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VOL. VIII, NO. 9 ' KEY WEST, FL OCTOBER, 1982 FfROivi rh£ ECSITOR Joan says she's also saved lots of people therapy money just by being Birkenstockl Afcsd John md jbt Dili such a good listener. "All you have to Hello. BY PHOEBE. REDNER- COAN do is let a person talk it out—until Feet in the sand make footprints. his own self comes up with the clari- Feet in Birkenstock footwear'do the very RUNOFF ELECTIONS in Monroe County fication. " will be held October 5. Solares Hill THE FAMILY-SPIRITED DELI restau- IT WAS IN 1949 that he returned to It is this "family way" that same thing. stands behind the candidates it backed rant (on Simonton and Truman) has for Key West with his wife and three child- touches everything in the Bernreuters ' The Birkenstock foothed is heat and pressure in the September 7 primary. They are: 38 years been, entwined with the lives ren. His parents had preceded them by manner of living and working. Their sensitive, to mold'to your foot, and become of Joan and John Bernreuter and their a few months. real love as a family unit has given County Commission, District 2, family. Established first as a deli- The original Key West Bernreuters them the ability and strength to reach your footprint. catessen, this restaurant has respond- So walking in Birkenstock is-a lot like walking Democrat - Diana Curtis had come from Germany on one side of out in a subtle way—to touch many his brother's grave-stone marker that ed with a heart and a hearth for its the family and from the Bahamas and lives. barefoot in the sand, with one very convenient all was successful. He wishes to patrons. Spain on the other. John's mother was difference. thank all those who helped. The restaurant was first known as a Haskins and through his grandmother AT 6:30's FIRST light, John's You can walk in Birkenstock all year long. the Delicatessen. However, its sign he is related to the Kemp, Roberts, specially-made copper and wooden sea- KATHY DENEHY WANTED to say thanks, was damaged during a hurricane, only Curry and Lowe families. horse doors open to the cronies: car- also> to all the people who helped her the Deli part surviving. John took this penters, waterfront workers, locals, little son get a wheelchair. as a good omen, and Deli became the JOAN SPRING WAS born in Massachu- Pier House employees, etc. ... all Let your feet make restaurant's name. setts and raised on Miami Beach during getting "cranked up" for the busy day See you next month. its heyday. She remembers well the good ahead. The sky is just spilling pink THERE ARE ..FIVE generations of Bern- County Commission, District 4, corned beef of that era. A Key Wester light, and the Deli like a glowing aplace for themselves. reuters who have thrived in Key West. for some 33 years now, she remains Democrat - Capt. Ed Davidson circle in the midst of dark shadows, John's parents (Isabel and John Sr.) sprightly of mind and limb, with a perks up the whole neighborhood. Joan moved to Nevada in 1930 when the Key pert pixie haircut that becomes her says the regulars don't really care West navy base closed down. John was unassuming ways. She ran the Smart Set for new waitresses, because at that Vanltl then in third or fourth, grade at St. beauty salon for 20 years (adjacent to time of the morning they aren't into having to TELL anyone their order.

When the. pla.ne.ti aligned, RECENTLY, IN THE course of one day at the Deli, three different ex- ttnat.Lve.ly, waitresses from years back (independent ON SEPTEMBER 9, the County Commis- of each other) "made a Mecca" to the CLOSED FOR VACATION THRU OCT. 24th sion declared a moratorium on Time- you. pittpatitd yoUH. de.ic.tnt. Deli. One of them still remembers how Share residences of all kinds until a the spunky Joan had told her to "Get specific Time-Share ordinance can be I ie.lt youi tiny handi {l&x. yourself together" so people would stop formulated and adopted. See our taking advantage of her. Another one article on Time-Share by George a ^inal timt in you.fi plivate, oce.a.n. had met her mate in Key West, and the ...footprints Rumens in this issue. love had blossomed to marriage. Joan And whtn tht dam htiokt, beams, "The Deli is something like a PREPARATIONS HAVE BEGUN to launch lost and found for souls, sometimes." 505 Southard Street this years United Way drive. The and you tumbltd wtt and imlling Director of Monroe County United Way, THE COUPLE HAVE a kind of un- Key West Sam Lancaster, is now interviewing Lnto ou.it ah.mi., official philanthropy going. The main ' volunteer assistants to help in the rule is: "If you start helping someone annual drive beginning October 6. tht i,ta*ii, mA.gn.attd {/torn the. iki.e.i out, YOU follow it up!" Joan declares Anyone who wishes to volunteer his she must remember first to ask herself, services, please call 296-3463. Into you.n "Do I have the energy for this one?" At the moment she was considering a CITY ELECTRIC IS cracking down waitress's dog that had been hit by a on long overdue accounts and the word car. She had found out that a person is that they are going to realise a By hmy Ht'inandtz has legal responsibility if he has. hit lot of money from it. Even some a child, but not if he has hit a dog! individual homeowners have gotten In a day at the Deli, much will thousands of dollars behind. It is take place. But the accent for Joan is time to get thesev accounts in order. on an interest in people who happen by COVER ARTIST THIS month is and seem in need of help. BO-RED'S BROTHER George asked me Richard S. Mundy. His works and "one to let,all those people who helped of a kind" designs may be seen at THEY RECALL THE "Man from Mars" in the effort to get enough money for Iris, 506 Southard Street. John and Joan and family and the gang at the Deli: who they report would religiously cover rear left, Tom Suggs, Bonnie Boone, Nat, Kathy O'Connell, Sharon Carroll , Peggy his coffee cup with his saucer. Then be- Nelson, Pike Bachert, (two young girls in the middle are Betty & Debbie Bern- tween hasty sips he would use his napkin reuter), Barbara Winitizer, Joan's father, C. L. Spring, and Bob Bernreuter. to shoo away imaginary antagonists. John Front left, Michael Bernreuter, John B. holding Bridget Winitzer, Bob Joe remembers how eloquently he spoke, and 1KB Bernreuter, Jerry Winitzer, Iris Bernreuter, Joan B. and Juan Callado. IS OUR Our mailing address; the resonance of his voice in explaining one day that, "I know this looks peculi- Joseph's here. Later on, his dad—head the Deli). She was also involved in a KKtAg 513 Fleming Street maintenance man at the Nevada naval ar, but.you see my mother was once Rm.3 modeling school there. She is an artic- Queen of Mars. And now little people are station—moved to Miami. John and John ulate, energized and witty woman. Key West, Florida Sr. met again when John Jr. was home after me." He'd come into the Deli every day 33040 on leave from the naval academy at JOAN, WHO HAS a sixth sense about The Tope, flpe Annapolis. John, a pilot during World for a period of months. Later on, he HERE IS $15.00 FOR MY people, rates human interest in other told John that the little people inter- War II, taught Americans, Frenchmen and human beings the "main concern" in her SUBSCRIPTION TO 11 Phone numbers are• Englishmen how to fly. He later attend- ferred with his sleep, so he'd taken a ISSUE OF SOLARES life. The Bernreuters follow the lives dishwasher's job, hoping to wash them ed the University of Miami and gradu- of their customers and employees as flTflffl, ftCTMSIGN, imflGIC HILL. -291-lOt 4 & 291-2100 ated in 1948 with a business degree. away somehow. But this did not work. some .might follow characters in novels. After awhile John did not see him any 1NT1LLIYISI0N, RSTROflRCfiDE NAME ODYSSEY II, PflRKIR BROS. In Marathon call ADDRESS_ and more! IHIIIIIIIIIIIIL 1 872-2915 YIDIO CITY ' STATE_ ZIP.. 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He claims that different earth Bob and his wife Iris and their four more. He still remembers his wonderful for yellowtail, snapper, dolphin and Will also affect the taste of a vege- children live. This was where John and voice, though. grouper." table. Joan raised their little ones. Now the elder Bernreuters reside in the smaller Artist Warehouse JOHN ALSO TELLS of "Granny" who MUCH KEY WEST life has passed by JOHN LIKES THE daily specials which home facing Simonton. The tally is six 8 Charles Street would come for lunch regularly. She the large plate glass windows. It'-s a allow for innovation. He has no favorite grandchildren thus far, with two more had made mention of being a ghost writer busy corner. The city passes by, and dish himself. He created a knockout kin expected in September. Everything For Many friends and patrons helped make Artist for a certain senator years'back . When much life comes through the beautiful mango upside-down cake. He also enjoys The Kitchen a big political motorcade passed by, doors.. working with special diets—as he Warehouse possible during the last two years; "NOBODY COOKS AT home," reports And and stopped on Truman at the Siboney The Deli's just a popular spot. The has for the Iguana Man, whose colorful Joan. It's a pint-sized kitchen they but it is to Richard Manley that I am most deeply where she lived, John knew that" Granny food is good and wholesome and the Picture hangs on the wall. have in their comfy cushioned Conch re- Always Something indebted and whom I wish to thank first was for real. price is right. "We get calls on the Joan has helped create a welcoming treat. She wishes it were even smaller. Newt -Thank you Richard. phone to locate people, as if this were atmosphere at the restaurant. She does "John went into cooking for survival," JOHN'S ONE OF the few chefs I've a central exchange," says Joan. "But some breakfast cooking and takes care she chuckles, "'cause cooking just isn't Special thanks to Greg, Mary Ann, and the observed in action who, in the heat we don't mind." Jackie, a long-standing of the books as well. She admits an at- my thing!" Despite her lack of house- . fellows at Monroe County, Glass; Bruce Robbins of the work and the pressure of the day, neighbor/friend and customer; reiterates tachment to the many unique works of keeping finesse, Joan says, "Nobody ever of Banana Boat Charters, for giving us our first had yards of even temperedness and re- how much a part of HER life it is, going native art that decorate the Deli in a refuses to come visit us. Our home has siliency. He is peaceful, easy-going next door to eat. homey way. People are often asking to framing jobs; Bill Pearson of Conch Coin always been a popular place with kids, and strong.. No need for a macho attitude. buy some of it, but she loves it all, because.nobody tells them: "You can't Company; the Girls at Monroe Office Supply; AS TO THE food, FRESH is the by- too much to part with any of it, do this" or "You can't do that"! Rudy Prazen out at Oceanside of Manley-deBoer, THE RESTAURANT HAS' been in the line. Nothing from a can if they can for the fine custom wooden frames; Bernreuter family for a long time. The help it.. "I make all the sauces myself JOHN HOPES ALWAYS to retain what he THIS KINDRED EASY-GOING spirit first old wooden store (run by an Kerry and Mark for their happy spirits; Steve, and we bake fresh meats daily," John describes as the country store atmo- .must have branched to the Deli as well. aunt) was later moved when John took comments. Son Bob bakes pies every day. sphere where folks will feel free to. Oldtime customers just like it so well. COFFEE CORNER krups . melitta our UPS man; Glenn Gauthier for doing al! the over. Many of the original recipes have Running out of "the best Key Lime pie stay awhile and visit. "People know Once the Deli hosted a Christmas cele- • espresso makers • fresh coffee beans • 'little' things; and Bob Havers, my dear friend, long been in the family's tradition. in town" is often something of a prob- when it's 'time to move on," he says. bration, and one man felt so relaxed for his encouragement The Bernreuters wouldn't dare change lem. Once, they ran out of pie included Bob remembers that "I grew up with there, he kept running back to the kitch- loose teas • filters • COOKBOOKS some of those Conch-pure formulas for with a seafood platter dinner and gave the restaurant and grew into it, I Extra special thanks to Kathleen Hargreaves of en to put his head in the freezer. His CUTLERY, sabatier. case CHINESE fear their steady customers might fuss. the customer (who didn't want to settle found that work is work, and I'm adapt- wife just kept saying, "Not again!" The Key West Citizen, forthe excellent reviews The new Deli was first an ice for any of the other dessert options) able. I love the fishing!" But nobody minded. COOKERY • woks • utensils • spices • a raincheck. TWENTY YEARS later the given the shows and in particular I must thank cream and take-out counter in the 50's, AV bamboo steamers • serving dishes the many fine artists who made the shows with no cooking done on the premises. gentleman returned for his Key Lime , • THE BERNREUTERS' REAL family in- JOAN MUSED: "WHEN your kids grow pie, asking, "Remember me?" BAKING CORNER . wiltonpans . possible. It was built by John and his dad not clude: John III, 38, of Miami, who is a up they tell you what you did wrong. The long after they came back to Key West. Doctor of Science and a writer and kids and us would call family meetings 71 food colors • flavoring • candy molds I will be terminating my association with It is now run by John and his son Bob DEEPLY INGRAINED IN the Deli fare is teacher; Bob, 36, like his dad an ex- whenever, to iron out the rough spots. Artist Warehouse effective October 1 st to with help from Joan and the present Aunt Mamie's famous potato salad, and pilot turned cook, is partner at the If I said NO there was a good reason, TABLE TOP • placemats • napkins • devote the time and energy to my pottery career. amiable Deli crew. Isabel's (John's mother) conch chowder. Deli; Bert, 22, is a musician teaching and they could ask it. My life pivoted serving pieces COOKWARE • leyse • The new Deli as it is now evolved Both potato salad and slaw are prepared music at a St. Augustine middle school. around their having fun ... as long as A revere • cusinart • copper • calphlon • The best to Karen Clemens who will be from folks continuously asking John, twice daily to insure freshness. You All their children are happily married. the fun wasn't dangerous." I asked her continuing the Warehouse. "Can't we eat our sandwiches here?" can eat slowly and digest leisurely at about kids liking acceptance from their lecruset FOOD PROCESSORS • the Deli, with the sizz on the grill to . Then later on, John remembers they would .DURING THEIR GROWING-UP years, the peers. "Kids HAVE to be accepted," Joan cusinart 1001 GADGETS . THANK YOU ALL accompany your chews. insisted. A say, "Can't you give me an egg, John?" children all did stints at the restau- A small grill was put in and became a The kitchen is unique in that the I asked if there had been many cook can observe the people he's pre- rant (for pay). They'd be waiting fast success. tables, doing dishes, or even cooking. broken dishes when the kids worked in paring for. The people can spot check the kitchen. They said that surprisingly /A the cook any time. It's a fair shake! "The kids thought the Deli was just an "PEOPLE MADE ALL of it happen," extension of their home," both Bern- there were minimal losses. "I really can't think of a minute's trouble they 611 Duval 296-6656 LOYSANNELOCKLEAR John says, "table by table, person by reuters report. Their own home was (j person." They wanted the seafood (deli- SMILING TOMMY, THE Night chef, is gave me," says Joan. another important Deli counterpart. He next door, and somehow they got the type fare got gradually phased out). "So impression that their daddy never really every Tuesday I went fishing to supply also fishes with Bob and John. JOHN OBSERVES "TOO much self- John cooks to taste, and gets a worked, since he was always just next the demand."'John still fishes, but buys door at the restaurant cooking. centeredness" as a factor in couples from other fishermen as well. thrill out of seeing people leave sat- not sticking it out. We were sitting in isfied. "Every batch of cabbage has a There is more family dwelling on "I used to go to the Saddlebunch. the other side of the restaurant where the shady backyard, sandwiched between Keys. Now I go farther out to .the reef different taste. So, I season it to

