May 14, 2015

KEY NEWS
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26 MARRIAGE EQUALITY
Cosmetic store sale protections
are beefed up
BY PRU SOWERS
KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER
Continuing a crackdown on
predatory sales practices at Duval
Street cosmetic shops, Key West City
Commissioners moved to expand the
existing legal protections for duped c
ustomers.
Passed unanimously on first reading
at the May 5 city commission meeting,
the ordinance states that store employees, not just owners, can be held liable
for charging exorbitant amounts for
skin products while not informing
charged hundreds and sometimes
thousands of dollars for products they
did not agree to purchase or at prices
that were not disclosed to them
at the time.
e 2014 ordinance applied to sales
and services over $75 and required
cosmetic retailers in the historic district
to fully inform customers of the price
of any product prior to a purchase.
But complaints have continued to be
filed with the city; the latest in March
when a 68-year-old mentally ill woman
was charged more than $40,000 for
products at Adore Organic Innovations,
119 Duval St. When her husband
complained, a refund was eventually
offered while an investigation was
conducted by the Monroe County
the customer.
“Previously, only business owners
could be cited for violating fair business
practices. e employees are also part of
that license and can be held liable, not
just the owner,” said Key West City
Manager Jim Scholl, adding that the
expanded ordinance will give the city
“more teeth in our ability to control
predatory business practices.”
e city first passed an ordinance
clamping down on the cosmetic store
sales practices in June 2014, after
receiving numerous complaints from
shoppers that they were unknowingly
Cemetery access changed for construction
Construction on the new sexton’s office at historic Key West Cemetery has
begun. Main entrance to cemetery is closed until completion. Traffic should
enter and exit cemetery
through the Windsor
Lane gate. Construction
or funerals may close
Frances Street gate.
Sexton’s office is now
temporarily located in a
trailer at 837 Olivia St.,
(305) 809-3986. New
sexton’s office scheduled
for completion in
December 2015. n
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n CITY NEWS
04 DISTRICT II challenger
State Attorney’s Office.
During the investigation, two Key
West residents, Bruce Mitchell and Tevis
Wernicoff, protested outside the store
for 19 days, carrying signs that read,
“Rip Off Shop.”
at resulted in the store owners
agreeing to a 30-day full refund policy,
as well as issuing a written cost
statement to customers prior to all sales
over $75.
e new city ordinance will move
to a second and final reading at the
May 19 city commission meeting. n
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Former Key West mayor
running for Mark Rossi’s
seat in District II
BY PRU SOWERS
KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER
While the critical need for housing for Key
West workers is well known, McPherson said not
enough is being done by city officials to alleviate
the problem. If elected, he said he would propose
Two-time former Key West Mayor Morgan
partnering with the Key West School Board to turn
McPherson has joined the growing number of
the current site of the school administrative offices
challengers running to replace Commissioner
into a housing development. e approximately
Mark Rossi in District II.
McPherson joins two other candidates, attorney 20-acre parcel next to the ferry terminal would be
a good location and creating new tax abatements
Sam Kaufman and retired engineer and contractor
for developers would bring down construction
Skip O’Neil to replace Rossi, who has said he will
costs, he said.
not run again when his term expires in October.
“e severity is only going to increase,”
Rossi has served two full and one half-term
McPherson said about the lack of workforce
as city commissioner.
housing. “ere is money. ey just
McPherson was mayor of Key
haven’t come up with a good plan.”
West from 2005 to 2009, when he
Flood and wind insurance costs
lost a bid for a third term to
are also an issue that McPherson
current Mayor Craig Cates.
said he would focus on if elected.
McPherson had also run for the
He is proposing creating a quasiKey West School Board in 2004
governmental agency to offer
but lost to Andy Griffiths.
affordable insurance to city
He ran twice for the state House
property owners. Although Citizens
of Representatives, losing both
Property Insurance Corp, the
times, the most recent in the
government-established non-profit
Republican primary to
insurer created in 2002 for citizens
Holly Raschein in 2012.
who could not obtain insurance
McPherson said the city has
“to set pace for a new direction”
| MORGAN McPHERSON elsewhere, is supposed to help keep
costs down, McPherson said rates
on the most vital issues in Key
Former Key West Mayor
Morgan
McPherson
will
run
are still climbing to unaffordable
West. At the top of his list is the
levels.
rising cost of flood and windstorm to fill City Commissioner
“If we don’t do something pretty
insurance, the lack of pro- gress in Mark Rossi’s seat in October.
quickly, we’ll be in the same posicreating affordable workforce
tion as 2005, 2006 and 2007,” he
housing in Key West, and negotisaid, referring to the years when property insurating an environment-sustaining agreement with
ance costs soared in the Florida Keys. “We should
Cuba as that country and Key West both tout mabecome what in essence Citizens is supposed to be.
rine resources in their effort to attract tourists.
e answer is for us to become our own solution.”
“As we speak, Cuba is growing their economy,
e election will take place on Oct. 6.
particularly in tourism, and they are overusing our
If none of the three candidates receives
marine resources. ey have no limits on fish and
50 percent of the vote, a runoff election will be
lobster [fishing]. At the end of the day, it ends up
held Nov. 3. n
costing us. We need to sit at the table and be part
of any dialogue,” McPherson said.
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COUNTY NEWS
New well war breaks out
Last Stand,
Florida DEP
at issue
BY TERRY SCHMIDA
KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER
All’s well that ends well, except when,
well . . . it ends up in court.
Just a month after Cudjoe Key fisherman Mike Laudicina succeeded in pressuring the Florida Keys Aqueduct
Authority—by way of a lawsuit—to
build a deep injection well at a wastewater treatment plant in his area, a new
well fracas is taking place. is time the
fight is between the local environmentalist group Last Stand, and the private
firm KW Resort Utilities, which wants
College, the county jail, and Key West
Golf Club to the mix, Last Stand
contends that the eventual output will
far exceed the DEP’s million gallon
threshold, and thus require a deep well.
e KW Resort Utilities lawyer, Bart
Smith was not eager to discuss the case
when contacted by telephone, but he has
previously indicated that his camp sees
no connection between their case and
Laudicina’s which is still active, despite
the climbdown by the FKAA on the
Cudjoe Key injection well last month.
“As much as I would like to discuss
the views of my client, we’re in active
litigation right now, and to comment
on the merits of the case would go
to build two shallow wastewater wells on
a Stock Island property. Last Stand
wants the company to build one much
deeper one, in order to protect the
environment.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which has issued
permits for two shallow wells is caught
in the middle. At press time, the case
was still in litigation before a state Department of Administrative Hearings
judge at the Key West courthouse on
Simonton Street, with little indication
of how it will shake out.
In a nutshell, KW Resort Utilities has
a pair of shallow wells handling about a
half-million gallons of treated effluent
daily. e company wants to increase
this capacity to an average of about
850,000 gallons, which is just shy of the
1 million gallon mark that triggers DEP
requirements for a deep well.
Given that the firm plans to add
effluent from Florida Keys Community
MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Stock Island man arrested for
stealing boat motor parts
n CRIME REPORT
A Stock Island man was arrested after
surveillance video caught him as he stole
boat motor parts from a boat on Roberta
Street on Stock Island.
e owner of the boat called the
Sheriff’s Office May 1 to report he found
parts missing from the motor on his
boat. Deputy Matt Dowling took the
report and then called for assistance
from detectives.
Detectives David Chavka and John
Underwood responded. Detective
Chavka found a nearby surveillance
camera and watched the video for the
night the parts were taken.
On the video, at 12:30 a.m., he saw
a man and woman near the boat. e
woman leaves and the man stays near the
boat for several minutes. He then returns
later on his bike and is seen putting
something in his shirt and riding away.
e man in the video was identified
as 45-year-old Roberto Cardenas.
Cardenas later admitted to taking the
motor parts and, in doing so, damaging
the motor. He was placed under arrest
and charged with grand theft. He was
booked into jail. n
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against trial strategy,” Smith said. “Beginning [May 11] both sides will be
submitting proposed recommended
orders, which will succinctly state both
sides’ arguments. We’re going to wait
until then to make our points.”
Last Stand Board member George
Halloran was more forthcoming.
“[KW Resort Utilities] have said they
need more wells,” he said. “But we have
several issues with their plan, and we
think the DEP should have rejected this
permit. Our experts say they’ll be up
over a million gallons almost immediately, and their plans should reflect that.”
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CITY NEWS
COUNTY NEWS
City votes to use
Bight cash for
new city hall
financing
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
CRIME REPORT
| Continued from page 5
Drug arrests
n Stock Island
At 1:20 p.m., Deputies Lazaro Valdes
and Freddy Rodriguez were dispatched to
a domestic disturbance on 5th avenue,
Stock Island. When they arrived, a man
told them his girlfriend had taken his immigration papers and would not give
them back.
e girlfriend—48-year-old Odalys
Lovett Delisle—denied having the papers
and told Deputy Valdes he could search
her purse for them. Upon searching the
purse, the deputy did not find the papers,
but he did find several different pills in
two pill bottles. One pill bottle had her
name on the label; the other did not. In
these pill bottles there were 189 tablets of
two different types of Oxycodone for
which Delisle could not produce a legal
prescription.
Delisle was arrested and charged with
possession of controlled substance without prescription and was booked into jail.
n Ramrod Key
Special Investigations detectives went
to Looe Key Tiki Bar at 5:15 p.m. to serve
arrest warrants on two employees—18year-old Tristan Vergara, who was wanted
on three outstanding warrants for marijuana sale and 36-year-old Phillip Pinkerman, wanted on two outstanding
warrants for sale of cocaine.
