3H* -4 K .! -hi i 11 ]\ t,. t.» b M''' 7 ?> Mlr.imr island SAW IBEX. FL 33957 PORT Week of July 26-Aug. 1,2001 SANIBEL & CAPTIVA, FLORIDA VOLUME 28, NUMBER 29, 24 PAGES 75 CENTS BUYING BUNCHE BEACH? City notes One candidate left Lee County's recycling coordinator to speak at stewardship committee meeting; Mayors meet with county elections for city manager job supervisor. By Pete Bishop city council to consider at Friday's —See page 2 Staff writer special city council meeting. Murphy, who served as Sanibel White cap waves Bemie Murphy has withdrawn city manager from 1979 to 1984, from consideration as Sanibel's has taken a job as city manager of A unit owner at White next city manager, leaving just one Caps calls city's short-term candidate, Michael Copp of rental law "selective prose- Glenwood Springs, Colo., for the t> See City manager cution." . page 4 —See page 3 County says no Storm destroys 71 sea turtle nests Lee County Commissioners decided M Report from Captiva, page 5 storm of relentless rains washed Tuesday not to accept B Saving hatchlings, page 5 away or flooded two-thirds of the amendments Sanibel City nests on Bonita Beach while nests Council made to a joint By Dawn deBoer on Fort Myers Beach and Big resolution regarding feder- Staff writer Hickory Island fared no better. al funds for affordable With flood warnings out for Lee housing. Sunday's stormy waters rolling and Collier counties throughout in on an extremely high tide dis- last weekend, Southwest Florida —See page 20 rupted this year's sea turtle nest- downpours brought more than 15 ings along San-Cap shores, inches of rainfall by Sunday, with destroying 44 of the 76 nests yet to more than 6 inches on Sanibel. hatch on Captiva. Sanibel lost six Captiva saw 3 inches within an ..n^ste-on the East End [Lighthouse to Tarpon Bay Road]; The West While heavy lightning, high Eco-business Michael Pistella End [Tarpon Bay Road to Blind Sanibel environmentalists A partnership between the federal government and Pass], left underwater for stretches and businesses get togeth- Lee County may soon result in the acquisition of 733 on end, lost 21 nests !> See Turtle nests er to create new eco- key acres surrounding Bunche Beach, see page 3. Across the bay, a weekend page 18 guides for the islands. —See. page 5 Coast Guard finds County, city to talk causeway issues compromise on ordinance, however, rather than First phase of conflict resolution process Aug. 2 interlocal agreement, and sent the drawbridge schedule plan to rebuild to the U.S. Coast New Pippins coming By Pete Bishop give the city veto power over the Guard which will distribute the By Pete Bishop Staff writer number of travel lanes on rebuilt plan to agencies such as the Staff writer Pippins restaurant on causeway bridges. The veto power Department of Environmental Sanibel is in the process of At the suggestion of Lee would have been included in an Protection and the U.S. Fish and In a decision that should make being renovated after a fire County Assistant Attorney David amended, interlocal agreement Wildlife Service. Sanibel motorists happy, the U.S. in March. Owen, county commissioners concerning the causeway. Coast Guard has decided to open decided Tuesday to participate The council presented a resolu- S anibel Mayor Nola Theiss said the causeway drawbridge for —See page 7 with Sanibel in the first phase of a tion supporting the county's plan to Tuesday she hoped Ackley and waiting boats every half-hour, conflict resolution process con- rebuild, provided lanes on bridges Wyckoff will have more success rather than quarter-hour, Monday cerning plans to rebuild portions of be restricted to 38 feet in width, at dealing with county staff than the through Friday. the Sanibel Causeway. Owen and the June 26 commission meeting. If council has had dealing with coun- "It's going to be on the hour possibly other county representa- the county decided to stay with the ty commissioners. and the one-half hour during, the tives are scheduled to discuss the existing plan for 40-foot roadways, "May.be we made a mistake week, and on the .quarter-hour on issue with Sanibel Interim City council members told the board the working with the commissioners," weekends,", said Barry Dragon, Island Gardening Manager Sam Ackley and City city would need the amended inter- said Theiss. "They're making the chief of bridge, operations for the Attorney Doug Wyckoff, Aug. 2. local agreement to ensure the roads decisions but basing them entirely U.S. ' Coast • Guard Seventh Ron Sympson's excite- on staff recommendations. Staff- ment about a pair of red- Sanibel City Council asked the would never be four-laned. District. bellied woodpeckers nest- county to participate in the process The commission opted to guar- t> See Drawbridge, page. 4 j ing in a birdhouse in his after the commissioners refused to antee two-lane roadways through. See Causeway, page 4 garden turned to sorrow this week., —Seepage 15 Periwinkle property
• Environmental News-..page s negotiations to heat up Li a letter to Ray Pavelka, presi- • Business. ._.„. -page 7 By Pete Bishop Staff writer dent of Mariner Properties •Looking Back...... pages Development Inc. and Sanibel Interim City Manager Sam Land Company Ltd., Ackley states • Opinion —page 9 Ackley has proposed that the city the city would like to buy two com- • offer $4.5 million for commercial mercially zoned tracts surrounding property at the northwest corner of Dairy Queen, the Lazy Flamingo Restaurant and a real estate office. • T¥ listings-.... the intersection of Periwinkle Way and Bailey Road. Michael Pistella •Classifieds...... page 21 |> See Property, page 3 One edge of the Periwinkle property. 2 Q Week of July 26-Aug. 1,2001 Q ISLAND REPORTER Citfy «..'*>• VJ election laws and ballot technology, along Recycling coordinator with the glowing numbei of elections held in the county, make it impossible tor the to speak July 27 county to conduct geneial municipal elec- Lee County Recycling Coordinatoi tions in Novembei. Emory Smith will be speaking at the "Young said she is willing to basically Sanibel Stewardship Committee meeting conduct the elections for free if we do it at Friday, July 27. The public is encouraged diffeient times of the year," said Theiss. to attend the meeting, which will be held "If we conduct elections at the same time, in MacKenzie Hall starting at 10 a.m chances are the ballots won't be counted Smith coordinates the state's most suc- until the second day after the election." cessful county recycling program Lee The mayors were given the option of County cuirently lecycles about 36 pei- holding elections in the months of .'"""ft- * t *'," • cent of its solid waste, or approximately February, Maich oi Apnl Although Fort 110 tons of gaibdge each day during the Myeis Mayoi Jim Humphrey suggested .-• off-wintei season A new recycling facili- municipal mnoffs be held in Maich and ty will soon allow the county to process up final elections m Apnl, Theiss said she to double that tonnage. suggested geneial elections be held in The Sanibel Stewardship Committee Maich. has been tiymg to inciease Sambel's par- If newly elected officials enteied then ticipation m the recycling program It has new jobs as late as May, Theiss said, they been estimated that islanders and island would almost immediately have to start businesses lecycle only 11 peicent of woik on the next yeai's budget. Sambel's solid waste. Additionally, candidates would have to qualify for the elections befoie Chnslmas, Mayors meet with but campaigns probably would not begin until aftei the holiday, cutting the cam- election supervisor paign season to six weeks, said Theiss. Mayor Nola Theiss attended a meeting The mayors did not make a decision between the county's five mayors and Lee but hope to begin meeting legulaily so Saturday, July 28 County Elections Supei visor Philmda municipalities can shaie ideas and gain Young, Tuesday to discuss the possibility more influence at the county and state lev- 4' of moving municipal elections to the els, according to Theiss. The mayors will Dress as y< spring. meet again at the Floada League of Cities Young announced in May that new Legislative Confeience in August. Favorite Hoi Star and Win! join fbeDUNES this summer Prize - Dinner for 2 -' Golf & Tennis Club inner Up - $20 Bar Tab as a Social Member Benefits include [Starts af 3*pm >V Happy Hour 3-9pm A • Complimentary Greens Fees, June-Oct. 1st • 50% off Tennis Cotjrt Fees, June-Nov. • 20% off Meals at Dunes Restaurant & Pro Shop • Year-round Use of Swimming Pool ! Only $325/tatmly, $3Q0/Smgk
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{/INTERIORS Simbel Promenade (Across fiom the Post Office) • 69") Tarpon Bay Road 8 30 4 30 Mem Fn «Complimentary Consult ttion (941) 472-6551 ISLAND REPORTER • Week of July 26-Aug. 1, 2001 • 3 Beach at hand Pines destroyed By Pete Bishop By Pete Bishop birds that use the grass Hats and coastal Staff writer Staff writer strand vegetation to replenish energy ate chased away. Interim City Manager Sam Ackley A paitnership between the fedeial gov- Current abuse of the paik is unroitu- reported Wednesday that a contractor ernment and Lee County may soon result nate, according to Clark, because the working foi the city inadvertantly in the acquisition of 733 key acres sur- area's physical charactenstics cieate a destioyed several Australian pine trees rounding Bunche Beach, the tiny public diversity of birds not found in many other along Periwinkle Way eailier this month. park at the end of John Morris Road. parts of the county, and acquisition of the The contractor, Aquagenix Land- County commissioners are expected to land will help preserve those charactens- iron out funding for the $6.4 million acqui- Water Technologies, had been eradicating sition soon, creating the possibility for a tics. exotics such as melaleuca and Brazilian preserved habitat for local and migrating "It's a very unique ecosystem," Claik pepper in Sanibel, but had not been birds plus public recreational facilities that said. "It's the only area in the county instructed to destioy Australian pines. might alleviate stress on causeway beach- where theie's a significant gap in barrier About a dozen of the trees were islands." destroyed near the Donax Wastewater es. Treatment Facility on July 23. Several of "Knock on wood, I think the majority The 2-rmle gap between the north end of Fort Myers Beach and the west end of the trees were adjacent to Periwinkle. of the board supports it, they seem very Ackley said the city has contacted the much in favor," said Lee County Sanibel creates dynamics in the shoreline not found elsewhere in the county, Clark contractor, demanding the dead Uees be Commissioner Bob Janes, who along with removed from the area in the next two Commissioner Ray Judah has been push- said. "San Carlos Bay is very shallow there. weeks. After removal, the city will ing for the acquisition at recent board require Aquagenix replace the trees, meetings. There are