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FLORIDA KEYS

Duval Street Cosmetic Shop Protested
   P                rotestors from the
                    Key West Rip-Off
                Rapid Response Team
                held signs and waved
                Conch Republic flags
in front of Oro Gold, a cosmetic shop,
at 518 Duval Street Tuesday morning.
   The local consumer action group
is protesting against Oro Gold and
launching a campaign against the no-
torious business. The group says Oro
Gold rips off tourists, harasses pedes-
trians and gives Key West a bad name.
   The business has received countless
consumer complaints, many citations
and two license suspensions for code vi-   tourist destination is at stake.These             “Picketing is the only thing that       is recruiting new volunteers and plans
olations. In October Oro Gold received     rip-off shops tear at the very heart of        gets their attention and we will contin-   to expand both its picketing on Duval
a ten day license suspension by the City   our image and this store is the worst.”        ue picketing until they shape up and       Street and its educational picketing for
Manager for repeated code violations.         The group announced they will con-          ship out. Key West is better than this.”   cruise ship passengers.The group can
   Rip-Off Team spokesman Tevis            tinue sidewalk picketing in front of the       added Wernicoff.                           be contacted at keywestrrt@gmail.com
Wernicoff said, “Our reputation as a       Duval Street business indefinitely.               The Rip-Off Rapid Response team         or on facebook. n

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Business Law 101
Computer Related Crimes
BY Albert Kelley                             er than the losses associated with each        possibly be the subject of criminal         The statute states that putting a virus
                                             incident of other white-collar crime.          charges based on other provisions of        on a computer or taking action which

W      e live in a technological world.
       Since the release of the first mass
marketed home computers came out
                                             The opportunities for computer-re-
                                             lated crimes in financial institutions,
                                             government programs, government
                                                                                            law, it is appropriate and desirable that
                                                                                            a supplemental and additional statute
                                                                                            be provided which proscribes various
                                                                                                                                        modifies or makes data unavailable is
                                                                                                                                        a crime against intellectual property.
                                                                                                                                        This includes putting malicious soft-
in 1977, we have increasingly become         records, and other business enterpris-         forms of computer abuse.                    ware onto a computer or taking action
dependent on technology. Only four           es through the introduction of fraud-             We regularly hear stories of hack-       to remove accessibility to data. It is
years later the first person was convict-    ulent records into a computer system,          ers and viruses. Cybercriminals will        also illegal to disclose trade secrets that
ed of a computer crime (Ian Murphy           the unauthorized use of computer fa-           make around $1.5 trillion annually.         reside on a computer system. These
was convicted of breaking into ATT’s         cilities, the alteration or destruction        An individual cybercriminal can make        are third degree felonies unless these
computers to change the billing clock).      of computerized information or files,          anywhere from $30,000 to over half a        actions are taken to defraud or obtain
   The Florida legislature recognized        and the stealing of financial instru-          million dollars annually. The cost to a     property, the crime increases to a sec-
the risk we were facing and passed laws      ments, data, and other assets are great.       business from being hacked can exceed       ond-degree felony.
specific to cybercrime. They stated:         The proliferation of new technology            one million dollars, not to mention            A violation against a use occurs if
Computer-related crime is a growing          has led to the integration of comput-          the loss of client confidence.              the cybercriminal accesses a computer
problem in government as well as in          er systems in most sectors of the mar-            Florida designates cybercrime as         or network without authorization or
the private sector. Computer-related         ketplace through the creation of com-          being against intellectual property,        in a manner that exceeds their autho-
crime occurs at great cost to the pub-       puter networks, greatly extending the          against users, and against public utili-    rization, if they disrupt the ability to
lic since losses for each incident of        reach of computer crime. While vari-           ties. The law starts defines intellectual
computer crime tend to be far great-         ous forms of computer crime might              property as data, including programs.                   X Continued on page 4

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j a n u a r y 2 - 8, 2 0 2 0                                                FLORIDA KEYS
            Published Weekly
             Vol. 10 No. 1
             PUBLISHER/EDITOR
               Guy deBoer

              NEWS WRITERS
                Pru Sowers
               Terry Schmida

           PHOTOGRAPHERS
   Ralph DePalma, Bill Klipp, Guy deBoer

                 DESIGN
Nand K. Pandey, konklifedesign@gmail.com

             PIXEL WRANGLER
                JT Thompson

              CONTRIBUTORS
               Jeff Johnson &
                Paula Forman
                Short Answers

                                                 Silkie Hike Brings Awareness of
                Ian Brockway
              Tropic Sprockets
             Tammy Fox-Royer

                                                 Veteran Suicides
             Florida Keys SPCA
                Sylvia Bogart
             Astrologically Yours
                Joanna Brady
                   Reviewer

              SUMMER INTERN
                                                 A    pproximately 85 military members and veterans hiked around
                                                      Key West to bring attention to veteran suicides. They began at
                                                 Higgs Beach and made stops at famous local landmarks including the
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              CIRCULATION                        computer or network, introduce a virus to a com-         Al Kelley is a Florida business law attorney located
         Kavon Desilus ASSISTANT                 puter system or engages in audio or video surveil-    in Key West and previously taught business law, per-
           Ben Neff ASSISTANT                    lance of a person through their computer equip-       sonnel law and labor law at St. Leo University. He is
                                                 ment. These are generally third-degree felonies       also the author of four law books: (“Basics of Business
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January Exhibition Goes “Behind the Velvet
Curtain” at The Studios of Key West
The Seductive Economy: Sex, Mettle and Labor in the Art of Donna Nadeau
By Darren Jones                                                                                                           her confidence later in life. Nadeau’s
                                                                                                                          early proclivity for art was supported

