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Students are dismissed from Sug- Guess which state is leading the nation in vaccination? West arloaf School in the Lower Keys. Virginia. Or Alaska. It depends on the day. But West Virginia made COVID-19 infection rates are still the news this week with another interesting statistic: Based on not low enough to open schools the percentage of the population vaccinated, if West Virginia were fully, summer “quarter” planned 9709 Overseas Hwy. a country, it would rank third in the world, according to npr.org. for struggling students. See story, Marathon, FL 33050 below. LANCE HILL/Keys Weekly Office: 305.743.0844 www.keysweekly.com

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Marathon Editor Sara Matthis [email protected] WHEN WILL SCHOOLS REOPEN? DISTRICT PLANS ON ‘FIFTH’ QUARTER TO HELP Staff Writers Jim McCarthy STRUGGLING STUDENTS [email protected] Mandy Miles [email protected] SARA MATTHIS Tiffany Duong [email protected] [email protected] arlier this week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Copy Editor Mike Howie the next section of the population prioritized [email protected] for vaccines are teachers and law enforcement officers age 50 or older. Account Executives EAccording to DeSantis, teachers can be vaccinated Patti Childress [email protected] at four FEMA-run locations around the state — Or- lando, Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami — that will open Production Manager soon. Anneke Patterson “I think we’re going to have the ability to do that [email protected] between these federally supported sites and some of Masked students leave Sugarloaf School on Feb. 23. Office/Circulation Manager the new vaccine that may be coming online, very, very LANCE HILL/Keys Weekly Charlotte Hruska soon,” DeSantis said during a news conference. [email protected] That’s good news, but it doesn’t mean the Monroe Question: Are there plans to return to full-time, in- County School District intends to open schools fully by person schooling before the end of the school year? Design / Pre-Press the end of the year. In fact, Keys schools will be offer- We are reviewing the new CDC guidelines with Javier Reyes Answer: [email protected] ing a “fifth” quarter over the summer to help struggling the Health Department as we work toward bringing students. more students back to a full five days a week schedule. Irene de Bruijn “We must continue to follow CDC guidelines and As you know all of our students are back on the A/B [email protected] put safety first,” said Superintendent Terri Axford. “We day in grades 6-12 except those who chose to stay com- Design / Web Master have been extremely careful in the Monroe County pletely virtual. All Pre-K – 5 students are attending full- Travis Cready School District. All you have to do is time. In many buildings additional students have been [email protected] look at our COVID-19 dashboard to attending five days a week based on need. Those needs see that. It’s an amazing tribute to our have been analyzed by each individual school and usu- Classifieds Anneke Patterson administration and teachers and all ally stem from students needing additional support due [email protected] of our staff who have been vigilant in to poor performance with grades or other issues such 305.743.0844 following the rules and adhering to as inability to use technology successfully. them without fail.” One of the clear guidelines set by the CDC man- Se habla español Across the country, COVID cases dates that the number of cases per 100,000 in popula- THE MARATHON WEEKLY (ISSN 1944-0812) IS PUBLISHED Superintendent have fallen 44% over the past two tion must be between 20 and 49 new cases within two WEEKLY FOR $125 PER YEAR Terri Axford weeks. Last week, the Keys Weekly weeks to bring everyone back in the yellow (moderate BY WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS, INC., reported that since Jan. 3, cases have transmission zone). Monroe County is well over 100. 9709 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY, MARATHON FL 33050. APPLICA- fallen by 55% in Florida. The same holds true for Florida … We are, obviously, monitoring this closely. (Editor’s TION TO MAIL AT PERIODICALS schools (one of only four states where schools have note: In the past 14 days, there have been 197 new POSTAGE RATES IS PENDING AT been ordered to reopen). According to data from the cases for the Keys population of 76,325.) FORT LAUDERDALE FL AND AD- DITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. state Department of Health, and reported by florida- We are examining all possibilities to bring addition- phoenix.com, cases in schools have been dropping al students back by the end of the year. For instance, All stories, photos, and graphics are consistently across the entire state in recent weeks. some high school classes may have available space copyrighted materials. The Monroe County School District has been keep- in them because students are participating in other POSTMASTER: ing a COVID-19 tally since Aug. 31, 2020. Since then, 172 options for classes, such as dual enrollment. We are SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO students have been marked positive for the coronavi- going to look for every space and fill those spaces when THE KEYS WEEKLY, 9709 rus, plus 29 teachers and 32 staff members. Since Feb. possible. OVERSEAS HIGHWAY, MARA- THON FL 33050 8, MCSD reports 12 new student cases in the district. It’s important to note even with the new guidance, The Keys Weekly Newspaper posed a series of the CDC still requires social distancing, mask wearing News Deadline questions to Axford about coronavirus in the schools. Tuesday Noon Advertising Deadline Tuesday 2 p.m. MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021 5

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OBITUARY REP. MOONEY CO-SPONSORS SWIM SAFETY BILL FLORIDA LEADS NATION IN DROWNING Frederick DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN JIM McCARTHY idea is to collect the data so a Lee Colvard [email protected] public-private partnership can be formed to help these kids Dr. Frederick “Fred” Lee Colvard passed away Feb. 9, 2021 at bill co-sponsored by know how to swim.” his home in West Palm Beach, surrounded by his family, after a Republican state Rep. Joining Mooney in co-spon- valiant fight against cancer. Jim Mooney looks soring the legislation is Demo- He is survived by his soulmate and wife of 19 years, Diane to tackle one of the cratic state Rep. Dan Daley of Chaplin; devoted children Rick, Tim (Mary Beth), Kaylee & Kellee leadingA causes of death among Coral Springs. The legislation (Sean) Anderson; loving grandchildren Will (Briellen), Christo- children ages 1-4 in Florida — has a Senate sponsor in state pher, Clayton, Macsen and Brayden; adoring great-grandchildren drowning. Sen. Laurie Berman, a Demo- Cayden, Ben and Ty; and loyal yorkies T-Bo, Lucky and Lady. Filed Feb. 18, legislation crat from Boynton Beach. Fred was born July 18, 1942 in Charleston, West Virginia, son would ask parents of children The bill is named after to Jess and Marika Glycadis Colvard. Growing up in Logan, Fred entering a private or public Edna Mae “Em” McGovern, of was an all-around athlete playing football, basketball, baseball school to confirm their child Coral Springs, who lost her life and wrestling. It was on the football field where the speedster had swimming lessons when in August 2009 from drowning. earned the nickname “Colt 45” and many accolades. He played entering the school system, The family had spent the day multiple positions, but it was as quarterback he won the 1959 notably when they start kin- out by the pool Edna’s siblings, Kennedy Award as the top high school football player in West dergarten. It would take effect aged 10 and 3 at the time. Virginia. The Colt 45 is still the only player to ever win this presti- during the 2022-23 school Following pool time, gious award for Logan High School, which earned him a spot in year, if approved in the House mother Cassie McGovern had the Logan High School Hall of Fame. and Senate and signed by the put the young girl in a chair in The Colt 45 took his talents to West Virginia University, governor. a family room as she put away where he played for two years and still holds spots in the top Legislation doesn’t require groceries and talked to her performance record books. He then transferred to Florida State parents to say whether their husband in another room. She University for one year before taking his talents to the profes- children have gone through wasn’t gone long, but it was sional level. His career in the Canadian Football League with the swimming courses, but it would enough for the toddler to slip Ottawa Rough Riders was cut short after breaking his back, but allow school authorities to outside of her family’s home this didn’t stop him. The Colt 45 then transferred to the Conti- identify students who may not and to the pool area without nental League and played for the Charleston Rockets. know how to swim. The bill her parents noticing. While he was an outstanding athlete, Fred made an even would also help parents with Having noticed Edna was greater impact off the football field. He had a passion to help free or low-cost programs to gone, Cassie searched and others. He earned his bachelor's degree from Morris Harvey ensure their child has an op- found her in the pool. Em died University, master’s from Xavier University and his doctorate portunity to learn, if there is a days later on Aug. 11. from the University of South Dakota. He spent 40-plus years desire. “The benefits of healthy, working in educational systems in West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin Per the Florida Department happy water activities can lead and Florida. Whether he was a teacher, coach, mentor, principal, of Children and Families, 68 fa- to a lifelong love and joy of the administrator or professor, Fred was known for driving results talities among children in 2020 water,” Berman said. “Ensur- and improving community relations. Fred could always be found resulted from drowning. That’s ing children learn water safety walking the halls of the school with a cup of coffee in hand slightly up from 65 drowning and swimming at an early age wearing a “Save the Children” tie. It was in his last position as fatalities among children in will lock in confidence in these the principal of Marathon High School in the Florida Keys were 2019. children so they will have a he met the love of his life, local real estate broker Diane Chap- Of the drowning deaths love, and not fear, of water and lin, and they settled into retirement. Together they traveled the reported last year, 81% were water-related activities.” world making memories. among children 3 and under. Legislation in the House Fred loved God, his family, college football (especially the None were reported in Mon- awaits consideration among West Virginia Mountaineers and the Florida Gators), the Miami roe County last year, while five committees. The bill in the Sen- Heat and anything or anyone from West Virginia. He will be re- were reported in Miami-Dade ate currently sits in the Educa- membered for his infectious smile, willingness to lend a helping County. tion committee, the Children, hand to anyone in need, bad “dad jokes” and showing his family “This is nonpartisan that Families, and Elder Affairs the true definition of love and happiness. should be approved 100%,” committee and the Rules com- A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Mooney said. “The whole idea mittee. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to of this bill is when your child Logan High School Athletics, 1 Wildcat Way, Logan, WV, 25601 enters kindergarten, does your memo: Fred “Colt 45” Colvard Memorial Fund or Trustbridge child know how to swim. The Hospice of West Palm Beach. MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021 9 KEY TO THE KEYS REAL ESTATE Karen Bill THIS WEEK’S SPECIALS !!

