Key West, Albertson’S in Key West Is Shutting Its Doors and Beers Take Center Stage in Key Largo
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MUSIC KEY LARGO In L’Attitudes Economic hit A Burt Bacharach tribute’s in line for Key West, Albertson’s in Key West is shutting its doors and beers take center stage in Key Largo. — and 120 employees are losing their jobs. eekend Stories, 4B t’s BrewFest, held Labor Day w ings at Key Wes Story, 6A fans enjoy tast Rodriguez Brew fest ich he carries in his Brew on Bay coming toh (wh aville restaurants) ‘Look of Love’ wit Margarit distributors andrew goeries. in a marketing dealInBev with in te, mile small, micro-b Anheuser-Buschthe lager in concert April 21 Key LargoRowell’s MarinaApril si de. We 28 se e a big increaseatcraft beers,”Rowell’s(which brews sales for these Jacksonville). marker 104.5,d bybaysi the the h peared Sponsore Largo, she said. But there are a half-wit She’s recently ap Craft beers take ary Club of Key Rot And judging from dozen crafto tsbrewers who will be at San CarlosMother Superior in and the suc- r of beer festivalsy lorida ro w on the as h-Nuns,” this fun-raiser,late fund-raiser numbe y ever F ted at Bre gga center stage at to emu irtuall here in the n “Meshu rman’s hopes Key West staged v w represe the West move- Bay. Dreaver, whoaniz eis t hehelp- Carmen Jerry He Rotary event cess of lub’s Key weekend some ary org “Showtunes,” at the Red Rotary C United States, the ing Rot Rodriguez sings Fest, which garnered wing tradi- Barn Theatre. L’Attitudes Staff l Brew ment is growing.er bre event, said some with She’s performed with several thousand happy The be exotic names andof artsy atten- past Bacharach guez, Key the Key West Pops Next weekend (Apri guests last fall who tion has even invadede labels draw lots d more than 140 dif- Carmen Rodri diva, Orchestra, the Paradiset the 28), beer lovers will have quaffe Florida, which in th s, tion. e, Native of nd and a ide choice of brew fes- Swamp Ap West’s own conch ok Big Ba nt Theatre’s a w ferent beers. may have been illedbetter spirit nes “The Lo Waterfro Show tivals ranging fromval the in Laura Dreaver,d Tedwho known for dist Lager and Orange just headli ribute to compos-h r Festi arac “Gotta Sing a ith her husban Blossom Pilsner are Love,” a t rt Bach Royal Bee g, w especially rum.changing.s yricist Bu Tune.” Tarleton, England, owns the Key Largo But that’s er/l kets range from $35 ● See Brew, 6B t artists, Tic Beertopia in Hong Kon Conch House, said craftst thing Most Keys resident Saturday, April 21.es The $50 tickets beer Joined by gu takes the to $50. China to Brew on the Bay brews are the hotte know that Jimmy Buffet is mission to a y Largo. verage field. this 8 p.m. show include ad in Ke he hassle in the be linked to Land Shark l St. post-performance, catered Save yourself t “The trend isbig to getbeer stage at the516 San Duva Carlos n or m the I stitute, ho sings, cast party. informatio of traveling hoverseas first-ever and away fro WWW.KEYSNET.COM SATURDAY,APRIL 14, 2012 VOLUME 59, NO. 30 ● 25 CENTS KEY LARGO Six life terms for child molester By DAVID GOODHUE girls several times between Hernandez proclaims innocence January 2000 and May 2005. [email protected] Hector “What he did to these but judge not swayed in abuse case Hernandez children was abhorrent,” A Key Largo man was and 17 years old, made up somehow if he ever left her. said Assistant State Attorney pleads his case sentenced Friday to six con- the accusations at the “I didn’t touch no kids. Terri Hunnewell, who prose- at his sentencing secutive life sentences for prompting of their mother, [The mother] know this,” cuted the case. “And he did on Friday. Judge repeatedly raping the two whom Hernandez said was Hernandez told Monroe it over and over again.” Luis Garcia young daughters of his for- jealous because he was County Circuit Court Judge Hernandez was arrested wasn’t swayed, mer live-in girlfriend over a involved in a new relation- Luis Garcia. “She threatened in August 2010 after the girls sending him to five-year period. ship. Hernandez said the vic- me, she carried it out. She reported the sexual assaults prison for life. Hector Hernandez, 37, tims’ mother had threatened did it.” to Monroe County Sheriff’s maintained his innocence, him numerous times in the Prosecutors say Photo by and said the girls, now 13 past that he would pay Hernandez molested the ● See Hernandez, 2A THERESA JAVA CELEBRATING THE SPANISH FLY IPHONE/IPAD INVESTIGATION Grand jury to be seated county employees. 