O    ccasionally, a life lived under
     the most brutal of circumstanc-
es forms the crucible for an artist to
                                                                                                                          by her parents, but economic straits
                                                                                                                          and institutional disregard made it a
                                                                                                                          prohibitive option. After high school,
make work that realizes art’s fullest                                                                                     while modeling for art classes to earn
potential as a reflection on humanity.                                                                                    money and married with a young son,
Responding to a volatile balance of                                                                                       she met Dewitt Hardy, a prominent
experiences on the periphery of so-                                                                                       Maine watercolorist for whom she
ciety—beyond the majority’s empir-                                                                                        posed in exchange for the drawing
ic knowledge—can result in work of                                                                                        lessons she still longed for. He would
such honesty and connectivity that it                                                                                     remain her mentor and friend until
transcends the specifics of its produc-                                                                                   his death in 2017. But it was in 1980,
tion and alters the trajectory of our                                                                                     while on an extended trip to the Flor-
cultural standards and judgements.                                                                                        ida Keys, and in need of funds to take
Donna Nadeau’s paintings are of that                                                                                      her family back to Maine, that she
uncommon, and imperative caliber.                                                                                         took a job which would become the
   The Studios of Key West’s First                                                                                        catalyst for an extraordinary journey
Thursday event on January 2 from                                                                                          into the underworld of strip bars,
6-8pm features the opening of Donna                                                                                       gentleman’s clubs, and the dangerous
Nadeau’s highly anticipated “Dollars                                                                                      sub-culture that roiled around them.
and Dancers: Behind the Velvet Cur-                                                                                          What had been intended as a one
tain” in the XOJ Gallery. From drab                                                                                       weekend earner—dancing topless at
backrooms to glittering, mirrored                                                                                         Bogart’s Speak Easy, in Marathon—
stages, Nadeau’s documents the strip                                                                                      became a decades-long odyssey in
bars and gentleman’s clubs in which                                                                                       which Nadeau found herself subject
she worked for decades—the colorful                                                                                       to the lures and consequences of her
habitués, front-line gendered power                                                                                       new environment. These included
structures, and sometimes harrowing                                                                                       an abundant and easy income in the
psychologies. With an insider’s eye,                                                                                      form of hundred dollar tips, much of
she unpacks those power structures,                                                                                       it funneled through the clubs from
interpersonal dynamics and financial                                                                                      drug running, and lavished on danc-
underpinnings of this little under-                                                                                       ers. She had to grapple with the ex-
stood world in a series of exquisite                                                                                      pectations and appetites of the men
watercolor paintings. The exhibition                                                                                      who paid to be close to her, and who
remains on view through January 30.                                                                                       were frequently unrestrained in their
   Nadeau was Born in 1955, in Ken-                                                                                       behavior and requests. Nadeau em-
nebunkport, Maine, and raised there                                                                                       barked on nomadic quests for better
by her Lebanese father and American
mother. From an early age Nadeau          majority-white New England—due           a sense of difference, and a decline             X Continued on page 8
was subjected to discrimination—in        to her darker skin, which fomented       in self-esteem that would hamper

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Doug Mader at Keys                                                                       Judith Clarke Receives
Audubon on January 8                                                                     “Years of Service”
T   he Florida Keys Audubon Soci-
    ety’s speaker series will continue
on Wednesday, January 8 at 6:30 p.m.
                                                                                         Award for her 15 Years
at the Key West Garden Club, 1100
Atlantic Boulevard.                                                                      at Monroe County
   The speaker will be wildlife photog-
rapher and veterinarian Dr. Doug Mad-
er of the Marathon Veterinary Hospital.
   Mader’s talk will be “Wings Over
the Serengeti,” and will contain bird
and wildlife images from a recent trip
the Serengeti National park and the
Ngorogoro crater in Tanzania.
   “I am not an ornithologist or a real
‘birder.’ I’m just a guy with a camera
that like photographing birds,” said      A Van Der Decken’s Hornbill in Seren-
                                          geti National Park, one of the images
Mader. He has worked in the Keys for      from Dr. Doug Mader’s upcoming pre-
over 25 years.                            sentation at the Florida Keys Audubon
   “Mader’s understanding of the nat-     Society. Credit: Doug Mader
ural world is just so well-rounded and
passionate. I always look forward to
his talks and photo shows,” said Mark
                                             Admissions is free and open to anyone
                                          who is interested. For more information
                                          email keysaudubon@gmail.com or leave
                                                                                         K  EY LARGO, FL – The Mon-
                                                                                            roe County Board of County
                                                                                         Commissioners recently presented
                                                                                                                             dith Clarke for her fifteen years of
                                                                                                                             service to the County. Clarke is the
                                                                                                                             Director of Engineering/Roads &
Hedden, Executive Director of FKAS.       a voicemail at 305-771-5807. n                 a “Years of Service” award to Ju-   Bridges. n

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Ring in the New Year with a Trip Around the World
W      here in the World: Notes from the Tour Zone by
       George Fontana is now available at Amazon - https://
www.amazon.com/Where-World-Notes-Tour-Zone/
dp/1951150112.
   Now available in paperback with photos and commen-
tary informed by George’s unique perspective. Join him as
he cruises around the world and rides a Japanese Shinkansen
(bullet train), visits Petra’s fabled “red-rose city half as old as
time”, gazes at Barcelona’s iconic La Sagrada Familia Cathe-
dral and views China’s Great Wall gleaming with freshly-fall-
en snow.
   “Take a world cruise with George, a traveler par excellence.
Join in for an exotic array of ports of call, ranging from Co-
lumbia to Costa Rica, California to Hawaii, Japan to China,
Egypt to Morocco. And numerous points in between! This is
a photo book, offering glimpses through a traveler’s eyes. A
freelance writer, recovering innkeeper, Key West wash-ashore
and life-long boating, history and travel enthusiast, George is
the perfect companion for a trip around the world.” n

