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"You can't fix stupid." - G.S. 1¢ WWW.KEYSWEEKLY.COM 09.20.2018 WONDER WOMAN DISCOVER BETH MOYES' SECRET POWERS | P.5 GIVING BACK SORBELLI FAMILY PLANS FUNDRAISER | P.13 LOUIE ANDERSON CROC FACTS COMES TO THEY’RE DOCILE … KEY WEST WE SWEAR | P.27 P.10 FOR LAUGHS WE ARE ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS Excellence in healthcare, here at home. Stephanie Gallaher Dr. Jennifer Charity Family Nurse Practitioner M.D. Board Certified in Internal Medicine 1111 12th Street Suite 210, Key West FL, 33040 • 305-295-3535 2 KEY WEST WEEKLY / SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 OLD KEY WEST WITH A TWIST OF SOMETHING NEW. START A KEY WEST ICON SINCE 1886. YOUR DAY AND END YOUR DAY WITH A KEY WEST ICON 2017 Bubbas: Key West People’s Choice Awards: Nominated for Best Restaurant, Best Family Owned Business, Best Breakfast, Best Bartender, Best Happy Hour and Best Bloody Mary 512 Front Street • www.twofriends.com • 305.296.3124 BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINNER • KARAOKE • DAILY LIVE MUSIC KEY WEST WEEKLY / SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 LOCAL CHATTER 3 HAYS BLINCKMANN [email protected] here are a lot of national headline grabbers lately. Some sound absurd and are absolutely true, some sound true and are absolutely absurd. Like “Taco Bell voted best Mexican restaurant” (uuuhm, re- ally?), “North Carolina didn’t like science on sea levels so passed a law Tagainst it” (one word: Florence) and lastly one from our great state of Florida, “Ft. Pierce woman claims wind blew cocaine into her purse” (only in FLA). Regardless of factual truth, social media has a way of feeding life into them to long live after the daily news cycle. So what headlines might grab, amuse and befuddle in Key West? “Chick-fil-A is going into Burger King,” said Sean Kipp. “May or may not be true… who’s to say?” 430 DUVAL STREET SHOP | SIP | SAVOR “Mayoral candidate proposes cancel- ing Fantasy Fest,” said Drew Freeman. That’s got just enough swagger to ignite a few angry Facebook emojis. “The library has a new director who was formerly in charge of sales at Publix,” said Mike Forster. “To increase the number of books lent from the library, they will reor- ganize the shelves every week.” “Key West roosters are now free game - except hens. Open carry and stand your ground laws will apply,” said Jonathan Blum. 4 KEY WEST KEY WEST WEEKLY / SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 NUMBER OF THE WEEK ON THE COVER One of the greatest comedians of Estimated total cubic yards of marine debris in Keys all times, Louie Anderson, takes the canals from Hurricane Irma, according to Greg Tol- stage on Sept. 30 in Key West. “I will pin of Adventure Environmental Inc., the firm hired just keep talking if I enjoy the crowd, 5450 MacDonald Ave. No.5 to do the cleanup. He said more than 20 percent of sometimes they have to remind me Key West, FL 33040 the 103 affected canals are finished being cleaned. to get off stage.” See story, page 10. Office: 305.453.6928 59,281 CONTRIBUTED www.keysweekly.com Publisher Britt Myers [email protected] Publishing Partner Jason Koler [email protected] Editor HOLDING STEADY Sara Matthis [email protected] POPULATION CHANGES LOW, ESPECIALLY IN KEY WEST Copy Editor Mike Howie KATIE ATKINS [email protected] bers make sense. That’s certainly In Islamorada, the population [email protected] a normal annual fluctuation, and changed by a loss of 336 resi- Account Executives we fluctuate up and down a hun- dents, the study showed. Lesley Aaron y the calculations of re- dred or so a year, depending.” “The fact is, we lost a number [email protected] searchers at the Univer- Countywide, 2,949 people of residences in three mobile Stephanie Mitchell sity of Florida, Monroe have left, the majority from home parks and a few conven- [email protected] County has lost 3.8 unincorporated Monroe totaling tional homes in the storm. I’m Bpercent of its full-time residents 1,936. sure others moved for economic Evan Schaffer [email protected] in the last year, with Key West In incorporated Monroe, reasons,” said Village Manager taking the smallest hit. 1,013 residents moved. In Mara- Seth Lawless. Staff Writers Kristen Livengood The primary source of data thon, where 394 homes were The 2018 population totals [email protected] gathered by University of Florida destroyed by Irma according to are close to numbers from 2015 research demographer Rich county information, the popula- in all areas of the county. Hays Blinckmann Doty’s team of five is the change tion has declined by 6.2 percent, “Those were good years, and [email protected] in active residential electrical con- or 540 people. I think the new numbers show Katie Atkins nections. The numbers are far from we’re not having doomsdays [email