Almost home - Florida Keys Keynoter

MAY 16, 2010 

CONTENTS © 2010 KEYNOTER PUBLISHING CO. VOL. 5, NO. 27 

Green solutions 

Marathon students 

really dig into science. 

Page 7 

Keys to success 

How much cash 

is too much? 

Page 6 

www.KeysNet.com 

Almost home 

Bayside Landing nears completion. 

See story, Page 3 

Printed on 100% recycled newsprint 

Real estate 

See what’s been 

selling in the Keys. 

Pages 9 & 10 

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2 Sunday, May 16, 2010 

Keys Sunday 

Check out KeysNet.com for stories you might 

have missed: 

◆ Eastern European cuisine is the star at a new 

Key West café. Food & Dining 

◆ Everglades summit is this week in 

Washington, D.C. Environment 

◆ See what’s on the Keys calendar. Keys Guide 

◆ Check out our readers’ photos and submit 

your own to our galleries. Photos 

EarthTalk 

Atrazine finds its way from our farm fields 

to our drinking water. 

Page 7 

Newsmakers 

Promotions, awards and anniversaries. 

Page 5 

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KAREN QUIST 

Habitat for Humanity of Key West and the Lower Keys is 

putting the finishing touches on its Bayside Landing 

complex on Big Coppitt. The 18-home development will 

be dedicated on Saturday and welcome its new homeowners 

over the next couple of weeks. See story, Page 3 

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING 


Eager homeowners can’t wait 

Bayside Landing nearly finished 

By KAREN QUIST 

kquist@keynoter.com 

It’s nearly time to show 

off Bayside Landing on 

Big Coppitt Key. 

“We’re looking at this as 

our flagship,” said Bob 

Calhoun, the executive 

director of Habitat for 

Humanity of Key West and 

the Lower Keys, which 

built the 18-home development. 

“We want to show 

people what affordable 

housing is.” 

The public will get a 

chance to see what the 

community looks like during 

a dedication ceremony 

set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday 

at the complex on U.S. 1 

bayside at mile marker 11. 

Calhoun said he hopes 

the first eight homes will 

have their certificates of 

occupancy from the county 

before then, so the owners 

can close on their purchases 

and get ready to move in. 

The final 10 will follow in 

later weeks. 

Moving day’s been a long 

time coming, particularly for 

future Bayside residents such 

as Jason and Cassie Murphy, 

who’ve been looking forward 

to this day for more 

than four years. 

The Murphys say 

they’ve had second 

thoughts a few times as 

they waited for the project 

to take shape, but those 

thoughts didn’t last long. 

With the drop in real estate 

prices, the couple looked at 

other options, including 

some defined as affordable 

housing, but they couldn’t 

find anything comparable. 

Habitat’s Susan Miller 

said the three-bedroom 

homes are $180,000 and the 

two-bedroom ones are 

$150,000. A quick look 

through the real estate listings 

shows fewer than 100 

homes in the Keys offered 

for less than $200,000. 

Miller said the new homeowners 

should pay $1,200 

to $1,300 a month for their 

mortgage, insurance, taxes 

and association fees. 

The Murphys say they’re 

paying $400 more a month 

for a four-bedroom rental in 

New Town’s Poinciana than 

they’ll pay for their elevated, 

two-story, three-bedroom 

duplex with a peekaboo 

water view on Big Coppitt. 

And nothing can compare, 

Cassie says, to having 

your own home. They joke 

Natalie Aguilar and her 

daughter, Rebecca, are 

purchasing this home 

together. 

about the duplex’s color — 

theirs is a vibrant orange — 

but said it’s grown on them. 

The Murphys have a 

grown daughter, Breanna, 

and two kids still at home, 

13-year-old Amber and 6year-old 

Jason Jr. They can’t 

wait to decorate their rooms. 

On a recent Saturday, the 

Murphys joined other 

Habitat families, 11 young 

people from Americorps 

and nine people from a vis- 

Jason and Cassie Murphy 

already know how they’ll 

decorate for Amber, 13, 

and Jason Jr., 6. 

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iting church group in cleaning 

up the homes that were 

ready for carpet and working 

on drywall, trimwork 

and tile in others. 

The project was financed 

by the Florida Housing 

Finance Corp. and First State 

Bank, Calhoun said, and 

he’ll have a laundry list of 

other people he’ll want to 

thank during Saturday’s dedication. 

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Habitat homeowners helping to put the finishing touches on modular homes 

HABITAT / From 3 

Prospective homeowners 

first go through an application 

process, which includes 

income guidelines. They take 

a series of homeownership 

courses and put in time at 

work sites and at fundraisers. 

They buy the homes with a 

no-interest mortgage. 

The process has been an 

education, said future resident 

Natalie Aguilar, who’s 

been waiting a little more 

than a year to move out of 

her current rental on Stock 

Island. She’s learned a lot 

about home improvement 

while putting in her “sweat 

equity” hours, and she said 

the Habitat-sponsored classes 

in personal finance and home 

safety are ones that everyone 

should have to take. 

“I never thought I’d be 

CAMP & Careers 2010 

The Collegiate Arts Magnet Program 

8th Annual Program 

June 12-July 18 - @ Marathon High School 

Photo by: Bill Pena 

Countywide transportation from 

FKCC Key West to Key Largo! 

Presented by: the Educational Coalition for 

Monroe County (ECMC) 

Now accepting applications from 

3rd-12th grade and college students! 

Vocational/Career & Music Exploration 

Music (instrumental/vocal) - grades 6th-12th (must have experience) 

Jr. CAMP - grades 3rd-5th (experience not necessary) 

Open to 9-12 grade non-music students 

hospitality/culinary arts, art (drawing & painting) 

& film/video productions 

Design your own schedule! Electives and 

dual enrollment/college courses to choose from 

Sponsorship assistance available 

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MARKETPLACE 

ENROLL NOW! 

Photos by: Tom Dailey and CAMP student photographers 


able to purchase a home,” 

said the 40-year resident of 

the Keys who works for 

Hospice/Visiting Nurses 

Association. She’ll live in 

the home with her co-owning 

daughter, Rebecca, who 

works at Lower Keys 

Medical Center. 

Perhaps most importantly, 

the process has built a 

sense of community as 

strangers became friends 

who will soon be neighbors. 

Aguilar can’t wait to watch 

her 4-year-old grandson 

play in the common area 

with the neighbors’ kids. 

It’s that sense of community 

that Calhoun is 

most proud of and wants to 

show off. 

Bayside Landing took 

several years to wind its 

way through planning and 

permitting after the nonprofit 

housing group won 

the right to build on the 


county-purchased land, 

which had been set aside 

for affordable housing. 

Calhoun said construction 

on the development — a 

mix of duplexes and 

triplexes — began in mid- 

January 2009. Every couple 

of months after that, pieces 

of the vibrantly hued modular 

homes would arrive 

via semi-trailer from their 

mainland factory. 

Calhoun knows not all 

of the residents nearby 

were thrilled with the color 

scheme. “Now that they’re 

all together, they do all 

look good,” he said. He’s 

really looking forward to 

how the site will look once 

the landscaping is in. 

As is customary with 

Habitat, it’s likely that people 

will be asked to plant a 

few plants or trees during the 

dedication, Calhoun said. 

As Aguilar said with a 

smile, “It’s going to be a 

real community.” 

Reggae on the Beach 

In Honor of our Veterans 

Memorial Day 

Saturday May 29 • 2 - 8 pm 

$25.00 in advance $30.00 at the door 

305.852.1872 between 3 & 5 pm (all proceeds after expenses go to charity) 

Dinner includes: Jamaican Jerk Chicken & Pork 

Rice & Beans, Salad, Cuban Bread & Desert 

Dance in the sand to the 

sounds of "Late Hours" 

(previously the official "Kokomo's band) 

Rolling Beach Bar 

Elks Lodge #1872 

MM 92.6 Bayside, Tavernier


EcoWeek having 

special fundraiser 

EcoWeek is having a 

fundraising event,“Raising 

Green, on the Green” 

Wednesday evening on 

waterfront estate in 

Islamorada. 

The event runs 5 to 10 

p.m., and tickets are $75 per 

person and $100 for couples. 

The event will be ecofriendly 

and organic, of 

course, in keeping with 

EcoWeek’s mission. 

The cocktail happy hour 

begins at 5 p.m. with organic 

wine and beer and a cash bar, 

and discussion about the 

massive oil spill in the Gulf of 

Mexico follows at 6 p.m. Then, 

Dave Feder and his band will 

entertain from 7 to 10 p.m. 