healthy seagrass beds, then sand Ackley said. "Most everybody realizes that that is a bars, mud flats and shallow areas. It's very, tremendous acquisition. We need more Michael Pistella very productive for a number of water beach front property for recreational pur- One of the boundary signs at the birds and shore birds. Probably 20 or 30 poses, and this is one of the last stretches south end of Bunche Beach. species use the area for feeding and the PROPERTY of available beach." of Bunche Beach could relieve pressure on sand bars as loafing areas." From page 1 The commission will next consider a county beaches, especially beaches along The shallow water also helps create a plan to buy the land at an Aug. 6 manage- the Sanibel Causeway, according to Janes. unique area on shore, Clark said. "The low The land consists of just over 7 acres. ment and planning meeting. According to "Maybe parking, restroom facilities, areas are flooded only by storm," he said, Pavelka said he hopes to meet with Robert Clemens, the county's acquisition and what a great area for picnic areas and "leaving salt behind and a hyper-saline Ackley sometime in the next week to discuss program manager, the county's beachwalks, passive recreation," said condition of the soil. It's a unique type of the potential offer. He said he would not Conservation 2020 program will be pur- Janes. habitat." comment on the particulars of the tentative chasing the land, with the board making Although Hinds said the issue of public Listed bird species in the area include offer until that meeting occurs, however. up a $3 million shortfall out of county access has not been decided, he would piping plover, bald eagles, herons and oys- Pavelka has stated in the past he would reserve funds. U.S. Fish and Wildlife has support limited recreational uses. ter catchers, Clark noted. like to sell the property to the city, on the agreed to repay the county reserves next "That's 2020 lands and taxpayer But the county's acquisition of the land condition Sanibel Community Church spring, after a public hearing process con- money," said Hinds. "If there's no public is just the first step in preserving all 1,030 would be able to develop 36 additional cerning plans to expand J.N. "Ding" access, support for the program would be undeveloped acres between the causeway acres that lie just to the north of Darling Refuge Complex boundaries is lost. Recreational beach use will probably Periwinkle, behind the commercial land. complete. and San Carlos Boulevard, according to be allowed, but that still has to be deter- Clark. If the current purchase goes The church has already contracted to buy "We would love to be a partner m it mined by the county and the U.S. Fish and through, the land will be part of the Estero the remaining acreage. right now," said Refuge Manager Lou Wildlife Service." Bay Buffer Preserve and the Florida Ackley's letter does not mention the Hinds. "We've got the money, but we are One of the best aspects of county acqui- church. The city's offer is contingent on a Forever Program. The Estero Bay Buffer major subdivision of the property that not allowed to purchase until the public sition will be the ability to better control Preserve has not done well in state rank- hearing process establishing land acquisi- the area, according to Roger Clark, land would separate commercial and residential tion boundaries is over." ings lately, Clark said, and the acquisition portions of the parcel, making the church's stewardship manager for the county parks could help boost those rankings, attract That should happen early next year, and recreation department. development possible. Hinds said. After that, Fish and Wildlife state funds and make more purchases pos- Pavelka said the church is ready to apply "The park at the end of the road — I sible. and the county will work on an agreement even hesitate to call it a park — right now for conditional use and development per- concerning removal of exotics and man- there are no facilities and sometimes as "It's part of the whole picture. To have mits, but those applications will not be sub- agement of the property. many as 70 cars and 200 people there," the wHbTe' SystenV'we need to buy the mitted until the land is subdivided. Pavelka "The county will own a certain amount Clark said. "Just about anything goes, whole area. It's going to take a concentrat- said he hopes the planning commission will of the land, and Fish and Wildlife Service including some activities destructive to the ed and coordinated effort by the state, the consider the subdivision in September. The will own a certain amount, but most likely area." federal government and the county." deal would also be contingent on city coun- we'll have cooperative agreements con- Clark said automobiles on the beach Florida Forever project meetings will cil approval and on the city obtaining grant cerning management of the land as a unit, have led to tire scarring on grass beds, and be occurring this November and money for the acquisition. rather than two separate parcels," Hinds the large and sometimes rowdy crowds December, Clark said. Public comment at Ackley's letter states that a $4.9 million said. "That would be good for the public have led to a lot of trash problems. those meetings will help improve the appraisal of the property was conducted and good for wildlife." Because beach users often fail to control county's ability to get money from the during the height of the real estate market The public will benefit from the their dogs at the Bunche Beach, migrating state and expand the preserve. Foi infor- and took into account easements the city arrangement because limited development mation, call 461-7453. has no interest in buying. White Caps unit owner says city out for revenge By Pete Bishop settle but I was looking at a huge fine for Staff writer breaking a law I never knew I was in vio- lation of." City Attorney Doug Wyckoff's office Wyckoff has publicly stated property Homeowners covered in sbbrMojn amnesty has collected nearly $15,000 to date from owners who have violated short-term By Pete Bishop the shprt-terra otdinaftOif. * former Properties in Paradise Inc. clients rental laws can receive discounted fines if " Attorney" Tim Mwfe who represents who violated the city's short-term rental they come forward, but Kreter said the city Staff writer t i - .Sambel Otfef couj&.not be reached for law, and one of those who paid claims City is also offering discounts for turning in Lee Circuit Court Judge William eomBient lussday or Wednesday Attorney Doug Wyckoff is picking on the others. Melvet ruled Monday that same home- ""Although the city has only collected property owners because the rental "Wyckoff said the only way the price owners who may have violated Sanibel's fines from former Properties in Paradise agency's owner, Revonda Cross, is cur- could be reduced [further], was if I turn in j,hort~term rental laws are covered in an clients so fat, Carta said he feared the rently suing the city. two more violators," said Kreter. "It's amnesty agreement between the city and city would pursue violations by owners "It's selective prosecution," said written on the back of a document we several local rental agencies. Owners who are clients of the rental agencies he Stephen Kreter. " Wyckoff has it out for signed. He's asking people to turn other covered are those who tented through the represents. Revonda and for Revonda's clients." people in." agencies that signed the deal earEer this "Wyckoff had. expressed an. intent to Kreter and his wife Laura live in On the back of the settlement agree- summer, review documents of each of my clients Walton, Conn, but own a unit in White ment, handwriting states "4,000 in 8 equal Steven Carta represents the rental in the judgement and charge owners with Caps, a nine-unit condominium complex parts or 3,500 in 7 equal parts if 2 violators agencies in the amnesty agreement, and violations," said Carta. 'The motion to on West Gulf Drive. White Caps was once filed a motion asking the court to enforce enforce enjoins the city from doing that," a beachside motel and lies in the resort Wyckoff would the deal for property owners after City Although Mclver has not yet signed an housing district, but a development permit not comment on Attorney Doug Wyckoff began collecting order making the decision official, Catta issued when the motel was converted in Kreter's particular fines fiom former clients of Properties in said h& has prepared the document and 1983 places a 30-day minimum rental claims, or on the Paradise Inc. forwarded it to wyckoff: for comment, If restriction on the property. handwriting on the Properties in Paradise is currently Carta does not receive! feedback fi-om the Kreter said he bought his White Caps back of the agree- suing iSanibel, claiming the pity's Jan. 12 city attorney toy Kriday, he saidj Jie will unit less than two years ago, with the ment. "I've never seizures of records from the firm's > send the order lo Jefclyer for a signature. understanding the property could be rent- met Mr. Kreter and Periwinkle Way office was conducted "I was pleased witU the result" _ of ed for less than four consecutive weeks. he's never met me," illegally. Properties in Paradise closed its Monday's hearing^ Carta said. "Thougb.it's said Wyckoff. "I do Sanibel office in April and many of the unclear to me what the city intends to do." Although he says a real estate agent misin- company's former clients are now han- formed him about the property and he was find it peculiar that Wyckoff said Wednesday he has not dled by Sanibel One Inc. Sanibel One decided whether the city will appeal unaware he had been violating the city's Wyckoff people who violate signed the amnesty agreement and ordinance, Krerei agreed to a $4,000 fine the law can be indig- Monday's ruling. He also said he does not Wyckoff recently announced the rental believe the decision covers former after the city threatened him with a fine of nant about a fabulous deal. He got a siz- agency has turned over a hard drive once $68,000. able discount. If he's unhappy with that, Properties in Paradise clients who now belonging to Properties in Paradise, rent their properties through Sanibel One. "1 had to settle because of the bill they IN! be «lad to vitiate the agreement and revealing propeity owners who violated 'ii,Ci>t( .Ipil t\\ Will i' i 'i '. 1 ifiii niuteed in a tliltcicut direction." 4 • Week of July 26-Aug. 1, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER
ROVING REPORTER CITY MANAGER From page 1 By Michael PisteMa Ponce Inlet, Fla., according to Sarabel Workman said she did not want to dis- Mayor Nola Theiss. cuss the issue until the meeting, and she "He's had a job offer nearer home for a had not yet met with Copp during a round while," said Theiss, pointing out that of second interviews held this week. "But FACE LIFT Murphy's recently built home and 11- the first time around I was very impressed," she said. The Hess Mart at year-old daughter may have factored in his the corner of decision. "He had been wavering, and they Copp has been in Sanibel since Sunday Tarpon Bay and probably offered him the moon, and he night, meeting with council members on an Palm Ridge roads is took it." individual basis. He has also met with still undergoing a Murphy is the second of three finalists Interim City Manager Sam Ackley and was major renovation as to withdiaw from consideration. Bonnie scheduled to attend a city staff meeting. are many other Kraft, city manager of Gresham, Ore., While Theiss said she has also been Hess Marts in the decided she was no longer interested in the impressed with Copp, she said the council area. position about two weeks ago. The council will not hire him out of desperation. selected the three finalists during a special "It's definitely not a case of choosing meeting July 11. Each council member him because there's no one else," Theiss wrote the names of three candidates on a said. "We've questioned him at length, Ml slip of paper and the applicants whose we're really thoroughly interviewing this B names appeared most often were selected. one. I think our feeling about it was, he's / feist , Only Copp's name appeared on all five still a finalist, and we'll go through the llit ^ -iJy, council members' lists. process of interviewing him ... If we're Copp has been city manager of happy with him, we'll hire him. If not, r b. •*» iS&S^B Glenwood Springs since 1984. Glenwood we're not in a rush, and we still have time Springs is a mountain resort town located to look at the existing list or reopen [the halfway between Aspen and Vail and has a search process]." population of about 8,000 in addition to Aftei mteiviewing Copp foi the sec- nearby skiing, the woild's laigest outdoor ond time, Councilmembei Steve Blown ndtuial hot springs pool makes Glenwood said the council may have the light can- Springs a tourist town. The city contains didate aheady. more trum 1,500 hotel and motel i ooms "Two finalists withdicw, and he's oui "He's a real solid peison," said Theiss thud finalist," said Blown "He's a good "He's woiked in that city loi 17 yeais— man with good credentials I spent you can'l woik that long in one city and [Tuesday] with him, and he's inleiested in not have stiong people skills He's done coming. He's faced some of the things we some veiy cieative and mteiestmg things face heie . . . I would assume we'll [olfei in that town, some that would work heie, him the job]." some that wouldn't." The city's offer will include a $105,000 With just one finalist left, the council salary, $1,000 per month in housing could offer Copp the job Friday, it could expenses and a $300 per month vehicle reconsider applicants it pared fiom the pool allowance. The new city manager will also High Low Rain at the July 11 meeting, or it could reopen receive general employee benefits. After Weather July 24 81 74 2.12 the piocess and start the search over. six months, the council will evaluate the High Low Rain July 25 89 74 0.00 "That remains to be seen," said new city manager and decide if that pack- July 19 92 79 0.00 Councilmember Judy Workman, Tuesday. age needs adjusting. July 20 92 78 0.00 Note: Rainfall levels are recorded "That's what we'ie deciding at the meet- Friday's special council meeting will ing Friday." be held at 1:30 p.m. at MacKenzie Hall. July 21 89 78 0.04 from the morning of the day given to the following morning. July 22 90 76 1.10 July 23 82 75 3.03 Source: Island Water Association CAUSEWAY From page 1 to-staff takes some of the politics out of it." also discussed buying the bridge, and I'm CORRECTIONS Theiss said a point of contention dur- really going to push for that. Five council ing the Aug. 2 meeting will be the inter- members agreed to it, as long as we can local agreement. find a deal we can live with. We aren't The Island Reporter wants to correct mistakes as "It's still the same two issues," she said. going to be happy unless we own it — it's soon as possible after publication. Should you spot "The two lanes and the interlocal agree- our lifeline, and we need to control it." a factual error, please call: ment. An interlocal agreement is a legal Stating the conflict resolution process contract between two parties and can only serves as a prelude to litigation between The Editor - 472-1587 be altered with an understanding of both governmental bodies, Owen recommended parties. An ordinance is more legally bind- the commissioners authorize participation ing, but only for one party. An interlocal in the process, but on a step-by-step basis. agreement is binding for both." Conflict resolution is outlined in Ackley said Wednesday the disagree- Florida Statute 164. If no agreement is Sanibel-Captiva ment is a matter of "semantics" rather than different visions for the causeway. reached at the Aug. 2 administrative meet- Tides "Our sense is the county commission- ing, the county commission and the city July 27-August 2 ers want to support the city of Sanibel's council could conduct a joint public meet- position — no four-lanes and a low-rise ing concerning the dispute. If that step [causeway]. Their staff believes in the also fails to result in agreement, the city Fri Sat Sun Mon Wed Thu ordinance because it gives the commission could then ask for mediation. If the coun- Punta Rassa more flexibility in the future. We don't ty refuses to participate, and Sanibel sues Hi 7:08a 7:50a 8-37a 9:30a 10:23a 2.33a 2:59a want much flexibility." and wins, the county will have to pay the Councilmember Steve Brown said the city's legal expenses. '*HI' ' 8:16p" 10-30p **— * — 11:12a*~11:55a city's position during the conflict resolu- "Today I'm asking you to proceed tion process should also include the possi- with the first part," said Owen. ''We'll bilities of maintenance and rehabilitation meet on Aug. 2 with Sanibel and take it in Sanibel Lighthouse of the bridges, rather than rebuilding, and phases as laid out in the statute, and I'll Hi » 6:19a 7-01 a 7:48a 8:41a 9:34a 1.44a 2:10a a possible purchase of the causeway. speak to you after each [phase]. If we "Maintain and refurbish — that's cer- reach a stage where the process is not J *U04a ^J" • "" tainly my position," Brown said. "We've working, I'll let you know." Hi 7:27p 9?41p — 10-23a 11:06a * Ho 1«?p 5-A8p Blind Pass DRAWBRIDGE From page 1 Hi 6:49a 7:31a 8:18a 9:11a 10:04a 2 14a 2'40a The drawbridge will follow that sched- causeway a break." Hi 7:57p 1011p — — — 10:53a 11:36a ule from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, Dragon Although the longer intervals may help 3rffp % 4:42p , '0:01 p - 7:03p said. All bridge openings will occur only keep automobile traffic moving, Dragon when boats are waiting to pass through. said safety issues forced the Coast Guard The bridge currently opens every 15 to keep the 15-minute intervals intact on Redfish Pass minutes, if boats are waiting. This past Saturdays and Sundays. HI 7:14a 7-56a 8'43a 9:36a 10:29a 2.39a 3'05a spring, the Coast Guard and Lee County "It's a dangerous waterway on each side 12:2ga 1:ft3a 1338a — 4-:SSa S'ISa gathered statistics during a 90-day test of the bridge. There's just too many boats Hi period in which the bridge opened every on the weekends — they stack up, and they 8:22p 10:36p — — 11:18a 1201p 30 minutes. Since that time, motorists Us try to race through. It's especially dangei- 1;87p 3*25p 6;35p 7*16p 7:50p have lobbied for the longer intervals, ous for the slowei boats," he said. while boat enthusiasts asked the Coast Dragon said he is not suie when the Guard to retain the current schedule. decision will be official or when the "We're going to compromise," said schedule wil^ change. Diagon. ''We hied to make eveiybouj ''We ,u t h.ivr So luiWi li ii u> tlr Iff-, uft 'i- uol v> >\ t oi< hi ISLAND REPORTER • Week of July 26-Aug. 1, 2001 • 5 r" Enviionm i A hatch I ing's return to the sea Turtles knew it was coming Five were found left "I always predict when behind and struggling to the storms are coming by ON CAPTIVA break free of their depths. the nests, and this year "The nests that are left started out slow. About two • v By Dawn deBoer are on high ground, so they weeks ago, they quit lay- With a little help Staff writer still will hatch. We'll still ing, and that tells me that go on turtle runs, but it will the turtles are saying that from friends, it's On the beach since 5:30 be for lesser numbers. This we're going to have some a.m. Monday, Sam Landry pretty much wipes it out," major storms on us." a •reiturn to the seo '•it finally left the sand and Landry said of this year's If any more turtles do surf and 44 lost nests sea turtle nesting season. • come ashore to lay a nest, By Dawn deBoer "Mr I behind after 12 hours sur- "This is a storm that's Landry said those nests will veillance. •Staff writer 1 "• way too early. We don't nor- be few and far between. "It's bad. The beach is mally have water like this "1 think the laying part Gulf waters running over to the Silver totally inundated with Key area are washed turtle eggs and coming over the top of nests is over with. There might water with two- to six-foot at this time of year, but it's be one or two that come in hatchlings into the bayou, leaving dis- escarpments in erosion oriented babies swimming to houses been a strange year all the late, but it's pretty much from tide action. Eggs are way around," he said. done." with shining lights. everywhere on the beach." "This one was out in the street," said Of 91 nests buried on Linda Gornick of her bucket of multi- Captiva's shoreline so far tinted hatchlings saved from Monday's Dawn deBocr Island TUrtle-Watch 2001 this year, by storm's end, July 23 flooding of sea turtle nests on-island. One of six hatchlings dug out only 32 nests remained. The six babies appear of different colors of a hatched nest before dawn Fifteen had hatched before Nests Hatches or varying shades of black because of Monday caught by a sea oat root. the weekend's high tide Crawls the diets of the mothers, Gornick said. back to shore. Two are continually roared in. Turtle eggs lit- By 8:30 p.m., the high tide mark lies thrown back, immediately turning them- tered the beach after two more than 300 feet from the evening's selves around for a return trek back to days of hard-hitting surf surf down at Gulf Shore Pines. the gulf. It's amazing, their sense of washed out nest cavities "This is low tide. This is what our direction. that once protected more beach was before the storm," said "Once they get out onto that first than 100 eggs per nest Gornick. A stake marking a submerged wave, they're fine," Gornick said. But, three feet under. Beach nest this morning stands upright and until then, it's a wait-and-see look at walkers and volunteers set exposed now on an empty beach. Mother Nature. about burying the massive "We couldn't even get to that one this "Most people can't take what we do drownings. morning," Gornick said. But enough for a whole day," she said of the task of By afternoon, Landry said. She's back on the beach to release monitoring close to 100 sea turtle nests was called to Sanibel's these hatchlings to the gulf. on Sanibel's West End, and particularly West End to investigate "Ok, guys, it's time to go." on a stormy day like Monday, which left eight nests damaged or A bucket lined with moist sand is tilt- the end of Bowman's Beach down to threatened by rising waters ed to one side near a quieter incoming Blind Pass washed out by wind and tide or hungry sand crabs. surf, and it's a mad crawl to the gulf by sm pulling in and out to slice escarpments "Some nests had just SCCF Beverly Ball these lucky six. One night three weeks four feet down into the sand. hatched, and we dug just to ago, Gornick came to this spot at the Tonight, a softer wave surfs to shore. keep the babies from Walkers Every walk might be a special walk — or maybe early fall of night with 105 hatchlings thoughts come now and again with season. Send them "He's got it! He's got it now! 