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JIM McCARTHY [email protected] permits to operate, as opposed to The village is characterizing farmers markets, which don’t have markets such as the one Anzalone, everal events deemed as a requirement since they’re allowed Wheeler and Segovia run as a flea flea markets by the village in highway-commercial zones. market, as they say farmers mar- of Islamorada were recently The farmers market at Island kets strictly sell locally grown farm told to cease immediately Home Garden Center at MM 88.7 products — not clothes, artwork Sdue to an ongoing coronavirus pan- was also told to cease immediately. and food. While village code and demic and no issuance of tempo- A number of complaints from state statute doesn’t specifically rary use permits at this time. the general public were also sent define a farmer’s market, there is a What constitutes a flea market regarding insufficient parking, the section of Florida’s statute (570.02) and farmers market, however, has village said, leading to vehicles on related to the department of agri- one organizer and the village going bike paths and on private property, culture and consumer service that back and forth. including a bank parking lot across defines agriculture. Harris said he Michael Anzalone and Natalie the street. tried to keep the issue to the first Wheeler are owners of commer- Communication from the village layer — events weren’t running as cial property, known as the Gal- to the public on Feb. 18 stated that farmers markets. That propelled leria Shopping Center at MM 80.9, flea markets aren’t currently permit- him to examine the statute. oceanside. It’s an area that usu- ted in Islamorada, as temporary use “Based on what they define as ally sees some 30 vendors every permits required for such events agriculture, we came up with what Sunday to sell their products. Their aren’t being issued. That’s due to a we thought as an appropriate farm- farmers market is put on in con- COVID-19 measure the village coun- ers market,” Harris said. “We’re talk- junction with the Florida Keys Farm- cil unanimously agreed on during ing dairy, livestock, forms of farm ers Market, which has been operat- its first meeting together in Novem- product for purposes of market and ing for the past four years at MM ber that put a hold on temporary promotion activities. 81, and organizer Andrea Segovia. use permits for events for the time “We got asked about a guy sell- Just recently, however, Anza- being. Council members are set to ing fish. We said, ‘yes, he’s good,’” lone and Wheeler received a letter discuss the matter in April. he continued. “Can he come and from the village’s code compliance Not only did the restriction cook the fish? ‘No.’ We’ve tried to department stating that their Sun- include festivals at Founders Park, stretch it as far as we can stretch day market had to cease immedi- but also events and happenings it and stay within the definition of ately. The reason? Per the village’s outside the park. It affected every- agriculture.” development services director, Ty thing from art walks every third Harris, events such as theirs were Thursday of the month on Morada continued on page 15 operating as a flea market or side- Way, full moon parties at Morada walk sales — not a farmers market. Bay, the annual Baygrass Bluegrass Flea markets require temporary use festival and the largest event in the Upper Keys, the annual Gigantic Nautical Flea Market. MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021 11

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Harris added that temporary use permits give a layer of protection to the village and property owner, and they require a site plan, Karen represented the Buyers of: parking plan in order to move people from the parking area to the 481 8th Street, event and inspections to ensure cooking equipment isn’t near any- Key Colony Beach, FL 33051 thing combustible or too close to a nearby tent. Several conversations were had between council members and Harris over the issue. Harris said talks have been “all over the place.” A member of the franchise system of BHH Affiliates, LLC “Our concern is we’re playing this favorite that we’re giving these Karen Raspe, PA | 305.393.9010 | [email protected] guys a path to have an event, whereas we told the largest event we ever had which we’re not having — the Gigantic Nautical Flea Market — that they couldn’t do it. It becomes a perception of fairness.” Councilman Mark Gregg is a regular patron of market events in the village. He’s also allowed farmers markets on his property in north Florida for several years. Gregg says while jewelry and art work are more in line with an art show or arts and crafts festival, they go hand-in-hand with a farmers market. But such events need to go through an application process and need regulation, he said. “We need to have a discussion on how to do that,” he said. “And we need a specific definition of what is a farmers market, and maybe COMMERCE add one too for what is an art show or art festival. This is a good opportunity to explore and expand things that we want to have as part of the community. “This isn’t an opportunity to clamp down and give people a hard time,” he continued. “And we don’t want to be painted as anti-farmers CORNER market. We’ve got a real good opportunity to sit down and see where we want to go so it’s fair, safe and fun for everybody.” Anzalone maintains that his event every Sunday is a farmers market, and referenced similar events labeled as farmers markets in Big Pine Key, Key West and Marathon that are going on. “They are all called farmers markets with the same vendors,” he said. “They sell everything from jewelry and produce, and they all go Established in 2020 in Marathon, Chapters Health Hospice cares for pa- to the other markets.” The farmers market at MM 80.9 at 81 was held Feb. 21 from 10 tients with a six month or less prognosis, which is provided by an interdis- a.m. to 3 p.m., but it saw fewer vendors, between fears of confronta- ciplinary team. Hospice services also include durable medical equipment, tion and being shut down. Having heard that the village might close medical supplies and medication as well as bereavement support for the down the event with assistance from sheriff’s deputies, Councilman Henry Rosenthal reached out to fellow council members to garner individuals and family. support not only to prevent that from happening, but also to discuss “Hospice care is unique. It is a patient-centric philosophy that focuses the matter and allow for public comment at the meeting Thursday, on one’s quality of life, while managing the physical and emotional aspects Feb. 25. of the disease or diagnosis,” said Vivian Dodge, executive director. “I’m not taking a position on this. I promised time to air everyone’s positions publicly, which they had not had the opportunity,” Chapters Health Hospice is an affiliate of Chapters Health System, one Rosenthal said. “The main objective is to provide an opportunity to of the nation’s premier not-for-profit, community-based healthcare orga- have the public’s voice involved before any action is taken one way or nizations headquartered in Temple Terrace, Florida. Chapters Health offers another.” a full continuum-of-care services including hospice, palliative care, home Anzalone said the market on Feb. 21 was a banner day, between all the publicity it’s been getting via Facebook and on change.org health, and other community-based care models. where there’s a petition calling for equal opportunities as big box “The Florida Keys is truly a special place. Chapters Health Hospice and stores. More than 1,200 have signed it. Chapters Health System are honored to offer stellar end-of-life care and a “I just feel that it’s helping the community,” Anzalone said. “And variety of services to fit into the healthcare needs of the Keys community,” it’s helping vendors like a single mom with her two little kids who make smoothies.” Dodge said. Segovia said it’s safer to shop outside at a farmers market than it Location: 11400 Overseas Hwy., Suite 253, Marathon is to shop in grocery store. She also said there’s a difference between Phone: 305-396-8100 | Website: www.chaptershealth.org a flea market, which sells secondary items, and a farmers market, Email: [email protected] which sells handcrafted goods and produce. “Eighty percent of our vendors have locally handmade goods, and that’s what the farmer’s market is all about,” she said. Harris said village staff won’t be writing up any citations as they await direction from the village council, which is set to meet Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m. Mayor Buddy Pinder told the Weekly that the council will ask staff to come with a definition for a farmers market. “We gotta have some guidelines here,” Pinder said. 16 MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021

