Table of Contents Welcome 6 Tim Greene— Chairman, The Key West Marlin Tournament 8 Scott Greene — Director, The Key West Marlin Tournament

Hemingway Days 2017 36 Hemingway Days Welcome 38 37th Annual Hemingway Days 42 Hemingway © Look-Alike Contest Key West Marlin Tournament 10 Schedule of Events 12 Sponsor Recognition 14 Tournament Rules 18 Reel In a Prize Catch 24 History of The Tournament 44 Hemingway Days Caribbean Street Fair 46 5k Sunset Run & Paddleboard Race 48 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition 50 “Night-Fishing” by Rhonda Carrier Florida Keys & Key West 54 Hemingway Days Literary Events 30 Key West: Somewhere South of Normal 56 Hemingway Days Schedule of Events 32 Only in the Keys 64 Ahhh, That Florida Keys Sunset

Published By: The Key West Marlin Tournament, Inc.; Tim Greene, Chairman Contributing Writers or Editors: Lorian Hemingway, Carol Shaughnessy, Katharine Roach, Tim Greene Program Design & Production: Sandy Husmann | Thank You To: Lorian Hemingway, Carol Shaughnessy, and our loyal sponsors and advertisers Cover design by Cliff Burks. Special thank you to cover artist Stephen Muldoon (see pages 7 & 49).

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Welcome Great times, great memories and great fishing!

t is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2017 Havana Club Key West Marlin Tournament! We are delighted to have you join us for Ianother exciting and challenging fishing tournament, full of great fishing, fun, food, entertainment, and friends.

Last year’s tournament once again lived up to its reputation as an world-class fishing event, particularly with the inclusion of the Marathon Marlin Tournament at Faro Blanco Resort and Yacht Club. The Key West Marlin Tournament’s expanding brand allows upper and middle Keys anglers to participate in our premier tournament, creating a richer and more varied experience for all of our anglers.

This year we will also be experiencing the excitement of a new venue for many of our events. Everything excluding our Awards Banquet and Silent Auction (held at the beautiful Margaritaville Resort & Marina) will be held at The Waterfront Brewery; a craft brewery located on the historic Key West Bight with a great beer selection, a full food menu, and the best views in Key West!

We are very happy to welcome our new title sponsor Havana Club Puerto Rican Rum, the new “anglers’ choice” fishing Rum! Havana Club rums are premium, aged rums, distilled and finely crafted in Puerto Rico, comprised of Havana Club Añejo Blanco and Havana Club Añejo Clásico.

Our television show will again be produced under the direction of Fernando Barta and his great team of videographers. It takes great skill to capture all of the excitement of this tournament, and we thank them for their dedication and for the outstanding program that airs each year on Fox Sports Networks.

Each year the tournament takes place during the Hemingway Days Festival and we wish to encourage you to take part in the many events surrounding this annual celebration of the great author’s life and works. From the Papa Hemingway Look-alike Contest to the Caribbean Street Fair, there is something for everyone, and we are happy to be a part of this extraordinary festival.

I would like to thank you all for your participation in our tournament this year, and would like you to join me in thanking our fine sponsors, without whom this tournament would not be possible. Havana Club, Margaritaville Key West Resort & Marina, Stay in Costa Rica, First State Bank, The Waterfront Brewery, Conch Harbor Marina and the Monroe County Tourist Development Council.

To good fishing and great friends,

Tim Greene, Tournament Chairman

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Welcome From The Director

elcome to the 2017 Havana Club Key West Marlin Tournament! Once again this year’s tournament offers plenty of excitement, Wincluding the Marathon Marlin Tournanment hosted by Faro Blanco Resort and Yacht Club, and the adventure of experiencing our new event venue, the Waterfront Brewery on beautiful Key West Bight.

We are looking forward to continuing the friendships and camaraderie formed by the expansion of our tournament brand into Marathon, and are looking forward to enjoying the great entertainment and spectacular sunsets at the Waterfront Brewery! SCOTT GREENE Tournament Director Our television show The Hemingway Challenge continues to be a hit, highlighting the talents of our producer Fernando Barta, as well as the terrific video you provide from each of your boats during the tournament. This year we will again give an award for the best video, so be sure to turn yours in even if it’s not of the winning fish.

Our four-day tournament will feature all the favorites from our Fish Fry and Banquet, to exciting auction and raffles. Please check out the schedule of events so that you won’t miss any of the fun and fellowship!

Planning and directing this sensational tournament is a challenging adventure, but the positive feedback we receive from the participants and sponsors alike make it a truly rewarding experience. Our board of directors is committed to enhancing this event so it can remain one of the premiere fishing tournaments in the world.

Again welcome, and thank you for your commitment to be with us, and please join with us to give a thank you to our fine sponsors.

Good luck and Tight Lines!

Scott Greene Tournament Director

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Schedule of

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4-6 PM — 7:20 AM — 7:30AM — 7:30AM — Boats leave control Tournament Boats assemble Boats leave control area area for Day 3 fishing for traditional Bimini Start for Day 2 fishing Registration 8:30 AM — Lines in the water (The Waterfront Brewery— 1st floor game room) 7:30 AM — Bimini Start 8:30 AM — 3PM — Lines out of the water Lines in the water 3-5 PM — Weigh In 8:30 AM — 6-7 PM — (The Waterfront Brewery— Lines in the water 4PM — 3rd floor deck) Captain’s Meeting Lines out of the water (The Waterfront Brewery— 4 PM — 6:30-7:30 PM — 3rd floor deck) Lines out of the water 4-6 PM — Weigh In Awards Banquet Cocktails (The Waterfront Brewery— (Margaritaville Key West 7-8 PM — 4-6 PM — Weigh In dockside) Resort & Marina) Auction and Raffle (The Waterfront Brewery— 6:30-8:30 PM — Silent (The Waterfront Brewery— dockside) 6:30-8PM — Auction (Margaritaville Key Dockside Cocktails 3rd floor deck) West Resort & Marina) 6:30-8 PM — and Fish Fry Island Pig Roast and (The Waterfront Brewery— 7:30 PM — Awards Banquet Cocktail Party 3rd floor deck ) Dinner and Awards (The Waterfront Brewery— (Margaritaville Key West 3rd floor deck) Resort & Marina) PRIZE DISTRIBUTION $50,000 In Cash Prizes MARLIN DOLPHIN TUNA WAHOO

FIRST PLACE ...... $ 25,000 ...... $ 5,000 ...... $ 750 ...... $ 750 SECOND PLACE ...... $ 10,000 ...... $ 1,500 ...... $ 350 ...... $ 350 THIRD PLACE ...... $ 5,000 ...... $ 1,000 ...... $ 150 ...... $ 150

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he dates for the 2018 Havana Club Key West e-mail your name, address, phone, and e- mail Marlin Tournament have been selected. Please address to [email protected] . You can now Tmark your calendar for July 18 thru July 21, 2018, and register and pay for the tournament on-line and plan to join us for another great tournament. If you obtain all the information, pictures and merchandise would like to be added to our mailing list and/or through the website. Please join us next year for a receive a brochure for next year’s tournament, please great tournament.

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11 Tournament Thanks Major Sponsors of the 2017 Havana Club Key West Marlin Tournament

The 2017 Havana Club Key West Marlin Tournament thanks all of it’s sponsors and those companies contributing Raffle and Auction items.

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13 Tournament Rules Havana Club Key West Marlin Tournament Official Tournament Rules All Decisions By Rules Committee Will Be Final

TOURNAMENT Bait — Bait may be obtained by Entries will be accepted up until BOUNDARIES, DATES any means before commencement the start of the Captains’ Meeting & TIMES of fishing hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 at The Waterfront Brewery, 3rd p.m. During fishing hours boats floor deck, on Wednesday, July 19, Fishing will be on Thursday, may catch their own bait but may 2017 at 6:00pm. July 20; Friday, July 21, and not obtain bait from any other ENTRY REFUSAL : The Saturday July 22, 2017. There are boat. Tournament Committee reserves geographical boundary limits as GENERAL RULES: the right to refuse tournament follows; External boundary applications or entry from any limits: E81º 0”; N25º 0”; W82º 1. Fishing must be performed prospective entrant with or 40”; S23 º 40”. The controlled daily in accordance with principles of without cause in its sole discretion. departure location will be in the good sportsmanship, and in Entrants and/or entrants pro- Lower Keys Area. Boats must compliance with these and IGFA posing to fish on boats that have assemble each morning inside rules as published in the ‘2008 been barred from other fishing the reef line between Looe Key Edition’ of the IGFA World Record tournaments can expect to have Reef off Big Pine Key and Sand Game Fishes' book under their entry rejected. Any applicant Key Light off Key West. The ‘International Angling Rules’. refused entry shall be entitled to a Committee Boat will broadcast refund of entry fee. over VHF Channel 78 at 7:30 a.m. a 2. This is a boat event. Each signal authorizing all boats to boat participating must pay an 4. THIS IS AN OPEN depart the assembly area. Boats entry fee of $1800 which allows two EVENT: Professional Guides, must pass through the controlled anglers to fish in the tournament Captains, and Mates are eligible to assembly area after 7:30 a.m. and and provides two additional social participate as anglers. before they begin fishing. Boats privileges. There is no maximum 5. All tackle must meet must remain in the water i.e. NOT number of anglers per boat but specifications for each category. transported in any manner to each additional angler must pay another location. Dates and times $200 to enter. Angler substitutions 6. Angler must hook and are final. There is no weather day. may be made but must be called in On Thursday July 20, boats are play fish without help. Rod, reel to the Committee Boat before and line must not be touched by requested to assemble at 7:20 a.m. ‘Lines in the Water’ each day. Boats anyone until the leader is brought in the area of the airport marker for may only be changed as a result of within the grasp of the angler, a traditional bimini start. mechanical breakdown and the other angler, captain or mate at 8:30 a.m. — Lines in the Water on a change must receive prior approval which time more than one person Radio Signal from the Committee of the Rules Committee. There is no is permitted to hold the leader. Boat maximum number of lines in the water. 7. Fish injured or mutilated 4:00 p.m. — Lines out of the Water are not eligible. on a Radio Signal from the 3. ENTRIES: Entries must be Committee Boat postmarked or received by June 8. Double line, if used, must 15, 2017 to be eligible for the early leave rod tip during the fight and On Saturday July 22, lines out of entry fee of $1,800. After June 15, fish must be fought most of the the water will be at 3:00pm . 2017, the entry fee will be $2,100. time on specified class line.