The cable network 

Halogen may also make an 

appearance, as crews do 

scouting work for a possible 

reality show featuring 

Keyswide nonprofit Green 

Living & Energy Education, an 

EcoWeek sponsor. 

The mission of EcoWeek 

2010 — Nov. 1 through 7 

throughout the Keys — is to 

organize events that educate 

and celebrate environmental 

preservation through the promotion 

of sustainable ecotourism. 

Don’t delay, because tickets 

are limited and must be 

purchased by Monday. 

Dress is Keys cocktail, with 

valet parking available. 

Visit ecoweekflorida 

keys.com to purchase tickets 

or to find ticket locations. 

Collections pull 

in 40,000 pounds 

Monroe County’s solid 

waste division collected 

21,820 pounds of electronic 

waste (computer gear, phones 

and small appliances) and 

19,160 pounds of household 

hazardous waste (paint, pesticides, 

herbicides and such) 

from residents during four 

special weekend drop-off 

events throughout the county 

last month. 

That’s more than 40,000 

pounds of waste that might 

have otherwise ended up in 

the mainland incinerator with 

the rest of our trash. 

The e-waste is being handled 

by Illinois-based Intercon 

Solutions, which has offices in 

Tampa. The company vows 

the potentially hazardous 

electronic castoffs will be 

recycled properly, not resold 

or dumped in a landfill. The 

company says it operates 

within ISO 9001, ISO 14001 

and OHSAS 18001 certifica- 

tion guidelines. 

In other recycling news, 

solid waste’s senior administrator, 

Rosa Washington, just 

received the 2008 data from 

Florida’s Department of 

Environmental Protection, 

which shows that the Keys 

recycled 10 percent of its 

waste that year. 

The data’s a little stale, of 

course, but that figure’s better 

than the oft-estimated 7 percent 

for the county. 

Tax certificates 

now up for bid 

In Monroe County, one out 

of 10 property owners have 

yet to pay their 2009 property 

taxes. 

The list of those parcels 

and their owners now delinquent 

on taxes — 61 pages 

worth — is inserted in 

Wednesday’s Keynoter. 

Tax Collector Danise D. 

Henriquez said her office had 

received payments for 89 percent 

of Monroe County’s taxable 

parcels as of April 30. 

“That’s pretty good,” 

Henriquez said. 

The remaining properties 

— 5,094, to be exact — represent 

nearly $16.7 million in 

unpaid taxes. Henriquez said 

the number is close to last 

year’s. 

Progress on the Florida Keys 

Overseas Heritage Trail in Marathon 

Construction is underway for a segment of the Florida Keys 

Overseas Heritage Trail (FKOHT) from MM 47 - MM 54 

within the Florida Department of Transportation Right-of- 

Way in Marathon, beginning with the mobilization of 

equipment and supplies. The 7-mile project, which is targeted 

for completion in six months, will be addressed one 

section at a time and each section will be reopened as it is 

completed. Every effort will be made to minimize impact 

to the surrounding community, businesses and trail users 

during the construction. As of May 10, a schedule for the 

construction of each segment will be posted at 

www.FloridaGreenwaysAndTrails.com. FKOHT office: 

(305) 853-3571 


IN BRIEF 

Reasons for nonpayment 

vary, she said, but the challenging 

economy is clearly 

taking a toll. 

Based on past trends, it’s 

likely that the bills on many of 

the parcels will be paid before 

May 28. Property owners who 

pay their bills now owe a 3 

percent penalty. 

The property tax debts are 

listed online at www.bid 

monroe.com, from where 

they’ll be sold June 1 as tax 

sale certificates if still unpaid. 

Chamber sets 

luncheon Tuesday 

The Greater Marathon 

Chamber of Commerce’s 

monthly luncheon is noon 

Tuesday at Sombrero Country 

Club. 

The luncheon features 

Daniel Samess, chief executive 

officer of the chamber. 

Reserve a seat for the $16 

luncheon with Arlette at 

743-5417 or arlette@florida 

keysmarathon.com. 

Keys Energy 

closing office 

Keys Energy Services is 

closing its Big Pine Key office 

at the end of the month. 

The utility said it would 

Sunday, May 16, 2010 5 

Colors of the Rainbow Competition 

Dancing with the Monroe County School stars! 

Saturday, May 22, 2010 

3:00pm 

Key West High School Auditorium 

Admission: $4 students, $8 adults 

First annual event to benefit 

Dancing Classrooms 

Bringing Ballroom and Latin Dance to Our Children! 

Presented by the Educational 

Coalition for Monroe County 

Special thanks to the patrons of the 

ECMC Marketplace 

save about $300,000 per year 

by closing the office on Ships 

Way on May 28. 

The utility’s board voted to 

close the facility, which first 

opened in 2001 to offer 

expanded customer service. 

But with Keys Energy’s online 

and phone options available, 

as well as automatic bill payment, 

the utility says the 

office is no longer necessary. 

The utility said employees 

from the Big Pine Office 

would move into existing 

positions in Key West, and the 

overall employee count was 

expected to be reduced by 

two through attrition. 

Newsmakers 

◆ First State Bank of the 

Florida Keys’ 

Lori 

Menendez, 

assistant vice 

president/ 

controller, is 

celebrating 

MENENDEZ 

her 10th year 

with the 

bank. 

◆ TIB Bank has hired 

Virginia Jacome as its vice 

president and manager for 

systems and application services 

at the Homestead IT 

department. 

◆ Centennial Bank has 

Special Guest: Mr. Pierre Dulaine 

given the Star Teller Award to 

the following employees: 

Chelsea Howard, 

Summerland branch; Sally 

Glass, Islamorada branch; 

April Serpa, Key West 

Roosevelt branch; Monica 

Grodzinski, Key West Old 

Town; and Vincent Hall,Key 

Largo branch. 

◆ Renata Dunn, managementinformationanalyst, 

marked 

her fifth 

anniversary 

with First 

State Bank of 

the Florida 

DUNN Keys. 

◆ TIB Bank has appointed 

Rich Tompkins as senior residential 

mortgage consultant 

for the bank’s Middle and 

Lower Keys market. 

ECMC Collaborative 

Dancing Classrooms, 

Florida Keys 

Dancing Classrooms is a partnership with the 

American Ballroom Theatre, NYC 

Call 305-743-6215 or visit www.campandcareers.org for more information 

◆ Linda Gast is Centennial 

Bank’s 

employee of 

the month 

for April. An 

administrative 

assistant 

based in the 

GAST 

main branch 

in Marathon. 

Gast is a Massachusetts native 

who moved to the Keys shortly 

before joining the bank five 

years ago. 

Photo by: Tom Daley 

Schools represented: Glynn Archer, Sigsbee, Sugarloaf, Stanley Switlik, Marathon Middle, & Plantation Key

6 Sunday, May 16, 2010 

Question: We’ve been 

ashamed to ask this question, 

but last week my husband 

and I decided to put 

our business up for sale, so 

here goes. 

In the past when we’ve 

looked at selling the business, 

the professionals 

advising us say that there is 

“too much cash” in the 

business, even though we 

keep the money invested in 

CDs and other interestearning 

vehicles. 

With this last business 

downturn, we burned 

through some of the cash, 

and my husband and I are 

glad we had what we consider 

to be a “prudent 

reserve.” 

So tell us, in your opinion, 

just how much cash is 

“too much?” 

Answer: I love questions 

like this because there 

is both a “textbook” answer 

and an answer that is right 

for the particular owners of 

a particular business. The 

second answer, of course, is 

the tough one. 

The “textbook” says that 

about one or two operating 

cycles worth of cash 

reserves are about right for 

most businesses. An operating 

cycle is the number of 

days it takes between the 

time that most of your 

expenses are paid and the 

time that you collect money 

from your customers. For 

most service businesses, 

this will be about two 

weeks. For most retailers, 

this will be a week or two. 

An adequate cash reserve 

would be your average 

expenses for one or two 

operating 

cycles. 

Don’t go by 

these generalities, 

however. 

Have your 

certified 

public 

accountant 

calculate 

the cash 

cycle and reserve for your 

business based upon the 

particularities of your situation. 

