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ARTS, DINING & EMTEWTMMMENT — SECTION B I OUTDOORS — .1 BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID SANIBEL, FL. PERMIT #33 POSTALPATRON Vol. .^7/No. 23 Friday, June 12, 1998 Two Sections, 48 pages 75 Cents CAUSEWAY Islanders voice their opinion? or replacing the Sanibel Causeway1 to Lee County representatives Seepage 3, i MONEY-MAKER Here's a financial picture of how lucrative the Sanibel Causeway has become over the years. See Island Scene, page 5. WHAT TO DO WITH WASTE' City County will consider what to do with island sewage on Tuesday. See page 3A ISLAND SCENE • Island graduates 8 Fifth graders celebrate • Colonial Bank Open House & more, this week! .......Seepage 9-ll\ SPORTS & OUTDOORS • Update on the Florida grass hopper sparrows > ? Night blooming cereus , -•* Astros win Little League title . ."•;-•••*• See page 9-11*- Arts 7B Business Services ... 20B Classifieds 20-23A Crossword 22B Police Beat 7k Night Life 3B ' ' • i i <;, •! ,/•', n,i it,. * !>• lo'i :hi Im i'iiu •".ill fit "'"..»•'» /t'fui' i»"ii > i« • I i> • • ti to see what events you 'd like to attend. Richard Mock's art, above, is the featured art for the festival program FIVE IMPORTANT REASONS TO VISIT SHELL POINT THIS WEEK OAKMONT AT THE WOODLANPS IS MORE THAN 50% SOLD OUT Vonnoie than 30 rears, Shell Point has set the standard for gracious retirement living and continuing htvvare As we have grown, we have icgularh- offeied new residences as thev wtrc designed .md built liui none has been greeted with the enthusi ,:sm OJ'OUI newest community. 1 In. Woodlands, w Lth it's wide choice of luxurious residences and championship golf unir.se ha,s been an immediate and unprecedented .success. In the coming weeks, the remaining icsidcncc-s will be sold, so if you would like to live the lincqualed Shell Point lifestyle with full hfecaic benefitb. as possible. SEE WHAT LIFE Ai THL WOODLANDS WILL Bl; LIKE TOUR To help \ou -visualize what OUR NFW MODEL liung at 'Jhc Woodlands Our new designer decorated model •ff will be like, ice our new is styled ior carefree Florida retirement, • computei-animatcd film. Bv living. It combines umcless eolois means of \jrrual reality, you can experience the setting, the at views, die scale.and the beauty of tie-vtewsattlte natural M The WoodiandsrTotti^The*eSn-< v» at The Woodlands. The model mons and all of the models and dis- includes countless designer touches cover the best in retirement living right such as a separate morning room and here at Shell Point tiled entry, baths and balconies. Visit soon and taEe atour — it's ready for your inspection right now. The Executive 3-Bedroom Model. One of five models available at The Woodlands. PREVIEW OUR NEW CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE Plans for our new 18-hole golf course have been-completed and preliminary information is now available. The course will enhance the natural beauty of The'Woodlands and provide those who love the game of golf with an exciting course. The layout will be playib'le fer golfers'of all handicaps and yet challenging to the best of At Shell Point, there's plenty for the touring pros. Come see what's planned for our golfing |esidents. the mind and spirit as well, with community service pro- grams, libraries, The Village • i SUMMER TIME AND Church and lots more. THE TOURING is EASY With summer's slower pace, touring The Woodlands at Shell Point is easier than ever. You can take your time looking at all SHELLWPOINT there is to see and learning die whole story of retirement living Secure Tour Tomorrows Today with total lifecare. Visit our'Wekome Center today and reserve 15000 Shell Point Boulevard you residence at The Woodlands. When you do, you'll have the Fort Myers, Florida 33908 comfort of knowing that all your tomorrows are secure because Shell Point combines a great lifestyle "with continuing lifecare. 941-466-1131 or 1-800-780-1131 Shell Point is a nonprofit ministry of The Christian & Missionary Alliance Foundation, Inc. © Copyright 1998. Shell Point VUlage. All rights reserved. ISLANDER - Friday, June 12, 1998 • 3A The Front Page Islanders sound off Graduation Night at Sanibel Gementaru about Causeway Top: Teachers Nicole By WENDY reach" phase of the new Fink and Georgia HUMPHREY bridge, lead the discussion. Brown hugged each County consultants Cella's firm, Cella, DeBerry graduating fifth grade came in blue suits, islanders & Associates Inc. is an engi- came in shorts and T-shirts neering, permitting and con- student Monday night. and the media came in force sulting company. The county Bottom left: Among Tuesday to the first of a se- also advertised heavily and the awards were switched the meeting to ries of issue analysis meet- Citizenship Award ings on plans