14 9. Line Test Limits: It is the subject to and must pass responsibility of the angler to polygraph testing. Refusal to take insure that the proper test line is the test will result in used. Line test limits disqualification. must be adhered to. Polygraph tests will Manufacturer's stated include questions on test line is a maximum angling and release of 130#. Lower test procedures and species line may be used, but of fish. Polygraph tests no bonus is awarded are final and winners for using lower test are not official until line. all test results are completed. 10. Beginning January 1, 2008 , anglers 4. RELEASE— fishing from HMS Proper release tech- permitted vessels and niques must be used. participating in Release is official only billfish tournaments if the following con- must use only non- ditions are met: offset circle hooks A. For blue marlin, when deploying natural bait or fish. In the event that a camera white marlin, spearfish, and natural bait artificial lure malfunctions or some other sailfish—ALL billfish MUST be combinations. Tournament unusual circumstance results in released. anglers may deploy “J” hooks no photographs, the angler may with artificial lures. petition the Rules Committee to B. Fish must be fought on the have his catch allowed. The specified class line (i.e. the double VALIDATION Rules Committee may request line and the leader must leave the REQUIREMENTS special polygraph tests or other reel) for the majority of the time corroborating evidence that the fish is hooked-up. 1. PHOTOGRAPHS—Each would help validate the catch. boat will provide their own The decision of the Rules C. The fish must be brought video camera in order to record Committee is final . close enough to the boat for the the fish during the fight and mate, angler, or captain to touch before the release showing the 2. LINE / LURE—Boats the leader (and photo should be mate’s hand on the leader. The which have caught and released a taken of the fish at this time) to tournament will provide each target species must turn in the qualify as a catch and release. boat with a series of validation camera, along with the leader, or a After the leader has been touched, sheets that each morning will be portion thereof, the double line, the angler may continue to fight instructed by the committee boat and at least 10' (ten feet) of the the fish in an effort to tag it. If a photo of the designed sheet single line closest to the double possible, multiple photos of the which will precede all other line after each day’s fishing. fish, angler, and tag should be photos of that day. The boat must Cameras and line must be turned taken. There are no additional provide to the weigh master a in at the weigh station, Waterfront points for tagged fish. means to download the camera Brewery, dockside, within two to the official records of the and one-half (2 ½) hours after the COMMUNICATIONS & tournament, this can be achieved Committee Boat calls for ‘Lines REPORTING by either having a removable out of the water’ but no later than 5pm on the final day of fishing. sim card or having a cord to 1. The Committee Boat will download to a computer. All fish monitor VHF Channel 78. caught and released should be 3. POLYGRAPH— All photographed several times winning teams may be subject to 2. All boats must report during the fight and at the time and must pass polygraph testing. ‘Hook-ups’ and ‘Releases’ to the of release. Failure to photograph Refusal to take the test will result Committee Boat at the time of the a fish may result in dis- in disqualification. Any person occurrence, identifying the species qualification of that particular aboard the boat may also be and the Anglers name. Reports

15 Tournament Rules in the Fun Fish Division. continued Minimum weight for these species is 15 pounds. All dolphin, wahoo, and tuna, must be may be relayed by another boat or deposit will not be refunded. The weighed at the Conch Republic may be by telephone if the decision of the Rules Committee Seafood Company in the Historic will be final. reporting boat cannot reach the Seaport within two and one-half (2 1/2) hours after the Committee Committee Boat. SCORING SYSTEM Boat calls for 'Lines out of the 3. If any boat is ‘Hooked-up’ 1. Blue marlin score 400 points Water'. An exception to this rule at the time the Committee Boat for a release. Any blue marlin killed will be allowed in the event that a calls for ‘Lines out of the Water’, for record consideration will also 'Hook-up' was reaffirmed with the boat must reaffirm the ‘Hook- receive 400 points provided it the Committee Boat at the time of up’ with the Committee Boat. weighs a minimum of 600 pounds. 'Lines out of the Water' in which If a blue marlin is killed for record case the fish may be weighed in 4. Cameras and line must be consideration and weighs less than up to two and one-half (2 1/2) 600 pounds it scores zero points. hours after the fish boated time submitted within two and one- 1 reported to the Committee Boat half (2 ⁄ 2 ) hours after the 2. All white marlin releases score but no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Committee Boat calls for ‘Lines 400 points. final day of fishing. Boats out of the Water’. An exception to wishing to weigh-in dolphin, this rule will be allowed in the 3. All spearfish releases score wahoo, or tuna should notify the event that a ‘Hook-up’ was 400 points. Committee Boat that they are reaffirmed with the Committee bringing in a fish to weigh. Boat at the time of ‘Lines out of the 4. One fun fish per day can be Wahoo, dolphin, and tuna may be Water’ in which case the camera entered for additional points as transported to the weigh station and line may be submitted up to follows: by land or by sea, thus allowing 1 two and one-half ( 2 ⁄2) hours after boats fishing out of Big Pine and the Release time reported to the SAILFISH — release 50 points the Lower Keys to return to their Committee Boat but no later than (must turn in camera). home dock and bring their fish to 5:00 p.m. on the final day of fishing. to the Waterfront Brewery by car DOLPHIN — 1 point per pound. or truck. The Weighmaster's ACTS OR SITUATIONS i.e. 38.5 pounds scores 38.5 announced weight at the time of THAT WILL DISQUALIFY points. weigh-in will be entered into the A RELEASE: record as the official weight and WAHOO — 1 point per pound. the Captain and/or Angler will be Any violation of these Rules or asked to witness the weight. In violation of the guidelines as TUNA , YELLOWFIN, the event of a tie, the boat with published in the ‘2009 Edition’ of BLACKFIN, and SKIPJACK — the earliest fish weighed in will the ‘IGFA World Record Game 1 point per pound. be the higher placed boat. It is not Fishes’ book under ‘Angling necessary to turn in camera, line, Regulations’ will disqualify a Minimum weight on dolphin, and leader for these fish except fish. If an angler has a fish wahoo and tuna is 15 pounds. for sailfish release where the disqualified he/she may attempt video must be turned in. to catch another fish of that 5. In the event of a tie on points, TOURNAMENT WINNERS species during the tournament the boat with the earliest catch or timetable. All decisions of the release time on their last scored fish 1. Cash prizes totaling Rules Committee are final. will be the higher placed boat. $40,000 will be awarded to the PROTEST three boats with the highest points 6. Boats entered in the Marlin in accordance with the Tournament All protests must be in writing Division of the Havana Club Key Scoring System. and submitted to the Rules West Marlin Tournament may pay Committee on the day of the an additional $300 entry fee to 2. Cash prizes totaling alleged violation with a deposit of compete for a total of $10,000 in $10,000 will be awarded for the $500.00. If the alleged violation is cash prizes for the three heaviest three heaviest dolphin, tuna and upheld, the deposit will be dolphin, wahoo, and t una wahoo weighed in by the boats refunded. If not upheld, the (yellowfin, blackfin, and skipjack), entered in the Fun Fish Division.

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A Florida Keys flats guide idles away from the dock during the dawn of a new day in Islamorada, Fla. Featuring an angling diversity found in few saltwater sportfishing destinations, Islamorada is known as the "Sportfishing Capital of the World."

ant to hunt the skittish Gulf Stream and 125-mile-long offshore and the depths begin to gray ghost of the flats, arc of islands that comprises approach 2,000 feet. the bonefish? Feel like the Florida Keys create a fishing Deep-sea fishing, best Wtesting your mettle against a reel- environment unique in the world. accomplished with one of the Keys’ emptying blue marlin? Come to the Off the Keys’ “outer” curve lies experienced charter captains, targets Florida Keys, where year-round the Atlantic Ocean. Warm and some of the greatest sport fish in fishing means a noteworthy (or at shallow near shore, the sea reaches the world: blue and white marlin, least edible) catch is possible depths of more than 600 feet just 11 sailfish and swordfish. In addition, virtually any time. miles offshore of the Upper Keys. drag-tested thrills are delivered by The tropical weather, nearby Travel another 12 to 15 miles rocket-like wahoo and kingfish.

