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Refuge boundaries The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service holds hearings on expanding J.N. "Ding" Darling refuge boundaries. results in $5,000 fine —See page 2 By Pete Bishop Hurricane season Staff writer Part one of a two part series The $5,000 fine given last week on the upcoming 2001 hur- to Richard and Fleur Cook for ricane season. destroying two. gopher tortoise burrows, tortoise habitat vegeta- —See page 3 tion and 10 cabbage palms on two vacant lots in the Wulfert Road Pepper eradication area is the largest one-shot penalty imposed in the city's history, Eliminating Brazilian pep- Michael Pistella according to city officials. A stop work order halted per on Sanibel continues Michael Pistella although 70 property own- The county's chief hearing construction on Richard ers have been given notices Arsenic levels at the school ranged from 2.81 to 32 mil- examiner, Diane Parker, autho- and Fleur Cook's properties of violation for not remov- ligrams per kilogram of soil. Florida DEP targets 0.8 mil- rized the fine as part of a stipulat- March 16. ing their pepper. ligrams of arsenic per kilogram for soil cleanup projects. ed agreement between the Cooks gopher tortoise forage species and the city during a May 17 code plants; replace the cabbage palms —See page 20 enforcement hearing. with 10 cabbage palms plus 20 In addition to the fine, plus High levels of arsenic found in nearly $400 in administrative costs, the Cooks have agreed to t> See Tortoise Sanibel School's Kids Play area replace habitat vegetation with 90 page 20 Volunteers reeled DONE DEAL! Sanibel environmental Officials say there Is enough to pose immediate danger organizations are in dire to the island's schoolchildren, need of volunteers to help no danger to children; Principal Barabara Von Harten has them with a variety of tasks cleanup set for July posted signs near the area and told this summer. her teachers not to allow children By Pete Bishop to sit or dig in the sand under —See page 5 Staff writer equipment until those areas are replaced with another substance. During recent tests of four Lee Students will also be required to County schools that use wooden wash their hands and arras after playgrounds, the highest levels of using playground equipment. Biking Sonibe! arsenic contamination were found Wooden playgrounds have been at The Sanibel School. Arsenic an arsenic contamination point of Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of levels at the ononm Commerce publishes a new ammam,mmmmmmmmm concern in school ranged Florida since the brochure and places informa- from 2.81 to 32 4 ©I feel confident tion on the Web about bicy- that the school dis- summer of 1999, cling on the islands. milligrams per when Alachua kilogram of soil. trict is taking the County removed Florida necessary steps and is equipment at a Michael Pistella —See page 7 Department of being proactive trying Gainesville ele- It was another huge success story for land preservation. Environmental to minimize any risk mentary school. On May 21, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation J, Peg ©n Lassie Protection targets to the children." Earlier this announced it had raised $2.3 million to purchase the 56- J. Peg Webster searches the 0.8 milligrams of spring, three acre Periwinkle Way/Casa Ybel (PCRP) property. About arsenic per kilo- Barbara Von Harten 1,400 individuals, families and businesses contributed to Web for sites devoted man's Sanibel School principal playgrounds in best friend — Lassie. gram for soil ______,,__,__ the Tampa Bay the fund to buy this large piece of Periwinkle Way frontage cleanup projects, --—•—--— area were tem- that extends back to the Sanibel River. This land is con- —- See page 8 although soil samples from some porarily closed due to high arsenic sidered a crucial link in an extensive habitat bordering 6.5 areas of the state register higher levels. miles of the Sanibel River — which includes conserved than that naturally. The main culprit is chromated land including Frannie's Preserve, the Bailey Tract, the Although the levels of arsenic Sanibel-Captiva Conservation tract and the Pick Preserve. contamination surrounding the t> See Arsenic. Dae to several large donations, the PCRP land will be school's playground are not high page 17 divided into two separate preserves — one along School newspaper Periwinkle Way, the other along Casa Ybel. Inside this week, a 16-page newspaper created by Sanibel School students. man By Anne Bellew of the boat. Some reports indicated was 49. Neither son was injured. Lisa, and John; a sister, Susan Staff writer that the other son, Jessie Hall, was Born in Bayonne, N.J., and for- Wieters and her husband, Michael, thrown to the floor of the boat. merly of Hollywood, Fla., Salerno all of Hollywood; and many nieces Anthony G. Salemo, a resident The young men, who are 23 and was co-owner with his friend and and nephews who loved and cher- • Environmental News . .page 5 of Sanibel, was thrown from his 20-foot boat on May 17 and killed 21, pulled their father from the partner, Lowell Murad, of T&L ished their "Uncle Tony." He was water and called Sanibel Fire & Sales, Professional Hotel/Motel preceded in death by his sister, • Business & Technology page 7 when the propeller of the out-of- control boat struck him. Rescue at approximately 1 p.m. for Liquidators, and was a member of Alice Dzikowski. assistance, said U.S. Coast Guard •Opinion page 9 According to Florida Fish & St. Isabel Catholic Church. Services were held earlier this Wildlife Conservation Petty Officer Bruce Walker. The He is survived by his wife of 18 week at St. Isabel's. A memorial • Looking Back page 10 Commission officials, Salerno was Sanibel unit and the Coast Guard years, Joanna; a daughter, Maria service will also be held at St. returning from a fishing trip with both responded by boat, with Salerno; two sons — Elijah of Maurice Catholic Church in Fort •Dateline page 11 his two stepsons when several large Sanibel personnel arriving on the Sanibel and Jesse Hall of Lauderdale on June 4. In lieu of waves, apparently froth'.the wake scene first. When the Coast Guard Hollywood; his mother, Gloria flowers, the family suggests dona- • TV listings ...' .page 16 of another vessel, slammed into arrived a few minutes later, emer- Rogerson, and his father, Alphonse tions be sent to the St. Maurice Salerno's boat. His stepson, Elijah gency personnel had already deter- Salerno, both of Hollywood; two Hunger Program, 2851 Sterling • Classifieds page 21 Hall, who was driving, lost control mined that Salerno was dead. He brothers — Thomas, and his wife Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312. 2 • Week of May 24-30, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER Islanders leery of USFWS proposed boundaries into sound waters Refuge for inclusion of Chino Island. Editor's note: This is the first in a two- Complex in expansion of refuge manage- boating and fishing, and the socio-eco- pan series on the U.S Fish & Wildlife ment boundaries for federal funding and/or nomic concerns that came with it. Widening FWS boundaries over sound proposal to expand J.N. "Ding" Darling joint wildlife management of troubled habi- "Pme Island makes its living off the and bay waters drew sharp questions on refuge boundaries tats around Pine Island, Matlacha Pass, waters or recreational living, but only one Sanibel as it did on Pine Island to the rea- Caloosahatchee, Island Bay and Ding refuge of the five under consideration has soning and effect on fishing or boating By Dawn deBoer Darling wildlife refuges. specific boundaries set," Trokey said. within the proposed area. Staff writer USFW held the second and third pub- "The others do not have well-defined "This has been a long time coming," lic meetings Wednesday in Sanibel and boundaries. The planning process to set said Hinds in the 30-minute preface to a PINE ISLAND — The first of three Fort Myers. those boundaries begins tonight." two-hour, one-on-one with the Pine Island public meetings called this week by the Hard hit with criticism from its last The Service brought in Atlanta, Ga., community. He spoke of the complexities U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in round of public meetings held on Pine Regional Office Division Chief of Realty, and benefits of an environmental assess- Southwest Florida drew a crowd of 100 Island on yet another hot topic — mana- Tom Follrath, to detail the legal intent and ment and land acquisition plan which here Tuesday to speak their minds on tee sanctuaries and refuges, speed zones extent or limitations of the proposal with which opens the refuge system to joint what turned into a three-hour hot topic for and regulations — Pine Islanders Lou Hinds, refuge manager of Ding partnerships with outside agencies. recreational and commercial boaters, state approached its meeting with the feds as Darling, on hand and Chuck Underwood Congress requires, Hinds said, "an agency and conservation managers, tainted bait trawling a bigger line and out of its Jacksonville office for manatee acquistion boundary area within which I landowner and fishing associations. sinker somewhere in the underwaters. clarifications. can explore wildlife management with my The issue — more federal jurisdication Susan Trokey, a legal instruments On Sanibel, four islanders directed spe- state partners by giving me the authority over Florida waterways. examiner with the U.S. Department of the cific and numerous questions on the scope to work with other agencies." The meetings are to gauge interest and Interior and acting realty specalist/planner of federal control over acquired lands and The need of county, state and federal support of communities surrounding J.N. for the USFWS, knew coming into Pine waters and past efforts to remap bound- "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Island its domain, its bread and butter in aries f
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While it is Hurricane air pressure patterns and the rise and fall oi near a protected area. of temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean and "Don't wait until a hurricane watch is Awareness Week, the official the Caribbean Sea. Colorado State issued to develop a disaster plan or to go storm season begins June 1 University's Department of Atmospheric shopping," warned David LaCombe, and runs through Nov. 30 Science has issued it's forecast for Sanibel's assistant fire chief. "That time "Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity and spent in long lines and Fighting traffic is Anna Liakas U.S. Landfall Strike Probabilities" for the vital." Staff writer 2001 hurricane season, predicting 6 hurri- "Most importantly, aside from flash- canes, 10 named storms, 50 named lights and food, have plenty of water'on May 21-25 marks Hurricane stormed days, 25 hurricane days, and two hand. You might be working strenuously Awareness Week, a time to stock up on intense (category 3,4,5) hurricanes. m the aftermath of a storm, the tempera- J ,. new information provided by hurricane But hurricane officials warn the public tures will be up, water is key to survival." researchers across the country.. not to focus on numbers for as it was Experts recommend keeping on hand a The names of this year's brood have learned from Hurricane Andrew, just one supply of water equal to at least one gal- just been issued by the National encounter with the tremendous force of lon per person per day for a three- to Hurricane Center, completely balanced in tropical winds and downpouring of rain seven-day period. !