LOCAL ANGLERS UNITE FOR CLEAN OCEANS ‘RODEO’ REMOVES DEBRIS, NOT FISH, FROM KEYS WATERS

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ix Key West charter cap- The first rodeo took place in tains spent three days this Tampa Bay. week getting paid to haul The events now take place debris, not fish, from the throughout Florida and are funded Swaters around the Lower Keys. through grants from NOAA’s Ma- Ocean Aid 360’s Ghost Trap rine Debris Program, the National Rodeo took place in Key West Feb. Fish and Wildlife Foundation and 22-24 and removed more than the angler-led nonprofit Grassy 6,000 pounds of ghost traps, trap Creek Foundation, which provides line and other marine debris from the funding to pay each participat- the ocean and shorelines. ing charter captain $500 per four- Ghost traps are abandoned hour day. Foundation founder stone crab or lobster traps that are Chad Pike wanted to provide finan- lost when their floating buoy mark- cial help for local captains during er is dislodged from the trap and the pandemic struggle while also the owner can no longer locate it supporting the rodeo cleanup, Hol- due to a storm or a boat propeller land said. cutting the trap line. Since their inception, Ocean Such traps continue to catch Aid 360’s Ghost Trap Rodeos have and kill marine life despite no collected 42,000 pounds of marine longer being checked by an angler debris and more than 640 ghost (called ghost fishing), and endan- traps, which includes the Day 1 ADAM MARENGO/Contributed ger vessels and marine mammals total from the Key West event, Hol- that may tangle in the gear. land said. These ghost traps become In addition to their daily pay, Participating captains in wasteful death traps for marine participating captains — being the the Key West rodeo were: life that gets stuck inside them, but competitive bunch that they are Capt. Dan Bieszka of flatsfor- are never harvested. Animals die — compete for $25,000 in prizes fun.com; in the trap and then become the donated by tackle and gear com- Capt. Jeremy Loercher of At- bait for the next batch of doomed panies to see which boat brings in SeaKeyWest.com; fish. the biggest haul. Capt. Todd “Otis” Brubaker of Six Key West and Lower Keys charter “This was our first Ghost Trap Rodeo organizers provide the brubakerguideservice.com; captains spent three days on the water Rodeo in Key West and by Day 2, captains with a briefing before the Capt. Dane Karcher of walk- removing ghost, or abandoned, stone our six captains hauled in 88 ghost event to ensure active traps aren’t theplankadventures.com; crab and lobster traps, trap line and marine debris from local waters as part traps and more than 6,700 pounds disturbed. The rodeo is permit- Captains Casey and Natalie of Ocean Aid 360’s Ghost Trap Rodeo of traps, debris and line that could ted by FWC and Monroe County, Hunt of cnitadventures.com; program that takes place throughout get caught in props or around a tur- and event staff provides supplies Capt. Adam Marengo of skin- Florida and has removed more than tle or manatee. This is amazing and needed to participate, including nywatercharterskeywest.com; 30,000 pounds of line and more than we still have a day to go,” Capt. Neill gloves, blankets and/or tarps (to Capt. Forrest Shearin of gon- 500 ghost traps from the water. DANI- Holland, who created the rodeos safeguard their boats), tin snips, ecoastalcharterskw.com. ELLE DAWLEY/Ocean Aid 360 in 2017 with his partner Danielle boat hooks and dip nets. Dawley, said on Tuesday. MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021 17 CONGRATULATIONS YOUR TALENTS ARE NEEDED! To our BUYERS & SELLERS. We hope you enjoy your new homes. NOW HIRING: WEB EDITOR/ MARKETING SPECIALIST

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BRITT MYERS [email protected] MAKING HISTORY MATTER FOX NATION’S BRIAN KILMEADE SPENDS TIME IN KEY WEST — AND WITH KEYS WEEKLY

Brian Kilmeade films an episode of his Fox Na- Brian Kilmeade was in Key West shortly after the Fox Nation’s Brian Kilmeade carefully handles tion show ‘What Made America Great’ at Harry LIttle White House acquired one of Harry S. Tru- historic documents at Key West’s Little White S. Truman’s Little White House in Key West. FOX man’s presidential limousines, shown here with House with archivist Zabrina Adorno. FOX NA- NATION/Contributed Clinton Curry, director of operations at the Little TION/Contributed White House, behind the wheel. FOX NATION/ Contributed ost know Brian Kilmeade as the most City and why Truman’s Little White palace. He needed the basics. It’s definitely charismatic personality that House made his list among an array of popu- some Midwest for a guy living in the South. drives Fox News’ morning show, lar historic sites throughout the U.S. What “Fox and Friends.” And while we found (aside from Kilmeade’s humble KW: You’ve written six books and five of Mpolitical undercurrents and public opinion approach to his craft and success) was an them have landed on the New York Times tend to enunciate the narratives that viewers astute appreciation for our nation’s history bestseller list. Can you shed some light on fasten to television personalities, rarely does that took root in Kilmeade’s adolescence, where your passion for history originated? the general public gain behind-the-screen and a journey that has granted him access to BK: Everyone had a favorite subject and access to the actual person. Such is the case some of the world’s most prominent figures, mine was social studies. I was always that kid with Brian Kilmeade. while he managed to shape a bit of history who would absorb it quickly. When The His- Kilmeade, who recently visited Key West himself. tory Channel came out, I was glued to it until to film a segment of his Fox Nation history it became all reality shows. I’ve always loved series “What Made America Great,” is any- KW: How did you choose Key West and Tru- documentaries. I used to watch Mike Wallace thing but the typical news anchor. An author man’s Little White House as the subject of an and his interviews with Eleanor Roosevelt of six books and a five-time New York Times episode of “What Made America Great?” and his features on Thomas Edison. But bestseller, Kilmeade cut his teeth in the news BK: Number one, Florida is open. We were what really sold me was when Harry Truman industry working his way through the ranks looking for a place that would allow us to wrote a book about historical figures. before becoming one of the most recogniz- do stuff in the middle of the pandemic, and able faces and voices on the national media Florida gave us a shot at doing it. We thought KW: What about Truman’s book inspired stage as a television and radio host for Fox. it would be a great idea to come down, so you? And yet, after nearly three decades in we combined it with a shoot we did on Little BK: He didn’t write about himself. He was television and media, Kilmeade’s stardom Havana for next season, so we were able to such a history buff and he humanized the has allowed him to push the limits of his do two shoots on one trip. founding fathers. He talked about Thomas past and revisit his unwavering passion for Jefferson being 6’3” with reddish hair and history. Today, “What Made America Great” KW: But what intrigued you about Harry S. freckles. He talks about George Washington is entering its sixth season on Fox’s on-de- Truman and his Little White House? being self-conscious about his teeth and his mand streaming service, Fox Nation. Accord- BK: I’ve always been fascinated by Truman education. He talked about things like James ing to the show’s homepage, “What Made and to find out about this Little White House Madison being very short and sickly. I’m America Great” allows viewers to “explore in the Keys and all the little details about it reading this book about historical figures by the places that shaped our amazing country, — I just thought ‘this could be great.’ I never Harry Truman. I just thought, ‘I can’t believe and finds the hidden secrets that you might knew it was going to be that good. I hope these statues, busts and paintings were real think had been buried by time.” you like that final feature. I just thought it people.’ And then I was fascinated by the fact While in Key West, Kilmeade visited the was fascinating. that we can visit their homes at the Hermit- iconic Harry S. Truman Little White House age and Monticello and Mt. Vernon. I like to film a recent episode of “What Made KW: Any teasers or spoilers you can reveal world history because I want broad knowl- America Great.” And while we cannot divulge that fascinated or surprised you? edge. But I love American history because I too many spoilers, it’s safe to say Kilmeade BK: Number one, Truman knew he needed can go to it. and his team accomplished their mission — time to relax. I had no idea about his passion uncovering amazing secrets behind one of for poker. I had no idea that he started his Read the rest of the article at keysweek- Key West’s most notable landmarks — and day with a shot. 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1. DWP co-founder Ken Stewart maps 1 out a shipwreck in the Florida Keys. DIVING INTO HISTORY CONTRIBUTED Black scuba divers uncover and document 2. DWP divers deploy on a shipwreck in the Florida Keys to map, measure shipwrecks to heal slavery’s wounds and document artifacts and clues about the ship’s history. KEN STEW- TIFFANY DUONG “You can read about things ART/Contributed [email protected] through books and you understand, but it’s not the same as being able to 3. DWP youth divers train in the class- ometimes you have to step go down and see remnants yourself. room before deploying on a ship- back in order to move forward. Doing that makes me feel a little closer wreck in the Florida Keys. TRISTAN CANNON/Contributed Ken Stewart, co-founder of to my history than any book or class- Diving with a Purpose (DWP), room could,” he said. Stakes this popular adage literally, but Experiencing the past first-hand 4. Rachel Stewart does in-situ draw- with an underwater twist. The orga- has also allowed Cannon to draw his ings with measurements on a Florida nization’s special focus is to protect, own conclusions about what hap- Keys shipwreck. CHRIS SEARLES/Con- document and interpret African slave- pened, to change his perspective on tributed trade shipwrecks and the maritime history and how it affected people. history of African Americans. “When I see what those events 5. Tristan Cannon measures and Along with its youth branch — actually produced, the artifacts, I un- maps a shipwreck in the Florida Keys. CONTRIBUTED Youth Diving with a Purpose (YDWP) derstand,” he said. “And, hopefully, this — DWP’s mandate is to train veteran little thing I can do will help in some scuba divers to map and document small way to make the future better.” 2 shipwrecks to analyze history. The Rachel Stewart, not related to Ken, Florida Keys are their training ground. is another DWP student-turned-in- Through the organization’s week- structor. Involved with YDWP and DWP long, intensive flagship program, divers since 2013, she notes that the dives, learn the history behind Keys ship- simultaneously cool and painful (in the wrecks like the Guerrero, an infamous historical context), help her feel closer slaveship that sank in North Key Largo, to her ancestors. and the often-untold role that ships played in the African slave trade. Then, they deploy on an actual shipwreck 3 in the Keys, doing historical detective work via scuba to map and document what they find. History can teach us, Stewart maintained. In his high school, he never learned the details about slavery or the African diaspora. When he eventually did, through the search for the Guerrero, it blew him away. He began “I never thought much about to see the remnants of that horrible 4 shipwrecks in our history,” Rachel said. period in history in the African Ameri- “I’d known that the passage here (from can community today. Africa) was tough and hard, but I never “Four hundred years of enslave- thought about how ships wrecked, ment has an effect,” Stewart said. and about all the stories and lives that “People forget that up to the ’60s, we were lost. For me, the story just started couldn’t even vote. Segregation was when we got here.” going full-steam. And that’s only 60 Since joining DWP, confronting years ago, my lifetime. So, for people those facts and diving on actual ship- to say, ‘Get over it,’ that ain’t happen- wrecks, new thoughts have entered ing. I think this needs to be taught so Rachel’s internal dialogue. Now, she that history doesn’t repeat itself.” also thinks about what it might have Stewart plays his part in this gen- felt like to be stolen from your land erational knowledge exchange through and packed on a ship, she says. And DWP and other youth programs he she considers the horror of hearing leads. your ship was about to go under and “The young people will eventually thinking your life and story would be change how the world is headed,” he forgotten forever. said. “To change the way the world is “That really gets me,” she said. “I going, you gotta do it with the young think it’s really important that black people. This is my way to change the 5 people have a role in uncovering these world.” stories because it is directly related to Tristan Cannon is one of those who we are and our identities.” students. Currently a junior at Ten- Of shipwrecks, history and identity, nessee State University in Nashville, Rachel concludes, “You can’t see it at he has been involved with DWP for first, but eventually it reveals itself to three years and now gives back as an you. At first glance, it might not look instructor. DWP didn’t teach him more like much, but once you search, it will about what happened with slavery but unfold in front of you as you learn helped him feel more connected to it. what you’re looking for.” MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021 21

