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Fantasy Fest '82 Schedule in Centerfold highest • point in Key West FREE 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.. FISH, UNICORNS, DRAGONS, SAIL- BOATS, LOBSTERS, DOVES, SUNSETS, SPACJE SHUTTLE, PEGASUS, EAGLES, RAINBOWS, PARRQTS, IHOBIE CATS, ROCK, COUNTRY, SOUL Solares Hill Is a community newspaper published every month on the slopes BI-PLANES, BUTTERFLIES, PEACOCKS, CLflSSiCRL, mil of Solares Hill, Key West's highest point, by Solares Hill Company, 513 Fleming, Room 3, Key West, Florida 33040. HAN^DERS, OCTOPUS,, HAWKS, NiW WflYi, imPORTS We've given Amy's a fresh look. 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