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Vol. 19, No. 13 From the Beaches to the River District downtown Fort Myers MARCH 27, 2020 Girl Scouts Pet Adoptions Donate Surplus And Donations Cookie Inventory Help During Crisis ocal Girl Scouts found themselves in uring these times of uncertainty a quandary when they were forced to with the COVID-19 crisis, Gulf Lclose cookie booths due to concerns DCoast Humane Society (GCHS) is about the coronavirus. But while some in working full time to ensure that shelter the community were calling it a “cookie animals do not miss any quality care. crisis,” Girl Scouts saw an opportunity to Being a 501(c)3 nonprofit turn lemons into Lemon-Ups, Thin Mints organization, GCHS will be relying and Tagalongs. on donations more than ever over Troops from Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast the course of the next few months. Florida will be donating their remaining Everything from adoption rates, cookie inventory to food pantries, increased intakes and trying to stay healthcare workers, first responders and afloat amidst of all the postponed other hometown heroes who are being fundraising events and decrease particularly impacted during the national in donations are just a few of the health emergency. The council will be challenges which lay ahead for the picking up the tab, effectively buying back Local Girl Scout cookies are being donated shelter. leftover cookies from their troops. to good causes photo provided “These will be some challenging Ace photo provided “Proceeds from the Girl Scout cookie during times of crisis,” added council CEO times for GCHS, but we are confident facility does kill the coronavirus. But the program provide essential funding for Girl Mary Anne Servian. “By donating their and appreciative of how the community GCHS staff has been instructed to be Scout troops to support their community cookies, they are saying ‘thank you’ to responds towards the shelter animals,” continually cleaning all day, every day.” service projects, troop trips and other those who are working exceptionally hard said GCHS Executive Director Jennifer Adoption will be a very important activities,” said Sasha Lioce, product right now, and setting a positive example Galloway. “There are several areas tool moving on. With many people program manager for Girl Scouts of for the rest of the community.” we are really focusing on through this staying home to telecommute for their Gulfcoast Florida. “The loss of revenue was The council also relies on cookie crisis and that includes increasing our work, adopting a shelter animal is a putting stress on the girls and volunteers, program revenue, which funds program fostering rate, donations and adoptions. great option and a time to help your so we decided to alleviate that stress while scholarships, camp property maintenance, We have always maintained a steadfast new furry friend acclimate to their new encouraging them to help others.” volunteer training and other vital expenses. regiment of cleaning in the shelter and home. “The girls are learning a meaningful Donations to offset the program losses are is something I am very proud of. Our According to the World Health lesson about the importance of giving back being accepted at www.gsgcf.org through normal cleaner we use throughout the Organization, there is no evidence that the “donate” tab. continued on page 6 High School Photography Contest Winners he “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society- Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) Tannounced winners and finalists in the 7th annual “Ding” Darling-Theodore Cross High School Photography Contest at a ceremony at the refuge on March 14. Sponsored by the Theodore Cross Family Charitable Foundation, the competition invited high school students from Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Glades and Hendry counties to compete for prizes that included a Canon digital SLR camera package, chartered class trips to the refuge, Tarpon Bay Explorers excursions, and copies of Waterbirds: Portraits and Anecdotes from Birding Adventures by contest namesake, the late Theodore Cross. The Shining Snail Shell by Mouna Benmerabet won second place Wildlife photographer Steve Allen, acting refuge manager Kevin Godsea and “This is a very interesting photograph,” Perspectives was submitted by senior Virginia Bayne’s Lip Smacking Good took said Allen. “The framing and contrast of Christina Walch of Cape Coral High. Sanibel resident Jeff Beale judged the first place photos provided contest. They reviewed 121 images taken the swirl on the shell to the upright trees “This is a very creative photo and by students from 14 different schools. it is centered and in focus, but still leaves a is very visually appealing. Because the makes you think and ask how this First place went to an image titled Lip lot to the imagination. There’s a sense of background is out of focus, your eyes go happened,” said Beale, a former art and Smacking Good by Virginia Bayne, a mystery as to what else is going on in the up to the tops of the trees and swirl back photography teacher. “I also really enjoyed junior from Fort Myers High. photo. Great shot.” down to the shell. I also really love this the warm orange colors and cool blue ”I really liked the subject matter,” said In second place, Mouna Benmerabet, a photograph because it shows the habitat tones.” Godsea. “This photo had great light, and junior from Cypress Lake High, portrayed the snail lives in very well.” Honorable mention winners were also The Shining Snail Shell. Third place winner Changing continued on page 21 2 THE RIVER - MARCH 27, 2020 Historic Downtown Fort Myers, Then And Now: Once Oh-So Grand by Gerri Reaves, PhD ne thing about legendary developer Peter Tonnelier, he was known for sheer scope of influence. As historian Karl H. OGrismer wrote of his serendipitous arrival in Fort Myers in 1912 to escape stormy weather in the Gulf of Mexico, he paid “outlandish” prices for downtown property and “established a new basis for real estate values in the downtown section.” Within 10 years, he was the second biggest landowner in Lee County, and his investments in the area helped to trigger the boom of the 19-teens. In the Fort Myers’s relatively small business district of the early 20th century, he owned at least four downtown hotels, all within a couple of blocks of each other, giving the illusion that he was almost in competition with himself. His hotels, which included the Graystone, Leon, Kenmore, Michigan (destroyed by fire in 1914) and the Grand Central, which is pictured here, were not necessarily notable for architectural style or luxury. They didn’t aspire to the elegance of the Royal Palm Hotel or even the modernity of the Bradford or Franklin Arms, just to name a few. The city acquired the property from the Tonnelier Estate in the 1960s and subsequently built This photo of the Grand Central Hotel at Main and Jackson, which was probably a parking garage photo by Gerri Reaves taken soon after it opened in 1922, illustrates this point: a solid, no-frills, three-story brick structure with a balcony near the corner at Jackson. The Grand Central hotel brought a flurry of street-level business activity when it Note the hotel office sign at street level and the storefronts of several other businesses. opened. A tea room called the Cocoanut Shell operated in the hotel in its early days, The building rounded the block onto Jackson, where yet more street-level offices faced advertising as “the coziest place in the city” and recommending “tropical ginger ale.” It Jackson. served lunch and dinner and specialized in a variety of refreshing drinks, including fresh The hotel was on the two upper floors. orange juice on draught. In the process of building the hotel, Tonnelier also constructed a new city block by It later became Corrigan’s Seminole Restaurant. The Up-To-Date Bakery also did giving the city land to extend what had historically been called Oak Street from Hendry business on the ground floor. Plenty of real estate offices were in residence over the through to Jackson. Oak was renamed Main. (Other developers during the 1920s boom years. employed this “create-a-street” strategy, which is how Dean Street and Broadway came In its later years, the hotel was anything but “grand,” and the word was dropped from to be.) the name, leaving it simply “Central Hotel.” The hotel lasted into the early 1960s but is recalled by locals, if at all, as rundown or even shady. It wasn’t the only Tonnelier hotel to suffer such a fate: the Graystone Hotel on Hendry Street closed in 1973 when the city ordered it to renovate or close. In 1965, the Central was demolished and several old mango trees and a pecan tree were moved too. However, two huge live oaks were preserved, along with some cabbage palms. The following year, the city bought the property from the Tonnelier Estate to help fulfill parking needs. The Main Street Parking Garage was subsequently constructed. Walk down to Main and Jackson and imagine when Tonnelier constructed a new hotel and block as the Boom got underway. Then learn more about the downtown hotel scene of long ago at the following research centers. The Southwest Florida Historical Society is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization open Wednesday and Saturday between 9 a.m. and noon and Wednesday 4 to 7 p.m. It is located at 10091 McGregor Boulevard on the campus of the Lee County Alliance for the Arts. Call 939-4044 for more information. The Lee County Black History Society is located at 1936 Henderson Avenue, adjacent to the Williams Academy Museum at Roberto Clemente Park. Hours for the nonprofit organization are Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday by appointment only. For more information, call 332-8778 or visit www. leecountyblackhistorysociety.org. Visit the IMAG History & Science Center at 2000 Cranford Avenue or at www. Peter Tonnelier built the Grand Central Hotel at Main and Jackson in 1922. He also donated theimag.org. the land to extend Main from Hendry through to Jackson. Sources: The Archives of the Southwest Florida Historical Society, The Story of Fort photo courtesy SWFL Historical Society Myers by Karl H. Grismer, the Fort Myers Press, and The News-Press.

