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Gypsy 'kingpin' Chamber town Second council arrested meeting candidate declares page 15 FEBRUARY 4,1999 VOLUME 26 NUMBER 5 island 40 PAGES REP -, j " J ER 100 YEARS AND COUNTING cited for nudity B Related column/page 7 By Gwenda Hiett-Clements News Editor As of Tuesday, Sanibel police had ticket- ed six nude sunbathers in the Bowman's Beach/Silver Key area. Officers issued three notice-to-appear citations for breach of peace/disorderly conduct Sunday, two list Wednesday and one Tuesday. The action came in response to repeat*, d complaints by citizens of nude sunbathing in the area, the island's "unofficial nude beach." At the Jan. 19 Sanibel City Council t> See Nudity, page 4 PU&Ua (1 to r) Catherine Nawnann, Kim Egsley, and Don vice counter Tuesday* afternoon. The three are Im'press'ive Jewel share a few laughs at Bailey's customer ser- long-time employees of the 100-year-old store. improvements Bailey's celebrates a century of business To our readers: • Business inside store turns 1 year old/page 13 cents a pound; veal, turkey and beef were 10 cents a pound; and For the next two weeks, we will be bacon was 12 cents a pound. In produce, potatoes were 35 cents rebuilding our press units, which will result By Gwenda Hiett-Clements a dozen, oranges and lemons 15 cents a dozen, eggs were 12 cents in better print quality for the Island News Editor a dozen and butter was 18 cents a pound. Reporter. However, people on Sanibel, mostly farmers when Frank The work will be done over the week- Back in 1899 when Bailey's General Store, or the Sanibel Bailey opened the store, didn't need those items. ends and should not impact the Reporter's Packing Company as it was then known, started in business, the Francis Bailey, who took over the store from his father in 1952, deadline. However, backups and delays going rate for a cup of coffee was a nickel. Today if you shop at said, "When we started out, we wouldn't be selling chickens or may be possible due to unforeseen prob- Bailey's you can get a cup of coffee for free. Just head for the cof- vegetables because the people here raised their own. So ... why lems. fee pot in the deli area and shop away at the family store cele- would they get that from us? We carried sugar, coffee, farm sup- Please bear with us, if necessary, and brating its 100th year of business. plies ... plows, overalls, seeds ... things people needed to run their know that when the work is complete, you After those 100 years, expect the same friendly, family service farms and things for the home like soap and meat they couldn't will see a marked improvement in the qual- but don't look for some popular 1899 items. Things like witch get like bacon." ity of our photo reproduction. hazel, bromo seltzer, corn plasters, castoria and lye are names Among those staples, coffee was 15 cents a pound. You could Thank you for your continued support of from the past as is the green turtle meat at $2.75 a can. get 100 pounds of sugar for $5.80 and 100 pounds of salt for 20 your island's only news paper. And don't even think about 1899 prices when a chicken was 7 — Editor Dawn Grodsky t> See Bailey's, page 5 FOCUS Tower talk continues ON By Pattie Pace Staff Writer SAFETY Residents concerned with telecommunication towers on Armin and TJlla Sanibel formed a group called Save Our Skies, or SOS, and Joerg, visiting from filled city hall Tuesday. The group urged the Sanibel City Frankfurt, Council to place a moratorium on tower construction and Germany, cross offered to hold a workshop to secure a second opinion and Periwinkle Way at encourage further debate. Island Moped "This ordinance may not be in the best interests of where they rented Sanibel. We're concerned that this ordinance, which sets two bicycles. standards on which all future applications will be judged, Sanibel police and may not be strict enough," said Wayne Ponander with SOS. fire officials are For the past year, Planning Director Bruce Rogers has stressing bicycle been working with a consultant on a city ordinance that will safety this week. bring Sanibel in compliance with the 1996 Federal For the full story, TelecommunicatioHS Act. The law prevents local communi- please see page 10. ties from prohibiting towers or passing laws that unreason- Michael Fisfeila t> See Tower, page 5 2 • FEPRUARY4, 1999 Q ISLAND REPORTER e a t h e r Correction High Low Rain In the Island Reporter's Jan 21 edition, an article "Diet height in inches squared. Then, take that number and multi- Jan. 27 86 59 an important part of any fitness regiment" included infor- ply by 705. Jan. 28 84 59 mation on how to figure one's Body Mass Index that was Jan 29 84 60 incorrectly reported The normal range is 20-26, the moderate range is 27-29 Jan. 30 84 62 and anything over 29 is high risk. Jan 31 80 63 The Reporter regrets the error Feb. 1 80 60 There are two ways to figure your BMI. One is to take Feb. 2 84 63 your weight in kilograms divided by your height in meters squared Rain fall for January was 2.2 inches. Rainfal The other way for those who are "foreign-measure" We want to corect our mistakes as soon as possible If you for February is 0 inches so far. impaired, is to take your weight in pounds, divided by your see an error, please give us a call at 472-1587. Note: Rainfall levels are recorded from the morning of the day given to the following morn- ing. Source. Sanibel/Captiva Islands The hland Reporter is your Chamber of Commerce. only source for news! Guaranteed Access To Comprehensive Lifecare Now! One Year Money Back Guarantee! 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The master bedroom drawers and and Collier counties, Burglars wait until closets were open. The cost of lost or dam- Following a tip by a citizen, Sanibel the house is empty, when owners have aged property as unknown. police arrested a couple for grand theft gone out for tins evening, tsnter by breaking Also on Wulfert Road, the Brodbeck Monday afternoon just as they were headed glass in sliding doors or windows, Mt residence was broken into Thursday, Jan. off island. But not befoie one of them put up quickly, and take mostly jev/eliy and cash 28. While the couple was out to dinner, the a fight. -*• items that can fee easily earfieil, At the house alarm went off just before 8 p.m. It Maria Pacakowska, 62, of Tampa tried to end of last year, four burglaries at home* was set off by glass being broken at the stab Detective Scott Ashby with a screw- on Oie east urni of the island fit this pattern. master bedroom sensor. Lower screens lo driver. She was anested on charges of grand Last week's burglaries moved up island. the pool area were also cut. Closets in the theft, resisting arrest with violence, aggra- Maria Alfred Detective John Slater said, "We're master bedroom were ransacked, diaweis vated battery on a law enforcement officei Pacakowska Wolski workiog with the county on this.