Happy New Year! Read Us Online at IslandSunNews.com NEWSPAPER VOL. 20, NO. 27 SANIBELSanibel & CAPTIVA & Captiva ISLANDS, Islands FLORIDA DECEMBER 28, 2012 DECEMBER/JANUARY SUNRISE/SUNSET: 28 7:15 • 5:45 29 7:16 • 5:45 30 7:16 • 5:46 31 7:16 • 5:47 1 7:16 • 5:47 2 7:17 • 5:48 3 7:17 • 5:49

he Sanibel Recreation Center will New Year’s Eve Party At Sanibel Recreation Center be Poppin’, Hoppin’ and Bubblin’ Tinto 2013 during the New Year’s Eve Party on Monday, December 31. Doors open at 8 p.m. and close at 12:15 a.m. Admission is $15 per adult (18 and older) in advance; $20 at the door; $12 per child (ages seven to 17) in advance; $15 at the door; children six and under are free. Purchase tickets at the Sanibel Recreation Center. There will be food, games, DJ, danc- ing, magician, juggler, ventriloquist and midnight balloon drop. Enter for a chance to win the 50/50 Raffle; 50 percent goes to the winner; 50 percent to the recreation center financial assistance program. Tickets are six for $5 and you need not be present to win. There will be 75 seats open for Bingo for adults. You must be 18 or older. Cost is $85 in advance and $100 at the door, which includes admission and three Bingo cards. Over $9,000 in prizes will be awarded. Five items will be up for bid in the continued on page 2 Back from left: Matt Fannon, Barbara Gennity, Billy Lees, Tiffany Casola, Tasha Maddix, Amanda Dusick, Jai Earle, Andrea Miller, Debbie Kwok; middle from left: Matt Erpenbeck, Dave DeFonzo. Front: Tom Downin. BIG ARTS Classical Afternoon Series To Feature Ars Nova String Trio IG ARTS will present a Bclassical con- cert featuring Ars Nova String Trio on Sunday, January 6 at 3:30 p.m. BIG ARTS is located at 900 Dunlop Road. Tickets are $32 for general admission, $109 for the four Classical Afternoon Concert Series, with students and children free with a paying adult. The Ars Nova String Trio is estab- John “Papa Bear” Carney prepares to pop the cork during the 2012 Polar Bear Plunge lishing itself as an its 13th annual meeting at “the crack of important presence 13th Annual New noon” at Tarpon Bay Beach (the south/ in the chamber music gulf end of Tarpon Bay Road). Parking world. The mem- Adam Satinsky, Jennifer Kozbial and John T. Posadas Year’s Day Polar for 89 cars is available at the city lot. bers of the trio have Don’t forget to display your current new performed in many of the greatest halls including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Bear Plunge sticker or pay the parking fee. Severance Hall and in international venues. They have experience performing in festi- n Tuesday, January 1, the The meeting will begin with the singing vals including Marlboro Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Tanglewood, and Chamber of the traditional Polar Bear anthem by Music of the Rockies. Ars Nova is Jennifer Kozbial (violin), John T. Posadas Sanibel-Captiva Chapter of the National Polar Bear Club will hold the Cubbies (first-timers), continued on page 29 O continued on page 2 2 ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 From page 1 Many of the key teachings are presented The cost for the two-day course is by videos. Included are defensive driving $14, with a discount of $1 for AARP New Year’s techniques, new traffic laws and rules of members. Registration is required. Call the road. Ed VanderHey at 292-4012 for more What’s Happening At Eve Party Those 50 and over who complete the information. silent auction, and all proceeds will go to program are presented with a certificate, The House In 2013 the financial assistance program for work- making them eligible for a discount on ers on the island and island residents who auto insurance. Holiday Mini Golf qualify for their children to attend the Open Play $3 after school program, fun days, holiday and summer day camp at the rec center. Dec. 26-28 10 am - 8 pm The Sanibel-Captiva Kiwanis Dec. 29 10 am - 4:30 pm Foundation is a major sponsor of this Captiva Community Tourney: 6 pm $50 in advance event. The party is family friendly, alcohol Panel January Meeting The Greatest Show On Sanibel and tobacco free. Children 15 and under eeting of the Captiva Community Panel will be convened at 9 a.m. at South must be accompanied by an adult. Seas Island Resort on Tuesday, January 8. A draft agenda which is subject Presenting: The Sanibel Recreation Center is at Mto change follows. “Cirque Vertigo” Gala 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road. For more 9:00 a.m.: Introductions and roll call; approval of December 11 minutes information call 472-0345, visit www. 9:05 a.m.: Captiva Fire District update – Chief Rich Dickerson Jan. 26, 2013 mysanibel.com or call Chairman Barry 9:10 a.m.: CEPD update, Kathy Rooker, CEPD $100 Tickets on sale now Roth at 313-9591. 9:15 a.m.: Hurricane Preparedness & Response Committee, Doris Holzheimer 9:20 a.m.: Election of panel officers Dance Series Dates 9:25 a.m. : Committee reports (as necessary): From page 1 • Land Development Code, Max Forgey (2 minutes) Feb. 22, March 15, April 13 Polar Bear Plunge • Communications, Susan Stuart (2 minutes) $20/ticket • Financial, Ken Gooderham (1 minute) Juveniles (one-time previous dippers) and • Water quality, Ken Gooderham View party Photos seasoned Adult bears (those who took the • Fundraising, Paul McCarthy plunge in previous years). Following the 9:30 a.m.: Panel priorities and public involvement – all www.islandphotographyllc.com anthem, the Polar Bears will enter the icy 10:00 a.m.: Sunshine Law and the panel gulf waters backwards, facing the huge 10:15 a.m.: Panel bylaws: Update – Mike Mullins CLASSES crowd of supporters, on-lookers, tourists 10:20 a.m.: Other business and public comment and mice (those who wished they had the • Confirm dates for next meeting (February 12) Complimentary Shell Crafting courage to join in). Adjourn Following various bear-frolicking activi- The panel’s Bylaws Subcommittee will meet immediately after the panel meeting Monday 10-12 noon ties in the water and the traditional Polar adjourns in the same room. Two or more panel members will be in attendance. Crafts on Sale daily until 3 pm Bear group huddle/hug (a body-warming activity), all participants will receive a free Zumba membership card and a certificate suitable Monday/Thursday 5:45 pm for framing. There will also be an oppor- tunity to sip from the giant Polar Bear Tuesday/Thursday 10 am - 11 am champagne glass, have your picture taken $15 & Seasonal Packages Available in the infamous shell pith helmet and to engage in story-telling about your heroic The Sanibel Sprout Yoga experience with fellow Polar Bears from Your place to thrive! Tuesday/Thursday 8:30 -9:45 am around the world. Massive media cover- age is again expected to be on hand to Organic • Nutritious • Healthy Lifestyle Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge historically document this annual event. Tuesday at 1 pm $8.00 Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. Remember to wear your bath- THE ONLY ORGANIC HEALTH No play New Year’s Day ing suit and bring a towel. Chairs and Painting coolers are optional. Come join your FOOD STORE ON THE ISLAND! friends, family, neighbors, tourists, politi- Home of the sanibel sprout food co-op & Wednesday cians and other island characters for one Nikki’s Sprout Spout: Our organic juice & 10-1 pm & 1:30-4:30 pm helluva memorable activity. It’s the only smoothie bar & gourmet vegan delights! event going on at the crack of noon on Mon.-Sat.: 7am-6pm Fri. & Sat. 9pm-11pm (nightbirds welcome!) New Year’s Day, it’s free and it’s fun! “Healthy Happy Hour” every Friday 5-6pm - All juice bar drinks 50% off Sanibel Community Association Last year, more than 300 bears took • Fresh Certifi ed Organic Produce the plunge with more than 300 others needs your support. Go to watching. • Delicious Snacks, Treats and Drinks www.sanibelcommunityhouse.net For more information about this • Wide Selection of Gluten Free and Vegan Products chilling event, contact Papa Bear, John • Highest Quality Supplements & Nutraceuticals for more information, and Carney at 395-1767. become a member today! AARP Safe Driving Program he next AARP Safe Driving Program on Sanibel will take Telephone: (239) 472-2155 Tplace on consecutive Thursdays – [email protected] January 10 and 17 – from 1 to 4 p.m. 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL 33957 in the Center4Life building on Library “To enrich community spirit through educational, Way. Attendance at both sessions is Located at: 2330 Palm Ridge Road, Suite 9 • 239-472-4499 cultural and social gatherings in our historic Community House.” required. Visit our website at: www.thesanibelsprout.com The SCA is a 501c 3 Organization. The Island Seniors are the sponsors Please join us on Facebook Follow Us On Facebook of this safe driving class. The classroom experience is interactive and fast-moving. Let food be thy medicine & medicine be thy food. – Hippocrates 460 BC ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 3 Children’s Education Center Of The Islands Celebrates The Holidays

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he students at CECI entertained their families with songs such as Mele Kalikimaka, My Dreidel, Feliz Navidad and Must be Santa on the last day Tof school before the holidays. After the concert, everyone had home- made treats brought in by the parents. The event provided a time to catch up with each other and talk about plans for the break. It felt like a traditional Florida holiday sea- son with warm weather, leis and Santa hats. The school is offering a winter break program for families that need childcare over the holidays. Classes resume January 7 and there is limited space available for 2s, 3s and Pre-K. To inquire, contact the school at 472-4538 or [email protected]. Sophia Carter Riley Sullivan

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Three generations support SCA and The Community House. Pictured left to right Bailey Stephens, Joe Bronson, Carrie Faith, Kacey Peach, and Yvonne St. Clair The Community House Sells T-Shirts Commemorating Sanibel Stoop he Community House currently holds the world’s largest treasure hunt record set by last season’s Sanibel Stoop event at Bowman’s Beach to celebrate TShellabration! 2012 and the 75th Anniversary of the Shell Fair. Sanibel Shellabration t-shirts with the Guinness World Record logo are on sale now at The Community House for $15 each. These shirts will go fast so don’t wait until they are all gone. “Because we had so much community support for this event, we wanted to get a Breakfast & Lunch commemorative t-shirt” said Marge Meek, SCA president, which hosted the event. “It Making 7am - 2:30pm shows everyone this is a shell island. Our 76th Annual Shell Festival will run March Memories 7-9,” Kids Menu For details visit www.sanibelcommunityhouse.net, call 472-2155 or go to The Since 1984 Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way. Family Owned Island Style Home & Operated Cookin' in Our Open Air AWS, Protection of Animal Welfare Kitchen PAWS - Pet Society, Inc., on Sanibel has a Pwonderful black kitty that needs a home. Salem is a small male approximately “Enjoy Dining No reservations one year old. At Our He is neutered and has all his shots. He Handmade 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Shadowbox Fossil is a wonderful boy with a sweet disposition Seashell Tables” 472-5323 who is anxious for someone to take him home and love him. Call Pam at PAWS at 472-4823 to adopt Salem. PAWS is a 501 (c) 3 non- profit organization and all donations are completely tax deductable. Please help this poor boy find his for- ever home!

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IWA SEEKING BOARD MEMBERS It’s election time at IWA again, and next year four seats on our Board of Directors will be up for election. The seats are currently held by William D. Carr, Lewis Garrett Dutton, Jr. and James M. Griffi th. Mr. Carr is completing his 3rd and fi nal term; Mr. Dutton and Mr. Griffi th are running for re-election for their 2nd terms. The fourth seat was previously held by Timothy A. Gardner and it is for the remaining 1 year of his fi rst term. IWA is governed by a fi ve member Board of Directors who serve without pay. Directors must be residents of Sanibel or Captiva, so that they can attend all Board meetings, and must be IWA Members or an offi cial ALBERT MEADOW ANTIQUES representative of a condominium or other IWA Corporate Member. Captiva Island, Florida (across from The Bubble Room Restaurant) Directors must have no confl ict of interest, including but not limited to, 239-472-8442 active involvement in an enterprise which could potentially do business Seasonal • December 18 – April 10 • 11am – 4pm with IWA or which could benefi t from involvement with IWA. [email protected] Meetings are normally held on the fourth Tuesday of every month. Directors are elected by the Membership at IWA’s Annual Meeting to be held in April. Anyone who would like to run for one of the open seats should contact our Board Recording Secretary, Beau Stanley, at (239) 472-2113 (extension 114) or by e-mail at [email protected] by no later than January 4, 2013. A background check will be run on all Board candidates. 6 ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 Shell Museum Finalizes Details For 2013 Under The Sea Gala he Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum is finalizing details for the season’s kick-off event, the 2013 edition of its annual museum gala, Under The Sea: In An Octopus’s Garden With TYou. This year, the event takes on a groovy ‘60s theme with the BeatleBeat Tribute Band – featuring Jimi Pappas – to serve as inspiration and entertainment during the evening event hosted at The Sanctuary Golf Club. The spectacular and always entertaining gala will take place on Sunday, January 27 from 5 to 10 p.m. and will include cocktails and dinner, a silent auction featuring a plethora of goods and ser- vices donated by local merchants, and some amazing live auction items that are sure to help raise money for the benefit of the museum’s educational programs. Staff members from this year’s sponsors – including the Sanibel-Captiva Trust Company (Grand Sponsor) – have been featured in local media promotional spots dressed as the Fab Four around the island, donning wigs for Beatles-like album covers. Other generous sponsors include ‘Tween Waters Inn, Adventures In Paradise, Bailey’s General Store, Doc Ford’s, Island Inn, John Grey Painting, Law Offices of Janet Strickland, Lily & Company Jewelers, Myers, Brettholtz & Company, PA, The Sanctuary Golf Club and The Timbers Restaurant & Fish Market. To learn more about the event or to register, visit the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum’s website at www.shellmuseum.org or call John Suau at 395-2233. Also, look for more “Beatles” sponsors in the coming weeks.

Prayer.” After this class, you will be able to go Meditation Course on your personal journey without leaving your seat. Offered At SCUCC Dr. Morrow is in private practice, with The BeatleBeat Tribute Band with Jimi Pappas will perform at Under The Sea course by Dr. William Morrow, entitled office in Fort Myers and Cape Coral. He is an 2013 Practicing The Presence Of The Holy ordained Presbyterian minister, retired, and active in teaching courses in his career path, AThrough Meditation will be offered night at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at on January 3 and 10 beginning at 1 p.m. which follows psychology as well as theology. He is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and American 4:30 p.m. New players are always at Sanibel Congregational United Church of welcome. Christ, 2050 Periwinkle Way on Sanibel. the Blanton Peale Graduate Institute in New York City. He also holds a Doctoral degree in Legion Post Every Friday, Post 123 serves a With your eyes closed, could you tell the six-ounce ribeye steak sandwich all differences between meditation, self-hypnosis, Pastoral Psychology. He has been a resident of Fort Myers since 1974, when he became 123 News day. Stop in and try one, or treat prayer, programmed relaxation and other men- yourself to one of the half-pound tal disciplines? Sort out the benefits of each, and the organizing director of the Counseling and n Sunday, December 30, Growth Center. He is licensed by the state of American Legion Post 123 burgers. Check out the daily spe- find out what each can do for you spiritually as cials and the entire menu. Food is well as psychologically. Florida as a Marriage and Family Therapist. He Owill serve corned beef and is a trained twenty-year practitioner of Clinical cabbage all day long. The following served all day, every day. The pub- Join the discussion of transcendence, sug- lic is welcome. gestion and brain processes. See how the Hypnosis. The current course offering was Sunday, January 6, stop in for spa- presented this past summer at Chautauqua ghetti and meatballs. American Legion Post 123 is Reformed tradition of the church can be attuned open Monday through Saturday 11 to a meditative practice, such as “Centering Institute. Every Monday night is the For additional information, call 472-0497. 8-Ball Pool League beginning at 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday noon p.m. (The weekly Pool League will to 9 p.m., located at mile marker 3 resume action on January 7). Texas on Sanibel-Captiva Road. For more Hold’em is played every Thursday information, call 472-9979.

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Rinita Vaishnav married Pablo Acevedo During a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony held December 21 on Captiva, Rinita were married at a property called The Rinita Vaishnav places a garland over Vaishnav, far left, married Pablo Acevedo, far right. In the center, the bride’s parents Otter Banks on Captiva Pablo Acevedo’s shoulders wash the couple’s feet as part of the ceremony. photos by Jeff Lysiak Couple Exchange Vows On Captiva In Traditional Hindu Ceremony by Jeff Lysiak ast Friday afternoon, a couple from Orlando staged a traditional Hindu wed- ding on a private Captiva property known as The Otter Banks, with the bride Larriving for her nuptials by seaplane and the groom being led by a musical procession of dancing, drumming and joy. On December 21, Rinita Vaishnav married Pablo Acevedo, a day after the couple’s Christian ceremony. Following Hindu tradition, their outdoor ceremony took place underneath a canopy – known as a mandap – while the service included the exchanging of garlands and rings. Guests attending the wedding It was attended by approximately 75 guests.