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THE RIVER - MARCH 27, 2020 3 Disease Control and DOH, the Lee Parks And County Utilities (LCU) will be suspending water shut offs until further notice. Beach Closures Information about online billing and utility ounty-owned beaches and the questions is available at www.leegov.com/ county-owned Fort Myers Beach utilities. Pier have closed until further LCU is one of about a dozen utilities C within Lee County. Customers should notice, in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. This includes beach parking check their water bill if they are unsure lots, restrooms and county-owned beach who their water provider is. access points. Visit www.leegov.com/covid-19/ for The county sites include: additional county updates and information. Beach Parks The county encourages everyone to Bonita Beach Park read the resources offered by the federal Bowditch Point Park Centers for Disease Control (www.cdc. Bowman’s Beach Park gov/coronavirus) and Florida Department Causeway Islands of Health (www.floridahealth.gov) and asks Crescent Beach Family Park residents to avoid speculating based on Little Hickory Island Beach Park what may be said on social media. Lynn Hall Memorial Beach Park WE ARE PLEASED Matanzas Pass Preserve San Carlos/Bunche Beach Preserve Great American TO WELCOME Turner Beach Park Beach Accesses Cleanup Update Jennifer Basey Alison Hagerup Beach Park ue to the current conditions in the Andy Rosse Lane paddlecraft launch outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, First Vice President/Investments Boca Grande Beach Accesses Dthe upcoming Great American Bonita Beach Accesses Cleanup, a project coordinated by Keep Dog Beach Park Lee County Beautiful (KLCB) scheduled for Estero Island Beach Access April 25, will be changed. While last year’s Matanzas Bridge Fishing Pier event attracted over 1,200 volunteers, County Manager Roger Desjarlais this year the focus will be on small events announced the closure using Centers for throughout the month of April. This KNOWLEDGE Disease Control guidance and at a time would mean the group sizes must be less when many college-age students are on than 10 volunteers that already know and For 130 years, Stifel has served as a trusted spring break or are in the area while taking frequently interact with each other. Your online classes. cleanup activities can include your own financial advisor to individuals, just like you. “While young people may not be as neighborhood or your favorite park, beach Our knowledge and service have helped clients vulnerable to the symptoms of COVID-19 or waterway. KLCB officials will be happy as older adults, they can be asymptomatic to assist with coordinating events. navigate all market cycles, even the difficult ones. and spread the virus to others, including Note that all sites currently listed on older adults and their own family KLCB’s registration page have now been members,” he said. closed. If you registered for one of these The county will coordinate enforcement cleanup locations, you are encouraged to with the appropriate enforcement plan your own small cleanup with family SERVICE agencies. members and friends. You can make a For more information, visit www. difference. Stifel, a full-service wealth management and leegov.com/covid-19 or for the locations After you complete your cleanup of county-owned beaches, visit www. activities, send some pictures and data investment banking firm, has the professional leegov.com/parks/beaches. from your event to [email protected] to share expertise and resources to assist you in developing on social media sites. You will be informed about the positive impact you made on our a financial strategy designed for the challenges Changes In Bus environment. Thanks go out for your support and of today’s up-and-down market and your Fares And Utilities dedication to protecting the environment long-term goals. he following updates related to Lee during these difficult times. County’s response to the COVID-19 Tsituation involve suspending fares for LeeTran riders and stopping service Library Operations disconnection of Lee County Utilities hile Lee County Library locations EXPERTISE customers. remain closed, materials may be Contact our office in Bus fares – Lee County Transit Wreturned at any library location (LeeTran) will suspend fares effective using the exterior book returns. Fort Myers, Florida. Saturday, March 21. LeeTran riders will Other adjustments and reminders not pay until further notice. This step is regarding library services include: being taken to reduce interactions between Due dates for all physical items have drivers and the public. been extended and requested materials The majority of LeeTran’s fleet is will be held at library locations until they (239) 985-6540 equipped for rear-entry, which will be used reopen. There will be no fines charged for during this time. Once aboard, riders are encouraged to days the libraries are closed. [email protected] Library card expiration dates have use guidelines from the Centers for Disease 12670 Creekside Lane, Suite 402 Control on social distancing. been extended to ensure access to online All fixed-route service will continue on services available at www.leelibrary.net. Fort Myers, Florida 33919 regular schedules; Passport services remain Telephone reference staff is available available as usual. to provide assistance from 9 a.m. to 5 It was previously announced that p.m. Monday through Friday by calling Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated | Member SIPC & NYSE | www.stifel.com LeeTran trolley and tram services on Fort 533-4636. Myers Beach has been suspended until The library system’s downloadable further notice. books, streaming video and other online Utilities – In order to promote the content are available 24/7 at www. guidelines presented by Centers for leelibrary.net. 4 THE RIVER - MARCH 27, 2020 the people of Fort Myers prompted me segments, Meet the Keeper live animal if not including a self-addressed stamped Estates Closes Its to make this sacred spot a gift to you and encounters, Curator’s Corner history and envelope). posterity as a Sanctuary and Botanical cultural presentations, and Science on Call 533-5007 for an estimate and Property During Park in the memory of my honored and a Sphere shows portraying the science then mail or drop off your documents with revered husband Thomas Edison, who so of the Earth and our solar system like a self-addressed stamped envelope for Pandemic thoroughly believed in the future of Fort planetary data for atmospheric storms, processing. Myers,” said Mina Edison. climate changes and ocean temperatures. e-Record your document using one dison and Ford Winter Estates has To continue to educate and inspire In addition, IMAG@HOME programming of the third party vendors listed on our closed its gates to the public due to the public, the site is launching a social also includes other live interactive website. the concern over COVID-19. All E media video series called Edison Ford Goes shows, experiments and demonstrations; You may pay by credit card over the areas of the site, including the Garden Virtual, which will be available for all to do-at-home activities; live streams and phone or mail a check. Shoppe and Museum Store will be closed follow on the @EdisonFordFL Facebook pre-recorded shows; and other fun things Drop Off Location – Administration for an undetermined length of time. page and on the www.edisonford.org to do with kids at home. Building, 2115 Second Street, Fort Myers “These are truly challenging times,” website. Participate and join in on the IMAG@ Mailing Address – Recording Office, PO said Mike Flanders, president and CEO, on All of the staff at the organization wish HOME fun, learning and activities on Box 2278, Fort Myers 33902 March 24. “From all of us at the Edison everyone the best health as the community Facebook at IMAGHistoryScienceCenter Court Related - Filing Documents and and Ford Winter Estates, we would like to passes through these troubled waters. and visit the IMAG to get daily Making Payments – Payment due dates extend our best wishes for good health to programming schedules as well as have been extended 60 days. You can pay you and your loved ones. Because our top additional information at www.theimag. at www.leeclerk.org or leave your payment priority is the health and well-being of our org. in the secure drop box, or pay by mail. staff and visitors, our site will be closing IMAG Online Customers can e-file (www.leeclerk. today.” org), mail or drop off documents. If you The site opened to the public in 1947, Programming mail or drop-off your documents, include when Mina Edison deeded the property Lee Clerks Office he IMAG History & Science Center your payment, case number, contact to the City of Fort Myers. Since that time, has temporarily closed in response information and explanation. the site has been a major contributor to Service Changes Tto the coronavirus. IMAG@HOME is Drop Off Location – Justice Center, the local economy. Her goal was to leave open and free online to students, parents ased on guidance from public health 2075 Dr. MLK Boulevard, Fort Myers a legacy of Thomas Edison and for people and kids of all ages. authorities and the escalating health Mailing Address – Clerk of Court’s to continue to learn and be inspired by all IMAG@HOME is online educational Brisk to customers and employees, the Office, PO Box 2507, Fort Myers that he accomplished. programming, instruction and Lee County Clerk of Courts have made the Self Help Center – closed; legal aid Today, the mission of the organization entertainment. As leaders in STEM following changes to services: appointments have been suspended until is to educate the public and inspire (science, technology, engineering, Customer Service Counters – Lee further notice. an inventive spirit by interpreting and mathematics) and local history education, County Clerk of Courts is limiting public For recording documents, marriage preserving the innovations, legacies, the IMAG is bringing the history and access to all Clerk of Courts customer license and passport questions, call artifacts, gardens, homes laboratory and science center into the homes of many service