Black Is Black Page 10' Moving tip Page f2 Monroe County Story Page 16 The Big 4 Brush-off? Page 34 M I iinsox HhMCMBLRS I HE^^GWArs"KEY"WEST f Key West "One True Sentence" Gears Up " Grandma Knew Him Well teiiSSa -W^f^ / "^Si International Maritime Festival Pages 6 to 9 • / ; ! i i ',* ! •Si I "%"iS k Center Pullout Page 2--July 1989--Solares Hill If You Knew WhatTheyRltLike, You'd Be Wearing Them Now. ...footprints 610 Duval Street Old Town Key West EDITORIAL "Aliens," I said to my friend as we watched two men in dark suits walk down the aisle at TWFAC and take seats in the first row. It was Black Friday; we were listening to the evening's public speaking session. As it turned out, the men weren't really aliens — not quite; they were the representatives from Mobil and Unical. Everyone I spoke with returned from the President's Task Force on Offshore Oil Activity meeting with the same story: The people of the Keys established one voice, a single effort, a united stand against even the notion of oil activity here in the Keys. We established a perspective, one we all understand. But there is another perspective — one that perhaps we can't understand. The essence of that perspective lies in the answer to this question: What did the panel see? Think back. A man wearing a black top hat and leather vest and carrying a cane strolls to the podium and tells a story of the oily ruination of a Caribbean island; a grizzled, grey-headed biker, complete with Harley T-shirt and tattoos swaggers forward soon after; a local businessman — one of the more eloquent speakers -- delivers his message in a pair of breezy trousers split from the hip down to the cuff. Later, another man threatens to wage war, pointing out that we had ceceded the nation before and would not hesitate to do so again. Surprisingly, his garb is nondescript. We are a breed of breeds. We are a culture of characters, individuals, people who have developed into what we are — not what we should be. And we've done so because of our values, our priorities. What role do priorities—and their offspring, bias and prejudice—play in the formation of perception? Why did we have a civil rights movement? Why is "image" becoming the most important word in the American language? Why, up North, do we automatically wear our best, most conservative clothes to interview for a "really good job?" Why do professional women make 70 cents for every dollar made by men in the same jobs? Why do corporate and government criminals remain free while a black teenager sits behind bars for a comparatively miniscule wrong? Why is Exxon getting a tax break on their cleanup efforts in Valdez? Why did I call the oil representatives aliens? And, what did the panel see? Ann Boese Editor July's cover art is a print of a woodcut by Pieter Brueghel, a 16th century artist who is considered one of history's finest engravers. Representing a galleon, the image was printed by Big Pine's Pat Sterner on his handmade press. SUBSCRIBE w o o •a >> E o •a CJj - * C .2 .2* ?•« CJ CO 3en a SS U u BJ» t to it. FREE SIPPER CUP when you buy a footlong sub and a 32 oz. soda. Offer Rood at prlicipaling locations while supplies last 536 Truman Avenue 292-1397 policeman who also wanted the dog. Once, Asta was in charge of a League of Woman Voters fundraiser party at 1800 Atlantic and discovered that Sissy had escaped from her house. She called Larry Harvey, asking him to try to find Sissy. In a cab on his way to the party, he kept looking for the dog and thought he spotted Sissy near the pier at Smathers beach. He had the cab stop, got out and beg"an to shout, "Sissy, Sissy come to Uncle Larry." When all the men on the beach turned and began to stare at him, he thought, "Oh, my God!" and jumped back into the cab. As her art collection grew and her number of friends increased, Asta had to find a larger house to entertain and hang more paintings. She moved to Catherine Street, and her first party was Bill Prosser's farewell party, catered by Gus and John of Los Palmas for 150 guests. Now she's settled into the Key West stream of "Manana will be fun, and today's not bad either." She belongs to the Founder's Society, East Martello Art and Historical Society, the Women's Club, the League of Women Voters, Friends of Animals, and "of course, darling," the Greyhound Rescue League. She was president of the Democratic Club, but resigned to take a trip to Paris in 1984, and you guessed it, brought back dozens of pictures of Parisian pooches. "I've not thought of these things for years. Some are so funny. I always keep on laughing. I guess that's why I'm so lucky." Asta reaches down to pat Lilly. "She keeps me laughing, just look at her bed all covered with paper strips. I guess she wants to go to Washington since she's so good at shredding paper! Would you believe that such a muscular dog could be so gentle? You should have seen how quickly she learned to climb the stairs. She's so smart and curious, like a child." Asta plans to travel, perhaps again to Paris or Mexico, but for now she and Diamond Lil are very content in Key West. M Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 5 The BOOKSHELF & CABINET Company You Dream It We'll Make It 294-8424 AN OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT DINING Indoors or Under The Stars. Ct&r Entertaining Food and Drink. THE AFTERMCK A Transom's Height Above The Water. Cocktails. Enjoy All Of Our Views 11:30 AM-2 AM 700 WADDELL • 294-1061 (Vernon & Waddell Oceanfront) m Northern Italian Cuisine 615 Duval Street, Key West 294-6565 Dinner from 7 to 11 p.m. We Accept Visa and MC Page 6-July 1989-SoIares Hill Shipwrecks: Opium for the Scuba Diver by Barbara Bowers Sammy Davis, Jr. thirty sec- JL / l i&v onds before showtime, even the most experienced scuba divers get butterflies. No matter how often they perch on the edge of a boat, balancing awkward equipment against Mother Nature's swell; no matter how often they tumble backward over the side, trusting gravity and heavy air tanks to tug them unharmed into the sea; nor how frequently they marvel at the way fins, airhose and dangling appendages splash collectively, divers still get a high. A rush. A real-life adventure fix — one that Sammy and buddies only act out in movies. Divers go that extra mile for a kick. They hone their sense of excitement by altering their natural breathing mechanism. For the sake of exploration, their bodies undergo pressure extremes that can crush steel. And at great depths, they can actually experience a "high," which produces unwanted sensa- tions of drunkeness when they most need their wits about them. Divers seek thrills in an unknown world — the hideout of unpredictable animals and plants. But divers addicted to wreck diving go even further. They travel the world for the adrenaline flow they get from the eerie domain of shipwrecks. The weightless, coffin-silent descent to a ship wrecked in Davy Jones' locker is the opium of the scuba world, while Truk Lagoon in the Pacific Ocean is favored for its sunken World War II vessels. And South Florida and the Keys compete with North Carolina and its treacherous outer banks for the title of "Shipwreck Capitol of the World." "Florida may have identified more wrecks along its coast than North Carolina," says Gary Gentile, author of The Advanced Wreck Diving Guide and other books about modern wrecks, including one about U-boats sunken off the eastern seaboard. "But there are actually more shipwrecks in "Best of KiBi the shallow waters off North Carolina, and they are more accessible than Florida's modern wrecks located in deeper waters. Only advanced divers pursue dives on vessels such as the U.S.S. Wilkes Bane that sits in 250 feet of water near Key West." According to Gentile, the reason Florida's coastline is better known for its wrecks than any other area is the media exposure given three Spanish fleets being salvaged for treasure there: the 1622 fleet lying between Key West and the Dry Tortugas, which includes the Atocha and the Santa Margarita; the 1715 fleet sunken off Fort Pierce; and the 1733 fleet with remains strewn along the upper 80 miles of the Keys. "Although these are the shipwrecks everyone hears about, they are 'working wrecks' being salvaged by companies," says Gentile. "The average sport diver cannot dive on these archeological sites." s t a t e l a w s Jr U archeological ship- wrecks as "Historic property ... with any prehistoric or historic archeological value ... relating to the history, government and culture of the state." The sites are protected by law and the state requires divers to have permits before removing any artifacts. Because the law is vague and there is no timespan attached to it, and because many ., _̂..: ,,^p!i^|*i|^^p|?^^^MiJ0f^^^®M?^§..^... 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Ballast stones are dwindling, and half of the lower hull has disappeared since 1983 when the ship was first mapped by archeologists." Smith defines the criteria for archeo- logical wreck eligibility as any type of ship, construction or cargo more than 50 years old that represents a period significant to Florida's history. On the other hand, any ship associated with an historical figure — say the FT 109, if it had sunk in Florida waters ~ is relevant to history and would be eligible as an historic preserve. While most sport divers would love to find a gold or silver coin on an old galleon wreck site (which is highly unlikely, but if found within the three-mile limit of state waters, should legally be turned over to state authorities), Captain Billy Deans of Key West Diver on Stock Island thinks most wreck divers are looking first for adventure, and second for artifacts that represent memories of the dive. "It's rewarding to see the smiles on the faces of a father-son dive team who brings up a memento," says Deans. "It's usually a worthless scrap of metal with no value to anyone but the divers. It will sit on their fireplace mantel and remind them of an exciting underwater exploration and shared discovery. "That's what's so neat about wreck diving," says Deans. "You can dive a wreck four or five days and see something different ~ some alluring adventure ~ every time." Hardcore wreck divers subscribe to the theory that if you've seen one reef, you've seen them all. Of course, reef divers figure that if you've seen one wreck, you've seen them all. Says writer Gentile: "Wreck divers and reef divers are two different animals. Wreck divers go for the adventure. Reef divers to to observe marine life. "In our humdrum society, wreck diving offers excitement, self-discovery and exploration that everyone is fascinated with, but most only passively experience from watching the tube. Of course, there is no comparison," he says. Professional underwater photographer Don Kincaid sees the diving spectrum this way: Reef divers anchor one end of the spectrum with commercial divers at the other end. Artificial-wreck divers, natural- wreck divers and archeological-wreck divers fall somewhere in between. "I'm not talking about skill here. I'm talking about preference," says Kincaid, Solarea Hi l l - Ju ly 1989-Page 7 who has photographed the underwater gamut from sport diving to professional salvaging for 20 years. "But I think the archeologically conscious diver is the most sophisticated." Florida's program of artificial reefs was developed to create deep reefs to accom- modate the fishing industry and to relieve the sport diving traffic from the coral reefs. A number of modern wrecks have been intentionally sunken for this purpose, including the Duane, a 327-foot Coast Guard cutter that settled 120 feet below the surface just outside John Pennecamp State Park and Marine Sanctuary. The Duane and its sister ship, the Bibb, which sits in 90 feet, are popular dive sites. But with the exception of ships like the RALPH LAUREN \ POLO j i assortment inc. & 404 duval street • key west £§§ APLACE TO EAT? Ask a Local. ARTICHOKES AND SCALLOPS "Bravo! Deserving of a standing ovation." Jan McArt Florida's First l_acly of Musical Theatre Emma'sm m The Reach Simonton at the Ocean 294-FISH $1.00 OFF! Any Regular Priced LP or Cassette. Not Good On Sale Merchandise J~ Limit One Per Customer Offer Expires 8/1/89 "T I I I I $2.00 OFF! Any Regular Priced Compact Disc. 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When I find something on a wreck, I'm bringing history back into the stream of consciousness. When a decision is made to sink a ship artificially, the deci- sion is based on a ship's already recorded history. There is no need to recover its history." In recent years, a more educated scuba diver is visiting the watery underworld, according to Captain Spencer Slate of Atlantis Diver Center on Key Largo, who has been diving in the Keys for more than two decades. "Reef divers have been beaten to death with the need to swim carefully around coral. We're just beginning to appreciate the historical significance of shipwrecks, and we're seeing more wreck divers who want to dive on archeological preserves." Diving on a site such as the San Pedro Preserve off Islamorada still triggers butterflies in a diver's gut, but the experience is a blend of wreck and reef diving; a blend of adventure and observa- tion. 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"In the past, what most people have known of archeology has been a cross between Indiana Jones-type adven- tures of grave robbing and a science sponsored by wealthy patrons. "It's much more sophisticated than that today And the more we perfect and specialize the science, the more we can help divers and the public at large understand these formerly floating time capsules were partially responsible for transferring lan- guages, diseases, food -- the whole spread of civilization." There are over 4000 shipwrecks lining Florida's 1,350 miles of coastline. Some people say these, and the plethora of sunken ships around the globe, have sprinkled more gold on the ocean's floor than there is on the earth's surface today. Certainly these wrecks are loaded with water-soaked volumes of history. | | Maritime Festival Sails into Port TPI ^ ^ wasn't built in a day. And JLC O I I I " the Americas weren't dis- covered in a year. In fact, it took Columbus 10 years just to get the financing from Isabella. So the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas could hardly be celebrated in only 1992. The party starts this year on July 18 in the Florida Keys with Florida's International Maritime Festival and it reaches its crescendo in 1992. The festival kicks off with a 10-day, 160-mile Parade of Sail, which includes at least 25 tall ships, from Miami to Key West. Because people have been sailing for almost as long as they've been eating, a "living history" event in which you can sail back to the time of some of the greatest seafarers of all time -- Columbus, Hernando de Soto, Blackbeard — will highlight Florida's mari- time culture and heritage. Ports and anchorages used by Sir Francis Drake in 1585 or Ponce de Leon in 1513 are still active and will be visited during this blend of maritime cultural education and waterfront recreation. T-he Parade of Sail and daily shipwreck diving agenda culminates in an International Shipwrecking Convention in Key West where Mendel Peterson, former director of Underwater Exploration for the Smithsonian Institution, will preside over an unprece- dented gathering of historians, archeolo- gists, scuba divers and treasure salvors MOSQUITO COAST A Tropical Gallery & Boutique Mosquito Coast It1* eveiything you can imagine. Could be .a pirate'* earring, « Compass Rote, a Devil's Doll. Antiques. Collectible* of all sons. Most fashionable clothes Innovative works of local artists. Mosquito Coast. It stretches from the darkest rain foresu of Ecuador to the very comers of your own mind. STALK THE GOOD LIFE at 1107 Duvsl Street Key Wes, Florida 33040 mosquito coast -- the natives are friendly Open 10 a.m. to 5 pan. / 8 pjm. to 10 pm. dosed Tuetdayi 296-6124 from all over the world. "Footsteps in the Sea: Shipwreck Archeology of the Americas" is a two-day symposium where topics such as artifact conservation, ship history, hull structure analysis, mapping procedures and more will be discussed. The festival is the brainchild of Duncan Mathewson, underwater archeologist and festival director. It started with his wish to "preserve the sailing tradition which is dying because we're losing the skill to sail these old boats. And it mushroomed into a grand teaching experience that's brought together the Christopher Columbus Jubilee Commission, federal and state officials and local interests." All sailors with boats are welcome to join all or any leg of the Parade of Sail. AH divers interested in modern or archeological shipwreck diving are welcome. Call IMF A headquarters at 296-0241 for details. The 1989 Maritime Festival is the first of four. Each year through 1992, Key West and South Florida will host a sailing-diving week of activities that will include a Parade of Sail and educational symposia. M ' Maritime Festival Calendar Key West Events Thursday, July 27 • 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.: Capt. Billy's Key West Diver ~ three days of archeological diving ($50 double tank dives with instruction). • 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.: Florida Keys Community College -- start of two-day Atocha dive experience ($35). • 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m.: Marriott's Casa Marina Resort under- water archeology snorkeling workshop for "kids" of all ages (Free). • 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Key West Seaport four-day historical reenactment of 18th century Spanish military encampment (Free). • 10 a.m, to 8 p.m.: Key West Seaport and neighboring waterfront hotels — beginning of four-day "Tall Ship" day sail charters ($10 and up). • 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 1:30 to 3 p.m.; 4 to 5:30 p.m.: Key West Seaport start of three-day Conch Train Key West Maritime Tour ($10). • 12 to 9 p.m.: Marriott's Casa Marina Resort — opening of four-day "Maritime Expo '89" convention booth exhibits ($5 per day). • 6:30 p.m.: Holiday Inn La Concha ~ SCUBA apparel, fashion show by Henderson Aquatics and authors' sign- ing party by Seafarers Heritage Library and Key West Island Book Store (cash bar). Friday, July 28 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Florida Keys Com- munity College, Fine Arts Center — opening of two-day International Ship- wreck Convention "Footsteps in the Sea: Shipwreck Archeology of the Americas" ($20 per day). 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Key West Seaport "Conch Republic" waterfront food fest. 8 to 10:30 p.m.: Florida Keys Com- munity College, Fine Arts Center — reception and illustrated convention keynote program "Shipwrecks, Arche- ology and Treasure: The Beginnings of Marine Archeology in the Americas" Mendel L. Peterson ($7.50). Saturday, July 29 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Holiday Inn Beach- side — Buccaneer Family Beachside Party with "Gunkholers" Challenge Regatta; oar, paddle and kayak races; sailboard and dingy races with "Conch Pentathlon" special event ($2). 7 to 11 p.m.: Marriott's Casa Marina Resort Hotel — Caribbean Luau and presentation of Regatta awards; "Mari- time Expo '89" booth exhibits; enter- tainment by the "Fabulous Spectrelles," winners of the state "Star Search" competition ($35 prepaid, includes tax and gratuity; $45 at the door). Sunday, July 30 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Ocean Key House "Conch Republic Navy Day" African Solares Hi l l - Ju ly 1989-Page 9 Queen boat tours; salute to the "Tall Ships" and review of combined "Parade of Sail" fleet out of Key West Harbor with "Wrecker's Race" to the reef (cash bar). • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Hyatt Key West Resort & Marina "Parade of Sails" waterfront brunch ($20). • 1 to 7 p.m/ Key West Seaport "Conch Republic" waterfront food fest. • 8 p.m.: Key West Seaport Cafe Diamant "Wrecker's Race" cup presentation party (cash bar). This program is subject to change. For latest information on major events and special attractions in all districts, call the Festival office at 800-225-1543 or 296-0241. on A SWEATER FOR EVERYONE.. . assortment inc. s The New York Times says it's,"Excellent consistent, popular and special. With an emphasis on fresh local seafood. You'll find it special too. Reservations Suggested. 