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The MULLET RAPPER What’s Happening in the Everglades & 10,000 Islands NEWS AREA INFO TIDES ~ EVENTS JUNE 29, 2019 - JULY 12, 2019 25¢ RESTAURANTS © 2019, K Bee Marketing P O Box 134, Everglades City, FL, 34139 Volume XI • Issue # 341 A Full Day of Fun to Celebrate Our Hurricane Irma May Have Helped New Concessionaire to Run Nation’s Independence! Keep These Biters at Bay Everglades National Park Gulf Coast June 29th, Starting at 10 am If you love fireworks, here Starting July 1st, the Gulf Coast Center is your opportunity to see at Everglades National Park located in them twice! Everglades Everglades City will be offering guided City will host a full day of boat tours once again. fun punctuated by an The new operator, Guest Services, amazing fireworks display operating as Everglades Florida on June 29th. Adventure Tours, is taking over for long Come to the Everglades Independence -time operator Sammy Hamilton. Day celebration on Saturday, then enjoy Guest Services will take over for a fireworks again on the 4th in one of the temporary one-year term, and then nearby towns. compete for the 10-year contract when it Our celebration is a bit like a blast from is put out for bid in 2020. the past, complete with a golf cart parade, Guest Services is not new to the area arts & crafts and raffles. or to Everglades National Park. They The events are all free, and you can find currently run the Flamingo section of the plenty of places to park to see the Park’s region, and they once managed fireworks. We hope to see you there! Saltwater marsh mosquitoes have been the Ivey House Bed & Breakfast in light this year. Typically they will hatch Everglades City for former owners Here is the schedule of events: out in the spring tides we see in May. David and Sandee Harraden. However, this year they are fewer than 10:00 am: Opening Ceremony expected and mosquito experts believe it 10:30 am: Parade, “Hats off to has to do with Hurricane Irma, potentially America” is the theme this year one positive that came out of the storm. 11:00: Booths open at McLeod Park - According to Patrick Lynn with the Art-in-the-Park Collier Mosquito Control Division, the 11:30: Parade winners announced, belief is that the storm surge and contests for the kids movement of the water during the storm 12:30 pm: Raffle winners announced changes the depositing of silt and soil in 9:00 pm: Amazing fireworks! the marshes. This changes the biology of how many eggs there are and how close Please do not bring pets or leave your they are to the surface. Scientists know Guest Services has been in the pets in your car. Bring water, chairs, there is a relationship, but they are not hospitality business since 1917. They bug spray, and, hats and sunscreen! exactly sure what it is. have over a century of experience King tides and longer days are the throughout the United States. Their RAPPER TABLE OF CONTENTS biological signal in the marsh that trigger corporate offices are in Virginia and Parks & Local mosquito hatchings. In Collier County, they have branch offices in Naples, FL. Events, etc. p. 3 p. 8 News that never happened. In addition to the familiar tours into However, it is too early to celebrate! the 10,000 Islands, Everglades Florida Blue Zones p. 4 Charles Sobczak p.9 The heavy rains in late May left much Adventure Tours will be bringing standing water and the freshwater School News p. 5 Capt. Raffield P. 9 additional amenities to the Gulf Coast mosquitoes heard the signal and Center, to better align the Gulf Coast Bike Station p. 6 Local –Regional p.10 responded in kind. We can confirm that enter amenities with those at the there are some mosquitoes...albeit much Flamingo center. My Slice p. 7 Tide Table p.11 lighter than it could be thanks to In October 2019, they expect to add Recipe & Puzzle p. 7 Obituary p.11 Hurricane Irma (and Dottie for spraying houseboat rentals, and tent rentals in mosquitoes at this time of year!). Poetry Street p. 8 Classifieds p.12 addition to boat tours, kayak and canoe Photo: Saltwater march mosquito, rentals and other guided tours as the FEATURE - THE BLUE ZONES PROJECT, P. 4 Univ. of FL Etymology Department. season unfolds. SWFL Coast tide predictions, maps, tours & more at www.swflgo.com! Call us @ 954-662-7003 The MULLET RAPPER What’s Happening in the Everglades & 10,000 Islands June 29, 2019 JUNE 30, 2019 — AUGUST 3, 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 30 July 1 2 3 4 5 6 New Moon Ladies Coffee Independence EC Council Mtg City Seafood 8a Day! 7 pm 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rapper 