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VOL. 15, NO. 46 From the Beaches to the River District downtown Fort Myers NOVEMBER 18, 2016

• Joris Kivits – Netherlands/Portugal Sand Sculpting • Paul Hoggard – England • Remy Hoggard – Bulgaria Returns To Beach • Bruce Phillips – California he 30th annual American Sand • Greg Grady Jr. – New Hampshire Sculpting Championship is return- • Delyane Corbett – Canada Ting to Fort Myers Beach November • Craig Mutch – Canada 18 through 27. The festival tent is open • Walter McDonald – Texas from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. • Brian Turnbough – Illinois The largest sand sculpting event • Abe Waterman – Canada in Florida will once again be at the • Steve Topazio – Rhode Island Wyndham Garden Hotel, located at • Todd Pangborn – New York 6890 Estero Boulevard. Attendees are • Maxim Gazendam – Netherlands encouraged to arrive from the south in • Wilfred Stijger – Netherlands order to avoid traffic congestion. Event • Bill Dow – Montana directors have coordinated a revolving The 2016 Doubles Master Sand bus system to transport attendees from Sculptors are: the Lover’s Key parking area to the site. • Melineige Beauregard and Joris Master sand sculptors will return to Kivits – Canada and Portugal Fort Myers Beach and ply their craft • Paul Hoggard and Remy Hoggard – and showcase their artistry in what USA England and Bulgaria Today and CNN Travel have named a • Delyane Corbett and Craig Mutch must-see and one of the 10 best sand – Canada sculpting competitions in the world. • Bruce Phillips and Maxim “This year, we celebrate our 30th Gazendam – California and Netherlands year,” said Fort Myers Beach Chamber • Walter McDonald and Bill Dow – of Commerce President Bud Nocera. Texas and Montana “Each year, this event has gotten better Bruce Phillips’ Transition captured first place in the Master Solo Division in 2015 There will be many interactive and this year’s event will be the best photo by Bob Petcher activities for guests to partake in yet.” competition the first week, followed 400 competition medals (40 from this including: Tourists and residents will have the by the doubles competition the second event) and many of them are World • More than 40 Sand Sculptures opportunity to see a collection of some week. Champions. • Quick Sand Speed Sand Sculpting of the world’s best sand sculptors craft This year, the sculptors represent The 2016 Solo Master Sand • Photo Opportunity Sculptures amazing works. Featuring sculptors from six different countries and over 10 Sculptors are: • Kids Zone around the world, there will be a singles states. Collectively, they hold over • Melineige Beauregard – Canada continued on page 18

beach businesses and marine Paint The Beach Adds subjects. Last Friday, participating artists Color To The Community began to sell their pieces while judge Larry Moore placed winning ribbons on deserving art. In the Juried Division, David Belling captured first place and $1,000 with Shrimp Shack, Neil Walling placed second and collected $750 with Solitude, Kathleen G. Taylor took third and $500 with Bowditch, while John Sanchez was given a merit award and a $130 gift certificate for Vacation Home. Four honorable mentions went to Fran Mangino (Old Boat), Michele Buelow (Sundown), Barb Valentine (Surfside Morning) and Julie Nusbaum (The Early Show). In the Emerging Division, Sherry Collier (Sunrise: San Carlos Island) gained top honors and $700, Lynne David Belling with Shrimp Shack II photos by Bob Petcher Wesolowski (Junkanoos’ Blues) placed second and collected $550, by Bob Petcher Patricia St. Onge (Alley in Fort Neil Walling with his winning work Solitude, below Myers Beach) took third and $250, he annual Paint The Beach Festival was a hit – the seventh in a row for the while Kelli Mason Bowles (Holiday Court – Old School) was given a merit award weeklong plein air competition that finished with an awards gala under a tent in and $130 gift certificate. Honorable mentions went to Floyd Lawrence (Looking TSantini Marina Plaza on Fort Myers Beach on November 11. Towards Sanibel), Mary Klunk (Purple Shadow), Sharon Yarbrough (Shady Lane) Paint The Beach involved 59 artists from across the country coming to Fort and Tom Crosby (Sunset For Fort Myers Beach?). Myers Beach to create landscape artwork with oil, pastels, watercolors and other The festival also included two Quick Draw competitions, a timed event at Times painting mediums in the open air. Scenes included beach views, historic buildings, continued on page 7 2 LiveLiveTHE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, thethe2016 GulfGulf CoastCoast DreamDream

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The festival is run by the Fort Myers Beach Art Association (FMBAA). It is sponsored by the Greater Fort Myers Beach Area Friends of the Arts, The Town of Fort Myers Beach, Santini Marina Plaza and Fish Tale Marina, among others. “All around, it was a wonderful event. All of the artists enjoyed the festival. The weather was great, and the public enjoyed mingling with the artists. The Sundowner Event was extremely successful from all aspects,” said Paint The Beach co-chair Michele Buelow, who chaired the event all seven years but is retiring from Artwork hung for judging and sale that position next year. “We always receive hug supports from Greater Fort Myers Proceeds and revenue from the festival goes to support FMBAA and its mission, Beach Area Friends of the Arts and Fish Tale Marina and Santini Marina Plaza as providing workshops and shows, maintaining its facility at 3030 Shell Mound well as all of our other sponsors.” Boulevard and a scholarship fund for high school students. 8 THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 The festival will also feature music Along The River and live broadcasts with 95.3 OLZ ob and Frenny James will be and Cat Country, plus refreshments. A guest speakers of the Edible specialty crafted Edison tea beer will be BGardening Exchange meeting available for purchase. at the North Fort Myers Rec Center Parking and admission to the Garden on Thursday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m. Festival is free (tours of the homes, Their presentation will include growing museum and lab are not included). For moringa, health benefits and products more information, call 334-7419 or visit that can be made with it (including www.edisonfordwinterestates.org. recipes). The Symphonic Chorale of Arrive at 5:30 p.m. for an open and Southwest Florida will present informal chat on edible topics. Consider a series of concerts, An American bringing something to share with other Choral Tapestry, conducted by Artistic gardeners (seeds, plants, a snack). Bring Director, Trent R. Brown. These a cup, if you want free coffee or tea. concerts will involve a selection of The North Fort Myers Rec Center is American composers and repertoire located at 2000 North Recreation Park in three locations, Bonita Springs, Way in North Fort Myers. Sanibel and Fort Myers on Friday, For more information, contact November 18, Saturday, November 19 Karen Harty at 610-530-8883 or and Sunday, November 20. There is no [email protected]. admission charge to attend. The 30th annual American Sand These special concerts are dedicated Sculpting Championships returns to southwest Florida veterans and to Fort Myers Beach at the Wyndham groups that serve veterans in our Garden Hotel beginning this Friday, community are being invited to have a November 18. The largest sand lobby display that patrons can visit at sculpting event in Florida will continue The annual Edison Garden Festival retursn to Edison & Ford Winter Estates the concert. These displays tables are through Sunday, November 27. The photo courtesy Edison & Ford Winter Estates free of charge to veterans’ organizations 10-day festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 and/or doubles champion. They will be Solos and Amateur divisions. The that want to spread the word about p.m. each day. involved with 40 sculptures and 2,000 second week will be the Master Doubles their services. Patrons are encouraged Daily admission to the American tons of sand to sculpt with. There will and State Championship divisions. to bring non-perishable food or travel- Sand Sculpting Championship is be contest, live demonstrations and Attendees will have the opportunity to sized toiletries to be distributed to $7. Children 4 and under are free. lessons, live entertainment, vendors view up to 30 works of art on display homeless veterans. Proceeds go to support local charity and kids’ activities. Also, 10 advanced throughout the event. In all over 1000 The concerts themselves will be and Fort Myers Beach Chamber of amateurs will compete for the first tons of sand will be piled and sculpted. works of art. Starting off with the Commerce initiatives. ever Advanced Amateur National Wyndham Garden Hotel (formerly brilliant Jubilant Song by Pulitzer Prize The 2016 competition pits 16 Championship, along with the Florida Holiday Inn) is located at 6890 Estero winning composer Norman Dello Joio, professional master sand sculptors from State Championship. Boulevard on Fort Myers Beach. the concerts will feature a cross-section around the world vying to become solo The first week will be the Master For more information, visit www. of some of America’s best composers. fmbsandsculpting.com. Featured works also include Music Walk will again provide live Frostiana, a seven-movement work of jazzy, bluesy, rock n’ roll style tunes Robert Frost’s poetry and the music in the River District this Friday, of Randall Thompson. There is Sweet November 18 from 6 to 10 p.m. Music Here by Zachary J. Moore and More than a dozen participating Stephen Paulus’s Hymn for America venues will feature music by local and will also be featured. regional talent. Restaurants, bars, art The first concert will be held at 7 galleries and shops will showcase a p.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, wide range of music during Music Walk, 9801 Bonita Beach Road in Bonita which takes place on third Friday of Springs on Friday, November 18. The each month on the historic streets of following night, An American Choral downtown Fort Myers. Tapestry will be presented at the Visit http://www. Sanibel Community Church at 1740 fortmyersriverdistrictalliance.com/ to Periwinkle Way, again at 7 p.m. The learn more. final concert will be offered in Fort This Saturday, November 19 from 9 Myers at 3 p.m. at the newly opened a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, November New Hope Presbyterian Church at 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Edison & 10051 Plantation Road. Ford Winter Estates will hold its For more information, go to www. annual Edison Garden Festival. symphonicchorale.org or call (230) Dozens of vendors from all over the 560-5695. state of Florida will have exotic and Join a bird patrol guide for a bird- tropical plants and trees, along with watching walk at Bunche Beach on garden art and supplies for sale. Saturday, November 19 at 7:30 a.m. The Edison Ford Garden Shoppe will Meet on the South Fort Myers beach, be open and stocked full of unusual, located at the south end of John Morris native and heritage plants that have Road off of Summerlin Road. been proven to thrive in Southwest This walk is free with a parking fee Florida. Ceramic flower pots, garden of $2 per hour (tour is approximately art and gardening gift items will also two hours). Restrooms are located in be available. This family event will have the building at the first parking lot. numerous kids’ activities, including The bird patrol walk is provided in photo opportunities in a Model T Ford cooperation with Lee County Parks and with Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. Recreation. Kids will be able to plant sprouts that Bring binoculars, sun protection, they can grow at home, make corn shoes that can get wet, a bottle of husk dolls, get temporary flower tattoos drinking water, your curiosity and a love and make Mod Podge votive candle of nature. For more information call holders with dried flowers. 707-3015. THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 9 FORT MYERS FARE