18 Exceptional table fare comes unmarked waters of Florida Bay from the Keys’ most popular can be confusing and potentially summer visitor, the dolphin, also treacherous for the inexperienced. called mahi-mahi. This edible A saltwater fishing license is dolphin is not to be confused with Yellowtail snapper, regarded by required to fish in the Keys, even the mammal that also is seen in the many as the Keys’ tastiest fish, are from area bridges or from shore. waters of the Keys. year-round residents. “Hook and These can be purchased at many The latest craze in Keys offshore Cook” means it’s possible for your bait and tackle shops, online at sportfishing is daytime angling for captain to filet your fresh-caught myfwc.com or by calling toll-free swordfish, a deep-water fish that snapper so it can be taken to one of 1-888-FISH-FLORIDA (888-347- has the stamina and strength of a numerous Keys restaurants for 4356) . Anglers fishing on a bluefin tuna yet can leap like a immediate preparation for lunch charterboat or backcountry boat marlin. Now, thanks to pioneering or dinner. It doesn’t get fresher do not need a license, as they efforts to fish at depths of 1,200 feet than that. are covered by the captain’s or more, Keys captains successfully Florida Bay, edged by the “inner” documentation. catch swordfish under the bright curve of the Keys and the Florida Visitors also must abide by subtropical sun. mainland, is referred to by locals as Florida state fishing regulations, Closer to the reef, grouper the backcountry. It is home to five which define size and bag limits and a variety of snapper are of the most sought-after game fish and closed seasons. Current caught with lighter gear. Visiting in angling circles: bonefish, tarpon, regulations can be found at most anglers quickly learn that moving permit, redfish and snook. bait and tackle shops or online at a grouper out from under a For visitors, hiring a backcountry myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/reg rock takes arms of steel and tackle guide makes for a successful and ulations/ . to match. educational day. The shallow, —Andy Newman

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23 History of The Tour nament t is interesting to me that when people think of Ernest Hemingway, Key West immediately comes to mind, but when tIhinking about Hemingway fishing for giant blue marlin they usually don’t connect marlin fishing and Hemingway with the gulf stream south of Key West. Founders of the Key West Marlin tournament Capt. Norman Wood and Wayne Hunt believed that marlin fishing in Key West could rival marlin fishing in many other spots in the world. Did Hemingway know about the great marlin fishing off Key West 40 years before? You bet he did! It wasn’t to prove the point but in 1981 Norman Wood invited Miami Herald writer Jim Hardie to Key West for a trip aboard the Petticoat III . Little did they know this trip would make history. After that fishing trip the Miami Herald headline read; “Hemingway Never Had It So Good”. When the Petticoat III returned to Oceanside Marina in Key West, four marlin flags flew from the outrigger; three release flags and a fourth a silhouette of the captured blue marlin weighing 285 pounds. The released marlin were estimated at 150, 275 and 400 pounds. As exciting as that trip was, the full story was even more unbelievable. Seven blue marlin were hooked on that day, setting the stage for one of the greatest fishing tournaments in history. Shortly after that historical day of fishing aboard the Petticoat III , another Key West sportfishing boat recorded nine blue marlin hook-ups in one day. News of the red-hot marlin fishing on the Key West Wall spread through the sport fishing community like wild fire.

The Key West Marlin 1982 was the year of the 400 1983 was the year of the 300 Tournament Is Born pounders with first prize going pounders. Only 4 ounces In 1982 the inaugural Key West to Key West attorney Jack separated the first and second Marlin Tournament took place Spottswood with a 462 pounder, place marlin winners and only 23 October 23 – October 25 with 92 aboard the Chelsea . Micky Rupp pounds separated the first boats and 400 anglers testing the aboard his boat Rupp Rigger through eighth-place marlin. waters south of Key West on the was the winner of the tag and Aboard Captain Dick Myers Fair Wall. It was a rousing success. release division with two marlin. Star angler Harold Shappel

24 landed a 328.12 pound blue 1992 Angler Steven Lewis and marlin to claim first place. Navy Capt. Lindsay Forde on Captain Red Best commanding Freebee won first place, angler officer of the NAS Key West Base Phil Eaton and Capt. Ky won the marlin tag and release to the tournament. A new Lewis on the Dazie Mae came division fishing with Captain tournament record was set by in second and angler Dennis Junior Rendueles. angler Rosie Morrison fishing Captik and Capt. Bill Wickers aboard the Sea Boots with Captain aboard the Linda D IV took 1984 was the year of the 500 Jim Sharpe, Rosie’s marlin home third place. pounders. Mary Jo Spence weighed in at 520 pounds. landed a 500-pound blue marlin Angler Gene Stone took top to claim first place fishing aboard honors in the release division. The Key West Marlin the Mary Jo with captain Matt Tournament Is Reborn Borkowski. A second 500-pound 1988 returned to the year of the 1999 Drambuie Key West blue was weighed in on the last 400-pounder. Angler Walter Milo Marlin Tournament day of the tournament to take fishing with Captain Jay Weed The tournament is reborn with a second place based on time of aboard the Lucky Two landed a new and exciting scoring format catch. Angler Kent Smith aboard 422.25-pound blue marlin to that keeps every boat in the Capt. Frank Smith’s Renegade was make the winners circle. tournament until lines out on the the tag and release champ with final day. In 1999 the first place two marlin releases. 1989 was once again the year of boat in the marlin division was the 300-pounder. Angler Roy the Talisman with angler Jim 1985 was the year of excitement Spear fishing with Capt. Patrick Sharpe Jr. and Captain Mike and variety of catches. Angler Sheppard aboard the Dream Friday with 470 points. Second Charles Lewis fishing aboard made the winners circle with a place boat was the CC Rider with the Amours with Captain Jr. 300-pound blue. Angler Tim 461 points. Third place boat was Rendueles captured the winning Greene fishing aboard the the Sweet Deal also scoring 461 blue marlin with a 466.8 Beachcomber with Capt. Mike Cyr points but losing second on time pounder. Shirley Wood fishing took top honors in the release of catch. aboard the Petticoat III with her division. husband Norman took top 2000 Drambuie Key West honors for most releases. 1990 was back to the 500-pounders Marlin Tournament and a new tournament record. The The first-place boat in the marlin 1986 was the year of the small division was the Summertime brother team of Captain Bryan boats with two marlin in excess of Lady II, with anglers Mike Bennett and Glenn Bennett fishing 300 pounds being caught in 25-foot Sullivan and Capt. Marco Gaona on the Thunnus captured a blue boats. Angler Findlay Sinclair’s and Mike Weinhofer. Second- that weighed in at 570-pounds. 348.75 pound blue marlin took first place boat was Molly Good Heads The release honors went to the Sea place, he was fishing aboard the with angler Jason Gilbert. Third- Boots 34 angler Chuck Stitzel and Katherine Louise with Capt. Tom place boat was Leprechaun with Walker and Ed Allie. The second Capt. Todd Badd. angler Joe Richardson and Capt. place weight marlin went to angler Andy Fortin. Ramón Rodriquez and Capt. Pat 1991 featured all releases; first In the dolphin division the top Tuper. Bill Voegeli’s two tag and marlin release was angler Tom dolphin were separated by only releases were tops overall. First Daniels and Capt. Larry White three pounds. The Do Fish with tag, Sonny Boy , Sonny Tilman. fishing on the Chief , second angler Kevin Firestone weighed in Second Tag, Sea Boots, Capt. Jim marlin release went to angler a 43.05-pound bull to take first Sharpe and angler Todd Badd. Scott Ricket on the Serenity and place. In second place was Talisman the third marlin released went to with angler Jim Sharpe Jr.’s 42.65- 1987 was the year of the 500- Warren Worlin Sr., fishing with pound bull. Third place was the pound blue marlin, as predicted his son Warren Worlin Jr. on the Super Equity with angler Pete in the welcoming letter prior Go Gether. Rutskin with a 38.05-pound bull.

25 the team of Sir Veza III . Tournament In the Fun Fish Division top History dolphin prize went to angler continued Kevin Speidel on the Triple Time was Super Grouper with Chip with a 37.25-pound dolphin. The Veach weighing 29.95-pounds. Ambitious took first place in the The top wahoo was caught on tuna division with a 66.3-pound 2001 Drambuie Key West the Lucky Charm by Rick Cresse. yellowfin. Tim Trivett was the Marlin Tournament angler with Mark Baumgarten The first-place boat in the marlin 2003 Drambuie Key West on the Cowboy which took first division was the Finesse with Marlin Tournament place in the wahoo division with angler Clay Harris and Captain The first-place boat in the 2003 a 33.4-pound. Ken Harris. The second-place tournament in the marlin division boat was Rampagous crewed with was the Beachcomber , with captain 2005 Drambuie Key West angler John Crockett and Daryl Simeon and anglers Rick MarlinTournament Captain Brett Taporowski. Kirvan, Matt Polumbo and Tim The Julie Jean captained by Third-place went to the boat Greene, releasing two blue marlin Jimmy Robertson of Boca Grande, Looney Tunes with angler Bob for the win. Second place went to Fla., won the top prize in the 2005 Scerrato and Ed Steinmetz the Game Hunter , skippered by edition of the Drambuie Key fishing with Captain Carl Rees. Alex Alder with anglers Brian West Marlin Tournament. In the dolphin division the top Baugher, Chris Claypool and Finishing second was Dreamin’ prize went to angler Tom Payne Anthony Delduca. Get Lit On , skippered by Randy Hodgekis on the boat Relentless with captured third place with Captain with a marlin release and two Captain Paul Ross. In the wahoo Ray Rosher and anglers Chris dolphin weighing 21.1 and 28 division the top boat was Lucky Toomey and Peter Miller . pounds, with Steve Keinath and Charm with angler Rick Bodett In the Fun Fish Division top Bob Strewe of Rifle, Colorado. and Captain Jay Weed. The top dolphin prize went to angler Business Calls was third, with a tuna was caught on the boat Peg David Lively on the Y2k with a blue marlin release and a 46.8- Leg with angler Alan Finnieston. 50.5-pound dolphin. The Kilcare caught the largest tuna with pound wahoo. The boat was 2002 Drambuie Key West angler Ned Dickman. The largest skippered by Bill Rohde with Marlin Tournament wahoo was captured by the Triple Darren Doop and Mark Staats. Marking the 20th anniversary Time with angler Rob Camis. The largest marlin of the of the tournament, the first-place tournament was estimated at winner was Mar-Joe with Captain 2004 Drambuie Key West over 550 pounds, and released by Scott Henley, George Castro, and Marlin Tournament Bruce Wood fishing on the Frank Bolin releasing three blue Miami Beach angler Bob Petticoat III with Capt. Norman marlin to add their names to the Cristoph, Sr., caught and Wood. Norman Wood trophy. The released a sailfish Saturday, Bradley Wells, age 10, of second-place trophy went to the adding points to his team’s tally Naples, Florida caught a 31.6- Bull Gator team, with Bob Sullivan that included a released blue pound dolphin to win the dolphin and Bill Caulfield releasing two marlin and a 17.2-pound dolphin division. blue marlin. Third-place went to to win the 2004 tournament. Summertime Lady with one blue Cristoph’s son Bob Cristoph, 2006 Drambuie Key West marlin release based on time. Jr., Ryan Flannery and Bill Mosher Marlin Tournament The Fun Fish Division first- fished on the Hook , skippered by Congratulations went to two place dolphin was caught on Rick Morrell of Miami. brother-in-law, Roy Miller of the Erica by Jimmy Butters Randy Reynolds released a Clearwater and John Burket of weighing 35.35-pounds, blue marlin to give Business Calls’ St. Petersburg. The adventure second-place went to Sweet Deal team second place with Captain began on the final day of fishing with Scott Fricke with a 32.2- Bill Rohde. with just one 27.55-pound pound dolphin and third-place Third place was garnered by dolphin while not having seen a

