Guest Writer: Philip Burton • RDA Part V r > ^ m Don't Head North Without Them! ...footprints 610 Duva! Street Old Town 517 Eaton St. • \ 296- 7 744 "For Sale" \ Prime Commercial Property 810 Duval Street Substantially renovated, and includes (1) large open space with Vi> bath, (1) efficiency, (1) separate 1/1 cottage. Call Sharon or Mitzi for further details. YOUR VACATION HOME SPECIALISTS IN SALES & RENTALS FROM THE EDITOR Hello, Well, the big news this month is the dramatic action that the City Commission took on the Truman Annex property. A partisan crowd ap- plauded the actions of Commissioners Halloran and Weekley for the forthright positions they took in calling for the resignations of fourof the board members of the RDA. The feeling of the commissioners was that the members Paul Sher, John Magliola, Charles Major and Philip Dobert seemed to be working for the developer Dent rather than in the city's interest. Similarly, the resignation of Steve McDaniel was called for as was that of RDA attorney Michael Halpem. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., financial consultants hired by the city to study the terms of the city's proposed 99 year lease of Truman Annex to Dent, were highly critical of the lease and felt that the city could lose money through loopholes and inconsistencies in the lease. This report affirmed the feelings of a great number of people that key West was going to take a bath unless the lease was considerably changed. Sen- timent was such that when Commissioner Week- ley sponsored a move to rescind the 1980 con- ceptual plan—a major action which will almost put the city "back to square one" in planning for the development of the property—it passed by a 4-1 vote with only Commissioner Emma Cates dissenting. Mayor Sawyer did a fine job of chair- ing a difficult meeting and is to be commended for it. Reporter George Murphy has shown in his incredible series in Solares Hill on the RDA (read installment #5 in this issue) that the city could potentially receive such a pittance from the build-up under the proposed lease that it becomes difficult to imagine how such a lease could be endorsed by any commissioner. How- ever Commissioner Cates not only wholeheart- edly endorsed the lease & the projected build- out but also saw fit to malign those in the audience who disagreed with her as "gadflies" and "hangers-on" and referred to speaker George . Murphy, for whom many scheduled speakers donated their time, as the crowd's 'guru.' While there is obviously nothing wrong with the term " 'gurui.'-it becomes unattractive when it is used with such sarcasm as Commissioner Cates did. This paper backed her when she first ran for office but her voting record has become such that it is impossible to conceive offering her such support again. And, unattractive as her constant sarcastic attacks oh her fellow Com- missioner Halloran have been, it becomes totally unacceptable when she lashes out at an audience of concerned citizens. On a more upbeat note it is a pleasure to report on the good deeds of a new veterinarian in town, Dr. Edwin Cuevas. When a neighbor's dog was poisoned recently, Dr. Cuevas of the Lower Keys Animal Hospital, not only saved its life but moved the dog into his apartment and stayed up most of the night fighting to save her life. He sounds like a very nice guy. The record of "Coffee" Butler singing the songs of "Miss" Ellen Sanchez is finally out and is available at Photo-Sonics and Tape Ape (other outlets will follow.) Her song, "The Beautiful Isle of Key West' is a gem and I nominate it to be the national anthem of the Conch Republic. See you next month. Our cover artist this month is Stuart Vaughan. His works may be seen at the Fred Gros Gallery. Solares Hill is a community newspaper published every month on the slopes of Solares Hill, Key West's highest point, by Solares Hill Company, 513 Fleming Street Room 4, Key West, Florida 33040 BillHuckel Editorial Consultant gill Westray Art Direction . ' .""!!!!!"""...Walt Hyla Digital Typography TypeTech, Inc. With a little help from our friends... • Solares Hill Company, Incorporated ©Solares Hill Inc. 1986 Our mailing address: 513 Fleming Street Room 4 Key West, Florida 33040 • Phone Numbers are 294-1044 & 294-2400 In Marathon call 872-2915 THIS IS OUR SUBSCRIPTION FORM Save your cover! Send us a postcard with your subscription. Here is $15.00 for my subscription to 11 issues of SOLARES HILL NAM?' ADDRESS CITY .STATE. ZIP THANK YOU MADELINE THE PSYCHIC by Phoebe Coan I t is as if Madeline Williams has been sharing your feelings with you—living along with you. Her readings may not always pan out with total accuracy, especially when it comes to the measure of time, but basically the truth of what she says hold weight. Born in New Orleans, with a sheath of skin covering her face, she later learned this was a sign of psychic ability. Her mother thought this a deformity, but doctors deemed her lucky. This "veil" was cut away to reveal her face. Today this is a face marked by the difficulties of life, but also the kind of a caring person. A child bride, she was a psychic long befoe she herself had estimated her own gift. Predicting disturbing family tragedies that earmarked her history, she came to realize she was different from others. When she began her actual work in the field 43 years ago, she did not charge people money for her services. Nowadays, since one must pur- chase a costly occupational license, and the expenses of living make financial problems con- tinual, she must charge. But no one needing her services is turned away if she can help it. And some have been returning regularly over a 20- year span. She is an ordained minister, and was raised in the Baptist church. Doubting her own gift, she once asked the Lord to take it away' if what she was doing was wrong. Instead her gift, like a muscle, grew in strength. She claims there are always curiosity seekers coming to test her out. But many of them will be surprised and very satisfied with herinsights. As they touch the cards to shuffle a deck, she will Madeline Williams pick up their vibrations and divine the people on their minds and their problems. This is consi- dered a form of psychometry and deep medita- tion. Some of the information that comes through will be general, some specific—depen- ding on what she feels and the clarity of what she receives. She will sense the person's state of being at that given moment. Vibrations can be changed if one has taken . heed of the direction of things set in motion. It ' is good to be aware of future possibilities, so one can djrect them to more positive ends. Many" celebrities have consulted the red- haired lady because she is easy to talk to—down to earth. "I tell it like it is," she confides, her bluish eyes flashing along with the large aqua- marine she wears on her finger. * She feels that those disturbed with problems of alcohol and drug abuse particularly need to talk with her. t • She does not predict world events but has foreseen many disturbances, such as a possible heavy-hitting hurricane some time in this area. Again, she is afraid to pinpoint a definite time here, because that has not come through clear- ly . . . only the vision of the waters. The police have called upon her to help solve crimes. She was in Atlanta to help find the murderer of the Atlanta black children. Called in on the Adam Walsh case, she knew he was already dead. She has helped locate other kidnapped child- ren and has had visions of the precious things people have lost. She has had the satisfaction of predicting beautiful weddings, recovering lost dogs and so on. A picture will come to her mind with a clarity dependent on the strength of the vibration. "I just try to relax, concentrate on the person, and put my own problems aside for the moment." Insofar as reading for herself, this she cannot usually do, though recently she has had ink- lings of serious physical problems she must face. She has had to consult other psychics to help her own self. She gladly shares her space with them, and does not charge them if they consult her. 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Her first experience occurred the Christmas Eve of '38 when she was 10 in Jacksonville, Florida. The family was poor, much due to the alcoholism of her father. Madeline and her brother Junior went looking for a beautiful Christmas trEerThey-fcmtd one; and at that moment she alone noticed a circle of blood surrounding its base. She and her brother^cut the tree down, then she saw more blood in the hole that remained. It was later she understood the sign, when Juniorwas found in that vicinity, struck down where the tree had been. Shortly thereafter, her mom went into labor and Made- line knew as she walked through the door of their home that the baby would and did die. Her dad was Marcus Kahn, and her mother Mary Ranger, a Conch girl. In Jacksonville, Madeline married Richard Williams, a diesel mechanic, when she was 13, and they are still together and very close to this day. Holding only a fourth grade education and taking on the hurts of others has prepared her for this work more than any college degree could have. Both her sons, Raymond and Billy, work for City Electric, and one of them is also psychically inclined. She does not believe strongly in astrology. "It's man-made, but the moon does exert its influence." Reincarnation theories and karmic debate leave her cold. She believes that "God is merciful." Mostly she subscribes to the fact that: "You can't let anything possess you." "You have to be careful of what you say—very careful." Sfie knows that somejiaye thought that she is a fraud, a freak or an unwilling devil worshipper. But she insists that "I love people and like to help them." She is a friend to everyone who has need of her. She does not seek customers; they must come of their own. She has found that she cannot use her powers for personal gain—but only to make a living, which she just manages to do, and take care of her husband—three times a stroke victim. When she lost her home and her dog and all her possessions in a fire a few years back, she knew as long as her family was unharmed, that what she lost was only material and could be regained. She also believes that everyone does have their own spirit guides, who are like guardian angels in that they can protect us and buffer the forces of tragedies, and direct us towards the positive. "We all have some ESP located in the solar plexus," she believes, but, "Not everyone is psychic," as Arthur Ford, famed medium, once stated in his autobiography, "Nothing So Strange." "Dogs and cats are very psychic," Madeline points out. "A cat will never enter a house that has spirits in it. Animals will howl before a storm. A dog will always seek to comfort a dis- tressed master, to try to distract pain with love. "This knowledge is hard to teach, but is natu- rally there in some of us. I was bom and will die with this knowledge. I'm not God, I do make mistakes, and I don't like people depending on me too heavily. "But people don't always understand that. Next to some psychics I feel very with it, and next to others, I feel much less so. "It gives me great satisfaction to help others. When people want the help, I can really help them, and can save them money over a psych- iatrist. "A psychiatrist is more mental and analyzing, where I am working more intuitively. "We all have faith, but it must be tested. There's a reason for everything, and in time you will come to understand. But usually, we are not grateful enough for what we have. "There is, I believe, another plane we enter after death. This is like a life after death. It may even be another planet. "The dead know what the living are doing, and can communicate with us." But in finding someone to help you, she advises one to be skeptical and check on the background of the person. You can do harm to yourself with the wrong one. "Many people already are closed to the help they could receive from good psychics because of those who are cons. Mostly I just wish more information was available to the public as to what is a legitimate psychic and what is not." She predicts for Key West prosperity in this next year, and pretty much in general. For those who want to develop along psychic lines, she advises, "If you pick up a strong vibra- tion from someone, and feel you can tell them something about their life, or their self, you should be truthful and say what you see and feel. "It's like releasing a bird. Don't hold it back. Let it flow. This ability, as you use it, will increase as long as you don't abuse it. "Be cautious of black magic; it is the devil's work. I respect it, but I don't use it. 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These things experience has taught her. She has learned to meditate at night, and usually falls asleep meditating. This helps her to sharpen her insight. "Relaxation of the body has much to do with the psychic's mind's 'fine tuning.1" At the present, Madeline's dreams have re- minded~her of her mother and of serious conse- quences. She is facing a brain scan and possible surgery to release the flow of blood to the brain. She has been suffering headaches, and exper- iencing difficulties in general, with the left side of her brain. She stutters some and drags her foot, but she is very worried about her husband being taken care of in her absence—should she have to go to Miami. "Too much wear and tear (coffee and cigarettes) and worryation," she declares. She's concerned about setting up her new quarters located next to the Western Union on First Street, across from Winn Dixie. The friend to all needs friends, good vibra- tions and prayers herself. Money is also one of the biggest "worryations" for her. Her phone number remains the same (294-3558), and she is still available at the moment Monday-Friday from 9-5, and on the weekends by appointment only. For Madeline now the future is unpredict- able. We can only wish her well and hope for the best. (As we go to press, Madeline has had the opera- tion and is back in business . . . Ed.) Key West Variations The wise cats lick their fur in syncopation as I stir my morning's coffee and watch the branches of the tropic trees bounce on their sturdy stems as the mottled sky swaggers and passes over the seismic scribbles of a poet's important pen. -Kirby Congdon , IVE: HAD A MONTH PLCTCMCR on J ia. {— urniture and 1022Duval Sfreet Key West, Florida 33040 (305) 294-2032 THE GREEN PARROT It Has It All by Joe Crumpet D own there at the corner of Southard and Whitehead is one of the oldest and toughest saloons in the town—a throwback to the rugged days when shrimpers, sailors and wild, wild women roamed the noisy streets of Key West. It's a noisy, turbulent, sometimes violent joint, but never ever dull. The noise (music?) thunders out of a jukebox that's up to full volume so the barflies find themselves yelling at each other just to be heard. The bartender, a tall, leggy, slinky chick named Leah, doesn't have to hear—she knows what everyone drinks. With a cigarette dangling from her lips, she pops open a beer and slings the empty into a trash can, muttering a few choice four-letter words about her job and some of the customers—then she smiles—she doesn't mean it. The joint usually fills up around 4 or 5 when Happy Hour prices are so low you can get blitzed for under $5. The crowd is what Key Westers like to regard as "mixed." That can mean any number of things—straights, gays, boys, men, girls, senior citizens, prowling dogs (in spite of a fly-specked sign reading "No dogs allowed except on a leash"), small children, pregnant ladies, blacks, whites, tans-5-you name it, you got it. The guys are almost all heavily bearded, wear- ing dirty bandanas on their heads, or old floppy hats, some baseball caps, some with headbands with "Nixon" inked on them. T-shirts are sweat-stained and the sleeves cut off at the shoulder so those bulging biceps are in full evidence. Hands are gnarled and callused from a tough day's labor. When they curl around a bottle of beer, you wait to hear the bottle crack. No yuppies with three-piece suits here. Conversations are punctuated with hands and arms used for emphasis, a lot of pounding on the back and a few crashing fists on the bar for service. The dolls come in an assortment of sizes, styles and shapes. Most of them, considering the brawling, tough look of the joint they're hang- ing out in, are unusually attractive and neatly turned out. They're not, of course, yourspiffily attired secretrial type, or your prim and smartly tailored schoolteacher model, either. Fashions tend to be a little more casual at The Green Parrot Cut-offs up to the bun-line, or faded-out jeans, some flowing huge gowns for the preg- nant gals. Some quaint T-shirt tops; footwear generally is a sometimes things; brassieres are a maybe. One of the T-shirts seen around carries the Green Parrot's philosophical statement of the year: Shit Happens. There's a sign in the corner saying: no shirts, no shoes, no service—it's used for the dart board. The exterior of the Green Parrot was spruced up recently when Miami film types decided to use the place as a backdrop for a toney commer- cial on French wines, or something. The interior decor was haughtily dismissed by a glitzy tourist as: "An assault on the senses." What you find when you walk through the door (there are no windows because it was found that broken glass causes bad cuts, and besides, YUZEN FUTONS ~" Light Weight' A 00% Cotton The sleeping solution from Japan for you and your guests. On a platform or the floor, folded away for the day, Choice of colors. . Due to the current strength of the dollar, I have been notified of a temporary PRICE REDUCTION: 1984 1985 Single $130 $115 Double $170 $145 Queen $195 $170 Prices include delivery to your door, in 10 to 15 days. Y U Z E N •:J KIMONO PORTERHOUSE Corner of Caroline and Duval 10 a.m. to5 pm, 7 days- 294-4323 ,1 DC DOE Vintage Clothing •Jewelry Antiques • Objects of Virtu 5 1 2 GREENE ST. • 2 9 6 - 7 1 2 3 KEY WEST, FLORIDA 3 3 0 4 0 OPEN DAJLY 12-6 BOULEVARD TRAVEL KEY WEST'S OLDEST —-^ TRAVEL ORGANIZATION ASK ABOUT SPECIAL GROUP RATES, CRUISES & TOURS SEARSTOWN 294-3711 MONDAY-FRIDAY, 9:00-5:30 the fresh air wafting through the beer fumes is mighty welcome) is a sort of dim yellow lighting over three busy pool tables while at the bar, darkness prevails. of David Bowie's films. Across the top of the far wall is a tropical mural with palm trees and shifting sand and a legend: A Slice of Life. A small sign in a corner The Green Parrot photo by Doyle L. Bush There are fanciful murals along the walls and on the shutters that cover the window open- ings—Ben Franklin leers out of one; Einstein coyly peeks at the girls; hallucinating stars and galaxies swirl in another; a stark black-and- white photo negative might have been from one says: Life Is A Bitch—and then you die. 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Time was when Key West had its Caroline Street color with bars like the Wagon Wheel and Midget, and the Bucket of Blood, downtown had a few strippers in the Mardi Gras and Habana Madrid, you could find a card game and hard- eyed shrimpers at the Downtowner. Much has quietly slipped into history. 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As he proceeded with the work of the special Christmas collec- tion for the church, he wondered where the knife was. Outside on the sill? In the back kit- chen? Had his mother washed it, or would he find it somewhere, still stained with blood? He could not ask, but he must know. Perhaps it was already back in its place in the drawer. He leaned over and opened it. "What do you want in that drawer?" This time the necessary lie came more glibly. "A knife to sharpen my pencil." "Use the one I killed the chicken with; it's sharp. It's on the bench out the back. Just swill it under the tap first." "This knife will do, Mother." "No, it won't. You're not going to blunt a good table knife by using it on a pencil. You'll do what I tell you. Go on." The boy's manhood would not let him reveal his squeamishness. He got up and went outside. The chicken was hanging over the sink, its limp wings downspread and its last blood trickling away in single drops. The knife on the bench was dulled with congealing blood. He picked it up and despised himself for the flush of giddi- ness he felt. With an angry stride he went into the back kitchen and held the knife under a strong jet of water. The dead blood disappeared into the bucket beneath, but the boy let the tap run until there was not the faintest stain of red in the water. From the kitchen came his moth- er's voice, edged by years of poverty. "That's enough. There's no need to waste water. If you waste that, you'll waste other things." He took a cloth and wiped the knife dry with vicious strokes. Then he returned to the kitchen and opened the drawer to put the knife away. "What are you doing? I thought you wanted to sharpen your pencil." He had forgotten the excuse he had made. He smiled in self-deprecation and picked up his pencil to sharpen it. He was glad to see that it really did need sharpening. "Not on the floor! Do it over this piece of paper and then shake the bits into the fire." As the boy used the knife he was obsessed by the-thought of its evil power. As the blade cut through the wood and the shavings fell to the paper, a sense of vicarious pain grew within him. He felt the knife tearing through feathers, skin, flesh and sinew, and emerging again with a spout of blood. The knife had done this to cele- brate the birth of the Babe born to be tortured. He felt a nail hammered through flesh. With a quick, rough movement of repugnance he pulled open the drawer, dropped the knife into it and pushed the drawer in again. "Don't be so noisy. Take your time to do things. If I treated the furniture like that, we'd soon be without any; and when this lot's gone, it will be a long time before you are earning enough to buy me any more. Now get on with your work. I'll empty this paper into the fire." The boy started to open the last few enve- lopes. As the mother threw the pencil shavings into the fire, it burst into a few brief spurts of tiny flame; one of them seared the edge of a torn envelope that quivered unburnt on a ledge of coal. The mother felt that she had been speaking harshly to the boy, and for little reason, so she decided to bridge the division between them with more friendly talk. "Wasn't Mrs. Baker generous? Her husband must have had a lot of overtime lately. Even when your father was alive, we never had much money. Half-a-crown was the most I could ever afford to put into the church envelope, even at Christmas. Now I have to scrape to manage a shilling." As his mother-spoke, the boy gradually became aware of the disaster that faced them. He knew, even before he found out, what had happened. "But, Mother, I was going to tell you about it; Mrs. Baker's envelope was empty." "Nonsense. I saw her put the money in myself. It was a ten shilling note." So that was why there was no coin, and now the torn envelope with the folded note inside it was on the fire. The knife had divided his mind so that he had become careless. Oh! If he was only thick-skinned and strong-stomached like some other boys he knew! Then this would never have happened. In the few agonizing seconds that he took to dash to the fire, a torrent of tormented thoughts rushed through his brain. Instinctively his soul within him prayed: "Please, God, let it not be burnt." But his mind, an ever-growing trouble to him, recoiled from the implications of the prayer. The fate of the note was settled before the prayer was uttered; and yet the Bishop at his confirmation had told them always to pray like little children, and that's what he had done, without thought. LOTS AND LAND FOR SEA LOVERS! r U* •rriilfcocidreom »a j to J;ve in a hcire ., . . . Thai lockedaut en ihs open sea Telephone Area 305 872-2261 872-2261 orPM 745-1796 SHEILA 745-3815 RICHARD 872-9845 TERRY BETTY M. 