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January Exhibition Goes...                than four inches apart— while low-            that sustained and enhanced her. The         their bodies that are still the battle-
X Continued from page 5                   er-end topless bars allowed physical          camaraderie between the girls who            fields of so much conflict, ought to
                                          contact, lap dances, and had private          were her colleagues was almost famil-        be acknowledged. Theirs is an unsung
clubs and higher pay that took her        rooms. Working in the latter exposed          ial. They would share days off together      chapter in the dismantling of female
from coast to coast, dancing in Las       the women to less respectful interac-         on sea cruises—sometimes expensed            denigration that is only now coming
Vegas, California, and across Flori-      tions which were increasingly difficult       to kinder clients—or at beach pic-           to fruition through the “Time’s Up”
da. In the top venues, management         to bear. Drugs and alcohol lent the           nics with their children. There was a        and “Me Too” movements.
terms treated her like a commodity.       numbing ability to get through each           thread of humor that helped lubricate           Through all of this, Nadeau never
For example, The Cheetah, in Atlanta      shift, to make men believe that Na-           the hardships, and occasional instanc-       lost sight of her artistic compulsion.
(a large club that employed dozens of     deau enjoyed their company, while             es of Hollywood glamor. In 1994 Na-          During those many years, she photo-
girls a night) required weigh-ins, and    they forgot their wives, and she              deau, and other dancers from across          graphed her co-dancers in quiet mo-
checks that nails, and tan lines were     earned their cash. In turn, substance         America were flown to New Orleans,           ments backstage, and with customers
correctly applied. And perhaps most       addiction took a toll on her health,          and driven in limousines to the open-        in the full glare of showtime. Her in-
grievous, was a betrayal by those she     and precedence over her son, his              ing of Crescent Cabaret. There, the          tention was to document a fascinating
considered friends, that led to her en-   schooling, and wellbeing; while im-           “house mother” drilled her charges           world—its colorful habitués, baroque
snarement in a DEA sting operation.       paired decisions over boyfriends, and         that, “it’s your money, it’s just in their   power structures, and sometimes
   The most lucrative places to work      partners led to physical abuse, shoot-        pockets.” They learned the nuances of        harrowing psychologies—from the
in were nude, table dancing establish-    ings, self-protective hiding out, and         their profession, and became shrewd          unheard perspectives of the women
ments that selected only the prettiest    eventually an intervention that saved         prospectors of the male psyche; they         around whom the entire cavalcade still
girls, and upheld strict rules—cus-       her life.                                     understood the power of financial            revolves. In the early 2000s, towards
tomers had to stay two feet away, and        And yet, among these challenges,           autonomy, and how to achieve it, so          the end of her dancing career, Nadeau
performers’ knees couldn’t be more        there were aspects of Nadeau’s world          that contrary to perception, it was          began exploring these themes in wa-
                                                                                        common for men to be the victims             tercolor vignettes, borrowing subtle-
                                                                                        of feminine intellectual superiority.        ties of form and palette she’d learned
                                                                                        And while Nadeau competed for the            in Maine, and endowing them with
                                                                                        best tables to dance on, or the wealth-      the atmospherics of her experiences,
                                                                                        iest punters, the groups were unified        the physical and social architectures,
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Blake Pouliot to give Impromptu Classical Concerts
performance at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Jan. 12
C    elebrated Canadian violinist Blake
     Pouliot will visit Key West for an
Impromptu Classical Concert perfor-
                                              ginia Parker Prizes awarded to promis-
                                              ing young artists. Additionally, Pouliot
                                              was NPR’s “Performance Today” Art-
                                                                                             This gifted musician is quickly becom-
                                                                                             ing recognized as one of today’s most
                                                                                             sought after collaborative pianists.
                                                                                                                                         Viennois by Friedrich “Fritz” Kreisler.
                                                                                                                                            Following a short intermission,
                                                                                                                                         the duo will return to perform the
mance at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, at        ist-in-Residence in Minnesota during           He won the Grand Prize at the Paris         Violin Sonata, by Leos Janacek; the
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 401 Du-          the 2017-18 season. A prolific recital-        International Music Competition in          Suite from Romeo and Juliet, by Ser-
val St. The concert is the first of the       ist and chamber musician, Pouliot has          2015 and First Prize at the Bradshaw        gei Prokofiev; and Zigeunerweisen, by
2020 Impromptu Classical Concerts             performed in Chicago, Illinois; Los            & Buono International Piano Compe-          Pablo de Sarasate.
season, which is now in its 48th year.        Angeles, California; Montreal, and             tition in New York. In addition to his         Tickets for the concert cost $20,
   Pouliot has won praise from pub-           Toronto, Canada; as well as at Pep-            demanding performance scheduling,           and are available at www.keystix.com,
lications such as the Toronto Star as         perdine University, and at the Ottawa          he is currently an adjunct professor at     or at the door on the afternoon of the
“one of those special talents that comes      Chamber Music series, in the Canadi-           the Aaron Copland School of Music,          event. Cash, checks, or credit/debit
along once in a lifetime.”He was born         an capital city.                               Queens College.                             cards accepted. Students will be ad-
in Toronto, Canada, and began violin             Pouliot recently completed his uni-            The Key West concert program will        mitted free. Seating is on a first-come,
lessons when he was 7-years-old at that       versity studies at the Colburn Conser-         include Mozart’s Violin Sonata in F         first-served basis.
city’s Royal Conservancy of Music,            vatory in Los Angeles. His first album         Major; Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos.               For more information visit www.
where he studied music theory, violin,        recording, which features the works of         1 and 2, by Bela Bartok; and Caprice        keywestimpromptu.org. n
and piano throughout elementary and           Ravel and Debussy, was nominated for
high school.                                  the 2019 Juno Award, Canada’s equiv-
   He is both the Grand Prize and First       alent of a Grammy. As top honoree
Prize winner of the Orchestra Sym-            for the Musical Bank Competition,
phonique de Montréal Manulife com-            he performs on a 1729 Guarnaro del
petitions, the recipient of the Dorothy       Gesù violin on loan from the Canada
Delay Award (Juilliard/Aspen), the            Council of the Arts.
Grand Prize recipient of the Canadian            At the Jan. 12 performance, Pouliot                                             2020 Season
Federation of Music Festivals, and the        will be accompanied by New York
Canadian Michael Measures and Vir-            City-based pianist Hsin-I-Huang.