RAGS TO RICHES From farmers to fishermen to After a hurricane decimated the family’s lime grove, Lancelot Jones (pictured) and his brother turned to preservationists Mother Ocean to make a living. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM/Contributed

BRAD BERTELLI Lancelot would become formally trained as a ica (to this day) struck the Upper Keys. www.keysweekly.com carpenter and mason before coming back to The Category 5 storm marked the be- the family farms, which could now be found ginning of the end of the Joneses’ farming ceanfront properties have always on Porgy, Old Rhodes and Totten keys. days, and by 1938 they had left their farming been the most coveted parcels When they were not working in the fields, days behind them and began working more in the Florida Keys and not just as they had since they were boys, the two steadily as fishermen. Lancelot, guiding for because of the unobstructed fished the local waters, perfecting techniques members of the Cocolobo Cay Club, among views.O In the pioneer days, before the age of for catching, among other species, bonefish. others, would fish more than his fair share of in-home air-conditioning and government- Their childhood passion led them to learn presidents as well as other people of influ- funded mosquito control, ocean breezes every nook and cranny of the northern Keys, ence. Listed among them was Daniel Topping, were welcomed as both a cooling device and an education that would serve them for the once owner of the New York Yankees, and a rudimentary form of pest control. When rest of their lives. presidents Herbert Hoover, Lyndon B. John- Israel Lafayette Jones bought Porgy Key in On Totten Key, the family developed son, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. the summer of 1897, one of the reasons the a 50-acre lime grove. They created a “rail” King Arthur Lafayette Jones died in 1966. 63-acre island was affordable ($300) was system of 2x4 tracks that traveled between His younger brother would live significantly because the mangrove-ringed island is mostly the fields and the packing house. To make longer and continue to live a storied life of his tucked behind Old Rhodes Key. Jones cleared shipping easier, they carved a trench that led own that would include playing a part in the land and planted commercial crops of pine- away from the island, through the shallows, creation of Biscayne National Park. Lancelot apples and lime trees. and out to the nearest creek. When the limes and his sister-in-law would sell more than Porgy Key was not the only island he pur- were producing, the trench made it possible 277 acres of their land to the National Park chased; he eventually acquired Old Rhodes for the Joneses to ship 250 barrels of limes Service in 1970 for $1.2 million, a transac- and Totten keys. The birth of his first son, to Miami every week. The family farms made tion that included Lancelot’s island home, King Arthur Lafayette Jones, would coincide the Joneses one of the largest independent Porgy Key. An amendment to the sale was with the purchase of his first island. The 1898 producers of limes in the state. that Lancelot would be able to continue to birth of his second son, Sir Lancelot Garfield Like the 1906 Hurricane that devastated live in his family home on Porgy Key. In 1992, Jones, occurred the same year he purchased the pineapple industry, two future hurri- Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm, was his second island. Just as their father did canes would eventually end the Joneses’ lime bearing down on South Florida. Lancelot, age back in North Carolina, the two boys grew up groves. The 1926 Great Miami Hurricane 94 at the time, refused to leave his home and working in the fields. A primary difference, delivered a massive blow to South Florida and had to be evacuated from Porgy Key. The in this case, was that their father had more the northern Keys. The Joneses’ lime fields storm destroyed Lancelot’s home. than likely been born to slaves, and Arthur were no exception. Fortunately for Lancelot Sir Lancelot Garfield Jones would live the and Lancelot had been born to a man in the and Arthur, they were skilled fishermen who remainder of his years in Miami. He passed middle of fulfilling the American dream. knew the local waters as well as they knew away in 1997, at the age of 99. The Joneses’ Their initial schooling was provided by a each other. In addition to catching fish for property was declared the Jones Family His- tutor who was brought to Porgy Key. Later, sport, the brothers fished commercially, har- toric District on Oct. 23, 2013. Not much more the boys traveled to St. Augustine, where vesting lobster and stone crab they supplied than the concrete foundation of their former they continued their education at the Florida to the Cocolobo Cay Club built on Adams residence is visible today, plus a plaque pro- Baptist Academy, a school their father helped Key by Carl Fisher in 1921. In 1935, Lancelot viding a brief history of the site that anyone bring to fruition. Eventually, the school would began working as a fishing guide for Fisher’s who wanders up can read. Clearly, it is a story move to Miami and is today recognized as private club. On Sept. 2, Labor Day, the most worth telling over and over. Florida Memorial University. Arthur and powerful hurricane ever to strike North Amer- 22 MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021 ON THIS ROCK… ST. PETER BUILDS A NEW CHURCH

demic, the parish held weekly services in a tented, but air-conditioned outdoor pavilion. The tent has clear cutouts through which parishioners can watch Key deer grazing on the nearby soccer field. “We have Catholic deer,” parish bookkeeper Nancy McCrosson said in the Archdiocese of Miami magazine article. “The ushers have to make sure the deer don’t come in.” Construction is nearing completion at the new St. Peter Catholic Church The new church, with an estimated on Big Pine Key. The former church was heavily damaged by Hurricane cost of $9 million, is 5 feet higher than Irma in September 2017, but parishioners managed to salvage 25 stained-glass windows, the altar and other items of spiritual signifi cance. the former structure to help avoid future LANCE HILL/Keys Weekly flooding, the Florida Catholic article states. Parishioners managed to salvage the MANDY MILES [email protected] Irma’s winds, the inside suc- church’s altar, baptismal font and other cumbed to water damage. items from the original structure. They rom the devastation of “The water went in the also saved 25 stained-glass windows that Hurricane Irma rises the church and it was like a wash- survived Irma in September 2017 thanks new St. Peter Catholic ing machine inside,” Father to hurricane shutters and impact win- Church on Big Pine Key, Jesus “Jets” Medina, parish dows. whereF construction by Florida administrator, said in a Sep- St. Peter Church Facebook page Lemark Corporation is in its tember 2019 story in Florida provides regular construction photos and final two to three months. Catholic magazine. Once live updates to parishioners that include both While the walls withstood Masses resumed amid the pan- year-round and seasonal residents.

