The highest • point in Key West FREE VOL. X I I , NO. 5 KEY WEST, FL MAY 1 9 8 4 l BIRKENSTOCKS ARE MORE THAN JUST SANDALS. THEY'RE AWAY OF LIFE. People wear some shoes be- cause of the way they look. People wear Birkenstocks be- cause of the way they feel. How about it? a footprints 610 Duval Street FHOM The EdlTOR Key West Conch Jewelry Genius" FRONT ORIGINAL DESIGNS handcraf ted in Key West. I l l DUVAL 294-7092 HELLO - - IN AN UPDATED version of the popular movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" which starred Jimmy Stewart as a young reformer, our local Mr. Smith - Gordon Smith - made a flying trip to the Capitol early Monday, April 30. Save Our Neighborhood (S.O.N.) representatives led by President Gordon Smith, talked to Deputy Undersecretary Steve Larkin of H.U.D. and, one hour later, H.U.D. Secretary, Sam Pierce agreed with Smith that the $1.3 million U.D.A.G. grant application for the Sand Beach Project had many unresolved questions and should be carried over until August to allow those questions to be answered. Smith later briefed Congressional aides on the many questionable aspects of the project. We - that is, the many, many who oppose this project in its present state - owe Gordon Smith a great big thanks. IN EARLIER NEWS the Administrative Appeals of Save Our Neighborhood (S.O.N.) and Pat Green against the Old Island Restoration Commission (O.I.R.C.) for granting final approval to the Sands with- out seeing the final permits and against members of the Building Dept. for issuing a building permit to the Sands in the face of City moratoriums on height and projects with over 20 living units, were originally scheduled for April 9. The hearings were postponed when Mayor Heyman received a letter from the Florida Department of Community Affairs dated April 6 raising a number of questions about the project and asking that the appeal be delayed until the questions were answered. The meeting was rescheduled for April 19. However, City Manager Joel Koford didn't mail his reply to the questions raised by.D.C.A. until April 18 and on April 19 Mayor Heyman received a hand' delivered letter from the D.C.A. to all the Commissioners asking that they be given more time to study Koford's letter and requesting another delay. At the hearing that evening, Mayor Heyman ruled that the hearing would again be postponed, whereupon three members of the Commission; Joe Balbontin, Jimmy Mira and Emma Cates, by a three to two vote, overruled the Mayor and decided ,to proceed with the hearing. THE CASES WERE presented by Attorney Henry Morganstern for S.O.N. and Pat Green, and by Michael Halpern for Austin Laber. The inevitable happened and, after two hours of hearings which were high- lighted by Commissioner George Halloran's spirited and cogent-attack on the project, the Commission voted three to two to deny the appeals. Again Balbontin, Mira and Cates voted to deny and Heyman and Halloran voted against denial. ON APRIL 25, Morganstern filed law- suits in Circuit Court by Pat Green and S.O.N. against the City officials, the Conr.ntssioners and the O.I.R.C, seeking an injunction against Austin Laber, cancellation of the building permit, a trial to prevent conveyance of the alley without referendum, and other relief. The case has been assigned to Judge Ignatious Lester. THERE WAS A WONDERFUL party at Martello to celebrate the opening of the Mario Sanchez room. It is a superb room and Key West has the right to be very proud of it. The community is in- debted to Margo Golan for her extra- ordinary efforts to help bring this about. THE LOWER KEYS FRIENDS Of Animals, Inc. announces the "Be Kind to Animals Week" will be from May 6 to May 12. The organization sponsors low-cost spaying of animals and financial assist- ance to owners who can not afford spaying. It assists in other pet-related activities including emergency treatment for injured animals until owners are located, finding lost animals, finding homes for strays, preventing cruelty and improving condi- tions at the Monroe County Animal Shelter. The group is a non-profit, all volunteer organization and welcomes donations and volunteer members. For further informa- tion, write P.O. Box 333, Key West or call 296-8682. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH. COVER ARTIST this month is Jason Goodman. Seut» uMu-if cover 1 HERE IS $ 1 5 . 0 0 FOR SUBSCRIPTION TO 11 ISSUE OF SOLARES HILL. • CITY' me BOHR mmaam MY STATE , j O N hniinAiiAiftiiiil 1 JJL JL A.Al|j|Ll||| - ZIP Our mailing address : 513 Fleming S t r e e t Rm.3 Key West, F lor ida 33040 Phone numbers are 291t-10ti| & 29^4-2400 In Marathon c a l l 872-2915 Solares Hill is a community .newspaper published every 'month on the slopes of Solares Hill, Key West's highest point, by Solares Hill Company, 513 Flemincr, Room 3, Key West, Florida 33040. EDITOR . .BILL HUCKEL EDITORIAL CONSULTANT. .... .BILL WESTRAY ART DIRECTION SOLARES HILL DESIGN GROUP With a. tattle, help ^wom OUK &nie.ndt> . . . Solares Hill Co., Inc. 1SOLARES HILL, 19 82 JoIfN YoUNqs Youth W i l l BE SERVECJ by BUD JACOBSON IF YOU HAD ever tried to call the young people in Key West to the bar- ricades in the late 1960s and early '70s, one of the leaders, and first up, shouting for action NOW would have been John Young. He was a fiery and controversial figure, in the fore- front of the political storms swirl- ing through Key West in the years of Vietnam, Nixon, George McGovernand the youth movement. "THOSE YEARS WHEN we were, all going crazy over the war, the draft, Woodstock, Nixon and when young peo- ple seemed to be coming apart, were among the most challenging of my life; every day was new, great and inter- esting," Young commented recently. THE NATIONWIDE ERUPTION of anti- war sentiment and its breakup of many old values led to hundreds of thousands of young people hitting the road. Many were escaping the strictures of home and family, au- thority figures, schools; many were ducking the draft and others were just drifting with the emotional tide. You could tell them by their bearded faces, flowers twined in long flowing hair, bare feet, grubby old blue jeans and bandana headbands, guitars and backpacks loaded with all their worldly belongings. KEY WEST, AT that time, was being "discovered" by the youth. They arrived in legions and with them came the tensions, sharply defined between the Old Establishment and the New Movement. "In Key West," Young said, "the trouble was it was a small town, tight- ly confined; there was no place for these young people to meet their friends; trade information, read a newspaper, play a game of chess or have a cup. of coffee with members of their own generation." THIS SAME PROBLEM was seen by a number of Young's friends who agreed it was time for a newspaper addressed to the youth and their travails; it was time to form a chapter of the ACLU. to help the kids with their civil rights; it was time for a friendly coffeehouse. Gathered together and reviewing the problem .were Young; Bill Huckel, who was just starting to crank up the "first edition" of SOLARES HILL; lawyer Shelly Rothman who was the chief organizer behind the chapter of the ACLU, assisted by ecologist Stan Becker, and later by Bill Westray and Gil Ryder. The third side of the triangle was the coffee- house and Young said "there we got the idea behind Crazy Ophelia's, a sandwich and social center for the youth." YOUNG TALKED OVER the idea of Crazy Ophelia's with two of his old pals, Hank Villate and Steve Santana; together they scouted out the location which turned out to be the abandoned premises of what had been Ramonin's, a well-known seafood restaurant for years (now Antonia's). The building.was owned by Dr. Valdes and the lease was arranged through his son, Joe Valdes, then a detective in the sheriff's office. First purchase for Crazy Ophelia's, Young remembered, was a gleaming huge espresso machine that dominated the sandwich bar. IN NOVEMBER 19 71, stocked with coffee, sandwiches, tables, chairs, newspapers and magazines. Young, Villate and Santana opened Crazy Ophie's in a modest manner. Little did they know but they were opening the doors on what was to become one of the hottest spots in town - politically combustible and socially controversial. It fast became a home- away- from-home for the runaways, the hippie bunch, the protesters. At the same time, Crazy Ophie's became one of the best known fund-raising centers in the city, attracting top talent in show biz from Broadway to Hollywood. "But we had to have money to get moving," Young said. IN THAT DEPARTMENT, it turned out they had some generous financial HAWAIIAN BOUTIQUE 505 Duval St. 296-4336 FROM MAY 6 • MAY 13 porcelain 9 c|i*ts & jewelry "angels," not the least of whom was the late Sen. John M. Spottswood who, on more than one occasion, came to their aid. He was also of invaluable help with his vast knowledge of the local political ropes. Others included an old friend of John's from Nantucket, Fran Howard; businessmen Peter Pell, Gary Neimann and of quiet help, too, was the late city commissio.ner Henry B. Lee III. "THERE WERE SO many, it's hard to remember them all. We wanted to be a useful part of the community and I think, in our way, we were. We co- operated with the police, too, in many ways, and there were some members of the force who really helped us, too." Crazy Ophelia's parents, Young, Villate and Santana, operated in a loose and easy fasKion and seemed to complement each other. Young was the public relations spark plug, moving with ease through the social and political maze in the city; Villate, from a well-liked local family and with a flair for keeping the business on the ground; Santana with his youth and "street smarts." WHEN YOU WALKED into Crazy Ophelia's you found a large, barnlike room which Young had rigged with one of the finest stereo sound systems in town and to it he brought his big collection of classical and pop music. The sound system was hooked up to a mike on the bandstand, at the right, for live enter- tainment on the weekends, and for their many community speakers. In the rear, a series of old tables,,held the hand- some espresso machine;-around the rest of the big room were oddly matched old tables and chairs for the customers. SANDWICHES AND COFFEE and soft drinks and lots of "pure yogurt, not that commercial junk," were available at rock-bottom prices. "We stayed away from beer and wine because we didn't need any hassling." But as a matter of fact, the level of hassling of the young people who drifted into town on their thumbs, or in playfully decorated old school b.uses and converted pickup trucks with houses nailed on the rear platform, was increas- ing. CRAZY OPHIE'S WAS soon in the thick of the youth movement. They tried to keep the strays off the street and out of trouble and to do this they gave them music and entertainment, and special programs aimed at education and informa- tion. Immensely popular fund-raisers were • JAZZ • TIMES 3 hours of jazz music every Sunday morning 9 to 12 WHS FM 107 YOUR HOST: BOBBY GOMEZ <*vPi 2Pv< O <& a r̂/o/- ?,000 ^ ^ ned ™ i * "Hi -""S' " ' * " « • « ^r*». Possible violation oi cityxharterxited fe. SaSSSa «/•/- ao ?« Crowd leaves court, prisoner goes along Living, walking proof UmL lightning docs strike twice in tlic same place might be lound in ihe police sUUon. S|t. Louis (SwectwullTi "uervy, who manages to k«p nn-J order inside Uie city jail .rtpil f"l«y - "Pnthcr :scapc: Seems that Helen Smith, 38, was a prisoner or a minor charge and came up betore Judge Hugh Papy Thursday morning. 'She was there with all the „,„,„., — i were listening li: John Young and the O«inbl» r?ase " Sweetwaler said. •Wlicn Judge Papy disml.wi Hit t n « . well, tliey all K«t «P w"1 walked nut ol the courtroom Miss Smith gut hersctl ml*eo up u, the ornwd »nd slipped ° u l <>' -iiy hall before we mlsstd her.' Sweetwater said today hi thinks the woman "has disap pearcd into the hippie un dergroundinKeyWest~*e' l probably never «M her again. " • i « r&Az**. ^«/ i«* tifi Phi )i-&C^^ " nt Caroline »•••• , w a s l Chargea With Loiter.^ staged (the proceeds kept the doors open) and prominently featured, a number of times, was the then-rocketing pop singer and guitarist, Jimmy Buffett, with his lively ballads and sassy lyrics. Buffett, at this time, was living much of the year in Key West. Another popular star at Ophie's was Gove Scrivener and his songs. THE OUTSTANDING EVENT of that winter season, though, Young-recalls, was the performance by Buck Whittemore and Jack Lowe, famed New York duo pianists . "We called it a street concert, but it was more than that," Young said. "With the help of a bunch of the kids, they moved in their beautiful black grand pianos, set them up back to back, and it was something. It was the celebration of a big, happy family." THE TWO MEN played all night to deafening applause and standing ovations. The young kids brought their tiny children and their dogs and cats. Dogs nestled comfortably under the pianos, children nestled on the laps of their parents or crawled around. After it was over and only the echoes remained, Lowe said: "This was one of the greatest shows of my life and something I'll never forget." CRAZY OPHIE'S ALSO sponsored well- attended seminars for the young peo- ple. Lawyers, doctors and community leaders took part in these talks. The lawyers explained their civil rights, their responsibilities, the legalistics of bail-bonding and urged them to register at the election office in the courthouse and get out and vote when the time came. Doctors held seminars on communi- cable diseases, and other fascinating topics, and advised the kids where to go for free clinical help. In those days, with the so-called sex revolution just blossoming, the doctors' lectures drew the largest crowds. "WE BRANCHED OUT a little, too, by trying to get some of the kids inter- ested in careers, especially those they might find attractive here like boating, commercial fishing, that sort-of thing." One of the best liked of the lecturers was the late Dr. Emory Lowe Pierce, a native Conch from a distin- guished family and a recognized au- thority in marine biology. "E. Lowe," as he was known fondly by his friends and family, delivered bright and interesting talks on the Keys and the waters around them, and the possibil- ities for small businesses here. IT WASN'T'ALL sweetness and light, however, for the partners at Crazy Ophie's . They had a potent enemy only a few hundred feet away, at the corner of Duval and Southard, the late City Commissioner Bill Gamble. Gamble did not take kindly to the view of straggling houng people, the hard-core hippies with their -unwashed hair and scruffy clothes, only a few doors from his handsomely maintained establishment. There was a loitering and vagrancy ordinance on the books at city hall and Gamble, according to Young, fashioned it into the wedge he would use to get the kids off the streets and out of Key West* Police started sweeping the area, particularly at night, nabbing kids and tossing them in the city cooler by the dozen. THE WAR WAS on. Gamble glared at the kids and saw disorderly gangs of misbegotten hooli- gans , communists -and surly revolutionar- ies, liberally salted with anarchists and carriers of unmentionable social disease. Down the street, Young and company waved the banner for the youth and civil rights. THE SKIRMISHES BLEW up into arrests, investigations and screaming headlines in the newspapers setting the town on its ear. It was the use of the loitering ordinance that triggered the most trouble. The young people. Young said, "would stand out in front of Crazy Ophie's at night and that ordinance said you couldn't impede the passage of ordinary walking traffic. Well, many kids were picked up on that angle." THEN, ONE NIGHT Young walked along the sidewalk in front of Gamble's store and "I had to walk around him and his wife." Using that, he went to city hall the next morning and "I filed a complaint with the clerk. Jack Mathews, against Mr. Gamble for impeding my passage." But the complaint did not state the jurisdiction for the court, and City Judge Hugh Papy " threw it out. " Attorney Hugh Morgan was representing Gamble. (The local vagrancy ordinance was even- tually taken off the books as a result of ACLU lawsuits.) "THE NEXT MOVE came," Young said, "when we (Crazy Ophie's) placed a sign on the sidewalk urging voter registra- tion." By then, the local chapter of the ACLU was taking an active part in defending the kids, based mainly on ; violation of their constitutional rights. . • "I was arrested for having a sign on a public street and taken to jail in handcuffs," Young said, taking a deep breath and smiling as he recalled the day. ACLU MEMBER BILL Westray bonded him out. Now the hitch in the case, and made to order for the ACLU, was "selective enforcement" of the ord- inance. 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At that point, Judge Papy warned Gamble he was under oath and there might be a possible violation of the city charter, here." ON THE ADVICE of Hugh Morgan, Young said, Gamble "took the Fifth." That stunned the courtroom be- cause for years, Gamble had" "reviled the Fifth Amendment as a tool for the Commies to hide behind. And there it was. Ultimately the case was thrown out of court because of selective en- forcement. WITH THAT ON the court record, Young turned around and filed a civil suit for $100,000 damages against Gamble and the city, alleging "false arrest" and abridgment of his civil rights. The city's part of the suit was settled out of court for $900; the money went into paying bills at Crazy Ophie's. Ultimately a jury found in favor of Gamble in the suit. BACK CAME GAMBLE, a few.days later, and he filed a counter-suit in Small Claims Court against Young, but when he didn't show up, the judge dismissed it. DURING ALL THIS time, elections m GROCER CUSTOM tKA>!5, OPEN . . ; : : - : : ' / . . : , . - ; - ; ^ ; - k / ^ ' w ^ . : : " ^ : - ^ ' ; • • • • • : ' • ' • • . • • ^ , A - i : . . ^ v . : : , - r . . : ^ ^ . - ; • • • . - . \ • • • . - , : v \ ; M ; • v ' : . • • • - : . : : • • • . - ^ s ; . • - • : • • • • • s : - : : i - •" i" : : :••nppN' ;T^Mt^ i : *• L O G i A T E D I N O L D T O W N 10 Book REVIEW by EDMOND THOMAS FINAL REPORTS: Personal Reflections on Politics and History in Our Time by Richard Rovere. Foreward by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Doubleday. 244 pages. $16.9 5 RICHARD ROVERE, THE detached and skeptical Washington correspondent of the Hew Ynt-Tcpr for thirty years, rec- ognized his preference* for sprint writing, rather than-marathon, con- soling himself with a saying he at- tributes to the Reverend Sydney Smith - "Give me a short book on an inescap- able subject." His "Final Reports" is just that: a brief 244 pages into which he has compressed his urbane and penetrating comments on American pol- itics from the leftist thirties through three wars and eight presi- dents. If this book were a good German wine, its label would include the key word, "auslese," indicating the pick of the harvest, set aside for later processing. ROVERE STARTS HIS autobiographical reflections with a review of his u*-"..,,. ' • •"-leaulative roots," which left niiti with no etttmcxuy . -™h»-ace, no tradition to reject." His father'was French, a successful electrical en- gineer, born in Lyons; his mother British colonial, from Jamaica. After an undistinguished New York boyhood school record he was graduated from Bard College in 1937 and discovered himself to be "an ardent Socialist." In his junior year he had decided to become a Communist, "because the Communists seemed...to be working harder than the Socialists..." But he was only luke- warm about that and was bored by the sacred writings of Lenin, Marx and Engels, about in that order. It'was not until he had spent the winter of 1937 as chore boy on the hardscrabble farm of Granville Hicks" in upstate New York that Rovere became seriously involved •with the American Communists. Hicks got him a job on the Mew Masses, and he toiled there under tedious party discipline, until the Hitler-Stalin pact was made known to the world on August 24, 19 39, "an event as stunning and consequential as Pearl Harbor".to Rovere. He left the New Masses and Communism, trying to understand how he had been suckered and how he had suck- ered himself about the true nature of the movement. It wag especially pain- ful to realize that in the Spanish civil war, the side he had supported and for which his friends had fought and died, "was hardly less brutal and •x-apressive than the Fascists, that both sides had been manipulated by total- itarian governments." CURIOUSLY, ROVERE, THEN all of 25, felt "disturbed, but not greatly, by the Moscow trials and other evidences of repression and tyranny in Soviet life." He would not allow himself "to be deflected from working for socialism here by evidence of injustice in an- other society..." Alfred Kazin, a Brownsville (Brooklyn) friend and contemporary with intimate, family knowledge of the Moscow trial defend- ants, "put flesh and blood on these disembodied figures" for Rovfre, who was "not only greatly instrvsted but shamed into a kind of inte'-lectual responsibility" that he had lacked. AFTER BRIEF HITCHES with The Nation and Common-Sense Rovere real- izedThat although he was still in- terested in politics he was "interest- ed more in writing than in any partic- ular subject." And like many writers of his generation he wanted to write for The New Yorker, which seemed "the best magazine in America, perhaps the best in the English language." 