwith. For rentals and vacationhomes, there’s an outdoorversion built into a faux rockyou could put on a patio(www.iavlightspeaker.com).

Kohler’s Moxie shower-head has a Bluetooth speakerattachment so you can syncradio or playlists for bathingmusic. Disengage the speak-er and carry it to anotherroom, or the beach. Colorsinclude white, cherry red,navy and chartreuse (www.uskohler.com).

Ready for entertaining?Just hit “party” on Lutron’snew Homeworks system. Itsets the mood of a room withspotlights, dimmable over-heads, music and thermostatsettings. The company offerscustomized lighting optionsfor a variety of moods androoms (www.lutron.com).

If you’d just like to disguiseoutlet and vent covers, checkout Trufig’s marble, wallpaper,wood or concrete flush-mount-ed options, which make theconnection disappear into thewall (www.trufig.com).

Even the fridgenow comes withwireless WiFiBy KIM COOKAssociated Press

HOME DECOR

Photo courtesy ASSOCIATED PRESS

This is Symbol’s walnut cabinet outfitted with a hand-built turntable, amplifier and built-in wireless router. The integrationof technology into home decor has come a long way.

LIVING BRIEFS

‘Racing in Rain’up for discussion

The Marathon LibraryBook Discussion Groupfeatures “The Art of Racingin the Rain” by Garth Steinwhen it meets at 10 a.m.Friday at the library, milemarker 48.5.

In the book, seen throughthe eyes of a dog, Enzo takesstock of his life as he nearshis end. It’s a story of family,love, loyalty and hope.

December’s selection is“The American Lion: AndrewJackson in the White House”by Jon Meachum. For furtherinformation, contact, AnnLynch at 743-7513

Model railroadsgoing on display

The Key West ModelRailroad Club has its fourthannual Key West ModelRailroad Show planned forSaturday at the DoubleTreeGrand Key Resort on SouthRoosevelt Boulevard.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5p.m. and admission is free.

Among the highlightsare locomotive drag races,where visitors will be ableto pit their own model trainlocomotives against eachother on a specially created24-foot race track. In addi-tion, there will be operatingmodel-train layouts, staticdisplays, model-train ven-dors, a white-elephant table,giveaways and drawings.

Treasure huntershonored Saturday

What’s called theTreasure Hunters’ Ballarrives at the History ofDiving Museum inIslamorada on Saturday.

Planned for 7 to 10 p.m.,the event includes food, livemusic, prizes and more. Costis $20. The museum is atmile marker 83 bayside.

To find out more, call664-9737.

Butterfly groupto meet on Sunday

The Miami Blue Chapterof the North AmericanButterfly Association has itsquarterly meeting at JohnPennekamp Coral ReefState Park in Key Largo onSunday at 1 p.m. The park isat mile marker 102.6 and thesession is open to the public.

Speaking will be RobertMcElderry from theUniversity of Miami, dis-cussing his research on therare Florida leafwing butter-fly. For now, the U.S. Fishand Wildlife Service hasbanned the Florida KeysMosquito Control Districtfrom spraying adulticide onBig Pine Key because theleafwing, along with theBartram’s hairstreak butter-fly, is a candidate for theEndangered Species List,and they have colonies onBig Pine.


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Ad# 730398

The following vessels will be

sold at a reserve public auction

pursuant to 328.17 F.S. Labor

& Storage on November 13,

2013 at 10:00 AM Location:

10544 NW 26 St #E102 Miami,

FL 33172. As is. Where is.

50% Buyer’s premium. Title is

not guaranteed. BILL

HERRERA LIC #: AU0001502.

Lot 26987 2007 Kawasaki

KAW38235F707 Owner:

James Craig Kendell 150

Palermo Dr Islamorada FL

33036 Total Lien $ 4,483.11

Lot 26988 2010 Kawasaki

KAW70654B010 Owner:

James Craig Kendel 150

Palermo Dr Islamorada FL

33036 Total Lien $ 4,452.89

Lot 26987 & 26988 are located

at Riva Yamaha South Inc

DBA Riva Motorsports &

Marine of the Keys 102550

Overseas Hwy Key Largo FL

33037 Ph:305-451-3320

Owner/Lienholder has a right

to a hearing prior to date of

sale by filling with the clerk of

the courts. Owner/Lienholder

may recover vehicle withot

instituting judicial proceedings

by posting bond as per

559.917 F.S.Net proceeds in

excess of lien amount will be

deposited with clerk of courts

pursuant to 328.17 F.S. All

interested person(s) should

contact Professional Lien &

Title Service Corp.

Ph: 305-592-6090

Published October 23, 30,

2013

Florida Keys Keynoter

Ad# 731850

NOTICE OF SALE

FEDERAL LIEN CORP. will

sell at Public Sale at Auction

the following vessels to satisfy

lien pursuant to Chapter

328.17 of the Florida Statutes

on Nov 7, 2013 at 10 A.M.

Lot#: B33663 1981 SMITH;

Reg # FL4238KA; Hull ID#

PRT450050181; Located at:

A Boat 4 Fun Inc. dba

Catamaran Boat Yard 97951

Overseas Hwy, PO Box

370888 Key Largo, FL 33037

(305)852-2025; Owner:

OUTTA SIGHT CHARTERS

LLC 60 ANDROS RD KEY

LARGO, FL 33037; Customer:

SAME AS REGISTERED

OWNER; Lienholder: NONE;

Lien Amount: $41,910.56

Any person(s) claiming any

interest(s) in the above vessels

contact: FEDERAL LIEN

CORP. (954) 384-7171

25% Buyers Premium * ALL

AUCTIONS ARE HELD WITH

RESERVE* LIC# AB0000288


2013


Ad# 732943

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

OF THE 16TH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR

MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CIVIL DIVISION

CASE NO.

44-2009-CA-001336-K

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON FKA THE BANK OF

NEW YORK, AS SUCCES-

SOR TRUSTEE TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE

CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF

BEAR STEARNS ALT-A

TRUST 2005-1, MORTGAGE

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFI-

CATES, SERIES 2005-1

Plaintiff,

vs.

