20 Years ago

[600sci]

all i can say, is i wish it was 20 years ago again!

[Offshore Ginger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3xr-3gVEEw

Don Johnson here in Grand Haven Yes I was there

Same here .

[Offshore Ginger]

I bet Grand Haven misses those days.......

We all do.

[Offshore Ginger]

all i can say, is i wish it was 20 years ago again!

And you sure hit the nail on the head .

[Bobcat]

I have to break the 20 year rule on this one, I wonder how it turned out?

50 YEARS AGO

The Christian Anti-Communist Group, with headquarters on Simonton Street, began collecting food and other goods in preparation for the day the Castro regime was overthrown.

[Bobcat]

20 YEARS AGO


A parking lot attendant was attacked by a tourist who hit him with a beer bottle over a $2 parking fee.

[Pat D]

20 years.

How many of our members were in that race that day??????

One of the very first races we worked and assisted in race control on the top floor of the Faro Blanco lighthouse. The same location my picture with "Mr. Richards" (DJ's code name) was taken that is in the 2010 30 yr. program. My introduction to life in the Keys and I thought that was hot stuff.

The Faro Blanco hotel and restaurant is leveled except for the lighthouse which has been hollowed out by termites and some days I feel the same way.

[jmill36]

I was at that race as a 17-year-old and most all the Grand Haven races growing up. It was attending those races as a kid that made me want to bring a race here to Michigan City when I grew up. Good times.

[Pat D]

Jason......
And just think........you did it BEFORE you grew up.........

[Bobcat]

One from 20 years ago and one from 50.

20 YEARS AGO



After consuming alcohol at a Key West restaurant, a sheriff's department clerk crashed into seven parked cars, causing more than $20,000 in damages.



50 YEARS AGO



A 20-year-old shrimper was being given the choice of a 10-year prison term or marriage for "immoral conduct" with a 15-year-old.

[rschap1]

What did the shrimper choose? ? ?

[Bobcat]

A taxi diver reported that a man had rammed his head through the car's window and then run away. The cost to replace the window was $250.

[Bobcat]

A federal grand jury indicted 24 people for allegedly importing 20,000 pounds of marijuana.

[Slandrew]

Bought new @ Gold Coast 1989 Coupe De ville white on white 1st year CD player vogue rims sorry 21yrs!Lean back!

[Bobcat]

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported that a three-day drug sting resulted in 16 arrests as well as the seizure of 27 crack rocks and more than $163,000 in property.

Five Cuban refugees used inner tubes strapped to a car to float to near Sombrero Lighthouse, where they were picked up by the Coast Guard.

[Bobcat]

20 YEARS AGO

Key West police arrested a man trying to sell $1,400 worth of crack cocaine on a downtown street corner.

A Navy man was arrested after he stole a woman's motor scooter. He told police she was his ex-girlfriend and he had taken the scooter so she would come back to him.

[Bobcat]

20 YEARS AGO

The state closed Berenson's Key West Greyhound Track, which was on Stock Island, for fire code violations, mistreatment of the greyhounds and other problems.

A man was found guilty in Federal Court of assaulting a postman because he had not delivered a certified letter.

[old377guy]

So with the track closed, does that help keep our vices down to a manageable few?

[Bobcat]

Unfortunately

[Bobcat]

A Monroe County inmate enjoyed a few hours of freedom and at least five beers before he was captured at the Cow Key Marina.