Looe Key corals get help
for the holidays
D     IveN2Life science officer and youth
      mentor Dr. Karen Neely of Nova
Southeastern University documents ju-
nior scientific diver-in-training Kara, age
13, applying antibiotic to a diseased coral                                                                     Jan 12 - Blake Pouliot, Violinist
at Looe Key Sanctuary Preservation Area.
                                                                                                         Mozart • Bartók • Kreisler • Janáček • Prokofiev • Sarasate
The youth scientific diving program,
based on Big Torch Key, Florida, pro-
vides education and experience to affect
                                                                                                                      at St. Paul’s Church• 4pm
                                                                                                                             keywestimpromptu.org
positive environmental change including
sanctuary-permitted activities addressing
the severe outbreak of stony coral tissue
loss disease. Photo: DiveN2Life n

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UPPER KEYS

A Positive Step Monroe
County Invites the
Public to ‘Fun Day for
Dads and Kids’

A Positive Step of Monroe County founder Billy Davis, right, welcomes visitors to
last year’s ‘Fun Day for Dads and Kids’ at Willie Ward Park. This year’s event is set
for Saturday, January 11. (Provided photo)

P   arents and their kids are invited
    to a ‘Fun Day for Dads and Kids,’
presented by A Positive Step of Mon-
                                              services for dads.
                                                 A Positive Step Monroe County is
                                              a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
roe County on Saturday, January 11,           serving Monroe County’s highest risk
from 11:00am to 3:00pm at Willie              kids and their families since 1999.
Ward Park, 300 Catherine Street in            For more information or to register
Key West.                                     for the Initiative, which is funded
   Parents and kids can interact and          in part by the Ounce of Prevention
enjoy free food, play activities and priz-    Fund of Florida, contact APSMC
es together while Dads also have an           founder Billy Davis at 305-304-1969
opportunity to learn more about the           or at apsmccrp@aol.com. For more
Southernmost Fatherhood Initiative            information about A Positive Step of
program, which provides cost-free par-        Monroe County and its programs vis-
enting skill coaching and other support       it apsmc.org. n

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UPPER KEYS

Keys History & Discovery Center Presents
Reef Restoration
Learn About Extensive Efforts
I slamorada – Keys History & Dis-
  covery Center Presents…Saving our
Reefs: Ambitious Efforts to Flip the
                                                                                                                                  aquaria nationwide for safekeeping.
                                                                                                                                  Along with caring for these corals,
                                                                                                                                  aquarists are developing techniques to
Script, a lecture on Wednesday, Jan. 8                                                                                            spawn corals in captivity and propa-
with Sarah Fangman, Superintendent,                                                                                               gate more diverse and resilient corals.
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctu-                                                                                              Come learn of new, major and inno-
ary. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., lecture                                                                                             vative efforts currently underway as
begins at 6 p.m. The lecture is at the                                                                                            we strive to change the trajectory of
Keys History & Discovery Center and                                                                                               reef decline.
Islander Resort Conference Center,                                                                                                   Appetizers and a cash bar will be
MM 82.                                                                                                                            available. Reservations are strongly rec-
   The Florida Reef Tract is on decline                                                                                           ommended and can be made at 305-
because of temperature stress, disease,      on the forefront of developing strate-         Unprecedented rescue efforts un-      922-2237 or info@keysdiscovery.com.
water quality and changes in other           gies to help restore reef systems – tech-   derway on the Florida Reef Tract            For more information, call 305-
species that have altered the reef ’s eco-   niques that are now being used around       have resulted in corals from the Flor-   922-2237 or go to www.keysdiscovery.
system. As a result, Florida has been        the world.                                  ida Keys being removed and sent to       com. n

Kim Judge Recognized
as FKAA’s employee of                                                                                                                 Your
                                                                                                                                    LOCAL
the quarter                                                                                                                        Keys Gas
F   lorida Keys – December 27, 2019
    - Kim Judge was recognized as the
Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority’s
                                                                                                                                  Distributor!
Employee of the Quarter for the third
quarter of 2019. As an Engineering
Technician, Kim’s responsibilities in-                                                                 • Competitive Pricing!
clude preparing plans and specification
drawings and providing guidance to
customers regarding water main installa-
                                                                                                     • Never any Hidden Fees!
tion requirements. She is accomplished
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(CADD) and known for her technical
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   Kim was selected as Employee of           Engineering. “She always goes above
                                             and beyond to help others: cowork-
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an outstanding employee.” said Jolynn        working with her for many years!” n

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                                                                    LOPR
                                                                       P IE DR A K KE EY YS S

“So, You’re Thinking About Running?” Key West
                                     Writers Guild
Hometown’s Winning Elections         Meeting
Campaign Workshop                    Jan 11, 2020
H    ometown! -- Key West’s and Mon-
     roe County’s signature resource T
for candidate and election information
                                         at the Key West Marriott Beachside
                                         Hotel, 3841 North Roosevelt Blvd.,
                                         Key West, FL.
                                                                                      Speakers will include elected of-
                                                                                   ficials from Key West and Monroe
                                                                                   County as well as other experienced
                                                                                                                                 he Key West Writers Guild will
                                                                                                                                 meet Saturday, January 11, 2020,
                                                                                                                             from 9:00 A.M. to noon in the Con-
is hosting a workshop for those run-        The program begins at 8:45 am          political and campaign veterans.          ference Room at the Condominiums
ning, considering a run or who are in-   and will offer a full schedule of cam-       Details concerning the Workshop,       at 2601 S. Roosevelt Blvd., Key West
terested in campaign leadership in the   paign topics, including budget and        including registration and attendance     Florida. Enter through the gate just
2020 election.                           fundraising tips, messaging, speeches     fees ($25 in advance), are available at   to the left of the flagpoles. Please park
   The half-day workshop will take       & debates, marketing and election         www.hometownkeywest.com or email          across the street on South Roosevelt
place on Saturday, January 11, 2020,     paperwork.                                hometownkeywest@gmail.com. n              (Free Parking). n

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T H E AT E R R E V I E W

Fringe Theater Key West presents pulitzer prize
winning classic
Talley’s folly by lanford wilson; show dates: Jan 8 – 18 2020
                                         Back Room at the Key West Theater,         Tomlinson. “And by that I mean it’s a         Theater’s Education program and is a
                                         Jan 8-18 2020. This poignant story of      story about choosing to love despite the      popular local actor. Audiences will re-
                                         second chances, won the Pulitzer Prize     setbacks of life.” Which in the case of the   member him most recently from Fringe’s
                                         and Drama Circle Award in 1980.            play’s protagonists includes the loss of      Conch Republic the Musical, Theater
                                         It was also nominated for the Tony         dreams, the devastation of World War II,      XP’s The Classics of Comedy, and the
                                         award for Best Play.                       and the existence of cultural intolerance.    Waterfront’s Young Frankenstein. The