Now, on to the tough 

question. In addition to 

what the “textbook” says, 

how much extra do you as 

an owner want to have in 

reserve? Let me relate a 

story from an actual experience 

last week. I was working 

with another consultant 

with whom I have had a 22- 


KEYS TO BUSINESS SUCCESS 

year relationship. Right 

after World War II, her dad 

started a manufacturing 

business from an invention 

used during the war by the 

military. After the war, her 

father adapted the part for 

use in domestic automobiles, 

and the business in 

turn has been very profitable. 

Today, her dad is 91 

years old, and is still running 

the day-to-day affairs 

of the company. But, like a 

lot of us Keys business 

owners, the business has 

had a very challenging time 

over the past three or four 

years. 

“Yes,” my friend 

remarked, “Dad and I were 

laughing the other day. He 

said that, had he listened to 

those two potential buyers 

of his business when they 

said he had ‘too much 

cash,’ he wouldn’t be in 

business today.” Before 

hanging up, my friend and I 

agreed that given the experience 

of the past couple of 

years, businesses perhaps 

need to redefine liquidity 

and the need for adequate 

capital reserves. “Dad” in 

this example probably had 

in excess of $1 million of 

cash for his $15 million (in 

sales) business. I have a 

few — very few — clients 

with this level of reserve 

and, in the Keys, it’s easy to 

justify when you consider 

the exposure of most Keys 

businesses to hurricanes 

and other natural disasters. 

Talk to your CPA and 

other advisers, and, on a 

five-year timeline, try to 

come up with a level of 

reserves that you’d be comfortable 

with. When you 


How much cash is too much to have in the business? 

LARRY 

KENDZIOR 

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start thinking about this, 

you’ll realize before long 

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capital expenditures, 

dividends, and debt. And if 

done right, your plans to 

achieve this balance should 

lead to some well thoughtout, 

executable action steps 

to help you be more profitable-— 

and to be better 

able to sleep at night. 

— Larry Kendzior, CPA/ABV, is a 

business consultant with more 

than 30 years of experience in 

helping owners address complex 

business issues.To learn about 

how he can help your business 

implement the above concepts, 

contact him at 942-9678. 

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Sunday, May 16, 2010 7 

GREEN SOLUTIONS 

Marathon teacher is cultivating the seeds of science 

By KATHY LANCASTER 

Keys Sunday contributor 

Listen closely to 

Phillip Steadham’s 

science class. You’re 

as likely to hear the sliding 

metal of pruning shears or 

the tapping of a trowel on a 

garden bed as a student’s 

voice asking about the best 

time to pick a pepper or 

whether to water a hothouse 

tomato. 

The project is a new 

hands-on curriculum in the 

form of a working garden 

for the nine special-needs 

students Steadham teaches 

at Marathon Middle and 

High School. 

“One of the most difficult 

challenges in education 

is matching student 

learning styles with the 

curriculum,” Steadham 

said. “When my students 

weren’t learning science 

from their textbook, I knew 

I had to find another way.” 

With only a sketch of a 

plan last year, Steadham 

scouted for a new location 

for his students. He knew 

he needed a ground-floor 

classroom with an exterior 

door. Fortunately, his new 

room assignment not only 

REDUCE 101 

A greener Keys cruiser 

Don’t have the cash 

right now to buy a more 

fuel-efficient car? Keep 

your old vehicle running 

as efficiently as possible 

with these simple tips: 

◆ Make sure your tires 

are inflated to the recommended 

pressure. Buy 

and actually use a pressure 

gauge. Time to look 

for new tires? Fuel-efficient 

tires, made by all 

the big manufacturers, 

use less energy on the 

road and are highly rated 

for safety. 

◆ Keep your car tuned 

up and consider a synthetic 

oil when you are 

due for a change. 

◆ Remove roof racks, 

bike carriers and clam 

shells when not in use – 

they’re a drag. You lose 5 

percent fuel efficiency 

when they are on the car. 

And remember, your vehicle 

is not a mobile storage 

unit. Every 100 pounds of 

stuff steals 2 percent of 

your fuel efficiency. 

◆ Just like your light 

switch: when not in use – 

turn off the juice. When 

possible avoid idling 

while waiting for passengers.This 

is most important 

when picking up 

children after school as 

they walk past a long line 

of idling cars to get to 

you. 

◆ Slow down. If 

you’re driving faster than 

60 mph, you’re losing up 

to 10 percent of your gas 

mileage for every five 

miles you add to the 

speed. 

◆ Consolidate 

errands and carpool to 

save you time and money. 

Keeping your old 

cruiser can be green – 

you aren’t purchasing 

something new and you 

aren’t adding the old car 

to the trash heap. 

— Green Living & Energy 

Education is sharing a weekly 

tip to help boost the 4 Rs — 

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and 

Rot (compost) — in the Keys. 

This tip courtesy of GLEE’s 

Karen Beal, compiled from 

simplesteps.com. Send questions 

to info@KeysGLEE.com. 

met that criteria, it also featured 

a cement patio and a 

sunny northern exposure. 

The next step, finding 

funding, came in the form 

of contributions from two 

primary sources. 

Marathon’s Home Depot 

donated plants and the 

University of South Florida 

provided a $1,600 grant for 

students with special needs. 

With carts of vegetable 

and fruit plants and soil 

and seeds in hand, the students 

were ready to design 

their garden. 

That was the beginning 

of new skills for the stu- 

Dear EarthTalk: I 

understand there’s an issue 

with the herbicide atrazine 

showing up in dangerous 

quantities in drinking 

water, mostly throughout 

the central U.S. Why is 

this happening and what’s 

being done about it? 

— Marcus Gerde, 

Spokane, Wash. 

Atrazine is an herbicide 

that is widely used across 

the U.S. and elsewhere to 

control both broadleaf and 

grassy weeds in large-scale 

agricultural operations 

growing corn, sorghum, 

sugar cane and other 

foods. While its use is 

credited with increasing 

agricultural yields by as 

much as 6 percent, there is 

a dark side. The nonprofit 

Natural Resources Defense 

Council reports that 

atrazine exposure has been 

shown to impair the reproductive 

systems of 

amphibians and mammals, 

and has been linked to cancer 

in both laboratory animals 

and humans. Male 

frogs exposed to minute 

doses of atrazine can 

dents in Steadham’s class. 

Each day the students take 

part in all the duties 

required of operating a 

working garden — weeding, 

watering, trimming, 

and inspecting for damage 

and insects. 

Steadman and his students 

eschew the use of 

chemicals, instead depending 

solely on soil, water 

and “ a lot of tender loving 

care.” 

As the young plants 

mature, the students gather 

and deliver produce to 

See GARDENING / 8 

Atrazine finds its way 

from fields into water 

develop female sex characteristics, 

including hermaphroditism 

and the presence 

of eggs in the testes. 

Researchers suspect that 

these effects are amplified 

when atrazine and other 

harmful agricultural chemicals 

are employed together. 

Atrazine’s wide use 

makes its impacts that 

much scarier. The NRDC 

reports that it is the most 

commonly detected pesticide 

or herbicide in U.S. 

waters, with the highest 

levels found in Indiana, 

Missouri and Nebraska. 

The Southeast also faces 

atrazine overload issues. 

What irks many public 

health advocates is that, 

See EARTHTALK / 8 

Go Green and Breathe Easy 

with a New 

Energy 

Efficient 

Central A/C 

System and 

Indoor Air 

Quality 

Products. 

Receive up to a $1500.00 Tax Credit 

with a Qualifying Purchase. 

Contact 

For More Information 

305-852-2960 

KATHY LANCASTER 

Marathon Middle and High School teacher Phillip 

Steadham works with Jesus Diaz and Jasmine 

Joseph in the hothouse.

8 Sunday, May 16, 2010 

Filet Mignon 

butter tender and 

cooked to perfection 

– L’Attitudes review Feb. 1, 2002 

Reservations 289-1554 

• Credit Cards Accepted 

Free Program 

Wednesday, May 19 

at 7 PM 

Immerse Yourself! 

Everything You Want To Know About 

Shipwrecks 

Florida Keys Shipwreck Salvor and Historian 

Captain Carl Fismer will recount his 

adventures working many of Florida's most 

significant wrecks. Don't be afraid to ask - 

and don't be surprised by the answers - at 

this highly engaging program! 

MM 83 - Bayside - Islamorada • www.DivingMuseum.org 

305.664.9737 Open daily 10am-5pm 

Casual, Gourmet Dining 

Celebrating 

20 Years 

Sunset Dinner 

Special 

Now only $15.95 

per person 

Must be seated by 5:15 

7 nights a week 

(except holidays) 

4:30 - 5:15 pm 

“The only thing we overlook is the ocean.” 

