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Read Us Online at IslandSunNews.com NEWSPAPER VOL. 21, NO. 36 SANIBELSanibel & CAPTIVA & Captiva ISLANDS, Islands FLORIDA FEBRUARY 28, 2014 FEBRUARY/MARCH SUNRISE/SUNSET: 28 6:53 • 6:29 1 6:53 • 6:29 2 6:52 • 6:30 3 6:51 • 6:30 4 6:50 • 6:31 5 6:49 • 6:31 6 6:48 • 6:32 Meet The Artists What’s New At Clothesline At This Year’s Sale On Saturday Shell Festival? he Sanibel-Captiva Art League hat will be new and different at is holding its annual Clothesline the 77th annual Shell Festival? TSale at The Community House WHow about five-year-old Emily on Saturday, March 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 Powers, the youngest shell artist to ever p.m. This is an informal display, where enter the shell show? She has already more than 25 local artists will hang their won blue ribbons in two other shows this work for sale on clotheslines which are Setup of Clothesline Sale year. located outdoors. Then there is 15-year-old Anna Residents and visitors are invited to winter at the Sanibel Public Library, and Fastenau. She began creating shell craft stroll around the clotheslines, talk with the a Southwest Florida Art Council show, items and entering the shell show when artists and purchase works on display. sponsored by art league, is held each year she was in elementary school. Last year, The Sanibel-Captiva Art League was at BIG ARTS. her exhibit won the People’s Choice founded in 1964. Monthly meetings and For more information about the art Award in the artistic division. Anna has paint-outs are open to the public. Juried league, including membership, go to www. entered the artistic division competition and judged member shows are held each sancapart.com. again this year. You will have the chance to meet her when she demonstrates her shell art in the new Meet the Artist tent. A young shell enthusiast Meet the Artist Tent Sanibel shell crafter Wendy Robertson. Gold Medal A new, larger tent has been added to They will be demonstrating their craft the Shell Festival grounds. Along with and answering questions about shell art Winner To Play Anna Fastenau, you will be able to meet throughout the show. artists from across the country including Was there ever a time when you At Music Festival Karine Almir from Glendale, California; wished someone would help you create a he Sanibel Music Festival begins Suzanne Dietsch from Wyanet, Illinois; flower or a little animal out of seashells? with an exciting young Ukrainian Audrey O’Donnell from Cape Coral, and continued on page 17 Tpianist, Vadym Kholodenk, win- ner in June 2013 of the coveted gold medal in the 14th Quadrennial Cliburn Monday Night Movie Special Event Competition. He will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Features Comedy And Movie Mogul March 4, in the Sanibel Congregational Church, 2050 Periwinkle Way. by Di Saggau This young Ukrainian pianist captured he BIG ARTS Monday Night the attention of the jury, audience and crit- Movie on March 3 will be ics alike with “performances that brought TThe Jerk, a film produced by the audience to their feet, cheering a David Picker and one that launched continued on page 17 Vadym Kholodenko photo by Van Cliburn Steve Martin’s career. Picker, a movie mogul from the Golden Age of Hollywood, will be there to take Trail on the Bailey Homestead Preserve. Ribbon-Cutting part in our program titled A Movie Continuing on to the Homestead Preserve Mogul Speaks Out, which will pre- For Boardwalk, (the Bailey House will not be open), guests cede the film. In a setting based on will follow The Shipley Trail past the his- Inside The Actor’s Studio, Picker toric windmill. will take questions from Sanibel’s Shipley Trail, Kiosk The next stop will be the dedication own Albert Hann, in the role of slanders and visitors are invited to of the Conservation Gateway Kiosk, James Lipton. He will also answer the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation where SCCF panels interpret the Bailey questions from the audience. IFoundation and City of Sanibel pro- Homestead Preserve and direct visitors to Considering it’s the night after the gressive ribbon-cutting on Thursday, other environmental and historical organi- Hollywood Oscars, you might have March 6 beginning at 11 a.m. zations on Sanibel and Captiva. a question or two to toss his way Attendees are requested to leave their The third ribbon-cutting will be at the concerning the winners and losers. automobiles or bicycles at the Matzaluna trailhead of The Shipley Trail, celebrating The glitz and glam red carpet or Il Cielo parking lots. Guests will be the off-road connectivity it now provides walk begins at 6:30 p.m. with our directed into this walking event that will