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Photoo by Saul Taffet Ernestine keeps them laughing and bidding at this year's Arts for ACT Auction. More photos on page 12. 2 • Week of July 12-18, 2002 • Islander
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. Center Stage he various communities with art donated to the auction by Great fun, lots of people, good food fytarsha Wagner of Lee County usually the likes of Ikki Matsumoto, Luc and all to fight domestic violence. I look, — page 13 Tshow a good turnout for Century, Lalita Cofer, Cathy forward to next year's even if I do have to the Arts For ACT Auction which Taylor, Lois Fredericks, Ron wear a tie. has become a regular event at Scbring, Mark Lewis, Marissa this time of year, Thls&wiew.©** mto.i«taaw!iy«l Saturday, August 24 was no course, Darryl Pottorf and Rober exception — it was a record Rauschenberg. turnout with the crowd estimat- The event raised a total of ed at more than 1,600 bodies. RENNY $350,000, including $110,000 And what bodies they were. SEVERANCE from the winning bid on Celebrity Bartenders Month!!! The ladies took advantage of the Editor Rauschenberg's "Upstairs." opportunity to trot out some elegant apparel, Lily Tomlin as Ernestine kept Bring your friends a lot of which was pretty sexy. Even some the crowd in a lively mood with her usual of the guys went to the trouble of getting antics as well as a few not-so-usual ones and support these fine hands on a tux, but most were more sub- generally not seen on TV (hand gestures... dued. Suits with clean golf shirts were seen use your imagination). The crowd loved establishments as and the more formal of these types went for her and, at one point, she took over as auc- they sponsor a guest suits with a formal black silk T-shirt. tioneer. She had the sing-song cadence Being the antedeluvian throwback that down pat but some of the more technical bartender between I am, I went with my formal best: blue details eluded her, such as what the real blazer, white linen trousers (cleaned and bid actually was. It's not entirely certain, 5 & 7:30 p.m. pressed this time), blue shirt and red flow- but there is a possibility in this observer's ered tie. It felt like a pillory. mind that she actully got one bidder to bid Monday, Sept. 2nd> meet Beth Rizzo against himself. But all for a good cause. The islands were well respresented Gavin & Ron Gavin at MCT's Shrimp House & Tavern Tuesday, Sept. 3rd, meetSteve Greenstein at Timbers/Sanibel Grill •VI SEAFOOD • SPORTS • SPIRITS Wednesday, Sept. 4th, meet FEATURED GAMES OF THE WEEK Pat & Tim Murty at Pippins Washington vs. Michigan Thursday, Sept. 5th, meet Sam & Virginia vs. Fla. St. Francis Bailey at Beachview Steakhouse & Illinois vs. Missouri Seafood Restaurant PLUS ALL LOCAL BROADCASTS Proceeds front the guest 703 Tarpon Bay Road • Sanitel * 395 bar-keeps tips go to charity III 4 • Week of August 30 - Septembers, 2002 • Islander
Church offers September 11 commemorative service At noon on Wednesday, September 11, the Sanibel Community Church will open its doors to all for a service of prayer and remembrance of last year's tragic events. The service will begin at 12 noon and end at 12:30. Participants and/or anyone who V i would like is welcome to remain or come in later for silent prayer and meditation. *- .t . ,,*! The church will remain open the rest of the afternoon. Sanibel Community Church is George Waters was the lucky winner in Bank of the Islands'We love Our at 1740 Periwinkle, next to Jerry's. Islands promotion for the week of August 12, donating his $300 check to the Rev. Daryl Donovan of the Sanibel Community Church in the bank's lobby on August 21. Dunn headed to FBI Academy L-R: Rob Lisenbee, Bank of the Islands, Waters, Donovan, and Judy Long-time Sanibel resident, Helen Kephart, Bank of the Islands. Dunn, has moved into another phase of her percent, including things already reduced life. While earning her BA at the Terrific sales afoot! — household articles, sporting goods, University of South Florida she workd for clothing, jewelry, accessories and col- many years at the Bubble Room, Hungry • Today is BAG DAY! Noah's Ark's annual end-of-summer lectibles. All proceeds benefit the agency's Heron and, later, the Lazy Flamingo. patients and their families. Twice is Nice is She left the island to go after a master's Bag Day is today from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Buy a grocery sack for $50, then stuff it as in the Metropolis Center, 12951 Metro from The American University in Helen Dunn Parkway north of Daniels. Washington, D.C., returning to Southwest foil as you can with as much as you can. Items toobig for a bag are half-price. Florida for a position with the Collier Miami on the federal level. She left last County Sheriff's Department. On the road After Bag Day, the shop at St. Michael Labor Day Celebration week to undergo training at the FBI & All Angels closes until October. In Sep- at first, Dunn then donned plain clothes Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and will On Saturday, August 31, the Sanibel- and did surveillance for gangs and nar- tember, Ark volunteers will accept dona- graduate as a special agent in 18 weeks. tions for pricing and putting into the Captiva Islands American Legion Post cotics, often working as an undercover Dunn is the daughter of Barb Dunn, a #123 will host a Labor Day celebration. agent. fall/winter inventory. civilian employee of the Sanibel Police Proceeds from Noah's Ark benefit vari- Endless food — smoked chicken, hot She contracted cancer and underwent a Department, and Captain Skip Dunn of dogs, hamburgers and all the trimmings — bone marrow transplant in Seattle, but ous projects and programs from area mis- Tagger-II charter feme. sions and soup kitchens to abuse counsel- will be offered starting at 1 p.m. soon returned to law enforcement in Entertainment will include appearances by Florida, eventually being assigned to ing centers, hurricane and flood relief efforts, Habitat for Humanity and hospice local musicians with a special evening per- organizations. formance by The Trouble Starters. ' • Pi-e-Labor Day sale at Twice Is Nice Buy a raffle ticket for a car. Make a It's bargains galore at Hope Hospice's guess as to the dollars in the now-full Resale Shoppe, Twice is Nice, today and penny jar. Enjoy good food, great music tomorrow, August 30 and 31, from 10 a.m. and community fellowship with family to 4 p.m. All items are discounted at 70 The Islands' Community Happenings, see page 6 Newspaper since 1961
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of the islands 1100 Par View Drive in Beachview Estates 6 • Week of August 30 - September 5, 2002 • Islander RESTAURANT MENUS ONLINE SanCapMenus.com\ Walking on Egg Shells they're beginning to think about. They I encountered your article on WEEKLY DRAWINGS FOR decide not to take any chances and condiment take overs [Up GIFT CERTIFICATES emember that old expression pick up the precious shell and place it Periscope 7/26/02] as I was rear- "walking on egg shells"? Well, gently in their shell bag. ranging stuff in hopes of yard sale "Your Pine Island Connection" Rwe have all kinds of They agree to take the deliverance... it seems you have sea shells in Sanibel but we shell to one of the island escaped the child factor. don't have egg shells. Not stores and get it appraised. This is where these things some- unless someone had his They show it to the propri- how come out of the fast food breakfast oil the beach, etor, "Hello, madame, my places by concealing themselves in scooped out a hardboiled friend and I wonder if you every pocket of every child you egg and dropped the shell. could take a look at this shell bring in, and of the extra children Can you imagine the we found on the beach and let fostered upon you by other parents. confusion this can cause to us know if it's a rare shell." WATERFRONT "ISLAND LIVING" This will also lead to the discov- ST. JAMES CITY $395,000 serious shell collectors'? The proprietor takes one ery of condiment "safe houses" 3-3 Split plan, Direct Gulf Access, Wraparound dock "Hey, Mabel, I think I look at the shell and recog- such as your glove box. with 7j000 lb. boat lift, Lots of storage, Custom built found a rare shell." Art Stevens nizes it for what it is — an The thing that I find best to do m 1999, Private Road, Many upgrades. "Oh, really? Let's take a egg shell. She immediately with these critters is to send them WATERFRONT • 265' Waterfrontagc look at it? Hmm, sure seems different determines that the two shell collectors overseas, literally. COMMERCIAL PROPERTY • Restaurant & Tavern from the other aren't of sound mind and attempts to My sister was stationed in • Established patronage shells on the beach. It's a lot whiter humor them. • Zoned Cl - Beer/Wmc Turkey for a while and these little • Popular Entertainment . and shinier. It looks familiar but I can't "Well, well, ladies, you've packets are "like gold" over there, Venue quite pin it down. Let me look it up in got quite a find here. This must be or over anywhere really. And the • Excellent Income Potential the shell book." your lucky day. You've stumbled onto knowledge that what they contain is So Mabel drags out the definitive a filiongus shell, one of the most rare indestructible means that, if our Prime Commercial Land Zoned C-G shell collectors .guide and starts shells in the world", she announced. troops internally ingest these 100' on Stringfellow Road.... $69,000 searching for a shell that resembles the "I knew it, Mabel. I just knew it strange substances, then they will ATERFRONT COMMERCIAL one they've stumbled on. They both was a filiongus the moment I saw it." be indestructible, too. For surely Building, Land & Business let their fingers do the walking for Mabel wasn't convinced. "A you recall your mother telling you, them. They search and search and frliongus. I could have sworn it was "You are what you eat!" St. James City can't find anything that remotely more in the peticar breed. A filiongus Hope this helps, Excellent Investment Opportunity! resembles the shell they've come is only seen once every five years. Tinker upon. How much is this worth?" Remember Rose Ann for all "Imogene, I just can't find any shell The store proprietor had to think certainly wanted the credit. They that looks anything tike this one. I last. "Well, it's so rare that they're not agreed to receive an official proclama- your Real Estate Needs! think maybe we really stumbled on a allowed to be sold. Sanibel statutes say tion crediting them with the discovery very rare shell. It must be rare if the that if such a shell is found it must in exchange for turning the shell over Rose Ann Misener book doesn't include it. Maybe this immediately be donated to our island to the store proprietor. Mabel and Realtor 888-969-1100 shell was washed ashore from Mexico shell museum. But if you do that I will Imogene left the store with their cer- CENTURY 21 ext. 117 or something." give you a special proclamation that tificate and pride in their hearts- And Sunbelt #1 Realty, Inc. The two women are scratching their gives you credit for your hard work the store proprietor had the rare fil- 239-283-1100 ext.117 • Cell: 941-707-7554 heads in wonder," But they surround and eagle eye." iongus, better known as an egg shell. * Service * Support • Sincerity the whitish shell to make sure no other If they were not to be allowed to What she did with it cannot be shell collector pounces on it and keep the rare shell, the two collectors revealed here. Connie's deprives them of the fame and fortune Connection VOTE for A Resale Shop (Always Buying & Consigning) Elinor It Takes 37 Times Around To See It All! A Fun Place To Shop! 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relations, special event planning, image Margie Davison, president of the local Mighty Casey has struck out Local contest ranks high development, electronic media and web association, was among 15 members of Baseball has played its last inning, at The Fort Myers Beach Sandsculpting design. the Sanibel & Captiva . Islands least as far as this writer is concerned. I Championship & Festival has been Association at the Convention. Each year, grew up on baseball, had a favorite team named to the Southeast Tourism Society's FAR's Convention & Trade Expo brings and followed their every game, hit, run and select list of Top 20 Events. Islands Realtor Association Realtors from around the state together to pitch. The players were heroes to my The 16th annual championship runs wins state award discuss and vote on key issues shaping young friends and me. A team stayed from Nov. 1-3 featuring outrageously cre- their profession. In addition to committee together and won the hearts of its commu- ative works by sculptors from around the At the annual Florida Association of meetings, members attend educational nity, win or lose. That's when the "base" in world competing for a cash purse of Realtors Meetings & Trade Expo held seminars on such topics as developing baseball meant one of the four corners of $5,000. It takes place on the beach last week in Orlando, the Sanibel & solid marketing strategies, using the lat- the diamond. between the Holiday Inn Fort Myers Captiva Islands Association of Realtors est computer technology or current real But the word "base" in the current sport(?) Beach and The Outrigger Beach Resort. won the state Single Program estate industry trends. no longer means the plate or the bags that Past creations have showcased carica- Achievement Education Award (for small mark the comers of the infield. The second tures of presidents, mythical sea crea- boards) for its program "Symphony of definition of base, according to Webster's tures, and Cinderella's Palace, among L e a d e i s h i-p Hillebrands Join Bluebill Collegiate Dictionary, is so much more accu- other masterpieces. Skills." rate now that the hop-scotching, millionaire The local Championship & Festival This new lead- Realty - Bonita Beach players have decided that a strike isn't an competed for recognition among events ership develop- Office umpire's call. Webster's defines "base" as: held in all 10 southeastern states. ment program "being of comparatively low value and was launched in Originally from Holland, Mich., Don having relatively inferior properties... lack- January 2002 Hillebrands and his wife, Maija, and son, ing or indicating the lack of higher qualities of Priority wins state awards with the objec- Simon, have called Southwest Florida mind or spirit... contemptible because Priority Marketing received three tive of develop- their home for the past 10 years. beneath what is expected of the average awards in the Florida Public Relations ing new candi- Formerly the owner of specialty retail man... stresses the ignoble and may suggest Association (FPRA) state competition, dates for shops on Fort Myers Beach, in Branson, cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness... self- the 2002 Golden Image Awards. Association lead- Mo. and Wilmington, N.C., Hillebrands centered indulgence mid selfish ambition..." A Golden Image Award was given for ership. The pro- was a professional entertainer for many One look at the issues that divide manage- the firm's Harley Davidson Event gram content is years. ment and players simply screams greed mid Specialty Item, and two Awards of divided into four Margie Davison His office is at Bluebill Realty, 26201 selfish ambition — for both sides. The bot- Distinction were given for the Priority components: President of Hickory Boulevard in Bonita Springs. tom line for baseball used to be the box score. Marketing 2001 Holiday Card and the leadership edu- Island Realtor Bluebill is part of the ResortQuest family Today's bottom line is 'who gets the biggest VIP Realty Annual Recognition Event cation, knowl- Association of companies, which also includes share of the money that ultimately conies Invitation, respectively. edge and support Priscillu Murphy Realty on Sanibel. Dave from us, the fans?' Webster's defines sport as Established in 1992, Priority of the local asso- Eaton, formerly with PMR, is sales man- a "physical activity engaged in for pleasure." Marketing is a full-service marketing ciation, knowledge and support of the ager in Hillebrands' office. Give them a I guess that's accurate if the number of zeros firm, offering a wide range of services national and Florida Associations, and cull tit (239) 992-2525, or loll free (H00) on the paycheck equates to pleasure. including marketing, advertising, public knowledge of community leadership. 437-3149. So, OK, fellas, take yottr••fJ«tfpW» and ball and skulk home like we did in third grade. When and if you come back you won't find me waiting for you. Strike Three! WFST GVl.V DRIVE ACROSS 1III MIU.H — John Jones i ROM mi m uii Yiiuwillbwli'lijilitul with ibis yiigoiius.mit iinimit luslnni 1-JMI nil! 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Happenings, from page A and friends. The festivities are expected Viola Dakos to last well into the evening. Parents' workshops offered Museum seeking volunteers Fort Myers resident Viola Dakos died This more-or-less-annual Labor Day A+ College Financial Solutions is The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum August 24, 2002. Bora in Mouzakios, event is open to the public. hosting three free workshops for parents is seeking people to volunteer a few Greece, she-was 94 at the time of her death. For more information or for informa- of Lee County high school juniors and hours each week or every other week. She moved to the United States in the tion on who is elegible to join the seniors in mid-September. Held at Positions include exhibit hall docents, early 1920s and to Fort Myers from American Legion, Sons of the American Cypress Lake Middle School on education docents, and Museum store Cincinnati in 1987. She was a member of Legion or the Ladies Auxiliary, call 472- Tuesday, Sept. 10, Thursday, Sept. 12, assistants. Anunciation Greek Orthodox Church. 