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REPORTER Week of March 15-21,2001 SANIBEL & CAPTIVA, VOLUME 28, NUMBER 11, 32 PAGES 75 CENTS

Ikki signing Fire damages two island businesses Aitist Ikki Matsumoto to By Anne Bellew earth are they doing delivering AT LEFT: The outside of sign his Island Repoiter Staff writer stuff to the restaurant at this hour poster foi subsuihers at the Pippens escaped dam- Sambel Oallciy lomonow. of the morning'?' (Wagner lives age. Photo Muhavl Pisti Hit A fire in the early morning right behind Tahitian Gardens and, hours Saturday, March 10, —See page 19 over the years, the residents of BELOW: A view into the destroyed the kitchen in Pippin's Roseate Lane have complained kitchen of Pippin's restaurant, and fire-related damage about noise from the various Restaurant.^"'" / devastated the owner of an adja- restaurants that have inhabited the Sambt'l Fin Ar Ri'scuc Di^lntt cent gift shop who had intended to Pippin's location.) close the sale of her store just two "The dispatcher was very calm, days later. soothing and nice," she continued, Church shows pbns The tire, which is still under "and told me that the noise was Tlie Sambel Community investigation, is believed to be of fire engines. There was a fire at Church has submitted a electrical origin from the restau- Pippin's." modified site plan foi its rant's kitchen. The restaurant Initially, the fiist alarm came proposed relocation and anchois the Tahitian Gardens from the restaurant's automatic expansion. shopping center. burglar alaim and alerted the "I called the police department Sanibel Police Department. The —See page 2 at 4:08 Saturday morning," responding officers saw smoke announced Marsha Wagner, "and, coming from the eaves when they Janes on island rather rudely probably —just hav- ing been waked up by all kinds of !> See Fire Former Sanibel mayor truck noises — asked 'What on turned County page 6 Commissioner Bob Janes spoke to SCCF Life Membeis Tuesday. Expert suggests jetty on Sanibel at Blind Pass City offers —See page 3 By Pete Bishop Planning talks • Staff writer short-term Sambel Planning Dr. Bob Dean, a coastal engi- Commission discusses com- neering expert from the University amnesty merical redevelopment and of Florida, told a group of build-back regulations. Committee of the Islands (COTI) AT LEFT: A By Pete Bishop members March 8 that a jetty at coastal engi- Staff writer —See page 5 the north end of Sanibel could neering expert has The city of Sanibel is offer- help keep Blind Pass open and suggested to alleviate erosion problems on COTI that a ing amnesty to any lental nearby beaches. jetty such as agents and property owners According to Dean, who was who may have been violating this one on the city's short-term rental On community appointed by then-Governor Bob the Captiva Graham to study Florida's beaches side of Blind ordinance during the past four Island Reporter Editor Scott in the 1980s and completed a Pass would years. Parties who agree to stop Martell ponders the study of Sanibel and Captiva be beneficial violating the ordinance and question — What is beaches in 1991, Blind Pass is part if constructed make their records available to community? of a system that stretches from and placed the city will be forgiven, North Captiva to the east end of properly on according to a consent final —See page 9 Sanibel Island. the northern judgement prepared in connec- Sanibel beach plan Since , formed by end of tion to the Properties in a hurricane in the 1920s, has Sanibel. Paradise Inc. case. Kate Gcoderham writes recently become dominant in rela- Properties in Paradise, a about beach processes and local rental business whose beach restoration projects. tionship to Blind Pass, the weaker Photo I Michael currents in Blind Pass will cause Pistella records were seized by the city Jan. 12, has not agreed to the —See page 9 the pass to repeatedly clog up with t> See Jetty |> See Amnesty page 4 page 3

Best of the islands Inside this week are ballots Board asks for Large House zone map for the annual Best of the Islands contest. —See pages 20-22 By Pete Bishop recent weeks. The commission Pfalzer's plan is based on zones tions, and District C would allow Staff writer placed the issue on the Feb. 26 that reflect existing development the largest houses. agenda after Commissioner John patterns and on ratios of lot size to In Pfalzer's plan, each district The Sanibel Planning Dillon suggested the problem floor'area and living area. would have a threshold, or home Commission Tuesday asked needs revisiting. Dillon said the According to the tentative plan, size which can be built without Assistant Planning Director Ken problem will continue to get Sanibel would be divided into implementing floor and living • Police blotter page 6 Pfalzer to prepare a report on pos- worse as the city approaches three zones, the first zone, District area ratios. If the size of a pro- • Business & Technology page 7 sible regulations that might slow buildout and smaller homes are A, located in residential areas posed home exceeds the threshold, the excessive amount of very large demolished to make room for along Sanibel-Captiva Road, Casa however, the extra space must • Opinion .... page 9 houses being built on the island, large houses. The abundance of Ybel Road, Rabbit Road and conform to the ratios. including a preliminary map indi- large houses harms the character Periwinkle Way west of the cause- For instance, in Pfalzer's plan a • Looking Back page 11 cating districts where different and diversity of the island's neigh- way. home in District A would have a • Environmental News .page 13 size houses would be allowed to borhoods, said Dillon. District C would include the living area threshold of 2,500 be built. Pfalzer will present the Pfalzer presented a report and gulfside of West Gulf Drive and square feet. The living area of any • Dateline . . page 15 report at the May 8 planning com- draft ordinance during the Feb. 26 the Sanctuary at Wulfeit Point. house larger than that could not mission meeting. District B would encompass all • TV hstmgs ... page 23 meeting, outlining a method to Tuesday's discussion of large limit the size of new houses and other areas on the island. Distiict >See Houses • Cl.issilieds page 27 houses was the board's second in additions to existing homes. A would have the tightest restric- page 4 2 a Week of March 15-21,2001 • ISLAND REPORTER Community Church submits new plans to city By Pete Bishop bordering Peiiwinkle will remain com- Staff writer meicial. A triangular shaped lot on the property's eastern edge is part of The The Sanibel Community Church has Dunes subdivision, and will be the loca- submitted to the Sanibel Planning tion of the single-family home. Department a modified site plan for the "They wouldn't accept the application proposed relocation and expansion of its the way we made it,' Pavelka said, "but campus and a study that indicates the pio- they can look at the applications concur- ject will not create substantial increases in rently and I should have [a subdivision area except on Sunday mornings application] ready to submit in the next and Wednesday evenings. couple of weeks." Last year, the church announced plans AT LEFT: The Sanibel Residents of The Dunes, which wraps to build an expanded campus on a 36-acre around the northern edges of the tract, tract of land located near the intersection Community Church's "have been following [the church's plans] of Periwinkle Way and Bailey Road, with great interest," according to Ken about one mile east of the church's piesent modified site Zeigler, who was the president of the sub- location. The plans included a 1,200 seat plan for the division's homeowner's association until sanctuary, an 800-space parking lot, an proposed assisted-hving facility with 72 beds and relocation the association's annual meeting Monday. an access drive to Bailey Road and expan- "We've been impressed that the church sion of its walked an extra mile or two and removed ContLoversy arose when the plan was campus. The announced, however, particularly con- the road cuts," Zeigler said. "We feel pos- church sub- itive about the way the church is moving." cerning the assisted-livmg facility and mitted the access to Bailey Road. At that time, the The homeowner's association has been plan to the concerned about the church's original church decided not to apply for permits. I) Sanibel The church's new plans omit the assist- WfftW Planning plan to create a Bailey Road access ed-livmg facility and Bailey Road access Commission through the Dunes lot, Ziegler said. and include a scaled-down sanctuary and on Tuesday. O'Neill said Tuesday the proposed loca-

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WE SELL AND INSTALL WATCH BATTERIES 2439 Periwinkle Way 395-3899 In Bailey's Center next to the Video Scene ISLAND REPORTER U Week of March 15-21, 2001 U 3 Janes: County, islands share same problems New federal program funnels $19.5 million to Florida for coastal management By Dawn deBoer between Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel, Staff writer now back on the selling block, as a viable area for purchase and development for a Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation's community park to ease congestion on lifetime members double-dipped Tuesday the Sanibel Causeway and Fort Myers in meeting with SCCF decision-makers Beach. and new Lee County Commissioner Bob A beach management plan for Sanibel Michael Pistella Janes to hear of a recent federal program with integretion into a county-wide beach Marge Meek thanks SCCF's new dollar-packed to the advantage of county plan, spanning from Estero to Pine Island life members. and islands. and even Gasparilla, becomes more Members for life Growth and conservation, land acquisi- important with the recent announcement tion and management were on the agenda. this week of a new federal funding pro- Island attire was big with lifetime Prime Lee County acreage — from members at Sanibel Community gram for coastal resource protection Association coming *together for their Bunche Beach between Fort Myers Beach needs, management of growth on those and Sanibel to a large tract at Charlotte annual meeting. resources and protection of natural There are today 703 lifetime members County's southern end — is now before resources and habitats. — 125 signed on last year, with 91 new county and state, respectively, for possible "The state of Florida is going to get members already this year — a number acquisition. $19.5 million, of which 35 percent will rising with the ongoing PCRP land acqui- "The implications are awesome," Janes be dispersed to coastal subdivisions, so sition campaign, "a land project delayed said of recent possibilities for city, county Sanibel is eligible to get federal monies because of 70 acres on Buck Key, now and the state to buy into, or rally together, in this area of coastline management," almost all seemed pristine, because of in joint ventures toi local land acquisition Janes said. "But to take advantage of that, Michael Pistella Lee County Commissioner and these people here," says Marge Meeks, and conservation. we need to come together, work together, SCCF Board of Trustees president, "It boggles the mind with possibili- to demonstrate that we have a plan." former Sanibel Mayor Bob Janes makes a point during his talk at A lifetime member contributes $2,000 ties," said Janes, "if we use the model "You have to forget about the tradi- the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation or moie on a yeaily basis, SCCF's main developed here on Sanibel. Lee County tional, municipal and county boundaries Foundation luncheon Tuesday. source for land purchases. needs to learn what Sanibel has done so and realize what we're doing is a truly More than one-third of SCCF members successfully and that is to work together regional approach to the many needs of can accomplish what we want to do." are lifetimers. In the last five years, SCCF to achieve a lot." the area. If we can continue to stretch oui Currently, theie are 400,000 residents raised $7.7 million to bankroll 1,800-plus Janes flags, the return ol a 30-acre, imagination and use the model you have in Lee County. The number is expected to island acres. Two months and $1.25 mil- undeveloped tract next to Bunche Beach developed so successfully on Sanibel, we double in 10 to 20 years, Janes added. lion remain to seal the PCRP deal. Captiva Civic Association to hold board of governors' election AMNESTY From page 1 By Mason Laderer Timeshare owners also made a push Staff writer foi membership, but the current board of governois decided that until a further consent final judgement yet, according to Sanibel Code " The Captiva Civic Association (CCA) leview of the by-laws could be made, City Attorney Douglas Wyckoff. A stipu- The consent final judgement allows will be holding elections to fill five posi- timeshare owners would not be consid- lated abatement was reached in the case lental agents and homeowners on Sanibel tions on their board of governors Tuesday, eied "leal property" owners. Jan. 30, preventing the city from using the to join the agreement as thiid parties and March 27. In reaction to the slate nominated by business' seized participate in the same deal the city is Where in the past the CCA general those claiming no business interests, records as evi- offering Pioperties in Paradise. Other pro- membership has decided to follow the Captivans with business interests or not dence. Properties visions in the settlement require that third recommendations of the CCA aligned with the "home owner" group in Paradise gave parties comply with short-term rental reg- Nominating Committee, this election notice of its ulations and provide copies of all con- includes five floor nominations in addi- have also nominated candidates to fill intent to sue for tiacts or agreements foi real estate occu- tion to the five people nominated by the the position, damages Jan. 26. pancy upon the city's request. committee. In light of the controversy between If the agree- Advertisements the city placed in local The number of floor nominations, the two groups, and expected record turn ment is reached, newspapers this week state the city has according to some sources, is directly out foi voting, the CCA has decided to the consent final "reason to believe" that "there has been related to the split in island politics due to allow voting from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. This judgement will widespread violation" of sections of the the issue of incorporation which was just window of time, previously limited to and litigation in Sanibel Code and Land Development recently at the forefront in island politics. the general membership meeting, was the case, with the Code concerning rentals. Some of the homeowners have due in part to the February meeting city agreeing not No rental agents had responded to the expressed concern about business inter- which had a record attendance and to prosecute Wyckoff offer of amnesty as of Tuesday afternoon, ests taking over the community organiza- resulted in a large amount of disorder, Properties in according to Wyckoff. Wyckoff said he tion and have nominated a slate of prop- confusion and ill will. The general mem- Paradise for violations, and the business has recently met with a handful of rental erty owners that claim to have no interest bership meeting will then continue on waiving all claims against the city. agents concerning the deal, however, and in island business. The push against busi- schedule at 7:30 p.m. Properties in Paradise would also have to he expects several to reply by Monday, ness interest stemmed from an increase of In light of increased membership, the allow the city to use the seized records "in March 19, when the offer of amnesty membership on behalf of the South Seas current board has also elected to close connection with its enforcement of the expires. Employees, who are able to join if they membership sign-ups on Thursday, are registered Captiva voters or "real March 22 to allow the applications to be property" owners. processed prior to the Tuesday vote.

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Commissionei Dick Downes called Samlei's idea "a good approach" to the JETTY HOUSES problem, but said, "I'm afraid it may be a real bear to administer." From page 1 From page 1 Pfalzer said he also liked the idea, but noted he did not have access to a data- base which listed exceed an additional .05 percent of the lot the size of homes size. Similarly, the district would have a by neighboihood 3,000 square foot total floor aiea thresh- "I'm not in old and anything larger than that could favor of any not exceed an additional .06 percent of change or provi- the lot area. sion that is diffi- Pfalzer characteiized the plan as a cult to adminis- work in progress and said he kept the ter," said restrictions relatively liberal. The restric- Commissioner tions would be meant to "set a ceiling" on Linda Robison. the trend to build larger houses, he said, "People need to rather than "buck the trend." rely on clear Difficulties in the plan, Pfalzer said, rules." Robison include creating zone maps that do not noted creating a Downes split existing neighborhoods, creating sit- database of uations where neighbors have to conform neighborhoods, then constantly changing to different standards. Pfalzer said there it as homes in the area get larger, "cre- are houses on the island that would not ates more problems than it solves." conform to any zone, and planning would Downes suggested Pfalzer "formu- handle an increased amount of variances late a little bit firmer districts based on if the regulations were adopted. what he has in draft ordinance form," "Theoretically, it's not a bad ordi- and also said the specific regulations in nance," Pfalzer Pfalzer's report should be "ratcheted said, "but practi- down." Downes also asked Pfalzer to cally, we haven't provide a description of supporting done enough information he will need to continue" study yet." the study, and whether that research Commissioner can be completed by the planning staff Jack Samler pie- or if the city will have to hire a consul- sented an alterna- tant. tive plan, based Although Dillon suggested the com- on neighbor- mission give hoods rather than Pfalzei guid- island-wide ance as far as zones. In Samlei 's tightening plan, a formula r e s 11 i c t i o n s , Pfalzer would be created Downes said incorporating the "It's Ken's idea average size of homes within a certain and I'd like to ladius of the property in question see what he Samler said the plan "would prevent the comes up with. monster home that goes into a neighbor- He's a pretty hood," and takes "small homes into con- damn good sideration along with the larger homes." planner and I The method might allow the island to don't want to "inch into larger homes" gradually, he said. Samler restrict him."

