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INSIDITODAY What's Bloomin' Carone passes Artist passes • • CAROL ORR HARTMAN Bag Day at Noah's Ark will be held on Friday, Aug. 13 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Bags will be sold for $3 which can be filled with donated items from the store. Pictured are Betty Carr and Jane Adams, co chairs for the Bag Day event. See page 22 for the full story. jetuojsn Word on the Island ,4 Helping Hands 10 Shell Shocked .... 19 £S/S# }! Islandtoons A Living Sanibel .11 Holistic Health .19 Hd 'SU3AW U aivd INSIDITODAY What's Bloomin' ... 7 Best of the Islands Ballot 12 Island Home ..... 20 3ovisod sn Community Calendar . .8-9 Island Faces ..........18 Classifieds .... 26 ais aisud • u BIG ARTS holds sign ups for workshops Take magic carpet OX « Px in youth dance, pottery and technology ride to Arts for ACT BIG ARTS has announced the workshop schedule for • 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. Ballet & Basic Tap: Ages 3 and o the upcoming season; signups are ongoing. New offer- 4 'Arabian Nights' I—I ings this year include rattan reed baskets, writing poetry, • 2:40 - 3:25 p.m. Ballet & Jazz: Grades K - 2nd © By ELLA NAYOR and" jewelry making classes. Technology classes will • 4:20 -5:15 p.m. Ballet & Hip Hop: Grades 3rd - 5th [email protected] teach students how to use iTunes, iPad, iPhone applica- Pottery on the Wheel with Kelly Williamson will be When a person is forced to escape domestic violence or tions, and more. held Tuesdays, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. starting Sept. 7. sexual abuse, they often turn to the Abuse Counseling and en BIG ARTS Winter Academy welcomes professors Clay Expressions with Gail Jones will be held Treatment Center which served Lee, Hendry and Glades who will lecture on art history, economics, music and art Mondays, from 1 to 4 p.m. starting Sept. 27. Counties. appreciation, religion, and international law. Voice and Musical Instrument Lesson signups are I To help support this non-profit service, ARTS for ACT Full workshop schedule is available online at BIG starting now for fall. Piano, flute, and sax classes are will be hosting Arts for ACT 2010, "Arabian Nights" on 03 ARTS.org or by contacting the main BIG ARTS office at offered to adults as well as children. Jennifer Valiquette 3 Friday, Aug, 14 at the Hyatt Regency in Bonita Springs. 395-0900. will hold saxophone and flute lessons. Steven Cramer Tickets cost $ 125 per person and $ 1,500 to $ 1,800 a table. Youth Dance: Ballet, Basic Tap, Hip Hop classes will teach voice as well as piano lessons for adult stu- Reserved seating is available. Doors open at 4 p.m. begin Tuesday, Sept. 14, and will be held at the Sanibel dents'. Attendees can expect bedouin tents, belly dancers, genies, Recreation Center. Instructor Kathleen More has been For further information, stop by BIG ARTS, 900 sultans, fortune tellers, snake channel's and more. dancing since the age of eight and teaching for more than Dunlop Road Sanibel, call 395-0900, e-mail "We want to make it a fun evening," said Aits for ACT 20 years. [email protected], or log on to www.BIGARTS.org. CEO Jennifer Benton. Benton said the agency is hoping for a strong turnout. "It's been a really tough year and really need the support," she said. From 4 to 7 p.m. there will be a Middle East bazaar with spices, soaps, purses, clothing, plants and jewelry, Benton said. There will be a silent auction from 4 to 9 p.m. Dinner and s a live auction begins at 7 p.m. A yet to be named well-known o celebrity will emcee the fundraiser. There are more than 150 auction items in the live and silent auction including fine art, jewelry, purses, sculptures a and memorabilia. at For those looking to make an entire evening of the event, 3 the Hyatt is offering special room rates of $139 per night. sft CD 03 03 3 U "S CONTRIBUTED BIG ARTS Youth ballet students. "The Truth Unremovable, Precious Dignity" by Darryl Pottorf will be featured at the event. Seaside Dining Taste of the Islands "People's Choice Award" Winner Seven Continuous Years Lunch & Dinner 472-8138 j 239.472.2328 • www'sanibelthriller.corn ! Reservations arc required • Also Available for Private Charters 634 N Yachtsman Drive Departing from Sanibel Marina . 