to replace the Schein Hall in the BIG Arts Sanibel Causeway. complex to accommodate a honors to Andrew The meeting was large crowd. Richter and Jesse There was no shortage originally scheduled as a Wheeler (chosen by regular Sanibel Planning of issues. One of them was Commission meeting to" scepticism about the process their peers). Far left: which county officials had itself. Many in the audience Francis Bailey was been invited. Lee County, were concerned that the is- the "commencement" however, seemed keen to get sues they raised would not the public involved to avoid really be instrumental in de- speaker. See Island repeating the fiasco of ten signing the bridge. Scene for graduation years ago when islanders' "What is the role of the •and end-of-school held a referendum which people of Sanibel?" asked brought plans for a new high resident Charles Cox. "Role photos. Photos/Scott span bridge to an abrupt halt. — as opposed to input? Martell. So, at Tuesday's meet- Whatever the procedure is, ing, the county had private there needs to be a clear role consultant Kris Cella, hired to handle the "public out- (Continued, page 6A) Council to decide what to do with aSS the !<g>*#*+@! By WENDY HUMPHREY Currently, sewage from households hooked up to the • Dismantling the Wulfert plant and expanding Donax; or The bridge may be the controversial issue of the Sanibel Sewer System is gravity fed into the sewer fines • Not treating sewage at all on the island moment, but another issue which may be equally impor- and pumped to the treatment plant on Donax. There, it goe's The latter alternative would pump raw waste off the tant to the future of Sanibel is under discussion at City Hall through a clarification and chlorination treatment which island to the Fort' Myers Beach wastewater treatment deep Tuesday. leaves the sludge at the bottom and clear water at the top. well injection site. The issue is sewage and how to treat it— and it's not The sludge is trucked off the island and the remaining wa- Assuming that wastewater is treated on the island, an issue most people care to talk, or even think, about. ter is then pumped to irrigate golf courses at The Dunes or there remains the problem of what to do with the remain- But even in paradise such matters have to be dealt Beachview. \. ing water, and under discussion at Tuesday's council meet- with and on Tuesday afternoon city council members will The problem at present is that the city has excess ing will be a myriad qf alternatives including: be immersed in options for treating Sanibel's wastewater, effluent, or too much remaining water, and is facing fines • injecting it info shallow wells or deep underground aqui- (the sanitary sounding term for sewage) ., by the Department of Environmental Protection of up to fers at Donax or on the Island Water Association site; At issue is whether to treat it, truck it, pipe it, inject $10,000 a day unless the problem is solved. • creating artificial wetlands; and it, let it percolate or pump it into the ocean. The alternatives to solving the problems to be out- • pumping it 3,000 feet out into the Gulf of Mexico "It" is both the raw sewage and the clarified water lined at Tuesday's council meeting include: Any alternative will be expensive. The city has al- remaining after the sewage has been treated. • Using the current treatment plants at Donax and Wulfert; ready committed $8 million to the sewer system and any (Continued, page 4A) Moke room Flurry of white butterflies invades Islands By ELAINE STACY ' for Papa! Islander staff writer Recently, anyone traveling the highways and by- ways on both the islands and the mainland could not help Last chance to sign up to join Interna- but notice a great quantity of white butterflies flitting tional Heminguuau Festival —for every- about. They seemed to be congregating by the roads and many, unfortunately, did not look both ways before cross- thing Prom celebrations to literary, artis- ing and suffered an untimely death by windshield. tic and sports events. According to Dee Serage, the butterfly expert at the SCCF, the presence of these white butterflies— called ByANNEBELLEW great southern whites — in such numbers by. the roadside Islander staff writer was, indeed, an anomaly. To what can it be attributed to? As the centennial celebration of "Papa" Ernest Just try to guess... Hemingway's birthday draws near (he would have been Would you believe El Nino? (What else?) 99 on July 2nd of this year), Patrick Hemingway, Ernest's Dee explained that the warm, wet winter we have son, will head this summer's family reunion on Sanibel. experienced in Southern Florida, courtesy of El Nino, Twenty-three grandchildren, great-grandchildren, neph- caused a proliferation of host plants for the great south- em whites.