Michael Pistella The Gulf current splashes upon the jetty at Blind Pass. A similar one has been suggested for the Sanibel side of the pass. Obituaries Elizabeth (Toni) Jones Perry gin in legal, then planning, finance, and legislative — returning even after she JETTY: Expert suggests a jetty for Sanibel Former City of Sanibel employee, Toni retired in 1992 on a couple of occasions to Perry, died Jan. 23 in Appleton, Wisconsin fill in for people on vacation. after a lengthy illness. She was 73. A gathering of her friends and a cele- She worked for 14 years foi the City of sand in the future, unless it is constantly move, lengthen, shorten or even remove bration of Toni's life will be held on the Sanibel in several departments — start- dredged. The sand which clogs the pass the jetty in order to maximize its use. causeway at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 23. comes, in part, from beaches on the COTI member Peter Pappas attended Sanibel side of the pass, Dean said. the meeting and asked what the benefits Dean told the COTI members that con- of keeping Blind Pass open are, pointing Sanibel-Captiva structing a jetty on the north end of out that, if plugged, the pass might stop Sanibel adjacent to the pass will help alle- drawing sand from nearby beaches. viate beach erosion and will keep Blind "The loss of sand has been the prima- Tides Pass open for longer periods of time. ry issue in this community for the last March 16-22 "If constructed and placed properly," generation," Pappas said, and "saving the Dean said, "there's no doubt a jetty will beaches" should be prioritized, rather Eri gal gun Mop Tug ' Wed Thu have beneficial effects." than keeping the pass open. Pappas asked Punta Rassa Dean suggested an experimental jetty,- if the only viable reason to keep the pass built with geo tubes and filled with sand, open is to "visually and economically Hi — — — 12:32p 12-32p 12:39p 12.48p be constructed first so that different enhance the pass" for 50 to 70 nearby Lo 12i9a 1-43a 3:03a 4:04a 4:49a 5:24a '5:538 lengths and heights can be tested before a property owners, Hi 4,58p 5-57p 7.19p 8:49p S'59p ' 10"51p 11:34p more permanent structure is built, The Dean said the pass helps maintain Lo — — — 2:26p" 3:43p 4'36p 5:20p experimental jetty, which would also water quality in the back bay, serving as include a monitoring mechanism, would a "flushing mechanism" that renews the Sanibel Lighthouse cost "less than $1 million for sure," Dean water and lessens the amount of dis- Hi — — — 11:43a 11:43a 11:50a 11-59a said. solved oxygen. Heavy rainfall can hurt Lo * *• • 12:26a 1:50$ 3:10a 4:11a 4:56a 5:3-1 a - 5^9a In the past, Dean said, many jettys the bay, Dean added, by adding too much Hi * 4 09p S;08p 6.3.0p 8'0Qp ' 9:10p *'1<5:j>bp 10:45p around the state were "built inapropriate- fresh 'water, and trie pass lessens that t ly," making coastal erosion problems problem. '" Lo - — — • ' — 2:33p "3:50p \ 4:43p *5:27p worse. Because jettys were constructed to In any case, Dean said, fluctuations in aid navigation first, without much beach eroision will always occur for fea- Blind Pass thought to beach erosion, many of them, sons that are not always understood, Hi — — . — 1213a 12"13p 12.20p 12'29p especially along Florida's east coast, actu- Sometimes a beach might consistently Lo 1:41 3:05a 4-25a 5:26a 6:11a 6'46a 7:14a ally caused more sand loss. The experi- erode for 20 years or so, then build back Hi 4.39p 5"38p 7'OOp 8:3Gp 9:40p 10.32p 11'15p mental jetty would allow engineers to ' up the next 20. Lo — — — 3:48p 5:05p 5:58a 6:42a

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"Perhaps it's time to rezone focused on redevelopment and build-back those propeities to what they already are." 10 regulations. Other topics touched on during the dis- k PI After Assistant Planning Director Ken cussion included variance procedures, I 03 Pfalzer opened the discussion, describing connecting parking lots and a provision in Htf "it as an "open forum" where citizens and the Land Development Code that requires business owners could share comments a proposed new business show it can turn specific to properties or regarding the a profit without attracting customeis from overall commercial sector, Sanibel off-island. Resident Peter Pappas spoke to the com- After Commission Chairpeison Phyllis mission about redevelopment. Bogen noted the small number of business "There is a situation that threatens the owneis and residents who attended the MiUicw! Patella business community," Pappas said. meeting, the commission discussed the Cheryl Giattini, Deborah La Gorce, Bob Wigley and Hal Patinkin "Redevelopment, modernization or possibility of holding an evening meeting stand beside the Million Dollar Turtle denoting the $1.15 million upgrade of commercial areas is necessary to discuss commercial development. already raised to aquire the Periwinkle-Casa Ybel-River and must be paid for." Downes said Planning Director Bruce Preserve (PCRP). AMay 31 deadline has been set to complete the Pappas said business owners count on Rogers is currently gathering feedback second half of the fund raising. Anyone interested in pledging the additional customers improvements to from business owners and the chamber of cash gifts or non-cash asset gifts, call Cheryl Giattini at 395-2768. their property will attract in order to commerce regarding a date and time for finance the improvements. Slowing popu- an evening meeting. The next scheduled lation growth prevents them from increas- discussion of commercial regulations will ing business, even after improvements, occur at the commission's April 10 meet- however. Regulations that require busi- ing. City notfei nesses to diminish space when they reno- In other commission business Tuesday: vate exacerbate the problem, Pappas • The commission passed two resolu- at the Sanibel Community Center. pointed out. tions granting The Old Schoolhouse Council schedules Janes was elected to the Lee County A deteriorating business atmosphere, Theater conditional use approval and a special meeting "can eventually affect and deteriorate res- development permit, allowing the existing Board of County Commissioners this past idential areas," Pappas added. theater to hold live performances and The Sanibel City Council will discuss November. Hear his insights regarding John Nappe, who has owned Seahorse make improvements to the property. the hiring of an interim city manager dur- the projects and priorities of the commis- Shopping Center since 1989, told the ing a public meeting Friday, March 16. • The commission passed a resolution The city's current city manager, Ed sion and issues that directly affect commission he could not rebuild his prop- recommending the city council correct the Sanibel, such as the future of the cause- erty if it were destroyed in a hurricane or Sealover, resigned March 2 and will leave city's ecological zones map to reflect that the city after April 2. way islands and bridges. fire. "It penalizes the shopping center and a parcel of land owned by Allen and Carol Following Janes' presentation, ques- the banks that give commercial mort- Larson lies predominantly in the alteied gages," Nappe said. land zone rather than the upland wetland Janes to speak tions and comments from the audience are Commissioner Dick Downes said zone. on island March 19 invited. Nappe had hit on the "old bugaboo— • The board discussed the possibility The Committee ,— ,— , build-back," but said he could not address of recommending the city council make of the Islands and Adler to address the subject without more specific infor- room on the city's next budget for an Condominium mation. additional code enforcement officer and Associations of budget committee "It's most helpful if businesses identify an additional planning department staff Sanibel Island On Monday, March 19 the Five-Year will co-sponsor a Budget Projection Review Committee "State of the High Low Rain will hear a report from John Adler, local County" event real estate analyst, concerning a recent Weather March 11 62 0.00 79 featuring county study he conducted comparing the current 0.00 commissioner High Low Rain March 11 82 68 health of Sanibel's business community March 8 66 56 0.00 March 11 81 71 0.00 and Sanibel resi- dent Bob Janes. with the situation in 1996. March 9 0.00 Note: Rainfall levels are recorded 70 56 from the morning of the day given to The event will be The report is scheduled at approxi- March 10 76 56 0.00 the following morning. held Monday, mately 8:45 a.m. in MacKenzie Hall. The March 11 78 62 0.00 Source: Island Water Association March 19, 7 p.m. Janes public is invited to attend.

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FIRE Water restrictions apply than 30 days, may be watered Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays fiom From page 1 The Sanibel Police Depattment is cur- 2-8 a.m. rently enforcing the South Florida Water B New landscaping may be waleied at Management District's Phase II Water- any time by hand with one hose and an airived and notified Sanibel Fire and Use Restrictions as they apply to residen- automatic shut-off nozzle. Rescue. The fire had apparently started in tial/community use. Penalties can be as B Pesticide applications by homeown- the kitchen, spread into the kitchen attic severe as 60 days in jail or a $500 fine. ers are allowed during hours and clays of and, at that point, nowhere else. The lay- General Guidelines: the watering schedule. out of Tahitian Gardens is such that the M All wasteful and unnecessary water B Pesticide application is permitted by round seating area of the restaurant pro- us is prohibited. a licensed pesticide technician at any trudes from the xest of the strip of shops, • Essential services involving public time. The technician must be present dur- but the kitchen angles towaid the rest of the health and safety are not restricted. ing application. shopping center and, while partially cora- • Water-use restrictions DO NOT B When cleaning, adjusting or repair- partmented off at the end of the kitchen, the apply to the use of treated wastewater, ing existing irrigation systems, 10 min- attic area is open all the way down. desalinated water or water from aquifer utes of operating the system per /one/per "The kitchen roof collapsed, so the storage and recovery wells. week is permitted. And 10 minutes of sys- kitchen is essentially destroyed," Fire ffl Water use restrictions DO NOT tem operation is permitted on a one-time Chier Rich Dickerson said. "But there apply to low-volume irrigation using basis for new irrigation systems. was minimal damage to the restauiant, equipment or devices that apply watei Irrigation & Maintenance — more and we stopped the fire at the kitchen so it directly to the root system oi a plant. than five acres: could not spread to the sealing area." Fire B Water-use restrictions generally DO fl Odd numbered addresses: 12:01-8 fighters went inside the restaurant with apply to water from private wells and all a.m. Wednesdays and Saluulays. surface waters such as canals, lakes, hoses first; then, when the roof collapsed, B Even- or no-numbered addresses: ponds and rivers. attacked the blaze with a master stream 12:01-8 a.m. Thutsdays and Sundays. through the roof. Because about half the water used in B Hand watering with one hose Sanibel had five firefighters and three South Florida is for landscape irrigation, equipped with an automatic shut-off noz- officers on the scene with two trucks. "We the District targets outside water-use for zle is allowed from 5-7 p.m. on the same had backup from Captiva and Iona- Water Damage occurred within restrictions. Irrigation is most efficient in days. the early morning hours when less evapo- McGregor, and used everything we could Island Treasures as Sanibel Fire fl New landscaping: same as above ration occurs. — two hydrants, the Iona ladder truck and stopped the fire from spreading. except 12:01-8 a.m. extra supply line that Captiva laid down," where we were prepared to make a cut in Irrigation & Maintenance — under five acres: The other restrictions are the same as Richardson explained. "It was a tough the roof and fight the fire from there. those for properties under five acres. fire, hard to get out.completely — we Fortunately, we didn't have to do that." • Watering is permitted on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 4-8 a.m. Car, Boat & Equipment Washing fought it from 3:30 to 6 a.m. Incidentally, "It was bad," said Diana Pettersen, B Permitted from 4-8 a.m. and 5-7 I was really impressed with the Iona- Island Treasure's owner. "It certainly for homes with addresses that end with an odd number. p.m. on landscape watering days. Mcgregor squad thai responded — they wasn't the fire department's fault — they Washing must be done on, or must drain • Watering is permitted on Thursdays spent all day Friday combing thiough all were only doing what they needed to do. to, a non-paved surface that permits water of Sanibel Haibour looking for anthrax, They had to punch a hole in the ceiling and Sundays from 4-8 a.m. for homes that to "soak into the giound. And it must be and they were out working our fire at 3 and pull it down, there was water every- end with an even number or with no done with a hose with an automatic shut- a.m." where, and they broke open the front and address. off. The offensive attack Sanibel Fire back doors to get in. • Cape Coral residents with dual water irrigation systems follow the same fl Washing and detailing of cars can mounted was almost 100 percent effec- "I-guess I was in shock Saturday morn- be done at any time by a licensed individ- tive. Only the restaurant and the gift shop ing. I haven't been in the store since the address rules, but watering times are 12:01-10 a.m. or 6 p.m. to midnight with ual or company using an automatic shut- next door, Island Treasures, received any fire, but I'm sure there's a lot of stuff that off nozzles and low water-use techniques. damage, and a lot of that was smoke and a maximum of four hours. can't be cleaned up enough to sell. I'm • Rinsing and flushing of boats after water. "In order to contain the fire, we not • Hand watering with one hose devastated." saltwater use is allowed once a day for up only had to wet down the kitchen but the The business was slated to be sold on equipped with an automatic shut-off noz- adjacent store as well," Dickerson said. Monday, March 12. Pettersen had no zle is allowed from 5-7 p.m. on the same "We also set up a spot three doors down insurance. days. > See Blotter • New landscaping, planted for fewer page 25