protected] “That’s the best source of the projected loss in population like some folks suggested after Production Manager data we have to estimate the feared by county officials after the storm,” said County Admin- Anneke Patterson change in occupied housing the hurricane. istrator Roman Gastesi. “People [email protected] units,” Doty said. “The formulas Still, just one family leaving said we were going to lose our Design / Web Master are complicated, but the concept is too many, said Marathon City economy and 10,000 to 15,000 Travis Cready is pretty simple.” Manager Chuck Lindsey. people were going to leave. It’s [email protected] The yearly study is done “I’m very thankful it’s not clear the economy is going to using data from the Florida Keys more (than 540). I’m incredibly bounce back.” Design / Pre-Press Irene de Bruijn Electric Co-op and Keys Energy proud of our community and its He also mentioned the dras- [email protected] Service, which provide active tenacity and resilience following tic drop in residents between the account information annually to Irma, and myself like many others 2000 and 2010 censuses, which Javier Reyes [email protected] Doty. were encouraged to stay because showed a population loss of The numbers are pretty final- of our community strength,” he about 8,000 people. Classifieds ized, he said, but even more solid said. “However, I’m looking for- “The economy didn’t fall Anneke Patterson data will be revealed after the ward to the census data to get a apart, and that was one of the [email protected] 305.743.0844 2020 census results. more accurate account.” worst economic downturns we’ve “Between decennial cen- ever seen,” he said. Se habla español suses, these are estimates based THE KEY WEST WEEKLY (ISSN 1944-0812) IS PUBLISHED on what we feel are very good WEEKLY FOR $125 PER YEAR reliable data, but there are still BY WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS, INC., some assumptions in regard to 9709 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY, MARATHON FL 33050. APPLICA- changes in household size and TION TO MAIL AT PERIODICALS occupancy,” he said. POSTAGE RATES IS PENDING AT FORT LAUDERDALE FL AND AD- Key West lost a mere 88 DITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. people, not even half of 1 percent of its population of 24,509. All stories, photos, and graphics are copyrighted “Key West obviously didn’t materials. have that much devastation as far as dwellings, so these num- POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO THE KEYS WEEKLY, 9709 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY, MARATHON FL 33050 News Deadline Tuesday Noon Advertising Deadline Tuesday 2 p.m. KEY WEST WEEKLY / SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 WEEKLY INTERVIEW 5 KRISTEN LIVENGOOD [email protected] eth Moyes is a Jersey girl ‘SUCH A HAPPY WAY OF HELPING OTHERS’ with Australian roots, and is known around town as one of the most energetic Nickname? BAM (my initials), Moye- Which TV or movie Bladies on the island. Actually, “en- see. character is your ergetic” is a huge understatement alter ego? Won- when describing Beth – just ask her One fun fact about you? I hate chew- der Woman, dad. ing; I’d prefer only liquid food. I also since I was 4 Today, she is a race director, have an insane number of selfies with and ran around event manager, “personal every- local cool dude Ben Hennington. in Underoos. (She thing girl” to five very important kinda still runs around in local people she is unable to name, What’s the most rewarding project Underoos…) dogsitter, babysitter, clinical super- you’ve worked on? I facilitated a visor, stage crew at Tennessee Wil- group for children who were adopted Best piece of advice you ever liams (she can’t wait for “The Sound as infants and were between 9-12 received? “Strive for the best. of Music”), usher at Waterfront years old at the time they participated You’ll at least end up with very Playhouse, and costume consultant. in the group. We wrote a children’s good.” My dad. Followed closely The usually tutu’d Wonder Woman book together. It was a life-changing by “It’s called work for a reason. was going through a divorce and experience. Otherwise it would be called fun, Key West seemed like a good place and you’d be paying them.” Also to start fresh. With a master’s What’s been the most memorable my dad. degree in social work and a “Jill of race for you? The Buddy Pass was the all trades,” she was a therapist for first race I ever hosted. I started trying What is your nerdiest passion? Kara- children and adults, domestic and to get sponsors for Anchors Aweigh oke with sick dance moves. international adoption worker, Clubhouse in the evenings and on foster care agency supervisor and weekends – it is a nonprofit 12-step If you could take one item on a de- foster parent trainer.