9979. The Post is located mid-island, and Tuesday, Sept. 17, all three seminars Docents need not initially be knowl- Dakos is survived by her son, Dr. near mile marker #3 on San-Cap Road. will begin at 7 p.m. and last about an edgeable about shells. Exhibit hall William N. Dakos, of Fort Myers; her hour. Both parents and students are urged docents are "combination info-specialists grandchildren — Dixie Dakos Morgan of Play group starting up to attend one of the workshops, but space and guards." Education docents give a Ojai, Calif., Nicholas Dakos, II, of Fort is limited to the first 30 familys for each 30-minute, scripted slide program on Myers and William Rex Dakos of Sanibel; A group of Sanibel mothers is start- one, and reservations are required. Phone mollusks found in local waters and/or and seven great-grandchildren. • ing a non-profit group, The Sanibel Play 277-7277 to reserve space. help with tour groups. Computer and cash Services were held Wednesday at the Group, on Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to The workshops are designed to assist register experience is not necessary for church with entombment following at Fort 12:30 p.m., at the Sanibel Community parents in implementing sound financial store assistants. Volunteers receive sever- Myers Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Center. Already under way, the play practices in order to more easily afford al benefits, including a 20 percent dis- groups will provide a time for mothers the high costs of sending kids to college. count at the store, honorary membership," with children from one to five years old Richard Short, college funding advisor and $25 annual reimbursement toward a to get together and interact socially. for A+, points out that 90 percent of all LeeWay transponder. This is not a baby-sitting service but applications for aid have errors which The Museum is open Tuesday through a time for mother and child together. delay the aid process and, in some cases, Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is locat- There will be toys and a snack. The take the application out the running for ed at 3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road. For charge is $2 per child per session. so long that the student completely miss- further information, please call 395-2233. X Please call Cam Kortegast at 472-6227 es, the opportunity to receive the aid for vecl her and : Or You've always l° you'll love her ; j with any questions. which he or she was applying. • • new assortment of summer Items. '• ' Foundation grant helps From backpacNs to binders to watches, calculators and more. Brightest Horizons c QwiJk Sfaip A grant from the Community Foundation of Sanibel-Captiva/Bailey Sanibel Centercpink Awning) *Fax Tahitian 1 Society Good Neighbor Fund will help Copies FedEx Brightest Horizons Child Development 1713 Periwinkle Way 1 Gardens Cards Authorized ShipCenter Center in Harlem Heights both reduce its 472-5400 across from Jerry's 1 Office Services waiting list and provide assistance to 1 parents who work on the islands. (239) 472-0288 Furniture Shipping Assistance to families of workers on 1 (Fax) 172-0809. '.-:+•>.:• Fruit Shipping ,1 Sanibel and Captiva is one of the prima- DINE WITH THE LOCALS!
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eSale Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner and Snacks in Between Fmmmers Dining Guide "BEST BREAKFAST" on Either Island Taste of the Islands "AWARD-WINNING RIBS & VEGETARIAN DISHES" Take Out Available Enjoy Outside Dining in Historic Captiva Village 7:30 AM 'Till Close • Andy Rosse Lanef 2075 Periwinkle Way 1 Periwinkle Place #50 •% 395-1142 Sj 2 family Entertainment EVERY Day & Nigh Sanibel Island 472-8444 "YOU OUGHTA EAT AT OTTER'S" Islander • Week of August 30 - September 5, 2002 • 9 ry missions of the foundation. Coaches Football Most of the children served by Non-profit teaches Flag Stingers (5,6,7 -years-old) Brightest Horizons have parents who Head Coach Gozell Thomas work on Sanibel, Captiva, Fort Myers football & cheerleading Assistant Rodney Jackson Beach and Shell Point. The Center pro- The Hornets are a non-profit organiza- Flag Yellow Jackets (5,6,7 -years-old) vides low cost daycare and afterschool Shell Point back nine tion that teaches football and cheerleading Head Coach Ken Suarez care for parents on limited incomes. It skills to boys and girls from age 5 to age 15. Assistant Cornell Goodman experienced a crisis during August to present challenges They play 10 regular games per season. If because it was unable to serve more than Mltey Mite (8,9,10 -years-old) Construction on the back nine holes of they win all their games they go to play-offs. Head Coach Terry Rltchey 30 children on its waiting list. The center the Shell Point Golf Club is nearing comple- Winning there sends a team to the Pop Assistants Rob Gislason, Brian IVfurty had a donated manufactured building, Warner Super Bowl in December. Ronnie Thomas, Donald Todd but lacked the funding for site prepara- tion, according to Michael Mongoven, tion and utility hookups. director of golf at Shell Point. Mongoven They have won three National Junior Peeweas (8,8,10,11 -years-old) has been in close consultation over the past Championships: 1997, 1999 (Midget) and Head Coach Andy Daltroff The Foundation grant is included in several months with course designer, 2000 (the Peewee team). In 1995, the seniors Assistants Jim Boback, John Moore gifts of more than $12,000 from a vari- Gordon G. Lewis, as they oversee the final won the State Championship at their level. BUI Edwards, Don Lee ety of sources, including the services of phase of the course, which should be com- The Cheerleaders also compete. In Peewees (9 -12 -year-olds) a contractor who has volunteered to plete by December of this year. Lewis has October, they compete locally; then first and Head Coach Israel Valentin direct installation of the building. designed or renovated more than 55 courses second places move on to Regional Assistants Patrick Boston, Tony Votta in his career. Competition. First and second place winners Hectoe Avaa, diaries Wrotten Local Red Cross Those who have from this competition go on to Nationals. Junior Midgets (10-13-year-olds) Head played the front nine The Hornets rely on donations and spon- Coach Doug Drew are familiar with a sorships to maintain their program. Assistants Richard Paul, P. J. Anazone seeking volunteers number of water haz- Practices and Home Games are held at Adam Raulerson, Brian PeuvSei* • The Public Relations Committee of ards that challenge Rutenberg Park on the corner of South Midgets (11-15-year-olds) the Lee County Chapter of the golfers ol' all skill lev- Pointe Boulevard and Cypress Lake Drive Head Coach Greg Coleman American Red Cross needs volunteers els. The back nine will in Fort Myers. Games are on Saturdays and Assistants Gregory CoEentam, Steve Cofeman lo assist with oversight for chapter present a whole new each division plays at a different time, so the Dennis Wright, Clifton Green communications, including newslet- set of challenges, with games last all day long. Cheer Coaches ters, speakers bureau, website, media lakes on six of the nine relations and more. For more informa- Rag Head Coach AlyseDulgnan new holes. Cypress Lake Hornet Board o! Directors Assistant Melissa Emerick tion, contact Christy Vogt at 332-4677. President Greg Goleman "You're going to love the new nine at MiteyMite Head Coach Frank) Schroll Vice-president Shirley Simpson • The Special Events Committee needs Shell Point," enthused Lewis on a recent Assistant April Kelley volunteers to assist with oversight for visit. "One of my favorite holes is the 11th Secretary Mary Overhulser Treasurer Tom DeFranco Junior Peewee Head Coach Sue Drew chapter fund-raising events, including it's a sharp dogleg left around the eagle's Assistants Amy Powers, Cyndle Watterson the annual Humanitarian Ball. For nest preserve. This twisting, tantalizing two- Athletic Director Andy Daltroll more information, contact John shot play features multiple tees, like the rest Cheer Director Kara Reed Peeweo Head Coach TanlAbrams Steakley at 482-5400. of the course, so that everyone can enjoy the Ass't Athletic Director Marty Harrlty Assistants Kim Gibson, TangelaBabb challenge. Plus, there's a lake around the Ass't Cheer Director Denlse Paul Junior Midget Head Coach LlsaSonon • Volunteers are also needed to help Fundraiser Richard Paul Assistants Jess Tesorloro, Crystal Barber corner of the preserve, a little creek off the Concession Director Diane Desmond market American Red Cross Health tee, sand traps abound and, of course, a slop- Midget Head Coach Shelly Davis and Safety programs to local business- Parent Coordinator Lisa Bllsko es. For more information, contact ing green that's high right and low left!" Sr. Head Football Coach Greg Coleman Assistants Chrlstl Collins, Carole Nawsam Linda Keene at 278-3401. During construction, contractors moved Sr. Head Cheer Coach Shelly Davis The American Red Cross of Lee about 20 percent more thaw wM mof ea 61 County provided services to more than the front nine. Remaining work includes SERVICE WHEN YOU NEED firm 24,000 people in Lee County during its completion of the irrigation system, land- fiscal