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COUNTY LINE with Ed Knight

Overheard at a neighborhood discussion on Labor Day plans: "Well, you folks can go over to the beach and have your picnics, I'm going to get loaded so I can go out on the highways and scare motorists." GOT A BOAT? Like eating Florida lobsters? Then in in the area's latest sport. It's crawfishing in the bay or upper Keys at night. Since crawfish season opened Aug. 1, the lobster are there to be had — and plenty of boatmen are out getting them. I TRIED IT the other night with two friends. We came back with nine. And we are only rank amateurs. You don't need a lot of gear. But you should have a high-powered kerosene lamp that throws plent of light, a net on a long pole and two other poles to push the boat across the flats. MY TWO friends were named Don, although one spells his first name Dohn. Don owned the kerosene lamp and Dohn the boat, a 4-footer with a 22-horsepower Scott-Atwater. We left from Rickenbacker Causeway boat ramp just as the sun was setting. It was a beautiful sunset. BUT IN THE EAST there were rain clouds that spilled rain to a drenching degree. When it stopped we were approaching the flats that offered the crawfish. We tried several ways of going after the lobster. We eventually had me in the bow holding the lamp peering down into the water while Don was over me with the net ready to scoop up the crawfish when they appeared crawling across the sand. DOHN, MEANWHILE, was at the motor trolling or poling as we glided over the grass beds and through the sand. In my capacity as the lamp holder and chief spotter, I saw sights on the bottom I had never see nduring the daytime. NOT ONLY WERE the lobsters out that night, but so were crabs, of several varieties, starfish, stingarees and numerous other types of sea life that one can only see with a high-powered light. It was a fascinating sight, peering there through the clear water at the bay sea life. OFF IN THE distance we could see the lights of the causeway, of Miami, of Key Biscayne and buildings on stilts in the lower Bay. At times, lightning would brighten the bay like the sun emerging from a rain cloud. During these brief intervals we could see more clearly everything around us. It was a night of nights. WHEN A LOBSTER was sighted, the cry would go out. Don, right over me, would try as best he could to throw the net over the crawfish. We missed more than we caught. The ones we did catch, had plenty of meat in the tail, the only part fit to eat. The water, even with the rain, was at times as smooth as glass. WE DIDN'T get in until about 12:30. It was eerie quiet, so quiet that sounds could be heard at a great distance. It was no trouble returning the boat to the trailer, the only one left at the ramp. We'll try again soon. We know more now about lobster fishing. * * * WELL, IT HAS finally happened. The Fontainebleau, that most beautiful of all hotels, is going the way of all other fine places in Miami. It's going to become a private club. Come Thanksgiving, the Fontainebleau will not be open to the general public but only to club guests and their friends. WHETHER THE owners believe this will bring in more money, I don't know. Certainly the idea behind a hotel this size is to make money, but locking out the general public is not my idea for reaping greater profits or cementing better public relations. BUT THEN, locking out the general public seems to be the coming fashion. Private clubs are springing up almost with the same frequency as are public establishments. First there were the country clubs. Next came the private key clubs. Now the hotels, including the biggest, are going private. Soon every bar, swimming pool, tennis court and golf course will be private. AND WHERE will the little citizen be? It's not every man who can join a club to relax with friends, take a swim or sip on a drink several times a year. But soon every family will have to belong to one or several clubs to achieve any feeling of recreation. Yacht clubs are private. Beaches are becoming private and so are recreation facilities for the youngsters. SOME OF the newest subdivisions in the Southwest have private clubs. Westbrooke Country Club, under construction now near the intersection of Tamiami Trail and 87th Ave., is advertised as having recreation facilities for the entire family. But it's still private and it takes money — lots of it — to join. And many of us can't afford it. ASIDE FROM this is that these private clubs are hurting the chances of us ever having many of the recreation facilities we so richly deserve. Metro isn't likely to build swimming pools, tennis courts and the like when it knows we can all join private clubs and have the same facilities. MANY SOUTHWEST youngsters are growing up without knowing what a tennis court or a golf course look like. And one reason is the private clubs. If enough pressure was brought to bear, we could have more public pools, public tennis courst and public beaches. But as long as private facilities continue to increase, the little fellow will be locked out to an increasing extent.

$80,000 Permit For Apartment

The City of South Miami has issued a permit for an $80,000 18-unit apartment at 6341 SW 80th St. Owner-builder is R. E. Couture, of Coconut Grove. The two-story CBS building was designed by William M. Friedman, of Coral Gables. A swimming pool is planned in the future. All units are one-bedroom, one-bath.

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