February 27,1976 ISLAND REPORTER Shell Fair winners, complete photo report inside It was a week filled with events that were mysterious, funny, tragic, ugly, and traditional. The highlight is the annual Sanibel Shell Fair, to which ISLAND REPORTER devotes all of Section B - a full report CITIZENS on the winners and a pictorial memento for residents and visitors alike. -. SECTIONS 76 PAGES A car was discovered half-sunken in San Carlos Bay and the whereabouts of the driver remains a mystery [3-A]. OF SANIBEL A Captiva resident unfurled an hilarious banner that suggested the island was "closed." [21-A]. On Sanibel a man was arrested for a "paint job" on City Hall and malicious VOL. 3 NO. 17 SERVING SANIBEL-CAPTIVA AND THE ISLANDS FROM ESTERO BAY TO BOCA GRANDE PASS 20c injury to property [1-A]. On both islands there have been exciting fashion shows [11-C], Captiva staged a highly successful ABC sale [5-A], a house tour is coming up on Sanibel [8-9 A], and a well-known YOUR LAST CHANCE TO DEM AND PROTECTION actress made an island visit [18-A]. In the business world there was news on plans for Shibui condominium and a report on what security measures have OF ISLAND CHARACTERISTICS YET UNDISTURBED been taken by island businessmen in the wake of a recent armed robbery [15-C]. The week's fare is topped off with a C section feature on a steamboat-buff living on Sanibel. TOMORROW THEY MAY BE GONE Enjoy the Shell Fair. CITY COUNCIL MUST KNOW THAT RIGHTS VESTED IN LAND OWNERSHIP DO N£I INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO JEOPARDIZE PUBLIC HEALTH - SAFETY -WELFARE OF SANIBEL CITIZENS AND GUESTS BY PERMITTING LAND USES WHICH WOULD to halt Sanibel osprey nesting PREVENT ORDERLY •ECONOMICAL EXPANSION OF The debate over psprey nests? on pubUshed in ISLAND REFORT- ^intended, -to discourage nesting, He said that this item costs less Sanibel may end up in the arms of thus also permitting the birds to than $10 and thus might be within -Uncle Sam. : s After publication of the Work-, find a nesting site that would not the budget of the Cooperative. OUR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES man article, Welsh said, the Cobp- be destroye<ii \ "Furthermore," Welsh said, "it erative received many calls and would have a nice Bicentennial OUR HIGHWAY SYSTEM Welsh, adminstrative director of letters from "all Over the United Welsh said that the Cooperative flavor.'* the Lee County Electric Coopera- States." •.,•/-..•':::-v-;;:'::.-:;. y. had found this too expensive, Welsh added that the Uncle tive. ,.';'•• ' ' •:;.,, Sf,';-.•;.•.'•'/ ••;,•'•'.•;. costing something like $85. Sam would be appropriate, "be- WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION The debate arose .when many One of the devices proposed by "But we did find a possible cause he would be protecting his island residents complained over Workman was ah anemometer to substitute," he said, "an Uncle own power lines. You know Uncle POLLUTION FREE SEW AGE SYSTEM Cooperative policy of clearing be placed on top of appropriate Sam with moving arms, that Sam's money was used for-the osprey" nests out of power line poles, with the moving "arms" should keep the birds off." lines." poles because of risk of damage to P" PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE the power lines and resulting electrical outages. 6 ELECTRIC POWER AND TELEPHONE SERVICE Council gives f irm no' to Holiday Inn plan f ; Welsh said the Cooperative had been studying several possible The Sanibel City Council heard plans on approve permits for any part of the projects. man Zee Butler. Most of the proposed solutions suggested by Richard Tuesday for several new, large develop- Velna Ridge and Gordon Tracey will project is planned for an area that has been Workman, administrative director ments, including a massive 312 room appear before the Council again in April to assigned a density of one unit per ten acres of the Sanibel-Captiva Conserva- Holiday Inn and 198 lot subdivision, and a 95 continue their long battle for permits to in the proposed land use plan. WRITE TO tion Foundation, in an article unit travel trailer park, but refused to build a travel trailer park, but Herta trost's Other Councilmen agreed with Mrs. Periwinkle to the Gulf, motel and subdivision Butler. "It's entirely alien to the island," complex was flatly rejected by the Council. stormed Councilman Francis Bailey. "It. CITY COUNCIL Peter and Ellen! Bertram's petition for should be voted down once and for all. City 'HaA'-tdrgetJor paint permits to expand Beachview Cottages was Boom!" SANIBEL, FLORIDA 33957 also denied, but action on Dave Holtzman's After hearing an emotional plea from A 24 year old Sanibel man was arrested planned expansion of Shell Harbor Inn will Allen Gold, Miami attorney for Gordon Monday for a late night spree of