26 billfish during the first two days. Lauderdale, Fla. With time running out, the Hardie, a former “Miami Serenity team realized their luck Herald” outdoors writer who was changing as they caught died in 2006, was the first and released a blue marlin in the journalist to write about the blue first 20 minutes of the final day marlin fishery off Key West. In of fishing. They managed to 1981, Captain Norman Wood hook up another blue marlin of invited Hardie to Key West for a approximately 300-pounds and trip aboard the Petticoat III . When fought it for over an hour. they returned, four marlin flags Unfortunately, the release was flew from the outriggers. Three lost just inches from touching were released and one boated. the leader. However, they still The headline that followed went on to finish the day with several days later proclaimed the win and honor of having “Hemingway Never Had It So their names added to the Good.” Norman Wood Trophy. Clay Harris of Key West, The second-place trophy was fishing with his father Captain awarded to The Finesse , captained Ken Harris on the Finesse , caught by Kenny Harris with angler the largest dolphin at 48.95- Andy Glyn of Marshfield, Mass. pounds. Third place was garnered by The Celebrating its 25th anni- Janice 43 , skippered by Ed Wilson versary, the tournament had 324 of Fort Myers, Florida, with participants fishing on 56 boats. angler Loren Farinelli of After that release, they The angling field tallied releases Lighthouse Pointe, Florida. In the continued fishing without success of seven blue marlin, two white Fun Fish Division, The Key West except for a small dolphin that marlin and the spearfish. Fire Department , captained by Ed was below the 15-pound Gates of Key West won the minimum required for weigh-in. 2008 Drambuie Key West dolphin category with a 55.2- On Course , skippered by Bill Marlin Tournament pound fish. The wahoo category Currie, took second place with Risky Business had an went to The Lucky Charm with a releases of a blue marlin and a operator error slowing their 53.1-pound wahoo reeled in by spearfish by Mike Zalewski of takeoff, then things got worse. Richard McGinley of Ocala, Tampa and Dan Harrington of The fish they had released Florida. More than 300 anglers Terra Verde, Fla., respectively. Friday was deemed by officials aboard 58 boats fished the 2006 In third place was Easy Rider reviewing photographs to be a tournament. skippered by Rob Harris of sailfish, not a marlin worth 400 Cudjoe Key, Fla. Harris’ team points. While knocking off 350 2007 Drambuie Key West combined a blue marlin release points changed their strategy, Marlin Tournament and catches of a 25.3-pound Danny Coll and Bernard Davis Jeff Strack released a white dolphin and a 39.65-pound were not deterred. marlin and caught a 22.6-pound wahoo, the largest wahoo of the The two-man team released dolphin Friday, and released a tournament. two marlin on Saturday and blue marlin Saturday to give the Captain Billy Wickers III, on added a dolphin to win the Giggling Marlin team a total of the charterboat Linda D V , won Drambuie Key West Marlin 822.6 points and the $25,000 top the tournament’s inaugural Jim Tournament and the $25,000 cash prize in the tournament’s Hardie Memorial Trophy for the first-place prize. “I have no marlin division. largest marlin released during words to describe this. It is The blue marlin hit a skirted the tournament. The impressive amazing,” said Coll of Cudjoe horse balao at about 9:30 a.m. fish had an estimated weight of Key, Florida. Saturday, July 21, the third and 350 pounds and was caught by Fishing on a 35-foot Cabo final day of the tournament. angler Micah McDowell of Fort sportfisherman, the team had

27 warnings during the first day of Tournament fishing which fortunately never History materialized. continued won with a 73.3-pound wahoo. The Contingent Sea with angler Randy Sterling Sr., of Key West, Clayton Syfrett caught and was second with a 42.2-pound released the winning marlin in the little time for anything else as dolphin, and Robert Collins of last hours of the tournament to they trolled as many as eight Miramar, Fla., was third with a capture the tournament win. lines at the same time. 20.45-pound tuna. Second place went to Whiskey “We’re running 7, 8 lines; I’m Tango with Steve Doss and in third busy all day,” Coll said. “Changing place was Dream Catcher with 2009 Drambuie Key West baits, deweeding... I don’t have a angler Brian Wenrick. The first- Marlin Tournament lot of time to drink beer.” Rene Cruz, of the Dock Cruiser II, place dolphin was caught by Rob Early Saturday, Drambuie fishing with Rick Sheriff, won the Gothier, Jr., fishing on the Bar tournament chairman Tim tournament’s top prize of $25,000 South . The first-place tuna was Greene informed Coll and Davis and their name added to the caught by Play Time with angler that photographs showed the Norman Wood trophy. They Michael Cioffi and the first-place marlin they thought they caught released a blue marlin on Thursday wahoo was brought in by Steve Friday was actually a sailfish. and weighed a dolphin weighing Doss on the Whiskey Tango . “We thought it was a marlin,” 23.05-pounds Friday to clenched The Jim Hardie trophy was said Davis of Big Pine Key.we the win with 423.05 points. awarded to Dave Claffy for his were all convinced.” In second place was the many contributions to the The setback was shrugged off Shockwave fishing team with tournament. quickly. Captain Marco Gano leading “We had a plan today,” Coll his angler Jim O’Malley to 2011 Drambuie Key West said. “We knew this was a marlin release a blue marlin estimated Marlin Tournament tournament and went out to weigh 550 pounds. That, Two Fort Myers, Florida, (Saturday) expecting to catch paired with a dolphin weighing anglers each caught their first fish. So we changed our strategy, 21.45 pounds caught on Friday, blue marlin to elevate the Moppy I thought, we’ve got to get away gave them 421.45 points to Dick II team to the top position from baits and use all lures. garner second place; less than and the first-place prize. “Once we got the first two points out of first. Dan Richards released his fish, (marlin), we said, ‘We’re back in Third place went to Cracker , estimated to weigh 125-pounds, it. Let’s do it.’ After the second skippered by Mark Schultz with on Saturday and his teammate one, we went dolphin fishing.” angler Maurice Gibson for a total Harry Cameron reeled in his After going through the of 417.8 points. approximately 150-pound marlin polygraph test, Coll and Davis Bill Currie of the On Course on Friday, the second day of the were happy with the victory, but was awarded the Jim Hardie tournament. exhausted after fishing so hard Memorial Trophy. Ironically, both fish were with such a short staff. caught on the same lure, a The Cajun Queen , made up of 2010 Drambuie Key West green and yellow jethead, Greg Eklund and Mike Nichols, Marlin Tournament within a mile of each other and both of Islamorada, Fla., plus This was the year of the oil about the same time in the Brad Whitlock, Bob Whitlock, spill and the tropical storm. For mid-morning. and Trey Myers, all of Fort six weeks before the tournament On Course , captained by Bill Myers, Fla., finished second. BP was trying to cap an oil well in Currie of Tampa, Florida, took In third place was BFB with Jody the Gulf that was releasing second place with a blue marlin Briad of Key West, and Paul Barret, millions of gallons of oil that was release and two weighed dolphin. Paulette Barret, Donna Barret and forecast to enter into the gulf loop Blue Heaven , with Tampa Steve Tucker of Gulfport, Fla. current and come to the Florida angler Steve Swindle, was third In the Fun Fish Division, Keys, which never happened. with a released blue marlin and a Robert Beck of Plant City, Fla., There also were tropical storm wahoo.

28 2012 Drambuie Key West with a blue marlin released Marlin Tournament Friday by Mark Knowles of Key The Risky Business with Danny Largo, Fla. The team added to Coll and Bernard Davis released tournament with 496.75 points, its score with a weight dolphin a white marlin to gain first place providing Ruckus the edge to caught Saturday. and win the $25,000. capture the $25,000 first place In third place for 2015 was The second-place team was prize. Cracker with a blue marlin the Reel Darlins with Cyd Team Ruckus also caught the released Saturday by Mark Tuskowski of St. Petersburg, largest dolphin of the tournament Schultz of Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Fla. and Laura Russell, also weighing in at 48.75 pounds. Jason Johnston of Johnson City, from St. Petersburg. Second place went to OCD Tenn., skippered Cracker . Third place was the Cajun releasing a white marlin on the Queen with Captain Greg Eklund final day of fishing, by team 2016 Bacardi Oakheart and angler Jordan Wolk of member John Harris, and Key West Marlin Tournament Tavernier, Fla. releasing a sailfish by angler Cece The Indigenous , skippered by Imbrie for a point total of 450. Travis Dickens of Islamorada, 2013 Drambuie Key West Third place was captured by Fla., garnered top honors and a Marlin Tournament High Class Hooker , with angler $25,000 first-place prize at the Mark Truett made the most of Jeb Teirney releasing a white three-fishing-day Bacardi his first saltwater fishing trip, marlin and receiving 400 points. Oakheart Key West Marlin catching and releasing a 500- This would become the last tournament. pound blue marlin to win the tournament to bear the Dickens’ team combined a tournament. Drambuie name, and a new era blue marlin release achieved Truett, of Duncan, Okla., would begin with the addition Friday, the second day of needed about 2.5 hours to land of the Bacardi Oakheart competition, by angler Mike the blue. Later that day Bobby sponsorship. Melhado of Indialantic, Fla, with Shannon caught a 17.9-pound a 110.5-pound yellowfin tuna dolphin to add to the boat's 2015 Bacardi Oakheart that Kevin Schoolfield of point total and give High Stakes Key West Marlin Tournament the $25,000 first-place prize. Cowgirl, skippered by Phil Melbourne Beach, Fla., caught Perry Brown, of Jacksonville, McGinn of Key West, garnered Saturday, to best 31 other boats. released a blue marlin Friday top honors and a $25,000 first- “We had lots of hardware, on High Class Hooker , skippered place prize at the 2015 Bacardi preparation and good by Gene Chrzanowski, of Key Oakheart Key West Marlin. teamwork,” Dickens said. West. Angler Marty Crews of The Key West Marlin Troy Martin, of Key West, Mound City, Kansas, released a tournament was Dickens’ first released a blue marlin Saturday white marlin on Friday, and win as captain. on Mr. Z with Key West captain Ben Giefer of Leawood, Kansas, Flying Fish Charters of Key Phil "Curly" McGinn to finish released a sailfish on Saturday West , with Jamie Connell at the third in the 31-boat fleet. that proved to be the winning helm, released a white marlin fish. For Giefer, the tournament and sailfish for second place. 2014 Drambuie Key West was his first experience ever Angler Jim Connell of Key West Marlin Tournament fishing in saltwater habitats. "I caught and released both fish. Gary Eng’s white marlin credit the crew because they High Stakes , skippered by release, coupled with several put together a game plan Jamie Jonas of Key West, dolphin catches, helped team specifically targeting sailfish to finished third with a blue marlin Ruckus win the Drambuie Key give us the lead," Giefer said. release and a 26.5-pound West Marlin Tournament. "We weren't on the water for dolphin, the largest mahi-mahi Eng released his marlin on more than 40 minutes and had of the three-day tournament. the first angling day of the the fish." Angler Bob Hansen of Fairfax, three day angling contest to Blue Heron , skippered by Va., caught and released the earn 400 points. Shannon Fountain of Big Pine marlin, while angler Don Jonas The excited team ended the Key, Fla., finished in second of Key West caught the dolphin.