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By Dawn deBoer Staff Writer Photos Dawn deBoer I Islander Reporter A river-running woman out Sanibei way Estero Outfitters' Paula Stuller, Gators came out for one Saturday's river tour. takes a woman's day out with the startup of left, and. kayaker Debbie Hawryl- Eco River Tours at Estero Outfitters off the iak ready for a new venture. lazy Estero River. NOTICE OF AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS A Congress Jewelers artisan, Debbie where Mound Key (a 6-hour tour by paddle) harbors the original home- Hawryliak with her 17-foot, wooden sea CITY OF SANIBEL kayak in tow, brings her Pennsylvania stead of Florida's Calusa Indian tribe, a nature to the islands good portage site on the way to the gulf, 800 DUNLOP ROAD, SANIBEL, FLORIDA while exploring the another four miles on. waters from river to Chesapeake The river follows the 305-acre, pioneer TO: Realtors, property managers, property owners and other potential bay to gulf in a love Light Craft settlement of a religious sect that specifi- third parties; Properties in Paradise, Inc. vs. Sanibei and Hendzel of nature and the out- cally moved its beliefs and homesteading Notice of Intent and Consent Final Judgment doors. Wooden kayak ideas of building the New Jerusalem in RE: Hawryliak came kits, with and Estero in 1893, land deeded to the state in to the Gulf Coast to without sails, 1961 by the sect's last four homesteaders The above-referenced documents are available at the City of Sanibei Office of visit, fell in love with available online. before their death. Legal Affairs.. If your executed original Consent Final Judgment Is not received it, returned home Hawryliak's kayak Today Koreshan State Historic Site pre- at that office, 800 Dunlop Road, Sanibei, Florida 33957, by the close of business only to pack for her came by way of serves the spiritual beginnings of Kore- (5:00 p.m.) on March 19, 2001, your opportunity to receive amnesty for past move south. A canoe shanity and its communal buildings which violations of City of Sanibei Code Provisions pertaining to short-term rentals will magazine article rat- peek over the Estero River running beside be foreclosed) Please govern yourself accordingly. ing the Lee Island Coast in the country's it. A nature trail in the park wanders along Top 10 kayaking destinations triggered her the river through pine flatwoods and scrub run to Florida. oak communities. A 60-acre campground PROPERTIES IN PARADISE, INC., "I was always intrigued by that article," is here, good for kayakers heading for the a Florida corporation, says Hawryliak, who intially went to gulf and back for a lazy night on the river. Captiva to kayak the back bay and estuaries. "The Estero is very relaxing and peace- Plaintiff, A stopover at Paula Stuller's Estero ful," says Hawryliak. "There's sun-basking Outfitters put her on the river. The two alligators on the banks and Florida birds vs. CASENO.01-590-CA-JBR women mulled over the startup of a week- foraging for food. There's no schedule to end exercise class in canoe and kayak, follow, only exploring to our liking," CITY OF SANIBEL, FLORIDA, which became Eco River Tours, based off On anything from a half-day to full-day a municipal corporation, and the spring-fed, tidal Estero River. liver trip, beginners appreciate the river's RAY HENDZEL, nooks and crannies for sandy-bottom rest stops. Defendants Down a sleepy river "It's all in what you want to do and how Portage is just behind the outfitters, far you want to go. The only rush to the with the Estero River its back yard, quietly outdoors is being outdoors. Everybody flowing westward from Tamiami Trail, CITY'S AMENDED NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY FOR likes to explore, and it's more fun explor- ENTRY OF PROPOSED CONSENT FINAL JUDGMENT twisting and turning like a snake between ing together. It's an extraordinary way to riverbanks of tropical vegetation, a brack- be in the wild with nature." FOLLOWING A FAIRNESS HEARftfQ ish water environment for osprey, blue Two friends from Venezula met up at heron, curlew, hawk, an occasional eagle the outfitters. Comes now defendant CITY, by and through undersigned counsel, and hereby and spoonbill, also manatees, dolphins and "This is an adventure for us," says gators. Glenda Mitlo, a Naples-based architect, gives notice of its intent to unilaterally apply for entry of a proposed Consent Final Old-growth trees of live oak stand tall, "An experience!" her visiting friend, their arms full of hanging moss. River Maria, excitedly admits. Judgment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A, following a Fairness Hearing, homesteads beckon on the downriver, five- mile tour to the mouth of the river and t> See Paddler, page 24 Supporting this notice, defendant CITY would state: 1. The City of Sanibei has reason to believe that, over the four year period

• PMR^PMR • PM1LAJMR • PMR • PMR • PMR> PMR • PMR •_PMR«JPMR • PMR • PMR' PMR -_PMR preceding this notice, there has been widespread violation of Sanibei Code §§126-245 »• NEW «|| g^ LISTING <:"'* "Conformity to Zone Regulations," 126-246 "Conformity of Use," 126-247 "Permits Required," 126-248 "Prohibited Uses," 126-1076 "Availability for Temporary

Occupancy; Evidence of Use," and Land Development Code Article XTI "Resort Housing

District," by many individuals, corporations and other legal entities which arc subject to

EAST END, WALK TO BEACH! CANAL FRONT - SANIBEL ISLAND such code provisions. The City of Sanibei further has reason to believe that a number of Wonderfully constructed by Rutenberg Homes Two Recently renovated piling house on navigable canal 3 spacious bedrooms, twD large bathrooms This home bedroom, 2 bath, sun porch, white kitchen, spacious such Individuals, corporations or other legal eatities are desirous of intervening in this has been lovingly tared for and the floor plan is> living area plus covered boat dock' Wonderful finishing exceptionally suited to Island living Two screened details and landscaping don't wail, priced to sell i action as Third Parties which will be bound by the proposed Consent Final Judgment. porches, updated kiuhcn, terrazzo floors a fabulous $429,000 Furnished opportunity in the most desirable location $395,000 Therefore, CITY i$ providing this notice of its intent to apply for entry of a proposed

Consent Final Judgment following a fairness hearing, in order to afford potential Third

Parties with the opportunity to intervene in this action and enter into the proposed

Consent Final Judgment

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Priscilla Murphy Gregory W. Hootman PMR Realty, Inc. Post Office Box 1778 Sarasota, Florida 34230 FBN: 294349 ft/Iary Loy Bailey BROKER-ASSOCIATE (941)952-1035 941-472-1511 • 800-233-8829 • 941-472-3907 Attorney for Defendants 8 • Week of March 15-21, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER sluen & Six seats up for grabs in Chamber board election Over the next three weeks, the Island Reporter will needs of service-oriented members of the Chamber. well-served to have BIG Arts representation because be providing profiles of the nine candidates running for He lives in Fort Myers and has a 6-year-old son, the organization is such an integral part of island die Board of Directors of the Sanibel-Captiva Islands Matthew. life. Chamber of Commerce, The nine are competing for the Vision Statement: I encourage all groups to work Vision Statement: The Chamber is a place where six seats that are currently up for election. Ballots were together to strengthen Sanibel. By facing difficult members can come together, develop common goals mailed March 6, and must be returned by April 6 to issues ahead as one, we can preserve our common and action to preserve and enhance the unique cul- qualify. goal — Sanibel. ture, community, and environment we share as resi- dents, visitors, and businesses. Ray DeStoppelaire Liz Fowler Supervisor, The Paint Executive Director, BIG ARTS Bryan Hayes, Partner, Company hen she's not run- Sanibel Air Conditioning ning benefit orn and raised in marathons at usiness is a family Tampa, Ray W Disney World, as she did affair at Sanibel B DeStoppelaire is a this winter, Liz Fowler B Air Conditioning, true Floridian who loves holds the helm at BIG which Bryan's father Dan to boat and fish, especial- ARTS as the first execu- started up 12 years ago. ly for tarpon. He is the son tive director. A native of Bryan joined the fold nine of world-famous organist Nashua, New Hampshire, years after earning his "Lenny Dee," who has she was raised in Malvern, degree in business at produced more than 50 Pennsylvania, and educat- William Patterson albums. Ray graduated ed at Syracuse University, College in Wayne, NJ. from the University of where she earned her His younger brother, bachelor's in education. Todd, also helps out. Florida with a B.S. in DeStoppelaire Science and later took to She went on to receive a Fowler Bryan and his wife, the skies as a U.S. Navy master's degree in public Jackie, have been busy pilot and recruiter in Pensacola for four years. health at UCLA and worked in administrational hos- raising the next genera- Hayes Ray discovered Sanibel during his college career, pital positions from Illinois to Los Angeles to tion. Their four children, when he would vacation here with roommate Dave Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center. Liz three of them girls, range in age from 3 months to 6 Trowbridge (son of Chamber Executive Director moved to Sanibel in 1988 with her soon-to-be-hus- years. They have lived on the mainland for the past Keith Trowbridge). Impressed with the island and band, attorney David. His position on BIG Arts few years but are preparing to move back to Sanibel. the surrounding area, he eventually worked his way board of directors and her love of music and art got Bryan has been involved with the Chamber since down here, after a brief stint in 1990 as a charter her involved in the organization. he arrived. It was his idea to initiate a New boat captain in St. Petersburg. Liz's community involvement has been wide- Residents Welcome Program as a goodwill gesture When he first moved to the area, Ray worked for spread since moving to Sanibel. She serves as a and way to promote the islands' service industry the U.S. Postal Service and immediately joined the board member for Gulf Coast Society of Fundraising within the Chamber. :; Sanibel Fishing Club to feed his angling habit. In Executives and Sanibel School Fund. She has served Vision Statement: Through my island experience December 1998, Len Wojnar, owner of The Paint also on the boards for the Children's Education as a businessman and resident for a number of years, Company, hired him, and Ray, then 38, was happily Center of the Islands, Southwest Florida Marine I will be able to contribute to the work being done back on Sanibel. He oversees 26 employees for The Institute, and Southwest Florida AIDS Network, and now by the Chamber and explore different areas, Paint Company, which specializes in exterior and on the advisory committees for Florida Gulf Coast especially from the service industry perspective, interior painting for homes, condos, and businesses, University, Heartland Healthcare Center and Florida because so much emphasis gets placed on hospitali- This past year, Ray became more involved with the Hospices. She has two daughters: Kari, 7, at Sanibel ty and tourism industries. community as Chamber Ambassador and Kiwanis School, and Samantha, 5, at Children's Education member. Center. Liz believes the Chamber board would be As a board member, Ray would represent the

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That can be good Editor or bad, depending on how that agenda is proposed. Community works when all kinds of ideas are put forth openly and a majority gets behind a proposal. Community is dysfunctional when individuals try to push an agenda — regardless of its merits — without making sure the community feels a sense of ownership and pride. The islands are full of people now pushing their own agendas — be it in non-profits or government. To have a accidents on Sanibel, not on the causeway. How is healthy community, those agendas need to be "sold" to Patrolling causeway and increased police presence on the causeway going to the majority. Without such, community can and does reduce accidents on Sanibel? According to data in the become dysfunctional Dictatorships — at least benign heavy traffic not linked Preliminary Engineering Report of the Sanibel ones — might work best. But, in America, we have cho- To the Editor: Causeway Improvement Study, during the six year sen democracy. [A note: in the Gary Price era, it might Reference: Chief Lew Phillips Comments in period from 1992 through 1997, there were 90 acci- be said that we had a relatively benign dictatorship/oli- "Opinion," March 8, 2001 dents on the causeway, an average of only 15 per year. garchy — while it generally worked well, it might be I firmly believe that Chief Phillips and his statf are I would like to know how many accidents occurred on said that our current turmoil stems from trying to change doing a very good job providing us with the help and the causeway in'the year 2000. This number should be that direction. How that change evolves will be the key security we expect here on the island. It may be that, as available from the Lee County Sheriff's Office to a real sense of community.] he stated, the police department is understaffed by four According to Chief Phillips, the inter-local agree- On Captiva, there's all kinds of shenanigans going on. sworn officers. I am in no position to judge. ment he is working on only covers tiaffic on the cause- It's now my feeling, however, that anyone and everyone His recent uiltcle in the Island Reporter was well way. The causeway islands belong to Lee County and should be involved in the community center (CCA), and written but I leel I must respond to some ot his com- will still be patrolled by the Sheriffs Office. We will that all sides should present their vision and do their best ments because I ieel that they are misleading. have no legal responsibility i'oi the activities being car- to "sell" it. 1 relei specifically to his statement that, "Oui traffic ried out on the islands other than traffic control. flow problems relate directly to the causeway." It 1 believe that one of the main leason for accidents t> Sec Marlell, page 10 should be made very clear to all Sanibel residents that on the causeway is vehicles passing on the outside even if the bridge structures had four lanes, the traffic (right) lane on the islands and moving back to the cen- would change very little because Periwinkle Way has ter lane before arriving at each of the three 2 lane Looking at a only two lanes. The bottleneck i.s not the causeway bridge structures. At the present time there are not alone. It is the road from the toll booth all the way back enough signs directing the drivers how to use the right to Tarpon Bay Road. This can be seen in the morning, lanes on the islands. Coining onto the island there is Sanibel Beach Project with the traffic coming onto the island and in the late only one sign that says slow traffic should stay in the afternoon, with the traffic going off the island. right lane. This lane should be clearly marked as a by Kate Gooderham Periwinkle Way is jammed with bumper to bumper turnout and slow lane and perhaps striped so that it is traffic. No matter what is done on the causeway to alle- not used except for turnout, merging or for vehicle "Because beach erosion is a serious menace to the viate the traffic there, there will be little change in the breakdown. economy and general welfare of the people of this state traffic flow unless we want to widen Periwinkle Way, I praise the police for their work but let's not think and has advanced to emergency proportions, it is hereby and I doubt if anybody has suggested that. Just as an that patrolling the causeway will do very much to alle- declared to be a necessary governmental responsibility to accident on the causeway stops traffic, so does an acci- viate the onerous traffic situation we have during our properly manage and protect Florida beaches from ero- dent on Periwinkle Way. high season. It will reduce the speeding and the lane sion and that the Legislature make provision for beach Chief Phillips states, referring to an inter-local changing. What has helped is changing the bascule restoration and nourishment projects." (Chapter 161.088 agreement he is working on with the Lee Count bridge opening from every 15 minutes to every 30 min- Florida Statutes) Sheriffs Office, "Once the details of that agreement utes. Beach processes and beach restoration issues are both are worked out, we will once again be able to get the Bernard M. Lubetkin simple and complicated ... Simple because sand moves traffic problems on the causeway bridges and spoil Sanibel along beaches. If nothing impedes that flow, beaches islands under control. We want to increase police remain stable. It is only when the flow of sand is impeded staffing so that we can station officers on the causeway that erosion occurs. That is wheie it gets complicated. seven days per week, 10 hours per day during the Janes votes against freedoms The barrier can be the result of myriad causes ranging busiest times of the day." To the Editor: from offshore currents, sand bars and inlets to human It's not clear to me if he wants to police the cause- When Bob Janes was elected as a Lee County causes such as structures. Moie complicated yet is that way 70 hours per week during the entire year, or if he Commissioner, I was hoping for some integrity to take the problem is often a combination of interacting causes. wants to police it during the busiest times of the day hold on county government. However, with his recent Sea level rise gets an unfair portion of blame concern- which are about two hours in the morning and maybe a vote against the citizens of Lee County on the subject ing erosion. If sea level rise were truly the culprit, we little more in the late afternoon during the high season of Public Access TV, Janes proved to be just another would see consistent erosion to certain elevations. That, here on Sanibel. unworthy politician. unfortunately, is not the case. Chief Phillips stated that there were 293 accidents in Unfortunately for Lee County residents, Mr. Janes is the year 2000,not including those on the causeway. afraid of a free society. He understands the power of t> See Beaches, page 24 This means that he is referring to the total number of l> See Letters, page 10