counters. The situation will 533-5007. For court-related questions, other structures of Thomas Edison and with a daily schedule of programs that continue to be monitored and public access call 533-5000. Email any questions to Henry Ford, emphasizing Florida history, entertain and nurture intellectual curiosity will be re-evaluated at office locations on [email protected]. science, horticulture and the arts. Because and desire to learn. Think of IMAG@ Friday, April 3. of the invaluable support from members HOME as your “daily dose of history and Passport Services – Passport services and the community, the site is able to fulfill science” in a new, fun digital way. have been suspended until future notice. this mission. IMAG@HOME programs include STEM Call 1-877-487-2778 for other passport Historical Village “My faith and belief in the sincerity of @ Home and Don’t Try This at Home serving locations. Marriage Licenses – Licenses are being Twilight Talk provided if your wedding is in the next 60 days. You must start the application online Canceled Sincerely working for you! at www.leeclerk.org and call 533-5007 for he Sanibel Historical Village’s final SW Florida, Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel & Captiva Islands is All About Home an appointment to pick up the license. Twilight Talk of the season has Wedding Ceremonies – Wedding Tbeen canceled. It was to take place Summerlin Place Fort Myers Beach ceremonies have been suspended until on April 7 at The Community House. future notice. The speakers were to be Jim Pickens, Ty Listed at $236,900 Listed at $471,000 Official Records - Recording Symroski and Ray Rhodes. This talk will Documents – If you know the amount likely be rescheduled to take place next of your transaction, you may drop off or season. mail your documents with payment, and The Sanibel Historical Village is closed a self-addressed stamped envelope to the due to the coronavirus and urges people to addresses below. take appropriate cautions. If you do not know the amount of your If you have bought a ticket, you can transaction, you may: hold onto it for next year’s event, or you Drop off your documents to the address can request a refund. Another option is to below in a sealed envelope with your make the $10 ticket price a tax-deductible name, address and phone number on contribution to the museum. the outside of the envelope. You will be The fastest way to reach someone REAL ESTATE SPECIALIST called with an amount (including postage continued on page 9 SW Florida, Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel & Captiva Islands is All About Home Cathie Lewis, Realtor Phone: 239-745-7367 DANCE PARTY Boutique-style [email protected] 2nd Saturday of group exercise and dance studio. Pfeifer Realty Group the month! Ballroom, Latin, Swing. 6 p.m. Unique classes, lesson followed by friendly and inviting McGregor Park Villa open dancing. atmosphere. 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Even better, 100 come together for an exciting exhibition in the Bower School of Music & the events coordinator, at [email protected] percent of ticket sales go directly to the representing today’s contemporary Arts’ 2019-20 season have been or 745-4268. artists. Florida artists. canceled. However, there is some The Fate Of The 2020 Fort Tom Hall is both an amateur artist All works of art are for sale, so if you great news coming out of the Wasmer Myers Film Festival In Question and aspiring novelist who writes art see an piece that you’d like to acquire, Art Gallery. They have prepared an During the pendency of the quest thrillers. He is in the final stages contact Ehren Gerhard, gallery director, electronic publication showcasing COVID-19 outbreak, all outdoor art of completing his debut novel titled at [email protected]. the work in the 22nd annual Student fairs and festivals, including Fort Myers Art Detective. 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Help SCCF Bring Back the Barn Owls To view adoptable pets, visit www. gulfcoasthumanesociety.org. “We had a wonderful and busy Poisoned rats can kill the eagles, day of adoptions (on March 19) with 14 adoptions going out, as well as hawks, bobcats and owls that eat them. 12 fosters,” said Galloway. “It is very important to find these animals their Tell your pest control professional to forever homes, because in the case we have to shut down to the public, NOT use these rat poisons: their chances of adoption go down • brodifacoum • bromailone • difenacoum • difethialone dramatically.” During anxious times, nonprofits are one of the hardest hit areas in the Or consider not using any rat poisons at all. business sector. Galloway is anticipating Instead, seal all entry points to your home. a drop in both monetary and donated items, but hopes people still will have the shelter animals in the forefront of Help SCCF Bring Back the Barn Owlstheir minds. “We survive off of donations, albeit Poisoned rats can kill the eagles, hawks, bobcats and owls that eat them.monetary or donated items, and we are Joey photo provided happy to accept any type of donation,” Amazon orders to: 2010 Arcadia Street, Tell your pest control Galloway said. “Donating items such Fort Myers, FL 33916. pet food will also be very important GCHS events have all been professional to NOT use because it will be one of our directives postponed, including: The Fast and the during this time, to help pet owners Furriest (April 5), Rockin’ 4 Paws (April these rat poisons: who are struggling to keep their pets 25) and the monthly brewery nights, due to financial constraints with food so Goldenfest (March 29) and all Senior to • brodifacoum SCCF they are not forced to owner-surrender Senior visitations. their pet to a shelter. It is one of the “We also want people to take • bromailone hardest things to do if you are a pet advantage of our low-cost veterinarian 472-2329 owner, so we want to help as much as clinic to refill any heartworm prevention • difenacoum we can so it does not have to happen. treatments, update any vaccinations for “Every donation will be helping your pet and medical care,” Galloway • difethialone sccf.org either our shelter animals or someone said. Or consider not using any rat poisons at all. else in need.” The GCHS Clinic is located at To donate, visit https://donatenow. 2685 Swamp Cabbage Court in Fort Instead, seal all entry points to your home. networkforgood.org/gulfcoasthumane Myers. To schedule an appointment, society?code=General%20Funds%20 call 332-2719 or email clinic@ SCCF 472-2329 • www.SCCF.org 2020 or drop off donations, or deliver gulfcoasthumanesociety.org. THE RIVER - MARCH 27, 2020 7 Sanibel Music Animal Rescue Festival Suspends Clinic Closure ue to the uncertainty of how the 2020 Season COVID-19 will progress and out of anibel Music Festival suspends the DAnimal Rescue Coalition’s (ARC) 2020 season, citing public health desire to care for the community that has Sconcerns and inability of upcoming supported us for more than 20 years, the performers to travel from overseas. Tower Lane clinic is temporarily closed. “Sanibel Music Festival deeply regrets While spay/neuter is a vital part of that, for the first time in 34 years, we animal welfare work, it is thought to be have had to suspend the remaining an elective procedure when compared concerts of the 2020 season,” said to what the global healthcare community Jana Stone, festival president. “As a is facing right now. ARC’s Board of volunteer-based nonprofit organization, Directors, along with ARC’s management Sanibel Music Festival relies on the team, believe that suspending clinic generosity and support of its loyal operations and “sheltering in place” is the advocates. In this critical time for many right thing to do for everyone. people and cultural organizations, we All appointments at ARC’s clinic hope you will choose to donate your between March 25 and April 15 are unused tickets for the March 21, 24 and canceled. There is a strong likelihood that further cancellations will be announced. 28 concerts.” Administrative, fundraising and program “Fortunately, two concerts, Emerson staff will be available remotely. String Quartet and Opera Theater of Updates will be posted on www. Connecticut Singing Andrew Lloyd animalrefugecenter.com and social media Webber, have been rescheduled for Emerson String Quartet, rescheduled for 2021 Sanibel Music Festival season, from left, Paul pages. If your pet has not been spayed next season,” said Stone. “Tickets for Watkins, Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer and Larry Dutton photo provided or neutered, ensure that they are kept these concerts will be honored in 2021. 2020TicketsInfo@sanibelmusicfestival. festival would not exist.” away from other animals who have not Emerson String Quartet will open our org by April 30. To request a refund, Sanibel Music Festival is a volunteer been altered. With nearly all spay/neuter 2021 season on March 2 and Opera email [email protected] by organization presenting a concert series procedures being canceled across the Theater of Connecticut will perform April 15. of chamber music, piano recital and country, and with many rescues shutting March 16.” “We thank the Sanibel vocal ensemble of the highest caliber down operations, our expectation is that To contact Sanibel Music Congregational United Church of Christ every year in March in a venue that there will be a tremendous increase in Festival about a 100 percent tax for allowing us to use their wonderful offers excellent acoustics for an intimate the number of homeless animals. Your deductible donation, email info@ venue,” said Stone. “We are most listening experience. Visit www. ability to prevent unwanted litters by sanibelmusicfestival.org or call grateful to our volunteers, generous sanibelmusicfestival.org for the latest enforcing strict “physical distancing” of 344-7025 by April 30. To arrange to donors and sponsors, ticket buyers, news on the 2021 season and more your unaltered pet will help to reduce the transfer your tickets to any concert or host families and partners. Without all information about the festival venue. number of homeless cats and dogs at risk a mix of concerts next season, email of you, Sanibel’s oldest classical music for euthanasia.