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1 GAME 2 LOVE Tennis season begins in the Florida Keys

he Marathon High School tennis team hosted the Key West Conchs on Feb. 19. Key West came away the victor in Mara- Tthon’s season opener. “Veterans Lillian Guo and Celine Ponzoa competed well, and first-time players Clare Merryman and Rylan Chapa far exceeded expectations,” said Marathon Coach Richard Lorenz, “and we had fun competing.” Marathon travels to Key West 3 4 5 for a rematch on Friday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m.

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1. Celine Ponzoa, left, and Jesse Brandy shake hands over the net.

2. Clare Merryman gets ready to serve in her fi rst season of Marathon tennis.

3. MHS’ Lillian Guo plays on the home court.

4. Jesse Brandy of Key West takes on 7 Marathon’s Celine Ponzoa on court 2. 6 5. Marathon’s Celine Ponzoa returns the ball.

6. Court one featured the Conchs’ number one player, Sofi a Lyashenko, taking on number one Lady Fin, Lillian Guo.

7. Key West’s Mali Strunk returns a serve.

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How long have you been run- RILEY MCDONALD ning on the team? I’ve been CGC1523995 Track & Field / Sophomore running since I was a kid; my mom would put me on a tread- mill and I’d run a mile. In sixth grade I started cross country, and in seventh grade I joined the track team. I originally was a long distance runner, but as time has progressed I have been working on racing shorter distances such as the 400 meter race.

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his past weekend, a group of 13 students from Marathon High School set out to collect lurking debris that washes up daily along the shore of Coco Plum Beach. The students were joined by crew members from Superfish Charters, whoT sponsored the cleanup, donating trash bags and gloves. Students are searching for ways to earn community service hours. Whether to achieve the required hours for graduation, for college or scholarship opportunities, a beach cleanup seemed like a perfect cause. In just a few hours, this group collected about six large construction-grade trash bags filled with anything from microplastic pieces to lost sandals and water bottles. While performing their civic MARATHON STUDENTS duties, the students strengthened friendships and shared stories some may have missed as a result COME TOGETHER TO of attending school on different days as a COVID-19 precaution. CLEAN COCO PLUM BEACH They also indulged in sharing fun facts about the ocean and wildlife, comparing different articles of Marathon High School students participate in a beach trash, and showing off pretty shells found along the way. clean up at Coco Plum last weekend. CONTRIBUTED One of the most exciting finds of the day was the discovery of what's suspected to be a Cuban raft from voyagers who were rescued a few weeks ago. It had drifted into the shallows on the beach, and a few of the beach cleanup crew members dragged the small boat in for closer observation.

— Clare Merryman is Marathon Weekly’s high school intern. 30 MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021

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BRIEFLY WE Vaccines administered in Marathon to registered seniors on Feb. 28 The College of the Florida Keys, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County, is administering COVID-19 vaccines on LOALLY OWNE AN OERATE FOR OER 15 YEAR Sunday, Feb. 28 in Marathon. This event is by appointment only. Appointments are being made in the order in which individuals registered on myvaccine.fl.gov. Vaccines go to people 65 and older AREUPPER KEYS or health care workers with direct patient contact. Registrations for future events can be made online at Sharecare at myvaccine.fl.gov or by calling 866- 201-7069 or for TTY (Text Telephone Relay) at 833- 990-2908. The helpline is at 833-540-2081. Walk-ins are not allowed. DISTRIBUTED KEYSWIDE

Garden Club explains butterfly gardens (again) On Friday, March 12 at 10 a.m., the Marathon Garden Club will hold a second monarch certification introductory program for a maximum of 20 at- tendees who are interested in designing and plant- ing a certified monarch butterfly garden. This event MAANE is scheduled to be held at the club garden and is 0 open to members and the general public. It will last about 60 minutes and be followed by a question- and-answer session. Monarch gardens that are certified by the club’s butterfly committee will receive a sign indicating they are waystations for migrating monarchs that come through the Keys twice per year. A $25 fee is charged to complete the certification program. To sign up, call 305-743-4971.

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And if you believe that … Daddy is out on his fishing trip believe that children are our right now. future…” – George Benson, Now, not all “The Greatest Love of All” parents are like “I love children – par- that. Some dote “Iboiled!” – W.C. Fields on their children. Actually, George had it right Some dote on – children are indeed our future. JOHN their children in ARE YOU SPENDING Parents have one of the toughest BARATUS an obsessive and and most important jobs of all – they excessive man- ENOUGH TIME IN GREEN are totally responsible for the lives is a City of Mara- ner that is likely of the youngsters who will inherit thon council- to cause major SPACE? the Earth. They are tasked with the man. He also is psychological ultimate responsibility of shaping a musician who damage to both TAKE 20 MINUTES FOR YOUR HEALTH young minds and lives to take on the performs around generations later challenges that all previous genera- town. For more in life. I recently ecently, one of my patients asked me tions of humanity have left for them. see johnbartus. observed one to do a contribution on the health com And people wonder why I’m not parent-child benefits of being outside. My wife, an optimist. interaction that Mindy, was able to quickly find an I can’t say I’ve been impressed made me want to bang my head articleR that was able to define how much and with several of the most recent against a wall. The 4-year-old daugh- what type of outdoor time people need. generations of Homo sapiens who ter was literally running around in Does being outside make you healthy? Yes have walked the planet. At times, circles. Repeatedly. Over and over … maybe. Just being outside, watching the traf- we really seem to be a one-step-for- again. Repeatedly. In the middle of a fic go by, isn’t going to do much for you. Walk- ward-two-steps-back kind of species. crowded thoroughfare where other DR. JOHN ing, biking, jogging, playing pickleball, etc., will We make great technological and families were trying to just peace- WOLTZ increase your cardio abilities and improve your sociological advancements that are fully pass through and avoid the … is a preventative health as we discussed in the past, but these reduced in significance by the raging annoying whirling dervish. health physi- are forms of exercise and not my focus today. preponderance of human stupidity. The mommy, instead of taking cian with Baptist The research is increasingly pointing to But I digress… the energetic youngster out of the Health Primary being in green spaces as the key for maximum For those of you who are par- crowded passage, kept encouraging Care in Marathon. benefit to your health, both physically and ents, either by choice or chance, you her progeny’s behavior while snap- psychologically. In a 20,000-person study pub- have my admiration and my sym- ping literally hundreds of flash pho- lished by Mathew White of the University of Exeter, people who pathy. I wish you all the best. I hope tographs, filling her 32 GB SD card spent two hours a week in green spaces reported better health you do good by your kids. I hope you with gigapixels of blurry images of a and well-being than those who didn’t. These effects worked across give them all the love and discipline kid running around in circles. (Daddy all groups, no matter what income, race or ethnicity; they ap- they need to realize their ultimate must have been out fishing.) peared for those who are healthy and those with chronic disease. potential and fix all the problems we At least this child wasn’t riding a What is green space? In a nutshell, they are parks and other left for them. scooter around the same crowded natural environments. I think it is important to focus on the natu- If you are one of those parents, passageways, terrorizing pedes- ral environment. I am not talking about the local basketball park, however, who believes your child to trians and diners and people just which obviously is great exercise; I am talking about trees and be a perfect angel from Heaven … trying to relax by the pool, while the green grass, the green and blue waters at the beach, etc. We have perhaps you should quit reading the parents sat blissfully unaware of the wonderful assets here in Marathon and in the Keys that provide rest of this column and just come commotion, sipping on their rum us more nature than we can imagine. Some are free, some cost a back next week. While the love of runners. few dollars. Most are reachable on foot, whether you are walk- a parent may blind them to what’s There’s an old saying that pos- ing to Sombrero Beach or Oceanfront Park. I could write a whole blazingly obvious to everyone else, I tulates that the apple doesn’t fall far paper describing all of the nature areas between Duck Key and Big must assert that there are children from the tree. When I see a great Pine that we have access to. who fall into the Less Than Angelic kid – and there really are great kids So, you made it to a green space … now what? The Japanese category. out there – I really have to commend call it forest bathing, which is a fancy way to say going for a walk If you’ve ever wondered why both the kids and their parents… through the woods. That’s the beauty of green space; you don’t ac- most hotels and resorts offer adult and whisper a prayer of thanks that I tually have to do anything, just be there and appreciate the world beverage service around their swim- never had to deal with a mini version that you are in. Turn the cell phone off, walk around, do some ming pools, the entire rationale can of me. snorkeling, just immerse yourself in the space. be summed up in just three words: The benefits are amazing. Studies point to a wide array of “Mommy! Watch this!” Those three - Catch John Wednesdays at effects, decreased aggression and attention deficit disorder, in- words, shrieked repeatedly at 112 Herbie’s, Thursdays at Sparky’s Land- creased well-being, increased immune system abilities and more. dB, reflecting off the surface of the ing, this Friday on Facebook Live for Bottom line: take that walk or jog to a local park, then spend water and echoing through the his Social Distancing Concert, and 20 minutes there just being in nature; 20 minutes a day and you concrete canyon of the surrounding Saturday night at the Key Colony Inn. will be a healthier (and less stressed) you. hotel, invade one’s ear canal in the Music available wherever you get your Have a great week, and be healthier today than you were same manner as that of an ice pick. streaming. www.facebook.com/john. yesterday. Meanwhile Mommy, who is just try- bartus ing to read an escape novel in peace Do you have a question for Dr. John Woltz? 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Middle Keys Residential Jan 2021 Total Active New Listings Number Sold Average Sale Price Key/Island 2020 2021 % 2020 2021 % 2020 2021 % 2020 2021 % Residential: Marathon 259 210 -18 63 46 -26 17 25 47 570,826 515,260 -9 Key Colony 101 63 -37 18 13 -27 5 11 120 828,660 711,818 -14 Duck Key 56 71 26 7 8 14 2 5 150 542,500 1,197,200 120 Conch Key 7 2 -71 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 Long Key 13 8 -38 5 2 -60 0 3 + 0 888,333 + TOTALS 436 354 -19 94 69 -26 24 44 83 647,329 828,153 28 Lower Keys Residential Jan 2021 Total Active New Listings Number Sold Average Sale Price Key/Island 2020 2021 % 2020 2021 % 2020 2021 % 2020 2021 % Residential: Big Pine Key 107 55 -48 27 15 -44 5 12 140 308,930 545,583 76 No Name Key 2 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 Big Torch Key 5 3 -40 0 0 0 0 1 + 0 2,650,000 + Middle Torch 0 1 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Little Torch 28 33 17 6 10 66 3 7 133 343,333 829,786 141 Ramrod Key 26 10 -61 5 3 -40 2 2 0 660,000 497,500 -24 Summerland 40 33 -17 8 9 12 6 5 -16 951,667 1,199,980 26 Cudjoe Key 88 50 -43 20 17 -15 6 7 16 590,583 744,143 26 Sugarloaf 46 23 -50 10 6 -40 2 5 150 812,000 1,129,200 39 Big Coppitt 41 21 -48 12 5 -58 3 2 -33 390,000 597,500 53 TOTALS 383 229 -40 89 65 -27 27 41 52 579,502 1,024,212 77 SPACER R OUNT NS RHT TO OUR NBO Sing up for our email blast TODAY!