Open 7 days a week • Dinner 4:30 - 10pm • Breakfast 7:30 - 10am 

At Beautiful Rainbow Bend Resort 

• Mile Marker 58, Grassy Key 

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waiting customers. The 

yield from two of their first 

plants, the peppers and 

tomatoes, went to the high 

school’s Culinary Academy 

for a community dinner. 

Steadham expects these 

experiences will translate 

into independent learning 

proficiencies for his students. 


GREEN SOLUTIONS 

“My goal is that within 

the next year we’ll have 

one or two students 

involved in a gardening or 

garden department capacity 

in which they are actively 

using these skills,” he said. 

The students share his 

enthusiasm for the project, 

and perhaps Steadham is 

correct about the right 

match for his students’ 

learning style. Each student 

spends up to two hours per 

day tending the garden, and 

enthusiasm remains high. 

As sophomore Josh 

DeLuca said, “We learn 

more from the garden than 

we do from the science 

book. Our garden is fun.” 

For more information 

on the gardening project, 

the Taking Roots Garden 

Club at Marathon High, 


Culinary students made use of first garden harvest 

GARDENING / From 7 

even though study after 

study implicates atrazine 

in a long list of environmental 

and health problems, 

the U.S. 

Environmental Protection 

Agency still allows farms 

to apply 75 million pounds 

of it each year. The 

European Union banned 

atrazine in 2004 due to 

persistent groundwater 

pollution there. 

Critics of the EPA 

accuse the agency of selling 

out the health of the 

American people so industrial 

agricultural companies 

can make big profits. 

Indeed, in 2003, the EPA 

estimated a total annual 

economic impact, if 

atrazine were to be 

banned, of over $2 billion, 

including a yield loss plus 

increased herbicide cost 

averaging $28 per acre. In 

2006, the EPA concluded 

that triazine herbicides 

(such as atrazine) posed 

“no harm that would result 

to the general U.S. population, 

infants, children or 

other... consumers.” 

In light of the EPA’s 

refusal to consider a ban 

on atrazine, the NRDC and 

other groups have taken up 

the cause of educating 

consumers about the dangers 

posed by our national 

addiction to dangerous 

herbicides and pesticides, 

and lobbying elected officials 

to add their voices. 

President Obama has 

promised to take a hard 

look at atrazine, but it 

remains to be seen how 

long it will be before any 

such review takes place. 

Of course, organic 

farmers aren’t waiting 

around for Obama to ban 

atrazine. By planting 

diverse crops, rotating 

them regularly and 

employing other age-old 

agricultural techniques, a 

new generation of 

American farmers is learning 

that expensive chemicals 

may not be able to 

boost their yields enough 

to warrant the high financial 

and environmental 

costs associated with constant 

chemical spraying. 

As for you and I, the 

contact Steadham at 

289-2480, Ext. 55411. 

— Writer and photographer 

Kathy Lancaster is a teacher at 

Marathon High School. 

Are you taking steps to make 

your school, business or nonprofit 

a little more sustainable? 

Drop a line with the details to 

kquist@keynoter.com. 

NRDC, others trying to boost consumer awareness 

EARTHTALK / From 7 


Student Elysee Paul peeks through a wall of plants 

at Marathon Middle and High School. 


Alexis Mendoza, left, and Duviel Gonzalez take a 

break from their trowels. 

best way to prevent ingesting 

atrazine with tap water 

is to buy a water filter that 

employs activated charcoal. 

The NRDC publishes 

a free list of water filter 

recommendations on its 

Simple Steps website. 

Even bottled water producers 

may not filter out 

atrazine from their source 

aquifers, so filtering at the 

tap is the only way consumers 

can be sure to 

remove it along with other 

contaminants. 

— From the Editors of E/The 

Environmental Magazine. 

Send questions to earthtalk@ 

emagazine.com. E is a nonprofit 

publication. Subscribe 

at www.emagazine.com/ 

subscribe.


SOLD! 


Each week we showcase homes that have sold recently in the Florida Keys. This week’s three homes sold 

between April 25 and May 1. 

PLANTATION KEY 

◆ Address: 136 Coconut Lane 

◆ Waterfront: No 

◆ Details: Concrete roof, vaulted 

ceilings, spacious living area, large 

porches, mature landscaping. 

Bayfront homeowners’ park. 

◆ Bedrooms: 2 

◆ Bathrooms: 1 

◆ Built: 1975 

◆ Square footage: 997 

◆ List price: $299,000 

◆ Sales price: $295,000 

◆ Listing agent: Gloria Walters, 

Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

◆ Selling agent: Loretta 

Lawrence, Schwartz Property Sales 

DUCK KEY 

◆ Address: 246 Seaview Circle 

◆ Waterfront: Yes 

◆ Details: Oceanfront with guest 

cottage. Freshwater pool and 70 

feet of dockage. Gourmet kitchen. 

Garage. 



◆ Built: 1989 

◆ Square footage: 2,712 

◆ List price: $1,985,000 

◆ Sales price: $1,900,000 

◆ Listing agent: Keith Allen, 

Schwartz Property Sales 

◆ Selling agent: Lela Ashkarian, 


SUGARLOAF KEY 

◆ Address: 17123 Coral Drive 

◆ Waterfront: Yes 

◆ Details: Open floor plan. Gas 

stove, instant-on hot water, 14,000watt 

generator, boat ramp, 100 feet 

of seawall, composite dock. 

Window treatments, bamboo flooring 

and tile throughout. 



◆ Built: 1981 

◆ Square footage: 1,364 

◆ List price: $499,000 

◆ Sales price: $450,000 

◆ Listing and selling agent: Matt 

Bouche, Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

Check out KeysNet.com, our home on the Web. 

Sunday, May 16, 2010 9 

THE TIME IS NOW 

• Become a non-smoker - $125 Total Cost 

• Get motivated to lose weight 

& stay motivated! 

#203 Town Square Mall - Marathon 289-2008 

3706 B N. Roosevelt Blvd. - Key West 294-1277 

Timothy Kelly, LCSW - Hypnotist 

Member of the Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis 

AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING 

24 - HOUR SERVICE • SERVING THE KEYS SINCE 2001 

DUCT CLEANING SPECIAL 

$299 (10 vents or less) 

FREE DUCT CLEANING 

W/ANY A/C SYSTEM REPLACEMENT 

Take advantage of $1500 Tax Rebate 

and our instant rebate up to $1000 

(305) 394-2681 CAC1815090 

• TOTAL NUDITY... 

Distinctive and 

Tasteful 

• Florida’s Most 

Beautiful Women 

• Private Table 

Dances Available 

• Full Liquor and 

Food Served ’til 

Close 

• Open ’til 4am 

• Couples Welcome 

Keys Hottest Happy Hour 

4-8 pm No Cover • 1/2 price Appetizers 

2-4-1 Dances • 2-4-1 Drinks 

Tuesday - Locals Night 

THE 

TIME

10 Sunday, May 16, 2010 


ADDRESS LISTING AGENT/AGENCY LIST PRICE SALES PRICE SELLING AGENT/AGENCY 

Key Largo 

973 Valencia Road Charity Rebl / Prudential Keyside $196,000 $200,000 Kimberly Gray / Realty World-Freewheeler 

46 Waterways Drive Margo & Brett Newman / Coldwell Banker Schmitt $595,000 $550,000 Terry Canto / Marr Properties 

97652 Overseas Hwy., Unit P3 Patricia & Curtis Barlow / Coldwell Banker Schmitt $460,000 $460,000 Brett & Margo Newman / Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

629 Cuda Lane Candi Graves / Realty World - Freewheeler $699,000 $525,000 Pedro Reinoso / Keller Williams Realty Premier 

922 Lobster Lane Charity Rebl / Prudential Keyside Properties $361,400 $350,000 Claudette Mell Realty World - Freewheeler 

Plantation Key 

160 Plantation Shores Lisa Frins / Realty World - Freewheeler $949,000 $920,000 Jan Keller & Charlotte Porter / Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

40 High Point Road, Unit 203 Keith Allen / Schwartz Property Sales $79,500 $79,500 Patricia & Curtis Barlow / Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

203 Harbor Drive Jan Keller & Charlotte Porter / Coldwell Banker Schmitt $1,600,000 $1,550,000 Charlotte Porter & Jan Keller / Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

145 Milano Drive Lisa Frins / Realty World - Freewheeler $885,000 $815,000 Brett & Margo Newman / Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