634 N. Yachtsman Dr. • Sanibol Island www.sanibelmarina.com as Volunteer boat captains 'Deaf Sentence' at the Library 3 Book Discussion Group and snorkelers needed Readers are invited to discuss "Deaf ing loss which creates conflict at home Sentence", by David Lodge, the focus and is a social embarrassment, the Join the University of Florida/Lee Pineland Marina, 13921 Waterfront Dr., of the Wednesday, Aug. 25 book dis- problems of his elderly father, and a County Sea Grant Extension program and Bokeelia, FLa., to receive survey equip- © cussion meeting at the Sanibel Public young grad student who wants his sup- "is the Sanibel Captiva Conservation ment and instructions for the monitoring Library. The meeting is free and open port both scholastically and otherwise Foundation by participating in the 2010 event. Lunch will be provided to partici- to the public. The discussion will begin and threatens to destabilize his life 2. Pine Island Sound Scallop Search on pants after they return to shore and report at 2 p.m. in the meeting room across completely. Saturday, Aug. 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. their information. from the elevator, Meeting Room 4. Discussion begins promptly at 2 at the Pineland Marina. The event is a This is not a harvest event. Eliot Sugerman will be leading the p.m. .Books are available are located in > resource-monitoring program in which They are recruiting: group's discussion of the book. the library near the reference desk. It is volunteers snorkel, looking for scallops in • Volunteers .with shallow draft boats. "Deaf Sentence" is a novel of com- preferable to come having read the 1 select areas within Pine Island Sound. Please let us know the style and size of ing to terms with late middle age in book to be able to join in the lively dis- The purpose of this program is to monitor your boat. Canoes and kayaks are also which Desmond Bates a retired profes- cussion, but all are welcome. If you and document the health and status of the welcome, but sites are very limited, please sor in his mid-sixties, struggles with the have questions, call the library at 472- bay scallop population. Modeled off of sign up early. Jet skis are not allowed in monotony of retirement while his wife 2483. the successful Great Bay Scallop Search the search. Please bring a dive flag if you works, and also struggles with his hear- conducted in Tampa Bay since 1993, this have one. event is designed to be a fun family event. • Please let us know how many addi- Reservations are required to participate in tional people you can take on your boat so Gulf Coast Writers to conduct Internet the event. Space is limited so reserve your we can pair you up with additional spot today. snorkelers. book marketing seminar Aug. 21 Up to 40 boats are needed with as • Snorkelers without boats are wel- The-old rules of book marketing are http://www.WritingandPublishingRadi many as 150 participants to search select- come, however space is limited. out and the new are in, or so the o.com. She interviews top authors in ed sites in Pine Island Sound and San • Volunteers need to bring: a mask, Internet Marketing gurus would lead us their field. Always an educator, n Carlos Bay for the elusive "bay scallop". snorkel and gloves and be able to to believe. In this educational seminar, Gerwitz shares her expertise as well as Large populations of bay scallops (or snorkel/swim 50 meters (about 150 feet) Felice Gewirtz will help writers put asking her guests to share their knowl- Argopecten irradians) disappeared from along the bottom - fins and weight belt together all the pieces necessary for edge of the writing and publishing Southwest Florida waters decades ago due are optional but suggested. internet marketing to work. world in this informational show for in large part to degraded water quality, Reservations are required and survey Gerwirtz will present "Book aspiring authors. You can find informa- related declines in seagrass acreage, over • sites and equipment are limited. The tion about Felice on her website Marketing In the Internet Age". The h harvesting and other causes. Water quali- Scallop Search is expected to be a popular seminar will be held on Saturday, Aug. http://www.InformationInANutshell.co o ty andseagrasses have improved in many event so early sign-up is recommended. 21, at 10 a.m., at Fellowship Hall, Zion m. 5 areas to levels that may once again sup- Sign up by email ing Joy: hazellje@lee- Lutheran Church, 7401 Winkler Road, For more information on the- Gulf port these important bivalves within the gov.com or by calling the Lee County Sea Fort Myers. Coast Writers Association, visit our area. Grant Extension office at (239) 533- Felice Gerwitz is an Author website at www.gulfwriters.org. Scallop searchers will meet at 9 a.m. at 7518. Consultant as wefl as a publisher' and For further information on the Aug. owner of Media Angels, Inc. In her 2 1 meeting, e-mail Joe Pacheco at sani- weekly broadcast on Monday 3:30 EST [email protected].
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