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joined the other charter boat ca.p- tains in moving to the new dock, and he operated a charter Mat until he retired at .age GS in 1982. From page 111 Ire and his wife moved to "T'alla- hassee in 1995 and died within months of each other in 1996. kingtish, mackerel and the other A year later, Pytel, a former 600 species of fish found off the teacher, school rr�m counselor . and Florida coast_ bookkeeper for her hu shoed': Tali Saconchik wasn't alone. Even- labassee construction company wally, about two dozen charter won her quest for a historic boots operated out of the Hatt. m; rker, She taped interviews lover Beach Duck, The fumed with Eva captains and boat work- Lighthouse Restaurant; and Ken. ers. She collected hundreds of ilworth Hotel were built nearby, photos and artifacts from IIau- drawing celebriti©s such as Babe lover Beach. She talked with his- Ruth and Arthur Godfrey. torians, dug through newspapers Famous actors like Robert. and lobbied Miami officials. Mitchum and. Sunny Tufts came Earlier this year, the submitted ter go fishing — as did thou ands an application for a marker to the of other&other Florida secretary of state's ofice_ ire don't think (deep-:yea) fish- A five-judge panel expressed ink; is such a big deal now but it inter st but asked her t4) re'v'ise was in that era,." said noted the wording f the sign. Fy1 1's Miami historian Arra Moore copy for the two=sidcd sign is Parks. It was certainly some- about a page king and lists nearly thing;that drew the tourists." ;l) names of sea capt in.s — Along with the Miami City including her father -- l_axider- Deck (now the site of Baysi+fie mists, photographers and dock shopping complex) and a marina masters who worked the original in West Pal® 13eacht the Hau- dock.. lover Beach Deck was "the center The judges, a1] historians or of sport fishing," said fishing his- librarians, asked her to condense tarian Vic Dunaway. the copy, delete the individual "It was very definitely one of riarrie and focus on the it i gt.ctri nt the h ist ric sites of early spurt significance,. If she duet.; that!, "I fishing," said Dln iv uy, fotmdirtg think she'll got oppnwed," Laid editor of Florida Sprhim snag- Tallahassee historian Joe. twine. As far as I know, there are Knetsch, one` of the five judg(...- _ no other (historic markers) in "She's done a tremendous amount Florida that relate to sport o_ f work ' fishing." The Miami-Dade County Parks The dock • was abandoned in Department has agree'i to pay for 1.05-1 and eventually torn down the $2,904) as' , after new dock was built farther F]oridaa's Heeritage Marker pro- north in the park. S.aconchik gram currently has 4:38 historical