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If accurate and factual information about the is committed to keeping students, overwhelmed. your child is diagnosed with COVID-19, let current status of COVID-19. Having such their families and staff safe and Be honest and accurate: the school know so they can communicate T In the absence of factual information, with and get guidance from local health knowledge can help them feel a sense of informed with the latest information about control. the Coronavirus COVID-19. Concern children often imagine situations far worse authorities. over the virus may make children and than reality. Talk to your school nurse, school Suggested Points to Emphasize families anxious. Helping children cope Don’t ignore their concerns, but rather psychologist, school counselor, or school When Talking to Children: Adults at home and school are taking with anxiety requires providing accurate explain that at the present moment very social worker if your child is having care of your health and safety. If you have prevention information and facts without few people in this country are sick with difficulties as a result of anxiety or stress concerns, please talk to an adult you trust. causing undue alarm. COVID-19. related to COVID-19. They can give Not everyone will get the coronavirus The National Association of School Children can be told this disease is guidance and support to your child at (COVID-19) disease. School and health Psychologists and National Association of thought to be spread between people school. officials are being especially careful to School Nurses are sharing the following who are in close contact with one another Make sure to follow all instructions from make sure as few people as possible get advice for parents. – when an infected person coughs or your school. sneezes. Keep Explanations Age sick. Remain calm and reassuring: It is important that all students treat Children will react to and follow your It is also thought it can be spread when Appropriate: each other with respect and not jump to verbal and nonverbal reactions. you touch an infected surface or object, Early elementary school children need conclusions about who may or may not What you say and do about COVID-19, which is why it is so important to protect brief, simple information that should have COVID-19. current prevention efforts and related yourself. balance COVID-19 facts with appropriate events can either increase or decrease your For additional factual information, reassurances that their schools and homes There are things you can do to children’s anxiety. contact your school nurse, ask your doctor, are safe and that adults are there to help stay healthy and avoid spreading the If true, emphasize to your children that or visit www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- keep them healthy and to take care of disease: Avoid close contact with people who they and your family are fine. ncov/index.html. them if they do get sick. Give simple are sick. Remind them that you and the adults Know the symptoms of examples of the steps people take every Stay home when you are sick. at their school are there to keep them safe COVID-19: day to stop germs and stay healthy, such Cover your cough or sneeze into your and healthy. The CDC believes these symptoms as washing hands. Use language such elbow or a tissue, then throw the tissue in Let your children talk about their appear in a few days after being exposed as “adults are working hard to keep you the trash. feelings and help reframe their concerns to someone with the disease or as long as safe.” Avoid touching your eyes, nose and into the appropriate perspective. 14 days after exposure: Upper elementary and early middle Fever school children will be more vocal in asking mouth. 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Nobody ear your kids about what is going on, calmly. is a psycho- Readers, Fortunately, we can honestly tell our kids Mlogical thriller This is an that most children are not becoming D very sick from this virus, and that they with characters extremely stressful you’ll actually time for all of us. should be OK. You can explain to them care about as you We have health why we are practicing “social distancing” see them headed concerns, of course, and use this as a teachable moment in for a memorable and if you’re the prevention. There is no need to unduly unexpected ending. parent of a school- scare our kids, but they should have a A man with a head aged child, you’re general idea of what’s going on. And if wound is found on now are facing an indeterminate amount you and another adult are going to discuss a British beach, with no identification and of time at home with them, while working the coronavirus, be mindful of your child’s unable to speak. He drifts in and out of remotely and trying to provide for their age and emotional ability to process the consciousness, having no memory of who educational, social and emotional growth. conversation they may be privy to. Kids he is or how he arrived on the beach. He This is quite overwhelming, so now is a hear everything, except when you want becomes known as Mr. Nobody. Everyone good time to implement strategies to cope them to listen. wants to know who he is and what with the stresses this will bring. This isn’t the time to reprimand for happened to him. A clue is written on his Children need routine and predictability every annoying behavior. Try to ignore hand, but no one knows what it means. in order to feel safe. This is especially what you can ignore and save your They name him Matthew. important during a time of crisis. It’s one disciplining for the more serious behaviors. Dr. Emma Lewis, a neuropsychiatrist, thing to be out of your routine for a few Remember, that ignoring irritating behavior is called in to assess the patient in a small image provided days. Our current situation is quite different and complementing positive behaviors is town in the English countryside. She as we will be out of our routines for an a powerful way to manage. Make sure as feels this is the case that could make her He needs to remember and she needs unknown amount of time, with ending date well that you and your children have time name known around the world. It’s the to forget. Emma says, “No one becomes in sight. Since kids thrive on structure and and space away from each other. Try to chance she’s been waiting for but there’s a psychiatrist by accident. We learn what predictability, now is the time to create create alone, independent and quiet times one problem. Emma left this same town makes the brain work.” She tries to prove order in your days as soon as possible for all of you. 14 years ago and has taken great pains her new theories about fugue states. They but with some flexibility. Here are some Ask your kids to help. Kids like to feel to cover all traces of her past since that are skeptical, but Matthew’s case seems suggestions. that they have an important role. Help time. The more time she spends with authentic, and his brain scans share an odd Set up a schedule that involves regular them understand that this is an unusual her patient, the more she realizes that he similarity with a previous case from years times for bathing, eating, schoolwork/ time, and that we all need to pitch in to may be someone who knows something ago. Emma feels someone is protecting learning activities and socializing. get through it. If your kids don’t have a about her that she doesn’t want anybody Matthew. As Emma takes charge of her Maintain the same rising and bedtime few chores yet, this is a great time to start. to know. Emma and her family were so patient, his memories start to entangle routines your kids are used to. Do not take Make it a daily part of their routine and let traumatized by something years ago that their pasts together, and it leads to a away the structure and normalcy that will them know that they’re helping the family they needed new names. brilliant ending. Mr. Nobody is the perfect keep your child feeling safe. There is room out by doing their part. Also let your kids read for a dark and stormy night. for some flexibility, but a general structure know that by practicing social distancing, and flow to the day that the kids can they are doing a great service to other expect will help you greatly. more vulnerable community members. Depending on your child’s age, they will Help when and wherever you can and let most likely have some academics they’re your child brainstorm ways to help. expected to keep up with at home. My You are your child’s role model in this best suggestion here is to establish certain crisis. Teach them how to be strong and times of the day and a certain place for caring. Show them how to reach out to study at your house. Make sure to alternate friends and family to give and receive learning time with periods of play/ support. We are in an uncharted situation, relaxation/physical exercise. Find ways to but we will succeed. let out steam like singing, painting, a quick Adapted from How to Prepare for run around the block, or climbing a tree, Extended School Closings by Liz Faria whatever works to make you (and them) Shelley Greggs is adjunct faculty at smile and provide a brain break and some Florida SouthWestern State College, exercise. where she teaches psychology and Make sure to include non-screen time education courses. She is also a Available at activities for your child. Reading with nationally certified school psychologist www.Amazon.com your child, doing hands-on projects, even and consultant for School Consultation www.OutSkirtsPress.com baking and playing board games can Services, a private educational consulting be educational. Schools have or will be company. Questions for publication sending learning packets and materials to may be addressed to smgreggs@gmail. guide you. com. Not all questions submitted can be addressed through this publication.

Due to restrictions brought on by the Valerie’s House COVID-19 pandemic, Valerie’s House families are not able to meet in-person Virtual Grief for their regularly scheduled grief support group sessions. Valerie’s House locations Support Groups in Fort Myers and Naples are currently alerie’s House, a non-profit closed to the public. However, staff organization in Southwest Florida members are working remotely to keep Vwith its sole mission to help families connected to each other and to children grieve, is launching virtual grief Valerie’s House during these uncertain “More than a meticulously researched chronicle of the disasters support groups for children and adult times. that shaped Fort Myers, this book details the historical moment of caregivers. Using a secure and HIPAA “Grief can be such an isolating each blaze, creating a rich portrait of a community forged and tempered compliant platform, the virtual support experience by itself,” said Angela Melvin, groups will be available to all children and founder and CEO of Valerie’s House. by fire. A must-read for anyone interested in area history, with riches “New protocols keeping families from for newcomers and experts alike.” - Amy Bennett Williams families in the Valerie’s House program starting Monday, March 30. continued on page 17 THE RIVER - MARCH 27, 2020 15 Deaf Awareness Road Work he Lee Board of County Programs To Commissioners recently voted to Taward a contract to Community Aid Businesses Asphalt Corp. to perform milling and ally J. Pimentel Deaf & Hard of resurfacing of various arterial and collector Hearing Center (DHHC) is helping roadways in Lee County. SLee County businesses enhance The $1.8 million contract is part of a communication with the deaf and hard total resurfacing budget of $10 million per of hearing community by offering free year, which includes $5 million for Lehigh lunch and learn programs on deaf Acres, $4 million countywide resurfacing awareness and American sign language. and $1 million for Del Prado Boulevard. A $5,000 grant from the Southwest Work is scheduled to begin on this Florida Community Foundation project in April. Funding is available in the launched Sign the City, a program capital improvement program. to bring lunch for 15 to 20 people Some of the roads to be milled and and teach employees how to sign the resurfaced include: Corkscrew Road alphabet, common introductions and from Carter Road to Alico Road; South specific words related to business to Point Boulevard from College Parkway to Cypress Lake Drive; Orange River help with communication with clients. Boulevard from State Road 80 to Sabal In addition to lunch, an American sign Lane; and Corporation Circle. For more language instructor and all materials are information, visit www.leegov.com/dot. provided. The program provides about 60 minutes of engaging instruction and serves as an opportunity for employers Shell Factory and their associates to explore Deaf Sally J. Pimentel Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center Executive Director Alicia Miller and Suspends Business Culture and learn how to better American Sign Language instructor Audrey Rodriguez lead a recent lunch and learn communicate with potential employees program photo provided he Shell Factory & Nature Park at and customers who are deaf or hard 16554 North Cleveland Avenue in the team learned about resources for to connect other departments and of hearing. Lunch is provided in North Fort Myers has temporarily connecting hard of hearing employees businesses with the program. T partnership with Glory Days Café. suspended business until further notice. with others in the community. “We are “It was engaging, informative and “What was great about it is we now The Nature Park animals will remain on constantly looking at how to provide fun,” Bendeck said. “I think there’s a know the center exists and we have a site during the closure. The Shell Factory the best service to everyone.” need for it.” place to fall back on if any of our clients is accepting donations for the Nature Park Bendeck said many of the 15 Any business interested in scheduling need things we can’t provide” said Enas Environmental Education fund, a 501(c)3 attendees at the Goodwill session a lunch and learn can call 461-0334 Bendeck, an employment consultant that helps support the care needed for the asked about taking additional American for voice phone or 247-5821 for video and job coach for Goodwill Industries. animals. Those interested in donating can sign language classes, and she hopes phone. In addition to basic sign language, visit www.shellfactory.com.