DAVID GARRISON;

UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF

DAVID GARRISON IF ANY;

CLOANN GARRISON A/K/A

CLOANNE GARRISON;

UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF


CLOANNE GARRISON;

MICHAEL R. WRIGHT;

UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF

MICHAEL R. WRIGHT;

JAMES E. DAVIDZIK;

UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF

JAMES E. DAVIDZIK;

JOHN DOE AND; JANE DOE

AS UNKNOWN TENANTS IN

POSESSION;

Defendants.

NOTICE OF ACTION

To the following Defendant(s):

UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF


CLOANNE GARRISON

(RESIDENCE UNKNOWN)

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that

an action for Foreclosure of

Mortgage on the following

described property:

LOT 87, AMENDED PLAT OF

RIVIERA SHORES FIRST

ADDITION ACCORDING TO

THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RE-

,

CORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5,

AT PAGE 88 OF THE PUBLIC

RECORDS OF MONROE

COUNTY, FLORIDA.

AND ALSO;

PART OF LOT 88, AMENDED

PLAT OF RIVIERA SHORES

FIRST ADDITION ACCORD-

ING TO THE PLAT THERE-

OF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT

BOOK 5, PAGE 88 OF THE

PUBLIC RECORDS OF MON-

ROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,

BEING MORE PARTICULAR-

LY DESCRIBED AS

FOLLOWS: BEGIN AT THE

SOUTHEAST CORNER OF

SAID LOT 88, THENCE RUN

NORTHERLY 21 DEGREES

14 MINUTES 20 SECONDS

WEST ALONG THE EASTER-

LY LINE OF SAID LOT 88,

54.31 FEET TO THE NE

CORNER OF SAID LOT 88;

THENCE RUN SOUTH 68

DEGREES 45 MINUTES 45

SECONDS WEST ALONG

THE NORTHERLY LINE OF

SAID LOT 88, 8.2 FEET TO A

POINT ON THE WESTERLY

FACE OF AN EXISTING CON-

CRETE BLOCK WALL (AS

LOCATED BY PHILLIPS &

RICE SURVEYING, INC. ON

JULY 7,1991); THENCE

SOUTH 14 DEGREES 18 MI-

NUTES 05 SECONDS EAST

ALONG SAID WESTERLY

FACE AND THE SOUTHEAS-

TERLY EXTENSION OF SAID

WESTERLY FACE, 53.0 FEET

TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE

OF SAID LOT 88; THENCE

RUN NORTH 75 DEGREES

22 MINUTES 40 SECONDS

EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH-

ERLY LINE, 14.7 FEET BACK

TO SAID POINT OF BEGIN-

NING.

a/k/a 2803 VENETIAN DRIVE,

KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040.

has been filed against you and

you are required to serve a

copy of your written defenses,

if any, to it, on Kahane &

Associates, P.A., Attorney for

Plaintiff, whose address is

8201 Peters Road, Ste. 3000,

Plantation, FLORIDA 33324

on or before November 21,

2013, a date which is within

thirty (30) days after the first

publication of this Notice in the

FLORIDA KEYS KEYNOTER

and file the original with the

Clerk of this Court either

before service on Plaintiff’s

attorney or immediately there-

after; otherwise a default will

be entered against you for the

relief demanded in the

complaint.

If you are a person with disabil-

ity who needs any accommo-

dation in order to participate in

a court proceeding or event,

you are entitled, at no cost to

you, to the provision of certian

assistance. Please contact

Cheryl Alfonso, 302 Fleming

Street, Key West, FL 33040,

(305) 292-3423, at least 7 days

before your scheduled court

appearance, or immediately

upon receiving this notification

if the time befoe the scheduled

appearance is less than 7

days; if you are hearing or

voice impaired call 711.

WITNESS my hand and the

seal of this Court this 17 day

of October, 2013.

AMY HEAVILIN

As Clerk of the Court

By /s/ S. McLeod

As Deputy Clerk

Submitted by:

Kahane & Associates, P.A.

8201 Peters Road, Ste.3000

Plantation, FL 33324

Telephone: (954) 382-3486

Telefacsimile: (954) 382-5380

Designated service email:

notice@kahaneandassociates.

com

File No. 10-23100 BOA


2013


Ad# 734312

COMPETITIVE

SOLICITATION /

BID OPENING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS

THAT the Monroe County

School District will be receiving

bids for the following:

RFP 2013526 MODIFIED

ROOFING MAINTENANCE

BID OPENING - November

19th 10:00 A.M. MCSD Ad-

ministration Bldg, 241 Trumbo

Road, Key West, FL 33040

Bid Documents may be

requested from Demandstar

by calling 1-800-711-1712

or by going to the website

www.demandstar.com

or by going to

www.KeysSchools.com/rfp.

The public record document is

available at the Purchasing

Department, 241 Trumbo

Road, Key West, FL 33040.

All bids must be received

on or before dates specified

in the bid documents. The

Monroe County School District

reserves the right, at its sole

discretion, to accept or reject

any and all bids and to wave

informalities or irregularities

when it is in the best interest

of the Board to do so.

Please contact Suanne Lee,

Purchasing Supervisor, with

any questions regarding this

bid. Suanne.Lee@KeysSchool

s.com or (305) 293-1400 Ext

53360.


November 2, 2013


Ad# 734649

PUBLIC NOTICE OF

INVITATION TO BID

FOR SUBCONTRACTOR

& SUPPLIER

Chris-Tel Construction acting

as Contractor for the City of

Marathon, is soliciting subcon-

tractor bids from qualified

subcontractors and suppliers

for the new construction of

CITY OF MARATHON - CITY

HALL - a new 1-story, 15,318

s/f elevated building of occu-

pied space built over 14,850 s/f

of parking and storage, located

at: 9805 Overseas Highway|

Marathon, FL 33050.

This project is designed under

the guidelines of FGBC (Flori-

da Green Building Coalition).

Bids will be received:

1. at the office of Chris-Tel

Construction: 11400 Overseas

Hwy., Suite 211, Marathon, FL

33050

2. at the office of Chris-Tel

Construction: 2534-A Edison

Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33901

3. via fax (239) 226-0503

4. electronically: FBurman@

ChrisTelConstruction.com

Bidders may deliver their

proposal to the offices of Chris-

Tel Construction in person, via

mail, FedEx/UPS or electroni-

cally via e-mail. Chris-Tel

Construction will NOT accept

bids past the stated bid closing

and is not responsible for late

deliveries. Chris-Tel

Construction reserves the right

to reject any and all bids.

