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July 29, 2016

COMMUNITY • IN THE ARTS
n Community PAGE 8
Call for proposals!
• ArtReach grant deadline,
Aug. 31
Florida Keys Council of the Art calls for proposals
from local artists and cultural groups for the organization’s 2016 ArtReach grant. Online grant deadline is
Aug. 31.
“We received funding that provides Arts Council
opportunity to increase the award for this grant from
$2,000 up to $5,000 for at least one grant applicant,”
said Arts Council Executive Director Elizabeth Young.
“For this grant, we look for creative new project ideas
with emphasis on audience building, development.”
e project extends applicant’s audience by reaching out to a new, broader population. Grant projects
in any genre: performing, visual, historical or literary
arts. Applicant must have a partner organization. is
Artists at 50th Anniversary Show of the Purple Isles
Art Guild, Keys History and Discovery Center.
Carmen M. Alex photo
partner need not be an arts organization.
Applicants complete online application, including
a letter of support from partner organization, describing how partner involved in the project. ArtReach
partners must contribute something of value to assist
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artist or cultural organization to reach a new audience.
e project must be completed by May 31, 2017.
Recent projects include Florida Keys History of
Diving Museum & Artists Don Gonzalez and Jon
Dreaver: “Portraits in an Underwater Paradise”; Art
Guild of the Purple Isles & Florida Keys History and
Discovery Foundation: “50th Anniversary Judged Art
Show” and Key West Art & Historical Society & Key
West High School: “Key West bringing Arthur Rothstein to Life.”
Florida Keys Council of the Arts is the leading arts
and cultural organization in the Keys. As non-profit
local arts agency in Monroe County, it connects
the world to galleries, theaters, museums, festivals,
dance and music. FKCA makes grants, supports Art in
Public Places and promotes the destination for its rich
history in art and culture.
For information about ArtReach grant application
process or to make a donation, go online. n
INFO
www.keysarts.com
KEY NEWS
City clerk’s evaluation
draws mostly high marks
One exception
BY PRU SOWERS
KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER
e annual report card for the Key
West City Clerk is in and Cheri Smith,
with one exception, received high
marks from city commissioners.
ree of the commissioners gave
her the highest rating, a five, in all
categories. Mayor Craig Cates gave
Smith a solid “4” rating across the
board. And commissioners Clayton
Lopez and Billy Wardlow gave Smith’s
performance as head of the city clerk’s
office a mixture of 4’s and 5’s, which
translates to “exceeds standards” and
“outstanding” respectively.
“Cheri Smith is a valuable employee,
maintaining the records and other roles
of her office in a highly professional
manner,” wrote Commissioner Sam
Kaufman in his evaluation, which gave
her a 5 in each of the 34 management
categories. “She is excellent at getting
the job done! She has a great staff,
as well.”
“Cheri continues to improve her
department every year. She continues
to keep herself and staff updated on all
changes in laws and policies,” Cates
wrote.
However, Commissioner Margaret
Romeo disagreed. In her evaluation,
Romeo gave no higher than a 3, with
many categories graded as 2, or “below
standards.” A 3 is “meets standards.”
Categories in the standard evaluation
form include the clerk’s relationship
with the mayor and commissioners,
intergovernmental/interdepartmental
relations, records management, public
relations, and office management/
professionalism.
Romero took Smith to task in
several categories, including what she
perceived as Smith’s dependency on
outside consultants to keep her
informed about changes in state laws
and emerging trends that could affect
the practice of local government
management.
“My observations indicate a comfort
level with a continued ‘status quo’ and
continuing practices representative
of an attitude of ‘that’s how it’s always
been,’” Romero wrote.
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Published Weekly
Vol. 6 No. 31
PUBLISHER/EDITOR
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Sofia Artois Yoga Journey
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
In the ship and hotel
rooms, they have TVs that
are utterly useless for us. ey
are so small the HD is hardly worth it.
ey make special TVs that perversely do NOT
have earphone jacks, though sharing a room
makes it all the more necessary to respect the
other’s aural privacy. ere is generally one English news channel, never showing what you want
when it’s convenient to watch. And without the
DVR, the number of ads and inability to pause
makes even the best show unwatchable for us.
My last kvetch is the crappy computer and Internet. It’s slow. No printer. On one ship, the
mouse never worked, despite a couple of requests
to fix or replace it. My iPad is fine for Kindle and
iTunes, but not so much for work, and I like to
work every day.
So that’s it for international travel. We’ve been
everywhere, anyway. Maybe I just suck at being
rich, not appreciating the nuances, given my
lower middle-class upbringing. Vacations every
year were just a month in the U.P. at Grandpa’s
house.
In a bow to heritage, we’ll instead spend a
month every year in snowbird land somewhere.
Make sure to rent a civilized home at a fraction
of the cost of traveling. I called an old friend in
Boulder to help us find a place there next
summer. He said no problem, but he told me he
was in anguish because his wife needs a kidney.
Badly. No luck in five months.
Well, it turns out I am a match. I just have to
pass the physical showing I can get by with just
one and we’ll do it.
If I die on the operating table, I’m blaming it
on the crappy bathtubs and earphone-jackless
TVs. Life keeps getting weirder. Hooray! n
How our exorbitant
vacation cost me
a kidney
BY RICHARD BOETTGER | KEY WEST
We spent a fortune on river cruises in Europe.
But even paying mid-five-figures. (Cynthia
won’t let me print the actual number as it looks
obscene.) Our quality of life on these travels is
so much below ours at home that we’ll never do
it again.
And, it’s ending up costing me a kidney!
My main kvetch is European and cruise ship
bathrooms. Neither has grab bars, despite catering primarily to an infirm clientele as old as we
are. Cynthia and I have secure grab bars scattered
everywhere, not just the bathroom. And
handrails. e hotels are the worst. Not only no
grab bars, but slippery, sloped bathtub bottoms
dangerous when showering in them. And impossible to get back up, if you descend to take a
bath. I felt like a turtle on its back.
Second worst was the TV. In my dotage, I
watch lots of TV: news, sports, a few dramas,
e Voice. I watch on a 60-inch plasma TV that
is effectively ultra HD. I listen through highquality earphones so Cynthia is not bothered.
Best, we watch a couple of hours of news each
night together, screaming at the idiocy on the
tube. We watch at our convenience exclusively on
our DVR, never live. We skip ads. We have our
pick of a dozen programs. We pause when there is
something we need to replay, or enjoy hollering
about.
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CITY NEWS
Four candidates apply
on police review board
BY PRU SOWERS
Four candidates have applied to be
the newest member of the Key West
Citizen Review Board, replacing
outgoing Joseph Pais. Pais resigned
from the board recently. ere are three
years left on his four-year term.
e candidates were originally
scheduled to appear before the Key
West City Commission at its July 21
meeting. However, Commissioner
Clayton Lopez could not attend that
meeting and requested the matter be
postponed. Applicants will come up
for review at the commission’s Aug. 2
meeting.
e four candidates are: Omar
Calleja, Nelson Jimenez, Rochelle
Pearson-Major and Leo Waters.
Calleja, who lives on Kennedy Drive,
is a program administer for the City of
Fort Pierce. He said he has a “lifetime
history” of community
service, including working in positions
relating to the juvenile justice system.
Jimenez is a stylist at Key West
Haircuts and has lived in the Lower
Keys for the past 26 years. He is a past
member of the Oakland Park, Fla.,
General Employee Pension Fund.
Pearson-Major is a pastor at Cornish
Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church on
Whitehead Street. She said in her
application she has interacted with
people in her congregation and the
community with concerns about the
treatment they say they received from
the Key West Police Department.
Waters’ application states he worked
for the Music City Information Centers
in Nashville, Tenn., until last year. A
former resident of Nashville, he was
elected to Metro Nashville Davidson
County Council, where he served from
1995-2003.
He was also a member of the
Nashville Convention Center Board
of Directors from 2009-2014.
In Key West general election 2002,
voters approved by 60 percent an
amendment to the city charter to
create a Civilian Review Board. e
seven-member volunteer group is an
independent board with authority
to review and/or investigate complaints
against city police officers.
Any findings or recommendations by
the board are forwarded to city
officials, police chief, state attorney
and/or other state and federal law
enforcement agencies and grand
juries. n
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COUNTY NEWS
BOCC first county
BOCC accepts
waterfront grant commission to meet
To help preserve working waterfront in the Florida Keys, the Monroe
County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved partnering with Florida Communities
Trust to purchase an eight-acre property, formerly known as “Gulf
Seafood” on Stock Island.
e county earmarked $5 million
in sales tax revenue more than a year
ago for property at 6021 Peninsula
Avenue. At its recent meeting, the
BOCC voted to accept a $2.29 million Stan Mayfield Working Waterfront Grant to help fund the expected
$7 million purchase price. e grant
is awarded by the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection through
its Florida Communities Trust.