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They asked whether I could put something in place before they left Wills, Trusts & Estates Attorney; CPA for their Massachusetts residence, as they had to return up north soon to help watch ay you live in interesting times” purports to be a grandchildren whose schools and daycare closed while the parents worked. Chinese blessing that is really a curse. The “blessing” is, “When are you leaving for Massachusetts?” I asked. “Mof course, used ironically. “Friday.” They responded. Life is generally better in uninteresting times, that is, periods “As in THIS Friday? Two days from now?” I gasped. of peace and tranquility as opposed to living in an age the “Yes. Can you at least put a stop-gap will in place?” coronavirus, quarantined cities, plummeting stock markets and Even a stopgap will take time to properly complete. I promised that we could start on geopolitical unrest. the planning, but I would need to gather our usual preliminary information first. Then we Despite being attributed as a Chinese curse, there is no known could interact via video conference to put together the details, but it would likely be a few equivalent Chinese expression. It’s nearest known phrase, “Better weeks before they would sign a complete and thorough estate plan. to be a dog during peacetime, than a human in times of war,” was It is quite fortunate that we have video conferencing technology. I’m not talking about published in a 1627 story collection by Feng Menglong. Skype or Facetime. We use a platform that allows us to pull up documents on the screen Nevertheless, how shall we react to our interesting times? so our clients can review certain provisions with us in real time. I believe one answers that question by first determining what one has control over and I think that’s pretty cool. what one does not. There is much that no one has much control over. It would be nice to A silver lining perhaps, in our interesting times. wave our magic wand and return to normal life as quickly as possible, obviously. As a side note, my oldest daughter lives and works in Manhattan. As I’m writing this, What we do control is our reaction to events. We’ve been told not to congregate in she and her boyfriend are fleeing their 1,200-square-foot apartment on the upper east large groups, to wash our hands often and to remain vigilant. side to temporarily reside with his parents in Montclair, a New Jersey suburb across the Six months ago, when I suddenly needed triple bypass open heart surgery, it was Hudson River. They don’t want to be trapped in an apartment if they sequester people fortunate that I had my estate plan completely in place. My health care and living will inside like what’s happening in many European cities. directives were up to date and easily assessible. My assets, insurance and 401(k) plans My wife and I were supposed to go visit her in a few weeks, and we also had tickets to were all aligned with my estate plan. a Broadway show. I guess that’s not happening. Had I unexpectedly died I was comforted that I wasn’t the proverbial “cobbler whose Hang in there everyone. This can’t last forever. children had no shoes.” Can it? But so many individuals don’t have plans in place. Or the plans that they do have ©2020 Craig R. Hersch. Learn more at www.sbshlaw.com. and regularly scheduled garbage collection. ABWA Chapter Lee Government Lee County residents seeking general information about COVID-19 and its Names Woman Expands Closures related impacts on the community can call ee County Government is expanding the United Way 211 Helpline by dialing Of The Year previously announced closings until 2-1-1 or 433-3900 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. he Imperial River Chapter of the Lfurther notice and is moving more American Business Women’s services online in an effort to slow the TAssociation (ABWA) has named spread of COVID-19. Erin White, owner of Paradise Coast For a complete list of Lee County Tax Collector Consulting, LLC, as its Woman of the government closings, visit www.leegov. Year. The initial vote resulted in a tie, com/COVID-19 or Facebook: Lee County Waives Fees triggering a run-off, with White emerging Government. ll Lee County Tax Collector as the winner. “I am truly honored to be The majority of the remaining public service center locations have chosen by my peers in a fair contest,” lobbies in county-owned buildings are Abeen closed until further notice. said White. closed. Lee County residents needing to White has been a member of ABWA Also included is Lee County Domestic complete transactions with the tax since 2014, when she joined the Sanibel Animal Services, which last week began collector will be able to do so at the Captiva Charter Chapter, eventually conducting pet adoptions and fostering by official website, www.leetc.com, by mail appointment only in the lobby. Because serving as webmaster and as vice and drop box. president of that chapter. She has also of community response, a minimum number of animals remain and adoptions Registration renewals, tax payments served as the finance officer of ABWA’s Erin White photo provided and fostering are suspended at this time; and business tax receipt renewals Southwest Florida Council, and is the presence, communications and business staff will continue to feed and clean at can be mailed to the tax collector or council’s current vice president. In 2016, processes. Among her nonprofit clients is the shelter. Animal Control Officers will dropped off in drop boxes located White joined forces with a small group of the Lakes Park Enrichment Foundation, continue to respond to calls such as those at each service center location with ABWA members from all over Southwest where she serves as executive director. for dangerous dogs. Provisions are in place no additional fees incurred. To find Florida to create a new chapter formation. Her primary areas of focus are women to handle strays; call 533-7387. the correct mailing address for your While ABWA chapters existed in both in the workplace, outdoor recreation and Lee County Library System book-return payment or renewal, visit www.leetc. Fort Myers and Naples, the Estero/Bonita environmental education. sites will close at all locations on Thursday, com/contact-us. Springs area lacked an ABWA presence. White is a graduate of Dowling College March 26. Library patrons are asked to At the direction of Governor “This woman is a visionary,” said in New York and earned her Florida refrain from leaving materials next to book DeSantis and in a response to the Debra Lee Nashed, owner of Debonair Master Naturalist certification from the returns after that date. No late fees will current health emergency, all driver Concierge Travel and a former Woman University of Florida Institute of Food be charged. Lee County libraries online licenses (including commercial driver of the Year herself. “She saw a void and and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). services remain available at www.leelibrary. licenses) and identification cards in used her skill and knowledge to help She uses her master naturalist training net; the telephone reference call center is the state of Florida expiring between fill it, to bring the benefits of ABWA to promote the benefits of conservation open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through March 16 and April 15 will have a membership to women in the southern and environmental education for Lee Friday at 533-4636. 30-day extension to renew, and the part of Lee County. She put us on the County’s Conservation 20/20 program. “Taking the next 15 days or so to effective date of those documents has map and streamlined our processes, She has served as the board chair for the practice best hygiene and observe federal also been extended by 30 days. Any bringing us into the 21st century. We are Florida Society of Ethical Ecotourism, and state guidelines, we potentially delinquent renewal fees incurred during lucky to have her all the way from Wall as programs and communications chair can slow this virus down and limit the the extension period will be waived. Street.” for the Southwest Florida Friends of timeframe that we have to have our lobbies Floridians traveling out of state are White is a former vice president of the Master Naturalist Program, and is and facilities closed,” Lee County Manager encouraged to print the Emergency information security and risk management a two-time nominee for Lee County, Roger Desjarlais said. Order. It’s available at https://bit. at JPMorgan Chase. Recession layoffs led Florida’s Paulette Burton Citizen of the County staff from the organization’s ly/2IZveEy. to her departure from that organization Year Award. Other certifications include various departments who can work The Lee County Tax Collector is and the creation of her consulting social media from FGCU, certified guest remotely are doing so. urging Lee County residents to visit the Essential services continue, such as business in Fort Myers, where she service professional from the American official website at www.leetc.com. Many water-sampling for Lee County Utilities helps small businesses and nonprofits Hotel & Lodging Association, and natural services can be accomplished online to use technology to improve their web and Natural Resources as well as small- and do not require an in-person visit. resources advocacy from UF/IFAS. crew road work, traffic-signal monitoring THE RIVER - MARCH 27, 2020 17 disease COVID-19. Superior