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Harold Ross, the founder and presiding genius for many years, didn't want any national figure written about:in his magazine unless he had some connection with New York, and when A. J. iLiebling wanted to write about the West, Ross (born in Aspen, Colorado) said, "I've been there, Liebling, and there's nothing in it for us."- William Shawn, who became editor when Ross died, worked closely with Rovere for twenty- three years before suggesting, in writ- ing, that they use a first-name mode of address. Rovere describes The New Yorker's noblest achievement as its contribution "to human speech, to words in our time, to communication between man and man." He attributes it primarily to Ross, who had the "sense of the single word" and "had the en- ergy to put out a weekly magazine built...of single, holy words.." ROVERE WAS GIVEN the new assign- ment of Washington correspondent in 1948, after covering - on the last | whistle-stop campaign trains -• the upset of Tom Dewey by Harry Truman. ; Because of saturation press coverage i at the capitol he had to find Inter- < esting topics overlooked by the mass j media. His first letter discussed the irony of Truman's lavish inauguration, which had been earmarked, by the Republican Congress for Tom Dewey. When the local lore wore thin,! Shawn defined and liberated the assignment: The New Yorker was not a news bagazine, TTad"~noobligation to "cover" anything. I t "did have an obligation to be RICHARD ROVERE FINAL REPORTS PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON POLITICS AND HISTORY IN OUR TIME FOREWORD BY A R T H U R M . S C H L E S I N G E R , J R . thoughtful, informative, provocative, on occasion, and, whenever possible, enter- taining." Rovere's job was not to chronicle the action but to seek its meaning and to learn what the best- informed and most reflective people thought' about it. This he did, with grace and distinction, for the next thirty years. He found the congres- sional hearings much more productive ... than the'debates, and one pleasant day in May of 1949 he heard a noisy but otherwise obscure young senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, disrupting one of these hearings. Rovere followed him to his office, but after an hour or two learned nothing except that he was "in the presence of a con artist of considerable talent. A few months later that talent was everywhere on display, and remained so for a run of four years." Indeed, Rovere was per- haps the first correspondent to spot at the beginning what was later described as "McCarthyism" and to make the ap- propriate comments, to be developed ten years later into the basic text on the subject, "Senator Joe McCarthy." FOR ANYONE INTERESTED in the cur- rent political zoo, "Final Reports" will provide instruction, some solace, perspective and much warm entertain- ment. From the bachelor sage of Dupont Circle, Ben Cohen, a key Roosevelt counselor, Rovere learned "to see the object as in itself it really is," and to focus this perception on most of the influential personalities of the cap- itol until the end of the seventies. There is a long and searching section on the Republican power wielders, Taft and Vandenburg. And on John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's Secretary of State: "...if there was one figure in public life for whom I had an in- stinctive dislike and distrust - apart from transparent demagogues and frauds like Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon - it was John Foster Dulles," whose "capacity for duplicity was as great as his ambition and as repellent as his piety." 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And: "There is no doubt that Kennedy's systematic cultivation of the intellectuals is one of the things that sets his administration apart from all previous ones." "FINAL REPORTS" ALSO includes journeys and escapes - to Africa as a Peace Corps observer; to Abidjan, where "There must be more fine marble in the Presidential Palace than in all of Washington...and beyond the marble, mud, mud, mud." To West Germany, on a CIA- sponsored tour with a glittering literary entourage. To New Mexico for the Ford Foundation to check the facts for an antipoverty project in Rio Arriba County, "...somewhat larger than Con- necticut (and) one of the most backward, poverty-ridden, and aggrieved sections of the United States." ONE,MORE PROJECT, "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy," a Viet Nam project, was swept away by the swift march of events: the Tet offensive, the killings of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the retirement of President Johnson from politics or at least from presidential contention. The penultimate book, "Arrivals and Departures," a family memoir, published in 1978, was as non- political as Rovere could make it. Physical pain, from a malignant lesion on his neck and unsuccessful surgery to correct it, had been constant since 19 75 and it was increasing. IN 19 77, ROVERE came to Key West to begin "Final Reports," and to fix on paper the "disordered, ungainly, and KENNETH A. ROSEN, M.D., P.A. DlPLOMATE; A M E I U O A N BOARD OF DERMATOLOGY DISEASES OF THE SKIN, HAIR AND NAILS SKIN GANGER — COLLAGEN IMPLANT 34-28 N. ROOSEVELT BLVD. SB.6-6862 27O-6012 KEY W E S T . M l A M I THE PORTER ALLEN COMPANY insurance since \&\\ W LLIAM A. FREEMAN s*. WLUAM A. PREe/MK OK. PAVIP W, FREEMAN, furtive elements of (his) life." M«.v-v-inct in great pain and with head in traction,Rovere concludes his testa- ment with painfully brief journal entries on Confinement...Boredom... Sleep... and with a warm and graceful farewell to his nurses during the lost fifteen-week struggle: "...My purpose is simply to say that the mem- bers- of the nursing staff...have almost without exception seemed to me able, generous, and a pleasure to be with in difficult times -times when overwork has often been the rule." The reader of "Final Reports" will feel much the same way about Richard Rovex-e. KEY WEST CHARTER & TRADiNG CO., inc. #8 Lands End Village Key West, Fla. 33040 VINTAGE KIMONOS IN SILK A N D COTTQN FROM S25 MINGEI ANTIQUES AND CONTEMPORARY GIFTS 6 KEY. LIME SQUARE (600 BLOCK DUVAL] : KEY WEST . 294-4323 . 13 MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT COMMISSIONER EMMA CATES and Police Chief Larry Rodriguez were in the midst of a public dispute over security at city hall. At that time Cates was working to make sure her plan for improved safety would pass. Secretar- ies had been harassed. Others had been threatened. Cates felt that Rodriguez was working against her and the two briefly locked horns in a well- publicized dispute, in the middle of the fray, Emery Major chimed in. Major said he saw no reason for the proposed security measures. Cates told Major that he should "know his place" as chairman of .the Civil Service Board and not comment on unrelated issues. Major responded by calling her comments racist. SHAME ON YOU, Emery. Cates confronted Major, with the same standard followed by every other public official: limit your public com- ments to areas within your purview. We didn't hear the chairman of the Old Island Restoration Commission commenting on the issue. We didn't hear the chair- man of the Code Enforcement Board com- ment. And there was no reason for the chairman of the Civil Service Board to comment. MAJOR HIMSELF ONCE argued that governmental leaders must stick to their own areas of expertise. He was speaking in favor of keeping city department heads under the authority of Civil Service, not the city manager. He argued that the department heads know more about their own areas than the city manager. Major used the police department as an example. He said that the city would become unsafe in an instant if a city NOW OPEN 24 HOURS 7DAYS A WEEK BARKERS CHEVRON Chevron 2440 N. icmsevelt Blvd. 294-9525 (Across from Flippers Sea School) KEY WEST 3jactorg Key West SEE QUALITY HAND-MADE CIGARS ROLLED DAILY we fill mail orders PIRATES ALLEY in historic OLD KEY WEST manager decided to whimsically reassign police officers without consulting the chief. Well, what's good for the city manager should be good for the Civil Service Board chairman. WHEN MAJOR SAID he opposed security at city hall, he was speak- ing clearly out of turn. Of course, I'm sure that Major sees it differ- ently. I didn't get the chance to ask him, however, because Major refused to talk with me. "You'll never get an interview with me," he said. So, perhaps we can anticipate some possible responses. MAJOR MIGHT SAY that he has con- sistently brought out the question of security for city workers, specifical- ly at the city annex, and that gives him the right to speak, on the issue. If Major was so concerned about security at the annex, he could have done something about it by working with Cates instead of against her. So if that is his response, I can answer with one word: Humbugi HE MIGHT SAY that most of the city employees at city hall fall un- der the jurisdiction of Civil Service and that gives, him the authority to •speak on the issue. Funny, however, . that Major prides himself as the great protector of the rights of city employees. What about the right to Saijdwicl? 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No. Major's comments were in the press precisely because he is a public official . He is .not a private citizen. Period. He is a public official no matter what the issue. A PUBLIC OFFICIAL must know what to say and how to say i t . In this case, Major had no right to comment about security for city hal l . But on that same point, Commissioner Cates used a loaded phrase. "Know your place" has typically meant -"Stay down, black man." Cates is guilty of picking the wrong phrase. She should have known bet ter . However, Major took that phrase out of context and blew i t out of proportion. Cates told Major to know his place as chairman of the Civil Service Board, and not to speak out on issues out.of his domain. Her comments, in context, had absolutely nothing to" do with race or racism. The comments were about city government. So when Major cries out racism in this case, he is accusing falsely. WORSE STILL THAN the false ac- cusations is the sham perpetrated on the Black community by one of i ts own leaders. F i rs t , charges of racism should not be taken l ightly. They fan the flames of anger and mistrust. So when a public figure abuses his access to the press to yell "racism" when none exis ts , he does everyone a disservice. Second, false charges of racism make i t harder for some people in the white community to accept the true charges of racism, like neglect in Bahama Village and a poor city affirmative action record. Third, there are so many in- stances of personal and institutional racism in th is town that the work to improve the situation should not be distracted by false charges. Along with his charge of racism, Major demanded an apology from Cates. Cates, however, did not relent. She did not make a racial slur, so she felt no need to apologize. 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I only had enough scratch for a few more and couldn't leave, 'cause it was rainin1 and I don't have any wheels, when Fat Prank, from Frank and Mary's, enters and spots me right off. "Hey," he yells, "I been lookin' for ya." "SO?" I SAY. You'd never want to encourage Fat Prank 'cause he'd never . leave. He owned Frank and Mary's and it was just a coincidence that his name was Frank when he bought the place from the agin' Frank and Mary. The place is overgrown with hollys and you'd never known it's back there if it wasn't for the sign out front. So now, even though the sign still says^ "FRANK and MARY' S , " most of us ̂ Als, call it Fat Frank's. There are some cabins, he rented out a few boats, and took parties out when the dolphin were runnin'. The dolphin catcher to end all dolphin catchers. If he wasn't so fat we probably- would have called him Dolphin Frank. HERBIE'S IS REALLY crowded, which I failed to mention, figurin1 you'd know that, 'cause when it's rainin' in the Keys you can't go fishin1 , so what else are you gonna do but sip a few. He comes over now, with a furtive look around, almost like Peter Lorre when he enters Rick's Place after stealin' the letters of transit, but much fatter, and he stinks of cut bait that's been sittin' in the sun too long. "I gotta talk to you," he say. I DON"T LIKE his tone. I owe him fifty or so, and if he mentions it here I'm goin' to be embarrassed, so I "So?" him again. "Come on outside, it's personal." "Hey, it's rainin', Frank." THOUGH HE'S SOAKIN' wet, he looks out the doorway like he doesn't even know it's pourin1 out there. "Come on," he waves, "we'll talk in my truck." I toss off the rest of my beer' and follow him out. HIS TRUCK, a beat-up seventy-four half-ton Chevy, with the windows rolled up, stinks like there's a dead crab under the seat. "I'd of brought you 15 the fifty if I had it," I say. "Don't worry about it. That's not what I want' to talk to you about." So I crack the window a bit, feelin' like I'm in a bowl of turned chowder. "TODAY, I GOT a party out," he says, "an' I'm lookin1 for a weed line. . . You know the tower on my boat?" I nod yes. "Well, I'm up there alone. My party is in the little bit of shade under it. I put the glasses up to my eyes and what do I see but what looks like about a mile of square grouper, just bobbin' around out there. Geezl I think quick and make a slow circle away from it, 'cause I know they. can't see it from down there. Funny thing, but the first thing I think of is you, bein' out of work and all since the end of the crawfish season." "Why me?" I say.- "I don't even smoke that crap. " 11 JUST LISTEN... SO I cut the motor and restart it a couple of times and then yell down to my party, 'We're goin1 back in 'cause there must be water in the gas . ' So I give them their money back when we get in, say, 'I'm sorry, ' and here I am." "So?" "Well, you've got the keys to Eddie's lobster boat. We go out, load up the marijuana, and se l l i t . • = < Key West's Favorite Aunt NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH 11:30 Spaghetti with homemade meat balls — 4*50 Spaghetti with Italian sausage — 4*50 SANDWICHES Philly Steak on a roll — 350 Chicken Parmesan — 3.25 Eggplant Parmesan — 3*25 SUBS Italian Combo •—3.25 FOE ORDERS TO G09 CALL 294-6214 1900 Flagler Avenue (Bertha at Flagler) RENTALS .• QUALITY BIKE REPAIRS • SALES l l lO TRUMAN AVENUE 294-1O73 OPEN 9 AM TO 5:3O PM MYLEN SPIRAL STAIRS > Adjustable and custom made models in diameters as small as 3'6" up to 8'0". 1 Perfect indoors and out. ATTIC Resource Development 2509 North Roosevelt Blvd 296-9897 16 We unload the stuff for a fraction of what it's worth and we'll.end up makin' at least fifty grand." "If you think I'd take out Eddie's boat, after he trusted me to watch it while he's on vacation, you're crazy. And furthermore, it's rainin1 like hell," I say, and close the window a hair 'cause I'm gettin' wet. "It's not rainin1 once you get a few miles out... Hey! You can buy a boat and be your own boss." FAT FRANK IS not one to be denied, and the smell of dead crab and bad cut bait is getting to me. "'Ya, and the Coasties'll catch us and we'll end up doin' time." "No way. There's nobody out there today on account of all the rain here. All we got to do is go out there and load up. If anybody catches us we'll say we were goin' to bring it in to the Coast Guard station, like good citizens. ...Look, after we're loaded we'll come in after dark. There's no moon now and tonight it'll be blacker than smut... You get Eddie's boat and bring her over to my dock and I'll fuel her up... Come on, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. You said you wanted to own your own boat." WELL, I DON'T know if it was the smell that dulled my senses, but I finally agreed. "Okay, I'll do.1 it," I say, already havin' qualms. I could just see Eddie's reaction if he got wind of it, 'cause I'd seen Eddie in action once. So, off we went through a couple of rain squalls. After a few miles out toward the stream^ it cleared, just as Fat Frank said it would. WE STARTED SNAGGIN• bales of pot and stackin1 them on the boat, j Eddie's is a typical lobster trap boat, about forty feet long, a -twelve foot beam, a big Cat' diesel, and. a pilot house jammed right up on the bow, leaving a lot of deck space aft for hauling traps. This area we stacked right up to the bottom of an awnin1 as we worked pur way through the mass of floatin' bales. I thought I'd die when a boat came GET THE FEELING! IT'S A WHOLE NEW AT THE BODY SHOP CALL US FOR A FREE EXERCISE CLASS OR INTRODUCTORY WEIGHT TRAINING SESSION. THE BODYSHOP 333 SIMONTON 294-2828 at us from out in the stream, makin1 a bunch of knots. I was hopin' it would veer off but it hung right in there. Two Latin males yelled, "Ay yi yi," as they roared by us, then swung around and loaded their twenty- foot Sea Craft with bales. They waved as soon as they were loaded and headed for shore. WELL, WHEN WE were loaded I sailed around in a circle about a mile in diameter waiting for dark. We saw a few boats on the horizon. One of them appeared to be heading our way so I altered course for a while, then start- ed circling again. The wind picked up after dark, and the mass of bad weather moved toward us as we plowed in with our load. "This is great," Fat Frank says, "everybody will be holed up." AND LIKE FRANK said, it was dark- er than smut. We picked our way, with WATERFRONT CAMPGROUND & TRAILER PARK IN DOWNTOWN KEY WEST CAMP i WALK TO OLD TOWN ATTRACTIONS .MOBILE HOME. APARTMENT. COTTAGE RENTALS TENT, VAN, MOTOR HOME & TRAILER SITES • FULL HOOKUPS. HOT SHOWERS. 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AS SOON AS I cleared the bridge to the Gulf side of the island, I hear the whoop whoop of a picket boat coming up full bore on my stern. They flashed a light and came along- side of me. I eased back and let her idle along at slow speed. "Where are you headed," someone called out as the light flashed ar.ound the deck. "Johnson's fish house docks," I yell back. They dropped astern of me and I gave her about three-quarter throttle. They tailed me right up to the dock, then tied up outboard of me. Two young Coasties climbed over from the picket boat. One of them shined a light in my face. "HEY!" I SAY. He lowered the light. "Is this your boat?" "No, it belongs to the man I work for, Eddie Cribbs." Key West's Craft . A r t . Gift Gallery Come Watch Us Enamel Craft People Working in Gallery. 