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Raw sewage causescomplex’s evictions

More than 40 Marathonresidents were abruptlyevicted from an 18-unitapartment building inMarathon this past weekendafter local officials discov-ered standing raw sewage onthe property.

According to a Feb. 25Florida Department of Healthletter posted on each unit at1665 Overseas Highwayoceanside at 5 p.m. Friday,“there is standing raw sewagethroughout the property from

a failed septic system,” aswell as “standing sewagebeneath the building.”

“The sewage presents animminent threat to publichealth, and needs to becleaned appropriately withlime,” says the letter, signedby environmental specialistDustin McCabe.

Another letter from GlennStraub, president of the PalmBeach County buildingowner Marina FundingGroup, says residents are“required to vacate the prem-ises by no later than Sunday,March 2, 2014 at 5 p.m.”That’s just 48 hours notice.

The run-down apartmentbuilding is adjacent to theTrailerama mobile-home park

40 residentssuddenly toldthey must leaveBy RYAN [email protected]

Keynoter photos by RYAN McCARTHY

Standing raw sewage reportedly was found at this 18-unit Old Town Marathon apartment complex on Feb. 23. ByFriday, the state Department of Health issued notices to vacate within 48 hours, citing ‘an imminent threat to publichealth.’ More than 40 residents are being displaced.

Cat Cole and husband Gus Rojas are two of more than 40Marathon residents evicted abruptly from an 18-unit OldTown Marathon apartment complex this past weekenddue to standing raw sewage on the property. � See Sewage, 2A

A battle over sunken tug

What began in January asone man’s whim to buy a 150-ton tugboat for $8,000 ispoised to end with a combina-tion of taxpayer-funded agen-cies footing the six-figure billto haul the 81-foot Tilly out ofwater off Key West, where itsank and remains.

Stephen Freer, 66, saidhis goal was to start a“marine cooperative” andtake the Tilly to Cuba — hehad never owned or operatedany sort of boat — to escapethe “evil empire driven bygreed and arrogance” in theUnited States.

Freer bought the boat offcraigslist, then had it towedinto the new Stock IslandVillage Marina, where hehad reserved a slip forFebruary, on Jan. 25.

Marina managers started

a formal eviction on Jan. 28,the day of the marina’s grandopening. On Feb. 21, marinastaff towed the Tilly out ofthe harbor, at which point thestories diverge.

“I understood we were

going to the mooring field”off Fleming Key, Freer said,“but instead, he just dumpedme in the channel” abouttwo miles off Fort Zachary

Marina evictedthe owner, nowsalvage comesBy SEAN [email protected]

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U.S. CoastGuard SectorKey West’s Aidsto NavigationTeam hasinstalled alighted buoyon the wreck of the tugboat‘Tilly,’ whichsunk in 35 feetof water abouttwo miles offKey West.

Photo courtesyU.S. Coast Guard

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Cuba-Key Westflights resume

Regular air servicebetween Key West andHavana, Cuba, quietlyresumed on Friday after morethan half a century withoutdirect flights.

Miami-based chartercompany Mambi Inter -national Group is partneredwith flight operators AirMarbrisa and Air Key Weston the new service.

Mambi spokesman IsaacValdes said that following afirst flight on Feb. 28, the

next flight this Friday is“already sold out.”

Beginning March 17,Mambi will offer the 30-minute hop to Jose MartiInternational Airport onMondays, Wednesdays andFridays, departing Key WestInternational Airport at 2:30p.m. and returning at 4:15.

The Monday and Wed -nesday flights cost $479 round-trip, with the Friday routegoing for $525, Valdes said.

The process of designat-ing Key West as an interna-tional point of entry began in2009 with a request to U.S. Customs and BorderProtection.

Following that was athree-phase, two-year, $2.25

2 round-tripsare scheduled3 times weeklyBy SEAN [email protected]

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Bullard: Pot lawwould raise money

Recreational use of mari-juana should be legalized inFlorida, says the state senatorrepresenting Monroe County.

Sen. Dwight Bullard, aDemocrat representingDistrict 39, realizes hisSenate Bill 1562 stands virtu-ally no chance of passing inthe Florida Legislature’s ses-sion that opened Tuesday.

“Unfortunately, the stateLegislature does not see orfully appreciate the obvious

and hidden benefits of a billlike this,” Bullard said in ane-mail Tuesday. “None -theless, I’m hopeful that wecan get one step closer tounderstanding the complexi-ty of the issue.”

State Rep. RandolphBracy (D-Orlando) has filedcompanion HB 1039 in theFlorida House.

“I’m not under the illusionthat this would pass,” Bracytold the Orlando Sentinel.“But it’s more so to get a startto the conversation.”

Bullard’s 48-page bill pro-poses to ban marijuana posses-sion by people under age 21,but allow possession of 2.5ounces to others. People wouldbe able to grow six marijuana

Senator wantslegalizationfor casual use

STATE LEGISLATURE

By KEVIN WADLOWSenior Staff [email protected]

Interest is growingin Snead’s former seat

It was slow going at first,but several names surfaced thisweek as possible replacementsfor former Marathon CityCouncilwoman Ginger Snead.

Snead resigned at the end ofthe Feb. 25 council meeting,not giving any specific reason.She was in the middle of herthird consecutive two-yearterm and would have beenterm-limited out in November.

Many of the potentialreplacements, such as formercouncil members John Bartusand Marilyn Tempest, andprevious council candidateLarry Shaffer, would be famil-iar to anyone who’s followedthe council over the years.

Others, such as KellyElectric owner Bill Kelly

and Centennial BankBusiness DevelopmentOfficer Melissa Grady, aregenerally well-known buthave not held public office.

The council is not sched-uled to discuss how it willreplace Snead until its March11 regular meeting.

The most common meth-ods are for each council mem-ber to put a name forward andappoint a replacement with atleast a 3-1 vote, or take appli-cations and choose from thatpool. That person could runagain in November and wouldhave the right to make his orher own appointments to var-ious city committees andcommissions.

But Vice Mayor ChrisBull has made it clear hewants a replacement whodoes not intend to run forelection come November. Heacknowledges that could notbe legally required.

“I thought it was a great

Several peoplesay they’d serveif requested toBy RYAN [email protected]

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Taylor State Park.“That was my first time

on the water,” he said.Freer was soon picked up aboat salvor.

By Feb. 23, the Tilly wassitting on the ocean bottomin about 35 feet of water,with some of its superstruc-ture exposed.

Marina spokesman RobinSmith-Martin said “we weretrying to help him out. Ourguys asked, ‘Do you want usto help you get the boat outof here’ and he said yes.They towed him out some-where west of the ship’schannel and he set hisanchor. They asked him if hewanted a ride back to shoreand he said no.”

Smith-Martin said theeviction is based on marinapolicy.

“Our policy is that youhave to come in under yourown power. He told us itwas a motor yacht. Duringour grand-opening party, hemade some signs asking

people for money. He wassubletting out some spaceto homeless people andthat’s in violation. It waskind of a nightmare.”

“The Tilly didn’t fit inwith their rich, white colorscheme,” Freer said of themarina, adding that he seestwo options: The marinacan recover and repair hisboat or he’ll “take them toschool with a media blitz.”

The recoveryU.S. Coast Guard Sector

Key West spokesman PeterBermont said the base got areport Feb. 21 that the Tilly“was dragging anchor.” OnFeb. 23, the Coast Guard“received a report from amariner that they nearly [col-lided] with the Tilly becauseit was not displaying propernavigation lights.”

That prompted sectorcommander Capt. Al Youngto issue what’s called a“captain of the port order”directing Freer to “ensurethat your vessel is safelyanchored outside the mainship channel and maintainsproper navigation lights”according to federal law.

The Coast Guard’s Aidsto Navigation Team hasinstalled a red buoy withblinking lights on the wreck.

An assessment team withthe Florida Keys NationalMarine Sanctuary snorkeledthe Tilly Monday, accordingto sanctuary SuperintendentSean Morton.

“We want it out ofthere,” Morton said. “Itlooks like it is dripping out alittle bit of oil. Most fueland oil was removed priorto it sinking but I thinkyou’re always going to havea little bit of something.”

The next step is for theFlorida Fish and WildlifeConservation Commissionto officially declare thevessel derelict, a processthat’s already under way,Morton said.

From there, the “FWCwill work with us, the CoastGuard and Monroe Countyon a salvage plan.”

Monroe County Commis -sioner George Neugent saidthis is an example of thecounty’s reactive rather thanproactive monitoring ofderelict boats, on which thecounty spends around$250,000 per year removingfrom local waters.

“I think that any timeyou can manage a situationand it’s not to interfere withanyone’s right to publicboating, it’s just a matter ofenforcing existing rules andregulations.”

“Now we’ve got a vesselon the bottom of the oceanthat needs to be removed. Ihave a severe problem withspending public money onthis,” he said.

He said he’d put a dis-cussion item on theCounty Commission agen-da for its March 19 meet-ing at the MarathonGovernment Center.

Morton and Neugentagreed the recovery costwould be several hundredthousand dollars. Neugentsaid he’s consulting withcounty legal staff on anypotential liability as it appliesto Freer or the marina.

Bermont summed upthe Coast Guard position:“A vessel on the water,whether it’s floating orsubmerged, is the responsi-bility of the owner.”

Freer said he’s a “victimof this rotten, evil moneysystem.”

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‘GMA’ broadcastsfrom Keys Friday

The nation’s top morningtelevision news show,ABC’s “Good MorningAmerica,” is set to broadcastlive segments from MallorySquare in Key West Friday,and the public is invited towatch and possibly appearon the air.

Beginning at 7 a.m.,meteorologist Ginger Zee —who went paddleboarding inKey Largo and fed tarpon atRobbie’s Marina inIslamorada two weeks ago— is to broadcast segmentsfeaturing Keys charactersand activities. A facet of thenational broadcast also is toshowcase a recorded seg-ment covering offerings inthe Middle and Upper Keys.

Howard Livingston andthe Mile Marker 24 Band areamong guests scheduled toappear.

The broadcast is beingmade possible as part of an“integrated marketing pro-gram” funded by theMonroe County TouristDevelopment Council thatwas developed betweenABC and TinsleyAdvertising, the TDC’s adagency.

“Good Morning,America” and CBS’ “TheEarly Show” previouslybroadcast from MallorySquare.

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CONTICH Wanda Lu Contich, 72, ofWebster, Florida and formerlyof Marathon, passed away onJanuary 29, 2014 after a longbattle with numerous cancers.She is preceded in death byher sister Carolyn Martin, andher husband, Bill Contich.Wanda is survived by herbrother, Carl Les Martin, ofWebster; daughter LorieMullins of Marathon and herson Jesse Gallo ofJacksonville; Eric Myrmel andgranddaughter Malanna ofMarathon; son Steve Lowryand his family Veronica, Olivia,Eve, and Stella of Tampa; sonBurt Williams and his familyTammy, Amanda andChandler of Stuart; Step-sonBilly Contich and his daughterSavannah of Ft. Myers; Step-daughter Carolyn Contich ofFt. Myers; Nephew MichaelMartin now living in thePhilippines; Nephew BrianMartin and his family Christine,Brianna, Christiana and Hannaof Ozark, Missouri; and numer-ous cousins and friends fromaround the world. Wanda was born in RedDragon, a section ofWhitesville, West Virginia. Shelived in Columbus, Ohio formany years before moving toMarathon in 1972. Shewaitressed at the Quay andJoe’s Steak & Seafood Restau-rants before she took a job andretired from the Marathon PostOffice, then moved to Websterin 2006. A Celebration of her life willbe held at St ColumbaEpiscopal Church on 52ndStreet on Saturday March 8that 11am. In lieu of flowers thefamily requests that donationsin her memory be sent to HPHHospice 12242 Cortez Blvd,Brooksville, Florida 34613. Wanda enjoyed life to its full-est, always laughing and smil-ing, ready to lend a hand toanyone. She loved singing, theocean, the Keys, traveling andfine dining. She was a verystrong lady with a big, warmheart full of love. We will missyou!!

Freer blames ‘rottenevil money system’From Tug, 1A

million project to have theairport reclassified as a fed-eral inspection station,instead of the current labelof a general aviation facility.

Monroe County AirportsDirector Peter Horton saidthe feds signed off on theupgrades in October 2011.

