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m'y B32 February 6,1976 ISLAND REPORTER Ifr; permanent canine Federal census-takers report eties - whatever they are called - Thomas Madden owns three Scot- their recent house to house head run a close second to Roodles. The tish Terriers, and Gertrude and Two ill count of islanders revealed that Poodles' heavy French influence Judith Welker own four poodles tt some 2500 people call Sanibel on the island is kept in check by between them. ".'•'.. home. But there is another recent- the 28 Dachshunds occupying third- —Ann Winterbotham has her house i ly-completed census that lists just spot on the popularity-polh^^^—-^ -full=-with-four—dogsr-but top ;dog JL- to drop anchor on Sanibel: ?29 permanent residents of the Not one island dog is branded honors go to Herbert and Barbara island. with the name of Pal, Spot, or Heller. The Hellers are champion- . Those 229 make up the 'Rover Fido, according to the license ship dog trainers and judges and Register/ a list of all the dogs that inventory. Instead, worldly-wise they keep three Weimarinars and Tennisplace and Mariner Pointe, possess new City of Sanibel dog islanders dub their dogs Volstagg, two German Short Hairs in a tags. ._..-.. , •.- Engelbert, Butteros, Hrushka, special air conditioned dog house Mariner Properties builds them-'both: with-deepwater In contrast to the many common Lady Athena St. Nicholas, Am- at their home. family names that appear on the brose, Yum-yum, and Becassine. The. City's $5 fee for licensing dockage and unobstructed access to the Gulf. And federal census, the 'RoVer Regis- Elsie Malone couldn't resist com- dogs went up to $7.50 on February ter' lists such distinguished island bining her consuming interest in 1 with the addition of a. $2.50 late that's oniy the beginning. Each is designed to take residents as Churchill, Mozart, shells with naming her pet. The fee. The Sanibel police have a copy full advantage of island living in a unique way. Toulouse,; Charlie Brown, and name of one of her Yorkies is Sir of the Rover Register to help them Calpurnia. Lyro Pectin Nodosus, .or Lion's identify lost and stray dogs. Like the air they breathe, Sani- Paw. "That's my mother's favorite Knowin£= g the : name of a wayward belites prefer their pets pure: shell," she explains. pooch sTT^ld' Tni[ke-iife-easier for JT*. • ^ thoroughbreds far outnumber William Shore was able to say a~~the police, but it could also prove a mixed breeds on the island. lot in just two words when he bit embarassing. What will visit- Poodles are the most popular named his dog.^horg'sJPit Bull is_ ors think when they, see a breed with 37 listed on the call Bad Boy. fully-umformedr=p6liceman tfampT" Tennisplace on Shell Harbor Waterway register. A numberof people own two and ing through seagrapes hollering, Mongrels, mixed breeds, 57 vari- even three dogs. The Reverend "Here Muffie-tu, here boy." Compact 1 and 2-bedroom units with luxury features: •**•• 2 Championship tennis courts &• * BBQarea island * Heated pool * Children's recreational area REPORTER FEBRUARY 13, 1976 20c •* Private beach access Vol. 3 NO. 14 SERVING'SANIBEL CAPTIVA AND THE ISLANDS FROM ESTERO BAY TO BOCA GRANDE PASS 3 SECTIONS 68 PAGES From $28,500 ce Sanibel police arrest suspect in island restaurant robbery ByMarkTwombly at the restaurant, was arrested at his apartment at 4100 Edgewood Avenue early A 23 year old East Fort Myers man has Wednesday morning by Chief John Butler been arrested by Sanibel police and charged and Officers Ray Rhodes and John Metz. A with the armed. robbery of the Casa. del Lee County Sheriffs deputy assisted in the. Mama Restaurant that occurred Monday arrest. Mariner Pointe on San Carlos Bay night. Williams was taken to the Lee County jail Bret Taylor Williams; a former employee where bond was set at $10,000. He will be arraigned on March 1. fe Distinctive 2-bedroom apartments: The robbery took place about 9:15 p.m. on Monday in full view of several customers * 2 Championship tennis courts who were still eatfng dinner. According to police reports and eyewit- • '".*. Private fishing pier Tree-scape ness accounts a tall, muscular man walked in the restaurant Monday night wearing a . * Golf privileges The wild beauty of Bowman's mask made from a red tank top shirt. Mrs, Beach often overshadows the Julie Price, mother of Casa del Mama * 2 Heated pools owner Sam Price, was just leaving the tranquility that exists just a fewrestaurant when the man came in. P . * Tropical landscaping feet from the water's edge. Here "She thought it was a joke," remembers •* Private peninsula bare stands of young trees filter a Price, who was at home when the robbery IE occurred. Brandishing a 32 caliber pistol, if From $53,000 late afternoon sun, casting long the robber forced Mrs.. Judy Price against shadows on an undulating carpet