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I » f Police Watch Manhattan Storytellers page 11A pageiB page1C SEPTEMBER 1,1995 VOLUME 24 NUMBER 35 sap 3 SECTIONS, 32 PAGES Caution: Schoo dismissed by court By Matthew Miller nents that commissioned attorney Peter StaffWriter E, Kelly to file a suit against CROW A Lee County Circuit Court judge due to the proceedings and outcome of dismissed a lawsuit against Care and the Feb. 8, special meeting in response Rehabilitation of Wildlife Monday. to the release of Dr. John Kubisz as Unless an appeal is filed within 10 director of CROW. days, the Feb. 8 vote to keep CROW's Kelly aimed to have the proceedings current board of directors is set in of that special meeting overturned stone. which could ultimately remove the Jenner et al is otherwise known as the Phoenix Fund, a group of 15 propo- •please see page 2A Muench appointed to City Council seat By Mark S. Krzos with some public opposi- StaffWriter tion, however. Sanibel City Council "This was a joke, a members appointed for- back room deal," Sanibel mer Mayor and Council resident Jon Liljequist member Jerry Muench to said after council mem- a vacant seat on the bers chose Muench over council Tuesday. Dick Walsh, who lost a Muench will serve race for council in until the general election November 1994 by a in November, when a mere six votes. new council member will Liljequist said the peo- be elected. •please see page 2A Jerry Muench The 3-1 decision met Jerry dumps on islands Kids at Sanibel Elementary headed back to classes Monday. Beware of 20 mph school zones on Sanibel-Captiva Road By Mark S. Krzos Atlantic, more rain is bound to come. between 7:30 and 8:15 a.m., and between 1:45 and 2:30 p.m. StaffWriter According to the National Hurricane Tropical Storm Jerry slammed Center, Jerry transformed into a tropi- Sanibel and Captiva last week dumping cal storm almost on cue with the blos- Kids hit the books more than 15 inches of rain on the soming of Iris and Humberto into hur- islands and flooding most of the area. ricanes, making 1995 the most active By Matthew Miller "Val works with the kids at St. And according to the National hurricane season so early in the year. StaffWriter Isabel's church and we are so happy Hurricane Center in Miami, with the •please see page 12A Clean the chalk boards, roll out to see him at the school. We are development of several storms in the the ditto machines and start up the happy to have him along with all the buses because school is back in ses- new staff," Ward said. sion. The students are jumping right Sanibel Elementary opened its into their work reviewing the previ- doors for the 35th school year ous year's materials, Ward said—a Monday for kids in kindergarten lesson too soon for some students through fifth grade. Principal but welcomed by others. Barbara Ward, in her 17th year with Fourth grader Vance Conn the school; said the first day went expressed definite feelings of the great. new school year. "It's a very rare occasion when "No [not happy to be back] you open the doors and there isn't a because I don't like school." single child that is crying," she said. Others had a different perspective. "That happened this year for the first "Yes [happy to be back] because I time." get to see my friends," said third The new school year welcomes grader Betheny Highsmith. Joanne Caissie as the new guidance Susan Head is a fifth grader who counselor, Susan Siler as the new had just finished her duties as a media specialist, Piia Pehap as a new patrol person where she makes sure fourth grade teacher and Bellini's people don't run and get hurt but imhUfiMl'**^^^1^ JWP^ ^^'•HwflKHfl^™ pianist Val Parker as the interim also makes sure they get on the cor- Flooding on Sanibel-Captiva Road near the elementary school Friday music teacher. rect bus. prompted someone to install a "NO WAKE" sign. 2A • SEPTEMBER 1,1995 • ISLAND REPORTER CEPD to advertise for renourishment project bids By Max Friedersdorf The new $10.1 million project includes $8.1 mil- The interlocal agreement includes Lee County, Staff Writer lion for rebuilding the entire 7-mile coastline of Sanibel and the CEPD, which have combined to pro- Meeting in emergency session Wednesday, Captiva Captiva, and $2 million for the northern mile of vide a funding mechanism for completion of the Blind Pass Project between Captiva and Sanibel. Erosion Prevention District commissioners approved Sanibel. Captiva and Lee County pledged to share costs and final plans and specifications for a $10.1 million