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In the hour-long seconds of waiting, the boy's mind played with the possibilities. If the miracle happened, and the note was saved, how could they show their gratitude to God? Even as he posed the question, he knew the answer. They should give the Christmas chicken away to old Miss Roberts; she was poorer even than they. As she reached for the broken envelopes, the moth- er's mind was wrestling with the problem of replacing the ten shillings. There was only one way; the chicken would have to be sold. Maybe she could get a rabbit and stuff it like a chicken. She had done one like that before, and the boy had likedjit. "Almost like chicken," he had said. Now the envelopes were in her hand, and fever- ishly she tested the thickness of each in turn. "It's here! I can feel it. Oh, thank God, thank G o d ! " ;•; | She torik the note out of the envelope and there was a moment of silence as they contem- plated theaniracle. Then the boy flung himself into hi[s njother's arms and they were joined together in an ecstasy of relief. Over and over again the mother muttered: "God is good to us." The boy's Silence accepted this, but his mind was gnawed by skepticism. To set aside the tangle jof doubts, he drew apart from his mother andspbke.i "Wd must do something to show we are grate- ful, Mother. Let's give the chicken to old Miss 13 Roberts." • 7T_—---~-"~ "There's no nee^Jbx-thatT^wiiole chicken wpjjldbe-tooTrluch for her, anyway, on her own like she is." "But, Mother . . ." "No, I tell you. But you can take a leg and some stuffing in to her on a plate. Now put ten shillings down in the book for Mrs. Baker, and then we'll put the money away before any more accidents happen. I hope the chicken is tender. I had a hard struggle to get the knife to go through the neck. But perhaps it was the knife's fault; it's getting a bit old. You were asking me a few days ago what you could buy me for Christ- mas. That's it. You can buy me a new knife." "All right. I will. I'll buy you a new knife." To himself the boy added: "It serves me right." Then he began to laugh/and the laugh grew until the neighbors could hear it, but his mother did not reprove him, because she was glad to see him so happy. EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE AT PERKINS & SON CHANDLERY The> more you wash them... the more you'll love them! Young people love them... Old people love them... Fashion Victims love them,.. Fashion Fatalities love them... and, yes, Virginia, even Yuppies love them! Made in the USA theouvre Antiques & Vintage Furniture & Items On Consignment On Key West's Antique Row 519 Fleming SPECIALIZING IN EXOTIC BIRDS ONE OF THE LARGEST SELECTIONS OF BIRDS IN THE FLA. KEYS! 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The days of the artists in Key West have been filled to overflowing with brilliant talent and madcap eccentricities with a pronounced accent on crazy behavior and erratic moods. They've contributed color in wide swaths to the com- munity from back in the 1930's and '40's when the WPA in Washington figured Key West was in desperate need of a heavy slug of culture (the locals, however, would have settled for a few drams of Matusalem rum from Havana) and dis- patched a gaggle of artists, writers, singers and musicians to the island city. It opened the floodgates and from then on artists and their paintings gave the old fishing village, dozing under the sun, a merry liveliness it's enjoyed for years. Henry Faulkner got here long after the 1930's but he was in the mold of madness. He was a Peter Pan figure with strawberry blond curling hair topping a puckish smiling face; he could be seen and heard at almost any hour of the day or night along Duval Street, leading his adoring menagerie including Alice the goat, three collie dogs and a few cats. In the early still hours of the morning, if you lived downtown, you might hear his high piping tenor voice coming down the street, singing, "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands," or THE ALTERNATIVE T-SHIRT STORE EXCITING T-SHIRTS & SHORTS! BEACHWEAR & KEY WEST WEAR 608 DUVAL/294-9710 Island City HOUSE "A Unique Place to Stay" 411" WILLIAM STREET (IN OLD KEY WESI) 294-5702 "Brown Sugar," or a medley of spirituals. Henry, and it's true in his case, was a legend in his time. One morning after he'd washed and scrubbed Alice at his home on Peacon Lane, he took her promenading down Duval, a wonderful figure out of a child's book. A friend of his lived in the Women's Club and up the stairs he went with Alice at his side. "Hello, hello, anyone home," he piped. "I'm in the tub," yelled his friend named Liz. Not shy about that, into the bathroom came the irrepressible Henry grinning from ear to ear. "Say hello to Liz, Alice," and with that the C playful goat stuck his head in the tub. A Faulkner way to start the day. Henry's paintings were done'in high-colored acrylics against a matte-black ground; color and. composition would leap out of the frame. They were favorites with dozens of local collectors, especially his old friend Tennessee Williams and his pal, Frankie Merlo. Around about that time, Roger Vail, one of the oddest birds in the artists' flock, took up resi-k 4 4 t** » ^ ^ \ 1 1 b *•** v v A & Xrf ^*» » | ^ ^ ^ ^ * ^ " J^ KEY WEST Pirates Alley Key West SEE QUALITY HAND-MADE CIGARS ROLLED DAILY we fill mail orders PIRATES ALLEY in historic OLD KEY WEST CHEAP ROOMS Day Week Month Off-Street Parking The TILTON. HILTON 511 ANGELA ST. 294-8697 dence, so to speak. Roger had lost a leg in the war and was on full disability and maintained a full tank of booze, as well. He was a shocker and stunner in the local art world and Morgan Bird, owner of the Oldest Bar (now Tony's Saloon) commissioned a mural from Roger. The mural, filled with diseased old drunks and wild crazy hopheads almost had the effect of turning off the serious drinkers who looked at it.. With a few pesos in his pocket from Morgan, Roger ambled down to El Salvador where, for some reason, officials in the State Department took a shine to his work and.backed him in several one-man shows, complete with lots of publicity. One day, according to Key Wester John Thomson, who was taking a holiday there at the same time, a wealthy El Salvadoran (who had not seen Roger's weird treatments) commis- sioned the Gringo artist for a portrait of his sultry and beautiful Latin wife. Weeks passed, Thomson said, and Roger could be seen every morning called for by a limousine at his downtown hotel and driven up a mountainside where the wealthy businessman lived. He'd paint for a couple of hours, then carefully, secretly he'd wrap the portrait in can- vas and take it with him in the limousine for the trip back down the mountain to town. He car- ried on this spooky routine for weeks and then came the great day for the unveiling. His patron had invited his pals and cronies in society, politicians, generals in the military, loaded the house with food and booze and brought up some of the local marimba and gui- tar players. It was festive, all right. Roger showed up with the portrait concealed in the old smeared canvas. Roger himself was looking hungover, in tattered jeans and torn ITALIAN & FRENCH CUISINE / SEAFOOD SPECIALTIES OPEN 6-12 MIDNIGHT DAILY / HAPPY HOURS 6-8 524 DUVAL OLD TQW.N KEY WEST 294-7863', . 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She was known for her sensitive, delicate drawings of children and animals, and for hand- some portraits. Her work was shown many times in Marion Stevens' gallery. Frank Carpentier, one of her oldest friends, has much of Marie's work in his home at Big Pine Key. Her imagination was outstanding and at the • first New Year's Eve party in the Oldest Bar, Marie, with long flowing golden hair wrapped around her, the image of Lady Godiva, came bursting through the front doors riding a huge white horse, strewing flowers on the heads of the celebrants, and her wonderful throaty French voice, calling " 'Allo, dahiings, 'appy New Year!" One of the leaders in Key West's tight little art world, a man of prominent family background here, was Gene Otto, who, with his gracious wife, Annette, lived in what is now called "The Artist House," on Eaton near Simonton. Gene was the 'eminence gris' of the local art scene, a staid, tall figure, with clipped mustache not awfully prone to gales of hearty laughter. His portraits were hung in the Monroe County Library on Fleming. He had something of a fixation, however, on what he described as the "Key West colors"—a battleship grey with dirty pink trim. Kind of odd, ALL BAR DRINKS $1.75/DOMESTIC BEERS $1 IMPORTED BEERS $1.50 ALL WELL DRINKS $1 ALL CREAM DRINKS $1.75/ BAR DRINKS $150 BEST JUKEBOX IN KEY WEST/LIVE MUSIC ON FRI & SAT NIGHTS/TWO REGULATION POOL TABLES POOL TOURNEY THURSDAY NIGHTS/DARTS PACKAGE GOODS, ICE WINE & COLD BEER SOUTHARD &. WHITEHEAD/296-9198 his friends remarked, not very in tune with bright flowers and sunlight in a tropical town. When the Old Island Restoration gang dedi- cated the old steamship ticket office as their Hospitality House, Gene was named to super- vise the "color harmony." He did not falter and it was done in his "Key West colors," causing groans in certain parts of town. Some time before that, Emest Hemingway had brought Gene to Cuba for a squint at his beach house in Varadero, and sure enough, Gene decreed "Key West colors" —grey with a dusty pink trim. Perhaps one of the most talented and artistic families mT^ey~WestrGharterjmembers of the early bunch, is the De Poo clan. ~ —— Best known is the mother—Suzie (Zuzek) DePoo, whose wonderful work can be seen in oils, watercolors, ceramics on unusually beauti- ful tiles and, as she later became noted for, on old rough pieces of wood. Suzie was, almost from the start, the mainstay and guiding hand behind the immensely popular fabric design at Key West Hand-Prints in its palmiest days when Peter Pell, Jimmy Russell and Bill Johnson were running the place and steering it to national fame. John DePoo, a wandering spirit and father of the tribe, who likes to be called "Jawn," was known in the '50s for his striking sculptures in junk metal—a bird from which to hang love notes, a frog, a tiger, roosters. Martha DePoo inherited much of her moth- er's prolific style and was with her at Key West Fabrics. Amy is a wonderful illustrator and humorous writer; Cathy is presently studying in Paris. "Carl Agricola influenced me in the driftwood paintings," Suzie said, "going back to the early '50s when he and Clint Giese, a fine photo- grapher, had a studio on Simonton near Flem- ing. Also, there's Bel Anti—she's John's mother, and is very active in the Art Center. And don't forget, around that time Hari Kidd and Edie were doing their paintings." Bob Windisch, another colorful artist from the earlier days, did a striking and colorful paint- ing in 1967, but it whipped up such a political furor that it nearly touched off a riot in the Cuban community. The big colorful canvas depicted Fidel Castro with a pitchfork in hand, jabbing it into the back of a pig which was covered with a U.S. flag. A couple of starving Cuban farmers are seen hold- ing a banner extolling the glories of the 26th of July Movement, Castro's big day on the calendar when he took on dictator Fulgencio Batista. The painting somehow appeared in a store window next to the old Tomato League, a local gambling hangout for some of our tough Cub- ans, in those days. The Cubans saw the artwork, took immediate 17 »H •' I The very last and the very best Spacious, luxurious oceanfront homes. 16-0" x 10-8' SLIDING GLASS DOORS MASTER BEDROOM 160" x 15'1" OCEANFRONT BALCONY 32-0" x 10-8' SLIDING GLASS DOORS LIVING ROOM 32'-0" x 1 5 - 1 ' rvi DINING AREA 16-0" x 12-0 FRENCH DOOHS BREAKFAST AREA U J-C LJ_ I i 3 bedrooms. 3 baths. 2,896 square feet. 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A friend of Windisch's, artist Bruce Larsen, got hold of the painting and hid it in his spon- geboat while he went out sponging, on the bay side of Sugarloaf. But no one saw a couple of swift Cubans nearby; they dumped some gas in Larsen's boat, torched it and took off. The boat and painting went up in smoke. Larsen, said Windisch, was so depressed he went up to Miami, where he renewed his affair with a bottle of bourbon and was never seen again. Martha Watson Sauer, a native of the island and one of its finest talents in watercolors with several awards and prizes to her name, remem- bers that there was, in fact, a tidy group of artists in Key West long before the WPA infusion. Mario Sanchez, another native, was busy drawing, whittling and carving his now famous street scenes on the wooden ends of orange crates. When screen actor Cary Grant bought six of them when he was here for the filming of the "Pink Petticoat," Mario's career began its liftoff. In 1935, Alice Heath Bredin, a petite lady from Boston who had lived in exotic lands around the world, settled in Key West with her husband and immediately joined the small art colony. Her oils and watercolors had already won her acclaim at the Whitney Museum in New York. Her drawings in Key West, of the tropical homes and gardens, were seen in the Art Center and later at Marion Stevens' gallery. Marion was one of her close friends and a staunch backer. Another pat of Alice's was a small merry Welshman, Morgan Dennis, creator of the easily recognized Scotty dogs seen on all the labels of Black and White Scotch. He built the Sea Dog, his houseboat on the boulevard, and quickly became a member of the colony. In those years, too, Dr. Frank Bowser, a cap- tain in the Navy's medical corps, settled here with his growing family and more talent was mixed into the hardy band of artists. Bowser was a violinist of concert calibre and in later years became known for his "naive" style in paintings, many of which are in the hands of collectors. John Francis Putnam arrived then; he was a cartoonist of sorts, but his career really soared when he joined MAD Magazine as art director. Friends of his still in Key West remember his murals in Walter Price's old travel agency on Whitehead Street.' This only mentions a few, a handful of the glorious artists who've come trudging through the byways and lanes of the town, who've added their special spice and brand of wacky happiness to Key West. They're part of the treasure in this tropical town and always will be. Guide your canoe silently over clear, protected tropical island waters Treat yourself to a feast of the Lower Keys' most serene ral biuty, guided by an experienced local naturalist. 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It's got everything to keep a crime story addicted fellow like me hypnotized for several hours: solid, mean-spirited wit; heart pumping pacing; an innovative plot; sexual titilation aplenty; and an athletic Woody Allen for a hero. His name is Lenny Schwartz, he's a Harvard educated NYPD detective and Weinman pi- quantly serves him up with a nice dollop of Jewish guilt: he took a cocaine bribe some years before the novel begins, using the money (this is delicious) to send his son to Yale. The Powers That Be know about the bribe but Lenny remains unprosecuted though frozen in his climb up the police force ladder. Then a gay art dealer wearing four thousand dollars' worth of custom clothing is killed in a suspiciously pro- fessional way and, for the first time in years, Lenny is taken off the ice. He is, with every right, suspicious about this sudden assignment even though he's told his education and his shicksa (Jewish mother pejor- ative for son's non-Jewess connections)-art critic wife make him ideal for it. The phrase "cover-up" runs through his mind but he pro- ceeds, revolving around New York's highest art is tic circles; rowing for his life through Holland's canals in a sequence that's so fraught with sus- pense, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. The villain, whom we get to meet straight off (this isn't a whodunit but a how does he catch- em), is the ultimate WASP, gorgeous almost to a fault, always clad in New York's most elegant bespoke best, hence the title. John Sheridan has recouped the family's goyish (Yiddish for non- Yiddish) fortunes by becoming a polished hit man, currently engaged in killing off those who might tip the wink to a decades-old art scam. A veteran who gloried in Viet Nam, Sheridan tells Lenny of how he dealt with the beloved horse mascot of a unit in the DMZ:". . . it'sledoutfor my inspection. There it is. Johnson's horse. A fine white stallion in the jungle clearing, in the moonlight. The firelight. I stood and looked into its big black-brown eyes. A wonderful horse. It pawed the ground. I blew into its nos- trils. It stood still. I killed it with a shot between its eyes. It reared, fell back and rolled to the side and down quite dead . . . And in the shock and silence I told them that's what our unit was about; that's what the war was about if we wanted to win. It wasn't about playing farmhand nursemaid to a horse that did not work. I left it at t h a t . . . " No sentimentalist he. 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What's more, Weinman has peopled his novel with a tasty array of memorable New York char- acters: the mild, monogamous gay liquor store owner, Lenny's best friend, who's savagely beaten up, thanks to Lenny; the superior ladies and gentlemen of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Madison Avenue art galleries; the detec- tives of the NYPD—Gallagher, who suffers from hero worship and can't keep himself from call- ing Lenny "sir"; the Jews and the Spanish and the WASPS and the gays and the straights and the just plain crazies who populate New York City. In fact, New York is Weinman's best charac- ter, filled with the sort of wacky life that makes that city an aphrodisiac for so many. He nicely skewers a great many institutions and land- marks including the gentleman's custom tailor- ing establishment, the ever-popular nightmare subway ride, the Mafia gentleman's club in the increasingly Chinese populated Little Italy, that area under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that "smelled of rubber grease and oil: a car sewer for the road above." I particularly liked going to the misnamed "Gym and Racquet Club" with Lenny and Sheri- dan where "Two fat . . . women squeezed past in pink Yves Saint Laurent sweat gear made never to sweat in." And, earlier, to "the Manhattan Pistol and Rifle Association . . . known, affection- ately or satirically or both, as the Small Bore Club . . . Where else in New York or the universe would a club mix high court judges with team- ster union officials, merchant bankers with plumbing merchants, violent racists with token blacks and Hispanics, Zionist politicians with Syrian importers?" But I'm not going to forgive Weinman for changing my association with some personally beloved Manhattan sites. I don't think I'll ever again be able to look benignly at the statue of Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park where one of Sheridan's victims is found sitting on the r Andersen's lap, killed by Sheridan having put •: "two fingers up the nostrils from behind and ; pulling back hard and fast." Nor will I be able to stroll through the Metro- politan Museum of Art's American wing without thinking of Sheridan's sexual progress with one of the female curators, after hours: nude petting in "a Philadelphia drawing room on a sofa prob- ably by Duncan Phyfe; further stimulation in a Greek Revival parlor;" and so on until a graphic final act on the bed in the Frank Lloyd Wright Room. 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Center • :. •: 2 9 6 - 5 8 1 1 AN INTERVIEW WITH HARVEY ROCHMAN byGayDalton H arvey didn't want to make an appointment for the interview. He preferred to drop by when he was in the neighborhood. And I believe he wanted it to be a time when his thoughts were especially sharp and easy. I won- dered if he would knock first. He did. Harvey was barefoot on a cool day in January and eating a carrot when he walked into my house, a smug grin on his face. "Is this the right time?" he asked. It happened to be, but it didn't matter to him because he was ready. He looked paler, with close-clipped hair and shaved face, than when we first met. He was twenty-eight back then, wearing full black beard. On this day his eyes were no less intense, and his obsession with an almost perverse love for screenwriting had not diminished. Stand on any street corner on downtown Duval for an hour and at least three people will pass who have written or are in the process of writing a film script with Harvey. For eight years he has been "bringing out the best in creative people" on our island. He claims that a lot of potential writers think they can't write and that he has discovered talent "unaware of itself." Since that day we met five years ago Harvey has seduced me into burning the midnight oil on many occasions as we collaborated on the writing of "Touchback," a feature film intended for television. We've laughed together till we cried; and one time I ran him out of my house screaming, "Don't ever come back!" According to Harvey, he does nothing illegal. Yet, with no obvious source of income, he man- ages to pay his rent on time. He has no car and no TV. You may have seen him riding his bicycle toward County Beach, head held high, shoulders back, appearing imperious and unapproachable. Harvey spends a lot of time in Southern Bell phone booths around town. That's where he conducts the business of selling his scripts. He even sets up international conference calls with the traffic of Key West as backdrop, including an occasional Conch Tour Train passing. One day he was talking on a favorite pay phone when he noticed two men watching him and listening to his conversation. Harvey was beginning to wonder what they were going to arrest him for when one stepped forward and asked, "Aren't you Harvey Rochman?" Harvey looked at him with an expression of aloof annoyance, raising one eyebrow. "I'm Alan, your classmate at Valley Stream High, remember?" They reminisced about their school days. Alan's companion ended up writing a script with Harvey within a month. You may have been invited by Harvey to a Hollywood bash at the Hemingway House a few years ago. If you chanced it and walked over to Whitehead Street to check it out, you would have been more convinced of his credibility. There was a dynamic interchange among actors, writers, street people and the elite of Key West in the garden where Ernest Hemingway had once walked. The mood was electric. This pool- side party was dreamed of, planned and realized by Harvey Rochman. As Harvey and I worked together on charac- 21 OPENING FEBRUARY 27th JANMcART'S CABARET THEATRE 410 WALL ST. MALLORY SQUARE PRESENTS EVITA LYRICS BY TIM RICE MUSIC BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER NIGHTLY PERFORMANCES 8PM. CLOSED WED. SATURDAY MATINEES at 2:00 PM "Group Discounts Available" TICKETS: $12, $15 SHOW RUNS THRU MARCH 30th FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 296-2120 w> 22 A PAN ASIAN RESTAURANT & TEAHOUSE "A TASTE OF ASIA" EXOTIC SEAFOOD • CHINESE DEUQHTS • CURRIES U/HOLE & NATURAL DINNER 6'U PM Open 7 Datjs 613 DUVAL (REAR) • KEY LiME SQUARE • 294-6230 ters, images, plot and dialogue, I saw how his creative ideas multiplied, generating more ideas, including possible melodies and lyrics that would enrich the story. (Once I mentioned a song I liked, "The Rose." He responded by sing- ing it all the way through in a clear tenor with- out a flaw, a cappella.) I know where those elusive muses allotted for the Florida Keys have been stationed: in the psyche of Harvey Rochman. This man is in- spired. I feel I've been working with a genius. I knew some of Harvey behind his ascetic facade; yet, I felt I didn't really know him. Dur- ing the interview when I asked him specific questions about himself, he hedged; and some- times he was silent. He disclosed his inner self only in little dribbles in the flood of ideas about philosophy on films, life and the state of our union with the ultimate. ROCHMAN: My film stories are comedies mostly. That's the best way to get an idea across. Key West's Only Outdoor Oceanfront Restaurant. DINING Indoors or Under The Stars. BILLY WEBBS BAR Live Music-- TBIAFTERDKCK A Transom's Height Above The Water. Enjoy All Of Our Views. 11:30 AM - 2 AM 700 WADDELL • 294-1061 (Vernon &. Waddell Oceanfront) Harvey Rochman Our 5th year of Creative, Original: Sportswear Lingerie Costumes I just finished a screen play about a Fort Lauder- dale Go Go Bank that's going broke because the president of the bank is using the deposits to buy cocaine. The bank is shaped like a pig. The vault is in the snout. He has to entice monied depositors. The Piggy Bank becomes a financial supermarket where yuppies come to buy CDs. It has a brokerage division, topless dancing girls, slot machines, porno money videos. It offers all financial services, one-stop shopping to fleece the affluent. I've written eleven screen plays. Three have been optioned. That means that the producer pays a deposit and forfeits it if he doesn't use it. What do you want to accomplish through your films? ROCHMAN: First, I'd like to say that film is the medium of the age. So if you have a message, that's the way to reach millions of people- through sound, light, image, color. The goal must be radical alteration of the human con- sciousness for the better, in a hurry before our planet is annihilated. The momentum toward death and destruction is so powerful that it can be overcome only by a life wish. The screen writer has to take a stand. The leaders of today in this communication age are the artists who communicate the meaning of life and inspire others. What about movies out there that use these same techniques to degrade mankind? ROCHMAN: Like Rambo. In the West the intuitive and artistic qualities have been negated in favor of rational thought. This can be an insanity. To say we need more MXs is absolutely berserk. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries superstition ruled, so the rational mind was a breath of fresh air at that time but it's gone overboard. I think instead of calling it the right Now cony ing X-lorge sizes 415 Greene St./Kino Plaza 296-7326 inter arts ! T H E K E Y C O L L E C T I O N COM $P£EA»5> I and left sides of the brain now, you know, intui- tion versus reason, they should call it the west- ern hemisphere of the brain and the eastern. Films which are violent, of course, promote violence. Do you believe in censorship? ROCHMAN: It never really works. Forbidden fruit is even more enticing. Freedom and respon- sibility have to go together. Happiness has to be made as attractive as violence. Another screenplay I wrote is about Greed and Wall Street. "Stocks and Bondage," to be shot in New York in July, is about Bernie Riley, a ne'er- do-well stock analyst who is a failure because he can't predict the future. You mentioned the eastern and western hem- ispheres of the brain. How do you see motion pictures synthesizing these two roles? ROCHMAN: Western society for forty years has been pretty well run by academics and intel- lectuals, and now it's a mess because they used their left brains primarily. Men of reason get very scared about things they don't know. The most dynamic people today are "transliterate" (not post-literate.) Vision and sound are a much more intimate, instinctual, and immediate method of learning than reading. Give me an example of how one of your screenplays would help bridge this gap. ROCHMAN: It's called "West To The Sun." One of the coauthors is a correspondent for Newsweek. It's a true story. In the 1530s a Span- ish group of six hundred landed near Tampa, and they all perished except for four who were then left in the wilderness. They started to trek across the unknown continent to get to their countrymen in Mexico. In their travels west to ™""™5^^ Restaurant Fran^ais "It's the small touches . . . " NOW SERVING LUNCH 1007 SIMONTON ST./294-7100/OPEN 641 P.M. DAILY the sun they met hundreds of Indian tribes. They were welcomed as gods, were forced to heal the Indians or else get killed. So they became healers. They became very sympathetic with the so-called primitives and by the time they had to go to Mexico they saw their own people as bar- barians. This film has tremendous imagery. One was a black Moor, another an aristocratic Spa- niard, another a Doubting Thomas. The tech- nology exists to illustrate in a graphic, scintil- lating way. The healing possibilities of sound and light are integrated into a western story. Does creating a story help you understand yourself better? ROCHMAN: Understanding begets expression and expression begets understanding. Do you use anything like alcohol or drugs to raise your consciousness or get you in the mood for creativity? ROCHMAN: Starvation. No, I've never used any of these things. Each of us is given certain gifts. It's a delicate, subtle mood that can be broken. I cultivate the moments of quiet peace that lead to moments of great activity and creativity. You elect to merge with the truth which is joy or to be apart from union. I choose to stay away from people, situations, and substances that preclude union. Would you say that the state of the artist determines the validity of the art? ROCHMAN: I realized back in New York in my early twenties that you have to get yourself together spiritually to achieve art, and every- thing flows naturally from that. That's why I came here. Key West is a long way from the city. I needed solitude. You can only be as great an artist as you are a human being. 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WATERFRONT CAMPGROUND & TRAILER PARK I'l DOWNTOWN KEY WEST ** ^ 1 G h ' th OLD n.VN b IDUt PtfJTALb 223 ELIZABETH ST., (305) 294-5723 RESERVATIONS WELCOME HORNBLOWERS LIVE JAZZ NIGHTLY love and that life itself is giving and receiving love. What practices have you used to prepare yourself spiritually? R0CHMAN: Isolation was my chief method; but now it's meditation and relaxation. The abil- ity to alter your own consciousness becomes paramount. It's grabbing hold of yourself and getting rid of yourself. One comes to the point where the chief interest in life is seeing that the soul is my greatest treasure, my only possession. The soul must be uncompromised and achieve its goal in this lifetime. Do you set aside a time each day to meditate? R0CHMAN: There's no specific time any- more. I try to get deeper and deeper into an ecstatic state in whatever I'm doing. Often you seem preoccupied. Sometimes I've passed you on the street, greeted you and got no response. R0CHMAN: I would have said hello if I had purposes, like to the beach to swim or to Faus- tos. I try not to get distracted by sensations around me. After my father passed away I realized my mortality. All of a sudden the world was gray to me. When I was in my twenties I fell in love with art and the whole world of color and music and books opened up to me. I wanted passion and excitement. Then I became disen- chanted with the arts. I had to get away. That's when I came here. Does your diet have anything to do with your spiritual enlightment? You fast, I understand. ROCHMAN: To have a light and happy feeling which adds to your ecstacy, try bread and tea. Also you eat a few other things, especially when you come over here. KEY WEST ̂ 8 FLORIST ' 294+5501 Plaza Shopping Center (f ormerlif Dennis florist) BENDER- TANIS All you neod lo know in Real Estate. Sak's Rental Mana^i'merit •10'J FLEMING STREET Tel: 305-296-6200 ROCHMAN: Yes, (laughing) my diet changes depending upon the house I'm visiting. ROCHMAN: In season. You also like fruits, right? When they're available? ROCHHMAN: In season. You eat no meat. Is that correct? ROCHMAN: Well you know, I eat what I can get. You appear to be oblivious to mundane comforts. ROCHMAN: One may outgrow them. As you grow older you either ripen or rot. Is 'ripening' becoming inured to what is hap- pening around you? ROCHMAN: I've always had an ascetic streak, trying to reduce life to essentials. I'm going beyond the void, which is complete and blissful emptiness and which has all the potential for everything in it. It's reaching a point of great inner peace and power. I don't want ot distract myself. How does this affect your art? ROCHMAN: Paradoxically, when you realize, you're not an artist for art's sake only then do you become a sublime artist. Only when we transcend ourselves do we come into our higher self. The characters in my stories have mythic qualities. They reach toward heroism, courage, sensitivity and beauty. It's not the character development as that in nineteenth century literature where the context of growth was in a teardrop. Doesn 't this make your characters one dimen- sional? ROCHMAN: Most of what we call human La Creperie • Steak •Seafood 8 Wine/Beer 124DUVALST. 294-7677 6 nights 6-10, closed Sunday FRENCH CHEF/OWNER NOW OPEN • ^ 0 OAR, 6 RESTAURANT C % l ^ g C A S U A L TROPICAL DINING AT IT'S DEST MESQUITE GRILL SEAFOOD 6 PRIME MEATS 294-3695 Q03 DUVAI 51 RESERVATIONS PLEASE today is sub-human or surreal; sickness, disease, madness. The time is now so critical that the artist doesn't have the luxury to express indi- vidual interests and idiosyncracies. , Would you call Tennessee Williams surreal? ROCHMAN: You have to judge them in the context of their times. I'm sure that much of what he wrote will be dated because he was concerned with the dynamics of sexuality which in that era was very potent and necessary. True greatness, of course, is taking any particular theme and making it timeless. Do you feel you've outgrown loneliness? ROCHMAN: I've always sought solitude. I'd rather be alone and occasionally lonely than with people and occasionally insane. Have you ever been close to another person? ROCHMAN: I have friends and loved ones, people I've known for decades. The more in harmony we are the more we identify with the entire universe. It seems there's an aura of arrogance about you that keeps people away and I'm wondering if it's manufactured for that reason. ROCHMAN: It's an automatic screening process. I don't want the intrusion of most people. You feel that even as a child you were different from others and other people saw that? ROCHMAN: Yes. Some people would say that you do a lot of pushing. Do you feel misunderstood? ROCHMAN: No until today. You can be fierce and active without being violent. Yes, I came When you think of interiors, think o f . . . Jnh Largest selection of fabrics, vertical & mini blinds in the Keys. A/so slipcovers and draperies. 500 Simonton Street, 294-9600 BOB fDCDf COME VISIT S BROWSE THE FLEA MARKET SHOP 730 Duvai [corner Petronia], Key West 10 a.m. to B p.m. daily Records used Goods Old Bottles collectabies Toys JOSE MARTI, LIBERATOR OF CUBA LIVED IN THIS HISTORIC BUILDING. Used Book Exchange Shells Hardware Hand Tools Shell Jewelry from a family where the only understanding and loving person was my father. My mother and sister were limited people. In a sense they couldn't help but be who they were. You don't like talking about yourself as a person, do you? ROCHMAN: The more sensitive you are the more apt you are to have a steel shell. If the soul, the inner sensitivity, has no place to express itself, it becomes like a dark, hard secret. That's the nature of perversion. The evil in people is the bottled up desire for love. Someone said that everyone who owns a Mercedes was unloved as a child. If you need power, money and success it's often because you don't have love. Does your steel exterior allow you to be an opportunist? ROCHMAN: (chuckling) I've done as well with it here in Key West: my house, my cars. You're capable of a great deal of charm and you can talk people into a lot of things. ROCHMAN: No, I've never talked anybody out of more than $100,000 in this whole town. I view myself as having too much integrity. I try to inspire people. That may be a euphemism. ROCHMAN: Well, you can't browbeat anyone unless they're willing to accede to it. You have to get people out of their small worlds like the Music Man. But you hold out carrots to people. ROCHMAN: That's part of it, of course. But I believe it as I say it. You see, it may take five years. It may take ten years, but it doesn't matter to me because I have the belief in my ideas. 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To be affective in the world is always a combination of sensitivity and power. Most people are afraid of power. It isn't enough for the artist to be sensitive. We all have to have the masculine quality. And you want to combine these feminine and masculine qualities? ROCHMAN: Well, yeah, I'd like to. That's what a full human being is. The harder you get, the softer you get. And the softer you are the more essential it is that you be made of steel. That's sometimes misunderstood. Sometimes you seem more than a screen- writer with your dare for the dramatic, yourprecise enunciation, and your computer-like brain— you could be an actor. Have you ever wanted to be in a movie? ROCHMAN: I've acted and danced and sung andafter I get some of these films under my belt, I may create a story for me. How do you see the future for you? ROCHMAN: I get simpler and simpler. My life is a battle against cynicism. I'll continue to express joy. I'm ready for success. I've never been ready before. Harvey Rochmanfs qualities of perseverance and self discipline are worthy of his ancestors. He is dedicated to his dream that he swears is coming true. His courtships with screenwriting is obviously more than infatuation. It may be his true love that leads to the alter of Paramount Pictures; and if it does, determination and bril- We give you credit for your success. Southeast Bank Key West Banking Center 422 Front Street (305) 294-4601 Member FDIC liant talent will have been rewarded and the motion picture industry enriched. One of Harvey's favorite quotes is from Teil- hard de Chardin: "After man has conquered the wind and the waves he'll harness the power of love and then for the second time in history man will have discovered fire." Hospice of the Florida Keys Hospice of the Florida Keys is a non-profit tax-exempt organization, licensed by the State of Florida to provide services to terminally ill individuals and their families. Using health pro- fessionals and trained volunteers, hospice as- sist patients in living comfortably at home, while facilitating a peaceful death in family sur- roundings. By involving the patient and the family in direct care and addressing problems which can cause anxiety and isolation, the hos- pice team continually works with the family to resolve'its grief and reweave the family fabric. Volunteer training programs are held approx- imately three times a year in all areas of Monroe County. For more information please call 294- 8812. INSIDE KEY WEST ON A HOUSE TOUR by Bets Reynolds Iff ey West is not Florida," someone said at H lunch the other day. The southernmost 81 island has many attractions not found in mainland Florida, including Key West's unique and famous "Conchtown" architectue and its colorful history. Key West was a thriving city when most of Florida was barely a gleam in the eyes of land developers. Key West Design . . . Gingerbread trim on the porches of the "Conch" house owned by Jim Stokes and Jim Camp. Incorporated in 1828, the city of Key West, with its concentration in "Old Town" of 19th Century buildings, is a phenomenon at the southern tip of 20th century Florida,.a Nan- tucket in the warm Caribbean Gulf Stream. One of the most enjoyable ways to experience Key West's uniqueness is to visit a variety of its SHAMROCK TYPING SERVICE (£ We meet deadlines"1 All-Typing Needs Temporary Office Help Mail Forwarding Light Bookkeeping Transcribing Typing Lessons KEY WEST'S SVIOST PROFESSIONAL TYPING SERVICE 714 Elizabeth Street 296-7163 NOTARY PUBLIC (WEDDINGS PERFORMED) Member Key West Chamber of Commerce 19th century houses on tour. The last opportun- ity to do so this year will come on Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15, when five of the city's handsomest homes, all of them in historic "Old Town," would be open from 5 to 9 p.m. on the final 1986 "Old Island Days" House Tour. Sponsored by the Old Island Restoration Foundation, the annual "House and Garden Tours" have been the heart of the "Old Island Days" celebrations since the early 1960's. There are three tours in all, two in February and one in March, featuring fifteen homes, five on each tour. Tickets for each tour are $8 and may be bought at "Hospitality House" in Mallory Square, or at any one of the tour houses. The money raised through ticket sales is used by the Foundation to restore and preserve Key West's historic buildings. Working to make the tours a success are more than 300 volunteers . . . hosts and hostesses, Conch Tour Train guides, sign painters, photo- graphers and publicists, 'prop' and lighting teams, historians and cartographers and, most important, the home-owners themselves. The five houses on the March 14 and 15 evening House Tour are all wooden "Conch" houses, but with a variety of differences. The Amsterdam's house is large and impressive, Anthony Woolcott's home small and charming. Mrs. Paul Sawyer's home is furnished with fine 19th century furniture while, nearby the home of Jim Stokes and Jim Camp has a contemporary interior designed by its architect-owner. The old "eyebrow house" belonging to Bill Conkle and Tony Falcone, owners of "Fast Buck Freddie's," is also contemporary and full of delightful sur- prises inside. All of the houses may be reached by bike, foot or car but the preferred way is by special night- time Conch Tour Train, transportation included in the price of the $8 ticket. Also included, the informative and often off-beat comments of the volunteer Conch Train guides, Sally Lewis, Jeanne Muncie, Nancy Jameson, John Mercer and Clay McDaniel. 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The 100 percent virgin wool in Vasquez's tapestries has been completely hand prepared, i.e., sheared from the sneep, washed, picked, carded and then spun in- to thread. Whenever colors other than the natural wool hues are desired, the skeins of thread are dyed with "natural" dyes made from a variety of plants—indigo (blues & greens), lichens (yellows & tans), dodder (yellows), nuts (browns & lavenders), acacias (black) and from a tiny insect called the Cochineal Scale In- sect which is raised on the Nopal Cactus and which produces a variety of reds, pinks, oranges, and maroon. The Zapotecs held a virtual monopoly as suppliers of high-quality clothing in pre-Hispanic Mexico, and Isaac Vasquez is the most prestigious master weaver & dyer in the contemporary Zapotec culture. Hats & Hammocks is located at 605 White- head St. and is open Monday through; Satur- day 10-5. Ph. 294-2627. Isaac Vasquez (left) and son Ernesto display large tapestry now on display at Hats & Hammocks. 28 31 you Steve more family then family cur, lent more ciir from T3tri%,_ If your town size car's got you stuck in the city, pack up the whole family in one of Thrifty's full size, air conditioned cars, and Rent A Weekend, or even Rent A Vacation. We have special, low rates that'll save you money getting to your vacation, and save you money getting back. And with Thrifty you'll travel in comfort, in one of our new, air conditioned cars. Thrifty features quality products of the New Chrysler Corporation like this Chrysler LeBaron 4-Door. HRIFTY RENT-A-CAR 298-6514 —- 2516 N. Roosevelt Blvd. Key West, Florida lent A Weekend from Thrifty, LOWEST PRICED PICTURE FRAMING ,^N GALLERY HOPPING by Gordon Lacy T here have been recent rumblings about a Fine Arts Museum for Key West. This is some- thing that' has been on my mind for a long time. I feel we should start with local SoMo painters and sculptures. Lee Dodez has led me to think that if East Martello is going to admin- ister the restored Truman White House on the base, the old servant's quarters would lend themselves ideally to this purpose. There should be a small curator-team who would solicit dona- tions of Key West artists from local patrons who would benefit nicely on their tax deductions. I do not exclude outside painters as long as the committee passes the choices. We might even perhaps be persuaded to permanently loan, for example, our Rosa Bonheur. Those interested, contact me at the White Street Gallery 294-7115. The Guild Hall Gallery's rotating show this month will feature George Summer's batiks. Valerie Hoh is showing fabric designs, Viaan and Fritz Stang stained glass lamps, Judi Bradford is solf-sculpturing a life-sized Hemingway, and Ann Irvine is doing Key West scenes with painted magnetized appurtances to move about at will. Sonia Robinson is making leather col- lages for handbags and dresses. At the Burgess-Meinster Gallery John B is turning out some fine collages and he is person- ally so modest that the result is exorbitant under-pricing. Also, some of the best painting in Key West is taking place in their out-back studio. Artiste's is going all out for the Ferron Bell's Comet Art Show on the 1st of March, when the ROSE LANE ANTIQUITIES Pre-Columbian Pottery & Gold . Primitive Art from Africa Noon to 5 P.M. Or By Appointment 524 Rose Lane • 294-1873 l.|u»i nit lh . u V l l l i v k u t I5uv.il I ppippWi^ COMPLETE LINE OF ARTISTS MATERIALS • ORIGINAL WORKS BY KEYS ARTISTS • MARIO SANCHEZ EDITIONS • AUDUBON BIRD PRINTS • ANTIQUE MAPS a CHARTS' • MUSEUM-QUALITY MATERIALS • NEEDLEWORK FRAMING • ALL WORK DONE IN OUR SHOP CUSTOM WOOD 8: METAL FRAMING 711 DUVALST. 294-691 1 FREE PARKING IN REAR « MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED fucof ARISTOS G A L L E R Y Barbara A. Cooper (3O5) 2O&O218 219 SIMONTON / OLD TOWN KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040 artist will be dressed as Sir Edmond Halley and there will be a bed-sized cake for this anniver- sary. National Geographic will be down for over two weeks to photograph the show and I pre- sume the comet's passage. This is international publicity for us and Barbara is very excited about it, not mentioning the artist who is beside himself. The Haitian Art Co. is still featuring the Joseth wood-carvings painted by Madsen that I like so much. The show here is ever-changing. The Key West Art Center on Front St. is behind the yearly out-door art show, now over, and for March the usual stable of painters will be on view. At Lucky Street Gallery the Not Painting show comes down the 3rd and from the 4th to the 18th Thomas Colbert will show his gouaches It's the zaniest craft studio on the sunny isle of Key West. Soft sculpture lizards, geckos, alligators and their tropical friends cling to windows and lounge on the work tables. A "soft porn" lizard sunbathes topless in a swaying hammock (don't tell the city fathers)' while the Lizard Lady works. While you're in Key West, stop and see the Lizaid Licks studio in Guild Hall Gallery, 614 Duval Street. ";A Brand New • VAUGHN GIBSON!" PREMIERE OILS AND ACRYLICS Friday, 11th March through the end of March 5:30-8:00 p.m. The White Street Gallery 901 White Street 3 i 1 I 1x of Key West scenes. From the 19th through the 28th, John Rankine's fabric wall-hangings along with John Martini's scultures. John's current invitations are stamped 'Buy Art Today.' I concur. The Arts Council is moving to a suite at The Reach, offered by Mr. Laber. Parvan says that it will be more acceptable to the media as a work space for producing an international festival of the arts. The touch of class will be perfect for visiting philanthropists, etc. The tools are in- cluded too: Telephone service, telex and the use of the computer. The words are, winter art cen- ter of America. The White Street Gallery will wind up its Annie Rousseau Antique Poster show on the 10th and present on the 11th (reception) A Brand New Vaughn Gibson (oil and acrylics), SoMo's naughty boy who is into impressionism and flowers. Rose Lane Antiquities have some great new Peruvian pieces in which can also be seen at Fred Gros'. Applause to Alice Terry for a beautiful all- pastel show at the White Street Gallery and Craig Biondi who sold out at Gingerbread. The two shows represent a change of pace for these artists. I hope there will be applause at the won- drously re-modeled Convention Hall when Jan McArt premiers Evita on the 27th of Feb. There has been feeling about this venture; I am excited that there will be 13 local actors, singers and dancers on the payroll. Year round work for many locals who will be getting experience. Matthew*! ampol seems well in charge of all this, we are supportive with fingers crossed, breath bated. The world premiere of Nebrada's version of Romeo and Juliet was unmitigated success with Kudos to all involved, especially the leads, Pepe Menendez from Key West and Charla Metzer. Their two big pas de deux were haunting. Per- haps my finest evening yet in Key West. After Fred Gros' computer show of Luciano, the artist will be staying on to work on a sculp- ture commissioned for the 1800 Atlantic. Fred says March will bring radical changes, though he won't admit what. Surprises, and and we will keep our eyes on his windows. East Martello seems to be going all out for Jack Baron's A Wedding with wedding invita- tions, live flower girls, three real cakes modeled on the painted one and his painted objects serve as the bride's presents. A March 4th opening not to be missed. Karen at Artist Warehouse says she is too busy in season, framing for all the shows that she has no time for her self and is longing for summer and time to paint. Incidentally, Prazen's large 'Spiderman' has been sold. What can she possi- bly replace it with? I have unintentionally overlooked Art Kara who won best sculpture prize in the Martello show. He combines marble and metal and some- times glass, tempting fate. Hope all is forgiven, Art. It has been pointed out to me recently that most people are afraid to enter art galleries and once inside are incapable of dealing with dealers. The point is that we are probably even more scared than you. Now, nobody is intimidated goingto Sear's to bargain fora new fridge and to pay it off over a pre-agreed period of time. The same principal rules the art world but as its art, we speak in hushed and refined tones skirting money matters. I think I can speak for most of my colleagues when I insist we are dealers, we believe in our artists and we want to sell; not at any price perhaps, but we will always try to come to terms that satisfy both sides, client and artist, and most of us work on the installment plan. Why not? Refrigerators wear out; Art does not. And we never tack on any interest, either. One of the encouraging signs of the times is - that I find more and more collectors in all stages of development and they are more and more people of modest means. They buy paintings on time and when they get one paid off, go on to the "next. They never admit to lack of wall space as I have heard many wealthy collectors do. We rotate our paintings all the time. At last count we had 109 things on our tiny conch house walls and they get wrapped in bubble-plastic and retired regularity to make way for new acquis- itions and when they resurface months later we are enchanted all over again and congratulate ourselves on our marvelous taste.. At Gingerbread, Jim Salem will be showing his highly colored acrylics on canvas of birds and exotic fauna; through March 9th. On the 10th Ron Clemens' new work, also acrylics plus Red Barn Theatre AS is MARCH 5-30 A SOUVENIR-TENNESSEE WILLIAMS REMEMBERED Matinees Sat. & Sun. 4 PM / $6, Adults; $4, 12 & under N O PERFORMANCE MARCH 9 SHOWS: WED.-SUN. CURTAIN: 8:30 P.M. 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They are featuring Solar Glass Art by Marvin Murphy who over the last ten years has mastered his technique, using solar film and glass. Subject is the Tropics, flora and fauna. ML martello 3S00S. ftoctievelt fclwd, [at airport entrance) gallery^ museum The Wedding" Paintings by Jack Baron East Martello Gallery and Museum 3500 S. Roosevelt Blvd. (at Airport Entrance) Key West, Florida 30 31 F ! R 3 T T H R E E C L A 3 3 E 3 F R E E KARATE CLASSES Kids 14 and under 5:30-6:30 oa Men. -Fr i . 