1208 Simonton/Key West 305-294-0717 •535 RAYMOND JAMES S. ASSOCIATES, INC Member New York Stook Exchange/SIPC STOCKS AND BONDS IRA AND PENSION PLANS TAX-ADVANTAGED INVESTMENTS OPTIONS • MUTUAL FUNDS Offices Througnout Florida Concerned About You and Your Financial Weil-Being YOUR FLORIDA KEYS BROKER Key West: 294-9575 Perry's Plaza, 3706 H.N. Roosevelt Blvd., Key West Toll Free: 1-800-826-7401 (Inside Florida) Toll Free; 1 -800-327-5964 (Outside Florida) Page 10--July 1989-Solares Hill Black Friday by Elliot Baron For one week, everyone was family. Threatened from the outside, our community temporarily set its differences aside. Keys citizens stood united and spoke with one voice: "No Drilling in the Keys!" Bar owners, merchants, waitresses, fishermen, resort operators and researchers were among those who spoke during last month's meeting with the President's Task Force on Offshore Oil Activity. Each argued against drilling in a unique and personal manner. • Marie Clark, a waitress, told the task force that drilling would destroy Key West as an international travel destination. "I work at Wag's -- it's like the U.N.," she said. "Some days I wonder if I'm going to get an English-speaking customer. Everyone has an accent and comes from overseas. It's our money coming back home." • Jim Cox, a downtown merchant, dismissed an argument made by oil industry representatives that Florida, as a major oil consumer, owes it to the rest of the nation to produce more oil. Cox noted that "Oklahoma consumes far more orange juice than they produce." • Chamber of Commerce President John Parks told the committee, "I don't know what you mean by a minor spill, any spill is major." When asked by David Cottingham of the National Oceanographic and Atmo- spheric Administration if the Arab oil embargo hadn't hurt business in the Keys, Parks responded, "Yes, but we'd rather have an oil crisis than an oil spill, at least we'd still have an environment." • Mike Collins, of the Florida Keys Guides Association, stated that he and his colleagues are seen as heroes "when a kid sees his first shark, or a housewife from Chicago sees her first eagle or spoonbill." He went on to admit, however, that the "Hey, hey, what do you wish? Keep the oil off our fish!" John Maglio, dressed as Death, led cheers out- side the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center before the evening public-com- ment session. His sign read, "Offshore oil drilling is death to our environment." In- side, he called for the 15,000 privately owned boats in Mon- roe County to barri- cade the drilling sites. All photos by Elliot Baron County Commis- sioner Doug Jones, dressed as an oil bar- complete with briefcase bulging with money, placated the crowd with the prom- ise, "If you let us drill, we'll protect that there ... What do you call it? ... Oh, yeah ... environment. Have I ever lied to Representative Ron Saunders told the task force that the state didn't need corporate citizens "who don't care enough about our economy not to drill anywhere near our coral reefs." Last Stand's Bicycle Rally (above) was a success. Several hun- dred bicyclists partici- pated in the rolling demonstration as it traveled along North Roosevelt Boulevard from Garrison Bight toTWFAC. From the start of the bicycle ral- ly, landscaper Pedro Barquin in "tails" (yellowtails, that is) (at right) was a media and crowd pleaser. adoration is misplaced. "We're heroes by association; the fish are the heroes, the wading birds are the heroes, the mangrove islands are the heroes," he said. • Chuck Olson, of Florida Keys Land and Sea Trust, cited a study which measured how much oil washed up at 26 locations in the state from the panhandle to Jacksonville. The top three locations, and seven out of the top ten, were in the Keys, showing that natural currents put the Keys more than anywhere else in the state at risk. "No matter where the oil is lost, it's going to wind up in the Keys," claimed Olson. There's little question that members of the task force were impressed by what they heard and saw. Tim Glidden of the Department of the Interior, said after the meeting, "The public is very articulate, knowledgeable and well versed on what the issues are. It's hard to know how so many people are so well informed about an issue." The department's executive director, Bob Kallman, said, simply, he was in awe. Dee Von Quirolo, administrator of Reef Relief, said she spoke with Gary Reisner from the Office of Management and Budget, and asked him what the weak points of the presentations had been. "He told me -khere were no weak points,'" Quirolo said. Glidden stated that he believed the task force will offer Bush several options in January when they present their final report to him. The decision on how to proceed rests on the president. "I would guess that one of the recommendations would be a permanent drilling ban. And if that takes place, then I assume that a subsequent Local realtor Curtis Wild encouraged the "gentlemen from Mobil" to consider and act responsibly in light of the testimony that had been offered. "As business people, they should retract that lease. They should say, 'We don't want that lease.1" "Any activity involves some marginal risk, that's just the way the world is," commented O.B. Shelburne. The exploration manager for Mobil, in his attempt to convince the public of the nation's need for the oil off Florida's coast, presented a skewed estima- tion that the quantity available here would "fuel 10 million motorcars for the next 50 years." Bar manager John Vagnoni read a letter from Gary Osborne, a friend working on the Valdez cleanup. Noting, firsthand, the carn- age, Osborne wrote, "The cleanup appears to me to be beyond the scope of man. This disaster needs another name; calling it an oil spill is akin to calling Hurricane Gilbert 'bad weather."' Another Hearing? Governor Bob Martinez's office is calling for another public hearing to receive comments on the existing drilling permit applications of Mobil and Unical. Reef Reliefs DeeVon Quirolo, who has been through hearings four years ago and again two years ago, in addition to the one last month, stated that Reef Relief is arranging to send Martinez a videotape of the June 16 task force hearing and is encouraging a boycott of the hearing which is scheduled for fall. The original permit applications were denied last year by the governor's office but were appealed to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. The oil companies ran advertisements last month in the Citizen requesting comments on the permits; the companies are required to submit public response. The governor, who was given the opportunity to respond, called for the hearing. Quirolo said it is unfair to ask the public to assemble again. She would prefer to shift attention to previous public efforts, which so far seem to have gone unnoticed. To do this, Quirolo suggests the community boycott the session. She is also looking for creative ideas on how to convey the boycott to the governor. If you have any ideas, please call her at 294-3100. Solares Hill--July 1989-Page 11 decision will have to be made to purchase the leases back," he said. Even though he said that could be costly, Glidden asked ~ and answered — his next question. "How much is the environment worth? Clearly it's worth that amount of money/' But Quirolo is not terribly optimistic. She feels that Bush's connections with the oil industry make a permanent ban unlikely. Rather, she says she would like to see Congress become more involved, not merely extending moratoriums, but actually buying back the existing 73 leases through a special act. She explains that the leases have a five-year waiting period built into any cancellation, but that a special act could terminate them immediately. Furthermore, "it would get Bush off the hook," she adds.'Sil Roy "Roy Boy" Strawn was willing to make concessions. He told the task force that, "if the amount of oil that they're going to find out there is only enough for a couple of days' supply, I personally would park my car for a week, or a month, or whatever it took." Troubador Steve Clark claimed the "benefits" of oil drilling include high-paid employment during cleanups, and "no more packs of tourists in our bars." Among his humorous but truthful stanzas was: Let 'em drill, Let 'em spill. I Think of all the colors, what a thrill. I No more boring blue and green I with that oily rainbow sheen. I Won't the sunsets be just keen? I Oh, let 'em spill. DeeVon Quirolo of Reef Relief told the task force, "Even exploratory drilling opera- tions pose unacceptable risks of degradation. Other speakers emphasized that spills aren't the only problem associated with what was called "a dirty industry." The drilling muds themselves include poisonous heavy metals and would increase the turbudity of the wa- ter, decreasing photosynthesis. Estimates of how many protestors at- tended the morning demonstration ranged from 1,000 to 2,000. There were represent- atives from conserva- tion groups including Greenpeace, Audu- bon Society, the Isaak Walton League, Friends of Florida, Last Stand, the Big Pine Civic Associa- tion and Florida Pub- lic Interest Research Group. Page 12~July 1989-Solares Hill Lower Keys Country Key Westers are packing up, heading north by June Keith Gonna move up to the country, Babe, Gonna paint my mailbox blue ... Taj Mahal A J L _ . and Cindy Tellone are l \ 1 0 j about to become first-time homeowners. In October, the Tellones will move into their newly constructed, two- bedroom, pre-fab home in Indian Mounds Estates, Sugarloaf Key. The Tellones, longtime members of Key West's Solares Hill String Band, will swap their $450 monthly rent for a fat monthly mortgage payment. They'll also assume property taxes and homeowner's insurance. And the cost of maintaining two auto- mobiles making lots of trips on US-1. After 12 years of marriage, the Tellones are ready to drop roots and become part of a suburban growth spurt spreading into every possible lot and tract between Key West and the Bahia Honda Bridge. Alby will join the commuters' brigade, spending up to eight hours each week getting to and from his job. Cindy will do her grocery shopping at the new huge and spotless Winn Dixie on Big Pine Key. Their children will attend Sugarloaf Elementary School, only a mile or two from their house. Not very long ago, the idea of living in a modular house 20 miles from the heart of Key West's battered and seamy Old Town would have been unthinkable to the Tellones. But that was before Trevor, three, and baby Toren, three months. Now, they believe there is no other option. Like many other small families, the Tellones have outgrown Key West — or is it that Key West has outgrown small families like the Tellones'? Finding a nice little , home in Key West for under $100,000, j with a yard for the kids, has become an i impossibility. i "We did a thorough and persistent search ; on this island for a home in our price range and there was simply none," says Cindy. "After eight months we had to choose between a four-plex in New Town and a brand new home on Sugarloaf. We decided to go for a country lifestyle." To break into real estate, the only option for small families with limited savings for a down payment, is to buy in the Lower I Keys. People get a lot more for their money there, and, when they are ready to move into a bigger, more expensive home, their investment will pay off. Realtor Mufti Keifer says the real bargains in Lower Keys real estate today are up around Mile Marker 30. On Big Pine Key a sprawling, three-bedroom home, with central heat, central air and a pool can be had for $129,000. But it's located six miles in from US-1, making it 36 miles from Key West. • | TO - . „ ; people lucky enough to find . J? O F nearby work, life in the Lower j Florida Keys is truly a breeze. Realtor j Cindy Gossett, who moved to Big Pine ) The Tellone family poses with what they call their "establishment mobile." from Key West three years ago, loves it. "I have never locked my sliding glass door," she says. "I never lock my car doors; I leave my purse and my keys in the car. You don't worry about that stuff up here. And if anyone sees someone around your property and you aren't there, they find out who they are real quick." As for socializing, Gossett says boating and picnicking are popular among her friends. "Everybody has a boat," she says. "You just jump into your boat and meet the gang at one beach or another and party there." Gossett also travels regularly to Key West. She maintains friends in town, so finding a place to stay for the night is never a problem. "Key West is the city," says Keifer. "This is a point of consciousness upon which people must agree. Commuting into the city from the country to work is a way of life. It was for our parents, and it is becoming so for people here." Monica Haskell, Executive Director of the Key West Literary Seminar, lives in Cudjoe Gardens, about 22 miles from downtown Key West. Her husband Scott is a contractor. Both Haskells work out of their home. They have three children, ages six to 11. "At the height of the season, when lots of things are happening, I figure I spend 20 hours a week driving," Monica says. "I find myself complaining about it, and imagining what I would do with those 20 extra hours while I fight the traffic." The Haskell kids are involved in baseball, soccer, and piano lessons. There is also a basketball league. The leagues are open to boys and girls, and everybody is welcome to join a team. In the Key West' leagues kids must try out for the team of their choice. Some kids end up on the bench. In the Lower Keys, every kid gets to play for a few innings of every game. "I drive up to Big Pine for baseball, then it's time to go down to Key West for piano lessons, then back to Big Pine for baseball or soccer," says Monica. "Hopefully we'll get some sports organized down here in Sugarloaf." What do Monica and Scott Haskell do for fun? "We hire a babysitter and go to Key West!" Babysitters in Cudjoe Gardens earn $2 per hour. According to Monica Haskell, her favorite local restaurants are Coco's, for "wonderful plantains, reliable beans and rice, great Nicaraguan steaks," Monty's for "great conch and clam chowders, to go" and Mountain Mike's pizza, a favorite with the kids who are attracted to Mike's video games. Monica also lists such favorite activities in the Sugarloaf/Cudjoe Keys area as Sunday night reggae at Mangrove Mama's, and ladies' night every Thursday at Sugar- loaf Lodge. HPl. A Haskells have lived in their A l i e home for eight years. "It's suburban, it's safe, all those good, boring things that make it a better place to raise kids," Monica says. "Here they have a big yard, and we're right on the water, so they can go swimming. There was no way we could have bought something similar to this house in Key West for the money we had to spend." Monica is pleased with Sugarloaf School, where she says the teachers are friendly and eager to spend time with parents and children. The playground at Sugarloaf has lots of neat equipment, too. The problem is that the school is overcrowded, and kids graduating from Sugarloaf have no alternative but to take the bus in to Key West High School when they enter ninth grade. "It's too hard for the high school kids to participate in extracurricular activities and dating," explains Monica. "The parents end up driving them in for activities and waiting around for them to be taken home again." There is talk of building a Big Pine Elementary School, but what is truly needed, says Monica, is a high school for the area's children. Nonetheless, once a site is found, it is an elementary school that will be built. The Monroe County School Board hopes the school will be operating within five years ~ in time to make Sugarloaf School less crowded for the Tellone kids. Keifer lives in Key West these days, she says, because she has a daughter in high school and she doesn't like the thought of her commuting once or twice a day into Key West for school and activities. But she did enjoy living for several years in Sugarloaf Shores, next to a deep, clear canal where she had "never seen so many stars." Writer Julie Perrin decided to shop around in the Lower Keys for an apartment when the lease on her Key West apartment was about to expire. She and her boyfriend found an ad for an apartment on Little Torch Key, right on the water, about 30 miles from Key West. It was only $500 a month. In great excitement they drove up to Little Torch, admiring the spectacularly hued flats, the scrubby tropical vegetation, and the osprey nests deftly balanced atop billboards along US-1. The place was beautiful. Perrin fell in love with the apartment and decided right then and there to take it. The landlord presented the lease. "What the newspaper didn't say was that the rent was $500 per month from June through November," Julie said. "But in the remaining months, the rent was $1,000. The only way we could afford that apartment was to not eat for those months." In retrospect, Perrin, who now rents in Key West, isn't too disappointed. "The transportation costs are high, and driving US-1 is really dangerous," she says. problem for many in moving to the Keys is the reluctance of city friends to make the trek out to Sugarloaf or Big Pine to visit country friends. "It became a problem for me when we moved from William Street out to Seiden- burg Avenue," says Cindy Tellone. "But we had to move out into New Town. We had this new baby and he was crying and wak- ing people up. There were people above us, below us, all around us ~ we needed to get out into i neighborhood where my son could express himself." The Tellones found themselves isolated in their new home. Friends who regularly stopped in to their Old Town apartment to check on their baby's growth, and to say hello and pass the time, didn't show up on Seidenburg Avenue. Cindy acknowledges that the situation will definitely worsen when they move out to the country. She is also concerned about mosquitos and the commute. "The drive is a hassle," says Cindy. "It's a definite negative. But we just bought an establishment vehicle ~ a four-door car, with a V-8 engine, and it fits six people, with six seatbelts. At least I'll be doing all that driving in comfort." As a benefit, Cindy points out that the Sugarloaf. Shores resident Mark Hyatt and sons Spencer (left) and Charlie. skies above Sugarloaf Key are always serene, thanks to regulations prohibiting air traffic from coming into a wide radius around the surveillance blimp parked in the sky above Sugarloaf Key. The Tellones' home in Key West is directly under the flight path of the massive jets "hat roar overhead several times each day. "It's quiet," Cindy says. "I'm really getting into it. I'm really excited." xTr7i_ Patricia and Hank Green W H e l l decided to build a Keys home, they didn't even try to find a vacant lot for sale in Key West. They were certain they would find nothing there within their means. The lot they found on Cudjoe Key came with house plans already drawn up. The owners had abandoned plans to build, and sold the plans and the pulled permits to the Greens. The Greens started construction on the house in August, 1988. They moved in in February, 1989, two months after the birth of their second daughter, Audrey. So far, the three-bedroom, two-bath- room house on a canal has cost them $140,000. Since Hank Green is handy, he was able to do a lot of the work himself. In order to get their baby to the sitter and herself to her job at City Hall by 8 a.m., Patricia must leave her home by 6:45 a.m. She