vandalism wait for recommendations from WMRT Tracy, and Velna Ridge, on behalf of a directed against City Hall and Mayor Porter planners. Goss. ,-'•.' Trost's claim of vested rights in the James Oliver Evans Hof Rabbit Road has Holiday Inn-subdivision plan failed to sway been charged by Sanibel Police with the Council, which voted unanimously to NOW malicious injury to "property, a first degree reject the petition.' - Action on Sanibel travel trailer .misdemeanor. Arrested just hours after the Richard Brodeur, acting as Trost's attor- park proposal is deferred, by damage was discovered, Evans admitted to ney, said Trost was willing to build the City Council until April. ITS knocking over Goss' mailbox and spattering project in phases, based on the availability brown, oil-based paint on City Hall. • of services, in exchange for Council recogni- WILL APPRECIATE TOUR INTEREST Evans also destroyed a mailbox belonging tion of the entire site plan. Two .of the three to Arthur Hunter, a vocal defender of the motel buildings are planned for the south City Council. ^ side of Gulf Drive, bordered on the west by request, by Velna Ridge and Gorden Tracey Police are conferring "with the state's Tarpon Bay Road. The third building, plus for approval of a travel trailer park on attorney in Fort Myers over possible felony the entire subdivision, would be constructed Sanibel, the Council moved to continue the charges stemming from threatening tele- north of Gulf Drive and past the Sanibel -case until the first regular meeting in April. COMMITTEE OF THE ISLANDS phone calls Evans admitted making to River. The action came on a 3-1 vote,, with several City officials, over a period of "It's a total development from north of the Councilman Vernon MacKenzie absent and months. river to the Gulf," noted Brodeur. , Mayor Porter Goss voting against. Goss said Police say that Evans also phoned both Outlining the history of the planning that unless he was presented with compel- BOX 88 •,. ; :- l.-r the Sanibel Police Department and the Lee behind the project, Brodeur said the Lee ling new information he would not be able to County'Sheriffs Department and said County Commission approved the zoning in favor the proposed park any more in April SANIBEL, FLORIDA 33957 "Someone on Sanibel is going to die." The May, 1971 with the blessing of the planning than at this time. Sheriffs office made a tape recording of the committee from Sanibel. "There has been a In his lengthy presentation, Gold argued caii. '.••;••..., good faith attempt to work with the that the travel trailer park would simply Police Chief Butler has contacted U.S. community from the beginning," said Brb- take vehicles off the road that were here in City employees arrived at work on Postal authorities who are investigating the deur. any case, and.would thus relieve the City's Monday to find that City Hall had mailbox damage. .'.'...'" "Frankly, I can't find anything in the problem with illegal parking; that no The young Evans is employed at his project that conforms with anything in the Paid Political Advertisement - Win. W. Kim ball - Chairman been a target for paint. father's realty firm, Surf Realty." proposed land use plan," declared Council- • continued on 12-A ISLAND REPORTER March 5,1976 A3 A2 March 5.,,lft76 ISLAND REPORTER Vows to wage a in causeway m IN BRIEF: Red Mercury convertible is found half-submerged in San Carlos Bay A 28. year old Fort Myers man who liked; hours hauling the car out of the water while There was some support for the plan: Mrs. Paulette A. frustrated builder, turned down in his bid to win but search fails to turn up driver,.. ' to fish off the Blind Pass bridge is still a crowd of onlookers milled around the site approval of a plan to build an 11 store shopping complex on Burton said she favored construction of the complex, "as missing after the car he was driving plunged watching them work. Nungester takes office the east end of the island, told the Sanibel Planning long as it's in good taste." Bob "Buntrbck, president of into San Carlos Bay early Saturday morn- Trefney said Stewart was frequently seen Commission Monday he would spend his last dollar taking Executive Services, said he would welcome the facilities and ling. ' -. • . •; . - fishing at Blind Pass, and when his car was "Today we mark another historic event. them to court. .'•-,. services offered by the shops. • '. A red 1967 Mercury convertible belonging dragged from the water a fishing pole was in the life of the City," said Mayor Porter Joseph Kucharski made the statement after the Commis- The support failed to budge the commissioners who voted to Harry Stewart of 1715 Park Avenue in still in the back. Goss on Tuesday as he noted the presence sion voted unanimously to recommend City Council denial of unanimously to deny the petition.