When the two were placed under arrest, they were found to be in possession
of illegal substances and drug paraphernalia. Pinkerman had a small amount of
marijuana. Vergara had several individual
packages of cocaine hidden in two cigarette packages. Items of paraphernalia
were also found that belonged to both
men.
Pinkerman was further charged with
possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and Vergara was charged with
possession of cocaine with intent to sell,
possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. ey were both booked into
jail. n
BY TERRY SCHMIDA
KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER
Graduates of Class 24 gathered on the steps of Old City Hall.
Ambassador Academy Class 24
Key West Ambassadors Academy graduated its 24th class
during this week’s city commission meeting. Twenty-two citizens
participated in the 13-week class. ey join the more than 450 citizens who now have a better insight to the workings of city
government. Each class of the Key West Ambassadors Program has
been a blend of involved citizens. City Manager Jim Scholl congratulated the graduates of Class 24. ree current city leaders —
Mayor Craig Cates, Commissioners Clayton Lopez and Tony
Yaniz—were elected after finishing this program. e Key West
Ambassadors Academy was established in 2003 and is facilitated
by volunteers, all of whom graduated the program. Volunteers
Lois Songer, Patti Biga, LeeAnne Holland, John Teets and Stuart
Strickland facilitated the class. NOAA’s Craig Wanous provides
classroom space at the Florida Keys Eco Discovery Center. n
FKCC graduates Florida officers
Florida Keys Community College held a graduation ceremony
recently for 49 Corrections Basic Recruit (CBR) Academy at the
San Carlos Institute. Some 13 students completed the 420-hour
training program through College’s Institute for Public Safety.
rough a partnership with the Monroe County Sheriff Office
(MCSO), all 13
graduates have
secured employ
at one of the
three corrections
centers in the
Keys. Sheriff
Rick Ramsay
presented each
graduate with a
badge reflecting FKCC Corrections Basic Recruit Academy
graduate Ashley Dieguez congratulated by
their new roles
FKCC President Dr. Jonathan Gueverra.
as corrections
FKCC Provost Brittany Snyder and FKCC
officers.
Dean of Career, Technical and Workforce
Instructors
Education Dr. Patrick Rice look on.
MCSO Sergeant Genine Hernandez and MCSO Deputy Anthony
Lopez recognized the best and the brightest of the class with
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Key West just took a Bight out of its
cash inventory. More specifically, the City
Commission voted on May 5 to “transfer”
$1.3 million from the Key West Bight
Board reserves to the City of Key West
New City Hall Fund.
e motion was sponsored by City
Manager Jim Scholl and passed after a
vigorous debate with District 3 Commissioner Billy Wardlow and District 4 Commissioner Tony Yaniz voting against.
Commissioner Jimmy Weekley, representing District 1, was not present for tally.
e seven-member Bight Board, which
oversees rental space at the city-owned
Historic Seaport voted to hand the money
over to the city at an April 15 meeting.
e project to transform the former
Glynn Archer Elementary School into the
new City Hall is now estimated to cost
nearly $20 million, more than double the
amount originally envisioned.
Yaniz and Wardlow were not happy
about the proposal, with the latter describing it as “robbing from Peter to pay
Paul” and opening up a “can of worms”
by leaning on the Bight’s capital. Yaniz
asked about the state of Bight’s assets,
wondering if emergency needs might arise
for which the cash could be put to more
appropriate use.
However, Scholl insisted the Bigh,
serves as a “revenue generator” for the
city, making its contribution to the new
City Hall a welcome but not outlandish
gesture.
District 6 Commissioner Clayton
Lopez, eager to build a consensus, suggested that perhaps the deal should be
made in the form of a loan. “We don’t
want to create “a precedent to come back
and bite us,” he warned.
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CITY NEWS
City talks rainbow sidewalks, KOTS,
and funding for new city hall project
BY TERRY SCHMIDA
KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER
e “Pink Triangle” intersection at
Duval and Petronia streets is about to
get even more colorful after the City
Commission agreed in principle to
allowing rainbow-colored crosswalks
to be installed there.
Exactly how the crosswalks are to be
colorized, and who will foot the bill, was
the subject of gay debate at the commission’s May 5 meeting at Old City Hall
with Commissioner Jimmy Weekley
absent.
e move was suggested by the Key
West Business Guild as a way of commemorating the June 2003 unfurling
of a 1.25-mile rainbow flag from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean.
e commissioners were mostly supportive of the measure with a few notable
concerns.
District 5 Commissioner Teri Johnston called the idea “terrific” and overdue, noting that a number of North
American cities have already taken similar steps. Johnston also expressed the
hope the crosswalk would dovetail nicely
with Art in Public Places and Key West’s
retorted he has just returned from visiting relatives in Cuba, whom he claimed
he could finagle into doing the job
for $50 and a bottle of rum.
Toward the end of debate, Commissioner Johnston reminded her colleagues
that the city paints and does “normal
maintenance on our crosswalks anyway.”
City Manager Jim Scholl indicated he
had “heard direction to go forward” with
investigation into the project.
emerging same-sex marriage industry.
Commissioner Billy Wardlow of District 3, however, expressed reservations
about a permanent installation, predicting the rainbows would “divide the city.”
Pretty soon people are going to want
a Fantasy Fest intersection and a Bahama
Village crosswalk, he said. He also wondered aloud about some of the language
in the proposal. He said, “ere’s no
such thing as a ‘gayborhood’.”
In response, Commissioner Clayton
Lopez, whose District 6 riding includes
Bahama Village, assured Wardlow his
home neighborhood wouldn’t be lobbying for a crosswalk anytime soon.
“We’ve already got an arch,” Lopez
pointed out to laughter from the gallery,
in reference to a Key West landmark located, coincidentally, at the same threeway intersection at Petronia and Duval.
Lopez added that would “certainly support” the project.
Commissioner Mark Rossi of District
2 took a businesslike approach to the
matter, which could cost up to $4,000
depending on the materials used.
“I’d support it if [the Business Guild]
pays for it and maintains it,” he said.
To that District 4’s Tony Yaniz
KOTS relocation discussed
e commissioner then turned to the
thorny issue of the relocation of the Keys
Overnight Temporary Shelter, a.k.a.
“KOTS” from its current location on
College Road, Stock Island, to an
on-island Key West location. Specifically,
a site in the former Easter Seals building
on North Roosevelt is being considered..
e one-acre site includes a small
masonry building, which would be
converted into an intake office, locker
room for working residents, and laundry
facility. It would include a “time-out”
area for clients who arrive at the site
“inebriated.”
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Upon hearing about the estimated
$1.2 million cost of the proposal, Commissioner Rossi again expressed sticker
shock.
“Who’s going to pay for this?” he
asked. “I’m a taxpayer, too.”
Rossi wanted to know there the
kitchen for the proposed dining room
would be located. He was told that one
hadn’t been planned.
Rossi’s District 4 colleague chafed at
the price tag. “Is this $1.2 million fully
funded?”
Tony Yaniz asked the presenter.
“Say ‘no’,” he added.
Upon hearing that, the answer to his
question was indeed “no,” Yaniz replied.
“ank you.”
District 5’s Johnston stepped in to
remind the other commissioners that the
county government had already agreed
to assist financially with moving the
facility, which would accommodate up
to 120 overnight residents.
City Manager Scholl agreed that the
city could count on the county paying
half the cost.
e KOTS staff have yet to see the
plan. n
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KEY WEST LOU |COMMENTARY
Banks hurt people
BY LOUIS PETRONE
KONK LIFE COLUMNIST
banking. e depositors will have a debit
card. Every financial transaction will be
by debit card. Why? Reasons three-fold.
First, banks want to avoid a run on
banks. If they control cash via electronic
banking, all they have to do is hit a few
buttons and no one will be able to make
withdrawals. e banks recognize that
bad days may be ahead for them. ey
fear a run on banks as occurred in 1929.
You and I may be broke and/or go out
of business. e banks will not because
they will have total control over money.
Second, the banks fear people will
secret money. Under the mattress, the
bottom of a drawer, a tin can buried
in the backyard. And finally, banks want
total control over money.
You must realize that banks view your
money as theirs. It is.e law is clear
that once a person deposits money in a
savings or checking account, title to the
money passes to the bank. ank Congress and the President who signed such
legislation into law. e preceding represent to me economic tyranny and financial repression. It is not a question
of whether the shoe fits. It does.
Banks and corporations have their
sinners. It is not society members alone
who commit crimes. Banks and corporations do through their leaders and
employees. ink Ponzi and Enron.
Wells Fargo is one of our larger
banks. Two weeks ago, Wells Fargo
on each other as sharks in a frenzy.
People know they have a capacity
limit for debt. We try to live within our
here was a time when
means. Banks and major corporations
bankers were amongst the
do not. ey see no tomorrow as far
most respected people in a community.
as their debt limit is concerned.
No more. e recession which began
e banks are playing games. New
in 2008 is exemplary proof that bankers
ones. All in an effort to control the flow
are whores. ey will do anything for
of money and increase profit levels.
money.
e following represent
It aggravates me that our
today’s bank brainchilds. All
government thought banks
new. Banks want to charge intoo big to fail and too big to
terest on depositor accounts.
prosecute. Banks were never
In other words, we will now
brought to task. As a result,
have to pay the bank to hold
banks continue to connive
our money in a savings or
how they can make more
checking account. e promoney for themselves
gram is being tested in certain
without regard to those
parts of the United States. It is
they serve.
described as negative interest.