nurses her baby in Key West, just before going to work. She returns to the sitter's around noon to give the baby lunch. Most evenings, she and Audrey get home around 6 p.m. "I take my time," Patricia says. "The baby sleeps and it's real quiet and relaxing inside the van. I think about things. I unwind from the day." The Greens are spending about $200 each month on gas. "I like living up the Keys," Patricia says. "It's quiet, almost like a sanctuary." Linda and Buddy Breece, who rented a house on Little Torch Key for a year and a half, recently moved into a rental house on Flagler Avenue in Key West. "The commute was ruining the quality of Solares Hi l l - Ju ly 1989-Page 13 our lives," explains Linda. "Once I got home, I loved living out there. There are great stores, a great flea market, a good laundromat, all on Big Pine Key." But Linda worked as a trolley driver, with unpredictable hours. She often found herself driving home on US-1, long after dark, worrying about the number of drunks she imagined driving the cars in the opposite lanes. "When we moved into town we calculated the cost of fuel for three adults (the Breeces and an adult son) coming in and out of town, and decided we could afford a higher rent," Linda says. She's happy today. Although Flagler Avenue traffic is noisy, she is only minutes from everything. "It's a trade-off, I guess," Linda says. "We had to decide what was more important. Now we get up an hour later in the morning, we can go out at the spur of the moment to eat, or to a movie. There is no movie theater up there!" "Fifteen years ago Key West was seedy, funky and artsy. The Keys, I think, still have some of that feeling left, while Key West has turned snazzy and jazzy. At least our house is still in the Keys," says Cindy Tellone. "If I'd bought a house when I first got here 15 years ago, things would be different today. But we were musicians who didn't want to be tied down. There are a lot of people like us. Now we've grown up. We've had kids and we need houses." |?H Page 14--July 1989-SoIares Hill Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 15 Political Whispers from the Birdcage Lewis, Weekley and Eid Head for the Gate by Bud Jacobson A trifle more shape and substance to the local political scene this month. Incumbent City Commissioner Jimmy Weekley says he'll stand up and be counted and so will Commissioner Sally Lewis whose friends are on the other side of the fence from her well-heeled opponent, Steve Eid. Making a race out of that one might be the entry of Merlin Curry, a well-known black activist. The whispering insiders are tuning up the rumor mill. Merlin, who has never been a shrinking violet when it comes to public affairs, politics and the "right connections," when needed, is going to require time, energy and lots of the green stuff for this one. It's the first time he'll be out on the course; in the past, Merlin's role has been behind the scenes. With Mayor Richard Heyman writing the words and music for his swan song in city hall, the speculation in the dim, smoke-filled corners of various hangouts on White Street is that Joe Balbontin, former commissioner, will try for the golden ring. Balbontin has tons of friends in the Cuban community and is not shy about calling in the markers, as they say. Buzzing continues about Dennis Wardlow, too, although that appears kind of chancey right now. Not until August 14 through 18 (when everyone is exhausted by sunstroke and panting to get out of here) will the eager shining faces of the would-be officeholders have to qualify in city hall. 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HEMINGWAY'S KEY WEST Key West "One True Sentence" Gears Up Actor William Hindman Talks about Hemingway y y West will celebrate the Ninth Annual Hemingway Days, a salute to the legendary life of Ernest Hemingway, from July 17 to 23. Hemingway produced a body of work at his Key West home at 907 Whitehead Street, including such classic novels as For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, Green Hills of Africa and The Snows of Kilimanjaro. This year's exciting schedule of events includes a two-day literary seminar on "Hemingway in Key West," featuring panel discussions as well as informal gatherings with Hemingway family members, films and presentations by noted scholars. This • year's symposium will focus on the author's relationships with women who influenced his writing. Dr. James Nagel, author of a recently published book examining the relationship Cont'd on page 20 by Christine Naughton Hindman has been an actor for as long as he can remember. He started on radio in 1938 and performed in summer- and touring stock prior to WWII. After the war, he worked as a disc jockey, newsman and sportscaster, and in 1951 he went into television. Five years later Hindman moved to New York where he replaced Jason Robards as Hickey in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. When Hindman was forced to leave New York for health reasons in 1965, he relocated to Miami. He has maintained a living there as a full-time actor in theater, commercials and film. He was recently heard as poet Wallace Stevens in WPBTs production of Alabaster and Night Blues. His long list of film credits includes appearances in Easy Money, Absence of Malice and Nobody's Perfect. William Hindman, star Papa. Hindman is in Key West to portray Ernest Hemingway in Papa, a play by John deGroot, now in its 16th week at Jan Me Art Cabaret Theatre. Hindman originated the role of Papa at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre in the fall of 1987, and since then the play has toured South Florida, receiving ••• Cont'd on page 22 An Exclusive Interview with Ming Toi by Christine Naughton M, Grandma Knew Him Well Ling Toi, grand dame of the surviving line of famous Hemingway Cats, has never before granted an interview. Though she is well loved by her many friends and admirers, she is regarded as somewhat shy and reclusive, a feline Greta Garbo. Ming's age is a secret well kept, but an inside source disclosed she is "on that side Cont'd on page 26 • •'•$>' Page 2O--July 1989-SoIares Hill Key West Gears Up Cant'd from page 19 between Hemingway and his World War I nurse, Agnes von Kurowsky, highlights the discussion with the first public disclosure of materials from her diary. In addition, Dr. Linda Wagner-Martin, author of more than 25 books including Hemingway & Faulkner: Inventors/Masters will discuss the women in Hemingway's life. In a rare tribute to the worldwide popularity of Hemingway's books and persona, the U.S. Postal Service will issue a commemorative stamp featuring the author's likeness on Monday, July 17, at a celebration at the Hemingway Home and Museum. In recognition of the important role Key West and its inhabitants played in the development of Hemingway's writings, the Postal Service has designated Key West as "first issue" site, guaranteeing cancelled stamps saved from the Key West debut will be instant collector's items. More than $2000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to winning writers in the festival's highly acclaimed Short Story Competition, with judging coordinated by Seattle-based journalist Lorian Hemingway. The deadline for this year's entries of original, unpublished works of fiction, 2500 words or less, is July 10. There is a $10 entry fee for each story. A children's writing contest for youngsters 12 and under will accept fiction and non-fiction stories up to 1200 words with no en try fee. An annual favorite of sportsfishing enthusiasts, the Hemingway Billfish Tour- nament, July 20 to 22, is a catch-release competition with thousands of dollars in prize money to be awarded to anglers who share the author's love of big game fishing in the Gulf Stream. The festival will also feature two other sports competitions: a five-kilometer foot- race through Old Key West on Saturday, July 22, and the Cayo Hueso Arm Wrest- ling Championship on Sunday, July 23. Each year's festival also brings together a lighthearted group of Hemingway look- alikes. These bearded, husky men resem- bling the author in his mature years, gather for three evenings at Sloppy Joe's Bar, where judges decide which contestant most resembles the famed writer. Other events will include "A Hemingway Birthday Celebration" at the Hemingway Home and Museum and a story-telling contest, giving contestants a chance to spin a yarn as colorfully as Hemingway did. And beginning at noon on Saturday, July 22, the Hemingway Days Street Festival will offer family entertainment, Keys culinary artistry and a wide selection of local handicrafts. Festival director Michael Whalton said the annual Hemingway tribute began nine years ago as a small local event and has grown to attain international attention. The festival salutes Hemingway's dedication to his writing and love of the Key West lifestyle. Headquarters for this year's festival will be at Ocean Key House in Key West's Old Town district. For a festival brochure or details on specific events write P.O. Box 4045, Key West, FL 33041 or call the festival office at 294-4440. | Commemorative Stamp Honors Hemingway Hemingway It******* REEF SNORKELING 9:30a- 12:30 pm or 1:30 - 4:30 pm Snorkel equipment and instruction provided $30 SUNSET SAIL 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm $20 Reservations: 294:8899 Departs from Truman Annex (West end of Greene St.) USA. Ls a highlight of the Hemingway Days Festival, the Ernest Hemingway stamp will go on sale for the first time at 10 a.m. Monday, July 17, a day before it becomes The Quality and Service You Expect 201 WILLIAM STREET KEY WEST RETAIL 296-0778 WHOLESALE 294-8418 available across the country. In recognition of Key West's influence on Nobel prize-winning Hemingway, the United States Postal Service will honor Key West as the exclusive site for the first-day issue of the commemorative stamp featuring the author's likeness. Set at the Hemingway Home and Museum, an opening day celebration will feature scheduled appear- ances by postal officials and local Keys dignitaries, with a special address by Senior Assistant Postmaster General, David Charters. "The United States has a long tradition of remembering distinguished Americans on its postage," said Jim Murphy, spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service in Washington. "We thought the Hemingway Days Festival would be the appropriate venue to issue a stamp in honor of this great author and adventurer." People unfamiliar with philately -- stamp collecting - might not know that a "first issue" designation is of great importance to collectors, who will flock to Key West on the appointed day to pick up a cancelled 25-cent stamp. Postal officials anticipate the Hemingway issue will draw tremendous attention from the estimated 20 million stamp collectors in the U.S. and millions more worldwide. "Hemingway's works have been translated across the globe. We are expecting this stamp to be a hit with all kinds of stamp enthusiasts, from casual collectors to serious philatelists," said Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 21 Murphy. Dominated by a head-and-shoulders rendering of Yousuf Karsh's classic photo of the artist, the stamp bears a bearded Hemingway regaled in his signature turtle- neck sweater. His likeness is set against a background of a golden African plain with a striking blue-and-orange sky above. Hemingway joins a veritable who's who of American literary giants as part of the Postal Service's Literary Arts Series, a tribute to such famous and respected names as John Steinbeck, William Faulkner and Herman Melville. Hemingway is only the seventh artist honored in the series which began in 1979 with Steinbeck and featured Faulkner as its sixth member in 1987. lii} Integrity. Reliability. Experience. 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There is no "fourth wall" in the play; the audience is part of the action. Hindman says his role changes with audience reaction — it modifies what the play is about and what the character is about. The action takes place in Hemingway's study in Finca Vigia, his home a few miles east of Havana, Cuba, where he forever labored, he often said, to write "one true sentence." In the play Hemingway is 58 years old; it is three years before his death. Hindman was reading a Pinter play in January of 1987 at the Coconut Grove Playhouse when Philip Church, the original director of Papa, suggested deGroot come to watch. DeGroot was looking for someone to play Hemingway. A couple of days later the playwright called Hindman and said, "I've written this play and would you be interested in reading it? Maybe you'd like to do it." Hindman asked him to send the script; that way, he thought, it would be easier to turn it down. Hindman did not reject the play. In fact, he embraced it with the commitment and energy that an actor must put forth to succeed. His preparation for the role in Papa was a long process during which he read virtually all the biographical literature published on Hemingway. Because of his work in the first production of Papa, William Hindman was given the South Florida Entertainment Writers Association's prestigious Carbonell Award for Best Actor for the 1987-88 season. The play itself was nominated also, for Best Play for 1987-88. Hindman envisions staying with this role for the long term, and plans are in the works to tour the play along the east coast and in colleges and universities. After scores of performances and many revisions of the original script, here are his thoughts on the challenge of "being" Ernest: the script arrived, on a Saturday, I was on my way out the door to an appointment. But I thought I'd read a page or two and see what it was about. About 45 L\alladares Hindman on the set of P a p a . minutes later I had to call the people I had the appointment with and tell them I'd be late. I reread the play a couple of times that day. I could not sleep that night. I could not sleep the following night, because I had these visions of myself playing the role — it was that exciting to me as an actor. It was an enormously challenging and exciting performance piece — the kind of thing I knew audiences would be excited about. There aren't that many good one-person plays around. This is a real play; it's a wonderful piece of theater. In a nutshell, Hemingway was a 19th century man. His father gave him a lot of his ideals about what a man should be. But his father was not very macho; in fact, he could never stand up to his mother. His father was a doctor, so he wasn't around the house a whole lot. He was an avid hunter, woodsman and fisherman, and he taught Hemingway a great deal about survival outdoors. Hemingway's mother was the dominant figure in the family. She never forgave his father for taking her away from what she thought was a sure-fire career as an opera singer. She withheld love from her children; she went through the motions for the public and so forth, but she was not close to' her children at all. Hemingway claimed that she stole what should have been his and his three sisters' inheritance in order to put a two-story music hall with a gallery on her home so she could do recitals for her friends. She was not the loving-mother sort, and Hemingway's attitude toward his mother was not very forgiving. But he was very close to his younger sister, Ursula, who also committed suicide. He was not very close to his younger brother, Leicester, whom he called "Lester the Pester." A reason for this may be that they were not close in age — Hemingway was almost grown when Leicester was born. He used to say of his ol-̂ 'er sister, "Mother thought Marcelane and I were twin girls." Madeline, "Sunny," his oldest sister, wrote a book about him called Ernie that was total hero worship — she thought he was the greatest thing to walk on two feet, that there was absolutely no wrong in him at all. Of his wives, I think Hadley Richard- son, his first wife, had the most lasting hold on him. It was the closest thing to true love he probably had. They lasted four or five years, and had one child, John, whom Ernest nicknamed Mr. Burnby. He became involved with his second wife, Pauline, while he was still married to Hadley, and for a long time she lived with them, until Hadley eventually threw them both out. Hemingway married Pauline, and it lasted nine years. They had two sons, Patrick and Gregory. He got involved then with Martha Gellhorn, a writer assigned to interview him here in Key West. He took off and covered the Spanish Civil War with her. That marriage was fairly short ~ there was a great deal of competition between them, they were both strong writers and very independent of each other. He needed a woman who would cowtow to him - or be the mother he never had. When Martha went off to cover the Polish fighting during WWII, he was in London and he met Mary Welsh, • a Time correspondent. Utlimately he and Mary were married and that was the longest and final marriage. It lasted until his death about 15 years later. I don't think he had a good relationship with anybody in his life, with the possible exception of Hadley. She was giving, tolerant and wise -- a perceptive woman. She's the one who said to him, "Ernest, The Oldest Newstand in Key West OUT OF TOWN NEWSPAPERS GREETING CARDS PAPERBACKS MAGAZINES 1200 Duval Street 296-5032 NEW YORK TIMES • WALL STREET JOURNAL your life could be so much happier if you could only get over this idea that you have to marry every woman you sleep with." That is the kind of woman he needed, someone who knew more about him than he knew about himself. His disappointment in his father, especially his father's suicide which he saw at that time as a sign of weakness, pervaded his young adulthood. Later, however, he came to feel it was how his father opted out of the marriage and out of his mother's dominance. For most of his life, Hemingway saw suicide as his personal end, because that was his way of taking control of when death came -- death would not get him, he would choose the moment himself. Ultimately he did, but only after he had become so manic-depressive, paranoic and alcoholic that his body was completely breaking down and he had gone through three or four years during which he could not write at all. Once he had won the Nobel Prize it was a kind of signal to him that he had achieved his goal and that he no longer had a goal. Therefore, the writing was no longer easy — he wrote to a friend that, as far as he was concerned, no one who received the Nobel Prize had ever written anything worth reading after that. His whole structure fell in on him, and the biggest writer's block of all took over. He could be so wonderfully entertaining and charming. I once heard a wire recording of Hemingway in a bar, obviously in his cups, yarning about his fictitious childhood in places like Red Dog, Wyoming and little Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 23 towns in Idaho, earning, his living as a bouncer in brothels. It's totally fictitious but so revealing about how spontaneously creative he could be. He didn't know he was being recorded. He was notoriously shy of microphones and would stiffen and become "wooden" if he had to deliver any sort of formal speech. Hemingway was a lonely man in the middle of a lot of pals ~ friends, drinking, hunting and fishing buddies and so forth — but no one all that close. There was no one he felt that much about. He lived in a period when boozing was the big thing. People went out to get drunk ~ not to casually drink a glass of wine with a meal. When they went out to drink they went out to get falling-down drunk. The disease of alcoholism was not recognized as it is today. You were a boozer or you weren't. And if booze became a problem in your life, people would say, "Gee, why didn't he handle it better?" There was also no public awareness of clinical depression as there is today, and treatment was neither widely available nor reliably successful. Hemingway's last wife, Mary, checked him into the Mayo Clinic, where he received a series of electroshock treatments. Mary caught him trying to commit suicide after he came home, so she took him back to the Mayo Clinic, where they administered another round of electroshock and pronounced him cured. She asked his doctors to keep him at Mayo Clinic, but they wouldn't, saying they knew more about psychiatry than she did. But she knew more about Hemingway than they did. One early morning shortly after his release, he put a shotgun in his mouth, pulled the trigger and ended his life. The sum total of Ernest Hemingway, as far as I'm concerned, is that he was a little boy who never outgrew his childhood fears — fear of the dark, fear of being alone — but covered them up with this individual who was bigger than life, bigger than one human being had any right to be. He lived a dozen lives in one lifetime — as big-game hunter, war correspondent, novelist, short-story writer, drinker, womanizer ~ everything that the macho man of the 19th century could be. But it all covered up this terrified little boy who could only handle his fears by denying their existence. lijjj Marco Polo thought it was good enough to take home. 