year 2000-2001 and lias provided scaping, installing cart paths, grading and, THE ONLY ISLAND BASED AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY services to more than 40.000 residents by the end of this month, planting grass on within the last twelve months. the remaining holes. Plans also include a EMERGENCY SERVICE practice bunker, enlarged practice tee and CRFE meeting information modifications to hole #1. • FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED-TRUSTED SERVICE In addition to some very challenging SINCE 1988 • MAJOR APPLIANCE REPAIRS The Caloosa Rare Fruit Exchange holes, the course features a putting green, Club meets Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. driving range, pro shop and Mulligan's DUCT CLEANING • HEAT PUMPS in the porches at the back of Terry Park Snack Stop. on Palm Beach Boulevard in Fort Myers. When all 18 holes are complete at the This month's speaker will be Gene beginning of December, Shell Point will be Joyner, well-known around the state as a par-72 championship course. It is open to an exotic tropical fruit grower. the public year-round and offers member- The Rare Fruit Cookbook will be ships with additional benefits. For tee times OFFICE 472-3033 availabel at the meeting which is open to or information, call (941) 433-9790. (24 HOURS) the public. Call 731-1430 for additional information. 2460 PALM RIDGE ROAD SANIBEL, FLORIDA 33957
Chipper Service & Pruning Live Shaping Bucket Shelling Seasoned Firewood Hazardous Power • Restriction Joe Zammit Removals Slump Tree Surgeon Grinding Specializing in Saving Trees! Florida law prohibits the taking of live Same-Day Emergency Service shells on Sanibel Island to conserve this Licensed & Insured precious marine resource. Office 139/463-Sili • Ce// 139/470-12$$ • Fax 259/465-fS§f 10 • Week of August 30 - September 5, 2002 • Islander Refuge honored for leadership Indigo Trail re-opens The Indigo Trail at the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge which has been closed for rehabilitation since July 17 has now reopened. The Trail runs from the administra- tion building to the Cross Dike on Wildlife Drive and provides up-close- and-personal access to the refuge on a daily basis in addition to Fridays when Wildlife Drive is closed. The goal of the project was to make the Trail more bicycle-friendly. The Service complies with state law in which bicycles are considered vehicles that must move with the traffic, not in opposition to it. Prior to this rehabilita- tion, beyond the first few hundred feet of boardwalk the Trail was mostly sugar sand and next to impossible for. Volunteer Coordinator Cindy Anderson hands a the maneuvering of a bicycle. new, revised volunteer handbook to Volunteer Refuge Manager Rob Jess accepts the award from Art Krival. Regional Director Sam Hamilton. Tarpon Bay Recreation By Amy Fleming the staff and volunteers of (he refuge, who can withstand salt water and the heavy, Staff writer had gathered at the Sanibel Community humid atmosphere of Florida. will be closed from Association for a celebratory luncheon. The same materials can be found in the Sept. 9th to Sept. 15th. It was a red letter day for the J. N. 'Ding' "You have set a standard that is so high, entrance ramp to the Education Center as Darling Wildlife Refuge last Friday when it others are stretching just to see the mark," well as the boardwalk for the Shell Mound There will be was honored with the U.S. Fish and said Hamilton. "'Ding' Darling leads in an Trail. no tours or rentals Wildlife Service's Environmental Leader- award that is competed for nationally. In Additionally, the hard surfacing of ship Award. The award was instituted this terms of environmental leadership, you're Wildlife Drive and the stretch of road from during this period. year to recognize agencies and individuals walking the talk." Palm Ridge to the Tarpon Bay Recreation who have been instrumental in implement- Addressing the volunteers, he said "This center are two more examples of cost sav- These modifications provide the ing the 'Greening the Government Through time of year, you have, the really harfl core ing, environmentally sound projects. The opportunity for those who can't make it Leadership in Environmental Management' volunteers - this is why I really wanted to paving surface is a permeable asphaltic all the way around the full drive (plus executive order. , be here. Other refuges would just die to concrete mix that allows water to pass the return on San-Cap) on their bikes to Sam Hamilton, Regional Director of have this kind of support." through while capturing runoff, sediment, get back to the front entrance via the USFW, was in town to present the award to Refuge Manager Rob Jess accepted the oil and other pollutants that would other- Indigo Trail. The sand has been award on behalf of the staff and volunteers. wise drain into the estuary system. replaced with shell rock, much like the "This is a highly recognized award, and Kevin Godsea, public use supervisor, former surface on Wildlife Drive, mak- there arc many reasons why we got it," he a/so gave a lot of credit to the refuge's 238 ing it easier for hikers and wheelchairs said, "But it boils down to the people in this volunteers. as well as bicyclists. escenfiafs .room. We veiy much appreciate you." "They save us from hiring 10 full-time At the same time, workers laid a For bath, body, and more... 'Ding' Darling refuge won the award for employees. They are a tremendous help." fiber-optic cable that will ultimately go green procurement, recognizing the use of Volunteers at the refuge have a variety of to a video camera located on a new, recycled environmentally safe materials in duties, from running cash registers at the handicap-accessible observation tower repair and maintenance. In the early 1990's, bookstore and manning the front desk at the at Wildlife Drive Mile Marker 2, to be the refuge began using recycled plastic visitor's center, to serving as roving inter- built later in the year. The new video- lumber for fence posts and boardwalk deck- preters on Wildlife Drive and keeping the cam will provide a bird's eye glimpse ROOMSPRAV$ & CA ing. In 2001, new construction used these trails free, of leaves and debris. Some vol- of "what's going on in the refuge" to BODY L0T1ONS& alternative materials. unteers assist refuge biologists, while the visitors and others in the Education ICS The Service's docks at the refuge hous- 'Ding' Darling Wildlife Society, a volunteer Center. EPR ing facilities, just off of Tarpon Bay Road, organization, helps raise funds for the The refuge also announced that were the first structures in the region to refuge. The Education Center was funded Tarpon Bay Recreation will be closed incorporate recycled plastic in main com- by monies raised by the society, who also for vacation from Sept. 9th until Sept. ponents such as joists, beams* and pilings. took charge of hiring the contractors for the 15th. There will be no tours or rentals Unlike standard treated lumber, the recy- building, and seeing to recent repairs to the during this period. 2340 PenvinKIc Way - in the Village cled plastics are free of contaminants that center's roof. Business will be conducted as usual Mon.Sal. 10-6 leach out into the environment, plus they on Sept. 16th.
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Ready or not, here's the Sure, the city has changed after 9/U... fabulous 2003 Season: but you can't keep this city down. Like the Phoenix it rose from the ashes of a ter- rorist attack, somewhat changed but still Tuesday, Jan. 14 — Jerry Hadley, a hard edged and smart-assed. leading American tenor of his genera- My time in the city was swift and the tion, gives a solo recital of American, availability of tickets to shows on a week- European, Slavic and 20th Century end practically nil... proving once again composers. that if you're making a N.Y.C, theater trip this summer or even this Monday, Feb. 10 — fall, book early through a The Pirates of Penance. Tuesday, Mar. 13 — Christopher Dame of The Community Concerts, booking agent or the Internet This sophisticated English Parkening & Jubilant Sykes, Parkening Barbara B. Mann. Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!! (especially if you plan to be romp really needs no is best known as a leading guitar virtu- These tickets sell out fast, and single a weekend warrior). Be introduction. The engag- oso, heir apparent to the legacy of the seats for concerts are not available. Mail aware prices are higher to all ing operetta will have you great Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia. all checks payable to Fort Myers shows on weekends — chuckling and humming Sykes has been described as a charis- Community Concert Association, Post Broadway, Off Broadway all the way home. matic .baritone with infinite resources. Office Box 606, Fort Myers 33902; or and Off Broadway. All concerts start at 7:30 p.m. order by phone — 939-3236 — your And, while I'm on the Friday, Feb. 21 — The cancelled check is your receipt. subject of prices, we remain Hungarian National Well there you have it — another Don't forget to tell 'em Marsha sent in the catbird seat when it Philharmonic Orchestra Super Season thanks to The Grande you. conies to our best-loved with Zsolt Hamar con- Community Concerts. ducting A Night in Old Season tickets (thanks to m* i wr ViennVienna featurinleauumgg works by Barbara B. Mann, our fear- Marsha Wagner Burtok. Berlioz, Brahms, /?: less leader) have main- Dvorak, Liszt and Strauss, tained their rock-bottom status. We still get world class, high quality entertain- Wednesday, Mar. 5 — James Dick, ment for $900 — Orchestra and one of this generation's important Mezzanine; $65 for Lower Balcony, JJ pianists. 