DOC FORD’S prepared in the old Florida tradition. RUM BAR & GRILLE Paying tribute to the rich history of Punta Rassa, where Jake Summerlin owned Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille is a wharf that he used to ship his cattle named for the Doc Ford character in to Cuba and the local waters that are local author Randy Wayne White’s best- famous for being the home to big game selling mystery novels. fishing, Summerlin Jake’s offers freshly It’s a well-known gathering place caught local seafood, tender, juicy prime with indoor and outdoor patio seating. steaks, smoked ribs, brisket & chicken The combined menu offers all the lunch and heart-healthy, vegan choices that are and dinner items from 11 a.m. until locally sourced, hand-selected and art- closing. It includes cedar plank salmon fully prepared. Summerlin Jakes is open topped with a mango chipotle glaze or Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 10 a marinated grilled chicken sandwich p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. and there’s a well provisioned raw bar. to 10 p.m. (Breakfast served 8 to 11:30 Tropical drinks are a specialty, notably a.m.). Happy Hour is 3 to 6 p.m. daily. the signature rum drink, Island Mojito. Live music on Friday and Saturday 5:30 708 Fisherman’s Wharf, Fort Myers to 10 p.m. Beach. Call 765-9660. 17501 Harbour Pointe Drive, 466- 5377 ICHIBAN TERRA NOSTRA Ichiban is a downtown favorite for Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Terra Nostra Ristorante Italiano serves The name means “Number One” in classic Italian fare in the former Cork Japanese and offers its customers the & Barrel suite in the Target center at perfect balance of great quality and 15880 San Carlos Boulevard. affordable prices. Ichiban has been A seat awaits you at Island Cow on Sanibel photo courtesy Island Cow Owners Fernando and Sao Uva family owned and operated for 11 welcome you to their new location after ISLAND COW such as chicken parmesan, lasagna, spending many years on Fort Myers years and its enduring popularity is a pizza and calzones as well as specialty Where can you go when you’re in the Beach. They bring over Chef Anthony testament to its exceptional, friendly creations like osso bucco, lobster risotto, Grandepiogga and Maitre d’ Reginald service. “moooood” for some great cookin’, local pescatore and filet Florentine. fun and prices that won’t make you lose Beach. The establishment seats 156 1520 Broadway #106, Fort Myers. Try LaMotta’s New York-style pizza, people, including outdoor dining. Call 334-6991. the farm? Try Island Cow on Sanibel. cooked in a 500-degree oven for the Island Cow is an airy bistro with The mission of Terra Nostra is to perfect crunchy slice. For specialized serve homemade food in a restaurant IL TESORO French doors leading out to the front and desserts, treat yourself to cannolis and back patios. It is open daily for breakfast, environment. Try some of Fernando’s tiramisu along with a cappuccino or hand-crafted specialties: Bouilabaisse, Il Tesoro serves authentic Italian food lunch and dinner. Dine under the stars coffee. while you listen to live music on one of Chicken Monte Carlo and Penne a la “with the taste and feel of a Tuscan Summer hours include Tuesday Fiero. With these selections and house holiday,” according to owner Chef AJ Sanibel’s only al fresco eating porches. through Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Now serving full liquor island cocktails! favorites, you will never leave hungry. Black. He infuses flavors from the old and Saturday from noon to 9 p.m.; Have a drink from the full liquor bar or world to the new world of cooking using 2163 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. Call closed Sunday and Monday. 472-0606. sip from the many hand-selected wines only fresh seasonal ingredients to bring 15660-225 San Carlos Boulevard, or ports. A family atmosphere and his dishes to life. Daily specials focus on Fort Myers, 482-5505 attentive service will make your dinner a pairing authentic meals with a bold array LAMOTTA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT dinner to remember. of fine Italian wines. SUMMERLIN JAKES LaMotta’s Italian Restaurant & Terra Nostra is open six days a week Il Tesoro (The Treasure) serves dinner from 4:30 to 10 p.m. It is closed Tuesday seven nights a week from 5 to 10 p.m. Pizzeria was established in 1979 and is Summerlin Jake’s Seafood and Steaks, one of the longest-running family eateries a sunset dining water view restaurant until further notice. 751 Tarpon Bay Road, Sanibel. Call 395- 15880 San Carlos Boulevard, Suite 4022. in the Fort Myers area. Chef Camelo in Fort Myers, located near the Sanibel LaMotta serves traditional Italian dishes Bridge, offers new American cuisine 110, Fort Myers, 590-8147.

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Chinese & Japanese Cuisine OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Mon-Thurs 11am - 10pm Fri-Sat 11am - 11pm Sun 12pm - 9pm www. ichiban-sushi-chinese.com. Downtown Fort Myers (Post Office Arcade - Next to Hotel Indigo) 1520 Broadway For Takeout & Delivery Tel: 334-6991 10 THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 Combined Traditional/Praise 10 a.m. NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER Sunday worship service at 9:30 a.m. Churches/Temples CYPRESS LAKE UNITED New Home Church, 8505 Jenny Cae Lane, SAINT NICHOLAS MONASTERY ALL FAITHS UNITARIAN METHODIST CHURCH North Fort Myers, 656-0416. Weekly Friday Church and Bookstore. 111 Evergreen CONGREGATION (UUA) 8570 Cypress Lake Drive, Fort Myers, 482- meeting meet and greet 6:30 p.m. Kingdom Road (southwest corner of Evergreen Road 2756 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers. 1250, 8 and 11 a.m. Sunday Traditional Teaching 7 p.m. Fellowship and and Gail Street.) Liturgical services Sunday Services 9 and 11 a.m., Adult Service 9:30 a.m. Praise Service Sunday refreshments. nbcministry@embarqmail. conducted in English and Church Slavonic; Education Workshop 10 a.m., Reverend School all times. com, www.facebook.com/nbcministry. Alex following the Julian (Old) Calendar. Margaret L. Beard, Minister. 226-0900. FAITH FELLOWSHIP WORLD and Patricia Wiggins, Ministers Liturgical Services Sundays and Holy Days www.allfaiths-uc.org OUTREACH MINISTRIES NEW COVENANT EYES CHURCH 9:30 a.m. Holy Liturgy 0 a.m. Call to ALL SAINTS BYZANTINE 6111 South Pointe Boulevard, Fort Myers, See Clearly. Meeting monthly at 9 a.m. at confirm service schedule: 997-2847; RITE CATHOLIC CHURCH 278-3638. Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.; the Elks Lodge. 1900 Park Meadows Drive, Bookstore 691-1775. www. 10291 Bayshore Road, North Fort Myers Voice of Faith, WCRN 13.50 AM Radio, Fort Myers. 220-8519. Pastor Alan Bondar. saintnicholasmonastery.org. Divine Liturgy Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Rosary Sunday, 1:30 p.m.; Thursday Service, 7:30 www.newcovenanteyes.com. LIFT Kidz ST. VINCENT DE PAUL begins 10 a.m. Lenten services p.m.; Friday Youth Service, 7:30 p.m. program, free coffee and donuts. CATHOLIC COMMUNITY (Presanctifi ed Liturgy) will be on Nursery care for pre-school children and NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH 13031 Palm Beach Boulevard (3 miles east Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m. starting Children’s Church ages 5 to12 available. OF FORT MYERS of I75) East Fort Myers (across from Fort February. Very Reverend Peter Lickman, FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 16120 San Carlos Boulevard, Unit 10. 985- Myers Shores) 693-0818. 9 a.m. Tuesday 305-651-0991. Church of the Eastern 15690 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, 8503. 9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. through Friday. 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 and 11 Catholic or Byzantine Rite, 1.5 mi. east of 482-2030. Pastor David Stauffer.Traditional 11 a.m Sunday Morning Worship. 7 p.m. a.m. Sunday. Interstate 75. Service Sunday 8:45 a.m., Contemporary Wednesday Evening Bible Study. SOUTHWEST BAPTIST CHURCH ANNUNCIATION GREEK Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Go south on NEW HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 16940 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, ORTHODOX CHURCH McGregor Boulevard. The church is ½ mile 3825 McGregor Boulevard. Fort Myers. 454-3336. Robert G. Kasten Pastor. 8210 Cypress Lake Drive, Fort Myers past the intersection of Gladiolus and San Pastor Eddie Spencer. 8 and 9:30 a.m. Sunday 11 a.m. Nursery 9:45 a.m. Sunday Reverend Father Dean Nastos, Orthos Carlos Boulevard on the way to Sanibel. Traditional Worship. 11 a.m. Contemporary School all ages. Junior Church grades one Service Sunday 9 a.m., Divine Liturgy FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST Worship. 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday to five. Wee Church Pre-K to K. Evening Sunday 10 a.m., Fellowship Programs, 2390 West First Street, next door to Edison School. Youth and Children’s programming Service 6 p.m. Wednsday Service 6 p.m. Sunday School, Bible Study. Estates. 10:30 a.m Sunday Service and runs concurrent to Sunday services. TEMPLE BETHEL SYNAGOGUE annunciation.fl.goarch.org, 481-2099 Sunday School; 12 noon Wednesday Nursery care provided at all services. 274- 16225 Winkler Road Fort Myers. 433-0018, BETH SHILOH Testimony Meeting. Child care provided at 1230. www.newhopefortmyers.org. www.templebethel.com. Religious School MESSIANIC SYNAGOGUE services. Reading Room located in church PEACE COMMUNITY CHURCH Director Dale Cohen, Learning Tree 15675 McGregor Boulevard. Rabbi Judah building for quiet study and information Fort Myers Beach Masonic Lodge. Director Jesyca Virnig, Office Manager Hungerman. Friday Service, 8 p.m., about Christian Science. Monday and 17671 Pine Ridge Road. 267-7400 Pastors, Karen Kagan. Union For Reform Judaism Saturday Service, 11 a.m. Shabbat School Friday noon to 3 p.m., Wednesday 1 to 3 Gail and RC Fleeman. Adult Discussion Shabbat Service Friday 7:30 p.m., Torah Saturday Morning, Adult Hebrew Classes. p.m. www.christiansciencefortmyers.net, Classes 8:45 a.m. Countdown to Worship Study Saturday 9 a.m. Religious School Call for information 437-3171 www.christianscience.com 10:10 a.m. Amazing Grace Worship:10:30 Wednesday 5:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 BREAD OF LIFE MINISTRIES FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE a.m. www.peacecommunitychurch.com. a.m. Learning Tree Monday through Friday. CHURCH OF GOD 13545 American Colony Boulevard off PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH TEMPLE JUDEA (CONSERVATIVE) 16581 McGregor Boulevard, 267-3166 Daniels Parkway in the Colony, Fort Myers, Sunday Worship at 9:30 a.m. Peace a 14486 A&W Bulb Road, Fort Myers, 433- Just past the Tanger Outlet Mall. Pastor 936-2511 Pastor Reverend Joey Brummett member of ELCA. Weekly communion with 0201, Rabbi: Rabbi Marc Sack Minyan: Barry Lentz, 281-3063. Sunday Worship, Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.; Morning traditional liturgy, organ and choir. 