• a sort of yin yang marriage of intensity — that steer the helm of a major hurricane For residents of Sanibel and Captiva Allison and Barry, Chantal and Dean, Erin can cause vast and long-term destruction. islands, "this year marks a milestone in *j K and Felix, Gabrielle and Humberto and on The National Weather Service, which working together to develop a Hurricane and on. The names, which are recirculat- provides forecasts and analyses of haz- Plan for the island community," said ed over the years, are retired only if the ardous tropical weather conditions, serves LaCombe. "The challenge is how to inte- christened storm is notorious enough in as a key force in saving lives and protect- grate the players into a rapid response his or her reputation to mark a bit of his- ing property before the storm hits by issu- team. For example, how do you coordinate tory, like Andrew and Camille. ing watches and warnings to ensure that the Public Works Department, the police, This year's prediction for storm's citizens have adequate time to evacuate the Island Water Authority, and the Ding Michael Pistella behavior during the hurricane season of and to perform such daunting tasks as Darling Refuge along with the independent Hurricane season starts June 1. June 1 to November 30 for the Atlantic bringing boats ashore and boarding up the contractor who is holding the chainsaw." Basin, which includes the Atlantic Ocean, windows of residences and businesses in The Sanibel Fire District will be hold- comprehensive plan for disaster manage- the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of endangered areas. ing upcoming meetings, reviewing other ment. Mexico, calls for less unruly activity than When a watch is issued, it indicates community models for Incident "It takes alot of cooperation, foresight most recent years and gives the season that there is the possiblity that a hurricane Management, and asking themselves and planning to ensure that the residents an overall score of average for the amount might encroach upon the area within the important questions, for example "What of the island have the best that's avail- of Net Tropical Cyclone Activity that is to next 36 hours. This is the time, officials would we do if the causeway were to be able." said LaCombe. "We want to be be expected when compared to what has note, to begin taking proactive measures swept away?" or "How would we coordi- ready before the storm reaches landfall." been recorded over the last 50 years. and implementing a family's disaster nate a search of homes if a large number . So watch out Lucille, be wary Jerry, if To calculate their numbers, forecasters plan. A warning indicates that sustained of residences were to be destroyed?" talc- yQu're planning to wreak havoc on the monitor climate patterns including winds of at least 74 mph are expected ing the vital steps that are necessary in the shores of Sanibel and Captiva, you won't amount and frequency of tropical rainfall, within 24 hours and people should be in hopes of establishing a community wide, catch us unprepared. Planning Commission OKs second-story addition By Pete Bishop formance with the city code. similarly situated the amount of area of mangrove, wetland Staff writer Of the three remaining variances homeowners enjoy. and altered land zones on the property, requested, neither the planning depart- Noting that the discussion of the boundary became com- After Daniel DiCarlo downscaled his ment staff nor the commissioners objected new plan is for an plicated to the point that Downes said the plans for a second story addition to his to two: a variance to allow an existing addition "wholly commission was "chasing its tail." * Sanibel Harbours home, the Sanibel side yard setback at 8 feet, rather than 10, within the footprint - After one motion failed to receive A Planning Commission Tuesday decided to and a variance to allow the addition with- of the existing struc- second and two other motions were tentatively approve his application for out requiring a wasterwater disposal per- ture," Commissioner defeated by vote, Veenschoten moved that three variances. A final vote on the resolu- mit to replace the existing on-site sewer Dick Downes moved the hearing be continued in order to give tion granting the variances will occur June system. The neighborhood will soon be that the commission the commissioners more time to study 12. hooked up to the expanding Sanibel sewer have a resolution information that had not been included in During an April public hearing, plan- system. drawn up approving tlfeir packets. Veenshcoten's motion cag- ning commissioners indicated they would The final variance, which asks that of the variance Downes tftd unanimously.' * probably not approve DiCarlo's original DiCarlo be allowed to build within the requests, but with two conditions: that if * • The board unanimously decided to plans for the addition, which required the Bay Beach Zone, was unavoidable, the dwelling is damaged after the addition forward a resolution to city council that granting of five variances. DiCarlo according to his lawyer, Heather is built, no part of the house can be rebuilt recommends the council place five prop- requested a continuance so he, his archi- Hawkins. If the second story were placed within 35 feet of the bay; and that the erties into the Environmentally Sensitive tect and his contractor could create a plan toward the front of the house and nar- addition not exceed 50 percent of the Lands District. The properties recom- more conducive to approval. rowed so as not to impose on the zone, the value of the existing home. Downes' mended are Gulfside City Park, "I gave a charge to them," DiCarlo addition would look "as if someone took a motion passed 5-2, with commissioners Lighthouse Park, the Causeway Property, said, "eliminate every variance. And we railroad car and placed it upon the exist- Marie Gargano and John Veenschoten Old Bailey Store Property and the City had a plan to do that." The plan, however, ing house, which would not be a desirable voting against. Hall/Public Works parcel. would have resulted in an addition that structure," said Hawkins. The construc- In other commission business Tuesday: B The commission unanimously decid- does not fit in with the neighborhood, tion does not extend past the walls of the B The commission decided to continue ed to have a resolution drawn up permit- according to DiCarlo. existing structure, she added. discussion at its June 26 meeting of a ting a variance that will allow Ronnie and DiCarlo's new plan is for a 1,431 Planning commissioners questioned request for a zone boundary determina- Diana Fluke of Water Shadows subdivi- square foot addition. The need for two of whether the addition constitutes a sub- tion. Darrell and Roberta Hanson had sion to replace an existing swimming pool the original five variances has been elimi- stantial improvement of over 50 percent asked for the consideration in hopes they enclosure with a larger mansard-style nated because a front entryway that of the property value, and whether the can replace an existing home and build a enclosure. A final vote on the resolution intruded on the front yard setback require- changes are necessary due to a hardship swimming pool on Woodring Road. The will occur at the June 12 meeting. ment has been pushed back and an addi- on DiCarlo. Hansons contend that their lot should be M Consideration of a request for a tional concrete air conditioner pad has Planning Director Bruce Rogers point- categorized as predominately altered land, development permit to construct a 4,800 been taken out. ed out that the addition has an estimated while current maps indicate the lot is pre- square foot addition to a 5,100 square foot The new plan also calls for removal of cost of $252,000, less than half the dominately mangrove forest. Because home on Sanibel-Captiva Road was post- a paved drive and walkway, lessening the home's appraised value of $575,000, and Woodring Road bisects the property, and poned. Rogers informed the commission amount of impermeable surface on the DiCarlo said that not being able to build because planning commissioners had not that neighbors were not provided with property, which is currently in non-con- would deprive him of the same use other received adequate information regarding enough notice for the public hearing.
City nofei recently drawn criticism because more and budget workshop f. United States Coast Guard is seeking Smart Growth Task Force . members of its committees are from the ' H Tuesday, July 3: regular meeting aifd ih|>ut from citizens who travel the cause- on SanibeS tonight development "and "real estate industries adopt preliminary millageTate - ^ yglyl Dr. Bill Hammond will host a Lee than from environmental organizations. B Friday, July 6: reconvene for adop- The Coast Guard will soon decide County Smart Growth information-gath- Council, Planning set tion of millage rate, if necessary whether to continue opening the draw- ering session at MacKenzie Hall tonight, H Tuesday, Aug. 21: regular meeting bridge at 15-minute intervals when boats Thursday, May 24, at 7 p.m. summer schedules H Tuesday, Sept. 4: regular meeting are waiting to pass through, or to extend In addition to serving on the Smart The Sanibel City Council begins its M Saturday, Sept. 8: budget presentation the period to 30 minutes in order to help Growth Task Force, Hammond is a pro- summer schedule this month, paring H Tuesday, Sept. 18: Public hearing alleviate causeway traffic congestion fessor of environmental science at Florida down from two regular meetings per approval. problems. Gulf Coast University and has served two month to one. In addition to regular meet- Drawbridge decision-makers To provide suggestions write terms on the South Florida Water ings, however, the council will conduct .eCoiiimander, 7th Coast Guard Management (District Governing Board. special meetings concerning the budget need input from public District(OBR), Brickell Plaza Federal The meeting is meant to gather feedback throughout the summer. The council's A 90-day trial period during which Building, 909 SE 1st Avenue, Miami, FL from citizens concerned about growth schedule; openings of the Sanibel Causeway draw- 33131-3050 (Attn: Mr. Dragon). management in the county. H Tues., June 19: regular meeting bridge were reduced from quarter-hour to The Smart Growth initiative has B Wednesday, June 27: Special goals half-hour intervals ended May 1 and the Mare^news~oii page 20 4 • Week of May 24-30, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER Oblli 1OVING 1EPO1TE1 By Michael Pistella She and her late husband were always Question: Barbara S. Brundage involved in supporting Christian mission- Long-time news reporter for the aiy efforts around the world. She was a How do you observe Memorial Day? - Sanibel-Captiva Islander Barbara member of Westminster Presbyterian Brundage died May 7, 2001 m Church and of the Lee County Republican Clearwater. Born Barbara Elaine Smith in Club, serving as a Precinct Farmersville, Committeewoman. Dodrill was the spon- NY, Brundage sor of the Southwest Florida Symphony Jack Weston was 83 at the Children's Choir. Captiva time of her She is survived by five sons — David 'Teacefully." death. and his wife, Cathron, and Dan and his She attended wife, Karen, of Fort Myers; Mark of Farmersville Barcelona, Spain and his wife, Stephanie; High School John of Carmel, Calif.; and Christopher of and graduated Scottsdale, Ariz., and his wife, Tracey. A Chuck Coughlin from Alfred brother, Lin Schluessler, of Edwardsport, Sanibel University in Ind. also survives her as do three sisters "My family and I talk about its significance and how 1937. A career — Minnie Purcell of Washington, Ind., grateful we are that people gave their lives and even newspaper Bernice Wasson of Indianapolis, and served at all for us." reporter, she Esther Lowe of Oceanside, Calif., in addi- worked for the tion to 15 grandchildren. Wilmington Brundage Services were held yesterday and inter- Star and the ment will take place in Indianapolis on Gary Malinski Olean Times- may 26 at Washington Park East Butler, Pa. Herald, covering stories that included Cemetery. "I think about all the people who passed away in everything from the bombing of Pearl In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu- wars and the people, family and friends, in my life Harbor to the Olean flood. tions may be made to Young Life of Lee who have passed away." She married W. Paul Brundage on July County. 3, 1942 and, after the war, they operated Norris Point Inn on the Hudson River until moving to Florida in 1947. She Dave and Lisa Klepacz worked for the North Dade Journal and Dr. Harold M.M. Union, Ohio the Hialeah Home News before moving to "We went on vacation, ran off and left all Sanibel in 1980 where she was the city Tovell, M.D. our family." reporter for the Sanibel-Captiva Islander Sanibel lesident Harold Tovell died at until 1990, when the couple moved off- his home over the weekend of May 18-20, island. 