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"I just put a closed for repairs sign out front of my place," he says. THE NEXT DAY I awoke stiffer than the first week of football practice and groaned over to Herbie's, to sit on a stool and sip beer, financed from an advance from Fat Frank. They'd just opened and I was the only one in the place. Fat Frank said he'd meet me here after conferrin1 with Little Ray, a guy I knew just to hod to who, Fat Frank said, was a connoisseur of pot, among other unsavory things. Little Ray was to evaluate a sample of our find. AFTER I DOWN a few, he comes bargin" in, lookin1 like a happy ele- phant, and plants his massive rear on the stool next to mine. He speaks low, and stops whenever the clinkin' of glasses and rattlin' of silver and other things cease, in the kitchen beyond the bar. "Little Ray says it looks like Colombian, and that its value is about two sixty a pound, in bales, and from the measurements I give him on the bales, he says they sound like fifty pound bales, but they could vary. He says they wrap some up to a hundred pounds, but I know these are not that heavy, "cause soakin wet, we couldn't have carried them." WHILE HE'S TALKIN1, I been figurin'. "That should make a bale worth about a hundred and twenty-five dollars." Fat Frank almost falls off his chair, laughin'. "That's not two dqllars and sixty a pound, it's two hundred and sixty dollars a pound. A bale is worth over twelve thousand and we got two hundred of them." I choke up a little. "That's over two million dollars." My hand starts shakin', splashin' beer out of the glass. "Geez!" Fat Frank says, "Little Ray says, for two percent of the sale, he'll put us on to somebody who'll buy it. But it may take a while 'cause this person is out of town." FROM THEN ON, either me or Fat Frank is parked on a chair at the rear window of his cottage, with this semi- automatic carbine he brought back from Viet Nam, watchin' the two cabins loaded with marijuana. I feel right at home here, being a squirrel shooter since I'm nine years old. About ten days later, Little Ray comes up with an offer. A certain party will give us sixty thousand as a .down payment for a hundred bales; and five hundred thousand when he comes back for the other hundred bales. Well, this is a lot less than two million, so Fat Frank tells Little Ray he'll have to discuss it with his partners. LATER, FAT FRANK says to me, "We can get more than that?" I say, "We were hoping to make fifty grand when we started, remember? ...So if we never see them again, we still got the sixty thousand and the other hundred bales." "But it's worth two million," Fat Frank says-. "It's only worth what someone will pay for it, Frank." "That's the goin' price, two hun- dred and sixty a pound, and I think we should hold out." I KNOW THERE'S no arguing with him, so I shrug. "Okay, it's your show, Frank." "Okay. I'm gonna make them a counter-offer of a hundred thousand down and nine hundred thousand when they pick up the other hundred bales." SO HE DID, and Fat Frank comes back all aglow. "It's a deal. They're goin1 to pick up the first batch the day after tomorrow. Me and Little Ray have to be there when they load up . They don' t know about you, so you're gonna be at the window with the carbine in case they get rough." TWO DAYS LATER, late in the af- ternoon, a furniture van with "THE MIDDLE KEYS WHOLESALE FURNITURE SUPPLY" in large letters on its side, backs up to one of the cabins loaded with marijuana. A big old Buick with North Carolina tags comes in a few moments later, with four tough- lookin' Latins in it. Two to one, I figure. Six of them and three of us. FAT FRANK SHAKES hands with one of them after Little Ray introduces us. This Latin pulls out an envelope and hands it to Fat Frank while the others have been openin1 the rear door of the van. 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Little Ray and Fat Frank sit in the two aluminum and plastic chairs on the cabin porch, counting out the supposed hundred thousand in small bills. Well, these Latins form a line and start passing out these bales, mug expedients, and have the cabin empty, about the time Fat Frank and Little Ray finish counting the bills. The driver gets out of the van, comes back alongside it and joins the group. FAT FRANK IS all smiles as"he talks to the one who handed him the envelope, when the van driver whips out this long pistol, with a silen- cer on it, and lets Fat Frank have it, right in the face. He shoots Little Ray in the back as Little Ray turns to leap off the porch. 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In a few minutes two Monroe County cars blocked the entrance to Frank and Mary's, with a Highway Patrol car joining moments later . I walked the few miles to Eddie's house, where I- room, and went to- bed. A FEW DAYS later when I went into Herbie's for a beer, they were still talking about the shoot-out down at Fat Frank's. Two of the Latins were killed, two wounded, and two of them taken prisoner. There were more angles offered as to how Fat Frank got all that marijuana, him having such a small boat and all. Someone even asked me what I thought. "Maybe he had some help," I say. "Who knows?" SO TOMORROW EDDIE gets back from his vacation and we start cleaning and repairing traps, a job 1 don't take kindly to, but what the hell, maybe this season I'll make enough to make a down payment on my own boat. Finest Wine Selection On The Island Offering Highest Quality Wines At Every Price Level. Over 40 Different Types Of Cheeses And Fresh Pates HORS D'OEITVRES TRAYS AND GIFT BASKETS Made To Order With Imported Cheeses, Meats, Caviar, Pate Monday-Saturday 10-6 , Sears Plaza 294-8887 • TOM'S MOM'S ' - Cheese & Wine ..- FIRST FEDERAL URGES ALL TO VOICE CONCERN OVER FEDERAL DEFICIT FIRST FEDERAL of the Florida Keys President, Robert A. Dion, today urged everyone to write their congressman and senators and demand that action be taken now to end the mounting federal deficits. He said if individual letters could not be written, anyone can come into any First Federal office and sign a petition voicing concern about the problem. Dion pointed out that current deficits of $200 billion annually are rising, and if they are not dealt with and stopped, the way of life as we know it will be seriously impaired. "CONGRESS AND THE Administration have to quit bickering and roll up their sleeves and go to work on this (the deficit). . One party has to quit blaming the other. It doesn't matter any more who caused it, because it's been happen- ing for many, many years. It just so happens it caught up with us in the .1980's. What matters is how it was caused and what to do to stop it once and for all", said Dion. Today's national debt is figured at $1.4 trillon and the annual interest costs on that debt alone are $130 billion. The interest costs are actually rising at a rate faster than the debt itself. LARGER AND LARGER government borrow- ing to fund the deficit will "crowd out" private borrowers, according to Dion. Loss of confidence in the U.S. economy could cause foreign investors to pull capital, out, worsening the credit squeeze. Finally, interest costs alone could rise to where the government would be unable to finance them and would have to "print" money, leading to hyper-inflation. "If that happens, we'll be in an economic mess that may never be solved. The deficit problem is very real and the financial well-being of all Americans is threatened. I cannot say enough how important it is for citizens to fully take immediate action to stop the problem," said Dion. I 1 1 Northern Italian Cuisine 615 Duval Street, Key West 294-6565* SOME by GIL RYDER THE MONTH OF MAY i s not too ear ly to s t a r t t h i n k i n g se r ious ly about November in an election year. As we get closer to Election Day, we will find ourselves targets of rhetoric concerning the presidential candidates. Every sneeze or t r ip to the bathroom by a presidential candidate will somehow be worked up into exciting headline material. LIVING RELATIVES of the candidates will be drawn out of the woodwork and the sdead will be resurrected to be glorified or vilified for our entertainment. Presidential campaigns have become long-drawn-out soap operas, with the same hypnotic effect as commercial soaps. Presidential campaign soap operas are very effective - at least to the extent that practically every American (and many non- Americans) over the age of ten know the names of the candidates and will have chosen a favorite long before November. THE PRESIDENTIAL campaign soaps are a good thing inasmuch as they cause a large segment of the American voters to maintain an interest in one part of their government, at least until election day. Unfortunately, there is a side effect that is not so good: many citizens only come out to vote in a presidential election but they will also vote in whatever local election happens to be on the ballot at that time, even though they have taken no interest in the local candidates or local issues. THREE COUNTY COMMISSION seats are up for e lect ion or r e -e l ec t ion this coming November. Each of us should now be taking a very close look at the three incumbents. We should be carefully studying t h e i r past act ions. Was the removal of Commissioner Harvey as Mayor a wise and well considered decision or was i t immature spi te work on t h e part of other Commissioners? Was the se l ec t i on of Commissioner Sorensen as Mayor a wise move, improving the dignity and p u b l i c image of the County Commission? Have the incum- bents, in your opinion, made s a t i s f a c t o r y decisions in the i r appointments t o t h e Zoning Board and the Board of Adjustment? Do you even know who serves on the Code Enforcement Board? The Commission sea t s now held by Commissioners Harvey, Hernandez, and Sorensen are open for e lec t ion t h i s year. Do you wish to return any or a l l of them to office? Why, or why not? What non- incumbents would you l ike to see running for any or a l l of these offices? DO YOU REALLY KNOW the pos i t i on of - any County Commission candidate, incumbent or not, concerning housing development in. the Keys? What i s your posi t ion on housing development in the keys? Which candidate WILLIAM FLEMINGHOUSE AN HISTORICALLY SENSITIVE RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM - RESTORATION IN OLD TOWN Select from a limited edition of distinctive and spacious one and two bedroom residences in the conch-style tradition • Sleeping Lofts That Enlarge Living Space ® 14 Foot High Exposed Wood Ceilings • Wrap-Around Balconies, French Doors •' Air Conditioning and Ceiling Fans • Complete Appliance Package • Secluded Pool and Cabanas • Off-Street Parking • Walking Distance to Everything • Priced from $159,000 • Ideal Corporate Retreat 800 FLEMING STREET 296-3143 22 comes nearest to sincerely agreeing with your ideals? Will that candidate, if elected, stand fast or wil l he or she be cowed by lawyers and vote against your best interests? THESE ARE MATTERS to be given very serious consideration - now - not on some future "Candidates Night," when time i s short, speakers nervous and trying hard to "be a l l things to a l l people." The horrid fears of "Great Depression" and 'touclear Holocaust" may never be real ized, but "Uncontrolled Development" (look around you at a l l the Keys) is here and now. The plans are made, the bulldozers are working or waiting in the wings. THE COUNTY COMMISSION has the power and the authority to protect us from the ravages of the "Development Holocaust" but that protection will never materialize unt i l and unless the voters take i t upon themselves to elect Commissioners who are ready, willing and able to give that pro- tection, who will not behave l ike timid mice when some lawyer says, "We'll sue." DUE TO THE presidential election, there will be an upsurge in reg is t ra t ion drives and "Get out and vote" a c t i v i t i e s , with most of the effort directed toward the election of one..or the other of the final presidential candidates. Those spending their time, energy and money on national elections should be respected for the work they do, but, a t the same time, we should real ize that those honorable efforts are obscuring our very important local elect ions. NATIONAL ELECTIONS are extremely important to a l l of us. Those whom we elect , not only to the presidency, but to the Congress, may well be instrumental in leading us to peace and prosperity or to the horrors and devastation of war. Surely, we a l l recognize the v i t a l import-" ance of choosing wisely in national elect ions. WHY, THEN, should we spend our time and energy learning about our candidates for local office? If, while you are read- ing t h i s , a l l the Florida Keys sank beneath the sea, taking about 60,000 residents with them, i t would not be a matter of v i t a l importance to America as a whole, and, probably, inconsequential to the world in general. After a l l , in America, we k i l l 50,000 people a year with automobiles and who cares? However, we care what happens to us. Since there i s l i t t l e likelihood of the Keys suddenly slipping beneath the waves with a l l on board, perhaps we can pay some at ten t ion to local government and the serious local problems that confront us. LOCAL GOVERNMENT should be recognized as the County Commission and the City Commissions within the County. These are the l eg i s l a t ive bodies that make the rules control l ing our behavior and the environment in which we l ive . Other par ts of government are also very necessary and very important - the courts and pol ice , e t c . , but - i t ' s the legislat ive bodies tha t write the rules that affect our l ives and our surroundings every day. We should a l l take a tremendous interest in the individuals elected to serve on those Commissions. WE CANNOT FOREVER run to Tallahassee for protect ion. We must learn to protect ourselves through our County Commission., by making sure tha t we have five commis- sioners who can do the job and who wil l do the job. THE DEPARTMENT of Community Affairs recently issued a multi-paged document, p a r t i a l l y en t i t l ed "Principles for Guiding Development." Various c i t izens studied the document and responded in writing. One ci t izen discovered a major flaw in th is document and wrote as follows: "THE CONCEPT OUTLINED In t h e document before me is completely acceptable; however, it would be the acme of naivete on my part if I did not com- ment on the statement appearing on page 3: 'To effectively and equitably accomplish such purposes these rules should be implemented by local govern- ments through1 (existing) administrative processes consistent with the comprehensive plan. These processes (should) shall be strengthened to the end that local government is able to achieve the purposes herein stated without the continuation of the designation of area of crit ical state con- cern. All existing rights of private property should be preserved in accordance with the con- stitution of the State of Florida and the United States." "That one statement completely emasculates the entire document, leaving us with what is simply another version of 'Alice in Wonderland.' "EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE processes are, beyond question, the root of all the evils that beset the Keys. These processes should not be strengthened, but rather eliminated, and new, ironclad procedures should be established. "Local government, obviously and historically, has had no desire to 'achieve the purposes herein stated'. "LOCAL GOVERNMENT has shown, beyond question, that i t firmly and sincerely believes that what, in my opinion, is totally destructive development, is excellent constructive, economic progress for the Keys. Local government cannot conceive of anything more beautiful than covering the Keys with monstrous tenement houses and multilane highways. "I would question whose laywers will Inter- pret the Constitution of the State of Florida and the United States concerning the 'existing rights of private property'. "ME. PATTISON, I submit that the statement I find objectionable completely nullifies the otherwise totally acceptable body of the document before me, leaving us exactly where we were, with the developers going through their histrionic battles with government red tape and ultimately doing as they damned well intended to in the first place." (The signature is omitted to save the signer harassment.) •Tl KeYWCSTfSPR€MICReenT€RT/linM€riTSPOT—SCHCDULS FOR , MdY 5: G/tTO MRDIGRI SUNDAY, f W 6 AW 13: SONS Of1 CRCrfTIOM (kCGGAC) SdTURDrtV, M4Y 12; BR£dK'DANCING COMTGST (PRIZGS!) MOMMY, MdV 14: ORWNDO MAL€ R£MI€W (WDieS* MIGH-T) W€DN€SDdY, ( W 16: TH-C MND, PGRfORMIhG "BIG PINK11, MG • Am "me MIGHT TKCY DROVIC OLD DIXIG DOWM" SUWAW, mw 2O, FIRST WTIN SHOW, "JOS€ JOS£" WITH- SPGCI/1L GU€ST A. WMTNGY BROWN - SUMDdY, MrfY 27: "COM€DY MIGHT" M/4CK & )AM€ LN€! DONT MISS me "new MG", STOAUD 9 P.M. TO 3 A.K 597 DUVML STRGGT / OLD TOWN INFO: 294-5246 MemneRSfflP dVMiw&Le fon ReDuceD c o o / I.D. RequiReMCNT, 19 veaiis OLD THE LETTER indicates what many believe, that even with the State getting involved, the developers are ultimately in control. Only the County Commission can slow down the juggernaut and this underscores the importance of having strong commissioners. THINK ALSO ABOUT your financial con- tributions to the campaign funds of your favorite local candidates. Try to recognize an unpleasant fact of political life: Elections are not won - they are purchased. The candidates who can spend the most money on advertising, parties, cookouts, etc., have a decided edge over the candidate with insufficient funds. TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, let's say we have in Monroe County two well-known politicians. To preserve their anonymity, let's just call them Willy and Billy. Willy and Billy are greatly respected for their honesty, integrity, ability and their public and private behavior. Therefore, they should be unbeatable in an election, right? Wrong! A completely unknown candidate could easily defeat Willy or Billy simply by outspending them by fifty thousand dollars. THINK ABOUT ALL these factors during the summer - not in November. 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I hear'the gulls cry sadly overhead Cold rain is falling in the glen The trees are dark, the vision fades The sun, the Keys,...,and I'm back here again. Netannls Kline '-tjoute $o/t denini M ectfte ISLAND DENTAL ASSOCIATES Dr. Bill Goldner Dr. Mel Eaton 1721 Flagler Avenue / 294-6696 Call us for a cosmetic consultation and learn what new bonding techniques can do for your smile. Genera! and preventive services are available Evenings and Saturdays for your convenience. CHOICE OF CREPES LOCAL SEAFOOD STEAKS BOUILLABAISSE SNAPPER GOURMET BEEF WELLINGTON LEG OF LAMB BEER AND WINE l&ztio- or- f/.-SO eo-2:SO tf.-3O to- /O:SO /S4 IN STOCK! Ready to use this weekend! FORELLEII INFLATABLE KAYAK LO.A. 12' Beam 2'3" Weight 26 lbs. Capacity 660 lbs. Boat $450, Sail Kit $235 SAME $85 NOW QNL VILLAGE MARINE Foot of Margaret St., #7 Lands End Village Key West, Florida (305)294-0580 24 ARTIST WAREHOUSE We feature: • Wood and metal custom framing • Museum quality board • Unique gallery featuring local artists ? • Pickup and delivery service WE'VE MOVED FROM CHARLES ST. TO OUR NEW LOCATION — 814 DUVAL ST. — TO BETTER SERVE YOU Summer Hours 12-6Mon.-Fri. 294-7141 Haitian ktzt. Co. Open every day 10:30 to 6:00 600 FRANCES ST. • 296-8932 NO ONE IS WORKING HARDER FOR THE ART COMMUNITY THAN WE ARE Unlimited Selection Custom Framing Original Art Prints & Posters 1114 TRUMAN AVE. • 296-2606 ALUMINUM FIGURE WITH TRIANGLE by JOHN MARTINI LUCKY STREET G A L L E R Y COhfEMPORARY ARTS AND CRAFTS 322 MARGARCT ST. / KEY WEST, FL 33040 / (305) 294-3973 HoppiNCj PEOPLE BUY paintings because they 1) Match the wallpaper 2) Remind them of their childhood 3) Were informed this or that artist meant instant oil-wells. 4) Love at first sight 5) Are like me, insatiably greedy and I conclude everyone is right; paintings either join your decor or lick it; or they are it, with overtones of childhood, first love and greed. BUY A PAINTING this May. * * * * * * * * BARON: Jack and Bob are on the college's Far East Tour until the end of May, leaving gallery-sitter Richard Garland glued to their phone, so make rendez-vous 294-3629. 