Chief Harmon Fishing Tournament Results
October 1st, 2012
This past weekend the 19th Annual Chief Harmon Memorial Fishing Tournament took place after an eight year hiatus.
The Chief Harmon Tournament is a kids tournament, where the only rules are that you must be a kid (13 and under), and you must fish somewhere on the island.
A huge amount of fish were caught at the tournament. The results were as follows:
8 year-old Daniel Sardina won top angler with 117 total fish caught.
11 year-old Laura Noyes got 2nd place and top female angler with 53 total fish, a nurse shark, barracuda and a big jack.
6 year-old Cal O’neil got 3rd place with 50 total fish and nurse shark.
The 2012 participants were:
Daniel Sardina, age 8
Laura Noyes, age 11
Cal Oneil, age 6
Emma Hardie, age 8
Carolina Aguilar, age 9
Jack Traynor, age 10
Robby Kemper
Julian Bell, age 6
Joaquin Macia, age 8
Griffin Clark
Santiago Dillon
The tournament is a great way to get kids involved with fishing, a sport we’re lucky enough to be able to take full advantage here in Key Biscayne. A big thanks goes out to all the participants and to the volunteers who made it happen.
Read on to see more photos.
Key Biscayne Shopping Center, c.1953
September 28th, 2012
The Key Biscayne Shopping Center is still around today. In this photo you can see a variety of stores, starting with Vernon’s Sundries on the right. It then follows from right to left: Beauty Shop, Appliances, Cleaners, Hardware, and finally Simpson’s Groceries on the far left. Later the shopping center would expand and Vernon’s Drugs would go on to occupy the left corner and become a staple of the island for many years.
The building has been expanded and remodeled, but the shopping center still stands today.
Construction of Mackles on W. Wood & Ridgewood, 1950
September 27th, 2012
Looking west on W. Wood Dr, at the intersection with Ridgewood Rd, November 23rd, 1950.
Here is that same intersection today:
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Key Biscayne Yacht Club in 1962
September 26th, 2012
From the KBYC website comes this anecdote about how the club came to be:
Stories about the beginning of the Key Biscayne Yacht Club are as varied as the fond memories of the original members. They all recall a spirit of friendship and agree that a hoist to be used by avid fishermen started the series of events that became today’s multi-million dollar yacht club.
Charles B. “Buddy” Austin, our first Commodore, who built the first hoist, recalls, “As home construction increased on the island, there came to be only one bare coastal area where we could launch our boats, and that was in the Harbor Drive Matheson Lane area. The location of the Yacht Club was choice and the sunsets unbeatable. An article in the local paper urged an effort to establish a club, and boy-oh-boy, did the five dollar bills start rolling in!”
Before the first little bar-and-lounge structure was built, now the site of the Commodore’s Room, there were legendary waterfront chowder parties, and on January 16, 1955 the Club was officially established.