Sunday, September 5, 2010

KEY WEST

School hosts open house

Home School High School (HS2) invites the public to its open house at its new location.

The event will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at 1127 United St., across from Glynn Archer Elementary School.

The charter high school has moved from Florida Keys Community College to a house it is renting from the Montessori Elementary Charter School of Key West.

With two teachers and 12 full-time students and three part-time students, HS2 boasts an 8-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio. Tom Murtha teaches math and science and Kari Hjerpe teaches geography, social studies and language arts.

MARATHON

Changes with turtle meeting

Due to the Labor Day holiday and renovations at The Turtle Hospital, the Save-A-Turtle monthly meeting will be held on a different day and in a different location this time.

The group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Sheriff's Air Hangar, 10100 Overseas Highway, in the second-floor meeting room. It's in the large building at the north end of the Florida Keys-Marathon Airport. Turn onto the access road at the commercial terminal (across the highway from Pizza Hut).

Guest speaker will be Mote's Tropical Research Laboratory's Cory Walter, who will discuss the invasive lionfish.

For more information, call 305-743-9629 or visit http://www.save-a-turtle.org.

MONROE COUNTY

Warning issued, lifted for beaches

The Monroe County Health Department's water-quality tests this week showed high levels of fecal bacteria at Higgs Beach in Key West.

Meanwhile, a health advisory for South Beach in Key West has been lifted.

Fecal coliform and enteric bacteria are normally found in the intestinal tract of humans and other warm-blooded animals.

The Health Department says high levels may come from runoff or sewage from pets, wild animals or humans. It can cause disease, infections or rashes. Don't swim in the water when a warning is issued.

For more information, visit http://www.doh.state.fl.us, click on A-Z Topics, then choose Beach Water Quality, or call 305-293-1653.