The last time planes reg-ularly flew between KeyWest International Airportand Jose Marti in Havana,just 90 miles from theSouthernmost City, was in1962, shortly after Fidel

Castro took over in Cuba.Would-be visitors must

obtain either a general orspecific license from theU.S. Department ofTreasury’s Office ofForeign Asset Control.

Mambi’s charter part-ners use a 10-passengerMetro II turboprop or afive-passenger PartenaviaP68C. The federal licensurecaps the number of peoplemaking the trip at 10,including the pilot or pilots.

For more informationcontact Mambi’s Key Westoffice at 896-5034.

Flights head out3 times a weekFrom Flights, 1A

opportunity. I’m getting moreand more involved in thingsin Marathon,” said Kelly, arecent Code ComplianceBoard appointment who saidhe has not given muchthought to running for thecouncil come November.

“If I do get picked, I’llmake that decision down theroad,” he said. “I’m interestedin the way the city is running.I don’t think I could changeanything in six months, butI’d like to get an insight andsee what’s going on.”

Grady, who offered herservices free of compensa-tion in a Monday e-mail tothe council, had a similarsentiment. She is a memberof the city’s Fire FighterPension Board.

“I really haven’t thoughtthat far ahead if I’d be interest-ed in running or not,” she said.

It appears as thoughthose with experience on thecouncil are more willing tostep in on a temporary basis.

“Several people haveapproached me. Failing tofind anyone, I would bewilling, but I’m not seek-ing,” Tempest said.

“Oh good grief, no. No,thank you,” she said whenasked if she would run forthe seat in November. Shesaid being a council memberis a “24-7 kind of thing”she’s not interested in com-mitting to long term.

“I would probably consid-er serving if the council want-ed me there. I’m really notinterested in running again inNovember,” Bartus said.

Shaffer indicated like-wise in his brief March 1 e-mail to the council.

“I want to put my namein for the empty councilseat. If selected, I would notrun again when the termexpires,” he said.

Jim Tashjian, who chairsthe city’s Planning Commis -sion, said last week that he isinterested in the position. Buthe wouldn’t apply or acceptappointment if not allowed torun again in November.

Eric Myrmel, a 2014 can-didate for council, reportedlywas also interested in Snead’sseat. He’s the only resident todeclare to run in November;three seats on the five-memberboard will be open, those ofSnead, Mayor Dick Ramsay(term-limited out) andCouncilman Rich Keating.

Interest grows in appointmentFrom Marathon, 1A

New England mancritical after crash

A visitor from NewEngland remained in criticalcondition in Ryder TraumaCenter in Miami this weekafter being struck by a carFriday night in Marathon.

Wilbert Blodgett, 46, of

South Thomaston, Maine,was injured around 5:55p.m. when he rode into traf-fic at U.S. 1 and SombreroBeach Road and struck a2002 Chevy driven by AlanDavis, 70, of Marathon, saysthe Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers say Davis wasdriving north on U.S. 1when Blodgett tried to crossthe highway from the eastshoulder, riding west.Blodgett rode “against thepedestrian signal signs,”

says the FHP.After Blodgett rode into

the Chevy’s path, theChevy’s right front struckthe left-side handlebar ofBlodgett’s bicycle. Blodgettended up on the pavement,unconscious with headinjuries. He was taken toRyder via the TraumaStar airambulance.

Northbound traffic wasbacked up for hours astroopers investigated.

Troopers sayhe rides bikeinto Chevrolet

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Clerk alerts on Silver Alert

An 82-year-old Port St.Lucie man hit the lottery onSunday when an alert UpperKeys store clerk saw the eld-erly man’s face on his store’slottery machine listing him assought under a Silver Alert.

Such alerts are issued

statewide when senior citi-zens are reported missing,which Donald Hastings wasfrom Port St. Lucie.

The Monroe CountySheriff’s Office says thataround 2:10 a.m. Sunday,the clerk at the Circle Kstore at mile marker 92called the agency to say thatthe man wanted under theSilver Alert was in his store.Deputies arrived and con-firmed it was Hastings.

While being given foodand drink by the clerk,

Hastings “was in good spir-its,” according to a report byDeputy Michael Claudy, andtold Claudy he “was tiredand a little disoriented, anddid not know where he wasat.” His 2005 Buick Lacrossewas in the store’s lot.

Claudy was able to con-tact Hastings’ son Tom inKansas, and Tom madearrangements with Guy’sTowing to take both theelder Hastings and his Buickback to Port Lt. Lucie.

Port St. Lucieman located atmile marker 92

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New low: Stealing from nonprofits

Some Key West thieveshit new lows the past week.

One, police say, rippedoff a Boy Scout. The other,they say, stole money fromdonation jars for nonprofits.

In the Boy Scout case,police are offering a $1,000reward for the informationleading to the arrest of a manwho allegedly robbed the12-year-old at gunpointaround 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

The youth, who was sell-ing coupon books for dis-counts to businesses door todoor, told police a man “point-ed a black, semi-automaticgun at him and demanded

money,” according to policespokeswoman Alyson Crean.

The robber got away with$40 and the coupon books,which were found by detec-tives near where the crimereportedly happened, at 18thTerrace and Northside Drivein New Town.

Crean described the sus-pect as white, in his mid-20s, around 6 feet tall withshort, black hair and light-colored eyes.

“His face was coveredwith a red and black bandanaand he was wearing what thevictim called a biker-styledvest over a dark red shirt anddark jeans. He may also havebeen wearing a class ringand a treasure coin aroundhis neck,” Crean said.

Anyone with informa-tion can call DetectiveMatthew Haley at 809-1000or Crime Stoppers of theFlorida Keys at (800) 346-

TIPS. Callers could be eli-gible for a cash reward ifthe tip leads to an arrest.

In the other crime target-ing local fundraising, onFeb. 26, police arrestedWilliam Ridge, 44, onfelony theft charges afterdetectives identified himfrom surveillance footage.

Ridge is accused of takinga donation jar from thecounter of Circle K onKennedy Drive on Feb. 10.Two days later, the UPSStore in Keys Plaza off NorthRoosevelt Boulevard report-ed two stolen donation jars.

The collections were ear-marked for the AmericanRed Cross, Toys for Tots and2-year-old Liam Reddy,who’s battling cancer.

Ridge was picked up nearthe Key West seaport. He’sbeing held at the MonroeCounty Detention Center onStock Island.

Donation jars,Scout’s moneyare targeted

CRIME FRONT

By SEAN [email protected]

in Marathon’s Old Town.Bill Brookman, director of

community health servicesfor the Department of Healthin Monroe County, said hesaw the raw sewage under-neath the apartment complex.

“The plumbing is reallybad in the building. It leaksunderneath the building andit’s a mess,” he said.

City Manager Mike Putosaid he and other city offi-cials fielded what wasapparently an anonymouscomplaint on Feb. 23 aboutsewage on the property.

“We had a large sewagespill down the center of thestreet. They have three sep-tic tanks and haven’thooked up to the city sys-tem yet. We went downthere and lo and behold, thefluid was there,” he said.

Straub said he’s “”not

interested in spending themoney to connect to”Marathon’s central sewer sys-tem and that the propertywould likely be torn down orsold within 90 days. He calledit “about the smallest” holdinghis company has.

“It’ll be sold in 90 daysfrom now. I’m not going tohold onto that thing. I justgive people time to do theirdue diligence,” he said.

Gus Rojas and his wife,Cat Cole, have lived at theapartment building foraround a year. He said he’sbeen out of work battling agout attack while Cat ismore than eight monthspregnant.

“Everybody was here[Sunday]; it was like amadhouse with people try-ing to get out of here,”Rojas told the KeynoterMonday. “It happened inless than a week.”

Rojas and Cole shared atwo-bedroom apartmentwith Rojas’ 8-year-old sonand Cole’s 3-year-olddaughter. They said theyhave no place to go.

“We’ll probably have togo camp out at Knights Keyuntil we can find a place,”Rojas said.

Rojas said he and Cole,along with three-year resi-dents Antonio Comas andMireya Bonachea, were thelast remaining residents hesaid he’s seen.

Puto said the city dideverything it could to helpthe displaced residents finda place to go.

“We called every agencyin the world to help out.Where these people are go -ing, I have no idea, but theowner and the Departmentof Health are taking care ofthe eviction side becauseit’s really bad,” he said.

Sewage results in evictionsFrom Sewage, 1A

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plants for personal use.He also wants a $50-per-

ounce tax placed on mari-juana sold through licensedstores, and that the stateDivision of AlcoholicBeverages and Tobacco berenamed to “the Depart mentof Alcoholic Beverages,Marijuana and Tobacco.”

“We’ve often been chal-lenged to identify newstreams of revenue for thestate,” Bullard said. “Thisbill not only does that but itfrees up countless dollarswasted in man hours andresources used by lawenforcement to pursue anddetain petty marijuanaoffenders.”

In November, Floridavoters will cast ballots on aproposed state constitution-al amendment to allowmedicinal marijuana. Itneeds to pass with at least60 percent of the vote.

Florida legislators areconsidering two other mari-juana bills in the spring ses-

sion separate from the ballotquestion. One would createa medicinal marijuana pro-gram; the other would allowa particular type of marijua-na to be prescribed to chil-dren suffering severe condi-tions like epilepsy.

The Florida chapter ofthe National Organizationfor the Reform of MarijuanaLaws intends to focus onmedicinal-marijuana pro-posals that have a chance ofbecoming reality this year,said Karen Goldstein, direc-tor of Florida-NORML.

“Our immediate concernis for the patients for whommedical marijuana is thebest medicine, and there area lot of them in Florida,”Goldstein said.

Florida-NORML “sup-ports wholeheartedly themedical-marijuana amend-ment,” Goldstein said. “Ourconcern is that the opposi-tion will use legalization[bills] as ammunition toattack medical marijuana.The two issues are com-pletely unrelated.”

Bullard: Pot law‘wastes resources’From Marijuana, 1A

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State Sen. Dwight Bullard says those using marijuana forrecreational purposes shouldn’t be subject to arrest.

City, county to sit down, talk

With an eye on a collabo-rative solution to homeless-ness in the Florida Keys, theMonroe County Commissionand Key West City Com -

mission will meet for a jointsession to address the issueon March 12 beginning at 2p.m. in the Harvey Govern -ment Center in Key West.

The notion of the meetinghas been kicked around sinceOctober and was put on thecalendar Feb. 28 at therequest of county MayorSylvia Murphy.

City Mayor Craig Cateshas led the charge to con-

struct a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week homeless shelter toreplace the Keys OvernightTemporary Shelter onCollege Road on StockIsland. Essential to that planis property and financingdespite the vast majority ofthe Keys’ homeless living inthe Southernmost City.

County CommissionerGeorge Nuegent said thecounty “has a responsibility

to sit at the table and discussthe issue but we’re not goingto throw a lot of money at it.”

He acknowledged thecounty incurs costs related toKey West’s homeless whenthey’re arrested and housedat the Monroe CountyDetention Center or providedwith indigent medical care.

The city spends around$450,000 each year to oper-ate KOTS.

Elected boardstake up possiblehomeless fixes

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Crackdown on nudity possible

Key West’s risqueFantasy Fest could be toneddown if the CityCommission opts to tweaklocal law regulating body-painted breasts during theannual 10-day costume andmasking street party thattakes place in the latter partof October.

Under current law, pub-

lic nudity is prohibitedalthough breasts coveredwith body paint areallowed in the so-calledfantasy zone, which runsthe length of Duval Streetand covers all the crossstreets between Whiteheadand Simonton streets.

Body paint also must beapplied in an enclosed areaand out of public view.

Commissioner JimmyWeekley’s proposal changesthe definition of nudity tomean: “Body paint shall notbe deemed to clothe or coverthe body or be considered afully opaque covering.”

Translation: Women need

to wear pasties with theirbody paint. There aren’t anyregulations that considerexposed male breast areas.

“Those I’ve heard fromall support it,” Weekley said.“The last couple of FantasyFests have been gettingmore and more raunchy.”

Weekley’s amended ordi-nance went to the commis-sion for the first of tworequired readings after presstime on Tuesday.

Harry Bethel, a formercity commissioner, is amongthose leading the charge forcleaning up Fantasy Fest.

He wrote in a March 1 e-mail to the city commis-

sioners, city manager andothers: “This is not who weare. If [revelers] would notdo this in their hometownthey should not be allowedto do it our hometown. Let’shope we can finally cleanup the image for our cityand our residents who donot wish to be exposed toall this nasty nudity.”