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PLANTS • FLOWERS • GARDEN SUPPLIES ' I DUVAL STREET NURSERY HOURS Tuesday thru Saturday ii 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Joan have a deep affirmation in God and ), /, the two Bernreuter residences and the THE BERNREUTERS NOTICE that with young people today, due to the drug nature. "Nature is no accident ... no i Deli. The children were playing with way," says Joan. "Something had to guide 7 the many amusements there for them. One culture around them, it is the female or by appointment could detect a definite flow of life holding up better. all this!" We look at the trees fringed 294-3916 energy between business and home ... a Despite the many single parents, green. blending and suffusing. they feel marriage is coming back. "You just have to understand what the other is thinking,". Joan adds. "You have to use your influence to 710 DUVAL ST. 'The Nursery for a 'growing' Key West" keep the peace," adds John. KEY WEST BOTH.JOAN AND John heartily believe in the expansive spirit of life. They TIMOTHY MCSHANE, ARTISTIC say they are also openminded about life EvERydUy TIIEATER director, teaches Drama and after death. "You've nothing to lose and Language Arts at Horace 0'Bryant everything to gain in believing in it." SVUk N GRACJE Middle School in Key West. His plays Perhaps being prepared for life is as have been praised by David Mamet, important as being prepared for death-- one of the most successful of Broad- this can apply to preparation for the A NEW PERFORMING troupe with way's new dramatists. possibility of life after death as well. impressive credentials has hit Key Joan agrees. She feels that it "brings West and it promises something for IN ADDITION TO the Saturday your courage to the fore and helps you everyone. .It's called The Everyday programs at the library. The Everyday get through your life span better, to Theater, a title the group plans to Theater professional company plans the believe in a life beyond." Three little Bernreuters justify with popular entertainment premiere of "President Lear," an John and helpers at an earlier time: all age groups can enjoy. intriguing and hilarious new play, and left Tony Alverez, Shirley Parker (now Recently when John was ' out fishing THE BERNREUTERS ALSO have faith in for the dear Deli, a rainbow arc appeared also works by Shakespeare and Brecht. Schnecker) , Judy Garland, John, INNOVATION AND ORIGINAL work will Virginia Glocheski. the power of prayer. "God help me!" and worked its way from trie bow to the John had cried out when his three-year- stern of the boat, and then hit the wa- be the trade mark of The Everyday THE EVERYDAY THEATER is a not- old son Bert was almost mortally wounded ter. "I was amazed," John recalls. He Theater, an inheritance from M&M for-profit organization. Contributions "No two people are alike," Joan years ago, after an unfortunate acci- was able to put his hand through the Productions, the popular combination are tax deductible. Interested actors, stated. The youthful-looking Bernreuters dent. His dog had jumped out of their dreamy mist of colors. It was like a of writer/actor Timothy McShane and technicians and volunteers should have been married 40 years. "If you don't car at Fleming and Simonton. The small cloud come to earth. The experience designer/performer Robert Mowry. The contact Nancy Kinard at 296-8952. have an understanding, you grow apart," boy followed after, and was struck by a titillated him for days afterwards. popular duo put together a cult says John. They've been mostly working following in Key West with its chil- work. passing truck. "I've never seen dad so excited," Bob 1 together all their married life. "We recalls. dren s workshops and comedy dramas Almost immediately after this plea like "The Cage of the Missing Numbers." were just thrown into it that way Needless to say, the fishing went through the business," she says. for help, John noticed that the boy, who Solares Hill called them "another Mack had stopped breathing, groaned as if in very well that day, and Deli devotees and Jamie success story in the making." shared in the bounty of the good catch. JOAN FEELS THAT it's jealousy that response. They flew him then to a Miami brain surgeon, where'prayers for'healing destroys more businesses and marriages YOU MIGHT CALL IT GOOD KARMA, since WITH THE HELP of the Friends of than anything else. "There's no need to continued. The boy recovered and is the Monroe County Library and others fine to this day. the heap of good works emanating from i\y cMld came, back compete. Be GLAD when someone has some- that corner of the island abound. ffl The. Everyday Theater already has its thing! Ask yourself, 'How much jealousy 1982-83 season in the works. It's thn.ou.gk laye/u oh -time is within me?'" AS LOYAL CATHOLICS, both John and scheduled to begin Oct. 2 at the to &iu.nQ on the. ope.n gate. library with a "Dan Man, Detective" o& memory. adventure that answers the question "Is this the end of Dan and Skeets?" Whe.n the. painful, mut with a resounding no. ^ my long-Lng uxu gone, e. gate. opzne.d AFTER THAT IT'S "The Canterville edLy Ghost," appropriately on October 30, followed by "The Mark Book Show" just by Nancy NEW STUDIO At in time for National Book Week in mid-November. 333 SIMONTON 296-3080

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Many of new library and are enveloped in that had arrived with boxes. more shelves as the workers in the old By mid-afternoon, the room began serene quiet natural to all libraries, BHICJACIE rooms quickly filled all available the books were old friends, more were to take on the aspect of a real The Book not, but looked inviting, anyhow. we can look about and with more than In the old library, men were busy boxes. Soon, more boxes were needed. library and we looked at the full a touch of pride, say to ourselves, By Eleanor McKinlay dismantling tall metal shelves, which There was only one thing to do and we This went smoothly. When wrists and shelves with great feelings of backs began to ache, we found that "What a fantastic library this is— only moments before had been stripped unloaded the boxes carefully on the accomplishment. and just think, we moved most of of books. Women were loading cardboard carpet so that they could be used, facing the other way in the line WHAT IS THE easiest method of seemed to ease the soreness by causing these twenty thousand books boxes of every size and shape. Great again. Back at.the old library, THE WORK WAS not nearly completed, ourselves." transporting books from the old, pains were taken to keep the filled old numbers were crossed out and new opposing muscles to be used. for it will continue all day tomorrow cramped quarters behind the police boxes in order. Black ink markers were ones added. and perhaps even the following day, station to the brand new Marathon used to number each box. OCCASIONALLY, WE WOULD notice but all will be in readiness for the Library building up the street? THE TERRAIN BETWEEN the two . that a bunch of John 0'Haras worked dedication ceremony, for which hand- AT FIRST, THESE boxes were loaded libraries was not easy. Prom the their way on a shelf in front of a some invitations were sent out days HOW ABOUT FORMING a-book brigade, on a truck and driven from the entrance old to the new, a sidewalk extends pile of James Micheners. At such ago. as did the fireman of old when water a time, the line would stop moving, ' of the old building to the front door from the back door in a southerly CLEMENCV PLEASE buckets were passed from man to man of the new one. The boxes were then direction. A left turn at the with each 6f us holding books in both We each wore a bright red sticker from the water source to the fire? passed from hand to hand into the courthouse brings one to a crowded hands while those at the shelves slid volumes down to make room for the which proclaimed, "We're your public We knouii Aight ' interior of the new library. It was parking lot. Across this and beyond, library. It's OK to get smart with . Isn't that a great idea? omitted ones. heavy, hot work. Here, we tried to lies the newly-packed marl of a us!" . and doe* both, line them up at one end of the huge construction site which leads up an jmt eu, you da. WEEKS IN ADVANCE, volunteers had room, but inevitably the biographies abruptly steep grade of coral chunks IT WAS HECTIC, but on the whole, I would imagine that we book- been urged to sign up. It was hoped it went well. There were not many encroached upon the novels as the boxes "to the cement drive curving up to the brigaders will have little trouble Hancij that at least a hundred names would kept arriving. entrance to the new library. (I wasn't there but those who were there, worked sleeping tonight. appear on the list. Alas, this wish the only one to turn an ankle.) unbelievably hard and no one com- was too optimistic! MEN BEGAN TO set up the shelf plained. Sometimes, a book would SINCE THERE WERE not enough slip out of a tired hand, but it was volunteers to bridge this distance quickly.recovered with a wry grin and with a book brigade, each of us replaced in the correct order. carried boxes of books across it many times. This caused more books THE LINE WAS constantly being (of•* zoo ti :,'••,. to pile up than there was shelving Your Fantasy Fest interrupted by the shelf and. the box KEY-\,JcST Headquarters for: space to accommodate them. Also, carriers who sometimes just, missed shelves placed against the walls had getting "booked to death," as one of to be bolted in place and this was our members aptly put it. time consuming. • FANTASY COSTUMES THERE WERE ALL ages represented. • ACCESSORIES, OTHER SETS OF shelves were' set up Several young girls worked as hard GUTTER • SEQUINS in the pre-arranged plan, slanting off (and more vigorously) than the older in parallel rows to the north-east, women. It was hot work. Faces were • MAKEUP — MASKS in order that all of the aisles be wet, backs were damp and hands were FEATHERS visible from the long, centrally- moist. located main desk. These were the shelves for the works of fiction. ARODND NOON, .HUGE coolers were We started with authors whose names carried in from the Yacht Club. They began with A and formed lines of eight were filled with sodas and diet colas WSES, EARS, WIGS, or nine persons extending from the buried in ice. The library staff 517 DUVALST. • 294-2260 OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAYS (till 7 pm) book-lined carpet.over to the shelves. provided hotdogs and rolls with Three or four books swiftly passed from mustard and pickle relish for all. It MASKS, HATS, CAPES, hand to hand. Somehow, I .found myself