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0ERIWINKLE0LACE3HOPS 3ANIBEL)SLANDs  s4OLL&REE   10 ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 SANIBEL CONGREGATIONAL of Bet Torah Temple in Mt. Kisco during Churches/ Temples UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: OBITUARY its early years and was a founding mem- ANNUNCIATION GREEK 2050 Periwinkle Way 472-0497 ber of the Bat-Yam Temple on Sanibel. ORTHODOX CHURCH: The Rev. Dr. John H. Danner, Sr. Pastor. HENRIETTA W. KARASIN Together with her husband, Ken, 8210 Cypress Lake Drive, Fort Myers The Rev. Deborah Kunkel, Associate Pastor Henny’s adventurous spirit sent her Rev. Dr. Elias Bouboutsis Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 a.m. enrietta W. Karasin, a loving sis- Orthros Service Sunday 9 a.m. Chapel Service, 9 and 11 a.m. Full Service, ter, wife, mother, grandmother, traveling the world to experience new Divine Liturgy Sunday 10 a.m. with Sunday School and Nursery Care pro- Haunt and friend died peacefully cultures, viewpoints and, whenever pos- Fellowship Programs, Greek School, vided. Elevator access. on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at sible, they visited a local synagogue. They Sunday School, Bible Study ST. ISABEL CATHOLIC CHURCH: Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. journeyed to six of the seven continents, www.orthodox-faith.com, 481-2099 3559 San-Cap Rd., 472-2763 Kisco, New York. A long time resident multiple times, yet skipped Antarctica. BAT YAM-TEMPLE OF THE ISLANDS: Pastor: Rev. Christopher Senk, of Mt. Kisco and Sanibel, Henny’s main After all, like any long time snowbird, The Reform Congregation of Bat Yam Saturday Vigil Mass 5 p.m. passions in life were family, friends, the Henny avoided the cold! Sunday Masses 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Temple of the Islands meets for Friday arts and travel. Henny is survived by her brother night services at 8 p.m. in the Fellowship Daily Mass Wed., Thurs., Fri. 8:30 a.m. Barney Wallitzer (Lauderhill, Florida), Hall of the United Congregational Church Communion Service Mon. and Tues. 8:30 Born on December 8, 1926, Henny 2050 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel a.m. Confession first Saturday of the month attended Brooklyn College and received her husband Ken Karasin (Sanibel), her Rabbi Selwyn Geller For more information 9 a.m. by appointment. Holy Days call a BA in Education. After teaching four children and their spouses Brad and 239-472-0177 or [email protected] ST. MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS elementary school for several years, Shuly Karasin (Lido Beach, New York), CAPTIVA CHAPEL BY THE SEA: EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Henny raised four children and decided Craig and Sandra Karasin (Moorestown, The Rev. Thomas E. Nyman 2304 Periwinkle Way between the to embrace her passion for art. Henny New Jersey), Blair and Victoria Karasin Services every Sunday 11 a.m. Bean and Baileys, 472-2173 studied at the Parsons School of Design, (Boca Raton, Florida), Michael Samet and 11580 Chapin Lane on Captiva. 472-1646. Rev. Dr. Ellen Sloan, Rector Brooklyn Museum Art School and Elissa Karasin-Samet (Sanibel), 11 grand- www.saintmichaels-sanibel.org FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST: Silvermine College of Art before embark- children, nieces and nephews. 2950 West Gulf Dr., Sunday - 10:30 a.m.; Worship Services: Saturdays at 5 p.m. Throughout her life, Henny Karasin Sunday School - 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Sundays at 8 and 10:30 a.m. ing on a new career as a sculptress. As evening meeting - 7:30 p.m.; Reading Sunday School (PreK-gr.5) at 10:30 a.m. Henny’s work matured she expanded was an inspiration to everyone she met room open, Monday, Wednesday and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Potluck from iron sculptures to breaking new as to how to live life with gusto, joy and Friday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (November Supper 1st Wed. of the month 5:30 p.m. ground by incorporating soft weavings passion. She will be sorely missed. through March), Friday 10 a.m. to Morning Prayer Tuesdays at 9 a.m. in with the hard metal. She exhibited A service in her honor took place at 12 p.m. (summer hours). 472-8684. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS her works in numerous galleries in New Bat-Yam Temple/Sanibel Congregational SANIBEL COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE ISLANDS: York and Florida, won various awards, United Church of Christ. 1740 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, 472-2684 Meets on the first Sunday of each month and had sculptures included in various Dr. Daryl Donovan, Senior Pastor from December through April at the Sanibel Sunday Worship Hours: Congregational Church, 2050 Periwinkle corporate, institutional and private col- 7:45 a.m. Traditional Service with Communion Way at 5 p.m. A pot luck is held at a mem- lections. Henny was always active taking 9 a.m. Contemporary Service with Kids’ Church ber’s home on the third Sunday of each courses and volunteering at BIG ARTS Our email address is 10:45 a.m. Adult and Youth Sunday School month. For more information call 433-4901 on Sanibel, where one of her sculptures is classes; 11 a.m. Traditional Service with or email [email protected]. part of their permanent collection. [email protected] Choir. Childcare available at all services. Henny was instrumental in the growth

She had a rich career teaching in public tion from the University of Pittsburgh OBITUARY schools in Valdosta, Georgia and Fulton OBITUARY before becoming one of the first women County, Georgia. to graduate from the West Virginia Gay and Jim became permanent University School of Law, while working residents of Sanibel in 1999. Gay always as a nurse administrator for the United loved the water and was on her college Mine Workers Health and Welfare synchronized swimming team and later Fund. Elaine was a member of Florida taught swimming and lifesaving for the State Bar, West Virginia State Bar and American Red Cross. She enjoyed water Pennsylvania State Bar and Florida aerobics three times each week at the Nurses Association. Most importantly, Sanibel Recreation Center. Elaine was a loving mother, who is Gay and Jim also enjoyed the tran- dearly missed by her surviving daugh- quility of their lake house in the North ters, Courtney Droz, Melissa Pottinger, Georgia Mountains, in Rabun County. Lesley and Hilary Suppes; as well as her There, Gay enjoyed gardening, hiking, grandchildren, Syndey, Olivia and Billy canoeing and kayaking. Droz; Riley, Torin and Becket Pottinger; The most important priority through- and Ben Jensen; niece, Maria Thiele, out Gay’s life was her family. She was and nephew, William Thiele, Wyoming; the loving mother of five children: great-nephew, Ian Marple; and first sons Michael Griffith of Spring, Texas, cousins, Teddy and Bobby Grabiak, Brian Griffith of San Diego, California Florida. She was preceded in death by and B. Howard Griffith (deceased); her cherished son, Frederick Stokes daughters Linda Griffith of Cambridge, Suppes III; devoted sister, Karol Grabiak Massachusetts and Susan Griffith Thiele; and beloved nephew, Greg Bradbury Berthelot of Atlanta, Georgia. Thiele. Close to her heart and with her JACQUELINE GAY SMITH She was also very proud of her nine ELAINE GRABIAK SUPPES in her final hours was her faithful friend, GRIFFITH grandchildren and one great granddaugh- laine Grabiak Suppes, 77, passed Leeanna Mottern, who will forever be in acqueline Gay Smith Griffith ter. She is also survived by her brother, away peacefully December 5, our prayers. Elaine’s family also would (Gay) of Sanibel passed away on Gordon Smith of Ormond Beach, E2012, near her beloved home like to thank her FISH family and count- JDecember 19, 2012 in her home. Florida. of Sanibel Island, Florida. She was less friends on Sanibel Island, espe- She was 76 years old. On Sanibel, Gay was a volunteer at born April 27, 1935, in Johnstown, cially Maggi Feiner, as well as St. Isabel Gay was born in Birmingham, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Pennsylvania to Dr. Charles and Virginia Catholic Church. Private service will be Alabama on November 16, 1936 and Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Grabiak. Elaine was an accomplished held by the family. Your memory is our lived much of her childhood in Atlanta, The International Osprey Foundation dancer in her youth and a student of keepsake with which we’ll never part; Georgia. She graduated from high school and Sanibel-Captiva Audubon Society, Gene Kelly School of Dance. She began God has you in His keeping, we have in Louisville, Kentucky and attended the Bayou Preservation Association, and her career at Georgetown University you in our hearts. A beach memorial on Birmingham Southern College and the “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. School of Nursing and became one of Sanibel Island is planned for Saturday, University of Connecticut. She met her Gay’s family is planning a private the first people in the country to receive January 5. Please contact Maggi Feiner husband Jim Griffith at UConn, and they memorial service. In lieu of flowers or a Bachelor of Science degree in nurs- at FISH of Sanibel at 239-472-4775 for were married in 1957. gifts, Gay would have appreciated a ing. She then went on to acquire a additional information. Gay earned a bachelor’s degree from donation in her memory to any of the Master’s degree in nursing administra- Georgia State University and a master’s organizations listed above, where she vol- degree from Valdosta State University. unteered. ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 11 seeking to provide the audience with Tickets can be purchased at the ABWA methods to find awareness of the body’s Stock Up On Sanibel Recreation Center. A book of six natural intelligence to enhance our vital- tickets costs $5. Last year’s winner won Announces ity. The presentation will be interactive. Raffle Tickets $2,205. The presentations will be at 6 p.m. tuff your holiday stockings with The Sanibel Recreation Center is at Speakers at the Sanibel Community House, 2173 50/50 raffle tickets from the 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road. For more ayle Dehaan-Garland, President Periwinkle Way. Meetings are held the SSanibel Recreation Center. Fifty information, call 472-0345, visit www. of the Sanibel Chapter of the second Tuesday of each month. Guests percent of the proceeds from the raffle mysanibel.com or call Chairman Barry A. GAmerican Business Women’s are welcome. If you are interested goes to the City of Sanibel Financial Roth at 313-9591. Association, has announced the follow- in attending, please contact Barbara Assistance Program to help children ing guest speakers for January through Boulton, membership chair at 222-9713 attend the after school, fun days, sum- March: or email her at [email protected]. mer and holiday camps at the Sanibel January 8 at 6 p.m. The cost for the evening is $22, payable Recreation Center, and the other 50 Send your Entrepreneurship and Leading by check or cash. percent goes to the winner. Others to Reach their Potential pre- Please come and enjoy these oppor- The winning ticket will be drawn at editorial copy to: sented by Sandy Stilwell. Sandy is a tunities to gain insights and knowledge 11:45 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. The win- [email protected] well-known business leader in our com- from these well-respected and valued ner does not need to be present to win. munity, owning many businesses on business leaders! Captiva (including Key Lime Bistro; RC Otters; Sunshine Seafood Café & Wine Bar; Cantina Captiva; Captiva Pizza; Latte’da Coffee Shop; Captiva Island Inn; Celebration Center and Paradise Center) and Fort Myers (including Sunshine Grille and the soon-to-be-opened, fishing- themed restaurant SS Hookers, located directly off the causeway). She seeks to empower her own employees and those she meets to fulfill their potential in what- ever endeavor they chose to be engaged. This presentation will be on a question- and-answer basis. February 12 at 6 p.m. Creating Self-Empowerment by Improving Your Health through Physical Therapy, Massage Therapy & Pilates Energy Medicine—from a Business Phone # 239-395-5858 and Personal Perspective” presented by Karen L. Semmelman, owner of Semmelman Energy Center with offices Administrative Offi ces in Sanibel and Boston. Karen brings & Classrooms her skills as a matrimonial lawyer of 30 Phone # 239-472-9700 years with a degree in psychology to this energy practice. She seeks to empower her clients by teaching them techniques to activate their body’s natural healing abilities to restore vital energies that may have become weak, disturbed or out of balance. As a business owner of numer- ous businesses (including a law firm with 30 employees), she will provide tips on enhancing business development. This presentation will be audience participa- tory. March 12 at 6 p.m. CorpoReality...BodyMind Strategies for Healthy Work - Healthy Lives, presented by Holly Maiz. Holly is the owner of BodyMind WellBeing, located on Sanibel. Holly is a bodymind psycho- therapist specializing in optimal health. With a Master’s Degree in Somatic (Body) Psychology and Dance Therapy from Naropa University, Holly brings the exploration of the body’s inherent wisdom to corporate, educational and therapeutic settings throughout the U.S. She will provide snapshots of achieving healthy living in our busy lives today, Conveniently located on Periwinkle Way across from Sanibel Community Park Share your community news with us. Call 395-1213 Fax: 395-2299 or email [email protected] 12 ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 Local’s Birthday Wish Helps Feed Those In Need ISH (Friends in Service Here) of Sanibel was the recipient of a generous gift just in time for the busy holidays. Sanibel resident Becky Mulka, whose birth- Fday is December 12, set out to help feed those in need by asking the commu- nity to donate canned goods to FISH in honor of her birthday. “The success of this event was amazing,” said Mulka, who more than doubled her goal by bringing in more than 3,000 canned goods and is still receiving donations. Mulka said that she was really touched by the help she received from the island com- munity. She added that she will never forget this and would like to say thank you to everyone who helped make her birthday wish a reality. Mulka would also like to extend a special thank you to Pfeifer Realty, Sanibel Grill, Barrier IT Solutions, Cozette Salon and William E. Wilson.

BIG ARTS Oscars Becky Mulka with Maggi Feiner, executive director of FISH Contenders Film Series To Begin n Wednesday, January 2 at 1 p.m., the Island Cinema will Oshow the first movie in the BIG ARTS Academy Awards Contenders Film Series, Life Of Pi. Following the movie, a discussion will take place at George & Wendy’s Seafood Grille. Tickets are available at the Island Cinema for $8 each. Other movies in the series will be announced prior to the weekly showing. Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, Life Of Pi is a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zookeeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter. After a shipwreck, Pi finds Life Of Pi was directed by Ang Lee himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a and has been nominated for nine Golden 26-foot lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an Globe Awards, including Best Picture orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger and Best Director. Running time is 120 named Richard Parker, all fighting for minutes. survival.

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Find us on 25 UNIQUE STORES IN A TROPICAL SETTING Facebook 2075 Periwinkle Way • 2 Miles West of Causeway Rd. on Periwinkle Way • PeriwinklePlace.com 14 ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 occurring is an increased population of Razorbill Invasion razorbills that are not finding food in their traditional winter places and are forced to Of Florida move south to Florida and other areas in submitted by Lillian and search of food. Don Stokes, Sanibel Razorbills are not the only unusual seabirds we may see here on Sanibel this azorbills, a seabird from the winter. Other alcids which look much like Northeast and very rare in Florida razorbills, such as thick-billed and com- Rwaters, are now invading the state mon murres, as well as the tiny dovekie in record numbers. Birders are call- may show up. Indeed, there are already ing this astounding event both exciting records for these species in Florida this and disturbing. This may be just the tip winter. Black scoters, a type of sea duck of the iceberg and we may see many from New England and the mid-Atlantic, more razorbills to come. Up until this are also being seen here in unusual num- December, there have previously been bers. We saw a group of 25 at Gulfside only 14 records of razorbills appearing City Park on Sanibel on December 12. in Florida, with only one record for the So keep your eyes peeled for these Gulf Coast. Now there are hundreds, if Razorbill in winter plumage photo by Lillian Stokes unusual species. Who knows what will not thousands, of razorbills in Florida happen this winter. waters. injured razorbills they were treating and but the razorbill movements and numbers Lillian and Don Stokes are winter Razorbills have been seen from had received three other dead razorbills, are being tracked by scientists, as well residents of Sanibel, national bird- Jacksonville all the way down along two from Fort Myers Beach and one as birders who are reporting numbers to ing authorities, and authors of The the eastern coast, around the tip in the from Bunche Beach. the large national database called ebird. Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North Keys, and up the Gulf Coast as far as Razorbills are cute, roughly football- org and to local Florida birding listserves America. Pensacola. The birds have been found sized (body-wise), black and white seabirds such as South West Florida Birdline close to beaches, around fishing piers, that usually live in the cold offshore and ([email protected]). and quite far offshore as well. A flock nearshore waters of the North Atlantic, Changes in the distribution of alcids of over 500 razorbills was seen in Palm mostly over the Continental Shelf. In (the group of seabirds to which razorbills Beach County on December 14. We winter, they rarely go south of Cape belong) is usually due to food shortages. Share your community have seen razorbills numerous times Hatteras, North Carolina. They dive Interestingly, according to an ebird.org news with us. on Sanibel during the last week includ- underwater, swimming rapidly to catch article, there has been an unusually high ing seeing 12 razorbills at Blind Pass small fish and crustaceans, their main (4 degrees C. above normal) Sea Surface Call 395-1213 on December 18. Sadly, we found one diet. Temperature (SST) rise this November Fax: 395-2299 dead razorbill on the east end of Sanibel This strange razorbill invasion has bird- and December along the Continental on December 19 and took it to CROW, ers and scientists scratching their heads Shelf from Long Island to Massachusetts. or email where they reported that they had two and no one yet knows the exact cause, This might cause the small fish that razorbills feed on to disperse elsewhere. [email protected] At the same time, razorbill populations may have increased due to conservation SeaDream Yacht Club Event measures on their breeding grounds. at the Sanibel Community House Also, razorbills in Arctic Canada may on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 from 5:30-7:00pm have increased because of more food availability there during breeding due to, Exclusively at… Presenting- “It’s yachting, not cruising.” ironically, warmer ocean water allow- Please join cruise experts Debra Lee Nashed, Owner of Debonair Concierge ing some prey items to move northward Travel Service and Jessi Fundora, Director with SeaDream Yacht Club, for an informative evening on this unique cruise experience that includes award during that time. Therefore, what is now winning yachting voyages to the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Costa Rica, DebraDb Lee L Nashed N hd Amazon, Asia and Australia. Owner, CTC, ECC, CDS A selection of International cheeses and wine will be served. Cruise and International Please RSVP by 1/11/13 to [email protected] or by calling LOST CAT Destination Specialist 239-288-7554 and leave a message with your name and the number attending.

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Mother and baby reclining Otter bath here is a bobcat that calls every inch of Sanibel and Captiva home. Female bobcats may be giving birth to kits in January. Come to Sanibel-Captiva o one knows how many river otters live on Sanibel and Captiva. Come and TConservation Foundation (SCCF) and learn more about these shy felines learn about this large, aquatically adapted member of the weasel family. River that live so peacefully among us. The program begins at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Notters are strong and graceful swimmers that capture the hearts of all who January 2 at the SCCF Nature Center at 3333 San-Cap Road. Cost is $5 per adult see them. Otter Tales begins at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 3 in the SCCF audi- with SCCF members and children free. Following the program, take a walk on the torium. Following the program, take a walk on the trail and look for otter scat. The trails to the Sanibel River, look for bobcat scat and climb the tower overlooking the cost of the program is $5 per adult with SCCF members and children free. Call Sanibel River. Call 472-2329 for more information. 472-2329 for more information.