802 Truman. MOIRA is taking her first holiday in five years, though I don't envy her. She's moving. Next season she'll have air conditioning and a brand new address with no restaurant next door. While re- locating Moira may sublet me La Chapelle's nude (see Snl arss Hi 1 J, last month) . OVER AT FARRINGTONS, 711 Duval, Ned emphasizes frames, frames on woodcuts by Frank Balbontin and Mario Sanchez and for May particularly, Skipper (Van der Linden) watercolours. * * * * * * * * I COULDN'T GET any star billing out of East Martello, but was assured that 'from May 1st - 24th Florida Keys Water- color Society is showing guess-what. This is a beautiful out-of-town museum doing their schtick by the airport. * * * * * * * * GET OVER TO Lucky Gallery before the 5th if you like photography: Fibben is the local boy, also Cardenas, Hatfield, Hawkins, Laessig and Lefcort. The 9th of May a one-man by popular Florida hyper- real - watercolorist Walter Rockwood Ferris of Miami Lakes Crackers' dinner club fame, or see Coconut Grove's Bistro. Large, real, unwatercolor-like. * * * * * * * * LACY GALLERY frankly needs money and is launching a price war for May on im- ported contemporary silkscreens and lithos. Top quality for peanuts, or at least Paris prices of two and three years ago. Hurry on down, you can practically write your own deal. No trade-ins, but we do finance. Whitehead and Petronia, except Sundays. As for "those" legs, yes Claire will be in shorts all month long. * * * * * * * * by GORDON LACY X-RATED: Guilberte Sweeney, Art Modern Gallery at 516 Amelia, has sculpted an ex-voto. that will never see the inside of any church I know, and boxes of aspara- gus, asparagusses?? Aspargi? Aren't they aspargl? What: Why, they're, they're... eeki r FARRINGTGN R GALLERIES PRINTS PAINTINGS CUSTOM FRAMING ARTIST MATERIALS 711 DUVAL ST • 294-6911 FREE PARKING IN REAR contemporaiy art • paintings • lithographs imported lithos and silkscreens at drastic may sale! european antiques • china • paintings • curiosities FINE CONTEMPORARY AND TRIBAL ARTS 25 PAMPER YOURSELF with new or antique wicker furniture at reasonable prices from the WICKER WORKS 812 Duval St. - 294-9977 Expert Repairs Available |p||^^||| iiilliiiilii ******** IN THE 800 BLOCK of Duval, first Jordan's will show his stock of modern lithographs all summer, plus great dinners hour 6:30 P.M. amid Key West's glamorous in-set. Then Karen's Artists Warehouse. Watch it, she'll frame you, and next door Claud and'Carole's Croissants de France because his chocolate cake belongs in any art column. His croissants do too, but by now everyone knows them. * * * * * * * * AT 600 FRANCES, the Haitian's 2-day November sale for the benefit of Wesley House was such a staggering Macy's base- ment success that Ruth's repeating it: a spring cleaning sale, dates to be announced, for the gallery's benefit this time. Dudley will be in Mexico, but says most works will be reduced and one whole room at 50% off, so the locals will have a chance to stock up. * * * * * * * * THE GINGERBREAD is switching to summer rhythm in May, opening Wednesday through Sunday, featuring its stable: Kiraly, Franke, Terry, Biondi, Van Eno, Salinaro, Hays, Hatchett, demons, Shaw, and again Terry because I have a thing about her. Fred Gros, 901 Duval, is settling into the Wednesday-Sunday routine too. From April 27 - 18 May his show is called Artists Make Faces, featuring portraits by Fred himself, Hal Moore, masks and pastels by Laurie Tanner, Craig Kraft of Minneapolis, Stuart Vaughan - portraits of friends - and a brand new self port- handpainted fabrics & gifts 814 fleming/294-7901 rait by Alice Terry that I hear is extra- ordinary and makes a visi t here mandatory. This i s Fred's f irst show on a theme and he is planning a series. After the 18th of May, his stable of artists. My particular item of the month is to be found at Fred's: Ron Van Balens's multicolored 6 foot stepladder that in one easy motion folds into a pole, irresistible. * * * * * * * * I AM VERY GLAD to announce that the directors of the Founders' Society, TWFAC, have had the glorious good sense to elect Mary Goodwin to the board. Mary is an artist and a perfectionist and her qualities will upgrade Key West on all fronts. * * * * * * * * SANDFORD OF SIGN of SanJford on Simonton across from the post office was hand paint- ing an industrial sized canvas awning when I popped in the other day, mauve and green. She's a painter who has turned to fabrics; s i lks , cottons, from scarves to cushions to dresses, nothing daunts Sandford. She's enthusiasm i tse l f and delighted to show visitors her atelier. * * * * * * * * This month's a r t i s t i c hurrahs to La Te Da's decor for Easter day's wild low down elegant do-it-yourself maaad tea dancing orgy. Just plain great. Effort pays. * * * * * * * * BETTY WILLIAMS i s commendable for Bodywork in Key West SOJTJO Neuro Muscular Integration is a body/'mind process for people who want to: • Open Their Awareness • Be more Creative & Self-Reliant • Reduce Chronic Pain • Feel mere Sensually Alive • Experience Loss Stressful Tension • Look Trimmer & Feel More Energy Dale G. Alexander, MA Counseling Certified Soma Practitioner Kisy West Chiropractic Clinic 3401 FTagSer Ave., Key Wed 296-5626 or 296-7339 her efforts on behalf of the old peoples Hospice, a good buffet donated by almost every thinkable restaurant in minute quantities. I guess they fel t you eat . less as you age. Not the case. Let us hope the auction brought in lots of dollars. I was sure the man in front of us in the roast beef line was a p ro tes t - ing vegetarian. He wouldn't advance. But I tuned in and he was saying, and loudly, "I write under the name of J.D. Swift and I am a pro-euthanasia ag i t a to r . " That should wow 'em back in the Hospice. . . * * * * * * * * GUILD HALL GALLERY, 614 Duval, is literally a guild owned and operated by twelve (God, there go my Sundays) artists with look! No boss. The word over there is 3 new "dynamic medias" : Ralph Freer - wood sculpture, Adolf Guoinski - photo- graphs and Judi Bradford, who also reigns at Lizard Licks in Key Lime Square and is into soft sculpture. * * * * * * * * MICHAEL Haykin's show is long over: the melody lingers on... * * * * * * * * AND KEY WEST'S First Lady of Art, Marion Stevens, is in Europe, back for Red Barn's 26 May "Show Biz Ball." She's checking up her health, checking out a r t - is t s and museums. She's preparing a big benefit bash on June 10th for Key West/ Haiti Aids Research featuring "Some of the Best of Haiti." _ SAVE Z0-507. CALVIN KLEIN ROSE-MARIE REED . £ V # * <£p* . AILEEN YSL BBfc BROOKS SUNCHASER CASUALS L hBRAND &AME LEISURE WEAR 3 7 2 0 N. ROOSEVELT BLVD. "PERRY'S PLAZA" 294-7665 MILE. PICKER S'4. OPEN? SATURD JSAWEEK Y LUNCH 808 DUVAL • KEY WEST • 296-5858 i i i Ia li 26 TIIE CHEAT GRANT by AEDEN SOLOVY WILL THE CONSTRUCTION of a cruise port at Mallory Square - and the sub- sequent arrival "of large cruise ships - "change scenic views or vistas from ex- isting residential areas or public lands or roads"? That is one of several questions posed to the City of Key West in its application for a $750,000 Community Development Block Grant to build a cruise port at Mallory Square. And if you answered "yes" to that question, you disagree with the city. The grant - authored by Bob Bensko, city grants writer, and signed by Richard Heyman, mayor - claims that there will be no changes in scenic views from public lands. Never mind that the view of the Gulf is scenic. Never mind that Mallory Square is public land. Never' mind that this is one of the most popu- lar places for seeing the Gulf. THE WHOLE THING is rather confusing, really, and includes several misrepre- sentations and oddities. For example: - The document unanimously approved by the city commission was less than one-quarter the total grant application. At a meeting January 30th, the com- mission approved an 18-page application. The application which was submitted was more than 80 pages long. - The application which the com- What is the difference between a bulldozer and a computer? Nothing! equipment-you * " ^ If your company is looking for new equipment - any kind of need to talk to The Marine Bank. We can offer you some very compelling arguments why leasing ratherthan buying can provide a rewarding new approach to equipment financing. Your company can get that expensive piece of equipment you need to generate higher sales volume without having to wipe out your cash reserves. For credit worthy customers, leasing offers virtually 100% financing with The Marine Bank's competitive rates and flexible terms. And, you get all of the benefits offered by the manufacturer's warranties, guarantees and service plans. 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However, the final application sent to the state claims that the new cruise port would NOT change a scenic view. - One section of the application, titled Private Housing Market Fair Housing Action Plan, stated that the city "successfully acquired large Environmental Protection Agency grants to build a sewage treatment plant." Grants? What grants have we received? - That same section touts the city's Resource Recovery Facility. The grant application states: "The city has, in the past year, with U.S. Navy assistance, constructed a Resource Recovery Facility to process solid waste and recover a reusable resource soil. The development of this facil- ity will not only relieve environmental constraints to expansion in housing and industry, but will provide val- uable fill soil material for this island city." In reality, that facil- ity never worked properly. In fact, it is no longer used by the city. It was constructed long before "the past year," and current plans call for sel- ling the equipment. - The application claims that•the city is helping low - and moderate - income families through support for affordable housing on the surplus Navy land to be developed by the Redevelop- ment Agency. However, current R.D.A. plans call for no low-income housing on the property. (There are plans for moderate-income housing.) The city commission has not addressed this issue recently. - , • - Two public hearings were held on the proposed application, with both advertised in the Key West Citizen. Yet,- the city's first advertisement failed to mention that the grant ap- plications under consideration would •include a cruise port at Mallory Square. - The application asks the city: "Will this affect use of a recreational area?" The city answered "no." In &. 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J*f> 28 support of that answer, the application includes a l e t t e r from the Bahama Cruise Line which plans to send the S/S Bermuda Star as well as the S/S~Vera Cruz into Key West. The let ter states that "the company agrees to depart from Mallory Dock 45 minutes prior to sunset as stipulated by the dock master." The- statement, however, confirms that the Mallory Square sunset act ivi t ies will become subordinate to the cruise ship and departure. (The statement also affirms that the view from Mallory Square will be al tered by the cruise ships.) THE KEY WEST Cultural Preservation Society, led by Karen and Richard Bertocci, has spearheaded a quiet cam- paign to bring these points before Bensko, the mayor, and many top state off icials who will be deciding on this grant. Among those who have received ei ther v i s i t s or letters from the Bertoccis are: Gov. Bob Graham, Lt. Gov. Wayne Mixon, the state Department of Community Affairs, the Monroe County State Attorney's Office, Bensko, and Heyman. "We're for the cruise ships," said Richard Bertocci. " I t ' s a nice al ternat ive to coming to Key West by car. But we don' t think enough con- sideration has been given either to th i s application or to other possi- b i l i t i e s for cruise ship dockage." THE BERTOCCIS WERE angered by the lack of information made available to them before the second public hearing. - Karen explained that she made repeated trips to see Benkso; Roy Grant, the federal programs coordinator; and Josephine Parker, the city clerk. She was finally able to get a copy of this proposal at the library hours before the hearing. "We were denied part icipation," Karen •said. "I went many times looking for .information and was turned away." MEANWHILE, COMMISSIONER GEORGE' Hal loran, who voted for the c r u i s e ship g r a n t , has sent a memo t o the mayor and o the r commissioners q u e s - t i on ing why the commission did n o t have the entire grant application for consideration and raising some of the same concerns as the Bertoccis . "The completed copy, provided to us a week after the submission deadline, has been changed in at least one instance from the copy we voted on. This was done without the authorization of the commission," Halloran wrote. He added, "If I had to vote on t h i s application today, I would vote no." STRANGEST OF ALL on this appl i - cation, comes the answer to t h i s question: "Will the overall project significantly affect existing public services and faci l i t ies?" Let ' s see: a 25,000 ton cruiseship w i l l dock at Mallory Square; new f a c i l i t i e s will have to be bui l t , like a customs area, a storage area, and a Buggybus Depot (for Conch Tour Trains or the Old Town Trolley) because the contract with Ed Swift's company states "the City shall designate a depot area imme- diately adjacent to the landing site ox cruise ships or their tenders on City-owned property"; and there has been no impact study on the sale of l i t - erally hundreds of thousands of gal- lons of water to the sh ips . Will that significantly affect Mallory Square, a public property zoned for general public use? Well, you guessed i t , the city says "no." Editor's note: On April 18 the Florida Department of Commerce sent a letter to the City of Key West approving the Mallory Dock grant application. The full $750,000 was awarded to the city. Mayor Richard Heyman said that the dock construction will begin as soon as possible with completion slated for October or November. Heyman said "Key West is high on the list of (state) prior- ities" and he expects the state to approve similar grants in the future. "a heart's delight' An Asian Restaurant &. Teahouse Serving Pan-Asian Cuisines Featuring Whole &. Natural Foods Chinese Beer &. Wines Available Lunch 11:30-4:00 Dinner 6:00-11:00 ~- DIM $UM EXPRESS - Deliveries in Old Town 613 Duval (Rear) • Key Lime Square ® 294-6230 Mastercard 8* Visa Accepted Fktterns for your Gfe Our patterns of tableware are as individual as your personality. They set the mood and create the atmosphere which helps to make your house a home. We have informal as well as formal patterns of china, silver and crystal for every personality and for every budget. WE SIMM JEWIUR iQO Bnval liriit AMERICAN OEM S Registered Bridal Consultant-Member National Bridal Service THE RED BARN $ THEATRE i- "" presents A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE A Drama by Arthur Miller MAY 2-MAY 22 • SHOWS: WED -SUN. CURTAIN- 8:30 P.M. CALL 296-991 i FOR RESERVATIONS BOX OFFICE OPEN 12-5 EXCEPT MONDAYS 319 DUVAL STREET fREAR) Whose WERE T(IE BONES ON TIIE ISIE OF BONES? HERE IS a new twist to the stories of how Key West got its Spanish name of Cayo Hueso — the Isle of Bones: a novel by H. Warner Munn called Merlin's Godson (Ballantine, 1976) . AFTER THE fall of King Arthur, Merlin the Wizard and a British-Roman centurion flee the Saxon invasion, sailing for the Blessed Isle that Brandon of Ireland had discovered. They find it and tarry awhile among the natives, who call their home Cubanacan. It is Cuba. Merlin and the centurion venture to Alata — North America — unite the east- ern Indian tribes into the Longhouse of the Five Nations, ally them with the Azteca of the southwest, and drive the hated Mias (Mayas) from power. Merlin dies, and the centurion is accepted by the natives as a god. He writes an account of his adventures, seals it in a bronze cylinder, and sends his son Gwalchmai— Merlin's godson — to inform the emperor of Rome of the kingdom the centurion has conquered in his name. It is 616, 40 years after the fall of the . Roman Empire, which news has not reached by RICHARD MARSH the ears of the centurion. GWALCHMAI sails from the mouth of the Misconzebe (Mississippi) and follows the Florida coast, landing at an unnamed island (which turns out to be Key West) to hunt and take on water. Fishlike creatures, more than animal but not human, with,webbed, clawed feet, slaughter the entire crew except Gwalchmai. Using a magic spell and powder of Merlin's, Gwalchmai exterminates the creatures, known as Piasa to the Indians. Their bones and the bones of Gwalchmai's crew litter the island. In the struggle the bronze cylinder is lost. "After the hurricane which swept Key West almost bare," Munn's narrative goes, "a cylinder of bronze, green with verdigris and thinned by the years, was dug out from coral and debris by a vet- eran engaged in the work of reconstruction. The cylinder is taken to a museum and opened. The story is read and commented tipon. The finder explains to the museum curator how Key West got its name. "When the Spaniards discovered the island, it was covered with skeletons FLORIDA KEYS FIRST STATE BANK The Leader in meeting ALL your banking needs ! '24 - HOUR - SUNSHINE' automatic teller HONOR, M revolution in Florida oanking. 1201 Simonton St., Key West Ph: 296-8535 OFFICES: FDKl Mile Marker 97.7 Key Largo Ph: 852-2070 N.A.S. Boca Chica Ph: 296-3561 . Ext. 2190 29 where a battle had been fought. So many were there that they called it Cayo de los Huessos (Island of the Bones) , which * was Englished as Key West. Suppose that those bones were the remains of the ship's crew, sent with the message..." THEY SPECULATE on Gwalchmai's fate, which they will never know, since "that was a thousand years ago,'.' Munn knows, though, that Gwalchmai's further adven- tures make up the rest of Merlin's Godson and a 1974 book called Merlin's Ring. The first part of the book was pub- lished serially in Wierd Tales in 1939, so the finding ©f the bronze cylinder in Key West may have been inspired by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. But that hurricane spared Key West and found its way into literature as the hurricane , which washed over Matecumbe Key and swept "800" people out to sea, according to the story told to Johnny Rocco in Maxwell Anderson's play (later a movie) Key Lavgo. 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More romantic theoris ts l ike to think of a last stand by the.Calusas, slaughtered by Seminoles who were pushed from the mainland of Florida by the incursion of European set t lers . ' ' If there were no bones, where does Key West's name come from? How about Cayo Oeste (l i terally Key West), another early name for the island? Oeste (west) sounds more like West than hueso (bone) does, and is a more natural name for the westernmost key in the chain. BUT SUCH an unexciting derivation will never sell books and t i t i l l a t e tour- i s t s . Key West will remain the Isle of Bones, and we romantics and arm-chair swashbucklers will continue to hear in our imaginations the battle cries of the Seminoles and the death shrieks of the Calusas, unmuted by the intervening centuries and the lack of evidence. A SPECIAL KIND OF DAY 12/10/83 It started to rain just after midnight, like Buckets of water it fell from the sky, The lightning was flashing, the thunder would follow The wind kept a howling its cry. The house moved a little, it shivered each time The water like walls hit the sides I layed in bed listening to noises I heard Half asleep, but awake, so alive. By half light of dawn I dressed and departed, the Warmth and the comfort of home. I got on my bicycle, rode through the puddles And felt all the raindrops alone. When. I reached my boat I started the pump, The water was over my shins The day was beginning, the clouds "raced Away, the rain soon became just a mist. As the sun rose up higher, its great ball of „ Glory, soon dried all the skys oer head And a new day was christened and cleansed By the rain drops, as nature got up from its bed. by Jimmie Joe Gibson In the dawn dreary dark in the space before sun a dragonfly beats on my screen, trapped between uneasy pale walls and morning. Not sleeping, I have waited, empty, for the stubborn signs of day: a sky less gray, the smell of fresh bread, sweet, from the bakery up the street. by Carol Shaughnessy The Bagatelle is closing May 14th and re-opening June 4th. We have had a great year, thanks to you. When we re-open it will be the start of our 5th year. Looking forward to even more fun and good friends. Thank You The Bagatelle Cew 3W££KS,W0ty' WHERE DO % no? . WHAT DO J DO?COOLD S 0 1 0 TdE ISLANDS,' -rf£ OTYt ? Mexican Food & Cocktails Open 12-12 Monday - Saturday 1-12 Sundays 50914 Duval 294-9215 REALTY WORLD OLD TOWN REALTY INC. 