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FREE Lodging • Shopping The Conch Republic Dining • Entertainment OCONUT ELEGRAPH TCHE COCONUT TELEGRAPH IS PROUD TO BE THE OFFICIAL NEWSPA T PER OF THE NORTHERNMOST TERRITORIES OF THE CONCH REPUBLIC 101425 Overseas Hwy. • PMB #628 • Key Largo, FL 33037 • 305-304-2837 • www.theconchtelegraph.com • June 2014 Inside: Attractions Scott Youngberg Benefit June 15 Macy’s Mammogram - The Best Dolphin Championhip Winners What’s Hot & What’s Not Art Box Artist of the Month: Mariela Estevez Bartender of the Month: Shannon Roth at Mandalay Hunk of the Month: Ken Schriver Maps Key Largo Locator Map Getting from Here to There All the Buzz Coco-Nut Funnies Mangrove Galley Conch Characters Business in the Keys The Classiified are Back! Island Time’s Paddleboat Cruise is a great way to see the fireworks on July 4th on Blackwater Sound. BBQ HAPPY FATHER’S DAY June 15 dinner, music and a festive cruise, all for just $42.50 per person! Reserve now - check out their ad on page 13. Highlight Friday & Saturday, JUNE 27 & 28 • 7pm “All Star” Ladies of Nashville Songwriters Enjoy some of today's most well known Nashville songs performed by the ladies who wrote them. Sponsored by Pinnacle Vodka ON THE BEACH • MM 99.5 BAYSIDE KEY LARGO • 305-451-3380 Live Music • Happy Hour • Sunset Lisa Carver Liz Rose Stephony Smith World class entertainers, in Key Largo on the beach. has had songs cut by Jewel, Julie Grammy Award Winner Grammy & CMA Winner Roberts, Shelly Fairchild, Tim Collaborated with Taylor Swift Has had cuts by The Dixie Chicks, McGraw, Reba McEntire, Tanya on her award-winning albums. Shania Twain, Barbara Streisand, It doesn’t get any better than this! Tucker and Willie Nelson & Daughter is country/Americana Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Look for ad inside or check the calendar at keylargo-baysidegrill.com for all of our live music on the beach. Sugarland's "Everyday America." artist Caitlin Rose. Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, and Reba. 2 • The Coconut Telegraph • June 2014 June 2014• The Coconut Telegraph • 3 Articles VNA/Hospice Thanks Ocean Reef Community Foundation Coconut Telegraph Cast of Characters: Editorial continued IT IS NOT OK TO TAKE May 2014 Editor/Sales/Distribution Editorial: Newspaper Caper ............................................................... 2 Please Note: THEM TO LINE YOUR BIRD Volume 9 Issue #87 VNA/Hospice Thanks Ocean Reef Community Foundation ....3 Denise Malefyt Hunk of the Month: Ken Schriver ....................................................... 4 CAGE OR KENNEL. You are, New Email Address however, welcome to recycle Amazon Smile Program Benefits MARC ........................................... 4 for the Coconut Telegraph: Prestige Publishing, Inc old papers left over from the [email protected] 101425 Overseas Highway Advertising Adopt An Animal, Key Largo Shelter ................................................ 6 previous month. Local Young Musicians Recognized ...........................................7 PMB #628 Production It takes a lot of time and Art Box Artist: Mariela Estevez ............................................................. 9 Key Largo, FL 33037 energy to continually distrib- If you need old newspa- Personnel at the VNA/Hospice Regional office in Tavernier send a special Sue Beal Key Largo Rotary Welcomes New Members .................................. 9 ute papers throughout the thank you to the Ocean Reef Community Foundation for their $30,000 Phone 305-304-2837 pers, go to any recycling cen- contribution. Pictured L-R: Joy Ewing, RN; Paige Rice, RN; Kim Sovia- Scott Youngberg Benefit ..................................................................... 9 month. When papers started ter and you will find all you Crandon - Development Director; Debbie Premaza, RN, BSN - Director of Macy’s Mammogram - The Best! ....................................................11 disappearing, I ordered more need. There is one at MM Clinical Services; Rebecca Vasilenko, CNA; Nicole Weirback, LPN; and Deadline Getting from Here to There - Keys Map Page ..........................12-13 from the printer, raising my 100 oceanside. Starting this Jen Wolverton-Wade, RN, CWCN. Daily OM: Stronger than You Know .................................................14 print costs, for months. month we will be recycling for the We pay a monthly fee to Florida Keys Dolphin Championship Winners ................................14 our old issues at the new FK Coconut Telegraph’s a company that provides the Wild Bird Center Hospital in FOUND IT ON Bartender of the Month: Shannon Roth at Mandalay ................15 rack service at Publix and we FACEBOOK! July issue is Anny Bannanny ..................................................................................16 Tavernier. try to replenish the stock of My lawyer says that by Business in the Keys ............................................................................18 Key Largo end of the Friday, papers every day. It is un- publishing a newspaper it Jewfish Creek Bridge June 20, 2014 The Mangrove Galley: Pasta Salad ................................................19 der 24 hour surveillance by a makes me a “public person” c. 1960. The area Sounds of the Keys .............................................................................19 security camera as are many and that unfortunately sub- you see is where Contact Denise at Key Largo Locator Map Page ...................................................20 other places. jects me to some “crazy ass Creekside and 305-304-2837 Conch Characters .............................................................................21 people.” I say “Hey, what the Anchorage [email protected] Coco“Nut” Funnies .......................................................................22-23 the heck, its the Keys, there are now. Classiifieds! ...........................................................................................23 is craziness everywhere.” However, the one thing that we locals definitely will not tolerate here is thievery. Editorial: Newspaper Caper the law. It is attacking my To travel around the Upper about stealing bundles of Come Hungry! business, stealing from me, Keys looking for opportunities papers from the HOSPITAL! stealing from every adver- to steal papers and dispose of Taking papers from sick peo- tiser and the readers who them because he didn’t like an ple and veterans is about as 10% OFF WITH THIS AD must look elsewhere to find a article I wrote about a mur- low as you can go! paper. It is no different than derer is pretty sick. To keep shoplifting! doing it for several months When is it ok to take It's clean, it's fast, it's delicious!!! Taking newspapers is tak- is certifiably insane. This guy newspapers? Great breakfast, great lunch, great everything!! ing away potential customers even tried to coerce one of Example: If you own a hotel COC-TEL 6 am - 2 pm • 7 Days from the businesses and my customers out of advertis- or motel and want them for MM 99.7 Bayside organizations. Taking money ing in the Coconut Telegraph… your guests. 99696 Overseas Highway, Key Largo away from them. Each issue she told him to take his busi- Some people pick up several docsdinerkeylargo.com • 305-451-2895 of The Coconut Telegraph ness elsewhere and never to mail to relatives across the is extremely important to return to her store. country. It’s common sense. a sick person when we are One witness told me the If your business would like The above photo is of a providing a free ad to raise weasel has even bragged monthly delivery for your snowbird weasel who is not money for a benefit. For customers call 305-304-2837. authorized to remove Coconut example please see page 9 We are sorry that we are not Telegraph newspapers from for info about a benefit for able to provide subscriptions, any location or business EVER! our much-loved local musician instead we provide the news- Please keep an eye out for him. Scott Youngberg. It is also paper free on the website at Removing newspapers with important to all of the non- www.TheConchTelegraph.com. the intent to dispose of them profit organizations that we and cause me harm is against support. continued on page 3 Disclaimer The Coconut Telegraph © 2006-2014 is published monthly by Prestige Publishing, INC. All Telegraph assumes in good faith that all editorial and advertising material submitted are rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written consent of the original property of the advertiser. The Coconut Telegraph may not be held responsible the publisher. The Coconut Telegraph welcomes written articles, photos, and artwork of for errors, omissions, or for circumstances beyond our control that may affect the distribution local interest to be used and/or edited at the discretion of the publisher. 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