F  ringe Theater presents Talley’s
   Folly, by Lanford Wilson, in the
                                            “The play is a love-story of sorts,”
                                         says Fringe’s Artistic Director, Rebecca
                                                                                       Matt is an accountant and Jewish
                                                                                    immigrant and Sally is a nurse from a
                                                                                    conservative Southern family. After a
                                                                                                                                  production stars Lauren Thompson as
                                                                                                                                  Sally and Ross Pipkin as Matt.
                                                                                                                                     Talley’s Folly is written by Lanford
                                                                                    lifetime of believing they’ll never tru-      Wilson, one of the most renowned US
                                                                                    ly belong in the world around them,           playwrights of the late 20th century.
                                                                                    Matt has worked up the courage to             Wilson had a penchant for explor-
                                                                                    convince her that they can find a sense       ing themes of love and loss through
                                                                                    of belonging together.                        characters who were on the fring-
                                                                                       The play is the directorial debut of
                                                                                    Mathias Maloff, who works with Fringe                   X Continued on page 15

The company of Talley’s Folly, presented by Fringe Theater. (L to R) Ross Pipkin
and Lauren Thompson (F) Mathias Maloff. Credit: Fringe Theater

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                                                                      Michael McCloud & Friends
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W H AT 'S H A P P E N I N G

                                                                                   Nashville’s David Mead
Whats Happening                           Little Room Jazz Club
X Continued from page 14                  821 Duval Street,
                                          Key West FL 33040

The Smokin’ Tuna
4 Charles St., (305) 517-6350
                                          littleroomjazzclub.com
                                          n                                        Plays the Hog’s Breath
smokintunasaloon.com
n                                         Thursday 01/02                           Saloon
                                                                                   D
Thursday 01/02                            Piano Bar Happy Hour with Peter               avid Mead is a Nashville-based         toured extensively, headlining as well
Scott Kirby & Gabriel Donahue 5pm         Diamond and James King 5:30-7:30              pop singer-songwriter and              as opening shows for John Mayer,
                                          Peter Diamond and Friends 8-11           will take the mid-shift stage at the        Fountains of Wayne, Ron Sexsmith,
Caffeine Carl & The Buzz 9:00pm
                                                                                   Hog’s Breath soon, Jan. 6 -12, from         Liz Phair, Joe Jackson, and Shelby
                                                                                   4:30-8:30pm. Over the years he has          Lynne. n
Friday 01/03                              Friday 01/03
Scott Kirby & Gabriel Donahue 5pm
Caffeine Carl and Friends 9:00pm
                                          Piano Bar Happy Hour with Larry
                                          Smith 5:30-7:30
                                                                                   Boston’s Alex Anthony
                                                                                   Plays the Hog’s
                                          Carmen Rodriguez with Larry Smith
Saturday 01/04                            at the Piano 8-11
Scott Kirby & Gabriel Donahue 5pm
Caffeine Carl and Friends 9:00pm
                                          Saturday 01/04                           Breath Saloon
Saturday 01/05
Marjory Lee 5pm
                                          Piano Bar Happy Hour Peter Dia-
                                          mond and James King 5:30-7:30            A    lex Anthony is a singer/song writer
                                                                                        that ranges from 60’s hits to modern
                                                                                   day pop/rock music. He will be playing
                                          The Paradise Swing Band 8-11
Gabriel Donahue 9pm                                                                the late-night gig – 9 pm 1 am. – at the
                                                                                   Hog’s Breath Saloon, Jan. 6 – 12.
Saturday 01/06                            Sunday 01/05                                He puts an indie/folk/rock twist to
Neal Elder 5pm                                                                     all cover tunes, so fans can hear the
                                          Piano Bar Happy Hour with Any
                                                                                   songs they love but with a fresh sound.
Gabriel Donahue 9pm                       Mayo 5:30-7:30
                                                                                      For more information, call 305-
                                          Barry Cuda & The Sharks 8-11             296-4222. n
Saturday 01/07
Neal Elder 5pm                                                                     Fringe Theater...                           at 7pm in the Back Room at the Key
                                          Monday 01/06
Gabriel Donahue 9pm                                                                X Continued from page 13                    West Theater, located at 512 Eaton
                                          Sing-A- Long Piano Bar Happy
                                                                                                                               Street. Doors open at 6:30pm. Key
                                          Hour with Malathi 5:30-7:30              es of society. He was a co-founder of       West Theater offers a full bar and deli-
Saturday 01/08
                                          Christine Cordone’s Jam 8-11             Off-Broadway’s celebrated Circle Rep-       cious munchies.
Neal Elder 5pm
                                                                                   ertory Company and is also the author          Tickets begin at $35 and are avail-
Caffeine Carl & The Buzz 9:00pm
                                                                                   of Balm in Gilead, The Hot l Balti-         able online at www.fringetheater.org or
                                          Tuesday 01/07                            more, and Burn This.                        by calling the Fringe Box Office at 305-
Bottlecap / Blue Room                     Piano Bar Happy Hour with Coffee            The New York Times said of the           731-0581. Seating is limited so ad-
1128 Simonton St.,                        Butler 5:30-7:30                         play, “Mr. Wilson is one of our most        vanced ticket purchase is encouraged.
(305) 296-2807                                                                     gifted playwrights, a dramatist who            Fringe Theater is Key West’s com-
                                          Bluesday Tuesday with
bottlecapkeywest.com                                                               deals perceptively with definably           munity-focused theater. It offers
                                          Larry Baeder 8-11
n                                                                                  American themes. Talley’s Folly is a        unique opportunities for people to
                                          Wednesday 01/08
                                                                                   play to savor and cheer.” The New York      see and do theater. Fringe is a 501c3
Thursdays-Fridays 7:30pm
                                                                                   Post cites, “A funny, sweet, touching,      nonprofit with a vibrant and inclusive
Professional Standup Comedy—              Piano Bar Happy Hour with Karen
                                                                                   and marvelously contrived love poem         outreach and education program. For
doors open 7:30pm.                        Heins 5:30-7:30                          for an apple from an orange.”               more information about Fringe, con-
Blue Room available for private parties   Victoria Horne 8-11                         Talley’s Folly runs January 8 - 18       tact info@fringetheater.org. n