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siiieii Businesses, environmentalists, co-create new brochures Earthgraphic's Sam Landry of Captiva, "The best way to get close to some both SCCF Turtle Walk permitees, of our inhabitants is to keep a financed the brochure. little distance." When SCCF put the word out in April —An eco-tip in not just watching, for its need of sponsors for this year's brochure, Linda Gornick put her check on but watching out for wildlife the table, only to find landscaper Sam in Lee County Landry ready to do the same. "I told him, no, I'm going to do it!" Lee Island Coast VCB, laughs Gornick, who agreed to Landry's show of wisdom in splitting its birthing Eclcerds publishes rights. "If you love what you do, it's all worth- handy eco guide while," she said. This day Gomick had Michael Pistella come across five hatchlings during her 5 By Dawn deBoer Staff writer Jarrod Sights and Gina Finnell of a.m. Jeep run of Sanibel's West End from Louisville. Ky. check out the Eco- Tarpon Bay to Blind Pass. A partnership of private and public sec- Guide to Lee County in the SCCF volunteer Chandra Liebetrau of 'Tween Waters' lobby. tors has come out with a first for Florida Sandpiper Inn heads up the brochure's long-term and far-reaching effects," says distribution effort. — an educational brochure for environ- mental preservation and wildlife protec- Florida Department of Environmental SCCF distributes "Everyone's real receptive about Protection's public outreach coordinator, putting them out," said Liebetrau, who's tion geared to visitors coming to the Lee Island Coast. Carla Kappfneyer-Sherwin, who believes 10,000 loggerhead stopping in on 20 businesses a day to ask the guide will deter unintentional yet neg- for permission to stack a bundle on store In a joint venture between the Eckerd Corporation and Lee Island Coast Visitor ative behaviors when it comes to wildlife turtle brochures counters or in resort and hotel lobbies. and natural resources. Distribution by "It's more fun facts about turtles to give & Convention Bureau, the "Eco Guide to Lee County" is free for the talcing by area hotels and other businesses that serve By Dawn deBoer people turtle knowledge important to tourists can greatly advance and further Staff writer know during nesting season, which runs hoteliers to provide for their guests. VCB Executive Director D.T. Minich resource protection and appreciation, she through September." said. Outside of its design and educational Liebetrau is reaching out first to larger marks it a vital educator and enhancement input, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation to any visit, lo anyone, in giving informa- Eckerd's, while advocating conserva- businesses with a large turnover for a tion, also advocates responsible corporate Foundation's first four-color, 6-panel sea greater audience reach upfront. By the end tion readily to newcomers to the area. turtle brochure is the product of island The brochure is designed as an in-room citizenry. of her first week toting the brochures, "Everyone has a responsibility to pro- businesses coming together to pay its way Liebetrau's taken in most of the East End advocate of the area's fragile ecosystems, and distribute this year's 10,000 foldouts natural resources and diverse wildlife. It tect the environment and educate visitors with the West End and Middle Gull' Drive in a positive experience," said Eckerd's hot off the press as of last week. still on her turtle trek crusade. puts eco-smarts in the hands of the 2 mil- In the first distribution run" around the lion annual visitors slaying, even overnight Bob Dyer, who marketed the eco-guide C. Turtles on Periwinkle, which caters partnership with Lee County. islands, more than 50 of the island's larger to the turtle theme, went wild for the hand- in the area. The 16-page, earth-toned resorts, condominium complexes, even brochure explains South Florida's links to Island accommodations and all out. Other island businesses from local tourism-related businesses are welcome to marinas and restaurants, are making space grocers Jerry's and Baileys to The Bean its natural environments, how its ecosys- to display SCCF's eco-guide of Lee Ksiand tems work, and what makes it imperative the eco-guide at no cost and can order coffeehouse and the Lighthouse Cafe, a them through the VCB. Coast's beloved seasonal visitor of a four- favorite late breakfast stopover for early for all to care for (lie welfare of the coast. flipper kind, back on the beaches this nest- Unique to coastal terrain are wildlife Dian Eddy at 'Tween Waters Inn got ing season. t> See Turtle Guide protective policies such as the lights out the guide in at the inn after hearing of it at Realtor Linda Gornick of Sanibel and page 8 policy during sea turtle nesting season, the Tourist Development Council's shelling laws, rules and guidelines for Annual Tourism Breakfast. responsible interaction with the wild and "They're going like hotcakes. Our its inhabitants. Inclusive with facts and guests love them," she said of the public insights on Florida's most-loved creatures response and her second order of the island from dolphins to manatees and logger- guide. Eddy's first order of 1,000 is down heads, the guide unfolds touring ideas and 600 in less than a month. area maps. "People come to Sanibel and Captiva because of the environment. The main rea- SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA, FLORIDA Plugging ways of taking in the coast responsibly from "nurture nature" to "not son is our beaches, but another reason is the environment and wildlife, so this new www.islandreporter.com just watching, but watching out for wildlife," the pocket-sized guide totes tips guide just melts right in," said Eddy. "It's The Island Reporter is Sanibel's newspaper of record, on how best to enjoy Lee Island Coast's geared to our target market, which is cer- published each Thursday with over 4,500 paid subscribers, abundant resources out-of-doors with an tainly eco-minded tourism. Eckerds was and is the primary source of news for islanders. emphasis on "leaving the same wonders very smart to get involved." we enjoy today preserved" for those to In the same regard, every hotel on the walk in ©ur footsteps. islands here can take some credit in this "The brochure has the potential of innovative approach to eco-tourism, being one of the most significant environ- because it is the bed-tax dollars that feed mental education programs in the area, , * one which is capable of generating an O See Eco-Guide enormous positive impact and initiating page 8 Jack Tonya Scott Shirlene Jim Glarrow Squibb Marteil Grasgreen Rice Publisher Group Editor Classified Production Publlshe/ Subscriptions Manager- You can purchase any of tt you see in our newspapers! Order yours today... Michael Pete Dawn Anne Anna Pistella Bishop deBoer Bel lew Liakas Photography Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer
Postal Information Periodical-rate postage paid at Sanibel Post Office, FL - Postmaster: Send address changes to the Island Reporter P.O. Box. 809 Sanibel. PL 33957 g Rich ' • Sue Martin King Member: Burns Acct Exec, Reafsstate Florida Press Association A.cct. Exec. sales manager and Sfmibel-Capliva Chamber of Commerce THE Affiliate member: Deadlines: Board of Realtors Display, noon Tuesday; Printed on" recycled paper S'4p!ctiril.| 2340 Periwinkle Way : Classified, 4 p.m. Monday, v.'ifii low rub sny ink P.O. Box 809 Holidays, schedule changes ©2001 BREEZE CORP. Sitnibel, FL'33957 Phone: (941)-'172-1587 '•'Florida. Press - ' Fax: (9! I)472-8398 M;ni •delivery/1 .'•year: Assoeiaton Lee County, 523;- . . E-mail: ,.' U.S. or spilt, $31; Award-winning SanCap!^[email protected] (Florida taxes included) newspaper ISLAND REPORTER • Week of July 26-Aug. 1, 2001 • 7 linen & lechnolo Renewal in the works ins underway for new season By Dawn deBoer problem of this happening again in the Staff writer future," Godfrey said. The city of Sanibel required installation of a fire wall between Fireservice Inc., a general contractor Pippin's and the unit directly next door. specializing in fire and water restoration, "When the building was originally built raised a new roof at Pippins four months 25 years ago, firewalls were not required," after an early morning fire closed the Godfrey said. "Now it is code." restaurant's doors at Tuhitian Gardens on The March 9 electrical fire started in, Periwinkle Way. and gutted, the 50-foot by 70-foot kitchen "We're on a tight senedule to finish by by spreading to the attic and collapsing i-1 *' i. season," confirmed Joe Connor, site man- :..-. ;'oof over the kitchen before the fiie ager, after meeting last Wednesday with was extinguished by Sanibel Fire and Richard Peck, trustee of Marti, "s Trust, Rescue. which owns the shopping cento. Peck, "Everything went," said Connor, who flew in from Georgia for a walk-through walked into debris two-feet deep under a of the building with restaurant owner gaping hole over the restaurant's back Denny Phillips. kitchen. "Employees come back to check "It's been frustrating," Phillips said of on the progress. They're very concerned. the fire and recent rumor of the restaurant It's like a family." I being sold rather than being reopened. "I Connor said the air conditioning system know how that got out, but there's always was running when the fire ignited. 1 '" " 4