Interiors your children do, be strategic with your A Viral Primer Of course, this is still uncertain, but design and decor choices. submitted by J. for now, it appears that SARS-CoV2 How To Decorate Stick to colors and themes that will Bruce Neill, PhD is less deadly than the other two grow with your child – If you want to go coronavirus strains, but more contagious. Your Children’s with branded items, leave those to artwork n the very The mortality rate for SARS was around and changeable items so they can be broadest of 10 percent. The mortality rate for Bathroom replaced as your child’s interests inevitably terms, there MERS was around 37 percent. Although change. I by Katie Frederick are three major uncertain, our best understanding of the Include your kids in the design process categories of mortality rate for COVID-19 is around 1 aving – The last thing you want to do is take living things on percent. multiple over your children’s bathroom without our planet: true How are viruses transmitted? Hbathrooms asking for their input. Whether they’re bacteria, ancient Different types of viruses spread in your home is a young or in their teen years, including the bacteria and in different ways. One transmission blessing, especially kids in the redecorating process can make everything else. pathway is through disease-bearing when you have your life easier and can also make them Two things are noteworthy in the organisms known as vectors. Viruses children. There’s feel better about the new look. Ask their previous sentence. First, viruses are not are often transmitted from plant to more room for opinion, incorporate their favorite colors included (they are not in everything else). plant by insects that feed on plant sap, everyone to get and, as they get older, let them have more Secondly, I use the term “everything such as aphids; viruses in animals can ready, thus saving control in the decisions. They might make else” as one large category – technically, be carried by blood-sucking insects. both time and stress unexpected decisions, but letting them they are the eukaryotes, which include Influenza viruses are spread by coughing during those hectic weekday mornings express themselves in their surroundings plants, animals, fungi and all single- and sneezing. Norovirus and rotavirus, and in between weekend activities. may be a welcome experience. celled organisms that are not bacteria. common causes of viral gastroenteritis, Dedicating an entire bathroom to your Make storage systems a high priority In biology, the study of living are transmitted by the fecal-oral route, children (or grandchildren) also provides – The bathroom often tends to be the things, we utilize a set of characters entering the body in food or water. HIV an opportunity for creativity in the design place that can get a little overwhelmed to define “living.” Primarily, they have is one of several viruses transmitted department. In fact, you may feel more and messy since it’s such a small area that the ability to utilize energy to become through sexual contact and by exposure inclined to step outside of your comfort sees high traffic daily. Installing efficient organized, they reproduce, and they to infected blood. zone here and let your kids express storage systems will not only encourage are composed of individual units called Why do we call it a “novel” virus? their own creative freedom during the easy cleanup, but they also have a way of “cells” (organisms may be composed of Most new viral diseases in humans decorating process. making the room look sleeker and more many cells, or they may be a single cell). are zoonotic, meaning that they Whether you’re interested in put together. Although viruses are composed of a originate in wild animals (mostly remodeling the children’s bathroom or you Choose a design style that can grow structure that is similar to a cell, they do mammals) and then cross over to just moved into a new house and have with your children – Incorporate storage not have the ability to reproduce without people. Among mammals, bats have a the extra space for the first time, here systems so all of their hygiene products the utilization of another organism higher number of zoonotic viruses. are a few tips and tricks for giving the stay corralled and in a tidy manner. Keep (called a “host cell”), nor do they In the 2003 SARS outbreak, the washroom some personality. the cleaning methods simple and to the consume energy. coronavirus jumped from bats to Choose a theme with longevity – One point, so they take care of the cleaning Viruses were first discovered in 1892 civets – a small type of primate that was thing that tends to mess with the idea of tasks quickly and easily. in the tobacco plant. And yes, viruses being sold as food in a market – and taking on a home redesign project is its Katie Frederick is an interior designer attack plants, animals and even bacteria. then from civets to people. In the 2012 ability to stay relevant and trendy over the on Sanibel/Captiva Islands. She can be An individual virus is known as a viral MERS outbreak, the MERS coronavirus years. To ensure the space doesn’t age as reached at [email protected]. particle, or a virion. It is composed of jumped from bats to camels and then a protein-like outer shell, surrounding from camels to people. We do not yet either DNA or RNA. Viruses invade a know the path for SARS-CoV2 coming cell and direct the cell’s machinery to into humans, but it seems likely that it make new copies of the virus. was originally in bats. As a result of the ARE YOU PREPARED? What is a coronavirus? COVID-19 epidemic, China placed a The virus responsible for COVID-19 permanent ban on wild animal markets. is a coronavirus. There about 40 While you are sheltering, washing GET YOUR FREE EMERGENCY different types of known coronaviruses. your hands frequently and keeping a Seven have been reported to infect and safe distance from others, take time to cause disease in humans. Four of these go outside and enjoy nature. Breathe HEALTHCARE DOCUMENTS TODAY cause mild symptoms similar to the fresh air, get some exercise and let the common cold, but three coronaviruses wonders of our natural world ease your cause severe and potentially deadly tension and anxieties. This will pass, and infections. we will have a better future for what we Serving Southwest Florida since 1924 The three strains known to cause have learned. infections in humans are: SARS-CoV, Dr. Neill is the director of education www.fl oridaestateplanning.com/healthcare the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome at Sanibel Sea School. Part of the coronavirus, MERS-CoV, the Middle SCCF (Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Our Law Firm has been assisting Southwest Floridians East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, Foundation) family, Sanibel Sea and now, SARS-CoV2, which is School’s mission is to improve the for nearly a century. During this dif cult time responsible for the current coronavirus ocean’s future, one person at a time. we’re here for our community. Everyone should have proper legal From page 14 Valerie’s House is also providing grief support activities for children to work on documents should they need Valerie’s House with their families at home. them. For your free Healthcare group gatherings have our children In addition to providing virtual grief and families feeling even more alone support groups, Valerie’s House has Surrogate and Living Will, visit and anxious. These groups will allow launched a weekly e-newsletter to families children to stay in touch with their friends and is focusing its efforts on connecting the link above. and with the Valerie’s House team for families with additional resources in the ongoing support.” community that are available to help Children and caregivers will meet on them during this time. their regularly scheduled grief support Valerie’s House is accepting night on the virtual platform, for the appointments for new enrollments. easiest transition. The peer support Families in need of grief support for groups will be led by the trained group children can reach Program Director Main/Mailing Office: 9100 College Pointe Court, Fort Myers facilitator the children and families are Amy Strom by phone at 841-9186 or by www. oridaestateplanning.com/healthcare already comfortable with and trust. emailing [email protected]. 18 THE RIVER - MARCH 27, 2020