“e purchase of this property will
preserve it as working waterfront for
commercial fishermen,” said Lisa
Tennyson, Monroe County’s director
of Legislative Affairs.
William Roche, a fourth-generation commercial fishermen whose
family in the Keys dates to the early
1900s, told the commission he has
watched developers convert many of
the docks once used by commercial
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Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners is the first employer
or business in the Keys—and the first
county commission in the state—to
receive the Florida Tobacco Cessation
Alliance’s Gold Standard Worksite
Wellness Award.
e county had a “No Tobacco
Use” policy for employees since Jan.
1, 2015. But for this award, the
county met the gold standard providing its employees with benefits including a prescription plan that
covers seven of the FDA-approved
tobacco cessation medications,
unlimited quit attempts per year
for all covered plan participants and
ongoing cessation counseling.
Monroe County Mayor Heather
Carruthers acknowledged the no
smoking policy is difficult for some
employees. “But we think it is better
for everyone’s health, both smokers
and nonsmokers. Also, it’s beneficial
for the county budget.”
Smoking costs employers about
$3,400 per smoker per year due to
lost productivity/medical expenses.
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COMMENTARY
Bagels! Bagels! Bagels!
BY LOUIS PETRONE
KONK LIFE COLUMNIST
Krakow, Poland.
Bagels were given as a gift to
women following childbirth. It was
veryone eats bagels in
thought the round shape had magical
the United States.
powers. e bagels would bring good
Where did this roll with a hole in its
luck to mother and child and signify
center get its start? How did it get to
their long lives.
be an American favorite? e story
e third version occurred in
interesting.
1783—100,000 Ottoman Turks
ere are three stories as to the
layed siege to the walled city
birth of the bagel. Each receives
of Vienna. e Turks surrounded
historical recognition. All agree only
the city for months.
one of the three tales can be true.
Polish King John III Sobieski put
One thing certain.
together a relief force of
Poland the place. e year
Poles and Austrians. John
and who not.
III reached Vienna and beat
A German immigration
back the Turks. us saving
to Poland occurred in the
Vienna.
14th century. e Germans
John III was a skilled
brought with them pretzels.
horseman. Vienna bakers
e pretzels morphed into
wished to honor him. ey
a round roll with a hole in
created a roll with a hole in
the center. ey called it
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the center in the shape of a
PETRONE
obwarzanek.
stirrup. e Austrian word
COLUMNIST
Obwarzaneks gained in
for stirrup is bugel. Beugel
popularity.
in German. Eventually
King Jadwiga was the
Americanized to bagel.
first female monarch of Poland. A
Of the three stories, the most
woman. She carried the title of king
interesting has the least credibility.
for political reasons. None having
e King John III Sobieski one.
to do with obwarzaneks.
Over the years, bagels became
King Jadwiga was extremely
an everyday food associated with
religious. She had converted
poverty. ings were tough in
to Catholicism.
Poland. Jews sold bagels on street
Lent is a time of deprivation for
corners to earn a few pennies.
Catholics. Jadwiga ate obwarzaneks
Around 1900, Jews immigrated to
during Lent. Obwarzaneks were less
the United States in large numbers.
rich than the usual flavored breads
ey began street peddling bagels in
and sweet cakes eaten during the
New York’s Lower East Side.
rest of the year.
Bagel makers formed a New York
Obwarzaneks were made from
City Union. Bagel Bakers Local 338
wheat. Not cheap. Only royalty and
in 1910. It continued in existence
men and women of means could
to 1950. Membership was limited
afford them.
to 300 bakers. Described as exclusive
Jadwiga ruled from 1384 to 1399. craftsmen. Men who had “bagels in
She was known as a pious woman
their blood.”
who did much to help the poor. e
Membership was limited to sons
Catholic Church canonized her in
of members. At one time it was said
1997.
that it was easier to get into medical
e first written record of the
school than get an apprenticeship in
bagel is found in 1610. e place,
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COMMUNITY • IN THE ARTS
n
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SAVE THE DATE!
e most magical night at
Fort East Martello, Aug. 6
• Midsummer’s Night Dream & Spectacle
Young hula-hooper in fairy attire reflected on artist Nicholas
Bergery’s Magic Lantern Light Show Projections at a previous
Midsummer's Night Dream & Spectacle.
Community arts advocate Michael Shields with performer
and Southernmost Dance Theatre 2 proprietor Allison Mayer
costumed as Nick Bottom.
ArtCamp!
sparks new
flame for
campers
Artists and dreamers of all ages take heed: 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, Fort East Martello
will be aglow with a family-friendly evening steeped in ancient belief, celebration, and ritual
that surround the magic of fairies and spirits and the celestial power of dreams.
e 10th annual Midsummer Night’s Dream & Spectacle, co-produced by the Key West Art
& Historical Society and Michael Shields’ Java Studios, is a night of creative expression, feasting, dancing, singing and theatrical antics celebrating the art and artists of Key West. e colorful festivity is an annual favorite among locals who revel in the interactive art projects and
spontaneous celebration, many costumed for merrymaking in attire ranging from Key West cool
and casual to Midsummer’s magical vying for the title of Spectacle king and queen.
is year multiple stages throughout the grounds include musicians, face-painters, singers,
dancers, sculptors, actors, poets, illusionists and storytellers. Highlights include the Grand
Dream Mural facilitated by artist Amanda Johnson, dance performances by the Key West Comparsa, the Southernmost Shimmies, Allison Mayer and Southernmost Dance eatre 2, fire
dancing with Michelle Muse, Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons presentations by Cynthia Morrison, tarot card readings, Flow Tribe, Nicolas Bergery and his film creations, jugglers, costumed
revelers and more. Music resonates throughout the fort’s historic brick walls with performances
on the main stage, including e Cayo Hueso All-Stars, Peter Diamond, Mark Rose, Tim
McAlpine, Bubba Lownotes, Hal Howland, CW Colt, Larry Smith Ensemble, Christine
Cordone and Lopez Family Key West Soul Revue.
Children of all ages delight in good faery Joyce Straiton and friends, who creates glittery enchantment in faery-land with stardust and face painting, faery wings and hula-hooping. Crissy
Clap has assortment of Midsummer’s attire and headpieces for sale. Beth Hodgins has her fairyland jewelry on hand. Allysa Mealor paints detailed henna tattoos. Michael Epperhart provides
face and body painting. Caribbean food from chef Chris Lordi’s Irie Island Eats and libations
available throughout the annual fundraiser, which benefits Key West Art & Historical Society’s
education programs.
Fort East Martello located at 3501 S. Roosevelt Blvd. Tickets available at door for $15;
$10 in advance. Children 12 and under admitted free. Artists and vendors, Michael Shields contact at javastudios@gmail.com n
INFO Ticket link and information, KeyWestUpdates.com
During a week when augmented
reality gadget games swept across the
nation, kids at the Key West Art &
Historical Society’s ArtCamp! were
outside discovering island life as it was
in the 1500s, building forts, throwing
spears, and drinking from mud holes
with life straws.
e camp, in operation for over 30
years, aims to inspire a greater sense
of place and historical understanding
about our island home. A recent theme
was dedicated to the craftsmanship and
traditions of Native American culture—
in this case, the Calusa Indian. Led by
commercial fisherman Lee Starling,
campers learned how the Calusa
controlled their tribes and extensive
trade areas and were given hands-on
learning opportunities based on the
evolution of primitive stone age tools—
compass navigation, hurricane survival
techniques like water filtration, archery,
atlatl throwing, and how to make fire
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using flint and a ferro rod.
“I don’t think I’ll be teaching that
skill next year,” jokes Starling nervously.
But Starling, who grew up in South
Carolina with grandparents who didn’t
have electricity until 1972, knows the
value of these techniques.
“When we went to their house, you
stepped back in time,” he says. “You
pumped water and found arrowheads.
at tiny piece of stone would catapult
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
n
It is time
to enlist!
n Aug. 7
A battle has rumbled in Key West for
more than two decades, and there’s no
sign of it ever letting up. Schooner
Wharf ’s Battle of the Bars marks its
23rd anniversary, Aug. 7. It’s time to
muster the troops, assemble a platoon
of seven and earn your stripes on the
hilarious battlefield while raising money
for local charities.
e battlefield is an outrageous relay
race that challenges team members to
make and serve the perfect margarita,
sort recyclables, tap a keg and pour six
draft beers before downing one.
Teams race against the clock and
each other for the fastest times that
will earn them a spot in the next heat
and then lead to victory and a year of
More! Page 10
bragging rights around town. But that’s
not all the tactics in fundraising . . .
teams are not only allowed, but are
encouraged to bribe the judges for a
change to advance to the next round.
All bribe money and $35 entry fees
donated to local charities.
Battle of the Bars generated
$301,587 for Florida Keys’ community
since it all started in 1993.