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To the Editor: Where were all the warm bodies on- dren? be in all places? No they can't. There are (The following letter was written to Friday when the police chief could have Do we think that our school is safe? some security measures in place...but Sanibel School parents and submited to used our support as he was requesting Do you not realize, do you not see that why wait for something tragic to hap- the Island Reporter for publication.) funding for the DARE officer to be pre- our children are the most vulnerable in pen? No one would ever think tragedy We were all present when we needed sent at our school five days a week? Not our school surroundings? Did you ever would hit here. Did Littleton? And sadly warm, supportive bodies at the Lee only was it a school safety issue, but for see strangers walking and cutting enough, this week Santee...? County School Board when we were the community as a whole since he through the school property to get to the As parents, taxpayers and caring indi- pushing forou r K-8 progiam. Did we not requested additional funding for his tennis courts? Do you think, just because viduals, I suggest you give your input to rejoice with victory when our request department to protect our community. signs are posted "all visitors must check the Sanibel Budget Review Committee. was met? To have our children remain The police chief is looking for addi- in with the office," that they will check Your thoughts on exactly how you feel here on the island, a safe environment. tional subsidies for the DARE officer, in with the office before they abduct one about the protection of your children at We can keep them here until 8th grade but if subsidies are not in place, we need of our children (who may be walking to school and the protection of your com- then send them off to high school, across to know that the city will approve a five- the office or the rest room). Principal munity. The police chief is a "law the causeway, Fort Myers. day "beat." His beat shouldn't end at Barbara Von Harten does have rules in enforcement" professional, his job is to OH MY! Suddenly, they are in the 3:15 p.m. What about the after school place for the lower grade children, "the protect the community he serves. Our real world, faced with real situations. and summer Rec Program? Our children buddy system," but that doesn't mean job is to support him. Our financial sup- Now, for real, they are being asked if are in the presence of outsiders. The that the 10-year-olds walking by them- port, making sure our tax dollars are they want to "feel good." It is not just a mere presence of an officer five-days a selves aren't at risk. Are the bathrooms spent wisely (protecting our children and scenario, but the real thing. As the stu- week during and after school could deter locked? Can someone be waiting in the community), and emotional support dent enrollment increases, how can the any wrong doings. Do we have a false bathroom to molest your child? Oh, per- when he makes his proposals to the DARE officer reach all of our children in sense of security because we live on an ish the thought, shut my ears, this is dis- Sanibel Budget Review Committee, just one day? We have gone so far to Island with a drawbridge? Islanders jok- gusting! Let's get real, it happens. requesting additional funds. keep our children here, to receive a good ingly relate to Fort Myers as Fort Misery Don't we owe our children the protec- We love the environment, we love the education in familiar surroundings. and Cape Coral as Cape Coma, but, tell tion they deserve? To have a police offi- turtles, the ospreys, bobcats, etc... but we Don't we owe it to them to have some- me this... who is in a Coma? Talk about cer present five days a week on our also love our kids and they need some one on the grounds who can protect misery... won't we all be in a Coma if, school grounds? Have you ever watched protection too. them, mentor them, and be there for God forbid, something tragic happens to the visitors as they come and go at the Alicia Galante them as a role model? our most cherished commodity, our chil- Recreation Center? Can the counselors Sanibel

Letters, from, page 9 TV and was afraid, for personal reasons, to allow other Why we need We all must share citizens to have that same power. Janes apparently saw a sexual video from a large free public access TV the blame for youth violence metropolitan access station. I believe the tape was sup- To the Editor: To the Editor: plied by one of the cable companies against public How many times has the TV media been accused ol Ask yourself why are children shooting children and access. The video was something we can all see on making or breaking a story for the sake of entertain- where aie they doing it? Students become what they Cinemax at 11:30 p.m. He used this video for a flimsy ment or good ratings? How far will they go from cov- are taught. We can no longer leach morality so they excuse to dismiss our right to public access TV. It did- ering a story objectively to get viewers turned on to believe in nothing. They are taught to make up theii n't matter how many of us from upstanding communi- their channels? We only get spoon fed news by a few own minds about each situation — values clarification ty organizations supported public access, Janes was profit motivated concerns. We need news coverage — so we have violence with no remorse in the place afraid that grass roots political groups might have a input by a majority of the people in a free and non- where they were taught all of the above. President chance to be heard, so he squashed our major free profit manner. Our Free Public Access TV is an excel- Bush quoted Mother Theresa in his inaugural address; speech arena. lent way news could be covered without the need loi "Do small things with great love." I would like to Janes doesn't deserve to govern in a free society. In ratings and profits This is one of the best reason our quote her from another speech; "As long as we have China they .shoot you In Lee County, they simply vole Free Public Access TV channels musl be allowed and violence in the womb we will have violence in the against your freedoms. Shame on you, Janes! You'll supported as a means ol fiee speech thiough TV loi all streets." We musl all shaie some oi the blame lor this never get my vote again! who wish to use it. violence by our young because we have done nothing Ron M. Smiley A. Alfred to slop it. Fort Myers Fort Myers Beverly Fedje Bonila Springs, FL

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Through March 17th: Richard Segatman — New Works MARTELL March 19th -24th: Will Bar net — Seven Decades of Unique Work From page 9 ARTISTS REPRESENTED: On Sanibel, Mayor Nola Theiss' Shared Vision meet- Barbara Adrian David Coolidge Balcomb Greene Eliot O'Hara ings are providing a positive sense of community — as Richard Armszkiewicz Adolf Dehn Milton Hebald Rick Olson long as special interest groups don't dominate the discus- Milton Avery Judith Dolnick Tobi Kahn Richard Segalman sion and the decisions. Council has to remember that spe- Sam Barber Clara Duque Bob Kane Hunt Slonem cial interests don't necessarily represent most islanders. Will Barnet Jimmy Ernst Robert Kipniss James Twitty It's harder work to learn what most islanders.really want, Stanley Boxer Richard Florsheim Ibram Lassaw Robert Vickrey and we hope council is up to the task. It also behooves John Briggs Igor Galanin Josef Levi community members to become involved, or they have to Carol Wald take some of the blame for decisions they let pass. Byron Browne Dorothy Gillespie Herman Maril Joyce Weinstein Colleen Browning Winifred Godfrey As for the city manager, Edward Sealover was hired Walter Meigs John Wilde and directed to perform specific tasks by council. An Clarence H, Carter Lome Goulet William Nichols objective analysis by an outside source would likely give Sealover high marks. However, this is Sanibel where change is, as Sealover said, sometimes considered "anathema." We all are in love with our past, and I'm not HARMON-MEEK GALLERY sure we are coherent and/or unified as a community, to Call or write for a 32-page season schedule face our future. 601 FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH • NAPLES, FLORIDA 34102 -941-261-2637 Our future, however, will rely on-how we develop as a community. There's hardly anything more important. ISLAND REPORTER Q Week of March 15-21, 2001 Q 11

i. ® ® 1* i ii H c U City seeks early answers on sewerage issues (The Island Reporter celebrated its 25th Manager Gary Price, someone plundered a row. anniversary in 1999, and the city ofSanibel 92-year-old grave site. Why and what he County commissioners approved some Five years ago, celebrated its 25th anniversary later that got for his effort is still a mystery. $2.5 million for the repairs, expected to last March 15, 1996 year. The fallowing news items are taken A three-foot square hole at the site some Five years according to Ron Brown, from the pages of the Reporter over the past tapered to about six inches and there was deputy director for the county's department EAR deemed 25 years.) about a six-inch hole in the coffin lid. The of transportation. insufficient by state thieves had to break through a concrete slab Meanwhile Commissioner John The Florida Department of Community about six feet long before they could start Manning said last week the county will digging the hole and the hole looked like it Affairs has deemed Sanibel's Evaluation 25 years ago hold off plans to construct a new bridge to and Appraisal Report insufficient in the might have been dug either by hand or with the island until the city hires its own con- March 12, 1976 a piece of wood. areas of hurricane evacuation and afford- sultant to conduct an independent study of able housing. Cify seeks early answers necessary causeway repairs. "Of particular concern is the capability Even if the county proceeds with new of the residents of Sanibel to safely evacu- on sewerage issue 75 years ago bridge plans, the current repair work is nec- A provision in the Sanibel Land Use ate the island in the case of an emergency, March 13, 1986 essary to guarantee bridge safety during the such as a hurricane," Division of Resource Plan requiring that septic tanks be located five years it would take to build the new no closer than 200 feet from an open body Changes possible in resort causeway from Punta Rassa. of water has stirred up the biggest contro- |> See Back, page 12 versy since the plan was shipped off to rental housing code Tallahassee for state review. Owners of condominiums, duplexes or Opponents of the rule say it is unreason- homes in resort housing zones who have able and unnecessary and that it will pre- previously been prevented by city ordi- vent many potential homebuilders from nance from renting short term may soon be buying a lot and make it impossible for able to. some present lot owners to build. An amendment deleting open-space Estate Size Lot Those sympathetic with the provision requirements for some developments, and argue that protection from pollution of the those which prevent non-resort units from 1.38 Acres island's water system is vital to health, safe- renting short-term in developments where ty and welfare, and that proliferation of sep- resort use is allowed for other units, was tic tanks on the island would inevitably lead discussed by planning commissioners to more pollution. Tuesday. Something new under the sun Commercial zoning plan Rapidly becoming one of the most wide- to be back for discussion ly discussed and potentially lucrative real- Sanibel's new commercial zoning plan estate products on the market today, it met with business community opposition 3BR, comes in several forms and under varied last October and was put on hold by the names—'time sharing,' 'specific owner- city. 3BA, PLUS ship' or 'interval ownership.' Much of the plan, however, will likely Introduced on the Florida scene only be resurrected before June 6, the date a OFFICE/FAMILY about three years ago, the interval owner- commercial building moratorium is to end. ship concept gives every indication of Included in the original plan were permit- ROOM& spreading rapidly among an estimated 409 ted-use zones dividing commercial proper- resort complexes in the state. ty into four major categories. These are a EXERCISE ROOM general zone, limited zones, town center 20 years ago and neighborhood zones. March 13, 1981 The theft at the cemetery Ten years ago . Childhood tales of eerie and unnatural March 15, 1991 graveyard happenings that send most peo- ple fleeing past cemetery gates failed to Causeway repairs DINKINS deter one recent visitor to the old Sanibel begin this week cemetery. Bids have been received for the first part BAYOU DIRECT Sometime on March 5, shortly after a of a three-phase Sanibel Causeway repair visit by members of the Historical plan and work is expected to begin tomor- GULF ACCESS Preservation Committee and Assistant City

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all abilities. Sanibel-Captiva Youth The tournament will be played Saturday, April 7, and Sunday, April 8. This yeai's Baseball & Softball sponsor will be South Seas Resorts, which- The Sanibel ball diamonds aie bustling has promised gieat food and drinks during with action as the 2001 season is well the event. Almost new this year will be a underway. cocktail party Friday night, hosted by the In games last week' Bank of America, foi players, donois and B The Marlins beat the Giants, 11-7, and invited guests. Additionally, the bank is also Memorial Tournament 14-4 the sponsor foi the T-shirts, given free to all winners Nancy B The Yankees beat the Rockies, 10-3, and participants. This yeai 's shirt is going to be Prevedel and Sandy the Rockies won the second game, 15-14 anolhei collector's item, designed by local Sultar. fl The Diamondbacks beat the Astros, 12-1, artist Lauri Kaihlanen. and 11-10 For more information, call Schwab, 395- \ B The Indians beat the Angels, 10-3 6775, stop by the Dunes tennis shop, or call B The Cardinals beat the Dodgeis, 16-12 SCCF, 472-2329. B The Phillies beat the Blue Jays, 19-8 Highlights of the week by the Commish, Dick Muench: Beachview Men Well, the crowds are growing and the The Beachview Men's Golf Association games are getting more and more exciting. played a two best balls of four tournament The Diamondbacks have their first two over the back nine on March 6. fiist with 56, followed by Nancy won the closest to the pin contest. In low wins in a row. Look out everybody! The The team of Jack Shea, Ed House, McConnell and Pal Wentling, second with putt competition, Ginny Albertson, with 14 Phillies are still are a roll. Look out — last Dorell Luce and Gus Young shot 56 to carry 57; Grethe Christensen and Marcia Cohen, and a scorecard playoff on hole #1, came in place last year and now in first place. Could off first place. The team of Stu Merz, Phil third with 58; Clair Bowie and Sandy first place, followed by Ginny Arthur, 14, it be that coach Trish Phillips is almost liv- Grace, Jack Tukey and Bob Myers shot 57 Sultar, fourth with 60. Betty Gadient, 16, and Bonnie Byrne, 16. ing at the field? I thought I spent a lot of to pocket second place. And the team of Two teams tied for fifth with 61 — time there, but she is always there coaching Marv Backus, Jerry Shay, Jerry Tucker and Daphne Hellmuth and Muff Morton, and in two different divisions. What's up with Bud Ristow walloped 59 for third place. Becky Ciriello and a "blind draw" partner. Dunes Men coach Marty, with six losses this year? On March 10, the mean played a four Three teams tied tor sixth with 62 — The Dunes Men's Golf Association Could contract time be coming up? What a man, best ball tournament. The team of Jim Barbara Bornhorst and Joan Eschert, Jett played an individual points tournament on powerhouse these Marlins are, and what Putney, Dan Seawaid, Don Hummel and Currise and Kenene Weymoulh, and Judy Feb. 28. great sportsmanship by coach Fitz. Come Bjorn Olsson blasted 116 to capture first Leeder and Lil Gailius. In A Flight — Don Weymouth took lust and check outsome great games. And, place. The team of Dorrel Luce, Bob Claire Bowie, Barbara Cassavell, Pat place with 48, followed by Bob Baumler, what's all the talk about the new blue plate Ritchlin, Bill Stell and Marty Summa shot Moloney and Mary Vernon had chip-ins. 44, Bruce Sprinkle, 40, Bill Keefer (lie), 38, special at McMuenches? 122 and won a "scorecard playoff to pock- The ladies also had their final playoffs and Jack Cohen, 38. et second place. And the team of Russ for the Memorial Tournament. This match- In B Flight — Max Friedersdorf grabbed Bilgore, Orion Nunn, Ken Karasin and Dan play better-ball partners competition has first place with 47, followed by Dave SCCF's 9th Annual Valentine picked up third with 122. been in progress since Jan. 19. Adams, 44, Earl Sawin, 43, Al Hanswer, 41 Tournament winneis were Sandy Sultar and K.K. Bigelow, 39. Tennis Tournament and Nancy Prevedel. The runneis-up were In C Flight — Roy Broderson nabbed This year's SCCF tennis touinament Dunes Ladies Daphne Hellmuth and Robin Cohan. first place with 54, followed by O. Perrolte, promises to be bigger and better than ever, The Dunes 18-hole Women's Goli 43, B. McLaughlin (tie), 38, Petei Perkins, according to tournament chairmen Warren Association paired with an "Old Pal" lor a 38 and Bob MacNaughton, 37. Schwab. "We have terrific raffle prizes, a game on March 9. The format ioi this con- Nifty Niners In D Flight — Robeit Sultar pocketed silent auction, Luc Century-designed gifts vivial event was the "better ball of the part- The Dunes Nilty Nineis played a tourna- iirsl place with 49, followed by G. tor our event donors and, of course a well ners," counting 90 percent of handicap. ment on March 1. Caiol Biodeisen won the Southarde, 46, F. Broderson, 44, R. run, always-popular tennis tournament for Jana Stone and Helen Ciaig captured longest duve competition. Bonnie Reese Morgan, 41 and B. Maxeiner, 3°-