29 Key West: Somewhere South of Normal ately new friends from the real world (loosely defined as everywhere outside Key WLest) have been asking me what the island city is REALLY like. After all, it’s been my beloved home for 30 years, so they figure I must know. The first thing I tell them is simple: Key West is not normal.

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30 CREATIVITY RULES. Key West’s creative heritage is a definite part of its charm. Known as a haven and inspiration for writers since Ernest Hemingway’s OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS? ten-year residence in the 1930s, NOT LIKELY! In Key West, it’s the island is home to scores of perfectly acceptable to state your published writers — including occupation as “treasure hunter,” several Pulitzer Prize winners. “poet,” “drag queen,” “street An annual literary seminar, a performer” or all of the above — Hemingway Days celebration, without eliciting laughter, a writers’ groups and a world-class disbelieving stare, or even raised local bookstore all testify to the eyebrows. I can’t think of any island’s affection for authors. other place in the world where that’s true. THE WORLD’S LONGEST STREET. Many of the most No, Key West is NOT normal. interesting art galleries, shops A bastion of lovely lunacy, it’s U A E

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32 random Kardashian. concert in Lower Keys waters. Instead, when 600 or so The Lower Keys Underwater “starstruck” people gather for Music Festival spotlights coral reef the annual Winter Star Party, protection and environmentally their goal is to observe southern buoy marks the southernmost responsible diving. Staged by constellations, comets and spot of land in the continental local radio station US1 FM, it’s celestial objects in the Lower United States. It overlooks the held at Looe Key Reef, part of Keys’ clear night skies. Atlantic Ocean at Whitehead the Florida Keys National The Lower Keys, by the way, and South streets, and its Marine Sanctuary about 6 miles are virtually the only place in brightly-painted body bears south of Big Pine Key. the continental U.S. where these lettering that proclaims it stands You’ll swim among Looe wonders can be seen — just 90 miles from Cuba. What Key’s vivid marine life and primarily because the region’s coral formations while listening southern location, “steady” to music broadcast by the radio skies and relative absence of station — and piped underwater large-scale artificial lighting at via speakers suspended beneath night provide world-class boats above the reef.

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35 2017 Hemingway Days Welcome...

“Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.” — Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

elcome Home, all ye West, during the years Hemingway who make the journey lived here, allowed him to be to Key West year after human — to hold fast to the Wyear, in the month of Ernest passions of a man in his prime — Hemingway’s birth, in the and to write with a precise season of the doldrums, to discipline and rhythm, and more celebrate the life and prolifically than at any other monumental victories of a boy time in his life. from Oak Park, Illinois. But I believe that a part of Illinois was never in Hemingway never left Key West. Hemingway’s blood. It did not It is nice to think so on a warm call to him as did the sea, which night when the moon is full and he understood, inherently, on its its platinum light spills out like a most elemental level, as the corridor upon the ocean. It is genesis of all life. Were this not easy to think of my grandfather so he could not have written of walking back home to Whitehead the sea as he did, saying that a Street on nights like this, along man was never alone at sea that broadening avenue of because it was the one true moonlight. Easy to think of him Dedicated to the memory of mother. feeling the pulse of the island Jack Waterbury And like salmon that push and knowing that it matched his against the resisting current, own. Perfectly. part of him with us, one that imbued with the pure Or, perhaps, like we who made its mark indelible on our undefeatable force of instinct, come to the island each July minds and hearts long ago, and Ernest Hemingway found his to celebrate the magnitude of that the mark — not unlike the true home by the sea, on this his gift to the world — as did mark of a blood brotherhood — island that embraced him for Jack Waterbury, decade upon remains ever-youthful, “cheerful who he really was: a man — not decade, bearing the torch whose and undefeated,” like the eyes of a god, not an icon — who like all flame never dimmed — Ernest, Santiago in “The Old Man and other men, bore the necessary too, comes along for the ride. I the Sea.” And that its color is the cross of being human. And Key like to think that we each bring a color of the sea.

36 37 The 37th Annual HEMINGWAY DAYS JULY 18-23, 2017

rnest Hemingway look- alikes, writers, anglers and fans of the late author’s Ework are to converge on Key West Tuesday through Sunday, July 18- 23, for the annual Hemingway Days celebration. The festival honors the legacy of the American literary giant who lived and wrote on the island for most of the 1930s. Events include a look-alike contest for Hemingway hopefuls, prose and poetry readings, the wacky “Running of the Bulls,” presentations on Ernest and his influence, and a three-day marlin tournament recalling his passion for angling. Scores of stocky, bearded men resembling the writer are to compete in Sloppy Joe’s Hemingway ® Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe’s Bar, 201 Duval St., a frequent hangout for him during his Key West years. Preliminary rounds are set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 20 and 21, with the finals at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The look-alikes also star in activities including Saturday’s “Running of the Bulls” spoof and a salute to Hemingway on the 118th anniversary of his July 21 birth.

38 Held in conjunction with the site of a July 20 Hemingway festival is the Lorian Hemingway symposium. Short Story Competition Those who share Ernest’s love coordinated by Ernest’s of angling can compete for $50,000 granddaughter, author Lorian in cash prizes in the July 19-22 Hemingway. For information visit Havana Club Key West Marlin shortstorycompetition.com . Tournament. Other highlights include Additional festival events literary readings at 7:30 p.m. include the 5k Sunset Run/Walk Wednesday, July 19, at the Key and Paddleboard Race, a DVD West Woman’s Club, 319 Duval premiere of the 2015 performance St. Poetry lovers can discover of “The Hemingway Suite” in Hemingway’s little-known verse Havana, Cuba, a daylong street at a Friday evening reading at the fair on Key West’s Duval Street U A island’s 700 Fleming St. library. E and Sloppy Joe’s annual Arm R U B

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Marrow: A Biography of Harry R be the site of “To Have and Have Crews.” The program takes place A cat sits on a writing table once used by Another,” a Sunday evening July 18 at the Key West Art & Ernest Hemingway in the author's presentation and soiree hosted by Historical Society’s Custom studio at the Ernest Hemingway Home the Key West Art & Historical House, 281 Front St. — also the & Museum. Society. U A E R U B

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B O R Ernest Hemingway look-alikes including, from left, Tom Grizzard, Frank Kramer (riding manmade bull on wheels) and David Hemingway (no relation to Ernest) parade during the annual "Running of the Bulls." The offbeat event is a take-off on its namesake in Pamplona, Spain.

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41 Aspiring ‘Ernests’ Seek 201 7 Hemingwa y ®Look-Alike Title ore than 120 stocky, bearded men are to gather on the island EMrnest Hemingway called home to emulate the author’s appearance and larger-than-life character during Sloppy Joe’s 37th annual Hemingway ® Look- Alike Contest. Spectators can cheer for their favorite competitors during nightly rounds Thursday through Saturday, July 20-22, at Sloppy Joe’s Bar. The 201 Duval St. saloon was a frequent hangout for Hemingway, who lived in Key West for nearly a decade in the 1930s. The look-alike contest is a highlight of the island’s annual Hemingway Days celebration. Set for July 18-23, the festival salutes the writing talent, U A sporting pursuits and colorful E R U B

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enter the contest. They typically B O compete wearing safari gear or R wool fishermen’s turtlenecks, Dave Hemingway, center, hoists his trophy after winning the 2016 apparel identified with the Hemingway ® Look-Alike Contest Saturday, July 23, 2016, at Sloppy Joe's Bar. author, and attempt to copy the Success for Dave Hemingway came on the Macon, N.C., resident's seventh “Papa” persona adopted by attempt to win the coveted title. Hemingway in his later years. Preliminary rounds are set for is not related to Ernest. challenge, the offbeat run 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Look-alikes also take center features mock bulls and begins at July 20 and 21, with the finals at stage at Sloppy Joe’s “Running of 1 p.m. Saturday outside Sloppy 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The contest the Bulls,” a spoof of the Joe’s. It is preceded by a photo is judged by a congenial group renowned annual event in opportunity for “Papa-razzi” of former winners including Pamplona, Spain. More a parade at noon. 2016’s Dave Hemingway, who than a fast-paced sporting Also scheduled is a Wednesday

42 evening “meet and greet” where contestants and their fans can mingle with former winners, and a “birthday party” onstage at Sloppy Joe’s on the 118th anniversary of Hemingway’s July 21 birth. In addition, the look-alikes are to U U A A announce the recipients of the E E R R U U B

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B O R Robert Leslie speaks to the judges and asks that they choose him to be the winner of the 2016 Hemingway ® Look-Alike Contest. Leslie didn't win but was among 25 semi-finalists of the competition.