Proceeds from this year’s Battle of
the Bars benefits the Boys and Girls
Club, whose mission is to enable all
young people to reach their potential
as productive, caring and responsible
citizens, and the local Habitat for
Humanity, which helps families build
long-term financial security with an
affordable, stable home.
e money raised at Battle of the
Bars helps ensure the continuance
of both their missions.
e team contributing the most
money wins a Deepest Pockets special
trophy; also prize awarded for Most
Outrageous Team Costume.
Registration starts at 11 a.m. on the
day of battle and games start 1 p.m.
(All teams entered by July 28 have their
team’s name appear on commemorative
Battle of the Bars’ 23rd anniversary
t-shirt.
To sign up, call Schooner Wharf Bar,
(305) 292-3302. Or email,
schoonerwb@aol.com
Go online to print the entry form
and drop off. n
INFO
schoonerwharf.com/specialevents
• Hometown!
Agenda change
Second Q&S forum for certain
candidates on Aug. 30 ballot
n Aug. 8
5-7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, second floor
of e Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton St.
Although Hometown! acted in good
faith in scheduling all candidates for
U.S. Representative to appear at Aug. 8
forum, the Board of Directors of
Hometown! believes it inappropriate
to have Republican Carlos Curbelo and
Jose Peixoto, NPA, participate in this
forum when neither will be on the Aug.
30 ballot.
After further review, the Board has
elected to strictly enforce the rules
regarding Hometown’s primary forums
—and even though Jose Peixoto
campaigned as a Republican at the
Call for Candidates, and throughout
the primary period and changed to a
No Party Affiliation status almost at the
end of the Qualification Period, he is no
longer running as a Republican—and
therefore neither Carlos Curbelo nor
Jose Peixoto will be on the primary
ballot. Accordingly, the Board has decided these candidates will not participate in the Aug. 8, Second Primary
Q&A forums.
We hope both Curbelo and Peixoto
appear at the Aug. 8 forum and meet
with voters. Both candidates, however,
will be invited to appear and participate
in Q&A forum prior to the General
Election on Nov. 8.
Hometown’s Second Primary Q&A
forum is three weeks before Aug. 30
Election. Key West and Monroe County
voters will be ready to mark their
absentee ballots for candidates of
choice.
At this forum, voters will have to
make important judgments regarding
U.S. Representative, Utility Board—
Group 2, Monroe County School Board
—Dist. 3, State Representative—Dist.
120, Clerk of the Circuit Court and
Comptroller, Monroe County Judges.
Panelists will be Mark Songer, Board
President of Last Stand; Bryan Green,
Chair HARC, Director-Governing
Board Lower Keys Medical center and
Treasurer-Monroe County Education
Foundation; Jennifer Hulse RussoBusiness Attorney, Key West Citizen
Editorial Board.
For information on voting matters,
call Supervisor of Elections, (305) 2923416 or visit office at 530 Whitehead,
Suite 101.
Doors open 5 p.m. at TSKW. Hors
d’oeuvres, cash bar and meet-and-talk
with candidates. n
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call Hometown Board member Sheldon
Davidson, (305) 295-3560.
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CALENDAR• UPDATE
n
Zika virus, dengue
fever updates
n July 29
Key West Zika Summit takes
place 5-6:30 pm at FKAA Board
Room, 1100 Kennedy Drive. $5 at
door. Free event comprised of local
and global sustainability experts
including city, county and state
government leaders. Presentations
focus on rainwater collection, cistern
restoration, septic to cistern conversion, the Zika virus and mosquito
mitigation. Discussed: greenhouse
gases, rising sea levels, ocean acidification and possible “tipping point”
for the earth due to global warming.
More! Page 23
• Safely and correctly restoring existing
cisterns and septic tanks for irrigation.
Speaker: Julie Cheon, Florida Keys
Aqueduct Authority Water Quality
& Environmental Manager; Speaker:
Bill Brookman, Monroe County
Director of Community Health
• Combatting Zika and mosquito
mitigation for cisterns. Speaker:
Michael Doyle, Executive Director
Florida Keys Mosquito Control
District
• Cisterns and rain collection, Key West’s
green BPAS Law, rising seas and global
sustainability. Speaker: Richard C.
Lightner III, USGBC LEED BD+C,
FGBC Certifying Agent, ARCSA AP
Florida Rep
For more information, contact
Ric Lightner, (305) 304-0626. n
WATERFRONT GRANT
| Continued from page 6
fishermen into marinas and development. To help ensure commercial
fishing and its culture continue for
the next generation, Roche said it’s
“imperative” to protect the working
waterfront that remains.
Bill Kelly, executive director of the
Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen’s Association, told the commission that the Keys commercial
fishermen catch about $135 million
of saltwater marine life annually.
Longtime commercial fishermen
George Niles, who began running his
own boat at 14, added that the Keys
four primary fisheries—yellowtail,
spiny lobster, stone crab and king
mackerel—are healthy and thriving.
But for commercial fishermen to
continue to catch fish, they need
working waterfront for storing traps
and keeping boats docked.
e Gulf Seafood property can accommodate about 30 to 40 boats and
store about 100,000 traps for spiny
lobster and stone crabs.
“is is not without precedent,”
Kelly said. “Hundreds of municipalities around the nation have made this
investment [in working waterfront]
to protect their economies. With
commercial fishing being the second
largest economic engine in the Keys,
this [purchase] is vital.”
e commercial fishermen in attendance at the meeting all
clapped when the Commission approved moving forward on the project.
Accepting the Mayfield
grant was the first official
step. It allows the state to
begin the process of buying
the property from its private
owner. If all goes well, the
state will present a final purchase agreement to the county
to approve. If purchased, the
state will deed the property
to the County, which will
develop a management plan.
is process is estimated
to take up to 12 months
to complete. n
ALLIANCE
people in Florida smoke
and/or use tobacco
products. e percentage
is even higher in the Keys,
at 21 percent.
e award was presented
by Lacy. Kari Jacoby, Healthy
Promotions
Manager for the American
Lung Association in Florida,
also appeared by video to
present the award. n
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COMMUNITY
n
More! Page 23
Key West Sunrise Rotary install new officers
Highsmith & Van Loon, P.A., Attorney
David Van Loon leads The Rotary
Club of Key West as president for
2016-17 (pictured third from left).
Other officers for this year's club are
(left) treasurer Steven Torrence,
secretary Jill Cranny-Gage and
president-elect Albert Gonzalez. The
Rotary Club of Key West, established
in 1916, supports charities and
college scholarships through fundraising events in Key West.
It meets noon Thursdays at the Marriott Beachside Hotel.
FIRM announces new board members
e Board of Directors of Fair
Insurance Rates in Monroe,
FIRM, welcomed the following
for joining the fight against unfair insurance rates as new directors: Teri Johnston of Affiliated
Design and Construction Managers, former Key West city commissioner and past FIRM
president; Bryan Hawks, real estate attorney and partner with
Smith Oropeza Hawks, PL; Darrin Knowles, property insurance
claims re-inspector with Zurich
North America Insurance Company; Lisa Tennyson, current
director of Legislative
Affairs for the Monroe County
Board of County Commissioners. ey serve for a two-year
term, volunteering time working
for property owners and residents of Monroe County.
Board is saying good bye to
Mike Kiraly, who served the
board for the past two years and
was instrumental with the
Marathon Lower Keys Association of Realtors annual golf
tournament for FIRM.
To learn about FIRM, go
online. n
INFO
FIRMKeys.org
Front row, left to right: Teri Johnston, Clara Werner, Board President
Mel Montagne, Theresa Faber, Michele White, Board Secretary Carol
Schreck, Darrin Knowles. Back row, left to right: Mike Maurer, Armand
Messina, Lisa Tennyson. Missing from photo are Board vice president
Steve Russ, treasurer Joe Walsh and directors Lee Cummings, Robert S.
Gold, Bryan Hawks, Michael Larson, Bob Maynard, Peter Rysman.
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LOCAL
IN THE ARTS • WHAT’S HAPPENING
OBSERVATION
Coca
BY CHRISTINA OXENBERG
ong ago I was traveling around
southern Peru. Along with some
local pals we hired a car from the coastal city
of Arequipa and headed east and inland and up
thousands of feet into the fabled Andes. Our
intentions were to travel over the first peak, or
cordillera as they are known, stop at a restaurant
and then wind our way down to a golden canyon
where time has been idling in magnificent stillness. Placid in its perpetuity in a valley of hot
springs and cold rivers and
over which the condors
cruise on high currents in
their lazy loops.
A decade earlier a road
was constructed. Before
then llamas were the only
transportation, and largely
they still are and lope
CHRISTINA alongside, heavily laden
O X E N B E R G with whatever. Our Toyota
LEiGH VOGEL photo
motored smoothly careful
not to blow smoke in the
faces of the past.
