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t f 0' 1 " I' ' ' "' " ' ' "' '"''" i IT! C island C!r- ft i b!::..!_ 33957 PORTE Week of April 5-11, 2001 SANIBEL & CAPTIVA, FLORIDA VOLUME 28, NUMBER 14, 28 PAGES 75 CENTS Janes: More Sonibei Cares Boats Island group raises causeway $175,000 for Children's Hospital's new emergency center. discussion —See page 2 By Pete Bishop collide Staff writer Blind Pass doses By Mason Laderer Although consultants for the Lee County Department of Blind Pass, in what seems Staff writer to be an April Fool's joke Transportation (DOT) offered a by nature gone horribly Two people were transported to rebuttal to questions surrounding wrong, has closed again. Lee Memorial Hospital by Lee its plans to rebuild two Sanibel County EMS after two boats col- Causeway bridges at the Lee —See page 3 lided early Tuesday morning near County Board of County the Sanibel Causeway. Commissioners (BOCC) City manager search According to reports, the two Management and Planning meet- boats, a 20-foot Boston Whaler ing Monday, Commissioner Bob Sanibel City Council moves and a 25-foot Aquasport charter ns 'Mirhni'l Phtrllu Junes persuaded the board to dis- forward in seeking a new LEFT: The 25-foot Aquasport -charter shows evidence of cuss the issue further before plac- city manager. Former E> See Boats ing the matter on its regular agen- Sanibel City Manager being hit. RIGHT: The 20-foot Boston Whaler ran aground page 2 near Dixie Beach Boulevard. da! Bernie Murphy expresses On Jan. 30. DOT asked the interest in the job. commission to forward plans that included rebuilding the two —See page 4 bridges closest to Sanibel to the U.S. Coast Guard for final By Pete Bishop of Naples and the city. The expan- and Associales Inc. estimated. approval and to open the bidding Staff writer sion project will provide sewer ser- dales Castle. Sunihel's city process. At that meeting. Janes vice to all unsewered areas on the engineer and designer of the pro- asked that the board look at the The Sanibel City Council island from Dixie Beach ject, said Higgins Inc. has provid- plans in more detail before for- Earth Day April 21 Tuesday awarded a $4,383,968 bid Boulevard eastward, but must still ed good references from a similar warding them. A portion of Sanibel- for the construction of Sanibel be approved by the Florida project it recently completed in the In response to Janes' request Captiva Road will be closed Sewer System Expansion Project Department of Environmental Florida Keys, and from Dade and 36 questions concerning the from 1:30 to 3:30 so Phase IIB and scheduled a public Protection. County, which employs the firm plan posed by members of the islanders can have a car-free meeting to discuss special assess- Sanibel Utilities Director John for various projects. celebration. ments with property owners who Hefty told city council the winning Although Councilmember will benefit from the project. bid was the lowest of eight respon- Marty Harrity noted that construc- —See page 5 The council voted 4-0, with sible bids the city received since tion companies often run into Councilmember Steve Brown advertising the project March 16, absent, to approve the contract and was lower than the city and t> See Sewer between Douglas N. Higgins Inc. engineering consultants Hartman page 4 Race for glory Final race week kicks in April 24 at Offshore Sailing Former fire Morning Glories cottage School. chief faces —See page 7 moves on down the road major battle By Dawn deBoer back property of Sanibel's New appointments Staff Writer Historical Village & Museum. Management changes occur The move onto the site was on at Sanibel Accomodations, this month The stroke of midnight granted conditional-use approval by and Colonial Bank announces Still full, of life and hope a new life in a new century for the Sanibel's planning board, said Sanibel advisory board. 1925 mail-order home of the late city's Park & Recreation Director after being striken with mul- Martin and Ada Mayer, the sixth Helene Phillips. •— See page 8 tiple myeloma, retired Fire historic building, and probably the Chief Charlie Frederick last, to be approved by the city's l> See House Photon /Mu-huel 1'ixteUa iFI feels strong enough to Planning Commission to rest at the ABOVE: Motorists wait for attempt a stem cell trans- page 20 the Sanibel Causeway draw- plant at the end of April. bridge to close Monday Library art afternoon. The Sanibel Public Library By Nancy Santeusanio Sanibel Causeway Study Group, dedicates its first outdoor Special to the Reporter Jim Kennedy, senior transporta- public art on April 7. tion engineer for consultants Post, One day, Charlie Frederick, Buckley, Shue and Jernigan —See page 17 Sanibel's fire chief since 1991, (PBS&J), reiterated the firm's was attending a staff meeting. earlier findings at Monday's He sneezed and one of his ribs meeting. snapped. In his 50s, little did he Kennedy told the commission suspect that he was a victim of • Environmental News . .page 5 the causeway drawbridge has multiple myeloma, an incur- deteriorated the least of the three able bone marrow disease. • Police blotter . ._ page 6 bridges and should undergo a $3 This virile, aggressive and million rehabilitation rather than • Business & Technology page 7 highly athletic chief had always replacement. The middle bridge, prided himself that either day •v--. • kn6wn as Bridge B, has deterio- • Opinion .page 9 or. night, on or off duty, he was rated the most and has a useful • Looking Back page 11 the first person to arrive at an lifespan of only seven to -12 years, emergency. Fire fighting was according to Kennedy. PBS&J has • Dateline page 13 Photos I Michael Pixtella •TV listings page 19 D> See Charlie Workers guide the truck driver off the barge which carried page 18 the Morning Glories house from Bird Lane to the end of E> See Causeway • Classifieds page 23 Dixie Beach Boulevard on Monday afternoon. page 4 2 • Week of April 5-11, 2001 Q ISLAND REPORTER Sanibel shows it cares Group raises $175,000 for Children's Hospital's new emergency center By Scott Martell bringing in an additional $14,000. Editor Every piece of art donated was sold. One hundred "People on the island were truly amaz- twelve artists Sanibel and Captiva proved they really ing," said committee member Brenda donated work do care Saturday night. Harrity. "That they really support children for a live and Sanibel Cares — a group formed this is obvious. There was an incredible mix- silent auction fall to improve health care for all children ture of people, groups, helping out. to benefit an of Southwest Florida — held an art auc- People genuinely said they had a really emergency tion and fund raiser Saturday night, rais- good time." center for the ing $175,000 to benefit a new emergency Sanibel Cares had been working on Children's center at The Children's Hospital of this project for many months, with a Hospital. Southwest Florida. The center is expected major push the past six weeks to raise to open in 2002 at a cost of $1 million. money, culminating in the Saturday fund The hospital is part of Lee Memorial's, raiser, said Toni Shannon, event co-chair- Photo IDont Fisher HealthPark located off Summerlin Blvd. person About 275 people paid $125 apiece to. "It's important to support the come to the fund raiser at the Sanibel Children's Hospital because it takes all ing this child, he could not have survived. local hospital caring especially for chil- Community Association. The group par- children from a seven-county area," The proximity of the hospital has also dren and receives no tax support. The new tied with cabaret-style dining and bever- Shannon said. "We want to thank every- enabled the child to receive long-term emergency center will be the only pedi- ages, and music by Island Sound Steel one involved — from our sponsors to the cancer care without forcing his family to atric center between Tampa and Miami, Drums and the Danny Morgan Trio. businesses to the artists, everyone was relocate. This experience not only brought and will be available to more than Participants also bid on 112 art very generous." to light the impressive level of service of 200,000 children thioughout the seven- pieces donated by area artists in a silent Sanibel Cares was formed by a group The Children's Hospital of Southwest county region of Southwest Florida. The and a live auction Robert of concerned island mothers. The initial Flonda, but also emphasized the growing emergency loom at HealthPark helped Rauschenberg's "International Trust for inspiration for this group came from an need for additional emergency services more than 6,700 children under the age of Children's Health Care" brought in the island child with cancer. Without the ser- there. 14 last year, and population growth pro- highest bid, at $18,000, with Darryl vices of the nearby Children's Hospital The Children's Hospital, a part of the jections indicate that number will double Pottorf's "Seasoned Greetings IXX" during a life-threatening situation involv- Lee Memorial Health System, is the only within the next four years. SCCF to erect gazebo on PCRP bike path 'Buy a Brick' campaign kicks off today Each 4-inch by 8-inch brick can be inscribed with two lines, with 14 charac- The SCCF Think quick — it's time to buy a brick! ters per line. Bricks can be brought for a is selling The Sambel-Captiva Conservation minimum of $250.