Professional Documents
Culture Documents
010....................................Public Notices
020............................Volunteers Wanted
030...............................................Travel
040.........................................Personals
050....................................Lost & Found
060..........................................Pets Found
110..............................Child/Adult Care
112...................................Money To Lend
120............................Private Instruction
130................................Mortgage Broker
210........................................Jobs Wanted
220...............Help Wanted Lower Keys
230..............Help Wanted Middle Keys
240.................Help Wanted Upper Keys
305......................................................Pets
310..................................Sporting Goods
315...............................................Bicycles
320..............................Household Goods
321...........................................Furniture
325...................................Miscellaneous
327...............................................Jewelry
329.....................................Yard Sale Map
330.......................Yard Sales Lower Keys
331.....................Yard Sales Middle Keys
332.......................Yard Sales Upper Keys
335...........................................Antiques
337....................................................Art
338...............................................Fine Art
340.........................Musical Instruments
345.........................................Appliances
350...............................Ofce Equipment
351.........................................Electronics
355....................................Wanted to Buy
402.......................................Roommates
404............................Rooms Lower Keys
406..........................Rooms Middle Keys
408............................Rooms Upper Keys
410...............Mobile Homes Lower Keys
412.............Mobile Homes Middle Keys
414...............Mobile Homes Upper Keys
416........Furnished Condos Lower Keys
417....Unfurnished Condos Lower Keys
418........................Condos Middle Keys
420..........................Condos Upper Keys
422............Furnished Apts. Lower Keys
424...........Furnished Apts. Middle Keys
426............Furnished Apts. Upper Keys
428................Unfurn. Apts. Lower Keys
430...............Unfurn. Apts. Middle Keys
432................Unfurn. Apts. Upper Keys
434.................Furn. Houses Lower Keys
436................Furn. Houses Middle Keys
438................Furn.. Houses Upper Keys
440.............Unfurn. Houses Lower Keys
442...........Unfurn. Houses Middle Keys
444.............Unfurn. Houses Upper Keys
446..............Wanted To Rent Lower Keys
448............Wanted To Rent Middle Keys
450..............Wanted To Rent Upper Keys
451.....................Mobile Home/RV Sites
452............Vacation Rentals Lower Keys
454..........Vacation Rentals Middle Keys
456............Vacation Rentals Upper Keys
458..............Vacation Rentals Elsewhere
460..........................Commercial Rentals
462.......................................Ofce Space
464...............................................Storage
Mobile Homes
502........................................ Lower Keys
504.......................................Middle Keys
506........................................Upper Keys
508................................ Lots Lower Keys
510............................... Lots Middle Keys
512................................ Lots Upper Keys
Homes For Sale
513........................................Timeshares
514..........................Condos Lower Keys
516.........................Condos Middle Keys
518..........................Condos Upper Keys
520...........................Homes Lower Keys
522..........................Homes Middle Keys
524...........................Homes Upper Keys
Commercial
526......................Business Opportunity
528...............................Business Wanted
530.......................................Investments
532................................Income Property
534.......................Commercial Property
Other Real Estate
536...............Lots & Acreage Lower Keys
538.............Lots & Acreage Middle Keys
540...............Lots & Acreage Upper Keys
542...............................Realty Elsewhere
544...................................Realty Wanted
Autos/Trucks
610................................................Trucks
615..................................Auto Financing
620....................................Autos For Sale
622.....................................SUVs For Sale
625.....................................Classic Autos
630....................................Autos Wanted
640..........................................Auto Parts
645.............................Heavy Equipment
Recreation
650.............................................Scooters
652.......................................Motorcycles
654....................................Travel Trailers
656............................................Campers
658...........................RVs/Motor Homes
660....................................Marine Needs
661....................................Marine Parts
662.......................................Powerboats
664............................................Sailboats
665.......................................Houseboats
667.........................................Misc. Boats
669.............................Dockage/Storage
670.............................................Aviation
000
ANNOUNCEMENTS
200
EMPLOYMENT
300
MERCHANDISE
400
RENTALS
600 AUTOS/
TRANSPORTATION
900
LEGALS
100
SERVICES
500
REAL ESTATE
Accepting Applications
OUTSIDE SALES
REPRESENTATIVE
Key West
340718
The Key West Citizen has an opening for an outside
Sales Representative. Must have good organizational
skills like meeting people and be dependable.
No experience is necessary but must have a positive
attitude and want to make money.
Send your resume to:
Tommy Todd,
3420 Northside Drive,
Key West, FL 33040
or e-mail to:
ttodd@keysnews.com
No phone calls please
Ad Designer Full Time
The Citizen is hiring a creative ad designer for our
Key West ofce to help our advertisers succeed.
Job duties include:
Design client ads and in-house promotions
to specications.
Prepare overlays for newspaper production.
Assist with preparing classieds.
Proofreading
Successful candidates will be comfortable
using Macintosh publishing applications:
Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
Excellent organizational and typing skills,
attention to detail, the ability to work on
multiple projects under deadline, and a positive,
professional attitude are the keys to success.
Interested applicants should forward resume to
Danette Baso Silvers at: dbsilvers@keysnews.com
319575
Page Designer Full Time
The Citizen is hiring an evening editorial page
designer.
The designer will use Adobe InDesign and
Photoshop to create visually effective and
appealing print products that adhere to legal,
ethical and quality standards. The designers will
design newspaper pages for daily and weekly
publications. The page designer is responsible for
creating page designs and graphic elements.
Interested applicants should forward resume to
Editor Tom Tuell at: ttuell@keysnews.com
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Line Cooks
Great pay and benets.
KWs friendliest staff and working environment.
Apply in person at Zero Duval.
319426
SERVER ASSISTANT
HOUSEKEEPERS
GIFT SHOP ATTENDANT
GREAT PAY, INCENTIVES, BENEFITS, PAID VACATION
Please apply in person at
28500 Overseas Highway, Little Torch Key
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MEDICAL BILLING
TRAINEES NEEDED!
Train to become a
Medical Office Assistant!
No experience needed !
Job Training & Local
Placement assistance.
HS Diploma/GED &
PC/Internet needed!
1-888-778-0456
LOT ATTENDANT
FL Drivers License.
Clean cars, bikes &
scooters; general main-
tenance; customer inter-
action. $350/wk
non-smoker.
Tropical Rentals,
1300 Duval
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
Boys and Girls Club
Due to increase in Club
Members. We need addi-
tional Activity Coordina-
tors. Part-time after
school Key West. Previ-
ous applicants need not
apply. Fax resume to
305-296-4632
NOW ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS
For Local C.D.L. Class B
Drivers Grapple/Dump
Truck. Apply in person at
Safe Harbor Industries,
7281 Shrimp Rd., North
building KeyWest, Fl.
33040. 305-481-0165.
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
Front Desk/Concierge
Position
At Old Town guesthouse.
Must be responsible, reli-
able with ability to multi-
task and an eye for de-
tails. Sense of humor a
plus. Apply in person at
1015 Fleming St.
Exciting Retail
Sales Opportunities
coming available for dy-
namic, experienced sales
people at Key West's
brand new Hammerhead
Surf Shop. Email resume
to: rich@sunsetwatersports.info
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
MECHANIC
Full time position. Highly
experienced only apply.
Email resume with refer-
ences to:
kiworric@bellsouth.net
PLUMBERS AND
HELPER WANTED
Must have valid drivers li-
cense and clean driving
record. Shawn Hudgins
Plumbing, Come by
5607 3rd Ave. 294-6276.
KEY WEST ICE CREAM
FACTORY & CAFE
NOW HIRING
Friendly and outgoing
Counter Help
for daytime shift
Apply at 201 William St.
AC Mechanic Helper
FT M-F Experience and
valid drivers license re-
quired. Please apply in
person at 311 Margaret
St. Previous applicants
need not apply.
PHYSICAL THERAPIST
AND ASSISTANTS
needed for Home Health
Care in the Florida Keys.
Flexible schedule, Please
call 305-213-0390
Painters Apprentice
Needed
Will train qualified candi-
date. Must have vehicle
for transportation to job.
Call 305-360-2137
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
EXPERIENCED
PLUMBER
Irrigation Tech or Equip-
ment Operator. Must
have DL, Tools needed.
305-304-2986
CUSTOMER SERVICE
REPRESENTATIVE
Insurance Agency,
440 License or Exp.
305-294-2829.
help and fill in as needed.
Other duties as assigned.
Requirements: Florida
Class B drivers license is
required at time of hire
(no permits). Must be
able to work weekends.
Additional Information:
*Must possess strong
customer service skills
and be able to follow writ-
ten/oral instruction. *Ba-
sic math skills are a
must. *Position requires
frequent lifting, loading,
pushing, pulling, bending,
reaching & squatting (up
to100 lbs). *Clean back-
ground (background
check and drug test are
required).
*MUST BE ABLE TO
SPEAK READ & WRITE
ENGLISH FLUENTLY!
5510 McDonald Ave.
Stock Island.
ABSOLUTELY NO
PHONE CALLS!!
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
REFRESHMENT
SERVICES PEPSI OF
KEY WEST HAS THE
FOLLOWING OPENING
*SWINGMAN*
Full-Time
Duties/Responsibilites:
Deliver and/or sell prod-
uct to customers location
and place in customers
storage area and/or retail
locations. Properly track
and/or document receipt
of product by customer,
credits for returned prod-
uct and money received
from customer. Learn all
delivery sales routes,
Mental Health
Technician-Crisis
Stabilization Unit
(Marathon)
Per Diem, Nights and
weekends a must.
PT Housekeeper
Marathon
All applicants must 1)
provide a resume and
three references, and 2)
undergo background,
fingerprint, and drug
screening prior to any
offer of employment.
Send resumes to
hr-gcc@westcare.com
or via facsimile to
(305) 571-9324.
EEOC/DFWP.
Former applicants need
not reapply
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
Positions
available at
The Guidance/Care
Center, Inc.
Behavioral Health
Therapist
Providing services to
adults and/or children
and families
(we need both).
Adult and children thera-
pist needed in Key West
and a Child Therapist
in Key Largo.
Masters required;
Licensed preferred.
Full time.
RNs Crisis
Stabilization Unit
(Marathon)
F/T, P/T, all shifts, varied
benefits packages.
Ability to work a set
schedule required.
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
NOTICE TO
ADVERTISERS
In case of errors,
please check your ad
the first day it appears.
In the event of an error,
we are responsible for
the first incorrect inser-
tion of an ad. The Citi-
zen does not assume
responsibility for any
reason beyond the cost
of the ad itself.
CANCELLATIONS
All word ad rates are
placement fees and
non-refundable (for fre-
quency days canceled).
Ads may be removed
from publication with
placement fee remain-
ing.
CHANGES
Once an ad has been
placed only acceptable
minor changes can be
made to the ad.
010 Public Notice
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
KEYSWIDE CLASSIFIED
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012
4C
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE BY CLERK OF THE
CIRCUIT COURT
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, DANNY L.
KOLHAGE, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Monroe County, Florida,
will, on the 15TH DAY OF
MARCH, 2012, at 11:00 A.M., on
THE FRONT STEPS OF THE
MONROE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE, 500
WHITEHEAD STREET, in the City
of KEY WEST, Florida, offer for
sale and sell at public outcry to the
highest and best bidder for CASH
the following described property
situated in Monroe County,
Florida, to wit:
LOT 11, BLOCK 12, COCO
PLUM BEACH, A SUBDIVISION
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN
PLAT BOOK 4, PAGE 166, OF
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Property address:
1325 AVENUE H,
MARATHON, FL 33050
Pursuant to FINAL JUDGMENT
OF FORECLOSURE entered in a
case in said Court, the style of
which is:
HSBC BANK USA.
Plaintiff,
vs.
MARK A. HUYETT; NELSON
TERZIAN, M.D. PA.; USA
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE;
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE;
UNKNOWN TENANTS/OWNERS
Defendants
And the Docket Number of which
is Number 09-CA-000514-M
WITNESS my hand and the
Official Seal of Said Court, this
15th day of February, 2012
DANNY L. KOLHAGE
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Monroe County, Florida
By: Tammy Marciel
Deputy Clerk
Florida Statute 45.031: Any
person claiming an interest in the
surplus from the sale, if any, other
than the property owner as of the
date of the Lis Pendens must file a
claim within 60 days after the sale.
February 26 & March 4, 2012
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE BY CLERK OF THE
CIRCUIT COURT
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, DANNY L.
KOLHAGE, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Monroe County, Florida,
will, on the 15tH DAY OF
MARCH, 2012, at 11:00 A.M., on
THE FRONT STEPS OF THE
MONROE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE, 500
WHITEHEAD STREET, in the City
of KEY WEST, Florida, offer for
sale and sell at public outcry to the
highest and best bidder for CASH
the following described property
situated in Monroe County,
Florida, to wit:
A PART OF TRACT 10 OF
EDMOND'S ACREAGE
TRACTS, AS RECORDED IN
PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 100, OF
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
AND BEING MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
BY METES AND BOUNDS AS
FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
LOT 13, BLOCK D, OF SHERYL
SUBDIVISION NO 2 AS
RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 4,
PAGE 43, OF THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEAR
WEST, 239 FEET; THENCE
BEAR SOUTH 805 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE
PARCEL OF LAND
HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED;
FROM SAID POINT OF
BEGINNING CONTINUE SOUTH
80 FEET; THENCE BEAR EAST,
75 FEET TO AN EXISTING
CANAL; THENCE BEAR
NORTH, ALONG SAID CANAL,
80 FEET; THENCE BEAR
WEST, 75 FEET, TO THE POINT
OF BEGINNING.
Which has the address of:
800 62ND STREET OCEAN,
MARATHON, FLORIDA 33050.
Pursuant to FINAL SUMMARY
JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE
entered in a case in said Court,
the style of which is:
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Plaintiff,
vs.
JOHN M MIRABELLA; ARLENE F
MIRABELLA; WELLS FARGO
BANK NA; JOHN DOE; MARY
DOE
Defendants
And the Docket Number of which
is Number 10-CA-000381-M
WITNESS my hand and the
Official Seal of Said Court, this
15th day of February, 2012
DANNY L. KOLHAGE
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Monroe County, Florida
By: Tammy Marciel
Deputy Clerk
LOAN TRUST 2007-22
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2007-22,
Plaintiff,
vs.
JOHN L. KENT, et al,
Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
pursuant to a Final Judgment of
Mortgage Foreclosure dated
February 3rd, 2012 and entered
in
Case No. 44-2010-CA-000087-M
of the Circuit Court of the
SIXTEENTH Judicial Circuit in and
for MONROE County, Florida
wherein THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK
OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE
FOR THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS,
CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE
LOAN TRUST 2007-22
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-22
is the Plaintiff and JOHN L.
KENT; AMANDA J. KENT; are
the Defendants, The Clerk of the
Court will sell to the highest and
best bidder for cash at FRONT
STEPS OF MONROE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE, KEY WEST,
FLORIDA at 11:00AM, on the
8th day of March, 2012, the
following described property as
set
forth in said Final Judgment:
LOT 1, BLOCK C, WALORISS
SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO
THE PLAT THEREOF,
RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 3,
PAGE 113, OF THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA.
A/K/A 2201 SOMBRERO BEACH
ROAD, MARATHON, FL 33050
Any person claiming an interest
in the surplus from the sale, if any,
other than the property owner as
of the date of the Lis Pendens
must file a claim within sixty (60)
days after the sale.
WITNESS MY HAND and the seal
of this Court on February 7th,
2012.
Danny L. Kolhage
Clerk of the Circuit
Court
By: Tammy Marciel
Deputy Clerk
Florida Default Law Group, P.L.