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BOX 4132 • KEY WEST FLORIDA 330-11 Page 24--July 1989-Solares Hill Hemingway Days Schedule of Events Monday, July 17 9 a.m. Hemingway radio trivia quiz begins (all week). 9 a.m. "Hemingway in Key West" Literary Seminar - Welcome Reception and Continental Breakfast. $125 per person registration fee for all seminar events. 10 a.m. U.S. Postal Service First Day Issue Ceremony for Hemingway Stamp (free, with limited seating). 11 a.m. Hemingway Seminar presentations (allday). 7 p.m. Cocktail Party and Buffet for Seminar participants. Tuesday, July 18 10 a.m. "Hemingway in Key West" Literary Seminar — Continental Breakfast. 11 a.m. Seminar presentations (all day). 5 p.m. Champagne Reception for Seminar participants at Key West Island Bookstore. 8 p.m. John deGroot's Papa at Jan McArt Cabaret Theatre. Wednesday, July 19 5 p.m. Hemingway Billfish Tournament registration and captains' meeting. $400 "Big Game" and $200 "Fun Fishing" divisions. 6 p.m. Billfish Tournament registration party. 8 p.m. Papa at Jan McArt Cabaret Theatre. Thursday, July 20 9 a.m. Lines in the water for the Heming- way Billfish Tournament. 4 p.m. End of first day's fishing. 7 p.m. First preliminary round of "Papa" Hemingway Look-alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar, 201 Duval Street. $10 entry fee. Papa at Jan McArt Cabaret Theatre.8 p.m. 9 a.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Friday, July 21 Lines in the water for Day 2 of the Billfish Tournament. End of second day's fishing. First preliminary round of Story- telling Competition. Second preliminary round of the "Papa" Hemingway I ok-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar. Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum A Registered National Historic Landmark OPEN DAILY 9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. - 907 WHITEHEAD STREET, KEY WEST, FLA. | 1 wmmhm mm mmmnmmmk Hiiii^ Take a leisurely tour of the home and gardens of the late Nobel Prize winner, Ernest Hemingway. It was here that Mr. Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls, Green Hills of Africa, A -Farewell to Arms, The Fifth Column, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and The Macomber Affair. Mr. Hemingway was the first important writer to discover and make Key West his home. He owned the home from 1931 to 1961. Covers One Acre Including Pool & Guest House OPENNOW Key Currency West Exchange CHECKS CASHED Any Kind of Check Cashed No S.D. Required MONEY ORDERS 1007 Truman Ave. 292-0005 bok island wear for men 214duvaistreet (305) 296-2374 key west, fla 33040 511 south street (305) 296-4763 8 p.m. Papa at Jan McArt Cabaret Theatre. 9 p.m. "Hemingway Birthday Celebration" at the Hemingway Home and Mu- seum, 907 Whitehead Street ($15 admission). Saturday, July 22 9 a.m. Final day of Hemingway Billfish Tournament. Noon Hemingway Days Street Festival. No entrance fee for spectators. Free entertainment, food and arts and crafts for sale. 4 p.m. Hemingway Billfish Tournament concludes. 6 p.m. Second preliminary round of Storytelling Competition. 7 p.m. Final round of the "Papa" Heming- way Look-alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar. 8 p.m. Papa at Jan McArt Cabaret Theatre. 8 p.m. Awards ceremony for the Heming- way Billfish Tournament. TBA Ninth Annual 5K Sunset Race through Key West's Old Town. Entry forms available from South- ernmost Runner's Club, 745-8116. Sunday, July 23 1 p.m. Cayo Hueso Arm Wrestling Cham- pionships at Sloppy Joe's Bar, 201 Duval Street ($5 entry fee). 5 p.m. Announcement of winners of the Short Story Competition at Pier Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 25 The Importance of Looking Ernest Bedecked in their wooliest turtlenecks and sporting shaggy facial hair, Ernest Hemingway look-alikes will take center stage at the annual contest that searches for the individual most akin to the world- famous adventurer. For many, Hemingway's notoriety and full-tilt way of living has overshadowed his prowess as a writer. Many years after his death, Hemingway's "look" is emulated by men around the globe. Contestants in this favorite event of Key West's annual Hemingway Days Festival will pay a $10 entry fee and must compete in one of two preliminary rounds Thursday or Friday evening to be eligible for the finals on Saturday night. The man most resembling Hemingway will win prizes and the honor of joining a select group of previous winners. No rules cover clothing style, but contestants are encouraged to emulate Hemingway's adventurer image. Under the critical eye of former look- alike winners and Hemingway family members who will do the judging, contest- ants will strut their stuff before a raucous Hemingway look-alike. crowd of spectators at Hemingway's old hangout, Sloppy Joe's Bar, Thursday through Sunday, July 20 to 22. g House Havana Docks, 1 Duval Street. 6 p.m. Final Round of the Hemingway Trivia Contest. 7 p.m. Finals of Storytelling Competition at Pier House Havana Docks (free). WHAT'S NEW UNDER THE SUN Our all-weather 5-year warranted Terrace Furniture • a * * Immensely pushable, winged, wheeled, backyard cocktail party cart. White resin. $205. "BEBOP" French 2-tone resin tilt-top cafe table with matching chairs. 30" table $195. Chairs $39 each. Set $259. "LUNA" is the right name for these epoxy-finished metal West German chairs and brushed stainless steel-topped table. Chairs $105. each. Table $195. Set $375. Ho-Hum looking but tres utile, two-piece adjustable, wheelable French chaise. $295. French Lawyer's Chair in black and white resin for informal weekend justice. $95. THE AFFORDABLE DESIGN CENTER 211DUVALSTREET 294-8485 5,000 Square Feet of 20th Century Furniture and Home Furnishings Page 26--July 1989-SoIares Hill Ming Toi Cont'd from page 19 of15." The Siamese beauty has, however, lost none of her classic poise, grace, and sharp wit. Even in her advancing years, she is every inch a lady. I met with Ming recently at her residence, the Hemingway Home and Museum, where she was born and raised. She lives a quiet life with her daughter, Gertrude, the dedicated staff of the Hemingway house and her beloved human, Mrs. Dickson. SH: Ming Toi, you are the eldest in a line of world famous cats. Can you tell us a little about your position as matriarch of this distinguished family? MT: First of all, may we dispense with the terms "eldest" and "matriarch"? Hea- ven knows I'm no spring kitten, but don't let's make it sound as though I've one paw in the grave. Now, what was the question? SH: I wondered how you view your position as head of the cat clan, so to speak, here at Hemingway house. MT: Clan? Cat clan? Whatever do you mean, clan? Do you think we're Scottish cats here? Where did you get this clan idea? SH: Please excuse me. We'll just move along. How do you spend your days? MT: Oh, I try to stay active, but I don't exert myself too much anymore. I've my spot on the patio chair under the lovely 138-year-old banyan tree in our yard, where I recline. There I greet our guests, take frequent naps, and bathe. SH: Your grandmother, Princess, lived to be 25 years old. She was the last of the line to know Ernest Hemingway personally. What did she think of him? MT: They had a wonderful relationship. They were both avid hunters, you know, so they always had things to talk about, stories to trade. Princess was an outstanding beauty as well, which Papa could never resist. A Historically Significant Condominium Conversion Restoration Project Unique Central Courtyard • Balconies Ornate Moldings • Sound Proofed • Fully Insulated Centrally Air Conditioned • Lush Tropical Gardens Gazebos • Pool • Convenient Old Town Location Pre-Construction Prices From $92,500 NOW ABLE TO DESIGN YOUR OWN UNIT LAYOUT AND FLOOR PLAN Property Management of Key West, Inc. 1213 Truman Ave. Key WestFL 33040 (305) 296-7744 CASA GATO WORLD FAMOUS Remember Hog's Breath is Better Than No Breath At Air THE BEST OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY • HAPPY HOUR 5-7 LADIES RECEIVE 3 FREE DRINKS ON THE FAMOUS HOG'S BREATH LADIES' NIGHT EVERY WED. 9-12 400 FRONT STREET 296-4222 SH: Ming, your relationship with your mother, Dutchess, was the subject of some speculation in the tabloids. It was rumored from time to time that there were problems between you. Will you comment? MT: Dog puckey. All dog puckey. My mother and I had a warm and loving bond. If we had an occasional row in public over this mouse or that palmetto bug, what of it? Don't believe every- thing you read. I once read a story in the tabloids about a gorilla giving birth to a three-headed baby. I later came to find out that also was untrue. SH: Tell us about your children. MT: Well, I lost my Ellen, you know. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me. But I have my daughter Gertrude, who is a great comfort. SH: Didn't you have a son also? MT: Well, when Gert was born we thought she was a boy, so we named her Woody. Eventually we realized we were wrong, and changed her name to Gertrude. It's so hard to tell when they're little, you know. SH: True, true. MT: One day your son comes home pregnant and you realize you've been wrong all along. SH: Yes, of course. MT: You just never can tell. SH: Is there anything you'd like to say in closing? MT: We're all excited about Hemingway Days, here at the house. It's our big time of year, you know. So please tell everyone to make sure they stop by the Hemingway Home and Museum here at 907 Whitehead Street, and I will be under the banyan to greet them when they come. SH: Ming Toi, thank you so much for granting Solares Hill this exclusive interview. It was a privilege and a pleasure to meet you. MT: Of course it was. Are we finished now? I'm getting a little sleepy. |3i| HEMINGWAY DAYS _ CAT PHOTtMfONTESt JULY 1 -23 , 1989 *" Hemingway Drinks To Have and Have Not Go to typewriter. Roll in blank sheet of paper. Pour triple shot of Haitian rum in glass. Call it a day. Pauline in Paradise St. Paulie Girl in frigid mug. Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder Pour three fingers of absinthe in Manhattan glass. Get out photographs of old friends and lovers. Grab box of kleenex. Drink. Cry. 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SALES Gulfside Village Marathon 743-4376 SALES Searstown Key West 294-4434 PRE-OWNED EQUIP. SALES 11450 Overseas Hwy Marathon 743-2802 S 1 P a g e *>*• Page 28--July 1989-Solares Hill Hemingway's Last Stopover in Key West , by Bud Jacob son It was a sunny, clear and thankfully cool day in November, 1959, when Ernest Hemingway stopped briefly in Key West. He was on his way to Havana with bullfighter Antonio Ordonez where they were to meet with Fidel Castro, then flush with success after the overthrow of Batista. Ernest Hemingway was called "Ernest" by his old friends and pals like Toby Bruce, Charles Thompson and a few others. He was called "Papa" sometimes, but he disdained the moniker as something Madison Avenue gave him. He stayed, for a couple days, at the Santa Maria Motel when George and Jo Bonamy owned the place. Talking to him, he was quiet and rather remote, like he had other things to do than an interview. Toby was there and warned that "Ernest is tired and needs a rest." He had come into town for a short look at the village he once knew as the "St. Tropez of the poor man." He still owned the estate on Whitehead Street and Olivia but hadn't lived there for many years. It was rented then, and Toby was taking care of it; sometimes Patrick and Gregory Hemingway would come down for a visit from Miami, but only for a day. The people who lived in the Hemingway place took care of it and enjoyed it, but they weren't overly impressed with whose home they occupied. Big old pieces of furniture were spotted around; chairs were comfort- able and sort of caved in; the best thing was the cool tile floors and high ceilings. Notes, manuscripts, photos and so on had been taken out and put in storage in the back room at Sloppy Joe's, a room once used for gambling in the 1930s and '40s. Toby knew where things were but it wasn't until after Ernest died that he and Miss Mary went through the papers. The main house at the Hemingway place was occupied by Margo Ross and her husband and they lived quietly, considering the madness in the two other places -- the pool house and garage apartment. Smitty, who is now an exterminator and drives a truck with "Give a chinch an inch and he'll take a yard" printed on its side, lived in the pool house with Pablo, for a spell. Pablo was in the Navy and worked a local bar in town at night. When he was transferred, Jack Daniels moved in. Daniels was now in town ~ for a short time. After a few years, he and Bernie Dickson were married (she owned Beachcomber Jewelry) and about a year after Ernest died, she bought the home for what was then the Sloppy Joe Russell and Hemingway. enormous sum of $80,000. Above the garage, which opened onto Olivia, was a large airy one-room efficiency apartment rented, at $60 a month then, by a tall blonde number named Karen whose Danish blood was not cold. She had a roommate named Pam. With black hair and violet eyes, Pam was in business as a "live" model, the first of the centerfolds to hit Key West. Ernest's wayward spirit for fun, booze and games hovered there happily long before it became what it is today. The "glorious pool," as Thorne Smith might have named it, was the scene for bacchanals of incredible joy. Tom Whitley would bring along his clarinet for those who did the booga-booga while his son, Mike, would make eyes at Pam; Smitty would invent adventurous pool games while Navy officers, captains, commanders, etc., drank copious amounts of powerhouse rum punch that Karen whipped up. In the morning hours, everyone in the pool! In the doorway of the pool house, Ernest had another drink and laughed out loud, ffl 9 .€5 DELIVERS 7 DAYS A WEEK OPEN LATE NIGHT WEEKENDS 292-0092 HAND TOSSED NEW YORK STYLE PIZZA SPINACH STROMBOLI 525 DUVAL 1/2 LB. HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS o o A o <£> o V o Hemingway Billfish Tournament Not Just Another Fish Story The high drama of deep-sea gamefishing made famous by Ernest Hemingway returns as a festival highlight. This salute to the novelist's love of sportfishing off Florida's Gulfstream as described in the classic novel, The Old Man and the Sea, takes place Thursday, July 20 through Saturday, July 22. A modern-day parable ab uie age-old struggle of man's indominat spirit pitted against an untamed, seemingly hostile universe, the Hemingwa; ovel presents a unique examination of complex philoso- phical ideals through the vivid, yet elemental imagery of big-time gamefishing. The Billfish Tournament was originated in 1981 by Hemingway's brother, Leicester. This year, anglers will compete for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes in "big game" as well as "fun fishing" divisions. An entree fee of $400 per pair allows anglers to compete for blue marlin, white marlin and sailfish in the big-game division. An entry fee of $200 per pair allows participants to vie for the largest wahoo, barracuda, tuna, tarpon and dolphin in the fun-fishing category. Additional anglers may fish in either of the two classifications for a $75 entry fee, a maxi- mum of four entrants per boat permitted. Registration is scheduled for Wednes- day, July 19. An awards ceremony will be held Saturday evening. For more informa- tion or pre-registration forms write: Hemingway Billfish Tournament, P.O. Box 4045, Key West, FL, 33041 or call festival headquarters at 294-4440. §Fi| Solares Hill--July 1989-Page 29 JAN McART PRODUCTIONS in association with Brian C, Smith's 0ff~Bwadwaii Theatre presents A Plaq bij ' • John deQroot Based on the . Legendary Live? of ERNEST ttEMfNGU/AY H-3O Curtoin Tuesday thnl S Sundai| Matinee ot 2:00 CaB larraavaUoni, WARNING: Contains Shocking Language Papa will be in rare form tonight! JAN McART's CABARET TttHATRI AT MALLORV SQUARE, KEY WEST Keif West: 296-2120 Florida: 1-800-346-3240 Notional:. 1-800-356-8217 Historic K-CY W £ i T R E A L T Y I N C MIS Sales/ Vacation Rentals 1-8OO-523-246O, ext. M721 (305) 294-3064 Page 30-July 1989-SoIares Hill LOGO MAGIC . . . You've got an idea . . . it's just a rough sketch, but it's the start of a new business image, one that conveys professionalism, quality and service. Bring it to the Design Group. With our eye for effective visuals, we're Key West's design professionals. We've got illustrators, dynamic digital typesetting. and lots of good ideas and valuable design advice. in no time (and at a surprisingly modest cost) the magic is done . . . . . andVOILA/ P H O G R A P H T C A slick, memorable logo will help your business succeed for years to come/ Free consultation and estimates. UOQOS / BROCHURES / PWNTING / DIGITAL TYPESETTING/AD CKMMIGNS k Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 31 Children's Book Review The Illogic of Loneliness and Lov by Sandra Russell You're Not My Cat, written and illustrated by Theresa Burns; published by J.B. Lippincott in New York; 32 pages; $12.95. Recommended for ages four to eight. Not My Cat is a child- ren's book with Key West undertones and subliminal messages about both human and feline natures. Like all good children's literature, You're Not My Cat simplifies a universal, "adult" theme. Here it is the illogic of what love or loneliness will lead us to accept. Theresa Burns has learned — and teaches — this CHEAP ROOMS vi^L y^V: or Week ? Color TV AC Off-Street Parking The TILTON HILTON 511 ANGELA ST. 294-8697 lesson well. Gus is a rough-and-tumble tabby, a street cat, lop-eared, ruffled and cunningly charming, who takes a liking to the book's young heroine. A lonely child, an only child, it seems, the heroine invites the cat in for a bowl of milk. But lacking the manners of civilized house pets, Gus takes a mile for every inch she offers. He sits on her table to drink the milk. The child removes burrs from his fur, dresses him up. She invites him along when she does chores. He helps her read and practice piano. But when she surveys the incidental damage he causes — the tattered sofa, shattered vases and eggs, the villain himself snoozing peacefully in a grocery bag — she shrieks a familiar disclaimer: "Get out of here! You're not my cat!" Later, on her balcony and next to a row of milk and cheese and canned tuna, she laments, wondering where her tomcat has gone. Gus returns, in time for dinner, repentantly bearing a mouse by the tail. Dressed in slippers and a robe, she triumphantly welcomes him home. Burns' illustrations are rich with Key West touches — colorful sunsets, trelliswork and gingerbread, crystals strung from windows, leaded glass, cane-bottomed chairs, pasta in gasketed jars, random antiques — details to feed a child's imagination. 