43 Food, Fun and Frivolity Hemingway Days Caribbean Street Fair earning power and improve their self-esteem. The money LVA collects from the street fair – 100 percent of it – will be used to provide support for the organization’s program. This year the Caribbean Street Fair is sponsored in part by the Margaritaviille Resort & Marina, Pepe’s Café, Make it Official and Aqua Key West. For more information about the Caribbean Street Fair and/or Literacy Volunteers of America–Monroe County, call 305-294-4352, e-mail [email protected] or visit lva-monroe.org .

nce again Literacy Bearded Hemingway look- Volunteers of America– alikes will take part in a hilarious Monroe County will “Running of the Bulls” beginning Opresent the Caribbean Street Fair, at 1 p.m. outside Sloppy Joe’s Bar a highlight of the subtropical at the corner of Greene Street, summer, during the annual proceeding along a portion of Hemingway Days festival. Duval Street. Manmade bulls will Saturday, July 22, Duval Street be featured in this take-off on the will be closed to motorized traffic famous Pamplona event, in a for several blocks beginning at salute to the love of bullfighting Front Street for the lively event. that inspired Hemingway to pen From 10 a.m. to 10 pm. vendors “Death in the Afternoon.” will man their colorful booths, This is the third year that offering their wares to pedestrians Literacy Volunteers of America– strolling through the open-air Monroe County has presented the marketplace. Everything from Caribbean Street Fair. Founded in clothing to jewelry to art to 1984, the organization provides sumptuous ethnic and Caribbean literacy tutoring for adults and foods and beverages will be families whose reading and available to satisfy fairgoers’ writing skills are at grade-school desires as they celebrate the levels. LVA’s belief is that exuberant lifestyle of Ernest proficiency in these skills will Hemingway. help individuals to increase their

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female masters and top three male and female finishers in age categories ranging from 9 and under to 75 and over. For paddleboard racers, awards are to be presented to the first- through . K 5

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47 A Heritage of Nurturing Literary Talent Lorian Hemingway’s Short Story Competition

recognition is the first validation of their worth as writers. Coordinating the competition is a pleasure and a passion for Hemingway, author of three critically acclaimed books, “Walking into the River,” “Walk on Water” and “A World Turned Over.” “Reading a story of talent and craft, and knowing that perhaps you can help further the career of a gifted writer, is truly one of the greatest joys,” says Lorian. “I U A

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A The longtime judging panel includes Dr. Rob Merritt, a noted Lorian Hemingway signs copies of “A World Turned Over” during a past author and Dean of the College of Hemingway Days celebration. Arts and Letters at Bluefield College. hen Lorian Hemingway draws between 800 and 1,000 “Our first-place winner will judged Hemingway entries each year from around receive a cash prize of $1,500 and Days’ first short story the U.S. and other countries as publication in ‘Cutthroat: A cWompetition in 1981, she and her far-flung as India and Romania. Journal of the Arts,’ published by fellow judges sat in a Lower Keys Lorian and her small judging American Book Award winner cottage reading and evaluating panel still give every one their Pamela Uschuk. Our second- and the few dozen entries with care. complete attention and respect. third-place winners will each They couldn’t possibly imagine Since its beginnings, the receive a cash prize of $500,” says that the competition would grow competition has been dedicated to Lorian. into a highly respected recognizing and supporting the For more information about the international literary contest. work of emerging writers whose distinguished literary challenge, Now, more than a quarter of a fiction has not yet achieved visit shortstorycompetition.com . century later, the competition significant success. For some, this —Katharine Roach

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Lorian Hemingway is proud to present the 2016 second-place winner of the short story competition that bears her name, chosen from among more than 800 entries. holiday – not from this. The bill arrived. She fed her card into the machine tended by the waiter and punched in her code, then tugged her jacket from the back of her chair, avoiding looking at the table Night-Fishing with its devastation of half- By Rhonda Carrier eaten pizza slices, upturned Waiting for the bill, Georgia so much as the possibility – a drinks and sodden napkins. As gazed through the glass door strangely intoxicating one – that if she slipped out, a man at the onto Place de la République and a something happened to her, they next table glanced her way; lightheadedness came over her. would be able to carry on without when her eyes slid across to She loved these instants of her. The knowledge that she meet his, he spoke to her in a reprieve, when she could look at wasn’t indispensable after all. low, warm voice, praising her her life from the outside. Her But then she clicked back: it French. She accepted the husband and children were out was time to hurry back to the compliment with a gracious there waiting for her but, for a hotel and get through the bath- smile and a Merci . She wanted to few moments at least, existing and bedtime ritual and the tell him that she had lived here without her – Kyle struggling to feeding of the baby if they were once, but she stopped herself: unfold the buggy and wrestle the to catch their morning train what was it to him? wriggling baby inside while home to the UK. The loaned Beyond the window, the neon ensuring that his brothers didn’t cottage back in the Charente- lights of Place de la République run out into the traffic. Maritime was already dream- flashed like knife blades, alluring, It wasn’t freedom that like in her mind, fading fast. dangerous, glittering with glimmered there, in such moments, There was never any real promise and risk. Though she

50 hadn’t put her jacket on and the occurred to her, all this would air was cool, sweat prickled her end. Soon he would be through skin. Kyle and the kids were a with her, just as the others had still life in front of her – or been. perhaps more like a clockwork As Kyle unlocked the door to She looked up. Jack and Tom toy that had wound down and their mansarded room and the were calmer now, pasting was waiting for her to set it back boys trooped in, leapt onto their stickers into the pages of an in motion. She made an beds and began pogoing and album, frowning in impatient sweep of one arm in hooting like monkeys, the girls’ concentration. Her heart the direction they needed to take, after-image still danced in front clenched. Since they started although Kyle knew the way of Georgia’s eyes. Flapping her school, she’d felt the wrench of back as well as she did. hands at her sons and making ceding them to the world, to a They held on for the lights to placating sounds, she glared at male world they’d embraced change. As they crossed, Georgia Kyle. fully. It had been like birthing picked up Finn, who was raging ‘Shouting at them is just them again, giving them over like at being strapped down, and making the noise even worse,’ this. Hence this last, ‘accidental’ nuzzled his face. Chirping a she muttered. pregnancy, perhaps; perhaps she little in her arms, he fluttered Kyle was already annoyed, couldn’t let go. his fingers over her features, she knew – annoyed that they Kyle stepped out of the tiny verifying the landscape, were here at all. Or rather: bathroom in a cloud of warm air reassuring himself that he was on embarrassed that in their late tinged with the synthetic lemon familiar terrain. She kissed the thirties they still found of hotel soap, strode over and satin of his cheek then looked themselves in shabby one-star flicked off the wall- light above back up. hotels, crammed into a family the boys’ heads, muttering that it A girl stood at the corner of the room. That they’d stayed here was too late for stories, that there next street, jabbing at the keypad together in the past, as lovers, was that train to catch. Turning of her mobile with one finger. was not enough reason to keep away from them, he dried Georgia’s eyes travelled down coming back – not for him. himself then pulled back the her slim body, taking in the Finn still in her arms, she duvet and slipped in, placing one drape of ash-blonde hair over the flopped onto the double bed and hand on the baby’s scalp – all felt- glossy burgundy of a bomber fought him out of his clothes and like and honey-scented – but jacket, the skinny jeans into a fresh nappy and sleep-suit. saying nothing. It had been a disappearing into sturdy Then she piled the pillows tiring trip up. It had been a far bikers’ boots. Then, behind her and fished one breast from restful holiday. disentangling Finn’s fingers from out of the top of her sweater. As Kyle’s breathing slowed her hair with an impatient jerk of As she applied her nipple to and fell into time with the baby’s, her head, she followed her his mouth, she let her head fall Georgia lay sleepless. She, too, husband and sons to the next back and her eyes close. The girls was tired: the baby would wake crossing. on the moped appeared to her again within a few hours and As they halted at a further set again. Where were they going, then again at dawn, when she’d of lights, she glanced back. The this Sunday night, hair flying out drug him back into intermittent girl had stepped off the behind them as they raced slumber with her milk. But it was pavement and was swinging one through the streets? She tried to hard to get the girls on the leg over the rear-seat of a moped. picture their destination – a bar moped from her mind, their Settling onto it, helmet in one in the Bastille, a party on a Seine insouciance. As her life shut hand, she reached around the houseboat – but in her mind’s eye down for the night, so theirs shoulders of the girl who was they just kept on moving, forever began. It was like a relay race in driving and held a cigarette to free and unfettered. which she was the first runner, her lips through her visor. Then The baby sucked. At first a passing on the baton and the engine flared up and they sort of mechanical rhythm receiving none of the elation of roared away into the night, established itself in his body, but taking it past the post. oblivious to Georgia’s gaze. as he started to fall away from Easing the baby away from her towards sleep, he became her, she pulled the duvet up to 9 loose in her arms. Soon, it his waist then lay still. In this 51 She carried on up the street, each bar, each café, each junk- Night-Fishing shop and each trendy ethnic continued boutique granting her a glimpse with grunts and squeals of horror of the girl she had been, the girl and delight. She was no longer who had made new friends here, hotel she had made love with her essential to them – was no longer, met lovers, bought trinkets to husband before he was her really, part of the universe they brighten her attic bedsit, frittered husband. Did the ghost of her inhabited. And soon that would her nights away in drunkenness still walk its corridors? Would it be true of the baby too. and laughter, because that’s what come into her room that night Out in the street, she walked at nights were for, back then. and watch her as she slept, a swift pace, worried that if she At the top of the street she whispering to her, in the hesitated she would turn back. stopped, disorientated. Then, darkness: Was this what you She knew this area well from her robotically, she turned left and wanted ? year as a student here. A left off took the boulevards leading to Like a sleepwalker she rose, Rue de Malte brought her onto the Canal St-Martin, at the point glancing back at Finn as she Rue Oberkampf, and then there where it re-emerged from a series reached for her jacket. He’ll be were a few streets and squares to of tunnels under the city. She’d fine, for a while, she told herself. cross before the road’s main come here too, back then; had If he did wake during her drag, where the bars and had a couple of dates in the Hôtel absence, Kyle would have to restaurants and couscous cafés du Nord, a remnant of the film of settle him: it was time he that she remembered lay – if they the same name, now a bar. learnt to sleep without suckling, still existed. As she stood on the street anyway. Café Charbon was still there. looking into the bar, she thought Kyle would wonder where she She halted when she came to it, of her lives, so many of them. So had gone, of course, but short of peered inside. It seemed many different selves in that one leaving the kids in the room unchanged, although even back year alone, like theatre costumes alone and coming to look for her, then, when she was a regular, tried on for size. And now she he’d have to keep wondering. this old coalmonger’s store with stood, those costumes piled up He’d probably just reason that its original 1900s decor had around her feet like mounds of she’d gone down to reception for seemed like a relic of another era. laundry. a bottle of water. She stared in, trying to work For a while she stood gazing Halfway down the stairs, out at which table she had sat into the bar, not really seeing avoiding the rickety cage-lift for that chill November night with anything. Then suddenly she the noise it made, Georgia the North African boy from her took fright, certain that if she stopped, laying one shaking tutor group, Rachid, drinking stayed any longer she would see hand on the rail. They need me , she absinthe as if they were in some her own own face appear inside said to herself. But another voice, old-time cabaret. Was it that one the window, battering at the as if from the shadows or a place in the middle, where a girl sat glass like a moth trying to reach a in the past, whispered back: They with her back to the street, light source. don’t need you. Not any more . auburn hair slung up into a Stepping back, she turned and She nodded and kept going, chignon, the way Georgia had headed for an iron footbridge eyes probing dark corners and sometimes worn her own, back arching over the canal. Climbing doorways as she reached the then… She stared harder, its stone steps, she started to floor below her own. What the frowning. cross, and an image came into her voice said was true: she’d been But no, the girl turned, mind of herself standing on this discarded, rendered obsolete, as glancing at her watch, and it bridge, looking at her reflection the boys entered the world of wasn’t her. Nor was the boy she in the velvet of the water, a their father, their peers; as they was waiting for, now striding perplexed look on her face. began choosing books and TV towards her with an apologetic Had she really been on this shows and games that cranked smile, Rachid. Georgia repressed bridge, a long time before, and if up their testosterone levels, had a bitter little laugh. What was she so what question had brought them flying from the furniture, thinking? Of course it wasn’t her here? Perhaps a date had wrestling each other to the floor them. How could it be? gone well, or perhaps it had gone