From left, Dr. Rick and Ellie Klein, Kevin Hines and Paul Simeone photos provided From left, Brian and Lindsay Stock, Oliver Huth, Lynn Hurley and Tim Savage Record Amount Raised During Nonprofit Gala he Kids’ Minds Matter 4th annual Secret Garden Gala raised a Trecord $2.8 million recently for pediatric mental and behavioral health services in Southwest Florida. Since its founding in 2016, Kids’ Minds Matter has raised approximately $10 million to support its mission to increase access to care to ensure children receive the right care at the right place and right time. “We are overwhelmed by the generosity and support for Kids’ Minds Matter from the Collier and Lee County communities as we strive to provide mental healthcare for the many children living in Southwest Florida,” said Susan Goldy and Scott Spiezle, founders of Kids’ Minds Matter. “We have made Kathy and Larry Courtnage From left, Armando Llechu, Paul and Deb Simeone, Larry Antonucci and Anne Frazier great progress in providing care over the last three years, but it is only the our region,” said Chris Simoneau, chief addressed in a therapeutic setting; and “I am deeply moved by the tip of the iceberg. Our success last foundation and development officer of launch a first-of-its-kind Pediatric Digital enormous and compassionate support night is the beginning of our entire Lee Health. “Generations of families Cognitive Behavioral Health diagnostic shown by our caring community,” region coming together to support will benefit from the generosity of a and treatment protocols interlaced shared Paul Simeone, MD, VP of mental healthcare for our children single night.” with Tele-Psychology support to treat mental and behavioral health at Lee through Kids’ Minds Matter at Golisano The goal of Kids’ Minds Matter is anxiety, depression and trauma. Most Health. “These gifts will go a very long Children’s Hospital.” to increase access to pediatric mental recently, Kids’ Minds Matter introduced way in lessening the suffering of the NBC2 anchor Kellie Burns emceed and behavioral health care in our mental health care navigators into Lee children and their families struggling the event. Keynote speaker, mental region, focusing on four critical areas: County schools who will help families with mental health conditions. Thank health advocate and bestselling author evidence-based patient care; community find resources and care to address their you!” Kevin Hines shared his personal engagement; education; and legislative child’s mental healthcare needs. The Secret Garden Gala was struggles with mental illness and lobbying. An estimated 46,000 “Words truly cannot express the presented by Dr. Rick and Ellie Klein the story of his miraculous survival Southwest Florida children are impacted gratitude I feel for the donors, sponsors of Bonita Springs. Leader Sponsors following his near-fatal suicide attempt by mental and behavioral health and organizers of last night’s Kids’ included Dorothy and Ron Fitzgerald, jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. Hines disorders like anxiety, depression, Minds Matter Secret Garden Gala,” said Helen and Dan Gerner, Susan Goldy also told his mental health wellness eating disorders, psychosis, substance Armando Llechu, chief administrative and Scott Spiezle, Audi Fort Myers, story to high school students in two abuse, autism and attention deficit officer of Golisano Children’s Services. Audi Naples, FineMark National Bank schools in Lee and Collier counties hyperactivity disorder. “I am so humbled by the generosity & Trust, Fountain 33 Foundation, earlier in the day. Philanthropic support for Kids’ of this community and eager to work Fort Myers Florist, Jill Kushner, The Following his presentation, a video Minds Matter has allowed Lee Health with other Lee Health leaders to put Kim Foundation, LeeSar and Stock highlighting caregivers, patients and and Golisano Children’s Hospital of the dollars raised to work in expanding Development. mental health advocates was shown, Southwest Florida to: implement a access to mental and behavioral Organizing committee members then a Fund the Need call by benefit tiered model of care that clinically aligns healthcare.” included Albert Abdo, Jeanne Beaulieu, auctioneer Rick Gallo raised more than community, inpatient and outpatient Funds raised at the gala will be Shavon Chester, Kathy Courtnage, $2.8 million. care; hire additional psychiatrists, child used to add additional care navigators Larry Courtnage, Gillian Draper, “Last night was one of the most advocates and other mental health in local schools, establish an Autism Dorothy Fitzgerald, Anne Frazier, Rick magical nights I’ve experienced in professionals; offer Mental Health First Testing Center in collaboration with Gallo, Susan Goldy, John Halstead, Southwest Florida, not just because of Aid training to local pediatricians, Florida State University and Florida George Hamilton, Tina Keating, the incredible generosity of our donors, emergency service providers and Gulf Coast University, expand metal Jennifer Parisi, Jason Powella, Paul but also because of their dedication to others who work directly with children; health clinics throughout the region and Simeone, Phil Simon, Chris Simoneau, the mission of helping the children of renovate an outpatient center in Fort provide counseling sessions for under Bill Skidmore, Pat Smart, Scott Spiezle, Myers where a child’s needs can be and uninsured children in need of care. Laura Tombs and Tiffany Whitaker. THE RIVER - MARCH 27, 2020 19 for two years with 8 homers in 1972 points and 8.7 rebounds per game Gordie Howe was ageless. He retired in Frankly Speaking and 6 in 1973, bringing his lifetime during the season, yet it wasn’t to 1971 with 4 Stanley Cups and 6 MVPs, by Howard Prager total to 660. Harmon Killebrew had be. They lost in the Finals to Detroit. then joined the Houston Aeros in 1973 559 home runs with the Washington Malone was out the last 3 games of the of the World Hockey Association, hanks to the Senators/Minnesota Twins. He signed series and retired. Hakeem Olajuwon playing on the same line as his sons. In news of Tom with Kansas City in 1975 and slugged was traded from Houston to Toronto in 1979-80 he came back to the NFL with TBrady leaving 14 more dingers, then retired. Chicago 2001, but averaged just 7.1 points and the Hartford Whalers and scored 15 the Patriots for the Cub outfielder Billy Williams was 6 rebounds a game before retiring due goals at age 51. Bucs, we have our traded to Oakland, leading the A’s to to a back injury. Who can forget Pele, the great column for today: win the 1975 American League West Here’s a couple blasts from the past. Brazilian soccer star who played for Great athletes championship with 23 homers and 81 Hank Greenberg finished his career 17 seasons there before retiring in who played most RBIs. In 1976, he played in 120 games with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947, 1972? He signed with the New York of their careers and retired after hitting only .211. where he tied for the league lead in Cosmos in 1975 and led them to the with one team In 1993 the 49ers traded Joe walks with 104, finished eighth in championship before retiring for good. and finished with Montana to the Kansas City Chiefs the league in home runs and tenth in Let me conclude this list with the another. I wish Brady and the Bucs where he played for 2 years, getting the slugging. Greenberg became the first great home run king Hank Aaron, success - this is the year to do it. Chiefs as far as the AFC Championship major leaguer to hit 25 or more home who was traded from the Milwaukee/ The great Baltimore QB Johnny game his first year. Not so much runs in a season in each league. Gabby Atlanta Braves after 21 seasons back to Unitas was traded in 1973 when he his second year. Franco Harris was Hartnett was an all-star catcher for the Milwaukee and the Brewers in 1984. was 39 and finished his career with released from the Steelers in 1984 after Cub and famous for his Homer in the He played two seasons in Milwaukee, San Diego. He lasted just 4 games as a holding out in training camp and signed Gloamin’. With darkness descending on hitting 12 home runs in 1985 and 10 in starter when an unknown rookie named with the Seattle Seahawks, needing Wrigley Field and the score tied 5-5 in 1986 before retiring. Dan Fouts took over. Also playing only 363 yards to pass Jim Brown as the 1938 playoffs, the umpires ruled As you can see most players don’t only 4 games with his new team was the all- time greatest NFL rusher. He that the ninth would be the last inning do great when switching teams late in “Broadway Joe” Namath, who left for lasted 8 games and 170 yards. or the entire game would have to be their career but if they do, it’s in their the LA Rams in 1976. And now, from North Carolina, replayed the following day. Hartnett first year. Do you have a favorite player Yankee catcher Yogi Berra lasted Michael Jordan. After his two stints came to bat with two out in the bottom who finished their career with another? just 4 games in 1965 when he joined and 6 championships with the Chicago of the ninth. On an 0-2 count, Hartnett Or how about favorite player who’s not the New York Mets but continued as an Bulls, Jordan went to the Washington hammered the ball into the darkness in the Hall of Fame? Share it with us assistant and then manager. Another Wizards as player/owner in 2001. landing in the bleachers. Pandemonium as I’ll be talking about them in a future crosstown switch in Chicago with Cubs Despite averaging 20 points per game erupted. In 1941 Hartnett was traded column. Stay safe my readers! third basemen Ron Santo was traded for 2 years, the Wizards never made it to the NY Giants and hit .300 in 64 Howard Prager is the son-in-law of to the White Sox. He played second to the playoffs and Jordan retired for games as a backup catcher. longtime columnist Ed Frank. Prager and DH hitting just .221 with 5 HRs in good in 2003. Karl Malone left the Here’s a great way to end a career. is a sports enthusiast from the Chicago 1974. Utah Jazz in 2003 to join a “dream In 2000 the Boston Bruins traded Pat area who also writes and blogs about In May of 1972 Willie Mays was team” in LA with Kobe and Shaq. He Bourque to the Colorado Avalanche. leadership. Email comments or traded to the New York Mets from took less money hoping for his first He played 2 seasons, getting to hoist questions to press@islandsunnews. the San Francisco Giants. He played NBA Championship, averaging 13.2 the Stanley Cup after winning in 2001. com.

