ISLAND REPORTER, Snow Crab Legs of Bitter, Dry Desert
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•F1IB RAUSCHENBERG 1 COOKING POSTCARD FROM mm i UP SOMETHING Cl LONDON Jo j1 WITH CASTRO .-A 1 ~2A — 1B BLACK HISTORY MONTH — 1C FEBRUARY 25, 1988 VOLUME 16 island NUMBER 15 4 SECTIONS, 100 PAGES REPORTER SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA, FLORIDA FIRST WITH THE NEWS 50CENTS Traffic: how much can island residents stand? Survey will help find "I thinkit's unlikely that the city council will require it," city manager Gary Price said of the solutions to congestion alternate route. Council does not want to change what Price calls the "ambiance" of By Matt Perez Periwinkle Way. hat is the level of service Sanibel resi- To residents, Price agrees, that ambiance in- dents expect from their roads, and cludes winter months of traffic resembling a Wwhat accompanying level of disuption stiff, dead snake on Sanibel's main drag. are they willing to accept? "And we're recognizing that and accept that Those two questions are responsible for the as a given," Price said. first traffic circulation study ordered by the Ci- "Please go down to the right for the roadside ty of Sanibel since the turn of the decade. interview," said researcher Elizabeth Archer. During brief interviews with Sanibel Her questions were answered patiently by most Causeway motorists Feb. 18, researchers from drivers, she said, though many ignored Sanibel David Plummer and Associates, Inc., con- Police's detour at the causeway weigh station sultants for the city, asked drivers about their and weaved through pylon barricades. destination on Sanibel and Captiva. Also, con- "I got stuck in that survey yesterday," said sultants hoped to find out from where motorists 7-Eleven Foodstore clerk Pat Henry. "It made originated and how Sanibel's roads were being me late for work." used. At the high traffic convenience store on Southwest Florida is at the top of the state Periwinkle Way, Henry most often hears com- Department of Community Affair's list of study plaints about out-of-towners while he rings up areas to assist Florida growth managers with charges at the register. drawing a picture of ever-changing and growing "Nobody likes tourists," he said. population effects. That is why residents must decide whether To Sanibel, that could mean a recommenda- they are willing to accept the heavy weight of Researcher denies tion by state transportation officials to build an traffic if they refuse to allow a relief road. alternate main road to alleviate traffic conges- In State of Florida bureaucratese, Sanibel has that racoon tion on Periwinkle Way. • please see page 20A tests are cruel Police tie in Police found outstanding warrants on Erken fil- By Steve Cason 9 ed by Lee County Sheriffs Office shortly after the slanders who object to methods used by 'river rock raiders arrest. Then, searching state computer crime files, raccoon researcher David Spicer don't under Istand the importance of the information he's with crime spree they discovered six more warrants for John Jef- trying to obtain, he believes. fery Reeder in Palm Beach County. Reeder is a' By Matt Perez pseudonym used by Erken, police said, and detec- Spicer's research methods, which include stapl- Investigators from five south Florida agencies tives from Boca Raton have joined the investiga- ing tags to the ears of raccoons as well as extrac- met with Sanibel Police Tuesday to begin clearing tion to help clear east coast burglaries committed ting teeth, have been called cruel by some up hundreds of burglaries allegedly conducted by residents and barbaric by others. by men using river-rocks to bust into stores. "I'm trying to do something in the best interest two Lee County men dubbed "the river-rock "We're all trying to put this investigation raiders." of tho animals," said Spicer. "The things that I'm together," said Sanibel Detective Ray Christensen. doing are absolutely necessary to find out the in- Detectives from Naples Police Department, Col- It is still too early to tell how much money the formation I need... I've dedicated my life to lier County Sheriffs Office, Cape Coral Police men are responsible for stealing, detectives said, wildlife management. I'm not a mean person. I'm Department, Charlotte County and Lee County are but estimates range to thousands of dollars. not trying to harm them," he said. all coordinating efforts to weave together loose For more than IV2 years, Erken and Hamilton In January, the Iowa State University wildlife strands of unsolved burglaries dating back about made their living through burglaries, Christensen biologist began the second phase of his two-year two years. said. research project. By