15840 Monday at 9 a.m. Religious Education: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday Evening, 6 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, on the Sunday mornings and Wednesday CHABAD LUBAVITCH p.m.; Wednesday Family Night, 7 p.m. way to Sanibel. 437-2599, www. evenings. Services Friday 6:30 p.m. and OF SW FLORIDA ORTHODOX FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH peaceftmyers.com, peace@peaceftmyers. Saturday 9 a.m. www.tjswfl.org. 5620 Winkler Road, Fort Myers. Rabbi Downtown Fort Myers River District, 2466 com. THE NEW CHURCH Yitzchok Minkowicz. 433-7708, rabbi@ First Street, 332-1152. www.fumcftmyers. REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH The New Church of SWFL, 10811 Sunset chabadswf.org. www.chabadswf.org. org. Sunday Services: 9:30 a.m. Sunday 3950 Winkler Ext., Fort Myers, 274-0143 Plaza Circle #401, behind Zoomers. Friday service 6:30 p.m.; Saturday School; 10:30 a.m. Blended Church 8:15 and 10:15 a.m. Sunday Services Reverend Gabriella Cahaley. Sundays 11 Kabbalah class 9 a.m.; Shacharit 10 a.m.; Service; 5:30 p.m. Youth Group. Daily early learning center/day care. a.m. during the season. Other worship Kiddush at noon. Minyan Monday and FORT MYERS CHRISTIAN CHURCH RIVER OF LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD events on Fort Myers Beach. http://www. Thursday 7 a.m. (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) A STEPHEN 21580 River Ranch Road, Estero. 495- newchurchflorida.com. 481-5535. CHAPEL OF CYPRESS COVE MINISTRIES CONGREGATION 0400, Senior Pastor Todd Weston. 8 and UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 10200 Cypress Cove Circle Fort Myers 5916 Winkler Road, Fort Myers, 437-4330 9:45 a.m Services; 11:30 a.m. Legacy CHURCH FORT MYERS 850-3943, Located at Cypress Cove Pastor Reverend Mark Condrey. Sunday Service, multi-generational. 13411 Shire Lane (off Daniels Parkway one Retirement Center on HealthPark Campus Worship 10:30 a.m., Church School 9:15 SAMUDRABADRA BUDDHIST CENTER mile west of I-75). Minister The Reverend An ecumenical non-denominational a.m. Meditation classes. Guided meditations, Allison Farnum. Sunday services and community of believers. Sunday Worship FORT MYERS CONGREGATIONAL methods to relaxe body and focus mind on religious education at 10:30 a.m. 561-2700. Service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST; virtuous objects. Bring peace and www.uucfm.org. p.m. Reverendt Ted Althouse, Pastor 8210 College parkway, Fort Myers, 482- happiness into daily activity. 567-9739. UNITY OF BONITA SPRINGS [email protected] 3133. Reverend Anton DeWet, pastor. www.MeditationInFortMyers.org. 28285 Imperial Street, Bonita Springs. 947- CHURCH OF THE CROSS Morning Worship: 10 a.m., Church School: SAINT COLUMBKILLE 3100. Family Service 10 to 11 a.m. Healing 13500 Freshman Lane; 768-2188. Pastor 10:15 a.m. Friendship Time follows CATHOLIC CHURCH Circle 11 a.m. Hospitality and Fellowship, Bud Stephens; A nondemonimational worship. 12171 Iona Road, Fort Myers, off 11 a.m. Inspiring lesson, uplifting and church emphasizing a personal relationship IONA-HOPE EPISCOPAL McGregor and north of Gladiolus. 489- dynamic music, meditation in a loving with Jesus Christ. Sunday Service: 9:15 CONGREGATION 3973. Father Lorenzo Gonzalez. Monday environment. a.m. Traditional, 10:45 Contemporary. 9650 Gladiolus Drive, Fort Myers 454-4778. 6:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday 8 a.m. UNITY OF FORT MYERS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Reverend Ray Buchanan Rector. Saturday Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 8, 10 a.m. and 11120 Ranchette Road, Fort Myers 1619 Llewellyn Drive Fort Myers. Just off 5 p.m., Eucharist with Healing; Sunday 8 5:30 p.m. Reconciliation Saturday 9 a.m. or Sunday Services 9:15 and 11 a.m. McGregor across from the Edison/Ford a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite One; 9:30 a.m., by appointment. Children’s classes 11 a.m. Reverend Jim Winter Estates 334-4978, Pastor Douglas Family Eucharist with Healing and Church ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Rosemergy. 278-1511, www. Kelchner, Worship times Sunday’s 10:30 School. Tuesday 9:30 a.m., Morning Prayer CATHOLIC CHURCH unityoffortmyers.org. Our God is Love, Our a.m. Website: www.taecc.com (in Spanish); Wednesday 9:30 a.m., 2157 Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers, 334- Race is Human, Our Religion is Oneness COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Eucharist with Healing. Child care available 2161. Masses: Monday through Thursday WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN 2439 McGregor Boulevard, 334-8937 Saturday 5 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 a.m. 6:45 a.m.; Friday 6:45 and 11 a.m.; CHURCH (PCA) Reverned Dr. Jeffrey DeYoe, Senior Pastor services. Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 6:45, 9:30 and 11 9065 Ligon Court, Fort Myers, across from Reverend David Dietzel, Pastor Emeritus. JESUS THE WORKER a.m., 12:15, 4 Creole and 6 p.m. HealthPark Hospital, 481-2125. Pastor: Traditional Sunday service 10 a.m. Nursery CATHOLIC CHURCH SAINT JOHN THE APOSTLE Byron West. Sunday Services: 9:30 a.m. available. 881 Nuna Avenue, Fort Myers, 481-1143 METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH Discipleship Classes for all ages, 10:30 CYPRESS LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH Masses Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m.; 3049 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, a.m. Fellowship & Coffee, 10:45 a.m. 8400 Cypress Lake Drive, Fort Myers, 481- Sunday, 8 and 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. 344-0012. Pastor Reverend Steve Filizzi. Corporate Worship. 5442 Randy A. Alston, Reverend. Sunday KINGDOM LIFE CHURCH An Affirming and Inclusive Congregation WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Services: Bible study, 9:45 a.m. Morning 2154 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, Sunday Services 10 a.m. 2120 Collier Avenue, Fort Myers. 274-8881. Worship, 11 a.m., Evening Worship, 7 p.m., 218-8343. Pastor Randy and Anita SAINT MICHAEL LUTHERAN Sunday 10 a.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m. Bishop Wednesday Prayer Meeting, 6:30 p.m. Thurman. 10:30 a.m. Sunday Service. CHURCH & SCHOOL (LCMS) Gaspar and Michele Anastasi CYPRESS LAKE LAMB OF GOD CHURCH 3595 Broadway, Fort Myers, 939-1218, ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH A few federated Lutheran (ELCA) and Worship: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday 8 and 7401 Winkler Road, Fort Myers. 481-4040. 8260 Cypress Lake Drive, Fort Myers, Episcopal Congregation. 19691 Cypress 10:45 a.m. Bible Study for adults and Pastor Curtis Deterding. Sunday 8 a.m. 481-3233. www.clpc.us. Clint Cottrell, View Drive, Fort Myers. 267-3525. www. children Sunday at 9:15 a.m. Traditional, 10:45 a.m. Blended, 9:30 a.m. Pastor. Prayer Service 8 a.m., Praise 9 lambofgodchurch.net. Reverend Dr. James SAINT PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH Eductional Hour. www.zionfm.org. a.m., Children’s Church 9 a.m., Traditional Reho. Sunday 7:45 and 10 a.m. Sunday’s 3751 Estero Boulevard, Fort Myers Beach, 11 a.m. Summer Prayer Service 8 a.m. Cool for Children 10 a.m. 463-4251, www.stpeterfmb.com. THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 11 12 THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 Many of these bars are just covered up Fall Oyster Bar with 1000’s of mullet right on top of the shells. Cast your bait right against the Action Going Off edges of these bars as well as out in the by Capt. Matt sand holes just out from the bars and Mitchell hold on. Oyster bars are a great stopping off ith the spot and a big transition area this time of winds year as the fish make there way towards Wof the the back country for winter. These bars past few weeks do not grow in random places, there has finally laying down to be lots of current and water flow as conditions on the oysters filter the water to feed and need water where about lots of moving water to flourish. The perfect most days. amount of life you see on these oyster Light breezes, low bars this time of year is just crazy. humidity and high Learning the lay out of the many temperatures in the low 80’s it just does oyster bar reefs in the sound takes some not get any better to be out on the water. time but is certainly worth the effort. Clean clear water and super moon tides Generally most of these bars can only be meant some of the best fishing action we accessed during the higher tide periods have had in the last few months. Snook, when they are hardest to navigate. Some redfish, trout and a wide variety of other bars are better on a incoming tide while species where all caught in good numbers others are best during a outgoing tide. this week and somedays all the glamour Some of the smallest little oyster bars can species even came out of just one spot. be awesome fishing as it does not take Big morning high incoming tides much structure to create a feeding place offered anglers a great set up. During the for the fish. Target the points and drop lower water deeper mangrove channels off’s on these bars along with any cuts where the place to be then as the water through them that act like a fish funnel. Chuck Warner from Ohio with a big trout missing half its tail caught while oyster bar fishing got up higher oyster bars in throughout Fishing one favorite oyster bar this this week with Capt Matt Mitchell the sound came to life. Clear water made weekend with long time client Bob grandson Caden we had one of the triple hook up I was working for but had getting set up on these oyster bars easy. Mcguire along with his son Tom and most wide open bites of the week. This more double hook ups than we could tiny little oyster bar out in the middle count. of nowhere is no bigger than 20 yards Capt. Matt Mitchell has been around but was stacked up with fish. For fishing local waters since he moved Send Us Your Fish Tales over a hour on the late morning high to Sanibel in 1980. He now lives in e would like to hear from anglers about their catches. incoming tide we caught Snook, redfish, St. James City and works as a back Send us details including tackle, bait and weather conditions, date of trout and jacks on almost every cast. country fishing guide. If you have Wcatch, species and weight, and include a photograph with identification. When the bite slowed a little we moved comments or questions email Email to [email protected] or call 395-1213. down the bar a little bit and it started [email protected]. again. 