10 :00- 6:30-7 , I d : 0 0 - 7 :30-8 :30 p-i M e n . - F r i . 11 :00-L2:00 212 S a t . 1:00 aa Sac. gir.ners 30 pa Man. -Fr i . pra y.on. & Wed. 1:00 an Sa t . KEY WEST TAEKWONDO INSTITUTE 294-3509 S H O P P I N G C E N T E R NEXT TO GLAMA-F?AMA • WOMEN • CHiLOREH Sanetloned by American Taekvondo Association ANGELC*S Takeout and Delivery Service Availably OPEN DAILY TIL 4 AM 2C38 DUVAL ST. Because, if you're in the market tor coinniervnil insurance, your business is our business. 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We invite you to call the Marina for more information Marina 294-4676 Foot of Maloney Ave • Stock Island • Key West r 32 Northern Italian Cuisine 615 Duval Street, Key West 294-6565 From the Key West Garden Club FEAR OF FLAMINGOS Tuesday - Sunday 1O p.m. to 2 a.m. FULL SAIL Starting March 12th SUNDAY JAZZ 5 p.m. to{lOpm, 1202S1MPNTON Open I I am. Jo4am. Serving Lunch & Dinner Specials RUSSEL F. SULLIVAN MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT Russel F. Sullivan retired from the FBI in 1980 after serving in the FBI from 1954 through 1980. Russ passed away in January of 1985 from a sudden heart attack. At the time of Russ' death he was acting as a consultant to the Key West, Florida Police Department in training related jpatters. Mrs. Russel (Ruth) Sullivan has establ- Tshed the Russel F. Sullivan Scholarship Fund through the Florida Keys Community College, Key West, Florida, in conjunction with the Flor- ida Academic Improvement Trust Fund establ- tsned by the State of Florida Legislature to support and encourage the private fund-raising endeavors of the State Community College System. The Academic Improvement Trust Fund will provide matching funds for monies raised through individual, business or corporate dona- tions for college scholarships. The interest earned from the donations and the State of Flor- ida matching funds will be used to afford full- time officers of the Key West Police Department in-service type trainingand seminars in the field of law enforcement. " The foundation is a Florida non-profit corpor- ation which has been recognized by the U. S. Internal Revenue Service as a charitable, educa- tional organization which is exempt from Fed- eral income tax. In an effort to raise additional funds for the Russ Sullivan Scholarship Fund, plans are cur- rently underway to promote the Russel F. Sulli- van Memorial Golf Tournament scheduled for April 11-13,1986, in Key West, Florida. The golf tournament will be opened to the first 100 golfers (50 2-man teams) who sign up to play at the championship Key West Resort course. The cost is $300 per team. In addition, sport and political personalities will be present as players who will be auctioned off at a pre- tournament cocktail party, Friday, April 11th. Single entries will be paired at the same cocktail party if necessary, by the tournament chairman. The chairman will also attempt to have all pair- ings finalized except celebrities shorstly after the March 17th deadline. The $150 per man entry fee will include two rounds of golf with cart, cocktail party on April 11th, Bar-B-Cue lunch at the golf club and finally, the awards banquet on Sunday, April 13th. Celebrities who will be present are: BOOG POWELL, former all-star Balti- more Orioles baseball player; GEORGE MIRA, former all-star Univer- sity of Miami football player and former all-star with the San Francisco 49'ers; MEL FISHER, world famous treasure salvor If you are unable to participate in the golf tournament itself, a tax-deductible donation would be greatly appreciated. Your check may be forwarded directly .to the Russel F. Sullivan Scholarship Fund at the Florida Keys Commun- ity College, # 1 Junior College Road, Key West, Florida,-or to the Sullivan Memorial Golf Tour- nament address, P. O. Box 2502, Key West, Florida 33040. The Naturalist in Key West by Cynthia Edwards W hen you see the stains and splats of fallen fruit on the pavement beneath a ficus tree, look up and you'll probably see some spring early birds feasting on the figs. A flock of these hungry travellers can strip a tree of its fruit in about a week, moving around town from tree to tree. Ficuses in the north Whitehead Street area recently hosted a flock of 55 American robins. Over on Duck avenue two western kingbirds and some gray catbirds were seen availing them- selves of the bountiful fruit. Cedar waxwings and white-crowned pigeons also may be seen feeding on wild figs. One purple martin, probably a scout, was sighted perched on a wire. This bird is definitely a migrant on the way north, so watch for the flock to follow in a couple of weeks. Another of the earlier migratory birds known to pass through this area is the parula warbler, about 3 3/4" long with a yellow throat, blue back and broad white wing bars. With March come more and more, birds, including tanagers, orioles and the brilliant indigo buntings. Hawks, mostly broadwings, are still seen circling high in the sky, but they will begin soon gradually to move on up north, disappearing usually by the end of May. In the springtime the least terns arrive here to nest all summer long. A favorite spot is on the roof of the old commissary store on Simonton Street. Rooftops at the old Truman Annex are popular nesting sites for the roseate terns, which sport long, white, deeply forked tails. At a pond by the road at the golf course on Stock Island a friend spotted a sora rail, a dark, compact chicken-like marsh bird seldom seen because it hides so well in the dense grasses. A unique subspecies of rabbit found only from Boca Chica to Big Pine Key is Sylvilagus palus- tris hefneri, the key rabbit. The animal has been extirpated from the Torch keys, Upper Sugarloaf and Cudjoe Keys and may have lived down as far as in Key West during the 19th century. The key rabbit is not at all related to domestic, or common pet, rabbits. It is much smaller, only about a foot long resting, which is half the size of the domestic, and it has a somber, dark brown coat, gray button tail and barely visible short ears, as contrasted to the long, floppy ears and , big, fluffy tail of the domestic version. Its habitat is tidal marshes and hardwood hammock, apparently requiring an upland adja- cent to marsh for fresh water although the key rabbit has a modified kidney enabling it to drink limited quantities of brackish water. This ana- tomical feature is highly adaptive in the keys environment. Shipments of vegetables coming to Key West in the middle to latter 19th century carried a stowaway that is still with us: the Cuban tree frog, the largest tree fog in the western hemis- phere. Females reach a maximum size of 6" while the males are 2 to 2 1/2 inches long. It has a mottled appearance with a gray-green complexion. Very large toe pads make Cuban tree frogs phenomenal climbers, going as high as 15 feet, but staying at least six to eight inches above the ground. They are strictly nocturnal and will eat anything they can swallow, including other frogs. During the frogs' mating season beginning in late spring, they descend from the trees to gather in groups around areas of fresh water where there are about 20 males to every couple of females. Occasionally an amorous male will crush the female to death in his instinctive grasp. Their chorus of croaking sounds like one, protracted, raspy snore. Pink shaving brushes blossom on their name- sake trees in March while the African tulip tree continues to show off cup-shapediLQwers two to three inches long at the ends of high branches. These are a brilliant salmon color on the outside with a deeper orange inside. A very fragrant scent wafting on the spring breeze could be from the small, yellow, ball-like flower cluster of the sweet acacia blooming this time of year. Essences from this thorny shrub's nectar were used to make Cleopatra's perfume, according to legend. The plant has fine, feathery compound leaves. Butterflies are attracted to the oxeye daisy, or sea daisy, with its three-quarter-inch yellow flowers. Clusters of them grow in open spaces such as vacant lots and roadsides. More yellow flower petals litter the ground as the golden shower bush comes into bloom beginning in March. One can be found on the north side of Truman Avenue at Jose Marti Park. Bromeliads have responded to the lengthen- ing days by sprouting their weird, intensely . colored blossoms. Zig-zagging spikes are bril- liant orange, red or purple, shooting out from centers of the plants. Flower buds in wildly contrasting colors nestle in cups angling out- ward, culminating in the bloom at the end of the stalk, resembling variously a pine cone, a paint- brush, a paw." More subtle is the bloom of the furry gray tillansia bromeliad. Sometimes it is little more than a pale lavender or gray-pink thread arching delicately from the center of the plant. Some- times it is a flat, flocked, almost scaly tongue tapering to a point. Numerous varieties of bromeliads can be seen blooming at the Joe Allen Garden Center at West Martello Tower, now open to "the public after being closed for nearly seven months. Work repairing and stabilizing the fort's bricks has been completed. Examples of many of theplants the Naturalist has described grow there and a key for identifying them is available to visitors at the center's office. 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Roosevelt Bivct ',•'••:• "•••• •i •.'•••'•-.• ; -.'.• f f e e t t a n s p o r i a t i p n O n t i w O a T f f A n - T r d l i f i y . : ••'•'_• .'. \ Advertising ftjnds provided; t y the Mo^oeCowiyTou / j f tDewetop fneh tCpuhc i i Event Sponsored i n Part 6y The N a t a u l f j i d o v i n K n t t e t e A r t s ; t f i e S o t e o ( F l t ) r i ( H , • Department of State. Owsiori of Cultural A f te te . and the Florida Arts Counci l aOHIDA KEVS COMMUNITY COUJEGE, KEY WEST An Equal Opportunity Equal Access. Affirmative Action Coitege \ V Key West Nativd Plant Nursery 901 FLEMING STREET«296-4621 Native Landscape Plants for the Florida Keys. Open by Appointment & Saturdays 9-12 COCK-OPHONY Helen R. Chapman I have written a couple of times in the past on ffie suBject ofehickens; Now I'd like to turn my attention to the male of the species. I have never lived on a farm, but it was always my understanding that roosters crow at sun-up. When I first went to the Caribbean, I was startled to hear roosters begin dishing the dirt at 11:30 at night. One would start it and every rooster on the island would pick it up, sending messages like drums in the jungle. I asked someone about this untraditional behavior and was told it was because they were fighting cocks. That information didn't help me much, but in time I got used to it and could sleep through the crowing caucus. Here in Key West, the island rooster tradition lives on in full force at any time of day or night. I have no idea why they can't work out a sche- dule. I guess they are highly individualistic; like most islanders. I think my neighborhood must be a chicken farm. Any time I glance out the window, there's a parade going by, papa strut- ting in the lead followed by his harem and off- spring. But I swear I never see the same family twice. And of course the cackling and crowing goes on and on. There is one rooster who takes first prize, however. He doesn't live in my neighborhood, thank heaven, but near the home of a friend of mine who has a tremendous sapodilla tree. Now this particular rooster is one of the most hand- ene on 626 Duval Street wm The sixth sheik's sixth sheep's s ick . . . Relax. We'll tell him for you. TypeTech, Inc. 901 Fleming St. Key West 296-3080 at Solares Hill Design Group Digital Typesetting some I've ever seen. My friend dubbed him Disco Rooster because of his flamboyant plumage! Disco is very fond of my friend's yard because of a ground covering of sapodilla leaves, under which live all kinds of goodies birds adore. But when Disco opens his mouth, he puts a peacock to shame. It is almost impossible at times to have a conversation when Dis#o is at his loud- est. My friend•_ reports that this bird knows exactly where the bedroom is and bursts into song right outside of it in the wee hours of the morning. He has another cute trick, too. He flies up to the highest branches of the sapodilla and spreads the word to the world. This in turn provokes every rooster for blocks around into joininghimiri the cock chronicle. Heartily supported by his neighbors, my friend has been trying to come up with a solu- tion to the Disco problem. He thought about getting a fish seine to throw over the bird for safe transportation to Stock Island, but this would be difficult since Disco hastily retreats to the top of the tree when anyone approaches him. He considered calling Friends of Animals, but we're even they couldn't become a friend to Disco. Although my friend is a man of gentle disposi- tion, I think it's only a matter of time before Disco Rooster becomes Disco Coq au Vin. Meanwhile, everybody grab your earplugs— here comes Disco with the early morning news! The New York Times says it's "excellent" The New York Times says it's "consistent" The New York Times says it's "popular" The New York Times says it's "special". You'd find it special too. ttoebuccetiy 1208 Simonlon/Key West 305-294-0717 KEY WEST BAR & GRILL 11 AM - 2 AM DELICIOUS HOMEMADE FOOD , .• • You may never find homo m nm 1970 N. Roosevelt Blvd. 294-4068 36 Commentary The Key West RDA, Part V: The Peat, Marwick, Mitchell Report: The Waste of Taxpayer's Money' that Indicted the RDA By George Murphy Late Breaking News Continued evidence of inappropriate - or pos- sibly illegal - management on the part of RDA executive director Steve McDaniel surfaced last Friday. For the past couple of years, Bill Jones, owner of Harbor House (Front Street) has been given free storage facilities in the RDA administration building. Ever since the fire that greatly dam- aged the Chez Emile restaurant and Harbor House in March of 1984, a large (340 square foot) first-floor room has contained Mr. Jones' salvaged furniture and display cases and has been used as both a storage facility and carpen- try shop for the repair and construction of furni- ture, display £ases, and other items. This is a clear violation of Mr. McDaniePs responsibilites and, at $3.79/square foot rental, the RDA has failed to impose $2577.20 in rents to Mr. Jones over the past two years. Further, when asked about the use of the space, the RDA misrepresented the facts, claim- ing that it was used as a storage room for the RDA maintainence department. Again, Solares Hill calls for Mr. McDaniel's resignation. The long-awaited, city-financed review of the proposed 99-year lease of the Truman Annex properties to Key West Harbor Development Corporation (KWHD) of Sarasota has been com- pleted and was delivered to the city two weeks ago. Earlier in the month, while the study was still in progress, RDA Executive Director Steve McDaniel said he thought that the study was a waste of taxpayers' money. However, the fin- ished report points out numerous loopholes in and problems with the propsed lease (which was written not by the city but by the development corporation seeking the lease.) The existing loopholes could result in the city receiving a 0% share of the profits from this multi-million dol- lar development. The 13-page report, conducted at a cost of $10,000, cites more than a dozen problems that the Miami office of this national accounting firm sees in the lease. The report has raised some eyebrows as to the development corporation's intent in the phrasing of the lease and has also raised serious questions about the competence of the RDA board members who have been work- ing very agressively for the approval of the lease as written. The PMM report was based on all of the doc- uments that the RDA provided them from its fiJes and on meetings with the developer's repre- sentatives. It claims that numerous omissions, inconsistencies, and 'significant differences' exist between the documents and the City- approved conceptual plan on which it was to be based as well as discrepancies between those documents and the developer's proposal 'as des- cribed by the developer's representatives and the RDA.' Those inconsistencies were so substantial that PMM found it 'difficult to determine the actual responsibilities of the involved parties.' Impossible to Estimate' Among the more significant matters addressed in the report are the failure of both the RDAand KWHD to address the issues of both affordable housing and light industry in their plans, des- pite the fact that both matters were to be given special consideration. Beyond that, according to PMM, the concep- tual plan prepared by the RDA in 1979, 'does not reflect the current development opportunity, current market conditions, or possibly even, current desires of the community.' Further, the report cites inconsistencies on matters of lease payments, impact fees, and sub- lease conditions. Because of a lack of market analyses, financial projections, and details of the development pro- gram, PMM found it "impossible to estimate the fiscal impact." (emph, GM) In the matter of projecting additional rental income to the city, PMM states that "no infor- mation has been provided regarding these matters." For these and other reasons, PMM asserts that "the cumulative effect of all transactions will be a fiscal return to the city of an amount substantially below the returns illustrated in the (Thomas) Marshall Appraisal prepared for the RDA." In fact, as the lease is currently written, the city would have no share in revenues from the large residential portions of the plans and could as well receive no share from the commer- cial revenues. That is to say that, 99 years from now, at the termination of the lease, the city might be receiving an amount of rent roughly equivalent to the amount of (admittedly low) rents cur- rently being collected from the Annex tenants. Faction Reaction: Initial response to the report from the RDA was predictable. It was not what the RDA wanted to hear. Even before Executive Director McDaniel had time to examine the report on its merits (or lack thereof) and issue even a preliminary response, board members Paul Sher, John MagHola, and Philip Dobert exhibited strong resentments over the critical report. Sher seemed annoyed at the recent interest expressed by city commissioners, who attended the RDA meeting the week the report was released, speaking of them as Johnny-come- lately's and buck-passers. Even though KWHD will be taking loans to make the downpayment on the property purchase, Sher claimed that the city shouldn't take over the property because "it can't afford it." MagHola claimed that the city of Key West has never been fiscally responsible and that the cost of commissioning of the PMM study would have been better spent repairing "two sidewalks." Magliola's quick rejection of the PMM report is particularly ironic in that he recently had enough faith in the firm's work and reputation to hire them to do an audit of his radio station FM 107. Dobert, prior to any RDA response, questi- oned whether PMM was an accounting firm or a law firm, and said "It appears to me that they're practicing law without a license." Michael Halpem, the RDA's lawyer, is very familiar with development contracts, and, as the RDA's lawyer, is responsible for protecting the city's interest in the deal. As such, if there are serious inconsistencies or inadequacies in the lease agreement and other documents, he may ultimately be responsible for not having noticed nor corrected them. Halpern's response, how- ever, paralleled Dobert's. "All I can say is that I'm going to start doing tax returns for April 15," he quipped. Response from the city commissioners who attended the meeting came later. Sally Lewis claims that she was surprised at the extensive comments from the RDA board members reported in the Sunday 2/23 Citizen. According to Lewis, "they seemed to be avoiding the obvious main issue at the meeting—which was the PMM report—saying that they hadn't had time yet to study it. Yet apparently, as soon as the commissioners left the building, they held a press .conference on the matter." Commissioner Weekly agreed with Lewis's assessment and added, "It should have been more than clear to them that we'd come to hear some response to the PMM report but they never addressed any of the pertinent issues. They said they hadn't read the report. But that didn't seem to stop them from passing judgement and reject- ing it. I even stayed a while after the meeting to have a conversation but they waited for me to leave before they had their little side show for the press. It was a pretty shabby deal." Time for Resignations Though they need not be uncooperative with one another, the RDA Board and the Develop- ment Corporation are, nonetheless, meant to be in an antagonistic relationship. The developer, no doubt, is interested in max- imizing his financial return while the RDA should be interested in protecting the city's interests and trying to maximize its return. Nonetheless, the reverse seems to be true. As the abovementioned comments and facts illus- trate, the board, its director, and its laywer have been behaving in an antagonistic manner toward the city government while behaving in a friendly and supportive manner toward the developer, despite the fact that there are loopholes in the lease that greatly dis-favored the city. The city commission decided it was time for things to change. The Executive Director: At last Tuesday's City Commission meeting, after learning that RDA Director Steven McDan- iel had failed to provide PMM with documents pertinent to their study, commissioners Week- ley and Halloran called for his resignation. Aside from their contention that he had failed to protect the best interests of the city, there were additional factors involved in their request for his resignation, among them . . . •There is evidence of a conflict of interest on the part of McDaniel in that, last June, while acting as a public agency director, he conducted business for the developer he was supposed to be negotiating against, •He failed to fulfill his job of assuring that the development proposal adhered to the city's conceptual plan, • He had not advised against allowing 37 Jeffrey Fluggner, the treasurer of the. devel- opment corporation, to assist in the writ- ing of the lease. The RDA Board: While the executive director is an expe- rienced developer, the RDA board members are not. Though one could assume that they do (and perhaps should) look to Steve McDaniel for guidance, only the board members have the right to vote in all RDA matters and are therefore responsible for the agency's decision-making. As such, beyond the sarcasm and disdain they have exhibited toward the city government, they . . . •failed to see that the development ad- hered to the conceptual plan •allowed the 'opposition' to assist in the writing of the lease •failed at their meetings to even address the issue of conflict of interest, though the information regarding that matter had been publically available for over six months (and had been reported here last month). The RDA Attorney: Had the building moratorium not been in effect, and had the city not commissioned PMM (which, by the way, is the second largest such firm in the country and highly experienced in dealing with-developmental leases,) the RDA would have, by now, negotiated the sale and the city would have beenstuck with the lease as it is written. The potential loss to the city would have been final and staggering. •Michael Halpern, the*RDA's attorney, despite his great expertise and years of experience as a lawyer who has represented many of the largest developers in the region, had failed in the months preceding the PMM report, to either notice or repair the existing phrases in the lease which are detrimental to the city's interests. At the city commission meeting, Halpern, when asked by commissioners if he would make changes in the lease agreement, told them that such changes could and would be attended to— but suggested that it should be dealt with out- side of city commission chambers—since there were many other matters to be handled at the meeting. He offered to open his office on Friday last week to listen to suggestions for alterations. However, his intent may well have been to avoid making changes and he got 'caught.' For, shortly after getting the commission to put off discussion of suggested changes in the lease, he stepped outside of the commission chamber, laughed out loud, said of his maneuver, "That shut them up!" and then remarked that the commissioners wouldn't know what questions to ask anyway. When this comment was overheard and re- ported during the commission meeting, it caused a public outcry and led to a call for his resignation as well. George Halloran said that Halpern has sounded for months as though he'd been representing the developer rather than the city and that his comment clearly indicated that he obviously did not have the best interests of the city at heart. The Frosting on the Cake By the closing hour of the 6-hour meeting, particularly after John Dent, the president of KWHD, walked out without waiting to hear any public input about his plans, Commissioner Weekley put forth a resolution