P.O. Box 25018
Tampa, Florida 33622-5018
F09126049 COUNTRY-CONV
B/C---Team 6
**See Americans with Disabilities
Act
If you are a person with a disability
who needs any accommodation in
order to participate in this
proceeding, you are entitled, at no
cost to you, to the provision of
certain assistance. Please
contact: Ms. Holly Elomina
502 Whitehead Street
Key West, FL 33040
Phone: 305-295-3644
Fax: 305-292-3435
February 19 & 26, 2012
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE
SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA CIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.:
44-2010-CA-000087-M
DIVISION:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON FKA THE BANK OF
NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR
THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS,
CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE
and best bidder for cash at
FRONT STEPS OF MONROE
COUNTY COURTHOUSE, KEY
WEST, FLORIDA at 11:00AM, on
the 8th day of March, 2012, the
following described property as
set
forth in said Final Judgment:
UNIT 431 OF SOMBRERO
RESORT, A CONDOMINIUM,
ACCORDING TO THE
DECLARATION OF
CONDOMINIUM THEREOF
RECORDED IN O.R. BOOK
1016,
PAGE 243, AS AMENDED IN
O.R. BOOK 1183, PAGE 177;
O.R. BOOK 1300, PAGE 1858;
O.R. BOOK 1346, PAGE 1184;
O.R. BOOK 1346, PAGE 1227;
O.R. BOOK 1347, PAGE 1415;
O.R. BOOK 1394, PAGE 1925;
AND ALL EXHIBITS AND
FURTHER AMENDMENTS
THERETO, OF THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, TOGETHER
WITH ALL APPURTENANCES
THEREUNTO APPERTAINING
AND SPECIFIED IN SAID
CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION.
A/K/A 19 SOMBRERO BLVD
#431, MARATHON, FL 33050
Any person claiming an interest
in the surplus from the sale, if any,
other than the property owner as
of the date of the Lis Pendens
must file a claim within sixty (60)
days after the sale.
WITNESS MY HAND and the seal
of this Court on February 7th,
2012.
Danny L. Kolhage
Clerk of the Circuit
Court
By: Tammy Marciel
Deputy Clerk
Florida Default Law Group, P.L.
P.O. Box 25018
Tampa, Florida 33622-5018
F08115433
WELLSLPS-CONV---Team 6 -
F08115433
**See Americans with
Disabilities Act
If you are a person with a disability
who needs any accommodation in
order to participate in this
proceeding, you are entitled, at no
cost to you, to the provision of
certain assistance. Please
contact: Ms. Holly Elomina
502 Whitehead Street
Key West, FL 33040
Phone: 305-295-3644
Fax: 305-292-3435
February 19 & 26, 2012
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE
SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA CIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.:
44-2009-CA-000009-M DIVISION:
US BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
FOR CSAB
MORTGAGE-BACKED
PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3,
Plaintiff,
vs.
LARRY SAMARRON , et al,
Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
pursuant to a Final Judgment of
Mortgage Foreclosure dated and
entered in Case No.
44-2009-CA-000009-M of the
Circuit Court of the SIXTEENTH
Judicial Circuit in and for
MONROE County, Florida wherein
US BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
FOR CSAB MORTGAGE-
BACKED PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3
is the Plaintiff and LARRY
SAMARRON; CESLYNN
REGALADO; SOMBRERO
RESORT CONDOMINIUM
ASSOCIATION, INC. - A
DISSOLVED CORPORATION;
are the Defendants, The Clerk of
the Court will sell to the highest
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
Attorney for Plaintiff, whose
address is 1800 NW 49TH
STREET, SUITE 120, FT.
LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 on or
before March 14, 2012, a date
which is within 30 days after the
first publication of this Notice in
the
Key West Citizen and file the
original with the Clerk of this Court
either before service on Plaintiff's
attorney or immediately thereafter;
otherwise a default will be entered
against you for the relief demand
in the complaint.
WITNESS my hand and the seal
of this Court this 3rd day of
February, 2012.
DANNY L. KOLHAGE
As Clerk of the Court
By: Riella Lynn Sims
As Deputy Clerk
If you are a person with a disability
who needs special
accommodation to participate in a
court proceeding or event, you are
entitled, at no cost to you, to the
provision of certain assistance.
Please contact Cheryl Alfonso,
ADA Coordinator, 302 Fleming
Street, Key West, FL 33040, (305)
292-3423, at least seven (7)
working days before your
scheduled court appearance, or
immediately upon receiving this
notification if the time before the
scheduled appearance is less
than
seven (7) days. If you are hearing
or voice impaired, call 711.
February 19 & 26, 2012
NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE
SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO. 44-2011-CA-001191K
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO
BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING,
LP, FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME
LOANS SERVICING, LP,
Plaintiff,
vs.
DAVID A BETHUNE, et al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO:
JACOB BARENDREGT, III
LAST ADDRESS UNKNOWN
CURRENT RESIDENCE
UNKNOWN
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an
action to foreclose a mortgage on
the following described property:
A parcel of land on the Island of
Key West, and known on
William A. Whitehead's Map of
said island delineated in
February 1829, as part of tract
Seventeen (17), but known
better described as part of Lot
Ten (10), according to D.T.
Sweeney's Diagram of Lot Five
(5) tract Seventeen (17)
recorded in Deed Book O,
Page 327, Monroe County,
Florida, Records, said parcel
described as follows: BEGIN at
the Westerly corner of the said
Lot 10 and run thence
Northeasterly along the
Northwesterly boundary of the
said Lot 10 for a distance of 81
feet; thence Southeasterly and
at right angles for a distance of
40 feet to the Southeasterly
boundary of the said Lot 10;
thence Southwesterly along the
Southeasterly boundary of the
said Lot 10 for a distance of 81
feet to the Southwesterly corner
of the said Lot 10, thence run
Northwesterly along the said
Southwesterly boundary of the
said Lot 10 for a distance of 40
feet, back to the Point of
Beginning.
has been filed against you; and
you are required to serve a copy
of
your written defenses, if any, to it
on Marshall C. Watson, P.A.,
NOTICE OF ACTION
FICTITIOUS NAME
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
thathe undersigned desiring to
engage in a business under the
fictitious name
KWCrossStitchDesigns located
at 1015 Simonton Street, Key
West, Florida 33040 intends to
register the said name with the
Florida Department of State,
Tallahassee, Florida.
DATED this 23rd day of
February, 2012.
Sole Owner:
Tammy L. Wischmeyer
February 26, 2012
FICTITIOUS NAMES
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
Florida Statute 45.031: Any person
claiming an interest in the surplus
from the sale, if any, other than the
property owner as of the date of
the Lis Pendens must file a claim
within 60 days after the sale.
February 26 & March 4, 2012
LEGAL NOTICES
Theres always somethin cookin in the Keys!
Look for the Whats Cookin? Restaurant Guide in the
Key West Citizen for Menu Specials, Brunch, Breakfast,
Dinner, Tapas, Bar Food... Whatever whets your appetite!
305-292-7777 x203
POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
at
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*Night Audit
*Reservations Agent
*Cocktail Server
*Production Cook AM
*Line Cook
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*AM Sous Chef
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+ Previous applicants
need not apply again.
+ Application hours are
from 9am to 3:30pm.
+Can also apply on-line
to:
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Drug Free Work Place -
An Equal Opportunity
Employer
Apply in Person
245 Front Street,
Key West, FL 33040
Tel: 305-294-4000
Fax: 305-292-4348
FULL/P.T. LABORS
Saturday/Sunday morn-
ings flexible weekdays on
beach. Dependable need
only apply! 305-432-1281
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
HYATT RESIDENCE
CLUB
Looking for highly
motivated & talented
individuals to join the
Hyatt Residence Club
Sales & Marketing team.
Sales Executives
Current Florida Real
Estate License required.
Fantastic sales
opportunity that offers
salary, commission and
company benefits.
Put that license to use;
it will change your life.
OPC/Marketing
Representatives
* Must be able to work
weekends and holidays
* Great benefit package -
Medical, dental, vision,
401K.
Apply online at hyatt.jobs
EOE/AA M/F D/V
EXPERIENCED
MAINTENANCE/
HANDY PERSON
Full-time Condo Mainte-
nance - Must have good
positive attitude be able
to multi-task and be self
motivated. Must be fluent
in English if not no need
to apply. Salary comm.
with exp. Call for appoint-
ment only between the
hours of 9am-3pm M-F.
305-294-9553.
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CROWNE PLAZA
Key West - La Concha
*Chief Engineer
The Crowne Plaza La
Concha has an opportu-
nity for a Chief Engineer.
Candidate must possess
strong leadership skills
and have at least 2 years
experience as a Chief
Engineer or Assistant
Chief Engineer in a
full-service hotel. Candi-
date will be responsible
for repairs and mainte-
nance and must be able
to work a flexible sched-
ule including weekends,
holidays, etc. as needed.
Apply in person at:
430 Duval St.
M-F, 10am-3pm
EOE/M/F/V/D
Drug Free Workplace
Monroe County
B.O.C.C. Staff Assistant
OMB, Key West
$31,394.92 - $37,673.66
40 H.P.W. High School
Diploma or G.E.D. 2-3
years exp., Deadline:
03/09/12. Contact: John
Lewinski 305-292-4557.
Lewinski-john@monro
ecounty-fl.gov.
1100 Simonton Street,
Key West, Fl. 33040
Veterans Preference
available; E.O.E.
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
LAS SALINAS
CONDOMINIUM
Is now accepting applica-
tion for a fulltime in
house Security position.
Requirements are a Flor-
ida Drivers License of
Florida Class D Security
License. Excellent com-
munication skills and a
good work ethic. Matur-
ity and experience a plus.
The hours for the position
are Saturday and Sunday
8am-6pm,4pm-10pm dur-
ing the week with 2 days
off. Las Salinas offers a
pleasant working envi-
ronment, good salary and
benefits. If you are the
right candidate for this
position. Please call
305-294-6020 or
305-849-0261 to sched-
ule an appointment.
FINE ART SALES
$10/Hr Plus great com-
mission training plan or
commission, Plus bonus
plan, Plus Co-Pay Hospi-
tization, Plus Vacation
Pay, Plus Great Working
Environment. Plus We
will train. If you have a
desire to learn and a
great work ethic. Please
email resume with con-
tact info to
keywestgallery@bellsouth.net
220 HELP WANTED
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HOUSEKEEPERS FLEX
Flex Custodial Worker-
Housekeeper & Janitorial
positions are available at
Navy Gateway Inns &
Suites, Naval Air Station,
Key West. Scheduled as
needed up to 40 hours
per week. No benefits.
English language is pre-
ferredin order to commu-
nicate with supervisor
and guests. Housekeep-
ing experience is stongly
preferred and the ideal
candidate must be highly
motivated and reliable.
Rate is $11.22 per hour.
Application packets can
be obtained at the Pass
& ID office at Boca Chica
and turned in at same lo-
cation. Applications may
also be faxed to Sarah
Childers, 293-4105.
Immediate openings
for P/T & F/T employees
at 422 Eaton Street,
Key West
(305) 396-7282
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Mechanics
Tired of working flat-rate?
Looking for secure in-
come with benefits? Old
Town Trolley Tours is
looking for full-time ASE
certified technicians.
Shift will include week-
ends. Pay commensu-
rate with certifications
and experience. Clean
driving record is a must.
Full benefit package
available for all FT posi-
tions, including 401(k),
Med, Den, Life, and 2
wks vacation. Apply in
person at 122 Simonton
St. or fax resume to
292-8939 or email us at:
keyott@historictours.com
EOE & Drug Free
Workplace
PIER HOUSE RESORT
OPENINGS
*F/T PM Line Cook
*F/T Server
Current, strong, stable,
verifiable related exp.
required & must be able
to work a flexible
schedule. Strong cus-
tomer service skills,
detail orientated &
English fluency a must.
Excellent benefits
package, meal & parking
available.
EOE, M/F/D/V.
Drug Free Workplace.
Apply:
H/R Dept. One Duval St.
M-F, 10am to 4pm.
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
SEARS
Job Opportunities
If you are interested
in one of the following
positions, please
complete an application
at Sears.com/careers.
Base plus commission
sales in Hardware depart-
ment.
Base plus commission
sales and technician posi-
tions also available in our
auto center. Valid driver
license required.
Sears Holding Corporation is
a EO/AA employer
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SUPPLY
is now accepting applica-
tions for employment at
our Big Pine facility for
the following position:
* Paint Specialist/Retail
Sales-applicant must
have extensive knowl-
edge of paint, paint mix-
ing and retail sales expe-
rience.
Position is full time with
competitive pay and
benefits. Please apply in
person at 30251 Over-
seas Highway, Big Pine
Key. EOE
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
Busy Downtown
Guesthouse opening
for following Breakfast
Cook, Bartender, House-
keeper/House Person,
part-time - fulltime possi-
ble. Experience required.
Must be drug free,
friendlly and responsible.
Apply in person at Pearls
Key West, 525 United St.
Preventive
Maintenance
Full time, good communi-
cation skills necessary.
Basic knowledge of
plumbing, A/C, electric,
drywall, maintenance.
Must be team oriented.
Apply in person at South-
ernmost Hotel Collection
1319 Duval St. EOE.
Pharmacy Technicians
CVS/pharmacy Truman
Ave. Now hiring skilled
Pharmacy Technicians.
Preferably PTCB Certi-
fied. Full-time and
part-time positions avail-
able. Apply online at
cvs.com 305-294-2576
LOOKING FOR
UNARMED SECURITY
OFFICER
D License
Starting pay $10.75
(can be negotiate)
depend on experience.
305-552-1162
220 HELP WANTED
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KEYSWIDE CLASSIFIED
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012
5C
KEYSWIDE CLASSIFIED
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012
6C
ADULT OWNED CALL 724-513-5635
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New Residents Arriving Daily!
Make sure they know your business.
Advertise in the Citizen for just over $2.60 per day.
Authorized Diesel
Sales & Service, Installation
305-292-2300
MARINE DIESEL
of the FLORIDA KEYS INC.
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Web Site Design
Hosting & Maintenance
Web Promotion
Web Advertising
305-292-1880
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COMPUTER
SERVICES
PRINTING
PAINTING &
DECORATING
Kenneth Wells
& Co.
~ Four Generations ~
Painting Faux Finishes
Crown & Trim
(305) 296-6985
www.kennethwellspainting.com
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Roofing & Sheet Metal
RC0064676 RS0016738
Established 1953
Monroe Countys Oldest
Residential & Commercial
296-5932 3
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ROOFING PAWN SHOPS
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outhernmost
Pawn Shop
We Pay the Most for
Gold & Silver in Key West
1508 Bertha St.
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Service Directory
Commercial Printing
on Quality Newsprint
Tabloids Booklets
Newletters Info Guides
Randy Erickson
Cooke Communications
rerickson@keysnews.com
305-292-7777 Ext. 203
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BOOKKEEPING
SERVICES
Need a Bookkeeper?
Try H&R Block.
Were here for you!
305
294-3525
Lic. 650863087
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18 ROWNG SCULL
with oars, full zip cover,
good condition, $400.
(305)923-6927.
667 MISCELLANEOUS
BOATS
45' PEARSON
COASTAL CRUISER
Twin 318 Chry, 10 kw
Kohler gen, perfect live
aboard. Rebuilt in 2005.
New eng, new gen, new
radar and plotter. Sleeps
6, setup w/ rear state-
room for 1 couple to live
on. Great condition. Must
sell due to health. Asking
$40,000 o.b.o. in Sum-
merland. 815-715-4545.
2007, 21 BENTLEY
PONTOON BOAT
Exc cond., 95hp Yamaha
1 yr on warr. $12,000.