2001. "I always thought of Barbara as a Born in Canada, Tovell received his fnend," commented former Sanibel City medical degree from the University of High Low Rain Manager Gary Price when he heard the Toronto and trained in OB/GYN and Weather news, "and I thought she did a good job at gynecological oncology at Columbia May 21 88 70 0.00 her job." Presbyterian in New York City. He prac- High Low Rain May 22 90 76 0.20 "Barbara Brundage was the consum- ticed on Park Avenue in Manhattan for May 17 89 68 0.00 May 23 89 76 0.00 mate pro," said Island Reporter editor several decades and lived in Bronxville May 18 85 68 0.00 Note: Rainfall levels are recorded Scott Martell, "whom I consider one of with his wife, Elizabeth (Betty), and their from the morning of the day given to four sons. May 19 85 70 0.00 my most professional mentois." the following morning. "She was a sweetheart of a reporter," He served as a board member of May 20 85 70 0.00 Source: Island Water Association added Jeany Smusz, former City of Planned Parenthood of New York City Sanibel Executive Assistant, "very easy to and chaired the organization's medical work with." committee for many years. He also was a Brundage's husband died in 1994 and, member of the medical committee of The CORRECTIONS in 1996, she moved to Clearwater where Maternity Center in New York City. she was a resident of Bayview Gardens. After moving to Sanibel in the mid- The Island Reporter wants to correct mistakes She is survived by a son, Michael, a 1970s, Tovell became a devoted supporter daughter, Barbara, and three grandchil- of the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum as soon as possible after publication. Should you dren. A memorial service was held at working on fund-raising and other issues spot a factual error, Espiritu Santo Catholic Church in with the late Tucker Abbott for several please call: Clearwater this past Monday. years before joining the museum's board of trustees in 1992. He assumed the presi- dency of the board in July of 1994. Bill The Editor - 472-1587 Violet R. Dodrill Hallstead, in his book, Idea to Reality: An Sanibel developer Violet Dodrill of Informal History of The Bailey-Matthews Fort Myers died Sunday, May 20, 2001. Shell Museum, noted that "Upon Harold Bom in Freelandyille, Lid., the daughter fell the responsibility of seeing the [muse- Sanibel-Captiva of the Paul and Frieda Meyer Schluessler, um] building through to completion." Dodrill was 73. When it officially opened on Nov. 18, Tides She graduated from Freelandville High 1995, Hallstead wrote, "...Board president in 1946 and married Rufus Dodrill in Harold Tovell [personally] welcome [d] May 25-31 1952. They lived in Indianapolis for 26 some 300 guests attending the Grand years before moving to Fort Myers in Opening ceremonies..." HI Sal Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 1972. Rufus died in 1994. In March of 1996, he established The Punta Rassa The couple will be remembered for Elizabeth G. 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Dodrill owned what is now the 22-acre In April of 2000, he proposed that the Hi 4:36a — — — 8:22a 8:53a 9'23a Dayton Preserve at the northwest corner monies in the Tovell Fund be transferred Lo 7:27a — 12:23a 1:22a 2:17a 3:07a of Tarpon Bay Road and West Gulf Drive, Hi 1.25p 2:16p 3 15p 4:24p 5:46p 718p 8 59p which she sold to the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation in May of 1996. 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Call 472-1587 941-472-3907 ' Priscilla i Realty, Beat the summer heat — and possible boredom Get in on San-Cap's wild side this summer By Dawn deBoer Staff writer Get in on the island's wild side at island hangouts now devoid of the season's com- ings and goings. Islanders know the spots as DING, CROW, SCCF. The Big 3 are practically the island itself, leaving only gulfside beaches and bayside shores for summer frolickers. With more mindful intent, islanders can expand their summer horizons to the ever- lasting gratitude of its conservation-mind- ed institutions by volunteering some time Photos I Michael Pistella at Ding's refuge or the wildlife clinic or "Ding" Darling volunteer Stuart CROW volunteers provide the San-Cap's conservation foundation. Cooper speaks to Annette Lewis clinic with many valuable duties. Book it on over to the "Ding" Darling in the refuge bookstore. SCCF volunteer positions: gift shop, National Wildlife Refuge bookstore to "People come and go, but they don't trail guides, library, maintenance crew, load up on the latest reads on Florida out- special event organizers, environmental doors while manning an expansive store of stay away too long." and public affairs advocacy, habitat man- wilderness books and art. B "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge/ The DING Bookstore runs two agement and research, mailings and Clean up on the wild, wild ways and shifts — 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. administration. Call 472-2329. endearing calls of native wildlife at the to 4 p.m. The bookstore is the domain of the H Clinic for Rehabitation of Clinic for Rehabilitation of Wildlife. Wildife Society, which returns all profits Wildlife/CROW injured wildlife aje SCCF native plant nursery volun- Dig in at the Sanibel-Captiva back to the center for education needs, vol- ready for the change of guard. En masse teers Marge Meek and Ginny Conservation Foundation, where the unteer and refuge and media projects, said — drivers, caregivers, building and Egensteiner work alongside the Nature Center's nursery gets down and J.D. Bolden, volunteer coordinator, head of grounds crews —volunteers number 150 volunteer Hammerheads. dirty with its native foliage. Island volun- 200 volunteers in-season. Call 472-1100. in-season, but drop to 50 when close to teers foster the islands' natural ways. 100 volunteers go north for the summer we call the outside routine of building "We can't operate without them," says B Sanibel-Captiva Conservation every year, said' Anita Pender, head of maintenance and lawn mowing." a ranger at "Ding" Darling Wildlife Foundation/SCCF runs with 200 volun- CROW operations. All that CROW asks, Pender said, "is Refuge Education Center. teers in-season with a 50 summertime that we know you're coming — even one minimum. "During the heat of the summer, we feel morning a week, if you can." "We could not do what we do," said the pinch," she said, starting about Easter Marti Bryant, SCCF development coordi- Currently down to a bare minimum at Caregiving shifts run 8:30 a.m. to noon the Nursey Center, Kathy Boone, nursery and into June, July and August. "We're in with grounds upkeep on Tuesday mornings. nator. "We raised $1.7 million for Buck need of nine-month and year-round volun- Key and $2.3 million for Perwinkle manager, looks for gardeners who don't "There's not much in grounds to mind "sweat, dirt, bugs and heat" through teers, seven days a week — any day, any upkeep," Pender said, "but so that we don't Preserve, and I do that with a staff of vol- month — for animal care routine and what unteers." November if possible. look like we're abandoned."Call 472-3644. Sea turtle journal one heads east, the other west -— to The island I love Island Turtle WaUh come together, only sadly this time, May 22 red flags in hand. Sanibel welcomes us No nests to tag. No crawls to The silhouettes of her palm By Dawn deBoer report. Only a beach at peace trees dance Staff writer before the setting sun. washed in rolling surf and leftover The seashell's sing as the ocean Quiet but not alone. Before the sprinkles of an early morning rain. Zone 3 had yet to offer its sea calls. horizon, early risers shadow stick a As the winds rush by and tickle Is oats and dune hallows to a motherly : soft-lit shore like candle wicks in me, . wait of light. loggerhead or a green in search of a place to call her own for one very I hear.them. say, "Don't ever Ea . It comes with the rising sun. At , leave." 6:47 a.m.,-the walk's half over. It is special night. In her place, a yellow-crowned While the white clouds lounge in my first as a sea turtle volunteer — pleasure, a substitute, actually, but sweet all heron stands staunchly by a sand starfish and sea turtle encrusted .. The misty ait filfed with salt the same. clings to anyone around. There's a sense of an expectant with a beachcomber's shells. Quick-legged sanderlings by the As the hot day grows weak, mother lingering in the air. Men tur- And the sun goes to sleep, tle monitors pick up on it, too, and dozen have the run. of the beach. . .. All's well to end with, a hopeful., The winds die" on* the "San Carios soon bring unto themselves those .•;">•-••- Bay. fatherly ways of protector of the look out to sea arid a prayer 'arid a - half-bag of trash to tote away. . • And then gets ready to start a beach, her haven. •' •'" • new day. East 5/ 37/47 Long-time monitors Dave and A turtle might crawl tomorrow..' i* ' ^ Kit Yudowitz, with whom I share A poem by Grace WiUiamson} GRACE WILLIAMSON the walk today, split the distance — 15, of Sanibel comes to mind. SANIBEL
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Use of Swimming Pool Cindy Carol Marcia Inwimiiiiieiif Manatee Protection: USFWS wraps up interim guidance with final stage of legal review By Dawn deBoer ments remain to be answered by the enforcement and a conservation fee Staff writer Service's Vero Beach otfice, which has levied per application. overseen the public input process through By USFWS formulas, a $546 conser- The final count is 2,000 written and statewide hearings and the write-in period vation fee applies to permit applicants in a verbal comments on an interim manatee following. high-risk area for manatee mortalities. guidance plan proposed by the U.S. Fish "We were trying to find what else is out The fee for a boat slip in a medium-risk & Wildlife Service for use in granting there in alternatives or options — if area is $54.60 or 10 percent that of a high- water access building permits for boat there's something better than what we risk area. No fee applies in no-nsk areas. docks, ramps and marinas in Florida. The have now in effect through the guidance The USFWS analyzed manatee mortal- deadline was May 14. plan," says Kalahi Cairns, USFWS assis- ity data from 1974 to 2000 to break Waterway building projects around tant field supervisor tabulating responses Florida counties into 18 high-risk areas, manatee habitats came to a head earlier for federal record and reference. 17 of medium risk and 10 low risk. High- this year in a federal lawsuit filed by envi- "None offer up an alternative solution risk countie" aveiage one or more water- ronmental groups for negiglence in that addresses the MMPA dilemma," he craft-related manatee mortalities pei year enforcing manatee protections mandated says. "Letters and e-mails are repetitive of in the last 10 years. by state and federal law. the meetings, claiming the plan onerous "The guidance is to help incorporate Increased enforcement of boating The interim guidance strategy puts in and targeted to new applicants only," he conservation measures into water-access laws is seen by many as the place manatee conservation measures says, "but that's not our call to make." project designs to eliminate watercraft answer to manatee mortality. applicable to any waterway project appli- Increased — but equitable — on-the- collisions with manatees only during the cation submitted since the lawsuit, and water enforcement is the bottomline for interim period while regulations for inci- court settlement before final approval is until amendment of the Marine Mammal the public, Cairns says. dental take under the MMPA are being issued by USFWS regional and national Protection Act for regulation of incidental The guidance currently calls for more developed," Cairns reinstates. headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., and take in the case of manatee mortalities — marine patrols within "conservation The final leg of the journey routes the Washington, D.C. a process which is projected to take two to measures" which provide for increased interim guidance plan for legal review of Cairns anticipates the document's pub- three years. speed zones and signage, marine the agreement to the terms of the out-of- lication in the Federal Register by July 4. A few questions fielded from the com- Phase II of Ding's education center readies for USFWS centennial celebration in 2003 By Dawn deBoer Exhibit footage is in the making at the 1903 is today the hallmark of 531 refuges tecting and enhancing the environment. Staff writer audio-visual complex at the National and 93 million acres in the United States. Ours is, traditionally, wildlife first. We Conservation Training Center in West The Service sent film makers on keep the environment and habitat as The "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society Virginia, where another movie is under assignment to national wildlife refuges unspoiled as possible," Bolden says. "The is nearing completion of the final stage of way for the impending celebration of the around the country, including "Ding." NPS is into cultural and historical restora- the Education Center at the refuge by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's centennial "They came here saying, 'You're the tion and new recreation, which you won't September this year with the installation birthday of the refuge system come 2003. visitor center refuge. You're the public use find on refuges." of seven life-size, interactive and interpre- President Teddy Roosevelt's first desig- refuge,'" says J.D. Bolden, the education The 1997 Refuge Improvement Act tative exhibits equipped with 17 film nated refuge on Florida's Pelican Island in center's coordinator of 200 volunteers opened hunting and fishing on a few monitors. manning the complex year round. refuges for recreational activities, but About 850,000 visitors a year come to camping and picnicking remain only on the Sanibel refuge. park grounds. Other refuges are now in this aggre- The "Ding" Darling's extra calling, island gate mix, Bolden says, following suit to Bolden says, comes with its unique loca- "Ding" Darling and USFWS' sister tion on an island sanctuary. agency, the National Parks System, which "We got with this beautiful island its SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA, FLORIDA is more noted for public use and