sand New sand for the Captiva and Sanibel beaches will repayment for replacing beach erosion on the north- renourishment project for Captiva's storm-ravaged be dredged from offshore and transported onto the ern mile of Sanibel. and badly eroded beaches. beaches at an estimated cost of $6.50 per cubic yard Immediately after stamping final approval on the of sand, totaling $6.1 million for sand costs. Sanibel's obligations in the tri-party interlocal beach rebuilding plan that will include the pouring of Engineer Tom Campbell said the total $10.1 mil- agreement include cooperation in the acquisition of nearly one million cubic yards of new sand on lion expense for the project would come from $2.2 necessary interest in land, easements and rights of Captiva and northern Sanibel, the commissioners million Lee County funds; a $1 million loan from way for the construction of the Blind Pass Project. authorized advertising for bids on the new project Sanibel; $229,064 in state of Florida carryover funds; Under terms of the agreement, Sanibel waives any starting Tuesday, Sept, 5. $177,984 in state of Florida retainer funds from the past claims for erosion caused by the Captiva project, Work is scheduled to start about Nov. 1. 1988 project, a $6.5 million bond issue, and $9,284 in but does not release Captiva or the county from liabil- Commissioners also approved a 180-day limit for iothej,miscellaneousrieyenues./j{Uiv, j w_j lO .^^ ;i-m ,. jfy .iwjfh,.jespejqt ,-tp anvj future,substantiated adverse the project which would set-the completion date The CEPD has also applied for a share of federal effects of the Blind Pass groin or groin extension. about the end of April, with a $2,000 per-day penalty funding. All three of the parties also recognize in the agree- for any overruns past deadline. In final action at the emergency meeting ment that any long term solution to erosion problems The November project will be the first beach Wednesday night commissioners approved an amend- at Blind Pass must be addressed "through cooperative replenishment work on Captiva since the $10 million ed tri-party interlocal agreement for the project by a efforts of the District, the County and Sanibel." renourishment completed in 1988-89. unanimous 4-0 vote. Wasps wreak havoc on weir; City pleased with performance By Mark S. Krzos "When we first told them of this problem, they went according to plan. StaffWriter couldn't believe it," Mills said. "They have built "It functioned perfectly," Mills said of the weir. "If Everyone's heard stories of bats in the belfry, but these types of weirs all over the state and not one has we didn't have this weir, I'm sure the island would be wasps on the weir? ever failed to open because of a wasp's nest." just as flooded as it was over the weekend." Four weeks ago, during torrential downpours, the City Engineer Gates Castle said when the city Mills said the weir worked as advertised. Tarpon Bay Weir was unable to open due to a mud went to open the weir, it opened a little and then got "By Monday morning, we had the water level at dauber wasp nest attached to the opening screws of stuck. Tarpon Bay at the 3.2 level," Mills said. "We were the weir. "The nest didn't cause any damage to the weir," extremely happy with the way the weir performed." Assistant City Manager Bill Mills said the cleaning Castle said. "Once we cleared it out, we had no trou- Mills said the weir's gates were closed for only a of the screw took about an hour to fix before the weir ble opening the gates." couple of hours over the weekend. was functional again. According to Natural Resources Director Rob "We closed the gates because we wanted to avoid "When we went to crank the gates open, we Loflin, the mud dauber is a harmless wasp that builds allowing more water into the interior during the noticed that something was prohibiting the weir's its mud nests around doorways and other crevices. unusually high tides," Mills said. "We were allowing opening," Mills said. "When we went in to examine Loflin said that it's highly uncommon for the such a tremendous amount of water out, that we the problem, it was then we realized that it was a wasps to cause any damage, and if anything, they're a didn't want any of that water back into the interior." wasp's nest jammed in the screws." plus to Sanibel because they help control the insect Mills said the repair entailed scraping the screws population. to make sure nothing would damage the weir. But during last week's fierce soaking, everything "It was a dirty job," Mills said.