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Poets, writers, musicians and interested in reading poetry or in just LATER A FEATURED poet system listeners met at various locations at listening is invited. The audience's POETS HAVE BEEN gathering for years evolved with one person selected by the in Key West to share their work in least once and sometimes twice a. day. attention and silence during the group each month moving into the spot- Judy originated and sponsored, the presentations is important and greatly public with interested listeners. light. This poet read first, had more About eight years ago, Richard Marsh, festival as a memorial to her mother appreciated. time, and took responsibility for June. It will continue every year. Saijdwiel? a poet, writer, and photographer, organizing that particular reading. formed a poetry group that first met at Welcome new material emerged during On the patio in Key Lime Square the Red Doors on Caroline Street. Ed this marathon, not only from new Deli, Seafood, and Vegetable Sandwiches Crusoe's sea poetry and Phoebe Coan's WHEN MARSH MOVED to Ireland the contributors like Keith Vaughn Gibson, group continued with basically the same- a prose writer, but also new material Our specialties: your full-service pet shop sensitive spiritual verse were early Lamb sandwich with mainstays, as was Richard's own work. philosophy and guidelines under the from regular poets. mini and sour (.Team. leadership of Jody Adams. Today, it is Select a Friend thriving and active at Judy Lindell's ABOUT 1975, THE group moved to IN JULY OF this year another new from the large variety of the Guild Hall at 614 Duval where for jewelry store, Mostly Magnificent, at arena for creativity developed at 121 Duval Street under the name Key pets of all types . about six years it was an important_ Pepe's Cafe at 806 Caroline. Jim forum for original, creative, communi- West Poetry Guild. Rucquoi originated this series which WE DO DOG & CAT GROOMING, cative arts. Poetry was the focus but is now led and organized by Ron Reese KEY PLAZA 296-6912 original music and prose found exposure and Jake Riley. Reese is a musician, there also. Sam Modica, an active THE MONTHLY MEETING is the first writer and local psychologist. Riley, contributor in 1975 and 1976, once Sunday of every month at 8:00 p.m. a musician long active in the Poetry acted out one of his own dreams in the The following Saturday the group holds Guild, is also the owner of Rainbow form of a skit. an informal cookout at Clarence Higgs Painters in Key West. The two de- Memorial Beach, between sunset and scribe the event as an attempt to JIM PICKING THE MATERIAL WAS varied but the 11:00 p.m. There is no exact time support local creative people who accent was always on the original. The for the reading to begin and no fixed have been waiting for an opportunity (Moving to Luani Plaza Nov. 1) readings were always open to anyone who time limit, just a picnic with poetry, to share their creations and their wanted to share their work and the time in addition to these two regularly talents. available was divided equally. There scheduled gatherings,they may meet was no admission charge and members any number of times at homes, bars, MUSIC NEED NOT be original. It SHEILA BODY, L.M. shared the cost of refreshments. Poets cafes or wherever a poet and a recep- is a rebirth of the coffee house who had books to offer for sale were tive listener find each other. atmosphere where musicians and' poets THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE free to do so. Audience.size fluctu- may share their work, a celebration ated from four to about fifty with a TONY KLEIN AND JAKE Riley have of creativity. core of regulars mingling their poetry shared in the master of ceremonies with the constant input from.visitors and leadership duties extensively. A RON AND JAKE accompany the poetry HAVE TABLE, WILL. TRAVEL and new residents. lot of responsibility falls on the of Phoebe Coan with their guitars in monthly featured poet also. Ed and a perfect example of the blend of two PEOPLE FOUND IN the informal yet Phoebe are still actiye regulars as art forms they are striving for; 294-8742 well organized readings, an opportunity are Alan Meese, Judy Lindell, Mark Eddie and Molly Hogan, the owners of PrewriiHIool FU«i KEY WEST. FLA. 33O4O to share their poetry and other cre- Anthony, Quin O'Brien, and Gay Dalton. Pepe's, lend their support and work U«x» Dnp*k»lri • Kapain ations directly with a live audience Some long time members like Sheila closely with Reese and Riley to make 5ped«U«rf ituntluui instead of depending on a publisher for Body serve one of the most important it happen. The Key West Optician ' a reaction. Poets, who are involved functions, that of attentive and 817 Peacock Plaza, • Ph. 294-7411 in an art form with limited opportunity supportive listeners. Hours: M-T-W-F 9 1c 5:30: Thursday I to 9 for exposure, found in these public yet ANY MUSICIAN WISHING to partici- pate should contact Ron at 294-6189 or HURIbAD RESTAURANT & LOUNGE VI BEAUTIFUL FLORAL TRADITION Featuring 294-4651 825 WHrre BTFS6T POLYNESIAN CUISINE THE STEAKS AND SEAFOOD DINNER PORTER ALLEN 5:30 - 11 P.M. KEY WEST LUNCH COMPANY NOON - 3 P.M. insurance -since lefll PLAYERS Rum Concoctions in a present Tropical Island Atmosphere 1982-83 SEASON 294-6912 WILLIAM A.FREE.MAW S&. GODSPELL WILLIAM A. 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Everybody will WET TEA LEAVES, I have been told, from generation to generation. Just your mail entirely. So restrict your- inated and you can use the litter to want one! are excellent for cleaning rugs. A think of your granddaughter using your self to junk mail addressed to Resident. ARE YOU TIRED of dragging out the kill cockroaches. Everyone knows tea bag is approximately three square Swanson Hungry-Man dinner plates when Simply return: Resident Deceased. garbage? Are you tired of dragging out roaches just adore cantelope. What FISH BONES MAKE marvelous mobiles inches. It takes only 1,728,tea bags she gets married. Or serving her the garbage the night before the morn- to dp with dead roaches is discussed which provide you with a function for to clean a 9 x 12 rug. Not bad at all. special mousses in your chicken pot further on. OR YOU COULD raise pigs. Think ing the garbage isn't scheduled to be all that string you've saved. The And you can make money on the side pie dishes. Dinnerware of this kind of all the silk purses you'd have picked up? Are you tired of picking bones are very light and swing and spin telling fortunes. When the rug is reflects beautifully in candle-light in time. m up garbage on the morning after the . ALL THAT FAT you trimmed off and turn beautifully in a breeze. To covered with the wet tea bags, have which also lends a romantic air to the wrong night on which you put it out those $5.39-per-pound steaks you had decorate the mobile, spread out the your client walk over it barefoot and gilded cockroaches flying and whirling and that the dogs have torn asunder? last night has an excellent disposi- wings of the roaches that you killed his fortune can be told from the overhead. If you enjoy all of the above, read tion. Render it and use as a with the kitty litter, and attach. The leaves that stick to the bottom of no further. However, if garbage is lubricant to keep your grapefruit translucent quality of the roach wings his feet. (Try to avoid flatfooted AND WHILE WE'RE on the subject of one of your primary frustrations, the rinds from drying out. Grapefruit rinds gives an ethereal effect and makes the people as their feet pick up too many mobiles, let me suggest using empty following suggestions may ameliorate make lovely candy dishes, but tend to roaches look very life-like. Of course, leaves and will leave part of your cans as wind chimes. All those thou- the problem. shrivel up. The fat from the steaks you may gild the roaches if you're into carpeting uncleaned.) sands of wire coat hangers you've will keep the rinds in shape and retain rococo decor. amassed over the years can be employed COFFEE GROUNDS AND egg shells their cheerful yellow color. You need NEWSPAPERS HOUND US all. Even if to hold the cans at varying distances, probably compose the bulk of edible eat steak only twice a month to have USED-UP TOOTHPASTE tubes of a only one paper a day is subscribed to, thus eliciting different tinny waste. I once heard that the flavor enough fat to cover 368 rinds. (But if person who does not believe in'rolling newspapers still pile up rapidly. tonalities. And in case of hurricane, of coffee is enhanced by the addition you have a dog, he'll chew up the candy up the tube as he uses it, are very Hoboes have known for a long time that the wind will tear down the chimes and of egg shells to the grounds. That dishes. The dog will have to go the useful as pastry tubes. Be careful newspaper is warm. Therefore you can carry them out to sea where they will takes care of egg shells, except you way of the cat.) If you are on a diet, not to clean the tube too well as the put away blankets that involve washing create lovely little hideaways for still have the grounds to dispose of. the candy dishes make fine ashtrays and fluoride contained therein will help or dry cleaning and use the pagers fish. If you have a cat, you will find it cigarettes sizzle out nicely. But then, prevent cavities caused by the rich until they begin to get too wrinkled f expedient to spread your coffee of course, you're wasting perfectly frosting on the cake. If several kinds (or you begin to dream about the THERE ARE MANY types of garbage grounds in the sun to dry and then good cigarette filters. of toothpaste are used in a household, classified ads). Then what to do with I'm sure I've neglected to include, use as kitty litter. When once again really gorgeous cakes will result. them? It's obvious. You raise dogs. but these ideas may help you to the grounds are moist, you will have CIGARETTE FILTERS, CUT and molded Use white minty toothpaste tubes for But be careful they don't get near the develop your own ingenious solutions the undeniable fragrance of ammoniated to the proper size, are perfect for the frosting and adorn with red gel candy dishes. to the trash problem. I would like coffee. This is where the melon rinds stoppers for those bottles of analge- roses and blue gel leaves. And for to mention one final nuisance, however. come in. Just mince melon (preferably sics that only a child can open. Once the Fourth of July, just think of the I AM ASTOUNDED by the amount of Junk mail. Junk mail addressed to you aluminum frozen-dinner plates that personally can always be returned, are discarded. If saved, you would designated as Addressee Deceased.

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' daggers dripping blood are accompanied OBSCENE GRAFFITI NOW plaster the by "Long live Lucifer" and "Death to weary walls of the debris-littered, all." bulky brick Customs House adjacent to Mallory Square in Key West. It's a cry- DEBORAH ANTONUCCI, EXECUTIVE direc- ing shame, says Bleth McHaley of Treasure tor of the Key West Redevelopment Salvors, that so historic a structure Agency, which according to plan is is being treated with such reckless destined to assume title to the building abandon. from the federal government, admits the building's security is her responsibili- 1 THE UNCUSTOMARY'TREATMENT of the ty. "It's on naval property so I guess long-neglected building, built between we're responsible for it," she offers. 1888 and 1891 as a place where early "Our security guards make hourly checks, ship captains paid tariffs on their but the location is more open to the cargoes, rankles McHaley and others who public than the rest of the annex. We believe the massive Customs House' would do the best we can." Antonucci calls make a beautiful maritime museum. Mc- the Custom House, which also served as Haley says the proud piece of Key West's a post office and courtrooms, "A very Somfl STUDIES SHOW THAT Dent plans to past, the major focal point along Key grand structure. That's why_the devel- oper is very interested in it." use the Customs House as a commons area West Harbor, also could house some of or lobby for a large hotel/marina com- the Spanish treasures plucked from the plex to be constructed behind the build- Bodywork INDEED, THE BRICK and terra cotta ing which faces Clinton or Monument structure,, known as "Building 91" dur- Sauare. "Perhaps we can find a home for ing its stint in the Navy, is a prime a "maritime museum elsewhere on the prop- in Key West BUT AS THE debate ensues over the ingredient in developer John Dent's^ future of the graceful building—hailed erty," he suggests. "You can eat away Soma Neuro Muscular Integration is a master plan to revitalize that portion at the project and try to satisfy every- as Florida's best example of Romanesque of Key West's deteriorating waterfront. body/mind process for people who Revival style of architecture—the steady one's needs and pretty soon you don't Dent, of Sarasota, doesn't oppose a have anything left." want to: sacking of the structure continues. Capt. maritime museum: He just feels the agency • Open Their Awareness John Kraus of the schooner Western union, HERSCHEL E. SHEPARD, a noted Jack- • Be more Creative & Self-Reliant which berths behind the building, has • Reduce Chronic Pain observed a steady stream of young van- sonville architect who has helped pre- serve dozens of Florida architectural • Feel more Sensually Alive OO1,_ dals stealing into the structure to • Experience Less Stressful Tension conduct their senseless, malicious des- landmarks, including the 1902 Capitol fV-) -^JL QUNITE CONSTRUCTION "2 <- building in Tallahassee, tiptoed through • Look Trimmer & Feel More Energy V truction., "They're local kids," Kraus " <• ALL WORK. QOARANTEED [M WRITING^ /^^ explains. ."If the local people want to the glass-strewn Customs House late LICEN5ED ftNP IN5UB£D "^ * destroy that building why don't they last month. "This is absolutely a mag- Dale G. Alexander, MA •CONSTRUCnOW-' just give their kids sledge hammers and nificent building," he reported. "And let them go at it." it's in great shape structurally. No Counseling ocean bottom by Mel Fisher's divers, question about it." Certified Soma Practitioner serving as a glittering calling card IT LOOKS LIKE they already have. '// / TELEPHONE 2?4- 6005" SHEPARD SAYS HE wouldn't "rule out" *«•••" •-" POOLS SINCE WST FR£f ESTlMWES.' for tourists. Huge holes have been bashed into interi- Key West Chiropractic Clinic or walls. Shattered fluorescent light the possibility of using the building as a hotel lobby. "But I'd sure want to 3401 Flagler Ave., Key West "THIS IS HISTORY we're talking bulbs litter the floors, along with empty 296-5626 or 296-7339 about," explains Arturo Espinola, presi- food tins and beer and wine bottles. A see how it was done. It's possible that dent of- the Latin-American Chamber of foul-smelling mattress is stained with could be done while preserving the in- tegrity of the structure." Commerce of the Lower Keys, which strong- dried blood. Twisted minds have sprayed can 't sacrifice the Customs House as a ly supports the long-sought museum. "I'm sick messages on every wall inside the museum site.' "If we gave that up," says positive that many of the people who four-story historic landmark. There's a Dent, "there is no development. There IN AN EFFORT to preserve the Customs just is no other alternative. That whole House, the Historic Key West Preserva- area is very critical to any viable tion Board is appealing to Washington CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

