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April 22, 2013 Vol. 137 No. 112 14 pages 50 Cents WEATHER

Monday

Mutant shark spurs bidding war on eBay

Owner sold oddity for $10,600, will be part of traveling freak show
BY TIMOTHY OHARA
Citizen Staff

Anissa Nieves, third grade Sugarloag School See forecast on Page 2A

FLORIDA

Wildlife sanctuary hosts baby shower

PENSACOLA: Visitors flocked to a most unique baby shower in northwest Florida. The shower, held at Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida, was for baby animals. The Pensacola News Journal reports about 700 visitors brought trash bags, paper towels and food donations to help care for the animals during an event this weekend. Sanctuary staff said plentiful donations can carry them over until August.

The recent fame of a two-headed dead shark caught off the Florida Keys has dramatically increased the sea creatures value. It sold for $10,600 on Thursday. The sharks owner, Florida Keys Community College Dean of Marine Sciences Patrick Rice, put the oddity up for sale, after stories and photos of the shark pup went viral on the Internet. Rice had been approached

by Ripleys Believe It or Not and other freak show-type businesses. There was a lot of interest in it. Thats what prompted me to sell it, Rice said. Rice placed the shark on the bidding and shopping website eBay last week. The bidding ended Thursday when the shark was purchased by John Strong for $10,600. Strong was born into a circus family, according to his website. He performed magic and juggling in Big John Strongs Circus, a small circus

that traveled the West Coast in the 1960s and 1970s. He started collecting oddities at 11. He managed the last circus sideshow associated with Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey in 1978 for two years fresh out of high school. He is also the youngest person ever to perform a 1-finger handstand. He has swallowed swords and fire for nearly 30 years, most notably in the movie Batman Returns, the website states.

Photo courtesy of Michael Wagner

This two-headed shark was found in the See SHARK, Page 3A Florida Keys.

Cityhood Charter school treats students like royalty regaining interest

Residents need to be in control member says
BY JOSH GORE
Citizen Staff

HIGH STANDARDS, HIGHER EXPECTATIONS TREASURE VILLAGE MONTESSORI

KEY LARGO

NATION

Bombing suspects planned more attacks

BOSTON: As churches paused to mourn the dead and console the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing Sunday, the citys police commissioner said the two suspects had such a large cache of weapons that they were probably planning other attacks. Page 7A

WORLD

Police recover body of drowned US tourist

NASSAU, Bahamas: Authorities in the Bahamas have recovered the body of a U.S. tourist from Palm Beach, Fl. who was caught in an ocean current as he swam off a beach on the island of Eleuthera.
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Children play during recess on newly installed playground equipment with a soft impact groundcover.

Castle-like building boasts a moat, songbirds and new playground

BY TERRY SCHMIDA
Citizen Staff

Private talks have begun among some influential residents about turning Key Largo into a municipality. Key Largo Wastewater Board member Steve Gibbs is spearheading a group he calls the Key Largo Incorporation Exploratory Committee. Gibbs said the group is investigating the pros and cons of self-governance for Monroe Countys largest unincorporated island. With the exception of wastewater and fire-EMS services, most of Key Largos municipal-like services such as planning, public works, community policing and parks and recreation, are provided by the
See KEY LARGO, Page 3A

ON THE RADIO

Florida Keys Mosquito Control director Michael Doyle talks about a new mosquito species discovered on Stock Island, previously unknown in the Florida Keys. Also on todays show: Sue Srch, KW Citizen Review Board Dean Walters, DOT Gary Tomasulo, Coast Guard Joe Garcia, congressman Roger Hernstadt, Marathon city manager NEWS: 7:30, 8:30 a.m., noon, 5 & 6 p.m.

Of all the schools in the Keys, only Treasure Village Montessori, in Islamorada, can boast that its located in a 1950s-era castle, complete with a moat. While renovating the building 16 years ago, school staff discovered a number of

of interesting books historic treasures from its former life as and artwork, as well a curio emporium, such as photos of as pirate trinkets and the former owner, Art McKee, standing Keysey-type baubles. with such luminaries as famed pulp to The unusual setting detective novelist Mickey Spillane, and a ducation may make it appear huge walk-in safe that actually survived a break-in attempt during construction that the free public charter school is one big playground, but the truth is of the school. Caged songbirds sing in the classrooms. The library/media room is full See SCHOOL, Page 8A

Keys

Commissioner says buy now

BY TIMOTHY OHARA
Citizen Staff

KEY WEST

Aeronautics course planned for Key West High School

BY TERRY SCHMIDA
Citizen Staff

Beginning this fall, the sky really will be the limit for Key West High School students. An aeronautics course, which eventually may feature some sort of flight simulator, is being planned for the fall

semester. Were all really excited about this development, said KWHS instructor Ed Smith, who has already signed up to teach the course, with his wife Joy. It shows that the school has its finger on the pulse of what the kids are interested in, and its another step in the

direction of STEM education, which is important on both a local, and a national level. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineer ing, and Mathematics. The elective course will be taught in the space formerly occupied by the Adult

Education program. Its an outgrowth of the popular KWHS Aviation Club, which was founded in November, and now counts between 30 to 60 people at each of its meetings and three actual pilots - in its ranks.
See COURSE, Page 3A

The states insurance commissioner has urged homeowners in the Florida Keys and other areas to buy federally subsidized flood insurance before rates increase in October. The Florida Keys are one of several coastal areas of the state that is covered by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Under the terms of the Flood Insurance Reform Act
See FLOOD, Page 8A

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