Instructions to bidders, plans,

and specifications will be

available electronically at:

www.ChrisTelConstruction.co

m under the "Doing Business"

tab, which includes a link to

FTP site, and instructions for

username and password.

All inquiries regarding this

project should be directed, IN

WRITING, to Francis Burman,

Project Manager for Chris-Tel

Construction: FBurman@Chris

TelConstruction.com. For tech-

nical assistance, please con-

tact Chris-Tel Construction:

phone (239) 226-0500 or fax

(239) 226-0503.

Bids MUST be in accordance

with plans and specifications

and MUST be on specific trade

package scopes as presented

in the specifications. Please

review Chris-Tel Construction’s

sample contracts (on FTP), as

it will be the governing docu-

ment regardless of any state-

ment to the contrary noted in

the bidder’s form of proposal.

We encourage

DBE/MBE/WMBE participation!

Bids are DUE to Chris-Tel

Construction on: Thursday

November 14, 2013 at

12:00PM EST


November 2, 6, 9, 2013


Ad# 739528

COMPETITIVE

SOLICITATION /

PUBLIC NOTICE


TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS

THAT the Monroe County

School District will be receiving

bids for the following:

ITB 2013523 PAINTING OF

PERFORATED BARRIERS

**MANDATORY** PRE-BID

CONFERENCE - November 5,

2013 @ 8:00 A.M.

Location: Key Largo School,

104801 O/S Highway, Key

Largo, FL 33037 and traveling

to each location indicated in

the bid ending at the Key West

Administration Building.

BID OPENING - November 19,

2013 @ 11:00 A.M.

Location: MCSD Administra-

tion Bldg, 241 Trumbo Road,

Key West, FL 33040

Bid Documents may be

requested from Demandstar

by calling 1-800-711-1712

or by going to the website

www.demandstar.com

or by going to

www.keysschools.com/rfp.

y p

The public record document is

available at the Purchasing

Department, 241 Trumbo

Road, Key West, FL 33040.

All bids must be received

on or before dates specified

in the bid documents. The

Monroe County School District

reserves the right, at its sole

discretion, to accept or reject

any and all bids and to wave

informalities or irregularities

when it is in the best interest of

the Board to do so.

Please contact Suanne Lee,

Purchasing Supervisor, with

any questions regarding this

bid. Suanne.Lee@KeysSchool

s.com or (305) 293-1400 Ext

53360.

Published October 30,

November 2, 2013


Ad# 741631

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT IN AND FOR

MONROE COUNTY,

FLORIDA

CASE NO.:

44-2012-CA-000857K

U.S. BANK NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE

FOR THE LXS 2006-10N,

Plaintiff,

v.

MELINDA A. JANOUS; JOHN

P. MCKENZIE; ANY AND ALL

UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIM-

ING BY, THROUGH, UNDER,

AND AGAINST THE HEREIN

NAMED INDIVIDUAL

DEFENDANT(S) WHO ARE

NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD

OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID

UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY

CLAIM AN INTEREST AS

SPOUSES, HEIRS,

DEVISEES, GRANTEES,

OR OTHER CLAIMANTS;

CAMPBELL COURTYARD

CONDOMINIUM

ASSOCIATION, INC.; AND

TENANT N/K/A ROBERT

SEVERIN.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE


pursuant to an Order of Final

Summary Judgment of

Foreclosure dated October 7,

2013, entered in Civil Case No.

44-2012-CA-000857K of the

Circuit Court of the Sixteenth

Judicial Circuit in and for

Monroe County, Florida,

wherein the Clerk of the Circuit

Court will sell to the highest

bidder for cash on 12 day of

November, 2013, at 11:00 a.m.

at the front door of the Monroe

County Courthouse, Lester

Building, 530 Whitehead

Street, Key West, Florida

33040, relative to the following

described property as set forth

in the Final Judgment, to wit:

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 9

OF CAMPBELL COURTYARD

CONDOMINIUM, ACCORD-

ING TO THE DECLARATION

OF CONDOMINIUM THERE-

OF RECORDED IN OFFICIAL

RECORDS BOOK 1459 PAGE

108, OF THE PUBLIC

RECORDS OF MONROE

COUNTY, FLORIDA AND

TOGETHER WITH AN

UNDIVIDED 12% SHARE IN

THE COMMON ELEMENTS

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS.

A PARCEL OF LAND ON

THE ISLAND OF KEY WEST,


AND ALSO BEING A

PORTION OF LAND LYING

IN LOT 1, SQUARE 36, OF

WILLIAM A. WHITEHEAD‘S

MAP OF THE SAID ISLAND,

DELINEATED IN FEBRUARY

1829 AND BEING MORE

PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED

AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE

INTERSECTION OF THE

NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-

OF - WAY LINE OF

SIMONTON STREET AND

THE NORTHWESTERLY

RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF

FLEMING STREET; THENCE

IN A NORTHEASTERLY DI-

RECTION ALONG THE SAID

NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT-

OF-WAY LINE OF FLEMING

STREET FOR 241.82 FEET

TO THE POINT OF BEGIN-

NING; THENCE CONTINUE

IN A NORTHEASTERLY DI-

RECTION ALONG THE SAID

NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT-

OF-WAY LINE OF FLEMING

STREET FOR 26.13 FEET;

THENCE AT AN ANGLE OF

89 DEGREES 46‘28" TO

RIGHT AND IN A NORTH-

WESTERLY DIRECTION FOR

62.00 FEET; THENCE AT A

RIGHT ANGLE AND IN A

NORTHEASTERLY DIREC-

TION FOR 29.81 FEET

THENCE AT A RIGHT ANGLE

AND IN A NORTHWESTERLY

DIRECTION FOR 71.00 FEET;


AND IN A SOUTHWESTERLY

DIRECTION FOR 23.73 FEET:


AND IN A SOUTHEASTERLY












AND IN NORTHWESTERLY








THENCE IN A SOUTHWEST-

ERLY DIRECTION FOR 7.31

FEET; THENCE AT A RIGHT

ANGLE AND IN A SOUTH-

EASTERLY DIRECTION FOR

7.42 FEET; THENCE AT AN

ANGLE OF 125 DEGREES

25‘31" TO THE RIGHT AND

IN A EASTERLY DIRECTION

FOR 12.66 FEET; THENCE

AT AN ANGLE OF 136 DE-

GREES 16‘12" TO THE LEFT










AND IN A NORTHEASTERLY


THENCE AT AN ANGLE OF

134 DEGREES 33‘53" TO

THE LEFT AND IN A SOUTH-

EASTERLY DIRECTION FOR

28.52 FEET; THENCE AT A

RIGHT ANGLE AND IN A

SOUTHEASTERLY DIREC-

TION FOR 12.64 FEET TO

THE SAID NORTHWESTER-

LY RIGHT-OF WAY LINE OF

FLEMING STREET AND THE

POINT OF BEGINNING. CON-

TAINING 3908.27 SQUARE

FEET, MORE OR LESS.