rumors." "Unfortunately for them, because when • '•• * **' * •*.""•. '. • »^:^H Phillips said Pippins on Sanibel, which fire ignites, it gives off toxic gas and Dawn deliver first opened in July 1993, will reopen "just smoke, so smoke penetrated the whole Fireservice Inc. out of Fort Myers rebuilds Pippins' kitchen from floor as before with moderate changes" by mid- building. The stench of smoke won't be to roof, a firewall inclusive. November. gone until we're done." Project manager Michael Godfrey said Without a firewall to contain the fire Pettersen, who carried no insurance on her destroyed its kitchen. the work crew set trusses and dried the within the restaurant, firefighters punched business, said water was everywhere. "We've been doing this for 30 years," roof Friday before the weekend rains hit. a hole in the ceiling of the next-door unit Two fire trucks were on scene after ti:. Phillips said of Of his four restaurants now On the job since March 10, the day after to prevent its burning further along the restaurant's automated burglar alarm alert- in place in Southwest Florida, "but this is the fire, Fireservices was hired to renovate roof of the building and into the shopping ed the Sanibel Police Department. our first fire." and replace all electrical, plumbing, walls, center. Firefighters fought the blaze from 3:30 The original Pipnins opened in Naples insulation, flooring and tile. All new The fire ruined the sale of Island a.m. to 6 a.m. in 1974 with companion restaurants South kitchen equipment will be put in. Treasures, the neighboring gift shop, "Fire's not normal, but it does happen," Beach Grill in Vero Beach, Charley "The place is being totally rewired and which was scheduled to be sold within Phillips said of kitchen fires, which dam- Browns in Fort Myers Beach and the lat- brought up to code, so there should be no days of the fire. Shop owner Diana aged the restaurant's dining room and est, South Bay Bistro, in Promenade Plaza. weather myths and folk
My grandmother always claimed SIK. ing electrostatic charges accumulated dur- skins that are thick are the result of a cii y could tell when it was going to rain ing fair weather and low humidity. summer, therefore it is not a good preda- 'because her arthritis was "acting up." Oi • Lightning and thunder: Lightning tor of a harsh winter. Plants are very slow course, she also said an itchy nose meant never, strikes twice in the same place? to respond to weather and are of no use in you were going to kiss a fool and that an Although this belief continues to live on making long-term predictions. itchy palm meant, you were coming into waiery head." Evening crowing means today, it is simply an untruth. To the con- • Rainbow lore: "Rainbow in the morn- money. the rooster is irritable. This belligerent trary, the Empire State Building in New ing, travelers take warning; rainbow at Well, it turns out she may have been behavior is caused by a pressure change York City has been struck numerous times. night, traveler's delight." Rainbows are. partially right about the arthritis and rain. due to a falling barometer. The rooster's "You can tell how far away a lightning bolt always on the opposite side of us from the It seems that all animals, from insects to body is giving up dissolved gasses as he is by counting the seconds until it thun- sun. In the morning rainbows are in the grandmas, react to a falling barometer —- a adjusts to f-J ling pressure or he would tend ders." Apparently true. When a lightning west; in the evening they are in the east. meteorological sign that rain may be on its to explode. bolt flashes through the sky we see it Weather systems move from west to east; way. I. learned this exploring an excellent • "Good weather may be expected when instantly. Thunder is the sound that light- therefore, a morning rainbow indicates site called "The truths about weather a caf wash;.:-;-: itself, but when it licks its ning creates and the sound takes a few sec- that the rain is moving toward us. An myths and folklore" at
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rent millage rate this year and for the next few years i alher Starling Way. As 1 mentioned to you, on Monday I spoke Youth did a great job than using the roll-back rate. This recommendation was with James Evans, and he assured me that everything was based on our estimate of the 2.5 peicent growth in proper- proceeding on schedule with regard to the restitution of the ty values. In retrospect, I think that we should have worded "Irreversible Violation" on the property, and that he was To the editor: the recommendation that the city "should allow tax rev- working productively with our biologist, Mr. Parke Lewiis This is to thank those who helped make possible a beach enues lo increase annually by 2.5 percent for the next few of W. Dexter Bender & Associates, Inc., in bringing this to planting project recently carried out at Gulhside City Park years." a successful and timely conclusion. beach under the joint sponsorship of the city's Vegetation We should have expressed the recommendation in terms As you may have noticed, the Island Reporter has print- Committee and the city's Department of Natural of the actual number and not the mechanism. 1 am quite ed my statement. The News-Press intends to do likewise Resources. sure that none of the Budget Committee members would next week. I have spoken to reporters and editors at both Some 23 youngsteis from the Sambel School's Summer endorse an 1K percent increase in taxes. But between a zcio papers in the unlikely event that the city views with dishi- Camp planted more than 400 young sea oais and a number percent increase and an 18 percent increase, there is quite a vor my statement and takes additional steps. of marsh elders in a program designed to teach the role of bit oi leeway. [ also intend lo send my statement and a copy of this let- native plants in controlling erosion and in providing The Budget Committee tried to be fiscally conservative. ter to Lee County Chief Healing Examiner Diane Parkei, wildlife habitat. These particular native plants thrive in the We looked ior possible alternate sources ot income to because it is abundantly clear to me and to scveial suiuces sandy soil and have hearty root systems which effectively finance city services as much as possible, particularly with that she was led to the conclusion that our actions on hold against storm-driven waters. regards to expanding user Sees, returning more of the Starling Way were done with malicious intent, in that Ihe The main organizers were the Vegetation Committee's Tourism Development Funds generated by the hotel bed fines were reported to have been of historically lecord Ava Hinojosa-Feldman and Dick Young. They agreed the tax to Sanibel and pursuing grant monies. amounts. Clearly, she should know that whomever led her program was a "huge success." What woud the 2.5 percent increase in taxes that we rec- to this conclusion should not be trusted in the future. My The Vegetation Committee is grateful to Rob Loflin, the ommended be used for? A significant proportion was asso- personal error was in not testifying at the hearing in my city's director of natural resources, for his part in the pro- ciated with city staffing. The requests for personnel increas- wife's absence. For that, I have no one to blame but myself. gram and for providing plants, cold drinks and trolley trans- es that we recommended approving were either (1) direct- Richard Cook portation to and from the beach; to the Sanibel Summer ly linked to increased services for which the city is already Sanibel Camp director Dave DeFonzo and camp counselor Jessica committed to and where the department heads convinced Reilly who served as a "swim break" lifeguard; to Kathy us that the current level of staffing was insufficient, or (2) Boone and interns from the Native Plant Nursery of the where need was documented by several departments and We are not all rich Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation who served as additional personnel could actually reduce the need for out- To the editor: planting instructors; and to Captiva Cruises for discounting side hire and save on costs or (3) might generate more rev- When I hear about increasing local taxes in order to the rental on the trolley. enue or (4) increases in pay where positions were not filled "indulge" ourselves in facilities and services that are not Most of all, the Vegetation Committee thanks the young- at the pay level currently offered by the city. absolutely essential, I do get furious. It is, in fact, inconsid- sters for their efforts on the beach under the hot summer The Budget Committee did not recommend granting all erate of council to take measures which would be costly not sun. They did a great job and we know they learned a lot of the requests for increases in personnel that were pro- not really required. We are not all rich. about the role of native vegetation on the beachfront. posed by the City Department heads. Some of these There is an arrogant belief among many people that Bob Steele, requests — and some new ones that were not presented to since we are "affluent" and we "live on Sanibel" we can Sanibel Vegetation Committee chairman the Budget Committee — have now found their way into afford to express this statue by "overpaying staff... increas- the preliminary budget, and I believe that the mayor is right ing our overhead ... and providing services and facilities " in questioning them. The mayor is to be applauded for her beyond the average range for cities of our size. But we need Looking at budget issues attempt to limit city spending and for her appeal to us as cit- to consider that some of our citizens are not all that affluent To the editor: izens and taxpayers to tell the City Council what we want. and increasing taxes beyond a'reasonable level puts them As a citizen of Sanibel, I would like to commend Mayor I hope that this letter will make some of the background under needless financial pressure. And even those among Theiss for her commentary. I think that she is fundamental- issues and the recommendations of the Budget Committee us who are wealthy do not necessarily want to waste their ly correct in her observations of what island citizenry most- clearer to all concerned. funds on "services" and "facilities" which are not vital to ly want: a level of services similar to what we now have, a Caroline Hoisington the community. priority to maintain the sanctuary quality of the island Sanibel Turning to our enumeration for our city staff... it seems rather than to further develop its many attractions, and no to me that we ought to be competitive in this respect when big increases in taxes. compared to Florida cities of comparable size. But to be As a member of this year's Five-Year Budget Consider the character extravagant because we are "Sanibel," populated by "fat Committee, I feel obligated to clarify Sanibel's "roll-back cats" is an untenable fantasy. rate" tax system, which the city has followed for some of the community To the extent that the city council wants to provide facil- years. The roll-back rate is a way to keep our taxes — and To the editor: ities like additional sports and other recreational infrastruc- the income to the city from those taxes—roughly constant. I want to associate myself strongly with the views ture, let the users pay. I, for example, use the city pool and One of its effects is to avoid our taxes increasing in pro- expressed by Mayor Theiss about being very careful and weight room. I've had the use free of charge. But few