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Sea Turtle Color-wise, the loggerhead’s skin by Bob Petcher ranges from yellow to brown, while its shell is typically reddish-brown. he loggerhead Loggerhead sea turtles are primarily sea turtle carnivores, munching jellyfish, conchs, T(Caretta crabs and even fish, but they will dine caretta) is the on seaweed and sargassum occasionally. most common sea Its large and powerful jaws serve as an turtle to our area. effective tool for dismantling its prey. Ironically, it is more Mature female loggerheads are known popular than last for their faithful return to the area where week’s case, the they were conceived and hatched. green sea turtle, Unfortunately, only roughly one in 1,000 called the second hatchlings makes it to adulthood. most common. Each sea turtle species has a particular Both the loggerhead and the green are function in the ecology of the oceans. sea turtle species that are most commonly Loggerheads are called “bulldozers” kept in captivity as well. because they keep the sentiment from The loggerhead nests over the becoming compacted. While crushing broadest geographical range of any sea conch at mealtime, they provide smaller Patient #16-3477 has an illness related to red tide photo by Kenny Howell turtle, but likes Florida the most. The chunks of food for other species. Lee County Sheriff’s Department. The week” with a pending release coming Sunshine State is its most popular nesting The official 2016 sea turtle nesting turtle was reportedly missing its left hind soon after on a Sanibel beachfront. The site, with more than 67,000 nests built season ended on October 31. This limb, but further examination revealed tagging will allow officials to identify per year. year’s sea turtle nesting season was the impediment to be an old injury that the turtle if is found again injured, sick This prehistoric marine reptile is successful, with more than 23,000 had completely healed. The patient or dead. Currently, the turtle is eating, considered endangered and has been hatchlings. Officials at the Sanibel-Captiva was swimming well, but had difficulty swimming well underwater and is coming on the threatened list since 1978 due to Conservation Foundation reported 826 submerging for long periods of time. up for air. reasons such as pollution, shrimp trawling loggerhead nests were found on Sanibel Due to no “obvious health problems” CROW (Clinic for the Rehabilitation and real estate development in their and Captiva combined this season. The after examination and x-rays, CROW of Wildlife, Inc.) is a non-profit wildlife nesting areas. breakdown includes 174 nests found east medical officials were suspecting red tide/ hospital providing veterinary care for A fully grown loggerhead is regarded of Tarpon Bay, 460 nests found west brevitoxicosis. native and migratory wildlife from our as the largest of all hard-shelled turtles of Tarpon Bay and 192 were dug on Further examination Monday local area. The hospital accepts patients – leatherbacks may be bigger but have Captiva. determined a level of brevitoxicosis still in seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 soft shells. Loggerheads possess massive At CROW, a loggerhead sea turtle was the turtles system. Dr. Heather Barron, p.m. Mail donations to P.O. Box 150, heads and strong jaws, and the adult brought to CROW on November 5 by the CROW’s hospital director, stated the Sanibel, FL 33957. Call 472-3644 or turtle will be “flipper-tagged later this visit www.crowclinic.org. 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Pictured here are three native vines that attract butterflies, two of which are host – or larval – plants. A butterfly species must have a specific host to survive. The caterpillars that transform into the butterflies we love to watch will eat only leaves from that host as it prepares to form a chrysalis. Simply put: Without host plants, Corkystem passionflower, an essential plant butterflies cannot reproduce, so planting for a butterfly garden, has corkscrew tendrils Climbing aster is a good nectar plant and them, as well as nectar plants, is and tiny flower buds suited to a wild or informal garden White twinevine, a member of the milkweed important. photos by Gerri Reaves family, is the host plant for the monarch and Each of these vines will grow in a Pruning can also endanger the eggs, that the caterpillars have sufficient food queen butterflies variety of conditions and requires little or caterpillars or chrysalises amid the and protection as they progress through yellow or orange disks flowers. no maintenance. leaves, so be careful. their four life stages: egg, caterpillar White twinevine’s (Funastrum Less is more, when it comes to cutting Also, avoid the use of lawn chemicals (larva), pupa (chrysalis) and adult. clausum) clusters of hairy five-lobed back. Let the foliage proliferate to ensure and locate these vines where exposure to neighbors’ lawn chemicals is minimized. fragrant flowers make it a showpiece Corkystem passionflower (Passiflora throughout the year. The lobes’ bases Morning Meander At Lakes Park suberosa) is one of the top butterfly form or a purple ring. plants for South Florida. Not only is it the More important, this member of host for the gulf fritillary, Julia heliconian, the milkweed family is the host for the and zebra heliconian butterflies, but it’s a monarch and queen butterflies. nectar source, too. The entangling long stems contain the The curious common name derives milky sap typical of milkweeds, which from the cork-like appearance of mature makes it less tasty to predators. Another stems. common name is milkweed vine. The spiraled spring-loaded tendrils It’s suited to a moist spot, because in make it an excellent climber, but it will the wild, it grows primarily in hammocks, thrive as a groundcover and even use swamps, ponds or even ditches. other plants as support. As with other milkweeds, the dry This plant’s value to butterflies far pods contain silky tufts that disperse in out-weighs the fact that its tiny greenish the wind and spread the seeds. flowers and purple fruit are very There are hundreds more butterfly- inconspicuous. attracting vines, wildflowers, shrubs, and Although an erect perennial, climbing groundcovers. Next time you add a plant aster (Symphyotrichum carolinianum) to your yard, consider the butterflies. acts like a vine, as the woody hairy stems Sources: Everglades Wildflowers by scamper and climb over anything handy, Roger L. Hammer, Florida Wild Flowers a habit that suits it to an informal or wild and Roadside Plants by C. Ritchie garden. Bell and Bryan J. Taylor, A Gardener’s Glossy ibis photo by Meg Rousher Its native habitat is wet areas such as Guide to Florida’s Native Plants by the edges of swamps or streams or in Rufino Osorio, Native Florida Plants by damp woods, so give it a moist spot in Robert G. Haehle and Joan Brookwell, ake a nature walk of Lakes Regional Park with a bird patrol guide on Saturday, Wildflowers of Florida by Jaret C. December 3 beginning at 8 am. Lakes Regional Park is located at 7330 partial shade. The flowers of about two inches Daniels and Stan Tekiela, edis.ifas.ufl. TGladiolus Drive in Fort Myers. Participants will meet at Shelter A7. Enter the edu, and nababutterfly.com. Lakes Park main gate from Gladiolus and turn right. Drive to the end of road, then in diameter provide plenteous nectar for various butterflies. Elongated pink, Plant Smart explores the diverse continue through the parking lot. Shelter A7 is located near the train station. flora of South Florida. This easy walk along clear paths offers an opportunity to see birds in native lavender, or rose petals surround the vegetation with experienced bird patrol guides pointing out the many species in Lakes Park, a Lee County birding hot spot and crucial nesting area for many birds. Ford Garden Market. For those interested Participants should wear comfortable shoes and dress to be outside. Bring water, Garden Council in floral design, this is a chance to acquire sunscreen and binoculars. For more information, call 533-7580 or 533-7576. interesting and unusual arranging items. This tour, provided in cooperation with Lee County Parks and Recreation, is Holding Floral Admission and parking are free. free with paid parking. Handicap parking is on Virginia Avenue On Sunday, December 18, xperience the Beautiful Birds of Bunche Beach with Design Sale only; regular parking is on Larchmont a bird patrol guide starting at 7:30 a.m. Participants will meet on the beach located he Berne Davis Botanical Gardens, Avenue, off of McGregor Avenue. in South Fort Myers, off Summerlin Road. Drive south of John Morris Road until it located at the Fort Myers-Lee County The garden is the home of the Lorelei deadends. TGarden Council at 2166 Virginia statue that was recently part of the old Bunche Beach is excellent for both migrant and resident waders and shorebirds Avenue in Fort Myers, and adjacent to the Fort Myers Library as well as the Mina working the mudflats at low tide due to the diversity of micro-invertebrates. Guests Edison home, will be open on Saturday, Edison Botanical Library. Many of the may also see waterfowl, raptors and warblers. November 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. displays in the garden have been provided Provided in cooperation with Lee County Parks and Recreation, this tour is A walking tour of the gardens will through the talents and contributions of free with the paid parking fee of $2 per hour (tour is approximately two hours). originate and leave from the information local garden clubs, plant societies and Restrooms are located inside the building at the first parking lot. desk at the Edison Ford Estate. other affiliates which comprise the Garden Bring binoculars, sun protection, shoes that can get wet, a bottle of drinking Concurrently, the garden council will Council. water, your curiosity and love of nature. Advanced registration is not necessary. hold a floral designers sale with the Edison For more information, email suzy. For additional information, call 707-3015 or visit www.birdpatrol.org. [email protected] or call 992-0113. THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 15 Residents Donate Playtime Toys For Humane Society

A shelter cat at GCHS tests a newly donated teaser wand during playtime with Shell Point Assisted Living Activities Supervisor Morgan Clayman “Ensuring that the lives of the animals are enriched while they are living at the A Shell Point resident braids a tug rope Shell Point assisted living resident Betty to be donated to Gulf Coast Humane Clucas prepares a crafted fleece ball for shelter is a critical part of the Gulf Coast Humane Society’s mission, and one of Society photos courtesy Shell Point kittens at Gulf Coast Humane Society the most important gifts we can give to our pets,” said Jennifer Galloway, eecutive director of Gulf Coast Humane Society. hell Point assisted living residents recently crafted and personally delivered more Shell Point residents crafted teaser wands, braided tug ropes and fleece balls. than 100 colorful toys for kittens and pups at the Gulf Coast Humane Society in During the onsite delivery, residents shared playtime and love with the pets. Smid-October. “Few activities offer as much happiness and fulfillment as using our time and As a nonprofit, animal welfare organization, Gulf Coast Humane Society relies efforts to help when needed,” said Morgan Clayman, Shell Point assisted living on donations to achieve its mission of caring for abandoned and neglected pets of activities supervisor. “Many of our residents have worked with neglected animals in Southwest Florida. Every year, the shelter takes in, cares for, and finds homes for the past and were passionate about continuing that admirable work.” more than 2,000 animals. To learn more, visit www.shellpoint.org or call 1-800-780-1131.