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He has brought into the light a new en- ergy born of the freedom inner strength and faith can manifest. Louis remembers himself as a "late bloomer." This was in part due to a childhood spent as a weak, skinny and sickly kid other kids picked on. "Even if the temperature got slightly cooler, I could feel it, especially in my feet. If it rained, I got sick," he remembers. THIS WAS PROBABLY a predisposition he inherited from his mother, who has always had a condition of weak legs. Mary Symonette has seen many doctors over the years, but without cure. The past 12 years she has been bedridden. Louis, who visits her daily, remarked, "It seems like she's been sick for 100 years." HIS FATHER'S ABSENCE during his childhood made Louis feel a great responsibility for his mother. Charles Knowles, a minister, preaches in the churchs of Miami nowadays. Years back, his church on Elizabeth Street rang with the singing and the praising of the Lord. Louis took the good and has recon- ciled what was not so good with that influence. "MY BELIEF IN the Lord is a main- stay. I let him direct me. He takes care of me and never gives me more than I can handle." Louis has thought of himself as a loner. However, his boss Captain Tony, mentioned, with a twinkle in his eye, "Ask him about his love life." To go on with the chronology of Louis' life, from the 7th grade on, lie ran away many times from truant officers. "It was easy. They couldn't catch me. Besides, I just got beat up too many times in school for being such a bag of bones...But, I survived!" THE MAN TODAY does not bring to mind such a child. "Mom wanted me to get back into school. But she was sick, and I was determined to be a provider." 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As a prisoner he reformed after the sobering experience of being locked up with those who "hated Blacks bad. Some of us got the whip for fighting back." This was at Marianna, Florida. When winters there got cold, his feet got frostbitten. He resolved at that time not to allow such circumstances again. HE HELPS THOSE in need whenever he can today, whether i t be distr ibu- ting gifts to children a t Christmas, or turkeys at Thanksgiving. We talk in the dim, early morn- ing light of Captain Tony's while he works cleaning up the bar. I t i s his work. He has done th is work' since '59. He also cleans at other spots around town, and without complaint. He's "cleaned up his ac t ," as well. HE CONTINUES HIS story of a young man who seven to eight years ago ended up with a bleeding ulcer and other physical impairments, due to the rigors of down town l i f e . Pulling himself up with the old determination was not so simple. But, Louis did i t . He picked up his l i fe like a rough stone he could polish. This was a creative act - re-creation. He transformed weaknesses into strengths, and shed his negative mode of l iving. TODAY YOU WILL notice a shining and a glowing quality about him. I t i s a happiness come of good health and well- being . STOP THEY'RE ALL AT THE: COFFEE ^BEANS 6\ HOSTESS BONDED FRUIT SHIPPER SPECIALTY FOOD ITEMS Cecils 611 DUVAL ST./296-6656 and took a long look deep inside. "Nothing in this one!" I shouted. "NOTHING, huh?" Charley answered. "NOT A THING," I said as I made my way back to the boat and jumped on board. Charley put the engine in reverse and gave it the throttle. The old boat didn't move. Charley gave it a little more juice. We still didn't move. Charley let out a few cuss words, then gave the engine full reverse. The old vessel shook and rattled and a lot of water was splashing up off the stern but the boat, like an old stubborn mule, didn't budge. We were jammed hard on the rock-like ooral. The tide moving out of the channel toward the ocean had pushed our old craft much further onto the coral than Charley had intended it to go - and the tide was getting stronger. "WHY DON'T YOU jump over and push against the bow while I give it the gas." Charley said. "Good idea," I thought. Anything to get out of there. I leaped back over the side and put my shoulder on the bow and strained. Charley gave it full reverse. Nothing. "Again 1" Still nothing. Not an inch. IT WAS JUST ABOUT then that a small runabout with a large outboard on its s^rn happened by and its young skipper was quite willing to give us a hand. We attached a line and the little boat ran up the channel. The line stretched tight. I pushed on the bow. Charley gave the engine the throttle. Nothing happened. The runabout was just too small to be of an real help but we kept trying. It was not long before a larger boat, a cabin cruiser, cruised by, saw what was going on and offered us assist- ance . We had it made now, two boats pulling, me straining on the bow, and Charley giving it the gas. EVERYBODY WAS READY. The towing lines were drawn tight. Everyone did his thing. Still the old vessel didn't budge. The Ernest HetniBigwcty Home and Mys@u§ti A Registered National Historic Landmark OPEN DAILY 9.-00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. 907 WHITEHEAD STREET KEY WEST, FLA. ADMISSION $2.50 CHILDREN $1.00 Covers One Acre Including Pool and Guest House BRING YOUR CAMERA 40 cabin cruiser began to pull harder against the outgoing tide. Harder. Then ulfexpect- antlv the taut rope snapped. What we needed was a stronger, heavier line. I found a few yards of heavy rope after searching in the storage area in the bow and the people in the cabin cruiser had a good length of yellow poly line. We tied them together and tried again. The small runabout with the big out- board and the cabin cruiser with the heavy rope attached began to pull again. I was standing in the water at the bow, straining, and Charley was at the throttle - cussing. IT WAS ABOUT this time when a handful of young Navy men who had been swimming at the old Boca Chica beach must have, noticed everything that was going on and were brave enough or crazy enough to swim about three- quarters of a mile across the channel in that strong current. Well, they all made it all right. The four young Navy men - out of breath - crawled up on the coral bank and every- body found himself a comfortable spot around the bow to push. The lines from the little runabout and the larger cabin cruiser went taut again; they were pulling hard. Me and the U.S. Navy had our shoulders agains_t the bow - pushing. And Charley had the throttle in full reverse - saying things that were unprintable. THE OLD BOAT shook. It rattled. The water coining out the stern was churning white...we felt a slight movement. "Let's go againl" Everyone, did his thing. Then, just as easy as you please, that stubborn old boat slid like hot butter back into the channel. EVERYBODY let out a cheer and a big grin spread over Charley's face. In fact he was so happy he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on and as the towing lines slackened Charley's boat took a sharp turn for shallow water once again. When it looked like the craft was about to settle broadside on the flats once more, Charley recovered just in time and nosed ISIS "one of a kind designs" Quality Costume Jewelry & Accessories Tailoring & Dressmaking Clothing Special Gifts Fabrics Greeting Cards Fine Art Cosmetology & Couture Consultation THE BEARDED IRIS "A year 'round Christmas Shop" PROPRIETORS William C. Sours and Richard S.Mundy 1207 DUVAL ST. / 294-0589 her out toward" the center of the channel. WE THANKED those people in the runa- bout and the cabin cruiser and they went on their way. The Navy boys scrambled aboard and we gave them a ride back to the beach on the other side of the channel. They jumped off and we continued happily out the channel once again. We planned to head out aways, then make a turn to get out of the direct flow of the current and cruise slowly (and this time more carefully),along the edge of shallower water. We never did make that turn. AS WE PROGRESSED into deeper water the engine began to sputter. The old motor coughed a few more times and stopped. While we drifted further with the strong current, Charley managed to start the engine several times but it only ran a moment or so and these attempts only succeeded in pushing us farther out from land into deeper water. The old engine coughed, rumbled and choked a few more times, then finally it died altogether. We were drifting dead in the water. Very quickly Stock Island and the beach at Boca Chica were becoming the distant horizon. We decided to throw the anchor before the old crate took a notion to drift to Cuba. The anchor took hold, and we sat quietly in the bright morning sun as the waves lapped gently against the sides of the boat. It was a beautiful day. The sky was a bright blue and the sun reflected off a blue-green sea. It was really kind of nice and peaceful. There were no boats around and none on the horizon. "IF ANYONE is looking at us from land they probably think we picked this spot to go fishing," I said. Charley didn't say anything; he had just taken the engine cover off, his head was down in there and he was cussing under his breath. By early afternoon Charley had tired of fooling with the engine and he was wash- ing down the deck with buckets of seawater and throwing away junk he had found in the bunk area near the bow. Finally his nervous energy ran out and he sat down on the rail of the boat near the steering wheel. I had been sitting at the.stern and looking down into the water with heavy eyelids. The hot afternoon sun and gentle movement of the sea had made me drowsy. There was really nothing we could do except wait for a pass- ing boat - we didn't have a radio to call for help. AS I GAZED DOWN into the crystal clear water something passed beneath the boat that opened my half shut eyes. It was a shark. In fact there were several sharks. A school of five or six sharks, light grey in color and four to five feet long moved menacingly back and forth through the shadow of our boat. To break the boredom and help pass the time we decided to try to catch one. We rigged up a line and found a few soggy shiners at the bottom of the ice in the fish box. By the time we found what we needed the sharks had swam away, but we figured they were still around. I slipped the bait on the hook and tossed the line in. The sun was really hot now and I could feel the sweat rolling down my fore- head as I waited for the line to sink and something to happen. A short time passed and I was about to doze off again when my line jerked hard. "HE'S GOT IT!" I said. Charley was standing over on the other side, his line lay limp in the water. "Pull it hard!" he shouted. "I want to give him plenty of slack", I answered. "You watch, he'll hook him- self." THE LINE TIGHTENED, then it shot away from the boat. I fed the fish more line and it kept going. Then, all of a sudden, a big five foot barracuda broke the surface and leaped wildly in the air, coming down with a tremendous splash. I started pulling fast on the handline, but the 'cuda had changed direction and was coming back - rushing the boat! I couldn't pull fast enough to keep the line tight. The torpedo- like fish shot back under the boat gaining enough slack in the line to free the hook. 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It was late afternoon now, the sun had worked its way across the sky and was drifting slowly towards the west. I looked out over the open water. There wera areas of dark blue where it was deep, with patches of grasses that reflected pale green and streaks of yellow where the shallow sand banks were. I noticed a couple of large spotted manta rays glide peacefully by near the surface. "YOU KNOW, CHARLEY," I said. "We could always swim in, it's only a couple of miles or so." "Yes, I've got some old life jackets in there." Charley nodded toward the storage area in the bow. THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT the sharks. But they were gone now. But they might come back. But they were small ones. But they might come back with a bigger one. I was hoping that we would make it back before night; people would start to worry about us. The sun was taking on that familiar reddish glow as it settled ever closer towards the west. With the fading light the sea began to lose its brillant colors and the whole ocean was turning a dark olive green. The wind had picked up some- what, producing a steady flow of small swells that rocked our boat slowly up and down. An eternity passed. FROM -OFF IN THE distance we heard a faint sound, the staccato putt, putt, putt of a small inboard engine. Off to the left, further out, we saw a small boat, its sides barely above the water, making its way toward Boca Chica channel. The craft was one of those antique round bottom Cuban boats like those that crossed the Gulf from Cuba with refugees during the early 1960's. "Hey:" Charley shouted, "that's Manolo. Oyel" Charley called. Manolo's little boat kept moving right along. Being quite a distance from us, with the angle it was heading and the noise from the engine, yoke, far 529 SOUTHARD ST. 296-2393 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE A church service full of stirring new ideas. (And warm, friendly people.) A Sunday School a place to grow A Reading Room full of revolutionary new ideas. (And helpful, encouraging books.) And a Wednesday testimony meeting where the healing power of these new-old ideas is told, and people can give their thanks to God. Now that we've introduced ourselves we'd love to have you come and share with us ... any time you can. First Church off Christ, Scientist 327 Elizabeth St. Sunday Service and Sunday School 10:00 a.m. (Infant care provided) Wednesday evening meetings 7:30 p.m. Reading Room open • in Church Building Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. All ara welcome 41 there was a good chance that Manolo would miss us. We started hollering and waving our arms. "Oye:" "Oyel" Then like some miracle the little vessel turned and made directly for us. WE BOTH HAD BIG SMILES on our faces as Manolo pulled along side. He seemed a bit perplexed with our cheerfulness, especially when we explained to him that our boat was broken down. "No go I" Charley said. "No anda, no anda," I said. "Motor roto; broke." "Ahh, no good. OK," Manolo said. He tossed us the end of a coil of rope. We tied on and after a little maneuvering we worked the anchor loose from the bottom. Manolo's little boat jerked out in front of us and our old tub, reluctant at first, was forced to follow. I SAT ON THE BOW and watched as the sun settled on the far horizon. The sea was dark now and the swells seemed larger. I watched as the tow line stretched tight between the two boats. The tow rope slack- ened, then fell beneath the waves. I •watched the heavy line repeat this movement, tightening and slackening, rising and fall- ing, again and again. We were heading back in. Our misadventure was almost over. We had run aground on a coral bank, lost engine power and drifted with the outgoing tide, bobbed helplessly for hours in the hot tropical sun, were eyed by a school of sharks, and rescued twice. Through all that we didn't get any lobsters,, but it didn't end all that badly - we. were on our way home. OUR HOURS BRUNCH 9 AM - 4 PM EVERY DAY OUR FAMOUS FOUR COURSE PRIX-FIXE DINNER MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 7 - 10 PM ORIENTAL CUISINE UPSTAIRS MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 4 PM - MIDNIGHT LA TERRAZA DE MARTI 1125 DUVAL 294-0344 42 EdlTORIAl BY BILL WESTRAY Pattison, are directed at the objectives of determining the capacities and future needs of the public service facilities. More particularly, they are directed at determining what and where the sensitive poundments), upland areas (tropical hard- wood hammocks, cactus hammocks, pinelands, sand dunes, beaches), endangered and threatened species habitats (American Crocodile, Key Deer, Eagle, Wood Rat, WE HAD occasion in the last week to listen to presentations by Lane Kendig and Charles Siemon, Monroe County planning consultants, as to their work and timetable for completing the new Monroe County Growth Management Plan. These'pro- fessional consultants along with various other subcontracted planning specialists, as well as the county planning staff under Jeff Doyle and Jerry Annis, will be carrying on intensive reviews and update of the County Comprehensive Plan ele- ments, and preparation of a new Land Use Plan and Map, that will guide and regulate furture growth in Monroe County. A FEW YEARS ago, Kermit Lewin and Hank Weinkam, after reviewing and summarizing all of the major development projects in process along with the old existing platted but dormant subdivisions, concluded that if there were a total buildout of all these projects, Monroe County popula- tion would increase to well over 300,000 persons, a four or fivefold increase.. Obviously, the County infra- structure - roads, electricity, waste disposal ,• ever water - could not support such a massive increase. The result was that the County Commission declared a moratorium on any more new development projects, until the current studies could be completed, and until the capa- city of the county to support future growth could be determined. THE CURRENT EFFORTS of the combined planning staffs, which includes resi- dent planners from the Florida Department of Community Affairs under Charles IF WE DESTROY THE NATURAL SYSTEMS, CLEAN AIR, AND CLEAR WATER THAT PEOPLE COME HERE TO ENJOY, WE WILL DESTROY THE BASIC ELEMENT OF OUR TOURIST ECONOMY. WE CAN'T "EAT OUR CAKE" AND SURVIVE ECONOMICALLY. natural environmental systems are located, what level of protection is required to protect the systems, and particularly, what revisions to land use concepts and guidelines need to be installed through zoning changes, zoning rollbacks, and simple rigid enforcement of existing laws, rules and guidelines. SOME OF THE natural systems that are being closely looked at are protection ,of the aquatic environment (beaches, clear water, coral reefs, seagrass beds, shallow flats, fish nurseries), the , wetlands (mangroves, transition strips,, fresh and salt water marshes and im- etc.). Review of old Plat Books in the Clerks Office reveals that many old sub- division plats were subdivisions in name only. They were created during previous land booms with little regard for the wetlands, hammocks, beaches, dunes, wild- life habitat, etc., that today we regard as critical areas, suitable for only limited, low intensity use if at all. Protecting these areas is vital to pro- tecting our tourist oriented economy. IF WE DESTROY THE NATURAL SYSTEM, CLEAN AIR, AND CLEAR WATER THAT PEOPLE COME HERE TO ENJOY, WE WILL DESTROY THE BASIC ELEMENT OF OUR TOURIST ECONOMY. We can't "eat our cake" and survive economically. DURING LANE Kendig's presentation at a recent Chamber of Commerce meeting in Key West, one of the lawyers in the audience kept pressing Lane to answer the question of how present property owners would be compensated for reduced expected use of their privately-owned lands under the "inverse condemnation" principle. Lane explained that they didn't ever ex- pect to resort to condemnation proceedings in land protection and acquisition. State, federal and private foundation funds have been made available for.nego- tiated purchase of wildlife refuge lands and considerable acreage has already been acquired by this method. It was felt that there where rollback of land use might occur because of lack of timely development by owners, entitlement to . compensation because of such reduced use would NOT result. Owners are entitled to SOME constructive use of their land, but are NOT guaranteed the right to fill wetlands and build the largest type ITALIAN RESTAURANT Pizza - Subs - Dinners ALL HOMEMADE SAUCES AND FRESH INGREDIENTS Breakfast served all day 294-8038 Open 7am till? PARTIES AND BANQUETS ON REQUEST HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY FROM 4 TO 6 ONLY ONE COUPON NEEDED PER PARTY (TO 6 PEOPLE) SPECIAL DIXIELAND MUSIC O N FRIDAY 8:00 PM TO •11:00 PM BREAKFAST Serving 8:00 a.m. to 42 Noon — Specials from 990 — Large- Patio and Inside Dining LUNCH Serving 12 Noon to 5 p.m. — Specials Every Day — DINNER Serving 5 p.m. to 12 Midnight — Fresh Seafood — Cuban, American and Mexican Food FOR RESERVATIONS 296-41 -11 ANGELA & DUVAL - 700 DUVAL STREET BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER SATURDAY LATIN DANCE FROM 10:00 PM TO I I I 1 1 COUPON THIS COUPON GOOD FOR 15% DISCOUNT ON ANY ENTREE COUPON GOOD UNTIL MAY 1, 1984 condominium or time share projects, or other intensive uses. In many cases speculative purchasers bought marginal or sensitive lands of questionable development potential; they had no guarantee that they would" be entitled to gross profit, nor even protected against major loss in such investments. THE PLANNERS expect to have draft plans ready to review and hearings in late June or July, and expect to have an approved Growth Management Plan in place by late October this year. We applaud and support their efforts, and. hope that this round of planning activity will lead to a long range plan that will guide and protect the quality of life and economic health of our county for the next decade. The planners will be preparing and circulating regular newsletters on their progress and interested persons may be placed on the mailing list by calling or sending their name and ad- dress to Patricia Wrenn, Monroe County Growth Management Team, Post Office Box 990, Key!West, Fl. 33041 (Phone 294- 2908) ' ' THE GIRL FRIDAY BOOKKEEPING & SECRETARIAL SERVICE All Typing Needs FAST .RELIABLE & EFFICIENT 25 Years of Experience Notary Public Copy Machine Available on Premises for Our Customers. 