rescinding the 1980 Conceptual Plan on which the lease must, by law, be based. It passed on a vote of 4-1. Emma Cates cast the opposing vote after suggesting that the whole meeting amounted to a conspiracy and insulted Commissioner Weekley by saying, "You're playing with the Big Boys now!" as well as concerned citizens who had sat through the 6-hour meeting by calling them, among other things, 'gadflies.' Weekley, refusing to alter any of the pertinent language of the report replied to Cates, "Well, Emma, I guess the honeymoon is over." Since the development plan must be based on the conceptual plan, rescinding it essentially nullified the lease. The city has requested a 90 day extension on to be the favored whipping boy of some in Key West. In the interests of fair debate and public discussion, I would like to outline the position of the Redevelopment Agency and answer some of the specific charges raised in your articles. The recent series on the RDA and the pro- posed development seems to be based on two major premises: Solares Hill and George Murphy are not interested in any facts except those that support the predetermined conclusions they want the public to reach; and rumor, innuendo and unsubstantiated "expert" statements make for better copy even if they violate the rules of sound journalism. The overall gist of the Solares Hill series argument is that there is no control over what will end up on the annex; that what is to be built there will not benefit the public and in fact will Is this to be, the lease from the General Services Administra- tion in Atlanta. Such matters are common and there should be no reason for them not receiving one. Two things may happen: •A plan might be conceived by which the city could purchase the property itself. •The KWHD lease will have to be re- written so that it conforms to the city's new Conceptual Plan and scrutinized more carefully to assure the elimination of the various problems the present lease contains. Whether resignations, removals, or lawsuits fol- low remains to be seen. In any case, the city has asserted its right to have a real say in the land which it will ulti- mately own. Letter from Steve McDaniel January 22,1986 Mr. Bill Huckel Solares Hill 513 Fleming St. # 4 Key West, FL 33040 Dear Mr. Huckel: ' The Truman Annex property has turned out a hotel lobby? be costly to them; and that the City would be better off financially and otherwise if it pur- chased the property itself and did with it what Solares Hill and friends will. WHAT ARE THE CONTROLS? First, the project will be one of the most controlled in the history of Key West if not (to use a Murphy hyperbole) "the continent." The City has zoned the area a Planned Redevelop- ment District, which means that every board and nail must be approved by the City Commis- sion before it is built. It will be subject to com- plete review and approval by Planning and Res- toration Commission and by the Old Island Restoration Commission. The South Florida Regional Planning Coun- cil also will review the project as a "Develop- ment of Regional Impact." The Department of Community Affairs will review it for consistency with the State Designation of Key West as an Area of Critical Concern. The Department of Environmental Regulation and the State His- toric Preservation Office also will review various aspects of the project. At the Federal level, ongoing review for com- pliance with the sales contact will continue by the General Services Administration. The U.S. Navy, Army Corps of Engineers, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation all will be reviewing aspects within I 38 tr- I a«^^^'P' , • . their purview. ; • I dare not mention that the RDA itself will be constantly monitoring the project throughout the years, given Solares Hill's predilection that the Agency's members and staff are highly suspect. WHAT WILL ACTUALLY BE BUILT? What will the public end up with on the acreage some 10 or more years down the road? If anyone knew what exactly would end up there, they would be making millions as a seer of the future. What finally is built will be determined by the parameters set forth by the various review bodies, the costs and economics of the overall proj ect, the needs of the City of Key West and its infrastructure abilities and the demands of the marketplace. What is conceptually planned at this stage is roughly an extension of what exists in the sur- rounding areas of Old Town. This acreage was originally part of Old Town and it should rightly be redeveloped to complement its surrounding area. A misconception that must be cleared up is that there are not 110 acres as Mr, Murphy first points out and then contradicts later by saying there are 43 acres. The fact is, there is a total of 102.7 acres being transferred. Of those acres, 31.2 are submerged lands located adjacent to Tank Island. There are 27 developable acres on Tank Island and 44.5 acres on Key West for a total of 71.5 acres. (This figure will be reduced by 1.1 acres due to an overcalculatibn of the Coast Guard site acreage.) That developable acreage will be further reduced to allow for roads, sidewalks, and other public access ease- ments. This is not vacant land, of course. Many his- toric buildings are on the land, which must be preserved. {I will address that point specifically further on.) Also, many unusable buildings and unrestorable buildings or structures exist that must be removed. I do not think I have to point out to Key Westers that restoration costs are extremely high in our City as are demolition and disposal costs. There are some things we know will definitely be built in the first phase, all approvals and the , banks permitting. 1. Two large parking garages, one located at Clinton Square (Front and Whitehead) and the other located adjacent to the County Court- house, are planned These garages are designed to relieve Old Town parking shortages. Addi- tional parking will be built as part of each struc- ture on the site to accommodate parking de- mands created by those entities. 2. There will be a harbor walk along the approx- imately 1800 feet of harbor area ranging from 50 to 100 feet wide, which will be fully accessible to the public. This also will provide dockage area for the cruiseships, and access to the public marina facility in the harbor, which will accom- modate 135-165 vessels. By the way, to make use of that limited harbor space, the Navy is requiring the developer to build a seawall along the entire length of the dockage to physically separate the marina from the Navy activity, which constitutes 85 percent of the annex harbor. This harbor walk will provide one of the best locations for viewing of sunset, a City tradition. It also will provide more space for the many talented performers and craftsmen who enliven the sunset celebration. Properties landside to the harborwalk will be developed with shops, restaurants and other similar commercial estabishments with residen- tial units on upper floors in keeping with the existing Old Town character. This will provide new opportunities for small business entepre- neurs in Key West, and create a beautiful water- front ambience for all to enjoy similar to the acclaimed Baltimore Harbor Redevelopment, which attracts thousands of visitors each year. 3 There will be a 250-room hotel built to complement the Old Customs House, which will be used for the hotel lobby and convention facilities. Key West does not now have facilities to accommodate large conventions which would be available to the local economy on a year- round basis, attracting additional business NOT NOW SERVED by any existing hotel facility. The restoration costs for such a building are extremely high, as the City has found out trying to restore to public use the much smaller and less ornate Old City Hall, which is estimated to cost over one million dollars. 4. Restoration of the Truman White House sie at a cost of $1.2 million, which will be turned over to a local nonprofit museum operation at no cost. 5. The Coast Guard Building No. 1 at Whitehead Street and Front Steet will be res- tored with a ground floor open air mart for local vendors. The upper floor commercial space will be available to local artists and craftsmen, among others. This renovation has an added advantage of creating an open walkway to the hotel courtyard, marina and harbor walk beyond from the Mallory Square area. That's the first phase. Also, definitely planned in later phases are a public beach on Tank Island, an Old Town recreation area open to the public and various other recreational and open space areas to provide essential community green space. HISTORIC PRESERVATION Now let's look at the big bugaboo, historic preservation. Mr. Murphy cites a clause in the lease that says the developer "shall have the right at any time . . . to remove any and all buildings." Based on that clause alone, he immediately conjures up the image that all his- toric buildings will be summarily bulldozed. Of course, as is typical throughout the article, he ignores the facts. Frankly, we cannot even peel the paint off designated buildings without the written consent of the National Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the State Preservation Officer. Let me cite the require- ments that the developer is contractually obli- gated to adhere to as per a Memorandum of Agreement with the State Historic Preservation Office and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. 1. Specific structures (too numerous to men- tion), including the Little White House, the Customs Building and Coast Guard Headquar- ters, must be restored in accordance with "The Secretary of Interior's Standards for Restora- tion," or "The Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation." 2. Specific, identified structures that will be modified or added to with new construction must comply with all federal and state standards for such work. 3. Those few structures that will be removed or relocated have been specifically identified and have been determined by federal and state authorities as having minimal historic signifi- cance or as being beyond rehabilitation. Even so, these structures cannot simply be bulldozed. Extensive archival documentation will be re- quired. 4. All new construction near or adjacent to contributing buildings in the U.S. Naval Station Historic District and Key West Historic District shall be compatible with the size, scale, color, material and character of the surrounding his- toric properties. 5. An archaeological monitor will be present during project-related excavation activities within the 19th century portion of the historic district and especially around the hospital where unrecorded cemetaries may be present. 6. All reasonable effort must be made to pro- tect as much open space as possible, to respect the environmental setting of the historic prop- erties, and to employ landscaping elements to minimize visual transitions between historic properties and new construction. Add to this that all buildings and anything done to them are subject to the OIRC process and to City Commission approval, I just don't understand how a bulldozer would even be able to find its way on the property. Copies of all documentation and the Agree- ment were provided to Solares Hill, but ignored. The State and Federal historic preservation offi- cials have been intimately involved in the pro- ject to date. Let me quote a few of the comments on the project made by George W. Percy, the Florida State Historic Preservation Officer, in a September 26,1985 letter to the Key West Har- bour Development Corporation: "It is our belief that the terms of the resulting Agreement will fulfill the intent of current Federal preservation standards and guidelines, and will effectively protect the historic resources within and contigu- ous to the U.S. Naval Station Historic District . . . "In concept, the proposed development plan appears very sympathetic to the his- toric resources . . . the site plan and sket- ches . . . appear to treat those buildings which have been determined to contribute to the historic character of the District in a sensitive manner . . . ' "The character of the proposed new construction appears to demonstrate an earnest effort to develop a design vocabu- lary for the project which is sympathetic to the wood frame vernacular forms prevalent in Key West." The State Historic Preservation Officer sees no bugaboo in the project or destruction of historic resources, but perhaps Mr. Murphy and Solares Hill are more expert than he in such determinations. WHAT THE CITY GETS Now let's get down to dollars and cents—and hopefully a little common sense. Whafs the bottom line for the City, and is it a good deal or would the City be better off getting the property itself and developing it? Purchase. The GSA has agreed to a purchase price of $13.8 million (which will be reduced by the value of the overstated 1.1 acres of the Coast Guard site.) They require $2.76 million to be paid at closing. The balance will be paid in forty quarterly installments of $475,205.29 with the first payent due 90 days after dosing. The common belief is that the City is buying the property and leasing it to the developer. This is partially true. The RDA is purchasing the property with title being transferred to the City after substantial completion of the property. The developer is paying all the money out for the property and all buildings and improvements on it. The City is leasing back to the developer the land only, for which the KWHDC will be reim- bursed by the City out of future revenues in the amount of $6.5 million over nearly fifty years. (See below.) The developer will own the build- ings on the property, which thus allows them to be taxed. (If the City leased the buildings to the developer of to anyone else, they are not taxable.) The purchase for the City is like an individual buying a house with nothing down and no risk for payment and they are paying for it with a portion of the rent money that comes in from the property with the renter guaranteeing that the property will be paid off? And that renter has to do everything to make the house livable while he is paying rent! Unlike what happened with the golf course, if the developer defaults on any payments, the property is immediately paid off and reverts to the control of the City or the RDA, if still in existence. The Key West Harbour Development Corporation will have in place at the time of closing an irrevocable Letter of Credit to ac- complish this. The property will NEVER go to any creditor or bank! Income. The developer will initially make annual payments as rent to the RDA in the amount of $650,000 IN ADVANCE. The first payment will be made as soon as the property is closed. Ofthatamount, $500,000 will be paid to the City immediately. The $150,000 balance will be used by the RDA for its budget When the RDA is abolished (once the project reaches buil- dout in about ten years) that $150,000 will be applied to the $6.5 million owed to the devel- oper for the value of the land. The City will NEVER suffer a reduction of income to pay for the property it is leasing to the developer. JUST WHAT IS THE "RENT? Now, everyone believes that all the City is getting is this $500,000 for the next 99 years subject to some escalator clause established by the developer. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH! The City, in effect, is a no risk partner with the developer. It will get ONE HALF of all rent increases received by the developer from his sublessees. Using simple figures for the pur- poses of discussion, let us say that the base rents initially received are $1,000,000 and after five years the rents received by the developer go up to $2,000,000. The City gets HALF or $500,000 of that rent increase. (By comparison, the City's best leases now and new leases they are nego- tiating usually call for 10 percent of gross revenues. Using that computation in this exam- ple, the City would get only $200,000.) Thus, wheneverthe Key West Harbour Devel- opment Corporation raises the rent to tenants, the City gets FIFTY PERCENT of the increase. And that's in addition to the $500,000 minimum for the land rent. (After the $6.5 million is repaid, it goes up to $650,000.) Now just where does that rent escalator come in? The escalator applies when the developer negotiates higher rents from his tenants. This will be established as part of the normal negotia- tions between landlord (the developer) and tenant (the sublessees.) Since the City gets half the rent increase, they have an interest in the rate of the increase set. That is why the RDA insisted on approval of all such rates. Some have charged that the developer will seek to keep this rate down. WHY WOULD HE? Remember, while the City is getting half of the rent increase, the developer is getting the other half. Thus, the higher the rate he can get his sublessees to agree to, the more money he makes—and, of course, the more money the City makes, dollar for dollar with the developer. Thus, if the City were to set this rate of increase at one level today such as some have suggested, it could mean LESS income later. And the income doesn't stop there. The City, along with other taxing agencies in the County, will receive ad valorem tax revenues. Let's assume that the value of all buildings and improvements on the property is valued at $200,000,000 once completely built. And let's assume that the tax rates now in effect are sim- ilarly in effect then. Here's the annual break- down in revenues: 39 TAXING ENTITY City County School Board ANNUAL REVENUE $1,394,260 $1,024,400 $1,105,800 So the BOTTOM LINE on revenues is the $500,000 a year for the land rent (rising to $650,000 after the $6.5 million is paid off) PLUS fifty percent of all commercial rent increases as soon as they occur PLUS the ad valorem tax revenues on all buildings and improvements. If the developer owned the land outright as other taxpayers do, the City tax on the initial valua- tion of the land would be LESS than $500,000 AND it would be Inlikely that the City would share In half the rents, since it doesn't share in half the rents of any other landlords in town! To reemphasize: The City's income is NOT $500,000 plus some modest cost of living increase decided on by the developer. Rather, it is millions of dollars that go up with the rents and the value of the buildings and improve- ments over the years. INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS Another gross misconception being perpe- trated by your paper and others is that the City will incur infrastructure costs far in excess of the revenues received. Also, the RDA has been criticized for allowing KWHDC to own the infrastructure improvements (streets, sidewalks, utility poles, etc.) rather than dedicating them to the City "as other developers usually do." There are two things to bear in mind here. If the City took over the property itself, it would be acting as developer and have to make the infras- tructure improvements. Similarly, if the City either puts in the improvements or receives them through a dedication process, it would have to maintain them over the 99 years. ; The following is a list of the infrastructure improvements that must be completed before any substantial new construction can take place on the cite. These improvements will cost an estimated $33,200,000 all in addition to the purchase price: —liquid waste (sewer) collection system throughout the property —water distribution system —storm water drainage system —rehabilition and new construction of elec- tric grid —stabilization of all historic structures to prevent further deterioration —reconstruction of head wall in harbor and construction of dividing wall between Navy portion and the redevelopment portion —construction of the cruise port facility —construction of the harbor walk This does not include rehabilition of existing streets and sidewalks and building of new streets and sidewalks, all of which will be done along with adjacent rehabilition and construc- tion. And who maintains this system for the next 99 years? The developer—at no cost to the City. And how about that charge that the developer should turn over these $33,500,000 in improve- ments to the City "As other developers would do?" Well, that would reduce the City's tax col- lections by $233,538.55! WHO PAYS THE IMPACT FEES? I suppose one would think since the devel- oper is paying for all these infrastructures improvements and will maintain them, he won't be paying impact fees which are supposed to go for such improvements. WRONG! The developer is still paying all impact fees to the City for sewer, solid waste and traffic, to the City Elect- ric system for electric, and to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority for water. Andsince the developer won't be able to hook up to the City sewer system until the new plant is in operation, he has to put in his own sewage treatment plant on the site. Thus you might suppose he won't be paying sewer bills. WRONG AGAIN! He'll be paying sewer and all other bills for every unit on the property from DAY ONE. Another oft quoted statement is that the developer will cause the various area utilities to spend millions of dollars to accomodate the pro- ject and that the fees paid won't cover the cost. Again, since all improvements are being made at the develoer's cost and he is still paying all impact fees, nothing could be further from the truth. All agencies have been involved in the planning process and have indicated that they will be fully able to accomodate the develop- ment through its completion with no unex- pected impact and with no additional cost to other ratepayers. In fact, the added revenues should help forestall rate increases. CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT IMPACT Another charge leveled by Mr. Murphy is that the impact on the City Planning Department will be $20,000 to $30,000 per unit according to some unnamed "expert." Interesting. At that rate it would be impossible for the City to allow anyone to build a house in Key West if it costs so much for the City to review such a unit. 4L 40 The fact is, the Planning Department impact will be covered by the developer. In addition to the $20,000 just to submit his application, he will be paying an additional $100,000 up front to the City to cover any planning costs to be spent as they see fit—no strings attached. Also, he is paying $227,000 to the RDA up front to cover their portion of the review process. The RDA will be the initial reviewer checking all plans for completedness, accuracy and con- sistancy with conceptual aprovals BEFORE it goes to the City. This will eliminate much of the detail work for the City, which can then review the plans looking at the overall picture and for consistancy with all City ordinances, the Com- prehensive Plan and planning goals and object- ives. CONFLICT OF INTEREST Frequently mentioned in Solares Hill and elsewhere is a supposed interest between the developer and myself as Executive Director of the RDA. Because there is a possibility that I might go to work for Dent, I would be less likely to "be tough" on him or have an "adversarial" relationship with him. Regardless of whether the contract between the RDA and its Executive Director says the executive director cannot work for the developer for six months or for sixty years, such contracts can be changed by mutual consent or by the RDA alone, as it has done recently. I have indicated over and over again, I have no desire or intention to work for the Key West Harbour Development Corporation and I am wil- ling to sign and file an affidavit to that effect. Of course, my word, written or otherwise is not good enough. But in the end, isn't this simply a phony spectre designed to confuse the issue and cast doubt on my work? If the City Commission is so concerned with this perceived conflict of inter- est on my part, why don't they apply the same standards to the City Manager? He deals in far larger dollar contracts than I. There is no prohi- bition in the City Manager's contract that would bar him from going to work for Montenay, CH2M.HUI, Hycon, or a multitude of other City vendors and contractors. The fact is, the City Manager and the Execu- tive Director of the RDA are merely administra- tive personnel not responsible for setting policy, only for execution of policy as set by the respec- tive boards. That is why the City Charter and State law (which governs the RDA) prevents COMMISSIONERS OR BOARD MEMBERS from going to work for people that they approve for contracts for a period of time after their term of office or resignation. And why should there be an adversarial posi- tion between the City, the RDA or anyone else and the Developer. Such a call for an adversarial position assumes that the developer is an evil, greedy, double-dealing, lying snake-in-the-grass, who cannot be trusted on any account. What happened to the saw that "you can attract more bees with honey than with vinegar"? Clearly, Solares Hill considers any developer to be in the snake-in-the-grass category and not meritorious of any human trust. The KWHDC is certainly trying to negotiate the best deal to maximize profits. Similarly, the RDA and its executive Director is tiying to negotiote the best deal we can get for the people of Key West in fulfillment of its duties and, obligations under the law. And I defy