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Marathon Politics: Youth Club Proposes Part Timer at City Park
By Blair Shiver | Aug 28, 2010
Organization Promises to Remain Self-Sustaining
With the dwindling volunteer base and resignations, a contingent of Marathon’s Youth Club and Parks & Recreation Advisory Board proposed the city create a part-time position to help organize and grow the various sports programs.
Councilman Dick Ramsay raised the issue during the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday evening, and Parks & Rec Chairman Luis Gonzalez emphasized that with the first budget hearing less than two weeks away, the group is pressed for time to find money in the budget for additional personnel.
“I’ve met with the directors of each sport, and we’ve asked them to individualize what their needs are for their sports as the needs for football are going to be different from girls’ softball and baseball,” Gonzalez told the council, adding that Parks Director Jimmy Schmitt was in support of additional staff to help centralize registration and administer over youth sports.
Key West School: Fresh AND Familiar Faces
By Jason Koler | Aug 30, 2010
Added to Key West Faculty
The new teachers reported to duty last Thursday and have been busy preparing their lessons and classrooms for the first day of school. Key West welcomes a new principal and four instructors, two of whom have called the southernmost city their nome for more than a dozen years.
Islamorada Island Eats: Made 2 Order
By Blair Shiver | Aug 29, 2010
“Nothing Famous, Just Better”
Chef Patti Cook developed her culinary skills out of necessity.
“I was a really picky eater as a child, and my mother was a terrible cook,” she remembered. “I started experimenting, and by the time I was 10 years old, all my friends were coming to my house to eat what I was cooking!”
Her husband and business partner, Frank Hughes, is clearly one of her biggest fans.
“Patti has incredible talent,” he commended. She’s catered events from Ocean Reef to Washington, D.C.
Dive Report: Dive with Denise! Vaca Key’s Ivory Coast Wreck
By Josie Koler | Aug 29, 2010
Former Slave Ship a Sweet Spot to Snorkel, SNUBA, and Dive
Denise DeCrow of Key Colony Beach and Cabana Breezes manager received the details of her next adventure while she was still recovering from her last adventure. A late night at the Doghouse which didn’t come to fruition ‘til 4 am.
“Let’s go diving! I want to go see the Goliath Grouper at the Adolphus Wreck in the middle Keys! Bob Chinnis says he’s the size of a Volkswagen!”
“Uh, no.” Her voice came through the end of the line. “It’s already 11:15. Call Tilden’s.”
Marathon Neighbor of the Week: Dave Murphy
By Blair Shiver | Aug 28, 2010
It was 2:49 on Monday, August 23, 2010.
Principle Dave Murphy sat in an almost meditative state in his office at Stanley Switlik Elementary, clutching a piece of paper and studying it with intent focus.
During pre-planning last week, the myriad of teachers neared the end of a faculty meeting with the former assistant principle of Coral Shores High School and surmised their new leader’s head was spinning with new information.
“I told them I could handle everything else, but I was most concerned with dismissal on the first day of school,” Murphy laughed.
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Florida Keys Sports: Ralph Henriquez
By Blair Shiver | Aug 30, 2010
Check out the Ring! This guy Knows How to Win Championships
KWHS state championship baseball coach four times over, Ralph Henriquez returns to the island to make some moves towards securing district and state titles.
Key West Island Eats: Brain Power: Cuban Bread & Café con Leche
By Josie Koler | Aug 30, 2010
Lucky Day Café Servin’ Breakfast & Delivering to KWHS
Photos by Josie Koler
Many of you probably mutter this as adults: “Man if I’d had a shot of Bucci before school… I would have scored straight As!” Or, “If I had a café con leche before chemistry I probably would have whizzed through those molecular make-ups, then on to volleyball practice, and marching band…”
With the 2010 school year ready to get rockin’ and rollin’ we wanted you to know, it’s your Lucky Day!
“Some of the kids sometimes they come in for the cheese toast in the morning. They wash it down with a Coke.”
Fishing Report August 28, 2010: Come on Down!
By Jason Long | Aug 30, 2010
Even mainland Floridians can appreciate the unique environment and culture of the Florida Keys. Between the laid-back island atmosphere, tropical temperatures closer to that of the Caribbean than the rest of Florida, and a wide variety of amazing inshore and offshore fishing opportunities—highlighted by the only living coral reef system in the continental United States—the Keys offer the perfect getaway, even for our neighbors just up the road.
Last week, the Stowe family decided to make the quick, scenic drive down from Jupiter, Florida with their sites set on fishing the reef and loading up on delicious filets to take back home with them. We began the trip by anchoring on the patch reefs in 25 feet of water, and getting a nice chum slick flowing. Before long, small ballyhoo swam up in the chum line and we were able throw the cast net and fill the live well. (Note: for those of you that do not have a cast net, pitch out a small hair hook tipped with a piece of shrimp on a float). In a little over an hour we were able to load the box with quality mangrove snappers up to 3 ½ pounds. For live baits, we fished a ½ ounce jig heads, and ½ ounce jig heads for the fresh cut chunks of ballyhoo. Both methods produced well.
Keys Disease: One Out of Five…
By John Bartus | Aug 28, 2010
Us Boomers will likely remember the old Trident gum commercials that used to start with the phrase, “Four out of five dentists recommend Trident gum for their patients who chew gum.” It always left me wondering about what the other dentist – the one out of five – believed would be better than Trident (Taffy? Tire rubber?). Well, dear readers, it seems like the “one out of five” believes some pretty strange things!
A recent poll showed that one out of five Americans believes that our President, Barack Obama, is a follower of Islam. The fact is that Obama is a Christian. He has been a Christian most all of his life, has attended Christian churches, and one of those churches featured a certain Christian pastor who caused Obama no small amount of political indigestion (remember Rev. Jeremiah Wright?). Still, the belief remains with one out of five of us that Obama is a Muslim. Happy Ramadan.