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FREEDOM READERS Voices of Black History KAREN NEWFIELD

First and foremost a reader, she has reviewed hundreds of books on her blog www. readingandeating. com. And, more recently, this new Keys resident has also begun writing.

THE NICKEL BOYS By Colson Whitehead Elwood Curtis spends his days sweeping the floor at the local cigar shop and getting straight A’s at school. It is the early 1960s in Tallahassee, Florida and as Elwood listens to the speeches of Martin Luther King, he dreams of college and a bright future. His grand- mother raised him on good manners, KINDRED kindness and hope. On the first day of By Octavia Butler a college level class he is honored to Dana is a 26-year-old African Ameri- take, Elwood is detained on the road can woman in 1976 California. She and mistakenly sent to a juvenile de- and her white husband Kevin just tention center called The Nickel Acad- THE HATE U GIVE moved into their first home. One day emy. With no means to fight this archa- By Angie Thomas Dana feels strange and as the room ic system filled with prejudice and a Late one night Starr Carter was driv- begins to spin she is terrifyingly swept sadistic, self-serving staff, Elwood and ing, with her childhood friend Khalil, away to another time. Dana awakens his only friend Turner silently endure. home from a party. At 16, Starr didn’t in antebellum Maryland. She sees a The boys here are beaten, raped and often go to parties in her neighbor- little boy drowning. Without hesitat- lied to repeatedly. Most barely survive hood. Although she was raised in this ing, Dana saves his life and begins a and those who do not are labeled as poor Mississippi community, Starr’s journey her creative mind could have runaways. Based on an actual reform parents enrolled their children in a never imagined. She travels back and school called Dozier which closed in fancy suburban private school. Daddy forth between centuries to repeatedly 2011 – University of South Florida runs the local grocery while her mom save this boy named Rufus. As a black archaeology students uncovered the works as an ER nurse and they know woman she is thought to be a slave remains of bodies and evidence that just how tough these streets can be. on his father’s plantation. Going along made up this “school” for boys – this Khalil and Starr are pulled over by the with the ruse and the limited histori- painful exploration is a haunting and police. Terrified, Starr remembers what cal facts she knows, Dana learns to truthful story of unimaginable brutality her mama drilled into her: keep your survive while she tries to figure out this and a surprising friendship that simply hands where they can be seen, no mysterious existence she has acquired. cannot be missed. sudden movements and no speaking Originally published in 1979, this fan- unless spoken to. Khalil is shot in the tastical historical fiction is 100 percent back three times. Blood is everywhere. mesmerizing. To live, even for a short Starr questions her identity living in while, in a time that tested everything two very different worlds. The incident we believe about freedom and human- makes national headlines and Starr is kind is almost unimaginable. Octavia the only witness. Her family, the local Butler takes you on a journey you will gang leaders and the entire neighbor- remember long after the final chapter. hood take to the streets. Riots, danger, fear in one world — AP exams and prom dresses in the other. It is time for this brave young lady to speak for her friends who no longer have a voice of their own. MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021 35

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he Table. Singular. Leigh Ann Card has opened her newest dining venture in Marathon. The space is half commercial kitchen in an open format, visible from the long farm table and a short bar. It’s a novel concept for the Keys and really well executed. “I wanted to have a birthday party for my husband, but didn’t want to go to a regular restaurant,” said Rachel Wagner. “This is perfect. I love her cooking and the intimacy of celebrating with just friends. We’ve been missing our get-togethers and this made it possible.” 305.289.0540 The vibe is welcoming and laid back, but the attention to detail suggests understated luxury. The main table seats 12, and there 1901 OVERSEAS HWY, MARATHON is also a bar area that can seat another six guests. The room is WWW.THETACKLEBOX.COM bookended by two display cases — quality crackers, Leigh Ann’s own mushroom paté, and wine and champagne. “We carry very good wine. Many people translate that to mean Facebook: The Tackle Box Marathon Fla Keys Instagram@thetackleboxmarathonﬂakeys expensive, but it’s not. Let’s call it a boutique inventory,” she said. The magic happens in her cooking area. Leigh Ann designed the space specifically to fit her needs, and she pirouettes between stations where everything is an arm’s length away. Her parties range from sip-and-nibble with a huge charcuterie board spread to full meals including appetizers and dessert. DENTAL CARE “Usually, all the guests have the same meal,” she said, “but we YOU CAN can alter it to accommodate food allergies and things like that.” The open concept makes for an interactive experience for the guests and chefs. There’s a cooktop built into the bar. As soon as it’s safe to do so, Leigh Ann intends to hold cooking classes. She dreams about bringing in local guests chefs, too, to add some spice. Even before the pandemic, this private dining concept was From top: Leigh Ann Card is a taking off globally. During the Key Largo Dentists, Dr. Travis Bennett longtime Marathon chef operat- and Dr. Sandy Brito are dedicated to pandemic, it’s perfect. Friends ing in her new space, The Table. quality dental care. At our beautiful and family groups can go out for SARA MATTHIS/Keys Weekly a meal, while still isolating them- oces we oer a wide array of dental selves in their own bubble. A recent dinner party enjoyed procedures including CT scans, implant Leigh Ann continues to beef tenderloin with porcini Dr. Travis W. Bennett, D.M.D. /gum surgery, implant prosthetics, full Implant and General Dentistry provide off-site catering, as well, mushroom gravy, slow-roasted mouth restoration, same day in oce Hasselback potatoes topped with through her company Clouds in crowns and bridges, ﬁllings, orthodon- My Coffee Catering (cloudsinmy- gremalade, Vichy whole carrots and hearts of palm wrapped in tics (braces and Invisalign), teeth coffeecatering.com). Customers bacon and glazed with bourbon whitening, smile makeovers and many can also order custom baskets, sauce. other services. “No sell dentistry, state boards, desserts and Key Lime of art oce with a sta that cares!” pies. More information about The Table can accommodate catering or The Table is available parties of a dozen or so guests. at 305-731-5654. KEY LARGO The privacy of the one-table res- 102965 Overseas Hwy. | 305.451.2616 Dr. Sandy M. Brito, D.M.D. taurant lends it an intimate and Monday thru Friday 9AM-5PM luxurious atmosphere. Family and General Dentistry [email protected] TAVERNIER 90290 Overseas Hwy. | 305.852.5099 IMPLANT Tuesdays and Thursday 9AM-5PM COSMETIC www.everyonelovesagentledentist.com FAMILY DENTISTRY 38 MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021

