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Night ^jBag* 1 Life! OUTDOORS & 'RECREATION —Page BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID SANIBEL, FL. PERMIT #33 'n '"*• c POSTAL PATRON Free Vol. 37, No. 49 Friday, December 11, 1998 40 Pages PIRATE PLAYHOUSE IN TURMOIL... AGAIN The Board of Directors of the Pirate Playhouse fire Producing Director Robert Kalfm —See page 3 COMMENTARY • George Madison on the State of the City. • Ar icir ew Redii ig — no excuse for smear campaign. • Cartoon • —See page I i ARTS •Go Out 'n' About with Frank Wagner (it was a very busy week!) •Meet Yura Lee. —See page 19-26 OUTDOORS •Sports Shorts •Audubon Bird Count Dec 19th on Sanibe! • Dee Fulk on meeting with a spider. •Capt Mike Fuery on fishing and shelling. — See Pages 29-31 INDE* Arts ." 19 Business Services 38 Classifieds'. 34-37 Commentary 15 Letters 15 Sports &Rec 29 Greg Barton journeyed to Captivafor the Captiva Sea Kayak Classic - and, once again, the Olympic gold medalist took first place in the Whafs Playing 23 12-mile race held last Saturday. 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Islander staff writer a state of shock, made it ing, high voltage message According to the terms of Robert Kalfin, the quite clear that he had de- to the 15 audiences of high the current contract, unless new Artistic Producing Di- voted most of his time and school students who have Besse is notified by Jan, 1, the energy during the summer rector for the Pirate Play- been bussed in for these existing contract would auto- Besse house, has been asked by the arranging for technical exciting morning perfor- matically be renewed. The board Board of Directors to relin- staffs and casting of the six- mances. Their acceptance would like to redraft the contract to include several items quish his position after he production season and in and enjoyment of George that are not covered by the existing contract completes direction of Ten- the direction and mounting Bernard Shaw's treatise on Besse then may, or may not, choose to reapply nessee Williams' The Ec- of Androcles and the Lion. Christians, Romans, lions under the new contract — the current contract runs centricities of a Nightingale It was to be an initial rep- and such has been sensa- through April 1. The board plans to meet again this resentation of his work to which opens on Jan. 22. (Continued, page 4) Kalfin week to address the issue further. Dauphin- Island : similar to Sonibel? By WENDY HUMPHREY But maybe that's where the similarities end. At least, resident Hartley Kleinberg.•''At Dauphin Island it's mainly Dauphin Island is remarkably like Sanibel Island according to certain voices in the audience at the Sanibel commercial tug boats. At Sanibel it's mainly pleasure craft physically: an island 17 miles long and two miles wide Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday. and sailboats." running east to west with the widest part on the east and "I'm struck by the dissimilarities rather than the He added that there was a very different feeling of narrowing almost to a spit on the western end. A cursory similarities," commented City Councilman Andrew Red- relaxation on Sanibel. glance at the map and it looks just like Sanibel. It's con- ing, asserting that both the danger of hurricanes to Dau- "Here, there are no gas rigs, no high rises, no oil nected to the mainland by a 3.5 mile causeway and a state phin Island and the values of Dauphin Island residents rigs," he said pointing out that one third of Dauphin highway runs through the island to the western end. appear to be very different. Island's city budget comes from severance, taxes from Mainly populated with retirees, Dauphin Island in- "There's a great difference in the traffic that goes natural gas and oil companies. corporated in 1989., . under die- bridge at £>aupbin Island," commented Sanibel " (Continued,page 6 ) Rape Calling all investigation eco-buffs continuing ByANNEBELLEW Islander staff writer Police have released Local conservationists, historical buffs and eco- a modified composite tourism operators are compiling an inventory of busi- drawing of the suspect in nesses and events that should be marketed for VISIT the ongoing investigation FLORIDA. of the rape that occurred on Eco/heritage tourism is the fastest growing seg- Nov. 27 at Bowman's Championship Flight winner Jack Stahl. PhotofTerri Blackmore Beach. While the features ment of the world tourism market, increasing at a rate are the same, the hairline of 30 percent annually. VISIT FLORIDA is the new has buen modified by the private/public, not-for-profit marketing organization for Beachview hosts victim and others who saw the State of Florida, emerging out of the recent the man. The man's dark privatization of the State Commerce Department's Di- body tan is quite distinc- vision of Tourism. It is committed to an initiative di- tive, officers say. rected by the state legislature to promote and protect City golf tournament Florida's natural, historic and cultural assets. Physical evidence VISIT FLORIDA has begun the process of in- Each year, the City of Sanibel and Beachview found at the scene is thought to belong to the perpetra- ventorying the state's nature- and heritageTbased re- Golf Course hook up to sponsor a golf tournament tor.