52 badly. Had she ever found the the shadows, conveyor of some answer that she sought, in the message. water? And had it mattered, what The baby was asleep, furled she decided, or had life just like a comma in his father’s arms flowed on, charting its own of Finn and his need for her; she in the middle of the bed, leaving course, indifferent to her desires thought of Kyle and how no room for her. and plans. Had she ever really panicked he must feel to wake up She sat on the side of the been free? and find her gone, leaving no nearest single bed, looking at her She carried on over and word. But it all seemed so far middle son as he slept, mouth reached the opposite quay. A man away from her, like a movie open, flecks of spittle at its came into view, beneath the plane showing on a worn and faded corners, lost to dreams in which trees, a rod in his hands. She reel: colourless, ghostly. What if she played no part. Shaking her stopped and watched him for a she never went back? They could head as if freeing her brain from moment, then she walked over live without her. They would the last vestiges of a dream of her and sat beside him on the have to. She might die, after all. own, she looked towards the cobblestones. It had been so easy, back then, doorway, half-willing the handle ‘Surely…’ she began, voice to shrug off selves. to rattle, the door to open. Half- faltering, irritated that French no When the sky began to lighten, willing a whisper to rupture the longer came effortlessly to her. the man rose and ambled away. silence and the darkness. ‘Surely there are no fish here?’ Georgia followed him with her None came, but beyond the The man shrugged in reply, eyes. He didn’t think he’d caught window, outside in the night and she wondered if he cared. any fish, or recovered any junk. that had tried to claim her, she Maybe he was looking for Perhaps there was nothing to made out the buzz of a moped, something else – just junk, retrieve, after all. set on a crazed course across the perhaps, things that lay at the Leaning forwards over the city – its riders chasing dreams, bottom of the water, waiting to be water, no longer afraid, she propelled ever on by the resurrected. She thought of the sought her reflection. The face imperatives of their young and pêcheurs de lune or ‘moon looking back up at her was ardent bodies. fishermen’ of whom she’d once without substance, like a drop of From the depths of sleep the read, trawling Paris by night, oil on the water, blurring, boy beside her sighed then salvaging cast-off objects to sell at dispersing, and then at last lost reached up one arm, looped it their stalls, stalls that proliferated fully to the past. around her neck and pulled her over time to become the flea- into himself, repossessing her. markets that Georgia had so often The night air still caught in the visited at weekends, with friends, folds of her clothes, she let herself with lovers, trying to perfect that 9 fall and sink into sleep in his bohemian chic expected of It was a brisk fifteen-minute unconscious embrace. students in Paris. walk back to the hotel. Its They sat in silence and Georgia corridors were empty and silent; lost all sense of time. She thought no one, she felt, waited for her in The End

A resident of Manchester, U.K., Rhonda Carrier is a travel writer by trade, regularly contributing to national and international magazines, newspapers, and websites including National Geographic Traveller, The Guardian and The South China Morning Post. Her fiction is often inspired by her global wanderings, which have taken her everywhere from India’s Thar Desert to Iceland’s Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon. Rhonda’s first published short story, “St. Wilgefortis Blues,” won the Jack Trevor Story Memorial Prize. She is currently working on a novel.

53 Hemingway Days to Honor Key West’s Literary Past and Present

writers for the “Voices, Places, by the Havana Orchestra in Cuba. Inspirations” readings at 7:30 Lorraine is to perform selections p.m. Wednesday, July 19, at the from the suite with Cuban pianist Key West Woman’s Club, 319 Lianne Vega, and discuss its R E N

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O writer Selena Chambers; Mandy and includes a champagne T O H

P Miles, renowned for her “Tan reception and film DVD signing. Author Ted Geltner will share insights Lines” books and columns; and Though best known for his into Hemingway's influence on the life Terry Schmida, known for his novels and short stories, Ernest and work of fellow writer Harry Crews regional “True Crime” series. Hemingway also wrote poetry. At during one of Hemingway Days' Presented by Literacy Volunteers 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 21, the Key leading literary events. of America–Monroe County, the West Poetry Guild is to present a free-admission gathering includes free reading of the poems that rnest Hemingway left Key a “meet the authors” reception. helped launch his career, as well as West in late 1939 after nearly The spotlight returns to the guild poets’ work, at the Key West a decade of residence, but his Custom House Thursday, July 20, Library, 700 Fleming St. lEiterary legacy continues during for the Key West Art & Historical Held in conjunction with Hemingway Days 2017, scheduled Society’s Hemingway Symposium Hemingway Days is the Lorian Tuesday through Sunday, July 18- and book signings from noon to 4 Hemingway Short Story Competi- 23. p.m. Scheduled presenters are Kirk tion. The contest recognizes the The festival’s opening evening Curnutt, author of “Reading work of emerging writers and has features a 6 p.m. discussion titled Hemingway's To Have and Have been directed by author Lorian “Hemingway & Harry’s Way” by Not”; Robert Elder, author of Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s Ted Geltner, author of “Blood, “Hidden Hemingway: Inside the granddaughter, since its inception Bone and Marrow: A Biography of Ernest Hemingway Archives of in 1981. Harry Crews,” at Key West’s Oak Park”; and Brewster The festival concludes Sunday, Custom House Museum, 281 Front Chamberlin, speaking on “Facts July 23, with “To Have and Have St. Geltner’s presentation details and Fiction in the Hemingway Another,” hosted by the Key West Hemingway’s influence on Industry.” Art & Historical Society at 7:30 novelist and educator Crews, in At 6 p.m. Thursday, composer p.m. in the gardens of the Ernest everything from adventurous and pianist Bill Lorraine premieres Hemingway Home and Museum, living and creative risk taking to the short film “The Hemingway 907 Whitehead St. The soiree’s their literary commitment. A Suite,” showcasing the 2015 debut highlight is a lively presentation by champagne reception follows. of his orchestral piece inspired by Philip Greene, author of “To Have Geltner joins other contemporary Hemingway’s works, performed and Have Another: A Hemingway

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Hemingway Days Celebration Schedule of Events

TUESDAY commitment to their craft. A JULY 18 champagne reception follows. Custom House Museum. $5 per 9:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M. — person for Key West Art & “Depicting Hemingway” Historical Society members; $10 museum exhibition. Discover 59 for nonmembers. For info and original pen-and-ink drawings registration, visit kwahs.org . by world-renowned marine wildlife artist Guy Harvey — all WEDNESDAY providing a visual narrative to JULY 19 Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea.” The sketches 4 P.M. — Final registration for the are paired with rare artifacts Havana Club Key West Marlin from Hemingway’s Key West Tournament. Enthusiastic anglers years, as well as a life-size compete for $50,000 in guaranteed bronze of the author. Custom cash prizes for targeting the House Museum, 281 Front St. largest marlin, spearfish, dolphin Mention Hemingway Days upon fish, tuna and wahoo. The entering to receive discounted Waterfront Brewery, 201 William admission. Exhibition continues St. — 1st floor game room. For throughout Hemingway Days info visit keywestmarlin.com. and beyond. For info visit 5:30 P.M. kwahs.org . — Meet the “Papas.” 6 P.M. Get to know the contestants and — “Hemingway & previous winners of Sloppy Joe’s Harry’s Way.” Join Ted Geltner, Hemingway ® Look-Alike Contest. author of “Blood, Bone and Sloppy Joe’s, 201 Duval St. For Marrow: A Biography of Harry info visit www.sloppyjoes.com . Crews,” at the Custom House 6-8 P.M. HEMINGWAY Museum as he delves into — 2017 Key West Hemingway’s influence on Marlin Tournament captain’s DAYS 2 01 7 novelist and educator Crews — meeting, auction and raffle. The July 18-23 in everything from adventurous Waterfront Brewery — 3rd floor living to creative risk taking and deck.