Banks today are in a more
Safety deposit boxes. A
precarious position than they
place
for safekeeping. A place
LOU
were in 2008. ey never
PETRONE
to keep cash. No more. Two
learned. Why should they
banks already require renters
COLUMNIST
have? ey were never punof safety deposit boxes to sign
ished for their wrongdoing. In
new contracts with the bank.
fact, banks today are thriving and make
e new contract went into effect first of
considerably more money than pre 2008. this month. In the new contract, renter
It is thought in some quarters that a
agrees and promises no cash will be kept
worldwide credit crunch is coming. If it
in a safety deposit box. e reason simhappens, there will be a run on banks.
ple. Banks want to know where every
Not by depositors so much. ey will be dollar is at every moment. No more setoo late and perhaps not have the ability. creting of cash the goal.
It will be by other banks who have
Banks want to do away with cash.
loaned them money. ey will turn
Paper money. ey want electronic
T
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was sued by the City of Los Angeles.
Wells Fargo instituted a program
to motivate/push its employees to meet
certain goals and quotas. One was that
every customer have at least eight different accounts with the bank. e
program in house was described as
Going For e Gr-Eight Initiative.
e pressure was heavy on bank
employees. ey took their existing
customer lists and opened new accounts.
Signed them up for new credit cards,
also. e customers never gave
permission nor had knowledge.
Wells Fargo charged fees to handle
the accounts. e customers were
unaware of the new accounts and of the
fees. e fees were not paid. Many were
sent by Wells Fargo into collection. On
top of which the failure to pay the fees
resulted in negative information being
placed on credit reports.
To compound the wrongdoing, it is
claimed Wells Fargo became aware of the
practice. It did nothing to stop it.
What bothers me is that if I were to
write a similar column a year from now,
there would be new and different bank
transgressions. e banks are not doing
what is right by God and country because they have not been punished criminally in recent times for their
wrongdoings. Send some of the bad guys
to jail and I guarantee you bank problems will disappear. n
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THE BIG STORY |COMMENTARY
Our Golden Cage
BY RICK BOETTGER
KONK LIFE COLUMNIST
you gracefully can from a game, get out
before someone pulls a gun. I applied that to
my own life when I retired at 48 just because
ynthia and I are trapped by Key
I had a guaranteed $100k/year for life, which
West. I want to leave, to have ad- is all this lower middle-class kid could imagventures, to live in exotic and rare corners of
ine was as much as anyone would ever need,
the world.Why not spend a month or two
and there was too much fun to be had.
apiece in the Maldives, Raja Ampat, Easter
Right now, the Key West real estate market
Island, Bhutan, the Seychelles,
has turned our funky old flat into a gold
Boquete, and a hundred
mine. I’m not a smart real estate inothers? We could do it. We
vestor. Better: I am a lucky RE investor.
have neither children nor
I bought the Key Haven home in 1996
jobs keeping us even in states.
because my ex-wife wanted something
is is not a dress rehearsal—
sparkly new. I bought the Old Town
this is the only life in this
rentals because a friend needed a partmortal flesh we are going to
ner for the down payment to buy out
get, and we are writing the
toxic neighbors. And we bought 1402
script, so why not wallow in
Olivia because it was not for rent and
all the rich variety the world
was huge on one floor when my knee
has to offer?
was too bad to go upstairs.
But damned Key West, aye,
RICK
But it’s public record, the gain on
there’s the rub. e home, the
BOETTGER
these tickles seven figures. With our five
friends, the life we have here
COLUMNIST
fixed-benefit pensions and other subis a golden cage that has us
stantial savings, we truly can go anytrapped as surely as house
where for the rest of our lives, or live on
arrest. We have fashioned such a perfect life
a decent cruise ship if we really begin to lose
for ourselves here that even other luxuries are
it. And I have trouble believing our good fordifferent, not better, and always worse. And
tune on the Olivia home. e last time we
this is a common affliction I know people
had numbers like this in local RE, they
who’ve happily moved to be near grandchilcrashed. is may be the opportunity people
dren, or who couldn’t afford us, or for whom
passed up in 2006 when they could have sold
Key West was too exotic. But I’ve never had a their tiny mid-town condos for half a mill,
friend move and say, “Rick, you’ve got to
but they held on and they are still underwater
come to wherever, it’s the best!”
from the $300k they paid.
Like all of my friends and I expect most
To me it’s like leaving good money on the
of my readers, we have a great place to live,
table. And we no longer deserve our funkya remarkable cast of interesting friends we
palatial spread. I often feel it is obscene that
could find nowhere else, a fulfilling job of
day after day for months only Cynthia and I
some sort, a “hobby” like my singing, some
have have 1760 indoor square feet all to ourkind of civic involvement like my writing,
selves, while going from our large private
and besides we get to bike to great restaurants deck garden and pool out to our also-large
and cultural events.
front porch to catch the sunset and the neighOh, and the weather and our still-vibrant
bors. We used to be proud to use the large
waters. How can any of us leave? Why am I
space for righteous political and cultural parso nuts as to be even considering it?
ties, but now we’ve gotten too lazy, and rarely
Okay, this has to be something else wrong open the house as we used to. Someone else
with me again, as no one I know in my posiwith visiting kids should own this and throw
tion is considering it. It’s a conflict between
lots of big parties, as the Wares do next door.
two of my basic and successful approaches to
Next week, my second basic and successful
life. e first is my “Quit winners” philosoapproach to life: letting the crazy out. I’ll
phy I developed as a professional poker player explain how we all got here, and why we
in my youth. When you’ve harvested what
should try to upgrade perfection. n
C
| RALPH DE PALMA
The Southernmost Five kicks off the Key West Rotary’s Fourth of
July events. The group sings the Star Spangled Banner before the
5K run in the morning and also before the fireworks display July 4
evening on White Street Pier. In addition, this group led by Ralph
Garcia, Jr. and Brad Richards will inspire with an eclectic mix of
gospel, contemporary, classical and acapella music. Members of the
group are Ralph Garcia, Jr., Bradley Richards, Robert Ochoa, Paul
Carmichael, Ruben Navarro, Nathan James Gay and Paul Hayes.
The Southernmost Five available for special occasions. Contact
at somost567@gmail.com for booking information. n
Listen to Sweet Sweet Spirit on our Youtube Page:
https://youtu.be/x6bG-OTQalk
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SHORTANSWERS
BY J E F F J O H N S O N n P A U L A F O R M A N
Sounds so good
Dear Short Answers: Our son just
graduated college and now has an unpaid
internship with a literary agent in New
York City. He loves it and is doing well.
We agreed to subsidize him for three
month,s but the agent wants him to work
for free for six months. He has been diligently looking for other work, but hasn’t
found any. Should we extend the subsidy?
It isn’t a money issue. It’s Only My IRA
Dear IRA: Yes, of course, but decide
now how long you are willing to extend
the subsidy and stick to it. It will be helpful to your son to know the deadline and
helpful to you to make this decision once.
e in’s and out’s
Dear Short Answers: What is personal
hygiene? Please define and explain its
scope? Clean Gene and Smelly Nelly
Dear Gene and Nelly: Personal
hygiene is the daily care and maintenance
of your entire body from
the top of your head to the
bottom of your feet including every crack and crevice
and parts in between. Every
day.
Warm and cozy
Dear Short Answers:
My son, wife and baby have
been living with us for two
years. I haven’t minded.
Mostly. Now they’re expecting another baby. Will they
never move out? Mom
Dear Mom: Yes, and
why should they? If this
doesn’t suit you, you had
better speak up.
ing care of the house and have always
joked that we are like the old women in
the Italian Hill towns—that if we run up
and down the stairs many times a day
(and we do), we will never have a problem. But lately I wonder if
we are not being responsible about our
future. Not So Young Anymore
Dear Not So: Wow! We hear you. We
don’t have an answer for you except to say
you and your husband should talk about
it even though it is a difficult subject. Do
you want to stay in the house until you
die? Do you have enough money to pay
for help which you will inevitably need?
Have you given alternatives such as
moving to a smaller, easier house or senior
housing serious consideration? We have
observed there is a window in which to
make changes—probably mid-70s.
New rules
Dear Short Answers: I just started a
new job and kind of hate it. I get daily
calls from recruiters, and it kills me to not
follow the leads. ese days,
what’s kosher in terms of
how long I have to stick it
out before
I look for something new?
Just Marking Time
Dear JMT: Well, we’ve
been there. If you have (a) a
reasonable track record of
staying in previous jobs for a
year or more, (b) you can
depend on them for references, and (c) you can say
you have given this place a
fair shot, then go where the
PAULA FORMAN &
sun shines.
JEFF JOHNSON
An important question
Dear Short Answers: My husband and
I are in our early 70s. We have had some
health issues. We live in a large old house
with many stairs and a neverending series
of repairs. We have enjoyed everything
about it for 20 years or more. We like tak-
Sing, or not
Dear Short Answers: If you have a
friend who really wants to be a singer but
can’t sing a note, what’s the best thing for
you to do? Let her try and get humiliated?
Or tell her the truth and spare her the
pain and embarrassment? Ears Hurt
Dear Ears: And just why are you the
arbiter on this one? n
Life is complicated. “Short Answers isnt. Send a question about whatever is bothering you
to KonkLife@shortanswers.net or go to www.shortanswers.net and a psychologist
and sociologist will answer. A selection of the best questions appear in Konk Life.
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OUR COMMUNITY
Dance Works 13! features ‘Midsummer Nights Dream’
CoffeeMill Dance Studio celebrates 32
years of dance in Key West with DanceWorks 13! featuring “A Midsummer Nights
Dream” with guest dancer Chris Selbie as
the Cavalier Saturday, May 16 at 7:30p and
Sunday, May 17 at 2:00p at the Tennessee
Williams eatre.
Left, guest dancer Chris Selbie as the
Cavalier:DanceWorks 13! features “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16; also, 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17,
at the Tennessee Williams Theatre.
Faculty, students and visiting artists of
the CoffeeMill Dance Studio collaborate on
an astounding celebration of dance.