Topography altered as we drove above the tree
line to a purple moonscape with glistenings of ice
and lichen. Midway was flagged by the restaurant, by which I mean a shambling lean-to of
sticks and tarps. ey served soups and teas. Also
on the menu were tiny clear bags with dry coca
leaves and a piece of rock. My Peruvian pals apprised me, “It’s for altitude sickness.” You masticate, like chaw; everything dissolving meanwhile
the volcanic rock activates the psychoactive alkaloid in the leaf. en you wait. Apart from tasting disgusting, first there is a numbing and then
a slow deeper all-over numbing. No hunger, no
fatigue, clear headed, I felt great. In a word, delightful. Inexplicably, my Peruvian friends were
throwing up and fainting all over the place.
Back on the road we were held up by a couple
of kids. Stern-faced banditos with copper skin
and red cheeks and baggy woolen clothes. Each
was holding the end of a string. We parked and
opened the windows. e children carefully laid
down the string before scarpering over to inform
they were charging a toll. n
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“Windsor Lane II,” oil on linen, is one of more than a dozen new works by painter Greg
Sobran on exhibit at SALT Gallery, 830 Fleming St., during August. “Recent Paintings
from Near and Far” exhibit, a special preview: 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6.
Bold strokes
Greg Sobrab at SALT
n Special Preview, Aug. 6
“Key West is an architectural epicenter,” says
Greg Sobran, an acclaimed impressionistic painter
who travels extensively to capture his subjects.
His newest exhibit, “Recent Paintings from
Near and Far,” opens 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6,
at SALT Gallery, featuring more than a dozen new
oil-on-linen vistas of our island and others from
Sobran’s travels.
Sobran began his journeys to Key West in the
’70s when he “was a hippie and it was a dusty old
town,” he jokes. Lured by the island’s tropical
weather and lush landscapes, it didn’t take long
before he and wife Wanda loaded up their rusty
station wagon in Ann Arbor to head south for the
winter, making and selling paintings at Bagatelle
Restaurant and Little Palm Island.
Former commercial artist continues to relish
painting on location—Saddle Bunch Keys, Stock
Island shrimp boats, or the island’s narrow
lanes—and appreciates year-round opportunities
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the island provides him in doing so.
“Greg understands the quality of tropical light.
His Key West paintings speak the language of
summer on our island,” says gallery owner
Jeffrey Cardenas, who traded Sobran a fly rod for
a painting 30 years ago. “ere is a dreamlike
exchange of light and shadow that is at once
seductive and constantly changing.”
While the light might change from location to
another, Sobran’s collectors will at once recognize
his work from the sweeping, tactile strokes,
dynamic form and signature bold color play that
have remained consistent throughout four-and-ahalf decades of his professional career.
“I’m not one to change style,” says Sobran. “I
like to think there’s a slow evolution, but nothing
stylistically or radically different for me.”
He is also keen on revealing what he deems
“a celebration of the beauty of the world.”
“I’m not interested in confronting people with
social commentary,” he says. “I’ll leave that to
other people. e world is a beautiful place, and
it’s my joy to go outside and paint it.”
Sobran’s work remains on display at the gallery
throughout August. n
INFO
SALT Gallery, 830 Fleming St.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Schooner Wharf
Josh Garrett
Schooner Wharf Bar
202 Williams St., 292-3302
n
Wednesdays-SundaysNoon-5pm
Key West troubadour Michael
McCloud kicks off afternoons with
humorous repartée and original life
at this tropical latitude songs.
Friday-Saturday 0729-30
Josh Garrett Band 7pm-Midnight
Four-piece band is back! Growing up
in Louisiana, Josh was exposed to
Cajun, Zydeco and blues music and
featured on The House of Blues;
is now a triple-threat blues man
with unique Cajun flavor guitar work,
soulful vocals and a killer band.
Sunday 0731
Black and Skabuddah 7-11pm
Music described as acoustic rock
with an edge. Laura Black’s throaty
vocals unmistakable as Russ’ guitar
playing unforgettable. Repertoire
classic rock and original music.
Monday 0801
Cool Duo 7-11pm
Sam Ramos and guest musician
play Motown, Detroit funk, classic
rock and island favorites.
Tuesday 0802
Tom Taylor 7-11pm
Classic and Generation X Rock. As
a kid in Wilmington, Del., played
guitar at 13 and listened to Beatles,
Bowie, Steely Dan. From new covers
to favorite ’60s oldies, known for
vocal style and his rhythmic drive.
Wednesday 0803
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Raven Cooper 7-11pm
Talented guitar player and singer
with wide range of vocal styles. Her
diverse singing ability rivals earthy
Janis Joplin, orchestral Julie
Andrews and bluesy Billy Holiday.
Eclectic mix of jazz, country, blues.
The Smokin’ Tuna
4 Charles St., (305) 517-6350
n
Friday-Saturday 0729-30
Matt Much Love 6pm
Caffeine Carl and Friends 9pm
Sunday 0731
Matt Much Love 6pm
Sodalite 9pm
Monday 0801
John Wesley Duo 6pm
Caffeine Carl and The Buzz 9pm
Tuesday 0802
John Wesley Duo 6pm
Claire’s Outfit/Caffeine Carl 9pm
Wednesday 0803
John Wesley Duo 6pm
Claire Finley/The E’Claires 9pm
Thursday-Saturday 0804-06
John Wesley Duo 6pm
Caffeine Carl 9pm
The Pier House
At the Beach Bar, One Duval,
(305) 296-4600
n
Monday 0801
Rob Noon-3pm
Tuesday 0802
Rusty Noon-3pm; Rob 4-7pm
Wednesday 0803
Rob Noon-3pm; Tom Taylor 4-7pm
Caffeine Carl
9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Monday, Thursday-Saturday
WHAT’S HAPPENING
The Pier House
Hog’s Breath Saloon
400 Front St., (305) 296-4222
n
Friday-Sunday 0729-31
ChadBurtch/Tim Williams
5:30-9:30pm
Philly-based singer-songwriter and
local. Williams has two CDs. Shows
often comedic as well as musical.
Paired with local Burtch.
Mike Veal Band 10pm-2am
Atlanta’s party band plays blues, rock
and funk. Diverse musical/regional
influences.
At the Beach Bar, One Duval,
n (305) 296-4600
Thursday 0804
Brian Noon-3pm; Din 4-7pm
Sundays
Amandah Noon-3pm
The Pier House
Amandah Jantzen
Hog’s Breath is better
than no breath at all
Three live acts from 1 p.m. until 2 a.m.
Full menu! Fresh seafood, sandwiches
& classic island favorites.
World famous t-shirts and merchandise.
Hog’ Breath
Private party and special events room.
Mike Veal Band
Visit us at hogsbreath.com
296-4222
400 Front St. | Key West
Saturday 0730
Mark Lum 1pm
Mark Lum/Britney Doyal 7pm
Robert Albury with Full Band 7pm
Sunday 0731
Robert Albury 7pm
Monday 0801
Robert Albury’s Birthday! 6pm
Tuesday 0802
The Happy Dog 7pm
Wednesday 0803
Robert Albury7pm
Thursday 0804
The E’Claires 7pm
Gas Monkey Bar & Grille
217 Duval St., (305) 294-0103
n gasmonkeybarngrill.com
Friday 0729
Kim Farley Trio 7:30-11pm
Saturday 0730
Jukebox Hero’s 7:30-11pm
Wednesday 0803
Beer Pong Tournament
Thursday 0804
Rock Star Karaoke 7-11pm
Hog’s Breath Music Schedule for this week!
Fri. 0729
Sat. 0730 Sun. 0731 Mon. 0801 Tues. 0802 Wed. 0803 Thurs. 0804
Chad
Burtch
& Tim
Williams
Chad
Burtch
& Tim
Williams
Barry Cuda Barry Cuda
& Kenny & Kenny
Fradley
Fradley
Chad
Burtch
& Tim
Williams
Dan
Harvey
Band
Joel
Nelson
Joel
Nelson
Joel
Nelson
Dan
Harvey
Band
Dan
Harvey
Band
Dan
Harvey
Band
Hog’ Breath
Dan Harvey Band
Monday-Thursday 0801-04
Dan Harvey 5:30-9:30pm
Dan Harvey and friends including
Karri Daley, Rick Rusco and
Grant Reynolds.
Monday-Thursday 0801-04
Francisco Vida 10pm-2am
Pillar in the music scene in Atlanta,
Ga. Opened for Lynrd Skynrd,
Edwin McCain, Sister Hazel, Kenny
Loggins, Hall and Oates, John
Mayer, and other acts.
Mike Veal Mike Veal Mike Veal Francisco Francisco Francisco Francisco
Vida
Band
Vida
Band
Band
Vida
Vida
Ocean Key Sunset Pier
Zero Duval St., (305) 296-7701
n
Friday 0729
Marjorie Lee 1pm
Happy Dog 7pm
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Blue Room
1128 Simonton St., (305) 304-1188
n
Friday 0729
Freestyle Mix Concert Tour 4
International recording artist Nice and
Wild and The Quad City Dj performs
live, plus Jammin J will be in the old
school mix. VIP tickets, keystix.comConcert information, (305) 304-1188.