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The mysterious spiritual experience event features, in addition, the final Florida Large format camera demonstrations & of being close to nature, helped restore my showing of Clyde Butcher's Visions for the slide presentations: Ron Nordstrom will soul... My experience reinforced my sense Next Millennium: Wilderness Photography demonstrate the various sizes of large for- of dedication to use ... photography as an — Focus on Preservation, an exhibit of mal cameras and the way they work. Large inspiration for others to work together to Oscar Thompson's color photography and format cameras ranging in size from save nature's places of spiritual sanctuary folk singer Cindy Hackney presenting her 12"x20" lo 4"x5" will be set up for partic- for future generations." songs of South Florida. ipants to experience. —Clyde Butcher The event will takes place over the Clyde Butcher at work in a Butcher will be giving a slide presenta- Big Cypress Gallery is on 13 acres in Labor Day weekend from August 31 favorite setting. : tion on his work and showing a short the middle of over a million acres of through Sept. 2. a low land region saturated with water; to movie of last year's Muckers three times a wilderness in Big Cypress National Muck About: (verb) to walk in a swamp; get muddy in a watery location fraught day. Preserve. Once a year the property is to travel by foot, for pleasure or exercise, in with difficulties and imponderables; to limes: 11 a.m.-l 2:30 p.m., 1:30-3 p.m. rejoice in the beauty of nature. and 3:30-5 p.m. The 3:30-5:00 show will GOING NORTH? TAKE A PIECE OF PARADISE HOME... The Muck Abouts are the highlights of be given only on Saturday and Sunday. the weekend for many people. Under- Special exhibits are the centerpieces. The Islander's 2001 poster "Roseate Spoonbill" by local artist Heather Slabosz is standing the environment of South Florida your complimentary gift with every new paid subscription. Posters are also available for Visions for the Next Millennium: is difficult because of its inaccessibility, but Wilderness Photography — Focus on purchase at $20. A portion of the proceeds benefits C.R.O. W Call 472-5185, or drop by guided Muck Abouts in Big Cypress pro- Preservation is comprised of photographs the Islander office at 695 Tarpon Bay Rd., Unit 13, Sanibel. vide the opportunity to experience the primeval beauty of the "real" Florida first- hand. It is an experience one does not soon forget. The walks last between 11/2 and 2 hours. Reservations are required and there is a $20 non-refundable fee per person. All proceeds, after expenses, will be donated to the Friends of Big Cypress National Preserve for the preservation of the Preserve as an area of natural beauty for years to come. Times (All three days); 9-11 a.m.,10 a.m.- noon, 12:30-2:30 p.m. and 1:30-3:30 (1-r) Oscar Thompson, Neal ROSEATE SPOONBILL p.m. Come prepared in old clothes that can Obendorf and Jeff Ripple get wet and muddy, and bring dry stuff to taken by Butcher around the country. This put on afterward is the last time this exhibit will be shown in Annual STREET.. _APT. NO._ For reservations, call (941) 486-0811 or Florida as it will be traveling throughout Subscription CITY -STATE. e-mail [email protected]. the United States from 2003 to 2005. One Lee County The Muck Abouts will be led by Oscar $22.00 room in the gallery will be devoted to PHONE_ Thompson, Neal Obendorf and Jeff Ripple. Native Soul — Images of Florida, an U PAYMENT ENCLOSED U BILL ME LI VISA U MASTERCARD Thompson, an award-winning commercial exhibit of Oscar Thompson's magnificent Annual FRFE POSTERS u PLEASE MAIL ($:UM FOR POSTAGE fciiANnu photographer, is a native Floridian who wilderness color photography. Subscription winfi'AiusuiMOTnoN a I'U-PICKUP AT OFFICE spent his youth out in Big Cypress. 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"No one gets in the gallery Linda Boltrek has a remarkable, uncan- without a smile and a hello from the staff. ny sense of knowing when something is People need time to browse and have a good right. "I don't plan ahead. It just happens." time enjoying the lesser known works of tal- That's how she's perceptively spotted three ented local artists. Everything here is one of different gallery locations in three consec- a kind and just fun." That's what people will utive years! remember long after their visit to Seaweed. In 2000 Boltrek opened her spacious Originally Seaweed Gallery opened with Seaweed Gallery at 2055 Periwinkle Way, a approximately 30 aitists and one staff mem- magnificent, high ceilinged 1,500 square ber working with Boltrek. 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No one looks the same. I don't want Gallery, from page 17 anyone to conflict. There's painted furniture, mosaics, bas- door art displays and, from time to time, an artist painting at This year Boltrek discovered another spot and now she's kets, art dolls, miniature atriums and lots of whimsy. an easel to recreate some of the Andy Rosse charm of the opened her third Seaweed Gallery on Anna Maria Island's Everything is one of a kind." past. That's what makes walking the lane a step back into historic Bridge Street on Bradenton Beach. "There was Boltrek wants the gallery to nurture creativity. She wants Old Captiva and, as Boltrek emphasized, "We've got the some available store space in the new BridgeWalk people to come in and feel inspired and start creating for characters and we want to bring back the character. I just Landmark Resort and I poked around and knew this was themselves. The gallery needs to be a place with fresh ideas love this place." right. The island has lots of local color and a wonderful and new ventures. "I like to promote other people. That colony of artists." Boltrek's original concept at Seaweed on gives me a good feeling. People come back over and over Sanibel was to feature relatively unknown local artists and again. They like the art and they like the music." Boltrek that's her approach on Anna Maria Island, along with the wants to continue to have lots of variety ranging from option for all of her artists and artisans to be represented at miniatures to full scale furniture ami she considers iilfordi- all three galleries. "I leave it up to them, and they've become bilily an important factor whether it's an art card for a few very excited about the new opening on Anna Maria Island." dollars or one of Lady Jane's atriums in the four and live Part of the excitement of the Seaweed Gallery is the dis- figure price range. Coming in, browsing and enjoying the tinctive style of each artist. 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In addition to the title song, which she wrote for the annual off- Butcher's specialty is road women's camping large pictures and, in this trip, she will perform exhibit, he has out-done oilier songs from (he CD himself with immense like "Lake Traffords images taken around the Song" written to honor country. The works range the efforts of Annie & in size from 4' x 5' to 7" x Ski Olesky to save Lake TralTortl; "Sons of Butcher is fond of Pioneer Florida," a song saying, "Most people are honoring the Old into the destination and Swampwalk Cracker fishermen; not the journey," His jour- "Thunder Rolls Over ney provides rare and rewarding views of Me," thunderheads rolling across the sky, what once was and, in many cases, still and many others. exists... but only if we are concerned JeiT and Renec Ripple have a deep By Amy Fleming Mr. McLeavy, who is attacked by an enough to preserve it for future genera- tions. love for natural Florida. Jeff, a naturalist, Staff writer Afghan hound while on his way to his photographer, and writer, leads many of Oscar Thompson's color photographs wife's funeral, which was disrupted by a the swamp walks, while Renee brings up of Florida exemplify the love he has for his If you're looking for a light summer- truck slamming into the hearse, thus send- the rear... making sure no one is lost to a native state. His images convey the beauty time spoof including, but not limited to, a ing the dog, who was on his daily walk, 'gator! few jabs at civil servants, the British into a panic. See the play, and this may of the interior of the cypress strands, the Both Ripples are talented writers, and police, and social conventions regarding make more sense. gentle grace of the grasslands, and the this year the gallery is