outreach migratory birds, which bring all these with intepretative programs and environ- people in for multiple reasons. They don't www.islandreporter.com mental education services. just come here for the refuge, but they The Island Reporter is Sanibel's newspaper of record, "The Fish and Wildlife Service started published each Thursday with over 4,500 paid subscribers, out with biologists. We were the the > See "Ding" and is the primary source of news for islanders. agency concerned with conservancy, pro- page 17 Where do people who visit Jack Tonya Scott Shirlene Glarrow Squibb Martell Grasgreen Sanibel & Captiva come from? Publisher Group Editor Classified Publisher Subscriptions According to the Lee Island Coast Visitor 6k Convention Bureau, 56.5% of Lee County visitors in July 2000 were from just ten home cities. That's why Royal Shell Vacations tracks and advertises in the top markets of origin. And when the guests arrive, we put them up in impeccably clean, spacious, comfortable Anne Anna Pete Dawn Michael accommodations. Which could be why 86.4% of visitors Bellew Liakas Bishop deBoer Pistella Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer Photography plan to come back. Postal Information It's another way visitors and owners get the royal Periodical-rate postage paid at Sanibel Post Office, FL treatment with Postmaster: Send address changes to the Island Reporter P.O Box 809 Sanibel, FL 33957 ROYALFSHELL Jim Scott Rich Sue X/ Rice Jacobs Martin King Member Production Real estate Acct Exec Acct. Exec. Florida Press Association Manager sales manager and Sambel-Captiva vacations Chamber of Commerce THE ISLAND Advertising Affiliate member. Qet The Royal Treatment REPORTER Deadlines' Board of Realtors Display, noon Tuesday, Printed on recycled paper 111 •1-800-656-9111 2340 Periwinkle Way Classified, 4 pm. Monday, with low-rub so/ ink www.RoyalShell.com P.O Box 809 Holidays, schedule changes ©2001 BREEZE CORP. Sambel.FL 33957 Subscriptions Phone: (941) 472-1587 Florida Press Mail delivery/1 year: Fax (941)472-8398 Lee County, $25, Associaton E-mail: US. or split, $31; Award-winning SanCapNews@fIguide com (Florida taxes included) newspaper ISLAND REPORTER • Week of May P4-30, 200T • 7 c h n o m T r * By Dawn deBoer fathei of Sanibel Bicycle Club and toui Committee membei Jody Brown. Staff writer biker himself. "It's nice to point the way to those "The number of people going for bik- sites, like the old ferry docks on Bailey Intimacy is the word from John Smith, ing vacations and holidays has gone up Road," she says, "the places you have to president of the islands' own bicycle club, diamatically, and more and more tourists know about before you know how to get quoting the Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of are coming here for the expressed pur- there." Commerce's first major advertising cam- pose of biking," Trowbridge says. The islands' bicycle club sets the pace paign for bicycling the islands here — Viva bicycles! Or tricycles or quadri- for the brochure with tips from wheie to 'Touring gives one an intimate appreciation cycles. Via a grant last year from the Lee pedal to what to see with quick and easy of our tropical setting." Coast Visitor & Convention Bureau, the reference to island rentals. Now if a true Wheeling intimacy is not a bad way to chamber's come up with a series of biker can't convince a visiting soul to experience 5- and 12-mile islands, but brochures singling out on-island pas- wind down a winding, tree-lined road what took you so long? times. paved just for him or her, no one will. City laws might not give Sanibel and Island of the Arts was the first of this Island bike paths run the length of Captiva the total soul of our more north- series, now in its second printing of Sanibel from Lighthouse Beach to ern neighbors, Useppa Island or 200,000. Think fish for 2002, the third in Captiva's Blind Pass, skimming the din- Michigan's Saginaw Island, which docks the series of five to seven brochures. ing and shopping districts of Periwinkle, all cars at the ferry, but that's not to say Playing the wheel of fortune, hinting of what's around the bend — rest- Drive, Periwinkle and San-Cap Road. Lee Island Coasters can't pedal a differ- Trowbridge deals in wheels to entice ing by and beachcombing spans of white The brochure and self-guiding booklet ent path into history. bicycle tour companies to schedule holi- sands or stopping roadside for a jaunt will be available soon at the Visitors Welcome 100,000 four-color, glossy day tours here and, perhaps, attract more down a wetland trail normally reserved Center. Keep a few on hand for those brochures, coming soon to Florida, even tourists and residents alike to wheel their far off-the-beaten pathways in more unexpected friendly drop-ins and extend- Europe. And the way Europeans take to way around the islands by bike — even if urban areas. ed family stayovers. Besides a quick ref- the pathways of their own homelands, only in fatherly dreams of putting to bed Here life lives in a neighborly fashion erence to bike rental shops, there's every- this could well be the start of an island trafficking snarls. — a motherly sea turtle or snobby spoon- thing you ever wanted to know about bik- revolution — if not revolutionary turn — "Come here, rent a bike, and do any- bill just as likely to walk on over for a ing Flonda via the Web route. There's for Sanibel and Captiva. thing you want to with no more than a nosy look-see, wherever you find your- something there, even islanders don't all The chamber's biking on it, putting the bike and a basket," he says. self, as Mrs. Jones from down the street. know about. word out internationally per its Web site, This quick-tour guide with its spry For those that live on-island, slowly that "by bike is the most intimate way to good looks spirits the vacationing soul, a the ways of meandering the islands seeps Get ready, get set to go! get to know Sanibel and Captiva Islands." zesty flagger to the more detailed bike in, but for those that have a mere week or • The Sanibel Bicycle Club meets 8:30 trail guide of the Sanibel Historical two or three, the brochure is a way to go p.m. every Tuesday at the Dunes Country Chamber answers Museum, also in its second printing. with the flow from the outset. Club, mid-November to mid-Apnl. In- Working with the chamber for two- Four-mile, five-mile and 10-mile season Group Bicycle Ride, 7 a.m. every call of free wheelers wheeler tours for two years now, the adventures point to self-discovery of the Saturday out of the Holiday Inn parking Bike tours are the rage and growing on museum mapped out the bike runs along secret to the islands — a journey each can lot on East Gulf Drive. Group cycles 10 the islands here, says chamber executive East End, Periwinkle, West Gulf and San- make, and make of it as he will — from miles to north Sanibel for breakfast. Now director, Keith Trowbridge, founding Cap Road, says Historical Preservation Sanibel Causeway to Lindgren, East Gulf that's some island living. Rodney M. Wilson, Trustee; and Arthur W. $850,000: Georgia N. Hemphill and $700,000: Melinda A. Schwerkoske Trust SANIBEL & CAPTIVA Kaemmer, Trustee—16370 Captiva Drive, Georgia M. Hemphill to Michael P and Melinda A. Schwerkoske, Trustee, to Captiva. Maurer—15141 Wiles, Captiva. Richard J. & Deborah B. Donahue—Ptl 58, $5,800,000: Terra Bella LLC to Captiva $819,000: John M. & Dorothy B. L59,B1, Shell Harbor. DEEDS Island Vacation Properties LLC—L22-28, Williamson to Jensen Linsay Meisner— $600,000: Natalie S. & Ronald D. Ol&en; 1210 Bay. 1 Deeds recorded for more than $120,000 Bay View, Captiva. Natalie S. & Roland D. Olsen Trust; and at the Lee County Courthouse for the $3,150,000: Eileen A. & James E. $779,900: Jack F. Stephenson and Alfred Natalie S, Olsen, Trustee, to Lichtenstein period ending May 4 included: Courtney to John & Ruth Baillie—1779 M. Johns to Michael A. & Nancy Trust and Timothy J. Murty, Trustee—593 (Addresses are Sanibel unless otherwise Venus. Tolisano—LI 8, Bf, U2, Beachview Lake Murex. indicated.) $2,550,000: Virginia M. Kaneb to A.J. & Country Club Estates. $395,000: Ann L. Skaugstad to F. William Lynda Scribante—2969 Wulfert. $755,000: Lisa J. Forsyth to A. Parke & & Stephanie K. Rahe—1236 Sand Castle. 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I wondered smiling boy who, from 1954 to 1957, whatever happened to some long-ago TV called, "Here, girl1" to America's stars, so I went surfing for information on quadruped sweetheart two of them on the Internet. Fla. At his personal appearance, Jon Less happily, other people remembered Whatever happened to the two boys signed 500 autographs in three hours — Rettig as one of those child stars who'd who played Timmy on "Lassie?" that's 2.4 per mmute1 — clear evidence drifted into trouble. In a string of jobs he The first Timmy, in 1954, was Jon that he touched the hearts of millions and had little luck, and he was busted in the Provost, now 51. According to the continues to do just that today on cable '70s for marijuana possession and cocaine Official Jon Provost Website $195,000: Dawn M Hoppe to A. Peter Aldnan—Gil, $455,800: Roland L Piette Jr. Trust, Roland L. Piette Jr., DEEDS, FROM PAGE 7 Jose's Hideaway, North Captiva. Trustee; Rita L. Piette; Rita L. 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Scott Martell Now, this week, they've produced a 16-page newspaper that is included as a sec- ond section of our paper. No wonder people rave about the Sanibel School. This year, the school topped out at 7th grade. Yet they were able to produce school news like pros. A lot of credit has to be given to Smith and the rest of the staff at the school. It's been a privilege working with this young staff. SCA executive director resigns N© harm in We look forward to doing it again next year. To the Editor: There comes a time when a person needs to move on discussing council pay to do different things — even from a job one loves, from an oiganization that is worthy. To the Editor: The Sanibel Community Association brings people As chair for the recent Five Year Budget Project Celebrating together into a sense of community, and I've been lucky Review Committee, I feel I owe it to the six persons who to be the Executive Director during a pivotal time in this gave more than 60 hours of service to the city to respond organization's history. We've had a lot of fun in moving to Mr. Smith's letter in the May 17 issue of the Island this organization forward. Reporter. Memorial Day Thanks so much to supportive island groups such as The members of the public who attended any of the the Shellcrafters, Shell Club, Lions Club, Power working sessions of the committee know that there was Squadron, SCCF, CROW, J.N. "Ding" Darling National no predetermined recommendation and no unanimity of e live in the great- Wildlife Refuge, the Optimist Club, B.I.G. Arts, agreement on various issues, including the pay for City est country to Kiwams, Board of Realtors, Chamber of Commerce, the Council In fact, the issue was one originating in the 1999 Wever exist in the Orchid society, the Sanibel-Captiva Art League and SO Five Year Committee and, having not been acted on by history of mankind. The MANY others. Thanks to terrific people who brought the council, it arose again. I count myself a friend of all foundation of this great bridge, fitness, and our other community courses. Thanks five council members and know there is not agreement nation is built upon the to all those individuals who have used the Community between them on this issue. Neither is there agreement concept of freedom. House for their very special personal functions. We've within our community on this issue. This does not mean Indeed, freedom is our had terrific experiences with events from the CROW's we should ignore the issue, but rather give the citizens an country's most precious Holly Ball to the HealthPark's Children's Emergency opportunity to first hear arguments on both sides of the commodity. As we cele- Center fundraiser, and many other community-based issue and then vote in a referendum on the matter. There brate Memorial Day, we functions. And what a hoot we had with our dinner the- is certainly no harm in having a frank and open discus- should celebrate our free- aters with the J. Howard Wood — who could forget the sion on this issue in councifmeetings and in the public dom and revere those who karaoke participants! The monthly socials brought forum. That is what we hope the council will agree to do have paid the ultimate sac- together so many different people, from all over the so that this issue is settled in the public's mind. There is rifice to protect our free- islands — and that's what we are all about. Thank you no reason to disparage the commitee or assign ulterior dom. Goes! J.T. Smith for bringing your Holiday cheer each and motives to its members Memorial Day was offi- every year for our December's social — you are the best! Armand Ball cially proclaimed on May Our goal has been to make this a home