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It's a room to which a child can relate. •Character is believably developed through facial expression and body language, including that of incidental animals ~ a squirrel, a watchful bird, as the protagonist cradles her beloved, purring anti-hero in a backyard tree< [i] The Environmental Circus 518 Duval Street Key West, FL 33040 (305) 294-6055 Duval Army-Navy Store 824 Duval Street Key West, FL 33040 (305) 296-4435 ©DMZ-Key West 418A Applerouth Lane Key West, FL 33040 (305) 294-6055 Dealers Wanted Page 32--July 1989-Solares Hill Adventure comes to the adventurous. Old Scandinavian adage rp is three small bells on the white i f l C gate tinkle as I report for dinner at Lois' invitation. Lois is fair to look at and a warm-hearted person, easy to know. The kind of rare friend who holds no opinions. I met her a while back when I bought a Bird- of-Paradise flower in a wicker pot at the nursery where she works. By some malignant agency, I seem to arrive before my hostess. Perhaps I have reached the wrong address. Four wheel- chairs are lined up in a conversational group on the front porch. Grandpa, Lois' father, opens the door, beckoning. Lois has told me that Grandpa is employed at a pharmacy across the way. This is a store handling portable toilets, trusses, electric beds and chairs, artificial appendages and many consolations for the incontinent. Grandpa borrows the store wheelchairs when Lois is having company, as their small, rented house possesses very little furniture. Lois' estranged husband, a street performer on Mallory Square who chews glass tumblers in his act, last week cleaned out everything in the place that wasn't tied down -- including two borrowed wheel- Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum A Registered National Historical Landmark OPEN DAILY 9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. 907 WHITEHEAD STREET, KEY WEST, FLA. Take a leisurely tour of the home and gardens of the late Nobel Prize winner, Ernest Hemingway, it was here that Mr. Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls, Green Hills of Africa, A Farewell to Arms, The Fifth Column, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and The Macomber Affair. Mr. Hemingway was the first important writer to dis- cover and make- Key West his home. He owned the home from 1931 to 1961. Covws One Act* Including Pool & Quest H O U M chairs. I find myself with Grandpa in a rather bare-boned room ~ a love seat upholstered in plastic, a wooden floor painted dark grey. There are numbers of pictures by French Impressionists, paintings torn out of art books, framed and decorating the walls that are brushed up with primary-color paint. I like this ilk of artist. Painting never again will give us the pleasant, rich wisdom that those Impressionists did. Grandpa is a large, thready old gent with wild wolf eyes in a very red face. He wears a hat that he jammed down on his skull before noon, and now he can't get it off. He is on crutches. A schoolteacher in a car ran over his. foot. He obviously has been helping himself to a nip, or numerous nips of stimulant. He is elbowing me onto the unstable- looking love seat. Grandpa's bony row of knuckles digs into my arm. He means business. Grandpa creatively has me boxed in between the door and the love seat. I want to leap up and assail Grandpa frostily like a respectable woman despicably affronted. But I have been elbowed or have been shoved or have fallen down onto the love seat and cannot get leverage to rise. The love seat is very slippery like wet cat hide, and it is rolling to and fro on its casters. Besides, its seat is somehow slanted like a steep roof. Grandpa is planted on one crutch rigidly set on the floor. He has thrown out his arm and wedged the second crutch against the wall. As ballast, I suppose. Renoir's "Girl With a Watering Can" looks compassionately down from the wall. It is unreal. A kitten plays contentedly with a ball of yellow yarn on the floor. A red spaniel rests in a corner of the room. There is a deputy sheriff in my family, and I know some ploys to circumvent unsolicited scandalous confrontations. In the avalanch of life's mishaps, being plun- dered by an aged roue in a scene like a comic operetta seems excessive. I could bite his long, yellow nape, pos- sibly disabling his Adam's apple. But it's such an untasty, ropy neck. I opt for another expedient. With an edge-of-hand chop, I knock his crutch out from under him. He hits the floor. np i the three little bells on the i f l C I I gate jingle. Lois arrives bearing a gardenia bush which already has produced four creamy blossoms. Suddenly, Grandpa is lying over there petting the kitten. I am rooting around in my handbag looking for something -- I don't know what. Grandpa very soon gimpily disappears, not to be on view again. He occupies a minor role from here on in this tale. Lois' little boy bursts in with her. His name is Big. He is so named because Big is the only name he can say. There is such calm affection and peace-loving in Lois' beautiful face. Big is a Down's syndrome child, three years old, with the look of an angel that such small, special children often possess. Lois is the mother of nine-year-old fraternal twins who also come through the door. Their names are Up and Down. Up is a fiesty, normal male urchin, and Down is a boy born with Down's syndrome. Up has hold of Down's hand. Up looks after Down with a bossy, loving, proprietarial sense. The bulletin of the day is delivered. This morning, Up and Down are washing Big's soft, saffron-colored curls getting him attired for his teacher to pick him up. Big keeps saying, "Poo, poo." He finally shows them that he is saying "shampoo." The excitement and delight is unconfined for this family at Big's step forward in the use of language. Dancing around. Everybody kissing. A sourceless light seems to shine upon us. I even begin to feel happy here in the stimulating cheer and warmth, though alert should Grandpa crawl back, his foot point- ing backward, heavy bleeding. Crawling through the back door, his whippy neck angling around like a Key Haven turtle's. Animals are legal inside a Key West house. A city ordinance rather pettily asserts that neither hens, roosters, goats, cows nor ponies may be kept in yards. I am made acquainted with more of Lois' household occupants. Pets. This is while Lois prepares a meal. I am to be seated in one of the borrowed wheelchairs, in the kitchen. This is while she tranquilly works. Hers is a spiritual face. A White Leghorn hen hesitantly stands WORLD FAMOUS T-SHIRTS Remember "'Hog's Breath is Better Than No Breath At All" THE BEST OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY • HAPPY HOUR 5-7 LADIES RECEIVE 3 FREE DRINKS ON THE FAMOUS HOG'S BREATH LADIES' NIGHT EVERY WED. 9-12 400 FRONT STREET 296-4222 on one leg in the door of the bathroom. She won't step aside when I go in there. Belzeebub, the beetle bathroom resident, eyes me resentfully and reluctantly moves over his brown hips so that I can stand there and wash my hands. Lois has told me that he likes to sleep in her bra, accommodat- ingly left on the floor for him, nights. Belzeebub is disabled. One leg appears to have been pried loose or pulled out before he moved in to Lois'. He limps. In the kitchen Lois works away with the best heart in the world. She is there at the sink reflecting grace, patience and forgive- ness. I have settled into one of the borrowed wheelchairs. Over by the refrigerator stands Monroe County, the family goat. Monroe County was hit and run over by a bike on East Rockland Key. Lois adopted him. Monroe County's stringy, grey beard wags as he pleasurably sucks on a warm, wet dishrag that Lois provides for him. Agnes, the bat, is scrooched up behind pale blue curtains at the kitchen window. Agnes resembles small, brown angels such as are seen in Luca Signorelli's frescoes in the Rose Quartz Cathedral, Orvieto, Italy. Agnes peers out at the tender, mourning darkness that now has fallen, arid that she loves. This is not to mention the guinea hen who bunks in with Big, and the ferret who sleeps with Up and Down in a boat covered with a tarpaulin in the back yard. At this time, Judge Fowler, the red spaniel, is delivered home by a taxi driver. Lois pays the taxi man $20. She ruefully explains, "Judge Fowler loves to take taxi rides. Once I sent him this way to the vet on Stock Island. Ever since, he flags down taxis; the drivers know him, and each one will pick him up and drive him out there. That vet passed away. The taxi man explains this to Judge Fowler at the vet's door, and then brings him back here. I just haven't the heart to deprive Judge Fowler or the taxi man of this ride." is scraping a carrot and looking like a saint. Up holds out to me a bowl of small, round pebbles. I accept a "sucking stone." Up says that a sucking stone in your mouth appeases thirst until you are served the rhubarb pop. This drink tastes strangely delicious. I wish they did not inform that Grandpa created it. True, I feel slightly ashamed of my hardened heart. Old, poor, crippled and randy, he now might be lying, groaning, under the back porch. Or, God forbid, he might have gone to the Public Defender's with a complaint that I jarred his left kidney when I knocked his crutch out from under him. This would be his Cuban kidney, he being half Anglo. Down sits at table in his allotted borrowed wheelchair busily filling in all the holes of the printed matter in The House at Pooh Corner - the o's, d's, b's, s's. This occupies Down all of the mealtime, and he takes pride in his job. It keeps him quiet like a monk of a silent order. Up checks over his work. Down goes back to fill in one capital D he saved for last, capital D's being his favorites. The meal is served and dispatched at a table under a striking needlepoint picture depicting St. Patrick chasing 200 snakes off the shores of Ireland. The salad casts a gloom over the entire experience. Lois as a girl liked to play jax. She has whittled bits of carrot into the shapes of jax. These jax stick like large cuckeburrs to the roof of your mouth. Monroe County has slipped one of the creations under the table. He chokes and goes back to the comfort of his warm, wet dishrag. Now and then, a raisin clings to one of the jax. For greenery there is something that looks like sprigs of the thrown-out '88 Christmas tree. And in the salad occasionally looms an entity that looks like half a ripe fig, or ayoung clitoris. As for the meal's entree, to this day I remain mystified. It is very like wet toast with jalopena peppers. But surely not. We make our way right up through the two- thirds of a white-iced angel food cake baked in the shape of a lamb and given to Lois at Easter. The family already has eaten two legs and one ear off the lamb. The afflective dinner notwithstanding, Lois remains sublimely cordial to me, tender to her children. As a mother and friend, she has perfect pitch. Departing, out at the white gate, I assume a fake concern. I have to ask, "Where's Grandpa?" Oh, he rides around with his friend who drives a pink taxi. While the driver transports his customers from place to place in Key West, they play dominoes. Grandpa holds the board in his lap there in the front passenger seat. The driver always seems to win. And so I leave the joyous and lovely Lois. She is innocent, greatly innocent. Are we to hope that this is how she sedates her LOWEST PRICED PICTURE FRAMING KENNEDY STUDIOS 7i6DuvalSt 296-7251 Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 33 illusions and disillusions and how she avoids anarchy in her household? I would like to rescind the opening remark about adventure coming to the adventurous. Lois is as good as a fairy godmother. But listen: It's to the quiet, gentle environs of the ones like Lois that the madcap, the bold, the misaligned and the injudicious always flock like homing pigeons. m BIG RAG SALE OF THE YEAR Most CDs $8.49 LPs $3.00 Cassettes $3.50 Clothing Sate| Prices Cut Up To 75% 1018 TRUMAN AVE. (Across from Big Daddy's) Beginning our fourth year with the largest selection of hammocks in the Keys. Yucatan Hammocks starting at $14.95 Zapotec Indian Tapestries •Mexican Masks • Folk Art ••' Black Oaxacan Pottery ••• Guatemalan Textiles MON.SAT 10-5 605 WHITEHEAD ST. 294-2627 Page 34-July 1989-Solares Hill by Judi Bradford Who Teaches Art to Kids? by Judi Bradford If your child wants to take art classes, now is the best time to sign up. While art classes are sparse during the school year, summertime brings them in like the tides. There are half-a-dozen institutions offering group courses and a handful of professional artists or educators who teach privately. In preparation for this article, I talked to everyone I could think of about art teachers. I tallied just-less-than-60 phone calls. If I missed anyone out there, I can't imagine how it happened. But, if I did, call me and I'll include you next month when I write about who teaches art to adults. What follows are the search results, divided according to group classes and private lessons. Group Classes • Mariner Day Camp ~ This day camp offers a program of classes in arts and crafts, sports, nature studies and recreation through July 28. It is an all-day curriculum with the arts classes interspersed with other subjects. Drawing, clay, puppet-making, macrame, jewelry, sand sculpture, oil painting, photography, doll dressmaking and papier mache are taught by instructors with impressive credentials. The camp day runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; it is divided into Kiddy Camp for children 4 to 6 years old and Day Camp for those 7 to 12. Prices are $75 per week for Kiddy Camp; $100 per week for two-week sessions for 7 and 8 year olds; $125 per week for two-week sessions for 9 through 12 year olds. (There is a special guest rate of $150 per week for one week of the two-week sessions.) Contact Camp Director John Vaslowski, Mary Immaculate Star of the Sea School, 700 Truman Avenue, 294-1031 or 294-1018. • Florida Keys Youth Club Day Camp -- Here's another day camp opportunity for third, fourth and fifth graders (they hope to expand to include junior high later). It operates Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the pink building beside the Highway Patrol office on South Roosevelt Boulevard. Classes include photography and television, painting, printing, sculpture and ceramics plus other subjects. All classes are taught by the director, Tyler Hill, a newcomer to Key West who was recruited for this job from the Young Life Camp in North Carolina. Fee is $35 per week. Contact Tyler Hill, Director, Florida Keys Art in the Schools: The Big Brush-off? Do kids learn art in school? Most don't learn much. The Montessori school probably provides the best art instruction. They avoid the art-as-recreation pitfall by considering art as a teaching method rather than a subject. They have no art lessons per se, but it is part of their teaching philosophy to use art to explore and express other subjects. Public schools take the opposite approach. We are all familiar with the prob- lems schools face in effectively teaching core curriculum courses; it comes as no surprise that art classes are somewhat catch-as-catch-can. There are two part-time instructors at Key West High School: Robert Axford has been there one year; Ron Van Balen has been there seven. The courses available are selected from a list provided by the Florida Department of Education. The content, course proposal and oudine are specified by the state, but the teachers are free to interpret the directed aims and develop their own teaching styles. Ron, for instance, includes critique and discussion in his class. As a working artist as well as a teacher, he produces pieces that are conceptual in nature and executed with flawless craftsmanship. Students who discuss art with Ron are getting an interesting perspective. In 1982 there were two art classes at the high school; now there are eight. In addition, Key West High School Principal Bobby Menendez has doubled the art budget for this year and the next. The Horace O'Bryant Middle School has one full-time instructor, and there is an itinerant teacher for the four gradeschools in the city. The program was initiated by Liz Batrjes and designed to help teachers as well as students with art projects. The art teacher spends one week a month at each school and the various classes at the school rotate A happy class: Daxx Fiore, Jana Denker, Brandon Charette, Ai- mee Kalleja (front row, from left); Tif- fany Mercurio, Loys Locklear and Kristin Greenwood (back row, from left). Youth Club, 3465 South Roosevelt Boulevard, 294-2878. • Monroe County Public Schools Vacation Recreation Program - This offers various recreational activities for school-aged kids and is funded by the Monroe County Commission. Now through July 28, Poinciana School offers an arts and crafts class for children 6 to 12 years old. Instruction is available from noon to 5 p.m. in 70-minute classes. You can schedule your child for art only or for the full program which also includes recreation and computer board games. Activities are free although students may be requested to bring some materials from home. Contact Denei Horan' at Poinciana School, 294-5111. • Great Southern Gallery - The gallery is adding a new air-conditioned painting studio and art supply store to its facilities. When into the art course. This provides each student with about 40 minutes of art instruction per month. Students and teacher never get to know one another. Unless a student catches on quickly and feels at ease with the materials presented he or she could easily miss the point of class. In addition, the teacher is swamped with paperwork: lesson plans, evaluations and other required reports are multiplied for a teacher who moves from school to school, setting up makeshift studio space wherever possible. Liz Battjes points out that while this sytem is insufficient, 40 minutes a month is better than zero minutes a month. "Having one school (per teacher) is better," she adds. The wisdom we glean from this is that if you want your kids to have instruction in art, you should provide for it yourself or send the children to Montessori School. IsFI the addition is finished this fall, it will be used for art classes in all media for all ages. Great Southern is searching for instructors now. The classes, taught by professional artists, will run day and evening, indoors and outdoors, year-round. The gallery owners have a lot of enthusiasm for this project, so once it gets started, the art instruction level in the community may have a substantial boost. Fees, length of classes and other details are yet to be set, so we will have to stay in touch for new developments here. Great Southern Gallery, 910 Duval Street, 294-6660. Private Lessons • Liz Battjes teaches art at Sugarloaf School and gives private lessons in her off-duty hours. She also teaches "Art for the Classroom Teacher," a workshop for teacher certification. Liz started the itinerant program for elementary schools currently implemented in Key West, and she worked as an art consultant to schools in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before coming to Key West. Liz works with children of all ages, and has extensive experience with grade- schoolers. Her classes are individualized for each student's skill and capabilities and tailored to his or her likes. "Some students will prefer building a plaster-of-Paris diorama; others will like drawing out-of-doors or painting." Her rate is $12 per hour; she may be reached at 294-0869. • Judi Bradford has taught classes for Martello Art and Historical Society and at Guild Hall Gallery in her "Lizard Licks" studio. She has been a professional in graphic arts and soft sculpture since coming to Key West 13 years ago. During graduate school in North Carolina she worked with psychologists analyzing children's artwork and developed a continuing interest in that subject. She teaches drawing and art and craft techniques in two and three dimensions. Her rate is $20 per hour; she may be reached at 294-8645. • Karen