presenting The Wild the proper burial of deceased loved ones, sculptural dynamics of the mangroves in A Scotland Yard detective, (Jim Heart of Florida — Writers on Florida check out Theatre Conspiracy's Loot. the Ten Thousand Islands. Corsica) posing as a Sherlock Holmsian Wild-lands, their latest book. It is a com- He has been a professional photograph- The plot centers around the recently water company inspector gets into the pendium of 20 creative essays by some of er for 25 years. Before his retirement, departed and devoutly Catholic Mrs. mix as he tries to gather evidence on the the state's most talented writers on the nat- McLeavy and the fact that her remains Thompson was the best architectural-inte- son's recent bank robbery. Corsica, a ural heritage of Florida — Carl Hiassen, keep getting in the way of everyone's rior photographer in Florida, and one of the skilled comedian, provided one of the out- Randy Wayne White, Patrick Smith, and plans. Alternately shoved into the closet, top photographers in the United States with standing performances of the evening as the Ripples themselves. The beauty of the disguised as a dressmaker's dummy or a numerous accolades for his commercial the not-so-upstanding 'Truscott, of The language and the writers' love of Florida stolen Phuraah, she just seems to keep work. However, his real love is pho- Yntd.' inspired a PBS special called Expedition popping up, unable to make it even to her tographing the landscape of Florida. Joe Myers, recently seen in the J. Florida: The Wild Heart of Florida. own funeral. Although quite dead,she Thompson was responsible for altering Howard Wood production of "Driving Butcher joined the Ripples in making the manages to frustrate her son and his the direction of Clyde Butcher's life. Miss Daisy," had a small but very funny special. friend's plans to conceal stolen money Butcher had been photographing land- role as Meadows, Truscott's Keystone Getting there: Located in the heart of and her nurse's attempts to hook the wid- Cop assistant. scapes out west for 17 years when he met ower McLeavy, Thompson in 1980. They were both young, the Everglades, surrounded by more than a Jim Yarnes plays the hapless, grief- million acres of National Park, wetlands Most of the comedy is sight gags - eager photographers who loved their pro- stricken Mr. McLeavy, with Josh and cypress hammocks, Big Cypress from the expressions on character actor Chapman as Hal, the son so immoral and fessions and enjoyed talking photo-shop Lisa Marie's (Fay, the shady nurse) face - with each other. As their friendship grew, Gallery is the gallery, studio and home of incorrigible that, as nurse Fay put it, "you Clyde and Niki Bucher. It is located on the her casket-side 'confession' is Marie's need, a Papal Dispensation just to clean Thompson would tell tales of his adven- shining moment - to the over-bandaged tures out in the swamp. Butcher had never Tamiami Trail (US 41) 47 miles east of his room." Dennis, Hal's partner in crime, Naples. is played by Lucas Holland as a gum given a thought to the landscape of \V Take 1-75 South to Exit 101, State Road chewing, working class jailbird, in love Florida.,. he just didn't see anything beau- 951 to Marco Island. At US 41 turn with Fay. tiful in it. east/left (good place for gas) and head east Loot runs through August 31 at the But, as he listened to Thompson, his curiosity grew, until one day he said, "You for about 47 miles. The gallery is about Fould's Theatre at the Alliance for the one-half mile east of the Big Cypress Arts. 10091 McGregor Blvd. Tickets are know, I'd be interested in seeing what you're talking about." Thompson turned to National Preserve Oasis Visitor Center on $16, $7 for students. For more informa- the oposite side of the road. tion, call 936-3239. his wife, Miladie, and said, "Clyde and I are going for a walk." It was an experience From June through October, the gallery that changed Butcher's life... and the is open Wednesday through Saturday from direction of his photography. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed Sunday Next Kids Conspiracy show through Tuesday. Gulf shore Ballet, a non-profit classical The forecast for the next Kids messing up international relations and the ballet school with an internationally Conspiracy production is wet^ with scat- peasants have to fix it for themselves. acclaimed faculty will offer classes tered laughter and thunderous applause. While audiences in the Foulds are reason- at BIG Arts that are the same as Princess Gray and the Black/White ably safe, the afternoon shows in the those offered in Fort Myers. Knight by Jeff Goode will be a damp, amphitheatre will likely be very splashy. Pre-ballet (Ages 4-6) funny show running on Saturdays, Sept. 7 It's entirely possible that many audience Tuesday 3:45-4:45 pm, and 14, at 11 a.m. at the Foulds Theatre, 1 members will get just a wee bit wet. Sept. 10 - Dec. 17, $250. p.m. at the Frizzell Amphitheatre, and on "We're doing something a little differ- Ballet (Ages 7+) Wednesday and Friday, Friday, Sept, 13 at 7 p.m. \ ent in the outside performances through 3:45-4:45 pm, Sept. 3-Dec. 20, $450. the literary vehicles of water cannons, The classes will end with two public "This is an absurd play (ed. note: and performances of The Nutcracker balloons and hoses," he continued with a we would expect something else from Jeff on Dec. 21 in Schein Hall. chuckle. "It's going to be quite a finale, so Goode?)" about tolerance and water Pre-registration is required. rights," said Kids Conspiracy director we encourage people to bring chairs, Call Big Arts- 395-0900. Shawn JHoJliday, "where the leaders keep blankets and towels!" 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Take your cabin to the mountains BUICK REGAL LSE FOR SALE ** ** 95 acres on the WATERFRONT SALEI Bea White, excellent condition. Tinted or tine seashore. Custom Ochlocknee River. One mile river dock-approved property on 1999 black hard and soft tops. designed class C 30', 1996 Lazy LAST YEAR OF THIS MODEL! Available Now frontage. House on stilts. Loaded Tennessee lake. Prime loci Automatic, 4.0 I, viper alarm, cus- Daze'motor home. Many extras. with game, very secluded. minutes to town, country n White exterior tom sound CD, A/C. Many extras, Excellent condition. 41K miles. NFM - Pine Lakes CC Low 30's. (239) 472-4715 Beautiful Lake and $400,000. 229-227-7127 or 229- utilities. Great prices, exci Tan leather interior package for $13,999 obo. 239- 879-0607 financing. Call (800) 492-372 Loaded including Sun Roof. 985-0365. or 472-4714. Golf View. Low mileage. 2Bd/2Ba/2Car, FORTY (40) ACRES, $69,900. WESTERN NC MOUNT/* $15,500 1500 sq.ft. Owner financing from $1,995 Where there is cool mountaii (239) 463-3144 ALL TERRAIN POWER BOATS Must Sell. down. N. Florida/Madison Area. views & streams. For Reduced to $48,900. Excellent high & dry, wooded 1988 31 foot Ocean Master. Brochure of Mountain Proi VEHICLE Call (941) 656-S440 land, in qreat location, w/good Sales call (800) 642-5333. R Donate your vehicle directly to 1998 250 HP Yamahss. Full roads! 1-8t)0-352-5263, electronics, t-top, excellent www. 1800FLALAND.com of Murphy, 317 Peachtree the original, nationally Murphy, N.C. 28906 condition. (239) 472-4715 or Central Ft.Myers. Great CBS starter Florida Woodland Group, Inc. acclaimed Charity Cars. 1-800- BANSHEE, 1996 472-4714. CHARITY! 100% charity - not a home or retirement home. Licensed Real Estate Broker WITH EXTRA PARTS houseboat tor sale, 2-Story 3br/1ba, 2br/1ba. Newer everything. A used car dealer/ fundraiser. 1- $3,500. Home with 3 acres. - Located in VACATION 3 sundecks, central a/c, 62x14, turnkey home!! $65,200. Call Marion County (Ocala area) 3/2, 800- CHARITY (1-800- 242-7489) CALL (239) 731-3776 new appliances, plenty storage. (239) 939-1262 or (239) 274-8582 www.800charitycars.ORG large screened in area with pool RENTALS Live the good life with a Florida Condo on Gulf, 2 Br/2Ba, island floating home. $19,900 must sell. and entertainment area. Attached Florida Gulf Coast, Treasure I; Kia Sephia, 1997. White/grey decor, great rental history. and detached two car garages. interior, new radio, AC, low Call 209-8854 Florida Island Inn Beach Re TRUCKS & VANS Loggerhead Cay, Sanibel. 979 E. Fenced, irrigation system. Your place in the sun, wth mileage, very good condition. Gulf Dr. (239)472-8350. $210,000. (352) 347-4470 $3000. (239) 433-6390. Chevy S-10 1996, ex. cab, L.S., V6, $ Wanted $ cious Gulf front efficien light tan metallic, a/c, fm-cassette, Dead or Alive FM -Gulf Harbour, golf course lake- LAKE BARGAIN! $29,900. Free Private balconies, heated new tiros, ]ust serviced, very nice front, spacious,' 10-ft. ceilings, Covered Boat Slip. Gently sloping beach bar. Boats, Motors, Trailers 3Bd/2Ba/2-car garage, immacu- SPORTS & IMPORTS truck. $5500. Make any offer. (941) 332-7004 or lake view parcel with nice mix of islandinnresort.com late. Lease/Option available. Pets 1-800-635-4312 (941) 458-9117 off. (941) 707- (941)823-2640 upon approval. Close to low rolling meadows & trees. 