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\ Cash or Check Accepted For information regarding reprints of photos in the Sanibel/Captiya Islander or Shopper's Guide, call (941) 472>5l85. For information regarding reprints of photos in the Island Reporter or Captiva Current, call (9411472-1587. The Wildlife Protocol goes public Writers Group Three joins with local cartoonists to produce poster to educate the public about living Far Left — From the Protocol: in harmony with wildlife Refrain from feeding wildlife. They lose their fear of humans, become dependent on handouts By Pete Bishop and develop aggressive behav- Staff writer ior. Sanibel resident Claudia Bums, with Left — Keith Trowbridge places the help of Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of the protocol in a chamber bath- Commerce Executive Director Keith room. Trowbridge, placed the first Wildlife Protocol poster in the women's restroom at the chamber of commerce building Tuesday, initiating the first phase of a public information program meant to edu- cate residents and island visitors about In order to get the message out, Burns living in harmony with island wildlife. has enlisted the help of the chamber of The 11-inch by 17-inch green, laminat- the cartoons will make they might listen." commerce and local realtors, and she ed poster features cartoons by Sanibel children and adults In addition to the hopes to speak to business service gioups artist Dave Horton along with short point- more aware of human posters and cartoon like the Kiwanis and Rotary Club soon. ers concerning the protection and preser- impacts on wildlife. books, Burns said the "We're getting a lot of support from vation of wildlife on Sanibel and Capliva, "The idea is to edu- protocol might include the chamber and we need a lot of business Volunteers will now begin placing the cate, especially visi- Visitor's TV, coloring support," Burns said. "The businesses posters m restrooms throughout the tors," said Bums. "I do contests, contests to serve the visitors, who need to be educat- islands and will soon make a coloring think visitors are will- create poems or limer- ed." book featuring Horton's cartoons avail- ing to follow the rules if icks that could serve as Burns also said she hopes to obtain able to children who visit the chamber of someone tells them in a cartoon captions, car- grant money to keep the protocol rolling, commerce. friendly way. Lee Horton toon-based children's Dave Horton even though the cost of posters, coloring Burns and fellow members of Island "We find that chil- menus or placemats at books and crayons has been "remarkably Writers Group Three have been working dren make great educators and great local restaurants, and T-shirts. inexpensive so far." Burns said the writers the last 15 months to distill the essential police," Burns added, noting the cartoons "There's no limit to possible uses, as group wants to file for a grant through the elements of various wildlife brochures and coloring books will catch children's far as I can see," Burns said. "You're Southwest Florida Community into a form that is easy to read and non- eyes. "If you or I were to go up to an adult going to see this everywhere before next Foundation. threatening. Bums said the group gath- and tell them to stop feeding the birds, we season is over. We're using the ideas of "We're not all that concerned," Burns ered input from local environmental might get told [to mind our own busi- reach and frequency to provide a consis- said. "I know [the funding] is going to experts in order to create short yet accu- ness], but if a child approached an adult tent presentation rather than coming at come, but we're always happy if there's rate captions for the cartoons. Hopefully, and said 'it's not nice to feed the birds,' people from all angles." somebody interested in contributing." COTI & CASI COMMITTEE OF CONDO ASSOCIATION Attention: Readers THE ISLANDS OF SANIBEL ISLANDS WILL HOST The staff of the Island Reporter and Captiva Current would like to thank those local merchants whose financial assistance has AN ADDRESS BY made The Sanibel School's Newspaper in Education program a COUNTY COMMISSIONER success. & SANIBEL RESIDENT When Education benefits, we ALL benefit. ones Newspaper In Education is a cooperative effort between The Sanibel School and our publications to promote newspapers as-an MONDAY, MARCH 49|h at 7 pjvt educational resource. SANIBEL COMMUNITY CENTER Thank You! EVERYONE IS WELCOME ...and be sure to patronize the businesses below who have made this possible. Bob Janes was elected to the County Commission last November.

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I Global Village Prop- : A SERIES First in a two-part series on ECHO, Educational -A. Concerns for Hunger Organization, based out of North Fort Myers. Second part takes a look at the benefits of "Leave a Legacy," a charity-based program of giving developing nationwide as a finan- cial assist to nonprofits on a community level. • Farm tours step out 10 a.m. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday at ECHO, east of Interstate 75 at Global look, and village, of the future at ECHO. Bayshore Drive and Durrance Road in North Mike Sullivan leads a farm tour during ECHO annual open house Fort Myers. Saturday. More than 1,000 visitors walked through this year. ECHO resounds to global need, call

By Dawn deBoer ing area to dry, package and test seed viability. Staff Writer Animals are a large part of the farm staffed by 24 full-time employees and 230 part-time volun- his year, as last year, more than 1,000 visi- teers working a half-day one day a week. tors knocked on the door of ECHO's open Thouse. The highway patrol called in back- A living classroom up to handle the cars coming in from north of The farm is a living classroom, each section Tampa south to Naples on their way to a 47-acre — in a space commonly allotted an individual in farming ground. It was a zoo on the form. a Third World country — a demonstration in Workshops- on edible landscaping in which subsistence farming, which is ECHO's ministery Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization to poor countries in tropical climates. specializes, conducted by ECHO Executive More than 250 delegates from 30 countries Director Dr. Martin Price with herb farming by come to this outdoor classroom every November specialist Kaye Cude, filled to capacity while for the farm's agricultural missions conference, touring caravans took in the lay of the land and where they study and train in tropical agriculture the concept behind it. from irrigation to planting to land renourish- But the beauty of this day, says farm develop- ment. From China, Africa, South America, ment director, Michael Sullivan, is the large draw Autralia, Israel they come. The countries must in of people who have never come to see ECHO need remain Africa and Haiti. before. "It's the result of one of those cycles of bad ECHO is today a self-sufficient demonstration decisions, mostly political," Sullivan says of farm. The new millenium takes it higher: A glob- embargos and trade-offs of trees for fuel — a 90 al village is under way here, the first stage of the percent tree loss, just for cooking fuel. Now farm's redesign set for July 1 completion. these countries have a major problem keeping Stage 1 is a mountain. topsoil in place for agriculture, he says. "It will probably be the highest point in Charlie Forst, 76, comes to ECHO after sub- Florida when we get through!" sistence farming 40 countries. Forst develops Sullivan grins, but he's not joking. Few do models of working ideas on the farm and, if an when subsistence farming for the world. idea works, puts it into action overseas. Roof-top gardening is a recent farm endeavor Subsistence farming with giant-headed cabbages headed to break out ECHO'S nursery provides 10 percent of the of their truck tire containers. Here ideas are test- farm's income, an intern training ground in edi- ed for growing vegetables and even trees on, ble plants, trees, berries and herbs. The farm rooftops, generating more space for food growth. fields the largest selection of this type in the A tree container here embeds a Moringa or Southwest, and it is the only plant the farm car- horseradish tree. Its leaves provide 10 times the ries. More than 100 herbs are grown here, betecarotine of carrorts, four times the calcium To walk its groves of fruit trees is to see and of milk and twice the potassium of bananas. It taste the likes of a orange-grapefruit mix, blossoms year round, making it fertile ground for Goliath pummelo, hanging ripe at twice the size beekeeping. Its seeds even purify water. of a regular grapefruit, a very durable fruit tree, A self-standing, three-tier structure conceptu- easy to grow and excellent source of Vitamin C. alizes space in layers — garden atop, first layer, Or the star fruit, common to Florida but harder to a rabbit pen the middle layer, with a fertilizer bed ship than eggs, ready to bust out like a thin- below into which rabbit droppings drop. A cycle skinned water balloon full of sweet, sweet juice of life sprouting, living and recyling all in one. when ripe. A tropical plant, it is grown only in This concept drew 15 world scientists from Florida. Disney's Epcot to ECHO. High-tech is Epcot's Its seed bank is the heart of the farm with 450 Photos: Dawn deBoer IIsland Reporter specialty; subsistence is ECHO'S. varieties yielding millions of seeds, all stored in Rooftop gardening, one of-the latest working models of agri- One scientist, intrigued and excited at view- one 7-foot by 45-foot refrigerated tank,- a tank culture at ECHO, was innovative enough to pull internation- ing rooftop gardening's simplicity, is reported to soon to become four times its size with process- al scientists visiting Epcot to the farm. have responded, "We can afford to do this!"

