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VOL. 15, NO. 43 SANIBEL & CAPTIVA ISLANDS, FLORIDA MAY Z 2008 MAY SUNRISE/SUNSET: 2 6:49 • 8:00 3 6:49 • 8:01 4 6:48 • 8:01 5 6:47 • 8:02 a 6:46 • 8:02 7 • 6:46 • 8:03 8 6:43 • 8:04 Islands Night Is Family Fun Day Is Sunday Right Around Even though it rained in The Corner '07 on the 16th of May We 're going with the same month for our special day We were two days after, which was a cloudless sky So we will be optimistic and again we'll try We hope you will join us with good cheer As Islands Night Sanibel School Steel Drum Band celebrates another year! - Sam Bailey n Sunday, May 4, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in BIG ARTS Boler Garden, 900 Dunlop Road, The Sanibel School Steel Drum Band will perform during BIG OARTS third annual Family Fun Day. The band will play following Jason Huneke's comedic performance, and during the luau in which food and beverages will be served. Children's artwork will also be dis- with the grand parade around the ball- played in the Phillips and Founders galleries. field. All are welcome. For further information call 395-0900 or log on to www.bigarts.org.^J Sam Bailey invites one and all to join in Locals will join in the singing of the the fun, rain or shine National Anthem, and the Island All-Star baseball players will make a special pre- New Medical Center Opens, am Bailey's Islands Night with sentation. the Miracle baseball team is Game time is 7:05 for the Miracle vs. Dr. LaMotta Returns To Sanibel SWednesday, May 14 at the Lee the Sarasota Reds. There will be games, County Sports Complex. The spirit of contests and plenty of entertainment the islands comes alive at 6:15 p.m. continued on page 35 Historical Museum Quilt Raffle Winner by Ray Buck roving once again that Sanibel holds Pthe world on an island, the quilt raffle winner at the Historical Museum and Village is from Sweden and the lad who picked the winning ticket is from Pennsylvania. Mardi Ponader, the village docent who orga- Dr. Edward LaMotta, center, greets longtime patient David Bornhorst, left, of Captiva, and nized the popular quilt Bornhorst's caregiver Victor Beddoe. Bornhorst was one of the first patients to see the show that ran at the doctor when the new medical center opened Tuesday. He said he has been going into Sanibel Museum and Fort Myers to see Dr. LaMotta for about five years and is happy to have his doctor closer Village for several months, to home. held the box of raffle tick- ets as Griff Lott, a nine- year-old who was visiting his week. Dr. Edward LaMotta returned his family practice to Sanibel, occupy- the museum with his fam- ing a temporary medical facility on Tarpon Bay Road, across from Bailey's ily, made the selection. TGeneral Store. Over two thousand full-time and winter residents of the islands The was winner Annika The quilt in the raffle once hung in the Rutland House. It was currently call Dr. LaMotta their physician and are pleased to welcome him back after a hiatus of almost four years in Fort Myers. continued on page 17 made by an Amish woman in northern Indiana. continued on page 4 Relay For Life Bagging Event Try The Newest Drink On The Menu And Help The Children's Hospital ™Q®gg&k*:- Pot Allen, Mark Marinello, Pete Allen, Holly Smith, Marty Harrity, Tucker Allen and Dana Reisert toast the. Rowdy Razorback eidi and Mark Marinello. along with Brenda and Marty Harrity of Doc Ford's, hosted the Name that Drink Party for Pat and Pete Allen on April 19. Mr. and Mrs. Green, mascots of the Sanibel Green Team H The Aliens were the winning bidders on this popular item at the Sanibel- Captiva Cares event, benefiting The Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida. Joining in the fun were grandson Tucker Allen and his girlfriend, Dana Reisert, along with he Sanibel Green Team will be kicking off the Sanibel Captiva Relay for Life Holly Smith, co-chair of the Sanibel-Captiva Cares event. Bagging Event at Bailey's General Store Friday, May 2 at 7am when the Many variations were enjoyed in the attempt to find the perfect concoction, fit- Tdoors open. ting of the chosen name, Rowdy Razorback. And now, for every Rowdy Razorback Channel 4's Morning Rising show host "Wild" Bill Wood, will be on hand to served, Doc Ford's will donate $1 to Sanibel-Captiva Cares. The amount raised will be ensure a lively start to this great fund raising event, with live coverage beginning at 6 matched by Pat and Pete Allen. a.m. on the Fox 4 Morning Rising show. Some of the islands' most prominent celebri- So head on over to Doc Ford's, enjoy some fabulous food and sample this great ties are expected .& new drink. The Children's Hospital thanks you.& The galleries of Sanibel invite you to join us for an evening of fun and cheer!!! Particip^fe Objects tSailey's Shopping Center, Tahitian Gardens, Tahitian Gardens, 2439 Periwinkle Way - 1989 Periwinkle Way 1999 Peri winkle Way Sanibel "'395-4100 395-3328 472-1660 Periwinkle Place, '. !• s. •„•*.'. i*v :• Art Nights 2407 Periwinkle Way 520 Tarpon Bay Road 2075 Periwinkle Way 472-6657 472-8677 472-2888 ,fv^.; vTO**$«*.*!live. • ' ~® ••••SJ :~~ '•'"••••• • .- . 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Tax May 6 The new Ui.x would not apply lo the r tinibd residents will have tlu-ir licst . )0() kilowatt hours of electncity fii^t chaiuv Tuesday to spt>ok up ("OiisunU'd and publk I todies would be rtliotu a pl?in by ihf citv lo levy <i exempred The 10 jvrcmi proposal is m S •&• line with what Lee and CLirlotTe mun Icix on vvok'i cind electric bills : Tin' first reading uai held Apiil lr>. lies and l ort Myeis. Sarasnto und Venice bul no public comment 1=; taken on <> levy foi electric IJCC and Charlotte coun- first lCddiiicj and those who attended ties and the cities of Punt.i Gordn and were unable to slate their opinions The Sura.sota second ic-.idiny is scheduled for 9.AD levy 10 percent on water use. a m Tuesday. State statutes authorize a lii\ ot up to 10 pei(fnt on utilities..- r. • -.*"• From page 1 Javier Rodriguez, left, of Soon Come Landscaping, uses a hydraulic arm to position one of the many new plantings around the medical center that opened Tuesday on Tarpon New Medical Bay Road. Working with him is Miguel Francisco, right. The temporary medical center is the initial step in developing a vision shared by Center Opens islanders Al Hanser, John Madden, and John Schubert. "My wife and I followed Dr. LaMotta "All of us serve on the board of the Good Neighbor Community Foundation of when he left; he's a terrific physician and Sanibel-Captiva; over a year ago the GNFSC identified a number of community needs was worth the drive. But we are thrilled including expanded medical care. Although the foundation is working toward address- that he is back on Sanibel and we don't ing some of the needs, operating a medical center was outside the mission and capa- have to travel to College Parkway to see bility of the foundation; so, we decided to pursue it privately," stated Schubert.