TOGETHER WITH THE EX-

CLUSIVE USE OF PARKING

SPACE NO. P-4 PURSUANT

TO THE PROVISIONS OF

THE AFORESAID DECLARA-

TION OF CONDOMINIUM.

Any person claiming an inter-

est 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.

ATTENTION: PERSONS

WITH DISABILITIES

If you are a person with a

disability who needs any

accommodation in order to

participate in a court pro-

ceeding or event, you are

entitled, at no cost to you, to

the provision of certain



Street, Key West, Florida,

33040, (305) 292-3423, at

least 7 days before your

scheduled court appearance,

or immediately upon receiv-

ing this notification if the

time before the scheduled

appearance is less than 7

days: if you are hearing or

voice impaired call 711.

DATED AT KEY WEST,

FLORIDA THIS 10th DAY OF

October, 2013

Shonta McLeod

AMY HEAVILIN, Clerk

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT

COURT



November 6, 2013


Ad# 742212

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

OF THE 16TH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR


CIVIL DIVISION

CASE NO.

44-2009-CA-001545K

IBERIA BANK

Plaintiff,

vs.

DAVID M. MENO; TRACY R.

MENO; SUNSET MARINA

DOCKOMINIUM OF KEY

WEST ASSOCIATION, INC.;

UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN

POSSESSION OF THE SUB-

JECT PROPERTY;

Defendants,

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

SALE


pursuant to a Final Judgment

of Foreclosure dated August

13, 2013, and entered in Case

No. 44-2009-CA-001545K, of

the Circuit Court of the 16th

Judicial Circuit in and for MON-

ROE County, Florida. IBERIA

BANK is Plaintiff and DAVID

M. MENO; TRACY R. MENO;

UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN

POSSESSION OF THE SUB-

JECT PROPERTY; SUNSET

MARINA DOCKOMINIUM OF

KEY WEST ASSOCIATION,

INC.; are defendants. I will sell

to the highest and best bidder

for cash at THE FRONT

DOOR OF THE MONROE

COUNTY COURTHOUSE,

LESTER BUILDING, AT 500

WHITEHEAD STREET, KEY

WEST IN MONROE COUNTY,

FLORIDA 33040, at 11:00

A.M., on the 14th day of

November, 2013; the following

described property as set forth

in said Final Judgment, to wit:

THE CONDOMINIUM PAR-

CEL KNOWN AS BOAT SLIP

UNIT NO. STARFISH 14 OF

SUNSET DOCKOMINIUM OF

KEY WEST, A CONDOMINI-

UM ("CONDOMINIUM"), AC-

CORDING TO THE DECLA-

RATION OF CONDOMINIUM

THEREOF ("DECLARATION"),

RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RE-

CORDS BOOK 1671, PAGE

1734, OF THE PUBLIC RE-

CORDS OF MONROE COUN-

TY, FLORIDA, TOGETHER

WITH AN UNDIVIDED SHARE

IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS

APPURTENANT THERETO,

AND ANY AND ALL AMEND-

MENTS THERETO

A person claiming an interest

in the surplus from the sale, if

any, other than the property

owner as of the date of the lis

pendens must file a claim with

60 days after the sale.

Dated this 29th day of August,

2013.

AMY HEAVILIN

As Clerk of said Court

By Shonta McLeod

As Deputy Clerk

If you are a person with

disability who needs any

accommodation in order to

participate in a court pro-

ceeding or event, you are

entitled, at no cost to you,

to the provision of certain



Street, Key West, FL 33040,

(305) 292-3423, at least 7

days before your scheduled

court appearance, or imme-

diately upon receiving this

notification if the time before

the scheduled appearance is

less than 7 days; if you are

hearing or voice impaired

call 711.

Submitted by:

Kahane & Associates, P.A.

8201 Peters Road, Ste. 3000

Plantation, FL 33324

Telephone: (954) 382-3486

Telefacsimile: (954) 382-5380

Designated service email:

notice@kahaneandassociates.

com

File No.: 09-22707 IB


November 6, 2013


Ad# 742970

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

ARNOLD’S AUTO & MARINE

REPAIR, INC. gives Notice of

Foreclosure of Lien and intent

to sell these vehicles on

11/20/2013, 09:00 am at 5540

3RD AVE KEY WEST, FL

33040-6032, pursuant to sub-

section 713.78 of the Florida

Statutes. ARNOLD’S AUTO &

MARINE REPAIR, INC.

reserves the right to accept or

reject any and/or all bids.

1983 CTYN3329M83K CTY 1

2005 JTLKT334050183587

TOYOTA

2005 KM4CA104251306540

HYOSUNG

2008 LD6TCK0748L903158

ZHEJ

2010 2CTALDEW7A6309672

GMC

2011 LHJTLBBNXBB001141

BASH

Published October 30, 2013


Ad# 742980

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

ARNOLD’S TOWING &

RECOVERY, INC. gives Notice

of Foreclosure of Lien and

intent to sell these vehicles on

11/20/2013, 09:00 am at 5590

3RD AVENUE KEY WEST, FL

33040, pursuant to subsection

713.78 of the Florida Statutes.

ARNOLD’S TOWING &

RECOVERY, INC. reserves

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Ad# 743695

LEGAL NOTICE

Pursuant to the Emergency

Planning and Community

Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA),

the District XI Local Emergen-

cy Planning Committee (LEPC)

announces the availability

of the following information:

Tier II Reporting Forms, 304

Release Notices and the

District XI Hazardous Materials

Emergency Plan. To obtain

information, please contact

the LEPC Coordinator at

(954) 985-4416.