Plus new works by local dance company,
Dance Key West. Two shows only. Live
dance tickets $15-$25 now available at
Tennessee Williams eatre Box Office or
keystix.com
For more information, visit coffeemilldance.com or call (305) 296-9982. n
INFO
coffeemilldance.com
WHAT’S HAPPENING
n July 1-25
Key West’s eclectic eatreXP’s
program for the annual Summer Stage is
set for July 1-25. e schedule includes
what many consider to be the iconic
Tennessee Williams play, a new play
reading, featuring theatre symposium
panel discussions and will bring classic
radio plays to the live stage.
eatreXP founder and artistic director Bob Bowersox, who with producing
partner, filmmaker Quincy Perkins,
founded Summer Stage in 2011. “We
wanted to make sure we remained true
to our reputation for power and edge on
the stage. What better way to do that
than with
Tennessee
Williams?”
is year,
Summer Stage
will feature
Williams’ iconic
“A Streetcard
Named Desire” to be directed by Carole
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Fringe’s fifth anniversary season:
• Alice’s Parlor II. Four shimmering
plays by Alice Gerstenberg, burgeoning
with humor and heart and cast with local
luminaries, present stories of love, revenge and hypocrisy in the lives of early
20th century women. Dec. 2-5 and Dec.
8-12 at Historic Rectory of St. Paul’s
Church, 401 Duval St..
• Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward. Novelist
Charles and second wife Ruth plan a
séance expecting to expose eccentric
medium Madame Arcati as a phony.
Instead she accidently conjures up Elvira,
his deceased and demanding first wife,
and things get thoroughly out of hand.
“Sparkling comedy, a classic!”
January venue TBD.
• e Lion in Winter by James Goldman. In 1183, an aging King Henry II
summons his imprisoned wife Eleanor of
Aquitaine and three crown-seeking sons
to a reunion to name his successor.
Treachery and deception follow in this
dynastic chess game. Feb. 18-March 5
at St. Paul’s Church Sanctuary, 401
Duval St.
• e Apple Falls by Monnie O. King.
We freefall into Pauline’s unreal delusions from the terrifying to the comical
as she is overtaken by schizophrenia.
Her bewildered loved ones, disillusioned
with traditional care, must navigate the
Keys Energy Services’ (KEYS) Patrick
Nolan celebrated his 10th anniversary with
the Utility. Nolan is an operator maintainer
in Generation department. In his current
position, Nolan is responsible for operation
and maintenance of a simple-cycle combustion turbine facility, including startup and
shutdown of plant systems, main combustion turbines and diesel engines. n
More events! page 17
emotional pitfalls of caring for her and
preserving their own lives. March 23–
April 8 at Garden Club Pavilion,
1100 Atlantic Blvd.
• CONCH REPUBLIC (e Musical!).
e smash hit returns for its riotous
fourth year. e rollicking musical tells
the tale of the Conchs taking on the
Feds, succeeding from the United States
to keep the town open to tourism. A tale
so wacky it has to be true! April 21-24 at
Key West eater (formerly Eaton Street
eater), 512 Eaton St.
Season subscriptions available in
October or from Fringe Executive
Director Caroline Stover-Sickmen, (305)
407-6790, caroline@fringetheater.org n
Fringe turns 5!
XP’s season set!
n
Patrick Nolan achieves
longevity milestone
INFO www.fringetheater.org
Air, Land & Sea
Poker Run of the
Florida Keys
Take to the Keys by boat,
plane, car or motorcycle
at Key West Air, Land &
Sea Poker Run FridaySunday, May 15-17.
Throughout Friday, May
15, poker runners travel
from mainland through
the Keys to Key West
with checkpoints
planned. Other attractions planned is a
Saturday dinner and
awards ceremony and
a free day Sunday
to explore Key West.
According to organizers,
event is to be filmed for
an episode of “Powerboating in Paradise”
slated to air on the
Sun Sports television
network in Florida.
INFO
www.flpowerboat.com
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KEY BUSINESS
YOUR
KEY WEST
FINANCIAL FUTURE
What do you need
to save for retirement?
BY ROXANNE E. FLESZAR
KONK LIFE COLUMNIIST
consult with your financial planner to help you
determine your goal. It’s a starting point and one
that you will consult with over the years to des a financial planner, the most
termine if you are on target . Adjustments can be
common question that a new
made as necessary. Research has shown the exerclient will ask me is if they will be able to afford
cise of monitoring your results will likely assist
to retire. Whether a “youngster” just starting to
you in meeting your objectives.
save or an “oldster” getting ready to retire in seve obvious first step is to increase your saveral years, individuals want to understand what
ings by either increasing your income or decreasgoal to shoot for.
ing your spending.
I am always pleased to assist youngsters in
We all have expenses which can be categostarting to save as I know they have years for the rized as needs, desires or wishes. Needs cover bapower of the compounding of money to assist
sics such as food, shelter, transportation,
them. A contribution of $100 per month over 40 insurance and the like. Our income from work
years at a 7% annual rate of return compounds
and/or investments needs to provide a safe and
to $253,557 or $515,365 over 50 years. Millenpredictable income stream to cover these exnials seem to get it, or perhaps they have parents penses. Desires are things that make your life
and grandparents urging them to start saving
better such as cable TV, an iPad and or tennis
early.
lessons. Wishes are expensive vacations, jewelry,
Many boomers found their pension was reor a luxury car. You get the idea, you can live
placed by a defined contribution plan
without the latter but not the former.
such as a 401(k), SEP IRA or SIMSo what can you do to get started?
PLE IRA; these plans require their
Evaluate your expenses and eliminate
monetary contribution and investall those that are unnecessary.
ment savvy. Unfortunately many of
Habits die hard such as eating lunch
them have not learned the imporout daily or stopping for a bucci on
tance of tax-deferred compounding.
your way to work. A savings of $5 to
As I discussed in detail In my last
$10 a day compounded over several
column, more than 50% of Ameridecades amounts to thousands of dolcans have not saved enough to mainlars of potential retirement savings.
tain their standard of living in
A larger alignment would be to
retirement.
downsize a house, sell a boat, move to
Perhaps that is you. You may have
a less expensive locale…even to anROXANNE E.
procrastinated, lived “big”, lost a job,
other country. e increase in your reFLESZAR
a business or your home in the 2008tirement savings account plus a lower
COLUMNIST
2009 financial down turn, or spent
cost of living could dramatically enyour savings educating your children. e good
hance your retirement.
news is never too late to get started or back on
Are you one of the folks that receive a tax retrack.
fund every year? You may perceive it to be a form
ere are no miracles, just a determination to of automatic savings, but I would recommend a
move forward in the right direction. In this colbetter option; adjust your withholding to closely
umn I am going to give you several ideas to get
match your estimated 2015 tax obligation and
you started. We’ll expound upon these in future
| Continued from page 24
articles.
First you need to know how much you are
Roxanne E. Fleszar, CFP, ChFC is the founder
going to need to not outlive your assets. ere
of Financial Resources Management Corp.,
are calculators online to assist you or you may
a registered investment advisory firm.
A
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KONK LIFE LIMELIGHT
Something Unique for Everyone
at Diva Designs
by EMILY SCHULTEN
KONK LIFE WRITER
hen Carina Borders
Perez decided to
leave the banking business after thirty
years and pursue her love of jewelry,
she viewed it as crossing over, growing
and expanding to seek beauty in her
life. This is the reason for the
dragonfly on her logo, and the reason
she now gets to surround herself
everyday with beauty in her shop,
Diva Designs.
Diva Designs features pieces
ranging from high-end to the more
affordable, from precious stones and
diamonds and raw rubies and
sapphires to nautical designs and the
Key West Beach Bead, which is a topselling design that is made in part of
the local sand of our island. Many of
the items at Diva Designs come with
certificates of authenticity for an
added degree of distinctiveness. One
such line is the Atocha Replica
Collection, pieces made from silver
salvaged from the Atocha wreck.
In addition, you can find
collections such as Tresor, which isn’t
sold anywhere else in Key West. It is
this rare and unique quality that
Carina seeks most in her products,
which is clear also in her own original
designs you will find in cases
throughout her store. Whether you are
looking for a statement piece, a design
reminiscent of the island, or
something that will be cherished for
many years to come, Diva Designs
offers a variety of choices.
Carina also designs custom pieces
for her customers for a very low price.
She believes that part of the magic of
W
well, such as picture frames, serving
trays, and travel mugs, so there is
something for everyone and every
occasion on hand.
In her off-season, Carina makes
time to travel to exotic locations and
has been the featured designer aboard
several ships such as the Queen Mary.
her business is being able to make it
possible to offer something one-of-akind in order to make memory such as
an engagement or special birthday.
Diva Designs carries men’s jewelry
lines too, and she has the largest
selection of children’s jewelry on the
island. The shop features gift items as
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To see some of Carina’s designs for
yourself, you can peruse her jewelry
and gifts near the seaport at
218 Whitehead Street daily between
the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
or by phone at 305-295-3075.
KONK LIFE LIMELIGHT
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puddles in the middle of the streets. e
town was more laid back in the 1980s
and ’90s, Marty recalls. Today Key West
is more of a pressure cooker, and it’s a
struggle to meet expenses.
Marty remembers playing saxophone
at Captain Hornblower’s jazz club with
Lonnie Jacobson, Dave Burns and Reggie Smith. Occasionally owner Danny
Knowles, an accomplished trumpeter,
would join in. ere were curtains on
both sides of the stage and local strippers
from downstairs would hide behind the
curtains and try to “distract” players d
uring a solo. “ey made it very difficult,” Marty said.
In 1988, the Green Parrot started to
have live music on Friday and Saturday
nights. Marty played with one of the
first bands booked. It was a Haitian
band with “a few half-naked women.”