Bethel wrote that he hadacquired “gross and raunchypictures” from Fantasy Festand sent them to a number ofpublic officials and others.

“Jesus, when did webecome the Puritans?” for-mer mayoral candidate MikeMongo said on Facebook.

Weekley saysFantasy Festtoo raunchyBy SEAN [email protected]

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Bills would limit wetlands regulations

New Florida legislativebills that seek to limit wet-lands regulation have drawnfire from local and state con-servation groups.

House Bill 703 and com-panion bill Senate Bill 1464primarily seek to protect agri-

cultural lands from additionalregulation and limit farmlands from being assessed fortax purposes as potential res-idential or commercial sites.

However, the bills saylocal wetlands protectionsadopted after July 2003 couldbe neutered.

“This appalling anti-homerule legislation must bestopped,” says an alert sentout by 1000 Friends ofFlorida, a land-protectiongroup headed by CharlesPattison, a former MonroeCounty planning director.

The bills “would preempt,

retroactively, local govern-ment authority to protectwetlands, springs andstormwater runoff if donethrough ordinances or rulesadopted after July 1, 2003,”according to 1000 Friends.

“This retroactive provisionis unprecedented and woulddirectly contradict the home-rule authority given to localgovernments as part of theirresponsibilities under both the1985 Growth ManagementAct and the 2011 CommunityPlanning Act.”

Lisa Tennyson, theMonroe County legislative

liaison, sent several proposedbills to county planning stafffor view. HB 703 is amongthem. County staff has notfully reviewed the bill, saidAssistant Planning DirectorMayte Santamaria.

Reef Relief, an ocean con-servation group based inMonroe County, added a leg-islative alert to its website.

“The bill is a Christmastree for special interests,”says the alert. “If the statekeeps local governmentsfrom doing a better job thanthe state does, our waterwaysare going to die.”

“Some legislators,” says1000 Friends “are apparentlydetermined to make sure thatlocal governments aren’tallowed to make local deci-sions.... HB 703 and SB 1464have some particularly egre-gious language that strips localhome-rule authority related tocomprehensive plans andenvironmental protection.”

The bills were being con-sidered by legislative com-mittees Tuesday, the openingday of the legislative session.

Environmentalgroups sounda loud alarm

OUR ENVIRONMENT

Body found under bridge

The circumstances sur-rounding the death of aHomestead man whose bodywas found Saturday in woodsabout 70 feet below theJewfish Creek Bridge inNorth Key Largo remained amystery Monday.

Late Saturday morning, theroommate of Michael Schmidt,42, called the Monroe CountySheriff’s Office and told dis-patchers he was traveling intoMonroe County for work andsaw Schmidt’s Jeep parked onthe top of the bridge. He said he hadn’t heard from himsince Thursday.

The Sheriff’s Office saidthe roommate told investiga-tors that Schmidt called himthat day about 4 p.m. to askhim to let his dog out. He saidhe’d not heard from Schmidtsince that conversation.

When found on the bridgeby deputy E.B. Askins, the blueJeep, in the northbound lane ofthe bridge, had a red tow noticeon it from the Florida Highway

Patrol dated Feb. 28.Sheriff’s Office spokes-

woman Becky Herrin saidthe roommate and a friendresponded to the bridge topick up the Jeep so it would-n’t be towed (they had a keyfor it they’d gotten fromSchmidt’s parents). It report-edly started right up and was-n’t out of gas.

That’s when the twolooked over the bridge andsaw the body about 70 feetbelow, and called theSheriff’s Office.

Schmidt’s body was

retrieved from the woodsarea with the help of officersfrom the state Fish andWildlife Conservation Com -mission and taken to theMonroe County MedicalExaminer’s Office for identi-fication. “Due to damagefrom the fall, the body’s iden-tity was not immediatelyobvious. The body was iden-tified by fingerprints asSchmidt’s,” Herrin said.

She said there are no obvi-ous indications of foul play.The Medical Examiner’sOffice has planned an autopsy.

NORTH KEY LARGO


Keynoter Staff

The Jeep was found atop the Jewfish Creek Bridge.

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EDITORIAL

Another goodSilver Alert end

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Enough roadwork alreadyI agree with the recent letter asking

when all the roadwork will stop. Also,why is the state Department ofTransportation being allowed toharass and coerce local businesses?

Recently, many of us have beenthreatened by these “beautificationprojects,” with DOT stating they willtear up parking areas in front of ourbusinesses to plant trees and shrubs.Around mile marker 100, they’re evenplanting dead grass. That dead sodisn’t coming back, which is such awaste of taxpayer money. At whosedirective are these projects beingundertaken?

The reality is that these are narrowislands with limited land, so many ofour buildings and businesses were orig-inally built near the railroad and nowsit near or on the DOT right of way.Our customers use this right of way for

parking and have done so for decades.We need this parking to survive.

DOT is threatening many of us thatwe must either sign a lease with themor they’ll dig up our parking areas toplant shrubbery. This seems likebribery or coercion. Can our countycommissioners, local representatives,chambers of commerce or other busi-ness leaders please step in and stopthis absurd and endless roadway“beautification?” The cones and con-stant roadwork create an ugly impres-sion for our tourists and wreaks havocon our businesses, and most of our cit-izens do not want it.

Tanya ClearyKey Largo

Thanks for cleaner beachCheerful good-morning greetings

rang out as Coco Plum residents andDolphin Research Center volunteers

cleared Coco Plum Beach on a recentSaturday morning.

Navigating through trees, bram-bles and along the shore, TeamDolphin retrieved and sorted the flot-sam and jetsam washed ashore bystorms and tides. There were bluebags for recyclables and black bagsfor trash. The bags were piledremoval by the city.

The ocean sparkled, and childrenand pets splashed and played. Passingstrangers smiled and noddedapproval. What a very special place,said one lady.

Thank you to Courtney, theDolphin Research Center volunteersand Coco Plum neighbors. Com -munity spirit shone brightly thatmorning on Coco Plum Beach. Yes, itwas a beautiful moment.

Lynda BerriganMarathon

Beach Run’s a successA huge thank-you to the more

than 100 volunteers who helpedmake Saturday’s Sombrero BeachRun a success once again. Many peo-ple come back every year to helpwith traffic, set-up, registration andfood. We could not have done itwithout them,

And thank you too to all the spon-sors who helped us raise a lot ofmoney for Keys Area Interdenom -inational Resources. The communitysupport has been phenomenal, and weappreciate it.

Penny LudwinVolunteer coordinatorMarathon

Police not above lawThe wheels of justice grind slowly.

Rushing to judgment often bringsabout a self-fulfilled and inaccurateoutcome. Bias and prejudice, alongwith a predetermined perspective ofguilt and innocence, have wrongfullysentenced many people to death.

Conditioned and inflamed mind-sets frequently give way under theweight of emotional appeal.

Charles Eimers died after being inthe custody of the Key West Police Hiscase deserves parallel and independentinvestigations. Requesting the JusticeDepartment to generate its own inves-tigation will further the due processinterests regarding this tragedy.

Key West is a small city. There is

not the scope and separation to clearand liberate one’s mind of the politicalinfluences and pressures to arrive at aparticular outcome.

Why combine familiarity, partisan-ship and homage into the mix of analready difficult investigation? It’s notthe wise or prudent action to take.Only after a valid, accurate and com-plete investigation is done will we beable to determine the how and why ofMr. Eimers’ death and, if appropriate,assign culpability.

This investigation will be viewedby millions. It behooves the authors ofsaid investigation to be spot on witheverything they touch.

Strong, bold and courageous lead-ership are required to supervise andtrain our heavily armed police depart-ments. Flaccid and feeble politicalappointees are never up to the task.

A competent leader will have his orher hands on the pulse of the depart-ment. He or she will know what isgoing on and in what direction thedepartment is heading. He or she willknow the personalities, temperamentsand skills of their officers. For in thefinal analysis, they are responsible forthe conduct of the men and womenunder their command. In these set-tings, negligence kills people.

Rogue police officers haveengaged in murderous conduct.Corrupt, weak and complicit leader-ship has opened the door for this typeof insanity to take hold. Some state

attorneys have been duplicitous inthese crimes. These miscreants havedesecrated and dishonored the namesof those officers who gave their lastfull measure of devotion.

John DonnellyKey Largo

Editor’s note: Charles Eimers, 61,of Birch Run, Mich., died at LowerKeys Medical Center after being takenoff life support on Dec. 4. Key Westpolice had pulled him over on NorthRoosevelt Boulevard on Nov. 28 and,as police were handcuffing Eimers, he“began turning blue,” according toOfficer Thaddeus Calvart’s account.The Florida Department of LawEnforcement is investigating.

Kids have fishing funOn Feb. 22, the Marathon Parks

and Recreation Department held a funfishing program at the newly upgrad-ed oceanfront park behind City Hall.On hand were Acting City ManagerMike Puto and City Councilman MarkSenmartin. Also participating weremore than 60 eager young fishermenbetween ages 3 and 10 and their par-ents/guardians.

Many thanks go out to the individ-uals and organizations who helpedmake this event possible. First, a bigthanks goes out to the Marathon chap-ter of the Organized Fishermen ofFlorida for donating cash to make thisa free program. Another big thanksgoes out to the Fish FloridaFoundation (the group that sellslicense plates with a sailfish) fordonating 100 fishing poles to give outto the participants.

Another big thanks goes out to thestate Fish and Wildlife ConservationCommission for sending officersRiesz and Munkelt to educate the chil-dren on how to measure fish, whenyou can keep a fish and other guide-lines to safe fishing.

A big thanks goes out to the volun-teers who know a lot about fishingwho showed up to rig poles, baithooks, unhook fish, cast and teach allthe young fishermen these skills.Thank you to Jim Martin, Rusty Riker,Tom Askman, Johnny Cantoni, ToddRender, Craig Kearns, DannyAldridge, Martin Cummings andHammer Runyon, as well as all of theskilled parents and friends who loaneda hand to their children as well as toother children who needed help. Thiswas a community effort and a greattime was had by all.

Ali AdamsMarathon

Successful find of Port St. Lucie manshows statewide search system works

Very early Sunday morning, an 82-year-old Port St.Lucie man found himself far from home, and he didn’tknow why.

But Donald Hastings ended up at the Circle K con-venience store at mile marker 92, the latest elderly per-son to become confused on the road and keep on driv-ing until out of gas, hungry or just curious.

Fortunately, Hastings’ story had a happy endingwhen the store clerk saw on his lottery machine a SilverAlert for Hastings. The clerk called the Sheriff’s Office.Deputies were able to contact Hastings’ son, whoarranged a return trip home nearly 200 miles away toPort St. Lucie for his dad and his dad’s Buick.

Hastings’ saga is just one in a long line of similartales. But thanks to Florida’s Silver Alert system, moreoften than not, they end with the elderly person returnedhome unharmed, albeit wondering how they wanderedso far off course.

Then-Gov. Charlie Crist signed an executive orderon Oct. 8, 2008, enacting the Silver Alert, a statewidesystem based on the Amber Alert program for missingchildren. It’s designed to get the public’s help in locat-ing a “cognitively impaired driver [mostly the elderly]who has gotten lost.” The state Legislature passed theSilver Alert program into law in 2011.

Before Sunday, the Keys hadn’t been the end of theroad for a Silver Alert for awhile, but we do get our fairshare. In fact, there was one period not so long ago duringwhich it seemed we were getting inundated with them.

Back in June 2011, a 77-year-old man fromEdgewater — 400 milesaway, near Daytona Beach— was pulled over by adeputy at mile marker 12.He was disoriented and“unaware of his location,”according to a police report.A Silver Alert had previous-ly been issued for him. Hewas taken to Lower Keys

Medical Center to get checked, and his family was noti-fied so they could come down and pick him up.

The previous month, a 72-year-old man from Eustis,375 miles away, was found on the south end of theSeven Mile Bridge. He told deputies he didn’t knowhow he got here. He too was reunited with his familydue to a Silver Alert.

That same month, an 89-year-old woman fromNaples was pulled over on Big Pine Key, some 200miles from home. She also had no idea how she got hereand was the subject of a Silver Alert.

Last year, according to state statistics, 162 SilverAlerts were issued. Since the program began, as of theend of 2013, there had been 760.