JANUARY’S BOATING COURSES BY THE SANIBEL CAPTIVA SAIL & POWER SQUADRON Come join our January 2013 courses to increase your knowledge of boating safety, seamanship and technical subjects. Led by our experienced team of certifi ed instructors. America’s Boating Course (One 8 hour class) Saturday, January 19 @ 9:00 a.m • Our Basic Boating Safety Course Sanibel Publilc Library, 770 Dunlop Rd • Earn your Florida Boating Safety Card Seamanship (4 Classes over 2 weeks) Begins Th ursday, January 10 @ 9:00 a.m • Close Quarters & Open Water Operations SanCap Bank - 2476 Library Way • Rules of the Road • Anchoring, Emergencies + Much More Marine Electrical Systems (9 Classes over 9 weeks) Begins Wednesday, January 23 @ 9:00 a.m. • Essential for Anyone Wanting to Maintain St Michaels Church - 2304 Periwinkle Way Th eir Boat’s Electrical Systems Engine Maintenance (8 classes over 8 weeks) Begins Tuesday, January 29 @ 9:00 a.m. • Gas and Diesel Engines, Basic Mechanical SanCap Bank - 2476 Library Way Systems and Engine Controls For More Information visit http://www.usps.org/localusps/sancap/education.shtml or call Jack Purse, Squadron Educational Offi cer @ 239-233-7380 16 ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 Audubon ‘Ding’ Darling’s Wildlife Drive Program On To Close For Repaving he four-mile Wildlife Drive at J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge Wood Storks on Sanibel Island will be closing for repaving from May through September n Thursday evening, January T2013. This construction project will replace the existing open-grade pavement 3, at 7:30 p.m., the Sanibel- on Wildlife Drive with an asphalt concrete pavement. Existing and newly planted OCaptiva Audubon Society will vegetation will help filter runoff. Portions of the shoulder currently used for park- host Jason Lauritsen as guest lecturer ing will be reinforced and topped with crushed stone/gravel to prevent erosion and in a timely program entitled Recovering additional runoff. the Wood Storks of Corkscrew Swamp. The existing pavement, installed in 2002, was expected to be pervious and last 10 Acting director of Audubon’s Corkscrew years. However, the pavement deteriorated significantly, and because it accumulated Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, Lauritsen fine silt and sand, it is no longer functioning as a pervious surface. Additionally, the has long been responsible for monitor- rough surface discourages bicycle and disabled access. Highway maintenance funds ing wood stork nesting at Corkscrew to repave the surface were requested in 2009 and made available in 2013. Repaving Swamp which has been continuously with another pervious surface was preferred, but unfortunately was not feasible due conducted by Audubon since 1958. to the high cost and short lifespan of pervious pavement. The new surface will be The life history of the wood stork an asphalt concrete that will extend the life of Wildlife Drive for 20 years, and will is uniquely adapted to historic South enhance visitor access, especially for bicyclists and pedestrians. Florida. This species has been identified Wildlife Drive will be closed for repaving from May through September. Indigo as an important indicator for determin- Trail will only be accessible through guided tours conducted by Tarpon Bay Explorers. ing ecosystem health and the progress All other refuge access locations, including Tarpon Bay Recreation Area and the of the Everglades Restoration Program. Bailey Tract, will remain open. Visitors will continue to have access to the free Visitor Historically, in the rainy season, July Education Center. through November, widespread flooding Also, free refuge summer programs will be conducted from June through August connects wetlands with surface water, car- at other refuge locations. A full schedule of these free events will be available as sum- rying fish and other aquatic fauna, allow- Wood stork mer approaches. Check out our Frequently Asked Questions and stay informed about ing them to grow and multiply. In the dry 1997 and a bachelor of science in ani- this project and all other refuge news by joining us on Facebook: J.N. “Ding” Darling season, November to June, surface water mal ecology from Iowa State University National Wildlife Refuge (Official) or visit either www.fws.gov/dingdarling or the “Ding” would slowly recede isolating fish in small in 1993, Lauritsen was the natural Darling Wildlife Society’s website www.dingdarlingsociety.org. depressions of water. The availability of resources manager for Corkscrew Swamp For more information, contact the acting Wildlife Refuge Manager, Joyce Palmer, at healthy fish in these shallow pools deter- from the fall of 2001 until becoming act- 472-1100 x 225. mines the success or failure of a wood ing director in June of 2012. His other stork nesting season. Dramatic changes responsibilities are water resource quality in the landscape of South Florida have and quantity management at Corkscrew led to the rapid degradation of wetlands Swamp which encompasses the nesting and the wildlife that depend on them. area of the wood stork colony. This is the first of nine Sanibel-Captiva BOAT The massive undertaking of Everglades Restoration promises to reverse some Audubon lectures to be held in 2013 on Share your community of the damages done by poor planning Thursday evenings at The Community and a lack of ecological understanding. House, 2173 Periwinkle Way. All are news with us. RENTALS Therefore, the wood stork is especially welcome to attend. Doors open at 6:30 Call 395-1213 Fishing • Cabbage Key suited to act as a measure of success for p.m., and parking is available at The the restoration effort. Community House and across the street Fax: 395-2299 Dolphin Watching Lauritsen’s lecture will examine the life the the Herb Strauss Theater. A $5 dona- or email Captains Available history of the storks, the problems that tion is appreciated with proceeds after led up to the listing of the wood stork costs being used to promote conserva- [email protected] as endangered and what needs to be tion on Sanibel and in Florida. For more 472-5800 done to recover the wood stork in South information, call Elaine Jacobson at 395- Jensen’s Marina Florida. With a master’s of art in science 1878 or visit www.san-capaudubon.org. Captiva Island education from the University of Iowa in



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America’s Darling: The Story Of Jay N. ‘Ding’ Darling Premieres merica’s Darling: The Story of Jay N. “Ding” Darling has begun premier- ing and screening around the country to standing-room-only crowds. The A75-minute producer’s cut documentary is the true story of Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling (1876-1962), a nationally-known cartoonist who changed America by influenc- ing her presidents, shaping her landscapes and winning the hearts of her people. To date, America’s Darling has premiered in Florida, Iowa and Michigan and screened at Iowa’s Wild Rose Film Festival and the American Conservation Film Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Response to the film has been extremely favorable as audiences of young and older are being touched and inspired by Darling’s life and legacy. Darling’s 17-year-old great-great grandson has done a superb job as host. In fact, some have called it a “work of brilliance” on the producers’ part by hav- ing the young and gifted Chris Steffen help tell Darling’s story. Mike Mullins, board member of the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society, was excited about the film. Jerry’s “From beginning to end, your documentary is chock full of entertaining images, humor, poignant stories, and local history,” said Mullins. “Importantly, you share highly Jerry’s Tuscany relevant messages from ‘Ding’ Darling which embrace myriad issues still challenging us Baguette Panini today. As one would expect, the film embodies ‘Ding’s’ passion for an overriding con- servation theme. Using rare footage of Darling’s and his famous cartoons, you have captured the unique spirit that is ‘Ding’ Darling.” ¢ 99 Jim Redmond, a Sierra Club member who saw the film in Sioux City, said, “Thanks for all your skills and artistry as you brought the America’s Darling story to the screen 99 ea. 5 ea. … you have added ingenious overlays to the story that should reach our most impor- tant audience, younger people who can commit to conservation in this critical decade.” Marvo Executive Producer Samuel Koltinsky is delighted by the documentary’s save reception. 50¢ “The overwhelmingly positive audience response at our screenings tells us that it really is time for a great American story,” he said. “We have been reaching out to all age groups, and look forward to meeting the public with our show over this next year.” DVD copies of America’s Darling: The Story of Jay N. “Ding” Darling are avail- able for purchase online at www.marvoentertainmentgroup.com/the-store. Frito-Lay Italian Rose Corona Tostitos / Fresh 49 Beer 99 Chips 2 $ Salsa 12 Pack, 12 oz. Selected Varieties, 13 oz. 6 Selected Varieties, 164 oz. Cans or Bottles14 Share your community news with us.

Call 395-1213, Fax: 395-2299 follow us on or email [email protected] 18 ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 CROW Case Of The Week: Butorphanol tartrate was administered for pain management; Dr. Aundria carefully Faces Of CROW; snipped string away from her legs and wings; one person announced they were 2012 In Review running a line and hanging a bag of fluids by Patricia Molloy to keep the bird hydrated; another gave her a shot of a synthetic antibiotic; Dr. his year Heather administered meloxicam (similar was a very to aspirin) to relieve pain and swelling Texciting one while another person repeatedly dodged for CROW. On surgical tubing to change the lice covered January 1, Dr. towels. All the while, the sound of her Heather Barron amplified heartbeat filled the room. was introduced Despite the grim prognosis and as the new clinic months of treatment, the juvenile female director. Under her gained the capability of flight. “The first Some 33 percent of patients are mam- direction, CROW time she got out to the flight cage, you Nearly 62 percent are avians, like this Yellow should have seen her,” Dr. Heather said mals. The challenge with patients like this is focusing on the bobcat is that human interaction has to be Crowned Night Heron, which turned out to “One World, One Health” concept; that with a huge smile. “She immediately limited be a perfectly healthy abducted baby the diseases seen in native wildlife could began flapping her wings, over and potentially affect domestic animals and over, having such a good time. Finally, ated by the staff. humans. she took off and flew for the first time It takes approximately four months for The clinic is seeing more native spe- in her life!” a shell fracture to heal and an additional cies than ever before. The wildlife facility CROW treats and rehabilitates a num- six to 12 months for full recovery and works frequently with local, state and ber of turtles and tortoises each year that removal of the zip ties and golf ball. federal agencies and domestic animal vet- were hit by careless drivers. This year, Established in 1968, CROW has saved erinarians to exchange information in an the clinic’s staff developed unique ways the lives of thousands of the area’s native effort to recognize and create a first line to treat the spinal chord injuries of these wildlife. If you are interested in contribut- of defense for new environmental trends. patients: golf ball therapy and zip tie ing to the care of our precious wildlife, Highlights Of 2012 adhesives. call the clinic or visit its website to make a The scene was chaotic. A juvenile bald A golf ball is affixed to the bottom donation or volunteer your time. eagle had just arrived in critical condition of a damaged shell with an adhesive. It CROW (Clinic for the Rehabilitation after being found sitting in the parking elevates the back of the shell, allowing of Wildlife, Inc.) is a non-profit wildlife lot of the Dairy Queen in Sanibel. She the patient to use its hind legs. Ordinary hospital providing veterinary care for was unable to move because a long string zip ties are then glued to shell fractures native and migratory wildlife from our was wrapped around her body, likely and tightened regularly to correct the divi- local area. The hospital accepts patients a cheap kite string. The operation to sions. The slick floor of the clinic’s turtle seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 Reptiles make up nearly than 5 percent of remove the string and clean her extensive room provides the perfect surface by p.m. Mail donations to P.O. Box 150, patients treated, like this snapping turtle wounds was long and grueling: a shot of which a grazer’s progress can be evalu- Sanibel, FL 33957. Call 472-3644 or initially dubbed “The Chunky Monkey” visit www.crowclinic.org.

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This year, CROW is expanding its sea turtle care facility due to the increasing Certain babies, like this Eastern grey squir- demand. Pictured is a Green sea turtle rel, must be fed every two hours

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This osprey was rehabilitated at the clinic These abducted raccoons were raised at and released to the skies above Sanibel the clinic, then released together

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Beach Furniture, watercolor by Richard Harris Sunflower, watercolor by Anita Force Marshall Buy It Off The Wall Exhibit IG ARTS hosted an artists recep- tion Friday, December 14 for Bthe Buy it Off the Wall exhibit, which features artworks in many dif- ferent types of media; size 12” x 12” or smaller. Artwork will be sold directly off the walls in Founders Gallery, cash and carry. The exhibit is on display in BIG ARTS Founders Gallery through Saturday, January 12. Founders Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Bob Marshall and Anita Force Marshall Peter Zell and Pam Brodersen N O W O P E N

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FREE TASTER CONES Kandee Grossman, Ruth Woodham and Bea Pappas INDOOR & OUTDOOR SEATING Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. BIG ARTS is at 900 Dunlop Road. The exhibit is supported by Founders For more information call 395-0900. Gallery Patron Series Sponsor Deborah Open everyday 11am to 9pm and John La Gorce. In the Bailey’s Center ZebraFrozenYogurt.com Email your editorial copy to: [email protected] ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 21 Education Center after January 1. Rental, John Grey Painting, George & Get Cuckoo “Seating is limited and we anticipate a Wendy’s Seafood Grill, Gulf Coast Palm sold-out crowd and encourage people to & Tree, Jacaranda, Mabry Brothers Inc., For ‘Ding’ At contact us if they would like to receive an Panther Printing, Sanibel Fish House, invitation,” said event committee member Suncatcher’s Dream, Queenie’s Ice Trailgate Party and DDWS vice president Doris Hardy. Cream and VIP Realty.” “We would like to extend a special thank Event sponsorships are still available. you to the following event sponsors for For more information, contact Birgie stepping up early to support our efforts.” Vertesch at 292-0566 or director@ding- “At the Cuckoo Level are Hans & darlingsociety.org. Leslie Fleischner, Jim and Patty Sprankle, Attendance to the February 15 event and the Wilbur Smith Law Firm. The is by reservation only. Tickets to Cuckoo Sanibel Captiva Trust Company is for “Ding” Trailgate Party are $75 each. sponsoring at the Dolphin Level. At For more information, or to receive an the Bears Level are Bailey’s General invitation, call 292-0566. To view a list Store, Dan Hahn Custom Builders, of auction items as they accumulate, visit Jim Sprankle’s carving of a Mangrove and Periwinkle Park. Sponsors at the www.dingdarlingsociety.org/auction. Cuckoo will be the featured live auction Gator Level include Big Red Q Printing, item at Cuckoo For ‘Ding’ Billy’s Bikes & Segway, Caloosa Tent &

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Great blue herons photos by Sallie Rich Great blue herons mating Photographer Sallie Rich Rich, a self-taught photographer, has been interested in the art of photography ‘Ding’ Darling Presents since she was just seven years old. The talent comes naturally to her, as her attention to detail makes composition and line tremendous. But it is her fine, complete capture Great Blues In Love Exhibit of color and texture that makes her photographs exceptional. ildlife photographs by Sallie Rich, a resident of Shell Point Retirement The JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge is located on the subtropical barrier Community, will be featured in an exhibit at the JN “Ding” Darling Wildlife island of Sanibel in the Gulf of Mexico. The refuge is part of the largest undeveloped WRefuge Center Free Education Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting on mangrove ecosystem in the United States. It is world famous for its spectacular migra- January 2 through February 28. The exhibit, Great Blues in Love, captures the mat- tory bird populations. JN “Ding” Darling is one of over 555 refuges in the National ing habits of great blue herons. This display will feature 27 photographs, and will be Wildlife Refuge System administered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. For center located in the free exhibit area of the auditorium for visitors. hours or more information, call 472-1100 or visit www.fws.gov/dingdarling. “I found a spot on Captiva and positioned myself there every day for three weeks,” said Rich. “I’ve never worked so hard but was ecstatic the whole time about what I was seeing.” “Nearly every bird seen at ‘Ding’ Darling is also present at Shell Point. I have the best view from my home every day. I see the sun rise over the river where I watch dol- To advertise in the Island Sun Call 395-1213 phins playing in my front yard. Every hour there is a new painting and a new sound!”

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Karen Pati with 23-inch gator trout photo by Indy Pati ndy and Karen Pati caught their limit Mark Yelenich and Charles Sobczak with the 75-pound amberjack caught on December Chase Gillmore with his birthday finds of eight trout in Pine Island Sound 16 hase Gillmore found two alphabet Ion the Dr. Go Fish this past Sunday. 75-pound amberjack was taken Island Fishing Club group outing that cones on his 21st birthday.He Most of the trout were 16 to 19 inches, in 100 feet of water off the coast took place on December 16. There Cfound the two cones in the morn- but Karen landed a 23-inch gator trout. Aof Sanibel by Mark Yelenich while were four more amberjacks caught, ing at Blind Pass. He has been coming “Go out and fish,” said Pati. “All you fishing with islander and offshore angler along with 17 grouper and a number to Sanibel/Captiva on vacations for the need is a bobber and live shrimp. Try to Charles Sobczak. The fish was caught of small porgies. Mark is a very happy last 16 years. The first Alphabet cone fish in two to three feet of water on an on a four-inch pinfish and took almost member, having just joined the club on he found was considerably larger than incoming tide. Happy holidays, happy 30 minutes to land. Yelenich, along with December 11 at the annual banquet. the second, and they were both quite a fishing and enjoy Sanibel!” four other anglers, were in a Sanibel surprise.

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Christmas Spirit and listen to him give one of his sermons. just doesn’t have a roof over it like yours A former city council member and by Mark ‘Bird’ As a science-oriented person, I do not does.” mayor, Mark “Bird” Westall has owned Westall have intrinsic proof that he was the “Son No matter what beliefs you adhere to, and operated Canoe Adventures, Inc. of God” and, therefore, cannot claim that I hope you are having a happy holiday on Sanibel for over 33 years. Visit eeing as how this is fact. That will have to be left up to and enjoying the true meaning of faith www.canoewithbirdwestall.com for this is the the person who invents a time machine. – and that you will join me in praying more information. SChristmas But from the time I was a young child, I season, I thought was raised as a Christian and that form of I would take an theology is where my spirituality gets its uncomfortable step emotional energy from. Whether or not and try to express he was truly the “Son of God,” if I were my feelings for lucky enough to get to hear him speak, I what this time of think he would give me goosebumps. year should really Now, because of what I was taught as be all about. I use the term “uncomfort- a child, my spiritual thoughts always drift able” because there are some folks that in Jesus’ direction. But there are other can only see their way of thinking as the “enlightened” souls that almost affect me correct way to see the world. To those as much. One of my hopes is to, some- folks, I apologize. I mean no disrespect, day, get to hear the Dalai Lama speak. but I believe there are many formats He appears to be someone that can which can be followed to achieve the transcend humanity’s shortcomings and same goals; from my perspective, no teach us all how to live better lives. I also single way is the only way. can accept that Moses, Muhammad, the Last week, I wrote about this being the Buddha and Lao Tzu were special in their time of year when most of our wading own right. bird snowbirds are back. For the birds of But even though I was raised as a the Refuge, lots of food has been avail- Christian, as a young man, I was con- Birds to be viewed at Audubon Bird Walk able because very strong low tides, com- sistently turned off to organized religion. bined with northwesterly breezes, have I had always felt that everyone should Audubon ‘Ding’ Darling Bird Walk trapped the small invertebrates and fish strive to live in harmony with not only on the mudflats. That means “breakfast is the natural world around us, but also all he 2013 Audubon Bird Walk season kicks off with its first bird walk Saturday, being served” for them every morning in the multitude of different human cultures December 29, at the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Refuge. Participants can meet the Refuge and, thus, the birding for we and philosophies that existed. But I was Tin the trolley parking lot at 8:00 a,m. Bird walks are open to the public and humans is good. frustrated as I noticed that some of man’s walkers at all levels of experience are welcome to participate. Refuge fees will Tourist-wise, no matter what religion – most terrible conflicts and resulting miser- apply. The Duck Stamp and Federal Senior Pass are accepted. For more informa- if any – one follows, everyone who lives ies had happened as a result over differ- tion, call Hugh Verry at 395-3798. in the modernized, western world gets ing viewpoints about religion. Christmas off from work. As a result, I felt saddened by the concept, “Peace there is the distinct possibility that a fair on Earth, good will towards man... but if amount of people might think about you don’t agree with my religion, I will kill Celebrating heading south to the relatively warm, sun- you!” bleached shores of Sanibel. That means Part of my degree is in Anthropology that Sanibel’s human-oriented habitats are and I studied quite a bit the naturally-ori- crowded with snowbirds this time of year, ented religions of the Plains Indians. They spending lots of money and many locals were so tied to the natural world that 18 YEARS wish they would just leave their money their spiritual philosophies were based and go away. on those premises as well. I thought to of Garlic Breath on Sanibel! 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Tom Rush photo by Michael Wiseman Rush Entertains With Wry Wit And Warm Vocal Style IG ARTS presents a concert by popular folk legend Tom Rush on BSaturday, January 12. His perfor- mance begins at 8 p.m. Rush is a gifted musician and per- former whose distinctive guitar style, wry humor and warm, expressive voice have made him a legend to fans around the world. His shows are filled with the laughter of terrific story-telling, the simple delight of gentle ballads and the passion of gritty blues. A folk pioneer, Rush helped to shape the folk movement’s revival in the 1960s and contributed to its renaissance in the 1980s and ‘90s. James Taylor once told Rolling Stone, “Tom was not only one of my early heroes, but also one of my main influences.” Rush’s career began when he was a student attending Harvard University and performing weekly concerts at the popular coffee house, Club 47. (Rush

From page 1 Ars Nova String Trio (viola) and Adam Satinsky (cello). Musicians of Ars Nova have collaborated with eminent artists such as Edgar Meyer, Joseph Silverstein, James Ehnes, Jeremy Denk and members of the Cleveland Quartet and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Their program will include Beethoven: String Trio in D major, Op. 9, No. 2, Jean Françaix: String Trio in C major, Mark O’Connor: Appalachia Waltz and F.C.’s Jig and Ernõ Dohnányi: Serenade for String Trio in C major, Op. 10. Upcoming Classical Afternoon Series Fish Tacos! concerts are pianist Priscila Navarro (January 27) and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Starling Chamber Players (February 12). Classical Afternoons supported by

