By MANDY BOLEN Citizen Staff

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Key West city commissioners honored one of the island's earliest industries and one of its most devoted residents Tuesday evening.

Commissioner Bill Verge unveiled a plaque to be placed in Old City Hall honoring the late Sheila Rowan, an unfailing attendant of commission meetings who spoke rationally and reasonably about the city she loved.

Verge nicknamed Rowan "Mrs. 321 Peacon Lane," based on the requirement that speakers state their name and address for the record when addressing the commission.

The plaque acknowledged that, as does a new designation on the seat that Rowan long occupied.

• The commission also unanimously approved the construction and installation of a wooden house fa√ßade reminiscent of a cigar maker's cottage on Louisa Street.

"This is the perfect marriage of art, architecture and history," said Frank Garner, chairman of the city's Art in Public Places Board.

• Commissioners also ap-pointed Sebago Watersports co-owner Paul McGrail to the Key West Bight Management Board. It is the first time that a tenant of Key West Bight will have a voting voice on the board.

•The commission also agreed to allow the owners of Orchid Key Inn on Duval Street to sell alcohol to their guests, despite its location within 300 feet of a school, church, cemetery or funeral home.

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