2465 cell. Clubhouse, pool, Marina, River. Abuts national forest on 35,000 Please call and save! 856-933- acre recreational lake in TNI sports & import autos 5300 Paved roads, water, sewer, more. GULF-FRONT FORD F350 1990 Excellent financing. Call Now 1- 800-704-3154 Ext #341 SANIBEL CONDO PICKUP TRUCK. GENERAL REAL Beautiful Views EXTRA CAB. • *••• LAKE BARGAIN $29,900. Free cov- from All Windows. $5,500. ESTATE ered boat slip! Gently slopping 8X28 Lanai, CALL (239) 731-3776 lake view parcel w/nice mix of low with Glass Sliders. SELLING FORECLOSED HOMES $0 or Low rolling meadows & trees. Abuts Spacious Down! HUD, VA, FHA. No Credit national forest on 35,000 acre Two Bedrooms, Three Bath OK! For Listings, 1-800-501-1777 recreational lake in TN. Paved YOUR Ext. 1618 roads, water, sewer, more. Large Living Room. CALL OWNER Ford 2001. Qov't & Bank Foreclosures! $0 Excellent financing. Call now (800) 704-3154 ext 342 Toll Free: F-150 Super Cab CAR DOWN HOMES - HUD, VA, FHA. 1-866-389-9719 Long Bed V8, No credit OK. For listings Nowl LAND - $500 DOWN, Owner financ- A/C, AM/FM BOAT or (800) 501-1777 ext1699 tng, 1 & 5 acre tracts, in North MERCEDES 500 SL, Cassette, cruise Florida, 30 miles north of Sanibel Gulf Front, heated | 2001, Gov't & Bank Foreclosures! $0 54,000 miles. DOWN HOMESI HUD, VA, FHA Gainesville, near Suwannee 2bed/2bath condo. Discou CONVERTIBLE/HARDTOP, Well maintained. River. Call for colored brochure, 1- Summer & Fall Rates. Daily $ 4,200 MILES. RV? $0 to Low Downl No Credit OK! Must sell. For Listings, 800-501-1777 x 1601 800- 545-3501, or or Weakly $750. (239) 945-7 DESERT SAND, Take ovor payments, Place your www.dicksrealty.com Visit our web site at: BOSE SYSTEM, trade,must go. sanibel-island-florida-rentals.coi MINT CONDITION, ad with MOUNTAIN PROPERTY in Murphy, Call Todd, CONDOS FOR SALE North Carolina. Cabins, Homes, SUNSET CAPTIVA, Rent rr $69,900. (239)770-2119. Br/2.5 Ba home with SC amet CALL Gloria Luxurious Riverfront Highrise, 2 Lots, Acreage, Rivers, Lakes, & units por floor. Private elevator Streams. Vacation Rentals of pool, tennis and beach aa (239) 282-9559 in The entrance. Outside garaqe. All Available. Call for Investment All the extras that you want OR ammsnitios Including Marina. Opportunity. Investor's Realty, easy walk to ten restaurants, (239) 283-4915 Islander $510,000. Furniture negotiable. Inc, 1-800-497-3334 available for purchase. (910 GMC CONVERSION Harbour Isle Realty, Inc. (941) www 9251 or YoungpattogoOaol.i for the 541-90(33 Cheryl, 822-5511 1993 Jaquar XJ6, four door, VAN, 1985. invBKtorsroaUyinccam excellent condilion. $9000 305 MOTOR, SPECIAL Movinn'? Looking tor Unit RENTAL SHAR1I OBO. Call (239) 472-0982 or yaualion/rotiranient home? Call I- (239)472-1400 One Time 800-817-9768 or visit us at. Cape Coral - Private efflci REMOTE STEREO Rate of HOMES www.locatehomes.com Everything furnished. SI 1.2 CD PLAYER for a free real estate magazine. In non-smoker. On canal. No CASSETTE POWER the mountains of North Georgia Private deck. Utilities, < AMP, $19.95 MERCEDES 450 SEL North Ft. Myers and Southwest North Carolina included. Use of pool. Do PIONEER SPEAKERS. or in both lift available. (239) 574-322 1976, A/C. Pine Lakes CC, NC Mountains Best Buy! 3 secluded POWER EVERYTHING, MINOR BODY WORK, The Islander 1990-2/2/2 1500 s.f. acres. Fabulous mountains over- SUN ROOF, PAINT NEEDED. On "Lake on Golf Course" look long distance view/pastoral APARTMENTS i IMMACULATE BROWN SWEET VAN. & Shopper's Must sell. setting. Gated. Paved roads. LEATHER INTERIOR, $1,500. O.B.O. Offers considered. Bryson City $35,000. Owner CREAM EXTERIOR. Guide for $48,900. financing. (800) 810-1590 DUPLEXES FOB BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC. (239) 253-0731 (941) 656-5440 www.artnurwilliams.net USES UNLEADED FUEL- the One Time RENT REDUCED TO North Florida Owner Financed Land: Near Beaches. Available r V.W. Pop-top Camper 1981, sink, Rate of 1, 5, 10, 20, 40 acres high/dry Townhouse, 2br/1.5ba, on s $5,000. stove, refrigerator, new paint, Palm Harbor Modular and Mobile From $195 down $99' month. lake. $725/month. First, la FOR QUICK SALE. excellent condition, new tires, 4- $29.95 Homes. Call the factory for free River Front $495 down $199 security. Call for information ( 574-5856 spoed, no A/C, (239) 540-1641, color brochures. 1-800-622-2832 month, Jim Jean Licensed RE 994-7505 $2,995. Broker 1-800-722-5326 (Ad runs www.jlm)ean,com Near Fort Myers Beach/Sanibel complimentary . BUSINESS 1/BR. $500. Laundry/storage FOR SALE So. Colorado. Wild West Ranch 80 Call (239) 267-2913. after that) ac-$49,900. Don't wait to own one ONE & TWO BEDROOM AP/ SUPER DUPER SAVINGS! For Lease. Restaurant & conve- of the best priced ranches in MENTS, CLOSE TO SCHO( UNTIL nience store. Room for improve- Coloradol Outstanding Rocky Mtn BUS STOPS & SHOPPi Advertise your BOAT, RV or VEHICLE SELLS ment, commercial and residential views, beautiful fields, access to WATER, SEWER AND TR area, approximately 3,200sq.ft., or 1,000's of acres Federal recre- PAID. CENTRAL AIR AND Hi OR UP TO 3,000 sq.ft. Pay for inventory & ation land. Tel/elec, year round POOL AND LAUNDRY ON S AUTOMOBILE in the Classified equipment. 239-656-6171, ask for access, easy financing Call toll- 941-275-4587. 3 MONTHS Joe! free (866)698-5263 Section of The Islander ••••• Suwannee River Country Land Sale! REAL ESTATE 1 to 5 acres. Owner financing. No and/or Money Down. Carri-Anne Powell SANIBEL DISTANT sales associate Thompson Group; Efficiency Apartment inc. C. Frederick Thompson, I! One Person The Shoppers'Guide and ACREAGE ASHEVILLE, NC-AVERY PARK: Broker/Owner (352) 378-4814, Tile, A/C Enjoy Cool Summers in the Blue (352) 222-9590 Ceiling Fans get your single paper ad MAINE-OCEANFRONT BARGAIN Ridge Mountains. Spectacular ttgcarri4814 ©aol.com $550/month ' 14 AC-400' Waterfront Only Mountain View Homesites www. 1517 Periwinkle Way $89,900 Prime ocaanfront lot situ- $46,000 W/90% financing. Gated northcentralfloridaland.com (305) 772-3790 as low as $19.95, — ated in quaint fishing village in Bar Community, Surrounded by TENNESSEE, FALL CREEK Harbor area. Surveyed, soils test- National Forest (888) 387-9070 FALLS. 5 to 5500 acres w/rnjles of ed, great owner financing w/low (Both Papers - $29.95), BEAUTIFUL NORTH CAROLINA Bluff lots, recreational and resi- down payment. Call L&S Realty dential, minutes from FCP State ANNUAL RENTAJ 207-781-3294 WESTERN MOUNTAINS. Own For up to 3 Months or until your cool NC Mountain homes, cabins, Park. Prices start @ $695. per acreage, Cherokee Mountain acre. 931-946-3146 WATERFRONT Realty, Inc. 1285 W US 64 [email protected] Product Sells! Murphy, NC 28906. Call for free TIMESHARE RESALES The most Annual Rental. Charming, PROPERTY brochure. (800) 841-5868 effective way to buy, sell or rent! unfurnished 2Br/2Ba pilinj No commissions! Closing & home in (Includes Campers & Travel Cape Coral - Sailboat access, Yacht Colorado! Arizona! Florida! Hawaii financing provided Free into. 1 Gumbo Limbo. Club area, 3Bd/2.5Ba, 2335s.f. homesites! Large 1 acre lots. 888-997-6668 . . Fireplace, vaulted Trailers) Up to 28 Words - updated, all tile, large Master Spectacular views. Easy monthly www.tlmeshareresalesi .com ceilings and washer/dryer suite, 200' intersecting canals, Enclosed lower area payment. Low as $99/mo. Owner Visit us on ths web dock, lift, large patio, Mexican tile, financing 1 -800-715-LAND backs up to Private Party Ads Only. spa. $599,000. (239)-945-88S9. @ www.cashauctions.com and www.myeranch.com search the MLS system for Conservation area. Available Aug. 1. Sailboat canal, new custom Enjoy Cool NC Mountains & Relax. mountain, creek or lake front Call GLORIA Today home, 3/2-1/2, pool, 3 car properties and vacation rentals $1650/month. garage. Everything tiled, bed- Free Brochure on Acreage, Cabins & Investments. Call in North Georgia and Western Lawn service rooms carpeted. 2270' under North Carolina. Toll free included. Pets ok. 472-51.85 • air, 10 ft. ceilings. $429,900. Cherokee Mountain Realty, Inc. Call (239) 454-5178. Open daily! Appointment! 239- 1285 West US Hwy 64, Murphy, 877-837-9070 for brochure. 574-7603. NC 28906 1-800-841-5868 Cash Auctions & Realty. 28 • Week of August 30 - September 5, 2002 • Islander ANNUAL RENTALS HOMES FOR RENT LAWN CARE ATTENTION 15 DOGS, 45 CATS, PROPERTY OWNERS lawn care We need more annual rentals! For more Information, ALERT!! Call Dustyn at AND'YOU RE/MAX of the Islands. $390. MOVES 472-5050 YOU IN YOUR OWN HOME F.C.M. Beautiful vacation home available (239)461-0499. now through December 31. Heated pool, three bedrooms, two baths. Magnificent view overlook- ing golf course. Tropical gardens, Cape Coral-Short or Long term. FOR EVERY PERSON THAT IS BORN, suncteck, professionally decorat- Remodeled, 3bed/2bath 2-car Reed's Lawn ed and furnished. One of garage, brand new appliances, Sanibel's finest properties. Cal can see river from dock, quiet cul- Care 305-461-9621. de-sac. Beautiful location, very "A cut above the rest" Free Estimates. 