away from Sanibel 5, 1868, by Gen. John Commentary home for all islanders, and to bring islanders together m Logan, national comman- Rep. Jeff Kottkamp developing a sense of community. All of these events Penalty should have der of the Grand Army of and activities have made the Community House the place the Republic and was first it should be — a place for the community. included community service observed on May 30, 1868, Thank you — all of you — God bless you all, and I To the Editor: when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and pray we will all see one another as we move about enjoy- As a member of the Sanibel Island Wildlife Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. ing our island home, Sanibel and Captiva. Regretfully, Committee, and a citizen of Sanibel, I was appalled at The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring now is my time to move on and try something else. But learning about the blatant and willful disregard of feder- their dead on separate days until after World War I (when you will all long be in my heart. Don't be a stranger. al, state and local laws by an island property owner. the holiday changed from honoring Americans who died Faye Matthews Apparently the attitude displayed is that regulations fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who Sanibel protecting our wildlife and their habitat is for others to died fighting in any war). obey, but for some to ignore. The $5,000 fine for tortoise Memorial Day is now celebrated in almost every state burrow destruction plus the vegetation damage penalty on the last Monday in May. Since the late '50s the 1,200 Paying council and possible non-compliance fines could just be "pocket soldiers of the 3rd U.S. Infantry place small American money" and amount to no more than an incidental con- flags at each of the more than 260,000 gravestones at requires referendum struction cost. Arlington National Cemetry. They then patrol 24 hours a To the Editor: In addition to the restitution imposed, it would be fit- day during the weekend to ensure that each flag remains I have carefully read the resolution establishing the ting for the penalties to include mandatory hours of per- standing. Five Year Budget Protection Review Committee and sonal community service work. Such a requirement is not Sadly, many Americans have forgotten the meaning believe that their recommendation for a Charter unusual and would, I believe, be appropriate in this and and tradition of Memorial Day. For most Americans, the Amendment to provide salaries for the City Council is certainly other violation cases that we may face. holiday translates into a long weekend. It is our obliga- well beyond the purpose for which the committee was Vernon T. Frankwich tion as citizens of this great nation to remember and created and the specific charges of responsibility as des- Sanibel honor those who have given their life to protect and ignated by this resolution. defend this country. A Charter Amendment to provide pay for the City Our fallen heroes did not die simply to protect the real Council must be approved by a referendum. A referen- estate contained within our nation's borders. Nor did dum may be proposed by a citizens' petition or by the they die simply to defend the American people (although majority of the City Council. protecting their loved ones was undoubtedly foremost on Council responsibility for initiation of such a referen- their mind). Those we honor on Memorial Day, in fact, dum cannot be vague. It must be sponsored by a specific died to protect the ideas set forth in our Constitution. City Council member. If our council wants to be paid, let Please send your letters to: They died to protect our freedom for future generations. each one of them take a public position on the matter and Letters to the Editor With the end of the Cold War, many Americans don't explain their reasons for desiring compensation for a Island Reporter realize that today literally billions of people in the world position which they sought and accepted without P.O. Box 809 do not enjoy the freedom we take for granted — a free- Sanfbei,FL 33957 promise of pay. Or, fax to: (941) 472-8398. dom paid for with the blood of thousands of brave U.S. Henry W. Ghssman soldiers. While people around the world are oppressed, Letters must be signed and include a Sanibel telephone number for verifipation* We reserve the right to edit letteis for style, grammar t> See Memorial Day i and length. *<*•*•>> * > _ _page 10 10 • Week of May 24-30, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER Looking Bac Cyclists take yp gardening In beautiflection experiment public hearings leading up to probable adoption of a chairman Barbara Toomey. "But shells are definitely dis- 25 years ago, comprehensive land use plan on June 29. appearing," May 21, 1976 Scores of Sanibel bike riders turned to gardening 20 years ago, 15 years ago, Saturday and put their green thumbs on the line. Tender young shoots of periw inkle were planted along May 21, 1981 May 22, 1986 the barren, tire-scarred median that separates the new Shelling pane! urges conservation SCCF appoints executive director island bicycle path from the asphalt expanse of Concern over the future of Sanibel's Shell population Erick Lindblad, director of Newfound Harbor Marine Perm inkle Way. has led the island's Live Shell Committee to the idea of a fnstitute (NHMI) in the Florida Keys since 1979, was The occasion was the blessing of the path by island scientific habitat study. named executive director of Sanibel-Captiva clergyman, followed by an experimental session. And in an effort to minimize the threat to their sur- Conservation Foundation by its board following a special Plan hearings to start next week vival from humans, the committee plans to establish a meeting May 10. The Sanibel City Council is facing the busiest and public information board asking the public not to take Lindblad starts his new job Oct. 1 after fulfilling his most important period in its short history. shells during their breeding season. contract at the marine institute. He replaces Steve Beginning May 24, the council will host a series of "'We hate to say there's a problem," says committee Phillips, SCCF environmental director, who resigned in February to become nature operations manager for the NOTICE OF PROPOSED ENACTMENT city of Gainesville. OF ORDINANCE(S) Ten years ago, CITY OF SANIBEL, FLORIDA May 24, 1991 Experts excoriate proposed The Sanibel City Council will meet and have a second reading and public hearing June 19, 2001 at Sanibel City Hall HI the Council Chambers fMacKenzie Hall), 800 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, Florida, to consider enactment of changes in city's charter the following proposed ordinance(s) on Second Reading to be titled: Two specialists in local government testified this week that proposed changes for the city charter were dis- turbing, ludicrous and would cause confusion and anar- 9:30 a m. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING of an ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SANIBEL chy. CODE, PART II. SUBPART B. LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTERS 78 AND 126, Aileen Lotz, a principal drafter of Sanibel's original PERTAINING TO RESORT HOUSING AND SHORT TERM RENTALS; PROVIDING FOR charter, and Peter Knowles, a 37-year specialist in city CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING AN manager forms of government, urged the Sanibel Charter EFFECTIVE DATE. Review Committee not to recommend most of the 11 changes. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING of an ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 34 Lotz claimed the changes basically disbands the cur- ENTITLED "FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION" BY INCLUSION OF ARTICLE V rent manager-council form of government, but fails to replace it with an alternative. ENTITLED "FIREWORK PROHIBITED"; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR Proposals to allow residents to vote on ordinances, CONFLICT AND SEVERANCE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. pay scales, the budget and even hiring and firing policies destroy the representative form of government and will SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING of an ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 move Sanibel back to the days in New England when BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS, ARTICLE V. STANDARDS, SECTION 14-212. everyone showed up to vote on everything. VALUE OF PROJECT TO REFLECT MORE ACCURATE VALUES OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR WORK; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND Five years ago, SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. May 24, 1996 Petition OK: voters to Said proposed ordinance(s) are on file and may be inspected by the public at the City Clerkis office, Sanibel decide housing administration City Hall, 800 Dunlop Road. Sanibel, Florida. All interested parties may appear at the meeting and be heard The Sanibel City Council unanimously agreed with respect to the proposed ordinances. If a person decides to appeal a decision made by Councd on any mat- Tuesday that the Responsible Housing Committee's ter considered at this meeting/hearing, such person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceed- (RHC) petition signatures forcing a city charter change ings is made, to include the testimony and evidence upon which any such appeal is to be based. are valid. Sanibel voters this fall will decide on whether the In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation to partici- city's Below Market Rate Housing program should con- tinue to be operated by Community Housing Resources pate in this proceeding should contact City Manager Edward L. Sealover no later than one day prior to the pro- (CHR) or be turned over to the city for operation. ceedings. Telephone 941-472-3700 for assistance. If hearing impaired, telephone the Florida Relay Service According to RHC Chairperson Maggie Greenberg, numbers, 1-800-955-8771 (TDD) or 1-800-955-8770 (voice) for assistance. the purpose for a charter amendment is that CHR costs too much. Administrative costs run CHR nearly $160,000 a year for three full-time employees and CHR Pamela Smith, Deputy City Clerk only collects $165,000 in rent from its tenants. One year ago, May 25, 2000 City prepared for hurricane season You may not have noticed anything last Thursday morning, but Sanibel was hit by a hurricane. Fortunately, it was all a simulation to test the city's ATTORNEYS AT LAW • FOUNDED 1924 hurricane preparedness and fine tune all the procedures involved in battening down the city's hatches. City Manager Ed Sealover and Deputy City Manager Heather W. Hawkins Pam Smithy coordinated the simulation and, overall, the various departments received high marks. Richard A. CoIIman * Jason R. Maugham, LL.M. David K, Fowler MEMORIAL DAY Board Certified Real Estate Lawyer From page 9 we enjoy the freedom to worship God, express our Offering a full range of legal services for over 75 years including thoughts and ideas and even select a career without gov- Real Estate Family Law ernment intervention. All of our freedoms came with a Title Insurance price, Estate Planning * ' One of our founding fathers, Daniel Webster, once 1031 Like Kind Exchanges Wills & Trusts * ' said that God grants liberty only to those who love it Real Estate & Commercial Litigation Probate and are always ready to defend it." He understood that Construction Law & Contracts in order to protect our freedom, we must always be Business Law & Contracts ready to fight for it. 