Ad# 743937

NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING


that the Board of County Com-

missioners of Monroe County,

Florida, will hold a public hear-

ing on November 20, 2013, at

3:00 p.m., or as soon there-

after as may be heard, at the

Murray Nelson Government

Center, Auditorium, 102050

Overseas Highway, Key

Largo, Florida, for the

purpose of determining wheth-

er or not the following streets,

alley-ways, roads, or highways

shall be abandoned:

"A portion of the 20 foot

and 30 foot wide portion

of the roadway considered

Pompano Drive, as shown

on ANGLERS PARK accord-

ing to the Plat thereof, as

recorded in Plat Book 1,

at Page 159 of the Public

Records of Monroe County,

Florida and being more

particularly described as

follows

BEGINNING at the South-

west corner of Lot 19, Block

11 of said Plat of ANGLERS

PARK run South along the

Southerly extension of the

West line of said Lot 19 for

a distance of 20.00 feet;

thence run East along the

South line of said 20 foot

wide portion of roadway for

a distance of 15.16 feet to

the point of curvature of a

circular curve concave to the

Southwest; thence run along

the arc of said curve having

a radius of 25 feet, a delta

angle of 53 degrees 07’48’

for a distance of 23.18 feet

to a point on the Westerly

extension of the Southerly

line of said 30 foot portion of

roadway; thence run East

along the Westerly extension

of said Southerly line for a

distance of 40.62 feet;

thence run N. 30 degrees

00’00’ E. for a distance of

34.64 feet to a point on the

p

Northerly line of said road-

way and the Southerly line

of Lot 20, Block 11 of said

ANGLERS PARK; thence run

West along the Northerly line

of said roadway and the

Southerly line of Lots 20 and

19 Block 11 for a distance of

93.10 feet back to the POINT

OF BEGINNING. Containing

2,241.9 square feet, more or

less"

Pursuant to Section 286.0105,

Florida Statutes, notice is giv-

en 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 proceed-

ings, and that, for such pur-

pose, 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 accommoda-

tions 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"

Dated at Marathon, Florida,

this 28th day of October, 2013.

AMY HEAVILIN, Clerk of the

Circuit Court and ex officio

Clerk of the Board of County

Commissioners of Monroe

County, Florida



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MM 86 ISLAMORADA

132 Sand Rimo Dr, at Venetian

Shores, Sat only, 11/2, 8-2.

Furniture, miscellaneous items,

like new chair lift + more!

PRIVATE COLLECTOR

WANTS Rolex Dive watches

and Pilot Watches. Old model

Military clocks & watches.

Call 305-743-4578.

FINANCEABLE 3/2 INCROSS KEY WATERWAYBEST DEAL ON THE WATER& IT’S FINANCEABLE!WATERFRONT HOME307 BELMONT LANE-3 Beds2 BathsSingle family Home located indesirable Cross KeyWaterway, w/ Bay & Oceanaccess, Built 2001 Recentlyremodeled & upgraded NewMetal Roof, GraniteCountertops, New KitchenCabinets, New Appliances &Decorator Baths. Largescreened patio overlooks dock& canal. All tiled, fenced &gated, freshly painted, Cute &Ready to Move in! This is aSingle Family Home and it isfinanceable!Reduced to $359,000AVATARRE SERVICES LLCCALL ANGEL RUIZ [email protected]

KEY LARGO Park Model for

sale. Handicapped designed,

1 BR, furnished. Never lived in.

Lot rent $500/mo. $15,000.

Owner financing available.

305-522-5841

Mobile Home Lot For Sale

In Key RV Park,

Marathon.

$89K.

305-743-5164

2 BR / 2 BA MM 99 O/S

On canal! Water & electric

included. $1600 / month.

F/L/S Call (305) 942-3495

BEAUTIFUL 4 BR / 3 BA

CBS home located on Tarpon

Basin at MM 101. One lot off

bay, on canal w/ dock.

$2600 / mo. 1st & sec.

Call (305) 244-7531.

KEY LARGO MM96. 3/2

home, Oceanside. Direct

ocean access w/ocean views!

Furn/unfurn. Yearly lease.

$2350/mo. 786-258-3127

Marathon: Cottage style 2 br,

1 ba. Avail now. Cent A/C, tile

floors. Small pets ok. $1,050

mo + security deposit to move

in, ready to go. 451-0939

Marathon/Cran e Hammock

Lovely 2/2 A-frame. Carport,

workshop. A/C, frig, stove, DW

Gulfside, pvt park, water acc.

Beaut yard, quiet! $1900 FLS.

704-589-8565; 704-844-2840

VENETIAN SHORES MM86

133 Stromboli. 2/2 waterfront,

dock, ocean access. 2nd flr.

$2500/mo, F/L/S. Call Chris

Call (786) 283-1100.

MARATHO N 2 BR, 1 BA

wanterfront with boat dockage.

Unfurnished, all tiled, washer &

dryer, great parking.

$1350/mo. 305-323-7537

MARATHON STUDIO

WATERFRONT, A/C, tiled, full

kitchen and full bath. 1 prkg

space. $850/mo + util, F/L/S.

Available 11/1. 561-212-6563

Canal Front-Coco Plum/Marathon 2BR1BA charmingopen floor plan condo withpatio over looking canal.boatslip included. Wash/dry. 1300/mo for year 1800/mo for 6 [email protected]

Executive Bay CondoExecutive Bay Club. Spacious2Br/1.5Ba. Beach, tennis,pool. $1550 mo. yrly lease. 1-786-385-3489.

MARATHON 1 BR MOBILE

HOME For rent. Must have

security and references.

Call 305-743-6519

For Rent: 1 bedroom RV unit inKeys RV Park. $650.00. EmptyRV lot for rent $550.00. 1 yearlease, 1st and last months rentplus deposit. (786)766-9484

KEY LARGO . MM 103

Open Water!

Perfect for retired couple.

2/1, furn, W/D, pool, dock,

porch. $2200mo 305-801-3157

MARATHON/COC O PLUM

Luxury 1 BR, 1.5 BA condo in

Bonefish Towers! Monthly

rental; avail Nov, Dec & Mar.