Grand Patron Series Sponsor Deborah Rated by: and John La Gorce. ZAGAT ® Visit www.BIGARTS.org for more ZAGAT.COM event information, including links to art- ists’ websites. To purchase tickets, stop by the Marks Box Office or call 395-0900. 30 ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 Caloosahatchee Celtic Festival ort Myers Recreation Division and Celtic Heritage Productions invite Fyou to “don your tartan” and bring your family and friends out to enjoy the 10th annual Caloosahatchee Celtic Festival on Saturday, January 26. The event will be staged from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Centennial Park in downtown Fort Myers. Beginning on Friday evening, January 25, enjoy the free Kick-Off Party in front of the Hotel Indigo on Broadway in downtown Fort Myers, with perfor- mances by West of Galway, My Three Kilts, Seven Nations, Rathkeltair and Albannach. The party starts at 6 p.m. choose between duty and desire, due to On Saturday, celebrate Celtic culture her treasonous love for a Roman soldier. along the banks of the Caloosahatchee Scenes from the opera Norma This production from Teatro Antico in River with with extended hours and even BIG ARTS brings live and pre-record- Taomina, Italy stars Chiara Taigi, Gregory more bands. The British Car Club of Opera In Cinema ed performances directly from the world’s Kunde, Irina Lungu and Giacomo Prestia. Southwest Florida will display their mem- most distinguished theaters and opera Flowing, lyrical melodies – including the bers’ cars and offer the public a chance to Season Continues houses via Emerging Cinemas, the larg- infamously difficult soprano aria, Casta vote for “Best In Show.” Plenty of music, est all-digital theater network in the U.S. Diva – heighten this sweeping drama. food, beverage and craft vendors will be IG ARTS continues its 2012- Stampa Italia calls this production “a tri- on hand. 13 Opera & Ballet In Cinema Nearly 100 arts institutions, media arts centers and independent art houses are umphant success.” Admission is $7 for adults, and chil- Bseason continues on Thursday, Emerging Pictures Series Sponsors dren under age 12 are admitted free. connected through state-of-the-art digital January 10 with the opera Norma, FineMark National Bank & Trust and The For additional information, visit www. and continues with Carmen (February technology that enables venues to exhibit exclusive independent cinema, documen- Sanctuary Golf Club. celticheritageproductions.com/caloosa- 27) along with the ballets Don Quixote Tickets for all Opera & Ballet In hatchee.htm or call Kelly MacDonald at (March 27) and The Rite of Spring taries, arts programming and foreign language films. Cinema performances may be purchased 321-7524. (April 11). All screenings are at 7 p.m. online at www.BIGARTS.org, by calling at BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall, Norma is considered Vincenzo Bellini’s magnum opus, and the apex of the Marks Box Office at 395-0900 or by 900 Dunlop Road on Sanibel. General visiting BIG ARTS Center at 900 Dunlop admission seats are $20. the bel canto operatic style. The opera is the story of a high priestess forced to Road.

month will be selected and announced one week prior to its screening. This way, BIG ARTS Film Society will be able to show films that are all the rage, like a nominee or award-winner from Cannes, the Golden Globes, or the Academy Awards. Before the film is selected, these film nights will be advertised as Surprise - To Be Announced. When the film is announced one week prior, it will be listed on BIG ARTS website’s Film Page, included in the weekly BIG ARTS member e-mail and listed in the islands’ newspapers. BIG ARTS Monday Night Film Series is supported by Sponsor Bank of the Islands, Stan & Visnja Gembicki, Sanibel Taxi, and Jerry’s Foods of Sanibel. For more information, call BIG ARTS at 395-0900, e-mail [email protected] or log on to www.BIGARTS.org.

Film Poster from Monsieur Lazhar From page 26 January Films Share your community news with us. elementary school teacher who died tragi- cally, Monsieur Lazhar examines how Call 395-1213 children and adults grapple both different- ly and similarly with sudden loss. Kenneth Fax: 395-2299 Turan of The Los Angeles Times praises or email this Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film for “handling with a light [email protected] and even affectionate touch weighty subjects like grief, guilt, community and love.” The film for the final Monday of each ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 31 consists of one liners from most The Plaids Take popular carols. A letter from Rosemary Clooney offers some Over The Strauss support to the lads as they begin by Di Saggau their journey to spread yuletide cheer. emember There’s a Christmas Calypso Forever number with a touch of RPlaid, the Belafonte. You’ll enjoy a number tale about an all- that features the Plaids accompa- male vocal group, nying Perry Como and another The Plaids? Well highlight is a recreation of the they are back in “Ed Sullivan Show” that finds Forever Plaid: them racing around the stage, Plaid Tidings, now packing everything into three playing at the BIG minutes and eleven seconds. ARTS Herb Strauss There is just enough audience Theater on Sanibel. The action takes participation to make things inter- place on February 9, 1964 and Jinx esting. (Michael Lo Balsamo), Frankie (John The voices of the cast mem- Ramsey), Sparky (Matthew Schmidt) and bers are quite good and each Smudge (Robby May) are given another has a chance not only to show Michael La Balsamo, Matthew Schmidt, Robby May and John Ramsey chance to return to earth from heaven their musical talent, but also their to deliver some much-needed holiday comic side. cheer. Accompaniment by Byron For years, playwright Stuart Ross Gaurder on piano, Jay Heavlen resisted creating a holiday sequel to his on bass and Miguel Cintron on original play. He finally gave in and the drums adds greatly to the perfor- result is a toasty, cozy musical with holi- mance. day cheer. Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings, The cast is very talented and they offer directed by Michael Stanek, is up a wonderful blend of musical num- a blast from the past. It plays bers. A recap is presented as to how the through December 30 at the Plaids got to heaven in the first place and BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater, why they came back. They must prove located at 2244 Periwinkle Way their plaid-worthiness and they do with on Sanibel. For tickets call 472- numbers like “Life Could Be a Dream”, 6862, or 395-0900, or email “Mambo Italiano”, “Hey There”, and [email protected] for more many more. A Christmas Carol Canon information. The Plaids: Robby May, Michael La Balsamo, Matthew Schmidt and John Ramsey

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Cycling Safety Notes Book Signing ngelika Geerlof, author of Sanibel ALWAYS WEAR A Moodscapes, will hold a book Asigning at Suncatcher’s Dream on Italian & Mediterranean Cuisine BICYCLE HELMET Friday, December 28 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Geerlof’s coffee table book is Our Shared Use Paths a photographic and poetic tribute to Casual Beachfront Dining Sanibel Island. Geerlof also publishes Open for Dinner From 5 p.m. until Late intersect with many roads Sanibel Moodscapes calendars. Partial and driveways; the risk of profit from all sales goes to cancer research in memory of her late husband, a crash is always present. Raymond. New Year’s Eve Gala Suncatcher’s Dream is located in Olde So let’s be prepared and Sanibel Shoppes at the intersection of always, no matter how Periwinkle Way and Tarpon Bay Road. short the trip, wear an approved bicycle helmet. Dinner Florida law requires helmet use for children Dancing under sixteen, but adults should set a good Share your community Balloon Drop example and wear a news with us. Call 415-7732, helmet whenever using Fax: 415-7702 Champagne Toast the Paths. Protect your or email head! Call for [email protected] Reservations 239-472-4559 3111 West Gulf Drive - TraditionsOnTheBeach.com SANIBEL BICYCLE CLUB Specializing in weddings, private parties and corporate events ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 33 her professional career at age 16 as a Ann McCarty has taught for 14 years FILM dancer in The New York City Ballet. For to both children and adults at the Alliance DANCE VISUAL ARTS LIVE THEATER BALLET DANCE OPERA CLASSICAL POP & JAZZ LECTURES 30 years, her career in dance included for the Arts, Art League of Bonita Broadway’s musical stages, television Springs, Pine Island Art Association and appearances, instructing and working as other venues. McCarty has an associ- assistant choreographer for many shows, ates degree in Art, a bachelor of arts in including the famed Radio City Music Communication, and a skill set learned Hall’s Annual Christmas Spectacular. from Nina Conner. McCarty and her Gerard Damiano’s new technol- students have won awards in many local, ogy classes will teach students how to state and national shows. Her work is in use Facebook and social media, iPads, collections around the world. Her Applied CLASSICAL CONCERT iPhones and smart phone apps, OS X Drawing Basics class will enhance the and iOS6, cloud computing and more. beginner and intermediate students’ skills Teresa (Frandina) Jacobs will teach a in value, contour, cross contour, gesture, ARS NOVA STRING TRIO class in basic Italian phrases and cultural mass, hatching, proportion, perspective practices to enhance the traveler’s experi- and memory drawing. SUNDAY, JANUARY 6 3:30 PM $32; CHILD 17 & UNDER FREE ence in Italy. Jacobs was born in Italy and Former elementary school teacher has travelled extensively. She holds sev- Edith Flagg will teach a beginner’s weav- eral post graduate degrees in languages ing class. Students will learn to prepare a (Italian, Spanish, English, teacher educa- warp and complete a cotton scarf project PROGRAM tion and school administration) and has on a rigid heddle loom. BEETHOVEN: STRING TRIO IN D MAJOR, taught many different age levels. In addition, Community Chorus OP. 9, NO. 2 Ndakhte Ndiaye is a master drum- practice are held Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. mer and choreographer from Senegal, at BIG ARTS. The Community Band JEAN FRANÇAIX: STRING TRIO West Africa, and artistic director of a rehearses Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at St. IN C MAJOR 12-member West African performing Michael & All Angels Church. No audi- dance troupe. In her African Drumming tions are required for the Band and MARK O’CONNOR: Appalachia class, learn to play ancient rhythms on Chorus, and all are welcome to join. Waltz AND F.C.’s Jig the Djembe and Djun-Djun drums, which BIG ARTS Workshops are sponsored ERNÕ DOHNÁNYI: SERENADE FOR are provided. In her African Dance class, by Sony Corporation of America. Ndiaye starts with leading a warm-up and There is a 20 percent discount on STRING TRIO IN C MAJOR, OP. 10 stretch. Each movement is explained, workshops for BIG ARTS members. demonstrated, and then first practiced For further information about work- slowly. Drums and choreography are then shops, classes and events, stop by BIG added so that students gain a sense of ARTS, 900 Dunlop Road on Sanibel, call Grand Patron Series Sponsors Deborah & John La Gorce ‘performance-style’ dance. All skill levels 395-0900, e-mail [email protected] or are welcome for both classes; no prior log on to www.BIGARTS.org. experience is necessary and no special OPERA IN CINEMA equipment is needed. NORMA “MAY THE FISH THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 7 PM $20 BE WITH YOU!” Series Sponsors 2013

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s urgers · freshcut fries shakes ice cream chick wings hot dogs burgers January 16, meets Wednesdays 3:30 to 6 GEORGE & WENDY’S SEAFOOD GRILLE p.m. Acrylics/Oils Painting with Marjorie Bronsted begins January 16, meets Wednesdays 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. World Drama: To View, Read & Discuss with Norm Nichols begins January 18, meets Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Ring In The New Year PMC: Carved & Etched Fine Silver Jewelry with Mary Ann Devos begins Every Wednesday • Live Music with Karaoke January 19, meets Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4 Robby Hutto, Food p.m. Thursday, Dec 27th Individual flute, piano and saxophone John Mamelli & Drink Specials lessons with Jennifer Valiquette are avail- Friday, Dec 28th • FREE Champagne Toast able for children and adult students. Marty Stokes All NFL & College Football Community Chorus practice is Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at BIG ARTS. The Games Available “The original one & only Community Band rehearses Mondays at established in 1998” 6:30 p.m. at St. Michael & All Angels PIZZA IS HERE! Church. No auditions are required for the Lunch, Dinner & Band and Chorus, and all are welcome to Late Night Menuu join. Char-grilled Natural BIG ARTS Workshops are sponsored Casing Hot Dogs by Sony Corporation of America. There is a 20 percent discount on Only All Day Fresh Cut Fries workshops for BIG ARTS members. For Happy Hour on further information, stop by BIG ARTS, Juicy Hand Patted Burgers 900 Dunlop Road on Sanibel, call 395- the Island 0900, e-mail [email protected] or log Thick Milkshakes on to www.BIGARTS.org. Outdoor Seatingg OPEN 11 AM - 9 PM To advertise in the 1528 PERIWINKLE WAY, Island Sun (239) 395-1263 for reservations or take-out

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Class titles Tropical Cooking Extravaganza goat cheese fritters, venetian seafood include An Italian Summer (Monday), Schedule Of Classes risotto with vegetables, grilled steak flo- Sensational Scallopine (Tuesday), Made in • Monday, January 28, 10 a.m. to 1 rentine style with spinach and roasted red Italy (Wednesday), Lemons, Oranges and p.m. – An Italian Summer pepper in herb sauce, corn pudding and Limes (Thursday) and A Night on the Isle Revel in the classic flavors of Italy strawberry tiramisu with chocolate sauce. of Capri (Friday). As usual, each class will while you watch Chef Loretta prepare • Thursday, January 31, 10 a.m. to 1 offer astounding and delicious food paired this fantastic meal. p.m. – Lemons, Oranges & Limes with exceptional wines. Chef Loretta will Menu: Arugula salad with grilled Dazzle your guests at your next party be assisted once again by Sanibel vet- shrimp spiedini, homemade saffron fet- with these refreshing meal ideas. Discover erans Chef Tim McCoy, Chef Lou Ann tuccine pasta with cherry tomatoes, basil the very best citrus recipes with Chef Colaric, Morgan Finerty and daughter and fresh mozzarella, pork involtini with Loretta. Beth Paganini. prosciutto and fontina in white wine Menu: Refreshing rosemary lemon- The 2013 Tropical Cooking sauce, vegetable ribbons with balsamic ade, tomato martini soup with cherry Extravaganza will be especially moving glaze, oven-roasted rosemary potatoes, tomatoes and mozzarella skewers, grilled for Paganini. After 15 years offering the lemon-strawberry crepes with limoncello pesto crusted grouper on caesar salad Tropical Cooking Extravaganza as a visi- sauce and strawberry gelato. with lemon zabaglione dressing, home- tor to Sanibel Island, she now has the • Tuesday, January 29, 10 a.m. to 1 made tagliatelle pasta with prosciutto and pleasure of presenting this event as a p.m. – Sensational Scallopine orange cream sauce, roasted sticky lemon Chef Loretta Paganini Sanibel neighbor and part-time resident. These dishes are not thin on flavor in garlic chicken, oven-roasted potatoes, Upon completion of her consulting work this great class. Join Chef Loretta as she asparagus with limoncello sauce, key lime 16th Annual at Il Cielo Restaurant in January 2012, shares her favorite scallopine recipes per- cheesecake with lime curd. Loretta and her husband relocated and fect for any day of the week. • Friday, February 1, 10 a.m. to 1 Tropical Cooking bought a condo in Nutmeg on West Gulf Menu: Turkey scallopine alla milanese p.m. – A Night on the Island of Capri Drive. Feeling ever more at home on with sweet potato fries, eggplant scal- Spice up your dinner party with this Extravaganza Sanibel, she looks forward to continuing lopine alla pizzaiola with fresh tomato delicious menu. Chef Loretta will show hef Loretta Paganini will continue the tradition of hospitality she has shared and mozzarella, pork scallopine marsala you how easy it is to create a fabulous her annual tradition of bringing on Sanibel with residents and visitors who with wild mushroom ragout on fettuccine, Italian meal in no time. Cfun, entertaining, and informative have annually gathered to express a com- herb breaded salmon scaloppine in lemon Menu: Shrimp in crazy water, neapoli- cooking classes to Sanibel Island as she mon love of good food, good cooking and artichokes sauce with rice pilaf, veal tan pizza margherita, caprese salad with hosts her week-long 16th annual Tropical and good friends. scaloppine saltimbocca with sage and tomato, fresh mozzarella and arugula, Cooking Extravaganza from January 28 The 16th Annual Tropical Cooking prosciutto on mashed potatoes, red velvet homemade cheese ravioli “alla sorren- to February 1. Extravaganza will offer classes from 10 cupcakes with mascarpone frosting. tina” with fresh pomodoro sauce, braciole Happily returning to its long-time a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, January 28 • Wednesday, January 30, 10 a.m. to with prosciutto and caciocavallo cheese, island home, this year’s Tropical Cooking through Friday, February 1. Registration 1 p.m. – Made In Italy garlic mashed potatoes, caprese choco- Extravaganza will be hosted by the for these classes is $450 for the entire A celebration of the very best Italy has late torte with raspberry sauce. Jacaranda Restaurant, located at 1223 five-class series or $95 for each individual to offer. Join us for a sample of delicious class. Students registered for the entire DINING SHOPPING COCKTAILS great food good times AWARD-WINNING BISTRO CUISINE JEWELRY, CLOTHING, BOOKS & GIFTS FINE WINES, BEERS & HAPPY HOUR MENU Lunch & Dinner ÌÌÌ food 11 am - 9:30 pm Jean Le Boeuf

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shrieking, as water crumples Poet’s Corner underneath the thrashing wings. 1523 Periwinkle Way Sanibel Island We invite Almost too weighed down to fly, submissions the bird discards its mirrored twin. 472-7770 from local poets. Violated by a red canoe Anyone interest- with its two paddlers OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK ed may submit who trespass one another, 11 AM to 10 PM their work via even resting. email to tutsie@ www.thefi shhouserestaurants.com comcast.net. FRESH LOCAL SEAFOOD Each week indi- Georgianna Orsini attended vidual work will Wellesley College and Harvard Come See Our New Chef be showcased. University. She has lived in Tuscany, New York, Sanibel and North Carolina. Molly Peacock said of her book of selected by Tanya Hochschild poems and watercolors, “An Imperfect Lover” “Toss William Blake, a sense of NFL PACKAGE Canoeing on Tarpon Bay humor, dress Beatrix Potter in chiffon, by Georgianna Orsini douse Dante Gabriel Rosetti in whimsy, DAILY HAPPY HOUR 3-6 PM and you might get the poetry and No land to walk at all, just trunks with watercolors of Georgianna Orsini. Food & Drink Specials tentacles that could reach hell, if that was bot- tom. Rounded knobs on a slightly sunken DINNER SPECIALS log betray with symmetry the periscopic 5pm - 10pm eyes Share your community of an alligator, cued to drown news with us. MONDAY - BBQ RIBS a glass-stemmed heron set TUESDAY - SHRIMP FEST to fish at the next river bend. Call 395-1213 Fax: 395-2299 WEDNESDAY - SUSHI FEATURING AUNG Water breaks into separate slides, long enough or email THURSDAY - SNOW CRAB to film a second sky, trees, legs. [email protected] FRIDAY - FISH FRY A splash posts some boundary crossed; SATURDAY - LOBSTER BOIL even a word tips over a companion- able quiet, SUNDAY - PASTA NIGHT 38 ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 lecture was cancelled due to her seri- Captiva Prepares ous illness, but she recently published A Thousand Mornings and her next book For Renowned of poems, Franz Marc’s Blue Horses, will be forthcoming in the fall of 2013. Poet Mary Oliver Because Oliver is one of Stuart’s favorite submitted by Kharli Rose poets, she is on the Host Committee with fellow Captiva resident Paul McCarthy rom seeking friendship in stars to to help plan for the anticipated event. comparing bones to souls, Mary Stuart was among many disappointed FOliver is known for her poetic fans unable to experience Oliver’s reading imagery and earthen descriptions. She last year but is delighted to see and hear gives the wind a feeling and the sea a her in February. “I have heard her three voice, keeping people in touch with of four times in fairly recent years so this and curious about nature. “Everything will be one more treat, not only for me, she writes just kind of makes you think but for everyone that can squeeze in,” of the whole universe,” said Captiva she said. resident Susan Stuart. “She paints pic- The lecture is free and open to the tures with her words and I don’t think public, but seats will be reserved for con- anybody else does it in the same way tributors to the Ninth Annual Fundraising she does.” Stuart is excited to hear the Celebration, which takes place February acclaimed poet read from her body 9 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Sanibel of work during the Rachel Carson Captiva Memorial Library Manager Anne Island beachfront home of Peter and Distinguished Lecture on February 8 at Bradley displays books by Mary Oliver Mallory Haffenreffer. This is a major fun- 7:30 p.m. at St. Michael & All Angels that are available through the Lee County draising event for the Center and helps to Church on Sanibel Island. Library System further its sustainability initiatives locally “Mary Oliver’s writing epitomizes the Coast University. “I was really unaware and globally. Invitations for the event art of simple pleasures,” said Captiva of the depth until I really sat down and weekend will be mailed in early January Memorial Library Manager Anne A Thousand Mornings was published in read the poetry,” she said. More than ten October of 2012 to Center members. If you would like an Bradley. Though she knew of Oliver’s of Oliver’s books and nearly 100 publi- invitation or would like to be added to the iconic status, Bradley was unfamiliar with cations with her work can be requested “Look and See” is one of her favorites. Center’s mailing list, contact the Center her poetry style before learning about from Captiva Memorial Library or from It can be found in Why I Wake Early, by email at [email protected] or by phone at the lecture, which is an annual event any library throughout the county. which is also available through the Lee 590-7166. for the Center for Environmental and Because of this accessibility, Bradley has County Library System. Sustainability Education at Florida Gulf now read more of Oliver’s poetry and Oliver’s appearance for last year’s