peo- portion to the total value of Sanibel real estate, which some- reluctant to add new facilities or services, and the associat- ple on the island use these facilities. I certainly would be times rises in great leaps, as it did this year. The roll-back ed cost, to those provided by the city now. Further, it is not willing to pay a fee for the use of this complex. And this rate keeps the city's revenue constant, so it does not make just the cost but the character of the community which we principle should be applicable to all recreational uses, i.e., allowance for inflation and concomitant increases in must consider. I especially oppose the building of a skate- the fishing pier, beaches, bicycle paths, etc. We should be salaries and cost of services. If the roll-back rate is applied board facility. able to raise substantial funds using such techniques. indefinitely, this will force the city to cut back some of the John T. Bailey I must say I'm totally sympathetic to the philosophy as services it already offers. Sanibel expressed by Nola Theiss on these matters. In order to determine probable future budgetary needs, Running a city is Like running a business. If you lose the Budget Committee made a number of projections about control of costs you get yourself into trouble. In the case of future economic conditions, one of which was to estimate Where was the malicious a city, taxes are consequently driven up and some of us in the annual increase in value of Sanibel real estate. We made such a situation may be driven off the island as a result. And a very conservative estimate: 2.5 percent, partly based on intent? that would indeed be a sorry state of affairs. the indications from early 2001 that real estate values might To the editor Bill Schlackman be stagnating with the economy as a whole, and partly for (The following letter was addressed to Code Sanibel the reason that we did not wish to base our projections on Enforcement Officer Ray Hendzel and provided to the an overestimate of likely city income. The fact that the Island Reporter for publication.) assessors have now established this year's increase at 18 Thank you for your time last Tuesday, July 10, and for percent makes a very important difference. talcing the time to read and review in advance my statement D> See Letters, Our recommendation was the city should keep the cur- to the press regarding our difficulties surrounding 6141 page 16 10 • Week of July 26-Aug.''i,'2ooV •'ISLAND REPORTER Remembering 'Kay' Graham Committees continue Katherine Meyer one another's necks. Graham died last week That evening, I am sure from head injuries sus- that Mrs. Graham had tained in a fall. Most of been driven to the recep- her obituaries cited her •4* tion by her driver. to spin vision web wealth and power as pub- Virtually everyone there lisher of the Washington was from the Virginia and In contribution from the Sanibel Shared Stein. Last meeting: PTC's mission is to Post newspaper in our Maryland suburbs where Vision Public Information Committee for assist all Shared Vision Committees in nation's capital. At its the roads and sidewalks publication in the Island Reporter: bringing news and information about their peak of influence, the Post had been plowed. Being a The continuing activities of the Sanibel activities to the people of Sanibel. A Shared published the Pentagon New Yorker, I don't mind Shared Vision committees, listed below, are Vision Web site has been launched at Papers, which questioned walking in the snow, so I
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At , " '" [ , ;r Special guest Captival Memorial Library: 2 p.m., appearance at Learning Express, "Paper Mache Animals." Info Lee noon to 2 p.m., at 6900-7 Daniels County Library System, 479-4636 Parkway in Fort Myers. Annie plays Mil at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre * Stereiines Discovery Walk 9 through Aug. 25. When you start on your journey to Ithaca, Then pray that your journey is long, Full of adventure, full of knowledge Do not fear the Lestiygonians and the Cyclopes and the angiy Poseiden. You will never meet these on your path if you do not carry them Within your soul, if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine emotion'touches Your body and spirit. Pray that the road is long and the summer morn- ings are many, That you will enter ports seen for the first time With such pleasure, with such joy. Always keep Ithaca fixed in your mind. To arrive there is your ultimate goal, Chip and Mike caught in a heavy storm Approaching the Statue Bui do not hurry the voyage at all. in a tricky part of the ICW. For it is better to let it last for long years And even to anchor at the isle when you are old, rich with all that you have gained along the way, and shut down the locks. weathered stilts near Miami, I Not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches. "We ran day and night," recalls Boerema. sions, along citrus groves and t Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage. "Running at night gave us another 6 or 7 hours of lands near St Augustine. Without her you would have never taken the road. traveling time." For Boerema, it is the slo —C.P. Cavafy Complete Poems Both Hoffman and Boerma said that most nav- riverbanks and shorelines tha igational guides for the ICW do not recommend landscape fine-tuned to every driving after dark, as buoys and markers are hard wave and weather. to see without a spotlight, and the intense con- "I've done a lot of boat delh By Anna Liakas Wesley sails with his feet in Hawks centration required to scan for bends and curves different people," mused Boe Staff writer Channel along the Florida Keys. and floating debris is exhausting. nose of a manatee just offshore "Driving at night is very intense, to say the remembers, for a moment, whe water is a different place in the dark docs not give Chicago, traveling with his t reads like part legend, part fairytale — set off on a three-week sail from Florida to Maine. you any idea of what it's like, it's easy to make a oblong cartons of delicately sh< a story laced with the distinct details mistake when you'ie exhausted. You start seeing "It's not for everyone, for so recounted from a seaman's diary, fas- It was the third time the two men had made the trip aboard the Magic Dragon, ferrying her back things." ly bored" tened with the tender and honest musings "Like around the Keys," adds Hoffman, "Oi "I can be content to sit oi of a mothei, embellished with the concise north twice pieviouslyi to her rocky, sheltered grotto in Southwest Harboi where she spends her when we were navigating thiough the creeks at la/arette [sail locker] and watc obseivations that spring from a natural- night." watch the land change. Alonj ist's eye. It is the children who piovide summer days contentedly anchoied along the rugged Maine coastline, awaiting hire as a proud "At twilight it get's creepy." you see eveiything --manatee the metaphor, the visions of things seen perhaps by Titusville the mangroves Imoie rightly with something other than the member of the Hinckley Charter Fleet. "Wesley and Sarah helped navigate," Boerema and the land becomes salt m grown-up eye. But the wind had changed direction for the explained." The kids were really great, taking on Dragon's third return home. A bit of hunger small responsibilities. In open water, with a com- Carolina to North Carolina t The journey unfolds in the hands of the young pass, Wesley was pretty good at plotting our way, swamps and just past Myrtle boy who tells of icicles falling out of a pitch- ensued her, a longing for a taste of ceiling wax rubbed upon her mizzenmast by the nimble fin- but going through creeks and channels, it spot of mine, there are huge c> black sky, flies off the lips of the girl who calls becomes more difficult. 10 seconds of not paying ing up from the side of the shoi forth from beneath bridges to the invisible tender gers of a young boy, for the colored strands of string, a girls hair ribbon, wound about her rails, attention could easily ground the boat." BZ remembers "getting mt above A brother and sister who whisper of hear- "In North Carolina, storm tides had brought ing lullabies, a motor's sleep song, rumbling deep for the tui n of a woman's hands upon her helm. the snails pace of the ship, a 6 With the family finally aboard, the Magic sand in from behind the barrier islands and sec- is "as fast as you're going to j in the belly of the Magic Dragon, the faithful tions of the land had drifted in," observes the srup that ferried them (along with their parents Dragon and her crew set sail for the sheltered some wind." "The pace was passageway that would, if all went well, most keen naturalist. "There were areas that we came could see many subtle change and a family friend) for 21 days up the close to running aground, where we kind of Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) from the white certainly bring the ship back home. and landscape, from pine barn Again the wind had shifted, and a route that nudged the bottom. But a boat's naturally going you would even notice the slo sand shores of Sanibel to the rocky inlet of to try to find deeper water." Southwest Harbor, Maine. would have typically taken the crew through the moon, its subtleties, as you w A few weeks before the end of the school year, central heartlands of Florida and across Lake The Dragon sailed around and behind the and waning night after night." BZ (Beatrice) Coyne and Chip Hoffman (the Okeechobee spun them instead out and around Keys and up the Atlantic coast to Miami, where "There was so much for the < canoe and kayak concessionaires of J.N. Ding the Keys, when locktenders, who were standing they re-entered the intracoastal-waterway trav- us to see. You could watch the Darling National Wildlife Refuge), heralded watch over the shallow inland waters saw the eled the Indian River along the space coast and ing industry change along th their children, Wesley and Sarah, from their drought dissipate the wetlands, exposing its dry into Northern Florida. As it winds northward,the shrimp boats in Florida to tl classrooms and, along with Tarpon Bay's head and sandy bottom on the lakeside approach, thus ICW runs through marshes, land-cuts and wide Virginia to the lobster boats naturalist and good friend, Mike Boerema, and forcing them to temporarily board up the gates rivers, passing from abandoned fishing houses on were times when the children f trine Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), often I; referred to as the "ditch" Is a canal system *". of protected water routes, part natural, part artificial, that was developed by an act of Congress in 1919 to provide safe passage for commercial and light-draft vessels traveling esigned in the 50's along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The water- William H. Tripp to b< way winds through rivers, bays, coastal sounds seaworthy as she is be and canals, providing a navigable channel of ful," the Hoffman's