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And then, after them it legend. In the fullness of time, could to place the area surrounding it in an the more elegant stage of Louie's Back orchestrated into the crop of waiters historic district, which would estab- Key West." The site is perfect for his this be said of. Louie's Back Yard: A museum-arid cultural center reflecting Yard was a-creating. Judy, filled with in brilliantly-white Alpine shorts. lish standards for the structure's de- insouciance, would arrive early and lot of people don't know where they the Latin, Hispanic and Bahamian heri- Howard Paul's p.m. poetry sessions at belong. Of course, Key West, itself, velopment. Already on the National settle herself with her long, tasteful the back yard bar. Jimmy Buffett enter- Register of Historic Landmarks, the tage of the Keys. "And our treasure is consists in not belonging. If Home is a part of the cultural heritage of Key lists on the yellow legal-sized sheets . ing through his own gate from next door Customs House would be even further Few persons realized that behind those concept, rather than a container for safeguarded under such a designation. West," Fisher adds. ."It belongs in the SIPPING A GLASS of iced tea that IN RETROSPECT, LOUIE'S Back Yard things and persons, then, Louie's Back Customs House and nowhere else." exquisite violet eyes lived sure self- MEL FISHER, IN his five-year effort tastes like cat fur. I lean over the oft calls to mind a great painting Yard meant Home to many. . m disfigured old balcony swept by an idle regardment. Judy had no confused attach- to occupy the Customs House, says, ments, as most do. Judy knew exactly which I always have studied. "The Dutch last summer breeze off the Atlantic. Interior" by Joan Miro. It does not say "There is no other building which so Looking down. Down there, I view what who she was, a quality to be envied. once reigned as Louie's Back Yard, a BARGAINS! FOR FISHERMEN, SWIMMERS, legendary restaurant of the 70's. The NEARBY, ALWAYS SAT Walter Perry, strewn artifacts remaining: a desperate encompassed by an electrical field. clump of sea grass lapped by crystal With his unreconstructed Alabama accent, DIVERS, SUN BATHERS, NATURE LOVERS! ocean wavelets. An obdurate old sea Walter each day leapt into the saddle grape tree. A stamp-sized concrete of his own personality--part bear-oil, round where my daughter Annabel's part piranha, and part genius entre- We sell the best climate in the world! Waving palms, crystal clear seas! friends danced on her Sweet Sixteenth preneur. The prodigality of Walter Birthday. swept the island. Dealing with Walter Inland lot , $3,500, terms! always resembled a passage of arms. 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BY DEANNABERTONCINI As a pet owner, you realize how iucky enough to find one in, will ad- THE FIRST SUGGESTION of Pellini's, dear your animals are to you and how in minister atrophine; this counteracts the rotary system, is cheaper and could I asked Dr. Pellini if it were pos- HIS NAME, BUFO Marinus, means emergency situations like Bufo poison- the animal's reaction to the venom, be implemented immediately. So local ing and snake bites, timely emergency sible. He replied, "Of course it's pos- aquatic toad, a swimmer. Bufo is Latin extreme salivation, which sometimes vets, you are doctors and have a treatment is essential. We need and causes instant pneumonia or choking sible, and necessary, but up to now we for clown, which aptly describes his have been unable to unite all the vet- responsibility to pets and their owners should demand this service of our vet- even before the noison takes effect. The to co-operate in this endeavor. I am appearance. erinarians . erinarians to set up an emergency rotary poison is a gamlionic blocker to the system where each vet is on call one sure that you are also dedicated to HE IS HUGE, weighing up to ten heart. Dexazone may also be adminis- night a week. If this rotary system your profession and serving the public, pounds due. to his voracious appetite WHY SHOULD WE BE tered to lessen the effects of shock. could not be agreed upon, we could set not to the sole idea of making money. for. insects, reptiles, snakes, birds, CONCERNED ABOUT BUFO? up an emergency clinic open from 8 p.m. We need some immediate co-operation on rats and without reservation other EVEN WITH TREATMENT, there are to 8 a.m., and find a vet with emergency this issue. If you are in agreement, Bufos. Other distinguishing features are •Because he's a killer of animals, times when the animal may still die of experience who likes night shift to run please contact United Humanitarians, his greenish-brown variegated skin, -"^^Paiii/^ pet dogs and cats, and possibly children delayed treatment, relatively poor it. There is enough animal business 296-5106, to set up the 24-hour rotary. irregular and warty in texture, lined or adults if the mucous membrane of health, or excessive amount of venom in here in the Keys to warrant an Emergency with a white border that appears paint- mouth and eye comes in contact with the the system at the time of treatment. Facility." ed on by design. His underside is venom, a tacky material which is an ex- white with a pleated skin; behind his tremely poisonous muco-protein that at- pronounced ears are the secretors of tacks the nerve endings. This substance his volatile venom. He is' a native of DR. ALEX PELLINI, a hard-working CAN kill a human and HAS killed dogs in the northern South American coast east and successful veterinarian, present this area who have, attacked this toad. to the Amazon River, and thrivesiin-the owner of the new Lower Keys Animal Hos- ABTATYACK! ONE rain forest with its humidity and pro- pital, has been actively working in the SIGNS OF BUFO POISONING digious amount of water. Keys for 20 years. 1. Your animal is staggering or SINGULAR HE WAS BROUGHT to this country in the early.50's by people who considered THIS MAN is seasoned in Keys vet- down on its side attempting with ex- him an exotic and esoteric pet. They erinary medicine and comes with an im- treme difficulty to breathe; 2. its pupils are constricted; SENSATION tired of him and let him loose. He pressive track record. He feels that again became wild and sought his natur- Bufo is here to stay. 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mnrn/v K/T KEY WEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG. OLD MALLORY SQUARE, KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040 (305) 294-2587 OCTOBER 22-31 FANTASY FEST CARNIVAL '82 FANTASY FEST CARNIVAL '82 Schedule of Events Schedule of Events Friday "THE LOST TREASURE OF THE GOLDEN GALLEONS" EXHIBIT Tuesday CONGA LINE / MUSIC PARADE 5 p.m. Your chance to dance your October 22 OPENS Key West-based Treasure Salvors Inc. re-opens their dazzling October 26 way to dinner. display of the world's largest recovered sunken treasure. Don't miss this FANTASY FOOD FESTIVAL 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. This is an event for the chance to see Mel Fisher's fabulous finds which have been featured in entire community—featuring specialty foods, contests and the 20-piece National Geographic magazine and television specials. Navy Band The Sunshine Statesmen in concert. Be on hand to witness KEY WEST SAILING CLUB FANTASY RACE START 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. the great "Conch Cook-Off." THE FATS NAVARRO JAZZ AND MUSIC FESTIVAL 8 p.m. A first for FANTASY FEST FASHION CABARET NIGHT 10 p.m. Step aside, Key West, in memory of her native son, Theodore "Fats" Navarro (b. Paris and Milan—Key West creates its own styles. 9/23 - d. 7/50). Navarro, a gifted trumpet player, worked with such jazz BAHAMA VILLAGE STREET CARNIVAL 5 p.m. to midnight (Duval greats as Coleman Hawkins, Billy Eckstine and Lionel Hampton. This Wednesday two-day festival features South Florida's best in jazz—the University of October 27 and Petronia streets) Returning to the source of a major part of Key Miami Jazz Band, the Billy Marcus Quartet, Pete Minga, the Jeff Kirk West's unique history, this event features Bahamian foods, music and Quartet and more .... dancing, with a special appearance by the Royal Bahama Police Force Band. Saturday SPECIAL DAYTIME EVENTS—RAFT RACE, TAN CONTEST, WATER ROYAL BAHAMA POLICE FORCE BAND CONCERT 7 p.m. (Walkers October 23 EXHIBITIONS, AND THE WHOPPER EAT-OFF FINALS Thursday October 28 Field). THE FATS NAVARRO JAZZ AND MUSIC FESTIVAL CONTINUES "THE PRETENDERS IN PARADISE" COSTUME CONTEST/PARTY 8 p.m. "You can never get enough of a good swing." (Pier House) Don't miss the show. Imagination and creativity run wild as Sunday SPECIAL DAYTIME EVENTS featuring a body painting contest. contestants vie for $5000 in prizes at this event. With celebrity judges, October 24 CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT 4:30 p.m. (Southernmost House) A film crews and special entertainment, this will be a spectacular evening concert featuring the Banyan Brass Quartet and the University of Miami of fun. Tuba Ensemble with an emphasis on baroque and romantic classics. Friday T.G.LF. FLING Special day events featuring a Tan Contest. LIGHTED BOAT PARADE 6:30 p.m. From shrimp boats'to dinghys, October 29 THE ALEXANDRIA MASKED BALL 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. (Sands) Forget this should be a fascinating water display. about the Casbah and come to the Sands for the Masked Ball. Drawing MISS FANTASY FEST CARNIVAL '82 CONTEST FINALS 10 p.m. upon the images of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet novels, the Miss Fantasy Fest will preside over the coming events—a, beautiful night offers masked revelry, non-stop dancing, fortune tellers, belly Miranda for our isle of unearthly delights. dancers, a bizarre bazaar and middle-eastern/Mediterranean ambiance. Monday "GRITS W GRUNTS RECESSION LUNCH" 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. These The music of Pacific Orchestra carries the celebration into the wee October 25 are the good old days—good food at forgotten prices (it beats the hours of the morning. breadline). Saturday THE SATURDAY SMASH More special day events. ROUND ROBIN CHARITY NIGHT EVENTS (Throughout Key West) So October 30 THE FANTASY FEST GRAND PARADE 10 p.m. (Duval Street) the you never got around to writing that check. Tonight you can support excitement and celebration peak during this final night of Fantasy. various non-profit groups by attending their special benefit parties. AWARDS CEREMONY AND CONCERT (following the parade) A C.H.U.B.S. 1st ANNUAL BARTENDERS AWARDS 9 p.m. (Sharkey's) wonderful party for both parade entrants and spectators, with special From behind the bar and into the limelight—this promises to be an evening of great fun and good cheer. The proceeds from this event will entertainment. help establish a drug awareness program in the Key West High School. Sunday FINAL MUSIC CONCERT October 31 ALL EVENTS HELD AT MALLORY SQUARE UNLESS INDICATED. EVENTS AND TIMES MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL CHANGES. WHAT'S A FEST-BAND ? This year Fantasy Fest Carnival '82 will be held at Mallory Square and other select locations. Admission to all events will be with a wrist-ticket, called a Fest-Band. The Fest-Band is lowest in cost now! The Fest-Band will he more expensive in the coming weeks. Those with a Fest-Band gain: * Free daytime admission to daytime events * Pay only a. nominal ($5) maximum charge for special night events such as Jazz Concerts, Alexandria Grand Masked Ball, "Pretenders in Paradise" Costume Contest Party, Food Festival, Grand Parade Awards Party, and other events * Receive discounts and special offers during September and October from restaurants, bars and stores. Those without a Fest-Band: -A Receive no discounts or special offers from participating businesses * Pay full price for all special events ($10, $12 or even more per pumptin event) * Must pay for admission to daytime events. Boy your Fest-Band now where you see a sign on the door or window of a participating business. FEST-BANDS ARE CURRENTLY ON SALE FOR $12.50. THE PRICE WILL INCREASE TO $15 ON OCTOBER 15, ^SH^^ ®S? FEST-BAND DISTRIBUTORS AND DISCOUNTS * Sloppy Joe's Conch Colada drink special, *Two Friends Patio Bar & Restaurant V2 price Pina Golada, *Deco of Key Creecxrv^ West $4 value surprise package, *LaFitte's $1.00 off on weekend door charge plus reduced drink prices, *General Store/Pier House Happy Hour prices anytime at Old Havana Docks, $1.00 Schnapps it Chart Room, *BulI & Whistle Happy Hour prices anytime, *Captain Tony's Saloon Discount on drinks, *Rick'sCaft 15C draft beer, * Bagatelle 20% off on any bottle of wine with dinner, * Rooftop Cafe Happy Hour prices anytime, *La-Te-Da 10% off on all drinks anytime, Captain Hornblower's 10% off on all drinks anytime, *Billie's Complimentary glass of wine with dinner, *Full Moon Saloon 50C off on all well drinks, *Durty Harry's Happy Hour prices anytime, *Key West Fragrance $5 off on 4 oz. Cayo Hueso cologne, *Cavanagh's 10% off on all t-shirts, *Old Town Trolley $1 off on trolley tickets, *Best Western/Key Ambassador 50C off on all drinks, Fla. Keys Comm. College Bookstore 10% off on selected items, *Ramada Inn Happy Hour prices anytime, Western Onion $3 off admission, Stella Adams 25% off palm readings (294-2390), .801 Bar Happy Hour prices anytime, Claire Happy Hour prices anytime, * Monster 50C off schnapps anytime, Peaches 20% discount on non-sale items, Jim Jolley's Menswear 15% off non-sale items, *Swankie's 15% off on non-sale items, Fonda's 15% off on non-sale items, Gemini Boutique 20% off to 9/30 and 15% off to 10/15, Chicken Unlimited 10% off all regular items, Wheezy Deely Boppers at $2.50. * Burger King, *Fast Buck Freddie's, * Holiday Inn, *HukiIau Restaurant, *Key Wester, *EI Patio Motel * ASTERISKS indicate establishments which, sell Fest-Bands. Support the Fest by buying your Fest-Band through these businesses, and by taking advantage of the discounts offered by them and other establishments throughout Key West. NSV/E ENTRY FORMS Entry forms are available for the following events and contests through the Fantasy Fest Office by calling 294-8840: FOOD FEST BOOTHS AND CONTESTS PARADE FLOAT AND GROUP ENTRY COSTUME CONTEST. MISS FANTASY FEST CONTEST LIGHTED BOAT PARADE 21 AFTER A FEW moments, he asked, high ceiling. All of the furniture had "You'd better let me put that in your "Would you mind if I called her myself? been sold or carted away as junk. The purse." YOGA iftl She needs to know what's happening. I'm carpet was so worn that it had been "It's all right," she said. "I sure she's concerned about you. There's forsaken to the coming demolition. Sev- know she'd help me if she could." still time," he added.. "You don't have eral workmen were removing the light "She thinks the world of you," he Relax -W- to be out until four." fixtures. The old mailbox, which had lied. fer"in9 your emo-hons unae.c "I don't know, I don't know," she held so many Social Security checks in She adjusted her hair in a womanly responded, shielding with a quick gesture the past decade, was empty. It was as gesture, and her neat wig shifted in Control . I the wince of shame that crossed her face. if Death waited in the lobby, oblivi- its pale canvas moorings. ftring -flexibility imuscles,anKles, "Let me call," he urged. "It can't do ous to the chatter of travellers long any harm. You've no need to feel em- gone, impervious to the sunlight and . THE PERSISTENT SPRAY from the Knees and hi'pS barrassed. Do you have her number?" the inviting ocean breeze. faucet in the kitchen hissed as it had Reduce, and+on^ up With a sign, Emily drew from the since his first visit. "You'll be glad cracked plastic purse on the table a HE SHOOK HIMSELF free of the de- . to.be rid of that noise," he said. frrea+lne properly stained scrap of paper with a telephone pression which had engulfed him, and ."Noise? What noise is that?" she find more number scrawled lightly in large, un- rang for the elevator. It did manage to asked. even numbers across its face. work this time, and he rested thankfully "That leaky tap in the kitchen." Sign up l\)ou). Classes star+ina "I'll go down to the pay phone," he in its arthritic slowness as it wobbled "Oh, it's been that way for years," Session-^5-OO for said. "I won't be long." up the shaft. she smiled. "I can't hear it any more." + fee 13or. older. She was still sitting quietly in "How many years have you lived in HE BOUNDED DOWN the sagging steps the chair as he had left her. this apartment?" he asked. again to the decaying lobby. The main "I phoned Helen," he said, as he "Thirty-five, just about," she doors had already been removed in prep- laid the slip of paper on the table. said. "I came down here after my son aration for the razing. The soft, warm breeze from the ocean drifted into the mouldering cavern like a temptress. "There is life and light outside," it: Haitian Ant Co. beckoned as it swirled the sand and dust across the floor. The phone booth stood in the shadows underneath the stairs. It had not yet been disconnected, and a Loarm; -friendly educationa John Reed relaxed as he heard the dial Let Us tone. He fished a quarter out of his pocket and dialed the number she had -for children agg.S 5-1-3 •.• ' . given him. Make Your Body "YES?" SAID A harried voice on the other end of the wire. He could hear \r\dwid mauled instruction "transoor+a-lrion avai I a children's voices laughing above loud rock music. "Tom! Turn that down, Tom! Look Good At Yes, what is it?" in our r£Gev\1iy expandep d "It's John Reed, Mrs. Johnson," he are shouted. "I'm Emily Whipple's pastor." ll ' "Oh," came the reply, then silence. "They're closing down her hotel to- day and I'm taking her to Shady Palms ONYIN SKINS Franc<2.«s S"h" Rest Home." oar unique school m acuon "Yes." Another pause. "I know." "She was hoping to get into public CLOTHES FOR MEN & WOMEN housing but there's just no room. Be- sides, there's some question about how 310 FRONT STREET % well she can take care of herself." LITTLITTLEE PEOPLE'P S Gome by durina +Vie- rt "I HAVEN'T SEEN her for years. How and m