a new beginning and a more peaceful through that door feels welcomed and Meditation and spiritual atmosphere. During her loved and realizes that there is hope and Paperwork Of time here in Florida, she has worked with support to help with life’s challenges,” Program At preschool children as a teacher and as a Barraco said of her store. “I want to inte- Life Program paralegal. grate the fact that we are very powerful llen Mikus will present a program Sanibel Library For the past 20 years, Barraco has beings with the ability to manifest any- at the Sanibel Public Library on aurie Barraco will be present- worked on her spiritual side by study- thing we choose to in our lives.” EWednesday, January 9, at 2:00 ing an introductory program on ing with many Master Teachers, such as And, as far as she is concerned, the p.m. in Meeting Room #4. The title of Lmeditation on Friday, January 11 Sonia Choquette and John Holland. She journey has just begun! her presentation is Paperwork of Life, at 2 p.m. in Meeting Room #4 of the has been married for 22 years and has This library program is open to every- and she will explain the service she pro- Sanibel Public Library, 770 Dunlop two teenage children. She opened The one. There is no fee to attend. Call 472- vides at the library on a variety of issues. Road. Mystical Moon store in Fort Myers in 2483 for more information. Medicare and insurance issues are her Barraco is a native New Yorker who December 2007. specialty, but she also helps with bill relocated to Florida in 1990 looking for “I hope that everyone that walks paying and checkbook keeping. Ellen has lived in Florida for ten years. She has worked as a Medical Social Worker at Community Hospital in Serving Breakfast All DAY, Every Day! Munster, Indiana. She has also worked as a Utilization Manager in Indiana and in Fort Myers. A Utilization Manager is You’ll always find something special at the Over Easy Cafe. the person who works with the insurance companies when a patient is admitted to Here’sHeres whatswhat’s cooking cooking forfor BreakfastBreakfast & Lunch a hospital to ensure that their insurance pays the bill. She will pass out her busi- ness cards and take questions. Ellen is 'LIIHUHQW(JJV%HQHGLFW6FUDPEOHUV 2PHOHWV3DQFDNHV available by appointment at the Sanibel Public Library to assist those in need of Scan To )UHQFK7RDVW&KRLFHV(JJVHSWLRQDO6SHFLDOWLHV (JJVWUD6WXII her expertise. Go Online :UDSV6DODGV6DQGZLFKHV %XUJHUV “Like” us on Outdoor & Indoor Dining )DFHERRN 7DNH2XW‡3HW)ULHQGO\‡3DWLR Share your community Island Paws… news with us. %DNHG*RRGV‡%HHU :LQH A Very Unique Pet Shop! 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Bush recently became co-chair of position on The New York Times best- Family Literacy was founded nearly 25 Farm, SunTrust Foundation, Walt Disney his mother’s national foundation, working seller list. Coben, with thrillers published years ago, working to ensure each child’s World and Wells Fargo. alongside his sister, Doro Bush Koch. in 41 languages, has 50 million books in lifelong success by preparing them to Individual tickets are $250 per person, First Lady Barbara Bush is expected print worldwide. learn in school while providing parents a with sponsorships available that include to attend the Florida celebration and will • Arthur Agatston, MD, renowned car- second chance to complete their educa- exclusive events such as a private lun- join New York Times best-selling authors. diologist, and creator and author of the tion. cheon with the Bush family and guest Individual tickets are now available at perennial best-seller, The South Beach Florida’s Celebration of Reading has authors, as well as a VIP reception and www.CelebrationOfReading.org and Diet. raised nearly $22 million for family lit- preferred seating at the reading event. include the reading event at 6 p.m., fol- • Andrea Beaty, best-selling children’s eracy programs since the program was For tickets or sponsorship informa- lowed by a gourmet dinner and a book- author with two books on the Florida launched under then Gov. Bush in 2001. tion, contact Tina Matte, event coordi- signing with the authors. State Sunshine book list. Her titles Major Florida Celebration of Reading nator, at 239-277-6295 or visit www. Authors confirmed to-date for the include Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies; partners include AT&T, Comcast, Dollar CelebrationOfReading.org. event include: Hush, Baby Ghostling; Firefighter Ted; General Foundation, Florida Lottery, • Harlan Coben, whose last five con- and Iggy Peck, Architect. Florida Trend, Prudential Financial, Publix secutive novels have debuted in the No. 1 The Barbara Bush Foundation for Super Markets Charities, Scholastic, State

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The 122-foot square She was among the first ships to defend top sail schooner will be sailing into Fort American freedom by evading the British Myers Beach on Thursday, January 3 at naval fleet then blockading American ports noon. and serving in the important privateering Join the flotilla as Lynx fires a salute efforts. Although captured early in the from her main battery of six-pound carro- war, the original Lynx design was recog- nades upon her grand entrance. nized as superior. With her rakish profile “We are very excited to visit Fort and superior sailing abilities, she served as Myers Beach for the first time, and want an inspiration to those ships that would to thank wholeheartedly Rob DeGennaro follow. with Nervous Nellie’s Waterfront Eatery Naval architects continue to study her for hosting our visit. It is through his power and grace. She is fitted with period generous support that area residents will ordnance and flies pennants and flags have the chance to walk the decks and from the 1812 era. With a noble mis- step back in time aboard Lynx, America’s sion, Lynx acts as a dynamic educational Privateer, our National Treasure,” said platform and provides a unique oppor- Jeffrey Woods, executive director, Lynx tunity for students to interact with their Educational Foundation. “Lynx, America’s American history lessons and renders a Privateer, has arrived on the east coast hands-on experience. Students and adults from Hawaii and California, and is recognize the War of 1812 as a significant scheduled for a five-year mission along element of American heritage and as a the East Coast of the United States, the turning point in the development of our Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes and Canada national identity. celebrating the 200th anniversary of the continued on page 4B The Lynx will arrive in Fort Myers Beach on January 3 at noon 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 attended Monday night’s meeting of move nanoparticles into the fluid envi- 2012 Community Housing & Resources (CHR) ronment around the nucleus (cytoplasm) board, some to protest what they per- in prior studies, but never before could Year In Review ceived to be a rent increase. Councilman they reach the actual nucleus where the by Anne Mitchell Doug Congress, the city council’s liaison DNA of cells is located. to CHR, says it is not a rent increase, “The carbon nanoparticles are fascinat- rather the loss of utility supplements. ing because they are the smallest particles January The Community House celebrated 85 we have used. It is also possible to attach lans were announced for years in January. It was built in 1927, chemotherapy drugs or other agents to Shellabration 2012, to mark the when the country was still enjoying the the carbon nanoparticles and have the P75th anniversary of the Sanibel prosperous decade known as the Roaring nanoparticles carry these into the nucleus Shell Fair & Show from February 17 to Twenties. That year, with Calvin Coolidge with them,” Curley said. He also stated March 4. The festivities would kick off in the White House, Charles Lindbergh that he believes “this will further enhance with a mass Sanibel Stoop on Bowman’s would make his famous trans-Atlantic treatment in the Kanzius radio frequency Beach on Friday, February 17 designed Sanibel Recreation Center staff and chil- flight and The Jazz Singer would bring field to produce heating of the cancer cell to break a Guinness Book World Record dren ready to collect invasive air potatoes sound to motion pictures. At last, island- and ultimately, cancer cell death.” The late of 250 people in the Largest Treasure ers had a facility large enough for town Kanzius was a Sanibel winter resident. on Dunlop Road. 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If all goes well, the bayfront home list of elementary, middle, combination offered some help in the city’s battle Journal, Dr. Steven Curley of the MD will be moved to the Sanibel Historical and high schools for 2010-11 last week. against invasive plant species, collecting IAnderson Cancer Research Center Museum and Village to become another However, when the island educational more than 100 pounds of air potatoes in Houston and lead researcher for the exhibit of how life was lived on Sanibel facility appeared at the top of the list for from Sanibel-Captiva Conservation John Kanzius radio frequency cancer in earlier times. It will ride on a barge combination schools, its teachers, staff, Foundation land located behind St. Isabel treatment, proved that carbon nanopar- from Bird Lane to the end of Dixie Beach students and parents reveled in the news Catholic Church ticles can be delivered into the nucleus Boulevard and then trucked to the village of cancer cells. 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Captain Bob Nelson and the crew of the Lynx From page 1B Join the crew and hoist the sails, steer the ship, fire the main battery of six- Lynx Sailing Into pounder carronades and experience first hand life aboard a traditional, square top- Fort Myers Beach sail schooner. On decks and below, Lynx The Privateer Lynx was hired to train evokes the life, spirit and atmosphere of a the cast and crew of the hit movie Pirates vanished age of sail. of the Caribbean. Fort Myers Beach Schedule: Climb aboard and step back in time as January 3 to 17 you relive history and feel the adventure. Grand arrival of Lynx is Thursday, January 3 at noon with a deck gun salute

The Lynx, a clipper schooner from the War of 1812, will be visiting Nervous Nellie’s in Fort Myers Beach in January Public Dockside Tours are 3 to 6 p.m. Marina, 1131 First Street in Fort Myers January 4 to 17 Beach (under the Sky Bridge). All pro- Public Deck Tours are 10 a.m. to 2 ceeds help support the educational pro- p.m. grams taught aboard Lynx. Public Sailaway is 3 to 5 p.m. Also, sail with the crew on a port-to- Pricing for Public Dockside Tours is a port overnight passage and be a part of $6 donation for adults; children 12 and the crew on a unique experience from under are free. Public Sailaways are $65 Fort Myers Beach to St. Petersburg. for adults; children 12 and under are For reservations or more information, $35. The ship is closed January 14 for a call 866-446-5969 (PST) or visit www. crew day off. privateerlynx.org for online ticketing and Boarding is at Nervous Nellie’s donations. Waterfront Eatery at Snug Harbor

Our email address is [email protected] ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 5B New Year Hortoons Traditions o most of us, New Year’s Eve means attending a big party with Tfriends and loved ones and making resolutions that we will soon break. But where did the tradition come from? The Oldest Holiday On Earth Celebrating the coming of the New Year is the oldest of all holidays. It origi- nally lasted for 11 days and each day had its own signature theme. It was first observed in ancient Babylon approxi- mately 4,000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first new moon (the first visible cresent) after the vernal equi- nox (the first day of spring). While modern festivities may pale in comparison to those of the Babylonians, they are nonetheless often celebrated around the world. Toasting On New Year’s Eve One of the most honored New Year’s traditions is the Champagne toast at mid- night. It can be traced back to the ancient Romans and Greeks who would pour wine, to be shared among those attend- ing a religious function, from a common pitcher. The host would drink first to assure his guests that the wine was not poisoned, an all-too-common practice to do away with one’s enemies. As long as the host did not drop dead, the wine bowl would then be passed around so that everyone could take a sip. Ancient wine was not as refined as it is today, so a small piece of scorched toast was placed in the wine bowl to absorb some of the acidity, making the raided Confederate food supplies, they Year will bring plentiful food to the house- drink more palatable. The last person to absconded with everything except the hold. The ritual is likely related to the tra- partake in the ritual would eat the toasted peas and salted pork. Confederate sol- dition of banging pots and pans in Iran or bread. In time, the act of “toasting” in diers felt fortunate to have something left the ancient tradition of using firecrackers AVAILABLE unison was born. to eat and managed to survive harsh win- to welcome in the Chinese New Year. Kissing At Midnight ters on the meager supplies. Henceforth, Being Born on January 1 We kiss those dearest to us at mid- black-eyed peas became a southern sym- A baby born on the first day of the COMMERCIAL night not only to share a moment of bol of good luck. year is said to have luck on his or her side celebration with our favorite people, but Marzipan Pigs for life. SPACE also to ensure those affections and ties The delicious German confection will continue throughout the next twelve called marzipan is a traditional German months. To fail to smooch our significant gift that symbolizes Move In Ready others at the stroke of twelve would be to good luck and pros- set the stage for a year of coldness. perity when given at RABBIT ROAD The Singing of Auld Lang Syne Christmas and New The song that plays in the background Year’s. A pig, after all, CENTER at midnight of nearly every English- can only look forward, speaking New Year’s Eve celebration is not back towards its entitled Auld Lang Syne. At least partial- tail (i.e., the past). ly written by Robert Burns in the 1700s, Silver Coins Double Spot it was first published in 1796 after Burns’ Placing a silver coin death. Early variations of the song were in one’s pocket before Single Spot sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns the clock strikes mid- to produce the modern rendition. 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As a result, when they Eating a marzipan pig is a delicious way to celebrate good for- hopes that the New tune in the new year 6B ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 28 and 30, 9 a.m. to noon. Class is limit- Tuesday Kayaking – January 8, 15, open to the public. Sign up is a must Center 4 Life ed to four or eight students and you must 22 and 29 at 8:30 a.m. as seating is limited. Christine Sherlock, be able to attend all classes. Supplies are There is space for 16 people on eight chief image officer and president of Programs provided. Cost is $12.50 for members two-person kayaks and unlimited space Image Matters, will explain the three key anibel Fit 4 Life is the motto at and $25 for non-members. for those who own their own kayaks. elements to dressing with intent and how Center 4 Life. All ages are wel- Bridge Lessions – coming in February. Kayaks, paddles and life jackets provided. to reverse the trend of wearing 20 per- Scome. Weaving Class with Edie Flagg – Bring water, a small snack, change of cent of your wardrobe 80 percent of the Island Seniors, Inc. members may Tuesday, January 22, 1 to 4 p.m. and clothing, sun lotion, bug spray, sunglasses time. Learn how to save time and money attend fitness classes held at the Center Wednesday, January 23, 9 a.m. to 1 and a hat. Cost is $5 for members and when shopping for new clothes. 4 Life, 2401 Library Way, by present- p.m. Learn to weave on a rigid heddle $10 for non-members. Stop by the cen- Discovering Florida Daytrips ing a coupon. Booklets of 12 coupons loom that is simple, compact, sturdy and ter to sign up. Thursday, January 17 – Flamingo can be purchased at the center; cost is portable. Use a variety of yarns on the Florida Repertory Theatre and Herb Gardens and lunch in Davie, Florida. $42, or buy three coupons for $10.50. rigid heddle, which is perfect for weaving Strauss Theater Includes transportation, guided gardens Cash or checks to the City of Sanibel are scarves, towels, fabric, and many other January 5 – The Little Foxes by tour, wildlife encounter show, narrated accepted. Members of the City of Sanibel items. Participants will weave a scarf in Lillian Hellman. The center has reserved tram tour, and lunch at the gardens. Recreation Center must show their mem- class. Yarn and use of heddle loom are discounted seats for Saturday 2 p.m. Flamingo Gardens is one of the old- bership cards to attend. included in the fee. The class is limited to matinees. Call the center for details. est botanical gardens in the south and Happy Hour Fitness – Monday, five students. Cost is $85 for members What’s A Spreadsheet? – Wednesday includes over 3,000 tropical and sub- Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. with and $100 for non-members. and Thursday, January 2 and 3, 1 to 3 tropical plants. Fort Myers pick up at 8 Sandi McDougall. Format is 45 minutes Page Turners with Ann Rodman, vol- p.m. Spreadsheets can be useful to bal- a.m. Cost is $69 for members and $79 of cardio, 20 minutes of balance, core unteer coordinator. ance your checkbook, manage rentals for non-members. strength and flexibility exercises. January 9 at 2:30 p.m.– The Big or expenses or even create address lists January 22 to 24 – Three-day tour Essential Total Fitness – Monday, Year by Mark Obmascik. Each year on using Microsoft Works or Excel software. to Key West. Trip includes transporta- Wednesday and Friday at 9:30 a.m. January 1, a quirky crowd of adventurers You need to be familiar with the mouse tion, admission and lunch at Theater Cardio, muscle strengthening and flex- storms out across North America for a and keyboard. Class limited to six. Your of the Sea in Islamorada, two nights ibility training with hand weights, stretch spectacularly competitive event called a paid reservation guarantees your seat. accommodations at LaConcha Hotel on cords, chairs and stability balls. Mahnaz Big Year, a grand, grueling, expensive, Cost is $60 for members, $90 for non- Duval Street with breakfast, one dinner, Bassiri is the instructor. and occasionally vicious 365-day mara- members. guided tram tour with hop-on, hop-off Power Hour Fitness – Tuesday and thon of bird watching. 10th Annual Coping with Life Series privileges and two-day pass, tickets to Thursday at 8 a.m. Hand weights, stretch LIFE Course – Tuesdays and Fridays January 18 at 12:30 p.m. – Memory either Hemmingway House or Truman cords and stability balls, along with mats, from 2 to 4 p.m. January 8, 11, 15, 18, Strategies with Cindi Ryerson of Whitehouse, and Mallory Square sunset are used to strengthen your muscles. 22, 25, 29 and February 1. Millennium Cognitive Cafe kicks off the celebration. Fort Myers pick up at 7 Improve core strength and balance. Add years to your life and life to your series. Limit of 25 participants. Cost a.m. Cost is $499 per person, double- Mahnaz Bassiri is the instructor. years with the LIFE Course (Longevity, is $10 for members and $15 for non- occupancy for members and $549 per Gentle Yoga with Kris Brown – Independence, Fitness and Enjoyment) members. Overview of how our brain person double occupancy for non-mem- Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Ken James. Filomena Warihay and functions, how to stay brain fit and strate- bers; $749 single for members and $799 Stretch, tone and strengthen while Gerintologist Dr. Michael Raab will gies to assist with memory in everyday single for non-members. improving flexibility, proper alignment lead the course, which is based on four life. Learn how you can tap into six Tuesday, January 29 – Boca Raton and circulation. Mats are used to meet scientifically-proven pillars of longevity: cognitive domains and build cognitive Museum of Art plus Mizner Park. Includes the needs of varying experience levels. Healthy Body, Healthy Brain, Healthy reserve that will help ward off the poten- transportation, admission to the Boca Bring a towel. Nutrition and Joyful Life. Cost is $100 tial of Alzheimer’s and dementia in your Raton Museum, shopping and lunch (on Chair Yoga – Tuesday and Thursday at for members and $125 for non-mem- lifetime. your own) at Mizner Park. 11 a.m. bers. Registration deadline is December January 25 at 1:30 p.m. – Image Cost is $49 for members and $59 Mahjohgg Lessons – January 23, 24, 30. Matters; Dressing with Intent. Free and for non-members. Fort Myers pick up at 7:30 a.m. Bridge – 1 p.m. Monday and Wednesday Hand & Foot – 1 p.m. Tuesday ,I\RXKDGDEXVLQHVVRQ6DQLEHORU&DSWLYDGXULQJWKH%3RLOVSLOO Mahjongg – 1 p.m. Thursday Mexican Train – 1 p.m. Thursday FKDQFHVDUHJRRGWKDW\RXKDYHDVXEVWDQWLDOFODLP Cost is $2.50 for members and $5 for non-members. Prizes are awarded. 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Both we maintain the highest standards of safety decision to retire earlier than planned. have been performing poorly in recent He is one of two Lee County men to win years to the point where the liabilities and soundness. Client portfolios are separately top Florida lottery prizes the same day, exceed the funds available. The city has March 1, according to lottery.com. The managed and individually tailored to your been working towards improving those Florida Lottery announced that Castle, plans by injecting extra cash. of Sanibel, claimed his share of the $7 total return, cash flow, and legacy needs. The City of Sanibel Vegetation million jackpot from the drawing held on Committee thanked all who partici- February 22. Experience the benefits of pated in the city’s 2nd annual Air Potato A platform for the eagle nest Exchange Day at the Sanibel Farmers private wealth management. at Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Market January 15. 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According to event plan- on October 18, before there were eggs in ners, the number of participants who reg- the nest, the tree snapped in half and fell. istered to take part more than quadrupled SCCF staffers and many others began the total required to shatter the existing ųŴźƆŵŸųƆŹŴűűɫƌɫŹűűƆųŷųƆŸŲŴŸ watching the eagle pair closely to see Guinness Book of World Records mark how they would cope. Within a week, sancaptrustco.com in the Treasure Hunt category. both eagles were seen flying with nesting materials in their talons and began ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 9B working on at least two nests, one in the original Gulf Pines site and one nearby. April A new chain retail store is coming to Sanibel, J. McLaughlin, selling upscale American classic clothing in bold colors and signature prints. Currently, there are about 45 J. McLaughlin stores from coast to coast, including two in Naples and others in Palm Beach, Florida; Lexington Avenue, New York; and Nantucket, Sen Miller and James Sprankle on the James Sprankle shows his map route for Mongol Rally Andy and Lisa Brown with their daughters Massachusetts. the Mongol Rally Meagan and Maya Because it’s part of a chain, the appli- cant, Heart of the Island Associates, had declared the winner, having downed an May Florida. to seek a conditional use permit from additional 37 oysters. The Sanibel-Captiva volunteer cam- What kind of person would want to the Sanibel Planning Commission, even Sanibel Community Housing paign committee for the 2011-12 United drive a diminutive vehicle, ill-equipped though the store meets all the criteria for Resources (CHR) welcomed a new Way Campaign of Lee, Hendry and for a treacherous journey across more what the city classes as “formula retail.” executive director last week. Kelly Glades announced that residents contrib- than 10,000 miles of largely unpaved, Sanibel City Council adopted Collini moved to Sanibel from Laramie, uted $307,288 to the campaign. This unmarked roadway through both barren Ordinance 12-003, which reduces all city Wyoming where she was the executive is $32,000 over their original goal of deserts and dangerous, mountainous ter- building permit fees by 25 percent. To director of the Albany County SAFE $275,000. Sixty-two Sanibel and Captiva rain, whose greatest goal is not based achieve this, the multiplier for all building Project, an advocacy program for victims residents and leadership givers gathered upon which team finishes first, but which department fees has been reduced from of domestic violence and sexual assault, recently at ‘Tween Waters Inn to cel- teams finish at all? one percent of total project cost to three- for the past six years. ebrate the achievement. James Sprankle is one of those quarters of one percent of the total cost, More than 75 people attended the The modest Walker Guest House on people. The Sanibel native, son of island- effective April 10. official ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Sanibel was named the top residential ers Jim and Patty Sprankle, is planning Lamar Williams retained his title as new Shared Use Path Welcome Center, structure in Florida. Local architect Joyce to enter this year’s Mongol Rally, which champion oyster eater at The Bailey- located on Periwinkle Way between She Owens told the city council on Tuesday is described by former participants as Matthews Shell Museum’s 3rd annual Sells Sea Shells and Huxter’s Market. The that the 60-year-old house received the “the greatest adventure in the world.” Oyster Eating Contest. There was some facility features an extension of the shared most public votes in a statewide com- The road race – which isn’t technically drama involved during Saturday’s event, use path, which meanders through newly- petition in which over 2.5 million votes a “race” at all – begins at Goodwood staged at The Timbers Restaurant. planted native vegetation, a three-sided were cast. In addition to getting the top Circuit in Chichester, England and ends in Williams and fellow competitors Ron covered gazebo with seating, maps and people’s vote, the Walker house came in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Clayton and Chuck Woods finished in island information, a drinking fountain, at number 3 in a vote by architects. An application by the Sanibel-Captiva a three-way tie, with 48 oysters eaten benches and a dedication plaque set in An online competition was launched Conservation Foundation to construct an in one minute – the same number that stone. in March marking the American Institute elevated attached deck between the old won last year’s competition. But after of Architects’ 100th anniversary. Five Bailey homestead and an accessory a 30-second tie-breaker, Williams was buildings were nominated in Southwest continued on page 10B