anyone to prove the deal we have cut is more favorable to the developer than to the City. Which brings me to my next point. The City has contracted with two independent groups to review the lease and other aspects of the project to make sure it is financially sound and in the best interests of the people of Key West. Peat, Marwick and Mitchell, the City's outside audi- tors, will be reviewing the lease for financial benefit. Harvard University, paid for in part by the RDA although the RDA will have no input to the review, will be examining the proposal to see of it is "good" for Key West beyond just the dollars and cents. Of course, the RDA has already paid for and independent review of the lease and made numerous changes in it follow- ing that review. If these two reviews come back with substan- tial praise for the deal and the project, will Solares Hill and other critics agree with them? I suspect not. THE "MADDEN MEMORANDUM" There are a few other minor points that fall in the category of innuendo, rumor and unsub- stantiated "expert" statements. In Part 2 of the series, Mr Murphy cites extensively from the so-called "Madden Report" prepared by Paul Madden, who presented himself as a consultant on a similar redevelopment of Navy property in Boston, Massachusetts. When I first was presented with this docu- ment, I wanted to check out the credentials of Mr. Madden before reading his comments. I would have hoped that Solares Hill would have followed similar sound journalistic practises. I called the Boston Redevelopment Authority, which said they never heard of him. Similar checks produced similar results. Mr. Madden originally came in contact with me seeking a $60,000 consulting contract for Boston Communications, Inc., to "study" the feasibility of establishing a film or video studio on the Truman Annex. Commissioner Halloran personally recommended that we consider the proposal. According to the Massachesutts Secre- tary of State, no such corporation entitled Bos- ton Communications, Inc., exists. After that proposal was turned down, the "Madden Memo- randum", filled with inaccuracies, innuendo and outright lies was broadly distributed to the public. Please excuse this slight diversion into per- sonalities. However, since your entire series has been filled with commentary, I thought a small, token comment as a counterbalance justified. WHAT ABOUT OTHER USES? Another point raised by Mr. Murphy is that the Truman Annex would be better used for affordable housing, a movie and video industry (shades of Madden), a Free Trade Zone and Port facilities—ideas, he says, have been around fora long time. However, no one has demonstrated any economic viability of such projects. The City has explored using Safe Harbor as a com- mercial port facility for two years with no suc- cess. That location, available from GSA as well, is far more suited for such use than the limited area of the Truman Annex. Nonetheless, a good portion of the 1800 feet of dock area will be used for a cruiseport. There is nothing to prevent a movie or video company from subleasing available commercial. space from the developer. However,cit does.no good for the City or anyone else to build such a facility "on spec" hoping that someone might use it. Affordable housing. The new catch word. No one has yet defined affordable housing. We have pledged seven acres to lower cost housing, which will be under $100,000 in current dollars. The best private sector effort to date for lower cost housing is $65,000 a unit at Key West Estates, which would be hard to duplicate now, . given added impact fees and increased building costs. Again, is this the best use for this particular site? Affordable, low cost housing must be built. We all recognize that. And if a housing impact fee is established, all development at the Tru- man Annex will be paying it to offset any City program established. SHOULD THE CITY BUY THE PROPERTY? The General Services Administration nearly stopped negotiating with the City several years ago when the City and County started compet- ing with each other. If this deal fails, the GSA is likely to pursue what they were prepared to do then: Sell the property on the auction block to the highest bidder, in whole or inpart, whether it be the City, the KWHDC or anyone else. GSA has an obligation under the federal law to obtain the highest possible price for the land for its highest and best use. If that happens, none of the special controls, none of the share in the rents or any of the other benefits will accrue to the City. Can the City buy it? First there's the $13.8 million purchase price. And then there's the $33,500,000 infrastruction improvement cost. That's a public bond issue of nearly $50,000,000 that would seriously strain the City's credit and perhaps would prevent completion of other important public projects, such as the sewer treatment plant. Then the City as developer would have to either restore, renovate or build the property itself or seek others to do it. One proposal is to take it over and leave it as is. Let tenants rent out buildings and restore to suit. And just how much revenue will the City get? Mr. Murphy says the present rental income, $600,000, could be increased substantially if the City rented out the existing facilities on long term leases. That money now goes to maintain the property (cut- ting the grass, painting, trash removal, etc.). Those costs, of course, will continue. Thus, the rents presently charged would have to more than quadruple IMMEDIATELY just to meet the quarterly payments the GSA is demanding and keep up basic maintainance. To return to what I stated at the outset was the overall gist of the Solares Hill argu- ment: 1. No control. In fact there is maximum con- trol at every step of the way by local, state and federal agencies of all varieties. 2. No benefit to the public. In addition to millions of dollars in revenue for which the City will have to put out nothing to get, there will be a substantial rehabilitation of a crumbling prop- erty, which will improve the local economy and pump countless other dollars into the pockets of our citizens. 3. The city's better off developing it. Clearly, the heavy costs approaching $50,000,000 for purchase andinfrastructure improvements are a , ri§k,f§r.b§tter: for.the private sector, tefoke, and the controls in place will allow the City to over- see the development to it is consistant with City goals. The RDA has negotiated an extremely good deal. As one private developfer, who is consi- dered the most public oriented developer in the country said: "Only a miracle would assure that John Dent will make money out of this deal." Everything I have put forth in this letter was provided to Solares Hill. It is also as matter of public record. Any member of the public is wel- come to examine the documents and confirm everything that I have said. Every member of the public is welcome to attend all RDA meetings at which the discussions on these matters take place. And I urge them to do so, so they can see for themselves how the vast majority of Key Westers will be substantially better off when this project is completed. Yours truly, KEY WEST REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Steve McDaniel Executive Director George Murphy Responds Mr. McDaniel: Your primary contention is that in our series on the RDA, we have been guilty of unsound journalism and that we have misrepresented the facts. With all due respect we have not. Rather, it is our position that it is you and the RDA board which has failed to fulfill its most fundamental mission to operate in the best interests of the city of Key West. The evidence of your failure to do so is so substantial that we believe that the current RDA board members should be removed by the city commission and that you should resign as executive director. You are absolutely correct that the gist of our ongoing series is to suggest that there is a lack of control by the city over what will be done with the Truman Annex property and that there will be very little benefit to the community. It is our opinion that KWHD has paid much attention to profit and little, if any attention to the needs of the community. And, yes, we do believe-strongly-that the city would be much better off floating a bond issue and buying the property itself. Only by doing so can the city have complete control over what is to be done with the property and be assured that it be used to the greatest benefit of the citizens of Key West. As you say in your letter, no one exactly knows what will end up there 10 years or more from now. Why not? Is there no master plan or is it being kept secret? You say that what is built will be determined, in part, by the needs of the city of Key West, yet, to the best of our knowledge, many of the com- munity's most pressing needs—-indeed, many matters of Community Objective in the Com- munity Redevelopment Plan—such as light industry and low-to-moderate income housing for the city's work force, have been completely ignored. Not only are the present plans based on outdated studies of community needs (much has changed since 1979) but also many possible uses of the property (other than condos, hotels, shops, residential estates, and the like) have not been addressed. Say that "copies of all documentation and the agreement were provided to Solares Hill and ignored." Nothing could be further from the truth. We have paid attention to all of the documents provided us. We have cited criticisms paragraph by paragraph, numerically when possible. But more importantly, we have determined through interviews with Key West's City Commission that you have failed on numerous occasions to provide the city government with documents and information that they have specifically asked for. Our suspicions about the manner in which the RDA has been operating prompt us to sug- gest that the State Attorney's office instigate a formal investigation of the RDA and its relation- ship with KWHD. The Truman Annex development will be the largest development in the history of the island. Its success or failure—and its nature—will affect the lives of every citizen in this commun- ity. Its impact, over the 99 year period of the proposed lease is enormous and will unalterably change the appearance, economics, and traffic flow of the city. Phase One, you say, includes plans for park- ing garages, a 'harbor walk,' a cruiseship port, a new hotel, the restoration of the Truman White House, and the restoration and commercializa- tion of Building # 1 . Have the plans for 800 new condominiums we've heard about been dropped, or did you deliberately fail to mention those? Phase One, in and of itself, will profoundly change the Old Town area and waterfront. You've also shown me plans for apartment build- ings which you said will be Phase Seven of the development which you've told me yourself would be built in approximately 10 years. Why is it that I've seen these plans and the city com- missioners have not? You cite a few plans which are clearly intended to elicit favorable response from the publ ic- like the public beach on Tank Island. But you fail to point out that the real plan for Tank Island is an exclusive residential community which you've compared to Hilton Head, with a marina for the wealthy residents' yachts, and with ferry service across the harbor. I can only surmise' that Phase Two through Six exist somewhere. Why is it, then> that no one knows what will happen? Why have the city commissioners never seen a master plan? Does one exist? If so, why hasn't it been shown proudly? We wonder if there might be a lack of pride in the plans. There are many other things we wonder about; 1. We wonder why every copy of the lease distributed thus far has had blank spaces where each and every financial fig- ure regarding the lease is to be filled in • later. 2. We wonder about the language of the lease which allows KWHD 'to condomi- 41 nium' the entire property. 3. We wonder why there are no details regarding controls, restrictions, or condi- tions on sub-leases, though the lease allows KWHD to sub-lease every inch of the property. 4. We wonder why there are no plans for light industry or low-to-moderate income housing, though these matters are objec- tives of the Community Development Plan which the propsed development is sup- posed to address. . 5. We wonder about the lack of detailed market analyses of the proposed develop- ment. 6. We wonder about the financial capa- bilities of the developer since he'll be tak- ing loans just to pay the initial down- payment. 7. We wonder about the capabilities of the developer as a developer; after all, he is a lawyer, not a builder. 8. We wonderabout the existence of any recent studies of existing conditions and economic changes taking place which are required for lease adoption approval. 9. We wonder why there is no guaran- • teed escalator clause on the $500,000 annual return to the city. 10. We wonder why the lease is written in such a way that the city has no guaran- tee of an income share of the proposed development. T h e SmallBugabop ,,n^ -, m~,-> No, historic preservation is not the big bugaboo in our series. The lease is—but more on that follows. As to historic preservation, I am nonethe- less sure I am not alone in reacting with disgust to the proposed use of the Customs House as a lobby for a waterfront conven- tion hotel. Coast Guard Building #1 will be transformed, you say, into a market. Is this your idea of historic preservation? Though there are obviously many controls on historic preservation, we wonder if, once res- tored, the other historic properties shall also be transformed into commercial properties. It may well meet the letter oi the law regard- ing historic preservation but I'd challenge you to find an architectural historian who wouldn't consider these plans a bastardization of historic preservation. As to your suggestion that it was I who "con- jured up the image that all historic buildings would be summarily bulldozed," I've never said anything of the sort; 'bulldozed' is yourword. I merely pointed out, as I will do again here, that the lease, as written, does indeed say that KWHD "shall have the right at any time . . . to remove any and all buildings." I would also argue that George Percy's com- mendations on historic preservation are not par- ticularly strong; they say no more than that the proposed development 'appears' sympathetic and sensitive. Is that the strongest commenda- tion you can find? I strongly suspect that the appointed Key West Historic Preservation Board members have a very different view of historic preservation than yours. The Big Bugaboo I'm most interested in the sections of your letter regarding investments, rents, and returns to the city. 42 You say that the project "is like an individual buying a house with nothing down and no risk for payment., with the renter guaranteeing pay-off while he does everything to make it liveable while paying rent," That's the way you'd like us to see it. But that is not an accurate .comparison, : Moreso, as the lease is currently written, and as the conceptual plans are being ; ignored, it is like an individual buying a pieces of property on which his rentor will ; design and build according to his own whims (which he keeps secret from the i owner) while ignoring many of the desires ; or needs of the owner, occupy for more ; than a lifetime, and sub-lease sections the- | reof for commercial use according to opti- i mum financial return and then, after 99 i years, when the property is returned to the I owner, the renter will still own whatever is ;': Ion it. •; {Fair? ,! jRepeatedly, we have been told that the devel- |op,er will have an irrevocable letter of credit. I^rpm whom? How can such a guarantee be ; made if the developer must borrow the money in I the1 first place? We've been told that he's plan- ; nirjg to go borrow the money soon. And if he I hasjn't yet gone to borrow the money, how do ' ydii happen to know that his quarterly payment ,' wilj be precisely $475,205.29? ' It just doesn't add up. Siriiple Math? Ijfeither does your argument for "simple math." You create a scenario to illustrate how ; income will be generated to the^city. According s to your letter, beyond the $500,000 rent paid to I the city, the city will get 50% of rent increases imposed on his commercial sub-lessees. Using the simple math (for this example, dis- counting taxes) one can easily see a very differ- ent picture than the one you create. VERSION #1 Let's say hypothetical^ that, in a given year. KWHD builds its 800 condos and leases them at $125,000 each. : ; KWHD Income: = $100 Million Since this is not a sublease the city gets = Nothing Let's say further, that KWHD enters into the following sub-leases: 1.100 shops in the Coast Guard Building at $25,000/ ea/yr = $2.5 Million ; 2. A sublease for the convention hotel at $2 Million/yr = $2 Million 3.2 subleases on the 2 parking garages at $50Q.000/yr • = $1 Million 4. Asublease on a cruiseship portat $1 Million/yr = $1 Million Total =$6.5 Million KWHD' income The city's income: it's rent = $106.5 Million = $500,000 If, the following year, the sub-lease rents in- creased by 10% . . . KWHD's income = $6,825 Million The city's income: it's rent plus Vz the increase = $825,000 If, the next year, sublease rents again increase by 10% KWHD's income = $7,166 Million The city's income: it's rent plus V2 the increase = $1,666 Million At the end of that 3-year period of time, KWHD's income = $120.5 Million The city's income = $ 2.5 Million What if economics keep sublease rents from increasing? Doesn't the city then get 50% of a %0 increase? VERSION #2 Now, I understand that that may seem to you a strange stacking of the deck. So, I'll try another version: Let's imagine that all of the above takes place but that KWHD, as part of its initial sub-lease rent arrangements, bases rents on a 1096-of- gross-revenue escalator clause. If that were to happen, the "rents" might never increase. Yet KWHD would receive more money each year from any successful businesses while the city would receive 50% of a 0% increase. If that were the case . . . at the end of the same 3 year period of time. KWHD's income The city's income =$119.5 Million (+ 10% of gross revenues) =1.5 Million Even worse, don't you agree? VERSION # 3 What if KWHD finds many new investors and chooses to develop the entire property itself and there are no subleases? The city would get nothing beyond its $500,000/year! Though you may argue that this is not the intent of the developer, that argument would be irrelevent. The lease allows it. VERSION # 4 : My Personal Favorite The lease only contains provisions for city income from subleased commercial properties— not from residential properties. The 200 or so exclusive residences to be built on Tank Island, if priced at $2 Million each (a modest estimate, no doubt) will bring in $400 Million, of which, since it is not commercial property, the city will receive NOTHING! So, when you say that the city has a no-risk partnership with the developer, we humbly sug- gest it could also have a no-in come partnership with the developer. Over 99 years, Key West Harbor Development and its investors may have made Billions. According to the language of the present lease, the city of Key West, 99 years from now, could, in fact, be receiving only $650,000 per year. And 99 years from now, the developer will still own all of the buildings. And you've had the audacity to suggest that 'only by a miracle' could KWHD make a profit on the proposed development. It seems more likely that 'only by a miracle' would the city get a decent share of it. We wonder what truly motivates you, the RDA board, and the RDA attorney to argue so vigorously that the city shouldn't purchase and develop the land itself and make its own billions instead of a percentage of a percentage—or nothing? You argue accurately that tax revenues would not be available to the city if it bought and then leased the property itself. But the city could also buy and then sell portions of the property to individuals, businesses, and institutions—par- cel by parcel—as fresh or valuable proposals for its use came forth or as financial need demanded. Ten years from now, if tourism were to falter, the city could seek and make smart deals with light industrial concerns—which would employ citizens and bring money into the community. You say that there are only 71.5 developable acres on the property. Yet, at $13.8 Million, the price is less than $200,000/acre. KWHD obviously thinks that there's money to be made. Why shouldn't the city of Key West get wealthy instead? Do you have any doubt that there are hun- dreds of investors out there who would buy 1-3 acre parcels for commercial investments or for small residential developments or estates for amounts in excess of $1 Million? j I The city could sell one third of the property, pay off the GSA, pay all infrastructure costs, make a profit, tax the properties, and complej tely control what every last inch is to be usedjfpr. The Madden Memorandum •; j 1 You say that ~ . j j 1) Paul Madden's credentials were unvewfia- ble, and that i j I 2) he came to you seeking a consulting! (ton- tract and $60,000. j j You claim that you tried to check on ;Mr. Madden's credentials and found nothing land that we are guilty of unsound journalistic prac- tices by not doing the same. - ; ; Ironically, the reverse is true. , j First of all, we had no trouble finding Madden and verifying his credentials and we did that without having an address or phone numbpr at which to reach him—as you did. His credentials are impeccable. At the time he studied the RiDA's plans and wrote his memorandum, he was work- ing for Economics Research Associates, jlnc, the largest consulting firm in the world fotf leis- ure industry. :! No doubt you've heard of them; they helped prepare your Conceptual Redevelopment Plan— the one which the RDA has, to a great extent, ignored. He is, in fact, an authority orj jNaval re-annexations. Jonathan Lane of the Harvard University School of Architectural Design and Urban Planning (presently studying the f,ruman Annex) also knows him. j j You, on the other hand, clearly made up your mind about the matter before you had thejfacts. It is you who never bothered trying to reach him. It is you who've failed to ascertain the facts. Secondly, his letter to you merely asked that he be notified / / the RDA were to consider.study- ing the feasability of film studio use. He^never asked for money but rather offered an estimate of what such a study might cost. You also.never even answered his letter. I'd call that unsound behavior for the director of a public agency seek- ing to examine all the options available in the "best interests of the city." Third, if his report is, as you say, "filled with inacuracies, innuendo, and outright lies," I'm sure he'd be willing to discuss his mistakes. If you've misplaced his phone number, I'll be happy to get it for you. The Peat Marwick Mitchell Report You ask whether we would disagree with the Peat Marwick & Mitchell Report if it didn't fit our "preconceived biases." On the contrary, though you have publically called the study a waste of taxpayers' money, we are quite eager to see it. And, in fact, it does not add credence to the lengthy list of criticisms we've been making over the past four months, I will personally buy local radio time and make a public apology to you. I doubt I'll have to spend a dime. Conflict of Interest No, Mr. McDaniel, potential conflict of inter- est is not a "phony spectre designed to confuse the issue and cast doubt on your work." It is a major issue and our doubts about your work seem to many.to be quite reasonable. The question still exists: If, in fact, you have no intention of ever working" for KWHD, why did the RDA board find it necessary to meet twice to reduce the no-hire clause in your contract spe- cifically from the original period of 2 years to a period of only 3 months? It's a very simple question. Rather than make comparisons to the City Manager's contract, why don't you just answer it? As to your work, is it not true that a $5,000 trash pickup fee owed by the RDA for months has not been paid and that, as a result, the renewal of occupational licenses of craftspeople renting workspace on RDA property have been denied by the city? Is this the sort of perfor- mance that recently led to a $5,000.00 raise in your pay? But more importantly, as I noted in last month's issue, you have conducted business for John Dent while employed as a public agent negotiating against him. I believe that constitutes a conflict of interest. How is it, Mr. McDaniel, that you, as a very highly-paid developmental expert who has been working with this lease for years supposedly in "the best interests of the city of Key West," have repeatedly failed to honor requests from the city for significant documents and have failed to protect the city from the numerous and perni- cious loopholes in this lease which I, as an inexperienced, part-time columnist have come to expose in only four short months? I can only say that if you are, as you claim to be, working in the "best interests of the city," you have failed miserably and you should resign. Sincerely, George Murphy CC: All City and County commissioners 43 Hageit t Suns Sealed Atlantic Priie 8ofoel§ Inc« UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP CAPT. 