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TROPIC SPROCKETS
                                                                        IAN B R O C K WAY

                                            charms of Laurie (Timothee Chala-            eting and perfect film taking place in     onship ring as collateral, which How-
                                            met) a professional at time wasting,         New York’s Diamond District. The sto-      ard promptly pawns to make a bet for
                                            though a loyal family friend.                ry embodies the ‘dog eat dog’ philoso-     Garnett to win.
                                               The narrative blocks of shifting          phy to a T, but it is also a meditation      Things get anxious very quickly.
                                            timelines are a bit confusing, yet they
                                                                                         on desire and envy that packs a punch        Sandler is wonderful in this role
                                            add a dynamic mystery to the story,
                                                                                         long after the end credits.                which is easily his best to date, and
                                            making Jo March (Alcott) a freedom
                                            fighting catalyst of her own design.             Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler)           he will be remembered for it. Like

Little Women                                   Meryl Streep appears as the stern         runs a jewelry store. He is always         Dustin Hoffman’s Ratso Rizzo, How-
                                            Aunt March along with Bob Odenkirk           looking for an edge. Things are not        ard Ratner has an eerie yet pathetic
                                            (Breaking Bad) as the absent but sor-        easy for Howard as he is a man of ad-      charisma. Ratner is a poor schlub full
                                            rowful Civil War soldier-father, and         dictions. His day to day existence is      of bad decisions and lies, yet some-
                                            playwright Tracy Letts does well as Al-      one of chaos and confusion. All day,       how he is not mean spirited and we
                                            cott’s anxious publisher.                                                               can only feel pity.
                                                                                         the man is hounded.
                                               Gerwig’s Jo March / Alcott emerges
                                                                                             Ratner seizes upon the opportunity       During each event Ratner’s gift of
                                            as a newly formed Mary Shelley, de-
                                                                                         to obtain an uncut opal, presumably        gab only just saves him in the nick of
                                            fying middle class convention, abhor-

F    rom director Greta Gerwig (Lady-
     bird) comes a sprightly told and
warm hearted interpretation of the
                                            ring marriage as a dead end to prog-
                                            ress. With Gerwig’s gimlet eye under
                                                                                         valued at a million dollars. The rock
                                                                                         bubbles over with brilliant prisms and
                                                                                                                                    time. His shop is constructed like a
                                                                                                                                    broken hall of mirrors in a funhouse
                                            honeyed lenses, the writer is a rabid        color. Howard can’t believe his luck.      and soon enough the options of life are
oft-filmed classic “Little Women” by        writing machine alive with Franken-              Things are going to change.            taken away from him little by little.
Louisa May Alcott.                          stein urges. She covers her floor with           His   partner     Demany    (Lakeith     The film has a quirky “Twilight
   The film is engaging, colorful and       words and candle flames—fire and cre-        Stanfield) brings the NBA star Kev-        Zone” edge. The vivid and numinous
rich in thought. It also comments           ation. The intellectual brain driven by
upon and mirrors episodes of Alcott’s                                                    in Garnett as a client who happens         rock seemingly promises everything
                                            a female pulse is paramount.
life. Jo March (Saorise Ronan) is a                                                      to see the sparkling rock and gushes       but it is reality nothing but trouble.
                                               The magic of Gerwig’s “Little Wom-
teacher and writer who peddles stories                                                   over it, hypnotized by the stone which     Or is it?
                                            en” is that it is made of flashes of col-
from a “friend” in actuality, herself.      or along with a teasing subversiveness.      calls to mind his own cosmic impor-          The cinematography by Darius
The editor of the quarterly thinks her      Underneath Gerwig’s pastoral Autumn          tance—-birth, death, heaven and hell.      Khondji depicts this treasure exqui-
stories quite boring; “write something                                                       Garnett has to have it.                sitely in dazzling color. The mysterious
                                            colors, there exists a Difference Engine,
spicy,” he urges.
                                            strange and powerful, (both a woman              Howard is adamant; the rock is not     rock is the cosmos itself, containing
   March does that and then some.
                                            and an actual film) able to offer the al-    for sale. It is far too rare.              both everything and nothing, one and
   Central to the story is the concept
                                            chemy of Imagination to all. n                   Garnett begs him. He has a big         the same.
that Jo is a trailblazer and outlier, resist-
ing convention at all cost. Jo March is
an intellectual siren, a spinner of words,
                                            Uncut Gems                                   game and the rock would give him the
                                                                                         confidence and power to win.
                                                                                                                                      “Uncut Gems” is rife with claus-
                                                                                                                                    trophobia and panic. To its credit, the
a being out to transform the world.                                                          Howard reluctantly agrees to let       film never quits, it is as visceral and
   Jo writes more and still more, al-                                                    Garnett have the rock for one night        impactful as it is suspenseful.
ways moving, perpetually creating.                                                       during the game, wishing to curry            As we helplessly watch the endless
   Though Jo is at the center of this
                                                                                         favor with the star given that he is       march of meaty gold-ringed hands
storm, there is also Amy (Florence
                                                                                         so famous.                                 pound on Howard’s office wall and
Pugh), Meg (Emma Watson) and Beth
                                                                                             Garnett is made so euphoric by         face, there is only one conclusion to
(Eliza Scanlon). The family is held
together by Marmie (Laura Dern).                                                         the power of the object that he feels      reach: Hell is truly other people and
Most of the Marches, excluding Beth, “
                                            U    ncut Gems” by the director team         God-like. Howard easily persuades          no one gets off easy. n
do a good job of resisting the cadlike           of Josh and Benny Safdie is a riv-      Garnett to give him an NBA champi-           Write Ian at ianfree11@yahoo.com