Silver Alerts work. When they’re issued after a memberof the missing person’s family calls police, they’re postedon roads with information about the car the missing personis driving, including the make, model, color and tag num-ber. They’re also on the lottery machines and elsewhere.

If you see someone sought under a Silver Alert,immediately call the police. They’ll take care of the rest.

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State: Gun ranges OK

A letter from the FloridaAttorney General’s Officebasically informs MonroeCounty that state law meansthe county cannot ban back-yard shooting ranges.

The Feb. 24 letter from theoffice of Attorney GeneralPam Bondi concludes the“clearly expressed legislativeintent” of existing Florida lawis to say “local governmentshave no authority to regulatein the area of firearms.”

The statement, authored bySenior Assistant AttorneyGeneral Gerry Hammond,actually was sent to the city ofSunrise in Broward County,which had asked many of thesame questions raised by theMonroe County Commission.

The Attorney General’sOffice did not write a formalopinion to Sunrise since thelaw, Florida Statute 790.33, isin court and being defended

by the state against a lawsuitfrom Palm Beach County.

“Before we could send inour request for an [AttorneyGeneral’s opinion], wereceived a copy of theresponse to the city ofSunrise’s request for an[opinion] on the same issue,”said Monroe County attorneyBob Shillinger.

State law says local gov-ernments cannot regulate mostshooting on privately ownedland, and that trying to do socould lead to elected officialsbeing removed from office.

While the Palm Beachlawsuit remains active inLeon County Circuit Court,the attorney general will notissue additional opinions,Shillinger said.

The Attorney General’sOffice attached a September2011 opinion written to SantaRosa County, which asked ifthe county could “regulatethe recreational discharge offirearms in residentiallyzoned areas.”

Bondi’s office responded:“Santa Rosa County may notregulate the recreational dis-charge of firearms in residen-tially zoned areas as the regu-lation of firearms is preempt-ed to the state” under the law.

To violate the law, shoot-ers must be deemed to act ina “reckless” manner.

Backyard shooting gainednew statewide attention thiswinter when Big Pine Keylandowner Doug Varrieur setup a shooting range on hisEden Pines subdivision prop-erty, where he holds targetpractice once a week.

When residents com-plained, Shillinger cautionedcounty commissioners thatunder state law, “Your handsare tied.”

While Verrieur set up arange with a solid backstopand limited hours, commis-sioners noted that apparentlynothing can prevent otherpeople from shooting at allhours in less-secure facilities.

GUNS AND NEIGHBORHOODS

$40K for jet-noise study

The Monroe CountyCommission will spend$40,000 with consultantKeith and Schnars to conducta study of jet noise surround-ing Naval Air Station KeyWest’s Boca Chica Field.

In 2013, the U.S. Navyreleased an environmentalimpact statement, approvedin October by DennisMcGinn, assistant secretaryof the Navy for energy,installations and environ-ment, that allows increasedflight and training operationsout of Boca Chica Field.

Also authorized is the“gradual transition” fromF/A-18 C/D Hornet fighterjets to F-35 Lightning II JointStrike Fighters. F/A-18 E/FSuper Hornets, also in use, are

not scheduled to be replaced.Throughout the Navy’s

EIS process, county officialsobjected to the study on thegrounds that there a baselinenoise study was never done tofind out the impact of the cur-rent jets, meaning there’s nobasis for comparison to thenewer models, a deploymentdate for which isn’t certain.

“This is the last act,”District 1 CommissionerDanny Kolhage said. “Do thenoise study that provides thebaseline for what we haveright now against the timewhen they bring in the newF-35s. If we had somethinglike this going into the lastprocess, we would’ve been ina much better position.”

“The [county’s] EIS com-mittee believed and our con-sultant believed that wewould’ve been well ahead ofthe game if we had a baselinecomparison from one type ofaircraft to another,” Kolhagesaid. “The Navy did not pro-vide for that so the EIS com-mittee recommended the

county produce its ownsound evaluation just to useas a baseline against whatev-er happens when they bringin the new F-35.”

Upper Keys residentJohn Hammerstrom, a for-mer pilot who’s critical ofNavy jet noise, said “itwould serve the county wellto do the study.”

Navy officials consideredfour options for upgradingNAS operations, one ofthose being no action. Theyselected the alternative thatcould increase the number offlight operations out of BocaChica from 47,500 annuallyto 52,000. Take-offs andlandings are considered indi-vidual operations.

A county ordinancedefines the area impacted byNavy jet noise as runningfrom Stock Island west toBay Point, and encompassessome 2,500 developed prop-erties. The complete envi-ronmental impact statementis available at www.keywesteis.com.

But the Navy’salready signedoff on operationsBy SEAN [email protected]

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Notice of Manual Audit

The Monroe County Supervisor of Elections, R. JoyceGriffin, will be conducting a Manual Audit for the upcomingCity of Key Colony Beach General Election. The drawingof the race and precinct will be held Friday, March 14,2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Key Colony Beach City Hall, 600W. Ocean Dr, Key Colony Beach, Fl. The Manual Audit ofthe chosen race and precinct will be held Tuesday, March18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Key Colony Beach City Hall,600 W. Ocean Dr, Key Colony Beach, Fl.

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LEADER OF THE PACK


Paris, Ontario, resident Natasha Yaremczuk, 33, won the15K challenge at the eight annual Sombrero BeachRun/Walk in Marathon on Saturday. She finished the 10Kand 5K races in a combined 58 minutes, eight seconds.Yaremczuk’s first-place 10K time was 39:12 and her second-place 5K time was 18:56. For complete results,go to www.southernmostrunners.com.

Board: Restrict mobile businesses

Operators of mobile busi-nesses could see additionalregulation under an ordi-nance endorsed last week bythe Monroe County PlanningCommission.

The change, if eventuallyenacted by the CountyCommission, would require

mobile businesses that oper-ate out of the owner’s homein the unincorporated areas toobtain a home-occupation-use permit.

“In the event the operationis based from a residence, theuse shall require a homeoccupation special-use per-mit,” says the proposed law.

Mobile businesses includefirms that use vehicles to pro-vide services like mechanicalrepair or sell food.

Some mobile-businessowners have brought “pilesand piles of debris or landscap-ing back home with them,which is already a violation,”

Planning Department reviewmanager Joe Haberman said atthe Planning Commission’sFeb. 26 meeting at theMarathon Government Center.

The proposed change“tightens the language” toprohibit commercial activitiesfrom intruding into residentialneighborhoods, he said.

Under home-occupationpermits, a business based at aresidence can have up to oneadditional employee on theproperty, but customers shouldnot frequent the property.

“Neighbors should noteven know they’re running abusiness out of there,”

Haberman said.No one from the public

opposed the suggested change,and the recommendation to theCounty Commission passedwithout dissent.

Board chairman WilliamWiatt said the change shouldbe reviewed to ensure thatthe change does not adverse-ly affect commercial fisher-men. The recommended rulechange also includeschanges to standardizerequired signage postingswhen applicants are seekinga special-condition permitlike home use.

Under proposal,permits wouldbe required

LAND-USE REGULATION


Local preference law getting tweaked

The Marathon CityCouncil met in regular ses-sion Feb. 25 and took the fol-lowing actions:

� Held a lengthy discussionregarding a law aimed at giv-ing local contractors a leg upon procuring municipal jobs.It says that if a bidder comeswithin 10 percent of the lownon-local bid, it would getpreference for that deal.

But issues arose when thelaw came into play with thecity’s plans for a new cityhall now budgeted for $4.5million. The law was never

intended to consider con-tracts that size.

The council made nodecisions, but largely agreedthat instituting a slidingscale to the law would solvethe city’s problem.

“The only reason we’relooking at this thing is we gotto the point where we werelooking at $5 million [for acity hall] and that’s$500,000, said Mayor DickRamsay, who sponsored theoriginal 2009 ordinance.

“I’ve talked to a lot of thelocal contractors. We definitelyneed a sliding scale and wehave to be careful,” Council -man Rich Keating said.

“It was a smart thing to putin place when you guys did it.It does need to be cleaned upa little bit,” Councilman MarkSenmartin said.

The council agreed to dis-

cuss amendments to the lawfurther at its March 11 meeting.

� Offered a tepid responseto Senmartin’s idea to insertopinion polls on the city’swebsite.

“Maybe set something upwith a log in, but you can getin there and let us know. It’snot a vote or a referendum,but it’s an opinion poll,” he said.

Keating said he would beconcerned with taking upstaff time creating polls,while former CouncilwomanGinger Snead (she resignedher seat at the close of the

meeting) opposed it “forseveral reasons.”

“I don’t suffer from alack of opinion through mye-mail account with the city. I get plenty of it,” Keating said.

“The same people will bethe ones giving their opin-ions,” Snead said.

Snead said polls wouldalso discourage people fromwanting to attend publicmeetings and address thecouncil in person. “There’sno reason I have to go if Ican go online and tell youhow to vote,” she said.

City hall workwould have beenworth $500,000By RYAN [email protected]

MARATHON

City starts anewon city hall work

As expected, theMarathon City Council hasvoted unanimously to rejectall bids to build a plannednew city hall.

Concerns were piling upwith the initial process,which left WestConstruction Inc. out ofLake Worth and Botsford-Overholt Construction out ofMarathon as the two lowbidders from which theboard could choose.

Following the resignationof former City ManagerRoger Hernstadt in January,city Finance Director PeterRosasco told the council thatmany staff members areconcerned with inflatedcosts and a rushed timelineto complete the project.Rosasco hinted Hernstadtwas behind the problems.

In addition, issues aroserelated to a city law givinglocal contractors preferenceon municipal jobs. It says ifa local bid is within 10 per-cent of the low non-localbid, it would get preferencefor that deal.

All that led the board toheed rather straightforwardadvice from City AttorneyJohn Herin on Feb. 25.

“We have gotten so farafield from where we startedthat I feel very uncomfort-

able with us proceeding. Wehave little or no option but toessentially start over the bidprocess,” he said.

Rosasco has said the citycan’t afford the estimated $5.5million price tag for the build-ing designed by Key West-based architect William Hornand Marathon-based SolariaDesign & Consulting Co.

He said constructioncosts must come down to$4.5 million or the citywould jeopardize other capi-tal projects. That would takesome doing given West’soriginal bid was $6.68 mil-lion and Botsford-Overholtbid of $7.14 million.

Solaria owner SteveGrasely addressed the newbudget with a presentation tothe council.

He said the design teammet with city staff on Feb.13 and 19 to discuss theproject and potential designalterations. He was cautious-ly optimistic a roughly15,000-square-foot city hallcould be built for $4.5 mil-lion, or roughly $300 persquare foot.

“Getting to $300 is clear-ly not a slam dunk. It’sgoing to take some carefulconsiderations to get there.We’re not saying it’s notdoable, but it’s going to takesome work to get there,”Grasely said.

Grasely told the councilthe meetings with staff werepreliminary and requestedanother 30 days to betterplan around the city’s newbudget. The council unani-mously agreed.

Designers aksfor more timefor new planBy RYAN [email protected]

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Conch boys fallbut Lady Canes roll

Coral Shores High’s WillMorton’s strategy had beensimple approaching his No.1 boys singles matchMonday afternoon againstKey West’s Kyle Campbell.

“Just keep it in,” thefreshman said after makingfew errors in winning, 8-0,

in a match that took barely ahalf hour.

Morton, who is ambidex-trous, was back playing left-handed. “I played a coupleof matches right-handed ear-lier in the season after I hurtmy left hand,” he said.

“He’s a good little play-er,” said Coral Shores coachBlake Fry. “It’s probably hisbest performance to date.”

Campbell, who was play-ing No. 1 for the first time,was a victim of his ownerrors against Morton’s ‘stop-spin forehands and back-hand slices. After losing the

first game, he kept whackinghis shoes with his racket,like a baseball batter knock-ing dirt out of his spikes.

“He’s good,” Campbellsaid afterward. “He beat me,8-2, the first time we played”at Coral Shores.

Despite Morton’s per-formance, the Hurricaneboys lost, 5-2, to the Conchs,who avenged an earlier loss.

Chris Bujak, normallyKey West’s No. 1 boys,played at No. 2 and, in a longgrueling match, defeatedSam Nelson, 8-6, eventhough Bujak said, “My

serve wasn’t on point.”The other Conch boy win-

ners were Simon Dayer, 8-5over Cole Hauser; ColinHetzler, 8-2 over JoshBernstein; and Kevin Cheung,8-1 over Nick Kaufman.