Clemens is a painter and founder and owner of Artist Warehouse Gallery at 814 Duval Street. She teaches painting, drawing and sculpture to children ages four through 19. Her rate is $20 per hour; she may be reached at 294-7141. • Loys Locklear is an artist who works in clay and exhibits at Guild Hall Gallery. She started an art education program at East Martello in 1983 and has been giving private lessons ever since. Her classes teach handbuilding clay, and she requires a minimum commitment to five classes. The first three classes demonstrate pinch, coil and slab construction, glazing and firing are covered in the fourth and fifth. Loys teaches ages "three through 80" and charges $20 per hour for children. Contact her by leaving a message at Guild Hall Gallery, 296-6076. • Phyllis Pope teaches puppet making and play acting to kids, wherever they are. She is one of the instructors at Mariner Day Camp this summer. She has taught at Guild Hall Gallery, and at Martello Museum. She teaches through Girl Scouts and in private Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 35 The Small Artist Beginning this fall after renovations are complete, Farrington's Gallery will be exhibiting children's artwork in a special gallery for grade-school artists. The new owners of Farrington's will be working with the public grade-school art teacher to exhibit the best of our children's efforts. They will assist students in presentation and exhibit the work for sale. Profits will go for art supplies for the school the child artist attends. Farrington's owner, Sylva Smyth, wants to encourage young artists by offering a little support to the public school art program. "Art is a release for children," she says, "especially if they have problems. Art is a way for them to be special. If you take away art and music, kids have no release." classes. Almost anywhere you find kids, you find Phyllis teaching them about marionettes, rod-, finger-and handpuppets. She has traveled in Canada with a marionette troupe and performs for special occasions. She charges'$10 to: $15 per hour. Leave a message for her at 296-3611 for more information. Next month: Who Teaches Art to Adults. To do a masterpiece, you need Masterpieces ARTIST SUPPLIES • CUSTOM FRAMING • ART CLASSES SOON L £ R Y 910 DUVAL ST. • PARADISE -11-6 THURS-MONDAY • 294-6660 Page 36--July 1989-Solares Hill JULY ARTS CALENDAR Art Collections Key West • National and international artists, plus work by Keys artiste Lynn Voit and Richard Matson. July 3, midday to 9 p.m., "Schim" Schimmel will be at the gallery with originals and graphics. Monday through Thursday, 11 a m to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 am. to 11 p.m.; Sundays noon to 8 p.m. 600 Front Street, 296-5956. Art Unlimited • Oldest private art gallery in Key West First to carry Haitian art "I go in after it" Daily, noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment 217 Duval St, 296-5625. Artist Warehouse • Summer show of Key West scenes featuring Karen Clemens with other artists. Sola's tapestries, including the 7- by 10-foot rendering of Key West. Currently, Sola is there autographing posters. Also, Costa Rican works. Daily, 11 am. to 6 p.m. 814 Duval St, 294-7141. Banana Boat Batik * New ceramic work by Walt Hyla: animals, fish, lidded vessels, functional ware, flying fish (hanging fish sculptures). Weekdays, 10 am. to 9 p.m., weekends, 10 am. to 10 p.m. 419B Duval St, 296-2380. Carole Gallery • Key West primitives by the owner. Daily, 9 am. to 5 p.m. HOOWhiteheadSt., 294-5496. East Martello Museum & Gallery • Permanent collections. Daily, 930 am. to 5 p.m. 3501 S. Roosevelt Blvd., 29&3913. Farrington Art Gallery • A newly designed exhibition space features new local artists and new prints plus the exclusive showing of Michael Shannon's paintings. Hot new showing of Greg Biolchini pastels and the unique creative technique of Matthew Lamb's oils. Art supply sale is over- thanks! Daily, 10 am. to 5:30 p.m. 711 Duval St, 294-6911. Florida Keys Community College Library - • June 30 opening for "Art in Archeology: Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society Artiste," featuring Katherine Amundson, D. Larissa Dillin, Cheryl M. Clark, Anne Dorwin, Jerry Cash. Exhibition designed by Wendy Martin. Open Monday through Thursday, 8 am. to 9:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 am. to 430 p.m.;.Saturday, 11 am. to 3 p.m. Junior Coiege Road, Stock Island, 296-9081, ext 202. Gingerbread Square Gallery • Hoppock, Clemons, Kiraly and all regulars. Summer hours: Thursday through Monday, 11 am. to 6 p.m. 901 . Duval St, 296-8900. Gallerie Moderne • Abstract expressionism. Daily, 1 to 5 p.m. 516 Amelia St, 29&3156. Great Southern Gallery • Four new artists: Melba Cormaney, acrylics; Susan Bach, enameled clay jewelry with animal themes; Lauren Cole, handpainted furniture pieces; Bill Platt, multirmedia construction pieces. Also Marty Whipple pins from watch and clock parts. John Whipple painted painting-and-frame pieces and an actual chimney from a London house, painted and turned into a table. Jean Morey watercolors. Renovations underway for more gallery space and paining studio. Thursday through Monday, 11 am. to 6 p.m. 910 Duval St, 294-6660. Guild Hall Gallery • Mixed media by Kimm Lernpesis. Super realism by Mally Weaver. Expanded showing of Fritz and ViAnn Stange's • stained glass and Lynn Fischer's colored pencil drawings. Arts and fine crafts by 16 Key West artists. Daly, 9:30 am. to 630 p.m. 614 Duval St., 296- 6076. Haitian Art Company • Preparing for annual sale in August DaByvi0 am. to 6 p.m. 600 Frances St, 296-8932. Harrison Gallery • Works by Helen Harrison, Matthew LJneberger; Cricket Barnes, Ann Lorraine, Nancy Bender & Sherry Read.. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5:30 p.m. 825 White St, 294- 0609. Kennedy Studios * Graphics and limited-: edition prints. Daily, 9 a m to 10 p.m,. 133 Duval St, 294-5850; daily, 9 am. to 8 p.m., 716 Duval St, 296-7251; daily, 10 am. to 6 p.m., 501B South St., 296-7163. Key West Art Center • July 1 to 15, Florence Recher, watercolor and acrylics; July 15 to 29, Robert Pierce, watercolor; July 29 to August 12, Connie Hauk, watercolor, collage. Daily, 11 am. to 5 p.m; Sunday, 11 am. to 4 p.m. 301 Front St, 294- 1241. Lane Gallery • The Lane Group: Biondi, Gibson, Gindele, Terry, David Pole, John Owen, Ann Lorraine Labriola, Scott Jones, David Newton, Berfe Weinstein.. Daly. 11 a m to 6 p.m., Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. 1000 Duval St, 294-0067. Lucky Street Gallery • Tina Lutz fish prints. New John Martini sculptures. Painted wood furniture by Greg Janis. New colorful, functional ceramics by Diane Peck and Natalie Warrens. Dairy, 11 am. to 6 p.m., Sunday, 12 noon to 5 p.m. 919 Duval St., 294-3973. Rose Lane Antiquities • Pre-Columbian art. Daily, 12 noon to 5 p.m., and by appointment. 524 Rose Lane, 294-2270. Solares Hill Design Group • Masks from Mexico and Guatemala Weekdays, 10 am. to 5 p.m. 901 Fleming St., upstairs. 296-3080. Whltehead Street Pottery • Stoneware, porcelain, and Raku vessels. Closed July for renovations - come back in August. Meanwhile, our work can be seen at the Hyatt Key West poolside boutique. 1011 Whitehead St., 294-5067. The Tropical James Bond by Alan Estler npTi new Bond movie will premiere 1 l i e in Key West from July 6 to 9. Licence to Kill was formerly entitled Licence Revoked, but the production company's marketing department decided American audiences would not understand the word "revoked." Filmed mostly in Mexico, Licence to Kill also includes segments that were shot at locations in and around Key West, notably St. Mary Star of the Sea Church and the Seven-mile Bridge. MGM/UA promotional efforts will take place at the Casa Marina in Key West as opposed to, say, Tiajuana. "jSenor Timothy Dalton en Licensia a Matarl" Author John Gardner wrote Licence to Kill in the tradition of his late predecessor, Ian Fleming, creator of the invincible James Bond. Fleming wrote the bulk of each of his 12 Bond novels (For Your Eyes Only arid Octopussy are short story collections) while on annual vacation from the London Times at Goldeneye, his simple but beautiful home on the cliffs of Jamaica. His second novel, Live and Let Die, is set on Treasure Island, St. Petersburg, and an island off Jamaica. The sixth novel, Dr. No, takes place on mythical Crab Key, again off Jamaica. The seventh, Goldfinger, opens in Miami; Number ' eight, Thunderball, in Nassau; and Number 12, The Man with the Golden Gun, occurs, again, in Jamaica. It's not surprising that the 16th of the James Bond films should have some exciting moments in a tropical setting. Like his fictitious counterpart, Fleming enjoyed snorkeling and diving and had many an exciting marine adventure. In 1953, on a newspaper assignment, Fleming and his wife, Anne, took their boat to the harbor of Marseilles, France, where Commandant Jacques Cousteau was salvaging a Graeco-Roman galley from the decks of his ship, already known as Calypso. Fleming dove with Cousteau for two weeks and wrote in a letter that he was "aiming to become the journalist of the underwater world." Instead, the expedition found its way into the pages of live and Let Die as the hunt for Pirate Bloody Morgan's treasure. Though Fleming's James Bond had a "Licence to kill," apparently Ian Fleming felt that he personally did not. With local Jamaican Aubrey Cousins ~ the inspiration for Quarrel in Dr. No — Fleming would lasso sharks by the head from a small boat and be towed wildly over the bay. He always requested Cousins to release the fish after they had "had their fun." Fleming didn't spearfish much either, preferring to snorkel for hours as an observer in the languid sea beneath the cliffs of Goldeneye. He was delighted when a remora fish attached itself to his belly. "How extremely smart it would have been to carry forever the marks of a remora's sucker on one's stomach," he remarked. "So much more chic than the claw marks of a tiger." Live and let live for Mr. Fleming. T the new film, Bond's CIA friend, X I I Felix Leiter, is tortured and his wife killed. Bond vows revenge and his "Licence to kill" is revoked. (Americans: see Webster's Dictionary.) In For Your Eyes Only, one of Fleming's best short stories, "M" himself sends Bond on a personal vendetta, Licence intact. Fleming never officially removed Bond's license to kill, except in You Only Live Twice and that was just a stratagem. However, as art imitates life, and as Bond imitates Mr. Fleming, one will find that James Bond was quite reluctant to kill, or see killed, any harmless marine life. In Live and Let Die, Bond becomes furious when a man shoots a pelican for no reason. Bond promises to turn him over to the ASPCA. In The Hildebrandt Rarity, Bond is requested to poison the water of a reef community of fish so that the title fish may be captured for a museum. Bond hesitates and a cohort assures him, "Fish are cold- blooded. They don't feel anything." "How do you know?" says Bond. "I've heard them scream when they're hurt." Bond tries desperately to save the small water creatures, ra Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 37 What's Hot: A Review of Live Music in Key West Leanna Collins Branches Out by Valerie Ridenour •*TTJ are fortunate to have a plethora W & great girl singers in Key West, and everyone would agree that Leanna Collins is one of the most popular. This hard-working, guitar-playing performer is so well liked, it isn't easy to hire her for your club. At present Leanna is dividing her time among four establishments: The Bull, Hog's Breath Saloon, the Rooftop and Rick's. Leanna is attractive and talented. Her lilting soprano is suited to any type of material, be it pop, blues, rock or country. Collins handles them all expertly, accom- panying herself deftly on acoustic guitar. Although Leanna spends most of her time in Key West, her occasional vacations usually turn into working trips with interesting asides. She found herself opening for the Thompson Twins and other major acts up north, and was complimented when Rod Stewart's band sat in with her. But then Leanna is an excellent performer with a huge repertoire and an infectious smile. Added to her fine musicianship and excellent voice, the combination is hard to beat. During the first part of July you don't have to go to a club to see Leanna. In fact you will discover still another facet of the Collins talent. Read on. WHO'S NEWS: Denim and Diamonds will sparkle once again. The delightful show created by Jodyrae Geckler is complete. After a trial run of well-known country songs at the Waterfront Playhouse this season, Jodyrae wrote a script and commissioned several songwriters to compose the score for the off-Broadway-bound musical. All of the tunes are original and exciting. I won't give away the storyline except to say that three girl singers trek from Key West to Nashville to make it big in country music, experiencing comic to bizarre incidents along the way. The parts have been cast, and include — you guessed it — Leanna Collins and Jodyrae, who starred in the Waterfront production, and Mary Beth Graham. Allison Tradup will choreograph the show, and guitarist extraordinaire Bert Lee will lead the band. Writers at this time Lilting soprano, Leanna Collins. include Jodyrae, Bert Lee, Ben Harrison, Gary Chase, Leanna Collins, Valerie Ridenour, Charlie Masters, Ben Shaw, Michael Keith, Alby Tellone and Bill Lorraine. The curtain will go up in July at a major local hotel. Contracts are now being signed. If you love musicals, don't miss this one. All three ladies are gifted performers, and I guarantee you'll hear some spectacular vocalizing. Jodyrae has created a perfect showcase for her own incredible voice, as well as a good play. All three girls could "happen," as we say in the trade, but Jodyrae will probably be the first to have a record out. Her golden pipes have attracted Harrison Gallery &;Music •LOCAL ART] MUSICAL ACCESSORIES! Great Buys on a Limited Number of New & Used Guitars Ben & H e l e n H a r r i s o n 8 25 WHITE STREET 294-0609 the attention of a top Nashville producer, so that trip to Music City may soon become a reality. Speaking of Nashville, my buddies Chet Atkins and Harold Bradley pulled off a slick trick. The fearsome guitar twosome entered the Guiness Book of World Records by assembling more than 800 pickers in two enormous malls through a cable hook-up. The humongous gang of guitar players then r joined Harold and Chet for a rendition of "Wildwood Flower." Watch for it on TNN and on Good Morning America. Home Of The Pina Colada Featuring MARIAN JOY RING Tues-Sat 6:00-10:00 pm • THE SOUTHERNMOST BLUES BAND Thurs-Sat 10:00-2:00 pm POOL TOURNAMENT EVERY MONDAY NIGHT 1st Prize $75.00 Cash 2nd Prize $40.00 Bar Tab $3.00 Entry Fee 8:30 p.m. Every Monday 300 FRONT STREET DOWNTOWN KEY WEST MARINE WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS by Robert Lee Pierce, Jr. • a ship painter of the Keys No Gingerbread No Frangipani No Gimmicks July 15 thru 29 Key West Art Center Front Street "Peace Begins With Me" UMT1M OF THE KEYS Sunday Service 11 A.M. Sunday School & Nursery Sunday Evening Service 7 P.M. ~ Big Pine Visit our Metaphysical Bookstore Monday-Saturday 1-6 Call 296-5888 for other weekly activities Dial a Prayer 296-7217 3424 Duck Ave. Page 38--July 1989-SoIares Hill Mariner Day Camp A Beehive of Activities for Busy Boys & Girls by Judi Bradford K you have a child between the ages of four and 12 and you don't know about Mariner Day Camp, pay attention. A visit to the eight-acre campus at Mary Immaculate Star of the Sea School at 700 Truman Avenue reveals a beehive of activities. Happy campers everywhere - in the pool (under the watchful eye of the camp lifeguard); in the gymnasium, learning the safe way to handle exhilarating spins, flips OPEN MON & SAT 10-5, TUES-FRI 'TIL 6 THE LOBSTER M A N FISH MARKET WE PACK IN ICE TO TRAVEL Shrimp specials weekly! LARGE SHRIMP SMOKED FISH & SHRIMP YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER GROUPER and, of course LOBSTER & STONE CRAB in season • | NEXT TO BOCA CHICA BAR j 5170 U.S. 1, STOCK ISLAND 294-4923 Chicken Unlimited™ Y'ALL COME BACK ! NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT We have Key West's best country style chicken, and more! New Management Specials 99« BREAKFAST SPECIALS • 2 Eggs, Grits or Hash Browns, Toast • Introducing Eggcellents: a tasty fried egg sandwich BREAKFAST SERVED 8:00-11:00 A.M. LUNCH Chicken sandwich, small fries, smali drink $2.89 DINNER Rib & Chicken Family Park: Vz slab baby back ribs, 4 pieces chicken, Vz Ib. cole slaw, Vi Ib. potatoes (feeds 3-4 persons) $8.75 1102 KEY PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER N, ROOSEVELT BLVD. (U.S. 1) 294-2204 SUN.-THURS. 8:00 AM TO 9:00 PM FRI.-SAT. 8:00 AM TO 10:00 PM and drops; outside under the shady gumbo limbos making bracelets. The list of activities goes on and on and includes field sports, nature studies, ocean sports, theater, puppetry, drawing, story telling and more. This is the camp's second year. Director John Vaslowski has extensive camp experience. He came here from Falling Creek Camp for boys in North Carolina, and has also worked with Eagle's Nest Camp, Easter Seals and Boy Scouts camps. He runs the Mariner Day Camp according to American Camping Association standards. Safety and fun are the aims. Each child has a personal counselor and there is a camp nurse for first aid. The program is well organized so the instructors can be their most effective and focus on the kids' special talents. The professional staff encourages creativity and sportsmanship. Tennis is taught by pros from Island City Tennis and 1800 Atlantic. Sunfish sailing with the Key West Sailing Club, windsurfing with Tropical Sailboats and fishing trips on the Quick Relief charter boat are some of the off-campus adventures that tap the skills and. experience of our community. Theater productions are directed by Carole MacCartee of the Red Barn Theatre and Steve Adams, artist-in- residence at Mary Immaculate this year, who has acted in Joseph Papp's Shakes- Early Night Late Night AH Night Food Fun Friends Wishing for the Weekend on Wednesday -- Famous Wednesday Happy Hour 4:30-6:30 p.m. Discount Drinks • Tasty Buffet Good Cheer 1202 SIMONTON Open 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. Serving Lunch & Dinner Specials peare in the Park in New York. Arts and crafts are taught by professional artists. The kids arrive in the morning and sign up for their elective activities. Then, after the flag raising at 8:25, they plunge into the day's program. It is a flexible system that allows each child to follow his or her own favorite interests. In addition to sports and arts, there is a nature walk, nicknamed "lizard patrol" during which tiny critters can be observed. A nature room elsewhere has an ant farm and other exhibits and experiments. There is a garden plot awaiting cultivation. Children report their experiences in the camp newsletter with stories, drawings and cartoons. There are two divisions of the camp: Kiddy Camp, for kids four to six, features introductory level activities that develop the whole child. It also includes a nap. Day Camp, for ages seven to 12, offers theater, gymnastics and fine arts as well as the adventures of field sports, tennis, sailing and fishing. For information, call John Vaslowski at 294-1031 or 294-1018. Programs continue through July 28. Fees are $75 to $150 per week and there are some scholarships available thanks to donations from groups and individuals. Ish] ICE COLD BEER And other frozen beverages indigenous to the tropics Happy Hours 10 am-1 pm and 4-7 pm Ladies Nites Wed. ® Sunday Cubs Baseball \ The Fantasticks Comes to the Red Barn Theatre Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 39 America's longest-running off-Broadway musical, The Fantasticks, extends the Red Barn's season into the summer. The Tom Jones/Harvey Schmidt classic will run Wednesdays through Saturdays through July 