Call (305)797-1416
662 Power Boats
2 passenger 50cc, new
cond., yellow. List $1650
Sell $895. 434-258-2383
Honda Helix 250 Less
than 10K miles. $2,945
305-923-5093 for info.
650 Scooters
JEEP WRANGLER
LIMITED
2 half seat longer. 18,000
miles, silver, soft top,
automatic, 6 cyl, lots of
chrome, $14,900 same
as new. 410-924-4168.
THINK! ELECTRIC
Cutest street legal elec-
tric in KW! 2002 Ford
Think, 2 seater, custom
paint, sun roof! $5,500
OBO. 305-395-9715.
2009 TOYOTA VENZA
Brand new cond., auto
trans, V-6, only 20K
miles Must sell. $22,500
Call (305)890-9581
2005 HONDA CIVIC
2 door, 98K miles, 38-40
mpg, Good condition.
$6,500 Doug
305-304-0675
2004 Ford F150 Xcab
Lariat
Leather, V8, pwr pkg,
like new.
$9,787
2006 Toyota Matrix
Fuel saver, auto, a/c,.
pwr pkg, super clean.
$10,488
2004 Chevy Avalanche
4 dr, one owner, loaded,
like new
$10,990
2006 GMC Yukon XL
V8, a/c, auto, loaded,
extra clean.
$16,988
Plus tax, tag and doc fee
Niles Sales and Service
3500 N. Roosevelt Blvd
Key West. Ask for
Mr. Clean 305-294-1003
620 Autos For Sale
NILES SALES AND
SERVICE
305-294-1003
Ask for Mr. Clean
*This Weeks Specials*
1997 Ford Contour 4dr
Auto, a/c, runs great
$3,488
2005 Dodge Neon ES
4 dr, loaded, a/c, auto,
very clean.
$4,996
2001 Toyota Camry 4dr
Auto, cold a/c, power
windows & locks
$4,988
2002 Buick LeSabre
Sedan
Low miles, cold a/c, pwr
pkg, like new.
$6,997
2001 Toyota Tundra
Ext. Cab.
Auto, a/c, power
package,, runs great
$6,994
2001 Chevrolet
Silverado Ext. Cab.
Auto, a/c, super clean,
runs great
$7,988
NILES SALES AND
SERVICE
305-294-1003
Ask for Mr. Clean
2006 Kia Sorento LX
Auto, power package,
cold a/c, very clean..
$7,992
2006 Toyota Scion XA
4dr, 4 cyl, fuel saver, a/c
$8,987
2005 Nissan Altima
One owner, all power,
auto, super clean.
$8,989
2005 Toyota Camry LE
Low miles, auto, a/c,
power package.
$9,888
2006 Toyota Sienna LE
Dual power. $15,875
2001 Toyota MR2
Spyder
1700 mi. $10,775
2003 Toyota Sequoia
4x4, $11,875
2011 Toyota Tacoma
A/C, CD. $16,585
2008 Toyota PreRunner
SR5
Full Power, sunroof.
$21,875
2010 Toyota Tacoma
Reg. Cab. Under 10Kmi.
$15,875
Tax, Tag & Doc fees xtra
DUNCAN BIG STORE
Over 130 cars and trucks
to select from 294-5126.
620 Autos For Sale
2009 Ford F150 XLT
$22,875
GMC Sierra 1500
Auto, a/c, p/s,p/w, p/l,
am/fm/cd, alloys.
$23,875
2005 Honda CR-V
Auto, a/c, p/w, p/l, p/s,
am/fm/cd. $9,875
2009 Honda Fit H/B
Sport
Auto, a/c. $13,875
2010 Honda Civic LX-S
4Dr, auto, CD. $16,875
2008 Hyundai Tiburon
Leather, $13,875
2011 Hyundai Sonata
Auto, a/c, full power.
19,875
2009 Jeep Wrangler
Unlimited
A/C, full power. $23,875
2006 Jeep Wrangler S
A/C. $15,875
2010 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Laredo
P/S, loaded, P/S,P/W,
alloy wheels. $21,875
2006 Jeep Wrangler
Rubicon
Auto, a/c. $19,875
2011 Jeep Grand
Cherokee
Auto, a/c, full power,
P/W, P/S, AM/FM/CD
$23,875
2008 Kia Rio
Auto, a/c, p/w, p/s,
am/fm/cd, alloys, running
boards, bedliner. $11,875
2010 Kia Soul Sport
Auto, full power. $15,875
2005 Lincoln Town Car
Signature
Loaded. $12,985
2008 Mazda3
Auto, a/c, fullpower.
$16,995
2010 Mazda5
Auto, a/c, full power.
$14,875
2010 Nissan Versa S
4Dr, auto, a/c. $11,875
2006 Nissan Altima
Auto, a/c. $9,875
2011 Nissan Altima
Leather, loaded. $16,875
2009 Nissan Murano LE
Leather. $22,875
2010 Toyota Yaris 5Dr
H/B Auto, a/c, power.
$11,875
2010 Toyota Prius
Hybrid, with navigation
& backup cam, loaded.
$17,875
2010 Toyota Rav4 4WD
P/W, P/S, AM/FM/CD.
$18,875
2008 Toyota Sienna
XLE $15,775
2008 Toyota Rav4
Full power. $18,775
2008 Toyota Scion XB
$15,875
620 Autos For Sale
2010 Chevrolet Equinox
LT Auto, a/c, power.
Sharp. $20,875
2011 Chevrolet Equinox
LT Auto, a/c, power.
Sharp. $23,875
2010 Chevrolet
Silverado 1500
Auto, a/c, p/s, p/w,
am/fm/cd, leather.
$23,875
2011 Chevrolet
Silverado 1500 LT
Crew cab., auto, a/c, CD.
$23,495
2010 Chrysler Sebring
Convertible
Leather. $16,875
2010 Chrysler 300
Touring
Leather, loaded. $18,785
2010 Dodge Charger
Auto, a/c, alloys. Sharp
$15,875
2011 Dodge Nitro Heat
Auto, loaded, P/W, P/S,
low miles. $20,775
2011 Dodge G/Caravan
Crew. Full power,
dual a/c. $20,775
2007 Dodge Magnum
Leather, alloys, P/W, CD.
$13,875
2005 Dodge Ram Quad
SLT
Auto. full power. $9,875
2008 Dodge Dakota
SLT Xcab
$14,985
2008 Ford Focus 4Dr
$10,875
2010 Ford Mustang
Convertible
P/W, P/S, AM/FM/CD.
$17,875
2009 Ford Focus SE
Auto, a/c, CD. $14,875
2011 Ford Focus
Auto, a/c. $15,875
2010 Ford Mustang GT
Leather, loaded.
$22,875
2011 Ford Fiesta SEL
4Dr, a/c. Sharp. $17,875
2011 Ford Fiesta
Sharp, a/c. $16,785
2006 Ford Fusion SE
Auto, full power. $8,875
2007 Ford Ranger
Reg Cab., auto, a/c.
$8,875
2010 Ford Escape XLT
SUV, AWD, P/W, P/S,
AM/FM/CD.
$17,875
2012 Ford Escape
Auto, a/c, p/s, p/w, p/l,
am/fm/cd, alloys.
$22,875
2008 Ford Explorer
XLT 7 pass. SUV, dual
A/C, P/W, P/S,
AM/FM/CD. $17,875
2011 Ford Escape XLS
SUV, $20,875
2011 Ford Flex
Crossover, loaded.
$24,875
620 Autos For Sale
THINKING OF
A USED CAR?
THINK OF........
DUNCAN
Auto Mall Key West
1618 N. Roosevelt Blvd.
294-5126
2011 Chevrolet Malibu
LT. Auto, a/c, leather,
alloys. am/fm/cd,
$18,875
2011 Chevrolet Express
Cargo Van 2500
Clean. $18,875
2005 Chevrolet
Colorado Crew cab.,
P/W, auto, a/c. $12,875
2004 Pontiac Grand
Prix GT
Auto, a/c, 86K miles
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2005 Kia Sorento LX
Auto, a/c, 71K miles.
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2010 Kia Soul!
Auto, a/c, sunroof, 29K
miles.
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2010 Toyota Prius
Auto, a/c.
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2008 Mazda3
Hatchback, auto, a/c,
52K miles.
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2010 Kia Soul Sport
5 speed, a/c, sunroof
20K miles.
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2008 Chevy Tahoe LTZ
Fully loaded, 44K miles.
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2007 Mercury Grand
Marquis
Auto, a/c, 81K miles
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2008 Toyota Rav4
Auto, a/c, 28K miles.
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2003 Jeep Liberty
Auto, a/c, leather,
sunroof, 86K miles.
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2007 Volvo C70 Conv.
Auto. a/c, leather,
44K miles
Call for details
2010 Kia Soul
Auto, a/c,. 37K miles.
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2011 Kia Sorento
Auto, a/c, 27K miles.
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2009 Kia Borrego LX
Auto, a/c, 7 passenger,
35K miles
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2006 Chevy Colorado
4 door, auto, a/c, power
locks, power windows,
74K miles
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
2008 Kia Sedona LX
Auto, a/c, 67K miles
$11,995 $14,995
2008 Kia Sedona
Auto, a/c, 53K miles
$12,995 $15,995.
Tax, tag and DOC fee
not included in sale price
(305)295-8646
Call us and
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
620 Autos For Sale
KEY WEST KIA
3424 N. Roosevelt Blvd.
Key West, FL 33040
305-295-8646
*Manager Specials*
2009 Honda CBR
600 cc.
$5,995 $7,999
1998 Hyundai Elantra
Auto, a/c, 66K miles
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE
620 Autos For Sale
WANTED
Used Enclosed Trailer
Preferably single axle,
6'x10' or 6'x8' with folding
down rear door. Will be
used for storage only.
Cash in hand for right
trailer. Call Mick @
786-385-8442
355 Wanted to Buy
14 Dell Laptop
2ghz/4gb RAM Win. 7
ULT. or XPP, MS office
2010 Pro. $321 offer
305-896-2180.
351 Electronics
KEY WEST MOBILE
VENDING LICENSE
Key West Mobile Vend-
ing License for sale
transferred. Best offer
over $40,000. Please
email best offer to
kwmobilevendor@gmail.com
for quick transfer.
325 Miscellaneous
7 PIT BULL PUPPIES
Call for appointment
305-731-1339.
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
PUPPIES
Champion bloodlines,
born Jan 7th, 2012.
$1,500. 305-360-1523
305 Pets
NEWSPAPER
DELIVERY
UPPER KEYS
Successful candidate
must be driven to make
money and able to make
strategic decisions to
optimize newspaper
sales.
Applicants MUST also be
able to work 7 days per
week and early morning
hours to apply.
Applicants must also
possess the following.
* Valid Drivers license
* Valid Auto Insurance
* Clean driving record
* Ability to lift 50 lbs.
* Dependable
* Responsible
* Consistent
*Self motivated
*Organized
Applications are available
at 91731 Overseas Hwy
(MM91.7 Oceanside)
Tavernier, FL.
or email resume to
dalfred@keysnews.com
240 HELP WANTED
UPPER KEYS
non-profit experience are
preferred. Strong writing
skills and strong com-
puter and graphics skills
are required. Experience
in business, marketing,
communications, or thea-
ter administration is pre-
ferred. Please email re-
sume with references to
alicia@marathontheater.org
230 HELP WANTED
MIDDLE KEYS
GENERAL BUSINESS
MANAGER
Marathon Community
Theatre seeks a general
business manager. This
is a 30-35 hour per week
salaried position. The
ideal candidate should be
a business-minded, crea-
tive and self-motivated
individual. The position
reports to the President
of the Board of
Directors. Job responsi-
bilities include advertis-
ing, graphics, audience
development, fundrais-
ing, grant writing and
overseeing daily play-
house operations.
Knowledge of Florida
Keys community and
230 HELP WANTED
MIDDLE KEYS
THE SERVICE
COMPANIES
a national outsourcing
company for housekeep-
ing has the following po-
sitions available immedi-
ately: Housekeepers
$9.00 per hour,
Housepersons $9.00 per
hour, Housekeeping Su-
pervisors $10.00 per
hour, Laundry Attendants
$9.00 per hour. Steady
work and voluntary bene-
fits available after 90
days. Apply on line at:
www.theservicecompanies.com
Go to "Join our Team" or
call (786) 404-1726.
We are a drug-free
workplace and EOE
The Key West Citizen
Part-Time Newspaper
Rack Repair/Substitute
Truck Driver
Applicants primary duty
will be repairing and re-
furbishing newspaper
racks during normal
business hours. This will
require 15-20 hours
weekly. Truck driving du-
ties will be as a backup
driver and on an as
needed basis only. Truck
driving requires late
nights and early morning
hours driving up the
Keys. All Applicants must
be flexible with their
schedules and possess
the following attributes.
*Have valid drivers
license
*Clean driving record
*Speak and understand
English
*Ability to lift 50lbs.
*Mechanically inclined
*Painting experience
*Experience sanding and
grinding metal
*Troubleshoot/Problem
Solve
*Organized
*Dependable
Applications available at
Key West Citizen, 3420
Northside Dr. Email re-
sume to:
dalfred@keysnews.com
PART-TIME
CASHIERS/STOCKERS
GFS MARKETPLACE
GFS Marketplace is cur-
rently seeking part-time
Sales Associates for their
Key West location.To ap-
ply, please visit our web
site at: www.gfs.com.
Search for "Retail Sales
Associate-Key West, FL".
GFS Marketplace, an
equal opportunity em-
ployer, is proud to be a
drug-free workplace that
drug tests all employees.
220 HELP WANTED
LOWER KEYS
The Inn At Key West
is currently accepting
applications for the
following positions:
* Reservationist/
Acountant
* Room Attendant
* House Person
* Front Desk
* P/T Servers
* P/T Dish Washer
* P/T Station Cook
* Pool Server
Must speak English
Please Apply
in person 3420 N.
Roosevelt Blvd.
EOE
SECURITY OFFICERS
Immediate position avail-
able starting at $10. Mid-
night to 8am shift. Florida
Class D security license
required. Must possess
excellent public relations
and communication
skills. Prior applicants
need not apply.
Call 305-942-6949.
Agency No. B-9700003.
SALUTE
A beautiful place to work.
Is seeking a PM Cook
with experienced and a
passion for making in-
credible food. Pay start at
$15.00 hour. Apply in
person with manage-
ment.
SALES PERSON
Needed for specialty
boutique. P/T weekends
and some mornings.
Most evenings to 11pm.
Hourly, commission, bo-
nus, vacation pay. Apply
at Mad Hatter 335 Duval
St. 305-296-4287
SALES ASSOCIATE
Friendly, outgoing, dedi-
cated team player with
proven track record for
full-time position in Gift
Shop and Gallery sales.
Offering medical, dental,
vision, Aflac, 401K pro-
gram, paid vacations and
personal time off.
KW BUTTERFLY
CONSERVATORY
1316 Duval St.
Apply 9:00am to 5:00pm
Retail Sales Position
Experienced retail sales
person needed, hourly
wage plus commission,
apply in person. Key
West Hammocks, 719
Duval Street.
RETAIL SALES
ASSOCIATE
Sloppy Joe's is currently
seeking a full-time PM
Retail Sales Associate.
The qualified candidate
must possess the follow-
ing prior retail sales exp.;
strong customer service
skills; knowledge of POS
Systems; excellent com-
munication skills; ability
to work night shifts. Po-
sition is hourly + comm.