532 FLEMING STREET LOW RATES 296-9878 FREE PICKUP & DELIVERY / TEMPORARY HELP Get Away Memorial SPECIAL 4-DAY PACKAGE TO THE BAHAMAS : < includes v* Chartered flight from Key West > Three nights in a charming cottage s All meals e- Use of a Boston Whaler CALL BUBGE? ffiAVEL - 294-9531 1107 Key Plaza Shopping Center (across from Howard Johnson's) OPEN DAILY 7 DAYS A WEEK EVERYTHING FOR YOU Commercial 8t residential landscape design & maintenance Automatic sprinkler systems designed and installation > Tree trimming, pruning & removal v > Exotic & flowering ptants > Tropical & ornamental trees, shrubs & vines • Citrus & fruit trees, 37 varieties In stock • Palm trees, over 3O varieties in many sizes - • Hanging baskets • Interior plants & frees • Plant & tree rental • Certified Roratam lawns GARDEN CARE HEADQUARTERS • Full line of fertilizers, pesticides & insecticides Toro lawnmowere Green Machine products Potting soil - peat moss Treefem & orchid supplies Italian caly pots & ums Mulch, sand, rock & nuggets and much much much more 1319 WILLIAM STREET, KEY WEST • 296-5212 GREEN, PARROT BAR IIW • —II CORNER S O U T H A R D & W H I T E H E A D MORNING HAPPY HOUR AFTERNOON HAPPY HOUR j 10 - 1 DAILY 4 - 7 DAILY TALL BAR DRINKS S 1,50 DOMESTIC BEER $ .90 IMPORTS SI.25 LADIES NIGHT SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY ALL CREAM DRINKS S1.75 ALL BAR DRINKS $1.50 HAPPY HOUR ALL DAY SUNDAY ] NOW FEATURING PACKAGE GOODS / ICE WINE COLD BEER • I 296-9198 • * • 45 44 EASTER BAYVIEW PARK was once again alive with happy children and their parents enjoying yet another "Children's Easter Day." It took a combination of 4,000 colored eggs, live rabbits, decor- ated hats and more than 3,500 children but it was a great and glorious afternoon in the sunshine. Sponsored by First Federal of the Florida Keys, Burger King and Old Town Trolley, "Children's Easter Day" enables families to partake in fun activities together. TO START OFF the afternoon of activities there was ths "decorated hat parade." Children of all ages created works of art from ordinary hats. This year the grand prize winner was Jimmy McErlain with his creation "Captain Candy," a hat covered with multi-colored jellybeans. Little' "Brandon" with his creation "Mr. Easter Bunny" came in second. And little "Cassandra" came in third with her "Easter Day" hat. Then it was into the egg hunt. First Federal of the Florida Keys took on this particular event dividing it into four divisions. Eggs were hidden everywhere but the many children hunt- ing for eggs found them all. There were eggs filled with prizes and hard boiled eggs, and to the surprise of a chosen few, there were eggs filled with money. Prizes were awarded for the child find- ing the most eggs in his or her division. MEANWHILE, the judges were having a difficult time deciding just who should be awarded the prizes for the "best decor- ated eggs". Some of the winners are as follows: Heather Jeffries, Sonny Ray Benson, Mandy Sequeira, Loren Craig, Desdree Blais, Karen Beal, Doyle Miller, Tina Warren, Jennifer Lee, with the Over- The winners all Grand Winner Niko Keonane and her egg "Princess Di." The' Best Decorated. Egg Contest was organized by Wesley House; their staff was responsible for the fine participation in this year's event. IT WAS NOW TIME for the "World's Great Rabbit Race." The people from Burger King worked on this event, organ- izing the "heats" so that rabbits could be qualified for this thrilling event. Tension mounted, rabbits were made ready, it was time for the starting whistle! Following the first qualification races these were the trainers with rabbits who qualified for the final race: Lori Waite, Donna Brown, Kim Phillipps, Ed Swift III; Amanda Horan. They prepared their rabbits for'the final award winning heat, they were off... stopping, starting, washing their little faces, driving their trainers mad. DONNA BROWN and her rabbit "Rapid" were declared the "World's Most Rapid KEY WEST FLORIST 294-5501" Ke\\ Plaza Shopping Center (Formerly Dennis Florist) Develop your own system utilizing our natural resources. Resource combines affordable TROPICflL WOOD HOUSES with self-sufficient Living systems alternatives in energy, water conservation & purification, and on-site waste management model at 25O9 N. Roosevelt Blvd.' 296-9897 ' Last year 's winner - Jimmy McErlain, once again won the best decorated hat contest . BAYVIEW -PARK was a happy place for families to enjoy a beautiful sunny Easter Day together. IN KEY WEST 411 Greene Street 294-4779 CARDS - CERAMICS GIFTS A boutique for cat lovers Music Classes PIANO GUITAR FLUTE Robin Kaplan 294-7382 What be t te r way to have the rabbit race begin than with "Mr. Rabbit" doing the honors. Bor.na Brown and her rabbi t "Rapid," grand prize winner of the "World's Great Rabbit Race." Rabbit," and awarded the many prizes which accompany th is great honor. The prizes include a t r i p on the Old Town Trolley for the Student's c lass , lunch • at Burger King, a tour of F i r s t Federal, a Coleco Vision, and the "World's Largest Easter Rabbit," f i l led with a l l kinds of games and prizes for each member of the Drama Club at Key West High School, on whose behalf Donna was racing the •rabbit. THIS WAS NOT the end1of the after- noon. There were s t i l l run-offs in the "Egg Toss" and the "Egg Roll." The "Egg Toss" was under the guidance of St. Mary's Home School Association, with the "Egg Roll" under the direction of Grace Lutheran School. • Throughout the afternoon there were booths with food, games, fun for a l l . These many booths were operated for fund raising on behalf of the following organ- izations : Marine Bulldog Cheerleaders, St. Mary's Home School Association, Grace Lutheran School, KWHS Conchette Boosters, Lady Conch's of KWHS, Interact of KWHS, Pledge S i s t e r s , Girl Scout Troops; Wesley House, Drama Club of KWHS, MIHS Seniors, Morgan Cheerleaders - just to name a few. Praying to win in the Best Decorated Hat Contest for ch i ld ren ' s Easter Day. PHOTOS BY JEFFREY CARDENAS HEMINGWAY'S RESTAURANT & TAVERN Now under the management team of George & David Ganem with the combined total of 75 years' experience George your Host — David your Chef Serving 3 meals a day, 7 days a week The finest quality food available Lunch and dinner specials Dinner dancing Friday and Saturday with Ellie Russell and the Sounds Familiar Full complete bar and lounge 520 UMTEB STEEET 294-2825 EXCLUSIVELY AT THE STORE: Ann Irvine's black ink drawings of four different landu, marks in Old' Town reproduced on no iron, poly/cotton placemats. With grey embroidered edging, these I3"X 19" mats are accompanied by jet black napkins. Old Town Set . $35.00pp« The Hemingway House drawn by Ann Irvine in bfack, white and green, has been cut up into a challenging 18"X 24", 550 piece jigsaw puzzle. Hemingway House Puzzle $12.00ppd [AT THE STORE / 617 DUVAL / KEY WEST, I'L 3304CJ Old Town Set(s) @ ?35.00ppd Hemingway House Puzzle(s) @ $12.00ppd Total Order [Name kddress City State Zip . . . 1-800-223-5594 / Visa, MC & AmEx MENTAI HEAITII MENTAL HEALTH CARE CENTER OF THE LOWER KEYS, INC. "COMMUNITY CARE FOR A CARING COMMUNITY" DURING MENTAL HEALTH MONTH THE MENTAL HEALTH Care Center of the Lower Keys, Inc. has joined with the other 630 members of the National Council of Community Mental Health Centers and mental health agencies nationwide in observing May as Mental Health Month. Along with other community mental health centers, the Mental Health Care Center is using the theme "Community Care for a Caring Community" to emphasize its unique role in the mental health care system. In commenting on the observance, Dr. Keith R. D'Amato, Center Director said, "Mental Health Month provides us the opportunity to focus public attention on the mental health needs of our commun- ity. The theme, 'Community Care for a Caring Community', reiterates our commit- ment to providing services in a community setting ana recognizes the community's support for meeting the mental health needs of' its citizens," he explained. "THROUGH THEIR community mental health center, residents of Monroe County have access locally to services designed to promote mental "wellness' and treat a variety of mental health related prob- lems," D'Amato continued. "The Mental Health Care Center is part of a nation- wide system of agencies delivering care at the local level. Although established just 20 years ago, this system provided services last year to an estimated 4.5 million Americans who otherwise might not have access to mental health care. We are very proud of that record. "There are, however, still far too many people who are not receiving the care they need. The Council for Under- standing Mental Illnesses estimates that some 19 million Americans with mental health related problems do not seek any kind of counseling, treatment or other mental health services," he noted. "Increased awareness of mental illness and mental health care can assist in breaking down some of this reluctance to request help. Community mental health centers offer prevention and education programs which contribute to public understanding and encourage people to take advantage of the services they need," he said. "THERE IS A wide range of mental health resources in this area, and, during Mental Health Month, we urge everyone to familiarize themselves with all the available services." " THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE Center provides counseling and therapy in the following areas: individual, group, marital, child, and family therapy as well as alcohol and sub- stance services. MOST PEOPLE WTH MENTAL ILLNESS AREN'T IN INSTITUTIONS. THEY LIVE Behind one out of every three doors in America is a person with some form of mental illness. Someone who is suffering. And often those who love them suffer, too. Someone knows how you feel. Someone can make you feel better. Open the door to help. Call your Mental Health Association. 1-800-432-6423 Open the door to help. STRUNK LUMBER YARD SERVING KEY WEST FOR OVER 40 YEARS ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR ALL YOUR HARDWARE AND BUILDING MATERIALS Lumber Plywood Paneling Doors Windows Tools Insulation Floor & Ceiling Tile St runic Lumtber Yard, Inc. 296-9091 Free daily delivery Key West to Big Coppitt MasterCard- - 120SimonionSt, Free delivery to Sg Pine Key Mon., Wed. & Fri. V isa 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. 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Lunch Dinner Late Night Nachos Cocktails • Beer • Wine Reservations: 294-6707 Major credit cards accepted. 431 Front Street at Duval • Key West (across from Bank) RICHARDSON CHIROPRACTIC FAMILY HEALTH CARE CENTER We are proud to announce the opening of fhe RICHARDSON CHIROPRACTIC Family Health Care Center This new modern facility has complete chiroprac- tic and X-ray services and is dedicated to the res- toration of health a1 Affordable Fees. THE STORM In storm I watch.the sea. My soul is swept away in tow, And spirit falls in rhythm with the waves. My mind struggles to keep feet dry. The thunder of the surf claims my thoughts, And tide comes in to wash away my trail. with feet no longer dry, and water all around, i am captured by the moon, and go beyond the storm.. by Mufti LAST NIGHT the bike riders went past me in the dark, and I heard the conversation of shakes, rattles, and rolls long after the voices died away. by Saffra Milano-Bourassa 49 Of Key W e ^ "For Sale'? This four (4) bedroom, three (3) bath, approximately 1,838 square foot home on approximately 4,260 square foot lot, large patio area, second floor deck with garden access, three AC's, four fans, zoned C-l Commercial. Call Rich Van Hout or Dana Severns for appointment 296-7744 517 Eaton St. • Open Sat. & Sun. • 296-7744 Neal Hirsch, Broker Dana Severns Broker/Salesman Rick Van Hout Salesman Dr. Gilbert A. Richardson Ch!roproctor/p[r»c!or These conditions are the danger signals of a pinched nene: C0TOA1ION WITHOUT con « 11 Headaches DBack Pain i INeck Pain or stiffness i'JPaln, numbness or fing/ing In arms or legs OPaln between shoulder blades If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, call our office today! Q(MLirrPltOFE»10fMlCAK 14 HOUR [MERGENCYCARE — OFFICE HOURS— Mon., Wed., Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tues., Thurs. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m: WE ACCEPT— Medicare • Workman's Comp. Family Plan • Group Insurance Individual Insurance Auto Accident • Vacationers 3208 Flagler Ave. Key West, Fl. 33040 NEXT TO MARINE BANK NEW PATIENTS SEEN THE SAME DAY M Y CALL 294-1036 Se Habla Espanol Can Florida Keys Sell Real Ask our advertisers. fcfcjust a note to let you know how pleased we: are with the response we get from our advertising in Florida Keys Magazine. ... it is crucial to our marketing program that we find the medium which reaches our potential customers — that is the top 10% to 15% of the income group. Judging by the number of responses to our ad we seem to have hit our target market just right.^9 - Jim Dishman, Director or Sales BEACON REEF CONDOMINIUM, ISLAMORADA fcbl thought 1 should let you know how thoroughly satisfied we are with the results of our ad in Florida Keys Magazine ... we also advertise in a number of other local publications with the same ad ... to date, nothing has yielded even close to the number of inquiries that have come through your magazine.S^ - Marc C. Thornburgh KEY WEST BEACH CLUB fcfcThis is a substantial piece of real estate we are offering, and the price puts it in the range of only a few investors. Florida Keys Magazine certainly reaches that group, for we have had excellent response.*n - Shirley Thaler PARADISE PROPERTIES OF THE KEYS, KEY LARGO If you're trying to reach upper income buyers, we deliver — and we deliver more and more everyday! fc&Congratulations! You have more than doubled your paid circulation since your May, 1983 issue when your records were computerized.*M - Bill Beach COMPUSHARE BUSINESS SYSTEMS, OCALA, PL COMING IN OUR JULY ISSUE: Homes & Designs & IN OUR SEPTEMBER ISSUE: Habitat, 1984 A review of condominiums in the Keys, their styles, amenities and prices. FOR COMPLETE RATES & INFORMATION. Bill Mickey (305)743-3721 OR . . ' Perri Halevy (305)294-8585 P.O. Box 818 Marathon, FL 33050 calvln klein, henry grethel, new man, haupt of germany, pago pago, lois sailing into summer only at fbf. Fast Buck Freddie^ 500 Duval Street, Open 10-6 seven days, 294-2007 THE OLD TOWN PIRATES • by AMI BRAZIEL AND ALDEN SOLOVY IN KEY WEST WHERE we l ive t he re ' s a special police pat ro l jus t to track down bike law offenders. The Old Town P i ra t e s . (Sung to the tune of "The Lincoln Park Pi ra tes" , by Steve Goodman) THE OLD TOWN PIRATES The s t r e e t lamps are on in Old Town t o n i g h t , And t o u r i s t s are out OTI the s t r e e t s . The s to re s are a l l c l o s i n g 1 , Rodriguez i s d o z i n ' , But the Bike Cops are out on the b e a t . "And t h e r e ' s more bikes than t i c k e t s to w r i t e , " they c ry , "But we've got f ines for them a l l . " So stop at each l i g h t , in Old Town t o n i g h t , Or be impounded a t City Hal l . (CHORUS) To me, Heave-Ho, the bikes they must go, The Old Town Pirates are we. Be it Schwinn or Raleigh, to us they're pure folly, So fork over and pay the fee. To me, Keave-Ho, the bikes they must go, We scour the streets of your town. If your bike's on the walk, scratch the smooth talk, Soon you'll be hoofin' around. We cut bicycle locks when we gott, With pick axe and hammer and saw, Some people call it harrassment, But we're just enforcing the law. All my bike cops are friendly and comrteous. Their good manners you always will see, For they all are recent graduates Of the program at F.K.C.C. (CHORUS) And when all the bikes are collected, And all of their tires are low, We'll impound the boats, and the makeshift floats, That stretch along Houseboat Row. Heed my advice and take warning, For the bike cops never do rest . Don't ride your bike on the sidewalk! I t ' s a federal offense in Key West. But s e r i o u s l y , t he new b ike r u l e s a r e going t o be enforced and here they a r e . . . E d . KNOW AND OBEY THESE BIKE LAWS: • Bike riders must obey the same traffic signs and rules as" drivers of cars. 1*- Keep at least one hand on the handlebars. Never carry passengers on your bicycle. • When riding your bike, si t on the bicycle seat * only. •Ride on the right hand side of the roadway. Stay close to the curb. Use a bicycle path off the roadway when there is one. Ride.no more than two, side by side. (It is sofer to ride single f i le.) >»-Give arm signals your left arm. vith Left turn — straight out. Right turn — up. Slow or stop — down. )** Stop signs ore for bicycles as well as cars. Stop, look both ways, then _ go ahead carefully. Never hitch rides ride close behind a or truck. 