the wall and ordered her to open the cash register. of pine needles. Holding-a shopping bag open with one. MflRIHER • continued on 17-A PQinTE ISLAND REPORTER PHOTO BY ANGUS THUERMER, JR. CBS HIms p A CBS television crew, headed up by [network reporter Bruce Hall, is on the •island shooting footage and doing n review moves into [interviews for a national television i (report on the Sanibel land use plan. the senior planner of Wallace McHarg uses, urged that these matters be handled-, Making many minor and some major HaD said that the news spot wffl be changes in the draft comprehensive land Roberts and Todd (WMRT); and by Fred in a separate document that will elaborate Bosselman, legal consultant on the plan. on the general regulations contained in the Ishown on either the CBS morning use plan, the Sanibel City Council met this |news or week-end news next week or VISIT OUR TENNISPLACE AND week in lengthy sessions with the Planning At the beginning of the discussion plan. it yesterday .the Council launched: into a Bosselman's statement, which made some the Walter Cronkite news on a date MARINER POINTE Commission and the City's professional »t he couldn't predict. SANIBEL MARINER POINTE planning consultants.. lengthy discussion on the problem of Councilmen aware for the first time that TENNISPLACE "compatibility of use" in varidus zones, there would be supplementary detailed "Sanibel is considered unique in the Described by a City official as the "near |nation," Hall stated. "In the midst of SALES CENTER SALES CENTER final" workshop on the plan, Jthe session particularly in the restricted commercial regulations provided later by. the planning Pi firm, satisfied most of the concerns of fastest growing area of the Quality p yesterday dealt with several gut issues, areas. ~ ACROSS Council. The problem was left to the [country — where growth has clearly b^lVlariner Properties including density allocations, motel con- Concern was; expressed by Vernon Mac- •outpaced all planning — you are m struction, and commercial zones. Kenzie and other Councilman that the plan, planners, who "will now prepare new now "silent" on the issue of non-compatible wording on the subject and present it to the •making an effort to restrict growth.' FROM CHAMBER Our experience guarantees Hall is interviewing the professional GULF OF MEXICO uses, might result in noisy or "nuisance"- Planning Commission. Opportunity for public comment on the planning consultants, City officials, OF COMMERCE you lasting value plan continues this morning, with added type businesses being located in an area . The planners will also draft wording that •mixed with residential structures.: will break down the designation of "filled [developers, and other islanders. public input scheduled to begin at City Hall The 34-year-old Hall has been with again next Wednesday. Bosselman, while, agreeing that there land" into several categories based on the. could be a general statement in the plan historical ecological zone surrounding the CBS News, southeast office in graphls On Wednesday and yesterday morning the meetings were attended by Bill Roberts, regarding policy forbidding non-compatible • continued on 15-A A2 February 13,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER February 13, 1976 A3 IN BRIEF: endorse motel expansion Plans for several major island development projects, travel park plans are compatible with a recommendation in Goldtrap seeks views including anew 95 unit travel trailer park and expansion of the proposed lancT"use plan for increased recreational existing motel, duplex and condominium projects came facilities, and that services are available to operate the There has-been considerable specula- under the scrutiny of the Sanibel Planning Commission park. Monday, but motel owner Dave Holtzman emerged from "A good argument could be made for building a travel tion on whether Lee County Commission- the meeting with the only favorable recommendation of the trailer park somewhere on the island," conceded White, but er George Goldtrap would seek reelection day. : • •; '. •; .• ."..'• .'•• ••.•:••• he added that the location chosen by Tracey and Ridge next November to his District Five seat The Commission endorsed Holtzman's concept of adding would only add to the heavy load on Periwinkle and at on the Commission. This week in his 42 units, a restaurant, pool and tennis courts to his Shell beach access areas. weekly column distributed to county Harbor Inn at the southern end on Lindgren. Boulevard. Tracey countered that the park would take care of newspapers Goldtrap s*ays "the answer is Holtzman will have to return to the Commission for review recreational vehicles that are already camping illegally on — I'm undecided. I'd be happy to hear of the final construction plans for the expansion. the islands, and would not attract more traffic.