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Let us neve ° r forget their sacrific ho^re ISLAND REPORTER Q Week of May 24-30, 2001 Q 11 -by Dawn-deBoer © Itio WWKSDJIYi "^ 9 a.m. every a"to Fund-raiser at 1 p.m. to midnight Thursday at SCA Harborside at American Rec Center, hours 9:15 a.m. at SCA Info 472-2155 4:30 p.m. every Friday Convention Hall Legion on San-Cap oday.1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Info 472-2155 Alaska at SCCF at BIG Arts Info 332-6888 Road Info 472-0345 Info 472-2329 U PSIPIPETilil E3 'AFFECTIONS 6:30 p.m. at the June 1 to June 3 Florida Repertory Fort Myers SCCF event Training class at Philharmonic Sanibel Public Library at Centennial Park in Theatre Exhibition Hall Info 472-2329 HealthPark Center for the Arts Info 472-2483 Downtown Fort Myers Info 472-5743 Info 481-1462 Info 489-9180 Info 597-1111 o M\Pl Miracle on Wheels makes available electric f wheelchairs to non-ambulatory senior citizens at no J» \... t~ ,utjhK The Florida Sea Dragons team up out-of-pocket expense who meet the qualifications with are McDonald's restaurants: Every time the Sea of the program. This service also be available to the Dragons score 100 points or more at any of the remain- permanently disabled of any age. For more informa- ing home games this season, all fans in attendance tion, call (800) 749-8778 or go online receive a free cheeseburger at participating Wednesday and Saturday only. Refuge center hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dateline deadlines Refuge tram 10:30 a.m. and 1 30 p.m. tours from Notices of upcoming events on the islands run in Tarpon Bay Recreation at north end of Tarpon Bay Dateline with a cut-off date of Friday for the following Hours of operation Road. Adults, $10; children 12 and under, $5. Thursday's publication, wnteups received Monday will Reservations, 472-8900 appear according to space. Fax 472-8398 Rec Center pool 10 a.m. to 5 p m., Monday through Friday; 1 p.m to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Public Library 9 a.m. to 8 p.m , Monday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p m., Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday Water restrictions "Ding" Darling Wildlife Scenic Drive: Through and Saturday. August will remain open until half-hour before sunset Even-numbered addresses 4 a.m. to 8 a.m., CROW tours 11am. Care & Rehabilitation of or 7:30 p.m. in May and August; 8 p.m. in June and Wildlife, Monday to Friday. Adults, $5; children under 12 Thursday and Sunday; July. Vehicles must leave the refuge by sunset. free. Odd-numbered addresses 4 a.m. to 8 a.m., is located at 2300 Peck St In Fort Myers. Info 332-5955 SALUTE TO VIENNA 8 p.m., January 2, at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers. Tickets: $55, $45 and $35. Tickets available through • 'Island Memories' Exhibition of orig- June 29. Info (800) 545-7807 inal oils by Florida artist William IN GERMAN Tours of the Fort Myers North, June 1 to June 29, at the First Historical Museum in German, 10 Union Bank, 14812 Captiva Drive. a.m and 1 p.m. Cost: $6, adults; Info 437-9757 $5.50, seniors; $3, children. Museum ^ Near beach, Lakefratat! "Mini-estate" on extra large lot, extremely Immaculate 3 piivate setting with niLrcdible lake and sanctuary views Large caged lap pool, 2 Bath "Island Home" generous-size Great Room w/ vaulted located on 1.75+ acres. codings and lots of light fiom multiple hhders Updated kitchen contains all white appliances Bedrooms are well proportioned with pnvate baths A special € CALL FORPMATE SHOWING property, located in a wonderful Island neighboihood and |ust STEPS TO THE Linda Goraick GULF BEACHES' (941) 472-G689rx1.6i>7 Priscilla Murphy i-8tf:;"Jt>9 1985 : BROKER-ASSOCIATE . 4**6 Vvr'.v* •» J* V/oy ' .-".j i-jo-, • B -4 72-1511 ['00-203-8829 • 94! 1-72-3907 www rnatyloubailey.com. 12 Q Week of May 24-30, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER Events on the web Entry to the event is a canned food donation to ben- efit the Nations Association, which distributes food Send us your Events.,, SLAM McDUNK The Florida Sea Dragons team to needy and homeless throughout Southwest up with are McDonald's restaurants: Every time the Florida. Gates open 9 a.m. To enter the show, call whethertheybe thkmonth, Sea Dragons score 100 points or more at any of the 997-1467. remaining home games this season, all fans in For moreevents, check out this website set up forthe attendance receive a free cheeseburger at partici- pating McDonald's. The Sea Dragons play host to Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce- the Kansas Cagerz today and to the Lakeland Blue HOLIDAY REC HOURS Recreation Complex hours Ducks Friday with tip off for both games at 7:35 p.m. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Memorial Day. Info 472-0345 NATURE CONSERVANCY PHOTO CONTEST HOLIDAY LIBRARY HOURS Sanibel Public or log on to the Island Reporter website at Deadline today for amateur photographer entries of Library closes in observance of Memorial Day. Florida wildlife/wilderness photos. Rules and entry at Beginning Thursday, May 31, library hours change to a change to Monday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 College in Winter Park, Macintosh Book Shop p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9 in pagne reception; talkbai Oldest Island Bookshop Established 1960 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. team after every ThursO Featuring: Best Sellers, Children's, Local Interests, Info 472-2483 formance. A special Fa Nature, Birding & Shelling Books, Cards and Gifts. l\ U%ZiyH m H SAN-CAP ART LEAGUE Outdoor praint- scheduled at 2:30 p.m., ing, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Chapel by the Sea Info Mad Cow Theatre, in Captiva. Info 472-9150 SENIORS PROGRAM Out-to-Lunch Sunset Grill for Island Seniors. OTLB meets at 11:30 PUPPETEER Sanibel Public Library hosts a.m. at the Sunset Grill. a special program, "How to be a Puppeteer," 3 >' Info 472-5743 at 6:30 p.m. in the youth area with focus on BOATFEST 2001 Soutt THE ODD COUPLE Runs May 31 to July hand movements, coordination of hand and Industries Association £ 1, 7:30 p.m. performances Thursday through voice and special exercises for practice, Inland Navigation Distri Saturday with 2:30 p.m. Sunday perfor- • Beginning Thursday, May 31, library hours Centennial Park in Dow mance, at the Fred Stone Theatre at Rollins Featuring family boat bi ISLAND REPORTER Q Week of May 24-30, 2001 Q 13 Resort 430 JL ! ,i; HO PJvi. to 3:30 P.M. jt asrrlirn • Closest to Outer Islands . 5800 icii1. ;vir*rifW • Captiva island Tom Tracy firefighter/paramedic pulling the 175 pound rescue dummy. THESATHa REALTY COmECTtON $ANBEL COMPETES IN otters Oil if SMfiiBIEL F1REFKHTER COMBAT as seen only from eoN»OMBiii&fafls By Anna Liakas walk to the Staff "writer "Keiser Force Spacious 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Condominium Homes Machine" where, with Large Screened Lanai, Full Size Laundry, Four veteran firefighters from the using a 9-pound Lots of Storage and a Community which offers: Sanibel Fire District competed in the shot mallet, he • Heated Pool and Spa • Shufftebqard 2001 Firefighter Combat Challenge must drive a 160- > Private RsnUfl Her °™:Allf!!* .^._^_ on Deerfield beach on Saturday, pound "I" beam • tennis • Adjacent Ri Service Marina May 19. Rich Dickerson, Sanibel's sled backwards a Fire Chief, along with distance of five RESALES FROM THE MID $150 000.0(TS firefighter/paramedics Tim Barrett, feet, simulating r Tom Tracy and Matt Scott finished the force that is the event m two minutes and eight often required to RENTJMLS seconds, and it was that mere eight secure a forcible : \ti <;; seconds that mterferred with a first entry into a burn- 8AMHBL HARBOUR RESORT place victory. ing building. He PUNT* RASSA CONDOMINIUMS The men began competing in the next runs the 140 feet of marked A FULL SOT/ICE REALTOR AT THE GATEWAY TO SANSEL event six years ago and, according 15009 Punta Rassa Road • Fort Myers, R 33908 to Dickerson, participate not only course to pick up for the physical challenge it pro- a fully charged vides but, perhaps more importantly, firehose, drag it (941)466-3313 to experience the sense of com- another 75 feet Visit Our Website at wrn»^\WVmSANiBBJMEr raderie that it builds between these and discharge the E-MAIL [email protected] hardworking, dedicated firemen. intense stream of The Challenge takes the firefight- water in a direct ers through a series of five tasks, hit to the target. requiring them first to climb a five- Soaking with story tower while shouldering the sweat and fully burden of a 45 pound hose in addi- exhausted, fire- tion to their massive (40 pounds or fighters must more) load of frrefighting gear. The complete the competitor is disqualified if the hose challenge by pack slips from their hands, and dragging a 175- penalties are imposed if both pound mannequin handrails are not used or if each step 100 feet away is not contacted as they race to make from the scene their descent. When he reaches the and completely top platform of the tower, the fire- across the finish ^ ^^ firefighter/paramedic on top of fighter must then hoist another donut-roll of hose weighing 45 The team is the five-story tower pounds from the base of the struc- already making on Oct 30, which leaves the team s ture 50 feet to the top using a 5/8" plans for their next competition at training ground as the hot ana numia kermantle rope. After the competitor the world finals in Memphis summer months ahead, in the swel- makes his descent, he is required to Tennessee. The event will take place tenng heat of the island tire. Plus Private deeded Z Bank, 14812 Opening night cham- boat demonstration rides, kids learn to to Beach Parking* cks with production fish program and a fast-cast fishing competi- Captiva Drive. Info 437-9757 Cdi for details. lay and Sunday per- tion. Info Ken Stead, 332-0604 OPENING RECEPTION & EXHIBIT Alliance Linda Gcrntck ther's Day matinee ARTS FOR ACT GALLERY 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the Arts and the American Institute of June 17. reception for artist of the month, L.C. Architects hosts "Site, Architectural Models," (407) 297-8788 Crutcher, at the gallery in the Royal Palm Junei to June 29 with special opening 5 Square at 1388-A Colonial Blvd just east of p.m. to 7 p.m at the Alliance, 10091 Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, McGregor Blvd. in Fort Myers. Info 939-2553 Info 939-2787 PICK PRESERVE DAY All islanders wel- west Florida Marine come to join Sanibel School students plant ind West Coast along the edge of Pick Preserve. AFFECTIONS OF MAY AT FRT Florida pre- ct event, June 1-3 at Info SCCF, Richard, 472-2329 mier of old-fashion romantic comedy, 'ntown Fort Myers, ISLAND MEMORIES' Exhibition of original "Affections of May" at the Florida Repertory jilding project, free oils by Florida artist William North, June 1 to Theatre. Tickets: $21 mio 472-5743 14 • Week of May 24-30, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER .c.i i ».!L." "",}! '-. \A ' ' Jt. ' '• *" " ' •- * :'ui!i*JT** —_ i *L." .* I Iporis SWAT DIVES INTO SUMMER he Sanibel Water Attack Team invaded the Cape last weekend IHEpr Tfor the Cape Coral Jamboree • mm » * Swim Meet. The invasion was led by I1P• vet .a^^^^^^^S J senior swimmer Christy Rogers, who MM ET M took first in breaststroke, and placed in m all four e\ ents. The 11 and 12 year old SWAT-heads m were Yaveth Colon and Sarah Fishburn. 1 It was the first meet for both of these IPm girls who swam well despite some ner- vousness. The 9 and 10 year old swim- L J mers were veterans Maura Dowh'ng, Members of the Sanibel Water Kaitlyn Herman and Molly McDole. Attack Team (SWAT) take off. 1 These girls secretly aged up which made them swim a 50 yard swim instead of the 25 yard race they enjoyed as minnows. Both did well, with Dowling medaling in breaststroke. The real SWAT strength came in a massive attack of young swimmers. The veteran 8 and under swimmers included SWAT Michael Pistella Bethany Corke, Micaela Neal, members Lindsay Phillips gets set to hit asNatalie Weatherby catches during Samantha Blaze, Ashley Swann, James take the girls' softball Little League all•star game. Beth and Samir Islam. First time 8 and their ketball camp in June at the Rec Center. under competitors included Whitney marks. Saoibel-Coptiva Youth The camp, TopNotch Girls Future Starts Congress. Carolyn James, Katherine Basketball Camp, will be a skills day Greten, Caitlyn Radigan. Juliann Baseball & Softball camp for competitive girl basketball play- McDonough. Hanna Mitchell and Final Standings: ers. Girls who are entering 7th, 8th or the Roman Maksimo\. The 6 and under Major League first year of high school in the fall of 2001 attack was spearheaded by veteran Astros, 0-19 are eligible for the camp, which will run samiu Islam and new swimmers Taylor Giants, 10-10 from 9 a.m. to noon, June 18-21. Entry Strange, Bonnie Rich. Ariel Wood, Yankees, 10-10 fee is $125 for the four day camp. KJIHC Greten. Josh OJsen ami Jesse Marlins, 18-2 Applications are available by E-mail, Mitehei. What lhe\ }uung team lacked Diamondbacks, 8-12 [email protected], or by in experience;. the\ made up for in A SWAT Rockies, 13-7 calling 982-1515. Camp Director will be determination. Theic weie lots of nb- contestant Minor League Vincent Wolanin, head coach of the 2000 b'uns toi the team J«J well as mcduK prepares Tigeis, 0-9 and 2001 Championship Comets girls v OJ l>\ Bethan) C'ooke. Ta\ lor .Strange for the Cubs, 6-4 basketball team. Instructors will include .mi: j-j^e Mitchell. starting Indians. 7-3 current college and/or high school play- The team is still accepting new gun. Pirates, 8-1 eis. ro.emhcT>. For mure information, con- Angels, 3-7 tact Johi. Burden. 