several moments of chaos. Blasts of sound, Gallery Presents A Fight To Survive strobe lights and multi-media special effects sweep the stage. It’s as if an explosion Thesis Exhibit At Lab Theater has gone off in Emily’s head. Shards of language and memory lie scattered in the he FGCU Art Galleries in the debris. Bower School of Music at Florida As caregivers talk to Emily, she thinks TGulf Coast University (FGCU) she is responding, but all that comes out presents Thirty-One: a MFA Thesis of her mouth are garbled words. She Project, from November 28 to December confuses the identities of everyday objects 8. and even suspects that the doctors and The exhibition features the work of therapists who care for her have taken FGCU Art Program alumna Jessica her prisoner. One can only imagine Osceola (’08), and serves as the thesis the frustration a stroke victim feels in project for a master of fine arts in such a circumstance. We learn that in sculpture from the Academy of Art her inner reality she is a witty woman, University in San Francisco, California, self-possessed, strong-willed and fearless, and on display in the ArtLab Gallery. far more substantial than the outer reality On Thursday, December 8 from 5 to where she is being urged to return. 7 p.m., there will be a closing reception Kopit specifies that Emily is “well and gallery talk in the gallery. into her 70s,” and even though Chase Discovering her place and identity is nowhere that age, she carries off her between two cultures has been role with grace and emotional fire. Her a conscious exploration in which impressionistic monologues of colliding Osceola’s work takes root. Her current memories and elusive meanings are sculptural pursuit is a series of bas- impressive. This is almost a one-woman show. relief portraits and figures. The focus Jessica Osceola, Portrait #3 (detail) 2016, New York City actress Cindy Chase with Lab There is a credible supporting cast of these portraits and figures is to Ceramics, 21 x 13” photo courtesy FGCU including Rachel Blithe, Steven Coe, illustrate a narrative of different roles Theater actress Kate Dirrigl studio. Osceola’s life perspective has photo courtesy Lab Theater Kate Dirrigl, Patrick Erhardt and Louise she inherently embraces to be part of influenced the direction her work is Wigglesworth, but there is no question a modern society. Self-reflections take moving, including concepts of culture by Di Saggau that the show belongs to Chase. I shape in a series or self-portraits that and identity in modern society. especially liked the sections where Amy, uncover the layers of inner psyche of an The ArtLab Gallery is at the ow showing at Laboratory Theater a sympathetic therapist played by Dirrigl, individual turned mother. west side of the Library building on of Florida, Wings, written by Arthur works with Emily to help her identify Osceola grew up in a traditional FGCU’s main campus at 10501 FGCU NKopit, is based on what his father snow and encourages her throughout her Seminole Indian village in Naples, Boulevard South. Parking is available went through after suffering a debilitating rehabilitation. Florida. Her parents are from vastly in Lot 7 for gallery visitors; parking stroke. In the play, it’s a woman named Wings runs 70 minutes without an different cultural backgrounds; however passes are available at the information Emily Stilson, played remarkably well intermission. It’s an emotional experience one influential aspect in her upbringing booth at the university’s main entrance. by Cindy Chase, in her first role at Lab and an electrifying opportunity to see a Theater. Hopefully, it won’t be the last. was the creative and artistic talent Regular viewing hours are 10 a.m. to 4 compassionate portrayal of a woman’s She excels as a former pilot and daredevil of her family. This creative energy, p.m. Monday through Wednesday and spirit to survive. The play continues combined with strong cultural ties, who walked on the wings of airborne through November 26 at Laboratory Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. planes. would lay the foundation for her own For more information, visit artgallery. Theater of Florida, located at 1634 life and work as a sculptor. She works The opening scene is powerful. We see Woodford Avenue in downtown Fort fgcu.edu or call Anica Sturdivant at an apparently healthy woman suddenly and lives in Naples, where she owns 590-7199 or email [email protected]. Myers. For tickets, call 218-0481 or go to a small farm and works in her home succumb to a stroke. What follows are laboratorytheaterflorida.com. 16 THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 atom bomb was dropped. When the Arts In Healthcare OBITUARY second bomb detonated the war was essentially over in that sector. The Calendar Contest Winners invasion troops became occupation he Arts in Healthcare forces, and Dick spent a year in program at Lee Japan before being shipped home and THealth announced the discharged. winners of the 2017 Art He graduated from Rutgers by the Disabled Calendar University, New Brunswick, New Contest. Winners include: Jersey, four years later, working in sales First Place: Frank for several years before opting for Law DiMaria – disABLEd artist School at Rutgers, graduating in 1960. from Fort Myers Dick married Jean Prout in 1957 Second Place: Cindy and, when his clerkship concluded, they Steakley – disABLEd artist relocated to Northwest New Jersey from Fort Myers in Sparta, Sussex County. There, he Third Place: Jackie specialized in land use law, representing Pratt – Special Populations municipal planning and zoning boards of Cape Coral as well as individual clients. People’s Choice Award: Retirement brought the couple to AJ Karpinski – disABLEd Frank DiMaria’s first place painting Stealthy Stalker image courtesy Lee Health Sanibel, where he used his background artist from Fort Myers as a member of Sanibel’s Planning Honorable Mention: Commission and also took time to Gwenn Kranz – disABLEd artist from Fort Myers sharpen his fishing skills. Honorable Mention: Linda Livesey – Special Populations of Cape Coral In 2002, Dick and Jean moved to Honorable Mention: Janice Orozco – disABLEd artist from Fort Myers RICHARD DOWNES Shell Point. Honorable Mention: Maria DeLeon – disABLEd artist from Fort Myers He is survived by his wife, three Honorable Mention: Carol Sue Henry – Lighthouse Center of Southwest Florida ichard H. Downes, 90, passed away October 27 at the Pavilion nephews, Ed Downes of Wyoming, Don Honorable Mention: Sarah Coleman and Chris Walker – Special Populations of Downes of Arizona, and Rick Downes Cape Coral Rat Shell Point Retirement Community. of California, and his little brother from Honorable Mention: Meghan Bambrey – Special Populations of Cape Coral the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program Honorable Mention: Letty DeGuzman – Lighthouse Center of Southwest Florida. Born in Summit, New Jersey, to James E. and Emily R. Downes, April in New Jersey –John Trythall– now of Frank DiMaria’s first place work, titled Stealthy Stalker, will be made into a New Hampshire. He was a grandfather the 2017 Lee Health calendar. All of the winning artists’ works are on display at 25, 1926, he graduated from Summit High School and went directly into the to John’s five children. HealthPark Medical Center and Lee Memorial Hospital on the Art by the disABLEd Arrangements have been entrusted Gallery walls on the first floor until February. DiMaria’s work will also be on permanent U.S. Navy and World War II. Eventually to National Cremation & Burial display on the 5th floor of the Rehabilitation Hospital, celebrating all the first place assigned to the Pacific Theater, Dick winners from the last decade. was on a ship that was part of a fleet Society. 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Follow us on Instagram & Facebook! @docfords 18 THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 All of the 2016 winners on the LPGA Tour are in the 69 qualifying field this Top Women Golfers In The World weekend. Ko is a four-time winner this year and Jutanugarn leads the pack with five wins. Should she win this weekend, she should become the first six-time Compete In Tour’s Richest Event season winner since Inbee Park accomplished the feat in 2013. by Ed Frank Cristie Kerr returns to defend her 2015 CME Group Tour Championship, her 18th career win on the LPGA Tour. She captured the $500,000 first-place prize he top women golfers in the world will compete here with a final round 68, which included a birdie and an eagle in her final four holes. this weekend when the season-ending CME Group Ko won her second consecutive Race to the CME Globe last year, finishing TTour Championship returns to the Tiburon Golf Club in seventh in the Tour Championship giving her enough points to capture the $1 Naples with the winner possibly earning $1.5 million. million Globe. The richest event of the year on the LPGA Tour includes This season-ending competition will be televised Thursday through Saturday on a $500,000 winner’s check for the CME Group Tour the Golf Channel and Sunday’s final round on ABC from 1 to 4 p.m. Championship plus a $1 million first-place prize in the coveted Tickets to the popular event are available daily at the gate. Race to the CME Globe. Everblades Hockey Team Unbeaten In Regulation The Race to the CME Globe is a season-long points The Florida Everblades began the week with the best record in the entire program where points are awarded throughout the year based 27-team ECHL with a 10-0-1 record after completing a four-game road-winning on tournament performance. streak at Atlanta and Greenville. The World’s No. 1 player, Lydia Ko, a two-time winner of the Race to the CME The unbeaten regular-game Everblades return home to Germain Arena tonight, Globe, headlines the field along with world No. 2 Ariya Jutanugarn and No. 3 In Friday, hosting the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, whom they defeated last Sunday in Gee Chun. Greenville 6-2. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. With the points reset after last week’s Lorena Ochoa Invitational, these top- Florida is at home again Saturday against Missouri for a 7 p.m. start. three control their own destiny in being able to win both the Tour Championship and the Race to the CME Globe.

Bringing Levine to the Twins is certain to result in added emphasis on the Twins Introduce New Baseball statistical side of baseball. At the introductory press conference, Falvey used the word “collaboration” Executives To Restore Franchise repeatedly, stressing it will be a group effort from the front office, coaching staff, by Ed Frank minor leagues and scouting to restore the Twins to a winning team. He did not put a timeline on how quickly this can occur, but noted the Twins new era for the Minnesota Twins was formally ushered in this week with have talented young players, and that the turnaround could occur quickly. the introduction of a tandem of new top baseball executives who were hired The Twins have long been recognized as a family-type organization with many, Ato restore the once-winning tradition of the franchise – a franchise that lost many of their baseball personnel – from the front office all the way down to the 103 games this past season, the worst record in the Major Leagues. minor leagues – having decades of service. Patterned after the success of the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs and other Time will tell whether Falvey and Levine change that long-standing practice. teams, Twins owner Jim Pohlad restructured his front office by hiring both a chief The Twins report here for Spring Training in just three months. Although baseball officer and a new general manager. changes are certain in the months ahead, one thing that is certain, and this was Introduced at a press conference earlier this week were Derek Falvey, chief stressed by Falvey and Levine: Paul Molitor will return as manager. baseball officer, and Thad Levine, general manager. The 33-year-old Falvey previously served as assistant general manager of the Cleveland Indians, and Levine, 44, had been an assistant GM for the Texas Rangers since 2005. The Twins had to wait until after the World Series to make From page 1 the moves official. Both were given five-year contracts. Falvey and Levine represent a movement throughout baseball in which young, Sand Sculpting talented executives are replacing old-school bosses who climbed through the ranks • Sand Sculpting Demonstrations and Lessons of scouting and coaching. • Amateur Contest Falvey was with the Indians the past nine seasons and replaces the Twins • State Championships former veteran GM Terry Ryan, whom Pohlad fired in July. He played baseball at • Sand Vendor Village with more than 50 vendors. Trinity College, where he graduated in 2005 with a degree in economics. As part of the 30th anniversary celebration and for the first time, guests will Levine had been involved in all phases of the Rangers operations – player be able to purchase a VIP experience on the sand and enjoy an air conditioned acquisitions, contract negotiations, roster management, statistical analysis and area and beer garden with private restrooms. The Seminole Casino Hotel Paradise international scouting. Pavilion will offer an open bar, all-you-can-eat menu and televisions showcasing all of the day’s sporting and holiday events. The limited number of tickets per day will ensure the pavilion sells out. Advance tickets to the VIP Pavilion will be day specific and the cost is $40 per day, available online at www.bigcevents.com/ events. Regular admission is $7, while children age 4 and under are admitted free. For more information, visit www.fmbsandsculpting.com or the event’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/SandSculptingFestival.