Hogfish Bar & Grille
6810 Front St. on Stock Island
n (305) 293-4041, hogfishbar.com
Saturday
Bahama Village Social Club
7:30-10:30pm
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ALL THREE DIP COMBO & QUESADILLAS
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ALL-U-CAN DRINK (RESPONSIBLY) $10.00
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IAN BROCKWAY
TROPIC CINEMA
416 Eaton St.
877-761-3456
Week of Friday, July 29, 2016
through Thursday, August 4, 2016
Jason Bourne
(PG-13)
Fri - Thu: (1:30), 4:00,
6:25, 8:45
Absolutely Fabulous:
The Movie (R)
Fri - Thu: (2:00), 4:00,
6:00, 8:00
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
(PG-13)
Fri - Thu: 4:05, 8:20
The Secret Life of Pets 3D
(PG)
Fri - Thu: (2:15), 6:15
The Secret Life of Pets (PG)
Fri - Thu: 4:15, 8:15
The Music of Strangers:
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road
Ensemble (PG-13)
Fri - Thu: (1:45), 6:10
Tropic Cinema
Four Screens in Old Town
www.TropicCinema.com
(877) 761-FILM
Hunt for the
Wilderpeople
irector Taika Waititi
(What We Do in the
Shadows) helms “Hunt for the
Wilderpeople,” a lively adventure
about two people on the run in the
woods of New Zealand.
A supposedly troubled kid Ricky
(Julian Dennison) is picked up by the
cops and brought to a foster family.
Bella (Rima Te Waita) as the head
of the house does as well as she can,
but the boy lusts for escape. After
Bella dies suddenly, Ricky strikes a
friendship with her husband Hec
(Sam Neill) and they hit the trail.
e main spirit of the film is given
by young Dennison whose wisecracks
are more potent than a 1980’s comedy
and will have you in stitches. He is
glib, brazen and self-deprecating.
Ricky sees himself as a gangster against
the system, yet he is far from it, having
the heart of a poet: he writes haiku.
is is essentially a picaresque road
picture. Hec and Ricky meet lots of
vivid characters on their trip. ere are
suspicious vigilantes. ere is Psycho
Sam (Rhys Darby), a conspiracy
obsessed person who disguises himself
as a tree and Paula (Rachel House), a
self-important foster care agent and
frustrated police officer.
Ricky has the good fortune as well
as the hinderance to think outside the
box, to see survival as a concept, a
fun game. Yet he is also struck with
seriousness, mature for his age that
individuality is being squashed by
the pressure to conform.
e film is vivid and charming
D
which evolves into nothing less than
a living comic book. Waititi’s New
Zealand is a place where the animals
share equal weight with humans and
even the trees appear to have a textured
skin. Blood is spilled too, both in
sternness and spoofing, and it has
pagan power.
is story dares to highlight a
friendship between a kid and a
curmudgeon without hyperbole or
nonsense with a plucky, irreverent
poignance, both savage and sweet.
ere is also something existential
in young Ricky. ough well used to
the digital age, he can either take TV
and the Internet or leave it. Ricky is
content to let the babbling speech
of his crush Kahu (Tioreore NgataiMelbourne) drift over him.
He remains disinterested.
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While “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”
makes fun of everything from “Mad
Max,” “Rambo,” “elma & Louise”
and “Fargo” with a hint of Roald Dahl,
it is unique unto itself.
e magic of this film is that we see
Ricky mature in front of our eyes from
a stubborn boy into a worldly person
and a creator of his own existence. n
Write Ian at ianfree1@yahoo.com
Absolutely Fab
bsolutely Fabulous,” the
cultish and very funny
BBC series that originally ran 1992-96
with various specials in the millenium,
now has a film with the same name
subtitled as “e Movie.” n
A
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
Out of the closet
Dear Short Answers: An engaged
friend took both moms to shop for
the bridal gown. e groom’s mom
took pictures of the chosen dress and
is passing them around to family and
friends. e bride is devastated her
gown is no longer a secret. What
should she do? Friend of the Bride
Dear FOB: We think the future
mother-in-law was insensitive but
“devastated” is a bit of over-reaction.
Tell your friend marriage and a new
family will present many challenges,
and she should take this opportunity
to let the M-I-L know how she feels
now, with the objective of keeping the
airways open for the future.
Power of positive
Dear Short Answers: My 95-yearold dad thinks he is 60. What should
I do? Concerned Son
Dear Son: Live and learn. And
support him as much as seems
reasonable (and safe) to you.
Congrats!
happy to call her and chat now and
then, but I’m not her best friend and
I’m not coming to visit. Guilty
Dear Guilty: You are half-way
there! You know how you feel—now
tell her in the nicest possible way that
you would be happy to “chat” and
maybe be Facebook friends, but the
invitations are not anything you are
prepared to respond to.
CITY CLERK
“I look to management to set examples of business attire (fitting to
execution of city duties), efficient
time management for city purposes,
effective use of working hours, as
well as adherence to time obligations,” Romero wrote.
Romero’s evaluation pulled down
Smith’s total overall average to 4.43
out of 5. In 2015, her overall average
was 4.62 and 4.5 in 2014. Smith has
been city clerk since 1999.
Smith, reached by telephone,
pointed out that Romeo is a relatively new city commissioner, elected
November 2015 and that she hopes
they will develop a better working relationship going forward.
“It was disappointing,” Smith said
about Romero’s evaluation, “but I’m
very happy I got good marks from
the other commissioners. I’m very
appreciative of their confidence in
me.”
Smith currently makes $100,693
a year in her base salary, plus an annual “special pay” of $2,400 a year.
e special pay salary, which is paid
only to one or two city employees,
according to finance director Mark
Finigan, includes a $900 telephone
allowance with the rest going towards a fuel allowance.
e city clerk’s responsibilities include preparing the agendas and
keeping the minutes for all city-appointed board meetings, including
the city commission, planning board,
tree commission and Historic Architectural Review Commission.
City commissioners received and
approved Smith’s annual evaluation
scores in June. n
Don’t fuel the fire
Dear Short Answers: ere is a
woman at work who is constantly
having dreams (sometimes nightmares) about me. ey aren’t pornographic, but sometimes they are a bit
sexual and always embarrassing. I
asked her not to tell me about them
anymore, but she still tells everyone
else in the office so I hear about them
from others. I asked her to stop telling
anyone at work, but she refused and
said it was none of my business. What
do I do? In Her Dreams
Dear IHD: Dis-engage. Your interest, feigned disinterest and embarrassment encourage her. Do nothing, say
nothing; if confronted,
shrug and keep walking.
Dear Short Answers:
I have a close relative
(my cousin) who calls
Dear Short Answers:
me several times a week
I
just
heard that my best
to invite me to come
friend’s
ex got married.
visit her (she lives in
I’m sure she doesn’t
Wisconsin) or asks to
know. Should I tell her?
visit me. She wants me
Alice
to come for Christmas,
Dear Alice: Of course
Easter, her kid’s birthday
you
should tell her—but
and graduation. I went
wait.
Time and manner
to Wisconsin once for
will present itself.
her daughter’s wedding,
which was probably a
PAULA FORMAN &
mistake. But I have
JEFF JOHNSON
refused her invitations
for the last five years. It’s
Dear Short Answers:
gotten to the point where I won’t
Why do my pickles taste like oranges?
answer the phone when I see that it’s
Smelly Nelly
her. But after 20 messages, I call back.
Dear Nelly: Try cleaning your
How do I make her stop? I would be
fridge. n
Timing
Health &
hygiene
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 will be printed every week in Konk Life.
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• Key West Lighthouse
Weather Channel
Team makes it!
Intermittent waves of rain didn’t
squelch e Weather Channel team’s
“It’s Amazing Out ere Summer
Tour” Key West expedition this
weekend. e team made multiple
stops at famous Key West landmarks
including the Key West Lighthouse
and Keepers Quarters, where they
broadcast a live report Sunday
morning from the top of the historic
structure that is stewarded by the
Key West Art & Historical Society. n
Below (left to right) Matt Saffer,
camera man and editor; Jen
Carfagno meteorologist; Trish
Ragsdale, producer; Mark Elliot,
meteorologist and Bobby Brunelle,
camera man and audio.
YOUR
TROPICS
| Absolutely Fabulous
e series detailed the quirky
shenanigans of Edina (Jennifer
Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna
Lumley) as they carry on in their
selfish search for recreational
drugs, booze and money, usually
in that order. e series worked
because it lampooned social
mores and proved daring,
outrageous and fresh for its time
in an era of staid British TV.
One also had a real feeling for
its motley characters with many
guest stars skewering the realm
of fashion and A-List parties.
In this film adaptation in the
year 2016, it is more of the same
as Patsy and Edina chase after
fashion stories to make money
so as to support their boozy habit.
