Friday April 16 -- Long Term Care Breakfast Seminar -- 7:30am

Sunday April 18 -- "Holy Humor Sunday" -- Key Biscayne Community Church, UCC

Rev Bud leads the congregation in a light-hearted look at church and religion complete with "knock-knock" jokes like, Knock, Knock. Who's There? Lettuce. Lettuce who? Let us Pray.

For more information contact the church office:

Key Biscayne Community Church
355 Glenridge Road
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
(305) 361-2411

Sunday April 18 -- Eileen McCaughan Memorial Scholarship Fund -- 6 to 8 pm.

Leaving Key Biscayne, cross Bear Cut Bridge. Turn left at the first light. Proceed through Guard Gate. Follow signs with arrows to the Commons

For tickets please call Elaine Gross 305-361-1562

Pesqueira Gallery -- Art Lectures on the Key -- 8pm

Tuesday April 20 -- Michelangelo -- Drawings for the Sistine Chapel: Miguel Angelo Bounarroti made around one-thousand drawings and sketches before painting the Sistine Chapel. In this lecture, we will be able to see the profound respect and feeling that the artist has for the process of drawing. For him, drawing was the beginning and end of his art.

Tuesday April 27 -- Goya -- Los Caprichos: The eighty etchings that make up Goya's most important series of prints, Los Caprichos (1779), have long been recognized as one of the supreme monuments of European art.

Guest Speaker: José Grave de Peralta is a graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where he studied the classics, and he obtained his M. A. in Spanish literature from the University of Delaware at Newark. A painter and draughtsman, he also teaches architectural drawing and art history at the University of Miami and the New World School of the Arts.

April 23 & 24 -- The 4th Annual Key Biscayne Relay For Life, to benefit the American Cancer Society at the Village Green. Opening Ceremonies are at 6pm, Luminaria ceremony is at 9pm, closing ceremonies are Sunday, April 24.

All Cancer Survivors (anyone diagnosed with cancer at any time) is invited to attend the special Survivor Ceremony and dinner, and to be part of the opening lap, which starts the Relay event.

Everyone can participate!
Every person can make a difference!
Relay For Life is a unique overnight celebration of life in honor and in memory of those touched by cancer.
Be a SPONSOR, COMMITTEE MEMBER, TEAM, VOLUNTEER or just come and be part of the fun, the fundraising, community feeling and the fight against cancer!

It's about being a community that takes up the fight. The American Cancer Society provides Hope for the future, Progress towards a cure, and Answers to cancer questions and concerns.

If you would like to make a donation, volunteer, participate in or sponsor this important community event, please contact:

Friday April 23 -- EWM Art Sale -- 7pm to 9pm

EWM Realtors will be having an art sale at the Relay for Life event on April 23rd for the American Cancer Society. We will be having a Children's Art Contest from 7pm - 9 pm so come early and register. All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society.

Le Croisic Early Bird Special now through July 31

Tuesday May 4 -- THE ART OF FOUND OBJECTS -- 6 pm to 9pm

Ocean Bank, The Education Fund and the Sonesta Beach Resort are sponsoring the seventh annual art auction. More than 250 extraordinary art pieces created by Miami-Dade County Public Schools students, teachers and up-and-coming local artists will be sold. All artwork was created from unusual elements recycled from the Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials (OBCEM), a distribution center operated by The Education Fund and sponsored by Ocean Bank.

Friday May 7 -- Rosenstiel School Alumni Golf Classic -- The Doral Park Country Club

Only two months until school is out and summer camp begins. The Islander News Spectacular Summer Camp Special will be published on Thursday, May 6. Each advertiser will receive free editorial copy, free distribution to The Islander's regular subscribers and free distribution to potential campers through local schools. Deadline to advertise is Monday, April 26. For advertising information, contact James Owens or Paul Mattassi at 305-361-3333 extension 21, or email jeowens@islandernews.com.

Washington Mutual is having a Spring Specials for home loans on various programs. Some restrictions apply, we are an equal opportunity lender. For more information, please call: Ines Ochoa, Mortgage Consultant, Washington Mutual Home Loans Key Biscayne (305) 365-5902 / fax: (305) 365-7274 or www.wamuloans.com/ines.ochoa

GRAPHIKART Design Loft is offering EXCLUSIVE 15% off on PRINTING, WEBSITES and INTERACTIVE products for all members of THE KEY BISCAYNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Contact info@graphikart.com or call 1-877-478-7937

Patrick's Hairdressing Salon is proud to introduce Lidia Mijares. You have tried the rest now you can experience the best! Lidia is a full service Nail Technician with 26 years experience. Acrylic nails, "pink and whites", regular Manicures and Pedicures, waxing, as well as Spa treatments are all part of her superior repertoire. Call and ask about our specials. For appointments with Lidia please call 305.361.8399

All hurricanes are given names. Why is that? To help us identify storms and track them as they move across the ocean. Remember, there can be more than one hurricane at a time and without naming them, we could get confused and which storm we're talking about.

For hundreds of year, hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the particular saint's day on which the hurricane occurred. An Australian meteorologist began giving women's names to tropical storms before the end of the 19th century. In 1953, the U.S. National Weather Service, which is the federal agency that tracks hurricanes and issues warnings and watches, began using female names for storms.

In 1979, both women and men's names were used. One name for each letter of the alphabet is selected, except for Q, U and Z. For Atlantic Ocean hurricanes, the names may be French, Spanish or English, since these are the major languages bordering the Atlantic Ocean where the storm occur.

So who decides what names are used each year? The World Meteorological Organization uses six lists in rotation. The same lists are reused every six years. The only time a new name is added is if a hurricane is very deadly or costly. Then the name is retired and a new name is chosen.