472-0345. Girls Softball Dodgers, 5-7 Golf for Food Bonk Phillies, 4-8 The public is invited to participate in Blue Jays, 6-6 an inaugural Southwest Florida Cardinals, 9-3 Republican Charity Golf Tournament ifi "P" June 30 at Gulf Harbour Golf and In games last week, plus make-up games: Country Club in Fort Myers. The even, • The Rockies beat the Astios, 17-8 sponsored by Watermark Communities, • The Giants beat the Yankees, 11-2 Inc. and GrassRoots 2000 will benefit the • The Marlins beat the Diamondbacks, Harry Chapin Food Banks and Lee 19-9 County Republican Party. • The Marlins beat the Rockies, 12-10 An 8:30 a.m. shotgun start will follow • The Giants beat the Diamondbacks, registration which begins at 7 a.m. The Featuring 23-11 $100 donation entry fee for each golfer • The Indians beat the Angels, 13-11 will provide gree fees, carts, hole-in-one Club West Casual Gottorts • The Cubs beat the Tigers, 12-5 prizes for three holes, numerous prizes, • The Blue Jays beat the Dodgerss, 30-26 continental breakfast, awards luncheon, • The Dodgers beat the Phillies, 21-12 practice facilities, silent auction and spe- Victorian Wsnd-P [0 V Winner Need Not Be Present • ''' ' FORT MYERS BEACH BEST RATES * LOCATED IN HOTEL RESERVATION tuC IHIJOL ke\,C lyiCosti CENTER TO TAHITIAN GARDENS 5 and Nmrh C\ipn\ i 5 SAN^r^W ^"' 1981 PERIWINKLE WAY A I SANIBHL ISLAND ! ATTRACTION AMD Jensen's Marina 8 CVUtCI ABC S 1 «1P sland 8 | \ii »i! ' (fi!M>) Jil" V.i'fJ ISLAND REPORTER Q Week of Feb. 15-17, 2001 Q 15 liteityles i Gardening tips sprout on new web site have been gratified at the our yard. Unless you have a very save all of them), you wrote about the number of letters I've large piece of property, I would Hong Kong orchid tree. I have one of Ireceived in response to this suggest against it. The roots are them in my yard and it is beautiful. column and admit that I'm a bit very invasive. I know^because I However, I've seen pictures of a yellow backlogged in responding to all have one in my front yard and it orchid tree and I'd like to get one. Would of them. But sure as the sum- has already buckled the side- you please tell me what to do? —J.S., mer rains will fall, I'll be walk Pretty as it is, I'm putting South Fort Myers answering them here in short the axe to this tree quite soon order. Meantime, I want to let and will be looking tor a more A. The species of orchid tree to which you know about my new web- suitable native alternative. But you refer is Bauhima tomentosa, also site at Ron Sympsoo back to your question. The known as St. Thomas tree. This Indian http:/home.earfhlink.net/~ron- umbiella tree is a very easy tree native is a shrub or small tree that rarely sympson/. Each week, I'm fea- to trim and maintain. While exceeds 25 feet in height. Its yellow flow- turing a new South Florida gar- island growing to a natural height of ers are smaller than those produced on This a close-up of the foliage and dening tip, and featurettes and about 40 feet, this Austialian other types of orchid trees, usually about flowering bracts of the Schefflera. photos on specific plants. I look Gardening native can be kept relatively 2 to 4 inches in size. And like the blooms (from www.floridata.com) forward to your visit there ' and short and bushy. The wood is of the Turk's cap plan, the blooms on this here. Now, on to the questions. soft and easy to cut with loppers or a tree orchid tree do not fully open, this tree also son at a large gaiden center to see if they saw, depending on the diameter of the develops wide, flat pods about 5 inches can shop around at wholesale nurseries to Q. I have a very tall umbrella tree m branch. To prune an umbrella tree, make long. All parts of this tree, including the find you one for planting at home. front of my house. I would like to cut it the cut just above a leaf or stem notch that blooms, pods, bark and roots, are used in back quite a bit and would like it to be a indicates a leaf has been there. At that folk medicine, and the acid-tasting pods (Ron Sympson in an experienced land- little bushier. Can you give me some hints point, new shoots will emerge and branch are used as food in the East Indies. The scape designer with post-graduate studies on trimming an umbrella tree? —S.T., out. New growth results very quickly, so leaves are sacred to Hindus, and are in Florida horticulture. He can be Sanibel with proper watering and fertilization, blessed and treated as symbols of gold reached by mail at. Box 809, Sanibel, FL A. First, a word of caution about the you should have a rejuvenated umbrella during certain religious ceremonies. Of 33957, by fax at (941) 472-8398, by e- umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla or tree within a few months. the six types of orchid trees that are inail at [email protected]., or Brassia actinophylla) for those of you known to grow in South Florida, this is a on the Internet at http:/home.earth- who might be considering planting one in Q. In a previous column of yours (I rare one. I suggest you contact a sales per- link.net/~ronsympson/.) Out of the closets! 'll admit it. I've peeked in I swooned into an envious nothing at bay. Her closets are filled with velour of high school; the bell-bottoms my friend's medicine cabi- reverie. I thought, these are the the debris of a lifetime of tides — the of college . . . Inet and linen closet a few closets of a disciplined, rigorous highs that bring stuff washing in, the lows I get to know my family and sisters a times in my lifetime. I swear I couple whose china all matches, that leave all that stuff behind to be buried little better as I sift and sort through the don't do it anymore. I don't whose cosmetics are uniform, eventually by the next tide. closets of the past, places where memory have to — closets are now on whose bottles of 409 and jars of These are the closets built of layer and experience and treasure — and old display. By leaving them wide nail aie pristine. No mismatches upon layer of a person's life. To open wounds, too, are stored. open, have we sacrificed their in the sock category — or any them is to invite an archaeological dig Some of what I found ought to be secret lives? category. No stray garment in into the past life, which has taken her tossed out, as there is always a time to let On a recent trip to visit the sight. No incorrect garment in through the school of hard knocks. go. But some of it is worth saving. It's the sight. No wire hangers, ever! I love visiting the closets of my child- stuff that, by telling us where we've been, parents and siblings, I stayed Dr. Janice Caron with my sister's family. As I Where did my sister come hood home, and never tire of finding my also helps us uncover the direction for- gazed in the open-air closets, I from? The only mismatch here 85-year-old mother's capri pants printed ward. And all of it is worth examining. viewed stacks of squarely fold- is the DNA. I hated her, and I with tropcial flowers, reminiscent of the ed shirts, pants meticulously Mental desperately wanted to be like 1940s; her old bikini and halter top — (Dr. Caron is a licensed mental health lined up, creases facing in one her. If closets can be so tidy, can imagine a mother wearing such things; counselor and maintains a private prac- direction, bras neatly cupped in Health life be far behind? my 88-year-old father's U.S. Air Force tice on Sanibel. Readers with confidential a row, ties nestled in adorable, And then there are closets, uniform; the ruffling, smocking and questions may call 395-2184 or e-mail orderly troughs. like my older sister's, that seem to hold tucking of my tiny days; the crushed jcaron @ springmail. com) Summer theatre camp offered By Anne Bellew will take place. A fourth session, July 23- can "act up" in one, two, three or four ses- to [email protected] or faxed to 332- Arts coordinator August 3, will be held in the Hall of Fifty sions, each of which culminates in a final 1808. States, in downtown Fort Myers. For the performance for family and friends. * Theatre Camp costs $440 per student On Valentine's Day this year a deal past two years, Florida Rep has offered Interested candidates should send a per two-week session, except for the June was struck between two formidable Fort STC under the direction and instruction of head shot and resume, if available, or the- 25-July 6 program which is only $396 Myers institutions, Florida Rep Theatre its teaching artists and staff and now is atre work experience, a cover letter dis- because there are no classes on July 4. and Canterbury School, to expand both able to expand its offerings as the result of cussing his or her interest in theatre and Tuition includes daily lunch and a snack. institutions' summer programs. This sum- the new venues. two letters of recommendation to Lund at Scholarships are available; enrollment is mer the first Florida Rep/Canterbury The 2001 Summer Theatre Camp will Post Office Drawer 2483, Fort Myers limited. Call Lund at 332-4665 for more School Summer Theatre Camp (STC) will expose students to the creative processes 33902. The information may be e-mailed information or to sign up. take place on the school's campus. and disciplines used in acting that can From June 11 through July 20, three also boost self-creativity, self-expression consecutive two-week sessions of STC and self-confidence. Children and teens You can purchase any off the photos STEPS BEACH Like new; immaculate " you see in our newspapers! condition Island access Full S Oltit . AVAILABLE " i Color Bepnnt 16 • Week of May 24-30, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER island Listings for the week of May 24-30, 2001 THURSDAY PRIME TIME 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 X NBC Mews Mews Wheel jeopardy! Friends 3 Sisters Will Just/Me ER (cc) (S) R News Tonight ,J PBS World News NewsHour Crossroad Antiques Ballykissangel (cc) Mystery! 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The president of other local districts* to worth of paperwork lies ahead to merge The merge would capitalize in on $6.3 ACEP, Robert Schafermeyer, M.D. stated recruit and retain from a the dollars and sense of FelCor Lodging billion for the combined company and that it was a time to honor the "lifesaving handful of highly skilled, Trust and MeriStar Hospitality make FelCor leader of the REIT pack in care that EMS providers offer nationwide, and available technicians. Corportion in a $2.7 billion acquisition, the United States if the deal closes. 24-hours a day, seven days a week". This which includes $1,6 billion in MeriStar With the deal, MeriStar Hospitality years theme, "EMS: Answering the Call," debt, putting FelCor in charge by August takes FelCor as owner of assets, underscores the importance of the 911 response procedures. upon approval of shareholders of both Hawkins said. emergency call system and recognizes the Today, many field providers are pursu- companies. Under the terms of a merger, which passion and commitment of the 750,000 ing advanced degrees, according to Dave Closing the deal would make Texas- the boards of both companies approve, EMS providers across the country, who Lacombe (Sanibel's Assistant Fire Chief based FelCor, currently the nation's sec- MeriStar shareholders receive $4.60 provide emergency medical services and himself a trained paramedic), and are ond largest hotel real estate investment cash per share and 0.784 in FelCor within their communities. becoming equipped with more advanced trust, the largest independent owner of shares, based on FelCor common stock's The EMS system as we know it today rescue techniques than ever before. Rut accommodations. The company would closing price day before public disclo- is a vital and complex network of para- witnessing these traumatic events takes a includes Crowne Plaza, Doubletree, sure of the deal in progress, for a $1.1 medics, emergency medical technicians toll on workers, and communities strug- Embassy Suites, Hilton, Holiday Inn, billion comprehension buyout. (EMT), first responders, firefighters, gle with shortages of newly trained per- Radisson, Sheraton and Westin hotels. Washington, D.C.