Campbell attained ameasure of revenge when heand Bujak defeated Mortonand Nelson, 8-6, in No. 1doubles. In No. 2 doubles,the Hurricanes’ Hauser andBernstein defeated Cheungand Gavin Hetzler, 8-4.

“It was a perfect example

Morton makes itlook easy, butWilliams battlesBy DICK WAGNERKeynoter Contributor

PREP TENNIS

Photo by BERT BUDDE

Coral Shores’ Juliana Pena eyes the ball before hitting a forehand during her victory over Hannah Brown in singles Monday.

Dolphins sweep the weekend

A pair of convincingwins this past weekend havethe Marathon High Schoolbaseball team atop theSouth Florida BaseballConference standings.

The Dolphins mercy-ruled Archbishop CurleyHigh School, 21-0, in fiveinnings on Friday beforepulling away from PalmerTrinity School late onSaturday, 10-2.

Against Curley, KevinMcKeon earned his firstvarsity pitching victory,throwing four innings andstriking out four batters on

just two hits. Richie Wellspitched the final inning andallowed no hits.

“We pretty much had ourway from the get-go. In thethird inning alone, we scored13 runs,” coach Luis Lealsaid. “I made all my substitu-tions in the second inning.”

Marathon (5-4) led 8-0after the second inning andexploded in the third to putthe game well out of reach.The Dolphins tallied 24 hitsagainst Curley’s Knights.

On Saturday againstPalmer, the Dolphins trailed2-0 heading into the bottomof the fourth inning. Theyscored two in the bottom ofthe fourth to tie the gameand broke it open with aneight-run rally in the bottomof the fifth.

“We had all the momen-

Good pitchingcarries teamto 5-4 recordBy RYAN [email protected]

MARATHON BASEBALL


Marathon High School pitcher Kyle Pierce sets to delivera pitch during a 10-2 home win against Palmer Trinity onSaturday. Pierce allowed just three hits and two walks inhis complete game. � See Dolphins, 2B

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Boys even recordwith two wins

“Reinvesting” in lacrossebasics paid dividends forCoral Shores High’s boysteam that won two straightgames this week, said thehead Hurricane coach.

“We’re reinvesting in thefundamentals,” Barney Richsaid Monday. “Our legs arestrong and we’re running well.Everybody just needed tounderstand the importance ofplaying fundamental lacrosse.”

The Canes own a 2-2record heading into Friday’s6:30 p.m. home clash withCoral Reef High School (0-2)in Tavernier.

Coral Shores swampedImmaculata-LaSalle in a 13-2 win this past Friday, oneday after the Canes toppedPalmer Trinity, 10-3.

Attacker Danny Whistedscored seven goals in the

two match-es.

B r i a nCash andW h i s t e deach scoredthree goalsa g a i n s tL a S a l l e ’sRoyals (1-

3). Bryce Lankford and EddieDunn each scored twice.

Will Stone and CameronLankford each added a goal.Andres Albarracio, a fresh-man, scored his first varsitygoal as the Hurricanereserves earned playing time.

Goalkeeper Ben Colmes“did another solid job keep-ing goals out of the net,”Rich said. Sam Kraus madehis varsity debut as netmin-der in the fourth quarter.

Whisted led the Canesagainst Palmer (0-2), tossingfour goals into the Falcons’net Feb. 27. CameronLankford and Stone scoredtwice. Bryce Lankford andCash had solo goals.

Rich commended theHurricane coaching staff —

But the girlsare wallopedby Heritage

CORAL SHORES LACROSSE


WHISTED

Conchs a victim of‘ridiculous errors’

The Key West HighSchool baseball team hadfive errors in a 9-6 loss toStoneman Douglas ofParkland Saturday night atRex Weech Field.

“Five ridiculous errors,”is how coach RalphHenriquez put it.

The defeat ended a five-game winning streak for theConchs — who defeatedDouglas, 5-2, on Friday night— and dropped them to 6-2.They had not made a total of

five errors in their previousseven games.

Key West took a 1-0 leadin the bottom of the first onan RBI triple by Greg Veliz,but two hit batters by startingpitcher Jay Feathers set upthe tying run for Douglas inthe second.

After a lead-off single inthe top of the third, Feathersthrew wildly to first base —“it’s only 42 feet,” Henriqueznoted — to allow the runnerto move to third, from wherehe scored on an error by Velizat shortstop.

The Conchs trailed, 3-1,before taking advantage ofhit batters and walks to scorefour runs in the bottom of thefourth to take a 5-3 lead. That

Winning streakends with fivemiscues in fieldBy DICK WAGNERKeynoter Contributor

KEY WEST BASEBALL

� See Conchs, 2B

Photo by BERT BUDDE

Key West shortstop Greg Veliz fires to first base after chargingfor a grounder Friday night against Stoneman Douglas.

� See Lacrosse, 2B

The Dolphin boys battledto a win while the Hurricanegirls rolled again in Fridaytennis between local rivalsCoral Shores High andMarathon High.

Marathon’s boys won, 5-2, over the Cane boys with afour singles victories, butnearly every match wasclosely contested.

Mara thon’s No. 1 VincenzoMassaro held on to stop CoralShores freshman Will Morton,9-7. “Vincenzo showed his

maturity andpoise by sav-ing twomatch pointsto tie it, 7-7,”D o l p h i ncoach ChrisBull said.“He thenserved two

aces and a service winner inthe final game.”

No. 2 Jake Coldren (M)beat Sam Nelson, 8-5; No. 3Jamine Guo (M) beat ColeHouser, 8-2; and No. 4 RiverFullhart (M) beat JoshBernstein, 8-6.

“The boys really stepped

up their game across theboard,” Bull said.

At No. 5, Miles Miller (CS)won his first varsity match, 8-5, over Michael Goheen.

Each side won a doublesmatch by an 8-5 score. AtNo. 1, Massaro-Coldren (M)beat Morton-Nelson; No. 2Houser-Bernstein (CS) beatGuo-Fullhart.

The Coral Shores girls,who have not lost a dual-meet team score in fouryears, swept singles on theway to a 6-1 win.

No. 1 Erica Williams (CS)beat Jackie Clairmont, 8-3;No. 2 Ellie Leopold beat

Savannah Schuhmacher, 8-3;No. 3 Juliana Pena (CS) beatRegan Durkin, 8-0; No. 4Rachel Walters (CS) beatAriana Patterson, 8-0; andNo. 5 Maria Lozado (CS)beat Andie Devitt, 8-1.

Marathon’s girls pulled anupset at No. 1 doubles, withClairmont-Schuhmacher tak-ing a 7-3 tiebreaker for a 9-7win over Williams-Pena.“Silly mental mistakesopened the door forMarathon,” Cane assistantcoach Kelly Sereikas said.

At No. 2 Leopold-Walters(CS) dispatched Durkin-Patterson, 8-0.

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of how, in high school ten-nis, each position counts,”Fry said of his improvingboys lineup.

Cane girls winThe Coral Shores girls

won, 7-0.No. 1 Erica Williams

defeated Fernanda Caceras(who had been moved up tothe top spot from No. 3), 8-4, but not after a long battlethat was 4-4 beforeWilliams pulled away withfour straight games.

“Fernanda has beenplaying good tennis,” saidKey West co-coach BillButler. “I reiterated to herthat you have to keepadjusting to Williams, whohas a variety of weapons,especially the lob.”

No. 2 Hurricane EllieLeopold defeated Laura Hall,8-1. “Ellie had a great day,”Fry said. “She dominated.”

No. 3 Juliana Penadefeated Hannah Brown(KW), 8-2.

Pena, a tall left-handerwho had the day’s highestservice toss, played with afriendly smile as she lopedover the court. “She has anincredible net game,” Frysaid. “She can play at atournament level.”

No. 4 Rachel Waltersdefeated Tatum Flowers,8-2, and No. 5 MariaLozada defeated KaraBerces, 8-3.

In No. 1 doubles,Leopold and Pena downedHall and Brown, 8-2, and inNo. 2 doubles, Walters andLozada defeated Flowersand Symone Sanchez, 8-0.

All the day’s matcheswere played in an air ofsportsmanship, which wasno surprise to Fry, thelongtime Hurricanescoach. “What a greatgroup of kids on bothteams,” he said.

Keys rivals spliton tennis courtFrom Tennis, 1B

Matt Hall, Dan Flynn, IsiahLeake, Jordan Leake andTyler Hickory — for “out-standing” work preparingthe squad.

Cane girls fallCoral Shores’ girls got

burned both by the sun andscoreboard in a rare mid-day Saturday home game.

The Lady Canes (2-3) fell to visiting AmericanHeritage-Plantation (2-1)by a lopsided 19-3 score.

“We got beat by a betterteam and sunburned toboot,” said head coachMark Hall. “We must do a better job playing as a team.”

Claire Brutger, MorganChampagne and Amberlyn

Casas each scored forCoral Shores.

The Hurricanes playedwithout defensive leaderKat Hamer, likely lost forthe rest of the spring withan ankle injury. Hamer hassigned to play for theUniversity of Floridalacrosse team next year.

The bright spotSaturday was the junior-varsity squad, 12-1 win-ners over the Heritage JV.Caitlyn Wolf scored fivegoals for the Cane JV andAudrey Butler scored two.

Coral Shores’ girls trav-el to Palmer Trinity onThursday. Results from aTuesday road game atUniversity School inBroward County werepending at press time.

Varsity losesbut the JV winsFrom Lacrosse, 1B

rally featured a two-RBI sin-gle by Hugo Valdes.

Two walks by Key Westrelief pitcher Damon Taylorand a throwing error on a

bunt by Feathers, who hadmoved to third base, enabledDouglas to come back withthree runs in the fifth to takea 6-5 lead.

Both teams scored in thesixth — the Eagles with the

aid of an error by secondbaseman Anthony Henriquez,and Key West on a single byChris Varela — and it was 7-6entering the seventh.

Douglas then scored twofinal runs when Taylor threw

wildly to third base on a buntattempt, the ball ending up inthe left-field corner. “He wasnervous, the pressure got tohim,” Henriquez said. “Butwe work on bunt plays allthe time.”

Henriquez hopes to getthird baseman Hunter Sellersand second baseman DarrenMiller, who are injured, backin the lineup soon. “Beingwithout them made a big dif-ference in how we playeddefensively,” he said.

The Conchs played atRansom Everglades lateTuesday in a game that wastoo late to be included intoday’s paper.

Defense hurting due to injuriesFrom Conchs 1B

tum from tying the gameand our defense was play-ing well. We put a rallytogether and started hit-ting,” Leal said. “A must-win, and we won.”

No. 1 starter Kyle Piercepitched a complete gameagainst the Falcons. Heallowed two runs on threehits and two walks whilestriking out seven.

Leal said the Dolphinssit atop the conference

standings with a 5-1 record.They have four games leftin the 10-game regular sea-son schedule.

The Dolphins were slat-ed to visit SomersetAcademy in Miami onTuesday.

Pierce, McKeon pitch gemsFrom Dolphins, 1B

Hurricanes prep for twin bill

The baseball Hurricanes ofCoral Shores High fill theirhome Founders Park field witha four-game slate Saturday.

The varsity Canes (5-3)take on Sports LeadershipCharter at 1 p.m. Saturday, thenface Tampa’s Carrollwood Dayof Tampa at 7.

“Both of these teams werecoming down Saturday andwanted to play us so we fig-ured, why not make it a dou-

bleheader?” said Coral Shoreshead coach Pat Meyers.

Coral Shores junior-varsi-ty games will be played at10:30 a.m. (SLAM) and 4p.m. (Carrollwood) Saturday.

A 7 p.m. Friday home gameagainst Ransom Evergladesmakes it a busy weekend.

Coral Shores won two ofits three games this week,including a 10-0 shutout ofSouth Florida BaseballConference rival ArchbishopCurley on March 1.

David DiMaggio pitcheda no-hitter through five

innings for the mound deci-sion that gives the Canes a 3-1 conference record. WillGoodwin had three hitsagainst Curley while AustinSeabolt doubled and singled.

Other Canes with two hitswere first baseman LukeLofton, Jose Lima andFernando Garcia.

In other games this week:� A comeback by Keys

Gate Charter caught theCanes in a 4-3 loss Feb. 28.