Edina is again sloshing about
while trying to get an advance on
her book, but what was once fresh
now feels rote with dialogue and
reaction shots on cue. Colorfully
eccentric people fill the screen as
the famous tipsy twosome chatter
about and roll their eyes. e
speech of every character is
mumbling and rapid with hardly
a quiet moment to be had. Edina’s
daughter Saffron (Julia Sawalha)
is here, too, as is the dippy
assistant Bubble (Jane Horrocks).
Saffron has an oddly passive
daughter Lola (Indeyarna
Donaldson-Holness).
Edina has no money for
champagne or vodka and schemes
to get in good with Kate Moss.
During a party, Edina knocks
Moss into the ames. What
follows is a noisy goose chase
from one jibber-jabber party
to the next.
Characters zip to and fro like
butterflies on methamphetamine
interspersed with dance music.
ere are a few good lines and
observations uttered by Joanna
Lumley about aging and travel,
but for the most part it is all
about sloshing, wobbling, spilling
and chattering with not much of
it zany or fun because it feels routine.
ere are wonderful shots
of Cannes but that’s about it,
aside from the fact that Patsy
wears a mustache.
is outing is all pratfalls and
motion having no space for the
characters or the smart and cutting dialogue that made the original show so watchable. e film is
too busy, replacing speech with
attentively challenged sight gags
galore as Edina and Patsy gargle
with lobster and grapes.
ere is one scene in an
octagenarian dance party that
may give a chuckle, but for the
most part the yucks are all
about the unfunny watery
grave of Kate Moss.
Unless one is a diehard fan,
“Absolutely Fabulous: e Movie”
is a vapid vapor commercially
concocted from what was once
a cocktail of stronger stuff. n
Write Ian at ianfree1@yahoo.com
FINANCIAL FUTURE
Estate planning
Do it yourself, or the state
will do it for you
BY ROXANNE E. FLESZAR
KONK LIFE COLUMNIIST
You prefer to have the courts make
decisions regarding disposition of your
assets rather than yourself;
It is okay people you may not have
ntestate, a word that should send shiveven known could end up as heirs
ers up your spine. I’m sure it did for
to your estate;
the family members of these famous
While you could have planned to
entertainers: Michael Jackson, Amy
minimize legal costs and estate taxes,
Winehouse, Prince, Kurt Cobain, Bob
you would prefer to enrich your lawyers,
Marley, Jimi Hendrix. It surprised me
your state and the federal treasury
these other famous people also died
departments;
intestate, meaning they did not have a
While you could have specified
legal will: Howard Hughes, Martin
guardians for your children, your family
Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Lincoln.
may make those decisions easily or may
What all these folks have in common
argue about it;
is that they did not prepare a plan for
It is fine if your private and financial
their affairs after they died. eir estates
affairs are made public.
took years and thousands of dollars in
Dying intestate is a horrific mistake
attorney’s fees to settle. And it is likely in
for your family. I know most folks would
many cases their assets may not have
rather think positively about
been distributed as desired.
their future and not about their
Of course, you have heard
eventual demise. Death is one
“you can’t take anything with
event we will not escape, so it
you”—but I strongly believe
makes sense to spend the time
that it is best if you choose
to plan for your loved ones,
who gets it!
your friends and/or those orOver the next several
ganizations you would leave a
articles, I am going to delve
bequest. Would you rather
into estate planning. I am not
have the government make
an attorney and am not holdR O X A N N E those choices for you?
ing myself out to practice law,
FLESZAR
Worse yet, without a will,
but as part of my financial
C
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fraudsters can lay claim to your
planning practice I do ask if
assets. And it can take years to
my clients have prepared for
settle your estate while your private life is
the disposition of their assets and
made public.
whether they have a health care proxy, a
Procrastination, laziness, a feeling of
durable power of attorney, a trust,
invincibility . . . all these can be used as
guardianship for their children, etc.
excuses not to prepare a will. Don’t let
We are going to concentrate on
that happen to your family!
perhaps the simplest but essential estate
Meet with an estate planning attorney
planning tool—a will. Shockingly, twowho can guide you through the process
thirds of Americans die without one.
and prepare the documents particular to
Yet everyone needs a will—not just
your state law and your circumstances.
married individuals or those with
A living trust can be beneficial, and
children. Single folks have assets, too!
I’ll write about that next time.
Without a will you are telling your
loved ones the following:
I
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KEY BUSINESS
KEY WEST
Police lieutenants graduate management program
Lieutenants Areaka Jewell and Joe Tripp completed the Southern Police Institute’s Command
Officer Development course in Fort Lauderdale. is 10-week course prepares upper-level managers for practical law enforcement management. Course provides improved skills for enhanced
communication within the department. It hones officers’ skills for management practices,
enabling them to make the department efficient and effective. Capt. Sean Brandenburg and
Chief Donie Lee, program graduates, joined Lts. Jewell and Tripp for graduation ceremony. n
LOU PETRONE
one of the 36 union bagel shops in New York City
and New Jersey.
In the late 1950s and into the 1960s, bagel
bakers began moving to other parts of the
country.
Prepackaged bagels first became available in
American grocery stores in the 1950s. Frozen
bagels in the 1960s.
Whereas bagels were first made by hand, the
1960s saw them being made by machines.
Mass marketing of bagels came into being.
e genius of the Lender family. First, the father
Harry. en, the sons, Murray and Marvin.
Harry Lender was a Polish immigrant. He
settled in West Haven, Conn. In 1927, he opened
Lender’s Bagel Bakery. e man had vision. His
primary customers were the Jewish Delis in
New York City.
His sons Murray and Marvin took mass sales
to another level. Flash frozen bagels in 1958.
Pre-sliced bagels in 1960. Lender’s bagels are
available in frozen food counters in supermarkets
today worldwide.
1987 is the year bagels entered into the
mainstream of American foodstuffs. It was 1987
that bagels were sold not only in grocery stores,
but also listed on fast food menus.
Supermarket sales of bagels in the United
States, per a 2012 study, reflected astronomical
sale dollars. e figures do not include Wal-Mart.
Fresh bagel sales totaled $626.9 million. Fresh
frozen, $592.7 million.
Taste tells. Bagel eaters can identify a New
York bagel from any other. As can those who favor
Montreal bagels. e difference between New
York and Montreal bagels is that Montreal uses
no salt, and uses eggs, sugar and/or sweetener.
A new bagel identifiable by city has arisen.
Still in its infancy. Time will tell if it will make
the big time.
It is the Cleveland bagel.
I doubt whether anyone ever heard of the
Cleveland bagel outside Cleveland till last week.
e Wall Street Journal ran a front-page article
about the new bagel.
e Cleveland Bagel Company. Begun two
years ago by two neighbors living in the same
apartment building. Neither had ever baked
anything before. Not even brownies out of a box.
One a former warehouse employee out of
work. e other involved with software.
ey decided to make bagels. Experimented
six months before they came up with a bagel they
liked. ey make bagels the old-fashioned way.
By hand. Boil them in water and maple syrup.
Followed by baking in a convection oven.
ey initially made the bagels in their apartments. Stored the dough in their refrigerators.
Ran out of refrigerator space. A neighbor
allowed them to use his.
One problem. ey had to remove the bagels
from the refrigerator at four a.m. e neighbor
gave them a key to his apartment with the
admonition to be quiet.
When ready, the bagels are loaded in their cars
and delivered around Cleveland 6-7 a.m.
Production is up to 300 dozen bagels a week.
e operation has been moved to the back room
of a local pasta shop.
e two hope their bagels become known as
Cleveland bagels. ey want the bagels to be as
popular as Lebron James and Cleveland Cavaliers.
ey promote their bagel as being better than a
New York one.
It is said that any business written up on the
front page of the Wall Street Journal is guaranteed
success. It makes the company. I am curious if it
will ring true for the two guys from Cleveland.
Time will tell.
A few cultural aspects of the bagel.
Many mothers still use bagels as teething rings
for their children.
Bagel is also a Yeshivish term for sleeping
12 hours straight: “I slept a bagel last night.”
Bagel dough has to rest at least 12 hours
between mixing and baking.
e term bagel is part of tennis. A 6-0 win
of a set is referred to as a bagel. Winning a match
6-0, 6-0, 6-0 is called a triple bagel.
Food for thought herein. Bagel history. Something to think about every time you enjoy one. n
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CALENDAR• UPDATE
Maddison Bock, student, practices
bow and arrow shooting with the
instructor, Lee Starling.
ArtCamp!
you into learning as much as you
could about an area. And I watched
my elders and how they did things.
ey weren’t Native American but
used old-time techniques.
“e kids were engrossed,” he
adds. “ey spent hours twisting
fibers made of yucca and cabbage
palm stalks into rope for their forts
and built solar stills out of trash.”
eir favorite activity?
“rowing the atlatl. It’s something you can start doing well in a
short period of time. Any time a
kid throws a six-foot-long spear
down range, and it goes 100 feet, it
sparks something.”