tracking the movements of The burglaries allegedly were committed by Already, 19 burglaries have been cleared, raccoons and studying their dietary habits, Spicer Shawn J. Erken, 25, and John Ashley Hamilton, Sanibel Detective Wayne Hinz said. Erken and hopes to learn what differences there are — if any 19, who were arrested Valentine's Day after an Hamilton admitted to hundreds of Florida — between urban raccoons that come in regular anonymous caller told police the men had burglaries, he added. contact with man and those that live in the burglarized Sanibel shops Feb. 13. The suspects "By their statements alone, they went from deepest recesses of the.wildlife refuge. "Right now used large round river-rocks to smash through Tampa to Marco Island," Lt. Lew Phillips said. there's not a whole lot known ahout the raccoons glass doors and windows at shops, police said. • please see page 20A on Sanibel," he said. The research project is being funded by the Iowa-based Ding Darling Foundation and the INSIDE Wildlife ordinance a Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation. Sanibel resident Bob York is one of several test of commitment islanders who have ohjeeted to Spicer's methods By Matt Perez as well as questioning the need for additional proposed ordinance coming before council research. "The only problems those poor .minials Tuesday will test Sanibel's willingness to have is man." said York. Island Eye 2A protect wildlife and habitat in the face of in- York said that a number of raccoon* rfjjiil.-irly A visit his house on Ca*a Yhel Roa.J- ••»"* lh:" r|in'n1 creasing property development, environmentalists Weather Watch 3A Iv a nil her large raccoon shi.w-rf up «'Mh yellow say. %i:lld York Police Watch 12A In what will be the second reading of the laKs in its ear. "He didn't li*«- •' ••« «»• . wildlife habitat ordinance, the council hopes to "He was shaking his h.-:»' »"«* -fff «ryi,iK lo «ei it Agenda 16A clarify wording in the plan to avoid creating a Added York. "A MltU* liny band around the Irg Reel Tales 22A paper tiger. of a bird doesn't bother me. but th<>M' his; yellow Dr. Bill Webb of the city wildlife committee, • Thursday, Feb. 25: Tom Rector's < ART: Tom Bond speaks to the Sanibel- CM Captiva Art League on Linear Perspective at community the island eye Weather the Congregational Church on Periwinkle Way, 1:30 p.m. calendar Watch GROW: Horticultural Society of the Islands m beaehwalkcrs, I he cv green flash is a meets at the home of Dr. Sam Warren, 328 Cooking something up with Castro sought-after pr'v/.t\ Lake Dr., Sanibel at 7:30 p.m. Call 472-1644 Housing and Resources, Inc. at Sanibel City for details. Hall, 5 p.m. CO Captiva's peripa- much like the more CO corporal junonia. High WOMEN: St. Isabel Council of Catholic n DC tetic artist, Robert • Friday, Feb. 26: Women meets in the parish hall at 7:30 p.m. m Rauschenberg,con- The Carlsons have Wednesday, Feb. 17 74 HI seen it twice, and BIRDS: Aileen Lotz, author of Birding Around Sheri Cooner, coordinator of Women's LL tinues to interface Thursday, Feb. 18 78 the World, will discuss bird photography at Health at Lee Memorial Hospital will speak. both sightings have 78 > with the rich and Friday, Feb. 19 Sanibel Community Center, 7:30 p.m. z been on Sanibel. to the home of Dr. 75 a cc famous, the Saturday, Feb. 20 BIG: Members and friends of BIG Arts are When the spon- and Mrs. E. Tremain 65 3D revolutionary and Sunday, Feb. 21 invited to the general meeting at the Center m taneous flash of Bradley for an Alum- Monday, Feb. 22 72 merely strange. for the Arts, 7 p.m. Please bring a covered Tuesday, March 1: •tj o Fifteen of his emerald signaled the ni Reception Wednes- Tuesday, Feb. 23 78 O dish. SCCF: Bob Repenning, manager of the 3J a paintings have been onslaught of night, day, March 16 from Readings are taken at 4 p.m. daily Southwest Florida Aquatic Preserve will ai Carlson said he 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. COURTESY OF THE SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE m cc unearthed in the • Saturday, Feb. 27: speak on "The Ecology of Salt Flats and Salt 30 a jumbled estate of the thought he saw a Parents and friends here is a new class act in Southwest Marshes", 2 p.m. at the Conservation mira.!'.e. Then his wife of the New Hamp- ABC: Annual sale of stuff from Captiva's z late Andy Warhol to Florida. The Huntington Cup Yacht race attics, basements and closets, 8 a.m. until all Foundation on San-Cap Road. be auctioned off. Last and companions Bar- shire preparatory will be an annual event. I have been chosen bara and Dick Keiser academy are en- T gone about 2 p.m. Captiva Community year Rauschenberg's to be the events' official race meteorologist.