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Lead researcher Dr. Steven Curley December James AND Penny announced recently they have discovered Tower Gallery celebrated its 30th that the Kanzius cancer technology that anniversary with a new display containing HETMANEK has been in development for several years works by former members of the coop- YOUR ISLAND REAL ESTATE EXPERTS has taken a new turn. He made the com- erative who assisted in the purchase of [email protected] ment at the Kanzius Cancer Research the Tarpon Bay Road property on August Foundation National Conference in Erie, 5, 2004. Pennsylvania. A production crew from the Travel WISHING YOU A BLESSED NEW YEAR! Kanzius’ external RF generator had Channel was on Captiva December 8 to been in testing for several years as a film the island’s annual Captiva Holiday new treatment for cancer. The idea was Village Golf Cart Parade as part of a pro- to inject gold nanoparticles into tumors posed show based on unique Christmas and zap them with RFG radio waves. events across the United States. Travel NEW LISTING The tumor cells and not healthy cells are Channel creative producer Nicole Dunn attracted to the gold nanoparticles. The said, “We are looking to showcase the result in petri dishes and small animal best of the best across America but want- testing was cancer cells dead, healthy cells ed to get away from the typical stories unharmed and no side-effects. like the Radio City Rockettes or the light- For the first time since the Sanibel ing of the Rockefeller Center tree in New BEAUTIFUL BAY FRONT BUILT IN 2008 Fire & Rescue District beran handing out York City.” 3 BR plus offi ce & 3.5 Baths. Metal roof, elevator, fi replace, hard wood fl oors, Phoenix Awards in 1999, recognizing the Sanibel Police Lt. Scott Ashby will large kitchen with double ovens & wine cooler, upstairs master suite with efforts of crew members who have made retire at the end of the year after logging sitting area/offi ce & deck overlooking the Bay! life-recovering rescues, a total of seven more than 30 years with the city. Ashby, $2,995,000. FURNISHED awards was distributed. Recognized dur- who joined the police department as an ing the monthly board of fire commission- aide in October 1981 at the age of 18, ers meeting were crew members Kevin rose through the ranks. Ashby turns 50 Barbot, Bill Briscoe, Rob Doerr, Brittany this month. NEW LISTING Gydosh, Carl Johanson, Rob Popkin and Lee County Supervisor of Elections John Reitenbach. Sharon Harrington was in the hot seat On October 8, crews responded to an Tuesday when the Sanibel City Council emergency call of a man who had gone members quizzed her about what she into cardiac arrest. The victim, 61-year- was doing to make sure that voters would old Steve Sickels, attended the award cer- not have to wait in line for seven hours DEEP WATER DIRECT ACCESS emony to thank his rescuers personally. or more in the next election. Harrington No bridges! Excellent boaters location. Breathtaking intersecting canal views! On Sunday, November 25, people gave council background on Florida’s 3 BR/2.5 BA shows bright and spacious with vaulted ceilings, fi replace, gathered in the new sanctuary of Sanibel voting procedures, funding and the fact updated large eat-in kitchen. Pool, spa, &10,000 lb lift. Community Church for the first worship that supervisors are governed by state $1,195,000. service in the 630-seat auditorium. The law on funding and types of amount of $4.9 million project, begun in 2010, equipment used as well as time allowed includes a new youth center with triple for early voting. She said that she will the space they had before. New adult attend a meeting of the Association of classrooms are still being renovated, but Supervisors in the next few days and will be opening soon. hopes members will opt to lobby for The plan also includes a missions- some changes. focused café-bookstore supporting local Councilman Doug Congress said while and worldwide ministries, as well as a he appreciated her meeting with city counseling center that will be available for officials, he was not satisfied with her EXCELLENT INCOME & STUNNING VIEWS the public. The hope is to have all new responses. Direct Gulf front views! 2 BR & 2 BA. Updated kitchen with granite & stainless & facilities fully functional by the end of the Chairman Michael Valiquette and beautiful baths with double vanities & granite. Gulf front master (see the water/ year. member Chris Heidrick were reappointed sand & hear the waves).Pool, tennis, BBQ grills & on-site rental offi ce. The unexpected death on Sunday, $799,000. FURNISHED to their seats on the Sanibel Planning November 25 of Tim Gardner leaves a Commision. void in Sanibel’s environmental commu- The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation nity as well as a lasting legacy of volun- Foundation received the planning com- teerism and dedication to a cause. mission’s unanimous blessing to move forward with its plan to convert the old Bailey Homestead into an educational and research facility with offices, wildlife habitat, walking trails and a native plant nursery. Erick Lindblad, SCCF executive direc- ROMANTIC HIDEAWAY tor, outlined the plan, which requires con- This tasteful 1 BR 1.5 BA is a perfect island retreat! Newer windows, plumbing ditional use approval. He said they have & electric. Granite & stainless kitchen. Gorgeous master bath with spa, double been working with city staff throughout vanities and rain shower. Captivating Gulf and sunset views! Excellent amenities. $425,000. 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Doc Ford’s management team members Kris Zook, Marty Harrity, Liz Harris, and Jean Crenshaw celebrate kicking the bottle with the refuge system mascot, the Blue Goose, and Refuge Deputy Manager Joyce Palmer Doc Ford’s Kicks The Bottle For ‘Ding’ nspired by the “Ding” Darling Refuge’s initiative to kick the one-use plastic bottle Sanibel Recreation Center habit earlier this year, Doc Ford’s Sanibel Rum Bar & Grille followed suit with the New Year’s Eve party food Irecent purchase of collapsible water bottles. sponsors: Kris Van Olst of “A lot of our lunch crowd heads out to the nearby refuge after they eat, and ask to Cheeburger Cheeburger, buy bottles of water for the road,” said Doc Ford’s Manager Jean Crenshaw. “When Alison and Blaine Dry of we heard about what the refuge was doing, we got excited to jump in on kicking the Cip’s Place, Jackie and Jen of The Coffee Bar @ bottle.” Bailey’s, Dave Nicely of Sun Like the refuge’s collapsible green bottles, Doc Ford’s blue bottle is refillable. Guests Harvest Citrus, 7 Eleven, can fill it with cool filtered water at the restaurant and then refill at the refuge’s water Dairy Queen, Arturo, Jamie stations at the Education Center and Tarpon Bay Explorers. and Steve of Island Pizza, Doc Ford’s charges $2.95 for the reusable bottle, out of which it donates 50 cents Manager Tammy and Chef to “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS). Steve of The Sanibel Fish “The cost of the reusable bottle is exactly what we used to charge for a bottle of House, Richard and Meade water, plus they get a souvenir and the added incentive of doing a good turn for the Bailey of Bailey’ General environment,” said Crenshaw. Store, Manager Mark Pucher “We’ve been committed for years to earth-friendly products, including our recyclable of Jerry’s Foods. to-go products, straws, and garbage bags. We no longer serve any plastic-bottled water. Visit mysanibel.com/departments/recreation and go to Guests who are dining and want bottled water get Aqua Pana in a glass bottle that we New Year’s Eve 2012 for more information on the party recycle. We have no Styrofoam products. Our menus are printed on recycled paper also.” continued on page 25B Happy New Year!

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Deli To Grill And From East To West Festivities will start at 7 p.m. in by Anne Mitchell the lounge with t’s been a few months now and Rosie’s Café & Grill has hors d’oeuvres and made the transition to its new location on Palm Ridge Road. complimentary party IIt has also evolved from being just a deli at Sanibel’s east end favors. At your table, into a full scale restaurant in the heart of the island’s commer- which will be yours cial district. for the entire eve- Rosie’s Deli was a mainstay for 18 years. Then it closed leav- ning, a five-course ing many people wondering what happened. To the delight of menu will be served its longtime customers, owners Joanne Fitzgerald and Irving at the time of your Gavin later surfaced on Palm Ridge Road, having purchased the choosing. Sanibel’s Hungry Heron. own Pianoman Joe They have tried to combine the best of both popular eateries McCormick with his on Rosie’s extensive menu. Freestyle Band will Traditions on the Beach is having a New Year’s Eve Gala That means a lot of the fish and seafood meals and sandwiches the Heron was be there to play live known for plus classic deli sandwiches from Rosie’s. You’ll also find Southwestern dish- music with guest artists all night long, entertaining with their smooth vocal stylings, es such as burritos and fajitas, soup and sandwich combos, salads, crab cakes, grouper R&B, jazz and pop while you dance the night away. and shrimp entrees and steaks with all the trimmings. When the clock strikes midnight, balloons will fall and revelers will bring in the New Gavin, whose domain Year with a Champagne toast. is the kitchen, says the The lounge area will also be available from 9 p.m. that night for a cover charge. most popular items are For reservations; call 472 4559. For more information, visit www.traditionsonthe- the Rosie’s Famous beach.com. Cheese Steak made from LIVE ON THE ISLANDS shaved rib eye, grilled The Crow’s Nest at ’Tween Waters Inn has live entertainment on Fridays and mushrooms, onions Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Crab races take place Mondays and Thursdays. The and green peppers. Crow’s Nest is at 15951 Captiva Drive, phone 472-5161. The Modulators will again Other top choices are be back for their annual New Year’s Eve appearance on Monday, December 31. the Ultimate Cuban and Traditions on the Beach at the Island Inn has live entertainment most nights. Classic Reuben. Gavin’s This week’s lineup includes: Friday, Joe McCormick and singer Barbara Smith; home-made muffins and Saturday, Joe McCormick and singer Marvilla Marzan; Sunday, Dusk Duo with Dean large cinnamon rolls & Kathy Winkleman from Milwaukee on piano, guitar and vocals; Monday, New are also high on the list. Year’s Eve Gala with Joe McCormick, Barbara Smith, Marvilla Marzan and guest Desserts include root artists with dancing, five-course meal, Champagne toast, balloon drop, party favors; beer floats, banana splits Wednesday and Thursday, dancing to Joe McCormick with popular favorites and and home-made Key smooth vocal stylings, R&B, jazz and pop. Closed New Year’s Day. Traditions is at lime pie. A children’s 3111 West Gulf Drive, phone 472-4559. menu and a carry-out are Sweet Melissa’s Café features Michael David playing light acoustic background also available. music Wednesday through Saturday from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sweet Melissa’s is at Breakfast is served 1625 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, phone 472-1956. from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. George & Wendy’s Sanibel Seafood Grille has live entertainment every and includes the classic Cristobal Navarrete at the bar at Rosie’s Café & Grill Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as well as every other Tuesday. Tonight, Friday, fare plus burritos, steak December 28, Marty Stokes and the Captiva Blues Band will play from 9 p.m. to mid- and eggs and pork loin night. On Tuesdays, Chris Coile plays 50s and 60s hits from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Karoake and eggs. is on Wednesdays. Anthony Wayne, guitar and vocals, is the entertainer Thursdays Early morning is from 9 p.m. to midnight. The restaurant is at 2499 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, phone when a local phenom- 395-1263. enon occurs – one that The Jacaranda has entertainment nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. On Friday and began when Rosie’s Saturday, various artists are featured. On Sunday, it’s Jamaica “Dave” & Co., reggae was on the lighthouse and dance; Monday, Renata, jazz, contemporary music and dance; Tuesday, Steve end of Sanibel. A group “Scooter” Reynolds, accoustic guitar, contemporary music and dance; Wednesday, of men, sometimes as Buckeye Ken, contemporary, Top 40 and blues; Thursday, 2 Hot, contemporary, reg- many as 30, known as gae and dance. The Jacaranda is at 1223 Periwinkle Way, phone 472-1771. The Think Tank, show Traders Store & Cafe features music by Chris Workman on Sundays and up from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. and Danny Morgan and Friends on Tuesdays and for coffee and, some- Thursdays from 7 to 10 p.m. Traders is at 1551 Periwinkle Way, phone 472-7242. times, earnest discus- The Mucky Duck on Andy Rosse Lane, Captiva, features music by Mark Dupuy sion. These gentlemen on Mondays; Rich Lancaster, Wednesdays; sit outside and Rosie’s Gene Federico, Thursdays and Saturdays; caters to their early start and Buckeye Ken, Fridays. with fresh coffee ready The Island Cow on Periwinkle Way before the place is open. has live entertainment on Friday with Think Tankers can pur- Dan Confrey; Saturday, Diana Lynn; and chase a $20 mug with Sunday, Buckeye Ken. Phone 472-0606. the group’s name on it Candi Maraldi at the Royal Scoop ice cream counter at RC Otter’s, 11506 Andy Rosse Lane, and from then on, their Rosie’s, which offers more than 20 flavors of the locally made Captiva, has live music daily with dining inside and out, phone 395-1142. coffee is $1 a cup. I’m frozen dessert Please visit our Island Sun online told new members are Keylime Bistro features live music welcome. days and nights seven days a week with advertisers each week at Happy hour, from 3 to 6 p.m. seven days a week, offers two-for-one draft beer and Ken Limeri playing jazz sax from 6 to www.islandsunnews.com. 10 p.m. every Tuesday. The bistro is at wine and a menu that starts at $4.50 for items such as nachos with cheese and salsa You can click through to their and $5.50 wings and chicken tenders. 11509 Andy Rosse Lane, Captiva, phone In addition to the restaurant, there’s an adjoining ice cream bar with more than 20 395-4000 Web sites for more flavors of Royal Scoop ice cream that’s made in Bonita Springs. Candi Maraldi will Restaurant owners/managers, please information about real estate, e-mail or fax your entertainment sched- fashion a sundae of your choice if you wish, or pour you coffee. shopping, restaurants and services. The restaurant has applied to the city for outdoor seating and hopes soon to offer ule to Anne Mitchell at islandsuncity@ tables with umbrellas. aol.com or 395-2299. Just click on the logos surrounding Rose’s Café & Grill is at 2330 Palm Ridge Road, phone 590-0807. the front page. Traditions on the Beach, restaurant, bar and lounge, located inside the Island ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 19B The Sanctuary Golf Club Makes A Sweet Donation to SCA’s Annual Fund Raiser, Cirque Vertigo