Please contact Marian
Kershenbaum on 305-
296-2388, x123; fax in-
formation to 305-294
-4085; or e-mail to:
marian@sloppyjoes.com
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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012 1D
F
annie Mae and
Freddie Mac
remember the
days when you thought
Fannie and Freddie were
1950s screen idols? have
announced, again, a series of changes to
the Home Affordable Refinance Program
(HARP).
There have been about only 900,000 prop-
erties refinanced under the HARP program
since its initiation in 2009. Compare that to
the 1 million properties that banks seized in
2010.
President BarackObama announced the
expansion in his State of the Union address
on Jan. 24. However, to be precise, Fannie
and Freddie now known as the enter-
prises had made the changes public on
Oct. 24, 2011.
Here are a few of the bell ringers:
HARP II encourages borrowers to refi-
nance to a shorter term by eliminating some
of the closing costs and offering lower rates
on shorter-term amortizations.
Imagine borrowers owe $200,000, but
their home is worth only $160,000. By reduc-
ing the interest rate by 2 percent, their pay-
ment will go down by $200 per month. Yet
with regular payments, it will take almost 10
years to reduce the loan balance to $160,000.
If, instead, they choose a 20-year amorti-
zation, their payments will be about $25 less
per month, but it will take only about 5
years to reduce the loan balance to $160,000.
This gives borrowers a chance to decide
which problem they need to solve: smaller
mortgage payments or an equity position
that is in the black.
The new HARP II also eliminated the max-
imum loan to value ceiling of 125 percent.
The Government Sponsored Enterprises say,
in for a penny, in for a pound; we just dont
care how upside down you are anymore.
The new program will be available
through Dec. 31, 2013, for loans sold to
Freddie and Fannie before May 31, 2009.
The president proposed that the program
be offered to include mortgages not sold
to Fannie or Freddie. This is a key element
because so many of the whacky option
ARMs, as they were called, and other weird
specimens were not Fannie/Freddie mer-
chandise. This decision does not rest in the
hands of the president alone, but requires
Congressional approval.
Current loan-to-value ratio must be 80
percent or higher. Borrowers must be cur-
rent on their mortgage with no late pay-
ments in the past six months and no more
than one late payment in the past 12.
Many property owners will heave a sigh
of relief over that one. So many honest,
reliable borrowers trying to meet their com-
mitments were previously forced to make a
decision. Should they throw their hands in
the air and allow their mortgage to become
delinquent or continue to struggle to make
that mortgage payment?
The revised HARP is also targeting rental
properties. Relief for investors was previ-
ously limited.
Although prior to the meltdown, non-
owner-occupied borrowers were able to get
mortgages if they had a mortgage on their
primary residence and had less than four
other mortgages. Thus, each investor could
have at least five mortgages.
The refinance programs that followed pro-
hibited investors with any combination of
more than four mortgages from refinancing.
Whether one or more than one borrower,
& REAL ESTATE
KEYS HOMES
INSIDE:
Open House Map
See Page 4D
Garden Club Tours
March 3-4
See Page 6D
A
mong the first artists in
residence at The Studios
of Key Wests two newly
renovated houses is a familiar face
around town: Arizona painter and
former Key West resident Michael
Haykin settled into 607 Ashe St.
for the month of February. At
neighboring 609 Ashe St., print-
maker Katie Argyle from Canada
got to spread out in the shotgun-
style house.
By the time The Studios cel-
ebrates its fifth anniversary on
Saturday with an open house
for anyone who wants to see the
new residencies four more of
the 30 visitors selected to be art-
ists in residence during 2012 will
unpack their art supplies.
We received the houses as a
gift from the Rodel Foundation in
2009, said Jay Scott, The Studios
executive director. Because we
then owned the houses outright,
we had a wonderful opportunity
to create something that has tre-
mendous benefit to the commu-
nity.
In return for monthlong hous-
ing, visiting artists offer work-
shops and lectures to the Key West
community. And, of course, the
community also benefits from,
and has already been involved
with, the renovation of the houses
built in the early 1900s.
In three years, we raised
$750,000 through our capital
campaign to complete these
buildings, said Elena Devers, The
Studios deputy director.
Architect and residential
designer Guillermo Orozco
retained the footprints and exte-
rior designs of both houses. The
interiors have been upgraded, and
structural additions in the form
or covered porches were made to
the rears.
The idea was to keep the low-
rise streetscape in front the same
as always, but tie the rear gardens
into the campus and activities
at the adjoining Studios of Key
West, Orozco said.
The kitchens at the back of the
houses are the focal points. Both
have been modernized gran-
ite, stainless steel, track lighting
and the shift of some windows
to French doors contributes to the
indoor-outdoor flow through the
garden and compound, in general.
The deck, a big covered porch
and the garden at 607 Ashe St.
Saturday open
house shows off
two new artists
residences
BY BARBARA BOWERS
Special to The Citizen
BY REGINA E. CORCORAN
Special to The Citizen
No, really,
I mean
it this time
Photos courtesy of Michael A. Philip
The Ashe Street cottages, built for The Studio of Key Wests artists in residence, feature a roomy deck.
See CORCORAN, Page 2D The front exterior features double dormers.
On display
See TOUR, Page 2D The front porch railing features an Asianlike detail.
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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012
L
ast week I had two
encounters of similar
nature. While talk-
ing to my friend, artist Lynn
Sherman, she told me about
the art studio tours to ben-
efit The Studios of Key West.
Five local artists opened their
homes and studios to the pub-
lic. Im often asked to have my
home on a home and garden
tour, but I told her, Id be
horrified to see strangers in my
house.
I love my home, Lynn
said. Im so proud to share
it. Two hundred people came
through. They were lovely and
asked such interesting ques-
tions. It was fun, she said.
Lynns house is one that I
featured in my
book and it is
a treat to be
there.
Then on
Valentines
Day, we went
to a dinner party. With a sense
of Key West imagination,
Patrick McGee decorated his
Truman Annex apartment
from the front door to the trees
surrounding the back deck.
A red and white, pinwheel-
bedecked Statue of Liberty
greeted guests on the front
porch. Heart-shaped cutouts
decorated the glass doors. The
trees were lighted and on the
branches were glittering hearts
of all sizes, lots of funky pink
and red bejeweled sunglasses
and reading glasses perched
askew on palm leaves. The
tables were set with red cloth,
red and white dish towels and
washcloths that served as
napkins and each place held
a small plastic heart-shaped
box filled with message heart
candy.
What these two homeown-
ers have in common is that
they love nesting and sharing
their homes with others.
I am fascinated with creative
details that make a house
work better, like good-looking
hinges and doorknobs, fau-
cets and brackets. Replacing
fixtures can be a terrific way to
upgrade a tired-looking envi-
ronment without redoing the
whole room. But beware, the
choices are endless.
I like to think of a house as
having spirit, and how we live
in it or what it does for us is an
integral part of how we func-
tion.
Ive lived in many tempo-
rary homes, some quite love-
ly, others simply functional.
One February we rented a
wonderful modern house in
the Casa Marina area. Every
room opened onto decks
overlooking the pool sur-
rounded by tropical foliage.
Eating breakfast on the deck
and watching the sun glance
off the pool was a great way
to start the day. My soul was
nourished every day.
In March we rented an
apartment overlooking
Smathers Beach. The setting
was ideal. However, the apart-
ment was more functional
than aesthetically pleasing.
We were working on my
book, Key West: A Tropical
Lifestyle, and busy shoot-
ing in peoples homes all day;
therefore, a simple apartment
was a practical choice. Having
the beach within easy access
for a walk at the end of each
day and seeing the water from
our terrace was enriching. But
I appreciate it when a home
is also well designed. Most of
the people I meet here feel this
way about their homes.
As a lifestyle journalist, I
asked the same question of
every person I interviewed for
my book, What do you like
best about your home? I like
the indoor/outdoor living,
was the most popular answer.
What does your home do
to nourish your soul? The
answer was usually, The
minute I walk into my house
I feel at peace. I love the way
it ... and the owner would be
off into a world of home and
spirit and downright love. Is
your house doing all that it can
for you?
When I returned from Key
West that year, I decided
to address that question. I
began to look at all the little
problem areas that werent
exactly catastrophically bad,
but just slightly annoying. All
added up the wrong size
outdoor table, the squeaky
door to the pantry, a new
lamp for the living room
comprised a long list
of annoyances. (It should
be noted that I have many
friends who are oblivious
to the minutiae over which
I often obsess, but I dont
understand them any more
than they get me were still
friends.) My goal was to make
my home a spiritual haven
where problems did not exist.
(Another note: This will not
happen in my lifetime, but
its a goal.) As things get more
complicated out there in the
world, wouldnt it be heaven-
ly to have the perfect escape
in your own home?
In my opinion, we have too
many options. Rather than
making life easier, the choices
make life more complicated.
While having lunch at the
counter of our local drugstore,
I ordered a simple grilled
cheese sandwich. A barrage
of questions followed: What
kind of bread? Mayo or mus-
tard? Toasted or not? A Coke
comes in small, medium and
large, with or without lemon.
Diet or regular? Caffeine or
decaffeinated? These ques-
tions are way too many for a
simple meal.
In reality, every second of
the day is fraught with prob-
lems to solve: large, small and
infinitesimal. In this regard,
I think a home should be a
place where things are just
right and where you find
peace, comfort, beauty and
well-being. If only!
Leslie Linsley has written
more than 50 books on crafts,
decorating and home style.
She resides on Nantucket with
her husband, photographer
Jon Aron, and has a store on
the island that specializes in
her one-of-a-kind creations.
Her latest book is Key West, a
Tropical Lifestyle (Monacelli
Press), with photos by Terry
Pommett.
Peaceful sanctuaries: Is your house doing all that it can for you?
BY LESLIE LINSLEY
Special to The Citizen
maximum mortgages could
not exceed four.
Currently, some of the
biggest banks, namely Wells
Fargo and others, are re-
evaluating this policy and
allowing exceptions on a case
by case basis.
The bottom line is, if you
thought you couldnt refi-
nance, now is a good time to
re-examine your situation.
Interest rates are still very
low, between 4 percent and
5 percent. Give serious con-
sideration to these refinance
opportunities.
What do you think?
Regina E. Corcoran, SRA,
is a Florida real estate bro-
ker, state-certified residential
appraiser and residential
contractor. She is president of
AmeriRealty Corp. and vice
president of AmeriMortgage
Corp. She can be reached at
ReginaECorcoran@cs.com.
Corcoran writes her column
exclusively for The Citizen. It
appears every other Sunday.
Corcoran
Continued from Page 1D
primarily affords communal
use for artists and visitors.
This is the largest of the two
houses, and two artists share
its overall 1,400 square feet,
which includes two bedroom
suites, plus a half-bath on the
first floor.
What was probably the
first-floor living room and din-
ing room has been converted
into a private studio and liv-
ing space for one person. Its
roughly 14-by-14 square feet
may be accessed from the
front porch.
Access to the second-
floor studio and living space
about the same size as
downstairs, but upstairs, fea-
tures a double-front dormer
is through a room that now
serves as the conference room.
Here, the stairway treads and
railing were rebuilt with Dade
County pine; in fact, much of
the original pine has been left
in place.
(The home at) 607 was
in fairly good shape, said
Orozco. Most of the floors
and windows are original, but
609 went through complete
structural stabilization, which
included new floors and
foundation. We also installed
a handicapped walkway
between the houses to access-
es communal space in back.
The residency at 609 Ashe
St. houses a single artist. Its
900 square feet contain the
architectural feel of its shotgun
roots. For instance, the front
porch entry is into a long hall-
way where an interior doorway
immediately opens to the front
bedroom. Instead of leading to
the standard second bedroom
in a shotgun house, the hall
explodes into a studio-kitchen
combination. French doors
open from the studio to the
side porch; French doors open
from the kitchen to the back
porch.
Multiple sets of French
doors in both houses and
lots of windows are inte-
gral to the bright ambiance
because, well, these were rede-
signed specifically as artists
studios, and because, well, Key
Wests crisp light is known for
more than sunsets.
The airiness and easy
flow from room to garden is
enhanced with the comfort of
rockers on the front porches,
sleigh beds and overstuffed
chairs and ottomans in the
bedrooms.
All of the furniture was
donated, and JANGEORGe
helped in finding consisten-
cy with pieces, Scott said of
the local interior designer.
We tried to use items that
would be comfortable and
uncluttered, with a mini-
malist feel for the incoming
artists.
Saturdays open house will
demonstrate how successful
The Studios has been with its
remake of 607 and 609 Ashe
St. Indeed, the stay has been
so positive for some of The
Studios visiting artists that
two have made a permanent
move to Key West.
Barbara Bowers is a Key West
writer and host of a radio talk
show about owning and main-
taining property in the Florida
Keys. To suggest a home to be
featured in the Keys Homes sec-
tion, send an email to barba-
ra@bbowers.com. Homes listed
for sale may not be considered.
Tour
Continued from Page 1A
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Party Themes to Honor
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VOL. 33 NO. 9 THE HIGH POINT IN KEYS LIFE FEBRUARY 26, 2012
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politics
opinion
books
entertainment
film
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The World of Art
Roberta Marks on
Giving Life to What
Has Been Lost
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To Your Pets
Health
National
Geographics Not So
Incredible Dr. Pol
Singh Moves to Protect Secret Garden in Perpetuity
I
ts complicated,
admits Pritam Singh
in explaining the
deal hes struck with Nancy
Forrester to preserve her
20,000-square-foot Secret
Garden at the end of Free
School Lane.
But he is very clear on his
intent in saving the largest
single collection of trees in
Old Town Key West.
I fell in love with the
place, he told Solares Hill
last week. With its unusu-
alness. Its intriguingness.
It would be a tragedy if the
estate was converted to
commercial use.
So he has come to an
unusual arrangement with
Forrester.
On Monday, through the
auspices of Key West real-
tor Lynn Kaufelt, the Secret
Garden property, including
the garden, its existing one-
bedroom cottage plus one
additional parcel available
for building, is to be put
up for sale with a deed
restriction that there will
never be any commercial
use or development per-
mitted.
No hotel, no multi-
house subdivision, ever,
insisted Pritam. Just two
residences. The estate can
be sold 50 times over but
this restriction will never
change. It will be registered
with the city, which has the
right to enforce it.
opinion
PHOTO BY MARK HOWELL
In Nancys Secret Garden last week: From right are Pritam Singh and
his wife Ann Johnston with their dog Spike, Nancy Forrester and her
sister DeDe Desmond.
Please turn to page 16
Why Politics and Medicine Make Lousy Bedfellows
By Mark Howell
O
ur polarized political
climate has reached
new heights in hostil-
ity. The shaky economy is
at the center of this discord
but the problems stemming
from the economy have
proven to be difficult to
solve due to an inability to
cut through, or step around,
the bias and self-serving
rhetoric thats now infused
into public discussions.
Many of the most heated
political debates are spring-
ing from various aspects
of our healthcare system.
As a physician and clinical
researcher whos spent the
past 40 years diagnosing and
treating pregnant patients
with various problems
involving their fetuses, I
need to offer an opinion on
Please turn to page 10
By Dr. John Hobbins
1818 VENETIA STREET $379,000
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On the Bookshelf
Somebodys Daughter
Reviewed by C. S. Gilbert 6
Stage Lights
Invitation to a Hair-raising Dinner at the Womans Club
Reviewed by Mark Howell 6
Musical Notes
Piano Virtuosity From a Great Musical Era
Reviewed by Harry Schroeder 7
Front Row at the Movies
Tinsel Town Comes to the Tropic Cinema Today
by Shirrel Rhoades 8
Keys Cuisine
Party Themes to Honor Your Oscar Nominees
by Joanna Brady Schmida 9
From the Grapevine
From the Farthest Corner: The Charm of Oregon Wines
by David White 11
The Game Page 12
Beyond the Sea
Reef Relief Is 25 Years Young; Come and Party!
by Rudy Bonn 13
To Your Pets Health
National Geographic Not so Incredible Dr. Pol
by Dr. Doug Mader 14
Adopt a Pet 15
Editor
Mark Howell
Associate Editor
Nadja Hansen
Contributors
Margit Bisztray, Rudy
Bonn, C. S. Gilbert, John
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Couch Contest: Whom
would you have cast as
Margaret Thatcher and her
deceased husband Denis
if Meryl Street and Jim
Broadbent had not been
available for The Iron
Lady?