Lower Matecumbe 

181 El Capitan Drive Solveig Freeman / Coldwell Banker Schmitt $845,000 $815,000 Outside of MLS 

Long Key 

65821 Overseas Hwy., Unit 166 Marcie Wammack / Coldwell Banker Schmitt $518,000 $450,000 Marcie Wammack / Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

65821 Overseas Hwy., Unit 68 Marcie Wammack / Coldwell Banker Schmitt $349,000 $235,000 Marcie Wammack / Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

Duck Key 

5036 Sunset Village, Unit B068 Karen Angle / Coldwell Banker Schmitt $290,000 $290,000 Kate Mudge / Hawks Cay Resort Sales 

Key Colony 

1025 W. Ocean Drive, P-W Wanda & Bob Brock / Coldwell Banker Schmitt $799,000 $750,000 Marina Cala / Key Colony Beach Realty 

160 11th St. Ginger Henderson / American Caribbean $425,000 $345,000 Gail Borysiewicz / Gail’s Island Realty 

Key Colony Point, Unit 12 Gail Borysiewicz / Gail’s Island Realty $649,000 $525,000 Kate Mudge / Hawks Cay Resort Sales 

Marathon 

10877 Overseas Hwy., Unit 88 Peter Dalton / Schwartz Property Sales $110,000 $95,000 Peter Dalton / Schwartz Property Sales 

6099 Overseas Hwy., Unit 74E Christine Todd Young / Island Breeze Realty $105,000 $105,000 Christine Todd Young / Island Breeze Realty 

114 Mockingbird Lane Lindsay Rabito-Leonard / Exit Realty Florida Keys $589,900 $525,000 Lindsay Rabito-Leonard / Exit Realty Florida Keys 

Big Pine Key 

30060 Sandy Circle Toni Smith / Century 21 Keysearch $329,000 $290,000 Patti Nickless / Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

30935 Edward Road Karen Haack / Coldwell Banker Schmitt $169,000 $143,000 Susan Rich / Exit Realty Florida Keys 

28096 Gulf Blvd. Debra Farrell & Linda Ward / Schwartz Property Sales $280,000 $275,000 Mark Davis III / Key West Sunshine Realty 

Sugarloaf Key 

17237 Bonita Lane Tara Thoman-Wood / Prudential Knight & Gardner $400,000 $390,000 Allan Leder / Preferred Properties 

Big Coppitt 

55 Boca Chica Road, Unit 14 Rosemarie Thrasher / Keys Seaside Realty $210,000 $185,000 Rosemarie Thrasher / Keys Seaside Realty 

Stock Island 

5030 5th Ave., Unit 71 Deborah Swift & Joyce Unke / Location 3 Real Estate $299,750 $299,750 Deborah Swift / Location 3 Real Estate 

271 Golf Club Drive Megan Behmke / Compass Realty $625,000 $560,000 Megan Behmke / Compass Realty 

Key West 

3930 Roosevelt Blvd. Bryan Valentine / Realty Executives Florida Keys $196,000 $190,000 Regina Corcoran & Douglas Miller / Amerirealty Corp. 

3704 Flagler Ave. Karen Lane / Prudential Knight & Gardner Realty $429,000 $400,000 Barbara Crespo / Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

1800 Atlantic Blvd., Unit A403 Victor Musmanno II / Coldwell Banker Schmitt $598,000 $550,000 Victor Musmanno II / Coldwell Banker Schmitt 

814 Elizabeth St. Rudy Molinet / Marquis Properties Realty $1,300,000 $1,300,000 Rudy Molinet / Marquis Properties Realty 

404 Grinnell St. Lynn Kaufelt / Truman & Co. $1,325,000 $1,395,000 Rudy Molinet / Marquis Properties Realty 

1211 Watson St. Bascom Grooms / Bascom Grooms Real Estate $450,000 $420,000 Melva Wagner / Sellstate Island Properties 

415 Amelia St. Jeffrey Dunaway / Key West Realty $799,000 $720,000 Daniel Skahen / Preferred Properties 

163 Front St. Rudy Molinet / Marquis Properties Realty $849,000 $700,000 Michele Grahl / Compass Realty 


MARKETPLACE 

Real estate closings based on information from the Florida Keys Board of REALTORS Inc. (alternatively, from the Florida Keys MLS Inc.), for April 25 through May 1. Sales were 200 percent of the same week in 2009.


A A 

No. 2271100 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 

that the undersigned, desiring 

to engage in business under 

the fictitious name of KEY 

WEST BABY located at 3229 

FLAGLER AVENUE, in the 

County of MONROE, in the City 

of KEY WEST, FLORIDA 

33040 intends to register the 

said name with the Division of 

Corporations of the Florida 

Department of State, 

Tallahassee, Florida. 

THE INFORMATION 

MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC. 

Publish May 15, 2010. 

Florida Keys Keynoter 

A A 

67556 

3 x 5.0 (70.8627) 

627585 

CITY OF MARATHON/ITB AREA 

CITY OF MARATHON>> 

K0110LEGALNOTICES 

Boat Cleaning, Maintenance. 

Repair; pick-up & delivery. 

Experience required. Must 

have valid Driver’s License. 

Marathon. 305-481-7006 

BOAT SALES 

P/T, F/T, top commissions, 

sales exp. & dependable 

transportation req’d. Retirees 

welcome. 305-872-3123 

C/A SERVICE TECH 

Minimum 5 years exp. Must 

have basic hand tools. Please 

apply in person, Windswept 

A/C, 2735 O/S Hwy, Marathon. 

CONCRETE REPAIR 

WORKER Clean and reliable. 

2 month job in Marathon. 

References req. Call 743-1979. 


A A A A 

Sunday, May 16, 2010 11 

A A 

DIVE BOAT CAPTAIN 

HALL’S DIVING CENTER 

Marathon, FL is seeking full 

time & part time Captain w/ 

Masters License. Must hold a 

Divemaster certification or be a 

certified diver who will train to 

DM level, have strong customer 

relation skills, a professional 

appearance and able to perform 

routine vessel maintenance 

as scheduled. Contact 

Bob Brayman or Randy Botteri 

at 305-743-5929 to pick up 

application or email; resume to 

randy–hallsdiving.com.

12 Sunday, May 16, 2010 

A A 

DRIVER NEEDED 

Clean driving record a MUST! 

Must speak English. Apply in 

person from 12-3, M-F, at Ore 

Seafood, 1264 Ocean View 

Ave., end of 15th St., Marathon. 

Licensed property MGR. 

Good customer service & 

computer skills necessary. 

Quickbooks & general 

knowledge in bookkeeping. For 

interview call 305-451-0232. 

OUTDOOR RESORTS 

P/T Gate Attendant. 

Weekends a must. 

Call 305-664-4860 or 664-3046 

A AA 

Part Time Office Cleaning 

Immediate hire. Daytime. Key 

Largo, Islamorada & Layton. 

MUST be reliable. Drug Free 

Workplace. 743-0697 lv msg 


LOGO 67741 

Error: 1 

A A 

PLUMBER, EXPERIENCED 

Benefits, paid vacation & 

holidays. Health Insurance. 

Clean driving record. Marathon 

area. 305-743-5357 

67741 

2 x 3.0 (42.5098) 

611664 

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN 

FISHERMEN’S HOSPITA 

K0265HEALTHCARE 

A A 

SALES POSITION 

Must have bait experience, 

bi-lingual helpful, and have 

office skills. Apply in person 

from 12-3 M-F, at Ore Seafood, 

1264 Ocean View Ave., end of 

15th St., Marathon. 

A A 

A A 


SEEKING P/T RETAIL SALES 

ASSOCIATE for furniture & 

home supplies business. 

MM 88. Must be people friendly 

& motivated, exp. preferred, 

salary ‡ commissions. 

305-664-5519 Dave. 

WANTED - Sewer for Marine 

canvas and upholstery. 

Exp. needed. Key Largo 

305-451-5670 

29 Serious People to Work 

From Home using a computer. 