Goodwin threw a score-less one-hitter for six inningsbut Keys Gate scored four

runs against Cane relievers.“It fell apart at the end,”Meyers said. Coral Shorescatcher Kyle Gates doubledand singled, and DaltonFalcucci singled twice.

� Coral Shores outscoredRansom Everglades, 9-7,Feb. 25.

The Canes scored fourruns in the fourth to take a 9-4 lead but had to hold off alate Raider rally. Lima had atwo-hitter for the mound win,with Daryl Chou getting asave in relief.

CORAL SHORES BASEBALL


Heated wateris your friend

Skip the gym and hit thewater instead.

If you’re looking to pullon some big fish, you’re inluck. The warming waters aredoing a great job of heatingup the fishing, especially forsome of our larger species.

On the oceanside, we findlarge schools of cobia follow-ing rays. Some of these fishweight up to 80 pounds, with40-pounders not uncommon.On the bayside, we head to

wrecks orany sort ofstructure tolook forcobia. Thefish are notas numer-ous, but canbe just aslarge.

T h eA t l a n t i c

wrecks are holding masses ofamberjack. These fish willtest your mettle every time,and are excellent on thesmoker, some say better thankingfish.

Sailfishing has been spo-radic, but March is typicallythe start of tailing season. Sowe should start to see moreflags flying at the docks.

But I wouldn’t devote anentire trip to sailfishing rightnow, as you may end up withmore of a boat ride than fish-ing trip. However, if you mixit up with some fishing forcobia and amberjack, asdescribed above, as well assnapper fishing on the reef,you’ll have a great day.

The bay and gulf contin-ue to reward anglers withlarge mangrove snapper upto three and five pounds, seatrout going almost 20 inch-es, king and Spanish mack-erel and more.

We did our first shallow-water shark trip for 2014 onthe SeaSquared on Sunday,with the first fish released asix-foot, 150-pound bullshark. Light-tackle, shal-low-water angling forsharks presents the opportu-nity to experience the exhil-aration of big-game sport-fishing closer to shore andeasier on your budget.

The week’s bestJim and Sara Spencer

from Rockville, Md., fishedwith Capt. Chuck Brodzki.They caught more than 150fish near Sprigger Bank,harvesting a select few fordinner at an Islamoradaeatery. Their catch includedSpanish mackerel, sea trout,mangrove snapper, ladyfishplus a blacktip shark.

Besides shark fishing,

the SeaSquared crew fishedthe channels, patch reefsand bay. Our anglers experi-enced a nice uptick in kingmackerel plus good-sizemangroves and sea trout.

Capt. Jeff Knapp, ofBeckoning Charters inMarathon, continues to puthis anglers on tarpon at theSeven Mile Bridge understar-lit skies. Steve Bylina,from Chicago, landed fishfrom 20 to 70 pounds, andMuskrat John Murrayscored a 100-pounder.Knapp uses live mullet andlures, depending on thetide. He is now docked withus at Porky’s BaysideRestaurant and Marina.

Fishing seminarThe Marathon Boat Yard

Marine Center continues its2014 seminar seriesThursday. I will present“Fishing the Reef from Topto Bottom.” Join us startingat 6 p.m. at their showroomat 2001 Overseas Highway,Marathon. There will bebeverages, popcorn anddrawings for prizes.

Capt. Chris Johnson is amember of the YamahaNational Fishing Team andspecializes in offshore, gulf/bay, reef/wreck, sailfish,shark and tarpon fishingwith SeaSquared Chartersout of Porky’s BaysideMarina in Marathon. Youcan reach him at305.743.5305, http://SeaSquaredCharters.com andhttp://Facebook.com/MarathonFishing.

It spices upour fisheries

FISHING THE FLORIDA KEYS

Mark Lancaster, from Hendersonville, N.C., scored thisnice kingfish on a recent trip with SeaSquared Charters.

Chris Johnson

Captain’sColumn

Windley Key Dayplanned Saturday

The annual Windley KeyDay is planned for Saturdayfrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at theWindley Key Fossil ReefGeological State Park, milemarker 84.9 bayside.

Henry Flagler used stonefrom Windley Key to helpbuild the Key WestExtension of the FloridaEast Coast Railway. Afterthe railroad was built, thequarry was used until the1960s to produce decorativestone called Keystone.Today, visitors can walkalong 8-foot-high quarrywalls to see cross sections ofthe ancient coral and learnabout the quarry and itsoperation.

Windley Key Day —

admission is free — willinclude hot dogs and ham-burgers available for a dona-tion to the Friends of theIslamorada Area State Parks.

Seafood lovers can savora fisherman-to-fork feast ofindigenous fish, shrimp, lob-ster and stone crab claws atMarathon’s signature foodiefair, the Original MarathonSeafood Festival, set forSaturday and Sunday at theMarathon Community Park,mile marker 49 oceanside.

At the 38th annual editionof the event, expect there tobe plenty of dolphin, stonecrab, shrimp, crackers piledhigh with creamy smokedfish dip and conch servedfour ways: Ceviche, chow-der, fried golden fritters andbun-hugging “conchwurst”sausage.

Festival hours are 10 a.m.to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Keys Fisheries, whichprocesses fishermen’s catch-

es for its busy market andrestaurant, has space largeenough to prepare the festi-val’s feast: A whopping 2,750pounds of whole lobster,1,400 pounds of dolphin,1,000 pounds of stone crabclaws, 750 pounds of KeyWest pink shrimp, 200pounds of fish dip, 80 gallonsof conch chowder and 50 gal-lons of conch ceviche. Fromthe west coast of Floridacome 75 bushels of oysters

and 75 bags of clams.Local chefs offer up their

talents to prepare the foodaccording to Keys-basedrecipes. Save room for thesweets booth, which willhave fresh Key lime pies,baked goods and cakes, coolsmoothies and icy treats.

The family-friendly eventalso features an artists villageand art show, raffle give-aways and prizes — includ-ing a cooler stocked withfresh Keys seafood awaitingone lucky person.

Children’s games andmore than 200 vendor andinformation booths are to dotthe park, offering a variety ofwares, nautical items, tropi-cal apparel and accessories,plants, flowers, boats andmaterial about watersportsand organizations.

Live music is slated allweekend. The lineupincludes favorite Keys enter-tainers as well as SouthFlorida country musicfavorite Amber Leigh, sched-uled to perform Sunday.

The weekend celebratesthe area’s commercial fishingheritage and raises money for

local scholarship programs.To date, nearly $75,000 hasbeen awarded to MarathonHigh School studentsthrough the Marathon chap-ter of the OrganizedFishermen of Florida, which

presents the fest with theGreater Marathon Chamberof Commerce.

Admission is $5 per adult.Children 10 and under areadmitted free when accompa-nied by a paying adult.

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT ANDINTENT TO FORECLOSEForeclosure HOA 27961-BH8-HOA To: Obligor (see Exhibit"A" attached hereto forObligors and their notice ad-dress) This Notice is regardingthat certain timeshare interestowned by Obligor in BeachHouse, a Condominium, locat-ed in Monroe County, Florida,and more specifically descri-bed as follows: Unit (see Inter-val Description on Exhibit "A"),Week (see Interval Descriptionon Exhibit "A"), Beach House,a Condominium according tothe Declaration of Condomini-um thereof recorded in OfficialRecords Book 1510, Page 225Public Records of MonroeCounty, Florida, and all exhib-its attached thereto, and anyamendments thereof (the"Declaration"). Pursuant to thatcertain Declaration of Condo-minium of Beach House, aCondominium, recorded in Of-ficial Records Book 1510 Page225, Public Records of MonroeCounty, Florida, and allamendments thereto (the"Declaration"), Obligor is liablefor the payments of certain as-sessments, maintenance fees,and ad valorem property taxes(collectively, "Assessments,Fees and Taxes") and BeachHouse CondominiumAssociation of Key West, Inc.,a not-for-profit Florida corpora-tion (the "Association") has alien for such Assessments,Fees and Taxes pursuant tothe terms of the Declarationand applicable Florida law. TheObligor has failed to pay whendue the Assessments, Fees,and Taxes as assessed oradvanced and is thereby indefault of the obligation to paysuch amounts as and when

due. Accordingly, the Associa-tion did cause a Claim of Liento be recorded in the PublicRecords of Monroe, Florida,thereby perfecting the lien ofAssessments, Fees, and Tax-es pursuant to the Declarationand sections 721.16 and192.37, Florida Statutes. SeeExhibit "A" attached hereto forthe recording information foreach Claim of Lien, the amountsecured by each Claim of Lien,and the per diem amount toaccount for the further accrualof the amounts secured byeach Claim of Lien. IMPOR-TANT: If you fail to cure thedefault as set forth in this no-tice or take other appropriateaction with regard to this fore-closure matter, you risk losingownership of your timeshareinterest through the trusteeforeclosure procedure estab-lished in section 721.855, Flori-da Statutes. You may chooseto sign and send to the trusteethe enclosed objection form,exercising your right to objectto the use of the trustee fore-closure procedure. Upon thetrustee’s receipt of your signedobjection form, the foreclosureof the lien with respect to thedefault specified in this noticeshall be subject to the judicialforeclosure procedure only.You have the right to cure yourdefault in the manner set forthin this notice at any time beforethe trustee’s sale of your time-share interest. If you do notobject to the use of the trusteeforeclosure procedure, you willnot be subject to a deficiencyjudgment even if the proceedsfrom the sale of your timeshareinterest are insufficient to offsetthe amounts secured by thelien. You have a right to curethe default set forth herein bypaying in full, on or before the30th day after the date of thisNotice, the following amounts:(1) all past due sums, (2) costsof collection (3) interest, as ac-crued to the date of payment,(4) per diem, as accrued to thedate of payment, and (5) theforeclosure processing fee inthe amount of $250, whichamount will increase as theforeclosure proceeding pro-gresses. Further, paymentmust be made by forwarding acashier’s check payable to theFirst American Title InsuranceCompany , and drawn on astate or national bank, a stateor federal credit union, or astate or federal savings andloan association, or savingsbank. The Association has ap-pointed the following Trusteeto conduct the trustee’s sale:First American Title InsuranceCompany , a California corpo-ration, duly registered in thestate of Florida as anInsurance Company, 400 S.Rampart Blvd., Ste 290, LasVegas, Nevada 89145;Phone: 702-792-6863 Date:01/09/2014 Association Con-tact: Beach House, a Condo-minium c/o Hyatt ResidentialManagement 140 FountainParkway, Suite 570, St.Petersburg, FL 33716, Phone727-803-9400 EXHIBIT "A"Contract No. Interval No.Obligor(s) and Address Claimof Lien Recording Date/Instr.No. Per Diem Default Amount3-17406 Unit A22 / Week 40 /Annual Timeshare InterestWILL SCOTT and TAMARASCOTT/3521 Colony Creek Dr,NACOGDOCHES, TX 75965UNITED STATES 11-01-13;Book 2657 / Page125 1.333,821.60 3-5269 Unit E22 /Week 30 / Annual TimeshareInterest ANDREI AIAKIMENKO and CATHY A.RODIONOVA/3212 MANORROAD, HUNTINGDONVALLEY, PA 19006 UNITEDSTATES 12-03-13; Book 2661/ Page473 3.89 11,120.10 3-6722 Unit F32 / Week 42 / An-nual Timeshare Interest PAULL. JORDAN and THERESAJORDAN/8550 W. SchoolSection Lake Dr, Mecosta, MI49332 UNITED STATES 12-03-13; Book 2661 / Page473.77 2,212.99 3-4686 Unit E13 /Week 22 / Annual TimeshareInterest JOAN LESLIEMACKIE/PO BOX 229, CHES-TER HEIGHTS, PA 19017UNITED STATES 11-01-13;Book 2657 / Page125 4.8113,749.01 3-7037 Unit A23 /Week 19 / Annual TimeshareInterest THOMAS JOSEPHJAOUEN and JUNEMARGARETT JAOUEN/116COMMERCE ST UNIT 9,CLINTON, CT 06413 UNITEDSTATES 11-01-13; Book 2657/ Page125 4.08 11,663.16 3-8833 Unit F11 / Week 34 /Annual Timeshare InterestCAROL ANN GOSSELIN andGERALD JOSEPH GOSSELIN/1442 BORGHESE LANEUNIT 101, NAPLES, FL 34114UNITED STATES 11-01-13;Book 2657 / Page125 1.604,589.52 3-8462 Unit C22 /Week 31 / Annual TimeshareInterest THEODORE PAULCUSHMAN/66 46th Court,VERO BEACH, FL 32968UNITED STATES 11-01-13;Book 2657 / Page125 0.441,256.54 NOTICE OF ELEC-TION TO PREVENT TRUST-