1 When coming out of an al ley, stop and give the right-of-way to people on the sidewalk and cars on the street. It is best not to ride after sundown; but if you do, have a white light on the front and a red light or red reflec- tor on the rear (bright enough to be seen at a distance of 500 feet) . ' SAFE RIDING HABITS! The bicyclist who has learned to ride safely has not only learned to obey the law but also has trained himself to observe the following safe prdctlces. * Keep your bicycle under control dt al l times, and obey oil bike tiding safety rules. Put a Bell or horn on your bike, but not ^ r a siren or whistle. Do not zig-zag or weave in and out of traffic. Be sure your brakes ark 111 good wfirkihg order. Carry books and packages Ih racks or car- riers. » At busy Intersections f bk d At busy Intersections get off your bike arid r 'wa lk " It across. •-A. ,- on th» Sidewalk * l th- i j : i n b U s l f i d j 5 1 . SAIL BEYOND U.S. 1 Adventure • Vacation Fun Rent a 23'. Columbia Shoal Draft Cruiser and explore the Keys beyond the end of U.S. 1 for only $30 a day with membership in our Sailing Club SERVING KEY WEST SINCE 1977 For full details call 296-2929, or 294-6043 evenings continued from page 62 Natural Childbirth Preparation Classes: Beginning every two months. Discussing Labor, Delivery, Breathing, the Coaches Role. Call 294-3490 for information. Prenatal Exercise at the Coffee Mill, 916 Ashe St., Thursday 4 - 5 and Sat. 9 - 1 0 . All 294-3490 for information. Overeaters Anonymous: YMCA, Sigsbee Park, Thursdays 8:30 p.m. John the butler * CARPET CLEANERS NEVER USES YOUR WATER OR ELECTRICITY INTRODUCTORY SPECIAL! $20 ANY SINGLE ROOM (Free hallway with 2 or more rooms] 296-8083 Owned locally by John & Mary Jean Smith WE DO WINDOWS FLIPPER'S Key West It's a Natural Wonder. More than a Dolphin Show ... it's a Celebration! The Difference Will Delight You . Open daily 10 to 5 pm Performances dally E N J 0 Y ... The Place to See...Naturally! Adults 3.50 Kids (under 12) 2.75ENJO FLIPPER'S GIFT SHOP 2407 N. Roosevelt Blvd. 294-8827 BOATS 53 52 •UTERTMNMENT \ ^ 428 €resR6 St. SIBHIIT *0 '+ ^ 296-9417 A . M . I . ACCREDITED MOMTESSORI AGES 2'/2 TO 6 VEARS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FALL TERM THE CHILDREN'S SCHOOL OF KEY WEST, INC. (214 VARELAST./294-5302 OPEN HOUSE: TUESDAV, MAN I5TH, 6:30 TO 8:00 P.M. (OR CALL FOR MORNING OBSERVATION APPOINTMENT) " " ' " " " * — — ^ — ^ I I I I H I I i • •« • ! • mil minium MnroMwramMH—MgBiranniiMiii iMiii i i i iura FOR OUR CAY COMMDHITY .. KEY B0R0SC0PE w zmmn cureszmmn, cures Sun in Taurus, after 20 in Gemini.. Venus in Taurus, after 26 in Gemini. Mercury in Aries, after 15 in Taurus. Saturn in Scorpio, retrograde. Jupiter in Capricorn, retrograde. Mars in Scorpio, retrograde. Uranus in Sagittarius, retrograde. Neptune in Capricorn, retrograde. Pluto in Scorpio, retrograding into Libra on the 19th. North Node in 8 degrees of Gemini. THERE ARE TWO (2) New Moons, in the month of May. On May 1 in 10 degrees of Taurus; on May 30 in 9 degrees of Gemini. The 12th house will be the sector of the Key West chart that will be receiving these configurations. There will be much behind the scenes activity. New information will come to light. On May- 30 there will also be an annular-total eclipse. This is a powerful aspect that falls on the ascendant of the horoscope of Key West. New beginnings, fresh starts will be the order of the day. • OUR RULING PLANET, Saturn,, is in retrograde motion in the sign of Scorpio- This planet will not go direct until 1 July 13th. Saturn conjoining Mars in Scorpio until mid-August, is a very strong combination. These planets are [transiting the 6th house of the chart_ [conjoining natal Mars and Jupiter. Vi- ^ olence, disagreements, quarrels, are the jresults of these configurations. THE FULL MOON' on May ,15 in 24 de~ qrees of Scorpio is the most potent full moon of the year. This will be.an eventful day, and any excesses should be avoided during this violent period. PLUTO will be retrograding into Libra on the 19th and returning into Scorpio on August 28th. This will be Pluto's last entry into Libra for this and the next century. Is managing your own rental property costing you money? Does it take too much time? Are you charging the right rent? Do you get the best maintenance service and prices? If you're not sure, get the rental and management specialists. m /of Key West, Inc.of Key P.O. BOX 1737 • 400 SIMONTON ST. 294-3600 • 296-7766 MLS CALENDAR OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS SUNDAY Papil l ion - Tea By The Sea Dance 7-l"0 p.m. #One Saloon - Movies Copa - Complimentary Buffet Metropolitan Community Church, 319'Duval 11 a.m. La Te Da Tea Dance 4 p.m. Lighthouse Court - Movie MONDAY #One Saloon - Movies Old P l a n t a t i o n - Show' n ight Lighthouse Court - Movie TUESDAY #0ne Saloon - Movies Club Key West - % price lockers 6-11 p.m. Old Plantation - Wet Briefs Contest Lighthouse Court - Movie Island House - Steak Cookout 7-9 p.m. Michaels (contest) WEDNESDAY # One Saloon - Movies La Te Da - Tea Dance 4 p.m. Michaels - The Dating Game Lighthouse Court - Movie Copa - Dynasty - 8:30-12:00 free drinks THURSDAY Island Circle Meeting - 8 p.m. #One Saloon - Movies Copa - Cabaret Night Lighthouse Court - Movie 1114 Duval Video DJ Nite Claire - "Sisters at Sea" Ladies Tea 5-8 p.m. FRIDAY #0ne Saloon - Movies Lighthouse Court - Movie Copa - Dancing Old Plantation - Contest SATURDAY #0ne Saloon - Movies Lighthouse Court - Movie Old Plantation - Amateur Strip Nite Copa - Dancing lwii cjAy & iesBiAn Books; CAR6S. qifts, rrUQAZines & <\Rt 901-C DUVAL ST. (REAR) KEY WEST, FL 296-5356 CHECK OUR DAILY LUNCH & DINNER SPECIALS Logyn SINCE 1950 LOBSTER HOUSE Great Steaks & Native Seafood i Large Salad Bar OPEN 5 TILL 11, 294-1500 OPEN SATURDAY 5 TILL 12 MR. "A" AT THE PIANO nightly from 7 p.m. AT THE FOOT OF^MONTCnfsTREET, KEY WEST 524 Duval St. at Appelrouth Ln. Natural Foods Vitamins Minerals Body Care Cook Books Health food Store in Key Wes* Since 1973, 10 yeor« en Bwvol S*. Emma Cates, Owner Joe Monzon, Manager Phone: 294-1808 Bmosely • NSw! Macrame Vertical Blinds • Levolor Blinds • Slipcovers • Bedspreads ^ S r f • Ficks Reed and •rfa Brown Jordan ^yy Furniture QJ, • Custom Draperies «T .Wallpaper Hours Monday thru Friday Saturday By Appointment 1021 White St. 294-1278 Ourprices competitive' With those of anyone •in the Keys When you think of interiors, think o f . . . 30% sale of Levolor Mini-Blinds FOR THE MONTH OF MAY WE ARE GROWING! The Copa is looking for additional professional management to add to their staff/Position available for one (with recommendations) experienced in food and beverage. Please call for appointment between 9 and 11 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. THE COPA 623 DUVAL ST., 296-8522 Key West International Gay Film & Book Festival June 12-16 anr{ Outright Books ana 901-c Duval St. (Rear) Contact these sponsors for information: Alexanders, Authors of Key West, Big Ru by's, Coconut Grove, Colour's - Key West, Curry House, Cypress House, Duval House, Garden House, Heron House, Iris' Island House, Key Lime Realty, Inc., Lighthouse Court, Lime House, Merlinn, basis' Guesthouse, The Palms of Key West Guesthouse-Resort, The Pines, Property Management of Key West / Sales Div., Sea Isle Guesthouse, The Spindrift Motel, Solares Hill Design Group, & William Street House. The Picture Show 620 Duval St. 55 54 ^nteRtamment # nightlife AN ISLAND RESTAURANT 115 Duval Street 294-7195 PRESENTS LIVE MUSIC! 7 NIGHTS DAILY DRINK SPECIALS 10:00 A.M.'TIL 4:00 A.M. (noon on Sunday) CORNER DUVA^ft CAROLINEOLD TOWN 11 \\J AS\TIME GOES BY... EVERYBODY MEETS AT RICK'S Metrons THUR-FRI-SAT 1.0; TO 2 SATJ& SUN 3 TO 6 PM i UVEJAZZ! 202 DUVAL DOWNTOWN KEY WEST 29*5711 Michael's DISGOTEQUE 10 pm to 4 am nightly TROPICAL GARDEN BAR Noon to 4 am GRAND PIANO BAR 3 pm to 4 am with Jay Foote SPECIAL GAME SHOWS Tuesdays & Wednesdays at Midnight FASHION SHOWS & CABARET Fridays at Midnight 218 Duval St., Ok) Town, Key West 294-4383 2-34 YOUR AD COULD BE HERE • MAY • Entertainment Line-Up EVENINGS: 10 PM -2 AM MAY1 THE JAMES MEYER BAND' ROCK AND TECHNO-POP FROM FT. LAUDERDALE MAY 2-6 FORECAST JAZZ-ROCK FROM BIRMINGHAM, ALA. MAY 7-8 DOWNTOWN RHYTHM AND BLUES FROM D.C. MAY 9-13, 16-19 THE XL'S ROCK 'N ROLL FROM ATLANTA MAY 14-15 LITTLE SAINTS TECHNO-POP FROM N. CAROLINA MAY 20-22, 27-29 IKO • IKO RHYTHM AND BLUES FROM MIAMI MAY 23-26, 30-31 THE BILL BLUE BAND RHYTHM AND ROLL FROM RICHMOND, VA. AFTERNOONS: 5 • 9 PM MAY 1-2, 7-9,14-15, 21-22, 28-29 JOEL NELSON SOLO GUITARIST MAY 3-6, 10-13, 20 MICHAEL & JOHN MUSICAL DUO FROM KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 16-19, 23-28,30-31 HOT SHANDY COUNTRY-FOLK AND IRISH-DISCO MUSIC FROM N. CAROLINA MAY 4-5, 11-12, 18-19, 25-26 PAMELA CANNON AN ANGEL ON THE GUITAR AND PIANO (1-4 pm Mtk $c Cocktail and Billiard Lounge MICHELOB SUNDAY THRU THURSDAY HAPPY HOUR DAILY 11 A.M. TO 8 P.M. 8 POOL TABLES 3 DART BOARDS 25 VIDEO GAMES Key Plaza Shopping Center next to Zayre's 3 84 YOUR AD COULD BE HERE 3101 N. Roosevelt Blvd. A Mexican Restaurant WE ENTERTAIN YOU EVERY DAY ... PROMISE. Tues. to Sat. Live Music 9 tO ? 4 M 296-2940 For information on all Classifieds, Call 294-1044 JAZZ I Restaurant & Package Store OPEN 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Music from 9:30 p.m. 300 Front St. 294-4922 by TOM SCHMITT and GEORGE GUGLEOTTI its' end teason. the THE MERRY MONTH of May and beautiful spring weather amrk '- of Key West's 1983-84 Theater s - THE TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Finfe Arts Center finished its season in April, with. "Jesus Christ, Superstar", and. fae would like to take this opportunity to extend our' congratulations to Arnold M^rcado and his staff for doing such a: JEine; job in their inaugural season and wish: them the best of luck for next season. ; THE RED BARN THEATRE ends £heir season with Arthur Miller's highly! (jlrama- tic play "View From The Bridge"| on Wednesday, May 2nd. This production was co-directed by Richard Magesis and Susan Hawkens and feature's thlel Red Barn's Artistic Director, Richajrd , • ' Margesis in the role of Eddie jCarbojie. "View From The Bridge" will play Weti- nesday through Sunday through iM^y 2b^ And on Saturday, May 26th,, the; Red Barn will throw their 3rd 'AJnnuajl Show Bix Ball. This is one parity that shouldn't be missed. For ticket prices and show times for "View... ".and pmr further in format ion. on the Shdwj Biz Ball, call the Red Barn box office a'tj 2S&-9911. OVER AT MALLORY SQUARE, th|e jwkter- front Playhouse will present th'ei'rj final show of the season, the musical! yajude- ville, "Chicago". This rollicWingj Broadway musical will open Mondayj,! May •L 7th and play through May 19th, and will be closed Sunday, May 13th. Director/ Choreographer Charles Karp, with the help of some very .able local talents, and a marvelous score by Kander and Ebb, of "Cabaret" fame,, has put together a show which promises to be a lot of fun. For tickets and show time infor- mation, call the Waterfront Playhouse box office at 294-5015. ON BEHALF OF ALL the theaters in town, we would like to say thank you to all the people and businesses who extended their help with costumes and props and a special thank you to our audiences. Thank you. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH! "FOCUS ON FILM" ..- The Picture Show's Film Review Competition. by ANDREW DAVIES THE DECISIVE'WINNER of The PICTURE SHOW'S March FILM REVIEW Competition was GLYNN THOMPSON, who wrote about one of his favorite movies, "Querelle" by Fassbinder. (Published in the Citizen 3/19.) The judges described the piece as "well-structured, thoughtful and comprehensible, grounded in specific imagery that evokes the tone and style of the film". Congratulations to Glynn, who wins $25 and a Club Card. SECOND PRIZE goes to Bud Nanero, who reviewed "Bye Bye Brazil": "a joy to read," commented the judges, "conveying the mood and philosophical spirit of the whole." Bud wins $10 and a Club card. The three runners-up selected were Christopher Hooson, John Savell, and Roy Flanders, the last of whom all the judges felt deserved special mention for writing "the most entertaining, the most enjoyable and the most fun" review. ALL THE REVEIWS are at The Picture Show, 620 Duval St.," for those who would like to see the budding film review talent of Key West. If only the Citizen would give writers like these the oppor- tunity of contributing to a regular film review column each week! Thanks to all who contributed, and thanks to Robin Kaplan, Chris Hunter, and Richard Burns -who judged the competition. attRactions Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum Registered National Historic Landmark Take a leisurely tour of the Home and gardens where Hemingway wrote many of his finest novels during the years of 1931 to 1961. - This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. Open daily 9 A.M. to 5P.M. 9O7 Whitehead, Key West, Fla. Bring your camera „.„ OLDEST HOUSE MUSEUM mm Sty West History Bnbu "TMWnclcWHnw" tii>M«IT«n 322DHWISI, H-4D.UJ CONCH PEARL 45 FOOT PARTY PARTY BOAT Birthdays • Weddings Anniversaries Fishing: Reef & Wreck Picnics Overnights ANY CHARTER ANY TIME CALL FOR PRICES ON YOUR PARTY 2964164 ,11 YOUR AD COULD BE HERE Fairwinds Sailboat Rentals • Daysailers • Cruising Sailboats • Sailing Instructions • Guide Service Comer of N. Roosevelt Blvd. & Palm Drive at Garrison Bight (305) 296-7176. office; 296-2929 doekside M< J Explore the exciting history of the Florida Keys, the country's best preserved Martello Fort, and the extensive art gallery EAST MARTELLO GALLERY & MUSEUM South Roosevelt Blvd. (adjacent to Kay West Airport) Daily 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 3 -84 See unique military artifacts and enjoy the best panoramic view of Key West LIGHTHOUSE AND MILITARY MUSEUM 938 Whitehead Street . Daily 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 384 EXPERIEriCE DOLPHinS > FLIPPER'S Key West IT'S A NATURAL WONDER Dolphin & Sea Lion Performances Dally 2407 N. Roosevelt Blvd. 294-8827 Adults 3.50 Kids 2.75 MOW OPEN 2-uj For information on all Classifieds, Call 294-1044 A CuiftlE IN CltiMSONS A YicToniAN TRAVESTY by HELEN R. CHAPMAN TO THE BUTLER who answered the door, the tall lank man with the piercing eyes said, "I am Inspector Grey of-Scotland Yard "Oh, yes/ sir," replied the butler. "Madam is expecting you." The inspector was led into-a vast rotunda with marble floors and Grecian columns. Busts of the poets stood on pedestals here and there, alternating with huge potted palms. The inspector "HMM," THE INSPECTOR murmured, as was his wont. At that moment, the door opened and a plump bejeweled lady of some sixty years entered. The inspector tried to jump to his feet. "Ah, good afternoon. Do I have the pleasure of addressing Mrs. Offe-White?" She held out a dimpled and beringged hand. "You do, Inspector.. How kind of you to come." followed the butler through double sliding doors which boasted opaque glass etched with flamingos and tropical flowers. "THIS IS THE library, sir. Madam will be wi-yi you mementarily. My name is Brown, sir. Please ring if you need anything." "Thank you, Brown," said Grey and settled himself in an overstuffed chair which threatened to swallow him alive. He glanced around the room and saw a plethora of potted plants, what-not shelves holding Dresden figurines, pho- tographs and paintings of what must have been four hundred years of antecedents - but no books. . "WELL, MADAM," SAID the inspector, stroking his luxurious mustache, "con- sidering there has been foul murder done here, kindness has little to do with it." Mrs. Offe-White simpered. "Oh, Inspector,, how witty! Tell me, did you come down on the four-twenty-one from Paddington?" "No," said the inspector sadly. "The three-fourteen from Waterloo, I"m afraid." "OH, YOU POOR itian," the lady sympathized. "You must have some refreshment." She rang, for the butler and told him to bring Inspector Grey a drink. "Perhaps an absinthe on the rocks would be pleasant." Brown bowed and departed. "Now," said the inspector, taking out his notebook, "Mrs. Offe-White, tell me precisely what happened." THE LADY DREW a lace handkerchief from her cuff and dabbed at her eyes. "Oh, Inspector, it was dreadful. If only my poor husband were still with me! You see, Lord and Lady Crimson - he's the Earl of Saffron, you know - came for the weekend. We put the Crimsons in the Green Room where we always put nobility. It's by far the finest room in the house although it does have a reputation for being haunted." She peered around the room as if she expected ghostly eminences to be eavesdropping. "Although, of course; I never held with such non- sense . " "OF COURSE NOT," the inspector said deferentially. "There have been peculiar noises at night occasionally emanating from that room, but I believe it''s just the settling of the house, do you not agree?" The inspector was hard to put to imagine the 17th Century mansion settling any more than it already had, . but he nodded in acquiescence. "WELL, IN ANY case," Mrs. Offe- White continued, "when Brown took up their breakfast tray this morning, he found them both horribly murdered." She lowered her voice, to a whisper. "Their throats had been lacerated." "How frightening for you!" the in- spector exclaimed. "Well, I'm sure it was much more frightening for them, poor things," she remarked nonchalantly. Brown entered with a drink on a tray which he handed to the inspector. "BROWN.'" DEMANDED MRS. Offe- White. "Where is mine, if you pleas©?" "Oh, Madam, I am so sorry. I shall bring it immediately." Was there just a shade of arrogance •' I 56 6ininq s * • LOUIES BACKYARD KEY WESTS ONLY FLOATING RESTAURANT 7 AM, TO 10 P.M. "Freshest Seafood in Town' Docked with trie Charter Boats in Garrison Bight 294-8O82 LUNCH DINNER SUNDAY BRUNCH COCKTAILS 294-1061 CAFE SERVICE FROM 11:30 AM DINNER! 5 30 22? DUVAL STREET; KEY WEST. FLORIDA 700 WADDELL AVENUE VERNON&WADDELUOCEANFRONT YOUR AD COULD BE HERE FM .1 SIMM" SI. .»«•'><« • » ' - » 6 ' " SINCE 1950 16 OZ. N.Y. STRIP DAILY SPECIALS Open for Lunch and Dinner MR. " A " AT THE PIANO NIGHTLY FROM 7 P.M. 3-84 3101 N. Roosevelt Blvd. A Mexican Restaurant HAVE REAL MEXICAN FOOD WHILE YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME ... 296-2940 For information on all Classifieds, Call 294-1044 BUDDY'S PIT BAR-B-Q RIBS TO GO 294-6567 M.M. 10 BIGCOPPITT 264 in h i s voice? the inspector wondered. Butlers were known to have murderous tendencies . "EXCUSE ME, MADAM," said Brown from the doorway. "Miss Rose has ju s t re turned." "Send her in here, Brown, and do hurry with my l ibat ion. I am feeling a b i t f a i n t after a l l th i s undue excitement." A moment la ter a young woman entered . She was blond, willowy and r a d i a n t . She became an immediate sus- pect for Grey, who trusted no women, and beaut i fu l women even l e s s . "INSPECTOR, THIS IS my secretary, Miss Rose. My dear, th i s i s the man from Scotland Yard who wil l find the vi l la in for us."' "'Ow goes i t , mytey?" greeded Miss Rose cheerfully. The inspector was taken aback by the uncultured tones of the g i r l ' s voice. Very suspicious. "I told the old dear not to put them Crimsons in the Green Room. I just knew sumpin awful would 'appen to "em." MRS. OFFE-WHITE PROTESTED. "But my dear,, where could I have put them. Surely not in the Blue Room. I t ' s so dreary and besides, you know Henry prefers t h a t room." She turned to the inspec tor . "I refer to my nephew, Henry Pinckney." The inspector paled at mention of t h i s name. Henry Pinckney, a l i a s Henry the pink, was a notorious Commie sympathizer, and highly suspect in •off-track bet t ing, laudanum pushing, and so l i c i t i ng for the ladies of the evening. There was no pernicious deed t o which Henry the Pink would not s toop. Being the scion of a prominent and wealthy family always precluded pressing of charges. Oh, how the Yard yearned to incarcerate t h i s young devili "NOW, MADAM," SAID the inspec- t o r , turning to his notebpok, "a l - though I know i t must be painful for you..." "It'll be painful for Brown if he doesn't get here soon with my medicine. Brown!" she bellowed. The butler hurried in with a glass on a tray, but Miss Rose intercepted it, grabbed the glass and tossed down the drink to the horror of Mrs. Offe- White. "MISS ROSE!" "Now, dearie, you know you shouldn't drink spirits. The doctor said..." "The doctor be damned! Brown, bring another glass." THE INSPECTOR COUGHED discreetly to cover his discomfiture at this scene. "Now, Madam, if you please, I think we should begin with the whereabouts of everyone in the house at the time of the murders. I be- lieve the doctor placed that time at approximately four o'clock this morning." • "That is correct, Inspector," said the lady. "And I can tell you that everyone was in his or her room." Grey wondered how she knew they had been, but decided to let that ques- tion pass for the moment. "NOW, IF YOU could tell me, Madam..." "Certainly. Lord and Lady Crimson, as you know, were in the Green Room. That's in the east wing. Miss Rose has the White Room which is in the west wing. Lovely room it'is, too. So virginal." Miss Rose bestowed upon Grey a glance that was somewhat less than virginal. "Then of course Henry was in the Blue Room and I was in the Brown Room, also in the west wing. Sounds dreary, does it not, Inspector, but actually it's more of an ecru shade, quite peaceful. Then Mr. and Mrs. West. . ." "AND WHO ARE they, Madam?" the inspector interrupted. "Oh, haven't I mentioned the Wests? You must have heard of Thomas West. He's an M.P. and was so very instrumental in passing the Railroad Schedule Act in Commons. He makes the trains run on time." Mrs. Offe-White stated this proudly. "But the Wests couldn't have had anything to do with . the murders because they were in the Rose Room which is in the east wing. Besides, they came down on the three-fifteen from Picadilly which is always late." . "OH, BUT NOT 'arf so lyte as the ten-oh-five from Westminster," Miss Rose interjected. "Oh",, how true, Miss Rose," the older woman agreed. "Really, the four- twenty-one from Paddington..." "If we could get on?" The in- spector cleared his throat. "Now about the servants.. ." "OH, YOU NEEDN'T bother yourself about them, Inspector," Mrs. Offe- White declared. "The cook and her hus- band, the gardener, live in the gate- house, not in this house, and Green and Brown have rooms behind the k i t - chen ." "Green?" inquired the inspector patiently. "MOLLY GREEN. SHE'S the down- stairs maid. The upstairs maid lives in town with her poor widowed mother." Mrs. Offe-White blew her nose loudly into the lace handkerchief which was about to disintegrate. "Hmm," mused the inspector. "Then there were no servants on the second floor last night to heed anyone's call for help." . "That's so," the lady nodded, "but if you are thinking that we had no protection during the night, you are not aware of Blue." He that "BLUE?" , "Blue is our Irish wolfhound. sleeps in the..." "Please, Madam, do not tell me he sleeps in the Yellow Room.'; "Oh, you amusing man!" e]acuiatea Mrs. Offe-White. "We don-t have a Yellow Room and even if we did, Blue wouldn't sleep there. He despises anything of a yellow hue. Blue sleeps in the corridor." INSPECTOR GREY BREATHED a sigh of f "Let me see if I have this cor- rect. You, Mrs. Offe-White, were m the Blue Room which is in..." "No, no, no! Henry was m tne Blue Room. I was in the Brown Room. The Blue Room is in the east wing• "Ah yes, of course. Henry * Pink was in the Blue Room. .." H stopped in embarrassment at the of this epithet. "OH!" CRIED THE lady in delight 57 Sandwiches • take-Out MR. SUBMARINE + GYROS + SEAFOOD COLD + HOT SUBS SEAFOOD — RAW BAR SALAD BAR BEER AND WINE SOFT DRINKS - DESSERTS Open 9:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. 