Up to $1,500- $5,000 PT/FT 

Www.profit2day2morrow.com 

A A 

CAM needed for 84 unit 

condo in Middle Keys, Min 

3yrs experience. Computer, 

QB & P/R skills required. PTO, 

Health incl. Fax Resume to 

305-664-2092 

OFFICE ASSISTANT- Light 

duties such as answering 

phones & filing, for fast paced 

office position. Apply in person 

from 12-3, M-F at Ore Seafood, 

1264 Ocean View Ave., end of 

15th St., Marathon. 743-2255 

A A 

CLERK, GATE ATTENDANT 

& HOUSEKEEPER 

POSITIONS AVAILABLE 

F/T. Valid DL and reliable transportation 

required. Background 

check req’d. Apply in person: 

Sunshine Key RV Resort, 

38801 O/S Hwy, Big Pine Key. 

A AA 

FRONT DESK P/T Upscale 

Boutique Resort MM 62.3 

Basic Office/Sales/Computer 

skills, positive attitude, 

outgoing, team player. 2 days a 

week. 10-6. Resume Email or 

Fax 305-743-8661 

info–conchkeycottages.com 

info–conchkeycottages.com


A A A A A A 

RESERVATIONIST 

Condo Rentals on Key Colony 

Beach. P/T, flexible hours. Start 

immediately. Friendly and helpful 

person. Must be knowledgeable 

with computers. Email 

qualifications/resume to 

admin–marathonresort.com 

A A 

Looking for a Local 

Business? Also see 

The Florida Keys Business 

Directory in every issue of the 

Keynoter! 

A A 

Looking for a Local Service? 

Also see 

The Florida Keys Business 

Directory in every issue of the 

Keynoter! 

A A 

ALL AMERICAN COINS & 

CURRENCY-SILVER & GOLD 

Private Collector Pays Top 

Dollar! Old Pennies to Large 

Bills. Call (305) 743-5780 

A A 

ESTATE SALE, Sat & Sun, 

8am. Fully furnished house, 

everything for sale: Hoveround 

chair, TV’s, furn., tools, more. 

798 27th St Ocean, Marathon 

MARATHON YARD SALE 

Something for Everyone! 

Priced Right. Sat., 7-3. 

400 East 63rd St., Ocean 

1/2 Acre Nautical & Sail/Power 

boat yard sale. Saturday. 

MM 99.3. For list of stuff & I 

mean lots of stuff go to 

floridakeysyardsale.com 

A A 

MINI DACHSHUND PUP, 

Longhair male, 

choc/white, 

$700. 305-587-4634 

A A 

Pointing Labradore retriever 

PUPS. Top breeding line, field 

champions, AKC, OSA reg. 

Avail. May 25. $800 M -$1000 F 

305-853-0544 ... Key Largo 

A A 

Private Collector Wants 

Rolex Dive watches and Pilot 

Watches. Old model Military 

clocks & watches. 

Call 305-743-4578 

RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT 

36’’ LP Gas griddle with stand. 

$1200 obo. 

305-743-6519 

Toshibi big screen TV. 

40 in x 30 in. Exc. cond. 

$500 firm. Islamorada. 

305-304-5427. 

5 PC. PATIO SET 

Wrought iron, with cushions. 

Asking $65. (305) 451-3670, 

Key Largo. 


A A 

A A 

Investors wanted for Keys 

Real Estate project. Secure investment 

with great return. 

305-395-9113. 

A A 

AFFORDABLE MM93 

2 BR, 1 BA, with office, clean. 

W/D, central A/C, lrg yard, 

shed, boat ramp, beach. 

$995/mo F/S. 954-347-9648 

Affordable Waterfront, 2/1. 

Incredible location! 

Furnished manufactured 

home, MM63 Oceanside, 30’ 

dock. $1200. 305-872-2750 

BIG PINE 4 BR, 3 BA 

Almost new home. On canal. 

$1750/mo. Call Al Waters, 

305-747-0768 

keyswiderealty.com 

BIG PINE KEY/ DR’S ARM 

2/1, on canal with dockage. 

$1450/mo., F/L/S. Includes 

utils. No pets. 305-469-0992 

KEY LARGO - PORT LARGO 

2/1, Dockage avail, $1200 mo 

Util Incl: Power, Water, Cable 

TV..... 954-699-1957 

LITTLE TORCH, 2/2, FURN, 

channel view, dock, large deck, 

screened porch, beautiful! 

$1750/mo. 540-816-0203 

LITTLE TORCH 2/2 On stilts, 

swimming canal, down from 

Dolphin Marina. Also apt. 

305-872-3602 or cell: 

305-481-4763 

LONG TERM RENTALS 

Duck Key 2/2 duplex on canal; 

Marathon 1 BR condo, 

$900/mo; Marathon 3BR 

house w/pool, $2500/mo. 

MK Rentals 305-481-6972 

A A 

MARATHON 2/1 fenced yard, 

W/D, D/W, tile floors, pets ok. 

1st ‡ sec dep. $1100/mo. 

Available immediately. 

425 65th St. 305-393-3926 

A AA 

MARATHON 3/2 Deep water 

Ocean Front, views forever! 

Hot Tub, updated, 50 ft. Dock 

Unfurn/furn. $2575/mo. 

Avail June. 732-674-3451 

MARATHON BEAUTIFUL 

Clean 3/2.5 Townhouse, W/D, 

A/C, Carport, Community Pool. 

Unfurn., $1850/mo F/L‡$1000 

Security. (305) 942-9711 

Marathon - Flamingo Island. 

Beautiful, private 3 BR, 3 BA 

canal front home with dockage. 

W/D, partially furn, carport. 

$2000/mo. 440-503-7500 

Ocean Front House with Dock 

2/2 plus den, Tiled, High 

Ceilings. $2400 mo 

305 251-2304 MM 92 

ONE MO. FREE RENT! MM 95 

Oceanside, 2 Bed, 2nd floor, in 

4 plex, nice apartment on 

canal, all tile, central A/C, W/D, 

$1,250.‡elec...305-393-2161. 

3/2 Home with Ocean View. 

Accross from park. MM92 

$1875 mo 

305-962-9639 

A A 

BIG PINE KEY 2/1, on canal, 

ocean access. Completely 

remod. Section 8 welcome. 

$900/mo. 786-290-6879 

MARATHON 1-2 BR, 1 BA, Fl. 

room, screened atrium,lrg 

shed, cable incl. $995/mo ‡ 

util. 305-587-1512, Keys RV 

MARATHON 2/1 TRAILER 

Clean, Lg Lot. 

Pets ok, tile floor, W/D. 

$850 mo ‡ util. 295-6432 

MARATHON EFFICIENCY 

nice yard, 

$600/MO ‡ utilities. 

Please call 305-797-9132 

MARATHON, KEYS RV 

1br /1ba TRAILER 

$600/mo, cable TV included 

305-731-5042 

A A 

A MOVE IN NOW From $199 

week. MARATHON. Weekly 

or monthly. Fully furnished. 

All utilities & cable included. 

305-289-0800 

Sunday, May 16, 2010 13 

A A 

Ample 2/1 apt. MM 98. 

Concrete building. Great kitchen 

& bath. Big closets. Over 

1000 sq. ft. Pets OK. $1000 mo. 

incl water. MUST SEE. 

305-851-1577. 

ANNUAL RENTAL KCB 

14 Clara Blvd, 1/1 newly 

remodeled, tile, W/D, A/C. 

No smoking. Pets negotiable. 

$950. F/L/S. 216-288-8443 

ANNUAL RENTALS 

Marathon: 2/2 Condo $950; 

2/1 Apt. $850; 2/1 MH, $775. 

Call Barbara at CBSRE 

305-289-6499 

BEAUTIFUL PRIVATE 2nd 

floor 1 BR FURNISHED apt on 

Houseboat in Marathon. 

$875/mo ‡ $400 dep. No 

smoking, pets or parties. 

Call 703-895-9841 

ISLAMORADA Extra large 

2 BR apt. $1200/mo. & $1500 

security dep. Furnished, utilities 

and cable included. Yearly 

lease. 305-664-8033 

ISLAMORADA MM80 3/2 

Condo fully furn, top flr, great 

privacy, highest view point in 

the Keys! Avail monthly or 

longer, Apr to Dec. Call Bruce 

for more info 305-937-8111 

ISLAMORADA MM 90 

STUDIO with full bath. 

Patio, W/D. $675/mo, includes 

all utilities. 305-304-8177 

KCB Half Duplex. 2 BR, 2 BA, 

dockage, W/D, tiled floors, 

central A/C, ceiling fans. 

$1000/mo, F/L/S. 481-8254 

KCB OCEANFRONT! 