LandCi PRESSURE GLEANING HE LINGERED FOR a moment in the old lobby. He imagined the excited ar- Tractor rivals of people who had ^ever been in Miami before, checking into the hotel 6nadina boots .when it was new. It would have been busy Pool PaVioS then, in the heart of South Beach. Live- Home EV ly, uniformed bellhops would have been Hauifnq Oeisej rushing about, staggering under arm- SPEED-O u loads of vacation luggage. Behind the Roofs desk, men with stiff collars and in- ABACUS GROUP gratiating smiles would have been registering guests, answering questions. DANIEL HECHTER For a moment the room was' filled with GOLDMINE CLOTHING Boca ChicaBi ghosts for him, and the breeze seemed Pepper to echo laughter and animated voices. ONYIN SKINS' OWN FINE LINE There was still a trace of gold paint in the bas-relief that decorated the 23 an energetic foot upon its fancy about your heart," he reminded her. things," she said.. treadle. Pictures of the babies of "You're really not strong enough for 22 generations ago hung smiling in briar that." HE PEEKED INTO the sack and saw was killed in the War. It's been a grand You'll see. There are oleanders all pack my things, and everything takes frames against the tattered wallpaper. "I know, I know," she answered. the old striped dress she sometimes place. Always so clean and nice." around the building, and you'll be able me so long these days." A table radio, like a dwarfed Gothic "I was just wishing there was some wore, a few faded underthings, some He gazed at her in compassion. to sit outside in the sunshine. And arch, sat brown and dry as a leaf from other way." toilet articles, and several bottles "You've really felt content here," he there's always someone to call if you "THEY'RE STRIPPING THE lobby, get- many winters past. He remembered seeing of pills. She pulled her ragged sweater said. need help." He thought of the low white ting ready to tear the building down," one like that in his grandfather's HE GLANCED AT his watch. Three- around her. "I get so cold," she sighed. beds, and the sameness of the rooms, he said. "It's really not safe to live attic. thirty. He had promised his wife to be Another palmetto bug scurried from ex- "NEVER A COMPLAINT," she murmured and the utter sameness of everything at in any longer." •home early for dinner. "We'd better posure to safety in the bedsprings. nostalgically. As she smiled, half lost Shady Palms, and an uneasy sense of "I don't see why the landlord "I CALLED THE Salvation Army," he go," he said. "I'll help you carry He watched as she settled an old in reverie, a fat palmetto bug crawled complicity in her deception stirred in couldn't fix it," she said, with a said. "They're picking up a load from your things." straw hat atop the.wig. across her breast, over her folded his heart. trace of anger in her voice, "If he'd the building this afternoon. I suppose, She fussed with her wig again, "There's one last thing," she said. hands, and disappeared beneath the Emily recovered herself. She dabbed just put a new roof on and fix the they'll sell what they can. There's not picked up her purse, then stood slow- On the vacant dresser top, her hands cushion of her chair. She remained un- at her eyes beneath her glasses and plumbing and. the wiring—" much of value here." At this last his ly, unsteadily, and groped her way found an old photograph in a silver- aware, her peripheral sensations dulled tucked the handkerchief back into her "It's too far gone," he answered. voice trailed off, and he hoped she toward the bedroom. "It's all in painted frame. "This is my husband," with age. dress. "Well," she said, "I guess it's "He'd be a fool to sink money into hadn't heard him. here," she said. "They told me I she said proudly. "I don't see why I have to go," about time to leave." this old firetrap." "If my eyes were good, then maybe could bring just one parcel." she said, tears welling in her eyes. "All the things I have to leave I could have gone out and looked for a He rose and followed her into THE SMILING YOUNG FACE in the fraiw "I've lived here so long. I'd sort of "HAVE'ALL YOUR neighbors gone?" he behind," she sighed. "I wonder what place to live." She rubbed the parchment- the cramped, stale chamber. Her old looked friendly and proper, with hair hoped to die here with all my things asked. will become of them?" thin flesh on her forehead and sighed cot was stripped down to its torn and slicked back. The shirt collar was around me." Her voice broke, and she "Oh, yes. Yes, I'm the last one again. soiled mattress, and on it sat a rounded at the corners and heavily buried her face in a soiled handkerchief here." She nodded to herself. "Mrs. THE YOUNG MINISTER looked around "Remember what the doctor said wrinkled grocery bag. "That's all my starched, with the necktie knotted just she pulled from the bosom of her dress. Stillman left with her daughter just at all the relics of her life. The before lunch time." hump-backed sewing machine, like a "THERE, THERE, NOW," he comforted, "You must have felt lonely," he clipping from an old Sears Roebuck his arm around her shoulders. "Shady remonstrated. catalogue, sat expectant under its Palms is very pleasant, Mrs. Whipple. . "Oh, no," she smiled. "I had to blanket of dust, awaiting the touch of

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A CREAT ANNIE GET YOUR CUN •' 2t 2h J 1 - r\ THEATRE - 2 i A * Oct. 22: Gordon Ross Midnight Cabaret. VIEUX CARRE • • 2* 2h Z i - 30 11 1 5 M. J. Marcial - Jeweller * Oct. 23: Rafting Awards Ceremony. SPECIAL EVENTS THE FIFTH OF JULY • - - !& » \ ) • i b 3 NON-SUBSCRIPTION 198Q-83 SG49OM Ramsey Lewis \uz 718 DUVAL STREET TELEPHONE * Oct. 24: Finals, Ms Fantasy Fest Contest. Eoifvn Williami as- r-% EVENINGS FUSION DANCE CO - J Charlej Dickens KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040 (305) 294-2060 LOUIS FALCO DANCE CO • S i 6 * Oct.'25: C.H.U.B.S. Annual Bartender Award Ceremony. ALL SEATS .11300 U DANCE f~* FtLM * Oct. 26: Swankies Fantasy Fashion Cabaret. FOUNDERS' NIGHTS SIX FILMS S LOUIS FALCO DANCE CO \^ MUSICALS ANNfl GET YOUR CUN X The Only Shop In the U.S. * Oct. 27: Sharkey's Sings the Blues. VIEUX CARRE - 17 . . S EA.RTHA KITT . ALARD QUARTET V~\ CHAMBER PIERRE FEIT CONCERTINO 1b SW0Q L-/ MUSIC TRIO RAVEL . 9 • • . Dealing Exclusively In EMERALDS. 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BOX OFFICE 294-6363 MV CHECK IS ENCLOSED FOR s_ 24 25 Special Radio Equipped Shallow Draft Boal AS HE TURNED down the long, bright Back Country 5 Shallow Water Fishing corridor, with its pine-scented, anti- septic smell., a surge of aimless guilt OCTOBER SPECIALS PEPES CAFE and sorrow overtook him. His eyes filled with tears. '• Claire Out in the parking lot, the warm breeze and the so'ftly swaying palms Breakfast revived his spirit. The roar of power in AFTER THE FALL AGED IN WOOD 3 YEARS Restaurant the engine of his car'reassured him, uors and he started home. He turned on the GRAPE JUICE QUARTS BULK TAMARI in QTS. GUIDg radio, lit a cigarette, and tried to Reg. 2.27 Now 1.60 (Bring your own continer) CAPT. GRIS BETTLE Reopen for our BERBER* forget that next Monday was his Reg. 3.60 Now 2.25 Luhck ir-30-5 birthday. 5th season 5UPPIIXS HATWMFOOM HT, 2. 669 SUGAHLOAF OHIVE >~. fHSOVTMJUWSIMCT SUGARLOAF SHORES. 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"Yes," she Emily Whipple was sitting in her chair touched the old woman on the arm. "Mrs. answer him. said at last, with satisfaction, "I can as he arrived, her straight wooden Whipple? It's me, John Reed. Remember?" "Can I bring you anything?" he still make out his face." rocker by her clean white bed. Her said. . She cleared her throat and laid the glasses and her wig were gone, and her HER VACANT EYES turned toward him : She rocked steadily, but made no picture in the grocery bag. "I'm ready few wispy strands of yellowed hair hung for a moment,' then back to space again. reply. • as I'll ever be," she said. listlessly to her shoulders. The room "Yes," she said tonelessly. "Some children from the choir are He picked up the bundle, and led was filled with clean white beds, and "I wondered how you like it here," coming over next Sunday to sing. I hope the old woman slowly to the door. He several other aged women sat in their he ventured. you'll be able to hear them." paused a moment, but she did not look straight wooden rockers, some quiet, To and fro, to and fro she rocked. "Yes," she said, in the same flat back, and together they walked to the some talking softly to unseen compan- "Yes," she said at last. voice. XWERN elevator. As they waited, she gazed . ions. Emily Whipple rocked to and fro, "Are you making new.friends now, down the hallway. A puddle of urine to and fro, her face devoid of animation. getting acquainted?" She rocked steadily. "Yes," she re- HE ROSE TO leave. She made no sign Breakfast 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM stained the wooden floor not ten feet that she had noticed. from where she stood, and sea gulls "WE'VE HAD TO put her in the dor- peated. Her face remained expressionless. Lunch 12 Noon to 5:00 PM mitory," said the amiable nurse's aide "I'll come again next Thursday," he fluttered in and out of the glassless said. "Perhaps I can take you outside." door to the fire escape. An empty wine who had shown Mr. Reed to Emily's bed- ON THE NIGHTSTAND, he saw her hus- Dinner 5:00 PM to Midnite bottle lay in the corner. side. "It's a shame. She just never has band's picture lying on its back, with She rocked in silence. perked up for us at all." She stroked a water glass set upon it as a coaster. He touched her shoulder with a com- "I was so proud to live here," she forting caress. "I'll see you then," he sighed wistfully. "It's such a good the ancient head. "You've got a visitor, He moved the glass, wiped the wet ring honey. Say hello, now, like a good girl." from the face of the picture, and ar- told her. "Goodbye;" address!" She closed her eyes and rocked to The elevator creaked to its final .She patted Emily on the cheek. ranged it on the nightstand. and fro, to and fro. She did not speak Where the Atlantic meets the Gulf. r~ again. One Duval Street. In Old Town, Key West. 294-9541. 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h 27 Allen to do a limbo for us. 26 zens who may wish to attend the concert * Please, no coolers allowed. There will IF YOU CAN'T make it to the Dedi- be plenty of food and drink on hand for BAHAMA VI cation Party (which is billed as Bahama everyone's enjoyment at reasonable Village Night Celebration, DON'T PANIC! prices. Enter at the Thomas and Fleming If somehow you are unfortunate -enough Street gate beside the county courthouse to miss the band's fantastic show on on Whitehead Street. Wednesday night, you can still catch BY ALIDA M, CORNELIUS them in concert the following night at COME ONE, COME ALL to see The Royal COORDINATOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS Walker's Field on Truman Annex at 6:30. Bahamas Police Force Band AT LEAST AND At 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, ONCE. I'm going to see them all three JAMES ANDREWS The Royal Bahamas Police Force Band will times. pF] PROJECT MANAGER start from Mallory Square and march to Walker's Field where they will again KEY WEST ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, a delega- play for the people of Key. West. At tion from the city of Key West led by that time, our guests from the Carib- Mayor Dennis Wardlow, Commissioner Jimmy bean will be given the Key to the City Mira, and Ray D. Grant, Executive Direc- and appointed Honorary Conchs by Mayor tor of the Neighborhood Improvement pro-tern Gerald Saunders. Association, will go to the Key West After the presentation, the tables SANTO'S International Airport and greet a very are turned and the band will step down special group from Nassau, Bahamas. into the crowd to join the party. Local This group will consist of a delegation groups will then take over the remainder GENERAL from the Ministry of Tourism and 54 of the concert to entertain the band members of The Royal Bahamas Police members . Force Band. The purpose of their trip STORE to Key West is to raise money for IF SOMEHOW YOU break your leg and Bahama Village and the Neighborhood manage to miss this EVENT OF THE SEASON, (in Old Town) Improvement Association. don't get distraught! You will be able to see the Band perform in the Grand IF YOU REMEMBER their concert last Parade when the Mistress of Madness year at the corner of Petronia and Duval calls upon, them to herald the coming of • GAS at the christening of Bahama Village— All Hallows' Eve. The Band will march YOU REMEMBER A GOOD PARTY! The streets in the Grand Parade to the music which were filled with the aromas of island has entertained Kings and Queens— • BEER & WINE food, exotic drinks (the 801 Bar ran drawing huge crowds wherever they play. out of EVERYTHING...) and plenty of dancin' in the streets. This year during SO, YOU HAVE three chances to see • ICE Fantasy Fest when The Royal Bahamas this fine group perform. Donations are Tues. Oct. 26 10:00 p.m. Police Force Band appears again, the minimal to enter the street fair and party will be for the Dedication of the concert. FestBand wearers get a discount, •TREE OF LIFE Fantasy Fashion Cabaret Archway to Bahama Village. Featuring Jody Ray Geckler and Maribeth Grahanx THIS EVENT IS scheduled for Wed- • GROCERIES nesday night, October 26, at 6:30. The archway is the new symbol of the re- LOCAL DESIGNER CONTEST! ^~ vitalization project which the Neigh- •ETC. Tickets on sale at Sharkey's and Swankies borhood Improvement Association has $2.00 with FestBand $6.00 without undertaken to stimulate growth within our connico the black community. The whole city is OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 500DUVALST. 294-7866 invited to attend the event and signs look good for another huge success. 7 AM TO 11 PM Maybe we can coerce Representative Joe