soon dis depths from 8 to 12 feet that runs from the ered that their new boat, Annisquam River in Massachusetts to the tip of Magic Dragon, was hull nm the Florida Keys. five in a series of custom To read some accounts of traversing the ditch sailing yachts launched into one might suppose it to be a narrow, treacherous England waters back in the li passage, obstructed by numerous bridges, by the famed Downeast boatb choked by a maze of tangled tree roots and ing company of Henry R. Hin jagged rotting timbers and heavy with the thick, A pioneer in the field of f steel, blade-Sice hulls of barges. In truth, the glass boat construction, Hit] Intracoastal sometimes yawns widely into the envisioned that within this ms vast waters of the sounds and bays along its way, al's quality of strength, Hghi sometimes narrows into the thin branches of and durability, there was rushing rivers and murky shallow creeks, some- potential to achieve somet times swells into tidal seas, sometimes congest- novel and < extraordinary in ed and sometimes still. Of the 130 bridges that world of boating. The lines o span the waters, 85 must be opened in a signaled Bermuda-40 were drawn in interchange between the bridge tender and the graceful likeness of a wo< captain. And, as far as the feared tugs and boat, and remain striking and barges, says one navigational guidebook, they endary even today as the mostly yield to passing motorists, sometimes catches up great swatches of i jrutuifag aground in order to avoid a confronta- in its sails, drawing on both tion. Mike Boerema looks out tq shore off the Pongo Biver in North Carolina, breath of air and the pull of % ISLAND REPORTER • Week of July 26-Aug. 1, 2001 Q 13 RENT BOATS Fishing and Shelling • Closest to Outer Islands it o 472-5800 Jensen's Marina • Captiva Island SAISffiEL-CAFIIVA FORT MYERS BEACH BEST RATES HOTEL RESERVATION GEORGE CENTER TO FORT MYERS Br ACH, PARKER INC. as i , New Construction Remodeling Design DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE 15976 McGregor Blvd. • Fort Myers, FL 33908 of Liberty. (941) 466-51OO EXIT 28 • (800) 285-8192 1-800-747-5100 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA e-mail: [email protected] to gleaming man- , WELCOME CENTER , State Certified General Contractor 0CG-COO7963 hrough the marsh- >w passing of the PAT'S HAIR KAIR it intrigue him, a BARBER ON PREMISES! minute change of FACIALS! series with a lot of IMANICURE/PEDICURB I ;rema, eyeing the Special ;• as he speaks. He I Reg $47 Now $40 I :n he was a boy in I ' Ci(»idWitliAilTlm7MI/t>] I Style Cms $17-Blow Dry S17 father to deliver Shampoo and Set S17 • Men's Cut S1.1 Wesley and Sarah reading Harry Potter aboard the Magic Dragon. • Nody wauim • ft'ims & Srucmlty Pi'ims elled eggs, • Viylic it SLtilptiMl Kiiils une, they are easi- \i\iKix.CiOiimm. WIMJIWHIIKIIIII. like in the eerie dark tunnels that took us through OPFNMun.-l:ii. y-5 the winding mangroves near Everglades National 2248 ['F.RIWINKLI: WAY IN SAN1BF.L SOUARE 4736-2425 n the side of the Park, then there was the rush of excitement com- :h the bank go by, ing into the big harbors, where freighters over- g the intercoast'al whelmed us, or seeing the pirate ships of Norfolk ss and dolphin — days blasting their cannons and the giant aircraft Sanibel have disappeared carriers in the background;" Chiropractic arsh, from South The entire crew spoke of the huge freighters Call Anytime :here are cypress and large harbors. Beach, a favorite "Imagine 600 feet of boat traveling at 20-25 472-0900 /press trees grow- knots, and here you are, in a tiny sailboat down 1717 Periwinkle Way re." below." says Boerema. "Whether or not they see (across from ]erry's) o the rythyra" of you is not a given." DR. DAREN FITZRATRICK .-5 knot crawl that "It's a little scary," admits Hoffman, who har- 50 unless you get bors memories of sailing with his father up the • Headaches • Neck Pain • Backaches so slow that you Chesapeake Bay when he was a boy. • Arm/Leg Pain •Tingling/Numbness :s, in architecture • "Imagine a wall of steel sliding by you at WALK-INS WELCOME • IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENTS 2ns to grass flats, night, completely silent. They could roll you over iw rotation of the in an instant, without you feeling it." 'atched it waxing "There's not a lot of margin for error. I recom- mend for everyone, even expeienced pilots, to children, for all of pick up a set of U.S. Coast Guard Coastal Pilot commercial fish- Books from a local marine store, that covers tF}tz>0 trt. • e way, from the CONSTRUCTION" CO.- lie crab boats in The fog finally lifts in the Westward Michael J, Valiauette t> See Si w Way of Southwest Harbor, Maine. of Maine. There GENERAL CONTRACTOR were frightened, page 19 VOTED BEST HOME BUILDER ON SANIBEL & CAPTIVA ISLAND FOR 2001 New Home Building Full service Contractor Renovations Design Service Available (941)472-0200 sanibel, Florida LICENSE #CGCO56909 >n recalls Hoffman. "After that they broke the mold." Events on the web It was the previous owner, Joseph Silverman, who had left the Magic Dragon in the pasture, who had not returned to stroke her broad hull since his wife and long time partner on many a transat- lantic voyage, passed away. The uild- echo of her footsteps, delicate and kley. hollow, along the teak deck, still iber- followed him. The two had lived ikley and loved the vessel for 22 years, tteri- traveling through the For more events, check out tfe website set up for the tness Mediterranean, to Israel and the Greece, with the wind tugging at hing the sails, Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce- the Silverman, testifying to the fthe seaworthiness of the ship, remem- the The Magic Dragon launches for the first time at the Henry bered a time in the Canaiy isles sden R. Abel boatyard in Maine's Sommes Sound. when the boat was hit by the leg- crashing waves of an intense trop- to carve an exquisite pathway the sailing book hall of fame," ical storm, how he and his wife boat through the waters, says Hoffman, "as one of the ~ of logon to the Island Reporter website at wind hunkered down below the deck, Originally built to race between greatest, cruising boats of all how the hull never split, i the Block Island and Bermuda, the time." 5 sea "It never had a blister on its Bermuda-40 is immortalized "in "Only 218 were ever made," hull in 40 years," says Hoffman. 14 • Week of July 26-Aug. 1, 2001 Q. ISLAND ^REPORTER Teen Scene When should teens have one-on-one dates OK. You've waited your posing as your parents, Why are most experts against it? four, six people, that's fine for younger whole life — or at least those inhumane prison Here's the deal. Teens are too busy teens. So don't whine if your parents say since kindergarten — for guards who are secretly developing — hormonally, physically, no. Go find two other couples to go with the boy oi girl of your devising your future exis- cognitively and socially — to be able to you. Whining says you are still a little kid. dreams to ask you to the tence in a nunnery or as a handle dating. Take the adult approach. dance, the movies or the Tibetan monk, have the Teens need to have time to learn how to And for those who think they'll just tell mall. experts on their side. monitor and master themselves. Until the their parents they'll be at the library And finally, after 2,758 One-on-one dating is cognitive leap. (A brief tutorial on the (wink, wink): I would advise that if you deals with God or Allah or something that kids aren't cognitive leap: It's when you go from are saying you are going some place, whomever, you are so ready for before the age of throwing tantrums and struggling to tie that's where you better be, because it's excited that you want to 16. And I believe parents your shoes to arguing effectively and your parents' responsibility to know sing "I Feel Pretty" or need to restrict one-on-one understanding quantum physics. In other where you are. And, in the long run, this is "Volare" at the top of your dating until that time. words: You've matured.) the way you gain more independence. lungs on the bus or bike As you know, the teen- Until teens mature biologically, they Renee, 14, a high school freshman ride home. Instead, you age dating ritual is a multi- can't handle dating emotionally. And from Fort Myers, said her parents won't just sit there and grin mani- Mintpl stage process. In middle don't even try the old in-some-Eastem- let her date until she's 16. She said she acally and think about school, you may "go out," cultures-13-year-olds-are-encouraged- doesn't really mind as she is allowed to go names for your firstborn but you actually don't go not-just-to-date-but-procreate excuse. out in groups. But her friend, Beth, age until the bus stops. Then anywhere, and the relation- The point of early mating is to expand 16, has been dating her boyfriend for a you bound down the steps, ship usually lasts about the family group; and when the family year. Beth reports her parents know him, fly through the front door, Dr. Janice J. Caron three class periods. group is an extended clan, that's impor- and they are not allowed to be alone in her drop your backpack and Early high schoolers tant. But that's not the situation in the room together. If they go play on the com- breathlessly tell your moth- usually partake in casual United States. We want just the opposite. puter in her room, her brother has to hang er that yes, yes, YES! You have a date dating, also known as group dating, a low- Our kids are not raised in extended clans, out with them. Friday night, and she says, "No, you key event where a group of guys and girls they are raised in nuclear, single and step don't." meet up, hang out and pair off. families. And it's very important to put off (Dr. Janice J. Caron is a licensed Because in your house, you can't date Then there's one-on-one dating, which mating, of which dating is a ritual. mental health counselor and certified until you're (a) 16, (b) 18, or (c) making may move on to exclusive dating (seeing A hideous concept? Outrageous? addiction professional. Readers with six figures. And as if that isn't enough, one person and one person only), both of Completely and undeniably unfair? confidential questions may call her at those horrible, backward-thinking beasts which make parents lie awake at night. There's hope. Going out in a group, (941) 395-2184.) t Video holds a get-to-know-your -Canon- 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Sanibel camera noon to 3 p.m. at the store, 14330 Community Association, 2173 Periwinkle South Tamlami Trail, Fort Myers. Donation: Way. (No classes May 28 until June 8; $10 in advance or $15 at the door. • 'MARRY ME A U*f II i:' Through Aug. 5, Mad Cow Mondays and Wednesdays in August) Info 482-7220 Theatre in Orland presents a musical fantasy at Fred Fitness classes cost $6 for SCA members CW <•>!, * 'V 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Stone Theatre, Rollins College. Tickets: $18. and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Performances 7:30 p.m., Thursday to Saturday; 2:30 Harborside Convention Hall in Fort Myers. p.m., Sunday. 