Tim Gratz caught our
fancy with this suggestion:
How about Maggie Smith
to play Margaret Thatcher
(hey, they share the same
first name) and Geoffrey
Rush to play her dead hus-
band? I mean, shouldnt
Brits play Brits?
Other casting ideas
included:
Mary Vanden Brook with,
The obvious: Helen Mirren
and Geoffrey Rush. Less
so: Emma Thompson and
Patrick Stewart.
Nina Crooks agrees:
I would choose Sir Ian
McKellen for Denis and for
Margaret Thatcher I would
suggest Helen Miren.
Happy Sunday! chirps
Jackie ONeil. I think Tilda
Swinton would make a
good Margaret Thatcher
with Colin Firth as her dead
husband Denis. Cheers!
All good casting ideas,
but its Tims week.
This weeks Casting
Couch Contest: Act of
Valor is a realistic war
movie with no big-name
stars. But if a studio wanted
to do a remake with A-list
actors in the leads played
by Alex Valdez and Roselyn
Sanchez, whom would you
cast?
Best lineup (my choice)
that I receive by email
today, Feb. 26, wins a free
ticket to Regal Cinema 6.
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Roberta Marks on Giving Life to What Has Been Lost
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n her home, sanctuary
and studio overlook-
ing the ocean, Key West
artist Roberta Marks lives
and works surrounded by
things that most people
have forgotten. Towers of
storage bins are marked
as if for museum archives:
barbed wire, thermometers,
glass negatives, typewriter
parts, piano keys, rag balls.
Shelves display hatpins,
pincushions, hair combs,
jewelry boxes, antique doll
chairs and parasols, as well
as her enormous collection
of books.
I deal with societys
wastes, explains the art-
ist. Whatevers no longer
needed, I utilize. I put it in
a different genre, giving it
new life renewal. Renewal
is not only change but con-
tinuation. That is what saves
me.
Her show, Lettres, Etc.,
which opens Thursday
at Lucky Street Gallery,
explores the themes of loss,
obsolescence and extinc-
tion. As are all her shows,
Lettres, Etc. is as much
about the deeply personal
as it is about the societal.
During the time that the
show was developing,
Marks was struck with an
unfathomable loss. Once
again her work became
a vehicle, allowing her to
accept the overwhelming
grief that was present in her
life. This aspect adds poi-
gnancy occasionally even
eerie coincidence and dou-
ble entendre to the col-
lection. Although the idea of
nostalgia for what has been
lost had already arisen, it
was heightened as the body
of work grew and the events
of her life unfolded.
The work titled Return
to Sender, for example,
incorporates an antique
paper and envelope set that
have predominant black
bands. Writing materials
of all kinds stationery,
stamps, postcards, pencils
and pens are something
Roberta Marks is drawn to,
because they count among
the objects we are losing.
Only after the fact of Return
to Sender did she learn
that the black-banded set
was intended for funeral
announcements.
Another work features
an arrangement of blank,
white tags hung in an all-
white box. The theme of it
is baggage, or belongings,
that remain, as the title
describes, Unclaimed.
I have this intuitive con-
nection between whats
happening to me and the
objects I find. It happens to
me all the time, she says.
Marks finds her materials
during her travels, mostly in
antique markets in France
but also, as on a recent trip
to India, from small vendors,
in temples and on the street.
In Pushkar, India, she
bought a stack of postcards
from an old, crippled man
who said that hed sold cards
in the exact same spot for
26 years. It was how he sup-
ported his family. Now, he
told her, no one uses these
old tools. They use the
Internet.
Postcards and letters are
things people look forward
to, says Marks. Whats nos-
talgic about email?
Along with the personal
missive, technology is
replacing human solitude as
well, and the ability to think
and use ones imagination.
Not only the nature and the
materials of her art but the
way that she produces it,
work counter to this tenden-
cy. As a practicing Buddhist,
Marks describes her process
as a meditation.
I work in the moment,
with acute concentration.
I focus on every infini-
tesimal mark or object. Each
one has a purpose. Every
object is thoughtfully and
intentionally placed. My
work begins with chaos
but through the practice of
meditation I clear my mind,
my work. There are disrup-
tions and detours but they
bring positive elements into
the work. Even if its sad-
ness.
Despite how deliberate
they are, her works have an
ethereal, temporal qual-
ity as if at any time the
elements might disperse
or rearrange themselves.
Remnants of India, for
example, is a small shelf
of compartments (like old
hotels used to keep keys
straight) stuffed full of
remnants of lace and cloth
picked up in India. If a
breeze comes along, those
fragments would blow away.
This is a tenet of Buddhism:
that transformation occurs.
On the mixed media work
Living in the Margins,
dabs of color, paper scraps
and partially obscured
handwriting float in layers
as in a pool of water, post-
storm. They look like they
could be stirred. They look
like they could drift off past
the edges or disappear. But
they wont. They will be per-
manent, instead. They will
have been renewed.
With art, you have the
power to create change,
says the artist. And change
creates power.
Lettres Etc. opens
Thursday, March 1, from
6 to 8 p.m. at Lucky Street
Gallery, 540 Greene St.,
and runs through Tuesday,
March 13.
By Margit Bisztray
Living in the Margins diptych left.
Return to Sender.
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he BBC-TV series
Downton Abbey,
now a huge hit on
PBS, is about the fictional
Earl of Grantham and his
three daughters, none of
whom, due to Britains
obscure rules of primogeni-
ture (dont ask), can inherit
either the fortune or the
estate of their father or
even the fortune of their
American mother, played by
Elizabeth McGovern (watch
for Shirley MacLaine as the
next U.S. actress to appear
in this series).
Fans of Downton Abbey
may be interested to know
that its creator and execu-
tive producer, the Egyptian-
born British actor and writer
Julian Alexander Fellowes
himself a hilarious hit as
Earl Kilwillie in an earlier
TV series, Monarch of the
Glen (2000-2005) and also,
in 2001, winner of an Oscar
for his script for Gosford
Park is in fact Baron
Kitchener-Fellowes of West
Stafford, Lord of the Manor
of Tattershall, a Conservative
member of the House of
Lords and also the romantic
novelist known as Rebecca
Greville.
Julians wife, Emma Joy,
Lady Kitchener, would her-
self be in line to inherit the
fortune and the estate of her
own father, the present (but
also the last) Earl Kitchener
of Khartoum, except for
those very same pesky rules
of primogeniture.
So you see, he really does
know what hes writing
about.
The healthcare system in
the United States, reports
Robert Samuelson of The
Washington Post, is the
most expensive in the world
by far 50 percent more
costly per person than
Norways, the next costliest.
Our life expectancy (78.2
years) is just 27th in the
world, behind Chiles. And
we get fewer doctor visits
than in most developed
countries.
So why is healthcare so
expensive here, devouring
our paychecks, household
budgets and government
resources?
Says Samuelson: The fee
for services system here
encourages doctors to run
up the bill. The more they
do, the more they earn, And
doctors and hospitals charge
steep prices: A coronary
angioplasty costs $14,000
in the U.S., just $7,000 in
France.
Seen on a bumper sticker:
Ask your doctor if medical
advice from a TV commer-
cial is right for you.
Dolphins and whales
are so intelligent that they
should be recognized as
nonhuman persons and
granted their own bill of
rights, agreed scientists
at a recent meeting of the
American Association for
the Advancement of Science
in Vancouver, Canada.
Isolating dolphins and
orcas in tanks at amusement
parks is morally wrong,
noted Thomas White, an
ethics expert at Loyola
Marymount University in
California. Killing them is
tantamount to murder.
Studies show that ceta-
ceans water-dwelling
mammals are more
intelligent than chimpan-
zees and communicate in
a similar way to humans.
Dolphins are even more
socially driven than
humans, added White.
Coming to Key West for
a concert on March 16 is
Herbert Weissberg, former
principal flutist of the
Vienna Symphony, who
will play at The Studios
of Key West with fellow
Viennese musicians Heinz
Medjimorec on piano and
Peter Siakala on cello.
Born in Vienna in 1939,
Weissberg is a long-time
friend of Key West resident
Peyton Evans He mar-
ried an old friend of mine
who was the exchange
student from Austria at my
high school back in the
1950s, she told us. Herbert
and Doris and I have often
visited each other, here and
abroad. When they were
Peytons guests in Key West
last year, she suggested he
perform at The Studios. I
was thrilled when he said,
Sure!
We interviewed Herbert
by email last week:
Heinz and Peter and I
have prepared a pasticcio
program with a lot of ingre-
dients mixed together, he
told us. We want to give the
audience a varied evening,
not only in the program but
also in the sound. There will
be some surprises. The three
Austrian composers well
be playing, Josef Haydn,
Johann Strauss and Franz
Schubert, in their youth
listened to the same folk
music. You might feel the
deep connection to the pop
music of their time.
The other composers
were playing, Bach, Poulenc
and Piazzolla, at first glance
do not seem to have too
much in common but even
their compositions are
based on the dance music of
their lifetimes. Bachs move-
ments are often named after
the dances he heard in the
courts and in the market-
places. Poulencs sonata is
hilarious dance music. And
Piazzolla is the worlds most
famous tango composer.
Playing the flute seems so
impossible to us. How does
he do it? We asked.
Have you ever tried to get
a sound out by blowing over
the edge of a glass bottle?
Yes? If you succeeded, you
will be able to play the flute.
It is not as difficult as it
might seem. If you start to
study flute at the age of 14
as I did I started with the
piano when I was five you
dont think of anything
being hard to learn if you
love to do it. And my first
teacher, Hans Reznicek, was
a kind man. Leading but not
commanding.
Who are his favorite com-
posers for the flute?
Its a pity but the most
famous composers didnt
write so much for the
flute. Bach and to some
extent Mozart were the
great exceptions. During
their time and the times of
Beethoven and Brahms,
the instruments technically
were not developed too well,
so flutists lack concerts of
many of the genius compos-
ers. With the development of
the flute in the last decades
of the 19th century, a num-
ber of French composers
wrote interesting music
for it. In our day, many of
the well-known composers
write for the flute. Aaron
Copland wrote a beautiful
duo for flute and piano. I
love it.
We asked Herbert about
the city in which he lives.
Vienna is a city of less
than two million people and
hosts five big orchestras,
among them the Vienna
Philharmonic and the
Vienna Symphony, both
famous all over the world.
by
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Howell
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Julian Fellowes, creator of
Downton Abbey.
Herbert Weissberg: I love to
make music.
Jack Hackett is featured
poet at the Key West
Poetry Guild reading in the
Bordello Gallery at 7 p.m.
on Sunday, March 4, at
Blue Heaven, 729 Thomas
St. Tortuga Jack, poet and
musician, was born and
raised in Chicago as the
7th son of first-generation
Irish-American parents.
Raised in the storytelling
tradition, he hitchhiked
across the country in the
1960s, owned and oper-
ated two bars with his
brothers and first came to
Key West in the 1980s on his way to St. Croix.
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Each day you could visit not
only one but a number of
orchestra or chamber music
concerts in Vienna as well as
concerts of contemporary
or pop music. So you are
surrounded by music if you
want to be and that makes
Vienna a marvellous place
for musicians and music
lovers.
We then asked him an
impertinent question about
Leonard Bernstein, the
American composer/con-
ductor who was invited
to conduct the Vienna
Philharmonic and got off to
an infamously bad start.
Bernstein had a rough
time with the Vienna
Philharmonic the first times
he came to Vienna and the
orchestra vice versa with
him. But they respected
each other and finally found
an excellent way to cooper-
ate. I was principal flutist
at the Vienna Symphony
for nearly 40 years Peter
is still a member of the
cello section of the Vienna
Symphony) and as you
can imagine you get con-
fronted by all sorts of con-
ductors. You love them or
you do not. In either case
you give everything you are
able, maybe a little bit more
if you play with extra posi-
tive feelings. Regarding my
own experiences as a con-
ductor, I love to make music
and its very special to play
on a large, living instrument
like an orchestra.
We wished Herbert and
his friends the very best on
their visit to Key West.
When my wife Doris and
I visited Peyton in Key West
a number of years ago, I fell
in love with this wonderful
place. Especially at a time
of the year when Vienna is
cold, windy and sometimes
foggy you long for a
place with summer all year
round. My impressions of
the United States in the last
few years? Maybe the States
might move a little to meet
European social ideas and
our part of Europe move
more to meet Americas lib-
eral ideas. And both should
not be afraid to rethink their
positions.
Vienna in Paradise
comes to The Studios of
Key West at the Historic
Armory, 600 White St. on
Friday, March 16, at 7 p.m.
The opening performance
is by The Studios March art-
ist-in-residence, Catherine
Weinfield, on oboe.
Ticketholders are invited
to a champagne reception
following the event at
JANGEORGe Interior
Design, 600 Frances St.
Tickets at 296-0548 or
online at TSKW.org.
Key West snowbird
Tom Perera, a resident of
Vermont, tells us he went
dumpster diving at Truman
Waterfront last month in
search of material discarded
from the U.S. Coast Guard
Cutter Mohawk before the
vessel leaves Key West on its
final journey.
I recovered several World
War II life preservers, Tom
told Soundings, and cut
them apart to examine
their insides. What I found
confirms the reports of
war-time sailors that their
vests no longer supported
them after a few hours in
the water. The life vests were
filled with kapok, a veg-
etable fiber enclosed within
an easily torn vinyl bag. The
waxy coating that covered
the lightweight kapok fiber
provided the buoyancy
but the vinyl-sealed pack-
ets of coated kapok could be
easily punctured, causing
the vests to lose their buoy-
ancy.
Alert reader Cindy
Thompson points out that
in last weeks photo of the
Dead End sign on the
fence around the Key West
Cemetery, the Angela St.
letters on the power pole are
missing an a so it reads:
Angel.
Quote for the Week:
I have pretty much made
up my mind to run for
president. I am going to
enter the field with an open
record. The rumor that I
buried a dead aunt under
my grapevine is correct. The
vine needed fertilizing, my
aunt had to be buried, and
I dedicated her to this high
purpose. Does that unfit
me for the presidency? The
Constitution of our country
does not say. No other citizen
was ever considered unwor-
thy of this office because
he enriched his grapevines
with his dead relatives. Why
should I be?
Mark Twain,
A Presidential
Candidate (1879)
PHOTO BY MIKE HENTZ
This kapok tree in Key West is a living example of the sacred
tree of the Mayans, who believed that the dead climbed its
branches to reach heaven. The kapok is also the origin of the
World War II life jackets known as Mae Wests, whose fiber
came from the trees seed pods.
This kapok life jacket from the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk is
a flotation device now prohibited from use in the U.S., Canada
and Europe due to the failure of its materials. See item this
page.
Meticulously constructed by Bruce McGarey, son of a Navy
commander, raised in Gloucester, Mass., and a Key West resi-
dent since 1956, this model of the paddlewheeler Key West is
on display at Gallery on Greene, 606 Greene St.