EE SALE IMPORTANT: If youobject to the use of the trusteeforeclosure procedure, youcould be subject to a deficien-cy judgment if the proceedsfrom the sale of your timeshareinterest are insufficient to offsetthe amounts secured by thelien. The undersigned, (SeeExhibit "A"), is (are) theowner(s) of timeshare estateinterest Unit / Week / Time-share Interest at Beach House,a Condominium at 5051 Over-seas Highway, Key West, FL33040. The undersigned hasreceived a Notice of Defaultand intent to Foreclosure fromFirst American Title InsuranceCompany, the Trustee. Theundersigned hereby exercisesthe undersigned’s right to ob-ject to the trustee foreclosureprocedure established in sec-tion 721.855, Florida Statutes.In order to be effective, thisNotice of Election to PreventTrustee Sale must be receivedby the Trustee at the addressset forth below on or before the30th day after the date of theNotice of Default; and intent toForeclose. Trustee’s Address:400 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite290, Las Vegas, NV 89145Dated: Owner’s signatureOwner’s signature Print NamePrint Name Owner’s signatureOwner’s signature Print NamePrint Name Notice is herebygiven to the following par-ties: Party Designation Con-tract Number Name Obligor3-17406 WILL SCOTT Obligor3-17406 TAMARA SCOTTObligor 3-5269 ANDREI AIAKIMENKO Obligor 3-5269CATHY A. RODIONOVA Obli-gor 3-6722 PAUL L. JORDANObligor 3-6722 THERESAJORDAN Obligor 3-4686JOAN LESLIE MACKIE Obli-gor 3-7037 THOMAS JOSEPHJAOUEN Obligor 3-7037 JUNEMARGARETT JAOUENObligor 3-8833 CAROL ANNGOSSELIN Obligor 3-8833GERALD JOSEPH GOSSELINObligor 3-8462 THEODOREPAUL CUSHMAN (RSVP#305096), (03/05/14, 03/12/14)

Published March 5, 12, 2014Florida Keys Keynoter

Ad# 930102

The Health Council ofSouth Florida, Inc.

Seeking Board MembersMonroe County

The Health Council of SouthFlorida, Inc. (Council)announces two vacancies onits Board of Directors torepresent Monroe County. Oneposition is available in each ofthe following categories:

μ Healthcare purchaser -Defined as an employer in thestate, other than a health carefacility, health insurer, or healthcare provider, who provideshealth care coverage for her orhis employees.

μ Healthcare consumer -Defined as any person otherthan a person who administershealth activities, is a memberof the governing body of ahealth care facility, provideshealth services, has a fiduciaryinterest in a health facility orother health agency or itsaffiliated entities, or has amaterial financial interest in therendering of health services.

The application deadline isMarch 19, 2014.

Applicants must reside andwork in Monroe County. Boardmembers are appointed by theMonroe Board of CountyCommissioners for a two yearterm.

The Council, as the designatedlocal health planning agency,provides the following servicesrelated to the healthcaresystem in Monroe County:planning, research, consulting,policy work, advocacy, datacollection and analysis, staffsupport, and education.

Please contact VanessaNaranjo via e-mail [email protected] orby phone at 305-592-1452 ext.110 if you are interested inapplying or require additionalinformation.


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NOTICE OF SALE

FEDERAL LIEN CORP. willsell at Public Sale at Auctionthe following vessels to satisfylien pursuant to Chapter328.17 of the Florida Statuteson Mar 20, 2014 at 10 A.M.Lot#: B34855 1974 CNY 2;Reg # FL2671EX; Hull ID#CNYA02160174; Located at:A Boat 4 Fun Inc. dba Cata-maran Boat Yard 97951 Over-seas Hwy, PO Box 370888Key Largo,FL 33037 (305)852-2025; Owner: GEORGEBERNARD LOGAN JR 75957HWY 202 CLATSKANIE, OR97016; Customer: GEORGEBERNARD LOGAN 2050 SMAGIC WAY 211 HENDER-SON, NV 89002; Lienholder:NONE;Lien Amount: $6,982.50

Any person(s) claiming anyinterest(s) in the above vesselscontact: FEDERAL LIENCORP. (954) 384-7171 25% Buyers Premium * ALLAUCTIONS ARE HELD WITHRESERVE* LIC# AB0000288

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Mini schnauzers pups Wehave 8 Mini SchnauzerPuppies they are now 6 weeksold. Tails docked and dueclaws removed at marathonveterinary clinic. 6 females and2 males. Both parents areHere. Mini schnauzers aregreat small breed Dogs (12-17lbs), they don’t shed or havedander issues. All extremelycute healthy and playful readyfor new homes. We are inMarathon, Fl.More photos available [email protected]

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INVITATION FOR PROPOSALS

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed Qualification Packages will bereceived by the CITY OF MARATHON, until 3:00 P.M., local time, Friday, March14, 2014, at the offices of the City of Marathon located at 9805 OverseasHighway, Marathon, Florida, 33050.

The work for which proposals are to be submitted consists of ConstructionEngineering and Inspection services for the replacement of the bridgedecking for the 117th Street Bridge in Marathon, FL.

Proposals shall be prepared, addressed and submitted in compliance with theinstructions as set forth herein. RFQ documents shall be obtained throughDemandstar (www.demandstar.com). A copy of the RFQ documents will beavailable for inspection at City Hall.

RFQ DOCUMENTS OBTAINED FROM ANY SOURCE OTHER THANDEMANDSTAR MAY NOT BE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE, AND EACHPOTENTIAL RESPONDENT ASSUMES ALL RISKS BY ITS RELIANCE ONSUCH DOCUMENTS. ANY RESPONDENT WHO HAS NOT OBTAINED THERFP DOCUMENTS FROM DEMANDSTAR WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED OF ANYADDENDA ISSUED BY THE CITY, WHICH COULD CONTAIN MATERIALCHANGES THERETO (SUCH AS ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THETECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS, EXTENSIONS OF TIME, ETC.

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Moving Sale - Islamorada238 Treasure Harbor Dr.Sat 3/8 10a-4pm, Sun 2-4pm.All must go! Bedrm set, diningrm set, big screen TV & more.

WANTED TO BUYRetired Collector - Gunsmithbuying firearms-WW2 items.Any condition. 305-289-0967

or 732-551-1226

Buying Seashells BUYINGQUALITY SPECIMENSEASHELLS [email protected]

PRIVATE COLLECTORWANTS Rolex Dive watchesand Pilot Watches. Old model

Military clocks & watches.Call 305-743-4578.

2011 Blast freezer unit,9hp Russell condensing unit.480 Larkin evaporator.Koch vacuum sealer 2002,Model 2100-A, 240v/60hz3 phase. 305-481-6232

V.A. Special - brand new 3/2BUILT ON YOUR LOT

$0 down. $1,167 per month (doesn’t incl taxes & insurance)

Call Joe 305-304-6627

V.A. Special - brand new 3/2LOT & HOUSE PACKAGE

$0 down. $1,877 per month (includes taxes & insurance)

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CocoPlum - Marathon1BD,1 BA, Boat Slip, Dock,New Kitchen, New Bath,New AC,Walk In closet & More$180K or partner for $87.5KLease for $1100 start 7/1/14Call 732-363-4370

MARATHON - 1100 sf. 2 BR,2 BA, new kitchen & bath. Alltiled. Dock, 60’ free flowing ca-nal w/HD davits.$265,000.305-849-0507

Water View Lot KCB 60’ x110’ lot, 3rd St KCB. OceanView. Build now! $199,[email protected]

2/2 Home w/ Ocean accessHome w/ Tiki, on canal, rooftop terrace, cul-de-sac, quiet,Ideal. $2k/mo. [email protected]

Canal Front MM105 Baysidestilted 3/2 CBS Single Familyhome in prestigious StillwrightPoint, Key Largo. Dock, allappl. incl W/D, $2,800, Annual,248/212-5270.

Islamorada -Venetian ShoresFurn 4 BR, 4 BA, canal front,includes landscapping, pestcontrol & boat slip, long term.186 Venetian Way. $3600/moF/L/S + util. 305-664-3333

Completely Remodeled MHon plugged canal @ MM 103B/S 1440 sqft 3BR/2BA, W/D,fenced yard . $1,500 + utilitiesavail 3/1 305-360-1948

Oceanside K. LARGO MM96.Direct ocean access w/ Oceanviews! updated lrg.2/2..10Kboatlift. Part. furn L-T rental.Pets ok. $1,750 561-236-9317

RV LOTS FOR RENTin MARATHON Adult Park.Please call 305-743-6519

Master Bedroom for Rentwith full bath, furnished. Sharea clean, quiet single home inBig Pine Key. Large fencedyard, deck, pool, kitchen,parking, A/C & w/d. Cable &utilities included. Contact after5pm weekdays, or anytime Fri-Sun. $850 305-395-0170

MM 96.3 O/S STUDIO22’ long screen porch, W/D,fully furn, incl hi def. TV &WiFi. $1050/mo, incl util. Nopets/no smoking, F/L/S.305-853-3779

Modern Self Storage facilityincl 3 BR house. Ft Myers/Labelle. Will trade for propertyor motor yacht. $1.2m. Ownerfin. Must sell! 305-481-1316

Income Producing Propertyon Cudjoe Key Commercialbuilding directly on US Hwy 1has 3 rental apartments, 2commercial units. Adjoining lotincluded. Banks Prevatt,Coldwell Banker Schmitt R.E.Co. $649,000 [email protected]

CLIMATE CONTROLLEDSTORAGE, MARATHON

Call Fred’s Beds,305-743-7277

GARAGE FOR RENT MM 92400 sq. ft. workspace400 sq. ft. storage.

Power & A/C $550 / mo.Call (305) 394-3485

HEART OF MARATHONRetail or Office.1000 sq ft.Next to Publix, the newWalgreen’s and marina.561-743-3745

MARATHON 912 sq ft commercial building/retailstorefront. Excellent visibility &frontage on hwy. $1475/mnth+ tax. (305) 900-0113.

Experienced BookkeeperImmediate F/T, in Big Pine.Proficient in Excell. Back-ground check req. Resume to:[email protected] Attn:BOM, or fax 305-872-2555

Dolphin Research Centerhas a full-time, permanent

opening for an Admissions &Enrollment Administrator for

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statistics, coordinating scholar-ship & work study programs.

Assist with budgeting, schedul-ing, licensing/accreditationprocess/administration. Job

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EOE

Receptionist/Office M anager

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data entry, bookkeeping,insurance verifications and

handling appointments.QuickBooks knowledgehelpful. Please call Dr.

Cremata at 743-6939 or faxresume to 743-6939

Reception Desk/CounterSales RECEPTION DESK/COUNTER SALES125 Slip marina with 9 RVSites & 2 Vacation RentalsAlso working retail store.Answering PhonesLooking for someone withgood computer skills. Excel &Word very helpfulWould like someone with someoffice experience.Multi Tasking is a plus.

Please send a resume myemail

Compensation: $12.00 to startfor first 90 days [email protected]

Experienced Designer withown equipment needed PT10-20 hrs/wk for mailers,flyers & list cleanup. Quark& PS a plus. Email [email protected].

Part Time Security Guardneeded in Tavernier.Must have Security license.Please call (305) 684-0033License # B2000155

BOAT RENTAL COMPANY inMarathon needs person forgeneral boat maintenance,painting, pick up & delivery.Need driver’s lic. 305-434-5473

HOUSEKEEPERSF/T or P/T

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(305) 731-0520

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Marathon Garbage Serviceis seeking truck helpers.$9 per hour.Apply in person to4290 Overseas Hwy, Marathon

Home Health Care Companyis currently hiring part timeRN, LPN, OT, OTA, PT, PTA.Serving the area of Marathon.Call 305-942-4281 or pleasefax resume to 305-225-3940 oremail: [email protected]

RESORT HELPImmediate opening!