Later the Survivors were booked along
with Bill Blue and other local bands.
ey played where the back bar is located. e hardest part was to find
enough burly guys to move the pool
tables out of the way before the gig.
Today Marty plays with local bands
on a regular basis, onstage with Paul
Cotton Band and Howard Livingston
and MM24 Band which recently opened
for Grand Funk Railroad at Keystock
Music Festival. n
Marty
Stonely
BY RALPH DE PALMA
KONK LIFE COLUMNIST
arty Stonely was born
in London, England,
to a movie star mother and a father who
was the leader of a jazz band and an
accomplished saxophonist. is helps
explain the six different accents that
Marty uses from time to time. Marty’s
family arrived in New Jersey in 1959,
then moved to California, and, later,
Kentucky.
Marty’s first night in Key West was
the night of the Fantasy Fest parade in
1984. He camped out on the White
Street Pier. His first few gigs in town
were inauspicious, but in 1985 he
M
Upper left, laying down some serious reggae; above, on Key West Time with
Howard Livingston and MM24 Band; right, onstage at Keystock Music Festival
| RALPH DE PALMA
became a member of the Survivors and
played with the band until its breakup in
1993. e Survivors scored a six night a
week gig at the Sands/Reach hotel and,
as a musician, Marty started to make a
decent living.
When asked about the difference in
Key West then and now, he responded,
“ere were more hippies in town,
stoned all the time.”
He remembers having to be careful
driving around town because the local
dogs had a tendency to sleep in the
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Smokin’ Tuna
4 Charles St., (305) 517-6350
n
Thursday 0514
Joal Rush 5pm
Caffeine Carl & The Buzz 9pm
Friday-Saturday 0515-16
Nick Norman 5pm
Caffeine Carl & Joal Rush 9pm
Schooner Wharf Bar
202 Williams St., 292-3302
n
Thursday 0514
Taylor & Clayton 7-11pm
Friday 0515
MAGIC FRANK’S ANNIVERSARY
& BIRTHDAY PARTY
18th anniversary of Frank’s Magic Bar!
Second year for the new Frank’s Magic
Bar in the renovated Sail Loft Room.
The new bar
seats more
people and
better
acoustics. Live
entertainment
7pm with
Frank’s friends
including Bill
Hobee, Capt.
Bill Grosscup,
Tim Glancey,
Greg Wythe, Alan Gold, Tevis Wernicoff
and Frank himself. Louisanna’s fourpiece Josh Garrett Band rockin’ the
stage with downhome Cajun, Zydeco
and Blues. After the stage presentation,
the party will move to Frank’s Magic
Bar around 8:30pm. Frank’s Magic
friends will be on hand to continue his
quest to reach his father’s 21 year
record! Frank Sr. had the original Frank
Magic Bar in Chicago for 21 years.
Friday-Saturday 0515-16
Josh Garrett Band 7pm-Midnight
Four-piece Josh Garrett Band makes
Key West. Growing up in Louisiana,
Josh was exposed to Cajun, Zydeco
and Blues music and featured on The
House of Blues. Josh has become
known for his soulful vocals, emotional
guitar work and that “flavor” of
Louisiana in their blood.
Sunday 0517
That Hippie Band 7-11pm
Local musicians with roots in the old
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Schooner Wharf
The Doerfels
Woodstock-type of music. 1960s jam.
Monday 0518
The Greens 7-11pm
Some high octane new grass and bluegrass with some old-time and new-time
jazz with a little gypsy, dueling guitars
and country. Vocalist Gary Mackey
along with Rob Cook, Duval Street
“washboard- tie guy” on percussion,
Dillon Scott on guitar and standup bass
player, Steve LaPierre.
Tuesday 0519
Raven Cooper 7-11pm
Twist on old favorites plus a few new
ones. Talented guitar player and singer
with range of vocal styles. Bluesy Billy
Holliday and the low growl of Johnny
Cash. Her diverse singing ability rivals
an earthy Janis Joplin, orchestral Julie
Andrews and masterful Marilyn McCoo
Davis. Backed by some of Key West’s
favorite musicians, eclectic mix of jazz,
country, blues and classic Rock.
Wednesday 0520
The Doerfels 7-11pm
No ordinary family band.Young but
seasoned performers originally from
New York State. Branched into music
genres blending contemporary and
classic rock, country and pop and bluegrass.
Friday-Saturday 0522-23
Paul Cotton Band 7pm-Midnight
Main songwriter, lead vocalist and lead
guitarist for country-rock band Poco.
Cotton’s 45-year career yielded countless albums. Staying power endless.
Born in the Deep South and raised on
the south side of Chicago, soulful influences of his roots heard in his songs.
Backed by local musicians Russ Scavelli, Joel Nelson, Greg Shanle, and Din
Allen.
| Continued on page 20
Caffeine Carl
Thursday
with Joal Rush
Friday-Saturday
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Hog’s Breath
Dennis McCaughey
| Continued from page 18
Hog’s Breath Saloon
400 Front St., (305) 296-4222
n
Thursday-Sunday 0514-17
Cliff Cody 5:30-9:30pm
Since first playing the Key West Songwriters Festival a few years ago, Cody
has become a favorite and regular
performer in the Keys. Soulful voice
and storytelling style of writing has
helped him build a loyal following.
Good Company 10pm-2am
Good Company features revolving
cast of Nashville’s finest songwriters,
vocalists and musicians. Crisscrossing
the U.S.A., they have forged this project from mutual admiration and a
shared passion for the history and future of American music. Fronted by
founder Mike Willis, Good Company is
backed by a dynamic band featuring
veteran music industry performers that
have shared stages and recorded with
the wide range of well-known artists,
including Lyle Lovett, Marc Broussard,
John Mayer, Vince Gill, Ronnie Milsap
and Sugarland.
Monday-Sunday 0518-20
Dennis McCaughey 5:30-9:30pm
Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
for the trop-rock band Tropical Soul
(formed 12 years ago) and prior a
member of duos Double Play and
Jigsaw as well as solo career.
The Jessie Brown Band 10pm-2am
Singer-songwriter grew up in heartland
of Indiana. Passionate about music
since a little girl. Family was part of a
touring southern gospel group. Southern gospel and country music have
threads of the same roots, so writing
and performing her own country songs
feels very much like home to her.
| Continued on page 22
Hog’s Breath
Jessie Brown
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Sunset Pier
Dennis McCaughey
| Continued from page 20
Ocean Key’s Sunset Pier
Zero Duval St., (305) 296-7701
n
Thursday 0514
C.W. Colt 1-4pm
Friday 0515
Rolando Rojas 1-4pm
Saturday 0516
The Doerfels 1 pm
Happy Dog 5:30-8:30pm
Sunday 0517
Nina Newton Band 1pm
Robert Albury 6:30-8:30pm
Monday 0518
C.W. Colt 1-4pm
Robert Albury 6:30-8:30pm
Tuesday 0519
Tony Baltimore 1-4pmRobert Albury
6:30-8:30pm
La Te Da
1125 Duval St., (305) 296-6706
n
Thursday 0514
Terrace Bar
Black & Skabuddah, 4-6pm
Acoustic duo originally from New York
City. Laura Black, throaty vocals, also
plays guitar and percussion. Repertoire, classic rock and original music.
Piano Bar
Debra and Patrick, 8:30-11:30pm
Jazz, blues and pop. They have
worked International club circuit from
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New York and Miami to Italy and the
Middle East.
Cabaret
Randy Roberts LIVE! 9-10pm
All-live tribute to some of the world’s
most loved performers—uncanny
impersonations for 20 years.
Friday-Saturday 0515-16
Piano Bar
Debra and Patrick, 8:30-11:30pm
Cabaret
Randy Roberts LIVE! 9-10pm
Sunday 0517
Tea Dance 4-6:30pm
Key West’s infamous Tea Dance, every
Sunday at La te Da. Music and dancing with resident DJs Rude Girl and
Molly Blue.
Piano Bar 3Sum, 8:30-11:30pm
Monday 0518
Piano Bar Dave Bootle, 8:30-11:30pm
Big sound and hilarious antics.
Tuesday 0519
Piano Bar Dave Bootle, 8:30-11:30pm
Cabaret — 9-10pm Tuesday
Christopher Peterson EYECONS,
Impersonation master. Comic timing
impeccable. Live show, no lip-sync,
with his characterizations of Joan
Rivers, Better Midler and more.
Wednesday 0520
Terrace Bar
Black & Skabuddah, 4-6pm
Piano Bar Dave Bootle, 8:30-11:30pm
Bottlecap Lounge
1128 Simonton St., (305) 296-2807
n
Thursday 10pm Pool Tournament
Friday 5-8pm
Tips benefit for nonprofits; Happy Hour,
5-8pm; DJ Chris Brown House Music,
11pm
Saturday 10pm
Latin Night; DJ JC Productions
Monday 10pm Pool Tournament
Tuesday 10pm
House Music DJ Party
Plus . . . Bad Boy Burritos available
daily until 10pm nightly.
Pinchers
n 712 Duval St.,(305) 440-2179
Carl Hatley 1-5pm
Bobby Enloe 1-5pm
Carter Moore 7-11pm
ONSTAGE
WATERFRONT PLAYHOUSE
Season closes with ‘Us’
| LARRY BLACKBURN
“Here’s to Us!” cast performs
he grand finale to the highly
successful 75th season of the
Waterfront Playhouse will be a one-night
concert, “Here’s To Us,” saluting 75 years
of musicals at the Waterfront. e concert
is 8 p.m., May 23, coordinated by the Waterfront’s artistic director Danny Weathers
with musical direction by Michael Fauss.
e concert has an all-star line-up
of talent performing numbers from many
of the smash hit musicals at Waterfront.