56 7:30-10 P.M. — “Voices, Places, winners. Sloppy Joe’s Bar. $35 entry Inspirations.” This evening of fee. Free to watch. For look-alike readings features authors Chuck event info, visit sloppyjoes.com . Ball, Selena Chambers, Mandy 6:30-8 P.M. Miles and Terry Schmida — plus a — Key West Marlin highlight appearance by Ted Tournament cocktail party Geltner, author of “Blood, Bone and and island-style pig roast. Marrow: A Biography of Harry The Waterfront Brewery — 3rd Crews.” Presented by Literacy floor deck. Free to tournament Volunteers of America–Monroe participants . County, the event also includes a “meet the authors” reception. Key FRIDAY West Woman’s Club, 319 Duval St. JULY 21 For info visit hemingwaydays.net . U A E

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Marlin Tournament first day of O fishing. For more info, visit R Waterfront Brewery — dockside. keywestmarlin.com . 5:30 P.M. for Florida Keys students. Onstage — “The Poetry of NOON-4 P.M. at Sloppy Joe’s Bar. For info, visit — Key West Art & Ernest Hemingway.” The Key West papalookalikes.com . Historical Society’s Hemingway Poetry Guild presents a reading of Symposium. Discover insights into 6-8 P.M. Hemingway’s poems and guild — “The Hemingway Hemingway’s life and work in a poets’ work — and chronicles the Suite” film premiere and series of three readings and poetry that helped launch Ernest’s performance. Composer and presentations. Presenters are Kirk writing career — at the Key West pianist Bill Lorraine is to premiere a Curnutt, author of “Reading Library, 700 Fleming St. For info, short film showcasing the 2015 Hemingway's To Have and Have email alvarado-edgardo@ debut of his orchestral piece Not”; Robert Elder, author of monroecounty-fl.gov . inspired by Hemingway’s works, “Hidden Hemingway: Inside the performed by the Havana 5:30 P.M. Ernest Hemingway Archives of — Sloppy Joe’s Oak Park”; and Brewster Orchestra at Cuba’s Teatro Marti de birthday party for “Papa.” Chamberlin, speaking on “Facts la Habana. The film is paired with a Celebrate Ernest’s birthday and Fiction in the Hemingway short performance by Lorraine and (complete with cake) alongside Industry.” Custom House Cuban virtuoso pianist Lianne former winners and contestants in ® Museum. Each presentation will be Vega and a discussion of the suite’s the Hemingway Look-Alike followed by a book signing and composition and staging by Contest. Sloppy Joe’s Bar. Lorraine and Cuban conductor admission is $5 per person for 6:30 P.M. KWAHS members and $10 for Zenaida Romeu. A champagne — Sloppy Joe’s 37th ® nonmembers. For info and reception and film DVD signing annual Hemingway Look-Alike registration visit kwahs.org . follows. The Studios of Key West, Contest, second preliminary round, 533 Eaton St. $5 for KWAHS to be judged by former contest 4-6 P.M. — Key West Marlin members and $10 for nonmembers. winners. Sloppy Joe’s Bar. $35 entry Tournament weigh-in. The For info and registration visit fee. Free to watch. kwahs.org . Waterfront Brewery — dockside. 6:30-8 P.M. — Key West Marlin 6 P.M. 6:30 P.M. — Hemingway Look-Alike — Sloppy Joe’s 37th Tournament dockside cocktail Society scholarship presentations. annual Hemingway ® Look-Alike party and fish fry. The Waterfront The society is to announce the Contest, first preliminary round, to Brewery — 3rd floor deck. Free to winners of its annual scholarships be judged by former contest tournament participants .

57 6:30 P.M. — Sloppy Joe’s 37th Hemingway Days annual Hemingway ® Look-Alike Contest, final round, to be judged cSonctihnued dule by former contest winners. Sloppy Joe’s Bar. Free to watch.

8:30-11 P.M. 7:30 P.M. — Key West Marlin — Hemingway 5k Tournament party with the Havana Sunset Run/Walk. Racers start Club team. Enjoy an exuberant at the Southernmost Point in gathering for tournament the continental United States at participants. Whitehead and South streets, and proceed through Old SATURDAY Town Key West. A post-race awards party is scheduled on JULY 22 the beach at the Southernmost 8:30 A.M.-3 P.M. Beach Café. For info, visit U

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Volunteers of America–Monroe O — Bloody Marys with R County. Much of Key West’s “Papa.” Sloppy Joe’s Bar. For info, famed Duval Street is closed to visit sloppyjoes.com . vehicular traffic and transformed 3-7 P.M. — Hemingway 5k Sunset 10 A.M. into an open-air island market Run/Walk and Lazy Dog — Sloppy Joe’s 31st with arts, crafts, jewelry, tropical Paddleboard Race registration. annual Arm Wrestling Contest. clothing and food. For info, visit Register and pick up race packets for Registration is set for 10 a.m. and lva-monroe.org or email the popular run and paddleboard the contest begins at 11 a.m. [email protected] . challenge. Southernmost Beach Prizes await winners in multiple Café, 1405 Duval St. $45 entry fee for weight categories. Sloppy Joe’s NOON — Photos with “Papas.” either race or $85 for both. For info, Bar. $5 entry fee; free to watch. Hemingway look-alikes provide visit keywestspecialevents.com . For info, visit sloppyjoes.com . a photo opportunity for 6 P.M. 7:30-10 P.M. fans. Greene Street outside — Lazy Dog Paddleboard — To Have and Sloppy Joe’s. For info, visit Race. Competitors follow a 3- Have Another” gala. Hosted by sloppyjoes.com . mile Atlantic Ocean course that the Key West Art & Historical begins and ends at Key West’s Society, this unique evening 1 P.M. — Running of the Bulls. Southernmost Beach, 1405 features a presentation by Philip This wacky event is sponsored by Duval St. on the ocean. For Greene, author of “To Have and Sloppy Joe’s Bar and features past info and registration, visit Have Another; A Hemingway Hemingway ® Look-Alike Contest keywestspecialevents.com . Cocktail Companion,” followed winners and current entrants by a soiree — all in the garden 6:30 P.M. dressed in their Pamplona best — — Key West Marlin venue at the Ernest Hemingway and a breed of “bull” found only in Tournament awards banquet and Home and Museum, 907 Key West. The fun takes place on silent auction. Cocktails and silent Whitehead St. $50 per person for Greene Street outside Sloppy Joe’s. auction are set for 6:30, with the KWAHS members and $75 for For info, visit sloppyjoes.com . dinner and awards presentations nonmembers. For info and at 7:30. Open to tournament registration, visit kwahs.org . 3-5 P.M. — Key West Marlin participants and their guests only. Tournament weigh-in. The Margaritaville Key West Resort & This is a preliminary schedule Waterfront Brewery — dockside. Marina, 245 Front St. and is subject to change.

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62 63 Ahhh, That Florida Keys Sunset

According to Bill Cottrill, a so infrequently, in fact, that Bill specialist at the National himself has never seen it. Weather Service’s Florida Keys While the green flash may be forecast office, the right clouds elusive, another unique play a major role in making a element accompanies the 0 . 3 - A S

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E O J very dramatic sunset,” Bill exuberant street performers explained. “As the sun sets, and local artisans offering n most locales, the nightly you have it going low enough handmade wares. People of all sunset takes place without in the sky to where we get ages flock to Mallory Square, a fanfare. But in the Florida crepuscular rays — the shadows historic pier overlooking Key IKeys & Key West, it’s an caused by the clouds where West Harbor and the Gulf of occasion for celebration. they break the sun. Mexico, to enjoy the carnival- Throughout the island “If you add some high cirrus like atmosphere. chain, people gather to mark clouds, you get even more Known around the world, the moment as the sun slips drama because cirrus clouds the event is a quintessential below the horizon — perhaps are made primarily of ice, and expression of Key West’s toasting it with cocktails in a they add more ice crystals that freewheeling spirit. The waterfront bar, saluting it the sun will reflect off,” he Mallory Square performers during a sunset cruise on a tall reported. “You see the pink offer a spectacle as vivid as the ship or catamaran, or pausing and orange upwards off the sunset itself. Visitors might in a stroll along the shoreline sun and the ice, and the clouds encounter acrobats, musicians, or Old Seven Mile Bridge to become colorful — but it’s dogs and cats doing tricks, appreciate it. really the sun reflecting or jugglers and masters of comic Admittedly, sunset in the refracting off of the cloud patter, all sharing their talents Keys is worth the attention it itself.” with the crowds. receives, painting the sky with As for the “green flash” that And no one can overlook a palette of creamsicle orange, Keys legend says sometimes iconic tightrope walker Will purple, red and dusty pink. can be glimpsed at the moment Soto — one of the guiding It has inspired countless the sun disappears, Bill said it’s spirits behind the present-day photos posted to social media, caused by the refraction of celebration — who can be seen backdropped thousands of light near the horizon on a very balanced high above his weddings and even earned clear, cloudless day. And audience, silhouetted against national travel kudos. despite the boasts of sunset the orange and crimson Why are sunsets so fans who say they spot it often, splendor of the setting sun. memorable in the Florida Keys? it occurs very infrequently — —Carol Shaughnessy

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