Governor Vetoes House Bill, Straw Ban to Remain Baby Woodpeckers
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moratorium on local regulation of single Baby Woodpeckers Rescued Governor Vetoes use plastic straws until 2024,” DeSantis wrote. “A number of Horida municipalities, House Bill, Straw including Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach and Miami Beach, have enacted ordinances Ban To Remain prohibiting single-use plastic straws. These measures have not, as far as I can tell, by Jeff Lysiak frustrated any state policy or harmed the state’s interests. In fact, the Honda halk another Department of Environmental Protection victory up to has encouraged Horida residents, schools ^ the champions and businesses to reduce plastic straw use.” Cof environmental According to Sanibel’s local ordinance, awareness and which became effective late last year, “A punishers of plastic straw shall not be sold or distributed polluters. within the City of Sanibel in or by any Last Friday commercial establishment or at any city evening, Florida facility or city property or by any special Gov. Ron DeSantis event permittee.” Exceptions to the ban officially vetoed Gov. Ron DeSantis would include prepackaged beverages House Bill 771, prepared outside of the city, medical and which - if approved - would have prohibited local governments dental facilities, use of straws by disabled from enforcing regulations on single-use people who rely on their use to consume plastic straws over the next five years. beverages or dietary supplements, multiple Justin Harris and Jimmy Jensen pointing out the newly-installed bird box that is home to a In his letter to Florida Secretary of use straws or on land owned and managed family of woodpeckers photo by Jeff Lysiak State Laurel M. Lee, DeSantis noted his by the Lee County School Board, Lee objections to H B 771 and specifically County, the State o f Horida or the federal by Jeff Lysiak That goes for wildlife customers, too. pointed to examples where the straw ban government. On May 3, when the resort’s iconic - including Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach - Plastic straw bans, however, would he owners and staff of Jensen’s “Tiki M an” statue took a tumble, members have been preempted if the governor had Twin Palm Resort & Marina on had been enacted. of Jensen’s staff immediately sprung into “HB 771 originally addressed issues approved HB 771. The bill passed the Captiva are well versed in taking action, since three of their permanent State House three weeks ago and the State T with contaminated recyclable materials, care of their customers when it comes to continued on page 25 but a provision was added that includes a continued on page 8 providing comfortable accommodations. 'Ding' Tarpon Tournament iAMPtOW SPONS< Breaks Records MSOKS he 8th annual “Ding” Darling & Doc Ford’s Tarpon Tournament, held on May 3, topped previous years’ ft-rOCKY -. Tfundraising efforts by netting $125,000 from tournament sponsorships, donations, and silent auction proceeds to benefit - ^ the JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. The tournament also broke the record for fish caught, set in 2018. Anglers photo-recorded 88 tarpon catches this year, compared to as few as two and as many as 49 in the previous seven years. “That’s a really impressive number of fish caught,” said Marty Harrity, co-owner of Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille. “We see that as a positive sign for the recovering health of our fishery.” “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) organizes the annual tournament with D oc Ford’s o f Sanibel Island, Fort Myers Beach, and Captiva Island as the title sponsor. Tournament social events took place at continued on page 38 2 I ISLAND SUN - MAY 17, 2019 Members of the CREW youth group and Green Team, as well as others interested in the project, turning plastic grocery bags into mats for the homeless and victims of natural disasters the plarn, or plastic yam, results in a The multigenerational group Annabel Crater stretches out a length of “plam” (plastic-bag yam), one of the many steps cushiony “fabric.” Each mat is made by collaborating on the project ranged in age in creating mats for the homeless and victims of natural disasters photos provided joining two of the woven sections. from about 8 to 80.# to transform plastic grocery bags into Church Group mats that will be provided to homeless individuals and victims o f natural disasters. diamond, begin at 5:30 p.m. Weaves Mats Out Thanks to the church members and Islands Night Over the first 25 years of the annual others who donated hundreds of plastic event, Islands Night contributions have Of Plastic Bags grocery bags, the group had plenty of Returns Monday been distributed throughout the Sanibel- Captiva community to assist individuals raw materials for their project. And he 26th annual Sam Bailey’s izza and “plarn” (plastic-bag yarn) and a number of nonprofit groups and thanks to Dean Skaugstad, who built Islands Night, presented by Bailey’s were on the menu recently at organizations, with more than $175,000 looms to the required specifications, General Store, will be played at Sanibel Congregational United given back through scholarships and CREW has the tools needed to continue TCenturyLink Sports Complex (Hammond ChurchP of Christ. Members o f the the effort. donations. CREW youth group, adults from the Stadium) in Fort Myers this Monday, May Leaders were on hand to offer Free tickets for Islands Night are church and the Green Team, parish 20. That evening, the Fort Myers Miracle instruction and also pitched in as the will take on the Bradenton Marauders at available at Bailey’s General Store. nurse Linda Convertine and others got For more information about becoming bags were sorted, cut, tied into strips 6:30 p.m. Pre-game festivities, including together to help with a project CREW an Islands Night sponsor, call Bailey’s and arranged on the looms. Weaving the traditional parade around the undertook earlier this year. 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