2 BR/2 BA duplex (unfurnished).. ; clean. $1100/rnonth. Call Sean Great east end location on (239) 770-4571 Licensed & Insured. canal and steps to beach. NFNi-Pirie Lakes CC, 1990 - 2/2/2 945-4805 $1,250/month. Pets OK with 1500 s.f. On "Lake on Golf additional deposit. Call Course" $1100. month. (941) 395-0294. FIFTEEN DOGS 656-5440 PLUMBING 3 BR/3 BA duplex With loft in the Dunes. Shared pool Rental, four weeks. Jan.., Feb., and tennis court. March, 2003 Unique Completely remodeled. luxury home, beautifully furnished, 3,750 sq. ft. on AAA $170(Vmonth. PLUMBING SERVICE 1 landscaped acres on SEWERS HOOK-UPS 3 BR/2BA canal-front home Sanibel River. Prestigious WATER HEATERS, AND FORTY-FIVE CATS ARE ALSO BORN. with dock and pool. neighborhood, 100 yards REPAIRED & REPLACED. Includes pool and lawn to private access Gulf SEWER & DRAIN CLEANING Pet overpopulation is a BIG PROBLEM as these sta- maintenance. beach. Includes membership and LEAKY PIPES $2500/month. HOUSE REPIPING tistics show. In order to keep up with the current amenity access to 24/HR SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Oustyn at REMAX of South Seas Plantation STATE CERTIFIED flood of puppies and kittens, every person would the islands. 472-5050 Resort. Photos available. Price quoted. On-slte CFC041710 viewing arranged. Never JEFF MCWHORTER have to own two dogs and six cats during their entire previously rented. Call 472-0377 Riverfront-unfurnished 3/2 condo at 694-7043 Harbour Isle. Great floor plan and owner, 914-528-8881. lifetime (assuming that people live for 75 years, and river views. Dock available, too. [email protected] $1,500. month. Call David dogs and cats for 10). A household of five would LaBonge, Broker, Harbour Isle Realty, Inc. (941) 482-0218, 482- SOUTHWINDS-DRIVE PRESSURE have to harbor ten dogs and thirty cats! Adoption 0218 Sanibel BESIDE CASA YBEL RESORT alone is obviously not the answer; altering is. 30 Second walk to Beach. CLEANING 2550 SANIBEL BLVD. Two-bedrooms/two-baths. PLEASE SPAY OR NEUTER YQCIR DOGS AND CATS B/1O!hs mile to Beautifully furnished. Tarpon Bay Beach Access Fully equipped. Small 3 bedroom/ Charming beach home. "There aren't enough homes for them all. 2 bath home. Near shops. A + & Owl's NO PETS. Availability: Pressure Cleaning $1,200/month. Long or Short Term Quality workmanship. Please spay or neuter" $800/sacurity. 395-1430 Removes (239)472-2225 mold/mildew Home, roof, patio, Call Your Local Vet Or Humane Society MOBILE HOMES driveway, pool deck, boat, dock, CONDOS FOR RENT FOR RENT mobile home, "Mobile Homes for Rent" Weekly or store front, rent. Children welcome. Includes "The wise choice" RIZZO, P1TTMAN & PAGE water, garbage, pest control, lawn Mike Realty Group, Inc. care. Quiet, safe, 7760 Bogart, N. (239) 770-3636 Waste Reduction and . (239)433-1100 Ft. Myers (941) 543-5828 Lie. #02-46913 (800) 634-2216 & Insured ANNUAL RENTALS CONCRETE & Prevention Begins With You Waters Edge Villa MASONRY TILE/GROUT 3 BdJ2 Ba. $1400. DRIVEWAY CRACKED??? 2 car garage Complete or partial concrete •Pass n what you no longer need to charities, removed and replaced. ite/grout Gulf Harbour/Coronado Driveways, Patios, Sidewalks, schools, friends, etc. 2 Bdr. + den Lanais, and Pool Decks. 2 car garage, on 15/years experience. Licensed goif course! $1900. and insured contractors. /Save scrap pieces of paper and used envelopes Accurate Concrete Cutting!! Adorable 3bedroom, Call (239)-574-8001 M-F for writing notes and grocery lists on. 2bath Sanibel Home $1400. .. *********************** . ' y HANDYMAN /Reuse plastic containers for food storage and SEASONAL oEMBARRASSED BY YOUR TILE GROUT?? glass jars for nails, paper clips, screws, etc. Harbor Place Vista LARRY'S HANDYMAN ENTRUSTTHECAREOF 3 Bd./2-te Ba. SERVICE YOUR FLOORS TO THE $3600-4600. 23 Years of EXPERTS WHO ARE /Choose the brand that uses the least amount New REPUTABLE Experience LICENSED TILE ************************ in former contracting CONTRACTORS WITH of packaging. Vines Country Club • for • 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE, 2 Bd. Golf Course Residential/Commercial •CLEANING $3100-4100. • Renovations • Kitchens •SEALING /Buy items in bulk quantities. •Bathrooms, etc. •COLORATION •Licensed 'Insured OF GROUT!! /Bring along your own shopping bag. REASONABLE (We don't clean carpets. Sanibel View ESTIMATES Our only business is Brand New! PROMPT call back. tile & grout) 2Br, 2Bacondos. 573-8144 office Licensed " Insured Enclosed garage, 357-8493 cell Installation Restoration pool, fitness center, 454-4800 Clubhouse. Gated Community. 2 miles to causeway! $1450/month Hussey Realty (239)463-3178 Call 472-5185 HOMES FOR RENT To Place Your Ad Sanibet-Private 3/2- Heated Pool. Split plan! New Carpet 8. Paint! Fabulous Open Plan with Sliders to Huqe Deck. Fireplace. Master. >'V/D. " Incl. $1.500./mo. Ring Ask for Gloria. Realty, Inc. (239) 542-4422 Islander • Week of August 30 - September 5, 2002 • 29 Serving the Build Your Business Residents of SERVICE PROFESSIONAL For Advertising Information Sanibel and Gaptiva DIRECTORY Call 472-5185 BUILDERS FINANCIAL CUSTOM HOME BUILDING EXECUTIVE TITLE - AND REMODELING 239-472-8228 SPECIALISTS 1 1456 Periwinkle Way, • Custom Woodworking ffT —' CONSTRUCTION ,0. • Committed to Excellence Sanibel Michael J. Valiauette > Phone: 472-5444 GENERAL CONTRACTOR www, exectitle. com HOME BUILDING [email protected] Lie. #CGC013441 Voted Best Home Builder Mark For 1999 &2001 LANDSCAPING A full service contractor dedicated GENERAL CONTRACTOR to exceptional quality at a reasonable price. THE ISLAND'S LONGEST Island Resident Lie. # CCC056909 ESTABLISHED Hurricane Protection Consultant CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS Phone: (239) 472-0200 SCREEN REPAIR Customi .CARPET & CERAMIC TILE j LWlNDOMr CLEAMING, Scree"A beautifuln Door way s II* to greet your guest" ' COLORAMA fast courteous service dependable Featuring Suntech Doors "Over 50 styles to choose from" 5an»Cap Window Cleaning Retail store prices too high? ALL MAJOR CARPETS. SHEET VINYL AND CERAMIC TILE LINES AVAILABLE FREE ESTIMATES • SHOP AT HOME SERVICE SCREEN REPAIR INSTALLATION AVAILABLE • windows, screens . residential ADVERTISE • service contracts available • commercial Specializing in 30 Years Experience .o<] AB*A Ins. Lie. #TM000182 ***J*S*"U5>»f d. • free estimates • storefronts Re-screening & New Enclosures YOUR BUSINESS Insurance Claim Specialist Free Estimates • Licensed HERE! For more information REMODELING regarding advertising. Free Estimates SPECIALISTS Serving Your Installation Needs RE-HOOHNO ts* opportunities 239-472-2853 . *soosi* lass* Call Today 0 'CONCRETE oswwnN - "Biff •as* •KITCHENS 'GARAGES Lewis L Phillips, III. •BATHROOMS •SOFFIT Tree and Landscape Service • FLORIDA ROOMS • WINDOWS A NameYou Can Trust • OFFICES & ALL TYPES • CONCRETE Work -Ceil OF COMMERCIAL • WOOD DECKS Custom Design & Alterations REMODELING • SECOND FLOOR 910-1875 P.O. Bex W4 SANIBEL, FL. 33W Home Decor Fabrication • STORM SHUTTERS ADDITIONS Home Tote lings, Purses, Vests 466-0761 The Village Shops SANDS EXTERIOR DESIGN 472-5185 (ncros* [torn Nanny's} "y a tZ 071 r Licensed and insured ESTIMATES * 31 "7900 CBC02699S "I Love Trees and Trees Love Me!" 30 • Week of August 30 - September 5, 2002 • Islander rant Review Watch this space the last week of every month for a focus, on your favorite area restaurants! Lunch and Reservations Dinner daily 472-4394 Here at La Vigna resimuant, we are getting excited about the upcom- To feature your ing season. You will find new addi- tions to our wine list, which features restaurant on this many truly exceptional selections from owners Carlo and Martina Rao. page, contact your "Our goal is to offer only the best wine to our guests at great value," Islander Sales they noic., adding, "We personally have selected some of our favorite Representative at wines for our guests to enjoy to com- Featuring an exceptional selection pliment their menu selections." of steaks and seafood. This will be our fifth year on 472-5185. Sanibel and we look forward to 11(10 Pnr View Drive in Beaclmood Estates maintaining our reputation for excel- lence, from our classic Italian cuisine to our receptive and welcoming staff. Our goal, as always, is to make our gue\t\ feel as i/ they've been treated to dishes that "mama used to make." Using only the freshest ingicdicnt\ is a /mist In our kitchen — no compromises! INCREDIBLE FLOKASIAN DINING. We want you to bring the entire family to our family for a truly wonderful culinary experience. "We, keep it simple from our kitchen — and truly classic," says' imm Rise & INE WITH THE LOCALS! M Shine Home Cooked: 2330 Palm Ridge Road, . Specialties , Sanibel Island, FL Fabulous Breakfast Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner Great Lunch 8t Dinner Specials 1A. Local FreSh (239)395-2300 Fish Buffet And Snacks in between 975 Rabbit Road (At the comer of Rabbit Rd. Monday-Friday Saturday 8c SaivCap Rd. Next to the Bungalow) Homemade na.iti.-9p,ra. , .1:30—ll;()0ii.m. 472^8311 Pastas Sunday CHADWICK'S CAPTIVA'S IHCREDIBLE Minutes From Captiva, Feriwinkle Saturday & Sunday 7:30—12:00 noon EVtRY BAY BUFFET And The Beaches! 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