1/1 furnished ground level 

condo. Annual lease, 

$1150/mo ‡ util. No pets or 

smoking. F/L/S. 743-5173 

Key Colony Beach 2/2, newly 

renovated, beautiful condo on 

private beach on ocean, heated 

pool. Avail. for long term rental 

thu Dec., no pets. 743-0173 

Key Colony Beach 1/1, tile, 

W/D, Open Water View! Use 

of private beach. All util incl. 

$1100/mo F/L/S. 743-5319 

KEY LARGO 2BR, 2.5BA 

furnished waterfront condo. 

Boat slip, pools, courts. 

$1800/mo, year round. 

631-734-6787 

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KEY LARGO-3/2, HALF 

DUPLEX, Ocean View, canal 

front, w/ dock. Covered parking, 

Scrnd porch, d/w, w/d, 

Garden Cove Canal. Close to 

Restaurants. $1500/mo ‡ util. 

Large storage room. 

F/L/S. 305-304-7348

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KEY LARGO, MM 105 

1 BR, 1 BA, ground level. H/O 

park & boat ramp, big yard. 

Pets nego, no smoking. $800 

‡ util. F/L/S. 954-790-7157 

KEY LARGO NEW Studio 

Apt. MM104, Furn, residential, 

tile floor, A/C, No drugs, No 

Smkg, No Pets, $750 mo incl. 

Utils..... 954-472-1296 or 

954-816-0122 

LITTLE TORCH KEY- duplex, 

2 BR, 1.5 BA, on canal w/40’ 

dockage, W/D, no pets. 

$1100/mo. F/L/S. (305) 

304-2786 or (305) 872-9184 

LONG KEY, MM 68.5, 1/1 

gorgeous, all new! Canal, patio, 

dockage. W/D, A/C, cable wifi 

incl. $1100 mo. 410-279-4026 

MARATHON 

10877 and 10875 6TH AVE 

GULF. 3 BR. Section 8 

approved. A/C. Includes 

gardner. 305-743-5438 

MARATHON 1/1, large 

unfurnished, upstairs, A/C, 

appliances, Laundry access. 

MM48. $800/mo. F/L/S. Call 

305-289-1150 Available today! 

MARATHON 

1 BR, 1BA, LR, DR, canal front, 

with dockage, $1250/mo. F/L. 

(305) 743-0404 

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MARATHON 1 BR, 1 BA, 

Unfurn. apt. $675/mo incl 

water. 91st St. 

Tenant pays electric & cable. 

Call (305) 743-5624 

MARATHON 1 BR in HALF 

DUPLEX Quiet neighborhood. 

$800/mo ALSO EFFICIENCY 

$600/mo. F/L/S. 743-2300 

MARATHON 1 large BR, living 

room, kitchen, new laundrymat 

on premises. Centrally located. 

$850 mo incl water and 

garbage. 305-393-9345 

MARATHON 2/2 Furnished & 

very clean. Quiet neighborhood 

37.5’ dock on clean canal. 

$1550 mo. 305-731-6739 

MARATHON 3/2 unfurn apt. 

Non-waterfront. $1300/mo ‡ 

utils. Call Marcy 305-289-6505 


Marathon A cute studio apt. 

in Little Venice. Furnished or 

unfurnished, utilities included. 

$850/mo F/L. (305) 743-0404 

MARATHON Charming effcy 

apt in nice neighborhood, with 

private yard. $750 mo incl utils. 

Call Andy 561-212-3045 

MARATHON, duplex apt 1000 

sq ft., 2/2, 10803 6th Ave Gulf. 

Very sturdy construction above 

flood plane. $1249 mo ‡ util. 

F/L/S. 289-1887 lv msg clearly 


Dummy0513-15:37:28 

6 x 4.9 (69.1765) 

Dummy 

Somebody else wants it. 

Dummy 

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Marathon Efficiency 

Furnished, pool. Great location! 

$675/mo - Deposit Negotiable. 

Call 743-2857, 304-9758 

MARATHON-GRASSY KEY 

Efficiency. $690/mo includes 

utilities and cable. 

Call Michael, 481-4301 

MARATHON small 1/1 

Unfurnished, washer & dryer, 

outside area. $750/mo ‡ elec 

$300 deposit. 743-7580 

MARATHON Small Efficiency 

Unfurnished, use of washer & 

dryer. No pets. $700/mo. 

includes water & electric. $200 

deposit. 743-7580 

MARATHON Waterfront furn 

effcy $875/mo, incl water & 

elec. Call Marcy 305-289-6505 


MM 103 Near Hide Out 

Restaurant. 1BR apt. 

$795 plus util. 

305-451-3388. 

MM 105 - Canal Front - Furn. 

2/1 Downstairs APT. Covered 

prkg. W/D & dockage avail. 

$1250 incl. util, cable & wi-fi 

305-451-1380 

MM 82.5 1/1 Waterfront APT. 

unfurn. Access to 300 ft pier. 

F/L/S $975 mo. yrly. lease. 

305-393-1009. 

YOU HAVE IT. 

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MM 88.8 Bayside, new lrg 

modern 1/1 w/contemporary 

kitch & bath, W/D, carport, HO 

Park. $1000. 305-393-0713. 

PORT LARGO 1 BDRM. 

$525 ‡ util. Carport, newly 

remodeled. 1st and last. 

305-647-4518 

1/1 Furnished with Lg Kitch & 

Bath & great area. $800 mo incl 

Utils. HOA w boat ramp & 

beach MM 94.. 216-347-2378 

1 BR part. furn oceanside 

apt. Unique. Possible 

dockage. MM 103. $775 plus 

util. 305-905-6867. 

1BR/1BA Furn. apt. MM 75.1. 

On Ocean/beach. No pets/ 

smoking $1200 mo incl util & 

cable. 305-664-9504 

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Affordable Rates 

Daily-Weekly-Monthly Luxury 

Vacation Villas Key Largo to 

Key West Call 305-853-5000 

keyscaribbean.com 

HOMES & CONDOS 

STARTING AT $3000/M0. 

Marathon - Duck Key. 

Call Barbara at CBSRE, 

305-289-6499 

Have something you no longer need? 

Sell it in our classifieds! 

(305) 743-5551 or ads@keynoter.com 

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KEYS/MARATHON Beautiful, 

Oceanside canal front homes 

w/dockage, boat ramp. 2-3 

BRs. $1200/wk. 561-351-8737 

Summer Vacation in Maine! 

Rooms and Cottages 

available nightly or weekly on 

beautiful Sebago Lake! Call 

207-892-2698 or visit us at 

www.sebagolakelodge.com 

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NEED A WAREHOUSE WITH 

AN AUTO LIFT? 

KO-JO in Marathon HAS ONE. 

CALL 305-743-6275 

U.S. 1 FRONTAGE, Marathon 

Share space. Save money. 

Desk/office space available for 

low profile business. Call 

305-731-1183, 305-731-9751 

Workshop warehouse 

storage. MM 97.8 center US1. 

12’X29’ w/8’ wide door. Com. 

property above flood. Boat 

ramp near by. Cost depends on 

use. (305) 453-8558. 

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A Sellers, List for as low as 

1.5% Buyers get up to $5000 

rebate. keyswiderealty.com 

305-745-8815 

Brand New in Key largo. 

$329K. 4BR/2BA CBS home 

with garage. Flood zone X. 

Buy now and pick your colors. 

305-394-1409. 

park8–bellsouth.net. 

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MODULAR HOME SALES, 

All sizes, 150-175 MPH single 

and multi family, permitting. 

305-743-2169 

STOCK ISLAND 3BD, 2BA 

3 year old stilt home. Fenced-in 

yard, S/S appls, W/D. 

$325,000. Serious inquiries 

only. Call 305-797-2615 

$299,000 ON STOCK ISLAND 

3bd, 2ba, 3 year old stilt home. 

Fenced-in yard, S/S appls, 

W/D. Serious inquiries only. 

Call 305-797-2615 

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ISLAMORADA PERMANENT 

TRAILER direct ocean view, 

canal front w/ avail boatslip. 

Full length FL rm w/ attached 

storage shed. Just redone: new 

A/C, Pergo floors, fresh paint. 

$15,000. Call 561-768-2682. 

2006 MOBILE HOME 

14 X 60 2/2 LOADED!! 

MUST BE MOVED 

CALL 305-743-2169 

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KCB 2/2 CONDO A/C, DW, 

W/D Ocean view! Heated pool, 

fishing pier, tennis courts, 500’ 

sandy beach, beautifully furn. 

See – casaclaracondo.com. 

$349K FSBO. 860-478-7003 

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Hendersonville NC 

Hickory Acres Subdivision. 