29. Spend a sultry Key West night nestled into the dark coolness of the Red Barn with this magical enchantment about a a girl, two fathers, a moon, a wall and a mysterious stranger. This enduring musical continues to weave a spell over audiences and has just celebrated its 30th consecutive year of production in New York. The Red Barn staff felt it was the perfect choice for their last show of this season. Director Joy Hawkins has selected a cast that includes some brand-new faces along with some familiar ones. Paula Jo Chitty and David L. Stevens portray the Girl, Luisa, and the Boy, Matt, as they mount the Barn's boards for the first time. Both are new arrivals to Key West's artistic community. Also making his Red Barn debut will be Bennett Harris, playing the Mute. Joining these new actors are some of the Barn's old favorites, including John Wells and Darryl Marzyck as the Fathers, Rae Coates and Tom Rhatigan as Henry the ancient actor and his assistant, Mortimer, and Tom Murtha as the narrator, El Gallo. Together this company will perform some of the most beloved tunes in American David L. Stevens (left) and Paula Jo Chitty as the young lovers Matt and Luisa, whose passion and innocence become knowledge in The Fantasticks. musical theater, including "Try to Rerramber" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain." Musical director William Pickett provides piano accompaniment, complemented by Kelly Moore on synthesizer and the Barn's set designer, Gary McDonald, on drums. Hawkins, who directed the Red Barn's first musical, Pippin, 10 years ago, has an extensive background in musical theater, and has "Looked forward to doing The Fantasticks for years." Tickets are $15 each. Call the Red Barn Box Office at 296-9911, or stop by Tuesdays through Saturdays after noon. The Red Barn is located at 319 Duval Street behind the Key West Woman's Club. SI "Where the Locals Relax" The Whistle Happy Hour 5-9, Daily THE BULL & WHISTLE BAR Corner of Duval & Caroline Streets "the most laid back bar in Key West" SECOND ANNUAL SEMINAR on Hemingway in Key West July 17th & 18th, 1989 Two days of panel discussions, lectures and informal gatherings with featured participants Dr. Linda Wagner-Martin, Dr. James Nagel, Dr. James Plath, and journalist Lorian Hemingway ~ the Nobel Laureate's granddaughter. Activities will take place in various indoor and outdoor Key West locations to give attendees a feel for the island atmosphere that inspired Hemingway and so many others. The seminar is held in conjunction with the 9th Annual Hemingway Days Festival, July 17th to July 23rd. The cost of the seminar is $125 per person, which includes informal social gatherings, cocktail receptions, dinner, lectures and panel discussions. For a seminar brochure write Hemingway Days, P.O. Box 4045, Key West, FL 33041, or call 294-4440. Hemingway in Key West Seminar Registration Form NAME . PHONE. ADDRESS cm1 Enclosed is my check for S to attend the Hemingway Seminar. .STATE .for. . ZIP person(s) Hemingway Days Festival. P.O. BON 4045. Key West. FL 33041 (305) 294-4440 • FAX # (305) 296-3921 WHEN QUALITY COUNTS! ATHLETIC TEES TANKS SHORTS SWEATS 532 DUVAL OPEN 365 DAYS A YEAP Page 40--July 1989-SoIares Hill Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 41 Readers Write Kudos Dear Editor: I'm very late in writing to tell you that I thought your June conservation issue was absolutely superb. Your beautiful editorial on Page 2 set the tone for the issue and I'm sure many people read it, as I did, from cover to cover. This issue is easily among the top three ever published by Solares Hill — and many, many thanks! Jim McLernan Chairman Last Stand Solares Hill extends a warm thanks to all who called our office with comments and compliments on our conservation issue. We really appreciated them. - Editor Cap the Campaigns Dear Editor: Last month the 1989 Key West City Commission race officially kicked off. As if it isn't already warm enough here in the tropics, things will really heat up as we move into summer and candidates get their machines greased up and running. As usual, residents will be asked to give and give and give to help elect the candidate of their choice. All this is so commission hopefuls can run full-page ad after full-page ad to impress us, the voters, with how much better at spending they are than their opponents. Is that really a quality we're looking for in our elected officials? Enough is enough. It's time that Key Westers expressed their outrage over the massive amounts of money spent on local elections to influence our votes. It's a vicious circle: the competition to raise and spend the most money has reached the point at which it overshadows the true issues of the campaign. It's time for a change. It's time for candidates to voluntarily agree to limit their campaign expenditures. Presently, an agreement is circulating which would limit each campaign's spending to $20,000. Any money raised above that amount would be distributed to local charities. The $20,000 amount is certainly enough to run a campaign in our small town, and by imposing a limit it would encourage candidates to get out face to face with the public. With enough public pressure, candidates would have little choice but to agree with such terms, or be perceived as trying to buy the election. It would be political suicide to run a campaign dripping with excess, while one's opponent was busy contributing funds to MARC House, Boy Scouts, Reef Relief, AIDS Help, or many of the other worthwhile local charities. Think about it. We, the public, have the power to change how campaigns take place in Key West. We can put substance and concrete issues ahead of hype and image. Elliot Baron Right of Way Dear Editor: Aside from the many inaccuracies in the article written by Valerie Ridenour, starting on Page 20 of the June issue of Solares Hill, was a statement that is untrue and damages my integrity and honesty. Quote: "Staged on a tropical set that was paid for by the Tourist Development Council as a tourist-oriented expenditure..." This statement is false. I paid for that set. Either retract that statement or prove it! I know you cannot prove it so retract it. Show the community that even Solares Hill has some ethics. The article was about my program on Channel 5. Miss Ridenour's criticisms are of no concern to me, but why did she drag in my past differences with Tony Tarracino. (sic) This had nothing to do with my TV show — it was never involved ~ so it was obviously an attempt to slander me with malice. I know it is a lot to expect, but can there be fair play from left of left Solares HUH Frank Romano The statement quoted above was added to Valerie Ridenour's story, "TCI: The Greatest Show on Earth," during editing. It was not part of her original story. The article detailed all TCI's shows, not only Frank Romano's. In response to Romano's letter, we reinvestigated the issue and found that we had been misinformed — Frank Romano, not the TDC, paid for the set. We apologize to anyone who suffered or incurred difficulties due to the error. As for the references to Romano's relationship with Captain Tony, the article featured stories involving local characters. Need we say more?--Editor Dear John Dear Editor: I thought your June issue emphasizing Conservation in the Keys was most excellent. However, I was disappointed to see that neither the Audubon House nor Florida Audubon Society was listed under "Local Environmental Organizations." The Audubon House & Gardens, owned and restored by the Mitchell Wolfson Family Foundation, has been operated by Florida Audubon Society since December 1984. As a result of this liaison, the Audubon House, a major tourist attraction since 1960, has been moving in new directions. Through special exhibits, video programs, lectures and other educational events, the Audubon House plays an important part today in relating the story of conservation in the Florida Keys to the local and visiting public. We receive countless numbers of telephone calls and inquiries annually regarding problems of environmental concern, birding in the Keys, and other related topics. Our gardens contain a large zsr ACMEOILco. M COM chaty* i TUST IF IM NOT SfinSFlEJ? WITH THE FJE&tfqn^ IT'LL B E L \ vori'T COME number of native trees and plants, many endangered or threatened species, with more additions planned for the future. We distribute information and material from Florida Audubon and other environmental groups. As managers of the Audubon House, and as one of the oldest and most active organizations involved in the conservation and protection of the fragile Florida Keys, staff members from Florida Audubon headquarters in Maitland visit Key West and the Keys regularly. If you or your readers have any questions we would be delighted to answer bookr&nd "lyrics by TO&fJONES HARVEY SCHMIDT directed jBy JOY HAWKINS musical direction by LIAM PICKETT them. The Audubon House has many goals — and one of the foremost is to become known in the community as an important environmental organization with significant contributions to make. Molly Wylly Director The Audubon House 205 Whitehead Street 294-2116 The June issue was meant as a platform from which to launch further features on and coverage of conservation in the Lower \ Keys. It was neither comprehensive nor exhaustive; it was a start. A future article on work at the Audubon House, as well as other conservation efforts, is most certainly in order. — Editor DEADLINE FOR AUGUST-SEPTEMBER WALKING & BIKING GUIDE IS JULY 12 JffiFBarn Jheatft 319 Duval BOX OFFICE: 296-9911 * CURTAIN 8 P.M. The Red Bam Theatre Is an equal opportunity employer funded in part by the Monroe County Tourist Development Council and the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affaire, "It 's just like any other normal expense of doing business." Don Cornett Exxon's Alaska Coordinator For Exxon, the normal expense of doing business means transporting nil jxam the fields to the consumer in the mos t cost-eifective way possible But does that mean we have to live with the woist oil spill in U.S. history? Exxon's reply to why the> have not cleaned up more of the spill and wh> it's taken them so long to recover what little the> Kive. "This is A very difficult task and an almost bL A Is that wh it mdusti> spokesmen told Moridians when we held public hsartngp abutiy-JLcasc Sale 116? No. They said they had the technology to clean up spills effectively. What would our reefs look like on Day 18 of a 10 million gallon oil spill? What would the mangroves look like? The beaches? Let the Alaskan spill be a lesson to us: NO OFFSHORE DRILLING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS! 612 Duval Street 296-4442 Page 42-July 1989-Solares Hill SPIRIT \ B 0 D Y K ^ ( \ J ^ ^ f— \A A M I N D Key West has proven that we can act locally and think globally. The issue of oil drilling in the Keys has banded us together as stewards of land and sea. It was clear that we have not abdicated our power to speak from our hearts, thoughts and spirits as the community spoke with love, commitment and dedication to honor and protect home, our earth. That expression can spill into other areas as we continue to speak with intregrity in our professional and personal lives. Now is the time to take inventory, to take a stand on SANDY ISLANDS, M.S., M . A J Hypnotherapy \ habits * stress \ psychosomatic illness ;: past-life regression \ 3405 Flagler Avenue 296-2096 'i Key West By Appointment •• enly Bodies Aerobics 19 Classes Weekly • 7 Days a Week Starting at 7:30 am As low as $3.25 per class! f f f at the CoffeeMill Cultural Centre 916 Ashe Street 296-9982 other matters: the pollution of our spiritual, physical, emotional and mental states; empowering ourselves to succeed in areas of emotions, health, relationships and finances. That is how we can clear the air within ourselves. There is a Unity song shared at the end of services: "Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me." I have discovered a foundational theory that applies to how we act and react, think and feel. It is that we live what we learn, we learn what we practice, we practice what we become and what we become has its consequences. What are your beliefs? What has been the result of your programming? And what have been the consequences? Going back to your family of origin: What was demanded and forbidden? Let us look at the clarity of the thoughts that produce feelings. Whatever we have created, we have ability to change with continued processing, help and inner work. While working on yourself, find a support group to help you. Check the calendar of events and support yourself and the sharings of others. Blessings, Renate Upside-Down and Backward by Bonnie Tynes Brown Wouldn't it be surprising if you found out that your thinking was upside-down and backward? According to the Course in Miracles, humans are actually thinking in the opposite way of what we should be. Have you ever noticed how differently we think from the way Jesus thought, or Buddha, or any truly great person who helped change the way people acted and treated each other? Most of us are unforgiving in our thinking patterns. When someone does or says something we do not like or agree with, our first thought is not, "I'll forget that because he didn't really mean it," or "I'll forgive him because maybe he's had a bad day and doesn't realize what he said or SMILE WITH CONFIDENCE Maintain Periodontal Health Loui G. Franke, D.D.S. Periodontist (Gum Specialist) Full Time in Key West Interplak Toothbrushes Available 1510-B Bertha Street 296-2074 Monday through Friday by Appointment 296-2873 SIOUX ROSE - Astrologer o See Sioux's Cable TV Show Astrology and Divine Order CH. 5 Wednesday at 7:30 PM o Tarot Readings o Private Chart Work o 1 Year Predictive Trends o New Line of Video Tapes Available Also Available for Groups & Classes did." No, our first reaction is usually the exact opposite. We either become angry or attack him — silently or openly. We probably will have an argument and end up with injured feelings. Then we harbor resentment inside and add more garbage to our thoughts. Isn't it hard to let go of the past? All of the hurt and trauma associated with the past eat at us still in the present. The Course in Miracles teaches us thought reversal. If we monitored our thoughts on a daily basis and realized exactly what was going on in our minds, we would be shocked. Our thoughts create our lives -- literally! Thoughts are powerful energy that create our experiences in the world. Knowing this we surely would want to change undesirable thoughts as soon as we possibly could. Thought reversal is a tedious job. It takes constant monitoring and diligent work. Whenever you have a thought, analyze it and determine what kind of thought it is. Is it one of peace and love, or is it one of guilt, bitterness, resentment, doubt, unworthiness or hatefulness? If it is negative, change it to one of love, helpfulness, understanding and compassion. Let go of the past. To dwell or remind yourself every day of all the past hurts and disappointments is to put yourself in a self-made prison. Thought reversal is not easy to accomplish but it certainly can be done. The rewards are overwhelming and will change your entire life. Try it and be determined to keep at it until you have reached the mind that was in Christ and see what happiness it brings into your life, gjl Movie Memorabilia Excellent Selection of Stills Posters, Lobby Cards & Color Photos, Old & New Rock Personality Posters M€MO!W SHOP UI€ST Mon.-Sat. '12-6-519 Fleming St. • 296-1441 Horoscope by Sioux Rose ARIES July's focus rests on your emotional ties and family-related commitments. You will be exploring feelings. With Mars, your ruler, in the passion sector, you'll be a romance-oriented dynamo. Creative activ- ities are similarly triggered by Mars. Love smiles on you now. Watch the first few days of July; complex demands will be placed on your time and energy. After that, hone in on diplomacy and sort things out. Passion will guide you heartily. TAURUS Interesting conversations and, in fact, a focus on "illuminating" communications is yours all month. Meanwhile, there's "much ado" at home. Mars in the residential sector points to home changes, renovations or serious improvements. Venus, your ruler, in the same chart-sector points to beautifica- tion treatments at home or during major family events. Entertain at home this month. Travel ought to be delayed until after the July 4 weekend. GEMINI Money matters show new promise. With Mars and Venus both in your area of forte, sales and communications, you could charm the socks off a potential interviewer or new boss now. Look into new options in self- expression. Your ideas are lucrative and your capacity to teach, sell, advertise or persuade are at a definite high. Jupiter is helping you to actualize a goal. You must separate the wheat from the chaff, however. Avoid decisions on June 9 to 11, when your ruler, Mercury, makes confusing aspects. CANCER It's your time of year for extra attention and willingness to "pamper" yourself. Indulge in massages or get a beauty make- over. Venus and Mars cross your money house, and each brings gifts. You may feel ready to get started on a new financial enterprise or opportunity. Jupiter enters your sign for the first time in 12 years on July 31. This planet helps us to expand, so watch your waistline! You'll also feel able to let go of old "security blankets" and step forward into new life experiences. LEO The Sun, your ruler, is in the house of shadows. While this is not a "dark night of the soul," it is the time for serious introspection. On the other hand, both Venus (goddess of love) and Mars (god of passion) cross your sign. Your aura exudes magnetism and you will send out an inaudible call which will be received by those geared to your particular wavelength. Love alters your direction now. VIRGO Social life picks up this month; offers, opportunities or propositions .flood in through friends or social groups. You may be delighted by the moments of excitement implied for you, socially. Love may beckon K from the shadows, which is to say that with Venus and Mars both in your house of "karma," you may feel as though you are compromising a principle or ideal in order to indulge in a particular relationship or rendezvous. LIBRA The Sun at the top of your chart shines opportunity into the career house! Let yourself dwell in that light; come forward with your talents. Jupiter, planet of good fortune, enters this same sector on July 31. You're in for expansion professionally. This is not to say that other lessons in balance and moderation won't accompany you on this "voyage." A friendship can bloom into love this month, or a friend successfully plays "matchmaker" for you. SCORPIO You may choose to take wing this month with the Sun in your travel sector. Venus at the career sector implies either a lax attitude toward work or work of artistic nature. Perhaps getting away from the job will be the proper "medicine." On the other hand, with your co-ruler, Mars, at the career house, you could really project a charismatic force that wins over "superiors" and lands you a new professional position and/or privileges. It looks good! SAGITTARIUS Financial negotiations are on your stellar horizon. There are complications the first ^ week of July; however, things will sort themselves out. Besides, your ruler, Jupiter, enters this financial sector on July 31 and brings a season of financial benefits, including bigger commissions. Also, Venus and Mars in the travel sector point to THE BODySti€P ATTHEEEACH 1435 Simonton Street 296-5000 ext. 686 SCHEDULE OF CLASSES MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN 8:00 ,'9:15 11:00 12:15- 5:15 5:30 6:30 : L I A AQUA LJA. U A CLASSES: L. 