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NEW HOURS 6:30 AM to 9:30 PM Country Cooking Breakfast & Lunch Specials Homemade Soups OCTOBER Daily Old Town SPECIAL Trolley Depot AT THE CORNER OF FRONT AND ANN STREETS KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040 Open Sunday 11-4 25% OFF ALL CITRUS TREES IN STOCK Over 2OO DAYS to choose from The Play To Stay at the end of the day Your local headquarters 116.Motel Rooms* 18 Apartments for Corona and Kero-Sun kerosene heaters Phone (30B) 294-3742 Toll-free (800) 241-3400 3852 N. Roosevelt Blvd. 1319 WILLIAM STREET, KEY WEST • 296*212 Key West, Florida 33040 29 is that you are free to -exchange to buy what he cannot sell. 28 cheaper and far more beautiful than your week at your resort for a compar- anything close to hand. (6) THE PRICE OF Time Share weeks lill 11 able week at any of hundreds of resorts To get information on many Time is rarely fixed. You can buy cheaper fill % all around the world pictured in a com- Share resorts contact the exchange -ser- before the development is started, or pelling book of resorts. In the past vices, R.C.I, in Indiana or I.I. in completed, but remember that some de- 'liilii iili such exchanges have been less frequent Miami, subscribe to Time Share news- •mmsstm 111 velopers go bankrupt before develop- than anticipated. Most people try to papers and,magazines, put check marks ments are completed. trade up, move to a more desirable re- over the consumer information cards and iili sort, and the computed exchange proce- you will receive thousands of packages If you have cool nerves and are a dure has not performed well. To combat and brochures through the mail. Some misleading claims about your chances of tenacious haggler you can force the Time Share developments are truly salesman into reducing his sizeable an exchange, new, tougher regulations spectacular. for the state of Florida went into commission, and even obtain sizeable effect on July 1, 1982, compelling ex- (2) HAVING DECIDED ON a resort, ar- discounts. If you persist, and badger change companies to disclose results range to rent a lodge or condo and stay the salesman into an ulcer, he will re- to independent audits, revealing, for for a few days. The marketing company veal the names of earlier purchasers of example, the number of exchanges re- reluctantly handles rentals from previ- the resorrt who now wish to sell at quested, and the number of exchanges ous purchasers, and a few days' stay discount prices. The salesman gets a completed. will cool your over-enthusiasm and help small commission and you get a big bar- you make an intelligent decision. gain. The salesman will deny it, but THESE NEW FLORIDA Time Share regu- almost every resort has owners trying lations include other consumer safe- (3) HAVING DECIDED TO buy, check out the management, who are to run the for personal reasons to sell their guards which attempt, ineffectually, to purchase of a year ago. control a booming business in vacation resort. So far you have only met the fantasy, but about 217 projects started marketing team, often a sharp, well- before the new regulations will be groomed bunch of smooth-talkers, who A LAST WORD on Time Share. Approach grandfathered-in under the old emer- move on when the resort is sold out. it with realistic expectations. Even gency regulations which offered even Occasionally the developer will retain high maintenance fees cannot stop the less by way of consumer safeguards. the same seedy management who used to decline of an overused lodge or apart- run the resort when it was a rundown ment shared by 52 families. The furni- : For many people. Time Share is a ;:;.vii^.-.-: :;: •.:;.::-. ture and carpets can be replaced but ; great idea; I have met families who beach motel or a near-derelict hotel. ., Jill Make every attempt to meet the future the location and design may look un- : ; continue to be delighted with their w>:-:: V;:' management; the marketing team may not believably tacky 15 years down the road. purchases, but for those tempted by As for the community, we benefit from Time Share here are some tips: want you to meet them just yet, and that should be a warning. guaranteed tourism, not so much at res- (1) NEVER BUY INTO the first, sec- taurants because they eat at "home," ond, third Time Share resort you visit. (4) CHECK OVER THE annual main- but in souvenirs, attractions and other Almost every resort is designed to be tenance fee. It might begin at an arti- revenues. Breakfast • Lunch compelling, almost bewitching in the ficially low rate, and rise rapidly over first hour but there are hundreds to the years. INCIDENTALLY, THE PEOPLE hawking choose from, and some, particularly (5) Don't let the salesman "guide" invitation/gift cards on the street earn those in foreign countries, are often you to buy certain weeks. He wants you between $15 and $30 if you visit the Entertainment resort. You must fulfill certain criteria to be eligible for a gift, and you sub- mit yourself to the most persuasive tongues ever put into the mouths of man. Happy Hour on "The If you succumb, your deposit money will be put in a protected escrow account Ireat State, and you have 10 days to cancel. Florida 310 Front Street' ^ M4-2042 National Ireat Penpla Banks of TIME SHARE DEVELOPERS sell apart- buyers. Many, or perhaps most, Time ments, cabins, lodges by the week. Share purchases are made by impulse, Florida Ireat Bank- TsiVIE SIlAilE BY GEORGE RUMENS Buyers spend between $3,000 and $20,- spontaneously and while on vacation in 000 to own that same week for many a favored resort. There is a great deal THE STREET PEOPLE who hustle tour- years. Maybe thirty years, maybe for- of demented psychology about handing ists with invitation cards are the ever. For one payment you appear to over five or ten grand for a perpetual exasperating and visible evidence of a have paid for a lifetime of vacations. vacation. Every vacationer toys with Florida National Bank gigantic landboom threatening to trans- But then there is a flexib'le (actually, the idea of abandoning city life and form the Keys. They are called O.P.C. a constantly rising) maintenance charge prolonging a vacation, and Time Share of around $100, paid annually by each purchases seem to assuage that terrible of the Florida Keys —Offsite Personal Contacts—and they _ 422 Front Street, Key West, FL 33040 (305) 294-4601 are the motivated first stage sales- of the 52 owners. reluctance to leave the beach for an- f";3131 Northside Drive, Key West. FL 33040 (305)-294-4601 people of a fast-growing real estate other year. Time Share is not a sane if?:: 100 Mile Marker, Key Largo, FL 33037 (305) 451-1199' boom worth 1.3 billion dollars annually BY SELLING A vacation lodge as 52 choice and the salesman's job is to The Time Share is so new, so untried distinct pieces, the develooer can feed the dreamy sense of unreality that all sales, all developments are turn a $100,000 lodge into $500,000 which usually accompanies the purchase. speculative. No one knows what will cash. The profits seem high, but more happen to the industry a decade or two than half the profit is spent on market- ONE SIGNIFICANTLY MISLEADING aspect down the road. It could bust and fade ing the lodge in the first place. Much of Time Sharing goes like this. If you away, or it could continue to grow "Accredited by of the criticism of Time Share devel- buy into a Time Share resort you auto- the National and establish a permanent Floridian • opers stems from flamboyant,, sometimes matically belong to an international Aaaoclatlon of Telephone tide of vacationers giving great sta- unethical and until recently unregulat- exchange organization. The two best bility to the unreliable tourist in- Antwarlng ed marketing procedures. The fact is known are R.C.I. 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30 Yes, all three airlines with service but that's another matter. And the big to Key West do that but only one of loop west of town adds quite a few miles GOME WATCH US ENAMEL to the length of the trip. them is intrusive about it—the other A craft, an art, a tradition... two use whatever they need to use to I'm assured those things are not Thi ICONOCIAST either keep their machines less noisy cheap to run and the fuel they burn OCTOBER FEA5T BY JIM KOGAN or take the noise elsewhere—and I'm costs money too. So, why go sightseeing not at all interested in how hard it is like that? I asked and got replies that to run an airline. would go well as comedy. Take your pick. THOSE NOISY TIN BIRDS ANSWER ONE: The cab company got MENTION SOLARES HILL I GOT CURIOUS about why the noisy SO I CAME to town on the noisy one, TO RECEIVE THESE one day, to see where it goes. Sure tired of waiting for the plane that may jets from Miami come in at virtually never.come. Getting an airplane employee SPECIAL OFFERS/ roof-top level over my home in Old Town. enough, not far from the end of the Miami runway it made a big looping turn to phone them when it leaves Miami did After all, the airplanes come from the not work out—that's "not my job"—a east, the airport is at the east end out over the Gulf to come in like it's landing on Duval St. The use of a jet whole new craft, calling the cab com- of our island and, still, the thing pany, with training program, affirma- sounds like it's coining in the living for that short trip can't be anything Chicken Unlimited but someone's machismo hangup, anyway, tive action, supervision, etc. Keep it room. simple—just swing out and come in low over the cab company office so they'll know it's here. o ANSWER TWO: There are military air- Coming planes to the east and the two controller/ dispatcher outfits do not talk to each • mid-October other—it might foul up someone's protocol if either seems.to be clearing something with the other—more machismo, NEW RAW BAR maybe? So, by treaty, military planes ON OUR PATIO! east and civilian planes west and who Kareka cares about the people and the noise? Serving: OK, TONGUE IN cheek? Probably. I've seen enough far-out scenarios to be Breakfast ...enamelers and jewelry slow to claim either is outright wrong. Lunch handicrafters extraordinaire, But the noisy jets in Old Town are an Dinner wish to announce that they have moved Open 7 till ? to a new and bigger location Closing Oct. 231 Reopen Nov. 23 7 days at 120 Duval Street. Old Town Square 425 Front St. 294-6707 ves&vVfc5 fhe vtg It To Jj^yf guauTl tie

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M'i >'..i* ."••..'. '. V.5 *. i 4 a i i,. I 32 33 arrogant imposition. And it need not no hotel will put them up and if one I UNDERSTAND THAT appealing to the formed , sources that could amount to a profit motives at the expense of public be—two of three lines do not thus in- does, its service contracts are can- offender will get nothing—we'll be minimum of $25,000 to $30,000. welfare, and in so doing breaking one of vade our peace and quiet. So there is a celled next morning. Use the lines that told how hard it is to run an airline, PROBIEMS The question arises whether the its own city ordinances by granting this conduct their business in a way that how some other agency or whatever makes granting of that particular variance by variance. way. BY JOHN LESLIE does not bring the loud roar into our it "inevitable." How they have the noisy the City Commission may have defied the Zoning ordinances also contain JUST ORGANIZE SYSTEMATIC withhold- homes. Ostracize the uncivilized one. jets and have to use them even on this city's own ordinances restricting further conditions governing the grant- IT'S BUSINESS AS usual on the cor- variances. ing of variances that do not justify ing of trade from the one that makes ' short trip. ner of Duval and Olivia where new con- all the noise. A storekeeper asks the But the bottom line is that we, issuing a variance in this case. For AND DON'T TELL us how hard it is struction of the controversial Alcober example: traveling salesman which airline he came the customers, have the real last word. building is going ahead. The stop-work on; if it's the wrong one, no order. to run an airline. We had a locally- They need customers more than we need "A variance ... shall not be owned line that was a good neighbor order imposed on the construction in granted by the Board of Adjustment un- Goods shipped on the wrong line are re- them and there are operators who will May after it was discovered that survey fused. No one will sell it anything or until it was bought out, and maybe we conduct their business in a manner that less and until: should have that condition back again. points had been tampered with.was lift- any service. When its crews overnight, does not invade the peace and quiet of ed August 26; not until September 17, "a. A written application for a their customers. I'm sure that if I in a press conference, did the building variance is submitted demonstrating: installed a loud, disturbing gadget at department officially notify the public "(1) That special conditions and my home in Old Town I'd hear some flak that Bradford Construction had taken circumstances exist which are peculiar to Caseastt , 4i gallery. from neighbors, police, etc. What makes over from Justo Maqueira as general con- the land, structure or building that tin bird outfit so special? tractor for the project. The 23-day involved...." fnarteuo delay in making the announcement was SOLARES HILL could find no "special HAPPILY, WE NEED not rely on our • the result of the City Manager's order conditions" that warranted changing the employees in City Hall. Yes, they should curtailing department heads from mak- zoning, requirements. THE KEY WEST ART & HISTORICAL SOCIETY take care of it for us but that is ex- "(4)'That granting the variance announces ing press statements of a "sensitive" pecting too much. The outfit that makes nature. requested will not confer on the appli- all the noise will stop if it loses money cant any special privilege that is denied EXPERIENCE on the run and will leave the field for CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR Jim Elwood by this ordinance to other lands, someone else. • . . • quoted from a memo released by City structures or buildings in the same Or, maybe, it will get its act to- Attorney Joe Allen that the 830 Duval CITY ORDINANCES STRICTLY stipulate district." gether and operate in a- considerate Street property is now in compliance the type of construction that can take Obviously, a "special privilege" is LAST 45 YEARS manner which is just as well as far as with department standards. The west wall place in various areas of the city; the indeed conferred on the applicant by we are concerned. of the building which extended two 830 Duval Street project falls under this variance which up to now has been RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBIT (Mr. Kogan's opinions are his own, and inches onto city property was torn down the HP-2 zoning classification, limiting denied others in the same zoning dis- do not necessarily 'reflect those of the and moved back.a total of six inches; residential units to four on a minimum trict. lot size of 4,000 square feet. Setback Solares Bill management or staff.) the north wall was moved back a total "e. The Board of Adjustment shall of five inches to be in compliance. requirements are also regulated for HP- 2. In order for those regulations to be further make a finding that ... the According to Elwood, fruit trees that variance is the minimum variance that were illegally dug up on the construc- changed, the City Commission acting as !• the Board of Adjustment must grant a will make possible the reasonable use of tion site will be planted elsewhere in the land, building or structure." the city; and windows have been cut into variance. '* MR. ALCOBER, AS we have shown, , •MANIFESTATION ' the masonry walls that will eventually A "VARIANCE" AS defined in the city's have wood siding- as recommended by the received more than the minimum variance Museum zoning ordinances is a "relaxation of and it should be strongly pointed out T/ze. viind CAIZA fan horn, ion. colon.. Old Island Restoration Commission (OIRC). the terms of the zoning ordinance Airport Entrance) Se.e.klng that one. dancing momznt on Atage., there is no provision for density in- ALTHOUGH EVERYTHING MAY be in com- where such variance will not be contrary creases of this magnitude in our zoning S. Roosevelt Blvd. &he. MUMJU, pliance now, Solares Hill questions the to the public interest and where, owing tiny. cu> TinkoAbeULe., laws at all and it is also a violation Florida variance that permitted the high-density to conditions peculiar to the property of the Key West-Comprehensive Land Use to a Au.n-dappl.zd ipot o{, dwelling in a protected district in the and not the result of the actions of • and dAZAAQM heMel£ in bnU-gkt Plan. first place. the applicant, a literal enforcement of "SPOT-ZONING" IS A term used for a. bnMtiant tornado -- the ordinance would result in unneces- {on. OWL pojt{o,cX tufin. LAST DECEMBER, THE City Commission zoning changes, and when spot-zoning is approved a variance request doubling sary and undue hardship,..." (Solares improperly applied, as it seems to have Hill's italics.) C. A. the number of residential units that been in the case of 830 Duval Street, could be built on the property from CLEARLY, THIS WAS not the case in it is referred to locally as hodge- four units to eight. In addition, a rear the application for a variance by Alco- podge zoning. Key West has a history of setback requirement of 10 feet was ber who could have built four units hodge-podge zoning. It was hodge-podge Cable television in the Florida Keys is changing for the better . . . h varied to zero feet. At the time, city "making reasonable use of the property," zoning that in part, along with high- with the new emphasis on local origination programming. building officials recommended that the while remaining in compliance with city density construction projects, contri- TCI has the reputation as a national leader in local cable programming variance be DENIED on the grounds that building laws. Of the nearly $75,000 buted to the state's decision to desig- it would set a precedent that would be that it cost to purchase the land and nate Key West an Area of Critical State which involves the community. disastrous to the old section of town an additional estimated $300,000 in Concern in 1975. It was 1981 before that by allowing high-density residences in construction costs, Mr. Alcober, by designation was lifted. Since operating the Florida Keys cable systems under the direction of a commercial historic preservation charging'$600 a month rent per unit, for THIS PAST JULY, the Governor's Re- TCI, the Key West television studio on Roosevelt Boulevard has been district. the four units, would pay off his in- source Planning and Management Committee vestment in approximately 13 years-- undergoing a complete change. A change that will enhance the REJECTING THE RECOMMENDATION,•the recommended that Key West be redesignat- hardly, any hardship. By building eight ed an Area of Critial State Concern--in production quality and overall professionalism of Channel 5. City Commission voted four to one in . units with the established $400,000 favor of the variance with Richard Hey- part for the irresponsible zoning change in construction costs he achieves his that the City Commission granted Alcober. man casting the dissenting vote. Com- goal in less than five years. Before the new year is upon us, we will be introducing a line-up of missioner Joseph Balbontin later ob- Governor Robert Graham and the Serving Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner innovative and informative programs that promise to be very tained a permit to do plumbing work in AT THIS POINT, the City Commission Cabinet gave Key West six months to im- in Our Spacious Dining Room entertaining . . . and the best part is, YOU make it happen. the building—work according to in- must be- condemned for bowing to private^ prove zoning procedures or face strict TCI Channel 5 will reflect the Key West / Florida Keys community or Tropical Garden Court through the input and dedication of the community. Here's a few examples of shows currently in the making: A Key West talk show featuring intriguing ahd exciting people on our island ... we'll have story-telling and puppet shows for children ...... Exotic Tropical Cocktails or Spanish entertainment featuring some of Key West's most popular Just an Ice Cold Draft musicians ... a travel show with guests and films from around the world ... to keep you feeling good, a special program on health arid ISLAND IMPORTED CARS 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 A.M. Where at? nutrition ... and aerobic exercise! Bahama Village is the focal point for a show about our unique black community. There will be programs for and about women . .. We'll cover the performing arts and local artists in the Keys . .. and entice BILLIES you into creative cooking with one of our island's most noted chefs! Of course, these up and coming locally-produced programs will only be At the Gate to Mallory Sq. rounding out our regular commitment to coverage of city commission meetings, high school events, telethons, and elections that complete YOUCATCH'EM TCI's total community involvement.'Keep your eyes and ears tuned to we COOK TCI Channel 5 this season ... we think you'll be as excited as we are! p