-based MeriStar police officers, search and rescue units, sonnel and high rates of employee Of the companies' proposed merger, Hospitality, currently the third largest and trauma center teams, who provide burnout. Sanibel's Fire District is current- few MeriStar executive managers on holder of hotel real estate, owns 113 care for victims of sudden and serious ly staffed with 11 paramedics and seven Sanibel and Captiva knew of, or expect- properties in upscale, full-service hotels injury or illness. The vast network of ser- EMT's, and competes with other local ed, the corporate announcement last in 27 states, the District of Columbia and vices was created in 1966 after The districts to recruit and retain from a hand- week. Canada. National Academy of Sciences reported ful of highly skilled, and available techni- "It is my understanding it's a merger, Meristar Hotels & Resorts, the largest that their were wide spread deficiencies in cians. not an acquisition," said Fred Hawkins, hotel management company in the emergency care, revealing that the aver- But there is continued hope as agencies general manager of South Seas, one of United States, currently operates 11 golf age American had a greater chance of sur- come together to address the challenges six major MeriStar properties on the courses and 268 hospitality properites in vival on the combat fields of Vietnam and that EMS services face today- challenges islands. the states, District of Columbia, Canada Korea than on the nation's highways. involved in meeting the diverse needs of But, he added, "more equal of the and Puerto Rico, including two FelCor Before the EMS response system was rural and urban areas, in developing equals, in essence it is an acquisition hotels and 109 of the 113 hotels owned developed, an accident victim would newer and more effective methods of with mostly FelCor running the REIT by MeriStar Hospitality — including the most likely be transported by an ambu- response to emergency situations, in edu- and MeriStar Hospitality, the real estate islands' Sundial, Sanibel Inn, Song of lance owned and operated by a local mor- cating the public to prevent injury and ill- investment trust, will go away," the Seas, Seaside Inn, Best Western and tuary service to a hospital that was ness. LaCombe and other EMS providers At closure, FelCor will own 299 South Seas. equipped with neither emergency room across the country envision a sort of hotels providing more than 78,000 Management agreements between nor trained trauma personnel. Many vic- "philosophical renaissance" in the rooms, close to doubling its hotel hold- MeriStar Hotels & Resorts and MeriStar tims who could have been saved today, approach to emergency medical care, ings in the upscale and resort markets. Hospitality remain in place, according to died while enroute. Eugene Nagel, a with organizations who before have been "Combining companies this size adds senior management statements of the Miami physician and trained anesthesiol- viewed only as the calvary awaiting on leverage through a stronger presence in a merger. ogist, is credited for his pioneering work the hill, becoming more proactive, work- in the inception of today's system, by ing closer than ever before with their being the first to train local fire depart- communities, teaching people how to live ment personnel in emergency medical safe and healthy lives. Plieei to go Read the Reporter, 26th, $22-$26 ~Qn the Island*- • Affections of May TUESDAY PRIME TIME June 8th-July 1st 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 CB NBC News News Wheel Jeopardy! Frasier DAG (cc) NBA Basketball (Live) Newts Island Cinema Theatre Conspiracy CD PBS World News NewsHour The Living Ellens Nova (cc) ($) Frontline (cc) (S) C. 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When a zone is voluntary, to a report prepared for the Sanibel City can be an expensive undertaking, depend- Even though the city of Sanibel recent- only those property owners who apply for Council's May 7 budget workshop. ing on the property's size and method of ly informed about 70 Sanibel property a building permit are required to remove Almost 1900 acres remain to be cleared. removal. owners they are in violation of the city's pepper from their land. The city has received $1,908,000 in envi- "Removing pepper is not easy," said pepper eradication program, Sanibel Planning Director Bruce Rogers said ronmental grants during the past five Evans. "It depends on what method peo- Conservation Officer James Evans said that most people who receive notices are years, and has cleared over 1800 acres ple choose, treating stumps or chipping." recently that the program has been pro- either unaware that the voluntary phase is from Sanibel conservation lands. Evans added that properties of over an gressing as well as can be expected. over or have simply forgotten to take care The city's efforts in the program have acre sometimes contain monocultures, so "It's going really good, people are real- ol the invasive vegetation on their proper- increased each year since 1997, when 220 the city gives those owners more time. ly receptive," he said. "As a whole you ty. Those who receive a notice typically acres were cleared. By 2000, the city and Zone III is now in a voluntary phase, can see it's working." have 180 days to comply. its citizens removed pepper from 920 and will go to mandatory next November Evans said the mailed notices went out Since the pepper eradication program acres of land. So far this year, 190 acres or December, Evans said. TORTOISE * • -» From page 1 - - • v other native trees, and foot the bill for Cook rope off the area with orange mesh irrigating the trees and plants for 60 construction fencing. Evans reported days to ensure survival. The trees will be that he wrote on an inspection sheet the placed at Algiers Preserve. The fine and mitigation costs will lot "had some of the best gopher tortoise total more than $15,000, according to habitat that I had ever seen on the estimates. The Cooks have also built a island." dock at the site, possibly destroying but- On March 16 of this year, Evans was tonwoods and mangroves in the process, helping city contractors remove and may face more fines. If the dock Brazilian pepper in the area, when a conforms to city codes, the Cooks will have to pay double the usual permit fee, worker mentioned that someone had which is $250. If it does not meet city removed cabbage palms nearby. When regulations, the Cooks will also have to Evans inspected the site, he was dis- bring the dock into conformance. mayed to find the 10 cabbage palms in a Photos I Michael Pistella Some say the penalties may not be pile on the Cooks' property, plus a pile An active gopher tortoise burrow is just feet away from the dock on enough. Although the $5,000 fine is a of green buttonwood debris. An open the Cooks' property on Starling Way in the Wulfert Road area. record and the most allowed by state statute, the city could have pursued the area had recently been cleared and the fine on a per-burrow basis. Two burrows dock installed. When Evans returned to were affected, but the city's case was the site with Natural Resources Director stronger going for just one fine, accord- Rob Loflin, they found the collapsed ing to City Attorney Doug Wyckoff and burrow. Sanibel Conservation Officer James Evans. No tortoise bodies were found, and "One burrow was clearly destroyed," Loflin testified at last week's hearing said Evans, "the other had debris pushed that he was not sure if any tortoises were up against it. This was the first case of killed. its type and we wanted to make sure Tortoises must have been "complete- people know we will win these cases. ly buried by some small bulldozer type" We will go for the maximum," if a simi- vehicle, Loflin told the hearing examin- lar case occurs in the future, he said. ABOVE: This dock was installed The Cooks could not be reached for er. "Sometimes they can dig themselves without a permit. comment and their attorney in the case, out, and sometimes they can't." Tim Murty declined to comment on the Although the destruction seems par- AT RIGHT: Conservation Officer situation. The Cooks did not attend last ticularly egregious, and it is the first James Evans helped install, the Thursday's hearing. orange mesh construction fencing case of its kind the city has been made separating gopher tortoise habi- What makes the violation most sur- aware of, similar incidents happen prising is the Cooks' involvement in tat from the rest of the property. wildlife rescue through the Khumbula throughout the county more often than When he returned to the area, the Thina Trust. A trailer with the Trust's anybody realizes, according to Evans. fence had been tampered with. name and logo sat on the site last week, Scrub sand hills, oak hammocks and along with the motto "Care of the Wild." wire grass flat woods are perfect gopher Nearby, a young gopher tortoise made tortoise habitats, but they are ideal his way steadily across cleared land toward a burrow next to the illegal dock. development sites for subdivisions as "Sometimes it's conservation until it well. The low risk of getting caught and costs money," said Evans. "She knew the low amount of fines, compared to the AT LEFT: The clearly that it was some of the best value of developable property, make Cooks' wildlife gopher tortoise habitat around." destroying habitat worth the costs, at trust exotic Evans said he first became aware of wildlife rescue least financially, to some developers. trailer sits on the lot when the Cooks applied for a per- "Mainly the take home message here, mit for Brazilian pepper removal in their property. March 2000. When he inspected the site, is, this is not how it's done on the Evans found eight active and eight non- island," said Evans. "Everything on the active tortoise burrows at the south end island is protected, as far as native of the property. Evans helped Fleur wildlife and vegetation is concerned." 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(505) 982-9242 car. New tires brakes & muffler REMTALS 6 lighted tennis courts. Cal! Owner: Have 2 cars - must sell one CHARMING 2/1 COTTAGE. 203-333-4321 $9,400 267-7924 Like new & would like to keep it that way. Mazda 626, 1388 Cold AC Runs "BAYFRONT HOME" ATRIUM (330) 568-0109 WE LOVE DOGS! great. $2200 542-0008 or 772- 3 BR/3-1/2 BATHS Exclusive Gulf front condo resi 5641 HARBORSIDE DOCK dence Two week minimum AVAIL- SUNDIAL CUTE COTTAGE: ABLE NOW (608) 363-7669 LUXURIOUS CONDO Steps to Beach. WORLD CLASS VIEWS WITH DIRECT GULF VIEW Two bedrooms, one bath TRUCKS & VAitiS GREAT BAY BEACH LANDS END Two bedrooms, two baths Enclosed porch. $1,150,000 VILLAGE CONDO plus den. Redecorated in 2001. DIRECT GULF FRONT Sleeps six. Chevy Pick-up truck 1980 Drive At South Seas Plantation MONTHLY OFF-SEASON RATE: 2 Bedroom / 2 Bath Newly Remodeled, $2,000 anywhere. $1800. 542-0008 or "SAFETY HARBOR CLUB" SPECTACULAR VIEWS! Refurbished and 772-5641 Luxury Unit DOCKAGE INCLUDED. Redecorated. GROUND LEVEL HOME. TWO BEDROOMS, TWO BATHS Fantastic Ocean Views Weekly or Monthly Rentals Washer/dryer Three houses to beach. )NE LOT OFF THE HARBOR Luxurious resort RECREATiOiy $248,000 WEEKLY RENTALS DISCOUNTS OFF Three bedrooms, three baths. SOUTH SEAS RATES Amenities include Large caged pool. Pools, tennis, VEHICLES 1-800-982-3471 Owner 800-897 0288 Professionally decorated "ENJOY SUNSETS Children's program in 2000. WEEKLY RATES. MONTHLY OFF-SEASON RATE" Fifth wheel, "78 model, new toilet, OVER THE PARK" CALL OWNER FOR stove, refrigerator microwave $2,250 FROM THIS GORGEOUS LOGGERHEAD CAY SPECIAL SUMMER/FALL RATES. _ $2,500., 863 675 1180, After 5pm 3 BR/3 BA HOME 888-278-9604 (941)472-0534 Web Site- $645,000 POINTE SANTO STEPS TO BEACH DE SANIBEL www sanibel4you.com. "JOSE'S HIDEAWAY LOT" Fully Furnished Two bedroom, two bath WEST GULF DRIVE OZARK KINGFISH '92 300'TO THE BEACH LUXURIOUS 21 FT GULF FRONT Condo SUNSET CAPTIVA Deck. $195,000 PENTHOUSE CONDO. 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Gulf front home. $1,595,000 ONE ACRE FENCED IN LOT Fully furnished 2 bath Your own private tennis RESORT AMENITIES AVAILABLE wilh wrap around deck, fireplace, 3 bedroom/3 bath. court and swimming pool, 100 2CATV's, VCP, A/C, fully furnished, all appliances SAIL BOATS On large lot. CD/Stereo, W/D yards to Gulf of Mexico A FEW WEEKS including washer/ dryer, Very private. Pool - Tennis - Boat Dock $475/week (561)692-3727 (440) 338-8031 STILL AVAILABLE DURING Call owner MAY THROUGH OCTOBER 2001 www appalachiaacres com SAILBOAT: USER 2 Gulf view home. $385,000 (440) 338-5281 615-371-9029 2 bedroom/2 bath. www members home EXCELLENT CONDITION. SPECIAL RATES AVAILABLE RACE EQUIPMENT. Great views. net/sallytom Brand new. DIRECTLY FROM OWNER GALVANIZED TRAILER. SUNSET CAPTIVA FOR A LIMITED TIME. HULL COVER 3. Gulf view tot $189,000 Luxury You coi SPAR COVER. Three bedroom, two bath. PHONE. (219)272-0889 BOARD BAG. BAILER Two back from beach. SUNSET CAPTIVA Oversized. Large screened porch. FAX: (219)273-5973 RACE LINES. Fully equipped. Private Gulf and $2,395.00 FIRM. Bay Front Community. 4 Interior lots starting Private Gulf and 941-541-8920 Bay front community. Two bedrooms, two baths. gam at $49,500 Ocean's Reach Gulf Front Condo Sleeps five. Cape Coral Pool - tennis -Boat docks - One bedroom. Steeps four Newly Gas grills, and much more. Beautifully remodeled .Large enough decorated "A" rated Shelling, and decorated. to be professional' CALL OWNER vacancy with Cal 36 single mast, 7-sails, 18hp 517-321-6324 pool, tennis Top floor for bast Pool - tennis - boat dock. diesel, must sacrifice due to ill- view of beach Call owner AVAILABLE NOW' ness Any reasonable offer 772- Phone-941-395-1000 952-472-7994 Weekly or monthly. Toll free. 800-418-5686 CALL OWNER: 4480 for more information S OCEAN'S REACH ad here, appojntment Fax: 941-395-2701 (734) 426-0050 Inernet. Gulf Front www.northcaptivarealty.conn One Bedroom Condos SANIBEL Each accommodates four LUXURY VILLA ~~ DOCK SPACE" Non-Smoking Overlooking lagoon FORECLOSED GOV'T HOMES- Fantastic View On golf course. _RENTAL/SALES_ MUST SELL Save 50% or more Beach, pool, tennis, bikes Minutes to beaches. No down payment Best listings Owner. Two bedrooms, two baths. Dock Space, north end of Pine Call now (800) 337-9730 Dept H- 330-788-9329 Full kitchen. Island Deep water, direct access _665_ e-ma 11: js 10422 @ao!^co m Lanai. to Charlotte Harbor Call 282-2112 AVAILABLE MONTHLY. 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