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Tervisl? Tumbler ust in time for the ospreys return to nest along his Vfcp wwcfrr lire native New England's coastline, essayist David JGessner sees his third book, "Return of the Osprey," TERVIS TUMBLER OUTLET hit bookstores March 31 with an invitation from Sanibel to speak at the International Osprey Foundation founded here. 12995 Cleveland Avenue Sanibel's idea of co- Fort Myers, FL 33907 existing with its envi- ronment is one of the 939-28OO reasons the osprey is web site - http: / / www.tervis.com "my bird," he says. HOURS: MON. - SAT. 10-5 • SUN. 12-5 "They can cohabit with humans. They are a touch of the wild in THE SAN1BEL the midst of the civi- REALTY CONNECTION lized — or not so civi- offers lized. They can co- exist." His own year-long study of the osprey\s and comeback on Cape Cod SANIBEL came more from his art as seen of writing than a natu- only from ralist background of PUNTA RASSA CONDOMINIUMS which is none. "I am a personal Spacious 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Condominium Homes essayist and autohiog- with Large Screened Lanai, Full Size Laundry, rapher, a writer who Lots of Storage and a Community which offers: happens to spend some David Gessner studies osprey nest built at the • Heated Pool and Spa • Shuffleboaril time in nature." • Private Fishing Pier • Picnic Areas His books venture • Tennis • Adjacent Full Service Marina into themes of life and That became his motto. "" . death on which natural "I took it as a challenge. I'd sit there with my tele'sco RESALES FROM THE MID $150,000,008 cycles are based. In ret- and live inside the nest, and I started noticing things J h£ rospect, nature writing n't noticed before. I saw the first fledging pop its head c today is what the VACATION RENTALS of the nest. I saw them practice flight. I saw a murder at t Melvilles and Thoreaus nest," he says. SANIBR HARBOUR RESORT of yesteryears called "I saw [these things] because of patience and disciplii PUNTA RASSA CONDOMINIUMS writing, Gessner says, It was hard, but because of it, I started to notice a lot mo "with a whole lot of It was like I was on their rhythm, more animal-like. I fel A FULL SERVICE REALTOR AT THE GATEWAY TO SANIBEL nature in it." 1S009 Punta Rassa Road * Fort Myers, Fl. 83908 Telescopic bird study bit like a wild man living there on the marsh." His own thoughts on Gessner's house is close to the water. When he wakes this genre of writing can hear the birds in the nest across the harbor, his signal (941)466-3313 about nature won him a New York literary magazine award the start of another day. He started answering their call Visit Our Website at WTTP:\\WWW,SANlBa.NET and an editor who asked him to write, oh yes, a nature book. their lives intertwined with his. [email protected] He made a definite decision then. "It was a metaphor for what my wife, Nina, and I we "If I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it whole hog, real- trying to do. We were trying to build our own nest," he sa; ly immerse myself in the natural world," he says. "I wanted "It was a very stormy spring, and the osprey were bei as a writer, not a trained naturalist, to take the protagonist of blown around out on their nest at the end of the jetty. I wn this book, me, and move him through the course of the year in my journal that we're all precarious nesters. The ospi where he starts very much a beginner in the ways of the were our inspiration, giving us pep talks on how to survi * Walk To The Beach % osprey and birding and just basic science and show the kind until spring." of character change that happens with getting immersed in another world, like birds," Gessner says. "By that finding you learn, that once you learn a lot about any one tiling, it connects by threads to every other thing." This seems too profound, even for him, for "just sitting r watching birds,"'he says, "but it was a terrific, excitingyear for me." Gessner's own history adds profundity here. Recovering from a 1990 diagnosis of testicular cancer, his personal read- ings of this type of cancer brought him to an article in Nature magazine, a science journal, about instances of tes- ticular cancer and possible connections to DDT. : The introduction of the pesticide DDT in 1950 and its use in the United States until 1972 wiped out 90 percent of New England's coastal osprey population. "To find out the osprey had come backhand were thriv- ing, seemed an amazing connection to me." Th§ large number of deaths following DDT spraying of osprey nesting grounds on Long Island was Exhibit A for the Walk to The Beach. Plus ^ Environmental Defense Fund's first case brought to federal court in April 1966. In 1972, DDT was banned in the states, vate deeded Beach Parking, m giving birth to environmental law and its offspring, the Call for details. ^ Environmental Protection Agency. Linda Gornick • (941) 472-6669 ext,627 ou learn to live by osprey time, as Gessner did, 800-459-1985 following the meaning behind the words first told 1456 Periwinkle Way • Scinibel, Fl Yhim by naturalist/scientist Allan Poole, who stud- ied osprey.in the wild. He became Gessner's Obi-Wan- Kenobi during his home-study tenture of four osprey nests from a summer lawn chair with old binoculars handed down to him by way of his dad. "After bragging to him of watching these big birds lift off the nest at the end of the jetty, Poole said to him, 'Well, that's all fine and good, but you've got to put in your time on the marsh. You've got to sit there for hours on end. You've got to live on osprey time.' 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Ikki Matsumoto to sign Island Reporter poster at gallery by Nancy Santeusanio who don't like cats can't resist buying one Special to The Islander of them." Ikki One reason that the gallery has a lot of Matsumoto Sanibel Gallery owner Duey Liber is cat-related items is the annual show to ben- shows some proud to be representing such notables as efit local animal programs such as PAWS of his work Ikki Malsumoto who, tomorrow afternoon, and ARC. Liber tells a wonderful story at a recent March 16, will have an opening at the about Frank Sadera, a Sanibel Post Office arts and gallery for his most recent works and sign employee, who brought an oil painting to crafts fair. his new 2001 Island Reporter poster, the gallery. Liber had no difficulty selling it "Sanibel Sashami," for subscribers. This and Sadera, in turn, donated his entire will, indeed, be one of the season's special check in-the amount-ef~-$l;200"to -the' gallery happenings. Humane Society in Fort Myers to start a Liber personally selects each gallery fund for low-income people to care for piece. She stays away from the typical their animals. Today Sadera's paintings are New York shows and looks for the exclu- displayed prominently in the gallery. sive and unusual. "I try to find the things Another unique collection is the mixed that you don't see. If someone walks in and media on black wood pieces by Francesca says, 'I've seen that.' I never buy it again." Hoppin, who has a remarkable ability to emphasized Liber. know what she is going to do with each Jane Valtin opened Sanibel Gallery in barnacle or shell before she picks it up. 1976 and sold it to Liber in 1993. The With them, Hoppin creates a wide variety gallery now represents approximately 150 of characters from a mountain climber to a artists and crafts people. Most of the two- Northwest Inuit to children playing a game dimensional work is from Sanibel and Fort of soccer. Mounting these figures on black nut, Lundberg's handmade glass paper inspire her. She enjoys a loyal local follow- Myers, but the craft work is from artisans wood makes these pieces startling and dra- weights of the perfect globe and Suly's ing and the enthusiasm of the winter visi- all over the country. Among a few of the matic. crabs, frogs, alligators and turtles with tors. "They're looking for something that artists displaying their work are Audrey whimsical additions in functional clay. A reminds them of their visit to Sanibel so Other unusual pieces include Charles true exclusive is the annual signed and that they can look at it when there aie five Chiaradio, Frank Sadera, Bill North, Dick Wehringer's primitive oil miniatures of Hartmann and Matsumoto. dated Sanibel Gallery Christmas ornament feet of snow outside, They are looking for fruits and vegetables. On one of these the originally created by Valtin in 1979. Each the unusual things they can't find any- Among the most unusual pieces of craft mushroom stem actually hangs over the year one ornament is "retired," thereby where else." The Sanibel Gallery is that work are the sawdust-fired clay cats by frame for added interest. There are etchings increasing its value as a collector's item. kind of place. Mary Dewey. Since the burned sawdust by Carol Lummus; a metal sculpture, carbonates the clay differently, each cat has "Yard Birds," made fiom recycled steel Liber herself is a former potter who has The galleiy, located in Heart of the its own distinctive appearance and person- wheelbarrow tire rims; and Kent Burgess' always had a special fascination for ail and Islands at 1628 Periwinkle Way, is open ality. Liber calls them "The Personification copper metal sculptures with movable crafts. She has a keen sense of beauty and Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to of Felines". "People come in, see the cats parts. an eye for the unusual and highly appeal- 4:30 p.m. and from 9:30 to 4 on Saturday. and say, 'I want him or hei,' and 60 percent ing. The vast variety and the tremendous Telephone 472-3307. Others include Lance Lichtensteiger's amount of talent she recruits continue to have already named the cat. Even those lifelike birds carved out of wormy chest- 'Our Three Tenors' set for March 18 at Mann Hall Join the Gulf Coast City Opera, Sarasota anthem of holder a $50 three spon- Tickets may be purchased Symphony as it presents Opeia, Houston Grand Italy," and gift certifi- sors will be in pei&on at the Barbara Our Three Tenors at Bar- Opera and many others. the sublime cate to De- hosting a B. Mann Per-forming Arts bara B. Mann Performing This will be their first Humming signer Rug; a reception Hall Box Office, by call- Arts Hall on Sunday, appearance in Fort Myers. 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SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEACHES 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:0(T 5:30 From page 9 ©NBC Just Deal NBA A-Team A-Team Players Preview Goi; PGA Bay Hill Invitational, Third Round. From Orlando (Live) GDPBS Julie Get Your Share W/Julie Stav Cahal Dunne's Thank You America The Irish Tenors: Live From Belfast (cc) ©FOX Movie Movie: ** Singles Movie: *** Vice Versa (1988, Comedy) The most environmentally-friendly and most cost- ©CBS Road to Final Four [College Basketball (Live) (cc) [College Basketball (Live) (cc) Bask ©WNPL Movie: +** Hoop Dreams (1994, Documentary) Warrior Princess V.I.P. (cc) (S) effective beach management tool is beach restoration and ©ABC Winnie Mouse Joel Siegel/Awards jSkiing NHL Hockey Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche (Live) subsequent renourishment, which has been proven over (D WGN Soul Train (S) R St. Patrick's Day Parade In Chicago (S) The Lost World Earth: Final Conflict Warrior Princess and over again in projects across the country. 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When ©TNT Movie: ** Dirty Dancing (1987, Romance) Movie: ** Dirty Dancing (1987, Romance) Movie: *+ Dirty Dancing (1987, Romance) the Corps regularly dredges the channel, the material is @AMC -ashion Movie: Mummy's Ghost (cc) Movie: Luck of the Irish (1:45) Movie: Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (cc) |Backstory placed on their beach. ©NASH Outdoor In-Fish jOutdoor Fishing Mechanic Trucksl Car Chrome Horse. Hot Rod Martial Law (cc) (S) How clo we determine project success? Generally the ©A&E Movie: Lorna Doone (2001, Drama) (Amelia Warner.) (cc) Love Chronicles (cc) Investigative Report American Justice engineers set the criteria when they design the project. ©NICK Thorn. Thorn. Arnold! Arnoldl Rugrats |Thorn. RktPr Thorn. Rugrats Arnold! Rugrats Spy Kids Sanibel now has a beach project that is five years old. ©TRAV Vaca Vid Vaca Vid Treasure Treasure Yellowstone Busch Gardens Sea World Revealed U.S. Waterparks According to Hurniston & Moore, 70 percent of the mate- ©NOST Paid Prg. 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~0n the Islands * Our Three Tenors Alliance for the Arts Gulf Coast Symphony Symphonic Sensations McGregor @ Colonial Island Cinema March 18th, 8 p.m., $10-$25; students $5 939-2787 • Laughter tfe Reflection with Carol Burnett Ed Calle: Jazz Alliance Concert Bailey's Shopping Center Maich 17th, 7 p.m. (Gates open 5:30) 472-1701 March 20th, 8 p.m., $40-$65 15 Minutes (R) andThe Meuian (R) • Joe Walsh, guitanst with The Eagles Festival seating, $10 or 4/$30, food available Call lor times & prices March 21st, 7:30 p.m., $28-$42 • Bob Newhart In Person with David Savh BIG Arts Thuisday, March 22nd, 7:30 p.m., $30-$4O 900 Dunlop Road • The Irish Rovers 395-0900 March 25th, 7:30 p.m., $17-$27.50 Schein Performance Hall • The one & only George Carl in Philharmonic Center for the Arts • The Huber Marionettes March 29th, 8 p.m., $28444 5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard March 22nd, 7:30 p.m., $20/$12 Mature audiences only (800) 597-1900 • From Cairo to Kerouac with David Amram • Big Bands & All That Jazz • Classical V March 31st, 8 p.m., $20 Southwest Florida Symphony Naples Philharmornic & Philharmonic Chorale BIG Arts Film Society March 30th & 31st, 8 p.m., $25-$35 March 8th-10th, 8 p.m., $42/$16 Farinelli • Paul Anka in Concert French & Italian/English subtitles Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre March 17th, 8 p.m.SOLD OUT; March 19th, March 19th, 7 p.m., $4.50/$4 at door 1380 Colonial Boulevard 4 p.m., $48 Phillips Gallery 278-4422 • China Theatre in August Rising Families: Their Bonds & Boundaries Show Boat March 18th, 8 p.m., $48/$18 A staged reading by The Company Through April 7th, $20-$39 • Robin Lane's One-Woman Show — Tonight, March 15th, 8 p.m., $15 Off Broadway Palm Georgia O'Keeffe and Artemesia Gentileschi The Big Bang March 23rd, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m., $20 Old Schoolhouse Theater March 8th-April 28th, $18-$30 • Miami City Ballet 1908 Periwinkle March 27th & 28th, 8 p.m., $45/$ 18 472-6862 Florida Repertory Theatre Take Me to Broadway @ The Arcade Naples Jazz Society Through March 31st, $25 First & Hendry Streets Norris Community Center 332-4488 755 8th Avenue J, Howard Wood Theatre Margaret Edson's 1999 Pulitzer-winningWrf (941) 266-1997 2200 Periwinkle March 16th-April 8th, $22-$26; students $5 Zeb Billings & Java 472-0006 Sponsored by the Patty Berg Cancer Center March 19th, 7:30 p.m., $25 The Nerd Under 18 not encouraged Sugden Community Theatre Through March 31st, 8 p.m., $25/$15 701 Fifth Avenue, South Pirate Players' Children's Theatre Edison Community College Theatre (941) 263-7990 Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? @ The Foulds Theatre Allen Vache Swingtet Saturdays, March 17th-31st, 10 & 11 a.m., $5 10091 McGregor Boulevard March 20th, 7:30 p.m., $30 936-6443 Once Upon a Mattress Naples Dinner Theater March 22nd-24th, 29th-31st, 8 p.m. 1025 Piper Boulevard ~ln Fort Myers-' March 25th & April 1st, (941) 514-STAR (7287) 2 p.m. $5 • Damn Yankees Barbara B. 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HELP!!! seeks new applicants Hiring! No experience - paid train- FL 33915-1306. Maine Coon & Siamese adult show Never been used, still in plastic. 481-9594 for all departments ing - great benefits - call 7 days a cats free to special homes. 540- Quilted Top. With 10/yr. Warranty. for expanding business. weak! (800) 218-1871 ext. 340 Toll 9018 or 246-0801' Cost $570, sell $199. 941-594- No experience necessary!! Free! FAX: 9369. Must start immediately. (941) 574-5693 GENERAL $400. weekly. POSTAL JOBS $48,323.00 yr. Now WANTED TO BUY Carpet Installer with many remnants Call Roxanne hiring - No Experience - Paid E-mail & first quality rolls, great deal 3 HELP WANTED (941)482-4060 Training - Great Benefits. Call for Swfnews! ©Flguide.com Wanted: Old Barbie Dolls & acces- rooms installed w/pad $379 (360 Housekeepers (1) staff trainer. (2) lists 7 days. (800) 429-3660 ext. J- sories. From 1959-1969, Any con- sq. ft.). Buy today, install tornor- crew chief. Apply to H R. Dept., 800. dition. 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Fully equipped Many extras. blue tropical flower design WELLCRAFT 24ft. 270hp, Genesis Gulf access - Cape Coral Lakefront, 472-1861 Chevy Celebrity and furnished. Real Estate Broker/owner. 90, custom structural stainless East sunrises. 2Bd/2Ba, pool, New carpeting and tiles. Principals only. 1986. steel and canvas top, electronics security & sprinkler system, dock, Blue tint, blue paint. Tennis court. 941-470-7217 box, vhf, stereo w/tape, trim tabs, electrical davits + concrete boat fax: 542-1845 Patio set- Wrought Iron, incl. 6ft. sofa Chrome rims. pad. Well maintained. $270,000. Heated Pool. circulating bait well, private electric (941)437-8191 w/cushions, (2) large chairs, (3) $1,799 or best offer. head cabin, Duo-prop, battery By owner. Call 941-549-1950 tables, and coffee table, $195/obo. 458-1524. charger, shore power, sink, refrig- French doors for Mobile Home, erator, dining table, canvas & wind- COMMERCIAL $450 -Value, $200/obo. (941) 505- break, cushions, sundeck, s.s. dive FOR SALE BY 1494 . Fairmont Futura, 1979 rack, bottom viewing, much stor- MOONSHADOWS - age, $11,900. 941-395-1484 PROPERTY/RENT New Motor. OWNER JUST LISTED! Steps to the beach...ground level Ice cold Air, Runs Great. Custom 25ft. fiberglass inboard with Office warehouse 1000 sq. feet air MISCELLANEOUS $975. home 3 bedroom/2 bath enclosed conditioned, lease $500. per 51 hours, hard cabin, tower, full 3 BEDROOM,3 BATH 540-7377 pool, 2 car garage, built on double month, 11620 Chitwood Dr. Off keel with tunnel, new electronics, RARE OFFERING! AMINA CLEANING SERVICE lot. Excellent condition...much Kelly Rd. 466-6776, 466-0564 bait wells, has been maintained. Restaurants, Condominiums, much morel! $749,000 .472-5462 Residentials, Houses $675K.Call Robert @ 395:3243. • REAL ESTATE Availabe 7 days a week BERETTA BEACHSIDE POOL Action Craft 1995 Flatmaster 115 AND TENNIS. 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Call 262-512-0150 or 262- LOCATION: TORTUGA BEACH CLUB TABLE TOP "DOCKAGE INCLUDED" MOBILE HOMES SNACK VENDING MACHINES Ford Expedition 2000 Eddie Bauer WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL JFOR SALE WEEKS: 3 & 4 OF JANUARY 8 COLUMN Series, loaded, 30 months WELL LOCATED LOT MECHANICAL bumper-to-bumper warranty Ft. Myers, McGfegor/Sumrherirn, For SPACIOUS FLOOR PLAN AND FOR remains, $29,000. Call (941) 573- CarSS single rriasT, 7-saIIs, 18h.p. ON THE LAKE sale/rent, 1 br, 55 plus park w/pool. CANDY AND CHIPS 0247 * diesel, must sacrifice due to ill- IN Completely furnnished, new cen- WONDERFUL AMENITIES $100. EACH ness. Any reasonable offer. 772- tral air/heat, good appliances, per- INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP AT SAFETY HARBOR CLUB fect location near Sanibel, Ft. DUNES COUNTRY CLUB CALL 4480 for more information & $179,000 (941)573-8158 4-WHEEL DRIVE appointment. _ _ _ Myers Beach. No dogs $8,000. _(?41)S42_-0443 TO BE SOLD BY OWNER: (802) 464-5467 VEHICLES "JOSE'S HIDEAWAY LOT" Lake lots! 28x54 Doublewide, unfur- WOLFF TANNING BEDS. Tan at ACREAGE GREAT BEACH ACCESS nished. 2/2 plus retreat room. New home! Buy DIRECT and SAVE! Ranger pick up, 4x4, 1998. Only OCALA" AREA/ Land "Bargains." 5,800 miles, $12,500. 941-368- AND roof, new appliances, large porch with Commercial/ Home Units from Beautiful 10 acre lots from insulated roqf. Vinyl windows; indoor PRESTIGIOUS $199.00. Low Monthly Payments. 0553, 734-483-0803. $49,900 - $59,900. Nicely wood- VIEWS OF THE GULF FREE Color Catalog, Call TODAY! laundry room w/washer & dryer. Over SANIBEL COTTAGES ed, paved road, 12 miles to I-75, $195,000 _55.+.._$54900.J95-_6192_ (800)842-1310 JiiXEIii )J745-2781 ! Week 36 - Early September. www.np.etstan.corn : TRUCKS&VANS Mobile Home fully furnished, new hot Prime 5 Acres, in Buckingham.. (941)472-3000 Sanibel at its best. water tank. One Bedroom, corner lot No crowds. Nissan tryck, 1986 \, with scorpion Septic, well, pump, woods in cen- FAX: with carport. Asking $4,000 or Best topper. One previous owner, body ter. Zoned Agriculture. First Spacious floor plan. MUSICAL (941)472-9635 Offer. Must be seen. Ft. Myers area. Wonderful amenities. in good condition. Has used motor $65,000. O.B.O. takes it. (941) 55_+...Call941 945-6J07 ; _•_ INSTRUMENT w/rebuilt head, $2,300. Will 'con- 693-8858 : TIME-SHARE sider trado. Please call 652-0327 DONE PERFECTLY. NFM-Forest Park, Must see to By owner: LOTS FOR SALE NORTH CAPTIVA REALTY appreciate..Large 2BD/2Bth, dou- (941)415-3226 Pearl Drum Set Licensed Real Estate Broker blewide. Custom built-in, large 5 piece with RECREAtldN landscaped lot, fruit trees, owner Zildian cymbals. park. Call for appointment 543- Like new, VEHICLES • TWO LOTS Over 15 years on , 4589 v A North Captiva SANIBEL BEACH CLUB I $8250BO. NEXT TO EACH OTHER Gulf-Front 540-7377. Jayco, 1994, 305RK, fifth wheel. Own your own lot! 1987 Mobile v .A 14Ft, super slide, oak cabinets, Small enough to be personal... Two bedrooms, two baths $99,900 EACH. home, 1040sq. ft., 2Br/2B, new WEEK 9 queen bed, ducted A/C. Awning, roof, A/C, windows. All updated, stabilizer jacks, spare tire, fifth ON DIMMICK DRIVE. 1. Gulf front home. $1,595,000 MARCH 3-10 Pearl 6 piece maple drum set with NEAR SANIBEL SCHOOL. screened lanai, car port. UNIT 2-D cymbals, $1,200,. 851-6137. 'wheel hitch included. Extra clean. 3 bedroom/3 bath. Maintenance, $49/month. $11,495, Call 941-235 2484 Phone: $28,*000 : On large lot. $65,900, near beaches, 454-7187. GLENN CARRETTA Very private. Owner: Pace Arrow Motor Home. 89, 34/ft. Broker-Salesperson 941-395-1972 PETS S SUPPLIES Park model, 1994, 1BR/1Ba, sun Fully loaded. Clean. Ready to with 2. Gulf view home. $385,000 rpilH! 941-458^4395. , John Naumann and Assoc. room. Fully furnished, heat & air. '• *• ' : 1-800-784-2616 (24 hrs) 2 bedroom/2 bath. Leisure living- Encore Park, Punta NOTICE: Florida Statute 828.29 Great views. Gorda, 10205 Burnt Store Rd or Brand new. TIME SHARE states that all dogs & cats (941) 395-3100 (24 hrs) #181, $19,500. (941) 575-9917 offered for sale In Florida must MOTORCYCLES £ "Check out the Virtual Tour at 3. Gulf view lot. $189,000 FOR RENT be at least 8 weeks old, have an www.teamsanibel.com" Punta Gorda, Parkhill #14, on v.; v official health certificate signed MOPEDS Two back from beach. Alligator Creek, 2Br/2Ba, Furn. by a veterinarian, have proper Oversized. 55+ Community. Glass/scr. lanai, shots and be free from intestinal Cape Coral, Unit 18, Lots 49-50. patio, carport, roofover, shed. CAPTIVA TIME SHARES & external parasites. In accor- Zoned residential. 2309 S.E. 3rd 4. Interior lots starting Offers Welcome! $32,000. (941) Bruce D. Jordan P.A. 826-2808 dance with this statute, this .Street...$9,000 O.B.O. 574-8324 at $49,500 639-5415 Come See! www.captiva-timeshares.com publication will not knowingly South Seas Sanibel and Captiva accept any ads advertising ...Large enough to be professional! Properties. dogs or cats for sale that do not Tulsa GL1500 WATERFRONT BUSINESS meet these requirements. Mufflers for Phone: 941-395-1000 Honda 1500 Goldwing PROPERTY Toll free: 800-418-5686 FOR SALE Motorcycles BELIEVE ITOR NOT!! Fax:941-395-2701 CAPTIVA TIME SHARES GARAGE SALES improves throttle response Deep water direct access canal just Inernet: WHOLESALE/RETAIL Bruce D. Jordan P.A. 826-2808 Gives a deep throaty off of Sanibel, for under $300,000. www.northcaptivarealty.com Moving from Sanibel Huge Garage exhaust tone. FLOWER MARKET www.captiva-timeshares.com Just 8 houses from river. Only Salelll Furniture and great buys!! Like new. WELL ESTABLISHED South Seas Sanibel and Captiva home for sale in Palm Acres I, 5240 Caloosa Lane. $125. MUST SELL Properties. between St. Charles and FORECLOSED GOVT HOMES! .$0 CUE TO ILLNESS Turn from Sanibel Captfva Rd. right 941-283-5928 Jonathan Harbour. or Low down! Tax repos and bank- PHONE 274-5566 on Wolfert Rd follow signs. ruptcies. HUD, VA, FHA. Low or FAX 274-5575 Call Robert Hardwick RE BROKER no down! O.K. Credit. For listings. 466-7722. fflfini ^(11-1777 ovl "IfiQQ ISLAND REPORTER • Week of March 15-21, 2001 • 29

