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VOL. 15, NO. 40 SANIBEL & CAPTIVA ISLANDS, FLORIDA APRIL 11, 2008 APRIL SUNRISE/SUNSET: 11 7:08 • 7:49 12 7:07 • 7:50 13 7:06 • 7:50 14 7:05 • 7:51 is 7:04 • 7:51 U 7:03 • 7:52 17 7:02 • 7:52 A Genghis Khan-Size Event Raises 60 Minutes To Air Kanzius Story $400,000 For The Children's Hospital by Jim George he story of John Kanzius' new cancer treatment technol- ogy will hit mainstream America this Sunday, April 13, at T7 p.m. when one of the most watched television shows in broadcast history, 60 Minutes, airs an interview with the island resident. Stahl said the Kanzius story was one of the most important of her career. The show's producer and staff, along with cor- respondent Lesley Stahl, interviewed Kanzius at his home on Sanibel last month. Kanzius has invented a radio frequency generator that, when non-invasively exposing "marked" cancer cells to the radio waves, John Kanzius destroys the cancer cells. The interest in the potential new treatment has been growing in recent months as animal tests of the technology at the MD Anderson Cancer Research Center in Houston have consistently showed continued on page 5 Auctioneer Marty Harrity sports a Fu Manchu mustache by Evelyn Neill Bawdy British Humor unday night was a tremendous success for Sanibel-Captiva Cares. The Tao of Giving was freely flowing at The Sanctuary Clubhouse. Three hundred like- At The Schoolhouse Sminded donors gathered together to raise funds for The Children's Hospital of by Di Saggau Southwest Florida. And raise funds they did! Featuring a silent auction, a live auc- tion and the Give to Give table, Sanibel-Captiva Cares topped a breathtaking 2007 hat would you do if you found success with a whopping 2008 total of $400,000 for The Children's Hospital of a suitcase full of money? That's Southwest-Florida. Wthe predicament faced by Henry Perkins in Ray Cooney's Funny Money The evening got off to a great start - event sponsors had already donated a record- now showing at The Schoolhouse breaking $175,000 to complete the purchase of a pediatric ambulance. And as Theater. All the action takes place in the guests entered the transformed Sanctuary Clubhouse, Asian themed decorations, little Fulham house of Henry and Jean Perkins Buddhas, Zen gardens and plenty of bamboo brought everyone into the spirit of the during an evening when they are sup- evening. posed to celebrate Henry's birthday with The silent auction items were a tremendous success as were the Give to Give dona- friends. By picking up the wrong suitcase tions. Guests quickly took on the wish lists for the hospital and began the pledges with over a million dollars in it, Henry needed to purchase the $45,000 star of the show - the SimBaby, which simulates (Robbie Gay) is ecstatic. The moment he medical emergencies with computerized scenarios to train hospital staff and parents walks in the door with a smug look on his how to handle medical situations. By the time the live auction started, SimBaby was face, he starts calling to purchase plane well on its way to being purchased, silent auction bidders had finished dueling it out for tickets, first class, to Barcelona, one way. a host of treasures and the hospital had the majority of its wish list tidily purchased. His wife Jean (Katherine Proctor) is not The evening ended with Marty Harrity, in a silk robe and mustache, conducting a enthusiastic about his new-found fortune. live auction that couldn't be beat. Our own Dr. Brett Shannon, a pediatric orthope- The normal teetotaler starts drinking heav- dic surgeon reminded us why The Children's Hospital is so very special to the entire ily. Henry informs her he counted the region. He pointed out that the hospital has never turned away a child requiring his money in the Prince of Wales Pub, in the services, regardless of their ability to pay. And then the bidding began with fervor. loo, several times. One,of the most tremendous moments of the evening came when Jim Sprankle's This is cause for a surprise visit by detec- Ruby Throated Hummingbirds came up for bid. The Sanibel-Captiva Cares event for tive Porterhouse Pave Yudowitz) who plans 2008 marked a real milestone for Sprankle. When the evening began, he had raised to blackmail Henry because he figures the $99,700 for the hospital with his carved masterpieces. And to put him over the Victor Roldan, Victor Legarreta and continued on page 20 continued on page 50 Robbie Gay Agave In Bloom At Museum •r * ••"••r. ••;• R.i> P'ICI' poms to tln» top of tho oya.-o lue dyans ^piunualiLiiU d-yd-vdyj, now .vlw-'-: > - - -• • • Tf as high as the top of the belfry on the W-'r '•••-' M 1896 schoolhouse, was planted in the pioneer garden behind the Rutland House about 22 years ago when the cottage was moved from its Periwinkle Way location for the beginnings of the village. Early folks, mostly in Mexico, probably named this most useful plant the century plant because it took so long to grow. It must have seemed a hundred years to get up there where its fibers and juices V could be used to enhance the everyday ^^•••'• ;-^A^.;:-4 life of the gardener. The usual lifespan, - !•. • according to the experts, is 25 years; so ••'v Sanibel's agave is without doubt an early bloomer. j The agave has what is described as "a ;%^ glorious bouquet" of yellow, orange, and red spikes, but, of course, they are much too high to stick your nose near to smell. But it has inspired the Village Poet ?.v4fy..^ Ray Buck (if Randall Eddy can name Flowering top of agave plant herself artist-in-residence this spring there has to be a Village Poet, and I named The main plant will soon die, undoubt- myself) to celebrate the misnamed plant, edly before the summer rains so benefi- in verse: cial to its growth, but it could be sending out shoots that should be taking over The century plant and growing to maturity. So, you don't Come stand with me want to wait a hundred years, or at least midst white walled history twenty, come see the agave now. before a plant so very old Included in the $5 admission fee to village legends oft are told see this garden wonder that produced everything from medicinal (once ferment- that this agave would live 100 years ed) "honey waters" to fibers for clothing, far beyond tales of mosquito fears rope and weapons. A charming view of and would've been an island sprout a bride's days before the wedding in old - when few but Baileys were about Sanibel is protrayed in a bridal show will end in May. No one seems to know when the giant it stands high like the old school 3 a well-told legend of one woman rule agave will fall. ^ and so we have a misnamed plant now in flower so tall so gallant but as all plants do the agave must die not 100 feet but a darn good try but it's sad that this plant must pass its juices never gracing a tequila glass is! 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