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True, the regular appearence of the unclothed specter was unsettling, especially in the beginning, but as the week passed she found herself becoming used to the visitation. In time, she came to anticipate it. He always remained outside and, actually, did not even seem to be aware of Marjorie. Not even when she cleared her throat, or dropped a book on the floor. Or tossed a slipper out onto the balcony. * * * Father Nikarios was probably less than a cen- NOW AVAILABLE AT PHOTO-SONICS & TAPE APE 58 1721 FLAGLER AVENUE 294-6696 E. Wm. Goldner, D.D.S. MIL Eaton, D.D.S. B.J. Mayfield, D.D.S. J.U. Hartog, B.D.S. inn a. * i; i MI.Iar.ia II.s If you have delayed the professional dental care you deserve, consider giving us a call. We are open evenings and Saturdays for your convenience, and we welcome new patients, tury old, although Maijorie wouldn't have bet on it. His hair was like grey and white wool knitted together, his skin tan and creased. He had false teeth which now and then came unstuck. He was dressed in his dark robes. "I'm told that you know more about the history of Cythero than anyone else on the island," said Marjorie, accepting a chair and sitting down. They were near an open window of his study, in his residence next to the little white church. They could see much of the island, the placid harbor, and the neatly farmed terraces which climbed in ranks to the plateau occupied by the hotel. "Perhaps that is true," said the old man, strok- ing his beard, smiling. "Then I hope you'll be kind enough to answer my questions?" Her host nodded. His upper plate followed. Marjorie took a breath. "I want to know if there are any stories, folk tales, whatever, to the effect that the hotel is... haunted." "Ah!" Marjorie started. "No, no," said the priest, lifting a hand in reassurance. "It is a fascinating place, the hotel, but there is nothing to support what you suggest. Here..." He got up, went to the bookcase, and returned with a leather-bound volume. "The hotel was originally the villa of a German nobleman, Baron von Kraken, who settled here in the—let me see—the late 1880's. He had, it seems, fled some scandal in his homeland." Father Nikarios opened the book, a photo album, and turned to the daguerreotype image of a portly gentleman dressed in clothes of the nine- teenth century. "A decadent man, to be sure, but also kind and generous to the people of the island. He was known to have—how shall I put it?—enjoyed the favors of many youth and maiden during the revels he conducted at the villa." The old man pointed toward the distant hotel. "There. You see the wing at the end? The Baron's private rooms." Marjorie's eyes widened. That was her suite! She looked at the photograph. No, this wasn't her ghost—no matter how many youths and maidens he may have swollowed whole. "Of course," continued the priest, "this is only recent history. In antiquity the promontory was the site of a shrine to Apollo, Dionysus, and other youth divinities. There was a rather vigorous cult attached to it which—how shall I say?—celebrated carnal rapture." Father Nikarios coughed delicately. "Actually, the church had a difficult time con- verting these... celebrants, who cheerfully mingled the pagan and Christian rites. An invasion of the Turks in the twelfth century finally put an end to the old customs. The ruins were thoroughly scat- tered and the island folk were mostly enslaved and transported to Constantinople." Marjorie stirred in her chair. "Thank you for telling me all this. I—" But the priest was just wanning up. He bent to the album again. He said, "Before the baron caused his villa to be built he explored the site—archaelogy was popu- lar among the aristocracy of those times—and he unearthed a splendid head of Apollo. It was taken to Athens, of course. Now, where—Ah. Here it is." He pushed the album across the table. Bored, preparing her speech of departure, Marjorie looked ^ ^ BOCA CHICA BAR ELLORO UERDE A G O U R M E T M E X I C A N RESTAURANT Incredible S e t a Frescos Serious Soups & Salads Tacos, Burritos, Nachos Authentic & Affordable Specials Open Mon-Sat, 11am-10pm Dining Room orTakeout 4 0 4 S o u t h a r d / 2 9 6 - 7 2 9 8 59 down at the faded image on the metal plate. And sat back into her chair, utterly agog. * * * She extended her stay at the hotel. The morning awakenings, when the sun had just lifted its flaming edge above the dark blue sea, were becoming special to her. Somehow, in her sleep, she always managed to turn herself so that when she opened her eyes the first sight would be that of the... the god. There was no doubt. She had stopped wonder- ing if she had gone mad, and no longer cared what the island people thought. Something mag- ical was happening to hers and if it was unreal she was prepared to think that everything else in the world was unreal, too. One morning there was the trill of music from the balcony. She went out and found him sitting on the balustrade, holding a set of pipes to his lips. She came up behind him, very close, and it was all she could do to resist placing a hand upon his ivory-colored shoulder, or brushing her fin- gers through his radiant hair. The music seemed to run invisibly down the hill, passing among the sugar-white peasant homes with awesome ten- derness, as if the island were a prone figure, a lover. Father Nikarios took a childlike interest in her fantasy. He researched the old Church records and shared what he had learned. v "This is the month of the pagan celebration," he told her. "It began on the morning you first suffered your delusion. Toward the end of the month the revels are supposed to peak. This is dangerous!" "He's too beautiful to be a threat." The Priest had then become agitated. "The beauty of the ancient gods could trans- form men, drive them mad. Not that I believe, but—this is so un-Christian!" Marjorie smiled. The days passed, and a change seemed to occur in her. The folk of the. town often saw her going about, climbing the flights of whitewashed stone steps which wound among their homes. The joke about her had gradually worn itself out, and in the way of things and such places was transmuted into the embryo of a legend. The American lady seemed to be becoming more... womanly. There was a presence to her now, a dignity, a knowing. The old men would pause and tip their hats in respect. The young men called to her. One day she stopped to watch a handsome young fisherman mend a net. "I have seen you walking in the town," he said, shyly. Marjorie smiled. "It's hard to remain a stranger here." He nodded. "But most visitors do not speak our language." "My grandparents are Greek." He put down his net, looked at her, and came closer. He looked away, out to the water, then back. His hand came up slowly, and when he saw that she did not back away or seem put off, he placed it on her arm. The direct gesture was sweet, like a flirtation in braille. Marjorie put her hand over his and gently removed it. She shook her head and went away. Toward the end of the month Apollo took on a greater reality. He moved about the balcony with what seemed to be impatience. Then he began to notice her. She was sure of it! Finally, he came to the open doorway and spoke: "I've been waiting." "Yes, I know," said Marjorie. That was all, and he went out. His voice had been like the distillation of echoes, manly, pure, timeless. It stopped the watch on her wrist. Marjorie was turning into a voluptuous crea- Looking into an I.R.A.? I.R.A. If you pay income taxes on earned income, you should be looking into an I.R.A. It's a simple account to open and it will cut down on your tax bill. 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In the spaces defined by his beautiful eyelids, there was a darkness filled with stars. i • He said,"It has been long since love was done :atbri Cythero." : Mariorie groaned and closed her eyes. |Sfie sensed him bending down, felt his scented breath tingle her face as he spoke, earnestly: I \"\ have been waiting." I ;"Yes, yes!" cried Marjorie. I Hi may be you have seen him, the one I seek," ; said; Apollo. < Marjorie's eyes snapped open. i ! k "The fairest mortal youth, the favorite of father • Zeus, dear Ganymede," said Apollo, wistfully... Marjorie screamed. Apollo stepped back, sur- ! prised. Without thinking, Marjorie got out of bed, went up to him, and slapped him with all her force. His head rang like a gong—literally. : The enraged woman gathered up everything that was handy: lamps, vases, even a small chair, tossing them at the retreating god. She followed him through the French doors and along the balcony. "Be you one of the Furies in disguise?" he asked. She broke a clay pot over his head. He shook the shards from his hair, turned, and launched himself into the air, soaring away, and then sud- denly glowed like a flashbulb and disappeared. Still livid, Marjorie returned to the room and paced about. "A boy! He was waiti ng for a..." She saw her reflection in the mirror, and picked up a paperweight to smash it. Then she paused. The vision of herself shocked her, drained away her anger. She went closer to the mirror, turning this way and that, lifting a finger to touch her face. It was the same woman. Yet different. There was something about her which she had never perceived before, t was like she had shed a skin and revealed an... an earth mother. Marjorie went out to the balcony and leaned against the rail. She took a deep breath, and looked out over the island. People were stirring. The old place was coming to life once more. The only magic left was that of nature, history and humanity. The supernatural seemed vanished. Except for that which she felt within herself, as if she were slightly more than human. Apollo had breathed upon her. Then, sensing that her life was starting at last, • she laughed. The sound carried down the hill, past the terraces and through the narrow streets and over the small harbor. People paused in what they were doing and, for a moment, became aware of that portion of their hearts where the old gods dwelled. And, by the water, the handsome fisherman looked up at the hotel. \ "A woman is happy," he said aloud, smiling! A GREAT PLACE TO MEET OPEN DAILY 4 PM-2 AM WITH A NEW MENU FEATURING NEW AMERICAN CUISINE AND LOCAL SEAFOOD VINTAGE TUNES ON THE JUKE BOX. INEXPENSIVE COCKTAILS AND LATE NITE MENU TILL 2 A M 900-904 DUVAL • 296~5558~ BLUE FIRE:„...,_ T H E P O R T U G U E S E ' •"•-•••• MAN-OF-WAR - by Gerald Semler I ts balloon-like sail drifts lazily on the surface of the sea. Long purple-blue streamers trail calmly beneath the water. A slight touch of its thread-like tentacles results in an instant fiery pain similar to being brushed by a lit cigarette. Extensive contact with the body may bring death. This fascinating menace of the sea is the Portuguese Man-of-War. Marine biologists call it PHYSALIA PHYSALIS, from the Greek word meaning bladder. The animal, which ranges from the Caribbean to the Mediterrenean Sea, was given its common name centuries ago by sailors who had spotted hundreds of PHYSALIA floating off the coast of Portugal. To the men, the crested floats resembled a fleet of tiny Por- tuguese galleons. A smaller species of PHYSA- LIA is found in the Pacific and is called "Blue Bottle" by the Australians. The Portuguese-Man-of-War is not an indi- vidual animal, but a group of creatures with specialized functions that are organized to per- form as a single organism. Their gas filled bags, 8 to 10 inches across, support an array of poisonous tentacles stretch- ing up to 70 feet in length, whose job is to collect food for the colony. Plankton or small fish are stunned by the venomous, adhesive threads, which contract, drawing the prey up into a thick cluster of cells directly under the float. Here, with the aid of a strong digestive secretion, the catch is consumed. The deadly tentacles contain millions of microscopic cells, each armed with a needle- sharp lance that springs out the instant it comes in contact with living cells. Scientists believe that a chemical substance in the living flesh of the victim detonates the stinging barbs, for con- tact with non-living matter like the glass sides of and aquarium fails to activate them. As winds change at sea, throngs of men-of- war may be driven toward beaches and become a danger to swimmers. The unfortunate bather who makes contact with a man-of-war's tent- acles is immediately injected with a neurotoxin as powerful as a cobra's venom. The poison, made up of toxic proteins, may cause vomiting, muscular stiffness and dizziness. In severe cases there may be problems breathing and paralysis of the limbs. In such instances medical care should be sought for death may come from'the poison affecting the nerves that control the heart, or from an allergic reaction. But, depend- ing on the extent of contact, the victim may suffer only a temporary burning pain and rash or welts. The effects of the venom may also be less intense if the man-of-war is well fed, for it is believed that the powerful poison is at its full potential only when the animal has not cap- tured food for a period of time. Though there is no known antidote for PHY- SALIA venom, an analgesic for pain offers some relief and a good dousing with alcohol may help. Native Floridians have discovered that washing the burning skin with a strong ammonia deter- gent seems to neutralize the poison and there are many who claim that the application of meat tenderizer is also a good remedy. Venom that has been stored in laboratories for years has been found to remain potent, so even when washed ashore these animals should be avoided, because a beached man-of-war can still sting. The bursting of the floats by stamping or dropping objects on them may splatter tiny bits of the creature on the face and body and result in minor stinging. If you are one of those beach- combers who likes to walk barefoot along a beach, be careful if men-of-war are strewn about for you may encounter an unpleasant hot foot. I have had a number of minor collisions with the man-of-war while growing up in the Keys. A^ memorable meeting occurred one windy day as I was among the curious onlookers standing on a dock watching someone fish a man-of-war out of the water with a long gaff. As the animal was pulled up, its delicate tentacles were caught by the wind and one became laced across my pant- leg. Because there was no direct contact with the skin, there was no harm done. But my instant reaction was to remove the sticky blue thread with a quick swipe of my hand. That was a mistake, for as I brushed across my pants, my hand immediately became inflamed and felt as if I had placed it on a hot stove. For a swimmer with tentacles clinging to his body, a towel or rubber gloves should be used to gently lift them from the skin. Trying to wipe the tentacles away will only spread the poison and stinging further. There are at least two creatures that may be somewhat immune to the man-of-war's venom, the small blue and white banded fish, NOMEUS - " 1 ' t S * 62 GRONOWI, and the ocean-going loggerhead turtle. The NOMEUS finds protection among the deadly tentacles and also shares in the remains of a reckless pursuer who has become entangled in them. 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The management of Half Shell Fish Market has built an excellent reputation in this area for serving the public honestly and offering the freshest, choice seafood. 8 From fresh fish, lobster, shrimp, stone crabs, clams to oysters, you'll I find their selection complete. And, if you've never tasted fresh seafood, you'll be surprised at how much better it tastes than what you can buy frozen. So join the many residents who enjoy the true flavor of fresh seafood by stopping at HALF SHELL FISH MARKET soon! Make them your seafood headquarters. -<•«.-»-» — ~ _ . i LA JEN HAIR FASHIONS and LA JEN HAIR FASHIONS EAST A new look can be yours at LA JEN HAIR FASHIONS and LA JEN HAIR FASHIONS EAST, with 2 convenient locations in Key West at 918- A Kennedy Dr., phone 294-2294 and on Stock Island at 217 MacDonald Ave., phone 294-5677. Your features, personality and lifestyle can be enhanced when the proper care and attention to your qualities come together in a refreshing, more attractive new look. For a distinctive look, call today for an appointment. Helen LaValle {in Stock Island); Betty Caibonell {in Key West) thank their many customers. PARKER REFRIGERATION Restaurant and other business owners in this area can rely on PARKER • REFRIGERATION, located at 2405 Seidenberg Ave. in Key West, phone 294- i 1345 for complete sales and service of refrigeration equipment and air "conditioning and ice machines. They sell, install and service ice makers, 1 freezers, beer coolers, walk-in coolers and other commercial refrigeration equipment. _ They are licensed contractors (Lie. #RA 0018219) with the kind •.of experience behind them that assures expert _wpric WARREN ELECTRIC OF KEY WEST INC. RANDALL E. WARREN - PRESIDENT RANDALL E. WARREN, JR. - VICE PRESIDENT 1 WARREN ELECTRIC OF KEY WEST, INC. located at 822 Washington St. in Key West, phone 296-9867, specializes in a complete electrical contracting service for commercial and industrial requirements. Their specialized services are counted on by commercial construction companies regularly when they _ undertake building projects. I They are equipped to give you the latest advice and information on problems pertaining to your power and wiring needs. Through their years I of experience in this field of work, they have gained expertise that can solve your every electrical engineering problem. If you are planning to build or remodel an industrial or commercial building of any type, it will pay you to consult with this firm and get ~ their advice on the proper wiring and fixtures to best meet your needs. I Their bid on handling the job may not be the lowest, but it will be the best. We wish to salute this progressive firm of electrical contractors or the service they have provided to the commercial and industrial develop- ment of the Keys. APTAIN HORNBLOWERS This popular lounge rates high in Key West. They feature a mellow atmosphere that wil l make any evening spent here enjoyable. You can forget your worries in the surroundings of CAPTAIN HORNBLOWERS, located at I 300 Front St. in Key West, phone 294-4922. Relaxation, good friends, good drinks, and the best jazz around go hand-in-hand to make a perfect evening at this popular night spot. Why not stop in soon and enjoy the FINE JAZZ performed nightly and don't miss the Boogie-Woogie and Jazz downstairs on the patio, during the day! ^ B & F CLEANERS You may already frequent a particular dry cleaner in the area but we would like you to consider making the change to letting B & F CLEANERS handle all your dry cleaning, laundry and clothing alteration work. Con- veniently located at 1001 Truman Ave. in Key West, phone 294-1818, t h i s | dry cleaning establishment is preferred by many people who demand the very best in dry cleaning services. Ramiro Range), Sr., established this business here in Key West, 27 years ago. . They offer 1 day service, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 8jO0 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Ramiro Rangel, Sr., Hilda and Ramiro Rangel, Jr., thank their many customers and invite you to stop in soon. SUDDE'S ARTS & CRAFTS § When amateur or professional artists need supplies or materials of j almost any kind, they depend on BUDDE'S ARTS & CRAFTS, located at |_ 916-A Kennedy Dr. in Key West, phone 296-2560. This is one of the most m complete art supply stores offering canvas, frames, oils, acrylics, water • colors, brushes, mat board, craft supplies, kits, miniatures, macrame and books, all reasonably priced. They also have classes for painting and crafts. Whenever you need art materials come* to Budde's Arts & Crafts. For personal attention ask for Estela Budde- r KEY WESTER RESORT INN Beautifully located in Key West, on A1A, on the ocean, is the KEYI WESTER RESORT INN, one of the most popular resorts in the area. Phone 296-5671 or toll free in Florida phone 1-800-432-7413, or 1-800-327-7072 anywhere in the U.S. Situated across from the ocean, here you will find a beautiful atmosphere combined with an Olympic swimming pool, a tennis court and pro shop, sauna and gym, bikes and an excellent restaurant and Tiki bar. 1 For more information call and ask for Jodie Malby. - f Northern Italian Cuisine 615 Duval Street, Key West 294-6565 One of Florida's finest Italian restaurants serving Northern Italian specialties and fresh local Key West seafood, is ANTONIA'S where they specialize in homemade Pasta, Fettucini, Ravioli and Seafood Lasagna andg many varieties of great wines are individually selected. Antonia's is a dining - experience in a casual and romantic atmosphere, located in a beautifully restored wooden, conch style building at 615 Duval St. (parking in rear). Reservations are necessary - phone 294-6565. Ail major credit cards are welcome. The owners, Antonia Berto and Phillip Smith invite you to dine with them soon. "AN ABSOLUTE MUST WHEN VISITING KEY WEST!". •BUSINESS DIGEST Ads Sold And Placed By Sunset Media Services, Inc. An International Marina and Beach Resort i THE GALLEON, located in Key West at 617 Front Street, offers I a moderately priced vacation resort with everything you could want for a relaxing vacation. With their beach location, you can enjoy the ocean breeze or enjoy an occasional dip, or swim in their elegant pool and relax in a lounge on the patio. They feature 2 bedroom, 2 bath suites with Jacuzzi's in the |master bedroom as well as private balconies for sunset gazing. I In addition, they offer an extensive water sports program including jet skiing, windsurfing, sailboat rental, parasailing, scuba and snorkeling. Bicycle and mopeds are also available for rental. A marina is also located at this fine resort so you may enjoy charter- ing a boat for a fishing adventure or have your own boat docked here, because space is provided. The marina at The Galleon is Key West's only |Old Town marina with immediate harbor access. In addition, water, electricity -and cable TV is available. For your safety, floating docks are featured. Call 296-7711 and ask for Marketing for a reservation or for further information. Can you think of a better way to spend a vacation? I A T L A N T I C K E Y W E S T AMBULANCE SERVICE ATLANTIC KEY WEST provides a first response emergency care j ambulance service for the city of Key West, as well as non-emergency and lair transport. For emergency service dial 911 for non-emergency dial 296- '2401. They are fully equipped to get you where you want to go, comfortably, | safely and economically 24 hours a day. I We recommend this company for the fine service they offer the people of Key West. 1 1 SALOON The staff and VirgilioJ/itale '(owner) of 1 SALOON, located at 524 Duval St. in Key West, -phone 294-5797, extends a special invitation to you to spend an evening with them. They are open 7 days a week; the bar is open from 2:00 p.m. till 4:00 a.m., with food always available, and B the restaurant is open for dinner from 6:00 p.m.