for hikers and “fat tire” bikers. Guests will charming hostesses, Maddy Mayor travel a one-third-mile route from Pond then be offered light refreshments in the and Mary Buck, greeting everyone Apple Trail to the Roadside City Park. nearby clearing. as they arrive. The film begins at 7 The first stop is the ribbon-cutting At the conclusion of the event, guests p.m., with a champagne reception to to open the city’s new boardwalk con- continued on page 17 follow. necting Pond Apple Trail to The Shipley continued on page 41 2 ISLAND SUN - FEBRUARY 28, 2014 gentle and caring person, her neighbors Meet Village relied on her in times of need. Daisy Mayer: The Sears & Roebuck Neighbors At kit homes, Shore Haven and Morning What’s Happening At Glories, belonged to the Mayer family. The Museum Daisy was an avid fisherman and could be The House In 2014 submitted by Jeri Magg seen often on the fishing pier behind her house casting her rod. She spent wonder- n Thursday, March 20, to help ful weeks with her nieces and nephew Shell Festival celebrate the 30th anniversary of who lived next door in Morning Glories. March 6 & 7 9am-5pm Othe Sanibel Historical Museum After the death of their mother, Daisy March 8 9am-4pm and Village, museum docents will be taught them how to fish and play board portraying some of the earliest “village games. She was an integral member of neighbors.” Those guests arriving for the community for many years. Amelia Earhardt the cocktail party from 6 to 7 p.m. will Thanks to their wonderful portrayals, March 26 Luncheon & Show be able to meet and talk with six of docents Karl and Ann Rodman will bring Island neighbors, Clarence Rutland played $30 members; $35 guests these “neighbors.” Clarence Rutland and Mabel Critchley to This, the first of two articles, will relate by Karl Rodman; Mabel Critchley, played life on March 20. Ann and Karl Rodman stories about three of these residents and by Ann Rodman; and Daisy Mayer, played are year-round residents. Originally from Honky Tonk House the houses in the village where they lived by Judy Yenkole, on the porch of the Old Schoolhouse the Hudson Valley area of New York March 28 7-10pm as well as the museum docents who will State, they operated a children’s summer be portraying them. from Frank Bailey and bought a house camp. CLASSES/PROGRAMS Clarence Rutland: The Rutland on Periwinkle Way. In his later years Docent Judy Yenkole will be portray- House was named after Clarence, who he became the island’s handyman and ing Daisy Mayer. Yenkole, in sales most arrived with his parents and four sib- of her working life, is a resident since Complimentary Shell Crafting contractor and preferred mosquitoes to lings following the 1896 “big freeze” in tourists suggesting that the new bridge be 1997. She has enjoyed volunteering Lesson: Monday 10 am -Noon Apopka, Florida. A year later his father “blown up!” at the Sanibel Historical Museum and Crafts on sale Mon.-Fri. until 3 pm died and mother Irene married lighthouse Mabel Critchley: The Burnap Village since 2004 where she has been keeper Henry Shanahan, a widower with Cottage, built by Sam Woodring in 1898 active on the development committee and Optimize Your Health seven children. The family then moved in fundraising efforts. March 12 10am as a fishing retreat for wealthy northern- to the keeper’s quarters where they wel- ers, was sold to Hiram Burnap and then Each of these docents has many Public Service Energy Workshop comed a 13th child. sold to George Scoville, Mabel’s brother wonderful tales and maybe even some To survive, he tilled the soil, fished the in 1917. Mabel, a native New Yorker, “secrets” to tell about these village neigh- iPad/iPhone back bays and worked on cattle boats bors. March 13 9:30am became a close friend of Esperanza leaving Punta Rassa. Rutland also served Woodring and following the sale of this For ticket information, contact the $30 members; $35 guests as assistant lighthouse keeper from 1918 cottage to the Brewsters, spent the next Sanibel Historical Museum and Village at to 1926. In 1928, he borrowed money 472-4648. Successful Retirement five winters with Esperanza. Known as a March 18 3pm Email editorial copy to: [email protected] Glass Painting Class March 25 3:30pm $40 member/$45 guest Sanibel Captiva Art League’s Sissi’s Paint Party Ikki Matsumoto March 26 7 pm Prints & Posters $40 members; $45 guests AnnualClothesline Clothesline Art SaleArt Sale Painting with Sissi Tuesday 10 am $30 Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge Tuesday & Thursday at 1 pm; $10 except March 4, 6 & 20 Yoga Mon & Thurs 8:30 am; $15 Zumba Tues & Thurs 10 am; $15 Fancy-Footed Booby Available at: Sanibel Art & Frame Saturday,Sunday, March March 17 1 630 Tarpon Rd.