Appearing are Carmen Rodriguez, Bobby
Nesbitt, Randy Roberts, Christopher
Peterson, Christopher Tanner, Gordon
Ross, Traci Reynolds, David Black, Mary
Falconer, Jodyrae Campbell, Michael
McCabe, Stephanie Sander, Melody
Cooper, Penny Leto and Laurie Breakwell
and Vicki Roush, who returns for a guest
appearance.
Joe Dallas will be on bass and Skipper
Kripitz on drums.
Some of the shows being represented
will be the recent smash hit, “Monty
T
Python’s Spamalot,” “e Drowsy
Chaperone,” “Xanadu,” “Urinetown,”
“She Loves Me” and many more.
ere will also be songs from shows
from the past like “Chicago,” “Kiss Me
Kate,” “Anything Goes,” “Godspell” and
others. e opening concerts will also be
well-represented.
e concert is sponsored by KONK
Life with a gala after party sponsored
by Bunnie Smith.
Call (305) 294-5015 or go online for
online ticketing service. Tickets $50. All
tickets subject to ticketing fees.
Season sponsors for the 2014-15
season are Digital Island Media, Royal
Furniture and Key West Web Design.
INFO
waterfrontplayhouse.org
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RETIREMENT
| Continued from page 12
direct the savings difference to your IRA
or other retirement plan option. e difference in the savings can be deducted
from your paycheck or checking account
automatically so it is still a form of automatic savings.
Pay off all consumer debt. You are
earning less than 1% in a bank account
today. Why are you paying them 15.99%
or more to make purchases? Never spend
more than you can afford to pay off at the
end of a month. If you have existing debt,
pay it down as soon as possible so you can
direct your savings to yourself, not your
favorite banker.
Can you find new money sources?
What about selling items you no longer
use on EBay or Key West Yard Sale? Or
sharing your home with a roommate?
Moving your office to your home? Or
dog walking, buying groceries or doing
errands for a fee? How about selling items
that you create on Etsy? Get creative!
e proceeds can really add up. n
Roxanne E. Fleszar, CFP, ChFC is the
founder of Financial Resources Management
Corp., a registered investment advisory firm.
THEATER XP
| Continued from page 11
MacCartee, making her Summer Stage directorial debut. e play is considered one
of the finest American stage works of the
20th Century, won the Pulitzer Prize and
major awards. Runs Wednesdays
to Sundays, July 1-19
“One of the comments we’ve gotten
over the last few years was that we didn’t
run our Summer Stage plays long
enough,” Bowersox said. “With only five
performances apiece, each play came and
went before many folks got a chance to
see them. So this season we picked a
great play for an extended run and will
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surround it with several other great
shorter-run offerings.”
One of those offerings will be the
launch of Key West Radio eatre, where
top Key West actors will recreate live on
stage classic radio plays and serials from
the early days of broadcasting. Planned
segments include “Boston Blackie,” “e
Bickersons,” “Suspense eatre,” and one
of the most famous and iconic radio
dramas ever broadcast, Orson Welles’
“e War of the Worlds.”
“is has become one of the most
popular theatre evenings all around the
country,” Bowersox said. “Actors and
sound effects people on stage, actually
doing a radio broadcast of classic old
scripts, old commercials included. But
we spice it up a bit, too . . . you never
know what’s going to come out of the
actors’ mouths during the commercial
breaks. ink ‘Noises Off’. It’s an awful
lot of fun.”
Radio eatre runs Wednesday to
Saturday, July 22-25. Last year’s popular
theatre symposium panel discussions once
again focus on different aspects of theatre,
featuring panel discussions with top Key
West theater personnel. eatre symposium will be Mondays, July 13-20.
On Monday, July 6, Summer Stage
offers staged reading of new play in development. Plays read the last two years have
gone on to productions at Red Barn—
“Moment of Grace” and “e Poetry of
Hearts,” both by Bowersox. is year’s
offering will be Bowersox’s newest play,
“Life and Death.” (July 6 evening is part
of the South Florida eatre League’s
statewide Summer Play Festival.)
Both symposium panels and readings
are free. Seating first-come, first-seated
basis. Reserved seat ticket prices for plays,
$25-$38 with Sundays a special “Service
Industry Nights” at reduced price.
Season Sponsors for the Key West
Summer Stage 2015 are Royal Furniture,
Design Group Key West, e Grand
Café and the Monroe County Tourist
Development Council.
More information online or call
eatreXP, (302) 540-6102. n
INFO
keywestsummer stage.com
ONSTAGE
WATERFRONT PLAYHOUSE
‘Me & Jezebel’
closes this weekend
C
hristopher Peterson and
Carolyn Cooper light up the
stage in the hilarious “Me and Jezebel” at
the Waterfront Playhouse. e play has
been wowing audiences, and social media
has lit up with rave comments.
e incomparable Christopher Peterson plays screen legend Bette Davis who
requests “a one, maybe two-night stay” at
Ms. Fuller’s Connecticut home. But the
grand lady (perfectly captured by Mr. Peterson) ends up staying for over a month.
e diva takes control of the lives of Ms.
Fuller, her husband and young son.
Christopher Peterson is a master
of impersonations. His acclaimed show,
Eyecons, is featured at LaTeDa (sponsor
of “Me and Jezebel”) with Peterson’s
incredible live characterizations of all the
great show biz ladies.
Carolyn Cooper has starred in two
sold-out hits at the Waterfront this
season, “Noises Off” and “Monty
Python’s Spamalot,” for which she also
acted as co-choreographer.
e play is beautifully directed by
Cameron Murray. Waterfront’s resident
set designer, Michael Boyer, has once
again outdone himself with a beautifully
realized set.
David Bird’s lighting design is effective
and evocative. Carmen Rodriguez has
created spot-on looks for Bette and
Elizabeth, while also in charge of props.
Stage manager Annie Miners keeps things
operating effectively.
Call (305) 294-5015 or go online for
online ticketing service. Tickets $40; discounts for students, military and seniors.
All tickets subject to ticketing fees.
Season sponsors for the 2014/15 season are Digital Island Media, Royal Furniture and Key West Web Design. n
INFO
waterfrontplayhouse.org
| LARRY BLACKBURN
Christopher Peterson and Carolyn Cooper
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FEATURE
MARRIAGE EQUALITY
KW sends ambassadors to DC
BY MARK EBENHOCH
SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE
large group from Key West
recently returned from
Washington, D.C., after representing
the City of Key West at the National
Marriage Equality Plaintiffs reception
and the U.S. Supreme Court hearings on
national marriage equality.
Members of the Huntsman versus
Heavilin case here in Monroe County
were instrumental in planning and
co-hosting an historic reception attended
by more than 200 plaintiffs nationwide
representing 37 states and 40 years
worth of cases.
e highlight for our Key West team
was meeting Valerie Jarrett, senior
adviser to President Barack Obama,
who attended to deliver a message
from the President.
Additionally, the team carried with
them a 25-foot section of Key West’s
historic Sea to Sea Rainbow Flag
designed by Gilbert Baker for the 2003
Key West Pridefest. e flag was an
international draw for the hundreds
of media outlets covering the Supreme
Court hearings.
As Ambassadors, the team was the
A
face of Key West for both the White
House and the thousands of people from
all over the nation who descended upon
and inside the Supreme Court.
e team handed out hundreds
of “One Human family” stickers and
wristbands and invited everyone they
met to visit Key West and the Florida
Keys.
e main purpose of this trip was to
experience this historic moment in U.S.
history. Just over a year since filing their
case at the Monroe County Courthouse
for the right to be legally married, Aaron
Huntsman and William “Lee” Jones,
along with the legal team from Restivo,
Reilly & Vigil-Farinas, were thrilled to
witness and be part of the final legal
push for national marriage equality.
Key West’s “Love is Love” team
consisted of Aaron Huntsman, William
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| REAL EVENTS KW
T R O P I C S P R O C K E TS
IAN BROCKWAY
Monkey
Kingdom
ha! Earth Day recently
came upon us and to
mark the season here is a gorgeously
filmed edition of Disneynature. is
one is “Monkey Kingdom.” Once
again we are in a magically tinged
but altogether real land where animals
rightly take center stage and humans
are almost forgotten.
We are plunged right in the verdant
greens of Sri Lanka and, as if to satisfy
our ocular appetites, the color and
detail is as rich as an Indian miniature
from the Rajput school.
We are shown a group of macaques
that like some human societies have
a caste system.
e Disney camera zeroes in on
Maya, who is held in a lower caste
restriction (confined to the lower tree
branches and exposed to harsh nature)
by Raja and the selfish “sisters” who
have vain and spiteful red complexions.
Maya is a simian Cinderella who
yearns for the highest peaks of Castle
Rock where she can bask in luxury
and be forever groomed. But she is
vexed by the power above her.
Enter Kumar, a Romeo, or as
Tina Fey says in a line that would be
otherwise corny: “one hunky monkey.”
After a war, Maya is forced to vacate
as she now has a baby Kip with
Nosferatu ears.
Maya, full of pluck and a warrior
mom spirit, goes on her own.
If the story seems boringly
humanoid and predictably mundane,
it isn’t, thanks to the hyper-realistic
cinematography and some self-deprecating and quirky voiceover work by Tina
Fey who imbues Maya’s struggle with
her own persona of a resilient woman
not above taboo.
Highlights are a monkey invasion of
a human residence as they steal bread,
sugar, squash and eggs during a birthday party and then climb a cell tower
and short out communications.
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“Terrifying!” exclaims Fey, siding
with the leaping macaques. ere are
precious echoes of “Planet of the Apes.”
True to form, the humans are seen
as lethargic and clueless, with senses
too primitive to react.