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T H E AT E R R E V I E W

‘CLASSICS OF COMEDY 2’ Brings the Greats of
Comedy Back to Life
    T              he last time comics
                   Bud Abbott and Lou
               Costello performed their
                                                                                       actually performed live. It’s unbeliev-
                                                                                       ably funny. The idea just grew from
                                                                                       there. There’s so much great come-
                                                                                                                                    “We couldn’t get through a rehears-
                                                                                                                                 al without laughing ourselves to tears,”
                                                                                                                                 Bowersox said. “Those old bits were
               signature comedy sketch,                                                dy out there that hasn’t been seen for    written perfectly, and were so naturally
               “Who’s On First”, live                                                  years or never been seen live.”           funny they never needed a laugh track
was in the early 1950’s. Costello                                                         Bowersox has brought back the          like today’s sitcoms. There’s a reason
passed away in 1959, and the only ren-                                                 troupe of some of Key West’s best co-     they’re called ‘classics’.”
ditions of the classic bit that remain                                                 medic actors, including Maloff, Pony         The new edition of “Classics of Com-
are on film or kinescope – the scratchy,                                               Charvet, Tony Konrath, Don Bearden,       edy” will feature the top four sketches
often-fuzzy early version of videotape                                                 Melody Moore, JT Thompson, and            from the first show, and ten new ones.
– from the 1940’s.                                                                     Donna Stabile (who, as Charlie Chap-      Joining Abbott and Costello will be
   And though Groucho Marx lived                                                       lin, acts as the connective tissue be-    Bob and Ray, Nichols and May, the
well into the 1970’s, his brothers Chico                                               tween all the sketches). They then        Marx Brothers, Monty Python, Bob
and Harpo died in the early 1960’s, so                                                 combed through hours of old film and      Newhart, Dick Van Dyke and Mary
none of their classic comedy sketches                                                  TV tapes to find the sketches that make
have been seen live in almost 60 years.                                                up the new show, and meticulously                   X Continued on page 20
   The same unfortunate loss of classic                                                recreated them for the stage.
                                           “Mathias Maloff and Don Bearden
live sketch comedy holds true for Mike     bring the hilarious comedy of Abbott
Nichols and Elaine May (Nichols died       and Costello back to life as part of THE
in 1961), Bob Hope and Bing Crosby         CLASSICS OF COMEDY 2, set for Jan-
                                           uary 9-11 at The Studios of Key West.”
(their heydays were in the 1940’s), and    Photo by Larry Blackburn.
George Burns and Gracie Allen (Allen
passed in 1964). British comedy stars         The hilarious evening is a wild and
Monty Python left the air in 1983,         crazy assemblage of faithful recreations
Cheech and Chong in the 1970’s, and        of some of the classic comedy sketches
Bob Newhart in the 1980’s.                 by the top comics and comedy teams
   But thanks to Key West’s TheatreXP,     of the Golden Ages of comedy, some
in association with The Studios of Key     going back to the early days of film
West, all of these classic comedians –     and television. One of the smash hits
and some of their most famous come-        of last summer’s Key West Summer
dy sketches – will be brought back to      Stage, “The Classics of Comedy” was
life when “The Classics of Comedy 2”       a new event created by TheatreXP’s
takes the stage at the Studios’ Helmer-    founder Bob Bowersox. It only ran for
ich Theatre. Ten of the fourteen           two nights, but the Helmerich Theater
sketches in this edition of the show are   was packed to the rafters each night
new to the repertoire of the troupe.       with audiences that literally could not
   The special event runs January 9-11,    stop laughing.
2020. Tickets are on sale now for the         “[Actor] Mathias Maloff and I were
three-night event, which sold out com-     sitting around one night trying to re-
pletely in its first incarnation. Those    member Abbott and Costello’s classic
interested in securing the coveted tick-   ‘Who’s On First’ bit,” said Bowersox,
ets before they sell out again should      who produces and directs the event.
visit https://tskw.org/classics-of-come-   “And it occurred to us that there are
dy-2/ or call the Studios’ box office at   probably an awful lot of people who
305-296-0458.                              have never seen that fabulous sketch

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IN THE KEYS
                                                                    FLORIDA KEYS SPCA