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on the bookshelf
Somebodys Daughter Should Be Everybodys Concern
Somebodys Daughter
By Julian Sher
Chicago Review Press, 24.95
S
omebodys
Daughter: The
Hidden Story of
Americas Prostituted
Children and the Battle to
Save Them by investiga-
tive reporter Julian Sher is a
hard read. Its not because
the language is difficult
journalists by experi-
ence tend to be experts at
linguistic precision and
clarity. Its not the books
format, which is a friendly
narrative even when indi-
vidual stories the girls,
local vice cops, FBI agents,
survivors who return to
the streets as social work-
ers intertwine. No,
Somebodys Daughter
is difficult, painful even,
because the straightforward
language and narrative tone
weave vivid, unforgettable
tales of the brainwashing
and violent sexploitation of
children.
The book begins and
ends with
Maria. And with
a handful of
concerned and
compassionate
law-enforcement
professionals
including FBI
agent Dan
Garrabrant. In
between are
scores of exploit-
ed children, one as young
as 10.
The girls float in an ocean
of supporting data.
Twenty to 40 percent of
the victims recruited into
prostitution are juveniles.
The vast majority (70 per-
cent) of prostituted children
are runaways, often with
ample cause, almost always
with a history of prior sexu-
al abuse.
There are also enlight-
ened vice units and res-
cue organizations run by
survivors. Key Westers first
met Maria and other young
teens when author Sher
keynoted the
Our Kids Are
Not for Sale
rally presented
by a new advo-
cacy group, the
Keys Coalition,
last month. (Full
disclosure: I
was drafted to
serve with the
Rev. Gwendolyn
Magby as founding co-chair
of the group.)
Shers illustrated lecture
on the sexual trafficking of
children was riveting. But
it did not truly prepare one
for the weight of the entire
story as it unfolds in black
and white on the page.
Shers powerpoint images
were easier to absorb than
the battering of bold, bald
facts and wrenching, often
violent stories.
Hard to accept is the
reality that pimp culture is
adulated in this country.
The reality that the sexual
trafficking of children is
the fastest-growing crime
in the nation. The reality
that drug pushers are turn-
ing to trafficking because
drugs once sold are gone
while young bodies are
a renewable resource.
Besides, pimps are rarely
prosecuted. Hardest is the
reality that, even now, most
often it is the victims who
are blamed.
Sher ultimately offers
hope, however. A vicious
pimp is convicted due to
the courage of another cen-
tral character, Felicia, and
passionately determined
legal and law enforcement
professionals.
A number of stories have
happy endings.
But others dont.
So Somebodys
Daughter is a hard read.
One will be sensitized to
the signs, the ubiquitous
nature of the problem. In
The Key West Citizen last
week was the headline:
Police find remains of Ohio
teenager missing in 1999.
The suspect, who killed
himself in 2002 while await-
ing sentencing for raping a
girl reportedly had a link
to human trafficking. That
chilling fact might have
escaped me before. The
murdered child was 14.
Yes, Somebodys
Daughter is a hard read
but its an important one.
The book is available at
Amazon.com. To be part of
the solution, come to the
Keys Coalitions first official
election meeting and help
to map the road to raising
consciousness among pro-
fessionals, the public and
potential victims as well:
Thursday, March 1, at 7
p.m. at Congregation Bnai
Zion, 750 United St.
For details visit www.
keyscoalition.com or phone
me at 295-9466.
Reviewed by C. S. Gilbert
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Invitation to a Hair-raising Dinner at the Womans Club
I
nvited to the dress
rehearsal of Dinner
last week, we repaired
to the Womans Club on
Duval Street where this deli-
cious new production by
Key Wests Fringe Theater
served up primordial soup,
apocalypse lobster and, for
dessert, frozen waste that
turned out to be scary good.
Fringe is immersion
theater, taking place at the
scene of the action. We
dont do proscenium arch,
explains producer and artis-
tic director, Monnie King.
The groups previous play,
Suddenly Last Summer,
is set in a garden and was
a great success performed
outdoors at The Gardens
Hotel.
Immersion in Dinner,
set in a plush home in
England, means that we
visit the Womans Club and
spend the main course com-
fortably beneath a chande-
lier and, for the partys just
desserts, retire thrillingly to
the drawing room.
Moira Buffinis Dinner
premiered at the National
Theatre and moved to
Londons West End where
it was nominated for an
Olivier Award for Best
Comedy.
Everything you represent
thrills me, purrs Paige (a
wildcat Vanessa McCaffrey)
to the waiter (Tony Konrath
totemic in his tux). Shes
hired him, for $25,000 cash,
to serve at a dinner in cele-
bration of the latest book by
her husband Lars (a tongue-
lashing PJ King).
Paige has not yet read
Lars book, Beyond Belief,
because shes waiting for the
paperback. Is it a thriller?
asks one of the guests. No,
its philosophy. The guests
include Lars extramarital
friend, Wynne (the frank and
earnest Tammy Shanley),
academic Hal (the set-to-
explode Wayne Dapser) and
his wife, Sian, a TV news
babe (the give-as-good-as-
you get Melody More). Then
theres the accidental home
invader, Mike (a muscularly
effective Ross Pipkin).
The comedy is wildly high
and low. When the unex-
pected guest claims hes just
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Piano Virtuosity From a Great Musical Era
T
he Impromptu
Concert series
presented as its
third concert of the sea-
son the pianist Marina
Lomazov. Her program
was eclectic, including
Haydn and Schubert as
the older entries, Liszt and
Rachmaninoff from the
great period of pianistic
virtuosity, and the modern
composers Nicolai Kapustin
and Carter Pann. She was at
home, playing excellently, in
all three.
This was Lomazovs
third appearance in the
Impromptu series, after
an absence of more than
a decade. Since then, the
career of the Ukrainian-
born pianist, trained in
Kiev and at Juilliard and
Eastman, has continued its
upward trajectory, with first
prizes in several competi-
tions, recitals in major ven-
ues in New York, Chicago,
Los Angeles and Boston,
recordings and appearances
with major orchestras and
at music festivals world-
wide. Looking over my
reviews of her earlier con-
certs, which were enthusi-
astic, it turns out that every
virtue I cited in her playing
is now there and more.
First of all, she plays with
exceptional authority. She
can play cleanly at a power-
ful triple forte. At the other
end of her technique, she
can also play very fast tem-
pos softly. Both of these
virtues were evident in the
Haydn and Schubert pieces,
which at various points
demanded either strength
or delicacy. Of special note
is her impressive left hand,
which concedes nothing,
either in power or in legato
subtlety.
Of the moderns, Nikolai
Kapustins piece showed an
interesting jazz connection,
although the composers
claim to have been influ-
enced by Oscar Peterson
was only faintly evident.
Carter Panns composition,
Six Strokes, has movement
titles on the order of Pasta
To Go and Shrapnel. As
usual with program music,
I had difficulty making the
connection between the
music and its announced
subject I even have
trouble with Peter and the
Wolf but, again as usual,
that didnt matter: the music
speaks for itself, with, in one
movement, rapid, flight-of-
the-bumblebee-ish figures
while, in another, a quiet
tenderness.
The Liszt and
Rachmaninoff pieces
were ... well, Liszt and
Rachmaninoff: displays of
virtuosity that required,
and got, the whole range
of piano technique, often
at very high speeds, which
Lomazov had no trouble
handling. One special virtue
of her playing is that her
technique is always in the
service of the music rather
than being on show for
itself which is remark-
able, since one of the char-
acteristics of that type of
music is the chance it offers
a pianist to show off. This
quality in her playing was
true even in the third of the
Rachmaninoff selections,
which requires extreme 10-
fingered chops. She played
that without even a hint of
braggadocio.
On a more general note:
it is to take nothing away
from Lomazovs fine con-
cert, or from the excellence
of the Impromptu Concert
series as a whole, to suggest
that the programs might be
drawn from a larger range
of instrumentalists. A given
years series can usually
be counted on to include
a string quartet, a larger
string group and a couple
of pianists; two thirds of
the concerts of the past
five years have been drawn
from those genres. This
years roster includes these,
along with another string
group and a piano/strings
trio. With the extraordinary
improvement of instrumen-
tal virtuosity of the latest
decades, there are brilliant
brass and woodwind play-
ers out there, as soloists,
in conventional lineups
like brass quintets and in
unusual combinations.
They do show up occasion-
ally flute, bassoon and
piano last year, piano and
clarinet the year before last
but most of the program-
ming tends toward the
conservative. I doubt that
attendance would fall off
if the programs were a bit
more adventurous.
By Harry Schroeder
Marina Lomazov: Exceptional authority.
burgled the art collectors
house next door, Lars later
asks him: Did you take her
Klimt?
Then theres the whole
class thing. Did you say a
deprived background or a
depraved one?
Its the kind of occasion
where the hostess decks her
hubby while hes calling the
police. We need a drink!
repeats Paige to the waiter.
Ill say. But its disturbing,
too. The individual per-
formances are so compel-
ling I was entertained by
flashbacks all night long.
You cant help but buy into
these people in full flame
and then they stay with you.
Must be the immersion.
Director is Peter King;
consulting director, Steven
Chambers. Stage manager
is Janeen Gracer. Technical
director is Adam Mac. All
good.
Dinner is at 7:30 p.m.
at the Womans Club, 319
Duval St. on March 2, 3, 4
and 9, 10, 11. Tickets are $25
from keystix.com.
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Tinsel Town Comes to the Tropic Cinema Today!
T
onights
the
night,
the 84th
Academy
Award
Ceremony.
Sure, there are
other prestigious awards
Golden Globes, Cesar, SAG,
New York film Critics, etc.
But winning that golden
statuette nicknamed Oscar
is a recognition that most
actors consider the highest
honor in their profession.
No, Woody Allen doesnt
show up. And Marlon
Brando sent an American
Indian maiden in his stead.
But this evening the Kodak
Theater will be packed
with Hollywoods elite:
actors, directors, produc-
ers, screenwriters, musical
scorers, animators, docu-
mentarians and assorted
folks who bring movies to a
theater near you.
And near you is Tropic
Cinema, hosting its annual
Oscar Gala, a tradition since
the theater opened in 2004.
The Magic of the Movies
begins at 6 p.m. replete
with a red carpet and local
celebs.
At 6:15 youll be treated
to an Oscar concert, a
medley of Oscar-winning
and nominated melodies
from animated films.
Man or Muppet from
The Muppets and Real
in Rio from Rio will be
performed by Michael D.
Robinson and Eric Haley.
From 6:45 to 9 p.m. a Star
Treatment Oscar Buffet will
be accompanied by music
from Debra and Patrick of
La-Te-Da. Champagne will
be flowing.
You can even have your
own paparazzi souvenir
photograph made during
the festivities.
At 8 p.m. the 84th Annual
Academy Awards will be
simulcast on the big screen
of the Carper Theater. Billy
Crystal is emceeing the
event in Hollywood, a wel-
come return.
Some 6,000 Academy
members vote for each
years Oscar winners.
Tropics members get to
vote, too. The Tropic is
giving away a whole year
of free movie tickets to the
film buff who gets the Oscar
winners right in 25 major
categories on an official
Tropic ballot. Official bal-
lots are $5 and available at
the Tropic box office.
My predictions: Hugo
will take Best Picture.
George Clooney (The
Descendants) and
Michelle Williams (My
Week With Marilyn) will
take the top acting awards.
From there, moviegoers,
youre on your own.
Act of Valor
Is No Act
Y
oud think this was a
U.S. Navy training film
or a documentary like
Frank Capras World War II
Why We Fight series. And
in a way it is. Act of Valor
is a highly realistic action
movie that was filmed using
actual, active-duty U.S.
Navy SEALs.
Back in 2007, directors
Mike McCoy and Scott
Waugh of Bandito Brothers
Production had filmed a
video for the Navys Special
Warfare Combatant-craft
crewmen. It played like a
feature film. That gave them
the idea for Act of Valor, a
theatrical war movie using
real-life military men and
modern-day military tech-
nology.
Although a handful of
actors have roles, McCoy
and Waugh came to realize
that no actors could physi-
cally fill the roles theyd
written. So actual SEALs
were drafted into the film.
The Navy went along,
turning a blind eye as the
production team used the
SEALs training missions
in Cambodia, Mexico, the
Ukraine and other locales
to capture the footage. The
story a high-stakes res-
cue mission was built
around the firefights, explo-
sions and hand-to-hand
combat of these practice
exercises.
Nonetheless, the Navy
retained final-cut control
over the movie, deleting
scenes that gave away too
many details of covert SEAL
fighting techniques. The
Navy also retained raw foot-
age to use for training pur-
poses in the future.
Little-known actors Alex
Valdez, Roselyn Sanchez,
Nestor Seranno and Emilio
Rivera have key parts.
However, its the real SEALs
youll want to see in action.
Still on active duty, none of
their names appear in the
films credits.
Act of Valor, currently
Trivia Pursued
Last Weeks Movie Trivia Quiz: What movie franchise do the two
male stars of This Means War have in common?
No need to pray for the answer. Rev. Randolph Becker gets up
early on Sunday mornings. From out on the road (well, actually in a
motel room in Naples, Fla., as a consultant to a Unitarian Universalist
Congregation there), I answer the early-morning siren call of movie
trivia, he reports. Chris Pine and Tom Hardy share participation in
the Star Trek franchise. Chris Pine was James T. Kirk in the 2009 Star
Trek and will again play that role in a yet-to-be-titled 2013 sequel
now being filmed. Tom Hardy was in 2002s Star Trek: Nemesis as
Shinzon.
Ed Shaw adds that Pine shared billing with William Shatner in the
documentary The Captains (Kirk).
As for the Bonus Question about the reference by Chris Pine to the
CHIPs TV show, Ed notes that its a bit of ironic trivia since Chris
Pines father, Robert Pine, played Sgt. Joseph Getraer in CHIPs.
And Sheldon Davidson points out that before Chris Pine was even
born he was on his fathers (aka Robert Pine) CHIPs show. He made his
debut in his mothers (aka Gwynne Gilford) belly on a CHiPs TV episode
in 1979.
Robin Robinson got the answers right, too. But you have to get up
very early in the morning to beat Rev. Randy.
This Weeks Movie Trivia Question: Who made Nicolas Cage (star of
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance) sell off his comic book collection?
Who made him sell off his motorcycles? Who made him sell off his
castle in France?
Bonus Question: What other names has Ghost Rider been known by
other than Johnny Blaze?
First movie maven to email me the correct answers at 8 a.m. or
thereafter today, Feb. 26, wins a free ticket to the Tropic Cinema.
srhoades@aol.com
By Shirrel Rhoades
Please turn to page 16
Actual Navy SEALS play them-
selves in Act of Valor.
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Party Themes to Honor Your Oscar Nominees
F
ull disclosure: No, I
will not be hosting
an Academy Award
party tonight. I might
have been were it not for
Achilles tendon surgery.
(Not mine, my husbands.)
But I have done so in the
past and they can be fun if
you invite your best movie
buff friends over for TV and
a buffet dinner.
If your friends like
to dress up in
costume and
in Key West it
seems a lot of
people do you
could have guests
come as their
favorite movie stars of Best
Movies in the past. Or they
might dress up as some of
the characters in the movies
up for Oscars. Soundtracks
from Oscar-winning movies
for background music help
put people in the mood.
Half the fun of this kind of
party is the suspense, wait-
ing while theyre awarding
all the behind-the-scenes
winners. Use the time to
play an Oscar trivia game
that you make up yourself.
And awards even
joke prizes add to the
fun. Awarding prizes for
best costume, like perhaps
a couple of tickets to the
Tropic or Regal Cinema 6,
will always get people inter-
ested in participating.
If your friends are high
rollers, you can have a little
pool on the winners and
take bets on Best Picture
and Best and Supporting
Actors and Actresses. Hand
out ballots before the cer-
emonies begin and tally all
the scores at the end. The
one with the most right
answers wins the ante. Or
instead, hand out more joke
awards of your choosing
and donate the
ante to charity.