Oceanview-pool 732-233-5320

RV LOTS FOR RENT

in MARATHON

Adult Park.

Please call 305-743-6519

Master Bedroom/furnishedwith full bath in Big Pine KeyNov 1. Share a clean, quietsingle home. Large fencedyard,deck,pool,kitchen,park-ing, A/C & w/d. Cable & utilitiesincluded. Contact after 5pmweekdays, or anytime Fri-Sun.$850 305-395-0170

Marathon 2/1 great location

Walk to beach & high school.

Spacious! Dock, overlooking

canal. Small pet OK. $1150mo,

F/L/S. 954-675-9774

MARATHON

Small apartment, 1 person.

$790/month includes utilities.

305-481-4301

FOOD TAKE OUT RENTAL

formerly The Dog House, for

rent. MM 106. Also, storefront

w/ garage bay, Formerly Half

Breed Motorcycles, for rent.

Also, garage bays for rent.

(609) 792-4105 ask for Rich.

CLIMATE CONTROLLED

STORAGE

Call Fred’s Beds,

305-743-7277

Available office or desk space.

Attractive professional building.

Hwy frontage, Marathon. Call:

305-731-1183; 305-731-9751

HEART OF MARATHON

Retail or Office.1000 sq ft.

Next to Publix, the new

Walgreen’s and marina.

561-743-3745

MARATHON 912 sq ft

commercial building/retail

storefront. Excellent visibility &

frontage on hwy. $1475/mnth

+ tax. (305) 900-0113.

FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS

FOR SALE. Discounted 25%.

Currently paying 7.25%.

[email protected]

(305) 743-5164

Martins Potato Bread Route

for Sale in the Fl. Keys

Excellent growth potential, be

your own boss! High industry

comm.% and low overhead.

Call Orlando 786-443-3169

New Tropical Wicker

Bedroom and Living Room

Dinettes, Futons, Recliners

Simmons Beautyrest

www.fredsbeds.com

FRED'S BEDS100s of Beds

Factory Direct to You

Marathon � MM 53.5 � 743-7277Big Coppitt � MM 9.5 � 295-8430

FREE DELIVERY

A/C - ARTIC TEMP

Res & Comm’l, Marine, Sales,

Repair, Refrig, Ice Mach.

Lic#CAC 053827, 743-5288

Plumbing - Ernest E. Rhodes

Lic# CFC1427241

10700 5th Ave, Gulf, Marathon

743-7072

Weight Watchers Coming toMarathonFor further information contactDanielle at [email protected]

PEST CONTROL

Charter Pest Control

Your Local Company.

All types of pest control.

Ocean Reef to Key West.

Contact us at 305-451-3389.

ELECTRIC - Kelly Electric

Serving the Middle Keys since

1980! Fair prices, dependable!

Lic# EC525 μ 743-6098

Concrete Designs

Protect & beautify any

concrete surface. Custom art-

work by Ed Moran! Deco

coatings, stained pavers etc!

Lic# SP3136. 305-923-0654

www.keysdecoconcrete.com

KEYSRECYCLINGCENTERCertified Scale

Top dollar paid for your scrap,we are located 1280 107th STGulf Marathon, FLAppliances,copper,batter-ies,brass,alum and muchmore. We will pick [email protected]

100734471-01

service directorywe’re at your service

call us: 743-5551 | [email protected]

ARTIC TEMP A/CRes & Comm'l, Marine,

Sales, Repair, Refrig,

Ice Machines. Lic #CAC 053827.

743-5288, Marathon

Ernest E. RhodesPlumbing

Lic# CFC142724110700 5th Ave, Gulf,

Marathon743-7072

Windswept A/C & Appliances

"Shut Your Windows

Shut Your Doors,

You Ain't Gonna Be Hot No More!"

Lic CAC056989. 289-1748

NEW & REPAIR305-664-0009

Lic # CYC00000002

CABINETSKITCHEN KORNER

Real Wood Cabinets atParticle Board Prices!

Call FRED'S BEDSMARATHON 743-7277

CONCRETE DESIGNSProtect & Beautify any concrete surface.

Custom artwork by Ed Moran!Deco coatings, stained pavers etc.

Lic #SP3136. 305-923-0654www.keysdecoconcrete.com

Arollin Metal Systems, LLCMetal Roof Systems

Commercial & ResidentialBest prices throughout Florida

Free Estimates561-929-2987 Joey

Search Public Notices OnlineIt’s your right to know:

� School District Budgets � Local Tax Changes� Property Auctions � Public Hearings� City Budgets

Search Public Notices Online at:www.KeysNet.comMouse over Classifieds,

then click on “Public Notices”

YOU HAVE IT.

Somebody else wants it.Have something you no longer need?

Sell it in our classifieds!(305) 743-5551 or [email protected]

FL KEYS EXPRESS SHUTTLEDoor to Door Service. WiFi,

Private SUV avail, We cover theKeys! Also MIA, FLL Airports

www.floridakeysexpressshuttle.com;[email protected]

305-743-7454



Dolphin Research Center

has a FT opening for a Staff

Accountant: Responsible for

daily, weekly & monthly

accounting processes. Must

be a responsible, organized

and motivated individual who

demonstrates excellent "team

player" skills. Associate’s

degree in business or

accounting with 3-5 years

experience in a computer

-based environment. Benefits

include medical insurance,

401(k), vacation and paid

holidays. Job description

available: www.dolphins.org

E-mail your resume to

[email protected]. EOE

Foreman & ApprenticeWanted Need constructionforeman to run on-goingprojects with established GC.All phases--rough to finishcarpentry. Pay based onexperience. Truck, hand tools& references a must. Alsoneed apprentice. 522-4166.

Constructio n Workers

Needed Immediately.

Work located in Lower Keys.

Must have drivers license &

reliable vehicle. 872-2100

Bluegreen

The Hammocks At Marathon

has the following positions

available:

P/T Experienced Line Cook

P/T Bartenders

Houseperson/Carpet Shampoo

Room Attendants

Apply in person:

1688 O/S Hwy, Marathon.

MM48.5

EOE/Drug Free Workplace

Concierge/Marktg/OPC @

Hammocks MM48.