 Rescue Tail
Reflections at
Year’s End
BY CATHY BAIER

Y    ear’s end can prompt reflection
     on what came before and what
lies ahead in the new year. This got us
thinking about the work we do at the
FKSPCA. Shelter work can be emo-
tional, exhausting, frustrating, painful,
and never-ending. It’s also engaging,         was perfect chemistry from the start be-    2013 and Albert two years later. After             “I didn’t know she was a snuggler
inspiring, fulfilling, and life-affirming;    tween Bubba and this kind man. The          losing her home in Irma, she relocated          but I love it. She has found her forever
work that becomes for many a passion          only problem was Rock lived in Col-         north with both her beloved pigs and            home and we love her. She completes
and a mission for one’s life.                 orado! Heads were put together and          has been the consummate guardian                our family.”
    So what’s the hook? Obviously, it’s the   plans were put in place. Bubba flew (in     and advocate. Dr. Mike Dunn and his                “Didn’t think that would be so easy.
animals that first draws people to shel-      a plane!) across the country and for the    wife Katherine adopted Harriett after           But he’s right at home. We are all in
ter work. Because we are an open-ad-          past 4.5 years, has had his own seat at     she was brought to us when she didn’t           love with him.I’m not sure how I went
mission shelter, we meet all kinds of an-     the dining room table and enjoys eating     work out as an emotional support pig.           this long without him in my life... I
imals, not just cats and dogs. Through        well-balanced parrot dinners with the       The Dunns already had one house pig             love this little man.”
the years, we’ve seen giant snakes, 100       whole family! Rock is an inspiration        named Tink and thought they could                  “She has changed our lives for the
lb. tortoises, and weird reptiles we had      and a one-in-million bird adopter!          make room for another. Harriett and             better. We are in love with her. She is
to research to know what they were.               Mango and Flip Flop, two big white      Tink are now ambassador pigs, help-             the baby of the house and we live to
Monkeys, prairie dogs, ferrets, parrots       sister bunnies were part of a cruelty/ne-   ing people learn how smart and affec-           make her happy. We love her so much!”
and parakeets, pigs, goats, a mini-horse,     glect case. We had them as babies and       tionate they can be when they live with            “I think we hit the jackpot!”
and too many to count rabbits, guinea         they grew up with us. No one had shown      people who understand and love them.               “I can’t imagine my life without
pigs, hamsters, and other tiny rodents.       any interest in them until Ruby and her         Animals other than cats and dogs have       him. This was definitely a perfect
Every animal comes with their own sto-        family met them. They had never had a       allowed us to meet amazing people who           match! Anyone on the fence about
ry; some are funny, some are frustrat-        rabbit before but were open to the idea,    have special places in their hearts for these   adopting a senior dog, go for it! They
ing, and some heartbreakingly sad. But        took the “bunny plunge” and adopted         more unique animals. They have helped           are the best!”
it’s what follows that keeps us coming        both of them. That was almost three years   us build a network of caring individuals           “I am so grateful. I was never going
to work every day; all the happy end-         ago. Since then they have adopted a third   and organizations, expanding our shel-          to get another dog, and suddenly I fell
ings that help renew our faith and keep       rabbit, a guinea pig, a hamster and have    ter’s ability to help these special animals     in love with this beautiful boy. Thank
us strong enough to keep going.               become some of our very best community      who come through our doors. But cats            you all for keeping his beautiful spirit
    Looking back over the years, many         advocates for rabbits and small animals!    and dogs still make up the biggest per-         intact; I am one very lucky man.”
stories remain in our memories, far too           Pot-bellied pigs are popular when       centage of our shelter population but              We remain grateful to our adopters
many to tell. But we want to share a          babies, not so much when they mature!       sharing the stories of all the wonderful        and also to all the caring people who
few about special animals and special         Most pig rescues are full beyond capac-     people we meet every day through our            have helped animals along their paths
people who we have had the privilege          ity and finding homes for unwanted          rescue and adoption work is beyond the          to safety and into loving homes. As we
of meeting and who remind us that the         pigs is never easy. Our pigs have been      scope here. But when we think of them,          look forward to the New Year, we are
world is full of good people!                 the lucky ones, with the help of some       we remember the words they share when           renewed in our commitment to keep
    Bubba was a 38 yr. old Macaw sur-         stretched-to-capacity rescues like Roo-     telling us about the animals they adopted:      doing the work that brings good peo-
rendered when his owner could not             terville and local porcine advocates.           “We are so happy we were able to            ple and good animals together for a
keep him. He lived with us for over a         Rebecca just has a soft spot in her heart   adopt her and add her to our family,            lifetime of love and connection. Hap-
year until he met his match in Rock. It       for pigs. She adopted Mac from us in        she fits in perfect.”                           py New Year to all! n

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                                          Key West Art & Historical
                                          Society presents
                                          “Woodtastic” Professional
                                          Day workshop on January 6
                                          for children aged 6-12
                                                  K                      ey West Art &
                                                                         Historical Society
                                                                    will offer a “Wood-
                                                                                              in the KWAHS collection titled “Tiger with
                                                                                              Bow” by Suzie dePoo. Cost is $40 for KWAHS
                                                                                              members and $45 for non-members. Register
                                                                    tastic” Professional      now for this limited space Professional Day
                                                                    Day workshop for          workshop at KWAHS.ORG, click “Tickets.”
                                                                    children aged 6-12        For more information contact Education Spe-
                                                                    on Monday, Janu-          cialist Kassandra Collett at 305-295-6616 ext.
                                          ary 6, from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Students will         114 or email at kcollett@kwahs.org. Spon-
                                          experience different grains and textures of         sored in part by the State of Florida, Division
                                          wood and create artworks entirely from their        of Cultural Affairs and Society benefactor Lee
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Tennessee Williams Museum to offer monthly first-
Sunday curator tours with free entry for locals
T   he Tennessee Williams Muse-
    um, located at 513 Truman Av-
enue, will offer a series of tours led
                                                                                 Williams Museum along with the
                                                                                 three other properties under its stew-
                                                                                 ardship—the Custom House Muse-
                                                                                                                           Cost is $20 per submission and is
                                                                                                                           limited to one poem and/or one
                                                                                                                           short story per person. The first-
by Museum Curator Dennis Beaver                                                  um, Key West Lighthouse & Keep-           place winner will be awarded $200
starting Sunday, January 5 from                                                  er’s Quarters, and Fort East Martello     and the second-place winner $100
2:00pm - 3:00pm. The January tour                                                Museum.                                   for each contest. Submissions will be
will focus on the premiere of “The                                                  Additionally, Key West Art & His-      accepted through March 8, 2020. For
Rose Tattoo,” Williams’s classic film                                            torical Society invites poets and writ-   full contest information, guidelines,
based on his Tony Award-winning                                                  ers to submit original works for the      and a submission link visit KWAHS.
Broadway play of the same name                                                   2020 Poetry and Short Story writing       ORG and click on ‘tickets.’
and which had its Key West debut         Tennessee Williams Museum Curator       contests – components of the annual          The Tennessee Williams Muse-
                                         Dennis Beaver (left)
at the San Carlos Institute on Janu-                                             Tennessee Williams Birthday Cel-          um on 513 Truman Avenue is open
ary 19, 1956.                            3:00pm. Locals can attend for free as   ebration held each March in honor         daily for self-guided tours 9:30am-
   Subsequent Tennessee Williams         Key West Art & Historical Society       of the great American writer. All po-     4:30pm. For more information, con-
Museum curator tours will take           provides Monroe County residents        ems and stories must reference “The       tact Key West Art & Historical Soci-
place Sunday, February 2 and Sun-        with free admission on the first Sun-   Women of Tennessee Williams,”             ety at 305-295-6616 or visit WWW.
day, March 1, both from 2:00pm –         day of each month to the Tennessee      which can be loosely interpreted.         KWAHS.ORG. n

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