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community partners, we proudly represent 1:00–3:00PM Campaign Goal so many in the community who believe in the power of giving and putting kids first.” with Ross A. Hauser, MD & Met To Build New In May 2012, B. Thomas Golisano Nicholas Shirghio, DOM A.P. pledged a $20 million matching Children’s Hospital challenge grant that served as a call to LOCATION: ee Health Foundation recently the community to support children’s announced that $100 million has health care and construct a new children’s Vineyards Country Club hospital for Southwest Florida. In Lbeen raised to achieve the Campaign 400 Vineyards Blvd., Naples, FL 34119 recognition of the gift, the hospital was Goal For Children, a five-year, $100 Ross A. Hauser, MD million capital campaign to build the new renamed Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Regenerative Medicine Specialist Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Florida to serve children and families from “I am overwhelmed with the CaringMedical.com Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades generosity of our entire Southwest counties. Florida community. The thousands of • How Joint Instability is the missing The vision for this pediatric center of gifts, regardless of size, coupled with Mr. diagnosis in most pain cases. medical excellence has spanned many Golisano’s $20 million matching gift, made years in the planning stages, and the new the new Golisano Children’s Hospital • Prolotherapy, cellular therapies, and 292,000-square-foot, 128-bed, seven-story possible. This is truly the community’s acupuncture for accelerated recovery. tower is scheduled for completion and hospital, and I am honored to have been opening in April 2017. part of this extraordinary effort,” said Joe • Common sports injuries: elbow injuries, back During a check presentation ceremony Catti, president and CEO of FineMark pain, labral tears, meniscus tears, and more. held on November 2 at Lee Health’s National Bank & Trust and chair of the HealthPark Medical Center, SWFL Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest • Why you may not have responded to certain Children’s Charities, Inc., presented a Florida capital campaign. pain treatments, including physical therapy check to Lee Health Foundation for $2.4 “This is the hospital that you, the and surgery. million and pledged another $1 million to community, have built,” said Skip meet the campaign goal for the hospital. Leonard, chief foundation officer, Lee • Why using ice for injuries is In total, SWFL Children’s Charities, Inc., Health Foundation. “Mr. Golisano becoming a thing of the past. has pledged and contributed $16 million and SWFL Children’s Charities, Inc., to the new Golisano Children’s Hospital of contributed lead gifts to the campaign, • How cortisone injections can make Southwest Florida. igniting the community to contribute as you more susceptible to injury. Nicholas Shirghio, “The mission of SWFL Children’s well, including children with lemonade stands, local businesses and schools, • Which pain medications actually DOM A.P. Charities, Inc. is to advance the pediatric Board Certified Acupuncturist health care in the region and, for the past renowned philanthropists, participants accelerate arthritis. eight years, this charity has dedicated of fishing tournaments and golf events, NaplesAcupunctureClinic.com funds from its annual signature fundraiser, neighborhood groups and even lottery • Question and answer time with the doctors the Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest, winners are among the thousands who to get help with YOUR pain now! towards the new hospital,” said Elaine have contributed, collectively raising $100 Hawkins, president of SWFL Children’s million to fund the construction of the new Charities, Inc. “With support from our Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest trustees, event attendees, volunteers and Florida.” Learn more at CaringMedical.com or call 239.303.4069 20 THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 Financial Focus You can save and invest for college in a • Communicate your wishes to your If you can successfully apply the lessons variety of ways, but one popular method family. At some point in your life, you will of this holiday to your financial plans, both Put Thanksgiving is through a 529 plan, which offers need to draw up your estate plans, which you and your family will have reason to be high contribution limits and potential tax could include a will, a living trust, a durable thankful. Lessons To Work advantages. Plus, a 529 plan gives you power of attorney, a health care directive This article was written by Edward significant control and flexibility – if you and other documents. To be fair to your Jones for use by your local Edward by Jennifer Basey establish a plan for one child, but he or she children and other family members, and Jones financial advisor. Jennifer Basey hanksgiving is decides not to go to college, you can name to avoid hurt feelings, you should clearly is a financial advisor in Fort Myers. almost here. another child as the recipient. communicate your plans and your wishes She can be reached at jennifer.basey@ TOver the years, • Be generous. You don’t have to be a while you are still around. edwardjones.com. this holiday has millionaire to make meaningful financial taken on a variety gifts to your family. For example, if you of meanings, most have grown children, consider helping New Fire Station Opens of them centered them fund their IRAs. You can’t contribute irefighters and staff from City of Fort Myers’ Station One now have a new place to on family, caring directly to a child’s IRA, but you can write call home. The 30,700-square-foot fire station, located at Jackson Street and Martin and sharing. You checks to your children for that purpose FLuther King Jr. Boulevard, meets the department’s expanding needs which have can carry these – though, of course, they are then free to changed since the original 18,000-square-foot station was built in the 1950s. same values past do whatever they want with the money. The City’s Department of Public Works collaborated with the Fire Department to Thanksgiving into It’s not always easy for a young person create a facility that accomplishes their mutual goals for public safety and community your daily life – and you can certainly to “max out” on an IRA, which has an services. The space allows for the present day’s larger fire apparatus and the equipment incorporate them into your financial annual contribution limit of $5,500 for needed to accommodate the department’s expanded operational responsibilities. strategies for taking care of your loved workers under 50, so any help you can From the technology standpoint, the building is equipped with wireless access on every ones. give your children in this area should be floor, allowing communication to flow. Training classrooms are outfitted with interactive So, here are a few suggestions: greatly appreciated. SMART boards so that all information can be immediately uploaded and archived for • Protect your family. If something • Safeguard your own financial historical records and future reference. The internal radio communication system has were to happen to you, could your family independence. Almost certainly, one of been upgraded to ensure that signals are effectively transmitted in the hurricane-proof pay the mortgage? Could your children the most undesirable outcomes you can building. still afford to go to college someday? imagine is to become financially dependent In addition, there is now room for the Fire Prevention staff to work in the same To protect your family’s current lifestyle on your grown children. Even if you save building, improving efficiency and allowing for continuity and coordination of projects. and long-term goals, you may well need and invest diligently throughout your “We approached this project with a shared vision,” said Richard Moulton, interim to maintain adequate life and disability working years, you could still be vulnerable director of public works. “Assessing the growing needs of our fire department, as well insurance. Your employer may offer these to financial dependency if you need an as prevention programs for our community, provided us with a blueprint to create a types of protection as employee benefits, extensive period of long-term care, such state-of-the-art facility that meets the requirements of today and well into the future.” but the coverage might be insufficient as a nursing home stay. These costs can “We appreciate the hard work our Public Works department has put forth to build our for your needs. Consequently, you might be enormous, and Medicare typically new facility,” said Trenton Bowen, fire chief of the Fort Myers Fire Department. “We’re need to supplement your employer-paid pays only a small percentage, and usually proud of this collaborative effort that enables us to provide the most up-to-date services insurance with additional policies. for just a limited time. To protect your and equipment to protect our citizens.” • Invest in your children. 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“Packed with facts and employing an engaging storytelling style, [Female Pioneers of Fort Myers] both teaches and entertains. Local history buffs and newcomers to history will value Tuthill and Hall’s research and appreciate the accessible format, too.” Gerri Reaves, PhD, author of Legendary Locals of Fort Myers and Fort Myers, Then & Now THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 21 for the Red Sox. Goodwill Industries Of Southwest In her new position, she will be responsible for overseeing all corporate Florida Receives $12,325 Grant partnerships for Spring Training at JetBlue Park as well as implementing and managing the year-round rental business for the ballpark and surrounding 20 acres. “We are very excited to have Allison join our team in Lee County after being such an integral part of our sales operations in Boston,” said Katie Haas, Red Sox vice president of Florida business operations. Global Day Of Giving Is November 29 unior Achievement of Southwest Allison Bucci photo provided Florida (JA) has joined J#GivingTuesday, a global day of Team Hires giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and Business Manager organizations to encourage philanthropy and celebrate generosity worldwide. he Boston Red Sox have Occurring this year on November hired Allison Bucci as business 29, #GivingTuesday is held annually on Tdevelopment manager, Florida the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and the operations. widely recognized shopping days Black Bucci joins the Fenway South team Friday and Cyber Monday to kick off after spending seven years working for the holiday giving season. Goodwill’s wheelchair-accessible golf cart photo courtesy Goodwill Industries of SWFL the Red Sox in Boston in ticket and “Junior Achievement helps young premium sales, overseeing the luxury people create successful futures by oodwill Industries of Southwest Florida announced that it has received a suites and premium packages at Fenway giving them the skills and knowledge to $12,325 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Park. She is a graduate of Marist be successful in the world of work,” said GThe award was one of 79 grants totaling over $575,704 awarded by the Reeve College and earned her MBA from Angela Fisher, president and CEO Foundation to nonprofit organizations nationwide that provide more opportunities, Northeastern University while working continued on page 22 access and daily quality of life for individuals living with paralysis, their families, and caregivers. Conceived by the late Dana Reeve, the program has awarded over 2,700 grants totaling more than $20 million since 1999. Goodwill will use the grant for the purchase of a wheelchair-accessible golf cart to provide more equitable and safe transport of campers who attend Trailways Camp. Founded by Sharon and Jerry Miller of the Robert V. and Benjamin G. Miller Only Free Fund, Trailways Camp provides camping experiences for adults with disabilities Cleaner Pick-up in Southwest Florida. Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. has been On The Island With & the service provider for the Trailways Camps since October 2012 and serves Delivery 60 campers annually at its overnight camping sessions. Campers enjoy fishing, Full-Time canoeing, arts and crafts, swimming, campfires, nature walks and much more at Tailoring Service Trailways Camp, held at the American Camps Association Accredited Riverside Retreat Center in LaBelle, Florida. “We are extremely appreciative of the generous grant we received from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation,” said Fred Richards, vice president of community support services. “This cart provides individuals with accessibility 5-Star Linen Service barriers proper accommodations so that they can access activities safely and equitably at our Trailways Camp.” Awarded twice yearly, grant requests were evaluated and scored based on a We Press Sheets!!!! rigorous review process to determine funding for organizations that improve daily life for those living with paralysis, as well as their families and caregivers. In this particular grant cycle, the grantee review board awarded a significant number of grants in medically underserved areas for modification projects, animal service ALTERATIONS programs and veteran programs. “Accessibility modifications and service animals help create greater independence both in home and public settings, which is key to increase inclusion in the community,” said Donna Valente, director of Quality of Life Grants. “By & supporting these types of programs in underserved areas, we are able to remove barriers to independent living for individuals living with disabilities and their families.” The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grants program was created to address the myriad needs of children and adults living with paralysis, as DRY CLEANING well as provide assistance and education to their families and caregivers. Funded programs serve individuals living with paralysis caused by injuries, diseases 2496 Palm Ridge Road #C 8750 Gladiolus Drive 2809 Cleveland Ave or birth conditions, including but not limited to, stroke, spina bifida, multiple Sanibel, FL 33957 Fort Myers, FL Fort Myers, FL sclerosis, cerebral palsy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The grants support innovative initiatives that aim to increase quality of life by improving 239.579.0251 239.481.1954 239.334.6406 physical and emotional health, broadening community engagement and increasing independence. 22 THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 a detective on the police force who has Liz and Adrian also share a sexual Redemption been put on suspension because she chemistry which further motivates her appears to have used excessive force, 18 to clear his name. Meanwhile, in a vivid Road bullets, in killing two men in the basement scene that opens the book, Gideon, the by Di Saggau where they were committing a heinous 14-year-old son of the woman Adrian crime against an 18-year-old girl. A was convicted of killing, plans to shoot eviewers have newspaper headline reads “Hero Cop or him the morning he walks free. Liz ends heaped praise Angel of Death?” up lavishing motherly affection on the Rupon John Liz’s colleagues have another reason to vengeance-seeking Gideon, along with Hart, comparing his question her professionalism because she Channing, the victim in the crime that writing to that of Pat is obsessed with Adrian Wall, an ex-cop caused all those gunshots. Adrian’s Conroy, Cormac in prison for the murder of a woman in case eventually raises issues of police McCarthy and Scott a ritualized way. Liz once idolized Adrian corruption and prison abuse. Turow. He is back and insists he’s innocent. To complicate Throughout the plot we get the with a new book matters, just as Adrian finishes serving first-person narration of an unidentified Redemption Road, his time and arrives back in town, the man, who moves, unobserved, among the his most powerful serial killer strikes again. Naturally he is other characters as he kidnaps and kills story yet. The serial-killer theme might be the main suspect. Both Liz and Adrian several women. A touching epilogue lends getting tired, but Hart just includes it as share a reluctance to tell the truth about a closing note of poignancy. Brimming one strand among many in his new novel. the incidents that have brought them with tension, secrets, and betrayals, The setting is in a small city in North under suspicion, and their motives for Redemption Road proves again that Carolina. There are four emotionally and silence are the same; they are protecting John Hart is a master of the literary physically wounded characters. someone else. thriller. 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manageable parts. coping strategies. Creating routines, using nationally certified school psychologist School Smart Helping kids get into routines is tools and offering support will help your and consultant for School Consultation by Shelley M. essential for helping with working child develop strategies she’ll be able to fall Services, a private educational consulting Greggs, NCSP memory. “Routines are the goal,” says back on for the rest of her life. company. Questions for publication Linda Hecker, MEd, the lead education Shelley Greggs is adjunct faculty at may be addressed to smgreggs@gmail. ear specialist at the Landmark College Institute Florida SouthWestern State College, com. Not all questions submitted can be Shelley, for Research and Training. “When we’re where she teaches psychology and addressed through this publication. D My fifth able to automate a task, it no longer education courses. She is also a grade daughter requires working memory to function. is having trouble Remembering what to do next takes remembering up cognitive workspace, and that’s not Chamber Improvement Workshop everything she needs necessary.” he Chamber of Southwest Florida’s Process Improvement Committee presented to do for school. Is Here are some of Hecker’s tips for there something I creating routines: Cashing In with Process Improvement on November 1 at the Crowne Plaza at Bell can do to help her? Be consistent: Routines should be just TTower Shops in Fort Myers. A full roster of local business leaders, consultants and It’s upsetting to see her struggling. that — routine. Find a pattern that works academics provided technical guidance, case studies, paradigm shifts and perspectives Bettina M. Fort, Myers and stick with it. from the trenches. Bettina, Be patient: It takes time to build An overview of the lean construction process was provided by David Rybicki of As children move through school effective habits, and distractions happen. Lee Health and Reggie Morgan of Deangelis Diamond. Lean process management the demands on their working memory Don’t expect kids to get it right away. principles were presented by Phil Centonze of FloridaMakes. Robert Peterson, increase significantly. Working memory Offering reminders and praising your Ph.D. of FGCU explained the ability of the Six Sigma process to eliminate defects refers to the ability to keep in mind the child’s efforts to stay on course will help by reducing variations within a process. AREINA, Inc. CEO Bob Munro extolled the information you need to complete a task, them stick with the routine until it sinks in. bottom line benefits of effective asset management. and such an issue may affect kids both in Use verbal and visual cues: Help kids Other dynamic presenters included 19-year process improvement vet Stacey and out of school. But there are things internalize routines by adding verbal and Harrington, process practice lead at Lee County Electric Coop (LCEC); Six Sigma parents can do and strategies kids can visual backups. Master Black Belt Claudia French, director of operational excellence and clinical learn that can help them succeed, even if it For example, visual clues could be: laboratory services for Florida Cancer Specialists; and Daniel Eveloff, Fort Myers doesn’t come automatically to them. Drawing a picture to illustrate how an city president for Regions Bank. Roop Lutchman, America’s leader for GHD First of all, get to know your child’s essay is structured, writing out the order of Business Consulting and author of three books on asset management, suggested that limits. If you’ve given your child what feels steps for a math problem or using post-it businesses invert their organizational pyramid to put front line staff first, as they are like a reasonable set of instructions, but notes as reminders around the house. the ones who actually make a product or provide a service. she keeps getting off track, it’s a good sign Verbal cues could range from saying Mark Abbott, founder of VTH Partners and author of Traction – Get A Grip On that she’s reached the limits of her working each task out loud before he does it, “Step Your Business, served as the luncheon speaker. Seth Yoskowitz, principal of GHD memory. Observing your child carefully to 3, put my homework in my backpack Business Consulting, presented on succession planning to conclude the eight-hour when and how often she starts to lose the for tomorrow…” to making up a song workshop. He noted that Baby Boomers are retiring at a rate of 10,000 per day. thread will help you get a clearer picture of or poem to help him commit important Cashing In with Process Improvement was the first in a series of business her capacity to hold information. Once you information — like commonly used math education events planned by the Chamber of Southwest Florida. know where her limits lie, you’ll be able formulas or the names of all 50 states — For more information on future programs, contact Executive Director David Miller to use that as a guide for giving effective to long-term memory. at 433-4111 or [email protected]. Copies of the workshop presentations can directions. For example, if you notice your Not everything needs to be be found online at www.chamberswfl.com. child has a hard time following multi-step remembered. Tools like to-do lists, organizers and reminders free up vital directions, try breaking tasks down into From page 21 smaller, more manageable steps, not a “workspace” and make it easier for kids string of instructions. to remember important information. Schoolwork that seems simple on “Externalizing organizational tasks Day Of Giving the surface may actually require a lot of takes some of the pressure off working of Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida. “We ask the Southwest Florida working memory. With kids trying to tackle memory,” explained Hecker. “I encourage community to support JA’s mission by going to http://jaswfl.org/donate/ and donating too much at once, it often translates to my students to write everything down: $100 on November 29, #Giving Tuesday. Our goal is to give more students access to sloppy or unfinished work and creates assignments, ideas, anything they want JA programs, and we’re asking for the community’s support.” anxiety. Breaking homework assignments to remember later.” But remember, JA’s approach allows volunteers from the community to deliver JA curriculum or study sessions down into manageable organizational tools only work if they’re while sharing their experiences with students. Classroom volunteers transform key chunks will help your child avoid cognitive used. Help your child find the tools that concepts of these lessons into a message that inspires and empowers students to overload, work more effectively and work for them and make the tools part of believe in themselves, showing they can make a difference in the world. For every develop good study habits. their routine. $100 donated, a classroom kit can be purchased. Each JA class is provided at no Figuring out the mini-tasks of an For now, the best way to help kids cost to the schools, students or teachers. assignment will help you and your with working memory issues is to focus on For more information, visit www.givingtuesday.org, www.facebook.com/ child break the assignment down into creating and practicing healthy, effective GivingTuesday or follow @GivingTues and the #GivingTuesday hashtag on Twitter. THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 23 generous donations such as this one from Rotary Club the Rotary Club of Fort Myers South, we can continue our mission of providing Supports Survivors shelter, warmth and dignity to disaster he Rotary Club of Fort Myers survivors around the world.” South recently raised $1,236 from ShelterBox is currently responding Tmembers to benefit ShelterBox, to disasters in Haiti, Ecuador, Niger, a humanitarian relief charity that assists Cameroon, Iraq, Tanzania and the Syrian survivors of disaster and humanitarian region. crises around the globe. Gerry Poppe, president of the Rotary ShelterBox provides humanitarian aid, Club of Fort Myers South, said, “The emergency tent shelters and other supplies members of more than 33,000 Rotary such as stoves, blankets, water filtration Clubs around the world place value in the systems and other tools to help families ‘Service Above Self’ philosophy. We have rebuild their lives after losing their homes a commitment to helping others in need.” and possessions following a disaster such Those interested in supporting as earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, ShelterBox can make a tax-deductible cyclone, tsunami or conflict. donation at www.shelterboxusa.org or by “You never know when the next mailing a check to 8374 Market Street, disaster might strike,” said Kerri Murray, #203, Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202. For president of ShelterBox USA. “With information or to make a contribution by phone, call 941-907-6036.

