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"Tan Lines" by Mandy Miles

Key West Citizen - Sunday, February 19, 2012

We were on a Level 3 alert last week. The situation was serious, but not critical, and we'd been through it all before; from the nonchalance of Level 1 to the intensity of Level 3. Like all Keys...

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"Soundings" by Mark Howell

Soundings

Solares Hill - Sunday, February 19, 2012

'Few Agencies Follow Monroe Sheriff's Lead on Cop-chase Reforms." So ran the headline in a story by Scott Powers and Rene Stutzman in the Orlando Sentinel last...

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"Keystrokes" by John DeSantis

The story behind the song

Key West Citizen - Monday, February 13, 2012

It is perhaps the most democratic of entertainments, this phenomenon called karaoke, which puts microphones into the hands of anyone with or without voice, talent or ability. For this reason karaoke is immensely popular and also immensely despised.

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"Going Green" by Chris Belland

So, All Good Things Must Come to an End ...

Solares Hill - Sunday, January 8, 2012

This will be my last column on the environment. Several years ago, I started writing it under the banner of the newly-formed Love Your Island subcommittee of the Key West Chamber of Commerce. The...

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"Going Green" by Jody Smith-Williams

Fooling Mother Nature with Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

Solares Hill - Sunday, February 12, 2012

It's usually exciting when national headlines take notice of the Florida Keys. Sushi's New Year's Eve shoe drop on CNN, for example -- Cool! Genetically modified mosquitoes coming soon to a backyard...

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"Philanthropy Corner" by Dianna Sutton

Freedom Riders: Leadership Is a Risky, Dangerous Business

Solares Hill - Sunday, February 19, 2012

Exercising leadership is risky. Even dangerous. And more "rogue activists" are needed in order to effect positive change. Philanthropic leaders need to have the courage to challenge their...

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"To Your Pet's Health" by Dr. Doug Mader

More Thoughts on Pet Dental Health Month

Solares Hill - Sunday, February 19, 2012

Dr. Doug: I read with interest your article on dental care for dogs and cats [Solares Hill. Feb. 15]. I think you should put in your column, however, that people should...

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"Keys Cuisine" by Joanna Brady Schmida

From Now Until March, It's Time for Florida Strawberries

Solares Hill - Sunday, February 19, 2012

While I love strawberries, I generally pass on the ones that come in from the west coast and Mexico. But this time of year, from December until March, when the Florida strawberries are in our grocery...

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