13 Ladies Coffee Red Snapper Island Café, 8a Season Closed 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Full Moon Ladies Coffee Museum Talk Dental Bus, p. 3 City Seafood 8a See p. 3 P & Z Mtg, Hot Summer 7 pm Nights, p. 10 21 22 23 24 25 26 Rapper 27 Ladies Coffee Island Café, 8a 28 29 30 31 August 1 2 3 Delta Aquarids Build a Chair, Build a Chair, New Moon Meteor Shower, See p. 10 See p. 10 Ladies Coffee See p. 8 City Seafood 8a August 13: Perseids Meteor Shower, p. 8 August 13: School Starts Sept. 1: Snook Season Reopens! Sept. 21: Hook ‘em Fishing Tournament, p. 3 Sept.28: Blessing of the Fleet Oct. 15: Stone Crab Season Reopens AREA INFORMATION & NUMBERS: OTHER IMPORTANT NUMBERS: AA: Wed., 5:00 pm, Evg. Comm. Church, Fellowship Hall CARNESTOWN Recycle & Trash: Dec 1st, Every Sat, 9 am to 2:00 pm AIRPORT: 239-695-2778 DR DEMARTINO: Little Gator Clinic, See info on page 3. BIG CYPRESS: 239-695-2000 DR MARTIN: Call for appointment: 813-787-9738 CITY HALL: 239-695-3781 LIONS CLUB: No meetings until fall CURBSIDE TRASH PICKUP 239-252-2380, MUSEUM: Open Monday-Saturday, 9 am to 4 pm. 239-252-5026 (CALL TUESDAY FOR THURSDAY PICKUP) PANCAKE FLY-IN: Closed for summer EVG NATIONAL PARK: 239-695-3311 REACH OUT: 3rd No meeting until fall FAKAHATCHEE: 239-695-4593 SKATING RINK: Now open! Fri. & Sat. 6 to 9 pm PUBLIC LIBRARY: 239-695-2511 SMALLWOOD STORE: Daily 11 am to 4 pm, 239-695-2989 SHERIFF: 239-252-9300 THRIFT SHOP: Open Saturday 11 am to 3 pm, p.3. VETERANS SUPPORT: 2nd & 4rd Wed. of month, noon—2 pm RIGHT CHOICE SUPERMARKET The Local Area Code is 239 •ATM •Groceries •Shirts/Caps •Beer/Wine POST OFFICE INFORMATION: •Camping Gear •Meats •Hardware •Fresh Produce Chokoloskee (239) 695-4468 •Medicine •Greeting Cards (M-F: 9:30 am to 1 pm, 2 pm to 4:30 pm, closed Sat. & Sun.) Everglades City (239) 695-2174 *****Open 7 Days from 9 am to 7 pm!***** (M-F: 9:30 am to 1 pm, 2 pm to 4:30 pm, closed Sat. & Sun.) 104 S. Buckner Ave., Everglades City, FL 34139, 239-695-4535 Ochopee (239) 695-2099 www.RightChoiceSupermarket.com (M-F: 8 am to 10 am, noon to 4 pm; Sa: 10 am to 11:30 am) email: [email protected] PAGE 2 www.swflgo.com The MULLET RAPPER What’s Happening in the Everglades & 10,000 Islands June 29, 2019 Hook’em in the Glades A Message From Fire Chief Fishing Tournament Kingman Schuldt September 21, 2019 MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES Help support Everglades City School On June 18th, the Nation's fire Illegal Trades of the Everglades and win great prizes for the longest Snook, service remembered the nine JULY 18, 2019 Redfish and Spotted Seatrout. firefighters lost during the Charleston Sofa 2 PM - 3 PM To register visit the website: Super Store fire that occurred on the www.hookemintheglades.com Join us at the Museum of the evening of June 18, 2007, in Charleston, See more on page one, left column. Everglades every month for our Third South Carolina. The fire was believed to Thursday lecture series. Presented by have started in some discarded furniture in museum staff or local authority, these the loading dock area, and though the lectures will explore the lesser known and source of ignition has been left undetermined, there is reason to believe it often-overlooked areas of our region's FREE DENTAL, BLOOD PRESSURE past. Coming up: Aug. 15th: Edison SCREENINGS & BEHAVIORAL may have been a discarded cigarette. and Ford in the Everglades, Sept 19th : HEALTH INFORMATION FOR ALL It was a hot summer evening in 2007 Florida Pirates: Fact & Fiction July 16th, 8 am to 4 pm when a fire broke out at the furniture store Every lecture is free, begins at 2 pm The Healthcare Network of Southwest and warehouse in a covered loading dock and will include an opportunity for Florida’s Health & Smiles Mobile Dental area built between the showroom and questions and discussion. Museum of Bus will be in Everglades City on & July warehouse buildings which was attached to the Everglades, 105 Broadway, 16th , from 8 am to 4 pm, atthe Everglades both buildings. At the time of the incident, Everglades City, FL, 239-695-0008. Community Center (by Thrift Shop) parking the business was open and employees were ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ lot, providing free dental checks, blood present. Charleston firefighters arrived on KIDS PRESCHOOL PROGRAM pressure screenings and behavioral health the scene within three minutes of the alarm, Invasive Species of the Everglades I information if requested. For more info or to followed soon after by firefighters from the August 14, 2019 schedule an appointment: call 239-986-7323.