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You will fully enjoy partnership ventures with another or a significant other. The Sun crosses your house of health. Get involved with exercise or health programs that maximize energy. Jupiter enters this sector on July 31. Besides the import of health-benefits, new, creative job oppor- tunities also emerge. PISCES The Sun shines on romance, while Venus and Mars stir up your creativity in the workplace. Jupiter enters the sector of love for the first time in 12 years on July 31. This implies the blossoming of love. For those so inclined, fertility and pregnancy run high. Work may involve new, creative areas of self-expression, as well. Good things lie ahead. M Florida's finest, fine artists ARTIST SUPPLIES • CUSTOM FRAMES G A T T L E ft Y 910 DUVAL ST. • KW • 294-6660 Jewelry Genius™ Don'Heave Key WestwithoutWhitfteldJack'sfamous conch pendant (Those who wear the conch, they say, return to :U:y West again someday!) This elegant boutique tn an enchant- | log tropical garden features original designs by a brilliant flocaJ craftsman. See the famous Laughing Dolphin Rings , with dozens of tiny smiling dolphins. Open every day fium 10 to 4, (AMX, MC, Visa). Catalog available. 11 i DUVAL« KEY WEST, PL 33040 * (305) 294-7092 Page 44--JuIy 1989-SoIares Hill JULY CALENDAR If you have an event you wish to include in the Calendar, please send your information by the 15th of the month to Solares Hill, 930-C Eaton Street, Key West, Florida 33040. 6/28-7/29 • The Fantasticks at the Red Barn Theatre. The Tom Jones/ Harvey Schmidt musical classic, directed by Joy Hawkins, featuring newcomers Paula Jo Chitty and David L. Stevens, among others. Wednesday to Sunday, 8 p.m. 296-9911. 7/4-7/30 • Margaritavilie will feature" the following bands: 7/4-9 -- Rockin1 Billy & the Rhythm Riots; 7/11-16 -- Vesper Sparrow; 7/18-23 -- Captain Cook & the Coconuts; 7/25-30 -- The Something Brothers. 7/10 • Swimming Classes begin for children six to 13. Free lunch served to all under 18 from 1 to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. The community pool, at 300 Catherine St., is open at 8 a.m. for adult lap swimmers. Free. Call 292- 8248. 7/14-16 'Northern Lights Alternatives presents AIDS Mastery Workshop at 2700 Flagler Ave. for those with HIV- spectrum illness. The event focuses on power, creativity and self-healing. Call 296-1316 or 196-6196. 7/21 • AIDS Help Inc. will present a free safe sex seminar from 7 to 9 p.m. at 2700 Flagler Ave. Program explains how to change high-risk behavior. All are invited. Call 296-6196. 7/8 • The Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary will set the scene for the Fifth Annual Underwater Music Festival beginning at 2 p.m. The festival is sponsored by the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce. Call 872-2411. 7/1 • The fifth annual Fourth of July Super Picnic will be held at Casa Marina to benefit Hospice. Rain date is July 2. Tickets may be purchased at the door. $12.50 for adults; $5 for children. b.ok island wear for men j214 duvai street '(305) 296-2374 key west, f la 33040 511 south street (305) 296-4763 Donations are tax-deductible. Call 294- 8812. 7/3 • The 12.5-mile Round the Island Swim will benefit the Monroe County Special Olympics. It will take place at the Reach Beach. Call 296- 5000, the Body Shop, ext. 686. 7/15 • The Annual Reef Relief Membership Meeting and Jazz Concert will be at Pier House Havana Docks from 7 to 11 p.m. Free to members; $5 for all others. Public is encouraged to attend. Call 294-3100. City Commission Meeting, first and third Monday of each month, Key West City Hall, City Commission Chamber, 525 Angela St., 6 p.m. Always open to the public. Televised on Channel 5. 292-8200. Adult Children of Alcoholics meets at Holy Innocents Church, 901 Flagler St. Mondays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. 294-8912. AIDS Help needs volunteers to support AIDS-related clients. One-on- one counseling available free of charge to qualified applicants by appointment. 296-6196. Guardianship of Monroe County helps disabled adults and elderly residents in decision-making. To volunteer or for more information call Elizabeth Covino, HRS at 292-6728; Betty Campbeii at Florida Keys Memorial Hospital, 294-5531; or Liz Kern at Hospice, 294-8812. Youth Church Training Class at Fifth Street Baptist Church meets each Sunday, May 7 to 28 at 6 p.m. Taught by Jayne Parker. Sweet Adelines, Presbyterian Kirk of the Keys Church, Marathon, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Old Island Harmony Barber- shop Chorus, Old Stone Church, Key West, Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Pool & Dart Tournament, Big Pine Moose Lodge, Wednesdays, 872-9313. Monroe County Library, Fleming St., offers Preschool Story Hour on Thursdays 9:30 a.m., Saturday movies 10 a.m. 294-8488. KEY WEST'S #1 ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX . TOP 40'S DANCE BANDS • GREAT SPORTS VIEWING FROM OUR MANY MONITORS • SERVING GREAT FLORIDA KEYS SEAFOOD LOBSTER • OYSTERS • CLAMS -FAMILY PRICED- ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS 218 DUVAL 294-4383 Community Pool, 300 Catherine St., open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Card & Game Night, Senior Citizens Center, Big Pine Key, 745-3698. Just Say No supper club meets Mondays from 4 to 6 p.m. 292-8248. Anchors Aweigh Club, Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings daily. 404 Virginia St., 296- 7888. Small Business Counseling third Friday of each month, available at Barnett Bank, Tavernier. To make an appointment, 852-2661. Counselors are members of Service Corp. of Retired Executives (SCORE). Lower Keys Friends of Animals helps animals who are victims of misfortune. For mem- bership information call 296-8682 or 296-3926. The Breezeswept Beach Estates Civic Association has reactivated and will hold meetings at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month in the Youth Center of Big Pine Key Methodist Church. Call 872-2861. La Leche League of Big Pine will meet at Big Pine Methodist Church. Call 872-2861 or 872-2148 for times. Summer Music Camp for local children during July at McArthur Piano Store. Mariner Summer Camp for local children during July at Mary Immaculate Star of the Sea School. Body, Mind & Spirit Special Events For Your Information • Unity of the Keys offers many classes, workshops and special events. The schedule for July includes: Tuesdays: 7 p.m. — Mastermind Principles and Prayers; Wednesdays: 9 a.m. -- Prosperity Support Group; 7 p.m. — Healing Service; Thursdays: 6 p.m. — A Course in Miracles. All events are held at Unity of the Keys, 3424 Duck Avenue. Call 296-5888 for details. • The Women's Resource Center on Truman Annex offers programs that support the community. Enjoy the morning Get offthe bottle. Save money. Save space. And save your precious health with a Suiter's Watershed Pure Water Distiller. Call today. SUITER'S WATERSHED (305) 296-7731 meditations and stretch classes. Call Gazelle at 296-7924 or Midge at 296-4115. • Ongoing classes at Island Wellness, 530 Simonton, 296-7353, are: Mondays: 12:15 p.m. — Stillpoint Relaxation with Gary Young; 5:30 p.m. — Stillpoint Relaxation; 7:00 p.m. ~ Jung discussion with Roy Stone, Jr.; 7:00 p.m. — Reflexology instruction with Gary Young; 8:30 p.m. — Experience hypnosis with Monica Geers. Tuesdays: 12:15 p.m. -- Stillpoint Relaxation; 5:30 p.m. — Stillpoint Relaxation; 7 p.m. — Yoga with Carol Christine; 8:30 — Past lives with Monica Geers. Wednesdays: 12:15 p.m. — Stillpoint Relaxation; 5:30 p.m. — Stillpoint Relaxation; 6:30 p.m. ~ Healing Circle with Renate Perelom; 8:30 Experience hypnosis with Monica Geers. Thursdays: 12:15 p.m. -- Stillpoint Relaxation; 5:30 p.m. — Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 45 Stillpoint Relaxation; 7:00 p.m. — Yoga with Carol Christine. Fridays: 12:15 p.m. ~ Stillpoint Relaxation. Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. — Do-In Class (self-massage); 11:00 a.m. - Meditation with Gary Young; 1 p.m. - StressFree, a class in stress management. • Insideout Health Foods, 529 1 Southard, features the latest information on health and self awareness on their bulletin board. • Yoga taught by Ronnie Dubinsky of the Yoga College, Harris School, corner of Southard and Margaret. Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.; Sun. 6 p.m. One hour classes. For information call 292-1854. • Homoeopathic Study Group on Monday evenings 7:45-9:30 by Dr. R. Donald Papon. Fee is $5. Call 296-7353 or 296-3574 for details. THE PIZZA WORKS FREE DELIVERY 7 DAYS A WEEK WEEKENDS •TIL 3 525 DUVAL 292-0092 NEW YORK STYLE HAND TOSSED PIZZA Special Coupon 16 oz. Draft & 1 Slice Pizza $ 2 . 0 0 ARTHUR'S GARDEN BAR OUTDOOR DINING IN A GARDEN SETTING • — mm _ B.M. MARINE, INC. "Roy & Merrie Slater-New Owners" When you need impairs on your boat, the only place to go in the Honda Keys is B.M. MARINE, INC., located at Mile Matto 21 on Cudjoe Key, phcne745-1085. They offer certified service on Johnson, Evinrude.OMC, Yamaha, Suzuld, Force, and Nissan, justtonameafew. "If it pushes a boat, we can fix it,1 "say Roy and Mienie, proud new o w n ^ who ate detoinined to c o n ^ ^ Their trained technicians can handle it all from bottom painting to complete ovahauls, at their docks or at your dock. This 1989 Review of Leading Businesses suggest that in an area where boats are so taportar^ we aie indeed fortunate to have B M MARINE, INC.to turn to for all marine repairs. GO KARTS ARCADE Group Rates Available 7 Days A Week OPEN TIL MIDNIGHT • 294-1617 3029 N. Roosevelt Blvd.(Across From Zayre) Page 46--JuIy 1989-Solares Hill Cachalot by Kathi Rogers He came from the deep an infant umbilical cord still attached found on the flats of the Florida Keys battered and forlorn no sign of his mother a Sperm Whale the largest creature on Earth I knew from the first when I saw him mentioned in the Key West Citizen / needed to be there Saturday morning, Bob and I went to the Dolphin Research Center to offer assistance Like the others who were gathering there each of us came to him called from an inexplicable place within our hearts Mid-afternoon, we slid into the water with him hot sun still burning his skin even though we carefully applied zinc oxide making him look like a large peeling log Asymmetrical, his blow-hole off to the left my eye couldn't find his form I found myself rubbing my hands over every part of his body getting to know him To feel the strength of his fluke the incredible softness of his lips his teeth still hidden in his gums such a small mouth in such a huge baby He held tight onto our hands tucking them under his pectoral fin so we could feel the big beat of his heart reassuring him that he was so loved It was the next day I learned what imprinting is I have an image of Bob sunglasses on, treading backwards in the water an eleven foot long baby following right behind him like a puppy Mandy and Jayne, the staff, and volunteers gave their wealth of knowledge and compassion He brought out the highest and best we had to give whatever the level I sat and watched scientists taking data while a psychic healer laid hands on the Whale Brad with the baby like Wally and the Beav loved and teased like a big brother The love was expressed in all forms judgement suspended each in our own way related to him fully He certainly brought a lot to the Dolphins Little Dart, stranded in a hurricane came here as an infant She stayed close by his fence sending him encouragement Josephine was really angry She had been a battle-scarred Navy Dolphin Who knows what fear there was for Jo Sperm Whales have been observed eating Dolphins Everyone gave her love and attention trying to ease her obvious agitation Sitting on the dock Friday afternoon Along comes Josephine right up to his fence bearing a peace offering sea lettuce draped across her nose That evening she ate breaking her hunger strike I always feel the Dolphins have so much to teach us For the first time I realized they can learn from us too ( A strong lesson in letting go of fear and prejudice something we Humans are still learning Four a.m. Saturday morning Anne and I help with the feeding Anne is here with Living From the Heart a group from Parker, Colorado to experience the healing community of the Dolphins and the Whale Anne had cancer and is almost done with chemotherapy She has dreamed of swimming with a Whale since childhood As we walk back to the Whale's pool the sky is soft black with brilliant stars shining through reflecting in the stillness broken only by the sounds of breathing The feeding goes smoothly Our eager baby sucks down his formula \ the team effort making it as easy as possible for him Delia takes the empty bottle back to the fish house Brad returns to the dock to complete the data leaving Anne and me alone in the water to swim him around., burping the baby Anne on one side Me on the other Our hands resting lightly on his back Just be present, I say and we fall silent becoming aware of the power and presence that emanates from him the same energy I sensed from the Icons in Saint Nicholas Church in Leningrad Saturday dawned busy and bright Living From the Heart staff and participants ready to scatter back into individual lives we say goodbye to all at the Dolphin Research Center where hope is pervasive growing in strength with the baby Sunday morning I share my experience with friends Sunday afternoon I call to find he's gone I feel more empty than sad There isn't much to say We were honored to have his presence for any amount of time - He's opened our hearts somehow maybe because of his purity of being We'll never forgethim ... Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this experience 1371 Solares Hill-July 1989-Page 47 SOLARES HILL RESTAURANT Antonia's Restaurant, 615 Du- val Street. Excellent Northern Italian cuisine in friendly, elegant atmosphere. Dinner served from 7 to 11 p.m. nigh- tly. Visa, Mastercard. Phone 294-6565. Bubba's Beijing, at The Reach, Simonton Street on the Ocean, open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday, 6 to 11 p.m. This menu combines Nouvelle Chinois with Thai and Kore- an fare built around a firm foundation of Chinese dishes. Try Bubba's Buffet, $15.95. Phone 296-5000. Cafe Exile, 700 Duval at Angela Street. Open 24 hours. A European streetside cafe known for its eggs, burg- ers and alfresco ambiance. Experience fine dining in the Jazz Garden, enjoy li- bations in Sidestreet from 4 to 9 p.m., Disco in Backstreet - The Dance Alter- native. Phone 296-0991. EL LORO VERDE A GOURMET MEXICAN RESTAURANT 404 Southard Street, Key West, Florida 33040 305-296-7298, Open Mon. - Fri. Noon -11 PM Sat. 5 PM - 11 PM Closed Sun. for the summer. Dim Sum, 613 1/2 Duval Street in Key Lime Square. Open 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., closed Tuesdays. A gour- met Asian restaurant serving exotic Chinese stir-fries, Indian curries and Thai, Indonesian and Burmese special- ties. Wine and Saki bar. Phone 294- 6230. El Loro Verde, 404 Southard Street, is more than a Mexican restau- rant. El Loro Verde presents innova- tive yet authentic variations of both Mexican and Caribbean dishes. Popu- lar for its cafe atmosphere, El Loro Verde now features a full liquor bar in its new dining room. Phone 296-7298. 24-HOUR EUROPEAN CAFE JAZZ GARDEN BACKSTREET eouea 9M1 SIDESTREET (4-9 p.m.) 700 Duval 296-0991 DIRECTORY EARLY NIGHT LATE NIGHT ALL NIGHT FOOD FUN FRIENDS 1202 Simonton Open 11-4am Serving Lunch and Dinner Specials Emma's Seafare, at The Reach, Simonton Street at the Ocean, open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This is a room that radiates the sun and sea. Patrons may choose to dine indoors or out, on a terrace that overlooks the Atlantic. The menu fea- tures fish and more fish, prepared 105 different ways. Phone 296-5000. UWV A gourmet ASIAN restaurant Exotic Chinese Stir Fries, Indian Curries, Thai, Indonesian and Burmese Specialties WINE & SAKI BAR 6:00-11:30 • CLOSED TUESDAY Reservations Suggested 6131/2 Duval St. (rear) 294-6230 Flamingo Crossing, 1105 Duval, Street The locals' favorite dessert spot features fresh-made ice creams, sorbets, honey yogurts and all-fruit vitari. Open daily from noon to 11 p.m. and mid- night Friday and Saturday. Phone 296- 6124. Full Moon Saloon, 1202 Sim- onton Street, at Catherine one block from Duval. Open 11 a.m. to 4 a.m., it is the locals' favorite late-night din- ing experience. Excellent American classic cuisine, fresh seafood specials daily. Casual, come as you are. Half Shell Raw Bar, Land's End Village, foot of Margaret Street, serv- ing lunch and dinner 'til ?. Freshest shrimp, fish and lobster direct from their own fish market at the shrimp docks. Cash only. Lighthouse Cafe, 917 Duval Street, open for dinner 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Specializing in wonderful South- em Italian and seafood dishes, served in a beautiful garden setting or cozy indoor dining room. Reservations sug- gested. Diner's Club, Visa. Phone 296-7837. Louie's Backyard, 700 Waddell on the Atlantic Ocean, open from 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Featuring interna- tional cuisine in a restaurant ranked among South Florida's best Dining in- side or outdoors on the water. Enjoy cocktails on the Afterdeck Bar. Phone 294-1061 for dining reservations. EAT IT RAW HALF SHELL RAW BAR Serving the freshest fish, shrimp and lobster, direct from our Fish Market. TURTLE KRAALS HARBOR VIEW DINING LAND'S END VILLAGE 296-4008 Turtle Kraals, Land's End Village, foot of Margaret Street. Harbor view dining for lunch and dinner. Great ham- burgers, seafood and check out the mu- sic. Visa, Mastercard okay. Phone 296- '4008. Subway, 530 Truman Avenue, open Sunday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to midnight. Hot and cold subs, salads. Always fresh rolls baked right here. Phone 294-1397. FLAMINGO CROSSING AN ICE CREAM FACTORY IN PARADISE! A LOCAL FAVORITE Enjoy made fresh daily ice creams, sor- bets, honey yogurts and all-fruit vitari in a tropical garden. FREE TASTINGS Open Daily from Noon to 11 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 'til Midnight 1105 Duval Street 296-6124 Colorful Fish Swim By byPattiLu Clear blue water, Visibility One hundred feet. Bright coral await me, Colorful fish swim by! Sea urchins rush to hide in sand. Brain coral, so massive, impressive, Colorful fish swim by! I look to my left, Barracuda - Ten feet long, at least, On my right, I see a wreck, the Mocha., Colorful fish swim by! It's the reef that shares its beauty It's the reef I enjoy stop drilling, move the tankers, Keep colorful fish swimming by! Page 48--JuIy 1989-Solares Hill LORI KATZ Bookkeeping & Accounting Services Income tax preparation, Credit Lines, Mortgage Applications, Budgeting, Financial Planning, Cost Analysis 305-296-8269 a*td REEF SNORKELING 9:30a- 12:30 pm or 1:30 • 4:30 pm Snorkel equipment and instruction provided $30 SUNSET SAIL 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm $20 Reservations: 294:8899 Departs from Truman Annex (West end of Greene St.) Integrity. Reliability. Experience. THE One for Ronny Dubinsky by Al McKee When I woke up this morning there were 18 watermelons lying on the floor 18 huge Mexican watermelons seedless sweethearts with dark green lightning bolts running through them My feet touched the floor and. they applauded Picked up one nearest the kitchen sink and laid it on the cutting board Split it with a butcher knife held each section over my head "BRAVO!" they cheered 1 HOUR PROCESSING 730-F Duval St. at Petronia • 4 x 6 Jumbo Prints • Reprints • Engagements To 8 x 12 Open 7 Days 10 am-7 pm • 296 8027 """ Special Processing with this coupon (110, 126, 135 C-41 Processing Only) Ask about our Photo of the Week Contest & Key Wester Plan Walked to the middle of the room jammed one piece into the blades of the overhead fan Red juice splattered tlte walls Gave the other half to the mailman "SALUTE!" they screamed I rolled one aside sat on the couch and smoked the first Camel in a state of aromatic eiGNA Auto • LH« • Horn* • tushwss PORTER-ALLEN COMPANY Key Largo 461-1980 Marathon 743-9006 Key West 294-2642 David W. 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