With a seven-year-old daughter
who delights in collecting insect
carcasses and helping haul lobster
traps, Starling knows a thing or
two about that sort
of spark and is convinced much of
it happens while being outside.
“I think your perspective on life
is different if raised before A/C,” he
says. “You didn’t think it was a big
deal to be hot, so you went out and
played in it.”
Starling offered most of his outdoor activities in earlier morning,
bringing campers in during high
sun for activities like making water
bottles out of gourds. Other times,
they stayed inside the giant fort
they’d made.
“We taught the kids skills they
can apply in all kinds of situations,”
HAPPY HOUR REVIEW
says Starling. “Most of them don’t
really cost anything—just a little
initiative. Half of those kids were
like, ‘I’m going home and building
a fort!’ What kid doesn’t want a
fort?”
While registration for
the 9-week program is now full,
ArtCamp! continues throughout
the school year with sessions scheduled for professional development
days and other school breaks.
Sessions run the creative gamut to
touch upon a variety of art, culture,
and the humanities to get children
thinking, moving, and making, and
are led by a team of instructors
made up of talented artists, teachers, and historians with extensive
experience working with children.
Campers also explore Fort East
Martello, an enclosed Civil War-era
fort and museum stewarded by Key
West Art & Historical Society that
is the location for the weekly camp
sessions. n
One Duval
BY DAKIN WEEKEY
KONK LIFE COLUMNIIST
is week “What’s the Apps?”
takes me to One Duval to try out
some appetizers and drinks. One
Duval is a fine-dining restaurant
located at Pier House Resort and
has the added user-friendly feature
of a name that tells you the address.
One Duval exudes an upscale
atmosphere whether sitting inside or
out, but is also warm and inviting.
My view overlooked the deep-green
water, the surface of which reflected
the pinks and oranges of sunset.
is is where the meal started with a
couple of martinis and a signature
appetizer and salad.
Ovi and Jitka were server and
bartender, and they made the
experience welcoming in service
and company. Ovi poured a house
special for me—the Key Lime Tarte
Martini. is concoction is made
from fresh muddled lime, KeKe
Liqueur and the house vanilla
vodka. It’s served in a grahamcracker-rimmed martini glass. Milky
green in color, the drink has an
initial kick that smooths out into a
sweet, creamy and tart flavor. is
martini attains a flavor complexity
not seen in many of the key lime
martinis around.
Below, Sierra Krames employs a
knife, flint and ferro rod to spark
a campfire.
INFO
kwahs.org/learn
YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE
Once completed, your will and
any accompanying documents
should provide you and your family
members with a sense of peace.
I know it worked for me! n
Roxanne E. Fleszar, CFP, ChFC is
the president of Financial Resources
Management Corp, a registered
investment advisory firm with offices
in Key West, Boston and Naples.
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e appetizer menu offers a
number of tempting options. Chef
Maria Manso suggested the Bacon
Seared Scallops. e scallops are
perfectly seared, crispy on outside,
soft and buttery on the inside. e
salty bacon layered generously on
top along with lightly bitter microgreens contrasts the sweet citrus
of the passion fruit sauce drizzled
over the dish.
e next appetizer is the
Prosciutto Caprese Salad, which
doesn’t disappoint. is salad is a
play on the traditional caprese salad
and is served on top of a healthy
portion of fresh arugula. A razorthin slice of crispy, salty prosciutto
tops this salad and contrasts the
creamy mozzarella. is is further
accented by the bite-sized jubilee
tomatoes that range in color from
yellow to a deep, almost purple red.
It’s up to you to finish out the
meal, but I can attest to its strong
start (and starters). If you head
down for sunset, be sure to get there
in plenty of time. e view is as
good as the food and service at
One Duval. Make reservations,
(305) 295-3255. n
WHAT’S HAPPENING
BottleCap’s Blue Room
1128 Simonton St., (305) 296-2807
www.bottlecapkeywest.com
n
Fridays 5-8pm
Tips benefit
Tuesdays
8pm Country line dancing
lessons by Marvin
11pm House Music Night with
DJ Dino and guest DJs
The Green Room
501 Greene St., (305) 741-7300
greenroomkeywest.com
n
Friday 0729
Jared Konersman 5:30pm
David Warren 10:30pm
Saturday 0730
Jared Reeves 3pm
Andy Westcott 6pm
Jason Lamson 10:30pm
Sunday 0731
Jack Wolfe 4:30pm
Chris Toler 9pm
Monday 0801
Jason Lamson 10pm
Tuesday 0802
TBD 5:30pm
Chris Toler 10pm
Wednesday 0803
Rusty Lemmon 5:30pm
Andy Westcott 10pm
Thursday 0804
JC Edwards 5:30pm
Chris Toler 10pm
My New Joint Lounge
22658 Overseas Hwy., Cudjoe Key
n mynewjoint420lounge.com
Thursday Michelle Dravis
Friday Robert Douglas
Saturday Larry Baeder
Pinchers
n 712 Duval St., (305) 440-2179
Carl Hatley 1-5pm
Bobby Enloe 1-5pm
Carter Moore 7-11pm n
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• McKee Fund grant
Call to artists
Attention all past Anne McKee
Artist’s Fund grant recipients.
Plans to do a large retrospective
show of McKee Fund grant
recipients since the beginning—
22 years! If interested in exhibit
being held at e Studio of Key
West, January 2017: email
mckeefund@gmail.com
Instructions and information
this summer. n Show only open to
McKee Fund grant recipients.
KEY WEST WILL MISS THE
TALENTED GEORGE VICTORY
“A VERY KIND SOUL”
Photo: Ralph De Palma
Key West will miss the talented George Victory “A very kind soul”
BY RALPH DEPALMA
eorge grew up in a village called 5
Rivers in the Arouca area of Trinidad. George’s father sang, his mother sang in
the Church choir. George started performing in
Trinidad at the age of 5.
A friend Victor Lynch took some photos
of young George playing his guitar, he entered
George in a local competition at age 9 in 1962
singing an Elvis Presley tune “Return To Sender” he won easily and the headlines in the local
paper with his photo read “A Young Elvis”.
After his Father and Uncles surprised him
with his first guitar he taught himself to play a
Louie Armstrong tune “That Ole Black Magic”. His father encouraged him to learn Frank
Sinatra and Nat King Cole.
George’s first musical touring began playing
with the Mighty Sparrow in Trinidad traveling
all over the world 1965 through 1977. He also
played with Jimmy Cliff during this period. He
later began playing in the mid 70’s in New York
playing with the Roy Cliff Allstars they opened
for Ike and Tina Turner in Madison Square
Garden. He opened for the Commodores 1980
North American Tour, then the Spinners, then
Gladys Night and the Pips, and Aretha Franklin.
One day a friend called from Daytona Beach
asking him to sit in on guitar for a few weeks in
1997. He played Spring Break on the Beach.
They did not want him to leave and made him
an offer that was good so he stayed and ended
G
up buying a house on Daytona Beach.
Later he was called by another friend
whose guitar player was sick here in Key West
in 2001 after two weeks of playing in what is
now Dante’s the Manager made George and
offer he could not refuse and he stayed in Key
West. Today he frequently travels to Daytona,
New York, and occasionally Tampa to play with
friends, but Key West is like “Trinidad without
the mountains”. He has formed a small group
“The Observant Lion” and plays regularly and
loves our small island community.
George’s favorite music is the Blues. George
grew up with all the fads, gadgets, and rock and
roll but as he matured he began to understand
the “warmth” of music in the Blues.
George’s youngest daughter Cegee is on tour
singing with the Wailers.
George’s favorite gig is playing for King
Rashaad of Morocco for New Years, and Birthday Parties. They fly him to Morocco and he
would perform in the palace, not a bad gig.
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www.konklife.com JULY 29-AUGUTST 4, 2016
The Great George Victory RIP
PHOTOS BY RALPH DE PALMA
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Steve Smith Mosquito Board Dist. 3 Reelection Reception
PHOTOS BY LARRY BLACKBURN
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All New Breakfast at Hard Rock Key West
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Commissioner Clayton Lopez Meet & Greet at Rock House Gallery
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Commissioner Clayton Lopez Meet & Greet at Rock House Gallery
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KWBG July Mixer at the Butterfly Conservatory
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Landmark restaurant site for sale
by C.S. GILBERT
KONK LIFE REAL ESTATE WRITER
rive by 5501 Fifth
Avenue, the site for
32 years of the iconic restaurant
The Rusty Anchor, and you’re just
liable to hear echoes of long ago
laughter, the sounds of happy
times gone by.
Family owned and operated
for all this time, the Anchor on
Stock Island is a special place,
the restaurant that several
generations of Key West and
Lower Keys families went to
celebrate special events. We were
one such family, part of a large
and loyal customer base.