21 people County Administrator to investigate Roman Gastesi has admitted paying Druckemiller cash county theft for two iPads and two iPhones. Senior systems By SEAN KINNEY analyst Hank Kokenzie [email protected] admitted paying cash for three iPads and two iPhones. A Monroe County grand Assistant State Attorney jury will be empanelled this Mark Wilson, who handles week to investigate the theft public corruption cases, said of county-owned iPads and the current 21-member iPhones. grand jury’s term, six However, its work will be months, expires Tuesday. delayed because telecommu- “We’ve got a whole new nications giant AT&T hasn’t group coming in on produced records that need Tuesday,” Ward said, “and to be presented to the panel, we’ll select them from that.” which can hand up criminal Of the 21, 15 comprise a indictments and issue rec- quarum, and only 12 votes Jose Wejebe (right), known worldwide for his angling skills, tapes an edition of his ‘Spanish Fly’ TV show with fellow ommendations on the mat- are needed to issue an indict- renowned fisherman Flip Pallot (left). Wejebe, from Summerland Key, died in a plane crash in Everglades City on April ters it probes. ment. 6. Sunday at 1:30 p.m., the International Game Fish Association hosts a celebration of life at its headquarters, 300 Gulf The State Attorney’s Druckemiller said she’s Stream Way in Dania Beach in eastern Broward County. Office has subpoenaed unfairly the sole focus of the AT&T for billing and techni- ongoing legal probe. cal information in an effort Also in the mix is ELECTION 2012 to match specific iPads and Deputy County Admin- iPhones with the people that istrator Debbie Frederick. have them. Druckemiller allegedly ran “We still don’t have the up $20,000 on Frederick’s Candidate: ‘Washington is broken’ material we need,” State credit card without permis- Attorney Dennis Ward said. sion, although both main- the former so polarized in different nation’s budget deficit and “They’ve got until the tain that’s a personal matter Shark Key’s owner of directions that no one is complex tax laws. 20th” to comply with the and unrelated to the tech- Walker files theworking on solutions,” said That resulted in his eight- subpoena. nology situation. Oceanside Walker, a resident of the page proposal for federal Lisa Druckemiller, the The iPads and iPhones for Congress Marina gated Shark Key communi- term limits, a balanced county’s former technical involved are conservatively (nowty. “We have to come budget, graduated flat services administrator, valued around $15,000. By KEVIN WADLOW King’s together to fix things.” income tax and campaign stands accused of stealing Druckemiller, a 31-year Senior Staff Writer Pointe He filed papers with the laws to keep corporations the electronics — at least county employee, resigned [email protected] Marina) in state Division of Elections from making massive dona- four dozen total — and then Feb. 24; she earned $75,489 WALKER Key West on April 5 to run as a tions to candidates. selling them, including to annually. A Lower Keys business- and still holds an interest in Republican. The only other “I’m a rookie at politics man has launched his cam- manufacturing and real- filed candidate for District but not at managing a busi- paign for the newly created estate concerns. 26 is Erik Borgstrom of ness and creating jobs,” he congressional District 26, “This is a great country Largo, also a Republican. said. THE EYES HAVE IT which takes in the Florida but we have some deep and Walker was moved to “Washington is broken. Keys and western Miami- serious problems,” Walker mount his first-ever cam- We need to improve the Dade County. said Thursday. paign for office after Douglas Walker, 71, is “Politicians have become researching issues on the ● See Walker, 3A IN THE COURTS Judge rejects Overton’s appeal sentence “absolutely baseless” and whelming,” Jones wrote in Death sentence Tuesday. “devoid of merit.” his ruling. for homicides In a 14- Overton, now 56, has been In the latest of multiple page ruling, on Florida’s death row since appeals from the horrific still stands Monroe being convicted 13 years ago murder, Overton’s lawyers County for the 1991 murders of argued at a Jan. 24 hearing: By KEVIN WADLOW Circuit Michael and Susan “Missy” — That Sandra Shaw, a Photo by GARY PURSEY Senior Staff Writer Court Judge MacIvor and their unborn former part-time employee of [email protected] Mark Jones child during a break-in at the a private investigator, could This alert osprey keeps an eye on things — including OVERTON rejected family’s Tavernier home. provide testimony that her ex- the photographer — from on high in Islamorada.