I vZDI d I ILJ REPORT CLASSIFIEDS VACATION VACATION VACATION VACATION VACATION APARTMENTS & RENTALS RENTALS RENTALS RENTALS RENTALS DUPLEXES FOR RENT ATRIUM DELUXE CONDO Ocean s Reach Gulf Front Condo Exclusive Gulf front condo resi- GULF FRONT One bedroom Sleeps four Newly SOUTH SEAS PLANTATION SW FLORIDA'S NEED dence Two week minimum AVAIL- 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, Den. decorated 'A" rated Shelling, BEACH VILLA AFFORDABLE HOUSING Two weeks minimum. GULF COAST ON ABLE NOW. (608) 363-7669 pool tennis Top floor for best Two bedroom two bath BOCA GRANDE, on Photos available. view of beach Call owner BEACH VILLAS SANIBEL' Rent direct from owner GASPARILLA ISLAND, 952-472-7994 One bedroom one bath has become world famous APPLY FOR PRIME SANIBEL and savel BAY SIDE VILLAS ONE, TWO, OR THREE (856) 985-0322 for what It does not offer. VACATION HOME One bedroom, two bath Imagine., no traffic, BEDROOM UNITS THREE NIGHT MINIMUM no traffic lights, IN THE SANIBEL BAYOUS WEEKLY DISCOUNT BELOW MARKET RATE AVAILABLE. GULF PINES HOME no fast food restaurants 4 bedroom, 4 bath SAVE THROUGH OWNER! and no high-rises HOUSING PROGRAM. APRIL 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths. home. (800) 899-7327 CALL COMMUNITY HOUSING Garage. obstructing your view Steps from of the beautiful AND RESOURCES. PRIVATE LANE Well Appointed. Bowman's Beach. 472-1189 JUST OFF Furnished. $3,000 monthly Gulf of Mexico. WEST GULF BEACH Short Sand Path to Beach. beginning April - November. Enjoy hours of sunning SOUTH SEAS PLANTATION and shelling on $4,0507month. Call Kitty 1-3 bedroom Bay Villas pristine beaches, CONDOS FOR Four bedrooms, three baths JAN. FEB. MARCH 2002 904-821-1313 2 bedroom & 2 bedroom Living Room, Dining Room, shopping at quaint boutiques 941-481-2441 or w/loft Beach Villas RENT Game Room, Lanai 941-985-7067 and dining in fine restaurants Seasonal rates At BEACHFRONT PROPERTIES Amenities optional we take pride in offering 1-888-733-5299 1-800-87S-7495 SANIBEL CONDO the highest quality SANIBEL WATERFRONT Beautifully furnished WWW VacationVillasUSA com rental homes *•*••***•* ONE BEDROOM CONDO. 2 bedrooms/2 baths. guaranteed to please CROW'S NEST UNIT. POINTE SANTO On the Beach. even the most DIRECT BAY FRONT. discriminating tastes. DE SANIBEL Find Your Place With Monthly rental FURNISHED. In friendly, SOUTHWINDS DRIVE Our two and three Marina, tennis courts, primarily residential complex. SANiBEL bedroom properties are Two pools, barbeque grill, LUXURIOUS All amenities included. BESIDE CASA YBEL RESORT available for seasonal and GULF FRONT Bike racks, fishing pier. Golf and tennis nearby. 30 Second walk to Beach. long-term rentals for 2001, On-site Management. PENTHOUSE CONDO. AVAILABLE: Two bedrooms, two baths and come fully equipped East end of Island Summer, Fall and Beautifully furnished with all the comforts $1,3Q0/month. (lease) 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2001-2002 Season. Fully equipped of home. 472-6S23 screened lanal with VIP 630-790-1120 Charming beach home Contact our rental department, spiral staircase to Near shops. toll-free, at 888-875-2176 private rooftop sundeck. AVAILABLE: for details on Gorgeous sunrise SANIBEL CONDO Pool and tennis APRIL 2001 availability and rates. HOMES FOR and sunsets courts One bedroom, one bath 941-395-1430 Beautifully decorated VIP Realty Group Best weeks still available Call and fully equipped. Sue 941-283 3058 Call owner. SANIBEL/CAPTIVA/ THE VACATION Substantial savings FT. MYERS BEACH / STEPS TO BEACH FT. MYERS SEASONAL RENTAL Gorgeous HOME ANNUAL RENTAL (610)664-2371 JUST AVAILABLE 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath •RENTALS* 2 bedroom, 2 bath North Captiva home YOU'VE ALWAYS AVAILABLE: Seasonal 'Annual Ground level home + AVAILABLE- WANTED TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH Short Term * Homes * Condos Heated pool APRIL 16 THRU MAY 12,2001 LUXURY CONDOMINIUM. Waterfront * Off Water in mint condition. and NOW BOOKING FOR $1,S00/MONTH SUNSET CAPTIVA Lots of privacy 2002 SEASON. Most private beach. Phone Elogant 3 BR/2BA Home Rates begin at DISCOUNT THROUGH OWNER Dock on Bayou. GLENN CARRETTA in Private SANIBEL- $4600/month. 1-800-567-6687 Heated pool Broker-Salesperson, Beachfront Community 941-472-1613 Agent for owner. jefuller@msn com Wide porches Agent for owner Fully furnished 800-237-7526 GLENN CARRETTA, Open sunning decks 800-784-2616 2CATVS VCP Broker-Salesperson Chateau Sur Mer area. or CD/Stereo W/D VIP Realty Group/ John Naumann Idyllic luxury and comfort. (941)395-3100 Pool - Tennis Boat Dock Rental Division and Associates SUNSET CAPTIVA Easy care, no effort Call owner 800-784-2616(24 hrs) Vacation Home. 615-371 9029 BEAUTIFULLY or FURNISHED HOME. Three bedrooms, three baths. www members home (941) 395-3100 (24 hrs.) Monthly rentals. net/sallytom [email protected] AVAILABLE WEEKLY ANNUAL RENTALS LANDS END 2 Bedroom, loft, 2 Bath VILLAGE CONDO "Check out the Virtual Tour at Call for rates. www.teamsanlbal.com" Screened Lanais Canal Home. . At South Seas Plantation 3 TV/VCR (941) 472-8248 Near beach CHANGE OF PACE 2 Bedroom / 2 Bath Pool - Tennis - BBQ Grill (505) 982-9242 Pool. Beautiful vacation home 3 bedroom, Luxury Unit Gulf Beach, Boat Dock, East end, 2 bath Your own private tennis Fantastic Ocean Views And Morel 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath plus court and swimming pool 100 Weekly or Monthly Rentals SEASONAL RENTALS Call owner at family room. yards to Gulf of Mexico DISCOUNTS OFF 314-872-9990 WEST GULF DRIVE Ground level. (440) 338-8031 SOUTH SEAS RATES STEPS TO BEACH Spacious. (440) 338-5281 Owner 800-897-0288 Gorgeous OUTSTANDING HOME Three homes to beach. 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath WITH PRIVATE BEACH ACCESS Great location OCEAN'S REACH North Captiva home SUNSET CAPTIVA AVAILABLE: Seawalled canal. AVAILABLE: 2001-2002 SEASON Phone: Gulf Front LOGGERHEAD CAY APRIL 16 THRU MAY 12,2001 Luxury Three bedroom, two bath, $4500/MONTH GLENN CARRETTA One Bedroom Condos and Broker-Salesperson Each accommodates four NOW BOOKING FOR Larg Non-Smoking STEPS TO BEACH 941-995-0631 with JNA. 2002 SEASON. 941-982-4170 Agent for Owner. Fantastic View (941) 395-3100 (24 hrs) Beach, pool, tennis, bikes Fully Furnished Bay front community. Two bedroom, two bath SOUTH SEAS GULF FRONT Pool - tennis -Boat docks - or Owner: 800-784-2616 (24 hrs) 941-395-1972 Condo. 1 bedroom, 1 bath Gas grills, and much more. Maine Coast-Summer Rental Pool - Tennis - Cable - VCR Condo CALL OWNER. "Check out the Virtual Tour at 330-788-9329 Pemaquid Point- Picturesque, i wwwteamsanibel.com" 517-321-6324 Private, Exclusive RENTING: DISCOUNT THROUGH OWNER ATTRACTIVE SANIBEL HOME! New fabulous log home overlooking West Gulf area 3/3 Large living 1-800-567-6687 APRIL THRU DECEMBER jefuller@msn com ocean, islands and rocky coast area Screened heated pool Walk to June-September $2750/wk Sanibei SECLUDED beach Overlooks large lake resident owner (941)472-9198 BY OWNER SUNSET CAPTIVA SANIBEL HIDEAWAY Spectacular bird watching Private Gulf and Get_early dates! Available 2001-2002 Season 1-516-628-1801 3 bedroom/2 bath SOUTH SEAS Bay Front Community. Piling home. (314) 994-3177 email mak- [email protected] Two bedroorns, two baths. FMB 1 Bedroom, 1 Large Efficiency, wak5@aolcom GULF-FRONT CONDO 1 Small Efficiency Large garageAworkshop ONE BEDROOM, Sleeps five. . Underneath, Beatitifully remodeled Weekly/Monthly, great looation ONE BATH. Call7B5-6631 __ __^ $140Q/mqnth. NOW BOOKING FOR and decorated. , ' S1400 deposit. BOARDWALK TO BEACH LUXURY HOME Pool - tennis - boat dock. 3BR/2BA home 2002 SEASON. Annual lease. DISCOUNT THROUGH OWNER AVAILABLE NOW! Available NOW. VERY PRIVATE Weekly or monthly. SEASONAL Fireplace, paddle fans, OCEAN FRONT 1-800-567-6687 Located at [email protected] CALL OWNER: screened lanais, BBQ, SOUTH SEAS PLANTATION (734) 426-0050 RENTALS 3008 Poinciana Circle heated pool, tennis, bikes PRIVATE POOL AND SPA (off Island Inn Road) All amenities ONE ACRE FENCED IN LOT 407-889 9377 GREAT RATESIII RESORT AMENITIES AVAILABLE Call ownsr SOUTH SEAS PLANTATION SUNSET CAPTIVA 314-842-2147 \ FEW WEEKS STILL AVAILABLE Rent my beautiful Cape Coral-SW Executive style IN WEEKS; 2 Bedroom, 2 5 bath hc-nra ATTENTION home, 3Bd/2Bth, direct sailboat APRIL, & MAY-OCT. 2001 Pool - Beach -Tennis access, oversized pool, newly •MARCH 30 tp APRIL 6, 2001 Call (910)457-9251. Beach Front Condc Two an* remedied, Italian tile, all appli- ances, as good as it gats, $1400, bedrooms plus two baths SPECIAL RATES AVAILABLE APRIL 6 to APRIL 13, 2001 DIRECTLY FROM OWNER Reach More poo) "and Jawn Included 941-542- Washer/dryer Large kitchen k f OR A LIMITED TIME. PLANTATION BEACH CLUB II: The Atnum 0992 Pool - tennis - bicycles Now Beach condo. Exclusive Gulf-front luxury People booking weBkly and monthly PHONE: (219)272-0889 Beautiful Gulf View 2 BR, 2 BA, den, Owner 330-864-3094 FAX: (219)273-5973 wrap-around balcony, With Ads on the Douglas Realty, Inc - Rental Two bedrooms, two baths. 1 Pool and Tennis. fantastic view Internet Department 542-2710 Available 6/30 - 7/14/2001 Rent/Lease Option Available Pets Please call: Call owner for brochure. www.flguide.com Allowed. Beautiful Brand New 3 or 1-248-258-5367 800-484-7304 PIN 8286 4Bedroom Cape Coral Pool Home or 770-664-7186 For only $1295 $3 additional When you place an CAPE CORAL 1-BOO-SANIBEL SEASONAL RENTALS ad www.flguide.com HOMES Res ervations PM____R_ f-XOO-727-9991 FORECLOSURE $119,900 Pool Home w/Spa Large Lanai Priscilla Murphy The Best Choice of Properties Oversized Lot 1964 sq ft under Realty, Inc. Available on the Islands air 3662 Total Area Born in 1990 Sanibei & Captiva WANTED TO Great Room, Vaulted Ceilings Large Separate Laundry, Light CENTRAL RENT and Airy Kitchen Clean and Great Shape Easy to See Call Dave RESERVATIONS, INC. Abernathy 565-8502 Century 21 ANNUAL RENTAL. Sunbelt VmrOKlGiN.AI untial n-smation smut-on the islands with Your Ad Could Be Here! Looking for 2/3/4 bedroom mn lOUOoni tosiun ludmom hunus wndos cottages, uffiuonucs house/condo. ANNUAL SW Cape home Gulf access and lu,k booms on .mduttbwuli Uukh daih and monthly luitals RENTAL, furnished, beginning Pelican area 3/2 open plan, heat- Call Scott Jacobs @ 472-1587 ad pool large dock with lift, Itt iisidi !ht •.uinlimv foi i/ou November 2001 for 2 adults $187,000 941-549 3448 Lie. Real Fstate Broker, call (800) 325-1352 oi 472-0457 call 941-472-0619 30 • Week of March 15-21, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER

SANIBEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL CHAMBERS (MacKenzie Hall) island 800 DUNLOP ROAD MARCH 20, 2001

' ' AGENDA

8:00 A.M. Executive Session SANIBEL/ Discussion of pending litigation regarding Properties in Paradise, Inc. vs. City of Sanibel and FORT MYERS Raymond J. Hendzel. HOMES CAPTIVA Attending: Greg W. Hootman, P. A. HOMES Sanibel City Attorney Douglas M. Wyckoff PRICE Sanibel City Manager Edward L. Sealover REDUCED!!! UPPER CAPTIVA Sanibel City Council TREEHOUSE MOTIVATED FOR SALE Two bedroom 9:00 A.M. I. Call to Order. SELLERS Secluded Jungle cottage, office. 2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. (Councilman Brown) EAGLE RIDGE Tropical hardwood floors. FOR SALE BY OWNER Awesome 360° views Convenient Location from sky deck. 3. Proclamations, Announcements, Special Presentations. Off Daniels Road Lush landscaping. (a) John Wilson, Lee County Public Safety Director regarding Countys hurricane shelter 4-Bed/2-Ba/Pool Home. Five minute stroll 2-Car Garage, to beach. deficit and separate shelter for Sanibel. Fireplace, Call owner: Cathedra! Ceilings, 395-1039 (b) Ron Ulmer concerning paving Nerita Street. Large Walk-in Closets, Separate Laundry Room, (c) Rodney Jobe, John Naumann and Al Williams regarding short term rentals. Huge Fenced in Backyard, Landscaped For Privacy. ALUMINUM 4. Public Comments on items not on the Agenda (Maximum time allotted, 20 minutes, with a Formal Dining Room. Home Warranty Offered. limitation of 5 minutes per speaker.) $184,900 Call 5. Council Comments. 941-561-4638 KEN ELLEFSON (a) , Report on National League of Cities Legislative Conference. (Mayor Theiss) or SOFFIT & FASCIA (b) Report on March 19th Shared Vision Meeting. (Mayor Theiss) 941-850-1163 • Honest BROKER •Dependable (c) Discussion regarding attendance at future Florida and National League of Cities •Professional PARTICIPATION Your siding expert!! Conferences. (Mayor Theiss) WELCOMED. 10% MARCH DISCOUNT License #0144058 6. First Reading of ordinance and scheduling of public hearing. Insured, I2years w/local experience. (NOTE: The First Reading is not a public hearing and no discussion or testimony will be taken.) Call 246-6285 days or (a) First Reading of an ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 82, ADMINISTRATION, SANIBEL/ evenings 242-0371 ARTICLE IV, DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, DIVISION 2, PROCEDURE, SUBDIVISION CAPTIVA II, SHORT FORM, SECTION 82-401, APPLICATION, AUTHORIZING USE OF STAFF-ISSUED SHORT-FORM PERMITTING FOR THE RELOCATION OF HOMES CONCRETE & EXISTING STRUCTURES FOR RESIDENTIAL USE AND FOR ADDITIONS TO ANNUAL RENTALS MASONRY DRIVEWAY CRACKED??? EXISTING BUILDINGS; Canal Home. Complete or partial concrete Near beach. removed and replaced 9:io A.M 7. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING Pool. Driveways, patios, sidewalks, East end. lanais, and pool decks. 15 years (a) Second Reading and Public Hearing of an ORDINANCE ELIMINATING THE 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath plus experience. Licensed and insured family room. contractors. Accurate Concrete REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A WASTEWATER DISPOSAL PERMIT FOR Ground level. Cuttmgll 574-8001 M-F " EXPANSION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES IN WHICH THERE IS A 20 PERCENT Spacious. Three homes to beach. OR MORE INCREASE IN LIVING AREA: Great location. LOCKSMITH Seawalled canal. (b) Second Reading and Public Hearing of an ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO ILLEGAL Phone: GLENN CARFIETTA PARKING IN DESIGNATED HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES. Broker-Salesperson with JNA. 8. CONSENT AGENDA (ANY PERSON MAY REQUEST THAT COUNCIL REMOVE AN ITEM Agent for Owner. (941)395-3100 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION BY NOTIFYING THE CITY or MANAGER/CITY CLERK, OR A COUNCIL MEMBER, PRIOR TO THE MEETING.) 800-784-2616 (a) Approval of Minutes March 06, 2001 regular meeting. (b) Approval of A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND BAY FRONT and TRANSMISSION SYSTEM EASEMENTS FOR PHASE II (B). CANAL FRONT - ISLAND LOCKSMITH (c) Approval of a RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WASTEWATER COLLECTIONS AND HAVE IT ALL! TRANSMISSION SYSTEM EASEMENTS FOR PHASE II (C). Soaring 24-hour Emergency (d) Authorize City Manager to enter into a contract with USFiker for repair of USFilter cathedral ceilings overlooking bay Service Davco Travelling Bridge Filler at the Donax Wasterwater Plant. and canal. Spacious home (e) Authorize City Manager to enter into a contract ($85,000 grant) with DEP for Brazilian with oak stairways, 472-2394 Pepper removal at J. N. Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge. plantation shutters, dock, spa, (f) Accept Mark Bird Westall's resignation from the Wildlife Committee. lush landscaping... Impressive! (g) Fiscal Status report for February. $2,340,000. GLENN CARRETTA 9. OLD BUSINESS Broker-Salesperson with JNA. (a) ' Adoption of a RESOLUTION REGARDING DESIGNATION OF TARPON BAY AS A 800-784-2616 (24 hrs.) or MANATEE SANCTUARY. 941-395-3100 (24 hrs.) (b) Discussion regarding Councils summer vacation meeting schedule. (Vice Mayor Walsh) "Check out the Virtual Tour at www.teamsanibel.com" (c) Report regarding County investigation of time o'f day pricing for Sanibel Bridge. (City Manager) (d) Report on location of slow speed buoys in Tarpon Bay. (City Manager) CLINIC FOR REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE, INC.

10. NEW BUSINESS - P.O. Box 150, Sanibel Island, FL 33957 (a) Authorize City Manager to enter intoji contract for storm benefit analysis by Humiston and Moore Engineers ($22,500). This is related to the proposed beach re-nourishment PLEASE JOIN US NOW! v project. (Rob Loflin) (b) Discussion regarding City Manager search process, (Mr. Howard Tipton, ICMA Range WITH YOUR HELP, Rider) C.R.O.W. PLEDGES 11. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. TO ALWAYS BE 12. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. THERE FOR OUR (a) Report regarding liability insurance settlement clause and renewal. HELPLESS FRIENDS 13. COUNCILMEMBERS' REPORT. OF THE WILD. 14. Public Comment. rjj YES, I want to help C.R.O.W. by becoming 15. ADJOURNMENT. a member. Enclosed is my contribution for:

Qj Individual $25 Q Sustaining $250 IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION MADE BY THE COUNCIL ON ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THIS Q Family $50 Qj Donor $500 MEETING/HEARING, SUCH PERSON MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, TO INCLUDE THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH ANY SUCH APPEAL IS TO BE BASED Q| Supporting $100 Q Sponsor $1000 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PERSONS NEEDING A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION TO Qj Benefactor, over $1000 PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING SHOULD CONTACT CITY MANAGER EDWARD L. SEALOVER NO LATER THAN ONE DAY PRIOR TO THE PROCEEDINGS. TELEPHONE 941-472-3700 FOR ASSISTANCE IF Please List My Membership as: HEARING IMPAIRED, TELEPHONE THE FLORIDA RELAY SRVICE NUMBERS, 800-933-8771 (TDD) OR 800-955-8770 (VOICE),

Please make Uiei.k'. payable to ( R.o w all dues and (.mttnbutlan'. are htx lUiluuihl ISLAND REPORTER • Week of March 15-21, 2001 • 31

on display at Bell Tower Shops in Fort Myers. end of times. The monthly filTn shown free by Works of art available for $10 donation. Christian Film Ministries, which ministers to area Info 334-7007 farm workers and prisons. The ministry cele- DATELINE brates its 25th anniversary this year. Info 472-0673 From page 18 AQUATIC PRESERVE ESTUARIES 45-minute slide show 7 p.m. at SCCF's Nature Center. Judy Ott, Florida Department of Environmental GO WILD! AT SCCF'S MARCH CHAMBER AFTER- Protection's manager of five aquatic preserves CROP WALK 9 a.m. in the parking lot of Sanibel HOURS Answer the call of the wild with fellow in Lee and Charlotte counties, introduces sub- Congregational United Church of Christ for a 1-mile Chamberites at Sanibel-Captiva Conservation merged plants and animals found in area estuar- or 5-mile walk along Sanibel bike paths. (See story Foundation's al fresco front porch affair, 5:30 p.m. to ies and what agencies are doing to enhance highlight in Dateline.) Info 395-1952 7 p.m., at SCCF on San-Cap Road for its annual their sustainable health. Info SCCF, Melissa COIN, STAMP AND CURRENCY SHOW City of Fort environmental business community awards. Tasty cui- Upton, 472-2329 Myers Recreation Department hosts a buy, sell or sine from the Island House. Info 472-2329 trade coin-stamp-currency show,10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at COTI/CASI County Commissioner Bob Janes the Garden Council & Activity Center, 2646 addresses Sanibel residents 7 p.m. at Community Cleveland Ave. Admission free. Sponsored by the Center, 2173 Periwinkle Way. Question-and-comment Fort Myers Coin Club. Info 936-2741 period follows. Info 472-3565 PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Dr. Ivan ST PATTY'S DAY SALE FOR HOPE Sixty percent RED SOX RECEPTION On the Red Sox infield, Hernandez speaks on mainstream treatment choices off at Hope Hospice's resale shoppe Twice is Nice, reception and autograph session with dinner by and recent updates, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Metropolis Center, 12951 Outback and panel discussion, host Boston Red Sox Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center, Patty Metro Parkway, north of Daniels Parkway in Fort Official Broadcaster, at City of Palms Baseball Field. Berg Cancer Center, 3 South Conference Room, in Myers. Info (941) 561-7667 Tickets: $30. Register 437-1745 Fort Myers. Info Carlo Lane, 369-9771 INTERGALACTIC BEAD FEST More than 35 ven- COPING WITH THE DEATH OF A CHILD Eight-part BEHIND THE SCENES AGRICULTURE TOUR dors from 18 states display ancient, vintage and series on the first and third Mondays, March through Collier County Extension Office hosts a tour of sel- modern handmade beads for sale, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., June, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hope Hospice, 9470 dom-seen county spots today and Saturday, March today and Sunday at the National Guard Armory, HealthPark Circle in Fort Myers. Upcoming meetings 24. The tour includes a vegetable transplant busi- 3193 Gun Ciub Road in West Palm Beach. Also scheduled: March 19; April 2 and 16; May 7 and 21; ness, citrus grove, vegetable packing house, a beef beadmaking demonstrations, identification and June 4 and 18. Info 489-9156 cattle operation and one of Southwest Florida's appraisals. Admission: $5 for both days. PAUL ANKA IN CONCERT Singer/songwriter/record- largest commercial ornamental nurseries. A locally Info (888) 729-6904 ing artist Paul Anka celebrates 40 years in show grown barbecue lunch and other refreshments. Air- business when he returns to the Philharmonic Center conditioned buses leave Sam's parking lot in Naples for the Arts for his performance at 8 p.m. Tickets: at 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. to return approximately 4 p.m. $48. Info (800) 597-1900 Info More details and tour tickets available through the University of Florida Extension Service,353-4244. SANIBEL ROCKS CIVIC ASSOCIATION Annual SANIBEL SCHOOL'S ANNUAL SEAHORSE FEST meeting 1:15 p.m. at Sanibel Library Meeting Room Noon to 4 p.m. at the Sanibel School's Recreation today. Business meeting includes nomination and Complex. Games, climbing wall, bounce house, maze LEE MEMORIAL AUXILLARY ART SALE 7 a.m. to election of directors. Guest speakers include Sanibel and obstacle course, pie throwing, face painting and 5 p.m., today and March 21, in Lee Memorial Director of Utilities John Hefty, who will discuss sand dollar art, egg dip, golf target and the ever-pop- Hospital's main lobby, then on to the HealthPark implentation of a new sewer service available to the ular jail. Atrium, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 22 to March 23. Rocks area next year, and Sanibel Director of BROADWAY IN NAPLES Four Broadway performers EVENING SPEAKER SERIES AT SCCF , "Do Planning Bruce Rogers to discuss the status of on stage for the American Cancer Society benefit You Know Where Your Aquatic Preserves Are?" beach renourishment and short-term rentals in resi- program, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Sugden Auditorium, today, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Sanibel-Captiva dential areas. Info Mel Hyatt, 472-0911 Telford Center in Naples. Teresa Eldh, Eric Scott Conservation Foundation. Upcoming: "Research CHOLESTEROL LOWERING WORKSHOP Three- Kincaid, Dodie Pettit and Kevin Gray with stage per- Efforts at Tarpon Bay Estuarine Laboratory" on part workshop at 5:30 p.m. today, March 28 and sonality Jack Klugman as guest speaker. Reception March 27; "Listed Species of Sanibel and April 4, at Wellness Center of Cape Coral on how to follows the performance. Tickets: $175. Info (941) Captiva" on April 3; "The Forgotten Western help iower cholesterol through lifestyle changes. Fee: 261-0337, Ext. 114. " on April 10. Info 472-2329 $15. Pre-registration required. Register 573-4800 THEATRICAL STUDY of its presentation meets 3 EMPTY BOWLS PROJECT A national effort for 'REVELATION' FILMS The third story in "Left Behind" series is now a film, "Revelation," show- p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Third week of a 12-week study pro- awareness of hunger with handcrafted clay gram. Cost: $100 or $50 for students. 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