When I finally joined my
housemates in the Porpoise
Point/Big Coppitt home we
had purchased in June 1994, we
went out to dinner to celebrate.
Where did my housemates –
sophisticated by having lived in
Key West for three years – choose
to take me? The Rusty Anchor.
Bobalu’s, Geiger Key, Hogfish
and the Anchor stood alone in
those days: choose one or drive
all the way back into Key West.
(Full disclosure: Sugarloaf Lodge
at MM 17 was also very good
back then, especially when it was
family-owned and operated and
the dolphin Sugar was alive and
in residence.)
The Anchor was perfect: a little
D
The Rusty Anchor Restaurant and Fish House is easy to spot on Fifth Avenue.
The large dining room is bi-level.
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rustic, an informal, old Key Westfish
house, laid back and comfortable,
with a great menu and a full service
bar. We never missed the Lobster
Week.
Now RE/MAX Commercial Keys
Connection is pleased to offer this
iconic, landmark seafood restaurant,
bar and fish house for sale, listing
Realtor Curtis Skomp reported last
week. “It’s a turnkey operation ready
to bring to the next level, licensed
for 250 seats with a large dining
room and private banquet room. It
includes a rarely available federally
permitted wholesale and retail
fish house,” he said. There’s even a
loading dock.
In addition, The Rusty Anchor
is “a recognized name, with solid
numbers and all furniture, fixtures
and equipment included” and ready
for a gala reopening. The operation
Continued on next page.
This view shows the width of the main dining room.
“Completely equipped” describes the large, commercial kitchen.
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MEET THE REALTORS
Mike Caron Finds a Niche
in Key West Real Estate
Landmark restaurant
site for sale
Continued
by TERRY SCHMIDA
KONK LIFE REAL ESTATE WRITER
For over 10 years now Key West Realtor Mike
Caron has been living the dream in Key West
and sharing it with his clients. Originally from
Massachusetts, Caron spent 31 years working
in the insurance business offering protection to
his insureds for both large national companies
and independent agencies. It was during an
impromptu visit to Key West in 1981 that he
realized what a neat place it was.
“I insured a wealthy client in Massachusetts who owned a number
of time-shares at the Galleon and would offer his place for a visit to us
several times over the early 1990s,” Caron said. “My wife, Ellen and
daughter, Amy, spent a number of weeks over the years here until we
decided to buy a vacation place in 1993. For over 12 years we would
vacation here and knew that eventually we would move here. A purchase
of a cottage in Shipyard in the Truman Annex 10 years later allowed us
to move here full time when our daughter enrolled at the University of
Miami. We left the hustle and bustle (and cold) of the Northeast over 11
years ago and have never looked back.”
After accepting a buy-out from his insurance business, Caron spent
a number of months enjoying all that Key West offers before a chance
meeting with John Behmke of Compass Realty convinced him that he
should get into the real estate business.
“John sold us our first place in Key West and I was always impressed
at how he loved the island and balanced work with play,” Caron said.
“Once offered the job, I decided that real estate was a perfect fit for me.”
Whether it’s enjoying a weekly round of golf with the men’s Tuesday
Morning League or playing basketball at Sugarloaf School on Thursdays
and Sundays or riding his bike all over Old Town and the Truman
Annex, Caron has been able to combine business with pleasure.
Caron can also be found listening to live music all over the city, but
especially at Friday Sound Check at the Green Parrot.
“It’s a great way to end the week and meet up with friends to hear
some excellent music and enjoy each other’s company,” he said. “Many
of my clients have become good friends. They began buying their own
‘piece of paradise’ and have found their own way down here.”
Caron’s office is in the Truman Annex on Front St. (next to the Little
White House) but his clients buy and list their properties all over town.
He can be reached at 508-269-8565 or by email at
mike@caronkeywest.com.
A loading dock handles both incoming seafood and victuals for the restaurant
and outgoing seafood for the wholesale business.
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is located on “a full half-acre lot
with ample employee and customer
parking,” said Skomp, adding that
the equipment and building are
in good condition and the latter is
ADA compliant.
In this as in most businesses –
and even residences – what can really
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boost attractiveness is location,
location, location, and for Stock
Island’s Fifth Avenue, the location
just gets better and better. Key West’s
former, pretty much exclusively
working-class neighborhood is now
growing and changing quickly,
particularly around its perimeter
Landmark restaurant site for sale
waterfront. The Rusty Anchor
site is “footsteps to two new 100unit hotels” and close to “several
renovated marinas and hundreds of
boat docks nearby,” he said.
And while a revived Rusty Anchor
would be most welcome, the Key
West Multiple Listing Service details
alternative uses for the site, deeming
the property “type” as Wholesale/
Manufacturing/Warehouse” and
“Mixed Use, Retail” as well as
“Restaurant/Bar.” The site is fullypermitted, Scomp said, including
“specialty seafood permits.”
With development on Stock
Island picking up speed, especially
with the potential of lots more
upscale residents and visitors
looking to go out to dinner, anyone
who could recreate The Rusty
Anchor, let alone kick the business
up a notch, would surely be, as the
Rodriguez family was, a tremendous
success with the beloved restaurant,
which served delighted locals and
tourists for over 30 years.
Finally, according to the MLS,
the “owner will consider financing
with reasonable down payment, or
may consider a long term lease.” The
property is listed for what seems a
very fair $2.2 million.
Interested? Contact Curtis Skomp
at (305) 304-0084.
Continued
There is also a private party room with its own bar and French doors onto a
covered deck for al fresco dining or dancing.
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239,000.00
599,000.00
810,300.00
440,000.00
570,000.00
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
383,000.00
340,000.00
196,000.00
550,000.00
63,000.00
56,000.00
120,000.00
745,000.00
440,000.00
430,000.00
222,000.00
591,000.00
790,000.00
452,500.00
560,000.00
Street # Street Address
31508
30436
30472
30363
29859
29859
0
481
668
3905
27997
23064
18870
17
2
Avenue F
Poinciana Rd
Poinciana Rd
Cardinal Ln
Overseas Hwy #43
29859 Overseas Hwy #38
Enterprise Ave
La Fitte Rd
Powell Ave
Mary Rd
Coral Shores Rd
Wahoo Ln
Rocky Rd
Bay Dr
Diamond Dr
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
Little Torch Key
Little Torch Key
Big Pine Key
Little Torch Key
Cudjoe Key
Sugarloaf Key
Saddlebunch
Big Coppitt
2006
1981
1948
1993
N/A
N/A
N/A
1990
1986
1987
1985
1986
2002
1974
1973
Single Family
Single Family
Single Family
Single Family
Lots
Lots
Lots
Single Family
Single Family
Single Family
Mobile Home
Single Family
Single Family
Single Family
Single Family
2
4
2
3
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
5
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
31
30.5
30.5
30.5
30
30
29.5
28.5
28.5
28
28
23
19
15
10
1999
1996
1991
1935
N/A
1938
1984
1984
1994
N/A
1996
Boat Slip
Townhouse
Condo
Single Family
Condo
Single Family
Townhouse
Townhouse
Townhouse
Single Family
3-4 Units
0
2
2
4
1
2
2
2
2
5
2
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
5
5
4
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
Key West Luxury Real Estate
Century 21 Schwartz
Century 21 Schwartz
Century 21 Schwartz
Shoreline Properties
A Key Real Estate Inc.
Florida’s Realty
Florida Keys Real Estate Company
7/18/16
7/15/16
7/15/16
7/18/16
7/15/16
7/22/16
7/15/16
7/15/16
7/20/16
7/14/16
7/19/16
7/21/16
7/20/16
7/13/16
7/19/16
RE/MAX All Keys
Robinson Real Estate
Tropical Properties Real Estate
Truman & Co.
Truman & Co.
Compass Realty
Truman & Co.
Truman & Co.
Last Key Realty
7/22/16
$ 129,000.00
$
99,999.00
5555 College Rd #5
Key West
7/13/16
$ 330,000.00
$ 320,000.00
83 Golf Club Dr
Key West
7/15/16
$ 329,900.00
$ 335,000.00
3930 S Roosevelt Blvd #411E
Key West
7/21/16
$ 2,099,000.00
$ 2,099,000.00
816 Eaton St
Key West
7/21/16
$ 294,000.00
$ 277,500.00
1500 Seminary St #2D
Key West
7/12/16
$ 1,545,000.00
$ 1,460,000.00
527 Margaret St
Key West
7/14/16
$ 575,000.00
$ 554,750.00
808 Virginia St #4
Key West
7/15/16
$ 479,000.00
$ 435,000.00
808 Virginia St #2
Key West
7/18/16
$ 979,000.00
$ 945,000.00
101 Front St #3
Key West
7/18/16
$ 3,200,000.00
$ 3,200,000.00
621 Caroline St
Key West
7/18/16
$60,000,000.00
$60,000,000.00
541 White St
Key West
Based on information from the KWAR MLS for the period of 07/14/16 through 07/22/16
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Sold Price
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