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Emotional, financial, structural (cervical methods to help You see, there are good cytokines and instability) or physical stress (real or support our immune bad ones. Elderberry raises the good ones, imagined) causes the heart rate to increase. system and help COVID-19 raises the bad ones. It doesn’t The fast heart rate results in the time preserve our health, worsen any virus in my professional between heartbeats to be very small. This in light of COVID-19 opinion. coupled with the fact that breathing is very (the novel coronavirus). I’m pretty fired up about this! I want to shallow results in a low HRV. People are going to die because some show you how foolish all of this is: Caring Medical measures HRV as we health experts are irresponsible and have 1. The article was not printed in a put the patient under various stressors, misinterpreted a scientific article from 19 journal that doctors commonly refer to by Ross Hauser, MD as well as teach them how to measure years ago. I’m not naming names but these like The Lancet, or The New England and Marion Hauser, MS, RD HRV at home. Our patients with systemic people are now posting very poor “advice” Journal of Medicine. It was posted online. illnesses and/or neck instability find But regardless of the publication, allow me low heart rate variability (HRV) is monitoring HRV helpful in regaining over the Internet. a strong, independent predictor of Sadly, the misinformation is going as to go on… full health. A finger probe is used and is 2. Only 12 people were used who Afuture health problems and mortality. connected to a mobile device app. What viral as the virus itself! You cannot and Scary, but true. Low HRV is a forecaster should not believe everything you read donated their blood! 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Interpreting wouldn’t necessarily rely on data from two This information is not intended to decades ago to make a decision about my it and what diminishes it. Your long happy treat, cure or diagnose your condition. data requires a specific understanding of life depends on it! vitamins, enzymes, medications, genes and life today. Caring Medical Regenerative Medicine 4. The researchers themselves When a person is relaxed, the heart Clinics has two locations: one in Oak metabolic pathways in your body. I can rate is low due to increased vagal tone. read these things like a second language. concluded that elderberry, “reduced the Park, Illinois, and one in Fort Myers. It duration of flu symptoms to three to four Higher vagal tone means that your was established in 1991 by Ross Hauser, So when I hear about a story going body can relax faster after stress and is around about elderberries being bad for days.” MD, and Marion Hauser, MS, RD. They 5. The researchers also conclude that it measured as the difference between your can be reached at info@caringmedical. you, it peaked my curiosity. Who would inhalation and exhalation heart rates. say that, and why? “can activate the healthy immune system com. I’m here to save the elderberry! It has by increasing inflammatory cytokine been documented to block viral attachment production.” They’re saying that in a good ways that our two healthcare systems of certain types of coronaviruses to ACE way, because you need anti-inflammatory Call For Support can strengthen healthcare in Southwest 2 proteins/receptors. These are in your cytokines in higher numbers to offset Florida and better serve our community,” lungs, and the deadly coronavirus latches the pro-inflammatory (bad) cytokines. Amid Healthcare said Dr. Larry Antonucci, president on to these and attacks the lungs. Follow They go on to say that elderberry, “… and CEO of Lee Health. “During this me? Elder is also well-documented to could also have an immunoprotective Pandemic time where COVID-19 has no borders, or immunostimulatory effect when our organizations have collaborated in increase T helper cell counts. You need he Southwest Florida region’s administered to cancer or AIDS patients, unprecedented ways. The Lee Health those to fight back. healthcare leaders, Lee Health in conjunction with chemotherapeutic or and NCH teams have fully embraced the So to hear from terrified people, who and NCH Healthcare System are now afraid of elderberry tea and herbs other treatments.” T concept of collaboration and community. (NCH), have joined efforts to combat I have a longer rant about this at my We are stronger together, and Southwest (and supplements), because of nonsensical the challenges presented by the current website. Also, sign up for my free health Florida will benefit greatly from our stories read on the Internet... well it just pandemic of COVID-19. These nonprofit newsletter to stay in touch via email. systems continuing to work together.” makes me mad! organizations are on the frontline of This information is not intended to “During this challenging time for Several bloggers and doctors are the crisis serving the community and treat, cure or diagnose your condition. our communities, we appreciate the actually posting stories about how collaborating on all fronts, sharing policies, Suzy Cohen is the author of The collaboration with our healthcare systems, elderberries can increase a cytokine storm. action plans and daily media updates, 24-Hour Pharmacist and is a registered including Lee Health,” said NCH Chief Again, this is not a fair statement. The coordinating outreach efforts including pharmacist. To contact her, visit www. Executive Officer Paul Hiltz. “Now is the misinformation you’re getting was based drive-through testing sites to better serve SuzyCohen.com. time for all of us to pull together to make the region, working together to limit a difference for our family, friends and non-urgent surgeries, and completing neighbors as we continue to care for our 83 Pondella Road in North Fort Myers. joint Continuing Medical Education (CME) community. We appreciate your support. Department Of Environmental Health – Beginning training for team members. We are all stronger together.” Thursday, March 19 through Sunday, Lee Health and NCH recently The healthcare systems also shared Health Changes April 19, Onsite Sewage Treatment announced the SWFL Stronger Together a need for blood donations. Community he Florida Department of Health and Disposal System (OSTDS) and campaign. This campaign is representative members can arrange to donate blood in Lee County (DOH-Lee) is Tattoo submittals will be relocated to the of the work that has and continues to take by calling Lee Health blood centers at announcing changes to their Vital Environmental Engineering building located place, and the collaborative relationship T 343-2333 or NCH Community Blood Statistics and Environmental Health offices. at 60 Danley Drive, Unit #1 in Fort Myers. that exists. Together, Lee Health and Center at 624-4120. Donating blood Vital Statistics – Effective immediately, DOH-Lee is encouraging customers NCH are asking the Southwest Florida takes about 45 minutes and is a good way services will be provided by appointment to call 690-2100 or use online services community to join them, to come together to help, as well as show support for the only, during normal hours of operation, 9 available at http://lee.floridahealth.gov/ and show support. Gifts to the SWFL region’s doctors and nurses who are on a.m. to 4 p.m. Appointments can be made programs-and-services/environmental- Stronger Together fund will provide critical the frontline. by calling 332-9572. health/index.html. resources, equipment and supplies needed For more information or to make The DOH-Lee is partnered with The health and safety of our employees, to support doctors and nurses. Donations an online donation to SWFL Stronger VitalChek to provide an option for online customers and community remains a top will help provide additional ventilators, Together, visit swfltogether.org. Resources and phone orders. Orders can be placed priority. A simple and effective way to protective gear, mobile units and employee through this site also include free telehealth online by visiting www.vitalchek.com and minimize risk of COVID-19 is to maximize relief. information, hotlines, COVID-19 news by calling 1-800-255-2414. social distance. 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Find At Least Six Differences Between Panels SUDOKU To play Sudoku: Complete the grid so that every row, column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 (the same number cannot appear more than once in a row, column or 3x3 box.) There is no guessing and no math involved, just logic. Answer on page 24

pastry tip. Refrigerate in piping bag for a minimum of 15 minutes or up to 1 hour before frying. Combine cinnamon and sugar in a medium bowl and set aside. Add approximately 2 inches of oil to cast iron pan or Dutch oven and heat over medium-high heat (375 degrees). Orange and Honey Churros Carefully pipe in 2-inch-long pieces of 1 cup orange juice dough into hot oil, using scissors to cut 1 tablespoon honey the dough from the piping bag. Fry in 1 cup water small batches for about 6-7 minutes or 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened until churros are golden brown. Transfer 2 tablespoons sugar to a paper-towel-lined baking pan to 1 teaspoon vanilla extract drain excess oil. Immediately toss the hot 1/2 teaspoon salt churros with cinnamon-sugar to coat. 2 cups all-purpose flour Serve immediately with Sweet & Spicy 2 large eggs Strawberry Sauce 2 quarts vegetable oil, for frying Sweet & Spicy Strawberry Sauce 1 tablespoon cinnamon 3 cups strawberries, roughly chopped 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 orange, zested and juiced 1 cup Sweet & Spicy Strawberry 1/2 lemon, zested and juiced Sauce 1/2 jalapeño, seeded and minced In a medium saucepan over medium- 1/2 cup sugar high heat combine orange juice, water, 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract butter, 2 sugar, vanilla, and salt. Bring Pinch of sea salt to a boil, remove from heat, and add Place all ingredients into a medium flour all at once. Stir until all the flour is saucepot and simmer over medium-high incorporated. Transfer dough to a stand Orange and Honey Churros with Sweet and Spicy Strawberry Sauce heat. Cook until strawberries are soft mixer (using paddle attachment) and mix photo courtesy Fresh From Florida but not falling apart, about 15 minutes. on low for about 1 minute allowing the the egg to be fully incorporated before it will eventually become smooth after Remove from heat and allow to cool. dough to cool slightly (do not skip this adding the next. (At first it will appear 15 seconds or so). Transfer dough to a Fresh tip: This sauce can be paired step). Add eggs, one at a time, allowing the egg is not mixing into dough, but piping bag fitted with a number eight-star with yogurt, granola, or desserts. IslandIsland SunSun WeatherWeather OutlookOutlook MarchMarch 27,27, 20202020 Island Sun Weather Outlook March 27, 2020

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