To see a yellow and black monitor
lizard is to witness a Devil in paradise,
and we can almost hear the occult
voice of a Jeremy Irons.
e real surprise is in the simple
watching of these primates that are
somehow infused with a electric
charisma as compelling as rock stars
or eccentric celebrities. And the “sister
macaques” are as vain and malevolent
as a thousand Wicked Queens: their
faces painted and pained in a boiling
red as much from vanity and privilege
as from malice. While the haunting and
gothically charged song from Lorde
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(heard in the trailer) would have done
better than the obvious theme from e
Monkees in showing the macaques
furtive and tribal existence, it is well
taken that the film
is for younger viewers.
e conjuring trick of “Monkey
Kingdom” is that it makes no assumptions or talks down to our human
selves. Instead, with dazzle and wit,
it forces us to recognize our own
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Auditions remaining
for 2015-16 season
n May 17, 20, 27
e Waterfront Playhouse holds
auditions for 2015/16 season
productions. Dates for auditions:
• Wednesday, May 20, 5-7 for
Mel Brooks’ “e Producers”
• Wednesday, May 27, 5-7
for Charles Busch’s “Die! Mommy!
Die!”
All auditions take place at
Waterfront Playhouse. Audition
scenes provided at time of auditions.
Call-back dates announced
at auditions. Details on each of the
shows and specifics for auditions
can found on Waterfront’s website:
www.WaterfrontPlayhouse.org
INFO
www.WaterfrontPlayhouse.org
TROPIC CINEMA
| Continued from page 27
individual Simian that hunches
within most sentient hearts.
Dior and I
he most arresting aspect
about the documentary
“Dior and I” by editor-turned-director
Frederic Tcheng is its emphasis of the
legendary designer that floats like a
poltergeist, both in shadow and above
the famous fashion house. It is 2015 and
T
the Dior house needs a shot in the arm.
Enter Raf Simons, a stubbled man
in black who is all business. Deep in the
bowels of Paris, whispering is heard. It is
said that Simons is a “minimalist” who
brought back the slender black suit, a
kind of cyberspace chic. ere are those
who talk but for the most part Simons
is fawned over and welcomed as a Steve
Jobs of haute couture. As he says, it is
the future that he romanticizes, not
the past.
Simons looks to the stars, or more
specifically to build a collection on the
moon.
e Dior, with its white-coated
premieres, approach cloth like scientists
and that is precisely what they are:
technicians, engineers of female curves
and blossoming design.
Most of the men and women who
design are driven and obsessive always
under the gun of the clock: fingers
tracing and rolling—painting with
stitches and force.
At the center of this stress is the
newly hired Simons who is voraciously
visual but who apparently doesn’t
physically draw a line, but rather
builds detailed files on the Dior’s Mac
computer. Simons never sleeps. He frets,
scratches and dreams.
In the film, he is a walking magic
marker, a man of felt and graphite
who draws invisibly and prints mental
pictures.
At night, the lights flicker and the
aura of Christian Dior emanates through
every window and each fold and crease
of cloth. e documentary masterfully
shows Dior as an Orwellian phantom
taking shape from a pale dress. Anxious
and wistful passages from his memoir are
heard in which Dior regrets treating
someone harshly.
ese are some of the film’s best
segments.
Day breaks and Raf Simons visits
Dior’s house. Simons admits that he can’t
bear to read Dior’s memoir. He wants a
new brush technique applied to the fabric that will be taken from the paintings
of Sterling Ruby. He is vexed by every
turn it seems, and Simons grows increasingly tense. Is Christian Dior a saboteur
spirit, or a friendly magnetic field?
Perhaps his afterlife is both.
Simons emerges as a tireless worker in
private and a wallflower in public. At the
day of the show, he is a candle of nerves
and breaks down.
Simons refuses to go the full length of
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the catwalk.
Above all else, the skill of “Dior and
I” is in making the exclusive world of
fashion accessible to all. Raf Simons is a
master manipulator of both people and
the natural world of flora, but he is never
brutish or mean and we end up rooting
for him, as an underdog, not to mention
the superhuman seamstresses and premieres.
A final scene showing Weinstein and
Sharon Stone gazing at the models as if
they were bejeweled morsels of filet
mignon is marvelous, as touching as it is
disturbing. n
Write Ian at ianfree1@yahoo.com
CITY VOTES
| Continued from page 6
However Commissioner Mark Rossi
of District 2, who is generally known as
a fiscal hawk, saw nothing wrong with
spending Bight money on a building
that’s going to be used for such city
business as the Bight Board.
“It makes sense,” Rossi said. “If
there’s a surplus over there, what are
you going to spend it on?”
Mayor Craig Cates also sounded off,
asserting that naysayers were “out of
their minds to say it’s the Bight’s money”
and not the city’s.
District 5’s Teri Johnston concurred.
“We need to finish this building,” she
said. “Let’s move forward.”
After the transfer, the Bight will have
$4.9 million left in its reserve fund. n
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FKCC
| Continued from page 6
special accolades. Charles Lucas Montano earned
the Academic Achievement award as well as the
“Top Gun” award for his superior shooting skills.
Coveted “PIG” award was presented to Gladimir
Prinston for demonstrating pride, integrity and
guts. Alvan Watson was recognized for demonstrating exceptional leadership throughout the academy.
FKCC’s Corrections Basic Recruit program satisfies the training requirements of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Criminal
Justice Standards and Training Commission.
FKCC is currently accepting applications for a
Basic Law Enforcement academy that begins in August 2015 at its Upper Keys Center in Tavernier as
well as one that begins in January 2016 at its Middle Keys Center in Marathon.
For more information about FKCC’s Institute
for Public Safety, go online. n
INFO fkcc.educ/academics/basicrecruit
MARRIAGE EQUALITY
| Continued from page 26
Lee Jones, Jessica Reilly, Mark Ebenhoch, Michael
Hudson, Susan Kent, Steven Sunday, LGBT activists and photo crew Shannon Cubria Farris and
Joseph Cubria Farris. e team was
accompanied by additional Key West
residents and D.C. hosts Daniel Bready, Kevin
Dickinson, Jimmy Olson, Robert Kelly, Robert
Mansman and Michael Dutzer.
Two additional South Florida
plaintiff cases and writer Anthony Adams were part
of the larger Florida contingent.
e Supreme Court heard oral arguments of
four cases from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and
Tennessee, consolidated and heard together.
e justices will issue a ruling before the current
term ends in late June. n
no describing it adequately, except to recall that a
dominant image was a large rooster, but it was stunning. If only Marrero would return it for the rest of
the show!
Another reclaimed work was “Raku Rooster Trio,”
a set of functional cannisters by Joan Cox, awarded
second place in the 3-D category.
However, still greeting visitors in all its shiny red
and yellow glory is the People’s Choice Award winner,
Aaron Hollowell’s “Sodium Rapture,” also listed as
mixed media, is mostly corrugated cardboard, acrylic
house paint and possibly shellac—very eye-catching.
Professor Ann Labriola has taken over instructing
the ceramics department; in doing so, she has quelled
any fears that the program might falter after the premature death of Jay Gogin, who had guided it forever.
ecently the Vulture observed that Florida
Her students comprised the single largest body of
Keys Community College’s annual stuwork in the show, arrayed (including a few mixed
dent art show . . . is always of interest, although the
media exceptions) the full length of the three long
quality necessarily varies through the years and within
banks of bookcases centering the main hall of the lithe show. is year, however, featured some truly
brary. e quality of the work certainly equaled or examazing works—some awarded and others ignored
ceeded that of previous years; in addition,
for the umpteen prizes given for two-dithere seems to be a much wider variety of
mensional and three-dimensional work
work (although raku is well represented).
(a rather unnecessarily broad classification,
One very sweet and most memorable
we think).
mixed media sculpture displayed among the
Best of show in our opinion failed to
ceramics is a bouquet of posies made of
win an award but knocked our sox off . . .
wire and wax by Victoria Eads titled, “I’ll
but alas, it was taken home by the student
Stop Loving You When ese Die.”
artist. (We discovered, although the lion’s
Also well represented were the students
share of the show will be up through the
in Professor Annmarie Giordano’s figure
C.S.
summer, according to librarian Lori Kelly.)
studies classes, working in many media;
GILBERT
e piece, titled “Yvridiko Skepsis,” was an
striking were a number of pastel, graphite
elaborate mixed media construction by
COLUMNIST
and pen and ink renderings as well as MarRaul Marrero, who helpfully defines skepsi
tin White’s unusual “digitally enhanced
(as part of the piece) as “when the burden
art,” which was unique in the grouping.
of knowledge is too Much” (capitalization is artist’s).
Of interest, too, was the black-and-white photogHe also describes the work, which was done in
raphy of students of Professor Nellie Appleby, herself
Professor Alaina Plowdrey’s Creative Expressions
a major award-winning artist, predominantly the variclass, as an “Ink/watercolor Mix” but looked to be
ety of silver gelatin prints by
predominately painted/inked posterboard and pages
Aubrey DeYoung.
torn from an old book, along with calligraphy. ere’s
at’s all for now. Gotta fly! n
CULTURE
VULTURE
College art on display
throughout summer
R
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Perfect party house on Patricia
by C. S. GILBERT
KONK LIFE REAL ESTATE WRITER
atricia Street is a
short, quiet street
barely two blocks from the
Atlantic Ocean, near the edge of
Mid-Town. At the gate to number
1706, the sense of tranquility
intensifies with the gentle burble
of a fountain. Imagine the delight
of discovering a koi pond with
not one but two water features,
amidst a luxurious, tropical
setting with a front porch that is
actually an outdoor sitting room.
It even has a ceiling fan.