Popcorn is
de rigueur as
your appetizer.
Start with some
huge bowls of it
set out on cof-
fee tables. As for the main
fare, since youll be glued to
the TV set for a while once
the big winners are up, its
impractical to try for a sit-
down dinner. Just make
the buffet table look
glamorous.
Sprinkle the
tablecloth with
some glitter. If
you happen to
have movie post-
ers, hang them up.
And, most importantly,
try to serve something
related to the movie you
think is a sure bet to win.
For instance, this year,
the nominated pictures
are: The Artist, The
Descendants, Extremely
Loud and Incredibly
Close, The Help, Hugo,
Midnight in Paris,
Moneyball, The Tree of
Life, War Horse.
If you think The Help
is going to win, you could
serve a delicious Paula
Deen-style southern menu
(less Minnys now-infamous
chocolate pie, of course!).
Jambalaya with rice and
freshly baked biscuits
would be great. Or ham and
red-eye gravy with mashed
potatoes and deep fried
okra. With maybe Kentucky
Bourbon pecan pie or
Mississippi mud pie.
If youre betting on
Midnight in Paris, your
choice would suggest a
flavorful Paris bistro food
buffet, like crudits, salad
Nioise, boeuf bourgui-
gnon or coq au vin, and
chocolate mousse or tarte
tatin for dessert. Or simply
Parisian onion soup with
a green salad and crme
caramel.
Moneyball could be
really simple stadium food
such as hot dogs, hamburg-
ers, pizza and sodas. How
easy is that? Put out some
salads to add to the meal.
And dont forget the ice
cream.
Extremely Loud and
Incredibly Close could
feature all your New York
favorites, starting with egg
creams (spiked with vodka
or a chocolate liqueur?) and
some tasty NYC deli spe-
cialities a little brisket,
perhaps, or some sliced
cold cuts like pastrami and
corned beef, potato salad
or latkes, some bagels, dill
pickles and your favorite
cheesecake.
Anyway, you get the idea.
My own choice for the
best picture this year is
The Descendants and,
no, not just because George
Clooney is in it. Ive never
been to Hawaii and I was
awed by the achingly beau-
tiful scenery that made me
want to book on the next
flight to Honolulu. Plus,
it was a good story and I
think the cast turned in
truly good performances.
So Ill offer some delicious
Hawaiian luau recipes here
that you could serve at a
buffet for any kind of party,
not just for the Academy
Awards.
If you go this route your
theme should be fun and
tropical. And since were
in the subtropics, finding
things that contribute to
that look isnt too hard.
Nothing says Hawaii like
exotic leaves off your
banana tree to decorate
your table, although if
you find them too messy
they do secrete a liquid
that stains use some
areca fonds or bird-of para-
dise-leaves. A bouquet of
hibiscus also does the trick,
as does a centerpiece of
orchids. Buy some cheap
leis for around peoples
necks. And dont forget the
little paper umbrellas for
the drinks. Ive included a
couple of fancy Hawaiian
specialties, but be sure to
offer beer and wine to those
who find that kind of liba-
tion too fussy or sweet.
Have fun. And I hope
your choice wins, whatever
it is. But even if it doesnt,
at least youve had a good
party with some memora-
ble Hawaiian food. Enjoy!
Hawaiian Mai Tai
16 ounces dark rum
8 ounces light rum
8 ounces orange Curaao
liqueur
32 ounces orange juice
32 ounces pineapple juice
24 ounces sweet-and-sour mix
8 ounces grenadine syrup
Mix all ingredients
together, serve chilled. This
recipe makes one gallon.
Lava Flow
1 ounce light rum
1 ounce coconut rum
2 ounces fresh strawberries
1 small banana
2 ounces unsweetened pine-
apple juice
2 ounces coconut cream
Blend the two rums and
the strawberries in a blend-
er to form a smooth paste.
Pour this mixture into a tall
(Collins or Hurricane) glass.
Blend the banana, the coco-
nut cream and the pine-
apple juice in blender with
crushed ice until smooth.
Pour this mixture into the
glass with the rums very
slowly. If done correctly, you
should see the strawberry
mixture make its way to the
top along the sides of the
glass, creating the flowing
lava effect. Garnish with a
pineapple wedge and paper
umbrella.(If you dont see
the lava effect, dont worry
about it just drink it!)
Oahu Chicken
9 to 12 pounds chicken wings,
thighs and breasts pieces
Sauce:
1/4 cup frozen pineapple juice
concentrate
1/3 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 tsp powdered ginger or a
pinch of fresh ginger
1 to 2 drops Worcestershire
sauce
Wash chicken parts and
pat dry with paper towels.
Mix all sauce ingredients in
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two of the current hot-but-
ton items: healthcare policy
and stem cell research.
The United States may be
the only country in the world
where private insurance
corporations are allowed
to make huge profits from
peoples illnesses. While 40
million people in America
cannot afford todays jacked-
up insurance premiums,
members of upper manage-
ment of these insurance
companies take home mil-
lions of dollars for simply
being middlemen.
They do not cure dis-
ease. They do not conduct
research. They do not diag-
nose or treat people with
infirmities.
In fact, insurance compa-
nies are simply paper-shift-
ing go-betweens that extract
fees for performing the role
of the middle man.
The actual service part of
patient care is inarguably in
the hands of others.
The Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act
passed by the Senate in
2010, amended by the House
as the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act
of 2010, is far from perfect.
But it does represent a move-
ment towards universal cov-
erage, even when individuals
have pre-existing conditions,
and it does extend cover-
age up until age 26 for those
lucky enough to have par-
ents who are insured.
Many of the imperfections
in the plan have resulted
from compromises made to
appease the same politicians
who now want to repeal it.
The detractors say it is too
expensive. Well, if it were
no longer necessary to treat
every previously uninsured
patient in the emergency
room and if there were more
emphasis on preventive care,
billions of dollars would be
saved.
And think of the huge
chunk of money that could
be saved if the insurance
companies were taken out of
the loop completely, making
the system truly nonprofit.
Often I have heard the
statement, what a mess we
would be in if the govern-
ment ran this program. This
is often said by those who
are hawkish when it comes
to spending on Defense
a monetary outlay that
far exceeds that of any other
country. The fact remains,
our military is the govern-
ment, as well as the police
and the fire department and
the library and our national
park service. Medicare,
which few want to eliminate,
is also a government-run
program.
Another criticism I hear
is that the new healthcare
program does not tackle tort
reform. There is no doubt
that the present malpractice
model is flawed. Frivolous
suits have been initiated,
causing physicians to prac-
tice medicine today while
looking over their shoul-
ders. However, like most
humans, physicians can
make mistakes and patients
affected by these mistakes
should be compensated in
some way. Unfortunately,
in order to do this, the pres-
ent system requires that an
often lengthy, painful and
costly legal process gets set
in motion, after which the
plaintiff only gets to keep a
portion of the award or set-
tlement, if there is one. The
present system may need
an overhaul but compared
with other expenditures, its
economic impact is modest.
It represents a separate issue
that needs to be addressed in
a collaborative fashion, and
it should not be used as a
roadblock to real progress in
the other areas.
Any attempt to repeal the
current healthcare bill will
set back the progress that has
been made so far. Hopefully,
there are enough rational
policy makers around to
address the imperfections
and to fix them. To me, a
public option is a Band-Aid
but eventually a single payer
program a concept that
was jettisoned early because
this is a country that allows
the corporate mentality to
win out would offer the
greatest benefit to the bulk of
our population.
Stem cell research
W
hen programmed in
special ways, stem cells
have the potential to become
brain tissue, enzyme-pro-
ducing liver cells, cartilage,
heart muscle and even insu-
lin-releasing pancreatic cells.
Certainly, some progress has
been made with bone-mar-
row stem cells and umbili-
cal-cord blood, and there
are other possible sources
for stem cells, such as skin.
However, the cell that is the
most receptive to program-
ming and least vulnerable to
rejection is the embryonic
stem cell.
There are millions of
people in the world affected
with diseases involving
damaged or dysfunctional
tissue. Many of these condi-
tions could be improved
appreciably, or even cured,
with the help of new, nor-
mal tissue spawned from
embryonic stem cells. There
is now hope that a persons
skin cells might some day
be programmed to replace
diseased tissue in that same
individual without the threat
of rejection. However, to
move forward, embryonic
stem cells represent the gold
standard against which other
stem cell sources should be
compared.
Slowing down this prog-
ress represents a major
deterrent to possible cures
for many common diseases.
Why are we moving so
slowly? The answer chal-
lenges all rational thinking.
Never-to-be-used, three
to five-day old blastocysts,
consisting of tiny formless
clusters of cells, destined to
be stored forever in a frozen
state in fertility clinics, have
been labeled as human
beings by supposedly
religious middle men with
enough clout to block federal
funding for research that
could save or improve the
lives of many children and
adults who undeniably have
earned human status.
Where did the blastocyst
is a person concept come
from? The authors of the
Bible, or any other holy book,
had no idea what stem cells
or blastocysts were and it is
unclear what biblical pas-
sage indicates that uniting
a sperm and egg instantly
makes the product a person.
Why would manipulation
of these live cells into tissue
that would remain alive and,
eventually, even be respon-
sible for sustaining a life, be
put in the same category as
homicide?
Where is there even a tan-
gential suggestion that stem
cell research is actually evil?
Frankly, those protectors of
the blastocyst who object to
this type of research can sim-
ply say no thank you if one
day they are offered a stem
cell cure for their strokes.
Hopefully, their type of
thinking is reversible. With
a treatment regimen of fre-
quent exposures to truth,
these folks might see the
light. A possible tack would
be to emphasize repeatedly
how they, specifically, would
benefit. Another would be
to make them think that
change is their idea.
However, if such measures
fail, then we are in for a
tough time. Unfortunately, a
strategy of conciliation and
reason, while being a noble
pathway worth continuing,
could fail.
All the more reason to
push ahead with what is
right for the common good.
John Hobbins is the past
director of Obstetrics at Yale
University and the University
of Colorado, where he is now
professor of ob gyn and direc-
tor of the prenatal diagnosis
center at Childrens Hospital
Colorado. He lives part time
in Key West.
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From the Farthest Corner: The Charm of Oregons Wines
T
heres something spe-
cial about the wines
from Oregon.
The state produces some
of the finest pinot noir in
the world. Its pinot gris,
which generally flies under
the radar, is full of character
and often offers a tremen-
dous value. Oregons top
sparkling wines are abso-
lutely stunning. Its a region
well worth exploring.
The modern Oregon wine
industry traces its roots to
just 50 years ago, to the late
1960s, when a number of
young idealists moved to
the state.
The trailblazer was David
Lett, who purchased a
hillside property in the
Willamette Valley in 1965,
shortly after finishing the
winemaking program at
the University of California,
Davis. Letts professors
urged him against moving
so far north, believing it
would be too cold and too
wet for wine grapes. But
other pioneers soon fol-
lowed in Letts footsteps,
and within just a few years,
they proved the naysayers
wrong.
One of those pioneers
was another UC-Davis
graduate, Dick Erath.
But most of the others
vintners like Dick and
Nancy Ponzi, Bill and
Susan Blosser, David and
Ginny Adelsheim had
little experience farm-
ing and knew only the
basics of wine making. The
Adelsheims, for example,
didnt even plan on mak-
ing wine when they pur-
chased a 19-acre parcel in
the summer of 1971. They
simply wanted to move to
the country, where David
would build furniture and
Ginny would sculpt.
All had a passion for
wine and being a part of
something new and would
soon dedicate all their time
to Oregons burgeoning
wine industry. Their efforts
quickly paid off.
In 1979, one of Letts
wines his Eyrie Vineyards
Reserve shocked the
world at the Wine Olympics
in Paris, where it placed
first among pinot noirs.
Legendary French wine
maker Robert Drouhin
called for a rematch and the
very next year in Burgundy,
Letts pinot noir would
place second against an
all-star lineup of Drouhins
wines.
Fast-forward to today,
and Oregon is regularly
producing wines that can
compete with the best in
the world. And even though
the industry has grown
dramatically over the past
half-century there are
now nearly 400 wineries
Oregons wine makers
still see themselves as part
of something new, making
wine together on the edge
of viticulture.
Indeed, its a struggle to
get Oregons wine makers to
talk about their own wines.
Every vintner Ive met is
more interested in promot-
ing the industry as a whole
than talking about himself.
While its difficult to gen-
eralize, Oregon pinot noirs
are typically more feminine
than their California coun-
terparts marked by aro-
mas of wild raspberries and
strawberries rather than
candied cherries and black-
berries. If Californias pinot
noirs are bold and easy to
enjoy, Oregons are delicate
and demand contempla-
tion.
While Oregon pinot noir
tends to be pricey, there are
a number of great examples
for less than $25. The
Willamette Valley bottlings
from Ponzi, Adelsheim and
Rex Hill are wonderfully
balanced, with delicate
aromas of red fruits, flowers
and slate.
Oregon winemakers love
talking about pinot noir,
but their pinot gris can be
just as seductive. The best
ones are marked by exotic
tropical fruit and are simul-
taneously creamy and crisp.
The Willamette Valley bot-
tlings from Adelsheim and
Chehalem are incredibly
vibrant and widely available
for less than $20.
When it comes to spar-
kling wines, one could
argue that Americas best
examples come from
Oregon thanks entirely
to the efforts of Rollin Soles
of Argyle Winery.
Like so many other wine
makers, Soles studied
oenology at UC-Davis.
But when he finished his
degree, he held off on
launching his own project,
instead gaining hands-on
experience at wineries
across the world. Once he
moved to the Willamette
Valley in the mid-1980s,
Soles set out to make spar-
kling wines, believing the
climate to be perfect for
such an effort as the grapes
would retain high acidity
while fully ripe.
History has proven Soles
right he consistently
produces sparklers that are
praised by both critics and
consumers. Argyles spar-
klers range in price from
$25 to $60 and they can
easily compete with French
Champagnes that cost two
to three times as much.
David White is the found-
er and editor of terroirist.
com.
By David White
Adelsheim vineyard.
bowl. Brush over chicken
parts. Grill over barbecue
for about 40 minutes. Turn
and baste with sauce until
chicken is done. Serves
10 to 12 people as a main
course.
Hawaiian Pork Ribs
3 pounds pork loin back ribs
3/4 cup ketchup
3/4 cup pineapple preserves
1/2 cup teriyaki marinade and
sauce
2 tbsp packed brown sugar
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 can (20 ounces) pineapple
chunks in juice, drained and
1/4 cup juice reserved
1 bag (1 pound) frozen stir-fry
bell peppers and onions
Spray inside of 4 to 5-
quart slow cooker with
cooking spray. Cut ribs into
2- or 3-rib portions; place
in slow cooker. Stir together
ketchup, preserves, teriyaki
marinade, brown sugar and
garlic in small bowl; pour
over ribs.
Cover and cook on low-
heat setting 6 to 7 hours.
Skim fat if necessary.
Remove ribs from cooker
and cover to keep warm.
Mix cornstarch and
reserved 1/4 cup pineapple
juice in small bowl; stir into
liquid in cooker. Increase
heat setting to high. Cover
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Reef Relief Is 25 Years Young: Come and Party!
O
n April 1, 1987, Reef
Relief was founded
in Key West by Craig and
DeVon Quirolo, a local cou-
ple who realized the impor-
tance of preserving and
protecting the coral reef
ecosystem of the Florida
Keys.