Tamara Pigott of Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau, Ellen Lai of BB&T Bank, and John Pryor of FISH (Friends In Service Here) of Sanibel Chamber Hosts Open House he Sanibel & Captiva Chamber of Commerce held an outdoor open Thouse on Monday, December 17. Guests included a mix of business peo- ple from Sanibel, Captiva, Fort Myers The Sanctuary Golf Club’s Chef Brown donates sweet desserts and Naples who gathered to socialize and network. Food and drinks were he Sanctuary Golf Club’s Chef Mark Brown is showing his support of Sanibel served by Chef Carl and Chef J. Tee of Community Association’s 2013 gala fund raising event, Cirque Vertigo. On Bailey’s Catering. TSaturday, January 26 at 6:30 p.m., The Sanibel Community House will trans- The chamber holds monthly after form itself into a cirque, complete with chiffon aerials, graceful and daring stage hours get-togethers for networking and acts and humor. In support of this dazzling event, The Sanctuary Golf Club and socializing with members. For more Chef Brown will donate gourmet desserts. Cirque Vertigo showcases multiple gener- information about the Sanibel & Captiva ations of the noted Wallenda and Arestov performing families from Europe. Tickets Islands Chamber of Commerge log on to Bailey’s Executive Chef J. Tee preparing to continued on page 25B www.sanibel-captiva.org. serve the food

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Patrick Harder and Chef Luis Alba Plans For BIG ARTS Annual Benefit Are Underway ll are invited to BIG ARTS Annual Benefit Monday, February 25. The beach party evening includes dinner followed by a concert with California Surf, Inc. A Co-chairs Maddy Hanlon and Sherry Halloran have been planning the event, which will include an auction of surfboards hand-painted by local artists. Catering will be provided by several local restaurants including Bailey’s, Cip’s Place, Doc Ford’s Sanibel, Island Cow, Il Cielo, Island Pizza, Jacaranda, Sweet Melissa’s Café, and Zebra Frozen Yogurt. One of the greatest beach party bands around, California Surf, Inc. has toured for years with the biggest names in surf music, including Jan and Dean and The Beach Boys. The band — made up of Matt Jardine, Billy Hinsche, Bobby Figueroa, Ed Carter, and Philip Bardowell, will be playing all the classic surf-music era songs in BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall. Tickets start at $125. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with fun fare in BIG ARTS Boler Garden. Grand Benefactor Sponsor John M. and Mary Jo Boler. Grand Patron Sponsors Deborah & John La Gorce, Patricia & Davis Thurber, ’Tween Waters Inn, Congress Jewelers, and The L.A.T. Foundation. Patron Sponsor Chico’s FAS, Inc. and Sponsor Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. Call Kara Minoui at 472-9700 for informa- tion about sponsoring this event. For further information about concerts at BIG ARTS events, or to purchase tick- ets, visit BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel; call 395-0900; e-mail info@ BIGARTS.org; or log on to www.BIGARTS.org.

Moose Charity Golf Tournament oose Lodge 2199, located at 155 Santa Barbara Blvd. North in Cape Coral, presents a four-person Scramble Charity Golf Tournament on MSaturday, January 19 at Myerlee Country Club. Mixed teams and non-mem- bers are welcome to participate. The tournament entry fee of $75 per player includes greens fees, golf cart, $5,000 putting contest, steak dinner awards banquet and prizes galore. Tee times are 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. Throughout the tournament, there will be several hole-in-one events, including chances to win a brand new Buick Verano (provided by Dixie Buick GMC, Inc.), a $10,000 cash prize, a set of new golf clubs, a Kindle Fire and a $500 Visa card. RE/MAX of the Islands Other events include a $5,000 putting contest, closest-to-the-pin, longest-drive and closest-to-the-line contests. Real Estate Sales • Annual Rentals • Vacation Rentals On Sunday, January 20, a post-tournament awards banquet will be held at the 2199 Tiki Bar beginning at 1 p.m. Guest tickets may be purchased for $20 each. 2400 Palm Ridge Road A portion of the proceeds benefit Passionately Pink Susan G. Komen Organ Transplant Recipients of SWFL and Moose Charities. Sanibel, FL 33957 Signups are taking place at Moose Lodge 2199 on Fridays at 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m. and at 5 p.m. For more information, call Stumpy at 565-2329. www.remax-oftheislands.com 239-472-2311 • 800-388-2311 24B ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 Will Power Everyone get up and let’s get out of P.M.!” She pointed at a sign with large here!” red letters prohibiting those younger than Christmas Break Circa 1975? I looked out the window of the motel age 40 from entering the pool during by Craig R. Hersch, Florida Bar Board Certified room. It was pitch dark out. Nothing was the heat of the day lest they cause too Wills, Trusts & Estates Attorney; CPA moving. No one was up. “Are you sure much commotion. After all, we all know it’s six, Dad?” I asked wiping the sleep how rambunctious 39-year-olds could have fond we would make it to Grandma and from my eyes. get. But sis and I were only eight and 11 memories when Grandpa’s house in time to enjoy the My father looked at his watch and respectively, so we couldn’t fake being old Igrowing up of beach. Our Christmas break time was turned beat red, letting out a sigh. “Oh enough. my parents piling limited so we wanted to squeeze every- geez,” he said, “I have my watch on Dejected, we headed back to us all into the fam- thing in despite our long car travels. My upside down! It’s only 12:30 a.m.!” We Grandma’s place to beg our folks to take ily station wagon sister and I moaned. still had three and a half hours to sleep, us to the beach where we were sure pre- to drive from our Since there weren’t yet a lot of restau- which didn’t go too well given all of the adolescents were allowed without getting Indianapolis home rant options along Interstate 75, we had excitement. hollered at. to visit Grandma dinner that evening at a Davis Brothers Upon finally arriving, tired and dishev- We enjoyed our trips to Florida just and Grandpa in Cafeteria where the fare was fried this eled, at my grandparents’ “adult living as I’m sure many people vacationing on Florida over the holidays. We’d wake and fried that. I laughed out loud (caus- community” and anxious to head to the Sanibel and Captiva right now are. It’s up to be on the road by 4 a.m. so as to ing my parents extreme embarrassment) beach, my sister and I changed quickly wonderful to search for shells and enjoy make it to southern Georgia by nightfall. when I noticed a waitress flirting with into our swim suits. Since our parents our wonderful weather, especially when My family didn’t have much money, a Georgia State highway trooper in and grandparents were too busy catching we see snow storms forecast for up so we never flew in an airplane. But I the adjacent booth, who, by his rotund up, sis and I decided to bide our time by north. enjoyed the long car trip. After cross- appearance, looked like he was a fre- heading to the outdoor pool nearest our But don’t tell too many other people, ing the Ohio River and having a sleepy quent diner there. grandparents’ unit. or they might end up like me. 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Rose Dakos Karen Bell Jim and Penny Hetmanek team and top listing team. Top Agents Glenn Carretta was recognized as top IP Realty listing agent. Group Lomano, Nicholson & Associates Vannounced were recognized as top producing team. the top agents Jim and Penny Hetmanek were rec- and sales teams ognized as top producing agents. for the month of November. I Have Answers to Rose Dakos was Top Marketing recognized as top anie Pritchard Your Estate Planning sales agent. was the top The Karen Bell Jmarketing Team was recog- realtor at RE/ Questions. nized as top sales Glenn Carretta MAX of the Islands for the month of Will Power Columnist: November. Craig R. Hersch, BCS Board Certified Wills, Trusts & Estates Attorney; CPA

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Research and Quality (AHRQ) indicate HealthPark Medical Center received that hospitals practicing evidence based this recognition as one of the first hos- maternity care, as outlined by the United pitals in Florida to prioritize mothers Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Ten and babies by creating action plans that Steps have more patients breastfeeding in will improve the quality and support for the hospital with longer durations outside babies and mothers giving birth within of the hospital. the health system. “The Florida Breastfeeding Coalition The Florida Breastfeeding Coalition, is proud to recognize HealthPark Medical Inc. designed the quality improvement Center and award them for their leader- award based on the Ten Steps To ship in creating a comprehensive action Successful Breastfeeding and the Baby plan that will improve infant feeding prac- Friendly USA 4-D Pathway. Hospitals tices to more than 3,500 families in Lee are awarded one star as they achieve County,” said Joan Younger Meek, MD, each of the five phases in the WHO/ president of the Florida Breastfeeding UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative. Cape Coalition. Coral Hospital, which delivers over 1,500 Improvements as mapped out in the babies a year, previously achieved this action plan will include: “one star” recognition. • Skin to skin contact within the first “Breastfeeding requires practice. hour after birth. Evidence shows healthy We’re here to provide support and babies placed skin to skin just after birth guidance so mothers and babies can has improved health outcomes over those bond and experience the rewards who have been separated from their of it,” said Kathy Bridge-Liles, Vice mothers after birth. President of Women’s and Children’s • Rooming-in for all families, which Services at HealthPark Medical Center. has been proven to increase bonding and “Breastfeeding for any length of time parenting skills necessary for caring for is beneficial, but we hope to better the baby post discharge. experience and improve skill to prolong • Provision of prenatal and post- this way of feeding and maximize the partum education focusing on AAP rec- benefits.” ommended feeding practices of exclusive This project targets using hospital breastfeeding for the first 6 months and policy as a strategy to reduce obesity continuing for a least one year or as long and other chronic diseases by improving as mutually desired. 26B ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 issues. Writing is hard to hide and, there- may be a volunteer at school who can healthcare professionals, caregivers and School Smart fore, children who have difficulty with it facilitate teaching a specialized program those involved or interested in pallia- by Shelley M. often feel vulnerable in school. They may to your child if his teacher thinks that tive care. The lecture will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Greggs, NCSP be ashamed of the legibility. Sometimes would help. It may also be something they may be accused of laziness and a you could do at home. If writing prob- January 16 at The Church of the ear poor attitude for problems that are largely lems continue, a consultation with an Resurrection of Our Lord, 8121 Cypress Shelley, out of their control. For these reasons, Occupational Therapist may be beneficial. Lake Road in Fort Myers. Registration D My fifth writing difficulties need to be managed with Ms. Greggs is adjunct faculty at begins at 10:30 a.m. A buffet luncheon grade son has ter- great sensitivity and caring. (Levine, 1994) Edison State College where she teaches will be provided by Dignity Memorial. rible handwriting In order to have legible handwriting a psychology and education courses. There is no cost for the lecture. For and I think he needs clergy or healthcare professionals desir- child must have developed the following She is also Nationally Certified School ing a Certificate of Attendance, the cost to improve in this skills: fine motor control, bilateral and Psychologist and consultant for School is $10. Contact hours through State of area. Everyone says visual-motor integration, motor planning, Consultation Services, a private educa- Florida’s CE Broker for most healthcare that handwriting perception of movement, visual percep- tional consulting company. Questions professions available; cost for contact is not important tion, continued attention, and awareness for publication may be addressed to hours is $15. anymore because we use computers now of the finger and thumb movements. [email protected]. Not all questions Seating is limited and reservations are for everything. I disagree. Please give me There are other behaviors as well that submitted can be addressed through required by January 9 at 938-9301. some ideas about how I can help my son interfere with legible handwriting such this publication. Participants will learn individual and to have legible handwriting. as proper posture for writing, physical systematic sources of stress for profes- Tara C., Fort Myers Beach, Florida strength and shoulder and wrist mobility. sional and family caregivers; nature of Tara, Simple ways to help with writing stress; definition of compassion fatigue; It is true that much of our writing will include using a variety of pencils to see FGCU Self Care individual and organizational strategies of be electronic, however legible handwrit- which ones may be more comfortable, self-care; and sources of support for fam- ing is still an important skill to have. The using pencil grips that build up the shaft And Compassion ily caregivers. use of handwriting is the most important of a pencil or pen and can help the user Kenneth J. 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We then Prophets though imbued with honey.” He died in the guilt of countless “witches” based summon our long suffering Medical Office 1675. on whether or not the cork popped out Assistant (MOA) who gathers your wee And Quacks Since gazing into the murky deep of of a bottle containing a combination of prize and tests it in search of: diabetes, by Dr. Dave the chamber pot proved deeply murky, their urine and metal objects like pins and jaundice, cancers, infections, dehydration Hepburn they poured the liquid gold into a matula, nails. (the sample cup is empty) liver disease, a clear flask whose shape approximated In subsequent centuries, the urologist pregnancy, drug abuse (“I have no idea prophet that of... a bladder. The idea was that (piss profits) replaced the outdated “piss how that showed up doctor, I have never is without urine, free to spread out in a shape simi- prophet” and the phrase came to mean even heard of amphetamines, aka speed/ Ahonour/ lar to that of it’s natural environment, a quack. (Personally, as a quack, I take uppers/footballs/black beauties/dexies/ humour in his own would show it’s true colour, and when this as a slight, and not a slight slight. We crank.”), and of course a host of kidney country... well swirled professionally and allowed to Wisequacks are a sensitive duo and work diseases. no wonder. “Piss breathe, would demonstrate a lovely bou- hard to establish ourselves as quacks. And It’s one of the many thankless jobs for prophets” (“PP” quet, a hint of oak and... sorry... went a we seldom need tic tacs.) these hard-working MOA’s, so perhaps for short) were little sideways there. But in many ways, today we doctors this Christmas, if you’ve had a good once the cream of Like their medical counterparts, uro- are still piss prophets. Visit us and we year, got some good prescriptions, etc., the medical crop, mancers swirled, studied and even tasted often send you to the washroom, usually don’t just remember the doctor with the original whiz kids, so to speak, as, people’s urine in the hopes of provid- Lady Godiva Chocolates 32 piece Classic back in the good old days, urine was the ing them with a peek into their future. Deluxe Assortment, please, but also number one way to diagnose disease, “Hmm, I’m not sure what your future is, remember these girls. I’m thinking a nice predict the future, win the lotto, etc. but mine involves a large porcelain device box of... mints. 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Let’s hope his dream comes true. From page 16B Its primary purpose was to be dedicat- Everblades Depart On Five-Game Year In Review ed to children, and all of this done on a Road Trip Beachview Men community donations last year. About volunteer basis. One hundred percent of After dropping two of three games at Fellows and Jerry Mader. That left Tony nine acres will be impacted altogether. the money raised goes back to the com- home last week to Orlando, the Florida Baldino and Bill Blankenship in third. More input is needed from both busi- munity, the members said. Everblades begin a five-game road trip On December 18, the men played ness owners and the Sanibel & Captiva this weekend with two at Orlando fol- a four-man best ball tournament. The Chamber of Commerce, over how to From page 16B lowed by single contests at Greenville, foursome of Mike Zembko, Bob Ritchlin, proceed with a city plan to allow retail- Gwinnett and South Carolina. Bill Sartoris and Dick Chocol took first ers to have more sidewalk sales. Instead Adam Greenberg The local hockey team does not return place with a scorecard playoff win and a of approving the measure, the planning “I’m going to spring training with the home to Germain Arena until January 9 score of 49. In second place, also with commission voted to delay the vote. chance to make the Triple A squad. I’m when they host Toledo. a score of 49, was the team of Roger Members of the Sanibel-Captiva not going to make the big leagues right Despite losing two of three recently, Triftshouser, Jerry Mader, Ralph Barton Optimist Club gathered to celebrate the out of camp – it’s Triple A, big leagues or the Everblades remain in the thick of and Jim Mulka. Third place went to Bill 15th anniversary of the incorporation nothing,” he added. the ECHL chase starting the week with Stell, David Lewis, Roger Cogswell and of the island group, which began as an Stay tuned. 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HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT LIME TREE CENTER FOR SALE BY OWNER MASSAGE THERAPIST Former Innkeepers/Estate Managers 2008 MOBILE HOME CONDO UNIT FOR SALE AT PERIWINKLE PARK recently returned to Ft Myers seeking FOR SALE - Commercial condo in 5-unit HAIR STYLIST their next experience. Hospitality, general 1 Bed room new queen bed. LR with sofa complex centrally located bed, kitchen, refrigerator ice maker, dinning NAIL TECHNICIAN maintenance, housekeeping,grounds on Periwinkle Way. 3 Years Experience. keeping. We can provide references, area, Bosch washer dryer, dishwasher, New Waterfront Luxury Salon/Spa Can be used for offi ce or retail. garbage disposal. Trane A/C with please call or email for resumes and/ Motivated to sell. $225,000. opening on Sanibel Island. or interview. Looking forward to hearing Pro 4000 programmable thermostat. Send resume to: [email protected] Call Janie Howland, Realtor, VIP Realty. Tile fl oors. Full vinyl deck. Pavers. from you, Jon and Mary 603-322-3019, 239-850-6419. ISABELLA RASI ☼NS 12/28 CC 12/28 Oodles of space. Hurricane sun & window [email protected]. ☼RS 11/30 CC TFN ☼NS 12/21 CC 12/28 HAPPY TO HELP YOU protection fi lm. Much more, too numerous WITH ALL OF YOUR to mention. Price reduced to $65,000 OBO. Ground rental $541.66/mo. Key at offi ce. REAL ESTATE NEEDS! [email protected] COMPANION SERVICE 239-209-1869 PART TIME Sanibel-Captiva Care and Companion Service, • International Client Base ☼RS 11/30 CC TFN GUEST ASSOCIATE LLC Medical appointments, general transportation, Part Time, Sanibel Condo Resort Guest shopping, light meal preparations, and light • 600 Shops Worldwide Associate needed. Sat & Sun hours, cleaning. Our services are customized to meet 8 to 10 hrs per week. Duties include: our clients needs. Call 239-395-3591, or • Multi-Lingual Staff Guest check-ins/check-outs, phones, for an emergency call 239-472-0556. PERIWINKLE PARK ☼RS 10/12 BM TFN This charming 2 bedroom unit is as neat reservations, bike rentals, guest services. GULFSIDE PLACE as a pin. Completely updated, most Tolls provided. Please respond to PENTHOUSE! desirable lot and close to all extra [email protected] or call 239-472-4634. 2/2 plus den top fl oor condominium amenities. 2nd bedroom could be used as ☼NS 12/21 CC 12/28 HOME WATCH SANIBEL with panoramic views of the gulf. studio or offi ce. Listen to the birds Property Management-Bookkeeping Over 1800 sq’ of living space while you sit on your deck and Call Bob or Sally Island Residents and nearly 2000 total. realize you own a slice of Sanibel. 239-565-7438, [email protected] $949,000 furnished $22,000. Call 239.233.7060 to preview WWW.HOMEWATCHSANIBEL.COM Just listed! ☼NS 12/21 CC 12/28 Go to www.GulfsidePlaceSanibel.com VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ☼NS 12/14 CCTFN At The Sanibel School Glenn Carretta ISABELLA RASI Broker Associate Call Michelle Wesley VACATION RENTAL 239-910-8000 Now With VIP Realtors (239) 246-4716 [email protected] Email ☼ RS 4/6 NC TFN HOME/CONDO WATCH [email protected] CONCIERGE SERVICES 239-850-9296 ATRIUM CONDO RENTAL Dorado Property Management www.TeamSanibel.com 2 bedroom/2 bath updated condo. Full Range of Services ❋ Island Resident Gulf Front, pool & tennis. ❋ Licensed & Insured ❋ 24/7 Call on this rare offering VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Call Lisa or Bruce at 239-472-8875 Rentals Bi-weekly, monthly or Seasonal Volunteers needed for the ☼RS 10/12 BM TFN ☼RS 12/14 CC 12/28 239-633-9396 or [email protected] After School Program which runs 1101 Periwinkle Way #105 ☼RS 12/14 CC 2/1 Mon.-Th, 2:30 – 3:15 pm Sanibel, FL 33957 call Linda Reynolds 472-1617 ☼RS 12/7 NC TFN ☼NS 12/14 NC TFN PUESTA DEL SOL CLEANING SERVICE LIGHTHOUSE REALTY Residential * Commercial * Medical * Banks Paul J. Morris, Broker Local/seasonal references/free estimate VACATION RENTALS Low prices with free laundry!! PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & SALES Puestadelsolcleaning.com 239-770-4008 SANIBEL 359 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel Island [email protected] 239-878-4472 TO PLACE A 239-579-0511 ☼ ☼RS 10/12 CC TFN OPEN HOUSES RR 7/20 CC TFN POSTED DAILY CLASSIFIED SANIBEL HOME WATCH NEAR BEACH PRIVATE HOME Retired Police Captain LOG ONTO: 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH Lives on Sanibel 3 bedroom, 2 bath Home with heated pool, 3883 Sanibel Captiva Road, Sanibel, Fl Will Check Your Home Weekly in quiet Sanibel neighborhood. Seasonal Phone: 239-472-3644, ext 1 Very Reasonable Rates IslandSunNews.com and monthly rentals. 239-472-0692 or Fax: 239-472-2334 (239) 728-1971 www.4sanibel.com. ☼RS 11/30 BM TFN ☼ www.crowclinic.org VISIT: RS 10/14 CC TFN HELP US PLEASE!! 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VACATION RENTAL ANNUAL RENTAL BOATS - CANOES - KAYAKS FOR SALE DUNES TOWNHOUSE ANNUAL RENTALS HUGE ESTATE/JEWELRY SALE SANIBEL DOCKAGE Merry Christmas Season Clearance Hourly, Daily, Weekly 30% off all old consignments! CAUTION DUPLEX NEW WEEK NEW SALES! Walk to the Beach, 2/1 UF. and Monthly. Large OLD indoor lighting fi xtures Yard care & water included $950/mo. Captiva Island 472-5800 Remington Bronzes Whitehead Prints ☼RS 1/30 NC TFN Rauschenberg Memorabilia SeaShells 472-6747 Tiny Italian Mosaics Chinese Snoofs Gulf Beach Properties, Inc. Taxco Mexican Southwester & Peruvian Paul H. Zimmerman, Broker/Owner GARAGE • Serving The Islands Rental Needs Since 1975 OLDER 925 Sterling Silver Jewelry Earrings Rings Bracelets Necklaces ☼RS 12/28 BM TFN TAXES & FINANCE Dunes; spacious townhouse with Vast array ONE OF A KIND uniquities! MOVING • YARD 3+bdrms./3 baths avail. btwn. Sanibel Consignments SALES Dec 1st - March 1st; Vaulted ceilings, 2431 Periwinkle Way screened in porches, gracious living area RE/MAX OF THE ISLANDS 472-5222, www.sanibelauction.com and 2 car garage. Putting owners and ☼RS 12/14 CC TFN View is of property’s swim pool and tennis tenants together court. Steps to Bay & moments to beach. Call Dustyn Corace www.remax-oftheislands.com GARAGE SALE Cable TV, Wifi internet, tel. and central AC. FICTITIOUS NAME SAT. 12/29 8-2 avail. for a 1-3 month rental. 239-472-2311 ☼RS 3/30 BM TFN 186 SOUTHWINDS DR. Rates based on $800. - $1,400. wkly. rates HOUSEHOLD-BOOKS-TOOLS-DECOR Call owners directly at 508-965-3751 ELECTONICS-CLOTHES-TRASH- or e-mail: [email protected] FICTITIOUS NAME TREASURES ☼ RS 10/19 CC TFN FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE IS HEREBY ☼NS 12/28 CC 12/28 ROOMMATE WANTED GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to Roommate to share beautiful home engage in business under The fictitious in the Dunes. Annual or Seasonal. name of The Sandbar, located in PRIVATE BEACH ACCESS $700 plus half utilities. Lee County, Florida, with an address of GULF PINES 3BDR/2BTH, 239-321-1084. 2959 W. Gulf Drive, #304, Sanibel, Florida Screened Lanai, Wi/Fi ☼NS 11/30 CC TFN 33957 will register said name with The Pool & Tennis Division of Corporations of the Read us online at Seasonal & Monthly Rates Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Owner 786-877-5330 ☼RS 12/21 CC 12/28 Dated this 18th day of December, 2012. IslandSunNews.com [email protected] CAR FOR SALE C&N II, LLC. ☼ NS 10/19 CC TFN ☼NS 12/28 CC 12/28