365 Days 1800 NORTH ROOSEVELT DOMINO'S PIZZA CALL 296-7795 922 TRUMAN AVE. 294-9584 3128 FLAGLER AVE. Fast, Free Delivery! (Limited Delivery Area. Drivers carry less than $20) Swung Sjuffed Chhsonts TONY'S GROCERY & SANDWICH DELI SOUP EVERY DAY 990 Sandwiches Cuban Mix 1.99 ; Fish 2,69 Roast Beef 2.59 Hot Dog .99 Pork Sandwich 2.75 plus many more Cold beer, Wine, Soda, Milk Ice cream, Fishing bait OPEN 7 AM • 8 PM SUNDAYS 8 AM - 3 PM OR LATER 1211 DUVAL ST. 296-6922 the cuBan coppee queen The original owner of the M & M sandwich shop has opened a new restaurant at 512 GREENE ST. (The Old Star Coffee Mill) Next to Key West Aloe Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 296-2711 YOUR AD COULD BE HERE Now under new management NEW TUTTI & FRUTTI Featuring: • wide selection of hot & cold sandwiches • salads • soups • soft drinks • ice crearrtoshakes • cigarettes & much more. 522 Duval St. • 294-8723 THE MUNCHIES Sandwich and Espresso Shop BREAKFAST 7:30 TO NOON Soups & Salads Sandwiches Beer & Wine Cold Drinks Takeout Service 918 Duval St. t i n For information on all Classifieds, Call 294-1044 CLARA-USA Sandwich Shop 928 TRUMAN AVENUE For take-out call 294-9749 SANDWICHES ICE CREAM • SHAKES Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner SPECIALTY OF THE HOUSE GUARAPO (Fresh ground sugar cane with ice)8 AM TO 10 PM 7 DAYS COMES«SHAKES*SUNDAES CORKER OF SIBOMTDM > lOUTH - ZM- l t i l BPEM1I * . • . HIVP.M. NOW SERVING SANDWICHES YOUR AD COULD BE HERE YOUR AD COULD BE HERE YOUR AD COULD BE HERE "Is that how Henry is known? How quaint!" She giggled. Miss Rose said, "Coo!" "To continue," the inspector said quickly, "Miss Rose was in the Saffron Room..." "No the Crimsons were the Saffrons and they were in the Green Room. Miss Rose was in the White Room." "Quite so. And that room is in the east wing." "THE WEST WING," corrected Mrs. Offe-white wearily. "Really, Inspec- tor," for a police officer, you cer- tainly do not pay close attention." Inspector Grey forged ahead. "Miss Rose was in the White Room, Henry was in the Blue Room, the Wests were in the East Room...no, no, I mean the Gray Room...oh, there is no Gray Room." "OF COURSE THERE is a Gray Room," stated Mrs. Offe-White indignantly. "Every decent house has a Gray Room. But it is unoccupied at-present." She sniffed- into her handkerchief. Miss Rose leaned over to the inspector and whispered, "That's where the old duf- fer bought it." The inspector looked startled. "THEN," HE SAID after composing himself, "the Wests must have been in the Rose Room in the east wing." "Bravo!" cried Mrs. Offe-White. "Coo!" exclaimed Miss Rose. Looking pleased with himself, the inspector continued, "Now, Green was in the Brown Room..." "Blimey!" cried Miss Rose ex- plosively. "Green might've been in Brown's room, but not in the Brown Room, don't yer know!" SO, PONDERED THE inspector. Green and Brown shared a room. Hmm. Perhaps the Crimsons had discovered this dal- liance and the butler did them in after all. There were too many suspects. Thomas West was envious of Lord Crim- son's title; Miss Rose was obviously from the wrong side of the tracks on which the trains did not run on time, and she was also beautiful - two motives there; Mrs. Offe-White was entirely too calm 'about the whole thing. And then there was Henry. "AND MAY I ask, Madam, where young Henry is now?" "He took the eleven-forty-six to London. He had a pressing business appointment, he said." "Aha!" vociferated Grey glee- fully. "Henry may have taken the eleven - forty-six, but he did not :;take it to London. The eleven-forty-six goes to Liverpool and I propose that right nov; Henry is boarding a ship leaving the country. It was Henry who committed these abominable crimes!" "OH, THANK GOODNESS!" the lady exclaimed. "I was so afraid it might be Brown and good butlers are so hard to find these days." The inspector looked at her in shock.. "My dear lady, are you not upset over your nephew's heinous behavior?" "OH, NO, INSPECTOR," Mrs. Offe- White replied placidly. "You see, Henry has always been an embarrass- ment to the family. He was forever hounding me for money. And now final- ly he will receive his just deserts." "I AM AFRAID, Madam, that it is too late," the inspector said, sadly. "Henry is on the high seas by now." • "By no means, my dear man," the lady said with confidence. "You can still catch him." "You mean...?" "The e leven- for ty-s ix , to wher- ever i t goes, never leaves here u n t i l twelve-twenty-seven." She pointed to the clock on the mantel , " I t i s now twelve-sixteen. If you hurry , you can catch the e leven-for ty-s ix and ap- prehend Henry the Pink . " THE INSPECTOR JUMPED up. "Madam, you have saved the Yard from grea t ignominy. How can I ever thank you?" "By coming down some weekend, Inspector, and staying in t he Gray Room," she said w i s t f u l l y . "I have never been able to match a name with a room." Inspector Grey grabbed h i s hat and dashed from the room. Mrs. Offe- White sighed. "There goes a t r u l y brave and dedicated man, Miss Rose." "Coo!" said Miss Rose. Solaces hill display ALTERATIONS JULIE WILLIAMS 505 Southard Street 294-1334 11-11/ AUTO BODY SHOP HOLMES PAINT & BODY SHOP 24-HOUR TOW SERVICE Insurance Work Invited All Makes & Models 1130 Duval Street . 294-4353 n-ia> MOORE'S N Paint & Body Shop BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES YOUR AD COULD BE HERE DESIGNERS GOLD BUYERS LANDSCAPE ISIS "one of a kind designs" • QUALITY COSTUME JEWELRY & ACCESSORIES - CLOTHING • FABRICS . TAILOHirKi • GREETING CARDS • DBESSMAKIMC • F1NEABT • COSMETOLOGY S. COUTURE CONSULTATION CARPET GLEANING J v 1207 DUVAL STREET 294-0589 $$$ DOLLARS $$$ FOR GOLD JEWELRY DIAMONDS • COINS Key West's Biggest & Best THE PAWN SHOP SEARSTOWN ' 294-2226 . 1 2 I FLORISTS Auto Painting Body Work Insurance Specialist Licensed Insured Free Estimates 513 Greene St. 294-3805 10% OFF w/THIS AD! 294-4071 K V . EY ARPET LEANERS STEAM CLEANING Residential & Commercial SEARSTOWN TOP FLORIST SHOP GARPETSALES K AUTO PARTS ROY'S A&JTQ PARTS Auto • Truck • Marine - Foreign Car Parts - • Hydraulic Hose Assemblies, while you wait Automobile Paints Batteries • Radiators • Machine Shop .Service WHEN THE NAME IS NAPA THE STANDARD IS QUALITY 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon. - Fn. 8 a.m. • 1 p.m. Sat. 294-5201 294-1046 2334 N. Roosevelt Bivd. Fully Computerized : To Serve You MASTERCHARGE VISA 11-10 BALLOONS BOB'S FLOWERS & BALLOONS "Give balloons to someone special" _ DUVAL ST. 294-3312 EY ARPET 100's of remnants from $20 SEARSTOWN 294-4071 ii CHILDREN'S WEAR A WORLD FOR CHILDREN Fine clothing, shoes and accessories for children , _ OSHKOSH and Stride-Rite Shoes,. Jordache — and much more. 512 Angela St. (just off Duvao • WE DELIVER NATIONWIDE 925 WHITE ST., KEY WEST 294-4651 BOB'S FLOWERS & BALLOONS "Give flowers to someone special" 706 DUVAL ST. 294-3312 2 84 $ CASH - $ TOP DOLLAR PAID FOR GOLD, SILVER, DIAMONDS, COINS •h & WATCHES New Location: ; 107 FITZPATRICK •'••.'• (across from Kino Plaza) KEY WEST GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE 294-7323 , . GIFTS . ISLAND GARDENER INTERIOR PLANT CARE with monthly maintenance for restaurants & businesses also TOTAL YARD CARE . CALL EVENINGS 294-5937 Maureen Leslie 12V ~ \ FREE PARKING 296-4015 11-11 YOUR AD COULD BE HERE Dive Your Own Pearl Guaranteed Cultured Pearl in Every Oyster 115 Whitehad Street Key West, Florida YOUR AD COULD BE HERE LIGHTING OFFICE MACHINES Need An Office Machine? RENT ONES Adding Machines Typewriters Cash Registers Many brand names- BUY OR LEASE Our own complete service department ALSO COMPLETE LINE OF OFFICE SUPPLIES, FURNITURE KEYS OFFICE EQUIPMENT 535 Eaton (corner Simonton) 294-3036 294-0030 1112 OFFICE SUPPLIES PETES OFFICE PRODUCTS • Supplies • Furniture • Equipment • Full line service department 521 FLEMING ST. 294-6558 11-11 FORMAL WEAR CLEANERS 706 B & F BETTER FASTER CLEANERS Your Professional Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service SAME DAY SERVICE Monday-Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Sundays & Holy Days 1101 Truman Ave. Corner of Grlnnell 294-1818 COCKTAIL & EVENING WEAR BRIDAL SALON TUXEDO RENTALS 1019 WHITE ST./296-5567 (FORMERLY HOUSE OF JEANS) > DRY CLEANING BREEZE ONE HOUR MARTINIZINC THE MOST IN DKYCUANINC • Alterations '. . Leather • Drapes professionally deaned . Wedding Dress Service t Uniforms • Same Day Service I N d ) SEARSTOWN ms N. ROOSEVUT 294-8545 MON-Fltl 7.30-iiOO SAt«-5 SOUTHSIDE PRODUCE C jjjSa Purveyors 0/... SB QUALITY FRUITS ™ & VEGETABLES Wholesale — Retail 9:30 to 5:00 With deliveries 6.days a week We ship fruit baskets SERVING KEY WEST f 'TO BIG PINE 294-4694 404 Southard St; Come on in and see us! HOTELS, MOTELS YOUR AD COULD BE HERE HOTEL BAVARIA In the heart of Old Town 501 Southard St. (305) 294-9323 Key West All rooms IMVB TV, air conditioning S private bath 11-11 The finest selection off table and floor lamps, track! lighting, ceiling fixtures, yard lighting, outdoor fixtures & chandeliers in the Florida Keys. LIGHTING >v 1025 WHITE ST. BUDDE'S * OFFICE SUPPLY Office & Computer Supplies Office & Computer Furniture Art Supplies Complete line for office, school & home needs W E DELIVER Luani Plaza 296-6201 2-B4 NEWSTAND OUT OF TOWN NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES PAPERBACKS STATIONERY CARDS TOBACCO GUM & CANDY Open 8-8 7 days THE LAST NEWSTAND IN PIRATE'S ALLEY ACROSS FROM KINO PLAZA 294-6652 SAILS Southard Sails Inc. Custom Sails All Types of Custom Awnings 20% off on all industrial awning fabrics & sail cloth with this ad. 326 Southard Street Key West, FL 33040 294-4492, 296-5158 STAINEDGLASS HANDCRAFTED STAINED GLASS 10-6 MON.-SAT, 1018TRUMANAVE. y. 294-0538 121y 59 The Start 7-MiU BmdqE RUN Photos and Text by AMI BRAZIEL Climbing the hill WHEN THE THIRD ANNUAL Seven-Mile Bridge Run began, more than 1500 competi- tors broke from the tense line-up at the starting line on Knights Key. Harry Vaughn of West Palm Beach won the race 33 minutes and 28.2 seconds later as • he crossed the finish line on Windley Key. ,. • The spectators cheered Vaughn and the other runners as each came off the bridge. The race had been good, but the cloudless sky gave no protection from the intense heat. Several runners suffer- ed heat exhaustion and others were forced to a walking pace. THE MARATHON RUNNERS CLUB sponsors this event which attracts runners from all over South Florida, as well as visitors from out of state. For the third time, Sharon Beal of Ft. Lauderdale took first place among the women runners with a time of 44:26.- THE NEXT BIG LOCAL race is the Third Annual Run for the Conch Republic to be held in Key West. It is slated for 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 4th. The entry fee is $7 and there will be a 10-kilometer run and a two-mile fun run. Registration forms will be available at The Letterman in Searstown Plaza. Less than a mile to so! 61 Circles UJ\3d elastiic 5f(\cx n Ooooooo and as you. ne "toT"h'i5 exercise is •fo increa.se, your make connebHons yafioub 6k tacts -Vhat oer-Vo-ir, cjucuHcs. )/ou need a,dice..-~fhrouJ one di6 "b y cbq 0|00i ~piece.ol To"Wrr\ O qua\\Vv no quctWes have and (^ f/nv rn-cAJr\-er UJOS V/ tuJi'cc a s old a s l cxrn, H eK€p|-Kfi.Cover 30 seconds l 6 n j ^ Incjuash X - J ConstrucTion and Hole Drill m , V . I . • aJso Land Clearing Tracibr V/orK TT Hauling BOCA CHICft B ILL SCHOOL, C* uoa rraVe a \nVbcr pur r^^ cxlr \n\o \ \ b b \ ccm ck> C or c noUce o^ Ah| bd "Too SmaU ^ Vfessatc C\eax\\Vg 0 ^ \rHlf rv +Wc Keys / f ^F vvest oanaa.y lew. / \Q.T t\&T Ollrtcl O.+1 , •y fine Uea.1 jsq 5+ores and b Pfodacadby / Key Bee /tai a<*» cs r Li-Hk"W> Key Florida -aso^A 62 V-V May Fair Childrens' Art Festival, 1-6F.M., May 6, Walker's Field. Dance performance, gymnastic exhibi- t ion, art show. Maypole Dance - all bv children. GAllERIES & MUSEUM5 Artists Unlimited, 221 Duval St., 296- 5625. Hours 12 to 5p.m. or by appoint- ment. A delightful gallery in a Conch- style satting with an international reputation. Artist Warehouse: 814 Duvra 294-7141 Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon thru Sat. Featuring local artists and Karen Clemens. Framing shop also. East Martellc Gallery s Museum, 3500 S. Roosevelt Blvd., 296-3913. A "fort- museuTn"' with some of the most interest- ing facts of Key West history and lore. 5/1 - 5/24 Florida Keys Watercolor Society Juried Show. Farrington Galleries: 711 Duval St. 294-6911. An artist-supply gallery fea turing new work by Mario Sanchez, in- cluding his voodcarving "Bucket of Fish and the new biography on him by Kathryn Proby. Fred Gros Gallery: 901 Duval, 294-9545 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Daily. Contemporary Art and Tribal Art: Gingerbread Square Gallery: 910 Duval St., Information 296-8900. Appoint- ments, 294-2165. Guild Hall: 614 Duval St., 296-6076. Open 9:30 to 5:30 daily. Exhibiting an outstanding array of original art by Key West professionals Barbara Bauer, Judi Bradford, Ralph Freer, Adolph Gu- cinski, Ann Irvine, Fran Kebschull, Max- ine McMullen, Wayne Pelke,- Irma Quigley, Nontia Renner, Naya P.ydzewski, and Carolyn Seller.. Featuring oils, acrylics, watercolors, drawings, prints, porcelain, burnished sawdust- fired pottery, stoneware and other media. Haitian Art Co.: 600 Frances St., 296- 8932. Paintings of renowned Haitian artists including Ezene Domond, Jack- son Lewinsky, etc.- Open 7 days, 10-6. Jordons Cafe & Art Gallery: 808 Duval, 296-5858 Open 7 evenings a week. Key West Art Center: 301 Front St., 294-1241. Open 10 a.m. to 5. p.m. daily. Exhibiting works of 90 artists throughout the Keys. Lacy -Gallery:801 Whitehead St. Open 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. except Sundays. Imported contemporary art works and French antique porcelains and china. Lighthouse and Military Museum:938 Whitehead, 294-0012. The highest view of Key West can be had here, along with a survey of aircraft and wartime me- mentos. Lucky St. Gallery: 322 Margaret St. 294-3973, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Daily. Watercolors by Walter Ferris , 4/10-4/31. Moira: the art gallery at 11 Key Lime Sq. / 294-1254. Original art and fram- ing. Open 10 to 5 p.m. Perkins Chandlery: 901 Fleming Street, 294-7635 . Showing the following artists: Rollin Barker, A.S.M.A.,-Commander J.A. Cryer. EVENTS Oldest House Museum: 322 Duvah St., 294- 950 2. Antique lovers will enjoy this excursion into the furniture, house- wares and decorations of Old Island in- teriors "way back when." Be sure to visit the kitchen out back. Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum: 296- 5311 or 294-1575. 907 Whitehead St. Open daily 9:39 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A registered National Historic Land- mark. This site possesses exceptional • value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. MONROE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Fleming. St. 294-8488. Children's Movies: Saturdays at 10 a.m. 5/12 The Sorcerer's Apprentice; Many'Moons; A Boy, A Dog, and A Frog 5/19. The Red Balloon; Alphabet 5/26 The Golden Fish; Mole and Egg; The Gingerbread Man. Adult Movies: 5/9 Sabrina; 5/16 I Am A Dancer; 5/23 Calypso's Search For Atlan- tis; 5/30 Monsters: Mysteries or Myths? - No book reviews this month. AL-ATEEN: Friday, 8:30 p.m., Sigsbse YMCA. BINGO: Starting 7:15 p.m. Thursday nights at Sugarloaf firehouse at mile marker 17. COFFEE MILL: 915 Ashe St. -294-8072. There will be 2 free classes on Sat- urdays .starting in March. They are Jewelry making for kids (ages 7 - 6 0 ) 2:30 - 3:30. African Dance for kids (ages 3 - 60) 3:30 - 4:30. All are welcome to attend. Poetry, 8 p.m. 1st and 3rd Sundays. FLORIDA KEYS CHAPTER, AARP, No. 1351 Located in the Armory, Southard and White St., 294-4641 Ext. 361. Meetings 2nd Monday every month, 7:30 p.m.: Blood count from 6:15 to 7:15; Bingo Wednesday, 2 to 4 p.m.; duplicate bridge 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; Thursday 1:30 p.m.; Saturday, party bridge 1 p.m. K.W. POETRY GUILD: 1st Sunday each . month, 1120 Washington St. 8 p.m. 3rd Sunday each month 1125 United St. 2 p.m.. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Friday night, 7:00 p.m., 2318 Fogarty Ave., 5th St. Baptist Church Fellov;ship Hall. If you have"a drug problem, come to us. City Electric Utility Board: meetings 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 5 p.m.,. Board Room, 930 Caroline. Big Coppitt Key Firehouse, bingo, Fri. nights, S p.m. Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority: 4/12 2 p.m. South.Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach. VFW AUXILIARY #6021, 2nd & 4th Sundays, Post Hall, 303 Emma St., 8 p.m. Viet Nam Vets: Thursdays, 296-6843. Bulimia Group:. Call 4-HELP or 6-LINE Friends Worship Group (Quaker's) , in- quiries, Sheridan Crumlish, 294-1523. Key West City Commission, meetings 1st and 3rd Mondays at 8 p.m., City Hall, corner Simonton & Angela streets. Child Abuse: Question, referrals, reporting information and general information. Call Barbara Hunt at F.K.M.H.. 294-5531. The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, Tuesday nights, 8:30 p.m. 1005 Seminary Street. Tune in to your true self. Join us for one'of the positive things happening in Key West". Call 294-67 39 Key West Womans Club, regular meetings 1st Tuesday of each month, 2:30 p.m. 319 Duval St. Mail-a-book program, costs you only 29 cents, for mailing. Library, 4-84 88. Marathon Lions Club, dinner meetings 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, Indies Resort, Duck Key, 7:30 p.m. Marathon Shrine Club, luncheons every Friday, at high noon. All Shriners wel- come . Monroe County Commission: 4/6 Marathon Sub Courthouse 10 a.m. The Lower Keys Property Owners Assoc. Located at the west end of the No Name Key bridge on Big Pine Key, bingo, every Wednesday, 6:00. Call 745-3613. United Humanitarians, low-cost spay pro- gram now in effect; please call- 296- 5106 for information. Wesley House Board of Directors, meet- ings second Tuesday of the month, 5 p.m., 1100 Varela St. , 296-5231. Key West Singles: For information call 296-3423. SEIFHEIP AL-ANON-MEETINGS IN KEY WEST Sigsbee Park YMCA 296-6616, meets Tuesdays and Fridays at 8:30 p.m. AA meets same time. AL-ANON-Key West group St. Ann's Hall meets Mondays at 7 p.m. AA meets 8:30 p.m. AL-ANON- Mem- orial Group FKMH, 294-5531 ext. 3495, meets Wed. at 8:30 p.m. AA meets same time.AL-ANON-St. Bede's. Group meets Thurs. 12:00 noon St.Bede's Catholic Church 2700 Flagler. AIDS Screening Clinic, Saturday, April 7th. Call Beverly Smith for appoint- ment 296-3048. Alcoholics Anonymous: 404 Virginia St. Clubroom open 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. daily. Meetings: 8:30 p.m. nightly; 7 p.m. cur, waA vrt noon Mon. - Sat.; Meetings. r Sun.', Wed., Fri.. 10:30 a.m. Sun.; 11 p.m. Fri., Sat. Domestic Abuse Shelter, Inc., call 6-HELP, 4-LINE. Zonta Help Line: 296-HELP. Call any time when you need help or referral service. 296-4357. The new Chemical Dependency Treatment Program (for alcohol/drug abuse) opened June 1 and f.k.m.h. For information call 294-5531 ext. 3496. . •• La Leche League: Every 3rd Tuesday, M.M. 24.2, Summerland Key, 10 a.m. Call 74 5^274. Classes on the Qvulation Method of Fertility Awareness! Avoid or achieve pregnancy naturally. Instructor Registered Nurse certified by The Ovulation Method Teachers Association. For information, call 296-7214. continued' on page 51 63 PRESENTS SOMETHING NEW FOR LUNCH AT THE EATERY Your choice: Hot Pastrami * Hot Corned Beef * INCLUDES CROCK OF VEGETABLE SOUP AND A BEVERAGE ONLY $3.99 LUNCH 7 DAYS 11 AM TO 4 PM * on special Jewish Rye baked by the Bavarian Bakery 1405 Duval Street 294-2727 DINE ON THE OCEAN AT SOUTH BEACH We've moved from Front Street and we want to take you with us... to our incredible new fashion collection in our new store... 404 DUVAL

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