SHANNON WILEY www.keysweekly.com FISCHER’S WORK EMBLEMATIC OF TROPICAL STYLE

Lynne Fischer has been painting professionally for over four decades. CONTRIBUTED

LOCAL ARTIST CONTINUES TO CREATE ynne Fischer never ceases to amaze, scurrying along Duval Street, her paintings and she refuses to slow down. Since are inspired works that are pure to Keys life. her youth as a budding artist living in Fischer has been painting profession- Toledo, Ohio she has loved to create. ally for over four decades now and currently LIn her early years she enjoyed drawing with manages Guild Hall Gallery, one of the oldest and botanicals highlight her subjects. She pencil, on occasion adding color with pastels, galleries along Duval Street – the first venue paints architectural structures in a style that but before long it became obvious she had for her work when she was in her 20s. brings to mind the best of trompe l’oeil, talent and thus began a career in art and “Back then, I would bring my paintings while using vivid pastel colors delicately ap- design. down to Guild Hall and they’d let me show plied in acrylic paint onto fine-quality linen Fischer said her formal training began them. Eventually my paintings would all sell, canvas. in high school with a strong art focus. She and I would be ready by then to bring them When asked what she loves most about later headed to nearby University of Toledo more and that is just how it all started,” she her job as a full-time painter, she said: “I where she took classes at the Toledo Mu- said. love sharing my work with others.” She and seum of Art. Her works range in size from small can- her husband Jack Louden (a photographer Moving to Key West in 1985, Fischer vas originals of fewer than 4 inches square, and musician) currently live on Big Pine Key, – like so many artists – gained profound to massive gallery-wrapped canvases at 40 where they love the natural environment inspiration from all the tropics have to offer. by 60 inches. She also has done far larger that surrounds that island. She has become as much a part of the Keys commissioned work for clients. Her prices You can see Fischer’s work at Guild as swaying palm trees and warm conch frit- range from under $200 to several thousand Hall Gallery in Key West and at Shady Palm ters. Her depictions of some of the famous dollars for originals, but she offers top-quali- Gallery in Marathon. More information is at scenes from Old Town Key West continue ty prints of most of her pieces. www.lynnefischerstudios.com to draw in fans from around the globe. Fischer specializes in painting iconic Whether it be her fluffy cumulonimbus businesses and historic homes that show- clouds standing tall and proud over calm teal case the essence of tropical island living. Her waters, or her vivid portrayals of roosters realistic painting techniques make foliage MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021 39 40 MARATHON WEEKLY / FEBRUARY 25, 2021 • CLASSIFIEDS, PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES • 305.743.0844