30 Hrs - Weds-Friday. Hourly

+ Com $. Get app at front

desk. Attn: Mike Kelly

Front Desk Clerk Wanted BigPine Key Fishing LodgeMust work nights/weekendsApply in person at front [email protected]

Front Desk Reservations

Associate F/P with manage-

ment potential for Key Largo

Dive Resort, clean cut, non

smoker, some nights and

weekends send resume to:

[email protected].

RESORT HELP

Immediate opening!

μ Housekeeping

μ General Maintenance/

Dockhand

Marathon, 305-797-1707

Stoma Help I’ll be in Marathonfor the month of February andam looking for someone withexperience in changing astoma, @ every 3 days.Professional or personalexperience necessary. I willbring my own supplies.Usually takes 20 [email protected],812-339-4280. [email protected]

Vernis & Bowling is seeking

F/T Legal Assistant. Min. 3 yrs

litigation exp., competitive sal.,

health ins. & 401K. Fax re-

sume 305-664-5414 Attn: Terri

or [email protected]

Wanted for beauty salon:

Hairdresser, nail technician

and esthetician. In Marathon.

Rent or commission. Many

possibilities. 305-289-0014

EXPERIENCED HELP ONLY

μ Breakfast Cook

μ Prep Cook, Line Cook

μ Host/Hostess

μ Waitstaff

μ Bartender

μ Bus Person

μ Front of House Managers

Apply in person:

Sunset Grille & Raw Bar, 7

Knights Key Blvd, Marathon.

NOW HIRING Line Cook,Dishwasher, 3-10pm. Apply inperson at King Seafood, 10925Overseas Hwy, Marathon. [email protected]

Now Hiring Looking for linehelp front end help. Must haverestaurant experience.Call or email Noah at 352-562-2492 [email protected]

AUTO MECHANIC WANTED

P/T Marathon.

Please call for interview

305-360-1723

Experienc ed Electricians

and Apprentices needed

immediately. Please apply in

person 41 Coco Plum Dr,

Marathon. 305-743-2558WOW LOOK !!!

CORAL REEF PARK CO.Bahia Honda DivisionIs seeking a Part Time

Customer Service ClerkMust be a team player, and have someexperience with Retail, Food Service orWater Sports. Supervisory skills a plus.

Please call Nancy at 305-872-3954to schedule an interview EOE

Make BIG$$$$

Bartender, DancersServers & Security

Housing availableMonday - Saturday

Call Mr Ford664-4335

WOODY�S MM82

Join the Keys TopName in Boating!

Accepting applicationsfor the following:

Health InsuranceVacation

401K

Apply in personMM 81.5, Islamoradaor email resume to

[email protected]

DFWP

EXPERIENCEDMARINA

FORKLIFTOPERATOR

BOAT DETAILER

Currently interviewing candidates forthe following positions:

Don’t miss the opportunity to join a stable employerand community leader offering a professional

work environment and great benefits.

Apply in person Monday - Thursday9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Located in Key Largo on N. County Rd 905For a full list of openings & to apply online visit:

www.oceanreef.com/employmentE.O.E./D.F.W.P.

FRONT OFFICE DIRECTOR

GARDE MANGER CHEF

MEMBERSHIP SALES/ENROLLMENTMANAGER

VACATION RENTALS DIRECTOR

HR TRAINING COORDINATOR

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC

FRONT DESK AGENT

HOUSEKEEPERS

SUSHI COOK

POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT:

The Guidance/Care Center, Inc.

Behavioral Health Technician - Marathon # 252

Crisis Stabilization Unit. Part-Time

Behavioral Health Therapist # 187

Providing individual and group counseling for mental healthand substance abuse clients in the Marathon office. Florida

License Required: LCSW, LMHC or LMFT. Bi-lingual preferred.Full time.

Per Diem RN- Marathon #253

Florida licensed RN to provide Services on Crisis Stabilization /Detox units.

Housekeeper - Marathon #271High School Diploma OR GED. Full Time

Full Time positions in Key Largo and Marathon assistingindividuals with mental illness to access community services.

Key Largo Job #272; Marathon Job #257

All applicants must submit: 1) resume; 2) three references;3) undergo background, fingerprint, and drug screening

prior to any offer of employment.Apply online @ [email protected]

http://careers.westcare.com

EEOC/DFWP

Former applicants need not reapply

Rehabilitation Services DirectorFor more opportunities, visit our website at:

http://www.fishermenshospital.org.

is now accepting applications for:

Fisherman’s Hospital is located in Marathon, FLE.O.E./Drug Free Workplace/E-verify

CALLCLASSIFIEDS

743-5551



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100740297-01

Experienced Maintenance

person needed for condos.

Electrical, plumbing, A/C and

carpentry. Must have transp.

Send resume via email or

apply in person. Continental

Inn, 1121 W Ocean Dr., KCB.

[email protected]

EXPERIENCED & RELIABLE,

appliance repair tech.

Must have valid

drivers license & tools!

Call (305) 664-3662.

MARATHON - PLUMBER

AND PLUMBER’S HELPER.

Must have clean driving record

and be able to pass drug test.

(305) 731-7797

Part Time Security Guard

needed in Islamorada.

Security license needed.

Call 305-684-0033

USCG CAPT(50 TON) F/P

with PADI Scuba instr. or D/M

cert. needed for Key Largo

Dive Resort. Only clean cut,

non-smoking, enthusiastic

applicants. Send email to:

[email protected] or

call (305) 394 4400

CDL DRIVER NEEDEDCLASS A CDL DRIVERNEEDED IN FLORIDA KEYSwith tanker endorsement.Must be able to pass DOT drugtest and have good drivingrecord. Rate of pay and jobrequirements discussed atinterview. For more info callSpence at 863-214-6141 orShaun at 305-307-6131.

40’ Ocean Sport Fish 1999

Twin 3126 Cats, 420 HP

each. 1100 original hours.

Many extras! Call

561-718-4325 for details.

43’ PEARSON TRAWLER

1973 Twin 330/454. Low hrs.

Well maintained, great live

aboard or weekends. Asking

$47K. Located in Key Largo.

Call (305) 713-2620

Carolina Skiff Specialists All

sizes & models: Sea Chasers,

Bennington pontoons & Hydra.

sports. Call Ft. Myers for West

Coast pricing! 800-955-7543

Boat 17ft Cobia, 90hp Yamaha1999. 2013, Continental trailer.Motor runs well and boat invery good condition. $6,[email protected]

24’ Morgan $5,000. No engine

or equip. Still has engine bed,

running gear, etc. Set up for

Cummins 330. (Engine also

available) 239-222-5202.

