Media tar balls reports rile Florida Keys tourism officials
May 21, 2010
Key West A spokesman for the Florida Keys tourism interests Wednesday blasted the news media for what he characterized as exaggerated and sometimes misleading reporting after the Coast Guard report
Key West A spokesman for the Florida Keys tourism interests Wednesday blasted the news media for what he characterized as exaggerated and sometimes misleading reporting after the Coast Guard reported tar balls had been discovered on area beaches.
“I believe some local and national broadcasters went too far with this,” said Andy Newman, media director for the Monroe County Tourist Development Council. “They did not exercise enough patience and restraint to wait to for results.”
1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 4 and walked on the beach, returned home and bathed. At 8 a.m. barometer 29.56, thermometer 86, wind east southeast 1,
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BIG PINE KEY â The College of the Florida Keys President Jonathan Gueverra has faced significant challenges since taking the reins at the college nearly a decade ago, but none like what he has faced in the past year with the COVID-19 pandemic.
But Gueverra and college staff have risen to the occasion. The pandemic has not only given the collegeâs nursing students real-life experience, but the college has played an important role in battling the virus locally.
On Sunday, Feb. 7, more than 400 people were vaccinated at the college by 38 nursing students and seven college staff, as CFK hosted the first mass vaccination event in the Keys. The college partnered with the local offices of the Florida Department of Health on the project. Another 300 vaccinations were planned for this past Sunday.