-1-1:30 p.m., in the dining room. This popular dance bar and restaurant is a gathering place for fun- loving people of all ages because of the relaxed and cordial atmosphere and their live entertainment, with dancing nightly. At 1 Saloon you'll be treated to quick and courteous service and you'll find the intimate atmosphere just what you've been looking for. You can talk, meet new people, enjoy the music and dance to your heart's content and in addition, they also have video games and billiards for your enjoyment. So, for a really enjoyable change of pace, stop in at the 1 Saloon soon! ; METRIC AUTOMOTIVE I Take your Volkswagen to METRIC AUTOMOTIVE, Icoated a 717 U.S. Hwy. 1 on Big Coppit Key, phone 294-3B82, the Volkswagen specialists in this area. Jeff Goubleman (owner) with 20 years of experience, knows how to fix VW's right the first time! They use the latest diagnostic equipment and can handle any size job in the shortest time and at reasonable rates. Also, a large selection of used and rebuilt parts are available. I You'll feel right at home with the courteous and friendly staff here. Stop by soon; SHINDLE ELECTRONICS"THE OTHER PHONE CO. " Let SHINDLE ELECTRONICS analyze your business telephone needs and design a system suited to your particular circumstances. This company is equipped to offer you a telephone system that will provide you with maximum cost control, efficiency and profitability. Shindle Electronics is 8 located at 3253 Flagler Ave. in Key West, phone 294-1725, and they have considerable experience in telephone system design. They do all the installation i work and stand behind their systems, with complete maintenance and service l-by certified technicians. I Whatever the size of your company, they have a telephone system 1 ideal for you, including multiple key systems, PABX systems and paging 1 and intercom systems. They also feature ZENITH COMPUTERS, MONITORS • and BUSINESS SYSTEMS. Ed Shindle (owner) invites you to call today for • jnare information. bNGLERSA "BOOG POWELL'S" ni»fl. j> When it comes to buying a boat, it pays to do business with people who make it their business to know boats. This is why so many people make "BOOG POWELL'S" ANGLERS MARINE, located on US. 1 in Stock Island, phone 296-8504, their headquarters for boats, motors and related equipment. This established boating center has been serving area boaters for years and they can help you select a boat that will meet your particular needs perfectly. Whether you're looking for a fishing boat, a family cruiser, a run-a-bout or a performance boat they can meet your needs. "Boog Powell's" Anglers Marine is an authorized sales and service dealer for boats manufactured by CHRIS CRAFT, BOSTON WHALER and MAKO, and for YAMAHA and MERCURY outboard motors. You can look to them for all your repair and service needs once you've made your purchase. In addition, this marine center features boat rentals, rental and sales of fishing and diving equipment, a ship's store, bait and tackle, wet and dry storage and fuel, beer and ice. Be sure to ask about their dive trips aboard the CAROL J as well as their half or full day fishing charters on the ISLAND ANGLER, WINDY DAY, REEL 'N STEEL or NO MERCY. Come in to "Boog Powell's" Anglers Marine and see why they have become known as your marine headquarters. For personal attention ask for Patti Ross or Jim Benkoczy. I LVilladares 6 Son Featuring A Selection of Over 3000 Paperbacks Visit one of this area's most popular newstands, L. VALLADARES 4 SON, located at 1200 Duval St. in Key West, phone 296-5032. You'll | find an enormous selection of out of town newspapers such as the NEW YORK TIMES and the WALL STREET JOURNAL, magazines and paperbacks. The staff here is always ready to help you find what you need! They are open seven days a week, 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p-m. Stop in soon and see why they are called "The Oldest Newstand In Key West". S K Y n SKI i For a unique adventure on the water, contact SKY " n " SKI, located at The Galleon Marina, phone 296-5165. Sky " n " Ski offers the thrill of | parasailing. Just put on your parachute and ride above the water. It's safe and fun and no experience is needed to enjoy this special sport. In addition Sky " n " Ski features water skiing scheduled throughout the day. They are also headquarters for water ski sales, service and repair. Call or stop by today and ask for David, Tim, Mark or Jeff for schedule information and rates. THE CRAFTY OWL l Your one-stop shopping center for needlework supplies in the Key West area is THE CRAFTY OWL, located at 906-F Kennedy Drive, phone a 294-7794. They feature a large assortment of yarns, a complete line of | DMC floss, fabrics and instruction books along with custom basic patterns " and graphs. Supplies for needlework, counted cross-stitch, crewel work, crocheting and rug making can be found in stock here. Make them your headquarters for your needlepoint and other supplies. Stop in soon. JEWELLfS SEWAGi SERVICE 1 JEWELL'S SEWAGE SERVICE features expert cleaning and repair of septic tanks. Don't take chances on having someone work on your septic tank who doesn't have the proper experience. So many times this type of work must be completely redone, all because of a lack of knowledge and experience. a Call Jewell's Sewage Service at 745-2145 or 872-2604. Joe Jewel l» has been serving the Keys since 1974 and would like to thank his many | customers. YOUR 6IFT HEADQUARTERS in KEY WEST BIRD IN HAND Everyone knows a person who's hard to buy for. If the person you're! shopping for falls into that category stop in at BIRD IN HAND in Key West,! located at 400 Front St., phone 296-6324, for a selection of distinctive! and breathtaking gifts sure to please the most discriminating tastes. They! feature Hummels, Waterford, Kaiser Porcelain and a stunning selection of j Karat Gold Jewelry. * Their talented, knowledgeable staff wil gladly assist you in seiecflngf just the right gift at a price you can afford. We suggest that the people! of Key West, and visitors to the area as well, make Bird In Hand thelrl give headquarters. Browsers are welcome and for personal attention ask| for Peggy Mader, the manager. 68 Adi -old Ari'i Placed ElySunset Media jc rv i ro ' , Jns> SOUTHARD STREET1 P R O D U C E X THE QUALITY AND SERVICE YOU EXPECT Known for their fine quality fresh fruits and vegetables in Key West j t s SOUTHARD STREET PRODUCE located at 406 Southard St. in Key West, • phone 294-8418. This market has established a fine reputation for only selling the I freshest and highest quality of produce that can be obtained. All of the I fruits and vegetables they sell are purchased from farmers, growers and •shippers they know and trust to raise only the best. 1 You'll find they offer a wide variety year 'round at the best prices | i n town and you'll be pleased with their friendly service as well. In addition, .among their large selection they feature exotic items such as yellow cherry land plum tomatoes and shitake mushrooms. Wholesale, as well as retail, iaeeounts are their specialty and they supply such welt known customers |as Pier House, The Reach, Gasa Marina, Louie's Backyard and La Te Da. They keep their perishables stored in the latest coolers and make sure that everything they sell is pure and fresh. It is a pleasure to make mention of this fine market and its staff |for their efforts in serving our people well. Remember the name, Southard |Street Produce. We know you'll enjoy shopping here. For personal attention ask for Buco. TROPICAL FASHIONS I For truly unique and distinctive fashions, in the Key West area, jis TROPICAL FASHIONS. Here you'll find the very latest in creations from the world's foremost fashion experts. Conveniently located in KINO PLAZA, at 115 Fitzpatrick St., phone 294-0401, this shop leads the way in style j and fashions. They carry a comprehensive stock of ladies casual and resort I sportswear and specialize in large sizes- Join the best dressed ladies in Key West by shopping at Tropical I Fashions. This is the store where fashion begins. Mary Fernandez invites j you to stop in soon and look over the array of beautiful clothing they I have to offer. PROPELLER SERVICE | Since 1959 the people of the Keys have depended on PROPELLER ( SERVICE, Henry "Harry" Andrews, owner, located at the corner of 3rd St. and 3rd Ave. in Stock Island, phone 296-8887, for all their propeller repairs as well as new and rebuilt propellers. In addition, they have a diving service and offer underwater repairs and a complete machine shop to handle your welding needs. They also feature dockside repair and can handle your needs for Ishaft bearings, engine hydraulics and winches. . VOLPIAN CASH REGISTER CO. 1 LwJ HUGIN SWEDA Specializing in Restaurants, Bars, & General Retail Headquarters for cash register sales, service and support is VOLPIAN JCASH REGISTER CO., serving Key West to Key Largo, located at 1100 Truman j Ave. in Key West, phone 296-6698. Of particular interest to restaurant, I bar and general retail business owners, large or small, they have an extensive I selection of electronic cash registers, moderately priced. They also offer a range of computer linked systems and can custom design a system fox j your needs. Their equipment is available for purchase and on lease-purchase J plans. Complete repair services are available. I With many years of experience) Volpian Cash Register Co. prides j itself on business problem solving by offering the best in equipment from ' HUGIN SWEDA. In addition, their professional and dependable staff can offer | expert advice to save you time and money. Regardless of the size of your j business, call for a no-obligation demo at your business or their showroom. J For professional attention ask for Ben Volpian, Paul Sibole or Eric Shives- BILL'S KEY WEST FISH MARKET "IF IT SWIMS IN THE OCEAN WE HAVE IT" Currently celebrating their first anniversary, BILL'5 KEY WEST FISH IMARKET is located at 2502 N. Roosevelt Blvd. in Key West, phone 296-5891. They are headquarters for freshly caught seafoods of all kinds, including deep sea fish, crabs, conch, lobster, scallops and shellfish of all- types as | well as many other seafood delicacies. This seafood dealer has become I known as one of the finest in the Key West area. They purchase directly from local fishermen and also offer freshly shipped frozen items from remote areas, like Alaskan King Crab legs in season. Because of this policy of securing only the finest seafoods and related products, you're always assured of the best quality. They also serve wholesale and retail customers. Bill's Key West Fish Market, family owned and operated by Bill jfOsterhoudt Jr. and Sr-, invites area residents and visitors, to come in today •and see why they are so popular. AWARD WINNING JEWELERS FINE HANDFASHIONED JEWELRY Jewelry is more than just jewelry at GOLDSMITH, located at 114 Fitzpatrick St. in Key West, phone 294-1243. The jewelry on display arid available here is exquisite beyond words. • Each item of" jewelry here is an original creation, custom designed and manufactured with perfect detail. Diamonds, precious stones and gold are wedded here in an assortment of jewelry items. In addition, Goldsmith is one of the few jewelry stores specialieing in natural American pearls and conch pearls as well as the more traditional cultured pearls. Their reputation for offering oustanding and distinctive jewelry is well known throughout the U.S. In 1980 they won a national competition over 500 other jewelry stores as the BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL STORL in the country. In 1985 they received the ART TO WEAR AWARD and they have also been the recipient of DeBeer's DIAMOND. DISPLAY AWARD. Their expertise in offering fine hand fashioned jewelry has also received accolades from the press. The NEW YORK TIMES, speaking of Goldsmith has said, "Their jewelry is the prettiest and most unusual we've ever seen". VOGUE referred to them as having " The best jewelry on the Island - must be seen . . . " . WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY called Goldsmith "A temptation", and FODOR'S GUIDE TO FLORIDA regarded them as "A notable exception to most jewelry stores in Key West." It is a pleasure to feature a shop where jewelry handcrafting is still practiced as the art that I t is. Stop in soon and let yourself be tempted by t h e i r b t l f l t i i GATES ELECTRIC-INC, i For any electrical wiring and repair work you can count on CATESi ELECTRIC, INC. (William T. Cates-President) located at 1020 Von Phisterl St. in Key West, phone 294-1777. They are experts in residential and commer-l cial wiring. You can rest assured you're getting the best contractors available" in the area. | Serving Key West for over 31 years, you can depend on Cates Electric,™ Inc. for professional work and courteous service. Fine natural foods and much more are available at INSIDEOUT Natural! Food & Bodycare located at 529 Southard (at Simonton) in Key West,g phone 296-2393. Greg Strickland invites you to stop in for more information,! Mon.-Sat., 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., and learn the way to a more healthful! life. This natural food store provides a complete selection of pure whole! foods ( in package or bulk), Macrobiotic foods, Medicinal & Culinary Herbs! & Spices, Natural Vitamins, Skin & Body Products, Newage Music & Meditation,^ Tapes, Books & Magazines. AQUA CLEAN 5 National Spa • iC^Land Pool Institute A complete and competent swimming pool and spa service is offered! in Key West by AQUA CLEAN, located at 3261 Flagler in Key West, phone® 294-7127. For a very low price, which includes all chemicals, they wil l ! set up a regular maintenance program to chemically treat and—clean youri pool or spa. They also offer prompt and competent repair of pumps, filters,! drains, cleaning systems, etc. And, they can install new equipment and! offer spa polishing with silicon sealers. In addition, Aqua Clean sells andl installs inground and portable acrylic spas and carries a full line of chemicals.^ For anything to do with your pool or spa seek the advice and assistance, of Aqua Clean. For personal attention ask for co-owners Dennis Wardlowj and Joe Veliz (also Head of the Sales Division). LET'S GO COUNTRY IN KEY WEST At The POINCIANA LOUNGE The POINCIANA LOUNGE features good drinks, friendly folks andl Great Country-Western entertainment. Alyce Milan, the new owner, invites! everyone in Key West to visit them often. They have top country bands* on Tuesday thru Saturday from 9:30 p.m. till __ : You are sure to enjoy! an evening spent here. I They cater to some of the most fun loving people in Key West! and you can count on meeting friendly people at the POINCIANA LOUNGE.! We are pleased to point to this popular lounge as the place where you! can chase the blues away and really enjoy yourself to the fullest. Poinciana| Lounge is located at 3432 Duck Ave. (4 blocks N. of Kennedy Dr.), phone« 294-6800. Come in soon and see why they're so popular. • ANGEL'S HAVEN If you want your children to have a planned, enjoyable and well I balanced day, enroll them at ANGEL'S HAVEN (Brenda Miller, owner & R.i N.) located at 1011 Virginia St. in Key West, phone 294-3231. They are! open Monday-Friday from 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and accept children from! age 3 months-to 10 years. | This child care center gives personal attention to each child and | places importance on introducing your child to the world of learning. Their |" efforts will help prepare your child for later school years to come and! helps them to develop socially and mentally. Full day and after-school I care are offered and small classes and qualified teachers assure you off the best of attention far your child. For more information call today and I ask for Pam Schneider. •BUSINESS DIGEST _ Ads Sold And Placed Dv Sunset Media Services. Inn. UNLIMITED CONSTRUCTION When the services of a general contractor are required for either S residential construction, commercial building, multi-unit dwellings or any "type of building or alteration work, contact UNLIMITED CONSTRUCTION I (Joe Cates, owner) a general contracting firm with the experience to handle I any building or remodeling job. They specialize in all kinds of building work land you can rest assured your job is being completed by professionals, I using the finest materials and advanced construction techniques. I They are located on Cudjoe Key. Call 745-1131 for any information. 1 • Tlt(j/lntiaue; Sn O N K E Y W E S T _ Those of you who cherish fine antiques come in to see the large I selection of Colonial American to Art Deco antiques and objects of art (available at THE ANTIQUE SHOP on KEY WEST, located at 300 Simonton St., phone 294-7512. You'll find treasures here that will be a delight to have in your home. Ro Watson and James W. Cherry, the proprietors, invite you to stop On the Old Waterfront is Key West's Oldest Eating House: PEPE'S, since 1909, the friendly atmosphere has attracted a varied clientele including President Harry S. Truman (who slipped away from bodyguards early in i the mornings to frequent Pepe's in the 1940's). • Truman's secret is understood by Key Westers who, for 77 years, I have enjoyed "from scratch" homemade quality meals. Visitors to the Island receive the same warm hospitality as do locals. Being located on the Old Waterfront not only assures the freshest produce, seafood and meats, but guarantees an eclectic crowd of fishermen, tradespeople, waiters, politicians, locals, visitors and more' No reservations needed. Sit inside or out under the giant bouganvillea | arbor or mahogany tree. Specials daily. Thursdays are "Thanksgiving", and Sundays are Bar B-Q. Choice NY Steaks cut to order. Open 400 days a year, 6:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Breakfast till 1:00, Dinner after 6:00. VISA and MasterCard accepted. Great American Food, Simple & Friendly, located at 1.806 Caroline 5t., phone 294-7192. HEAVENLY BODY KITES & AIRWAVES For a unique gift to bring out the "free spirit" in all of us, visit HEAVENLY BODY KITES located at 409 Greene St. and AIRWAVES located at 211-1 Duval St., phone 296-2535 to reach both locations. Kites aren't lust for kidsj their complex, innovative designs and aerodynamic structures- wil l please everyone. The kites on display here are moderately priced andf you'll have no trouble selecting a unique gift for yourself or a friend.? D r oP bV o r w r i t e Heavenly Body Kites, 409 Greene St., Key West 33040, for their free mail order catalogue. Come and visit the Kiteman of Key West. COCOANUTS BAR & RESTAURANT We all have our favorite restaurant where we go on those occasions when we want really good food and pleasant surroundings. Come to COCOA- NUTS BAR & RESTAURANT and you won't be disappointed. They are open for lunch and dinner from noon till 2:00 a.m. and food service is available! in the bar till 1:00 a.m. When you arrive you will be greeted with a friendly welcome and when it comes to their food, you'll have an extraordinary array of dishes to select from. They are quickly becoming famous for their MESQUITE GRILL and specialize in seafood and prime meats with the delicate smoked in flavor of Mesquite cooking. Enjoy dining in their garden or sidewalk cafe or by their swimming- pool after a cool dip on a hot day. This restaurant, known as THE restaurant! for tropical dining at it's best, is located at 903 Duval St. in Key West, phone 294-3695. For personal attention ask for Thomas Murray or Fred Mohr. | [ The League of Women Votersof Monroe County: Lower Keys meeting every 4th Saturday. For in formation, call Dore Skinner at 296-6254. Middle Keys unit meets every 3rd Thursday. For infor- mation, call Doris Abram at 743-4166. Upper Keys unit meets every 3rd Thursday. For in forma- tion, call Evelyn Gilsey at 664-4134. Bingo, Starting at 7:15 pm. Thursday nights at Sugar- loaf firehouse at Mile Marker 17. Coffee Mill: 915 Ashe Street, 294-8072. Call forinforma- tion on our many classes. Single Again: A group for single adults to meet and socialize. Information: 294-0533 or 296-3423. Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Meeting: for information call 296-2454 Florida Keys Chapter, AARP, No. 1351: Located in the Armory, Southard and White Streets, 296-5766, exten- siorr361. Meetings 2nd Monday every month, 7:30 pm; Blood Count from 6:15 to 7:15; Bingo, Wednesdays at 1:30 pm; Duplicate Bridge, Tuesdays at 7:30 pm & Thursdays at 1:00 pm; Saturday Bridge Party, 1:00 pm. Key West Garden Club: Meets 1st Thursday of each month at 1 pm, West Martello. For information, call 294-3210. Key West Chapter Of The American Cancer Society: meets at 7 pm, second Tuesday each month, at dePoo ula^ Events Hospital, 1200 Kennedy Drive. Phone 294-9385 for information. - • •*- City Electric Utility Board: Meetings 2nd and 4th-Wed- nesdays at 5 pm, Board Room, 930 Caroline Street. Big Coppitt Key Firehouse: Bingo, Friday nights, 8:00 pm. VFW Auxiliary #6021:2nd & 4th Sundays",. Post Hall, 803 Emma Street, 8:00 pm. Viet Nam Vets: Thursdays, 296-6843. Friends Worship Group (Quakers): Inquiries, Sheridan Crumfish, 294-1523. Key West City Commission: Meetings, 1st & 3rd Tues- days at 8:00 pm, City Hall, corner of Simonton and Angela Streets. Key West Jaycees: Meets every Wednesday night at 8:00 pm at the Jaycee's Clubhouse at 3825 Flagler Avenue. **• - Duplicate Bridge: Weekly, Tuesday at 7:30 pm & Thurs- day, at 1:00 pm, AARP Building (The Armory). Call Martha Kiplinger, 296-5766. Monroe County Commission Meeting: for informa- tion call 2944641 ~ Key West Woman's Club: Regular meetings 1st Tuesday of each month, 2:30 pm, 319 Duval Street. Marathon Lions Club: Dinner meetings 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, Indies Resort, Duck Key, 7:30 pm. Marathon Shrine Club: Luncheons every Friday, at high noon. All Shriners welcome. The America Association of University Women Lower Keys- Key West Branch meet every 3rd Saturday. For information call Marjorie Hansen at 296-6955. The Lower Keys Property Owners Association: Located at the west end of the No Name Key bridge on Big Pine Key. Bingo every Wednesday, 6:00 pm. Call 745-3613. : United Humanitarians: Low-cost spay program now in effect. Please call 296-5106 for information. Wesley House Board of Directors: Meetin gs 2nd Tuesday of the month, 5:00 pm, 1100 Varela Street, 296-5231. Florida Keys Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) meets at noon on the second Saturday of every month except July and August, at a member's home in THE KEYS. For further information please call Patricia Dunn, Public Relations Cte., 294-1798. Urantia Book Study Group. You are welcome to come and share with us this unusual revelation each Wednesday evening 7:30, 1005 Seminary St. For -information call Bob at 294-6739, weekends or weekday evenings. Dine on the Ocean at SOUTH BEACH ALL YOU CAN EAT DINNER BUFFET — 5-9 PM — —— WITH A CHOICE OF LOCAL FISH • BABY BACK RIBS ROAST CHICKEN • ROAST PORK • ROAST BEEF CONCH CHOWDER • CONCH FRITTERS 5 HOT VEGETABLES FEATURING ALL YOU CAN EAT STEAMED SHRIMP FULL SALAD BAR AND DESSERT BAR VARIOUS FRESH BREADS COFFEE, TEA OR SODAS ONLY $9.95 Bacon Home Fries Grits Chipped Beef Gravy Biscuits Fresh Fruit Mix CofT'-.e BREAKFAST BUFFET Scrambled Eggs French Toast Corned Beef Hash , Blueberry Muffins Prunes Orange Juice $5.24 Sausage Hot Cakes Baked Apples Sausage Gravy Rolls Pineapple Chunks Tea 1405 Duvai Street BREAKFAST BUFFET: 8-11 AM Mon.-Sat. . 8-2 PM Sun OPEN 6 A M - 9 PM DAILY WE ALSO SERVE LUNCH All major credit cards accepted 294-2727 71 March Social Events MARCH 1 Outdoor Book Sale. Children's Movies at 1O am: Monroe Co. Library. Tennessee Williams Play- wrights Festival: Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center. MARCH 1-2 A Souvenir ... Tennessee Williams Remembered: Red Barn Theatre. MARCH 1-30- . Evita, Jan McArt's Cabaret Theatre. MARCH 3 Book Reviews at 1O am:'Monroe Co. Public Library. MARCH 5-APRIL 5 Paintings and sculpture of local artist Jack Baron: East Martello Gallery & Museum. MARCH6 The Cleveland Octet Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center. MARCH 7-8 US Conchs, Historical Pageant Glynn Archer Be- mentary School. MARCH 8 Children's stories at 1O am: Monroe Co. Library. .'Jr.1' MARCH 8-9 A Souvenir... Tennessee Williams Remembered: Red Barn Theatre. MARCH 1O Book Reviews at 1O am: Monroe Co. Public Library. MARCH 14-15 House & Garden Tours, sponsored by Old Island Restoration. MARCH 14-16 Flower Show: West Martelta Tower; White St. Pier a t Higgs Beach. The Rose Tattoo or Orpheus Descending: Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center, MARCH 15 Children's movies at 1O am: Monroe Co. Pubiic Library. Las Vegas Night: American Legion Hall, Stock Island. St. Patrick's Day Suds Run. MARCH 15-16 A Souvenir ... Tennessee Williams Remembered: Red Barn Theatre. MARCH 17 Easter Bazaar Sigsbee Elementary School. Book reviews at 1O am: Monroe Co. Public Library. MARCH 17-3O A Flea In Her Ean Waterfront Play- house. MARCH 21 Musical Program: United Methodist Church. MARCH 21-23 Rose Tattoo or Orpheus Descending: Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center. MARCH 22 Conch Shell Blowing Contest: Mallory Sq. Children's Movies at 1O am: Monroe Co. Public Library. MARCH 23 Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet: Mallory Sq. Shrimp and Sauce Sampler: Mallory Sq. MARCH 24 Book Reviews at 1O am: Monroe Co. Public Library. MARCH 29 Conch Style Supper. United Methodist Church. Children's movies at 1O am: Monroe Co. Public Library. 2nd Annual Childbirth/Early Childhood Fair: Searstown. MARCH 3O , The Last Week First Baptist Church. Don't miss the April Fools Day Banquet Key West Cultural Preserva- tion Society. MARCH 31 New Prague Trio: Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center Book Reviews at 1O am: Monroe Co. Public Library THANKS TO LITTLE MEL'S RESTAURANT, CORNER OF FRONT AND SIMONTON STREETS, FOR , HELPING WITH THIS COLUMN. Set/ What Mterations Kari S. Hjerpe 10 Key Lime Square Key West 294-1334 ChareoaS Hut 525 DUVAL ST. • 296-7855 Open 7 days and nights 11 AM till 5 AM.!! Daily Specials CHARCOAL GRILLED STEAKS BBQ POBK RIBS FREE DRAFT OR GLASS OIF WINE WITH MEAL Full Sandwich Menu tate Nite Breakfast • Garden Dining SHINDLE ELECTRONICS, INC. Zenith Computers a Business Systems Telephone Systems & Answering Machines 3253 FLAGLER AVENUE. KEY WEST. FLORIDA 33040 PADRQIfS DOLL SHOP DOLLS • Collectibles &. Play • Accessories* Paper Dolls • Stuffed Toys .. ..and Much, Much More MON.-SAT. 10:30-5:30, OR PHONE FOR PRIVATE APPT. 294-3735 • 25 THIRD AVE., STOCK ISLAND CUBAN CUISINE 601 DUVAL ST. #3 294-4246 KEY WEST, FL Dairy Queen OPEN DAILY 10:00 AM TO 11:00 PM United & White FUSE SMALL. C WITH ANY PURCHASE AND THIS AD ONE PER CUSTOMER PER VISIT C & T INCOME TAX SERVICE INC. SPlLtAUiitsC ttv PERSONALS. BUSINESS FEDERAL & STATE RETURNS ACCOUNTING • YEAR ROUND SERVICE NOTARY SERVICE 10% DISCOUNT TO ACTIVE MILITARY IANE CATHY - LYNDIA TORRES 3217 flagler Avenue. Key West. FL 33040 Telephone: 29MM5. 29MH75 t/ofa/9Cms- Ja/wt- - tWO 0«va/. "OUR BUSINESS IS EXHAUSTING" BILL'S MUFFLER SHOP 800SimontonSt. 294-2105 CUSTOMIZING: RVs, TRUCKS, DUALS, FOREIGN FREE inspection • FREE estimates Muffling the Keys for 20 Years VISA, MASTERCARD & AMERICAN EXPRESS -•«?• < • * 70 I .'r I t 501 Dawaf St.s Kef West 294-5951 • 29§«1§7§

1986-03 Solares Hill Newspaper, Vol. 14 No. 3, March 1986

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Florida Keys History Center

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