Children’s Center To Expand From left, Susan Crowe, director, Volunteer Services at Gulf Coast Medical Center; Louise McDonald, MD, president, Gulf Coast Medical Center Auxiliary; Jim Andrews, president, Lee ith a mission to enhance the lives of children and their families through quality Memorial Auxiliary; Jill Palmer, director, Lee Memorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Resources; early childhood education and related services, Child Care of Southwest Florida is Jim Eberz, president, Cape Coral Hospital Auxiliary; and Jeri Grimes, director, Cape Coral Wexpanding the Joseph H. Messina Children’s Center. Hospital Auxiliary and Volunteer Resources photo courtesy LMHS The center, located at 4650 Fowler Street in Fort Myers, will transform two of its classrooms to provide space for up to 40 more new students. A kitchen remodel will Lee Health Auxiliaries Install New allow the organization to build upon its healthy food options. The expansion will be complete in early February 2017. Board And Officers For 2016-17 “This remodel will create the ideal classroom environment to deliver our curriculum and continue to engage vibrant preschoolers eager to learn and play,” said Tamara im Eberz, Louise McDonald, MD, and Jim Andrews will serve as the first Aronson, the center’s director. “With the transformation of our kitchen, we’re excited to hospital auxiliary presidents under the new Lee Health brand. Auxiliaries of offer healthy food options, use the fresh fruits and veggies from our garden, and continue JCape Coral Hospital, Gulf Coast Medical Center and Lee Memorial installed to build upon Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ health campaign.” their new boards of directors and officers at a recent luncheon held at Palmetto- For children who are enrolled full time, the center offers five meals per day. Pine Country Club in Cape Coral. Child Care of Southwest Florida is also an advocate for parents and provides services Many auxiliary members were in attendance as well as Lee Health board of to support their growth as well. A full-time family resource specialist is available to help directors and senior leaders. In addition to installing the new leadership, retiring parents seeking information about college opportunities, loan offerings and more. The board members were recognized and honored for their service. Auxilians also center caters to active parents who manage heavy workloads, are seeking employment or celebrated their fundraising efforts during the past year. are pursuing evening coursework at local colleges. The center is open Monday through During the 2015-16 business year, the three Lee Health auxiliaries donated Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. more than $1.05 million for scholarships, projects, programs and technology to Accredited through the National Accreditation Commission for Early Care and benefit Lee Health patients, families and the Southwest Florida community. Education Programs, Child Care of Southwest Florida uses Creative Curriculum, a The auxilian leaders installed for the 2016-17 year include: nationally recognized curriculum and Teaching Strategies Gold Assessment. This allows Cape Coral Hospital Auxiliary teachers to individualize learning based on each child’s specific needs at every age. This Jim Eberz, president type of learning emphasizes a child-centered, project approach to instruction through Carol Anderson, president-elect exploration, active play and discovery. Youngsters learn by first-hand observation, Lynne Benson, vice president – membership hands-on experiences, intentional teaching and personal reflection. Jocelyne Pickel, vice president – fundraising For more information, visit www.ccswfl.org. Arlene Tompkins, recording secretary Jack Hess, treasurer from our sponsors, partner agencies Carl Greenman, recorder Homeless and the community for helping us Gulf Coast Medical Center Auxiliary to exceed our fundraising goal,” said Louise McDonald, MD, president Coalition Raises Janet Bartos, executive director, Lee Eileen Winter, president-elect County Homeless Coalition. “However, Mary Callaway, treasurer $28,000 At Dinner as we enter the holidays, we continue Robert (Chip) Dykstra, secretary he Lee County Homeless Coalition to rely on the help of the Lee County Lee Memorial Auxiliary raised more than $28,000 community to make an impact with the Jim Andrews, president Tduring the organization’s 1960s children, families and approximately Jean Perkins, vice president – fundraising themed 12th annual dinner and silent 2,300 individuals who are faced with Karen Endersbee, vice president – Lee Memorial Hospital auction held on November 5 at the homelessness every day.” Ketki Shah, vice president – HealthPark Medical Center Colonial Country Club in Fort Myers. The Lee County Homeless Coalition Bob Lotz, vice president – Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida Royal Palm Coast Realtors Affordable is a non-profit organization comprised Sandy Heise, vice president – membership Housing Foundation was the Platinum of community and faith-based service Nancy Sammons, secretary Sponsor. There were five Gold Sponsors, providers, local businesses, people Dan Gillenwater, treasurer six Silver Sponsors and eight Bronze who are currently experiencing or who Sponsors. Approximately 180 guests have experienced homelessness, and attended and bid on 75 donated auction other advocates committed to ending Robinson Center, located at 2990 items. The funds raised help the Lee homelessness. The coalition’s mission Meeting On Edison Avenue in Fort Myers. The County Homeless Coalition and its is to advocate, educate and promote meeting will run from 6 to 7 p.m. partners to continue their mission to end awareness of issues and obstacles facing HUD Program The City of Fort Myers receives grant homelessness in Lee County. homeless individuals in Lee County funding annually from HUD to provide through community collaboration, he Housing and Urban Mayor Randy Henderson served as Development (HUD) Community housing assistance and public service the master of ceremonies, with opening planning and implementing solutions. programs to eligible low to moderate To learn more about how you TDevelopment Block Grant’s 1st remarks from Congressman-elect income residents of the city. can help join the fight against Program Year Consolidated Annual Francis Rooney. The event featured Performance Evaluation Report The meeting will provide citizens, special guest speaker Tracey Galloway, homelessness, contact Janet Bartos at community groups and other interested 322-6600. For more information, visit community meeting is set for Tuesday, CEO of Community Cooperative, Inc. November 22 at the Dr. Carrie stakeholders an opportunity to evaluate “We are grateful for the support www.leehomeless.org. the program. 24 THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 deaRPharmacist growth and spreading of Candida fungal 1/2 cup water around squash. Cook for one hour or infections. Directions: Blend the pesto sauce until you can push a fork through the skin Mouth-Watering I use organic grape seed oil in my ingredients together in a food processor. easily. Remove from oven, and carefully pesto sauce. Grape seed oil does a good If it’s too thick, add a tablespoon or two scoop seeds out and discard. 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It can be beneficial to teach THE RIVER - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 25 PETS OF THE WEEK Emergency ...... 911 his week’s spotlight senior is Montana. He is Lee County Sheriff’s Offi ce ...... 477-1200 a 6 year old lab mix neutered male who is still Florida Marine Patrol ...... 332-6966 active and loves to play ball. He loves it so Florida Highway Patrol ...... 278-7100 T Poison Control ...... 1-800-282-3171 much, he will roll the ball to you if you stop before HealthPark Medical Center ...... 1-800-936-5321 he is ready. If you think a mature but active guy is Ft. Myers Chamber of Commerce ...... 332-3624 just what you’ve been waiting for, then you have Foundation for Quality Childcare ...... 425-2685 found your match with Montana. 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SW Florida Symphony ...... 418-0996 The shelter is located at 5600 Banner Drive in Theatre Conspiracy ...... 936-3239 Fort Myers, next to the Lee County Sheriff’s Young Artists Awards ...... 574-9321 Office off Six Mile Cypress Parkway. CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS All adoptions include spay/neuter surgery, Angel Flight ...... 1-877-4AN-ANGEL Animal Refuge Center ...... 731-3535 age-appropriate vaccinations, rabies vaccination American Business Women Association ...... 357-6755 and county license if three months or older, flea Audubon of SWFL ...... 339-8046 treatment, worming, heartworm test for dogs six Audubon Society ...... 472-3156 months and over, feline AIDS and leukemia test Caloosahatchee Chapter DAR ...... 482-1366 for cats, training DVD, 10-day health guarantee, Caloosahatchee Folk Society ...... 321-4620 and a bag of Science Diet pet food. 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A Navy Seabees Veterans of America ...... 731-1901 Paradise Iowa Club of SWFL ...... 667-1354 member of the dogs’ family Sons of Confederate Veterans ...... 332-2408 is fighting cancer, and is here Southwest Florida Fencing Academy ...... 939-1338 on Sanibel staying with a Southwest Florida Music Association ...... 561-2118 family member that lives here Kiwanis Clubs: who will aid – as needed – Fort Myers Beach...... 765-4254 or 454-8090 with issues surrounding the Fort Myers Edison ...... 694-1056 treatment process. The family Fort Myers South ...... 691-1405 member is in a condo that Gateway to the Islands...... 218-5768 Roscoe Iona-McGregor ...... 482-0869 does not allow dogs. Another Lions Clubs: member of the family will be y name is Roscoe. I found myself Fort Myers Beach...... 463-9738 available to take the dog for homeless after my mom and dad Fort Myers High Noon ...... 466-4228 walks and provide food, etc. Estero/South Fort Myers ...... 898-1921 Hugo Msplit up. I am living with a family Notre Dame Club of Lee County ...... 768-0417 The dog just needs a place member, but they already have three to spend his days and nights. The treatment process for this Organ Transplant Recipients of SW Florida ...... 247-3073 dogs. I get along so well with their dogs POLO Club of Lee County ...... 477-4906 individual began on November 9, and the spouse – who is Rotary Club of Fort Myers ...... 332-8158 currently in another state with that dog – would like to join and children and cats too! I am a mix of a chihuahua and Jack Russell terrier, so I Sanibel-Captiva Orchid Society ...... 472-6940 the family here on Sanibel as soon as possible. United Way of Lee County ...... 433-2000 If you have room in your home and your heart to help would make a great lap dog. I am a sweet United Way 211 Helpline (24 hour) ...... 211 or 433-3900 this family, contact Pam at PAWS of Sanibel at 472-4823 as boy, just 8-years old, and I am neutered. AREA ATTRACTIONS soon as possible. If you can adopt me, call PAWS volunteer Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum ...... 395-2233 Yolanda at 691-4488. Burrough’s Home ...... 337-9505 Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium ...... 275-3435 Edison & Ford Winter Estates ...... 334-7419 PAWS Of Sanibel Fort Myers Skate Park ...... 321-7558 Imaginarium Hands-On Museum & Aquarium ...... 321-7420 Help PAWS Of Sanibel JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge ...... 472-1100 Koreshan State Historic Site ...... 239-992-0311 he holidays are approaching and everyone will be busy shopping for gifts, decorations and more. Langford Kingston Home ...... 239-334-2550 When shopping on Amazon, please shop at smile.amazon.com, Protection of Animal Welfare Ostego Bay Foundation Marine Science Center ...... 765-8101 TSociety. Inc. (PAWS Inc.), and a small portion of your purchase will go to PAWS of Sanibel/ Skatium ...... 321-7510 Captiva. There is no additional cost to you. 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JERRY’S FOODS Volunteers learn about water SERVERS & BARISTAS OUTDOOR FURNITURE regulations and will be trained Part Time Evening And Weekend Front LLOYD FLANDERS to monitor various water quality End Associates Needed. Looking for White wicker 6-piece outdoor furniture set parameters, identify illicit discharges, Join the Riverwatch board and learn how to observe and test energetic, personable, and fun Four chairs, one 36” table, one 10” table report fish kills and algae blooms, the water, taught by Waterkeeper John Cassani individuals, with open availability OUTSTANDING condition. and map important observations of photo courtesy Caloosahatchee Riverwatch Monday through Sunday. Original cost $4,000; selling for $1,400 ☼ water conditions. If interested call and ask for NS 11/11 CC 11/18 These activities will contribute to a quick response and a regional network aimed at John, Norm Sarah 472-9300. protecting the waters of Southwest Florida. 1700 Periwinkle Way Call John at 633-7274 or email at [email protected] to RSVP or for additional ☼NS 5/6 BM TFN SALES information. Learn more by visiting www.crca.caloosahatchee.org. BOATS - CANOES - KAYAKS ESTATE MOVING SALE Hortoons DOCKAGE Antiques, oriental rugs, limited edition Ikki Matsamoto engravings, white wicker Hourly, Daily, Weekly furniture, oil paintings, hard cover nautical and Monthly. quarterly (1980s - 1990s), leather bound Captiva Island 472-5800 books, nice household and more. ☼RS 1/4 NC TFN Nov. 18-19 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Dunes 975 Sand Castle Road Cash or checks only HOBIE ODYSSEY ☼NS 11/18 CC 11/18 Hobie Odyssey 2-person kayak, 14 ft., Golden Papaya, deluxe seats and 2 life vests. Used twice, like new. Rooftop pad and straps included. $1,600 package new. 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Top 10 Real Estate Sales

Development City Year Built Square Footage Listing Price Selling Price Days On Market Banyan Cove Estero 2002 3,519 $1,225,000 $1,150,000 29 Grande Estates Estero 2004 4,991 $899,900 $829,350 126 West Rocks Sanibel 1977 1,873 $899,000 $825,000 7 Cape Harbour Cape Coral 1999 2,685 $879,000 $815,000 97 Summerfield Bonita Springs 1999 2,635 $859,000 $797,000 193 Monteverdi Fort Myers 2005 4,166 $799,900 $760,000 251 Sanctuary Point Fort Myers 2004 3,508 $712,900 $703,400 8 Sanibel Estates Sanibel 1985 2,386 $699,000 $650,000 286 Dunes at Sanibel Island Sanibel 1979 1,990 $679,000 $617,500 228 Cape Coral Cape Coral 2005 2,409 $649,990 $598,000 75

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