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Be August 19th, 1-5 p.m., $5 sure to call before making plans Festival seating: coolers OK meet the dreamlike image of a gargantuan woman, with dren remember chicken in every meal (although the par- raised torch and thorny crown, ascending upwards from ents swear it wasn't so), making sandwiches for the crew the bottom of the briny sea. from "lemon" (Lebanon) bologna, and steering the boat SAILING There were the days spent building forts under the with their feet "round about sunset." From page 13 shadow of the dinghy Puff, which was lashed securely by their father to the foredeck of the mother dragon, of spy- ing mangrove cuckoos at dusk from off the polished rails issues of navigation etc. on the ICW, and to take the U.S. in Hawks Channel off the Keys, mythical sounding crea- Their father. Chip Hoffman, places the structure of the Power Squadron course, or Offshore Sailing School's tures that roosted and perched in the gnarled arms of the story within its wooden framework. A few years earlier, course. It really humbles you." trees that wound themselves tightly along the edge of the Hoffman had tucked the childlike hope of a boy into his Wesley and Sarah Hoffman have their own particular shore. There were the hours spent below deck, reading shirtfront pocket, folded it carefully into a piece of paper memories of this journey — of waking to the clank of a Harry Potter and battling giant horseflies to and fro with which sported the words "Hinkley Boat For Sale" and metal anchor like the rasp of a metal claw grinding webbed metal rackets, the dolphins that enthralled them, headed leeward across Florida with his wife BZ in search against stone, to the moan and clatter of the anchor's leaping just off the side, gently guiding their way. There of a "dream come true." They traveled until they came chain scraped taut and raw under the bidding of it's was the cow-nosed manatee that nudged and nuzzled the upon a ragged cow-pasture in the rustic town of LaBelle, winch. How they were beckoned out of the ship's hull in dark blue underbelly of the boat, and the whiskered seal a rural community stretching sleepily along the shores of New York Harbor by their parents long after midnight to that swam up to greet them at the journeys end. The chil- the Caloosahatchee River, cradled beneath the cool shad- ows of a wide oak hammock. In a barren field stuck with bristling clumps of saw palmetto and sparse chawed tufts TUESDAY-PRIME'TIME'". JULY 31, 2001 of wiregrass, Chip and BZ discovered what they were 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:3.0 searching for — a boat named Magic Dragon resting GD NBC News News Wheel Jeopardy! 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It is a highlight that both Boerenia and young Sarah r khiirii hu<*ion it D C United Jsportb™" SLivc relate from ihe place where they tell their story, from dif- La* i OH.PI (c ) Vf ferent banks of iSte island of Sanibei. _j _- 1 "'Thank you bridge tender," Sarah and Mike tell me as t.lt r*lt_nE>i Si-itc a dozen invisible biidi.es'pass before their .eyes. _^_iTyl0_ _iv nci / Ui "Magic Dnsgoit is standing by on channel 9." The Magic Dragon will be available for charter (with iL IRc " I1L captain 'provided) on .the island of Captiva through _' '- 1 iiio \7 iVly terse ~]fl/lyoteries|Triiu Hollyvifond Captiva Cruises starting this November, and then it's SatuMay Nigh' ' ive DoiJ" |5tcln wont I back to the Hinkley Yacht Charter Fleet: in Southwest Sliania Twain Vid B ^hinJ ilie [ShbchingMorn Harbor next May. ' BaBuba'l lampa Bay Dovil Ray, at Bgliin For more information call 472-5300 Curious World (cc) Places to Cool Off Top 10 Coasters THovJ? of tishoes tec) (SJ 20 • Week of July 26-Aug. 1,2001 • ISLAND REPORTER County says no to Sanibel's HUD demand By Pete Bishop low income citizens to live on the island. "It's our responsi- but times do change and situations Staff writer Approximately 15 percent of current bility to keep those change." BMRH residents are minorities, while monies moving," Commissioner John Albion said he Lee County Commissioners decided about 33 percent are senior citizens living said Hawes. "HUD "appreciates Sanibel's position" and the Tuesday not to accept amendments on limited incomes. will look at alloca- fact Sanibel entered into the program Sanibel City Council made to a joint reso- Karen Hawes, the county director of tion and what we when the county needed the city's popula- lution concerning federal funds for afford- human services, recommended the com- have spent. If more tion. "But Sanibel got over $800,000 in able housing, cutting the city's share of the mission ignore the changes Sanibel made than 1.5 percent [is that deal, too," Albion said. "We have to federal money by an estimated 75 percent. to the resolution, however. Hawes said left over] they will come up with whatever's fair across the The commissioners adopted a new that, unlike in the past, the county alloca- r . take it away." board, not create division among munici- method of allocating Housing and Urban tion now has to be split four ways, and if "1 don't believe palities.". Development (HUD) money to county the county gives Sanibel 5 percent it would this cuts the heart out After the meeting, Hyatt said Hawes' municipalities June 26, changing Sanibel's have to negotiate similar deals with greater Workman of the affordable statements contained inaccuracies, particu- iff-the^top 5 percent share of the county's percentages for more populous cities housing program — the city could step larly concerning residual money. total allocation to an amount determined Bonita Springs and Fort Myers Beach. into the gap," said Commissioner Bob According to Hyatt, the $200,000 Hawes by HUD formulas. The change will not go Hawes also stated that Sanibel has not Janes. "There are tremendous needs said the city has not spent is currently into effect until Oct. 2002, but it has been used over $200,000 that has been allocated throughout the county and we want to be being spent to fulfill contracts for upcom- estimated that, if the new formula were to the city, and HUD could take money fair to other communities. Through the ing projects. used this year, Sanibel's share of back from the county if it deems the coun- years Sanibel has had a pretty good deal "She implied we had $200,000 sitting Community Development Block Grant ty is not allocating the money properly. because the county needed its population, in the bank for nothing," said Hyatt. (CDBG) funds would decrease from about $105,000 to about $27,000. The funds are used primarily to help finance the city's Below Market Rate Housing program. After the board sent the resolution to Sanibel, the city council amended it, plac- ing the 5 percent payment back into the agreement and removing language that places an 18-month time limit on spending each year's allocation. City Councilmember Dick Walsh asked the board to keep the changes the council BRIDGE made to the joint resolution. "What you're going to do is cut the There's a Big Difference heart out of this program," Walsh said. "As Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle a citizen and as a constituent, I ask you to South dealer, your position 920 points by depriv- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis North-South vulnerable. ing declarer of 820 points and by reconsider." NORTH Scoring 100 points for your side Councilmember Judy Workman and ACROSS 2 Simpson of 34 Dash 49 Mock *743 instead. Community Housing Resources (CHR) 1 Bike courses fashion 35 Burning 50 Ohio rubber V752 Regardless of which philoso- *AQJ87 phy you adopt, the fact remains Director Jan Hyatt also spoke during pub- 6 Parts of plays 3 Silo occupant? 38 polloi town &KQ that there's still a big difference lic comments. CHR administers the city's 10 Catcher's aid 4 Passion 39 Bill "Bojangles" 51 Make amends WEST EAST between a contract that's made and ! *AQ109862 a contract that's defeated. BMRH program. < 14 Farewell 5 Like gunpowder Robinson 52 Photo finish? VK94 V10 All of which serves as an intro- Workman told the board that, without 15 Look carefully 6 Not together specialty 53 Put up • 6542 • 93 duction to today's deal, where if you *97643 *J102 defend correctly against four hearts, changes, the resolution would "basically (over) 7 Topper of '50s 40 Feathery scarf 55 Wander SOUTH you defeat the contract, while if you cut Sanibel out of jthe program," and pro- 16 Living TV 45 Unprincipled 56 Brainchild 4J5 misdefend, declarer gets home safely. hibiting Sanibel from keeping residuals 17 Rose segment 8 Vacation plan VAQJ863 would stop the city from acquiring the land fellows 57 Trick • K10 Two hurdles must be sur- 18 Laos locale 9 Arctic denizen 46 To a tee 58 Unit of *A85 . mounted. One arises at trick one, needed for affordable housing. The bidding: when East should overtake the Hyatt pointed out that BMRH has 19 Computer 10 Wreath maker 47 Military resistance South West North Bast, spade king with the ace in order to symbol 11 Capone, for address 59 Singer Rawls IV Pass 2* 2 4 continue with the queen. This is served 300 residents to date, increasing the 3 T Pass 4 V not a very challenging play, since island's diversity by making it possible for 20 Political party one Opening lead—long of spades. East can easily afford to play the objective 12 Long trailer? ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE; Let's say that on a given deal, ace at trick one regardless of your opponents bid and make four whether South has one spade, two 23 Japanese 13 Cooler hearts, vulnerable. In that case, spades or even no spades at all. bread? 21 Small bill they score 700 points for winning The second hurdle arises when 24 "Golden rule" 22 Bustle the rubber and another 120 points East plays a third spade at trick for the trick score—a total of 820 three. If South ruffs with the queen, word 26 Kilt feature points. West must be careful not to over- 25 Vast extents 27 Alabama Now let's suppose you defeat ruff with the king. If he does, de- the contract. In that event, you'd clarer will have no trouble scoring 28 Post's opposite protest city be either 100 or 920 points richer, the rest of ihetricks. Instead, West 29 Satisfied laugh 28 Duffer's depending on how you view such should discardinthehapethatEast matters. For example, you could was doalt either the jack or ten of 31 Very, to Verdi achievement argue that the only actual gain is hearts, in which case West will eventually store two tramp tricks 34 Literary pen 29 Smokes, for the 100 points you wrote down on - AT THE the score sheet. Alternatively, you instead of o e and so defeat the name short could argue thatyounad improved contrac . . . . 36 Lamprey, e.g. 30 "Like I believe 37 Prison yard that!" ©2001 King Features Syndicate Inc. 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