30’ CHRIS CRAFT

Great Liveaboard! $1200 obo.

See at 2525 Overseas Hwy,

Marathon.

Boat slip for rent $200/mo.

MM 99 oceanside. Up to 40 ft.

catamarans, etc. No

liveaboards. Water & electric

included. (305) 942-3495 Lisa

Boat Storage In Marathon

(MM54). Wet slips and dry

racks. No liveaboards please.

Call for details. 305-289-0064

DUCK KEY, 8 post boat lift on

inner canal. Can store up to

45x14 feet boat. Annual rental

only. Water & electric available

For details call 305-289-0677

Marathon Dock rental, private

home, Boot Key Harbor. 24 hr

access. Incl water & electric.

Avail now. $250-$300/mo. No

liveaboards. 561-312-3263

1 DAVE BUYS PERMITS

So Atlantic Snapper, Grouper,

Gulf Reef, K/Mack, Shark,

Sword, Tuna. $$$ in 48 hours!

904-262-2869, 904-708-0893

2000 43’ TORRES LOBSTER

6140 LUGGER DIESEL.

$115,000 firm. 305-522-3649

29’ COMMERCIAL Y & G

300 HP John Deere, low hrs.

Fishing & trap pulling.

Full electronics. $20,000 obo

305-522-2702, Islamorada

All types of permits for sale!

Rock Shrimp, King Fish, S

Atlantic Snapper, Grouper,

Gulf 6 Pack reef & pelagic,

Commercial Gulf Reef Fish,

Gulf Snapper IFQ’s, Long Line

Pkg. Many other permits avail.

We buy, sell & broker all types

of permits. Call before you buy

or sell! Please call for prices.

Licensed & Bonded. All per-

mits guaranteed valid for trans-

fer, many ref’s avail. John

Potts Jr.321-784-5982, 321-

302-3630. www.shipsusa.com

Have a Florida VSPL-RS-CD.

Will lease. Everybody on the

boat is covered.

Call David Hagan

904-262-2869;904-708-0893

Mase Marine Generator 4.0

Excellent condition. Low hours.

Will demonstrate. $2,500.

305-451-3929

MTHN-Mari ne Storage : boats,

trailers, campers, any clean

storage OK on wheels. Best

rates in town. Check with us

first! Call Emil, 731-3386

1988 HONDA ACCORD 115K

miles orig. Many recent parts.

Timing belt, water pump, tires

starter motor, comp. exhaust

sys. $2500 obo. 203-595-1667

1998 CHEV CAMARO Z28

Only 68K miles.

$4500 firm.

Call 305-394-2402, Key Largo

AAA AUTO μ ALL YEARS!

Junk-Used. Cars-Vans-Trucks

Running or not. Cash.

305-332-0483

PARADISE TOWING

is buying junked cars.

Call (305) 731-6540

2004 DODGE RAM 1500

Well taken care of,

runs fine & looks good!

Please call (954) 444-5550.

WOW LOOK !!!

Making a Difference with Children & Families

Family Specialist-StrengtheningFamilies Program- Upper Keys

Responsible for providing strength based and familycentered in-home services for family violence,

substance abuse and mental health issues. Servicesare offered to families on a voluntary and a court

mandated basis and works as a part of the WesleyHouse team. Position requires Master’s degree in

Counseling or related field

Full Case ManagerKey West/Middle/Upper Keys

Provide direct case management services (voluntaryand court ordered) to children, birth families, foster

families and primary caregiver(s) in the home setting,day care, preschool, and/or school to ensure theyreceive services appropriate to their needs, and

continuity of care focused on resolving or preventingthe issues of child abuse or neglect and achievingpermanency. Position requires Bachelor’s degree in

Social Work or related field

For detailed job descriptions visit wesleyhouse.orgSend application/resume to [email protected] or

stop by 3114 Flagler Ave office.

Competitive salary plus good benefits.WHFS is an EEOC Employer and Drug Free Workplace

TOM THUMBFood Stores, Inc.

Offers the following positions inMONROE COUNTY

* Managers & Manager Trainees

* Assistant Managers

* Store ClerksThree shifts available:

6am to 2pm2pm to 10pm

10pm to 6amTo apply please call 786-295-5307

and ask for Cleveland Mathis

We will train.No experience needed.

Competitive wages and benefits. DFWP. E.O.E.

LL o v e R e t a i l ?Want to work in a fun environment?

Want to have benefits includinghealth, vacation and profit sharing?

Please fax your resume to453-9604 or call 453-9144

Seeking PT/FT Day/Night/Weekend

Sandal Factory/T-Shirt CityMM 102 • MM 82 • MM50 • MM4

NEWLY RENOVATEDNow hiring personnel for both

Tom Thumb and Subway.Subway

Assistant Manager2pm – 10pm

Sandwich ArtistsSHIFTS

7am – 2pm & 2pm – 10pm

Tom ThumbStore Clerks

SHIFTS6am – 2pm

2pm – 10pm10pm – 6am

We will train. No experience needed.Call Cleveland at 786-295-5307

Competitive wages and benefits.DFWP • E.O.E.

Immediate opening for a

HVAC Service TechnicianGreat Pay - Paid Holidays - Paid Vacation

Sick Pay - Medical InsuranceApply in person or fax resume

171 Hood Ave, MM 91.5, TavernierPhone-305-852-2960 �� Fax 305-852-852-0656

$$$$ FLOORING INSTALLERSNEEDED $$$

For year round work! exp only. Must have,van, tools, GL insurance, pass back-ground, speak English. MUST HAVE

MONROE COUNTY LICENSE.Call 877-577-1277 or visit

http://contractor.us-installations.com

Got a passion for retail? This is for you!

MarathonPeople with a passion for retail LOVEthe friendly, enthusiastic atmosphere

of Beall’s Outlet! Discover it for yourself when you become our new:

STORE MANAGER Retail Management experience in

Softlines required.

We offer an excellent benefits packageincluding medical insurance, 401K, paid

vacation and holidays and employee discounts as well as advancement opportu-

nities! Please forward your resume to:[email protected] EOE