r f KEY WEST Corner <>f Trumcut CloseclTue;sMW«L 29*«SJ2 2 'A p eioeajoq, ^^^^ r the musical Godspeil in rehearsal, will be holding auditions for The 34 Oldest Living Graduate on Oct. 21 state control. Critial Concern status and 22 (Thursday and Friday) at 7:30 means that environmentally-sensitive P.M. at the Waterfront Playhouse in areas must have all building and zoning Mallory Square. The play was written plans reviewed by state officials before by Preston Jones and is part of his they can be implemented. "Texas Trilogy." June Hunzinger will JIM ELWOOD SAYS that it is a 50/50 be ths director. chance of Key West's being redesignated under the state's Critical Concern laws. HAVE FUN AT Fantasy Fest, but Others feel that the chances are much be careful. We'd like you to stay higher. around for Thanksgiving. BUT WHY, THE question is, did the commission {with the exception of Richard Heyinan who has been the only 11 commissioner to take a forthright stand H«II«N 114 II Iff \l III. NAII\! 141 HIM '/ against this project) grant this vari- ance when it could just as easily have refused without destroying Mr. Alcober's €^C Dpval l^ey West ricrida 3.1C4C 294-3826 development plans? It is a difficult question to answer without an honest assessment of the motives of the commissioners who SHOWTIMES 7 & 9 PM $3.50 voted for the variance. ON THE ONE hand, the answer would probably be political; on the other, OCTOBER it could involve ignorance of or delib- erate contempt for our zoning laws. KEY WEST'S THE LAST WAVE HOROSCOPE with Olivia Hamnett, Gulpilil and Nanjiwarra Amagula Directed by Peter Weir KT Emma. SUN IN ARIES, after 24 in Scorpio. Mars in Sagittarius. AlVIUSEfVfENYS by T0M SCHMITTan d Produced by Hal McElroy and James McElroy A W A= rid Northal Picture Venus in Libra, after 25 in Uranus in Sagittarius. GEORGE GUGLEOTTI Scorpio. Neptune in Sagittarius. Mercury in Libra, retrograde, Pluto in Libra. turning direct the 11th. North Node in 8 degrees of Cancer. YES, VIRGINIA, THE summer if offi- The Occult Forces I The Sinister Storms Saturn in Libra. cially over. Sleepy September is no Jupiter in Scorpio more and the trade winds should be here The Ritual Murder I The Prophetic Dreams 524 Duval St. at Appelrouth Ln. shortly to cool us off. And just in WHEN MERCURY IS in direct time, as this, year's Fantasy Fest prom- THE FULL MOON on October 3rd in Natural Foods Aries makes a very strong aspect in motion on October 11th all the ises to be hotter and busier than ever. planets in the Heavens will continue While Fantasy Fest dominates the the Key West chart. The 5th house of Vitamins speculation; - the placement of the direct through the remainder of 1982. month of October, it is not the only This is very favorable for results thing going on in town. Key West will progressed moon, and a stellium of ABSOLUTELY SPELLBINDING . . . Minerals planets in Libra transiting this same and the culmination of plans that have a new restaurant when Sharkey's have been long in the works. Past opens Oct. 15 in the Kress building. An elegant and disturbing ghost story." sector makes for much activity during October. Plans, social activities, efforts will pay off at this time. Undergoing renovation (including three- -ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times Body Care bars and aquariums) Sharkey' s plans to romantic endeavors are all receiving be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner Cook Books favorable attention. with Fantasy Feet;-oriented events being planned for the week of Oct. 22-31. THE HOROSCOPE'S RULER and CO- ruler, Saturn and Mercury are in the Lomgest«e«tablitmed FOR THE AQUATICALLY adventurous, Constellation Libra also. Speculative FM 10 7 and Stroh's Beer are sponsoring Health rood Store in Key West ventures will come to fruition during the Rambunkshus Raftin1 Regatta to be Since 1972, 10 years on Duval St. this period. Though money is still held Saturday, Oct. 23. The three-mile . . • i in short supply, the overall trend is more optimistic and people can see • V raft race has a list of rules and reg- Emma Cates, Owner Joe Monzon, Manager I.I Ii 'I » "Light at the end of the tunnel." ulations relating to captains and crews, Phone:294-1808 inspection of rafts, the start, "the race and the finish. Besides fun, exercise, THE NEW MOON on October.17 also sun and sea, items listed among the in Libra aspects the progressed prizes include a $1007 award in cash. moon's nodes in the Key West chart. There will be a $10.07 entry fee and The lessons of the "past" will merge into the actuality of the present, entrance forms may be obtained at FM 107 CHRISTOPHER LEE BRITT EKLAND OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION HOURS at 527 Southard St. The Rambunkshus DIANE CILENTO EDWARD WOODWARD .and positive results will emerge. Raftin' Regatta is the world's only Breakfast & Luncheon Transoceanic Boat Race and will start at the Clarence Higgs County Beach, go 10-16 17-23 Saturday & Sunday Only around the island, and finish' at the 9AM-4PM Simonton St. beach. There is a possi- bility that this race will be listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. Four Course Prix Fixe Dinner THERE IS NO surer sign that summer Friday & Saturday Only has ended in Key West than the local 7;30-10:30PM theatres gearing up for their new season. The Red Barn Theatre will present Broad- way Fantasies, a theatrical musical Special revue based on scenes and songs from six Fantasy Fest Fabulous Oriental Cuisine Broadway musicals, the talented perform- Upstairs Monday thru Saturday ers — Joy Hawkins, Perri Halevy, Mimi Hair Colors McDonald, John Wells, Tom Murtha,•Oscar 4PMfl'2AM Richardson -- whom you will remember from last season's Jacques Brel and Pippin — plan to evoke the feeling of these shows through the imaginative use of lights, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF props and costume pieces. Musical num- IN LONDON bers will be staged- to give the feeling of the shows in their original forms. Broadway Fantasies will be more than just a nightclub-type revue; it will 24-30 be a theatrical approach to re-creating six different Broadway shows. An experi- THE KEY WEST PICTURE SHOW ence not to be missed, it will be per-' formed at 8:00 p.m. on Oct. 27, 28, 29 DAILY SHOWING ON THE HOUR and 31 (Wed., Thurs., Fri. and Sun.) and LaTerraza! at 2:00 p.m. matinee only on Saturday, Oct. 30. Further information may be EROTIC FILM FESTIVAL 1125 Duval St. "the one and onh " 294-0344 obtained by calling the Red Barn Thea-^ (-.re Box Office at 296-9911. or 296-4134. - 11 PM THE KEY WEST Players, who have -mmtmt, «•»«""•'

36 feature The Alard Quintet, the Pierre THERE IS TO begin in the near fu- Feit Concertino, the Trio Ravel and the ture, a fund-raising drive which has a 37 MOST ExcmNq SEASON EVER Medici Quartet. $300,000 goal, and will take place ATT.W.F.A.C. statewide—nationwide if necessary. Re- THE TWO SPECIAL events this year sults have to be in evidence in November, BY PAT RUMENS are Ramsey Lewis Jazz in November and so expect to hear people ask you to Emlyn Williams As Charles Dickens in help with MONEY soon. I BEGAN WORK at the Tennessee Wil- December. Meanwhile, back on the schooner, liams Fine Arts Center on September business is better than we could have We're namedroppers: first,. On that day I entered my quiet ALL OF US here at the Center are possibly foreseen back in February. Also office, began to plan publicity strategy, very excited about the season this year. we've done a bit of traveling- in the and to think about how we could, make And I know that there is something to interest of Key West, as well as the ship. this 1982/83 season the best ever at entertain everyone in our lineup of the Pine Arts Center. The new business events. You can save up to 40% by order- WE WENT TO FESTAMERE in Fort Lau- manager, Stan Ainsworth, and I familiar- ing subscription tickets. (There is an derdale and promoted Key West tourism ized ourselves as quickly as we could order blank attached to the ad in this right in the bastion of those tourist- Polo JBf Ralph. Lauren with our-duties, ana then the excitement paper.) Students, senior citizens and grabbing Yankee pirates of the "gold started to build. Brightly-colored the military are eligible for even coast." Twelve thousand Key West bro- tickets arrived last week, and our Work/ bigger discounts. chures were put in the hands of people Study helper from FKCC, Jeffrey Guise, who came aboard to visit.the ship, plus helped Stan to sort them out. And, just FOR MORE INFORMATION give me a call brochures were available for over thirty yesterday, our brochures arrived. We'd at 296-9082, ext. 217/299. I'll be de- Key West attractions. We've seen a lot been working closely on them for the lighted to answer any questions and to of people here that we saw there, and past few weeks with Solares Hill Design put you on our mailing list. believe that we actually lured some OCTOBER Group. They are beautiful! Ariel anyone Come join in our season at the Ten- tourists down. Calvin Klein who would like one can be put on the nessee Williams Fine Arts Center. See SPECIALS for the LOCAL FOLKS mailing list by calling the Fine Arts you there! MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, & FRIDAYS 7-11:00. P.M. Center on 294-6363. (Pat Rumens is Assistant to the Director Monday • October 4th Eggplant Parmigiana $4.99 OUR SEASON BEGINS this year during at the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts & all-you-can-eat salad bar Fantasy Fest week with the first in Center.) IS Wednesday October 6th Spaghetti (Red or White) 3.99 the Film Series. 42nd st. with Ruby Friday October 8th Meat Loaf or Vegi Burger 4'.50 Keeler ("Shufflin' Off To Buffalo") is Monday October 11th Eggplant Parmigiana 4.99 just the first of our Musical Movies & all-you-can-eat salad bar this year. Five others will be shown, WESTERN UNION: Good NEWS the last Monday of each month: the Wednesday October 13th Fish Creole & Salad 4.50 original showboat with Paul Robeson; BY JOHN KRAUS Friday October 15 th Chili Meatballs 4.99 Cabin In The Siy; Fame; The Harvey Monday October 18th Eggplant Parmigiana 4.99 RonChereskin Girls; and The Bandwagon, with Fred IT'S BEEN SEVEN months since I last & all-you-can-eat salad bar Astaire. made a contribution to solares Hill. A lot has happened in the way of progress. Wednesday October 20th Spaghetti & Meatballs 4.99 THE PLAY SERIES at the Tennessee Key West, as a community, has begun to Friday October 22nd Stuffed Cabbage/Tomato Sauce. 4.99 Williams Fine Arts Center starts off fight FOR something. Monday October 25 th Eggplant Parmigiana 4.99 Jean Piml (l with Shakespeare's greatest play, For those of you who did not see & all-you-can-eat salad i ar Hamlet. This will be directed by English my last, it was an outright, knees-down Wednesday October 27th Stir-Fried Veggies with Chicken 4.99 director George Rumens and will star plea for help in keeping the schooner William Prosser as Hamlet. Annie Get Western Union here in Key West and give Friday October 29th Spaghetti & Shrimp 5.99 your Gun follows with its boisterous her a chance to serve the community which try our *'Fresh Fruit & Vegie Juice Bar" songs, and a romping good time should caused her to be — a plea for help in be had by all who attend. Vieux Carre fighting for the schooner's life. • or our complete Salad Bar. by Tennessee Williams opens in March and explores Williams' early days in TWO DAYS AF.TER the paper came out, #7 Key Lime Square (600 Duval) 294-9836 New Orleans as a poor writer; who came we got a phone call from Townsend Kief- to the city to seek his life and art. fer. I was absolutely amazed! Someone And The Fifth of July, the brilliant called to help!; The Casa Marina, no less, and enthralling play by Lanford Wilson, agreed that our appeal had merit, and is our final play. These last three had enlisted Townsend to advise us. plays are all to be directed, by Dr. He gave it a MAYBE 10% chance, IF PETER TOSH JIMMY CLIFF PETER TOSH M • William Prosser. we listened to advice and made NO mis- AFTER FESTAMERE. ANOTHER trip was takes. Now he's giving it a 60/40 chance. made, to Tarpon Springs on'the west >ETER TOSH JIMMY CUFF PETER TOSH Ml The chance is better because Key West, coast, this time in the interest of the TER TOSH JIMMY CUFF PETER TOSH J1MN her PEOPLE, have acted to help change ship. The schooner was hauled, scraped, the situation. ground, caulked, primed, and painted ER TOSH JIMMY CLIFF PETER TOSH JIMM from the cap rail to the keel. Happy to THE SCHOONER IS not out of the report her bottom is just as fine as STOSH JIMMY CUFF PETER TOSH JIMMY woods yet, but she's getting a better ever. She looks good! Come down to Pier chance every day. In February, she was A and see her. TOSH JIMMY CLIFF PETER TOSH JIMMY < ,30 days from GONE, probably destroyed. Today, she's got a little time, THE FO'C'S'LE IS being re-done more TOSH JIMMY CLIFF PETER TOSH JIMMY C COLKIIAAX. and she's got hundreds of friends. along the original plan, and is almost OSH JIMMY CUFF PETER TOSH JIMMY C ready for the crew to move back in. A-NON-PROFIT SOCIETY has been By the time this paper comes out, we SH JIMMY CUFF PETER TOSH JIMMY CLII formed to be responsible for the ship's should be started, making new sails. preservation and future. It is called They are to be of #4 cotton duck, and i JIMMY CUFF PETER TOSH JIMMY CUFF Pinky&Dianne "Preserve the Union, Inc." (PTUI for will be made right here on Pier A. This short). The directors of PTUI are Cap- is a rare happening—you might want to PRIVATE LABEL tain Ed Caruso, president. Key West come down and see. Most of the sail- Bar Pilot; Captain Dick Steadman, Cap- making will be happening in the morning, tain of the ship from 1958. to 1974 as the ship sails almost every afternoon (Dick's father was Captain when the and evening. ship was built); and Wright Langley, Key West Preservation Board. (They are ALL THIS WORK aboard, sailing, pro- recruiting compatriots—especially moting Key West is done by the crew people who can raise money.) Attorney under the direction of Scott Bottoms, JA1C for the group is Jim Hendrick, and fi- Captain. Scott's father Roger is the Ramsey nancial advisor is Rose Chibbaro, CPA.• mate, and he has four others in the crew. WE'RE PROUD TO present "two dance Both have volunteered their services. There is some turnover, although rare. events at the Fine Arts Center this You may want to get on the list for season.. The Fusion Dance company, a PTUI HAS JUST received confirma- consideration when there are openings. nationally-recognized company from tion of its acceptance as a bona fide, If you have your Fantasy Fest-Band, Miami, arrives In November. Then in recognized, non-profit corporation in you get $3 off the regular fare. Better February, the Louis Falco Dance Com- the State of Florida and the U.S.A. yet, become a member in PTUI and get pany will appear; it is one of the Action can begin to raise the funds 50% off all year. most innovative companies in America. which will put title of the ship in the hands of PTUI. CALL WRIGHT LANGLEY at the Preserva- THE CHAMBER MUSIC series is some- Memberships are available, at a tion Board, 294-7511, or Lynn McGraw, FF PETER TOSH JIMMY CUFF PETER TOSH House of Burgess tnlng very special. There has been such cost of $15 per year or $150 for life. ship's purser, 294-2131, to sign up. an interest in Key West in more chamber Members are entitled to a 50% reduction Keep up the good work. Key West! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1982 5O1-A Front Street / 294-1427 music that Dr. Prosser deci<3e<3 a series in fares on all public sailings, plus Support your heritage * It is your finest of" four would be a good way to begin newsletters and free'attendance at cer- asset. m owned and operated by Hester House, Ltd. something that may catch on and become tain functions of PTUI. Also, they are Patrick M, Clisham, Jr.. Mgr. a regular thing. These four events encouraged to help further the cause. 39