μ Dock Hand / General Maint.μ Housekeeping

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Area Operations Superintendent/PermitsResponsible for the inspection of Permits on the FDOT R/W. Reports results of hisinspections to the Permits Coordinators. Documents all inspection results, andrequires contractor's compliance with FDOT Specifications and Design Standards.Assist the Area Operation Manager with field inspections. Performs assessmentsof roadway conditions for planning maintenance work orders. Participates inbridges work orders assisting, the maintenance crews with the Maintenance ofTraffic. Apply on-line at http://icaonramp.exactapplicant.com/jobs/EOE, Drug-free workplace.

City of MarathonUtilities Department

Construction ManagerPlease see website for job description:www.ci.marathon.fl.us

CORAL REEF PARK CO.Bahia Honda Division

Is seeking aCustomer Service Clerk

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would be a plus.

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Housing availableMonday - Saturday

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305 395 8066Licensed & Insured

PROFESSIONAL WINDOWCLEANING

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ARTIC TEMP A/C Res &Comm’l, Marine, Sales,Repair, Refrig, Ice Mach.Lic# Cac 053827, 743-5288

Ernes t E. Rhodes PlumbingLic# CFC1427241

10700 5th Ave, Gulf,Marathon 743-7072

KELLY ELECTRIC -Servingthe Middle Keys since 1980!

Fair prices, dependable!Lic# EC25 743-6098

DPE ConstructionCGC 1512409

Concrete spalling * remodelingKitchen & Bath.

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$ Home Improvement $$ Money $

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Example: downstairs enclosurefor as low as $117/mo.Call Joe 305-304-6627

KITCHEN KORNERReal wood cabinets atparticle board prices! Fred’sBeds, 743-7277, Marathon

TIKI HUTS NEW & REPAIR305-664-0009

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cleaning an detailing boat’s anyacht’s for 20 yrswe use the very best waxes tobring the luster an shine back.Any size boat or yacht.

It is very important to protectyour vessel against theharmful sun ray’s.

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Teak restored to look likebrandnew.............................................Hull bottom’s cleaned in or outof thewater.....................................Enginerooms.................................Prop polishing..........................Ivan glass cleaned anrestored..............................Bottom paining be back in thewater the nextday.................................. [email protected]

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7 days a weekbetween 4:00am & 7:00am

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Call Carter 305.440.3208

TECHNICIAN PART TIMEPRIVATE MOSQUITOMISTING COMPANY, PARTTIME 16-24 HOURS PERWEEK, GOOD DRIVINGRECORD A MUST, APPLY87899 OVERSEAS HWY(CORAL MEDICAL), FAXRESUME TO 305 852 2284OR [email protected] [email protected]

Dolphin Research Centercurrently has a FT opening in

the Education Dept for aCurriculum Specialist . Duties

are multifaceted, including:development/administration/im

plementation of programs &alignment with current

national/state standards,applying/managing grants.

BS/BA in science/education orrelated field required.

Experience required; workingwith school systems &teachers, Smart Boardtechnology, developing/

implementing distance learningprograms. Job description

available at www.dolphins.org.E-mail your resume to

[email protected]. EOE

EXPERIENCED HELP ONLYμ Breakfast Cookμ Prep Cook, Line Cookμ Host/Hostessμ Waitstaffμ Bartenderμ Bus Personμ Front of House ManagersApply in person:Sunset Grille & Raw Bar, 7Knights Key Blvd, Marathon.

MARKER 88 NOW HIRINGDishwasher, Hostess, LineCook & Prep Cook. Must worknights, weekends & holidays.Please apply online at:https://my.peoplematter.at/floridakeysrestaurantmanagement/Hire

NOW HIRING: SERVERS & DISHWASHER

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6950 O/S Hwy, Marathon

SUNDOWNERS IS NOW accepting applications for Servers, Dishwasher, Hostess,Bartender, Dock Attendant &Expo. F/T & P/T available.Apply online at: https://my.peoplematter.at/floridakeysrestaurantmanagement/Hire

Retail Merchandiser, P/Tto merchandise Hallmark prod-ucts at stores in Key Largo.To apply, please visit: www.hallmark.candidatecare.com

Retail Sales Associate -Islamorada Immediateopening for a full-time salesassociate at a destinationclothing and giftware store inIslamorada, FL. The idealcandidate will live in or nearIslamorada, FL. The candidatewill have experience incomputer-based salessystems such as "point-of-sale" and should understandinventory, stocking and haveexcellent customer serviceskills. In addition, thecandidate must have excellentprofessional references and beable to pass a criminalbackground check. This full-time position is unique andincludes high exposure in agreat semi-outdoor, open airenvironment that is a true Keysdestination. We offer anexcellent starting wage and willconsider modifying thecompensation based upon thecandidate’s experience andreferences. If this opportunityinterests you, please send aresume and cover letterimmediately. [email protected]

Blind and Shade MeasurePerson/Installer Needed formiddle to lower Keys. Must beable to measure, install, andrepair: horizontal blinds, rollershades, cell shades, sheerhorizontals, roman shades,woven woods, verticals, sheerverticals, verticells, slidingpanels plus motorized shades.Need truck or van, tools and beable to pass backgroundcheck. [email protected]

Dolphin Research Centerhas a FT opening for a

Physical Plant & EquipmentApprentice : Major duties

consist of assisting inconstruction projects,

electrical, plumbing andautomotive needs, plus themaintenance of buildings,

equipment, vehicles and boats.Must have a clean driving

record, general "handy-man"skills and be able to work

outdoors in the Florida heat.Benefits include medical

insurance, 401(k), vacationand paid holidays. Jobdescription available at

www.dolphins.org. E-mail yourresume to [email protected]

EOE

19’ SEAMASTERcenter console, 90hp Johnsonmajor overhaul - less than 40hours, with trailer. Asking$5,300. cell 724-866-8204

2004 PRO-LINE 27 SPORTCenter console 2x225Yamahas, hours under 500 -original owner. Middle Keys.$45,000. Call 314-307-3038

23’ MAKO 1989225 Yamaha, 4 stroke.Aluminum trailer. In the water,ready to fish! $27,000 obo.315-783-9740, Marathon

25’ PROLINE CC 1997One owner, boat in the water,ready to fish! Good shape.Call for details. $10,000.305-743-6164, Marathon

27’ DUSKY 2002 Centerconsole. 2- 5.9 Cummins turbodiesel engines. Many extras.950 hours. $55,000.Call Ron 954-829-2322

27’ Proline Sportsman CC1997. 2001 250 HP MercuryOptimax O/B’s. 10’ beam, elec-tric wench. Many extras! Exc.cond! $25,000. 305-289-4499

28’ PRO-LINE 1986walkaround w/1995 twin 200Yamahas, 2 stroke. Bimini top,live well, too many extras tolist! $11,750. Contact Rick,[email protected] forphotos or call 305-872-3023

29’ PHOENIX Twin 210Cummins diesels-344 hours.Everything new, to manyextras to list. $28,000 OBO.305-522-2702

33 Contender Step 2010 Twin350HP Yamaha 150 Hrs,Warranty, 2-Garmin 5212GPS/Radar,Led Lites, TopgunSonystr, Loaded. Must See!$156900 OBO [email protected]

1981 20’ Ranger, perfect!Unsinkable daysailor. Shallowdraft, swing heel, outbrd. See:www.keys.craigslist.org/boats$4,350. 307-326-8113, MM 28

24’ POCKET CRUISER1979 American Mariner.

Sound overall condition, needssome TLC. New standing &running rigging, new safety

lines & deck hardware. 8 hpMerc. O/B, starts 1st time

every time! VG 130% jib andfair main. $2800 OBO

Call (305) 879-8437

40’ MORGAN 1970 KETCHGreat hull, good interior.Needs engine work. $14,000For more info call912-614-0952, Conch Key.

LIVE ABOARD DEEP WATERDOCKAGE. A great place tocall home. MM 92.5 O/SFor more information call(305) 853-5604

1 DAVE BUYS PERMITSSo Atlantic Snapper, Grouper,Gulf Reef, K/Mack, Shark,Sword, Tuna. $$$ in 48 hours!904-262-2869, 904-708-0893

2002 Achilles Inflatable 9.5 ft, soft floor.E/W 8hp Nissan 2-stroke$2,100.740-244-8905

All types of permits for sale! Rock Shrimp, King Fish, SAtlantic Snapper, Grouper,Gulf 6 Pack reef & pelagic,Commercial Gulf Reef Fish,Gulf Snapper IFQ’s, Long LinePkg. Many other permits avail.We buy, sell & broker all typesof permits. Call before you buyor sell! Please call for prices.Licensed & Bonded. All per-mits guaranteed valid for trans-fer, many ref’s avail. JohnPotts Jr.321-784-5982, 321-302-3630. www.shipsusa.com

BALLYHOO BUSINESSBallyhoo license, 10 boxes,net, fork lift w/lifting boom,

vacuum packer w/bags, blastfreezer unit. Also 13’ Boston

Whaler, 2012 40 HP, 4 stroke,w/trailer. Asking $65K. Call

Brad, 305-481-6232.

BOAT TRAILERFits up to 26’ boat. Galvanized.

Magic tilt. $700. See inMarathon. 609-204-5278

AAA AUTO μ ALL YEARS!Junk-Used. Cars-Vans-Trucks

Running or not. Cash.305-332-0483

PARADISE TOWINGis buying junked cars.Call (305) 731-6540

custom motorcycle will tradecustom motorcycle forboat,c.c.20 to 23ft.will sendpics. [email protected]

Used Scooter GoldenCompanion 3-Wheel Midsize

in exc cond. Driving Range:20.5 Miles. Capacity: 300 lbs.

Basket. Sells New for$1,539.00. Asking $500.

305.393.0657

2003 FORD E-250 EXTD. VAN62K miles, black w/ blackprivacy glass. 5.4L V-8, towingpkg., power everything, manyfactory & custom options.Must be seen. Blue book val-ue $6895, asking $6400 OBO.Call (305) 853-3779

2008 Dodge Ram 1500Bighorn Edition, Quad cab.Inferno red, 5.7L hemi, bedliner, trailer hitch. 37,000 miles.$17,000. Call 305-395-0000

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POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT:

The Guidance/Care Center, Inc.

Behavioral Health Therapist

Marathon # 187, Key West #499

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

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

Behavioral Health Therapist - Key West #507Providing services to children and families at schools and client

homes in Lower Keys. Master’s required.

Research Assistant - Prevention

Key Largo, Bachelors required. #496

Per Diem RN - Marathon #253

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

Substance Abuse Counselor #488

For Jail Incarceration Program at Monroe County DetentionCenter in Key West. Bachelors in Human Services required

CAP and Bilingual preferred. Full time.

Client Advocate

Assists individual with mental illness in accessingcommunity services. Marathon Job #257.

Front Office - HS Diploma/GED Required. Key West #491.

Driver – Marathon #400Maintains and drives vans to transport clients.

CDL w/passenger endorsement required.

Case Manager #469Coordinating and providing services to adults in Marathon

and Key West. Bachelor's degree in Human Service field and1 year experience required Full time position.

RN - MarathonFull Time #429. Part Time # 248

Behavioral Health Technician-Marathon

Crisis Stabilization Unit. Part Time #252

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

prior to any offer of employment.Apply online @ http://careers.westcare.com

[email protected]/DFWP

A Positive Step of MonroeCounty, Inc (APSMC) is seeking afull time Master’s level therapist

to work with high and at-riskadolescents and their families throughout Monroe

County. Applicant must have reliable transportation,pass DJJ background screening, and have flexibleschedule. Spanish speaker a plus. EOE and Drug

Free workplace. Competitive salary, benefits. E-mailresume to [email protected].

Medical TechnologistsEchocardiograph TechPharmacy Technicians

Front Office Reception &Registration Clerk

Medical Assistant

Physician's Practice Director

Apply online at:http://www.fishermenshospital.org.

Hospital Opportunities:

Physician’s Practice Opportunities:

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

Deliver our newspapers 7 days aweek between 4:00 am and 7:00 am

inMarathon

Potential income$450- $500 per week

Formore information Call Carter

305.440.3208

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A BASSPRO SHOPS AFFILIATECome work in our Modern RestaurantWE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR:

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� Retail Sales � Dishwashers

Apply @ Restaurant Administrative Office81532 Overseas Hwy., MM 81.5 Bayside

Islamorada, FL 33036

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Equal Opportunity Employer - Drug Free Workplace

Part time with possiblity of full time ata later date. Must be experienced

T O M 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.

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 305-852-0656

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