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FICTITIOUS NAME DISADVANTAGED ADVISOR SERVICES to appeal any decision made solicitation notices can Monroe County Purchasing All other creditors of the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The Monroe County Local KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL by the Board of County be viewed at: www. Department has implemented decedent and other persons the undersigned, desiring Coordinating Board (LCB) will be AIRPORT TERMINAL EXPANSION Commissioners with respect floridapublicnotices.com, a a new electronic process having claims or demands to engage in business holding its regularly scheduled PROGRAM to any matter considered at searchable Statewide repository for reviewing and opening against decedent’s estate under the fictitious name of quarterly meeting on Friday, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA such meetings or hearings, for all published legal notices. sealed bids. 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Please do IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION By: PAPA JOE’S OF ISLAMORADA 535-4360, Access code: 110. recommendation of the includes the testimony and available upon request. not mail or attempt to deliver in 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER LLC The primary purpose of the selection committee are to evidence upon which the In response to Covid-19, the person any sealed bids. Mailed/ BARRED. Publish: Coordinating Board is to provide be submitted to the Board appeal is to be based. Monroe County Purchasing physically delivered bids/ NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME February 25, 2021 information and advice to the of County Commissioners. Dated this 17th day of February, Department has implemented proposal/responses WILL NOT PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, The Weekly Newspapers Community Transportation Persons interested in this 2021. a new electronic process be accepted. ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) Coordinator on the coordination issue are invited to attend. 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Board Secretary on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at WRIGHT a/k/a STEVE WRIGHT, PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, Maria Partington, Senior 3:00 P.M., the Monroe County deceased, whose date of ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, anyone wishing to appeal any decision made by the Coordinator – CEB Board Purchasing Office will receive death was August 11, 2020, is YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE Monroe County Building and open sealed responses for pending in the Circuit Court DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS Islamorada Village Council with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing will need Department the following: for Monroe County, Florida, BARRED. a record of the proceedings and, for such purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the Publish: PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISING Probate Division, the address of The date of first publication of proceeding is made, prepared by a court reporter at the appellant’s expense; such record includes the February 25, 2021 SERVICES FOR which is 500 Whitehead Street, this notice is: February 18, 2021. testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. The Weekly Newspapers MONROE COUNTY TOURIST Key West, FL 33040. The names Personal Representative: DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL and addresses of the personal Allison M. Joseph Pursuant to F.S. § 50.0211(3) representative and the personal 159 Harbison Road ADA Assistance: In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, all persons who are NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR (a), all published competitive representative’s attorney are set Valencia, PA 16059 disabled and who need special accommodations to participate in this meeting because of that COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS solicitation notices can forth below. Attorney for Personal disability should contact the oce of the Village ADA Coordinator at (305) 664-6448 (TTY 664-8890) at NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that be viewed at: www. 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Publish: THIS NOTICE ON THEM. NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME February 18 & 25, 2021 All other creditors of the The administration of the PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, The Weekly Newspapers decedent and other persons estate of Angela Elaine Priebel, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) having claims or demands deceased, whose date of YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE against decedent’s estate death was March 24, 2020, is DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT must file their claims with pending in the Circuit Court for BARRED. FOR MONROE COUNTY, this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS Monroe County, Florida, Probate The date of first publication of FLORIDA AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST Division, the address of which this notice is: February 25, 2021. PROBATE DIVISION PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. is 500 Whitehead Street, Key UNDER PENALTIES OF PERJURY, FILE NO.: 21-CP-14-M ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL West, Florida 33040. The names I declare that we have read the DIVISION: MIDDLE KEYS BE FOREVER BARRED. and addresses of the personal foregoing, and the facts alleged IN RE: ESTATE OF NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME representative and the personal are true, to the best of our DELLA MARIE UHDE PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY representative’s attorney are set knowledge and belief. Deceased. CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR forth below. Signed on this 15th day for NOTICE TO CREDITORS MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S All creditors of the decedent February, 2021. The administration of the estate DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. and other persons having claims JOHNATHAN HINDE, of Della Marie Uhde, deceased, The date of first publication of or demands against decedent’s Petitioner whose date of death was this notice is: February 18, 2021. estate on whom a copy of this VANESSA HINDE, January 16, 2021, is pending in Personal Representative: notice is required to be served Petitioner the Circuit Court for MONROE WILLIAM R. POPE, JR. must file their claims with this Anwar E. Hadeed, Esq. County, Florida, Probate 109 Caloosa Street court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER Florida Bar Number: 1018036 Division, the address of which Tavernier, FL 330070 OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME The Florida Probate & Family is 3117 Overseas Highway, Attorney for Personal OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF Law Firm Marathon, Florida 33050. The Representative: THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER Samah T. Abukhodeir, Esq. names and addresses of the JOE A. CATARINEAU THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A Florida Bar Number: 108015 personal representative and Florida Bar Number: 0517291 COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. 2600 S. Douglas Rd., Suite 502 the personal representative’s 91750 Overseas Highway All other creditors of the Coral Gables, FL 33134 attorney are set forth below. Tavernier, FL 33070 decedent and other persons Office Line: (305) 677-5119 All creditors of the decedent Telephone: (305) 852-4833 having claims or demands Facsimile: (305) 735-6468 and other persons having claims Publish: against decedent’s estate Email: [email protected] or demands against decedent’s February 18 & 25, 2021 must file their claims with [email protected] estate on whom a copy of this The Weekly Newspapers this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS Publish: notice is required to be served AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST February 25 & March 4, 2021 must file their claims with this PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The Weekly Newspapers court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER IN THE CIRCUIT COURT ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME FOR THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF MONROE COUNTY, IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER FLORIDA 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER OF THE THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A PROBATE DIVISION BARRED. 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. FILE NO.: 44-2021-CP-00017-K NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME IN AND FOR All other creditors of the IN RE: ESTATE OF PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA decedent and other persons PATRICIA C. MOLLOY, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) Case No.: 21-DR-86-K having claims or demands Deceased. YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE Division: Family against decedent’s estate NOTICE TO CREDITORS DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS DELROY CAMPBELL, must file their claims with The administration of the BARRED. Petitioner, this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS estate of PATRICIA C. MOLLOY, The date of first publication of and AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST deceased, whose date of this notice is: February 25, 2021. SHARON ROBINSON PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. death was January 2, 2021, is Personal Representative: Respondent. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN pending in the Circuit Court Michael A. Priebel NOTICE OF ACTION FOR THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH for Monroe County, Florida, 28539 Channel View Drive DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION Probate Division, the address of Little Torch Key, Florida 33042 TO: Sharon Robinson 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER which is 500 Whitehead Street, Attorney for Personal Last Known Address: 2821 BARRED. Key West, FL 33040. The names Representative: Southwest 5th, Fort Lauderdale, NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME and addresses of the personal Imani A. Boykin, Esq. FL 33312 PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, representative and the personal Attorney YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) representative’s attorney are set Florida Bar Number: 0017508 action for Dissolution of YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE forth below. 6160 Arlington Expressway Marriage has been filed against DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS All creditors of the decedent Jacksonville, FL 32211 you and that you are required BARRED. and other persons having claims Office: (904) 632-4836 to serve a copy of your written The date of first publication of or demands against decedent’s Facsimile: (904) 399-8348 defenses, if any, to it on Delroy this notice is: February 18, 2021. estate on whom a copy of this E-Mail: Pleadings@ Campbell, whose address THEME: MARCH MADNESS Personal Representative: notice is required to be served BoykinElderLaw.com is 811 Seminole Street, Apt. Roxane Uhde Hager must file their claims with this E-Mail2: Tiffany@ 302, Key West, FL 33040, on ACROSS Down th 560 70 Street Gulf court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER BoykinElderLaw.com or before March 15, 2021, and 1. Theories 1. Singular of #1 Across Marathon, Florida 33050 OF THE DATE THAT IS 3 MONTHS Publish: file the original with the clerk Attorney for Personal AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST February 25 & March 4, 2021 of this Court at 500 Whitehead 5. T in Greek 2. Rikers Island weapon Representative: PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE The Weekly Newspapers Street, Key West, FL 33040, 8. Tarzan’s mom, e.g. 3. Burkina Faso neighbor RICHARD E. WARNER TO CREDITORS OR, AS TO ANY before service on Petitioner or 11. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, e.g. 4. Himalayan mountaineer Attorney CREDITOR REQUIRED TO BE immediately thereafter. If you 12. Ingredient in talcum powder 5. Tarnish Florida Bar Number: 283134 SERVED WITH A COPY OF THE fail to do so, a default may be RICHARD E. WARNER, P.A. NOTICE TO CREDITORS, 30 DAYS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT entered against you for the relief 13. Spectator 6. “______fair in love and war” 12221 Overseas Highway AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE ON FOR MONROE COUNTY, demanded in the petition. 15. 5,280 feet 7. *School with most NCAA basketball MARATHON, FL 33050 THE CREDITOR. FLORIDA The action is asking the court to 16. Tiny river titles Telephone: (305) 743-6022 All other creditors of the PROBATE DIVISION decide how the following real 17. Note taker 8. Choir member Fax: (305) 743-6216 decedent and other persons FILE NO.: 20-CP-000208-K or personal property should be E-mail: richard@rewarnerlaw. having claims or demands IN RE: ESTATE OF divided: NONE 18. *Last NCAA basketball winner 9. Hammer part com against decedent’s estate GILBERT TROY HINDE, Copies of all court documents 20. Any day now 10. Blunder Secondary E-Mail: pamela2@ must file their claims with Deceased. in this case, including orders, 21. Antiquarian’s concern, pl. 12. Sad, to mademoiselle are available at the Clerk of the rewarnerlaw.com this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AMENDED NOTICE TO 22. Diana Ross and Michael Jackson 13. Radio studio sign Publish: AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST CREDITORS Circuit Court’s office. You may February 18 & 25, 2021 PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The administration of the review these documents upon movie, with The 14. *Mid-major school that’s become The Weekly Newspapers ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN estate of GILBERT TROY HINDE, request. 23. Saw a nightmare major powerhouse THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH deceased, whose date of death You must keep the Clerk of the 26. Caribbean rattles 19. Kind of ray IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE was April 12, 2020, is pending Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. 30. Witch’s spell 22. Is no longer IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL in the Circuit Court for Monroe 23. Arabian sailing vessels FOR MONROE COUNTY, BE FOREVER BARRED. County, Florida, Probate (You may file Designation of 31. Flocked-to destinations FLORIDA NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME Division, the address of which Current Mailing and E-Mail 34. Goo or slime 24. Restart from seed PROBATE DIVISION PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, is 500 Whitehead Street, Key Address, Florida Supreme 35. Plural of ostium 25. Uncredited actor FILE NO.: 21-CP-12-P ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) West, FL 33040. The names Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in 37. Leo mo. 26. The Wise Men IN RE: ESTATE OF YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE and addresses of the personal 38. Eurasian goat-like antelope 27. Acting as a prompter FRANCES G. POPE, DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS representative and the personal this lawsuit will be mailed or Deceased. BARRED. representative’s attorney are set e-mailed to the address(es) on 39. Showing signs of use 28. Snow impression record at the clerk’s office. 40. “Yo, ____!” 29. Eric Heiden’s “shoe” NOTICE TO CREDITORS The date of first publication of forth below. WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida The administration of the this notice is: February 25, 2021. All creditors of the decedent Family Law Rules of Procedure, 42. *Nothing but it 32. *Oklahoma State’s super estate of FRANCES G. POPE, Personal Representative: and other persons having claims requires certain automatic 43. Wrap a baby freshman ____ Cunningham deceased, whose date of death MAUREEN MOLLOY or demands against decedent’s disclosure of documents was December 12, 2020, File Attorney for Personal estate on whom a copy of this 45. *____-elimination 33. Mixed breed puppy and information. Failure to 36. *2021 NCAA Tournament location Number 21-CP-12-P is pending Representative: notice has been served must comply can result in sanctions, 47. Outrage in the Circuit Court for Monroe MAUREEN MOLLOY file their claims with this court including dismissal or striking of 48. Fraternity K 38. What Edward Scissorhands does County, Florida, Probate Fla. Bar No.: 0821063 ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF pleadings. 50. One of the Bridges 40. Stout relative Division, the address of which P.O. Box 771388 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF Dated: 2/5/2021 is Plantation Key Government Ocala, Florida 34477 THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS 52. *____ 1 schools only 41. Dream big Kevin Madok, CPA 44. Ancient Celtic priest Center, Plantation Key, FL 33070. E-mail: [email protected] NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE Clerk of the Circuit Court 55. ____less but pennywise The names and addresses of Publish: DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF Monroe County, Florida 56. Decanter 46. Water nymphs the personal representative and February 25 & March 4, 2021 THIS NOTICE ON THEM. By: Amber Dameron 57. In a frenzy 48. Fuzzy fruit, pl. the personal representative’s The Weekly Newspapers All other creditors of the Deputy Clerk 59. Threesome 49. Deflect attorney are set forth below. decedent and other persons Publish: All creditors of the decedent having claims or demands February 11, 18, 25 and March 60. Turkish monetary unit, plural 50. Sanders’ campaign slogan “Feel and other persons having claims IN THE CIRCUIT COURT against decedent’s estate 4, 2021 61. Dumpy establishment the ____” or demands against decedent’s SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT must file their claims with The Weekly Newspapers 62. Common conjunction 51. “National Velvet” author Bagnold estate on whom a copy of IN AND FOR this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS 52. Expunge this notice has been served MONROE COUNTY, AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST 63. New York time 64. Male deer 53. Fail to mention must file their claims with this FLORIDA PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. Court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 PROBATE DIVISION ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN 54. Scotia preceder MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF FILE NO.: 44-2021-CP-000034-K THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH 55. School-related org. 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