They had begun to notice
a disturbing amount of
physical damage to the
corals of the Keys from
vessels dropping anchors
on the reef destroying
corals that were perhaps
hundreds, maybe even
thousands of years old. In
order to prevent these often
deadly impacts to the cor-
als, the Quirolos started to
install mooring buoy fields,
using a variety of designs
for both large and small
vessels along the reef tract.
Education and outreach
were also incorporated into
an effort to counsel those
using the reef resource such
as recreational fishermen,
divers and local businesses
involved in water sport
activities. Charter boat
captains, commercial fish-
ermen, recreational boat-
ers and other stakeholders
were also targeted as part
of an effort to emphasize
the importance of conserv-
ing and protecting the reef.
Eventually they reached out
to young people from local
schools through a variety
of educational programs,
onsite visits and presenta-
tions in the classroom.
Through their work, the
Quirolos helped to estab-
lish coral-reef conserva-
tion programs in Jamaica,
Honduras, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, Bahamas and Cuba,
even as they provided sup-
port to grassroots efforts
around the globe.
Today, as Reef Relief
approaches its 25th anni-
versary, the nonprofit
continues to inform and
educate on the need to
conserve and protect coral
reef ecosystems and contin-
ues to reach out to young
people through its summer
Coral Camp for Kids and its
Discovery Schools Program
that visit schools through-
out the Keys and into the
Miami area.
Last summer, Coral Camp
was nationally recognized
by the Marine Educators
Association and Reef Relief
was invited to present the
program at their annual
conference held in Boston.
Staff made the trip and
presented to an audience of
marine educators from all
over the world the impor-
tance of encouraging young
minds to become more
interested in science, tech-
nology, engineering and
mathematics.
Another important mile-
stone was achieved when
the City of Key West agreed
to turn over management
of the Key West Marine
Park to Reef Relief. This is
an opportunity to use the
marine park as an educa-
tion and outreach tool
through interpretation of
the parks resources, the
threats facing those sys-
tems, mitigation strategies
and the use of restoration
science.
Coral reef ecosystems are
not simply a collection of
corals but actually a system
of interdependent and
delicately balanced connec-
tions between the water,
the animals and their habi-
tat of mangrove forests, sea
grass communities, estua-
rine systems such as Florida
Bay and the reef tract.
Coral reefs are the most
biologically diverse ecosys-
tems on planet Earth and it
is their protection and con-
servation that must become
a global priority if we are
to save them from further
decline.
Reef Relief invites the
community to help cel-
ebrate its 25 years on
Saturday, March 31, at
Salute on Higgs Beach from
6 to 10 p.m. Food will be
provided by Salute, a cash
bar will be available and
Howard Livingston and the
Mile Marker 24 band will
entertain.
Tickets are $15 in
advance, $20 at the door.
For more info, call 294-3100
or visit reefrelief.org. and
click on 25th Anniversary.
Rudy S. Bonn is director
of marine projects at Reef
Relief.
By Rudy S. Bonn
PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED
From the right, Reef Relief President Peter Anderson, Key West
Mayor Craig Cates, Reef Relief Executive Program Director Mill
McCleary and Reef Relief Director of Marine Projects Rudy Bonn
are at the signing of the new Key West Marine Park Resolution.
Last month, Reef Relief was joined by 11 volunteers for a back-
country shoreline cleanup of Archer Key off Key West. Clearly
Unique Charters helped volunteers remove 519 pounds of marine
debris from the shores of this natural area.
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National Geographics Not So Incredible Dr. Pol
Dr. Doug:
I have been watch-
ing The Incredible Dr.
Pol on the National
Geographic channel.
While he seems like a
really nice old doc, it seems
that some of his medicine
is a bit outdated. Have you
seen the show? What do you
think? I really value your
opinion.
Debbie Coonsic
Dear Debbie : Interesting
you should ask. For those
of you who dont know or
have not heard about this
program, the show is about
a veterinarian in northern
Michigan and his country
practice. When the show
was first announced in the
veterinary profession there
was a lot of excitement.
Naturally, I was very inter-
ested in watching it.
Wow was I disap-
pointed. It was so bad that
I was actually livid when it
was over. I felt that I should
give it another chance, how-
ever, so I tried to watch the
second episode but ended
up turning it off before it
was over.
Turns out that I am not
alone in my feelings among
the veterinary
profession. While
the show has
actually received
praise from view-
ers (according
to the National
Geographic chan-
nel), most veterinarians are
not so positive.
DVM News, the Magazine
of Veterinary Medicine, has
just published an article
about The Incredible Dr.
Pol documenting the con-
cerns of the profession.
While entertaining in story
line, the program showcases
medical care that is both
dated and substandard,
concluded one correspon-
dent. For instance, the epi-
sode in which Dr. Pol uses
some old wooden planks to
splint a broken leg on a calf.
In another episode, he does
surgery without anesthesia,
having the owner simply
hold the dog down on the
table.
The show glorifies sub-
standard medical care it
sets the veterinary profes-
sion back 30 years, was
another of the complaints
received by DVM.
Apparently, Dr. Pols son
works for the National
Geographic network and
was the impetus behind
the reality show. Despite
the complaints, National
Geographic stands behind
the series, which has now
aired four episodes. Dr.
Pol has treated thousands
of animals over his 40-
year career, Rajul Mistry,
the spokesman for the
National Geographic chan-
nel, commented. He has
had a successful busi-
ness in Michigan for more
than 30 years. According
to the Michigan Board of
Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Pol
maintains an active license
and is in good standing.
The American Veterinary
Medical Association has
also received complaints
about the program. There
is wide concern about how
the veterinary profession is
portrayed on this reality
series. Owners watch the
show and go on to think
that all surgery can be done
with locals [i.e. no anesthe-
sia] and that steroid injec-
tions are the gold standard
for any disease.
I personally took offense
during one episode in
which Dr. Pol performed
hip surgery on a dog. The
patient was not properly
monitored while under
anesthesia and Dr. Pol was
not wearing appropriate
surgical attire. To me, this
put the patient at unneces-
sary risk for both anesthetic
complications as well as
post-operative infection.
When owners see this
on TV, they could end up
concluding that other vet-
erinarians offering proper
care (diagnostic testing,
anesthesia and established
surgical techniques) are
overservicing or perform-
ing tests/procedures just to
make money.
So, Debbie, I think your
concerns are justified.
Dr. Mader is an ABVP
board certified veterinary
specialist practicing in the
Keys. Send your questions to
drdoug@marathonvet.com.
By Dr. Doug Mader
and cook about 25 minutes
or until thickened.
Mix pineapple chunks
and stir-fry vegetables in
large microwavable bowl.
Microwave uncovered on
high 5 to 7 minutes or until
heated through; drain.
Stir vegetable mixture into
sauce in cooker. Serve veg-
etable mixture over ribs.
Honolulu Style Mahi
Mahi
2 lbs mahi mahi fillets
juice of 1 lemon
dash of garlic salt
dash of pepper
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
bread crumbs
Preheat oven to 425.
Rinse fish and put in a bak-
ing dish. Squeeze lemon
juice on fish. Sprinkle with
garlic salt and pepper. Mix
mayonnaise and chopped
onions, then spread mix-
ture on fish. Sprinkle with
bread crumbs. Bake at 425
for 20 to 25 minutes. Makes
about 6 servings.
Macadamia Crusted
Coconut Shrimp
1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1
pound cleaned and deveined
shrimp
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup crushed macadamia
nuts
Preheat oven to 400.
Lightly coat a baking dish
with olive oil. Place flour
in a small bowl. Dredge
shrimp in flour, then dip
into coconut milk and
roll in crushed macada-
mia nuts. Place in baking
dish and bake for 10 to 15
minutes, or until shrimp
is cooked through. Serve
3 shrimp on a bed of rice
topped with orange lime
sauce (recipe follows).
Makes 4 servings.
Orange Lime Sauce
10 ounce jar orange marma-
lade
3 tbsp tangy mustard
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Chihuahua. I cant swing on a
tree yet, but Im learning a few
other tricks that will make you
smile.
Gilly, 1-year-old male
Chihuahua. I may look like a
dog but I climb like a cat and
love to perch on high places.
Milo, 11-month-old male beagle.
I like to go for walks and to
explore and sniff interesting
things. Wont you accompany
me?
The Florida Keys SPCA is located at 5230 College Road, Stock Island. Hours are 10 a.m.-
6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. For low-cost spay/neuter appoint-
ment, call (305) 292-4600. For more information, call (305) 294-4857 or visit www.fkspca.
org.
Contact information for the Marathon shelter on Aviation Blvd.: 743-4800, fax 743-
4818; Hours: Monday thru Friday, 9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m.
1 tbsp lime juice
To create orange lime
sauce, combine all sauce
ingredients in a sauce pan
and warm.
Macadamia Nut
Cream Pie
1-1/3 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped macadamia
nuts
dash salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
5 tsp cornstarch
2 egg whites
1 9-inch baking pie shell
1 cup heavy cream, sweetened
and whipped, or use Reddi-wip
In a saucepan combine
1 cup of the milk, 1/4 cup
of the sugar, 1/4 cup of the
nuts, the salt and the vanil-
la; scald. Mix the remaining
1/3 cup milk with egg and
cornstarch. Thoroughly
stir some of hot mixture
into egg mixture; return all
to saucepan. Cook 5 more
minutes, stirring constantly,
until mixture thickens. Cool
1 hour. Beat egg whites
until soft peaks form then
fold carefully into cooled
mixture. Pour into pie shell
and chill. Before serving top
with sweetened whipped
cream or Reddi-wip and
the remaining 1/4 cup nuts.
Makes 8 servings.
Fresh Fruit Platter
(dieters will appreciate
this!)
pineapple chunks
papaya slices
Fresh pineapple and
papaya help to aid diges-
tion and are an excellent
side dish. Other fresh fruit
options you can also offer
are fresh strawberries,
grapes, watermelon and
bananas.
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By a technical arrange-
ment, Forrester will
continue to reside in her
home adjacent to the gar-
den property, the house at
518 Elizabeth St. that had
reportedly been undergo-
ing a foreclosure crisis that
now appears to have been
settled. Next weeks offer of
the garden for sale consti-
tutes the first sale of the
lot in 40 years, pointed out
Pritam.
He said that he himself
first made an offer on it
back in 1986 but it was not
for sale. I used to peek in
the gate and I went back to
it many times, he recalls.
Pritam Singh and his wife
Ann Johnson, who together
are co-founders of the Singh
Company, have been occu-
pying the one-bedroom on
the Secret Garden estate
for the past two years. The
couples principal residence
is in Woodstock, Vermont,
but their home on Flagler
Avenue and Reynolds Street
is now under contract for
sale.
Fruition of the arrange-
ment with Forrester is evi-
dently pleasing for Pritam.
I think both Nancy and I
have been surprised how
well the two of us have
developed such a joyful
relationship. Confirmed
Nancy: It was not an arms-
length transaction. I have
grown, grown tremendously
over the last two years,
moving through a lot of
fear, fears of financial mat-
ters or having to leave Key
West.
Born in 1938, Nancy
Forrester came into pos-
session of the property at
Elizabeth and Simonton
streets, known since the
early 1990s as Nancys
Secret Garden, back in 1972.
That was when it was an
undesignated city dump,
in her words, filled with
refrigerator parts and other
waste. Indeed it had prob-
ably been used as a dump-
ing ground since the early
settlers, as evidenced by the
china doll heads she found.
I saved it and held it,
she says. Over the years
she must have tended
thousands of trees, includ-
ing many champion trees.
Today, from the top of La
Concha, the property is
clearly visible as the green-
est spot in all of downtown
Key West.
At this point, the garden
remains open to the public.
Through March 31, access
will be at the end of Free
School Lane off Simonton
Street; thereafter, visitors
will be diverted to an
entrance at 518 Elizabeth
St. There are two planned
events next month:
Katharyn Howd Machans
Writing in the Garden
(now in its 16th year), from
March 12 to 16; and at a
date to be announced, Dr.
Doug Maders Healthy Diet
for Companion Parrots
workshop.
It was in 1993 that
Forrester began her vision-
ary environment project,
a collaborative effort that
brought together site-spe-
cific art, installation art with
plants and animals, plus
performance, sustainable
and eco-conceptual art.
I have American Indian
blood in me, Forrester told
Solares Hill last week, so I
dont own land, I dont own
parrots.... What she does
have, quipped journalist
Marc Caputo, is Jurassic
Park sans dinosaurs.
We asked Pritam his
thinking behind the restric-
tions on the property and
whether they might make it
unsalable.
It will find a buyer, he
said. Absolutely. Its a spec-
tacular piece. And therell
be no requirement that it
be kept open to the public.
I personally am not inter-
ested in living there. The
idea is to make it a single lot
that cant be broken up. The
highest and best use of this
property is two houses at
the most, because its such
a fantastic garden. Just one
house with possibly a guest
house. The native trees will
always be protected by the
tree commission. There are
a half-dozen tremendous
natives in the middle of the
garden that in themselves
restrict development.
He and Ann still main-
tain a home in South
Woodstock, Vt., where they
run a mindfulness practice
center devoted to the life
work of Thich Nhat Han, a
Vietnamese Zen monk and
world-renowned Buddhist
teacher with whom they
just spent a week in France.
Pritam and Ann are pres-
ently involved in bringing
mindfulness to returning
service personnel through
a process known as tran-
sitional reintegration. The
same program is pres-
ently being developed for
schools. Its very hopeful,
said Pritam. Its actually
out of difficulties that solu-
tions are found.
playing at Regal Cinema 6,
is an adreneline-pumping,
breathtaking, high-energy
adventure that leaves you
impressed with our elite
fighting forces. Yknow,
those guys who got Osama
Bin Laden.
Relativity Media picked
up Act of Valor for dis-
tribution, forking out $18
million for the rights, plus
$30 million in promotion.
They are crowing that this
is the biggest money paid
for a finished film with an
unknown cast. Maybe,
maybe not. But its certainly
the most realistic movie
youll ever see short of a
documentary.
Gone Seems Like
Return Engagement
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t first it looks like a
TV late-show rerun
of James Pattersons Kiss
the Girls. A serial killer
who captures pretty girls,
dumps them in a hole in
the woods, and kills them
for his sadistic pleasure. But
then you realize our hero-
ine is bug-eyed Amanda
Seyfried, not Ashley Judd.
And theres no Morgan
Freeman in sight.
Still, this story about
missing girls and the one
who got away will hook
you. Jill (Seyfried) is deter-
mined to catch the guy
who kidnapped her sister.
Gun in hand, defying police
advice that its all in her
head, she vows shell sleep
only when shes dead. You
cant help but root for this
frail but determined dam-
sel.
As the trailer prom-
ises: No one believes her.
Nothing will stop her.
Gone the title pretty
much sums up the plight
of the kidnapped girls
is now playing at Regal
Cinema 6.
Youll probably remember
Amanda Seyfried as the
bride-to-be in Mama Mia!
or as the lovelorn romantic
in Letters to Juliet. Here
shes a kick-ass heroine.
The script was really
fun, Seyfried explains her
decision to do a thriller. I
like this genre. This is the
kind of movie that I would
go see. Its scary, in the best
way, and its a smart movie.
Brazilian director Heitor
Dhalia was another draw
for the young actress. I
thought if he could bring
that emotional intensity
that he had in Adrift to a
really smart psychological
thriller, it would be a very
good collaboration.
Shes happy with the
results. Its like putting
together a puzzle for two
hours. And the pace is right
there. It takes you to the
edge of your seat and then
is very satisfying at the
end.
How did Amanda Seyfried
handle this change-of-pace
role? Ive never had to deal
with a situation where I had
nothing to lose like on this
level, so I channeled Ashley
Judd a little bit.
Told you.
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