ANNUAL RENTAL 1991 CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE 69,000 miles. Good condition, New Tires. $6,500. or best offer. ANNUAL RENTAL Call Ken at 239-472-3757. 2/2 UF condo with den. On canal, East End ☼NS 11/2 CC TFN of Sanibel. W/D, boat dock, deeded beach access, covered parking. $1,500/month. Call 239-728-1920. ☼RS 12/7 CC TFN WANTED TO BUY

CASH PAID FOR FOR RENT MILITARY ITEMS Home to Share. Large outside deck, Cash Paid For Old Military Items. carport, laundry room. Furnished Medals, Swords, Uniforms, $500. + utilities, female. N/P, N/S. helmets, old guns, awards & more. Call 239-699-5320 Local Toll Free 1-866-440-3280 ☼ NS 11/23 CC TFN ☼RS 11/23 CC 1/11

LOST AND FOUND ANNUAL RENTAL Apartment for lease on Sanibel, Mid Island, Furnished, 1B/1B $895. per month. LOST AND FOUND Call 734-761-7600 ext. 231. Lost Ladies Watch ☼NS 11/23 CC TFN Make: Brighton Area of Mucky Duck on Captiva Island Lost on Dec. 10, 2012 around noon If found call: 941-639-5395 ☼NS 12/28 CC TFN ANNUAL RENTAL SANIBEL, Beach Access Annual rental, 2BR, 1 BA, 1/2 Duplex, near beach. Private laundry, dishwasher, unfurnished. No pets, non-smoker. PH 708-557-1083 ☼NS 12/21 CC 12/28

★ C LASSIFIED D EADLINE F RIDAY AT N OON ★ 38B ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 Pets Of The Week ello, my name is Buck and I am a one-year- Hold male tan Florida Curr/Boxer Mix. I’m a busy little guy who’s just the perfect NEWSPAPER size. I’m big enough to have Sanibel & Captiva Islands fun with but small enough to fit comfortably into most CALLING CARD 239-395-1213 homes and lifestyles. Play time Emergency...... 911 is my favorite part of the day, Sanibel Police ...... 472-3111 but once I’ve exercised, I’d Lee County Sheriff’s Office ...... 477-1200 love to curl up with you for On Call Captiva Deputy ...... 477-1000 some down time. Fire Department My adoption fee is $38 Sanibel ...... 472-5525 (regularly $75) during Animal Captiva ...... 472-9494 Services’ Home 4 The Florida Marine Patrol ...... 332-6966 Florida Highway Patrol ...... 278-7100 Holidays Adoption Promotion. Poison Control ...... 1-800-282-3171 Hello, my name is Sabrina and I’m a two-year-old black Chamber of Commerce ...... 472-1080 City of Sanibel ...... 472-4135 female domestic short hair. Administrative Office ...... 472-3700 When it comes to meeting Building Department ...... 472-4555 new people I’m a bit shy, but Community Housing and Resources ...... 472-1189 once you get to know me I Planning Department ...... 472-4136 will shower you with love and Library affection. I came to the shelter Sanibel ...... 472-2483 in April and have been here Captiva ...... 472-2133 longer than any of the other Post Office cats. All of the staff and vol- Sanibel ...... 472-1573 Sanibel (toll free) ...... 800-275-8777 unteers wonder why because I Captiva ...... 472-1674 am such a loving girl. I’m just Sanibel Community Association ...... 472-2155 waiting for the perfect home. Senior Center ...... 472-5743 Could it be yours? ARTS My adoption fee is $10 Arcade Theater ...... 332-4488 (regularly $50) during Animal Art League Of Fort Myers ...... 275-3970 Services’ Home 4 The Buck ID# 533008 photos by squaredogphoto.com BIG ARTS (Barrier Island Group for the Arts) ...... 395-0900 Holidays Adoption Promotion. Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre ...... 278-4422 For information about Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers...... 472-0168 this week’s pets, call 533- Gulf Coast Symphony ...... 472-6197 7387 (LEE-PETS) or log on Lee County Alliance for the Arts ...... 939-2787 to Animal Services’ website Naples Philharmonic ...... 597-1111 at www.LeeLostPets.com. The Herb Strauss Schoolhouse Theater ...... 472-6862 Sanibel Music Festival ...... 336-7999 When calling, refer to the Sanibel-Captiva Art League ...... 472-4258 animal’s ID number. The S.W. Florida Symphony ...... 418-0996 website updates every hour, so you will be able to see if CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS ABWA (American Business Women’s Assoc.) . . . . . 565-7872 or 433-7798 these or any other pets are American Legion Post 123 ...... 472-9979 still available. Angel Flight SE ...... 1-877-4AN-ANGEL The shelter is open Audubon Society ...... 472-3744 for adoptions from 11:30 Sanibel Bike Club ...... sanibelbicycleclub.org a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday Community Foundation of Sanibel-Captiva ...... 274-5900 through Saturday. The CROW (Clinic For The Rehabilitation of Wildlife) ...... 472-3644 shelter is located at 5600 FISH of Sanibel (Friends in Service Here) ...... 472-0404 Banner Drive in Fort Myers Sanibel Island Fishing Club ...... 472-8994 next to the Lee County Horticultural Society of the Islands ...... 472-6940 Sheriff’s Office off Six Mile Horticulture and Tea Society of Sanibel and Captiva ...... 472-8334 Cypress Parkway. Kiwanis Club ...... 677-7299 All adoptions include League of Women Voters ...... 472-6689 Lions Club (Tom Rothman) ...... 395-3248 spay/neuter surgery, age- Master Gardeners of the Islands ...... 472-6940 appropriate vaccinations, Newcomers ...... 472-9332 rabies vaccination and coun- Notre Dame Club of Southwest Florida ...... 768-0417 ty license if three months or Optimist Club ...... 472-0836 older, flea treatment, worm- PAWS ...... 472-4823 ing, heartworm test for dogs Rotary Club ...... 472-7257 or 472-0141 six months and over, feline Sanibel Beautification Inc...... 470-2866 AIDS and leukemia test for Sanibel-Captiva Orchid Society ...... 472-6940 cats, training DVD, 10-day Sanibel-Captiva Power Squadron ...... 472-3828 health guarantee and a bag Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club ...... 395-1770 of Science Diet pet food. Sanibel Youth Soccer ...... 395-2040 The adoption package is www.sanibelsoccer.org The Military Officers Assc. of America valued at $500. (MOAA, Alex MacKenzie)...... 395-9232 Sabrina ID# 535166 United Way of Lee County ...... 433-2000 United Way 211 Helpline ...... (24 hour information line) 211 or 433-3900 Zonta Club ...... 671-6381 ISLAND ATTRACTIONS Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum ...... 395-2233 Email your editorial copy to: J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge ...... 472-1100 Sanibel Historical Museum & Village ...... 472-4648 [email protected] SCCF (Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation) ...... 472-2329 ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012 39B BEACH CHAIR PASTIME Answers on page 35B 40B ISLAND SUN - DECEMBER 28, 2012

Wishing you a happy, healthy and prosperous Serving the Islands Since 1975 2013 789 PYRULA NEW LISTING ISABEL DRIVE BEACHVIEW You will love this inviting This home offers stunning Stunning Beachview 4 bedroom, 3 bath luxury water views from nearly custom home offering pool home in Beachview every room. This sprawling nothing but the best! Over Country Club Estates. bayfront estate home has 2800 sq.ft. living area with This home offers a direct deep water access for 3 BR 2 1/2 BTH, formal fabulous floor plan with large boat. Built with superior dining room, breakfast all rooms leading to the strength & handsomely appointed features. Spacious floor room, great room design. bright and open great room with soaring ceilings, plan,over 6,000 sq.ft. Glass elevator,vaulted ceilings,3 Kitchen features custom cabinets, full size freezer, built-in entertainment wall and overlooking the large fireplaces, gourmet kitchen with an open plan & breakfast pass-through window from kitchen to veranda. All pool and nicely vegetated backyard. Spacious master bar,cozy family room with spectacular view. 4 ensuite rooms open to the expansive covered veranda. suite with sitting area, master bath with separate tub/ bedrooms, cabana/fitness room. Master Wing includes Offering gorgeous views of Sanibel River, golf course, shower and his/her walk-in closets, kitchen with wood spa-like bath, jetted tub, rainfall & body sprays w/glass and lakes. Hurricane glass windows, elevator, pool & cabinets/granite counters, sunny breakfast room, big shower enclosure, enormous walk-in closet & private spa with oversized pool deck. Designed by structural laundry room and plenty of space for family or guests office opening to deck. 3 car garage, plenty of storage & engineer, first story is concrete block with poured make this a must see home. Large garages with great addtl workrooms. Heated freeform pool & spa with lush concrete pillars and beams. Attic features Isolene extra storage. HUGE patio/pool area makes for a landscaping for utmost privacy. Offered for $3,900,000 insulation for maximum energy efficiency. Too many great recreation or entertaining area. Beachview offers Contact Debra Hobbs 239/565-0549 features to list! Offered for $1,295,000. Contact Toby deeded beach access, clubhouse, semi-private golf Tolp 239/848-0433, Steve Harrell 239/565-1277 or course, tennis, pro-shop and restaurant. Offered for CONCH CT. Kasey Harrell 239/850-7602. $1,180,000. Contact Nancy Finch 239/822-7825. While enjoying your day on the water, arrive back for a THE SANCTUARY LOGGERHEAD quick swim in the screened An exquisite condo at a CAY #583 in dual heated pool or great price! The largest soak in the hot tub & have condo floor plan in the Amazing GULF VIEWS a snack overlooking the from this 3rd floor condo. Sanctuary features 3 intersecting canals. This BR 3 BTH and over This unit is FULLY home features an elevator & a private guest access FURNISHED and just steps 2750 sq.ft living. With a with a 2 car garage. There is a lot of storage. This open “Tommy Bahama” style, away from the sandy white floor plan with vaulted ceilings provides a warm and beaches. Loggerhead Cay is one of the Islands most this beautifully furnished and decorated condo offers welcome feeling. Open up the sliding glass doors and breathtaking views of the 18th fairway and lake from popular condominium complexes as it has AMENITIES enjoy the breeze and watch the dolphin’s feed and GALORE! Community grills, shuffleboard, tennis courts the oversized new glass enclosed wrap around lanai. play. Bring your family or friends together to gather in Offering living room & family room, formal & informal are just a few of the many amenities available. This unit the spacious kitchen and prepare a meaningful meal. is quiet and features an open floor plan. Offered for dining, high ceilings, huge laundry room, dual a/c The home faces Northwest. Relax on the screened in zones and privacy elevator. Relax by the large heated $549,000. Contact Tracy Walters “Mr. Listr” 239/994- lanai, swing on the hammock & read your favorite book. 7975 or Connie Walters “Ms. Listr” at 239/841-4540 pool and spa with gazebo and grill areas. Offered for This home is truly fabulous. Offered for $1,050,000. $740,000. Contact Toby Tolp 239/848-0433 Steve Contact Tracy Walters 239/994-7975 or Connie Harrell 239/565-1277 or Kasey Harrell 239/850-7602. OVER 2300 SQ. FT. Walters 239/841-4540. LIVING AREA COMMERCIAL This exquisite 2 BR 2 ½ FT. MYERS Bath Golf Villages unit is OPPORTUNITY-134 beautifully furnished & BEACH FEET PERIWINKLE Wonderful beach cottage decorated. . High ceilings, with established weekly FRONTAGE hardwood floors, formal rental history. Four Vacant land ready to living and dining rooms, casual family & breakfast rooms. bedrooms, two and a build. Located between Spacious corner lanai with sliding glass enclosure. half baths, open airy floor Jacaranda restaurant and Sunset views of lake & fairway. Under building parking plan with views of the Gulf of Mexico directly across Huxter’s. Approximately 22444 square foot area or .54 plus private storage room. Offered for $540,000. the street. 38’ X 19’ solar heated pool. Adorable, fun acres. Impervious Area 10200 Sq. Ft. Approximately. Contact Steve Harrell 239/565-1277, Toby Tolp beach home on the gorgeous north end. Offered for Owner will consider build to suit. Sanibel Use 239/239/848-0433 or Kasey Harrell 239/850-7602. $680,000. Contact Debra Hobbs 239/565-0549 Code Vacant Commercial. Numerous development possibilities. Visit Sanibel CODE OF ORDINANCES ABSOLUTELY Sec. 126-491 For the many Permitted uses. Offered for TAMARIND STUNNING HERON $850,000 Contact George Kohlbrenner 239/565-8805 AT THE REEF CONDO AT THE This is truly a one of a SUNDIAL SANCTUARY kind West Gulf Drive Over 2500 sq.ft. with all Penthouse unit. Completely SUNDIAL G-201 new furnishings, all new remodeled from the studs Enjoy Gulf Views with your appliances, new air conditioner, water heater, ceiling out, completed in 2010. morning coffee! Very nicely fans, washer & dryer, and more! You’ll feel like you’re Unparalleled views from this direct gulf front residence. appointed with king bed in walking into a model home. 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths 2 bedroom 2 bath plus den, Raised ceilings, bamboo the master suite, 2 full beds plus large den or 3rd bedroom with hard wood floors. floors, custom glass counter tops, top of the line in the guest room and a pull Fantastic sunset views over the 9th fairway from lovely cabinets, and fixtures. Built in wall unit with Murphy bed out couch. Newer upgrades corner lanai. Marble master bath, walk-in closets, 10 ft. in the den. West Gulf Drive small complex (12 units) in the kitchen include, raised panel cabinetry, tray/ ceilings, single car garage with extra parking. Offered for with pool and tennis court. Offered for $1,875,000 crown moulding ceiling and solid surface counter tops $619,000. Contact Steve Harrell 239/565-1277, Toby Contact Ken Colter 239/851-1357 or Bob Berning with integrated sink. Offered for $539,000 Contact Tolp 239/239/848-0433 or Kasey Harrell 239/850-7602 239/699-9597 Brian Murty 239/565-1272 1149 Periwinkle Way 239/472-0176 fax 239/472-0350 • 11526 Andy Rosse Lane 239/472-1270 fax 239-472-1268 • 11509 Andy Rosse Lane 239/472-1395 www.jnaislandrealestate.com