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SPECIAL EVENTS EVENTS Friends Worship Group (Quakers), in- quiries, Sheridan Crumlish, 294-1523. Creative palm-readings and interpreta- Street Fair, August 6, from 7 p.m. to tions by Stella. Mon.-Fri. 11:00 a.m. midnight, Bahama Village, Booths, food, Key West City Commission, meetings 1st to 2 p.m.; Thurs.-Mon. 9 p.m. to mid- entertainment. and 3rd Mondays at 8 p.m., City Hall, night. At Claire Restaurant, in the corner Simonton and Angela streets. garden, 900 Duval St. Oldest House Museum, 322 Duval St., 294- 9502. Antique lovers will enjoy this Key West Poetry Guild, meetings 1st Sun- excursion into the furniture,.house- days at 121 Duval, Mostly Magnificant, wares and decorations of Old Island in- 8:00 p.m. GALLERIES teriors "way back when." Be sure to S MUSEUMS visit the kitchen out back. KEY WEST SINGLES, will meet at the RAMADA INN Lounge for HAPPY HOUR FRIDAY NIGHTS 5-8 THRU THE MONTH OF Artists Unlimited, 221 Duval St., 296- OCTOBER. Singles are invited to join 5625. Hours 12 to 5 p.m. or by appoint- FILMS them or to call 294-0533/294-0746/ ment. A delightful gallery in a Conch- 296-3423. style setting with an international reputation. Key West Picture Show, Duval St. Shows Key West Woman's Club, regular meeting "The Key West Picture Show" Thurs.-Sun. 1st Tuesday of each month, 2:30 p.m., Artist Warehouse, 8 Charles St. (in Old at 2, 3 and 4 p.m. 319 Duval St. Sponge House off Duval St.) Mon. thru Sat., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and by appoint- Monroe County Public Library, Fleming Marathon Lions Club, dinner meetings ment. A unique "work" gallery represent- St., 294-8488. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, Indies Resort, ing works by Karen Clemens along with Duck Key, 7:30 p.m. other local artists. 294-7141. Children's movies plus crafts or children's theater every Saturday Marathon Shrine Club, luncheons every morning at 10:00. The movies are: Friday, at high noon. All Shriners wel- East Martello Gallery & Museum, 3500 S. Oct. 2 "Lizard", "Boy, a Dog and a come . Roosevelt Blvd., 296-3913. A "fort- Frog", The Cricket in Times Square." museum" with some of the most interest- Oct. 9 "Tennessee Birdwalk", "The Monroe County Commission: ing facts of Key West history and lore. Case of the Cosmic Comic." Oct 16, Oct. 4, Marathon, Sub-Courthouse, "Stuart Little." Oct. 23, "Kangaroos", Oct. 18, Key West, Courtroom B, Farrington Galleries, 711 Duval St., "Georgie to the Rescue", "Riki, Tiki, 10:00 a.m. 294-6911. An artist-supply gallery fea- Tavi." Oct. 30, "Pied Piper", "The turing new work by Mario Sanchez, in- Concert." National Association for Retired Fed- cluding his woodcarving "Bucket of Fish" eral Employees: meetings last Sunday of and the new biography on him by Kathryn Activities for preschoolers are the month at the Senior Citizens Plaza, Proby. scheduled for 9:30 to 10:30 Thursday 14 00 Kennedy Drive, 3:45 p.m. mornings. Gingerbread Square Gallery, 901 Duval United Humanitarians, low-cost spay pro- St. Information 296-8900; appointments gram now in effect; please call 296- 294-2165. This art gallery blends the A movie for adults will be shown 5106 for information. modern and primitive styles in the works on October 13: "The Shadow Strikes" at of Robert Franke, John Kiraly, Tennessee 7:00 p.m. Wesley House Board of Directors, meet- Williams, and many more. Thur.-Mon., ings second Tuesday of the month, 5 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. p.m., 1100 Varela St., 296-5231. Guild Hall, 614 Duval St., 296-9359. Open 9:30 to 5:30 daily. Exhibiting an outstanding array of original art by SELF Key West professionals Walter Ashe, HELP Barbara Bauer, Sharon Cobb, John Cryer, Joan Howe, Ann Irvine, Fran Kebschull, Alcoholics Anonymous, #4 Peary Court Maxine McMullen, Irma Quigley, Norma (clubroom), 294-9062. Meets nightly at Renner, Bee Sackett, and Carolyn Seiler. 8:30; Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Featuring oils, acrylics, watercolors, 12 noon; 10:30 a.m. on Sunday; 7 and 11 drawings, prints, porcelain, weaving, p.m. Friday. basketry and other media. Emotional Health Anonymous, meets Thurs- Haitian Art Co., 600 Frances St., 296- days at 7:30 p.m., at First Congrega- 8932. This gallery is like a trip to tional Church, 527 William St. Haiti itself, replete with paintings and metal sculpture. Owner Ruth Kravitz Overeaters Anonymous, meets Mondays at encourages all interested- to stop by and 7:30 p.m. at the Fleming Street Metho- see her selection of a "little bit of dist Church, 729 Fleming St. Haiti." • Volunteer Domestic Abuse Shelter, 294- Key West Art Center, 301-Front St., 294- 5586. " 1241. Open 10 to 5 daily; Sundays 11 to 4. This is a membership gallery, fea- Conscious Pregnancy - Classes, 296-6259. turing individual wall shows every two weeks. Public lectures given from time Classes' on Natural Family Planning .Avoid to time on subjects pertinent to art or achieve pregnancy naturally. Iris true - and artists. tor R.N. certified by the Ovulation Method Teachers Association, Inc. More Lighthouse and Military Museum, 938 information call 296-7214 in Key West or Whitehead, 294-0012. The highest view 666-1402 in South Miami. of Key West can be had here, along with a survey of aircraft and wartime me- Mail-a-Book Program, costs you only 29 mentos . REGULAR cents, for mailing.' Library, 294-8488. EVENTS Moirar the art gallery in Key Lime Sq. Workshops in Life Painting and Drawing 294-1254, Oil portraits by Bob Birbeck. For information- and times and locations, 11:00 to 5:00 Monday through Saturday; City Electric Utility Board, meetings call Malcolm Ross at 294-8301. Noon to 4:00 Sunday; or by appointment, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 5 p\m., Board Room, 930 Caroline. . 296-9560. Zonta Help Line: 296-HELP. Call any time when you need help or referral ser- Perkins Chandlery, 218 Whitehead St., Flea Market, Saturday mornings, American vice. (296-4357.) 294-7635. Showing the following artists: Legion Home, Stock Island. Roland Baker, A.S.M.A.; Commander J.A. Cryer. FLorida Keys Aqueduct Authority: No meeting in Key West in October. VFW AUXILIARY #6021, 2nd & 4th Sundays Post Hall, 803 Emma St., 8:00 p.IT*

* I OVER $10,000.00 KV PRIZES as deadline for raft entries approaches PRIZES, GIFTS, TROPHIES and class. All rafts are expected to be course is laid out entirely inside the awards mount up at the office of out of the water before 2 pm. shoreward channel markers. Life FM 107, the "Official radio station jackets must be worn by all partici- of the Conch Republic," originators PRIZES WILL BE presented at the pants and all rafts must be inspected of the world's first trans-oceanic Awards Ceremony that evening at before they may participate. The raft race, the CONCH REPUBLIC Sharkey's. New owners Dick and Judy Offshore Power Boat Racing Assn. and • RAMBUNKSHUS RAFTIN' REGATTA. Smitten providing Sharkey's favorites- U. S. Power Squadron are providing food, entertainment and Stroh's finest safety boats to be stationed at EVERYTHING FROM THE $1,007 cash new brew generously imbibed as various locations along the seaward and. 107 cases of Stroh's Beer to the dignitaries make the presentations. side of the course. The Coast Guard winners of the Conch Cruiser class to will be there to keep the course clear Air Florida's ROUND TRIP AIR FARE FOR JOHN MAGLIOLA AND Dick Taylor, of spectator boats." TWO FOR EACH CREW MEMBER of the FIRST owners of FM 107, along with Race TO FINISH raft. Round trip anywhere Chairman, Armando Lodigiani of Lode- DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES in all three on Air Florida's domestic, Caribbean Stone, are pleased with the support classes is SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9. or Central American routing! From and assistance they have received from Station offices will be manned that Aloe Butter, a windsurfer to the first interested agencies. "We are all day by the Race Chairman to accept last in the Paddlin1 Pirates, solo sailor working together to make this the best minute entries and answer questions. class. Sharkey's, a new restaurant- and safest event possible. The race Entry fee for each raft -is $10.07. bar (in Tux' old spot) promises a special-bar entry award, and Martha's Restaurant $107 dinner for the FASTEST ALL-GIRL CREW. Many local businesses are extending specialties to crew members. From the Pigeon House Patio Restaurant, sponsors of the Ruptured Pelican Award for longest elapsed time (last pigeon in!), their special "Ruptured Pelican" drink for those with race I.D....and judged awards. Fast Buck's sponsors the SALTY SIREN OF THE SEA Trophy to the best-looking raft in Conch Cruiser class. Florida National Bank, the KING CONCH - PRIDE OF THE FLEET for most original and unusual design and construction any class. Charlie Toppino & Sons, the RUBE GOLDBERD AWARD for most innovative and ingenious method of "LOCO"-motion (rafts may use paddles, poles, oars, or any device or system with manual input for mechanical output, or com- bination thereof - paddlewheels, bicycles to props, etc.) Honda Key "West sponsors the SPEEDY GONZALES AWARD for fastest raft, and Burger King, FIRST TO FINISH trophy. Awards of a humorous nature are planned Additional trophies have been sponsor- ed by Keys Title & Abstract, Island Imported Cars, Old Town Trolley, Porter Allen, Banner Tire, Ramada Inn, Lower Keys Certified Plumbing, and Flipper- Key West.

A SILVER CONCH Dollar from Conch Coin will adorn the coveted PRIME MINISTER'S Trophy for the raft travelling the farthest to participate in this year's race. Challenge invita- tions have been sent to mayors and raft racing clubs in forty U. S. cities in- viting participation by their winning crews.

IN ADDITION TO the thrills of the three-plus mile ocean race, crews and guests will be treated to a round of Rambunkshus Raftin1 parties sponsored by FM 107 and Stroh's Beer. Friday nite's Skippers' meeting will be held at Marriott's Casa Marina Resort where final racing instructions will be given. Then the fun begins! The Crews' Beer Bust with food, entertain- ment and kegs of Free-flowing Strohs BEER for all involved. SAT. OCT. 23, 1982 RAFT INSPECTION STARTS early Saturday morning at the Clarence Higgs Beach start area, with the first starters scheduled to take to the W briny at 10 am, in time to catch the tide for the ride around to the finish at Simonton Street beach. October 9 is the deadline "SCORING IS BASED on elapsed time Rambunkshus Raftin' Regatta 527 Southard St. for each entry in class, with shortest 296-7511 times judged first place winners in information and entry forms at: FM1O7