The true wonder of the home,
however, is inside. Step from the
lush, tranquil front yard into a
huge and flexible, two-level
double great room, which is
perfect for entertaining. “The
house was empty when we bought
it, so we don’t know how the
previous owners used the space,”
said owners Larry and Pam
Beaver. They have chosen to have
a formal living room under the
vaulted front ceiling and a formal
dining room just behind it. From
there, two steps lead down to an
even larger great room containing
the kitchen, a casual sitting room
and a good-sized, window-walled,
dining nook.
One might call it a breakfast
room but for the breakfast bar on
one side of the huge, white quartz
kitchen island. The space, which
was completely redone last
October, features top-of-the-line
P
Imagine entering a tropical oasis and finding a koi pond!
The huge, white quartz kitchen island connects with the casual living room.
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stainless appliances including a
microwave/convection oven and a
wine cooler, granite counters—a
very dark mixture of colors and
sparkly specks—and pale aqua,
horizontal glass tiles. The granite
is the same as in their previous
home in Tulsa; they are that fond
of it. The island replaces a much
smaller one. “I wanted to have an
island big enough for a real
party,” Pam Beaver laughed.
The home has copious
outdoor entertaining space as
well. The casual dining room
opens onto a handsome, brick
patio/pool deck which also
contains a covered dining porch
next to the house and, at the
pool’s end, a very large, semienclosed outdoor living room.
The landscaping, which they did
themselves, is lush.
There’s a bit of local history
attached to the property, which
originally contained an ordinary,
1950s concrete house. It was
purchased by Sal Rapisardi,
owner of the late, lamented
Atlantic Shores, who raised the
ceiling of the living areas to nine
feet and added the entire rear
addition, topped by the master
suite. The pool design is his,
although the Beavers have retiled
and resurfaced it and added
lovely tile, including a mosaic
dolphin, as well as a dolphin
fountain and lush landscaping.
They have also installed a back
door of their own invention: nine
panes of glass and a pet door. The
back hall, on the inside just two
steps up from the kitchen,
The master
bedroom has a
glass door
onto a small
balcony, for
evacuation in
case of a
house fire.
Formal living and dining spaces are located in the front great room.
There is a
large, deep
tub in the
master
bathroom.
contains a laundry closet with fullsized washer and dryer and ample
storage space.
The hall also leads to two guest
bedrooms and a bathroom which,
while updated, contains the original,
distinctive tile work. The front
bedroom is Pam Beaver’s favorite,
“the prettiest room in the house,”
she said. The nearly wall-sized closet
contains hanging space, cubbies, a
full-length top shelf plus a
freestanding dresser and mirror.
Above is a lighted display niche.
There is also, at the rear, a small
room to which they have added an
L-shaped, granite counter and use
as an office, although it could be a
fourth bedroom.
The hall also accesses the staircase
to the second floor master suite. Built
with relatively small, horizontal
windows just below the bedroom
ceiling, they turned one into a glass
door onto a small balcony. “We can see
the fireworks from White Street Pier”
from there, Larry Beaver said; Pam
noted, though, that it was built mainly
as a safety measure, “in case of a house
fire.” An unusual walk-in closet opens
onto the handsome bathroom, which
in turn, leads to back to the bedroom.
We lack space to describe fully
another hall to the work/tool room,
third full bath and large garage or the
home’s incredible amount of storage
and display space, much for Pam’s
many wonderful collections of kitschy,
historic china and Depression glass.
The house is about perfect—but it’s
become too large. “Visitors and family
don’t come as often; we feel the house
is underutilized,” they said.
Continued on next page.
The rear great room encompasses the spiffy kitchen, a casual sitting room and a
casual dining alcove.
Lush tropical foliage complements the tiled pool.
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Perfect party house
on Patricia
Continued from page 31.
This extraordinary home contains huge spaces for indoor and outdoor entertaining.
If you’re looking to entertain, or
for expansive room for family living,
contact Doug Mayberry of
Doug Mayberry Real Estate at
(305) 304-3267.
Konk Life welcomes subjects for
other articles about Keys homes
currently for sale. Contact Guy deBoer
at (305) 296-1630 or (305) 766-5832
or email guydeboer@konknet.com.
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1341 19th St., Key West
4BR/4BA
Martha Robinson, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
Knight & Gardner Realty
305-204-9110
32
2
1101 & 1103 Petronia St., Key West
4 Units
+ Cottage
Ronald McGregor, Beach Club Brokers, Inc.
305-294-8433
800-545-9655
32
3
1317 Catherine St., Key West
2BR/2BA
Frank Kirwin, Preferred Properties Key West
305-294-3040
305-304-5253
33
4
2412 Linda Ave., Key West
2BR/2BA
Mabry Binnicker, Preferred Properties Key West
305-304-5624
33
5
65 Sunset Key Dr., Key West
2BR/2BA
Mike Caron, Compass Realty
508-269-8565
305-296-7078
33
6
1315 Washington St., Key West
3BR/2BA
Doug Mayberry, Doug Mayberry Real Estate
305-292-6155
35
7
1800 Venetia St., Key West
5BR/5.5BA
Doug Mayberry, Doug Mayberry Real Estate
305-292-6155
35
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www.konklife.com • MAY 14-20, 2015
Key West Association of REALTORS®
keywestrealtors.org
Phone (305) 296-8259
Listing Agency
Lower Keys
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Rose Dell & Associates
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Mia Howe Realty
Century 21 All Keys
Realty World
Compass Realty
Key West
Compass Realty
Truman & Co.
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Bascom Grooms Real Estate
Keys Commercial Real Estate
Century 21 Schwartz
Berkshire Hathaway Knight/Gardner
Keys Commercial Real Estate
Elegant Florida Living
Preferred Properties
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
At Home in Key West
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Compass Realty
Compass Realty
Truman & Co.
Selling Agency
Sold Date
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Internet Realty
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Mia Howe Realty
Truman & Co.
Datashare Office
Compass Realty
4/30/15
4/30/15
5/4/15
5/1/15
5/1/15
5/1/15
5/1/15
4/30/15
5/5/15
5/1/15
5/4/15
4/30/15
Compass Realty
Florida Keys Real Estate Company
Berkshire Hathaway Knight/Gardner
Doug Mayberry Real Estate
Seaport Realtors
Preferred Properties
RealHome Services
Century 21 All Keys
Doug Mayberry Real Estate
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Berkshire Hathaway Knight/Gardner
Compass Realty
Truman & Co.
Coldwell Banker Schmitt
Compass Realty
Compass Realty
Truman & Co.
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List Price
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
499,000.00
250,000.00
498,000.00
205,000.00
205,000.00
45,000.00
45,000.00
479,000.00
235,000.00
789,000.00
249,900.00
250,000.00
Sold Price
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
455,000.00
215,000.00
480,000.00
195,000.00
195,000.00
44,000.00
44,000.00
450,000.00
225,000.00
750,000.00
250,000.00
150,000.00
Fax (305) 296-2701
Street # Street Address
1541
30837
30855
11
10
29859
29859
29161
25
11
25
5950
Sunrise Dr
Hammock Dr
Ortega Ln
Lot W Cahill Ct
Lot W Cahill Ct
Overseas Hwy #6
Overseas Hwy #7
Bougainvillea Ln
Park Dr #25
Bamboo Terr
E 11th Ave
Peninsular Ave #649
Island
Built
Description
Bdrms
Wtrfrnt
MM
Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key
Saddlebunch
Key Haven
Stock Island
Stock Island
1967
1979
1971
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1981
N/A
1966
1974
N/A
Single Family
3-4 Units
Single Family
Lots
Lots
Lots
Lots
Single Family
Lots
Single Family
Single Family
Boat Slip
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
3
0
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
30.5
30.5
30.5
30
30
30
30
29
14
5
5
5
1997
2005
1963
1963
1991
1950
2005
1950
1938
1928
1928
1938
1930
1984
1994
1994
1933
Townhouse
Townhouse
Single Family
Single Family
Condo
Single Family
Townhouse
Half Duplex
Single Family
Single Family
Single Family
Single Family
Condo
Timeshare
Townhouse
Townhouse
Single Family
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
6
4
2
3
1
2
2
2
2
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
4/30/15
$ 380,000.00
$ 380,575.00
86 Golf Club Dr
Key West
4/30/15
$ 649,000.00
$ 649,000.00
73 Seaside North Ct
Key West
5/1/15
$ 399,000.00
$ 390,000.00
1325 20th St
Key West
5/5/15
$ 499,000.00
$ 467,500.00
905 18th Terr
Key West
5/5/15
$ 349,775.00
$ 335,000.00
3930 S Roosevelt Blvd #302W Key West
4/30/15
$ 659,000.00
$ 659,000.00
1616 Rose St
Key West
4/30/15
$ 242,000.00
$ 242,000.00
54 S Seaside Ct
Key West
5/4/15
$ 239,900.00
$ 239,900.00
1213 1st St
Key West
4/30/15
$ 859,000.00
$ 814,000.00
828 Elizabeth St
Key West
5/1/15
$1,675,000.00
$1,620,000.00
1433 Reynolds St
Key West
5/1/15
$ 359,000.00
$ 349,000.00
611 Grinnell St #4
Key West
5/1/15
$ 849,000.00
$ 760,000.00
305 Whitehead St
Key West
5/4/15
$ 336,800.00
$ 377,475.00
425 Frances St #3
Key West
4/28/15
$ 23,000.00
$ 21,900.00
617 Front St #F31
Key West
4/30/15
$ 729,000.00
$ 726,000.00
532 Porter Ln
Key West
5/1/15
$ 749,000.00
$ 725,000.00
546 Porter Ln
Key West
5/5/15
$ 765,000.00
$ 730,000.00
421 Catherine St
Key West
Based on information from the KWAR MLS for the period of 04/30/15 through 05/05/15
Good Deeds sponsored by
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