Spectacular SW vue, 1.3 ac, 

3,400 ft. elev, 1/1 home, new 

roof, A/C, W/D, $124,900. 

828-685-1445. 

MUST SELL Vanceburg, Ky 

161 acres, wooded forest, 

abundant wildlife, plots for 

building. Paved, water, electric. 

A steal for $599 per acre. 

www.takemyproperty.com 

305-289-4557 

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Rogo lots 

Worth 4 points each. 

Many available. 

305-394-1409. 

Start Building Today 

Cleared lot w/active building 

permit for 3/2 SFR. 394-1409. 

park8–bellsouth.net 

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SUB SHOP FOR SALE! 

Located at Tradewinds Plaza 

MM101 Call for details. 

305-321-6535. 

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1/2 Acre Nautical & Sail/Power 

boat yard sale. Saturday. 

MM 99.3. For list of stuff & I 

mean lots of stuff go to 

floridakeysyardsale.com 

17’ CC Mako w/115hp Merc, 

& trailer, GPS, loaded. Low hrs 

& clean.$11,500, OBO. 

305-852-7256 or email 

mako2001–me.com 

18’ Sea Squirt 1984 w/115 

Merc, approx 100 hrs, trailer & 

lots of extras incl. $2600. Key 

Largo. 305-395-9169. 

20’ AQUASPORT w/115 HP 

4 stroke Yamaha. Good cond. 

New bottom paint. Ready to 

fish! $6500. Call Randy, (305) 

743-5317, Marathon 

20’ Wellcraft, 250 HP 

Johnson, bimini, new tamden 

trailer $3900; also 24’ T-Craft, 

225 Johnson, t-top, leaning 

post/rocket launcher, tandem 

trailer. $4900. 305-395-8734 

23’ Party Boat 1993 Rinker 

Open Bow 260 HP I.O. 

$6000 obo. Shelter Bay Marina 

Mrthn, 743-7008 ask for Steve 

24’ T-CRAFT 1978 w/2004 

Johnson 175hp outboard. 

Working Lobster boat. Must 

Sell! Reduced, $6000. Mrthn. 

305-942-3896, 248-941-1241 

25’ HYDRA-SPORTS 2008 

2500CC, twin 150 Yamahas, 

70 hrs. Warranty. 

$74,900. 305-304-9198 

26’ MAKO 1989, CC, w/ trailer. 

Need new twin 200 motors. 

With or without SPL License for 

marinelife & crawfish. 

941-302-4931 or see at 

Skeeter’s Marine, Big Pine Key. 

32’ WELLCRAFT ’84 Twin 7.4 

lt. engines w/less than 100 hrs. 

Westerbeke 5 KW generator. 

Exc cond! Reduced! $15K. 

305-797-8528 or 797-8570 

34’ Crusader, documented, 

Cat. 3116 turbo anchor puller, 

marine radio, depth finder, auto 

pilot, chart plotter. Call Jack 

305-743-6275 

39’ Morgan lobster boat ’81 

w/1275 tags. 3208 Caterpillar. 

All gear incl., forklift optional. 

$120K. Adam Hill 

305-522-3194. 

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Carolina Skiff Specialists All 

sizes & models: Sea Chasers, 

Bennington pontoons & Hydrasports. 

Call Ft. Myers for West 

Coast pricing! 800-955-7543 

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BOAT SLIP FOR RENT MM99 

Ocean side $200 month for 

30ft. No liveaboard, Water & 

Electric. 942-3055 

FISHERMEN’S POINT 

DOCKAGE, MARATHON 

$300/mo includes water & 

electric. No liveaboards. 

386-938-3922, lv msg. 

Key West - Sunset Marina 

Dock to 35’, liveaboard OK, 

new docks, electric, water, 

showers, cable TV, ship store. 

$550/mo. 954-682-6673 

LIVEABOARD BOAT SLIP 

FOR RENT MM 54, Marathon. 

$500/mo. Incl water, electric, 

cable TV. Bathroom facilities. 

305-731-5042 

MARATHON BOAT YARD 

Indoor slip avail at Vaca Cut. 

Free ins & outs. 10’ x 33’ x 9’ 

high. $125/mo. 630-947-4344 


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Marathon Liveaboard Docks 

covered deck area, pvt bath 

house. Free W/D for residents. 

12 mo’s for the price of 10. 

Check with us 1st! 731-3386 

Sombrero Marina ‘‘Dockside’’ 

SUMMER RATES THRU 2010 

AS LOW AS $465/MONTH 

305-743-0000 Roy or Rick 

SPRING SPECIAL! 

Slips Available For Rent 

Liveaboards OK. Marathon. 

$475/mo. 305-304-3610 

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4,000 STONE CRAB 

CERTIFICATES 

Available ‘‘B’’...CALL 

(305) 859-2222 

29’ Islander w/ Volvo diesel, 

in water, roller furling, extra 

sails. $2800; 22’ Boston 

Whaler ’71, 150 HP Johnson, 

$6500; 13’ Boston Whaler, 30 

hp Merc., $2000. All w/trailers. 

12’ alum boat $300. MM 99 

Ocean. 305-942-3055 

3208 carterpillar 34 feet 

$18,000, lobster B cert 1400 

for $35each, crab cert 1400 

Call .....786-970-6982 

500 ’B’ lobster certs 

for sale. 

Call 305-797-2615 

AA Dave buys permits 

So Atlantic Snapper, Grouper, 

Gulf Reef, K/Mack, Shark, 

Sword, Tuna. 

$$$ in 48 hours! 904-262-2869 

A AA 

All types of permits for sale!! 

Rock Shrimp, King Fish, S Atlantic 

Snapper, Grouper, Gulf 6 

Pack reef & pelagic, Commercial 

Gulf Reef Fish, Gulf Snapper 

IFQ’s, Long Line Pkg. Many 

other permits avail. We buy, 

sell & broker all types of permits. 

Call before you buy or sell! 

Please call for prices. Licensed 

& Bonded. All permits guaranteed 

valid for transfer, many 

references avail. John Potts Jr. 

321-784-5982, 321-302-3630 

www.shipsusa.com 

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DIY Boatyard 88Tx28‡W 

Travelift & 125 T Crane. 

Save $$$. 305-852-2025 

www.boatsandtires.com 

HOOKA Outfit Commercial 

grade- two 75ft hoses, all 

regulators, complete unit 

$1850 firm...305-393-0234 

Lifetime Boat Lift, 7000 lbs. 

Side elevator, 4 yrs. old. Exc. 

cond. Will deliver. $3000. 

863-632-6229 

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Liveaboard Docks Marathon, 

covered deck area, pvt bath 

house. Free W/D for residents. 

12 mo’s for the price of 10! 

Check with us 1st! 731-3386 

MTHN-Marine Storage: boats, 

trailers, campers, any clean 

storage OK on wheels. Best 

rates in town. Check with us 

first! Call Emil, 731-3386 

WANTED TROPICAL RDMLD 

Tropical Dive License needed. 

Reasonable offers only. 

Call Pete, 917-435-8332 

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Autos wanted. All years. 

Junk-Used. Car-Van-Truck. 

Run or not. Cash $$$ Paid. 

Call 305-332-0483 

2001 VW BEETLE 

Immaculate. Runs great. 

$2,850. 

(305) 743-0116 

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2006 FXSTBI NiteTrain 95 C.I. 

Screamin Eagle, heads, 

pistons, cams, cyls, race tuner, 

pushrods, exhaust, chrome 

front end plus HD inverted front 

end (not on bike). 200 rear tire, 

all recpts ‡ Dyno sheet. 8K mi 

on bike plus all stock 

components for this bike as 

well as a ’96 c.i. top end from an 

’08. Crossbones & more! 

$12,000 firm. 305-509-2003 

Sunday, May 16, 2010 15 

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’07 VERUCCI 250 

V-Twin, 85 mpg, 75 MPH, 2200 

miles. Black & chrome cruiser. 

Just driven from St. Pete’s. 

$1900. 815-980-0136 

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2002 FORD EXPLORER XLT 

4X4, Blk/tan, 4L V6. Tow hitch. 

90K mi. VGC. Reduced! 

$7500. 1 owner. 305-289-7581 

93 Jeep Grand Cherokee 

Limited. 73000 miles. Full 

Power, cold A/C, original 

owner. $1995. 305-396-1612 

05 TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 

Needs some cosmetic work. 

$5200. 

Call (305) 289-2146 

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